[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Environmental Protection Agency Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
40 CFR Ch. I
FRL 8281-7
Spring 2007 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:
Regulations and major policies currently under development,
Reviews of existing regulations and major policies, and
Rules and major policymakings 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: nscep-
[email protected], or call 800-490-9198. There is no charge for a
single copy of the agenda.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions or comments
about a particular action, please get in touch with the agency contact
listed in each agenda entry. If you have general questions about or
suggestions for improving the agenda or questions about EPA's
decisionmaking process, please contact: Phil Schwartz (1803A),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 564-6564; e-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
A. What Are EPA's Regulatory Goals and What Key Principles, Statutes,
and Executive Orders Inform Our Rule and Policymaking Process?
B. How Can You Be Involved in EPA's Rule and Policymaking Process?
C. What Actions Are Included in the Agenda and What Is the Relationship
Between the Agenda and Regulatory Plan?
D. How Is the Agenda Organized?
E. What Information Is in Agenda Entries?
F. How Can You Find Out More About EPA Rulemakings?
G. What Special Attention Do We Give to the Impacts of Rules on Small
Businesses, Small Governments, and Small Nonprofit Organizations?
H. Thank You for Collaborating With Us
A. What Are EPA's Regulatory Goals and What Key Principles, Statutes,
and Executive Orders Inform Our Rule and Policymaking Process?
Our primary objective is to protect human health and the
environment. One way we achieve this objective is through the
development of regulations. In the United States, Congress passes
laws and authorizes certain Government agencies, including EPA, to
create and enforce regulations. EPA regulations cover a range of
environmental and public health protection issues, from setting
standards for clean water to establishing requirements for proper
handling of toxic wastes to controlling air pollution from industry
and other sources.
To ensure that our regulatory decisions are scientifically
sound, cost-effective, fair, and effective in achieving
environmental goals, we conduct high-quality scientific, economic,
and policy analyses. These analyses are planned and initiated at
early stages in the regulatory development process, so that Agency
decisionmakers are well informed of the qualitative and
quantitative benefits and costs as they select among alternative
approaches. It is also 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. We seek collaborative solutions to shared
challenges. Research, testing, and adoption of new environmental
protection methods are also a central tenet in environmental
problemsolving. The integration of all of 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. Our overall success is measured by our
effectiveness in protecting human health and the environment. For a
more expansive discussion of our regulatory philosophy and
priorities, please see the Statement of Priorities in the FY 2007
Regulatory Plan (www.epa.gov/regagenda).
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 the issuance of 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 Rule 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 (FR). 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 non-regulatory 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
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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. We urge you to become involved in EPA's
rule and policymaking process.
C. What Actions Are Included in the Agenda and What Is the Relationship
Between the Agenda and Regulatory Plan?
EPA includes regulations and certain major policy documents in
the agenda. However, there is no legal significance to the omission
of an item from the agenda, and we generally do not include minor
amendments or the following categories of actions:
Administrative actions such as delegations of authority,
changes of address or phone numbers.
Under the Clean Air Act: Revisions to State Implementation
Plans; Equivalent Methods for Ambient Air Quality Monitoring; Deletions
from the New Source Performance Standards source categories list;
Delegations of Authority to States; Area Designations for Air Quality
Planning Purposes.
Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act:
Registration-related decisions, actions affecting the status of
currently registered pesticides, and data call-ins.
Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Actions
regarding pesticide tolerances and food additive regulations.
Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act:
Authorization of State solid waste management plans; hazardous waste
delisting petitions.
Under the Clean Water Act: State Water Quality Standards;
deletions from the section 307(a) list of toxic pollutants; suspensions
of toxic testing requirements under the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES); delegations of NPDES authority to States.
Under the Safe Drinking Water Act: Actions on State
underground injection control programs.
The Regulatory Plan, which is required by Executive Order
(E.O.) 12866, is published along with the fall edition of the
regulatory agenda. The Plan includes a limited number of EPA
actions, typically 20-45, which will be published during the
current fiscal year and which are the centerpieces of our
regulatory priorities. Plan entries include all of the information
included in agenda entries described in section E, below, as well
as additional information about alternatives, the need for a
Federal solution, costs, benefits, and risks. You can see EPA's
current regulatory plan at our epa.gov/regagenda website.
D. How Is the Agenda Organized?
We have organized the Agenda:
First, into 14 divisions based on the law that would authorize
a particular action. These divisions are:
1. General, which includes crosscutting actions, such as rules
authorized by multiple statutes and general acquisition rules
2. The Clean Air Act (CAA)
3. The Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
4. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
5. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
6. The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
7. The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
8. Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory
Relief Act
9. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
10. The Oil Pollution Act (OPA)
11. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act Superfund (CERCLA)
12. The Clean Water Act (CWA)
13. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
14. The Shore Protection Act (SPA)
Second, by the current stage of development. The stages are:
1. 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.
2. Proposed Rule -- This section includes EPA rulemaking actions that
are within a year of proposal (publication of Notices of Proposed
Rulemakings (NPRMs)).
3. Final Rule -- This section includes rules that will be issued as a
final rule within a year.
4. Long-Term Action -- This section includes rulemakings for which the
next scheduled regulatory action is after March 2008.
5. Completed Action -- This section contains actions that have been
promulgated and published in the Federal Register since publication of
the fall 2006 Agenda. It also includes actions that we are no longer
considering. If an action appears in the completed section, it will not
appear in future agendas unless we decide to initiate action again, in
which case it will appear as a new entry. EPA also announces the
results of our Regulatory Flexibility Act section 610 reviews in this
section of the agenda.
E. What Information Is in Agenda Entries?
Agenda entries include the following information, where
applicable:
Sequence Number: This indicates where the entry appears in the agenda.
Title: Titles for new entries (those that have not appeared in previous
agendas) are preceded by a bullet (). 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 (RFA) (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,
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``economically significant'' and ``other significant.''
Economically Significant: Under E.O. 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:
1. Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action
taken or planned by another agency;
2. Materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user
fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients; or
3. 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 not Significant, Routine and Frequent, or Informational/
Administrative/Other.
Routine and Frequent: A rulemaking that is a specific case of a
recurring application of a regulatory program in the Code of Federal
Regulations (e.g., certain State Implementation Plans, National
Priority List updates, Significant New Use Rules, State Hazardous Waste
Management Program actions, and Tolerance Exemptions). If an action
that would normally be classified Routine and Frequent is reviewed by
the Office of Management and Budget under E.O. 12866, then we would
classify the action as either ``Economically Significant'' or ``Other
Significant.''
Informational/Administrative/Other: An action that is primarily
informational or pertains to an action outside the scope of E.O. 12866.
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 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 E.O. 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: An identification number that EPA uses to track rulemakings
and other actions under development.
URLs: The URL for submitting electronic comments is
www.regulations.gov. Once there, follow the on-line instructions to
access the docket and submit comments. A Docket identification (ID)
number will assist in the search for materials. We include this number
in the additional information section of many of the Agenda entries
that have already been proposed. For some of our actions we include the
Internet addresses for rulemaking documents and for getting more
information about the rulemaking and the program of which it is a part.
RIN: The Regulatory Identifier Number is used by OMB to identify and
track rulemakings. The first four digits of the RIN stand for the EPA
office with lead responsibility for developing the action.
F. How Can You Find Out More About EPA Rulemakings?
1. Public Dockets
When EPA publishes either an ANPRM or an NPRM in the Federal
Register, the Agency establishes a docket to accumulate materials
throughout the development process for that rulemaking. The 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 section 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
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Reduction Act, and other non-rule activities.
2. EPA Websites
As mentioned above, 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 are working on making the site easier
to use and to provide more frequent updates. If you have any
thoughts or suggestions, please contact us at: http://
yosemite.epa.gov/OPEI/smallbus.nsf/Contactus?openform. RISC's
searchable databases are at http://ciir.cs.umass.edu/ua/.
4. Agenda Indexes
There are five indexes that provide:
a. A list of the existing rules that we are reviewing under section 610
of the RFA;
b. A list of actions that may have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small businesses, small governments, or small
non-profit organizations ;
c. A list of actions that may have some impact on some small
businesses, small governments, or small nonprofit organizations but
which may either have less than a significant impact or affect fewer
than a substantial number of them;
d. A list of actions that may affect State, local, or tribal
governments; and
e. A list of actions that may have federalism implications as defined
in E.O. 13132.
There is a sixth index included in the Unified Agenda, a
subject matter index. This index is not included in EPA's agenda
reprints for reasons of costs and because of the availability of
the search engines described in no. 3, immediately above.
5. Listservers
If you want to get automatic e-mails about areas of
particular interest, we maintain 12 listservers including:
a. Air
b. Water
c. Wastes and emergency response
d. Pesticides
e. Toxic substances
f. Right-to-know and toxic release inventory
g. Environmental impacts
h. Endangered species
i. Meetings
j. The Science Advisory Board
k. Daily full-text notices with page numbers, and
l. General information.
For more information and to subscribe via our FR website,
visit:
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/subscribe.htm.
If you have e-mail without full Internet access, please send an
e-mail to [email protected] to request instructions for subscribing
to the EPA Federal Register listservers.
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 Regulatory
Flexibility Act as amended by the Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act), 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 Index 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 Index 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.
Section 610 of the RFA 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). We have no section 610 reviews planned until
2008.
H. Thank You for Collaborating with Us
Finally, we would like to thank those of you who choose to
join with us in solving the complex issues involved in protecting
human health and the environment. Collaborative efforts such as
EPA's open rulemaking process are a proven tool for solving the
environmental problems we face and the regulatory agenda is an
important part of that process.
Dated: March 13, 2007.
Louise P. Wise,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and
Innovation.
GENERAL--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
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Number Number
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2702 SAN No. 4319 Revisions to Acquisition Regulation Concerning Conflict of Interest...... 2030-AA67
2703 SAN No. 4904 Security Requirements for Toxic Substances Control Act Confidential 2030-AA88
Business Information Access for Contractors...........................................
2704 SAN No. 4903 Award-Term Contracting................................................... 2030-AA89
2705 SAN No. 4931 Accessibility Standards for Contract Deliverables (Section 508).......... 2030-AA90
2706 SAN No. 5121 Age Discrimination Regulations--EPA-assisted Programs--Age Discrimination 2090-AA37
Act of 1975...........................................................................
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GENERAL--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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2707 SAN No. 3580 Incorporation of Class Deviations Into EPAAR............................. 2030-AA37
2708 SAN No. 4292 Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act and 2020-AA42
Assessing the Environmental Effects Abroad of EPA Actions.............................
2709 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-II)..........................
2710 SAN No. 4056 Utilization of Small, Minority, and Women's Business Enterprises in 2090-AA38
Procurement Under Assistance Agreements...............................................
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GENERAL--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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2711 SAN No. 3240 Public Information and Confidentiality Regulations....................... 2025-AA02
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GENERAL--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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2712 SAN No. 4056 Utilization of Small, Minority, and Women's Business Enterprises in 2020-AA39
Procurement Under Assistance Agreements...............................................
2713 SAN No. 5092 Implementation of 2 CFR Part 180......................................... 2030-AA94
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CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Prerule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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2714 SAN No. 5137 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Restricting Access to Pre-2005 Stocks 2060-AO29
of Methyl Bromide.....................................................................
2715 SAN No. 5129 Control of Emissions From New Marine Compression-Ignition Engines At or 2060-AO38
Above 30 Liters per Cylinder..........................................................
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CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
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Number Number
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2716 SAN No. 4768 Amendment to Subparts H and I for Emissions of Radionuclides Other Than 2060-AK81
Radon From DOE Facilities.............................................................
2717 SAN No. 3649 Amendments to Method 24 (Water-Based Coatings)........................... 2060-AF72
2718 SAN No. 4070 General Conformity Regulations; Revisions................................ 2060-AH93
2719 SAN No. 4309 National VOC Emission Standards for Consumer Products and Architectural 2060-AI62
and Industrial Maintenance Coatings; Amendments.......................................
2720 SAN No. 4599 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes for Ozone- 2060-AK26
Depleting Substances: N-Propyl Bromide................................................
2721 SAN No. 5113 Modification to the Public Hearing and Submittal Requirements for State 2004-AA02
Implementation Plans..................................................................
2722 SAN No. 4584 Performance Specifications for Continuous Parameter Monitoring Systems... 2060-AJ86
2723 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......................................................................
2724 SAN No. 4819 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Process for Exempting Emergency Uses 2060-AL94
of Methyl Bromide.....................................................................
2725 SAN No. 4871 Control of Emissions From New Locomotives and New Marine Diesel Engines 2060-AM06
Less Than 30 Liters per Cylinder......................................................
2726 SAN No. 4873 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Glass Manufacturing Industry and Clay 2060-AM12
Ceramics Industry.....................................................................
2727 SAN No. 4874 NESHAP: Area Source Standards for Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacturing... 2060-AM19
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2728 SAN No. 4879 Area Source National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 2060-AM36
(NESHAP) for Iron and Steel Foundries.................................................
2729 SAN No. 4886 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Plating and Polishing..................... 2060-AM37
2730 SAN No. 4884 Area Source National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 2060-AM44
(NESHAP) for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers........................
2731 SAN No. 4885 Flexible Air Permit Rule................................................. 2060-AM45
2732 SAN No. 4888 Area Source NESHAP for Secondary Nonferrous Metals....................... 2060-AM70
2733 SAN No. 4889 NESHAP for Stainless and Nonstainless Steel Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) 2060-AM71
Manufacturing--Area Source............................................................
2734 SAN No. 4908 NESHAP: General Provisions (Once In Always In)--Amendments............... 2060-AM75
2735 SAN No. 4926 NESHAP: Defense Land Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment................. 2060-AM84
2736 SAN No. 4927 NESHAP: Iron and Steel Foundries; Amendments............................. 2060-AM85
2737 SAN No. 4940 Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Non-Attainment New 2060-AM91
Source Review (NSR): Reconsideration of Inclusion of Fugitive Emissions...............
2738 SAN No. 4699.2 Implementing Periodic Monitoring in Federal and State Operating Permit 2060-AN00
Programs..............................................................................
2739 SAN No. 4960 Response to Petition of Reconsideration for Findings of Significant 2060-AN12
Contribution and Rulemaking for Georgia for Purposes of Reducing Ozone Interstate
Transport.............................................................................
2740 SAN No. 4970 Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources, Emission Guidelines 2060-AN17
for Existing Sources, and Federal Plan: Small Municipal Waste Combustors: Amendments..
2741 SAN No. 4978 NESHAP: Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous Surface Coating Operations-- 2060-AN21
Area Sources..........................................................................
2742 SAN No. 5008 Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone........... 2060-AN24
2743 SAN No. 4794.2 Prevention of Significant Deterioration, Non-Attainment New Source 2060-AN28
Review, and New Source Performance Standards: Emissions Test for Electric Generating
Units.................................................................................
2744 SAN No. 4988 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Polyvinyl 2060-AN33
Chloride and Copolymers Production, Amendments........................................
2745 SAN No. 4866.1 NESHAP: Site Remediation Amendments--Response to Litigation............ 2060-AN36
2746 SAN No. 5012 NESHAP: Acrylic/Modacrylic Fibers, Chemical Manufacturing: Chromium 2060-AN44
Compounds, Flexible Foam Fabrication, and Foam Production, Carbon Black Production,
Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing, Wood Preserving......................................
2747 SAN No. 5015 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Chemical Preparations Industry............ 2060-AN46
2748 SAN No. 5016 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Paint and Allied Products................. 2060-AN47
2749 SAN No. 5017 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Amending Requirements To Import Used 2060-AN48
Ozone-Depleting Substances for Destruction in the United States.......................
2750 SAN No. 5020 Action on Petition To List Diesel Exhaust as a Hazardous Air Pollutant... 2060-AN49
2751 SAN No. 5052 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Ban on the Import of Pre-Charged 2060-AN58
Products..............................................................................
2752 SAN No. 4752.1 Transition to New or Revised Particulate Matter (PM) NAAQS............. 2060-AN59
2753 SAN No. 5025 Revisions to the Definition of Potential To Emit (PTE)................... 2060-AN65
2754 SAN No. 5029 Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles and New Motor Vehicle 2060-AN68
Engines: SAFETEA-LU HOV Facilities Rule...............................................
2755 SAN No. 5030 National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Aerosol 2060-AN69
Coatings..............................................................................
2756 SAN No. 5036 Petroleum Refineries--New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)--Subpart J. 2060-AN72
2757 SAN No. 5045 Revision to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds--Exclusion of Four 2060-AN75
Compounds.............................................................................
2758 SAN No. 5059 Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead............ 2060-AN83
2759 SAN No. 5093 Risk and Technology Review Phase II...................................... 2060-AN85
2760 SAN No. 5076 Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Non-Attainment New 2060-AN88
Source Review (NSR): Reasonable Possibility in Recordkeeping..........................
2761 SAN No. 5100 Refinement to Increment Modeling Procedures.............................. 2060-AO02
2762 SAN No. 5071 Hospital/ Medical/ Infectious Waste Incineration Units--Response to 2060-AO04
Remand and 5-Year Technology Review...................................................
2763 SAN No. 4839.6 Final Extension of the Deferred Effective Date for 8-Hour Ozone 2060-AO05
National Ambient Air Quality Standards for the Denver Early Action Compact............
2764 SAN No. 4891.1 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous 2060-AO07
Organic Chemical Manufacturing; Second Group of Amendments............................
2765 SAN No. 5115 Air Quality Index Reporting and Significant Harm Level for PM2.5......... 2060-AO11
2766 SAN No. 5105 Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units; Response to 2060-AO12
Remand of New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines....................
2767 SAN No. 5132 Consumer and Commercial Products, Group 3: Control Techniques Guidelines 2060-AO14
in Lieu of Regulations for Paper, Film, and Foil Coatings; Metal Furniture Coatings;
and Large Appliance Coatings..........................................................
2768 SAN No. 4585.1 NESHAP: Portland Cement Notice of Reconsideration...................... 2060-AO15
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2769 SAN No. 5126 Risk and Technology Review for Group 1: Polymers and Resins I; Polymers 2060-AO16
and Resins II, Acetal Resins, and Hydrogen Fluoride...................................
2770 SAN No. 5131 Air Quality: Revision to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds-- 2060-AO17
Exclusion of a Family of Four Hydrofluoropolyethers (HFPEs)...........................
2771 SAN No. 5120 Response to Request for Reconsideration of Final Air Emission MACT Rules 2060-AO18
for Large Municipal Waste Combustors (MWCs)...........................................
2772 SAN No. 5068 Prevention of Significant Deterioration for PM2.5--Increments, 2060-AO24
Significant Impact Levels, and Significant Monitoring Concentrations..................
2773 SAN No. 5136 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Extension of Global Lab and Analytical 2060-AO28
Use Exemption for Essential Class I Ozone Depleting Substances........................
2774 SAN No. 5138 Protection of the Stratospheric Ozone: The 2008 Critical Use Exemption 2060-AO30
From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide...................................................
2775 SAN No. 5109 Revisions to Cogeneration Unit Definition under CAIR, CAMR, and NESHAP 2060-AO33
and Corrections to CAIR and Acid Rain Program Rules...................................
2776 SAN No. 5107 Update of Test Procedure Schedule for All-Terrain Vehicles............... 2060-AO35
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CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2777 SAN No. 4315 Source-Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Navajo Generating 2009-AA00
Station; Navajo Nation................................................................
2778 SAN No. 3569 Source-Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Four Corners Power Plant; 2009-AA01
Navajo Nation.........................................................................
2779 SAN No. 4531 Evaluation of Updated Test Procedures for the Certification of Gasoline 2060-AJ61
Deposit Control Additives.............................................................
2780 SAN No. 3975 Review of New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country................ 2060-AH37
2781 SAN No. 4752 Clean Air Fine Particle Implementation Rule.............................. 2060-AK74
2782 SAN No. 3380 NSPS: SOCMI--Wastewater and Amendment to Appendix C of Part 63 and 2060-AE94
Appendix J of Part 60.................................................................
2783 SAN No. 3958 Amendments to Standard of Performance for New Stationary Sources; 2060-AH23
Monitoring Requirements...............................................................
2784 SAN No. 4668 NESHAP: Halogenated Solvent Cleaning--Residual Risk Standards............ 2060-AK22
2785 SAN No. 4719 NESHAP: General Provisions; Amendments for Pollution Prevention 2060-AK54
Alternative Compliance Requirements...................................................
2786 SAN No. 4604 Modification of the Anti-Dumping Baseline Date Cut-Off Limit for Data 2060-AJ82
Used in Development of an Individual Baseline.........................................
2787 SAN No. 4542 Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for the Billings/Laurel, Montana, 2008-AA00
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Area.............................................................
2788 SAN No. 4348 Inspection/Maintenance Program Requirements for Federal Facilities; 2060-AI97
Amendment to the Final Rule...........................................................
2789 SAN No. 4632 Modification of Anti-Dumping Baselines for Gasoline Produced or Imported 2060-AK02
for Use in Hawaii, Alaska and the U.S. Territories....................................
2790 SAN No. 4722 California Gasoline Technical Correction................................. 2060-AK56
2791 SAN No. 4706 Anti-Dumping Baseline Recalculation for Downstream Oxygenate Addition.... 2060-AK69
2792 SAN No. 4793 Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New 2060-AL75
Source Review (NSR): Debottlenecking, Aggregation, and Project Netting................
2793 SAN No. 4809 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: On-Board 2060-AL92
Diagnostic Requirements for Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles Above 14,000 Pounds and In-
Use, Not-To-Exceed Emission Standard Test.............................................
2794 SAN No. 4830 Alternative Work Practice for Leak Detection and Repair.................. 2060-AL98
2795 SAN No. 4846 NESHAP and NSPS for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills--Amendments.......... 2060-AM08
2796 SAN No. 4856 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Amendments to the Section 608 Leak 2060-AM09
Repair Regulations....................................................................
2797 SAN No. 4859 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Ethylene Oxide Hospital Sterilization..... 2060-AM14
2798 SAN No. 4882 Control of Emissions From Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines and Equipment... 2060-AM34
2799 SAN No. 4900 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Import Petitioning Requirements for 2060-AM46
Halon-1301 Aircraft Fire Extinguishing Vessels........................................
2800 SAN No. 4916 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone; Refrigerant Recycling; Certification 2060-AM49
of Recovery and Recovery/Recycling Equipment Intended for Use With Substitute
Refrigerants..........................................................................
2801 SAN No. 4918 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes in the Motor 2060-AM54
Vehicle Air Conditioning Sector Under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP)
Program...............................................................................
2802 SAN No. 4901 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Modifications to the Technician 2060-AM55
Certification Requirements Under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act.....................
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2803 SAN No. 4907 NESHAP: Gasoline Distribution Area Source Standards...................... 2060-AM74
2804 SAN No. 4915 Standards of Performance for Stationary Spark Ignited Internal Combustion 2060-AM81
Engines...............................................................................
2805 SAN No. 4757.1 Component Durability Procedures for New Light Duty Vehicles, Light Duty 2060-AN01
Trucks, and Heavy Duty Vehicles.......................................................
2806 SAN No. 4958 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Surface Coating 2060-AN10
of Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks; Amendments......................................
2807 SAN No. 4969 Revisions to the Continuous Emissions Monitoring Rule for the Acid Rain 2060-AN16
Program and the NOx Budget Trading Program............................................
2808 SAN No. 4951 Revisions to Air Emissions Reporting Requirements........................ 2060-AN20
2809 SAN No. 4991 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Revision to Listing of Carbon Dioxide 2060-AN30
Total Flooding Fire Extinguishing Systems Restricting Use to Only Unoccupied Areas....
2810 SAN No. 4993 Optional Chassis Certification for Diesel Vehicles....................... 2060-AN39
2811 SAN No. 5011 Federal Plan Requirements for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units 2060-AN43
Constructed On or Before December 9, 2004.............................................
2812 SAN No. 5014 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines. 2060-AN62
2813 SAN No. 5022 Requirements for Reformulated Gasoline (RFG) Under the 8-Hour Ozone 2060-AN63
Standard for Bump-Up Areas Designated Attainment for the 1-Hour Ozone Standard Prior
to Revocation.........................................................................
2814 SAN No. 5035 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS): Equipment Leaks-Subparts VV and 2060-AN71
GGG...................................................................................
2815 SAN No. 5043 Defect Reporting for On-Highway Motor Vehicles and Engines............... 2060-AN73
2816 SAN No. 5048 Renewable Fuels Standard Rule............................................ 2060-AN76
2817 SAN No. 5049 Prevention of Significant Deterioration, Non-Attainment New Source 2060-AN77
Review, and Title V: Treatment of Corn Milling Facilities Under the ``Major Emitting
Facility'' Definition.................................................................
2818 SAN No. 5055 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 2060-AN80
Semiconductor Manufacturing: Amendments...............................................
2819 SAN No. 5056 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Essential Use Allowances 2060-AN81
for Calendar Year 2007................................................................
2820 SAN No. 5057 Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments To Implement Provisions 2060-AN82
Contained in the 2005 Transportation Bill (SAFETEA-LU)................................
2821 SAN No. 5061 Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and National Emission 2060-AN84
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Revisions to Initial Performance Test
Provisions............................................................................
2822 SAN No. 4752.2 Final Rule for Implementation of the New Source Review (NSR) Program 2060-AN86
for PM2.5.............................................................................
2823 SAN No. 4697.1 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Adjusting Allowances for Class I 2060-AN87
Substances for Export to Article 5 Countries..........................................
2824 SAN No. 5077 Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Non-Attainment New 2060-AN92
Source Review (NSR): Removal of Vacated Elements......................................
2825 SAN No. 5080 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Updated Volatility Standard for 2060-AN94
Alaska Only...........................................................................
2826 SAN No. 5089 Reconsideration of New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Electric 2060-AN97
Utility, Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Steam Generating Units.............
2827 SAN No. 5094 Clean Air Mercury Rule: Federal Plan..................................... 2060-AN98
2828 SAN No. 4625.6 Phase 2 of the Final Rule To Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National 2060-AO00
Ambient Air Quality Standard---Notice of Reconsideration..............................
2829 SAN No. 5112 Two Optional Methods for Relative Accuracy Test Audits of Mercury 2060-AO01
Monitoring Systems Installed on Combustion Flue Gas Streams...........................
2830 SAN No. 5106 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Shipbuilding 2060-AO03
and Ship Repair (Surface Coating) Operations--Amendment...............................
2831 SAN No. 4421.1 Ambient Air Monitoring Regulations: Correcting and Other Amendments.... 2060-AO06
2832 SAN No. 4161.1 Update of Continuous Instrumental Test Methods: Technical Amendments... 2060-AO09
2833 SAN No. 4599.2 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes for Ozone- 2060-AO10
Depleting Substances--N-Propyl Bromide in Solvent Cleaning............................
2834 SAN No. 5130 Change in Regulatory Deadline for Rulemaking To Address the Control of 2060-AO26
Emissions From New Marine Compression-Ignition Engines At or Above 30 Liters per
Cylinder..............................................................................
2835 SAN No. 5114 Amendment of Definitions for National Emissions Standards for Hazardous 2060-AO31
Pollutants for Radionuclides, Subparts H and I........................................
2836 SAN No. 5065 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Revision of Refrigerant Recycling and 2060-AO32
Recovery Equipment Standards..........................................................
2837 SAN No. 5104 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Extension of the Reformulated 2060-AO34
Gasoline Program to the East St. Louis, Illinois, Ozone Non-Attainment Area...........
2838 SAN No. 5124 Fuel Economy Regulations for Automobiles: Technical Amendments and 2060-AO36
Corrections...........................................................................
2839 SAN No. 5125 Nonroad Diesel Technical Amendments...................................... 2060-AO37
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2840 SAN No. 5140 Recommended Test Methods for State Implementation Plans (40 CFR Part 51, 2060-AO39
Appendix M), Addition of Method 207, ``Pre-Survey Procedure for Corn Wet-Milling
Facility Emission Sources''...........................................................
2841 SAN No. 5141 Response to Reconsideration Regarding NESHAP Startup, Shutdown, and 2060-AO40
Malfunction Amendments................................................................
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CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2842 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...................................................................
2843 SAN No. 4266 Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Carbon Monoxide. 2060-AI43
2844 SAN No. 3939 NESHAP: Group I Polymers and Resins and Group IV Polymers and Resins-- 2060-AH47
Amendments............................................................................
2845 SAN No. 3919 Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality: Permit 2060-AH01
Application Review Procedures for Non-Federal Class I Areas...........................
2846 SAN No. 4751 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Stationary 2060-AK73
Combustion Turbines--Petition To Delist...............................................
2847 SAN No. 4782 Petition To Delist Hazardous Air Pollutant: 4,4'--Methylene Diphenyl 2060-AK84
Diisocyanate..........................................................................
2848 SAN No. 4689 Section 126 Rule Withdrawal Provision.................................... 2060-AK41
2849 SAN No. 2665 Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles; Amendments to Regulations......... 2060-AI03
2850 SAN No. 5047 NESHAP: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 2050-AG29
Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors (Reconsideration of the Particulate Matter
Standard).............................................................................
2851 SAN No. 5047.1 NESHAP: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 2050-AG35
Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors (Response to Petitions for Reconsideration)..
2852 SAN No. 3917 Transportation Conformity Rule Amendment: Clarification of Trading 2060-AH31
Provisions............................................................................
2853 SAN No. 4796 Section 126 Rule: Withdrawal of Findings for Sources in Michigan......... 2060-AL83
2854 SAN No. 4797 Lifting the Stay of the Eight-Hour Portion of the Findings of Significant 2060-AL84
Contribution and Rulemaking for Purposes of Reducing Interstate Ozone Transport (``NOx
SIP Call'')...........................................................................
2855 SAN No. 4849 Petition To Delist a Hazardous Air Pollutant From Section 112 of the 2060-AM20
Clean Air Act: Methyl Isobutyl Ketone (MIBK)..........................................
2856 SAN No. 4676.3 Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Non-Attainment New 2060-AM62
Source Review (NSR): Routine Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement (RMRR); Maintenance
and Repair Amendments.................................................................
2857 SAN No. 4699.1 Request for Comments on Potentially Inadequate Monitoring in Clean Air 2060-AM63
Applicable Requirements and on Methods To Improve Such Monitoring.....................
2858 SAN No. 4929 NESHAP: Taconite Iron Ore Processing; Amendments......................... 2060-AM87
2859 SAN No. 4625.4 Implementation Rule for 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS: Reconsideration; 2060-AN26
Overwhelming Transport Classification.................................................
2860 SAN No. 4910.1 NESHAP: Organic Liquid Distribution (Non-Gasoline); Amendments......... 2060-AN37
2861 SAN No. 5009 Notice for Information on Determining the Emissions Reductions Achieved 2060-AN42
From Limiting the VOC Content of Architectural Coatings...............................
2862 SAN No. 5079 Rule Interpreting the Scope of Title V Operating Permit Modifications 2060-AN93
Where EPA Has Approved Alternative Monitoring and Testing Provisions..................
2863 SAN No. 5095 NESHAP: Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants--Amendments..................... 2060-AN99
2864 SAN No. 5122 Area Source NESHAP for Ferroalloys Production............................ 2060-AO13
2865 SAN No. 5111 Review of the Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Nitrogen 2060-AO19
Dioxide...............................................................................
2866 SAN No. 5116 Reconsideration of Stationary Combustion Turbine NSPS (Subpart KKKK)..... 2060-AO23
2867 SAN No. 5135 NESHAP--Area Source Standards--Nine Metal Fabrication and Finishing 2060-AO27
Source Categories (12 SIC's, 25 NAICS Codes)..........................................
2868 SAN No. 5145 Review of New Source Performance Standards--Nonmetallic Minerals......... 2060-AO41
2869 SAN No. 5143 Review of New Source Performance Standards--Portland Cement.............. 2060-AO42
2870 SAN No. 5142 Review of New Source Performance Standards (Subpart UUU)--Mineral Dryers/ 2060-AO43
Calciners.............................................................................
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CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2871 SAN No. 1002 NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Response to Remand)............................... 2060-AA61
2872 SAN No. 4585 Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry NESHAP: Amendment To Implement 2060-AJ78
Court Remand..........................................................................
2873 SAN No. 4657 NESHAP: Group II Polymers and Resins--Residual Risk Standards............ 2060-AK13
2874 SAN No. 4659 NESHAP: Hazardous Organic NESHAP (HON) Residual Risk Standards........... 2060-AK14
2875 SAN No. 4748 Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources.................. 2060-AK70
2876 SAN No. 4799 Consideration of Industry Petition To Remove the Two-Piece Can 2060-AL86
Subcategory From the Clean Air Act Hazardous Air Pollutant Source Category List.......
2877 SAN No. 4875 NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production Facilities--Area Source Rule...... 2060-AM16
2878 SAN No. 4865 Strategy for Addressing Air Emissions From Animal Feeding Operations..... 2060-AM26
2879 SAN No. 4866 NESHAP: Site Remediation: Amendments..................................... 2060-AM30
2880 SAN No. 4906 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Clay Ceramics Industry.................... 2060-AM53
2881 SAN No. 3259.2 Nonattainment Major New Source Review (NSR)............................ 2060-AM59
2882 SAN No. 4959 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes for Ozone- 2060-AN11
Depleting Substances in Foam Blowing..................................................
2883 SAN No. 4962 Fuel Economy Labeling of Motor Vehicles: Revisions To Improve Calculation 2060-AN14
of Fuel Economy Estimates.............................................................
2884 SAN No. 4987 Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boiler and Process Heater 2060-AN32
NESHAP, Reconsideration of Emissions Averaging Provision and Technical Corrections....
2885 SAN No. 5010 Air Quality: Revision to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds-- 2060-AN34
Exclusion of HFE-7300.................................................................
2886 SAN No. 4998 Treatment of Data Influenced by Exceptional Events....................... 2060-AN40
2887 SAN No. 5013 NESHAP for Area Sources: Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production, 2060-AN45
Primary Copper Smelting, Secondary Copper Smelting, Primary Nonferrous Metals (Zinc,
Cadmium, and Beryllium)...............................................................
2888 SAN No. 5051 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: 2007 Critical Use Exemptions for 2060-AN54
Methyl Bromide........................................................................
2889 SAN No. 5027 Amendment to Tier 2 Vehicle Emission Standards and Gasoline Sulfur 2060-AN66
Requirements: Exemption for U.S. Territories..........................................
2890 SAN No. 5044 Interpretive Rulemaking To Clarify the Scope of Certain Monitoring 2060-AN74
Requirements for Federal and State Operating Permits Programs.........................
2891 SAN No. 4839.5 Final Extension of the Deferred Effective Date of Non-Attainment 2060-AN90
Designations for 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS for Early Action Compact Areas....................
2892 SAN No. 5073 Other Solid Waste Incineration Units: Response to Petition for 2060-AN91
Reconsideration.......................................................................
2893 SAN No. 5083 Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission 2060-AN95
Guidelines for Existing Sources--Other Solid Waste Incineration Units: Technical
Amendment.............................................................................
2894 SAN No. 5084 Standards of Performance for New Industrial--Commercial--Institutional 2060-AN96
Steam Generating Units: Amendment for Facility-Specific NOx Standard..................
2895 SAN No. 4571.4 Notice of Status of Submission of Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) State 2060-AO08
Plans for New and Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Steam Generating Units
2896 SAN No. 5103 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and Federal Implementation Plans for 2060-AO21
CAIR; Corrections.....................................................................
2897 SAN No. 4625.7 Implementation of the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 2060-AO22
Standard (NAAQS) Phase II: Correction Notice..........................................
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ATOMIC ENERGY ACT (AEA)--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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2898 SAN No. 4054 Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for the Disposal of Low- 2060-AH63
Activity Mixed Radioactive Waste......................................................
2899 SAN No. 4003 Technical Change to Dose Methodology for 40 CFR 190, Subpart B and 40 CFR 2060-AH90
191, Subpart A........................................................................
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ATOMIC ENERGY ACT (AEA)--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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2900 SAN No. 4964 Amendment of the Standards for Radioactive Waste Disposal in Yucca 2060-AN15
Mountain, Nevada......................................................................
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NOISE CONTROL ACT (NCA)--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2901 SAN No. 5102 Revision of Hearing-Protector Regulations................................ 2060-AO25
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FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Prerule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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2902 SAN No. 4728 Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP); Implementing the Screening 2070-AD61
and Testing Phase.....................................................................
2903 SAN No. 4985 Pesticides; Determination of Status of Prions as Pests................... 2070-AJ26
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FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2904 SAN No. 4173 Pesticides; Data Requirements for Antimicrobials......................... 2070-AD30
2905 SAN No. 4602 Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIPs); Exemption for Those Based on Viral 2070-AD49
Coat Protein Genes....................................................................
2906 SAN No. 5007 Pesticides; Competency Standards for Occupational Users.................. 2070-AJ20
2907 SAN No. 5006 Pesticides; Agricultural Worker Protection Standard Revisions............ 2070-AJ22
2908 SAN No. 5005 Pesticides; Data Requirements for Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs).. 2070-AJ27
2909 SAN No. 5031 Pesticides; Expansion of Crop Grouping Program........................... 2070-AJ28
2910 SAN No. 5050 Pesticide Agricultural Container Recycling Program....................... 2070-AJ29
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FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2911 SAN No. 2687 Pesticides; Data Requirements for Conventional Chemicals................. 2070-AC12
2912 SAN No. 4596 Pesticides; Data Requirements for Biochemical and Microbial Products..... 2070-AD51
2913 SAN No. 4611 Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIPs); Exemption for Those Derived 2070-AD55
Through Genetic Engineering From Sexually Compatible Plants...........................
2914 SAN No. 4612 Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIPs); Exemption for PIPs That Act by 2070-AD56
Primarily Affecting the Plant.........................................................
2915 SAN No. 3222 Groundwater and Pesticide Management Plan Rule........................... 2070-AC46
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FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2916 SAN No. 4027 Pesticides; Tolerance Processing Fees.................................... 2070-AJ23
2917 SAN No. 4618 Revision of Procedural Rules for Hearings on Cancellations, Suspensions, 2015-AA00
Changes in Classifications, and Denials of Pesticide Registrations....................
2918 SAN No. 3892 Pesticides; Registration Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticide 2070-AD14
Products..............................................................................
2919 SAN No. 5082 Regulations To Facilitate Compliance With the Federal Insecticide, 2070-AJ32
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act by Producers of Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs)..
2920 SAN No. 5101 Plant-Incorporated Protectant--Associated Fusion Proteins (PIP-AFPs)..... 2070-AJ33
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FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2921 SAN No. 4618 Revision of Procedural Rules for Hearings on Cancellations, Suspensions, 2020-AA44
Changes in Classifications, and Denials of Pesticide Registrations....................
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TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Prerule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2922 SAN No. 5058 Nanoscale Materials Under TSCA........................................... 2070-AJ30
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TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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2923 SAN No. 2150 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Exemptions From the Prohibitions 2070-AB20
Against Manufacturing, Processing, and Distribution in Commerce.......................
2924 SAN No. 3990 Test Rule; Testing of Certain High Production Volume (HPV) Chemicals..... 2070-AD16
2925 SAN No. 4512 Significant New Use Rule (SNUR); Selected Flame Retardant Chemical 2070-AD48
Substances for Use in Residential Upholstered Furniture...............................
2926 SAN No. 4777 Lead-Based Paint; Amendments to the Requirements for Disclosure of Known 2070-AD64
Lead-Based Paint or Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Target Housing........................
2927 SAN No. 4878 TSCA Inventory Nomenclature for Enzymes and Proteins..................... 2070-AJ04
2928 SAN No. 4975 Effects of Transfers of Ownership on Obligations Under Section 5 of TSCA. 2070-AJ15
2929 SAN No. 4984 Clarification on Guidance for Activated Phosphors........................ 2070-AJ21
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TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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2930 SAN No. 3252 Lead Fishing Sinkers; Response to Citizens Petition and Proposed Ban..... 2070-AC21
2931 SAN No. 4635 Amendment to the Premanufacture Notification Exemptions; Revisions of 2070-AD58
Exemptions for Polymers...............................................................
2932 SAN No. 1976 Significant New Use Rules (SNURs); Follow-Up Rules on Non-5(e) New 2070-AA59
Chemical Substances...................................................................
2933 SAN No. 3495 Significant New Use Rule (SNUR); Chemical-Specific SNURs To Extend 2070-AB27
Provisions of Section 5(e) Orders.....................................................
2934 SAN No. 4983 Significant New Use Rule (SNUR); Mercury Switches in Motor Vehicles...... 2070-AJ19
2935 SAN No. 2178 TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rules............... 2070-AB08
2936 SAN No. 1139 TSCA Section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting Rules................. 2070-AB11
2937 SAN No. 4176 Voluntary High Production Volume (HPV) Chemical Challenge Program........ 2070-AD25
2938 SAN No. 3493.4 Testing Agreement for Diethanolamine................................... 2070-AJ09
2939 SAN No. 3493.5 Testing Agreement for Hydrogen Fluoride................................ 2070-AJ10
2940 SAN No. 3493.7 Testing Agreement for Phthalic Anhydride............................... 2070-AJ11
2941 SAN No. 3493.6 Testing Agreement for Maleic Anhydride................................. 2070-AJ13
2942 SAN No. 4974 Significant New Use Rule; Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonates (PFAS)............... 2070-AJ18
2943 SAN No. 1923.1 Significant New Use Rule for Chloranil................................. 2070-AJ31
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TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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2944 SAN No. 3148 Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Revisions.............................. 2070-AC51
2945 SAN No. 4376 Lead-Based Paint Activities; Bridges and Structures; Training, 2070-AC64
Accreditation, and Certification Rule and Model State Plan Rule.......................
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2946 SAN No. 3557 Lead-Based Paint Activities; Amendments for Renovation, Repair, and 2070-AC83
Painting..............................................................................
2947 SAN No. 4597 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Disposal of PCBs; Implementation Issues 2070-AD52
2948 SAN No. 2563 Test Rule; Certain Chemicals on the ATSDR Priority List of Hazardous 2070-AB79
Substances............................................................................
2949 SAN No. 3493 Future Testing for Existing Chemicals (Overview Entry)................... 2070-AB94
2950 SAN No. 4876 Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP)................. 2070-AC27
2951 SAN No. 3487 Test Rule; Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)............................... 2070-AC76
2952 SAN No. 3882 Test Rule; Certain Metals................................................ 2070-AD10
2953 SAN No. 4174 Testing Agreement for Certain Oxygenated Fuel Additives.................. 2070-AD28
2954 SAN No. 4395 Test Rule; Multiple Substance Rule for the Testing of Developmental and 2070-AD44
Reproductive Toxicity.................................................................
2955 SAN No. 1923 Follow-Up Rules on Existing Chemicals.................................... 2070-AA58
2956 SAN No. 3528 Significant New Use Rule (SNUR); Refractory Ceramic Fibers (RCFs)........ 2070-AC37
2957 SAN No. 4598 TSCA Policy Statement on Oversight of Transgenic Organisms (Including 2070-AD53
Plants)...............................................................................
2958 SAN No. 2150.1 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Exemption Request From U.S. Maritime 2070-AJ05
Administration (MARAD)................................................................
2959 SAN No. 3493.1 Testing Agreement for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA).................... 2070-AJ06
2960 SAN No. 3493.2 Testing Agreement for Aryl Phosphates (ITC List 2)..................... 2070-AJ07
2961 SAN No. 3493.3 Test Rule; Brominated Flame Retardants (BFRs).......................... 2070-AJ08
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TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2962 SAN No. 4858 Notification of Chemical Exports Under TSCA Section 12(b)................ 2070-AJ01
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT--TO--KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2963 SAN No. 4753 Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: Modification to the 2050-AF08
Threshold Planning Quantity Methodology for the Extremely Hazardous Substances That
Are Solids in Solution................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT--TO--KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2964 SAN No. 3215 Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: Amendments to Parts 2050-AE17
355 and 370...........................................................................
2965 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)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2966 SAN No. 4616 Clarify TRI Reporting Obligations Under EPCRA Section 313 for the Metal 2025-AA11
Mining Activities of Extraction and Beneficiation.....................................
2967 SAN No. 2425.4 TRI; Response to Petition To Delete Chromium, Antimony, and Titanate 2025-AA16
From the Metal Compound Categories Listed on the Toxics Release Inventory.............
2968 SAN No. 2425.1 TRI; Response to Petition To Add Diisononyl Phthalate to the Toxics 2025-AA17
Release Inventory List of Toxic Chemicals.............................................
2969 SAN No. 2425.3 TRI; Response to Petition To Delete Acetonitrile From the Toxics 2025-AA19
Release Inventory List of Toxic Chemicals.............................................
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2970 SAN No. 3215.1 Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: Amendments and 2050-AG40
Streamlining Rule.....................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT--TO--KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2971 SAN No. 4896 Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Burden Reduction Rule................. 2025-AA14
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Prerule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2972 SAN No. 4470 Standards for the Management of Coal Combustion Wastes Generated by 2050-AE81
Commercial Electric Power Producers...................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2973 SAN No. 4977 Expanding the Comparable Fuels Exclusion Under RCRA...................... 2050-AG24
2974 SAN No. 4670.1 Definition of Solid Wastes Revisions................................... 2050-AG31
2975 SAN No. 4828 RCRA Incentives for Performance Track Members............................ 2090-AA34
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RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2976 SAN No. 3545 Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products 2050-AE23
Containing Recovered Materials........................................................
2977 SAN No. 5019 Criteria for Safe and Environmentally Protective Use of Granular Mine 2050-AG27
Tailings..............................................................................
2978 SAN No. 5128 Waste Management System; Testing and Monitoring Activities; Methods 2050-AG38
Innovation Rule; Correction...........................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2979 SAN No. 3856 Management of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD)..................................... 2050-AE34
2980 SAN No. 4411 Regulation of Oil-Bearing Hazardous Secondary Materials From the 2050-AE78
Petroleum Refining Industry Processed in a Gasification System To Produce Synthesis
Gas...................................................................................
2981 SAN No. 4735 RCRA Smarter Waste Reporting............................................. 2050-AF01
2982 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.......
2983 SAN No. 4091 Modifications to RCRA Rules Associated With Solvent-Contaminated 2050-AE51
Industrial Wipes......................................................................
2984 SAN No. 4606 Revisions to the Export Requirements for Wastes Destined for the OECD 2050-AE93
Countries and for Spent Lead Acid Batteries...........................................
2985 SAN No. 2647 RCRA Subtitle C Financial Test Criteria (Revision)....................... 2050-AC71
[[Page 23170]]
2986 SAN No. 4834 Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of 2050-AG15
Hazardous Waste (F019 Listing Amendment in Wastewater Treatment Sludges From Zinc
Phosphating Processes in Automotive Assembly Plants)..................................
2987 SAN No. 4920 Rulemaking To Streamline Laboratory Waste Management in Academic and 2050-AG18
Research Laboratories.................................................................
2988 SAN No. 3147.1 Hazardous Waste Manifest Revisions--Standards and Procedures for 2050-AG20
Electronic Manifests..................................................................
2989 SAN No. 5070 Revisions to Land Disposal Restrictions Treatment Standards and 2050-AG34
Amendments to Recycling Requirements for Spent Petroleum Refining Hydrotreating and
Hydrorefining Catalysts...............................................................
2990 SAN No. 5127 Amendment to the Universal Waste Rule: Addition of Pharmaceuticals and 2050-AG39
Consumer Products in Consumer Product Packaging.......................................
2991 SAN No. 4565 Project XL Site-Specific Rulemaking for the IBM Semiconductor 2090-AA29
Manufacturing Facility in Hopewell Junction, New York.................................
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RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2992 SAN No. 4469 Standards for the Management of Coal Combustion Wastes--Non-Power 2050-AE83
Producers and Minefilling.............................................................
2993 SAN No. 4778 Revisions of the Lead-Acid Battery Export Notification and Consent 2050-AF06
Requirements..........................................................................
2994 SAN No. 4743 Land Disposal Restrictions: Modifying the Land Disposal Treatment 2050-AF12
Standard for Radioactive Lead Solids and Hazardous Debris; Definition of
Macroencapsulation....................................................................
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OIL POLLUTION ACT (OPA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2995 SAN No. 2634.5 Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure 2050-AG36
(SPCC) Requirements--Extension of Compliance Dates....................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OIL POLLUTION ACT (OPA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2996 SAN No. 2634.3 Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure 2050-AG23
(SPCC) Requirements--Amendments.......................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2997 SAN No. 3439 National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites.......... 2050-AD75
2998 SAN No. 5117 CERCLA Notification Requirements and the Agricultural Sector............. 2050-AG37
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COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2999 SAN No. 4177 Cooperative Agreements and Superfund State Contracts for Superfund 2050-AE62
Response Actions......................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3000 SAN No. 4737 Correction of Errors and Adjustment of CERCLA Reportable Quantities...... 2050-AF03
3001 SAN No. 4971 National Contingency Plan Revisions To Align With the National Response 2050-AG22
Plan..................................................................................
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CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3002 SAN No. 4357 Uniform National Discharge Standards for Vessels of the Armed Forces-- 2040-AD39
Phase II..............................................................................
3003 SAN No. 4746 Regulations for Gray and Black Water Discharges From Cruise Ships 2040-AD89
Operating in Certain Alaskan Waters...................................................
3004 SAN No. 4980 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for Chlorine and 2040-AE82
Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Manufacturing Process.........................................
3005 SAN No. 5064 2008 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan.................................... 2040-AE89
3006 SAN No. 2634.2 Revisions to the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) 2050-AG16
Rule..................................................................................
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CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3007 SAN No. 4690 NPDES Permit Requirements for Peak Wet Weather Discharges From Publicly 2040-AD87
Owned Treatment Works Treatment Plants Serving Sanitary Sewer Collection Systems
Policy................................................................................
3008 SAN No. 4996 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Rule............................... 2040-AE80
3009 SAN No. 5040 Water Transfers Rule..................................................... 2040-AE86
3010 SAN No. 5098 Implementation Guidance for Mercury Water Quality Criteria............... 2040-AE87
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CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3011 SAN No. 4526 Revisions to the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution 2050-AE87
Contingency Plan; Subpart J Product Schedule Listing Requirements.....................
3012 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)..................................................................................
3013 SAN No. 3713 Test Procedures: Performance-Based Measurement System (PBMS) Procedures 2040-AC93
and Guidance for Clean Water Act Test Procedures......................................
3014 SAN No. 4049 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Co-Planar and Mono-Ortho-Substituted 2040-AD09
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Under the Clean Water Act............................
3015 SAN No. 3786 NPDES Applications Revisions............................................. 2040-AC84
3016 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.............................................
3017 SAN No. 4822 Effluent Guidelines and Standards: Recodification of Various Effluent 2040-AE61
Guidelines............................................................................
3018 SAN No. 4948 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for Airport Deicing 2040-AE69
Operations............................................................................
3019 SAN No. 4949 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for Drinking Water Supply 2040-AE74
and Treatment.........................................................................
3020 SAN No. 4967 New/Revised Ambient Water Quality Criteria (AWQC) for Recreational Waters 2040-AE77
3021 SAN No. 3663.1 Availability of and Procedures for Removal Credits..................... 2040-AE88
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3022 SAN No. 5119 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Construction and 2040-AE91
Development Point Source Category.....................................................
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CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3023 SAN No. 3702 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under the Clean Water 2040-AC75
Act...................................................................................
3024 SAN No. 3714 Test Procedures: Increased Method Flexibility for Test Procedures 2040-AC92
Approved for Clean Water Act Compliance Monitoring....................................
3025 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......................
3026 SAN No. 4950 Test Procedures for the Analysis of E. coli, Enterococci, Fecal 2040-AE68
Coliforms, and Salmonella Under the Clean Water Act...................................
3027 SAN No. 4965 2006 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan.................................... 2040-AE76
3028 SAN No. 4995 Rulemaking on Direct Application of Pesticides to Waters of the United 2040-AE79
States in Compliance With FIFRA.......................................................
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SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3029 SAN No. 4821 Drinking Water: Regulatory Determinations Regarding Contaminants on the 2040-AE60
Second Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List......................................
3030 SAN No. 4966 Drinking Water Regulations for Aircraft Public Water System.............. 2040-AE84
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SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3031 SAN No. 4745 Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 3.............................. 2040-AD99
3032 SAN No. 4981 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Short- 2040-AE83
Term Regulatory Revisions and Clarifications..........................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3033 SAN No. 2281 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Radon....................... 2040-AA94
3034 SAN No. 3238 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Aldicarb.................... 2040-AC13
3035 SAN No. 4404 National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations (NSDWR): Methyl Tertiary 2040-AD54
Butyl Ether (MTBE) and Technical Corrections to the NSDWR.............................
3036 SAN No. 4775 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Revisions to the Total 2040-AD94
Coliform Monitoring and Analytical Requirements and Additional Distribution System
Requirements..........................................................................
3037 SAN No. 4236 Underground Injection Control: Update of State Programs.................. 2040-AD40
3038 SAN No. 5066 Second 6-Year Review of Existing National Primary Drinking Water 2040-AE90
Regulations...........................................................................
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SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3039 SAN No. 4770 Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation for Public Water Systems 2040-AD93
Revisions.............................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHORE PROTECTION ACT (SPA)--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3040 SAN No. 2820 Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b) Regulations........................ 2040-AB85
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_______________________________________________________________________
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Stage
General
_______________________________________________________________________
2702. REVISIONS TO ACQUISITION REGULATION CONCERNING CONFLICT OF
INTEREST
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this rule is to revise the Agency's conflict
of interest (COI) acquisition regulations. The specific revisions
involve more stringent requirements for submission of relevant
information from Agency contractors and potential contractors regarding
their relationships with parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries,
and sister companies. Current Agency regulations do not require the
submission of this level of information. Receipt and evaluation of this
information is critical in order for the Agency to decide whether or
not COI situations exist and how they are to be handled. This revised
rule will also codify several COI clauses that have been developed
since the issuance of the previous rule in 1994.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/07
Final Action 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 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: Daniel Humphries, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4377
Fax: 202 565-2552
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
_______________________________________________________________________
2703. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT
CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION ACCESS FOR CONTRACTORS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 sec 205(c); 63 Stat 390, as amended; 40 USC
486(c); 41 USC 418b
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1552; 48 CFR 1535
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Current security requirements for Toxic Substances Contract
Act Confidential Business Information (TSCA CBI) access for contractors
are implemented in three Environmental Protection Agency contract
clauses, 1552.235-75, 1552.235-76, and 1552.235-78. Security
requirements for the Government and contractors have been updated in a
2003 TSCA CBI Protection Manual. This rulemaking will implement the new
TSCA CBI requirements into the three EPAAR clauses cited above.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/07
Final Action 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4904;
Agency Contact: Linda Clement, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4356
Fax: 202 565-2552
Email: [email protected]
Harry Lewis, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and
Resources Management, 7407, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8642
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA88
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_______________________________________________________________________
2704. AWARD-TERM CONTRACTING
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 41 USC 418(b); 5 USC 301, sec 205(c); 63 Stat 390, as
amended
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1516; 48 CFR 1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
amend the EPA Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to add guidance on the use
of award-term contracts. The guidance is necessary for contracting
officers seeking to include award-term provisions in contracts. This
guidance will establish a solicitation provision and contract clause in
the EPAAR.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 10/00/07
Final Action 01/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4903;
Agency Contact: Ed Chambers, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4376
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA89
_______________________________________________________________________
2705. ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR CONTRACT DELIVERABLES (SECTION 508)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301, sec 205(c); 41 USC 418(b)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1511; 48 CFR 1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend the Environmental Protection Agency
Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to require contractors to identify
applicable accessibility (508) standards in contract deliverables.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/00/07
Final Action 04/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4931;
Agency Contact: Ed Chambers, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4376
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA90
_______________________________________________________________________
2706. [bull] AGE DISCRIMINATION REGULATIONS--EPA-ASSISTED PROGRAMS--AGE
DISCRIMINATION ACT OF 1975
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6101 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 7.10 to 7.180
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 prohibits discrimination
based on age in programs or activities that receive Federal financial
assistance, and requires Federal agencies to issue regulations
implementing the Act. Recipients are aware of this prohibition and are
already in compliance with this requirement. This amendment will add
age as a protected classification to EPA's nondiscrimination
regulations (40 CFR part 7), which already prohibit discrimination
based on race, color, national origin, sex, or handicap in EPA-assisted
programs or activities pursuant to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and section 13 of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972. The 1975 Age
Discrimination Act uses the same prohibitory language as title VI and
section 504. Promulgating this amendment will bring EPA in line with
other Federal agencies that have already issued age discrimination
regulations--such as U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS is responsible for
approving age discrimination regulations before they are published, and
has already approved EPA's proposed amendment.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5121;
Agency Contact: Thomas Walker, Environmental Protection Agency, Office
of the Administrator, 1201A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9680
Fax: 202 233-0630
Email: [email protected]
Yasmin Yorker, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the
Administrator, 1201A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9682
Fax: 202 233-0630
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2090-AA37
_______________________________________________________________________
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Final Rule Stage
General
_______________________________________________________________________
2707. 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
________________________________________________________________________
Direct Final Action 06/00/07
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3580;
Agency Contact: Frances Smith, Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Fax: 202 565-2475
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA37
_______________________________________________________________________
2708. PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
AND ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ABROAD OF EPA ACTIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 4321
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 6
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to amend its
procedures for implementing the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The proposed rule would also
include minor, technical amendments to the Agency's procedures for
implementing Executive Order 12114 ``Environmental Effects Abroad of
Major Federal Actions.''
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/19/06 71 FR 76082
NPRM Comment Period End 02/20/07
Final Action 08/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Local, State, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4292; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-GENERAL/2006/December/Day-19/
g21402.pdf;
Agency Contact: Robert Hargrove, Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2252A, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-7157
Fax: 202 564-0070
Email: [email protected]
Jaime Loichinger, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2252A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-0276
Fax: 202 564-0070
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2020-AA42
_______________________________________________________________________
2709. PROJECT XL SITE-SPECIFIC RULEMAKING FOR NASA WHITE SANDS TEST
FACILITY ELECTRONIC REPORTING IN LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO (PHASES I-II)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: Safe Drinking Water Act; 42 USC 300f to 300J-26; Solid
Waste Disposal Act; 42 USC 6901 to 6992k
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, New Mexico, 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 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 to 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
NPRM Comment Period End 11/30/01
Final Action 10/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, State
Additional Information: SAN No. 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]
Gerald Filbin, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the
Administrator, 1807T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-2182
Fax: 202 566-2211
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2090-AA27
_______________________________________________________________________
2710. 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; 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
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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:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 07/24/03 68 FR 43824
Final Action 04/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4056; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-GENERAL/2003/July/Day-24/g18002.pdf;
Agency Contact: Kimberly Patrick, Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of the Administrator, 1230N, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5386
Email: [email protected]
Jeanette Brown, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the
Administrator, 1230N, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-4100
Email: [email protected]
Related RIN: Previously reported as 2020-AA39
RIN: 2090-AA38
_______________________________________________________________________
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Long-Term Actions
General
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2711. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2005; 15 USC 2601 et seq; 21 USC 346; 33 USC
1251 et seq; 33 USC 1414; 42 USC 11001 et seq; 42 USC 300(f) et seq; 42
USC 4912; 42 USC 6901 et seq; 42 USC 7401 et seq; 42 USC 9601 et seq; 5
USC 552; 7 USC 136 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 2; 40 CFR 57; 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 145;
40 CFR 233; 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 270; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 281; 40 CFR 350;
40 CFR 403; 40 CFR 85; 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, August 31, 2000, Proposed rule to
eliminate the special treatment of CBI substantiations.
Abstract: EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, provide
procedures for handling and disclosing information claimed as
confidential business information (CBI). Although the current
regulations have succeeded in protecting CBI, changes in Agency
workload, practice, and statutory authority have made it difficult to
handle CBI activities as expeditiously as desired. EPA is examining its
CBI regulations to determine 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:
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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
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3240; EPA publication information: NPRM
1-Withdrawn 12/21/2000, 65 FR 80395;
Agency Contact: Sara Hisel-McCoy, Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Environmental Information, 2822-T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1649
Fax: 202 566-1639
Email: [email protected]
Joe Sierra, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental
Information, 2822-T, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 566-1683
Fax: 202 566-1639
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2025-AA02
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Completed Actions
General
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2712. UTILIZATION OF SMALL, MINORITY, AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
IN PROCUREMENT UNDER ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Transferred to RIN 2090-AA38 03/22/07
RIN: 2020-AA39
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2713. IMPLEMENTATION OF 2 CFR PART 180
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR Citation: 2 CFR 1532
Completed:
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Reason Date FR Cite
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Final Action 01/19/07 72 FR 2421
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Suzanne Hersh
Phone: 202 564-5374
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2030-AA94
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Prerule Stage
Clean Air Act (CAA)
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2714. [bull] PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: RESTRICTING ACCESS TO
PRE-2005 STOCKS OF METHYL BROMIDE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671 to 7671q; 42 USC 7401 to 7671q
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is concerned with the environmental impacts that could
result from the need to manufacture additional methyl bromide to serve
the needs of approved critical users where part of their overall need
could be served by drawing from the inventory of methyl bromide
produced prior to January 1, 2005. Therefore, EPA intends to issue an
advance notice considering the need to propose a regulation restricting
access to pre-2005 inventory only to meet the needs of the approved
critical users, recognizing that such a restriction would not replace,
in whole or in part, the critical use nomination process. This
restriction would ensure that those uses of methyl bromide that do not
seek and receive a critical use nomination could not access pre-
phaseout inventory.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 09/00/07
NPRM 06/00/08
Final Action 01/00/09
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5137;
Agency Contact: Cindy Newberg, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9729
Fax: 202 343-2337
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO29
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2715. [bull] CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM NEW MARINE COMPRESSION-IGNITION
ENGINES AT OR ABOVE 30 LITERS PER CYLINDER
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 1042
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Emissions from category 3 marine engines (greater than 30
liters per cylinder) contribute significantly to unhealthful levels of
ambient particulate matter and ozone in many parts of the United
States. These engines are highly mobile and are not easily controlled
at a State or local level. EPA currently regulates marine diesel
engines on ships flagged in the United States. This rulemaking will
consider new standards for oxides of nitrogen and particulate matter.
Technologies under consideration include aftertreatment devices and the
use of distillate or low sulfur fuel. This rule will consider whether
it is appropriate to apply these standards to foreign flagged vessels
that use U.S. ports.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 04/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 5129;
Agency Contact: Michael Samulski, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAR/OTAQ/ASD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4532
Fax: 734 214-4050
Email: [email protected]
Jean-Marie Revelt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
OAR/OTAQ/ASD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4822
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO38
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Stage
Clean Air Act (CAA)
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2716. AMENDMENT TO SUBPARTS H AND I FOR EMISSIONS OF RADIONUCLIDES OTHER
THAN RADON FROM DOE FACILITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 95-95; CAA 112(g) or (q)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 61
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Subparts H and I of 40 CFR 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:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State
Additional Information: SAN No. 4768;
Agency Contact: Behram Shroff, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6608J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9707
Fax: 202 343-2304
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AK81
_______________________________________________________________________
2717. 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.
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.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3649;
Agency Contact: Candace Sorrell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, E143-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1064
Fax: 919 541-0516
Email: [email protected]
Conniesue Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
E143-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-7774
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AF72
_______________________________________________________________________
2718. GENERAL CONFORMITY REGULATIONS; REVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 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 that 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:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4070;
Agency Contact: Tom Coda, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3037
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH93
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2719. NATIONAL VOC EMISSION STANDARDS FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND
ARCHITECTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE COATINGS; AMENDMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7511b
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action consists of amendments to the consumer products
and the architectural and industrial (AIM) coatings part 59 VOC rules
under section 183(e). Consistent with Clean Air Act Advisory Committee
recommendations AQM2.3 and AQM2.4, these rules are being updated to
align them with the model rules adopted by the Ozone Transport
Commission. In addition, this action will subsume SAN 5009, Determining
Emissions Reductions Achieved from Rules Limiting VOC Content of AIM
Coatings.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/07
Final Action 11/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4309;
Sectors Affected: 32599 All Other Chemical Product Manufacturing
Agency Contact: Bruce Moore, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, E143-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5460
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
E143-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5335
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI62
_______________________________________________________________________
2720. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: LISTING OF SUBSTITUTES FOR
OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES: N-PROPYL BROMIDE
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 rule would list whether n-propyl bromide (nPB) is an
acceptable substitute for class I and class II ozone depleting
substances used in aerosol solvent and adhesives end uses. This could
provide another alternative to solvents with higher ozone depletion
potential that industry is interested in using. Provisions in this rule
could include specific conditions on the use of nPB as a solvent, such
as limiting the specific applications in which it may be used to those
with low emissions and requiring exposure limits consistent with
industry practices. Any conditions would be for the purpose of ensuring
that nPB is used in a manner that is safe and environmentally
protective. OSHA does not currently regulate nPB. If EPA establishes
any use conditions in a final rule, we would revise our ruling to adopt
whatever OSHA requires if OSHA later regulates the use of nPB.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/03/03 68 FR 33283
NPRM Correction 10/02/03 68 FR 56809
NPRM 2--Adhesives 04/00/07
Final Action 01/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4599; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2003/June/Day-03/a13254.htm;
Split from RIN 2060-AJ58. The previous ANPRM was under SAN No. 3525.;
EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0064
Sectors Affected: 334 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing;
332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; 337 Furniture and Related
Product Manufacturing; 333 Machinery Manufacturing; 331 Primary Metal
Manufacturing; 336 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; 32615
Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing
URL For More Information:
www.epa.gov\ozone\title6
Agency Contact: Margaret Sheppard, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9163
Fax: 202 343-2337
Email: [email protected]
Monica Shimamura, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9337
Fax: 202 343-2338
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AK26
_______________________________________________________________________
2721. [bull] MODIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SUBMITTAL
REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 23 USC 101; 42 USC 7401 to 7641q
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.102(a) and (f), 51.103; 40 CFR 52.0
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The current regulation as written requires States to hold
public hearings for any revision to State implementation plans. States
currently hold public hearings whether or not the public attends and
participates in these hearings. Many of these plan revisions are minor
or noncontroversial in nature, and no member of the public or the
regulated community attends or participates in the hearing. These
hearings consume both valuable time and resources. Rather than
requiring a public hearing for all SIP revisions, the proposed revision
will allow States to determine those actions for which there may be
little or no interest by the public or the regulated community and, for
those actions, to provide the public the opportunity to request a
public hearing. If no request for public hearing is made, then the
State would have fulfilled the requirements, and no public hearing is
required to be held. Whether or not a public hearing is held, the State
is required to provide a 30-day period for the written submission of
comments from the
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public. EPA believes this rule revision will have no affect on public
participation in the rulemaking process, but will help State agencies
reduce costs by not needing to pay for facilities for public hearings
for which no one is interested in attending and participating. In
addition, it will increase efficiency by allowing limited staff
resources to be devoted to productive activities rather than staffing a
hearing that is not attended.
This proposed revision will also establish the minimum required number
of electronic (1) and hard copies (2) to be submitted with all official
SIP submittals or preliminary requests for EPA review from the current
requirement of submitting 5 hard copies. With today's use of electronic
processing and the use of the Internet these revisions align the
regulatory requirements with the way States and EPA interact and with
the way information is made available to the public. Rulemaking dockets
are now available electronically, providing greater access to the
public because there are no geographic or time limits on where or when
documents may be obtained. Previously, when the dockets were comprised
solely of hard copies of documents, the public needed to travel to
specified locations to review the docket and the docket was available
only during business hours. These revisions will reduce costs for
States but will not interfere with the public's access to SIP revisions
being reviewed by EPA. Rather, as described above, the availability of
electronic files simplifies access for the public. Since the
promulgation of 40 CFR EPA Regional Offices 3, 4, 7, and 8 have
relocated. EPA is updating addresses to provide the public with the
current address.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Local, State
Additional Information: SAN No. 5113;
Agency Contact: Sean Lakeman, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional
Office Atlanta, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404 562-9043
Fax: 404 562-9019
Email: [email protected]
Jerry Stubberfield, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office
Atlanta, C404-02, Durham, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0876
Fax: 919 541-7925
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2004-AA02
_______________________________________________________________________
2722. PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONTINUOUS PARAMETER MONITORING
SYSTEMS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412(b)(5) et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 subpart SS; 40 CFR 63.8; 40 CFR 60, app B; 40
CFR 60, app F
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The PS-17 and QA Procedure 4 would apply to continuous
parameter monitoring systems (CPMS) that are required under an
applicable subpart to parts 60, 61, or 63. Therefore, this rulemaking
would not require the installation or operation of additional CPMS. The
specific types of CPMS covered by the proposed PS-17 and QA Procedure 4
are those that are used to measure and record temperature, pressure,
liquid flow rate, gas flow rate, mass flow rate, pH, or conductivity on
a continuous basis. The proposed PS-17 establishes procedures and other
requirements that will help to ensure that CPMS are properly selected,
installed, and placed into operation. The proposed QA Procedure 4
specifies procedures that will help to ensure that CPMS provide quality
data on an ongoing basis. The proposed amendments to QA Procedure 1, of
40 CFR 60, appendix F, add provisions to address CPMS that are used to
monitor multiple pollutants and are subject to PS-9 or PS-15. The
amendments to 40 CFR 63, subpart A, ensure consistency among the
proposed PS-17, QA Procedure 4, and the General Provisions to part 63.
The amendments to section 63.996(c) of 40 CFR 63, subpart SS, ensure
consistency among PS-17, QA Procedure 4, and the monitoring
requirements of subpart SS.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4584;
Sectors Affected: 31-33 Manufacturing; 21 Mining; 486 Pipeline
Transportation; 562213 Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators; 562212
Solid Waste Landfill; 22 Utilities
Agency Contact: Barrett Parker, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, D243-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5365
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]
Bob Schell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4116
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AJ86
_______________________________________________________________________
2723. 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
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multiple method-specific rulemakings, but to do so in a way that will
not degrade the performance of the overall measurement system.
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 07/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4633;
Sectors Affected: 324199 All Other Petroleum and Coal Products
Manufacturing; 54199 All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical
Services; 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing; 42271
Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals; 48691 Pipeline Transportation of
Refined
Agency Contact: John Holley, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9305
Fax: 202 233-9557
Email: [email protected]
Joe Sopata, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406J,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9034
Fax: 202 565-2085
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AK03
_______________________________________________________________________
2724. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: PROCESS FOR EXEMPTING EMERGENCY
USES OF METHYL BROMIDE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671 to 7671q
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 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 10/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4819;
URL For More Information:
www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr
Agency Contact: Marta Montoro, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9321
Fax: 202 565-2079
Email: [email protected]
Ross Brennan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9226
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AL94
_______________________________________________________________________
2725. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM NEW LOCOMOTIVES AND NEW MARINE DIESEL
ENGINES LESS THAN 30 LITERS PER CYLINDER
Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under PL
104-4.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7522 to 7621
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 92; 40 CFR 94
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Emissions from locomotive and marine diesel engines
contribute significantly to unhealthful levels of ambient particulate
matter and ozone in many parts of the United States. These engines are
highly mobile and are not easily controlled at a State or local level.
EPA currently regulates the manufacturers of these engines when they
are produced or remanufactured at a level similar to early 1990s on-
highway diesel trucks. This rulemaking will propose to set an
additional tier of more stringent particulate matter and nitrogen
oxides emission standards for new marine diesel engines below 30 liters
per cylinder (category 1 and category 2 marine diesel engines) and new
locomotive engines. The standards under consideration are expected to
be based on the use of high-efficiency aftertreatment technologies like
those that will be used to meet EPA's recent heavy-duty and nonroad
diesel standards. These technologies, which could reduce emissions by
90 percent, would be enabled by the availability and use of low sulfur
diesel fuel.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 06/29/04 69 FR 39276
ANPRM Comment Period End 08/30/04
NPRM 04/03/07 72 FR 15938
NPRM Comment Period End 07/02/07
Final Action 05/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4871
Agency Contact: Jean-Marie Revelt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAR/OTAQ/ASD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4822
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM06
_______________________________________________________________________
2726. NESHAP: AREA SOURCE STANDARDS--GLASS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AND
CLAY CERAMICS INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7626; CAA
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Final, Judicial, December 15, 2007, Two of ten area source category
standards to be promulgated by 12/15/2007 as per 3/31/2006 order.
Abstract: The processes involved in glass manufacturing include raw
material storage, handling and mixing, high temperature (usually
furnace) melting, forming, coating, and other processes specific to
particular
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products. The hazardous air pollutants (HAP) for which glass
manufacturing was listed are lead, arsenic, mercury, nickel, chromium,
and manganese. Approximately 150 facilities currently operate in the
U.S. producing containers, flat glass, and specialty glass. The
specialty glass subcategory includes lighting, lead crystal, art glass,
opthalmic lenses, tableware, and technical glass components and
products. Two small businesses exist in the source category, both of
which manufacture containers. One of the two is currently well
controlled and the regulation will not impose additional control
requirements on that facility. The other small business may, depending
on the quantity of toxic components in the glass formulation, be
required to add air pollution controls according to the rules
requirements, specifically, a baghouse and leak detector on the furnace
and toxic raw materials used in the glass recipe. Glass manufacturers
use HAP metals in raw materials in the glass `recipe' fed to the
furnace to impart specific properties to the final product. About 1,500
tons per year of HAP are released into the ambient air by glass
manufacturing plants. HAP emission sources include raw material
storage, furnace, and melting operations. Air pollution control devices
are generally available for toxic emission points within the glass
manufacturing industry. We anticipate that the rule will have
regulatory cutoffs, such as total amount of glass produced per year and
a weight percent of HAP metals in the total recipe. These cutoffs would
exempt glass manufacturers from certain provisions of the rule.
However, we intend to require all glass plants producing more than 50
tons per year of glass to be subject to minimum reporting requirements.
Furthermore, we intend for glass manufacturers not using one of the HAP
metals listed above to be subject to only one-time reporting until they
change any glass product recipe causing them to become subject to the
rule.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 06/00/07
Final Action 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4873; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-
OAR-2006-0360
Agency Contact: Susan Fairchild, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, C-504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5167
Email: [email protected]
Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D 243-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2837
Fax: 919 541-3207
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM12
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2727. NESHAP: AREA SOURCE STANDARDS FOR MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, December 15, 2008, One of ten area
source category standards to be promulgated by 12/15/2008 as per 3/31/
2006 order.
Abstract: This rule will regulate hazardous air pollutant (HAP)
emissions from the chemical manufacturing industry, including
industrial organic chemicals, inorganic chemicals, pharmaceuticals,
pesticides, and polymers and resins. These source categories were
listed for regulation under the Urban Air Toxic Strategy to address HAP
emissions from area sources.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 01/00/08
Final Action 01/00/09
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 4874;
Agency Contact: Randy McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5402
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM19
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2728. AREA SOURCE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS (NESHAP) FOR IRON AND STEEL FOUNDRIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 30, 2000.
Final, Judicial, December 15, 2007, One of ten area source category
standards to be promulgated as per March 31, 2006 order.
Abstract: Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) outlines the statutory
requirements for the EPA's stationary source air toxics program.
Section 112(k) requires the development of standards for area sources
which account for 90 percent of the emissions in urban areas of the 33
urban hazardous air pollutants (HAP) listed in the Integrated Urban Air
Toxics Strategy. These area source standards can require control levels
which are equivalent to either maximum achievable control technology
(MACT) or generally available control technology (GACT), as defined in
section 112. Both iron foundries and steel foundries were listed as
high priority source categories via a toxicity-weighting analysis.
Extensive data gathering and analyses were performed during the
development of MACT standards for major iron and steel foundries in
1998. Although primarily a 1998 snapshot of the industry, this database
was continually updated with new information regarding plant closures
and new control equipment installation throughout the major source rule
development. Consequently, this database includes the most recent data
for a substantial number of area source foundries, and forms the
foundation of the environmental and economic impact analysis for area
source iron and steel foundries. We intend to apply GACT as control
options for regulated emission sources. Several HAPs have been
identified that may be present in air emissions in significant enough
quantities to be of concern. The metal HAPs emitted from melting
furnaces include cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, and nickel.
Aromatic organic HAPs
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produced by mold- and core-making lines, melting furnaces, and pouring,
cooling, and shakeout (PCS) lines contain acetophenone, benzene,
cumene, dibenzofurans, dioxins, naphthalene, phenol, pyrene, toluene,
and xylene. The nonaromatic organic HAPs emitted are formaldehyde,
methanol, and triethylamine. There are approximately 240 area source
iron foundries in the U.S., with about 70 percent being small
businesses. We estimate that 60 percent of the area source iron
foundries have production under 10,000 tons per year. There are
approximately 190 area source steel foundries in the U.S., with about
70 percent being small businesses. We estimate that 80 percent of the
area source steel foundries have production under 10,000 tons per year.
Approximately 75 percent of the iron foundries are located in the
urbanized areas or urban clusters; approximately 80 percent of the
steel foundries are located in the urbanized areas or urban clusters. A
preliminary analytical blue print was prepared in July 2006.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 06/00/07
Final Action 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Local, State
Federalism: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 4879
Agency Contact: Conrad Chin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1512
Email: [email protected]
Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D 243-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2837
Fax: 919 541-3207
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM36
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2729. NESHAP: AREA SOURCE STANDARDS--PLATING AND POLISHING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, June 15, 2008, One of ten area source
category standards to be promulgated as per March 31, 2006 order.
Abstract: Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) outlines the statutory
requirements for the EPA's stationary source air toxics program.
Section 112(k) requires the development of standards for area sources
which account for 90 percent of the emissions in urban areas of the 33
urban hazardous air pollutants (HAP) listed in the Integrated Urban Air
Toxics Strategy. These area source standards can require control levels
which are equivalent to either maximum achievable control technology
(MACT) or generally available control technology (GACT), as defined in
section 112. The Integrated Urban Air Toxics Strategy lists plating and
polishing as an area source category.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 01/00/08
Final Action 06/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 4886
Agency Contact: Donna Jones, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919 541-5251
Fax: 919 541-3207
Email: [email protected]
Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D 243-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2837
Fax: 919 541-3207
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM37
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2730. AREA SOURCE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS (NESHAP) FOR INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL
BOILERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, December 15, 2007, Court order calls
for EPA to issue standards for categories of area sources under
112(c)(6).
Abstract: Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) outlines the statutory
requirements for EPA's stationary source air toxics program. Section
112(k) requires development of standards for area sources which account
for 90 percent of the emissions in urban areas of the 33 urban
hazardous pollutants (HAP) listed in the Integrated Urban Air Toxics
Strategy. These area source standards can require control levels which
are equivalent to either maximum achievable control technology (MACT)
or generally available control technology (GACT). The Integrated Air
Toxics Strategy lists industrial boilers and commercial/institutional
boilers as area source categories. Both industrial boilers and
institutional/commercial boilers are on the list of section 112(c)(6)
source categories.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/07
Final Action 09/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 4884;
Agency Contact: Jim Eddinger, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, D243-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5426
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]
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Robert J. Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
D243-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1045
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM44
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2731. FLEXIBLE AIR PERMIT RULE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act title V
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 70
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is conducting a flexible permits rulemaking based on what
it has learned from its field experiences. The term ``flexible permit''
is used to describe air permits with conditions designed to reduce the
administrative ``friction''--costs, time, delay, uncertainty, and risk-
-experienced by sources and permitting authorities when implementing a
permit or making changes under the permit. This is typically
accomplished by authorizing a source to make certain types of changes
(e.g., additional equipment and/or modifications to a source's method
of operation, equipment, raw materials, emission factors, or monitoring
parameters) without requiring further review and/or approval, provided
the source meets specific criteria outlined in its permit. While the
chosen solution will depend on individual State permitting rules and
requirements, such techniques typically include descriptions of changes
or categories of changes authorized to occur under the approved permit
terms, one or more emissions caps to safeguard NAAQS and/or to assure
certain requirements are not applicable, procedures for testing
pollution control device performance and updating emissions factors or
parameter values without requiring the permit to be amended or re-
opened, streamlining of redundant requirements by applying the most
stringent applicable requirement, and provisions to encourage pollution
prevention. Flexible permitting has the potential to benefit a wide
variety of types of facilities that are regulated under the CAA's title
V operating permits program. Among the benefits flexible permits are
anticipated to provide are: Improved knowledge of a facility's
emissions for the entire site; improved public understanding of a
facility's activities over an extended period of time; increased
certainty and flexibility to make changes in response to the market;
and no less environmental protection (i.e., often more occurs from the
use of emissions caps and the increased use of pollution prevention
practices).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 06/00/07
Final Action 03/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4885;
Agency Contact: Mike Trutna, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C304-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 20460
Phone: 919 541-5345
Fax: 919 541-4028
Email: [email protected]
Stacey Coburn, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
6103A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-2569
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM45
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2732. AREA SOURCE NESHAP FOR SECONDARY NONFERROUS METALS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 30, 2000.
Final, Judicial, December 15, 2008, Court -ordered (part of area source
deadline suit).
Abstract: Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the
development of standards for area sources, which account for 90 percent
of the emissions in urban areas of the 33 urban hazardous air
pollutants (HAP) listed in the Integrated Urban Air Toxics Strategy.
The secondary nonferrous metals source category includes establishments
primarily engaged in recovering nonferrous metals and alloys from new
and used scrap and dross or in producing alloys from purchased refined
metals. The secondary nonferrous metals source category is listed to
address emissions of lead from furnace operations. Plants engaged in
the recovery of tin, brass, bronze, and zinc through secondary smelting
and refining are included in this industry. Secondary refining and
smelting produces metals from scrap and process waste. Scrap is bits
and pieces of metal parts, bars, turnings, sheets, and wire that are
off-specification or worn-out but are capable of being recycled. Two
metal recovery technologies are generally used to produce refined
metals: Pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical processes.
Pyrometallurgical technologies are processes that use heat to separate
desired metals from other less or undesirable materials, while with
hydrometallurgical technologies the desired metals are separated from
undesirables using techniques that capitalize on differences between
constituent solubilities and/or electrochemical properties while in
aqueous solutions. There are no air emissions from hydrometallurgical
processes; therefore, the standard will only address pyrometallurgical
(furnace) operations. The secondary nonferrous metals area source rule
will address furnace melting operations for metals other than iron and
steel and their alloys, with the exception of secondary lead, copper,
and mercury. Secondary lead is addressed under the secondary lead
NESHAP requirement for area sources; likewise, secondary copper is
addressed under the secondary copper NESHAP area source standard; and
the secondary Mercury standard, a RCRA air rule, regulates secondary
Mercury operations; therefore, these operations will not be included
under this rule,
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 4888; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-
OAR-2006-0940
Agency Contact: Susan Fairchild, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, C-504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5167
Email: [email protected]
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Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D 243-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2837
Fax: 919 541-3207
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM70
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2733. NESHAP FOR STAINLESS AND NONSTAINLESS STEEL ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE
(EAF) MANUFACTURING--AREA SOURCE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 30, 2000.
Final, Judicial, December 15, 2007, One of ten area source category
standards to be promulgated as per March 31, 2006 order.
Abstract: There are approximately 93 small steel mills (minimills) that
melt steel scrap in 142 electric arc furnaces (EAF). Minimills account
for roughly half of U.S. steel production (50 million tons per year).
The scrap charged to the furnace is the source of HAP emissions. A
major source of scrap is recycled automobiles, which may contain
mercury switches, lead components, oil, grease, plastics, and other
materials that can contribute to HAP emissions. Pollutants of interest
for the EAF NESHAP are manganese, lead, chromium, nickel, and mercury.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/07
Final Action 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 4889; EPA Docket information: OAR-2004-
0083
Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5289
Email: [email protected]
Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D 243-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2837
Fax: 919 541-3207
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM71
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2734. NESHAP: GENERAL PROVISIONS (ONCE IN ALWAYS IN)--AMENDMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed amendments would revise and codify EPA's policy
on when a major source can become an area source, and thus become not
subject to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants
(NESHAP) for major sources. EPA is reconsidering the policy,
established in a May 16, 1995, memorandum, which allows sources to
attain area source status prior to the source's first substantive
compliance date of an applicable NESHAP for major sources. No source
would be subject to the requirements unless they voluntarily decided to
implement them.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 01/03/07 72 FR 69
NPRM Comment Period End 03/05/07
NPRM Comment Period Extended 04/00/07
Final Action 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4908;
Agency Contact: Rick Colyer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, D205-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5262
Email: [email protected]
Michael Regan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
D205-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5294
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM75
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2735. NESHAP: DEFENSE LAND SYSTEMS AND MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulation will control emissions of hazardous air
pollutants (HAP) from surface coating operations performed on-site at
installations owned or operated by the Armed Forces of the United
States (including the Coast Guard and the National Guard of any such
State) or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the
surface coating of military munitions manufactured by or for the Armed
Forces of the United States (including the Coast Guard and the National
Guard of any such State). Aerospace and shipbuilding surface coating
operations at these installations were originally covered by the
already promulgated MACT standards for aerospace manufacturing and
rework and shipbuilding and ship repair. However, other recently
promulgated surface coating MACT standards were also expected to
address other surface coating operations at these installations (e.g.,
miscellaneous metal parts and products, plastic parts and products,
etc.). Following proposal of these standards EPA received comments
indicating that a separate standard for defense operations is a better
approach. Accordingly, this rulemaking will address all surface coating
activities at these installations that do not meet the applicability
criteria of either the Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework or
Shipbuilding and Ship Repair MACT standards.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 08/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4926;
Agency Contact: Kim Teal, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, E143-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5580
Email: [email protected]
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Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
E143-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5335
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM84
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2736. NESHAP: IRON AND STEEL FOUNDRIES; AMENDMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, March 23, 2007, OGC and DOJ working
with industry to develop settlement agreement, which will have proposal
and promulgation deadlines.
Abstract: The EPA promulgated National Emission Standards for Hazardous
Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for iron and steel foundries on April 22, 2004.
EPA was subsequently petitioned by industry concerning several issues.
EPA has engaged in negotiations with industry concerning these issues
and is issuing these amendments to address the concerns. The amendments
clarify several sections of the rule and provide clearer and more
consistent directions on complying with the standards. The amendments
are being promulgated in two groups, denoted by ``1'' and ``2'' in the
schedule below.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Final Action 1 05/20/05 70 FR 29400
Proposed Amendment 04/00/07
Final Amendment 08/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 4927; EPA publication information:
Final Action 1 - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2005/May/Day-20/
a9592.htm;
Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5289
Email: [email protected]
Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D 243-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2837
Fax: 919 541-3207
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM85
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2737. PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION (PSD) AND NON-ATTAINMENT
NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR): RECONSIDERATION OF INCLUSION OF FUGITIVE
EMISSIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act title I
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 and 52
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On July 11, 2003, EPA received a petition for reconsideration
on behalf of Newmont USA Limited, dba Newmont Mining Corporation
(``Newmont'') that stated that the December 31, 2002 (67 FR 80185),
final rule included fugitive emissions for the purposes of determining
whether a facility had undergone a major modification for the first
time. The EPA is announcing its reconsideration of this issue arising
from its final rules of December 31, 2002.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 07/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4940;
Agency Contact: Lynn Hutchinson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, C504-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5795
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
Pam Long, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-03,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0641
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM91
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2738. IMPLEMENTING PERIODIC MONITORING IN FEDERAL AND STATE OPERATING
PERMIT PROGRAMS
Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 70.6(c)(1); 40 CFR 71.6(c)(1); 40 CFR 64
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would revise the Compliance Assurance Monitoring
rule (40 CFR part 64) to be implemented through the operating permits
rule (40 CFR parts 70 and 71) to define when periodic monitoring for
monitoring stationary source compliance must be created, and to include
specific criteria that periodic monitoring must meet. This rule
satisfies our four-step strategy announced in the final Umbrella
Monitoring Rule (published January 22, 2004) to address monitoring
inadequacies. The four steps were: 1) To clarify the role of title V
permits in monitoring [Umbrella Monitoring Rule]; 2) to provide
guidance for improved monitoring in PM-Fine SIPs; 3) to take comment on
correction of inadequate monitoring provisions in underlying rules; and
4) to provide guidance on periodic monitoring. We have completed the
RIA data collection and most of the analyses, and are beginning review
with OPEI and an economic sub-work group.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 06/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4699.2; Split from RIN 2060-AK29.
Agency Contact: Peter Westlin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, D243-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1058
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: [email protected]
Robin Langdon, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4048
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN00
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2739. RESPONSE TO PETITION OF RECONSIDERATION FOR FINDINGS OF
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION AND RULEMAKING FOR GEORGIA FOR PURPOSES OF
REDUCING OZONE INTERSTATE TRANSPORT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act title I
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 78; 40 CFR 97
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In this action, EPA is responding to a petition for
reconsideration of a final rule we issued under section 110 of the
Clean Air Act (CAA) related to the interstate transport of nitrogen
oxides (NOx). On April 21, 2004, EPA issued a final rule that required
the State of Georgia to submit SIP revisions that prohibit specified
amounts of NOx emissions--one of the precursors to ozone (smog)
pollution--for the purposes of reducing NOx and ozone transport across
State boundaries in the eastern half of the United States.
Subsequently, the Georgia Coalition for Sound Environmental Policy
(GCSEP) filed a petition for reconsideration requesting that EPA
reconsider the inclusion of the State of Georgia in the rule and also
requested a stay of the applicability of the requirements as to the
State of Georgia. In response to that petition, EPA proposed to stay
the effectiveness of the 2004 rule on March 1, 2005 (70 FR 9897), and
is undertaking the rulemaking described here to address the issues
raised by the petitioners.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 4960;
Agency Contact: Tim Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C539-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4718
Fax: 919-541-5489
Email: [email protected]
Carla Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-
04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3347
Fax: 919 541-5489
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN12
_______________________________________________________________________
2740. STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES, EMISSION
GUIDELINES FOR EXISTING SOURCES, AND FEDERAL PLAN: SMALL MUNICIPAL WASTE
COMBUSTORS: AMENDMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: CAA sec 111 and 129
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 subparts AAAA and BBBB; 40 CFR 62 subpart JJJ
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would amend the final (December 2000) small
municipal waste combustors (MWC) new source performance standards
(NSPS), emission guidelines (EG), and Federal 111(d) plan. The small
MWC rule regulates owners and operators of small MWC, which are MWC
units with capacities between 35 tons per day (tpd) and 250 tpd. The
amendments will not change the response (the types of emission controls
that will be used) of the facilities to the rule, but will provide
clarification and correction. Specifically, the amendments will
include: (1) Fixing typographical errors created by the Office of the
Federal Register; (2) approval of State operator training programs for
MWC operators in the State of Minnesota (this was previously done for
MWC operators in the States of Maryland and Connecticut); (3)
addressing carbon monoxide (CO) emission limits during MWC malfunctions
(this same provision was already added to large MWC standards in a
previous rulemaking); (4) revising a CO limit for one type of MWC and a
NOx limit for another type of MWC; and (5) removing one voluntary
consensus standard, ASTM D-6522, which is not an appropriate test
method for this industry. These changes need to be made to address
compliance issues for this rule.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/07
Direct Final Action 04/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State
Additional Information: SAN No. 4970;
Agency Contact: Brian Shrager, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-7689
Fax: 919 541-7689
Email: [email protected]
Walt Stevenson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5264
Fax: 919 541-5264
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN17
_______________________________________________________________________
2741. NESHAP: PAINT STRIPPING AND MISCELLANEOUS SURFACE COATING
OPERATIONS--AREA SOURCES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, December 15, 2007, One of ten area
source category standards to be promulgated as per 3/31/2006 order.
Abstract: These standards are being developed under the Clean Air Act,
section 112(k). Under section 112(k), EPA developed a national strategy
to address air-toxic pollution from ``area'' sources, which are sources
that emit hazardous air pollutants (HAP) below the major source level
of 10 tons per year of a single HAP or 25 tons per year of all HAP. As
part of that strategy, Autobody Refinishing, Paint Stripping, and
Plastic Parts and Products (Surface Coating) source categories were
listed for regulation. These standards will establish requirements to
control pollution from facilities engaged in autobody refinishing,
paint stripping, and surface coating of miscellaneous parts and
products comprised of metal and plastic substrates. Facilities in these
source categories are known to emit benzene, cadmium compounds,
chromium compounds, lead compounds, manganese compounds, and nickel
compounds. Previously EPA promulgated national emission standards for
hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for major sources engaged in
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refinishing, paint stripping, and surface coating activities.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/07
Final Action 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State
Additional Information: SAN No. 4978;
Agency Contact: Warren Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, E143-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5214
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
E143-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5335
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN21
_______________________________________________________________________
2742. REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR OZONE
Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7408; 42 USC 7409
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, July 18, 2002, CAA Amendments of
1977.
NPRM, Judicial, June 20, 2007.
Final, Judicial, March 12, 2008.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 require EPA to review
and, if necessary, revise national ambient air quality standards
(NAAQS) periodically. On July 18, 1997, the EPA published a final rule
revising the NAAQS for ozone. The primary and secondary NAAQS were
strengthened to provide increased protection against both health and
environmental effects of ozone. The EPA's work plan/schedule for the
next review of the ozone Criteria Document was published on November
2002. The first external review draft Criteria Document, a rigorous
assessment of relevant scientific information, was released on January
31, 2005. The EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards will
prepare a Staff Paper for the Administrator, which will evaluate the
policy implications of the key studies and scientific information
contained in the Criteria Document and additional technical analyses,
and identify critical elements that EPA staff believe should be
considered in reviewing the standards. The Criteria Document and Staff
Paper will be reviewed by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
and the public, and both final documents will reflect the input
received through these reviews. As the ozone NAAQS review is completed,
the Administrator's proposal to reaffirm or revise the ozone NAAQS will
be published with a request for public comment. Input received during
the public comment period will be considered in the Administrator's
final decision.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Notice 12/29/05 70 FR 77155
NPRM 07/00/07
Final Action 03/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 5008;
Agency Contact: Dave McKee, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C504-06, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5288
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]
Karen Martin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-
06, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5274
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN24
_______________________________________________________________________
2743. PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION, NON-ATTAINMENT NEW SOURCE
REVIEW, AND NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: EMISSIONS TEST FOR
ELECTRIC GENERATING UNITS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, title I, parts C and D, and sec
111(a)(4)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 52
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking would create a revised emissions test for
existing electric generating units (EGUs) that are subject to the
regulations governing the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)
and nonattainment major New Source Review (NSR) programs mandated by
parts C and D of title I of the Clean Air Act (CAA). This revised
emissions test would be available for EGUs that are also subject to the
EPA-administered Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) NOx Annual Trading
Program or the CAIR SO2 Trading Program. This emissions test could be
extended to other CAIR and non-CAIR EGUs. For existing major stationary
sources, the NSR base program emissions test is applied when the source
proposes to modify an emissions unit such that the change is a physical
change or change in the method of operation, and the test compares
actual emissions to either potential emissions or projected actual
emissions. Under this rulemaking's revised NSR emissions test (a
maximum hourly test like that used in the NSPS program), we would
compare the EGU's maximum hourly emissions (considering controls)
before the change for the past 5 years to the maximum hourly emissions
after the change. The maximum hourly emissions will be either a maximum
achieved and maximum achievable hourly emissions, measured on an input
or an output basis. The supplemental notice will include proposed
regulatory language for the maximum achieved and achievable options
(input and output basis for each). The supplemental notice will also
include data, information, and analyses concerning the impacts of the
proposed options. The supplemental notice will also include an option
in which the current regulations (annual emissions test) are retained,
but the baseline period is extended from 5 to 10 years.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 10/20/05 70 FR 61081
Supplemental NPRM 04/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
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Additional Information: SAN No. 4794.2; EPA publication information:
NPRM - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2005/October/Day-20/
a20983.htm; Split from RIN 2060-AM95.
URL For More Information:
www.epa.gov/nsr
Agency Contact: Janet McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1450
Email: [email protected]
Dave Svendsgaard, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
C504-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2380
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN28
_______________________________________________________________________
2744. NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS:
POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AND COPOLYMERS PRODUCTION, AMENDMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 4701 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.210 to 63.217
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would amend the National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Polyvinyl Chloride and
Copolymers. These standards were proposed on December 8, 2000 (65 FR
76958), and originally promulgated on July 10, 2002 (67 FR 45886), but
were vacated by the DC Circuit on June 18, 2004, in Mossville
Environmental Action v. EPA, 370 F.3d 1232 (DC Cir. 2004). This action
assures continuity of the parts of the standard that were upheld by the
court, and addresses the component of these standards, regarding the
use of vinyl chloride as a surrogate for all other HAP, that was not
upheld by the court.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/07
Final Action 06/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, State
Additional Information: SAN No. 4988; EPA Docket information: OAR-2002-
0037
Agency Contact: Greg Nizich, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, E143-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919 541-3078
Email: [email protected]
KC Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C143-
01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN33
_______________________________________________________________________
2745. NESHAP: SITE REMEDIATION AMENDMENTS--RESPONSE TO LITIGATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 subpart GGGGG
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Site Remediation regulation was promulgated on October 8,
2003. We were challenged by the Sierra Club on several provisions in
the rule. We anticipate that settlement negotiations will result in
certain revisions to the rule's requirements. The revisions could
remove an exemption for certain sources thereby increasing the
compliance costs of the final rule by up to $7.7 million.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4866.1; Split from RIN 2060-AM30.; EPA
Docket information: OAR-2002-0021
Agency Contact: Greg Nizich, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, E143-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919 541-3078
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-AN36
_______________________________________________________________________
2746. NESHAP: ACRYLIC/MODACRYLIC FIBERS, CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING:
CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS, FLEXIBLE FOAM FABRICATION, AND FOAM PRODUCTION,
CARBON BLACK PRODUCTION, LEAD ACID BATTERY MANUFACTURING, WOOD
PRESERVING
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, June 15, 2007, six area source
categories to be final as per March 31, 2006 order.
Abstract: Section 112(k)(3) of the Clean Air Act requires EPA to
prepare a comprehensive strategy to control emissions of hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs) from area sources in urban areas. The strategy must
identify at least 30 HAPs that, as the result of emissions from area
sources, present the greatest threat to public health in urban areas.
The strategy must also identify the source categories that emit the
listed urban HAPs. EPA must subject to regulation those listed source
categories such that 90 percent of the aggregate emissions of the urban
HAPs are subjected to standards. The strategy was published on July 19,
1999, and listed various area source categories emitting at least one
of the urban HAPs. EPA eventually listed a total of 70 source
categories that collectively account for at least 90 percent of the
urban HAPs in urban areas. As such, EPA is required to subject these
source categories to regulations issued under section 112(d).
Furthermore, EPA has received a court order requiring that the Agency
complete the 112(k) mandate by certain dates. Specifically, the court
order requires that EPA issue regulations affecting six of these area
source categories by June 15, 2007. This action will satisfy the second
date under this mandate by consolidating activities into one notice for
the following seven source categories: Acrylic Fibers/Modacrylic Fibers
Production; Chemical Manufacturing: Chromium Compounds, Flexible
Polyurethane Foam Fabrication
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Operations, Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production, Carbon Black
Production, Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing, and Wood Preserving. These
source categories have been selected because our information indicates
that one of the following situations apply: 1) There are only 1 to 2
sources in the source category that are well-controlled and subject to
existing regulations and/or permit conditions (Acrylic/Modacrylic
Fibers; Chemical Manufacturing: Chromium Chemicals, Carbon Black
Production); 2) the urban HAPs emitted from the source category have
been eliminated as a result of other regulatory programs (e.g., OSHA)
(Flexible Foam Production, Flexible Foam Manufacturing, Wood
Preserving); 3) all existing sources within the source category can
meet current requirements (e.g., NSPS) that apply to new sources ( Lead
Acid Battery Manufacturing).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/04/07 72 FR 16635
NPRM Comment Period End 05/04/07
Final Action 06/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 5012;
Agency Contact: Sharon Nizich, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2825
Fax: 919-541-0072
Email: [email protected]
Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D 243-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2837
Fax: 919 541-3207
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN44
_______________________________________________________________________
2747. NESHAP: AREA SOURCE STANDARDS--CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, June 15, 2009, Court ordered--part of
area source deadlines.
Abstract: This rule will regulate hazardous air pollutant (HAP)
emissions from area sources in the chemical preparations industry. This
source category was listed for regulation under EPA's Urban Air Toxic
Strategy to address HAP emissions from area sources.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 5015;
Agency Contact: Jeff Telander, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919 541-5427
Email: [email protected]
Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D 243-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2837
Fax: 919 541-3207
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN46
_______________________________________________________________________
2748. NESHAP: AREA SOURCE STANDARDS--PAINT AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, December 15, 2008, Court-ordered--part
of area source deadlines.
Abstract: This rule will regulate hazardous air pollutant (HAP)
emissions from area sources in the Paint and Allied Products industry.
This source category was listed for regulation under EPA's Urban Air
Toxic Strategy to address HAP emissions from area sources.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 5016;
Agency Contact: Mohamed Serageldin, Environmental Protection Agency,
Air and Radiation, C504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2379
Email: [email protected]
Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
E143-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5335
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN47
_______________________________________________________________________
2749. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: AMENDING REQUIREMENTS TO IMPORT
USED OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES FOR DESTRUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671 to 7671q
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulation will streamline the process for importing
used ozone-depleting substances for destruction in the United States.
This will further reduce the amount of substances that could otherwise
harm the ozone layer.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 5017
Agency Contact: Kirsten Cappel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington , DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9556
Fax: 202 343-2338
Email: [email protected]
Julius Banks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9870
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN48
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_______________________________________________________________________
2750. ACTION ON PETITION TO LIST DIESEL EXHAUST AS A HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112(b)(3)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, March 14, 2007, As per 12/2005 Consent
Decree, extended several times from original date of 6/12/2006.
Final, Judicial, May 1, 2007, As per 12/2005 Consent Decree. Only
required if Agency proposes to grant petition.
Abstract: EPA received a petition from Environmental Defense to list
Diesel Exhaust as a Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP). This notice
announces EPA's decision to deny the petition. This decision is based
on several considerations. First, diesel exhaust is a mixture of
numerous chemicals and its composition can vary between engines and
under different operating conditions. Thus, ``diesel exhaust'' is not
appropriate for listing because it does not present an effective
regulatory target. Second, adding an emission mixture such as diesel
exhaust to the list of hazardous air pollutants appears to be contrary
to Congress' intent that EPA list individual substances rather than
mixtures. Finally, adding diesel exhaust to the list of hazardous air
pollutants would have little practical impact on public health or the
environment because EPA is already addressing emissions from diesel
engines through a number of voluntary and regulatory programs, and
adding diesel exhaust to the list of HAP would not likely impact the
level of control achieved in these programs.
The deadline for signature of the Federal Register notice is November
15, 2006. (Received extension by litigants December 14, 2006; Received
another extension by litigants March 14, 2007.)
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5020; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-
OAR-2005-0489
Agency Contact: Jaime Pagan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5340
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]
Robert Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
D243-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1045
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN49
_______________________________________________________________________
2751. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: BAN ON THE IMPORT OF PRE-
CHARGED PRODUCTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414, 7601, 7671 to 7671q
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is concerned with the environmental impacts that could
result from the potential continued imports of HCFC pre-charged
products after the phaseout of production and importation of bulk
substances. Similar concerns resulted in banning the imports of CFC
pre-charged refrigeration products after the 1996 phaseout of
production and import of bulk substances. Therefore, EPA intends to
propose regulations banning the imports of HCFC pre-charged products
under the provisions within title VI of CAAA.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/07
Final Action 01/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5052;
URL For More Information:
www.epa.gov/ozone/title6
Agency Contact: Cindy Newberg, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9729
Fax: 202 343-2337
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN58
_______________________________________________________________________
2752. TRANSITION TO NEW OR REVISED PARTICULATE MATTER (PM) NAAQS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410; 42 USC 7501 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, January 31, 2006, The 12/20/05 PM
NAAQS proposal stated EPA will issue ANPRM for implementation.
Abstract: In 1997, EPA promulgated revised National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM-2.5). EPA will be
proposing revised NAAQS for PM-2.5 and new standard PM10-2.5 on
December 20, 2005. In order to provide insight for the public on what
EPA is thinking in regards to implementing the revised standard for
PM2.5 and the transition from a PM10 standard to a PM10-2.5 standard,
EPA is providing this advance notice of proposed rulemaking. This ANPRM
should also provide an opportunity for the public to provide input on
the best way to implement these actions. Public comment period will be
extended until July 10, 2006. A proposal will be developed after the PM
NAAQS are finalized in September 2006.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 02/09/06 71 FR 6718
NPRM 07/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4752.1; EPA publication information:
ANPRM - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/February/Day-09/
a1798.htm; Split from RIN 2060-AK74.
Agency Contact: Barbara Driscoll, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, C539-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1051
Fax: 919 541-5489
Email: [email protected]
Joe Paisie, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5556
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Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN59
_______________________________________________________________________
2753. REVISIONS TO THE DEFINITION OF POTENTIAL TO EMIT (PTE)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401; 42 USC 7412; 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7416; 42
USC 7601
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 52; 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 70; 40 CFR 71
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA proposes to clarify the options that exist for limiting
potential to emit (PTE) for sources that wish to avoid major source
requirements. To that end, EPA proposes to revise the PTE definition
for several CAA programs to explain the types of limits that are
effective in restricting a source's PTE regulated pollutants. EPA's
requirement that PTE limits must be federally enforceable to be
considered effective in restricting PTE is at issue as a result of
three court decisions. EPA's proposal will address this requirement.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 5025;
Agency Contact: Grecia Castro, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C504-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1351
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
Lynn Hutchinson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
C504-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5795
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN65
_______________________________________________________________________
2754. CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM NEW MOTOR VEHICLES AND NEW MOTOR
VEHICLE ENGINES: SAFETEA-LU HOV FACILITIES RULE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 23 USC 1121
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, February 6, 2006, Language from
Congress requires a final regulatory action.
Abstract: It is the sense of Congress to encourage the purchase and use
of hybrid and other fuel efficient vehicles, which have been proven to
minimize air emissions and decrease consumption of fossil fuels. This
regulation establishes the criteria for certifying a vehicle as low
emitting and energy-efficient. State HOV programs will reference this
regulation in their request to Federal Highway Administration for
exceptions to the 2-person minimum occupancy HOV requirement. These
regulations are optional for States to implement and will sunset in
2009.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 5029;
Agency Contact: Mary Manners, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4873
Email: [email protected]
Tandi Bagian, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, AAIO,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4901
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN68
_______________________________________________________________________
2755. NATIONAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSION STANDARDS FOR AEROSOL
COATINGS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7511b
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59, subpart E
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, September 30, 2007, sec 183(e) VOC
rules as per March 31, 2006 order.
Abstract: Under section 183(e) of the Clean Air Act, the EPA is
required to list and schedule for regulation those categories of
consumer or commercial products that account for at least 80 percent of
volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions, on a reactivity adjusted
basis, in areas that violate the National Ambient Air Quality Standard
for ozone. This rule is intended to meet that requirement for the
aerosol spray paint category listed on March 23, 1995. This national
regulation will establish a uniform reactivity-based standard for
aerosol spray paints modeled after the California Air Resource Board
(CARB) Regulation for Reducing the Ozone Formed from Aerosol Coating
Product Emissions. EPA granted final approval of the revisions to the
California State Implementation Plan containing this regulation on
September 13, 2005. Although mass-based VOC reductions have been made
in the aerosol coating category, this reactivity-based approach will
achieve additional reductions in ozone formation where further mass-
based reductions have proven to be technologically infeasible. This
national rule is projected to better control a product's contribution
to ozone formation by encouraging reductions of higher reactivity VOCs,
rather than treating all VOCs in a product alike through a mass-based
approach.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 04/00/07
Final Action 10/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5030;
Agency Contact: Kaye Whitfield, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, C504-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2509
Fax: 919 541-0072
Email: [email protected]
Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
E143-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5335
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN69
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2756. PETROLEUM REFINERIES--NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (NSPS)--
SUBPART J
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, April 28, 2007, Lawsuit by Sierra Club
and Our Children's Earth Foundation.
Final, Judicial, April 28, 2008, Lawsuit by Sierra Club and Our
Children's Earth Foundation.
Abstract: Section 111(b)(1)(B) of the Clean Air Act requires EPA to
review new source performance standards at least every 8 years. Under
this project, we will review and, if appropriate, revise the new source
performance standards for petroleum refineries (subpart J in part 60).
We will determine if actual emission reductions currently being
achieved due to other programs are greater than the requirements in the
current NSPS standards, and whether the current standards should be
revised.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 04/00/07
Final Action 04/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5036
Agency Contact: Bob Lucas, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0884
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
Kent 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-AN72
_______________________________________________________________________
2757. REVISION TO DEFINITION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS--EXCLUSION OF
FOUR COMPOUNDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: CAA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.100
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The EPA is proposing to add four compounds (benzotrifluoride,
dimethyl succinate, propylene carbonate, and dimethyl carbonate) to the
list of negligibly reactive compounds in EPA's definition of VOC.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 07/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, State
Additional Information: SAN No. 5045;
Agency Contact: William L. Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency,
Air and Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5245
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]
Terry Keating, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
6103A, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-1174
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN75
_______________________________________________________________________
2758. REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR LEAD
Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7408; 42 USC 7409
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, September 1, 2008, Court-ordered
schedule.
Abstract: On October 5, 1978, the EPA promulgated primary and secondary
NAAQS for lead under section 109 of the Act (43 FR 46258). Both primary
and secondary standards were set at a level of 1.5 [micro]/m3 as a
quarterly average (maximum arithmetic mean averaged over a calendar
quarter). Subsequent to this initial standard-setting, the Clean Air
Act requires that the standard be reviewed periodically. The last such
review occurred during the period 1986 to 1990. For that review, an Air
Quality Criteria Document (AQCD) was completed in 1986 with a
supplement in 1990. Based on information contained in the AQCD, an EPA
Staff Paper and Exposure Assessment were prepared. Following the
completion of these documents, the agency did not propose any revisions
to the 1978 Pb NAAQS. The current review of the Pb air-quality criteria
was initiated in November 2004 by EPA's National Center for
Environmental Assessment (NCEA) with a general call for information
published in the Federal Register. In January 2005, NCEA released a
work plan for the review and revision of the Pb AQCD. Workshops were
held to provide author feedback on a developing draft of the AQCD in
August 2005. The draft AQCD was released December 1, 2005. The EPA
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards will prepare a Staff Paper
for the Administrator, which will evaluate the policy implications of
the key studies and scientific information contained in the AQCD and
additional technical analyses, and identify critical elements that EPA
staff believe should be considered in reviewing the standards. The AQCD
and Staff Paper will be reviewed by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee (CASAC) and the public, and both final documents will reflect
the input received through these reviews. As the lead NAAQS review is
completed, the Administrator's proposal to reaffirm or revise the lead
NAAQS will be published with a request for public comment. Input
received during the public comment period will be considered in the
Administrator's final decision.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 02/00/08
Final Action 09/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Federalism: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 5059
Agency Contact: Ginger Tennant, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, C504-06, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4072
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]
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Karen Martin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-
06, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5274
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN83
_______________________________________________________________________
2759. RISK AND TECHNOLOGY REVIEW PHASE II
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: CAA sec 112(f)(2), 112(d)(6)
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is required to evaluate the risk remaining at facilities
8 years after they are required to comply with MACT air-toxic emission
standards according to section 112 (f)(2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
EPA is also required to review and revise the MACT standards if needed
every 8 years with regard to practices, processes, and control
technologies according to section 112(d)(6) of the CAA. EPA will
combine the remaining MACT source categories requiring residual risk
and technology reviews into several groups to enable us to more closely
meet statutory dates, raise and resolve programmatic issues in one
action, minimize resources by using available data and focusing on high
risk sources, and provide consistent review and analysis. We will use
available data including emissions from the most recent 2002 national
emission inventory (NEI) and augment it with available site-specific
data. We will focus this action on 33 MACT standards with compliance
dates of 2002 and earlier and will model each MACT source category to
obtain inhalation risks, including cancer risk and incidence,
population cancer risk, and non-cancer effects (chronic and acute). We
will follow the Benzene Policy to identify the source categories as low
risk, acceptable risk, or unacceptable risk. We then plan to publish
the emissions data and risk results in an ANPRM before the end of the
2006 calendar year and solicit public comments and corrections,
including better source data. We will then remodel the categories based
on the updated data. EPA will then set aside low-risk source categories
and persistent bio-accumulative (PB) source categories. The PB source
categories require multi-pathway analysis and will be addressed on a
slower track. EPA will then focus on the remaining categories,
evaluating the effectiveness and cost of additional risk reduction
options and making acceptability and ample-margin-of-safety
determinations. We intend to propose an NPRM in the spring of 2007,
address public comments, and promulgate the final action in spring of
2008 on the first group of MACT categories. Where additional controls
are identified, standards would be developed that include technology,
work practice, or performance standards as amendments to the existing
MACT standards. For source categories where additional standards are
needed to provide an ample margin of safety, a low risk exemption would
be provided and EPA would use an analysis to identify low risk source
characteristics that would exempt a portion of the source category from
additional requirements. Site-specific risk assessments could also be
used to show low risk. A total facility low risk determination (TFLRD)
will be presented as a voluntary approach where a facility can perform
a site-specific risk assessment to determine if it is low risk. Low
risk facilities would satisfy all of their residual risk requirements
by demonstrating compliance with the TFLRD approach.
The 33 MACT source categories are listed below.
1. Chromium Electroplating
2. Polymers & Resins II
3. Secondary Lead Smelters
4. Petroleum Refineries
5. Aerospace
6. Marine Vessels
7. Wood Furniture
8. Shipbuilding
9. Printing & Publishing
10. Off-site Waste Treatment
11. Polymers & Resins I
12. Polymers & Resins IV
13. Primary Aluminum
14. Pulp & Paper MACT I and III
15. Pharmaceuticals
16. Flexible Polyurethane Foam
17. Ferroalloys
18. Polyether Polyols
19. Mineral Wool
20. Primary Lead Smelting
21. Phosphoric Acid
22. Phosphate Fertilizers
23. Wool Fiberglass
24. Portland Cement
25. Oil & Natural Gas
26. Natural Gas Transmission
27. Steel Pickling
28. GMACT I Acetal Resins
29. GMACT II Acrylic/Modacrylic fibers
30. GMACT III Hydrogen Fluoride
31. GMACT IV Polycarbonates
32. POTW
33. Secondary Aluminum
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/07
Final Rule 06/00/09
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5093;
Sectors Affected: 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing; 3313
Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing; 32731 Cement
Manufacturing; 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing;
32411 Petroleum Refineries; 331492 Secondary Smelting, Refining, and
Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum); 22132 Sewage
Treatment Facilities
Agency Contact: Paula Hirtz, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, E143-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2618
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
Ken Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, E143-
01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN85
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2760. PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION (PSD) AND NON-ATTAINMENT
NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR): REASONABLE POSSIBILITY IN RECORDKEEPING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: CAA title 1 C and D
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51, app S; 40 CFR 51.165; 40 CFR 51.166; 40 CFR
52.21
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, September 30, 2007, OGC told the court
that the final would be signed in September EPA is at risk of being put
on a court-ordered deadline.
Abstract: This rulemaking would clarify the ``reasonable possibility''
recordkeeping standard that we promulgated in the NSR Reform rule of
2002. In June 2005, the DC Circuit Court remanded the rule for EPA to
provide such clarification. For tracking and reporting, certain records
must be kept only if there is a ``reasonable possibility'' that a
proposed project will result in a significant emissions increase. We
are proposing one or more scenarios under which the recordkeeping
standard is applicable.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/08/07 72 FR 10445
NPRM Comment Period End 05/07/07
Final Action 08/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5076; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2007/March/Day-08/a3897.htm;
Agency Contact: Lisa Sutton, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C339-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3450
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
Jessica Montanez, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
C504-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3407
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN88
_______________________________________________________________________
2761. [bull] REFINEMENT TO INCREMENT MODELING PROCEDURES
Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Part C of title I of the Clean Air Act (CAA) contains the
requirements for a component of the major New Source Review (NSR)
program known as the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)
program. This program sets forth procedures for the preconstruction
review and permitting of new and modified major stationary sources of
air pollution located in areas meeting the National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS); i.e., ``attainment'' areas, or in areas for which
there is insufficient information to classify an area as either
attainment or nonattainment; i.e., ``unclassifiable'' areas. The
applicability of the PSD program to a particular source must be
determined in advance of construction and is pollutant-specific.
The PSD program also established increments, which are maximum
increases in ambient air concentrations allowed in a PSD area over a
baseline concentration. These increments follow the three-tiered area
classification system established by Congress in section 163 of the
CAA. Class I areas include certain national parks and wilderness areas
that were designated by Congress as areas of special national concern,
where the need to prevent air quality deterioration is the greatest.
class II areas are all areas not specifically designated in the CAA as
class I areas and class III areas are the ones originally designated as
Class II, where higher levels of industrial development (and emission
growth) are desired.
In this rulemaking, we propose to refine several aspects of the method
that may be used to calculate an increase in concentration for
increment purposes. These refinements are intended to clarify how
States and regulated sources may calculate increases in concentration
for purposes of determining compliance with the PSD increments.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Federalism: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 5100;
Agency Contact: Jessica Montanez, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, C504-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3407
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
Dave Svendsgaard, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
C504-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2380
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO02
_______________________________________________________________________
2762. [bull] HOSPITAL/ MEDICAL/INFECTIOUS WASTE INCINERATION UNITS--
RESPONSE TO REMAND AND 5-YEAR TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, January 27, 2007, As per 1/27/2006
Settlement Agreement.
Final, Judicial, January 27, 2008, As per 1/27/2006 Settlement
Agreement.
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 hospital/medical/infectious waste
incineration units (HMIWI). Regulations for HMIWI were promulgated on
September 15, 1997, and those standards have been adopted and fully
implemented with all retrofits completed. However, these regulations
were subsequently remanded by the Court on March 2, 1999. The
fundamental issue leading to the remand was the approach and
methodology used by EPA to develop the HMIWI regulations. In effect,
the Court questioned whether the regulations developed by EPA reflected
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the actual emission performance of the best controlled similar unit for
new HMIWI and the average of the best performing 12 percent of units
for existing HMIWI, and remanded the regulations to EPA for further
explanation of its reasoning in determining the minimum regulatory
``floors'' for new and existing HMIWI. The purpose of the first part of
this project is to respond to this remand. The second part of this
project pertains to Clean Air Act section 129(a)(5), which requires EPA
to review and, if necessary, revise standards developed under section
129 every 5 years. This process, known as the 5-year technology review,
involves assessing the current environmental performance of hospital/
medical/infectious waste incineration units and revising the emission
limits to reflect this actual performance. The purpose of the second
part of this project is to review the performance of control technology
and the associated emission reductions achieved by the promulgated
HMIWI regulations to determine whether they should be revised to better
reflect MACT. We note that implementation of these MACT standards has
been highly effective, reducing emissions of the nine section 129
pollutants (particulate matter, carbon monoxide, dioxins/furans, sulfur
dioxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen chloride, lead, mercury, and
cadmium) by more than 95 percent, and has reduced dioxin/furan and
mercury emissions by more than 99 percent since 1995. Additionally, the
number of operational units has dropped significantly since
promulgation in 1997 from 2,400 units to approximately 80 units today.
The amendments resulting from this 5-year review are expected to be
minor, but will prevent backsliding of HMIWI unit performance.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 02/06/07 72 FR 5509
NPRM Comment Period End 04/09/07
Final Action 02/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5071; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2007/February/Day-06/a1617.htm;
EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0534
URL For More Information:
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/129/hmiwi/rihmiwi.html
Agency Contact: Mary Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, D243-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5025
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]
Brian Shrager, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-7689
Fax: 919 541-7689
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO04
_______________________________________________________________________
2763. [bull] FINAL EXTENSION OF THE DEFERRED EFFECTIVE DATE FOR 8-HOUR
OZONE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR THE DENVER EARLY ACTION
COMPACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7407; 42 USC 7501 to 7515; 42 USC 7601
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 81
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, March 1, 2007, NPRM must publish by 03/
01/2007 to allow sufficient time to publish Final by 06/01/2007 -- 30
days prior to 07/01/2007 effective date.
Final, Judicial, June 1, 2007, Final to be published 06/01/2007 to be
effective 07/01/2007 to avoid Denver going into nonattainment.
Abstract: This rule proposes to defer the effective date of
nonattainment designations for the Denver Early Action Compact (EAC)
area from July 1, 2007, until April 15, 2008. In a previous rulemaking
(November 29, 2006), EPA deferred until April 15, 2008, the
nonattainment designations for 13 other EAC areas which agreed to
reduce ground-level ozone pollution earlier than the Clean Air Act
requires and to attain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) for ozone by December 31, 2007. This action must be finalized
and published in the Federal Register by March 1, 2007, in order to
obtain public comments, finalize a rule, and publish by June 1, 2007,
which will make it effective 30 days prior to the July 1, 2007,
deferral date. If this timing is not met then Denver will automatically
lapse into nonattainment.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/01/07 72 FR 9285
NPRM Comment Period End 04/02/07
Final Action 06/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State
Additional Information: SAN No. 4839.6; EPA publication information:
NPRM - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/August/Day-09/
a12960.htm; Split from RIN 2060-AN90. Split from RIN 2060-AN04. Split
from RIN 2060-AM03. Promulgation of SAN 4839 will include the material
formerly proposed as SAN 4798. SAN 4798 has been merged into SAN 4839.
Agency Contact: Barbara Driscoll, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, C539-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1051
Fax: 919 541-5489
Email: [email protected]
David Cole, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C304-
05, Research Triangle Park, NC 20460
Phone: 919 541-5565
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO05
_______________________________________________________________________
2764. [bull] NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS:
MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING; SECOND GROUP OF AMENDMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: A final rule for this source category was published on
November 10, 2003. Several parties petitioned the rule and final
amendments to address issues raised by the petitioners were published
on July 14, 2006. This action will correct several errors in the final
amendments. Also, this action will propose an alternative control
option for wastewater treatment tanks operated
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under negative pressure. Because the rule references the HON, the
change will be made to the wastewater standards in the HON.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/00/07
Final Action 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4891.1; EPA publication information:
NPRM - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2005/December/Day-08/
a23666.htm; Split from RIN 2060-AM43.
Agency Contact: Randy McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5402
Email: [email protected]
Ken Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, E143-
01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO07
_______________________________________________________________________
2765. [bull] AIR QUALITY INDEX REPORTING AND SIGNIFICANT HARM LEVEL FOR
PM2.5
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 58.50; 40 CFR 58, app G; 40 CFR 51.150 subpart H
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On July 23, 1999, EPA adopted revisions to the uniform air
quality index used by States for daily air quality reporting to the
general public in accordance with section 319 of the Clean Air Act
(Act). These changes included the addition of the following elements: A
new category described as ``unhealthy for sensitive groups''; two new
requirements, 1) to report a pollutant-specific sensitive group
statement when the index is above 100 and 2) to use specific colors if
the index is reported in a color format; new breakpoints for the ozone
(O3) sub-index in terms of 8-hour average O3 concentrations; a new sub-
index for fine particulate matter (PM2.5); and conforming changes to
the sub-indices for coarse particulate matter (PM10), carbon monoxide
(CO), and sulfur dioxide (SO2). In addition, EPA changed the name of
the index from the Pollutant Standards Index to the Air Quality Index
(AQI). The revisions enhance the communication of pollutant-specific
health effects information to members of sensitive groups, including
precautionary actions that can be taken by individuals to reduce
exposures of concern. The revisions also enhance the usefulness of the
AQI with regard to other programs that provide air quality information
and related health information to the general public, including State
and local real-time air quality data mapping and community action
programs.
In 2006, EPA promulgated a revised national ambient air quality
standard (NAAQS) for PM2.5 levels of 35 ug/m3, 24-hour average. The
purpose of this rulemaking is to make revisions to the AQI sub-index
for PM2.5 to be consistent with the new daily standard. It is important
to make this revision expeditiously to allow members of the public,
especially members of sensitive groups, to take exposure reduction
measures when PM2.5 levels are forecasted to be high. State and local
air agencies are encouraging EPA to make the revisions as soon as
possible.
EPA has never set a Significant Harm Level (SHL) for PM2.5. There are
SHLs for sulfur dioxide, ozone, carbon monoxide, PM10, and nitrogen
dioxide. Designated areas must have contingency plans in place to
prevent ever reaching this level. There is not currently an SHL for
PM2.5. The SHL is typically the same concentration as the 500 level of
the AQI. So along with revising the AQI for PM2.5, we will also set an
SHL for PM2.5.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/07
Final Action 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 5115;
Agency Contact: Susan Stone, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C504-06, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1146
Email: [email protected]
Tom Helms, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C304-04,
Research Triangle Park, NC 20460
Phone: 919 541-5527
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO11
_______________________________________________________________________
2766. [bull] COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATION UNITS;
RESPONSE TO REMAND OF NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND EMISSION
GUIDELINES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 62
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will propose EPA's response to the remand of the
Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) New Source
Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines under section 129 of the
CAA. This action also will propose several amendments to the standards.
We are considering covering the following types of units located at
commercial or industrial facilities that currently are not covered
under CISWI: Units with waste heat recovery, units that burn more than
30 percent municipal solid waste at commercial/industrial facilities,
and cyclonic burn barrels. We also will clarify provisions regarding
air curtain incinerators, the exemption for chemical recovery units,
the exemption for spent sulfuric acid production, startup and shutdown,
and the definition of clean wood waste. Finally, in response to the
voluntary remand of the CISWI rules, we will examine and revise as
appropriate the methodology for developing the MACT floors and emission
limits.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
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Additional Information: SAN No. 5105;
Agency Contact: Brian Shrager, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-7689
Fax: 919 541-7689
Email: [email protected]
Mary Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243-
01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5025
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO12
_______________________________________________________________________
2767. [bull] CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS, GROUP 3: CONTROL
TECHNIQUES GUIDELINES IN LIEU OF REGULATIONS FOR PAPER, FILM, AND FOIL
COATINGS; METAL FURNITURE COATINGS; AND LARGE APPLIANCE COATINGS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, September 30, 2007.
Abstract: This action announces the Administrator's determination under
section 183(e) for three categories of consumer and commercial products
that control techniques guidelines (CTG) are substantially as effective
in reducing VOC emissions in ozone nonattainment areas as national
rules for these categories. The proposal will solicit comments on the
proposed determinations and will announce draft control technique
recommendations for each of the product categories. The final notice
will finalize the determination and will announce availability of CTGs
covering these categories. There is a court-ordered deadline of
September 30, 2007 for the final determination and issuance of CTGs.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/07
Final Action 10/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5132;
Agency Contact: Bruce Moore, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, E143-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5460
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
E143-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5335
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO14
_______________________________________________________________________
2768. [bull] NESHAP: PORTLAND CEMENT NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1340 to 63.1359
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, December 20, 2007, Settlement
Agreement.
Abstract: On December 20, 2006, we published final amendments to the
Portland Cement NESHAP. These amendments were in response to a remand
by the DC Circuit Court of portions of the final rule published in
1999. At the same time as the final amendments were published, we also
published a notice of reconsideration of the final new source limits
for mercury and total hydrocarbons (a surrogate for non-dioxin organic
HAP). We also are reconsidering the ban on the use of certain mercury
containing fly ash in both new and existing kilns. We took this action
because there are still substantive technical issues, and there was not
sufficient opportunity for public comment on parts of the final action.
In addition to these reconsiderations, we anticipate we may receive a
reconsideration request from the industry on other parts of the final
rule, specifically the work practice standard for existing kilns to not
recycle cement kiln dust to the extent that product quality is
adversely affected.
We have stated in the notice that we will complete this reconsideration
by December 20, 2007. As part of this effort, we are requesting that
five cement facilities that have wet scrubbers or lime spray dryers for
SO2 control perform inlet and outlet testing for speciated mercury
emissions and submit the test data to EPA to be used in the
reconsideration for the new source mercury standard. We are assuming
that the cement industry will provide any additional data they want us
to consider on the other matters under reconsideration and have no
other plans for any other testing programs or data gathering at this
time.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/07
Final Action 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4585.1; Split from RIN 2060-AJ78.; EPA
Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0051
Agency Contact: Keith Barnett, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5605
Fax: 919 541-3207
Email: [email protected]
Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D 243-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2837
Fax: 919 541-3207
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO15
_______________________________________________________________________
2769. [bull] RISK AND TECHNOLOGY REVIEW FOR GROUP 1: POLYMERS AND RESINS
I; POLYMERS AND RESINS II, ACETAL RESINS, AND HYDROGEN FLUORIDE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: CAA sec 112(f)(2); CAA sec 112(d)(6)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is required to evaluate the risk remaining at facilities
8 years after they are required to comply with MACT air-toxic emission
standards according to section 112 (f)(2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
EPA is also required to review and revise the MACT standards if needed
every 8 years with regard to practices, processes, and control
technologies according to section 112(d)(6) of the CAA. We will use
available data
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including emissions from the most recent 2002 national emission
inventory (NEI) and augment it with available site-specific data. We
will model each MACT source category to obtain inhalation risks,
including cancer risk and incidence, population cancer risk, and non-
cancer effects (chronic and acute). We will follow the Benzene Policy
to identify the source categories as low risk, acceptable risk, or
unacceptable risk.
This action is called Risk and Technology Review (RTR) Group 1. It will
address EPA's obligation to conduct a residual risk review and to
conduct a technology review. It includes nine source categories, each
affected by one of four MACT standards. The nine source categories are:
Polysulfide rubber (P&R I MACT); ethylene propylene rubber (P&R I
MACT); butyl rubber (P&R I MACT); neoprene (P&R I MACT); epoxy resins
(P&R II MACT); non-nylon polyamides (P&R II MACT); hydrogen fluoride
(GMACT); acetal resins (GMACT); and mineral wool (Mineral Wool MACT).
We will also conduct a technology review. Where additional controls are
identified, standards would be developed that include technology, work
practice, or performance standards as amendments to the existing MACT
standards.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5126;
Agency Contact: Mary Kissell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, E143-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 20460
Phone: 919 541-4516
Fax: 919 685-3219
Email: [email protected]
Ken Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, E143-
01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO16
_______________________________________________________________________
2770. [bull] AIR QUALITY: REVISION TO DEFINITION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC
COMPOUNDS--EXCLUSION OF A FAMILY OF FOUR HYDROFLUOROPOLYETHERS (HFPES)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act title I
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.100(s)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This is a deregulatory action to exclude these HFPEs from the
list of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on the basis that, as a
precursor, these compounds make a negligible contribution to the
formation of tropospheric ozone. These compounds have the potential for
use as refrigerants because they are not stratospheric ozone depleters.
This action will remove the necessity to control these particular HFPEs
as VOCs in State Implementation Plans for attaining the ozone standard.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5131;
Agency Contact: Dave Sanders, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C539-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3356
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]
William L. Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5245
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO17
_______________________________________________________________________
2771. [bull] RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF FINAL AIR
EMISSION MACT RULES FOR LARGE MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTORS (MWCS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 129
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, July 16, 2007, Litigation stayed until
7/16/2007--EPA must publish final response to request for
reconsideration by that date.
Abstract: EPA originally adopted air emission standards for new and
existing large municipal waste combustors (MWCs) in 1995. As required
by section 129 of the CAA, EPA reviewed these standards and proposed
revised standards. The proposal occurred on December 19, 2005, and
final standards were published on May 10, 2006 (71 FR 27323). A number
of individuals, including Earthjustice, filed litigation on various
aspects of the standards. Earthjustice also filed a request for EPA to
reconsider four items included in the final standards. Earthjustice did
not believe the changes made to the four items following proposal were
adequately explained in the final FR notice. EPA agreed to reconsider
the items and, following reconsideration, would publish a FR notice
explaining EPA's logic for the changes, take comment on the action, and
publish a final action. In response to this commitment by EPA, the
Court has ``held'' the litigation until the reconsideration action is
complete. EPA has committed to the Court to complete the
reconsideration (proposal and final FR action) within 9 months. The
Court then issued an order for EPA to complete the reconsideration in 9
months. EPA filed its motion with the Court on October 16, 2006, and
has, therefore, committed to complete the reconsideration by July 16,
2007 (9 months).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/20/07 72 FR 13016
NPRM Comment Period End 04/19/07
Final Action 07/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5120;
Agency Contact: Walt Stevenson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5264
Fax: 919 541-5264
Email: [email protected]
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Brian Shrager, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-7689
Fax: 919 541-7689
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO18
_______________________________________________________________________
2772. [bull] PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION FOR PM2.5--
INCREMENTS, SIGNIFICANT IMPACT LEVELS, AND SIGNIFICANT MONITORING
CONCENTRATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52.21; 40 CFR 51.166
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 166 of the Clean Air Act authorizes the Environmental
Protection Agency to establish regulations to prevent significant
deterioration (PSD) of air quality due to emissions of any pollutant
for which a NAAQS has been promulgated. The NAAQS for PM2.5 was
promulgated in 1997. On November 1, 2005, EPA proposed regulations for
the implementation of the PM2.5 program including the New Source Review
(NSR) provisions. In that NPRM, we indicated that we would be proposing
a separate rule for developing increments, Significant Impact Levels
(SILs) and Significant Monitoring Concentrations (SMCs), to facilitate
implementation of a PM2.5 PSD program. Increments are maximum allowable
increases in ambient PM2.5 concentrations (PM2.5 increments) allowed in
an area above the baseline concentration. SILs are a screening tool
used by a major PSD source to determine if it needs to do a
comprehensive increments analysis. If a source's impacts of PM2.5
emissions are less than the corresponding SIL, the source's impacts are
considered to be de minimis and no further modeling analyses are
required. Similarly, SMCs are a screening tool used by a major PSD
source to determine if site-specific ambient monitoring is necessary.
In this NPRM, we are proposing three options each for developing PM2.5
increments, SILs and SMCs. EPA's proposed increment options are the
percent of NAAQS option, also known as the ``safe harbor'' approach,
the ``Equivalent Increment'' approach and a variation of the second
option that also considers the stringency of PM2.5 NAAQS. For SILs we
would be seeking comments on three options--percent of increments
option, emissions ratio of PM10 option, and NAAQS ratio of PM10 option.
For SMCs the three options would be Emissions Ratio option, NAAQS Ratio
option, and Lowest Detectable Concentration option.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5068;
Agency Contact: Raj Rao, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C339-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919 541-5344
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
Dan Deroeck, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-
03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919 541-5593
Fax: 919-685-3009
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO24
_______________________________________________________________________
2773. [bull] PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: EXTENSION OF GLOBAL LAB
AND ANALYTICAL USE EXEMPTION FOR ESSENTIAL CLASS I OZONE DEPLETING
SUBSTANCES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671 to 7671q
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82.8(b)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing to extend the global lab and analytical use
exemption for production and import of class I ozone depleting
substances from December 31, 2007, to December 31, 2009, authorized by
the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
Ozone Layer and consistent with the Clean Air Act Amendments. The
exemption applies to production and import of ozone-depleting
substances for essential laboratory and analytical uses as defined by
the Montreal Protocol. The Montreal Protocol has permitted this
exemption since 1994. EPA is also proposing to apply the exemption to
methyl bromide produced and imported after the January 1, 2005,
phaseout date, authorized by the Parties to the Protocol in Decision
XVII/15.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/07
Final Action 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5136;
Agency Contact: Staci Gatica, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9469
Email: [email protected]
Marta Montoro, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9321
Fax: 202 565-2079
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO28
_______________________________________________________________________
2774. [bull] PROTECTION OF THE STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: THE 2008 CRITICAL
USE EXEMPTION FROM THE PHASEOUT OF METHYL BROMIDE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671c(d)(6)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing an exemption to the phaseout of methyl
bromide to meet the needs of 2008 critical uses. Specifically, EPA is
authorizing uses that will qualify for the 2008 critical use exemption
and the amount of methyl bromide that may be produced, imported, or
supplied from inventory for those uses in 2008. EPA takes this action
under the authority of the Clean Air Act to reflect recent consensus
decisions taken by the parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances
that Deplete the Ozone Layer at the 18th Meeting of the Parties.
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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5138;
Agency Contact: Aaron Levy, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9215
Fax: 202 343-2338
Email: [email protected]
Marta Montoro, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9321
Fax: 202 565-2079
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO30
_______________________________________________________________________
2775. [bull] REVISIONS TO COGENERATION UNIT DEFINITION UNDER CAIR, CAMR,
AND NESHAP AND CORRECTIONS TO CAIR AND ACID RAIN PROGRAM RULES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: CAA sec 111; 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51, 72, et seq; 40 CFR 60, 72, 75
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing action to revise the thermal efficiency
standard that is part of the cogeneration unit definition under the
Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), Federal Implementation Plan for CAIR,
Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR), and Proposed Federal Plan for CAMR.
Units meeting the cogeneration unit definition may be exempt from these
rules. Specifically, EPA is proposing to revise the thermal efficiency
standard in the cogeneration unit definition so that the standard would
apply only to the fossil fuel portion of a unit's energy input. This
change to the CAIR, CAIR FIP, CAMR, and proposed CAMR Federal Plan
would likely result in exempting some additional cogeneration units
from these rules.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/07
Final Action 09/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5109;
Agency Contact: Elyse Steiner, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6204J, Washington, DC 20005-4113
Phone: 202 343-9141
Fax: 202 343-2359
Email: [email protected]
Meg Victor, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6204J,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9193
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO33
_______________________________________________________________________
2776. [bull] UPDATE OF TEST PROCEDURE SCHEDULE FOR ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 1051
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In the FRM for new emission standards for recreational
vehicles, we stated our intent to revisit and potentially develop a new
exhaust emission test procedure for all terrain vehicles (ATVs). In the
interim, an optional steady-State test procedure was allowed through
the 2008 model year. In this action, we will extend the period in which
the optional test procedure may be used. We will also discuss the
current state of the evaluation of a potential new ATV test procedure.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/00/07
Direct Final Action 05/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 5107;
Agency Contact: Michael Samulski, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAR/OTAQ/ASD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4532
Fax: 734 214-4050
Email: [email protected]
Glenn Passavant, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
OAR/OTAQ/ASD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4408
Fax: 734 214-4050
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AO35
_______________________________________________________________________
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Final Rule Stage
Clean Air Act (CAA)
_______________________________________________________________________
2777. 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 is finalizing Federal Implementation Plans to regulate
emissions from the Navajo Generating Station and the Four Corners Power
Plant. The plants were previously complying with emissions limits in
the Arizona and New Mexico State Implementation Plans. However, EPA's
promulgation of the Tribal Authority Rule clarified that State air
quality regulations generally could not be extended to facilities
located on the reservation. These FIPs establish federally enforceable
emissions limitations for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, total
particulate matter, and opacity, and a requirement for control measures
for dust.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/08/99 64 FR 48725
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Notice 01/26/00 65 FR 4244
Final Action 04/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4315; Formerly listed as RIN 2060-AI79
Agency Contact: Rebecca Rosen, Environmental Protection Agency,
Regional Office San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415 947-4152
Email: [email protected]
Colleen McKaughan, Environmental Protection Agency, AIR1, 4000 U.S.
Courthouse, 230 North 1st Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85025
Phone: 520 498-0118
Fax: 520 498-1333
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2009-AA00
_______________________________________________________________________
2778. SOURCE-SPECIFIC FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR FOUR CORNERS POWER
PLANT; NAVAJO NATION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1740
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is finalizing Federal Implementation Plans to regulate
emissions from the Navajo Generating Station and the Four Corners Power
Plant. The plants were previously complying with emissions limits in
the Arizona and New Mexico State Implementation Plans. However, EPA's
promulgation of the Tribal Authority Rule clarified that State air
quality regulations generally could not be extended to facilities
located on the reservation. These FIPs establish federally enforceable
emissions limitations for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, total
particulate matter, and opacity, and a requirement for control measures
for dust.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Reproposal 09/12/06 71 FR 53631
Final Action 04/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3569;NPRM-http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/
EPA-AIR/2006/September/Day-12/a15097.pdf; Formerly listed as RIN 2060-
AF42
Agency Contact: Rebecca Rosen, Environmental Protection Agency,
Regional Office San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415 947-4152
Email: [email protected]
Colleen McKaughan, Environmental Protection Agency, AIR1, 4000 U.S.
Courthouse, 230 North 1st Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85025
Phone: 520 498-0118
Fax: 520 498-1333
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2009-AA01
_______________________________________________________________________
2779. 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. This proposed action will not impact
small businesses, or State, local, or tribal governments.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4531;
Agency Contact: Jeff Herzog, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, ASD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4227
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AJ61
_______________________________________________________________________
2780. REVIEW OF NEW SOURCES AND MODIFICATIONS IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 49
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: As required by the Clean Air Act's New Source Review (NSR)
provisions, the EPA is proposing Federal regulations governing
preconstruction permitting of minor stationary sources throughout
Indian Country and major stationary sources of air pollution in
nonattainment areas in Indian country. The proposed Federal NSR rules
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, (3) new
major sources in nonattainment areas in Indian country, (4) existing
major sources in nonattainment areas in Indian country undergoing minor
modification, or (5) existing major sources in nonattainment areas in
Indian Country undergoing major modification. The proposed rule would
also allow new or existing stationary sources of regulated NSR
pollutants and HAPs 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 permits program. Pursuant to the Tribal Air Rule,
eligible Indian Tribes may receive EPA authorization to develop and
implement such programs, but these permitting programs would be
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implemented by EPA if eligible Indian Tribes do not elect, or do not
receive authorization to manage, such programs. These rules would not
impose any mandates on Tribal governments to implement NSR permitting
programs. Tribal governments may be affected, however, insofar as they
own or operate sources that must obtain a permit from the EPA under the
final Federal permitting program regulations.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/21/06 71 FR 48696
Final Action 02/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3975; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/August/Day-21/a6926.htm;
Agency Contact: Jessica Montanez, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, C504-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3407
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
Raj Rao, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-03,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919 541-5344
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH37
_______________________________________________________________________
2781. CLEAN AIR FINE PARTICLE IMPLEMENTATION RULE
Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410; 42 USC 7501 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In 1997, EPA promulgated National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM-2.5). EPA
designations of 39 nonattainment areas for the PM2.5 standards became
effective on April 5, 2005. The Clean Air Fine Particle Implementation
Rule, which was proposed in the Federal Register on November 1, 2005,
includes requirements and guidance for State and local air pollution
agencies to follow in developing State implementation plans (SIPs)
designed to bring areas into attainment with the 1997 standards. These
SIP development activities include technical analyses to identify
effective strategies for reducing emissions contributing to PM-2.5
levels, and the adoption of regulations as needed in order to attain
the standards. Estimates show that compliance with the standards will
prevent thousands of premature deaths from heart and lung disease, tens
of thousands of hospital admissions and emergency room visits, and
millions of absences from school and work every year.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/01/05 70 FR 65984
Final Action 04/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4752; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2005/November/Day-01/a20455.htm;
Agency Contact: Rich Damberg, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C504-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5592
Fax: 919 541-3207
Email: [email protected]
Kimber Scavo, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3354
Fax: 919-541-4028
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AK74
_______________________________________________________________________
2782. NSPS: SOCMI--WASTEWATER AND AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX C OF PART 63 AND
APPENDIX J OF PART 60
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60, appendix J to part 60; 40 CFR 63, appendix C
to part 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These standards are based on a combination of control
techniques that require removal or destruction of volatile organic
compounds from wastewater at synthetic organic chemical manufacturing
industry plants. Designated chemical process units, i.e., process lines
or process units, would be subject to the rule. Constructed,
reconstructed, or modified designated chemical process units would be
required to apply appropriate controls to affected wastewater tanks,
surface impoundments, containers, individual drain systems, and oil and
water separators, and to treat process wastewater to remove or destroy
the volatile organic compounds. On September 12, 1994, EPA proposed
Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources: Volatile Organic
Compound Emissions from the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
Industry (SOCMI) Wastewater (40 CFR part 60, subpart YYY). On October
11, 1995, the EPA issued a supplemental proposal, which clarified and
revised the previously proposed rule. On December 9, 1998, EPA
published a supplement to the proposed rule that consisted of revised
definitions, alternative test procedures, and clarifications of
requirements, and that proposed to add Appendix J to 40 CFR part 60. In
conjunction with the rule development for the NSPS, amendments to
appendix C to part 63 were proposed on June 30, 2004. The final rule
will encompass the clarifications and revisions to subpart YYY ,
appendix J, and 40 CFR part 63, appendix C.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM (NSPS) 09/12/94 59 FR 46780
Supplemental NPRM 1 10/11/95 60 FR 52889
Supplemental NPRM 2 12/09/98 63 FR 67988
NPRM Amendment 06/30/04 69 FR 39383
Final Action 03/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3380; EPA publication information:
Supplemental NPRM 2 - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/1998/
December/Day-09/a28472a.htm;
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Sectors Affected: 3251 Basic Chemical Manufacturing
Agency Contact: Brenda Shine, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3608
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
_______________________________________________________________________
2783. AMENDMENTS TO STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES;
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60, app F, prodedure 3
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, June 15, 2001.
Abstract: This rulemaking adds a procedure 3 to appendix F of 40 CFR
part 60. This action provides quality assurance specifications for
continuous opacity monitor systems (COMSs) installed for compliance.
States may cite this procedure for sources with installed COMS subject
to compliance limitations.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 09/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3958;
Agency Contact: Tom Logan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, E143-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2580
Fax: 919 541-0516
Email: [email protected]
Conniesue Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
E143-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-7774
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AH23
_______________________________________________________________________
2784. NESHAP: HALOGENATED SOLVENT CLEANING--RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 2, 2002.
Final, Judicial, April 16, 2007, Consent decree.
Abstract: The Halogenated Solvent Cleaning NESHAP limits emissions of
HAP from solvent cleaning machines that use any of the following
halogenated solvents: Methylene chloride, perchloroethylene,
trichloroethylene, 1,1,1, - trichloroethane, carbon tetrachloride,
chloroform, or any combination of these solvents in a total
concentration greater than 5 percent by weight. Each individual solvent
cleaning machine is an affected source. The Halogenated Solvent
Cleaning NESHAP was projected to reduce nationwide emissions of
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from halogenated solvent cleaning
machines by 85,300 tons per year, or 63 percent of the 1991 baseline
emissions of 140,525 tons per year. On December 3, 1999, the rule was
amended by adding compliance options for continuous web cleaning
machines. Continuous web cleaning machines are considered a subset of
in-line cleaning machines and are defined as: ``A solvent cleaning
machine in which parts such as film, coils, wire, and metal strips are
cleaned at speeds typically in excess of 11 feet per minute. Parts are
generally uncoiled, cleaned such that the same part is simultaneously
entering and exiting the solvent application area of the solvent
cleaning machine, and then recoiled or cut.`` This action is required
by the CAA to assess residual risk and develop standards as necessary
to provide an ample margin of safety.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/17/06 71 FR 47670
Notice of Data Availability
(NODA) 12/14/06 71 FR 75182
Final Action 04/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4668; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/August/Day-17/a6927.htm;
Sectors Affected: 335999 All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment
and Component Manufacturing; 332999 All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated
Metal Product Manufacturing; 336999 All Other Transportation Equipment
Manufacturing; 337124 Metal Household Furniture Manufacturing; 332116
Metal Stamping; 339 Miscellaneous Manufacturing; 336 Transportation
Equipment Manufacturing
Agency Contact: Lynn Dail, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2363
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: [email protected]
Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
E143-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5335
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AK22
_______________________________________________________________________
2785. NESHAP: GENERAL PROVISIONS; AMENDMENTS FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION
ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.2; 40 CFR 63.17; 40 CFR 63.18
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: We are amending the part 63 General Provisions to allow
facilities that are subject to a maximum achievable control technology
(MACT) to discontinue unnecessary requirements if, through pollution
prevention measures, they achieve and can demonstrate continued
hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emission reductions equivalent to or
better than the MACT level of control. The amendments would also allow
a source to avoid MACT by completely eliminating HAP emissions. We are
promulgating these
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amendments to encourage and promote pollution prevention, which is our
strategy of first choice in reducing HAP emissions. We expect these
amendments to result in no additional burden for sources and air
pollution control agencies. This effort is the product of discussions
with State and local air pollution control officials.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/15/03 68 FR 26249
Final Action 06/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4719; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2003/May/Day-15/a12180.htm;
Agency Contact: Rick Colyer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, D205-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5262
Email: [email protected]
Michael Regan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
D205-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5294
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AK54
_______________________________________________________________________
2786. MODIFICATION OF THE ANTI-DUMPING BASELINE DATE CUT-OFF LIMIT FOR
DATA USED IN DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL BASELINE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7521(1); 42 USC 7545; 42 USC
7601(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.91(b)(1)(i); 40 CFR 80.93(a)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: ``Dumping'' refers to the practice whereby refiners making
clean fuels for certain markets (such as reformulated gasoline for
clean-air purposes) take the pollutants removed from the clean fuels
and ``dump'' them into other fuels they are producing for other
markets. This, if allowed, would make those other fuels even dirtier
than before, and so the Clean Air Act prohibits this practice. EPA has
existing ``anti-dumping'' rules on the books that codify this Clean Air
Act prohibition. This regulation is a minor technical amendment to
those existing regulations. It would amend a portion of those
regulations to allow the use of data collected after January 1, 1995,
in the development of baselines, and it would establish a cut-off date
of January 1, 2002, for the submission of all individual baselines
under the anti-dumping program. This date is the same as that allowed
for foreign refineries seeking a unique individual baseline under the
anti-dumping program.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Direct Final Rule 01/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4604;
Agency Contact: Christine Brunner, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6407, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4287
Email: [email protected]
Patrice Sims, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8643
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AJ82
_______________________________________________________________________
2787. FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (FIP) FOR THE BILLINGS/LAUREL,
MONTANA, SULFUR DIOXIDE (SO2) AREA
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 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
May 2, 2002 and May 22, 2003 we partially and limitedly approved and
partially and limitedly 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 07/12/06 71 FR 39259
Final Action 06/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4542; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/July/Day-12/a6096.htm;
Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries
Agency Contact: Laurie Ostrand, Environmental Protection Agency,
Regional Office Denver, 8P-AR, Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303 312-6437
Fax: 303 312-6064
Email: [email protected]
Cynthia Cody, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office Denver,
8P-AR, Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303 312-6228
Fax: 303 312-6064
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2008-AA00
_______________________________________________________________________
2788. 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
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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
________________________________________________________________________
Direct Final Rule 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, State
Additional Information: SAN No. 4348;
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]
Sara Schneeberg, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5592
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AI97
_______________________________________________________________________
2789. 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 that may have significant unintended
negative impacts on refiners and importers. 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 01/04/05 70 FR 646
Final Action 06/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4632; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2005/January/Day-04/a043.htm;
Agency Contact: Marilyn Bennett, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9624
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AK02
_______________________________________________________________________
2790. CALIFORNIA GASOLINE TECHNICAL CORRECTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7521(1); 42 USC 7545; 42 USC
7601(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.81(a)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule corrects final regulations that were published in
the Federal Register on March 29, 2001 (66 FR 17230). The corrected
regulatory provision restores the definition of California gasoline as
used in the enforcement exemptions for California gasoline under the
regulation of fuels and fuel additives.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Direct Final Rule 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4722;
Agency Contact: Christine Brunner, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6407, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4287
Email: [email protected]
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John Hannon, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5563
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AK56
_______________________________________________________________________
2791. ANTI-DUMPING BASELINE RECALCULATION FOR DOWNSTREAM OXYGENATE
ADDITION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 7601(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.91
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would allow a refiner who added oxygenate after
sampling and just before shipment to exclude that oxygenate from its
anti-dumping baseline determination. This exclusion of oxygenate is
already allowed for a refinery's gasoline to which oxygenate was added
outside of the refinery gate. This rule will have limited application,
and could provide relief to small refiners.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Direct Final Rule 04/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4706;
Agency Contact: Christine Brunner, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6407, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4287
Email: [email protected]
Patrice Sims, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-8643
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AK69
_______________________________________________________________________
2792. PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION (PSD) AND NONATTAINMENT
NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR): DEBOTTLENECKING, AGGREGATION, AND PROJECT
NETTING
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.165; 40 CFR 51.166; 40 CFR 52.21
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This project will revise rules governing the major new source
review (NSR) programs mandated by parts C and D of title I of the Clean
Air Act (CAA). The new regulations will clarify and codify our policy
of when multiple activities at a single major stationary source must be
considered together for the purposes of determining major NSR
applicability (``aggregation''). Also, we are changing the way
emissions from permitted emissions units upstream or downstream from
those undergoing a physical change or change in the method of operation
are considered when determining if a proposed project will result in a
significant emissions increase (``debottlenecking''). Finally, we are
clarifying how emissions decreases from a project may be included in
the calculation to determine if a significant emissions increase will
result from a project (``project netting''). When final, these rules
will improve implementation of the program by articulating and
codifying principles for determining major NSR applicability that we
currently address through guidance only. These rule changes reflect the
EPA's consideration of the EPA's 2002 Report to the President and its
associated recommendations as well as discussions with various
stakeholders including representatives of environmental groups, State
and local governments, and industry.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/14/06 71 FR 54235
Final Action 09/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State
Additional Information: SAN No. 4793; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/September/Day-14/a15248.htm
Agency Contact: Dave Svendsgaard, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, C504-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2380
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
Lisa Sutton, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-
03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3450
Fax: 919 541-5509
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AL75
_______________________________________________________________________
2793. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF AIR POLLUTION FROM NEW MOTOR VEHICLES: ON-
BOARD DIAGNOSTIC REQUIREMENTS FOR HEAVY-DUTY ENGINES AND VEHICLES ABOVE
14,000 POUNDS AND IN-USE, NOT-TO-EXCEED EMISSION STANDARD TEST
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671q
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing to establish On-Board Diagnostic (OBD)
requirements for Heavy-Duty On-Highway and Non-Road vehicles and
engines greater than 14,000 pounds gross vehicle weight. This action
will also propose to require manufacturers of these vehicles and
engines to make available emissions-related service information to
after-market service providers. OBD systems are intended to monitor the
performance of emission controls on these vehicles and engines to
ensure proper functionality and compliance with emissions standards.
This notice also proposes a manufacturer run in-use testing program for
heavy-duty engines and vehicles to assess compliance with the
applicable not-to-exceed standards beginning in 2007. This portion of
the notice has a court-ordered date for May 2004 and final May 2005 as
a result of a settlement between EPA , ARB, and Engine Manufacturers.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/24/07 72 FR 3200
NPRM Comment Period End 03/26/07
Final Action 07/00/07
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4809; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2007/January/Day-24/a110a.htm;
Agency Contact: Todd Sherwood, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, AALDOC, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4405
Email: [email protected]
Holly Pugliese, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
AAPTIG, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4288
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AL92
_______________________________________________________________________
2794. ALTERNATIVE WORK PRACTICE FOR LEAK DETECTION AND REPAIR
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 61; 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 65
Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, March 31, 2007, Thompson Report
commitment date for proposal and March, 2007 for promulgation.
Abstract: This rule would amend existing regulations controlling
emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and hazardous air
pollutants (HAP) under the Clean Air Act. These regulations are
codified at 40 CFR part 60, 61, 63, and 65. These regulations require
periodic leak detection and repair (LDAR) of pumps, valves, and
connectors. The current work practice requires each pump, valve, and
connector to be individually monitored for leaks. Facilities have had
LDAR programs in place for over 20 years and view them as burdensome
because they are labor intensive. Newer image-based monitoring
technology is being developed that will detect leaks at a reduced cost
because of the ability to monitor multiple components at one time. This
rule would amend the existing regulations to enable the plant operators
to use the new technology.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/06/06 71 FR 17401
Extended NPRM Comment Period End06/07/06 71 FR 32885
Final Action 07/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4830;
Agency Contact: David Markwordt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, E143-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
KC Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C143-
01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AL98
_______________________________________________________________________
2795. NESHAP AND NSPS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS--AMENDMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7601
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1960; 40 CFR 63.1975; 40 CFR 63.1980
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will address issues concerning the National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills that was published on January 16, 2003. We will revise the
startup, shutdown, and malfunction provisions promulgated in the rule
in response to requests for more flexibility. We will clarify that the
moisture balance calculations should be calculated on a wet weight
basis as a response to requests about the intent of the promulgated
rule. We will correct errors in the compliance dates for the rule.
Another aspect of 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 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
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/08/06 71 FR 53272
Final Action 01/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Local, Tribal
Energy Effects: Statement of Energy Effects planned as required by
Executive Order 13211.
Additional Information: SAN No. 4846; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/September/Day-08/a7493.htm;
NPRM was published 09/08/2006 (71 FR 53272) as RIN 2060-AJ41.
Agency Contact: Karen Rackley, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, E143-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919 541-0634
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]
Related RIN: Previously reported as 2060-AH13, Previously reported as
2060-AJ41
RIN: 2060-AM08
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2796. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: AMENDMENTS TO THE SECTION 608
LEAK REPAIR REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671q
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82, subpart F
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Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking will propose changes and amendments to the
refrigerant leak repair regulations (40 CFR 82, subpart F) promulgated
under section 608 of the Clean Air Act. The goal of the regulations is
to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by promulgating regulations
that reduce the use and emissions of ozone-depleting refrigerants to
the lowest achievable level. This proposal will clarify the leak repair
regulations by requiring that owners and operators of comfort cooling,
commercial refrigeration, and industrial process refrigeration
appliances that have ozone-depleting charges greater than 50 pounds
calculate leak rates, verify all repairs, and document repair efforts.
This rulemaking will provide further clarity by adding definitions and
discussing compliance scenarios.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4856;
URL For More Information:
www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/608
Agency Contact: Julius Banks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9870
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]
Nancy Smagin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205-
J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9126
Fax: 202 343-2337
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM09
_______________________________________________________________________
2797. NESHAP: AREA SOURCE STANDARDS--ETHYLENE OXIDE HOSPITAL
STERILIZATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 30, 2000.
NPRM, Judicial, October 31, 2006, As per 5/22/2003 Revised Partial
Consent Decree.
Final, Judicial, December 20, 2007, As per 5/22/2003 Revised Partial
Consent Decree.
Abstract: On November 6, 2006, the Agency proposed two options to
address the Clean Air Act requirements for hospital sterilizers. One
option requires no action and the other action requires implementation
of a work practice. The Clean Air Act requires that EPA list area
source categories that contribute to the emissions of 30 listed urban
HAPs, and that are, or will be, subject to standards under section 112
of the Act. Sterilization processes use ethylene oxide, which is one of
the 30 listed HAPs. Hospital sterilization, a listed area source
category, is a major contributor of ethylene oxide emissions in urban
areas.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/06/06 71 FR 64907
NPRM Comment Period End 01/05/07
Final Action 01/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4859; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/November/Day-06/a18644.htm;
Agency Contact: David Markwordt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, E143-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
KC Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C143-
01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM14
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2798. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES AND
EQUIPMENT
Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521-7601(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 90
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, December 1, 2004.
Final, Statutory, December 31, 2005.
Abstract: In this action, we are proposing exhaust emission standards
for spark-ignition marine engines and small land-based engines (<19
kW). We are also proposing evaporative emission standards for vessels
and equipment using these engines. Nationwide, these emission sources
contribute to ozone, carbon monoxide (CO), and particulate matter (PM)
nonattainment. These pollutants cause a range of adverse health
effects, especially in terms of respiratory impairment and related
illnesses. The proposed standards would help States achieve and
maintain air quality standards. In addition, these standards would help
reduce acute exposure to CO, air toxics, and PM.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4882
Agency Contact: Glenn Passavant, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAR/OTAQ/ASD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4408
Fax: 734 214-4050
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM34
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2799. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: IMPORT PETITIONING REQUIREMENTS
FOR HALON-1301 AIRCRAFT FIRE EXTINGUISHING VESSELS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671 to 7671q
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Legal Deadline: None
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Abstract: This rule will provide an exemption under the import
petitioning requirements for used ozone-depleting substances. The
petitioning requirements outline the information that importers must
submit to the Administrator at least 40 working days before a shipment
is to leave the foreign port of export. This rule will reduce the
administrative burden of anyone petitioning to import aircraft fire
extinguishing spherical pressure vessels containing halon-1301 (``halon
bottles'') for hydrostatic testing in the United States. The rule would
require importers to adhere to all import petitioning requirements but
would require one petition to be submitted annually for all shipments
rather than submission of a petition for each individual shipment 40
working days prior to export. Halon bottles are individual bottles
containing halon-1301 that are connected to a larger fire suppression
system within an aircraft. The halon bottles are brought into the
United States for hydrostatic testing in which the halon is removed,
the bottles are tested to ensure durability and effectiveness, and the
same amount or more of halon is replaced back in the bottles and
exported once again. The halon bottles must be routinely tested under
Federal Aviation Administration and United States Department of
Transportation regulations. The exemption to minimize the import
petitioning requirements is being initiated because the bottles are not
being imported for the eventual use or resale of the halon contained in
the bottles and because hydrostatic testing of the bottles is required
under FAA and DOT regulations.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/11/06 71 FR 18259
Direct Final Action 04/11/06 71 FR 18219
Withdrawal of DFRM 06/07/06 71 FR 32840
Final Action 06/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4900; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/April/Day-11/a3462.htm; EPA
Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0131
URL For More Information:
www.epa.gov\ozone\title6
Agency Contact: Bella Maranion, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9749
Fax: 202 343-2338
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM46
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2800. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; REFRIGERANT RECYCLING;
CERTIFICATION OF RECOVERY AND RECOVERY/RECYCLING EQUIPMENT INTENDED FOR
USE WITH SUBSTITUTE REFRIGERANTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would amend the rule on refrigerant recycling
equipment intended for use with Substitute Refrigerants. This amendment
would clarify how the requirements of Clean Air Act section 608 extend
to refrigerant recovery and/or recycling equipment intended for use
with substitutes for CFC and HCFC refrigerants.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 07/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4916;
URL For More Information:
www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/608
Agency Contact: Julius Banks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9870
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]
Nancy Smagin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205-
J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9126
Fax: 202 343-2337
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM49
_______________________________________________________________________
2801. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: LISTING OF SUBSTITUTES IN THE
MOTOR VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING SECTOR UNDER THE SIGNIFICANT NEW
ALTERNATIVES POLICY (SNAP) PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671k
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82.180
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking will propose to list two new alternatives to
ozone depleting substances in the motor vehicle air conditioning sector
and outline the conditions necessary for their safe use. Our analysis
indicates that these new alternatives have better energy efficiency and
lower impacts on the environment than currently available systems. If
EPA takes final action approving these systems under SNAP, EPA would
expand the options available to the automotive industry. The automotive
industry, if it chose to adopt these technologies, would be required to
comply with the conditions necessary to deploy these systems in a safe
manner.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/21/06 71 FR 55140
NPRM Comment Period End 10/23/06
Final Action 07/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4918;
Agency Contact: Karen Thundiyil, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9464
Email: [email protected]
Jeff Cohen, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9005
Fax: 202 343-2337
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM54
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2802. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: MODIFICATIONS TO THE TECHNICIAN
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION 608 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT
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: EPA is amending appendix D to subpart F of 40 CFR 82--
Standards for Becoming a Certifying Program for Technicians. The
Refrigerant Recycling Regulations governing standards for certifying
programs for technicians were promulgated under section 608 of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (May 1994; 59 FR 28660). These
regulations were amended on November 9, 1994 (59 FR 559120), to clarify
the scope of the technician certification requirements and to provide a
limited exemption from certification requirements for apprentices. The
amendment to the regulation will provide specific requirements for
programs applying to become certifying organizations, will specify
reporting and recordkeeping requirements in order to enhance
implementation of the program, and will define other administrative
components of the program to improve accountability.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 07/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4901;
Agency Contact: Nancy Smagin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6205-J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9126
Fax: 202 343-2337
Email: [email protected]
Julius Banks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9870
Fax: 202 565-2155
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM55
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2803. NESHAP: GASOLINE DISTRIBUTION AREA SOURCE STANDARDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, October 31, 2006, As per 05/22/2003
Revised Partial Consent Decree.
Final, Judicial, December 20, 2007, As per 05/22/2003 Revised Parital
Consent Decree.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA) includes two provisions--sections
112(c)(3) and 112(k)(3)(B)(ii)--that instruct us to identify and list
source categories that contribute to the emissions of the 30 ``listed''
(or area source) Hazardous Air Pollutants(HAP), and that are, or will
be, subject to standards under section 112 of the CAA. EPA listed
``Gasoline Distribution Stage I'' as a new area source category in the
Integrated Urban Strategy for National Air Toxics Program (July 19,
1999, 40 FR 38706). Further, we agreed under a 2003 consent agreement
to propose a rule for this area source category on or before October
31, 2006, and promulgate a final rule by December 20, 2007. No
definitions are published for ``Gasoline Distribution Area Sources.''
However, it is generally understood to include gasoline storage and
transfer operations as gasoline is moved from the production refinery
process units to and including the gasoline station storage tank.
Vehicle refueling operations had been separated when this source
category was listed since it is currently regulated under CAA sections
182(b)(3) and 202(a)(6). Area sources emit or have a potential to emit
less than 10 tons per year of any single HAP or less than 25 tons per
year of total HAP. The higher emitting sources (major sources) in this
industry are already regulated (40 CFR 63, subpart R) under CAA section
112 national emission standards.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/09/06 71 FR 66064
NPRM Comment Period End 01/08/07
NPRM Comment Period Extended 01/08/07 72 FR 726
Final Action 01/00/08
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4907; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/November/Day-09/a18656.htm
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]
RIN: 2060-AM74
_______________________________________________________________________
2804. STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR STATIONARY SPARK IGNITED INTERNAL
COMBUSTION ENGINES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 111
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, May 23, 2006, Consent Decree entered 7/
15/2004 regarding NSPS forcompression-ignited stationary engines and
NSPS for spark-ignited engines.
Final, Judicial, December 20, 2007, Consent Decree entered 7/15/2004
regarding NSPS forcompression-ignited stationary engines and NSPS for
spark-ignited engines.
Abstract: This project is to develop New Source Performance Standards
(NSPS) for stationary reciprocating internal combustion spark-ignited
engines. This includes two stroke lean burn (2SLB) engines, four stroke
lean burn (4SLB) engines, and four stroke rich burn (4SRB) engines.
These standards are being developed under section 111 of the CAA to
require the application of the best system of emission reduction taking
into account the cost of achieving emission reductions and
environmental and energy impacts. The pollutants that will be addressed
in this rulemaking are PM, NOx, SO2, and CO. The project is on a
litigated schedule to propose by May 2006 and to promulgate by December
2007. Information gathering began in early April 2004 and will result
in the development of regulatory packages to propose and promulgate an
NSPS standard.
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Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/12/06 71 FR 33804
Final Action 12/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Local, State
Additional Information: SAN No. 4915; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/June/Day-12/a4919.htm;
Agency Contact: Jaime Pagan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5340
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: [email protected]
Robert Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
D243-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1045
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AM81
_______________________________________________________________________
2805. COMPONENT DURABILITY PROCEDURES FOR NEW LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES, LIGHT
DUTY TRUCKS, AND HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On October 22, 2002, the United States Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia 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 pre-production 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 prescribed 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 emissions standards
or the test procedures used to quantify emissions. Although there is no
court-ordered deadline, this is a court-ordered action. During the
comment period of the NPRM the Agency received a comment from the Afton
Chemical Corporation (formally known as Ethyl Corporation) suggesting
that EPA did not address the component durability portion of the new
vehicle emissions certification process and should establish a
procedure for rulemaking requesting comment on whether our current
component durability process is appropriate or if we should revise the
process to include a limited amount of testing.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Supplemental 2 NPRM 01/17/06 71 FR 2843
Final Action 08/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4757.1; EPA publication information:
Supplemental 2 NPRM - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/January/
Day-17/a073.htm; Split from RIN 2060-AK76.
Agency Contact: Linda Hormes, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, AAPTIG, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4502
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN01
_______________________________________________________________________
2806. NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS: SURFACE
COATING OF AUTOMOBILES AND LIGHT-DUTY TRUCKS; AMENDMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 subpart IIII
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will be done as two separate amendments to the
final National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the
surface coating of automobiles and light-duty trucks. The first
amendment will add an option to include the coating of heavier vehicles
under the automobile and light-duty truck rule. The second amendment
will clarify the interaction between this rule and the NESHAP for
surface coating of plastic parts and products. The second amendment
also will improve the rule by clarifying specific provisions and
correcting errors in the original printing of the final rule and
announce the availability of a revised version of the Protocol for
Determining the Daily Volatile Organic Compound Emission Rate of
Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Topcoat Operations. The original final
rule was published in the Federal Register on April 26, 2004 (69 FR
22602). The rule affects the surface coating of automobile and light-
duty truck bodies and body parts for use in new vehicles at facilities
that are major sources of hazardous air pollutants.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/22/06 71 FR 76956
NPRM Comment Period End 01/22/07
Direct Final Rule 12/22/06 71 FR 76922
Direct Final Amendment 04/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4958; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/December/Day-22/a21974.htm;
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]
KC Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C143-
01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5395
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN10
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2807. REVISIONS TO THE CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS MONITORING RULE FOR THE ACID
RAIN PROGRAM AND THE NOX BUDGET TRADING PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 75 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would modify the existing requirements for sources
affected by the Acid Rain Program, and the NOx Budget Trading Program.
The Acid Rain Continuous Emission Monitoring (CEM) rule would be
revised to improve implementation by making improvements to the
monitoring and reporting process that will benefit both EPA and the
facilities affected by the rule. These amendments will have no
environmental impacts, and are expected to reduce the ongoing costs and
burden associated with reporting emissions under the current rule by
instituting a revised reporting procedure that will reduce the
redundancy that currently exists with the existing procedures.
Specifically, as part of its reengineering efforts, EPA is replacing
the existing record type dependant reporting format with an XML data
reporting format that takes advantage of technological advances in data
management. This fundamental change is expected to reduce the costs of
programming data collection systems at the affected facilities and
should provide EPA with the flexibility to better adapt its systems to
unique data configurations, which are not currently easily (or
properly) adaptable by the current reporting structure. EPA expects to
reduce the cost and burden associated with resubmittals of data reports
due to errors identified after the submittals are made. This action
also attempts to clarify, simplify, and enhance certain sections in the
CEM rule to make it easier for sources to understand and comply with
the regulation. Examples include: Providing a mechanism for a source to
utilize the concept of long-term cold storage; clarifying that only one
monitoring methodology should be specified at any time; and modifying
the quality assurance timing requirements for ozone-season-only
reporters. These amendments need to be finalized prior to the planned
implementation date of January 1, 2007.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/22/06 71 FR 49254
NPRM Comment Period End 10/23/06
Final Action 06/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4969; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/August/Day-22/a6819.htm;
Agency Contact: Matthew Boze, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation, 6204J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9211
Fax: 202 343-9211
Email: [email protected]
Beth Murray, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6204J,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9211
Fax: 202 343-9211
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN16
_______________________________________________________________________
2808. REVISIONS TO AIR EMISSIONS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51, subpart A
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action seeks to combine and consolidate air emission
reporting requirements from three regulations. The three regulations
are the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), the Consolidated Emissions
Reporting Rule (CERR), and the NOx SIP Call. Each of these regulations
has associated emissions reporting requirements. The purpose of this
action is to resolve differences in the reporting requirements in the
three regulations so that the regulated community will have a single
location in the Code of Federal Regulations that details air emission
reporting requirements. For example, the CERR and the NOx SIP Call use
similar but not identical terminology to describe what data must be
reported to EPA. The proposed rule would resolve these differences.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/03/06 71 FR 69
Final Action 06/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Local, State
Additional Information: SAN No. 4951; EPA publication information: NPRM
- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/January/Day-03/a24614.htm;
EPA Docket information: OAR-2004-0489
Agency Contact: Dennis Beauregard, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, C339-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919 541-5512
Fax: 919 541-0684
Email: [email protected]
Doug Solomon, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-
02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919 541-4132
Fax: 919 541-0684
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 2060-AN20
_______________________________________________________________________
2809. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: REVISION TO LISTING OF CARBON
DIOXIDE TOTAL FLOODING FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS RESTRICTING USE TO
ONLY UNOCCUPIED AREAS
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: Section 612 of the Clean Air Act requires EPA to identify
alternatives to Class I and II ozone-depleting substances and to
publish lists of acceptable and unacceptable substitutes. Producers of
substitutes must notify EPA at least 90 days before alternatives are
introduced into interstate commerce. Substitutes which are deemed by
EPA to be unacceptable or acceptable subject to use restrictions must
go through notice and comment rulemaking. Substitute lists are updated
intermittently depending on the volume of notifications. Independent of
any
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petitions or notifications received, EPA may also initiate updates to
the substitute lists based on new data on either additional substitutes
or on characteristics of substitutes previously reviewed. Based on new
information on the continued and growing use of carbon dioxide total
flooding fire extinguishing systems, EPA is revising its listing of
carbon dioxide as an acceptable total flooding substitute for ozone-
depleting halons to acceptable subject to narrowed use limits. Use
would be limited to unoccupied areas where personnel could not be
exposed to lethal concentration of the agent. Recent changes to
national fire protection industry standards reflect need to improve
personnel safety requirements for carbon dioxide systems by limiting
its applications. Carbon dioxide total flooding fire extinguishing
systems are used in some industrial applications such as automobile
paint rooms and in marine applications such as machinery spaces.
Restricted use limits on carbon dioxide total flooding systems supports
the use of substitutes that are not potentially lethal to personnel
that could be exposed.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 07/00/07
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4991;
Agency Contact: Bella Maranion, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 343-9749
Fax: 202 343-2338
Email: