[The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions] [Environmental Protection Agency Semiannual Regulatory Agenda ] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Part XXIVEnvironmental Protection Agency ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda [[Page 73540]] ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) _______________________________________________________________________ ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) 40 CFR Ch. I FRL-7571-3 Fall 2003 Regulatory Agenda AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. _______________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda to update the public about: [sbull] Regulations and major policies currently under development, [sbull] Reviews of existing regulations and major policies, and [sbull] 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: 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 questions about EPA's decision making 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 Are Our Goals in Developing Regulations and Policies and What Key Principles, Statutes, and Executive Orders Drive the Rulemaking and Policymaking Process? B. How Can You Be Involved in EPA's Rulemaking and Policymaking Process? C. What Actions Are Included in the Agenda? D. How Is the Agenda Organized? E. What Information Is in Agenda Entries? F. How Can You Find Out More About EPA's Rulemakings? G. What Special Attention Do We Give to the Impacts of Rules on Small Businesses, Small Governments, and Small Nonprofit Organizations? H. How Can You Use Our Electronic Dockets To Participate in Rulemaking and Policymaking` I. Acknowledgment of Those Involved in the Rulemaking Process A. What Are Our Goals in Developing Regulations and Policies and What Key Principles, Statutes, and Executive Orders Drive the Rulemaking and Policymaking Process? Our primary objective is to protect human health and the environment. To achieve this objective and ensure that our decisions are cost-effective and fully protective, we conduct high quality scientific, economic, and policy analyses. We plan and initiate these analyses at early stages in the regulatory development process, so that Agency decision makers are well informed of the qualitative and quantitative benefits and costs as they select among alternative approaches. We also believe that it is important that we continue to apply new and improved methods to protect the environment, such as: building flexibility into regulations from the very beginning, creating strong partnerships with the regulated community, vigorously engaging in public outreach and involvement, and using effective nonregulatory approaches. Research, testing and adoption of new environmental protection methods is also a central tenet in environmental problem solving. The integration of all these elements via a well managed regulatory development process and a strong commitment to innovative solutions will ensure that we all benefit from significant environmental improvements that are fair, efficient, and protective. Overall our success is measured by our effectiveness in protecting human health and the environment. For a more extensive discussion of our regulatory objectives and priorities please see our Statement of Priorities in part 2 of today's issue of the Federal Register. Besides the fundamental environmental laws authorizing EPA actions such as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, there are legal requirements that apply to our proposing and then issuing final regulations that are generally 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. 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; 58 FR 51735; October 4, 1993), 12898 (Environmental Justice; 59 FR 7629; February 16, 1994), 13045 (Children's Health Protection; 62 FR 19885; April 23, 1997), 13132 (Federalism; 64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999), 13175 (Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments; 65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), and 13211 (Energy; 66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001). You can find information on these laws and Executive orders through links from www.epa.gov/regAgenda. B. How Can You Be Involved in EPA's Rulemaking and Policymaking Process? You can make your voice heard by getting in touch with the contact person provided in each Agenda entry. We urge you to participate as early in the process as possible. You may also participate by commenting on proposed rules that we publish in the Federal Register. 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 rule or nonregulatory action. You can be particularly helpful and persuasive if you provide examples to illustrate your concerns and offer specific alternatives. We believe our actions will be more cost-effective and protective if our development process includes stakeholders working with us to identify the most practical and effective solutions to problems, and we stress this point most strongly in all of our training programs for rule and policy developers. Democracy gives real power to individual citizens, but with that power comes responsibility. Democracy is not a spectator sport. We urge you to become involved in EPA's rulemaking and policymaking process. [[Page 73541]] C. What Actions Are Included in the Agenda? EPA includes all of our regulations and certain major policy documents in the Agenda with the following exceptions. We generally do not include minor amendments or the following categories of actions: [sbull] Administrative actions such as delegations of authority, changes of address or phone numbers. [sbull] 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. [sbull] Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: 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). [sbull] Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Actions regarding pesticide tolerances and food additive regulations, including the tolerance reassessment process. [sbull] Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: Authorization of State solid waste management plans; hazardous waste delisting petitions. [sbull] 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. [sbull] 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: 1. First, into fourteen divisions based on the law that would authorize a particular action. These divisions are: General, which includes cross-cutting actions, such as rules authorized by multiple statutes and general acquisition rules [sbull] The Clean Air Act (CAA) [sbull] The Atomic Energy Act (AEA) [sbull] The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) [sbull] The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) [sbull] The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) [sbull] The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) [sbull] Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act [sbull] The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) [sbull] The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) [sbull] The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Superfund (CERCLA) [sbull] The Clean Water Act (CWA) [sbull] The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) [sbull] The Shore Protection Act (SPA) 2. Second, by the current stage of development. The stages are: Prerulemaking - Prerulemaking actions are generally 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. Proposed Rule - This section includes EPA rulemaking actions that are within a year of proposal (publication of Notices of Proposed Rulemakings(NPRMs)). Final Rule - This section includes rules that will be issued as a finalrule within a year. Long-Term Action - This section includes rulemakings for which the next scheduled regulatory action is after October 2004. Completed Action - This section contains actions that have been promulgated and published in the Federal Register since publication of the Spring 2003 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. 3. Third, by the Regulation Identifier Number assigned when an action is added to the Agenda. (In future Agendas we will organize entries by the section number of the statute that authorizes the rule rather than by the RIN.) 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 ([sbull]). 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. OMB reviews all significant rules including both of the first two categories, ``economically significant'' and ``other significant.'' Economically Significant: Under Executive Order 12866, a rulemaking action that may have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or 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. Other Significant: A rulemaking that is not economically significant but is considered significant for other reasons. This category includes rules that may: [sbull] Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action takenor planned by another agency; [sbull] Materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients; or [sbull] 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., [[Page 73542]] 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: An action that is not 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 would 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 action will address. 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 developing an action. 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 (RFA). Generally, such an analysis is required for proposed or final rules subject to the RFA 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, small governments, or small 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 generally 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. URL's: For some of our actions we include the Internet addresses for: reading copies of rulemaking documents; submitting comments on proposals; and getting more information about the rulemaking and the program of which it is a part. RIN: The Regulation 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. How Can You Find Out More About EPA's Rulemakings 1. Public Dockets: When EPA announces the initiation of a rulemaking, typically through the publication of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking or a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register, the Agency may establish an official docket to accumulate materials throughout the development process for that rulemaking. The official docket serves as the repository for the collection of documents or information related to a particular agency action or activity. EPA most commonly uses dockets for rulemaking actions, but dockets may also be used for Regulatory Flexibility Act Sec. 610 reviews of rules with significant impacts on a substantial number of small entities and various non- rulemaking activities, such as Federal Register documents seeking public comments on draft guidance, policy statements, information collection requests under the Paperwork Reduction Act, and other non-rule activities. In 2002, EPA released its online electronic docket and comment system, EDOCKET at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. 2. EPA Websites: Some of the actions listed in the Agenda include a URL that provides additional information. 3. Regulatory Agenda Databases and Search Engines: If you have access to the Internet you can use databases and their accompanying search engines developed by the EPA and the Regulatory Information Service Center (RISC) at the General Services Administration to help you locate actions that are of interest to you. The EPA Regulatory Agenda search engine is located at www.epa.gov/ regAgenda. We thoroughly update this database each spring and fall, and we partially update it several other times during the year. RISC's searchable databases are at http://ciir.cs.umass.edu/ua/. 4. Appendices to the Agenda:There are six appendices that provide: [sbull] An index based on subject matter [sbull] A list of actions that may have a significant impact on a substantial number of small businesses, small governments, or small non-profit organizations [sbull] A list of actions that may have some impact on some small businesses, small governments, or small non-profit organizations but which may either have less than a significant [[Page 73543]] impact or affect fewer than a substantial number of them [sbull] A list of the existing rules that we are reviewing under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act [sbull] A list of actions that may affect State, local, or Tribal governments [sbull] A list of actions that may have federalism implications as defined in Executive Order 13132 5. The Regulatory Agenda Collection in the EPA History Office has a complete collection of Regulatory Agendas and related materials. A list of the contents including exact citations for all Agendas is at: http:/ /www.epa.gov/history/collection/aid41.htm 6. Listservers: If you want to get automatic e-mails about areasof particular interest, we maintain 12 collections including: 1. Air 2. Water 3. Wastes and emergency response 4. Pesticides 5. Toxicsubstances 6. Right-to-know and toxic release inventory 7. Environmental impacts 8. Endangered species 9. Meetings 10. The Science Advisory Board 11. Daily full-text notices with page numbers, and 12. General information. For more information and to subscribe via our FR Web site, visit: http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/subscribe. 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 7. Access to Interpretive Documents: To provide a central point of access to non-binding general policy, guidance, and interpretive documents that describe how the Agency intends to exercise its discretionary authority and explains what a statute or regulation means, EPA developed a web site at http://www.epa.gov/guidance/. The site provides access to a collection of non-binding guidance materials issued by EPA Headquarters offices since January 1, 1999, and was developed to assist State and Tribal officials, representatives of companies and organizations that must comply with environmental regulations, and individuals that are concerned with how environmental regulations and statutes are being implemented or enforced. The goal is that, through a central interface to a collection of guidance materials, it will be easier for an individual or institution to understand what guidance is available when complying with environmental regulations. G. What Special Attention Do We Give to the Impacts of Rules on Small Businesses, Small Governments, and Small 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. Under RFA/SBREFA, the Agency must prepare a formal analysis of the potential negative impacts on small entities, convene a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel (proposed rule stage), and prepare a Small Entity Compliance Guide (final rule stage) unless the Agency certifies a rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. For more detailed information about the Agency's policy and practice with respect to implementing RFA/SBREFA, please visit the RFA/SBREFA website at http://www.epa.gov/sbrefa/. 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 we do not expect will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of them. The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) section 610 requires that an agency review, within 10 years of promulgation, each rule that has or will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (SEISNOSE). For EPA rules issued in 1992- 1997, EPA went beyond the requirements of the RFA by preparing regulatory flexibility analyses for rules that would have any adverse impact on any number of small entities, regardless of the size of impact or number of small entities. In effect, many rules that EPA would otherwise have certified as not having a SEISNOSE were not formally certified during this time period. After the RFA was amended in 1996 by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA), EPA returned to its earlier practice of formally certifying rules with no SEISNOSE under the RFA while continuing to offer outreach and accommodation to regulated small entities for those rules. EPA has identified eight rules issued before SBREFA was passed that were not formally certified yet do not and will not have a SEISNOSE. EPA has determined that these eight rules are not subject to section 610 review, and, even if a section 610 review were conducted, revision of the rules would not be warranted. A list of these eight rules is available at epa.gov/ sbrefa. In this Agenda we report on three ongoing reviews and three completed reviews. See appendix 1 for a list of these actions. H. How Can You Use Our Electronic Dockets to Participate in Rulemaking and Policymaking? The official public docket is the collection of materials that is available for public viewing at the docket facility. An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) is an online public docket and comment system designed to expand access to documents in EPA's major dockets. Dockets contain Federal Register notices, support documents, and public comments for regulations the Agency publishes and various non-regulatory activities. You may use EPA Dockets at http:// www.epa.gov/edocket to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the appropriate docket ID number. I. Acknowledgment of Those Involved in the Rulemaking Process Finally, I would like to thank the members of the public who have taken the time to get involved in the rulemaking process. Experience has taught us that we must listen to and involve our stakeholders if we hope to fully understand the issues and write the most effective rules. Over the years you, the public, have submitted an enormous number of comments on our rulemakings. We have heard all of them and adopted many. Protecting human health and the environment is one of our Nation's most important quests. We thank you for joining us in this endeavor. Dated: October 7, 2003. Jessica L. Furey, Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation. [[Page 73544]] GENERAL--Prerule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3156 SAN No. 4463 Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Pollutants Strategy....... 2070--AD45 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3157 SAN No. 4056 Utilization of Small, Minority and Women's Business Enterprises in 2020--AA39 Procurement Under Assistance Agreements............................................. 3158 SAN No. 3580 Incorporation of Class Deviations Into EPAAR........................... 2030--AA37 3159 SAN No. 4292 Proposed Revision to EPA's Implementing NEPA Regulations............... 2020--AA42 3160 Report to Congress on Enforcement Data Concerning Small Entities.................... 2020--AA45 3161 SAN No. 4693 Privacy Act Regulations (Revised)...................................... 2025--AA13 3162 SAN No. 4191 Revision to EPAAR 1552.211--73, Level of Effort........................ 2030--AA64 3163 SAN No. 4319 Revisions to Acquisition Regulation Concerning Conflict of Interest.... 2030--AA67 3164 SAN No. 4742 Continuation of Implementing the Empowerment Initiative................ 2030--AA81 3165 Miscellaneous Revisions to EPAAR Clauses............................................ 2030--AA84 3166 On--Site and Off--Site Background Checks Performed by EPA and Contractors........... 2030--AA85 3167 Contract Bundling Requirements...................................................... 2030--AA86 3168 SAN No. 4761 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) FY 2002 Report to Congress.......... 2060--AK79 3169 Project XL Site--Specific Rulemaking for the NASA White Sands Test Facility in Las 2090--AA35 Cruces, New Mexico (Phases III to VI)............................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3170 SAN No. 4747 Implementation of Authority To Appoint Research Scientists Under 42 USC 2030--AA83 3171 SAN No. 4270 Cross--Media Electronic Reporting (ER) and Recordkeeping Rule 2025--AA07 (CROMERRR).......................................................................... 3172 SAN No. 4733 Background Investigations for Contractors Performing Services Onsite... 2030--AA80 3173 SAN No. 4473 Regulatory Incentives for the National Environmental Performance Track 2090--AA13 Program............................................................................. 3174 SAN No. 4536 Project XL Site--Specific Rulemaking for NASA White Sands Test Facility 2090--AA27 Electronic Reporting in Las Cruces, New Mexico (Phases I and II).................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL--Long--Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3175 SAN No. 4618 Revision of Procedural Rules for Hearings on Cancellations, 2020--AA44 Suspensions, Changes in Classifications, and Denials of Pesticide Registrations..... 3176 SAN No. 3240 Public Information and Confidentiality Regulations..................... 2025--AA02 3177 SAN No. 3671 Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment.............................. 2080--AA06 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL--Completed Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3178 SAN No. 3817 Implementation of Changes to Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension 2030--AA48 Common Rule......................................................................... 3179 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. 3180 SAN No. 4572 Fellowship Grant Regulation Revision................................... 2030--AA77 [[Page 73545]] 3181 SAN No. 4530 EPA Agencywide Public Involvement Policy............................... 2090--AA23 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Prerule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3182 SAN No. 4313 Petitions to Delist Hazardous Air Pollutants: MEK...................... 2060--AI72 3183 SAN No. 4785 NESHAP: Perchlorethylene Dry Cleaning Facilities (Section 610 Review).. 2060--AK64 3184 SAN No. 3556 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Supplemental Rule Regarding a 2060--AF36 Recycling Standard Under Section 608................................................ 3185 SAN No. 4759 Revision to Policy on Control of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)...... 2060--AK75 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3186 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........................... 3187 SAN No. 4531 Evaluation of Updated Test Procedures for the Certification of Gasoline 2060--AJ61 Deposit Control Additives........................................................... 3188 SAN No. 3649 Amendments to Method 24 (Water--Based Coatings)........................ 2060--AF72 3189 SAN No. 4070 General Conformity Regulations; Revisions.............................. 2060--AH93 3190 SAN No. 3939 NESHAP: Group I Polymers and Resins and Group IV Polymers and Resins-- 2060--AH47 Amendments.......................................................................... 3191 SAN No. 3975 Review of New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country.............. 2060--AH37 3192 SAN No. 4752 Implementation Rule for PM--2.5 NAAQS (Reg Plan Seq No. 103)........... 2060--AK74 3193 SAN No. 4119 Performance Specification 16 -- Specifications and Test Procedures for 2060--AH84 Predictive Emission Monitoring Systems in Stationary Sources........................ 3194 SAN No. 4478 Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources: Municipal Solid 2060--AJ41 Waste Landfills: Amendment.......................................................... 3195 SAN No. 4161 Update of Continuous Instrumental Test Methods......................... 2060--AK61 3196 SAN No. 4310 NESHAP: Printing and Publishing Industry; Amendments................... 2060--AI66 3197 SAN No. 4571 Electric Utility Steam Generating Unit MACT Regulation (Reg Plan Seq 2060--AJ65 No. 102)............................................................................ 3198 SAN No. 4585 Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry NESHAP: Amendment To Implement 2060--AJ78 Court Remand........................................................................ 3199 SAN No. 4620 National Emission Standards for Coke Oven Batteries -- Residual Risk 2060--AJ96 Standards........................................................................... 3200 SAN No. 4654 NESHAP: Ethylene Oxide for Sterilization Facilities -- Residual Risk 2060--AK09 Standards........................................................................... 3201 SAN No. 4655 NESHAP: Gasoline Distribution (Stage I) Residual Risk Standards........ 2060--AK10 3202 SAN No. 4672 NESHAP: Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil: Amendments............... 2060--AK32 3203 SAN No. 4751 Petition to Delist a Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP) Source Category from 2060--AK73 Section 112 of the Clean Air Act -- Gas Turbines.................................... 3204 SAN No. 4309 National VOC Emission Standards for Consumer Products; Proposed 2060--AI62 Amendments.......................................................................... 3205 SAN No. 4748 Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources................ 2060--AK70 3206 SAN No. 4757 Emissions Durability Procedures for New Light--Duty Vehicles and Light-- 2060--AK76 Duty Trucks......................................................................... 3207 SAN No. 4393 Control of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE).......................... 2060--AJ00 3208 SAN No. 3412 Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)................................. 2060--AF70 3209 SAN No. 4535 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Process for Exempting Critical and 2060--AJ63 Emergency Uses of Methyl Bromide.................................................... 3210 SAN No. 4697 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Adjusting Allowances for Class I 2060--AK45 Substances for Export to Article 5 Countries........................................ 3211 SAN No. 3673 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration of Section 608 Sales 2060--AG20 Restriction......................................................................... 3212 SAN No. 4542 Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for the Billings/Laurel, Montana, 2008--AA00 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Area........................................................... 3213 SAN No. 3262 Inspection/Maintenance Recall Requirements............................. 2060--AE22 3214 SAN No. 4348 Inspection Maintenance Program Requirements for Federal Facilities; 2060--AI97 Amendment to the Final Rule......................................................... 3215 SAN No. 4421 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Regulations: Revisions.................. 2060--AJ25 3216 SAN No. 4450 Revisions to Regional Haze Rule To Address Concerns Raised by DC 2060--AJ31 Circuit Regarding Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART)......................... [[Page 73546]] 3217 SAN No. 4570 Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles and Engines: Alternative 2060--AJ72 Low--Sulfur Highway Diesel Fuel Transition Program for Alaska....................... 3218 SAN No. 4547 Modification of Authority to Grant Alternative Method Approvals........ 2060--AJ83 3219 SAN No. 4631 Adoption of the Amended International NOx Standard for Aircraft Engines 2060--AK01 3220 SAN No. 4632 Modification of Anti--Dumping Baselines for Gasoline Produced or 2060--AK02 Imported for Use in Hawaii, Alaska and the U.S. Territories......................... 3221 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.................................................................... 3222 Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments for New 8--Hour Ozone and PM2.5 National 2060--AL73 Ambient Air Quality Standards....................................................... 3223 Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review 2060--AL75 (NSR): Allowables Plantwide Applicability Limit (PAL), Aggregation, and Debottlenecking (Reg Plan Seq No. 104).............................................. 3224 Rule To Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Other Pollutants 2060--AL76 (Interstate Transport Rule)......................................................... 3225 Section 126 rule: Lifting the 8--hour Stay.......................................... 2060--AL79 3226 Amendment to Marine Diesel Rule..................................................... 2060--AL81 3227 Section 126 Rule: Withdrawal of Findings for Sources in Michigan.................... 2060--AL83 3228 Lifting the Stay of the 8--Hour Portion of the Findings of Significant Contribution 2060--AL84 and Rulemaking for Purposes of Reducing Interstate Ozone Transport (NOx SIP Call)... 3229 Deferral of Effective Date of Nonattainment Designations for 8--hour Ozone National 2060--AL85 Ambient Air Quality Standards for Early Action Compact Areas........................ 3230 Amendments to the Phase 2 Requirements for Spark--Ignition Nonroad Engines Less Than 2060--AL88 19 Kilowatts........................................................................ 3231 Amendments to Leather Finishing NESHAP.............................................. 2060--AL89 3232 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone; Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, 2060--AL90 Import and Export; Correction....................................................... 3233 Amendments to the NESHAP for Cellulose Products Manufacturing....................... 2060--AL91 3234 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Process for Exempting Emergency Uses of Methyl 2060--AL94 Bromide............................................................................. 3235 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Quantity Allocation of Methyl Bromide After the 2060--AL95 Phaseout for Critical Use Exemptions................................................ 3236 Five--Year Review of MACT Standards for Large MWC................................... 2060--AL97 3237 Alternative Work Practice for Leak Detection and Repair............................. 2060--AL98 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3238 SAN No. 4315 Source--Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Navajo Generating 2009--AA00 Station; Navajo Nation.............................................................. 3239 SAN No. 3569 Source--Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Navajo Generating 2009--AA01 Station; Four Corners Power Plant................................................... 3240 SAN No. 4755 Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs 2050--AF09 Requirements Under Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7); Amendments to the Submission Schedule and Data Requirements...................................................... 3241 SAN No. 4768 Amendment to Subparts H and I for Emissions of Radionuclides Other Than 2060--AK81 Radon from DOE Facilities........................................................... 3242 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......................................................................... 3243 SAN No. 3470 Revision to the Guideline on Air Quality Models (Appendix W to 40 CFR 2060--AK60 Part 51): Adoption of a Preferred General Purpose (Flat and Complex Terrain) Dispersion Model and Other Revisions................................................ 3244 SAN No. 3657 NESHAP: Combustion Turbine............................................. 2060--AG67 3245 SAN No. 3343 NESHAP: Iron and Steel Foundries....................................... 2060--AE43 3246 SAN No. 3452 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous 2060--AE82 Organic Chemical Manufacturing...................................................... 3247 SAN No. 3656 NESHAP: Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine (Reg Plan Seq No. 116) 2060--AG63 3248 SAN No. 3837 NESHAP: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process 2060--AG69 Heaters (Reg Plan Seq No. 117)...................................................... 3249 SAN No. 3452 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous 2060--AK59 Coating Manufacturing............................................................... 3250 SAN No. 4683 Air Quality: Revision to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds -- 2060--AK37 Exclusion of 4 Compounds............................................................ [[Page 73547]] 3251 SAN No. 2915 Methods for Measurement of Visible Emissions--Addition of Methods 203A, 2060--AF83 203B, and 203C to Appendix M of Part 51............................................. 3252 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................................ 3253 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...................... 3254 SAN No. 4625 Implementation Rule for 8--hour Ozone NAAQS (Reg Plan Seq No. 119)..... 2060--AJ99 3255 SAN No. 3380 NSPS: SOCMI -- Wastewater and Amendment to Appendix C of Part 63 and 2060--AE94 Appendix J of Part 60............................................................... 3256 SAN No. 3958 Amendments to Standard of Performance for New Stationary Sources; 2060--AH23 Monitoring Requirements (40 CFR Part 60, Appendix F, Procedure 3)................... 3257 SAN No. 4508 Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources: Volatile Organic 2060--AJ53 Liquid Storage Vessels; Amendments.................................................. 3258 SAN No. 4555 Electric Arc Furnace NSPS Amendment.................................... 2060--AJ68 3259 SAN No. 4605 Proposed Amendments to Performance Standards and Monitoring 2060--AJ88 Requirements for Particulate Matter at Stationary Sources........................... 3260 SAN No. 4681 Revision of Combustion Turbines NSPS --Part 60, Subpart GG............. 2060--AK35 3261 SAN No. 3449 NESHAP: Mercury Cell Chlor--Alkali Plants.............................. 2060--AE85 3262 SAN No. 3820 NESHAP: Plywood and Composite Wood Products (Reg Plan Seq No. 115)..... 2060--AG52 3263 SAN No. 3825 NESHAP: Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products (Surface Coating)....... 2060--AG56 3264 SAN No. 3826 Plastic Parts and Products (Surface Coating) NESHAP.................... 2060--AG57 3265 SAN No. 3651 NESHAP: Lime Manufacturing............................................. 2060--AG72 3266 SAN No. 3906 NESHAP: Surface Coating of Metal Cans.................................. 2060--AG96 3267 SAN No. 3907 NESHAP: Surface Coating of Automobiles and Light--Duty Trucks (Reg Plan 2060--AG99 Seq No. 118)........................................................................ 3268 SAN No. 3924 NESHAP: Primary Magnesium Refining..................................... 2060--AH03 3269 SAN No. 3968 NESHAP: Site Remediation............................................... 2060--AH12 3270 SAN No. 3971 NESHAP: Organic Liquids Distribution (Non--Gasoline)................... 2060--AH41 3271 SAN No. 4115 NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating Amendment.............................. 2060--AH69 3272 SAN No. 4107 NESHAP: Asphalt/Coal Tar Application on Metal Pipes.................... 2060--AH78 3273 SAN No. 4380 NESHAP: Taconite Iron Ore Processing Industry.......................... 2060--AJ02 3274 SAN No. 4426 Clarification to Existing Part 63 NESHAP Delegations' Provisions....... 2060--AJ26 3275 SAN No. 4479 NESHAP: Gasoline Distribution Facilities -- Amendment.................. 2060--AJ42 3276 SAN No. 4591 Benzene Waste Operations NESHAP; Amendments............................ 2060--AJ87 3277 SAN No. 4685 NESHAP: Chlorine Production............................................ 2060--AK38 3278 SAN No. 4712 NESHAP: Hazardous Organic NESHAP (HON) Amendments...................... 2060--AK49 3279 SAN No. 4713 NESHAP for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants; Amendments............... 2060--AK50 3280 SAN No. 4714 NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries: Catalytic Cracking Units, Catalytic 2060--AK51 Reforming Units, and Sulfur Recovery Units; Amendments.............................. 3281 SAN No. 4719 NESHAP for Source Categories: General Provisions; Amendments for 2060--AK54 Pollution Prevention Alternative Compliance Requirements............................ 3282 SAN No. 4763 NESHAP: Ethylene Processes; Amendments................................. 2060--AK80 3283 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 Permit Programs................................................... 3284 SAN No. 4689 Section 126 Rule Withdrawal Provision.................................. 2060--AK41 3285 SAN No. 4441 Federal Plan Requirements for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste 2060--AJ28 Incineration Units Constructed On or Before November 30, 1999....................... 3286 SAN No. 4340 Transportation Conformity Amendments: Response to March 2, 1999, Court 2060--AI56 Decision............................................................................ 3287 SAN No. 4030 Expanded Definitions for Alternative--Fueled Vehicles and Engines 2060--AH52 Meeting Low--Emission Vehicle Exhaust Emission Standards............................ 3288 SAN No. 4604 Modification of the Anti--Dumping Baseline Date Cut--Off Limit for Data 2060--AJ82 Used in Development of an Individual Baseline....................................... 3289 SAN No. 4626 Control of Emissions from Highway Motorcycles.......................... 2060--AJ90 3290 SAN No. 4675 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From Nonroad Diesel Engines and 2060--AK27 Fuel (Reg Plan Seq No. 120)......................................................... 3291 SAN No. 2665 Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles; Amendments to Regulations....... 2060--AI03 3292 SAN No. 4599 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes for Ozone-- 2060--AK26 Depleting Substances: N--Propyl Bromide............................................. 3293 SAN No. 4756 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Ban on Trade of Methyl Bromide to 2060--AK67 Nonparties to the Montreal Protocol................................................. [[Page 73548]] 3294 SAN No. 3560 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Refrigerant Recycling; Substitute 2060--AF37 Refrigerants........................................................................ 3295 SAN No. 4487 Federal Implementation Plans for Indian Reservations in Idaho, Oregon, 2012--AA01 and Washington...................................................................... 3296 SAN No. 4254 Revision to the Definition of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) to 2060--AI45 Exclude Tertiary Butyl Acetate...................................................... 3297 SAN No. 4391 Rescinding Finding that Preexisting PM10 Standards No Longer Applicable 2060--AJ05 in Northern Ada County/Boise, Idaho................................................. 3298 SAN No. 4548 Compilation of Source--Specific Alternative Methods Being Approved for 2060--AJ84 Source--Category Wide Application................................................... 3299 SAN No. 4621 Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources: Default 2060--AJ97 Baseline Revision and Minor Corrections............................................. 3300 SAN No. 4634 Regulation of Fuel and Fuel Additives: Extension of California 2060--AK04 Enforcement Exemptions for Reformulated Gasoline to California Phase 3 Gasoline..... 3301 SAN No. 4699 Revisions to Clarify the Scope of the Sufficiency Monitoring 2060--AK29 Requirements for Federal and State Operating Permits Programs....................... 3302 SAN No. 4686 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) FY 2001 Report to Congress.......... 2060--AK39 3303 SAN No. 4722 California Gasoline Technical Correction............................... 2060--AK56 3304 SAN No. 4557 Amendments to the Requirements on Variability in the Composition of 2060--AK62 Additives Certified Under the Gasoline Deposit Control Program...................... 3305 SAN No. 4569 Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles; Addendum to Second 2060--AK63 Amendment to the Tier 2/Gasoline Sulfur Regulations................................. 3306 SAN No. 4706 Anti--Dumping Baseline Recalculation for Downstream Oxygenate Addition. 2060--AK69 3307 SAN No. 4758 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Modifications to Standards and 2060--AK77 Requirements for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline Including Butane Blenders and Attest Engagements.............................................................. 3308 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone; Refrigerant Recycling; Certification of Recovery 2060--AL77 and Recovery/Recycling Equipment Intended For Use With Substitute Refrigerants...... 3309 Revisions to Federal Operating Permits Program Fee Payment Deadlines for California 2060--AL82 Agricultural Sources................................................................ 3310 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Essential Use Allowances for 2060--AM01 Calendar Year 2004.................................................................. 3311 Air Quality Designations and Classifications for the 8--Hour Ozone NAAQS............ 2060--AM03 3312 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone; Refrigerant Recycling; Amended Leak Repair 2060--AM05 Requirements for Refrigeration and Rir--Conditioning Equipment...................... 3313 SAN No. 4278 Project XL Site--Specific Rulemaking for Andersen Corporation's 2090--AA21 Facility in Bayport, Minnesota...................................................... 3314 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Site--Specific Regulation 2090--AA33 for Packaging Corporation of America in Tomahawk, Wisconsin......................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Long--Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3315 SAN No. 4695 NESHAP: Off--Site Waste and Recovery Operations Residual Risk Standard. 2060--AK68 3316 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......................................................... 3317 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..... 3318 SAN No. 4266 Review National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Carbon Monoxide...... 2060--AI43 3319 SAN No. 4255 Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate 2060--AI44 Matter.............................................................................. 3320 SAN No. 1002 NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Response to Remand)............................. 2060--AA61 3321 SAN No. 2841 NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating Amendment.............................. 2060--AH08 3322 SAN No. 3751 NSPS and Emission Guidelines for Other Solid Waste Incinerators........ 2060--AG31 3323 SAN No. 3919 Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality: Permit 2060--AH01 Application Review Procedures for Non--Federal Class I Areas........................ 3324 SAN No. 3525 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Update of the Substitutes List Under 2060--AG12 SNAP Program........................................................................ 3325 SAN No. 4096 Phase I (FIP) To Reduce the Regional Transport of Ozone in the Eastern 2060--AH87 United States....................................................................... 3326 SAN No. 4653 NESHAP: Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework Facilities Residual Risk 2060--AK08 Standards........................................................................... 3327 SAN No. 4657 NESHAP: Group II Polymers and Resins --Residual Risk Standards......... 2060--AK13 3328 SAN No. 4660 NESHAP: Industrial Process Cooling Towers Residual Risk Standards...... 2060--AK16 3329 SAN No. 4661 NESHAP: National Emission Standards for Marine Tank Vessel Loading 2060--AK17 Operations -- Residual Risk Standard................................................ [[Page 73549]] 3330 SAN No. 4662 NESHAP: Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaning Facilities Residual Risk 2060--AK18 Standards........................................................................... 3331 SAN No. 4665 NESHAP: Secondary Lead Smelting Residual Risk Standards................ 2060--AK19 3332 SAN No. 4666 NESHAP: Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Surface Coating -- Residual Risk 2060--AK20 Standards........................................................................... 3333 SAN No. 4667 NESHAP: Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations -- Residual Risk 2060--AK21 Standards........................................................................... 3334 SAN No. 4668 NESHAP: Halogenated Solvent Cleaning --Residual Risk Standards......... 2060--AK22 3335 SAN No. 4669 NESHAP: Magnetic Tape Manufacturing Operations Residual Risk Standard.. 2060--AK23 3336 SAN No. 4664 NESHAP: Printing and Publishing Industry -- Residual Risk Standards.... 2060--AK24 3337 SAN No. 4663 NESHAP: Petroleum Refineries -- Residual Risk Standards................ 2060--AK25 3338 SAN No. 4750 National Emission Standards for Chromium Emissions From Hard and 2060--AK72 Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks -- Residual Risk Standards........................................................................... 3339 SAN No. 4782 Petition to Delist Hazardous Air Pollutant : 4,4'--Methylene Diphenyl 2060--AK84 Diisocyanate........................................................................ 3340 SAN No. 4656 NESHAP: Group I Polymers and Resins -- Residual Risk Standards......... 2060--AK12 3341 SAN No. 4659 NESHAP: Hazardous Organic NESHAP (HON) Residual Risk Standards......... 2060--AK14 3342 SAN No. 4658 NESHAP: Group IV Polymers and Resins -- Residual Risk Standards........ 2060--AK15 3343 SAN No. 4383 Interstate Ozone Transport: Rulemaking on Section 126 Petitions from 2060--AI99 the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey........................ 3344 SAN No. 3910 Streamlined Evaporative Test Procedures................................ 2060--AH34 3345 SAN No. 4682 Revisions to the Appeal Procedures and the Federal NOx Budget Trading 2060--AK36 Program, Parts 78 and 97............................................................ 3346 SAN No. 3922 Revised Permit Revision Procedures for the Federal Operating Permits 2060--AG92 Program--Part 71.................................................................... 3347 SAN No. 4700 Selection of Sequence of Mandatory Sanctions To Be Applied Pursuant to 2060--AK46 Section 502 of the Clean Air Act.................................................... 3348 SAN No. 3263 Performance Warranty and Inspection/Maintenance Test Procedures........ 2060--AE20 3349 SAN No. 3917 Transportation Conformity Rule Amendment: Clarification of Trading 2060--AH31 Provisions.......................................................................... 3350 SAN No. 4584 Performance Specifications for Continuous Parameter Monitoring Systems. 2060--AJ86 3351 SAN No. 4691 Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New 2060--AK42 Source Review (NSR): Clean Units.................................................... 3352 SAN No. 4783 Voluntary Superior Monitoring.......................................... 2060--AK85 3353 Consideration of Industry Petition to Remove the Two--Piece Can Subcategory From the 2060--AL86 Clean Air Act Hazardous Air Pollutant Source Category List.......................... 3354 Consideration of Industry Petition to Remove Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether from 2060--AL87 the Clean Air Act List of Hazardous Air Pollutants.................................. 3355 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: On--Board Diagnostic 2060--AL92 Requirments for Heavy--Duty Engines and Vehicles Above 14,000 Pounds and In--Use, Not--To--Exceed Emission Standard Testi............................................. 3356 NESHAP: Ferroalloys Production: Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese Residual Risk 2060--AL93 Standards........................................................................... 3357 Mineral Wool Production Residual Risk Standard...................................... 2060--AL96 3358 NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production: Residual Risk Standards........... 2060--AL99 3359 NESHAP: Pharmaceuticals Production: Residual Risk Standards......................... 2060--AM00 3360 Repeal of Vacated PM10 National Ambient Air Quality Standards and Related 2060--AM02 Requirements........................................................................ 3361 Air Quality Designations for the PM--2.5 NAAQS...................................... 2060--AM04 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Completed Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3362 SAN No. 4466 Overview of Rulemakings for the Purpose of Reducing Interstate Ozone 2060--AJ20 Transport........................................................................... 3363 SAN No. 3259 Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New 2060--AL74 Source Review (NSR): Reconsideration................................................ 3364 SAN No. 4104 NESHAP: Hydrochloric Acid Production Industry.......................... 2060--AH75 3365 SAN No. 3470 Revision to the Guideline on Air Quality Models (Appendix W to 40 CFR 2060--AF01 Part 51): Adoption of a Preferred Long Range Transport Model and Other Revisions.... 3366 SAN No. 3346 NESHAP: Integrated Iron and Steel...................................... 2060--AE48 3367 SAN No. 3326 NESHAP: Reinforced Plastic Composites Production....................... 2060--AE79 3368 SAN No. 3746 NESHAP: Paint Stripping Operations..................................... 2060--AG26 3369 SAN No. 3902 NESHAP: Semiconductor Production....................................... 2060--AG93 3370 SAN No. 3479 Amendments to Parts 51, 52, 63, 70, and 71 Regarding the Provisions for 2060--AI01 Determining Potential To Emit....................................................... [[Page 73550]] 3371 SAN No. 3824 NESHAP: Metal Furniture (Surface Coating).............................. 2060--AG55 3372 SAN No. 3655 NESHAP: Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing........... 2060--AG66 3373 SAN No. 3652 NESHAP: Refractory Products Manufacturing.............................. 2060--AG68 3374 SAN No. 3909 NESHAP: Printing, Coating and Dyeing of Fabrics and other Textiles..... 2060--AG98 3375 SAN No. 3904 NESHAP: Wood Building Products (Surface Coating)....................... 2060--AH02 3376 SAN No. 4022 NESHAP: Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks............. 2060--AH55 3377 SAN No. 4111 NESHAP: Fumed Silica Production........................................ 2060--AH72 3378 SAN No. 4162 NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production................................. 2060--AI13 3379 SAN No. 4343 NESHAP: Clay Ceramics Manufacturing.................................... 2060--AI68 3380 SAN No. 4144 NESHAP: Engine Test Cells/Stands....................................... 2060--AI74 3381 SAN No. 4449 NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam Fabrication Operations.............. 2060--AJ19 3382 SAN No. 4325 NESHAP: Brick and Structural Clay Products Manufacturing............... 2060--AJ91 3383 SAN No. 4715 NESHAP: Sources Categories: General Provisions; and Requirements for 2060--AK52 Control Technology Determinations for Major Sources in Accordance with Clean Air Act Sections 112(g) and 112(j); Amendments.............................................. 3384 SAN No. 4723 NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry Amendments......................... 2060--AK57 3385 SAN No. 4773 NESHAP: Rubber Tire Manufacturing: Technical Correction................ 2060--AK82 3386 SAN No. 4749 Amendment to Project XL Site--Specific Rulemaking for Georgia--Pacific 2060--AK71 Corporation/s Facility in Big Island, Virginia...................................... 3387 SAN No. 4676 Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New 2060--AK28 Source Review (NSR): Routine Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement................... 3388 SAN No. 4495 Revisions to Regional Haze Rule To Incorporate Sulfur Dioxide 2060--AJ50 Milestones and Backstop Emissions Trading Program for Nine Western States........... 3389 SAN No. 4671 Amendments to Compliance Certification Requirements for State and 2060--AK11 Federal Operating Permits Programs.................................................. 3390 SAN No. 4428 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Phaseout of Chlorobromomethane 2060--AJ27 (Halon 1011) Production and Consumption............................................. 3391 SAN No. 3741 Service Information Regulation for Light--Duty Vehicles and Trucks..... 2060--AG13 3392 SAN No. 4247 Revisions to Air Pollution Emergency Episode Requirements (Subpart H, 2060--AI47 40 CFR Part 51)..................................................................... 3393 SAN No. 4583 Modification of Federal On--Board Diagnostic Regulations for 2004 Model 2060--AJ77 Year Vehicles Below 14,000 Pounds................................................... 3394 SAN No. 4600 State and Federal Operating Permits Program: Removal of Amendments to 2060--AJ89 Part 70 and Part 71 Compliance Certification Requirements........................... 3395 SAN No. 4694 Extension of Alternative Compliance Periods under the Anti--Dumping 2060--AK43 Program............................................................................. 3396 SAN No. 4721 Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Amendment to the Tier 2060--AK55 2 Motor Vehicle Emission Standards.................................................. 3397 SAN No. 4786 Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline (Section 610 2060--AK65 Review) (Completion of a Section 610 Review)........................................ 3398 SAN No. 4787 Inspection/Maintenance Program Requirements (Completion of a Section 2060--AK66 610 Review)......................................................................... 3399 SAN No. 4760 Stay of Authority Under 40 CFR 50.9(b) Related to Applicability of 1-- 2060--AK78 Hour Ozone Standard................................................................. 3400 SAN No. 4774 Reclassification as Nonroad Engines for Diesel Engines Used in the 2060--AK83 State of California Agricultural Pump Application................................... 3401 Revisions to the Regional Haze Rule To Correct Mobile Source Provisions in the 2060--AL80 Optional Program for Nine Western States and Eligible Indian Tribes Within That Geographic Area..................................................................... 3402 SAN No. 4471 Project XL Site--Specific Rulemaking for Georgia--Pacific Corporation 2090--AA26 Facility in Big Island, Virginia.................................................... 3403 SAN No. 4533 New Jersey Gold Track Project XL Rule.................................. 2090--AA28 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATOMIC ENERGY ACT (AEA)--Prerule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3404 SAN No. 4054 Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for the Disposal of Low-- 2060--AH63 Activity Mixed Radioactive Waste.................................................... 3405 Approaches to an Integrated Framework for Management and Disposal of Low--Activity 2060--AL78 Radioactive Waste: Request for Comment.............................................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 73551]] ATOMIC ENERGY ACT (AEA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3406 SAN No. 4003 Technical Change to Dose Methodology for 40 CFR Part 190, Subpart B and 2060--AH90 40 CFR 191, Subpart A............................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATOMIC ENERGY ACT (AEA)--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3407 SAN No. 4403 Revision of the 40 CFR Part 194 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Compliance 2060--AJ07 Criteria............................................................................ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Prerule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3408 SAN No. 4727 Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program; Priority Setting Criteria (Reg 2070--AD59 Plan Seq No. 101)................................................................... 3409 SAN No. 4789 Pesticide Worker Protection Rule (Section 610 Review) (Section 610 2070--AD66 Review)............................................................................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3410 SAN No. 2687 Pesticides; Data Requirements for Conventional Chemicals............... 2070--AC12 3411 SAN No. 4173 Pesticides; Data Requirements for Antimicrobials....................... 2070--AD30 3412 SAN No. 4596 Pesticides; Data Requirements for Biochemical and Microbial Products... 2070--AD51 3413 SAN No. 4728 Endocrine Disrupter Screening Program; Implementing the Screening and 2070--AD61 Testing Phase (Reg Plan Seq No. 108)................................................ 3414 SAN No. 4610 Acceptability of Research Using Human Subjects (Reg Plan Seq No. 107).. 2070--AD57 3415 SAN No. 4170 Pesticides; Procedures for the Registration Review Program............. 2070--AD29 3416 SAN No. 4216 Pesticides; Emergency Exemption Process Revisions (Reg Plan Seq No. 2070--AD36 106)................................................................................ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3417 SAN No. 4027 Pesticides; Tolerance Processing Fees.................................. 2070--AD23 3418 SAN No. 2659 Pesticide Management and Disposal; Standards for Pesticide Containers 2070--AB95 and Containment..................................................................... 3419 SAN No. 3731 WPS; Pesticide Worker Protection Standard (WPS); Glove Amendment....... 2070--AC93 3420 SAN No. 3892 Pesticides; Registration Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticide 2070--AD14 Products............................................................................ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Long--Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3421 SAN No. 4175 Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment Program............................... 2070--AD24 3422 SAN No. 4602 Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIPs); Exemption for those Based on 2070--AD49 Viral Coat Proteins................................................................. 3423 SAN No. 4611 Plant--Incorporated Protectants (PIPs); Exemption for Those Derived 2070--AD55 through Genetic Engineering from Sexually Compatible Plants......................... 3424 SAN No. 4612 Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIPs); Exemption for PIPs that Act by 2070--AD56 Primarily Affecting the Plant....................................................... [[Page 73552]] 3425 SAN No. 3222 Groundwater and Pesticide Management Plan Rule......................... 2070--AC46 3426 SAN No. 4609 Pesticides; Exemption of Medical Devices Treated with Antimicrobial 2070--AD54 Pesticides.......................................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Completed Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3427 SAN No. 4767 Endangered Species and Pesticide Regulation............................ 2070--AD62 3428 SAN No. 3432 Pesticide Management and Disposal...................................... 2020--AA33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Prerule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3429 SAN No. 4788 Lead; Requirements for Lead--Based Paint Activities in Target Housing 2070--AD65 and Child--Occupied Facilities (Section 610 Review) (Section 610 Review)............ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3430 SAN No. 3557 Lead--Based Paint Activities; Training and Certification for Renovation 2070--AC83 and Remodeling (Reg Plan Seq No. 105)............................................... 3431 SAN No. 4597 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Disposal of PCBs; Implementation 2070--AD52 Issues.............................................................................. 3432 SAN No. 4635 Amendment to the Premanufacture Notification Exemptions; Revisions of 2070--AD58 Exemptions for Polymers (40 CFR Part 723)........................................... 3433 SAN No. 2563 Test Rule; Certain Chemicals on the ATSDR Priority List of Hazardous 2070--AB79 Substances.......................................................................... 3434 SAN No. 4395 Test Rule; Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity..................... 2070--AD44 3435 SAN No. 3301 TSCA Inventory Update Rule Revisions................................... 2070--AD63 3436 SAN No. 1923 Follow--Up Rules on Existing Chemicals................................. 2070--AA58 3437 SAN No. 4512 Significant New Use Rule; Selected Flame Retardant Chemical Substances 2070--AD48 for Use in Residential Upholstered Furniture........................................ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3438 SAN No. 4172 Lead; Notification Requirements for Lead--Based Paint Abatement 2070--AD31 Activities and Training............................................................. 3439 SAN No. 1976 Significant New Use Rules; Follow--Up Rules on Non--5(e) New Chemical 2070--AA59 Substances.......................................................................... 3440 SAN No. 3495 Significant New Use Rule (SNUR); Chemical--Specific SNURs To Extend 2070--AB27 Provisions of Section 5(e) Orders................................................... 3441 SAN No. 3487 Test Rule; Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)............................. 2070--AC76 3442 SAN No. 3990 Test Rule; Certain High Production Volume (HPV) Chemicals.............. 2070--AD16 3443 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.................... 3444 SAN No. 2178 TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rules............. 2070--AB08 3445 SAN No. 1139 TSCA Section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting Rules............... 2070--AB11 3446 SAN No. 3118 TSCA Section 8(e) Policy; Notice of Clarification...................... 2070--AC80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 73553]] TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Long--Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3447 SAN No. 3148 Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Revisions............................ 2070--AC51 3448 SAN No. 3252 Lead Fishing Sinkers; Response to Citizens Petition and Proposed Ban... 2070--AC21 3449 SAN No. 4376 Lead--Based Paint Activities; Training, Accreditation, and 2070--AC64 Certification Rule and Model State Plan Rule -- Bridges and Structures.............. 3450 SAN No. 3508 Lead; Management and Disposal of Lead--Based Paint Debris.............. 2070--AC72 3451 SAN No. 2150 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Exemptions From the Prohibitions 2070--AB20 Against Manufacturing, Processing, and Distribution in Commerce..................... 3452 SAN No. 3493 Test Rules and Enforceable Consent Agreements Under the Toxic 2070--AB94 Substances Control Act (Generic Entry).............................................. 3453 SAN No. 2865 Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP)............... 2070--AC27 3454 SAN No. 3882 Test Rule; Certain Metals.............................................. 2070--AD10 3455 SAN No. 4174 Testing Agreement for Certain Oxygenated Fuel Additives................ 2070--AD28 3456 SAN No. 3528 Significant New Use Rule; Refractory Ceramic Fibers (RCFs)............. 2070--AC37 3457 SAN No. 4176 Chemical Right--To--Know Initiative; High Production Volume (HPV) 2070--AD25 Chemicals........................................................................... 3458 SAN No. 4598 TSCA Policy Statement on Oversight of Transgenic Organisms (Including 2070--AD53 Plants)............................................................................. 3459 SAN No. 4777 Lead; Amendments to Requirements for Disclosure of Known Lead--Based 2070--AD64 Paint or Lead--Based Paint Hazards in Target Housing................................ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT--TO--KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3460 SAN No. 4616 Clarify TRI Reporting Obligations Under EPCRA Section 313 for the Metal 2025--AA11 Mining Activities of Extraction and Beneficiation................................... 3461 SAN No. 4692 Addition of Toxicity Equivalency (TEQ) Reporting and Quantity Data for 2025--AA12 Individual Members of the Dioxin and Dioxin--Like Compounds Category Under EPCRA, Section 313......................................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT--TO--KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3462 SAN No. 4781 Trade Secrecy Claims for Emergency Planning and Community Right--to-- 2050--AF10 Know Information; and Trade Secret Disclosures to Health Professionals; Amendment... 3463 SAN No. 2425 TRI; Responses to Petitions Received To Add or Delete or Modify 2025--AA00 Chemical Listings on the Toxic Release Inventory.................................... 3464 SAN No. 4595 Toxic Chemical Release Reporting Using North American Industrial 2025--AA10 Classification System (NAICS)....................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT--TO--KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Long--Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3465 SAN No. 3215 Emergency Planning and Community Right--to--Know Act: Amendments and 2050--AE17 Streamlining Rule................................................................... 3466 SAN No. 3994 Response to a Petition Requesting Deletion of Phosmet From the 2050--AE42 Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) List........................................... 3467 SAN No. 4753 Emergency Planning and Community Right--to--Know Act: Modification to 2050--AF08 the Threshold Planning Quantity Methodology for the Extremely Hazardous Substances that are Solids in Solution......................................................... 3468 SAN No. 4015 TRI; Review of Chemicals on the Original TRI List...................... 2025--AA03 3469 SAN No. 4265 TRI; Revisions to the Otherwise Use Activity Exemptions and the Coal 2025--AA06 Extraction Activities Exemption..................................................... 3470 SAN No. 2847 TRI; Pollution Prevention Act Information Requirements................. 2025--AA09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 73554]] EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT--TO--KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Completed Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3471 SAN No. 3993 Emergency Planning and Community Right--to--Know Act; Extremely 2050--AE43 Hazardous Substances List; Modification of Threshold Planning Quantity for Isophorone Diisocyanate............................................................. 3472 SAN No. 3007 TRI; Chemical Expansion; Finalization of Deferred Chemicals............ 2025--AA01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3473 SAN No. 3545 Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products 2050--AE23 Containing Recovered Materials...................................................... 3474 SAN No. 4470 Standards for the Management of Coal Combustion Wastes Generated by 2050--AE81 Commercial Electric Power Producers (Reg Plan Seq No. 110).......................... 3475 SAN No. 4230 Revisions to Solid Waste Landfill Criteria--Leachate Recirculation on 2050--AE67 Alternative Liners.................................................................. 3476 SAN No. 4651 Increase Metals Reclamation From F006 Waste Streams (Reg Plan Seq No. 2050--AE97 111)................................................................................ 3477 SAN No. 4778 Revisions of the Lead--Acid Battery Export Notification and Consent 2050--AF06 Requirements........................................................................ 3478 SAN No. 4743 Land Disposal Restrictions: Determination of Equivalent Treatment for 2050--AF12 Macroencapsulation of Radioactive Lead Solids; Definition of Macroencapsulation..... 3479 SAN No. 3333 NESHAPS: Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste 2050--AE01 Combustors (Reg Plan Seq No. 109)................................................... 3480 Regulatory Amendments to the F019 Hazardous Waste Listing To Exclude the Wastewater 2050--AG15 Treatment Sludges From the Chemical Conversion Coating Process (Zinc Phosphating) of Automobile Bodies of Aluminum (Reg Plan Seq No. 113)................................ 3481 RCRA Incentives for Performance Track Members....................................... 2090--AA34 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3482 SAN No. 4028 Standardized Permit for RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Facilities (Reg 2050--AE44 Plan Seq No. 123)................................................................... 3483 SAN No. 3856 Management of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD) (Reg Plan Seq No. 122)............ 2050--AE34 3484 SAN No. 3989 Methods Innovation Rule................................................ 2050--AE41 3485 SAN No. 4588 Research, Development, and Demonstration Permits for Municipal Solid 2050--AE92 Waste Landfill...................................................................... 3486 SAN No. 3147 Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation (Reg Plan Seq No. 121)............. 2050--AE21 3487 SAN No. 4084 Office of Solid Waste Burden Reduction Initiative (Reg Plan Seq No. 2050--AE50 124)................................................................................ 3488 SAN No. 4091 Modifications to RCRA Rules Associated With Solvent--Contaminated 2050--AE51 Industrial Wipes.................................................................... 3489 SAN No. 4092 Recycling of Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) and Mercury--Containing 2050--AE52 Equipment: Changes to Hazardous Waste Regulations (Reg Plan Seq No. 125)............ 3490 SAN No. 4670 Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste............................. 2050--AE98 3491 SAN No. 4439 Project XL -- Ortho--McNeil Pilot Project Allowing On--Site Treatment 2090--AA14 of Low--Level Mixed Wastes Without RCRA Permit...................................... 3492 SAN No. 4534 Project XL Site--Specific Rulemaking for Anne Arundel County 2090--AA25 Millersville Landfill, Severn, Maryland............................................. 3493 SAN No. 4565 Project XL Site--Specific Rulemaking for the IBM Semiconductor 2090--AA29 Manufacturing Facility in Hopewell Junction, New York............................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Long--Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3494 SAN No. 4469 Standards for the Management of Coal Combustion Wastes -- Nonpower 2050--AE83 Producers and Minefilling........................................................... [[Page 73555]] 3495 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 To Produce Synthesis Gas--Final Rule............................ 3496 SAN No. 4735 RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative, Phase 2.............................. 2050--AF01 3497 SAN No. 4701 E--Cycling Pilot Project for Region 3 States (ECOS); Streamlining RCRA 2003--AA00 Regulations To Encourage Reuse, Recycling, and Recovery of Electronic Equipment..... 3498 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...... 3499 SAN No. 3066 Listing Determination and LDR for Wastes Generated During the 2050--AD80 Manufacture of Azo, Anthraquinone, and Triarylmethane Dyes and Pigments............. 3500 SAN No. 4501 Revision of Wastewater Treatment Exemptions for Hazardous Waste 2050--AE84 Mixtures............................................................................ 3501 SAN No. 4606 Revisions for Transboundary Shipments of Hazardous Waste for Recovery 2050--AE93 Within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.................... 3502 SAN No. 2647 RCRA Subtitle C Financial Test Criteria (Revision)..................... 2050--AC71 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Completed Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3503 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............................................................. 3504 SAN No. 4575 Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Location Restrictions for Airport Safety 2050--AE91 3505 SAN No. 4088 Recycled Used Oil Containing PCBs: Amendments.......................... 2050--AF07 3506 SAN No. 4233 Land Disposal Restrictions; Treatment Standards for Spent Potliners 2050--AE65 From Primary Aluminum Reduction (K088) and Regulatory Classification of K088 Vitrification Units................................................................. 3507 SAN No. 4238 Amendment to Project XL Rulemaking and Final Project Agreement (FPA) 2090--AA32 for New England Universities Laboratories........................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3508 SAN No. 3439 National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites: 2050--AD75 Proposed and Final Rules............................................................ 3509 SAN No. 4737 Correction of Errors and Adjustment of CERCLA Reportable Quantities.... 2050--AF03 3510 SAN No. 4379 Standards and Practices for Conducting ``All Appropriate Inquiry'' (Reg 2050--AF04 Plan Seq No. 112)................................................................... 3511 SAN No. 4177 Revise 40 CFR Part 35 Subpart O: Cooperative Agreements and Superfund 2050--AE62 State Contracts for Superfund Response Actions...................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Long--Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3512 SAN No. 3423 Reportable Quantity Adjustments for Carbamates and Carbamate--Related 2050--AE12 Hazardous Waste Streams; Reportable Quantity Adjustment for Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing Process Waste (K178).................................................. 3513 SAN No. 4201 Criteria for the Designation of Hazardous Substances under CERCLA 2050--AE63 Section 102(a)...................................................................... 3514 SAN No. 4736 Administrative Reporting Exemption for Certain Air Releases of NOx..... 2050--AF02 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 73556]] COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Completed Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3515 SAN No. 4740 Clarification to Interim Standards and Practices for All Appropriate 2050--AF05 Inquiry Under CERCLA and Notice of Future Rulemaking Action......................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Prerule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3516 SAN No. 4344 Water Quality Standards for Indian Country Waters...................... 2040--AD46 3517 SAN No. 4690 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Requirements for 2040--AD87 Municipal Wastewater Treatment During Wet Weather Conditions -- Proposed Policy..... 3518 SAN No. 4792 Sewage Sludge Round I (Section 610 Review)............................. 2040--AD96 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3519 SAN No. 4526 Revisions to the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution 2050--AE87 Contingency Plan; Subpart J Product Schedule Listing Requirements................... 3520 SAN No. 4766 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan for 2004/2005......................... 2040--AD92 3521 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.................... 3522 SAN No. 4623 Watershed Rule: Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program Revisions (Reg 2040--AD82 Plan Seq No. 114)................................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3523 SAN No. 4280 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Construction and Development 2040--AD42 Industry (Reg Plan Seq No. 129)..................................................... 3524 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)................................................................................ 3525 SAN No. 4406 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Concentrated Aquatic Animal 2040--AD55 Production Industry................................................................. 3526 SAN No. 4407 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Meat and Poultry Products 2040--AD56 Point Source Category (Revisions)................................................... 3527 SAN No. 4776 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Centralized Waste Treatment 2040--AD95 Point Source Category (Revision).................................................... 3528 SAN No. 4264 Water Quality Standards for Alabama--Phase II.......................... 2040--AD35 3529 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 (Reg Plan Seq No. 130)............................................................ 3530 SAN No. 3288 Comparison of Dredged Material to Reference Sediment................... 2040--AC14 3531 SAN No. 3488 Round 2 Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge............. 2040--AC25 3532 SAN No. 4624 Modification to Competitive Process Used by EPA for Wetland Program 2040--AD83 Development Grants.................................................................. 3533 Sludge: Agency Response to the National Research Council Report on Biosolids Applied 2040--AE59 to Land and the Results of EPA's Review of Existing Sewage Sludge Regulations....... 3534 Effluent Guidelines and Standards: Recodification of Various Effluent Guidelines.... 2040--AE61 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. [[Page 73557]] CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Long--Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3535 SAN No. 3702 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under the Clean Water 2040--AC75 Act................................................................................. 3536 SAN No. 3714 Test Procedures: Increased Method Flexibility for Test Procedures 2040--AC92 Approved for Clean Water Act Compliance Monitoring.................................. 3537 SAN No. 3713 Test Procedures: Performance--Based Measurement System (PBMS) 2040--AC93 Procedures and Guidance for Clean Water Act Test Procedures......................... 3538 SAN No. 4049 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Co--Planar and Mono--Ortho-- 2040--AD09 Substituted Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Under the Clean Water Act.............. 3539 SAN No. 4378 Test Procedures: Revisions to Method Detection and Quantification for 2040--AD53 the Clean Water Act................................................................. 3540 SAN No. 4357 Uniform National Discharge Standards for Vessels of the Armed Forces -- 2040--AD39 Phase II............................................................................ 3541 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................................................................................... 3542 SAN No. 3663 Streamlining the General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New 2040--AC58 Sources of Pollution................................................................ 3543 SAN No. 3786 NPDES Streamlining Rule -- Round III................................... 2040--AC84 3544 SAN No. 3999 NPDES Permit Requirements for Municipal Sanitary and Combined Sewer 2040--AD02 Collection Systems, Municipal Satellite Collection Systems, Sanitary Sewer Overflows, and Peak Excess Flow Treatment Facilities................................ 3545 SAN No. 4493 Clean Water State Revolving Fund Regulation Revisions Re: Use as 2040--AD68 Matching Funds...................................................................... 3546 SAN No. 4746 Regulations for Gray and Black Water Discharges from Cruise Ships 2040--AD89 Operating in Certain Alaskan Waters................................................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Completed Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3547 SAN No. 2806 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery 2040--AB79 Category, Phases 1 and 2............................................................ 3548 SAN No. 4741 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: 2040--AD97 Amendment........................................................................... 3549 SAN No. 3155 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Metals, Anions, and 2040--AC95 Volatile Organics Under the Clean Water Act, Phase One.............................. 3550 SAN No. 4047 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Biological Contaminants Under the 2040--AD08 Clean Water Act..................................................................... 3551 SAN No. 4089 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Metals, Anions, and 2040--AD12 Volatile Organics Under the Clean Water Act, Phase Two.............................. 3552 SAN No. 4377 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Mercury Under the Clean Water Act 2040--AD52 (Method 245.7)...................................................................... 3553 SAN No. 4726 Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impacts from Cooling Water Intake 2040--AD85 Structures Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act -- Phase I Revisions......... 3554 SAN No. 2804 Clean Water Act Definition of Waters of the United States.............. 2040--AB74 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3555 SAN No. 3238 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Aldicarb.................. 2040--AC13 3556 SAN No. 4770 Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation for Public Water Systems 2040--AD93 Revisions........................................................................... 3557 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Minor Corrections and Clarification to 2040--AE58 Drinking Water Regulations.......................................................... 3558 SAN No. 4703 Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 2............................ 2060--AD86 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3559 SAN No. 2340 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Groundwater Rule (Reg Plan 2040--AA97 Seq No. 126)........................................................................ 3560 SAN No. 4341 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Long Term 2 Enhanced 2040--AD37 Surface Water Treatment Rule (Reg Plan Seq No. 127)................................. 3561 SAN No. 4342 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Stage 2 Disinfection 2040--AD38 Byproducts Rule (Reg Plan Seq No. 128).............................................. [[Page 73558]] 3562 SAN No. 4769 National Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Regulations: Approval of 2040--AD90 Additional Method for the Detection of Coliforms and E. Coli. in Drinking Water..... 3563 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Analytical Method for Uranium.......... 2040--AE62 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Long--Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3564 SAN No. 2281 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Radon..................... 2040--AA94 3565 SAN No. 4404 National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations (NSDWR): Methyl Tertiary 2040--AD54 Butyl Ether (MTBE) and Technical Corrections to the NSDWR........................... 3566 SAN No. 4775 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Revisions to the Total 2040--AD94 Coliform Monitoring and Analytical Requirements and Additional Distribution System Requirements........................................................................ 3567 SAN No. 4745 Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 3............................ 2040--AD99 3568 SAN No. 4236 Underground Injection Control: Update of State Programs................ 2040--AD40 3569 Drinking Water: Regulatory Determinations Regarding Contaminants on the Second 2040--AE60 Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List........................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Completed Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3570 SAN No. 4447 Drinking Water: Regulatory Determinations Regarding Contaminants on the 2040--AD61 Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List........................................... 3571 SAN No. 4424 6--Year Review of Existing National Primary Drinking Water Regulations. 2040--AD67 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHORE PROTECTION ACT (SPA)--Long--Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identification Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3572 SAN No. 2820 Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b) Regulations...................... 2040--AB85 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Prerule Stage General _______________________________________________________________________ 3156. PERSISTENT, BIOACCUMULATIVE, AND TOXIC (PBT) POLLUTANTS STRATEGY Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: ``Not Yet Determined'' CFR Citation: 00 CFR NYD Legal Deadline: None Abstract: As described in the Agency's 1998 PBT Strategy, EPA is developing and implementing National Action Plans for certain 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 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 initially focusing action on 12 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 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 [[Page 73559]] 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. Although these plans are not regulatory actions, EPA has included them in the Regulatory Agenda to inform the public and regulated community because the action plans may discuss regulatory alternatives for consideration. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Notice 06/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN 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 _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Stage General _______________________________________________________________________ 3157. 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 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal Additional Information: SAN 4056. Agency Contact: Mark Gordon, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 1230, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--260--8886 Fax: 202 501--0139 Email: [email protected] David Sutton, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 1230A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--4444 Fax: 202 501--0756 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2020-AA39 _______________________________________________________________________ 3158. 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 11/00/03 Final Action 01/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 3159. 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 [[Page 73560]] 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 06/00/04 Final Action 02/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN 4292. Agency Contact: Katherine Biggs, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2252A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--7144 Fax: 202 564--0070 Email: [email protected] Joseph Montgomery, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2252A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--7157 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2020-AA42 _______________________________________________________________________ 3160. [bull] REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ENFORCEMENT DATA CONCERNING SMALL ENTITIES Priority: Info./Admin./Other. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined CFR Citation: 00 CFR NYD Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 31, 2003, Final. Other, Statutory, December 31, 2004, Other. Abstract: The Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002 requires agencies to submit reports concerning enforcement activities conducted with respect to small entities. An initial report, covering activities in FY 2003, is due by December 31, 2003, with a final report, covering FY 2004 activities, due one year later. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Report to Congress 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4842. Agency Contact: Gerard Kraus, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2201A, Washington DC, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564--6047 Fax: 202 564--0017 Email: [email protected] Deborah Thomas, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2224A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564--5041 Fax: 202 564--0037 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2020-AA45 _______________________________________________________________________ 3161. PRIVACY ACT REGULATIONS (REVISED) Priority: Info./Admin./Other Legal Authority: 5 USC 552a CFR Citation: 40 CFR 16 (revised) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action proposed to revise the Privacy Act regulation to exempt new systems and systems currently claiming to be exempt from the Act. Other revisions are generally minor and include revising the access provision so that a copy of a record can be obtained without a personal inspection; changing the time limit for appeals of denials from 10 days to 30 days; changing the process for accessing Privacy Act records and contesting Privacy Act records from the system manager to the Freedom of Information Office; and referring appeals from denials of system of records maintained by the Office of Inspector General to that office for decision. The proposed rule does not have implications on small businesses nor state/local/tribal government. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 03/00/04 Final Action 12/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN 4693. Agency Contact: Judy Hutt, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, 2822T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 566--1668 Fax: 202 566--1639 Email: [email protected] Deborah Williams, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, 2822T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--566--1659 Fax: 202 566--1648 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2025-AA13 _______________________________________________________________________ 3162. REVISION TO EPAAR 1552.211--73, LEVEL OF EFFORT Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 ``Sec 205(c)''; ``63 Stat 390 as amended'' CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1552 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule will revise EPAAR 1552.211--73, Level of Effort, to define more concisely the services being acquired, and to more accurately reflect the relationship between services provided and fee payments. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 12/00/03 Final Action 02/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4191. Agency Contact: Larry Wyborski, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--4369 Fax: 202 565--2551 [[Page 73561]] Email: [email protected] RIN: 2030-AA64 _______________________________________________________________________ 3163. REVISIONS TO ACQUISITION REGULATION CONCERNING CONFLICT OF INTEREST Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: ``Not Yet Determined'' CFR Citation: 00 CFR NYD 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 12/00/03 Final Action 02/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4319. Sectors Affected: 5413 Architectural, Engineering and Related Services; 54162 Environmental Consulting Services; 5416 Management, Scientific and Technical 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 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 3164. CONTINUATION OF IMPLEMENTING THE EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: ``Not Yet Determined'' CFR Citation: 00 CFR NYD Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA's Office of Acquisition Management conducted an internal assessment of its organization and determined that in some situations there were too many levels of review required prior to making contract awards and other contract--related decisions. Consequently, steps were taken to revise internal policies to eliminate certain higher level reviews and give authority and responsibility for making decisions relating to contract actions to the qualified individuals most familiar with the contracting action. This rule is being issued as a direct final rule because the changes being made are not considered controversial and adverse comments are not expected. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 12/00/03 Final Action 02/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4742. Agency Contact: Jill Robbins, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--1052 Fax: 202 565--2475 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2030-AA81 _______________________________________________________________________ 3165. [bull] MISCELLANEOUS REVISIONS TO EPAAR CLAUSES Priority: Info./Admin./Other. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; Sec (c), 63 Stat. 390, as amended; 40 USC 486 (c); 41 USC 418(b) CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1515; 48 CFR 1535; 48 CFR 1552 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule includes administrative changes to various EPAAR clauses, such as address changes and points of contact. Nothing substantive will be affected. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 12/00/03 Final Action 02/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4813. Agency Contact: Dan Humphries, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--4377 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2030-AA84 _______________________________________________________________________ 3166. [bull] ON--SITE AND OFF--SITE BACKGROUND CHECKS PERFORMED BY EPA AND CONTRACTORS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; Sec 205(c), 63 Stat 390, as amended; 40 USC 486 (c); 41 USC 418 (b) CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1511; 48 CFR 1552 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule will require contractors to perform background checks and make suitability determinations before contractor employees can perform services on--site. [[Page 73562]] Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 01/00/04 Final Action 05/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4814. Agency Contact: Paul Schaffer, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--4366 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2030-AA85 _______________________________________________________________________ 3167. [bull] CONTRACT BUNDLING REQUIREMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 41 USC 418 (b); Sec 205(c), 63 Stat 390 as amended CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1519; 48 CFR 1552 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: In March of 2003, the President called on the Office of Management and Budget to prepare a strategy for unbundling Federal contracts. Federal contracting opportunities for Small Businesses have been dramatically reduced because of contract bundling. Contract bundling occurs when two or more procurement requirements for goods or services previously provided or performed under separate, smaller contracts is consolidated into a solicitation of offers for a single contract that is unlikely to be suitable for award to a small business concern. OMB's plan will require all agencies to uniformly review requirements prior to contract bundling. In addition, the plan will require contract bundling reviews for task and delivery orders under multiple award contract vehicles. Senior agency management will be held accountable for eliminating unnecessary contract bundling and mitigating the effects of necessary and justified contract bundling. In acquisitions where contract bundling is determined to be necessary and justified, actions will be taken to mitigate the effects by increasing subcontracting opportunities for small business. EPA's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and OAM will be working closely to eliminate unnecessary contract bundling and mitigate the effects of necessary contract bundling. Additional agency guidance and training will be forthcoming. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 12/00/03 Final Action 03/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Agency Contact: Patrick Murphy, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--4382 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2030-AA86 _______________________________________________________________________ 3168. WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT (WIPP) FY 2002 REPORT TO CONGRESS Priority: Info./Admin./Other Legal Authority: PL 102--579 sec 23(a)(2) CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This Report to Congress is required by section 23(a)(2) of the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act, which requires EPA to submit an annual report to Congress ``on the status of and resources required for the fulfillment of the Administrator's responsibilities under the Act'' regarding the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). This report summarizes the activities and progress EPA has made in fulfilling its responsibilities under the Act and outlines the resources required for the Agency to meet its commitments. The WIPP is an underground repository for the permanent disposal of radioactive waste generated as byproducts from nuclear weapons production. It was constructed by the Department of Energy (DOE) and is located near Carlsbad, New Mexico. In 1998, EPA certified that the WIPP complies with EPA's radioactive waste disposal standards at subpart B and C of 40 CFR 191 and EPA's WIPP compliance criteria at 40 CFR 194, and thus is safe to contain radioactive waste. Since that time, the DOE has begun emplacing waste in the WIPP. The waste is stored approximately 2,100 feet underground in excavated, natural salt formations. EPA also has responsibility for assuring continual compliance with EPA's radioactive waste disposal standards. EPA continues to have an oversight role at the WIPP to ensure that it continues to protect human health and the environment. This Report summarizes EPA's activities past and present. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Report to Congress 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4761. Agency Contact: Ray Lee, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6608J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--4625 Fax: 202 565--2062 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AK79 _______________________________________________________________________ 3169. [bull] PROJECT XL SITE--SPECIFIC RULEMAKING FOR THE NASA WHITE SANDS TEST FACILITY IN LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO (PHASES III TO VI) Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 33 USC 2701--2761; 42 USC 300(f) to 300(j)--26; 42 USC 6901 to 6992(k); . . . CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The United States Environmental Protection Agency has entered into a final project agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico, that would modify the reporting requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The rule will allow the facility to submit regulatory reports and permit information electronically rather than on paper to the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Solid Waste Bureau, [[Page 73563]] Hazardous Waste Bureau, Groundwater Bureau, and Air Quality Bureau. Doing so will significantly reduce its regulatory reporting costs and enhance the State's ability to analyze and manage the facility's regulatory and permit information. The electronic reporting involves six phases that will transition NASA from submitting data on a CD--ROM to utilizing the internet to transmit data to NMED. This rule covers Phases III to VI of the project, the previous NASA White Sands Test Facility final rule covered Phases I and II. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 01/00/04 Final Action 05/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, State Additional Information: SAN 4836. Agency Contact: Adam Levitan, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator, 1807T, Washington DC, DC 20460 Phone: 202 566--1466 Fax: 202 566--2210 Email: [email protected] Donna Perla, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator, 1807T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 566--2177 Fax: 202 566--2211 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2090-AA35 _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Final Rule Stage General _______________________________________________________________________ 3170. IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTHORITY TO APPOINT RESEARCH SCIENTISTS UNDER 42 USC Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined CFR Citation: 00 CFR NYD Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The proposed regulation will implement the Agency's authority under 42 USC 6A.I.61 section 209(f) and 209(g) to appoint research scientists and to take related personnel actions. Under 42 USC, the Agency has authority to make appointments of research scientists and to take related personnel actions including determining qualifications, method of recruitment, selection, duration of appointment and pay. The Agency's authority under 42 USC is separate from and not limited by 5 USC. The authority granted to the Agency under 42 USC derives from one of the foundation documents of the Agency: Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4747. Agency Contact: John O'Brien, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and Resources Management, 3620M, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564--7876 Fax: 202 564--2904 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2030-AA83 _______________________________________________________________________ 3171. CROSS--MEDIA ELECTRONIC REPORTING (ER) AND RECORDKEEPING RULE (CROMERRR) 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: As proposed, the Cross--Media Electronic Reporting (ER) and Recordkeeping Rule (CROMERRR) was intended to provide a uniform legal framework for paperless electronic reporting and recordkeeping, including electronic signature/certification, across EPA's environmental compliance programs. Based on public comment, however, EPA now plans to focus on finalizing the electronic reporting components of the proposed CROMERRR, and to defer further action on the electronic recordkeeping components until a later time. Under current plans, the final electronic reporting (ER) rule will address electronic reporting by companies regulated under all of EPA's programs: air, water, pesticides, toxic substances, wastes, and emergency response. The final rule will remove existing regulatory obstacles to electronic reporting, and it would set requirements for companies choosing to report electronically. In addition, the rule would set the conditions for allowing electronic reporting under State, tribal or local environmental programs that operate under EPA authorization. The final ER rule is intended to make electronic reporting as simple, efficient, and cost--effective as possible for regulated companies, while ensuring that a transition from paper to electronic reporting does not compromise EPA's compliance and enforcement programs. Consequently, the Agency's strategy is to impose as few specific requirements as possible, and to keep those requirements neutral with respect to technology, so the rule will pose no obstacles to adopting new technologies as they emerge. To ensure that authorized programs at the State, tribal, and local levels meet EPA's electronic reporting goals, the final ER rule would specify a set of criteria that these program's must satisfy as they initiate electronic reporting. In response to public comments, EPA is also planning to include provisions for a streamlined process for EPA to review and approve authorized program revisions or modifications to allow electronic reporting. EPA is required by the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA) of 1998 to make the option of electronic reporting and recordkeeping available, where practicable, to its regulated community by October 2003. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 08/31/01 66 FR 46161 Final Action 08/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No [[Page 73564]] Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4270 Agency Contact: Evi Huffer, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, 2823T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 566--1697 Fax: 202 566--1684 Email: [email protected] David Schwarz, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, 2823T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 566--1704 Fax: 202 566--1684 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2025-AA07 _______________________________________________________________________ 3172. BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS FOR CONTRACTORS PERFORMING SERVICES ONSITE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: ``Not Yet Determined'' CFR Citation: 00 CFR NYD Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, September 6, 2002, NPRM. Final, Statutory, December 5, 2002, Final. Abstract: Executive Orders 10450 and 12968 require that all persons entering Federal service, including contract employees, be investigated for suitability. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend the EPA Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to add a clause requiring contractors (and subcontractors) to perform background checks and make suitability determinations for contractor (and subcontractor) employees performing services on or within Federally--owned or leased space and facilities, commercial space primarily occupied by Federal employees, and Superfund, Oil Pollution Act, and Stafford Act sites. The clause will require contractors (and subcontractors) to perform background checks and make suitability determinations on their employees before the employees can perform on--site contract services for the EPA. Contracting Officers will be allowed to waive the requirements of the clause on a case--by--case basis. The process contemplated by the clause will allow EPA to mitigate any actual or potential threat to the public health, welfare and the environment. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 01/22/03 68 FR 2988 Final Action 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4733. Agency Contact: Paul Schaffer, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--4366 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2030-AA80 _______________________________________________________________________ 3173. REGULATORY INCENTIVES FOR THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE TRACK PROGRAM Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: ``Not Yet Determined'' CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 262 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The National Environmental Performance 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 Performance Track by submitting an application that documents that four specific criteria are met: an 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 subjects of this rulemaking. These include reducing the frequency of reports required under the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) provisions of the Clean Air Act; and extending on--site storage of RCRA waste to 180 days. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 08/13/02 67 FR 52674 Final Action 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, State Additional Information: SAN 4473. URL For More Information: www.epa.gov/performancetrack Agency Contact: Robert Sachs, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator, 1808T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--566--2884 TDD Phone: 202 566--2884 Fax: 202 566--0966 Email: [email protected] David Guest, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator, 1808T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--566--2872 TDD Phone: 202 566--2872 Fax: 202 566--2985 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2090-AA13 _______________________________________________________________________ 3174. PROJECT XL SITE--SPECIFIC RULEMAKING FOR NASA WHITE SANDS TEST FACILITY ELECTRONIC REPORTING IN LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO (PHASES I AND II) 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 entered into an XL (eXcellence and Leadership) Final Project Agreement (FPA) with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) in Las Cruces, NM to implement a project that would modify reporting requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Clean Air Act (CAA). The purpose of this NASA WSTF Electronic Reporting site--specific rule is to enable the NASA WSTF to electronically submit compliance [[Page 73565]] reports and permit information to the New Mexico Environment 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. This rule will address Phases I and II of the project covering reporting requirements under RCRA and the SDWA. A second and subsequent rule will address phases III--VI of the project covering additional reporting requirements under the CWA and CAA. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 10/31/01 66 FR 55050 Final Action 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, State Additional Information: SAN 4536. Agency Contact: Kristina Heinemann, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator, 1807T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--566--2183 Fax: 202 566--2220 Email: [email protected] Donna Perla, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator, 1807T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 566--2177 Fax: 202 566--2211 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2090-AA27 _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Long-Term Actions General _______________________________________________________________________ 3175. 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 30 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 10/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4618. Sectors Affected: 112 Animal Production; 111 Crop 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, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--5619 Fax: 202 564--5644 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2020-AA44 _______________________________________________________________________ 3176. 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, NPRM. 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 whether changes are needed to make them more efficient and effective. 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 1 11/23/94 59 FR 60446 NPRM 2 10/25/99 64 FR 57421 NPRM 3 12/21/99 64 FR 71366 NPRM 4 08/30/00 65 FR 52684 ANPRM 12/21/00 65 FR 80394 NPRM To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN 3240. Agency Contact: Doreen Sterling, Environmental Protection Agency, [[Page 73566]] Office of Environmental Information, 2822--T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--566--1642 Fax: 202 566--1639 Email: [email protected] Joe Sierra, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, 2822T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--566--1683 Fax: 202 566--1639 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2025-AA02 _______________________________________________________________________ 3177. 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 decisionmakers with the directions and perspectives necessary to develop and use risk assessments. The guidelines also provide the general public with basic information about the Agency's approaches to risk assessment. To develop guidelines the Agency must find a balance between consistency and innovation. Consistent risk assessments provide consistent bases to support regulatory decision--making. On the other hand, innovation is necessary so the Agency will base its decisions on current scientific thinking. In balancing these and other science policies, the Agency relies on input from the general scientific community through established scientific peer review processes. The guidelines incorporate basic principles and science policies based on evaluation of the currently available information. The revisions place increased emphasis on the role of carcinogenic mechanisms in risk assessment and clearer explication of underlying assumptions in risk assessment. These guidelines will have minimal to no impact on small businesses or State, local, and tribal governments. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Reproposed Guidelines 04/23/96 61 FR 17960 Implementation Policy 06/25/96 61 FR 32799 Final Guidelines To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 3671. Agency Contact: William Wood, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, 8103, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564--3358 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2080-AA06 _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Completed Actions General _______________________________________________________________________ 3178. IMPLEMENTATION OF CHANGES TO GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION COMMON RULE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant CFR Citation: 40 CFR 32 Completed: ________________________________________________________________________ Reason Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Final Action 11/26/03 68 FR 66533 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: None Agency Contact: Robert Meunier Phone: 202--564--5399 Fax: 202 565--2469 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2030-AA48 _______________________________________________________________________ 3179. NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, AND AGE IN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant CFR Citation: 28 CFR 42.101 to 42.112; 28 CFR 42.501 to 42.540; 28 CFR 42.700 to 42.736 Completed: ________________________________________________________________________ Reason Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Final Action 08/26/03 68 FR 51333 Final Action Effective 09/25/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Agency Contact: Ann Goode Phone: 202--564--7334 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2020-AA36 _______________________________________________________________________ 3180. FELLOWSHIP GRANT REGULATION REVISION Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant CFR Citation: 40 CFR 46 Completed: ________________________________________________________________________ Reason Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Interim Final Rule 04/04/03 68 FR 16708 Interim Final Rule Effective 05/05/03 Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 06/03/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: None Agency Contact: W. Scott McMoran Phone: 202 564--5376 Fax: 202 565--2468 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2030-AA77 _______________________________________________________________________ 3181. EPA AGENCYWIDE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT POLICY Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant CFR Citation: None [[Page 73567]] Completed: ________________________________________________________________________ Reason Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Final Action 06/06/03 68 FR 33946 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Agency Contact: Patricia Bonner Phone: 202--566--2204 Fax: 202 566--2200 Email: [email protected] Leanne Nurse Phone: 202--564--7832 Fax: 202 566--2200 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2090-AA23 _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Prerule Stage Clean Air Act (CAA) _______________________________________________________________________ 3182. PETITIONS TO DELIST HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS: MEK Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: ``Clean Air Act Section 112(b)(3)'' CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, February 28, 2000, NPRM. Abstract: The Agency has received 4 petitions to remove certain pollutants (i.e., methanol, methyl ethyl ketone, ethylene glycol butyl ether, and methyl isobutyl ketone) from the list of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) under Section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act. The Agency must review the petitions and either grant or deny the petition within 18 months of the date the complete petition was received. If the Agency grants a petition, a notice of proposed rulemaking will be published in the Federal Register, allowing the opportunity for public comment. If the Agency denies a petition, a notice of denial will be published in the Federal Register providing an explanation for such denial. If the Agency grants a petition and ultimately removes the pollutant from the HAP list then sources emitting such pollutants would not be required to meet MACT emissions standards for the pollutant. If on the other hand, the Agency denies the petition, then MACT standards would be issued as currently planned under Section 112(c) and 112(d) of the Clean Air Act for sources emitting such pollutants. Depending on the 4 individual determinations, the Agency will issue separate notices for each. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Notice 05/02/01 66 FR 21929 NPRM 1 05/30/03 68 FR 32606 NPRM 2 11/00/03 NPRM 3 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN 4313. Agency Contact: Kelly Rimer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404--01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--2962 Fax: 919 541--0840 Email: [email protected] Dave Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404--01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5368 Fax: 919 541--0840 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AI72 _______________________________________________________________________ 3183. NESHAP: PERCHLORETHYLENE DRY CLEANING FACILITIES Priority: Info./Admin./Other Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412; 5 USC 610 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: On September 22, 1993 (58 FR 49354), EPA promulgated standards to control perchlorethylene emissions from drycleaning facilities under section 112 of the Clean Air Act (see 40 CFR part 63, subpart M). Pursuant to section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, EPA has reviewed this rule to determine if it should be continued without change, or should be amended or rescinded, to minimize adverse economic impacts on small entities. The full results of EPA's review have been summarized in a report and placed in docket number OAR-- 2003--0029 in EPA's electronic docket system (www.epa.gov/edocket). These results are briefly summarized here. EPA has concluded that there is continued need for this rule to protect public health by reducing harmful perchloroethylene (PCE) emissions as mandated by section 112 of the Clean Air Act. EPA's review also addressed the following issues: complaints received, complexity, duplication and overlap. Regarding complaints, several commenters urged EPA to make the rule more stringent to further reduce or eliminate PCE use. The Agency is currently addressing these kinds of considerations as part of its review of the NESHAP under Clean Air Act sections 112(d)(6) and 112(f), and therefore will not address these issues further here. A number of commenters cited recordkeeping burdens, but some also acknowledged that the requirements promote efficiency and are consistent with good business practices. Other commenters note that while recordkeeping does impose some paperwork burden, they do not believe it translates into significant economic cost. Another commenter proposed ways to lessen monitoring and recordkeeping burden. The Agency finds that revising the requirements as proposed by the commenters may lead to increased PCE emissions and may fail to demonstrate continued compliance. The Agency also found that the rule's complexity is necessary to minimize economic impacts on small businesses while ensuring emissions reductions. The Agency received no comments requesting simplification of the rule requirements. EPA therefore finds that revisions to the NESHAP based on rule complexity are not necessary. The extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other Federal, State, or local government rules was also assessed as part of this review. The Agency is not aware of any instance where the NESHAP conflicts with State, local, or other requirements, and received no comments to that effect. [[Page 73568]] Finally, the Agency must consider the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors have changed in the area of the rule. As noted above, although the Agency finds that no revisions to the NESHAP are necessary for the purpose of this RFA review, the Agency will continue to assess advances in technology as part of the ongoing review of the NESHAP that is required by section 112(d)(6) of the Clean Air Act. In light of the considerations outlined above, EPA has decided to continue this rule in effect without change. A fuller explanation of the results of this review is given in the aforementioned report which has been placed in the docket established for this review. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Begin Review 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4785. Agency Contact: Tom Eagles, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6103A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--1952 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AK64 _______________________________________________________________________ 3184. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: SUPPLEMENTAL RULE REGARDING A RECYCLING STANDARD UNDER SECTION 608 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq ``CAA 608'' CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82(F) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule will amend the recordkeeping aspects of the technician certification program, clarify aspects of a sales restriction, and adopt an updated version of ARI standard 740. The rule will also clarify the distinction between major and non--major repairs and amend several definitions including small appliances. The rule also addresses the transfers of unreclaimed refrigerant between majority-- owned and majority--controlled subsidiaries. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 1 02/29/96 61 FR 7858 NPRM 11/01/96 61 FR 56493 Notice 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 3556. Additional SANs 3895, 3896. This rule will address a potential adoption of a more flexible method for cleaning refrigerants for refrigerant transferred between appliances with different ownership with a potential adoption of a 3rd party certification program for labs. Agency Contact: Julius Banks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--9870 Fax: 202--565--2155 Email: [email protected] Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--9185 Fax: 202--565--2155 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AF36 _______________________________________________________________________ 3185. REVISION TO POLICY ON CONTROL OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC) Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671q CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.100(s) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA is considering the proposal of revisions to its policy on control of volatile organic compounds (VOC), including the use of photochemical reactivity in controlling VOCs. As a first step, an ANPRM will be issued soliciting public comment on various policy options. Subsequent steps could range from taking no further action to publishing a policy statement in the Federal Register. The ANPRM is to announce that EPA is considering revision of its VOC policy which appeared in the July 8, 1977 Federal Register (42 FR 35314) under the title ``Recommended Policy on Control of Volatile Organic Compounds.'' That policy statement gave a broad description about how EPA would approach VOC control. This policy also said that we would be exempting certain organic compounds from control in volatile organic compound regulations (to meet ozone ambient air quality limits) due to these compounds having very low ozone forming potential. A list of exempt compounds was later codified in the definition of VOC at 40 CFR 51.100(s) which was adopted on February 3, 1992 (57 FR 3941) for use in State Implementation Plans. The ANPRM will ask for public comments on various approaches EPA may use in the future to take photochemical reactivity into account in controlling VOCs. For example, some have argued that we should determine a specific reactivity number for each individual compound, and to control each compound based on its reactivity number (as opposed to treating all VOC the same way as we do now). The ANPRM could lead to a policy statement, such as the 1977 policy statement, which would give a broad outline of the new approach EPA would take in the future. This would not be a rulemaking, but the revised policy could lead to new rules being adopted still further in the future. (Any such rules would be separately noticed in the Regulatory Agenda.) For example, the ANPRM could eventually lead to a revision of the definition of VOC at 40 CFR 51.100(s). Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ ANPRM 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, State Additional Information: SAN 4759. Agency Contact: William 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--1174 Fax: 202 564--1554 [[Page 73569]] Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AK75 _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Stage Clean Air Act (CAA) _______________________________________________________________________ 3186. PETITIONS TO DELIST SOURCE CATEGORIES FROM THE SOURCE CATEGORY LIST, DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO SECTION 112(C) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, April 21, 2000, NPRM. Abstract: The EPA has received one 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 February 12, 2002 (67 FR 6521). 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 which may cause a lifetime risk of cancer greater than 1 in 1 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 14, 2002, one 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 is reviewing the petition. Once the review is completed, the EPA will 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. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4415. Agency Contact: Kelly Rimer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404--01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--2962 Fax: 919 541--0840 Email: [email protected] Dave Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404--01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5368 Fax: 919 541--0840 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AJ23 _______________________________________________________________________ 3187. EVALUATION OF UPDATED TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF GASOLINE DEPOSIT CONTROL ADDITIVES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: ``CAA 211'' 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 4531. Agency Contact: Jeffrey Herzog, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, ASD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214--4227 Fax: 734 214--4051 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AJ61 _______________________________________________________________________ 3188. AMENDMENTS TO METHOD 24 (WATER--BASED COATINGS) Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, June 15, 2001, Final. 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, thereby improving the method's precision. [[Page 73570]] Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 11/00/03 Final Action 10/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 3649. Agency Contact: Candace Sorrell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D205--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--1064 Fax: 919 541--1039 Email: [email protected] Connie Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D205--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--7774 RIN: 2060-AF72 _______________________________________________________________________ 3189. 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. The EPA has not reviewed or revised the General Conformity Regulations since their 1993 promulgation. Several Federal agencies have identified concerns over the implementation of the General Conformity Regulations, including the requirements for areas designated nonattainment for the newly promulgated NAAQS. In conjunction with an ad hoc work group of representatives from several Federal agencies, EPA will review the implementation of the General Conformity Regulations. The EPA will then propose and promulgate any appropriate revision to those regulations. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 03/00/04 Final Action 12/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN 4070. Agency Contact: Annie Nikbakht, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504--02, Washington DC, DC 20460 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 3190. 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. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ ANPRM 11/25/96 61 FR 59849 NPRM 1 03/09/99 64 FR 11559 Direct Final 2 06/08/99 64 FR 30406 NPRM 2 06/08/99 64 FR 30453 NPRM 3 06/08/99 64 FR 60456 Direct Final 1 06/19/00 65 FR 38030 Direct Final 3 08/29/00 65 FR 52319 Direct Final 4 10/26/00 65 FR 64161 NPRM 4 02/23/01 66 FR 11233 Final 1 07/16/01 66 FR 36924 Final 2 08/06/01 66 FR 40903 NPRM 5 09/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 3939. Sectors Affected: 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing Agency Contact: Bob 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] Randy Waite, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-- 04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5447 Fax: 919 541--3470 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AH47 [[Page 73571]] _______________________________________________________________________ 3191. REVIEW OF NEW SOURCES AND MODIFICATIONS IN INDIAN COUNTRY Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 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 major and minor 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 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 01/00/04 Final Action 12/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Federal, Tribal Additional Information: SAN 3975. Agency Contact: Mark Sendzik, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339--03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5534 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 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AH37 _______________________________________________________________________ 3192. IMPLEMENTATION RULE FOR PM--2.5 NAAQS Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 103 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AK74 _______________________________________________________________________ 3193. PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION 16 -- SPECIFICATIONS AND TEST PROCEDURES FOR PREDICTIVE EMISSION MONITORING SYSTEMS IN STATIONARY SOURCES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411 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 11/00/03 Final Action 09/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: State Additional Information: SAN 4119. Sectors Affected: 336399 All Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing; 333618 Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing; 33241 Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing; 333611 Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Unit Manufacturing Agency Contact: Foston Curtis, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD--19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--1063 Email: [email protected] Conniesue Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D205--02, D205--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--7774 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AH84 _______________________________________________________________________ 3194. 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. Furthermore, it [[Page 73572]] clarifies who is responsible for control of untreated landfill gas that is sold. This action is necessary to clarify our intent regarding the issues discussed above. It will improve implementation and compliance with this regulation. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Proposed Amdt 05/23/02 67 FR 36476 Supplemental NPRM 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4478. Sectors Affected: 562212 Solid Waste Landfill Agency Contact: Jolynn Collins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439--03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5671 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 RIN: 2060-AJ41 _______________________________________________________________________ 3195. UPDATE OF CONTINUOUS INSTRUMENTAL TEST METHODS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Methods 3A, 6C, 7E, 10, and 20 of 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A are instrumental methods that are being revised to make their performance criteria consistent. Analyzer calibration error tests and sampling system bias tests now required in Methods 3A, 6C, and 7E are being added to Methods 10 and 20. Inconsistent acceptance criteria for other performance tests and calibration gas quality are also being made uniform. Performance criteria currently determined based on the instrument span is being revised to an emission limit basis. This change will fix the acceptance limits for all source tests on the applicable emission limit and not on a span value that sources have some discretion in choosing. These revisions were proposed on August 27, 1997, in an announcement entitled Amendments for Testing and Monitoring Provisions. They were considered not significant at that time. The public did not feel that the preamble to the rule provided adequate notice of the changes being made to the methods. The commenters requested a reproposal of these revision to the instrumental methods to allow for adequate public review. Methods 7F and 7G are new methods that measure nitrogen oxides electrochemically. These methods are being proposed in response to requests made by vendors/sources. These methods will add flexibility to the testing provisions currently in place and will not add requirements or affect the stringency of the underlying emission standards. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 11/00/03 Final Action 09/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN 4161. Agency Contact: Foston Curtis, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD--19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--1063 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AK61 _______________________________________________________________________ 3196. NESHAP: PRINTING AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY; AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 1994, Final. Abstract: The amendments will clarify the rule and ensure it reflects the EPA's intent. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 12/00/03 Final Action 06/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local Additional Information: SAN 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, C539--03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5342 Fax: 919 541--5689 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AI66 _______________________________________________________________________ 3197. ELECTRIC UTILITY STEAM GENERATING UNIT MACT REGULATION Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 102 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AJ65 _______________________________________________________________________ 3198. PORTLAND CEMENT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY NESHAP: AMENDMENT TO IMPLEMENT COURT REMAND Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1340 to 63.1359 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 [[Page 73573]] 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 02/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4585. Sectors Affected: 32731 Cement Manufacturing Agency Contact: Keith Barnett, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504--05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5605 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 3199. 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, NPRM. 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: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 12/00/03 Final Action 08/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, State Additional Information: SAN 4620. Sectors Affected: 331111 Iron and Steel Mills Agency Contact: Lula Melton, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439--02, 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, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5368 Fax: 919 541--0840 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AJ96 _______________________________________________________________________ 3200. 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, Final. Abstract: EPA developed technology--based standards for this source category under section 112(d) of the CAA codified in 40 CFR part 63, subpart O. This source category covers ethylene oxide commercial sterilizers. 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 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 3201. 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, Final. 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. 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 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN 4655. Agency Contact: Stephen Shedd, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439--03, 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, [[Page 73574]] C439--03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--5395 RIN: 2060-AK10 _______________________________________________________________________ 3202. NESHAP: SOLVENT EXTRACTION FOR VEGETABLE OIL: AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: On April 12, 2001, EPA promulgated National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for solvent extraction of vegetable oil. This amendment will consider adjustments to that NESHAP in light of information gained since its promulgation. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 03/00/04 Final Action 03/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4672. Split from RIN 2060--AH22. Sectors Affected: 311225 Fats and Oils Refining and Blending; 311223 Other Oilseed Processing; 311222 Soybean Processing Agency Contact: Greg Nizich, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439--03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--3078 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 RIN: 2060-AK32 _______________________________________________________________________ 3203. PETITION TO DELIST A HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT (HAP) SOURCE CATEGORY FROM SECTION 112 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT -- GAS TURBINES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, Other. Abstract: The Agency has received a petition to remove the gas turbines source category from the list of hazardous air pollutant sources under section 112(c) of the Clean Air Act. The Agency must review the petition and either grant or deny the petition within 12 months of the date the complete petition is received. If the Agency grants the petition, a notice of proposed rulemaking will be published in the Federal Register, allowing the opportunity for public comment. If the Agency denies the petition, a notice of denial will be published in the Federal Register providing an explaination of the denial. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM or Notice 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN 4751. Sectors Affected: 3336 Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing; 221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation Agency Contact: Kelly Rimer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404--01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--2962 Fax: 919 541--0840 Email: [email protected] Dave Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404--01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5368 Fax: 919 541--0840 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AK73 _______________________________________________________________________ 3204. NATIONAL VOC EMISSION STANDARDS FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS; PROPOSED AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7511b CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Amendments to the consumer products rule are being proposed to clarify and correct the rule. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 12/00/03 Final Action 12/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal Additional Information: SAN 4309. Sectors Affected: 32599 All Other Chemical Product Manufacturing Agency Contact: Bruce Moore, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504--03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--5460 Fax: 919 541--0072 Email: [email protected] Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539--03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5342 Fax: 919 541--5689 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AI62 _______________________________________________________________________ 3205. CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FROM MOBILE SOURCES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80; 40 CFR 86 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule establishes appropriate requirements, based on the need for and feasibility of additional requirements, to control hazardous air pollutants (air toxics) from motor vehicles, nonroad engines and vehicles, and their fuels. The Clean Air Act requires EPA to periodically revise such requirements. EPA committed to this rulemaking in its March 29, 2001 rule, Control of Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources. Motor vehicles are significant contributors to national emissions of several hazardous air pollutants. These pollutants are known or suspected to [[Page 73575]] have serious health or environmental impacts. Reducing emissions of these pollutants will reduce the risk to public health and welfare. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 07/00/04 Final Action 07/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: None Federalism: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN 4748. Sectors Affected: 3361 Motor Vehicle Manufacturing; 3363 Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing; 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 4227 Petroleum and Petroleum Products Wholesalers Agency Contact: Chris Lieske, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, ASD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214--4584 Fax: 734 214--4050 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AK70 _______________________________________________________________________ 3206. EMISSIONS DURABILITY PROCEDURES FOR NEW LIGHT--DUTY VEHICLES AND LIGHT--DUTY TRUCKS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: On October 22, 2002 the U. S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated durability provisions that automotive manufacturers used to demonstrate that the emissions of their vehicles would comply with emission standards for the useful lives of those vehicles. The Court also required EPA to issue new regulations. This action fulfills the mandate. The new durability regulations will include options that a manufacturer may choose from to age preproduction vehicles to determine the rate of emission deterioration over the vehicle's useful life. The options will include a prescribed fixed driving cycle and a presribed bench aging cycle that are used to age prototype vehicles or emission control components to the equivalent of the useful life period of the vehicle in a manner that replicates the aging that the vehicle or components would see in actual use. This rule does not change the Federal emission standards or the test procedures used to quantify emissions. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4757. Sectors Affected: 3361 Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Agency Contact: Eldert Bontekoe, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214--4442 Fax: 734 214--4053 Email: [email protected] Linda Hormes, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 734 214--4502 Fax: 734 214--4053 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AK76 _______________________________________________________________________ 3207. 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 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 issued 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 04/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: State Additional Information: SAN 4393. Agency Contact: Joseph Bachman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 5402, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--3968 Fax: 202 565--2084 Email: [email protected] Bob Perlis, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 2333A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564--5636 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AJ00 _______________________________________________________________________ 3208. 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 [[Page 73576]] being revised. The changes will 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 Original 08/29/94 59 FR 44460 Supp NPRM 1 04/27/95 60 FR 20804 Supplemental NPRM 08/31/95 60 FR 45530 NPRM 03/00/04 Final Action 03/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: State, Local Additional Information: SAN 3412. Agency Contact: Ray Vogel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C304--04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--3153 Fax: 919 541--5509 Email: [email protected] Steve Hitte, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C304-- 04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--0886 Fax: 919 541--5509 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AF70 _______________________________________________________________________ 3209. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: PROCESS FOR EXEMPTING CRITICAL AND EMERGENCY USES OF METHYL BROMIDE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671c CFR Citation: 40 CFR Part 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 4535. Agency Contact: Kate Choban, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--9295 Fax: 202 565--2155 Email: [email protected] Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--9185 Fax: 202--565--2155 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AJ63 _______________________________________________________________________ 3210. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: ADJUSTING ALLOWANCES FOR CLASS I SUBSTANCES FOR EXPORT TO ARTICLE 5 COUNTRIES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671 to 7671q CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action reinforces the economic incentives related to the transition of Article 5 countries to ozone--depleting substance alternatives. Currently, Article 5 allowances are determined as a percentage of total production allowances assigned to US companies for Class I ozone--depleting substances. In accordance with the Beijing Amendments of the Montreal Protocol, this action establishes Article 5 allowances independently of total production allowances. 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 4697. Agency Contact: Kate Choban, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--9295 Fax: 202 565--2155 Email: [email protected] Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--9185 Fax: 202--565--2155 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AK45 _______________________________________________________________________ 3211. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: RECONSIDERATION OF SECTION 608 SALES RESTRICTION Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671(g) ``CAA 608'' CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82(F) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA is amending the rule on refrigerant recycling, promulgated under section 608 of the Clean Air Act to clarify how the statutory venting prohibition of the Act applies to refrigerants that are used as substitutes for CFC and HCFC ozone--depleting refrigerants. It also exempts refrigerants that are used as substitutes for CFC and HCFC ozone--depleting refrigerants. It also exempts certain substitute refrigerants from the prohibition on the basis of current evidence that their release does not pose a threat to the environment. In addition, EPA is extending the refrigerant sales restriction to substitute refrigerants that consist of an ozone--depleting substance. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 12/00/03 Final Action 12/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 3673. [[Page 73577]] Agency Contact: Julius Banks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--9870 Fax: 202--565--2155 Email: [email protected] Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--9185 Fax: 202--565--2155 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AG20 _______________________________________________________________________ 3212. FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (FIP) FOR THE BILLINGS/LAUREL, MONTANA, SULFUR DIOXIDE (SO2) AREA Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 12 USC 1701 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The State of Montana submitted a sulfur dioxide (SO2) State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the Billings/Laurel, Montana, area. On 5/ 2/02 and 5/22/03 we partially approved and partially disapproved Montana's SO2 SIP for Billings/Laurel. EPA intends to propose a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) to cover those parts of the State's plan we disapproved. EPA's FIP will assure that the Billings/Laurel area will attain and maintain the SO2 NAAQS. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 09/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Federalism: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN 4542. Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries Agency Contact: Laurie Ostrand, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office Denver, 8P--AR, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 303--312--6437 Fax: 303 312--6064 Email: [email protected] Cindy Cody, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office Denver, 8P--AR, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 303--312--6228 Fax: 303 312--6064 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2008-AA00 _______________________________________________________________________ 3213. 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 09/00/04 Final Action 04/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 3262. Agency Contact: Buddy Polovick, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734--214--4928 Fax: 734 214--4052 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AE22 _______________________________________________________________________ 3214. 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 08/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, State Additional Information: SAN 4348. Agency Contact: Buddy Polovick, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734--214--4928 [[Page 73578]] Fax: 734 214--4052 Email: [email protected] Sara Schneeberg, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564--5592 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AI97 _______________________________________________________________________ 3215. AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING REGULATIONS: REVISIONS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50 (Revision); 40 CFR 53 (Revision); 40 CFR 58 (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 need to be revised to reflect the roles of EPA and the state and local agencies. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 12/00/03 Final Action 04/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal Additional Information: SAN 4421. Sectors Affected: 92411 Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management; 334519 Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing Agency Contact: Lee Byrd, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--5367 Fax: 919 541--1903 Email: [email protected] Mike Papp, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-- 02, RTP, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--2408 Fax: 919 541--1903 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AJ25 _______________________________________________________________________ 3216. REVISIONS TO REGIONAL HAZE RULE TO ADDRESS CONCERNS RAISED BY DC CIRCUIT REGARDING BEST AVAILABLE RETROFIT TECHNOLOGY (BART) 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 51.308(e)(1); 40 CFR 51 app Y (New) Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, April 15, 2004, NPRM. Final, Judicial, April 15, 2005, Final. Abstract: To meet the Clean Air Act's requirements, EPA published the regional haze rule on July 1, 1999 (64 FR 35714). On May 24, 2002, the DC Circuit vacated certain provisions of the regional haze rule related to best available retrofit technology (BART). Because of this court decision, we need to propose and publish revised BART provisions in the regional haze rule. The purpose of this effort is to provide the appropriate changes to the BART requirements and guidelines, and to address additional issues related to reasonable progress goals for the visibility program. On July 20, 2001, we proposed guidelines intended to add further clarifications to the BART requirements in the regional haze rule. Since then, due to additional information that has come to light since that proposal, we have decided that a supplemental proposal is needed. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM Resubmittal 07/20/01 66 FR 38108 Supplemental NPRM 04/00/04 Final Action 04/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN 4450. Agency Contact: Kathy Kaufman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--0102 Fax: 919 541--5489 Email: [email protected] Todd Hawes, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-- 02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5591 Fax: 919 541--5489 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AJ31 _______________________________________________________________________ 3217. 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 rule, which was promulgated on [[Page 73579]] 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 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN 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, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--9038 Fax: 202 565--2085 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AJ72 _______________________________________________________________________ 3218. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO GRANT ALTERNATIVE METHOD APPROVALS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: ``Not Yet Determined'' CFR Citation: 00 CFR NYD 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 06/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN 4547. Agency Contact: Rima Howell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D205--02, EMC Building, D205--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--0443 Fax: 919 541--1039 Email: [email protected] Conniesue Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D205--02, D205--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--7774 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AJ83 _______________________________________________________________________ 3219. 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 Nation's 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 the public can be assured that they are receiving the air quality benefits of the international standards. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN 4631. Sectors Affected: 33641 Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing; 336412 Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing; 3336 Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing; 336413 Other Aircraft Part and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing [[Page 73580]] Agency Contact: Byran Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6407, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214--4816 Fax: 734 214--4018 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AK01 _______________________________________________________________________ 3220. 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 nonoperational 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 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 3221. 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 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 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: 202 233--9557 Email: [email protected] Joe Sopata, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--9034 Fax: 202 565--2085 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AK03 [[Page 73581]] _______________________________________________________________________ 3222. [bull] TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY RULE AMENDMENTS FOR NEW 8--HOUR OZONE AND PM2.5 NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401--7671q CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 and 93 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The transportation conformity rule ensures that transportation planning is consistent with a state's plans for achieving the air quality standards. These amendments to the existing transportation conformity rule are necessary as a result of the new 8-- hour ozone and PM2.5 air quality standards. The main issues that will be addressed in these amendments are the regional emissions tests that apply before new SIPs are submitted and which particulate matter provisions of the rule apply to PM2.5. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 11/00/03 Final Action 04/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State Additional Information: SAN 4811. Agency Contact: Meg Patulski, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734--214--4842 Fax: 734 214--4052 Email: [email protected] Angela Spickard, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 734 214--4283 Fax: 734 214--4052 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AL73 _______________________________________________________________________ 3223. [bull] PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION (PSD) AND NONATTAINMENT NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR): ALLOWABLES PLANTWIDE APPLICABILITY LIMIT (PAL), AGGREGATION, AND DEBOTTLENECKING Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 104 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AL75 _______________________________________________________________________ 3224. [bull] RULE TO REDUCE INTERSTATE TRANSPORT OF FINE PARTICULATE MATTER AND OTHER POLLUTANTS (INTERSTATE TRANSPORT RULE) Priority: Economically Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under PL 104-4. Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410(a) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 72; 40 CFR 75; 40 CFR 96 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Many pollutant types and sources contribute to ambient levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone that exceed national air quality standards, and to regional haze that adversely affects visibility in Federal class I areas. Some of these pollutants may originate tens or hundreds of miles from the areas where violations of the national ambient air quality standards are detected, from sources that are outside the jurisdiction of the State that is harmed. The Clean Air Act requires that a State take steps to prevent emissions from sources located within its boundaries from interfering with a downwind State's ability to meet air quality standards, or interfering with measures to protect visibility. EPA believes it is important to address interstate transport for PM2.5 prior to the time when State plans addressing nonattainment of the standards are completed, so that States can rely on upwind reductions when developing plans for attaining the standards. The Bush Administration has proposed Clear Skies legislation that will help reduce interstate transport of pollution from the largest emitters in the power generation sector. This mandatory program would dramatically reduce sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and mercury by setting a national cap on emissions of each pollutant from power generators. Trading would provide sources with flexibility to reduce their emissions in most efficient and least costly way. EPA prefers to address the issue of transported pollution from power generators through Clear Skies legislation rather than rulemaking. Because enactment of legislation is inherently uncertain, in addition to promoting legislation EPA is initiating this rulemaking as a potential substitute to achieve part of what would be achieved by Clear Skies. Also, if analysis warrants, this rulemaking could supplement legislation by addressing categories of emissions sources not covered by the legislation. Further, EPA will conduct updated transport analyses t determine whether emission reductions beyond the already--promulgated NOx SIP Call (63 FR 57355) are warranted for purposes of the 8--hour ozone standard. Under the interstate transport rule, EPA would establish State--level emissions budgets for transported pollutants, and offer compliance flexibility in the form of an emissions trading program. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 03/00/04 Final Action 03/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN 4794. Agency Contact: Scott Mathias, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD--15, C539--01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5310 Fax: 919 541--0237 Email: [email protected] Joe Paisie, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-- 02, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 919--541--5556 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AL76 [[Page 73582]] _______________________________________________________________________ 3225. [bull] SECTION 126 RULE: LIFTING THE 8--HOUR STAY Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 42 USC 7426 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52; 40 CFR 75; 40 CFR 97 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 29, 2004, Final. Abstract: Section 126 of the CAA allows States to petition EPA for a finding that emissions from stationary sources in other States significantly contribute to nonattainment problems in the petitioning State. If EPA approves a petition, EPA would establish Federal requirements for the sources. In April 1999, EPA finalized action on 8 petitions submitted by Northeastern States for purposes of mitigating interstate transport of NOx, one of the main precursors of ground-- level ozone. Subsequent court rulings caused EPA to stay the portion of the rule based on the 8--hour ozone standard. Now, the aforementioned court challenges have been resolved, enabling EPA to lift the stay on the 8--hour portion of the rule. This action would accomplish the removal of that stay. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 02/00/04 Final Action 08/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4095.1. Split from RIN 2060--AH88. 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] RIN: 2060-AL79 _______________________________________________________________________ 3226. [bull] AMENDMENT TO MARINE DIESEL RULE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 42 USC 7621 et seq; 42 USC 7542 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 94 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: In February 2003, we adopted emission standards for Category 3 marine diesel engines. The changes to 40 CFR part 94 inadvertently displaced some of the provisions we had recently established for recreational marine diesel engines in November 2002. This direct final rule corrects these errors; these corrections are intended merely to replace regulatory text we originally adopted under each program. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 11/00/03 Direct Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN 4622.1. Split from RIN 2060--AJ98. Agency Contact: Karl Simon, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564--1106 Email: [email protected] Alan Stout, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214--4805 Fax: 734--214--4834 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AL81 _______________________________________________________________________ 3227. [bull] SECTION 126 RULE: WITHDRAWAL OF FINDINGS FOR SOURCES IN MICHIGAN Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52.34 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: In response to petitions submitted by four Northeastern States, in January 2000, EPA issued the Section 126 Rule which required sources in Michigan and certain other States to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions for the purpose of reducing interstate ozone transport. EPA coordinated the Section 126 Rule with another rule known as the NOx State implementation plan (SIP) Call, which also addresses ozone transport in the eastern half of the United States. EPA established a mechanism in the Section 126 Rule whereby the rule would be withdrawn for sources in a State if the State submitted, and EPA approved, a SIP that complied with the NOx SIP Call. This was a practical way to address the overlap between the two rules and avoid having sources be subject to two sets of potentially different NOx transport control requirements. As the result of court actions, the compliance dates for the Section 126 Rule and the NOx SIP Call have been delayed and the NOx SIP Call has been divided into two phases. Therefore, in a separate action, EPA recently proposed to revise the Section 126 Rule withdrawal provision so that it will continue to operate under these new circumstances. Under that proposal, where a State submits a NOx SIP that meets only Phase 1 of the NOx SIP Call, EPA would need to make a determination that the SIP controls the total group of Section 126 sources to the same stringency as the Section 126 Rule would before the Section 126 Rule could be withdrawn. The EPA has reviewed and is in the process of approving the Michigan NOx SIP. In this current action, EPA is proposing that the SIP meets the newly proposed Section 126 Rule withdrawal criteria, and therefore, EPA is proposing to withdraw the redundant Section 126 Rule for sources in Michigan. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local Additional Information: SAN 4796. 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] Doug Grano, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-- 02, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 919--541--3292 Fax: 919 541--0824 [[Page 73583]] Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AL83 _______________________________________________________________________ 3228. [bull] LIFTING THE STAY OF THE 8--HOUR PORTION OF THE FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION AND RULEMAKING FOR PURPOSES OF REDUCING INTERSTATE OZONE TRANSPORT (NOX SIP CALL) Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.121 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action would amend a final rule EPA issued under section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) related to interstate transport of pollutants. EPA is proposing to lift the stay of our findings in the nitrogen oxides State Implementation Plan Call (NOx SIP Call) contained in 40 CFR 51.121(a)(2), related to the 8--hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). The findings were stayed in a final rule published in the Federal Register on September 18, 2000 (65 FR 56245). This action does not create any new requirements; it merely reinstitutes a requirement of the NOx SIP Call that had previously been stayed. The background on the NOx SIP Call and the aforementioned stay are as follows: In the final NOx SIP Call, EPA found that emissions of NOx from 22 States and the District of Columbia (hereinafter referred to as 23 States) significantly contribute to downwind areas' nonattainment of the 1--hour ozone NAAQS. EPA also separately found that NOx emissions from the same 23 States significantly contribute to downwind nonattainment of the 8--hour ozone NAAQS. Subsequently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) remanded the 8--hour ozone NAAQS. [American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. EPA, 175 F.3d 1027 on rehearing 195 F.3d 4 (D.C. Cir. 1999).] EPA stayed the 8--hour basis of the NOx SIP Call rule based on the uncertainty created by the D.C. Circuit's decision. EPA have now completed the actions necessary to address the aforementioned remand, and therefore is now conducting rulemaking to lift the stay. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 02/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Local, State Additional Information: SAN 4797. Agency Contact: Jan King, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5665 Fax: 919 541--0824 Email: [email protected] Doug Grano, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-- 02, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 919--541--3292 Fax: 919 541--0824 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AL84 _______________________________________________________________________ 3229. [bull] DEFERRAL OF EFFECTIVE DATE OF NONATTAINMENT DESIGNATIONS FOR 8--HOUR OZONE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR EARLY ACTION COMPACT AREAS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 42 USC 7407; 42 USC 7601 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 81 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA is proposing to defer the effective date of nonattainment air quality designations for ``Early Action Compact Areas'' that are violating the 8--hour ozone national ambient air quality standard, but have agreed to reduce ground--level ozone pollution earlier than the Clean Air Act requires. This proposal establishes the first of three dates by which EPA would defer the effective date of nonattainment designations for any of these areas that continues to meet all compact milestones. In a separate action, EPA will designate these areas ``nonattainment'' by April 15, 2004; however, as long as Early Action Compact areas meet agreed--upon milestones, the impact of nonattainment designation for the 8--hour ozone standard will be deferred until September 30, 2005. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 11/00/03 Final Action 04/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Local, State Additional Information: SAN 4798. Agency Contact: 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] Valerie Broadwell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539--02, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 919--541--3310 Fax: 919 541--0824 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AL85 _______________________________________________________________________ 3230. [bull] AMENDMENTS TO THE PHASE 2 REQUIREMENTS FOR SPARK--IGNITION NONROAD ENGINES LESS THAN 19 KILOWATTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 42 USC 7547 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 90 (Revision) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA adopted phase 2 requirements for small (less than 19 kilowatts) spark--ignition (gasoline) nonroad engines in March 1999 and April 2000. The Phase 2 requirements are being phased--in between 2001 and 2007. (The majority of the engines covered by these regulations are used in lawn and garden applications.) In February 2003, the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, a trade group representing engine manufacturers, petitioned EPA and requested several changes to the phase 2 regulations. This rulemaking includes several amendments to the phase 2 requirements intended to ensure a smooth transition to the phase 2 standards for engine manufacturers. The amendments contain a number of changes to the averaging, banking, and [[Page 73584]] trading program and to the certification process. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 11/00/03 Direct Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4801. Agency Contact: Philip Carlson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, ASD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734--214--4270 Fax: 734 214--4816 Email: [email protected] Glenn Passavant, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, ASD, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 734--214--4408 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AL88 _______________________________________________________________________ 3231. [bull] AMENDMENTS TO LEATHER FINISHING NESHAP Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 (Revision) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: On February 27, 2002, EPA promulgated National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the Leather Finishing Operations industry. EPA was subsequently petitioned by two affected facilities concerning the definition of specialty leather. EPA has engaged in negotiations with these facilities concerning the definition and is issuing these technical corrections to address the concerns. The amendments to the rule will clarify the definition of specialty leather and provide a means of determining what kinds of leather meet the definition of specialty leather. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 11/00/03 Final Action 11/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4802. Agency Contact: William Schrock, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504--04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--5032 Fax: 919 541--3470 Email: [email protected] Randy Waite, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-- 04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5447 Fax: 919 541--3470 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AL89 _______________________________________________________________________ 3232. [bull] PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; ALLOWANCE SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING HCFC PRODUCTION, IMPORT AND EXPORT; CORRECTION Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 (Revision) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Although an allowance allocation system for controlling hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) production, import, and export was established with publication of the final rule on January 21, 2003 (SAN 4120, RIN 2060--AH67), several issues associated with that system have arisen that need to be amended for clarity and consistency. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 06/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4804. Agency Contact: Vera Au, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--2216 Fax: 202--565--2156 Email: [email protected] Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--9185 Fax: 202--565--2155 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AL90 _______________________________________________________________________ 3233. [bull] AMENDMENTS TO THE NESHAP FOR CELLULOSE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 (Revision) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: On July 11, 2002, EPA promulgated National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the Cellulose Products Manufacturing industry. The EPA was subsequently petitioned by two affected facilities concerning several issues. The EPA has engaged in negotiations with these facilities concerning the issues and is issuing these amendments to address the concerns. The amendments clarify several definitions and provide clearer and consistent directions on complying with the standards. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 11/00/03 Final Action 11/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4808. Agency Contact: William Schrock, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504--04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--5032 Fax: 919 541--3470 Email: [email protected] Randy Waite, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-- 04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5447 Fax: 919 541--3470 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AL91 [[Page 73585]] _______________________________________________________________________ 3234. [bull] PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: PROCESS FOR EXEMPTING EMERGENCY USES OF METHYL BROMIDE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: PL 105--277, sec 764 CFR Citation: 40 CFR Part 82 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Under the Clean Air Act and the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer, this rule will seek to create an exemption for emergency uses of methyl bromide, an ozone depleting substance, after the phase--out date of 2005. This exemption will be limited to no more than 20 metric tons per emergency event. This is a deregulatory action that will decrease burden on producers, importers, distributors and applicators of methyl bromide as well as end--users of methyl bromide who are growers and owners of stored food products while still achieving the environmental objectives of the program. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 11/00/03 Final Action 02/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4819. Agency Contact: Kate Choban, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--9295 Fax: 202 565--2155 Email: [email protected] Hodayah Finman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--2651 Fax: 202 565--2079 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AL94 _______________________________________________________________________ 3235. [bull] PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: QUANTITY ALLOCATION OF METHYL BROMIDE AFTER THE PHASEOUT FOR CRITICAL USE EXEMPTIONS Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: PL 105--277, sec 764 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Under the Clean Air Act and the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer, this rule will seek to allocate quantities of methyl bromide for critical use exemptions to entities within the United States based on amounts of methyl bromide authorized by the parties to the Montreal Protocol for use after the 2005 phase--out date. This action is a deregulatory action that will reduce burden on producers, importers, distributors and applicators of methyl bromide as well as end--users of methyl bromide who are growers and owners of stored food products. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 11/00/03 Final Action 02/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4820. Agency Contact: Hodayah Finman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--2651 Fax: 202 565--2079 Email: [email protected] Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--9185 Fax: 202--565--2155 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AL95 _______________________________________________________________________ 3236. [bull] FIVE--YEAR REVIEW OF MACT STANDARDS FOR LARGE MWC Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq. CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, April 30, 2004, NPRM. Final, Judicial, June 30, 2006, Final. Abstract: Under section 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), EPA is required to adopt and implement maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards for both new and existing large municipal waste combustion units (MWC). Those MACT standards have been adopted and fully implemented with all retrofits completed. Section 129(a)(5)of the CAA requires EPA to review and, if necessary, revise those standards every 5 years. This rulemaking addresses those requirements and is the first 5--year review of the MACT standards. Implementation of these MACT standards has been highly effective and has reduced dioxin/furan emissions by more than 99 percent since 1990 and mercury emissions by more than 95 percent since 1990. Similar reductions have occurred for other CAA section 129 pollutants. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 04/00/04 Final Action 06/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN 4829. Agency Contact: Walt Stevenson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C--439--01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5264 Fax: 919 541--5450 Email: [email protected] Robert Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C-- 439--01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--1045 Fax: 919 541--5450 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AL97 [[Page 73586]] _______________________________________________________________________ 3237. [bull] ALTERNATIVE WORK PRACTICE FOR LEAK DETECTION AND REPAIR Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60, subpart GGG Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule would amend existing regulations controlling emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from oil refineries under Clean Air Act section 111. These regulations are codified at 40 CFR part 60, subpart GGG. These regulations require periodic leak detection and repair (LDAR) of pumps and valves. The current work practice requires each pump and valve to be individually monitored for leaks. Refineries have had LDAR programs in place for nearly 20 years and view them as burdensome because they are labor intensive. Newer laser based monitoring technology is being developed which will detect leaks at a reduced costs because of the ability to monitor multiple components at one time. This rule would amend the existing regulations which affect refineries to enable the plant operators to use the new technology. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 04/00/04 Final Action 04/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4830. 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-AL98 _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Final Rule Stage Clean Air Act (CAA) _______________________________________________________________________ 3238. 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 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4315. Formerly listed as RIN 2060--AI79 Agency Contact: Doug McDaniel, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office San Francisco, AIR8, San Francisco, CA 94105--3901 Phone: 415--744--1246 Email: [email protected] Colleen McKaughan, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office San Francisco, AIR1, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 520--498--0118 Fax: 520--498--1333 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2009-AA00 _______________________________________________________________________ 3239. 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 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Federalism: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN 3569. NPRM-- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/ EPA--; AIR/1999/September/Day--08 /a23277.htm.; Formerly listed as RIN 2060--AF42 Agency Contact: Doug McDaniel, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office San Francisco, AIR8, San Francisco, CA 94105--3901 Phone: 415--744--1246 Email: [email protected] Colleen McKaughan, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office San Francisco, AIR1, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 520--498--0118 Fax: 520--498--1333 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2009-AA01 [[Page 73587]] _______________________________________________________________________ 3240. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS: RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS REQUIREMENTS UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT SECTION 112(R)(7); AMENDMENTS TO THE SUBMISSION SCHEDULE AND DATA REQUIREMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412(r) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 68 Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, June 21, 2004, Other. Abstract: On June 20, 1996, EPA published risk management planning regulations mandated under the accidental release prevention provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA). Sources with more than a threshold quantity of a regulated substance in a process are required to develop and implement a risk management program that includes, for covered processes, a five--year accident history, an off--site consequence analysis, a prevention program, and an emergency response program. The owners and operators of these sources must submit a risk management plan (RMP) that summarizes the source's implementation of the risk management program. The RMPs are to be made available to Federal, state, and local emergency planning and response agencies and to the public through a central location. The first submissions were received in June 1999; to date, approximately 15,000 sources have submitted RMPs. EPA is proposing to modify the submission schedule under the risk management program by adding two triggers to the requirements to correct or update the RMP: (a) sources who have an accident that meets the criteria for the five year accident history be required to update their RMP within six months of the date of the accident; and (b) sources will be required to correct their emergency contact information within one month of a change in the information. EPA is also proposing to add four data elements to the RMP: (a) a mandatory data element for sources to provide the e--mail address for the emergency contact; (b) new data elements for sources to provide the reason for an RMP update (e.g. new regulated substance onsite, etc.) or correction; (c) a new five--year accident history data element requirement for the owner or operator to provide an indication of whether the accident involved an uncontrolled/runaway reaction; and (d) additional data elements for sources that use a contractor to fill out the RMP to provide their name, address and telephone number. Finally, EPA proposes to remove the requirement for sources to discuss the off--site consequence analysis (i.e, worst--case accidental release scenario(s) and the alternative accidental release scenario(s)) within the executive summary of the RMP. This effort will ultimately provide the implementing agency important contact and accident information to allow for assistance and improved communications of information to prevent accidents. These changes should not significantly change the associated burden. The major change would be the accidental release update requirement; however, the source will not need to submit again, provided there are no other accidents or major changes, for another 5 years. EPA intends to finalize all of these changes in time for the majority of facilities to complete their five year updates due June 21, 2004. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 07/31/03 68 FR 45124 Final Action 01/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4755. Agency Contact: Vanessa Rodriquez, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5104A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564--7913 Fax: 202 564--8233 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2050-AF09 _______________________________________________________________________ 3241. AMENDMENT TO SUBPARTS H AND I FOR EMISSIONS OF RADIONUCLIDES OTHER THAN RADON FROM DOE FACILITIES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: PL 95--95; ``CAAA 112(g) or (q)'' CFR Citation: 40 CFR 61 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Subparts H and I of 40 CFR Part 61 establish standards under the Clean Air Act for emissions of radionuclides other than radon from Department of Energy (DOE) and other non--DOE federal facilities. Under subparts H and I, regulated entities currently determine compliance with the emission standards by utilizing the approved computer models CAP88 and AIRDOS--PC or any other procedures for which EPA has granted prior approval. Since promulgation of Subparts H and I, EPA has developed an additional model, GENII--NESHAPS, which is suitable for regulated entities to use to determine compliance, in addition to the currently--approved models mentioned above. The model was developed to incorporate the internal dosimetry models recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and the radiological risk estimating procedures of Federal Guidance Report 13 into updated versions of existing environmental pathway analysis models. The model was developed under the direction of OAR's Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, in consultation with OAR's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS). Also, GENII--NESHAPs has undergone Science Advisory Board (SAB) review. In this direct final rule, EPA is updating Subparts H and I to include GENII--NESHAPS as an approved compliance model. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Rule 08/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State Additional Information: SAN 4768. Agency Contact: Eleanord Thornton, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6608J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202--564--9773 Fax: 202 565--2065 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AK81 [[Page 73588]] _______________________________________________________________________ 3242. 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 finalizing the notice 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 08/07/02 67 FR 51402 Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4532. Sectors Affected: 3331 Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing; 336412 Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing; 33399 All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing; 33611 Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing; 336311 Carburetor, Piston, Piston Ring and Valve Manufacturing; 33312 Construction Machinery Manufacturing; 3336 Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing; 333111 Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing; 33612 Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing; 333924 Industrial Truck, Tractor, Trailer and Stacker Machinery Manufacturing; 333112 Lawn and Garden Tractor and Home Lawn and Garden Equipment Manufacturing; 336112 Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing; 333 Machinery Manufacturing; 33392 Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing; 333131 Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing; 3361 Motor Vehicle Manufacturing; 336991 Motorcycle, Bicycle and Parts Manufacturing; 333991 Power-Driven Hand Tool Manufacturing; 33651 Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing; 33661 Ship and Boat Building Agency Contact: Trina Vallion, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, OTAQ/CCD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214--4449 Fax: 734 214--4053 Email: [email protected] Daniel Harrison, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, OTAQ/CCd, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 734 214--4281 Fax: 734 214--4053 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AJ62 _______________________________________________________________________ 3243. REVISION TO THE GUIDELINE ON AIR QUALITY MODELS (APPENDIX W TO 40 CFR PART 51): ADOPTION OF A PREFERRED GENERAL PURPOSE (FLAT AND COMPLEX TERRAIN) DISPERSION MODEL AND OTHER REVISIONS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410 ``CAAA 110(a)(2)''; ``CAAA 165(e)''; ``CAAA 172(a)''; ``CAAA 172(c)''; 42 USC 7601 ``CAAA 301(a)(1)''; ``CAAA 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 would revise the Guideline on Air Quality Models, published as appendix W to 40 CFR part 51. The guideline provides EPA-- recommended models for use in predicting ambient concentrations of pollutants for programs ranging from Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) to State Implementation Plans (SIPs) for controlling air pollution sources. The guideline fulfills a Clean Air Act mandate for EPA to specify models for air management purposes. This revision would enhance the Guideline by incorporating a new, general purpose dispersion model called AERMOD, which would replace the existing Industrial Source Complex (ISC3) model in many air--quality assessments, including those involving complex terrain. An earlier version of the AERMOD revision was previously proposed (65 FR 21505, 4/ 21/2000; see SAN 3470), but not promulgated. We are reproposing it to reflect changes made in response to public comment we received on the April 2000 proposal. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 04/21/00 65 FR 21505 Notice of Data Availability 09/08/03 68 FR 52934 Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN 3470.1. Split from RIN 2060--AF01. Agency Contact: Tom Coulter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C304--02, RTP, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--0832 Fax: 919 541--0044 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-AK60 _______________________________________________________________________ 3244. NESHAP: COMBUSTION TURBINE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 ``CAA 112'' CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000, Final. Final, Judicial, August 29, 2003, Final. 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 [[Page 73589]] CAA. The combustion turbine MACT was published in the Federal Register on January 14, 2003. A public hearing was held on January 29, 2003 and the public comment period closed on February 28, 2003. Comments and data received during the comment period resulted in a reanalysis of the MACT floor and MACT for different subcategories. Subcategories based on fuel were developed (oil and natural gas) in response to public comments. A delisting petition for some combustion turbine subcategories was sent to EPA on August 28, 2002. The subcategory list and the regulation will be revised if these combustion turbine subcategories are delisted. The final combustion turbine MACT will be signed by the Administrator in August 2003. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 01/14/03 68 FR 1888 Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 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 Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C-- 439--01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--1045 Fax: 919 541--5450 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AG67 _______________________________________________________________________ 3245. NESHAP: IRON 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, Final. Final, Judicial, August 29, 2003, Final. 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 12/23/02 67 FR 78274 Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 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] Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-- 02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--2837 Fax: 919 541--5450 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AE43 _______________________________________________________________________ 3246. NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS: MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 ``CAAA 112'' CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000, NPRM. Final, Judicial, August 29, 2003, Final. Abstract: This regulation will cover organic chemical manufacturing processes not covered by previously promulgated MACT standards including the Hazardous Organic NESHAP (HON). 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 04/04/02 67 FR 16154 Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 3452. Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing Agency Contact: Randy McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504--04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5402 Fax: 919 541--3470 Email: [email protected] Randy Waite, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-- 04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5447 Fax: 919 541--3470 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AE82 _______________________________________________________________________ 3247. NESHAP: RECIPROCATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 116 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AG63 _______________________________________________________________________ 3248. NESHAP: INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL BOILERS AND PROCESS HEATERS Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 117 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AG69 _______________________________________________________________________ 3249. NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS: MISCELLANEOUS COATING MANUFACTURING Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 ``CAAA 112'' CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000, NPRM. [[Page 73590]] Abstract: The Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing NESHAP rulemaking will control air--toxic emissions from processes used in the manufacturing of coatings, such as paint, ink and adhesives, which contain over 5 percent hazardous air pollutants (HAP) by weight. Controls will be based on Maximum Available Control Technology (MACT) provisions of the Clean Air Act, and will cover process vessels, storage tanks, equipment leaks, wastewater, and transfer/loading operations. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 04/04/02 67 FR 16154 Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 3452.1. Split from RIN 2060--AE82. Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing Agency Contact: Randy Mcdonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504--04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5402 Fax: 919 541--3470 Email: [email protected] Randy Waite, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-- 04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5447 Fax: 919 541--3470 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AK59 _______________________________________________________________________ 3250. AIR QUALITY: REVISION TO DEFINITION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -- EXCLUSION OF 4 COMPOUNDS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7407(d) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This is a deregulatory action to exclude four compounds from the list of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on the basis that these compounds make a negligible contribution to tropospheric ozone formation. These four compounds are: 1,1,1,2,2,3,3--heptafluoro--3-- methoxy--propane (n--C3F7OCH3; 3--ethoxy--,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,6-- dodecafluoro--2-- (trifluoromethyl) hexane (known as HFE--7500, HFE-- s702, T--7145, and L--15381); 1,1,1,2,3,3,3--heptafluoropropane (known as HFC 227ea); and methyl formate (HCOOCH3). These compounds have potential for use as refrigerants, fire suppressants, aerosol propellants, sterilants, blowing agents (used in the manufacture of foamed plastic), and solvents. This action will remove the necessity to control these four compounds as VOCs in State Implementation Plans for attaining the ozone standard. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 09/03/03 68 FR 52373 NPRM Comment Period End 10/03/03 Final Action 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4683. Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing Agency Contact: David Sanders, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--3356 Fax: 919 541--0824 Email: [email protected] William 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] RIN: 2060-AK37 _______________________________________________________________________ 3251. 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 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 2915. Agency Contact: Solomon Ricks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5242 Fax: 919 541--1039 Email: [email protected] Frederick Thompson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--2707 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AF83 _______________________________________________________________________ 3252. 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 [[Page 73591]] 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 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 3900. Agency Contact: Gary McAlister, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--1062 Fax: 919 541--1039 Email: [email protected] Frederick Thompson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--2707 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AG88 _______________________________________________________________________ 3253. 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); 42 USC 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 U.S. 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 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 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Local, State Additional Information: SAN 4433. Agency Contact: Jan King, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 3254. IMPLEMENTATION RULE FOR 8--HOUR OZONE NAAQS Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 119 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AJ99 _______________________________________________________________________ 3255. NSPS: SOCMI -- WASTEWATER AND AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX C OF PART 63 AND APPENDIX J OF PART 60 Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60, SOCMI Wastewater and app J; 40 CFR 63, app C Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rulemaking 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 1 10/11/95 60 FR 52889 Supp NPRM 2 12/09/98 63 FR 67988 Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 3380. Sectors Affected: 3251 Basic Chemical Manufacturing Agency Contact: Mary 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 Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439--03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--5395 Fax: 919 541--0246 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AE94 _______________________________________________________________________ 3256. AMENDMENTS TO STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES; MONITORING REQUIREMENTS (40 CFR PART 60, APPENDIX F, PROCEDURE 3) Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, June 15, 2001, Final. [[Page 73592]] Abstract: This rulemaking proposes to add a method, Method 203, for the measurement of opacity from stationary sources, to appendix M (Example Test Methods for State Implementation Plans) in 40 CFR part 51. This action provides States with an instrumental test method which can be used in determining, on a continuous basis, compliance with stationary source opacity emission limitations. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 10/07/92 57 FR 46114 Supplemental NPRM 05/08/03 68 FR 24692 Final Action 06/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 3958. Agency Contact: Solomon Ricks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5242 Fax: 919 541--1039 Email: [email protected] Frederick Thompson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--2707 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AH23 _______________________________________________________________________ 3257. 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 (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 ________________________________________________________________________ Proposed Amdt 02/24/03 68 FR 8574 Final Action 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 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, C504--04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5416 Fax: 919 541--3470 Email: [email protected] Randy Waite, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-- 04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5447 Fax: 919 541--3470 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AJ53 _______________________________________________________________________ 3258. 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 (aubparts 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 ________________________________________________________________________ Proposed Amdmt 10/16/02 67 FR 64014 Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 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] Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-- 02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--2837 Fax: 919 541--5450 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AJ68 _______________________________________________________________________ 3259. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICULATE MATTER AT STATIONARY SOURCES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411 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 combustors. The first action was published in the Federal Register on [[Page 73593]] 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. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 12/12/01 66 FR 64176 Final Action 12/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 4605. Sectors Affected: 221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation Agency Contact: Daniel Bivins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D205--02, MD--19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--5244 Fax: 919 541--0516 Email: [email protected] Conniesue Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D205--02, D205--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--7774 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AJ88 _______________________________________________________________________ 3260. REVISION OF COMBUSTION TURBINES NSPS --PART 60, SUBPART GG Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 (Revision) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The NSPS for Combustion Turbines has not been revised since 1980. Revisions are needed to reduce the burden on EPA and State/local agencies, of approving, on a case by case basis, alternate testing and monitoring protocols due to advances in emission control technologies. The revisions are also intended to bring consistency between the monitoring and testing requirements in the Combustion Turbines NSPS (Part 60) and the Acid Rain Program (part 75) so that the same data can be used to comply with both regulations. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Rule 04/14/03 68 FR 18003 Direct Final Rule Withdrawn 05/28/03 68 FR 31611 Final Action 04/00/04 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Local, State Additional Information: SAN 4681. Sectors Affected: 211111 Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction; 2211 Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution; 211112 Natural Gas Liquid Extraction; 221 Utilities 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] 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] RIN: 2060-AK35 _______________________________________________________________________ 3261. NESHAP: MERCURY CELL CHLOR--ALKALI PLANTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, August 29, 2003, Final. 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 07/03/02 67 FR 44672 Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 3449. Agency Contact: Iliam Rosario, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439--02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541--5308 Fax: 919 541--5450 Email: [email protected] Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-- 02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--2837 Fax: 919 541--5450 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AE85 _______________________________________________________________________ 3262. NESHAP: PLYWOOD AND COMPOSITE WOOD PRODUCTS Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 115 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AG52 _______________________________________________________________________ 3263. NESHAP: MISCELLANEOUS METAL PARTS AND PRODUCTS (SURFACE COATING) Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000, NPRM. Final, Judicial, August 29, 2003, Final. 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 [[Page 73594]] appliance coating, etc.). This regulation is required under section 112 of the Clean Air Act of 1990. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 08/13/02 67 FR 52780 Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State Additional Information: SAN 3825. Sectors Affected: 331316 Aluminum Extruded Product Manufacturing; 331221 Cold-Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing; 33312 Construction Machinery Manufacturing; 332312 Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing; 33612 Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing; 331511 Iron Foundries; 331111 Iron and Steel Mills; 33121 Iron and Steel Pipes and Tubes Manufacturing from Purchased Steel; 335312 Motor and Generator Manufacturing; 331319 Other Aluminum Rolling and Drawing; 332311 Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing; 326291 Rubber Product Manufacturing for Mechanical Use; 336212 Truck Trailer Manufacturing Agency Contact: Kim Teal, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539--03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5580 Fax: 919 541--5689 Email: [email protected] Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539--03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5342 Fax: 919 541--5689 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AG56 _______________________________________________________________________ 3264. PLASTIC PARTS AND PRODUCTS (SURFACE COATING) NESHAP Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000, Final. Final, Judicial, August 29, 2003, Final. 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 12/04/02 67 FR 72276 Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN 3826. Sectors Affected: 339999 All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing; 336399 All Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing; 326199 All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing; 336999 All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; 339111 Laboratory Apparatus and Furniture Manufacturing; 337214 Nonwood Office Furniture Manufacturing; 333313 Office Machinery Manufacturing; 32614 Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing; 33422 Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing; 33995 Sign Manufacturing; 33992 Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing; 339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing; 32615 Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing Agency Contact: Kim Teal, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539--03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5580 Fax: 919 541--5689 Email: [email protected] Dianne Byrne, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539--03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5342 Fax: 919 541--5689 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AG57 _______________________________________________________________________ 3265. 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, Final. Final, Judicial, August 29, 2003, Final. 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 12/20/02 67 FR 78046 Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 3651. Sectors Affected: 32741 Lime Manufacturing Agency Contact: Keith Barnett, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504--05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5605 Fax: 919 541--5600 Email: [email protected] Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C 504--05, RTP, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5596 Fax: 919 541--5600 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AG72 _______________________________________________________________________ 3266. NESHAP: SURFACE COATING OF METAL CANS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000, Final. Final, Judicial, August 29, 2003, Final. Abstract: This action will result in the reduction of hazardous air pollutants emitted by the metal can industry. [[Page 73595]] Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 01/15/03 68 FR 2110 Final Action 11/00/03 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN 3906. Sectors Affected: 332115 Crown and Closure Manufacturing; 332431 Metal Can Manufacturing; 332812 Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers Agency Contact: Paul 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, C539--03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919--541--5342 Fax: 919 541--5689 Email: [email protected] RIN: 2060-AG96 _______________________________________________________________________ 3267. NESHAP: SURFACE COATING OF AUTOMOBILES AND LIGHT--DUTY TRUCKS Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 118 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AG99 _______________________________________________________________________