[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Environmental Protection Agency Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)






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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)

40 CFR Ch. I

FRL-7163-5

Spring 2002 Regulatory Agenda

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes the 
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda to update the public about:

 Regulations and major policies currently under development,

 Reviews of existing regulations and major policies, and

 Regulations and major policies completed or canceled since the 
last Agenda.

TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA MAILING LIST: If you would like to 
subscribe, please send an e-mail with your name and address to: 
[email protected], or call 800-490-9198. There is no charge for single 
copies of the Agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions or comments 
about a particular action, please get in touch with the agency contact 
listed in each Agenda entry. If you have general questions about the 
Agenda or about EPA's decisionmaking process, please contact: Phil 
Schwartz (1806A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; phone: (202) 564-6564; e-mail: 
[email protected]. We welcome your suggestions on how we can make 
the Agenda more useful to you and easier to use.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents

a.What Principles and Objectives Guide EPA in Developing Regulations 
and Policies?

b.How Does EPA Develop Rules and Policies?

c.What Actions Are Included in the Agenda?

d.How Is the Agenda Organized?

e.What Information Is in Agenda Entries?

f.What Tools Are Available To Help Quickly Identify Actions That Are of 
Interest to You?

g.How Can You Access Federal Register Documents and Interpretive 
Documents via the Internet and via E-mail?

h.What is EPA's New Regulatory Public Access System (RPAS)?

i.What Special Attention Do We Give to the Impacts of Rules on Small 
Businesses, Governments, and Nonprofit Organizations?

j.Why Participate in EPA's Decisionmaking Process and How Can You Be 
Most Persuasive?

A. What Principles and Objectives Guide EPA in Developing Regulations 
and Policies?

     The quality of the scientific, economic, and policy analyses 
that underlie EPA regulations is vital to the credibility of EPA 
decisions and ultimately our effectiveness in protecting human 
health and the environment. Additionally, continued testing and 
adoption of new environmental protection methods must be a central 
tenet in environmental problem solving. A well managed regulatory 
process and a strong commitment to innovative solutions will ensure 
that the significant environmental improvements that we all want to 
achieve are cost-effective, fair and fully protective.

     Much of the success over the last 31 years and seven 
administrations in cleaning up the Nation's water, air, and land is 
attributable to the system of Federal and State regulation that has 
directed and coordinated private investment in pollution control 
and prevention. While regulation will remain an important tool to 
implement environmental policy, it is not the only one. Instead, 
EPA must increasingly act as an innovator, educator, and leader in 
administering a broad set of new tools -- including new methods to 
design and administer regulations -- that engage all segments of 
our society in responsive behaviors that protect the environment 
while promoting appropriate economic growth. For example, we have 
worked with businesses and community leaders to develop more than 
40 voluntary partnership programs that help achieve environmental 
objectives with the greatest possible efficiency. For more 
information about these programs visit: www.epa.gov/partners.

     EPA's regulatory process must ensure that the Nation's 
environmental system protects human health and the environment in a 
cost-effective manner. Appropriate scientific, economic and policy 
analyses must be planned at early stages in the regulatory 
development process so that senior Agency decisionmakers understand 
the benefits and costs of policy options from which to choose. 
Additionally, it is important that we continue to apply new methods 
to protect the environment--by building flexibility into 
regulations up front, through nonregulatory approaches where 
effective, by creating strong partnerships with States and 
businesses, and by vigorously using public outreach and 
involvement.

     The basic legal requirements we must follow when we issue a 
regulation generally 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 laws at 
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/.

     We also must meet a number of requirements contained in 
Executive orders. Of particular significance for EPA rulemakings 
are Executive Orders 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review), 13045 
(Children's Health Protection), 13175 (Consultation and 
Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments), 13132 (Federalism), 
and 13211 (Energy). You can find information on these and other 
Executive orders at http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/eo.htmltop.

B. How Does EPA Develop Rules and Policies?

     In order to improve the regulatory process within EPA, we 
established a task force to examine the Agency's rulemaking 
process, and to recommend ways to improve the internal process and 
strengthen the supporting science and analysis. The task force 
concluded that the regulatory process is essentially sound but 
improvements can be made in several areas to more effectively carry 
out our mission including: better scientific and economic analyses; 
broader consideration of policy options; greater accountability; 
and better management of significant nonregulatory decisions. For 
more information about EPA's decisionmaking process for rules, 
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actions go to: http://www.epa.gov/opei/regulatory.htm. We also 
discussed the steps we are taking to improve our decisionmaking in 
the FY2001 Statement of Priorities (http://ciir.cs.umass.edu/ua/
October2001/priorities/environmental--protection-- agency--
(EPA).html).

C. What Actions Are Included in the Agenda?

    EPA includes regulations and certain major noncodified policy 
documents in the Agenda. We generally do not include minor 
amendments or the following categories of actions in the Agenda:

 Administrative regulations such as delegations of authority, 
changes of address or phone numbers.

 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.

    There is no legal significance to the omission of an item from 
the agenda.

D. How Is the Agenda Organized?

    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 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)

6. The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

7. The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)

8. Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory 
Relief Act

9. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

10. The Oil Pollution Act (OPA)

11. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act Superfund (CERCLA)

12. The Clean Water Act (CWA)

13. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

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 under 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 2003.

5. Completed Actions - This section contains actions that have been 
promulgated and published in the Federal Register since publication of 
the fall 2001 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.

E. 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 have not appeared in 
previous Agendas) are preceded by a bullet (z). 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 may 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

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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 may:

 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 arising out of legal mandates, 
the President's priorities, or the principles in Executive Order 12866.

     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 recurring application of a regulatory program in the Code of 
Federal Regulations (e.g., certain State Implementation Plans, 
National Priority List updates, Significant New Use Rules, State 
Hazardous Waste Management Program actions, and Tolerance 
exemptions). If an action that would normally be classified Routine 
and Frequent is reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget 
under E.O. 12866, then we would classify the action as either 
``Economically Significant'' or ``Other Significant.''

     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 Act (5 U.S.C. 801, et seq.) because it is 
likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million 
or more or meets other criteria specified in this law, we indicate 
this under the ``Priority'' heading with the statement ``Major 
under 5 U.S.C. 801.''

    Legal Authority: The sections of the United States Code 
(U.S.C.), Public Law (P.L.), Executive Order (E.O.), or common name 
of the law that authorizes the regulatory action.

    CFR Citation: The sections of the Code of Federal Regulations 
that will be affected by the action.

    Legal Deadline: An indication of whether the rule is subject to 
a statutory or judicial deadline, the date of that deadline, and 
whether the deadline pertains to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, a 
Final Action, or some other action.

    Abstract: A brief description of the problem the regulation 
will address; the need for a Federal solution; to the extent 
available, the alternatives that the agency is considering to 
address the problem; and the potential advantages and disadvantages 
of the action.

    Timetable: The dates (and citations) that documents for this 
action were published in the Federal Register and, where possible, 
a projected date for the next step. Projected publication dates 
frequently change during the course of a rule development. The 
projections in the Agenda are our best estimates as of the date we 
submit the Agenda for publication. For some entries, the timetable 
indicates that the date of the next action is ``to be determined.''

    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 businesses, governments, or nonprofit 
organizations

    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 one year by State, local, and tribal 
governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector. If we 
expect to exceed this $100 million threshold, we note it in this 
section.

    Energy Impacts: Indicates whether the action is a significant 
energy action under Executive Order 13211.

    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. The first four digits of the RIN 
stand for the EPA office with lead responsibility for developing 
the action.

F. What Tools Are Available To Help Quickly Identify Actions That Are 
of Interest to You?

     The Regulatory Information Service Center (RISC), the 
Government Printing Office (GPO), and the EPA have created a number 
of aids to help you find actions that are of interest to you.

    For Rules That Directly Affect a Particular Industry: See 
Appendix F ``Environmental Protection Agency Subject Index to the 
Unified Agenda.'' If you have access to the Internet, you can use 
the EPA Regulatory Agenda search engine which is located in the 
Small Business Regulatory Library section of the EPA website at 
www.epa.gov/regagenda. Click on ``Search Regulatory Action 
Database'' and then ``Access the Database.'' This tool can be used 
to search all Agenda entries by keyword and we invite everyone to 
use it. The GPO also has a search engine which is located at 
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su--docs/multidb.html.

For Rules With Significant Impacts on Small Businesses, Small 
Governments, and Small Nonprofit Organizations:

    Go to Appendix B following this Agenda for the lists of the 
rules that we expect may have a significant impact on a substantial 
number of small entities. These lists are also available on the 
Internet. The small businesses list is at 
http://ciir.cs.umass.edu/ua/Spring2002/

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entities/sm--index-2.html. The small governments list is at 
http://ciir.cs.umass.edu/ua/Spring2002/entities/sm--index-3.html. 
And the small organizations list is at 
http://ciir.cs.umass.edu/ua/Spring2002/entities/sm--index-4.html.

For Rules That We Expect Will Have Some Impact on Some Small Entities 
but Less Than a Significant Impact on a Substantial Number of Them:

    See Appendix C following this Agenda, ``Index to Entries That 
May Affect Small Entities When a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Is 
Not Required.'' This list is available on the Internet at 
http://ciir.cs.umass.edu/ua/Spring2002/entities/smgov-5.html.

For Rules With Any Impact on State, Local, or Tribal Governments, or 
Other Federal Agencies:

    See Appendix D following this Agenda, ``Index to Entries That 
May Affect Government Levels.'' This list is available on the 
Internet at http://ciir.cs.umass.edu/ua/Spring2002/entities/smgov-8.html.

G. How Can You Access Federal Register Documents and Interpretive 
Documents via the Internet and via E-mail?

    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. 
If you want to get automatic e-mails about areas of particular 
interest as they appear in the Federal Register (FR), 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/multidb.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. We also have a Regulatory Agenda search engine 
at: http://www.epa/regagenda. To use, first select ``Search Regulatory 
Action Database'' and then select ``Access the Database.''

 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 links to 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.

    We have recently opened an Internet site through which you can 
access a collection of non-binding guidance materials issued by EPA 
Headquarters offices since January 1, 1999. The collection includes 
documents issued to Regions, States, and/or the regulated community 
that describe how the Agency intends to exercise its discretionary 
authority and explain what a statute or regulation means. The 
collection is located at: http://www.epa.gov/guidance/.

H What is EPA's New Regulatory Public Access System (RPAS)?

    The Regulatory Public Access System (RPAS) will provide access 
to documents used and produced as a part of EPA's administrative 
rulemaking process. These documents include Federal Register 
notices, support documents, and public comments. Users may review 
these documents and submit comments on rulemaking actions online 
through RPAS. Furthermore, RPAS will also include certain 
nonregulatory information of general interest, such as selected 
guidance documents.

I. What Special Attention Do We Give to the Impacts of Rules on Small 
Businesses, Governments, and Nonprofit Organizations?

     For each of our rulemakings we consider whether there will be 
any adverse impact on any small entity. We attempt to fit the 
regulatory requirements, to the extent feasible, to the scale of 
the businesses, organizations, and governmental jurisdictions 
subject to the regulation. As required by the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (RFA), for rules which we expect may have a 
significant impact on a substantial number of small entities we 
convene a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel to consider the 
rulemaking. We also prepare regulatory flexibility analyses on 
these rules. See Appendix B at the end of the Agenda, ``Index to 
Environmental Protection Agency Entries for which a Regulatory 
Flexibility Analysis is Required'' for a list of these rules. See 
Appendix C for a list of the rules that may affect small entities, 
but which will not have a significant impact on a substantial 
number of them.

     As required by Section 610 of the RFA, we review within 10 
years of issuance all rules that were projected to have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities. This year we have no rules scheduled for section 610 
review.

J. Why Participate in EPA's Decisionmaking Process and How Can You Be 
Most Persuasive?

     You may participate by getting in touch with the contact 
person provided in each Agenda entry. You may also participate by 
commenting on proposed rules that we publish in the Federal 
Register. Once we have proposed a rule, we will consider and 
address comments before issuing a final rule. To be most effective, 
comments should contain information and data that support your 
position, and you also should explain why we should incorporate 
your suggestion in the final rule. You can be particularly helpful 
and persuasive if you provide examples to illustrate your concerns 
and offer specific alternatives.

     We believe that the best approach to making our rules more 
cost-effective and fairer includes having those of you who are 
stakeholders in a problem work

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with us in deciding on the solution. We urge you to participate 
with us in this process.



Dated: March 19, 2002.

 Thomas J. Gibson,

Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation.

                                          GENERAL--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
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2803       SAN No. 4056 Utilization of Small, Minority and Women's Business Enterprises in           2020-AA39
            Procurement Under Assistance Agreements.............................................
2804       SAN No. 4319 Revisions to Acquisition Regulation Concerning Conflict of Interest.....     2030-AA67
2805       SAN No. 3580 Incorporation of Class Deviations Into EPAAR............................     2030-AA37
2806       SAN No. 3876 Incrementally Funding Fixed Price Contracts.............................     2030-AA50
2807       SAN No. 4292 Proposed Revision to EPA's Implementing NEPA Regulations................     2020-AA42
2808       SAN No. 4618 Revision of Procedural Rules for Hearings on Cancellations, Suspensions,     2020-AA44
            Changes in Classifications, and Denials of Pesticide Registrations..................
2809       SAN No. 4191 Revision to EPAAR 1552.211-73, Level of Effort..........................     2030-AA64
2810       SAN No. 4463 Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Pollutants Strategy........     2070-AD45
2811       SAN No. 4473 Regulatory Incentives for the National Environmental Performance Track       2090-AA13
            Program.............................................................................
2812       SAN No. 4533 New Jersey Gold Track Project XL Rule...................................     2090-AA28
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                                            GENERAL--Final Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
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  Number                                                                                              Number
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2813       SAN No. 3817 Implementation of Changes to Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension         2030-AA48
            Common Rule.........................................................................
2814       SAN No. 4021 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin,              2020-AA36
            Handicap, and Age in Programs and Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance.
2815       SAN No. 4180 Rewriting of EPA Regulations Implementing the Freedom of Information Act     2025-AA04
2816       SAN No. 4185 Electronic Funds Transfer...............................................     2030-AA57
2817       SAN No. 4187 EPAAR Coverage on Local Hiring and Training.............................     2030-AA62
2818       SAN No. 4400 Administrative Corrections to EPAAR 1515, Contracting by Negotiation....     2030-AA73
2819       SAN No. 4572 Fellowship Grant Regulation Revision....................................     2030-AA77
2820       SAN No. 4530 EPA Agencywide Public Involvement Policy................................     2090-AA23
2821       SAN No. 4536 Project XL Site Specific Rulemaking for NASA White Sands Test Facility       2090-AA27
            Electronic Reporting in Las Cruces, New Mexico......................................
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                                           GENERAL--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
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  Number                                                                                              Number
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2822       SAN No. 3240 Public Information and Confidentiality Regulations......................     2025-AA02
2823       SAN No. 4270 Cross-Media Electronic Reporting (ER) and Recordkeeping Rule............     2025-AA07
2824       SAN No. 3671 Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment...............................     2080-AA06
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                                           GENERAL--Completed Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
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  Number                                                                                              Number
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2825       SAN No. 3933 Environmental Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental Activities in             2020-AA34
            Antarctica..........................................................................
2826       SAN No. 4351 Notice to Proceed.......................................................     2030-AA68
2827       SAN No. 4589 Empowerment Through Delegations of Authority and Miscellaneous               2030-AA78
            Amendments..........................................................................
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Identification                                             Title                                             Date Withdrawn            Comments
    Number
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2020-AA26       SAN No. 3807 Consolidation of Good Laboratory Practice Standards (GLPS) Regulations             03/19/2002   Withdrawn The Agency plans
                 Currently Under TSCA and FIFRA Into One Rule                                                                 no further action.
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                                    CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
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  Number                                                                                              Number
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2828       SAN No. 4511 Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs         2050-AE85
            Under the Clean Air Act, Section 112(r)(7); Third Party Audit Provisions............
2829       SAN No. 3263 Performance Warranty and Inspection/Maintenance Test Procedures.........     2060-AE20
2830       SAN No. 3262 Inspection/Maintenance Recall Requirements..............................     2060-AE22
2831       SAN No. 3412 Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)..................................     2060-AF70
2832       SAN No. 3649 Amendments to Method 24 (Water-Based Coatings)..........................     2060-AF72
2833       SAN No. 3820 NESHAP: Plywood and Composite Wood Products.............................     2060-AG52
2834       SAN No. 3969 NESHAP: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills.................................     2060-AH13
2835       SAN No. 3958 Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203).     2060-AH23
2836       SAN No. 3917 Transportation Conformity Rule Amendment: Clarification of Trading           2060-AH31
            Provisions..........................................................................
2837       SAN No. 3910 Streamlined Evaporative Test Procedures.................................     2060-AH34
2838       SAN No. 4107 NESHAP: Asphalt/Coal Tar Application on Metal Pipes.....................     2060-AH78
2839       SAN No. 4119 Performance Specification 16 - Specifications and Test Procedures for        2060-AH84
            Predictive Emission Monitoring Systems in Stationary Sources........................
2840       SAN No. 4003 Technical Change to Dose Methodology for 40 CFR 191, Subpart A..........     2060-AH90
2841       SAN No. 3656 NESHAP: Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine........................     2060-AG63
2842       SAN No. 3657 NESHAP: Combustion Turbine..............................................     2060-AG67
2843       SAN No. 3343 NESHAP: Iron Foundries and Steel Foundries..............................     2060-AE43
2844       SAN No. 3452 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous      2060-AE82
            Organic Chemical Manufacturing and Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing..............
2845       SAN No. 3449 NESHAP: Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants................................     2060-AE85
2846       SAN No. 3746 NESHAP: Paint Stripping Operations......................................     2060-AG26
2847       SAN No. 3825 NESHAP: Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products (Surface Coating)........     2060-AG56
2848       SAN No. 3652 NESHAP: Refractory Products Manufacturing...............................     2060-AG68
2849       SAN No. 3837 NESHAP: Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Boilers and Process         2060-AG69
            Heaters.............................................................................
2850       SAN No. 3651 NESHAP: Lime Manufacturing..............................................     2060-AG72
2851       SAN No. 3902 NESHAP: Semiconductor Production........................................     2060-AG93
2852       SAN No. 3906 NESHAP: Metal Can Manufacturing (Surface Coating) Industry..............     2060-AG96
2853       SAN No. 3909 NESHAP: Fabric Printing, Coating and Dyeing.............................     2060-AG98
2854       SAN No. 3907 NESHAP: Surface Coating of Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks............     2060-AG99
2855       SAN No. 3924 NESHAP: Primary Magnesium Refining......................................     2060-AH03
2856       SAN No. 3968 NESHAP: Site Remediation................................................     2060-AH12
2857       SAN No. 3972 NESHAP: Rocket Engine Test Firing.......................................     2060-AH35
2858       SAN No. 3971 NESHAP: Organic Liquids Distribution (Non-Gasoline).....................     2060-AH41
2859       SAN No. 3939 NESHAP: Group I Polymers and Resins and Group IV Polymers and Resins-        2060-AH47
            Amendments..........................................................................
2860       SAN No. 4546 NESHAP: Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW)-Amendments II.............     2060-AJ66
2861       SAN No. 3904 NESHAP: Wood Building Products (Surface Coating)........................     2060-AH02
2862       SAN No. 3673 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration of Section 608 Sales      2060-AG20
            Restriction.........................................................................
2863       SAN No. 3824 Metal Furniture (Surface Coating) NESHAP................................     2060-AG55
2864       SAN No. 3826 Plastic Parts and Products (Surface Coating) NESHAP.....................     2060-AG57
2865       SAN No. 4115 NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating Amendment...............................     2060-AH69
2866       SAN No. 4340 Transportation Conformity Amendments: Response to March 2, 1999, Court       2060-AI56
            Decision............................................................................
2867       SAN No. 4309 National VOC Emission Standards for Consumer Products; Proposed              2060-AI62
            Amendments..........................................................................
2868       SAN No. 4310 NESHAP for the Printing and Publishing Industry; Amendments.............     2060-AI66
2869       SAN No. 4343 NESHAP: Clay Ceramics Manufacturing.....................................     2060-AI68
2870       SAN No. 4313 Petitions to Delist Hazardous Air Pollutants (e.g., MEK, EGBE, Methanol,     2060-AI72
            and MIBK) from Section 112(b)(1) of the CAA.........................................
2871       SAN No. 4144 NESHAP: Engine Test Cells/Stands........................................     2060-AI74
2872       SAN No. 4348 Inspection Maintenance Program Requirements for Federal Facilities;          2060-AI97
            Amendment to the Final Rule.........................................................
2873       SAN No. 4393 Control of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)...........................     2060-AJ00

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2874       SAN No. 4380 NESHAP: Taconite Iron Ore Processing Industry...........................     2060-AJ02
2875       SAN No. 4415 Petitions to Delist Source Categories from the Source Category List,         2060-AJ23
            Developed Pursuant to Section 112(c) of the Clean Air Act...........................
2876       SAN No. 4421 Revising Regulations on Ambient Air Quality Monitoring..................     2060-AJ25
2877       SAN No. 4428 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Phaseout of Chlorobromomethane (Halon     2060-AJ27
            1011) Production and Consumption....................................................
2878       SAN No. 4441 Federal Plan Requirements for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste          2060-AJ28
            Incineration Units Constructed on or Before November 30, 1999.......................
2879       SAN No. 4457 NESHAP: Pesticides Active Ingredients--Amendments.......................     2060-AJ34
2880       SAN No. 4478 Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources: Municipal Solid         2060-AJ41
            Waste Landfills: Amendment..........................................................
2881       SAN No. 4479 NESHAP: Gasoline Distribution Facilities -- Amendment...................     2060-AJ42
2882       SAN No. 4495 Revisions to Regional Haze Rule to Incorporate Sulfur Dioxide Milestones     2060-AJ50
            and Backstop Emissions Trading Program for Nine Western States......................
2883       SAN No. 4524 NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry, Amendments to Rule to        2060-AJ57
            Implement Settlement Agreement......................................................
2884       SAN No. 4532 Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Program Fees for: Light-Duty             2060-AJ62
            Vehicles and Trucks; Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Engines; Nonroad Engines; and
            Motorcycles.........................................................................
2885       SAN No. 4555 Electric Arc Furnace NSPS Amendment.....................................     2060-AJ68
2886       SAN No. 4570 Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles and Engines: Alternative        2060-AJ72
            Low-Sulfur Highway Diesel Fuel Transition Program for Alaska........................
2887       SAN No. 4583 Modification of Federal On-board Diagnostic Regulations for 2004 Model       2060-AJ77
            Year Vehicles Below 14,000 lbs......................................................
2888       SAN No. 4547 Modification of Authority to Grant Alternative Method Approvals.........     2060-AJ83
2889       SAN No. 4584 Performance Specifications for Continuous Parameter Monitoring Systems..     2060-AJ86
2890       SAN No. 4591 Benzene Waste Operations NESHAP; Amendments.............................     2060-AJ87
2891       SAN No. 4605 Proposed Amendments to Performance Standards and Monitoring Requirements     2060-AJ88
            for Particulate Matter at Stationary Sources........................................
2892       SAN No. 4626 Control of Emissions from Spark Ignition Marine Vessels and Highway          2060-AJ90
            Motorcycles.........................................................................
2893       SAN No. 4325 NESHAP: Brick and Structural Clay Products Manufacturing................     2060-AJ91
2894       SAN No. 4622 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From New Marine Compression-           2060-AJ98
            Ignition Engines At or Above 30 Liters per Cylinder.................................
2895       SAN No. 4625 Implementation Rule for 8-hour Ozone NAAQS..............................     2060-AJ99
2896       SAN No. 4632 Modification of Anti-dumping Baselines for Gasoline Produced or Imported     2060-AK02
            for Use in Hawaii, Alaska and the U.S. Territories..................................
2897       SAN No. 4633 Performance-Based Measurement System For Fuels: Criteria For Self-           2060-AK03
            Qualifying Alternative Test Methods; Description of Optional Statistical Quality
            Control Measures....................................................................
2898       SAN No. 4634 Regulation of Fuel and Fuel Additives: Extension of California               2060-AK04
            Enforcement Exemptions for Reformulated Gasoline to California Phase 3 Gasoline.....
2899       SAN No. 4599 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes for Ozone-         2060-AK26
            Depleting Substances--N-Propylbromide...............................................
2900       SAN No. 4675 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution from Nonroad Diesel Engines and        2060-AK27
            Fuel................................................................................
2901       SAN No. 4676 New Source Review Routine Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement..........     2060-AK28
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                                      CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2902       SAN No. 4315 Source-Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Navajo Generating            2009-AA00
            Station; Navajo Nation..............................................................
2903       SAN No. 3569 Source-Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Navajo Generating            2009-AA01
            Station; Four Corners Power Plant...................................................
2904       SAN No. 3259 New Source Review (NSR) Improvement.....................................     2060-AE11
2905       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...................
2906       SAN No. 3549 NESHAP: Petroleum Refineries; Catalytic Cracking Units, Catalytic            2060-AF28
            Reforming Units and Sulfur Recovery Units...........................................

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2907       SAN No. 2915 Methods for Measurement of Visible Emissions--Addition of Methods 203A,      2060-AF83
            203B, and 203C to Appendix M of Part 51.............................................
2908       SAN No. 3741 Service Information Regulation for Light-Duty Vehicles and Trucks.......     2060-AG13
2909       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................................
2910       SAN No. 3970 NESHAP: Cellulose Production Manufacturing..............................     2060-AH11
2911       SAN No. 3986 Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule...................................     2060-AH25
2912       SAN No. 4030 Expanded Definitions for Alternative-Fueled Vehicles and Engines Meeting     2060-AH52
            Low-Emission Vehicle Exhaust Emission Standards.....................................
2913       SAN No. 4120 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allowance System for Controlling HCFC     2060-AH67
            Production, Import &; Export........................................................
2914       SAN No. 4114 NESHAP: Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production....................     2060-AH82
2915       SAN No. 4096 Phase I Federal Implementation Plans (FIPs) To Reduce the Regional           2060-AH87
            Transport of Ozone in the Eastern United States.....................................
2916       SAN No. 4082 NESHAP: Wet-Formed Fiberglass Mat Production............................     2060-AH89
2917       SAN No. 4254 Revision to the Definition of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) to Exclude     2060-AI45
            Tertiary Butyl Acetate..............................................................
2918       SAN No. 4464 Rulemaking on Section 126 Petitions from New York and Connecticut            2060-AJ36
            Regarding Sources in Michigan; Revision of Definition of Applicable Requirement for
            Title V Operating...................................................................
2919       SAN No. 3470 Requirements for Preparation, Adoption, and Submittal of State               2060-AF01
            Implementation Plans (Guideline on Air Quality Models)..............................
2920       SAN No. 3340 NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelting.........................................     2060-AE46
2921       SAN No. 3551 Amendments to General Provisions Subparts A and B for 40 CFR 63.........     2060-AF31
2922       SAN No. 3749 NESHAP: Tire Manufacturing..............................................     2060-AG29
2923       SAN No. 3823 NESHAP: Large Appliance (Surface Coating)...............................     2060-AG54
2924       SAN No. 3655 NESHAP: Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing............     2060-AG66
2925       SAN No. 3905 NESHAP: Metal Coil (Surface Coating) Industry...........................     2060-AG97
2926       SAN No. 3964 NESHAP: Leather Finishing Operations....................................     2060-AH17
2927       SAN No. 2665 Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles; Amendments to Regulations........     2060-AI03
2928       SAN No. 3556 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Supplemental Rule Regarding a             2060-AF36
            Recycling Standard Under Section 608................................................
2929       SAN No. 3560 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Refrigerant Recycling Rule Amendment      2060-AF37
            To Include Substitute Refrigerants..................................................
2930       SAN No. 3827 Paper and Other Web Coating NESHAP......................................     2060-AG58
2931       SAN No. 4487 Federal Implementation Plans for Indian Reservations in Idaho, Oregon        2012-AA01
            and Washington......................................................................
2932       SAN No. 4105 NESHAP: Generic MACT for Carbon Black, Ethylene, Cyanide and Spandex....     2060-AH68
2933       SAN No. 4154 Emissions from Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines and Standards for              2060-AI11
            Recreational Spark-Ignition Engines.................................................
2934       SAN No. 4253 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Process for Exempting Quarantine and      2060-AI42
            Preshipment Applications of Methyl Bromide..........................................
2935       SAN No. 4273 Amend Subpart H and I, 40 CFR Part 61, for Emissions of Radionuclides        2060-AI90
            Other Than Radon From DOE Facilities................................................
2936       SAN No. 4433 Interstate Ozone Transport: Response to Court Decisions on the NOx SIP       2060-AJ16
            Call, NOx SIP Call Technical Amendments, and Section 126 Rules......................
2937       SAN No. 4460 NESHAP for Friction Products Manufacturing..............................     2060-AJ18
2938       SAN No. 4466 Rulemakings for the Purpose of Reducing Interstate Ozone Transport......     2060-AJ20
2939       SAN No. 4426 Clarification to Existing Part 63 NESHAP Delegations' Provisions-Work        2060-AJ26
            Practices...........................................................................
2940       SAN No. 4450 Guidelines for Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART)................     2060-AJ31
2941       SAN No. 4538 Revisions to Part 97 Federal NOx Budget Trading Program, Part 75             2060-AJ43
            Emissions Monitoring Provisions, Part 72 Permits Regulation Provisions, and Part 78
            Appeal Procedures...................................................................
2942       SAN No. 4454 Federal Plan for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units.................     2060-AJ46
2943       SAN No. 4508 Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources: Volatile Organic        2060-AJ53
            Liquid Storage Vessels; Amendments..................................................
2944       SAN No. 4554 Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources; Correction.....     2060-AJ67
2945       SAN No. 4558 Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments: Minor Revision and Addition       2060-AJ70
            of Grace Period for Newly Designated Nonattainment Areas............................
2946       SAN No. 4569 Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles; Second Amendment to        2060-AJ71
            the Tier 2/Gasoline Sulfur Regulations..............................................
2947       SAN No. 4574 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Availability of Allowances to Produce     2060-AJ74
            Methyl Bromide for Developing Countries.............................................

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2948       SAN No. 4604 Modification of the Anti-Dumping Baseline Date Cut-Off Limit for Data        2060-AJ82
            Used in Development of an Individual Baseline.......................................
2949       SAN No. 4548 Compilation of Source-Specific Alternative Methods Being Approved for        2060-AJ84
            Source-Category Wide Application....................................................
2950       SAN No. 4600 State and Federal Operating Permits Program: Removal of Amendments to        2060-AJ89
            Part 70 and Part 71 Compliance Certification Requirements...........................
2951       SAN No. 4646 Amendments to NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production     2060-AJ93
2952       SAN No. 4614 NESHAP: Generic MACT Amendments.........................................     2060-AJ95
2953       SAN No. 4621 Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources: Default             2060-AJ97
            Baseline Revision and Minor Corrections.............................................
2954       SAN No. 4627 NESHAP: Pesticide Active Ingredient Production -Amendment...............     2060-AK00
2955       SAN No. 4631 Adoption of the Amended International NOx Standard for Aircraft Engines.     2060-AK01
2956       SAN No. 4647 Reduction of the Ambient Air Monitoring Fine Particulate Collocated          2060-AK05
            Precision Requirement...............................................................
2957       SAN No. 4648 Revision to Regulations Implementing the Federal Permits Program in          2060-AK06
            Areas for which the Indian Country Status is in Question............................
2958       SAN No. 4652 Direct Final Rulemaking for Modifications to Reformulated Gasoline (RFG)     2060-AK07
            ``Covered Area'' Provisions.........................................................
2959       SAN No. 4671 Amendments to Compliance Certification Requirements for State and            2060-AK11
            Federal Operating Permits Programs..................................................
2960       SAN No. 4278 Project XL Site-Specific Rulemaking for Andersen Corporation's Facility      2090-AA21
            in Bayport, Minnesota...............................................................
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                                     CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2961       SAN No. 4607 Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs         2050-AE95
            Under the Clean Air Act, Section 112(r)(7); Availability of Information to the
            Public; Technical Amendment.........................................................
2962       SAN No. 4619 Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs         2050-AE96
            Under the Clean Air Act, Section 112(r)(3); Revisions to the List of Substances.....
2963       SAN No. 3922 Revised Permit Revision Procedures for the Federal Operating Permits         2060-AG92
            Program.............................................................................
2964       SAN No. 3975 Review of Minor New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country.........     2060-AH37
2965       SAN No. 4046 Federal Major New Source Review (NSR) Program for Nonattainment Areas...     2060-AH53
2966       SAN No. 4022 NESHAP: Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks..............     2060-AH55
2967       SAN No. 4045 Rulemaking To Modify the List of Source Categories From Which Fugitive       2060-AH58
            Emissions Are Considered in Major Source Determinations.............................
2968       SAN No. 4111 NESHAP: Fumed Silica Production.........................................     2060-AH72
2969       SAN No. 4104 NESHAP: Hydrochloric Acid Production Industry...........................     2060-AH75
2970       SAN No. 4070 General Conformity Regulations; Revisions...............................     2060-AH93
2971       SAN No. 4247 Revisions to Air Pollution Emergency Episode Requirements (Subpart H, 40     2060-AI47
            CFR Part 51)........................................................................
2972       SAN No. 3638 Revision of EPA's Radiological Emergency Response Plan..................     2060-AI49
2973       SAN No. 1002 NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Response to Remand)..............................     2060-AA61
2974       SAN No. 3346 NESHAP: Integrated Iron and Steel.......................................     2060-AE48
2975       SAN No. 3326 NESHAP: Reinforced Plastic Composites Production........................     2060-AE79
2976       SAN No. 2841 NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating Amendment...............................     2060-AH08
2977       SAN No. 3479 Amendments to Parts 51, 52, 63, 70 and 71 Regarding the Provisions for       2060-AI01
            Determining Potential To Emit.......................................................
2978       SAN No. 4162 NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production..................................     2060-AI13
2979       SAN No. 3751 NSPS and Emission Guidelines for Other Solid Waste Incinerators.........     2060-AG31
2980       SAN No. 3919 Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality: Permit               2060-AH01
            Application Review Procedures for Non-Federal Class I Areas.........................
2981       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................
2982       SAN No. 3525 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Update of the Substitutes List Under      2060-AG12
            SNAP Program........................................................................
2983       SAN No. 4542 Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for the Billings/Laurel, Montana           2008-AA00
            Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Area...........................................................
2984       SAN No. 4266 Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Carbon Monoxide     2060-AI43
2985       SAN No. 4255 Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate         2060-AI44
            Matter..............................................................................
2986       SAN No. 4276 Revision to NOx SIP Call Emission Budgets for Connecticut,                   2060-AI80
            Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.....................................................

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2987       SAN No. 4383 Interstate Ozone Transport: Rulemaking on Section 126 Petitions from the     2060-AI99
            District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey............................
2988       SAN No. 4391 Rescinding Finding that Pre-existing PM10 Standards Are No Longer            2060-AJ05
            Applicable in Northern Ada County/Boise, Idaho......................................
2989       SAN No. 4390 Utility Sector New Source Review (NSR) Alternative Compliance Program...     2060-AJ14
2990       SAN No. 4449 NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Fabrication Operations............     2060-AJ19
2991       SAN No. 4531 Evaluation of Updated Test Procedures for the Certification of Gasoline      2060-AJ61
            Deposit Control Additives...........................................................
2992       SAN No. 4535 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Process for Exempting Critical and        2060-AJ63
            Emergency Uses of Methyl Bromide....................................................
2993       SAN No. 4571 Electric Utility Steam Generating Unit MACT Regulation..................     2060-AJ65
2994       SAN No. 4585 Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry NESHAP: Amendment to Implement        2060-AJ78
            Court Remand........................................................................
2995       SAN No. 4620 National Emission Standards for Coke Oven Batteries - Residual Risk          2060-AJ96
            Standards...........................................................................
2996       SAN No. 4653 NESHAP: Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework Facilities Residual Risk          2060-AK08
            Standards...........................................................................
2997       SAN No. 4654 NESHAP: Ethylene Oxide for Sterilization Facilities - Residual Risk          2060-AK09
            Standards...........................................................................
2998       SAN No. 4655 NESHAP: Gasoline Distribution (Stage I) Residual Risk Standards.........     2060-AK10
2999       SAN No. 4656 NESHAP: Group I Polymers and Resins -- Residual Risk Standards..........     2060-AK12
3000       SAN No. 4657 NESHAP: Group II Polymers and Resins - Residual Risk Standards..........     2060-AK13
3001       SAN No. 4659 NESHAP: Hazardous Organic NESHAP (HON) Residual Risk Standards..........     2060-AK14
3002       SAN No. 4658 NESHAP: Group IV Polymers and Resins -- Residual Risk Standards.........     2060-AK15
3003       SAN No. 4660 NESHAP: Industrial Process Cooling Towers Residual Risk Standards.......     2060-AK16
3004       SAN No. 4661 NESHAP: National Emission Standards for Marine Tank Vessel Loading           2060-AK17
            Operations--Residual Risk Standard..................................................
3005       SAN No. 4662 NESHAP: Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaning Facilities Residual Risk              2060-AK18
            Standards...........................................................................
3006       SAN No. 4665 NESHAP: Secondary Lead Smelting Residual Risk Standards.................     2060-AK19
3007       SAN No. 4666 NESHAP: Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Surface Coating -- Residual Risk        2060-AK20
            Standards...........................................................................
3008       SAN No. 4667 NESHAP: Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations -- Residual Risk             2060-AK21
            Standards...........................................................................
3009       SAN No. 4668 NESHAP: Halogenated Solvent Cleaning - Residual Risk Standards..........     2060-AK22
3010       SAN No. 4669 NESHAP:Magnetic Tape Manufacturing Operations Residual Risk Standard....     2060-AK23
3011       SAN No. 4664 NESHAP: Printing and Publishing Industry - Residual Risk Standards......     2060-AK24
3012       SAN No. 4663 NESHAP: Petroleum Refineries -- Residual Risk Standards.................     2060-AK25
3013       SAN No. 4471 Project XL Site-Specific Rulemaking for Georgia-Pacific Corporation's        2090-AA26
            Facility in Big Island, Virginia....................................................
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                                     CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3014       SAN No. 4098 NESHAP: Uranium Hexafluoride Production.................................     2060-AH83
3015       SAN No. 4077 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration of the 610                2060-AH99
            Nonessential Products Ban...........................................................
3016       SAN No. 4580 Withdrawal of Amendments for Testing and Monitoring Provisions to 40 CFR     2060-AJ85
            Parts 60, 61, and 63................................................................
3017       SAN No. 4636 NESHAP: From Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing Plants and Phosphate              2060-AJ94
            Fertilizers Production Plants--Amendments...........................................
3018       SAN No. 4316 NESHAP for Ethylene Oxide Commercial Sterilization Operations-Monitoring     2060-AI64
            Amendments..........................................................................
3019       SAN No. 4491 Section 126 Rule Revision Correcting NOx Allowance Allocations for           2060-AJ47
            Certain Units in the Federal NOx Budget Trading Program.............................
3020       SAN No. 4507 Standards of Performance for New Sources and Emission Guidelines for         2060-AJ52
            Existing Sources: Large Municipal Waste Combustors Amendment of Startup, Shutdown,
            and Malfunction Provisions..........................................................
3021       SAN No. 4529 Change in the Definition of Major Source for Operating Permits..........     2060-AJ60
3022       SAN No. 4573 Non-Conformance Penalties for 2004 and Later Model Year Heavy-Duty           2060-AJ73
            Diesel Engines and Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles.......................................
3023       SAN No. 4592 Regulation to Establish New Date for Receipt of Summer Grade RFG at          2060-AJ79
            Terminals...........................................................................
3024       SAN No. 4593 Relaxation Of Summer Gasoline Volatility Standard For Denver/Boulder, CO     2060-AJ80
            Area................................................................................
3025       SAN No. 4594 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Year 2002 Essential Use     2060-AJ81
            Allowances..........................................................................
3026       SAN No. 4284 NESHAP: Revision of Source Category List Under Section 112 of the CAA...     2060-AJ92
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                                                        CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Discontinued Entries
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Regulation
Identification                                             Title                                             Date Withdrawn            Comments
    Number
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2020-AA32       SAN No. 2937 Field Citation Program                                                             03/19/2002   Withdrawn The Agency plans
                                                                                                                              no further action.
2060-AD90       SAN No. 3139 Location of Selective Enforcement Audits of Foreign Manufactured Vehicles and      03/13/2002   Withdrawn The Agency plans
                 Engines; Amendment                                                                                           no further work.
2060-AF34       SAN No. 3553 Implementation of Ozone and Particulate Matter (PM) National Ambient Air           03/13/2002   Withdrawn - Superseded by
                 Quality Standards (NAAQS) and Regional Haze Regulations                                                      SANs 4625, SAN 4450, and
                                                                                                                              SAN 4495
2060-AH79       SAN No. 4113 NESHAP: Clay Minerals Processing                                                   03/14/2002   Withdrawn - Merged with SAN
                                                                                                                              4325, RIN 2060-AJ91
2060-AI67       SAN No. 4325 NESHAP: Brick and Structural Clay Products Manufacturing                           03/21/2002   Withdrawn - Merged into RIN
                                                                                                                              2060-AJ91, SAN 4325
2060-AI94       SAN No. 4299 Revision to Method 24 for Electrical Insulating Varnishes                          03/19/2002   Withdrawn The Agency plans
                                                                                                                              no further action.
2060-AI96       SAN No. 4306 Development of Reference Method for the Determination of Source Emissions of       03/15/2002   Withdrawn - The Agency
                 Filterable Fine Particulate Matter as PM2.5                                                                  plans no further action.
2060-AJ29       SAN No. 4442 NESHAP for Source Categories: Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate          03/14/2002   Withdrawn - Merged with SAN
                 Fertilizers Production -- Amendments                                                                         4636, RIN 2060-AJ94.
2060-AJ30       SAN No. 4448 Revisions to Part 97 Federal NOx Budget Trading Program Allowance Allocation       03/19/2002   Withdrawn - Superseded by
                 Method and Part 75 Output and Emissions Monitoring Provisions                                                SAN 4538, RIN 2060-AJ38.
2060-AJ45       SAN No. 4484 NESHAP: Amino/Phenolic Resins: Amendment                                           03/15/2002   Withdrawn - No further
                                                                                                                              action will be taken on
                                                                                                                              this amendment
2060-AJ49       SAN No. 4494 Indoor Air Toxics Strategy                                                         03/14/2002   Withdrawn - No further
                                                                                                                              action is planned
2060-AJ59       SAN No. 4528 Modification of the Anti-Dumping Baseline Date Cut-Off Limit for Data Used in      03/25/2002   Withdrawn - Merged into RIN
                 Development of an Individual Baseline                                                                        2060-AJ82, SAN 4604
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                                     ATOMIC ENERGY ACT (AEA)--Prerule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3027       SAN No. 3602 Protective Action Guidance for Drinking Water...........................     2060-AF39
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                                  ATOMIC ENERGY ACT (AEA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3028       SAN No. 4054 Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for the Disposal of Low-        2060-AH63
            Activity Mixed Radioactive Waste....................................................
3029       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)--Discontinued Entries
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Regulation
Identification                                             Title                                             Date Withdrawn            Comments
    Number
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2060-AJ75       SAN No. 4582 Modification of 40 CFR Part 194, Appendix A, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant           01/14/2002   Withdrawn - The Agency
                 Certification                                                                                                plans no further action.
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                FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3030       SAN No. 2687 Data Requirements for Pesticide Registration; Toxicology, Exposure and       2070-AC12
            Residue Chemistry...................................................................
3031       SAN No. 4143 Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program...................................     2070-AD26
3032       SAN No. 4170 Procedures for the Pesticide Registration Review Program................     2070-AD29
3033       SAN No. 4173 Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticide Registration..............     2070-AD30
3034       SAN No. 4216 Pesticide Emergency Exemption Regulations...............................     2070-AD36
3035       SAN No. 4496 Data Requirement for Pesticide Registration; Environmental Fate and          2070-AD47
            Ecological Effects..................................................................
3036       SAN No. 4596 Data Requirements; Biochemical and Microbial Pesticides.................     2070-AD51
3037       SAN No. 4609 Exemption of Medical Devices Treated with Antimicrobial Pesticides......     2070-AD54
3038       SAN No. 4612 Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs); Exemption for PIPs that Act by        2070-AD56
            Primarily Affecting the Plant.......................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                  FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3039       SAN No. 2659 Pesticide Management and Disposal; Standards for Pesticide Containers        2070-AB95
            and Containment.....................................................................
3040       SAN No. 3731 WPS; Pesticide Worker Protection Standard; Glove Amendment..............     2070-AC93
3041       SAN No. 3892 Registration Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticide Products..........     2070-AD14
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                 FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3042       SAN No. 4027 Pesticides; Tolerance Processing Fees...................................     2070-AD23
3043       SAN No. 4175 Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment Program................................     2070-AD24
3044       SAN No. 2684 Plant-Incorporated Protectants (Formerly Plant Pesticides) Rulemakings..     2070-AC02
3045       SAN No. 4602 Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs); Exemption for those Based on          2070-AD49
            Viral Coat Proteins.................................................................
3046       SAN No. 3432 Pesticide Management and Disposal.......................................     2020-AA33
3047       SAN No. 3222 Groundwater and Pesticide Management Plan Rule..........................     2070-AC46
3048       SAN No. 4611 Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs); Exemption for Those Derived           2070-AD55
            Through Genetic Engineering From Sexually Compatible Plants.........................
3049       SAN No. 4610 Acceptability of Research Using Human Subjects..........................     2070-AD57
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Prerule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3050       SAN No. 4174 Testing Agreement for Certain Oxygenated Fuel Additives.................     2070-AD28
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                            TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3051       SAN No. 2563 Test Rule; Certain Chemicals on the ATSDR Priority List of Hazardous         2070-AB79
            Substances..........................................................................
3052       SAN No. 3882 Test Rule; Certain Metals...............................................     2070-AD10
3053       SAN No. 4395 Test Rule; Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity......................     2070-AD44
3054       SAN No. 1923 Follow-Up Rules on Existing Chemicals...................................     2070-AA58
3055       SAN No. 4512 Significant New Use Rule; Selected Flame Retardant Chemical Substances       2070-AD48
            for Use in Residential Upholstered Furniture........................................
3056       SAN No. 2150 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Exemptions From the Prohibitions           2070-AB20
            Against Manufacturing, Processing, and Distribution in Commerce.....................
3057       SAN No. 4179 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Use Authorizations....................     2070-AD27

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3058       SAN No. 4598 TSCA Policy Statement on Oversight of Transgenic Organisms (Including        2070-AD53
            Plants).............................................................................
3059       SAN No. 4635 Amendment to the Premanufacture Notification Exemptions; Revisions of        2070-AD58
            Exemptions for Polymers.............................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3060       SAN No. 3301 TSCA Inventory Update Rule Amendments...................................     2070-AC61
3061       SAN No. 3493 Test Rule; Generic Entry for ITC-Related Testing Decisions..............     2070-AB94
3062       SAN No. 3487 Test Rule; Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)..............................     2070-AC76
3063       SAN No. 3990 Test Rule; Certain High Production Volume (HPV) Chemicals...............     2070-AD16
3064       SAN No. 4425 Test Rule; In Vitro Dermal Absorption Rate Testing of Certain Chemicals      2070-AD42
            of Interest to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration....................
3065       SAN No. 1976 Follow-Up Rules on Non-5(e) New Chemical Substances.....................     2070-AA59
3066       SAN No. 3495 Significant New Use Rule (SNUR); Chemical-Specific SNURs To Extend           2070-AB27
            Provisions of Section 5(e) Orders...................................................
3067       SAN No. 3528 Significant New Use Rule; Refractory Ceramic Fibers.....................     2070-AC37
3068       SAN No. 4475 Significant New Use Rule; Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonates.....................     2070-AD43
3069       SAN No. 2779 Acrylamide and N-methylolacrylamide Grouts: Withdrawal of Proposed Ban..     2070-AC17
3070       SAN No. 3252 Lead; Regulatory Investigation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act        2070-AC21
            (TSCA) To Reduce Lead (Pb) Consumption and Use......................................
3071       SAN No. 2178 TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rules..............     2070-AB08
3072       SAN No. 1139 TSCA Section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting Rules................     2070-AB11
3073       SAN No. 3118 TSCA Section 8(e) Policy; Notice of Clarification.......................     2070-AC80
3074       SAN No. 4172 Lead; Notification Requirements for Lead-Based Paint Abatement               2070-AD31
            Activities and Training.............................................................
3075       SAN No. 3508 Lead; Management and Disposal of Lead-Based Paint Debris................     2070-AC72
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                             TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3076       SAN No. 2865 Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP)................     2070-AC27
3077       SAN No. 3148 Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Revisions.............................     2070-AC51
3078       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...............
3079       SAN No. 4376 Lead-Based Paint Activities; Training, Accreditation, and Certification      2070-AC64
            Rule and Model State Plan Rule--Bridges and Structures..............................
3080       SAN No. 3557 Lead-Based Paint Activities; Training and Certification for Renovation       2070-AC83
            and Remodeling......................................................................
3081       SAN No. 4176 Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative; High Production Volume (HPV)              2070-AD25
            Chemicals...........................................................................
3082       SAN No. 4597 Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls: Implementation Issues............     2070-AD52
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                    EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Prerule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3083       SAN No. 4392 TRI: APA Petition-EPCRA 313 Definition of Overburden as It Relates to        2025-AA08
            the Mining Industry.................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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                 EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3084       SAN No. 3215 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act: Amendments and           2050-AE17
            Streamlining Rule...................................................................
3085       SAN No. 3994 Response to a Petition Requesting Deletion of Phosmet from the Extremely     2050-AE42
            Hazardous Substances (EHSs) List....................................................
3086       SAN No. 4015 TRI; Review of Chemicals on the Original TRI List.......................     2025-AA03
3087       SAN No. 4265 TRI; Revisions to the Otherwise-Use Activity Exemptions and the Coal         2025-AA06
            Extraction Activities Exemption.....................................................
3088       SAN No. 4595 Rulemaking To Change Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Reporting                2025-AA10
            Requirements From Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes to North American
            Industrial Classification System....................................................
3089       SAN No. 4616 Clarify TRI Reporting Obligations Under EPCRA Section 313 for the Metal      2025-AA11
            Mining Activities of Extraction and Beneficiation...................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                  EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3090       SAN No. 3993 Modification of Threshold Planning Quantity for Isophorone Diisocyanate.     2050-AE43
3091       SAN No. 2425 TRI; Responses to Petitions Received To Add or Delete or Modify Chemical     2025-AA00
            Listings on the Toxic Release Inventory.............................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                  EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3092       SAN No. 3007 TRI; Chemical Expansion; Finalization of Deferred Chemicals.............     2025-AA01
3093       SAN No. 2847 TRI; Pollution Prevention Act Information Requirements..................     2025-AA09
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                          RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Prerule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3094       SAN No. 4094 Land Disposal Restrictions; Notice of Data Availability: Mercury             2050-AE54
            Treatability Studies................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                       RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3095       SAN No. 4470 Standards for the Management of Coal Combustion Wastes Generated by          2050-AE81
            Commercial Electric Power Producers.................................................
3096       SAN No. 4469 Standards for the Management of Coal Combustion Wastes: Non-Power            2050-AE83
            Producers and Minefilling...........................................................
3097       SAN No. 3989 Removal of Requirement To Use SW-846 Methods (Test Methods for               2050-AE41
            Evaluating Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Methods)..................................
3098       SAN No. 4230 Revisions to Solid Waste Landfill Criteria--Leachate Recirculation on        2050-AE67
            Alternative Liners..................................................................
3099       SAN No. 4588 Research, Development, and Demonstration Permits for Municipal Solid         2050-AE92
            Waste Landfill......................................................................
3100       SAN No. 4411 Regulation of Hazardous Oil-bearing Secondary Materials from Petroleum       2050-AE78
            Refining Industry and other Hazardous Secondary Materials Processed in a
            Gasification System.................................................................
3101       SAN No. 4091 Modifications to RCRA Rules Associated With Solvent-Contaminated Shop        2050-AE51
            Towels and Wipes....................................................................
3102       SAN No. 4092 Recycling of Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) and Mercury-Containing Equipment:      2050-AE52
            Changes to Hazardous Waste Regulations..............................................
3103       SAN No. 4501 Revision of Wastewater Treatment Exemptions for Hazardous Waste Mixtures     2050-AE84
3104       SAN No. 4651 Increase Metals Reclamation from F006 Waste Streams.....................     2050-AE97
3105       SAN No. 4534 Project XL Site-specific rulemaking for Anne Arundel County Millersville     2090-AA25
            Landfill, Severn, Maryland..........................................................

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3106       SAN No. 4565 Project XL Site-Specific Rulemaking for the IBM Semiconductor                2090-AA29
            Manufacturing Facility in Hopewell Junction, New York...............................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                         RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3107       SAN No. 4028 Standardized Permit for RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Facilities......     2050-AE44
3108       SAN No. 3545 Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products         2050-AE23
            Containing Recovered Materials......................................................
3109       SAN No. 3856 Management of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD)....................................     2050-AE34
3110       SAN No. 4525 Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and           2050-AE86
            Practices and Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills: Disposal of Residential
            Lead-Based Paint Waste..............................................................
3111       SAN No. 4575 Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Location Restrictions for Airport Safety.     2050-AE91
3112       SAN No. 4084 Office of Solid Waste Burden Reduction Project..........................     2050-AE50
3113       SAN No. 4208 Requirements for Zinc Fertilizer Made From Recycled Hazardous Secondary      2050-AE69
            Materials...........................................................................
3114       SAN No. 4606 Revisions for Transboundary Shipments of Hazardous Waste for Recovery        2050-AE93
            within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development....................
3115       SAN No. 4439 Project XL -- Ortho-McNeil Pilot Project Allowing On-Site Treatment of       2090-AA14
            Low-Level Mixed Wastes Without RCRA Permit..........................................
3116       SAN No. 4608 Project XL Site-Specific Rulemaking for Implementing Waste Treatment         2090-AA30
            Systems at Two Virginia Landfills...................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                        RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3117       SAN No. 3147 Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation.....................................     2050-AE21
3118       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......
3119       SAN No. 3066 Listing Determination of Wastes Generated During the Manufacture of Azo,     2050-AD80
            Anthraquinone, and Triarylmethane Dyes and Pigments.................................
3120       SAN No. 4670 Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste..............................     2050-AE98
3121       SAN No. 2647 RCRA Subtitle C Financial Test Criteria (Revision)......................     2050-AC71
3122       SAN No. 4233 Land Disposal Restrictions; Treatment Standards for Spent Potliners from     2050-AE65
            Primary Aluminum Reduction (K088) and Regulatory Classification of K088
            Vitrification Units.................................................................
3123       SAN No. 3333 NESHAPS: Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste          2050-AE01
            Combustors--Phase II Covering Boilers and Certain Industrial Furnaces...............
3124       SAN No. 4418 NESHAPS: Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste          2050-AE79
            Combustors..........................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                        RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3125       SAN No. 4419 Amendments to the Corrective Action Management Unit Rule................     2050-AE77
3126       SAN No. 3328 Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR): Identification and Listing       2050-AE07
            of Hazardous Wastes.................................................................
3127       SAN No. 3805 Paint Manufacturing Wastes Listing: Hazardous Waste Management System:       2050-AE32
            Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste.......................................
3128       SAN No. 4083 Listing of Hazardous Waste; Inorganic Chemical Wastes; Land Disposal         2050-AE49
            Restrictions for Newly Listed Wastes; CERCLA Hazardous Substances Reportable
            Quantities..........................................................................
3129       SAN No. 4615 Definition of Solid Waste; Codification of Mineral Processing Vacature       2050-AE94
            (Classification of Battery Recyclers v. EPA) and Discussion of Future Proposed
            Rulemaking..........................................................................

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3130       SAN No. 4566 NESHAPS: Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste          2050-AE90
            Combustors - Parallel Proposed Rule.................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                    OIL POLLUTION ACT (OPA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3131       SAN No. 2634 Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation: Revisions..........................     2050-AC62
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


            COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3132       SAN No. 3423 Reportable Quantity Adjustments for Carbamates..........................     2050-AE12
3133       SAN No. 3885 Streamlining the Preauthorization Mixed Funding for Application and          2050-AE38
            Implementation of Claims Against Superfund..........................................
3134       SAN No. 4177 Cooperative Agreements and Superfund State Contracts for Superfund           2050-AE62
            Response Actions....................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


             COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3135       SAN No. 3929 Final Rule To Correct Typographical Errors and Remove Obsolete Language      2050-AE88
            in 40 CFR Part 302..................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


             COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3136       SAN No. 3439 National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites:             2050-AD75
            Proposed and Final Rules............................................................
3137       SAN No. 4201 Criteria for the Designation of Hazardous Substances under CERCLA            2050-AE63
            Section 102(a)......................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Discontinued Entries
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Regulation
Identification                                             Title                                             Date Withdrawn            Comments
    Number
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2050-AB82       SAN No. 2394 Reporting Exemptions for Federally Permitted Releases of Hazardous Substances      03/14/2002   Withdrawn
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                   CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3138       SAN No. 4526 Revisions to the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution             2050-AE87
            Contingency Plan; Subpart J Product Schedule Listing Requirements...................

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3139       SAN No. 4280 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Construction and Development       2040-AD42
            Industry............................................................................
3140       SAN No. 4406 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Aquatic Animal Production          2040-AD55
            Industry............................................................................
3141       SAN No. 4576 Effluent Guidelines 2002 Program Plan...................................     2040-AD78
3142       SAN No. 4264 Water Quality Standards for Alabama--Phase II...........................     2040-AD35
3143       SAN No. 4377 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Mercury Under the Clean Water Act        2040-AD52
            (Method 245.7)......................................................................
3144       SAN No. 4378 Revisions to Method Detection and Quantification for Use Under the Clean     2040-AD53
            Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act...............................................
3145       SAN No. 4540 Test Procedures: New and Updated Test Procedures for the Analysis of         2040-AD71
            Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act....................
3146       SAN No. 4474 Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact From Cooling Water Intake            2040-AD62
            Structures at Existing Facilities Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, Phase
            2...................................................................................
3147       SAN No. 3999 NPDES Permit Requirements for Municipal Sanitary Sewer Collection            2040-AD02
            Systems, Municipal Satellite Collection Systems, and Sanitary Sewer Overflows.......
3148       SAN No. 4446 Ocean Discharges Criteria Revisions.....................................     2040-AD60
3149       SAN No. 2804 Clean Water Act Definition of Waters of the United States...............     2040-AB74
3150       SAN No. 4623 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program Revisions.......................     2040-AD82
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                     CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3151       SAN No. 2806 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery       2040-AB79
            Category, Phases 1 and 2............................................................
3152       SAN No. 3833 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Iron and Steel Manufacturing       2040-AC90
            Point Source Category (Revisions)...................................................
3153       SAN No. 4153 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Regulation and        2040-AD19
            Effluent Limitations Guidelines Standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
            (CAFOs).............................................................................
3154       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...........................................................
3155       SAN No. 4047 Test Procedures for Analysis of Biological Contaminants Under Clean          2040-AD08
            Water Act...........................................................................
3156       SAN No. 4409 Test Procedures: Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act Methods         2040-AD59
            Update..............................................................................
3157       SAN No. 4541 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Mercury Under the Clean Water Act        2040-AD72
            (Revisions to Method 1631)..........................................................
3158       SAN No. 4514 Rule to Revise and to Ratify or Withdraw Whole Effluent Toxicity Test        2040-AD73
            Methods.............................................................................
3159       SAN No. 3288 Comparison of Dredged Material to Reference Sediment....................     2040-AC14
3160       SAN No. 4375 Revision to Clean Water Act Regulatory Definition of Fill Material......     2040-AD51
3161       SAN No. 3488 Round 2 Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge..............     2040-AC25
3162       SAN No. 4493 Clean Water State Revolving Fund Regulation Revisions Re: Use as             2040-AD68
            Matching Funds......................................................................
3163       SAN No. 4624 Modification to Competitive Process Used by EPA for Water Quality            2040-AD83
            Cooperative Agreements and Wetland Program Development Grants.......................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                    CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3164       SAN No. 4050 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard        2040-AD10
            Category, Phase II..................................................................
3165       SAN No. 4370 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard        2040-AD49
            Point Source Category, Dissolving Kraft and Dissolving Sulfite Subcategories (Phase
            III)................................................................................
3166       SAN No. 4407 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Meat and Poultry Products          2040-AD56
            Point Source Category (Revisions)...................................................
3167       SAN No. 4408 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Industrial Container and Drum      2040-AD57
            Cleaning Point Source Category......................................................
3168       SAN No. 4344 Water Quality Standards for Indian Country Waters.......................     2040-AD46
3169       SAN No. 3702 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under the Clean Water       2040-AC75
            Act.................................................................................
3170       SAN No. 3714 Test Procedures: Increased Method Flexibility for Test Procedures            2040-AC92
            Approved for Clean Water Act Compliance Monitoring..................................

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3171       SAN No. 3713 Test Procedures: Performance-Based Measurement System (PBMS) Procedures      2040-AC93
            and Guidance for Clean Water Act Test Procedures....................................
3172       SAN No. 3155 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Metals, Anions, and        2040-AC95
            Volatile Organics Under the Clean Water Act, Phase One..............................
3173       SAN No. 4049 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Co-Planar and Mono-Ortho-Substituted     2040-AD09
            Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Under the Clean Water Act..........................
3174       SAN No. 4089 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Metals, Anions, and        2040-AD12
            Volatile Organics Under the Clean Water Act, Phase Two..............................
3175       SAN No. 4357 Uniform National Discharge Standards for Vessels of the Armed Forces -       2040-AD39
            Phase II............................................................................
3176       SAN No. 4543 Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact from Cooling Water Intake            2040-AD70
            Structures at Existing Facilities Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, Phase
            3...................................................................................
3177       SAN No. 3663 Streamlining the General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New       2040-AC58
            Sources of Pollution................................................................
3178       SAN No. 3786 NPDES Streamlining Rule -- Round III....................................     2040-AC84
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                    CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3179       SAN No. 4168 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Coal Mining Point Source           2040-AD24
            Category (Revisions)................................................................
3180       SAN No. 3444 Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact From Cooling Water Intake            2040-AC34
            Structures at New Facilities Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, Phase 1...
3181       SAN No. 4332 Recognition Awards Under the Clean Water Act............................     2040-AD44
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                                       CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Discontinued Entries
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Regulation
Identification                                             Title                                             Date Withdrawn            Comments
    Number
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2040-AC56       SAN No. 3662 Water Quality Standards Regulation -- Revision                                     04/24/2002   Withdrawn - No further
                                                                                                                              action planned.
2040-AD69       SAN No. 4515 Procedures for Tribes To Obtain Approval for Treatment as a State To Receive       03/19/2002   Withdrawn - No further
                 Funding for the Beaches Program                                                                              action planned at this
                                                                                                                              time
2040-AD79       SAN No. 4617 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program Regulations Revisions                      02/27/2002   Withdrawn - Merged into RIN
                                                                                                                              2040-AD82, SAN 4623
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Prerule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3182       SAN No. 4212 Use of Screening Methods for Compliance Monitoring of Drinking Water         2040-AD31
            Contaminants........................................................................
3183       SAN No. 4447 Drinking Water: Regulatory Determinations Regarding Contaminants on the      2040-AD61
            Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List...........................................
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                               SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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3184       SAN No. 4638 Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation: Analytical Method for         2040-AD81
            Aeromonas. National Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Regulations: Analytical
            Methods for Chemical&;Microbiological Contaminants..................................
3185       SAN No. 4341 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Long-Term 2 Enhanced            2040-AD37
            Surface Water Treatment Rule........................................................

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3186       SAN No. 4342 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Stage 2 Disinfection            2040-AD38
            Byproducts Rule.....................................................................
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                                SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Final Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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3187       SAN No. 2340 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Groundwater Rule...........     2040-AA97
3188       SAN No. 4424 6-Year Review of Existing National Primary Drinking Water Regulations...     2040-AD67
3189       SAN No. 4451 Underground Injection Control Class V Phase 2 Revisions.................     2040-AD63
3190       SAN No. 4561 Minor Revisions to the Public Notification Rule and the Consumer             2040-AD77
            Confidence Report Rule..............................................................
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                                SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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3191       SAN No. 2281 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Radon......................     2040-AA94
3192       SAN No. 3238 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Aldicarb...................     2040-AC13
3193       SAN No. 4369 Regulated Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Reporting...............     2040-AD48
3194       SAN No. 4404 National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations (NSDWR): Methyl Tertiary       2040-AD54
            Butyl Ether (MTBE) and Technical Corrections to the NSDWR...........................
3195       SAN No. 4236 Update of State Underground Injection Control Programs..................     2040-AD40
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                                SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Completed Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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3196       SAN No. 4147 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Long-Term 1 Enhanced            2040-AD18
            Surface Water Treatment Rule........................................................
3197       SAN No. 4630 Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation for Public Water Systems:      2040-AD80
            Establishment of Reporting Date.....................................................
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Identification                                             Title                                             Date Withdrawn            Comments
    Number
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2040-AB75       SAN No. 2807 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Arsenic and Clarifications to         03/19/2002   Withdrawn from regulatory
                 Compliance and New Source Contaminant Monitoring                                                             agenda.
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  Number                                                                                              Number
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3198       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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2803. UTILIZATION OF SMALL, MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN 
PROCUREMENT UNDER ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS

Priority: Other Significant

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

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 33

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The regulation will codify revisions to the Agency's program 
for the utilization of Small, Minority and Women's Business Enterprises 
in procurements under assistance agreements (i.e., grants and 
cooperative agreements awarded by EPA as well as grants and cooperative 
agreements awarded by other agencies under interagency agreements with 
EPA). The revisions are necessary to ensure consistency with the 
Supreme Court's decision in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena, 115 
S.Ct. 2097 (1995), and were identified as part of the Clinton 
Administration's 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                            05/00/02
Final Action                    12/00/03

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

David Sutton, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement 
and Compliance Assurance, 1230A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4444
Fax: 202 501-0756

RIN: 2020-AA39
_______________________________________________________________________




2804. 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                            08/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

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: Dan Humphries, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4377
Fax: 202 565-2475
Email: [email protected]

Cal 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-AA67
_______________________________________________________________________




2805. 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                            06/00/02
Final Action                    09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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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2806. INCREMENTALLY FUNDING FIXED PRICE CONTRACTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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                            07/00/02
Final Action                    10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3876

Agency Contact: Dan Humphries, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4377
Fax: 202 565-2475
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA50
_______________________________________________________________________




2807. PROPOSED REVISION TO EPA'S IMPLEMENTING NEPA REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 4321

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 6

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed revision is necessary to clarify and update 
EPA's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation. The revision 
would clarify Agency responsibilities for: Congressionally funded 
special appropriation projects and EPA-funded grant programs. The 
revision would clarify public involvement procedures and organization 
responsibilities. The proposal would revise the list of actions which 
are categorically excluded from analyses. The revision is also needed 
to incorporate a number of Executive orders and other cross-cutting 
requirements into the NEPA process.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/02
Final Action                    07/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4292

Agency Contact: Joseph Montgomery, Environmental Protection Agency, 
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

RIN: 2020-AA42
_______________________________________________________________________




2808. REVISION OF PROCEDURAL RULES FOR HEARINGS ON CANCELLATIONS, 
SUSPENSIONS, CHANGES IN CLASSIFICATIONS, AND DENIALS OF PESTICIDE 
REGISTRATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136a(c)to 136a(d); 7 USC 136b(d)to 136b(f); 7 
USC 136d(b)to 7 USC 136d(e); 7 USC 136w(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 164 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is preparing a comprehensive revision of the Rules of 
Practice governing the conduct of licensing adjudications under the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The 
existing Rules of Practice were originally promulgated by EPA in 1973. 
In the subsequent 19 years, Congress has substantially amended FIFRA, 
creating a number of additional types of licensing adjudications which 
are not expressly provided for in the existing Rules of Practice. In 
order to include provisions tailored to these new types of proceedings, 
and to incorporate the standard practices which have evolved and the 
precedents which have been established since these rules were first 
promulgated, EPA intends to comprehensively revise the FIFRA Rules of 
Practice.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Rules of Practice Governing 
Pesticide Cancellation Hearings, 
etc.                            06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4618

Sectors Affected: 111 Crop Production; 112 Animal Production; 32532 
Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Scott Garrison, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2333A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4047
Fax: 202 564-5644
Email: [email protected]

Kevin Lee, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and 
Compliance Assurance, 2333A
Phone: 202 564-5375
Fax: 202 564-5644
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2020-AA44
_______________________________________________________________________




2809. REVISION TO EPAAR 1552.211-73, LEVEL OF EFFORT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 205(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 Legal challenge to 
interpretation of clause        08/00/02
Final Action Legal challenge to 
interpretation of clause        10/00/02

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

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: 202 564-2475
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA64
_______________________________________________________________________




2810. PERSISTENT, BIOACCUMULATIVE, AND TOXIC (PBT) POLLUTANTS STRATEGY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed 
National Action Plans under a national strategy to overcome the 
remaining challenges in addressing priority PBT pollutants. These 
pollutants pose risks because they are toxic, persist in ecosystems, 
and accumulate in fish and up the food chain. The PBT challenges 
remaining stem from the pollutants' ability to travel long distances, 
to transfer rather easily among air, water, and land, and to linger for 
generations. EPA is committing, through this strategy, to create an 
enduring cross-office system that will address the cross-media issues 
associated with priority PBT pollutants. This strategy fortifies 
existing EPA commitments related to priority PBTs, such as the 1997 
Canada / U.S. Binational Toxics Strategy (BNS), the North American 
Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, and the signed international 
agreement to control persistent organic pollutants (POPs). EPA is 
forging a new approach to reduce risks from and exposures to priority 
PBT pollutants through increased coordination among EPA national and 
regional programs. This approach also requires the significant 
involvement of stakeholders, including international, state, local, and 
tribal organizations, the regulated community, environmental groups, 
and private citizens. EPA is carrying out this strategy through the 
implementation of National Action Plans for Priority PBT Pollutants. 
EPA is initially focusing action on 12 BNS Level 1 substances either 
individually or as categories and two major cross-cutting issues 
(monitoring and outreach/risk communication). The action plans will use 
the full range of EPA's tools to prevent and reduce releases of these 
substances. These tools include international, voluntary, outreach, 
programmatic, remedial, compliance monitoring and assistance, 
enforcement, research, and regulatory tools. EPA will integrate and 
sequence actions within and across action plans, and will seek to 
leverage these actions on international and industry-sector bases. 
Beyond these first 12 substances EPA will identify additional PBTs for 
development of National Action Plans.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice Multimedia Strategy for 
PBTs                            11/17/98                    63 FR 63926
Notice Draft National Action 
Plan for Mercury                11/17/98                    63 FR 63926
Notice Proposed National Action 
Plan for Alkyl-lead             08/25/00                    65 FR 51823
Notice Draft Action Plan for 
Level 1 Pesticides              11/01/00                    65 FR 65314
Notice Draft Action Plan for 
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)         12/08/00                    65 FR 77026
Notice Final Action Plan for 
Alkyl-lead                      05/00/02
Notice Draft Action Plan for 
Benzo(a)pyrene (B(a)P)          05/00/02
Notice Final Action Plan for 
Mercury                         06/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4463

Agency Contact: Tom Murray, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7409M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8829
Fax: 202 564-8901
Email: [email protected]

Paul Matthai, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7409M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8839
Fax: 202 564-8899
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD45
_______________________________________________________________________




2811. REGULATORY INCENTIVES FOR THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE 
TRACK PROGRAM

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The National Environmental Achievement Track is designed to 
recognize facilities that consistently meet their legal requirements 
and have implemented high-quality environmental management systems, and 
to encourage them to achieve more by continuously improving their 
environmental performance and informing and involving the public. 
Facilities gain entrance to Achievement Track by submitting an 
application that documents that four specific criteria are met: 
operating environmental management system; commitment to continuous 
environmental improvement through documented past improvements and 
future commitments; engaging the public; and a strong record of 
compliance. To promote participation in the program, and the 
environmental and other benefits that will come with it, EPA intends to 
offer several incentives. Among those incentives are the adjustments in 
current regulatory requirements that are the subject of this 
rulemaking. These include reducing the frequency of reports required 
under the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) provisions of 
the Clean Air Act; streamlining by publically owned treatment works 
(POTWs) under the Clean Water Act; and opportunity for Achievement 
Track facilities to consolidate reporting under various environmental 
statutes into a single report.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State

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Additional Information: SAN No. 4473

Agency Contact: Robert Sachs, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of the Administrator, 1808, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2765
Fax: 202 401-3998
Email: [email protected]

David Guest, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the 
Administrator, 1808
Phone: 202 260-0571
Fax: 202 401-3998
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2090-AA13
_______________________________________________________________________




2812. NEW JERSEY GOLD TRACK PROJECT XL RULE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, This rule references a NJ rule which 
will be published 2/4/02.

Abstract: The Gold Track Program is a crucial part of NJDEP's efforts 
to create a State-run tiered performance-based program. Currently, 
facilities may join NJDEP's Silver Track Program, which is a lower-
level tier that provides recognition for commitments to a certain level 
of environmental enhancement. Gold Track expands upon these 
environmental commitments, and offers proportionally greater 
recognition, as well as actual federal regulatory flexibility to 
participating facilities. NJDEP is partnering with EPA in the Gold 
Track effort under the XL program, so as to be able to offer federal 
regulatory flexibility to Gold Track participants.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4533

Agency Contact: Chad Carbone, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of the Administrator, 1802, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4296
Fax: 202 260-1812
Email: [email protected]

David Beck, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the 
Administrator, MD-10, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5421

RIN: 2090-AA28
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


General



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2813. IMPLEMENTATION OF CHANGES TO GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND 
SUSPENSION COMMON RULE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: EO 12549; EO 12689 and FASA

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 32

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Periodically OMB amends the Governmentwide 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                            01/23/02                     67 FR 3265
Final Action                    07/00/02

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
_______________________________________________________________________




2814. NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, 
HANDICAP, AND AGE IN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 794; 42 USC 2000d to 2000d-7; 42 USC 6101 to 
6107; EO 12250

CFR Citation: 28 CFR 42.101 to 42.112; 28 CFR 42.501 to 42.540; 28 CFR 
42.700 to 42.736

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Department of Justice proposes to make amendments to its 
regulations implementing title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(title VI), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1972 (section 
504), and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (Age Discrimination Act). 
Together, these

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statutes prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national 
origin, disability, and age in programs or activities that receive 
Federal financial assistance. In 1988, the Civil Rights Restoration Act 
(CRRA) added definitions of ``program or activity'' and ``program'' to 
title VI and added a definition of program or activity to section 504 
and the Age Discrimination Act. The added definitions were designed to 
clarify the broad scope of coverage of recipients' programs or 
activities under these statutes. The promulgation of this proposed 
regulation explicitly incorporates the CRRA's definition of program or 
activity and program into the Department's title VI, section 504, and 
Age Discrimination Act regulations. The Department's proposed 
regulation will be published as part of a joint notice of proposed 
rulemaking involving up to 24 Federal agencies.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/06/00                    65 FR 76459
NPRM Comment Period End         01/05/01
Final Action                    08/00/02
Final Action Effective          09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4021

Agency Contact: Ann Goode, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 1201, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-7272

RIN: 2020-AA36
_______________________________________________________________________




2815. 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 Revised Freedom of 
Information Act Regulations     04/12/00                    65 FR 19703
Final Action Revised Freedom of 
Information Act Regulations     10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4180
Formerly listed as RIN 2020-AA40.

Agency Contact: Alan D. Margolis, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Environmental Information, 2822T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1644
Fax: 202 566-1639
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2025-AA04
_______________________________________________________________________




2816. ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 205(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 to 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                    06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

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
_______________________________________________________________________




2817. EPAAR COVERAGE ON LOCAL HIRING AND TRAINING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 205(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                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4187

Agency Contact: Frances Smith, Environmental Protection Agency,

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

RIN: 2030-AA62
_______________________________________________________________________




2818. ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTIONS TO EPAAR 1515, CONTRACTING BY 
NEGOTIATION

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301

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

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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
_______________________________________________________________________




2819. FELLOWSHIP GRANT REGULATION REVISION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 46

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Fellowship Rule (part 46) establishes the requirements 
applicable to granting all EPA fellowships. It supplements 40 CFR part 
30, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with 
Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit 
Organizations. The rule requires submission of data to the Agency; 
however a new ICR is not required. The rule is already cleared under 
current ICR approval.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4572

Agency Contact: W. Scott McMoran, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Administration and Resources Management, 3903R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5376
Fax: 202 565-2468
Email: [email protected]

Suzie Kocchi, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and 
Resources Management, 3903R
Phone: 202 564-5289
Fax: 202 565-2470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA77
_______________________________________________________________________




2820. EPA AGENCYWIDE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT POLICY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency is revising its 1981 
Public Participation Policy. The Draft Policy was updated to reflect 
changes over the intervening years such as additional Agency 
responsibilities, new regulations, expanded public involvement 
techniques, and the changed nature of public access due to the 
Internet. The Policy will provide guidance and direction to EPA 
officials on reasonable and effective means to involve the public in 
its regulatory and program decisions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Draft Public Involvement Policy 12/28/00                    65 FR 82335
Final Public Involvement Policy 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4530

Agency Contact: Patricia Bonner, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of the Administrator, 1807, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0599
Fax: 202 260-4903
Email: [email protected]

Lisa Kahn, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the 
Administrator, 1807
Phone: 202 260-4545
Fax: 202 260-4903
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2090-AA23
_______________________________________________________________________




2821. PROJECT XL SITE SPECIFIC RULEMAKING FOR NASA WHITE SANDS TEST 
FACILITY ELECTRONIC REPORTING IN LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The purpose of the NASA White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) 
Electronic Reporting site specific rule is to enable the NASA WSTF to 
electronically submit compliance reports and permit information to the 
New Mexico Environmental Department (NMED) in lieu of submitting paper 
reports. The rule will set forth guidelines to ensure that the 
information submitted by NASA WSTF to NMED is accurate by outlining 
procedures for data authentication, use of electronic signature and 
encryption processes.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/31/01                    66 FR 55050
Final Action                    07/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4536

Agency Contact: Kristina Heinemann, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of the Administrator, 1807, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5355
Fax: 202 260-3125
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2090-AA27

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


General



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2822. 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: NPRM, Statutory, August 31, 2000, Proposed rule to 
eliminate the special treatment of CBI substantiations.

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, 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           11/23/94                    59 FR 60446
Final/CBI Substant. Final rule 
to eliminate special treatment 
of substantiations               To Be                       Determined
NPRM/CBI Regs Proposal to revise 
CBI regs--40 CFR Part 2, Subpart 
B                                To Be                       Determined
Final Rule/CBI Regs Final rule 
revising CBI regs--40 CFR Part 
2, Subpart B                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3240
Formerly listed as RIN 2020-AA21.

Agency Contact: Alan Margolis, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Environmental Information, 2822T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1644
Fax: 202 566-1639
Email: [email protected]

Rebecca Moser, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental 
Information, 2822, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1679
Fax: 202 566-1639
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2025-AA02
_______________________________________________________________________




2823. CROSS-MEDIA ELECTRONIC REPORTING (ER) AND RECORDKEEPING RULE

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: PL 104-13; PL 105-277

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 3 (New); 40 CFR 9 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Cross-Media Electronic Reporting (ER) and Recordkeeping 
Rule will provide a uniform legal framework for paperless electronic 
reporting and recordkeeping, including electronic signature/
certification, across EPA's environmental compliance programs. The rule 
will both remove current legal requirements for paper that create 
obstacles to electronic reporting and recordkeeping 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 paperless electronic reporting, 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 Resubmittal                08/31/01                    66 FR 46161
Final Action                    04/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4270
Formerly listed as RIN 2020-AA41.

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

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

RIN: 2025-AA07
_______________________________________________________________________




2824. 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

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current scientific thinking. In balancing these and other science 
policies, the Agency relies on input from the general scientific 
community through established scientific peer review processes. The 
guidelines incorporate basic principles and science policies based on 
evaluation of the currently available information. The revisions place 
increased emphasis on the role of carcinogenic mechanisms in risk 
assessment and clearer explication of underlying assumptions in risk 
assessment.
These guidelines will have minimal to no impact on small businesses or 
State, local, and tribal governments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Reproposed Guidelines           04/23/96                    61 FR 17960
Implementation Policy           06/25/96                    61 FR 32799
Final Guidelines                 To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3671

Agency Contact: William Wood, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Research and Development, 8103, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-3358

RIN: 2080-AA06
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                 Completed Actions


General



_______________________________________________________________________




2825. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN 
ANTARCTICA

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 8

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/06/01                    66 FR 63454

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joseph Montgomery
Phone: 202 564-7157
Fax: 202 564-0070
Email: [email protected]

Katherine Biggs
Phone: 202 564-7144

RIN: 2020-AA34
_______________________________________________________________________




2826. NOTICE TO PROCEED

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1516

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    07/31/01                    66 FR 39456

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Larry Wyborski
Phone: 202 564-4369
Fax: 202 564-2475
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA68
_______________________________________________________________________




2827. EMPOWERMENT THROUGH DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY AND MISCELLANEOUS 
AMENDMENTS

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1501; 48 CFR 1502; 48 CFR 1515; 48 CFR 1517; 48 
CFR 1536; 48 CFR 1552

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               02/04/02                     67 FR 5070

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Larry Wyborski
Phone: 202 564-4369
Fax: 202 564-2475
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2030-AA78
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Clean Air Act (CAA)



_______________________________________________________________________




2828. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS: RISK MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAMS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT, SECTION 112(R)(7); THIRD PARTY AUDIT 
PROVISIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412(r); 7601 (a)(1)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 68

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action establishes requirements, incentives, and 
procedures for third party audits of Risk Management Plans (RMPs) under 
40 CFR part 68 that would reduce the need for, and thus the incidence 
of, government audits of RMPs submitted by facilities that volunteer 
for such an audit. In this context, a third party is someone not 
employed by either an RMP-regulated facility or a government agency 
responsible for implementing the RMP program (implementing agency).
In the preamble to the final Risk Management Program rule, EPA endorsed 
the concept of using third parties to assist in rule compliance and 
oversight (61 FR 31705), provided that any such proposal: not weaken 
the compliance responsibilities of facility owner/operators; offer cost 
savings and benefits to the industry, community, and implementing 
agencies that significantly exceed the cost of implementing the 
approach; lead to a net increase in process safety, particularly for 
smaller, less technically sophisticated facilities; and promote cost-
effective agency prioritization of oversight resources. However, no 
criteria or requirements were specified in the RMP rule to regulate the 
activities of facilities, implementing agencies, or third parties with 
respect to third party assistance.
A facility's participation in the third party audit program proposed by 
this action would be totally voluntary. For facilities who choose not 
to participate in the program, this action would have

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no effect. However if a facility participates, this regulation would 
establish the requirements and regulatory incentives for their 
participation. For participating sources, the action would offer the 
potential for reduced regulatory burden (while maintaining their 
compliance responsibilities), flexible auditing options, and other 
benefits, provided the source meets the applicable requirements 
described in the rule. This action also would specify the proposed 
qualification requirements for persons desiring to act as third party 
auditors.
EPA believes that this action would promote increased safety among 
facilities covered by the risk.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4511

Sectors Affected: 49312 Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage 
Facilities; 22132 Sewage Treatment Facilities; 22131 Water Supply and 
Irrigation Systems; 31161 Animal Slaughtering and Processing; 49311 
General Warehousing and Storage Facilities; 42291 Farm Supplies 
Wholesalers; 42269 Other Chemical and Allied Products Wholesalers; 
49313 Farm Product Warehousing and Storage Facilities; 32512 Industrial 
Gas Manufacturing; 11511 Support Activities for Crop Production

Agency Contact: James Belke, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5104A
Phone: 202 564-8023
Fax: 202 564-8444
Email: [email protected]

Breeda Reilly, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5104A
Phone: 202 564-7983
Fax: 202 564-8444

RIN: 2050-AE85
_______________________________________________________________________




2829. 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                            02/00/03
Final Action                    12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

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
_______________________________________________________________________




2830. 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                            09/00/02
Final Action                    04/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

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
_______________________________________________________________________




2831. OPERATING PERMITS: REVISIONS (PART 70)

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7661 et seq

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

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

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3412

Agency Contact: Ray Vogel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C304-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3153
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF70
_______________________________________________________________________




2832. AMENDMENTS TO METHOD 24 (WATER-BASED COATINGS)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410

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CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, June 15, 2001.

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 precision of Method 24 for 
water-based coatings.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/02
Final Action                    12/00/03

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
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]

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

RIN: 2060-AF72
_______________________________________________________________________




2833. NESHAP: PLYWOOD AND COMPOSITE WOOD PRODUCTS

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(d)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

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

Abstract: This project is to develop national emission standards for 
hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) by establishing maximum achievable 
control technology (MACT) for facilities manufacturing wood panels and 
engineered wood products. MACT standards are under development to 
reduce the release of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from all 
industries to protect the public health and environment. Emissions of 
HAP from this industry have been associated with, but are not limited 
to, the drying of wood and binders. 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                            11/00/02
Final Action                    05/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3820

Sectors Affected: 32121 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Mary Tom Kissell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-03, 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, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG52
_______________________________________________________________________




2834. 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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/07/00                    65 FR 66672
Supplemental NPRM               05/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3969

Sectors Affected: 562212 Solid Waste Landfill

Agency Contact: Michele Laur, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5256
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Kent C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH13
_______________________________________________________________________




2835. 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: Final, Statutory, June 15, 2001.

Abstract: This rulemaking proposes to add a method, Method 203, for the

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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
Supplemental NPRM               12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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
_______________________________________________________________________




2836. 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                            12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

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
_______________________________________________________________________




2837. 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                            12/00/02
Final Action                    10/00/03

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
_______________________________________________________________________




2838. 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: NPRM, Statutory, May 1, 2001.

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                            05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4107
This action will be covered under Misc. Metal Parts &; Products, SAN 
3825, RIN 2060-AG56.

Sectors Affected: 332812 Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and 
Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers

Agency Contact: Bruce Moore, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5460
Fax: 919 541-0072
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH78

[[Page 33754]]

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2839. PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION 16 - SPECIFICATIONS AND TEST PROCEDURES 
FOR PREDICTIVE EMISSION MONITORING SYSTEMS IN STATIONARY SOURCES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411 CAA sec 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                            09/00/02
Final Action                    09/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4119

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

Agency Contact: Foston Curtis, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1063
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]

Conniesue Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
D205-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-7774
Fax: 919 541-1039

RIN: 2060-AH84
_______________________________________________________________________




2840. 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: The purpose of this action is to make a technical change to 
the dose methodology used in subpart A of 40 CFR 191, entitled 
Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for the Management and 
Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Waste and Transuranic Waste 
The current methodology is outdated. The dose methodology used in the 
rule published on September 19, 1985, was based on the target organ 
approach recommended by the International Commission on Radiological 
Protection (ICRP) in Report No. 2. Since that time science has 
progressed and a new methodology based on an effective dose equivalent 
approach is currently being recommended by the ICRP in Report No. 26. 
This action would update the 40 CFR 191, subpart A dose limits 
published in 1985 from the target organ to the state-of-the-art 
effective dose equivalent system. There would be no change in the level 
of protection, just the scientific methodology for determining 
compliance with the levels of protection established in 1985.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4003

Agency Contact: Ray Clark, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6608J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9198
Fax: 202 565-2065
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH90
_______________________________________________________________________




2841. NESHAP: RECIPROCATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

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

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

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

Abstract: The stationary reciprocating internal combustion engine 
source category is listed as a major source of hazardous air pollutants 
(HAPs) under section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). A major source is 
one which emits more than 10 tons/yr of one HAP or more than 25 tons/yr 
of a combination of 189 HAPs. The EPA will gather information on HAP 
emissions from internal combustion engines and determine the 
appropriate maximum achievable control technology (MACT) to reduce HAP 
emissions. 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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3656

Agency Contact: Sims Roy, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-01, 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, 
C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1045
Fax: 919 541-5450

[[Page 33755]]

Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG63
_______________________________________________________________________




2842. NESHAP: COMBUSTION TURBINE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112

CFR Citation: 44 CFR 63

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

Abstract: The combustion turbine source category is listed as a major 
source of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) under section 112 of the 
Clean Air Act (CAA). A major source is one which emits more than 10 
tons/yr of one HAP or more than 25 tons/yr of a combination of 189 
HAPs. Combustion turbines also emit NOx, SO2, CO, and PM. Combustion 
turbines are already regulated for NOx and SO2 emissions under section 
111 of the CAA. The EPA will gather information on HAP emissions from 
combustion turbines and determine the appropriate maximum achievable 
control technology (MACT) to reduce HAP emissions. 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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3657

Agency Contact: Sims Roy, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-01, 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, 
C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1045
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG67
_______________________________________________________________________




2843. NESHAP: IRON FOUNDRIES AND STEEL FOUNDRIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000, See additional 
information.

Abstract: Iron foundries and steel foundries have been identified by 
the EPA as potentially significant sources of air emissions of 
manganese compounds, lead compounds, and other substances that are 
among the pollutants listed as hazardous air pollutants in section 112 
of the Clean Air Act, as amended in November of 1990. As such, these 
industries may be source categories for which national emission 
standards may be warranted.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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: Kevin Cavender, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2364
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE43
_______________________________________________________________________




2844. NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS: 
MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING AND MISCELLANEOUS COATING 
MANUFACTURING

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                            05/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3452

Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Randy McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5402
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE82
_______________________________________________________________________




2845. NESHAP: MERCURY CELL CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA sec 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

[[Page 33756]]

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

Abstract: Section 112(c)(6) of the Clean Air Act requires us to list 
categories of sources for seven specific pollutants (including mercury) 
assuring that sources accounting for not less than 90 percent of the 
aggregate emissions of each pollutant are subject to standards pursuant 
to section 112(d)(2). Chlor-alkali plants are among the source 
categories listed to achieve the 90 percent goal for mercury. 
Currently, the source category includes 11 plants located in 10 states 
engaged in the production of chlorine and caustic using mercury cells. 
Together, these plants account for 45 percent of the nationwide mercury 
inventory for non-combustion sources.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02
Final Action                    08/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3449

Agency Contact: Iliam Rosario, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5308
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE85
_______________________________________________________________________




2846. NESHAP: PAINT STRIPPING OPERATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

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

Abstract: The EPA has determined that paint stripping operations emit 
at least one of the HAP's listed in section 112(b) of the Clean Air 
Act. As a result, the source category was included on the initial list 
of HAP-emitting categories scheduled for promulgation within 10 years 
of enactment of the Act. There are several emission standards for other 
source categories (for example, aerospace manufacturing and wood 
furniture manufacturing) that already address emissions from paint 
stripping operations. We are currently in the process of determining if 
there are any other major sources of HAP emissions from paint stripping 
operations that are not already regulated. Furthermore, HAP emissions 
from paint stripping operations that are area sources will be regulated 
in the future as part of the urban air toxics strategy.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3746
This action being addressed under SAN 3825, RIN 2060-AG56.

Agency Contact: Jaime Pagan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5340
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Bob Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1045
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG26
_______________________________________________________________________




2847. NESHAP: MISCELLANEOUS METAL PARTS AND PRODUCTS (SURFACE COATING)

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

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, May 1, 2001.

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                            05/00/02
Final Action                    05/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3825

Sectors Affected: 322214 Fiber Can, Tube, Drum, and Similar Products 
Manufacturing; 326199 All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing; 326291 
Rubber Product Manufacturing for Mechanical Use; 326299 All Other 
Rubber Product Manufacturing; 331111 Iron and Steel Mills; 33121 Iron 
and Steel Pipes and Tubes Manufacturing from Purchased Steel; 331221 
Cold-Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing; 331316 Aluminum Extruded Product 
Manufacturing; 331319 Other Aluminum Rolling and Drawing; 331422 Copper 
Wire (except Mechanical) Drawing; 331511 Iron Foundries; 331524 
Aluminum Foundries; 332311 Prefabricated Metal Building and Component 
Manufacturing; 81131 Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment 
(except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance

Agency Contact: Kim Teal, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5580
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG56

[[Page 33757]]

_______________________________________________________________________




2848. NESHAP: REFRACTORY PRODUCTS 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 proposed rulemaking will apply to existing and new 
refractory products manufacturing facilities. There are approximately 8 
existing refractory products manufacturing facilities in the United 
States located at major source facilities. It is estimated that no new 
refractory products manufacturing facilities will be built at least for 
the next 3 years. The HAP that will be reduced by this proposed rule 
are polycyclic organic matter (POM), phenol, formaldehyde, methanol, 
and ethylene glycol. Implementation of the proposed rule would reduce 
emissions of air toxics by approximately 132 tons per year, a reduction 
of 46 percent from current levels. No significant adverse economic 
impact is expected to occur as a result of implementing this proposed 
rulemaking. The capital cost associated with the proposed rulemaking is 
approximately $3.5 million. The total annual cost of the proposed 
rulemaking is approximately $1.7 million.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

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

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3652

Agency Contact: Susan Zapata, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5167
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG68
_______________________________________________________________________




2849. NESHAP: INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BOILERS AND 
PROCESS HEATERS

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, institutional/commercial boilers and 
process heaters 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                            11/00/02
Final Action                    05/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3837

Agency Contact: James Eddinger, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5426
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

William Maxwell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5430
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG69
_______________________________________________________________________




2850. NESHAP: LIME MANUFACTURING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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                            11/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

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, C504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5446
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG72
_______________________________________________________________________




2851. NESHAP: SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 BBBBB

[[Page 33758]]

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

Abstract: This rule will establish a MACT (maximum available control 
technology) for semiconductor production facilities. There is currently 
1 major source 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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

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

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3902

Sectors Affected: 334413 Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing

Agency Contact: John Schaefer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0296
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG93
_______________________________________________________________________




2852. NESHAP: METAL CAN MANUFACTURING (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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3906

Sectors Affected: 332431 Metal Can Manufacturing; 332812 Metal Coating, 
Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to 
Manufacturers; 332115 Crown and Closure Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Paul A. Almodovar, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0283
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG96
_______________________________________________________________________




2853. NESHAP: FABRIC PRINTING, COATING AND DYEING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, May 1, 2001.

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                            05/00/02
Final Action                    05/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3909

Sectors Affected: 3133 Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric Coating 
Mills; 3132 Fabric Mills; 3141 Textile Furnishings Mills; 3399 Other 
Miscellaneous Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Vinson Hellwig, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2317
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG98
_______________________________________________________________________




2854. NESHAP: SURFACE COATING OF AUTOMOBILES AND LIGHT-DUTY TRUCKS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990, requires EPA to 
develop emission standards for sources of hazardous air pollutants 
(HAPs). The surface coating of new automobiles and light-duty trucks is 
among the 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 this source 
category in 1980. The standards for the NESHAP are to be technology-
based and are to require the maximum achievable control technology as 
described in section 112 of the CAA.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/02
Final Action                    05/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3907

[[Page 33759]]

Sectors Affected: 33611 Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle 
Manufacturing; 336112 Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing; 
336211 Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Dave Salman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0859
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG99
_______________________________________________________________________




2855. 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 63

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 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, 2002 (58 FR 63941, December 
3, 1993).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3924

Agency Contact: Gene Crumpler, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0881
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH03
_______________________________________________________________________




2856. 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: Superfund, RCRA corrective action, gasoline stations, farms 
and residential sites are excluded from the source category 
description.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3968

Agency Contact: Greg Nizich, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3078
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

Martha Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2421
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH12
_______________________________________________________________________




2857. NESHAP: ROCKET ENGINE TEST FIRING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, May 1, 2001.

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                            05/00/02
Final Action                    05/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3972
This source category is now covered under the Engine Test Cells/Stands, 
SAN 4144, RIN 2060-AI74.

Agency Contact: Jaime Pagan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5340
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Robert J. Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1045
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH35
_______________________________________________________________________




2858. NESHAP: ORGANIC LIQUIDS DISTRIBUTION (NON-GASOLINE)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

[[Page 33760]]

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. This project should include but is not limited to those 
activities associated with the storage and distribution of organic 
liquids other than gasoline at sites that serve as distribution points 
from which organic liquids may be obtained for further use and 
processing.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

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

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3971

Agency Contact: Martha Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, 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, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH41
_______________________________________________________________________




2859. NESHAP: GROUP I POLYMERS AND RESINS AND GROUP IV POLYMERS AND 
RESINS-AMENDMENTS

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 Petitions for Jud. Rev-
Dow,UCC,Exxon)                  11/25/96                    61 FR 59849
NPRM Petitions for Judicial 
Review-Prop. Amend.             03/09/99                    64 FR 11559
NPRM Petition for Recons. - 
Equip. Leaks                    06/08/99                    64 FR 30453
Direct Final Action Petition for 
Reconsid.-Equip Leaks           06/08/99                    64 FR 30406
Final Action Petitions for 
Judicial Rev-Amendments         06/19/00                    65 FR 38030
Direct Final Rule Stay          08/29/00                    65 FR 52319
Direct Final Rule Withdrawal - 
Polymers and Resins             10/26/00                    65 FR 64161
Final Rule Amend. Petition for 
Recons.-Cooling Towers          02/23/01                    66 FR 11233
Final Rule Amend. Petition for 
Jud. Review-Tech. Corr.         07/16/01                    66 FR 36924
Final-Amend. &; Denial Petition 
for Reconsideration-Equip. Leaks08/06/01                    66 FR 40903
NPRM Petition for 
Reconsideration-Cooling Towers  08/00/02

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: Bob Rosensteel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5608
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH47
_______________________________________________________________________




2860. NESHAP: PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)-AMENDMENTS II

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412(e)(5) CAAA sec 112(e)(5); 42 USC 
7412(n)(3) CAAA sec 112(n)(3)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will amend the existing rule to implement a 
settlement agreement with the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers 
of America regarding their petition for judicial review.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02
Final Action                    10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4546

[[Page 33761]]

Split from RIN 2060-AF26.

Agency Contact: Bob Lucas, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0884
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

Kent C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ66
_______________________________________________________________________




2861. 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                            05/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3904

Sectors Affected: 321212 Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing; 
321219 Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing; 321911 Wood Window and 
Door Manufacturing; 321918 Other Millwork (including Flooring ); 321999 
All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing; 321211 Hardwood 
Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing; 32199 All Other Wood Product 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Vinson Hellwig, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2317
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH02
_______________________________________________________________________




2862. 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 subpart 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                            06/00/02
Final Action                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3673

Agency Contact: Julius Banks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6205J
Phone: 202 564-9870
Fax: 202 565-2156
Email: [email protected]

Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J
Phone: 202 564-9185
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG20
_______________________________________________________________________




2863. METAL FURNITURE (SURFACE COATING) NESHAP

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 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                            05/00/02
Final Action                    05/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State

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: Mohamed Serageldin, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Air and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2379
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]


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Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG55
_______________________________________________________________________




2864. PLASTIC PARTS AND PRODUCTS (SURFACE COATING) NESHAP

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: 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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3826

Sectors Affected: 337214 Nonwood Office Furniture Manufacturing; 32614 
Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing; 32615 Urethane and Other Foam 
Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing; 326199 All Other Plastics 
Product Manufacturing; 333313 Office Machinery Manufacturing; 33422 
Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment 
Manufacturing; 336399 All Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing; 
336999 All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; 339111 
Laboratory Apparatus and Furniture Manufacturing; 339112 Surgical and 
Medical Instrument Manufacturing; 33992 Sporting and Athletic Goods 
Manufacturing; 33995 Sign Manufacturing; 339999 All Other Miscellaneous 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Kim Teal, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5580
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG57
_______________________________________________________________________




2865. NESHAP: CHROMIUM ELECTROPLATING AMENDMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed amendment will also allow hard chromium 
electroplating facilities using fume suppressants for emission control 
to meet a surface tension limit similar to the requirements for 
decorative chromium electroplating and chromium anodizing facilities 
instead of the present requirement to meet an emission limit. 
Facilities choosing to use fume suppressants for emission control would 
be required to monitor the surface tension at the same frequency 
currently required for decorative chromium and chromium anodizing tanks 
and demonstrate compliance with the surface tension operating limit. 
Like decorative chromium electroplating and chromium anodizing 
facilities, hard chromium electroplating facilities would now be 
allowed to monitor surface tension to demonstrate compliance in lieu of 
performance testing.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

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

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4115

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

Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5289
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH69
_______________________________________________________________________




2866. 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                            07/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

[[Page 33763]]

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
_______________________________________________________________________




2867. NATIONAL VOC EMISSION STANDARDS FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS; PROPOSED 
AMENDMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Amendments to the consumer products rule are being proposed 
to clarify and correct the rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/02
Final Action                    06/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4309

Sectors Affected: 32599 All Other Chemical Product Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Bruce Moore, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5460
Fax: 919 541-0072
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI62
_______________________________________________________________________




2868. 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                            06/00/02
Final Action                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4310

Agency Contact: Dave Salman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0859
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI66
_______________________________________________________________________




2869. NESHAP: CLAY CERAMICS MANUFACTURING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Ceramics are defined as a class of inorganic, nonmetallic 
solids that are subject to high temperature in manufacture and/or use. 
The clay ceramics manufacturing source category includes facilities 
that manufacture traditional ceramics. Traditional ceramics include 
ceramic tile, dinnerware, sanitaryware, pottery, and porcelain. The 
primary raw material used in the manufacture of traditional ceramics is 
clay. The manufacture of clay ceramics involves raw material processing 
(crushing, grinding, and screening), mixing, forming, shaping, drying, 
glazing, and firing.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

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

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4343
Title in April 2001 Agenda: NESHAP: Clay Ceramics Manufacturing

Sectors Affected: 327122 Ceramic Wall and Floor Tile Manufacturing; 
327111 Vitreous China Plumbing Fixture and China and Earthenware 
Fittings and Bathroom Accessories Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Mary Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5025
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI68
_______________________________________________________________________




2870. PETITIONS TO DELIST HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS (E.G., MEK, EGBE, 
METHANOL, AND MIBK) FROM SECTION 112(B)(1) OF THE CAA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, February 28, 2000.

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

[[Page 33764]]

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

________________________________________________________________________

Denial Notice: Methanol Methanol 
petition -- final action        05/02/01                    66 FR 21929
Action:MEK Prop. rule to delist/
denial notice-3 petitions by 06/
2002                            06/00/02
Action: EGBE Prop. rule to 
delist or denial notice         09/00/02
Action: MIBK Prop. rule to 
delist or denial notice         03/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4313

Agency Contact: Chuck French, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0467
Email: [email protected]

Dave Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404-
01, Reserach Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5368
Fax: 919 541-0840
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI72
_______________________________________________________________________




2871. NESHAP: ENGINE TEST CELLS/STANDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, May 1, 2001.

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 is 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 and rocket engines. Aircraft engine testing consists of 
facilities which perform testing on uninstalled aircraft engines. Non-
aerospace engine test facilities consist 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                            05/00/02
Final Action                    05/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4144
This action will cover the rocket engine test firing source category 
RIN 2060-AH35.

Agency Contact: Jaime Pagan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5340
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI74
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2872. INSPECTION MAINTENANCE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL 
FACILITIES; AMENDMENT TO THE FINAL RULE

Priority: Other Significant

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

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 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; and (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                            11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4348

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

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

RIN: 2060-AI97
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2873. CONTROL OF METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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                           03/24/00                    65 FR 16094
NPRM                            12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4393

Agency Contact: Joseph Bachman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, 5402, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9035
Fax: 202 565-2084
Email: [email protected]

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

RIN: 2060-AJ00
_______________________________________________________________________




2874. NESHAP: TACONITE IRON ORE PROCESSING INDUSTRY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, May 1, 2001.

Abstract: The taconite iron ore processing source category is comprised 
of eight facilities operating in the United States. Six 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                            11/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4380
There are eight taconite processing facilities in the U.S.; six 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: Conrad Chin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1512
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ02
_______________________________________________________________________




2875. PETITIONS TO DELIST SOURCE CATEGORIES FROM THE SOURCE CATEGORY 
LIST, DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO SECTION 112(C) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, April 21, 2000.

Abstract: The EPA has received a petition to remove a SC (2-Piece Can 
Manufacturing) from the SC List developed pursuant to Section 112(c) of 
the Clean Air Act (CAA). The most current SC List was published on 
November 18, 1999 (64 FR 63025). Section 112(c)(9), which provides the 
legislative authority and guidelines for such actions, states that the 
Administrator may delete a SC from the list under Section 112(c), on 
petition of any person or on the Administrator's own motion, whenever 
the Administrator determines that no source in the category emits 
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) in quantities

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which may cause a lifetime risk of cancer greater than 1 in one million 
to the individual in the population who is most exposed and that 
emissions from no source in the category exceed a level which is 
adequate to protect public health with an ample margin of safety and 
that no adverse environmental effect will result. As of August 30, 
2001, 1 petition to delist a SC has been received. It contains 
information on HAP emissions, exposures, health effects, human risks, 
and potential ecological concerns as well as the petitioner's 
explanation why the 2-Piece Can Manufacturing should be removed from 
the SC List. The EPA will conduct a comprehensive review of the 
petition received then decide whether to grant or deny the petition. 
Section 112(c)(9) requires that within 12 months of receipt of a 
petition, the Administrator shall either grant or deny the petition by 
publishing a written explanation of the reasons for the Administrator's 
decision. We believe that petitions to delist source categories are 
non-significant actions because they do not meet any of the principles 
outlined in Section A above.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4415

Agency Contact: Chuck French, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0467
Email: [email protected]

Dave Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404-
01, Reserach Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5368
Fax: 919 541-0840
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ23
_______________________________________________________________________




2876. REVISING REGULATIONS ON AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 58 (Revision); 40 CFR 53 (Revision); 40 CFR 50 
(Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Air pollution control authorities use air quality data to 
determine compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards 
and in subsequent work to develop air pollution mitigation strategies. 
The data come primarily from ambient air monitoring stations run by 
state and local agencies, although federal, tribal, and industrial 
organizations also run stations. The design of the monitoring networks 
is regulated under 40 CFR 58. This rule was originally written in 1979 
and several revisions have been made in the intervening years. Air 
pollution control authorities have improved their parts of the network 
in response to changes in air quality, advances in the understanding of 
the movements and health effects of air pollutants, and developments in 
air pollution measurement technology. EPA has also cooperated with air 
pollution control authorities to improve the networks, but we have not 
revised the applicable regulations comprehensively. The proposed 
revisions would remove real or perceived constraints on redeploying air 
monitoring stations; more accurately reflect the roles of EPA and other 
control authorities in designing, reviewing, and modifying networks; 
bring provisions related to quality assurance up to date; and recognize 
technological changes. The current regulations require states to 
develop plans to deploy air monitoring networks, but they do not 
emphasize administering the networks. States generally develop new 
plans only when new monitoring is needed, such as for a new NAAQS. The 
regulations should be revised to reflect the roles of EPA and the state 
and local agencies.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/02
Final Action                    06/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4421

Sectors Affected: 92411 Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste 
Management; 334519 Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Lee Ann Byrd, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C339-02, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5367
Fax: 919 541-1903
Email: [email protected]

Mike Papp, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-02
Phone: 919 541-2408
Fax: 919 541-1903
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ25
_______________________________________________________________________




2877. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: PHASEOUT OF CHLOROBROMOMETHANE 
(HALON 1011) PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is proposing to add chlorobromomethane (CBM) to the list 
of controlled substances subject to production and consumption controls 
in accordance with both the Montreal Protocol on Substances that 
Deplete the Ozone Layer (Protocol) and EPA's regulations under the 
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. Today's action proposes to create a 
new Group (Group VIII) of class I substances for CBM, and to designate 
the value of CBM's ozone depleting potential as 0.12. In accordance 
with the Protocol, today's action proposes phasing out CBM production 
and consumption upon publication of the final rule with permitted 
exemptions. Today's action also proposes to restrict trade in CBM with 
countries who are not Parties to the Beijing Amendments to the 
Protocol.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4428

Sectors Affected: 325199 All Other Basic Organic Chemical 
Manufacturing;

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325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing; 32532 Pesticide and 
Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing; 42269 Other Chemical and 
Allied Products Wholesalers; 54138 Testing Laboratories; 6215 Medical 
and Diagnostic Laboratories; 54171 Research and Development in the 
Physical Sciences and Engineering Sciences

Agency Contact: Jabeen Akhtar, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-3514
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]

Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J
Phone: 202 564-9185
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ27
_______________________________________________________________________




2878. FEDERAL PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOLID 
WASTE INCINERATION UNITS CONSTRUCTED ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 30, 1999

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act sections 111; 
1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act sections 129; 1990 Amendments to 
the Clean Air Act sections 301(a)(d)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 62

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 directed the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set emission guidelines for 
existing incinerators combusting commercial or industrial waste under 
sections 111 and 129. Final emission guidelines for Commercial and 
Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) were published on December 
1, 2000 (see 65 FR 75338). In accordance with section 129, any State 
with affected sources must submit a State plan by December 1, 2001 
describing how the State will implement the emission guidelines for 
existing CISWI. Section 129 requires the Administrator to develop and 
implement a Federal plan for existing CISWI units located in any State 
which has not submitted an approvable plan within 2 years of 
promulgation of the emissions guidelines. In this CISWI Federal plan 
rulemaking, EPA becomes the implementing authority in those instances 
where the State 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 CISWI in any State that has not 
submitted an approvable plan within the time allotted. This action 
makes no changes to the requirements in the 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                            07/00/02
Final Action                    07/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4441

Sectors Affected: 321 Wood Product Manufacturing; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: David Painter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, E143-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5515
Fax: 919 541-2664
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ28
_______________________________________________________________________




2879. NESHAP: PESTICIDES ACTIVE INGREDIENTS--AMENDMENTS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On June 23, 1999, EPA promulgated the NESHAP for Pesticide 
Active Ingredient Production (Production of Agricultural Chemicals). 
Subsequently, a petition was filed on this rule, and EPA received the 
list of issues filed with the court. There are four separate, but 
related petitions. Major issues include applicability determination for 
creosote producers, control requirements for left-over vents, averaging 
period, and wastewater applicability cutoffs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4457
Split from RIN 2060-AE84.

Agency Contact: Randy McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5402
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ34
_______________________________________________________________________




2880. STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES: MUNICIPAL 
SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS: AMENDMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401; 42 USC 7411; 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7416; 42 
USC 7429; 42 USC 7601

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60.750; 40 CFR 60.751; 40 CFR 
60.752(b)(2)(iii)(B); 40 CFR 60.752(b)(2)(iii)(C); 40 CFR 
60.752(b)(2)(iii)(D); 40 CFR 60758

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will amend the existing regulation entitled 
Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources: Municipal Solid 
Waste Landfills, subpart WWW of 40 CFR Part 60, promulgated on March 
12, 1996. The amendment is being undertaken in response to requests to 
clarify our intent regarding what constitutes an adequate landfill gas 
treatment system. This action also clarifies our intent to exempt from 
control landfill gas that is treated/upgraded to pipeline quality 
natural gas. Furthermore, it clarifies who is responsible for control 
of untreated landfill gas that is sold. This

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action is necessary to clarify our intent regarding the issues 
discussed above. It will improve implementation and compliance with 
this regulation. There are no internal issues involved with the 
proposed amendment, and we anticipate no significant adverse reaction 
related to this action from regulators or environmentalists. Industry 
may comment on the landfill gas treatment language but in general 
supports the amendments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM NSPS: Municipal Solid Waste 
Landfills                       05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4478

Sectors Affected: 562212 Solid Waste Landfill

Agency Contact: Michele Laur, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5256
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

K.C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ41
_______________________________________________________________________




2881. NESHAP: GASOLINE DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES -- AMENDMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.425(e)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will add a DOT test method as an alternative for 
measuring emissions from railcars. This method came to our attention 
subsequent to promulgation of the original rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02
Final Action                    04/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4479

Agency Contact: Steve Shedd, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5397
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

Martha Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2421
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ42
_______________________________________________________________________




2882. REVISIONS TO REGIONAL HAZE RULE TO INCORPORATE SULFUR DIOXIDE 
MILESTONES AND BACKSTOP EMISSIONS TRADING PROGRAM FOR NINE WESTERN 
STATES

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410; 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7421; 42 USC 7470 to 
7479; 42 USC 7491; 42 USC 7492; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7602

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.309

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulation is for an action anticipated by the regional 
haze rule that we published in July 1999. One portion of the regional 
haze rule was an optional visibility protection program for nine 
Western States. Part of this program for the West, a long-term program 
to reduce stationary source emissions of sulfur dioxide, was incomplete 
at the time of the 1999 rule. Accordingly, the rule required Western 
States to submit an Annex to an earlier report of the Grand Canyon 
Visibility Transport Commission. We required the Annex to contain 
sulfur dioxide milestones for the years 2003 to 2018, to establish a 
program to track emissions from stationary sources over this time 
period, and to provide the details of a market trading program that 
would be triggered if a milestone is exceeded. The Western Regional Air 
Partnership submitted the Annex on September 29, 2000. The purpose of 
this rulemaking is to determine whether the Annex meets the 
requirements of the regional haze rule and the Clean Air Act, and if it 
does, to amend the regional haze rule to incorporate its provisions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

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

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4495

Agency Contact: Tim Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C504-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4718
Fax: 919 541-5489
Email: [email protected]

Tom Driscoll, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-
03
Phone: 919 541-5135
Fax: 919 541-5489
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ50
_______________________________________________________________________




2883. NESHAP: PORTLAND CEMENT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, AMENDMENTS TO RULE 
TO IMPLEMENT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1340 to 63.1359

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry NESHAP was 
promulgated June 14, 1999. The rule is codified in 40 CFR 63, Subpart 
LLL. This rule is being revised to reflect a pending settlement 
agreement with the American Portland Cement Alliance. The rule changes 
will be minor, and mostly will help to clarify requirements, provide 
monitoring alternatives and/or remove minor monitoring requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

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Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4524

Sectors Affected: 32731 Cement Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Joseph Wood, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5446
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ57
_______________________________________________________________________




2884. MOTOR VEHICLE AND ENGINE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM FEES FOR: LIGHT-DUTY 
VEHICLES AND TRUCKS; HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES AND ENGINES; NONROAD ENGINES; 
AND MOTORCYCLES

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7552; 31 USC 9701; 42 USC 4370(c)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Under the Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance (MVECP) Fee 
Program user fees are collected for certification and compliance 
activities. Currently, user fees are required by manufacturers of 
light-duty vehicles, light-duty trucks, heavy-duty vehicles, heavy-duty 
engines and motorcycles. Through this Notice, EPA is proposing to 
update the current fee provisions for the existing industries and 
incorporate fees for nonroad manufacturers. In addition, the fee 
schedule will be updated to reflect costs in administering compliance 
activities for new regulations such as the Tier 2 automobile standards 
and nonroad engine standards.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/02
Final Action                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4532

Sectors Affected: 333 Machinery Manufacturing; 3331 Agriculture, 
Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing; 333111 Farm Machinery 
and Equipment Manufacturing; 333112 Lawn and Garden Tractor and Home 
Lawn and Garden Equipment Manufacturing; 33312 Construction Machinery 
Manufacturing; 333131 Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing; 
3336 Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing; 
33651 Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing; 3361 Motor Vehicle 
Manufacturing; 33611 Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle 
Manufacturing; 336112 Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing; 
33612 Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing; 336311 Carburetor, Piston, Piston 
Ring and Valve Manufacturing; 336412 Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts 
Manufacturing; 33661 Ship and Boat Building; 336991 Motorcycle, Bicycle 
and Parts Manufacturing; 333 Machinery Manufacturing; 33392 Material 
Handling Equipment Manufacturing; 333924 Industrial Truck, Tractor, 
Trailer and Stacker Machinery Manufacturing; 33399 All Other General 
Purpose Machinery Manufacturing; 333991 Power-Driven Hand Tool 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Trina D. Vallion, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, OTAQ/CCD, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 734 214-4449
Fax: 734 214-4053
Email: [email protected]

Daniel Harrison, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
OTAQ/CCd
Phone: 734 214-4281
Fax: 734 214-4053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ62
_______________________________________________________________________




2885. ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE NSPS AMENDMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60.270 to 60.276a

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Sources affected by the NSPS for electric arc furnaces 
(Subparts AA, and AAa) have expressed concerns with the requirements in 
the NSPS to use a continuous opacity monitor (COM) to monitor opacity 
and report periods when the COM indicated greater than 3 percent 
opacity as periods of excess emissions, and have petitioned the EPA to 
reconsider the COM requirements. These concerns arise from recent 
information that indicate that COM readings may have an error of up to 
4 percent, which in itself is greater than the 3 percent excess 
emissions threshold. The EPA is reconsidering the COM requirements, and 
may amend the NSPS to add alternative monitoring requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/02
Final Action                    06/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4555

Agency Contact: Kevin Cavender, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2364
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ68
_______________________________________________________________________




2886. CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM MOTOR VEHICLES AND ENGINES: 
ALTERNATIVE LOW-SULFUR HIGHWAY DIESEL FUEL TRANSITION PROGRAM FOR ALASKA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 7601(a); 42 USC 7625-
1

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 69 and 80 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will carry out a flexibility provision for Alaska 
that was included in EPA's heavy-duty diesel

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rule, which was promulgated on January 18, 2001. That rule established 
more stringent national emission standards for heavy-duty highway 
vehicles and engines for the 2007 model year, and a technology-enabling 
sulfur limit of 15 ppm for highway diesel fuel beginning in 2006. In 
that rule, EPA recognized Alaska's unique geographical, meteorological, 
air quality, and economic factors and provided Alaska an opportunity to 
develop its own plan to transition to low-sulfur highway diesel fuel, 
as an alternative to the national transition program. Our goal in 
offering this flexibility is to transition Alaska into the low-sulfur 
fuel program in a manner that minimizes costs, while ensuring that the 
new vehicles and engines receive the low-sulfur fuel they need. As 
stated in the Federal Register notice for the diesel rule, if Alaska 
submits an alternative plan by April 1, 2002, and if EPA determines 
that it provides a reasonable alternative, EPA intends to initiate 
rulemaking and, within one year from the date of Alaska's submittal, 
promulgate a final rule to incorporate the alternative plan. A 
stakeholder process to develop options is already underway in Alaska, 
and the State informed EPA that it intends to submit an alternative 
transition plan in late 2001 or early 2002. This action will be in 
response to that anticipated submittal.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4570

Sectors Affected: 336112 Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Richard Babst, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, EN-340-F, 6406-J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9473
Fax: 202 565-2085
Email: [email protected]

Mike Shields, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406-
J
Phone: 202 564-9035
Fax: 202 565-2085
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ72
_______________________________________________________________________




2887. MODIFICATION OF FEDERAL ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC REGULATIONS FOR 2004 
MODEL YEAR VEHICLES BELOW 14,000 LBS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 12 USC 1701q

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule proposes revisions to the existing Light-Duty On-
Board Diagnostic Requirements, including revisions that will: (1) 
require vehicle manufacturers to monitor the catalyst for NOx emission 
performance in addition to existing requirements to monitor NMHC 
performance, whichever is more stringent; (2) require monitoring of the 
evaporative emissions systems for the presence of 0.020 leaks or 
greater and allow for non-intrusive, engine-off methods to perform 
monitoring instead of the current requirements to monitor for the 
presence of a 0.040 leak or greater during vehicle operation; (3) allow 
the use of the Control Area Network (CAN) Protocol (SAE 15765-4) for 
OBD communications in addition to the other allowable SAE (J1850, 
J1939) and ISO (9141, 14230-4); (4) new software and hardware changes 
to aid in OBD-I/M program implementation including adding vehicle 
identification number (VIN) to the generic datastream, confining the 
physical location of the data link connector, and allowing the use of 
the malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) and a special key sequence to 
indicate readiness; (5) add new generic data stream parameters to aid 
in the repair and diagnosis of vehicle malfunctions; (6) require 
manufacturers to record critical pieces of OBD information under the 
CAP 2000 In-Use Verification Program (IUVP); and (7) establish new OBD 
in-use performance demonstration standards used to determine 
appropriate frequency of monitoring in the real world; such in-use 
performance standards do not currently exist which places a greater 
burden on our in-use program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4583

Sectors Affected: 33611 Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Arvon Mitcham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 734 214-4522
Fax: 734 214-4053
Email: [email protected]

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-AJ77
_______________________________________________________________________




2888. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO GRANT ALTERNATIVE METHOD APPROVALS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Currently, stationary source regulations cite specific test 
methods to demonstrate compliance. If a source locates a test method 
which will measure the regulated pollutant(s) with similar precision 
and accuracy to the method cited in the regulation, and would like to 
use the alternative method, the source must petition the EPA (along 
with data documenting the applicability of the alternative) to allow 
the alternative method. Each of these alternative method approvals by 
letter may currently only be granted to a specific source. Source 
category-wide approvals must be published for comment in the Federal 
Register. Due to budgetary and time constraints, the process constrains 
industry trade associations from developing and submitting alternative 
test methods. Therefore, the purpose of this rulemaking is to modify 
the regulations to allow source category-wide alternative method 
approvals to be issued by letter.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

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Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4547

Agency Contact: Rima Howell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0443
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ83
_______________________________________________________________________




2889. PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONTINUOUS PARAMETER MONITORING 
SYSTEMS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 app B (New); 40 CFR 60 app F (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action proposes Performance Specification 17 (PS-17), 
Quality Assurance (QA) Procedure 4, and amendments to Appendix F, QA 
Procedure 1. Performance Specification 17 and QA Procedure 4 apply to 
continuous parameter monitoring systems (CPMS). Many of the rules 
promulgated under 40 CFR part 63 require owners and operators of 
affected emission units to install and operate CPMS to monitor various 
parameters, such as temperature, pressure, flow rate, and pH, 
associated with the operation and performance of emission control 
devices. However, few, if any, of those rules specify complete 
procedures for ensuring the quality of the data measured by CPMS. The 
proposed PS-17 establishes procedures and other requirements that will 
ensure that those CPMS are properly selected, installed, and placed 
into operation. The proposed QA Procedure 4 specifies procedures that 
will ensure that those CPMS provide quality data on an ongoing basis. 
Both PS-17 and QA Procedure 4 will help to ensure compliance with 
emission limitations established under 40 CFR part 63. Procedure 1 of 
Appendix F currently addresses QA procedures for continuous emission 
monitoring systems (CEMS) that measure a single pollutant. The proposed 
amendments to QA Procedure 1 broaden the procedure to address the 
unique requirements of CEMS that are used for monitoring multiple 
pollutants. Because several of the regulations promulgated under 40 CFR 
part 63 require multiple pollutant CEMS, these amendments are needed to 
ensure those CEMS are operated in a manner that ensures the quality of 
the emission data collected. This action is not expected to have any 
impact on small entities or State, local, or tribal governments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4584

Sectors Affected: 21 Mining; 22 Utilities; 31-33 Manufacturing; 486 
Pipeline Transportation; 562212 Solid Waste Landfill; 562213 Solid 
Waste Combustors and Incinerators

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]

RIN: 2060-AJ86
_______________________________________________________________________




2890. BENZENE WASTE OPERATIONS NESHAP; AMENDMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401-7626

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 61

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This amendment will add a compliance option for tanks, making 
the Benzene Waste Operations NESHAP consistent with the RCRA CC rules. 
Hazardous waste treatment facilities have requested these amendments 
because they must comply with both rules. There is no emission 
reduction as a result of this action. However, facilities may save 
money. We expect no negative impacts on small businesses and State/
local/tribal governments. Industry and government support this change.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/00/02
Final Action                    08/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4591

Sectors Affected: 562211 Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal; 3311 
Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing; 32411 Petroleum Refineries

Agency Contact: Bob Lucas, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0884
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

Kent C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ87
_______________________________________________________________________




2891. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND MONITORING 
REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICULATE MATTER AT STATIONARY SOURCES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 app B; 40 CFR 60 app F

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action would repropose some monitoring specifications 
that were originally included in an OSWER proposal to regulate air 
emissions from hazardous waste combustors (as explained further below). 
It revises several standards and requirements related to continuous 
emission monitoring systems for particulate matter (PM). These include: 
specifications and test procedures known as Performance Specification 
11 (PS-11), and quality assurance requirements known as Procedure 2. 
The proposed revisions clarify and update performance standards and 
monitoring requirements for facilities required to install and use 
continuous monitoring equipment to measure particulate matter emissions 
from stacks and ducts. The action does not change any emission 
standards or add any additional recordkeeping requirements. This action 
is a supplement to actions by EPA's OSWER that included proposed 
regulations for hazardous waste

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combustors. The first action was published in the Federal Register on 
December 30, 1997 (62 FR 67788). Recent OAR field studies have revealed 
needed revisions to PS-11 and Procedure 2. In view of the significant 
amount of time that has passed since the last proposal was published 
(December 30, 1997) and the significant amount of knowledge we have 
recently gained from our field studies, we believe that a supplemental 
proposal and another opportunity for the public to comment on PS-11 and 
Procedure 2 are appropriate. The need to do this reproposal only 
recently became evident, and we apologize for the short time between 
Tiering and the expected proposal date.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4605

Sectors Affected: 221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation

Agency Contact: Daniel Bivins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, D243-02, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5244
Fax: 919 541-0516
Email: [email protected]

Conniesue Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
D205-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-7774
Fax: 919 541-1039

RIN: 2060-AJ88
_______________________________________________________________________




2892. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM SPARK IGNITION MARINE VESSELS AND 
HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES

Priority: Other Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671(q)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 94

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is pursuing new evaporative controls on vessels powered 
by spark ignition engines. EPA is also developing tighter standards for 
highway motorcycles.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02
Final Action                    09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4626
Split from RIN 2060-AI11.

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

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

Don Kopinski, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, OMS 
EPCD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4229
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ90
_______________________________________________________________________




2893.  NESHAP: BRICK AND STRUCTURAL CLAY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, May 1, 2001.

Abstract: The brick and structural clay products industry primarily 
includes facilities that manufacture brick, clay, pipe, roof tile, 
extruded floor and wall tile, and other extruded dimensional clay 
products from clay, shale, or a combination of the two. The manufacture 
of brick and structural clay products involves mining, raw material 
processing (crushing, grinding, and screening), mixing, forming, 
cutting or shaping, drying, and firing.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

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

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4325

Sectors Affected: 327121 Brick and Structural Clay Tile Manufacturing; 
327123 Other Structural Clay Product Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Mary Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5025
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ91
_______________________________________________________________________




2894.  CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF AIR POLLUTION FROM NEW MARINE 
COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES AT OR ABOVE 30 LITERS PER CYLINDER

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7621 et seq; 42 USC 7542 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 94

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, April 30, 2002, Propose emission 
standards for new compression-ignition marine engines at or above 30 
liters per cylinder.
Final, Judicial, January 31, 2003, Finalize emission standards for new 
compression-ignition marine engines at or above 30 liters per cylinder.

Abstract: This rule will set exhaust emission standards for new marine 
compression-ignition engines at or above 30 liters per cylinder 
installed on vessels flagged by the United States and will consider 
whether it is appropriate to apply these standards to foreign flag 
vessels that use U.S. ports.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

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

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

[[Page 33773]]

Additional Information: SAN No. 4622

Sectors Affected: 333618 Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing; 3366 
Ship and Boat Building

Agency Contact: Jean Marie Revelt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, ASD, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 734 214-4822
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: [email protected]

Pat Scoville, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6401A
Phone: 202 564-1101
Fax: 202 564-1342
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ98
_______________________________________________________________________




2895.  IMPLEMENTATION RULE FOR 8-HOUR OZONE NAAQS

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 7408; 42 USC 7410; 42 USC 7501-7511f; 42 USC 
7601(a)(1)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 (revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would provide specific requirements for State and 
local air pollution control agencies to prepare State implementation 
plans (SIPs) under the 8-hour national ambient air quality standard 
(NAAQS) for ozone, published by EPA on July 18, 1997. The Clean Air Act 
requires EPA to set ambient air quality standards and requires States 
to submit SIPs to implement those standards. The 1997 standards were 
challenged in court, but in February 2001, the Supreme Court determined 
that EPA has authority to implement a revised ozone standard, but ruled 
that EPA must reconsider its implementation plan for moving from the 1-
hour standard to the revised standard. The Supreme Court identified 
conflicts between different parts of the Clean Air Act related to 
implementation of a revised NAAQS, provided some direction to EPA for 
resolving the conflicts, and left it to EPA to develop a reasonable 
approach for implementation. Thus, this rulemaking must address the 
requirements of the Clean Air Act and the Supreme Court's ruling.
 This rule would provide detailed provisions to address the Clean Air 
Act's requirements for State Implementation Plans (SIPs) and would thus 
affect State and local air agencies. States with areas that are not 
attaining the 8-hour ozone NAAQS will have to develop -- as part of 
their SIPs -- emission limits and other requirements to attain the 
NAAQS within the timeframes set forth in the Clean Air Act.
 Tribal lands that are not attaining the 8-hour ozone standard may be 
affected, and could voluntarily submit a Tribal Implementation Plan 
(TIP), but would not be required to submit a TIP. In cases where a TIP 
is not submitted, EPA would have the responsibility for planning in 
those areas.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/00/02
Final Action                    01/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4625

Agency Contact: John Silvasi, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5666
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

Denise Gerth, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5550
Fax: 919 541-0824

RIN: 2060-AJ99
_______________________________________________________________________




2896.  MODIFICATION OF ANTI-DUMPING BASELINES FOR GASOLINE 
PRODUCED OR IMPORTED FOR USE IN HAWAII, ALASKA AND THE U.S. TERRITORIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 7601(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Dumping refers to the practice whereby refiners making clean 
fuels for certain markets (such as reformulated gasoline for clean-air 
purposes) take the pollutants removed from the clean fuels and dump 
them into other fuels they are producing for other markets. This, if 
allowed, would make those other fuels even dirtier than before, and so 
the Clean Air Act prohibits this practice. EPA has existing anti-
dumping rules on the books that codify this Clean Air Act prohibition. 
This action proposes to allow refiners and importers of conventional 
gasoline produced or imported for use in Hawaii, Alaska, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to petition EPA to modify 
their baselines to use the most appropriate seasonal baseline and 
Complex Model for purposes of compliance with the RFG program's anti-
dumping requirements. Specifically, this action would allow refiners 
and importers to petition EPA to use the summer Complex Model for all 
anti-dumping baseline and compliance determinations for conventional 
gasoline produced or imported for use in Hawaii, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. This action would allow refiners and 
importers to petition EPA to use the winter Complex Model for all anti-
dumping baseline and compliance purposes in Alaska. We are proposing 
this action to address certain inconsistencies in the RFG program's 
anti-dumping provisions which may have significant unintended negative 
impacts on refiners and importers. In addition, this action proposes to 
modify the anti-dumping provisions to address compliance in certain 
situations where a refinery becomes non-operational during the annual 
averaging period. This action is intended to address compliance issues 
where a refinery does not produce sufficient summer gasoline to offset 
the higher emissions of winter gasoline due to the refinery becoming 
non-operational during the annual averaging period. Today's proposed 
actions would not compromise the environmental goals of the RFG 
program, or result in any environmental degradation. Today's proposed 
actions would not have any negative impact on small businesses or 
State/local/tribal governments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02

[[Page 33774]]

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4632

Agency Contact: Marilyn Bennett, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8989
Fax: 202 565-2085
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK02
_______________________________________________________________________




2897.  PERFORMANCE-BASED MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR FUELS: CRITERIA FOR 
SELF-QUALIFYING ALTERNATIVE TEST METHODS; DESCRIPTION OF OPTIONAL 
STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Transportation fuels (like gasoline and diesel fuel) are 
regulated by EPA under the Clean Air Act to control the emissions that 
result when they are burned in engines, and also to protect engines' 
emission control equipment. Fuels regulations require measurement of 
various of the fuels' properties, and prescribe designated analytical 
methods for that purpose. This regulation is intended to provide a way 
for regulated parties to self-qualify alternatives to the designated 
measurement methods that may be cheaper, quicker, simpler, more 
amenable to automation, or otherwise preferable. The regulation will 
also prescribe a minimum level of statistical quality control for all 
fuels test methods, designated or alternative. The regulations should 
quicken the adoption of new measurement technologies by removing the 
need for multiple method-specific rule-makings, but to do so in a way 
that will not degrade the performance of the overall measurement 
system. The qualification criteria are designed to admit only methods 
that are as precise as the designated methods and can be made to 
accurately predict designated method measurements. Introduction of 
statistical quality control for all methods should improve measurement 
precision and accuracy in actual practice across all methods.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4633

Sectors Affected: 324199 All Other Petroleum and Coal Products 
Manufacturing; 54199 All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical 
Services; 42271 Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals; 48691 Pipeline 
Transportation of Refined; 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: John Holley, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9305
Fax: 202 565-2085
Email: [email protected]

Joe Sopata, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406J
Phone: 202 564-9034
Fax: 202 565-2085
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK03
_______________________________________________________________________




2898.  REGULATION OF FUEL AND FUEL ADDITIVES: EXTENSION OF 
CALIFORNIA ENFORCEMENT EXEMPTIONS FOR REFORMULATED GASOLINE TO CALIFORNIA 
PHASE 3 GASOLINE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 7601(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.81

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is proposing to exempt refiners, importers, and blenders 
of gasoline subject to the State of California's reformulated gasoline 
regulations from certain enforcement provisions in the federal 
reformulated (RFG) regulations. Certain exemptions under the federal 
RFG program already apply to California Phase 2 gasoline, but 
additional exemptions are necessary to cover Phase 3 gasoline.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4634

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 32511 Petrochemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Anne-Marie Pastorkovich, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8987
Fax: 202 565-2085
Email: [email protected]

Dave Kortum, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406J
Phone: 202 564-9022
Fax: 202 565-2085
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK04
_______________________________________________________________________




2899.  PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: LISTING OF SUBSTITUTES FOR 
OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES--N-PROPYLBROMIDE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671 to 7671q

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule proposes to add n-propylbromide (nPB) to the list 
of acceptable substitutes for class I and class II ozone depleting 
substances used as solvents for general metals, precision, and 
electronics cleaning, as well as in aerosol solvent applications. This 
would provide another alternative to solvents with higher ozone 
depletion potential that industry is interested in using. The rule 
would propose finding nPB not acceptable as a substitute for use in 
adhesives due to its toxicity and the greater emissions from that 
application. The rule also would propose specific conditions on the use 
of nPB as a solvent. These might include limiting the specific 
applications in which it may be used to those with low emissions and 
requiring exposure limits consistent with industry practices. This will 
ensure that nPB is used in a manner that is safe and environmentally 
protective. OSHA does not currently regulate nPB. EPA would revise our

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ruling to adopt whatever OSHA requires if OSHA later regulates the use 
of nPB. If finalized as proposed, this rule would be consistent with 
most existing industry practices and would impose little or no burden 
on industry.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/00/02
Final Action                    07/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4599
Split from RIN 2060-AJ58. The previous ANPRM was under SAN No. 3525.

Sectors Affected: 331 Primary Metal 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; 32615 
Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Margaret Sheppard, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9163
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]

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

RIN: 2060-AK26
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2900.  CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF AIR POLLUTION FROM NONROAD DIESEL 
ENGINES AND FUEL

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

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

Legal Authority: CAA

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 89

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On October 23, 1998, EPA finalized emission standards for 
nonroad compression ignition (i.e., diesel) engines for engines over 37 
kW(50hp). The regulation reduced the NOx + HC emissions standard by 30% 
to 37% (based on the power class) from the previous 6.9 g/hp-hr NOx and 
1.0 g/hp-hr HC standard beginning in 1999. As a follow-up to that 1998 
rulemaking, the Agency is now undertaking a technology review, pursuant 
to the Clean Air Act, to assess whether more stringent standards are 
now feasible, and to promulgate such standards if the findings are 
positive. The technology review will reassess the NOx + HC standards 
and will set the next phase of particulate matter standards for over 37 
kW and up to 560 kW. The emission limits will also be reexamined for 
the under 37 kW scheduled for implementation in 2004. The issue of the 
sulfur content of nonroad diesel fuel will be raised and consideration 
given to lowering the fuel sulfur level with an ultimate 15 ppm cap. 
The certification duty cycle for this class of engines will also be 
revisited to implement a transient duty cycle that gives some assurance 
of better in-use control of particulate matter.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/02
Final Action                    12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4675

Agency Contact: Cleophas Jackson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, ASD, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 734 214-4824
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: [email protected]

William Charmley, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
ASD
Phone: 734 214-4408
Fax: 734 214-4050
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK27
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2901.  NEW SOURCE REVIEW ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND 
REPLACEMENT

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.165; 40 CFR 51.166.; 40 CFR 52.21; 40 CFR 52.24

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking provides a definition of the term routine 
maintenance, repair, and replacement for the New Source Review program. 
The current New Source Review regulations do not provide a definition 
of this term, and there has been considerable debate over the scope of 
activities that should be included. The new definition will provide a 
level of certainty for regulated entities and regulatory agencies with 
respect to program applicability. While this rule will affect small 
businesses and state/local/tribal governments, this rule is intended to 
simplify the regulatory process and decrease the burden on these 
entities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/00/02
Final Rule                      08/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4676

Agency Contact: Rachel Rineheart, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C339-03, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 919 541-2402
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

Kathy Kaufman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C339-03
Phone: 919 541-0102
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK28

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Clean Air Act (CAA)



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2902. 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                    09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4315

Agency Contact: Douglas McDaniel, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Regional Office San Francisco, Region 9, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Phone: 415 744-1246

Colleen McKaughan, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office San 
Francisco
Phone: 520 498-0118

RIN: 2009-AA00
_______________________________________________________________________




2903. 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                    09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3569

Agency Contact: Douglas McDaniel, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Regional Office San Francisco, Region 9, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Phone: 415 744-1246

Colleen McKaughan, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office San 
Francisco
Phone: 520 498-0118

RIN: 2009-AA01
_______________________________________________________________________




2904. NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR) IMPROVEMENT

Priority: Other Significant

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. 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). 
Finally, this NSR Improvement effort also includes a separate 
rulemaking (SAN 4390, Utility Sector New Source Review (NSR) 
Alternative Compliance Program), which 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 by focusing strictly on new sources.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/23/96                    61 FR 38249
Final Action                    07/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3259
See also SAN 4390

Agency Contact: Lynn Hutchinson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C339-03
Phone: 919 541-5795
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE11

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2905. 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                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3380
Supp NPRM-2nd- 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/1998/December/Day-09/a28472a.htm

Sectors Affected: 3251 Basic Chemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Mary Tom Kissell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-03, 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, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE94
_______________________________________________________________________




2906. NESHAP: PETROLEUM REFINERIES; CATALYTIC CRACKING UNITS, CATALYTIC 
REFORMING UNITS AND SULFUR RECOVERY UNITS

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                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3549
NPRM- 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/1998/September/Day-11/a23508.htm

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries

Agency Contact: Bob Lucas, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0884
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

Kent C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF28
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2907. 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                    05/00/02

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
_______________________________________________________________________




2908. SERVICE INFORMATION REGULATION FOR LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLES AND TRUCKS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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

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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                            06/08/01                    66 FR 30830
Final Action                    09/00/02

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
_______________________________________________________________________




2909. 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

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                    12/00/02

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
_______________________________________________________________________




2910. NESHAP: CELLULOSE PRODUCTION MANUFACTURING

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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/28/00                    65 FR 52166
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

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, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5032
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH11
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2911. CONSOLIDATED EMISSIONS REPORTING RULE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 110(a)(2)(F)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.321 to 51.323

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Three sections of the Clean Air Act and its amendments 
require State agencies to report emission estimates to EPA. Some of 
these sections contain obsolete wording, inconsistent instructions, and 
duplicate reporting requirements. This rule will consolidate the 
requirements into one area, eliminate obsolete wording, eliminate 
duplicate reporting requirements, and provide options for collecting 
and reporting data. There will be no impact on small businesses. State 
agencies will report point, area, and mobile source emissions 
statewide. State agencies will also report fine particulate matter and 
its precursors. The rule will provide for flexibility in collecting and 
reporting data.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/23/00                    65 FR 33268
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3986

Agency Contact: William B. Kuykendal, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Air and Radiation, D205-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

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Phone: 919 541-5372
Fax: 919 541-0684
Email: [email protected]

Phil Lorang, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D205-
01, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5463
Fax: 919 541-0684
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH25
_______________________________________________________________________




2912. 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 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. 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 of 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
Notice                          05/14/99                    64 FR 26410
Final Action                    01/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4030

Agency Contact: Sam Napolitano, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, 6405J, Washington, DC 20640
Phone: 734 214-4310
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH52
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2913. 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 82.5(h); 40 CFR 82.6(h); 40 CFR 82.8; 40 CFR 
82.4(n) to 82.4(s); 40 CFR 82.4(u)

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. U.S. consumption for 1999 
through 2001 has been fluctuating between 80% and 95%. In 1999, the 
Protocol imposed a production cap effective January 1, 2004. An 
allowance allocation system for HCFCs will allow the U.S. to remain 
under the consumption and production caps. This rule also contains the 
mechanisn to implement the phaseout of HCFC-141b, effective January 1, 
2003.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           04/04/99                    64 FR 16373
NPRM                            07/20/01                    66 FR 38064
Final Action                    06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4120
Additional deadline: Montreal Protocol. The Protocol requires 
compliance with formulary caps of all Parties' consumption and 
production of HCFCs. The ANPRM and the NPRM are available on the 
Internet at: http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/phaseout/phaseout.html

Agency Contact: Vera Au, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6205J
Phone: 202 564-2216
Fax: 202 565-2156
Email: [email protected]

Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J
Phone: 202 564-9185
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH67
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2914. NESHAP: POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AND COPOLYMERS 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 
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                            12/08/00                    65 FR 76958
Final Action                    05/00/02

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, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5124
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,

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C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH82
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2915. PHASE I 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 State, local or tribal 
governments and the private sector.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52; 40 CFR 97

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, January 25, 2003, EPA is required to 
promulgate FIPs by January 25 2003 unless States submit approvable 
plans.

Abstract: This action would promulgate Federal Implementation Plans 
(FIPs) which require nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions decreases. 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 (the 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 June 
22, 2000, the D.C. Court of Appeals assigned a new SIP submittal date 
of October 30, 2000. Eleven States (Virginia, West Virginia, Alabama, 
Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, 
Michigan, and Ohio) and the District of Columbia had not submitted 
adequate SIPs, as announced in a findings rule published on December 
26, 2000. EPA is continuing to work with these States to assist them in 
adopting State plans that meet the requirements of the NOx SIP Call; 6 
States and D.C. recently submitted fully approvable plans. (Note: The 
FIPs discussed here will apply to all elements of the NOx SIP call that 
were not remanded to EPA by the court on March 3, 2000. The portions of 
the SIP call that were remanded to EPA will be covered under Phase 2 
SIPs, and if necessary, separate FIP actions will be prepared for 
those.)

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/21/98                    63 FR 56393
Findings Rule                   12/26/00                    65 FR 81366
Final Action                    02/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Federalism:  This action may have federalism implications as defined in 
EO 13132.

Additional Information: SAN No. 4096
NPRM-
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/1998/October/Day-21/a26431.htm Findings

Sectors Affected: 322122 Newsprint Mills; 322121 Paper (except 
Newsprint) Mills; 32213 Paperboard Mills; 32211 Pulp Mills; 325998 All 
Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product Manufacturing; 325131 Inorganic 
Dye and Pigment Manufacturing; 325188 All Other Basic Inorganic 
Chemical Manufacturing; 325211 Plastics Material and Resin 
Manufacturing; 32511 Petrochemical Manufacturing; 325188 All Other 
Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing; 32512 Industrial Gas 
Manufacturing; 325199 All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing; 
327211 Flat Glass Manufacturing; 327213 Glass Container Manufacturing; 
327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing; 32731 
Cement Manufacturing; 324199 All Other Petroleum and Coal Products 
Manufacturing; 331111 Iron and Steel Mills; 331221 Cold-Rolled Steel 
Shape Manufacturing; 33611 Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle 
Manufacturing; 333618 Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing; 333415 Air-
Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and 
Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing; 221122 Electric Power 
Distribution; 221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation; 221121 
Electric Bulk Power Transmission and Control; 48621 Pipeline 
Transportation of Natural Gas; 221122 Electric Power Distribution; 
221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation; 221121 Electric Bulk 
Power Transmission and Control; 22133 Steam and Air-Conditioning Supply

Agency Contact: Doug Grano, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3292
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

Jan King, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-02
Phone: 919 541-5665
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH87
_______________________________________________________________________




2916. NESHAP: WET-FORMED FIBERGLASS MAT PRODUCTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, April 1, 2001.

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 
pursue a regulatory development program such that emission standards 
may be promulgated for this industry. Emission standards for this 
industry were proposed on May 26, 2000.

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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/26/00                    65 FR 34278
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4082

Agency Contact: Juan Santiago, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1084
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH89
_______________________________________________________________________




2917. REVISION TO THE DEFINITION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC) TO 
EXCLUDE TERTIARY BUTYL ACETATE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401-7671q

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                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4254

Agency Contact: William L. Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Air and Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5245
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

Terry Keating, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
6103A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-1554
Fax: 202 564-5603
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI45
_______________________________________________________________________




2918. RULEMAKING ON SECTION 126 PETITIONS FROM NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT 
REGARDING SOURCES IN MICHIGAN; REVISION OF DEFINITION OF APPLICABLE 
REQUIREMENT FOR TITLE V OPERATING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7426

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52; 40 CFR 75; 40 CFR 97

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The EPA is proposing to revise the Section 126 Rule in light 
of the March 3, 2000 court decision on the NOx SIP Call. The court 
vacated, and remanded to EPA for further consideration, the inclusion 
of Georgia and Missouri in the NOx SIP Call in light of the Ozone 
Transport Assessment Group conclusions that emissions from coarse grid 
portions of States did not merit controls. The reasoning of the Court 
regarding the significance of NOx emissions from sources in Georgia and 
Missouri calls into question the inclusion of the coarse grid portion 
of Michigan in the NOx SIP Call. In a separate proposal, EPA is 
proposing to withdraw the NOx SIP Call requirements for the Michigan 
coarse grid area. The Section 126 Rule is based on many of the same 
analyses and information used for the NOx SIP call and covers part of 
Michigan. Thus, EPA is proposing to withdraw its section 126 findings 
and control requirements with respect to sources located in the small 
part of the coarse grid portion of Michigan that is currently covered 
by the Section 126 Rule. The EPA has not identified any existing 
section 126 sources that would be affected by the proposal, however 
this proposal would eliminate findings and control requirements for new 
sources locating in the coarse grid. This proposal does not create any 
new requirements, thus there are no associated costs. The EPA is also 
proposing to revise the definition of applicable requirement for title 
V operating permit programs by providing expressly that any standard or 
other requirement under section 126 is an applicable requirement and 
must be included in operating permits issued under title V of the CAA.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/22/02                     67 FR 8386
Final Action                    09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4464
Split from RIN 2060-AH88.

Sectors Affected: 221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation

Agency Contact: Carla Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3347
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

Tom Helms, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-02, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5527
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ36
_______________________________________________________________________




2919. REQUIREMENTS FOR PREPARATION, ADOPTION, AND SUBMITTAL OF STATE 
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS (GUIDELINE ON AIR QUALITY MODELS)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410 CAAA sec 110(a)(2); CAAA sec 165(e); CAAA 
sec 172(a); CAAA sec 172(c); 42 USC 7601 CAAA sec 301(a)(1); CAAA sec 
320

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.112; 40 CFR 51.160; 40 CFR 51.166; 40 CFR 52.21

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action proposes revisions to the Guideline on Air 
Quality Models, published as appendix W to 40 CFR part 51. Such models 
are used to predict ambient concentrations of pollutants for programs 
ranging from Prevention of Significant Deterioration

[[Page 33782]]

(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                            04/21/00                    65 FR 21505
Final Action                    06/00/02

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, C339-02
Phone: 919 541-0832
Email: [email protected]

Joe Tikvart, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243-
01, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5562
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF01
_______________________________________________________________________




2920. 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
NPRM                            06/26/00                    65 FR 39326
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3340
NPRM-http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/1998/April/Day-20/a10142.htm

Agency Contact: Eugene Crumpler, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0881
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Al Verveart, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE46
_______________________________________________________________________




2921. 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 63.1-15; 40 CFR 63.50-56

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), 
was 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 subparts A and B will be proposed.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/23/01                    66 FR 16318
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3551

Agency Contact: Rick Colyer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5262
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF31
_______________________________________________________________________




2922. 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                            10/18/00                    65 FR 62414
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

[[Page 33783]]

Additional Information: SAN No. 3749

Agency Contact: Tony Wayne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5439
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG29
_______________________________________________________________________




2923. 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                            12/22/00                    65 FR 81133
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3823

Sectors Affected: 335222 Household Refrigerator and Home Freezer 
Manufacturing; 335221 Household Cooking Appliance Manufacturing; 335224 
Household Laundry Equipment Manufacturing; 335212 Household Vacuum 
Cleaner Manufacturing; 335228 Other Major Household Appliance 
Manufacturing; 333415 Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment 
and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing; 
333319 Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing; 
333312 Commercial Laundry, Drycleaning and Pressing Machine 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Lynn Dail, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C-539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0283
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG54
_______________________________________________________________________




2924. NESHAP: ASPHALT PROCESSING AND ASPHALT ROOFING MANUFACTURING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA sec 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, May 1, 2001.

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 or more 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                            11/21/01                    66 FR 58610
Interim Final                   05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3655

Sectors Affected: 324122 Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Rick Colyer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5262
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG66
_______________________________________________________________________




2925. 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                            07/18/00                    65 FR 44616
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3905

Sectors Affected: 323122 Prepress Services; 339991 Gasket, Packing, and 
Sealing Device Manufacturing; 326113 Unsupported Plastics Film and 
Sheet (except Packaging) Manufacturing; 32613 Laminated Plastics Plate, 
Sheet and Shape Manufacturing; 32614 Polystyrene Foam Product

[[Page 33784]]

Manufacturing; 331112 Electrometallurgical Ferroalloy Product 
Manufacturing; 331221 Cold-Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing; 33121 Iron 
and Steel Pipes and Tubes Manufacturing from Purchased Steel; 331312 
Primary Aluminum Production; 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of 
Aluminum; 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foil Manufacturing; 331319 
Other Aluminum Rolling and Drawing

Agency Contact: Rhea Jones, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2940
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG97
_______________________________________________________________________




2926. NESHAP: LEATHER FINISHING OPERATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, May 1, 2001.

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 finishing operations. Facilities involved in these 
operations release over 1.7 million pounds of hazardous air pollutants 
per year. Regulation of these facilities will result in a reduction of 
the emissions of hazardous air pollutants, several of which are highly 
toxic.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/02/00                    65 FR 58702
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3964

Sectors Affected: 31611 Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing

Agency Contact: Bill Schrock, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5032
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH17
_______________________________________________________________________




2927. 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 United States 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 United States; (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                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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
_______________________________________________________________________




2928. 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 subpart 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                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

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 third party certification program for labs.

[[Page 33785]]

Agency Contact: Julius Banks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6205J
Phone: 202 564-9870
Fax: 202 565-2156
Email: [email protected]

Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J
Phone: 202 564-9185
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF36
_______________________________________________________________________




2929. 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                    09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3560
NPRM- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/1998/June/Day-11/a15003.htm

Agency Contact: Julius Banks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6205J
Phone: 202 564-9870
Fax: 202 565-2156
Email: [email protected]

Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J
Phone: 202 564-9185
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AF37
_______________________________________________________________________




2930. PAPER AND OTHER WEB COATING NESHAP

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59; 40 CFR 63

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

Abstract: This action would result in the reduction of hazardous air 
pollutants (HAPs) emitted by the paper and other web coating 
industries. The Agency will study the various HAP and VOC pollutants 
emitted by the industry and will evaluate pollution prevention and 
control techniques which can reduce these emissions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/13/00                    65 FR 55332
Final Action                    11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3827

Sectors Affected: 322211 Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing; 
322212 Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing; 322221 Coated and 
Laminated Packaging Paper and Plastics Film Manufacturing; 322222 
Coated and Laminated Paper Manufacturing; 322223 Plastics, Foil, and 
Coated Paper Bag Manufacturing; 323111 Commercial Gravure Printing; 
323116 Manifold Business Form Printing

Agency Contact: Paul Almodovar, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0283
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG58
_______________________________________________________________________




2931. FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR INDIAN RESERVATIONS IN IDAHO, 
OREGON AND WASHINGTON

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 49.121 to 49.139; 40 CFR 49.9861 to 49.17810

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) proposes basic air 
rules to apply on Indian Reservations in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. 
The rules provide some basic air quality protection similar to what the 
state implementation plans (SIPs) require for Idaho, Oregon, and 
Washington. These rules are needed to establish a level playing field 
and create basic federally enforceable rules under the Clean Air Act.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/15/02                    67 FR 11748
Final Action                    03/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4487
EPA Region 10 would be responsible for implementing and enforcing these 
proposed rules. Tribes can choose to assist EPA or take over 
responsibility for their reservations, and EPA would provide funding to 
tribes through grants to support their efforts.

Agency Contact: Regina Thompson, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Regional Office Seattle, OAQ-107, 1200 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206 553-1498
Fax: 206 553-0110
Email: [email protected]

Bonnie Thie, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office Seattle, 
OAQ-107
Phone: 206 553-1189
Fax: 206 553-0110
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2012-AA01

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2932. 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: Final, Statutory, May 1, 2001.

Abstract: Several of the source categories that are subject to MACT 
(maximum achievable control technology) standards contain only a few 
sources (e.g., less than five). 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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/06/00                    65 FR 76408
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4105

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

Agency Contact: Mark Morris, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5416
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH68
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2933. EMISSIONS FROM NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES AND STANDARDS FOR 
RECREATIONAL SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671(q)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 94

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, September 14, 2001.
Final, Judicial, September 13, 2002.

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
ANPRM Final Finding             12/07/00                    65 FR 76790
NPRM                            10/05/01                    66 FR 51098
Final Action                    09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

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

Don Kopinski, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, OMS 
EPCD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4229
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI11
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2934. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: PROCESS FOR EXEMPTING 
QUARANTINE AND PRESHIPMENT APPLICATIONS OF METHYL BROMIDE

Priority: Other Significant

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

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82.1 to 82.13

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Montreal Protocol exempts quarantine and preshipment from 
the methyl bromide production and import baseline; therefore, a 
regulation must be promulgated to allow for the exemption in EPA's 
current allowance system.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Action            07/19/01                    66 FR 37752
Final Action                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4253
OLD TITLE: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Process for Exempting 
Quarantine and Preshipment Methyl Bromide Used in the United States and 
Baseline Adjustments

Agency Contact: Suzanne Bratis, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-3515
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]

Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J
Phone: 202 564-9185
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI42
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2935. AMEND SUBPART H AND I, 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) (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

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guidance was updated in 1999, and contains new technical 
recommendations (that differ from the 1969 version) for obtaining 
representative air samples. In this rule, EPA is updating subparts H 
and 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                            05/09/00                    65 FR 29934
Final Action                    05/00/02

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 
and Radiation, 6608J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9385
Fax: 202 565-2065
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI90
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2936. INTERSTATE OZONE TRANSPORT: RESPONSE TO COURT DECISIONS ON THE NOX 
SIP CALL, NOX SIP CALL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS, AND SECTION 126 RULES

Priority: Other Significant

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

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On October 27, 1998 (63 FR 57355), EPA issued a rule to 
reduce smog in the eastern half of the country. The rule required 22 
States and the District of Columbia to reduce emissions of nitrogen 
oxides (NOx), which reacts with other chemicals in the atmosphere to 
form smog. EPA required these reductions because pollution from each of 
these States was transported by the wind and significantly contributed 
to unhealthy air quality in downwind states. In response to litigation 
from several parties on the NOx SIP call, the United States Court of 
Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a decision on March 3, 2000 
making it clear that EPA and States can and should move forward to 
implement this regional strategy. The ruling remanded certain 
relatively minor portions of the original rule back to the EPA. This 
rulemaking covers the portion of the rule associated with the remanded 
issues: certain cogeneration units, internal combustion engines, the 
partial State requirements for Georgia and Missouri and the exclusion 
of Wisconsin. In this rulemaking, EPA will consider the partial State 
issue for Alabama and Michigan and propose SIP submittal dates and 
compliance dates as well. The D.C. Circuit Court also remanded, or 
remanded and vacated, the cogeneration unit issue in decisions on the 
NOx SIP Call Technical Amendments, and Section 126 Rule on June 8, 2001 
and May 15, 2001, respectively. These remands will also be addressed in 
this rulemaking.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/22/02                     67 FR 8395
Final Action                    09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4433

Agency Contact: Jan King, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C539-02
Phone: 919 541-5665
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

Carla Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3347
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ16
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2937. NESHAP FOR FRICTION PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

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

Abstract: This action will propose NESHAP for friction products 
manufacturing in order to comply with the Clean Air Act of 1990 (CAA). 
The friction products source category includes any facility that 
manufactures friction products such as brakes and clutches. The rule is 
expected to limit HAP emissions, including toluene, hexane, and 1,1,1 
trichloroethane) from solvent mixing operations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/04/01                    66 FR 50768
Final Action                    11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4460

Sectors Affected: 3363 Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing; 3364 
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing; 3369 Other Transportation 
Equipment Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Kevin Cavender, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2364
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ18
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2938. RULEMAKINGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING INTERSTATE OZONE TRANSPORT

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires that a state implementation 
plan (SIP) contain provisions to prevent a States' facilities or 
sources from contributing significantly to air pollution that is 
transported downwind to other States, exacerbating their inability to 
meet the national ambient air quality standards for ozone.

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Through a 2-year effort known as the Ozone Transport Assessment Group 
(OTAG) , EPA worked in partnership with the 37 easternmost States and 
the District of Columbia, industry representatives, and environmental 
groups to address ozone precursor and ozone transport. This multi-year 
collaboration resulted in the most comprehensive analysis of ozone 
transport ever conducted. The OTAG States voted in favor of a range of 
strategies to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions from utilities and other 
major sources. Building on the recommendations of OTAG, EPA issued a 
rule known as the NOx SIP Call (10/27/98, 63 FR 57355) requiring 22 
States and the District of Columbia to submit revisions to their SIPs 
to address the regional transport of nitrogen oxides (a precursor to 
ozone formation known as NOx). By reducing emissions of NOx, the 
actions directed by these plans will decrease the formation and 
transport of ozone across State boundaries in the eastern half of the 
United States. This rule was challenged in court, and on March 3, 2000, 
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a 
decision largely upholding the NOx SIP Call, but remanded four narrow 
issues to EPA for further rulemaking action. In an August 30, 2000 
Court Order, emission reduction measures are required to be in place by 
May 31, 2004. On June 8, 2001, the Court made a related decision 
concerning the NOx SIP Call Technical Amendment rulemakings which 
largely upheld Phase I of the NOx SIP Call, but remanded one issue to 
EPA. EPA is now addressing in a separate rulemaking the remanded issues 
mentioned above (see SAN 4433 in today's Regulatory Agenda). Another 
remanded issue dealing with growth projections is being addressed 
separately. A notice of data availability was published on 8/3/01 which 
made new data publicly available for notice-and-comment. A second 
notice of data availability was published on March 11, 2002 listing 
additional items which were made publicly available. Final action is 
expected soon. In addition to the SIP Call provisions, Federal 
Implementation Plans (FIPs) may also be needed to reduce regional 
transport if any affected State fails to adequately revise its SIP to 
comply with the NOx SIP call (see SAN 4096 in today's Regulatory 
Agenda). In addition to the SIP Call remedy, the Clean Air Act also 
gave States the right to petition EPA to take other Federal action to 
prevent ozone transport that affects downwind States. Accordingly, 
under section 126 of the CAA, eight Northeastern States filed

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM NOx FIPs (SAN 4096)        10/21/98                    63 FR 56393
Final Action NOx SIP Call       10/27/98                    63 FR 57355
Final Action Section 126 
Findings                        05/25/99                    64 FR 28250
Final Action Section 126 
Approvals and Remedy            01/18/00                     65 FR 2674
NODA Notice of Data Availability 
for NOx SIP Call/Section 126 
rule                            08/03/01                    66 FR 40609
NPRM Response to NOx SIP Call 
Court Decision (SAN 4433)       02/22/02                     67 FR 8395
NODA Notice of Data Availability 
for NOx SIP Call/Section126 Rule03/11/02                    67 FR 10844
Final Action Response to Remands 
Concerning Growth Factors       05/00/02
Final Action Response to NOx SIP 
Call Court Decision (SAN 4433)  09/00/02
Final Action NOx FIPS (SAN 4096) To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4466

Agency Contact: Jan King, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C539-02
Phone: 919 541-5665
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

Carla Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3347
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ20
_______________________________________________________________________




2939. CLARIFICATION TO EXISTING PART 63 NESHAP DELEGATIONS' PROVISIONS-
WORK PRACTICES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: 40 CFR part 63 contains OAR's air-toxics emissions 
regulations, often referred to as MACT rules or NESHAPS. We are 
revising some part 63 standards to reflect changes in delegation 
provisions. We are also revising some sections in the part 63 
regulations to clarify what are standards and what are compliance 
assurance measures. The benefits of the changes will include clarifying 
what authorities in each standard can be delegated to State and local 
air pollution control agencies and meshing the standards with revisions 
previously made to other part 63 regulations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/16/02                     67 FR 2286
Final Action                    01/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4426

Agency Contact: Tom Driscoll, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C339-03
Phone: 919 541-5135
Fax: 919 541-5489
Email: [email protected]

Kathy Kaufman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C339-03
Phone: 919 541-0102
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ26
_______________________________________________________________________




2940. GUIDELINES FOR BEST AVAILABLE RETROFIT TECHNOLOGY (BART)

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410; 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7421; 42 USC 7470-
7479; 42 USC 7491; 42 USC 7492; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7602

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.308(e)(1); 40 CFR 51 Appendix Y (New)

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Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: To meet the Clean Air Act's requirements, final regional haze 
regulations were published in the Federal Register on July 1, 1999 (64 
FR 35714). These regulations include, in section 51.308(e), a 
requirement for best available retrofit technology (BART) for certain 
types of existing stationary sources of air pollutants. In the preamble 
to the regional haze rule, we committed to issuing further guidelines 
to clarify the BART requirements. The purpose of this rulemaking is to 
provide those BART guidelines.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/20/01                    66 FR 38108
Final Action                    07/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4450

Agency Contact: Tim Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C504-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4718
Fax: 919 541-5489
Email: [email protected]

Tom Driscoll, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-
03
Phone: 919 541-5135
Fax: 919 541-5489
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ31
_______________________________________________________________________




2941. REVISIONS TO PART 97 FEDERAL NOX BUDGET TRADING PROGRAM, PART 75 
EMISSIONS MONITORING PROVISIONS, PART 72 PERMITS REGULATION PROVISIONS, 
AND PART 78 APPEAL PROCEDURES

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7651 et seq; 42 USC 7401; 42 USC 
7403; 42 USC 7426

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 75 (Revision); 40 CFR 97 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The purpose of these proposed revisions is to modify existing 
procedures for monitoring and reporting NOx and SO2 emissions for 
sources affected by the Acid Rain Program, the Federal NOx Budget 
Trading Program, and the October 27, 1998 NOx SIP call. The proposed 
changes will streamline part 75 by removing outdated provisions and 
give electricity generators added flexibility with the monitoring and 
reporting requirements; tighten the calibration error limit for some 
units to be more in line with industry's current accepted technical 
specifications; make technical corrections and changes necessary to 
correct printing, typographical, and grammatical errors in existing 
rules; and correct/clarify cross references between the subject Parts 
to ensure consistency among the rules.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/13/01                    66 FR 31978
NPRM Extension of comment period07/27/01                    66 FR 39123
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4538
Split from RIN 2060-AJ30.

Sectors Affected: 221111 Hydroelectric Power Generation

Agency Contact: Gabrielle Stevens, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, 6204N
Phone: 202 564-2681
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ43
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2942. FEDERAL PLAN FOR SMALL MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTION UNITS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act; sections 111(d) 
129 and 301(a)(d)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 62 (New)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 directed the EPA to set 
emission guidelines for existing municipal waste combustion units 
(MWCs) under sections 111 and 129. On 12/19/95, the EPA adopted 
emission guidelines for MWCs under the authority of sections 111(d) and 
129 of the Clean Air Act. These emission guidelines covered all MWC 
units located at plants with an aggregate plant combustion capacity 
larger than 35 tons per day of municipal solid waste. Subsequent 
litigation cancelled the emission guidelines for small MWC units, but 
the Court directed EPA to adopt a new rule for small MWC units. This 
rule was adopted on December 6, 2000. This action is a follow-on 
activity to this rulemaking. In this proposed MWC Federal Plan for 
small units, EPA becomes the implementing authority in those instances 
where the State or local Agency fails to submit a plan or a plan has 
not yet been approved. This action makes no changes to the 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 the State.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/14/01                    66 FR 32484
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4454
About half the small municipal waste combustor owners are local 
governments.

Agency Contact: Lalit Banker, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C339-03
Phone: 919 541-5420
Fax: 919 541-2664
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ46
_______________________________________________________________________




2943. STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES: VOLATILE 
ORGANIC LIQUID STORAGE VESSELS; AMENDMENTS

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

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This direct final action revises existing standards for 
Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels

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(Including Petroleum Liquid Storage Vessels) by amending the storage 
vessel volume applicability criteria and adding a vapor pressure 
applicability criterion. This is a narrow technical amendment 
responding to new information that came in after the original rule was 
promulgated.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4508

Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 324 Petroleum and Coal 
Products Manufacturing; 42271 Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals

Agency Contact: Mark Morris, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5416
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ53
_______________________________________________________________________




2944. CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FROM MOBILE SOURCES; 
CORRECTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7521(l); 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 
7601(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.81(a)(1)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule corrects a final regulatory action which was 
published in the Federal Register on March 29, 2001 (66 FR 17230). The 
correction consists of restoring a paragraph that was inadvertently 
omitted when the final rule was published.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4554

Agency Contact: Christine Brunner, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 734 214-4287
Fax: 734 214-4051
Email: [email protected]

Paul Cort, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 2344A
Phone: 202 564-5573
Fax: 202 564-5603
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ67
_______________________________________________________________________




2945. TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY RULE AMENDMENTS: MINOR REVISION AND 
ADDITION OF GRACE PERIOD FOR NEWLY DESIGNATED NONATTAINMENT AREAS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671q

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 93

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action is the result of a recent amendment to the Clean 
Air Act and a 1999 court decision on the same Act. It provides greater 
flexibility and more time for State and local governments to evaluate 
and ensure that their transportation plans will not worsen air quality 
conditions in areas where air quality standards have been established 
to protect public health and the environment.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/05/01                    66 FR 50954
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4558

Agency Contact: Denise Kearns, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 734 214-4240
Fax: 734 214-4906
Email: [email protected]

Meg Patulski, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4842
Fax: 734 214-4052
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ70
_______________________________________________________________________




2946. CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM NEW MOTOR VEHICLES; SECOND AMENDMENT 
TO THE TIER 2/GASOLINE SULFUR REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 7601(a); 42 USC 7401 
to 7521(l); 42 USC 7521(m) to 7671q

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80; 40 CFR 86

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This direct final rule (and concurrent proposal) corrects, 
amends, and revises certain provisions of the Tier 2/Gasoline Sulfur 
regulations to assist regulated entities with program implementation 
and compliance. First, it makes minor corrections to clarify the 
regulations governing compliance with the gasoline sulfur standards. 
Second, with respect to the low sulfur gasoline program, it removes the 
anti-backsliding provision of the Geographic Phase-in Area (GPA) 
program by establishing a flat GPA gasoline standard of 150 ppm sulfur. 
Third, it amends certain provisions of the Averaging, Banking, and 
Trading (ABT) programs to assist domestic and foreign refiners and 
importers in generating sulfur credits and allotments. Fourth, it 
clarifies and amends certain downstream standards for parties in the 
gasoline distribution system to assist them with program compliance. 
Finally, this action makes minor revisions to the regulations governing 
compliance with the vehicle standards.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4569

Sectors Affected: 336111 Automobile Manufacturing; 336112 Light Truck 
and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Mary Manners, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, ASD, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 734 214-4873

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Fax: 734 214-4051
Email: [email protected]

Robin Moran, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, ASD
Phone: 734 214-4781
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ71
_______________________________________________________________________




2947. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: AVAILABILITY OF ALLOWANCES TO 
PRODUCE METHYL BROMIDE FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7671-7671q

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82.1 to 82.13

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The U.S. regulatory program is being amended to reflect 
changes in the international treaty, The Montreal Protocol on 
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. These amendments: (1) will 
change the amount of class I ozone-depleting substances that can be 
produced in the U.S. for export to developing countries, (2) will 
create procedures for the transfer of allowances and CFCs under the 
essential-use exemption for metered-dose inhalers, and (3) ban the 
trade of methyl bromide with countries that are not Parties (not 
signatories) to the Montreal Protocol.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4574

Sectors Affected: 32519 Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing; 
32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing; 3254 
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6205J
Phone: 202 564-9185
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ74
_______________________________________________________________________




2948. MODIFICATION OF THE ANTI-DUMPING BASELINE DATE CUT-OFF LIMIT FOR 
DATA USED IN DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL BASELINE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7521(1); 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 
7601(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.91(b)(1)(i); 40 CFR 80.93(a)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Dumping refers to the practice whereby refiners making clean 
fuels for certain markets (such as reformulated gasoline for clean-air 
purposes) take the pollutants removed from the clean fuels and dump 
them into other fuels they are producing for other markets. This, if 
allowed, would make those other fuels even dirtier than before, and so 
the Clean Air Act prohibits this practice. EPA has existing anti-
dumping rules on the books that codify this Clean Air Act prohibition. 
This regulation is a minor technical amendment to those existing 
regulations. It would amend a portion of those regulations to allow the 
use of data collected after January 1, 1995 in the development of 
baselines, and it would establish a cut-off date of January 1, 2002 for 
the submission of all individual baselines under the anti-dumping 
program. This date is the same as that allowed for foreign refineries 
seeking a unique individual baseline under the anti-dumping program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4604

Agency Contact: Christine Brunner, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 734 214-4287
Fax: 734 214-4051
Email: [email protected]

Patrice Simms, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
2344, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5593
Fax: 202 564-5603
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ82
_______________________________________________________________________




2949. COMPILATION OF SOURCE-SPECIFIC ALTERNATIVE METHODS BEING APPROVED 
FOR SOURCE-CATEGORY WIDE APPLICATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Sources have applied for approval of alternative test methods 
for use at their facility. The Agency has approved these methods and 
issued letters of approval to each requestor. The Agency has determined 
that these methods could be used at similar sources, thus giving those 
sources an alternative test method to the one cited in the regulation. 
This action seeks to publish these facility-specific approvals in order 
to provide other facilities within the source category the option of 
using the alternative method.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4548

Agency Contact: Rima Howell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0443
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ84
_______________________________________________________________________




2950. STATE AND FEDERAL OPERATING PERMITS PROGRAM: REMOVAL OF AMENDMENTS 
TO PART 70 AND PART 71 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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

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

Legal Deadline: None

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

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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                    08/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4600
Split from RIN 2060-AJ04

Agency Contact: Grecia Castro, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C304-04, Research Triangle Pk, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1351
Email: [email protected]

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

RIN: 2060-AJ89
_______________________________________________________________________




2951.  AMENDMENTS TO NESHAP FOR SOLVENT EXTRACTION FOR VEGETABLE 
OIL PRODUCTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.2852; 40 CFR 63.2861(d); 40 CFR 63.2870 (Table 
1 Entry for 63.6(e))

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final air-toxics rule (NESHAP) controlling emissions from 
solvent extraction for vegetable oil production was promulgated in 
April 2001. This and all other NESHAPs rely on another existing rule, 
called the Part 63 General Provisions, for definition of a number of 
housekeeping functions such as testing and monitoring. We are currently 
in the process of finalizing some amendments to the Part 63 General 
Provisions, and we have recently discovered that we need to 
simultaneously amend the existing vegetable oil NESHAP to avoid a 
number of minor inconsistencies with the amended General Provisions. 
The amendments in this package will eliminate these minor 
inconsistencies between the vegetable oil NESHAP and the revisions 
being made to the Part 63 General Provisions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4646

Sectors Affected: 311223 Other Oilseed Processing; 311222 Soybean 
Processing; 311223 Other Oilseed Processing; 311119 Other Animal Food 
Manufacturing; 311211 Flour Milling; 311221 Wet Corn Milling

Agency Contact: Rick Colyer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5262
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ93
_______________________________________________________________________




2952.  NESHAP: GENERIC MACT AMENDMENTS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Several of the source categories that are subject to MACT 
(maximum available control technology) standards contain only a few 
sources (e.g., less than five). EPA developed a generic MACT standard 
for these source categories. This reinvention to the MACT standards 
development process will allow for proper participation by all 
stakeholders. 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. The MACT program addresses 
hazardous air pollutants. This action currently affects major sources 
of these HAPs. The source categories included in this standard are: 
Acrylic/Modacrylic (RIN 2060-AF06), Polycarbonates (RIN 2060-AF09), 
Acetal Resins, and Hydrogen Fluoride (RIN 2060-AG94).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Amendment for Storage Tanks10/14/98                    63 FR 55177
Final Action Amendment for 
Storage Tanks                   06/30/99                    64 FR 34853
NPRM Amendment for Storage Tanks11/22/99                    64 FR 63779
Final Action Amendment for 
Storage Tanks                   11/22/99                    64 FR 71852
Direct Final Rule Amendment for 
Process Vents                   06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4614
Split from RIN 2060-AG91.

Agency Contact: David Markwordt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ95
_______________________________________________________________________




2953.  CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FROM MOBILE SOURCES: 
DEFAULT BASELINE REVISION AND MINOR CORRECTIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7521(1); 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 
7601(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, October 31, 2001, 80.855(b)(2) 
directs EPA to revise the default baseline by this date.

Abstract: The final rule, Control of Emissions of Hazardous Air 
Pollutants From Mobile Sources (66 FR 17230, 3/29/01), directed EPA to 
revise the default toxics baselines in the rule to include year 2000 
data when it becomes available. When revised, the default toxics 
baseline values will be the average toxics values for gasoline over the 
period 1998-2000. This data

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is now available, and this rule will promulgate those revised baseline 
values, and also incorporate several minor technical corrections to the 
existing rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4621

Agency Contact: Christine Brunner, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 734 214-4287
Fax: 734 214-4051
Email: [email protected]

Paul Cort, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 2344A
Phone: 202 564-5573
Fax: 202 564-5603
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ97
_______________________________________________________________________




2954.  NESHAP: PESTICIDE ACTIVE INGREDIENT PRODUCTION -AMENDMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Amendment to change compliance date from 6/23/2002 to 12/23/
2003.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4627
Split from RIN 2060-AE84.

Agency Contact: Randy McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5402
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK00
_______________________________________________________________________




2955.  ADOPTION OF THE AMENDED INTERNATIONAL NOX STANDARD FOR 
AIRCRAFT ENGINES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq; CAA 231 to 232; 42 USC 7571 to 
7572; 5 USC 552(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 87.1; 40 CFR 87.21; 40 CFR 87.64; 40 CFR 87.71; 40 
CFR 87.10; 40 CFR 87.31(b); 40 CFR 87.82; 40 CFR 87.89

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The purpose of this proposed rulemaking is to amend the 
existing United States regulations governing the exhaust emissions from 
new commercial aircraft gas turbine engines. The amendment will codify 
into United States law the recently amended voluntary NOx emission 
standard of the United Nations International Civil Aviation 
Organization (ICAO), thus bringing the United States emission standards 
into alignment with the internationally adopted standards. This NOx 
standard was adopted at the ICAO/Committee on Aviation Environmental 
Protection (CAEP) 4 meeting in 1998. The implementation of the standard 
is to begin in January 2004. Further, this amendment will establish 
consistency between U.S. and international requirements and test 
procedures. This action is necessary to ensure that domestic commercial 
aircraft meet international standards and so that the public can be 
assured that they are receiving the air quality benefits of the 
international standards.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4631

Sectors Affected: 3336 Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission 
Equipment Manufacturing; 33641 Aerospace Product and Parts 
Manufacturing; 336412 Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing; 
336413 Other Aircraft Part and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Tia Sutton, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 734 214-4018
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: [email protected]

Bryan Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4832
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK01
_______________________________________________________________________




2956.  REDUCTION OF THE AMBIENT AIR MONITORING FINE PARTICULATE 
COLLOCATED PRECISION REQUIREMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410; 42 USC 7601(a); 42 USC 7619

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 58

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will amend the regulations governing the monitoring 
of ambient fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) conducted by State and 
local governments as part of their programs to meet the National 
Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for PM2.5. This direct final rule 
reduces the requirement to collocate PM2.5 samplers from 25 percent of 
a reporting organization's sites to 15 percent. Collocation is a 
technique used to provide an estimate of precision or repeatability of 
the PM2.5 network. The process involves setting up a second PM2.5 
sampling instrument within 1 to 4 meters of the primary sampler 
instrument and collecting a sample during the same time period as the 
primary sampler. EPA analysis now shows that a reduction in the 
precision requirement would not significantly affect confidence in 
precision estimates. Since precision values are collected every sixth 
day at the monitoring sites and the precision data quality objectives 
are developed over 3 years, EPA feels that enough precision data will 
be collected at the proposed frequency (15 percent) to provide 
acceptable estimates of achievement of

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the precision data quality objectives. This change should reduce the 
monitoring burden of all organizations implementing State and local 
Ambient Monitoring Sites.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4647

Agency Contact: Michael Papp, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C339-02, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 919 541-2408
Fax: 919 541-1903
Email: [email protected]

Tim Hanley, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-02
Phone: 919 541-4417
Fax: 919 541-1903
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK05
_______________________________________________________________________




2957.  REVISION TO REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE FEDERAL PERMITS 
PROGRAM IN AREAS FOR WHICH THE INDIAN COUNTRY STATUS IS IN QUESTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 71.4(b); 40 CFR 71.9(p)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The rulemaking responds to an order of the U.S. Court of 
Appeals for the District of Columbia, which vacated and remanded a 
portion of the regulations that authorize EPA to issue operating 
permits to large stationary sources of air pollution located in Indian 
country. The relevant portion of the regulation stated that EPA will 
treat areas for which EPA believes the Indian country status is in 
question as Indian country. To conform with the court's order, we are 
removing the regulatory language that treats areas in question as 
Indian country. A proposed rulemaking is not necessary for this action. 
The amendment may cause EPA not to issue permits to a few sources, 
which may result in permits being issued by State/local/tribal 
permitting authorities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4648
This action will have a minimal affect on State and tribal governments. 
As a result of this action, EPA may be unable to issue permits to a 
handful of sources which would then probably be permitted by State or 
tribal permitting agencies.

Agency Contact: Candace Carraway, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C339-03
Phone: 919 541-3189
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

Steve Hitte, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C304-
04, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0886
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK06
_______________________________________________________________________




2958.  DIRECT FINAL RULEMAKING FOR MODIFICATIONS TO REFORMULATED 
GASOLINE (RFG) ``COVERED AREA'' PROVISIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 40 CFR 80.72; 42 USC 7545(k)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.70 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA will publish a direct final rulemaking (and parallel 
NPRM) to make several minor modifications to its reformulated gasoline 
(RFG) regulations to reflect changes in the geographical areas that are 
covered by the Federal RFG program, and to delete obsolete language and 
clarify existing language in the provisions listing the Federal RFG 
covered areas. These changes include: (1) deleting the seven southern 
counties in Maine from the RFG covered areas list, reflecting their 
opt-out of the RFG program, as of March 10, 1999, (2) adding the 
Sacramento Metro and San Joaquin Valley nonattainment areas to the list 
of RFG covered areas, reflecting the Sacramento Metro Area's inclusion 
in the RFG program as of June 1, 1996 and the San Joaquin Valley Area's 
inclusion in the RFG program on December 10, 2002; and (3) deleting the 
text which extended the RFG opt-in provisions to all ozone 
nonattainment areas including previously designated ozone nonattainment 
areas, reflecting a court decision in January 2000, which invalidated 
this language. This rulemaking also makes certain other minor changes 
in the provisions listing the RFG covered areas for purposes of 
clarification. A parallel NPRM will also be issued for use in case we 
receive negative comments on the direct final rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4652

Agency Contact: John Brophy, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9068
Fax: 202 565-2085
Email: [email protected]

Carol Weisner, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
6406J
Phone: 202 564-8985

RIN: 2060-AK07
_______________________________________________________________________




2959.  AMENDMENTS TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR 
STATE AND FEDERAL OPERATING PERMITS PROGRAMS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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

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

Legal Deadline: None

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

[[Page 33795]]

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                    09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4671
Split from RIN 2060-AJ04.

Agency Contact: Steve Hitte, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C304-04, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0886
Email: [email protected]

Grecia Castro, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C304-04
Phone: 919 541-1351
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK11
_______________________________________________________________________




2960. PROJECT XL SITE-SPECIFIC RULEMAKING FOR ANDERSEN CORPORATION'S 
FACILITY IN BAYPORT, MINNESOTA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671q

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This site-specific rule, applicable only to the Andersen 
Bayport facility, provides regulatory changes under the Clean Air Act 
(CAA) to implement Andersen Corporation's XL project. In this project, 
the facility will be allowed to increase production levels without 
undergoing case-by-case reviews prompted by its Volatile Organic 
Compounds (VOC) emission changes, as long as its VOC emissions per unit 
of production remain below the performance ration and its overall 
emissions remain below a facility-wide VOC cap.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/19/99                    64 FR 19097
Final Action                    09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4278

Agency Contact: Lisa Reiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
the Administrator, 1807, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9041
Fax: 202 401-2474
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2090-AA21
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Clean Air Act (CAA)



_______________________________________________________________________




2961. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS: RISK MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAMS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT, SECTION 112(R)(7); AVAILABILITY OF 
INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC; TECHNICAL AMENDMENT

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: CAA 112(r)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 68.210

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and its 
implementing regulations at 40 CFR part 68 require certain stationary 
sources to report an Off-site Consequence Analysis (OCA), including a 
worst-case release scenario, in a Risk Management Plan (RMP) that is to 
be made available to the public. In response to concerns that posting 
OCA information on the Internet might increase the risk of terrorist 
and other criminal activities, on August 5, 1999 the Chemical Safety 
Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act was enacted. 
The Act requires the President to promulgate regulations governing the 
distribution of the OCA sections of RMPs that, in the opinion of the 
President, would minimize the likelihood of accidental releases and the 
risk of terrorist and other criminal activities associated with posting 
this information. The President delegated his rulemaking authority to 
the Attorney General and the Administrator of EPA, who jointly 
promulgated the required regulations at 40 CFR part 1400. The Part 1400 
regulations restrict the public's access to the OCA sections of RMPs in 
certain ways. As currently drafted, however, section 68.210(a) of part 
68 states that RMPs are available to the public under CAA section 114, 
which makes information collected under the CAA, including RMPs in 
their entirety, available to the public, except for confidential 
business information. EPA is therefore revising 40 CFR section 
68.210(a) to reflect the August 2000 rulemaking and the revision will 
state that OCA data is made available to the public under the 
provisions of 40 CFR part 1400.

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. 4607

Agency Contact: Sicy Jacob, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5104A
Phone: 202 564-8019
Fax: 202 564-8233
Email: [email protected]

John Ferris, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, 5104A
Phone: 202 564-7992
Fax: 202 564-8233
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE95
_______________________________________________________________________




2962. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS: RISK MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAMS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT, SECTION 112(R)(3); REVISIONS TO THE 
LIST OF SUBSTANCES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: CAA 112(r)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 68.130

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The list of substances subject to the Chemical Accident 
Prevention requirements at 40 CFR part 68 was promulgated on January 
31, 1994. The Clean Air Act states that the list may

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be revised from time to time by EPA's own motion or by petition and 
shall be reviewed at least every 5 years. Since the January 1994 final 
list rule, EPA has modified the listing for hydrochloric acid; deleted 
a category of explosive chemicals; exempted flammable substances in 
gasoline used as fuel and in naturally occurring hydrocarbon mixtures 
prior to initial processing; and excluded flammable substances used as 
a fuel or held for sale as a fuel at a retail facility. In fulfillment 
of the statute's five-year review requirement, EPA has conducted a 
thorough review of the list. Based on that review, EPA is proposing 
additions, deletions and modifications to the list of substances. 
Deletions are based on EPA's review of the chemical toxicity, physical 
property, production/use quantity and accident history of currently 
listed substances and new information or erroneous data that impacts 
the basis of the chemical's listing. Other toxic and flammable 
chemicals are proposed to be added because they meet the criteria for 
listing a toxic or flammable substance. In addition, EPA proposes to 
revise the reporting threshold and toxic endpoints of several toxic 
substances based on updated toxicity information. Facilities with more 
than the threshold quantity of a listed substance in a process are 
required to develop a Risk Management Program and submit a Risk 
Management Plan to EPA. The proposed changes to the list will ensure 
that facilities are properly managing risks of the most acutely toxic 
and flammable chemicals that could have an adverse impact on the 
facility and surrounding community in event of an accidental release.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4619

Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 32411 Petroleum 
Refineries

Agency Contact: Kathy Franklin, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5104A
Phone: 202 564-7987
Fax: 202 564-8444
Email: [email protected]

Sicy Jacob, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, 5104A
Phone: 202 564-8019
Fax: 202 564-8233
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE96
_______________________________________________________________________




2963. REVISED PERMIT REVISION PROCEDURES FOR THE FEDERAL OPERATING 
PERMITS PROGRAM

Priority: Other Significant

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                            06/00/04
Final Action                    06/00/05

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, C339-03
Phone: 919 541-5348
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

Steve Hitte, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C304-
04, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0886
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG92
_______________________________________________________________________




2964. 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                            06/00/03
Final Action                    06/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3975

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Agency Contact: Karen Blanchard, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C339-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5503
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

Laura McKelvey, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C504-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5497

RIN: 2060-AH37
_______________________________________________________________________




2965. 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 that 
meet the statutory permitting requirements are in place, in whole or in 
part. 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                            07/00/03
Final Action                    07/00/04

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: Dave Svendsgaard, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C339-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2380
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH53
_______________________________________________________________________




2966. NESHAP: COKE OVENS: PUSHING, QUENCHING, AND BATTERY STACKS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

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

Abstract: There are currently 20 active domestic coke plants, 20 of 
which are furnace coke plants and 5 of which are foundry coke plants. 
Coke oven batteries used to produce metallurgical coke at these plants 
emit hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) such as coke oven emissions and 
polycyclic organic matter listed in section 112 of the Clean Air Act 
(CAA). This action will establish a National Emission Standard for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for three specific operations 
associated with coke ovens, namely pushing, quenching, and battery 
stacks.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/03/01                    66 FR 35326
Final Action                    05/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2910
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH55
_______________________________________________________________________




2967. 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 section 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 
section 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.

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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/03
Final Action                    06/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4045

Agency Contact: Joanna Swanson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C339-03
Phone: 919 541-5282
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH58
_______________________________________________________________________




2968. 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 in 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. This source category was included in the 
hydrochloric acid production industry at proposal.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/18/01                     66 FR 4874
Final Action                    05/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4111
This action merged with SAN 4104, RIN 2060-AH75.

Sectors Affected: 325188 All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Bill Maxwell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5430
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Bob Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1045
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH72
_______________________________________________________________________




2969. 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: None

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 
of one or more HAPs. As a consequence, a regulation (emission 
standards) will be developed for the hydrochloric acid production 
industry.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/18/01                    66 FR 48174
Final Action                    05/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4104

Sectors Affected: 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing; 
325199 All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing; 325181 Alkalies 
and Chlorine Manufacturing; 325188 All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Bill Maxwell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5430
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Bob Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1045
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH75
_______________________________________________________________________




2970. GENERAL CONFORMITY REGULATIONS; REVISIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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

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appropriate revision to those regulations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4070

Agency Contact: Annie Nikbakht, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5246
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

Dave Stonefield, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5350
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH93
_______________________________________________________________________




2971. 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 app 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

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4247

Agency Contact: Tom Helms, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5527
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

John Silvasi, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5666
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI47
_______________________________________________________________________




2972. 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), 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Plan                       To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3638
Previously listed in the Regulatory Agenda as RIN 2060-AF85.

Agency Contact: Craig Conklin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6608J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9222

RIN: 2060-AI49
_______________________________________________________________________




2973. NAAQS: SULFUR DIOXIDE (RESPONSE TO REMAND)

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7409 CAA sec 109

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50.4; 40 CFR 50.5

Legal Deadline: None

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

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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. Since that notice, EPA has 
continued to work on the proposed response to the remand by reviewing 
additional SO2 air quality information. EPA published an informational 
notice in the Federal Register on January 9, 2001 (66 FR 1665).

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
Informational FR Notice         01/09/01                     66 FR 1665
Notice                           To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 1002

Agency Contact: Susan Stone, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C504-02, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1146
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]

Karen Martin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5274
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AA61
_______________________________________________________________________




2974. NESHAP: INTEGRATED IRON AND STEEL

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA sec 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

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

Abstract: The Clean Air Act, as amended November 1990, requires the EPA 
to regulate categories of major and area sources of hazardous air 
pollutants (HAP). The EPA has determined that integrated iron and steel 
mills emit several of the 188 HAP listed (including compounds of 
chromium, lead, manganese, toluene, and polycyclic organic matter) in 
quantities 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                            07/13/01                    66 FR 36836
Final Action                    05/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3346

Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5289
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE48
_______________________________________________________________________




2975. NESHAP: REINFORCED PLASTIC COMPOSITES PRODUCTION

Priority: Other Significant

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                            08/02/01                    66 FR 40324
Final Action                    05/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3326

Agency Contact: Keith Barnett, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5605
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AE79
_______________________________________________________________________




2976. NESHAP: CHROMIUM ELECTROPLATING AMENDMENT

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

[[Page 33801]]

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                            05/00/03
Final Action                    05/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 2841

Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5289
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH08
_______________________________________________________________________




2977. 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                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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, 
C339-03
Phone: 919 541-5795
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI01
_______________________________________________________________________




2978. NESHAP: OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On February 2, 1998, we proposed NESHAP for oil and gas 
production (major sources), oil and gas production (area sources), and 
natural gas transmission and storage in one package. On June 17, 1999, 
we promulgated NESHAP for oil and gas production (major sources) and 
natural gas transmission and storage. In this action, we will publish a 
supplemental proposal for the oil and gas production glycol dehydrators 
(area sources) and subsequently promulgate the proposal.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Supplemental NPRM               06/00/03
Final Action                    06/00/04

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, C439-04, 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, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI13
_______________________________________________________________________




2979. NSPS 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 published on November 9, 2000 
announced that the Administrator would promulgate OSWI standards by 
November 15, 2005. The notice also listed what classes of incinerators 
might be covered by the OSWI standards. 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                           11/09/00                    65 FR 66850
NPRM                            11/00/04
Final Action                    11/00/05

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

[[Page 33802]]

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3751

Agency Contact: Fred Porter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5251
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Bob Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1045
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG31
_______________________________________________________________________




2980. 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 to 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                            10/00/03
Final Action                    10/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3919

Agency Contact: Darrel Harmon, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6101A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-7416
Fax: 202 501-1153
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH01
_______________________________________________________________________




2981. 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                            11/00/03

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, AAVRAG, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 743 214-4412

RIN: 2060-AH38
_______________________________________________________________________




2982. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: UPDATE OF THE SUBSTITUTES LIST 
UNDER 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
Final Rule 1                    06/13/95                    60 FR 31092
NPRM 2                          10/02/95                    60 FR 51383
NPRM 3                          05/22/96                    61 FR 25604
Final Rule 2                    05/22/96                    61 FR 25585
Final Rule 3                    10/16/96                    61 FR 54030
Notice 6                        03/10/97                    62 FR 10700
Notice 7                        06/03/97                    62 FR 30275
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
ANPRM 9                         02/18/99                     64 FR 8043
NPRM 6                          02/18/99                     64 FR 8038
Notice 10                       06/08/99                    64 FR 30410
Notice 11                       12/06/99                    64 FR 68039
Notice 12                       04/11/00                    65 FR 19327
Notice 13                       06/19/00                    65 FR 37900
Notice Notice 14                12/18/00                    65 FR 78977


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3525

Agency Contact: Anhar Karimjee, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-2683
Fax: 202 565-2095
Email: [email protected]

Jeff Cohen, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-0135
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AG12

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2983. FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (FIP) FOR THE BILLINGS/LAUREL, MONTANA 
SULFUR DIOXIDE (SO2) AREA

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: Laurie Ostrand
Phone: 303 312-6437
Fax: 303 312-6064
Email: [email protected]

Larry Svoboda
Phone: 303 312-6004
Fax: 303 312-6064
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2008-AA00
_______________________________________________________________________




2984. REVIEW OF THE 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                            05/00/03
Final Action                    05/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4266

Agency Contact: David McKee, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C504-02, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5288
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]

Harvey Richmond, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C504-02, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5271
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI43
_______________________________________________________________________




2985. REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR 
PARTICULATE MATTER

Priority: Economically Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7408; 42 USC 7409

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, July 1, 2002, Under the Clean Air Act 
- the next standards review is to be completed July 2002.

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). Due to the unprecedented volume of new research, 
the completion of the Criteria Document has been extended and as a 
result the overall schedule for the review of the PM NAAQS is 
anticipated to extend beyond the original target of July 2002. 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 believes 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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/03
Final Action                    12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4255

Agency Contact: Mary A. Ross, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C539-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5170
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]

Karen Martin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5274
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI44
_______________________________________________________________________




2986. REVISION TO NOX SIP CALL EMISSION BUDGETS FOR CONNECTICUT, 
MASSACHUSETTS, AND RHODE ISLAND

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On October 27, 1998, EPA published a final rule (the OTAG SIP

[[Page 33804]]

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 would carry out that obligation. This redistribution 
would not lead to an increase in the overall budget for the three 
States.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               09/15/99                    64 FR 49987
Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule 11/01/99                    64 FR 58792
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4276
Direct Final Action- 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/1999/September/Day-15/a23914.htm 
Withdrawal-
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/1999/November/Day-01/a28519.htm

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

Kevin Culligan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
6204J
Phone: 202 564-9172
Fax: 202 564-2141
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI80
_______________________________________________________________________




2987. INTERSTATE OZONE TRANSPORT: RULEMAKING ON SECTION 126 PETITIONS 
FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, AND NEW JERSEY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7426

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52; 40 CFR 97

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 14, 1999, The rulemaking 
includes action on 4 separate petitions. 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 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: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4383

Agency Contact: Carla Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C539-02, 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, 
C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5565
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AI99
_______________________________________________________________________




2988. RESCINDING FINDING THAT 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. 
This action is tentatively subject to the terms of a settlement 
agreement that was signed by all parties in January 2001. A Federal 
Register notice of the proposed settlement requesting public comment 
was published January 30, 2001 in accordance with section 113(g) of the 
Act. Written comments on the proposed settlement agreement were due to 
EPA (Mike Prosper) by March 1, 2001. Unless EPA or DOJ determine, 
following the comment period, that consent is inappropriate the 
settlement agreement will then be executed by the parties. This action 
will then be fully subject to the terms of the settlement agreement. No 
negative comments were received. EPA/DOJ signed the settlement 
agreement and the State is in the process of carrying out its 
obligations under the settlement agreement.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/26/00                    65 FR 39321
Extension of Comment Period     07/26/00                    65 FR 45953
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

[[Page 33805]]

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4391

Agency Contact: Gary Blais, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-15, C504-02, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3223
Fax: 919 541-5489
Email: [email protected]

Geoffrey Wilcox, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
2344A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5601
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ05
_______________________________________________________________________




2989. UTILITY SECTOR NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR) ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE 
PROGRAM

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 
Improvement, 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. The Utility Sector NSR Alternative Compliance 
Program is a proposed rulemaking that is an outgrowth of this action 
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                            04/00/03
Final Action                    04/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4390
See also SAN 3259

Agency Contact: Kathy Kaufman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C339-03
Phone: 919 541-0102
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ14
_______________________________________________________________________




2990. NESHAP FOR FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAM FABRICATION OPERATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 41 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 (Revision)

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

Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires development of emission 
standards for major sources emitting any of the hazardous air 
pollutants (HAP) listed in section 112(b) of the CAA. The EPA is 
proposing a rule to reduce emissions of toxic air pollutants from 
flexible polyurethane foam fabrication operations. Toxic air 
pollutants, or air toxics, are those pollutants known, or suspected, to 
cause cancer and other serious health problems. EPA identified two 
subcategories under the flexible polyurethane foam fabrication 
operations source category. These subcategories are loop slitter HAP-
based adhesive use and flame lamination. Loop slitters are equipment at 
foam fabrication operations that are used to slice large foam blocks 
into thin sheets. Flame lamination refers to the bonding of foam to 
other substrates (i.e., cloth, foam, plastic, and other materials), 
where the bonding agent is scorched or melted foam.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/08/01                    66 FR 41718
Final Action                    05/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4449

Agency Contact: Maria Noell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5607
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ19
_______________________________________________________________________




2991. EVALUATION OF UPDATED TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF 
GASOLINE DEPOSIT CONTROL ADDITIVES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: All gasoline must contain additives to control the formation 
of deposits in the fuel supply system and engine of motor vehicles. If 
uncontrolled, such deposits can result in a significant increase in 
motor vehicle emissions. This action will propose that updated test 
procedures be adopted for the certification of gasoline deposit control 
additives regarding their ability to control fuel injector and intake 
valve deposits. The adoption of the updated procedures will ensure that 
the gasoline deposit control program continues to ensure an adequate 
level of deposit control, thereby preventing an increase in motor 
vehicle emissions. The updated test procedures require less time to 
perform and are less costly. Therefore, the adoption of the proposed 
procedures will reduce the burden on industry of complying with the 
gasoline deposit control program. The proposed action will not impact 
small businesses, or state, local, or tribal governments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4531

Agency Contact: Jeffrey A. Herzog, Environmental Protection Agency, Air

[[Page 33806]]

and Radiation, ASD, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 734 214-4227
Fax: 734 214-4051
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ61
_______________________________________________________________________




2992. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: PROCESS FOR EXEMPTING CRITICAL 
AND EMERGENCY USES OF METHYL BROMIDE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671c; PL 764

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: With this action, EPA will revise the accelerated phaseout 
regulations that govern the production, import, export, transformation 
and destruction of substances that deplete the ozone layer. The 
amendments will incorporate exemptions permitted under the Montreal 
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and recent changes 
to the Clean Air Act. Specifically, the amendments will create a 
process to exempt production and consumption of quantities of methyl 
bromide for critical and emergency uses from the 2005 phaseout of 
methyl bromide. Because this is an exemption, the rule will confer a 
benefit on affected entities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4535

Agency Contact: Amber Moreen, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9295
Fax: 202 565-2095
Email: [email protected]

Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J
Phone: 202 564-9185
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ63
_______________________________________________________________________




2993. ELECTRIC UTILITY STEAM GENERATING UNIT MACT REGULATION

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 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, December 15, 2003.
Final, Judicial, December 15, 2004.

Abstract: In December 2000, the EPA determined that regulation of 
hazardous air pollutant emissions (HAP) from oil- and coal-fired 
electric utility steam generating units was necessary and appropriate. 
This finding was based on the results of the study mandated by section 
112(n)(1)(A) of the Clean Air Act, as amended. The regulation(s) will 
be developed under section 112 and will result in standards based on 
the use of maximum achievable control technology (MACT). The primary 
benefit will be the reduction of mercury emissions to the atmosphere 
from coal-fired units but other HAP will also be reduced. Small 
businesses and State/local/tribal governments could be impacted 
(particularly those governments owning or operating oil- or coal-fired 
electric generation facilities).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/03
Final Rule                      12/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4571

Sectors Affected: 221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation

Agency Contact: Robert J. Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1045
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

William Maxwell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5430
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ65
_______________________________________________________________________




2994. PORTLAND CEMENT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY NESHAP: AMENDMENT TO 
IMPLEMENT COURT REMAND

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1340 to 63.1359 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry NESHAP was 
promulgated June 14, 1999, and has been codified in 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations 63, subpart LLL. The Sierra Club and the National Lime 
Association petitioned the court to review subpart LLL, while the 
American Portland Cement Alliance (APCA) opted to negotiate a 
settlement agreement. (Note that there is currently a separate rule 
under development to amend subpart LLL to implement the settlement 
agreement with the APCA -- SAN 4524, RIN 2060-AJ57.) On December 15, 
2000, a panel of the D.C. Circuit issued its opinion in National Lime 
Assn v. EPA. The Court remanded the three standards for which we 
established floors of no control (hydrogen chloride [HCl], total 
hydrocarbon [THC], and mercury [Hg]). The Court found that we committed 
error in not considering other means of control, in particular, control 
of HAPs in raw materials and in fossil fuels. The Court also remanded 
that we consider setting beyond-the-floor standards for HAP metals, for 
which particulate matter (PM) is a surrogate. This action will consist 
of amendments to respond to the court remand.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4585

Sectors Affected: 32731 Cement Manufacturing

[[Page 33807]]

Agency Contact: Joseph Wood, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5446
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

James Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ78
_______________________________________________________________________




2995.  NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR COKE OVEN BATTERIES - 
RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, October 27, 2001, National Emission 
Standards for Coke Ovens - Residual Risk Standards.

Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA) section 112(f) standard to protect 
health and the environment is the statutory authority for this 
rulemaking. In accordance with section 112(f)(2), EPA must promulgate 
residual risk standards 8 years after promulgation of emission 
standards. We promulgated emission standards for charging, topside 
leaks, and door leaks at coke ovens on October 27, 1993. This rule will 
further reduce coke oven emissions from charging, topside leaks, and 
door leaks at the affected coke plants.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4620

Sectors Affected: 331111 Iron and Steel Mills

Agency Contact: Lula Melton, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2910
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Dave Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404-
01, Reserach Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5368
Fax: 919 541-0840
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ96
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2996.  NESHAP: AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING AND REWORK FACILITIES 
RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, September 30, 2003.

Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source 
category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart GG. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, 
is to assess residual risks from the same source category, and develop 
additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin 
of safety.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4653

Sectors Affected: 33641 Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Tony Wayne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5439
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK08
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2997.  NESHAP: ETHYLENE OXIDE FOR STERILIZATION FACILITIES - 
RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 6, 2002.

Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source 
category under section 112(d) of the CAA. The current action, required 
by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks and develop 
additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin 
of safety.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4654

Sectors Affected: 3254 Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing; 
311942 Spice and Extract Manufacturing

Agency Contact: David Markwordt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK09
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2998.  NESHAP: GASOLINE DISTRIBUTION (STAGE I) RESIDUAL RISK 
STANDARDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 14, 2002.

Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source 
category under section 112(d) of the CAA. The current action, required 
by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual

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risks and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to 
provide an ample margin of safety. The sources covered are Stage I 
gasoline distribution sources -- i.e., sources of air emissions from 
processes involved with the wholesale distribution of gasoline to gas 
stations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4655

Agency Contact: Stephen Shedd, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5397
Fax: 919 685-3195
Email: [email protected]

K.C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-03, Research Triangle Pk, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395

RIN: 2060-AK10
_______________________________________________________________________




2999.  NESHAP: GROUP I POLYMERS AND RESINS -- RESIDUAL RISK 
STANDARDS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, September 6, 2004.

Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source 
category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart U. This source category covers chemical process units used to 
manufacture elastomer products from raw materials. The current action, 
required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks from 
this same source category, and develop additional emission standards, 
as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety.

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. 4656

Sectors Affected: 325212 Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Robert Rosensteel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5608
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK12
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3000.  NESHAP: GROUP II POLYMERS AND RESINS - RESIDUAL RISK 
STANDARDS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, March 8, 2003.

Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source 
category under section 112(d) of the CAA. This source category covers 
certain chemical process units used to manufacture products. The 
current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess 
residual risks from this same source category, and develop additional 
emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4657

Sectors Affected: 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Randy McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5402
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK13
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3001.  NESHAP: HAZARDOUS ORGANIC NESHAP (HON) RESIDUAL RISK 
STANDARDS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, April 22, 2003.

Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source 
category under section 112(d) of the CAA. The current action, required 
by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks and develop 
additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin 
of safety. This rule will cover the major sources of air emissions 
within the synthetic organic chemical industry.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4659

Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Mark Morris, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5416
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK14

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3002.  NESHAP: GROUP IV POLYMERS AND RESINS -- RESIDUAL RISK 
STANDARDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, September 12, 2004.

Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source 
category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR Part 63, 
Subpart JJJ. This source category covers chemical process units used to 
manufacture thermoplastic products from raw materials. The current 
action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual 
risks from this same source category, and develop additional emission 
standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4658

Sectors Affected: 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Robert Rosensteel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5608
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK15
_______________________________________________________________________




3003.  NESHAP: INDUSTRIAL PROCESS COOLING TOWERS RESIDUAL RISK 
STANDARDS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, September 30, 2002.

Abstract: A national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants 
(NESHAP) for industrial process cooling towers (IPCT) was previously 
promulgated under Section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act. That standard 
effectively bans the use of chromium-based water treatment chemicals in 
IPCT used to remove heat from chemical or industrial processes. The 
Clean Air Act Section 112(f) requires us to assess within 8 years of 
promulgation of a NESHAP the remaining risk to the public and to 
develop additional more stringent standards if such standards are 
needed to protect the public health with an ample margin of safety. 
This action is to examine the remaining risk from IPCT and, if 
warranted, to develop new risk based standards.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4660

Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5289
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK16
_______________________________________________________________________




3004.  NESHAP: NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR MARINE TANK VESSEL 
LOADING OPERATIONS--RESIDUAL RISK STANDARD

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

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, September 19, 2003, Final Action.

Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source 
category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart Y. This source category covers tanks on ships that contain 
gasoline or crude oil in bulk. The current action, required by section 
112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks from this same source 
category, and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to 
provide an ample margin of safety.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4661

Sectors Affected: 483 Water Transportation

Agency Contact: David Markwordt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK17
_______________________________________________________________________




3005.  NESHAP: PERCHLOROETHYLENE DRY CLEANING FACILITIES RESIDUAL 
RISK STANDARDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, September 22, 2002, Final Action.

Abstract: EPA developed technology-based emission standards for this 
source category under section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act. The current 
action, required by Section 112(f) of the Clean Air Act, is to assess 
residual risks and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, 
to provide an ample margin of safety.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

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Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4662

Sectors Affected: 81232 Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin-
Operated)

Agency Contact: Amy Vasu, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C404-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0107
Fax: 919 541-0840
Email: [email protected]

Dave Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404-
01, Reserach Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5368
Fax: 919 541-0840
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK18
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3006.  NESHAP: SECONDARY LEAD SMELTING RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, June 23, 2003, Final Action.

Abstract: National emission standards for hazardous air pollutants 
(NESHAP) for secondary lead smelting were promulgated on June 23, 1995 
under Clean Air Act section 112(d). The standards establish emission 
limitations and work practice standards for all new and existing 
secondary lead smelters that produce refined lead from lead scrap, 
mainly lead acid batteries. Clean Air Act section 112(f) requires us to 
assess within 8 years of promulgation of a NESHAP the remaining risk to 
the public and to develop additional, more stringent standards if such 
standards are needed to protect the public health with an ample margin 
of safety. This action is to examine the remaining risk from secondary 
lead smelters and to develop new risk based standards, if warranted.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4665

Sectors Affected: 331492 Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of 
Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)

Agency Contact: Kevin Cavender, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2364
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK19
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3007.  NESHAP: SHIPBUILDING AND SHIP REPAIR SURFACE COATING -- 
RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 31, 2003, Final Action.

Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source 
category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart II (that's not a capital two, it's a double I). This source 
category covers air-toxic emissions from the painting of ships under 
construction or repair in major sources. The current action, required 
by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks from this 
same source category, and develop additional emission standards, as 
necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4666

Sectors Affected: 336611 Ship Building and Repairing

Agency Contact: Mohamed Serageldin, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Air and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2379
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK20
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3008.  NESHAP: WOOD FURNITURE MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS -- RESIDUAL 
RISK STANDARDS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 7, 2003.

Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source 
category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart JJ. This source category covers air-toxic emissions from wood-
furniture manufacturing, including wood finishing, gluing, and 
painting. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is 
to assess residual risks from this same source category, and develop 
additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin 
of safety.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4667

Sectors Affected: 337 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; 
337211 Wood Office Furniture Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Lynn Dail, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C-539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0283
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

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Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK21
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3009.  NESHAP: HALOGENATED SOLVENT CLEANING - RESIDUAL RISK 
STANDARDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 2, 2002.

Abstract: This action is required by the CAA to assess residual risk 
and develop standards as necessary to provide an ample margin of 
safety.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4668

Sectors Affected: 332999 All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal 
Product Manufacturing; 337124 Metal Household Furniture Manufacturing; 
335999 All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component 
Manufacturing; 336999 All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; 
332116 Metal Stamping; 336 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; 339 
Miscellaneous Manufacturing; 332999 All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated 
Metal Product Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Paul Almodovar, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0283
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK22
_______________________________________________________________________




3010.  NESHAP:MAGNETIC TAPE MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS RESIDUAL RISK 
STANDARD

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 15, 2002.

Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source 
category under section 112(d) of the CAA. The current action, required 
by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks and develop 
additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin 
of safety.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4669

Sectors Affected: 33461 Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and 
Optical Media; 334613 Magnetic and Optical Recording Media 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Vinson Hellwig, Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2317
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK23
_______________________________________________________________________




3011.  NESHAP: PRINTING AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY - RESIDUAL RISK 
STANDARDS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, May 30, 2004.

Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source 
category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR Part 63, 
Subpart KK. This source category covers air-toxic emissions from many 
activities located at printing and publishing facilities -- primarily 
the printing process itself, plus affiliated equipment such as 
cleaning, ink and solvent mixing, chemical storage, and solvent 
recovery. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is 
to assess residual risks from this same source category, and develop 
additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin 
of safety.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4664

Sectors Affected: 322222 Coated and Laminated Paper Manufacturing; 
322212 Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing; 322221 Coated and 
Laminated Packaging Paper and Plastics Film Manufacturing; 322222 
Coated and Laminated Paper Manufacturing; 322225 Laminated Aluminum 
Foil Manufacturing for Flexible Packaging Uses; 322223 Plastics, Foil, 
and Coated Paper Bag Manufacturing; 323111 Commercial Gravure Printing; 
323112 Commercial Flexographic Printing; 323119 Other Commercial 
Printing

Agency Contact: Dave Salman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0859
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5342
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK24
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3012.  NESHAP: PETROLEUM REFINERIES -- RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

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CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, August 31, 2003.

Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source 
category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR Part 63, 
Subpart CC. This source category covers air-toxic emissions from 
equipment at petroleum refineries, such as process vents, storage 
vessels, and valve leaks. The current action, required by section 
112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks from this same source 
category, and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to 
provide an ample margin of safety.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4663

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries

Agency Contact: Bob Lucas, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0884
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]

K. C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-5395
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AK25
_______________________________________________________________________




3013. PROJECT XL SITE-SPECIFIC RULEMAKING FOR GEORGIA-PACIFIC 
CORPORATION'S FACILITY IN BIG ISLAND, VIRGINIA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Under the Project XL program, the EPA is supporting a project 
for the Georgia-Pacific Corporation facility located in Big Island, 
Virginia. The EPA is promulgating this rule, applicable only to the 
Georgia-Pacific Big Island facility, to help implement the project. 
Under the XL project, Georgia-Pacific will install and operate the 
first commercial scale black liquor gasification system in the United 
States. This system will provide superior air emissions reductions and 
energy benefits compared to use of conventional recovery technology for 
black liquor in the pulp and paper industry. However, since this will 
be the first commercial scale demonstration of this technology, there 
is some risk that the technology will take longer than planned to work 
properly or may not ever work properly. If either of these scenarios 
happens, Georgia-Pacific requires relief from otherwise applicable air 
emission standards to allow time for the new technology to achieve 
expected performance or, in the event of failure, to allow time for 
Georgia-Pacific to build conventional recovery technology that will 
meet applicable standards. Without this relief, Georgia-Pacific would 
not undertake commercialization of this promising technology. 
Therefore, this rule provides relief (in the form of limited duration 
compliance extensions)from otherwise applicable hazardous air pollutant 
emission standards, as needed during the conduct of the XL project.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4471

Sectors Affected: 32211 Pulp Mills; 32211 Pulp Mills

Agency Contact: David Beck, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
the Administrator, MD-10, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5421

RIN: 2090-AA26
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                 Completed Actions


Clean Air Act (CAA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3014. NESHAP: URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE PRODUCTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice of Delisting             02/12/02                     67 FR 6521

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Agency Contact: Jeff Telander
Phone: 919 541-5427
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder
Phone: 919 541-5596
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH83
_______________________________________________________________________




3015. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: RECONSIDERATION OF THE 610 
NONESSENTIAL PRODUCTS BAN

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82(C)

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    11/15/01                    66 FR 57511

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Cindy Newberg
Phone: 202 564-9729
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AH99
_______________________________________________________________________




3016. WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENTS FOR TESTING AND MONITORING PROVISIONS TO 
40 CFR PARTS 60, 61, AND 63

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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

[[Page 33813]]

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               08/27/01                    66 FR 44978

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Foston Curtis
Phone: 919 541-1063
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]

Conniesue Oldham
Phone: 919 541-7774
Fax: 919 541-1039

RIN: 2060-AJ85
_______________________________________________________________________




3017.  NESHAP: FROM PHOSPHORIC ACID MANUFACTURING PLANTS AND 
PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS PRODUCTION PLANTS--AMENDMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CAAA sec 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The rules are being amended to resolve specific issues and 
questions raised after promulgation. The changes do not change the 
projections for environmental benefits, compliance costs, burden on 
industry, or the number of affected facilities. There are no impacts on 
small businesses, State, local, or tribal governments. These amendments 
do not raise any cross-media issues.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               12/17/01                    66 FR 65072

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4636
Split from RIN 2060-AE44.

Agency Contact: Tanya Medley, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5422
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ94
_______________________________________________________________________




3018. NESHAP FOR ETHYLENE OXIDE COMMERCIAL STERILIZATION OPERATIONS-
MONITORING AMENDMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    11/02/01                    66 FR 55577

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

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-AI64
_______________________________________________________________________




3019. SECTION 126 RULE REVISION CORRECTING NOX ALLOWANCE ALLOCATIONS FOR 
CERTAIN UNITS IN THE FEDERAL NOX BUDGET TRADING PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 95.42(g)(2); 40 CFR 97.43(c)(9)(New); 40 CFR 
97.43(a)

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    09/21/01                    66 FR 48567

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dwight C. Alpern
Phone: 202 564-9151
Fax: 202 564-2141
Email: [email protected]

Kevin Culligan
Phone: 202 564-9172
Fax: 202 564-2141
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ47
_______________________________________________________________________




3020. STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW SOURCES AND EMISSION GUIDELINES 
FOR EXISTING SOURCES: LARGE MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTORS AMENDMENT OF 
STARTUP, SHUTDOWN, AND MALFUNCTION PROVISIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               11/16/01                    66 FR 57824

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Fred Porter
Phone: 919 541-5251
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]

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

RIN: 2060-AJ52
_______________________________________________________________________




3021. CHANGE IN THE DEFINITION OF MAJOR SOURCE FOR OPERATING PERMITS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 70.2

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action - Change to 
Definition of Major Source      11/27/01                    66 FR 59161

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Ray Vogel
Phone: 919 541-3153
Email: [email protected]

Steve Hitte
Phone: 919 541-0886
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ60
_______________________________________________________________________




3022. NON-CONFORMANCE PENALTIES FOR 2004 AND LATER MODEL YEAR HEAVY-DUTY 
DIESEL ENGINES AND HEAVY-DUTY DIESEL VEHICLES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86.1105

[[Page 33814]]

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    01/16/02                     67 FR 2159

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Rob French
Phone: 734 214-4380
Fax: 734 214-4869
Email: [email protected]

Bill Charmley
Phone: 734 214-4466
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ73
_______________________________________________________________________




3023. REGULATION TO ESTABLISH NEW DATE FOR RECEIPT OF SUMMER GRADE RFG 
AT TERMINALS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.78

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/03/01                    66 FR 60163
Final Action                    02/26/02                     67 FR 8729

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Chris McKenna
Phone: 202 564-9037
Fax: 240 363-8260
Email: [email protected]

Barry Garelick
Phone: 202 564-9028
Fax: 202 564-2085
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ79
_______________________________________________________________________




3024. RELAXATION OF SUMMER GASOLINE VOLATILITY STANDARD FOR DENVER/
BOULDER, CO AREA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.27(a)(2) (Revision)

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               01/24/02                     67 FR 3435

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Richard Babst
Phone: 202 564-9473
Fax: 202 565-2085
Email: [email protected]

Mike Shields
Phone: 202 564-9035
Fax: 202 565-2085
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ80
_______________________________________________________________________




3025. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: ALLOCATION OF YEAR 2002 
ESSENTIAL USE ALLOWANCES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82.4(t)(2)

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/01/01                    66 FR 55145
Final Action                    02/11/02                     67 FR 6352

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Erin Birgfeld
Phone: 202 564-9079
Fax: 202 565-2095
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ81
_______________________________________________________________________




3026.  NESHAP: REVISION OF SOURCE CATEGORY LIST UNDER SECTION 112 
OF THE CAA

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 112 of the Clean Air Act requires the EPA to publish 
a list of major and area source categories which emit one or more of 
the hazardous air pollutants listed in section 112. An initial list of 
source categories was finalized in July 1992 and contained 174 
categories. Section 112 further requires the Agency to prioritize the 
listed categories such that standards are promulgated for 40 source 
categories within 2 years of enactment, 25 percent of all initially 
listed categories within 4 years, 50 percent within 7 years, and 100 
percent 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 
schedule were last updated on February 12, 2002.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice: Revision                06/04/96                    61 FR 28197
Notice: Correction Second Notice07/18/96                    61 FR 37542
ANPRM Listing Research and 
Development Facilities          05/12/97                    62 FR 25877
Notice Second Revision          02/12/98                    63 FR 07155
Notice                          05/17/99                    64 FR 26743
Notice                          11/18/99                    64 FR 63025
Notice                          01/30/01                     66 FR 8220
Notice                          02/12/02                     67 FR 6521

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4284
2060-AI52

Agency Contact: Maria Noell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5607
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ92

[[Page 33815]]

_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                     Prerule Stage


Atomic Energy Act (AEA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3027. 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. The PAG will be incorporated into the 
Revision of the PAG Manual. The draft guidance 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 of Availability          12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3602

Agency Contact: Craig Conklin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6608J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9222

RIN: 2060-AF39
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Atomic Energy Act (AEA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3028. 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                            12/00/02
Final Action                    12/00/03

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
_______________________________________________________________________




3029. REVISION OF THE 40 CFR PART 194 WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT 
COMPLIANCE CRITERIA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 106 Stat. 4777 as amended by the 1996 LWA Amendments; 
PL 102-579; PL 104-201; Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act 
of 1992

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,

[[Page 33816]]

is unnecessarily time-consuming for EPA staff, confusing for DOE, and 
generates almost no public comment. In addition, repetitive inspections 
at sites are 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                            05/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4403

Agency Contact: Agnes Ortiz, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation, 6608J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9466
Fax: 202 565-2062
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2060-AJ07
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3030. DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR PESTICIDE REGISTRATION; TOXICOLOGY, EXPOSURE 
AND RESIDUE CHEMISTRY

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. This proposal is currently limited to 
product chemistry, and human health and exposure data requirements for 
conventional pesticides.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Product Chemistry and Human 
Health Portions                 08/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 2687

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: 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]

Jean Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C
Phone: 703 305-5944
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC12
_______________________________________________________________________




3031. ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR SCREENING PROGRAM

Priority: Other Significant

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: None

Abstract: This final policy statement will set forth EPA's Endocrine 
Disruptor Screening Program and the procedures to be followed by 
regulated entities and the Agency. 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 address 
certain issues related to implementing the Program. The major actions 
in 2003-2005 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   12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4143
In August 2000, the Agency submitted the required status report to 
Congress. In March 2002, the Agency submitted the requested status 
report to Congress on the Endocrine Disruptor Methods Validation 
Subcommittee under the National Advisory Council on Environmental 
Policy and Technology.

Agency Contact: Jane Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7201M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8476
Fax: 202 564-8483
Email: [email protected]

Gary Timm, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7201M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8474
Fax: 202 564-8483
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD26
_______________________________________________________________________




3032. PROCEDURES FOR THE PESTICIDE REGISTRATION REVIEW PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136a (g); 7 USC 136w

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

[[Page 33817]]

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Agency will establish 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 Pesticides-Procedural 
Regulations for Registration 
Review                          04/26/00                    65 FR 24586
NPRM                            01/00/03

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
Phone: 703 308-9341
Fax: 703 308-5884
Email: [email protected]

Jean Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C
Phone: 703 305-5944
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD29
_______________________________________________________________________




3033. DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL PESTICIDE REGISTRATION

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                            10/00/02

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
Phone: 703 308-9073
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD30
_______________________________________________________________________




3034. PESTICIDE EMERGENCY EXEMPTION REGULATIONS

Priority: Other Significant

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, which have been refined 
through informal discussions with States, user groups, and other 
stakeholders.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4216

Sectors Affected: 9241 Administration of Environmental Quality Programs

Agency Contact: Joe Hogue, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 308-9072
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

Jean M. Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C
Phone: 703 305-5944
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD36
_______________________________________________________________________




3035. DATA REQUIREMENT FOR PESTICIDE REGISTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE 
AND ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS

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. This proposal covers the data 
requirements for environmental fate and ecological effects for 
conventional pesticides.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4496
Split from RIN 2070-AC12.

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Melissa Chun, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and

[[Page 33818]]

Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-4027
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

Jean Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C
Phone: 703 305-5944
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD47
_______________________________________________________________________




3036. DATA REQUIREMENTS; BIOCHEMICAL AND MICROBIAL PESTICIDES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 158

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA will update the data requirements necessary to register a 
biochemical or microbial pesticide product. The revisions will codify 
data requirements to reflect current regulatory and scientific 
standards. The data requirements will cover all scientific disciplines 
for biochemical and microbial pesticides, including product chemistry 
and residue chemistry, toxicology and environmental fate and effects. 
Efficacy data may also be included. The revision will not include 
plant-incorporated protectants.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4596

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Candace Brassard, 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 M. Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C
Phone: 703 305-5944
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD51
_______________________________________________________________________




3037. EXEMPTION OF MEDICAL DEVICES TREATED WITH ANTIMICROBIAL PESTICIDES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136w

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.20

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will exempt from pesticide regulation medical 
devices treated with antimicrobial pesticides. EPA has determined that 
these treated medical devices are adequately regulated by the Food and 
Drug Administration. This action would eliminate dual regulation of 
these products by EPA and FDA. EPA would continue to regulate the 
antimicrobial pesticide used to treat the medical device.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4609

Sectors Affected: 32619 Other Plastics Product Manufacturing; 31499 All 
Other Textile Product Mills

Agency Contact: Melba Morrow, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7510C, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 703 308-2716
Fax: 703 308-8481
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD54
_______________________________________________________________________




3038. PLANT-INCORPORATED PROTECTANTS (PIPS); EXEMPTION FOR PIPS THAT ACT 
BY PRIMARILY AFFECTING THE PLANT

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136 et seq; 21 USC 346a et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 174

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is considering the addition of plant-incorporated 
protectants that act by primarily affecting the plant to its plant-
incorporated protectants exemptions at 40 CFR 174. Substances which 
plants produce for protection against pests, and the genetic material 
necessary to produce them, are pesticides under the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), if humans intend 
these substances to prevent, repel or mitigate any pest. These 
substances are also chemical pesticide residues under the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). EPA has determined that it will no 
longer issue split registrations for biotechnology products. Therefore, 
EPA is concurrently considering the exemption of plant-incorporated 
protectants derived through genetic engineering from sexually 
compatible plants from the requirement of a tolerance under section 408 
of the FFDCA. Due to public interest and new scientific information, 
additional public comment on this proposal, originally published in 
1994, was requested in a recent Supplemental Proposal (66 FR 37855).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM FIFRA Exemption            11/23/94                    59 FR 60496
Supplemental NPRM               07/22/96                    61 FR 37891
Supplemental NPRM               05/16/97                    62 FR 27132
Supplemental NPRM               04/23/99                    64 FR 19958
Supplemental NPRM               07/19/01                    66 FR 37855
NPRM FFDCA Tolerance Exemption  09/00/02
Final Action FFDCA Tolerance 
Exemption                       12/00/03
Final Action FIFRA Exemption    12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4612
This action is a continuation of the action described in RIN 2070-AC02. 
Since several pieces of that action are now finalized, the Agency is 
splitting this piece into a separate Agenda entry so that it can 
continue to be tracked separately.

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing; 111 Crop Production;

[[Page 33819]]

54171 Research and Development in the Physical Sciences and Engineering 
Sciences

Agency Contact: Elizabeth Milewski, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7202M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8492
Fax: 202 564-8501
Email: [email protected]

Janet Andersen, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7511C
Phone: 703 308-8128
Fax: 703 308-7026
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD56
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3039. 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: None

Abstract: FIFRA section 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 Extension of 
Comment Period                  12/21/99                    64 FR 71368
Supplemental NPRM Extension of 
Comment Period                  02/24/00                     65 FR 9234
Final Action                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 2659
Supplemental NPRM-
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/1999/October/Day-21/p27397.htm

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing; 11511 Support Activities for Crop Production; 42291 Farm 
Supplies Wholesalers

Agency Contact: Nancy Fitz, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C
Phone: 703 305-7385
Fax: 703 308-3259
Email: [email protected]

Jude Andreasen, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C
Phone: 703 308-9342
Fax: 703 308-3259
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AB95
_______________________________________________________________________




3040. WPS; PESTICIDE WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD; GLOVE AMENDMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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                    06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3731
NPRM-
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/1997/September/Day-09/p23833.htm

Sectors Affected: 1131 Timber Tract Operations; 115 Support Activities 
for Agriculture and Forestry; 1114 Greenhouse, Nursery and Floriculture 
Production; 111 Crop Production

Agency Contact: Nancy Vogel, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C
Phone: 703 305-6475
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

Jean M. Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C
Phone: 703 305-5944
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC93
_______________________________________________________________________




3041. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL PESTICIDE PRODUCTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136(a)(h); 7 USC 136(w)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, September 15, 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

[[Page 33820]]

with the degree and type of risk presented by each class. In addition, 
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. EPA intends to promulgate these last provisions 
separately from the antimicrobial portion of the proposal.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Reg. Require. for Anti 
Pest. Products/Other Pest Reg 
Changes                         09/17/99                    64 FR 50671
Notice Extends Comment Period to 
January 18, 2000                11/16/99                    64 FR 62145
Final Action Labeling and Other 
Regulatory Portions             12/14/01                    66 FR 64759
Final Action Antimicrobial 
Procedural Portion Only         07/00/02

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; 
32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing; 32551 
Paint and Coating Manufacturing; 32561 Soap and Cleaning Compound 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Jean M. Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C
Phone: 703 305-5944
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

Cleo Pizana, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7510C, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-6431
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD14
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3042. PESTICIDES; TOLERANCE PROCESSING FEES

Priority: Other Significant

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. A congressional provision currently bars 
the Agency from finalizing this rulemaking.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Pesticides-Tolerance 
Processing Fees                 06/09/99                    64 FR 31039
Supplemental NPRM Processing 
Fees for Inert Ingredients      07/24/00                    65 FR 45569
Supplemental NPRM Reopening of 
Comment Period                  08/31/00                    65 FR 52979
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4027
NPRM-
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/1999/June/Day-09/p14477.htm 
Supplemental NPRM-
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2000/July/Day-24/p18646.htm

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing

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

Jean Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C
Phone: 703 305-5944
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD23
_______________________________________________________________________




3043. PESTICIDE TOLERANCE REASSESSMENT PROGRAM

Priority: Routine and Frequent

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

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 180

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. Since such actions are issued on a 
chemical-by-chemical basis, this regulatory plan entry does not list 
the individual actions that are likely to occur under this program. For 
status information about the individual chemicals, go to 
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides.

[[Page 33821]]

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

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

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: 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]

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

RIN: 2070-AD24
_______________________________________________________________________




3044. PLANT-INCORPORATED PROTECTANTS (FORMERLY PLANT PESTICIDES) 
RULEMAKINGS

Priority: Other Significant

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 change the name of these 
pesticides to plant-incorporated protectants and will clarify the 
relationship between plants and plant-incorporated protectants and 
exempt conventional breeding 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 may 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
Supplemental NPRM Request for 
Comment on Alternate Name       04/23/99                    64 FR 19958
Final Action Plant-Incorporated 
Protectants (PIPs) Under FIFRA  07/19/01                    66 FR 37771
Supplemental NPRM Seeks 
Additional Comment on Other 
Exemptions                      07/19/01                    66 FR 37855


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 2684
The Agency has created a new Agenda entry for the action that is still 
pending.

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing; 111 Crop Production; 54171 Research and Development in 
the Physical Sciences and Engineering Sciences

Agency Contact: Janet Andersen, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7511C
Phone: 703 308-8128
Fax: 703 308-7026
Email: [email protected]

Elizabeth Milewski, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7202M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8492
Fax: 202 564-8501
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC02
_______________________________________________________________________




3045. PLANT-INCORPORATED PROTECTANTS (PIPS); EXEMPTION FOR THOSE BASED 
ON VIRAL COAT PROTEINS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 21 USC 346(a) et seq; 7 USC 136 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 174

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is considering the addition of plant-incorporated 
protectants based on viral coat proteins to its plant-incorporated 
protectants exemptions at 40 CFR 174. Substances which plants produce 
for protection against pests, and the genetic material necessary to 
produce them, are pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide 
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), if humans intend these substances to 
prevent, repel or mitigate any pest. These substances are also chemical 
pesticide residues under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA). EPA has determined that it will no longer issue split 
registrations for biotechnology products. Therefore, EPA is 
concurrently considering the exemption of plant-incorporated 
protectants derived through genetic engineering from sexually 
compatible plants from the requirement of a tolerance under section 408 
of the FFDCA. Due to public interest and new scientific information, 
additional public comment on this proposal, originally published in 
1994, was requested in a recent Supplemental Proposal (66 FR 37855).

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
Supplemental NPRM Request for 
Comment on Alternate Name       04/23/99                    64 FR 19958
Supplemental NPRM Seeks 
Additional Comment based on NAS 
Report                          07/19/01                    66 FR 37855
FFDCA Final Action              06/00/03
FIFRA Final Action              06/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4602

[[Page 33822]]

This action is a continuation of the action described in RIN 2070-AC02. 
Since several pieces of that action are now finalized, the Agency is 
splitting this piece into a separate Agenda entry so that it can 
continue to be tracked separately.

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing; 111 Crop Production; 54171 Research and Development in 
the Physical Sciences and Engineering Sciences

Agency Contact: Elizabeth Milewski, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7202M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8492
Fax: 202 564-8501
Email: [email protected]

Phil Hutton, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7511C, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8260
Fax: 703 308-7026
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD49
_______________________________________________________________________




3046. 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                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

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

RIN: 2020-AA33
_______________________________________________________________________




3047. GROUNDWATER AND PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN RULE

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

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 of Availability re 
Metolachlor                     02/23/00                     65 FR 8925
Supplemental NPRM - Notice of 
Availability &; Extension 
Comment Period                  03/24/00                    65 FR 15885
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3222

Sectors Affected: 9241 Administration of Environmental Quality Programs

Agency Contact: 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]

Jean Frane, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7506C
Phone: 703 305-5944
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC46
_______________________________________________________________________




3048. PLANT-INCORPORATED PROTECTANTS (PIPS); EXEMPTION FOR THOSE DERIVED 
THROUGH GENETIC ENGINEERING FROM SEXUALLY COMPATIBLE PLANTS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136 et seq; 21 USC 346a et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 174

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is considering the addition of plant-incorporated 
protectants derived through genetic engineering from sexually 
compatible plants to its plant-incorporated protectants exemptions at 
40 CFR 174. Substances which plants produce for protection against 
pests, and the genetic material necessary to produce them, are 
pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA), if humans intend these substances to prevent, repel or 
mitigate any pest. These substances are also chemical pesticide 
residues under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). EPA 
has determined that it will no longer issue split registrations for 
biotechnology products. Therefore, EPA is concurrently considering the 
exemption of plant-incorporated protectants derived through genetic 
engineering from sexually compatible plants from the requirement of a 
tolerance under section 408 of the FFDCA. Due to public interest and 
new scientific information, additional public comment on this proposal, 
originally published in 1994, was requested in a recent Supplemental 
Proposal (66 FR 37855).

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
Supplemental NPRM Request for 
Comment on Alternate Name       04/23/99                    64 FR 19958

[[Page 33823]]

Supplemental NPRM Extension of 
Comment Period                  08/20/01                    66 FR 43552
Final Action                    09/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4611
This action is a continuation of the action described in RIN 2070-AC02. 
Since several pieces of that action are now finalized, the Agency is 
splitting this piece into a separate Agenda entry so that it can 
continue to be tracked separately.

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing; 111 Crop Production; 54171 Research and Development in 
the Physical Sciences and Engineering Sciences

Agency Contact: Elizabeth Milewski, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7202M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8492
Fax: 202 564-8501
Email: [email protected]

Janet Andersen, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7511C
Phone: 703 308-8128
Fax: 703 308-7026
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD55
_______________________________________________________________________




3049. ACCEPTABILITY OF RESEARCH USING HUMAN SUBJECTS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 7 USC 136a; 21 USC 346a

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 26 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is evaluating how its current policy with respect to the 
protection of human research subjects should be applied to testing not 
conducted or supported by the Agency. Current EPA regulations apply to 
research conducted or supported by the Agency or otherwise subject to 
regulation. No action has been taken to give effect to the otherwise-
subject-to-regulation phrase. In addition, EPA has asked the advice of 
the National Academy of Sciences on several issues surrounding the 
acceptability and interpretation of third-party studies involving 
deliberate dosing of human subjects for the purpose of defining or 
quantifying toxic endpoints. EPA will seek public comment on issues 
related to Agency use of human research data in its regulatory 
decisionmaking. EPA believes the process being initiated will serve two 
important Agency goals: ensuring the availability of sound and 
appropriate scientific data in its decisions, and protection of the 
interests, rights and safety of human research subjects. EPA may issue 
one or more documents, which may include policy statements, rulemaking 
or requests for public comment.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           07/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4610

Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Vanessa Vu, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7201M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8429
Fax: 202 564-8452
Email: [email protected]

John Carley, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7501C
Phone: 703 305-7019
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD57
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                     Prerule Stage


Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3050. TESTING 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: EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), in the 
administration of section 211 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), has requested 
that OPPT use its TSCA section 4 testing authority to obtain health 
effects data on a number of oxygenated fuel additives (OFA's). These 
data are needed by EPA and others to increase understanding of the 
toxicity of these substances individually and in comparison to each 
other as well as to other OFAs such as methyl t-butyl ether (MTBE). EPA 
will be soliciting interested parties to work on an Enforceable Consent 
Agreement (ECA) under TSCA section 4, through which responsible parties 
can agree to provide data to EPA.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice Solicit Interested 
Parties                         06/00/02
Notice ECA                      12/00/02

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: Charles M. Auer, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4760
Fax: 202 564-4745
Email: [email protected]

George Semeniuk, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8174
Fax: 202 564-4765

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Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD28
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3051. TEST RULE; CERTAIN CHEMICALS ON THE ATSDR PRIORITY LIST OF 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA 4; 42 USC 9604(i) CERCLA 104(i); 42 
USC 9601 CEERCLA; 15 USC 2611 TSCA 12; 42 USC 7401 112(b)(4) CAA; 42 
USC 7412 (b)(4)&;(b)(1) CAA; 42 USC 7403 (d) CAA

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790

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 
eight 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. In addition, this action would require manufacturers and 
processors to develop data for these chemicals that will be used by EPA 
under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to evaluate residual risks from hazardous 
air pollutants (HAPs) on the list of HAPs in the CAA under section 
112(f), 42 USC 7412(f) and sections 112(d and e). Data from this action 
would also be used to support implementation of several provisions of 
section 112 of the CAA including, determining risks remaining after the 
application of technology-based standards under section 112(d) of the 
CAA, estimating the risks associated with accidental releases, and 
determining whether or not substances should be removed (delisted) from 
section (b)(1) of the CAA list of HAPs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/02

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, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8161
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

Frank Kover, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4780
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AB79
_______________________________________________________________________




3052. TEST RULE; 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

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 
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                            12/00/02

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3882

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Robert Jones, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8161
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

Frank Kover, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4780
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD10
_______________________________________________________________________




3053. TEST RULE; DEVELOPMENTAL AND REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603; 15 USC 2607(a); 15 USC 2611; 15 USC 2625

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 799; 40 CFR 704

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is proposing a test rule under section 4 of the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (TSCA) that would require manufacturers, defined 
by statute to include importers, and processors of seven substances to 
conduct testing for developmental and/or reproductive toxicity. EPA is 
also proposing reporting rules for two of the seven substances. These 
rules would require the reporting of production volumes so it will be 
possible to determine when the testing program can be triggered for the 
two substances without causing a significant impact on reviewers. This 
is a reproposal of a test rule announced March 4, 1991 (56 FR 9092).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/04/91                     56 FR 9092
NPRM Reproposal                 06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4395

Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 32411 Petroleum 
Refineries

Agency Contact: Catherine Roman, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8172
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

Frank Kover, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4780
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD44
_______________________________________________________________________




3054. 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; 40 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 Heavy Metal-Based Pigments 
in Aerosol Spray Paints SNUR    01/15/02                     67 FR 1937
NPRM p-Amino-phenol &; 
Bromochlo-romethane 8(a) 
Chemical Specific Rule          05/00/02
NPRM 2 ,4-Pentanedione SNUR 
(Reproposal)                    05/00/02
Final Action Heavy Metal-Based 
Pigments in Aerosol Spray Paints 
SNUR                            06/00/02
NPRM Methylcyclopentane SNUR    06/00/02
NPRM 2-Ethoxyethanol &; 2-
Methoxyethanol &; 2-
Methoxyethanol Acetate          06/00/02
NPRM Amendment to Benzidine-
based Chemical Substances SNUR  12/00/02
NPRM o-Tolidine &; o-
Dianisidine-based Dyes 
(Benzidine Congener Dyes)       03/00/03
NPRM Certain Chemical Substances 
No Longer in Production SNUR    06/00/03
Final Action Amendment to 
Benzidine-based Chemical 
Substances SNUR                 06/00/03
Final Action Final Chloranil 
SNUR                            12/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 1923

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Barbara Leczynski, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4770
Fax: 202 564-4775
Email: [email protected]

Diane Sheridan, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of

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Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8176
Fax: 202 260-1096
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AA58
_______________________________________________________________________




3055. SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULE; SELECTED FLAME RETARDANT CHEMICAL 
SUBSTANCES FOR USE IN RESIDENTIAL UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604 TSCA 5

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 704; 40 CFR 721; 40 CFR 707; 40 CFR 710

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is proposing a significant new use rule (SNUR) under 
section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) covering certain 
flame retardant chemicals for use in residential upholstered furniture. 
The SNUR would require companies wanting to import or manufacture these 
chemicals for the significant new uses described in the proposed rule 
to submit a significant new use notice (SNUN) to the Agency at least 90 
days prior to beginning those activities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4512
Split from RIN 2070-AA58.

Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 313 Textile Mills; 337121 
Upholstered Household Furniture Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Carolyn Grandson, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8109
Fax: 202 564-4775
Email: [email protected]

John Bowser, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8082
Fax: 202 564-4775
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD48
_______________________________________________________________________




3056. POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS); 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
NPRM (2) Group II               05/00/02
Final Action (1) Group I        01/00/03

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: 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]

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]

RIN: 2070-AB20
_______________________________________________________________________




3057. POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS); USE AUTHORIZATIONS

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

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
NPRM Extension of Comment Period04/06/00                    65 FR 18018
NPRM Use Authorizations         01/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

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Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4179

Sectors Affected: 2211 Electric Power Generation, Transmission and 
Distribution; 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: 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]

Sara McGurk, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1107
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD27
_______________________________________________________________________




3058. TSCA POLICY STATEMENT ON OVERSIGHT OF TRANSGENIC ORGANISMS 
(INCLUDING PLANTS)

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 720

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: As a follow-up to the final Biotechnology Rule under the 
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) EPA intends to address TSCA 
oversight of transgenic plants and other organisms. Recent information 
indicates that transgenic plants and other organisms are being 
developed for uses which appear to be subject to TSCA jurisdiction. For 
example, plants are being genetically modified to produce industrial 
grade, rather than food grade, oils. Many of these plants are subject 
to oversight by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture while being tested in the 
environment. Following APHIS approval of a petition for non-regulated 
status filed pursuant to APHIS' regulations implementing the Federal 
Plant Pest Act at 7 CFR part 340, however, these plants cease to be 
subject to regulation by USDA. Additionally, transgenic animals that 
are not under the jurisdiction of FDA appear to be subject to TSCA. 
Such animals may be genetically improved livestock for commercial 
purposes. The policy statement would address whether EPA should 
exercise jurisdiction under TSCA over such transgenic organisms prior 
to their commercial use.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4598

Agency Contact: Flora Chow, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8983
Fax: 202 564-9062
Email: [email protected]

Jamesine Rogers, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405
Phone: 202 260-2721
Fax: 202 564-9490
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD53
_______________________________________________________________________




3059.  AMENDMENT TO THE PREMANUFACTURE NOTIFICATION EXEMPTIONS; 
REVISIONS OF EXEMPTIONS FOR POLYMERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 723

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulatory action will eliminate exemptions under the 
Polymer Exemption Rule for certain chemicals containing or related to 
perfluorooctyl sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctonoic acid (PFOA). 
Based on data on PFOS and PFOA, EPA believes that these substances and 
other structurally related substances may persist in the environment, 
bioaccumulate, and be toxic. Certain polymers which contain PFOS, PFOA, 
or structurally similar substances, or which could release such 
substances as a degradation-on-incineration product would no longer 
qualify for exemption from TSCA section 5 reporting.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

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

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4635

Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 326 Plastics and Rubber 
Products Manufacturing; 327 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Mary Begley, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8976
Fax: 202 564-9490
Email: [email protected]

Jamesine Rogers, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405
Phone: 202 260-2721
Fax: 202 564-9490
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD58

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_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3060. 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 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 is making other amendments to the IUR. These include removing the 
inorganic chemicals exemption, thereby 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 Action                    08/00/02

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: Susan Sharkey, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7406M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8789
Fax: 202 564-8893
Email: [email protected]

Robert Lee, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7406M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8786
Fax: 202 564-8893
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC61
_______________________________________________________________________




3061. TEST RULE; GENERIC ENTRY FOR ITC-RELATED TESTING 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 DiBasic Esters 
(CPSC)                          08/05/99                    64 FR 42692
Final Action-ECA 1,1,2-
Trichloroethane (TCE)           06/15/00                    65 FR 37550
Final Action-ECA Ethylene 
Dichloride (EDC)                07/00/02
Final Action ITC Chemicals (ITC 
List 28)                        12/00/02
Final Action-ECA Aryl Phosphates 
(ITC List 2)                    12/00/02
Final Action-ECA Maleic 
Anhydride                       12/00/02
Final Action-ECA Hydrogen 
Fluoride                        12/00/02
Final Action-ECA Phthalic 
Anhydride                       12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3493

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Frank Kover, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-4780
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

David R. Williams, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8179
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AB94
_______________________________________________________________________




3062. 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

[[Page 33829]]

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                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3487
Supplemental NPRM-
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-TOX/1997/December/Day-24/t33451.htm
Supplemental NPRM-
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/1998/April/Day-21/a10494.htm

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Richard Leukroth, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8167
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

David R. Williams, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8179
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC76
_______________________________________________________________________




3063. TEST RULE; CERTAIN HIGH PRODUCTION VOLUME (HPV) CHEMICALS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603; 15 USC 2611 to 12; 15 USC 2625 to 26

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action is related to a 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 certain 
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 over 2155 of these HPV 
chemicals. The first rule proposed testing for 37 unsponsored HPV 
chemicals with substantial worker exposure. The proposed rule was 
published in the Federal Register on December 26, 2000.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM .                          12/26/00                    65 FR 81658
Final Action                    09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

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: Frank Kover, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-4780
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

Keith Cronin, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8102
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD16
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3064. TEST RULE; IN VITRO DERMAL ABSORPTION RATE TESTING OF CERTAIN 
CHEMICALS OF INTEREST TO THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH 
ADMINISTRATION

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 requiring manufacturers (which is defined by statute 
to include importers) and processors of 38 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) as having a

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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 Chemicals Dermal 
Testing (ITC List 31, 32 &; 35) 06/09/99                    64 FR 31074
Final Action OSHA Chemical 
Dermal Testing                  06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

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, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-4780
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

Keith Cronin, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8102
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD42
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3065. 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 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 to 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 Carboxy-methyl-cellulose 06/11/93                    58 FR 32628
Final Action Alkyl &; Sulfonic 
Acid &; Ammonium Salt (84-1056) 06/00/02
Final Action 1-Decanimine-N-
Decyl-N-Methyl-N-Oxide (86-566) 10/00/02
Final Action Aluminum Cross-
linked Sodium Carboxy-methyl-
cellulose                       10/00/02

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: James Alwood, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8974
Fax: 202 564-9490
Email: [email protected]

Rebecca Cool, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9138
Fax: 202 564-9490
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AA59
_______________________________________________________________________




3066. SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULE (SNUR); CHEMICAL-SPECIFIC 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
NPRM Aromatic Amino Ether (P90-
1840)                           06/06/94                    59 FR 29255
NPRM Alkenyl Ether of 
Alkanetriol Polymer (93-458)    12/19/94                    59 FR 65289

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NPRM Certain Chemical Substances 
(91-1299/95-1667 91-1298 91-129706/26/97                    62 FR 34421
NPRM Certain Chemical Substances09/09/98                    63 FR 48157
Final Action Batch SNUR: 84-660/
-704 &; 84-105/-106/-107 &; 85-
433                             05/00/02
Final Action Certain Chemical 
Substances (91-1299/95-1667 91-
1298 91-1297                    05/00/02
Final Action Aromatic Amino 
Ether (P90-1840)                05/00/02
Final Action Alkenyl Ether of 
Alkanetriol Polymer (93-458)    05/00/02
Final Action Certain Chemical 
Substances                      08/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3495

Sectors Affected: 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 325 
Chemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: James Alwood, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8974
Fax: 202 564-9490
Email: [email protected]

Rebecca Cool, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9138
Fax: 202 564-9490
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AB27
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3067. SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULE; REFRACTORY CERAMIC FIBERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604 TSCA 5; 15 USC 2605 TSCA 6

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                            03/21/94                    59 FR 13294
Final Action                    03/00/03

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
_______________________________________________________________________




3068. SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULE; PERFLUOROALKYL SULFONATES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604 TSCA 5

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 704; 40 CFR 721

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is proposing a significant new use rule (SNUR) under 
section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) covering certain 
perfluoroalkyl sulfonates. This SNUR would require companies who wanted 
to manufacture or import these chemicals for the significant new uses 
described in the proposed rule to submit a Significant New Use Notice 
(SNUN) to the Agency at least 90 days prior to beginning those 
activities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/18/00                    65 FR 62319
Notice of Extension of Comment 
Period                          11/21/00                    65 FR 69889
Notice of Public Meeting on 
Proposed Rule                   02/23/01                    66 FR 11243
Supplemental NPRM Supplemental 
Proposed Rule                   03/11/02                    67 FR 11014
Final Action for Certain Uses in 
the Proposal                    03/11/02                    67 FR 11008
Final Action for Remaining Uses 
in Proposal                     10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4475

Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Mary Dominiak, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8104
Fax: 202 564-4775
Email: [email protected]

Barbara Leczynski, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-4770
Fax: 202 564-4775
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD43
_______________________________________________________________________




3069. ACRYLAMIDE AND N-METHYLOLACRYLAMIDE GROUTS: WITHDRAWAL OF PROPOSED 
BAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605 TSCA sec 6; 15 USC 2607 TSCA sec 8

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 764

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On October 2, 1991, EPA proposed a regulation to prohibit the

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manufacture, importation, distribution and use of acrylamide and NMA 
grouts based on the unreasonable risk to workers who apply these 
grouts. Since that time, personal protective equipment that can provide 
adequate protection to workers has become available. EPA now believes 
that it may not be necessary to prohibit the use of these grouts to 
protect the health of grouters.

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                    05/00/02

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; 42269 Other Chemical and Allied Products 
Wholesalers; 22132 Sewage Treatment Facilities

Agency Contact: John Bowser, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8082
Fax: 202 564-4775
Email: [email protected]

Charles Auer, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4760
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC17
_______________________________________________________________________




3070. LEAD; REGULATORY INVESTIGATION UNDER THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL 
ACT (TSCA) TO REDUCE LEAD (PB) CONSUMPTION AND USE

Priority: Other Significant

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.

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  12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3252

Agency Contact: Julie Simpson, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-7873
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC21
_______________________________________________________________________




3071. 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                     65 FR 1548
Final Action 41st ITC List      07/05/00                    65 FR 41371
Final Action 42nd ITC List      07/24/00                    65 FR 45535
Final Action 47th ITC List      07/26/01                    66 FR 38955
Final Action 48th ITC List      05/00/02

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: Paul Campanella, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8091
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

John R. Harris, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8156
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AB08

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3072. TSCA SECTION 8(D) HEALTH AND SAFETY DATA REPORTING RULES

Priority: Routine and Frequent

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607(d) TSCA sec 8(d)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 716

Legal Deadline: None

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                        06/00/02
Final Action 47th ITC List      10/00/02

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: Paul Campanella, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8091
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

John Harris, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8156
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AB11
_______________________________________________________________________




3073. TSCA SECTION 8(E) POLICY; NOTICE OF CLARIFICATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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 change certain aspects of the 1978 
TSCA section 8(e) 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 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                    06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3118

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Richard Hefter, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7403M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-7649
Fax: 202 564-7460
Email: [email protected]

Terry O'Bryan, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7403M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-7656
Fax: 202 564-7450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC80
_______________________________________________________________________




3074. 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,

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dust or soil are well qualified, trained, and certified to conduct 
these activities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/22/01                     66 FR 7207
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4172

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]

Julie Simpson, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7873
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD31
_______________________________________________________________________




3075. LEAD; MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF LEAD-BASED PAINT DEBRIS

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
Extension of Comment Period     02/12/99                     64 FR 7159
Final Action                    09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3508
See also RCRA companion rule: Temporary Suspension of Toxicity 
Characteristic Rule for Specified Lead-Based Paint Debris (SAN No.4263; 
RIN 2050-AE68),
NPRM-
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-TRI/1998/December/Day-18/tri33326.htm,
NPRM-
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-TRI/1998/December/Day-18/tri33326.htm

Sectors Affected: 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; 562111 Solid Waste Collection; 233 Building, 
Developing and General Contracting; 23321 Single Family Housing 
Construction

Agency Contact: Robert Wright, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 260-7800
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

Julie Simpson, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7873
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC72
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)



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3076. VOLUNTARY CHILDREN'S CHEMICAL EVALUATION PROGRAM (VCCEP)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA 4; 15 USC 2611 TSCA 12; 15 USC 2625 
TSCA 26

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA has held public meetings to involve stakeholders in the 
design and development of a voluntary program to evaluate commercial 
chemicals to which children may have a high likelihood of exposure. The 
purpose of the voluntary program is to obtain toxicity and exposure 
data needed to assess the risk of childhood exposure to commercial 
chemicals. EPA launched a pilot of this program on December 26, 2000. 
Manufacturers of

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20 of the 23 pilot chemicals have volunteered to sponsor their 
chemicals in tier 1 in the pilot. A workshop was held in December 2001 
to provide sponsors with additional guidance on the scope and content 
of the exposure assessment they will prepare. A peer consultation 
process will be used to evaluate the scientific merits of the hazard, 
exposure, and risk assessments submitted by sponsors. The first 
assessments developed for VCCEP are expected to be received in mid 
2002.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice Initiation of Stakeholder 
Process- Notice of Public 
Meetings                        08/26/99                    64 FR 46673
Notice Cancellation of Public 
Meeting                         01/13/00                     65 FR 2163
Notice Stakeholder Involvement 
Process - Notice of Public 
Meeting                         03/29/00                    65 FR 16590
Notice Voluntary Children's 
Chemical Evaluation Program - 
Pilot                           12/26/00                    65 FR 81700
Notice Phase I Report            To Be                       Determined

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: Ward Penberthy, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8171
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

Catherine Roman, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8172
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC27
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3077. ASBESTOS MODEL ACCREDITATION PLAN REVISIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Model Plan                      05/13/92                    57 FR 20438
Interim Final                   02/03/94                     59 FR 5236
Final Action                    05/00/03

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

Sectors Affected: 611519 Other Technical and Trade Schools

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]

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]

RIN: 2070-AC51
_______________________________________________________________________




3078. 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

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA 4; 15 USC 2611 TSCA 12

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 707; 40 CFR 790; 40 CFR 791; 40 CFR 799

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: Next Action Undetermined

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: Frank Kover, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-4780
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

David R. Williams, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-8179
Fax: 202 564-4765
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC84

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3079. LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES; TRAINING, ACCREDITATION, AND 
CERTIFICATION RULE AND MODEL STATE PLAN RULE--BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES

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; 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 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 (see 40 CFR 745). 
Regulations for LBP activities in public and commercial buildings and 
bridges and other structures are still under development.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM (Buildings &; Structures)  03/00/04
Final Action (Buildings &; 
Structures)                     10/00/05

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. 4376

Sectors Affected: 23411 Highway and Street Construction; 611519 Other 
Technical and Trade Schools

Agency Contact: Joel Wolf, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3890
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

Julie Simpson, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7873
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC64
_______________________________________________________________________




3080. LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES; TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION FOR 
RENOVATION AND REMODELING

Priority: Other Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

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 28, 1996.

Abstract: Under section 402(c)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(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 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                            04/00/03
Final Action                    12/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3557

Sectors Affected: 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; 
531311 Residential Property Managers; 54138 Testing Laboratories

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]

Julie Simpson, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7873
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AC83
_______________________________________________________________________




3081. CHEMICAL RIGHT-TO-KNOW INITIATIVE; HIGH PRODUCTION VOLUME (HPV) 
CHEMICALS

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: None

Abstract: The Chemical RTK Initiative was established in 1998 in 
response to the finding that most commercial chemicals have very 
little, if any, 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 widely used commercial chemicals; additional health 
effects assessment for chemicals to which children are substantially 
exposed; and the listing and lowering of thresholds for persistent, 
bioaccumulative, toxic chemicals reported to the Toxic Release

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Inventory (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

________________________________________________________________________

Notice Data Collection and 
Development on HPV Chemicals    12/26/00                    65 FR 81686
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
See also items identified under the following RINs: 2070-AD09; 2070-
AD38; RIN 2070-AD16; RIN 2070-AC27.

Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Barbara Leczynski, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4770
Fax: 202 564-4775
Email: [email protected]

Diane Sheridan, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7405M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8176
Fax: 202 260-1096
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD25
_______________________________________________________________________




3082. DISPOSAL OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS: IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES

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

Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607 (TSCA sec 6)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed regulation will clarify and expand on 
implementation issues that have arisen as a result of the publication 
of the 1998 PCB Disposal Amendments (63 FR 35384). Topics will include 
but not be limited to, Use Authorizations, Natural Gas Pipelines, 
Testing and Analysis, Manifesting of PCB Waste, Publication Process for 
Validated Alternate Decontamination Solvents and PCB Analytical Methods 
and Storage of Dedicated PCB Equipment.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4597

Sectors Affected: 92 Public Administration; 22 Utilities; 31-33 
Manufacturing; 48-49 Transportation; 53 Real Estate and Rental and 
Leasing; 54 Professional, Scientific and Technical Services; 562 Waste 
Management and Remediation Services; 81 Other Services (except Public 
Administration)

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]

Laura Casey, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 7404
Phone: 202 260-1346
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2070-AD52
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                     Prerule Stage


Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3083. 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

________________________________________________________________________

Notice                          05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4392
Formerly listed as RIN 2070-AD41.

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Agency Contact: Peter South, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, 2844, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5997
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

John Dombrowski, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, 2844
Phone: 202 260-0420
Fax: 202 401-0237
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2025-AA08
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3084. EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT: AMENDMENTS AND 
STREAMLINING RULE

Priority: Other Significant

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.) A supplemental proposal will address 
reporting thresholds for chemicals that pose minimal risk. The final 
rule will address: 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
Supplemental NPRM               05/00/02
Final Action                    12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3215

Agency Contact: John Ferris, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5104A
Phone: 202 564-7992
Fax: 202 564-8233
Email: [email protected]

Sicy Jacob, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, 5104A
Phone: 202 564-8019
Fax: 202 564-8233
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE17
_______________________________________________________________________




3085. 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                            05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3994

Agency Contact: Kathy Franklin, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5104A
Phone: 202 564-7987
Fax: 202 564-8444
Email: [email protected]

John Ferris, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, 5104A
Phone: 202 564-7992
Fax: 202 564-8233
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE42
_______________________________________________________________________




3086. TRI; REVIEW OF CHEMICALS ON THE ORIGINAL TRI LIST

Priority: Other Significant

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                            12/00/02
Final Action                    12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4015
Formerly listed as RIN 2070-AD18.
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

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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: Steve Devito, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Environmental Information, 2844, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6185
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

John Dombrowski, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, 2844
Phone: 202 260-0420
Fax: 202 401-0237
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2025-AA03
_______________________________________________________________________




3087. 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, and the motor vehicle maintenance 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                            12/00/02
Final Action                    12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4265
Formerly listed as RIN 2070-AD39.
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: Lawrence A. Reisman, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Environmental Information, 2844, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2301
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

John Dombrowski, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, 2844
Phone: 202 260-0420
Fax: 202 401-0237
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2025-AA06
_______________________________________________________________________




3088. RULEMAKING TO CHANGE TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI) REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS FROM STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC) CODES TO 
NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a Federal 
Register Notice of final decision (62 FR 68) to adopt the North 
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for the United States. 
This rulemaking initiates the conversion from TRI Reporting using 
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes to TRI Reporting using 
NAICS codes. The TRI Program will convert to NAICS without producing 
any changes in the facilities that are now subject to TRI reporting. 
Therefore, there should be no increased burden resulting from this 
action.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/02
Final Action                    09/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4595

Sectors Affected: 212 Mining (except Oil and Gas); 221 Utilities; 562 
Waste Management and Remediation Services; 422 Wholesale Trade, 
Nondurable Goods

Agency Contact: Judith Kendall, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Environmental Information, 2844, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1802
Fax: 202 401-0237
Email: [email protected]

John Dombrowski, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, 2844
Phone: 202 260-0420
Fax: 202 401-0237
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2025-AA10
_______________________________________________________________________




3089. CLARIFY TRI REPORTING OBLIGATIONS UNDER EPCRA SECTION 313 FOR THE 
METAL MINING ACTIVITIES OF EXTRACTION AND BENEFICIATION

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

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 metal mining facilities if they manufacture or process 
25,000 pounds or more of a listed chemical or otherwise use 10,000 
pounds or more of a listed chemical. These mining facilities engage in 
the removal of naturally occurring materials from the earth. EPA had 
considered naturally occurring materials to be manufactured by natural 
processes. A recent court order set aside EPA's interpretation of 
manufacture stating that naturally occurring ores can not be 
manufactured within the meaning of EPCRA section 313. EPA is 
considering clarifying how the definitions of manufacturing and

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processing under EPCRA section 313 apply to the mining sector processes 
of extraction and beneficiation. In this rule, EPA is also planning to 
review the de minimis exemption. This action will not affect the coal 
extraction activities exemption.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/02
Final Action                    12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4616

Agency Contact: Marc Edmonds, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Environmental Information, 2844, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0616
Fax: 202 401-0237
Email: [email protected]

John Dombrowski, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, 2844
Phone: 202 260-0420
Fax: 202 401-0237
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2025-AA11
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3090. MODIFICATION OF THRESHOLD PLANNING QUANTITY FOR ISOPHORONE 
DIISOCYANATE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 11002; 42 USC 11004; 42 USC 11048

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. The goal 
is to finalize the TPQ for IPDI.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/00/02

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: Sicy Jacob, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5104A
Phone: 202 564-8019
Fax: 202 564-8233
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE43
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3091. TRI; RESPONSES TO PETITIONS RECEIVED TO ADD OR DELETE OR MODIFY 
CHEMICAL LISTINGS ON THE TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY

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

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
Response Chromium, Antimony, 
Titanite Petition               08/00/02
Final Response DBNPA (Request To 
Delete)                         11/00/02
Final Action Diidononyl 
Phthalate (DINP) Request To Add 11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 2425
Formerly listed as RIN 2070-AC00.
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 Environmental Information, 2844, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3882
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

John Dombrowski, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, 2844
Phone: 202 260-0420
Fax: 202 401-0237
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2025-AA00

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3092. 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
Supplemental NPRM Deferred 
Chemicals                       12/00/03
Final Action Deferred Chemicals 12/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3007
Formerly listed as RIN 2070-AC47.
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: Daniel R. Bushman, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Environmental Information, 2844, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3882
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

John Dombrowski, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, 2844
Phone: 202 260-0420
Fax: 202 401-0237
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2025-AA01
_______________________________________________________________________




3093. TRI; POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS

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

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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), 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
Supplemental NPRM                To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 2847
Formerly listed as RIN 2070-AC24.
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: John Dombrowski, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Environmental Information, 2844
Phone: 202 260-0420
Fax: 202 401-0237
Email: [email protected]

Amy Newman, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental 
Information, 2844, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1846
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2025-AA09

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                     Prerule Stage


Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)



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3094. LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS; NOTICE OF DATA AVAILABILITY: MERCURY 
TREATABILITY STUDIES

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: In May 1999, EPA published an advance notice of proposed 
rulemaking that described the issues the Agency has with the current 
land disposal restrictions (LDR) treatment standards for mercury 
bearing hazardous wastes. Based on the comments received on this ANPRM 
as well as other information the Agency has collected, we are now 
conducting a series of mercury treatability studies in conjunction with 
DOE. The data from these studies will be presented in a Notice of 
Availability (NODA). These data are from a number of treatment vendors 
treating several different types of mercury wastes. In addition to 
examining TCLP data, we are also looking at alternative leaching 
methodologies and other factors which might affect long-term stability 
of the treated wasteforms.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           05/28/99                    64 FR 28949
NoDA                            10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4094

Sectors Affected: 3353 Electrical Equipment Manufacturing; 3254 
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing; 32551 Paint and Coating 
Manufacturing; 325181 Alkalies and Chlorine Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Mary Cunningham, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8453
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-AE54
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3095. STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF COAL COMBUSTION WASTES GENERATED 
BY COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCERS

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 6907(a)(3); 42 USC 6944(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 257

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action is for the development of proposed RCRA subtitle 
D regulations for the management of coal combustion wastes in landfills 
and surface impoundments that are generated by producers of electric 
power, including electric utilities and independent power producers. On 
April 25, 2000 EPA issued a regulatory determination for fossil fuel 
combustion wastes (65 FR 32214, May 22, 2000). The purpose of the 
determination was to decide whether certain wastes from the combustion 
of fossil fuels (including coal, oil and natural gas) should remain 
exempt from subtitle C (management as hazardous waste) of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for the coal, oil and natural gas 
combustion wastes that were addressed. The Agency's decision was to 
retain the exemption from hazardous waste management for all of the 
fossil fuel combustion wastes. However, the Agency also determined and 
announced that waste management regulations under RCRA subtitle D 
(management as non-hazardous wastes) are appropriate for certain coal 
combustion wastes that are disposed in landfills and surface 
impoundments. The utility industry has made significant improvements in 
its waste management practices over recent years, and most State 
regulatory programs are similarly improving. Nevertheless, public 
comments and other analyses have convinced the Agency that coal 
combustion wastes could pose risks to human health and the environment 
if they are not properly managed. There is sufficient evidence that 
adequate controls may not be in place. For example, while most States 
can now require newer waste management units to include liners and 
groundwater monitoring, 62 percent of existing utility surface 
impoundments do not have groundwater monitoring. In the Agency's view, 
this justifies the development of national regulations. We note, 
however, that some waste management units may not warrant liners and/or 
groundwater monitoring, depending on site-specific characteristics. The 
Agency is initiating this action to develop and issue appropriate waste 
management regulations under subtitle D of RCRA.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4470
This rule may also impact Federal, State, local or tribal governments 
that own coal-burning commercial electric power generating facilities.

Sectors Affected: 221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation

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-AE81

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3096. STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF COAL COMBUSTION WASTES: NON-POWER 
PRODUCERS AND MINEFILLING

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 6907(a)(3); 42 USC 6944

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 257

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is developing proposed regulations for the management of 
coal combustion wastes that are generated by non-electric utility coal 
burners and managed in landfills and surface impoundments, and for the 
practice of minefilling of coal combustion wastes. On April 25, 2000 
EPA issued a regulatory determination for fossil fuel combustion wastes 
(65 FR 32214, May 22, 2000) to announce its decision that certain 
wastes from the combustion of fossil fuels (including coal, oil and 
natural gas) should remain exempt from subtitle C (management as 
hazardous waste) of RCRA. This regulatory determination also announced 
that regulations under RCRA subtitle D (management as non-hazardous 
wastes) are appropriate for management of certain coal combustion 
wastes that are disposed in landfills and surface impoundments. In 
addition, EPA stated its plan to consult with the U.S. Department of 
the Interior on appropriate measures under the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) or RCRA or some combination of both, to 
address the disposal of coal combustion wastes when used for 
minefilling in surface or underground mines.
Although industry has made significant improvements in waste management 
practices over recent years, and most State regulatory programs are 
similarly improving, public comments and other analyses have convinced 
the Agency that coal combustion wastes could pose risks to human health 
and the environment, if they are not properly managed. There is 
sufficient evidence that adequate controls may not be in place. For 
example, while most States can now require newer waste management units 
to include liners and groundwater monitoring, less than about 50 
percent of existing non-utility landfills are lined (these statistics 
exclude municipal solid waste landfills which are not the subject of 
this action). EPA acknowledges that some waste management units may not 
warrant liners and/or groundwater monitoring, depending on site-
specific characteristics. The Agency also decided that the practice of 
minefilling coal combustion wastes could present a danger to human 
health and the environment under certain circumstances. Since there are 
few States that currently operate comprehensive programs that 
specifically address the unique circumstances of minefilling, the 
Agency believes national regulations under RCRA subtitle D and/or SMCRA 
may be appropriate.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4469
This rule may also impact Federal, State, local or tribal governments 
that own/operate coal-burning facilities (excluding facilities that 
primarily generate electric power for sale) or coal mines that accept 
coal combustion wastes.

Sectors Affected: 311 Food Manufacturing; 313 Textile Mills; 337 
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; 2121 Coal Mining; 322 
Paper Manufacturing; 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 331 Primary Metal 
Manufacturing; 336 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; 62 Health 
Care and Social Assistance; 22112 Electric Power Transmission, Control 
and Distribution

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-AE83
_______________________________________________________________________




3097. REMOVAL OF REQUIREMENT TO USE SW-846 METHODS (TEST METHODS FOR 
EVALUATING SOLID WASTE: PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL METHODS)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6921-6927; 42 USC 
6930; 42 USC 6934-6939; 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                            07/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3989

Agency Contact: Kim Kirkland, Environmental Protection Agency,

[[Page 33844]]

Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0490
Fax: 703 308-0511
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE41
_______________________________________________________________________




3098. REVISIONS TO SOLID WASTE LANDFILL CRITERIA--LEACHATE RECIRCULATION 
ON ALTERNATIVE LINERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6907; 42 USC 6912; 42 USC 6944; 42 USC 6949a

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA plans to propose a rule to allow leachate recirculation 
over alternative liner systems which meet the performance standard 
specified by the municipal solid waste landfill (MSWLF) criteria. The 
performance determination would be made by the State director of an 
approved MSWLF program. EPA also plans to propose a new section to the 
MSWLF criteria which will allow the alternative of clean closure of 
landfills rather than require the installation of a landfill cap, which 
would allow the solid waste in the MSWLF to be totally removed from the 
site and be properly disposed of at another site. Finally, EPA plans to 
propose an additional factor to 258.54 for determining the frequency of 
ground water monitoring for the detection monitoring program specified 
in this subpart. The additional factor for consideration concerns liner 
performance where there is some direct system for determining liner 
performance. However, the minimum monitoring frequency would still be 
no less than once a year as stated in the existing regulation.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NODA Request for Information and 
Data                            04/06/00                    65 FR 18014
NPRM                            09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

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
_______________________________________________________________________




3099. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PERMITS FOR MUNICIPAL 
SOLID WASTE LANDFILL

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6907; 42 USC 6912; 42 USC 6944; 42 USC 6949a

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258.4

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is considering adding a new section to the Criteria for 
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (MSWLF) to allow states to issue 
research, development, and demonstration (RD&;D) permits for landfill 
operations at variance with some parts of the criteria, as long as it 
is demonstrated that these operations will not result in an increased 
risk to human health and the environment. Waivers of location 
restrictions, groundwater monitoring, corrective action requirements, 
the financial assurance criteria, and explosive gases control would not 
be allowed by this action. EPA is considering this alternative to 
stimulate new technologies and alternatives in the landfilling of 
municipal solid waste.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NoDA Request for Information and 
Data                            04/06/00                    65 FR 18014
NPRM                            05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4588
Split from RIN 2050-AE67.

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-AE92
_______________________________________________________________________




3100. REGULATION OF HAZARDOUS OIL-BEARING SECONDARY MATERIALS FROM 
PETROLEUM REFINING INDUSTRY AND OTHER HAZARDOUS SECONDARY MATERIALS 
PROCESSED IN A GASIFICATION SYSTEM

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6912(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; 
...

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 
finalize revisions to the RCRA solid waste regulations to exclude oil-
bearing secondary materials, generated by the petroleum refining 
industry and others, from the definition of solid waste if the 
materials are destined to be processed in a gasification device 
manufacturing synthesis gas fuel. We are planning to propose this 
exclusion in order to clarify and simplify RCRA jurisdiction, and to be 
consistent with other comparable existing exclusions. In this notice, 
we are also soliciting comment on an option to extend the exclusion to 
organic containing secondary materials generated by industries (other 
than the petroleum refining industry).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/25/02                    67 FR 13684

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NPRM Comment Period End         06/24/02
Interim Final Rule Effective    04/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4411
This is an extension of a previous notice that contained the following 
RIN 2050-AD88.

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]

Rick Brandes, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8871
Fax: 703 308-8433
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE78
_______________________________________________________________________




3101. MODIFICATIONS TO RCRA RULES ASSOCIATED WITH SOLVENT-CONTAMINATED 
SHOP TOWELS AND WIPES

Priority: Other Significant

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                            11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, 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: Kathy Blanton, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 605-0761
Fax: 703 605-0514
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE51
_______________________________________________________________________




3102. RECYCLING OF CATHODE RAY TUBES (CRTS) AND MERCURY-CONTAINING 
EQUIPMENT: 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: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 273

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will ultimately revise the existing Federal 
hazardous waste regulations to encourage recycling and better 
management of Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) by proposing a conditional 
exclusion from the definition of solid waste for CRTs being recycling. 
A CRT is display 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. This 
rule will also propose to streamline RCRA requirements for managing 
mercury-containing equipment by adding such equipment to the universal 
waste rule. This rule 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), and in response 
to a petition from the Utilities Solid Waste Activities Group regarding 
mercury-containing equipment. 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 goal of this proposal is to improve 
management and encourage recycling, thereby minimizing disposal of 
lead, increasing resource recovery, and enhancing protection of human 
health and the environment.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4092

Sectors Affected: 334411 Electron Tube Manufacturing

Agency Contact: 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
_______________________________________________________________________




3103. REVISION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT EXEMPTIONS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE 
MIXTURES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6912(a); 6921; 6922; 6924; 6926

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CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261.3(a)(2)(iv)(A)-(E)(Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is looking into proposing to add up to four solvents 
(benzene, 2-ethoxyethanol, 1,1,2-trichloroethane, and 2-nitropropane) 
to the hazardous waste exemptions for mixtures of spent solvents in 
wastewater treatment plants (headworks rule) at 40 CFR 
261.3(a)(2)(iv)(A)-(B). Spent solvents are solvents that have been used 
and are no longer fit for use without being regenerated, reclaimed, or 
otherwise processed. In addition, EPA is considering proposing: (1) 
changes to implementation of rule from using mass balance only, to 
choice of using direct monitoring; (2) adding certain leachates to 
allowed categories of wastestreams; and (3) revising other provisions 
of rule, such as de minimis quantities and the definition of point of 
application of exemption.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM Revisions for Wastewater 
Treatment Exemptions            01/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4501

Sectors Affected: 31-33 Manufacturing; 562 Waste Management and 
Remediation Services

Agency Contact: Ron Josephson, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0442
Fax: 703 308-0522
Email: [email protected]

Laura Burrell, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5304W
Phone: 703 308-0005
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE84
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3104.  INCREASE METALS RECLAMATION FROM F006 WASTE STREAMS

Priority: Other Significant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Currently wastewater treatment (WWT) sludges from 
electroplating operations (waste code F006) are identified as listed 
hazardous wastes. EPA is considering proposing changes to existing 
regulations intended to encourage safe recycling and management 
practices of this waste stream. We are considering reducing regulations 
for electroplating sludges that are sufficiently high in metal(s) and 
sufficiently low in other toxic constituents to be recovered.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4651

Agency Contact: Anita Cummings, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8303
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE97
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3105. PROJECT XL SITE-SPECIFIC RULEMAKING FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY 
MILLERSVILLE LANDFILL, SEVERN, MARYLAND

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6907; 42 USC 6912; 42 USC 6945; 42 USC 6949

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Anne Arundel County proposes to demonstrate that a bioreactor 
with an alternative liner system is as effective, or superior to a 
bioreactor with the standard composite liner currently allowed by 
regulations. The main goal of this project is to deliver superior 
environmental performance (SEP) by capturing the additional airspace 
gained by accelerated decomposition of the waste. This benefits the 
County and its citizens by prolonging the life of the landfill and 
thereby postponing the siting of new solid waste management facilities, 
with their attendant social impacts, environmental impacts, and 
economic costs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4534

Agency Contact: Sherri Walker, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of the Administrator, 1802, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4295
Fax: 202 260-3125
Email: [email protected]

Dwight Hlustick, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the 
Administrator, 5306W
Phone: 703 308-8647
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2090-AA25
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3106. PROJECT XL SITE-SPECIFIC RULEMAKING FOR THE IBM SEMICONDUCTOR 
MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NEW YORK

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922; 
42 USC 6924(y); 42 USC 6938

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261.4(a)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking provides a site-specific exclusion from the 
regulatory definition of solid waste for certain wastewater treatment 
sludges (otherwise designated as Hazardous Waste No. F006) when they 
are used as ingredients in the production of cement. Without this 
exclusion, the sludges being legitimately recycled as substitutes for 
raw materials would remain subject to hazardous waste regulatory 
requirements, including the need for a storage permit by the cement

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manufacturer, which is a major disincentive to recycling the sludges in 
this manner. This XL project tests the presumption that these sludges 
can be safely recycled without regulatory oversight.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/06/01                    66 FR 30349
Supplemental NPRM               05/00/02
Final Action                    10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4565

Agency Contact: Mitch Kidwell, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of the Administrator, 1807, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2515
Fax: 202 260-3125
Email: [email protected]

David Fagan, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the 
Administrator, 5301W
Phone: 703 308-0603
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2090-AA29
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)



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3107. STANDARDIZED PERMIT FOR RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES

Priority: Other Significant

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: EPA has proposed creating a new 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 and 
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. The 
standardized permit should streamline the permit process by allowing 
facilities to obtain and modify permits more easily while maintaining 
the protectiveness currently existing in the individual RCRA permit 
process. The proposal raised issues for public comment on how all 
facilities receiving RCRA permits can satisfy RCRA corrective action 
requirements under appropriate alternative state cleanup programs and 
on financial assurance issues. The Agency is developing a final rule 
addressing this topic.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/12/01                    66 FR 52192
Final Action                    02/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

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: Jeff Gaines, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5303W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8655
Fax: 703 308-8609
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE44
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3108. REVISIONS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDELINE FOR PROCUREMENT OF 
PRODUCTS CONTAINING RECOVERED MATERIALS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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 54 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 newest action issues 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)          08/28/01                    66 FR 45256

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Final Action (CPG4 and RMAN 4)  06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 3545
NPRM- 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WASTE/1998/August/Day-26/f22793.htm

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
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3109. MANAGEMENT OF CEMENT KILN DUST (CKD)

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6912(a) RCRA sec 2002(a); 42 USC 6921(a) RCRA 
sec 3001(b)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 256; 40 CFR 259; 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Cement kiln dust (CKD) is a high volume material byproduct of 
the cement manufacturing process, which potentially contains hazardous 
constituents such as lead, cadmium and chromium. CKD has been exempted 
since November 1980 from hazardous waste regulation under RCRA subtitle 
C by the Bevill Amendment. This amendment 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 regulations that would be tailored to protect 
human health and the environment while limiting burden on the regulated 
community. These tailored regulations would be developed under RCRA 
subtitle C and, if necessary, the Clean Air Act. As part of its 
regulatory development effort, EPA has initiated further studies and 
has held informal discussions with stakeholders. A proposed rule was 
issued (64 FR 45632, 8/20/99) which included a comprehensive set of 
standards for the management of CKD. EPA is currently making an 
assessment as to which regulatory approach will be appropriate for CKD 
waste management.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/20/99                    64 FR 45631
Final Action                    03/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3856

Sectors Affected: 32731 Cement Manufacturing

Agency Contact: Steve Souders, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8431
Fax: 703 308-8686
Email: [email protected]

Anthony Carrell, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0458
Fax: 703 308-8686
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE34
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3110. CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES AND 
PRACTICES AND CRITERIA FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS: DISPOSAL OF 
RESIDENTIAL LEAD-BASED PAINT WASTE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6907(a)(3); 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6944; 42 USC 
6949a

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 257; 40 CFR 258

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: To help accelerate the pace of lead-based paint removal from 
residences, and thereby reduce exposure to children and adults from the 
health risks associated with lead, the Agency is expressly allowing 
residential lead-based paint waste to be disposed of in construction 
and demolition landfills. The rule will revise the definition of 
municipal solid waste landfill (MSWLF) unit, and add definitions of 
construction and demolition landfill and residential lead-based paint 
waste in the Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste Disposal 
Facilities and Practices (part 257) and Criteria for Municipal Solid 
Waste Landfills (part 258).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/23/01                    66 FR 53566
Direct Final Rule               10/23/01                    66 FR 53535
Direct Final Rule Withdrawn     12/28/01                    66 FR 67108
Final Action                    08/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4525

Sectors Affected: 235 Special Trade Contractors; 23599 All Other 
Special Trade Contractors; 562212 Solid Waste Landfill

Agency Contact: Susan Nogas, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304, 5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-7251
Fax: 703 308-8686
Email: [email protected]

Paul Cassidy, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency

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Response, 5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-7281
Fax: 703 308-8686
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE86
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3111. MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL LOCATION RESTRICTIONS FOR AIRPORT 
SAFETY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6902(a); 42 USC 6907; 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 
6944; 42 USC 6945(c); 42 USC 6949(c)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258.10(e)-(f)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The direct final rule would amend the municipal solid waste 
landfill (MSWLF) location restrictions for airport safety by adding 
location restrictions to conform with those contained in the Wendell H. 
Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century. The rule 
would prohibit the construction or establishment of a new MSWLF within 
six miles of a public airport (1) that has received grants under the 
Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, and (2) that is 
primarily designed for 60 passengers or less. MSWLFs in the State of 
Alaska are exempt. Because new MSWLFS are subject to the statutory 
location restrictions in addition to regulatory location restrictions 
currently in effect under 40 CFR 258.10, EPA is promulgating the rule 
amendment to prevent confusion regarding applicable location 
restrictions for MSWLFs for airport safety purposes, as well as to 
notify affected entities of these statutory restrictions. EPA is also 
proposing a parallel rule identical to this direct final action in 
order to provide opportunity for comment on the rule, although we view 
the action as noncontroversial and do not anticipate any adverse 
comments. The regulated entities are expected to be: (1) Federal 
agencies and state, local, municipal and tribal governments 
constructing or establishing new MSWLFs within six miles of a public 
airport and (2) industries involved in constructing or establishing new 
landfills within six miles of a public airport.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4575

Sectors Affected: 23 Construction; 5622 Waste Treatment and Disposal; 
56221 Waste Treatment and Disposal; 562212 Solid Waste Landfill

Agency Contact: Mary T. Moorcones, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 540 338-1348
Fax: 540 338-5547
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE91
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3112. OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE BURDEN REDUCTION PROJECT

Priority: Other Significant

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 260; 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 
266; 40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 270

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).
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 
proposed to implement many of these ideas. The proposal was designed to 
eliminate duplicative and nonessential paperwork.
The main ideas for the final rulemaking are: (1) eliminating or 
modifying one-third of the 334 RCRA-required notices and reports that 
are sent by the regulated community to states and EPA; (2) eliminating 
the RCRA emergency response training requirements that overlap with the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements; (3) 
eliminating the need for facilities to record personnel descriptions; 
(4) decreasing the owner/operator self-inspection frequency of 
hazardous waste tanks to weekly; (5) providing states and EPA with the 
opportunity to lengthen owner/operator self-inspection frequencies on a 
case-by-case basis for containers, containment buildings, and tanks; 
(6) 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 (7) 
modifying the groundwater monitoring requirements for hazardous waste 
facilities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice of Data Availability     06/18/99                    64 FR 32859
NPRM                            01/17/02                     67 FR 2518
Final Action                    11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

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: 703 308-8433
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE50

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3113. REQUIREMENTS FOR ZINC FERTILIZER MADE FROM RECYCLED HAZARDOUS 
SECONDARY MATERIALS

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: NPRM, Judicial, November 15, 2000, Settlement agreement 
met deadline.
Final, Judicial, July 15, 2002, Settlement agreement.

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 
appropriate to fertilizers and are protective of human health and the 
environment, and to specify more appropriate, protective conditions 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

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    07/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

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
_______________________________________________________________________




3114. REVISIONS FOR TRANSBOUNDARY SHIPMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE FOR 
RECOVERY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND 
DEVELOPMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6901 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 262 subpart H (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Agency is considering changing the existing regulation 40 
CFR 262 Subpart H, which regulates transboundary movement of hazardous 
waste within all countries that are members of the Organization for 
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This regulation would be 
amended to comply with changes passed by the OECD Council. Existing 
waste lists may be restructured to comply with the new OECD waste 
lists. As such, previously existing waste lists may be renamed 
according to adopted OECD terminology. Shipments of small waste amounts 
destined for laboratory analysis may be exempted from filing certain 
paperwork requirements that are otherwise required. A certificate of 
recovery may be required upon final recovery of wastes and timeframes 
for recovery operations may be changed to reflect the decisions made by 
the OECD Council.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule Revisions for 
Transboundary Shipments of 
Hazardous Waste                 12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4606

Agency Contact: Rick Picardi, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8879
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

Frank McAlister, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, OS-341, 5304W
Phone: 703 308-8196
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE93
_______________________________________________________________________




3115. PROJECT XL -- ORTHO-MCNEIL PILOT PROJECT ALLOWING ON-SITE 
TREATMENT OF LOW-LEVEL MIXED WASTES WITHOUT RCRA PERMIT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922; 
42 USC 6924(y); 42 USC 6938

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This site-specific rulemaking would allow Ortho-McNeil 
Pharmaceutical to treat small volumes of low-level mixed wastes on-site 
using a bench-scale catalytic oxidizing treatment unit. This treatment 
effectively destroys the organic component of the wastestream, yielding 
a residual that is only a low-level radioactive waste.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/24/01                    66 FR 38395
Final Action                    07/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4439

Agency Contact: Mitch Kidwell, Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of the Administrator, 1807, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2515
Fax: 202 260-3125
Email: [email protected]

Donna Perla, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the 
Administrator, 1802, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8767
Fax: 202 401-6637
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2090-AA14

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3116. PROJECT XL SITE-SPECIFIC RULEMAKING FOR IMPLEMENTING WASTE 
TREATMENT SYSTEMS AT TWO VIRGINIA LANDFILLS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6907; 42 USC 6912; 42 USC 6945; 42 USC 6949

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Virginia Landfills XL project includes two solid waste 
municipal landfills (SWMLF) operated by subsidiaries of Waste 
Management Inc. (WMI): Maplewood Recycling and Waste Disposal Facility 
is located in Amelia County, Virginia and King George County Landfill 
and Recycling Center. Both landfills accept municipal solid waste and a 
small percentage of biodegradable products (e.g., construction debris). 
Through this XL project, the Maplewood and King George landfills 
propose to implement two variations of bioreactor landfill systems and 
compare the relative improvement in landfill performance at the two 
different bioreactor project sites. In a bioreactor landfill, 
controlled quantities of liquids are added and circulated through waste 
to accelerate the natural biodegradation rate of waste and therefore 
decrease the waste stabilization and composting time compared to a 
conventional landfill. The Maplewood bioreactor will recirculate 
liquids (primarily leachate) generated at the facility. The King George 
bioreactor will recirculate facility-generated leachate plus other 
liquids, such as non-hazardous liquid waste or storm water. These 
activities collectively should decrease emissions of landfill gas, 
accelerate waste decomposition, improve leachate quality, and increase 
the waste capacity of the existing landfills.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/28/01                    66 FR 67152
Final Action                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4608

Agency Contact: Sherri L. Walker, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of the Administrator, 1807, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4295
Fax: 202 260-3125
Email: [email protected]

Dwight Hlustick, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the 
Administrator, 5306W
Phone: 703 308-8647
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2090-AA30
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)



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3117. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFEST REGULATION

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 6922 RCRA sec 3002; 42 USC 6923 RCRA sec 3003; 
42 USC 6924 RCRA sec 3004; 42 USC 6926 RCRA sec 3006; PL 105-277, title 
17 Government Paperwork Elimination Act

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 263; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 
265; 40 CFR 271

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 current 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 that would use information technologies to conduct the 
manifest process electronically, thereby reducing paperwork burden, and 
improving the speed and accuracy of preparing, transmitting, and 
recordkeeping the manifest form. In addition, the Agency intends to 
standardize further the manifest form elements, and to specify one 
format for the manifest that may be used in all states. The Agency also 
intends to announce standard requirements for tracking rejected wastes, 
container residues, and international shipments of hazardous wastes.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/22/01                    66 FR 28240
Final Action                    04/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3147

Sectors Affected: 332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; 482 Rail 
Transportation; 483 Water Transportation; 484 Truck Transportation; 
5622 Waste Treatment and Disposal; 5621 Waste Collection; 331 Primary 
Metal Manufacturing; 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 326 Plastics and 
Rubber Products Manufacturing; 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

Agency Contact: Rich Lashier, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8796
Fax: 703 308-0522
Email: [email protected]

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-AE21
_______________________________________________________________________




3118. 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

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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                    12/00/04

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
_______________________________________________________________________




3119. 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: None

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. 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 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.
As part of the listing of dyes and pigments effort, EPA will also 
develop land disposal restrictions for these dyes and pigments.

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
NPRM Dyes I Land Disposal 
Restrictions                     To Be                       Determined
NoDA Dyes I Notice of Data 
Availability. See Additional 
Information.                     To Be                       Determined
NoDA Dyes II Notice of Data 
Availability. See Additional 
Information.                     To Be                       Determined
Final Action Dyes I. See 
Additional Information.          To Be                       Determined
Final Action Dyes II (deferred 
wastes). See Additional 
Information.                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3066
Judicial deadlines: Dyes II (deferred wastes) NPRM: met deadline of 6/
30/1999. Dyes I &; II NODAs due by 67 days after the injunction is 
lifted from Magruder case. NPRM for LDRs due 3 months after NODAs are 
signed. Dyes I and II final rules due 13 months after NODAs are signed.

Sectors Affected: 325132 Organic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing

Agency Contact: 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]

Sue Slotnick, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0462
Fax: 703 308-0522
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AD80
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3120.  REVISIONS TO THE DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: RCRA Section 1004(27); 42 USC 6903(27)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261.2

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Under RCRA, to be a hazardous waste, a material must also be 
a solid waste. EPA's framework for determining whether a material is a 
solid waste is based on what the material is, and how it's managed 
(e.g., how it is used, reused, etc.). For materials being recycled, 
RCRA jurisdiction is complex and the history of legal decisions related 
to the definition of solid waste is extensive (AMC I, API I, AMC II, 
ABR, API II, etc.). In response to one of the most recent decisions, 
the Association of Battery Recyclers, v. EPA 208 F.3d 1047 (2000) 
(ABR), EPA has decided to initiate development of a proposed rule to 
revise the definition of solid waste. We expect that the proposed rule 
will be broad in scope and will specifically address materials 
undergoing reclamation. In the context of reclamation, we plan to 
discuss options for how to distinguish materials that are discarded 
from materials that remain in use in a continuous industrial process 
and we anticipate proposing a definition of continuous industrial 
process. Generally, we believe that removing the specter of

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RCRA control where it is not necessary can spur increased reuse and 
recycling of hazardous waste, and will lead to better resource 
conservation and improved materials management overall.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4670

Agency Contact: Ingrid Rosencrantz, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 605-0709
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE98
_______________________________________________________________________




3121. RCRA SUBTITLE C FINANCIAL TEST CRITERIA (REVISION)

Priority: Other Significant

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     06/00/03
Final Action                    09/00/04

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; 33299 All Other Fabricated 
Metal Product 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; 221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power 
Generation; 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: 703 308-8609
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AC71
_______________________________________________________________________




3122. LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS; TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR SPENT 
POTLINERS FROM PRIMARY ALUMINUM REDUCTION (K088) AND REGULATORY 
CLASSIFICATION OF K088 VITRIFICATION UNITS

Priority: Other Significant

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: On July 20, 2000, EPA proposed revised treatment standards 
for K088 wastes. Specifically, the Agency proposed to lower the cyanide 
treatment standard and reinstate a treatment standard for fluoride 
nonwastewaters based on a deionized water leach test. Comments to the 
proposed rule were significant and suggest that there are significant 
treatment issues yet to be resolved for K088 waste. The Agency needs to 
further assess the treatment universe for K088 and is considered 
extending the possible date of a final rule or to investigate other 
strategies both regulatory and non-regulatory to facilitate recycling 
of spent aluminum potliners.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/12/00                    65 FR 42937
Final Action                    10/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

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]


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Rick Brandes, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8871
Fax: 703 308-8433
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE65
_______________________________________________________________________




3123. 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: 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. 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)             12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3333
For information on the Phase I portion of this effort, see SAN 4418, 
RIN 2050-AE79.

Sectors Affected: 2123 Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying; 2211 
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution; 22132 Sewage 
Treatment Facilities; 3241 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 
3271 Clay Product and Refractory Manufacturing; 3231 Printing and 
Related Support Activities; 3251 Basic Chemical Manufacturing; 3252 
Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and 
Filaments Manufacturing; 3253 Pesticide, Fertilizer and Other 
Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing; 3254 Pharmaceutical and Medicine 
Manufacturing; 3255 Paint, Coating, Adhesive, and Sealant 
Manufacturing; 3259 Other Chemical Product Manufacturing; 3271 Clay 
Product and Refractory Manufacturing; 3273 Cement and Concrete Product 
Manufacturing; 3274 Lime, Gypsum and Gypsum Product Manufacturing; 3279 
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; 3327 Machine Shops, 
Turned Product, and Screw, Nut and Bolt Manufacturing; 3328 Coating, 
Engraving, Heat Treating and Allied Activities; 3329 Other Fabricated 
Metal Product Manufacturing; 3332 Industrial Machinery Manufacturing; 
3339 Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing; 3341 Computer and 
Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing; 3342 Communications Equipment 
Manufacturing; 3343 Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing; 3344 
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing; 3361 Motor 
Vehicle Manufacturing; 3362 Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer 
Manufacturing; 3363 Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing; 4227 Petroleum 
and Petroleum Products Wholesalers

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
_______________________________________________________________________




3124. NESHAPS: STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR HAZARDOUS 
WASTE COMBUSTORS

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: Final, Judicial, June 14, 2005.

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 recovery 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 HWC Maximum Achievable Control Technology 
(MACT) 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. A 
clarification rule was proposed on July 3, 2001 (66 FR 35126). A final 
rule changed and clarified a subset of the proposed amendments to the 
final Phase I rule (February 14, 2002, 67 FR 6968). An interim final 
rule was issued on February 13, 2002 to establish amendments to certain 
implementation requirements (67 FR 6792). EPA will promulgate final 
replacement standards to replace the interim standards promulgated on 
February 13, 2002.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final MACT Fasttrack            06/19/98                    63 FR 33782
Final Cement Cement Kilns &; 
LWAKs &; Incinerators (Final-
Phase I)                        09/30/99                    64 FR 52828
Parallel Proposal to Direct 
Final Rule                      07/03/01                    66 FR 35124
NPRM-Phase1 Phase I Amendments  07/03/01                    66 FR 35126

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Direct Final Rule Phase 1 
Amendments                      07/03/01                    66 FR 35087
Direct Final Rule Partial Denial10/15/01                    66 FR 52361
Final (Good Cause) Emergency 
Extension of Compliance Date    11/29/01                    66 FR 63313
Final Action Extension for 
Compliance                      12/06/01                    66 FR 63313
Interim Final Rule - Interim 
Standards for Phase I Amendments 
Final Rule                      02/13/02                     67 FR 6791
Final Rule - Standards for HAPs 
for HW Combustors - Phase I 
Amendments                      02/14/02                     67 FR 6967
NPRM                            12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4418
Split from RIN 2050-AE01.

Sectors Affected: 2123 Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying; 2211 
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution; 22132 Sewage 
Treatment Facilities; 3241 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 
3271 Clay Product and Refractory Manufacturing; 3231 Printing and 
Related Support Activities; 3259 Other Chemical Product Manufacturing; 
3271 Clay Product and Refractory Manufacturing; 3273 Cement and 
Concrete Product Manufacturing; 3274 Lime, Gypsum and Gypsum Product 
Manufacturing; 3279 Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; 
3327 Machine Shops, Turned Product, and Screw, Nut and Bolt 
Manufacturing; 3328 Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating and Allied 
Activities; 3332 Industrial Machinery Manufacturing; 3339 Other General 
Purpose Machinery Manufacturing; 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment 
Manufacturing; 3342 Communications Equipment Manufacturing; 3343 Audio 
and Video Equipment Manufacturing; 3344 Semiconductor and Other 
Electronic Component Manufacturing; 3361 Motor Vehicle Manufacturing; 
3362 Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing; 3363 Motor Vehicle 
Parts Manufacturing; 4227 Petroleum and Petroleum Products Wholesalers; 
45431 Fuel Dealers; 3255 Paint, Coating, Adhesive, and Sealant 
Manufacturing; 3252 Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and 
Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing; 3253 Pesticide, 
Fertilizer and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing; 3254 
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing; 3251 Basic Chemical 
Manufacturing

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-AE79
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                 Completed Actions


Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3125. AMENDMENTS TO THE CORRECTIVE ACTION MANAGEMENT UNIT RULE

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 271

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Supplemental NPRM               11/20/01                    66 FR 58085
Final Action                    01/22/02                     67 FR 2962

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Agency Contact: Patricia Buzzell
Phone: 703 308-8632
Fax: 703 308-8617
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE77
_______________________________________________________________________




3126. HAZARDOUS WASTE IDENTIFICATION RULE (HWIR): IDENTIFICATION AND 
LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTES

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               10/03/01                    66 FR 50332
Parallel NPRM                   10/03/01                    66 FR 50379
Notice - Extension of Comment 
Period/Delay of Effective Date  12/03/01                    66 FR 60153

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Agency Contact: Tracy Atagi
Phone: 703 308-8672
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

Laura Burrell
Phone: 703 308-0005
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE07
_______________________________________________________________________




3127. PAINT MANUFACTURING WASTES LISTING: HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
SYSTEM: IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 
265

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/04/02                    67 FR 16261

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Agency Contact: Patricia Cohn
Phone: 703 308-8675
Fax: 703 308-8686
Email: [email protected]

Narendra Chaudhari
Phone: 703 308-0454
Fax: 703 308-0514

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Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE32
_______________________________________________________________________




3128. LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE; INORGANIC CHEMICAL WASTES; LAND 
DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS FOR NEWLY LISTED WASTES; CERCLA HAZARDOUS 
SUBSTANCES REPORTABLE QUANTITIES

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 263; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 
268; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    11/20/01                    66 FR 58258

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Agency Contact: Gwen DiPietro
Phone: 703 308-8285
Fax: 703 308-0522
Email: [email protected]

Robert Kayser
Phone: 703 308-7304
Fax: 703 308-0522
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE49
_______________________________________________________________________




3129. DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE; CODIFICATION OF MINERAL PROCESSING 
VACATURE (CLASSIFICATION OF BATTERY RECYCLERS V. EPA) AND DISCUSSION OF 
FUTURE PROPOSED RULEMAKING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261.2(c)(3); 40 CFR 261.4(a)(17)

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    03/13/02                    67 FR 11251

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Ingrid Rosencrantz
Phone: 703 605-0709
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE94
_______________________________________________________________________




3130. NESHAPS: STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR HAZARDOUS 
WASTE COMBUSTORS - PARALLEL PROPOSED RULE

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265; 
40 CFR 266; 40 CFR 270

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule Partial Denial 
(See 2050-AE79)                 10/15/01                    66 FR 52361
Final Action (See 2050-AE79)    02/14/02                     67 FR 6968

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Agency Contact: Rhonda Minnick
Phone: 703 308-8771
Fax: 703 308-8433
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE90
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Oil Pollution Act (OPA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3131. OIL POLLUTION PREVENTION REGULATION: REVISIONS

Priority: Other Significant

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, 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                    05/00/02

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

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act



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3132. REPORTABLE QUANTITY ADJUSTMENTS FOR CARBAMATES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/02

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: 703 603-9104
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE12
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3133. STREAMLINING THE PREAUTHORIZATION MIXED FUNDING FOR APPLICATION 
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CLAIMS AGAINST SUPERFUND

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3885

Agency Contact: Phyllis Anderson, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5201G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8971
Fax: 703 603-9146
Email: [email protected]

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-AE38
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3134. 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 territories 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

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offered in subpart O, has grown to about 16 for fiscal year 2000, 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. Subpart O also needs to be conformed with part 31 
(Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative 
Agreements).
EPA expects to 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 CAs, 
and other policy advances in State/tribal/EPA interaction.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

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]

Stephen Caldwell, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 5204G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8833
Fax: 703 603-9104
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE62
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act



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3135. FINAL RULE TO CORRECT TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND REMOVE OBSOLETE 
LANGUAGE IN 40 CFR PART 302

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 42 USC 9602 to 9604; 33 USC 1231; 33 USC 1261

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 302 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA has reviewed the portions of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) related to the release reporting program under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA). Within these regulations, which appear in 40 CFR part 302, 
EPA has identified several categories of errors, including: (1) 
typographical errors in the table of CERCLA hazardous substances (Table 
302.4 in 40 CFR 302.4); (2) definitions made legally obsolete because 
of changes in CERCLA's statutory provisions; and (3) redundant or 
unnecessary information (particularly in the Regulatory synonyms, 
Statutory RQ, and Final RQ Category columns of Table 302.4) that could 
be removed from the CFR to reduce potential confusion.
Correcting the typographical errors, updating definitions, and removing 
redundant information in 40 CFR part 302 will not affect the scope of 
what is regulated or how it is regulated. For this reason, EPA is 
developing a final rule to make these minor corrections.
EPA does not anticipate any substantial impact on small businesses or 
State/tribal/local governments because the final rule will not 
introduce any new regulations or impose new burdens. The corrections 
included in this rulemaking will serve to reduce confusion among the 
regulated community and government authorities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               07/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3929

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-AE88
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act



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3136. 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:
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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

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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 32                         05/11/00                    65 FR 30489
Final Action 28                 05/11/00                    65 FR 30482
NPRM 33                         07/27/00                    65 FR 46131
Final Action 29                 07/27/00                    65 FR 46096
NPRM Alabama/Malone             08/24/00                    65 FR 51567
NPRM 34                         12/01/00                    65 FR 75215
Final Action 30                 12/01/00                    65 FR 75179
NPRM 35                         01/11/01                     66 FR 2380
NPRM 36                         06/14/01                    66 FR 32287
Final Action 31                 06/14/01                    66 FR 32235
NPRM 37                         09/13/01                    66 FR 47612
Final Action 32                 09/13/01                    66 FR 47583
NPRM                            02/26/02                     67 FR 8836


Next Action Undetermined

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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3137. 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                            To Be                       Determined

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)               Proposed Rule Stage


Clean Water Act (CWA)



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3138. REVISIONS TO THE NATIONAL OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES POLLUTION 
CONTINGENCY PLAN; SUBPART J PRODUCT SCHEDULE LISTING REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1321(d)(2); CWA section 311(d)(2)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 300

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will propose revisions to subpart J of the 
National Contingency Plan (NCP) (40 CFR part 300.900). Section 
311(d)(2)(G) of the Clean Water Act requires that EPA prepare a 
schedule of dispersants, other chemicals, and other spill mitigating 
devices and substances, if any, that may be used in carrying out the 
NCP. Under subpart J, respondents wishing to add a product to the 
Product Schedule must submit technical product data specified in 40 CFR 
300.915 to EPA. This rulemaking will propose revisions to subpart J to 
clarify and change protocols for effectiveness and toxicity testing. It 
will clarify EPA authority to remove products from the Product 
Schedule. These changes will help ensure protection of the environment 
when these products are used to clean up and mitigate oil spills into 
or upon navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, the waters of the 
contiguous zone, or which may affect natural resources belonging to or 
under the exclusive management authority of the United States.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4526

Sectors Affected: 54 Professional, Scientific and Technical Services; 
3259

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Other Chemical Product Manufacturing; 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 3251 
Basic Chemical Manufacturing

Agency Contact: William Nick Nichols, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5203G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-9918
Fax: 703 603-9116
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2050-AE87
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3139. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND 
DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY

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 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 450

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, May 15, 2002.
Final, Judicial, March 31, 2004.

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                            05/00/02
Final Action                    03/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4280
For more information on the construction and development rule visit web 
site.,
NPRM- http://www.epa.gov/ost/guide/construction

Sectors Affected: 233 Building, Developing and General Contracting; 234 
Heavy Construction

Agency Contact: Eric Strassler, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1026
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Jesse Pritts, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1038
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD42
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3140. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE AQUATIC ANIMAL 
PRODUCTION INDUSTRY

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: CWA sec 301; CWA sec 304; CWA sec 306; CWA sec 307; 
CWA sec 308; CWA sec 318; CWA sec 402; CWA sec 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 451

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 aquatic 
animal production facilities, which are part of the aquaculture 
industry. This action is a new effort to develop pollutant controls in 
the form of nationally applicable discharge 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 inconsistent State regulatory 
oversight, EPA will examine available technologies for the control of 
pollutants, primarily nutrients. This action was formerly titled 
Aquaculture.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/02
Final Action                    06/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4406

Sectors Affected: 112511 Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries; 112512 
Shellfish Farming; 112519 Other Animal Aquaculture

Agency Contact: Marta E. Jordan, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1049
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Kristen Strellec, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1062
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD55
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3141. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES 2002 PROGRAM PLAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314(m) CWA

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, August 28, 2002.

Abstract: The Effluent Guidelines Plan is published biennially as 
required by the Clean Water Act and a consent decree. This plan is 
sometimes referred to as the 304(m) plan, based on one relevant section 
of the Clean Water Act. This proposed Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 
describes the Agency's ongoing effluent guidelines development efforts 
and EPA's plans for development of new or revised effluent guidelines 
beginning in 2002 and 2003. In addition, this Plan describes EPA's 
draft Strategy for National Clean Water Industrial Regulations which 
EPA plans to notice in the near future. This document provides 
background information on national clean water industrial regulations, 
describes the role these

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regulations play in today's Clean Water Program, and describes a 
process that EPA proposes to use to develop future biennial plans that 
identify industrial categories for which EPA will develop or revise 
national clean water regulations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/02
Final Action                    08/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4576

Agency Contact: Jan Matuszko, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1035
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Yu-Ting Guilaran, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1072
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD78
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3142. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR ALABAMA--PHASE II

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1313 CWA 303

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, October 2002, See additional 
information.

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 requires the EPA Administrator to 
promulgate Federal water quality standards to supersede those 
disapproved provisions in the States' water quality standards. EPA is 
developing a proposed rule to determine the appropriate use 
designations for seven water bodies in Alabama that EPA disapproved in 
1986 and 1991.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/02
Final Action                    05/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4264
Judicial NPRM: Consent decree specifies that EPA will sign proposed 
Federal replacement standards by 01/15/2002 unless EPA approves State 
use designations.

Agency Contact: Fritz Wagener, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
Region 04, Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404 562-9267

Cara Lally, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4305, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0314
Fax: 202 260-9830
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD35
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3143. 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 EPA Method 
1631, which also determines mercury at low ppt concentrations. EPA 
Method 245.7 uses similar technology to EPA Method 1631 (cold vapor 
atomic fluorescence spectrometry), but it does not require the use of a 
gold trap. Laboratories claim that EPA Method 245.7 is a less 
burdensome and more cost-effective method than EPA Method 1631.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/02
Final Action                    12/00/03

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, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1061
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1005
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD52
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3144. 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 1314(h); CWA 304(h); 33 USC 1361(a); CWA 
501(a); 42 USC 300f; SDWA 1401

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136(b)

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, February 28, 2003, Settlement 
Agreement.
Final, Judicial, September 30, 2004, Settlement Agreement.

Abstract: This regulatory action would propose to amend the Guidelines 
Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants under 40 
CFR part 136 related to the detection and quantification procedures 
currently used by EPA for analytes regulated in the wastewater program 
as authorized under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and in the drinking water 
program under

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the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The current method detection limit 
(MDL) procedure is set forth at 40 CFR part 136, appendix B. EPA has 
not promulgated a generic 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 re-
evaluate the current MDL and quantification approaches and assess 
alternative approaches.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/03
Final Action                    09/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4378

Agency Contact: Charles E. White, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1017
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1005
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD53
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3145. TEST PROCEDURES: NEW AND UPDATED TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS 
OF POLLUTANTS UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq; 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 parts 136 and 141 to approve new and updated EPA methods for 
wastewater, ambient water quality, and drinking water, including new 
and updated versions of methods from voluntary consensus standards 
bodies and other organizations. These methods are used to comply with 
monitoring requirements in the wastewater, ambient water quality and/or 
drinking water programs, as authorized under the Clean Water Act (CWA) 
and Safe Drinking Water Act. This regulation would propose new methods 
for metals such as Method 1638 (which utilizes ICP/MS), new methods for 
chemical pollutants (e.g., Method 245.7), and updated methods for 
chemical and biological pollutants (e.g., Methods 625 and 1625), 
including methods from voluntary consensus standards bodies (VCSBs), 
and from other external organizations. The new and updated methods 
include methods from organizations such as the American Society for 
Testing and Materials (ASTM), Standard Methods, Association of Official 
Analytical Methods-International, and U.S. Geological Survey.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/02
Final Action                    12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4540

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1061
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1005
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD71
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3146. MINIMIZING ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FROM COOLING WATER INTAKE 
STRUCTURES AT EXISTING FACILITIES UNDER SECTION 316(B) OF THE CLEAN 
WATER ACT, 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: 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 9; 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 124; 40 CFR 125

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, February 28, 2002.
Final, Judicial, August 28, 2003.

Abstract: This rulemaking affects, at a minimum, existing electricity 
generating facilities that employ cooling water intake structures and 
whose intake flow levels exceed a minimum threshold to be determined by 
EPA during the rulemaking. Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act 
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 for minimizing 
adverse environmental impact. A primary purpose of the rulemaking is to 
minimize any adverse environmental impact that may be associated with 
the impingement and entrainment of fish and other aquatic organisms by 
cooling water intake structures. Impingement refers to trapping fish 
and other aquatic life on intake screens or similar devices where they 
may be injured or killed. Entrainment occurs when smaller aquatic 
organisms, eggs, and larvae are drawn into a cooling system and then 
pumped back out, often with significant injury or mortality due to 
heat, physical stress or exposure to chemicals.

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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/09/02                    67 FR 17122
NPRM Comment Period End         07/08/02
Final Action                    08/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4474
Split from RIN 2040-AC34.

Sectors Affected: 22111 Electric Power Generation; 22133 Steam and Air-
Conditioning Supply; 311 Food Manufacturing; 3122 Tobacco 
Manufacturing; 313 Textile Mills; 321 Wood Product Manufacturing; 322 
Paper Manufacturing; 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 325 
Chemical Manufacturing; 326 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; 
327 Nonmetallic Mineral Product 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; 61131 
Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools; 21 Mining

Agency Contact: Deborah Nagle, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1063
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Debra Hart, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0905
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD62
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3147. NPDES PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION 
SYSTEMS, MUNICIPAL SATELLITE COLLECTION SYSTEMS, AND SANITARY SEWER 
OVERFLOWS

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 122.38; 40 CFR 122.41; 40 CFR 122.42

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is developing a notice of proposed rulemaking that would 
propose a broad-based regulatory 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, public 
notification, and recordkeeping requirements for sanitary sewer 
overflows (SSOs), capacity assurance, management, operation and 
maintenance requirements for municipal sanitary sewer collection 
systems; and a prohibition on SSOs. The Agency is also proposing a 
regulatory framework for applying NPDES permit conditions, including 
applicable standard permit conditions, to municipal satellite 
collection systems. Municipal satellite collection systems are sanitary 
sewers owned or operated by a municipality that conveys wastewater to a 
POTW operated by a different municipality.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/02
Final Action                    12/00/04

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.

Sectors Affected: 22132 Sewage Treatment Facilities

Agency Contact: Kevin Weiss, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4203M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-0742
Fax: 202 564-6392
Email: [email protected]

Kevin DeBell, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4203M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-0040
Fax: 202 564-6392
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD02
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3148. OCEAN DISCHARGES CRITERIA REVISIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1343 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 125.121(a); 40 CFR 125.121(e); 40 CFR 125.122; 40 
CFR 125.123; 40 CFR 125.124

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is proposing to modify the existing regulations 
implementing the ocean protection provisions of section 403 of the 
Clean Water Act. A key element of the proposed rule would provide for 
establishment of baseline water quality standards for ocean waters 
beyond three miles offshore. These waters, designated ``Healthy Ocean 
Waters,'' would be protected by both a narrative statement of desired 
quality and pollutant-specific numeric criteria. The proposed rule also 
would strengthen the requirements for a permit to discharge to any 
ocean waters, and would create a process for establishing Special Ocean 
Sites (SOSs), which are areas within ocean waters that are of 
outstanding value, where new and significantly expanded discharges 
would be prohibited. The proposed rule will enhance the protection of 
the ocean environment and meet the goals of the Executive Order on 
Marine Protected Areas (E.O. 13158).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/00/02
Final Action                    04/00/03

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4446

Sectors Affected: 22132 Sewage Treatment Facilities; 221111 
Hydroelectric Power Generation; 221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power 
Generation; 42271 Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals; 325412 
Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing; 311711 Seafood Canning; 21111 
Oil and Gas Extraction

Agency Contact: David Redford, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4504T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1288
Fax: 202 566-1546

James Woodley, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4504T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1287
Fax: 202 566-1546
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD60
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3149. CLEAN WATER ACT DEFINITION OF 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 110.1; 40 CFR 112.2; 40 CFR 
116.3; 40 CFR 117.1; 40 CFR 122.2; 40 CFR 230.3(s); 40 CFR 232.2; 40 
CFR 257.3-1(d); 40 CFR 300, appendix E; 40 CFR 401.11(I)

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 jurisdictional status 
under the Clean Water Act (CWA) of so-called isolated intrastate waters 
and wetlands. The existing regulations contain language asserting 
jurisdiction over isolated intrastate waters, but that regulatory 
provision has been the subject of a January 9, 2001, U.S. Supreme Court 
opinion. Revision of the regulatory language is necessary to address 
the Court's decision, improve regulatory clarity, and provide more 
specificity regarding CWA jurisdiction. The rulemaking would clarify 
CWA jurisdiction for entities (e.g., industrial, commercial, 
governmental) that discharge pollutants, including dredged or fill 
material, to isolated intrastate 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 the Supreme Court ruling.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/02
Final Action                    12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 2804

Agency Contact: Donna Downing, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4502T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1367
Fax: 202 566-1375
Email: [email protected]

John Lishman, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4502T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1364
Fax: 202 566-1375
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AB74
_______________________________________________________________________




3150.  TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD (TMDL) PROGRAM REVISIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1313

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would amend regulations governing the TMDL program 
to ensure that it is effective, allows for active participation by all 
stakeholders including local governments and communities. The 
amendments will address: the scope and content of the list of impaired 
waters required by section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, the scope and 
content of TMDLs, EPA's role in helping States establish 303(d) lists 
and TMDLs so that impaired waters are restored, and the pace/schedule 
for establishing TMDLs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/02
Final Action                    04/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4623

Agency Contact: Christine Ruf, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4503T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1220
Fax: 202 566-1333
Email: [email protected]

Francois Brasier, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4503T
Phone: 202 566-1214
Fax: 202 566-1333
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD82

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Clean Water Act (CWA)



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3151. 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 1318 CWA sec 308; 
33 USC 1342 CWA sec 402; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 413; 40 CFR 433; 40 CFR 438; 40 CFR 463; 40 CFR 
464; 40 CFR 467; 40 CFR 471

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, October 31, 2000.
Final, Judicial, December 31, 2002.

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. In 1995 EPA proposed regulations for 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, 
whose scope would 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)                              01/03/01                      66 FR 424
NODA                            05/00/02
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
For more information on Metal Products and Machinery on the Internet, 
please visit:
http://www.epa.gov/ost/guide/mpm/index.html

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

Agency Contact: Shari Barash, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-0996
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AB79
_______________________________________________________________________




3152. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE IRON AND STEEL 
MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY (REVISIONS)

Priority: Other Significant

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 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 420

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, October 31, 2000.
Final, Judicial, April 30, 2002.

Abstract: EPA is revising the effluent limitations guidelines and 
standards 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                            12/27/00                    65 FR 81963
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

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, 
4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1070
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Yu-Ting Guilaran, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1072
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC90
_______________________________________________________________________




3153. NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT REGULATION 
AND EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS GUIDELINES STANDARDS FOR CONCENTRATED ANIMAL 
FEEDING OPERATIONS (CAFOS)

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 1318 CWA sec 308; 
33 USC 1342 CWA sec 402; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122.23; 40 CFR 412

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, December 15, 2000, Effluent guidelines 
and standards only.
Final, Judicial, December 15, 2002, Effluent guidelines and standards 
only.

Abstract: Feedlot operations are covered by existing effluent 
guidelines at 40 CFR 412 and concentrated animal feeding operations 
(CAFOs) are covered by permitting regulations at 40 CFR 122.23. This 
action will revise the existing effluent guidelines primarily to 
address swine, poultry, beef, and dairy cattle operations and will 
revise 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

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surface waters except for certain storm related discharges, have not 
been sufficient to resolve water quality impairment from feedlot 
operations. Feedlot operations are 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                            01/12/01                     66 FR 2959
NODA                            11/21/01                    66 FR 58556
Final Action                    12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4153
This rule was formerly known as Effluent Guidelines and Standards for 
Feedlots Point Source Category, and NPDES Regulation for Concentrated 
Animal Feeding Operations.

Sectors Affected: 11221 Hog and Pig Farming; 11232 Broilers and Other 
Meat Type Chicken Production; 11231 Chicken Egg Production; 112112 
Cattle Feedlots; 11212 Dairy Cattle and Milk Production; 11241 Sheep 
Farming; 11233 Turkey Production; 11292 Horse and Other Equine 
Production; 11239 Other Poultry Production

Agency Contact: Paul Shriner, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1076
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Karen Metchis, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4203, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-0734
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD19
_______________________________________________________________________




3154. 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                    06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4192
NPRM- 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WATER/1998/April/Day-15/w9615.htm

Sectors Affected: 3221 Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills

Agency Contact: Don Anderson, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1021
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Ahmar Siddiqui, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1044
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD23
_______________________________________________________________________




3155. TEST PROCEDURES FOR ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS UNDER 
CLEAN WATER ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314(h) CWA 304(h); 33 USC 1361 CWA 501(a)

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 EPA Method 1622 and to approve microbiological 
methods for monitoring ambient water for the detection of 
Cryptosporidium, Giardiai, E. coli and Enterococci in ambient waters 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. This proposed 
regulation would approve test procedures to be available for use by 
testing laboratories.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/30/01                    66 FR 45811
Final Action                    09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4047

Agency Contact: Robin K. Oshiro, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1075
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1005
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD08
_______________________________________________________________________




3156. TEST PROCEDURES: CLEAN WATER ACT AND SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT 
METHODS UPDATE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq; CWA 304(h); 33 USC 1314(h); CWA 
501(a); 33 USC 1361(a); SDWA 1412; 42 USC 300 g-1; 42 USC 300f(1); SDWA 
1401(a); SDWA 1445; SDWA 1450(a); 42 USC 300j-4; 42 USC 300j-9(a)

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CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136; 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 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 EPA 
received adverse comments on the direct final rule published on January 
16, 2001, the Agency withdrew the direct final on May 15, 2001. EPA 
plans to issue a final rulemaking addressing the adverse comments by 
early 2002, based on a companion proposal to the direct final rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               01/16/01                     66 FR 3466
Notice of Withdrawal of Direct 
Final Rule                      05/15/01                    66 FR 26795
Final Action                    06/00/02

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, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1061
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Khouane Ditthauong, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1068
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD59
_______________________________________________________________________




3157. TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MERCURY UNDER THE CLEAN WATER 
ACT (REVISIONS TO METHOD 1631)

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: NPRM, Judicial, September 30, 2001, Settlement 
agreement.
Final, Judicial, September 30, 2002, Settlement agreement.

Abstract: This proposal would amend EPA Method 1631 to add new 
requirements for clean techniques and quality control (QC) beyond those 
specified in EPA Method 1631 for the determination of mercury at water 
quality criteria levels. EPA Method 1631 was promulgated at 40 CFR 136 
in June 1999. Later that year, the Alliance of Automobile 
Manufacturers, the Chemical Manufacturers Association, and the Utility 
Water Act Group (Petitioners) filed a petition for judicial review of 
the final rule. One of the issues in the petition related to the clean 
sampling techniques and QC requirements in the Method. As part of a 
Settlement Agreement in October 2000, EPA agreed to sign a Federal 
Register notice proposing additional clean techniques and QC 
requirements for Method 1631 by September 30, 2001, and to take final 
action by September 30, 2002.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action - Technical 
Correction                      06/18/01                    66 FR 32774
NPRM                            10/09/01                    66 FR 51518
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. 4541

Agency Contact: William Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1061
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Cynthia Simbanin, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1073
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD72
_______________________________________________________________________




3158. RULE TO REVISE AND TO RATIFY OR WITHDRAW WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY 
TEST METHODS

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: NPRM, Judicial, September 24, 2001, Settlement 
agreement.
Final, Judicial, November 8, 2002, Settlement agreement.

Abstract: This regulatory action would propose to amend the Guidelines 
Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants under 40 
CFR part 136 by revising several whole effluent toxicity (WET) test 
methods and by ratifying or withdrawing WET test methods listed in 
Table IA for use under the Clean Water Act. These methods were 
promulgated on October 16, 1995 (60 FR 53529). The proposed regulation 
is needed to satisfy the terms of two settlement agreements (entered 
into by EPA and Edison Electric Institute, et al., and Western 
Coalition of Arid States on July 24, 1998; and entered into by EPA and 
Lone Star Steel in January 1997). This proposal will amend the 1995 
rule by revising three WET method manuals, and by ratifying or 
withdrawing each of the WET test methods challenged in the settlement 
agreements from these three manuals. Specific revisions include: the 
requirement of blocking by parentage in Method 1002, the requirement 
for demonstration of valid concentration-response relationships, the 
inclusion of specific procedures to control pH drift, and the inclusion 
of procedures to reduce pathogenic interferences in Method 1000.

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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/28/01                    66 FR 49794
Final Action                    11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4514

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1061
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Marion Kelly, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1045
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD73
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3159. 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                    07/00/02

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, 
4502T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1373
Fax: 202 566-1375
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC14
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3160. 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 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 water body. 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 water bodies, 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 conducting notice 
and comment rulemaking to achieve greater consistency between the two 
agencies' definitions of fill material.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/20/00                    65 FR 21292
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4375

Agency Contact: Brenda Mallory, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4502T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1368
Fax: 202 566-1375
Email: [email protected]

John Lishman, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4502T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1364
Fax: 202 566-1375
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD51
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3161. ROUND 2 STANDARDS FOR THE USE OR DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE

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, October 17, 2003.

Abstract: This rulemaking concerns dioxin and dioxin-like compounds in 
sewage sludge that is applied to the land. Section 405 of the Clean 
Water Act (CWA) requires EPA to promulgate regulations providing 
guidelines for the use and disposal of sewage sludge, including numeric 
standards for toxic pollutants which may adversely affect human health 
and the environment and management practices. EPA promulgated the first 
round of regulations, which set standards for toxic pollutants in 
sewage sludge for which information was available and management 
practices for land application, surface disposal and incineration of 
sewage sludge (58 FR 9248, Feb. 19, 1993). EPA proposed the second 
round of regulations, for other toxic pollutants not regulated in the 
first round, in December 1999 (64 FR 72045, Dec. 23, 1999). The 
proposed

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rule would establish a limit of 300 nanograms of TEQ dioxins per 
kilogram of dry sewage sludge for land application along with 
monitoring requirements. The proposal also proposed to take no 
regulatory action with respect to dioxins in sewage sludge that is 
disposed of at a surface disposal site or incinerated in a sewage 
sludge incinerator. EPA signed a final notice of its determination not 
to further regulate for dioxins in sewage sludge that is disposed of at 
a surface disposal site or incinerated in a sewage sludge incinerator, 
and stated that final action on the proposal to amend the land 
application rule will be published separately at a later date (66 FR 
66228, Dec. 21, 2001). The deadline for taking final action on the land 
application rule is subject to a consent decree deadline of October 17, 
2003.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/23/99                    64 FR 72045
Final Notice - No Further 
Regulation Required for Surface 
Disposal and Incineration       12/21/01                    66 FR 66228
Notice of Data Availability - 
Land Application                05/00/02
Final Action - Land Application 10/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3488

Agency Contact: Alan B. Rubin, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4304T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1125
Fax: 202 566-1330
Email: [email protected]

Alan B. Hais, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4304T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1106
Fax: 202 566-1139
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC25
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3162. CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND REGULATION REVISIONS RE: USE AS 
MATCHING FUNDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1383(h)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35.3125(b)(1)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulation will revise the Clean Water State Revolving 
Fund (CWSRF) Regulations to allow the use of loans from the non-Federal 
and non-State match share of CWSRF funds as a match for infrastructure 
grants. In 1990, EPA issued regulations implementing the CWSRF program, 
established as Title VI of the Clean Water Act (CWA) in 1987. Section 
603(h) of the CWA prohibits use of the CWSRF loan as matching funds 
with respect to the non-Federal share of the cost of a treatment works 
project for which a municipality or agency is receiving assistance from 
the Administrator under any other authority. In issuing its regulations 
at 40 CFR 35.3125(b)(1), EPA interpreted this prohibition broadly, 
applying the restriction to all treatment works construction. At that 
time, EPA believed the replacement of the construction grants program 
authorized by Title II of the CWA by the CWSRF would result in a 
significant decrease in the use of other Federal grant funds for 
treatment works construction. However, from FY 1995 onward, Congress 
has authorized and appropriated funds for infrastructure construction 
grants in various Appropriations Acts. There are currently over 700 
projects totaling over $3.3 billion dollars. In several cases, EPA has 
been asked to allow CWSRF funds to be used as a match for these grants; 
but 40 CFR 35.3125(b)(1) prohibits such action. Upon reconsideration, 
EPA has decided its initial reading in 1990 was too broad, and the 
intent of Congress was only to prohibit use of CWSRF loans as a match 
for Title II construction grants. This action will revise the 
regulations to allow a State, in its operation of the CWSRF, to permit 
a CWSRF loan for non-Title II infrastructure construction grant 
projects to be used as a non-Federal match in certain circumstances. 
The prohibition on the use of CWSRF as a match for a Title II 
construction grant will continue.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule With Companion 
NPRM                            12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4493

Agency Contact: Chau Hoang, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4204M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-0689
Fax: 202 501-2396
Email: [email protected]

Gary Hudiburgh, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, EN-336, 4204M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-0626
Fax: 202 501-2396
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD68
_______________________________________________________________________




3163.  MODIFICATION TO COMPETITIVE PROCESS USED BY EPA FOR WATER 
QUALITY COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND WETLAND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251sec 104

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35.362; 40 CFR 35.382

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is proposing to modify 40 CFR 35.362 and 35.382, which 
provided that the Water Quality Cooperative Agreements (WQCA) and 
Wetland Program Development Grants (WPDG) will be awarded through a 
competitive process. The proposed modification to section 35.362 would 
provide Regions with the discretion to allocate a portion of WQCA funds 
to States in accordance with program guidance instead of awarding funds 
based on a competition among States. The proposed modification to 
section 35.382 would provide Regions with an option of allocating WPDG 
funds to States that meet established criteria. The proposed changes 
would provide State, interstate, and local agencies greater flexibility 
in developing comprehensive programs.

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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 4624

Agency Contact: Barry Benroth, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4204M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-0672
Fax: 202 501-2397
Email: [email protected]

Donna An, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4502T, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 566-1384
Fax: 202 566-1349
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD83
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Clean Water Act (CWA)



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3164. 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                     To Be                       Determined

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: Don Anderson, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1021
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD10
_______________________________________________________________________




3165. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE PULP, PAPER, AND 
PAPERBOARD POINT SOURCE CATEGORY, DISSOLVING KRAFT AND DISSOLVING 
SULFITE SUBCATEGORIES (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 adsorbable 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
Final Action                    07/00/03

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: Don Anderson, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1021
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Ahmar Siddiqui, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1044
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD49
_______________________________________________________________________




3166. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE MEAT AND POULTRY 
PRODUCTS POINT SOURCE CATEGORY (REVISIONS)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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, January 30, 2002.
Final, Judicial, December 31, 2003.

Abstract: The Agency has proposed revisions to the effluent limitations 
guidelines and standards for the Meat and Poultry 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 these additional effluent limitations. In particular, the

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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 also include effluent limitations 
for poultry processing, which is not currently covered by any effluent 
guideline.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/25/02                     67 FR 8582
Final Action                    12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

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, 
4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1058
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Carey Johnston, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1014
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD56
_______________________________________________________________________




3167. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL CONTAINER AND 
DRUM CLEANING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 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 Nation's waterways. This regulation is expected to 
cover those facilities that clean out drums and industrial-sized 
containers as a business, and would generally not cover industrial 
facilities that clean out their own drums and containers used on site.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

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: Yu-Ting Guilaran, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1072
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD57
_______________________________________________________________________




3168. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR INDIAN COUNTRY WATERS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131; 40 CFR 121.17 (New); 40 CFR 122.4 (Amended); 
40 CFR 123.1 (Amended); 40 CFR 131.4 (Amended); 40 CFR 131.40 (New); 40 
CFR 230.10 (Amended); 40 CFR 233.1 (Amended); 40 CFR 233.51 (Amended)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: EPA is considering proposing a national rule containing core 
Federal water quality standards (WQS) to support tailored, site-
specific decisions for certain waters in Indian country 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 
designations consistent with CWA section 101(a) goals, cultural and 
traditional, and other uses; 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 basis for including water 
quality based limitations or conditions in permits or certifications 
for discharges within Indian country; and provide the basis for 
establishing Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for Indian country 
waters. A Federal promulgation would not prevent tribes from developing 
their own standards. The Office of Management and Budget reviewed the 
proposal and returned it to EPA on October 2, 2001, for further 
consideration and analysis. EPA is considering how to proceed.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal

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]

Edward Hanlon, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4305, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5396
Fax: 202 260-9830
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD46
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3169. 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

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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 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 ensure that a particular water body 
would 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                             To Be                       Determined

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, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1061
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1005
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC75
_______________________________________________________________________




3170. TEST PROCEDURES: 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, 
permits the analyst 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

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

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, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1061
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Khouane Ditthavong, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1068
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC92
_______________________________________________________________________




3171. TEST PROCEDURES: 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 would 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                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

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Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3713
NPRM-
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WATER/1997/March/Day-28/w7221.htm

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1061
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Khouane Ditthavong, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1068
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC93
_______________________________________________________________________




3172. 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                    12/00/03

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, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1061
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1005
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC95
_______________________________________________________________________




3173. TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CO-PLANAR AND MONO-ORTHO-
SUBSTITUTED POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq; 33 USC 1314(h); CWA 304(h); 33 USC 
1361(a); CWA 501(a)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136; 40 CFR 503

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 ensure that 
a particular water body would meet the State's designated water quality 
standard. At present there is no EPA analytical method for 
determination of these PCBs at the levels of concern. Therefore, 
approval of a new EPA test procedure is necessary.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/03
Final Action                    06/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4049

Agency Contact: William A. Telliard, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1061
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1005
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD09
_______________________________________________________________________




3174. 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

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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                    12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

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, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1061
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1005
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD12
_______________________________________________________________________




3175. 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                            10/00/03
Final Action                    09/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4357

Agency Contact: Gregory Stapleton, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1028
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD39
_______________________________________________________________________




3176. MINIMIZING ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FROM COOLING WATER INTAKE 
STRUCTURES AT EXISTING FACILITIES UNDER SECTION 316(B) OF THE CLEAN 
WATER ACT, PHASE 3

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

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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 9; 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 124; 40 CFR 125

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, June 15, 2003.
Final, Judicial, December 15, 2004.

Abstract: This rulemaking affects, at a minimum, existing facilities 
that use cooling water intake structures, and whose intake flow levels 
exceed a minimum threshold EPA will determine during this rulemaking. 
The affected facilities include (1) electricity generating facilities 
not covered by Phase 2 regulations; (2) pulp and paper manufacturing 
facilities; (3) chemicals and allied products manufacturing facilities; 
(4) petroleum and coal products manufacturing facilities; and (5) 
primary metals manufacturing facilities. Section 316(b) of the Clean 
Water Act 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 
for minimizing adverse environmental impact. A primary purpose of this 
action is to minimize the impingement and entrainment of fish and other 
aquatic organisms by cooling water intake structures. Impingement 
refers to trapping fish and other aquatic life against cooling water 
intake structures. Entrainment occurs when aquatic organisms, eggs and 
larvae are drawn into the cooling system, through the heat exchanger, 
and then pumped back out with significant injury or mortality to the 
entrained organisms.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/03
Final Action                    12/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4543
Split from RIN 2040-AC34.

Sectors Affected: 61131 Colleges, Universities and Professional 
Schools; 21 Mining; 211111 Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction; 
211112 Natural Gas Liquid Extraction; 22111 Electric Power Generation; 
22133 Steam and Air-Conditioning Supply; 311 Food Manufacturing; 3122 
Tobacco Manufacturing; 313 Textile Mills; 321 Wood Product 
Manufacturing; 322 Paper Manufacturing; 324 Petroleum

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and Coal Products Manufacturing; 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 326 
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; 327 Nonmetallic Mineral 
Product 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: Deborah Nagle, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4303T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1063
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Debra Hart, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4303, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0905
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD70
_______________________________________________________________________




3177. STREAMLINING THE GENERAL PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS FOR EXISTING AND 
NEW SOURCES OF POLLUTION

Priority: Other Significant

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 final rule will be promulgated as a program streamlining 
activity. The rule will revise certain provisions in the General 
Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR Part 403) that address restrictions on 
and oversight of industrial discharges into Publicly Owned Treatment 
Works (POTWs). The final rule will include exclusions or variable 
requirements for smaller facilities that contribute insignificant 
amounts of pollutants, clarify requirements for implementing 
Pretreatment Standards, and provide more flexible reporting, inspection 
and sampling requirements. The revisions should provide greater 
flexibility, reduce burden, and achieve improved environmental results 
at less cost for regulatory authorities and the regulated community.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/22/99                    64 FR 39564
Final Action                    12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3663
NPRM- 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WATER/1999/July/Day-22/w17773.htm

Agency Contact: Jan Pickrel, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4203M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-7904
Fax: 202 564-6431
Email: [email protected]

John Hopkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4203M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-0743
Fax: 202 564-6399
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC58
_______________________________________________________________________




3178. NPDES STREAMLINING RULE -- ROUND III

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC 1312 CWA sec 302; 33 
USC 1314 CWA sec 304; 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

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: 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                            11/00/06
Final Action                    08/00/07

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3786

Agency Contact: Howard E. Rubin, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4203, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-2051
Fax: 202 564-9544
Email: [email protected]

Robert Wood, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4203, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9545
Fax: 202 564-9544
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC84

[[Page 33876]]

_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                 Completed Actions


Clean Water Act (CWA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3179. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE COAL MINING POINT SOURCE 
CATEGORY (REVISIONS)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 434

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    01/23/02                     67 FR 3370

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Ron Jordan
Phone: 202 566-1003
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD24
_______________________________________________________________________




3180. MINIMIZING ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FROM COOLING WATER INTAKE 
STRUCTURES AT NEW FACILITIES UNDER SECTION 316(B) OF THE CLEAN WATER 
ACT, PHASE 1

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 9; 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 124; 40 CFR 125

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/18/01                    66 FR 65256

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local

Agency Contact: Deborah Nagle
Phone: 202 566-1063
Fax: 202 566-1053
Email: [email protected]

Debra Hart
Phone: 202 260-0905
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC34
_______________________________________________________________________




3181. RECOGNITION AWARDS UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 105 (New)

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               02/08/02                     67 FR 6137

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Maria Campbell
Phone: 202 564-0628
Fax: 202 501-2396
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD44
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                     Prerule Stage


Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3182. USE OF SCREENING METHODS FOR COMPLIANCE MONITORING OF DRINKING 
WATER CONTAMINANTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f SDWA 1401; 42 USC 300g-1 SDWA 1412; 42 USC 
300j-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 advanced notice of proposed rulemaking, EPA announces its 
intention 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 
contaminants, 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 rulemaking. The final action 
would only add new analytical methods and/or analytical approaches and 
would not withdraw or modify previously approved methods.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           10/00/02
NPRM                            07/00/03
Final Action                    07/00/04

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, 4607M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5243
Fax: 202 564-3760
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Richard Reding, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4656
Fax: 202 564-3760
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD31

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3183. DRINKING WATER: REGULATORY DETERMINATIONS REGARDING CONTAMINANTS 
ON THE DRINKING WATER CONTAMINANT CANDIDATE LIST

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f et seq; SDWA 1412(b)(1)(B)

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, August 6, 2001, Final Regulatory 
Determination.

Abstract: The 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 
requires EPA to publish a list of nonregulated contaminants every five 
years, which may warrant regulation due to their health effects and 
their potential for occurrence in public water systems (PWSs). The 
first list, called the Contaminant Candidate List (CCL), was published 
in the Federal Register on March 2, 1998 (63 FR 10274). When 
establishing the 1998 CCL, EPA divided the contaminants among three 
main categories: (1) contaminants which are priorities for additional 
research; (2) contaminants which need additional occurrence data; and 
(3) contaminants which are priorities for consideration for rulemaking. 
These contaminants are collectively referred to as the Regulatory 
Determination Priority contaminants. In addition to publishing the 
drinking water CCL, the SDWA also requires the Agency to select five or 
more contaminants from the CCL and determine, by August 2001, whether 
to regulate these contaminants with a National Primary Drinking Water 
Regulation (NPDWR). The Regulatory Determination Priority category is 
the list of contaminants from which the Agency will determine whether 
or not regulations are necessary. There are currently nine contaminants 
that have sufficient scientific information to make regulatory 
determinations: Acanthamoeba; Aldrin; Dieldrin; Hexachlorobutadiene; 
Manganese; Metribuzin; Naphthalene; Sodium; and Sulfate. In order to 
make a decision whether or not to develop a NPDWR for a contaminant, 
the SDWA requires three statutory tests be met: (1) the contaminant may 
have an adverse effect on the health of persons; (2) the contaminant is 
known to occur or there is a substantial likelihood that the 
contaminant will occur in public water systems with a frequency and at 
levels of public health concern; and (3) in the sole judgment of the 
Administrator, regulation of the contaminant presents a meaningful 
opportunity for health risk reduction for persons served by public 
water systems. Using these three statutory tests to make regulatory 
decisions, there are three possible outcomes: (1) regulate the 
contaminant with a NPDWR; (2) develop guidance (e.g., Health or 
Consumer Advisory); or (3) determine no action is necessary.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice of Preliminary Regulatory 
Determinations                  05/00/02
Notice of Final Regulatory 
Determinations                  09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4447
SDWA requires a final determination of whether or not NPDWR(s) are 
necessary for no less than 5 contaminants on the CCL.

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Karen Wirth, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5246
Fax: 202 564-3760
Email: [email protected]

Tom Carpenter, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4885
Fax: 202 564-3760
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD61
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)               Proposed Rule Stage


Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3184.  UNREGULATED CONTAMINANT MONITORING REGULATION: ANALYTICAL 
METHOD FOR AEROMONAS. NATIONAL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DRINKING WATER 
REGULATIONS: ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR CHEMICAL&;MICROBIOLOGICAL 
CONTAMINANTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f; 42 USC 300g-l; 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

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141.40

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action proposes the analytical method and an associated 
Minimum Reporting Level (MRL) for the analysis of Aeromonas to support 
the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation's List 2 monitoring 
of 120 large and 180 small public water systems from January 1, 2003 
through December 31, 2003. Only these 300 systems must monitor for 
Aeromonas. Additionally, EPA proposes to approve EPA Method 515.4 to 
support previously required National Primary Drinking Water Regulation 
(NPDWR) compliance monitoring for 2,4-D (as acid, salts and esters), 
2,4,5-TP (Silvex), dinoseb, pentachlorophenol, picloram and dalapon, 
and EPA Method 531.2 to support previously required NPDWR monitoring 
for carbofuran and oxamyl. Finally, EPA proposed to approve eight 
additional industry developed analytical methods to support previously 
required NPDWR compliance monitoring. These eight methods include: a 
method for the determination of atrazine, two methods for the 
determination of cyanide, three methods for the determination of total 
coliforms, a method for the determination of heterotrophic bacteria and 
a method for the determination of turbidity.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/07/02                    67 FR 10532
NPRM Comment Period End         05/06/02
Final Action                    10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

[[Page 33878]]

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4638
Statutory Legal information: Further implements final regulations 
issued in August 1999 and January 2001.

Agency Contact: David J. Munch, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
MLK 140, Cincinnati, OH 45268
Phone: 513 569-7843
Fax: 513 569-7191
Email: [email protected]

Daniel Hautman, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, MLK 140, 
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Phone: 513 569-7274
Fax: 513 569-7191
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD81
_______________________________________________________________________




3185. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS: 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: 40 USC 300g-1(b); SDWA 1412(b); 42 USC 300f; 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

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 from disinfection 
byproducts. 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 
pathogenicity 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 and an 
agreement in principle was signed in September 2000 outlining the 
proposed rule options.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/03

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: Dan Schmelling, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5281
Fax: 202 564-3767
Email: [email protected]

Thomas Grubbs, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-5262
Fax: 202 564-3767
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD37
_______________________________________________________________________




3186. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS: STAGE 2 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: 40 USC 300g-1(b); SDWA 1412(b); 42 USC 300f; 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

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141 to 142; 40 CFR 9

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, July 14, 2003.

Abstract: This 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 reconvened a committee of stakeholders under the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to assist in the development of these 
rules, and an Agreement in Principle

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was signed in September 2000 outlining the proposed rule options.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/02
Final Action                    11/00/03

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. 4342

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Mary Manibusan, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5265
Fax: 202 564-3758
Email: [email protected]

Thomas Grubbs, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, Washington, DC 
20460
Phone: 202 564-5262
Fax: 202 564-3767
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD38
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3187. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS: GROUNDWATER 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 300f; SDWA 1412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141 400 to 406; 40 CFR 142 14 to 16 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 2003, Before Stage 2 
Disinfection Byproducts Rule.

Abstract: EPA has proposed a targeted risk-based regulatory strategy 
for all public water systems served by ground water. The proposed 
requirements provide a meaningful opportunity to reduce public health 
risk associated with the consumption of waterborne pathogens from fecal 
contamination for a substantial number of people served by ground water 
sources. The proposed strategy addresses risks through a multiple-
barrier approach that relies on five major components: periodic 
sanitary surveys of ground water systems requiring the evaluation of 
eight elements and the identification of significant deficiencies; 
hydrogeologic assessments to identify wells sensitive to fecal 
contamination; source water monitoring for systems drawing from 
sensitive wells without treatment or with other indications of risk; a 
requirement for correction of significant deficiencies and fecal 
contamination through the following actions: eliminate the source of 
contamination, correct the significant deficiency, provide an 
alternative source water, or provide a treatment which achieves at 
least 99.99 percent (4-log) inactivation or removal of viruses, and 
compliance monitoring to insure disinfection treatment is reliably 
operated where it is used.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/10/00                    65 FR 30194
Final Action                    03/00/03

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 the 
Administrator promulgates a stage II rulemaking for disinfection 
byproducts (currently scheduled for November 2003).
NPRM-http://www.epa.gov/safewater/gwr.html

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Crystal Rodgers, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4607M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5275
Fax: 202 564-3767
Email: [email protected]

Tracy Bone, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607M, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5257
Fax: 202 564-3767
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AA97
_______________________________________________________________________




3188. 6-YEAR REVIEW OF EXISTING NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER 
REGULATIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f et seq

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, August 6, 2002, Complete review for 
contaminants with NPDWRs promulgated prior to August 1996.

Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requires EPA to review and 
revise, if appropriate, all National Primary Drinking Water Regulations 
(NPDWRs) no less frequently than once every six years. According to 
SDWA, any revisions of drinking water regulations must maintain, or 
increase, the level of public health protection provided; however, EPA 
may identify regulatory changes that will streamline or reduce existing 
requirements without lessening the level of public health protection. 
As a part of this action, EPA will do two things: (1) develop an 
overall protocol for conducting each six year review; and (2) review 69 
NPDWRs published prior to 1996. The remaining NPDWRs published prior to 
1996 (e.g., arsenic, radionuclides, most microbiological NPDWRs) have 
been, or are being, reviewed in the context of recent or ongoing 
rulemakings. No new requirements will be imposed by this action. The 
purpose of the review is to determine whether new data, technology, or 
other factors exist that justify revisions to existing NPDWRs. The 
outcome of each review will be a Federal Register notice making

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available the results of the Agency's review and a planned rulemaking 
schedule for the regulations that the Agency believes are appropriate 
candidates for revision at that time. EPA may decide that any of the 
following need to be revised: maximum contaminant level goals, maximum 
contaminant levels, analytical methods, monitoring, treatment, 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements. EPA plans extensive 
stakeholder outreach and consultation in the development of the 
protocol and throughout the review process.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice of Preliminary Decision  04/17/02                    67 FR 19030
Notice of Final Decision        08/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4424

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Judy Lebowich, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4884
Fax: 202 564-3760
Email: [email protected]

Wynne Miller, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4887
Fax: 202 564-3760
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD67
_______________________________________________________________________




3189. UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL CLASS V PHASE 2 REVISIONS

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300(h); Safe Drinking Water Act 1421-1425

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, April 30, 2001.
Final, Judicial, May 31, 2002.

Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requires EPA to protect 
current and future underground sources of drinking water (USDWs) from 
the endangerment posed by Class V underground injection control (UIC) 
wells. Class V UIC wells are typically shallow waste disposal systems 
that are diverse in purpose, design, geographic distribution, the 
nature of the fluids injected, and endangerment potential. In 
accordance with the judicial deadlines in a consent agreement, EPA 
finalized specific regulations addressing two types of high-risk UIC 
Class V injection wells (motor vehicle waste disposal wells and large-
capacity cesspools) in December 1999. That regulatory action is 
informally referred to as the UIC Class V Phase 1 Rule. Also, in 
accordance with the consent agreement, on May 7, 2001, EPA published a 
proposed determination that existing Federal regulation of Class V 
wells is adequate to protect drinking water supplies, and that 
additional Federal UIC regulations are not needed at this time to 
prevent Class V wells from endangering underground sources of drinking 
water. EPA has evaluated the public comment received on the proposed 
determination and will publish a final determination by May 2002.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice of Proposed Determination05/07/01                    66 FR 22971
Final Action - Notice of Final 
Determination                   05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4451

Agency Contact: Robyn Delehanty, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4606, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-3880
Fax: 202 564-3756
Email: [email protected]

Ryan McReynolds, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4606
Phone: 202 564-3891
Fax: 202 564-3756
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD63
_______________________________________________________________________




3190. MINOR REVISIONS TO THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION RULE AND THE CONSUMER 
CONFIDENCE REPORT RULE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: As part of a settlement agreement, EPA agreed to make 
specific changes to the health effects language, in the Public 
Notification and Consumer Confidence Report Rules, concerning di(2-
ethylhexyl)adipate (DEHA) and di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP). With 
respect to DEHA, the proposed new wording would replace a reference to 
general toxic effects with specific toxic effects wording (i.e., weight 
loss and liver enlargement) and add the word possible to the reference 
to reproductive effects. With respect to DEHP, the proposed revision 
would add the word well in front of the phrase in excess of the MCL to 
describe when the health effects may be experienced. In addition, this 
proposal would include a negotiated paragraph on the proper use of the 
Agency's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). EPA is also making 
the following minor changes to the Consumer Confidence Report Rule: 
removing leaching from wood preservatives as a likely source for copper 
contamination; revising Appendix A to move some disinfection byproducts 
contaminants from the volatile organic contaminants section to the 
inorganic contaminants section; and revising Appendix A to change 
chloride dioxide to chlorine dioxide.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/07/01                    66 FR 46928
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. 4561

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Khanna Johnston, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4606, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-3842
Fax: 202 564-3755
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD77

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_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                 Long-Term Actions


Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3191. 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 300f et seq; SDWA 1412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, August 6, 1999.
Final, Statutory, November 2, 2000.
Other, Statutory, November 2, 2000, Publish radon health risk reduction 
and cost analysis.

Abstract: EPA proposed regulations for radon in drinking water that 
would provide flexibility in how to manage the health risks from radon, 
in both drinking water and in indoor air. States and systems 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. The proposal was based on the unique framework in the 1996 Safe 
Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The proposed regulation would provide two 
options to States and water systems for reducing public health risks 
from radon. Under the first option, States may choose to develop 
enhanced State programs to address the health risks from indoor radon 
while water systems reduce radon levels in drinking water to at or 
below the higher, alternative maximum contaminant level MCL proposed at 
4,000 pCi/L (picoCuries per liter, a standard unit of radiation). 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.

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
Notice                          06/23/00                    65 FR 39113
Final Action                    09/00/03

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: Becky Allen, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4689
Fax: 202 564-3760
Email: [email protected]

Dick Reding, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607M, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4656
Fax: 202 564-3760
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AA94
_______________________________________________________________________




3192. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS: ALDICARB

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

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f et seq; SDWA 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 0.003, 
0.004, and 0.002 ug/l, respectively. In response to an administrative 
petition from the manufacturer Rhone-Poulenc, the Agency issued an 
administrative stay of the effective date. EPA will reexamine risk 
assessment and occurrence data on aldicarb and make a determination of 
what further action is appropriate.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/00/04
Final Action                    08/00/05

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: Jim Taft, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4655
Fax: 202 564-3760
Email: [email protected]

Karen Wirth, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607M, Washington, 
DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5246
Fax: 202 564-3760
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AC13
_______________________________________________________________________




3193. 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-1-6; 42 USC 300j-4; 42 USC 
300j-9; 42 USC 300j-11; SDWA 1445(a)(6)

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 analyses may be used to modify existing 
regulations during the statutorily required 6-year regulatory review 
cycle.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/03
Final Action                    06/00/05

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

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Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Additional Information: SAN No. 4369

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: Charles Job, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4606M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-3941
Fax: 202 564-3757
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD48
_______________________________________________________________________




3194. NATIONAL SECONDARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS (NSDWR): METHYL 
TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE) AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE NSDWR

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f et seq

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 143 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) is a fuel additive used 
primarily to increase the oxygen content in gasoline. It has been used 
in increasing quantity 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. Although the use of MTBE in 
gasoline has helped to reduce harmful air emissions, it is being 
detected in ground water and surface water throughout the country. In 
some instances the affected waters are drinking water sources. At 
relatively low levels, MTBE's taste and odor can make drinking water 
supplies unacceptable to consumers. In this action, EPA is proposing a 
secondary standard for MTBE, which would provide guidance for taste and 
odor acceptability and protect the public welfare.

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. 4404

Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems

Agency Contact: James Taft, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4607M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4655
Fax: 202 564-3760
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD54
_______________________________________________________________________




3195. 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 part 147 of its UIC 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 this is to 
provide one place where all the UIC programs nationwide are presented. 
A second reason, more importantly, is to allow EPA to incorporate by 
reference into the Code of Federal Regulations the State program 
authorities. Current citations to State regulations in 40 CFR part 147 
are out of date for many States. This update is necessary to ensure 
that the CFR accurately reflects current approved State UIC programs 
and that elements of those programs are federally enforceable if 
necessary. EPA Regional Offices will be submitting State revision 
packages as they are completed. Part 147 will then be updated in 
several stages. This is the first stage. This effort should have no 
impact on the regulated community because we will merely be 
incorporating by reference elements of already effective State 
programs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               09/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Additional Information: SAN No. 4236

Agency Contact: Mario Salazar, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4606M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-3894
Fax: 202 564-3756
Email: [email protected]

Bruce Kobelski, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4606M, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-3888
Fax: 202 564-3756

RIN: 2040-AD40
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                 Completed Actions


Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3196. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS: LONG-TERM 1 ENHANCED 
SURFACE WATER TREATMENT RULE

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 9 (Revision); 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142 (Revision)

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    01/14/02                     67 FR 1812

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Tom Grubbs
Phone: 202 564-5262
Fax: 202 564-3767
Email: [email protected]

Patricia Hall
Phone: 202 564-5263
Fax: 202 564-3767
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD18

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3197.  UNREGULATED CONTAMINANT MONITORING REGULATION FOR PUBLIC WATER 
SYSTEMS: ESTABLISHMENT OF REPORTING DATE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 300(f); 42 USC 300(g)(1-5); 42 USC 300(j)(4); 
42 USC 300(j)(9); 42 USC 300(j)(11)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141.35(c)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requires EPA to establish 
criteria for a program to monitor unregulated contaminants and to 
publish a list of contaminants to be monitored. In fulfillment of this 
requirement, EPA published the Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant 
Monitoring Regulations (UCMR) for public water systems in September 
1999. The rule identified three lists of contaminants and established 
monitoring frequencies, schedules and data entry procedures, including 
the date by which approximately 2,800 large public water systems would 
need to begin reporting of monitoring results to EPA. This reporting 
date was changed by rule in January 2001 because the EPA database was 
not ready to receive the data. The reporting date was again delayed by 
rule in September 2001 to allow the initial version of the database to 
be completed and tested before operation. The database has now been in 
operation since October 1, 2001, and has been receiving data from large 
water systems. Today's rule would merely establish a new reporting date 
by which data resulting from monitoring must be reported. Reporting 
requirements for all subsequent monitoring data continue to remain as 
set forth in the original September 1999 rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/12/02                    67 FR 11071
Direct Final Rule               03/12/02                    67 FR 11043

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4630

Agency Contact: Charles Job, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 
4606M, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-3941
Fax: 202 564-3757
Email: [email protected]

Jeffrey Bryan, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4606M
Phone: 202 564-3942
Fax: 202 564-3757
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AD80
_______________________________________________________________________


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                  Final Rule Stage


Shore Protection Act (SPA)



_______________________________________________________________________




3198. SHORE PROTECTION ACT, SECTION 4103(B) REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 2601 Shore Protection Act of 1988; PL 100-688 
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 United States. 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. All indications are that this regulation as 
proposed would have a minimal economic impact. This regulation is 
intended to result in reduction of municipal and commercial wastes 
deposited in coastal waters.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/30/94                    59 FR 44798
Final Action                    01/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Local

Additional Information: SAN No. 2820

Agency Contact: Steven Giordano, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Water, 4504T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1272
Fax: 202 566-1546
Email: [email protected]

James Woodley, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4504T, 
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1287
Fax: 202 566-1546
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 2040-AB85
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