[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Environmental Protection Agency Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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Part XXI





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-6549-2

April 2000 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:

 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 contact Janice Gray-Ndunguru (2136), 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; or
[email protected]; or by phone at (202) 564-6572. 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, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
phone: (202) 564-6564; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   

Table of Contents
 The Rulemaking Process
 EPA's Regulatory Philosophy and Priorities
 What Actions Are Included in the Agenda?
 How Is the Agenda Organized?
 What Information Is in Agenda Entries?
 Impacts on Small Entities
 Accessing Federal Register Documents via the Internet and via Email
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 these and other 
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 that support your position, and you should also 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 (64 FR 64023; and online at http://
ciir.cs.umass.edu/ciirdemo/ua/AgendaOctober1999/web----pages/
priority/pfile-14.html).

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.

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    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 Executive Order 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 the 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 section number of the statute which requires or 
authorizes the rule.

    The following 14 sections deal with 13 laws that EPA 
administers and a fourteenth 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-KnowAct (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)

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 March 2001.

5. Completed Actions--This section contains actions that have been 
promulgated and published in the Federal Register since publication of 
the November 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.

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 Executive Order 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 Executive Order 
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. 801; Public Law. 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

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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.''

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 proposed 
or final rules that EPA believes may have a significant economic impact 
on a substantial number of small entities.

Small Entities Affected: Indicates whether we expect the rule to have 
any effect on small entities.

Government Levels Affected: Indicates whether we expect the rule to 
have any effect on levels of government and, if so, whether the 
governments are State, local, tribal, or Federal.

Federalism Implications: Indicates whether the action is expected to 
have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship 
between the national government and the States, or on the distribution 
of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.

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 Identifier Number is used by OMB to identify and 
track rulemakings.

 Impacts on Small Entities
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.

Regulatory Flexibility Act Considerations: Rules Expected To Have a 
Significant Impact on a Substantial Number of Small Entities

    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 
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

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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].

Accessing Federal Register Documents via the Internet and via Email

    Like many organizations in the public and private sector, EPA 
is harnessing the power of the Internet to meet the needs of those 
we serve. The EPA Web site offers more than 100,000 files online.

    In February 2000, we significantly upgraded the security of EPA 
Internet computer systems. As a result, we are not currently 
updating information as often as usual for some Agency Web sites.

    You may subscribe for e-mail about our electronic Federal 
Register (FR) document collections. We maintain 12 collections 
including: air; water; wastes and emergency response; pesticides; 
toxic substances; right-to-know and toxic release inventory; 
environmental impacts; endangered species; meetings; the Science 
Advisory Board; daily full-text notices with page numbers; and 
general information. For more information and to subscribe via our 
FR Web site, visit: http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/subscribe.htm. If 
you have e-mail without full Internet access, please send an e-mail 
to [email protected] to request instructions for subscribing to the 
EPA Federal Register listservers.

    Several Web sites allow access to the full text of Federal 
Register documents.

 The Government Printing Office site has a number of databases 
online including the Unified Agenda and the Federal Register going back 
to 1994. This site is the official source for the electronic Federal 
Register. It provides public access via telnet, Internet, and dial-up 
connection and is located at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su----docs/aces/
aaces002.html.

 EPA's site (http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/) has environmental 
rules issued by EPA and other Federal agencies dating back to October 
1994 and lets you search by date, page citation or keyword. It includes 
links to the Regulatory Information Service Center and Government 
Printing Office sites.

 The Regulatory Information Service Center of the General 
Services Administration maintains a site to help users who want to find 
information about Federal, State, and local regulations at http://
www.reginfo.gov/. This site includes all agencies' regulatory agendas 
and regulatory plans going back to October 1995.

    In the Additional Information section of many of the entries in 
this Agenda we include the Internet address for documents that we 
have already published as part of the rulemaking.

    The April 2000 EPA Agenda follows.

Dated:  March 24, 2000.

 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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3107        SAN No. 4056 Utilization of Small, Minority and Women's Business Enterprises in          2020-AA39
            Procurement Under Assistance Agreements.............................................
3108        SAN No. 4191 Revision to EPAAR 1552.211-73, Level of Effort.........................     2030-AA64
3109        SAN No. 4226 Incorporating Informal Clauses (EP) Into the EPAAR.....................     2030-AA66
3110        SAN No. 4319 Revisions to Acquisition Regulation Concerning Conflict of Interest....     2030-AA67
3111        SAN No. 3629 EPA Mentor-Protege Program.............................................     2030-AA40
3112        SAN No. 3876 Incrementally Funding Fixed Price Contracts............................     2030-AA50
3113        SAN No. 3874 Deletion of EPA Acquisition Regulations for Quality Systems for             2030-AA51
            Environmental Programs..............................................................
3114        SAN No. 3817 Implementation of Changes to 40 CFR Part 32............................     2030-AA48
3115        SAN No. 3240 Public Information and Confidentiality Regulations.....................     2020-AA21
3116        SAN No. 4180 Rewriting of EPA Regulations Implementing the Freedom of Information        2020-AA40
            Act.................................................................................
3117        SAN No. 4270 Cross-Media Electronic Reporting (ER) and Recordkeeping Rule...........     2020-AA41
3118        SAN No. 4292 Proposed Revision to EPA's Implementing NEPA Regulations...............     2020-AA42
3119        SAN No. 4351 Warrants for On-Scene Coordinators.....................................     2030-AA68
3120        SAN No. 4396 Business Ownership Representation......................................     2030-AA69
3121        SAN No. 4397 Contractor Diversity Clause............................................     2030-AA70
3122        SAN No. 4398 Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline Poster..............     2030-AA71
3123        SAN No. 4400 Administrative Corrections to EPAAR 1515, Contracting By Negotiation...     2030-AA73
3124        SAN No. 4175 Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment Program...............................     2070-AD24
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                                            GENERAL--Final Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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3125        SAN No. 3736 Revision to 40 CFR 35 Subpart A and Promulgation of Performance             2030-AA55
            Partnership (State) Grant Regulation................................................
3126        SAN No. 4128 Revision to 40 CFR 35 Subpart A and Promulgation of Performance             2030-AA56
            Partnership (Tribal) Grant Rule.....................................................
3127        SAN No. 4187 EPAAR Coverage on Local Hiring and Training............................     2030-AA62
3128        SAN No. 3580 Incorporation of Class Deviations Into EPAAR...........................     2030-AA37
3129        SAN No. 3807 Consolidation of Good Laboratory Practice Standards (GLPS) Regulations      2020-AA26
            Currently Under TSCA and FIFRA Into One Rule........................................
3130        SAN No. 3933 Environmental Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental Activities in            2020-AA34
            Antarctica..........................................................................
3131        SAN No. 4185 Electronic Funds Transfer..............................................     2030-AA57
3132        SAN No. 4399 Ratification and Debarment/Suspension Procedures.......................     2030-AA72
3133        SAN No. 4401 Revision to Award Fee Clauses, 1552.216-70 and 1552.216-75.............     2030-AA74
3134        SAN No. 3890 Tolerances for Pesticide Emergency Exemptions..........................     2070-AD15
3135        SAN No. 4027 Pesticides; Tolerance Processing Fees..................................     2070-AD23
3136        SAN No. 3671 Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment..............................     2080-AA06
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                                           GENERAL--Completed Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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3137        SAN No. 4386 Codification to Revision of OMB Circular A-110: Public Access to Data       2030-AA75
            Produced Under an Award.............................................................
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                                       CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Prerule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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3138        SAN No. 4393 Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether; Advanced Notice of Intent To Initiate          2060-AJ00
            Rulemaking Under the Toxic Substances Control Act To Eliminate or Limit the Use of
            MTBE as a Fuel Additive.............................................................
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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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3139        SAN No. 3263 Performance Warranty and Inspection/Maintenance Test Procedures........     2060-AE20
3140        SAN No. 3262 Inspection/Maintenance Recall Requirements.............................     2060-AE22
3141        SAN No. 3407 Method 301: Field Validation of Pollution Measurement Methods for           2060-AF00
            Various Media; Revisions............................................................
3142        SAN No. 3412 Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70).................................     2060-AF70
3143        SAN No. 3649 Amendments to Method 24 (Water-Based Coatings).........................     2060-AF72
3144        SAN No. 3741 Service Information Availability.......................................     2060-AG13
3145        SAN No. 3819 NSPS: Sewage Sludge Incinerators.......................................     2060-AG50
3146        SAN No. 3820 NESHAP: Plywood and Composite Wood Products............................     2060-AG52
3147        SAN No. 3970 NESHAP: Miscellaneous Cellulose Production.............................     2060-AH11
3148        SAN No. 3969 NESHAP: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills................................     2060-AH13
3149        SAN No. 3986 Consolidated Emission Reporting Rule...................................     2060-AH25
3150        SAN No. 3917 Transportation Conformity Rule Amendment: Clarification of Trading          2060-AH31
            Provisions..........................................................................
3151        SAN No. 3910 Streamlined Evaporative Test Procedures................................     2060-AH34
3152        SAN No. 4046 Federal Major New Source Review (NSR) Program for Nonattainment Areas..     2060-AH53
3153        SAN No. 4022 NESHAP: Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks.............     2060-AH55
3154        SAN No. 4120 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allowance System for Controlling         2060-AH67
            HCFC Production, Import & Export....................................................
3155        SAN No. 4111 NESHAP: Fumed Silica Production........................................     2060-AH72
3156        SAN No. 4114 NESHAP: Polyvinyl Chloride and CoPolymers Production...................     2060-AH82

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3157        SAN No. 4119 Performance Specification 16 - Specifications and Test Procedures for       2060-AH84
            Predictive Emission Monitoring Systems in Stationary Sources........................
3158        SAN No. 4082 NESHAP: Wet-formed Fiberglass Mat Production...........................     2060-AH89
3159        SAN No. 4003 Technical Change to Dose Methodology for 40 CFR 191, Subpart A.........     2060-AH90
3160        SAN No. 4333 Decision on a Petition from the Territory of American Samoa to be           2060-AI60
            Exempted from the Gasoline Anti-dumping Regulations.................................
3161        SAN No. 1002 NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Response to Remand).............................     2060-AA61
3162        SAN No. 3470 Requirements for Preparation, Adoption, and Submittal of State              2060-AF01
            Implementation Plans (Guideline on Air Quality Models)..............................
3163        SAN No. 3656 NESHAP/NSPS: Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine..................     2060-AG63
3164        SAN No. 3657 NESHAP: Combustion Turbine.............................................     2060-AG67
3165        SAN No. 3343 NESHAP: Iron Foundries and Steel Foundries.............................     2060-AE43
3166        SAN No. 3346 NESHAP: Integrated Iron and Steel......................................     2060-AE48
3167        SAN No. 3326 NESHAP: Reinforced Plastic Composites Production.......................     2060-AE79
3168        SAN No. 3452 NESHAP: Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Production and Miscellaneous         2060-AE82
            Coating Production..................................................................
3169        SAN No. 3449 NESHAP: Chlorine Production............................................     2060-AE85
3170        SAN No. 3551 Amendments to General Provisions Subparts A and B for 40 CFR 63........     2060-AF31
3171        SAN No. 3747 NESHAP: Boat Manufacturing.............................................     2060-AG27
3172        SAN No. 3749 NESHAP: Tire Manufacturing.............................................     2060-AG29
3173        SAN No. 3823 NESHAP: Large Appliance (Surface Coating)..............................     2060-AG54
3174        SAN No. 3825 NESHAP: Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products (Surface Coating).......     2060-AG56
3175        SAN No. 3827 Paper and Other Web Coating NESHAP.....................................     2060-AG58
3176        SAN No. 3655 NESHAP: Asphalt Roofing and Processing.................................     2060-AG66
3177        SAN No. 3837 NESHAP: Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Boilers...............     2060-AG69
3178        SAN No. 3902 NESHAP: Semiconductor Production.......................................     2060-AG93
3179        SAN No. 3905 NESHAP: Metal Coil (Surface Coating) Industry..........................     2060-AG97
3180        SAN No. 3907 NESHAP: Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Manufacturing (Surface Coating)     2060-AG99
3181        SAN No. 3908 Offset Lithographic Printing National VOC Rule.........................     2060-AH00
3182        SAN No. 3924 NESHAP: Primary Magnesium Refining.....................................     2060-AH03
3183        SAN No. 2841 NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating Amendment..............................     2060-AH08
3184        SAN No. 3968 NESHAP: Site Remediation...............................................     2060-AH12
3185        SAN No. 3964 NESHAP: Leather Tanning and Finishing Operations.......................     2060-AH17
3186        SAN No. 3903 NESHAP: Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production................     2060-AH22
3187        SAN No. 3972 NESHAP: Rocket Engine Test Firing......................................     2060-AH35
3188        SAN No. 3971 NESHAP: Organic Liquid Distribution....................................     2060-AH41
3189        SAN No. 3973 NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam Fabrication Operations..............     2060-AH42
3190        SAN No. 3479 Amendments to Parts 51, 52, 63, 70 and 71 Regarding the Provisions for      2060-AI01
            Determining Potential To Emit.......................................................
3191        SAN No. 4218 NESHAP: Process Heaters................................................     2060-AI35
3192        SAN No. 3751 NSPS: New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for          2060-AG31
            Other Solid Waste Incinerators......................................................
3193        SAN No. 3919 Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality: Permit              2060-AH01
            Application Review Procedures for Non-Federal Class I Areas.........................
3194        SAN No. 3824 Metal Furniture (Surface Coatings) NESHAP..............................     2060-AG55
3195        SAN No. 3826 Plastic Parts (Surface Coating) NESHAP.................................     2060-AG57
3196        SAN No. 3139 Location of Selective Enforcement Audits of Foreign Manufactured            2060-AD90
            Vehicles and Engines; Amendment.....................................................
3197        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................
3198        SAN No. 3673 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration of Section 608 Sales     2060-AG20
            Restriction.........................................................................
3199        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..........................................................................
3200        SAN No. 4385 Amendments to Vehicle Inspection Maintenance Program Requirements           2060-AJ03
            Implementing the Onboard Diagnostic Check; Proposed Amendment to the Final Rule.....
3201        SAN No. 4105 NESHAP: Generic MACT for Carbon Black, Ethylene, Cyanide and Spandex...     2060-AH68
3202        SAN No. 4115 NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating Amendment..............................     2060-AH69
3203        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...........................

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3204        SAN No. 4251 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution from New Compression-Ignition and     2060-AI36
            Spark-Ignition Recreational Marine Engines..........................................
3205        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....................................................
3206        SAN No. 4253 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Process for Exempting Quarantine and     2060-AI42
            Preshipment Methyl Bromide Used in the United States and Baseline Adjustments.......
3207        SAN No. 4266 Review National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Carbon Monoxide......     2060-AI43
3208        SAN No. 4284 Revision of Schedule for Standards Under section 112 of the Clean Air       2060-AI52
            Act.................................................................................
3209        SAN No. 4285 Control of Emissions of Hazardous Pollutants from Motor Vehicles and        2060-AI55
            Motor Vehicle Fuels.................................................................
3210        SAN No. 4340 Transportation Conformity Amendments: Response to March 2, 1999, Court      2060-AI56
            Decision............................................................................
3211        SAN No. 4309 National VOC Emission Standards for Consumer Products; Proposed             2060-AI62
            Amendments..........................................................................
3212        SAN No. 4316 NESHAP for Ethylene Oxide Commercial Sterilization Operations-              2060-AI64
            Monitoring Amendments...............................................................
3213        SAN No. 4310 NESHAP for the Printing and Publishing Industry; Amendments............     2060-AI66
3214        SAN No. 4325 NESHAP: Brick and Structural Clay Products Manufacturing...............     2060-AI67
3215        SAN No. 4355 Heavy-Duty Engine Emission Standards and Diesel Fuel Sulfur Control         2060-AI69
            Requirements........................................................................
3216        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.....................
3217        SAN No. 4144 NESHAP: Engine Test Facilities.........................................     2060-AI74
3218        SAN No. 4346 NESHAP: Lightweight Aggregate Manufacturing............................     2060-AI75
3219        SAN No. 4354 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source         2060-AI78
            Categories - Pharmaceuticals Production; Proposed Amendments........................
3220        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..................................
3221        SAN No. 4304 National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone - Corrections Notice...     2060-AI95
3222        SAN No. 4306 Development of Reference Method for the Determination of Source             2060-AI96
            Emissions of Filterable Fine Particulate Matter as PM2.5............................
3223        SAN No. 4348 Inspection Maintenance Program Requirements for Federal Facilities;         2060-AI97
            Amendment to the Final Rule.........................................................
3224        SAN No. 4358 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Reformulated Gasoline               2060-AI98
            Adjustment..........................................................................
3225        SAN No. 4380 NESHAP: Taconite Iron Ore Processing Industry..........................     2060-AJ02
3226        SAN No. 4402 NESHAP: Oil & Natural Gas Production & Natural Gas Transmission &           2060-AJ08
            Storage; Amendments.................................................................
3227        SAN No. 4417 Removal of Aluminum Die Casting and Aluminum Foundries From the             2060-AJ11
            Secondary Aluminum NESHAP and Applicability Stay for These Industries...............
3228        SAN No. 4390 New Source Review Sector-Based Approach................................     2060-AJ14
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                                      CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3229        SAN No. 3259 New Source Review (NSR) Reform.........................................     2060-AE11
3230        SAN No. 3380 NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry - Wastewater       2060-AE94
            (FINAL) & Amend. to Appendix C of Part 63 & Appendix J of Part 60...................
3231        SAN No. 3549 NESHAP: Petroleum Refineries--FCC Units, Reformers and Sulfur Plants...     2060-AF28
3232        SAN No. 3569 Source Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Navajo Generating           2060-AF42
            Station; Four Corners Power Plant...................................................
3233        SAN No. 2915 Methods for Measurement of Visible Emissions--Addition of Methods 203A,     2060-AF83
            203B, and 203C to Appendix M of Part 51.............................................
3234        SAN No. 3637 Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) To Control Emissions From Sources         2060-AF84
            Located on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.........................................
3235        SAN No. 3568 Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada     2060-AG14
3236        SAN No. 3743 Amendments for Testing and Monitoring Provisions to Part 60, Part 61,       2060-AG21
            and Part 63.........................................................................
3237        SAN No. 3744 Amendment to Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources;           2060-AG22
            Monitoring Requirements (PS-1)......................................................
3238        SAN No. 3748 Consolidated Federal Air Rule for the Synthetic Organic Chemical            2060-AG28
            Manufacturing Industry..............................................................
3239        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................................
3240        SAN No. 3958 Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203)     2060-AH23

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3241        SAN No. 4030 Expanded Definitions for Alternative-Fueled Vehicles and Engines            2060-AH52
            Meeting Low-Emission Vehicle Exhaust Emission Standards.............................
3242        SAN No. 4123 NESHAP: for Source Category: Pulp and Paper Production; Amendments to       2060-AH74
            the Promulgated Rule................................................................
3243        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.....................................................................
3244        SAN No. 4077 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration on the 610               2060-AH99
            Nonessential Products Ban...........................................................
3245        SAN No. 4165 Optional Certification Streamlining Procedures for LDVs, LDTs, and HDEs     2060-AI15
3246        SAN No. 4254 Revision to the Definition of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) to            2060-AI45
            Exclude Tertiary Butyl Acetate......................................................
3247        SAN No. 4295 Additional Flexibility Amendments to Inspection Maintenance Program         2060-AI61
            Requirements; Amendments to the Final Rule..........................................
3248        SAN No. 3304 NESHAP: Phosphate Fertilizers Production...............................     2060-AE44
3249        SAN No. 3340 NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelting........................................     2060-AE46
3250        SAN No. 3078 NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry....................................     2060-AE77
3251        SAN No. 3550 NESHAP: Manufacturing of Nutritional Yeast.............................     2060-AF30
3252        SAN No. 3829 Revisions to the Regulation for Approval of State Programs and              2060-AG60
            Delegation of Federal Authorities 112(l)............................................
3253        SAN No. 3939 NESHAP: Group I Polymers and Resins and Group IV Polymers and Resins        2060-AH47
            and Group IV Polymers and Resins....................................................
3254        SAN No. 4162 NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production and NESHAP: Natural Gas              2060-AI13
            Transmission and Storage, Amendments................................................
3255        SAN No. 3613 New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for Commercial     2060-AF91
            and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units.......................................
3256        SAN No. 4352 Transportation Conformity Amendment: Deletion of Grace Period..........     2060-AI76
3257        SAN No. 2665 Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles; Amendments to Regulations.......     2060-AI03
3258        SAN No. 3361 Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines At or Below 19 Kilowatts (25 Horsepower)     2060-AE29
            (Phase 2)...........................................................................
3259        SAN No. 3556 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Supplemental Rule Regarding a            2060-AF36
            Recycling Standard Under Section 608................................................
3260        SAN No. 3560 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Refrigerant Recycling Rule Amendment     2060-AF37
            To Include Substitute Refrigerants..................................................
3261        SAN No. 3525 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Update of the Substitutes List Under     2060-AG12
            the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program..............................
3262        SAN No. 4159 Redefinition of Glycol Ethers Listed as HAPs Under the Clean Air Act,       2060-AI08
            and Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA...............................................
3263        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....
3264        SAN No. 4219 Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators--Federal Plan (Federal       2060-AI25
            Plan for existing Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators)...................
3265        SAN No. 4240 NESHAP: Chemical Recovery Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda, Sulfite        2060-AI34
            and Stand Alone Semichemical Pulp Mills.............................................
3266        SAN No. 4243 Standards and Guidelines for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units....     2060-AI51
3267        SAN No. 4286 National Emission Standards for Benzene Emissions from Coke By-Product      2060-AI65
            Recovery Plants (Part 61, subpart L)................................................
3268        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).............................................................
3269        SAN No. 4318 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of 2000 Essential-Use         2060-AI73
            Allowances..........................................................................
3270        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.....
3271        SAN No. 4315 Source Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Navajo Generating           2060-AI79
            Station; Navajo Nation..............................................................
3272        SAN No. 4276 Revision to NOx SIP Call Emission Budgets for Connecticut,                  2060-AI80
            Massachusetts and Rhode Island......................................................
3273        SAN No. 4275 Amendment to National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:      2060-AI91
            Halogenated Solvent Cleaning........................................................
3274        SAN No. 4299 Revision to Method 24 for Electrical Insulating Varnishes..............     2060-AI94
3275        SAN No. 4387 Amendments to State and Federal Operating Permits Programs, Part 70 and     2060-AJ04
            Part 71, Compliance Certification Requirements......................................
3276        SAN No. 4384 Direct Final Amendments to the Polyether Polyols NESHAP................     2060-AJ10
3277        SAN No. 4388 Extending Operating Permits Program Interim Approval Expiration Dates..     2060-AJ12
3278        SAN No. 4379 Electric Arc Furnace NSPS Amendment....................................     2060-AJ13

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3279        SAN No. 4410 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone Allocation of Essential-Use               2060-AJ15
            Allowances for Calendar Year 2000: Laboratory Essential Use Exemptions..............
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                                     CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3280        SAN No. 3553 Implementation of Ozone and Particulate Matter (PM) National Ambient        2060-AF34
            Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and Regional Haze Regulations.........................
3281        SAN No. 3922 Revised Permit Revision Procedures for the Federal Operating Permits        2060-AG92
            Program.............................................................................
3282        SAN No. 3975 Review of Minor New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country........     2060-AH37
3283        SAN No. 4045 Rulemaking To Modify the List of Source Categories From Which Fugitive      2060-AH58
            Emissions Are Considered in Major Source Determinations.............................
3284        SAN No. 4102 NESHAP: Taconite Iron Ore Processing...................................     2060-AH73
3285        SAN No. 4104 NESHAP: Hydrochloric Acid Production Industry..........................     2060-AH75
3286        SAN No. 4116 NESHAP: Ammonium Sulphate Production (Caprolactam By-Product)..........     2060-AH77
3287        SAN No. 4107 NESHAP: Asphalt/Coal Tar Application on Metal Pipes....................     2060-AH78
3288        SAN No. 4113 NESHAP: Clay Processing Minerals.......................................     2060-AH79
3289        SAN No. 4112 NESHAP: Hydrogen Chloride Production...................................     2060-AH80
3290        SAN No. 4098 NESHAP: Uranium Hexafluoride Production................................     2060-AH83
3291        SAN No. 4096 Federal Implementation Plans (FIPs) To Reduce the Regional Transport of     2060-AH87
            Ozone in the Eastern United States..................................................
3292        SAN No. 4070 General Conformity Regulations; Revisions..............................     2060-AH93
3293        SAN No. 4247 Revisions to Air Pollution Emergency Episode Requirements (Subpart H,       2060-AI47
            40 CFR Part 51).....................................................................
3294        SAN No. 3638 Revision of EPA's Radiological Emergency Response Plan.................     2060-AI49
3295        SAN No. 3746 NESHAP: Paint Stripping Operations.....................................     2060-AG26
3296        SAN No. 3754 Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaners Maximum Achievable Control Technology        2060-AG34
            (MACT) Standard.....................................................................
3297        SAN No. 3652 NESHAP: Refractories Manufacturing.....................................     2060-AG68
3298        SAN No. 3651 NESHAP: Lime Manufacturing.............................................     2060-AG72
3299        SAN No. 3899 NESHAP: Friction Products Manufacturing................................     2060-AG87
3300        SAN No. 3906 NESHAP: Metal Can (Surface Coating) Industry...........................     2060-AG96
3301        SAN No. 3909 NESHAP: Fabric Printing, Coating and Dyeing............................     2060-AG98
3302        SAN No. 3962 NESHAP: Manufacture of Carbon Black....................................     2060-AH19
3303        SAN No. 2937 Field Citation Program.................................................     2020-AA32
3304        SAN No. 3904 NESHAP: Wood Building Products (Surface Coating).......................     2060-AH02
3305        SAN No. 4245 Consumer and Commercial Products: Flexible Package Printing Materials:      2060-AI31
            Determination on Control Techniques Guidelines in Lieu of Regulation................
3306        SAN No. 4110 NESHAP: Alumina Processing.............................................     2060-AH70
3307        SAN No. 4222 NESHAP: Ethylene Oxide Commercial Sterilization and Fumigation              2060-AI37
            Operations..........................................................................
3308        SAN No. 4255 Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate        2060-AI44
            Matter..............................................................................
3309        SAN No. 3626 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Amendment to Transshipment Provision     2060-AI46
            in Final Rule Accelerating the Phaseout of Ozone-Depleting Substances...............
3310        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)..................
3311        SAN No. 4343 NESHAP: Ceramics.......................................................     2060-AI68
3312        SAN No. 4383 Interstate Ozone Transport: Rulemaking on Section 126 Petitions From        2060-AI99
            the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey........................
3313        SAN No. 4391 Rescinding the Finding That the Pre-existing PM10 Standards Are No          2060-AJ05
            Longer Applicable in Northern Ada County/Boise, Idaho...............................
3314        SAN No. 4413 NESHAP: Aluminum Die Casting and Aluminum Foundries....................     2060-AJ09
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                                     CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3315        SAN No. 4095 Findings of Significant Contribution and Rulemaking on Section 126          2060-AH88
            Petitions for Purposes of Reducing Interstate Ozone Transport.......................
3316        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..........................................................................
3317        SAN No. 4078 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From New Marine Diesel Engines At     2060-AI17
            or Above 37 Kilowatts...............................................................
3318        SAN No. 4211 Tier II Light-Duty Vehicle and Light-Duty Truck Emission Standards and      2060-AI23
            Gasoline Sulfur Standards...........................................................
3319        SAN No. 3228 NESHAP: Manufacturing of Amino/Phenolic Resins (previously known as         2060-AE36
            Polymers & Resins Group III)........................................................
3320        SAN No. 3341 NESHAP: Cyanide Chemicals Manufacturing................................     2060-AE45
3321        SAN No. 3377 NESHAP: Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW)-Amendments...............     2060-AF26
3322        SAN No. 3821 NESHAP: Ethylene Processes.............................................     2060-AG53
3323        SAN No. 3967 NESHAP: Spandex Production.............................................     2060-AH14
3324        SAN No. 4328 List of Regulated Substances and Thresholds for Accidental Release          2050-AE70
            Prevention; Petition to Delist Vinyl Acetate........................................
3325        SAN No. 4291 List of Regulated Substances and Thresholds for Accidental Release          2050-AE72
            Prevention; Proposed Amendment; Flammable Hydrocarbon Fuel Exemption................
3326        SAN No. 4244 Amendment to Regulations Governing Equivalent Emission Limitations by       2060-AI28
            Permit..............................................................................
3327        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.......................................................................
3328        SAN No. 4289 Process Wastewater Provisions of the Generic MACT......................     2060-AI53
3329        SAN No. 4335 Revisions to Promulgation of Federal Implementation Plan for Arizona -      2060-AI54
            Maricopa Nonattainment Area PM-10 Test Methods......................................
3330        SAN No. 4272 Area Source Title V Operating Permit Deferrals.........................     2060-AI58
3331        SAN No. 4287 National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standard for Architectural      2060-AI63
            Coatings; Proposed Amendments.......................................................
3332        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.............
3333        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..................................
3334        SAN No. 4299 Revision to Method 24 for Electrical Insulating Varnishes..............     2060-AI85
3335        SAN No. 4304 National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone - Corrections Notice...     2060-AI86
3336        SAN No. 4306 Development of Reference Method for the Determination of Source             2060-AI87
            Emissions of Filterable Fine Particulate Matter as PM2.5............................
3337        SAN No. 4348 Inspection Maintenance Program Requirements for Federal Facilities;         2060-AI88
            Amendment to the Final Rule.........................................................
3338        SAN No. 4358 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Reformulated Gasoline               2060-AI89
            Adjustment..........................................................................
3339        SAN No. 4339 Amendments to the NESHAP: Halogenated Solvent Cleaning.................     2060-AJ01
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                                  ATOMIC ENERGY ACT (AEA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3340        SAN No. 4054 Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for the Disposal of Low-       2060-AH63
            Activity Mixed Radioactive Waste....................................................
3341        SAN No. 4403 Revision of the 40 CFR Part 194 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Compliance      2060-AJ07
            Criteria............................................................................
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                                   ATOMIC ENERGY ACT (AEA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3342        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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3343        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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3344        SAN No. 2687 Data Requirements for Pesticide Registration (Revision)................     2070-AC12
3345        SAN No. 4173 Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Registrations; Product Chemistry        2070-AD30
            Requirements........................................................................
3346        SAN No. 4143 Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..................................     2070-AD26
3347        SAN No. 4216 Regulatory Review of Pesticide Emergency Exemption Regulations.........     2070-AD36
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                  FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3348        SAN No. 3731 WPS; Pesticide Worker Protection Standard; Glove Amendment.............     2070-AC93
3349        SAN No. 2684 Exemptions for Plant Pesticides Regulated Under FIFRA and FFDCA........     2070-AC02
3350        SAN No. 3222 Ground Water and Pesticide Management Plan.............................     2070-AC46
3351        SAN No. 3432 Pesticide Management and Disposal......................................     2020-AA33
3352        SAN No. 2659 Pesticide Management and Disposal: Standards for Pesticide Containers       2070-AB95
            and Containment.....................................................................
3353        SAN No. 3892 Registration Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticide Products; and         2070-AD14
            Other Pesticide Regulatory Changes..................................................
3354        SAN No. 4347 Registration of Granular Fertilizer-Pesticide Combination Products.....     2070-AD40
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                 FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3355        SAN No. 2720 Policy or Procedures for Notification to the Agency of Stored               2020-AA29
            Pesticides With Cancelled or Suspended Registration.................................
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                 FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3356        SAN No. 4260 Status of Pesticide-Treated Seeds under FIFRA..........................     2070-AD37
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                               TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Prerule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3357        SAN No. 4176 Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative......................................     2070-AD25
3358        SAN No. 4174 TSCA Section 4 Enforceable Consent Agreement for Certain Oxygenated         2070-AD28
            Fuel Additives......................................................................
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                            TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3359        SAN No. 4015 TRI; Review of Chemicals on the Original TRI List......................     2070-AD18
3360        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)
3361        SAN No. 3990 Multi-Chemical Test Rule; High Production Volume Chemicals.............     2070-AD16
3362        SAN No. 3494 Test Rules; Generic Entry for Proposed Decisions.......................     2070-AB07
3363        SAN No. 2245 Test Rules; Negotiated Consent Order and Test Rule Procedures..........     2070-AB30
3364        SAN No. 2563 Test Rule; ATSDR Substances............................................     2070-AB79
3365        SAN No. 3882 Test Rule for Certain Metals...........................................     2070-AD10
3366        SAN No. 1923 Follow-Up Rules on Existing Chemicals..................................     2070-AA58
3367        SAN No. 3894 TSCA Biotechnology Follow-Up Rules.....................................     2070-AD13
3368        SAN No. 2249 Asbestos Worker Protection Rule Amendments.............................     2070-AC66
3369        SAN No. 3557 Lead-Based Paint Activities; Training and Certification for Renovation      2070-AC83
            and Remodeling Section 402(c)(3)....................................................
3370        SAN No. 4172 Lead; Notification Requirements for Lead-based Paint Abatement              2070-AD31
            Activities and Training.............................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3371        SAN No. 3301 TSCA Inventory Update Rule Amendments..................................     2070-AC61
3372        SAN No. 3243 Lead; TSCA Section 403; Identification of Dangerous Levels of Lead.....     2070-AC63
3373        SAN No. 3493 Test Rules; Generic Entry for Final Decisions..........................     2070-AB94
3374        SAN No. 3487 Test Rule; Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs).............................     2070-AC76
3375        SAN No. 4425 Test Rule; OSHA Chemicals Dermal Testing...............................     2070-AD42
3376        SAN No. 1976 Follow-Up Rules on Non-5(e) New Chemical Substances....................     2070-AA59
3377        SAN No. 3495 Chemical-Specific Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) To Extend               2070-AB27
            Provisions of Section 5(e) Orders...................................................
3378        SAN No. 2150 PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyls; Exemptions From the Prohibitions           2070-AB20
            Against Manufacturing, Processing, and Distribution in Commerce.....................
3379        SAN No. 3528 Refractory Ceramic Fibers; Significant New Use Rules on National            2070-AC37
            Program Chemicals...................................................................
3380        SAN No. 3021 PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Reclassification of PCB and PCB      2070-AC39
            Electrical Equipment Rule...........................................................
3381        SAN No. 3148 Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Revisions............................     2070-AC51
3382        SAN No. 2178 TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rules.............     2070-AB08
3383        SAN No. 1139 TSCA Section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting Rules...............     2070-AB11
3384        SAN No. 2779 Acrylamide; Prohibition on Manufacture, Importation, Distribution and       2070-AC17
            Use of Acrylamide for Grouting......................................................
3385        SAN No. 3118 TSCA Section 8(e) Policy; Notice of Clarification......................     2070-AC80
3386        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...............
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                             TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3387        SAN No. 3508 Lead; Management and Disposal of Lead-Based Paint Debris Section 402(a)     2070-AC72
3388        SAN No. 2865 Voluntary Children's Chemical Safety Testing Program...................     2070-AC27
3389        SAN No. 3252 Lead; Regulatory Investigation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act       2070-AC21
            (TSCA) To Reduce Lead (Pb) Consumption and Use......................................
3390        SAN No. 4179 PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyl; Use Authorizations.....................     2070-AD27
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                             TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3391        SAN No. 3243 Lead; Overview of Rulemakings Under TSCA Section 402, Lead-Based Paint      2070-AD06
            Activities for the Regulatory Plan..................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                 EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3392        SAN No. 2847 TRI; Pollution Prevention Act Information Requirements.................     2070-AC24
3393        SAN No. 4265 TRI; Revisions to the Otherwise Use Activity Exemptions and the Coal        2070-AD39
            Extraction Activities Exemption.....................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                  EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3394        SAN No. 2425 TRI; Responses to Petitions Received To Add or Delete or Modify             2070-AC00
            Chemical Listings on the Toxic Release Inventory....................................
3395        SAN No. 4259 TRI; Lowering of EPCRA Section 313 Reporting Thresholds for Lead and        2070-AD38
            Lead Compounds......................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                  EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3396        SAN No. 3007 TRI; Chemical Expansion; Finalization of Deferred Chemicals............     2070-AC47
3397        SAN No. 3877 TRI; Data Expansion Amendments; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting;           2070-AD08
            Community Right-to-Know.............................................................
3398        SAN No. 4023 TRI; Addition of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production to the Toxic        2070-AD19
            Release Inventory...................................................................
3399        SAN No. 3215 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act: Amendments and          2050-AE17
            Streamlining Rule...................................................................
3400        SAN No. 3994 Response to a Petition Requesting Deletion of Phosmet from the              2050-AE42
            Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHSs) List..........................................
3401        SAN No. 3993 Modification of Threshold Planning Quantity for Isophorone Diisocyanate     2050-AE43
3402        SAN No. 4392 TRI: APA Petition-EPCRA 313 Definition of ``Overburden'' as it relates      2070-AD41
            to the mining industry..............................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                  EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3403        SAN No. 3880 TRI; Reporting Threshold Amendment for Certain Persistent and               2070-AD09
            Bioaccumulative Toxic Chemicals (PBTs)..............................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


         CHEMICAL SAFETY INFORMATION, SITE SECURITY AND FUELS REGULATORY RELIEF ACT--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3404        SAN No. 4345 Accidental Release Prevention Requirements; Risk Management Programs        2050-AE80
            Under the Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7); Distribution of Off-Site Consequences
            Analysis Information................................................................
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          CHEMICAL SAFETY INFORMATION, SITE SECURITY AND FUELS REGULATORY RELIEF ACT--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3405        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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3406        SAN No. 3201 Regulatory Determination on Remaining Wastes From the Combustion of         2050-AD91
            Fossil Fuels........................................................................
3407        SAN No. 4093 Reinventing the Land Disposal Restrictions Program.....................     2050-AE53
3408        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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3409        SAN No. 3805 Paint Manufacturing Wastes Listing: Hazardous Waste Management System:      2050-AE32
            Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste.......................................
3410        SAN No. 3888 Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act;                 2050-AE39
            Codification of Waste Management Provisions.........................................
3411        SAN No. 3989 Removal of Requirement To Use SW-846 Methods (Test Methods for              2050-AE41
            Evaluating Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Methods)..................................
3412        SAN No. 4028 Standardized Permit for RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Facilities.....     2050-AE44
3413        SAN No. 4083 Listing of Hazardous Waste; Inorganic Chemical Wastes; Land Disposal        2050-AE49
            Restrictions for Newly Listed Wastes; CERCLA Hazardous Substances Reportable
            Quantities..........................................................................
3414        SAN No. 4084 Office of Solid Waste Burden Reduction Project.........................     2050-AE50
3415        SAN No. 4090 RCRA Appendix VIII Streamlining........................................     2050-AE55
3416        SAN No. 3066 Listing Determination of Wastes Generated During the Manufacture of         2050-AD80
            Azo, Anthraquinone, and Triarylmethane Dyes and Pigments............................
3417        SAN No. 3545 Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products        2050-AE23
            Containing Recovered Materials......................................................
3418        SAN No. 3333 NESHAPS: Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste         2050-AE01
            Combustors-Phase II Covering Boilers and Certain Industrial Furnaces................
3419        SAN No. 3328 Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR): Identification and Listing      2050-AE07
            of Hazardous Wastes.................................................................
3420        SAN No. 3147 Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation....................................     2050-AE21
3421        SAN No. 4091 Modifications to RCRA Rules Associated With Solvent-Contaminated Shop       2050-AE51
            Towels and Wipes....................................................................
3422        SAN No. 4092 Glass-to-Glass Recycling of Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs): Changes to            2050-AE52
            Hazardous Waste Regulations.........................................................
3423        SAN No. 4094 Land Disposal Restrictions; Potential Revisions for Mercury Listed and      2050-AE54
            Characteristic Wastes...............................................................
3424        SAN No. 4233 Land Disposal Restrictions; Treatment Standards for Spent Potliners         2050-AE65
            from Primary Aluminum Reduction (K088) and Regulatory Classification of K088
            Vitrification Units.................................................................
3425        SAN No. 4230 Revisions to Solid Waste Landfill Criteria--Leachate Recirculation.....     2050-AE67
3426        SAN No. 4208 Proposed Regulatory Amendments on Recycling of Hazardous Wastes in          2050-AE69
            Fertilizers.........................................................................
3427        SAN No. 4419 Proposed Amendments to the Corrective Action Management Unit Rule......     2050-AE77
3428        SAN No. 4418 NESHAPS: Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste         2050-AE79
            Combustors-Phase I Clarification and Proposed Changes...............................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                         RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3429        SAN No. 3856 Management of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD)...................................     2050-AE34
3430        SAN No. 4088 Recycled Used Oil Containing PCBs......................................     2050-AE47

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3431        SAN No. 2647 RCRA Subtitle C Financial Test Criteria (Revision).....................     2050-AC71
3432        SAN No. 3151 Listing Determination for Wastewaters and Wastewater Treatment Sludges      2050-AD85
            from Chlorinated Aliphatics Productions; Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly
            Identified Waste....................................................................
3433        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)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3434        SAN No. 3428 Hazardous Waste Management System: Slag Residues Derived From High          2050-AE15
            Temperature Metals Recovery (HTMR) Treatment of KO61, KO62 and F006 Wastes..........
3435        SAN No. 3668 Hazardous Waste Identification; Recycled Used Oil Management Standards.     2050-AE28
3436        SAN No. 4017 Storage, Treatment, Transportation, and Disposal of Mixed Waste........     2050-AE45
3437        SAN No. 3189 Final Determination of the Applicability of the Toxicity Characteristic     2050-AD69
            Rule to Petroleum Contaminated Media and Debris from Underground Storage Tanks......
3438        SAN No. 2390 Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) at Hazardous     2050-AB80
            Waste Management Facilities.........................................................
3439        SAN No. 4263 Temporary Suspension of Toxicity Characteristic Rule for Specific Lead-     2050-AE68
            Based Paint Debris..................................................................
3440        SAN No. 4411 Notice of Data Availability Regulation of Gasification Devices              2050-AE78
            Processing Hazardous Waste at Petroleum Refineries..................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                        RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3441        SAN No. 3886 Review of Toxicity Characteristic Level for Silver Under the Resource       2050-AE37
            Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA)....................................................
3442        SAN No. 4178 180-Day Accumulation Time Under RCRA for Generators of F006 Waste Water     2050-AE60
            Treatment Sludges from the Metal Finishing Industry.................................
3443        SAN No. 4229 Revisions to Guidelines for the Storage and Collection of Residential,      2050-AE66
            Commercial, and Institutional Solid Waste...........................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                    OIL POLLUTION ACT (OPA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3444        SAN No. 2634 Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation: Revisions.........................     2050-AC62
3445        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..
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


            COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3446        SAN No. 3423 Reportable Quantity Adjustments for Carbamates.........................     2050-AE12
3447        SAN No. 3439 National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites:            2050-AD75
            Proposed and Final Rules............................................................
3448        SAN No. 4177 Revise 40 CFR Part 35 Subpart O: Cooperative Agreements and Superfund       2050-AE62
            State Contracts for Superfund Response Actions......................................
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             COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3449        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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3450        SAN No. 2394 Reporting Exemptions for Federally Permitted Releases of Hazardous          2050-AB82
            Substances..........................................................................
3451        SAN No. 3885 Streamlining the Preauthorization Mixed Funding for Application and         2050-AE38
            Implementation of Claims Against Superfund..........................................
3452        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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3453        SAN No. 4364 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Organic               2040-AD45
            Chemicals, Plastics and Synthetic Fibers Category (Section 610 Review)..............
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                   CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3454        SAN No. 2806 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery      2040-AB79
            Category, Phases 1 and 2............................................................
3455        SAN No. 3833 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Iron and Steel Manufacturing          2040-AC90
            Point Source Category...............................................................
3456        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...........................................................
3457        SAN No. 4167 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Feedlots Point        2040-AD21
            Source Category, Dairy and Beef Cattle Subcategories................................
3458        SAN No. 4168 Revisions to Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Coal Mining          2040-AD24
            Point Source Category...............................................................
3459        SAN No. 4280 Effluent Guidelines for the Construction and Development Industry......     2040-AD42
3460        SAN No. 4368 2000 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan..................................     2040-AD47
3461        SAN No. 3662 Water Quality Standards Regulation -- Revision.........................     2040-AC56
3462        SAN No. 4264 Water Quality Standards for Alabama--Phase II..........................     2040-AD35
3463        SAN No. 4344 Water Quality Standards for Indian Country Waters......................     2040-AD46
3464        SAN No. 4047 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Cryptosporidium and Giardia Under       2040-AD08
            the Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water Acts........................................
3465        SAN No. 4214 Test Procedures for the Analysis of E. Coli and Enterococci Under the       2040-AD34
            Clean Water Act.....................................................................
3466        SAN No. 4378 Revisions to Method Detection and Quantification for Use Under the          2040-AD53
            Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.........................................
3467        SAN No. 4357 Uniform National Discharge Standards for Vessels of the Armed Forces -      2040-AD39
            Phase II............................................................................
3468        SAN No. 3444 Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact from Cooling Water Intake           2040-AC34
            Structures Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act..............................
3469        SAN No. 3786 NPDES Streamlining Rule -- Round III...................................     2040-AC84
3470        SAN No. 3999 Revisions to NPDES Requirements for Municipal Sanitary Sewer Collection     2040-AD02
            Systems.............................................................................
3471        SAN No. 4051 Establishment of Electronic Reporting for NPDES Permittees.............     2040-AD11
3472        SAN No. 4332 Recognition Awards Under the Clean Water Act...........................     2040-AD44
3473        SAN No. 2804 Clean Water Act Definition of the Waters of the United States..........     2040-AB74
3474        SAN No. 4261 Further Revisions to Clean Water Act Definition of Discharge of Dredged     2040-AD41
            Material............................................................................
3475        SAN No. 4375 Revision to Clean Water Act Regulatory Definition of ``Fill Material...     2040-AD51
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                                     CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3476        SAN No. 2805 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Centralized Waste Treatment       2040-AB78
            Industry............................................................................
3477        SAN No. 3204 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Transportation Equipment          2040-AB98
            Cleaning Category...................................................................
3478        SAN No. 3767 Reformatting of Effluent Guidelines and Standards in 40 CFR Parts 401       2040-AC79
            through 471.........................................................................
3479        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.................
3480        SAN No. 4192 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Bleached Papergrade Kraft         2040-AD23
            Subcategory of the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category; Certification in Lieu of
            Monitoring for Chloroform...........................................................
3481        SAN No. 3504 Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants for the     2040-AC44
            State of California.................................................................
3482        SAN No. 4195 Water Quality Standards for Alabama--Phase I...........................     2040-AD25
3483        SAN No. 4235 Amend the Final Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System to        2040-AD32
            Prohibit Mixing Zones for Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern......................
3484        SAN No. 4234 EPA Review and Approval of State and Tribal Water Quality Standards....     2040-AD33
3485        SAN No. 3713 Performance Based Measurement System (PBMS) Procedures and Guidance for     2040-AC93
            Clean Water Act Test Procedures.....................................................
3486        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.................................................................................
3487        SAN No. 4409 Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act Methods Update.............     2040-AD59
3488        SAN No. 3663 Streamlining the General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New      2040-AC58
            Sources of Pollution................................................................
3489        SAN No. 3762 NPDES Streamlining Rule -- Round II....................................     2040-AC70
3490        SAN No. 4145 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program Regulations Revisions..........     2040-AD22
3491        SAN No. 4294 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) - NPDES and WQS Regulations Revisions..     2040-AD36
3492        SAN No. 3288 Comparison of Dredged Material to Reference Sediment...................     2040-AC14
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                                    CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3493        SAN No. 4050 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard       2040-AD10
            Category, Phase II..................................................................
3494        SAN No. 4370 Effluent Limitations and Guidelines for the Dissolving Kraft and            2040-AD49
            Dissolving Sulfite Subcategories of the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Point Source
            Category (Phase III)................................................................
3495        SAN No. 4406 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Aquaculture           2040-AD55
            Industry............................................................................
3496        SAN No. 4407 Revisions to Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Meat Products        2040-AD56
            Point Source Category...............................................................
3497        SAN No. 4408 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Industrial Container and Drum     2040-AD57
            Cleaning Point Source Category......................................................
3498        SAN No. 3661 Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority     2040-AC55
            Toxic Pollutants; States' Compliance................................................
3499        SAN No. 3921 Selenium Criterion Maximum Concentration for Water Quality Guidance for     2040-AC97
            the Great Lakes System..............................................................
3500        SAN No. 3618 Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent Toxicity West Coast Test             2040-AC54
            Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act.................
3501        SAN No. 3702 Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Trace           2040-AC75
            Metals Under the Clean Water Act....................................................
3502        SAN No. 3714 Increased Method Flexibility for Test Procedures Approved for Clean         2040-AC92
            Water Act Compliance Monitoring.....................................................
3503        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..............
3504        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.................................................................................
3505        SAN No. 4377 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Mercury Under the Clean Water Act       2040-AD52
            (Method 245.7)......................................................................
3506        SAN No. 3234 Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Application Requirements and Form       2040-AC26
            2C--Wastewater Discharge Information................................................
3507        SAN No. 3488 Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge (Round II)..........     2040-AC25
3508        SAN No. 4207 Amendments to Round I Final Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal Rule --Phase      2040-AC53
            Two.................................................................................
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                                    CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3509        SAN No. 3489 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Landfills........................     2040-AC23
3510        SAN No. 4041 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Commercial Hazardous Waste            2040-AD03
            Combustors (formerly titled Industrial Waste Combustors)............................
3511        SAN No. 4193 Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority     2040-AD27
            Toxic Pollutants; States' Compliance -- Revision of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
            Criteria............................................................................
3512        SAN No. 3701 Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Cyanide         2040-AC76
            Under the Clean Water Act...........................................................
3513        SAN No. 3785 NPDES Comprehensive Storm Water Phase II Regulations...................     2040-AC82
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                               SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3514        SAN No. 4212 Use of Screening Procedures for Compliance Monitoring of Drinking Water     2040-AD31
            Contaminants........................................................................
3515        SAN No. 4373 Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule - List 2.......................     2040-AD58
3516        SAN No. 2340 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Ground Water Rule.........     2040-AA97
3517        SAN No. 2807 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Arsenic and Clarifications     2040-AB75
            to New Source Contaminant Monitoring................................................
3518        SAN No. 4147 Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment and Filter Backwash Rule..     2040-AD18
3519        SAN No. 4341 Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule......................     2040-AD37
3520        SAN No. 4342 Stage 2 Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Rule.....................     2040-AD38
3521        SAN No. 4404 National Secondary Drinking Water Regulation for Methyl Tertiary Butyl      2040-AD54
            Ether (MTBE)........................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3522        SAN No. 2281 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Radon.....................     2040-AA94
3523        SAN No. 3563 Reformatting of Drinking Water Regulations.............................     2040-AC41
3524        SAN No. 3992 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Radium, Uranium, Alpha,        2040-AC98
            Beta and Photon Emitters............................................................
3525        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)...............
3526        SAN No. 4009 Public Water System Public Notification Regulation.....................     2040-AD06
3527        SAN No. 4236 Update of State Underground Injection Control Programs.................     2040-AD40
3528        SAN No. 4152 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Regulations........................     2040-AD20
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                                SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3529        SAN No. 3176 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Sulfate...................     2040-AC07
3530        SAN No. 3238 National Primary Drinking Water Standards for Aldicarb.................     2040-AC13
3531        SAN No. 4369 Regulated Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Reporting..............     2040-AD48
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                                SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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3532        SAN No. 4044 National Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Regulations: Analytical       2040-AD04
            Methods for Chemical and Microbiological Contaminants and Revisions to Laboratory
            Certification.......................................................................
3533        SAN No. 4374 Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule - Perchlorate and Acetochlor        2040-AD50
            Methods.............................................................................
3534        SAN No. 2778 Revisions to the Underground Injection Control Regulations for Class V      2040-AB83
            Injection Wells.....................................................................

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3535        SAN No. 3440 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Lead and Copper...........     2040-AC27
3536        SAN No. 3761 Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring Requirements....................     2040-AC73
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                     MARINE PROTECTION RESEARCH AND SANCTUARY ACT (MPRSA)--Completed Actions
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3537        SAN No. 2737 Revisions to Ocean Dumping Regulations for Dredged Material............     2040-AB62
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                                  SHORE PROTECTION ACT (SPA)--Final Rule Stage
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3538        SAN No. 2820 Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b) Regulations......................     2040-AB85
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


General



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3107. UTILIZATION OF SMALL, MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN 
PROCUREMENT UNDER ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 9605(f); PL 100-590; EO 12432; EO 12138; EO 
11625; PL 101-549 sec 1001; PL 101-507; PL 102-389

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: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4056

Agency Contact: Mark Gordon, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 1230, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8886
Fax: 202 401-1080

Rebecca Neer, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement 
and Compliance Assurance, 1230, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 280-4841

RIN: 2020-AA39
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3108. 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                            07/00/00
Final Action                    12/00/00

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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 Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4369
Fax: 202 565-2551
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA64
_______________________________________________________________________




3109. 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                            05/00/00
Final Action                    07/00/00

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 Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4366
Fax: 202 565-2551
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA66
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3110. 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                            06/00/00
Final Action                    09/00/00

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. 4319

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: Cal McWhirter, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4379
Fax: 202 565-2552
Email: [email protected]

Bruce M. Bakaysa, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and 
Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4373
Fax: 202 565-2552
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA67
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3111. 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                            05/00/00
Final Action                    08/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3629

Agency Contact: Frances Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Fax: 202 565-2475
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA40
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3112. INCREMENTALLY FUNDING FIXED PRICE CONTRACTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under PL 
104-4.

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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                            06/00/00
Final Action                    08/00/00

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 Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Fax: 202 565-2475
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA50
_______________________________________________________________________




3113. 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 
Regulation (FAR) contains coverage on this subject.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/00
Final Rule                      08/00/00

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 Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4356
Fax: 202 565-2475
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA51
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3114. 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) 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                            07/00/00
Final Action                    11/00/00

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 Resources Management, 3901R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5399
Fax: 202 565-2469

RIN: 2030-AA48
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3115. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2005; 15 USC 2601 et seq; 21 USC 346; 33 USC 
1251 et seq; 33 USC 1414; 42 USC 11001 et seq; 42 USC 300(f) et seq; 42 
USC 4912; 42 USC 6901 et seq; 42 USC 7401 et seq; 42 USC 9601 et seq; 5 
USC 552; 7 USC 136 et seq

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 
confidential business information (CBI). Although the current 
regulations have succeeded in protecting CBI, changes in Agency 
workload, practice, and statutory authority have made it difficult to 
handle CBI activities as expeditiously as desired. EPA is examining its 
CBI regulations to determine what changes are needed to make the 
regulations as efficient and effective as possible. Provision 40 CFR 
2.205(c), which automatically protects CBI substantiations claimed as 
confidential,

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is being examined individually and as part of the CBI regulations as a 
whole.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM/CBI Regs Proposal to revise 
EPA's CBI regulations as a whole11/23/94                    59 FR 60446
Final/CBI Substant. Final rule 
to eliminate special treatment 
of substantiations              08/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3240

Agency Contact: Alan Margolis, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2822, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5438
Fax: 202 260-8550
Email: [email protected]

Rebecca Moser, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement 
and Compliance Assurance, 2822, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6780
Fax: 202 260-8550
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2020-AA21
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3116. 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 proposes revisions to EPA's regulations under 
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The FOIA regulations have been 
streamlined and written in plain English wherever possible. These 
revisions reflect the principles established by President Clinton and 
Attorney General Reno in their FOIA Policy Memoranda of October 4, 
1993. They also reflect developments in the case law and include 
updated cost figures for calculating and charging fees. In addition, 
the proposed revisions include 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                            04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4180

Agency Contact: Jeralene Green, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2822, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1050
Fax: 202 260-8550
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2020-AA40
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3117. 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 104-13; PL 105-277

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 EPA's environmental 
compliance programs. The rule will both remove current legal 
requirements for paper that create obstacles to ER and provide for 
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

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4270

Agency Contact: Evi Huffer, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2823, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8791
Fax: 202 401-0182
Email: [email protected]

David Schwarz, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement 
and Compliance Assurance, 2823, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2710
Fax: 202 401-0182
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2020-AA41
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3118. 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-

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cutting requirements into the NEPA process.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4292

Agency Contact: Joseph Montgomery, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2252A, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-7157
Fax: 202 564-0070
Email: [email protected]

Marguerite Duffy, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2252A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-7148

RIN: 2020-AA42
_______________________________________________________________________




3119. WARRANTS FOR ON-SCENE COORDINATORS

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 include a clause concerning the 
issuance of warrants for on-scene coordinators. The intent is to allow 
program officials with remedial type requirements to receive on-scene 
coordinator warrants so that they can issue letter contracts.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/00
Final Action                    08/00/00

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 Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Fax: 202 565-2475
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA68
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3120.  BUSINESS OWNERSHIP REPRESENTATION

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: A new EPAAR clause will be developed to report the ownership 
category of offerors. This clause would be similar to the FAR clause at 
52.219-1 (ALT II). The information obtained will be used to provide 
outreach initiatives for future awards to those ownership categories 
that lack EPA awards.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/00
Final Rule                      03/00/01

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. 4396

Agency Contact: Frances Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Fax: 202 565-2475
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA69
_______________________________________________________________________




3121.  CONTRACTOR DIVERSITY CLAUSE

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 63 Stat 390as amended; 5 USC 301 Sec 205(c)

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The EPAAR will be revised to include a diversity clause for 
EPA contractors. The clause will require EPA contractors to submit a 
plan that explains its approach to promoting diversity in the 
performance of EPA contracts.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/00
Final Rule                      02/00/01

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 a paperwork burden associated with this 
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 4397

Agency Contact: Frances Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Fax: 202 565-2475
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA70
_______________________________________________________________________




3122.  DISPLAY OF EPA OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL HOTLINE POSTER

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 205(c); 63 Stat 390 as amended

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule adds a clause to the EPAAR requiring contractors, 
with EPA contracts over a certain dollar threshold, to display the EPA 
Office of Inspector General Hotline poster in contractor work areas. 
This will enable contractor employees to report suspected improper 
conduct occurring under EPA contracts.

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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Rule                      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 no paperwork burden associated with 
this action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 4398

Agency Contact: Larry Wyborski, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4369
Fax: 202 565-2551
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA71
_______________________________________________________________________




3123.  ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTIONS TO EPAAR 1515, CONTRACTING BY 
NEGOTIATION

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 205(c) 63 Stat 390 as amended

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Administrative corrections will be made to EPAAR 1515 for 
clarification purposes.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/00
Final Rule                      07/00/00

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. 4400

Agency Contact: Leigh Pomponio, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4364
Fax: 202 565-2475
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA73
_______________________________________________________________________




3124. PESTICIDE TOLERANCE REASSESSMENT PROGRAM

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 21 USC 346(a)(q)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 180; 40 CFR 185; 40 CFR 186

Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, August 3, 2002, See additional 
information.

Abstract: EPA will reassess pesticide tolerances and exemptions for raw 
and processed foods established prior to August 3, 1996, to determine 
whether they meet the reasonable certainty of no harm standard of the 
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). FFDCA sec. 408(q), as 
amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). FQPA requires that 
EPA conduct this reassessment on a phased 10-year schedule. Based on 
its reassessment, EPA will take a series of regulatory actions to 
modify or revoke tolerances.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Modification or revocation 
of tolerances for numerous 
pesticides                      04/00/00
Final Action Modification or 
revocation of tolerances for 
numerous pesticides             09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4175
LEGAL DEADLINE CONT: EPA is required to complete reassessments on a 
phased schedule of: 33% by August 3; 1999; 66% by August 3; 2002; and 
100% by August 3; 2006. The Agency will continue to access pesticide 
tolerances throughout year.

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Joseph Nevola, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7508C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 308-8037
Email: [email protected]

Robert McNally, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7508C, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8085
Fax: 703 308-8041
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD24
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


General



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3125. REVISION TO 40 CFR 35 SUBPART A AND PROMULGATION OF PERFORMANCE 
PARTNERSHIP (STATE) GRANT REGULATION

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: PL 104-134; PL 105-65

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed regulation: (1) updates, clarifies, and 
streamlines requirements governing environmental program grants; (2) 
establishes requirements for the new Performance Partnership Grant 
(PPG) program; and (3) establishes requirements for grant programs that 
began after the original rule was published. (A regulation governing 
environmental program grants to Indian tribes and tribal consortia is 
published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.)

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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/23/99                    64 FR 63731
Final Action                    05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3736

Agency Contact: Scott McMoran, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3903R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5376

RIN: 2030-AA55
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3126. REVISION TO 40 CFR 35 SUBPART A AND PROMULGATION OF PERFORMANCE 
PARTNERSHIP (TRIBAL) GRANT RULE

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: PL 104-134; PL 105-65

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed regulation will: (1) update, clarify, and 
streamline requirements governing environmental program grants (2) 
establish requirements for the new Performance Partnership Grant (PPG) 
program; and (3) establish requirements for grant programs that were 
developed after the original rule was published. (EPA is also issuing a 
regulation governing environmental program grants to State and 
Interstate agencies.)

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/23/99                    64 FR 63732
Final Action                    05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4128

Agency Contact: Michelle McClendon, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3903R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5357
Fax: 202 565-2470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA56
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3127. 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                    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 no paperwork burden associated with 
this action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 4187

Agency Contact: Frances Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Fax: 202 565-2475
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA62
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3128. 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                            03/16/00                    65 FR 14405
Final Action                    07/00/00

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. 3580

Agency Contact: Frances Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Fax: 202 565-2475
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA37
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3129. 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: 15 USC 2601 et seq; 7 USC 136 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 160; 40 CFR 792

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On November 29, 1983, EPA published Good Laboratory Practice

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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

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3807

Agency Contact: David Stangel, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2225A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4162
Fax: 202 564-0028

RIN: 2020-AA26
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3130. 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, See additional 
information.

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
Extend Effectve Date Interim 
Rule                            04/15/98                    63 FR 18352
Final Action                    01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: None

Federalism:  Undetermined

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, 
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2252A, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-7157
Fax: 202 564-0070
Email: [email protected]

Katherine Biggs, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement 
and Compliance Assurance, 2252A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-7144
Fax: 202 564-0072
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2020-AA34
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3131. 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.

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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

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    07/00/00

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 Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4379
Fax: 202 565-2552
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA57
_______________________________________________________________________




3132.  RATIFICATION AND DEBARMENT/SUSPENSION PROCEDURES

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 5 USC 205(c); 63 Stat 390 as amended

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule updates internal Agency procedures for taking 
administrative actions under the Government-wide rule for suspension 
and debarment of contractors.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               07/00/00

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. 4399

Agency Contact: Larry Wyborski, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4369
Fax: 202 565-2551
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA72
_______________________________________________________________________




3133.  REVISION TO AWARD FEE CLAUSES, 1552.216-70 AND 1552.216-
75

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 Sec 205(c); 63 Stat 390as amended

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The EPAAR clause at 1552.216-70 will be revised to conform to 
Federal Acquisition Circular 97-15 concerning disputes arising under 
Government contracts. In addition, an administrative change will be 
made to EPAAR 1552.216-75 to correct the date of the clause.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               04/00/00

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. 4401

Agency Contact: Jean Rellins, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4434
Fax: 202 565-2475
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA74
_______________________________________________________________________




3134. TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 21 USC 346(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 176

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, August 3, 1997.

Abstract: This regulation will set out policies and procedures under 
which EPA will establish food tolerances associated with the use of 
pesticides under emergency exemptions. Emergency exemptions are issued 
for temporary use of pesticides where emergency conditions exist. Under 
the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Food Quality 
Protection Act, EPA must establish time-limited tolerances for such 
pesticides if the use is likely to result in residues in food. EPA 
expects to describe the procedures to be used, and the criteria for 
establishing tolerances.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/03/99                    64 FR 29823
Final Action                    09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3890

Sectors Affected: 111 Crop Production; 112 Animal Production; 9241 
Administration of Environmental Quality Programs

Agency Contact: Carol Peterson, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 305-6598
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

Jean Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides

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and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-5944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD15
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3135. PESTICIDES; TOLERANCE PROCESSING FEES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 21 USC 346(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 180.33

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In 1996, the Food Quality Protection Act amended the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require EPA to charge tolerance fees 
that, in the aggregate, will cover all costs associated with processing 
tolerance actions, including filing a tolerance petition, and 
establishing, modifying, leaving in effect, or revoking a tolerance or 
tolerance exemption. Since 1983 (the last time a cost analysis was 
conducted), factors such as expanded data requirements, changes in risk 
assessment methods, improvements in data base management and tracking 
systems, and the increasing complexity of scientific review of 
petitions have resulted in costs substantially exceeding the fees 
currently charged. This rule will adjust the fee structure and fee 
amounts for tolerance actions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/09/99                    64 FR 31039
Final Action                    01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4027

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Jean Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 305-5944
Email: [email protected]

Carol Peterson, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-6598
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD23
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3136. GUIDELINES FOR CARCINOGEN RISK ASSESSMENT

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: Not applicable

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

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 
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                10/00/00

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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Completed Actions


General



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3137.  CODIFICATION TO REVISION OF OMB CIRCULAR A-110: PUBLIC 
ACCESS TO DATA PRODUCED UNDER AN AWARD

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 30 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, January 17, 2000, OMB requires 
codification to interim final rule by January 17 2000.

Abstract: In November 1999, OMB provided EPA with a draft notice which 
revises our current codification of OMB Circular A-110 to reflect the 
final revision OMB issued on September 30, 1999 and published in the 
Federal Register on October 8, 1999. OMB requested that we codify the 
revision to Circular A-110 by January 17, 2000. Congress included a 
two-sentence provision in the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) 
appropriation for fiscal year 1999, contained in Public Law 105-277, 
directing OMB to amend Circular A-110 ``to require Federal awarding 
agencies to ensure that all data produced under an award will be made 
available to the public through the procedures established under the 
Freedom of Information Act.'' The

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provision also provides for a reasonable fee to cover the costs 
incurred in responding to a request. In directing OMB to revise 
Circular A-110, Congress entrusted OMB with the authority to resolve 
statutory ambiguities, the obligation to address implementation issues 
the statute did not address, and the discretion to balance the need for 
public access to research data with protections of the research 
process. EPA is publishing an interim final rule to codify OMB Circular 
A-110, ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements 
with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit 
Organizations.'' The Agency's interim final rule incorporates the 
provisions of OMB Circular A-110 regarding the availability of data 
produced under an award through the Freedom of Information Act into the 
Agency's grants administration regulation at 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations Part 30. It also applies to such entities if they are 
recipients of subawards from States, local and Indian Tribal 
governments administering programs under EPA awards.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              03/16/00                    65 FR 14417

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4386

Agency Contact: Bruce Feldman, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3903R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5308
Fax: 202 565-2470
Email: [email protected]

Alexandria Mincey, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and 
Resources Management, 3903R
Phone: 202 564-5371
Fax: 202 565-2470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA75
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                     Prerule Stage


Clean Air Act (CAA)



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3138.  METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER; ADVANCED NOTICE OF INTENT TO 
INITIATE RULEMAKING UNDER THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT TO ELIMINATE 
OR LIMIT THE USE OF MTBE AS A FUEL ADDITIVE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is considering taking action to control the use of Methyl 
Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE), which is an organic compound that is 
primarily used as a fuel additive in gasoline. MTBE has been used to 
meet the oxygen requirement established by the Federal Reformulated 
Gasoline Program (RFG) established by the 1990 amendments to the Clean 
Air Act (CAA). Over 85 percent of reformulated gasoline contains MTBE. 
EPA is concerned that the widespread use of MTBE may have resulted in 
the contamination of groundwater and drinking water supplies, 
threatening their future use. While current detections levels are 
generally believed to be below levels that may cause public health 
concerns, low level MTBE contamination may render water unpotable due 
to offensive taste and odor. In November of 1998, EPA established a 
Blue Ribbon Panel to investigate air quality benefits and water quality 
concerns associated with oxygenates, including MTBE, in gasoline, and 
to provide independent advice and recommendations on ways to maintain 
air quality while protecting water quality. In September, 1999, the 
panel recommended that the use of MTBE be substantially reduced. EPA is 
now evaluating the Blue Ribbon Panel's recommendations, and has 
conducted a preliminary review of authorities available to address 
risks associated with MTBE. EPA intends to issue an Advance Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking to inform the public of this preliminary inquiry, 
and to solicit public comment on possible regulatory action.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Organizations, Businesses, Governmental 
Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4393

Agency Contact: Karen Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9674
Fax: 202 565-2085
Email: [email protected]

Bob Perlis, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 2333A
Phone: 202 564-5636
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ00

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Clean Air Act (CAA)



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3139. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/00
Final Action                    01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3263

Agency Contact: Buddy Polovick, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 734 214-4928
Fax: 734 214-4052
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE20
_______________________________________________________________________




3140. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

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: Buddy Polovick, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 734 214-4928
Fax: 734 214-4052
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE22
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3141. 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                    09/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3407

Agency Contact: Gary McAlister, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1062
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF00
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3142. OPERATING PERMITS: REVISIONS (PART 70)

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: 42 USC 7661 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52; 40 CFR 70; 40 CFR 51

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In response to litigation on the operating permits rule 
regulations, 40 CFR Part 70, to provide more effective implementation 
of part 70, and to address comments provided in response to notices of 
proposed rulemaking, parts 70, 51 and 52 are being revised. The changes 
streamline the procedures for revising stationary-source operating 
permits issued by State and local permitting authorities under title V 
of the Clean Air Act.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/29/94                    59 FR 44460
Supplemental NPRM Part 71       04/27/95                    60 FR 20804
Supplemental NPRM Part 70       08/31/95                    60 FR 45530
Direct Final Interim Approval 
Extension                       07/27/98                    63 FR 40054
NPRM Interim Approval Extension 07/27/98                    63 FR 40053
NPRM                            09/00/00
Final Action                    09/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3412

Agency Contact: Ray Vogel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-12, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3153

RIN: 2060-AF70
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3143. 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 VOC content of water-based 
coatings. This amendment will improve the

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precision of Method 24 for water-based coatings.

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: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3649

Agency Contact: Candace Sorrell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1064
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF72
_______________________________________________________________________




3144. SERVICE INFORMATION AVAILABILITY

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521(m)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will require manufacturers of automobiles to 
provide necessary information needed to make use of emission control 
diagnostic systems as well as that needed to make emission-related 
diagnosis and repairs by any person engaged in the repairing or 
servicing of motor vehicles or motor vehicle engines. This will allow 
independent service repair garages, individual owners, parts 
manufacturers, etc., to have access to emission control information to 
better service automobiles and ensure clean air compliance 
requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3741

Agency Contact: Holly Pugliese, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4288
Fax: 734 214-4053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG13
_______________________________________________________________________




3145. NSPS: SEWAGE SLUDGE INCINERATORS

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

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: 42 USC 7401-7626

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: The Agency has decided not to regulate sewage sludge 
incinerators as a category under Section 129 of the Clean Air Act. 
Section 129(a)(1) requires the Agency to establish standards under 
Section 129 for each category of ``solid waste incineration units.'' 
``Solid waste incineration unit'' is defined as a ``distinct operating 
unit of any facility which combusts any solid waste material from 
commercial or industrial establishments or the general public 
(including single and multiple residences, hotels, or motels).'' The 
Agency believes that sewage sludge generated by publicly-owned 
treatment works (POTWs) and combusted in SSIs is ``solid waste.'' 
However, this sludge is from a municipal source, and not from 
``commercial or industrial establishments or the general public.'' 
Therefore, SSis that combust this sludge are not ``solid waste 
incineration units'' and section 129 does not apply to them. Virtually 
all of the SSis that would be candidates for regulation combust sludge 
from POTWs, and thus are not covered under Section 129.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           01/14/97                     62 FR 1868
Delisting Notice                04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3819

Sectors Affected: 22132 Sewage Treatment Facilities

Agency Contact: Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG50
_______________________________________________________________________




3146. 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: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/00
Final Action                    12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

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Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3820

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 Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

Mary Tom Kissell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4516
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG52
_______________________________________________________________________




3147. 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                            04/00/00
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State

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, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5032
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH11
_______________________________________________________________________




3148. 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                            06/00/00
Final Action                    10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Tribal, State, Local

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3969

Sectors Affected: 562212 Solid Waste Landfill

Agency Contact: Kent C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

Michele Laur, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5256
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH13
_______________________________________________________________________




3149. 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: Final, Statutory, June 30, 2000.

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                            04/00/00
Final Action                    11/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3986

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Agency Contact: William B. Kuykendal, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Air and Radiation, MD-14, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5372
Fax: 919 541-0684
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH25
_______________________________________________________________________




3150. TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY RULE AMENDMENT: CLARIFICATION OF TRADING 
PROVISIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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 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                            02/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3917

Agency Contact: Laura Voss, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4858
Fax: 734 214-4531
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH31
_______________________________________________________________________




3151. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/00
Final Action                    03/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3910

Agency Contact: David Goodi, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4480

RIN: 2060-AH34
_______________________________________________________________________




3152. FEDERAL MAJOR NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR) PROGRAM FOR NONATTAINMENT 
AREAS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 124; 40 CFR 51.165; 40 CFR 52.10; 40 CFR 52.24

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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    09/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4046

Agency Contact: David Svendsgaard, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-12, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2380
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH53
_______________________________________________________________________




3153. 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

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operations associated with coke ovens, namely pushing, quenching, and 
battery stacks.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/00
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

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 Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2910
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH55
_______________________________________________________________________




3154. 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 82.6(h); 40 CFR 82.5(h); 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           04/04/99                    64 FR 16373
NPRM                            05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

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:

Agency Contact: Vera Au, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-2216
Fax: 202 565-2093

Sue Stendebach, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
6205 J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9117

RIN: 2060-AH67
_______________________________________________________________________




3155. NESHAP: FUMED SILICA PRODUCTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA Section 112; EO 12866

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Fumed silica is produced at four facilities is three states. 
There is no NSPS for the source category. Based on preliminary results 
of a screening study, the source category emits chlorine, HCl, and 
chlorinated organics.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/01
Final Action                    02/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4111

Sectors Affected: 325188 All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Jeff Telander, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5427
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH72
_______________________________________________________________________




3156. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/00
Final Action                    01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4114

Agency Contact: Warren Johnson,Jr., Environmental Protection Agency, 
Air and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5124
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]


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Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH82
_______________________________________________________________________




3157. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/00
Final Action                    09/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4119

Sectors Affected: 333618 Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing; 336399 
All Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing; 333611 Turbine and Turbine 
Generator Set Unit Manufacturing; 33241 Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: William H. Lamason, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Air and Radiation, MD-19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5374

Foston Curtis, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1063

RIN: 2060-AH84
_______________________________________________________________________




3158. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4082

Agency Contact: Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

Juan Santiago, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1084
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH89
_______________________________________________________________________




3159. TECHNICAL CHANGE TO DOSE METHODOLOGY FOR 40 CFR 191, SUBPART A

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    03/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4003

Agency Contact: Ray Clark, Environmental Protection Agency, Air

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and Radiation, 6602J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9198
Fax: 202 565-2065

RIN: 2060-AH90
_______________________________________________________________________




3160. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

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
_______________________________________________________________________




3161. NAAQS: SULFUR DIOXIDE (RESPONSE TO REMAND)

Priority: Economically Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7409 CAA sec 109

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50.4; 40 CFR 50.5

Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, December 31, 2000.

Abstract: On November 15, 1994, the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) proposed not to revise the existing 24-hour and annual primary 
standards. The EPA sought public comment on the need to adopt 
additional regulatory measures to address the health risk to asthmatic 
individuals posed by short-term peak sulfur dioxide exposure.
On March 7, 1995, EPA proposed implementation strategies for reducing 
short-term high concentrations of sulfur dioxide emissions in the 
ambient air.
On May 22, 1996, EPA published its final decision not to revise the 
primary sulfur dioxide NAAQS. The notice stated that EPA would shortly 
propose a new implementation strategy to assist States in addressing 
short-term peaks of sulfur dioxide. The new implementation strategy - 
the Intervention Level Program - was proposed on January 2, 1997. In 
July 1996, the American Lung Association and the Environmental Defense 
Fund petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for a 
judicial review of EPA's decision not to establish a new 5-minute 
NAAQS. On January 30, 1998, the court found that EPA did not adequately 
explain its decision and remanded the case so EPA could explain its 
rationale more fully. EPA published a schedule for responding to the 
remand in the May 5, 1998 Federal Register. The schedule calls for a 
final response to the remand by December 2000. Any final action on the 
intervention level program would occur no sooner than December 2000.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM NAAQS Review               11/15/94                    59 FR 58958
NPRM NAAQS Implementation (Part 
51)                             03/07/95                    60 FR 12492
Final Rule NAAQS Review         05/22/96                    61 FR 25566
NPRM Revised NAAQS 
Implementation (Part 51)        01/02/97                      62 FR 210
Notice Schedule for Response to 
NAAQS Remand                    05/05/98                    63 FR 24782
NPRM Response to NAAQS Remand   05/00/00
Final Action Response to NAAQS 
Remand                          12/00/00
Final Action NAAQS 
Implementation (Part 51)        01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 1002

Agency Contact: Susan Stone, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1146
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]

Gary Blais (Implementation), Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3223
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AA61
_______________________________________________________________________




3162. 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

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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                            04/00/00
Final Action                    09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3470

Agency Contact: Tom Coulter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-14, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0832

RIN: 2060-AF01
_______________________________________________________________________




3163. NESHAP/NSPS: RECIPROCATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Priority: Other Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112; PL 101-549

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
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                            09/00/00
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 Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5263
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Robert J. Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1045
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG63
_______________________________________________________________________




3164. NESHAP: COMBUSTION TURBINE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112

CFR Citation: 44 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
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 entities that would be affected 
is not known at this time.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/00
Final Action                    09/00/01

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 Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5263
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Robert J. Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1045
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG67
_______________________________________________________________________




3165. 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

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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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/00
Final Action                    09/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

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: Jim Maysilles, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3265
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE43
_______________________________________________________________________




3166. NESHAP: INTEGRATED IRON AND STEEL

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA sec 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
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 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/00
Final Rule                      09/00/01

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, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]

Phil Mulrine, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5289
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE48
_______________________________________________________________________




3167. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/00
Final Action                    06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3326

Agency Contact: Keith Barnett, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5605
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE79
_______________________________________________________________________




3168. NESHAP: MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIC CHEMICAL PRODUCTION AND 
MISCELLANEOUS COATING PRODUCTION

Priority: Other Significant

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                            07/00/00
Final Action                    07/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3452

Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing

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Agency Contact: Randy McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5402
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE82
_______________________________________________________________________




3169. NESHAP: CHLORINE PRODUCTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA sec 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, 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:
________________________________________________________________________

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. 3449

Agency Contact: Iliam Rosario, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5308
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE85
_______________________________________________________________________




3170. AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL PROVISIONS SUBPARTS A AND B FOR 40 CFR 63

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112; PL 101-549

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                            09/00/00
Final Action                    09/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3551

Agency Contact: Rick Colyer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5262
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF31
_______________________________________________________________________




3171. NESHAP: BOAT 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 action will result in the reduction of hazardous air 
pollutants emitted by the boat manufacturing industry. This rule will 
affect the manufacture of fiberglass and aluminum boats. 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                            04/00/00
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

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 Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5416
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

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Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG27
_______________________________________________________________________




3172. 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, Local

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. 3749

Agency Contact: Tony Wayne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5439
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG29
_______________________________________________________________________




3173. NESHAP: LARGE APPLIANCE (SURFACE COATING)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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. 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: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3823

Sectors Affected: 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; 335222 Household Refrigerator and Home Freezer 
Manufacturing; 335221 Household Cooking Appliance Manufacturing; 335224 
Household Laundry Equipment Manufacturing; 335212 Household Vacuum 
Cleaner Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]

Mohamed Serageldin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2379
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG54
_______________________________________________________________________




3174. NESHAP: MISCELLANEOUS METAL PARTS AND PRODUCTS (SURFACE COATING)

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 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: This regulation will control emissions of hazardous air 
pollutants (HAPs) from operations that apply surface coatings to metal 
parts and products. Although this rule would cover a wide variety of 
coating operations, it would not apply to specific coating operations 
for which regulations have been developed (e.g., plastic parts coating, 
can coating, large appliance coating, etc.). This regulation is 
required under section 112 of the Clean Air Act of 1990.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/01
Final Action                    02/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3825

Agency Contact: Bruce Moore, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5460
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

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Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG56
_______________________________________________________________________




3175. 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 63; 40 CFR 59

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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/00
Final Action                    06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3827

Agency Contact: Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]

Daniel Brown, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5305
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG58
_______________________________________________________________________




3176. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/01
Interim Final                   02/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3655

Agency Contact: Juan Santiago, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1084
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG66
_______________________________________________________________________




3177. NESHAP: INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BOILERS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under PL 
104-4.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: The Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990, requires EPA to 
develop emission standards for sources of hazardous air pollutants 
(HAPs). Industrial boilers and institutional/commercial boilers are 
among the potential source categories to be regulated under section 112 
of the CAA. Emissions of HAPs will be addressed by this rulemaking for 
both new and existing sources. EPA promulgated an NSPS for these source 
categories in 1987 and 1990. The standards for the NESHAP are to be 
technology-based and are to require the maximum achievable control 
technology (MACT) as described in section 112 of the CAA.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/00
Final Action                    11/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3837

Agency Contact: James Eddinger, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5426
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

William Maxwell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5430
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG69

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3178. NESHAP: SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: This rule will establish a MACT (maximum available control 
technology) for semiconductor production facilities. There are 
currently 3 major sources that would be affected by the NESHAP. This 
action will result in little or no additional emission reduction but 
will establish a Federal MACT level for large facilities. EPA is 
evaluating whether there will continue to be major sources in this 
category before proceeding with rule development.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00
Final Action                    01/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Local, State, Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3902

Agency Contact: Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Tony Wayne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5439
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG93
_______________________________________________________________________




3179. 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                            04/00/00
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: Rhea Jones, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2940
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG97
_______________________________________________________________________




3180. NESHAP: AUTOMOBILE AND LIGHT-DUTY TRUCK MANUFACTURING (SURFACE 
COATING)

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will result in the reduction of hazardous air 
pollutants (HAPs) emitted from the coatings used by the automobile and 
light-duty truck manufacturing industry. The Agency will study the HAP 
emitted by the industry and will evaluate pollution prevention and 
other control techniques which can reduce these emissions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/01
Final Action                    02/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3907

Agency Contact: Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]

Dave Salman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (MD-
13), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0859
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG99
_______________________________________________________________________




3181. OFFSET LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING NATIONAL VOC RULE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will result in the reduction of volatile organic 
compound (VOC) emissions from offset lithographic printing.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/00/01
Final Action                    03/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3908

Agency Contact: Daniel Brown, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5305
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH00

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3182. 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                            03/00/01
Final Action                    03/00/02

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, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5308
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH03
_______________________________________________________________________




3183. NESHAP: CHROMIUM ELECTROPLATING AMENDMENT

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00
Final Action                    06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 2841

Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5289
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH08
_______________________________________________________________________




3184. NESHAP: SITE REMEDIATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq; PL 101-549 104 Stat. 2399

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: This rule will specify maximum achievable control technology 
for site remediation. Hazardous air pollutant emissions from spills of 
organic liquids, the excavation, transportation, and treatment of 
contaminated soils and groundwater, and other operations will be 
considered in developing the rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/00/01
Final Action                    03/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3968

Agency Contact: Greg Nizich, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3078
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

Martha Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2421
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH12
_______________________________________________________________________




3185. 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, The Clean Air Act 
requires promulgation by 11/15/00.

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.

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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

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, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5032
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH17
_______________________________________________________________________




3186. NESHAP: SOLVENT EXTRACTION FOR 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                            04/00/00
Final Action                    03/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State

Federalism:  Undetermined

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: 311222 Soybean Processing; 311223 Other Oilseed 
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, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5672
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

K.C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH22
_______________________________________________________________________




3187. NESHAP: ROCKET ENGINE TEST FIRING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: As required by section 112(c) of the Clean Air Act, the 
Environmental Protection Agency has developed a list of categories of 
sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP's). The HAP's are listed in 
section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act. The Rocket Engine Test Firing 
source category and the Engine Test Facilities source category are 
included on EPA's list of sources of HAP's. The Rocket Engine Test 
Firing source category includes facilities engaged in test firing of 
rocket engines using solid or liquid propellants. The Engine Test 
Facilities source category includes any facility engaged in the testing 
of stationary or mobile engines, including turbines and reciprocating 
engines.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal

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. 3972

Agency Contact: Fred Porter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5251
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Robert J. Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1045
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH35
_______________________________________________________________________




3188. NESHAP: ORGANIC LIQUID DISTRIBUTION

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 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

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than gasoline at sites that serve as distribution points from which 
organic liquids may be obtained for further use and processing.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/00
Final Action                    10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3971

Agency Contact: Martha Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2421
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

Kent C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH41
_______________________________________________________________________




3189. NESHAP: FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAM FABRICATION OPERATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires development of emission 
standards for sources emitting any of the hazardous air pollutants 
(HAP) listed in section 112(b) of the CAA. Flexible Polyurethane Foam 
Fabrication Operations is listed as a category of major sources based 
on documented emissions of the following HAP: methylene chloride, 
trichlorethane, hydrogen cyanide, and hydrogen chloride. This source 
category covers emissions from various polyurethane foam bonding 
operations, including foam gluing and flame lamination. This action 
will explore alternatives for reducing HAP emissions from the following 
emission sources located at foam fabrication plants: process vents, raw 
material storage and transfer operations, and equipment leaks. By mid-
1999, these facilities had to be in compliance with the revised, lower 
OSHA permissible exposure limits for methylene chloride, which is the 
predominant HAP. Most, if not all facilities have responded by 
replacing methylene chloride with a non-HAP. Most, if not all of these 
facilities may no longer be major sources of HAP emissions. If there 
are still major sources in the source category, a NESHAP for this 
source category will be developed based on Maximum Achievable Control 
Technology.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Local, State, Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3973

Sectors Affected: 326299 All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing; 326199 
All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Maria Noell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5607
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH42
_______________________________________________________________________




3190. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00
Final Action                    06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3479

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, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5795
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI01
_______________________________________________________________________




3191. NESHAP: PROCESS HEATERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: The Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990, requires EPA to 
develop emission standards for sources of hazardous air pollutants 
(HAPs). Process heaters is among the potential source categories to be 
regulated under section 112 of the CAA. Emissions of HAPs will be 
addressed by this rulemaking for both new and existing sources. The 
standards for the NESHAP are to be technology-based and are to require 
the maximum achievable

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control technology (MACT) as described in section 112 of the CAA.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4218

Agency Contact: James Eddinger, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5426
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Bill Maxwell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5430
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI35
_______________________________________________________________________




3192. NSPS: NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND EMISSION GUIDELINES FOR 
OTHER SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7509 CAA sec 129

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 129 of the Clean Air Act of 1990 requires the Agency 
to promulgate New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emission 
Guidelines (EG) for solid waste incinerators. Section 129 specifically 
required the Administrator to publish a schedule for regulating Other 
Solid Waste Incinerators (OSWI). A notice in the Federal Register was 
published on November 2, 1993 that announced that the Administrator 
would promulgate OSWI standards by November 15, 2000. The notice also 
listed what classes of incinerators would be covered by the OSWI 
standards. Because it is believed that these OSWI emit significant 
amounts of air pollution that cause public health and environmental 
problems, the Administrator intends to promulgate the NSPS and EG for 
OSWI in accordance with section 129. Standards will be set for the 
following pollutants: particulate matter, opacity, sulfur dioxide, 
hydrogen chloride, oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, lead cadmium, 
mercury, and dioxins and dibenzofurans.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           12/28/94                    59 FR 66850
NPRM                            11/00/00
Final Action                    11/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3751

Agency Contact: Fred Porter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5251
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Richard Crume, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5294
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG31
_______________________________________________________________________




3193. PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION OF AIR QUALITY: PERMIT 
APPLICATION REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR NON-FEDERAL CLASS I AREAS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7670 to 7479 CAA sec 160-169

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.166; 40 CFR 52.21

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Under the Clean Air Act's prevention of significant 
deterioration (PSD) program, a State or tribe may redesignate their 
lands as class I areas to provide enhanced protection for their air 
quality resources. This rule will clarify the PSD permit review 
procedures for new and modified major stationary sources near these 
non-Federal class I areas. EPA seeks to develop clarifying PSD permit 
application procedures that are effective, efficient, and equitable.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           05/16/97                    62 FR 27158
NPRM                            10/00/00
Final Action                    10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3919

Agency Contact: David LaRoche, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6102, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7652
Fax: 202 260-8509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH01
_______________________________________________________________________




3194. METAL FURNITURE (SURFACE COATINGS) NESHAP

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: This regulation will apply to surface coating of metal 
furniture products and parts. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

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, 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

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and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]

Mohamed Serageldin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2379
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG55
_______________________________________________________________________




3195. PLASTIC PARTS (SURFACE COATING) 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 action would address the hazardous air pollutants (HAP) 
emissions from the coating of plastic parts. Pollution prevention 
approaches will be considered. Specific sectors of the plastic parts 
industry to be included in this action have not yet been determined.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/01
Final Action                    02/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

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. 3826

Agency Contact: Kim Teal, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5580
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG57
_______________________________________________________________________




3196. LOCATION OF SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT AUDITS OF FOREIGN MANUFACTURED 
VEHICLES AND ENGINES; AMENDMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7525 CAA sec 206(b)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86G (Revision); 40 CFR 86K (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action would consider an amendment to the existing 
regulations to include ports of entry as a location for EPA selection 
of foreign produced vehicles and engines for SEA emissions testing at 
laboratories in the U.S. While the regulations do not specify EPA 
authority to conduct such port selections, the increased flexibility 
provided by port selections warrants amending the regulations. 
Presently, EPA must travel overseas to conduct SEA audits of foreign 
manufactured vehicles and engines, even though most manufacturers now 
have access to laboratory facilities in the U.S. The benefits include a 
reduction in Agency cost since fewer overseas trips would be necessary. 
Also, EPA would be able to conduct more audits of foreign manufactured 
vehicles and engines.
Separate from the provisions proposed in this NPRM for amendments to 
allow port selection for SEAs, EPA is also proposing to make two other 
amendments to 40 CFR part 86. The first would amend current Selective 
Enforcement Auditing regulations to change the minimum annual limit of 
Selective Enforcement Audits per manufacturer to two (2) per year. 
Currently, the minimum annual limit is one audit per manufacturer. 
Under the proposed amendments EPA would be able to perform a second 
audit on those manufacturers that might otherwise be limited to one 
audit.
The second additional proposed amendment to part 86 would delete from 
subparts A and E references to the Agency representation in certain 
types of administrative hearings. The two provisions state that the 
Office of General Counsel will represent the Agency in administrative 
procedures governing hearings on certification for light-duty vehicles, 
light-duty trucks, heavy-duty engines and motorcycles. The Agency is 
proposing to delete these two provisions in order to be consistent with 
other hearing procedures in part 86.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3139

Agency Contact: Richard Gezelle, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, 6403J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9267

RIN: 2060-AD90
_______________________________________________________________________




3197. 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 600; 40 CFR 86

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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/00
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3979

Agency Contact: R. W. Nash, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 743 214-4412

RIN: 2060-AH38

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3198. 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                            05/00/00
Final Action                    01/00/01

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, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-2216
Fax: 202 565-2093

RIN: 2060-AG20
_______________________________________________________________________




3199. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/00
Final Action                    12/00/00

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, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9185
Fax: 202 565-2095
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI41
_______________________________________________________________________




3200.  AMENDMENTS TO VEHICLE INSPECTION MAINTENANCE PROGRAM 
REQUIREMENTS IMPLEMENTING THE ONBOARD DIAGNOSTIC CHECK; PROPOSED 
AMENDMENT TO THE FINAL RULE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 85

Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, April 30, 2000, States must begin OBD 
check by 1/1/01 and need time to address changes.

Abstract: This action proposes substantive and minor revisions to the 
Motor Vehicle Inspection/Maintenance (I/M) requirements to provide 
additional flexibility to state I/M programs by allowing such programs 
to replace traditional I/M tests on model year 1996 and newer vehicles 
with a check of the onboard diagnostic (OBD) system. Additionally, the 
proposed amendments would: Revise and simplify the failure criteria for 
the OBD check; address State Implementation Plan (SIP) credit modeling 
for the OBD check; and allow for limited exemptions from some OBD check 
failure and/or rejection criteria for certain model years.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Amendments to Vehicle I/M 
Program Requirements for OBD 
Checks                          05/00/00
Final Rule Amendments to Vehicle 
I/M Program Requirements for OBD 
Checks                          12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4385

Agency Contact: Ed Gardetto, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation
Phone: 734 214-4322
Fax: 734 214-4906
Email: [email protected]

David Sosnowski, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
RSPD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4823
Fax: 734 214-4052
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ03
_______________________________________________________________________




3201. NESHAP: GENERIC MACT FOR CARBON BLACK, ETHYLENE, CYANIDE AND 
SPANDEX

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: Several of the source categories that are subject to MACT 
(maximum achievable control technology) standards contain only a few 
sources (e.g., fewer than five). For such categories, EPA plans to 
develop a generic MACT standard for these source categories. Given the 
relatively few affected sources caught by the generic standard, the 
overall cost and environmental effects of this action are expected to 
be small, nationally.

[[Page 23478]]

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4105

Sectors Affected: 325182 Carbon Black Manufacturing; 325188 All Other 
Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: John Schaefer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0296
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH68
_______________________________________________________________________




3202. NESHAP: CHROMIUM ELECTROPLATING AMENDMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Since the promulgation of the chromium electroplating NESHAP 
we have been informed of several sources that are experiencing 
difficulty in complying with the concentration limit for new sources 
even though they have installed and operate composite mesh pad scrubber 
technology similar or identical to that used as the basis for the MACT 
emission limit. These sources operate new state-of-the-art plating 
tanks not encountered during rule development which feature enclosing 
hoods that completely cover the surface of the plating tank. This 
covered tank design allows for effective capture and ventilation at 
substantially lower exhaust air flow rates than otherwise encountered 
with more conventional exterior hooding. Although these sources exceed 
the new source standard concentration limit of 0.015 mg/dscm, actual 
mass rate emissions are more than 50 percent lower than would otherwise 
be achieved with more conventional hooding and higher ventilation 
rates. The chromium electroplating standard will be amended to include 
this alternative type of control system.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/00
Final Action                    11/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4115

Sectors Affected: 332813 Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing 
and Coloring

Agency Contact: Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]

Phil Mulrine, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5289
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH69
_______________________________________________________________________




3203. 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)

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 California Air Resources Board (CARB) are 
cooperating in an effort to set emission standards for these engines to 
substantially reduce their contribution to the emission inventory.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

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

Additional Information: SAN No. 4154

Sectors Affected: 333924 Industrial Truck, Tractor, Trailer and Stacker 
Machinery Manufacturing; 335312 Motor and Generator Manufacturing; 
42183 Industrial Machinery and Equipment Wholesalers

Agency Contact: Don Kopinski, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4229
Fax: 734 214-4781
Email: [email protected]

Alan Stout, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, EPCD, 
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4805
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI11
_______________________________________________________________________




3204. 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 proposed rulemaking 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/00
Final Action                    11/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

[[Page 23479]]

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 48105
Phone: 734 214-4288
Fax: 734 214-4053
Email: [email protected]

Jean Marie Revelt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4822
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI36
_______________________________________________________________________




3205. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/00
Final Action                    01/00/01

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, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9742
Fax: 202 565-2096
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI40
_______________________________________________________________________




3206. 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 7671 to 7671(q); 42 USC 7414

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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    09/00/00

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, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9185
Fax: 202 565-2095
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI42
_______________________________________________________________________




3207. 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 that revisions were not 
appropriate at that time.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

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

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4266

Agency Contact: David McKee, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5288
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]

Harvey Richmond, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5271
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI43
_______________________________________________________________________




3208. REVISION OF SCHEDULE FOR STANDARDS UNDER SECTION 112 OF THE CLEAN 
AIR ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 Clean Air Act sec 112

[[Page 23480]]

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 and the 
schedule were last updated on November 18, 1999.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice                          11/18/99                    64 FR 63025
Notice                          06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4284

Agency Contact: Maria Noell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5607
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI52
_______________________________________________________________________




3209. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF HAZARDOUS POLLUTANTS FROM MOTOR VEHICLES 
AND MOTOR VEHICLE FUELS

Priority: Other Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: PL 101-549 sec 202(l)(2)

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, July 14, 2000, Civil Action No. 95-1747 
Sierra Club v. Carol M. Browner.
Final, Judicial, July 28, 2000, Civil Action No. 95-1745 Sierra Club v. 
Carol M. Browner.

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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/00/00
Final Rule                      12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

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
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI55
_______________________________________________________________________




3210. TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY AMENDMENTS: RESPONSE TO MARCH 2, 1999, 
COURT DECISION

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401-7671q

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 93

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires EPA to promulgate rules that 
establish the criteria and procedures for determining whether highway 
and transit plans, programs, and projects conform to state air quality 
plans. ``Conformity'' means that the transportation actions will not 
cause or worsen violations of air quality standards or delay timely 
attainment of the standards. The original conformity rule was finalized 
on November 24, 1993, and most recently amended on August 15, 1997. On 
March 2, 1999, the U.S. Court of Appeals overturned certain provisions 
of the 1997 conformity amendments. This rulemaking will amend the 
conformity rule in compliance with the court decision. The rulemaking 
will formalize the May 14, 1999 EPA guidance and the June 18, 1999 DOT 
guidance that was issued to guide action on this issue until a 
rulemaking could be issued. Specifically, the rulemaking will clarify 
the types of projects that can be implemented in the absence of a 
conforming transportation plan. It will also explain EPA's process for 
reviewing newly submitted air quality plans and when those submissions 
can be used for conformity purposes.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/00
Final Rule                      12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4340

Agency Contact: Kathryn Sargeant, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4441
Fax: 734 214-4052
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI56
_______________________________________________________________________




3211. 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.

[[Page 23481]]

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/00
Final Action                    09/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4309

Agency Contact: Bruce Moore, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5460
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI62
_______________________________________________________________________




3212. NESHAP FOR ETHYLENE OXIDE COMMERCIAL STERILIZATION OPERATIONS-
MONITORING AMENDMENTS

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: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed amendments will correct technical problems 
associated with both the compliance testing and monitoring 
requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4316

Agency Contact: David Markwordt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI64
_______________________________________________________________________




3213. 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: 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                            04/00/00
Final Action                    09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4310

Agency Contact: Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]

Dave Salman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, (MD-
13), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0859
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI66
_______________________________________________________________________




3214. NESHAP: BRICK AND STRUCTURAL CLAY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The brick and structural clay products manufacturing source 
category primarily includes facilities that manufacture structural 
brick from clay, shale, or a combination of the two. Other structural 
clay products that are included in the source category include clay 
pipe, adobe brick, chimney pipe, flue liners, drain titles, roofing 
tiles, and sewer tiles. The manufacture of brick and structural clay 
products involves mining, grinding, screening and blending of the raw 
materials followed by forming, cutting or shaping, drying, firing, 
cooling, storage, and shipping of the final product.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/01
Final Action                    02/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4325
Split from RIN 2060-AH79.

Sectors Affected: 327121 Brick and Structural Clay Tile Manufacturing; 
327122 Ceramic Wall and Floor Tile Manufacturing; 327124 Clay 
Refractory Manufacturing; 327123 Other Structural Clay Product 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Mary Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5025
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI67
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3215. HEAVY-DUTY ENGINE EMISSION STANDARDS AND DIESEL FUEL SULFUR 
CONTROL REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under PL 
104-4.

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Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking would set new quality requirements for fuel 
used in diesel engines and tighten heavy duty NOx and PM engine 
standards. Improving the quality of diesel fuel will enable advanced 
technologies for diesel emission control. A key approach taken in 
developing the ``Tier II'' standards (Tier II Light-Duty Vehicle and 
Light-Duty Truck Emission Standards and Gasoline Sulfur Standards -- 
see RIN 2060-AI23) was ``fuel-neutrality'' -- applying standards 
equally to diesel- and gasoline- powered vehicles. Reducing sulfur 
levels in on highway diesel fuel will help facilitate development of 
diesel-powered vehicles that meet these standards. Low sulfur diesel 
fuel is needed so that advanced technology for diesel engines will be 
available to meet new more stringent standards. There are also 
additional air quality benefits such as particulate matter and sulfate 
reductions associated with reducing sulfur levels in diesel fuel.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           06/16/99                    64 FR 32209
NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4355
This rule incorporates the work done on Control of Diesel Fuel Quality, 
RIN 2060-AI32, SAN 4268 which is listed as Withdrawn in the Completed 
section of this Agenda.

Agency Contact: Don Kopinski, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4229
Fax: 734 214-4781
Email: [email protected]

Paul Machele, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Ann 
Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4264
Fax: 734 214-4050
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI69
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3216. PETITIONS TO DELIST HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS (E.G., MEK, EGBE, 
METHANOL, AND MIBK) FROM SECTION 112(B)(1) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Clean Air Act Section 112(b)(3)

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Agency has received 4 petitions to remove certain 
pollutants (i.e., methanol, methyl ethyl ketone, ethylene glycol butyl 
ether, and methyl isobutyl ketone) from the list of hazardous air 
pollutants (HAPs) under Section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act. The Agency 
must review the petitions and either grant or deny the petition within 
18 months of the date the complete petition was received. If the Agency 
grants a petition, a notice of proposed rulemaking will be published in 
the Federal Register, allowing the opportunity for public comment. If 
the Agency denies a petition, a notice of denial will be published in 
the Federal Register providing an explanation for such denial. If the 
Agency grants a petition and ultimately removes the pollutant from the 
HAP list then sources emitting such pollutants would not be required to 
meet MACT emissions standards for the pollutant. If on the other hand, 
the Agency denies the petition, then MACT standards would be issued as 
currently planned under Section 112(c) and 112(d) of the Clean Air Act 
for sources emitting such pollutants. Depending on the 4 individual 
determinations, the Agency will issue separate notices for each.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    07/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4313

Agency Contact: Dave Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5368
Email: [email protected]

Chuck French, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0467
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI72
_______________________________________________________________________




3217. NESHAP: ENGINE TEST FACILITIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: As required by section 112(c) of the Clean Air Act, the 
Environmental Protection Agency has developed a list of categories of 
sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP's). The HAP's are listed in 
section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act. The Engine Test Facilities source 
category are included on EPA's list of sources of HAP's. The Engine 
Test Facilities source category includes any facility engaged in the 
testing of stationary or mobile engines, including turbines and 
reciprocating engines. Aircraft engine testing consists of facilities 
which perform testing on uninstalled aircraft engines. Non-aerospace 
engine test facilities consists of facilities which perform testing on 
uninstalled engines such as automotive engines, stationary turbines, IC 
engines, and diesel engines.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal

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. 4144
Split from RIN 2060-AH35

Agency Contact: Fred Porter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5251
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Robert J. Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

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Phone: 919 541-1045
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI74
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3218. NESHAP: LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE MANUFACTURING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: EPA is required under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act to 
develop maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards for 
various industrial source categories. The lightweight aggregate 
manufacturing industry is currently part of the clay products MACT 
source category. However, EPA is developing a separate MACT standard 
for lightweight aggregate in anticipation that the current clay 
products source category will be broken down into 4 separate source 
categories, including lightweight aggregate. The lightweight aggregate 
source category will be proposed at the time the MACT standard is 
proposed. Lightweight aggregate kilns that burn hazardous waste are 
subject to the hazardous waste combustor MACT standard.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/00/01
Final Action                    01/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Local, Federal, State, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4346
Split from RIN 2060-AH79

Sectors Affected: 327121 Brick and Structural Clay Tile Manufacturing; 
327122 Ceramic Wall and Floor Tile Manufacturing; 327123 Other 
Structural Clay Product Manufacturing; 327124 Clay Refractory 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Joe Wood, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5446
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI75
_______________________________________________________________________




3219. NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR 
SOURCE CATEGORIES - PHARMACEUTICALS PRODUCTION; PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR part 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule was promulgated on September 21, 1998. On 
November 20, 1998, a petition to review the final rule was filed by the 
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association with the Court of 
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. This action proposes 
amendments to the rule per the settlement agreement. The amendments 
include several clarifications, changes to key definitions, changes to 
the alternative standard requirements, and changes in the 
administrative requirements. There are no anticipated incremental 
impacts due to these amendments, in fact, the impacts of the rule have 
been reduced due to the streamlining of the monitoring, reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4354

Sectors Affected: 325411 Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing; 325412 
Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Randy McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5402
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI78
_______________________________________________________________________




3220. PROPOSED RULE TO AMEND SUBPART H, 40 CFR PART 61 FOR EMISSIONS OF 
RADIONUCLIDES OTHER THAN RADON FROM DOE FACILITIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA 112(g) or (q); PL 95-95

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 61.93(a); 40 CFR 61.93(b)(2)(ii)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Subparts H and I of 40 CFR Part 61 establish limits, under 
the Clean Air Act, for radionuclide emissions (other than radon) from 
Department of Energy (DOE) and other non-DOE federal facilities. These 
Subparts require emission sampling, monitoring, and calculations to 
identify compliance with the standard. The current air sampling 
methodology required by the standards is embodied in ANSI-N13.1-1969, a 
consensus guidance document that is incorporated by reference in EPA's 
standards. That guidance has recently been updated (in 1999), and 
contains new technical recommendations (that differ from the 1969 
version) for obtaining representative air samples. EPA is updating 
Subparts Hand I to incorporate the new sampling guidance, ANSI-N13.1-
1999, and require its use for new facilities and for those undergoing 
significant changes to ventilation systems. Existing facilities will be 
allowed to continue sampling in accordance with the current 
requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/00
Final Action                    05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4273

Agency Contact: Robin Anderson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air

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and Radiation, 6602J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9385
Fax: 202 565-2065
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI90
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3221. NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD FOR OZONE - CORRECTIONS 
NOTICE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7409; 42 USC 7601(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50.9 (a)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action corrects the Code of Federal Regulations to 
include an alternative pollutant-monitoring method that was 
inadvertently left out when the National Ambient Air Quality Standards 
for Ozone were revised in 1979. This amendment will assure that States 
have the flexibility in choice of monitoring methods that was 
originally intended.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice                          04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4304

Agency Contact: Nash Gerald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-14, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5652
Fax: 919 541-1903
Email: [email protected]

Brenda Millar, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
14, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4036
Fax: 919 541-1903
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI95
_______________________________________________________________________




3222. DEVELOPMENT OF REFERENCE METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF SOURCE 
EMISSIONS OF FILTERABLE FINE PARTICULATE MATTER AS PM2.5

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 App M

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Under this action, EPA is initiating the publication of a 
reference test method that can be used to quantify that portion of 
particulate matter emissions that are solid at stack conditions and are 
equal to or less than 2.5 uM in aerodynamic diameter. This test method 
is to be used in conjunction with existing and future reference methods 
which are designed to quantify condensable particulate and particulate 
precursors. Condensable particulate is that portion of particulate 
matter emissions that are gaseous at stack conditions but which quickly 
condense to a solid form when released to the atmosphere. Particulate 
precursors are gaseous compounds which become solids as a result of 
chemical reactions in the atmosphere. This test method supports the 
amended National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for particulate 
matter which was promulgated on July 18, 1997. The NAAQS was revised by 
adding new standards for particulate of 2.5 uM aerodynamic diameter. An 
important foundation element of State efforts to attain the NAAQS will 
be the development of reliable inventories of baseline particulate and 
particulate precursor emissions. The emission inventories developed 
should be based upon credible source tests of individual facilities or 
emission factors developed from credible source tests. At the present 
time there is no reference test method available for quantifying the 
filterable particulate matter of 2.5 uM aerodynamic diameter from 
emission sources.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/00
Final Action                    02/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4306

Sectors Affected: 21231 Stone Mining and Quarrying; 221112 Fossil Fuel 
Electric Power Generation; 3212 Veneer, Plywood and Engineered Wood 
Product Manufacturing; 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 3251 Basic Chemical 
Manufacturing; 327 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; 3311 Iron 
and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing; 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 
Production and Processing; 3314 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) 
Production and Processing; 3315 Foundries

Agency Contact: Ronald E. Myers, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5407
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]

Tom Logan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-19, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2580
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI96
_______________________________________________________________________




3223. INSPECTION MAINTENANCE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL 
FACILITIES; AMENDMENT TO THE FINAL RULE

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq; 23 USC 101

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 (revision); 40 CFR 93 (new)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has had oversight 
and policy development authority for Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) 
programs since the passage of the Clean Air Act (CAA) in 1970. The 1977 
amendments to the CAA mandated I/M for certain areas with long-term air 
quality problems and the 1990 amendments set forth standards for 
implementation of I/M programs. EPA used the statutory requirements of 
the Act, including I/M requirements for Federal facilities, to 
promulgate regulations which states would use in the development of 
their I/M State Implementation Plans (SIPs). Those rule requirements 
effectively gave states certain authorities over the Federal 
government. The Department of Justice has now ruled that Federal 
sovereign immunity was not fully waived under the CAA for those 
requirements and EPA should amend its rule to remove the requirement 
that states include those elements in their SIPs. EPA is proposing to: 
1) Amend the Federal facilities I/M requirements

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by removing that section. 2) Correct existing I/M SIP approval actions 
which include these elements. 3) Establish new Federal facilities I/M 
program requirements which Federal Facilities in I/M program areas must 
meet in order to comply with the Act. 4) Designate for each state which 
section of the Act Federal agencies must comply with based on how that 
state promulgated its I/M regulations. These changes will have minimal 
to no impact on the states as no new requirements are being created. 
The states are under no obligation, legal or otherwise, to modify 
existing SIPs meeting the previously applicable requirements as a 
result of this action, nor will emissions reduction credit be affected. 
However, the changes will clarify for affected Federal facilities what 
they must do to meet the CAA requirements by establishing new 
regulations per those requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4348

Agency Contact: Sara Schneeberg, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation
Phone: 202 564-5592

Buddy Polovick, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 734 214-4928
Fax: 734 214-4052
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI97
_______________________________________________________________________




3224. REGULATION OF FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES: REFORMULATED GASOLINE 
ADJUSTMENT

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.45

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed regulation would allow CO reductions (associated 
with oxygen in the gasoline above 2.0 wt %) to be used to offset 
increases in VOC emissions. The change would allow gasoline that has 
ethanol as an oxygenate to have a slightly higher Reid Vapor Pressure 
(RVP), which would alleviate some cost burdens for complying with Phase 
II of the RFG program. The change would therefore address the concern 
of the ethanol industry that such gasoline would otherwise be locked 
out of the market.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4358

Agency Contact: Barry Garelick, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9028
Fax: 202 565-2075
Email: [email protected]

Lori Stewart, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
6406J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9035

RIN: 2060-AI98
_______________________________________________________________________




3225.  NESHAP: TACONITE IRON ORE PROCESSING INDUSTRY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA 112

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: The taconite iron ore processing source category is comprised 
of nine facilities operating in the United States. Seven facilities are 
located in Minnesota and two are located in Michigan. The expected 
sources of HAP emissions for this source category include: fossil fuel 
combustion sources, and possibly the handling and transfer of mined ore 
containing naturally occurring inorganic compounds. Anticipated HAP 
emissions released from these sources primarily include: formaldehyde, 
manganese, nickel, arsenic, and chromium. The quantities of HAP 
released are expected to exceed major source levels.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/00/01
Final Rule                      03/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4380
There are nine taconite processing facilities in the U.S.; seven are 
located in Minnesota and two are located in Michigan. The MACT standard 
for this industry group will be shared between EPA and the State of 
Minnesota. State regulations currently in place include both air 
emissions limitations and prohibition of effluent discharge to Great 
Lakes waters, and both air and water monitoring requirements. Other 
existing Federal regulations may be affected under RCRA and TSCA.

Agency Contact: Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]

Conrad Chin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1512
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ02
_______________________________________________________________________




3226.  NESHAP: OIL & NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION & NATURAL GAS 
TRANSMISSION & STORAGE; AMENDMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The rule amendments are needed to clarify agency intent. Some 
areas requiring revision are: applicability determination procedures, 
definitions, and recordkeeping and reporting requirements. No impacts 
are anticipated as a result of the amendments on small businesses and 
state/local/tribal governments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/00/00
Final Action                    04/00/01

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4402

Sectors Affected: 211111 Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction; 
211112 Natural Gas Liquid Extraction; 48621 Pipeline Transportation of 
Natural Gas; 22121 Natural Gas Distribution

Agency Contact: Greg Nizich, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3078
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

Martha Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2421
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ08
_______________________________________________________________________




3227.  REMOVAL OF ALUMINUM DIE CASTING AND ALUMINUM FOUNDRIES 
FROM THE SECONDARY ALUMINUM NESHAP AND APPLICABILITY STAY FOR THESE 
INDUSTRIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Under the final Secondary Aluminum Production NESHAP, the EPA 
has based its MACT standard for aluminum die casting and aluminum 
foundries, as well as its assessment of the economic impacts on small 
businesses in these industries, on information on representative 
facility practices provided to EPA by these industries to date. 
However, affected facilities in these industries have expressed concern 
that the information and assumptions upon which EPA has relied may be 
incomplete or may not adequately represent the processes and emissions 
at such facilities. Accordingly, in this action, EPA will issue a 
proposed rule to remove the aluminum die casting and aluminum foundry 
industries from the present secondary aluminum standard and to stay the 
applicability of the present standard to these industries while EPA 
reevaluates the MACT requirements applicable to such facilities. The 
EPA will also initiate a formal process to collect further information 
from the facilities in these industries on the activities in which they 
engage and the potential of these activities to contribute to HAP 
emissions. After evaluating this information, EPA will make a new 
determination concerning MACT requirements for both major facilities 
and area sources in these industries.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4417

Sectors Affected: 331521 Aluminum Die-Castings; 331524 Aluminum 
Foundries

Agency Contact: Juan E. Santiago, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1084
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ11
_______________________________________________________________________




3228.  NEW SOURCE REVIEW SECTOR-BASED APPROACH

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671q

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 52.21

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The New Source Review (NSR) Program is the principal means by 
which EPA assures that new pollution sources install reasonably 
effective air pollution controls before they are allowed to begin 
operation. EPA is currently involved in a comprehensive rulemaking 
(``NSR Reform'', SAN 3259), intended to streamline the NSR program and 
reduce its administrative burden. This new rulemaking is an outgrowth 
of that reform effort, and will provide industries with the flexibility 
to focus more on existing pollution sources, with the goal of achieving 
as good or better environmental results than could be achieved focusing 
strictly on new sources.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Rule                      03/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4390

Agency Contact: Kathy Kaufman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-12, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0102
TDD Phone: 010 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ14

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Clean Air Act (CAA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3229. NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR) REFORM

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: CAA as amended, title I

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.160 to 51.166; 40 CFR 52.21; 40 CFR 52.24

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action is to revise the CAA new source review (NSR) 
regulations, which govern the preconstruction air quality review and 
permitting programs that are implemented by States and the Federal 
Government for new and modified major stationary sources of air 
pollution. This rulemaking will deregulate, that is, exclude from major 
NSR program requirements those activities of sources that, with respect 
to air pollution, have little environmental impact. The rulemaking will 
encourage pollution control and pollution prevention projects at 
existing sources. Control technology requirements will be clarified 
with respect to when and how they apply to sources that are covered. 
The action seeks to more clearly define the appropriate roles and 
requirements of sources, permitting authorities and Federal land 
managers and EPA in the protection of air-quality-related values in 
Federal Class I areas (i.e., certain national parks and wilderness 
areas) under the NSR regulations. State, local, and tribal permitting 
agencies will be given more flexibility to implement program 
requirements in a manner that meets their specific air quality 
management needs. Consequently, the rulemaking decreases the number of 
activities that are subject to NSR requirements and also expedites the 
permitting process for those sources that are subject to NSR. This 
action is designed to reduce the regulatory burden over all industries 
without respect to commercial size or capacity; therefore, it should 
have no detrimental impact on small businesses. Finally, this action 
also addresses several pending petitions for judicial review and 
administrative action pertaining to NSR applicability requirements and 
control technology review requirements. Regulations that will be 
affected are State implementation plan requirements for review of new 
sources and modifications to existing sources (40 CFR 51.160-166), the 
Federal prevention of significant deterioration program (40 CFR 52.21), 
and Federal restriction on new source construction (40 CFR 52.24).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/23/96                    61 FR 38249
Final Action                    07/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3259

Agency Contact: Dennis Crumpler, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-12, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0871
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE11
_______________________________________________________________________




3230. NSPS: SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY - 
WASTEWATER (FINAL) & AMEND. TO APPENDIX C OF PART 63 & APPENDIX J OF 
PART 60

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: CAAA

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will develop a new source performance standard to 
control air emissions of volatile organic compounds from wastewater 
treatment operations of the synthetic chemical manufacturing industry.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/12/94                    59 FR 46780
Supp NPRM-1st                   10/11/95                    60 FR 52889
Supp NPRM-2nd Appendix J to Part 
60                              12/09/98                    63 FR 67988
Final Action                    09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3380

Sectors Affected: 3251 Basic Chemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Mary Kissell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4516
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

Kent C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE94
_______________________________________________________________________




3231. NESHAP: PETROLEUM REFINERIES--FCC UNITS, REFORMERS AND SULFUR 
PLANTS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq; PL 101-549 104 Stat. 2399

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: Title III of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 requires 
EPA to develop national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants 
(NESHAPs). EPA promulgated NESHAP rules for petroleum refineries on 
August 18, 1995 (RIN 2060-AD94). This action covers three process vents 
not covered under RIN 2060-AD94. These are the catalyst regeneration 
vents from fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCU) and catalytic 
reformers and the tail gas vents from sulfur recovery plants.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/11/98                    63 FR 48889
Final Action                    09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3549

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries

Agency Contact: Bob Lucas, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0884
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]


[[Page 23488]]


Kent C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF28
_______________________________________________________________________




3232. SOURCE SPECIFIC FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR NAVAJO GENERATING 
STATION; FOUR CORNERS POWER PLANT

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 1740

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA proposes to federalize standards from the Arizona and New 
Mexico State Implementation Plans (SIPS) applicable to the Four Corners 
Plant, respectively. Where necessary, EPA's proposed emission standards 
modify the standards extracted from the States' regulatory programs to 
ensure comprehensive emission control and Federal consistency.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/08/99                    64 FR 48731
Final Action                    09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3569

Agency Contact: Douglas McDaniel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, Region09, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Phone: 415 744-1246

Colleen McKaughan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation
Phone: 520 498-0118

RIN: 2060-AF42
_______________________________________________________________________




3233. METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT OF VISIBLE EMISSIONS--ADDITION OF METHODS 
203A, 203B, AND 203C TO APPENDIX M OF PART 51

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401(b)(1); 42 USC 7410; 42 USC 7470 to 7479; 
42 USC 7501 to 7508; 42 USC 7601(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking adds Test Methods 203A, 203B, and 203C to 40 
CFR part 51, appendix M (entitled Example Test Methods for State 
Implementation Plans). These methods describe procedures for estimating 
the opacity of visible emissions. States have requested that EPA 
promulgate these methods so that they can use them in State 
Implementation Plans in enforcing visible emissions regulations from 
Stationary Sources.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/22/93                    58 FR 61639
Final Action                    01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 2915

Agency Contact: Peter Westlin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1058
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF83
_______________________________________________________________________




3234. FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (FIP) TO CONTROL EMISSIONS FROM 
SOURCES LOCATED ON THE FORT HALL INDIAN RESERVATION

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: CAA, title I

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA will propose Federal rulemaking for sources located on 
the Reservation to implement the intent of the Clean Air Act (CAA) 
title I program to bring about attainment of the PM-10 NAAQS both on 
and off the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/12/99                     64 FR 7307
NPRM                            01/24/00                     65 FR 3680
NPRM                            01/27/00                     65 FR 4465
Final Action                    07/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3637

Agency Contact: Steve Body, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, Region10, Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206 553-0782

RIN: 2060-AF84
_______________________________________________________________________




3235. ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN, 
NEVADA

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: Energy Policy Act sec 801

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 197

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, August 1, 1996.

Abstract: This rulemaking is in response to section 801 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992 which directs the Administrator to promulgate public 
health and safety standards for protection of the public from releases 
from radioactive materials stored or disposed of in the repository at 
the Yucca Mountain site. The only regulated entity is the U.S. 
Department of Energy.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/27/99                    64 FR 46976
Final Action                    06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3568

Agency Contact: Ray Clark, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6602J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9198
Fax: 202 565-2065

RIN: 2060-AG14
_______________________________________________________________________




3236. AMENDMENTS FOR TESTING AND MONITORING PROVISIONS TO PART 60, PART 
61, AND PART 63

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401; 42 USC 7410 to 7412; 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 
7416

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 61; 40 CFR 63

[[Page 23489]]

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking will amend the emission test methods and 
performance specifications in appendices A and B of part 60, appendix B 
of part 61, and appendix A of part 63 by revising the method format to 
conform with Environmental Monitoring Management Council (EMMC) 
guidelines. Conformance to the guidelines will promote consistency 
among inter-program methods. In addition, minor technical and printing 
errors in the methods will be corrected. Similar errors in various 
subparts of part 60 will also be corrected. Performance specification 
15 is also being proposed in this rulemaking.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/27/97                    62 FR 45369
Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3743

Agency Contact: Bill Lamason, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5374
Fax: 919 541-1039

Foston Curtis, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1063

RIN: 2060-AG21
_______________________________________________________________________




3237. AMENDMENT TO STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES; 
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS (PS-1)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: CAA sec 111

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action proposes to clarify and update requirements for 
source owners and operators who must install and use continuous stack 
or duct opacity monitoring equipment. This action also proposes 
amendments regarding design and performance validation requirements for 
continuous opacity monitoring system (COMS) equipment in appendix B, 
PS-1. These amendments to subpart A and PS-1 will not change the 
affected facilities' applicable emission standards or requirement to 
monitor. The amendments will: (1) clarify owner and operator and 
monitor vendor obligations, (2) reaffirm and update COMS design and 
performance requirements, and (3) provide EPA and affected facilities 
with equipment assurances for carrying out effective monitoring. The 
specifications shall apply to all COMS's installed or replaced after 
the date of promulgation. Following promulgation, a source owner, 
operator, or manufacturer will be subject to these performance 
specifications if installing a new COMS, relocating a COMS, replacing a 
COMS, re-certifying a COMS that has undergone substantial refurbishing, 
or has been specifically required to re-certify the COMS with these 
revisions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/24/94                    59 FR 60585
Supplemental NPRM               09/23/98                    63 FR 50824
Final Action                    05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3744

Agency Contact: Solomon Ricks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5242
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG22
_______________________________________________________________________




3238. CONSOLIDATED FEDERAL AIR RULE FOR THE SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICAL 
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

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: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 65; 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 61; 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Over the past 25 years, EPA has issued a series of national 
air regulations, many of which affect the same facility. Some 
facilities are now subject to five or six national rules, sometimes 
affecting the same emission points. Each rule has emission control 
requirements as well as monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting 
requirements.
These requirements may be duplicative or overlapping.
All existing Federal air rules applicable to an industry sector will be 
reviewed to determine whether their provisions can be consolidated into 
a single new rule. Affected industries, State agencies, and other 
stakeholders will be consulted to identify duplicative provisions. The 
chemical industry and State representatives have agreed to work on a 
pilot project with EPA's air programs to explore this approach. If the 
approach is successful with the chemical industry, it may be expanded 
to air rules for other industry sectors.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/28/98                    63 FR 57748
Final Action                    06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3748

Agency Contact: Rick Colyer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5262
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG28
_______________________________________________________________________




3239. ADDITION OF METHOD 207 TO APPENDIX M OF 40 CFR PART 51 METHOD FOR 
MEASURING ISOCYANATES IN STATIONARY SOURCE EMISSIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51

[[Page 23490]]

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 listed certain 
isocyanate compounds as hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). The Agency 
does not have any published test methods that would measure air 
emissions of these isocyanate compounds from stationary sources. This 
action would add a validated test method to measure isocyanate 
emissions to appendix M of part 51. Test methods in part 51 can be 
adopted by any State for use in any regulation that requires the 
measurement of any of the isocyanate compounds on the HAP list. This 
action would not impose any new regulatory requirements that do not 
already exist. It should benefit State governments by providing them 
with a validated test procedure for measuring the emissions of 
isocyanate compounds.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/08/97                    62 FR 64532
Final Action                    01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3900

Agency Contact: Gary McAlister, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1062
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG88
_______________________________________________________________________




3240. ADDITION OF OPACITY METHOD TO APPENDIX M OF 40 CFR PART 51 (METHOD 
203)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking proposes to add a method, Method 203, for the 
measurement of opacity from stationary sources, to appendix M (Example 
Test Methods for State Implementation Plans) in 40 CFR part 51. This 
action provides States with an instrumental test method which can be 
used in determining, on a continuous basis, compliance with stationary 
source opacity emission limitations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/07/92                    57 FR 46114
Final Action                    01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3958

Agency Contact: Solomon Ricks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5242
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH23
_______________________________________________________________________




3241. EXPANDED DEFINITIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE-FUELED VEHICLES AND ENGINES 
MEETING LOW-EMISSION VEHICLE EXHAUST EMISSION STANDARDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2001; 15 USC 2002; 15 USC 2003; 15 USC 2005; 15 
USC 2006; 15 USC 213; 42 USC 7521; 42 USC 7522; 42 USC 7524; 42 USC 
7525; 42 USC 7541; 42 USC 7542; 42 USC 7549; 42 USC 7550; 42 USC 7552

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 88; 40 CFR 86

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will ease the burden of certification for both 
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and after-market conversion 
entities. This action will, for vehicles and engines meeting LEV 
emission standards, broaden the definition of the term dedicated fuel 
system, broaden the criteria for engine families, and provide an 
exemption from certification fees. This action is not a deregulatory 
action. This action will provide another means for small business to 
remain active entities in supplying alternatively fueled vehicles to 
the market place. The above three changes are intended to reduce the 
cost of complying with the requirements of certification, and small 
business will benefit from these changes. This action will enhance the 
ability for the regulated industry to provide alternatively fueled 
vehicles to the consumer in support of the Executive Order 13031.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/20/98                    63 FR 38767
Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4030

Agency Contact: Clifford Tyree, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, AAVP, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4310
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH52
_______________________________________________________________________




3242. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

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 Proposed rule amendments 
and notice of public hearing    01/25/00                     65 FR 3907
Final Action                    01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

[[Page 23491]]

Additional Information: SAN No. 4123

Sectors Affected: 3221 Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills

Agency Contact: Stephen Shedd, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5397
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

Kent C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH74
_______________________________________________________________________




3243. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/20/00                     65 FR 3169
Final Action                    09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4103

Agency Contact: Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]

Jan Meyer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5254
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH81
_______________________________________________________________________




3244. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: RECONSIDERATION ON THE 610 
NONESSENTIAL PRODUCTS BAN

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671-7671(q)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82(C)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action would propose to extend the current class I and 
class II bans on the sale and distribution of nonessential uses of 
ozone-depleting substances where sufficient substitutes are already 
readily available. As part of the initial 1993 rulemaking, EPA banned 
the use of ozone-depleting substances in aerosols, pressurized 
dispensers, and foams where substitutes were available. Since that 
rulemaking was issued, the phaseout of production and consumption of 
class I substances has become effective and the Significant New 
Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program under section 612 has been 
promulgated. The phaseout of newly manufactured class I substances and 
the identification of new acceptable substitutes for both class I and 
class II applications provide compelling reasons to reconsider the 
initial decisions regarding both product-specific exemptions and the 
decision to limit the ban's effect on major sectors that traditionally 
used ozone-depleting substances. Most domestic manufacturers have 
already incorporated the non-ozone-depleting substances in their 
products. The continued availability and use of ozone-depleting 
substances in parts and products manufactured abroad, which are sold or 
incorporated into larger products that are then sold into interstate 
commerce in the United States, negatively affects the competitiveness 
of domestic manufacturers who use substitute substances in their 
production. Therefore, it is appropriate to reconsider the 
applicability of the class I ban to both specific products and product 
categories. Amending these requirements would limit the potential use 
of ozone-depleting substances in applications where substitutes are 
available and thus, further protect the stratospheric ozone layer.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/14/99                    64 FR 21772
Final Action                    08/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4077

Agency Contact: Cindy Newberg, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9729
Fax: 202 565-2095
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH99
_______________________________________________________________________




3245. OPTIONAL CERTIFICATION STREAMLINING PROCEDURES FOR LDVS, LDTS, AND 
HDES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2001; 15 USC 2002; 15 USC 2003; 15 USC 2005; 15 
USC 2006; 15 USC 213; 42 USC 7521; 42 USC 7522; 42 USC 7524; 42 USC 
7525; 42 USC 7541; 42 USC 7542; 42 USC 7549; 42 USC 7550; 42 USC 7552

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86; 40 CFR 88

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will ease the burden of certification for both 
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and after-market conversion 
entities that meet Clean-Fuel Vehicle requirements.

[[Page 23492]]

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/20/98                    63 FR 38767
Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4165

Agency Contact: Clifford Tyree, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, AAVP, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4310
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI15
_______________________________________________________________________




3246. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/30/99                    64 FR 52731
Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4254

Agency Contact: Diane McConkey, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, 7426GG, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5588
Fax: 202 564-5603
Email: [email protected]

William L. Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5245
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI45
_______________________________________________________________________




3247. ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY AMENDMENTS TO INSPECTION MAINTENANCE 
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS; AMENDMENTS TO THE FINAL RULE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 23 USC 101; 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR part 51

Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, August 13, 1999, Must be published by 
8/13/99 to avoid application of 2:1 offset sanctions in Louisiana.

Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has had oversight 
and policy development responsibility for Inspection and Maintenance 
programs since the passage of the Clean Air Act (CAA) in 1970. The 1977 
amendments to the CAA mandated I/M for certain areas with long-term air 
quality problems and the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act set forth 
standards for implementation of the I/M programs. EPA is proposing 
several minor substantive amendments and revisions to the I/M 
requirements published on November 5, 1992 (40 CFR part 51, subpart S. 
EPA believes these amendments and revisions are necessary to bring 
existing rule up-to-date with current technological developments, 
policy decisions and statutory requirements, also providing states 
additional flexibility to tailor their Inspection and Maintenance 
programs to meet future needs. Among these future needs are: The need 
to accommodate an aging fleet that is rapidly turning over to newer, 
cleaner, and more durable vehicle technologies; the desire to maximize 
program efficiency and customer convenience by capitalizing on newer 
vehicle testing options such as on-board diagnostic (OBD) system 
testing; and the need to assess the role of I/M programs in areas that 
will attain the one-hour National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) 
and begin to look at how to attain, or maintain, the new, eight-hour 
NAAQS. These amendments are authorized by the CAA provisions that EPA's 
guidance for such programs be ``from time to time revised'' and are 
also in response to the 1995 National Highway System Designation Act's 
I/M provisions. It is important to note that this action will not 
increase the existing burden on states; the proposed changes represent 
an opportunity for states to take advantage of additional options and 
flexibilities. Furthermore, states are under no obligation, legal or 
otherwise, to modify existing plans meeting the previously applicable 
requirements as a result of this action.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/06/99                    64 FR 55195
Final Action                    06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4295

Agency Contact: David Sosnowski, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, RSPD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4823
Fax: 734 214-4052
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI61
_______________________________________________________________________




3248. NESHAP: PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS PRODUCTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA sec 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 1997, Clean Air Act 
Amendments of 1990.

Abstract: EPA is required to publish an initial list of all categories 
of major and area sources of the hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed 
in section 112(b) of the CAAA and, to establish dates for the 
promulgation of emission standards for each of the listed categories of 
HAP emission sources and develop emission standards for each source of 
HAPs so that the schedule is met. The standards are to be technology-
based and are to require the maximum degree of emission reduction 
determined to be achievable by the Administrator. The Agency has 
determined that the phosphate fertilizer production industry emits 
several of the 189 HAPs listed in section 112(b) of the CAAA. The 
purpose of this action is to pursue a regulatory

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development program that would ensure that emission standards may be 
proposed and promulgated for this industry.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/27/96                    61 FR 68430
Final Action                    05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3304

Agency Contact: Ken Durkee, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5425
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE44
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3249. NESHAP: PRIMARY COPPER SMELTING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA sec 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: The primary copper smelting industry is known to emit a 
number of the hazardous air pollutants listed in section 112 of the 
Clean Air Act. The industry is comprised of seven smelters located in 
four states. All have extensive control systems for oxides of sulfur 
and HAPs. However, fugitive emissions may cause several smelters to 
exceed major source levels.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/20/98                    63 FR 19582
Final Action                    08/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3340

Agency Contact: Eugene Crumpler, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0881
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Al Verveart, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE46
_______________________________________________________________________




3250. NESHAP: SECONDARY ALUMINUM INDUSTRY

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, December 15, 1999.

Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires EPA to publish an initial list of 
all categories of major and area sources of the hazardous air 
pollutants (HAPs) listed in section 112(b) of the Act, to publish a 
schedule establishing a date for the promulgation of emission standards 
for each of the listed categories of HAP emission sources, and develop 
emission standards for each source of HAPs such that the schedule is 
met. The standards are to be technology-based and are to require the 
maximum degree of emission reduction determined to be achievable by the 
Administrator. The Agency has determined that the secondary aluminum 
industry may reasonably be anticipated to emit several of the 188 HAPs 
listed in section 112(b) of the Act. As a consequence, the source 
category is included on the initial list of HAP emitting categories and 
is on the list of categories scheduled for standards promulgation 
within seven years of enactment of the Act. The purpose of this action 
is to pursue a regulatory development program that would help to ensure 
that emission standards may be promulgated. Emission standards for this 
category were proposed on February 11, 1999.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/11/99                     64 FR 6946
Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Local, Tribal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3078

Sectors Affected: 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum

Agency Contact: Juan Santiago, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1084
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE77
_______________________________________________________________________




3251. NESHAP: MANUFACTURING OF NUTRITIONAL YEAST

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112(d)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: Section 112 of the Clean Air Act requires major sources of 
hazardous air pollutants to achieve emission reduction based on the 
maximum achievable control technology (MACT). This regulatory action 
will establish this level of control for both new and existing sources 
in the nutritional yeast manufacturing industry. This industry is 
currently comprised of 10 sources of 5 different manufacturers located 
in 8 different states. The only known HAP emission from this source is 
acetaldehyde. It is produced as a by-product during the fermentation 
process. The proposed regulatory options set maximum emission limits of 
acetaldehyde, which will be achievable by improved process control to 
reduce formation of this by-product.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/10/98                    63 FR 55812
Final Action                    12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

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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. 3550

Sectors Affected: 311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing

Agency Contact: David Markwordt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF30
_______________________________________________________________________




3252. REVISIONS TO THE REGULATION FOR APPROVAL OF STATE PROGRAMS AND 
DELEGATION OF FEDERAL AUTHORITIES 112(L)

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: 42 USC 7412 CAA Sec 112(l)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63(E)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Guidance in the form of rulemaking is being developed in 
accordance with the requirements of section 112(l) of the Clean Air Act 
Amendments of 1990 for the approval of State air toxic programs and the 
delegation of Federal authorities to the States for the implementation 
and enforcement of section 112 emission standards and other 
requirements. This regulatory document will provide some flexibility to 
States in the following areas: minimum requirements for EPA approval of 
State air toxics regulations that are equivalent to or more stringent 
than the Federal standards and minimum requirements for EPA approval of 
State air toxics programs that are equivalent to or more stringent than 
the Federal program. Specific issues that will be addressed include: 
alternative work practice standards; alternative monitoring, 
recordkeeping, and reporting; alternative test method approval process; 
equivalency by permits; and mechanisms and requirements for approval of 
State air toxics programs. Additionally, the Partial Approval and 
Delegable Authorities rulemakings will be added to this rulemaking. The 
Partial Approval language will provide flexibility to States by 
allowing States to accept delegation of parts of standards. This will 
allow them to implement and enforce these provisions on a smaller 
scale. The delegable authorities rulemaking will clarify what 
authorities EPA has delegated to States when the part 63, subpart A, 
general provisions have been delegated.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/12/99                     64 FR 1880
Final Action                    05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3829

Agency Contact: Kathy Kaufman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-12, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0102
TDD Phone: 010 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

Tom Driscoll, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
12, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5135
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG60
_______________________________________________________________________




3253. NESHAP: GROUP I POLYMERS AND RESINS AND GROUP IV POLYMERS AND 
RESINS AND GROUP IV POLYMERS AND RESINS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.480 to 63.506 (Revision); 40 CFR 63.1310 to 
63.1335 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: During the development of the National Emission Standard for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for elastomers (Group I polymers and 
resins) and thermoplastics (Group IV polymers and resins) (RINs 2060-
AD56 and 2060-AE37), many of the provisions contained in the Hazardous 
Organic NESHAP (HON) were referenced directly by these polymers and 
resins regulations due to similarities in processes, emission 
characteristics, and control technologies. On January 17, 1997, the EPA 
promulgated changes to the HON to remove ambiguity, to clearly convey 
EPA intent, and to make the rule easier to understand and implement in 
response to industry petitions. It is necessary to make parallel 
changes to the polymers and resins NESHAP; otherwise inconsistencies 
will exist for NESHAPs regulating similar source categories. An ANPRM 
was published in the Federal Register on 11/25/96 (61 FR 59849), to 
explain the nature of changes planned.
Subsequently, six litigants have petitioned for review of the 
elastomers and thermoplastics regulations. Four companies have 
petitioned EPA to reconsider specific provisions in the thermoplastics 
regulation. Revisions will be proposed to parallel HON changes and to 
resolve petitioners' issues. There are no impacts anticipated for small 
businesses or State/local/tribal governments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           11/25/96                    61 FR 59849
NPRM                            03/09/99                    64 FR 11559
Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3939

Sectors Affected: 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Bob Rosensteel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,

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MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5608
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH47
_______________________________________________________________________




3254. NESHAP: OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION AND NESHAP: NATURAL GAS 
TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, AMENDMENTS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) known to be emitted from oil 
and gas production, storage, and transmission facilities include 
benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylene isomers (collectively 
referred to as BTEX), along with 2,2,4-trimethylpentane and n-hexane. 
Potential HAP emission sources are glycol dehydrator reboilers (stand-
alone and co-located); condensate storage vessels; and equipment leaks 
at natural gas processing plants. The original NESHAP rule for these 
sources was promulgated on June 17, 1999, at 64 FR 32609. This action 
will amend that rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Amendment                 06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4162

Agency Contact: Greg Nizich, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3078
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

Kent C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI13
_______________________________________________________________________




3255. NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND EMISSION GUIDELINES FOR 
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATION UNITS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: CAA sec 129

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, November 15, 1999.
Final, Judicial, November 15, 2000.

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                            11/15/99                    64 FR 67092
Final Action                    11/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3613

Agency Contact: Richard Crume, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5294
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Fred Porter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5251
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF91
_______________________________________________________________________




3256. TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY AMENDMENT: DELETION OF GRACE PERIOD

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671q

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 93.102(d)

Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, December 31, 1999.

Abstract: This action would delete a provision of the transportation 
conformity rule that was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals. In 
1995, EPA amended the conformity rule so that new nonattainment areas 
would have a one-year grace period before transportation conformity 
began applying. In 1997, the court overturned this grace period. This 
action would formally delete the provision from the transportation 
conformity rule in compliance with the court ruling. In addition, this 
action will discuss some issues that we raised in a Petition for 
Reconsideration of the original transportation conformity rule 
(finalized November 24, 1993). This action would not change the 
conformity rule in response to these issues. EPA is required by court 
settlement to finalize this action by December 31, 1999. EPA entered 
into settlement in 1998 in response to litigation by the Environmental 
Defense Fund. This action will have no practical impact for areas that 
are subject to conformity, because the provision that will be deleted 
was overturned--and therefore has not been implemented--since 1997. 
Transportation conformity is a Clean Air Act requirement for 
transportation plans, programs, and projects to conform to state air 
quality plans. Conformity to a state air quality plan means that 
transportation activities will not produce new air quality violations, 
worsen existing violations, or delay timely attainment of the national 
ambient air quality standards.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/30/99                    64 FR 66832
Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4352

Agency Contact: Kathryn Sargeant, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4441
Fax: 734 214-4052
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI76

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3257. IMPORTATION OF NONCONFORMING VEHICLES; AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7522 CAA sec 203; 42 USC 7525 CAA sec 206; 42 
USC 7541 CAA sec 207; 42 USC 7542 CAA sec 208; 42 USC 7601 CAA sec 301; 
42 USC 7522 CAA sec 203; 42 USC 7550 CAA sec 216; 42 USC 7601 CAA sec 
301

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 85

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will amend the regulations in 40 CFR part 85, 
subpart P to allow entry into the U.S. of vehicles which are originally 
sold in Canada and which are identical to their U.S. counterparts, 
without obtaining a certificate of conformity from EPA. This action is 
in response to a petition for review of import rules. The final rule 
also will address certain other issues in part 85, subpart P and 
subpart R, including: 1) formalizing a long-standing EPA policy 
regarding the importation of owned vehicles that are proven to be 
identical to a vehicle certified for sale in the U.S., 2) establishing 
new emission standards applicable to imported nonconforming vehicles, 
3) clarifying the regulatory language that concerns exclusions and 
exemptions from meeting Federal emission requirements, and 4) providing 
several minor clarifications to the existing regulations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/24/94                    59 FR 13912
Supplemental NPRM               02/12/96                     61 FR 5840
Final Action                    12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 2665

Agency Contact: Len Lazarus, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6405J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9281

RIN: 2060-AI03
_______________________________________________________________________




3258. NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES AT OR BELOW 19 KILOWATTS (25 
HORSEPOWER) (PHASE 2)

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under PL 
104-4.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7547, CAA sec 213

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 90

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, March 1, 2000.

Abstract: This action will establish the second phase of emissions 
standards for new nonroad spark-ignition engines at or below 19 
kilowatts (25 horsepower), as required by section 213(a)(3) of the 
Clean Air Act, as amended. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
had been developing the second phase of small-engine regulations 
through a negotiated rulemaking, with representation by engine 
manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, emissions control 
manufacturers, equipment dealers, environment and public health 
interests, and State air programs. The negotiations came to an end on 
February 16, 1996 with no consensus reached. EPA will now develop the 
rulemaking through other means. EPA will now develop the rulemaking 
through other means.
The affected engines are used in lawn, garden, and utility equipment, 
such as lawnmowers, string trimmers, chain saws, and small pumps and 
generators. The first phase was established July 3, 1995 (60 FR 34582), 
effective for the 1997 model year, and was very similar to the tier 1 
small-engine regulations developed by California for the same engines. 
Regulated pollutants are hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and oxides of 
nitrogen.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           03/27/97                    62 FR 14740
NPRM Hand-held engines          01/27/98                     63 FR 3950
NPRM Non-hand-held engines      01/27/98                     63 FR 3950
Final Action Non-hand-held 
engines                         03/30/99                    64 FR 15207
Final Action Hand-held engines  04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3361

Agency Contact: Phil Carlson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 241-4270

RIN: 2060-AE29
_______________________________________________________________________




3259. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: SUPPLEMENTAL RULE REGARDING A 
RECYCLING STANDARD UNDER SECTION 608

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CAA sec 608

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82(F)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will amend the recordkeeping aspects of the 
technician certification program, clarify aspects of a sales 
restriction, and adopt an updated version of ARI standard 740. The rule 
will also clarify the distinction between major and non-major repairs 
and amend several definitions including small appliances. The rule also 
addresses the transfers of unreclaimed refrigerant between majority-
owned and majority-controlled subsidiaries.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM 1                          02/29/96                     61 FR 7858
NPRM                            11/01/96                    61 FR 56493
Final Action                    06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3556
Additional SANs 3895, 3896. This rule will address a potential adoption 
of a more flexible method for cleaning refrigerants for refrigerant 
transferred between appliances with different ownership with a 
potential adoption of a 3rd party certification program for labs.

Agency Contact: Michael Forlini, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9475
Fax: 202 564-9665

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Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF36
_______________________________________________________________________




3260. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: REFRIGERANT RECYCLING RULE 
AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE SUBSTITUTE REFRIGERANTS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq; 42 USC 7671(g) CAA sec 608

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82(F)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action would facilitate fulfillment of the statutory 
mandate to apply the venting prohibition to substitute refrigerants. 
The action would provide regulations covering recovery/recycling 
equipment, recovery/recycling practices, and applicable certifications 
that would be required to accomplish compliance with the venting 
prohibition. Requirements would parallel those of the current section 
608 regulations, expanding applicability, where appropriate, to 
substitute refrigerants.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/11/98                    63 FR 32044
Final Action                    09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3560

Agency Contact: Julius Banks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9870
Fax: 202 565-2095
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF37
_______________________________________________________________________




3261. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: UPDATE OF THE SUBSTITUTES LIST 
UNDER THE SIGNIFICANT NEW ALTERNATIVES POLICY (SNAP) PROGRAM

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671(k) CAA sec 612

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82; 40 CFR 9

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 612 of the Clean Air Act requires EPA to identify 
alternatives to Class I and II ozone depleting substances and to 
publish lists of acceptable and unacceptable substitutes. Producers of 
substitutes must notify EPA at least 90 days before alternatives are 
introduced into interstate commerce. Unlike acceptable alternatives 
(see Notices), substitutes which are deemed by EPA to be unacceptable 
or acceptable subject to use restrictions must go through notice and 
comment rulemaking. Substitute lists are updated intermittently 
depending on the volume of notifications.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           01/16/92                     57 FR 1984
NPRM                            05/12/93                    58 FR 28094
Final Rule                      03/18/94                    59 FR 13044
Notice 1                        08/26/94                    59 FR 44240
NPRM 1                          09/26/94                    59 FR 49108
Notice 2                        01/13/95                     60 FR 3318
Final Rule 1                    06/13/95                    60 FR 31092
Notice 3                        07/28/95                    60 FR 38729
NPRM 2                          10/02/95                    60 FR 51383
Notice 4                        02/08/96                     61 FR 4736
Final Rule 2                    05/22/96                    61 FR 25585
NPRM 3                          05/22/96                    61 FR 25604
Notice 5                        09/05/96                    61 FR 47012
Final Rule 3                    10/16/96                    61 FR 54030
NPRM 4                          05/21/97                    62 FR 27874
Notice 6                        03/10/97                    62 FR 10700
Notice 7                        06/03/97                    62 FR 30275
NPRM 5                          02/03/98                     63 FR 5491
Notice 8                        02/24/98                     63 FR 9151
Notice 9                        05/22/98                    63 FR 28251
Interim Final Rule 7            01/26/99                     64 FR 3861
Interim Final Rule 8            01/26/99                     64 FR 3865
Final Rule 5                    04/28/99                    64 FR 22981
NPRM 6                          02/18/99                     64 FR 8038
Notice 10                       06/08/99                    64 FR 30410
Final Rule 6                    04/00/00
ANPRM 9                         02/18/99                     64 FR 8043
Notice 11                       12/06/99                    64 FR 68039
NPRM 9                          05/00/00
Final Rule 9                    01/00/01
NPRM 10                         06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3525
(Generic SAN)

Agency Contact: Kelly Davis, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-2303
Fax: 202 565-2096

RIN: 2060-AG12
_______________________________________________________________________




3262. REDEFINITION OF GLYCOL ETHERS LISTED AS HAPS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR 
ACT, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES UNDER CERCLA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1321; 33 USC 1361; 42 USC 7401 et seq; 42 USC 
9602; 42 USC 9603; 42 USC 9604

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 (Revision); 40 CFR 302 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed action will redefine the glycol ethers category 
of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) regulated under the Clean Air Act 
and hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Emergency Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act. The new definition will omit specific 
compounds of high molecular weight used as surfactants by the soap and 
detergent industry. These compounds have low volatility, so only minor 
amounts are emitted during manufacture and use of soaps and detergents. 
The compounds also have low toxicity, so the small amounts that are 
released are extremely unlikely to cause any harm to health or the 
environment. The proposal will reduce the burden of environmental 
regulations on soap and detergent manufacturers, and will have no 
adverse environmental impact.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/12/99                     64 FR 1780
Final Action                    05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4159
Development, implementation, and enforcement of emission standards by 
Federal and State government for the soap and detergent industry will 
be somewhat simplified by the omission of compounds of high molecular 
weight and low volatility.

Sectors Affected: 325611 Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing

[[Page 23498]]

Agency Contact: Dr. Roy L. Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5362
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]

Dave Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5368
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI08
_______________________________________________________________________




3263. 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                            10/29/99                    64 FR 58472
Final Action                    05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4043

Agency Contact: Glenn W. Passavant, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Air and Radiation, EPCD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4408
Email: [email protected]

Christopher Lieske, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
EPCD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4584
Fax: 313 741-7816
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI12
_______________________________________________________________________




3264. HOSPITAL/MEDICAL/ INFECTIOUS WASTE INCINERATORS--FEDERAL PLAN 
(FEDERAL PLAN FOR EXISTING HOSPITAL/MEDICAL/INFECTIOUS WASTE 
INCINERATORS)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7601 CAA sec 301(a)(d); 42 USC 7411 CAA sec 
111; 42 USC 7509 CAA sec 129

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60.27

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, September 30, 1999, CAA Section 
129(b)(3).

Abstract: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 directed the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set emission guidelines for 
existing incinerators combusting hospital waste, medical waste, and 
infectious waste under sections 111 and 129. On 9/15/97, the EPA 
promulgated emission guidelines for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste 
Incinerators (HMIWI) under the authority of section 111(d) and section 
129 of the Clean Air Act (see 62 FR 48348). This action is a follow-on 
activity to the 1997 HMIWI rulemaking which applies to existing HMIWI. 
In accordance with section 129, States with affected sources must 
submit a State Plan by 9/15/98 describing how the State will implement 
the emission guidelines for existing HMIWI. In this proposed HMIWI 
Federal Plan rulemaking, EPA becomes the implementing authority in 
those instances where the State or local agency has failed to submit a 
plan or a plan has not yet been approved. Therefore, consistent with 
section 129(b)(3) of the Act, EPA is proposing a plan that applies to 
HMIWI in any State, tribe or locale that has not submitted an 
approvable plan within the time allotted. This action makes no changes 
to the requirements in the 1997 rule, and is intended to fulfill EPA's 
duty under section 129(b)(3) to promulgate a Federal Plan as a gap-
filling measure until the State fulfills its statutory obligations. 
When the State submits an approvable State Plan, the Federal Plan will 
no longer apply to units in that State.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/06/99                    64 FR 36425
Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is a 
statutory requirement. There is a paperwork burden associated with this 
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 4219

Agency Contact: Lalit Banker, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-12, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5420
Fax: 919 541-2664
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI25
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3265. NESHAP: CHEMICAL RECOVERY COMBUSTION SOURCES AT KRAFT, SODA, 
SULFITE AND STAND ALONE SEMICHEMICAL PULP MILLS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7601 CAAA sec 301; 33 USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 33 
USC 1316 CWA sec 306-308; 33 USC 1317; 42 USC 7412 CAAA sec 112; 42 USC 
7414 CAAA sec 114; 33 USC 1318; 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1361 
CWA sec 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 430; 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 1990 direct the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for new and existing 
sources under section 112 and to base these standards on maximum 
achievable control technology (MACT). The Clean Water Act (CWA) directs 
EPA to develop effluent guidelines for certain categories and classes 
of point sources. These guidelines are used for setting discharge 
limits for specific facilities that discharge to surface waters or 
municipal sewage treatment systems.

[[Page 23499]]

On April 15, 1998, the EPA promulgated an integrated regulation for the 
pulp and paper industry that includes both effluent guidelines and air 
emission standards to control the release of pollutants to both the 
water and the air. At the same time, the EPA proposed MACT standards 
for the chemical recovery combustion sources. The regulations were 
developed jointly to provide greater protection to human health and the 
environment, to promote the concept of pollution prevention, and to 
enable the industry to more effectively plan compliance via a 
multimedia approach. Next steps will be to issue final standards for 
chemical recovery combustion sources.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/15/98                    63 FR 18753
Final Rule                      12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4240
(Air), SAN No. 2712 (Water), SAN No. 4050 (Water Phase II),
ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTACT: Jeff Telander (NESHAP Phase II - Combustion 
Sources)
ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTACT: Elaine Manning (NESHAP Phase III - 
Nonchemical and other Pulp and Paper Mills)
See also RIN 2040-AB53

Agency Contact: Jeff Telander, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5427
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI34
_______________________________________________________________________




3266. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/30/99                    64 FR 47233
Final Action                    03/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4243

Agency Contact: Walt Stevenson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5264
Email: [email protected]

Robert J. Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1045
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI51
_______________________________________________________________________




3267. NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR BENZENE EMISSIONS FROM COKE BY-
PRODUCT RECOVERY PLANTS (PART 61, SUBPART L)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Clean Air Act Section 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 61

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Coke by-product plants are designed to separate and recover 
coal tar derivatives (by-products) that evolve from coal during the 
coking process of a coke oven battery. We plan to remove this source 
category from the list pursuant to our discretion under 112(c)(4) 
previously regulated categories.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4286

Agency Contact: Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]

Lula Melton, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2910
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI65
_______________________________________________________________________




3268. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO THE FINDING OF SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION AND 
RULEMAKING FOR CERTAIN STATES FOR PURPOSES OF REDUCING REGIONAL 
TRANSPORT OF OZONE (THE NOX SIP CALL RULE)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410(a)(2)(D); 42 USC 7410(k)(5)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will amend the final NOx SIP call rule promulgated 
on October 27, 1998. That rule set NOx emission budgets for a number of 
eastern and midwestern states in order to reduce overall NOx emissions 
that contribute to smog in the eastern half of the country. This 
amendment is a technical adjustment to some of the emission budgets 
promulgated in that rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Tech. Amend.              04/00/00

[[Page 23500]]

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4282
Federal, State and local governments are affected by the final NOx SIP 
call. However, this technical amendment will not affect those 
governments in and of itself.
 Legal Deadline: Statutory Other -- EPA is under active litigation for 
the SIP call. In addition, the SIPs submittal due date of 9/30/99 was 
stayed until further order by the court. The States still need the 
revised budgets for planning & public hearing purposes.

Agency Contact: Jan King, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5665
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

Greg Stella, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3649
Fax: 919 541-0684
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI71
_______________________________________________________________________




3269. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: ALLOCATION OF 2000 ESSENTIAL-
USE ALLOWANCES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671-7671(q); 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7414

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, January 1, 2000, Publish allocations 
for year 2000 in Federal Register.

Abstract: This proposed rule will set essential-use allowances for 2000 
under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 
(Protocol). Essential-use allowances permit a person to obtain 
controlled ozone-depleting substances, such as chloroflourocarbons 
(CFCs), as an exemption to the January 1, 1996 regulatory phaseout of 
production and import. Essential-use allowances are allocated to a 
person for exempted production or importation of a specific quantity of 
a controlled substance solely for the designated essential purpose.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/02/99                    64 FR 59141
Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4318

Sectors Affected: 927 Space Research and Technology; 325412 
Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Erin Birgfeld, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9079
Fax: 202 565-2095
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI73
_______________________________________________________________________




3270. AMENDMENTS TO THE AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING AND REWORK FACILITIES 
NESHAP FOR THE HAP AND VOC CONTENT LIMITS FOR PRIMER OPERATIONS AND STAY 
OF COMPLIANCE.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.745(c)(1)-(2)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule was promulgated on September 1, 1995 with an 
initial compliance date of September 1, 1998. EPA granted compliance 
extensions; however these extensions will expire September 1, 1999. 
This proposal would stay the compliance date of the substantive and 
associated compliance assurance requirements for the organic HAP 
content and VOC content levels for primer applications operations. This 
proposed stay would remain in effect until the date we amend the rule, 
at which point we would publish new compliance dates for these 
requirements. Based on recent information submitted to the us by one of 
the commercial aircraft manufacturers, expressing significant technical 
concerns about the ability to achieve the primer coating content 
standard for commercial exterior primers, we are proposing amendments 
to the Aerospace National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) that will change the organic HAP and VOC level 
content standard related to the use of commercial exterior primers.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Amendment                  01/24/00                     65 FR 3642
Final Rule Amendment            06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4353

Sectors Affected: 336411 Aircraft Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Jaime Pagan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5340
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI77
_______________________________________________________________________




3271. SOURCE SPECIFIC FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR NAVAJO GENERATING 
STATION; NAVAJO NATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: 49 CFR 123

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA proposes to federalize standards from the Arizona and New 
Mexico State Implementation Plans (SIPS) applicable to the Navajo 
generating station. Where necessary, EPA's proposed emission standards 
modify the standards extracted from the States' regulatory programs to 
ensure comprehensive emission control and Federal consistency.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/08/99                    64 FR 48725
Notice                          01/26/00                     65 FR 4244
Final Action                    09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

[[Page 23501]]

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4315

Agency Contact: Colleen McKaughan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation
Phone: 520 498-0118

Douglas McDaniel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
Region09, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Phone: 415 744-1246

RIN: 2060-AI79
_______________________________________________________________________




3272. REVISION TO NOX SIP CALL EMISSION BUDGETS FOR CONNECTICUT, 
MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410(k)(5); 42 USC 7410(a)(2)(D)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On October 27, 1998, EPA published a final rule (the ``OTAG 
SIP Call'') making a finding of significant contribution and assigning 
statewide NOx emission budgets to 22 States and the District of 
Columbia for purposes of reducing regional transport of ozone and its 
precursor, NOx. Subsequent to the promulgation of the SIP call, EPA and 
the States of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island signed a 
memorandum of understanding that obligated EPA to propose to 
redistribute the budgets assigned to the three States in a different 
way. This action carries out that obligation. This redistribution will 
not lead to an increase in the overall budget for the three States.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Action Direct Final 
Rule                            09/15/99                    64 FR 49987
Withdraw Dir. Final             11/01/99                    64 FR 58792
Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4276

Agency Contact: Kevin Culligan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, 6204J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9172
Email: [email protected]

Kathryn Petrillo, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
6204J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9093
Fax: 202 565-2141
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI80
_______________________________________________________________________




3273. AMENDMENT TO NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR 
POLLUTANTS: HALOGENATED SOLVENT CLEANING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.468(j)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This amendment to the halogenated solvent cleaning NESHAP 
would permanently exempt batch cold solvent cleaning machines that use 
halogenated solvent from the Part 71 Federal operating permit program 
and would defer Part 71 operating permit requirements until December 9, 
1999 for all other non-major halogenated solvent cleaning machines. 
States are already authorized to exempt/defer such sources from their 
Part 70 operating permit requirements. Without this amendment, non-
major halogenated cleaning machines would have to obtain a Part 71 
Federal operating permit in areas that do not have Part 70 programs in 
place. For example, EPA believes that numerous sources located in 
Indian country would need to submit permit applications by March 2000 
and obtain title V permits, absent this rulemaking. This amendment is 
an administrative action and would have no impact on the enforcement 
and implementation of the NESHAP itself. There are no compliance costs 
associated with this action. This action relieves sources of regulatory 
requirements under the title V program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/13/99                    64 FR 37734
Direct Final Rule               07/13/99                    64 FR 37683
Dir Final Withdrawn             10/18/99                    64 FR 56173
Final Rule                      06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4275

Agency Contact: Candace Carraway, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-12, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3189
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI91
_______________________________________________________________________




3274. REVISION TO METHOD 24 FOR ELECTRICAL INSULATING VARNISHES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401; 42 USC 7411; 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7416; 42 
USC 7601

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The purpose of this action is to revise Method 24 to allow 
the use of American Society for Testing and Materials' Method D6053-96 
to measure the volatile organic content of electrical insulating 
varnishes. Method 24 as currently written is not applicable to these 
types of coatings. This action will ensure consistency in testing these 
coatings for determining compliance with current regulations. We do not 
anticipate any impact on small business or State/local/Tribal 
governments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4299

Agency Contact: Bill Lamason, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5374
Fax: 919 541-1039

Candace B. Sorrell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
MD-19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1064
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI94

[[Page 23502]]

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3275.  AMENDMENTS TO STATE AND FEDERAL OPERATING PERMITS 
PROGRAMS, PART 70 AND PART 71, COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414a; 42 USC 7661-7661f

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 70; 40 CFR 71 (Revisions)

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, June 30, 2000.

Abstract: Action is in response to the October 29, 1999, United States 
Circuit Court of Appeals decision to remand to EPA part of the October 
22, 1997, Compliance Assurance Monitoring rulemaking that included 
revisions to parts 70 and 71 compliance certification requirements. The 
Court ruled that the compliance certification must address whether the 
affected facility has been in continuous or intermittent compliance.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action 40 CFR 70 and 71 
(Revisions)                     09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4387

Agency Contact: Barrett Parker, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, EN-341W, MD-19
Phone: 919 541-5635
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]

Peter Westlin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1058
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ04
_______________________________________________________________________




3276.  DIRECT FINAL AMENDMENTS TO THE POLYETHER POLYOLS NESHAP

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1420 to 1439 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This direct final notice applies to the NESHAP for Polyether 
Polyols Production issued as a final rule on June 1,1999. This action 
will correct cross referencing errors; clarify storage vessel 
monitoring requirements, batch process vent performance testing 
conditions; make minor revisions; correct printing errors in equations; 
and reorganize reporting requirements to make them clearer. The notice 
will also add the control number assigned by OMB under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act for collection of information required by this 
regulation. There will be no cost or other impacts resulting from this 
action since it only corrects or clarifies the rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4384

Sectors Affected: 325199 All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Bob Rosensteel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5608
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ10
_______________________________________________________________________




3277.  EXTENDING OPERATING PERMITS PROGRAM INTERIM APPROVAL 
EXPIRATION DATES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR part 70 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action extends until June 1, 2002 all State and local 
operating permits program interim approvals. Currently all interim 
approvals expire on June 1, 2000. Revisions to correct deficiencies in 
State operating permits program that resulted in their being granted 
interim approval are due 6 months prior to the interim approval 
expiration date. Program revisions are, therefore, due by December 1, 
1999. Permitting authorities have expressed concern over the resource 
burden of preparing and submitting a program revision addressing 
interim approval deficiencies and then revising their program again to 
address the upcoming revisions to the part 70 operating permits 
regulations. They have requested the option of combining both program 
revisions into one submittal, thereby going through the regulatory 
revision or legislative process only once. The EPA recognizes that this 
would reduce the resources required to prepare program revisions and 
that the savings in resources could be spent in the early stages of 
permit issuance. The provision for allowing States to combine their 
program revisions was included in the August 31, 1995 notice which 
proposed revisions to part 70. Due to delays in promulgating the part 
70 revisions, the Agency has previously extended interim approvals so 
they would not expire before the part 70 revisions promulgation date. 
Expiration of these interim approvals prior to the part 70 revisions 
would deny those permitting authorities the opportunity to combine 
program revisions. It now appears that the part 70 revisions will not 
be promulgated until December 2001. In that all interim approvals will 
expire before that date, the extension of interim approvals until June 
1, 2002 is necessary.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/14/00                     65 FR 7333
Direct Final Rule               02/14/00                     65 FR 7290
With./Direct Final              04/00/00
Final Action                    05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4388

Agency Contact: Roger Powell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-12, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

[[Page 23503]]

Phone: 919 541-5331
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ12
_______________________________________________________________________




3278.  ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE NSPS AMENDMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The EPA is reviewing the continuous opacity monitoring 
requirements in the 40 CFR 60 Subparts AA and AAa based on a request 
made by the affected industry. The existing rules set an opacity limit 
from the electric arc furnace stack of 3 percent. Facilities with 
negative pressure baghouses are also required to install and operate a 
continuous opacity monitoring system (COMS) for the purpose of excess 
emissions reporting. The industry has commented that the potential 
error in COMS readings (which EPA estimates at 4 percent opacity) leads 
to frequent false excess emissions records (periods when the COM reads 
greater than 3 percent when actual opacity is less than 3 percent). The 
industry has requested that the EPA review the COMS requirements 
considering the potential error of the COMS, and how this information 
might be used by the EPA and citizens groups under the recent Credible 
Evidence Rule promulgated by the EPA. The EPA is reviewing the COMS 
requirements and may revise or clarify the existing NSPS requirements. 
The revisions, if needed, are not expected to have any environmental or 
economic impacts.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4379

Agency Contact: Kevin Cavender, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2364
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ13
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3279.  PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE ALLOCATION OF 
ESSENTIAL-USE ALLOWANCES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2000: LABORATORY ESSENTIAL 
USE EXEMPTIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671-7671(q)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will set essential-use allowances for 2000 under 
the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 
(Protocol). Essential-use allowances permit a person to obtain 
controlled ozone-depleting substances, such as chloroflourocarbons 
(CFCs), as an exemption to the January 1, 1996 regulatory phaseout of 
production and import. Essential-use allowances are allocated to a 
person for exempted production or importation of a specific quantity of 
a controlled substance solely for the designated essential purpose.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/02/99                    64 FR 59141
Interim Final Rule              01/06/00                      65 FR 716
Final Rule                      04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4410
Split from RIN 2060-AI73.

Sectors Affected: 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing; 927 
Space Research and Technology

Agency Contact: Erin Birgfeld, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9079
Fax: 202 565-2095
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ15
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Clean Air Act (CAA)



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3280. IMPLEMENTATION OF OZONE AND PARTICULATE MATTER (PM) NATIONAL 
AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS (NAAQS) AND REGIONAL HAZE REGULATIONS

Priority: Other Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under PL 
104-4.

Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, title I

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50; 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 52; 40 CFR 81

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On July 18, 1997, EPA issued new, updated air quality 
standards for ozone (62 FR 38856) and particulate matter (PM) (62 FR 
38652). Pursuant to President Clinton's implementation strategy as 
outlined in a July 16, 1997 memorandum to EPA Administrator Carol 
Browner, EPA had been developing guidance and rules for sensibly and 
cost-effectively meeting the new standards. For ozone, the 
implementation plan will emphasize a regional, State-sponsored approach 
that addresses the long-distance transport of ozone. On October 27, 
1998, EPA published a final rule (sometimes referred to as the NOx SIP 
Call) to require broad regional emissions reductions of NOx gases which 
contribute to the formation of ozone (63 FR 57356, October 27, 1998). 
On November 17, 1998, EPA made available for comment proposed 
implementation guidance on implementing the revised ozone and PM NAAQS 
and regional haze program. On May 14, 1999, however, the U.S. Court of 
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an opinion concerning the revised 
ozone and particulate matter NAAQS (American Trucking Assoc., Inc. et 
al. v. USEPA, No. 97-1440 (May 14, 1999)) in which the Court stated, 
among other things, that the revised 8-hour ozone standard ``cannot be 
enforced.'' The Court also vacated the revised PM10 NAAQS and remanded 
the PM2.5 NAAQS. On June 28, 1999,

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EPA requested a rehearing of the case before the Court on three issues, 
including enforcement of the 8-hour standard. Until the appeals process 
is exhausted, EPA does not intend to issue final guidance for 
implementation of the standards affected by the Court's decision. In 
final rules promulgated on June 5, 1998 (63 FR 31013), July 22, 1998 
(63 FR 39432), and June 9, 1999 (64 FR 30911), EPA identified areas 
that have air quality meeting the 1-hour ozone standard and revoked 
that standard for those areas.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           12/13/96                    61 FR 65764
Notice Proposed Policy          12/13/96                    61 FR 65752
NPRM Regional Haze              07/31/97                    62 FR 41138
Notice Review Schedule for PM2.5 
Standard                        10/23/97                    62 FR 55201
NPRM NOx Regional Strategy SIP 
Call                            11/07/97                    62 FR 60318
Supplemental NPRM NOx SIP Call 
Supplemental NPRM               05/11/98                    63 FR 25902
Final Rule NOx Regional Strategy 
SIP Call                        10/27/98                    63 FR 57356
Final Rule Areas meeting 1-hour 
ozone standard                  06/05/98                    63 FR 31013
Final Rule Additional areas 
meeting 1-hour ozone standard   07/22/98                    63 FR 39432
Draft Guidance Implementation 
Planning                        11/17/98                    63 FR 65593
Final Rule Additional Areas 
Meeting 1-Hour Ozone NAAQS: 96-
98 Data                         06/09/99                    64 FR 30911
Final Rule Regional Haze        07/01/99                    64 FR 35713
Final Guidance On hold pending 
court action.                    To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3553

Agency Contact: John Silvasi, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5666
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

Denise Gerth, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5550
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF34
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3281. REVISED PERMIT REVISION PROCEDURES FOR THE FEDERAL OPERATING 
PERMITS PROGRAM

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: 42 USC 7661(a)(d)(3)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 71.7

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed regulatory change would streamline permit 
revisions procedures for stationary air sources that are subject to the 
Federal operating permits program.
The Agency does not anticipate any significant impact on small 
businesses and State/local/tribal governments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/02
Final Action                    04/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3922

Agency Contact: Scott Voorhees, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-12, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5348
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

Steve Hitte, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-12, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0886
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG92
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3282. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/00/01
Final Action                    07/00/02

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3975

Agency Contact: Michele Dubow, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-12, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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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3283. RULEMAKING TO MODIFY THE LIST OF SOURCE CATEGORIES FROM WHICH 
FUGITIVE EMISSIONS ARE CONSIDERED IN MAJOR SOURCE DETERMINATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7602 CAA sec 302(j)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 52; 40 CFR 70; 40 CFR 71

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking will modify the list of source categories for 
which fugitive emissions are to be considered in major source 
determinations under the New Source Review (Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source Review) and title V 
programs. As provided by section 302(j) of the Act, EPA adopted rules 
on August 7, 1980 that require, for specific source categories, the 
inclusion of fugitive emissions when determining if a stationary source 
is a major source. In its 1980 rulemaking, EPA identified one such 
specific source category as those stationary source categories being 
regulated, as of August 7, 1980, under sections 111 or 112 of the Clean 
Air Act. Moreover, EPA indicated that at the time of any future 
rulemaking proposing to regulate additional categories of sources under 
sections 111 or 112, the EPA would conduct a parallel rulemaking under 
section 302(j) to determine whether fugitive emissions from sources 
within these source categories needed to be considered in determining 
whether the sources were major stationary sources. EPA did not conduct 
these parallel rulemakings as intended and is now conducting a 
rulemaking pursuant to section 302(j) to address the source categories 
which became subject to section 111 and 112 standards after August 7, 
1980.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01
Final Action                    06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4045

Agency Contact: Joanna Swanson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-12, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5282
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH58
_______________________________________________________________________




3284. NESHAP: TACONITE IRON ORE PROCESSING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA 112; PL 91-190 sec 203

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: The taconite iron ore processing source category is comprised 
of nine facilities operating in the United States. Seven facilities are 
located in Minnesota and two are located in Michigan. The expected 
sources of HAP emissions for this source category include: fossil fuel 
combustion sources, and possibly the handling and transfer of mined ore 
containing naturally occurring inorganic compounds. Anticipated HAP 
emissions released from these sources primarily include: formaldehyde, 
manganese, nickel, arsenic, and chromium. The quantities of HAP 
released are expected to exceed major source levels.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4102
There are nine taconite processing facilities in the U.S.; seven are 
located in Minnesota and two are located in Michigan. The MACT standard 
for this industry group will be shared between EPA and the State of 
Minnesota. State regulations currently in place include both air 
emissions limitations and prohibition of effluent discharge to Great 
Lakes waters, and both air and water monitoring requirements. Other 
existing Federal regulations may be affected under RCRA and TSCA.

Sectors Affected: 21221 Iron Ore Mining

Agency Contact: Conrad Chin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1512
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH73
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3285. NESHAP: HYDROCHLORIC ACID PRODUCTION INDUSTRY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857 et seq; 44 USC 350 et seq; 5 USC 605; EO 
12291; EO 12866

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000, Clean Air Act.

Abstract: Title III of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 requires 
the 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 hydrochloric acid plants may be major sources 
for one or more HAPs. As a consequence, a regulation (emission 
standards) will be developed for the hydrochloric acid production 
industry.

[[Page 23506]]

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4104

Sectors Affected: 325199 All Other Basic Organic Chemical 
Manufacturing; 325181 Alkalies and Chlorine Manufacturing; 325188 All 
Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing; 325211 Plastics Material 
and Resin Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

Joseph Wood, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5446
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH75
_______________________________________________________________________




3286. NESHAP: AMMONIUM SULPHATE PRODUCTION (CAPROLACTAM BY-PRODUCT)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This project is to develop national emissions standards for 
hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) by establishing emissions limitations 
for hazardous air pollutants (HAP) which can be emitted by the three 
known sources in this category. The emissions limitations are to be 
based upon the application of the maximum achievable control technology 
(MACT). The purpose of the NESHAP is to reduce emissions of HAP to 
protect public health and the environment. The project is scheduled to 
begin in the fall of 1997. The initial stage of this project is to 
gather information on the industry processes, emissions of HAP and 
available emissions control technologies. That work will be followed by 
the development, proposal and promulgation of NESHAP.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4116

Sectors Affected: 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Jeff Telander, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5427
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH77
_______________________________________________________________________




3287. NESHAP: ASPHALT/COAL TAR APPLICATION ON METAL PIPES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended in 1990, requires the EPA 
to (1) publish an initial list of all categories of major and area 
sources of the hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed in section 112(b) 
of the CAA, (2) promulgate a schedule establishing a date for the 
promulgation of emission standards for each of the listed categories of 
HAPs emission sources, and (3) develop emission standards for each 
source of HAPs. These standards are to be technology-based and are to 
require the maximum degree of emission reduction determined to be 
achievable by the Administrator. The Agency has determined that the 
application of asphalt or coal tar to metal pipes may reasonably be 
anticipated to emit several of the 189 HAPs listed in section 112(b) of 
the CAA. As a consequence, a regulatory development program is being 
pursued for the asphalt/coal tar application on metal pipes industry to 
promulgate emission standards.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4107

Sectors Affected: 332812 Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and 
Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers

Agency Contact: Bill Neuffer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5435
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH78
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3288. NESHAP: CLAY PROCESSING MINERALS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended in 1990, requires the EPA 
to (1) publish an initial list of all categories of major and area 
sources of the hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed in section 112(b) 
of the CAA, (2) promulgate a schedule establishing a date for the 
promulgation of emission standards for each of the listed categories of 
HAPs emission sources, and (3) develop emission standards for each 
source of HAPs. These standards are to be technology-based and are to 
require the maximum degree of emission reduction determined to be 
achievable by the Administrator. The Agency has determined that the 
clay products manufacturing industry may reasonably be anticipated to 
emit several of the 189 HAPs listed in section 112(b) of the CAA. As a 
consequence, a regulatory development program is being pursued for the 
clay products manufacturing industry to promulgate emission standards.

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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4113

Sectors Affected: 327121 Brick and Structural Clay Tile Manufacturing; 
327122 Ceramic Wall and Floor Tile Manufacturing; 327123 Other 
Structural Clay Product Manufacturing; 327124 Clay Refractory 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Jeff Telander, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5427
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH79
_______________________________________________________________________




3289. NESHAP: HYDROGEN CHLORIDE PRODUCTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: Title III of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 requires 
the 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 hydrogen chloride industry, to be promulgated by 
November 15, 2000.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4112

Sectors Affected: 325181 Alkalies and Chlorine Manufacturing; 325188 
All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing; 325199 All Other 
Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing; 325211 Plastics Material and 
Resin Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Kenneth Durkee, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5425

Joseph Wood, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5446
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH80
_______________________________________________________________________




3290. NESHAP: URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE PRODUCTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: This project will develop national emissions standards for 
hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) by establishing emissions limitations 
for hazardous air pollutants (HAP) which can be emitted by the two 
known sources in this category. The emissions limitations are to be 
based upon the application of the maximum achievable control technology 
(MACT). The purpose of the NESHAP is to reduce emissions of HAP to 
protect public health and the environment. The project will begin in 
2000. Initially, information on the industry processes and emissions of 
HAP will be analyzed to identify available emissions control 
technologies. That work will be followed by the development, proposal 
and promulgation of NESHAP.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4098

Sectors Affected: 331419 Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous 
Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)

Agency Contact: Bill Neuffer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5435
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH83
_______________________________________________________________________




3291. FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION PLANS (FIPS) TO REDUCE THE REGIONAL 
TRANSPORT OF OZONE IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under PL 
104-4.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52; 40 CFR 97; 40 CFR 98

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action would promulgate Federal Implementation Plans 
(FIPs) which require nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions decreases in 22 
States and the District of Columbia. The intended effect is to reduce 
the transport of ozone (smog) pollution and one of its main precursors 
-- NOx -- across State boundaries in the eastern half of the United 
States. On October 27, 1998, EPA published a final rule (NOx SIP Call) 
which allowed States 12 months to develop, adopt, and submit revisions 
to their State Implementation Plans (SIPs) to address the transport 
problem. The Administrator is required to promulgate a FIP within 2 
years of: (1) finding that a State has failed to make a required 
submittal or (2) finding that a submittal is not complete or (3) 
disapproving a SIP submittal. On May 25, 1999, the 12 month NOx SIP 
Call deadline was indefinitely stayed by the Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia Circuit. EPA is currently considering the 
implications of this court decision.

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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/21/98                    63 FR 56393
Final Action On hold pending 
court action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

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. 4096

Sectors Affected: 221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation; 325311 
Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing; 32731 Cement Manufacturing; 
331111 Iron and Steel Mills

Agency Contact: Doug Grano, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3292
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH87
_______________________________________________________________________




3292. GENERAL CONFORMITY REGULATIONS; REVISIONS

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: 42 USC 7401-7671

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.850 to 51.860; 40 CFR 93.150 to 93.160

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act prohibits Federal 
entities from taking actions which do not conform to the State 
implementation plan (SIP) for the attainment and maintenance of the 
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). In November 1993, EPA 
promulgated two sets of regulations to implement section 176(c). First, 
on November 24, EPA promulgated the Transportation Conformity 
Regulations to establish the criteria and procedures for determining 
that transportation plans, programs, and projects which are funded 
under title 23 U.S.C. or the Federal Transit Act conform with the SIP. 
Then, on November 30, EPA promulgated regulations, known as the General 
Conformity Regulations, to ensure that other Federal actions also 
conformed to the SIPs. Since 1993, EPA has amended the transportation 
conformity rule three times in response to stakeholders' requests. The 
EPA is working on a separate revision to address transportation 
conformity in transitional areas which will be final by December 1998. 
The EPA has not reviewed or revised the General Conformity Regulations 
since their 1993 promulgation. Several Federal agencies have identified 
concerns over the implementation of the General Conformity Regulations, 
including the requirements for areas designated nonattainment for the 
newly promulgated NAAQS. In conjunction with an ad hoc work group of 
representatives from several Federal agencies, EPA will review the 
implementation of the General Conformity Regulations. The EPA will then 
propose and promulgate any appropriate revision to those regulations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4070

Agency Contact: Annie Nikbakht, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5246
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH93
_______________________________________________________________________




3293. REVISIONS TO AIR POLLUTION EMERGENCY EPISODE REQUIREMENTS (SUBPART 
H, 40 CFR PART 51)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410(a)(2)(G); 42 USC 7603

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 Appendix L; 40 CFR 51.150 to 51.153

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: 40 CFR part 51.150-51.153 require States to have contingency 
plans to prevent air pollution levels from reaching the significant 
harm level (SHL) for CO, O3, SO2, NOx, and PM. Appendix L provides 
example guidance to the States on appropriate courses of action to take 
at each episode stage (i.e., alert, warning, and emergency) to ensure 
the SHL is not reached. These requirements were developed in the 
1970's, based on the NAAQS from that era. Since that time, ambient air 
quality levels have decreased nationwide. Today, many areas/sources 
that no longer need episode plans must still develop them. This rule 
would update and simplify the criteria used to determine which areas 
would require episode plans. Areas with no more than one exceedance of 
the Alert level over the past 5 years would not need to develop 
emergency episode plans. Sources with the potential to cause 
exceedances of the SHL due to a process/control equipment malfunction 
would need to develop source contingency plans to prevent (and to 
respond to) such malfunctions. Appendix L would also be revised to 
reflect the revised program requirements. The result will be a 
sensible, credible program replacing an outdated program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4247

Agency Contact: Ted Creekmore, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5699
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

John Silvasi, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5666
Fax: 919 541-0824

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Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI47
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3294. REVISION OF EPA'S RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: EO 12777; PL 96-295 Sec 304

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Radiological 
Emergency Response Plan (RERP) establishes a framework for timely, 
coordinated EPA action to protect public health and safety and the 
environment in response to a peacetime radiological incident. The 
original EPA RERP was approved in 1986. This new revision updates 
authorities, responsibilities, capabilities, and procedures for 
implementing effective radiological emergency response actions by EPA 
Offices. The RERP presents the EPA organizational structure and concept 
of operations for responding to radiological incidents as a participant 
in a Federal multi-agency response using the Federal Radiological 
Emergency Response Plan (FRERP) and the Federal Response Plan (FRP), 
and the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency 
Plan (NCP). This revision incorporates recent changes to the FRERP and 
NCP, and many other policy updates. In short, this revision ensures 
that EPA maintains a comprehensive strategy to provide organized, 
effective assistance to State and local governments in the event of a 
radiological emergency.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3638
Was previously listed in the Regulatory Agenda as RIN 2060-AF85.

Agency Contact: Craig Conklin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6602J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9222

RIN: 2060-AI49
_______________________________________________________________________




3295. NESHAP: PAINT STRIPPING OPERATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires 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 Act and to establish and meet 
dates for promulgation of emission standards for each of the listed 
categories of HAP emission sources. The standards are to be technology-
based and are to require the maximum degree of emission reduction 
determined to be achievable by the Administrator. The EPA has 
determined that paint stripping operations emit at least one of the 
HAPs listed in section 112(b) of the Act, specifically methylene 
chloride. As a result, the source category is included on the initial 
list of HAP-emitting categories scheduled for promulgation within 10 
years of enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. The purpose 
of this action is to begin a regulatory development program such that 
any emission standards may be promulgated according to the mandated 
schedule. It is unknown now whether this action will impact small 
businesses.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3746

Agency Contact: Jaime Pagan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5340
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG26
_______________________________________________________________________




3296. PETROLEUM SOLVENT DRY CLEANERS MAXIMUM ACHIEVABLE CONTROL 
TECHNOLOGY (MACT) STANDARD

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires 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 Clean Air Act Amendments and to 
establish and meet dates for promulgation of emission standards for 
each of the listed categories of HAP emission sources. The standards 
are to be technology-based and are to require the maximum degree of 
emission reduction determined to be achievable by the Administrator. 
The EPA has determined that the petroleum solvent dry cleaning industry 
emits several HAPs listed in section 112(b) of the Act; these HAPs are: 
chlorobenzene, cumene, ethyl benzene, polycyclic organic matter, 
toluene, and xylene. As a result, the source category is included on 
the initial list of HAP-emitting categories scheduled for promulgation 
within 10 years of enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. 
The purpose of this action is to begin a regulatory development program 
such that any emission standards may be promulgated according to the 
mandated schedule. It is anticipated that this action will impact small 
business, but the extent of that impact has not yet been determined.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3754

Agency Contact: Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air

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and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Tony Wayne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5439
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG34
_______________________________________________________________________




3297. NESHAP: REFRACTORIES MANUFACTURING

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires 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 Act and to establish and meet 
dates for promulgation of emission standards for each of the listed 
categories of HAP emission sources. The standards are to be technology-
based and are to require the maximum degree of emission reduction 
determined to be achievable by the Administrator. The refractory 
manufacturing source category is included on the initial list of HAP-
emitting categories scheduled for promulgation within ten years of 
enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. Testing conducted 
and information obtained to date indicate 22 major sources exist in 
this source category and will be affected by this rulemaking. The EPA 
has determined that the refractory manufacturing industry emits HAPs 
including chromium, ethylene glycol, phenol, methanol, hydrochloric 
acid, formaldehyde, polycyclic organic matter (POM) and hydrogen 
fluoride; eight of the 189 HAPs listed in section 112 of the Act. 
Impacts on small businesses and on State/local/tribal governments will 
be assessed.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3652

Agency Contact: Susan Zapata, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5167
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG68
_______________________________________________________________________




3298. NESHAP: LIME MANUFACTURING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq; 44 USC 350 et seq; 5 USC 605

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: Section 112 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 requires 
the 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 lime manufacturing plants may be major sources 
for one or more HAPs. As a consequence, a regulation (emission 
standards) is being developed for the lime manufacturing industry.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3651

Sectors Affected: 32741 Lime Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Joseph Wood, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5446
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG72
_______________________________________________________________________




3299. NESHAP: FRICTION PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112; PL 91-190 sec 203

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: The friction products manufacturing source category includes 
any facility that manufactures or remanufactures friction products such 
as brakes, brake pads, disk pads, and clutch pads, including facilities 
that use non-asbestiform mineral fibers and asbestos replacement 
material. Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) are emitted from solvents 
contained in the adhesives used to bond the friction material to the 
automobile part. During 1998, the Agency collected current information 
from owners/operators regarding business size, quantities of 
pollutants, processes, air pollution control devices, and workplace 
practices in the industry. Some of the HAPs reported include phenol, 
toluene, methyl chloroform, chlorobenzene, o-cresol, formaldehyde, n-
hexane, hydrogen cyanide, methanol, methylene chloride, methylisobutyl 
carbon, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, chloroethylether, 
ethylbenzene, xylenes, and methylethylketone. Owners/operators reported 
that these particular HAPs are emitted during heated processes such as 
curing, bonding, and debonding processes. It is expected that 
substantial reductions in these emissions can be achieved at the floor 
levels of controls under section 112(b). Based on this information and

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any needed new information to be developed by EPA and the industry, the 
Agency plans to propose and promulgate a maximum achievable control 
technology (MACT) standard for existing sources and new sources.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3899

Agency Contact: Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Email: [email protected]

Kevin Cavender, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2364
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG87
_______________________________________________________________________




3300. 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                            05/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3906

Agency Contact: Paul A. Almodovar, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0283
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG96
_______________________________________________________________________




3301. NESHAP: FABRIC PRINTING, COATING AND DYEING

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 (HAP) emitted from fabric printing, coating, and dyeing. The 
Agency will identify and study the types and sources of HAP emissions 
from these processes, and evaluate pollution prevention and other 
control techniques which can reduce these emissions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01
Final Action                    04/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3909

Agency Contact: Vinson Hellwig, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2317
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG98
_______________________________________________________________________




3302. 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 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: Next Action Undetermined

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, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0296
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH19

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3303. FIELD CITATION PROGRAM

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7413(d) CAA sec 113(d)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Clean Air Act Amendments give EPA the authority to issue 
on-the-spot field citations for minor violations of the Clean Air Act, 
with penalties of up to $5,000 per day of violation. Section 113(d) of 
the Act requires the field citation program to be implemented through 
regulations which provide the informal hearing procedures. These 
hearing procedures are not required to be as rigorous as those imposed 
by the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), but nevertheless must 
provide due process. Agency guidance providing appropriate penalties 
for specific minor violations will be prepared for EPA employees and 
made available to the regulated community. Training on the issuance of 
field citations will also be developed.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/03/94                    59 FR 22776
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 2937

Agency Contact: Cary Secrest, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2242A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8661

RIN: 2020-AA32
_______________________________________________________________________




3304. NESHAP: WOOD BUILDING PRODUCTS (SURFACE COATING)

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 (HAP) emitted by the wood building product surface coating 
industry. The Agency will study the various HAP emitted by the industry 
and evaluate pollution prevention and control techniques which can 
reduce these emissions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01
Final Action                    04/00/02

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 a paperwork burden associated with this 
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3904

Agency Contact: Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]

Luis Lluberas, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2659
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH02
_______________________________________________________________________




3305. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action Final 
Determination/CTG               04/00/02

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, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5305
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI31
_______________________________________________________________________




3306. NESHAP: ALUMINA PROCESSING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857 et seq; 44 USC 350 et seq; EO 12866; 5 USC 
605

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

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 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 
alumina processing industry may be reasonably expected 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 10 years of 
enactment of the CAA Amendments of 1990. The purpose of this action is

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to pursue a regulatory development program such that emissions 
standards may be proposed and promulgated for this industry.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4110

Sectors Affected: 325188 All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Juan Santiago, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1084
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH70
_______________________________________________________________________




3307. NESHAP: ETHYLENE OXIDE COMMERCIAL STERILIZATION AND FUMIGATION 
OPERATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA Section 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action suspended the NESHAP for ethylene oxide 
commercial sterilization and fumigation operation requirements for 
chamber exhaust and aeration room vents. The suspension allows affected 
sources subject to eithylene oxide NESHAP to defer compliance with the 
NESHAP requirements for chamber exhaust until December 6, 2001 and 
aeration room vents until December 6, 2000. This suspension does not 
affect the requirement for sources subject to the ethylene oxide NESHAP 
to comply with provisions for sterilizer vents. This action does not 
change the standards or the intent of the NESHAP promulgated in 1994.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule Suspension of 
rule                            12/04/98                    63 FR 66990
Interim Final Rule Extended 
suspension of rule              12/03/99                    64 FR 67789
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4222

Agency Contact: David Markwordt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI37
_______________________________________________________________________




3308. REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR 
PARTICULATE MATTER

Priority: Economically Significant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7408; 42 USC 7409

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, July 1, 2002, Standards review to be 
completed.

Abstract: On July 18, 1997, the EPA published a final rule revising the 
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter 
(PM) (62 FR 38652). While retaining the PM10 standard levels, new 
standards were added for fine particles (PM2.5) to provide increased 
protection against both health and environmental effects of PM. On the 
same day, a Presidential Memorandum (62 FR 38421, July 16, 1997) was 
published that, among other things, directed EPA to complete the next 
review of the PM NAAQS by July 2002. The EPA's plans and schedule for 
the next periodic review of the PM NAAQS were published on October 23, 
1997 (62 FR 55201). As with other NAAQS reviews, a rigorous assessment 
of relevant scientific information will be presented in a Criteria 
Document (CD), and the preparation of this document is currently under 
way by the EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment. The 
EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards will also prepare a 
Staff Paper (SP) for the Administrator which will evaluate the policy 
implications of the key studies and scientific information contained in 
the CD and additional technical analyses and identify critical elements 
that EPA staff believe should be considered in reviewing the standards. 
The SP and CD will be reviewed by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory 
Committee (CASAC) and the public; both will reflect the input received 
through these reviews. As the PM NAAQS review is completed, the 
Administrator's proposal to revise or reaffirm the PM NAAQS will be 
published with a request for public comment. Input received during the 
public comment period will be reflected in the Administrator's final 
decision which will be published in July 2002.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/00/01
Final Action                    07/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4255

Agency Contact: Mary A. Ross, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5170
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]

Karen Martin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5274
Fax: 919 541-0877
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI44

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3309. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: AMENDMENT TO TRANSSHIPMENT 
PROVISION IN FINAL RULE ACCELERATING THE PHASEOUT OF OZONE-DEPLETING 
SUBSTANCES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Clean Air Act Title VI

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Amends current rule to require those transshipping goods with 
ozone-depleting substances through the U.S. to notify EPA of the 
specifics of the transshipment.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Reproposal                 05/10/95                    60 FR 25010
Supplemental NPRM               06/00/01
Final Action                    06/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3626

Agency Contact: Sue Stendebach, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, 6205 J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9117

RIN: 2060-AI46
_______________________________________________________________________




3310. IDENTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL OZONE AREAS ATTAINING THE 1-HOUR 
STANDARD AND TO WHICH THE 1-HOUR STANDARD IS NO LONGER APPLICABLE (7 
AREAS)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 81 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA proposes to identify several additional ozone areas where 
the 1-hour standard is no longer applicable. This proposed action is 
based upon analysis of quality-assured, ambient air quality monitoring 
data showing no violations of the 1-hour ozone standard. Determinations 
for this notice were based upon the most recent data available, i.e., 
1996-1998. The EPA has previously taken final action regarding the 
applicability of the 1-hour standard for other areas on June 5, 1998 
and July 22, 1998.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/09/99                    64 FR 30937
Final Action Actual Publication 
Date On Hold                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4274

Agency Contact: Annie Nikbakht, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5246
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

Barry Gilbert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5238
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI57
_______________________________________________________________________




3311. NESHAP: CERAMICS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.

Abstract: Ceramics are defined as a class of inorganic, nonmetallic 
solids that are subject to high temperature in manufacture and/or use. 
The most common ceramics are composed of oxides, carbides, and 
nitrides. Sillicides, borides, phosphides, tellurides, and selenides 
also comprise ceramics. Ceramic processing generally involves high 
temperatures, and the resulting materials are heat resistant. The 
general classifications of traditional ceramics are pottery, whiteware, 
earthenware, stoneware, chinaware, porcelain tile and sanitary ware. 
The hazardous air pollutants emitted from ceramics production include 
hydrogen fluoride and hydrochloric acid.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4343
Split from RIN 2060-AH79

Sectors Affected: 327121 Brick and Structural Clay Tile Manufacturing; 
327122 Ceramic Wall and Floor Tile Manufacturing; 327123 Other 
Structural Clay Product Manufacturing; 327124 Clay Refractory 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

Susan Zapata, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-
13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5167
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI68
_______________________________________________________________________




3312.  INTERSTATE OZONE TRANSPORT: RULEMAKING ON SECTION 126 
PETITIONS FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, AND NEW 
JERSEY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under PL 
104-4.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7426

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52; 40 CFR 97

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 14, 1999, See Additional 
Information.

Abstract: In April through July 1999, 3 Northeastern States (New 
Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware) and the District of Columbia submitted 
individual petitions to EPA in accordance with section 126 of the Clean 
Air Act (CAA). Each petition specifically requests that EPA make a 
finding that nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions from certain stationary 
sources in other States significantly contribute to ozone nonattainment 
and maintenance problems with respect to the 1-hour and 8-hour ozone 
standards in the petitioning State. If EPA makes such a finding of 
significant contribution, EPA is authorized to

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establish Federal emissions limits for the sources. The petitions rely 
on the analyses from EPA's NOx SIP call. The sources targeted by the 
petitions are large electricity generating units and large non-
electricity generating units, as defined in EPA's NOx SIP call. The CAA 
requires EPA to take final action on the petitions within 60 days of 
receipt, but may extend the deadline for up to 6 additional months to 
allow for public process. The EPA took rulemaking action on similar 
petitions from 8 other Northeastern States that were submitted in 1997.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4383
There is a different statutory deadline associated with each petition 
based on the date of receipt by EPA: New Jersey - 12/14/99, Maryland - 
01/01/00, Delaware - 02/10/00, District of Columbia - 03/07/00

Agency Contact: Carla Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3347
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

David Cole, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-15, 
MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5565
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI99
_______________________________________________________________________




3313.  RESCINDING THE FINDING THAT THE PRE-EXISTING PM10 
STANDARDS ARE NO LONGER APPLICABLE IN NORTHERN ADA COUNTY/BOISE, IDAHO

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50.6(d); 40 CFR 52.676; 40 CFR 81.313

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The EPA had previously taken action to revoke the PM-10 
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for the Boise/Ada County 
area in anticipation that a revised PM-10 NAAQS would soon be in place. 
However, the DC Circuit court subsequently vacated the revised PM-10 
NAAQS, the effectiveness of which served as the underlying basis for 
EPA's decision to revoke the pre-existing PM-10 NAAQS. Therefore, in 
order to protect public health in the Boise/Ada County area, EPA is 
proposing to reinstate the pre-existing PM-10 NAAQS. Without this 
action there would be no Federal PM-10 NAAQS applicable to this area.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined
Final Rule                       To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4391

Agency Contact: Gary Blais, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-15, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 919 541-3223
Fax: 919 541-5489
Email: [email protected]

Mike Prosper, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation
Phone: 202 564-5589
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ05
_______________________________________________________________________




3314.  NESHAP: ALUMINUM DIE CASTING AND ALUMINUM FOUNDRIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: CAA Section 112

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The completed Secondary Aluminum Production NESHAP included 
some aluminum die casting facilities and aluminum foundries under its 
applicability. EPA has based its MACT standard for aluminum die casting 
and aluminum foundries, as well as its assessment of the economic 
impacts on small businesses in these industries, on information on 
representative facility practices provided to EPA by these industries 
to date. However, affected facilities in these industries have 
expressed concern that the information and assumptions upon which EPA 
has relied may be incomplete or may not adequately represent the 
processes and emissions at such facilities. Therefore, EPA will 
initiate a formal process to collect further information from the 
facilities in these industries on the activities in which they engage 
and the potential of these activities to contribute to HAP emissions. 
After evaluating this information, EPA will make a new determination 
concerning MACT requirements for both major facilities and area sources 
in these industries. EPA expects to adopt any alternative MACT standard 
applicable to these industries, and to take final action to remove the 
aluminum die casting and aluminum foundry industries from the current 
standard, within two years.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4413

Sectors Affected: 331521 Aluminum Die-Castings; 331524 Aluminum 
Foundries

Agency Contact: Juan E. Santiago, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1084
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ09

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Completed Actions


Clean Air Act (CAA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3315. FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION AND RULEMAKING ON SECTION 126 
PETITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF REDUCING INTERSTATE OZONE TRANSPORT

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52; 40 CFR 75; 40 CFR 97

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Stay Amendments           01/13/00                     65 FR 2039
Final Rule                      01/18/00                     65 FR 2674

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local

Sectors Affected: 221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation

Agency Contact: Carla Oldham
Phone: 919 541-3347
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH88
_______________________________________________________________________




3316. NESHAP: OFF-SITE WASTE AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS; FINAL RULE--
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT; AND NESHAP FOR OFF-SITE WASTE AND RECOVERY 
OPERATIONS; TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               07/20/99                    64 FR 38950

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325412 Pharmaceutical 
Preparation Manufacturing; 32731 Cement Manufacturing; 562112 Hazardous 
Waste Collection

Agency Contact: Kent C. Hustvedt
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
Elaine Manning
Phone: 919 541-5499
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH96
_______________________________________________________________________




3317. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF AIR POLLUTION FROM NEW MARINE DIESEL 
ENGINES AT OR ABOVE 37 KILOWATTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 89

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/29/99                    64 FR 73299

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Sectors Affected: 336399 All Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing; 
335312 Motor and Generator Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Alan Stout
Phone: 734 214-4805
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: [email protected]
Paul Machiele
Phone: 313 668-4264

RIN: 2060-AI17
_______________________________________________________________________




3318. TIER II LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLE AND LIGHT-DUTY TRUCK EMISSION STANDARDS 
AND GASOLINE SULFUR STANDARDS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80; 40 CFR 86 (Revision)

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    02/10/00                     65 FR 6698

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Tad Wysor
Phone: 734 214-4332
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI23
_______________________________________________________________________




3319. NESHAP: MANUFACTURING OF AMINO/PHENOLIC RESINS (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN 
AS POLYMERS & RESINS GROUP III)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    01/20/00                     65 FR 3275

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Sectors Affected: 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing

Agency Contact: John Schaefer
Phone: 919 541-0296
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
Penny Lassiter
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE36
_______________________________________________________________________




3320. NESHAP: CYANIDE CHEMICALS MANUFACTURING

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Merged With RIN 2060-AH68 (SAN 
4105)                           03/31/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Sectors Affected: 325188 All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Keith Barnett
Phone: 919 541-5605
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
Penny Lassiter
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE45
_______________________________________________________________________




3321. NESHAP: PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)-AMENDMENTS

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    10/26/99                    64 FR 57572

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Local

Agency Contact: Bob Lucas
Phone: 919 541-0884
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

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Kent C. Hustvedt
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF26
_______________________________________________________________________




3322. NESHAP: ETHYLENE PROCESSES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Merged With RIN 2060-AH68 (SAN 
4105)                           03/31/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Agency Contact: Warren Johnson, Jr.
Phone: 919 541-5124
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
Penny Lassiter
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG53
_______________________________________________________________________




3323. NESHAP: SPANDEX PRODUCTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Merged With RIN 2060-AH68 (SAN 
4105)                           03/31/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: K.C. Hustvedt
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
Elaine Manningl
Phone: 919 541-5499
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH14
_______________________________________________________________________




3324. LIST OF REGULATED SUBSTANCES AND THRESHOLDS FOR ACCIDENTAL RELEASE 
PREVENTION; PETITION TO DELIST VINYL ACETATE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR Part 68

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn Petitioner withdrew 
petition without prejudice.     11/05/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Sectors Affected: 325188 All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Kathy Franklin
Phone: 202 260-2250
Fax: 202 260-0927
Sicy Jacob
Phone: 202 260-7249
Fax: 202 260-0927

RIN: 2050-AE70
_______________________________________________________________________




3325. LIST OF REGULATED SUBSTANCES AND THRESHOLDS FOR ACCIDENTAL RELEASE 
PREVENTION; PROPOSED AMENDMENT; FLAMMABLE HYDROCARBON FUEL EXEMPTION

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 68 (Revision)

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Merged With RIN 2050-AE74       02/29/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Sectors Affected: 111 Crop Production; 722 Foodservices and Drinking 
Places; 112 Animal Production

Agency Contact: Sicy Jacob
Phone: 202 260-7249
Fax: 202 260-0927
John Ferris
Phone: 202 260-4043
Fax: 202 260-0927

RIN: 2050-AE72
_______________________________________________________________________




3326. AMENDMENT TO REGULATIONS GOVERNING EQUIVALENT EMISSION LIMITATIONS 
BY PERMIT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Rule                      05/14/99                    64 FR 26311

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Agency Contact: Jim Szykman
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]
David Markwordt
Phone: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI28
_______________________________________________________________________




3327. FEDERAL PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS THAT 
COMMENCED CONSTRUCTION PRIOR TO 5/30/91 AND HAVE NOT BEEN MODIFIED OR 
RECONSTRUCTED SINCE 5/30/91

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 62.14350 (New)

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    11/08/99                    64 FR 60689

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Mary Ann Warner
Phone: 919 541-1192
Fax: 919 541-2664
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI50
_______________________________________________________________________




3328. PROCESS WASTEWATER PROVISIONS OF THE GENERIC MACT

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    11/22/99                    64 FR 63695

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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Agency Contact: David Markwordt
Phone: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]
Susan Wyatt
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI53
_______________________________________________________________________




3329. REVISIONS TO PROMULGATION OF FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR 
ARIZONA - MARICOPA NONATTAINMENT AREA PM-10 TEST METHODS

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52.128; 40 CFR 52.123; 40 CFR 52.124; 40 CFR 
52.127

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/21/99                    64 FR 71304

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Karen Irwin
Phone: 415 744-1903

RIN: 2060-AI54
_______________________________________________________________________




3330. AREA SOURCE TITLE V OPERATING PERMIT DEFERRALS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.340; 40 CFR 63.360; 40 CFR 63.468; 40 CFR 
63.541; 40 CFR 63.320

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/14/99                    64 FR 69637

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Agency Contact: Susan Wyatt
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]
Rick Colyer
Phone: 919 541-5262
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI58
_______________________________________________________________________




3331. NATIONAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSION STANDARD FOR 
ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS; PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59 (Revision)

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn No further action is 
planned.                        03/13/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Dianne Byrne
Phone: 919 541-5342
Email: [email protected]
Linda Herring
Phone: 919 541-5358
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI63
_______________________________________________________________________




3332. REGULATION OF FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES: EXTENSION OF REFORMULATED 
GASOLINE PROGRAM TO THE KANSAS CITY, KS FORMER OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn - No further action is 
planned                         02/24/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Agency Contact: Karen Smith
Phone: 202 564-9674
Fax: 202 565-2085
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI70
_______________________________________________________________________




3333. PROPOSED RULE TO AMEND SUBPART H, 40 CFR PART 61 FOR EMISSIONS OF 
RADIONUCLIDES OTHER THAN RADON FROM DOE FACILITIES

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Duplicate of RIN 2060-AI90, SAN 
4273                            02/15/00

RIN: 2060-AI81
_______________________________________________________________________




3334. REVISION TO METHOD 24 FOR ELECTRICAL INSULATING VARNISHES

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Duplicate of RIN 2060-AI94, SAN 
4299                            02/15/00

RIN: 2060-AI85
_______________________________________________________________________




3335. NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD FOR OZONE - CORRECTIONS 
NOTICE

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Duplicate of RIN 2060-AI95      03/17/00

RIN: 2060-AI86
_______________________________________________________________________




3336. DEVELOPMENT OF REFERENCE METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF SOURCE 
EMISSIONS OF FILTERABLE FINE PARTICULATE MATTER AS PM2.5

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Duplicate of RIN 2060-AI96      03/17/00

RIN: 2060-AI87
_______________________________________________________________________




3337. INSPECTION MAINTENANCE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL 
FACILITIES; AMENDMENT TO THE FINAL RULE

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Duplicate of RIN 2060-AI97      03/17/00

RIN: 2060-AI88
_______________________________________________________________________




3338. REGULATION OF FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES: REFORMULATED GASOLINE 
ADJUSTMENT

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Duplicate of RIN 2060-AI98      03/17/00

RIN: 2060-AI89
_______________________________________________________________________




3339.  AMENDMENTS TO THE NESHAP: HALOGENATED SOLVENT CLEANING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

[[Page 23519]]

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Halogenated solvent cleaning emissions include: 1,1,1 
trichloroethane, perchloroethylene, methylene chloride, 
trichloroethylene, carbon tetrachloride, and chloroform. This rule was 
promulgated on December 2, 1994 and codified at 40 CFR part 63, subpart 
T. This action will announce a temporary 3-month stay for good cause 
and a proposed compliance extension for continuous web cleaning 
machines. This action will also amend the final halogenated solvent 
cleaning NESHAP to include equivalency determinations for different 
control equipment for batch vapor cleaners to those required by the 
rule. These equivalency determinations have been requested by a 
halogenated solvent cleaning machine manufacturer.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               12/03/99                    64 FR 67793

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4339
Split from RIN 2060-AI04.

Sectors Affected: 332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Paul Almodovar, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0283
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Trish Koman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4120
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ01
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Atomic Energy Act (AEA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3340. ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF 
LOW-ACTIVITY MIXED RADIOACTIVE WASTE

Priority: Other Significant

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 193

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This voluntary action will allow low-activity mixed 
radioactive wastes to be disposed in facilities that meet the design 
requirements for RCRA-C disposal cells. The wastes intended to be 
disposed of in these cells are mixed wastes, consisting of a chemically 
hazardous component and low levels of radioactivity. These wastes are 
anticipated to arise in the commercial sector from various sources. The 
rule is intended to increase disposal options for these wastes and 
offer a streamlined regulatory process which melds hazardous chemical 
protection and radioactivity protection requirements while protecting 
public health and safety. The rule does not mandate a disposal method, 
but rather permits an alternative to existing disposal methods. The 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is anticipated to be the 
implementing Agency for the application of this rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00
Final Action                    12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4054

Agency Contact: Dan Schultheisz, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, 6608J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9300
Fax: 202 565-2062
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH63
_______________________________________________________________________




3341.  REVISION OF THE 40 CFR PART 194 WASTE ISOLATION PILOT 
PLANT COMPLIANCE CRITERIA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: PL 102-579; PL 104-201; Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 
Land Withdrawal Act of 1992; 106 Stat. 4777 as amended by the 1996 LWA 
Amendments

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 194.8(b)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would change some of the language in Section 
194.8(b) of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Compliance Criteria 
without deleting any of the requirements for the Department of Energy's 
(DOE) compliance. Section 194.8(b) explains the process by which EPA 
inspects and approves waste characterization processes at DOE 
transuranic waste sites that send waste to the WIPP. The 194.8(b) 
process involves a public comment period.
Most of the language in Section 194.8(b) will be left intact. The most 
significant change would eliminate a statement that EPA will follow the 
194.8(b) notice-and-comment process each time a previously-approved 
site seeks to send a different ``waste stream'' to the WIPP. Other 
changes would correct certain terminology and clarify the important 
elements of our inspections. This rule would eliminate the ambiguity of 
the current language and replace it with: (1) a site can ship waste 
once EPA has approved it using a notice-and-comment process; (2) EPA 
will perform follow-up inspections under a separate authority that does 
not call for public comment; and (3) EPA can disallow shipment if an 
initial or follow-up inspection reveals significant compliance issues.
The main purpose of this revision is to eliminate EPA's obligation to 
approve DOE sites on a waste stream by waste stream basis. Our 
understanding of DOE's operations has improved considerably since 
194.8(b) went final in May 1998. We now recognize that approving sites 
by waste stream, using a comment period, is unnecessarily time-
consuming for EPA staff, confusing for DOE, and generates almost no 
public comment. In addition, repetitive inspections at sites are

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expensive and provide little additional regulatory confidence. This 
rule will save money and will greatly improve the effectiveness of our 
interactions with DOE.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4403

Agency Contact: Scott Monroe, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6608J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9712
Fax: 202 565-2062
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ07
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Atomic Energy Act (AEA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3342. PROTECTIVE ACTION GUIDANCE FOR DRINKING WATER

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2021(h) AEA of 1954 sec 274(h); Reorganization 
Plan No. 3 of 1970; PL 96-295 sec 304; EO 12241

CFR Citation: 41 CFR 351

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will result in Federal protective action guidance 
(PAG) for State and local officials to use in the event of a nuclear 
accident to protect the general public from the adverse health effects 
associated with the ingestion of drinking water that is contaminated 
with radioactive material. As soon as the draft guidance is developed 
it will be submitted to the PAG Subcommittee of the Federal 
Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee (FRPCC) for review and 
comment. Members of the PAG subcommittee include representatives from 
DOE, DOD, FEMA, NRC, HHS, USDA, DOT, and the Conference of Radiation 
Control Program Directors (CRCPD). When a consensus among the 
representatives is reached, the guidance is recommended to the full 
FRPCC for endorsement. After that endorsement is obtained a notice of 
the availability of a revised EPA 400-R-92-001, Manual of Protective 
Action Guides and Protective Actions for Nuclear Incidents will be 
published in the Federal Register. This action is temporarily delayed 
until the FDA's revised PAGs for Food can be evaluated.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice Submission to FRPCC for 
Endorsement                     04/00/01
Notice of Availability          05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3602

Agency Contact: Charles Blue, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6602J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9488

RIN: 2060-AF39
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                     Prerule Stage


Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3343. PESTICIDES; PROCEDURES FOR REGISTRATION REVIEW PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136(a)(g); 7 USC 136(w)

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Agency is establishing procedures to implement section 
3(g) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 
which provides for periodic review of pesticide registrations. The goal 
of these regulations is to review a pesticide's registration every 15 
years.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           04/00/00
NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4170

Sectors Affected: 32519 Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing; 
32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing; 32551 
Paint and Coating Manufacturing; 32561 Soap and Cleaning Compound 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Vivian Prunier, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 308-9341
Fax: 703 308-5884
Email: [email protected]

Jean Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-5944
Email: [email protected]

RIN:

[[Page 23521]]

 2070-AD29
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3344. DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR PESTICIDE REGISTRATION (REVISION)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136(a) to 136(y)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 158

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA will update the data requirements specifically necessary 
for the Agency to evaluate the registrability of pesticide products. 
The revisions will clarify all data requirements to reflect current 
practice. Procedural and explanatory sections of the current 
regulations will be amended to make them consistent with the revised 
data requirements and new use indexing. EPA intends to accomplish this 
revision through a series of proposals, covering different data 
disciplines and product types.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM(1) Environmental Fate, 
Ecological Effects and Efficacy 
portions                        09/00/00
NPRM(2) Toxicology, Exposure and 
Residue Chemistry portions      09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 2687

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Jean Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 305-5944
Email: [email protected]

Melissa Chun, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-4027
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC12
_______________________________________________________________________




3345. DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL REGISTRATIONS; PRODUCT 
CHEMISTRY REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136a, 136c, 136w

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 158

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA will update and revise its pesticide data requirements 
for antimicrobial products. The data requirements specify the data that 
are required for EPA to evaluate the registrability of a pesticide 
product. The revisions will clarify all antimicrobial data requirements 
to reflect current practice.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4173

Sectors Affected: 32519 Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing; 
32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing; 32551 
Paint and Coating Manufacturing; 32561 Soap and Cleaning Compound 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Paul Parsons, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 308-9073
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD30
_______________________________________________________________________




3346. ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR SCREENING PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA; 21 USC 346(a) FFDCA; 42 USC 
300(a)(17) SDWA; 7 USC 136 FIFRA

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, August 3, 1998, EDSP must be 
Developed.
Final, Statutory, August 3, 1999, Agency must Implement.
Other, Statutory, August 3, 2000, Agency must report to Congress on 
EDSP.

Abstract: This final policy statement will set forth EPA's Endocrine 
Disruptor Screening Program. EPA published a proposed policy statement 
setting forth the Screening Program on December 28, 1998. In the final 
policy statement, EPA will describe the screens and tests that it will 
require as part of the Program. It also will describe the universe of 
chemicals that will be included in the program, the priority setting 
mechanism that used to determine the order in which those chemicals 
will be tested, and certain issues related to implementing the Program. 
The major actions in 2000 and 2001 will be the standardization and 
validation of assays in the screening battery and the completion of the 
priority setting system.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice Outline of Screening 
Program                         08/11/98                    63 FR 42852
Notice Proposed Screening 
Program & Request for Comment   12/28/98                    63 FR 71542
NPRM Proposed Procedural Rule   06/00/00
Notice Final Screening Program  12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4143

Agency Contact: Anthony Maciorowski, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7201, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3573
Fax: 202 401-1282
Email: [email protected]

Gary Timm, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7201, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3573
Fax: 202 401-1282
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD26
_______________________________________________________________________




3347. REGULATORY REVIEW OF PESTICIDE EMERGENCY EXEMPTION REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in

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the CFR to reduce burden or duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136(p)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 166

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA will propose revisions to its regulations on emergency 
exemptions under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and 
Rodenticide Act. Emergency exemptions allow temporary use of a 
pesticide not in accordance with registration requirements when 
emergency conditions exist. In the 1995 Presidential Reinvention 
Initiative, EPA identified a number of issues and options for change, 
which have been refined through informal discussions with States, user 
groups, and other stakeholders. EPA is considering revisions in four 
areas: 1) Options for increased authority for States to administer 
certain aspects of the exemption process, or increased use by EPA of 
multi-year exemptions, or some combination of these; 2) the use of 
emergency exemptions to address pesticide resistance; 3) the 
possibility of granting of exemptions based upon reduced risk 
considerations; and 4) definitions of emergency situation and 
significant economic loss, which affect whether an exemption may be 
granted.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4216

Sectors Affected: 9241 Administration of Environmental Quality Programs

Agency Contact: Jean Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 305-5944
Email: [email protected]

Robert Forrest, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7505C, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-9376

RIN: 2070-AD36
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3348. WPS; PESTICIDE WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD; GLOVE AMENDMENT

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: 7 USC 136(w)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 170

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final rule would create greater flexibility in 
requirements of the 1992 Worker Protection Standard related to the use 
of gloves by workers and applicators.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/09/97                    62 FR 47544
Final Action                    10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3731

Sectors Affected: 111 Crop Production; 1114 Greenhouse, Nursery and 
Floriculture Production; 1131 Timber Tract Operations; 115 Support 
Activities for Agriculture and Forestry

Agency Contact: Jean Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 305-5944
Email: [email protected]

John R. MacDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 305-7370
Fax: 703 308-2962
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC93
_______________________________________________________________________




3349. EXEMPTIONS FOR PLANT PESTICIDES REGULATED UNDER FIFRA AND FFDCA

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: 21 USC 346(a) et seq; 7 USC 136 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.20; 40 CFR 174

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Substances that plants produce to protect themselves against 
pests are pesticides under FIFRA if humans intend to use them to 
destroy, prevent, repel or mitigate any pest. The Agency designates 
these substances, along with the genetic material necessary to produce 
them, plant-pesticides. This rulemaking will exempt several categories 
of plant-pesticides from FIFRA and FFDCA regulations; confirms that 
plants used as biological control agents are exempt from regulation 
under FIFRA; and establishes a new part in title 40 of the CFR, part 
174, which consolidates regulations specific for plant-pesticides in 
one part of the CFR. The proposed consolidation is expected to benefit 
the public by providing greater focus, enhanced clarity and ease of 
use. These actions will reduce burden on both the regulated community 
and EPA.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/23/94                    59 FR 60496
Supplemental NPRM               07/22/96                    61 FR 37891
Supplemental NPRM               05/16/97                    62 FR 27132

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Supplemental NPRM Request for 
Comment on Alternate Name       04/23/99                    64 FR 19958
Final Action                    09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 2684

Agency Contact: Janet Andersen, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7501W, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 308-8712
Email: [email protected]

Elizabeth Milewski, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7201, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3573
Fax: 202 260-0949
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC02
_______________________________________________________________________




3350. GROUND WATER AND PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136(a) FIFRA sec 3; 7 USC 136(w)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.170

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulation would establish Pesticide Management Plans 
(PMPs) as a new regulatory requirement for certain pesticides. Unless a 
State or tribal authority has an EPA-approved Plan specifying risk-
reduction measures, use of the chemical would be prohibited. The rule 
would also specify procedures and deadlines for development, approval 
and modification of plans by States and tribal authorities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/26/96                    61 FR 33259
Notice Notice of Availability 
regarding Metolachlor           02/23/00                     65 FR 8925
Final Action                    08/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Federalism:  This action may have federalism implications as defined in 
EO 13132.

Additional Information: SAN No. 3222

Sectors Affected: 9241 Administration of Environmental Quality Programs

Agency Contact: Jean Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 305-5944
Email: [email protected]

Arthur-Jean B. Williams, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 305-5239
Fax: 703 308-3259
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC46
_______________________________________________________________________




3351. PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 165

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action develops procedures for mandatory and voluntary 
recall actions under section 19(b) of FIFRA and would establish 
criteria for acceptable storage and disposal plans which registrants 
may submit to this Agency to become eligible for reimbursement of 
storage costs. This action establishes procedures for indemnification 
of owners of suspended and canceled pesticides for disposal.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/05/93                    58 FR 26856
Final Action                    05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3432

Agency Contact: David Stangel, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2225A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4162
Fax: 202 564-0028

RIN: 2020-AA33
_______________________________________________________________________




3352. PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL: STANDARDS FOR PESTICIDE 
CONTAINERS AND CONTAINMENT

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136(q) FIFRA sec 19; 7 USC 136(a) FIFRA sec 3; 7 
USC 136(w) FIFRA sec 25

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 156; 40 CFR 165

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 24, 1991.

Abstract: FIFRA sec. 19 gives EPA authority to regulate the management 
of pesticides and their containers, including storage, transportation 
and disposal. As proposed, this rule would establish standards for 
removal of pesticides from containers and for rinsing containers; 
facilitate the safe use, refill, reuse, and disposal of pesticide 
containers by establishing standards for container design, labeling and 
refilling; and establish requirements for containment of stationary 
bulk containers and for containment of pesticide dispensing areas.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM (Container Design & Residue 
Removal & Bulk Containment)     02/11/94                     59 FR 6712
Supplemental NPRM               10/21/99                    64 FR 56918
Supplemental NPRM Extension of 
Comment Period                  12/21/99                    64 FR 71368
Supplemental NPRM Extension of 
Comment Period                  02/24/00                     65 FR 9234
Final Rule                      03/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 2659

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing; 11511 Support Activities for Crop Production

[[Page 23524]]

Agency Contact: Jude Andreasen, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 308-9342
Fax: 703 308-3259
Email: [email protected]

Nancy Fitz, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-7385
Fax: 703 308-3259
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AB95
_______________________________________________________________________




3353. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL PESTICIDE PRODUCTS; 
AND OTHER PESTICIDE REGULATORY CHANGES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136(a)(h); 7 USC 136(w)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152; 40 CFR 156

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, September 14, 2000, The Final Rule is 
due 240 days after close of comment period.

Abstract: This regulation will specify antimicrobial registration 
reforms that will reduce to the extent possible the review time for 
antimicrobial pesticides. The regulation will clarify criteria for 
completeness of applications, and will specify or refer to a definition 
of the various classes of antimicrobial pesticide use patterns and the 
associated data and labeling requirements that would be consistent with 
the degree and type of risk presented by each class. EPA will evaluate 
the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of various registration process 
reforms, including registrant certification, and expansion of the 
current notification procedures. The regulation will also include 
labeling standards for public health antimicrobial products. This 
regulation will also implement some general provisions of FIFRA 
pertaining to all pesticides, including labeling requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/17/99                    64 FR 50671
Final Rule                      09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3892

Sectors Affected: 32519 Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing; 
32531 Fertilizer Manufacturing; 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural 
Chemical Manufacturing; 32551 Paint and Coating Manufacturing; 32561 
Soap and Cleaning Compound Manufacturing; 42269 Other Chemical and 
Allied Products Wholesalers; 42291 Farm Supplies Wholesalers

Agency Contact: Jean M. Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 305-5944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD14
_______________________________________________________________________




3354. REGISTRATION OF GRANULAR FERTILIZER-PESTICIDE COMBINATION PRODUCTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.43

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final rule will allow the registration of multiple 
products consisting of granular pesticide-fertilizer combinations under 
a single registration. The result of this regulatory change will be to 
streamline the registration process for such products, reduce paperwork 
burdens and costs for producers of pesticide-fertilizer combination 
products.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action Direct final rule  05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4347

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Jean Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 305-5944
Email: [email protected]

Dan Kenny, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7505C, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-7546
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD40
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3355. POLICY OR PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFICATION TO THE AGENCY OF STORED 
PESTICIDES WITH CANCELLED OR SUSPENDED REGISTRATION

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136 FIFRA sec 6

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 168

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This policy will clarify the requirements of section 6(g) of 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The 
policy will provide procedures for certain persons who possess canceled 
or suspended pesticides to notify the EPA and State and local officials 
of (1) such possessions; (2) the quantity possessed; and (3) the place 
the pesticide is stored.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/28/91                    56 FR 13042
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

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Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 2720

Agency Contact: David Stangel, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2225A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4162
Fax: 202 564-0028

RIN: 2020-AA29
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Completed Actions


Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3356. STATUS OF PESTICIDE-TREATED SEEDS UNDER FIFRA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.25

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn The Agency plans no 
further action.                 02/22/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Sectors Affected: 111 Crop Production; 11511 Support Activities for 
Crop Production

Agency Contact: Jean M. Frane
Phone: 703 305-5944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD37
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                     Prerule Stage


Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3357. CHEMICAL RIGHT-TO-KNOW INITIATIVE

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 4 TSCA; 15 USC 8 TSCA; 42 USC 313 TRI; 7 USC 
136 FIFRA

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 700 et seq

Legal Deadline: Other, Judicial, December 31, 1999, Final Actions must 
be completed by 12/31/99.

Abstract: The Chemical RTK Initiative was announced by the Vice 
President on EPA's Earth Day 1998 in response to the finding that many 
commercial chemicals have very little publicly available toxicity 
information on which to make sound judgments about potential risks. 
There are three key components to this initiative, each of which is 
being implemented by EPA. These are: collecting and making public 
screening level toxicity data for 2,800 commercial chemicals; 
additional health effects testing for chemicals to which children are 
substantially exposed; and the listing and lowering of thresholds for 
persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic chemicals reported to TRI. This 
Initiative will involve several separate activities, with any 
regulatory related actions included as separate entries in the 
Regulatory Agenda.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           04/00/00
Initiative Completed HPV Data to 
be received by 06/2005.         06/00/05

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4176
This Initiative includes the following Regulatory Agenda activities: 
TRI's Reporting Threshold Rule (SAN 3880; RIN 2070-AD09); Test Rule; 
Multi-Chemicals Test Rule for High Production Volume Chemicals (SAN 
3990; RIN 2070-AD16); Children's Health Test Initiative (SAN 2865; RIN 
2070-AC27).

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Mary Dominiak, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-7768
Fax: 202 260-1096
Email: [email protected]

Barbara Leczynski, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3945
Fax: 202 260-1096
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD25
_______________________________________________________________________




3358. TSCA SECTION 4 ENFORCEABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT FOR CERTAIN 
OXYGENATED FUEL ADDITIVES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603; 15 USC 2611; 15 USC 2625

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) is commonly found at 
concentrations above the current EPA draft lifetime health advisory for 
drinking water at many point source-gasoline release sites. MTBE is 
significantly more persistent than benzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene and 
xylenes (BTEX) in the subsurface. Releases of fuel oxygenates occur 
during manufacture, distribution, storage, and use, particularly from 
point sources such as underground storage tanks, pipelines and 
refueling facilities. The Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) estimates that 
MTBE releases in the United States exceeded 3.3 million pounds in 1994. 
EPA has not established water quality criteria for fuel oxygenates for 
protection of freshwater or marine aquatic life. The American Petroleum 
Institute (API)

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recently completed a search and evaluation of extant literature on 
acute and chronic toxicity of oxygenates for aquatic organisms and 
provided the results to EPA. From the data gaps identified through that 
effort, testing to fill critical needs is expected to be conducted 
within a year of the API submission. Current actions should provide an 
appropriate basis for later determining whether additional effects 
testing or research is needed.
Most of the testing and research on the toxicity of oxygenates has been 
concerned on the effects of inhaled MTBE in laboratory and human 
volunteers. Virtually no information exists on the effects of ingested 
oxygenates on humans, with the notable exception of the extensive 
database on the health effects of ingested alcohol. The lack of an 
adequate health effects database has made it difficult to develop a 
final drinking water Health Advisory or derive an oral Reference Dose 
(RfD) for MTBE and other oxygenates. Further subchronic and chronic 
data are necessary to develop a final Health Advisory. This action, 
would be a cooperative effort between EPA and Industry to conduct a 
testing program, to develop the needed data.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice Solicit Interested 
Parties                         07/00/00
Notice ECA                      12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4174

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: George Semeniuk, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2134
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

Charles M. Auer, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3749
Fax: 202 260-8168
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD28
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)



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3359. TRI; REVIEW OF CHEMICALS ON THE ORIGINAL TRI LIST

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: 42 USC 1101 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: When TRI was established by Congress in 1986, the statutory 
language placed 309 chemicals and 20 categories of chemicals on the TRI 
list; that is referred to as the original TRI list. The chemicals on 
the original list were taken from two existing lists of toxic 
substances: the Maryland Chemical Inventory Report List of Toxic or 
Hazardous Substances, and the New Jersey Environmental Hazardous 
Substances list. This action constitutes the first systematic review of 
toxicology and environmental data for all the chemicals on the original 
TRI list to determine whether data for those chemicals conform with the 
statutory criteria for listing of chemicals on TRI. Chemicals for which 
data do not meet the statutory criteria will be delisted.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00
Final Rule                      12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4015
AFFECTED SECTORS: Manufacturing industries in SIC codes 20-39 plus the 
following industries and SIC codes: Metal Mining (SIC code 10 except 
SIC codes 1011, 1081, and 1094); Coal Mining (SIC code 12 except SIC 
code 1241); Electric Utilities (SIC codes 4911, 4931, 4939); Commercial 
Hazardous Waste Treatment (SIC code 4953); Chemicals and Allied 
Products-Wholesale (SIC code 5169); Petroleum Bulk Terminals and Plants 
(SIC code 5171); and Solvent Recovery Services (SIC code 7389).

Agency Contact: Daniel R. Bushman, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-3882
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

Maria Doa, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-9592
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD18
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3360. LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES RULES; TRAINING, ACCREDITATION, AND 
CERTIFICATION RULE AND MODEL STATE PLAN RULE--BUILDING AND STRUCTURES 
SECTION 402(A)

Priority: Other Significant

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect State, local or tribal 
governments.

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA Title IV; PL 102-550 sec 402; PL 102-
550 sec 404

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, April 28, 1994.

Abstract: The Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 
mandates EPA promulgate regulations governing lead-based paint (LBP) 
activities to ensure that individuals engaged in such activities are 
properly trained, that LBP training programs are accredited, and that 
contractors engaged in such activities are certified. In addition, EPA 
must promulgate a

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Model State program which may be adopted by any State which seeks to 
administer and enforce a State Program. EPA promulgated regulations for 
training and certification of training programs for LBP activities and 
child occupied facilities in 1996. Regulations for LBP activities in 
public and commercial buildings and bridges and other structures are 
still under development.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM 1 (Residential)            09/02/94                    59 FR 45872
Final Action 1 (Residential)    08/29/96                    61 FR 45778
Int Final Rule Minor Amendment 
to Grant Provisions             08/04/98                    63 FR 41430
NPRM 2 (Buildings & Structures) 02/00/01
Final Action 2 (Buildings & 
Structures)                     12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4376
See discussion of related rules in Reg. Plan entry (RIN 2070-AD06).

Sectors Affected: 23411 Highway and Street Construction; 611519 Other 
Technical and Trade Schools

Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-1777
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

Mark Henshall, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5089
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC64
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3361. MULTI-CHEMICAL TEST RULE; HIGH PRODUCTION VOLUME CHEMICALS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603; 15 USC 2611-12; 15 USC 2625-26

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action is related to Vice President Gore's challenge to 
industry on the eve of Earth Day, April 21, 1998, to come forward 
quickly with needed test data on high production volume (HPV) 
chemicals. This challenge encompasses approximately 2,800 chemicals 
which are manufactured (including imported) in the aggregate at more 
than 1 million pounds on an annual basis. The data needed on these 
chemicals are: acute toxicity, repeat dose toxicity, developmental and 
reproductive toxicity; mutagenicity; ecotoxicity and environmental 
fate. This rule will require testing and recordkeeping requirements for 
chemicals for which industry does not voluntarily agree to provide 
testing in a timely manner. The action is part of the Chemical Right-
to-Know Initiative, which is described in the Regulatory Plan. Industry 
has volunteered to conduct needed testing on about 1,100 of these HPV 
chemicals. The first rule will propose testing for unsponsored HPV 
chemicals with substantial worker exposure. Future rules will encompass 
the remaining chemicals.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3990
See also the Regulatory Plan entry entitled Chemical Right-to-Know 
Initiative (RIN 2070-AD25; SAN 4176).

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Keith Cronin, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-8157
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

Frank Kover, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD16
_______________________________________________________________________




3362. TEST RULES; GENERIC ENTRY FOR PROPOSED DECISIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA 4; 15 USC 2611 TSCA 12

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 700 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is proposing to require testing via rule, or will obtain 
testing through negotiated enforceable consent agreements (ECAs) or 
publish a notice which provides the reasons for not doing so. These 
chemicals have been designated for priority testing consideration by 
the ITC, recommended for testing consideration (for which the 12-month 
statutory requirement does not apply), or they have been identified for 
testing consideration by other EPA program offices and through EPA 
review processes.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM ITC II Chemicals (ITC List 
28)                             06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3494
NPRM must be published within one year of ITC designation.

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Keith Cronin, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-8157
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

Frank Kover, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460

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Phone: 202 260-8130
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AB07
_______________________________________________________________________




3363. TEST RULES; NEGOTIATED CONSENT ORDER AND TEST RULE PROCEDURES

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: 15 USC 2603 TSCA 4; 15 USC 2611 TSCA 12

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790; 40 CFR 791; 40 CFR 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will amend the testing consent order and test 
rule development process to increase efficiency. The consent order 
process was adopted by the Agency in June 1986. Based on experience to 
date, the Agency needs to make changes in the process to reduce the 
resources required for consent order negotiation. This rule would 
propose appropriate procedural changes. Obsolete provisions will be 
eliminated for test rule development activities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              05/17/85                    50 FR 20652
Interim Final Rule              06/30/86                    51 FR 23706
Interim Final Rule (Technical 
Modification)                   09/01/89                    54 FR 36311
NPRM                            12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 2245

Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 32411 Petroleum 
Refineries

Agency Contact: Frank Kover, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

David R. Williams, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3468
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AB30
_______________________________________________________________________




3364. TEST RULE; ATSDR SUBSTANCES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA 4; 42 USC 9604(i) CERCLA 104(i); 15 
USC 2611 TSCA 12

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is proposing a test rule under section 4(a) of the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (TSCA) requiring manufacturers and processors of 
certain chemicals to fulfill data needs identified by the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), the National Toxicology 
Program (NTP), and EPA pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) section 104(i).
Under CERCLA, ATSDR is to establish a list of priority hazardous 
substances found at superfund sites, develop toxicological profiles for 
the hazardous substances, identify priority data needs, and establish a 
research program obtaining the necessary data. This action is a 
component of ATSDR's research program.
Data from this action would provide specific information about the 
substances for the public and scientific community. The information 
would be used in conducting comprehensive public health assessments of 
populations living near hazardous waste sites. Scientific data improves 
the quality of risk assessments used by EPA, other Federal agencies, 
and State and local governments. The risk assessments affect standards, 
guidelines, listing/delisting, and other decisions affecting public 
health and the environment.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 2563

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Robert Jones, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-8150
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

Frank Kover, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AB79
_______________________________________________________________________




3365. TEST RULE FOR CERTAIN METALS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA 4; 15 USC 2611 TSCA 12; 15 USC 2625 
TSCA 26; 42 USC 9604(i) CERCLA 104(i)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is proposing a test rule under section 4(a) of the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (TSCA) requiring manufacturers and processors of 
certain metals to fill data needs identified by the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), the National Toxicology 
Program (NTP), and EPA pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) section 104(I). 
Under CERCLA, ATSDR is to establish a list of priority hazardous 
substances found at superfund sites, develop toxicological profiles for 
the hazardous substances, identify priority data needs, and establish a 
research program obtaining the necessary data. This action is a 
component of ATSDR's research program. Data from this action would 
provide specific information about the substances for the public and 
scientific community. The information would be used in conducting 
comprehensive public health assessments of populations living near

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hazardous waste sites. Scientific data improves the quality of risk 
assessments used by EPA, other Federal agencies, and State and local 
governments. The risk assessments affect standards, guidelines, 
listing/delisting, and other decisions affecting public health and the 
environment. The metals are also hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) under 
the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 112. Data from this action would also 
be used to implement several provisions of section 112 of the CAA, 
including determining risks remaining after the application of 
technology based on standards under section 112(d) of the CAA, 
estimating the risks associated with accidental releases, and 
determining whether or not substances should be removed from the CAA 
section (b)(1) list of HAPs (delisting).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3882

Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 32411 Petroleum 
Refineries

Agency Contact: Robert Jones, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-8150
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

Frank Kover, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD10
_______________________________________________________________________




3366. FOLLOW-UP RULES ON EXISTING CHEMICALS

Priority: Routine and Frequent

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604 TSCA 5; 15 USC 2607 TSCA 8

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 704; 40 CFR 721; 40 CFR 707; 40b CFR 710

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA has established a program to monitor the commercial 
development of existing chemicals of concern and/or to gather 
information to support planned or ongoing risk assessments on such 
chemicals. As these chemicals are identified, EPA will initiate 
rulemakings under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) sections 5 
and/or 8 to require reporting of appropriate needed information by the 
manufacturers, importers and/or processors of these chemicals. 
Individual proposed or final rules will be published on at least the 
chemicals listed below.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM 2,4-Pentanedione SNUR      09/27/89                    54 FR 39548
NPRM Chloranil                  05/12/93                    58 FR 27980
NPRM Benzidine-based Chemical 
Substances                      08/30/95                    60 FR 45119
Final Action Benzidine-based 
Chemical Substances             10/07/96                    61 FR 52287
NPRM Flame Retardant Chemicals  12/00/00
NPRM Amendment to Benzidine-
based Chemical Substances SNUR  12/00/00
NPRM Heavy Metal-Based Pigments 
in Aerosol Spray Paints SNUR    12/00/00
NPRM o-Tolidine & o-Dianisidine-
based Dyes (Benzidine Congener 
Dyes)                           12/00/00
NPRM 2,4-Pentanedione SNUR 
(Reproposal)                    12/00/00
NPRM 2-Ethoxyethanol & 2-
Methoxyethanol & 2-
Methoxyethanol Acetate          05/00/01
NPRM Methylcyclopentane SNUR    05/00/01
NPRM p-Aminophenol & 
Bromochloro- methane 8(a) 
Chemical Specific Rule          05/00/01
Final Action Amendment to 
Benzidine-based Chemical 
Substances SNUR                 06/00/01
Final Action Final Chloranil 
SNUR                            06/00/01
NPRM Certain Chemical Substances 
No Longer in Production SNUR    10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions, Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 1923

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Mary Dominiak, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-7768
Fax: 202 260-1096
Email: [email protected]

Barbara Leczynski, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3945
Fax: 202 260-1096
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AA58
_______________________________________________________________________




3367. TSCA BIOTECHNOLOGY FOLLOW-UP RULES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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: 15 USC 2604 TSCA 5(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 720; 40 CFR 725 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: As a follow-up to the final Biotechnology rule under the 
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA plans to address two actions. 
(1) Intergeneric Scope of Oversight: OPPT currently defines new 
microorganisms

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which are subject to reporting under TSCA section 5 as those resulting 
from the deliberate combination of genetic material originally isolated 
from microorganisms classified in different taxonomic genera. Such 
microorganisms are referred to as intergeneric microorganisms. EPA 
indicated in its 1994 proposed biotechnology regulations that it may 
reconsider its interpretation of new microorganism in a later 
rulemaking, based on the more current state of scientific knowledge 
about the manner in which genetic material is exchanged among 
microorganisms in the environment. (2) TSCA Oversight of Transgenic 
Plants: Certain transgenic plants which express products or which are 
used for purposes subject to EPA jurisdiction under TSCA may be used 
for commercial purposes in the United States without oversight by EPA. 
Such uses include: plants used as intermediates to produce industrial 
grade oils; and plants used for phytoremediation (cleanup of 
contaminated soils). Section 5 of TSCA requires that new chemical 
substances be reviewed by the Agency prior to their introduction into 
commerce. In its proposed rule, 59 FR 45526 (September 1, 1994), EPA 
stated that it was reserving jurisdiction over certain transgenic 
plants and animals: Plants and animals could also be chemical 
substances under TSCA. EPA is reserving authority under TSCA to screen 
transgenic plants and animals in the future as needed, 59 FR 45526, 
45527 (September 1, 1994). This action will address whether EPA should 
exercise jurisdiction under TCSA over products produced by transgenic 
plants, and/or certain plants.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

PolicyStatement 2 TSCA Plants 
Oversight Policy                12/00/00
NPRM (1) Intergeneric Scope of 
Oversight                       12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3894

Sectors Affected: 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 325 
Chemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Flora Chow, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3725
Fax: 202 260-0118
Email: [email protected]

Jim Alwood, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1857
Fax: 202 260-0118
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD13
_______________________________________________________________________




3368. ASBESTOS WORKER PROTECTION RULE AMENDMENTS

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: 15 USC 2605 TSCA sec 6; 15 USC 2607 TSCA sec 15; 15 
USC 2614 TSCA sec 15; 15 USC 2615 TSCA sec 16

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 763

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is proposing to amend the Asbestos Abatement Projects, 
Worker Protection Rule (WPR), by incorporating certain revisions that 
were made to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 
asbestos workplace standards issued since EPA's WPR was promulgated in 
1987 to the extent that the OSHA revisions are consistent with 
applicable EPA statutes. The proposal would generally extend the 
coverage provided under the OSHA Asbestos Standard for Construction to 
State and local government employees who are not covered by OSHA or EPA 
approved State plans. EPA also proposes to delegate authority to grant 
or deny State exclusions under the WPR to EPA Regional Administrators 
and to add compliance and enforcement requirements for State 
exclusions. In addition, EPA is proposing to amend the Asbestos-
Containing Materials in Schools Rule by relocating certain worker 
protection provisions relating to schools, which are currently 
contained in that rule, to the WPR.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM (1)                        11/01/94                    59 FR 54746
NPRM (2)                        05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 2249
Also please see entry for 2070-AC62

Sectors Affected: 92311 Administration of Education Programs; 92312 
Administration of Public Health Programs; 92411 Air and Water Resource 
and Solid Waste Management; 92111 Executive Offices

Agency Contact: Tony Baney, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3933
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: [email protected]

Cindy Fraleigh, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1537
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC66
_______________________________________________________________________




3369. LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES; TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION FOR 
RENOVATION AND REMODELING SECTION 402(C)(3)

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA Title IV; PL 102-550 Sec 402(c)(3)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, October 31, 1996.

Abstract: Under section 402(c)(2) of TSCA Title IV, EPA conducted a 
study of the extent to which persons engaged in renovation and 
remodeling activities in target housing are exposed to lead in the 
conduct of such activities or disturb lead and create a lead-based 
paint hazard. EPA must use the results of this study and consult with

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interested parties to determine which categories of renovation and 
remodeling activities require training and certification. EPA must then 
revise the training and certification regulations originally developed 
for individuals performing lead-based paint abatement under section 
402(c)(a) of TSCA Title IV to apply them to the renovation and 
remodeling categories. If EPA determines that any category does not 
require certification, EPA must publish an explanation of the basis for 
that determination.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/00
Final Action                    12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Tribal, Local, Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3557

Sectors Affected: 54138 Testing Laboratories; 531311 Residential 
Property Managers; 23321 Single Family Housing Construction; 23322 
Multifamily Housing Construction; 23521 Painting and Wall Covering 
Contractors; 23551 Carpentry Contractors; 23599 All Other Special Trade 
Contractors; 53111 Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings

Agency Contact: Mark Henshall, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-5089
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

Mike Wilson, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4664
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC83
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3370. LEAD; NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR LEAD-BASED PAINT ABATEMENT 
ACTIVITIES AND TRAINING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2682 TSCA 402; 15 USC 2687 TSCA 407; PL 102-550

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is issuing this rule under the authority of Section 407 
of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to establish notification 
procedures for lead abatement professionals (certified under 40 CFR 
745.226) conducting lead-based paint activities, and training programs 
(accredited under 40 CFR 225) providing lead-based paint activities 
courses. Specifically, this rule seeks to establish procedures to 
notify the Agency prior to commencement of lead-based paint abatement 
activities as required by 40 CFR 745.227(e)(4). In addition, this rule 
seeks to establish provisions which would require training programs 
accredited under 40 CFR 745.225 to notify the Agency under the 
following conditions: 1) prior to providing lead-based paint 
activities, training , and 2) following completion of lead-based paint 
activities courses. These notification requirements are necessary to 
provide EPA compliance monitoring and enforcement personnel with 
information necessary to track compliance activity and to prioritize 
inspections. This rule supports 40 CFR part 745, subpart L to ensure 
that lead abatement professionals who inspect, assess and remove lead-
based paint, dust or soil are well qualified, trained, and certified to 
conduct these activities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4172
This action has been split off from the action entitled Fees for 
Accreditation and Certification of Lead-Based Paint Activities (SAN 
3881; 2070-AD11).

Sectors Affected: 611519 Other Technical and Trade Schools

Agency Contact: Mike Wilson, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4664
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

Mark Henshall, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5089
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD31
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)



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3371. TSCA INVENTORY UPDATE RULE AMENDMENTS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607(a) TSCA 8(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 710

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action would amend the current Toxic Substances Control 
Act (TSCA) Inventory Update Rule (IUR) to require chemical 
manufacturers to report to EPA data on exposure-related information and 
the industrial and consumer end uses of chemicals they produce or 
import. Currently, EPA requires chemical manufacturers to report the 
names of the chemicals they produce, as well as the locations of 
manufacturing facilities and the quantities produced. About 3,000 
facilities reported data on about 9,000 unique chemicals during the 
last reporting cycle under the IUR. Data obtained would be used by EPA 
and others to: better understand the potential for chemical exposures; 
screen the chemicals now in commerce and identify those of highest 
concern; establish priorities and goals for their chemical assessment, 
risk management and prevention programs, and monitor

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the programs' progress; encourage pollution prevention by identifying 
potentially safer substitute chemicals for uses of potential concern; 
and enhance the effectiveness of chemical risk communication efforts. 
Additionally, EPA will consider other amendments to the IUR. These 
include removing the inorganic chemicals exemption; providing the 
information to better assess and manage risks of inorganic chemicals; 
improving the linkages of IUR data to other data sources to enhance the 
data's usefulness; and altering the confidential business information 
(CBI) claim procedures to reduce the frequency of CBI claims, allowing 
the public greater access to relevant information on toxic chemicals. 
EPA has held meetings with representatives of the chemical industry, 
environmental groups, environmental justice leaders, labor groups, 
State governments and other Federal agencies to ensure public 
involvement in the TSCA Inventory Update Rule Amendments Project.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/26/99                    64 FR 46771
Notice Comment Extension        10/22/99                    64 FR 56998
Final Rule                      12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3301

Sectors Affected: 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 325 
Chemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Robert Lee, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7406, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0676
Fax: 202 260-1661
Email: [email protected]

Susan Krueger, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7406, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1713
Fax: 202 260-1661
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC61
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3372. LEAD; TSCA SECTION 403; IDENTIFICATION OF DANGEROUS LEVELS OF LEAD

Priority: Economically Significant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2683

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, May 26, 1998, Consent Decree.
Final, Judicial, December 22, 2000.

Abstract: The Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 
(Title X) amended TSCA by adding a new Title IV. TSCA section 403 
requires EPA to promulgate regulations that identify lead-based paint 
hazards, lead-contaminated dust and lead-contaminated soil for the 
purposes of TSCA Title IV as well as for the entire Title X. EPA 
developed an interim guidance document in July 1994, to provide public 
and private decision-makers with guidance on identifying and 
prioritizing lead-based paint hazards for control. This interim 
guidance, which was subsequently published in 1995 (60 FR 47248, 9/11/
95), will continue to serve as EPA's official policy until the final 
TSCA section 403 rule is promulgated.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/03/98                    63 FR 30301
Notice Comment Period Extended 
to 10/01/98                     07/22/98                    63 FR 39262
Notice Comment Period Extended 
to 11/30/98                     10/01/98                    63 FR 52662
NPRM Correction                 12/18/98                    63 FR 70087
Notice Reopens Comment Period to 
03/01/99                        01/14/99                     64 FR 2460
Final Action                    12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3243

Agency Contact: Mark Henshall, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-5089
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

Jonathan Jacobson, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3779
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC63
_______________________________________________________________________




3373. TEST RULES; GENERIC ENTRY FOR FINAL DECISIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA 4; 15 USC 2611 TSCA 12

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is requiring testing via rules, or will obtain testing 
through enforceable consent agreements (ECAs) or publish a notice which 
provides the reasons for not doing so for chemicals listed herein. 
These chemicals have been designated for priority testing consideration 
by the ITC or recommended for testing consideration (for which the 12-
month statutory requirement does not apply). The list also includes 
chemicals or categories of chemicals which have been identified for 
testing consideration by other Federal or other EPA offices through EPA 
review processes.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM Aryl Phosphates (ITC List 
2)                              12/29/83                    48 FR 57452
NPRM Aryl Phosphates (ITC List 
2)                              01/17/92                     57 FR 2138
Final Action-ECA Aryl Phosphates 
(ITC List 2)                    09/00/00
NPRM Brominated Flame Retardants06/25/91                    56 FR 29140
Final Action-ECA DiBasic Esters 
(CPSC)                          08/05/99                    64 FR 42692
Final Action ITC Chemicals (ITC 
List 28)                        12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3493

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

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Agency Contact: David R. Williams, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3468
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

Frank Kover, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AB94
_______________________________________________________________________




3374. TEST RULE; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS (HAPS)

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA 4; 42 USC 7412 CAA 112; 42 USC 7403 
CAA 103; 15 USC 2611 TSCA 12

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is proposing health effects testing under TSCA section 4 
in support of programs and activities required under section 112 of the 
Clean Air Act (CAA), governing Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs). Section 
112 of the CAA directs EPA to determine the risk to health and the 
environment remaining after application of technology-based emissions 
standards to major and area sources. Section 112 also sets forth a 
mechanism for revising and modifying the statutory list of 189 HAPs 
under section 112(b), and requirements for an accidental release 
control program. These data will also be important for the right-to-
know program given the large release of these chemicals to the 
atmosphere. In order to implement these and other programs and 
requirements under section 112, EPA must identify the health and 
environment effects of potential concern from exposure to HAPs, 
ascertain the minimum data needed to adequately characterize those 
health and environmental effects, and assess the risks posed by HAPs. 
In addition, under section 103(d), EPA is required to conduct a 
research program on the short- and long-term effects of air pollutants 
on human health, ascertain the minimum data needed to adequately 
characterize those health and environmental effects, and assess the 
risks posed by HAPs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/26/96                    61 FR 33178
Supplemental NPRM               12/24/97                    62 FR 67466
Supplemental NPRM               04/21/98                    63 FR 19694
Final Action                    01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3487

Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 32411 Petroleum 
Refineries

Agency Contact: David R. Williams, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3468
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

Richard Leukroth, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0321
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC76
_______________________________________________________________________




3375.  TEST RULE; OSHA CHEMICALS DERMAL TESTING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA 4; 15 USC 2611 TSCA 12

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 700 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is proposing to require manufacturers (which is defined 
by statute to include importers) and processors of 47 chemical 
substances of interest to the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration (OSHA) to conduct testing for in vitro dermal absorption 
rate testing. These chemicals, and others, were designated for in vitro 
dermal absorption rate testing in the 31st, 32nd, and 35th Reports of 
the TSCA section 4(e) Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) to the EPA. 
Each of the chemical substances included in this proposed rule is 
produced in an amount equal to or greater than one million pounds per 
year. In addition, each of the chemicals in this proposed rule was 
identified in the National Occupational Exposure Survey (NOES) has 
having a total potential worker exposure of greater than 1,000 workers. 
OSHA has indicated that it needs quantitative measures of dermal 
absorption rate in order to evaluate the potential hazard of these 
chemicals to workers.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM OSHA Chemical Dermal 
Testing (ITC List 31, 32 & 35)  06/09/99                    64 FR 31074
Final Action OSHA Chemical 
Dermal Testing                  06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4425
Please note that this entry was previously identified under RIN 2070-
AB07. TSCA requires EPA to publish the NPRM within one year of ITC 
designation.

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Frank Kover, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

Keith Cronin, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8157
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD42
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3376. FOLLOW-UP RULES ON NON-5(E) NEW CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES

Priority: Routine and Frequent

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604 TSCA sec 5

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 704; 40 CFR 721

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA regulates the commercial development of new chemicals 
that

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have completed premanufacture notice (PMN) review. In a PMN review, the 
Agency assesses whether or not a chemical's manufacture, import, 
process, distribution, use, or disposal outside the activities 
described in the PMN may present an unreasonable risk. EPA will issue 
Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) requiring 90-day notification to EPA 
from any manufacturer, importer, or processor who would engage in 
activities that are designated as significant new uses. Under the 
Expedited Follow-up Rule (EFUR) which became effective on October 12, 
1989, EPA will identify such new chemicals and publish them in a batch 
SNUR 3-4 times per year. Chemicals that were subject to a proposed SNUR 
before the effective date of the EFUR or do not qualify under the EFUR, 
may be regulated individually by notice and comment rulemaking and are 
listed below.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Alkyl & Sulfonic Acid & 
Ammonium Salt (84-1056)         06/11/86                    51 FR 21199
NPRM 1-Decanimine-N-Decyl-N-
Methyl-N-Oxide (86-566)         12/08/87                    52 FR 46496
NPRM Aluminum Cross-linked 
Sodium Carboxymethyl- cellulose 06/11/93                    58 FR 32628
Final Action Alkyl & Sulfonic 
Acid & Ammonium Salt (84-1056)  10/00/00
Final Action 1-Decanimine-N-
Decyl-N-Methyl-N-Oxide (86-566) 10/00/00
Final Action Aluminum Cross-
linked Sodium Carboxymethyl- 
cellulose                       10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 1976

Sectors Affected: 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 325 
Chemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Flora Chow, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3725
Fax: 202 260-0118
Email: [email protected]

James Alwood, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1857
Fax: 202 260-0118
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AA59
_______________________________________________________________________




3377. CHEMICAL-SPECIFIC SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULES (SNURS) TO EXTEND 
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5(E) ORDERS

Priority: Routine and Frequent

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604 TSCA sec 5

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 721

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: When the Agency determines that uncontrolled manufacture, 
import, processing, distribution, use or disposal of a premanufacture 
notification (PMN) substance may present an unreasonable risk, it may 
issue a section 5(e) consent order to limit these activities. However, 
such orders apply only to the PMN submitter. Once the new substance is 
entered on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) chemical inventory, 
others can manufacture, import or process the substance without 
controls. Therefore, EPA extends the controls to apply to others by 
designating manufacture, import or processing of the substances for 
uses without the specified controls as significant new uses. Under the 
Expedited Follow-Up Rule, which became effective on October 10, 1989 
(54 FR 31314), EPA routinely publishes batch SNURs containing routine 
section 5(e) and non-5(e) SNURs. However, certain activities, such as 
modifications, withdrawals, revocations, and SNURs upon which comments 
are received in the direct final publication process, are subject to 
notice and comment rulemaking and are listed below.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Batch SNUR: 84-660/-704 & 
84-105/-106/-107 & 85-433       05/27/93                    58 FR 30744
Final Action Batch SNUR: 84-660/
-704 & 84-105/-106/-107 & 85-43308/00/00
NPRM Aromatic Amino Ether (P90-
1840)                           06/06/94                    59 FR 29255
Final Action Aromatic Amino 
Ether (P90-1840)                06/00/00
NPRM Alkenyl Ether of 
Alkanetriol Polymer (93-458)    12/19/94                    59 FR 65289
Final Action Alkenyl Ether of 
Alkanetriol Polymer (93-458)    06/00/00
NPRM Certain Chemical Substances 
(91-1299/95-1667 91-1298 91-129706/26/97                    62 FR 34421
Final Action Certain Chemical 
Substances (91-1299/95-1667 91-
1298 91-1297                    06/00/00
NPRM Certain Chemical Substances09/09/98                    63 FR 48157
Final Action Certain Chemical 
Substances                      06/00/00
Direct Final Rule Certain 
Chemical Substances             01/05/00                      65 FR 354

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3495

Sectors Affected: 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 325 
Chemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Flora Chow, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3725
Fax: 202 260-0118
Email: [email protected]

James Alwood, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1857
Fax: 202 260-0118
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AB27

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3378. PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; EXEMPTIONS FROM THE PROHIBITIONS 
AGAINST MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING, AND DISTRIBUTION IN COMMERCE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605 TSCA sec 6(e)(3)(B)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 6(e)(3)(B) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 
provides that the Administrator may grant, by rule, exemptions from the 
prohibitions against manufacturing, processing and distribution in 
commerce of PCBs upon finding that 1) no unreasonable risk to health or 
the environment will occur, and 2) good faith efforts have been made by 
the petitioner to develop a substitute for PCB which does not pose an 
unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. In addition, 
the Interim Procedural Rules were amended to require certain 
petitioners to reapply for EPA approval to continue PCB activities 
previously approved by EPA.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM (1) Group I                12/06/94                    59 FR 62875
Final Action Group I            02/00/01
NPRM (2) Group II               09/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 2150

Sectors Affected: 211 Oil and Gas Extraction; 2211 Electric Power 
Generation, Transmission and Distribution; 31-33 Manufacturing; 5133 
Telecommunications; 6113 Colleges, Universities and Professional 
Schools; 622 Hospitals; 921 Executive, Legislative, Public Finance and 
General Government

Agency Contact: Tony Baney, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3933
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: [email protected]

Peter Gimlin, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3972
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AB20
_______________________________________________________________________




3379. REFRACTORY CERAMIC FIBERS; SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULES ON NATIONAL 
PROGRAM CHEMICALS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605 TSCA 6; 15 USC 2604 TSCA 5

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 704; 40 CFR 721

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA has instituted a program to monitor the commercial 
development of existing chemicals of concern and/or to gather 
information to support risk assessments on such chemicals. As these 
chemicals are identified, EPA will initiate rulemakings under the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (TSCA) sections 5 and/or 6 to require reporting 
by the manufacturers, importers and/or processors of these chemicals. 
Proposed rules may be published on at least the chemicals listed on the 
timetable below.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Refractory Ceramic Fiber   03/21/94                    59 FR 13294
Final Action Refractory Ceramic 
Fiber                           03/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3528

Sectors Affected: 327999 All Other Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Mineral 
Product Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Cindy Fraleigh, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-1537
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: [email protected]

Peter Gimlin, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3972
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC37
_______________________________________________________________________




3380. PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) RECLASSIFICATION OF PCB AND 
PCB ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT 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: 15 USC 2605 TSCA sec 6(e)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would relax the regulatory requirements for 
reclassifying PCB transformers and other electrical equipment to a 
lower regulatory status by modifying the current reclassification 
requirements of 50 degree centigrade temperature and 90-day testing. 
Results of a preliminary analysis indicate that many transformers never 
reach the required temperature during operation, but retrofitting still 
successfully reduces PCB concentration. Safety risks to employees and 
to the general public occur in mandating the continued adherence to the 
current regulations. EPA may also address the reclassification of 
voltage regulators.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/18/93                    58 FR 60970
Final Action                    07/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3021

Sectors Affected: 622 Hospitals; 921 Executive, Legislative, Public 
Finance and General Government; 6113 Colleges, Universities and 
Professional Schools; 211 Oil and Gas Extraction; 2211 Electric Power 
Generation, Transmission and Distribution; 31-33 Manufacturing; 5133 
Telecommunications

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Agency Contact: Tony Baney, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3933
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: [email protected]

Tom Simons, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3991
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC39
_______________________________________________________________________




3381. ASBESTOS MODEL ACCREDITATION PLAN REVISIONS

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: 15 USC 2646 TSCA sec 206

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 763

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 28, 1992.

Abstract: The Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act 
(ASHARA) amended TSCA to require that EPA revise its asbestos model 
accreditation plan (MAP) to extend training and accreditation 
requirements to include persons performing certain asbestos-related 
work in public or commercial buildings, to increase the minimum number 
of training hours required for accreditation purposes and to effect 
other changes necessary to implement the amendments. The upcoming 
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) will improve harmony of the 
existing interim final MAP with the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration's regulations to the extent consistent with applicable 
EPA statutes, and provide clarifications.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Model Plan                      05/13/92                    57 FR 20438
Interim Final Rule              02/03/94                     59 FR 5236
Final Action                    05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3148
See related entry 2070-AC62.

Sectors Affected: 611519 Other Technical and Trade Schools

Agency Contact: Tony Baney, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3933
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: [email protected]

Cindy Fraleigh, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1537
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC51
_______________________________________________________________________




3382. TSCA SECTION 8(A) PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT INFORMATION RULES

Priority: Routine and Frequent

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607(a) TSCA sec 8(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 712

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: These rules add chemicals to the list of chemicals and 
designated mixtures subject to the requirements of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rule (40 
CFR part 712). These chemicals have been identified by the Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, other EPA offices, and other Federal 
agencies, as well as recommended for testing consideration by the 
Interagency Testing Committee. Manufacturers and importers are required 
to submit exposure-related data (EPA Form No. 7710-35) on the 
chemicals. These data will be used to monitor the levels of production, 
import and/or processing of these substances and the avenues of human 
and environmental exposure to these substances. These data will also 
support risk assessment and test rule decisions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action 37th ITC List      02/28/96                     61 FR 7421
Final Action 38th ITC List      10/29/96                    61 FR 55871
Final Action 38th ITC List - 
Stay                            12/11/96                    61 FR 65186
Final Action 38th ITC List - 
Stay/Technical Amendments       01/07/98                      63 FR 684
Final Action 38th ITC List - 
Revocation                      01/11/00                     65 FR 1548
Final Action 39th ITC List      01/11/00
Final Action 41st ITC List      04/00/00
Final Action 42nd ITC List      04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 2178

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: John R. Harris, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-8154
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

Paul Campanella, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3948
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AB08
_______________________________________________________________________




3383. TSCA SECTION 8(D) HEALTH AND SAFETY DATA REPORTING RULES

Priority: Routine and Frequent

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: 15 USC 2607(d) TSCA sec 8(d)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 716

Legal Deadline: None

[[Page 23537]]

Abstract: These rules require manufacturers, importers and processors 
to submit unpublished health and safety data on chemicals added to the 
requirements of the Toxic Substances Control Act section 8(d) Health 
and Safety Data Reporting Rule (40 CFR part 716). These chemicals have 
been identified by the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, other 
EPA offices, and other Federal agencies, as well as recommended for 
testing consideration by the Interagency Testing Committee.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final 38th ITC List             10/29/96                    61 FR 55871
Final 38th ITC List - Stay      12/11/96                    61 FR 65186
Final 38th ITC List - Stay/
Technical Amendment             01/07/98                      63 FR 684
Final Action 38th ITC List - 
Revocation                      01/11/00                     65 FR 1548
Final Action 39th, 41st and 42nd 
ITC List                        07/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 1139

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: John Harris, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8154
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

Paul Campanella, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3948
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AB11
_______________________________________________________________________




3384. ACRYLAMIDE; PROHIBITION ON MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION 
AND USE OF ACRYLAMIDE FOR GROUTING

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607 TSCA sec 8; 15 USC 2605 TSCA sec 6

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 764

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On October 2, 1991, EPA proposed a regulation of acrylamide 
and NMA grouts based on the unreasonable risk associated with their 
usage. EPA's rule would prohibit the manufacture, distribution in 
commerce, and use of acrylamide grout. In February 1996, EPA reopened 
the record for 30 days to take additional comments, specifically to 
seek data on the durability of acrylamide and NMA grouts. The Agency 
has reviewed the comments and expects to promulgate the final rule in 
the Spring of 2000.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/02/91                    56 FR 49863
Notice Reopening Record for 
Comments on Durability of NMA   02/28/96                     61 FR 7454
Final Action                    06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 2779

Sectors Affected: 23491 Water, Sewer, and Pipeline Construction; 32519 
Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing; 32519 Other Basic Organic 
Chemical Manufacturing; 32519 Other Basic Organic Chemical 
Manufacturing; 22132 Sewage Treatment Facilities; 23491 Water, Sewer, 
and Pipeline Construction

Agency Contact: Charles Auer, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-3749
Fax: 202 260-8168
Email: [email protected]

John Bowser, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1771
Fax: 202 260-1096
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC17
_______________________________________________________________________




3385. TSCA SECTION 8(E) POLICY; NOTICE OF CLARIFICATION

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: 15 USC 2607(e) TSCA sec 8(e)

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The TSCA section 8(e) Notice of Clarification and 
Solicitation of Public Comment would amend certain aspects of the 1978 
TSCA section 8(e) Statement of Interpretation and Enforcement Policy 
(1978 Policy Statement). The 1978 Policy Statement describes the types 
of information that EPA considers reportable under section 8(e), the 
substantial risk reporting provision of TSCA, and describes the 
procedures for reporting such information to EPA. This clarification 
effort derives from a review of the existing section 8(e) guidance done 
in the context of questions raised by companies considering 
participating in the section 8(e) Compliance Audit Program (CAP). As a 
result of this review, EPA determined that parts of the 1978 Policy 
Statement concerning the reportability of information on widespread and 
previously unsuspected distribution in environmental media and 
emergency incidents of environmental contamination needed some 
refinement. The subject Federal Register action solicited comment on 
refined reporting guidance concerning widespread and previously 
unsuspected distribution in environmental media and provides additional 
circumstances where information is not reportable because it is 
considered known to the Administrator. Finally, the notice solicited 
comments on changes to the section 8(e) reporting deadline and 
reaffirmed the standards for claims of confidentiality for information 
contained in a notice of substantial risk under section 8(e).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/13/93                    58 FR 37735
Final Action                    09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

[[Page 23538]]

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3118

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Terry O'Bryan, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7403, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-3483
Fax: 202 260-1216
Email: [email protected]

Richard Hefter, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7403, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3470
Fax: 202 260-1216
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC80
_______________________________________________________________________




3386. NOTICE OF TSCA SECTION 4 REIMBURSEMENT PERIOD AND TSCA SECTION 
12(B) EXPORT NOTIFICATION PERIOD SUNSET DATES FOR TSCA SECTION 4 
SUBSTANCES

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: 15 USC 2603 TSCA 4; 15 USC 2611 TSCA 12

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 799; 40 CFR 791; 40 CFR 707; 40 CFR 790

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is developing a list of substances that are or have been 
subject to TSCA section 4 testing actions which required testing under 
rules or Enforceable Consent Orders. EPA will identify sunset, or 
termination dates that will identify: (1) the end of section 4 
reporting requirements (40 CFR 790); (2) the end of the reimbursement 
period under which persons subject to test rules are subject to an 
obligation to reimburse test sponsors (40 CFR 791); and (3) the end of 
the period during which export notification requirements under TSCA 
section 12(b) are triggered.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3559

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: David R. Williams, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3468
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

Frank Kover, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC84
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3387. LEAD; MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF LEAD-BASED PAINT DEBRIS SECTION 
402(A)

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2601 to 2671; 42 USC 6901 to 6992

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Currently, waste derived from lead-based paint (LBP) 
abatements is managed under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(RCRA) hazardous waste regulations. Other Federal agencies (Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Health and Human 
Services) and several States and advocacy groups have expressed concern 
that the costs associated with the disposal of large volume 
architectural components (e.g., doors and windows) may interfere with 
abatement activities. EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic 
Substances and the Office of Solid Waste have initiated a joint 
rulemaking to address the disposal of these architectural components. 
This rulemaking would develop disposal standards for these components 
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) title IV, (the definition 
of abatement under TSCA title IV, section 401(1)(B), includes 
disposal). The TSCA regulations would establish appropriate disposal 
standards for LBP architectural components and identify recycling and 
incineration activities that would be controlled or prohibited. To 
minimize duplication of waste management requirements, EPA is 
developing a companion RCRA rule to suspend temporarily hazardous waste 
management regulations applicable to lead-based paint debris which will 
be subject to the new TSCA standards.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM TSCA Proposal              12/18/98                    63 FR 70189
Comment Extension Extension of 
Comment Period                  02/12/99                     64 FR 7158
Comment Extension Extension of 
Comment Period                  02/12/99                     64 FR 7159
Final Action                    08/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3508
This SAN and RIN includes RCRA companion rule: Temporary Suspension of 
Toxicity Characteristic Rule for Specified Lead-Based Paint Debris.

[[Page 23539]]

Sectors Affected: 562111 Solid Waste Collection; 233 Building, 
Developing and General Contracting; 23321 Single Family Housing 
Construction; 23332 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction; 
23521 Painting and Wall Covering Contractors; 23542 Drywall, 
Plastering, Acoustical and Insulation Contractors; 23511 Plumbing, 
Heating and Air-Conditioning Contractors; 23594 Wrecking and Demolition 
Contractors; 23592 Glass and Glazing Contractors; 54138 Testing 
Laboratories

Agency Contact: Mark Henshall, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-5089
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

Dave Topping, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7737
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC72
_______________________________________________________________________




3388. VOLUNTARY CHILDREN'S CHEMICAL SAFETY TESTING PROGRAM

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2625 TSCA 26; 15 USC 2611 TSCA 12; 15 USC 2603 
TSCA 4

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA will hold public meetings to involve stakeholders in the 
design and development of a voluntary program to test commercial 
chemicals to which children may have a high likelihood of exposure. The 
purpose of the voluntary testing program is to obtain toxicity data 
needed to assess the risk of childhood exposure to commercial 
chemicals. The information which is developed in the course of the 
stakeholder involvement process towards developing a voluntary testing 
program may also be considered in the development of a test rule. If an 
adequate voluntary children's chemical safety testing program fails to 
emerge from the stakeholder involvement process, EPA will proceed with 
development of a test rule under section 4 of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (TSCA). The purpose of any future children's health 
initiatives or test rules, is to improve our understanding of the risks 
posed to children's health by chemicals to which they may be exposed to 
in the home, school, and the environment.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice Initiation of Stakeholder 
Process- Notice of Public 
Meetings                        08/26/99                    64 FR 46673
Notice Soliciation of 
Participation for Testing 
Program                         08/00/00
NPRM                            09/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 2865

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Catherine Roman, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8155
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

Ward Penberthy, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3749
Fax: 202 401-3672
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC27
_______________________________________________________________________




3389. LEAD; REGULATORY INVESTIGATION UNDER THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL 
ACT (TSCA) TO REDUCE LEAD (PB) CONSUMPTION AND USE

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605 TSCA 6

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action initiates a regulatory investigation under the 
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 6 to determine if uses of 
lead (Pb) present an unreasonable risk to human health and the 
environment. The investigation will involve examination of the 
potential sources of human or other exposure to lead throughout the 
life cycle. Based on information gathered EPA may propose TSCA section 
6(a) rules to control existing or new uses of Pb which pose an 
unreasonable risk to human health or the environment, and to explore 
the desirability and feasibility of discouraging overall consumption of 
Pb in general. Currently, EPA has ongoing regulatory investigation on 
one specific use of lead: fishing sinkers. EPA is exploring a 
combination of approaches to address human health and wildlife exposure 
to lead fishing sinkers including voluntary initiatives and education 
campaigns. EPA is developing materials to explain the dangers of lead 
through misuse and improper handling of lead sinkers. EPA is working 
with States to generally distribute such materials and to include 
information on lead hazards to human health and wildlife in State 
fishing guidelines booklets.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           05/13/91                    56 FR 22096
NPRM Proposed Ban of Fishing 
Sinkers                         03/09/94                    59 FR 11122
Final Action Fishing Sinkers    12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3252

Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-1777
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

Mark Henshall, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5089
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC21

[[Page 23540]]

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3390. PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; USE AUTHORIZATIONS

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

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: 15 USC 2605(e) TSCA sec 6(e)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The notice of proposed rulemaking that was published on 
December 6, 1994, covered the manufacture (including import), 
processing, distribution in commerce, export use, disposal, and marking 
of PCBs. On June 29, 1998, EPA issued a final rule involving the 
disposal related provisions. Other provisions, e.g., certain use 
authorizations and import provisions, were to be addressed in separate 
actions. This rulemaking addresses a use authorization for certain non-
liquid PCB applications, which although currently in use have never 
been authorized under the PCB regulations at 40 CFR part 761.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           06/10/91                    56 FR 26738
NPRM                            12/06/94                    59 FR 62788
Final Action 1 PCB Disposal 
Provisions                      06/29/98                    63 FR 35384
NPRM Notice of Data 
Availability, Reopening of 
Comment Period                  12/10/99                    64 FR 69358
Final Action 2 Use 
Authorizations                  01/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4179

Sectors Affected: 211 Oil and Gas Extraction; 31-33 Manufacturing; 5133 
Telecommunications; 622 Hospitals; 6113 Colleges, Universities and 
Professional Schools; 921 Executive, Legislative, Public Finance and 
General Government

Agency Contact: Tony Baney, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3933
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: [email protected]

Peggy Reynolds, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3965
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD27
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Completed Actions


Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3391. LEAD; OVERVIEW OF RULEMAKINGS UNDER TSCA SECTION 402, LEAD-BASED 
PAINT ACTIVITIES FOR THE REGULATORY PLAN

Priority: Economically Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn This was an overview 
RIN. Each action now listed 
separately.                     03/01/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Mike Wilson
Phone: 202 260-4664
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]
Mark Henshall
Phone: 202 260-5089
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD06
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3392. TRI; POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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: 42 USC 11013 Pollution Prevention Act

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 6607(b) of the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA) 
(Pub. L. 101-508) requires the addition of several data elements to the 
Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI) reporting requirements as 
promulgated under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community 
Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) (Pub. L. 99-499). Section 313 of 
EPCRA requires owners or operators of certain facilities that 
manufacture, process, or otherwise use listed toxic chemicals to 
annually report their releases of these chemicals to each environmental 
medium. The PPA mandates that section 313 covered facilities also 
report on source reduction and recycling activities relating to the 
toxic chemicals beginning with the 1991 reporting year. Since 1991 
covered facilities have been providing this information to EPA in 
section 8, Source Reduction and Recycling Activities, of EPA Form R. On 
September 25, 1991 (56 FR 48475),

[[Page 23541]]

EPA proposed regulations which would provide definitions and 
instructions for reporting the PPA data elements on the EPA Form R. In 
this action, EPA will amend certain aspects of the September 25, 1991, 
proposed rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/25/91                    56 FR 48475
Notice of Receipt Combustion for 
Energy Recovery (Request To 
Modify)                         03/31/99                    64 FR 15324
Supplemental NPRM               12/00/00
Response Combustion for Energy 
Recovery (Request To Modify)    03/00/01
Final Action                    06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 2847
Affected Sectors Include: Manufacturing industries in SIC codes 20-39 
plus the following industries and SIC codes: Metal Mining (SIC code 10 
except SIC codes 1011, 1081, and 1094); Coal Mining (SIC code 12 except 
SIC code 1241); Electric Utilities (SIC codes 4911, 4931, 4939); 
Commercial Hazardous Waste Treatment (SIC code 4953); Chemicals and 
Allied Products-Wholesale (SIC code 5169); Petroleum Bulk Terminals and 
Plants (SIC code 5171); and, Solvent Recovery Services (SIC code 7389).

Agency Contact: Sara Hisel McCoy, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-7937
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

Maria Doa, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-9592
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC24
_______________________________________________________________________




3393. TRI; REVISIONS TO THE OTHERWISE USE ACTIVITY EXEMPTIONS AND THE 
COAL EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES EXEMPTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 11001 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) requires reporting from 
facilities which manufacture or process at least 25,000 pounds of a 
listed chemical, or otherwise use 10,000 pounds of a listed chemical. 
In determining amounts of listed chemicals that are manufactured, 
processed or otherwise used, facilities may be entitled to consider 
specific exemptions from reporting. EPA is presently reviewing a group 
of these exemptions. The categories of exemptions presently being 
reconsidered by EPA are the structural component exemption, the routine 
janitorial and facility grounds maintenance exemption, the personal use 
exemption, the motor vehicle maintenance exemption, and the intake 
water/air exemption. Also known as the otherwise use exemptions because 
they are limited to otherwise use activities, these exemptions are 
expressly provided for at 40 CFR 372.38(c). EPA is also considering 
changes to the coal mining extraction activities exemption provided for 
at 40 CFR 372.38(g).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00
Final Action                    12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4265
By Statute and Regulation, this rule will affect SIC codes 20-39, 10 
(except SIC codes 1011, 1081, 1094), 12 (except SIC code 1241), 4911, 
4931, 4939, 4953, 5169, 5171, and 7389.

Agency Contact: Maria Doa, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-9592
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

Lawrence A. Reisman, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-2301
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD39
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3394. TRI; RESPONSES TO PETITIONS RECEIVED TO ADD OR DELETE OR MODIFY 
CHEMICAL LISTINGS ON THE TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY

Priority: Routine and Frequent. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

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: 42 USC 11013 EPCRA 313

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: These actions grant or deny petitions received to add or 
delete or modify chemicals on the list of toxic chemicals under section 
313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) 
that are subject to reporting under the Toxic Chemical Release 
Reporting Rule. The actions cover individual chemicals or groups of 
chemicals for which petitions have been received.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice DBNPA (Request to Delete)10/27/95                    60 FR 54949
Proposed Rule Dioxin & Dioxin-
like Compounds (Furans & PCBs) 
(Req. to Add)                   05/07/97                    62 FR 24887

[[Page 23542]]

Notice of Denial Phosphoric Acid 
(Request to Delete)             01/23/98                     63 FR 3566
Notice of Denial Methyl Ethyl 
Ketone (MEK) (Request to Delete)03/30/98                    63 FR 15195
Amendments to Proposed Rule 
Dioxin & Dioxin-like Compounds 
(Furans & PCBs) (Req. to Add)   01/05/99                      64 FR 688
NPRM Chromite Ore (Request to 
Delete)                         02/23/99                     64 FR 8774
NPRM Chromite Ore from Transvaal 
Reg. of S.A.                    02/23/99                     64 FR 8775
Notice of Denial Methyl Isobutyl 
Ketone (MIBK) (Request to 
Delete)                         02/23/99                     64 FR 8769
Notice of Denial Acetonitrile 
(Request to Delete)             03/05/99                    64 FR 10597
Final Response Dioxin & Dioxin-
like Compounds (Furans & PCBs) 
(Req. to Add)                   10/29/99                    64 FR 58666
Response Alloys--Chrominum & 
Nickel & and Copper Alloys (Req. 
to Modify)                      04/00/00
Response Chromium, Antimony, 
Titanite Petition               06/00/00
Final Action Chromite ore from 
Transvaal                       06/00/00
Final Response DBNPA (Request to 
Delete)                         11/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 2425
Statutory deadline: Within 180 days of receipt the Agency must either 
initiate rulemaking or explain why not in the Federal Register. 
Manufacturing industries in SIC codes 20-39 plus the following 
industries and SIC codes: Metal Mining (SIC code 10 except SIC codes 
1011, 1081, and 1094); Coal Mining (SIC code 12 except SIC code 1241); 
Electric Utilities (SIC codes 4911, 4931, 4939); Commercial Hazardous 
Waste Treatment (SIC code 4953); Chemicals and Allied Products-
Wholesale (SIC code 5169); Petroleum Bulk Terminals and Plants (SIC 
code 5171); and, Solvent Recovery Services (SIC code 7389).

Agency Contact: Daniel R. Bushman, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-3882
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

Maria Doa, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-9592
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC00
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3395. TRI; LOWERING OF EPCRA SECTION 313 REPORTING THRESHOLDS FOR LEAD 
AND LEAD COMPOUNDS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 11001 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) currently requires 
reporting from facilities which manufacture or process at least 25,000 
pounds of a listed chemical, or otherwise use 10,000 pounds of a listed 
chemical. These thresholds were initially established under the 
Emergency Planning and community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) section 
313(f)(1). Section 313(f)(2) of EPCRA gives the Administrator the power 
to establish a threshold amount for a toxic chemical different from the 
amount established by paragraph (1), and that such altered thresholds 
may be based on classes of chemicals. EPA is considering lowering the 
thresholds for certain persistent bioaccumulative toxic (PBT) chemicals 
and has issued a proposed rule that sets out the criteria EPA intends 
to use for determining if a chemical is persistent and bioaccumulative 
under EPCRA section 313. EPA is currently conducting analysis to 
determine if lead and lead compounds meet the proposed criteria for 
persistence and bioaccumulation and whether the EPCRA section 313 
reporting thresholds should be lowered. EPA is also evaluating the 
environmental fate of lead.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/03/99                    64 FR 42222
Notice Extension of Comment 
Period to 11/01/99              09/21/99                    64 FR 51093
Notice Extension of Comment 
Period to 12/16/99              10/29/99                    64 FR 58370
Final Action                    10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4259
By Statute and Regulation, this rule will affect SIC codes 20-39, 10 
(except SIC codes 1011, 1081, 1094), 12 (except SIC code 1241), 4911, 
4931, 4939, 4953, 5169, 5171, and 7389.

Agency Contact: Daniel R. Bushman, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-3882
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

Maria Doa, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-9592
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD38

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)



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3396. TRI; CHEMICAL EXPANSION; FINALIZATION OF DEFERRED CHEMICALS

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 11013 EPCRA 313; 42 USC 11023; 42 USC 11048; 42 
USC 11076

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On November 30, 1994, EPA added 286 chemicals and chemical 
categories to the EPCRA section 313 list, including 39 chemicals as 
part of two delineated categories. Each chemical and chemical category 
was found to meet the statutory criteria described in EPCRA section 
313(d)(2)(A)-(C). At this time, EPA deferred final action on 40 
chemicals and one chemical category until a later date. These were 
deferred because the comments received on them raised difficult 
technical or policy issues which required additional time to address. 
EPA chose not to delay final action on the 286 chemicals and chemical 
categories because of the additional time needed to address the issues 
surrounding the smaller group of 40 chemicals and one chemical 
category; rather, EPA believed it to be in the spirit of community 
right-to-know to proceed with the final rulemaking of the additional 
chemicals and chemical categories.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/12/94                     59 FR 1788
Final Finalizes Listing of 286 
Chemicals and Chemical 
Categories                      11/30/94                    59 FR 61432
Supplemental NPRM Deferred 
Chemicals                       12/00/01
Final Action Deferred Chemicals 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3007
Includes SIC codes: Manufacturing industries in SIC codes 20-39 plus 
the following industries and SIC codes: Metal Mining (SIC code 10 
except SIC codes 1011, 1081, and 1094); Coal Mining (SIC code 12 except 
SIC code 1241); Electric Utilities (SIC codes 4911, 4931, 4939); 
Commercial Hazardous Waste Treatment (SIC code 4953); Chemicals and 
Allied Products-Wholesale (SIC code 5169); Petroleum Bulk Terminals and 
Plants (SIC code 5171); and, Solvent Recovery Services (SIC code 7389).

Sectors Affected: 42269 Other Chemical and Allied Products Wholesalers

Agency Contact: Maria Doa, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-9592
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

Daniel R. Bushman, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-3882
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC47
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3397. TRI; DATA EXPANSION AMENDMENTS; TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE REPORTING; 
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 11013 EPCRA; 42 USC 11023; 42 USC 11048; 42 USC 
11076; 42 USC 13106

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The original Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) required 
reporting from manufacturing facilities on the releases and other waste 
management activities including waste treatment and disposal methods. 
This requirement was imposed under the Emergency Planning and Community 
Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) section 313(g). Information on waste 
management practices, including recycling, energy recovery, and source 
reduction activities, were added to TRI pursuant to the 1990 passage of 
the Pollution Prevention Act. EPA is currently considering whether 
additional data elements related to a mass balance/materials accounting 
program should be considered for incorporation into the TRI database. 
The additional data elements included for consideration include: 
quantity brought on site; quantity produced on site; quantity consumed 
on site; quantity contained in or as product; quantity stored on site 
as waste; and beginning and ending raw materials inventory. The issue 
of collecting mass balance/materials accounting information has been 
debated for over a decade. Congress, in enacting EPCRA, directed the 
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to study this issue further. NAS 
recommended that the issue of adding materials accounting data merited 
further analysis. Because of competing priorities, this project is 
currently on hold. No activities are planned for 2000.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/01/96                    61 FR 51322
NPRM                            12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3877
SECTORS AFFECTED: Manufacturing industries in SIC codes 20-39 plus the 
following industries and SIC codes: Metal Mining (SIC code 10 except 
SIC codes 1011, 1081, and 1094) Coal Mining (SIC code 12 except SIC 
code 1241); Electric Utilities (SIC codes 4911, 4931, 4939); Commercial 
Hazardous Waste Treatment (SIC code 4953); Chemicals and Allied 
Products-Wholesale (SIC code 5169); Petroleum Bulk Terminals and Plants 
(SIC code 5171); and, Solvent Recovery Services (SIC code 7389).

Agency Contact: Sara Hisel-McCoy, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-7937
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

Maria Doa, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-9592
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD08

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3398. TRI; ADDITION OF OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION TO THE 
TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 11013 EPCRA 313; 42 USC 11023; 42 USC 1108; 42 
USC 11076

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The original Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) required 
reporting from facilities in Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 
codes 20-39. These SIC codes cover facilities whose primary economic 
activity was classified as manufacturing. This requirement was 
specified under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act 
(EPCRA) section 313(b)(1)(A). EPCRA section 313(b)(1)(B) and (b)(2) 
provide the Administrator with the authority to add or delete SIC codes 
and the discretion to add particular facilities based on a broad set of 
factors. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently 
expanded this original list of covered industries. EPA began additional 
analyses to determine whether facilities which perform exploration and 
production of oil and gas should also be added to the list of 
facilities covered under EPCRA section 313. Facilities recently added 
include certain electric generating facilities, waste management 
facilities, metal and coal mining, hazardous waste treatment 
facilities, solvent recyclers, and wholesale distributors of chemicals 
and petroleum products.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           09/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4023
Program is implemented at the Federal level. States are designated as 
co-recipients of the information, but are not required to manage the 
information in any particular manner.

Sectors Affected: 211111 Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction

Agency Contact: Tim Crawford, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-1715
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

Maria J. Doa, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9592
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD19
_______________________________________________________________________




3399. EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT: AMENDMENTS AND 
STREAMLINING 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: 42 USC 11002; 42 USC 11004; 42 USC 11048; 42 USC 
11021; 42 USC 11022

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 355; 40 CFR 370

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will address the remaining issues from the proposed 
rule of June 8, 1998. (Reporting thresholds for gasoline and diesel 
fuel at retail gas stations were included in a separate final rule; 64 
FR 7031, February 11, 1999.) This rule will include: reporting 
thresholds for rock salt, sand, gravel and other chemicals that pose 
minimal risk; plain language rewrite; and may consider reporting 
thresholds for facilities with some similarities to gas stations (motor 
pools, marinas, etc.) and guidance on approaches to State flexibility.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/08/98                    63 FR 31268
Final Action                    08/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3215

Agency Contact: Sicy Jacob, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7249
Fax: 202 260-0927

John Ferris, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, 5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4043
Fax: 202 260-0927

RIN: 2050-AE17
_______________________________________________________________________




3400. RESPONSE TO A PETITION REQUESTING DELETION OF PHOSMET FROM THE 
EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES (EHSS) LIST

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 11002; 42 USC 11004; 42 USC 11048

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 355

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA has received a petition to remove Phosmet from the 
extremely hazardous substance (EHS) list under the Emergency Planning 
and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). This rulemaking will address 
the petitioner's claims.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3994

Agency Contact: Sicy Jacob, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7249
Fax: 202 260-0927

John Ferris, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, 5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4043
Fax: 202 260-0927

RIN: 2050-AE42
_______________________________________________________________________




3401. MODIFICATION OF THRESHOLD PLANNING QUANTITY FOR ISOPHORONE 
DIISOCYANATE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 11002; 42 USC 11004; 42 USC 11048

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CFR Citation: 40 CFR 355

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On October 12, 1994 (59 FR 51816), EPA proposed to modify the 
listing of several chemicals on the extremely hazardous substances 
(EHS) list under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know 
Act. One petitioner requested the removal of isophorone diisocyanate 
(IPDI). EPA rejected the petitioner's request. However, in the review 
of the petition, EPA noticed that there was an error in the setting of 
the threshold planning quantity (TPQ) for IPDI, and proposed to correct 
the error in the October 12, 1994 notice of proposed rulemaking. The 
other modifications to the EHS list were made final on May 7, 1996; 
however, the TPQ for IPDI was not included in that final rule. This 
rule will finalize the TPQ for IPDI.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3993

Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Kathy Franklin, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2250
Fax: 202 260-0927

RIN: 2050-AE43
_______________________________________________________________________




3402.  TRI: APA PETITION-EPCRA 313 DEFINITION OF ``OVERBURDEN'' 
AS IT RELATES TO THE MINING INDUSTRY.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 11001 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The regulatory definition for EPCRA section 313 defines 
``overburden'' to mean any unconsolidated material that overlies a 
deposit of useful material or ores. It does not include any portion of 
ore or waste rock. ``Overburden'' generally lacks any recoverable 
materials and contains only trace amounts of EPCRA section 313 
chemicals. Under section 313, all activities related to ``overburden'' 
are exempt from threshold determinations and release and other waste 
management calculations because ``overburden'' contains TRI chemicals 
in negligible amounts and reporting is unlikely to provide the public 
with valuable information. On December 22, 1998, the National Mining 
Association (NMA) petitioned EPA, pursuant to the Administrative 
Procedures Act (APA) to change the current EPCRA 313 definition of 
``overburden'' to include both consolidated material and unconsolidated 
material. By making such a change, consolidated material that overlies 
an ore deposit would be eligible for the ``overburden'' exemption 
(i.e., ``overburden'' generally lacks any recoverable minerals and 
contains only trace amounts of EPCRA section 313 chemicals). NMA 
asserts that EPA's definition of ``overburden'' is inconsistent with 
that of industry. NMA considers ``overburden'' to be all material, both 
consolidated and unconsolidated, that overlies an ore deposit of useful 
material and must be removed to allow access to ore deposit.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01
Final Rule                      06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4392

Agency Contact: Maria Doa, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844
Phone: 202 260-9592
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

Peter South, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 2844, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5997
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD41
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Completed Actions


Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3403. TRI; REPORTING THRESHOLD AMENDMENT FOR CERTAIN PERSISTENT AND 
BIOACCUMULATIVE TOXIC CHEMICALS (PBTS)

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    10/29/99                    64 FR 58370

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Sectors Affected: 42269 Other Chemical and Allied Products Wholesalers

Agency Contact: Daniel R. Bushman
Phone: 202 260-3882
Email: [email protected]
Maria Doa
Phone: 202 260-9592
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD09

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief 
Act



_______________________________________________________________________




3404.  ACCIDENTAL RELEASE PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS; RISK 
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT SECTION 112(R)(7); 
DISTRIBUTION OF OFF-SITE CONSEQUENCES ANALYSIS INFORMATION

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: PL 106-40

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 68

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, August 5, 2000, See Description in 
Additional Information.

Abstract: Section 112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, 
and the regulations promulgated under that section, require certain 
stationary sources to report an Off-site Consequence Analysis 
(including a worst-case release scenario) in a Risk Management Plan 
that is available to the public. On August 5, 1999 the President signed 
the Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory 
Relief Act. Section 3(a) of the Act requires the President to assess 
the increased risk of terrorist and other criminal activities 
associated with posting off-site consequence analysis information on 
the Internet and the incentives created by public disclosure of this 
information for reduction in the risk of accidental releases. Based on 
this assessment, the President is required to promulgate regulations 
governing the distribution of off-site consequence analysis information 
that, in the opinion of the President, minimizes the likelihood of 
accidental releases and the risk of terrorist and other criminal 
activities associated with posting this information. The President 
delegated the authority to the Attorney General and the Administrator 
of EPA to promulgate regulations, based on the assessments, governing 
the distribution of off-site consequence analysis information.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Rule                      07/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4345
Final rule one year after date of enactment of the legislation (08/05/
99) or lose FOIA exemption for Off-site consequence analysis.

Agency Contact: John Ferris, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4043
Fax: 202 260-0927

Sicy Jacob, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, 5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7249
Fax: 202 260-0927

RIN: 2050-AE80
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief 
Act



_______________________________________________________________________




3405. AMENDMENTS TO THE LIST OF REGULATED SUBSTANCES AND THRESHOLDS FOR 
ACCIDENTAL RELEASE PREVENTION; FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES USED AS FUEL OR HELD 
FOR SALE AS FUEL AT RETAIL FACILITIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: PL 106-40

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 68

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On August 5, 1999 the President signed the Chemical Safety 
Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act (Public Law 
106-40). This Act, among other things, prohibits EPA from regulating 
flammable substances under Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 112(r) when 
those substances are used as fuel or held for retail sale as fuel. This 
rulemaking will conform the existing rules implementing CAA Section 
112(r) to the portions of Public Law 106-40 related to flammable fuels.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4302

Agency Contact: James Belke, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7314
Fax: 202 260-0927
Email: [email protected]

Breeda Reilly, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0716
Fax: 202 260-0927
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE74
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                     Prerule Stage


Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)



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3406. REGULATORY DETERMINATION ON REMAINING WASTES FROM THE COMBUSTION 
OF FOSSIL FUELS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921(b)(3)(C) RCRA sec 3001(b)(3)(C)

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: Other, Judicial, April 10, 2000, Regulatory 
Determination for Phase II Remaining Waste.
Other, Statutory, October 1, 1999, Regulatory Determination for Phase 
II Remaining Waste.

Abstract: On December 1, 1992, the Agency determined that additional 
study of four large-volume wastes --

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fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag and flue gas emission control wastes 
-- from the combustion of coal by electric utility power plants was not 
necessary. A Final Regulatory Determination on these wastes was signed 
on August 2, 1993 and published in the Federal Register on August 9, 
1993. The Agency also determined that for the remaining fossil-fuel 
combustion wastes, additional data collection is necessary to make a 
Regulatory Determination on these wastes. A Final Regulatory 
Determination is due per court order by April 10, 2000. These remaining 
wastes include: (1) fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, and flue gas 
emission control wastes from the combustion of coal by electric utility 
power plants when such wastes are mixed with, co-disposed, co-treated, 
or otherwise co-managed with other wastes generated in conjunction with 
the combustion of coal or other fossil fuels, and (2) any other wastes 
subject to section 8002(n) of RCRA other than those subject to the 
August 1993 regulatory determination referenced above.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice of Availability          02/12/93                     58 FR 8273
Regulatory Determination (Phase 
I Four Fossil Fuel Wastes)      08/09/93                    58 FR 42466
Notice of Availability          04/28/99                    64 FR 22820
Notice Response to Extension 
Request                         06/10/99                    64 FR 31170
Notice Request for Comments-
Extension                       09/20/99                    64 FR 50788
Reg Determination (Phase II 
Remaining Wastes)               04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3201

Agency Contact: Dennis Ruddy, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8430
Fax: 703 308-8686
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AD91
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3407. REINVENTING THE LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS PROGRAM

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: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6924

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 268

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) program was established 
to minimize threats posed by the land disposal of untreated hazardous 
wastes. The program has been in place for a number of years and now 
regulates all but the most recently listed hazardous wastes. The Agency 
is now examining the LDR program, exploring past accomplishments, 
current issues, and future possibilities. The goals of the examination 
are to make the LDR program cheaper, smarter, cleaner, and more 
flexible. The Agency will develop an Advance Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (ANPRM) to present initial thinking and the results of some 
activities taken as part of the ongoing LDR Reinvention Project so that 
the public will have an opportunity to comment. A proposed and final 
rule will follow.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           04/00/00
NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4093

Sectors Affected: 2122 Metal Ore Mining; 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 
325 Chemical Manufacturing; 331 Primary Metal Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Josh Lewis, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-7877
Fax: 703 308-8433
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE53
_______________________________________________________________________




3408. CRITERIA FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS (SECTION 610 REVIEW)

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 5 USC 610

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Agency promulgated the Solid Waste Disposal Facility 
Criteria; Final Rule on October 9, 1991 (56 FR 50978). These Criteria 
established new national minimum standards for municipal solid waste 
landfills (MSWLFs). The rule provides considerable flexibility for all 
MSWLFs and contains a special exemption from the criteria's design and 
groundwater monitoring requirements for owners and operators of certain 
small MSWLF units. Small MSWLFs are defined as units that dispose of 
less than twenty (20) tons of municipal solid waste daily.
The small landfill exemption in Part 258 was originally invalidated by 
the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
Circuit. However, in enacting the Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act 
of 1996 (LDPFA), Congress gave the statutory mandate for the exemption. 
The LDPFA reinstated the exemption from groundwater monitoring for 
qualifying small MSWLFs and EPA codified this requirement on September 
25, 1996 (61 FR 50410). The LDPFA also directed the Agency to provide 
additional flexibility to small MSWLFs in the form of the minimum 
frequency of daily cover, the minimum frequency of monitoring for 
methane in landfill gas, and the infiltration barriers in the final 
cover. These requirements were codified on July 29, 1997 (62 FR 40708).
EPA delayed the effective date for compliance with the Financial 
Assurance requirements of the MSWLF rules until April 10, 1998 by a 
series of regulatory actions. The delayed effective date allowed EPA to 
codify the provisions from the LDPFA and to finalize new options for 
Financial Assurance tailored for local governments (61 FR 60328, 
November 27, 1996) and for Corporate Owners and Operators (63 FR 17706, 
April 10, 1998).
This new entry in the regulatory agenda announces that EPA will review 
the Part 258 regulations pursuant to section

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610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 USC 610). EPA solicits 
comments on the following factors; (1) the continued need for the rule, 
(2) the nature of complaints or comments received concerning the rule 
from the public since promulgation; (3) the complexity of the rule; (4) 
the extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates or conflicts with 
other Federal rules, and, to the extent feasible, with State and local 
governmental rules; and (5) the length of time since the rule has been 
evaluated or the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or 
other factors have changed in the area affected by the rule.
It is the Agency's view that there is a continued need for the rule; 
however, the Agency welcomes suggestions for reducing any unnecessary 
burden on small entities resulting from these rules. As detailed above, 
the Agency has made continuing efforts to minimize the burden on the 
owners and operators of small MSWLFs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Begin Review                    11/22/99                    64 FR 65124
End Comment Time                04/00/00
End Review                      10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4350
ADDRESSES: Commenters must send an original and two copies of their 
comments referencing docket number F-1999-MLFN-FFFFF to : RCRA Docket 
Information Center, Office of Solid Waste (5305G), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Ariel Rios Building (EPA,HQ), 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. Hand deliveries of comments should be 
made to the Arlington, VA, address listed below. Comments may also be 
submitted electronically to: [email protected]. Comments in 
electronic format should also be identified by the docket number F-
1999-MLFN-FFFFF. All electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII 
file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption.
Commenters should not submit electronically any confidential business 
information (CBI). An original and two copies of CBI must be submitted 
under separate cover to: RCRA CBI Document Control Officer, Office of 
Solid Waste (5305W), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
Public comments will be available for viewing in the RCRA Information 
Center (RIC), located at Crystal Gateway I, First Floor, 1235 Jefferson 
Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. The RIC is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays. To review docket 
materials, it is recommended that the public make an appointment by 
calling 703-603-9230. The public may copy a maximum of 100 pages from 
any regulatory docket at no charge. Additional copies cost $0.15/page. 
For information on accessing paper and/or electronic copies of the 
document, see the Supplementary Information section.
For Further Information Contact: For general information, contact the 
RCRA Hotline at 800 424-9346 or TDD 800 553-7672 (hearing impaired). In 
the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, call 703 412-9810 or TDD 703 
412-3323.
For information on specific aspects of this notice, contact Dwight 
Hlustick. (See Agency Contact below.)
Supplementary Information: The fact sheet is available in electronic 
format on the Internet at
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/landfill.htm.

Agency Contact: Dwight Hlustick, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8647
Fax: 703 308-8686
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE75
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)



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3409. PAINT MANUFACTURING WASTES LISTING: HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
SYSTEM: IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

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: 33 USC 1321; 33 USC 1361; 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6912(a); 
42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922; 42 USC 6926; 42 USC 6938; 42 USC 9602; 42 USC 
9603; 42 USC 9604

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, January 26, 2001.
NPRM, Statutory, February 8, 1986.
Final, Judicial, March 30, 2002.

Abstract: This action addresses the potential risks posed by wastes 
from the production of paints, and determines whether these wastes 
should be listed as hazardous under RCRA to control any potentially 
unacceptable risks. Any new wastes listed as hazardous will also be 
added to the CERCLA list of hazardous substances. This action will be 
implemented by EPA and States authorized under RCRA. Impacts on local 
governments are not expected, and small business impacts are 
undetermined. Specific wastes to be addressed are water/caustic 
cleaning wastes, solvent cleaning wastes, emission control dusts/
sludges, wastewater treatment sludges, and off-spec product.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/00/01
Final Action                    03/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3805

Agency Contact: David Carver, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8603

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Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE32
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3410. MERCURY-CONTAINING AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY MANAGEMENT ACT; 
CODIFICATION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 14303

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 273

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The purpose of this rule is to codify into the Code of 
Federal Regulations certain provisions of the Mercury-Containing and 
Rechargeable Battery Management Act that impact the May 11, 1995 
Universal Waste Rule (40 CFR Part 273). The Act was signed by the 
President on May 13, 1996 and became immediately effective nationwide 
on the date of signature. Specifically, one provision of the law 
requires the collection, storage, and transportation of the following 
types of batteries be managed according to standards established in the 
Universal Waste Rule: used rechargeable batteries, lead-acid batteries 
not covered by 40 CFR part 266 or the equivalent requirements of an 
approved state program, rechargeable alkaline batteries, certain 
mercury-containing batteries banned from domestic sale, and used 
consumer products containing rechargeable batteries that are not easily 
removable. The law prohibits State imposed requirements that are not 
identical to those found in the Federal Universal Waste Rule, but 
allows States to adopt and enforce identical standards and to implement 
and enforce collection, storage, and transport requirements identical 
to those included in the universal waste rule if the standards are 
approved by the EPA Administrator.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               12/00/00
NPRM                            12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3888

Agency Contact: Bryan Groce, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8750
Fax: 703 308-0522
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE39
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3411. REMOVAL OF REQUIREMENT TO USE SW-846 METHODS (TEST METHODS FOR 
EVALUATING SOLID WASTE: PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL METHODS)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will eliminate existing text in the CFR.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6921 to 6927; 42 
USC 6930; 42 USC 6934 to 6939; 42 USC 6974; 42 USC 9601; 42 USC 9614(c)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258; 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 
265; 40 CFR 266; 40 CFR 270; 40 CFR 279

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA has been actively working to break down the barriers that 
the environmental monitoring community faces when trying to use new 
monitoring techniques. As a first step, EPA has accelerated its review 
process for new methods by eliminating several unnecessary internal 
review steps, and by streamlining the internal approval process for 
each new method. However, there are currently 32 citations in title 40 
of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) where the use of SW-846 
methods is required. As a second step for speeding up the approval 
process, EPA plans to remove the requirements to use SW-846 methods for 
other than method defined parameters (i.e., where the method defines 
the regulations, such as the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching 
Procedure) from 40 CFR. This will likely lead to an even more 
streamlined approval process since SW-846 will then be able to be 
handled strictly as guidance and not need the regulatory process for 
approval. This additional streamlining will permit new, more cost-
effective methods to attain public and regulatory authority acceptance 
in much less time, allowing required monitoring to be done more 
cheaply, faster and, in some cases, more accurately.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3989

Agency Contact: Barry Lesnik, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5307W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0476
Fax: 703 308-0511
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE41
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3412. STANDARDIZED PERMIT FOR RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES

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: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6912; 42 USC 6924; 42 USC 6925; 42 
USC 6927; 42 USC 6939; 42 USC 6974

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 124; 40 CFR 267; 40 CFR 270

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking will allow a type of general permit, called a 
standardized permit, for facilities that generate waste and routinely 
manage the waste on-site in tanks, containers, and containment 
buildings. Under the standardized permit, facility owners and operators 
would certify compliance with generic design and operating conditions 
set on a national basis. The permitting agency would review the 
certifications submitted by the facility owners or operators. The 
permitting agency would also be able to impose additional site-specific 
terms and conditions for corrective action or other purposes, as called 
for by RCRA. Ensuring compliance with the standardized permit's terms 
and conditions would occur during inspection of the facility after the 
permit has been issued.

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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4028

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 3251 Basic Chemical 
Manufacturing; 3252 Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and 
Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing; 325211 Plastics Material 
and Resin Manufacturing; 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural 
Chemical Manufacturing; 32551 Paint and Coating Manufacturing; 332813 
Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing and Coloring

Agency Contact: Vernon Myers, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5303W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8660
Fax: 703 308-8609
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE44
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3413. LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE; INORGANIC CHEMICAL WASTES; LAND 
DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS FOR NEWLY LISTED WASTES; CERCLA HAZARDOUS 
SUBSTANCES REPORTABLE QUANTITIES

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6901 to 6992(k)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 263; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 
268; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, August 30, 2000.
Final, Judicial, October 31, 2001.

Abstract: EPA, under an Environmental Defense Fund consent decree, will 
amend, if necessary, the regulations for hazardous waste management 
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to reduce 
hazards to human health and the environment from inorganic chemical 
industry wastes. The wastes covered under this listing document 
include: sodium dichromate production wastes, wastes from the dry 
process for manufacturing phosphoric acid, phosphorus trichloride 
production wastes, phosphorus pentasulfide production wastes, wastes 
from the production of sodium phosphate from wet process phosphoric 
acid, sodium chlorate production wastes, antimony oxide production 
wastes, cadmium pigments production wastes, barium carbonate production 
wastes, potassium dichromate production wastes, phenyl mercuric acetate 
production wastes, boric acid production wastes, inorganic hydrogen 
cyanide production wastes, and titanium dioxide production wastes 
(except for chloride process waste solids). This action is proposed 
under the authority of sections 3001(e)(2) of RCRA which directs EPA to 
make a hazardous waste listing determination for inorganic chemical 
wastes. After a study of the waste streams of the above chemical 
industry processes, including characterization of the wastes generated 
and a risk assessment evaluating plausible mismanagement scenarios, EPA 
will propose which of the above wastes, if any, should be listed as a 
hazardous waste under 40 CFR part 261. Land Disposal Restrictions will 
be added for newly listed wastes. Newly listed wastes will be given 
CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation; Reportable Quantities will be 
developed.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/00/00
Final Action                    10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4083

Sectors Affected: 32518 Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing; 
325131 Inorganic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing; 325312 Phosphatic 
Fertilizer Manufacturing; 31611 Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing; 
313 Textile Mills; 325611 Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Larry Denyer, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8770
Fax: 703 308-0522
Email: [email protected]

Gwen DiPietro, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8285
Fax: 703 308-0522
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE49
_______________________________________________________________________




3414. OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE BURDEN REDUCTION PROJECT

Priority: Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will eliminate existing text in the CFR.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6907; 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6921 to 6927; 42 
USC 6930; 42 USC 6934; 42 USC 6935; 42 USC 6937 to 6939; 42 USC 6944; 
42 USC 6949(a); 42 USC 6974; PL 104-13

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 00

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA plans to reduce the burden imposed by the RCRA reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements to help meet the Federal government-wide 
goal established by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The information 
collection burden for the regulations EPA implements under RCRA in 1995 
(the PRA baseline) was 12,600,000 hours. To meet EPA's PRA 2001 goal (a 
40% reduction), EPA needs to eliminate five million hours to reach a 
figure 7.5 million hours.
In June 1999, EPA published a Notice of Data Availability (NODA) in the 
Federal Register (64 FR 32859) to seek comment on a number of burden 
reduction ideas. After reviewing the comments received on the NODA, EPA 
is drafting a proposed rulemaking to implement many of these ideas. The 
proposals are designed to eliminate duplicative and non-essential 
paperwork.
The main ideas being considered for the proposed rulemaking are: (1) 
allowing electronic reporting for all RCRA-required notices and 
reports; (2) allowing all RCRA-required records to be kept 
electronically; (3) eliminating or modifying one-third of the 334 RCRA-
required notices and reports that are sent by the regulated community 
to states and EPA; (4) eliminating the RCRA emergency response training 
requirements that overlap with the Occupational Safety and Health

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Administration requirements, eliminating the need for facilities to 
record personnel descriptions, and reducing to three years the 
retention time for personnel records; (5) changing the owner/operator 
inspection frequency of hazardous waste tanks to weekly, thus making 
the inspection frequency consistent with containers and containment 
buildings; (6) providing states and EPA with the opportunity to 
lengthen owner/operator self-inspection frequencies on a case-by case-
basis (through the permitting process); (7) eliminating the Land 
Disposal Restrictions generator waste determinations, recycler 
notifications and certifications, hazardous debris notifications and 
characteristic waste determinations, and streamlining the 
characteristic waste notification procedures; and (8) modifying the 
groundwater monitoring requirements for hazardous waste facilities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice                          06/18/99                    64 FR 32859
NPRM                            12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4084
Applicable SIC codes: Chemicals and Allied Products (28), Primary Metal 
Industries (33), Fabricated Metals (34), Industrial Machinery and 
Equipment (35), Electrical Equipment (36), Transportation Equipment 
(37), Other Manufacturing, Transportation and Utilities (40-49), 
Wholesale Trade (50-51), Services (70-89) and Other SIC Groups

Sectors Affected: 323 Printing and Related Support Activities; 324 
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 
326 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; 331 Primary Metal 
Manufacturing; 332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; 334 Computer 
and Electronic Product Manufacturing; 562 Waste Management and 
Remediation Services

Agency Contact: Robert Burchard, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8450
Fax: 703 308-7905
Email: [email protected]

Laurie Solomon, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8443
Fax: 703 308-8433
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE50
_______________________________________________________________________




3415. RCRA APPENDIX VIII STREAMLINING

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: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922; 
42 USC 6938

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will propose to modify the list of chemicals 
found in Appendix VIII of 40 CFR part 261 by: (1) rearranging the 
Appendix into groups of chemicals according to their frequency of 
expected occurrence in wastes; (2) clarifying ambiguous entries 
currently on the Appendix such as those marked not otherwise specified; 
and (3) deleting those chemicals for which the risk from potential 
exposure is considered to be minimal.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4090

Agency Contact: Dr. Monica A. Barron, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5307W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0483
Fax: 703 308-0509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE55
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3416. LISTING DETERMINATION OF WASTES GENERATED DURING THE MANUFACTURE 
OF AZO, ANTHRAQUINONE, AND TRIARYLMETHANE DYES AND PIGMENTS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921 RCRA sec 3001; 42 USC 9602 Superfund 
(CERCLA) sec 102

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 
302

Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, January 28, 2000, Dyes I and II final 
rules due 13 months after NODAs are signed.
NPRM, Judicial, June 30, 1999, Dyes II (deferred wastes) NPRM: met 
deadline.
Other, Judicial, Dyes I and II. NODAs due by 06/12/2000 or 67 days 
after injunction is lifted from McGruder case.

Abstract: This action addresses the potential human health and 
environmental risks posed by wastes from the manufacture of dyes and 
pigments, and determines whether these wastes should be listed as 
hazardous wastes under RCRA to control any potentially unacceptable 
risks. If listed under RCRA, these wastes would also be added to the 
CERCLA list of hazardous substances. This action will be implemented by 
EPA and States authorized under RCRA. Impacts on local governments are 
not expected, and there may be some small business impacts. EPA 
proposed listing decisions for most wastes in 1994 (Dyes-I), and 
deferred decisions on several others. Two deferred waste streams 
(filter aids and triarylmethane sludges) are subject to separate 
deadlines for proposed and final action (Dyes II rulemaking). The Dyes 
II NPRM was published on July 23, 1999. The rules proposed in 1994 and 
1999 were incomplete because they did not contain information claimed 
to be confidential by industry. Therefore, a Notice of Data 
Availability (NODA) for each proposal will be necessary, when EPA is 
able to release an adequate record. The deadlines are based on recent 
settlement discussions with plaintiffs in EDF v. Browner, Civil Action 
No. 89-0598 D.D.C.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Dyes I                     12/22/94                    59 FR 66072
NPRM Dyes II (deferred wastes)  07/23/99                    64 FR 40192

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Notice Dyes I Notice of Data 
Availability. See judicial 
deadlines.                      06/00/00
Notice Dyes II Notice of Data 
Availability. See judicial 
deadlines.                      06/00/00
Final Action Dyes I. See 
judicial deadline.               To Be                       Determined
Final Action Dyes II (deferred 
wastes). See judicial deadline.  To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3066

Sectors Affected: 325132 Organic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Sue Slotnick, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8462
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

Narendra Chaudhari, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0454
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AD80
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3417. REVISIONS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDELINE FOR PROCUREMENT OF 
PRODUCTS CONTAINING RECOVERED MATERIALS

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: 42 USC 6912(a) RCRA sec 6002(e)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 247

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: RCRA section 6002 and E.O. 13101 require EPA to prepare 
guidelines in the Federal Register which designate items that are or 
can be made with recovered materials and to issue recommendations for 
government procurement of these items. Once designated, procuring 
agencies are required to purchase these items with the highest 
percentage of recovered materials practicable. Government procurement 
of EPA-designated items containing recovered materials fosters markets 
for recovered materials and, thereby, closes the recycling loop. To 
date, EPA has designated 55 items under three Comprehensive Procurement 
Guidelines (CPG1, CPG2 and CPG3). EPA has also issued a Recovered 
Materials Advisory Notice (RMAN) with each CPG which provides 
recommendations on buying the designated items. The E.O. requires EPA 
to update the CPG every two years. The new actions would (1) propose to 
designate new items in CPG4 and (2) issue final item designations in 
CPG4.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice -- Paper Products 
Recovered Materials Advisory 
Notice                          06/08/98                    63 FR 31214
Notice -- Recovered Materials 
Advisory Notice I Update        06/08/98                    63 FR 31217
NPRM (CPG3 and RMAN 3)          08/26/98                    63 FR 45558
Notice of Availability of Final 
Document                        01/19/00                     65 FR 3082
Final Action (CPG3 and RMAN 3)  01/19/00                     65 FR 3069
NPRM (CPG4 and RMAN 4)          06/00/00
Final Action (CPG4 and RMAN 4)  12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3545

Sectors Affected: 92111 Executive Offices; 92119 All Other General 
Government

Agency Contact: Terry Grist, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-7257
Fax: 703 308-8686
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE23
_______________________________________________________________________




3418. NESHAPS: STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR HAZARDOUS 
WASTE COMBUSTORS-PHASE II COVERING BOILERS AND CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL 
FURNACES

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6924 RCRA sec 3004; 42 USC 6925 RCRA sec 3005; 
42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112; 42 USC 7414 CAA sec 114

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265; 
40 CFR 266; 40 CFR 270

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, January 31, 2001, Settlement agreement 
for boilers and other industrial furnaces.

Abstract: Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), EPA is required to establish 
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) for 
most hazardous waste combustors (HWCs) (i.e., boilers and some types of 
smelting furnaces). In addition, under the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (RCRA), EPA is required to establish standards for all 
HWCs as necessary to ensure protection of human health and the 
environment. EPA is concerned that its current RCRA standards for HWCs 
may not be adequately protective given that the standards do not take 
into account indirect pathways of exposure and that there have been 
advances both in risk assessment and control technologies since 
promulgation of the current standards. The Agency is in the process of 
developing a proposal to address boilers and possibly other industrial 
furnaces, which combust hazardous wastes.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Cement Kilns & Lightweight 
Aggregate Kilns & Incinerators  04/19/96                    61 FR 17358
Final Action MACT Fasttrack     06/19/98                    63 FR 33782
Final Action Cement Kilns & 
LWAKs & Incinerators (Final-
Phase I)                        09/30/99                    64 FR 52828
NPRM Boilers & Other Industrial 
Furnaces (Phase II)             01/00/01

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3333
For information on the Phase I portion of this effort, see SAN 4418.

Agency Contact: Rhonda Minnick, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8771
Fax: 703 308-8433
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE01
_______________________________________________________________________




3419. HAZARDOUS WASTE IDENTIFICATION RULE (HWIR): IDENTIFICATION AND 
LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTES

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: 42 USC 6912(a) RCRA sec 2002(a); 42 USC 6921 RCRA sec 
3001; 42 USC 6922 RCRA sec 3002; 42 USC 6922 RCRA sec 3004; 42 USC 6926 
RCRA sec 3006

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261

Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, April 30, 2001.
Other, Judicial, October 31, 1999, Reproposal.

Abstract: EPA is proposing to amend its regulations governing solid 
wastes that are designated as hazardous, because they have been mixed 
with or derived-from listed hazardous wastes. Specifically, under this 
action, the Agency is proposing to retain the mixture and derived-from 
rules promulgated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(RCRA). These rules are currently in effect on an emergency basis and 
this rulemaking action formally proposes their retention.
The Agency is also proposing two revisions to the mixture and derived-
from rules. The first is an exemption for wastes and their residuals 
listed solely for the ignitability, corrosively, and/or reactivity 
characteristics. The second, which EPA is proposing in a separate 
notice, is a conditional exemption from the mixture and derived from 
rules for mixed wastes (that is, wastes that are both hazardous and 
radioactive).
Because this action is deregulatory, it is not expected to have adverse 
impacts on small business. This action will be implemented by EPA and 
authorized States.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/20/92                    57 FR 21450
NPRM Withdrawn                  10/30/92                    57 FR 49280
NPRM Reproposal                 12/21/95                    60 FR 66344
NPRM Reproposal                 11/19/99                    64 FR 63381
Notice of Data Availability     06/00/00
Final Action                    05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3328

Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 324 Petroleum and Coal 
Products Manufacturing; 331 Primary Metal Manufacturing; 332 Fabricated 
Metal Product Manufacturing; 333 Machinery Manufacturing; 334 Computer 
and Electronic Product Manufacturing; 335 Electrical Equipment, 
Appliance and Component Manufacturing; 336 Transportation Equipment 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Adam Klinger, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-3267
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

Tracy Atagi, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8672
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE07
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3420. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFEST REGULATION

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: 42 USC 6922 RCRA sec 3002; 42 USC 6923 RCRA sec 3003; 
42 USC 6926 RCRA sec 3006

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 263; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 
271; 40 CFR 260

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest (Form 8700-22) is a 
multi-copy form used to identify the quantity, composition, origin, 
routing, and destination of hazardous waste during its transportation. 
The manifest system's reliance on paper results in significant 
paperwork and cost burden to waste handlers and States who choose to 
collect manifest information. The Agency intends to pursue an optional 
approach to redesign the manifest system so that it utilizes automated 
technologies to increase access to manifest related information, and to 
facilitate the manifest process, including the form's preparation, 
transmission, and recordkeeping, thereby lessening the total burden on 
waste handlers and States that choose to collect manifests. In 
addition, the Agency intends to standardize further the manifest form 
itself, by eliminating several optional data fields, and by specifying 
one format that may be used in all states.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3147

Sectors Affected: 2111 Oil and Gas Extraction; 2122 Metal Ore Mining; 
2211 Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution; 3221 
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills; 323 Printing and Related Support 
Activities; 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 326 Plastics and Rubber 
Products Manufacturing; 331 Primary Metal Manufacturing; 332 Fabricated 
Metal Product Manufacturing; 482 Rail Transportation; 483 Water 
Transportation; 484 Truck Transportation; 5621 Waste Collection; 5622 
Waste Treatment and Disposal

Agency Contact: Rich Lashier, Environmental Protection Agency,

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Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8796
Fax: 703 308-0522
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE21
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3421. MODIFICATIONS TO RCRA RULES ASSOCIATED WITH SOLVENT-CONTAMINATED 
SHOP TOWELS AND WIPES

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: 42 USC 6921

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action would modify RCRA rules that impact the 
management of solvent-contaminated shop towels and wipes. Solvent-
contaminated shop towels and wipes are used throughout industry for 
equipment cleaning and other related facility operations. The spent 
shop towels and wipes can be hazardous wastes when the solvent used is 
either a characteristic or listed solvent. An examination of industry 
use and management practices reveals that many facilities may use only 
small amounts of solvent on their disposable wipes, and use small 
numbers of wipes daily -- suggesting that these materials may sometimes 
pose little or no risk to human health and the environment if disposed 
in municipal landfills. Similarly, situations exist where both 
disposable wipes and reusable shop towels are not being managed 
according to prescribed Federal and States' rules and policies. 
Problems with this issue have persisted since the late 1980s.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4091

Sectors Affected: 323 Printing and Related Support Activities; 325 
Chemical Manufacturing; 332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; 333 
Machinery Manufacturing; 334 Computer and Electronic Product 
Manufacturing; 336 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; 337 
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; 441 Motor Vehicle and 
Parts Dealers; 811 Repair and Maintenance; 812 Personal and Laundry 
Services

Agency Contact: Jim O'Leary, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8827
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE51
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3422. GLASS-TO-GLASS RECYCLING OF CATHODE RAY TUBES (CRTS): CHANGES TO 
HAZARDOUS WASTE REGULATIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922; 42 USC 6923; 
42 USC 6924; 42 USC 6925

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will revise the existing Federal hazardous waste 
regulations to remove unnecessary regulatory barriers to glass-to-glass 
recycling of Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs). A CRT is the main component of a 
television or computer monitor. A CRT is made largely of specialized 
glasses, some of which contain lead to protect the user from X-rays 
inside the CRT. Due to the lead, when they are disposed of or 
reclaimed, some CRTs are hazardous wastes under the Federal Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations. Glass-to-glass 
recycling involves the return of used CRT glass to manufacturing of new 
CRTs.
This action is planned in response to a June 9, 1998 recommendation on 
CRT recycling from the Common Sense Initiative (CSI) Council to the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). CSI is a consensus-based process 
for developing cleaner, cheaper, smarter environmental improvements 
that includes representatives of: industry; environmental groups; 
community groups; environmental justice groups; labor; and, Federal, 
State, local, and tribal governments. The recommendation involves 
minimizing RCRA requirements for glass-to-glass recycling while 
retaining appropriate controls to ensure protection of human health and 
the environment. The goal of the recommendation is to facilitate an 
increase in glass-to-glass recycling, thereby minimizing disposal of 
lead, increasing resource recovery, and enhancing protection of human 
health and the environment.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4092

Sectors Affected: 334411 Electron Tube Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Javier Garcia, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-2628
Fax: 703 308-0522
Email: [email protected]

Marilyn Goode, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8800
Fax: 703 308-0522
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE52
_______________________________________________________________________




3423. LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS; POTENTIAL REVISIONS FOR MERCURY LISTED 
AND CHARACTERISTIC WASTES

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6924

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 268

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Some forms of mercury wastes are now required to be treated 
by either incineration or retorting. Both of these forms of treatment 
have the potential to emit mercury via air emissions. Also, some 
information suggests that certain waste types which are required to be 
retorted are not amenable to that form of treatment. Information on 
mercury treatment alternatives, especially stabilization, has been 
requested. There also is a shrinking demand for mercury, which

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brings up concerns about requiring recovery of mercury wastes.
EPA addressed these issues in an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(ANPRM) which solicited data and comments on treatment data that the 
Agency has gathered on the treatment of mercury wastes. The data and 
information gathered by this ANPRM process provide the bases of the 
proposed revised treatment standards for some forms of mercury 
hazardous wastes.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           05/28/99                    64 FR 28949
NPRM                            01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4094

Sectors Affected: 325181 Alkalies and Chlorine Manufacturing; 3353 
Electrical Equipment Manufacturing; 3254 Pharmaceutical and Medicine 
Manufacturing; 32551 Paint and Coating Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Mary Cunningham, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8453
Fax: 703 308-8466
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE54
_______________________________________________________________________




3424. LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS; TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR SPENT 
POTLINERS FROM PRIMARY ALUMINUM REDUCTION (K088) AND REGULATORY 
CLASSIFICATION OF K088 VITRIFICATION UNITS

Priority: Other Significant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6924

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 271

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: K088 wastes contain, among other hazardous constituents of 
concern, significant amounts of cyanide and fluoride. Unless the 
fluoride is immobilized or recovered and the cyanide is destroyed there 
is significant potential to contaminate surface water and groundwater. 
Treatment standards based on the best demonstrated available technology 
(vitrification) are necessary to substantially diminish the toxicity of 
the waste and the likelihood of the constituents migrating.
On September 21, 1998, the Agency promulgated interim treatment 
standards for spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction (EPA 
hazardous waste K088). In this rule, the Agency committed to 
establishing final treatment standards within the next two years. The 
Agency needs to gather data, review treatment technologies and develop 
treatment standards for cyanide and fluoride based on this new 
analysis. In addition, the Agency must evaluate alternative treatment 
technologies for the thermal destruction of K088. In particular, the 
Agency will assess the effectiveness of vitrification on K088 waste. 
Vitrification treatment enables K088 to be treated while generating a 
product from the vitrified K088. EPA, however, needs to determine what 
control technologies are appropriate for the vitrification units.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4233

Sectors Affected: 3334 Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning and 
Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Elaine Eby, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8449
Fax: 703 308-8433
Email: [email protected]

John Austin, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, 5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0436
Fax: 703 308-8433
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE65
_______________________________________________________________________




3425. REVISIONS TO SOLID WASTE LANDFILL CRITERIA--LEACHATE RECIRCULATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6907; 42 USC 6912; 42 USC 6944; 42 USC 6949

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is requesting data and information on the performance of 
alternative liner designs compared to the performance of composite 
liners when leachate is being re-circulated. Further, in recent years, 
bioreactor landfills have gained recognition as a possible innovation 
in solid waste management. The bioreactor landfill is generally defined 
as a landfill operated to transform and stabilize the readily and 
moderately decomposable organic constituents of the waste stream by 
purposeful control to enhance microbiological processes. Bioreactor 
landfills often employ liquid addition including leachate 
recirculation, alternative cover designs, and state-of-the-art landfill 
gas collection systems. In this notice EPA is also requesting data and 
information on the design and performance of bioreactor landfills.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice                          04/00/00
NPRM                            02/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4230

Sectors Affected: 562 Waste Management and Remediation Services

Agency Contact: Dwight Hlustick, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8647
Fax: 703 308-8686
Email: [email protected]

Deborah Hanlon, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-5824
Fax: 703 308-8686
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE67

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3426. PROPOSED REGULATORY AMENDMENTS ON RECYCLING OF HAZARDOUS WASTES IN 
FERTILIZERS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 1006 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 266; 40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 271

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking is intended to revise the current RCRA 
regulations that apply to recycling of hazardous wastes in the 
manufacture of zinc fertilizers. Specifically, it is intended to 
establish a more consistent application of these recycling requirements 
to zinc fertilizer products, to establish a set of standards for 
contaminants in RCRA-regulated zinc fertilizers that are more 
appropriated to fertilizers and are protective of human health and the 
environment, and to specify more appropriate, protective requirements 
for management of zinc-bearing hazardous secondary materials prior to 
recycling. These regulatory revisions are expected to directly affect 
companies that manufacture zinc fertilizers from hazardous secondary 
materials, and is likely to benefit such manufacturers that are small 
businesses by removing certain regulatory disincentives to legitimate 
recycling activities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/00
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4208

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing; 32531 Fertilizer Manufacturing; 331111 Iron and Steel 
Mills; 331419 Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metal (except 
Copper and Aluminum); 331492 Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying 
of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum); 562112 Hazardous 
Waste Collection

Agency Contact: Dave Fagan, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5301W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0603
Fax: 703 308-0513
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE69
_______________________________________________________________________




3427.  PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CORRECTIVE ACTION MANAGEMENT 
UNIT RULE

Priority: Other Significant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6901 et.seq.

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 271

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, August 7, 2000.
Final, Judicial, October 8, 2001.

Abstract: EPA will propose amendments to the existing RCRA Corrective 
Action Management Unit (CAMU) Regulation (at 40 CFR 264.552). CAMUs are 
used for managing remediation wastes, and for implementing corrective 
action or cleanup at a facility. CAMUs can promote cleanups by allowing 
a broader range of cleanup activities than are allowed under the other 
hazardous waste management regulations. The proposed amendments will 
add more detail to the treatment and technical standards for management 
of cleanup wastes in CAMUs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4419

Agency Contact: Hugh Davis, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5303W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8633
Fax: 703 308-8617
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE77
_______________________________________________________________________




3428.  NESHAPS: STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR 
HAZARDOUS WASTE COMBUSTORS-PHASE I CLARIFICATION AND PROPOSED CHANGES

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6924 RCRA sec 3004; 42 USC 6925 RCRA sec 3005; 
42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112; 42 USC 7414 CAA sec 114

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265; 
40 CFR 266; 40 CFR 270

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), EPA is required to establish 
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) for 
most hazardous waste combustors (HWCs) (i.e., incinerators, cement 
kilns, boilers, and some types of smelting furnaces). In addition, 
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), EPA is 
required to establish standards for all HWCs as necessary to ensure 
protection of human health and the environment. Consequently, the 
Agency established in the Phase I rule new emissions standards for 
cement kilns, lightweight aggregate kilns, and incinerators under CAA 
authority on September 30, 1999 (64 FR 52828). Following promulgation, 
issues were raised by the regulated community through informal comments 
and through litigation. In response, this proposed rule will propose 
changes and clarify the final Phase I rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Cement Kilns & Lightweight 
Aggregate Kilns & Incinerators  04/19/96                    61 FR 17358
Final Action MACT Fasttrack     06/19/98                    63 FR 33782
Final Action Cement Kilns & 
LWAKs & Incinerators (Final-
Phase I)                        09/30/99                    64 FR 52828
NPRM Phase I Clarifications and 
Proposed Changes                12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4418
Split from RIN 2050-AE01. The Agency will develop a Technical 
Implementation Guidance on Phase I; estimated completion date 1/2001.

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Agency Contact: Rhonda Minnick, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8771
Fax: 703 308-8433
Email: [email protected]

Peggy Vyas, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, 5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-5477
Fax: 703 308-8433
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE79
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)



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3429. MANAGEMENT OF CEMENT KILN DUST (CKD)

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: 42 USC 6912(a) RCRA sec 2002(a); 42 USC 6921(a) RCRA 
sec 3001(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 259; 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 266

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: CKD is a high volume material by-product of the cement 
manufacturing process. While it contains potentially hazardous 
constituents such as lead, cadmium and chromium, it has been exempted 
since November 1980 from hazardous waste regulation under RCRA Subtitle 
C by the Bevill Amendment, which modified Section 3001 of RCRA to 
exempt certain special wastes until further studies could be completed 
and any applicable regulations were promulgated. In December 1993, EPA 
submitted a Report to Congress with its findings on the nature and 
management practices associated with CKD. This was followed in January 
1995 by an EPA regulatory determination published in the Federal 
Register (60 FR 7366, 2/7/95), which concluded that additional control 
of CKD is warranted. In the regulatory determination EPA committed to 
develop additional tailored regulations under RCRA Subtitle C and, if 
necessary, the Clean Air Act. As part of its regulatory development 
effort, the Office of Solid Waste within EPA's Office of Solid Waste 
and Emergency Response has initiated further studies and has held 
informal discussions with stakeholders interested in regulations under 
RCRA Subtitle C for the management of CKD. The regulations will be 
tailored to protect human health and the environment while limiting 
burden on the regulated community.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/20/99                    64 FR 45631
Final Action                    02/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3856

Agency Contact: Patricia Cohn, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8675
Fax: 703 308-8686
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE34
_______________________________________________________________________




3430. RECYCLED USED OIL CONTAINING PCBS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6921 to 6927; 42 
USC 6930; 42 USC 6934; 42 USC 6974; 42 USC 9601; 42 USC 9614(c)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 279

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The direct final rule, published May 6, 1998, eliminates 
errors and clarifies ambiguities in the used oil management standards. 
Specifically, the rule clarifies (1) when used oil contaminated with 
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is regulated under the used oil 
management standards and when it is not, (2) that the requirements 
applicable to releases of used oil apply in States that are not 
authorized for the RCRA base program, (3) that mixtures of 
conditionally exempt small quantity generator (CESQG) wastes and used 
oil are subject to the used oil management standards irrespective of 
how that mixture is to be recycled, and (4) that the initial marketer 
of used oil that meets the used oil fuel specification need only keep a 
record of a shipment of used oil to the facility to which the initial 
marketer delivers the used oil. This rule also amends three incorrect 
references to the pre-1992 used oil specifications in the provisions 
which address hazardous waste fuel produced from, or oil reclaimed 
from, oil bearing hazardous wastes from petroleum refining operations.
EPA received relevant adverse comments on three of the amendments 
included in the May 6, 1998 direct final rule: the amendments to 40 CFR 
261.5(j) (mixtures of conditionally exempt small quantity generator 
waste and used oil), 40 CFR 279.10(i) (applicability of the used oil 
management standards to used oil contaminated with polychlorinated 
biphenyls (PCBs)), and 40 CFR 279.74(b) (recordkeeping requirements for 
marketers of used oil that meets the used oil fuel specification). On 
July 14, 1998, the Agency removed these three amendments and reinstated 
the regulatory text that existed prior to the May 6, 1998 direct final 
rule. EPA will promulgate a final rule addressing the comments received 
and finalizing the three amendments, as appropriate.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               05/06/98                    63 FR 24963
NPRM                            05/06/98                    63 FR 25006
Removal (removal of 3 
amendments)                     07/14/98                    63 FR 37780
Final Action                    05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4088

Agency Contact: Tom Rinehart, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460

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Phone: 703 308-4309
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE47
_______________________________________________________________________




3431. RCRA SUBTITLE C FINANCIAL TEST CRITERIA (REVISION)

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: 42 USC 6912(a) RCRA sec 2002(a); 42 USC 6924 RCRA sec 
3004; 42 USC 6925 RCRA sec 3005; 42 USC 6926 RCRA sec 3006

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 280; 40 CFR 761

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The revised financial responsibility test is intended to 
improve the current test in predicting which firms will enter 
bankruptcy and not be able to cover their financial obligations for 
liability and closure costs of hazardous waste treatment, storage and 
disposal facilities. A bankrupt firm may be unable to afford the proper 
closure of a facility which would require the government to incur 
response costs at the facility. The rule would also qualify owners and 
operators of RCRA Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities which 
must currently use more expensive ways, such as surety bonds or letters 
of credit, of demonstrating financial assurance, to use the less 
expensive corporate financial responsibility test for more of their 
obligations. The combined savings from screening out riskier firms and 
making the test more available to viable firms would be approximately 
$19 million annually in public and private costs. These regulatory 
amendments would have no effect on local or tribal governments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/01/91                    56 FR 30201
NPRM                            10/12/94                    59 FR 51523
Notice of Data Availability     06/00/00
Final Action                    03/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 2647

Sectors Affected: 323110 Commercial Lithographic Printing; 323114 Quick 
Printing; 325131 Inorganic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing; 325188 All 
Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing; 325998 All Other 
Miscellaneous Chemical Product Manufacturing; 331311 Alumina Refining; 
325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing; 32551 Paint and 
Coating Manufacturing; 32511 Petrochemical Manufacturing; 32512 
Industrial Gas Manufacturing; 325188 All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical 
Manufacturing; 325193 Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing; 325199 All Other 
Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing; 325998 All Other Miscellaneous 
Chemical Product Manufacturing; 311942 Spice and Extract Manufacturing; 
32411 Petroleum Refineries; 332813 Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, 
Anodizing and Coloring; 33271 Machine Shops; 332991 Ball and Roller 
Bearing Manufacturing; 333319 Other Commercial and Service Industry 
Machinery Manufacturing; 333999 All Other General Purpose Machinery 
Manufacturing; 336399 All Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing; 334 
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; 336 Transportation 
Equipment Manufacturing; 48422 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) 
Trucking, Local; 56211 Waste Collection; 22111 Electric Power 
Generation; 22112 Electric Power Transmission, Control and 
Distribution; 22132 Sewage Treatment Facilities; 56292 Materials 
Recovery Facilities

Agency Contact: Dale Ruhter, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5303W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8192
Fax: 703 308-8638
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AC71
_______________________________________________________________________




3432. LISTING DETERMINATION FOR WASTEWATERS AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT 
SLUDGES FROM CHLORINATED ALIPHATICS PRODUCTIONS; LAND DISPOSAL 
RESTRICTIONS FOR NEWLY IDENTIFIED WASTE

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921 RCRA sec 3001; 42 USC 9602 Superfund 
(CERCLA) sec 102

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 302; 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 
268; 40 CFR 271

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, July 31, 1999.
Final, Judicial, September 30, 2000.

Abstract: This action addresses the potential risks posed by wastes 
from the production of chlorinated aliphatics, and determines whether 
these wastes should be listed as hazardous wastes under RCRA to control 
any potentially unacceptable risks. Land Disposal Restrictions will be 
added for any wastes newly listed as hazardous; and any wastes newly 
listed as hazardous also will be added to the CERCLA list of hazardous 
substances. This action will be implemented by EPA and States 
authorized under RCRA. Impacts on local governments are not expected.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/25/99                    64 FR 46475
Final Action                    10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3151

Sectors Affected: 32511 Petrochemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Ross Elliott, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8748
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AD85

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3433. ALTERNATIVE LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR 
CONTAMINATED SOILS, DEFERRAL OF PCB'S AS AN UNDERLYING HAZARDOUS 
CONSTITUENT IN SOIL

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6924 (G)(4)(M)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 268

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA proposed to temporarily defer applicability of a portion 
of the rule applying Land Disposal Restrictions under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to underlying hazardous 
constituents in soils contaminated with certain hazardous constituent. 
Specifically, EPA proposed to temporarily defer the requirement that 
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) be considered an underlying hazardous 
constituent when present in soils which either exhibit the Toxicity 
Characteristic for metals, or contain a hazardous waste that is listed 
due to metal content.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/16/00                     65 FR 7809
Final Action                    06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4360

Agency Contact: Ernie Brown, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5303W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8608
Fax: 703 308-8638
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE76
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3434. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: SLAG RESIDUES DERIVED FROM HIGH 
TEMPERATURE METALS RECOVERY (HTMR) TREATMENT OF KO61, KO62 AND F006 
WASTES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905 RCRA sec 2002; 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922; 
42 USC 6924; 42 USC 6934; 42 USC 6938; 42 USC 6912(a) RCRA sec 2002(a); 
42 USC 6922 RCRA sec 3002; 42 USC 6924 RCRA sec 3004

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 266

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA assessed the potential risks to human health and the 
environment from the use of slag residues (slags) resulting from high 
temperature metals recovery (HTMR) treatment of specified hazardous 
wastes (i.e., electric arc furnace dust, steel finishing pickle liquor, 
and electroplating sludges). This assessment was used as a basis for 
the proposed rule to reclassify these slags as nonhazardous when they 
meet certain exclusion levels and are managed and used in a certain 
manner. EPA needs to reevaluate the proposed rule due to significant 
issues raised by public commenters. There is currently no deadline for 
final action on the proposed rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/29/94                    59 FR 67256
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3428

Sectors Affected: 56292 Materials Recovery Facilities

Agency Contact: Narendra Chaudhari, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0454
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE15
_______________________________________________________________________




3435. HAZARDOUS WASTE IDENTIFICATION; RECYCLED USED OIL MANAGEMENT 
STANDARDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6921 to 6927; 42 
USC 6930; 42 USC 6934; 42 USC 6974; 42 USC 9601; 42 USC 9614(c)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 279

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is reviewing whether the provision of the used oil 
management standards which governs mixtures of recycled used oil and 
characteristic hazardous waste, 40 CFR 279.10(b)(2) (the used oil 
mixture rule), is consistent with the United States Court of Appeals 
for the District of Columbia Circuit's decision in Chemical Waste 
Management, Inc. v. EPA. The decision, which concerned a challenge to 
portions of EPA's land disposal restrictions, held that EPA could not 
authorize certain wastes exhibiting the hazardous characteristics of 
ignitability, reactivity, or corrosivity to be diluted to eliminate the 
characteristic and then be land-disposed unless the hazardous 
constituents in the waste were adequately treated to minimize threats 
to human health and the environment.
The used oil mixture rule provides that a mixture of hazardous waste 
and used oil destined for recycling, if the mixture is hazardous solely 
because it exhibits a hazardous waste characteristic, is regulated 
under the used oil management standards. Under the used oil mixture 
rule, such a decharacterized mixture, therefore, is not subject to the 
hazardous waste regulations, including those relating to land disposal 
restrictions. Further analysis is necessary to determine whether 
mixtures of used oil destined for recycling and characteristic 
hazardous wastes differ significantly from other mixtures containing 
characteristic wastes in terms of potential threat to human health and 
the environment.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3668

Agency Contact: Mike Svizzero, Environmental Protection Agency,

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Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0046
Fax: 703 308-8638
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE28
_______________________________________________________________________




3436. STORAGE, TREATMENT, TRANSPORTATION, AND DISPOSAL OF MIXED WASTE

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: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922; 
42 USC 6924; 42 USC 6926

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261.4; 40 CFR 262.34

Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, April 30, 2001.
NPRM, Judicial, October 31, 1999.

Abstract: The focus of the final rule will be to provide flexibility 
under RCRA Subtitle C to generators of eligible mixed waste. We will be 
finalizing a proposal for a conditional exemption from the definition 
of hazardous waste applicable to: low-level mixed waste (LLMW) for 
storage; and LLMW or Naturally Occurring and/or Accelerator-produced 
Radioactive Material (NARM) for transportation and disposal. The rule 
is expected to reduce dual regulation for generators in the management 
and disposal of their wastes. This flexibility will enable generators 
of LLMW who are licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to 
claim an exemption for storing and treating these wastes in tanks or 
containers (using solidification, neutralization, or other 
stabilization processes) without a RCRA permit. This rule will also 
provide flexibility for the manifesting, transportation and disposal of 
eligible mixed waste. Waste meeting the conditions will be exempted 
from certain RCRA Subtitle C hazardous waste requirements and managed 
as radioactive waste in accordance with NRC regulations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           03/01/99                    64 FR 10063
NPRM                            11/19/99                    64 FR 63463
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4017
SIC Codes: Nuclear Electric Power Generation (4911); Federal Facilities 
(9431) and (9511); Mixed Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal 
Facilities (4953); Commercial Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal 
Facilities (4953); Universities (8221); Medical Facilities (8071); 
Pharmaceutical Companies (2834); Research Laboratories (8731, 8734)

Sectors Affected: 3254 Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing; 562 
Waste Management and Remediation Services; 562219 Other Nonhazardous 
Waste Treatment and Disposal; 61131 Colleges, Universities and 
Professional Schools; 6215 Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories; 622 
Hospitals; 92 Public Administration; 8112 Electronic and Precision 
Equipment Repair and Maintenance

Agency Contact: Grace Ordaz, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-1130
Fax: 703 605-0744
Email: [email protected]

Nancy Hunt, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, 5303W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8762
Fax: 703 308-8638
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE45
_______________________________________________________________________




3437. FINAL DETERMINATION OF THE APPLICABILITY OF THE TOXICITY 
CHARACTERISTIC RULE TO PETROLEUM CONTAMINATED MEDIA AND DEBRIS FROM 
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921 RCRA sec 3001

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In the final hazardous waste Toxicity Characteristic (TC) 
rule published in June 1990, EPA decided to temporarily defer 
application of the TC rule to petroleum-contaminated media and debris, 
such as soils and groundwater, that result from underground storage 
tank (UST) corrective actions. This rule is part of the Agency's 
commitment to make a final determination regarding the UST temporary 
deferral. The temporary deferral was, in part, based on the Agency's 
concern that without such a deferral, UST cleanup procedures would be 
adversely affected, resulting in delays in remedial action and 
increases in remediation costs. Since this action is deregulatory, 
there are no adverse effects on small businesses, or on State, local, 
or tribal governments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/12/93                     58 FR 8504
Final Action                    12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3189

Agency Contact: Sammy Ng, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste 
and Emergency Response, 5401G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-9900
Fax: 202 260-9163
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AD69
_______________________________________________________________________




3438. CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT UNITS (SWMUS) AT 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

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: 42 USC 6924 RCRA sec 3004(u); 42 USC 6924 RCRA sec 
3004(v)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 270

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Past and present waste management practices at Resource

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Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) treatment, storage or disposal 
facilities have resulted in releases of hazardous constituents from 
some waste management units. These releases may cause contamination of 
soils, groundwater, surface water, and air. This regulation provides a 
framework for investigating and remediating releases at RCRA facilities 
as necessary to protect human health and the environment.
The Agency has issued the corrective action regulations in several 
phases. A proposal for corrective action at RCRA facilities was issued 
in July 1990. In February 1993, regulations concerning Corrective 
Action Management Units (CAMU) and Temporary Units were issued. An 
advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) was published on May 1, 
1996. A partial withdrawal was published on October 7, 1999.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/27/90                    55 FR 30798
Final Rule (Phase I)            02/16/93                     58 FR 8658
ANPRM                           05/01/96                    61 FR 19432
Notice Published Partial 
Withdrawal of Proposed 
Rulemaking.                     10/07/99                    64 FR 54604
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 2390

Agency Contact: Barbara Foster, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5303W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-7057
Fax: 703 308-8638
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AB80
_______________________________________________________________________




3439. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF TOXICITY CHARACTERISTIC RULE FOR SPECIFIC 
LEAD-BASED PAINT DEBRIS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922; 
42 USC 6938

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Currently, waste derived from lead-based paint (LBP) 
abatements that exhibits the characteristics of toxicity is managed 
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste 
regulations. Other Federal agencies (Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Department of Health and Human Services) and several 
States and advocacy groups have expressed concern that the costs 
associated with the disposal of large volume of such debris (e.g., 
doors, windows and demolition debris) may interfere with abatement 
activities. EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 
(OPPTS) and the Office of Solid Waste have proposed a joint rulemaking 
to address the disposal of this debris. (See also RIN 2070-AC72.) The 
final rule being prepared by OPPTS would develop disposal and 
management standards for this debris under the Toxic Substances Control 
Act (TSCA) title IV, (the definition of abatement under TSCA title IV, 
section 401(1)(B), includes disposal). The TSCA regulations would 
establish appropriate disposal and management standards for LBP debris 
and identify recycling and incineration activities that would be 
controlled or prohibited. To minimize duplication of waste management 
requirements, EPA is developing a companion RCRA rule to suspend 
temporarily hazardous waste management regulations applicable to LBP 
debris, which will be subject to the new TSCA standards.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM RCRA Temporary Suspension  12/18/98                    63 FR 70233
Final Action RCRA Temporary 
Suspension                      08/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4263

Sectors Affected: 23321 Single Family Housing Construction; 23332 
Commercial and Institutional Building Construction; 23542 Drywall, 
Plastering, Acoustical and Insulation Contractors; 23561 Roofing, 
Siding and Sheet Metal Contractors; 23594 Wrecking and Demolition 
Contractors; 23592 Glass and Glazing Contractors; 56291 Remediation 
Services; 23599 All Other Special Trade Contractors; 23511 Plumbing, 
Heating and Air-Conditioning Contractors; 23531 Electrical Contractors; 
23552 Floor Laying and Other Floor Contractors; 23311 Land Subdivision 
and Land Development; 562111 Solid Waste Collection; 562112 Hazardous 
Waste Collection; 562119 Other Waste Collection; 48411 General Freight 
Trucking, Local; 48421 Used Household and Office Goods Moving; 48422 
Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local; 56221 Waste 
Treatment and Disposal; 54138 Testing Laboratories; 23551 Carpentry 
Contractors; 48412 General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance; 48423 
Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance

Agency Contact: Rajani Joglekar, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8806
Fax: 703 308-0522
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE68
_______________________________________________________________________




3440. NOTICE OF DATA AVAILABILITY REGULATION OF GASIFICATION DEVICES 
PROCESSING HAZARDOUS WASTE AT PETROLEUM REFINERIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6921(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922; 
42 USC 6923; 42 USC 6924; 42 USC 6925; 42 USC 6926; 42 USC 6927; 42 USC 
6930; 42 USC 6934; 42 USC 6935; 42 USC 6937; 42 USC 6938; 42 USC 6939; 
42 USC 6974; ...

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is making available for public comment data and 
information submitted in response to a notice of data availability 
published in the Federal Register on July 15, 1998 (63 FR 38139). The 
July 1998 notice sought comment on information submitted in response to 
a previous notice published on November 20, 1995, and a separate but 
related final rulemaking on June 19, 1998. The November 1995 notice 
proposed to broaden existing RCRA exclusions for the recycling of oil 
bearing residuals in petroleum refineries (60 FR 57747). The June 1998 
final rulemaking provided an

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exemption from the definition of solid waste for synthesis fuels 
produced from hazardous waste (63 FR 33791). The notice being developed 
(Notice of Data Availability Regulation of Gasification Devices 
Processing Hazardous Waste at Petroleum Refineries) will seek comment 
on the additional data that have been received on gasification.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/20/95                    60 FR 57747
Interim Notice of Data 
Availability                    04/08/97                    62 FR 16747
Notice of Data Availability and 
Request for Comment             07/15/98                    63 FR 38139
Final Action                    08/06/98                    63 FR 42110
Final Rule Technical Amendments 10/09/98                    63 FR 54356
Notice Notice of Data 
Availability                    12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4411
Split from RIN 2050-AD88.

Agency Contact: Lawrence Gonzalez, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8468
Fax: 703 308-8433
Email: [email protected]

David Hockey, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, OS-301, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7596

RIN: 2050-AE78
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Completed Actions


Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3441. REVIEW OF TOXICITY CHARACTERISTIC LEVEL FOR SILVER UNDER THE 
RESOURCE CONSERVATION RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 268

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Study Complete            06/30/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jan Young
Phone: 703 308-1568
Fax: 703 308-0511
Email: [email protected]
Ingrid Rosencrantz
Phone: 703 605-0709
Fax: 703 308-0511
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE37
_______________________________________________________________________




3442. 180-DAY ACCUMULATION TIME UNDER RCRA FOR GENERATORS OF F006 WASTE 
WATER TREATMENT SLUDGES FROM THE METAL FINISHING INDUSTRY

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 262

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    03/08/00                    65 FR 12378

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Agency Contact: Katherine Blanton
Phone: 703 605-0761
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]
Kristina Meson
Phone: 703 308-8488
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE60
_______________________________________________________________________




3443. REVISIONS TO GUIDELINES FOR THE STORAGE AND COLLECTION OF 
RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL SOLID WASTE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 243

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/17/99                    64 FR 70666
Direct Final Rule               12/17/99                    64 FR 70602

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Sectors Affected: 562 Waste Management and Remediation Services

Agency Contact: Dwight Hlustick
Phone: 703 308-8647
Fax: 703 308-8686
Email: [email protected]
Deborah Hanlon
Phone: 703 308-5824
Fax: 703 308-8686
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE66
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Oil Pollution Act (OPA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3444. OIL POLLUTION PREVENTION REGULATION: REVISIONS

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: 33 USC 1321 CWA sec 311(j)(l)(C)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 112

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Following a major inland oil spill with substantial 
environmental impacts (i.e., Ashland Oil in Floreffe,

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PA, in January 1988), an interagency task force recommended steps to 
improve EPA's oil spill prevention program (40 CFR part 112). This 
program requires oil storage facilities to prevent and contain 
discharges that could reach waters of the United States. On October 22, 
1991, the Agency proposed revisions to implement some of the task force 
recommendations and on February 17, 1993, the Agency proposed further 
clarifications and technical changes to the spill prevention 
regulations. On December 2, 1997, EPA supplemented the 1991 and 1993 
proposed revisions with a proposal to reduce burdens associated with 
the oil spill prevention program by reducing the recordkeeping 
provisions or exempting some facilities from some recordkeeping 
requirements. This rule will take final action on the 1991, 1993, and 
1997 proposals.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/22/91                    56 FR 54612
NPRM                            02/17/93                     58 FR 8824
Supplemental NPRM               12/02/97                    62 FR 63812
Final Action                    10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 2634

Agency Contact: Hugo Fleischman, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5203G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8769
Fax: 703 603-9116
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AC62
_______________________________________________________________________




3445. FACILITY RESPONSE PLAN REGULATION FOR CERTAIN NON-TRANSPORTATION-
RELATED FACILITIES THAT HANDLE, STORE, OR TRANSPORT VEGETABLE OILS AND 
ANIMAL FATS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1321; 33 USC 1361; 33 USC 2720; EO 12777 
(October 18 1991); PL 105-276

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 112 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulation would modify the existing regulations as they 
apply to facilities that handle, store, or transport vegetable oils and 
animal fats. The Facility Response Plan (FRP) rule applies only to 
high-risk facilities that transfer large volumes of oil over water or 
store 1 million gallons or more of oil and meet additional criteria. 
Because worst-case discharges from these facilities could cause 
substantial harm to the environment, facility owners and operators are 
required to prepare and implement response plans. The rule applies to a 
small number of vegetable oil/animal fat facilities (an estimated 50 to 
100, based on information provided by industry). The current rule 
already provides greater flexibility to vegetable oil/animal fat 
facilities in the development of these plans than what is required for 
petroleum facilities. The EPA FY1999 Appropriation (P.L. 105-276) 
directs the Agency to issue regulations amending 40 CFR Part 112 (Oil 
Pollution Prevention) to comply with the requirements of the Edible Oil 
Regulatory Reform Act (EORRA). EORRA requires agencies to differentiate 
between vegetable oils and animal fats and other classes of oils, based 
on properties and effects, in issuing regulations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           04/08/99                    64 FR 17227
NPRM                            04/08/99
Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4217

Sectors Affected: 311222 Soybean Processing; 311223 Other Oilseed 
Processing; 311225 Fats and Oils Refining and Blending; 311613 
Rendering and Meat By-product Processing; 311711 Seafood Canning; 
311712 Fresh and Frozen Seafood Processing

Agency Contact: Barbara Davis, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5203G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8823
Fax: 703 603-9116
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE64
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act



_______________________________________________________________________




3446. REPORTABLE QUANTITY ADJUSTMENTS FOR CARBAMATES

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: 42 USC 11004; 42 USC 9602(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 302; 40 CFR 355

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA has listed carbamate waste streams as hazardous wastes 
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). RCRA listed 
wastes, by statute, automatically become hazardous substances under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA) and are assigned a one pound statutory reportable quantity 
(RQ) unless EPA adjusts them. These substances also become subject to 
reporting requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community 
Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) with a one pound threshold. EPA, in this 
action, will propose RQ adjustments for the carbamates. Most RQ 
adjustments are expected to be greater than one pound. Raising the RQs 
for these substances would decrease the burden on 1) the regulated 
community for complying with the reporting requirements under CERCLA 
and EPCRA; 2) Federal, State, and local authorities for program 
implementation; and 3) Federal, State, or local authorities, if they 
release hazardous substances at the RQ level or greater.

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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3423

Agency Contact: Frank Avvisato, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5204G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8949
Fax: 703 603-9100
Email: [email protected]

Lynn Beasley, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5204G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-9086
Fax: 703 603-9014
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE12
_______________________________________________________________________




3447. NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST FOR UNCONTROLLED HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 
PROPOSED AND FINAL RULES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 9605 Superfund (CERCLA) sec 105

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 300.425

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will revise the sites included on the National 
Priorities List (NPL) of uncontrolled waste sites in the National 
Contingency Plan (NCP). CERCLA requires that the Agency revise the NPL 
at least annually. Periodic revisions will allow EPA to include sites 
on the NPL with known or threatened hazardous substance releases and to 
delete sites that have been cleaned up.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM 24                         03/06/98                    63 FR 11340
Final Action 20                 03/06/98                    63 FR 11332
NPRM 25                         07/28/98                    63 FR 40247
Final Action 21                 07/28/98                    63 FR 40182
Final Action (Tex-Tin Corp)     09/18/98                    63 FR 49855
NPRM 26                         09/29/98                    63 FR 51882
Final Action 22                 09/29/98                    63 FR 51848
NPRM 27                         01/19/99                     64 FR 2950
Final Action 23                 01/19/99                     64 FR 2942
NPRM (Midnight Mine)            02/16/99                     64 FR 7564
NPRM 28                         04/23/99                    64 FR 19968
NPRM (Almeda)                   05/10/99                    64 FR 24990
Final Action 24                 05/10/99                    64 FR 24949
NPRM 29                         07/22/99                    64 FR 39886
Final Action 25                 07/22/99                    64 FR 39878
NPRM 30                         10/22/99                    64 FR 56992
Final Action                    10/22/99                    64 FR 56966
NPRM 31                         02/04/00                     65 FR 5468
Final Action 26                 02/04/00                     65 FR 5435
NPRM                            05/00/00
Final Action                    05/00/00
NPRM                            07/00/00
Final Action                    07/00/00
NPRM                            10/00/00
Final Action                    10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3439

Agency Contact: Yolanda Singer, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5204G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8835
Fax: 703 603-9100
Email: [email protected]

Terry Keidan, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5204G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8852
Fax: 703 603-9104
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AD75
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3448. REVISE 40 CFR PART 35 SUBPART O: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND 
SUPERFUND STATE CONTRACTS FOR SUPERFUND RESPONSE ACTIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 9601 to 9675

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35 Subpart O

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: 40 CFR Part 35 Subpart O is the Superfund Administrative 
Regulation that governs awarding of Superfund cooperative agreements 
(CAs) to States, Indian Tribes, and Territiories of the United States. 
Subpart O covers State-lead, site-specific cooperative agreements for 
non-time-critical removal, preremedial, remedial, and enforcement 
actions, and site-specific management assistance for federal-lead 
projects. Also covered by Subpart O are non-site-specific Core Program 
and Voluntary Cleanup Program State infrastructure development, as well 
as Brownfields pilots, and Brownfields assessments. The requirements 
for Superfund State Contracts, financial administration, property, 
procurement, reporting, recordkeeping, and closeout are provided in 
Subpart O.
Subpart O was promulgated 6/5/1990, and became effective on 7/5/1990. 
Many changes in the Superfund program have occurred over the past 
almost ten years and these need to be reflected in Subpart O. The six 
categories of CAs presently used in Subpart O need greater flexibility 
to accommodate the new types of CAs that have developed. For example, 
the number of Block Funding Reform pilots, begun in 1997, to 
consolidate several of the cooperative agreements offered in Subpart O, 
has grown to about 16 for Fiscal Year 1998, and have generated at least 
60 approved deviation requests from Subpart O and 40 CFR Part 31. These 
pilot projects offer considerable administrative relief to States, 
Tribes, and EPA by reducing reporting requirements, broadening scope 
changes without amendment, increasing the ability to move monies within 
and among CAs, and relaxing application requirements regarding site-
specific identification of cooperative agreement funds to certain 
activities, while maintaining site-specific drawdown requirements 
needed for cost recovery and Superfund accounting. Further policy 
developments have recently recommended exploring the feasibility of 
offering grants to States to implement parts of the Superfund program, 
but the grant cannot be implemented unless Subpart O is revised. 
Subpart O also needs to be conformed with PArt 31 (Uniform 
Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements) 
promulgated shortly after the promulgation of Subpart O. Differences 
between these two companion regulations were not institutionalized at 
that time.
EPA expects to examine the feasibility of grant authority, 
institutionalize the combining of CA types, create more flexible 
reporting requirements, permit greater scope changes without amendment, 
provide more flexible money movement within and among

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CAs, and other advances in State/Tribal/EPA interaction.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

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. 4177

Agency Contact: Kirby Biggs, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5204W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8506
Fax: 703 308-8433
Email: [email protected]

Dave Evans, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, 5204G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8885
Fax: 703 603-9100
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE62
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act



_______________________________________________________________________




3449. GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE RULE REFORM--40 CFR PART 35 
SUBPART M

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: 42 USC 9617(e) Superfund (CERCLA) sec 117

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The revisions to the Technical Assistance Grants (TAG) Rule 
are intended to simplify the application and administrative processes. 
The new TAG Rule would eliminate the requirement that budget periods 
may not exceed 3 years. Budget periods would be negotiated with TAG 
applicants so that they have flexibility to synchronize the period of 
time during which the recipient anticipates having a technical advisor 
involved with the schedule of work at a site. In addition, the new rule 
would eliminate the 20 percent ceiling for administrative costs of a 
grant so that recipients do not need to differentiate between 
programmatic and administrative cost. The Agency proposed to eliminate 
the distinction between sole and multiple applicants under the rule, 
since both must meet identical criteria. The requirement that the 
applicant demonstrate that there is an actual or potential health 
threat posed to group members by the site would also be deleted since 
EPA believes that there is a potential health threat at all Superfund 
sites. EPA also believes that all Superfund sites pose potential 
economic and recreational threats to adjacent communities, and that 
there is no need for the applicant to provide evidence of those 
threats. Furthermore, EPA may already have sufficient information from 
various sources concerning the potential health, economic, and 
recreational threats posed by Superfund sites. The proposed rule also 
included a new provision that if finalized would allow communities to 
receive cash advances of up to $5,000.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/24/99                    64 FR 46233
Final Action                    06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3806

Agency Contact: Lois Gartner, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5204G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8889
Fax: 703 603-9100
Email: [email protected]

Suzanne Wells, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5204G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8863
Fax: 703 603-9100
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE33
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act



_______________________________________________________________________




3450. REPORTING EXEMPTIONS FOR FEDERALLY PERMITTED RELEASES OF HAZARDOUS 
SUBSTANCES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1321; 33 USC 1361; 42 USC 9602; 42 USC 11004

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 117; 40 CFR 302; 40 CFR 355

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action would clarify the definition of federally 
permitted release under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Federally permitted releases 
of hazardous substances are exempt from CERCLA reporting and liability, 
and from reporting under section 304 of the Emergency Planning and 
Community Right-to-Know Act.
See ``Additional Information'' below for information on Interim 
Guidance.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/19/88                    53 FR 27268

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Supplemental Notice             07/11/89                    54 FR 29306
Notice Interim Guide: CERCLA 
101(10)(H) FPR Def/Certain Air 
Emiss.                          12/21/99                    64 FR 71614
Notice of Public Meeting & 
Extension of Comment Period     02/02/00                     65 FR 4966
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 2394
The interim guidance discusses EPA's interpretation of the Federally 
Permitted Release (FPR) exemption as it applies to certain air 
emissions, responds to industry questions, and solicits public comments 
on the issues discussed in the interim guidance. Public meeting held on 
2/24/2000 and comment period extended until 3/10/2000. (See 65 FR 
4966).

Agency Contact: Lynn Beasley, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5204G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-9086
Fax: 703 603-9104
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AB82
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3451. STREAMLINING THE PREAUTHORIZATION MIXED FUNDING FOR APPLICATION 
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CLAIMS AGAINST SUPERFUND

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: 42 USC 9601

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 307

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Current regulations at 40 CFR part 307 provide for the 
preauthorization of claims against the Superfund in instances where the 
Agency makes a determination that mixed funding is appropriate. This 
process has been labeled by many stakeholders as overly burdensome. The 
Agency has reviewed the current process in order to identify areas in 
which burdens may be lessened and requirements may be streamlined. As a 
result, the Agency is considering a proposal to amend the current 
regulation to: streamline the application process by eliminating 
duplicative information requirements; minimize the requirements related 
to management, oversight, and reporting of the cleanup, by removing the 
requirement to be guided by the Federal Acquisition Requirements, and 
replacing the requirement of maximum free and open competition with a 
bright-line standard; allow claimants to provide independent 
certification of claims and supporting documentation; streamline the 
actual payment process by taking advantage of the electronic funds 
transfer process; ensure that cost recovery concerns are addressed by 
requiring claimants, within a settlement document, to reimburse the 
Fund for costs not recovered (only in the event cost recovery is 
initiated), due to claimants' failure to provide adequate documentary 
support or upon a determination that response costs expended (and 
claimed) were not reasonable or not incurred consistent with the 
National Contingency Plan and ensure proper accounting by requiring 
offsets for funds owed to the Agency by claimants.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3885

Agency Contact: Seth Bruckner, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5204G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8766
Fax: 703 603-9100
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE38
_______________________________________________________________________




3452. CRITERIA FOR THE DESIGNATION OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES UNDER CERCLA 
SECTION 102(A)

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 9602

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 302.4

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will address the development of evaluation 
criteria for the designation of substances as hazardous under CERCLA. 
It is necessary to develop evaluation criteria because the Agency has 
the authority under CERCLA 102(a) to designate substances as hazardous; 
however, the Agency does not have criteria to do so. To date the only 
substances designated as CERCLA hazardous substances are as a result of 
their appearance on other Acts' lists defined under CERCLA 101(14). 
Using CERCLA designation criteria the Agency may establish CERCLA 
hazardous substances independently from other Acts, in the interest of 
public health and the environment.
The purpose of this action is to have well thought-out criteria for 
designating hazardous substances that may be applied to individual 
substances for evaluation and decision as to whether or not the 
substance should be appropriately designated a CERCLA 102(a) hazardous 
substance. The Agency already has the authority to designate substances 
as hazardous; in this action, criteria will be developed to implement 
that authority.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           11/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4201

Agency Contact: Lynn Beasley, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5204G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-9086
Fax: 703 603-9104
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE63

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                     Prerule Stage


Clean Water Act (CWA)



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3453. EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE ORGANIC 
CHEMICALS, PLASTICS AND SYNTHETIC FIBERS CATEGORY (SECTION 610 REVIEW)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 5 USC 610

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 414

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In November 1987, EPA established effluent limitations 
guidelines and standards for the Organic Chemicals, Plastics, and 
Synthetic Fibers (OCPSF) industrial category (52 FR 42522, November 5, 
1987), under the authority of sections 301, 304, 306, 307, 308, 402, 
and 501 of the Clean Water Act. In 1993, EPA issued amendments to the 
final rule (58 FR 36872, July 9, 1993) to respond to the U.S. Fifth 
Circuit Court of Appeals' remand decisions on the OCPSF regulation. The 
1993 amendments resulted in little change to the number or extent of 
small business impacts. The 1987 final rule incorporated special 
provisions (i.e., less stringent regulations) to minimize the economic 
impact for a subset of small plants, and the 1993 amendments maintained 
those provisions. EPA conducted a regulatory flexibility analysis for 
the final rule and concluded (for the 1987 rulemaking and again for the 
1993 amendments) that the effluent limitations are economically 
achievable for the industry as a whole, although some small businesses 
would experience a significant economic impact. The analysis estimated 
impacts in terms of plant and product line closures and profit and 
sales impacts. As reported in the 1993 amendments, EPA projected the 
following small business impacts: for direct dischargers, EPA projected 
significant impacts for 77 percent of the small plants; for indirect 
dischargers, EPA projected significant impacts for 63 percent of the 
small plants.
EPA is reviewing the 1987 OCPSF regulation pursuant to section 610 of 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 USC 610). The purpose of this review 
is to determine whether the OCPSF effluent guidelines should be 
continued without change, or should be amended or rescinded, to 
minimize economic impacts on small entities while still complying with 
the provisions of the Clean Water Act. EPA has already solicited 
comment on the continued need for the rule; the complexity of the rule; 
the extent to which it overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other 
Federal, State, or local government rules; and the degree to which 
technology, economic conditions, or other relevant factors have changed 
since the rule was promulgated.
EPA continues to view the effluent limitations for the OCPSF category 
as a necessary component of the comprehensive program to restore and 
maintain the quality of our Nation's waters. EPA intends to continue to 
require compliance with the regulation. Until and unless the Agency 
modifies the rule, the discharges described in 40 CFR 414.11 remain 
subject to the final rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Begin Review                    11/22/99                    64 FR 65140
End Review                      10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4364

Agency Contact: Frank Hund, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7182
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD45
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Clean Water Act (CWA)



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3454. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE METAL PRODUCTS AND 
MACHINERY CATEGORY, PHASES 1 AND 2

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under PL 
104-4.

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 33 
USC 1316 CWA sec 306; 33 USC 1317 CWA sec 307; 33 USC 1317 CWA sec 308; 
33 USC 1317 CWA sec 402; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 438

Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, December 31, 2002.
NPRM, Judicial, October 31, 2000.

Abstract: EPA is developing effluent limitations guidelines for 
facilities that generate wastewater while processing metal parts; metal 
products; and machinery, including manufacture, assembly, rebuilding, 
repair, and maintenance. A proposed rule in 1995 covered seven 
industrial groups: aircraft, aerospace, hardware, ordnance, stationary 
industrial equipment, mobile industrial equipment, and electronic 
equipment. EPA has consolidated this rulemaking with a second phase, 
and coverage will include additional industrial groups such as: bus and 
truck, household equipment, instruments, motor vehicles, office 
machines, precious metals and jewelry, railroads, job shops, printed 
circuit boards, and ships and boats. The deadlines and timetable apply 
to the consolidated Phase 1 and 2 rulemaking.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM (Phase 1)                  05/30/95                    60 FR 28210
NPRM (Consolidated Phase 1 and 
2)                              10/00/00
Final Action                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 2806

Sectors Affected: 332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; 333 
Machinery Manufacturing; 334 Computer and Electronic Product 
Manufacturing; 335 Electrical Equipment, Appliance and Component 
Manufacturing; 336 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; 337 
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; 339 Miscellaneous 
Manufacturing

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Agency Contact: Shari Barash, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7130
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

Mike Ebner, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5397
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AB79
_______________________________________________________________________




3455. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING 
POINT SOURCE CATEGORY

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 33 
USC 1316 CWA sec 306; 33 USC 1317 CWA sec 307; 33 USC 1318 CWA sec 308; 
33 USC 1342 CWA sec 402; 33 USC 1362 CWA sec 502

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 420

Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, April 30, 2002.
NPRM, Judicial, October 31, 2000.

Abstract: EPA will propose amendments to the effluent limitations 
guidelines and standards regulations for the Iron and Steel 
Manufacturing Point Source Category to reflect significant industry 
changes related to consolidation and modernization within the U.S. 
steelmaking industry as well as advances in manufacturing technologies, 
in-process pollution prevention, water conservation practices, and end-
of-pipe wastewater treatment.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/00
Final Action                    04/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3833

Sectors Affected: 331111 Iron and Steel Mills; 3312 Steel Product 
Manufacturing from Purchased Steel; 3328 Coating, Engraving, Heat 
Treating and Allied Activities; 324199 All Other Petroleum and Coal 
Products Manufacturing

Agency Contact: George Jett, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7151
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC90
_______________________________________________________________________




3456. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE FEEDLOTS POINT SOURCE 
CATEGORY, SWINE AND POULTRY SUBCATEGORIES, AND NPDES REGULATION FOR 
CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 33 
USC 1316 CWA sec 306; 33 USC 1318 CWA sec 308; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501; 
33 USC 1342 CWA sec 402; 33 USC 1317 CWA sec 307

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 412; 40 CFR 122.23

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, December 15, 2000, Effluent Guideline.
Final, Judicial, December 15, 2002, Effluent Guideline.

Abstract: Feedlot operations are covered by existing effluent 
guidelines at 40 CFR 412 and concentrated animal feeding operations 
(CAFOs) are covered by regulations at 40 CFR 122.23. This action will 
revise the existing regulations for two of the effluent guidelines 
subcategories to address swine and poultry operations and the NPDES 
regulation for concentrated animal feeding operations. The existing 
regulations, which require the largest confined animal feeding 
operations to achieve zero discharge of wastes to surface waters except 
for certain storm related discharges, have not been sufficient to 
resolve water quality impairment from feedlot operations. Swine and 
poultry operations have been identified as substantial contributors of 
nutrients in surface waters that have severe anoxia (low levels of 
dissolved oxygen) and problem algae blooms.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00
Final Action                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4153
EPA plans to publish this rule in conjunction with SAN 4167.

Sectors Affected: 11221 Hog and Pig Farming; 11292 Horse and Other 
Equine Production; 11239 Other Poultry Production; 112112 Cattle 
Feedlots; 11232 Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken Production; 11231 
Chicken Egg Production; 11212 Dairy Cattle and Milk Production; 11241 
Sheep Farming; 11233 Turkey Production

Agency Contact: Jan Goodwin, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7152
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

Karen Metchis, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4203, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7069
Fax: 202 260-1460
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD19
_______________________________________________________________________




3457. EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE FEEDLOTS 
POINT SOURCE CATEGORY, DAIRY AND BEEF CATTLE SUBCATEGORIES

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 33 
USC 1316 CWA sec 306; 33 USC 1317 CWA sec 307; 33 USC 1318 CWA sec 308; 
33 USC 1342 CWA sec 402; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 412

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, December 15, 2000.
Final, Judicial, December 15, 2002.

Abstract: Feedlot operations are covered by existing effluent 
guidelines

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at 40 CFR 412. This new regulatory action will revise the existing 
regulations for two of the subcategories--dairy and beef cattle 
operations. The existing regulations, which require the largest 
confined animal feeding operations to achieve zero discharge of wastes 
to surface waters except for certain storm related discharges, have not 
been sufficient to resolve water quality impairment from feedlot 
operations. Beef and dairy cattle operations represent a large segment 
of the feedlot industry and have been identified as substantial 
contributors of nutrients in surface waters that have severe anoxia 
(low levels of dissolved oxygen) and affect drinking water sources in 
some regions of the country.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00
Final Action                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4167
EPA plans to publish this rule in conjunction with SAN 4153.

Sectors Affected: 112112 Cattle Feedlots; 11212 Dairy Cattle and Milk 
Production

Agency Contact: Ron Jordan, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7115
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

Paul Shriner, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3163
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD21
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3458. REVISIONS TO EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE COAL MINING 
POINT SOURCE CATEGORY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 33 
USC 1316 CWA sec 306; 33 USC 1317 CWA sec 307; 33 USC 1318 CWA sec 308; 
33 USC 1342 CWA sec 402; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 434

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, March 31, 2000.
Final, Judicial, December 31, 2001.

Abstract: Coal mining discharges are covered by existing effluent 
guidelines at 40 CFR part 434. This new regulatory action will revise 
the existing regulations to address two new subcategories: Coal 
Remining and Western Alkaline Coal Mining. The existing regulations do 
not cover remining operations, which, when appropriately planned and 
regulated, will improve effluent quality from abandoned mine lands 
while reclaiming them and prevent disturbance of unexploited lands. 
Advances in treatment technologies and Best Management Practices 
pertinent to coal mines in the arid West show promise of being more 
protective of water quality.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4168

Sectors Affected: 21211 Coal Mining

Agency Contact: Joe Vitalis, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7172
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

John Tinger, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4992
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD24
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3459. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA 301; 33 USC 1314 CWA 304; 33 USC 1316 
CWA 306; 33 USC 1361 CWA 501

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, December 31, 2000.
Final, Judicial, December 31, 2002.

Abstract: The effluent guidelines will apply to construction activities 
associated with new development, as well as to those associated with 
re-development activities. The regulations will address storm water 
runoff from construction sites during the active phase of construction, 
as well as post-construction runoff. Construction activity is a major 
source of sediment and other pollutants discharged to the nation's 
waters. Industries potentially affected by this rulemaking include land 
developers, home builders, builders of commercial and industrial 
property, and other private and public sector construction site owners 
and operators. EPA will develop design criteria for erosion and 
sediment controls and storm water best management practices (BMPs). 
These requirements will be implemented in NPDES storm water permits 
issued to construction site owners and operators.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00
Final Action                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4280
Legal Deadlines: EPA is pursuing extensions to the Consent Decree 
deadlines.

Sectors Affected: 23 Construction

Agency Contact: Eric Strassler, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7150
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD42

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3460.  2000 EFFLUENT GUIDELINES PROGRAM PLAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314(m) CWA

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, August 28, 2000.

Abstract: The Effluent Guidelines Plan is published biennially as 
required by the Clean Water Act and a consent decree (NRDC et al v. 
Browner, 89-2980 (D.D.C.)). The Plan discusses the status of ongoing 
rulemakings, development of additional rules, and preliminary studies. 
The Plan sets forth EPA's rationale for the selection of particular 
industries as candidates for new or revised effluent guidelines.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Proposed Plan                   05/00/00
Final Plan                      08/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4368

Agency Contact: Wendy D. Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7184
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD47
_______________________________________________________________________




3461. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS REGULATION -- REVISION

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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: 33 USC 1313 CWA sec 303(c)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Water quality standards set by States and Indian tribes 
establish the water quality goals for surface waters of the U.S. and 
the means by which attainment of these goals will be measured and 
assured. They are the foundation for protecting water quality and 
related public health and welfare and the ecological health of the 
nation's waters. The Federal water quality standards regulation at 40 
CFR Part 131 governs the development, review and revision of water 
quality standards under section 303(c) of the Clean Water Act by States 
and Indian Tribes, and the review and approval of water quality 
standards by EPA. Based upon the Federal, State, Tribal and local 
experience gained in the program over the last 20 years, EPA's proposed 
revisions to 40 CFR 131 are intended to strengthen the water quality 
standards regulation thus enhancing water quality management on a 
watershed basis, and focusing Federal, State and Tribal resources on 
the areas of greatest concern. Program areas identified for revision 
include mixing zone policies and procedures.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           07/07/98                    63 FR 36741
NPRM                            09/00/00
Final Action                    10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3662

Agency Contact: Susan Gilbertson, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4305, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1188
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC56
_______________________________________________________________________




3462. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR ALABAMA--PHASE II

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1313 CWA 303

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Under the CWA, States have primary authority in developing 
water quality standards for waters within their jurisdiction. EPA 
maintains oversight authority in that States must submit their water 
quality standards to EPA for review and approval or disapproval. If a 
State's water quality standards are not consistent with the 
requirements of the CWA and its supporting regulations, and are 
subsequently disapproved by EPA, the State must revise the disapproved 
water quality standards. If the State does not revise the disapproved 
water quality standards, the CWA authorizes the EPA Administrator to 
promulgate Federal water quality standards to supersede those 
disapproved provisions in the water quality standards. EPA is 
developing a proposed federal rulemaking to determine the appropriate 
use designations for five waterbodies in Alabama subject to outstanding 
EPA disapprovals.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00
Final Action                    06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4264

Agency Contact: Fritz Wagener, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
Region IV, Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404 562-9267

Jim Keating, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4305, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3845
Fax: 202 260-9830
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD35
_______________________________________________________________________




3463. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR INDIAN COUNTRY WATERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is considering whether to promulgate a national rule 
containing core federal water quality standards (WQS) to support 
tailored, site-specific decisions for all Indian country waters that do 
not have EPA-approved Tribal standards. EPA is contemplating this rule 
as a first step towards ensuring that the core Clean Water Act (CWA) 
framework for protecting water quality is in place for all such waters. 
The core federal water quality standards would establish: use

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designations consistent with CWA section 101(a) goals and other 
provisions of the CWA; narrative water quality criteria for protecting 
the designated uses; and an antidegradation policy designed to protect 
water quality. Such standards would provide a basis for EPA (in 
consultation with a Tribe) to affect pollution discharges occurring 
upstream from Tribal waters; provide a legally enforceable basis for 
including water quality based limitations or conditions in permits or 
certifications for discharges within Indian country; and provide the 
basis for EPA to establish Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for Indian 
country waters. A federal promulgation would not prevent Tribes from 
developing their own standards.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/00/00
Final Action                    10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4344

Agency Contact: Fred Leutner, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4305, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1542
Fax: 202 260-9830
Email: [email protected]

Joanne Dea, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4305, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0180
Fax: 202 260-9830
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD46
_______________________________________________________________________




3464. TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM AND GIARDIA 
UNDER THE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND CLEAN WATER ACTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314(h) CWA 304(h); 33 USC 1361 CWA 501(a); 42 
USC 300(f) SDWA 1412; 42 USC 300(g)(1) SDWA 1413; 42 USC 300(g)(2) SDWA 
1414; 42 USC 300(g)(3) SDWA 1415; 42 USC 300(g)(4) SDWA 1416; 42 USC 
300(g)(5) SDWA 1445; 42 USC 300(j)(4) SDWA 1450; 42 USC 300(j)(9)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136; 40 CFR 141

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulatory action would propose to amend the Guidelines 
Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants under 40 
CFR Part 136 and the analytical methods under 40 CFR Part 141 to 
approve EPA Method 1622 for the detection of Cryptosporidium and 
Giardia in ambient waters and finished drinking water by filtration of 
a 10-L sample in laboratory, separation of target organisms from other 
debris using immunomagnetic separation, and detection of the organisms 
using immunofluorescence assay and differential interference contrast 
microscopy and confirmation examination of the organisms using vital 
dye stains.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/00
Final Action                    09/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4047

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1639
Fax: 202 206-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD08
_______________________________________________________________________




3465. TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF E. COLI AND ENTEROCOCCI UNDER 
THE CLEAN WATER ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314(h) CWA 304(h); 33 USC 1361(a) CWA 501(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136.3

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulatory action would propose to amend the Guidelines 
Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants under 40 
CFR Part 136 to approve microbiological methods for monitoring ambient 
water. Ambient water contamination is determined by the presence of 
bacterial indicators. In 1986, EPA issued a revision to its 
bacteriological ambient water quality criteria recommendations to 
include new indicator bacteria, E.coli and enterococci. To support the 
ambient water quality criteria for bacteria, EPA is planning to 
promulgate several analytical methods for monitoring E.coli and 
enterococci in ambient water. This proposed regulation would approve 
test procedures to be available for use by testing laboratories.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    09/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4214

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1639
Fax: 202 206-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD34
_______________________________________________________________________




3466.  REVISIONS TO METHOD DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION FOR USE 
UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq; 33 USC 1314(h); 33 USC 1361(a); PL 
92-500 76 Stat. 816; PL 95-217 91 Stat. 1567; PL 100-4 100 Stat. 7

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136(b)

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Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulatory action would propose to amend the 
``Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of 
Pollutants'' under 40 CFR Part 136 to approve revisions to the 
detection and quantification procedures currently used by EPA for those 
analytes regulated in the wastewater program as authorized under the 
Clean Water Act (CWA) and in the drinking water program under the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The current method detection limit (MDL) 
procedure is set forth at 40 CFR part 136, Appendix B. EPA's Office of 
Water has not promulgated a procedure for quantification but it uses 
the minimum level of quantitation (ML) in its wastewater program and 
the practical quantitation level (PQL) in its drinking water program. 
The ML is defined in analytical methods and is generally set at 3.18 
times the MDL. The PQL is generally set at five to ten times the MDL. 
The Office of Water has been working to revise and refine these 
concepts in response to the need to regulate pollutants at low levels 
(often levels that are lower than measurement capabilities will allow) 
and to address other potential approaches to detection and 
quantification, including concepts being introduced by outside 
organizations such as voluntary consensus standards bodies (VCSBs). The 
rulemaking would also address criticisms to the current MDL and 
quantification approaches which have been raised by outside 
organizations. Additionally, EPA will consider whether other approaches 
from VCSBs are acceptable for EPA's regulatory needs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/00/01
Final Action                    03/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4378

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1639
Fax: 202 206-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD53
_______________________________________________________________________




3467. UNIFORM NATIONAL DISCHARGE STANDARDS FOR VESSELS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES - PHASE II

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1322; 33 USC 1361

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 1700

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, May 10, 2001.

Abstract: This action is phase II of implementing regulations on 
Uniform National Discharge Standards for Vessels of the Armed Forces. 
In 1996 the Clean Water Act was amended to create section 312(n), 
``Uniform National Discharge Standards for Vessels of the Armed 
Forces.'' Section 312(n) directs EPA and DOD to work together to 
provide Armed Forces vessels with a nationally uniform set of discharge 
standards, which preempt State discharge standards for these vessels. 
The purpose of the statute is to allow DOD to plan, design and build 
environmentally sound vessels, to encourage innovative pollution 
control technology, and to improve operational flexibility. EPA and DOD 
jointly promulgated Phase I of these regulations, 40 CFR part 1700, on 
May 10, 1999 (64 FR 25126). The Phase I rulemaking concluded that 25 
discharges from Armed Forces vessels would require control devices. 
Some of these discharges have the potential to introduce oil or other 
organics into receiving waters (such as bilge water); some have the 
potential to introduce copper or other metals (such as fire main); and 
some have the potential to introduce nonindigenous invasive aquatic 
species (such as ballast water). Phase II will establish performance 
standards for control devices for these 25 discharges. Once DOD 
implements rules for achieving the standards set in phase II, covered 
discharges from Armed Forces vessels will be required to meet these 
standards, and will not be subject to discharge standards established 
by States.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/00/01
Final Action                    01/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4357

Agency Contact: Gregory Stapleton, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0141
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD39
_______________________________________________________________________




3468. MINIMIZING ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FROM COOLING WATER INTAKE 
STRUCTURES UNDER SECTION 316(B) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect State, local or tribal 
governments and the private sector.

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1316 CWA sec 306; 33 
USC 1326 CWA sec 316; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 125 (New); 40 CFR 401 (Revised)

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, July 20, 2001, For existing facilities.
Final, Judicial, August 13, 2001, For existing facilities.
NPRM, Judicial, July 20, 2000, For new facility.
Final, Judicial, August 13, 2001, For new facility.

Abstract: EPA is currently developing regulations for proposal under 
section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). This regulation will apply 
to the intake of water and not the discharge. Section 316(b) provides 
that any standard established pursuant to sections 301 or 306 of the 
Clean Water Act and applicable to a point source shall require that the 
location, design, construction, and capacity of cooling water intake 
structures reflect the best technology available (BTA) for minimizing 
adverse environmental impact. A primary purpose of section 316(b) is to 
minimize the impingement and entrainment of fish and other

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aquatic organisms by cooling water intake structures. Impingement 
refers to the trapping of fish and other aquatic life in cooling water 
intake screens. Entrainment occurs when aquatic organisms, eggs and 
larvae are sucked into the cooling system, through the heat exchanger, 
and then pumped back out.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM New Facilities             07/00/00
NPRM Existing Facilities        07/00/01
Final Action New Facilities     08/00/01
Final Action Existing Facilities08/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3444
The Court is reevaluating the deadline for the final rules.

Sectors Affected: 322121 Paper (except Newsprint) Mills; 32213 
Paperboard Mills; 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325311 Nitrogenous 
Fertilizer Manufacturing; 325199 All Other Basic Organic Chemical 
Manufacturing; 331111 Iron and Steel Mills; 331221 Cold-Rolled Steel 
Shape Manufacturing; 331222 Steel Wire Drawing; 33121 Iron and Steel 
Pipes and Tubes Manufacturing from Purchased Steel; 331315 Aluminum 
Sheet, Plate and Foil Manufacturing; 331521 Aluminum Die-Castings; 
331524 Aluminum Foundries; 331525 Copper Foundries

Agency Contact: Deborah Nagle, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4203, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2656
Fax: 202 260-1460
Email: [email protected]

J. T. Morgan, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4203, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6015
Fax: 202 260-1460
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC34
_______________________________________________________________________




3469. NPDES STREAMLINING RULE -- ROUND III

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: 33 USC 1342 CWA sec 402; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501; 33 
USC 1318 CWA sec 308; 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1312 CWA sec 302; 
33 USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 33 USC 1316 CWA sec 306

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 124

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On February 21, 1995, President Clinton issued a directive 
requesting that Federal agencies review their regulatory programs to 
eliminate any obsolete, ineffective, or unduly burdensome regulations. 
In response to that directive, EPA plans to issue several rulemaking 
packages to revise NPDES requirements in parts 122, 123, and 124 to 
eliminate redundant regulations, provide clarification, and remove or 
streamline unnecessary procedures. Revisions under consideration in 
this rule include adding additional permit modifications that can be 
considered minor modifications at 122.63, and changes to requirements 
concerning EPA's review of State permits. Other revisions may be 
considered as work on this rule progresses. This rulemaking is expected 
to affect entities which implement the NPDES program or are regulated 
by it. This includes small businesses and State, tribal and local 
governments. Most of these effects are expected to be deregulatory or 
streamlining in nature.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/01
Final Action                    02/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3786

Agency Contact: Howard Rubin, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4203, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2051
Fax: 202 260-1460
Email: [email protected]

Thomas Charlton, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4203, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6960
Fax: 202 260-1460
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC84
_______________________________________________________________________




3470. REVISIONS TO NPDES REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWER 
COLLECTION SYSTEMS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect State, local or tribal 
governments.

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 33 
USC 1318 CWA sec 308; 33 USC 1342 CWA sec 402; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 
501(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122.41; 40 CFR 122.42

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Under a Presidential directive dated May 29, 1999, EPA is to 
develop within one year, a national regulation to prevent sanitary 
sewer overflows from contaminating our Nation's beaches and 
jeopardizing the health of our Nation's families. In response, EPA is 
developing a notice of proposed rulemaking that would propose a broad-
based reevaluation framework for sanitary sewer collection systems 
under the NPDES program. The Agency is proposing standard permit 
conditions for inclusion in permits for publicly owned treatment works 
(POTWs) and municipal sanitary sewer collection systems. The standard 
requirements address reporting requirements for SSOs, recordkeeping and 
capacity assurance, management, operation and maintenance requirements 
for municipal sanitary sewer collection systems; public notice 
requirements for SSOs; and a prohibition on SSOs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/00
Final Action                    05/00/01

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  This action may have federalism implications as defined in 
EO 13132.

Additional Information: SAN No. 3999
Note: This rule was formerly known as ``Revisions to NPDES Requirements 
for Compliance Reporting and Collection System Discharges.''

Agency Contact: George Utting, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4203, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9530
Fax: 202 260-1460
Email: [email protected]

Sharie Centilla, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4203, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6052
Fax: 202 260-1040
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD02
_______________________________________________________________________




3471. ESTABLISHMENT OF ELECTRONIC REPORTING FOR NPDES PERMITTEES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA 301; 33 USC 1314 CWA 304(i); 33 USC 
1318 CWA 308; 33 USC 1342 CWA 402; 33 USC 1361 CWA 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122.22; 40 CFR 122.41(k); 40 CFR 122.41(j); 40 CFR 
122.41(i); 40 CFR 122.63; 40 CFR 403.12g

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is proposing changes to its NPDES regulations to allow 
reports and other information to be submitted electronically. When EPA 
promulgated the current NPDES regulations, the Agency did not 
anticipate the need or technologies for electronic reporting. 
Consequently, the current regulations do not specifically address use 
of electronic reporting technologies. The proposed rule would establish 
criteria for electronic reporting and a specific process and conditions 
for electronic reporting of discharge monitoring reports (DMR) to EPA 
that are intended to achieve reliable and secure electronic reporting 
in the NPDES program. The proposal addresses electronic signature, 
certification, and record keeping requirements that permittees would 
follow when submitting forms to EPA electronically. The rule will not 
require electronic reporting.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    02/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4051

Agency Contact: Brian Frazer, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4203, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0101
Fax: 202 260-1460
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD11
_______________________________________________________________________




3472. RECOGNITION AWARDS UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: CWA 501(e)

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is formalizing the 
eligibility requirements, nominations process, application provisions 
and selection criteria for the annual Clean Water Act (CWA) Awards 
known as the National Wastewater Management Excellence Awards Program. 
Section 501(e) of the CWA authorizes the Administrator, on behalf of 
the U.S. Government to recognize outstanding technological achievements 
or innovative processes, methods or devices in waste treatment and 
pollution abatement programs. The rule would establish regulations 
under which the recognition may be applied for and granted. Though the 
Agency has been making presentations for several years, this action 
would minimize the number of inquiries concerning the awards program's 
winners and their qualifications. The program currently includes awards 
for Operations and Maintenance, Beneficial Use of Biosolids, Storm 
Water Management, Pretreatment, and Combined Sewer Overflow Controls. 
Awards for other programs may be added later. EPA is formalizing the 
CWA awards program using a direct final rulemaking because the Agency 
does not expect adverse comments. Unless the Agency receives comments 
requiring a response during the public comment period associated with 
an identical companion proposed rule published elsewhere in the Federal 
Register on the same date, the formalized eligibility requirements, 
nominations process, application provisions and selection criteria will 
become effective without further notice.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM companion of Direct Final 
Rule                            05/00/00
Direct Final Rule               05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4332
Note: This rule was formerly known as National Wastewater Management 
Excellence Awards Program.

Agency Contact: Maria Campbell, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4204, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5815
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD44
_______________________________________________________________________




3473. CLEAN WATER ACT DEFINITION OF THE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501; 33 USC 1362 CWA sec 502

CFR Citation: 33 CFR 328.3(a); 40 CFR 232.2

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action involves joint rulemaking by EPA and the 
Department of the Army to amend the regulatory definition of waters of 
the United States. The proposal would clarify the basis for asserting 
Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction over isolated intra-state waters and 
wetlands. The existing regulations contain language asserting 
jurisdiction over isolated intra-state waters, but that regulatory 
provision has been the subject of litigation.

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Revision of the regulatory language is necessary to address the court's 
decision, improve regulatory clarity, and provide more specificity 
regarding CWA jurisdiction over intra-state isolated waters and 
wetlands. The rulemaking would apply to entities (e.g., industrial, 
commercial, governmental) that discharge pollutants, including dredged 
or fill material, to isolated intra-state surface waters or wetlands. 
Significant impacts on small entities or state/local/tribal governments 
are not anticipated, as the proposed regulatory revisions would be 
consistent with current Agency practice and policy in carrying out CWA 
mandates.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    08/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 2804

Agency Contact: John Lishman, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4502F, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9180
Fax: 202 260-7546
Email: [email protected]

John Goodin, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4502F, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9910
Fax: 202 260-7546
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AB74
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3474. FURTHER REVISIONS TO CLEAN WATER ACT DEFINITION OF DISCHARGE OF 
DREDGED MATERIAL

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1344

CFR Citation: 33 CFR 323.2(d); 40 CFR 232.2

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action involves joint rulemaking by EPA and the 
Department of the Army to clarify the regulatory definition of 
discharge of dredged material under the Clean Water Act Section 404. 
This action is being taken in follow-up to a final rule that was 
promulgated in May 1999 to comply with a court decision. The May 1999 
rule clarified that incidental fallback is not regulated under the 
definition of discharge of dredged material. Further clarification of 
the definition of discharge of dredged material is now being undertaken 
in order to help ensure that the waters of the U.S., including 
wetlands, continue to receive the protection they need and to help 
reduce ambiguity for the regulated community and ensure consistent 
application of the regulatory definition.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    08/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4261

Agency Contact: John Lishman, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4502F, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9180
Fax: 202 260-7546
Email: [email protected]

John Goodin, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4502F, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9910
Fax: 202 260-7546
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD41
_______________________________________________________________________




3475.  REVISION TO CLEAN WATER ACT REGULATORY DEFINITION OF 
``FILL MATERIAL

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1344

CFR Citation: 33 CFR 323.2(e); 40 CFR 232.2

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 404 of the Clean Water Act requires a permit from the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for discharges of dredged or fill 
material to navigable waters of the United States. The Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) and Corps' regulations implementing section 404 
currently contain differing definitions of the term ``fill material.'' 
In particular, the Corps regulations define fill material as being used 
``for the primary purpose of'' replacing an aquatic area with dry land 
or changing the bottom elevation of a waterbody. In contrast, EPA's 
definition of fill material looks to whether the effect is to replace 
waters of the United States with dry land or change the bottom 
elevation of waterbodies, and does not contain a ``primary purpose'' 
test as found in the Corps regulations. In order to clarify what 
constitutes ``fill material'' for purposes of section 404 and provide 
improved regulatory certainty, the Corps and EPA are considering notice 
and comment rulemaking to achieve greater consistency between the two 
agencies' definitions of ``fill material.''

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    08/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4375

Agency Contact: John Lishman, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4502F, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9180
Fax: 202 260-7546
Email: [email protected]

John Goodin, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4502F, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9910
Fax: 202 260-7546
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD51

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Clean Water Act (CWA)



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3476. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE CENTRALIZED WASTE 
TREATMENT INDUSTRY

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA 301; 33 USC 1314 CWA 304; 33 USC 1316 
CWA 306; 33 USC 1317 CWA 307; 33 USC 1318 CWA 308; 33 USC 1342 CWA 402; 
33 USC 1361 CWA 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 437

Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, August 31, 2000.

Abstract: Centralized Waste Treatment facilities receive hazardous and 
non-hazardous waste from off-site for treatment or recovery operations 
(excluding solvent recovery). EPA is developing technology-based 
effluent limitations and pretreatment standards to control the 
discharge of pollutants from these facilities. This rule was formerly 
titled Waste Treatment, Phase I.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/27/95                     60 FR 5464
Notice of Data Availability     09/16/96                    61 FR 48805
NPRM Reproposal                 01/13/99                     64 FR 2279
Final Action                    08/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 2805

Sectors Affected: 562219 Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and 
Disposal

Agency Contact: Jan Matuszko, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9126
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

Tim Connor, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3164
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AB78
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3477. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 
CLEANING CATEGORY

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1317 CWA sec 307; 33 
USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501; 33 USC 1316 CWA sec 306

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 442

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, May 15, 1998.
Final, Judicial, June 15, 2000.

Abstract: EPA is developing effluent limitation guidelines and 
pretreatment standards for transportation equipment cleaning 
facilities, which clean the interiors of tank trucks, rail tank cars, 
intermodal tank containers, ocean/sea tankers and tank barges.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/25/98                    63 FR 34685
Notice of Data Availability     07/20/99                    64 FR 38863
Final Action                    06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3204

Sectors Affected: 562998 All Other Miscellaneous Waste Management 
Services

Agency Contact: John Tinger, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4992
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AB98
_______________________________________________________________________




3478. REFORMATTING OF EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS IN 40 CFR PARTS 
401 THROUGH 471

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: 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 33 
USC 1316 CWA sec 306; 33 USC 1317 CWA sec 307; 33 USC 1318 CWA sec 308; 
33 USC 1361 CWA sec 502; 33 USC 1342 CWA sec 402

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 405 to 471 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulatory action will recodify the existing Effluent 
Limitations and Standards in 40 CFR parts 401 through 471, without 
making any changes in the requirements therein. The purpose of this 
action is to enable the Federal, State, and local regulators and the 
regulated community to more easily read, understand and implement the 
regulations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               11/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3767

Agency Contact: Hugh Wise, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7177
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC79
_______________________________________________________________________




3479. REVISIONS TO EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR SYNTHETIC-BASED 
DRILLING FLUIDS IN THE OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION POINT SOURCE CATEGORY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 33 
USC 1316 CWA sec 306; 33 USC 1317 CWA sec 307; 33 USC 1318 CWA sec 308; 
33 USC 1342 CWA sec 402; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 435

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, December 31, 1998.
Final, Judicial, December 31, 2000.

Abstract: This regulatory action will establish effluent limitations 
for the use of synthetic-based drilling fluids (SBF). Although oil and 
gas extraction is covered by existing effluent guidelines, the SBFs are 
a new technology not addressed in the guidelines, and applying the 
existing regulations which were developed for water-based and

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oil-based drilling fluids is not appropriate. The use of SBFs presents 
an opportunity for environmental gain. On a drilling performance basis, 
SBFs replace oil-based drilling fluids, but unlike oil-based drilling 
fluids, SBFs are free of aromatic hydrocarbon priority pollutants, 
exhibit greatly reduced toxicity, biodegrade relatively rapidly, and do 
not bioaccumulate. Compared to water-based drilling fluids, SBFs have 
reduced aquatic toxicity and lower discharge volumes resulting in lower 
toxic metals discharge. To realize the potential environmental gain, 
new guidelines specific to the SBFs are necessary to minimize the 
wastestream volume and control potential contaminants, toxicity, 
biodegradation, and bioaccumulation.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/03/99                     64 FR 5487
Final Action                    12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4086

Sectors Affected: 21111 Oil and Gas Extraction

Agency Contact: Carey Johnston, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7186
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

Ron Kirby, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-7168
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD14
_______________________________________________________________________




3480. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE BLEACHED PAPERGRADE 
KRAFT SUBCATEGORY OF THE PULP, PAPER, AND PAPERBOARD CATEGORY; 
CERTIFICATION IN LIEU OF MONITORING FOR CHLOROFORM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 33 
USC 1316 CWA sec 306; 33 USC 1317 CWA sec 307; 33 USC 1342 CWA sec 402; 
33 USC 1318 CWA sec 308; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 430

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action is a follow-on to the already-promulgated Pulp 
and Paper Cluster Rules covering the Bleached Papergrade Kraft 
Subcategory (Subpart B). EPA is considering allowing Subpart B mills to 
certify process changes (specifically, elimination of elemental 
chlorine and hypochlorite) and operating conditions in lieu of minimum 
monitoring to demonstrate compliance with the effluent limitations for 
chloroform.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/15/98                    63 FR 18796
Final Action                    07/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4192

Sectors Affected: 3221 Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills

Agency Contact: Troy Swackhammer, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7128
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD23
_______________________________________________________________________




3481. ESTABLISHMENT OF NUMERIC CRITERIA FOR PRIORITY TOXIC POLLUTANTS 
FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1313 CWA 303

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 3, 1997, EPA is required to 
promulgate 90 days after proposal.

Abstract: Several municipal entities and one industry in California 
sued the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) in 
State court over whether the SWRCB's water quality control plans for 
inland surface waters and enclosed bays and estuaries were adopted in 
compliance with authorizing State law. The court issued its final 
decision in March 1994; the Court agreed with the plaintiffs and found 
that the plans could not remain in effect. The SWRCB was ordered to 
rescind its plans which contain the State's numeric criteria for 
priority toxic pollutants. In the absence of State criteria, the Clean 
Water Act requires the Administrator to promulgate water quality 
criteria for priority toxic pollutants where EPA has issued section 
304(a) criteria guidance when the discharge of such pollutants could 
reasonably be expected to interfere with the State's designated uses.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/05/97                    62 FR 42160
Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3504

Agency Contact: William Morrow, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4305, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3657
Fax: 202 260-9830
Email: [email protected]

Matt Mitchell, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, Region IX, San 
Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Phone: 415 744-2007
Fax: 415 744-1873
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC44
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3482. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR ALABAMA--PHASE I

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1313 CWA 303

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, June 3, 1998, EPA is required to 
promulgate the rule 90 days after proposal.

Abstract: Under the CWA, States have primary authority in developing 
water quality standards for waters within their jurisdiction. EPA 
maintains oversight authority in that States must submit their water 
quality standards to EPA for review and approval or disapproval. If a 
State's water quality standards are not consistent with the 
requirements of the CWA and its supporting regulations, and are

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subsequently disapproved by EPA, the State must revise the disapproved 
water quality standards. If the State does not revise the disapproved 
water quality standards, the CWA authorizes the EPA Administrator to 
promulgate Federal water quality standards to supersede those 
disapproved provisions in the water quality standards.
On March 5, 1998, EPA proposed water quality standards applicable to 
nine stream segments to replace those provisions in Alabama's water 
quality standards that were disapproved in 1986 and in 1991. 
Specifically, EPA proposed use designations consistent with those 
specified in section 101(a) of the CWA to replace the State's assigned 
Agricultural and Industrial Water Supply use. The effect of the 
proposed standards is to replace the State-adopted water quality 
criteria, which protect only for fish survival, with water quality 
criteria based on protection of propagation of fish, aquatic life, and 
wildlife.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/05/98                    63 FR 10799
Final Action                    07/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4195

Agency Contact: Fritz Wagener, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
Region IV, Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404 562-9267

Jim Keating, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4305, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3845
Fax: 202 260-9830
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD25
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3483. AMEND THE FINAL WATER QUALITY GUIDANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES SYSTEM 
TO PROHIBIT MIXING ZONES FOR BIOACCUMULATIVE CHEMICALS OF CONCERN

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1268 CWA 118

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 132

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is promulgating an amendment to the final Water Quality 
Guidance for the Great Lakes System (Guidance) to prohibit mixing zones 
for bioaccumulative chemicals of concern (BCCs) in the Great Lakes 
System, subject to a limited exception for existing discharges. For 
existing discharges, the regulation, if promulgated as proposed, would 
prohibit mixing zones for BCCs after 10 years from the publication date 
of the final rule. New discharges of BCCs would be subject to the 
mixing zone prohibition immediately upon commencing discharge. EPA had 
promulgated this mixing zone provision on March 23, 1995, as part of 
the Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System required by 
section 118(c)(2) of the Clean Water Act. The provision was vacated by 
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the 
case of American Iron & Steel Institute v. EPA, 115 F.3d 979 (D.C. Cir. 
1997), and was remanded to the Agency for further consideration. This 
action reflects EPA's reconsideration of the factual record in response 
to that remand.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/04/99                    64 FR 53632
Final Action                    09/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4235

Agency Contact: Mark Morris, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4301, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0312
Fax: 202 260-5394
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD32
_______________________________________________________________________




3484. EPA REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF STATE AND TRIBAL WATER QUALITY 
STANDARDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131.21(c)

Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, March 30, 2000, Settlement Agreement.

Abstract: EPA's water quality standards (WQS) regulation currently 
provides that State and Tribal WQS are in effect once adopted by the 
State or authorized Tribe and remain in effect, even if EPA disapproves 
them, until the State or Tribe revises them or EPA promulgates a 
federal rule to supersede the State or Tribal WQS. EPA's regulation is 
based on its longstanding interpretation of the CWA. In July, 1997, the 
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington held that 
the clear meaning of section 303(c)(3) of the CWA was that State water 
quality standards do not go into effect under the CWA until approved by 
EPA (Alaska Clean Water Alliance v. Clark; No. C96-1762R). Because 
EPA's existing regulation remains in effect, and the court has issued 
no injunction against applying it, EPA's interim policy is to continue 
to follow our regulation (except in Alaska) until the regulation is 
changed. EPA's proposed rule would: 1) Delete 131.21(c) and replace it 
with new language which explains that standards do not become the 
applicable WQS for CWA purposes until approved by EPA, and that 
previously approved standards remain the CWA standards until EPA 
approves State or Tribal revisions or promulgates replacement WQS; and, 
2) Provide that the new rule would only apply to WQS adopted after the 
effective date of the final rule. EPA's proposed rule will only address 
administrative aspects of the WQS approval process. This proposed rule 
will not speak to any of the substantive program issues currently being 
addressed in the WQS Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (63 FR 
36741). Likewise, this proposed rule will not overlap with any of the 
TMDL program issues being addressed in the TMDL rulemaking.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/09/99                    64 FR 37072
Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4234

Agency Contact: William Morrow, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4305, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3657
Fax: 202 260-9830

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Email: [email protected]

Cathy Winer, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 2355, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7719
Fax: 202 260-7702
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD33
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3485. PERFORMANCE BASED MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (PBMS) PROCEDURES AND 
GUIDANCE FOR CLEAN WATER ACT TEST PROCEDURES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314(h) CWA 304(h); 33 USC 1361(a) CWA 501(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulatory action will establish the use of performance-
based measurement procedures and guidance for use in Clean Water Act 
compliance monitoring under 40 CFR part 136, Guidelines Establishing 
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants. The new procedures 
would include guidance concerning the format, content, quality 
assurance/quality control, and data validation requirements for use of 
test methods. This regulatory action would also describe increased 
program guidance in the form of a clearinghouse, technical bulletins, 
and/or guidance documents geared towards clarifying technical and 
policy issues associated with the use of test methods approved for use 
in the program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/28/97                    62 FR 14975
Final Action                    02/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3713

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC93
_______________________________________________________________________




3486. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF 
MISCELLANEOUS METALS, ANIONS, AND VOLATILE ORGANICS UNDER THE CLEAN 
WATER ACT, PHASE ONE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314(h) CWA 304(h); 33 USC 1361(a) CWA 501(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulatory action would amend the Guidelines 
Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants under 40 
CFR part 136 to approve new procedures for the analysis of 
miscellaneous metals, anions, and volatile organics under the Clean 
Water Act (CWA). These methods are used for implementing water quality 
based permits under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
(NPDES) of the CWA. This regulation would approve test procedures to be 
used in measuring this group of compounds under the NPDES Program 
unless the Regional Administrator approves an alternative procedure. 
EPA plans to segment the rulemaking into two phases to accommodate 
different amounts of data for the long list of compounds.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/18/95                    60 FR 53988
Final Action                    06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3155

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC95
_______________________________________________________________________




3487.  CLEAN WATER ACT AND SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT METHODS 
UPDATE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq; 33 USC 1314(h); 33 USC 1361(a); PL 
92-500 76 Stat. 816; PL 95-217 91 Stat. 1567; PL 100-4 100 Stat. 7; 42 
USC 300 g-1; 42 USC 300f(1)(A); 42 USC 300f(1)(D); 42 USC 300j-4; 42 
USC 300j-9(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR part 136; 40 CFR part 141; 40 CFR part 143

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulatory action would amend the ``Guidelines 
Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants'' under 40 
CFR Part 136, National Primary Drinking Water Regulations under 40 CFR 
Part 141, and National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations under 40 
CFR Part 143 to approve updated versions of analytical test procedures 
(methods) from voluntary consensus standards bodies and other 
organizations. These methods are used to comply with monitoring 
requirements in the wastewater and drinking water programs, as 
authorized under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (SDWA). This regulation would approve updated versions of methods 
for determination of chemical, radiological, and microbiological 
pollutants in wastewater and drinking water. The updates are to methods 
from voluntary consensus standards bodies (the American Society for 
Testing and Materials and Standard Methods) and from the U.S. 
Geological Survey and the Department of Energy. Previously approved 
versions of the methods being updated remain approved. Because the 
changes should be noncontroversial, the amendments are being done 
through a direct final rule. A companion proposed rule will be 
published in case there are substantive adverse comments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4409

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]


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Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1639
Fax: 202 206-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD59
_______________________________________________________________________




3488. STREAMLINING THE GENERAL PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS FOR EXISTING AND 
NEW SOURCES OF POLLUTION

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: 33 USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 33 USC 1317 CWA sec 307; 33 
USC 1342 CWA sec 402; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 403

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The National Pretreatment Program was established in 1972. 
The Office of Water is exploring ways to reduce federally mandated 
activities under the program that don't result in benefits to the 
environment and to improve program efficiencies. For example, this rule 
will consider appropriate exclusions or variable requirements for 
numerous smaller facilities that contribute insignificant amounts of 
pollutants.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/22/99                    64 FR 39564
Final Action                    01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3663

Agency Contact: Jeff Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4203, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5586
Fax: 202 260-1460
Email: [email protected]

Patrick Bradley, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4203, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6963
Fax: 202 260-1460
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC58
_______________________________________________________________________




3489. NPDES STREAMLINING RULE -- ROUND II

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: 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 33 
USC 1312 CWA sec 302; 33 USC 1316 CWA sec 306; 33 USC 1318 CWA sec 308; 
33 USC 1342 CWA sec 402; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 124; 40 CFR 125; 40 CFR 
22; 40 CFR 117; 40 CFR 125; 40 CFR 144; 40 CFR 270; 40 CFR 271

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On February 21, 1995, President Clinton issued a directive 
requesting that Federal agencies review their regulatory programs to 
eliminate any obsolete, ineffective, or unduly burdensome regulations. 
In response to that directive, the Office of Wastewater Management 
plans to issue a comprehensive rulemaking package revising certain 
NPDES requirements in parts 122, 123 and 124 to eliminate redundant 
regulations, provide clarification, and remove or streamline 
unnecessary procedures which do not provide any environmental benefits. 
Some of these revisions include: 1) consolidating regulatory 
definitions; 2) removal of part 124, subpart F, non-adversary panel 
hearings; 3) possible removal of storm water group application 
requirements; 4) streamlining permit termination procedures; and 5) 
removing part 124 evidentiary hearing procedures.
This rulemaking is expected to affect entities who operate the NPDES 
program or who are regulated by it. This includes small businesses and 
State and local governments. Most of these effects are expected to be 
deregulatory or streamlining in nature.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/11/96                    61 FR 65268
Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3762

Agency Contact: Howard Rubin, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4203, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2051
Fax: 202 260-1460
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC70
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3490. TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD (TMDL) PROGRAM REGULATIONS REVISIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1313

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 130.7

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is proposing changes to the Total Maximum Daily Load 
(TMDL) regulations for implementing State, Territorial, authorized 
Tribal (collectively referred to as ``States''), and EPA 
responsibilities under Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. The 
purpose of Section 303(d) is to identify remaining sources of 
pollution, after technology-based controls have been required, and to 
allocate pollutant reductions at a level that will ensure attainment 
and maintenance of water quality standards. These allocations are 
contained in a TMDL, which is the maximum amount of a pollutant that a 
waterbody can absorb and still meet water quality standards. The 
proposed revisions provide States with clear, consistent, and balanced 
direction for listing waters and developing TMDLs, resulting in 
restoration of waterbodies not meeting water quality standards.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/23/99                    64 FR 46011
Final Action                    06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4145

[[Page 23581]]

Agency Contact: James Pendergast, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4503F, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9549
Fax: 202 260-7024

Tim Icke, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4503F, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-2640
Fax: 202 260-7024

RIN: 2040-AD22
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3491. TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD (TMDL) - NPDES AND WQS REGULATIONS 
REVISIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1313 CWA sec 303; 33 
USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 33 USC 1318 CWA sec 308; 33 USC 1342 CWA sec 402; 
33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 124; 40 CFR 131

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On August 12, 1999, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
Administrator Carol Browner signed proposed revisions to the Total 
Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) regulations (40 CFR Part 130) for 
implementing state, territorial, authorized tribal, and EPA 
responsibilities under Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. 
Administrator Browner also signed proposed revisions to the National 
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and Water Quality 
Standards regulations to facilitate implementation of TMDLs and to 
improve water quality in impaired waters before TMDLs are established.
The Federal Advisory Committee (FACA) on the Total Maximum Daily Load 
Program recommended a number of ways to improve the effectiveness and 
efficiency of EPA, State, Territorial and Tribal programs under section 
303(d) of the CWA. These recommendations address many of the TMDL 
program's complex technical and policy issues, and include 
recommendations on several new policy and program directions some of 
which are included in the proposed revisions to the NPDES and water 
quality standards regulations. These proposed revisions are aimed at 
achieving reasonable further progress toward attainment of water 
quality standards in impaired waterbodies pending TMDL establishment 
and providing reasonable assurance that TMDLs, once completed, will be 
adequately implemented. EPA may also, in the future, promulgate federal 
water quality standards for states, pursuant to section 303(c)(2)(B), 
to ensure consistent, nationwide application of the new requirements in 
the period between listing and TMDL establishment. Federal 
implementation through NPDES permits, in the absence of State, 
Territorial, or Tribal implementation, will ensure that the clean-up 
plans will work.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/23/99                    64 FR 46012
Final Action                    06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4294

Agency Contact: Kim Kramer, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4203, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7933
Fax: 202 260-9544

RIN: 2040-AD36
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3492. COMPARISON OF DREDGED MATERIAL TO REFERENCE SEDIMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1344 CWA sec 404

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 230

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action would revise the testing provisions of the Clean 
Water Act section 404(b)(1) Guidelines to provide for comparisons 
between dredged material proposed for discharge and reference sediment. 
Reference sediment would be defined as sediment that reflects 
conditions at the disposal site had no dredged material disposal ever 
occurred there. Because the disposal site itself is currently used as 
the point of comparison, this action would make a technical improvement 
in assessing cumulative impacts and help make dredged material testing 
under section 404 more consistent with that conducted for ocean 
disposal, which currently employs a reference sediment approach. This 
action is not expected to have a significant impact on state, local, or 
tribal governments or small business, as the action will be limited to 
Corps projects and permit applications for which dredged material 
testing is necessary, and because the effect of the action will be 
limited to changing the location of an otherwise collected sample.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/04/95                      60 FR 419
Final Action                    06/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3288

Agency Contact: John Goodin, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4502F, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9910
Fax: 202 260-7546
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC14

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Clean Water Act (CWA)



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3493. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE PULP, PAPER, AND 
PAPERBOARD CATEGORY, PHASE II

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA 301; 33 USC 1314 CWA 304; 33 USC 1316 
CWA 306; 33 USC 1317 CWA 307; 33 USC 1318 CWA 308; 33 USC 1318 CWA 402; 
33 USC 1361 CWA 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 430

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA will consider revising the technology-based effluent 
limitations guidelines and standards for 8 of the 12 subcategories for 
this industrial category: Unbleached Kraft; Semi-Chemical; Mechanical 
Pulp; Non-Wood Chemical Pulp; Secondary Fiber Deink; Secondary Fiber 
Non-Deink; Fine and Lightweight Papers from Purchased Pulp; and Tissue, 
Filter, Non-Woven, and Paperboard from Purchased Pulp. EPA proposed 
guidelines and standards for these subcategories as part of the Pulp 
and Paper Rules (also known as the Cluster Rules) in December 1993. The 
Agency intends to develop these revised effluent limitations in close 
coordination with the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/17/93                    58 FR 66078
Final Action                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4050

Sectors Affected: 3221 Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills

Agency Contact: J. Troy Swackhammer, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7128
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD10
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3494.  EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE DISSOLVING 
KRAFT AND DISSOLVING SULFITE SUBCATEGORIES OF THE PULP, PAPER, AND 
PAPERBOARD POINT SOURCE CATEGORY (PHASE III)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311; 33 USC 1314; 33 USC 1316; 33 USC 1317; 33 
USC 1318; 33 USC 1342; 33 USC 1361

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 430.10 to 430.18; 40 CFR 430.40 to 430.48

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On December 17, 1993, EPA proposed revised effluent 
limitations, guidelines and standards and best management practices 
regulations for the Dissolving Kraft and Dissolving Sulfite 
Subcategories of the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Point Source Category 
(40 CFR Part 430). This action, which OW refers to as Phase III of the 
Cluster Rules, will respond to comments and reflect new data. There are 
five domestic mills in these two subcategories. The final rule is 
anticipated to set limits for absorbable organic halides (AOX), 
chemical oxygen demand (COD), chloroform, dioxin, furan, and 12 
specific chlorinated phenolics.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/17/93                    58 FR 66078
NODA                            10/00/00
Final Action                    07/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4370

Sectors Affected: 3221 Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills

Agency Contact: J. Troy Swackhammer, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7128
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

Mark Perez, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2275
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD49
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3495.  EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE 
AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: CWA Section 301; CWA Section 304; CWA Section 306; CWA 
Section 307; CWA Section 308; CWA Section 318; CWA Section 402; CWA 
Section 501

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, June 30, 2002.
Final, Judicial, June 30, 2004.

Abstract: EPA is focusing new efforts to help reduce nutrient loadings 
from commercial agricultural and industrial operations nationwide. 
Currently, there are no federal technology-based standards for 
aquaculture. This action is a new effort to develop pollutant controls 
in the form of nationally applicable discharge standards (known as 
effluent limitations guidelines and standards) for commercial and 
public aquaculture operations.
In assessments of surface water quality, states most frequently cite 
siltation, nutrients, and pathogens as the major cause of water quality 
impairment. With the growth of the aquaculture industry, and the 
inconsistent state regulatory oversight, EPA will examine available 
technologies for the control of pollutants, primarily nutrients from 
aquaculture operations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/02
Final Action                    06/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4406

Sectors Affected: 112511 Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries; 112512 
Shellfish Farming

Agency Contact: Marta E. Jordan, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0817
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

Michael Clipper, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, 
Washington, DC 20460

[[Page 23583]]

Phone: 202 260-1278

RIN: 2040-AD55
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3496.  REVISIONS TO EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE 
MEAT PRODUCTS POINT SOURCE CATEGORY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311; 33 USC 1314; 33 USC 1316; 33 USC 1317; 33 
USC 1318; 33 USC 1361

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 432 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, December 31, 2001.
Final, Judicial, December 31, 2003.

Abstract: The Agency is revising effluent limitations guidelines and 
standards for the Meat Products Point Source Category. The current 
regulations, at 40 CFR 432, are more than 20 years old and are limited 
to a few conventional pollutants. Recent concerns about nutrient 
discharges from these facilities might be resolved by additional 
effluent limitations. In particular, the current regulations do not 
address ammonia nitrogen for red meat slaughterhouses/packinghouses 
(Subparts A-D). Nutrients are a significant remaining water quality 
problem for impaired streams.
Revisions to the current regulations will also include effluent 
limitations for poultry processing, which is not currently covered by 
any effluent guideline.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/01
Final Action                    12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4407

Sectors Affected: 311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering; 311612 
Meat Processed from Carcasses; 311613 Rendering and Meat By-product 
Processing; 311615 Poultry Processing

Agency Contact: Samantha Lewis, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7149
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD56
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3497.  EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL 
CONTAINER AND DRUM CLEANING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 30 USC 1311 et seq

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Industrial facilities that clean out 55 gallon drums and 
other industrial sized containers are not currently subject to 
nationally applicable wastewater treatment standards. Many types of 
toxic and hazardous materials, including pesticides, solvents, and 
petrochemical products are transported in bulk via drums and 
containers. Most of these containers have a residue, or heel, present 
in the containers before they are cleaned. The accumulation of residue 
from large numbers of drums and containers may result in the discharge 
of pollutants to the nations waterways.
This regulation will cover those facilities that clean out drums and 
industrial sized containers as a business, and will generally not cover 
industrial facilities that clean out their own drums and containers 
used on site.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/00/02
Final Rule                      01/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4408

Sectors Affected: 562998 All Other Miscellaneous Waste Management 
Services

Agency Contact: James Covington, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5132
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

John Tinger, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4992
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD57
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3498. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS; ESTABLISHMENT OF NUMERIC CRITERIA FOR 
PRIORITY TOXIC POLLUTANTS; STATES' COMPLIANCE

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: 33 USC 1313 CWA sec 303

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is revising its rule promulgated on December 22, 1992, 
(National Toxics Rule or NTR) that established water quality criteria 
for 14 States that had failed to fully comply with section 303(2)(B) of 
the Clean Water Act. The NTR promulgated total recoverable metals 
criteria for 11 of these 14 States. In May 1995, EPA amended the 
materials criteria to reflect EPA's new policy to use dissolved metals 
criteria because they more accurately reflect the bioavailable fraction 
of waterborne metals for aquatic life. The interim final rule was 
deregulatory in nature, but is not expected to impact the health of 
aquatic life in the water column. EPA expects the rule to result in 
less stringent permit limits and therefore a potential cost savings in 
wastewater treatment for dischargers of metals in the covered States. 
This action makes the interim final rule final and is also deregulatory 
in nature.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final                   05/04/95                    60 FR 22229
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3661

[[Page 23584]]

Agency Contact: Cindy Roberts, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4304, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2787
Fax: 202 260-6098
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC55
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3499. SELENIUM CRITERION MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION FOR WATER QUALITY 
GUIDANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES SYSTEM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1268 CWA sec 118

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 132

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking would establish a new acute aquatic life 
criterion for selenium in the final Water Quality Guidance for the 
Great Lakes System (the Guidance) that was published on March 23, 1995 
(60 FR 15366). The proposed new criterion takes into account data 
showing that selenium's two most prevalent oxidation states, selenite 
and selenate, present differing potentials for aquatic toxicity, as 
well as new data indicating that all forms of selenium are additive. 
The new approach produces a different selenium acute criterion (also 
called the Criterion Maximum Concentration, or CMC) depending upon the 
relative proportions of selenite, selenate, and other forms of selenium 
that are present. This effort is on hold until a larger effort to amend 
the national water quality criteria guidance for selenium is complete. 
Once that effort is completed EPA will reevaluate the need for this 
action to amend the final Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes 
System and take appropriate action.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/14/96                    61 FR 58444
NPRM                            12/16/96                    61 FR 66007
Final Action                    06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3921

Agency Contact: Mark Morris, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4301, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0312
Fax: 202 260-5394
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC97
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3500. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY WEST COAST TEST 
PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF POLLUTANTS UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1313 CWA 303; 33 USC 1314(h) CWA 304(h); 33 USC 
1314(a)(8) CWA 304(a)(8); 33 USC 1361 CWA 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would amend 40 CFR part 136, by adding test 
procedures to measure chronic whole effluent toxicity using species 
indigenous to West Coast marine waters for the analysis of pollutants 
under the Clean Water Act. State, local and tribal governments and 
small businesses on the West Coast are already using variations of 
these methods in NPDES permits.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/00/02
Final Action                    01/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3618

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC54
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3501. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF TRACE 
METALS UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314(h) CWA 304(h); 33 USC 1361(a) CWA 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulatory action would propose to amend the Guidelines 
Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants under 40 
CFR part 136 to approve new EPA methods for the determination of trace 
metals at EPA's water quality criteria levels. These methods are 
necessary for the implementation of water quality-based permits under 
the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) of the 
Clean Water Act. Water quality-based permits are necessary when 
technology-based controls do not allow a particular water body to meet 
the State's designated water quality standard. Because the methods 
currently approved under 40 CFR part 136 were designed to support 
primarily technology-based permitting needs, and because these 
technology-based levels are as much as 280 times higher than water 
quality-based criteria for metals, approval of new EPA test procedures 
is necessary.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/00/01
Final Action                    08/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3702

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC75

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3502. INCREASED METHOD FLEXIBILITY FOR TEST PROCEDURES APPROVED FOR 
CLEAN WATER ACT COMPLIANCE MONITORING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314(h) CWA 304 (h); 33 USC 1361(a) CWA 501 (a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulatory action would highlight the flexibility 
already contained in the 600 and 1600 series of EPA Methods that are 
currently approved for Clean Water Act compliance monitoring under 40 
CFR part 136, Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis 
of Pollutants. These methods typically contain a statement that, in 
recognition of advances that are occurring in analytical technology, 
and to allow the analyst to overcome sample matrix interferences, the 
analyst is permitted certain options to improve separations or lower 
the costs of measurements. These options include alternate extraction, 
concentration, cleanup procedures, and changes in columns and 
detectors. The methods further require the analyst to demonstrate that 
the method modifications will not adversely affect the quality of data 
by generating quality control results that meet the specifications 
contained in the method. Despite this stated flexibility, the Agency 
has found that many NPDES and pretreatment permitting authorities are 
not aware of this flexibility when issuing or enforcing NPDES and 
pretreatment permits. Therefore, this regulatory action will highlight 
the existing method flexibility and clarify EPA's position regarding 
its application. This action will also extend this flexibility to other 
methods currently approved under 40 CFR part 136. The purpose of 
extending this flexibility to other methods is to (1) increase 
consistency between methods, (2) provide for increased recognition of 
advances in analytical technology, and (3) reduce costs associated with 
analytical measurements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3714

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC92
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3503. TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CO-PLANAR AND MONO-ORTHO-
SUBSTITUTED POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq CWA 304(h); 33 USC 1314(h) CWA 
501(a); 33 USC 1361(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 503; 40 CFR 136

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulatory action would propose to amend the Guidelines 
Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants under 40 
CFR parts 136 and 503 to approve EPA Method 1668 for the congener-
specific determination of co-planar and mono-ortho-substituted 
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in effluent ambient water and sludge. 
This method is necessary for the implementation of water quality-based 
permits under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
(NPDES) of the Clean Water Act. Water quality-based permits are 
necessary when technology-based controls do not allow a particular 
water body to meet the State's designated water quality standard. At 
present there is no EPA analytical method for determination of these 
PCBs, therefore, approval of a new EPA test procedure is necessary.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/02
Final Action                    06/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Organizations, Businesses, Governmental 
Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4049

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1639
Fax: 202 206-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD09
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3504. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF 
MISCELLANEOUS METALS, ANIONS, AND VOLATILE ORGANICS UNDER THE CLEAN 
WATER ACT, PHASE TWO

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314(h) CWA 304(h); 33 USC 1361(a) CWA 501(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulatory action would amend the Guidelines 
Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants under 40 
CFR Part 136 to approve new procedures for the analysis of 
miscellaneous metals, anions, and volatile organics under the Clean 
Water Act (CWA). These methods are used for implementing water quality 
based permits under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
(NPDES) of the CWA. This regulation would approve test procedures to be 
used in measuring this group of compounds under the NPDES unless the 
Regional Administrator approves an alternative procedure. This 
rulemaking would constitute the second of two segments of rulemaking 
initially proposed as one action.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/18/95                    60 FR 53988
Final Action                    06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

[[Page 23586]]

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4089

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD12
_______________________________________________________________________




3505.  TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MERCURY UNDER THE 
CLEAN WATER ACT (METHOD 245.7)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq; 33 USC 1314(h); 33 USC 1361(a); PL 
92-500 76 Stat. 816; PL 95-217 91 Stat. 1567; PL 100-4 100 Stat. 7

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136.3(IB)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulatory action would propose to amend the 
``Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of 
Pollutants'' under 40 CFR Part 136 to approve a new analytical test 
procedure (method) for the determination of mercury in the wastewater 
program as authorized under the Clean Water Act (CWA). This new test 
procedure is capable of measuring mercury at low parts-per-trillion 
(ppt; ng/L) concentrations and would be an alternative to the recently 
promulgated Method 1631, which also determines mercury at low ppt 
concentrations.
Method 245.7 uses similar technology to Method 1631 (cold vapor atomic 
fluorescence spectrometry), but it does not require the use of a gold 
trap. Laboratories claim that Method 245.7 is a less burdensome and 
more cost-effective method than Method 1631.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/01
Final Action                    09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4377

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1639
Fax: 202 206-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD52
_______________________________________________________________________




3506. REVISION OF NPDES INDUSTRIAL PERMIT APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND 
FORM 2C--WASTEWATER DISCHARGE INFORMATION

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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: 33 USC 1342 CWA sec 402

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122.21(e)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: All existing manufacturing, commercial, mining, and 
silvicultural operations requiring a National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System (NPDES) permit must submit an application in order 
to obtain a permit. The existing industrial application form has not 
been revised since 1984 and needs to be updated to reflect statutory 
and related regulatory changes in the NPDES and water quality standards 
program. The purpose of this action would be to revise and consolidate 
existing application forms and requirements for industries, and to 
streamline the permit application process for these facilities. The 
Agency seeks to establish a unified process that minimizes the need for 
additional information from applicants while providing permit writers 
the necessary information, including toxics data, to ensure that 
permits adequately address concerns of permittees and environmental 
protection. The Agency will seek to allow the use of existing data to 
the extent possible and to avoid unnecessary reporting. The Agency is 
also considering how to utilize electronic data submission. Although 
these forms will increase the burden on permittees not already required 
to provide these data, many other permittees are already required to 
submit the data. The Agency is reviewing ways to minimize the need for 
information from small dischargers, including tribal facilities. EPA 
will also seek to minimize and reduce the burden on States through 
improvements to the application forms.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Local, Tribal, Federal, State

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3234

Agency Contact: Jeff Lape, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4203, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6057
Fax: 202 260-1460
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC26
_______________________________________________________________________




3507. STANDARDS FOR THE USE OR DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE (ROUND II)

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1345 CWA sec 405; 33 USC 1361(a) CWA sec 501(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 503 (Revisions)

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, December 15, 1999.
Final, Judicial, December 15, 2001.

Abstract: Section 405 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires EPA to 
develop and publish regulations providing guidelines for the use and 
disposal of sewage sludge. The rules, among other things, are to 
identify uses for sewage sludge, including disposal, and concentrations 
of pollutants which interfere with such use or disposal. The statute 
requires EPA to develop the regulations in two phases and periodically 
revise existing regulations. In November 1992, EPA promulgated 
regulations (58 FR 9247) for the first round of pollutants identified 
in sewage sludge. EPA is required by

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consent decree to propose and promulgate sewage sludge regulations for 
a second round of pollutants before the end of 2001. EPA currently is 
considering only dioxins, dibenzofurans and coplanar-PCBs for 
regulation in the second round regulations. These regulations will 
establish requirements for sewage sludge when the sewage sludge is 
applied to the land, placed on surface disposal sites, or fired in a 
sewage sludge incinerator. The regulation may impact Federal, State, 
and local governments. The impact on small entities, including small 
businesses, is undetermined at this time.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/23/99                    64 FR 72045
Final Action                    12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3488

Agency Contact: Alan B. Rubin, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4304, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7589
Fax: 202 260-1036
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC25
_______________________________________________________________________




3508. AMENDMENTS TO ROUND I FINAL SEWAGE SLUDGE USE OR DISPOSAL RULE --
PHASE TWO

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: 33 USC 1345 CWA sec 405; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 503 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is amending the Round I Final Sewage Sludge Use or 
Disposal Regulation in two phases. Phase Two will address issues 
presented by judicial remand of specific requirements in the final 
Round 1 rule (part 503) and requests for reconsideration and will 
modify certain technical requirements. The proposed changes will impact 
Federal, State, local and tribal governments, as well as small 
businesses and small governmental jurisdictions. EPA expects that these 
changes will increase flexibility and thus reduce the regulatory 
burden.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/01
Final Action                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4207

Agency Contact: Alan B. Rubin, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4304, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7589
Fax: 202 260-1036
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC53
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Completed Actions


Clean Water Act (CWA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3509. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR LANDFILLS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 445

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    01/19/00                     65 FR 3008

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Sectors Affected: 562211 Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal; 562212 
Solid Waste Landfill

Agency Contact: Mike Ebner
Phone: 202 260-5397
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC23
_______________________________________________________________________




3510. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR COMMERCIAL HAZARDOUS WASTE 
COMBUSTORS (FORMERLY TITLED INDUSTRIAL WASTE COMBUSTORS)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 444

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    01/27/00                     65 FR 4360

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Sectors Affected: 562211 Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal

Agency Contact: Samantha Lewis
Phone: 202 260-7149
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD03
_______________________________________________________________________




3511. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS; ESTABLISHMENT OF NUMERIC CRITERIA FOR 
PRIORITY TOXIC POLLUTANTS; STATES' COMPLIANCE -- REVISION OF 
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) CRITERIA

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    11/09/99                    64 FR 61181

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Agency Contact: Cindy Roberts
Phone: 202 260-2787
Fax: 202 260-6098
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD27

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3512. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF 
CYANIDE UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/30/99                    64 FR 73414

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC76
_______________________________________________________________________




3513. NPDES COMPREHENSIVE STORM WATER PHASE II REGULATIONS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/08/99                    64 FR 68722

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Wendy Bell
Phone: 202 260-9534
Fax: 202 260-1460
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC82
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3514. USE OF SCREENING PROCEDURES FOR COMPLIANCE MONITORING OF DRINKING 
WATER CONTAMINANTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300(f) SDWA 1401; 42 USC 300(g)(1) SDWA 1412; 
42 USC 300(j)(4) SDWA 1445

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 143

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Amendments require 
EPA to review new analytical methods that may be used for regulated 
contaminants screening or analysis, including screening methods. After 
this review, EPA may approve such methods that are deemed more accurate 
or cost-effective than established reference methods for use in 
compliance monitoring or the monitoring of unregulated contaminants. In 
this regulatory effort, EPA proposes to integrate the use of screening 
methods in the overall scheme of drinking water compliance monitoring. 
Efforts will be made to keep the proposal consistent with the Office of 
Water plan for Performance Based Methods (PBMS). EPA will identify 
regulated contaminates, types of monitoring and specific areas within 
each monitoring framework which are amenable to the use of screening 
methods. A logical application of screening procedures would be in a 
tiered monitoring mode where Tier 1 (screening phase) would identify 
the principal problem areas while Tier 2 would use sampling and 
analysis to more carefully identify and quantify specific contaminants. 
EPA would identify specific screening methods which are available for 
use based on their performance characteristics, tolerance to sample 
interferences, validation for drinking water analysis and correlation 
of results with traditional instrumental methods. The use of screening 
methods is expected to make drinking water compliance monitoring 
cheaper and faster, and provide flexibility to the Public Water Systems 
in the choice of analytical methods. Laboratory acceptance limits and 
other method performance requirements that were specified under 
previous rules will not be changed in this rule making. This proposal 
would only add new analytical methods and/or analytical approaches and 
would not withdraw or modify previously approved methods.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/00
Final Action                    11/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4212

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Dr. Jitendra Saxena, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9579
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Richard Reding, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, U.S. EPA 
Facilities, Cincinnati, OH 45268
Phone: 513 569-7961
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD31
_______________________________________________________________________




3515.  UNREGULATED CONTAMINANT MONITORING RULE - LIST 2

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f; 42 USC 300g-1 to 300g-6; 42 USC 300j-4; 
42 USC 300j-9; 42 USC 300j-11

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141.40

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Office of Water will revise the National Primary Drinking 
Water Regulations for Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring to require 
monitoring for List 2 contaminants for which analytical methods and 
sampling locations must be specified. Promulgation of these methods and 
sampling locations will allow the unregulated contaminants on List 2 of 
the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (1999) List to be 
monitored beginning January 2001, along with monitoring for List 1 
contaminants. Monitoring will be conducted at approximately 300 
randomly selected public water systems, quarterly for one year 
beginning in 2001. Contaminants on List 2 include: 1,2-
diphenylhydrazine; 2-methyl-phenol; 2,4-dichlorophenol; 2,4-
dinitrophenol; 2,4,6-

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trichlorophenol; Alachlor ESA; Diazinon; Disulfoton; Diuron; Fonofos; 
Linuron; Polonium-210; Prometon; Terbufos; RDX; and Aeromonas (a 
microbiological contaminant). Methods are currently being developed for 
these contaminants. If a method is not ready at the time this rule is 
promulgated, the contaminant may be monitored at a later date when its 
method is available.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4373

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Charles Job, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7084
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]

Rachel Sakata, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2527
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD58
_______________________________________________________________________




3516. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS: GROUND WATER RULE

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under PL 
104-4.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300(f) SDWA sec 1412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, May 31, 2002.

Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act as amended in 1996 directs EPA to 
promulgate regulations requiring disinfection as necessary for ground 
water systems. The intention is to develop a protective public health 
approach which assures a baseline of protection for all consumers of 
ground water and sets in place an increasingly targeted strategy to 
identify high risk or high priority systems that require greater 
scrutiny or further action. Development and implementation of the rule 
will involve local, tribal, State and Federal governments. The 
structure of the rule is a series of barriers to microbial 
contamination. The multiple-barrier approach relies upon four major 
components: 1) periodic onsite inspections of ground water systems 
requiring the evaluation of eight key areas and the identification of 
significant deficiencies; 2) source water monitoring for systems 
drawing from sensitive aquifers without treatment or with other 
indications of risk; 3) a requirement for correction of significant 
deficiencies; and 4) a requirement for treatment where contamination or 
significant deficiencies are not or cannot be corrected, and 
alternative sources of drinking water are not available. EPA believes 
that the combination of these elements strikes an appropriate 
regulatory balance which tailors the intensity or burden of protective 
measures and follow-up action to the risk being addressed.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    11/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  This action may have federalism implications as defined in 
EO 13132.

Additional Information: SAN No. 2340
Statutory deadline for final: After August 6,1999 but before May 31, 
2002.

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Eric Burneson, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1445

Tracy Bone, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2954

RIN: 2040-AA97
_______________________________________________________________________




3517. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS: ARSENIC AND 
CLARIFICATIONS TO NEW SOURCE CONTAMINANT MONITORING

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect State, local or tribal 
governments and the private sector.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300(f) SDWA sec 1412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141(Revision); 40 CFR 142 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, January 1, 2000.
Final, Statutory, January 1, 2001.

Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Amendments of 1996 require 
EPA to develop a plan and research health risks of low levels of 
arsenic. In addition, EPA must propose a revised drinking water 
regulation for arsenic by January 1, 2000, and issue a final rule by 
January 1, 2001. Currently the drinking water standard for arsenic is 
0.05 mg/L or 50 ug/L. A March 1999 National Academy of Sciences report 
urged EPA to lower the drinking water standard, because inorganic 
arsenic causes bladder, lung and other internal cancers in humans. The 
report recommended additional studies to characterize heath effects at 
low doses for cancers, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, reproductive 
effects, and children.
EPA generally sets the enforceable maximum contaminant level (MCL) as 
close to the health-based maximum contaminant level goal (MCLG) as 
feasible, considering treatment efficacy and costs, but may set an 
alternative level depending on the balance of costs and benefits in 
certain cases. EPA must list affordable technologies or treatment 
techniques that achieve compliance with the MCL for three categories of 
small systems considering the quality of the source water. Furthermore, 
alternatives to central treatment, such as point-of-use and point-of-
entry devices, can be considered for small systems that maintain 
control over operation and maintenance. With the proposal, EPA must ask 
for comment on the costs of compliance and health risk reduction 
benefits projected for the

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proposed MCL and any alternatives considered.
In addition, in this proposal EPA is clarifying compliance monitoring 
after exceedances and specifying that States will specify the time 
period and sampling frequency for new public water systems and new 
water sources. These clarifications apply to inorganic, volatile 
organic, and synthetic organic contaminants.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Plan Arsenic Research Topics for 
Funding                         12/24/96                    61 FR 67800
NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  This action may have federalism implications as defined in 
EO 13132.

Additional Information: SAN No. 2807

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Irene Dooley, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9531
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AB75
_______________________________________________________________________




3518. LONG TERM 1 ENHANCED SURFACE WATER TREATMENT AND FILTER BACKWASH 
RULE

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect State, local or tribal 
governments.

Legal Authority: SDWA 1412(b)(14); SDWA 1412(b)(2)(C)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 9 (Revision); 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, August 30, 2000, Filter Backwash Rule 
Provisions.
Final, Statutory, November 30, 2000, Long-Term 1 Rule Provisions.

Abstract: The purposes of the Long Term 1 Filter Backwash rule (LT1FBR) 
are to: 1) improve control of microbial pathogens in drinking water, 
including Cryptosporidium, for PWSs serving fewer than 10,000 people; 
2) prevent increases in microbial risk while PWSs serving fewer than 
10,000 people control for disinfection byproducts, and; 3) require 
certain public water systems (PWSs) to institute changes to the return 
of recycle flows within the treatment process to reduce the effects of 
recycle on compromising microbial control. The rule responds to the 
statutory requirement to establish a Long Term Final Enhanced Surface 
Water Treatment Rule (LTESWTR) affecting PWSs that serve under 10,000 
people. It also addresses the statutory requirement to promulgate a 
regulation which governs the recycle of filter backwash within the 
treatment process of public utilities.
The proposed LT1FBR will contain 5 key provisions for systems serving 
fewer than 10,000 people: 1) a 2-log Cryptosporidium removal 
requirement; 2) strengthened combined filter effluent turbidity 
performance standards and new individual filter turbidity provisions; 
3) disinfection benchmark provisions to assure continued microbial 
protection; 4) inclusion of Cryptosporidium in the definition of ground 
water under the direct influence of surface water (GWUDI) and in the 
watershed control requirements for unfiltered public water systems; and 
5) requirements for covers on new finished water reservoirs. The 
proposed LT1FBR will contain three key provisions for all systems: 1) a 
provision requiring recycle flows be introduced at the head of the 
plant; 2) a requirement for plants meeting criteria to perform a one-
time self assessment of their recycle practice and consult with their 
primacy Agency to address and correct high risk recycle operations; and 
3) a requirement for direct filtration plants to provide information to 
the State on their current recycle practice.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/00
Final Action                    11/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  This action may have federalism implications as defined in 
EO 13132.

Additional Information: SAN No. 4147
The Filter Backwash Recycling Regulations, previously listed separately 
in the Regulatory Agenda (RIN 2040-AD17) has been merged into this 
rule.

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Jeffery Robichaud, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2568
Fax: 202 410-6135
Email: [email protected]

Steve Potts, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-5015
Fax: 202 410-6135
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD18
_______________________________________________________________________




3519. LONG TERM 2 ENHANCED SURFACE WATER TREATMENT RULE

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect State, local or tribal 
governments and the private sector.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300g-1; 42 USC 300g-2; 42 USC 300g-3; 42 USC 
300g-4; 42 USC 300g-5; 42 USC 300g-6; 42 USC 300j-4; 42 USC 300j-9; 42 
USC 300j-11; SDWA 1412(b); 42 USC 300f; 40 USC 300g-1(b)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141 to 142; 40 CFR 9

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule 
(LT2ESWTR) will control risk from microbial pathogens in drinking 
water. It is being developed simultaneously with the Stage 2 
Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (DBPR) which will 
address risk caused by the use of disinfectants in drinking water. This 
rule could affect all public water systems that use surface water as a 
source. Promulgating the LT2ESWTR and the Stage 2 DBPR as a paired 
rulemaking is necessary to ensure that adequate protection from 
microbial risk is maintained while EPA manages risk

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from disinfection byproducts. EPA is required to promulgate the Stage 2 
DBPR by May, 2002, under the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act amendments. 
In developing the LT2ESWTR, EPA will analyze a significant body of new 
survey data on microbial pathogens in source and finished waters, as 
well as data on parameters which could serve as indicators of microbial 
risk. This survey data, which was collected under the Information 
Collection Rule (ICR), Supplemental Surveys to the ICR, and additional 
research projects, will provide a substantially more comprehensive and 
complete picture of the occurrence of waterborne pathogens than was 
available previously. EPA will also use significant new data on the 
efficiency of treatment processes for the removal and inactivation of 
microorganisms, as well as new information on the toxicity of certain 
pathogens, to determine effective regulatory requirements for 
controlling microbial risk. On March 30, 1999 EPA established a 
committee of stakeholders under the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA) to assist in the development of these rules. The FACA committee 
is scheduled to make recommendations on rule options to EPA in June, 
2000.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  This action may have federalism implications as defined in 
EO 13132.

Additional Information: SAN No. 4341

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Thomas Grubbs, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7270
Fax: 202 401-6135
Email: [email protected]

Dan Schmelling, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1439
Fax: 202 401-6135
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD37
_______________________________________________________________________




3520. STAGE 2 DISINFECTANTS/DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS RULE

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect State, local or tribal 
governments and the private sector.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300g-4; 42 USC 300g-5; 42 USC 300g-6; 42 USC 
300j-4; 42 USC 300j-9; 42 USC 300j-11; 40 USC 300g-1(b); SDWA 1412(b); 
42 USC 300f; 42 USC 300g-2; 42 USC 300g-3

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 9; 40 CFR 141 to 142

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, May 2002, SDWA 1412(b)(2)(A) imposes 
date for final rule promulgation.

Abstract: The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments require EPA to 
promulgate a Stage 2 Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Rule (Stage 
2 DBPR) by May, 2002. EPA plans to propose this rule in February, 2001. 
The Regulation, along with a Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water 
Treatment Rule (LT2ESWTR) that will be promulgated simultaneously, is 
intended to expand existing public health protections and address 
concerns about risk trade-offs between pathogens and disinfection 
byproducts. This rule could affect all public water systems that add a 
disinfectant to the drinking water during any part of the treatment 
process although the impacts may be limited to community water systems 
(CWSs) and non-transient non-community water systems (NTNCWSs). 
Promulgating the LT2ESWTR and the Stage 2 DBPR as a paired rulemaking 
is necessary to ensure that adequate protection from microbial risk is 
maintained while EPA manages risk from disinfection byproducts. In 
developing the Stage 2 DBPR, EPA will analyze a significant body of new 
survey data on source water quality parameters, treatment data and 
disinfection byproduct occurrence. This survey data, which was 
collected under the Information Collection Rule (ICR), Supplemental 
Surveys to the ICR, and additional research projects, will provide a 
substantially more comprehensive and complete picture of the occurrence 
of DBPs and microbiological pathogens than was available previously. 
EPA will also use new information on the health effects of exposure to 
DBPs to determine effective regulatory requirements for controlling 
risk. On March 30, 1999 EPA established a committee of stakeholders 
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to assist in the 
development of these rules. The FACA committee is scheduled to make 
recommendations on rule options to EPA in June, 2000.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations, 
Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Local, Tribal, State, Federal

Federalism:  This action may have federalism implications as defined in 
EO 13132.

Additional Information: SAN No. 4342

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Thomas Grubbs, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7270
Fax: 202 401-6135
Email: [email protected]

Jennifer McLain, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0431
Fax: 202 401-6135
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD38
_______________________________________________________________________




3521.  NATIONAL SECONDARY DRINKING WATER REGULATION FOR METHYL 
TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 143 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) is an automobile fuel 
additive, introduced in the late 1970s during lead phase-out as an 
octane enhancer. It has been used in increasing quantity

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in the 1990s to meet the requirements of the federal Reformulated 
Gasoline (RFG) and Oxyfuels programs required by the Clean Air Act 
Amendments of 1990. However, MTBE has been detected in ground water and 
drinking water in a number of States due to leaking underground storage 
tanks and leaking pipelines. Although most of these detections are at 
levels well below health concern, MTBE's distinctive turpentine-like 
taste and odor can be detected at low levels. This provides a challenge 
to water suppliers, because contaminated drinking water can be 
unacceptable to the public. In this action, EPA is proposing a 
secondary standard for MTBE, which will provide control levels for 
taste and odor acceptability and maintain drinking water quality.
EPA is developing a secondary standard based on taste and odor because 
we currently do not have enough information to meet SDWA's requirements 
for promulgating a primary health-based standard.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/00
Final Action                    12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4404

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Rachel Sakata, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2527
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD54
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3522. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS: RADON

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect State, local or tribal 
governments.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300(f) SDWA sec 1412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142

Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, February 6, 1999, Publish radon 
health risk reduction and cost analysis.
NPRM, Statutory, August 6, 1999.
Final, Statutory, August 6, 2000.

Abstract: EPA proposed new regulations for radon in drinking water 
which will provide states flexibility in how to manage the health risks 
from radon, in both drinking water and in indoor air. States would be 
able to focus their efforts on the highest radon risks to the public - 
in indoor air - while reducing the highest risks from radon in drinking 
water. Breathing indoor radon in homes is the primary public health 
risk from radon, contributing to about 20,000 lung cancer deaths each 
year in the United States, according to a landmark report this year by 
the National Academy of Sciences. That makes radon in indoor air the 
second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. Based on a 
second NAS report, EPA estimates that radon in drinking water causes 
about 168 cancer deaths per year, of which about 89 percent are lung 
cancer from breathing radon released from water. The remaining 11 
percent of the risk is for stomach cancer from drinking radon-
containing water.
The proposal is based on the unique framework outlined in the 1996 Safe 
Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The proposed new regulation will provide two 
options to states and water systems for reducing public health risks 
from radon. Under the first option, states can choose to develop 
enhanced state programs to address the health risks from indoor radon 
while water systems reduce radon levels in drinking water to the 
higher, alternative maximum contaminant level MCL of 4,000 pCi/L 
(picoCuries per liter, a standard unit of radiation) or lower, ensuring 
protection from the highest risks from radon in drinking water. EPA is 
encouraging the states to adopt this approach as the most cost-
effective way to achieve the greatest radon risk reduction. If a state 
does not elect this option, the second option would require water 
systems in that state to either reduce radon in drinking water levels 
to the MCL of 300 pCi/L, or to develop a local indoor radon program and 
reduce levels in drinking water to 4000 pCi/L. Those systems initially 
at the MCL or lower will not need to treat their water for radon.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           09/30/86                    51 FR 34836
NPRM-old                        07/18/91                    56 FR 33050
Notice                          02/26/99                     64 FR 9560
NPRM                            11/02/99                    64 FR 59245
Final Action                    08/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  This action may have federalism implications as defined in 
EO 13132.

Additional Information: SAN No. 2281

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Sylvia Malm, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0417
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AA94
_______________________________________________________________________




3523. REFORMATTING OF DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS

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: 42 USC 300(f) SDWA sec 1412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule reformats the current drinking water regulations to 
make them easier to understand and follow. This rule is not intended to

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change any of the regulatory requirements. The rule assists State, 
local and tribal governments in that it makes the rules easier to 
implement and thus facilitates their jobs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3563

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Evelyn Washington, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3029
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC41
_______________________________________________________________________




3524. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS: RADIUM, URANIUM, 
ALPHA, BETA AND PHOTON EMITTERS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect State, local or tribal 
governments.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300(f) SDWA sec 1412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142

Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, November 18, 2000, for Uranium.
Other, Judicial, November 18, 2000, See additional information.

Abstract: Standards for radium, alpha, and beta and photon emitters 
were promulgated in 1976. They were included in the list of 83 
contaminants for regulation (because they had MCLs but not MCLGs), 
along with uranium in the 1986 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 
Amendments. Regulations for uranium, radium 226, radium 228, and gross 
alpha and beta particles were proposed on July 18, 1991. The 1991 
proposal was to raise the standard for radium 226/228 from combined 
level of 5 pCi/l to a separate standard of 20 pCi/l, and proposed 
uranium at 20 ug/l. Pursuant to court agreement, EPA will take final 
action on proposed uranium regulations by November, 2000, and final 
action on radium, alpha, beta, and photon emitters or state reasons for 
not taking final action by November, 2000.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           09/30/86                    51 FR 34836
NPRM                            07/18/91                    56 FR 33050
NODA                            04/00/00
Final Action                    11/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  This action may have federalism implications as defined in 
EO 13132.

Additional Information: SAN No. 3992
Judicial Other Deadline Description: Final or rationale for not taking 
final action on Radium, Alpha, Beta and Photon emitters.

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: David Huber, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9566
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC98
_______________________________________________________________________




3525. REVISION TO THE INTERIM ENHANCED SURFACE WATER TREATMENT RULE 
(IESWTR) AND THE STAGE 1 DISINFECTANTS AND DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS RULE 
(DBPR).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 40 USC 300(f)-300(j) SWDA 1412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will make minor revisions to the IESWTR and the 
DBPR which were published December 16, 1998. The primary purpose of 
this Direct Final Rule is to revise the compliance date of both rules. 
A key outcome of this change will be to shift the monitoring periods to 
coincide with standard quarters, which will facilitate the 
implementation of both rules. This action will also extend the use of 
new analytical methods for Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM), that are 
included in these rules, for compliance with existing drinking water 
regulations. The revisions also include a few minor changes to the 
regulatory language which will clarify interpretation of the regulatory 
requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4281

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Jennifer Melch, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4606, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7035
Fax: 202 401-2345
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD43
_______________________________________________________________________




3526. PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REGULATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300(f) et seq; SDWA 1414(c)(1); SDWA 1414(c)(2)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141.32; 40 CFR 142.14; 40 CFR 142.15; 40 CFR 
142.16; 40 CFR 143.5; 40 CFR 141.201; 40 CFR 141.202; 40 CFR 141.203; 
40 CFR 141.204; 40 CFR 141.205; 40 CFR 141.206; 40 CFR 141.207; 40 CFR 
141.208; 40 CFR 141.209; 40 CFR 141.210; ...

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action revises an existing regulation to incorporate the 
new public notification provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act. A 
Public Water System is required to provide notification to its 
customers whenever: (1) a violation of certain drinking water 
regulations occurs (including MCL, treatment technique, and monitoring/
reporting requirements); (2) a variance or exemption to those 
regulations is in place or the conditions of the variance or exemption 
are violated; or (3) required results from unregulated contaminant 
monitoring are received. The Administrator is

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required to prescribe by regulation the manner, frequency, form, and 
content for giving notice. States are required to adopt this rule to 
retain primacy. The 1996 amendments (1) require notice within 24 hours 
for violations posing a serious public health risk from short term 
exposure and give EPA discretion to set the timing of the notification 
for all other violations; (2) give EPA discretion to set the method of 
delivery of the notices as long as the public notice reaches all 
persons served; (3) establish a specific requirement for EPA 
consultation with the States in issuing revised regulations; (4) allow 
the primary States to prescribe alternative notification requirements 
by rule with respect to the form and content of the notice. One other 
new requirement -- for public water systems to prepare an annual 
consumer confidence report -- is being implemented under a separate 
regulatory action. The benefits of the revised public notification 
regulations will be to streamline the existing requirements, provide 
quicker and more effective notification of violations that have a 
serious adverse effect, and better inform customers of the risk to 
their health from the drinking water.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/13/99                    64 FR 25963
Final Action                    04/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4009

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Carl Reeverts, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4606, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7273
Fax: 202 260-4656
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD06
_______________________________________________________________________




3527. UPDATE OF STATE UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAMS

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300h-1 SDWA Section 1422; 42 USC 300h-4 SDWA 
Section 1425

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 147 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA provides a place in its regulations where all the State 
UIC programs are summarized. Included in this summarization are all the 
authorities and regulations used by the States to implement the UIC 
program, as well as all other documents that are relevant to the 
program. The primary reason for the codification of this descriptive 
information is to clarify which state requirements in a primacy State 
EPA can enforce directly. Current citations to state regulations in 40 
CFR Part 147 are out of date for many states. Therefore, this update is 
necessary. Regions will be submitting state revision packages as they 
are completed. Part 147 will then be updated in several states. This is 
the first stage. This effort should have no impact on the regulated 
community.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               05/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4236

Agency Contact: Bruce Kobelski, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4606, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7275
Fax: 260 202-4656

Mario Salazar, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4606, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2363
Fax: 202 260-0732
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD40
_______________________________________________________________________




3528. DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300j-12 SDWA 1452 (g)(3)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Amendments of 1996 
established a Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program to 
assist public water systems in financing the costs of infrastructure 
needed to achieve or maintain compliance with SDWA requirements and to 
further the public health objectives of the Act. The SDWA amendments 
authorizes the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) to award capitalization grants to States, which in turn 
provide low cost loans and other types of assistance to eligible 
systems. A State determines the portion of the funds from the 
capitalization grant to conduct set-aside activities and the remaining 
grant monies are deposited into the project Fund to finance 
infrastructure projects. Each State has considerable flexibility, with 
minimum Federal requirements imposed, to determine the design of its 
DWSRF program and to direct funding toward its most pressing compliance 
and public health needs. This regulation is intended to codify the 
DWSRF Final Guidelines published in February, 1997 which explain: what 
States must do to receive a DWSRF capitalization grant; what States may 
do with Federal capitalization grant funds; what States may do with 
funds the law intends for activities other than project construction 
(set-asides); and the roles of both the States and EPA in managing and 
administering the program. The DWSRF program helps to ensure that the 
Nation's drinking water supplies remain safe and affordable, that 
drinking water systems that receive funding are properly operated and 
maintained, and that permanent institutions exist in each State to 
provide financial support for drinking water needs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final                   04/00/00
Final Action                    07/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4152

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Kimberley Roy, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4606, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2794
Fax: 202 401-2345
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD20

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_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3529. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS: SULFATE

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300(f) SDWA sec 1412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142

Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, August 6, 2001, Decision whether to 
regulate.

Abstract: Sulfate is on the list of 83 contaminants required to be 
regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) of 1986. The 
contaminant was deferred from the Phase V regulation in order to allow 
the EPA time to focus on implementation issues arising from the 
proposal concerning the risk of sulfate in drinking water to specific 
subpopulations. Sulfate can cause diarrhea in infants and in adults not 
acclimated to high sulfate-containing water, such as travelers. Persons 
who are acclimated to high sulfate-containing water suffer no adverse 
effects from its consumption. Sulfate occurs naturally in soil and is 
also found in surface water as a result of acid rain. Sulfate is also 
used as a reagent in steel and copper industries and in the manufacture 
of copper sulfate, a fungicide/algicide. An estimated 2,000 systems--
serving a population of 200,000 residents, 1 million travelers, and 
30,000 infants--are likely to be affected by this regulation. Most of 
the affected systems serve populations of less than 3,000 and are 
transient systems not in service year-round. EPA proposed but never 
finalized several options for compliance which would be an alternative 
to central treatment and less costly. The 1996 amendments to the SDWA 
call for a definitive study to resolve remaining health risk questions. 
Thereafter, EPA is to make a determination whether or not to regulate 
sulfate. EPA and the Centers for Disease Control have conducted the 
health risk study for sulfate. The results of the study will serve as 
the basis for the Agency's determination on whether to regulate 
sulfate.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/20/94                    59 FR 65578
Notice Sulfate Study            02/11/99                     64 FR 7028
Final Action Decision to 
regulate or not                 08/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3176

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: James Taft, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5519
Email: [email protected]

Irene Dooley, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9531
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC07
_______________________________________________________________________




3530. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER STANDARDS FOR ALDICARB

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300(f) SDWA sec 1412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA promulgated MCLs for aldicarb, aldicarb sulfoxide, and 
aldicarb sulfone in the Phase II rulemaking in 1991 at levels of 7 ug/l 
each. In response to an administrative petition from the manufacture 
Rhone-Poulenc, the Agency issued an administrative stay of the 
effective date. EPA will reexamine risk assessment and occurrence data 
on aldicarb. EPA will then make a determination of what further action 
may be appropriate.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/00/01
Final Rule                      08/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3238

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Corry Westbrook, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3228
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]

Evelyn Washington, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3029
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC13
_______________________________________________________________________




3531.  REGULATED DRINKING WATER CONTAMINANT OCCURRENCE REPORTING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f; 42 USC 300g-1 to 42 USC 300g-6; 42 USC 
300j-4; 42 USC 300j-9; 42 USC 300j-11

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 142.15

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Office of Water will revise the National Primary Drinking 
Water Regulations to require public water systems and States to report 
regulated drinking water contaminant occurrence level data to EPA. At 
present, States only report violation data for the purpose of 
compliance tracking, as concentrations that exceed the Maximum 
Contaminant Level. The data will be compared to health effects levels 
and used to compare occurrence frequency with monitoring requirements. 
The results of these analysis may be used to modify existing 
regulations during the statutory required 6 year regulatory review 
cycle.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/00/01
Final Action                    11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

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Additional Information: SAN No. 4369

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Rachel Sakata, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2527
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]

Charles Job, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7084
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD48
_______________________________________________________________________


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Completed Actions


Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3532. NATIONAL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS: 
ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR CHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS AND 
REVISIONS TO LABORATORY CERTIFICATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 143

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/01/99                    64 FR 67499

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Dr. Jitendra Saxena
Phone: 202 260-9579
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]
Richard Reding
Phone: 513 569-7961
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD04
_______________________________________________________________________




3533.  UNREGULATED CONTAMINANT MONITORING RULE - PERCHLORATE AND 
ACETOCHLOR METHODS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f; 42 USC 300g-1 to 300g-6; 42 USC 300j-4; 
42 USC 300j-9; 42 USC 300j-11

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141.40

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Office of Water will revise the National Primary Drinking 
Water Regulations for Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring to specify the 
analytical methods for perchlorate and acetochlor. Monitoring for 
perchlorate and acetochlor was not required when the Unregulated 
Contaminant Monitoring Rule was promulgated because analytical methods 
were not available for them. Promulgation of methods for perchlorate 
and acetochlor will allow public water systems to monitor for these 
unregulated contaminants on List 1 of the Unregulated Contaminant 
Monitoring Regulation (1999) List beginning January 2001, along with 
all the other List 1 contaminants.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/02/00                    65 FR 11386
Direct Final Rule               03/02/00                    65 FR 11372

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Organizations, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4374
This rule also includes a notice of a perchlorate Performance Testing 
(PT) program. Any laboratory interested in participating in perchlorate 
monitoring under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule must 
follow the laboratory approval requirements including participation in 
the Performance Testing (PT) program.

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Rachel Sakata, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2527
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]

Charles Job, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7084
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD50
_______________________________________________________________________




3534. REVISIONS TO THE UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL REGULATIONS FOR 
CLASS V INJECTION WELLS

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 144; 40 CFR 145; 40 CFR 146; 40 CFR 9

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/07/99                    64 FR 68545

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Sectors Affected: 4411 Automobile Dealers; 4412 Other Motor Vehicle 
Dealers; 447 Gasoline Stations; 484 Truck Transportation; 485 Transit 
and Ground Passenger Transportation; 532 Rental and Leasing Services; 
8111 Automotive Repair and Maintenance; 7212 RV (Recreational Vehicle) 
Parks and Recreational Camps

Agency Contact: Robyn Delehanty
Phone: 202 260-1993
Fax: 202 401-2345
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AB83
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3535. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS: LEAD AND COPPER

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142

Completed:
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Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

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Final Action                    01/12/00                     65 FR 1949

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Judy Lebowich

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Phone: 202 260-7595
Fax: 202 260-3762
Leslie Cronkhite
Phone: 202 260-0713
Email: 202 401-2345

RIN: 2040-AC27
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3536. STREAMLINING DRINKING WATER MONITORING REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141.2; 40 CFR 141.23; 40 CFR 142.14; 40 CFR 
142.16; 40 CFR 142.18

Completed:
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Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

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Withdrawn                       04/03/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Ed Thomas
Phone: 202 260-0910
Fax: 202 401-2345

RIN: 2040-AC73
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                 Completed Actions


Marine Protection Research and Sanctuary Act (MPRSA)



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3537. REVISIONS TO OCEAN DUMPING REGULATIONS FOR DREDGED MATERIAL

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 225; 40 CFR 227; 40 CFR 228

Completed:
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Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

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Withdrawn - The Agency plans no 
further action.                 03/15/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Agency Contact: David Redford
Phone: 202 260-9179

RIN: 2040-AB62
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Shore Protection Act (SPA)



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3538. SHORE PROTECTION ACT, SECTION 4103(B) REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 2601 Shore Protection Act of 1988; PL 100-6-88 
4103(b)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 237

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will implement the Shore Protection Act (SPA) and 
is designed to prevent the deposit of municipal and commercial waste 
into U.S. Coastal Waters. This rule establishes minimum waste handling 
practices for vessels and waste handling facilities involved in the 
transport of municipal or commercial wastes in the coastal waters of 
the U.S. The rule may require certain vessels and waste handling 
facilities to develop an operation and maintenance manual that 
identifies procedures to prevent, report, and clean up deposits of 
waste into coastal waters. Local governments and businesses involved 
with the vessel transportation and shore side handling of these wastes 
would be affected by this rule. Currently no tribes are known to be 
involved in waste handling of this type; therefore none would be 
affected by this rule. In regards to small businesses, EPA has provided 
guidance on development of operation and maintenance manuals and 
encourages the use and documentation of existing industry practices 
that meet or exceed the EPA proposed minimum waste handling standards. 
All indications are that this regulation as proposed would have a 
minimal economic impact. This regulation will result in reduction of 
municipal and commercial wastes deposited in coastal waters.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            08/30/94                    59 FR 44798
Final Action                    02/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Local

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 2820

Agency Contact: James Woodley, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4504F, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1998
Fax: 202 260-9920
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AB85
[FR Doc. 00-8709 Filed 04-21-00; 8:45 am]
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