[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 173 (Friday, September 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55286-55287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19576]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OEM-2015-0725; FRL-10013-31-OLEM]


Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management 
Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Final Action on Petitions for 
Reconsideration

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final action denying petitions for reconsideration.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received three 
petitions for reconsideration of the final revisions to the Accidental 
Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs under the 
Clean Air Act, published in the Federal Register on December 19, 2019. 
The agency is providing notice that it is denying all three petitions 
for reconsideration. The basis for EPA's action is set out fully in 
separate letters addressed to each petitioner, available in the 
rulemaking docket.

DATES: September 4, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Belke, United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency 
Management, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (Mail Code 5104A), Washington, DC 
20460; telephone number: (202) 564-8023; email address: 
[email protected], or: William Noggle, United States Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW (Mail Code 5104A), Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (202) 566-1306; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    A copy of this Federal Register notice, the petitions for 
reconsideration, and the separate letters describing the full basis for 
this action are available in the rulemaking docket (Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OEM-2015-0725). Publicly available docket materials are available 
electronically through www.regulations.gov. In addition, following 
signature, an electronic copy of this final action and the letters will 
be available on the internet at www.epa.gov/rmp/final-risk-management-program-rmp-reconsideration-rule. Out of an abundance of caution for 
members of the public and our staff, the EPA Docket Center and Reading 
Room are closed to the public, with limited exceptions, to reduce the 
risk of transmitting COVID-19. Our Docket Center staff will continue to 
provide remote customer service via email, phone, and webform. We 
encourage the public to obtain docket information via https://www.regulations.gov/. For further information on EPA Docket Center 
services and the current status, please visit us online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. Judicial Review

    Section 307(b)(1) of the CAA indicates which Federal Courts of 
Appeal have venue for petitions of review of final actions by the EPA. 
This section provides, in part, that ``a petition for review of action 
of the Administrator in promulgating . . . any standard of performance 
or requirement under section [111] of [the CAA],'' or any other 
``nationally applicable'' final action, ``may be filed only in the 
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.''
    The EPA has determined that its actions denying the petitions for 
reconsideration are nationally applicable for purposes of CAA section 
307(b)(1) because these actions directly relate to the Risk Management 
Program regulations promulgated under CAA

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section 112(r), which are nationally applicable requirements. Thus, any 
petitions for review of the final letters denying the petitions for 
reconsideration must be filed in the Court of Appeals for the District 
of Columbia Circuit on or before November 3, 2020.

Andrew Wheeler,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-19576 Filed 9-3-20; 8:45 am]
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