[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 34 (Friday, February 21, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 10043-10044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02913]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 34 / Friday, February 21, 2025 /
Proposed Rules
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 136 and 372
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2024-0507; EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0328; FRL-12590-02-OA]
Two Proposed Rules Published by the Environmental Protection
Agency With Comment Periods That Close February 18, 2025, to February
20, 2025; Reopening of Comment Periods
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notices of proposed rulemaking; reopening of comment periods.
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SUMMARY: This reopens the comment period for 30 days for two proposed
rules published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal
Register on January 17, 2025, and January 21, 2025. This document
reopens the comment period for two proposed rules with comments periods
that closed February 18, 2025, and February 20, 2025. Additional
details about these actions can be found in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
DATES: The comment periods for FRL-12309-01-OCSPP (FR 2024-31406) (90
FR 5795, January 17, 2025) and FRL-11799-01-OW (FR 2024-29239) (90 FR
6967, January 21, 2025) are reopened. Comments must be received by EPA
on or before March 24, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by appropriate Docket ID
number listed in the table below by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for the original rulemaking as listed in the table in SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. Comments received may be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Nickerson, Director, Office of
Regulatory Policy and Management, Office of Policy, Mail code 1804,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; (202) 566-0326; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document reopens the comment period for
two proposed rules published on January 17, 2025, and January 21, 2025.
Comments for both must now be received on or before March 24, 2025.
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Original
Federal Register Publication comment
citation Title date period end Docket ID
date
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90 FR 5795.............. Toxics Release Inventory 1/17/2025 2/18/2025 EPA-HQ-OPPT-2024-0507.
(TRI); Clarification of
Toxic Chemicals Due to
Automatic Additions of
Per- and
Polyfluoroalkyl
Substances Under the
National Defense
Authorization Act (FRL-
12309-01-OCSPP).
90 FR 6967.............. Clean Water Act Methods 1/21/2025 2/20/2025 EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0328.
Update Rule 22 for the
Analysis of
Contaminants in
Effluent (FRL-11799-01-
OW).
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This document reopens the public comment period for the proposed
rule ``Toxics Release Inventory (TRI); Clarification of Toxic Chemicals
Due to Automatic Additions of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Under
the National Defense Authorization Act,'' established in the Federal
Register document of January 17, 2025 (90 FR 5795) (FRL-12309-01-
OCSPP), for 30 days. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2020 (NDAA) adds certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) automatically to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) beginning
January 1 of the year following specific triggering events. In the
January 17th action, the EPA proposed conforming edits to the TRI
regulation to explicitly include PFAS that are added to the TRI
chemical list automatically pursuant to the NDAA in the regulation's
definition of ``toxic chemical.'' This edit confirms that the TRI
supplier notification provision requires covered suppliers to notify
customers receiving a mixture or other trade name product containing a
TRI-listed chemical with the first shipment of each calendar year, with
such a requirement beginning on January 1 of the applicable year; thus,
supplier notifications are required as of January 1 for any NDAA-added
PFAS.
This document reopens the public comment period for the proposed
rule ``Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule 22 for the Analysis of
Contaminants in Effluent'' established in the Federal Register document
of January 21, 2025 (90 FR 6967) (FRL-11799-01-OW), for 30 days. The
EPA is proposing to promulgate new methods and update the tables of
approved methods for the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act requires
the EPA to promulgate test procedures for the analysis of pollutants.
Promulgating new methods and updating the tables of approved methods
increases the quality and consistency of data collected for the
purposes of the Clean Water Act. In this rule, the EPA proposes to add
new EPA methods for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and
polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, and add methods previously
published by voluntary consensus bodies that industries and
municipalities would use for reporting under the EPA's National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program. The EPA also
proposes to withdraw the seven Aroclor (PCB mixtures) parameters. In
addition, the EPA is proposing to simplify the sampling requirements
for two volatile organic compounds and make a series of minor
corrections to existing tables of approved methods. This proposed rule
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does not mandate when a parameter must be monitored or establish a
discharge limit.
EPA is reopening these comment periods to allow interested parties
additional time to thoroughly review and analyze how these proposed
rules may impact parties potentially subject to them. Comments
previously submitted need not be resubmitted as they are already
incorporated into the public record and will be considered in the final
action as appropriate. Where appropriate, the Agency may consider
further extending the comment period for the above referenced actions.
To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the
detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES. If you have questions,
consult the technical persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Lee Zeldin,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2025-02913 Filed 2-20-25; 8:45 am]
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