Environmental Protection Agency September 11, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Air Plan Approval; California; South Coast Air Quality Management District
Document Number: 2024-20349
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-09-11
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action on a revision to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD or "the District") portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns the regulation of emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOX) and particulate matter (PM) associated with warehouses as indirect sources that attract or may attract mobile source emissions. The EPA is approving SCAQMD Rule 2305, "Warehouse Indirect Source RuleWarehouse Actions and Investments to Reduce Emissions (WAIRE) Program," to regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or "the Act") as a SIP strengthening.
North Carolina: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions
Document Number: 2024-20338
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-09-11
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency is withdrawing the direct final action, North Carolina: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions, published on July 15, 2024, which authorized revisions to North Carolina's hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended. Because the EPA received comments opposing the action, the EPA is withdrawing the direct final action. The EPA will address these comments and make a final authorization decision, in a subsequent final action, based on the proposed rule, also published on July 15, 2024.
Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Vacated Provisions
Document Number: 2024-20191
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-09-11
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking final action to remove regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations that have been vacated by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit related to the prohibition of disposable cylinders and tracking of cylinders of hydrofluorocarbons.
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations; Amendment to State Requirements Incorporated; Massachusetts
Document Number: 2024-20119
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-09-11
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to update a portion of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) air regulations. Requirements applying to OCS sources located within 25 miles of states' seaward boundaries must be updated periodically to remain consistent with the requirements of the corresponding onshore area (COA). The portion of the OCS air regulations that is being updated pertains to the requirements for OCS sources for which the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the designated COA. The intended effect of this proposed rule is to amend existing regulations incorporated by reference into the Massachusetts section of EPA's OCS air regulations.
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