[The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Environmental Protection Agency Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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Part XXII
Environmental Protection Agency
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Ch. I
FRL-6436-9
October 1999 Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes the
Semiannual Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions to update the
public about our:
Regulations currently under development,
Reviews of existing regulations, and
Rulemakings completed or canceled since the last Agenda.
EPA believes that, if the people affected by rules take part in
developing them, we will produce rules that are clearer, less
burdensome, and more effective.
TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA MAILING LIST: If you would like to receive
copies of future Agendas, please call Janice Gray at (202) 260-5479;
fax: (202) 260-5478; or E-mail at [email protected] There is no
charge for the Agenda.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: We welcome your comments and
suggestions. If you have questions or comments about a particular rule,
please get in touch with the agency contact listed for that rule. If
you have general comments or questions about the EPA's rulemaking
process, please direct them to: Philip Schwartz (2136), Environmental
Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460; phone: (202)
260-5493, fax: (202) 260-5478, e-mail: [email protected].
You can also get daily, updated information on current EPA rulemakings
from our Internet site on environmental regulations. This site includes
the text of proposed and final environmental rules issued by the EPA
and by other agencies. It also includes an electronic version of this
Agenda. The site is at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/rules.html and is
part of EPA's large agencywide Internet site that we invite you to
visit at http://www.epa.gov. We expect that the EPA web site will be an
increasingly important means of communication between EPA and the
public. We inaugurated this site about 4 years ago, and it has more
than 100,000 documents and files currently available on-line.
Table of Contents
Supplementary Information:
The Rulemaking Process
EPA's Regulatory Philosophy and Priorities
Impacts on Small Entities
What Actions Are Included in the Agenda?
How Is the Agenda Organized?
What Information Is in Agenda Entries?
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Rulemaking Process
Congress has created a number of requirements that agencies
must meet when they issue regulations. These requirements are
designed to support the creation of quality regulations and protect
the rights of people affected by agencies' rules. These
requirements are contained in the Administrative Procedure Act, the
Regulatory Flexibility Act as amended by the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act, the Unfunded Mandates Reform
Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, the National Technology Transfer
and Advancement Act, and the Congressional Review Act. You can find
information on many of these statutes at http://
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/.
President Clinton has also ordered that we meet a number of
requirements when we issue regulations. Of particular significance
for EPA rulemakings are Executive Orders 12866 (Regulatory Planning
and Review), 13045 (Children's Health Protection), 13084
(Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments), and
13132(Federalism). You can find information on Executive orders at
http://library.whitehouse.gov/.
We encourage you to take part in the rulemaking process to make
your views known and help us craft rules that:
Protect human health,
Preserve and enhance the environment, and
Meet environmental goals without being unnecessarily
burdensome.
In addition to contacting the expert responsible for developing
a particular rule, you also can comment on proposed rules that we
publish in the Federal Register. Once we have proposed a rule, we
will consider your comments and address them before issuing a final
rule. To be most effective, comments should contain information and
data which support your position, and you should explain why we
should incorporate your suggestion in the final rule. You can be
particularly helpful and persuasive if you provide examples to
illustrate your concerns and offer specific alternatives.
The Agenda also includes some of our more important guidance
documents. While these documents are not legally binding on EPA or
outside parties, they will guide our thinking in major policy
areas. We invite you to take part in developing these documents.
EPA's Regulatory Philosophy and Priorities
EPA's efforts to develop a system that works better and costs
less are focused on five areas: Greater public access to
information, more regulatory flexibility to obtain better results;
stronger partnerships with States, Tribes, and industries, more
compliance assistance, and less paperwork and red tape. To learn
more about what we are accomplishing in these areas please refer to
the ``Statement of Regulatory Priorities'' contained in EPA's
regulatory plan in part 2 of this issue of the Federal Register.
Impacts on Small Entities
Regulatory Flexibility Act Considerations
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) as amended by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) requires that
we pay particular attention to the impact of regulations on small
entities (i.e., small businesses, small governmental jurisdictions,
and small nonprofit organizations). The RFA/SBREFA applies to rules
we are now developing and requires us to:
1. Convene a Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel prior to
proposing any rule with the potential to impose a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities (RFA section 609).
SBREFA also established the EPA's Small Business Advocacy Chair who
chairs each SBAR Panel. A SBAR Panel has four members: The Chair, the
Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, the
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
within the Office of Management and Budget, and a senior manager from
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the EPA program office responsible for the subject rule. In the case of
rules requiring a SBAR Panel, the Agency's small entity outreach prior
to the convening of a Panel culminates in the development of a summary
document that contains information on the potential impact of a
proposed rule on small entities, and particularly on the issues
referenced in RFA section 609. This summary then serves as the basis
for convening the Panel. The Panel then conducts its review, carries
out its own small entity outreach, and prepares a final report based on
the comments from the small entity representatives and the Panel's
deliberations. The Panel's final report is provided to the EPA
Administrator and is made a part of the rulemaking record. Rules listed
in the first appendix at the end of the Agenda may require Small
Business Advocacy Review Panels.
2. At the proposed and final rule stages of rule development, the
Agency must prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis for any rule
subject to notice and comment rulemaking requirements (RFA sections 603
and 604), unless the Administrator certifies that the rule will not
have a ``significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities'' (RFA section 605). A regulatory flexibility analysis must,
among other items specified in the RFA, identify the extent to which
small entities will be subject to the rule's requirements and describe
any significant alternatives to the rule that accomplish the objectives
of applicable statutes and which minimize any significant economic
impacts on small entities. We have listed in the first index at the end
of the Agenda all rules under development that may require a regulatory
flexibility analysis.
3. RFA section 610 requires that an agency review within 10 years of
promulgation those regulations that have or will have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. We undertake
these reviews to decide whether we should continue the rule unchanged,
amend it, or withdraw it. We announce our forthcoming 610 reviews in
the ``Prerule'' section of the Agenda. We encourage small entities to
provide comments on the need to change these rules. We will consider
all of your comments as we decide whether to continue, amend, or
withdraw these rules. We particularly encourage comments by small
entities about how rules could be made clearer, more effective, or
remove conflicting or overlapping requirements with other Federal or
State regulations. Please direct your comments to the contact person
listed in the Agenda entry. If you have general questions about our 610
review program or suggestions for other rules we should review under
section 610, please contact Philip Schwartz (2136), Environmental
Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460; fax: (202)
260-5478, e-mail: [email protected].
Rules under Development Expected To Have Some Impact on Small Entities,
but Not a Significant Impact on a Substantial Number
In the ``Small Entities Affected'' section, we indicate whether
we expect an action will have an impact on small businesses,
governments, or nonprofit organizations, but one which is less than
a significant impact on a substantial number. In the second index
at the end of the Agenda, we list all actions that we believe will
not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small
entities but which will have some impact on small entities.
What Actions Are Included in the Agenda?
EPA includes regulations and certain major policy documents in
the Agenda. We do not generally include minor amendments or the
following categories of actions in the Agenda:
Under the Clean Air Act: Revisions to State Implementation
Plans; Equivalent Methods for Ambient Air Quality Monitoring; Deletions
from the New Source Performance Standards source categories list;
Delegations of Authority to States; Area Designations for Air Quality
Planning Purposes.
Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act:
Actions regarding pesticide tolerances and food additive regulations;
decision documents defining and establishing registration standards;
decision documents and termination decisions for the Special Review
Registration process; and data call-in requests made under section
3(c)(2)(B).
Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act:
Authorization of State solid waste management plans; hazardous waste
delisting petitions.
Under the Clean Water Act: State Water Quality Standards;
Deletions from the section 307(a) list of toxic pollutants; Suspensions
of toxic testing requirements under the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES); Delegations of NPDES authority to States.
Under the Safe Drinking Water Act: Actions on State
underground injection control programs.
The Office of Management and Budget has exempted most of these
actions from the Executive Order 12866 review procedures. There is
no legal significance to the omission of an item from the Agenda.
How Is the Agenda Organized?
In accordance with E.O. 12866, we publish the EPA Agenda of
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions in April and October of each
year as part of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and
Deregulatory Actions.
We have organized this Agenda:
First, by the law that would authorize a particular
regulation;
Second, by the current stage of development (proposal, final,
etc.); and
Third, by the Regulatory Identifier Number assigned by the
Regulatory Information Service Center
The following 14 sections deal with 13 laws that EPA
administers and a thirteenth broader section called ``General''
that includes cross-cutting actions, such as rules authorized by
multiple statutes and general acquisition rules:
1. General
2. The Clean Air Act (CAA)
3. The Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
4. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
5. The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
6. The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
7. Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory
Relief Act
8. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
9. The Oil Pollution Act (OPA)
10. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act Superfund (CERCLA)
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11. The Clean Water Act (CWA)
12. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
13. The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA)
14. The Shore Protection Act (SPA)
In each of these 14 sections, there are up to 5 headings
covering the following stages of rulemaking:
1. Prerulemakings--Prerulemaking actions are intended to determine
whether EPA should initiate rulemaking. Prerulemakings may include
anything that influences or leads to rulemaking, such as advance
notices of proposed rulemaking (ANPRMs), significant studies or
analyses of the possible need for regulatory action, announcement of
reviews of existing regulations required by section 610 of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act, requests for public comment on the need for
regulatory action, or important preregulatory policy proposals.
2. Proposed Rules--This section includes EPA rulemaking actions that
are within a year of proposal (publication of Notices of Proposed
Rulemakings (NPRMs)).
3. Final Rules--This section includes rules that are within a year of
final promulgation.
4. Long-Term Actions--This section includes rulemakings for which the
next scheduled regulatory action is after September 2000.
5. Completed Actions--This section contains actions that have been
promulgated and published in the Federal Register since publication of
the April 1999 Agenda. It also includes actions that we are no longer
considering. If an action appears in the completed section, it will not
appear in future Agendas unless we decide to initiate action again, in
which case it will appear as a new entry. EPA also announces the
results of our Regulatory Flexibility Act section 610 reviews in this
section of the Agenda.
Actions Listed in the Regulatory Plan
The Plan includes information about the most significant
actions that we will publish between October 1, 1999, and September
30, 2000, and about a few rules that we expect to publish after
this time period. The Plan is published in part 2 of today's
Federal Register. Plan entries include all of the Agenda data
fields described above, plus up to five other types of information:
Statement of Need, Summary of the Legal Basis, Alternatives,
Anticipated Costs and Benefits, and a discussion of Risks.
What Information Is in Agenda Entries?
Agenda entries include the following information, where applicable:
Sequence Number: This indicates where the entry appears in the Agenda.
Title: Titles for new entries (those that haven't appeared in previous
Agendas) are preceded by a bullet (). The notation ``Section
610 Review'' follows the title if we are reviewing the rule as part of
our periodic review of existing rules under section 610 of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 610).
Priority: Entries are placed into one of five categories described
below.
Economically Significant: As defined in Executive Order 12866, a
rulemaking action that will have an annual effect on the economy of
$100 million or more or will adversely affect in a material way the
economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the
environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal
governments or communities. OMB reviews all economically significant
rules under E.O. 12866.
Other Significant: A rulemaking that is not economically significant
but is considered significant by the agency. This category includes
rules that are an EPA priority and rules that EPA anticipates will be
reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget under E.O. 12866
because they are likely to:
create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an
action taken or planned by another agency;
materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants;
user fees, or loan programs or the rights or obligations of recipients;
or
raise novel legal or policy issues.
Substantive, Nonsignificant: A rulemaking that has substantive
impacts but is neither Significant, nor Routine and Frequent, nor
Informational/Administrative/Other.
Routine and Frequent: A rulemaking that is a specific case of a
multiple recurring application of a regulatory program in the Code of
Federal Regulations and that does not alter the body of the regulation.
Informational/Administrative/Other: A rulemaking that is primarily
informational or pertains to agency matters not central to
accomplishing the agency's regulatory mandate but that the agency
places in the Agenda to inform the public of the activity.
Also, if we believe that a rule may be ``major'' as defined in the
congressional review provisions of the Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) (5 U.S.C. 804; Pub. L. 104-121)
because it is likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of
$100 million or more or meets other criteria specified in this law, we
indicate this under the ``Priority'' heading with the statement ``Major
under 5 U.S.C. 801.''
Legal Authority: The sections of the United States Code (U.S.C.),
Public Law (P.L.), Executive Order (E.O.), or common name of the law
that authorizes the regulatory action.
CFR Citation: The sections of the Code of Federal Regulations that will
be affected by the action.
Legal Deadline: An indication of whether the rule is subject to a
statutory or judicial deadline, the date of that deadline, and whether
the deadline pertains to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, a Final
Action, or some other action.
Abstract: A brief description of the problem the regulation will
address; the need for a Federal solution; to the extent available, the
alternatives that the agency is considering to address the problem; and
the potential advantages and disadvantages of the action.
Timetable: The dates (and citations) that documents for this action
were published in the Federal Register and, where possible, a projected
date for the next step. Projected publication dates frequently change
during the course of a rule development. The projections in the Agenda
are our best estimates as of the date we submit the Agenda for
publication. For some entries, the timetable indicates that the date of
the next action is ``to be determined.'' Dates in 2000 or later are
printed in the same form as other dates, using the last two digits of
the year.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Indicates whether EPA has
prepared or anticipates that it will be preparing a regulatory
flexibility analysis under section 603 or 604 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act. Generally, such an analysis is required for
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proposed or final rules that EPA believes may have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Small Entities Affected: Indicates which small entities (businesses,
governmental jurisdictions, or organizations), if any, may be affected
by the rule.
Government Levels Affected: Indicates whether the rule is expected to
affect levels of government and, if so, whether the governments are
State, local, tribal, or Federal.
Unfunded Mandates: Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
requires an assessment of anticipated costs and benefits if a rule
includes a mandate that may result in expenditures of more than $100
million in any 1 year by State, local, and tribal governments, in the
aggregate, or by the private sector. If we expect to exceed the section
202 threshold, we note that in this section.
Reinventing Government: If an action is part of the President's
Reinventing Government Initiative, we indicate it in this section.
Agency Contact: The name, address, phone number, and e-mail address, if
available, of a person who is knowledgeable about the regulation.
SAN Number: A code number that EPA uses to identify and track
rulemakings.
RIN: The Regulatory Information Service Center assigns the Regulatory
Identifier Number (RIN) to identify and track rulemakings.
The October 1999 EPA Agenda follows.
Dated: September 3, 1999
Richard T. Farrell,
Associate Administrator, Office of Policy and Reinvention.
GENERAL--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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3297 SAN No. 4056 Utilization of Small, Minority and Women's Business Enterprises in 2020-AA39
Procurement Under Assistance Agreements.............................................
3298 SAN No. 4180 Rewriting of EPA Regulations Implementing the Freedom of Information 2020-AA40
Act.................................................................................
3299 SAN No. 4270 Cross-Media Electronic Reporting (ER) and Recordkeeping Rule.......... 2020-AA41
3300 SAN No. 4292 Proposed Revision to EPA's Implementing NEPA Regulations.............. 2020-AA42
3301 SAN No. 3580 Incorporation of Class Deviations Into EPAAR.......................... 2030-AA37
3302 SAN No. 3629 EPA Mentor-Protege Program............................................ 2030-AA40
3303 SAN No. 3817 Implementation of Changes to 40 CFR Part 32........................... 2030-AA48
3304 SAN No. 3876 Incrementally Funding Fixed Price Contracts........................... 2030-AA50
3305 SAN No. 4226 Incorporating Informal Clauses (EP) Into the EPAAR.................... 2030-AA66
3306 SAN No. 4319 Revisions to Acquisition Regulation Concerning Conflict of Interest... 2030-AA67
3307 SAN No. 4351 Use of Letter Contracts - Notice to Proceed........................... 2030-AA68
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GENERAL--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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3308 SAN No. 3807 Consolidation of Good Laboratory Practice Standards (GLPS) Regulations 2020-AA26
Currently Under TSCA and FIFRA Into One Rule........................................
3309 SAN No. 3874 Deletion of EPA Acquisition Regulations for Quality Systems for 2030-AA51
Environmental Programs..............................................................
3310 SAN No. 3736 Revision to 40 CFR 35 Subpart A and Promulgation of Performance 2030-AA55
Partnership (State) Grant Regulation (Reg Plan Seq No. 123).........................
3311 SAN No. 4128 Revision to 40 CFR 35 Subpart A and Promulgation of Performance 2030-AA56
Partnership (Tribal) Grant Rule (Reg Plan Seq No. 124)..............................
3312 SAN No. 4185 Electronic Funds Transfer............................................. 2030-AA57
3313 SAN No. 4187 EPAAR Coverage on Local Hiring and Training........................... 2030-AA62
3314 SAN No. 3671 Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment............................. 2080-AA06
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
GENERAL--Long Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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3315 SAN No. 3240 Public Information and Confidentiality Regulations.................... 2020-AA21
3316 SAN No. 3933 Environmental Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental Activities in 2020-AA34
Antarctica..........................................................................
3317 SAN No. 4191 Revision to EPAAR 1552.211-73, Level of Effort........................ 2030-AA64
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GENERAL--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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3318 SAN No. 2662 Amendments to Part 22 Consolidated Procedural Rules................... 2020-AA13
3319 SAN No. 4183 Agency Protest Solicitation Notification.............................. 2030-AA58
3320 SAN No. 4184 Contracting by Negotiation............................................ 2030-AA59
3321 SAN No. 4186 EPAAR Coverage on Contractor Performance Evaluations.................. 2030-AA61
3322 SAN No. 4188 Service Contracting--Avoiding Improper Personal Services Relationships 2030-AA63
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CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Prerule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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3323 SAN No. 4328 List of Regulated Substances and Thresholds for Accidental Release 2050-AE70
Prevention; Petition to Delist Vinyl Acetate........................................
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CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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3324 SAN No. 2841 NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating Amendment............................. 2060-AH08
3325 SAN No. 1002 NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Response to Remand) (Reg Plan Seq No. 103)..... 2060-AA61
3326 SAN No. 3263 Performance Warranty and Inspection/Maintenance Test Procedures....... 2060-AE20
3327 SAN No. 3262 Inspection/Maintenance Recall Requirements............................ 2060-AE22
3328 SAN No. 3343 NESHAP: Iron Foundries and Steel Foundries............................ 2060-AE43
3329 SAN No. 3341 NESHAP: Cyanide Chemicals Manufacturing............................... 2060-AE45
3330 SAN No. 3346 NESHAP: Integrated Iron and Steel..................................... 2060-AE48
3331 SAN No. 3326 NESHAP: Reinforced Plastic Composites Production...................... 2060-AE79
3332 SAN No. 3452 NESHAP: Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Production and Processes....... 2060-AE82
3333 SAN No. 3449 NESHAP: Chlorine Production........................................... 2060-AE85
3334 SAN No. 3407 Method 301: Field Validation of Pollution Measurement Methods for 2060-AF00
Various Media; Revisions............................................................
3335 SAN No. 3470 Requirements for Preparation, Adoption, and Submittal of State 2060-AF01
Implementation Plans (Guideline on Air Quality Models)..............................
3336 SAN No. 3551 Amendments to General Provisions Subparts A and B for 40 CFR 63....... 2060-AF31
3337 SAN No. 3412 Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70) (Reg Plan Seq No. 104)......... 2060-AF70
3338 SAN No. 3649 Amendments to Method 24 (Water-Based Coatings)........................ 2060-AF72
3339 SAN No. 3613 New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for 2060-AF91
Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units............................
3340 SAN No. 3568 Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, 2060-AG14
Nevada (Reg Plan Seq No. 105).......................................................
3341 SAN No. 3673 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration of Section 608 2060-AG20
Sales Restriction...................................................................
3342 SAN No. 3747 NESHAP: Boat Manufacturing............................................ 2060-AG27
3343 SAN No. 3749 NESHAP: Tire Manufacturing............................................ 2060-AG29
3344 SAN No. 3820 NESHAP: Plywood and Composite Wood Products........................... 2060-AG52
3345 SAN No. 3821 NESHAP: Ethylene Processes............................................ 2060-AG53
3346 SAN No. 3823 NESHAP: Large Appliance (Surface Coating)............................. 2060-AG54
3347 SAN No. 3824 Metal Furniture (Surface Coatings) NESHAP............................. 2060-AG55
3348 SAN No. 3827 Paper and Other Web Coating NESHAP.................................... 2060-AG58
3349 SAN No. 3656 NESHAP/NSPS: Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine................. 2060-AG63
3350 SAN No. 3655 NESHAP: Asphalt Roofing and Processing................................ 2060-AG66
3351 SAN No. 3657 NESHAP: Combustion Turbine............................................ 2060-AG67
3352 SAN No. 3837 NESHAP: Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Boilers (Reg Plan Seq 2060-AG69
No. 106)............................................................................
3353 SAN No. 3906 NESHAP: Metal Can (Surface Coating) Industry.......................... 2060-AG96
3354 SAN No. 3905 NESHAP: Metal Coil (Surface Coating) Industry......................... 2060-AG97
3355 SAN No. 3924 NESHAP: Primary Magnesium Refining.................................... 2060-AH03
3356 SAN No. 3970 NESHAP: Miscellaneous Cellulose Production............................ 2060-AH11
3357 SAN No. 3969 NESHAP: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills............................... 2060-AH13
3358 SAN No. 3964 NESHAP: Leather Tanning and Finishing Operations...................... 2060-AH17
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3359 SAN No. 3962 NESHAP: Manufacture of Carbon Black................................... 2060-AH19
3360 SAN No. 3903 NESHAP: Vegetable Oil Production...................................... 2060-AH22
3361 SAN No. 3986 Consolidated Emission Reporting Rule.................................. 2060-AH25
3362 SAN No. 3917 Transportation Conformity Rule Amendment: Clarification of Trading 2060-AH31
Provisions..........................................................................
3363 SAN No. 3910 Streamlined Evaporative Test Procedures............................... 2060-AH34
3364 SAN No. 3975 Review of Minor New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country....... 2060-AH37
3365 SAN No. 3979 Review of Federal Test Procedures for Emissions From Motor Vehicles; 2060-AH38
Test Procedure Adjustments to Fuel Economy and Emission Test Results................
3366 SAN No. 3971 NESHAP: Organic Liquid Distribution................................... 2060-AH41
3367 SAN No. 4046 Federal Major New Source Review (NSR) Program for Nonattainment Areas. 2060-AH53
3368 SAN No. 4022 NESHAP: Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks............ 2060-AH55
3369 SAN No. 4120 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allowance System for Controlling 2060-AH67
HCFC Production, Import & Export....................................................
3370 SAN No. 4105 NESHAP: Carbon Black Production....................................... 2060-AH68
3371 SAN No. 4123 NESHAP: for Source Category: Pulp and Paper Production; Amendments to 2060-AH74
the Promulgated Rule................................................................
3372 SAN No. 4103 NESHAP: Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Synthetic Organic 2060-AH81
Chemical Industry (SOCMI) & Other Processes Subject to the Negotiated Regulation for
Equipment Leaks.....................................................................
3373 SAN No. 4114 NESHAP: Polyvinyl Chloride and CoPolymers Production.................. 2060-AH82
3374 SAN No. 4119 Performance Specification 16 - Specifications and Test Procedures for 2060-AH84
Predictive Emission Monitoring Systems in Stationary Sources........................
3375 SAN No. 4082 NESHAP: Wet-formed Fiberglass Mat Production.......................... 2060-AH89
3376 SAN No. 4003 Technical Change to Dose Methodology for 40 CFR 191, Subpart A........ 2060-AH90
3377 SAN No. 3479 Amendments to Parts 51, 52, 63, 70 and 71 Regarding the Provisions for 2060-AI01
Determining Potential To Emit.......................................................
3378 SAN No. 4154 Control of Emissions From Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines Rated Over 19 2060-AI11
kW and New Land-Based Recreational Spark-Ignition Engines...........................
3379 SAN No. 4043 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From 2004 and Later Model Year 2060-AI12
Heavy-Duty Highway Engines and Vehicles; Revision of Light-Duty Truck Definition....
3380 SAN No. 4245 Consumer and Commercial Products: Flexible Package Printing Materials: 2060-AI31
Determination on Control Techniques Guidelines in Lieu of Regulation................
3381 SAN No. 4251 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution from New Compression-Ignition 2060-AI36
and Spark-Ignition Recreational Marine Engines......................................
3382 SAN No. 4252 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Manufacture of Halon Blends, 2060-AI40
Intentional Release of Halon, Technical Training and Disposal of Halon and Halon-
Containing Equipment - Amendment....................................................
3383 SAN No. 4271 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Additional Steps to conform US 2060-AI41
Methyl Bromide Program to Obligations under the Montreal Protocol and Recent Changes
to the CAA..........................................................................
3384 SAN No. 4253 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Process for Exempting Quarantine 2060-AI42
and Preshipment Methyl Bromide Used in the United States and Baseline Adjustments...
3385 SAN No. 4266 Review National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Carbon Monoxide..... 2060-AI43
3386 SAN No. 4255 Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate 2060-AI44
Matter (Reg Plan Seq No. 107).......................................................
3387 SAN No. 4254 Revision to the Definition of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) to 2060-AI45
Exclude Tertiary Butyl Acetate......................................................
3388 SAN No. 4243 Standards and Guidelines for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units... 2060-AI51
3389 SAN No. 4284 Revision of Schedule for Standards Under section 112 of the Clean Air 2060-AI52
Act.................................................................................
3390 SAN No. 4285 Control of Emissions of Hazardous Pollutants from Motor Vehicles and 2060-AI55
Motor Vehicle Fuels.................................................................
3391 SAN No. 4340 Transportation Conformity Amendments: Response to March 2, 1999, Court 2060-AI56
Decision (Reg Plan Seq No. 108).....................................................
3392 SAN No. 4272 Area Source Title V Operating Permit Deferrals........................ 2060-AI58
3393 SAN No. 4333 Decision on a Petition from the Territory of American Samoa to be 2060-AI60
Exempted from the Gasoline Anti-dumping Regulations.................................
3394 SAN No. 4309 National VOC Emission Standards for Consumer Products; Proposed 2060-AI62
Amendments..........................................................................
3395 SAN No. 4287 National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standard for Architectural 2060-AI63
Coatings; Proposed Amendments.......................................................
3396 SAN No. 4310 NESHAP for the Printing and Publishing Industry; Amendments........... 2060-AI66
3397 SAN No. 4355 Heavy-Duty Engine Emission Standards and Diesel Fuel Sulfur Control 2060-AI69
Requirements (Reg Plan Seq No. 109).................................................
3398 SAN No. 4356 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Extension of Reformulated 2060-AI70
Gasoline Program to the Kansas City, KS Former Ozone Nonattainment Area.............
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3399 SAN No. 4313 Petitions to Delist Hazardous Air Pollutants (e.g., MEK, EGBE, 2060-AI72
Methanol, and MIBK) from Section 112(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act.....................
3400 SAN No. 4318 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of 2000 Essential-Use 2060-AI73
Allowances..........................................................................
3401 SAN No. 4352 Transportation Conformity Amendment: Deletion of Grace Period......... 2060-AI76
3402 SAN No. 4353 Amendments to the Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework Facilities NESHAP 2060-AI77
for the Hap and Voc Content Limits for Primer Operations and Stay of Compliance.....
3403 SAN No. 4354 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source 2060-AI78
Categories - Pharmaceuticals Production; Proposed Amendments........................
3404 SAN No. 4273 Proposed Rule to Amend Subpart H, 40 CFR Part 61 for Emissions of 2060-AI81
Radionuclides Other Than Radon from DOE Facilities..................................
3405 SAN No. 4304 National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone - Corrections Notice.. 2060-AI86
3406 SAN No. 4306 Development of Reference Method for the Determination of Source 2060-AI87
Emissions of Filterable Fine Particulate Matter as PM2.5............................
3407 SAN No. 4348 Inspection Maintenance Program Requirements for Federal Facilities; 2060-AI88
Amendment to the Final Rule.........................................................
3408 SAN No. 4358 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Reformulated Gasoline 2060-AI89
Adjustment..........................................................................
3409 SAN No. 4273 Proposed Rule to Amend Subpart H, 40 CFR Part 61 for Emissions of 2060-AI90
Radionuclides Other Than Radon from DOE Facilities..................................
3410 SAN No. 4304 National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone - Corrections Notice.. 2060-AI95
3411 SAN No. 4306 Development of Reference Method for the Determination of Source 2060-AI96
Emissions of Filterable Fine Particulate Matter as PM2.5............................
3412 SAN No. 4348 Inspection Maintenance Program Requirements for Federal Facilities; 2060-AI97
Amendment to the Final Rule.........................................................
3413 SAN No. 4358 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Reformulated Gasoline 2060-AI98
Adjustment..........................................................................
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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3414 SAN No. 4291 List of Regulated Substances and Thresholds for Accidental Release 2050-AE72
Prevention; Proposed Amendment; Flammable Hydrocarbon Fuel Exemption................
3415 SAN No. 3259 New Source Review (NSR) Reform (Reg Plan Seq No. 125)................. 2060-AE11
3416 SAN No. 3361 Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines At or Below 19 Kilowatts (25 2060-AE29
Horsepower) (Phase 2) (Reg Plan Seq No. 126)........................................
3417 SAN No. 3228 NESHAP: Manufacturing of Amino and Phenolic Resins (Polymers and 2060-AE36
Resins Group III)...................................................................
3418 SAN No. 3304 NESHAP: Phosphate Fertilizers Production.............................. 2060-AE44
3419 SAN No. 3340 NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelting....................................... 2060-AE46
3420 SAN No. 3078 NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry................................... 2060-AE77
3421 SAN No. 3380 NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry - Wastewater 2060-AE94
(FINAL) & Amend. to Appendix C of Part 63 & Appendix J of Part 61...................
3422 SAN No. 3377 NESHAP: Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW)......................... 2060-AF26
3423 SAN No. 3549 NESHAP: Petroleum Refineries--FCC Units, Reformers and Sulfur Plants.. 2060-AF28
3424 SAN No. 3553 Implementation of Ozone and Particulate Matter (PM) National Ambient 2060-AF34
Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and Regional Haze Regulations (Reg Plan Seq No. 127)..
3425 SAN No. 3556 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Supplemental Rule Regarding a 2060-AF36
Recycling Standard Under Section 608................................................
3426 SAN No. 3560 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Refrigerant Recycling Rule 2060-AF37
Amendment To Include Substitute Refrigerants........................................
3427 SAN No. 3569 Source Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Navajo Generating 2060-AF42
Station; Four Corners Power Plant...................................................
3428 SAN No. 2915 Methods for Measurement of Visible Emissions--Addition of Methods 2060-AF83
203A, 203B, and 203C to Appendix M of Part 51.......................................
3429 SAN No. 3637 Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) To Control Emissions From Sources 2060-AF84
Located on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.........................................
3430 SAN No. 3525 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Update of the Substitutes List 2060-AG12
Under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program........................
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3431 SAN No. 3741 Service Information Availability...................................... 2060-AG13
3432 SAN No. 3743 Amendments for Testing and Monitoring Provisions to Part 60, Part 61, 2060-AG21
and Part 63.........................................................................
3433 SAN No. 3744 Amendment to Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources; 2060-AG22
Monitoring Requirements (PS-1)......................................................
3434 SAN No. 3748 Consolidated Federal Air Rule for the Synthetic Organic Chemical 2060-AG28
Manufacturing Industry (Reg Plan Seq No. 128).......................................
3435 SAN No. 3819 NSPS: Sewage Sludge Incinerators...................................... 2060-AG50
3436 SAN No. 3829 Revisions to the Regulation for Approval of State Programs and 2060-AG60
Delegation of Federal Authorities 112(l)............................................
3437 SAN No. 3900 Addition of Method 207 to Appendix M of 40 CFR Part 51 Method for 2060-AG88
Measuring Isocyanates in Stationary Source Emissions................................
3438 SAN No. 3958 Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 2060-AH23
203)................................................................................
3439 SAN No. 3939 NESHAP: Group I Polymers and Resins and Group IV Polymers and Resins 2060-AH47
and Group IV Polymers and Resins....................................................
3440 SAN No. 4030 Expanded Definitions for Alternative-Fueled Vehicles and Engines 2060-AH52
Meeting Low-Emission Vehicle Exhaust Emission Standards.............................
3441 SAN No. 4115 NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating Amendment............................. 2060-AH69
3442 SAN No. 4095 Findings of Significant Contribution and Rulemaking on Section 126 2060-AH88
Petitions for Purposes of Reducing Interstate Ozone Transport.......................
3443 SAN No. 4108 NESHAP: Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations; Final Rule--Settlement 2060-AH96
Agreement; and NESHAP for Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations; Technical
Amendments..........................................................................
3444 SAN No. 4077 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration on the 610 2060-AH99
Nonessential Products Ban...........................................................
3445 SAN No. 2665 Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles; Amendments to Regulations...... 2060-AI03
3446 SAN No. 4159 Redefinition of Glycol Ethers Listed as HAPs Under the Clean Air Act, 2060-AI08
and Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA...............................................
3447 SAN No. 4162 NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production and NESHAP: Natural Gas 2060-AI13
Transmission and Storage, Amendments................................................
3448 SAN No. 4165 Optional Certification Streamlining Procedures for LDVs, LDTs, and 2060-AI15
HDEs................................................................................
3449 SAN No. 4078 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From New Marine Diesel Engines 2060-AI17
At or Above 37 Kilowatts............................................................
3450 SAN No. 4211 Tier II Light-Duty Vehicle and Light-Duty Truck Emission Standards and 2060-AI23
Gasoline Sulfur Standards (Reg Plan Seq No. 129)....................................
3451 SAN No. 4219 Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators--Federal Plan (Federal 2060-AI25
Plan for existing Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators)...................
3452 SAN No. 4244 Amendment to Regulations Governing Equivalent Emission Limitations by 2060-AI28
Permit..............................................................................
3453 SAN No. 4222 NESHAP: Ethylene Oxide Commercial Sterilization and Fumigation 2060-AI37
Operations..........................................................................
3454 SAN No. 3638 Revision of EPA's Radiological Emergency Response Plan................ 2060-AI49
3455 SAN No. 4066 Federal Plan Requirements for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills that 2060-AI50
Commenced Construction Prior to 5/30/91 and Have Not Been Modified or Reconstructed
Since 5/30/91.......................................................................
3456 SAN No. 4289 Process Wastewater Provisions of the Generic MACT..................... 2060-AI53
3457 SAN No. 4335 Revisions to Promulgation of Federal Implementation Plan for Arizona - 2060-AI54
Maricopa Nonattainment Area PM-10 Test Methods......................................
3458 SAN No. 4295 Additional Flexibility Amendments to Inspection Maintenance Program 2060-AI61
Requirements; Amendments to the Final Rule..........................................
3459 SAN No. 4316 NESHAP for Ethylene Oxide Commercial Sterilization Operations- 2060-AI64
Monitoring Amendments...............................................................
3460 SAN No. 4286 National Emission Standards for Benzene Emissions from Coke By-Product 2060-AI65
Recovery Plants (Part 61, subpart L)................................................
3461 SAN No. 4282 Technical Amendment to the Finding of Significant Contribution and 2060-AI71
Rulemaking for Certain States for Purposes of Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone
(The ``NOx SIP Call'' rule).........................................................
3462 SAN No. 4315 Source Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Navajo Generating 2060-AI79
Station; Navajo Nation..............................................................
3463 SAN No. 4276 Revision to NOx SIP Call Emission Budgets for Connecticut, 2060-AI80
Massachusetts and Rhode Island......................................................
3464 SAN No. 4299 Revision to Method 24 for Electrical Insulating Varnishes............. 2060-AI85
3465 SAN No. 4275 Amendment to National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 2060-AI91
Halogenated Solvent Cleaning........................................................
3466 SAN No. 4299 Revision to Method 24 for Electrical Insulating Varnishes............. 2060-AI94
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CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Long Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3467 SAN No. 2937 Field Citation Program................................................ 2020-AA32
3468 SAN No. 3139 Location of Selective Enforcement Audits of Foreign Manufactured 2060-AD90
Vehicles and Engines; Amendment.....................................................
3469 SAN No. 3550 NESHAP: Manufacturing of Nutritional Yeast............................ 2060-AF30
3470 SAN No. 3746 NESHAP: Paint Stripping Operations.................................... 2060-AG26
3471 SAN No. 3751 NSPS: New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for 2060-AG31
Other Solid Waste Incinerators......................................................
3472 SAN No. 3754 Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaners Maximum Achievable Control Technology 2060-AG34
(MACT) Standard.....................................................................
3473 SAN No. 3825 NESHAP: Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products (Surface Coating)...... 2060-AG56
3474 SAN No. 3826 Plastic Parts (Surface Coating) NESHAP................................ 2060-AG57
3475 SAN No. 3652 NESHAP: Refractories Manufacturing.................................... 2060-AG68
3476 SAN No. 3651 NESHAP: Lime Manufacturing............................................ 2060-AG72
3477 SAN No. 3899 NESHAP: Friction Products Manufacturing............................... 2060-AG87
3478 SAN No. 3922 Revised Permit Revision Procedures for the Federal Operating Permits 2060-AG92
Program.............................................................................
3479 SAN No. 3902 NESHAP: Semiconductor Production...................................... 2060-AG93
3480 SAN No. 3909 NESHAP: Fabric Printing, Coating and Dyeing........................... 2060-AG98
3481 SAN No. 3907 NESHAP: Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Manufacturing (Surface 2060-AG99
Coating)............................................................................
3482 SAN No. 3908 Offset Lithographic Printing National VOC Rule........................ 2060-AH00
3483 SAN No. 3919 Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality: Permit 2060-AH01
Application Review Procedures for Non-Federal Class I Areas.........................
3484 SAN No. 3904 NESHAP: Wood Building Products (Surface Coating)...................... 2060-AH02
3485 SAN No. 3968 NESHAP: Site Remediation.............................................. 2060-AH12
3486 SAN No. 3967 NESHAP: Spandex Production............................................ 2060-AH14
3487 SAN No. 3972 NESHAP: Rocket Engine Test Firing..................................... 2060-AH35
3488 SAN No. 3973 NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam Fabrication Operations............. 2060-AH42
3489 SAN No. 4045 Rulemaking To Modify the List of Source Categories From Which Fugitive 2060-AH58
Emissions Are Considered in Major Source Determinations.............................
3490 SAN No. 4110 NESHAP: Alumina Processing............................................ 2060-AH70
3491 SAN No. 4111 NESHAP: Fumed Silica Production....................................... 2060-AH72
3492 SAN No. 4102 NESHAP: Taconite Iron Ore Processing.................................. 2060-AH73
3493 SAN No. 4104 NESHAP: Hydrochloric Acid Production Industry......................... 2060-AH75
3494 SAN No. 4116 NESHAP: Ammonium Sulphate Production (Caprolactam By-Product)......... 2060-AH77
3495 SAN No. 4107 NESHAP: Asphalt/Coal Tar Application on Metal Pipes................... 2060-AH78
3496 SAN No. 4113 NESHAP: Clay Products Minerals........................................ 2060-AH79
3497 SAN No. 4112 NESHAP: Hydrogen Chloride Production.................................. 2060-AH80
3498 SAN No. 4098 NESHAP: Uranium Hexafluoride Production............................... 2060-AH83
3499 SAN No. 4096 Federal Implementation Plans (FIPs) To Reduce the Regional Transport 2060-AH87
of Ozone in the Eastern United States...............................................
3500 SAN No. 4070 General Conformity Regulations; Revisions............................. 2060-AH93
3501 SAN No. 4240 NESHAP: Chemical Recovery Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda, Sulfite 2060-AI34
and Stand Alone Semichemical Pulp Mills.............................................
3502 SAN No. 4218 NESHAP: Process Heaters............................................... 2060-AI35
3503 SAN No. 3626 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Amendment to Transshipment 2060-AI46
Provision in Final Rule Accelerating the Phaseout of Ozone-Depleting Substances.....
3504 SAN No. 4247 Revisions to Air Pollution Emergency Episode Requirements (Subpart H, 2060-AI47
40 CFR Part 51).....................................................................
3505 SAN No. 4274 Identification of Additional Ozone Areas Attaining the 1-Hour Standard 2060-AI57
and to Which the 1-Hour Standard is No Longer Applicable (7 areas)..................
3506 SAN No. 4325 NESHAP: Brick and Structural Clay Products............................ 2060-AI67
3507 SAN No. 4343 NESHAP: Ceramics...................................................... 2060-AI68
3508 SAN No. 4144 NESHAP: Engine Test Facilities........................................ 2060-AI74
3509 SAN No. 4346 NESHAP: Lightweight Aggregate......................................... 2060-AI75
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CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3510 SAN No. 4279 Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs 2050-AE71
Under the Clean Air Act, Section 112(r)(7); Amendments to the Worst-Case Release
Scenario Analysis for Regulated.....................................................
3511 SAN No. 3105 Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guidelines: Pulp and Paper............. 2060-AD03
3512 SAN No. 3461 NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Industry.............................. 2060-AE08
3513 SAN No. 3229 NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production and Natural Gas Transmission 2060-AE34
and Storage.........................................................................
3514 SAN No. 3303 NESHAP: Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing................................. 2060-AE40
3515 SAN No. 3345 NESHAP: Steel Pickling, HC1 Process................................... 2060-AE41
3516 SAN No. 3123 NESHAP: Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing Industry........................ 2060-AE75
3517 SAN No. 3079 NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing................................. 2060-AE78
3518 SAN No. 3408 NESHAP: Polyether Polyols Production.................................. 2060-AE81
3519 SAN No. 3450 NESHAP: Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (Production of 2060-AE84
Agricultural Chemicals).............................................................
3520 SAN No. 3467 NESHAP: Primary Lead Smelters......................................... 2060-AE97
3521 SAN No. 3378 NESHAP: Acrylic/Modacrylic Fibers Manufacturing....................... 2060-AF06
3522 SAN No. 3465 NESHAP: Polycarbonates Production..................................... 2060-AF09
3523 SAN No. 3082 NESHAP: Ferroalloy Production......................................... 2060-AF29
3524 SAN No. 3640 Supplemental Rule To Require Certain Products Made With HCFCs To Bear 2060-AF93
Warning Label.......................................................................
3525 SAN No. 3808 Acid Rain Program: Continuous Emission Monitoring (CEM) Rule Revisions 2060-AG46
3526 SAN No. 3828 Consumer & Commercial Products: Wood Furniture, Aerospace, 2060-AG59
Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Coatings: Control Techniques Guidelines in Lieu of
Regulations.........................................................................
3527 SAN No. 3610 Transportation Conformity Rule Amendment and Solicitation for 2060-AG79
Participation in the Pilot Program..................................................
3528 SAN No. 3868 Federal Operating Permits Program in Indian Country................... 2060-AG90
3529 SAN No. 3901 Generic MACT for Source Categories (Acrylic Modacrylic Fibers, 2060-AG91
Polycarbonates, Hydrogen Fluoride, and Acetal Resins)...............................
3530 SAN No. 3654 NESHAP: Hydrogen Fluoride Production.................................. 2060-AG94
3531 SAN No. 3913 Revision to the Light-Duty Vehicle Emission Compliance Procedure (CAP 2060-AH05
2000)...............................................................................
3532 SAN No. 3966 Storage Tank Rule Revisions........................................... 2060-AH15
3533 SAN No. 3959 National Air Toxics Program: The Integrated Urban Strategy; Notice.... 2060-AH21
3534 SAN No. 3983 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air 2060-AH29
Conditioners: Standards for Equipment That Recovers and Recycles Refrigerants Other
Than CFC-12 and HFC-134a............................................................
3535 SAN No. 4106 Final Rule To Amend the National Emission Standards for Magnetic Tape 2060-AH71
Manufacturing Operations............................................................
3536 SAN No. 4073 Air Quality Index Reporting........................................... 2060-AH92
3537 SAN No. 4125 Electric Arc Furnace NSPS Amendment................................... 2060-AH95
3538 SAN No. 4130 Acid Rain Program: Proposed Revision of Test Method 1, 2, and 2F for 2060-AH97
Measuring Volumetric Flow in Stacks.................................................
3539 SAN No. 4148 Conformity Pilot...................................................... 2060-AI14
3540 SAN No. 4206 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Incorporation of Montreal Protocol 2060-AI24
Adjustment for a 1999 Interim Reduction in Class I, Group VI Controlled Substances..
3541 SAN No. 4242 Acid Rain Program Permits Regulations and SO2 Allowance System: 2060-AI27
Compliance Determination............................................................
3542 SAN No. 4267 Regulation of Fuel and Fuel Additives: Modification of Compliance 2060-AI29
Baseline............................................................................
3543 SAN No. 4246 Consumer and Commercial Products: Revised Schedule for Regulation..... 2060-AI30
3544 SAN No. 4268 Control of Diesel Fuel Quality........................................ 2060-AI32
3545 SAN No. 3961 No Backsliding Rule for PM-10 Nonattainment Areas..................... 2060-AI39
3546 SAN No. 4256 Revisions to Reference Method for the Determination of Fine 2060-AI48
Particulate Matter as PM2.5 in the Atmosphere.......................................
3547 SAN No. 4277 Direct Final Amendment to Extent the 112j Permit Application Deadline 2060-AI59
for 7-year MACT Standards to 12/15/99...............................................
3548 SAN No. 4275 Amendment to National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 2060-AI82
Halogenated Solvent Cleaning........................................................
3549 SAN No. 4275 Amendment to National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 2060-AI83
Halogenated Solvent Cleaning........................................................
3550 SAN No. 4296 Coke Oven NESHAP Amendment............................................ 2060-AI84
3551 SAN No. 4296 Coke Oven NESHAP Amendment............................................ 2060-AI93
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ATOMIC ENERGY ACT (AEA)--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3552 SAN No. 4054 Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for the Disposal of Low- 2060-AH63
Activity Mixed Radioactive Waste....................................................
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ATOMIC ENERGY ACT (AEA)--Long Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3553 SAN No. 3602 Protective Action Guidance for Drinking Water......................... 2060-AF39
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FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Prerule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3554 SAN No. 4170 Pesticides; Procedures for Registration Review Program................ 2070-AD29
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FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3555 SAN No. 2687 Data Requirements for Pesticide Registration (Revision)............... 2070-AC12
3556 SAN No. 4143 Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program................................. 2070-AD26
3557 SAN No. 4173 Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Registrations..................... 2070-AD30
3558 SAN No. 4216 Regulatory Review of Pesticide Emergency Exemption Regulations........ 2070-AD36
3559 SAN No. 4260 Status of Pesticide-Treated Seeds under FIFRA......................... 2070-AD37
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FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3560 SAN No. 3432 Pesticide Management and Disposal..................................... 2020-AA33
3561 SAN No. 2659 Pesticide Management and Disposal: Standards for Pesticide Containers 2070-AB95
and Containment.....................................................................
3562 SAN No. 2684 Exemptions for Plant Pesticides Regulated Under FIFRA and FFDCA....... 2070-AC02
3563 SAN No. 3222 Ground Water and Pesticide Management Plan (Reg Plan Seq No. 130)..... 2070-AC46
3564 SAN No. 3731 WPS; Pesticide Worker Protection Standard; Glove Amendment............ 2070-AC93
3565 SAN No. 3890 Tolerances for Pesticide Emergency Exemptions......................... 2070-AD15
3566 SAN No. 4347 Registration of Granular Fertilizer-Pesticide Combination Products.... 2070-AD40
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Long Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3567 SAN No. 2720 Policy or Procedures for Notification to the Agency of Stored 2020-AA29
Pesticides With Cancelled or Suspended Registration.................................
3568 SAN No. 3892 Registration Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticide Products; and 2070-AD14
Other Pesticide Regulatory Changes..................................................
3569 SAN No. 4027 Pesticides; Tolerance Processing Fees................................. 2070-AD23
3570 SAN No. 4175 Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment Program.............................. 2070-AD24
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FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3571 SAN No. 4026 Exemption of Certain Pesticide Substances From FIFRA Requirements..... 2070-AD21
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TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3572 SAN No. 1923 Follow-Up Rules on Existing Chemicals................................. 2070-AA58
3573 SAN No. 3494 Test Rules; Generic Entry for Proposed Decisions...................... 2070-AB07
3574 SAN No. 2245 Test Rules; Negotiated Consent Order and Test Rule Procedures......... 2070-AB30
3575 SAN No. 2563 Test Rule; ATSDR Substances........................................... 2070-AB79
3576 SAN No. 2865 Children's Health Test Initiative..................................... 2070-AC27
3577 SAN No. 3148 Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Revisions........................... 2070-AC51
3578 SAN No. 3301 TSCA Inventory Update Rule Amendments (Reg Plan Seq No. 110).......... 2070-AC61
3579 SAN No. 4376 Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Training, Accreditation, and 2070-AC64
Certification Rule and Model State Plan Rule--Building and Structures Section 402(a)
3580 SAN No. 2249 Asbestos Worker Protection Rule Amendments............................ 2070-AC66
3581 SAN No. 3557 Lead-Based Paint Activities; Training and Certification for Renovation 2070-AC83
and Remodeling Section 402(c)(3)....................................................
3582 SAN No. 3243 Lead; Overview of Rulemakings Under TSCA Section 402, Lead-Based Paint 2070-AD06
Activities for the Regulatory Plan (Reg Plan Seq No. 111)...........................
3583 SAN No. 3882 Test Rule for Certain Metals.......................................... 2070-AD10
3584 SAN No. 3894 TSCA Biotechnology Follow-Up Rules.................................... 2070-AD13
3585 SAN No. 3990 Multi-Chemical Test Rule; High Production Volume Chemicals............ 2070-AD16
3586 SAN No. 4176 Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative (Reg Plan Seq No. 112).............. 2070-AD25
3587 SAN No. 4174 TSCA Section 4 Enforceable Consent Agreement for Certain Oxygenated 2070-AD28
Fuel Additives......................................................................
3588 SAN No. 4172 Lead-Based Paint; Notification of Commencement of Abatement Activities 2070-AD31
(Section 402(a))....................................................................
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TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3589 SAN No. 1976 Follow-Up Rules on Non-5(e) New Chemical Substances................... 2070-AA59
3590 SAN No. 2178 TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rules............ 2070-AB08
3591 SAN No. 1139 TSCA Section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting Rules.............. 2070-AB11
3592 SAN No. 2150 PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyls; Exemptions From the Prohibitions 2070-AB20
Against Manufacturing, Processing, and Distribution in Commerce.....................
3593 SAN No. 3495 Chemical-Specific Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) To Extend 2070-AB27
Provisions of Section 5(e) Orders...................................................
3594 SAN No. 3493 Test Rules; Generic Entry for Final Decisions......................... 2070-AB94
3595 SAN No. 2779 Acrylamide; Ban on Use of Acrylamide for Grouting..................... 2070-AC17
3596 SAN No. 3528 Refractory Ceramic Fibers; Significant New Use Rules on National 2070-AC37
Program Chemicals...................................................................
3597 SAN No. 3021 PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Transformer Reclassification 2070-AC39
Rule................................................................................
3598 SAN No. 3243 Lead; TSCA Section 403; Identification of Dangerous Levels of Lead 2070-AC63
(Reg Plan Seq No. 131)..............................................................
3599 SAN No. 3487 Test Rule; Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)............................ 2070-AC76
3600 SAN No. 3118 TSCA Section 8(e) Policy; Notice of Clarification..................... 2070-AC80
3601 SAN No. 3559 Notice of TSCA Section 4 Reimbursement Period and TSCA Section 12(b) 2070-AC84
Export Notification Period Sunset Dates for TSCA Section 4 Substances...............
3602 SAN No. 4179 PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyl; Use Authorizations.................... 2070-AD27
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TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Long Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3603 SAN No. 3252 Lead; Regulatory Investigation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act 2070-AC21
(TSCA) To Reduce Lead (Pb) Consumption and Use......................................
3604 SAN No. 3508 Lead; Management and Disposal of Lead-Based Paint Debris Section 2070-AC72
402(a)..............................................................................
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TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3605 SAN No. 3047 Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Rule Amendments.............. 2070-AC62
3606 SAN No. 3480 Guidance on Environmentally Preferable Purchasing for Federal Agencies 2070-AC78
3607 SAN No. 3881 Lead-Based Paint; Fees for Accreditation and Certification Activities 2070-AD11
Section 402(a)(3)...................................................................
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EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Prerule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3608 SAN No. 4023 TRI; Addition of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production to the Toxic 2070-AD19
Release Inventory (Reg Plan Seq No. 102)............................................
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EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3609 SAN No. 2425 TRI; Responses to Petitions Received To Add or Delete or Modify 2070-AC00
Chemical Listings on the Toxic Release Inventory....................................
3610 SAN No. 2847 TRI; Pollution Prevention Act Information Requirements................ 2070-AC24
3611 SAN No. 3007 TRI; Chemical Expansion; Finalization of Deferred Chemicals........... 2070-AC47
3612 SAN No. 4265 TRI; Revisions to the Otherwise Use Activity Exemptions and the Coal 2070-AD39
Extraction Activities Exemption.....................................................
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EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3613 SAN No. 3880 TRI; Reporting Threshold Amendment for Certain Persistent and 2070-AD09
Bioaccumulative Toxic Chemicals (PBTs) (Reg Plan Seq No. 132).......................
3614 SAN No. 4259 TRI; Lowering of EPCRA Section 313 Reporting Thresholds for Lead and 2070-AD38
Lead Compounds (Reg Plan Seq No. 133)...............................................
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EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Long Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3615 SAN No. 3215 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act: Amendments and 2050-AE17
Streamlining Rule...................................................................
3616 SAN No. 3994 Response to a Petition Requesting Deletion of Phosmet from the 2050-AE42
Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHSs) List..........................................
3617 SAN No. 3993 Modification of Threshold Planning Quantity for Isophorone 2050-AE43
Diisocyanate........................................................................
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3618 SAN No. 3877 TRI; Data Expansion Amendments; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; 2070-AD08
Community Right-to-Know.............................................................
3619 SAN No. 4015 TRI; Review of Chemicals on the Original TRI List..................... 2070-AD18
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CHEMICAL SAFETY INFORMATION, SITE SECURITY AND FUELS REGULATORY RELIEF ACT--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3620 SAN No. 4302 Amendments to the List of Regulated Substances and Thresholds for 2050-AE74
Accidental Release Prevention; Flammable Substances Used as Fuel or Held for Sale as
Fuel at Retail Facilities...........................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Prerule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3621 SAN No. 3201 Regulatory Determination on Remaining Wastes From the Combustion of 2050-AD91
Fossil Fuels........................................................................
3622 SAN No. 4093 Reinventing the Land Disposal Restrictions Program.................... 2050-AE53
3623 SAN No. 4230 Revisions to Solid Waste Landfill Criteria--Leachate Recirculation.... 2050-AE67
3624 SAN No. 4350 Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Section 610 Review)..... 2050-AE75
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RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3625 SAN No. 3328 Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR): Identification and Listing 2050-AE07
of Hazardous Wastes (Reg Plan Seq No. 113)..........................................
3626 SAN No. 3147 Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation (Reg Plan Seq No. 114)............ 2050-AE21
3627 SAN No. 3989 Removal of Requirement To Use SW-846 Methods (Test Methods for 2050-AE41
Evaluating Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Methods)..................................
3628 SAN No. 4028 Standardized Permit for RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Facilities 2050-AE44
(Reg Plan Seq No. 115)..............................................................
3629 SAN No. 4017 Hazardous Waste Storage and Disposal Regulation Related to Low Level 2050-AE45
Mixed Waste; Proposed Modifications (Reg Plan Seq No. 116)..........................
3630 SAN No. 4083 Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Inorganic Chemical 2050-AE49
Industry Wastes; and CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable
Quantities..........................................................................
3631 SAN No. 4091 Modifications to RCRA Rules Associated With Solvent-Contaminated Shop 2050-AE51
Towels and Wipers...................................................................
3632 SAN No. 4092 Glass-to-Glass Recycling of Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs): Changes to 2050-AE52
Hazardous Waste Regulations.........................................................
3633 SAN No. 4094 Land Disposal Restrictions; Potential Revisions for Mercury Listed and 2050-AE54
Characteristic Wastes...............................................................
3634 SAN No. 4090 RCRA Appendix VIII Streamlining....................................... 2050-AE55
3635 SAN No. 4233 Land Disposal Restrictions; Treatment Standards for Spent Potliners 2050-AE65
from Primary Aluminum Reduction (K088)..............................................
3636 SAN No. 4229 Revisions to Guidelines for the Storage and Collection of Residential, 2050-AE66
Commercial, and Institutional Solid Waste...........................................
3637 SAN No. 4360 Alternative Land Disposal Restrictions Treatment Standards for 2050-AE76
Contaminated Soils, Deferral of PCB's as an Underlying Hazardous Constituent in Soil
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RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3638 SAN No. 2390 Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) at 2050-AB80
Hazardous Waste Management Facilities...............................................
3639 SAN No. 2647 RCRA Subtitle C Financial Test Criteria (Revision).................... 2050-AC71
3640 SAN No. 3066 Listing Determination of Wastes Generated During the Manufacture of 2050-AD80
Azo, Anthraquinone, and Triarylmethane Dyes and Pigments............................
3641 SAN No. 3151 Chlorinated Aliphatics Listing Determination.......................... 2050-AD85
3642 SAN No. 3545 Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products 2050-AE23
Containing Recovered Materials......................................................
3643 SAN No. 3886 Review of Toxicity Characteristic Level for Silver Under the Resource 2050-AE37
Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA)....................................................
3644 SAN No. 4088 Recycled Used Oil Containing PCBs..................................... 2050-AE47
3645 SAN No. 4178 180-Day Accumulation Time Under RCRA for Generators of F006 Waste 2050-AE60
Water Treatment Sludges from the Metal Finishing Industry...........................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Long Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3646 SAN No. 3189 Final Determination of the Applicability of the Toxicity 2050-AD69
Characteristic Rule to Petroleum Contaminated Media and Debris from Underground
StorageTanks........................................................................
3647 SAN No. 3333 Revised Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities........... 2050-AE01
3648 SAN No. 3428 Hazardous Waste Management System: Slag Residues Derived From High 2050-AE15
Temperature Metals Recovery (HTMR) Treatment of KO61, KO62 and F0006 Wastes.........
3649 SAN No. 3668 Hazardous Waste Identification; Recycled Used Oil Management Standards 2050-AE28
3650 SAN No. 3805 Paint Manufacturing Wastes Listing: Hazardous Waste Management System: 2050-AE32
Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste.......................................
3651 SAN No. 3856 Management of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD).................................. 2050-AE34
3652 SAN No. 3888 Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act; 2050-AE39
Codification of Waste Management Provisions.........................................
3653 SAN No. 4084 RCRA Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden Reduction..................... 2050-AE50
3654 SAN No. 4263 Suspension of Temporary Toxicity Characteristic Rule for Specific Lead- 2050-AE68
Based Paint Debris..................................................................
3655 SAN No. 4208 Proposed Regulatory Amendments on Recycling of Hazardous Wastes in 2050-AE69
Fertilizers.........................................................................
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RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3656 SAN No. 3237 Hazardous Waste Management System; Modification of the Hazardous Waste 2050-AD93
Program; Hazardous Waste Lamps......................................................
3657 SAN No. 4300 Adequacy of State Permit Programs Under RCRA Subtitle D............... 2050-AE73
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OIL POLLUTION ACT (OPA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3658 SAN No. 2634 Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation: Revisions........................ 2050-AC62
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COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3659 SAN No. 3439 National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites: 2050-AD75
Proposed and Final Rules............................................................
3660 SAN No. 3423 Reportable Quantity Adjustments for Carbamates........................ 2050-AE12
3661 SAN No. 4177 Cooperative Agreements and Superfund State Contracts for Superfund 2050-AE62
Response Actions; Revision of 40 CFR Part 35 Subpart O..............................
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COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3662 SAN No. 3806 Grants for Technical Assistance Rule Reform--40 CFR Part 35 Subpart M. 2050-AE33
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Long Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3663 SAN No. 2394 Reporting Exemptions for Federally Permitted Releases of Hazardous 2050-AB82
Substances..........................................................................
3664 SAN No. 3885 Streamlining the Preauthorization Mixed Funding for Application and 2050-AE38
Implementation of Claims Against Superfund..........................................
3665 SAN No. 4201 Criteria for the Designation of Hazardous Substances under CERCLA 2050-AE63
Section 102(a)......................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Prerule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3666 SAN No. 4364 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Organic 2040-AD45
Chemicals, Plastics and Synthetic Fibers Category (Section 610 Review)..............
3667 SAN No. 4344 Water Quality Standards for Indian Country Waters..................... 2040-AD46
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CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3668 SAN No. 2804 Clean Water Act Definition of the Waters of the United States......... 2040-AB74
3669 SAN No. 3488 Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge (Round II)......... 2040-AC25
3670 SAN No. 3444 Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact from Cooling Water Intake 2040-AC34
Structures Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act..............................
3671 SAN No. 4207 Amendments to Round I Final Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal Rule --Phase 2040-AC53
Two.................................................................................
3672 SAN No. 3662 Water Quality Standards Regulation -- Revision........................ 2040-AC56
3673 SAN No. 3999 Revisions to NPDES Requirements for Municipal Sanitary Sewer 2040-AD02
Collection Systems..................................................................
3674 SAN No. 4047 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Cryptosporidium and Giardia Under 2040-AD08
the Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water Acts........................................
3675 SAN No. 4051 Establishment of Electronic Reporting for NPDES Permittees............ 2040-AD11
3676 SAN No. 4153 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Feedlots Point Source 2040-AD19
Category, Swine and Poultry Subcategories, and NPDES Regulation for Concentrated
Animal Feeding Operations (Reg Plan Seq No. 121)....................................
3677 SAN No. 4167 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Feedlots Point 2040-AD21
Source Category, Dairy and Beef Cattle Subcategories (Reg Plan Seq No. 122).........
3678 SAN No. 4168 Revisions to Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Coal Mining 2040-AD24
Point Source Category...............................................................
3679 SAN No. 4235 Amend the Final Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System to 2040-AD32
Prohibit Mixing Zone for Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern.......................
3680 SAN No. 4214 Test Procedures for the Analysis of E. Coli and Enterococci Under the 2040-AD34
Clean Water Act.....................................................................
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3681 SAN No. 4261 Further Revisions to Clean Water Act Definition of Discharge of 2040-AD41
Dredged Material....................................................................
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CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3682 SAN No. 2805 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Centralized Waste Treatment 2040-AB78
Industry............................................................................
3683 SAN No. 3204 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Transportation Equipment 2040-AB98
Cleaning Category...................................................................
3684 SAN No. 3288 Comparison of Dredged Material to Reference Sediment.................. 2040-AC14
3685 SAN No. 3489 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Landfills....................... 2040-AC23
3686 SAN No. 3504 Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants for 2040-AC44
the State of California.............................................................
3687 SAN No. 3663 Streamlining the General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New 2040-AC58
Sources of Pollution................................................................
3688 SAN No. 3762 NPDES Streamlining Rule -- Round II................................... 2040-AC70
3689 SAN No. 3701 Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Cyanide 2040-AC76
Under the Clean Water Act...........................................................
3690 SAN No. 3767 Reformatting of Effluent Guidelines and Standards in 40 CFR Parts 401 2040-AC79
through 471.........................................................................
3691 SAN No. 3785 NPDES Comprehensive Storm Water Phase II Regulations (Reg Plan Seq No. 2040-AC82
134)................................................................................
3692 SAN No. 3714 Increased Method Flexibility for Test Procedures Approved for Clean 2040-AC92
Water Act Compliance Monitoring.....................................................
3693 SAN No. 3713 Performance Based Measurement System (PBMS) Procedures and Guidance 2040-AC93
for Clean Water Act Test Procedures.................................................
3694 SAN No. 3155 Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of 2040-AC95
Miscellaneous Metals, Anions, and Volatile Organics Under the Clean Water Act, Phase
One.................................................................................
3695 SAN No. 4041 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Industrial Waste Combustors..... 2040-AD03
3696 SAN No. 4145 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program Regulations Revisions (Reg 2040-AD22
Plan Seq No. 136)...................................................................
3697 SAN No. 4192 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard 2040-AD23
Category; Monitoring Amendment......................................................
3698 SAN No. 4195 Water Quality Standards for Alabama--Phase I.......................... 2040-AD25
3699 SAN No. 4193 Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for 2040-AD27
Priority Toxic Pollutants; States' Compliance -- Revision of Polychlorinated
Biphenyls (PCBs) Criteria...........................................................
3700 SAN No. 4234 EPA Review and Approval of State and Tribal Water Quality Standards... 2040-AD33
3701 SAN No. 4294 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) - NPDES and WQS Regulations Revisions 2040-AD36
(Reg Plan Seq No. 137)..............................................................
3702 SAN No. 4332 Recognition Awards Under the Clean Water Act.......................... 2040-AD44
3703 SAN No. 4217 Facility Response Plan Regulation for Certain Non-Transportation- 2050-AE64
Related Facilities that Handle, Store, or Transport Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats..
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CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Long Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3704 SAN No. 2806 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery 2040-AB79
Category, Phases 1 and 2............................................................
3705 SAN No. 3234 Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Application Requirements and Form 2040-AC26
2C--Wastewater Discharge Information................................................
3706 SAN No. 3618 Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent Toxicity West Coast Test 2040-AC54
Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act.................
3707 SAN No. 3661 Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for 2040-AC55
Priority Toxic Pollutants; States' Compliance.......................................
3708 SAN No. 3702 Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Trace 2040-AC75
Metals Under the Clean Water Act....................................................
3709 SAN No. 3786 NPDES Streamlining Rule -- Round III.................................. 2040-AC84
3710 SAN No. 3833 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Iron and Steel Manufacturing 2040-AC90
Point Source Category...............................................................
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3711 SAN No. 3921 Selenium Criterion Maximum Concentration for Water Quality Guidance 2040-AC97
for the Great Lakes System..........................................................
3712 SAN No. 4049 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Co-Planar and Mono-Ortho- 2040-AD09
Substituted Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Under the Clean Water Act..............
3713 SAN No. 4050 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard 2040-AD10
Category, Phase II..................................................................
3714 SAN No. 4089 Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of 2040-AD12
Miscellaneous Metals, Anions, and Volatile Organics Under the Clean Water Act, Phase
Two.................................................................................
3715 SAN No. 4086 Revisions to Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Synthetic-Based 2040-AD14
Drilling Fluids in the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category.................
3716 SAN No. 4264 Water Quality Standards for Alabama--Phase II......................... 2040-AD35
3717 SAN No. 4357 Uniform National Discharge Standards for Vessels of the Armed Forces - 2040-AD39
Phase II............................................................................
3718 SAN No. 4280 Effluent Guidelines for the Construction and Development Industry..... 2040-AD42
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CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3719 SAN No. 2501 NPDES Wastewater Permit Application Forms and Regulatory Revisions for 2040-AB39
Municipal Discharges and Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal..............................
3720 SAN No. 3209 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Industrial Laundries Point 2040-AB97
Source Category.....................................................................
3721 SAN No. 3497 Amendments to Round I Final Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal Rule--Phase 2040-AC29
One.................................................................................
3722 SAN No. 3617 Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease Test Procedures for the 2040-AC63
Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act....................................
3723 SAN No. 3804 Streamlining 301(h) Waiver Renewal Requirements....................... 2040-AC89
3724 SAN No. 3925 Uniform National Discharge Standards for Armed Forces Vessels--Phase I 2040-AC96
3725 SAN No. 4039 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard 2040-AD05
Category; Incentives Amendment......................................................
3726 SAN No. 4048 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Mercury Under the Clean Water Act. 2040-AD07
3727 SAN No. 4133 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Ore Mining and Dressing 2040-AD13
Point Source Category, Gold Placer Mine Subcategory (Completion of a Section 610
Review).............................................................................
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SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3728 SAN No. 2281 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Radon (Reg Plan Seq No. 2040-AA94
117)................................................................................
3729 SAN No. 2340 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Ground Water Rule (Reg 2040-AA97
Plan Seq No. 118)...................................................................
3730 SAN No. 2807 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Arsenic (Reg Plan Seq No. 2040-AB75
119)................................................................................
3731 SAN No. 4147 Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment/Filter Backwash Rule (Reg 2040-AD18
Plan Seq No. 120)...................................................................
3732 SAN No. 4212 Use of Screening Procedures for Compliance Monitoring of Drinking 2040-AD31
Water Contaminants..................................................................
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SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3733 SAN No. 2778 Revisions to the Underground Injection Control Regulations for Class V 2040-AB83
Injection Wells.....................................................................
3734 SAN No. 3440 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Lead and Copper.......... 2040-AC27
3735 SAN No. 3563 Reformatting of Drinking Water Regulations............................ 2040-AC41
3736 SAN No. 3992 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Radium, Uranium, Alpha, 2040-AC98
Beta and Photon Emitters............................................................
3737 SAN No. 4044 National Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Regulations: Analytical 2040-AD04
Methods for Chemical and Microbiological Contaminants and Revisions to Laboratory
Certification Requirements..........................................................
3738 SAN No. 4009 Public Water System Public Notification Regulation (Reg Plan Seq No. 2040-AD06
135)................................................................................
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3739 SAN No. 4152 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Regulations....................... 2040-AD20
3740 SAN No. 4236 Update of State Underground Injection Control Programs................ 2040-AD40
3741 SAN No. 4281 Revision to the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR) 2040-AD43
and the Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (DBPR)...............
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SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Long Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3742 SAN No. 3176 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Sulfate.................. 2040-AC07
3743 SAN No. 3238 National Primary Drinking Water Standards for Aldicarb................ 2040-AC13
3744 SAN No. 3761 Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring Requirements................... 2040-AC73
3745 SAN No. 4341 Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule..................... 2040-AD37
3746 SAN No. 4342 Stage 2 Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Rule.................... 2040-AD38
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SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3747 SAN No. 4131 Drinking Water Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Program............. 2040-AD15
3748 SAN No. 4146 Filter Backwash Recycling Regulation.................................. 2040-AD17
3749 SAN No. 4257 National Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Regulations: Analytic 2040-AD29
Methods for Organic, Inorganic and Microbiological Contaminants and Pesticides......
3750 SAN No. 4221 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Analytical Methods for 2040-AD30
Microbial, Lead and Magnesium.......................................................
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MARINE PROTECTION RESEARCH AND SANCTUARY ACT (MPRSA)--Long Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3751 SAN No. 2737 Revisions to Ocean Dumping Regulations for Dredged Material........... 2040-AB62
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHORE PROTECTION ACT (SPA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3752 SAN No. 2820 Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b) Regulations..................... 2040-AB85
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Stage
General
_______________________________________________________________________
3297. UTILIZATION OF SMALL, MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN
PROCUREMENT UNDER ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: PL 101-507; PL 102-389; PL 101-549 sec 1001; 42 USC
9605(f); PL 100-590; EO 12432; EO 12138; EO 11625
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 33
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The regulation will codify revisions to the Agency's program
for the utilization of Small, Minority and Women's Business Enterprises
in procurements under assistance agreements (i.e., grants and
cooperative agreements awarded by EPA as well as grants and cooperative
agreements awarded by other agencies under interagency agreements with
EPA). The revisions are necessary to ensure consistency with the
Supreme Court's decision in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena, 115
S.Ct. 2097 (1995), and were identified as part of the Administration's
recent review of affirmative action programs. They include: 1) placing
greater emphasis on requiring assistance agreement recipients to submit
documentation supporting proposed fair share procurement objectives for
Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) and Women's Business Enterprises
(WBEs) based on the availability of qualified MBEs and WBEs in the
relevant geographic market; 2) authorizing or requiring recipients and
their prime contractors to take reasonable race/gender-conscious
measures (e.g. bidding credits) in the event that race/gender-neutral
efforts prove inadequate to meet fair share objectives; and 3)
administering statutory MBE/WBE objectives as a national goal, allowing
smaller or larger fair share objectives for particular grants or
cooperative agreements based on the availability standard.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/00/00
Final Action 12/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4056
Agency Contact: Mark Gordon, Environmental Protection Agency, General
Counsel and Enforcement Counsel, 1230, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8886
Rebecca Neer, Environmental Protection Agency, General Counsel and
Enforcement Counsel, 1230, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 280-4841
RIN: 2020-AA39
_______________________________________________________________________
3298. REWRITING OF EPA REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 552
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 2
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This document sets forth proposed revisions to the Agency's
regulations under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The FOIA
regulations have been streamlined and condensed, in accordance with the
principles of the National Performance Review, with more user-friendly
language wherever possible. These revisions also reflect the principles
established by President Clinton and Attorney General Reno in their
FOIA Policy Memoranda of October 4, 1993. Additionally, the regulations
have been updated to reflect developments in the case law and to
include updated cost figures to be used in calculating and charging
fees. These proposed revisions also contain new provisions implementing
the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996. These
revisions will simplify and expedite responses to FOIA requests.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 418
Agency Contact: John Heinz, Environmental Protection Agency, General
Counsel and Enforcement Counsel, 2377, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5460
Fax: 202 260-0020
Email: [email protected]
Alan Margolis, Environmental Protection Agency, General Counsel and
Enforcement Counsel, 2377, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5459
RIN: 2020-AA40
_______________________________________________________________________
3299. CROSS-MEDIA ELECTRONIC REPORTING (ER) AND RECORDKEEPING RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline requirements.
Legal Authority: PL 105-277; PL 104-13
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Cross-Media Electronic Reporting (ER) and Recordkeeping
Rule will provide a uniform legal framework for paperless ER, including
electronic signature/certification, across all EPA's environmental
compliance programs. The rule will both remove current legal
requirements for paper that create obstacles to ER and provide for
enforceable mechanisms to assure the legal validity and authenticity of
electronic documents and associated electronic signatures, whether
transmitted as reports or maintained as records. This rule is important
because the legal and electronic signature issues remain the chief
obstacle to implementation of ER, and affect the overall enforceability
of environmental programs both federally and under state delegation/
authorization. Also, the Government Paperwork Elimination Act of 1998
requirements and the Administrator's Reinventing Environmental
Information (REI) Action Plan goal of universal ER availability by 2003
can only be met if this rulemaking has active participation by the AA-
ships and moves on a fast track.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/00/00
Final Action 10/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
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Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 427
Agency Contact: Evi Huffer, Environmental Protection Agency, General
Counsel and Enforcement Counsel, 2137, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-0004
Email: [email protected]
David Schwarz, Environmental Protection Agency, General Counsel and
Enforcement Counsel, 2137, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2710
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2020-AA41
_______________________________________________________________________
3300. PROPOSED REVISION TO EPA'S IMPLEMENTING NEPA REGULATIONS
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 42 USC 4321
CFR Citation: 40 CFR Part 6
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed revision is necessary to clarify and update
EPA's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation. The revision
would clarify Agency responsibilities for: Congressionally funded
special appropriation projects and EPA funded grant programs. The
revision would clarify public involvement procedures and organization
responsibilities. The proposal would revise the list of actions which
are categorically excluded from analyses. The revision is also needed
to incorporate a number of Executive Orders and other cross-cutting
requirements into the NEPA process.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/00/00
Final Action 10/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 4292
Agency Contact: Joseph Montgomery, Environmental Protection Agency,
General Counsel and Enforcement Counsel, 2252A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-7157
Fax: 202 564-0070
Email: [email protected]
Marguerite Duffy, Environmental Protection Agency, General Counsel and
Enforcement Counsel, 2252A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-7148
RIN: 2020-AA42
_______________________________________________________________________
3301. INCORPORATION OF CLASS DEVIATIONS INTO EPAAR
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1537; 48 CFR 1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Agency has approved a number of class deviations (e.g.
changes to reporting requirements and monthly progress reports) to the
EPAAR since its promulgation in April 1994. This proposed rule would
incorporate most of the class deviations to the EPAAR.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/00
Final Action 06/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is a paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 358
Agency Contact: Frances Smith, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA37
_______________________________________________________________________
3302. EPA MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1544; 48 CFR 1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed rule will amend EPA's Acquisition Regulation
(EPAAR) to establish a Mentor-Protege Program. Participating prime
contractors serving as mentors will provide technical and managerial
support to protege small disadvantaged business subcontractors.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/00
Final Action 04/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 362
Agency Contact: Frances Smith, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA40
_______________________________________________________________________
3303. IMPLEMENTATION OF CHANGES TO 40 CFR PART 32
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: EO 12549; EO 12689 and FASA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 32
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Periodically OMB amends the Government-wide Common Rule for
suspension and debarment of contractors and assistance participants who
threaten the integrity of Federal programs because of criminal
misconduct or poor performance. All agencies must issue changes to
their individual codified versions to conform to the Common Rule.
Recently, the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Coordinating
Committee prepared recommendations for comprehensive changes to the
Common Rule to conform to changes made in the Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) as a result of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining
Act (FASA). In addition, several other proposals to improve or change
the rule were recommended by various agencies. In December 1996, OMB
declined to implement the changes at that time due to differences with
some agencies about some changes unrelated to those occasioned by FASA.
Among other things, FASA replaced the small purchase threshold
($25,000)
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with the simplified acquisition amount ($100,000). That change
unintentionally exposed certain EPA programs to participation by
contractors who may have been debarred for serious misconduct already.
OMB has agreed to permit agencies to amend the coverage section of
their individual agency rules to reduce or eliminate exposure to
suspended or debarred persons.
EPA intends to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend 40 CFR
32.110 to reduce EPA exposure to such consequences.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/00
Final Action 05/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3817
This is an assistance-related statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this action.
Agency Contact: Robert Meunier, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource Management, 3901R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5399
Fax: 202 565-2469
RIN: 2030-AA48
_______________________________________________________________________
3304. INCREMENTALLY FUNDING FIXED PRICE CONTRACTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under PL
104-4.
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1532
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed rule will add subpart 1532.7, Contract Funding,
to the Environmental Protection Agency's Acquisition Regulation
(EPAAR). It also will revise part 1552 of the EPAAR to include a clause
for incrementally funding fixed price contracts.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/00/00
Final Action 06/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no paperwork burden associated with
this action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3876
Agency Contact: Frances Smith, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA50
_______________________________________________________________________
3305. INCORPORATING INFORMAL CLAUSES (EP) INTO THE EPAAR
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 Sec 205(c); 63 Stat 390, as amended
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule is being promulgated to amend the EPAAR to
incorporate Environmental Protection (EP) clauses into the EPAAR. There
are a large number of EP clauses being used by contracting officers.
This promulgation will capture those EP clauses that have not been
submitted for public comment. Most of the EP clauses are used in
contracts on a case-by-case basis. The contractor concurs with use of
such clauses.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/99
Final Rule 02/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. The agency has not yet determined whether there
is a paperwork burden associated with this action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 4226
Agency Contact: Paul Schaffer, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4366
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA66
_______________________________________________________________________
3306. REVISIONS TO ACQUISITION REGULATION CONCERNING CONFLICT
OF INTEREST
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this rule is to revise the Agency's conflict
of interest (COI) acquisition regulations. The specific revisions
involve more stringent requirements for submission of relevant
information from Agency contractors and potential contractors regarding
their relationships with parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries,
and sister companies. Current Agency regulations do not require the
submission of this level of information. Receipt and evaluation of this
information is critical in order for the Agency to decide whether or
not COI situations exist and how they are to be handled. This revised
rule will also codify several COI clauses that have been developed
since the issuance of the previous rule in 1994.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/00
Final Action 04/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is a paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 431
Sectors Affected: 5413 Architectural, Engineering and Related Services;
5416 Management, Scientific and Technical Consulting Services; 54162
Environmental Consulting Services; 5417 Scientific Research and
Development Services; 562 Waste Management and Remediation Services
Agency Contact: Bruce M. Bakaysa, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
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Phone: 202 564-4373
Fax: 202 565-2552
Email: [email protected]
Cal McWhirter, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and
Resource Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4379
Fax: 202 565-2552
Email: McW[email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA67
_______________________________________________________________________
3307. USE OF LETTER CONTRACTS - NOTICE TO PROCEED
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending the EPA
Acquisition Regulations (EPAAR) to provide for the use, in certain
response action situations, of a letter contract known as a Notice to
Proceed (NTP) and to identify the limited circumstances under which
such a contractual instrument may be used.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/99
Final Action 03/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no paperwork burden associated with
this action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 4351
Agency Contact: Frances Smith, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Fax: 202 564-2475
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA68
_______________________________________________________________________
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Final Rule Stage
General
_______________________________________________________________________
3308. CONSOLIDATION OF GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE STANDARDS (GLPS)
REGULATIONS CURRENTLY UNDER TSCA AND FIFRA INTO ONE RULE
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline requirements.
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136 et seq; 15 USC 2601 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 160; 40 CFR 792
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On November 29, 1983, EPA published Good Laboratory Practice
Standards (GLPS) regulations intended to help ensure data integrity for
studies required to support marketing and research permits under the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). These rules were last amended on
August 17, 1989. GLPS data integrity measures can be applied to a wide
variety of scientific studies. Although the TSCA and FIFRA GLPS contain
identical provisions, they were published as separate rules to account
for statutory and program differences between TSCA and FIFRA, such as
differences in records retention requirements. EPA believes it will be
able to address the differences between TSCA and FIFRA, such as
differences in records retention requirements. EPA believes it will be
able to address the differences of those programs without duplicating
the entire GLP standard in two places.
This action is intended to consolidate EPA's GLPS into one rule.
Program-specific requirements will be addressed in either separate
sections of the consolidated rule, or in separate rules as is
determined appropriate. This action is not intended to change the
requirements, applicability, or enforceability of GLPS with respect to
any statute.
EPA has received comments from stakeholders regarding the
understandability of many aspects of the GLPS, and over the years has
issued numerous clarifications. EPA believes that some clarifications,
if included directly in the rule, would make the rule easier to
understand and enhance compliance. Therefore, EPA intends to include
such clarifications where appropriate in this rulemaking. Finally, in
the interest of maintaining consistency between EPA's and Food and Drug
Administration's regulations, EPA will determine any modifications that
have occurred to the FDA GLP rule and consider incorporation of such
changes into the EPA rule. This action will serve to reduce the total
regulatory text in the Code of Federal Regulations by an estimated 10
pages, by consolidating 23 pages of text to approximately 13. In the
process it will provide a generic GLP rule that may be used by other
programs in the Agency.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/22/99 64 FR 3456
Final Action 05/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3807
Agency Contact: David Stangel, Environmental Protection Agency, General
Counsel and Enforcement Counsel, 2225A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4162
Fax: 202 564-0028
RIN: 2020-AA26
_______________________________________________________________________
3309. DELETION OF EPA ACQUISITION REGULATIONS FOR QUALITY SYSTEMS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1546.2
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is deleting the quality assurance requirements in its
Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) because the Federal Acquisition
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Regulation (FAR) contains coverage on this subject.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 01/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no paperwork burden associated with
this action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3874
Agency Contact: Linda Avellar, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4356
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA51
_______________________________________________________________________
3310. REVISION TO 40 CFR 35 SUBPART A AND PROMULGATION OF PERFORMANCE
PARTNERSHIP (STATE) GRANT REGULATION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 123 in Part II of this issue
of the Federal Register.
RIN: 2030-AA55
_______________________________________________________________________
3311. REVISION TO 40 CFR 35 SUBPART A AND PROMULGATION OF PERFORMANCE
PARTNERSHIP (TRIBAL) GRANT RULE
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 124 in Part II of this issue
of the Federal Register.
RIN: 2030-AA56
_______________________________________________________________________
3312. ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline requirements.
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 Sec 205(c); 63 Stat 390 as amended
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1532.11
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule complies with the revised Federal Acquisition
Regulations (FAR) coverage regarding implementation of the Debt
Collection Improvement Act. Because the revised FAR offers choices in
implementation, each agency must communicate with its vendor community
its choices. This rule will let our vendor community know that EPA will
require the use of FAR Clause 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds
Transfer (Non-CCR), as prescribed in FAR 32.1105(a)(2). Within the
Clause, under (c) the payment office shall be inserted as the
prescribed designated office. Further inserted shall be that the
required EFT information shall be provided no later than 15 days prior
to submission of the first request for payment.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Direct Final Rule 01/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no paperwork burden associated with
this action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 4185
Agency Contact: Calvin McWhirter, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4379
Fax: 202 565-2552
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA57
_______________________________________________________________________
3313. EPAAR COVERAGE ON LOCAL HIRING AND TRAINING
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 sec 205(c); 63 Stat 390 as amended
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1526; 48 CFR 1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will amend the EPA Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR)
to include part 1526, Other Socioeconomic Programs, and to revise part
1552, Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses. The purpose is to
provide an incentive for prime contractors to utilize local hiring and
provide training to local hires in specific geographical locations
where contractual requirements will be performed. This incentive will
support economic development in areas where EPA contracts are
performed.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/09/98 63 FR 67845
Final Action 01/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no paperwork burden associated with
this action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 4187
Agency Contact: Frances Smith, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA62
_______________________________________________________________________
3314. GUIDELINES FOR CARCINOGEN RISK ASSESSMENT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: Not applicable
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Agency will use these guidelines to evaluate suspect
carcinogens in line with the policies and procedures established in the
statutes administered by the EPA. These guidelines revise and replace
EPA Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment published at 51 FR 33992,
September 24, 1986. These guidelines provide EPA staff and decision-
makers with the directions and perspectives necessary to develop and
use risk assessments. The guidelines also provide the general public
with basic information about the Agency's approaches to risk
assessment.
To develop guidelines the Agency must find a balance between
consistency and innovation. Consistent risk assessments provide
consistent bases to support regulatory decision-making. On the other
hand, innovation is necessary so the Agency will base its decisions on
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current scientific thinking. In balancing these and other science
policies, the Agency relies on input from the general scientific
community through established scientific peer review processes. The
guidelines incorporate basic principles and science policies based on
evaluation of the currently available information. The revisions place
increased emphasis on the role of carcinogenic mechanisms in risk
assessment and clearer explication of underlying assumptions in risk
assessment.
These guidelines will have minimal to no impact on small businesses or
State, local, and tribal governments.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Reproposed Guidelines 04/23/96 61 FR 17960
Implementation Policy 06/25/96 61 FR 32799
Final Guidelines 11/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3671
Agency Contact: William Wood, Environmental Protection Agency, Office
of Research and Development, 8103, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-3358
RIN: 2080-AA06
_______________________________________________________________________
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Long-Term Actions
General
_______________________________________________________________________
3315. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 552; 7 USC 136 et seq; 33 USC 1251 et seq; 42
USC 300(f) et seq; 42 USC 6901 et seq; 42 USC 7401 et seq; 42 USC 9601
et seq; 42 USC 11001 et seq; 15 USC 2601 et seq; 42 USC 4912; 33 USC
1414; 21 USC 346; 15 USC 2005
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 2; 40 CFR 57; 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 145;
40 CFR 233; 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 270; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 281; 40 CFR 350;
40 CFR 403; 40 CFR 85; 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, provide
procedures for handling and disclosing information claimed as CBI.
Although these regulations have succeeded in protecting business
information, changes in Agency workload, practice, and statutory
authority have outstripped the ability of these regulations to cut down
on unnecessary procedures, expedite activities involving confidential
business information, and simplify the regulations. In addition, EPA
would consolidate confidentiality provisions from other parts of 40
CFR.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/23/94 59 FR 60446
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 324
Agency Contact: Alan Margolis, Environmental Protection Agency, General
Counsel and Enforcement Counsel, 2379, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5459
RIN: 2020-AA21
_______________________________________________________________________
3316. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN
ANTARCTICA
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 2401 et seq, as amended; 16 USC 2403(a); PL
104-227
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 8
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, October 2, 1998.
Abstract: The purpose of this action is to develop regulations for: (1)
the environmental impact assessment of nongovernmental activities,
including tourism, for which the United States is required to give
advance notice under paragraph 5 of Article VII of the Antarctic Treaty
and (2) coordination of the review of information regarding
environmental impact assessment received by the United States from
other parties under the Protocol on Environmental Protection. The
Office of Federal Activities (OECA/OFA) will use the decisionmaking
process of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to analyze the
environmental setting; the types of nongovernmental activities,
including tourism, to be addressed by the regulations; their potential
for impact; and the alternatives available under rulemaking for
environmental impact assessments for nongovernmental activities. An
interim final rule, 40 CFR part 8, promulgated April 30, 1997, and on
July 15, 1998 extended through the 2000-2001 austral summer, will be
replaced by a final rule. The interim final rule was effective
immediately so that the U.S. could ratify the Protocol and implement
its obligations under the Protocol as soon as it entered into force.
These rules are being developed in coordination with other Federal
agencies with specific interests in and expertise with Antarctica
including the Department of State, National Science Foundation,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Coast Guard,
Marine Mammal Commission, Department of Justice, and the Council on
Environmental Quality.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 04/30/97 62 FR 23538
Extension of Effective Date
Interim Rule 04/15/98 63 FR 18323
Final Action 01/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3933
Legal Description: The Interim Final Rule, effective 7/14/98, through
the year 2000-2001 austral summer.
Agency Contact: Joseph Montgomery, Environmental Protection Agency,
General Counsel and Enforcement Counsel, 2252A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-7157
Fax: 202 564-0072
Email: [email protected]
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Katherine Biggs, Environmental Protection Agency, General Counsel and
Enforcement Counsel, 2252A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-7144
Fax: 202 564-0072
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2020-AA34
_______________________________________________________________________
3317. REVISION TO EPAAR 1552.211-73, LEVEL OF EFFORT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 Sec 205(c); 63 Stat 390 as amended
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will revise EPAAR 1552.211-73, Level of Effort, to
define more concisely the services being acquired, and to more
accurately reflect the relationship between services provided and fee
payments.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 10/00/00
Final Action 01/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no paperwork burden associated with
this action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 4191
Agency Contact: Larry Wyborski, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4369
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA64
_______________________________________________________________________
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Completed Actions
General
_______________________________________________________________________
3318. AMENDMENTS TO PART 22 CONSOLIDATED PROCEDURAL RULES
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 22
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 02/25/98 63 FR 9465
Final Action 07/23/99 64 FR 40176
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Scott Garrison
Phone: 202 260-0569
RIN: 2020-AA13
_______________________________________________________________________
3319. AGENCY PROTEST SOLICITATION NOTIFICATION
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1533; 48 CFR 1552
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Direct Final Rule 04/08/99 64 FR 17109
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Linda Avellar
Phone: 202 564-4356
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA58
_______________________________________________________________________
3320. CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1503; 48 CFR 1515; 48 CFR 1552
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 08/31/99 64 FR 47409
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Louise Senzel
Phone: 202 564-4367
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA59
_______________________________________________________________________
3321. EPAAR COVERAGE ON CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1509; 48 CFR 1552
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 04/26/99 64 FR 20201
Tech Amend 07/29/99 64 FR 41042
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Frances Smith
Phone: 202 564-4368
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA61
_______________________________________________________________________
3322. SERVICE CONTRACTING--AVOIDING IMPROPER PERSONAL SERVICES
RELATIONSHIPS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1537; 48 CFR 1552
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/20/99 64 FR 3060
Final Action 06/08/99 64 FR 30443
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jean Rellins
Phone: 202 564-4434
Fax: 202 565-2551
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA63
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Prerule Stage
Clean Air Act (CAA)
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3323. LIST OF REGULATED SUBSTANCES AND THRESHOLDS FOR
ACCIDENTAL RELEASE PREVENTION; PETITION TO DELIST VINYL ACETATE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412(r)(3-4) CAA 112 (r)(3-4); 42 USC
7412(b)(3) CAA 112 (b)(3)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR Part 68
Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, November 15, 1999, See additional
information.
Abstract: The Agency received a petition dated May 15, 1998 requesting
deletion of vinyl acetate from the CAA 112(r) List of Regulated
Substances for Accidental Release Prevention. The Agency is re-
evaluating whether the chemical meets the statutory criteria for
listing under CAA 112(r)(4). If the Agency decides that the chemical
should be deleted, it will propose to delete the chemical by
rulemaking. If the Agency decides that the chemical should stay on the
list, it will publish a notice in the Federal Register denying the
petition and explaining the basis of the denial. Any owner or operator
of a stationary source that has greater than threshold quantity of a
listed substance, must submit a Risk Management Plan to EPA by June 21,
1999 and update the plan every five years.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Notice 11/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4328
Legal Deadline Cont: Section 68.120 states that ``within 18 months of
receipt of a petition; the Administrator shall publish in the Federal
Register a notice either denying the petition or granting the petition
and proposing a listing.'' Therefore, the Agency must publish a notice
by November 15, 1999.
Sectors Affected: 325188 All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical
Manufacturing
Agency Contact: Kathy Franklin, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid
Waste and Emergency Response, 5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2250
Sicy Jacob, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, 5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7249
Fax: 202 260-0927
RIN: 2050-AE70
_______________________________________________________________________
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Stage
Clean Air Act (CAA)
_______________________________________________________________________
3324. NESHAP: CHROMIUM ELECTROPLATING AMENDMENT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7402 CAA 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Final standards under section 112(d) for chromium emissions
from hard and decorative chromium electroplating and chromium anodizing
tanks (40 CFR 63, subpart N) were promulgated on January 25, 1995.
Since promulgation, the Agency has determined that a class of chromium
electroplating operations were inadvertently excluded from regulation.
Specifically, the final standards do not apply to sources engaged in
continuous chromium electroplating of steel sheet used to make cans and
other containers. It is the Agency's intent to regulate all facilities
engaged in chromium electroplating. Therefore, the Agency plans to
amend the chromium electroplating rule to extend its applicability to
continuous chromium electroplating operations.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/99
Final Action 06/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 2841
Agency Contact: Philip B. Mulrine, Environmental Engineer,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5289
Email: [email protected]
Alfred E. Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
RIN: 2060-AH08
_______________________________________________________________________
3325. NAAQS: SULFUR DIOXIDE (RESPONSE TO REMAND)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 103 in Part II of this issue
of the Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AA61
_______________________________________________________________________
3326. PERFORMANCE WARRANTY AND INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE TEST PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7541; 42 USC 7601
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 85
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action establishes a new short test procedure for use in
I/M programs required by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. Vehicles
that are tested and failed using this procedure and that meet
eligibility requirements established by the act would be eligible for
free warranty repair from the manufacturers.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/00/00
Final Action 12/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3263
Agency Contact: Eugene Tierney, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
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and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4456
RIN: 2060-AE20
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3327. INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE RECALL REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7511(a)(2)(b); 42 USC 7511(a)(2)(b)(2)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action specifies requirements for enhanced I/M programs
to establish a program to ensure compliance with recall notices. This
is pursuant to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/00
Final Action 01/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3262
Agency Contact: Eugene Tierney, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4456
RIN: 2060-AE22
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3328. NESHAP: IRON FOUNDRIES AND STEEL FOUNDRIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000, See Additional
Information.
Abstract: Iron foundries and steel foundries have been identified by
the EPA as potentially significant sources of air emissions of
manganese compounds, lead compounds, and other substances that are
among the pollutants listed as hazardous air pollutants in section 112
of the Clean Air Act, as amended in November of 1990. As such, these
industries may be source categories for which national emission
standards may be warranted.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/00
Final Action 08/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3343
EPA is required to promulgate standards for all of the source
categories listed in accordance with section 112(e) by November 15,
2000.
Agency Contact: Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]
Jim Maysilles, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13
Phone: 919 541-3265
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AE43
_______________________________________________________________________
3329. NESHAP: CYANIDE CHEMICALS MANUFACTURING
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: Cyanide compounds are among the pollutants listed as
hazardous air pollutants in section 112 of the Clean Air Act Amendments
of 1990. As a consequence, the EPA has determined that sources that
manufacture cyanide compounds may reasonably be anticipated to emit
cyanide compounds in quantities sufficient to qualify them as major
sources. Three source categories that either produce hydrogen cyanide
or use it in the production of other chemicals, specifically cyanuric
chloride and sodium cyanide, are on the initial list of HAP emitting
source categories selected for regulation. The results of an assessment
of the three source categories conducted by the Agency indicated that
cyanuric chloride is an unstable intermediate product and is
incorrectly listed. Also every facility producing sodium cyanide also
produces hydrogen cyanide. As result of this analysis, the cyanuric
chloride source category was delisted and the sodium and hydrogen
cyanide source categories will be compressed into one cyanide source
category. In addition, this new cyanide category was switched from the
list of categories scheduled to be regulated in 1997 to the list of
categories scheduled for regulation in 2000.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3341
Sectors Affected: 325188 All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical
Manufacturing
Agency Contact: Keith Barnett, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5605
Email: [email protected]
Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (A
OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AE45
_______________________________________________________________________
3330. NESHAP: INTEGRATED IRON AND STEEL
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act, as amended November 1990, requires the EPA
to regulate categories of major and area sources of hazardous air
pollutants (HAP). The EPA has determined that integrated iron and steel
mills emit several of the 188 HAP listed (including compounds of
chromium, lead, manganese, toluene, and polycyclic organic matter) in
quantities
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sufficient to designate them as major sources. As a consequence,
integrated iron and steel facilities are among the HAP-emitting source
categories selected for regulation.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/00/00
Final Rule 05/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3346
Agency Contact: Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]
Phil Mulrine, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5289
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AE48
_______________________________________________________________________
3331. NESHAP: REINFORCED PLASTIC COMPOSITES PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: Project is to develop a NESHAP for the source category which
involves the manufacture of composite products involving thermoset
resins and re-enforcements. Some of the specific products in the source
category are tubs/showers, auto/truck parts, appliances, furniture,
piping, construction materials, sporting goods using such materials,
and intermediate compounds such as bulk molding compound and sheet
molding compounds. The most common HAP in the resins used is styrene,
which is present in polyester and vinylester resins as a monomer.
Styrene is listed as a candidate urban area source HAP. So is methylene
chloride, which is sometimes used for cleaning, and xylenes, which may
appear in some mold release formulas. All HAP, except for methylene
chloride, are also VOC's.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/00
Final Action 06/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3326
Agency Contact: Keith Barnett, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5605
Email: [email protected]
Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (A
OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AE79
_______________________________________________________________________
3332. NESHAP: MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIC CHEMICAL PRODUCTION AND PROCESSES
Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This regulation will cover organic chemical manufacturing
processes not covered by the HON or other MACT standards. The
regulation will control process vents (continuous and batch, including
mixing operations), equipment leaks, storage tanks, wastewater, solvent
recovery, and heat exchange systems.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/00/00
Final Action 05/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3452
Sectors Affected: 32551 Paint and Coating Manufacturing; 325992
Photographic Film, Paper, Plate and Chemical Manufacturing
Agency Contact: Randy McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5402
Email: [email protected]
Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (A
OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AE82
_______________________________________________________________________
3333. NESHAP: CHLORINE PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The chlorine production source category includes facilities
engaged in the production of chlorine and sodium hydroxide (caustic) by
one of the following electrolytic processes: diaphragm cell, membrane
cell, and mercury cell. Hazardous air pollutants emitted include
chlorine, hydrogen chloride, and mercury. None of the facilities are
major sources on their own. However, several are co-located with major
sources (e.g., pulp and paper plants, polymer plants, synthetic organic
chemical plants, etc.). Emissions of chlorine and hydrogen chloride are
very minor and the Agency is evaluating whether regulation of these
HAPs is warranted. Relative to mercury, which is among five pollutants
listed for regulation under section 112(c)(6) due to their persistent
and bioaccumulative effects, the Agency intends to subject to
regulation under section 112(d)(2) all mercury cell facilities
regardless of major source status.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/00
Final Action 08/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 344
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Agency Contact: Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, (A OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]
Iliam Rosario, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (A
OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5308
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AE85
_______________________________________________________________________
3334. METHOD 301: FIELD VALIDATION OF POLLUTION MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR
VARIOUS MEDIA; REVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq; PL 101-549; 42 USC 7410 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: After promulgation of Method 301, questions were raised about
the statistical calculations and the procedure for determining the
quality of the data. This rule will clarify those rule provisions.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/00
Final Action 01/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3407
Agency Contact: Gary McAlister, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-19
Phone: 919 541-1062
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AF00
_______________________________________________________________________
3335. REQUIREMENTS FOR PREPARATION, ADOPTION, AND SUBMITTAL OF STATE
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS (GUIDELINE ON AIR QUALITY MODELS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410 CAAA sec 110(a)(2); CAAA sec 165(e); CAAA
sec 172(a); CAAA sec 172(c); 42 USC 7601 CAAA sec 301(a)(1); CAAA sec
320
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.112; 40 CFR 51.160; 40 CFR 51.166; 40 CFR 52.21
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action proposes revisions to the Guideline on Air
Quality Models, published as appendix W to 40 CFR part 51. Such models
are used to predict ambient concentrations of pollutants for programs
ranging from Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) to State
Implementation Plans (SIPs) for controlling air pollution sources.
Appendix W to 40 CFR part 51 fulfills a Clean Air Act mandate for EPA
to specify models for air management purposes. This proposed rulemaking
enhances appendix W with new and/or improved techniques.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 09/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 347
Agency Contact: Tom Coulter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-14
Phone: 919 541-0832
RIN: 2060-AF01
_______________________________________________________________________
3336. AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL PROVISIONS SUBPARTS A AND B FOR 40 CFR 63
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 101-549; 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1; 40 CFR 63.51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The General Provisions (subpart A) were promulgated on March
16, 1994 (59 FR 12408). The General Provisions create the technical and
administrative framework and establish general procedures and criteria
for implementing MACT standards. On May 16, 1994, six litigants filed
petitions for EPA to review certain provisions of the General
Provisions. Subpart B, the procedures for implementing section 112(j),
were promulgated on May 26, 1994. In June, 1994 litigants filed
petitions for EPA to review the promulgated procedures. As a result of
the litigation, it is anticipated that a number of technical and
administrative amendments to subpart A and B will be proposed.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 03/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3551
Agency Contact: James Szykman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2452
Email: [email protected]
Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AF31
_______________________________________________________________________
3337. OPERATING PERMITS: REVISIONS (PART 70)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 104 in Part II of this issue
of the Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AF70
_______________________________________________________________________
3338. AMENDMENTS TO METHOD 24 (WATER-BASED COATINGS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
content of a surface coating by reference Method 24 involves
determination of its water content and calculation of its VOC content
as the difference of the two measurements (volatile content minus water
content). Method 24 is inherently less precise for water-based coatings
than it is for solvent-based coatings and the imprecision increases as
water content increases. This action will amend Method 24 by adding a
direct measurement procedure for measuring
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VOC content of water-based coatings. This amendment will improve the
precision of Method 24 for water-based coatings.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/00
Final Action 06/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 364
Agency Contact: Candace Sorrell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-19
Phone: 919 541-1064
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AF72
_______________________________________________________________________
3339. NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND EMISSION GUIDELINES FOR
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATION UNITS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: CAA sec 129
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, November 15, 1999.
Abstract: Section 129 of the Clean Air Act Amendments requires the
Agency to finalize New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emission
Guidelines (EG) for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incinerators
(CISWIs). Negotiations have been completed with the litigants to grant
an extension to the Agency. The Agency has agreed to propose standards
by November 1999, and promulgate standards by November 2000.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3613
Agency Contact: Richard Crume, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5294
Email: [email protected]
Amanda Aldridge, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (A
OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5268
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AF91
_______________________________________________________________________
3340. ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN,
NEVADA
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 105 in Part II of this issue
of the Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AG14
_______________________________________________________________________
3341. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: RECONSIDERATION OF SECTION 608
SALES RESTRICTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671(g) CAA sec 608
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82(F)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The rule will include the reconsideration of the sales
restriction as it relates to split systems. The Agency was petitioned
to reconsider the part of the sales restriction that included the sale
of pre-charged split systems. It restricted such sales to certified
technicians. Since then, EPA stayed that portion of the sales
restriction in response to the petition. This rule will include the
determination of the Agency related to the reconsideration. It
addresses environmental problems of ozone depletion resulting from
emissions of chlorofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons, and other
ozone-depleting substances. Through restricting sales of certain pre-
charged items to persons certified as technicians, emissions to the
atmosphere are decreased. The impact on small businesses and
governments would be negligible, since persons can become certified if
the EPA determination is a full restriction. Most businesses and
governments will have at least one certified technician on board. This
action has no impact on small business and State, local, and tribal
governments.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 10/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3673
Agency Contact: Vera Au, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6205J, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-2216
Fax: 202 565-2093
RIN: 2060-AG20
_______________________________________________________________________
3342. NESHAP: BOAT MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This action will result in the reduction of hazardous air
pollutants emitted by the boat manufacturing industry. The most
abundant pollutant emitted by this industry is styrene, which is listed
as a hazardous air pollutant in the 1990 Clean Air Act. The Agency will
study the various hazardous air pollutants emitted by the industry and
will evaluate pollution prevention and abatement techniques which can
reduce emissions from these pollutants.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/00
Final Action 01/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3747
Sectors Affected: 336611 Ship Building and Repairing; 336612 Boat
Building
Agency Contact: Mark Morris, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5416
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Email: [email protected]
Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (A
OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AG27
_______________________________________________________________________
3343. NESHAP: TIRE MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This is a 10-year MACT covering the HAP emissions from the
manufacturing of Rubber tires. The emission sources associated with the
rubber compound mixing (banbury); extruding; calendaring; building;
curing and finishing are covered in this MACT. Forty one facilities
have been initially identified. This includes approximately 35
facilities of at least 10 tpy and 26 facilities of at least 25 tpy.
Emissions are primarily associated with rubber processing and the use
of HAP bearing solvent and cements. Several facilities have eliminated
through substitution much of the HAP bearing solvent and cements.
However, evaluation of the MACT and separation of the rubber processing
emissions from HAP bearing solvents and cement will reduce the number
of affected facilities to about 30. In addition, the tire cord coating
operations will also be included. Typically these facilities are
separate non-colocated operations. The major pollutant associated with
tire cord is formaldehyde. There are approximately 12 affected major
facilities
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/00/00
Final Action 08/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is a
statutory requirement. There is a paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 374
Agency Contact: Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]
Tony Wayne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5439
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AG29
_______________________________________________________________________
3344. NESHAP: PLYWOOD AND COMPOSITE WOOD PRODUCTS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412(d)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This project is to develop national emission standards for
hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) by establishing maximum achievable
control technology (MACT) for facilities manufacturing wood panels and
engineered wood products. MACT standards are under development to
reduce the release of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from all
industries to protect the public health and environment. Emissions of
HAP from this industry have been associated with, but are not limited
to, the drying of wood and binders. The scope of the affected source
category has not been determined; however, this rule is anticipated to
apply to the manufacture of products involving wood and some kind of
binder or bonding agent. This project may include, but is not limited
to, facilities that manufacture waferboard, hardboard fiber board
(MDF), oriented strandboard (OSB), medium density fiberboard,
particleboard, strawboard, hardwood and softwood plywood, glue-
laminated lumber, laminated veneer lumber, and engineered wood
products. The source category may also include lumber drying kilns at
sawmills which are located on the same site as a facility that
manufactures any of the wood products mentioned above. The project may
also include some coatings operations. The name of the source category
was formerly Plywood and Particleboard MACT.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 09/00/00
Final Action 12/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 382
Sectors Affected: 32121 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product
Manufacturing
Agency Contact: Kent C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Mary Tom Kissell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4516
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AG52
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3345. NESHAP: ETHYLENE PROCESSES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: Section 112 of the Clean Air Act requires development of
emission standards for all major sources emitting any of the 188
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) identified in section 112(b) of the
CAA. Ethylene Processes is listed as a category of major sources based
on process knowledge emissions of benzene and butadiene. This action
will explore alternatives controlling the release of HAPs from the
following process areas located at ethylene process facilities: process
streams, storage, equipment leaks and other fugitive sources, and
wastewater operations. There are no anticipated impacts on small
businesses.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3821
Agency Contact: Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5396
Email: [email protected]
Warren Johnson, Jr., Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5124
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AG53
_______________________________________________________________________
3346. NESHAP: LARGE APPLIANCE (SURFACE COATING)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This regulation will apply to surface coating of large
appliance products and parts for household, commercial, or recreational
use. This regulation will reduce nationwide emissions of HAPs from
surface coating of large appliances, a measure required by section 112
of the Clean Air Act.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/00
Final Action 08/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3823
Sectors Affected: 335222 Household Refrigerator and Home Freezer
Manufacturing; 335221 Household Cooking Appliance Manufacturing; 335224
Household Laundry Equipment Manufacturing; 335212 Household Vacuum
Cleaner Manufacturing; 333298 All Other Industrial Machinery
Manufacturing; 335228 Other Major Household Appliance Manufacturing;
336391 Motor Vehicle Air-Conditioning Manufacturing; 333415 Air-
Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and
Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing; 333319 Other
Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
Agency Contact: Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]
Mohamed Serageldin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
MD-13
Phone: 919 541-2379
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AG54
_______________________________________________________________________
3347. METAL FURNITURE (SURFACE COATINGS) NESHAP
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This regulation will apply to surface coating of metal
furniture products and parts for household or commercial use. This
regulation will reduce nationwide emissions of HAPs from surface
coating of metal furniture products and parts, which is required under
section 112 of the Clean Air Act.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/00
Final Action 08/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3824
Sectors Affected: 337124 Metal Household Furniture Manufacturing; 33636
Motor Vehicle Fabric Accessories and Seat Manufacturing; 337215
Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing; 337127
Institutional Furniture Manufacturing; 332116 Metal Stamping; 332612
Wire Spring Manufacturing; 337215 Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and
Locker Manufacturing
Agency Contact: Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]
Mohamed Serageldin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
MD-13
Phone: 919 541-2379
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AG55
_______________________________________________________________________
3348. PAPER AND OTHER WEB COATING NESHAP
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59; 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This action would result in the reduction of hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs) emitted by the paper and other web coating
industries. The Agency will study the various HAP and VOC pollutants
emitted by the industry and will evaluate pollution prevention and
control techniques which can reduce these emissions. There are likely
to be small businesses in the paper and other web coating industry, but
at this time it is not known how many of these small businesses will be
subject to these rules.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/00/00
Final Action 03/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3827
Agency Contact: Daniel Brown, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5305
Email: [email protected]
Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
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(A OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AG58
_______________________________________________________________________
3349. NESHAP/NSPS: RECIPROCATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: PL 101-549; 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The stationary reciprocating internal combustion engine
source category is listed as a major source of hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs) under section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). A major source is
one which emits more than 10 tons/yr of one HAP or more than 25 tons/yr
of a combination of 189 HAPs. The EPA will gather information on HAP
emissions from internal combustion engines and determine the
appropriate maximum achievable control technology (MACT) to reduce HAP
emissions, if any. The EPA will also gather information for NOx, SO2,
CO, and PM and decide whether standards are required to reduce these
emissions. The EPA will use information that has already been
developed, if possible, by gathering information by working with State/
local agencies, vendors, manufacturers of internal combustion engines,
owners and operators of internal combustion engines, and
environmentalists. Some small businesses that use internal combustion
engines may be directly impacted as well as a few small government
entities who produce their own power. The number of small entities that
would be affected is not known at this time.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/00
Final Action 11/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3656
Agency Contact: Sims Roy, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5263
Email: [email protected]
Amanda Aldridge, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (A
OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5268
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AG63
_______________________________________________________________________
3350. NESHAP: ASPHALT ROOFING AND PROCESSING
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The CAA required EPA to publish an initial list of all
categories of major and area sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)
listed in section 112(b) of the CAA and to establish and meet dates for
promulgation of emissions standards for each of the listed categories
of HAP emissions sources. The standards are to be technology-based and
are to require the maximum degree of reduction determined to be
achievable by the Administrator. The EPA has determined that the
asphalt roofing and processing industry may be reasonably anticipated
to emit one of the pollutants listed in section 112(b) of the CAA. As a
consequence, the source category is included on the initial list of
HAP-emitting categories scheduled for standards promulgation within ten
years of enactment of the CAA Amendments of 1990. The purpose of this
action is to pursue a regulatory development program such that emission
standards may be proposed and promulgated according to the mandated
schedule.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/00/00
Interim Final 05/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3655
Agency Contact: Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, (A OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5596
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]
Juan Santiago, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (A
OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-1084
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AG66
_______________________________________________________________________
3351. NESHAP: COMBUSTION TURBINE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112
CFR Citation: 44 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The combustion turbine source category is listed as a major
source of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) under section 112 of the
Clean Air Act (CAA). A major source is one which emits more than 10
tons/yr of one HAP or more than 25 tons/yr of a combination of 189
HAPs. Combustion turbines also emit NOx, SO2, CO, and PM. Combustion
turbines are already regulated for NOx and SO2 emissions under section
111 of the CAA. The EPA will gather information on HAP emissions from
combustion turbines and determine the appropriate maximum achievable
control technology (MACT) to reduce HAP emissions, if any. The EPA will
also gather information to revise the 1979 NSPS for NOx and SO2 and
decide whether CO and PM standards are required for combustion
turbines. The EPA information that has already been developed will be
used if possible and additional information will be gathered by working
with State/local agencies, vendors, manufacturers of combustion
turbines, owners and operators of combustion turbines, and
environmentalists. The number of small
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entities that would be affected is not known at this time.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/00/00
Final Action 01/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3657
Agency Contact: Sims Roy, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5263
Email: [email protected]
Amanda Aldridge, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (A
OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5268
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AG67
_______________________________________________________________________
3352. NESHAP: INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BOILERS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 106 in Part II of this issue
of the Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AG69
_______________________________________________________________________
3353. NESHAP: METAL CAN (SURFACE COATING) INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This action will result in the reduction of hazardous air
pollutants emitted by the metal can industry. The Agency will study
what pollutants are emitted and evaluate the control techniques,
including pollution prevention, that are used to reduce these
emissions. The Agency will also determine what, if any, impact the rule
would have on small businesses.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/00
Final Action 08/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3906
Agency Contact: George F. Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-1549
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]
Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919-541-5689
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AG96
_______________________________________________________________________
3354. NESHAP: METAL COIL (SURFACE COATING) INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This action will result in the reduction of hazardous air
pollutants emitted by the metal coil surface coating industry. The
Agency will study what pollutants are emitted and evaluate the control
techniques, including pollution prevention, that are used to reduce
these emissions. The Agency will also determine what, if any, impact
the rule would have on small businesses.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/00/00
Final Action 03/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is a
statutory requirement. There is a paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3905
Agency Contact: Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]
Rhea Jones, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-2940
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AG97
_______________________________________________________________________
3355. NESHAP: PRIMARY MAGNESIUM REFINING
Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (Act), as amended November
1990, requires the EPA to regulate categories of major and area sources
of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed in section 112(b). The EPA
has determined that sources that manufacture primary magnesium may
reasonably be anticipated to emit several of the 189 HAPs listed
(including chlorine and hydrochloric acid) in quantities sufficient to
designate them as a major source. As a consequence, primary magnesium
refining is among the HAP emitting source categories selected for
regulation and is in the group of categories for which final rules are
scheduled to be promulgated by November 15, 2000 (58 FR 63941, December
3, 1993).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/00
Final Action 08/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3924
Agency Contact: Iliam Rosario, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5308
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]
Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH03
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3356. NESHAP: MISCELLANEOUS CELLULOSE PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This project is to develop national emission standards for
hazardous air pollutants (NESHAPs) by establishing maximum achievable
control technology (MACT) for facilities manufacturing cellulose ether,
carboxymethyl cellulose ether, methyl cellulose ether, cellulose food
casing, cellulosic sponges, producing rayon, and producing cellophane.
MACT standards are under development to reduce the release of hazardous
air pollutants (HAP) from all industries to protect the public health
and environment. Emissions of HAP from this industry have been
associated with, but are not limited to, product washing operations,
material storage tanks, and film drying. The scope of the rule has not
been determined.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 02/00/00
Final Action 02/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3970
Project combined with SAN 3963
Sectors Affected: 325221 Cellulosic Organic Fiber Manufacturing; 326113
Unsupported Plastics Film and Sheet (except Packaging) Manufacturing
Agency Contact: Bill Schrock, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5032
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13
Phone: 919 541-5396
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH11
_______________________________________________________________________
3357. NESHAP: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This project is to develop national emission standards for
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) by establishing maximum achievable
control technology (MACT) for municipal solid waste landfills. MACT
standards are under development to reduce the release of HAP from all
industries to protect the public health and environment. The scope of
the rule has not been determined. This project is now scheduled to
start in fiscal year 1998. The initial stage of this project is to
gather preliminary information on landfills to establish a presumptive
MACT. That work will be followed by development of a regulatory package
to propose and promulgate a MACT standard.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/00
Final Action 06/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 396
Sectors Affected: 92411 Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste
Management; 562212 Solid Waste Landfill
Agency Contact: Michele Laur, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5256
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
Kent C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
MD-13, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH13
_______________________________________________________________________
3358. NESHAP: LEATHER TANNING AND FINISHING OPERATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: Title III of the Clean Air Act requires EPA to develop air
emission standards for facilities that emit any of the 189 hazardous
air pollutants. This action will develop a MACT standard for sources
involved in leather tanning and finishing operations. Facilities
involved in these operations release over 1.7 million pounds of
hazardous air pollutants per year. Regulation of these facilities will
result in a reduction of the emissions of hazardous air pollutants,
several of which are highly toxic.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/99
Final Action 12/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3964
Sectors Affected: 31611 Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing
Agency Contact: Bill Schrock, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5032
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13
Phone: 919 541-5396
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH17
_______________________________________________________________________
3359. NESHAP: MANUFACTURE OF CARBON BLACK
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 YY
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The purpose of this regulatory action is to develop a
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Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standard for the manufacture of
carbon black. This standard will meet the Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990 requirement to regulate sources of hazardous air pollutants. Three
hazardous air pollutants identified in the 1990 Clean Air Act
Amendments are emitted by the carbon black process. These are carbon
disulfide, carbonyl sulfide, and hydrogen cyanide.
Carbon black is a product used primarily in the manufacture of
automobile tires. There are approximately 22 carbon black facilities
located in the nation. Of these it is currently estimated there are 20
major sources that will be subject to this regulation. This rule is not
expected to have impacts on small business.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3962
Sectors Affected: 325182 Carbon Black Manufacturing
Agency Contact: John Schaefer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-0296
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH19
_______________________________________________________________________
3360. NESHAP: VEGETABLE OIL PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This action develops National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for vegetable oil production
facilities as authorized under section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act
(Act). The action is based on the determination that vegetable oil
production plants emit organic hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed
in section 112(b) of the Act. On July 16, 1992, EPA listed vegetable
oil production as a source for which NESHAP are to be promulgated. On
December 3, 1993, EPA published a schedule for promulgating NESHAP for
vegetable oil production plants by November 15, 2000. NESHAP developed
under section 112(d) apply to both new and existing facilities. NESHAP
for existing facilities are to be based on the average emission
limitation achieved by the best performing 12 percent of existing
sources.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is a
statutory requirement. There is a paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3903
Sectors Affected: 311223 Other Oilseed Processing; 311222 Soybean
Processing; 311225 Fats and Oils Refining and Blending; 311225 Fats and
Oils Refining and Blending
Agency Contact: James Durham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5672
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
K.C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (A
OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH22
_______________________________________________________________________
3361. CONSOLIDATED EMISSION REPORTING RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410(a)(2)
CFR Citation: 12 CFR 120.2(d)(4); 40 CFR 51.321 to 51.323
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Three sections of the Clean Air Act and its amendments
require State agencies to report emission estimates to EPA. Some of
these sections contain obsolete wording, inconsistent instructions, and
duplicate reporting requirements. This rule will consolidate the
requirements into one area, eliminate obsolete wording, eliminate
duplicate reporting requirements, and provide options for collecting
and reporting data. There will be no impact on small businesses. State
agencies will continue to report the same or reduced amounts of data to
EPA. The rule will provide for flexibility in collecting and reporting
data. There will be no effect on local agencies.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/99
Final Action 04/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3986
Agency Contact: Steven Bromberg, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-14
Phone: 919 541-1000
Fax: 919 541-0684
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH25
_______________________________________________________________________
3362. TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY RULE AMENDMENT: CLARIFICATION OF TRADING
PROVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671 CAA sec 176(c)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 93
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The transportation conformity rule, promulgated in November
1993, ensures that transportation and air quality planning are
consistent with Clean Air Act air quality standards. The Open Market
Trading Guidance provides guidance to states for establishing a method
to
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quantify emissions reductions (called discrete emissions reductions or
DERs) that can be traded among parties and how such trading should
occur. This action will amend the transportation conformity rule to
clarify how emissions trading could be reconciled in the conformity
process.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3917
Agency Contact: Laura Voss, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4858
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH31
_______________________________________________________________________
3363. STREAMLINED EVAPORATIVE TEST PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521(m)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will streamline the test procedure used to
establish compliance with evaporative emission requirements for light
duty vehicles and trucks. The current test procedure requires both two
and three day diurnal emission tests, as well as running-loss testing.
The revisions will delete the three day requirement and add
flexibilities for running-loss compliance. This will enable
manufacturers to save significant resources without any decrease in
environmental benefits.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 09/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 391
Agency Contact: Lynn Sohacki, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4851
RIN: 2060-AH34
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3364. REVIEW OF MINOR NEW SOURCES AND MODIFICATIONS IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: As required by the Clean Air Act's New Source Review (NSR)
provisions, the EPA is proposing Federal regulations governing
preconstruction permitting of minor and major stationary sources of air
pollution in Indian country. Pursuant to the Tribal Air Rule, eligible
Indian Tribes may receive EPA authorization to develop and implement
such programs. The Federal NSR permitting programs would be effective
throughout Indian country and would be implemented by EPA if eligible
Indian Tribes do not elect, or do not receive authorization, to manage
such programs. The proposed Federal minor NSR rule would require
sources in Indian country, with certain exceptions, to obtain a permit
prior to construction if they are: (1) new minor sources, (2) existing
minor sources undergoing modification, or (3) existing major sources
undergoing minor modification. The proposed rule also would allow new
or existing stationary sources to accept enforceable limits on their
production capacity or hours of operation in order to be considered
minor sources and avoid being subject to other Clean Air Act
requirements such as the title V operating permit program. The proposed
Federal major NSR rule would require sources in nonattainment areas in
Indian country to obtain a permit prior to construction if they are:
(1) new major sources, or (2) existing major sources undergoing major
modification. These rules would not impose any mandates on Tribal
governments to implement NSR permitting programs. Tribal governments
may be affected, however, insofar as they own or operate sources that
must obtain a permit from the EPA under the final Federal permitting
program regulations.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 08/00/00
Final Action 07/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3975
Agency Contact: Michele Dubow, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-12
Phone: 919 541-3803
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
Sara Terry, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-11,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-7576
Fax: 919 541-7925
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH37
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3365. REVIEW OF FEDERAL TEST PROCEDURES FOR EMISSIONS FROM MOTOR
VEHICLES; TEST PROCEDURE ADJUSTMENTS TO FUEL ECONOMY AND EMISSION TEST
RESULTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 101-549
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86; 40 CFR 600
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action considers potential adjustments to fuel economy
and emission test results to compensate for test procedure changes
previously adopted; it applies to light-duty vehicles and light-duty
trucks. This aspect of the previous rulemaking (SAN 3323, RIN 2060-
AE27) was deferred.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 12/00/99
Final Action 12/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 397
Agency Contact: R. W. Nash, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, VPCD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
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Phone: 743 214-4412
RIN: 2060-AH38
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3366. NESHAP: ORGANIC LIQUID DISTRIBUTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This project is to develop national emission standards for
hazardous air pollutants by establishing maximum achievable control
technology (MACT) for facilities distributing organic liquids. MACT
standards are under development to reduce the release of hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs) from all industries to protect the public health and
environment. The EPA has not determined the scope of this project.
However, this project should include but is not limited to those
activities associated with the storage and distribution of organic
liquids other than gasoline at sites that serve as distribution points
from which organic liquids may be obtained for further use and
processing.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 08/00/00
Final Action 10/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3971
Agency Contact: Kent C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
Martha Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-2421
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH41
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3367. FEDERAL MAJOR NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR) PROGRAM FOR NONATTAINMENT
AREAS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52.10; 40 CFR 52.24; 40 CFR 51.165; 40 CFR 124
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Clean Air Act (Act) (title I, part D) requires that
construction permit programs for new or modified major stationary
sources of air pollution be established for areas not attaining the
NAAQS. This action will add Federal rules at 40 CFR 52.10 for
permitting the construction of new or modified major stationary sources
in certain nonattainment areas where State, local, or tribal rules in
whole or in part are not in place that meet the statutory permitting
requirements. These rules will basically incorporate the requirements
for State nonattainment NSR permit programs, codified at 40 CFR
51.165(a), with supplemental provisions added to make explicit the
permit requirements of section 173 of the Act and certain long-standing
policies regarding nonattainment NSR permitting. This action will also
change 40 CFR 52.24 to specify that the requirements of 40 CFR 52.10
govern any permits issued in certain nonattainment areas where
acceptable nonattainment NSR rules are not in place. Changes to 40 CFR
part 124 will specify that the permit processing, public participation,
and permit appeal requirements that otherwise apply to Federal PSD
permitting will also apply, in most cases, to Federal nonattainment NSR
permitting under 40 CFR 52.10.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 07/00/00
Final Action 07/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4046
Agency Contact: David Svendsgaard, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-12
Phone: 919 541-2380
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH53
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3368. NESHAP: COKE OVENS: PUSHING, QUENCHING, AND BATTERY STACKS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: There are currently 25 active domestic coke plants, 20 of
which are furnace coke plants and 5 of which are foundry coke plants.
Coke oven batteries used to produce metallurgical coke at these plants
emit hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) such as coke oven emissions and
polycyclic organic matter listed in section 112 of the Clean Air Act
(CAA).
This action will establish a National Emission Standard for Hazardous
Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for three specific operations associated with
coke ovens, namely pushing, quenching, and battery stacks.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 05/00/00
Final Action 05/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4022
Sectors Affected: 324199 All Other Petroleum and Coal Products
Manufacturing; 331111 Iron and Steel Mills
Agency Contact: Lula Melton, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2910
Email: [email protected]
Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (A
OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH55
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3369. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: ALLOWANCE SYSTEM FOR
CONTROLLING HCFC PRODUCTION, IMPORT & EXPORT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82.8
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Stratospheric Protection Division currently oversees an
allowance allocation system for the class I ozone-depleting substances.
An allowance allocation system for class II ozone-depleting substances
or hydrochloroflurocarbons (HCFCs) had not been established prior to
1998 because consumption figures had hovered around 80% of the cap
imposed by the Montreal Protocol in 1992. The HCFC consumption figures
for 1998 indicate that the US is within 92% of the cap. Since the US is
in danger of violating this cap if high HCFC consumption rates continue
into 1999, the system for allocating allowances must be in place as
soon as possible in order to control HCFC consumption for all four
quarters of 2000.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 04/04/99 64 FR 16373
Interim Final Rule 11/00/99
Final Action 03/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is a
statutory requirement. There is no paperwork burden associated with
this action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 4120
Additional deadline: Montreal Protocol. The Protocol requires
compliance with a formulary cap of all Parties' consumption of HCFCs.
The ANPRM is available on the Internet at: http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/
EPA-AIR/1999/April/Day-05/a8258.htm
Agency Contact: Vera Au, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6205J, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-2216
Fax: 202 565-2095
Email: [email protected]
Sue Stendebach, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
6205-J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9117
Fax: 202 565-2093
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH67
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3370. NESHAP: CARBON BLACK PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The purpose of this action is to develop a Maximum Achievable
Control Technology (MACT) Standard for the production of carbon black.
The Clean Air Amendments of 1990 require this action to be promulgated
by November 15, 2000. The production of carbon black results in the
release to the air of three hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) identified
by the Act: carbon disulfide, carbonyl sulfide, and hydrogen cyanide.
Health effects of these chemicals include acute effects such as nausea,
headache, increased rate of respiration, eye and skin irritation and
other effects. Chronic effects can include cardiovascular and
respiratory effects. Additionally carbon disulfide has been observed to
cause reproductive effects such as congenital malformations,
embryotoxicity, and functional and behavioral disturbances in animal
studies. Carbon black is widely used as a reinforcing agent for rubber.
It is also used as a colorant for printing ink, painting, paper and
plastics. By far the largest use of carbon black is in the manufacture
of automotive tires. There are 21 carbon black facilities in the
Nation. Carbon black is manufactured by burning hydrocarbons in a
limited supply of air. This produces a black smoke containing extremely
small carbon black particles which can be separated from the combustion
gases to form a fluffy powder of intense blackness.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4105
Sectors Affected: 325182 Carbon Black Manufacturing
Agency Contact: John Schaefer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-0296
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13
Phone: 919 541-5396
RIN: 2060-AH68
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3371. NESHAP: FOR SOURCE CATEGORY: PULP AND PAPER PRODUCTION; AMENDMENTS
TO THE PROMULGATED RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.440 to 63.459 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this action is to clarify sections of the
promulgated pulp and paper industry maximum achievable control
technology (MACT) standards where commenters have indicated that the
wording is confusing or changes are needed. This action will also
correct any typographical errors noted. This action will contain
guidance and amended rule language.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule Interpretations and
technical amendment 09/16/98 63 FR 49455
Direct Final Rule Amendment 12/28/98 63 FR 71385
NPRM Amendment 12/28/98 63 FR 71408
Final Action Interpretations and
technical amendment 04/12/99 64 FR 17555
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Rule 08/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4123
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Agency Contact: Stephen Shedd, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5397
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
Kent C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH74
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3372. NESHAP: ORGANIC HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FROM THE SYNTHETIC
ORGANIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY (SOCMI) & OTHER PROCESSES SUBJECT TO THE
NEGOTIATED REGULATION FOR EQUIPMENT LEAKS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.100 to 63.152
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The actions will amend the HON that was first promulgated on
April 22, 1994, to clarify applicability of process vent requirements.
The changes to the rule will clarify the EPA's intent regarding the
meaning of the term process vent and address the way these provisions
are to be implemented through the permit rule. The need for this action
became apparent recently when it was learned that industry was
interpreting the definition more narrowly than we intended, and thus,
not identifying all process vents subject to the HON. These amendments
will clarify the rule to ensure consistent interpretations of the term
process vent while preserving the intended applicability of the
requirements. These clarifications will not increase or lower or
otherwise affect emissions or environmental protection. Additionally,
the actions may clarify additional sections of the HON and correct any
typographical errors noted. These actions may contain guidance as well
as amended rule language.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 06/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4103
Agency Contact: Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]
Jan Meyer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5254
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH81
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3373. NESHAP: POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AND COPOLYMERS PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: Title III of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 requires
EPA to develop emission standards for each major source category of
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). The standards are to be technology-
based and are to require the maximum degree of emission reduction
determined to be achievable by the administrator of the EPA. The EPA
has determined that some plants may be major sources for one or more
HAPs. As a consequence, a regulation (emission standards) is being
developed for the polyvinyl chloride industry, to be promulgated by
November 15, 2000.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 4114
Agency Contact: Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5396
Email: [email protected]
Warren Johnson,Jr., Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5124
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH82
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3374. PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION 16 - SPECIFICATIONS AND TEST PROCEDURES
FOR PREDICTIVE EMISSION MONITORING SYSTEMS IN STATIONARY SOURCES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411 CAA section 111
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Performance Specification 16 is being proposed to provide
performance criteria for predictive emission monitoring systems.
Predictive systems represent a new technology that uses process
information or parameters to predict pollutant emissions instead of
directly measuring them. The Agency is allowing their use in recently-
promulgated rules and they are being considered by a number of
regulated facilities. The specification lists the requirements for
acceptable systems that are met by passing tests that compare the
monitoring system with standardized methods and audit gases to
determine system accuracy and stability. Performance Specification 16
will primarily apply to facilities whose emissions can be predicted
from process parameters such as combustion processes (including gas
turbines and internal combustion engines).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 04/00/00
Final Action 04/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 411
Sectors Affected: 33241 Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing;
333611 Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Unit Manufacturing; 336399 All
Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing; 333618 Other Engine Equipment
Manufacturing
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Agency Contact: Foston Curtis, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-19
Phone: 919 541-1063
William H. Lamason, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
MD-19
Phone: 919 541-5374
RIN: 2060-AH84
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3375. NESHAP: WET-FORMED FIBERGLASS MAT PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The CAA required the EPA to publish an initial list of all
categories of major and area sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)
listed in section 112(b) of the CAA and to establish and meet dates for
promulgation of emission standards for each of the listed categories of
HAP emissions sources. The wet-formed fiberglass mat production
industry is not included in the initial list of categories for
standards development but information available to the Administrator
suggests that the industry is a major source of HAP emissions and, as
such, emission standards shall be developed for this industry. The
standards are to be technology-based and are to require the maximum
degree of reduction determined to be achievable by the Administrator.
The EPA has determined that the wet-formed fiberglass mat production
industry may be reasonably expected to emit one of the pollutants
listed in section 112(b) of the CAA. The purpose of this action is to
include the industry in the source category list and to pursue a
regulatory development program such that emission standards may be
proposed and promulgated for this industry.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4082
Agency Contact: Juan Santiago, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-1084
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]
Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5596
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH89
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3376. TECHNICAL CHANGE TO DOSE METHODOLOGY FOR 40 CFR 191, SUBPART A
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2021 Atomic Energy Act of 1954; Reorganization
Plan No. 3 of 1970; Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 190(B); 40 CFR 191(A)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action is a technical change to the dose methodology for
subpart A, Environmental Standards for Management and Storage, of 40
CFR 191, Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for the
Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and
Transuranic Radioactive Wastes. The current methodology is outdated.
The new method, which would be employed as a result of this action, is
consistent with recent radiation protection standards as well as
Federal Guidance reports issued by EPA. No significant impacts from
this action are anticipated.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 02/00/00
Final Action 02/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4003
Agency Contact: Ray Clark, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6602J, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9198
Fax: 202 565-2065
RIN: 2060-AH90
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3377. AMENDMENTS TO PARTS 51, 52, 63, 70 AND 71 REGARDING THE PROVISIONS
FOR DETERMINING POTENTIAL TO EMIT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action proposes to amend regulations already established
to implement the new Federal air toxics program under section 112,
including the General Provisions, the Federal operating permit program
under title V, and the major source preconstruction programs under
parts C and D of title I.
The proposed rule will address issues related to the determination of a
stationary source's potential to emit in response to three court
decisions.
This action resulted from splitting of RINs 2060-AC98 and 2060-AC63.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/00/00
Final Action 10/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 347
Agency Contact: Carol Holmes, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, OECA (2242A), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8709
Lynn Hutchinson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
MD-12
Phone: 919 541-5795
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI01
_______________________________________________________________________
3378. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES RATED
OVER 19 KW AND NEW LAND-BASED RECREATIONAL SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES
Priority: Economically Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671(q)
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CFR Citation: 40 CFR 94
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, September 30, 2000.
Final, Judicial, December 31, 2001.
Abstract: Emissions from large spark-ignition engines are currently
unregulated. EPA and CARB are cooperating in an effort to set emission
standards for these engines to substantially reduce their contribution
to the emission inventory.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Proposed Finding 02/08/99 64 FR 6008
NPRM 09/00/00
Final Action 09/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is a
statutory requirement. There is no paperwork burden associated with
this action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 4154
Sectors Affected: 333924 Industrial Truck, Tractor, Trailer and Stacker
Machinery Manufacturing; 42183 Industrial Machinery and Equipment
Wholesalers; 335312 Motor and Generator Manufacturing
Agency Contact: Don Kopinski, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, OMS EPCD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4229
Email: [email protected]
Alan Stout, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, EPCD,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4805
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI11
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3379. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF AIR POLLUTION FROM 2004 AND LATER MODEL
YEAR HEAVY-DUTY HIGHWAY ENGINES AND VEHICLES; REVISION OF LIGHT-DUTY
TRUCK DEFINITION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7601; 42 USC 7521
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86; 40 CFR 88
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will focus on the emission standards and related
requirements for control of air pollution from 2004 and later model
year highway heavy-duty engines. It will include an assessment of the
feasibility of the requirements for these engines promulgated in 1997
plus further consideration of a number of issues left open in the rule
including potential diesel fuel changes, diesel particulate control,
and other initiatives to control emissions in use.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4043
Agency Contact: Christopher Lieske, Environmental Protection Agency,
Air and Radiation, EPCD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4584
Email: [email protected]
Glenn W. Passavant, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
EPCD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4408
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI12
_______________________________________________________________________
3380. CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS: FLEXIBLE PACKAGE PRINTING
MATERIALS: DETERMINATION ON CONTROL TECHNIQUES GUIDELINES IN LIEU OF
REGULATION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In accordance with Section 183(e) of the Clean Air Act, EPA
identified flexible package printing materials as a category of
consumer and commercial products prioritized for regulation to reduce
VOC emissions in ozone nonattainment areas. Section 183(e)(3)(C) gives
EPA the authority to issue CTG in lieu of regulation if the
Administrator determines that CTG are substantially as effective as
regulation in reducing VOC emissions in ozone nonattainment areas. This
action will put forward EPA's proposed determination under section
183(e)(3)(C).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM Propose Determination 04/00/00
Final Action Final
Determination/CTG 03/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4245
Agency Contact: Dan Brown, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, (A OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5305
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]
Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (A
OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI31
_______________________________________________________________________
3381. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF AIR POLLUTION FROM NEW COMPRESSION-
IGNITION AND SPARK-IGNITION RECREATIONAL MARINE ENGINES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7547(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 94
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, October 31, 2000.
NPRM, Judicial, November 23, 1999.
Abstract: This NPRM will establish numerical emission limits for
compression-ignition and spark-ignition engines used on marine
recreational vessels. This action will complete EPA's emission control
program for marine engines (commercial engines and spark-ignition
outboard and personal watercraft engines are covered in separate
rules).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 12/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4251
Agency Contact: Holly Pugliese, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Phone: 734 214-4288
Email: [email protected]
Jean Marie Revelt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4822
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI36
_______________________________________________________________________
3382. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: MANUFACTURE OF HALON BLENDS,
INTENTIONAL RELEASE OF HALON, TECHNICAL TRAINING AND DISPOSAL OF HALON
AND HALON-CONTAINING EQUIPMENT - AMENDMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671 to 7671(q)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82.250 to 82.270
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA promulgated a final rule (63 FR 11084, March 5, 1998)
concerning numerous aspects of the handling and processing of halons, a
group of gaseous or easily vaporized hydrocarbons that are used in a
wide range of fire and explosion protection applications. Halons are
Class I ozone-depleting substances regulated under Title VI of the
Clean Air Act (Act). Following publication of this rule, members of the
regulated community and other stakeholders requested clarifications to
two technical provisions of this rule, and other, editorial,
clarifications. The two technical clarifications relate to (1) EPA's
requirements regarding the efficiency of equipment used during halon
recovery and recycling activities, and (2) EPA's requirements regarding
technician training. SPD therefore will consider adding substantive or
editorial clarifications, and/or additional preamble discussion, to
address these issues. These changes are expected to be fully consistent
with the original scope and intent of the March 5, 1998 regulation. By
providing greater clarity and specificity to the requirements as
requested by members of the regulated community and other stakeholders,
EPA will better ensure achievement of the environmental objectives of
this action.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/99
Final Action 06/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4252
Agency Contact: Lisa Chang, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6205J, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9742
Fax: 202 565-2096
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI40
_______________________________________________________________________
3383. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: ADDITIONAL STEPS TO CONFORM US
METHYL BROMIDE PROGRAM TO OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL AND
RECENT CHANGES TO THE CAA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking will propose remaining phaseout steps for
methyl bromide, adjust phaseout data, and establish additional
exemptions.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/99
Final Action 07/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4271
Agency Contact: Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6205J, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9185
Fax: 202 565-2095
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI41
_______________________________________________________________________
3384. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: PROCESS FOR EXEMPTING
QUARANTINE AND PRESHIPMENT METHYL BROMIDE USED IN THE UNITED STATES AND
BASELINE ADJUSTMENTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7671 to 7671(q)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82.1 to 82.13
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Montreal Protocol exempts quarantine and preshipment from
the methyl bromide production and import baseline; therefore, a
regulation must be promulgated to allow for the exemption in EPA's
current allowance system.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 04/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4253
Agency Contact: Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6205J, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9185
Fax: 202 565-2093
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI42
_______________________________________________________________________
3385. REVIEW NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR CARBON MONOXIDE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act Title I
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, May 31, 2001, Clean Air Act requires
reviews every five years.
Abstract: Review of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS)
for carbon monoxide (CO) every 5 years is mandated by the Clean Air
Act. This review assesses the available scientific data about the
health and environmental effects of CO and translates the science into
terms that can be used in making recommendations about whether or how
the standards should be changed. The last review of the CO NAAQS was
completed in 1994 with a final decision
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that revisions were not appropriate at that time.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/00
Final Action 05/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 4266
Agency Contact: David McKee, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-15
Phone: 919 541-5288
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]
Harvey Richmond, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
MD-15
Phone: 919 541-5271
Fax: 919 541-0237
RIN: 2060-AI43
_______________________________________________________________________
3386. REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR
PARTICULATE MATTER
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 107 in Part II of this issue
of the Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AI44
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3387. REVISION TO THE DEFINITION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC) TO
EXCLUDE TERTIARY BUTYL ACETATE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act Title I
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.100(s)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The definition of VOC is proposed to be revised to add
tertiary butyl acetate to the list of negligibly reactive compounds.
This is a deregulatory action that will remove tertiary butyl acetate
from the necessity to be controlled as a VOC in SIPs for attaining the
ozone standard. This is not expected to have a significant impact on
small businesses or local governments.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 04/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 4254
Agency Contact: William L. Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency,
Air and Radiation, MD-15, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5245
Email: [email protected]
Diane McConkey, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
7426GG, Washington, DC 20460
Email: McConkey.D[email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI45
_______________________________________________________________________
3388. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR SMALL MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTION
UNITS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7509 CAA sec 129
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 direct the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) to set standards of performance and emission
guidelines for new and existing municipal waste combustors under
Sections 111 and 129; to base these standards and guidelines on maximum
achievable control technology; and to include emission limits for
particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, oxides of
nitrogen, carbon monoxide, mercury, lead, cadmium, and dioxins and
dibenzofurans. The standards for large municipal waste combustors were
adopted in 1995. This rule would establish standards for small MWC
units.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 03/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4243
Agency Contact: Walt Stevenson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5264
Email: [email protected]
Amanda Aldridge, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
MD-13, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5268
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI51
_______________________________________________________________________
3389. REVISION OF SCHEDULE FOR STANDARDS UNDER SECTION 112 OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 112 of the Clean Air Act requires the EPA to publish
a list of major and area source categories which emit one or more of
the hazardous air pollutants listed in section 112. An initial list of
source categories was finalized in July 1992, and contained 174
categories. Section 112 further requires the Agency to prioritize the
listed categories such that standards are promulgated for 40 source
categories within 2 years of enactment, 25% of all initially listed
categories within 4 years, 50% within 7 years, and 100% within 10
years. The schedule for the promulgation of emissions standards was
published in December 1993.
This action revises the list of source categories and the corresponding
schedule for emission standards. This is in accordance with the
statute, which requires the Agency to periodically amend the list in
response to public comment or new information, and no less often than
every eight years. The list was last updated on February 12, 1998 and
the schedule was last updated on May 17, 1999.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Notice 11/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
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Additional Information: SAN No. 4284
Agency Contact: Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Email: [email protected]
Maria Noell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13
Phone: 919 541-5607
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI52
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3390. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF HAZARDOUS POLLUTANTS FROM MOTOR
VEHICLES AND MOTOR VEHICLE FUELS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: PL 101-549 sec 202(l)(2)
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, April 28, 1999. Final, Judicial,
december 22, 2000.
Abstract: This action will: (1) describe the hazardous air pollutants
emitted from motor vehicles and motor vehicle fuels; (2) discuss the
Agency's existing and planned emission control programs to reduce
emissions of these pollutants; and (3) explore the need for additional
controls. Any additional control programs will be undertaken and tiered
separately from this action.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/00
Final Rule 12/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4285
Agency Contact: Jean Marie Revelt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4822
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI55
_______________________________________________________________________
3391. TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY AMENDMENTS: RESPONSE TO MARCH
2, 1999, COURT DECISION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 108 in Part II of this issue
of the Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AI56
_______________________________________________________________________
3392. AREA SOURCE TITLE V OPERATING PERMIT DEFERRALS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.320; 40 CFR 63.340; 40 CFR 63.360; 40 CFR
63.468; 40 CFR 63.541
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These amendments to the National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP; Part 63) for ethylene oxide
sterilizers (subpart O), dry cleaning facilities (subpart M),
halogenated solvent cleaning (subpart T), chromium plating (subpart N),
and secondary lead smelting (subpart X) would continue the existing
deferral for area sources affected by these subparts from the need to
obtain Parts 70 or 71 operating permits. The deferrals would extend for
5 years, until December 9, 2005. Without these amendments, area sources
would become subject to Part 70 or 71 permitting. This amendment is an
administrative action and would have no impact on the enforcement and
implementation of the NESHAP themselves. There are no compliance costs
associated with this action.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 01/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4272
Agency Contact: Rick Colyer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5262
Email: [email protected]
Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI58
_______________________________________________________________________
3393. DECISION ON A PETITION FROM THE TERRITORY OF AMERICAN
SAMOA TO BE EXEMPTED FROM THE GASOLINE ANTI-DUMPING REGULATIONS.
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7625-1(a)(1) CAAA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.90 to 80.130
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA will decide whether to grant American Samoa's petition to
be exempted from meeting the regulations at 40 CFR 80 that require all
conventional gasoline sold in the U.S. to not be more polluting than it
was in 1990--called the ``gasoline anti-dumping regulations.'' These
regulations were promulgated to prevent gasoline refiners and
distributors from ``dumping'' pollutants into conventional gasoline
that are prohibited in the manufacture of reformulated gasoline.
American Samoa (and other U.S. territories) are allowed under Clean Air
Act (CAA) section 325(a) to petition the Administrator for exemption
from certain CAA requirements if such compliance is not feasible or is
unreasonable due to unique geographical, meteorological, or economic
factors of such territory, or other local factors deemed significant.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4333
Agency Contact: Marilyn W. McCall, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9029
Fax: 202 564-2085
Email: [email protected]
Lori Stewart, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
6406J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9035
RIN: 2060-AI60
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3394. NATIONAL VOC EMISSION STANDARDS FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS;
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Amendments to the consumer products rule are being proposed
to clarify and correct the rule.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/99
Final Action 12/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 43
Agency Contact: Bruce Moore, Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC
27711
Phone: 919 541-5460
Email: [email protected]
Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (A
OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI62
_______________________________________________________________________
3395. NATIONAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSION STANDARD FOR
ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS; PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Amendments to the architectural coatings rule are being
proposed to clarify and correct the rule.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/99
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4287
Agency Contact: Linda Herring, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5358
Email: [email protected]
Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (A
OPE), SA-6, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI63
_______________________________________________________________________
3396. NESHAP FOR THE PRINTING AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY;
AMENDMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, March 1, 1995.
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1994.
Abstract: The amendments will clarify the rule and ensure it reflects
the EPA's intent.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/00/00
Final Action 09/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 431
Agency Contact: David Salman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Pa, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0859
Email: