Environmental Protection Agency November 8, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Release of Planning Update in the Review of the Lead National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Document Number: 2024-26125
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-11-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On or about November 8, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making available to the public an update on two aspects of the approach for the quantitative human exposure and health risk analyses, Update on Two Aspects of the Analytical Approach (Update). This Update provides additional detail regarding aspects of the analysis plans described in Volume 3 of the Integrated Review Plan for the Lead National Ambient Air Quality Standards (IRP). The national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for lead (Pb) are set to protect the public health and the public welfare from Pb in ambient air. Volume 3 of the IRP is the planning document for quantitative analyses to be considered in the policy assessment (PA), including human exposure and health risk analyses.
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2024-25972
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-11-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Air Plan Revisions; Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Department
Document Number: 2024-25947
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-11-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a limited approval and limited disapproval of revisions to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQD or "County") portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from loading of organic liquids and gasoline. We are proposing action on local rules to regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or "Act"). We are also proposing to disapprove the MCAQD's reasonably available control technology (RACT) demonstration for the source categories associated with these rules for the 2008 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) in the Phoenix-Mesa ozone nonattainment area. We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Order on Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for Ultramar Inc.
Document Number: 2024-25944
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-11-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an order dated October 4, 2024, denying a petition dated July 13, 2024, from Dr. Genghmun Eng. The petition requested that the EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit renewal issued by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to Ultramar Inc. for its refinery located in Wilmington, Los Angeles County, California.
Fluindapyr; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: 2024-25917
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-11-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of fluindapyr in or on soybean, forage; soybean, hay; soybean, hulls; and soybean, seed. FMC Corporation requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Cashout Settlement Agreement: Broderick Wood Products, Superfund Site, Adams County, Colorado, Broderick Investment Company
Document Number: 2024-25830
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-11-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, of a Cashout Agreement between the United States on behalf of the EPA, the State of Colorado (State), and Broderick Investment Company (Settling Party), at the Broderick Wood Products Superfund Site (Site) located in Adams County, Colorado. By entering into this Settlement Agreement, the mutual objective of the Parties is to avoid difficult and prolonged litigation by allowing Settling Party to make a cash payment to address its alleged civil liability for the Site.
Air Plan Disapproval; Louisiana; Removal of Excess Emissions Provisions; Correction
Document Number: 2024-25816
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-11-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to determine that a portion of a December 7, 2023, final disapproval action of a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Louisiana was in error and to make a correction pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Legacy CCR Surface Impoundments; Correction
Document Number: 2024-25752
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-11-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is taking direct final action to correct three errors published in the Federal Register on May 8, 2024. This May 8, 2024 rule (Legacy Final Rule) established regulatory requirements for legacy coal combustion residuals (CCR) surface impoundments and CCR management units, among other things, under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). This document makes clear that the effective date of the Legacy Final Rule is November 8, 2024 and corrects inadvertent deletions in the existing 2015 regulatory text.
Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Legacy CCR Surface Impoundments; Correction
Document Number: 2024-25751
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-11-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing to correct three errors published in the Federal Register on May 8, 2024. This May 8, 2024 rule (Legacy Final Rule) established regulatory requirements for legacy coal combustion residuals (CCR) surface impoundments and CCR management units, among other things, under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). This proposal seeks comment on issues discussed in the direct final rule to correct three errors in the Legacy Final Rule.
Notice of Pending Approval for Other Use of Phosphogypsum; Extension of Public Comment Period
Document Number: 2024-25746
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-11-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA or the Agency) continues to seek public comment on its pending approval of a request for a Small-scale Road Pilot Project on Private Land in Florida submitted by Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC in March 2022, and updated by the Revised Request for Approval of Use of Phosphogypsum in Small-scale Pilot Project, submitted in August 2023. The Agency's review found that Mosaic's request is complete per the requirements of EPA's National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants under the Clean Air Act, and that the potential radiological risks from conducting the pilot project meet the regulatory requirement that the project is at least as protective of public health as maintaining the phosphogypsum in a stack. On October 1, 2024, the EPA issued a pending approval of the request subject to certain conditions, and also opened a 30-day public comment period. With this notice, the Agency is soliciting public comments for an additional 15 days.
Inflation Adjustment References for Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Document Number: 2024-25669
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-11-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to address outdated maximum and minimum statutory civil monetary penalty amounts by adding language that refers readers to the up-to-date maximum and minimum statutory civil monetary penalty amounts. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended through the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 requires the EPA to annually issue rules that adjust the statutory maximum and minimum civil penalty amounts under the various environmental laws implemented by the EPA to account for inflation. The EPA makes inflation adjustments for each of the outdated penalty amounts in a separate rule. This rule adds language notifying the reader that the penalty amount listed may not be accurate and refers the reader to the EPA's regulation to find the correct amounts.
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