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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY (EPA)
Administrator's Preamble to the
Regulatory Plan
Over the nearly 25 years since its
formation, the Environmental Protection
Agency has overseen a remarkably
successful effort to rid our Nation of the
most unsightly and obvious effects of
pollution. Many of America's rivers and
streams are now restored to healthful
recreational uses, and on any given day
the air most Americans breathe is pure
enough for all but the most vulnerable
populations. We have made a good start
in cleaning up the most threatening
incidences of abandoned hazardous
waste, and we have in place a "cradle-
to-grave" network to control the
indiscriminate disposal of new waste.
Undeniably, we have made a great
deal of progress in a very short time. Not
only have we committed ourselves to
the cleanup of pollution, we have
formed the national will to prevent its
recurrence by thoughtful management
and prevention.
The Job Ahead
As good as this record is, it does not
tell the whole story. In some areas
population growth and its
accompanying environmental stresses
have outpaced our efforts. In others,
even as we have dealt successfully with
many of the largest and most palpable
sources of pollutants, we have
uncovered evidence of other, more
subtle dangers that continue to threaten
our health and well-being. For example:
• Thirty years after Rachel Carson
warned us in her book, "Silent
Spring," to reduce our dependence on
pesticides, we have doubled our use
of pesticides.
• Twenty-five years after the garbage-
filled Cuyahoga River spontaneously
caught fire, 40 percent of our rivers
and lakes are not suitable for fishing
or swimming.
• In 1993, residents of major U.S.
cities—Milwaukee, New York, and
Washington, DC—were ordered to
boil their water. In Milwaukee,
thousands got sick from contaminated
water; some died.
• Twenty years after passage of the
Clean Air Act, one in four Americans
lives in an area where air quality does
not meet Federal standards.
Meanwhile, asthma—a condition
aggravated by this remaining
pollution—is on the rise.
• Fourteen years after Love Canal, one
in four Americans lives within four
miles of a toxic dumpsite.
So, despite our success to date, much
remains to be done.
Following the President's Lead
As one of the principal regulatory
agencies in the Federal Government,
EPA is acutely aware of its
responsibility to protect public health
and the environment in a flexible
manner that does not place undue
burden on the economy. The President
has pointed out that the long-term
strength of our economy is inextricably
linked to the health of the environment,
and vice-versa. Nevertheless, the current
costs of our environmental investments
are substantial, and the decision to pay
those costs is often a difficult one.
Therefore, EPA subscribes to the
principles the President laid out in
Executive Order 12866 to ensure that
regulatory agencies exercise their
authority prudently.
EPA seeks nonregulatory solutions
whenever they can assuredly achieve
environmental goals. When regulation is
required by either law or circumstance,
the Agency seeks to produce rules that
forthrightly implement the law, protect
public health and our Nation's
ecosystems, and—when legally
allowable—specifically account for the
costs imposed on society. In setting
environmental priorities and levels of
control, EPA routinely analyzes the
risks of pollution when legal and
appropriate. In addition, the Agency
continues to increase its outreach to
partners in State and local government,
as well as to environmentalists,
industry, and other affected parties, to
make sure environmental decisions
reflect the best information available
about both the problem at hand and
appropriate, affordable solutions.
EPA's Common Sense Initiative
One of the specific ways in which
EPA is addressing the President's
directives is through the Common Sense
Initiative, in which the Agency and
outside groups will undertake a
cooperative investigation of cheaper
ways to provide cleaner outcomes. One
consequence of EPA's historical
approach to regulation is that any given
regulated entity may find itself bound
by a number of environmental
requirements that are not coordinated to
achieve efficiency at the point of
compliance. A firm may find itself
responding to air, water, land, and
toxic-substance controls that appear
duplicative or unnecessarily
burdensome. As a result of the
regulatory burden, however, these firms
are discouraged from making
investments that might very well protect
the environment better at a lower
overall cost. While there are good
reasons to impose multiple
requirements from the perspective of
national program management, EPA is
looking for solutions to problems that
make sense not only nationally, but also
locally, where real people make real
investments to protect the environment.
EPA's Common Sense Initiative will
do something about this. The Agency is
reaching out to several sectors of
industry to examine the real impacts of
multiple requirements at the
industry/local level. For this initial
round of discussions EPA has selected
the following industries: auto
manufacture, electronics, iron and steel,
metal finishing, petroleum refining, and
printing. Agency staff and managers
intend to listen to industry,
environmentalists, State and local
governments, and others to learn just
how multiple environmental
requirements are working at their points
of intersection.
When this process turns up ways to
improve the environmental performance
of these industries by providing
cheaper, more flexible ways to comply
with our requirements, EPA will work
to bring about this "cheaper" solution.
In return, the Agency will look to these
industries to identify even more
effective strategies to control pollution
in their plants and communities, so that
the public benefits from a "cleaner"
solution as well. By pursuing this
"cheaper, cleaner" strategy with these
initial industries, EPA hopes to learn
how to better effect national
environmental controls that also make
sense locally.
Some of the areas the Common Sense
Initiative will explore are: pollution
prevention, alternative compliance
mechanisms, reform of data
management and recordkeeping
(especially introduction of electronic
reporting), review and reform of existing
regulations, coordinating multiple new
rulemakings across program lines,
multimedia permitting, and the
introduction of improved environmental
technology.
Strategic Themes
In laying out its agenda under the
Clinton Administration, EPA has been
guided by several major concepts that
will revolutionize not only the Agency,
but also the way all participants think
about the design and delivery of
environmental protection. Even when a
statute directs EPA to undertake
rulemaking that will, by all outward
signs, produce a traditional command-
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and-control regulation, Agency
managers are using these concepts to
guide our definition of the problem, our
outreach to the public, and our
regulatory determinations. To one
extent or another, all of the regulations
highlighted in this first Regulatory Plan
reflect the central strategic themes
described below.
A New Generation of Environmental
Protection
The Vice President has challenged all
of us to join him on a bold new path to
revolutionize the Federal Government
by making it more efficient and
responsive to its customers, the
American people. EPA has eagerly
joined him in this undertaking in
numerous ways. Perhaps most
indicative of EPA's new direction is its
willingness to attempt more flexible
methods to achieve desirable results for
the environment. All of EPA's policy
actions will benefit from these new
attitudes and approaches.
Ecosystem Protection
EPA's mission has always been to
protect public health and the
environment from the effects of
environmental pollution. However, for a
variety of reasons, EPA has concentrated
a preponderance of its effort on health
protection over the past 20 years. Today
the Agency is moving to restore the
balance between public health and
ecological protection, because a natural
environment that will not sustain
abundant life in all its forms cannot
long sustain life for the human species.
In this plan there are regulatory actions
resulting from EPA's work with States,
localities, other Federal agencies, and
such private interests as the agricultural
community to protect and restore vital
ecosystems to nurturing health. Actions
emphasizing this theme are those
affecting the San Francisco Bay Delta,
Great Lakes Water Quality, and
Endangered Species.
Environmental Justice
Social inequity is a fact of life in the
United States, as it is throughout the
world. When it takes the form of
inordinate environmental risk imposed
upon those who are poor or otherwise
powerless, EPA must engage itself in
reversing that injustice. America's
young, especially poor and minority
children, are frequently at the mercy of
a world ordered primarily for the
convenience of adults. They are
particularly susceptible to long-term
damage from exposure to lead—damage
in the form of lung disorders, learning
disabilities, and more. In this Regulatory
Plan, EPA proposes to expand our
regulation of lead contamination by
identifying lead-based hazards in paint,
soil, and dust. While such action will
support improved protection for all
population groups, a principal
beneficiary will be the children of the
poor, all too many of whom are
unsuspectingly exposed to this
insidious hazard.
Pollution Prevention
In recent years EPA has emphasized
the prevention of pollution as the most
efficient alternative to cleaning up after
the damage has been done. The Glinton
Administration is committed to
maintaining this eminently sensible
direction. If there were ever a
prescription for cheaper, cleaner
environmental protection, it surely
involves pollution prevention at its
core. In this Regulatory Plan there are a
number of actions that promote
pollution prevention as a major
emphasis. For instance, EPA is
preparing regulations to guide Risk
Management Planning for the
prevention of accidental chemical
releases. This rule will not only assist
industry in adopting appropriate
safeguards for prevention of accidents, it
will also provide further incentive for
the minimization of hazardous
chemicals in the community.
EPA's plan to expand the Toxic
Release Inventory (TRI), which will
require reporting of more chemicals by
more types of facilities, will strengthen
one of the most significant tools for
pollution prevention yet devised. Since
the inception of TRI several years ago,
firms using risky chemicals have
voluntarily and very creatively reduced
their inventories and use of these
chemicals. Such firms are thereby
improving the safety of their own
processes, while affording greater
protection to the citizens of their
communities. Linked to this rule is a
possible small-source exemption that
will provide some measure of relief to
the reporting community. This
exemption will allow facilities releasing
small amounts of listed chemicals to be
exempt from full TRI reporting
requirements. EPA's planned Chemical
Use Inventory Rule under TSCA will fill
a long-standing gap in our
understanding of how chemicals are
actually used by both consumers and
industry. Such information will assist
the Agency and the public to prevent
pollution by substituting safer
chemicals for more toxic substances
now employed in high-risk uses.
EPA's Draft Strategy on Waste
Minimization and Combustion includes
a major initiative to encourage a
reduction in the amount of hazardous
waste generated in the country and to
further ensure the safety and reliability
of hazardous waste combustion in
incinerators and industrial furnaces.
The Draft Strategy is the focal point for
a national dialogue both on needed
actions to reduce the amount of
hazardous wastes generated and on
regulatory change to tighten controls on
hazardous waste combustors. To ensure
the success of the Strategy, the Agency
is involving environmental groups,
waste-producing industries, waste-
management industries, States,
municipalities, and all other interested
parties in this dialogue.
Better Science and Data
Prudent environmental management
requires good information about not
only what we know, but also what we
must acknowledge as uncertain. While
EPA will continue to respond to public
concern about the environment, success
in finding cleaner, cheaper
environmental interventions depends
on the expansion of clear, well-
characterized information about the
problems and their potential solutions.
While all the regulatory actions in this
Plan depend on such knowledge for
their success, two are particularly
illustrative of this theme. In one
instance EPA proposes to update its
methods for testing automobiles for fuel
efficiency and emissions under actual
road conditions. The closer we can
simulate the real-world conditions
under which automobiles actually
operate, the more likely we are to meet
our environmental goals without
imposing unnecessary costs on either
industry or the individual motorist. In
another case EPA will reassess pesticide
tolerance levels, which will refine
controls on the concentration and
toxicity of pesticides to be applied in
the future. Of particular importance is
EPA's intention to consider
measurement of tolerances not only in
the field, where they are now set, but
also in the marketplace, where they
would better reflect actual human
exposure.
Environmental Partnerships
While EPA is the Federal
Government's chief regulatory arm for
environmental protection, we are by no
means alone in commitment to this
national goal. There are several Federal
agencies besides EPA with major
environmental responsibilities. States
are critical components of our national
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system for environmental protection, as
they issue, inspect, and enforce the vast
majority of the permits that lie at the
root of our system's effectiveness.
Municipalities are playing an
increasingly important role, and are
bearing a great deal of the cost, serving
the public's need for a safe, clean
environment. And, to a marked extent,
individual citizens are studying the
facts and playing out key roles in
defining what measures of protection
are appropriate and necessary in
community and home situations. EPA
views all these authorities as partners in
an increasingly effective national system
of environmental protection.
In many of its regulatory actions, EPA
is joining forces with such partners to
determine the best environmental
course to follow. The action to set
Radiation Site Cleanup Standards will
involve several national agencies in the
design of rules to restore polluted
Federal facilities to meet public health
goals. EPA's response to a petition by
the Northeast Ozone Transport
Commission will engage the Agency in
dialogue with several States on the
possibility of imposing additional
performance standards on motor
vehicles operating in those States. Our
redesign of the New Source Review
program under the Clean Air Act will
make the program simpler and more
logical for States to administer. And our
revision of RCRA permit procedures
will open that program up to far more
comprehensive public participation.
Finally, the plan cited above to expand
the number and type of businesses
reporting toxic chemicals, and the
number and type of chemicals to be
reported, will empower individual
citizens to participate in environmental
management in their own communities.
Enforcement Accountability
EPA has traditionally emphasized the
need for firm, assured enforcement of
environmental requirements. In this
Regulatory Plan EPA describes a rule to
carry out the mandate of the Clean Air
Act for Enhanced Monitoring of air
sources. This action will promote
fairness and improve air quality by
requiring that stationary sources
monitor and certify continuous
compliance with applicable emissions
standards. There is substantial
flexibility built into the rule regarding
the method of monitoring to support
certification. In recognition that most
Americans, both corporate and private,
fully recognize their duty to obey
environmental laws, EPA is
complementing its zeal for enforcement
with a commitment to support positive
efforts to uphold environmental
standards throughout society. In a
recent reorganization EPA has
complemented its vigorous effort to seek
out and punish violators by creating a
unit to provide compliance assistance to
those actively seeking responsible,
creative ways to carry out their
environmental duties under the law.
Seeking Regulatory Alternatives
Wherever possible in its regulatory
activities, EPA is pursuing the
President's and the Administrator's
emphasis on environmental quality at
an affordable cost. Even though several
of our statutes do not admit of cost as
a factor in decisions protecting public
health, where legal and appropriate, the
Agency is exploring market-based
means to achieve important
environmental ends. Here are some
examples:
Acid Rain: EPA's acid rain program
uses a market-based approach to reduce
sulfur dioxide emissions from electric
utilities. Utilities are allowed to choose
the least-cost method of control,
whether installing pollution control
devices, switching to cleaner fuels, or
buying allowances from other utilities.
This reduces overall costs while
ensuring the desired reductions of
pollutants that cause acid rain.
Stratospheric Ozone: In order to
phase out ozone-depleting
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in an
orderly, cost-efficient manner, EPA's
regulation is based on a system of
allowances that encourages marketable
permits. This system allows producers,
importers, and exporters to trade in
situations where cost can be
substantially reduced.
MACT Standards: Under the Clean
Air Act, EPA must issue Maximum
Achievable Control Technology (MACT)
standards that require sources of air
pollution to achieve a relatively
stringent minimum level of emissions
control. This requirement prohibits the
use of certain market-based regulatory
strategies. However, provisions to allow
"emissions averaging" have been and
will continue to be incorporated into
various MACT rules as appropriate (for
example, in the cases of hazardous
organics, petroleum refining, and wood
furniture). Emissions averaging allows
facilities some flexibility to choose
which emissions points to control
(presumably those for which control
measures are cheaper) in order to
achieve the overall reductions required
for the facility.
Consumer Products: EPA is exploring
the use of economic incentives in
regulations to reduce volatile organic
chemicals (VOCs) from consumer and
commercial products. The Agency will
include its findings from these
explorations in a forthcoming report to
Congress. The first of these products to
be regulated is likely to be coatings for
architectural and industrial
maintenance (AIM), which has been the
topic of a regulatory negotiation. In the
course of this negotiation, the
committee has devised a flexible
regulatory structure that might
encompass a proposal to allow
manufacturers to exceed VOC content
thresholds in exchange for a fee based
on a graduated schedule. Fee revenues
would then be used to promote
additional VOC reductions through
recognition awards or research grants.
State Programs: EPA's Air program
has worked in close partnership with
States to promote the design and
adoption of State-level economic
incentive programs. In March EPA
issued the Economic Incentive Program
rule which establishes the framework
for these programs and, in certain
instances of nonattainment, requires
them. EPA continues to provide
technical and financial support to States
to explore market incentives, such as
emissions trading and vehicle scrappage
programs.
Local Financial Assurance: Current
EPA regulations require localities to
demonstrate financial capability to
properly close existing municipal solid
waste landfills. In a forthcoming rule,
the Agency will allow localities meeting
certain criteria to "self-insure" for this
purpose. The Agency estimates this new
flexibility will save local governments
$138 million or more per year.
Universal Wastes: In managing the
RCRA Hazardous Waste Program, EPA
has become aware of substantial
difficulties in treating, storing,
transporting, and disposing of certain
wastes that are hazardous but nearly
ubiquitous in our society. Examples
include nickel-cadmium and mercuric
oxide batteries and mercury-based
thermometers. Since the full RCRA Title
C hazardous waste requirements have
removed the incentive to recycle such
wastes, EPA has proposed different
standards that will ensure responsible
but more generally affordable
management of these wastes, while
providing the flexibility needed to
promote recycling.
Traditional Actions
Not every action selected for
emphasis in this Regulatory Plan fits
neatly into the theme categories the
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Clinton Administration is stressing for
EPA. The Agency continues to regulate
environmental problems as prescribed
by law, and a number of these actions
reflect the fundamental "end-of-pipe"
philosophy on which so much of our
environmental progress to date has been
built. Even these "traditional" ways of
doing business, however, benefit from
EPA's "cleaner, cheaper" philosophy.
For example, in March EPA issued a
policy under which EPA will regulate
various forms of combustion under a
coordinated plan. The rule to revise
certain Technical Standards for
Incineration under the Combustion
Strategy, as well as actions to control
Municipal Waste Combustion and
Medical Waste Incineration, are good
examples in point. EPA will construct
these rules around the best science and
data that can be assembled, broad public
involvement, and an awareness of the
effects of dioxin and other minute
contaminants on unsuspecting
consumers. And the Agency will
prepare these actions in the knowledge
that tough, coordinated control of
hazardous waste incineration will
inevitably lead to minimization of waste
and the prevention of further pollution.
EPA will continue to make sense of
the complicated structure of rules
governing the management of hazardous
waste. In one case that will mean adding
to the list of controls, as the Agency
completes its design of Land Disposal
Restrictions. In two other related rules,
the Hazardous Waste Identification
Rules for Contaminated Media and
Wastes, EPA will be simplifying the
system by removing certain low-risk
substances from the universe of wastes
required to be treated as hazardous.
In the same spirit, EPA's imposition
of controls on mobile sources of air
toxics will benefit from new and more
productive ways of carrying out our
traditional business. For instance we
will prepare a rule to control emissions
from small-engine, off-road devices such
as lawnmowers. Because we know the
effects of this rule will reach into
virtually every backyard in America, we
plan to conduct extra consultation to
learn how we can make it effective,
practical, and well understood. To do
this, we will initiate a Regulatory
Negotiation that will involve
representatives of all interests affected
in the design of our regulatory proposal.
The Challenge of Safe Drinking Water
The Safe Drinking Water Act poses a
special challenge to an Agency
providing aggressive protection for
public health while seeking creative
solutions that citizens can afford. The
current statute requires that EPA select
and regulate 25 contaminants every 3
years, and it provides little flexibility to
either the Agency or local water systems
in responding to the Act's mandates.
This plan presents in some detail four
upcoming actions under the Safe
Drinking Water Act: Management
Standards for Class V Injection Wells,
and National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations for (1) Groundwater
Disinfection, (2) the Phase VIB List of
Organic, and (3) Inorganic
Contaminants, and Radionuclides.
Undoubtedly, the cost of these rules will
be substantial. The Agency is currently
working on still other broadly
applicable rules under the Safe Drinking
Water Act, although the next scheduled
actions will not fall within this planning
period (October 1994 - October 1995).
Most notably, these include controls on
disinfectants and disinfection
byproducts, enhanced surface-water
filtration, and arsenic contamination.
EPA is concerned, as are all
Americans, that the services and
protection that Government provides be
necessary, effective, efficient, and
equitable. Where possible, the Agency
invites broad public involvement and
exercises judgment to ensure such a
result. For example, the rules referenced
above that will cover disinfectants and
disinfection byproducts and enhanced
surface-water filtration have been the
subject of detailed regulatory
negotiation involving a broad cross-
section of the affected public; their
design and costs will reflect the product
of that broad consensus, hi many cases,
however, public concern has been
growing about the affordability of some
of the rules the Safe Drinking Water Act
will continue to mandate both now and
in the future.
In response to this concern the
Clinton Administration is working with
the Congress on amendments to the Safe
Drinking Water Act that will help
communities afford needed protection
and allow the Agency more room to
exercise expert judgment in the public
interest. Among the most important
features of the Administration's
proposal are:
• Creation of a multibillion dollar State
Revolving Fund to support local
drinking-water protection efforts;
• Elimination of the current requirement
that EPA issue 25 new standards
every 3 years, and replacing it with a
risk-based priority-setting process that
includes consultation with States and
scientific experts;
• Incentives and assistance to small
systems for improved management
and consolidation of effort;
• Reduced monitoring and treatment
requirements for communities that
prevent drinking-water
contamination; and
• Upgrading of operator training and
certification requirements.
EPA believes that these changes will
accelerate progress toward the Nation's
goal of providing safe, abundant
drinking water at an affordable cost to
all our citizens. The Administration is
committed to work with the Congress to
bring them about.
Conclusion
The Clinton Administration is
determined to reinvent the way
Government does business. As a
member of the President's team,
Administrator Browner is committed to
involve the public fully in the public's
business and to carry out EPA's
environmental protection agenda in a
spirit of genuine openness. The Agency
is constantly reexamining how it
conducts the public's business, and it
actively solicits new ideas from both
citizens and State and local partners.
While EPA is totally dedicated to the
achievement of its environmental goals
through appropriate rules and
aggressive enforcement, the Agency is
also eager to find more flexible,
common-sense ways to do its work
without compromising its essential
responsibilities. This is the new spirit of
EPA, and evidence of this commitment
may be found throughout this first
annual Regulatory Plan.
EPA
PRERULE STAGE
140. PESTICIDES; TOLERANCE
PROGRAM REVISIONS
Legal Authority:
21 USC 346 to 346(a); 21 USC 348
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 177; 40 CFR 180; 40 CFR 185;
40 CFR 186
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
EPA is reassessing the pesticide
tolerance-setting process with the goal
of improving public health protection
provided by the tolerance process,
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increasing public confidence in the
safety of the food supply, clarifying and
simplifying the process for all affected
parties, and utilizing the most cost-
efficient methods for implementation
and compliance.
Statement of Need:
The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) registers pesticides for use in the
United States under the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA). Under the Federal Food,
Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), if a
pesticide is intended to be used in a
manner that will result in pesticide
residues in food or animal feed, EPA
must establish a maximum allowable
level of pesticide residue (tolerance) or
an exemption from the tolerance
requirement, before the pesticide may
be registered for that use under FIFRA.
FFDCA section 408 requires the
establishment of tolerances for raw
agricultural commodities, and section
409 requires the establishment of a food
additive regulation (often called a 409
tolerance) whenever a pesticide comes
into direct contact with a processed
food or when processing may result in
residues which are concentrated to a
higher level in the processed form than
the level allowed by the raw tolerance.
EPA believes that the current tolerance-
setting system, which has been in place
essentially unchanged for a number of
years, does not create a clear and
comprehensible framework for public
understanding of the safety of the food
supply. As a result, the tolerance-
setting system lacks credibility as a
means of ensuring food safety. A clear,
consistent, and informative program is
needed to explain how and why the
EPA makes decisions about the levels
of pesticide residues that may legally
remain in the Nation's food supply.
EPA is therefore evaluating its current
process for establishing tolerances for
pesticide residues in food and feed, and
intends to explore changes in the
framework of the tolerance system,
particularly the manner in which it
evaluates dietary exposures.
Objectives. One objective of the
evaluation is that the tolerance
assessment use sound science,
including more realistic and visible
assumptions about dietary exposure. A
second goal of the new approach is to
ensure that food safety standards are
more clearly "health-based," with
particular attention paid to making
them protective of children and other
Ju'ghly exposed subgroups.
Changes being considered address the
point in the food distribution chain at
which tolerances are established, the
food forms for which tolerances will be
established, the types and amounts of
residue information needed to support
expanded coverage of tolerances, and
the manner in which EPA uses the data
to estimate exposure.
Alternatives:
Alternatives have not been fully
explored, but include expanding the
coverage of tolerances to additional
foods at additional levels in the
distribution chain, and various changes
in the way the Agency reviews and
assesses residue data to improve its
usefulness as a measure of dietary
exposure.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
No analyses have been done to date.
When specific regulatory objectives and
alternatives are identified, costs and
benefits will be evaluated.
Risks:
The tolerance-setting system is the
mechanism by which the safety of the
American food supply is protected.
Fundamental improvements in this
system can contribute to reduced
pesticide use, and a better public
understanding of the way in which
tolerances function to protect the
public health. While risk reduction may
result, the principal objective of the
reassessment is to improve the
infrastructure of the system.
Timetable:
EPA
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
02/00/95
Small Entitles Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3430.
Agency Contact:
Chris Gillis
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances
7501C
Washington DC 20460
703 305-7102
RIN: 2070-AC74
PROPOSED RULE STAGE
141. TSCA CHEMICAL USE
INVENTORY RULE
Legal Authority:
15 USC 2607(a)
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 710
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
This action will amend the TSCA
Inventory Update Rule (IUR)
promulgated in 1986 to require
chemical manufacturers to report to
EPA the industrial and consumer end
uses of chemicals they produce.
Currently, the IUR requires chemical
manufacturers to report to EPA the
names of the chemicals they produce,
as well as the locations of
manufacturing facilities and the
quantities produced. About 4,000
facilities reported data on about 8,000
unique chemicals during the last
reporting cycle. Data obtained by the
amended IUR will be used by EPA and
others to:
• Better understand the potential for
chemical exposures and then screen
the chemicals now in commerce and
identify those of highest concern;
• Establish priorities and goals for their
chemical assessment, risk
management and prevention programs
and monitor their progress;
• Encourage pollution prevention by
identifying potentially safer substitute
chemicals for uses of potential
concern; and
• Enhance the effectiveness of chemical
risk communication efforts.
EPA has held meetings with
representatives of the chemical
industry, environmental groups,
environmental justice leaders, labor
groups, State governments and other
Federal agencies to insure public
involvement in the development of the
Chemical Use Inventory project. In
order to ensure that end use reporting
is effective and minimizes reporting
burdens, EPA plans to engage the
regulated community and other
stakeholders in a regulatory negotiation
to generate a proposed rule.
Statement of Need:
There are approximately 70,000
chemicals in commerce and listed on
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the updated Toxic Substances Control
Act (TSCA) Inventory. EPA faces the
challenge of sorting through these
chemicals to identify the ones of most
concern and then taking action to
mitigate potential risks. The current
TSCA Inventory Update Rule collects
some of the key data, such as
production volumes, that help to
identify chemicals of concern, but
information on how chemicals are used
commercially, which is essential to
determining possible exposure routes
and scenarios and potential safer
substitute chemicals, is not covered by
IUR. This action will propose to modify
the inventory update process so that
data essential to an effective TSCA
Inventory screening program are
available to EPA.
In addition to the specifics of the kind
and format of the desired end use data
reporting, EPA would like to engage the
regulatory negotiation participants on a
number of other reforms of the IUR:
• How to include inorganic chemicals,
which have been exempted from
reporting in the past, so that risks
from these chemicals can be better
assessed and managed;
• How to ease the linkage of amended
IUR data to other environmental data
sources like the Toxic Release
Inventory to enhance its usefulness;
and
• How to change IUR reporting so that
the frequency of submitter
confidentiality claims is reduced so
that the public can have better access
to relevant data on toxics.
A national report will make data
collected via the amended IUR publicly
available. This report will not contain
any information claimed to be
confidential.
Alternatives:
Several alternate approaches to
securing the desired chemical use data
have been evaluated. One of the
alternatives considered was whether to
add materials accounting and other
data elements to the Toxic Release
Inventory. EPA plans to evaluate this
approach in a separate project.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Total costs of this action depend on
the amendments to IUR agreed on
during the regulatory negotiation. The
amended IUR will assist EPA in
screening chemicals not in commerce
and identify those of highest concern;
establishing priorities and goals for its
chemical assessment, risk management
and prevention programs and monitor
their progress; identifying potentially
safer substitute chemicals for uses of
potential concern; and enhancing the
effectiveness of chemical risk
communication efforts.
Risks:
This action will secure data on
chemicals in commerce which
describes how they are used which is
essential to determining possible
exposure routes and scenarios. The
involvement of diverse interest groups
in a regulatory negotiation to develop
the proposed rule will insure a high
quality project outcome. EPA's toxics
program will be able to better focus on
chemical risks of most concern.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
12/00/94
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3301.
Agency Contact:
Ward Penberthy
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances
(7406)
Washington, DC 20460
202 260-1664
RIN: 2070-AC61
EPA
142. LEAD HAZARD STANDARDS
Legal Authority:
15 USC 2683
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, April 28, 1994.
Abstract:
The Residential Lead-Based Paint
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 requires
EPA to promulgate regulations which
identify lead-based paint hazards, lead-
contaminated soil, and lead-
contaminated dust. EPA is to identify
the paint conditions and lead levels in
dust and soil that would result in
adverse human health effects. On July
14, 1994, EPA issued guidance on this
topic to provide information while a
proposal is being developed.
Statement of Need:
This rulemaking is required by the
Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard
Reduction Act of 1992 (Title X), which
amended TSCA by adding a new Title
IV. Section 403 of TSCA requires the
Agency to promulgate regulations that
define lead-based paint hazards, lead-
contaminated dust, and lead-
contaminated soil. Paint conditions and
lead levels in dust and soil which
would result in adverse health effects
are to be identified.
This activity is needed both to reduce
uncertainty in determining if a given
situation is hazardous to children, and
also to make the most efficient use of
the Nation's resources by prioritizing
actions to reduce lead contamination.
It will allow the general public, States,
localities, landlords, housing
authorities, and others to distinguish
hazardous situations based on the
condition of the lead-based paint and
on the lead levels of dust and soil. This
will then allow them to take
appropriate action to reduce risks to
children.
Alternatives:
Alternatives to be considered include
various target levels of soil and dust,
and whether a tiered approach is
preferable.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Undetermined at this time, although
based on previous analyses by the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, the benefits (including
unquantified benefits) are expected to
outweigh the costs.
Risks:
The reduction of childhood lead
poisoning is a priority for the
Administrator. Fetuses and young
children are particularly susceptible to
lead. Considerable data suggest a
correlation between elevated blood lead
(EBL) and delays in early neurological
and physical development, cognitive
and behavioral alterations, alterations
in red blood cell metabolism and
vitamin D synthesis, kidney
impairment, anemia, and in extreme
cases, mental retardation and death.
This action is crucial to establishing
those circumstances in which lead
exposure presents a risk to children.
This is essential in making the Nation's
housing stock lead-safe, as opposed to
lead-free. Thus, this action will not
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only aid in significantly reducing risk,
but it will also help to optimize where
resources are expended.
Timetable:
Action Date PR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
09/00/95
09/00/96
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
None
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3243.
Previously listed under RIN 2070-AC53.
Agency Contact:
Doreen Cantor
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances
SE.
Washington DC 20460
202 260-1777
RIN: 2070-AC63
EPA
143. RADIATION SITE CLEANUP
Legal Authority:
42 USC 2201/AEA 161; 42 USC
2021/AEA 274; Reorganization Plan No.
3 of 1970
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 196
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
The Agency is developing regulations
that will set forth requirements for
cleanup levels for sites contaminated
with radionuclides. The regulations
will be designed to protect human
health and the environment from
exposure to ionizing radioactive
material subject to the Atomic Energy
Act and to sites covered under the
authority of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (i.e.,
Superfund sites), including but not
limited to Federal facilities.
Statement of Need:
The proposed regulation will set
standards for the remediation of soil,
groundwater, surface water, and
structures at Federal facility sites
contaminated with radioactive material
that will allow these sites to be released
for public use. As part of the Agency's
fostering of environmental partnerships,
this regulation is being developed in
coordination with all the relevant
Federal agencies.
The number of sites in the U.S.
contaminated with radioactive material
is estimated to be in the thousands.
Contaminated sites range from large
Federal facilities (e.g., Department of
Energy and Defense sites) to small
research laboratories. The estimated
cost to clean up these sites is $100-
400 billion. Progress in cleaning up
sites contaminated with radioactive
materials has been limited and slow.
These delays have been caused by
several factors. Uncertainty about the
nature and extent of contamination is
partly to blame, but the lack of specific,
enforceable radiation site cleanup
standards has been a major impediment
to site cleanup activities. Currently,
differences in site-specific risk
assessment methods and uncertainty
regarding the cleanup level to be
achieved can result in differing levels
of cleanup for the same radioactive
contaminant found at different sites. To
address these inconsistencies, a
cleanup standard is needed to guide
decisions on the type and level of
cleanup to be completed at
contaminated facilities. The use of a
consistent radiation cleanup standard at
all sites ensures that all ethnic,
socioeconomic, and racial groups
located near sites undergoing cleanup
will be equally protected.
Under the authority of the Atomic
Energy Act, EPA has the responsibility
to protect people and the environment
from the harmful effects of ionizing
radiation. In addition, Reorganization
Plan No. 3 of 1970 provides EPA with
the authority to establish standards for
the protection of people and the
environment from the effects of all
radioactive materials.
Alternatives:
EPA is considering four regulatory
approaches for the radiation site
cleanup regulation: (1) Establishing a
dose or risk limit, (2) requiring the use
of a "lookup table" of radionuclide-
and medium-specific concentrations
that would specify cleanup standards
applicable to all sites, (3) requiring the
use of a "lookup table" and a pathway
model to calculate cleanup levels site
by site in response to site-specific
conditions, and (4) recommending
specific technologies to be employed in
radiation site cleanups.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The Agency is currently developing a
regulatory impact analysis (RIA) to
estimate the anticipated economic
effects of the draft radiation site
cleanup rule. The RIA, however, is not
typical of most Agency RIAs. Unique
aspects associated with the cleanup of
radiation-contaminated sites require a
customized approach to the RIA.
Instead of comparing costs and benefit!
to set a cleanup standard, EPA will
concentrate on maximizing
protectiveness to society.
By specifying a uniform cleanup
standard to be achieved at radiation siti
cleanups, the rule will lead to cost
savings associated with (1) streamlined
site assessments, (2) reduced legal costs
associated with selecting a cleanup risk
level, and (3) reduction of market
barriers that inhibit the use of existing
waste minimization technologies.
There are five major components of
total cost associated with the cleanup
of radioactively contaminated sites that
will be addressed quantitatively: (1) the
cost of precleanup activities, which
includes initial site characterizations
and legal costs; (2) the cost of cleanup;
(3) the cost of transporting, by rail and
truck, the contaminated soil excavated
from a site to a disposal facility; (4)
the cost of disposing of contaminated
materials; and (5) the cost of verifying
that a site cleanup has been successful
and the target risk level has been
achieved. A sixth major cost
component, environmental degradation,
will be addressed qualitatively in the
RIA.
Risks:
The Agency is currently performing a
number of risk analyses to determine
a protective cleanup level for the rule.
EPA is assessing net health impacts at
various cleanup levels and under
various cleanup scenarios. Population
risk and risks to cleanup workers will
also be evaluated. EPA is using
computerized models to assess the
potential radiation doses and associated
risks to the public from all significant
exposure scenarios, media, and
exposure pathways. The risk analyses
are focused on estimating (1) the
change in risk to an individual under
reasonable maximum exposure
conditions, and (2) the number of
cancers per year in the exposed
population. The methodology is
consistent with that described in the
Agency's Risk Assessment Guidance for
Superfund for Baseline Risk
Assessments. The results of this
analysis should help clarify which
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types of the thousands of potentially
affected sites pose the greatest risk and
the timeframes over which this risk
exists.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
10/21/93 58 FR 54474
04/00/95
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2073.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:
Undetermined.
Agency Contact:
Barbara A. Hostage
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
(6603J)
Washington, DC 20460
202 233-9237
RIN: 2060-AB31
EPA
144. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS:
GROUNDWATER DISINFECTION
Legal Authority:
42 USC 300/SDWA 1412
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, August 30, 1995. Final,
Statutory, June 18, 1989. Final, Judicial,
August 30, 1997.
Abstract:
EPA will propose that all public water
systems using groundwater use
disinfection treatment processes, unless
they have a natural disinfection or meet
specified variance criteria. This rule
will reduce microbial contamination
risk from public water systems relying
on groundwater as their drinking water
source. The sources of microbial
contamination are ubiquitous, and
contamination can cause diarrhea, other
gastrointestinal illness, hepatitis, and a
variety of other illnesses. The
approximately 180,000 public water
systems that use groundwater not under
direct influence of surface water will
be affected by this regulation. Known
treatment technologies include
disinfection (through use of chlorine,
chloroamines, ozone, chlorine dioxide,
or ultraviolet); source protection; well
construction codes; and backflow
prevention programs.
Statement of Need:
Section 1412 of the Safe Drinking
Water Act requires EPA to establish
disinfection requirements, including
variance criteria, for all public water
systems. This rule will meet that
statutory requirement and reduce
microbial contamination risk from
public water systems relying on
groundwater as their drinking water
source. Under the regulation, systems
would be required to disinfect the
source water from each of their wells
unless they met the natural disinfection
criteria established under the rule, or
qualified for a variance under Section
1415 of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Alternatives:
In order to obtain broad and timely
input, two early drafts of the rule have
already been shared with the public,
the first in 1991 and the second in
1992. The regulation is in an early stage
of development so the alternatives are
not yet developed. One alternative
which was considered in the strawman
rule issued in 1992 is natural
disinfection criteria which would
enable a public water system to avoid
chemical disinfection. The concept of
natural disinfection is innovative. Its
implementation poses technical
problems but the intent is to avoid
incurring cost when there would be no
public health benefit. States, tribes, and
local government officials will be
invited to help the Agency work
through these issues.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Not yet available.
Risks:
The rule is intended to reduce the risk
of microbial contamination from
groundwater drinking water sources.
Almost 90 million people are served by
180,000 public water systems relying
on groundwater as their drinking water
source. More disease outbreaks have
occurred in groundwater drinking water
sources than surface-water drinking
water sources.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
08/00/95
08/00/97
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2340.
Agency Contact:
Jan Auerbach
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
(4603)
Washington, DC 20460
202 260-7575
RIN: 2040-AA97
EPA
145. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: 25
CONTAMINANTS FROM DRINKING
WATER PRIORITY LIST (PHASE VI-
B)—ORGANIC AND INORGANIC
CONTAMINANTS
Legal Authority:
42 USC 300/SDWA 1412
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory, January 1,1990.
NPRM, Judicial, February 28, 1995.
Final, Statutory, January 1, 1991. Final,
Judicial, February 28, 1997.
Abstract:
EPA is scheduled to propose MCLGs
and NPDWRs for 25 contaminants from
the 1991 Drinking Water Priority List,
as required by the SDWA of 1986. The
SDWA requires regulation of at least 25
contaminants from the Drinking Water
Priority List, which are known or
anticipated to occur in public water
systems, every 3 years starting in 1991.
The SDWA directs EPA to promulgate
MCLGs at a level at which, in the
Administrator's judgment, "no known
or anticipated adverse effects occur and
which allows for an adequate margin
of safety." MCLs are federally
enforceable standards and are set as
close to the MCLGs as is feasible,
taking costs into consideration. The 25
contaminants will be addressed in two
rulemakings: Disinfection Byproducts
(Phase VI-A) and Organic and Inorganic
Contaminants (Phase VI-B). The Phase
VI-B rule is intended to reduce cancer
risk and other chronic toxicity
exposures. (See separate entry for Phase
VI-A.)
As required by SDWA Section
1412(b)(3), EPA plans to propose
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regulations for 19 organic and inorganic
contaminants (including a number of
pesticides) and to eventually set
standards for approximately 12 of the
19 contaminants. These contaminants
can cause a variety of health effects
such as cancer, developmental effects,
nervous system dysfunction, and liver
and kidney toxicity. An estimated 7,700
to 9,500 water systems would be
affected by the regulations. Known
treatment technologies vary by
contaminants, but include packed
tower aeration, conventional granular
activated carbon, reverse osmosis, ion
exchange, and lime softening.
Statement of Need:
The SDWA requires regulation of at
least 25 contaminants from the
Drinking Water Priority List, which are
known or anticipated to occur in public
water systems, every 3 years starting in
1991. The SDWA directs EPA to
promulgate maximum contaminant
level goals (MCLGs) at a level at which,
in the Administrator's judgment, "no
known or anticipated adverse effects
occur and which allows for an adequate
margin of safety." Maximum
contaminant levels (MCLs) are federally
enforceable standards and are set as
close to the MCLGs as is feasible,
taking costs into consideration. The
regulations also specify analytical
methods, treatment technology which
can be used to meet the standard, and
monitoring/reporting/recordkeeping
requirements.
The 25 contaminants are being
addressed in three separate rules. The
disinfectant/disinfection byproduct
(D/DBP) rule, proposed July 29, 1994,
contained 12 contaminants for
regulation. An additional contaminant
was proposed in the Enhanced Surface
Water Treatment Rule, also proposed
on July 29,1994. Nineteen organic and
inorganic contaminants are scheduled
to be proposed in the VI-B rule. The
nineteen are: acifluorfen, acrylonitrile,
boron, bromomethane, cyanazine,
dicamba, 2,4/2,6-dinitrotoluene,
ethylene thiourea (ETU),
hexachlorobutadiene, manganese,
methomyl, metolachlor, metribuzin,
molybdenum, 1,1,1,2-trichloroethylene,
1,2,3-trichloropropane, telone,
trifluralin, and zinc. By proposing 32
contaminants, the Agency believes it
will be able to meet the requirement
to promulgate standards for at least 25
contaminants.
By requiring public water systems to
meet MCLs, the rule will reduce
exposure of the public to contaminants
which are thought to be carcinogens or
pose other chronic health effect risks.
Alternatives:
Alternative MCL levels were considered
in the analysis, depending on different
exposure scenarios. The Agency will
also be requesting comment on the
selection criteria used to identify these
contaminants for regulation. These
criteria may be revised based on
pending legislative amendments. The
Agency is developing mechanisms for
involving States, tribes, and local
government officials more closely in
the development of this rule, the
selection criteria, the application of the
criteria to the 19 contaminants, and
alternative compliance opportunities
which present cost savings
opportunities.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Preliminary benefits are that about 13
million people would have reduced
exposure to the contaminants in the
rule. The annual cost would be about
$600 million. The annual cost reflects
amortization (over a 20-year period at
a 7 percent interest rate) of $12.7
billion in capital costs.
Risks:
The risks posed by the contaminants
being regulated include cancer and
other chronic toxicity endpoints such
as kidney and thyroid effects.
Occurrence data were not available for
several of the carcinogens to develop
an estimate of cancer cases avoided. As
stated above, for the noncarcinogens,
the Agency estimates that about 13
million people would have reduced
exposure as a result of the rule's
implementation.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/00/95
02/00/97
Small Entitles Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3509.
Agency Contact:
David Huber
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
(4603)
Washington, DC 20460
202 260-9566
RIN: 2040-AC22
EPA
146. MANAGEMENT OF CLASS V
INJECTION WELLS UNDER PART C
OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
Legal Authority:
42 USC 300f/SDWA 1421 to 1425
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 144; 40 CFR 145; 40 CFR 146
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
The SDWA requires EPA to develop
regulations for the protection of
underground sources of drinking water
from contamination by injection wells.
Previously promulgated regulations
specified minimum standards and
technical requirements for Class I-IV
wells. Class V wells, including certain
septic systems and a variety of drainage
wells, are the subject of this action.
EPA intends to establish a regulatory
framework for the management of these
wells that will protect against
contamination of groundwater while
recognizing the difficulties of this
diverse well class. Development of any
regulatory program will focus on
providing maximum flexibility to State,
sub-State, and local entities. EPA will
characterize risks associated with
various Class V injection wells since
data are unavailable for risk
assessments on an individual
subcategory basis.
Statement of Need:
The SDWA requires EPA to protect
current and future underground sources
of drinking water (USDWs) from
endangerment by injection wells. One
group of injection wells, Class V, is,
as yet, not covered by specific technical
requirements. These wells vary from
simple dry wells to complex
geothermal wells; injected fluids range
from storm-water runoff to industrial
wastewaters. EPA's 1987 Report to
Congress on Class V Injection Wells
determined that for some Class V wells,
current regulations do not adequately
protect USDWs.
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In making a determination of the need
for regulation of certain Class V wells,
EPA considers how current State
programs manage these wells. In
general, additional Federal standards
will not be prescribed for those that
are adequately regulated. This
comprehensive and flexible approach
will help ensure that mandates are met,
costs and burdens to affected entities
are minimized, and effective
partnerships with implementing States
are maintained. States administering
the program will incorporate
regulations as stringent as the proposed
Federal approach and adopt guidance
as part of their comprehensive State
groundwater protection plans.
Alternatives:
The Agency uses the risk posed by
injected fluids as the primary criterion
to determine whether specific
regulatory requirements or guidance
would be the best way to meet SDWA
standards for a particular Class V well.
Since the potential risks posed by the
different types of wells vary, regulatory
requirements would be imposed only
on those wells judged to be
endangering USDWs. Industrial and
commercial wastes disposed of in
shallow drywells and "misused" septic
systems that release fluids in strata
above USDWs present the greatest
danger to public health and the
environment. Cesspools, which inject
untreated sanitary wastes, also have a
high potential to endanger USDWs. The
Agency's preferred approach would
likely place specific requirements on
certain types of Class V wells. For
example, limitations would be placed
on those that inject industrial
contaminants, a ban on the injection of
sanitary waste in cesspools serving 20
or more people might be imposed, and
Class V wells that dispose of
radioactive wastes below the lowermost
USDW would be reclassified as Class
I wells. Beneficial Class V wells would
most likely continue to be authorized
by rule.
For the high-risk industrial disposal
wells, six alternatives were already
analyzed, ranging from no action to
limitations on the injected fluid and
requirements for remediation. The
Agency's preferred option would limit
the injected fluid to drinking water
standards at the point of injection, or,
conversely, the well's owner/operator
could demonstrate that injected fluids
will not endanger USDWs. It would
also require that where well closure is
chosen, owners/operators must also test
the soil for hazardous contamination
and remove or manage all soils that
meet the RCRA definition of a
hazardous waste. Current Agency
analysis indicates that this strategy
achieves the highest level of protection
of human health and the environment,
allows for the maximum flexibility to
the regulated community and State
programs, and demonstrates a
commonsense approach to an
environmental risk by preventing
pollution.
For the other wells covered by this
approach, the Agency's investigations
over the past years revealed that either
such wells no longer exist (e.g.,
community cesspools) or that the wells
are located in a State with regulations
at least as strict as the proposed rule
(e.g., low-level radioactive disposal
wells in Texas). The preferred approach
would codify these approaches.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The preliminary estimates of the
anticipated costs and benefits are based
on the impacts associated with
approximately 117,500 Class V
industrial waste disposal operations.
Annualized costs of this option are
estimated to range from $0.9 billion to
$1.2 billion. The indirect costs of
alternative waste management practices
vary from $509 to $856 million. This
range of magnitude is primarily a
function of fixe number of estimated
facilities, rather than high compliance
costs for each facility. The average
annualized cost per facility is estimated
to range from about $7,774 to $10,600.
The range does, however, reflect
uncertainty about the number of
affected facilities, the unit compliance
costs estimates, and the responses of
the affected facilities to the regulatory
requirements.
Available information on which to
conduct the benefits assessment was
extremely limited. The benefits
associated with each alternative were
assessed based on the detrimental
effects that these wells can have on the
quality of USDWs, public health and
the environment. What information is
available in this area comes from case
studies of pollution incidents caused by
Class V wells. The Agency believes that
the preferred approach would ensure a
high degree of protection while not
placing unnecessary burdens on Class
V well owners/operators.
Risks:
The estimated 117,500 Class V
industrial wells are believed to dispose
of more than 4 million pounds of
industrial waste annually either into or
directly above USDWs. Additionally, an
estimated 50 percent of these industrial
wells are "misused" septic systems
designed to treat sanitary waste only.
These industrial contaminants impede
the primary function of the sanitary
waste treatment system, resulting in the
release of both improperly treated
domestic and industrial waste into the
accessible environment.
Because the most likely preferred
regulatory option to be proposed targets
only this small, industrial subset of
Class V wells that presents the highest
risk to USDWs, implementation of the
rule should result in a large reduction
of risk to public health and the
environment. Implementation of the
rule will encourage owners/operators of
Class V wells to use best management
practices to reduce the amount of
wastes generated, helping to prevent
pollution and level the environmental
compliance costs with responsible
competitors that do not have the unfair
economic advantage of Class V well
disposal.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/00/95
11/00/96
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2778.
Agency Contact-
Lee Whitehurst
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
(9602)
Washington, DC 20460
202 260-5532
RIN: 2040-AB83
EPA
147. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING
OF HAZARDOUS WASTES:
HAZARDOUS WASTE IDENTIFICATION
RULE (HWIR); WASTE
Legal Authority:
42 USC 6905, 6912(a), 6921, 6922, and
6926
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 262;
40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 268
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Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, October 31,1994.
Abstract:
This action will make modifications to
the "mixture" and "derived from"
rules. These two rules address when
hazardous wastes that are mixed with
other wastes, media, or are otherwise
managed after generation can be
determined to be no longer hazardous.
Statement of Need:
EPA is proposing to amend its
regulations under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
for hazardous waste identification. The
amendment would establish exemption
criteria for low-risk listed hazardous
wastes, wastes mixtures, and
derivatives.
Under the amendment, low-risk listed
hazardous wastes, wastes mixtures, and
derivatives meeting the exemption
criteria would no longer be subject to
some of the hazardous waste
management requirements under
Subtitle C of RCRA.
The provisions of this proposal will
reflect a balancing of the Agency's
informational needs for oversight and
enforcement with the practical resource
considerations of the generator. This
proposal would reduce the demand on
scarce Subtitle C landfill capacity and
would not increase risk to humans or
the environment because the exempt
waste would be low risk and not
warrant management under Subtitle C.
This proposal will also promote
pollution prevention, waste
minimization, and development of
innovative waste treatment technology.
This notice will also contain the
Agency's tentative response to a
petition for rulemaking submitted by
the Chemical Manufacturers
Association.
Alternatives:
A variety of alternatives for establishing
the exemption criteria and the
implementation requirements are
currently being identified by a FACA
committee co-chaired by EPA and the
States. EPA is forging a strong
partnership with the States in the
interest of our co-regulator, co-
implementor roles. No decisions have
been made as to what the proposal will
include.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Cost and benefit estimates are not yet
available.
Risks:
This proposal would maintain current
levels of risk protection.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/20/92 57 FR 21450
NPRM Withdrawn 10/30/92 57 FR 49280
NPRM Reproposal 09/00/95
Final Action 03/00/97
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3328.
Agency Contact:
William A. Collins, Jr.
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
(5304)
Washington, DC 20460
202 260-4791
RIN: 2050-AE07
EPA
148. REVISED TECHNICAL
STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS
WASTE COMBUSTION FACILITIES
Legal Authority:
42 USC /RCRA 3004(a)(q); RCRA
3005(a), CAAA section 112
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 266
Legal Deadline:
None
EPA has signed a settlement agreement
to promulgate revised rules for
industrial furnaces and incinerators by
December 1996 and boilers by
December 1999.
Abstract:
The Draft Strategy for Combustion of
Hazardous Waste and a settlement
agreement commit EPA to upgrade its
technical standards for burning
hazardous waste in incinerators, boilers
and industrial furnaces. These
standards would be applicable during
the construction and operation of these
combustion facilities.
Statement of Need:
Under the Clean Air Act (CAA)
Amendments of 1990, EPA is required
to establish National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAPs) for most HWCs (i.e.,
incinerators, cement kilns, boilers, am
some types of smelting furnaces). In
addition, under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, EPA i
required to establish standards for all
HWCs as necessary to ensure protectio
of human health and the environment.
EPA is concerned that its current RCR/
standards for HWCs may not be
adequately protective given that there
are no emission standards for
chlorinated dioxins and furans and tha
there have been advances both in risk
assessment and control technologies
since promulgation of the current
standards.
Consequently, the Agency plans to
establish new emissions standards for
HWCs under joint CAA and RCRA
authority. This will avoid duplicative
Agency effort and piecemeal regulation
of the waste management industry.
Alternatives:
Under provisions of the CAA, the
Agency plans to consider the cost-
effectiveness of emission limits more
stringent than the minimum limits
mandated by the statute. Further, the
Agency plans to evaluate approaches to
reduce emissions of hazardous air
pollutants by improving good operating
practices (e.g., controlling the way in
which problematic materials such as
toxic metals are introduced into the
combustor).
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Because the rulemaking has just
recently been initiated, cost and benefit
analyses have not yet been conducted.
Risks:
Because the rulemaking has just
recently been initiated, risk analyses
have not yet been conducted.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM industrial
furnaces and
incinerators
Final Action
NPRM boilers
Final Action
Date
09/00/95
12/00/96
09/00/98
12/00/99
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3333.
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Agency Contact:
Robert Holloway
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
5302W
Washington, DC 20460
703 308-8604
RIN: 2050-AE01
EPA
149. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING
OF HAZARDOUS WASTES;
HAZARDOUS WASTE IDENTIFICATION
RULE (HWIR): CONTAMINATED
MEDIA
Legal Authority:
42 USC 6912{a)/RCRA 3001; 42 USC
6905; 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922; 42
USC 6926
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 262;
40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 268
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
The overall goal of this regulation is
to better connect the risks posed by
media that are contaminated with
hazardous wastes to the regulations that
apply to them. Problem areas involved
in the remediation of contaminated
media will also be addressed. Certain
current regulations that apply to all
contaminated media wastes regardless
of the concentrations and the mobility
of toxicants in the media will be
modified. The modifications will
establish exemption standards for
certain low-risk contaminated media so
that they will not necessarily be subject
to all hazardous waste management
requirements.
Statement of Need:
Since 1980, EPA has promulgated
comprehensive regulations under
Subtitle C of RCRA governing the
treatment, storage, disposal and
transportation of hazardous wastes.
These regulations have been designed
primarily to discourage waste
generation and disposal, and for those
wastes generated, to prevent future
environmental contamination. In
contrast, the primary objective of the
cleanup program is to achieve
environmental improvement as quickly
and effectively as possible, which is not
always possible when there are Subtitle
C requirements.
In 1993, EPA, States, and
representatives from industry,
environmental groups, and the
hazardous waste treatment industry
(comprising a Federal Advisory
Committee (FACA)) reached a tentative
agreement on a "harmonized approach"
to address this issue. This approach
distinguishes between "higher" and
"lower" level (bright line)
contaminated media based on
assessment of potential human health
and environmental risks. The bright
line would be set at a relatively high
risk level to allow States and EPA to
identify hot spots that would be subject
to Subtitle C requirements (land-
disposal regulations and MTR). Media
above bright-line concentrations would
be subject to specific national treatment
requirements; media below the bright
line would be exempt from Subtitle C
if subject to enforceable site-specific
management by the overseeing agency.
Among the issues that must be
addressed before this rule can be
proposed are: types of media that
should be covered; types of sites that
should be eligible; the relationship to
the existing regulatory framework; and
the risk level at which the bright line
will be set.
Alternatives:
Alternative regulatory approaches for
this rule will be analyzed.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Analyses of costs and benefits will be
conducted as part of the economic
analysis for this rule required under
Executive Order 12866.
Risks:
One of the primary objectives of this
rule is to establish requirements for
management of contaminated media
that more accurately reflect the risks
posed by such wastes. Thus, the rule
is expected to result in cleanups that
achieve the Agency's risk reduction
objectives in a more efficient and
expeditious manner. More quantitative
analysis of the risks associated with
this rule will be included in the
economic analysis.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
NPRM Withdrawal
Reproposal
Final Action
Date FR Cite
05/20/92 57 FR 21 450
10/30/92 57 FR 49280
07/00/95
07/00/96
Small Entitles Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2982.
A description of a related regulatory
action appears in Regulatory Plan entry
2050-AE07 in Part II of this issue.
Agency Contact:
Carolyn Loomis
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
(5303W)
Washington, DC 20460
703 308-8626
RIN: 2050-AE22
EPA
150. LAND DISPOSAL
RESTRICTIONS—PHASE III:
STANDARDS FOR
DECHARACTERIZED WASTES AND
TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR
NEWLY LISTED CARBAMATE,
ORGANOBROMINE WASTES, AND
SPENT ALUMINUM POTLINERS
Legal Authority:
42 USC 6901/RCRA 3004(m)
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 268
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, January 1996.
Abstract:
EPA will be proposing rules addressing
a rule pursuant to the September 25,
1992, decision of the U.S. Court of
Appeals in Chemical Waste
Management v. EPA, 976 F. 2d (D.C.
Cir. 1992). The underlying rule at issue
was signed on May 8, 1990, and
published on June 1, 1990 (55 FR
22520). The Phase III proposal will
establish treatment standards for
formerly characteristic wastes primarily
managed in land-based wastewater
treatment systems whose ultimate
discharge is regulated under the Clean
Water Act. Treatment standards will
also be established for newly listed
carbamates and organobromine wastes.
The Phase IV proposal will address
whether land-based wastewater systems
provide treatment that is equivalent to
that conducted under the RCRA LDR
program. Treatment standards will also
be established for wood preserving and
mineral processing wastes.
Statement of Need:
In the Phase III rulemaking, EPA will
address certain remanded issues
pursuant to the September 25,1992,
decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals
in Chemical Management vs. EPA, 976
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F 2d (B.C. Cir. 1992). The proposed
rule would establish treatment
standards for characteristic wastes
primarily managed in land-based
wastewater treatment systems whose
ultimate discharge is regulated under
the Clean Water Act and which is
disposed in Class I injection wells
under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
These wastes include spent aluminum
potliners, carbamates, and
organobromines. The proposal will
include a discussion of whether to
define and prohibit characteristic
wastes not amendable to biological
treatment from being placed in
biological surface impoundments
("nonamenable wastes") and changes to
the LDR program which were given
advance notice in the Phase II LDR
proposed rulemaking (September 14,
1994; 58 FR 48092).
In the Phase IV rulemaking, EPA will
address the remaining remanded issues
pursuant to the September 25, 1992,
decision, as well as establish treatment
standards for certain mineral processing
wastes, wood preserving wastes, and
toxicity characteristic metals. The
remaining remanded issues include
whether Clean Water Act (CWA)
wastewater treatment systems provide
treatment that is equivalent to that
conducted under the RCRA LDR
program, specifically, the probability
that waste constituents may merely be
transferred from the CWA treatment
surface impoundment to air, sludge, or
groundwater, rather than actually being
treated so they are removed, destroyed
or immobilized as under the LDR
program.
Alternatives:
LDR treatment standards are based
upon the efficiencies of best
demonstrated available technologies
(BOAT). Section 3004(m) requires that
the treatment standards ensure
substantial reductions in wastes'
toxicity and/or mobility, such that
threats to human health and the
environment arising from subsequent
land disposal are minimized.
Case-by-case exemptions to these
treatment requirements can be granted
if a petitioner successfully
demonstrates to EPA that there will be
no migration of hazardous constituents
from a disposal unit for as long as the
waste remains hazardous. Applicants
for a no-migration petition will be
required to demonstrate to a reasonable
degree of certainty that there will be
no migration of hazardous constituents
from the disposal unit for as long as
the waste remains hazardous.
EPA will also conduct national capacity
assessments for each set of regulations
to determine if effective dates for
prohibitions should be extended
nationally for eight individual wastes
for up to 2 years. A 1-year extension,
renewable once, may be granted on a
case-by-case basis if it can be shown
for specific wastes that insufficient
treatment capacity exists and binding
contractual commitments exist to
construct or obtain alternative
treatment capacity.
EPA has also instituted petition
procedures for obtaining variances,
referred to as treatability variances or
equivalent method variances, that may
be requested when the waste cannot be
treated to the specified level by the
model treatment technology, or when
the specified treatment technology is
not appropriate for the waste. For
treatability variances, the generator or
treatment properties of the waste differ
significantly from wastes analyzed. In
developing the treatment standards, the
waste cannot be treated to the specified
levels or by the specified methods. Two
types of treatability variances may be
obtained. The first is a variance granted
through rulemaking procedures that
establishes a new treatability group and
treatment standards for that waste and
all similar wastes nationwide. The
second is granted through
administrative procedures, and is
granted on a site-specific basis. For
equivalent method variances, the
generator or treatment facility must
demonstrate that a technology that is
different from the one specified in the
regulations achieves an equivalent
degree of treatment.
Finally, EPA is committed to continue
to identify ways to simplify the LDR
program. In the recent Phase II final
rulemaking (signed July 29,1994), the
Agency established a single set of
"universal" treatment standards to
apply to most hazardous wastes. The
Agency also simplified notification
requirements and reduced paperwork.
EPA will explore additional
opportunities for such streamlining in
the Phase III and Phase IV rulemakings.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Because these rules involve a universe
of affected entities that have not been
affected by the LDR program before, the
methodology for estimating the
volumes and costs is still being
developed. The first estimates of
volumes for the Phase III rule are
expected to be ready by late July 1995,
with the estimates of costs ready by
early August. The first estimates of
volumes and costs for the Phase IV nil
should be ready by the end of 1995
or early 1996.
Risks:
These rulemakings will reduce risks to
human health and the environment to
the same extent as other Agency
actions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
10/24/91 56 FR 55161
01/00/95
01/00/96
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3365.
This entry includes RINs 2050-AA30,
2050-AD36, 2050-AD37, and 2050-
AE05.
Agency Contact:
Peggy Vyas
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
5302W
Washington, DC 20460
703 308-8594
RIN: 2050-AD38
EPA
151. NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR)
REFORM
Legal Authority:
Clean Air Act as amended in 1990, title
I
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 51.160 to 51.166; 40 CFR 51,
app S; 40 CFR 52.21; 40 CFR 52.24
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
The purpose of this action is to amend
EPA's existing new source review
regulations, including prevention of
significant deterioration, to reduce the
level of program complexity. In
addition, certain other revisions will be
made to improve the clarity of the
existing regulatory language. This
rulemaking will satisfy obligations
under Exhibit B of the settlement
agreement in Chemical Manufacturers
vs. EPA, No. 79-112 (D.C. Cir.). The
regulations contain procedures for
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reviewing, permitting, and specifying
controls for the construction and
modification of major air pollution
sources in attainment and
nonattainment areas. Several new
source review regulations will be
affected, including the State
implementation requirements for the
review of new sources and
modifications (40 CFR 51.160-166 and
Appendix S), the Federal prevention of
significant deterioration program (40
CFR 52.21), and Federal restrictions on
new source construction (40 CFR
52.24).
Statement of Need:
In August 1992, EPA voluntarily
initiated a comprehensive effort to
reform the NSR process. This effort was
initiated to examine complaints from
the regulated community that the
current regulatory scheme is too
complex, needlessly delays projects,
and unduly restricts source flexibility.
Currently there are no applicable
statutory or judicial deadlines for the
NSR reform rulemaking effort. The goal
of this effort is to address industries'
concerns without sacrificing the
environmental benefits embodied in the
present approach; that is, protecting
and improving local air quality, and
stimulating pollution prevention and
advances in control technologies.
In August 1992 and March 1993, public
workshops were held to obtain ideas
and comments and discuss options for
reforming NSR, but not to attempt to
reach consensus with the group. In July
1993, the New Source Review (NSR)
Reform Subcommittee was formed
under the auspices of the Clean Air Act
Advisory Committee. The
Subcommittee's purpose is to provide
independent advice and counsel to EPA
on policy and technical issues
associated with reforming the NSR
rules.
The Subcommittee is composed of
representatives from industry,
State/local air pollution control
agencies, environmental organizations,
EPA headquarters and regions, and
other Federal agencies (Federal Land
Managers (National Park Service and
Forest Service), Department of Energy,
OMB), Subcommittee meetings have
been held on July 21-22, 1993;
November 8-9,1993; January 20-21,
1994; and March 16-17, 1994. A
Subcommittee meeting is tentatively
scheduled for July 19-20, 1994, in
Durham, N.C.
At the July 1993 meeting six subgroups
were formed to address Class I area and
control technology issues identified by
the Subcommittee. Another two
subgroups were formed at the
November 1993 meeting, one to address
NSR applicability issues and the other
to address the impact of existing
sources on Class I areas.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
There are no applicable statutory or
judicial deadlines for the NSR reform
rulemaking effort. However, the rule
will address two outstanding settlement
agreements: CMA Exhibit B and Top-
down BACT. The pending settlement
on WEPCO may impose a judicial
deadline on the rulemaking.
Alternatives:
The Subcommittee discussed numerous
options for implementing NSR reform.
However, EPA's primary focus will be
to consider the specific
recommendations developed by the
Subcommittee and, where appropriate,
use them in this rulemaking effort.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The anticipated costs and benefits
resulting from this rulemaking will be
part of the Agency's regulatory impact
analysis of this rule. The Agency has
just begun this analysis, thus, the
anticipated costs and benefits are not
available at this time.
Risks:
This is a procedural rule applicable to
a wide variety of source categories.
Moreover, it applies to criteria
pollutants for which NAAQS have been
established. Any potential risks are
considered in the NAAQS rulemaking
from a national perspective.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
01/00/95
01/00/96
Small Entities Affected:
None
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3259.
Agency Contact:
Larry Elmoren
New Source Review Section
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
MD-15
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
919 541-5433
RIN: 2060-AEll
EPA
152. NAAQS: OZONE (REVIEW)
Legal Authority:
42 USC 7408 section 108 Clean Air Act;
42 USC 7409 Section 109 Clean Air Act
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 50.9
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, December 31,1980.
Review at 5-year intervals thereafter.
Abstract:
The EPA is reviewing and updating the
air quality criteria for ozone to
incorporate new scientific and
technical information. Based on the
revised criteria, the EPA will determine
whether revisions to the standards are
appropriate.
Statement of Need:
In March 1993, the EPA concluded that
revision of the NAAQS was
inappropriate, based on the existing air
quality criteria for ozone, but decided
to expedite the next review of the
ozone criteria and NAAQS in light of
potentially significant new information.
On February 3,1994, the EPA
announced an accelerated schedule for
completing the new review. In
litigation challenging the March 1993
decision, the EPA subsequently sought
and received a voluntary remand of the
decision so it could be reconsidered in
light of the new information. The EPA
intends to complete the remand
proceedings on the schedule
announced in February. Consistent
with that schedule, a draft Criteria
Document was sent to the Clean Air
Scientific Advisory Committee
(CASAC) and made available for public
review during February and March of
1994. The CASAC met in July 1994 to
review the criteria document and
provided oral and written comments,
which are being considered by EPA in
revising the draft document.
Subsequent CASAC meetings will be
held to review the revised draft criteria
document and drafts of the staff paper.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The anticipated costs and benefits
resulting from this rulemaking will be
part of the Agency's regulatory impact
analysis of this rule. The Agency has
just begun this analysis; therefore, the
anticipated costs and benefits are not
available at this time.
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Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date FR Cite
06/00/96
06/00/97
EPA is obligated to determine whether
to approve, disapprove, or partially
approve and partially disapprove OTC's
recommendation.
EPA
154. MEDICAL WASTE
INCINERATORS
1 Anal Aiithnritu*
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3353.
Agency Contact:
John Haines
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
MD-13
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
919 541-5533
RIN: 2060-AE57
EPA
153. • OZONE TRANSPORT
COMMISSION; EMISSION VEHICLE
PROGRAM FOR THE NORTHEAST
OZONE TRANSPORT REGION
Legal Authority:
42 USC 7511(c)/CAA 184; 42 USC
7506/CAA 176(a); 42 USC 7525/CAA
110; 42 USC 7521/CAA 307(a); 42 USC
7410/CAA 301; 42 USC 7607(d); 42
USC 7601
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 85
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 10,1994.
Abstract:
On February 10, 1994, the Northeast
Ozone Transport Commission (OTC)
submitted a recommendation to EPA
under section 184 of the Clean Air Act,
for additional control measures to be
applied throughout the Northeast
Ozone Transport Region (OTR).
Specifically, the OTC recommended
that EPA require all State members of
the OTC to adopt an Ozone Transport
Commission Low Emission Vehicle
(OTC LEV or LEV) program. Under
section 184, EPA is to review the OTC's
recommendation to determine whether
the additional control measures are
necessary to bring any area in the OTR
into attainment by the dates specified
in the Act, and are otherwise consistent
with the Act. Based on this review,
Statement of Need:
On February 10,1994, the Northeast
Ozone Transport Commission
submitted a recommendation for
adoption of an Ozone Transport
Commission Low Emission Vehicle
(OTC LEV) program for the entire
Northeast Ozone Transport Region. In
keeping with EPA's emphasis on
environmental partnerships,
development of this program will
engage the Agency in extensive
dialogue with the several States in the
Region.
Alternatives:
The Administrator may approve,
disapprove, or partially approve and
partially disapprove the
recommendation.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
A cost/benefit analysis has not been
completed on this program.
Risks:
The risks are those associated with not
attaining the National Ambient Air
Quality Standard for ozone within the
Northeast Ozone Nonattainment Area,
should it be determined that the
recommended measure {OTC LEV) is
necessary to such attainment.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/26/94 57 FR 13498
Supplemental Notice 10/00/94
Final Decision Notice 11/00/94
Small Entities Affected:
None
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3526.
Agency Contact:
Mike Shields
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
401 M Street SW.
Washington, DC 20460
202 260-3450
RIN: 2060-AF15
Clean Air Act of 1990, section 129
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, February 1995. Final,
Statutory, November 1992. Final,
Judicial, April 1996.
Abstract:
The EPA is developing new source
performance standards (NSPS) and
emission guidelines (EG) for existing
sources under Sections 111 and 129 of
the Clean Air Act. The NSPS are to
reflect the maximum degree of
reductions in emissions that have been
demonstrated for new units. The EG
may be less stringent than the
standards for new units. States must
submit plans for implementing and
enforcing the guidelines. Section 129
requires that emission limits be
established for particulate matter, sulfur
dioxide, hydrogen chloride, oxides of
nitrogen, carbon monoxide, lead,
cadmium, mercury, and dioxins and
dibenzofurans. These standards are
being developed under EPA's integrated
combustion strategy, whereby EPA will
regulate various forms of combustion
under a coordinated plan. Two other
elements of this strategy, the emission
standards for municipal waste
combustion and hazardous waste
combustion, are summarized elsewhere
in this Regulatory Plan.
Statement of Need:
The medical waste incinerator rules
will establish emission limits for
dioxins, particulate matter, carbon
monoxide, cadmium, lead, mercury,
SO2, HC1, and NOx. These rules will
require maximum achievable control
technology (MACT), as defined by
Section 129, to be installed on all
applicable facilities to reduce emissions
of the above pollutants.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
Section 129 of the Clean Air Act
required the rule for medical waste
incinerators to be promulgated by
November 15,1992. The Agency is now
under a court-ordered deadline to
propose by February 1,1995, and
promulgate by April 15,1996. These
rules are to include new source
performance standards for new sources
and emission guidelines for existing
sources.
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Alternatives:
The Clean Air Act specifies that the
emission guidelines and the new source
performance standards can be based on
MACT, and that MACT for existing
sources can be no less stringent than
the average emission limitations
achieved by the best performing 12
percent of units; and for new sources,
can be no less stringent than the
average emission limitations achieved
by the best performing similar source.
All control technologies for each
pollutant as stringent as the floor or
more stringent have been analyzed
during the development of the
standard.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The annualized cost of the standards
for new incinerators will be in the
range of $75 million to $215 million.
The annualized cost of implementing
the guidelines for existing incinerators
will be in the range of $350 million
to $1.2 billion. The combined standards
and guidelines will result in reductions
of dioxin emissions by more than 99
percent, as will reductions in the 90
percent to 98 percent range for
particulate matter, cadmium, lead,
mercury, hydrogen chloride, and
carbon monoxide.
Risks:
Medical waste incinerators are among
the larger sources of dioxin emissions
in the country. Because of the adverse
effects of dioxin emissions on the
public health and ecosystems, it is one
of the Agency's highest priorities to
reduce the exposure to dioxin
emissions. These regulations will
reduce dioxin emissions by more than
99 percent.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
02/00/95
04/00/96
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2719.
Agency Contact:
Rick Copland
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
(MD-13)
Research Triangle Park
NC 27711
919 541-5251
RIN: 2060-AC62
EPA
155. NSPS: MUNICIPAL WASTE
COMBUSTION—PHASE II AND PHASE
III
Legal Authority:
42 USC 4111/Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, section 129
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, September 1,1994.
Final, Judicial, September 1,1995.
NPRM, Statutory, November 1991, for
Phase II/Large MWCs.
NPRM, Statutory, November 1992, for
Phase Ill/Small MWCs.
Abstract:
The Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990 direct EPA to set standards of
performance and emission guidelines
for new and existing municipal waste
combustors under Sections 111 and
129; to base these standards and
guidelines on maximum achievable
control technology; and to include
emission limits for particulate matter,
sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride,
oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide,
mercury, lead, cadmium, and dioxins
and dibenzofurans. The standards for
both large and small municipal waste
combustors have been combined into
one set of standards. These standards
are being developed under EPA's
integrated combustion strategy,
whereby EPA will regulate various
forms of combustion under a
coordinated plan. Two other elements
of this strategy, the emission standards
for medical waste and hazardous waste
combustion, are summarized elsewhere
in this Regulatory Plan.
Statement of Need:
The municipal waste combustor rules
will establish emission limits for
dioxins, particulate matter, cadmium,
lead, mercury, SO2, HCl, and NOx.
These rules will require maximum
achievable control technology (MACT)
as defined by Section 129 to be
installed on all applicable facilities to
reduce emissions of the above
pollutants.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
Section 129 of the Clean Air Act
required the rule for municipal waste
combustors burning greater than 250
tons per day of waste be promulgated
on November 15,1991, and the rule
for municipal waste combustors
burning less than 250 tons per day be
promulgated by November 15,1992.
The Agency is now under court-ordered
deadline for both rules to be proposed
by September 1, 1994, and promulgated
by September 1, 1995. These rules are
to include new source performance
standards for new sources and emission
guidelines for existing sources.
Alternatives:
The Clean Air Act specifies that the
emission guidelines and the new source
performance standards be based on
MACT and that MACT for existing
sources can be no less stringent than
the average emission limitations
achieved by the best performing 12
percent of units and/or new sources
can be no less stringent than the
average emission limitations achieved
by the best performing similar source.
All control technologies for each
pollutant as stringent as the floor or
more stringent have been analyzed
during the development of the
standard.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The annualized cost for the new source
performance standards for new
municipal waste combustors will be
about $43 million. The annualized cost
for the emission guidelines for existing
municipal waste combustors will be
about $445 million. Dioxin, particulate
matter, cadmium, and lead emissions
will be reduced by more than 99
percent. Mercury emissions will be
reduced by 85 percent, SO2 and HCl
emissions by 95 percent, and NOx
emissions by 45 percent. The quantified
benefits associated with the rule and
the guidelines are in excess of $266
million per year, but the benefit
assessment is incomplete at this time.
In particular, the current benefit
estimate does not include benefits for
the control of dioxin, mercury, lead,
cadmium, NOx, or carbon monoxide.
No valuation of these pollutants is
possible at this time.
Risks:
Municipal waste combustors are among
the larger sources of dioxin emissions
in the country. Because of the adverse
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effects of dioxin emissions on the
public health and ecosystems, it is one
of the Agency's highest priorities to
reduce the exposure to dioxin
emissions by more than 99 percent.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
09/00/95
Small Entities Affected:
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2916.
Agency Contact:
Walt Stevenson
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
(MD-13)
Research Triangle Park
NC 27711
919 541-5264
RIN: 2060-ADOO
EPA
156. REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL TEST
PROCEDURE FOR EMISSIONS FROM
MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTOR
VEHICLE ENGINES
Legal Authority:
PL 101-549, Sec 208
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, January 31, 1995.
Final, Statutory, May 15, 1992. Final,
Judicial, October 31, 1995. Other,
Judicial, May 15, 1993.
Original statutory deadline (5/15/92) is
from 11/90 Clean Air Act Amendments.
Other Judicial date: per U.S. District
Court Consent Decree, EPA issued a
preliminary technical report on
5/15/93.
Abstract:
This action revises the Federal Test
Procedure (FTP) used to design all
Federal emissions test methods, as well
as all federally approved methods of
estimating and projecting emissions
from automobiles. This revision will
advance the Agency's strategic aim of
using better science and better data by
assuring that automobiles can be
accurately tested for compliance with
Federal standards, and it will also
enable EPA and others to obtain
accurate emission inventories and
projections to assist in planning for
attainment of national air quality
standards.
Statement of Need:
Section 206(h) of the Clean Air Act
requires EPA to "review and revise as
necessary" the regulations governing
the FTP to "insure that vehicles are
tested under circumstances which
reflect the actual current driving
conditions under which motor vehicles
are used, including conditions relating
to fuel, temperature, acceleration, and
altitude." The driving cycle used for
the FTP was adopted over 20 years ago,
and accumulated research suggests that
it may no longer adequately represent
overall vehicle emission control
performance under current driving
conditions. Extensive surveys of current
driving behavior conducted by the EPA
indicate significant difference between
actual driving behavior and the current
FTP. New test cycles determined from
the driving behavior surveys were used
to compare emissions predicted by the
FTP with emissions that occur in actual
driving. The test results support the
need for revisions to the FTP.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
EPA is under court order to revise the
Federal Test Procedure.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
A costs and benefits analysis has not
been completed on this program.
Risks:
The risks addressed by this action are
those associated with not attaining the
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards for ozone, carbon monoxide,
nitrogen oxides, and particulates. These
risks have been extensively detailed as
part of the individual rulemakings
setting these national standards.
Achievement and maintenance of
attainment of the standards depend in
part on accurate knowledge of the
emissions characteristics of sources,
including automobiles. This action will
increase the accuracy of such
knowledge by incorporating the latest
techniques of emission measurement.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
01/00/95
10/00/95
Small Entitles Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3323.
Agency Contact:
John German
Chief, Special Projects Staff
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Lab
2565 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
313 668-4214
RIN: 2060-AE27
EPA
157. CONTROL OF AIR TOXICS
EMISSIONS FROM MOTOR VEHICLES
Legal Authority:
42 USC 7545/CAA 211; 42 USC
7521/CAA 202
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 80; 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, May 15, 1995.
Abstract:
The Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990 require EPA to study the need for
and feasibility of controlling toxic air
pollutants associated with motor
vehicles and fuels. Based on this study,
EPA must promulgate standards
containing reasonable requirements to
control such toxic emissions, applied
at a minimum to benzene and
formaldehyde.
Statement of Need:
The Clean Air Act of 1990 required
EPA to study the need for and
feasibility of controlling toxic air
pollutants associated with motor
vehicles and fuels. Based on this study,
EPA must promulgate standards
containing reasonable requirements to
control such toxics--at a minimum
benzene and formaldehyde. A study
was completed and promulgated by
EPA on April 30, 1993. In keeping with
the Agency's emphasis on better
science and data, this study is presently
undergoing a peer review process.
Alternatives:
EPA may draw on the reformulated
gasoline rule, which will reduce toxic
emissions from mobile sources in areas
covered by the reformulated gasoline
program.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
A cost and benefits analysis has not
been completed on this program.
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Risks:
The air toxics study currently under
review found that approximately half
the excess cancer risk due to air
pollution is caused by mobile sources.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/94
05/00/95
Small Entities Affected:
None
Government Levels Affected:
None
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2769.
Agency Contact:
Judy Gray
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
2565 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
313 668-4231
RIN: 2060-AC75
EPA
158. EMISSION STANDARDS FOR
NEW NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION
ENGINES AT AND BELOW 19
KILOWATTS (25 HORSEPOWER)
(PHASE 2)
Legal Authority:
42 USC 7547/CAA 213
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 90
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, April 30, 1996. Final,
Statutory, November 15,1992. Final,
Judicial, April 30, 1997.
Abstract:
This action will establish the second
phase of emission standards for new
nonroad spark-ignition engines at and
below 19 kilowatts (25 horsepower), as
required by section 213(a)(3) of the
Clean Air Act as amended. This action
is the product of a negotiated
rulemaking.
Statement of Need:
EPA's 1991 study of nonroad emissions
clearly showed that exhaust from the
Nation's 89 million pieces of lawn and
garden equipment is a significant
source of volatile organic compound
and carbon monoxide emissions. This
rulemaking will establish emission
standards for new nonroad spark-
ignition engines at and below 19
kilowatts (25 horsepower), as required
by section 213(a) of the Clean Air Act.
Alternatives:
EPA is under court order to finalize
nonroad standards.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Manufacturers are expected to meet the
Phase I standards, which would
become effective in 1996, with
technology, primarily by improving the
air and fuel mixture. Hydrocarbon
emissions, which contribute to the
formation of ground-level ozone, will
be reduced 32 percent.
Risks:
The risks addressed by this action are
those associated with not attaining the
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards for ozone and carbon
monoxide. These risks have been
extensively detailed as part of the
individual rulemakings setting these
national standards. Emissions from this
category of engines are known to be
a significant source of ozone precursors
and carbon monoxide.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/96
04/00/97
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3361.
Agency Contact:
Lucie Audette
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Lab
2565 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
313 741-7850
RIN: 2060-AE29
EPA
159. RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
FOR CHEMICAL ACCIDENTAL
RELEASE PREVENTION
Legal Authority:
PL 101-549; Clean Air Act Section
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 68
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15,1993.
Abstract:
Section 112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act
(CAA), as amended, required the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
to promulgate by November 15,1993,
reasonable regulations and appropriate
guidance to provide for prevention and
detection of accidental releases of
chemicals and for responses to such
releases. These regulations shall
include, as appropriate, provisions
concerning the use, operation, repair,
and maintenance of equipment to
monitor, detect, inspect, and control
releases, including training of
personnel in the use and maintenance
of equipment or in the conduct of
periodic inspections. The regulations
shall require the owner or operator of
stationary sources at which a regulated
substance is present to prepare and
implement a risk management plan
(RMP) and provide emergency response
in order to protect human health and
the environment. EPA has established
an Agency-wide work group, which has
brought technical, legal, and policy
experience and expertise in the
chemical process, safety risk
management, and other areas related to
risk management plans for chemical
accidental release prevention. EPA
published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) on October 20,
1993, 40 FR 54190.
These regulations will promote
pollution prevention as well as
prevention of chemical accidents. They
not only will assist industry in erecting
appropriate safeguards, but they also
will provide further incentive for the
minimization of hazardous chemicals
in the community.
Each RMP must include a hazard
assessment that evaluates the potential
effects of an accidental release of any
regulated substance. The hazard
assessment must include an estimate of
potential release quantities and
downwind effects, including potential
exposure to populations. It must also
include a 5-year release history,
including the size, concentration, and
duration of releases, and must consider
worst-case release scenarios. The RMP
must document a prevention program,
including safety precautions,
maintenance, monitoring, and
employee training measures. It must
document a response program that
provides specific action to be taken to
protect human health and the
environment in response to a release,
including the informing of public and
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local agencies, emergency health care,
and employee training.
Section 112(r)(7) of the CAA also
requires that:
• The RMPs must be registered with
EPA;
• The plans must be submitted to the
Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board, to the State in
which the facility is located, and to
any local agency that has
responsibility for planning for or
responding to chemical accidents;
• The plans must be made available to
the public, as required by CAA
section 114(c);
• EPA must establish a system for
auditing the RMPs; and
• EPA must ensure that plans are
periodically updated.
Section 112(r)(3) of CAA required EPA
to develop and promulgate by
November 15, 1992, a list of at least
100 substances ("regulated substances")
that are known to cause or may be
reasonably anticipated to cause death,
injury, or serious adverse health effects
to human health or the environment.
EPA is also required to set threshold
quantities for each listed substance and
develop procedures for addition and
deletion of substances from the list.
EPA promulgated this rule on January
30,1994, at 40 FR 4478.
The list and thresholds promulgated
under CAA section 112(r)(3) will
determine which facilities must comply
with the accident prevention
regulations required under section
112(r)(7) of CAA; that is, those
stationary sources that have presented
more than a threshold quantity of a
regulated substance.
Statement of Need:
Existing Federal regulations addressing
the potential for catastrophic events
related to chemical substances are
focused on emergency preparedness
and response. Specifically, the
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) established
the structure at the State and local
levels to deal with emergency planning
and response to chemical accidents.
Several other laws and programs at the
Federal level dealt with emergency
response to chemical accidents: the
Clean Water Act and the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA) created the National Oil
and Hazardous Substance Pollution
Contingency Plan (NCP). The NCP sets
up the Federal Government's
emergency response structure and
procedures for responding to chemical
accidents. The accidental-release
prevention provisions under the CAA
recognize the need for integrating
emergency preparedness and response
with activities to prevent accidental
releases from occurring in the first
place.
The proposed rule for the prevention
and detection program, including RMPs
for accidental-release prevention,
required industry to develop an
integrated, holistic approach to
managing the risk posed by the
presence and use of regulated
substances. In the development of its
risk management program, EPA has
also been coordinating with the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA). EPA's
proposed RMP rule adopts and builds
on process safety management elements
included in OSHA's chemical process
safety standard required under section
304 of the CAA amendments of 1990.
(OSHA published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) on July 17,1990,
55 FR 29150, and a final rule on
February 24, 1992, 57 FR 6316.) These
elements include process information,
process hazard analysis, standard
operating procedures, training,
prestartup reviews, mechanical
integrity, management of change,
accident investigation, safety audits,
and emergency response.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
The legal basis for this rulemaking is
summarized in the "Abstract" section.
Alternatives:
EPA developed its proposed rule after
an extensive information-gathering
effort. Three States—California, New
Jersey, and Delaware—have risk
management plan requirements under
State laws. EPA met with officials in
all three States and held interviews
with seven facilities in these States.
EPA then held eight focus groups, five
with facilities and three with
implementing agencies, in the three
States to solicit their opinions on
existing and proposed regulations.
Finally, EPA held a 2-day roundtable
seminar associated with the risk
management planning requirements.
State officials, trade associations, labor
unions, environmentalists, and
organizations of public officials
participated in the discussions.
EPA evaluated two options for the risk
management program: Program Option
1, the proposed rule, included the
statutorily mandated elements (hazard
assessment, registration, emergency
response program, and risk
management plan) plus the mandated
prevention program that adopted
OSHA's process safety management
standard. Program Option 2, based on
the New Jersey risk management
program, includes all listed elements
but requires a greater level of
documentation and more detailed
requirements for many elements.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Because, from an economic perspective,
the RMP regulations and the list of
regulated substances are inseparable,
EPA prepared a regulatory impact
analysis (RIA) that combines the two
requirements. As indicated in the
previous section, the RIA evaluated two
options for the risk management
program. Because the two program
options cover the same elements with
the only difference between the two the
level of detail, it was not possible to
develop separate estimates of the
benefits for the two program options
based on data available. Consequently,
only one set of benefits estimates was
developed.
EPA's proposed option is list 2 in
Program Option 1, which is estimated
to have an initial cost of $503 million
and quantifiable annual benefits of
$890 million. The proposed rule is
expected to result in other,
nonquantifiable benefits as well. By
reducing the likelihood of accidental
releases and the likelihood that any
release will be catastrophic, the rule
should reduce facility operating costs
which may result in greater output,
higher wages, and lower costs for the
output. The rule will also encourage
facilities to reduce the quantity of
hazardous substances stored onsite and
to shift to less toxic chemicals,
reducing the risk to both workers and
the public. Finally, the information
provided to the public through the
mandated RMP will be useful to both
the public and governments at all
levels.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/22/93 58 FR 54190
Supplemental NPRM 02/00/95
Final Action 05/00/96
Small Entitles Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
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Additional Information:
SAN No. 2979.
Agency Contact:
Lyse Helsing
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
(5101)
Washington, DC 20460
202 260-6128
RIN: 2050-AD26
EPA
FINAL RULE STAGE
160. ENDANGERED SPECIES
PROTECTION PROGRAM
Legal Authority:
PL 100-478, Sec 1010
CFR Citation:
Not yet determined
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
Pesticides are necessary for production
of agricultural food and fiber
commodities, yet have the potential to
harm threatened or endangered species.
EPA will develop and implement an
endangered species pesticide labeling
program designed to conserve federally
listed species and to minimize the
impacts to persons who use pesticides.
The program will include development
of species maps and pesticide use
limitation bulletins to be distributed as
an extension of pesticide labels.
Pesticides that are determined to cause
harm to endangered species will
require label changes which display
precautionary statements and directions
on how to obtain county bulletins. EPA
will coordinate the program with the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the
Department of Interior and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
Statement of Need:
The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) registers pesticides for use in the
United States under the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA). The Endangered Species
Act (ESA) requires that EPA ensure that
registered uses of pesticides will not
jeopardize the continued existence or
destroy or adversely modify the critical
habitat of federally listed endangered or
threatened species (listed species).
Section 7 of the ESA imposes
requirements on EPA to consult with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (for
most species) or the U.S. National
Marines Fisheries Service (for marine
species) if the use of a pesticide "may
affect" a listed species or its critical
habitat. At the same time, section 1010
of the 1988 amendments to the ESA
requires EPA to work jointly with the
U.S. Department of Agriculture and the
U.S. Department of Interior (USDI) to
ensure that listed species are protected
from pesticides while also minimizing
the impacts on pesticide users.
Balancing these responsibilities has led
to the development of the Endangered
Species Protection Program (ESPP).
Summary of the Legal Basis:
Under FIFRA, use of a pesticide in a
manner inconsistent with its labeling is
a violation of the law. Thus, in general,
ESPP relies on the labeling of pesticide
products that may harm listed species
or their habitat. If data indicate that a
pesticide may adversely affect an
endangered or threatened species, EPA
will seek a biological opinion from
USDI. If the opinion indicates that the
pesticide "may affect" the species or
its habitat, it will also include
recommendations for mitigating actions
or practices. EPA will then minimize
the jeopardy through the use of use
restrictions described in detail in
county-specific bulletins and maps
which show the geographical area
within which use must be restricted.
Pesticide product label statements will
then instruct the user to consult county
bulletins for further instruction.
Alternatives:
The 1988 ESA amendments required
EPA to conduct an analysis of
alternatives for the program and to
solicit public comment on the elements
of the program. As noted above,
creating an enforceable program under
FIFRA must rely on the labeling of
pesticide products. Public comments
resulting from two proposals in the
Federal Register did not reveal
alternatives to the labeling/bulletin
approach, but did offer a number of
alternatives within this overall
approach. Most of these alternatives
relied on more local input and
involvement in determining the
pesticide use limitations necessary to
protect listed species. To the extent that
they were practical and efficient, these
alternatives, such as State-initiated
plans and landowner agreements, were
incorporated into the ESPP.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The benefits of the ESPP are to
contribute to the preservation and
recovery of endangered and threatened
species, specifically, and to maintain
and enhance biodiversity and
ecosystem functioning in general. The
benefits of preserving species are
generally acknowledged as being
exceedingly high, but cannot be
determined on a dollar basis.
The EPA used a case-study approach
to analyze economic impacts, based
upon the provisions of the program
originally intended for implementation
in 1988. The results of these case
studies have been submitted to OMB,
and OMB has been briefed on the
results. Costs to pesticide users will be
of two types: (1) opportunity costs to
determine any pesticide use limitations
that might apply to their situation, and
(2) costs associated with potential crop
losses of the use of higher cost
alternative pesticides, when restrictions
limit these to the pesticide of choice.
Costs based on these case studies could
not be extrapolated to the Nation as a
whole. To a moderate extent, costs are
dependent upon the listing of
additional species and possible future
changes in the ESA.
Risks:
Most pesticides could cause harm to
some listed species that are exposed;
for example, nearly all herbicides could
affect endangered plants. Pesticide use
limitations instituted by the ESPP
should result in no exposure or
exposure below levels of concern for
listed species. Without these use
limitations, there is a moderate-to-high
probability that some listed species
would be harmed by pesticides. EPA
is allowing the maximum flexibility,
consistent with the ESA, for local
involvement to design measures that
are both protective of the species and
not unnecessarily disruptive of
agricultural production, vector control,
or other pesticide uses.
Timetable:
Final Endangered Species Protection
Program
Notice 12/31/94
Proposed Endangered Species Protection
Program
Notice 07/03/89 (54 FR 27984)
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3113.
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Agency Contact:
Larry Turner
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances
7507C
Washington, DC 20460
703 305-5007
RIN: 2070-AC42
EPA
161. CHEMICAL LIST EXPANSION;
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
SECTION 313
Legal Authority:
42 USC 11013; 42 USC 11023; 42 USC
11048; 42 USC 11076/EPCRA 313
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
The original Toxics Release Inventory
(TRI) chemical list consisted of 320
chemicals and chemical categories. In
an effort to provide the public with a
broader picture of chemicals that will
have to submit information for the
Toxics Release Inventory in their
communities, EPA is expanding the
original TRI chemical list. On January
12, 1994 (59 FR 1788), EPA published
a proposed rule to add 313 chemicals
and chemical categories to the TRI
chemical list. Of the 313 chemicals and
chemical categories proposed, there are
approximately 160 pesticide active
ingredients. The chemicals and
chemical categories being proposed
were selected from numerous other
regulatory lists and meet the criteria for
human health and environmental
toxicity and in addition are extremely
toxic to aquatic organisms, EPCRA
section 313(d)(2). In addition, the
chemicals passed a production volume
screen to ensure that reports would be
received if the substance is added to
the TRI chemical list. Part of this
activity included the review of 17
chemicals, previously described in RIN
2070-AC40,16 of which are from a list
of hazardous air pollutants subject to
the requirements of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, and one of
which was considered for addition due
to its extreme aquatic toxicity. Of these
17 chemicals, nine were included in
the proposed rule. Linked to this rule
is a possible small-source exemption
that will provide some measure of relief
to the reporting community. This
exemption will allow facilities releasing
small amounts of listed chemicals to
be exempt from full TRI reporting
requirements.
Statement of Need:
The original Toxic Release Inventory
(TRI) chemical list consisted of 320
chemicals and chemical categories. In
an effort to provide the public with a
broader picture of chemicals in their
communities, EPA, in accordance with
EPCRA section 313(d), is expanding the
original toxic chemical list. By
providing the public with information
on these chemicals they can participate
in informed environmental
decisionmaking to reduce risks to
human health and the environment. On
January 12, 1994 (59 FR 1788), EPA
published a proposed rule to add 313
chemicals and chemical categories to
the TRI chemical list. Of the 313
chemicals and chemical categories
proposed, there are approximately 160
pesticide active ingredients. The
chemicals being proposed were selected
from numerous other regulatory lists
and meet the criteria for human health
and environmental toxicity in EPCRA
section 313(d)(2). In addition, the
chemicals passed a production volume
screen to ensure that reports would be
received if they are added to the TRI
list. Part of this activity included the
review of 17 chemicals, previously
described in RIN 2070-AC40/SAN 3007.
Sixteen of these chemicals are from a
list of hazardous air pollutants subject
to requirements of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, and one was
considered for addition due to its
extreme aquatic toxicity. Of these 17
chemicals nine were included in the
proposed rule.
Alternatives:
There were several alternatives that
were considered in the analysis and
included in the proposed rule. EPA
asked for public comment on all of
these issues as well as the entire
proposed rule. One of the alternatives
considered is whether to add categories
of chemicals (for example,
disocyanates) versus individual
chemicals. Another alternative is to not
add those proposed chemicals for
which data are collected under the
Clean Air Act if this information can
be made readily available to the public.
In addition, EPA considered the option
of adding chemicals that are persistent
bioaccumulators to TRI and how to
modify reporting thresholds so that
reports for these chemicals would be
received.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The anticipated total costs of this
action for the first year are estimated
at $161 million and $91 million for
subsequent years. The addition of
chemicals to the TRI is intended to
expand upon the past success of the
program in enabling all interested
parties to establish credible baselines
and to set realistic goals over time. The
information reported in TRI increases
knowledge of levels of pollutants
released to the environment and
pathways of exposure, improving
scientific understanding of the health
and environmental risks of toxic
chemicals; allows the public to make
informed decisions on where to work
and live; enhances the ability of
corporate lenders and purchasers to
more accurately gauge a facility's
potential liabilities; and assists Federal,
State, and local authorities in making
better decisions on acceptable levels of
toxics in communities.
Risks:
While the substances proposed for
addition to the TRI list are, on average,
of smaller total national impact than
those chemicals currently listed, the
manufacturing, processing, or use of
these chemicals may still represent a
significant concern for individual
communities where such chemical
activity is concentrated. EPA believes
that the public has a right to know
about such releases and what facilities
are doing to manage wastes containing
these chemicals. The public can use
this data to evaluate potential risks
from these chemicals and to determine
how to avoid these risks.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
01/12/94 59 FR 1788
11/30/94
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3007.
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Agency Contact:
Susan B. Hazen
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances
SE.
Washington, DC 20460
202 260-1024
RIN: 2070-AC47
EPA
162. WATER QUALITY GUIDANCE
FOR THE GREAT LAKES SYSTEM
Legal Authority:
33 USC 1251/CWA 118(c)(2)
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 132
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory, June 30,1991. NPRM,
Judicial, April 16, 1993. Final,
Statutory, June 30, 1992. Final, Judicial,
March 13, 1995.
Abstract:
The Great Lakes are a valuable national
resource, with unique environmental
problems. In 1990 the Great Lakes
Critical Programs Act was enacted,
requiring States to adopt minimum
water quality standards for the
protection of the Great Lakes System.
Statement of Need:
The proposed part 132 rule establishes
minimum water quality standards,
antidegradation policies, and
implementing procedures for the waters
of the Great Lakes System in the States
of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Wisconsin, including waters
within the jurisdiction of Indian Tribes.
The proposed rule specifies numeric
criteria for selected pollutants to
protect aquatic life, wildlife and human
health within the Great Lakes System
and provides methodologies to derive
numeric criteria for additional
pollutants discharged to these waters.
The proposed Part 132 rule also
contains specific procedures to
translate the proposed ambient water
quality criteria into enforceable controls
on discharges of pollutants, and a
proposed antidegradation policy for the
Great Lakes System.
The numeric water quality criteria are
critical to the success of the Agency's
multimedia efforts to protect and
restore the Great Lakes ecosystem and
would serve as the water quality goals
for other elements of our Great Lakes
System, such as remedial action plans
and lakewide management plans,
which specifically target nonpoint
sources of pollution for "cleanup"
within the Great Lakes System.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
This regulation constitutes the Water
Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes
System required by section 118(c)(2) of
the Clean Water Act (Pub. L. 92-500
as amended by the Great Lakes Critical
Programs Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-596).
This guidance specifies minimum water
quality standards, antidegradation
policies, and implementation
procedures for the Great Lakes System
to protect human health, aquatic life,
and wildlife.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Based on the information provided by
each State and a review of the permit
files, EPA identified about 3,800 direct
dischargers that could be affected by
the Part 132 proposal. Of these, about
590 are major dischargers and the
remaining 3,210 are minor dischargers.
Of the 590 majors, about 275 are
industrial facilities and 315 are
publicly owned treatment works
(POTWs). Out of these dischargers, EPA
used a stratified random sampling
procedure to select 59 facilities (50
major and 9 minor) that it considered
representative of all types and sizes of
facilities in the basin.
The estimated total annualized costs for
direct and indirect dischargers to
implement the Part 132 proposal is
between $80 million and $505 million
(first-quarter 1992 dollars); costs under
the most likely scenario (with a focus
on pollution prevention) are about $190
million. Under Scenario 2, major
industrial facilities and POTWs account
for about 53 percent of the costs,
indirect dischargers about 41 percent,
and minor dischargers about 6 percent.
Among the major dischargers three
categories account for about 80 percent
of the costs-POTWs (37 percent),
organic chemicals/petroleum refining
(27 percent), and pulp and paper (15
percent). The Agency estimated the cost
effectiveness of the proposed Part 132
rule in terms of cost of reducing the
loadings of toxic pollutants.
Future Analyses: We continue to seek
involvement of other Federal agencies
and interested parties. We held
numerous meetings with the general
public, industry, environmental groups,
local governments, and state regulatory
agencies. A second open public
meeting is being planned for the
September/October 1994 time period. A
Federal Register notice announcing the
meeting will appear in the Federal
Register in August. The purpose will
be to discuss options on a narrow range
of issues that are being considered in
developing the final Part 132 Rule. We
will seriously consider all the
comments, information and data
provided by the public in developing
the Part 132 Rule.
Risks:
The Great Lakes basin is a complex
hydrologic system where pollutants can
remain in the ecosystem for many
years. This presents an increased risk
to aquatic life and wildlife throughout
the Great Lakes basin. The effects of
toxic pollutants on aquatic life and
wildlife in the Great Lakes System have
been shown to include reproductive
damage, wasting, deformities, tumors,
and behavioral changes.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Proposed Guidance 04/16/93 58 FR 20802
Final Guidance 03/00/95
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Tribal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3203.
Agency Contact:
Mark Morris
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
(4301)
Washington, DC 20460
202 260-0312
RIN: 2040-AC08
EPA
163. SAN FRANCISCO BAY/DELTA
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
Legal Authority:
33 USC 1251
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 137.37
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, April 6, 1994. Final,
Judicial, December 15,1994.
Abstract:
On December 15,1993, the
Administrator signed a notice
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proposing Federal water quality
standards for the San Francisco
Bay/Delta estuary. EPA had been sued
by numerous environmental groups to
propose such standards following its
disapproval of portions of the State's
water-quality standards in September
1991. EPA Region 9 disapproved the
State's standards because they were not
adequate to protect the designated fish
and wildlife uses of the estuary, as
required by section 303 of the Clean
Water Act. EPA took this action in
conjunction with rulemakings by the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and
National Marine Fisheries under the
Endangered Species Act, all of which
were published together on January 6,
1994.
Statement of Need:
In 1978, the State of California (the
State) adopted and submitted to EPA
a Water Quality Control Plan (1978
Delta Plan) intended to protect
designated uses of the Bay/Delta
estuary. While EPA approved the 1978
Delta Plan, the Agency conditioned its
approval upon (1) a set of
"interpretations" of the standards, and
(2) the State's commitment to develop
additional criteria to protect aquatic life
and tidal wetlands in and surrounding
Suisun Marsh. For the next decade,
EPA largely deferred to the State
regarding decisions about estuarine
protection. In that time, populations of
virtually all of the estuary's key fish
species plummeted—some to record low
levels. In May 1991, when the State
submitted its 1991 Bay/Delta Plan to
amend certain salinity criteria and
adopt new temperature and dissolved
oxygen criteria, EPA's longstanding
concerns were not resolved.
Consequently, in September 1991, EPA
disapproved portions of the State's
1991 Bay/Delta Plan because they did
not adequately protect the designated
fish and wildlife uses of the estuary.
In response, on January 6, 1993, EPA
published a set of proposed water-
quality standards for the Bay/Delta
estuary including salinity criteria to
protect fish and wildlife habitat, and
survival targets to protect migrating
Chinook salmon. The proposed
standards would supersede and
supplement standards in the 1991
Bay/Delta Plan.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
Section 303 of the Clean Water Act
(CWA) requires each State to adopt
water-quality standards consisting of
designated uses and instream water-
quality criteria to protect such uses for
all waters of the United States located
within that State. Section 303(c) directs
States to review and, if appropriate,
revise the water-quality standards at
least once every 3 years. Any new or
revised standards adopted by the State
are to be reviewed and approved or
disapproved by EPA. In the event that
EPA disapproved a State's standards,
and the State does not make EPA's
requested changes within ninety (90)
days of disapproval, or if EPA
determines at any time that revised or
new standards are necessary to meet
CWA requirements, Section 303(c)(4)
states that the Administrator shall
promptly prepare and publish proposed
regulations to establish water-quality
standards for the applicable water
bodies. EPA's regulations for
implementing Section 303(c) are
codified at 40 CFR part 131.
Alternatives:
EPA received over 200 comments on
the proposed rule. The Agency will
review and respond to these comments
and include recommendations for
alternative standards before the final
rule is issued.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Monetized social costs and benefits of
the Federal proposals are not directly
comparable because some of the
benefits for fisheries, ecological
improvement, and biological diversity
cannot be estimated. However,
assuming that the State develops a cost-
effective implementation plan for the
standards, the estimated economic costs
for the agricultural sector are $20
million/year on average, and $25
million/year for the urban sector. The
overall costs may be lower than the
total of these sector costs given that
some of the increases in urban costs
may represent payments to the
agricultural sector for water transfers.
The benefits are estimated at $10
million/year from improved
commercial fisheries. Furthermore, the
standards are designed to produce
unquantified but substantial benefits
associated with enhanced ecosystem
integrity, decreasing the need to trigger
provisions of the Endangered Species
Act and increasing opportunities for
scientific, educational, and recreational
activities.
EPA has been working closely with the
urban, agricultural, and environmental
interests in developing the final
regulatory impact analysis. Through
this process, EPA has been promoting
water conservation, reclamation, water
transfers, and other market-based
mechanisms to reduce the economic
impacts of the standards and to more
efficiently allocate the State's limited
water supplies.
Risks:
EPA's proposed water-quality standarc
for the Bay/Delta estuary are the
centerpiece of an emerging regional
strategy to halt and reverse the
disintegration of ecosystem processes
and properties. Consistent with the
Agency's promulgation efforts, the San
Francisco Estuary Project (SFEP) is
implementing a Comprehensive
Conservation and Management Plan
(CCMP) designed to improve the
scientific understanding of the
ecosystem, and to establish
partnerships for long-term stewardship
The SFEP-sponsored fish and riparian
inventory has identified small rivers
and creeks that serve as refugia for
disappearing species. When the
proposed promulgation to protect the
large rivers and bays is taken together
with the efforts to conserve the habitats
of smaller rivers and creeks, the
resulting strategy constitutes a dual
approach to reducing ecological risks.
Furthermore, EPA is leading or
participating in other important
multiagency efforts designed to: (1)
restore thousands of acres of tidal
marshlands in the North Bay; (2)
enhance and conserve farmed wetlands
in the Central Delta; (3) resolve
concerns regarding the disposal of
dredged materials; and (4) prevent the
discharge of toxic pollutants into the
estuarine system.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
01/06/94 59FR810
01/00/95
Small Entitles Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3503.
Agency Contact:
Patrick Wright
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
Region 9
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
415 744-1993
RIN: 2040-AC35
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EPA
164. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATION:
RADIONUCLIDES
Legal Authority:
42 USC 300/SDWA 1412
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, June 15, 1991. Final,
Statutory, June 19,1989. Final, Judicial,
April 30, 1995.
Abstract:
EPA has proposed maximum
contaminant level goals (MCLGs) and
primary drinking water standards for
radionuclides in drinking water. These
radionuclides include radium, uranium,
radon, total alpha, and beta particle and
photon emitters (see RIN 2040-AB90,
SAN No. 2782). Radionuclides pose a
cancer risk. Also, uranium poses a risk
from kidney toxicity.
Statement of Need:
Section 1412 of the Safe Drinking
Water Act requires EPA to establish
maximum contaminant level goals,
maximum contaminant levels (MCLs),
analytical methods, treatment
technologies, and
monitoring/reporting/recordkeeping
requirements for 83 contaminants
specified in the statute. The six
radionuclides covered by this rule
(radium 226, radium 228, uranium,
radon, alpha emitters, and beta/photon
emitters) were among the 83
contaminants for which regulation is
required. All of the radionuclides pose
a cancer risk. Uranium also poses a
kidney toxicity risk.
Alternatives:
In developing the MCLs, EPA
considered other levels based on
different exposure assumptions. Also,
the Agency is considering staged
compliance dates to facilitate
implementation by small public water
systems. The Agency is aware that most
radon risk emanates from soil gas rather
than drinking water. However, the
current Safe Drinking Water Act does
not allow the Agency to consider a
multimedia approach to regulation.
Legislative mandates being considered
by Congress would provide the Agency
the flexibility to employ a multimedia
approach to radon risk reduction.
Congress included language in EPA's
1995 Appropriations Act which
prohibits the Agency from
promulgating the portions of this rule
relating to radon if the legislative
amendments are not passed. EPA is
assessing the implications of the
Appropriations Act on the schedule for
this regulation.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
In the proposed rule, EPA estimated the
total benefits as 84 cancer cases averted
by regulating all six radionuclides. The
cost was estimated at $310 million
annually, including a capital cost of
$2.4 billion amortized over 20 years at
a 3 percent interest rate. Updated
projections for radon alone are 88
cancer cases at the proposed level of
300 pCi/1 at a cost of $272 million
annually. For comparison, radon
constituted 80 cancer cases and $180
million of the benefits and costs of the
proposed rule. These costs and benefits
were peer reviewed extensively by the
Science Advisory Board and other
groups during the past 2 years.
Risks:
The levels contained in the proposed
rule are estimated to avoid 84 cancer
cases per year. Also, for several million
people, kidney toxicity risk would be
reduced.
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Date
09/30/86
07/18/91
04/00/95
FR Cite
51 FR 34836
56 FR 33050
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2281.
Agency Contact:
Tim Gill
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
(4603)
Washington, DC 20460
202 260-8049
RIN: 2040-AA94
EPA
165. RCRA EXPANDED PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION AND REVISIONS TO
COMBUSTION PERMITTING
PROCEDURES
Legal Authority:
42 USC 6905/RCRA 1006; 42 USC
6912/RCRA 2002; 42 USC 6924/RCRA
3004; 42 USC 6925/RCRA 3005; 42
USC 6927/RCRA 3007; 42 USC 6974
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 270.41; 40 CFR 270.42; 40 CFR
270.10
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
EPA is proposing to expand the
opportunities for public participation in
the RCRA permitting and
decisionmaking processes for all
hazardous waste treatment, storage, and
disposal facilities subject to RCRA
permitting requirements. In particular,
EPA is proposing to involve the public
much earlier in the process and
throughout key milestone activities, for
example, before a facility submits a
permit application to the permitting
agency and when the permitting agency
receives the application.
The proposal would increase public
involvement opportunities during the
trial burn stage of the permitting
process for combustion facilities and
revise the permitting procedures for
combustion facilities operating under
interim status to make the procedures
more closely parallel to the more
stringent procedures for new
combustion facilities. The Agency will
also be clarifying combustion permit
modification classifications.
Statement of Need:
EPA developed this proposal to
implement key aspects of the Agency's
Draft Strategy on Waste Minimization
and Hazardous Waste Combustion,
issued by EPA Administrator Carol
Browner on May 18,1993. Specifically,
this rule addresses the concerns of
citizens living near hazardous waste
facilities, particularly minority and
low-income communities who feel they
need greater opportunity to participate
in the permitting process. In particular,
the proposed rule addresses the
following goals of the draft strategy:
• Provide for earlier and more extensive
public involvement in permitting
activities for all RCRA facilities to
assure that the concerns of citizens
are heard and addressed;
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• Address trial burns in the combustion
permitting process; and
• Evaluate ways to limit the burning of
hazardous waste in interim status
units during the administrative appeal
of a permit denial, prior to a final
decision.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
The RCRA statute requires the Agency
to provide for, encourage and assist
public involvement. The statute also
requires the Agency to establish
permitting procedures for owners and
operators of existing and new
hazardous waste management facilities.
Alternatives:
In developing the proposed
requirements, EPA balanced needs: to
meet the goals of the draft strategy; to
be flexible to accommodate existing
State programs; and to minimize the
burden on the public and the regulated
community. EPA is soliciting comments
in the rule on several of the proposed
requirements, including:
• The applicability of the proposed
public involvement requirements—for
example, should the requirement for
public notice at application submittal
apply to post-closure permits? Should
the information repository be limited
to certain types of facilities? Should
the facility or the permitting Agency
be responsible for issuing some of the
proposed public notices?; and
• Whether a State's public participation
meeting for siting a facility should be
an allowable substitute for the
proposed preapplication meeting.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Based on the economic impact analysis
for the proposed rule, the Agency
estimates that the proposed
requirements would result in an
incremental national annual cost of
$130,000 (lower bound) to $900,000
(upper bound).
Expanding public involvement
opportunities would allow the
community to raise concerns and make
suggestions early in the permitting
process, and to remain involved
throughout the decisionmaking process.
Earlier community input should assist
applicants and permitting agencies in
making decisions about the facility and
the proposed permit. Airing and
addressing issues earlier in the process
might avoid delays later.
Timetable:
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3315.
Agency Contact:
Patricia Buzzell
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
(5303W)
Washington, DC 20460
703 308-8632
RIN: 2050-AD97
EPA
166. • ENHANCED MONITORING
PROGRAM
Legal Authority:
Clean Air Act, sections 114(a)(3), 504(b)
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 64
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, December 20,1994.
Abstract:
This action is required by the 1990
Clean Air Act amendments to ensure
better compliance with existing rules.
This program will require major
stationary sources to monitor emissions
and certify whether continuous
compliance with emissions limits has
been achieved.
Statement of Need:
The Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990 require major stationary sources
to provide ongoing monitoring of
compliance. Current monitoring data
provides EPA with a "snapshot" which
serves only as an indicator of
compliance or demonstrates the need
for a performance test. This approach
does not provide EPA with the ability
to assure that emissions reductions
from existing rules are being achieved,
and results in very few identified
violations. To ensure better compliance
with existing rules, the Enhanced
Monitoring (EM) Rule requires major
stationary sources to monitor emissions
and certify whether continuous
compliance with emissions limits has
been achieved. The self-monitoring
approach is comparable to the Clean
Water Act NPDES program.
Action
Date
FR cite Alternatives:
NPRM
Final Action
06/02/94 59 FR 28680
07/00/95
In an effort to balance two competing
needs-minimizing regulatory burdens
versus maximizing environmental
results (emissions reductions)—the
Agency solicited comments on a wide
range of applicability options. These
options, presented in an October 1993
Federal Register proposal, ranged from
covering all emission units at all major
sources (most stringent), to covering
only major emission units at major
sources (least stringent). Based upon
comments received and current cost-
benefit calculations, the Agency has
developed an option that focuses on tht
most environmentally significant
emission units and will cover
approximately 50 percent of the
potentially affected universe of sources
(facilities), while achieving 90 percent
of possible emissions reductions.
The Agency has also developed a
flexible, nonprescriptive approach
toward selection of monitoring
equipment for sources affected by the
EM Rule. Sources will have the ability
to choose from a series of monitoring
equipment options based upon factors
such as type of pollutant, type of
industrial process, size of emission
unit, and available technology that has
been approved in previous regulatory
decisions. EPA has solicited input from
States and the regulated community in
an effort to develop a compendium of
available monitoring methods which
will be published in an Enhanced
Monitoring Reference Document. This
document will serve as a guide to
currently available monitoring methods,
and will be periodically updated to
include new methods that are
developed, identified and accepted.
The Enhanced Monitoring Reference
Document will also include, for various
source categories, examples of
presumptively acceptable protocols
which EPA has established as meeting
the requirements of the EM Rule. This
approach will afford the regulated
community the opportunity to choose
the most cost-effective monitoring
approach that meets the parameters set
forth in the EM Rule.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
In keeping with Executive Order 12866,
EPA is preparing a detailed Regulatory
Impact Analysis (RIA) that will provide
costs and benefits associated with the
EM Rule. The RIA will compare the
relative costs and benefits of the
preferred approach with several other
approaches that were considered. The
estimated benefits of the EM Rule are
approximately $2 billion per year. The
benefits are calculated based on
reduced adverse health and welfare
impacts and "avoided costs" based
upon the difference between the costs
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of an EM program and the costs of
more stringent control requirements.
The costs anticipated from the EM Rule
are approximately $1 billion per year.
The major costs are development of a
monitoring protocol, purchase of
monitoring equipment, operation and
maintenance of the system,
recordkeeping and reporting, and
"behavioral adjustment costs."
A large part of the total EM costs (70
percent) is in the category of
"behavioral adjustment costs." These
are costs incurred by facilities as a
result of enhanced monitoring
equipment that will give faster and
more accurate information about
compliance problems. Because facilities
will be better able to identify problems,
it is expected that noncompliance will
be addressed more quickly and
thoroughly than if enhanced monitoring
had not been in place. In some cases,
facilities may realize that repeated
periods of noncompliance will require
the purchase of control equipment.
Although it is estimated that the
number of facilities that would need to
install control equipment is very low,
the total costs to these facilities are a
large component of the total cost of the
EM Rule. The cost and benefit
estimates identified in this section are
being refined based on comments
received on the proposed rule and will
be addressed in more detail in the final
RIA.
Risks:
The preferred EM option will apply to
approximately 20,000 pollutant points
nationally. The establishment of
enhanced monitoring requirements at
these pollutant points will result in the
reduction of more than 1.3 million tons
of pollution per year. Pollutants
reduced by the EM Rule include CO,
NOx, PM-10, SO2, and VOCs, as well
as certain hazardous air pollutants such
as benzene and mercury. The enhanced
monitoring provisions apply to existing
Clean Air Acts standards; however,
enhanced monitoring will also be
incorporated into other Clean Air Act
regulations that are under development
for other pollutants and source types.
As these new rules are developed,
pollution reductions beyond 1.3 million
tons per year will be realized.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3584.
Agency Contact:
Scott Throwe
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance
401 M Street SW.
Washington, DC 20460
703 308-8676
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40CFRCH.I
[FRL-5071-4]
Regulatory Agenda
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: EPA's regulatory agenda is
published each April and October. It
serves as a semiannual summary of
current and projected rulemakings,
reviews of existing regulations, and
Agency actions completed since the
previous publication of the agenda. By
providing the public with current and
advance information about pending
regulatory activities, the Agency hopes
to encourage more effective public
participation in the regulatory process.
ADDRESSES: To be placed on the mailing
list for future agendas, contact Bridgette
Dent, Regulatory Development Branch
(2136), EPA, 401 M Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260-5475.
If you have suggestions to improve
this publication or need general
information about the agenda, contact
Angela Suber, Regulatory Development
Branch (2136), EPA, 401 M Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260-7205.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you need detailed information about a
particular entry, the name, address, and
telephone number of an agency contact
who is most familiar with the subject
matter is listed for each action.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For this
edition of EPA's regulatory agenda, the
most important significant regulatory
actions are included in The Regulatory
Plan, which appears in Part II of this
issue of the Federal Register. The
Regulatory Plan entries are listed in the
Table of Contents below and are
denoted by a bracketed bold reference,
which directs the reader to the
appropriate Sequence Number in Part II.
The agenda provides the title, an
abstract, legal authority, CFR reference,
any analysis EPA is preparing, contact
person, and schedule for completing the
action for each regulation under review.
The following statutes are covered in
the agenda:
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response
Act (AHERA)
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
Clean Air Act (CAA) and Clean Air Act
as Amended (1990)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (CERCLA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act
(FFDCA)
Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments (HSWA)
Marine Protection, Research, and
Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA)
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (SARA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Water Quality Act of 1987 (WQA)
General (Other acts, including grant and
procurement regulations that apply to
several program areas.)
EPA's agenda also illustrates the
Agency's compliance with various
mandates. Included among these is the
requirement of Executive Order 12866
to submit the Agency's priority
regulatory activities for inclusion in the
Administration's annual "Regulatory
Plan." Those priority activities are
noted in the "Significance" section of
the rule entry.
EPA's agenda entries also provide
evidence of compliance with the other
requirements of Executive Order 12866.
Each entry indicates if it will be subject
to OMB review; an indication of
"Undetermined" generally means that
discussions are still underway between
EPA and OMB as to whether it will be
reviewed under the Executive order.
Additionally, there is an indication if a
rulemaking is considered "economically
significant" under the Executive order.
"Economically significant" rules are
those that "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" and require an economic
assessment. This compliance is also
noted in the "Significance" section of
each entry.
EPA also seeks to enhance public
participation in development of
proposed rules by potentially affected
stakeholders. We therefore invite
expressions of interest to be directed t<
the contact person listed for each rule.
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA
requires the identification of those
regulations which are likely to have a
"significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities"
(i.e., small governments, small
businesses, and small nonprofit
organizations). Under the requirements
of the Act, such regulations must be
subjected to a "regulatory flexibility
analysis." This analysis must consider
the likely economic impacts on small
entities, as well as any significant
alternatives to the rule which
accomplish the objectives of applicable
statutes and which minimize significan
economic impacts of the rulemaking on
small entities.
In April 1992, EPA adopted a policy
which exceeds the requirements of the
RFA (this policy applies to rulemakings
that were initiated on or after April 7,
1992). For rulemakings subject to this
policy, EPA will perform a regulatory
flexibility analysis if the rule is likely to
have any economic impact on any small
entity. For rulemakings not subject to
this policy (i.e., initiated prior to April
9, 1992), a regulatory flexibility analysis
will be conducted only if the
rulemaking will meet the RFA's
standard of having a "significant impact
on a substantial number of small
entities."
Each rulemaking listed in this agenda
indicates in the "Analysis" section
whether EPA expects to conduct a
regulatory flexibility analysis. If EPA
believes small entities will be affected
by a rulemaking, this is indicated under
the "Small Entities Affected" and/or the
"Government Levels Affected" section
of the summary for each listed rule. EPA
invites public comment regarding EPA's
assessment of which of the listed
rulemakings are appropriate for
regulatory flexibility analysis. (See
"Small Entities Index to the
Environmental Protection Agency
Agenda" at the end of this document. It
lists the regulatory actions EPA believes
may have effects on small businesses,
small governmental jurisdictions, or
small organizations.)
The RFA requires that existing
regulations that have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities are to be
reviewed within 10 years of
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promulgation of the regulations. As part
of that process, EPA invites public
comment identifying any existing EPA
rules believed to have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. Comments
should be provided in the following
format:
• Title
• Authorizing statute and CFR citation
• Description of economic effects on
small entities, especially on the
commenting person or organization
• Recommendations for changes
Any additional detailed comments or
data are welcome.
When the EPA completes its review of
an existing rule, it will indicate in the
agenda whether that rulemaking will be
continued without change or will be
amended or rescinded consistent with
the stated objectives of applicable
statutes to minimize any significant
economic impact of the regulations
upon a substantial number of small
entities.
The agenda is organized by statute
and ordered numerically within each
statutory area. Entries within each
statute are divided into four categories:
(1) Prerule, (2) proposed rule, (3) final
rule, and (4) completed actions (i.e.,
regulations that EPA is deleting from the
agenda because the Agency has
completed, withdrawn, or postponed
them indefinitely). Detailed information
on each of these categories is presented
below. A bullet (•) preceding an entry
indicates that this is the first time this
entry appears in an agenda.
I. Prerulemakings
Prerulemaking actions are activities
intended to determine whether to
initiate rulemaking. These activities
include anything that influences or
leads to rulemaking, such as advance
notices of proposed rulemaking,
significant studies or analyses of the
possible need for regulatory action,
requests for public comment on the
need for regulatory action, or important
preregulatory policy proposals.
II. Proposed and Final Rules
This section includes all significant
EPA regulations. EPA lists regulations
in this category of the agenda that are
within a year of proposal or
promulgation. The listings, however,
generally exclude (a) specialized
categories of actions (e.g., EPA
approvals of State plans and other
actions that do not apply nationally)
and (b) routine actions (e.g., pesticide
tolerances and minor amendments to
existing rules).
The Agency has attempted to list all
regulations and regulatory reviews
except those considered as minor,
routine, or repetitive actions. There is
no legal significance to the inadvertent
omission of an item from the listing.
The agenda reflects dates for actions on
each item; these dates are estimates that
should not be construed as an Agency
commitment to act on or by the date
shown. The Administrator of EPA will
be reviewing the items contained in this
agenda over the next 6 months. Items in
this agenda may be deleted, or new
items may be added, as a result of that
review.
III. Completed Actions
These are actions that appeared in the
previous agenda, which EPA is deleting
because they are completed or are no
longer under consideration for
rulemaking.
Dated: September 8,1994.
David M. Gardiner,
Assistant Administrator,
Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)—Prerule Stage
Sequence
Number
3908
Title
SAN No. 3430. Pesticides: Tolerance Proaram Revisions (Rea Plan Sea. No. 140)
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC74
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulator
Identifier
Number
3909
3910
3911
3912
3913
3914
3915
3916
3917
3918
3919
3920
3921
3922
SAN No. 3154. Revocation of Pesticide Food Additive Tolerances Subject to the Delaney Clause
SAN No. 3199. Interpretation of Raw Agricultural Commodity
SAN No. 3429. Pesticide Worker Protection Standard; Training Provisions for Workers
SAN No. 3558. Worker Protection Standard: Revision of Crop Advisor Requirements
SAN No. 2684. Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides under FIFRA and FFDCA
SAN No. 2687. Pesticide Data Requirements for Registration (Revision)
SAN No. 3019. Microbiological Water Purifiers; Labeling Claims
SAN No. 3222. Pesticides and Groundwater State Management Plan Regulation
SAN No. 2337. Procedures To Make Restricted Use Pesticides Available to Noncertified Persons for Use by Cer-
tified Applicators
SAN No. 2725. FIFRA Books and Records of Pesticide Production and Distribution (Revision)
SAN No. 2659. Pesticide Management and Disposal: Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment
SAN No. 2639. Child-Resistant Packaging Regulations (Revision)
SAN No. 3318. Exemption of Sterilant Pesticide Products From Regulation Under the Federal Insecticide, Fun-
gicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
SAN No. 3320. Regulatory Relief for Low-Risk Pesticides
2070-AC5!
2070-AC5-
2070-AC&
2070-AC8:
2070-ACO:
2070-AC1
2070-AC4
2070-AC4
2070-AB4
2070-ACO
2070-AB9
2070-AB9
2070-ACJ
2070-ACf
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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) — Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3923
3924
3925
3926
3927
3928
3929
3930
3931
3932
3933
Title
SAN No. 2444. Pesticide Tolerances; Portion of Food Commodities To Be Analyzed for Pesticide Residues
SAN No. 3113. Endangered Species Protection Program (Reg Plan Seq. No. 160)
SAN No 3135 Pesticide Flammability Labeling Requirements for Total Release Foggers
SAN No. 2371. Restricted Use Criteria for Pesticides in Ground Waster
SAN No. 1640. Worker Protection Standards; Pesticide Hazard Communication
SAN No 2446 Certification of Pesticide Applicators (Revision)
SAN No. 2338. Reporting Requirements for Risk/Benefit Information (Revision)
SAN No. 2720. Policy or Procedures for Notification to the Agency of Stored Pesticides With Cancelled or Sus-
pended Registration
SAN No. 2351 Classification of Certain Pesticides for Restricted Use Due to Groundwater Concerns
SAN No. 3141. Revision to Crop Grouping Regulations
SAN No. 3432. Pesticide Management and Disposal
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC4J
2070-AC45
2070-AC6C
2070-AB6C
2070-AC34
2070-AB75
2070-AB50
2070-AC08
2070-AC33
2070-AC52
2070-AC81
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) — Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3934
Title
SAN No. 2445. Microbial Pesticides; Experimental Use Permits and Notifications
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AB77
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) — Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3935
3936
3937
3938
3939
3940
3941
3942
3943
3944
3945
3946
3947
3948
3949
3950
3951
3952
3953
3954
3955
3956
Title
SAN No. 3504. Hazardous Air Pollutants Test Rule
SAN No. 3301. TSCA Chemical Use Inventory Rule (Reg Plan Seq. No. 141)
SAN No. 3034. Facility Coverage Amendment; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Community Right-to-Know
SAN No 3388 Deletion of Isopropyl Alcohol' Toxic Chemical Release Reporting' Community Right-to-Know
SAN No. 3499. Lead-Based Paint Hazard Disclosure Requirements at the Transfer of Target Housing (Section
1018); Joint Rule with the Dept. of HUD
SAN No. 2425. Responses to Petitions Received To Add to or Delete Chemicals From the List of Toxic Chemi-
cals Subject to Toxic Release Reporting Under EPCRA Section 313
SAN No 3243 Lead Hazard Standards (Reg Plan Seq. No. 142)
SAN No. 3244. Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Training, Accreditation and Certification Rule and Model State
Plan Rule
SAN No. 2249. Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Protection Rule
SAN No. 3508. TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of Lead-Based Abatement Waste
SAN No. 3480. Development of Guidance as mandated by Executive Order 12873, Section 503 on "Environ-
mentally Preferable Products"
SAN No. 3494. Proposed Decisions on Test Rules
SAN No. 2245. Negotiated Consent Order Procedural Test Rule (Revision)
SAN No. 2563. ATSDR Substances Test Rule
SAN No. 2865. Multi-Chemical Endpoint Test Rule; Chemical Fate and Environmental Effects
SAN No. 1923. Follow-up Rules on Existing Chemicals
SAN No. 2848/3252. Regulatory Investigation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) To Reduce Lead
(Pb) Consumption and Use
SAN No. 2146. Regulatory Investigation of Formaldehyde
SAN No. 2150. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Applications for Exemptions From the Ban on Manufacturing,
Processing, and Distribution
SAN No. 2878. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Disposal Amendments
SAN No. 3047. Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Rule
SAN No. 1923. Significant New Use Rules on National Program Chemicals; Asbestos, Lead, and Refractory Ce-
ramic Fibers
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC76
2070-AC61
2070-AC71
2070-AC77
2070-AC75
2070-ACOO
2070-AC63
2070-AC64
2070-AC66
2070-AC72
2070-AC78
2070-AB07
2070-AB30
2070-AB79
2070-AC36
2070-AA58
2070-AC21
2070-AB14
2070-AB20
2070-AC01
2070-AC62
2070-AC37
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Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Proposed Rule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3957
SAN No. 3559. Notice of TSCA Section 4 Reimbursement Period and TSCA Section 12(b) Export Notification
Period Sunset Dates for TSCA Section 4 Substances
2070-AC84
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3958
3959
3960
3961
3962
3963
3964
3965
3966
3967
3968
3969
3970
3971
3972
3973
3974
3975
3976
3977
3978
Title
SAN No. 3007. Chemical List Expansion; Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act Section 313
(Reg Plan Seq. No. 161)
SAN No. 3507. Small Source Exemption Considerations; Toxic Release Reporting; Community Right-to-Know ....
SAN No. 2847. Mandatory Pollution Prevention Reporting for Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
SAN No. 3242. Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Requirements at Renovation of Target Housing
SAN No. 3493. Final Decisions on Test Rules
SAN No. 2865. Multi-Chemical Endpoint(s) Test Rule; Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity, and
Neurotoxicity
SAN No. 1976. Follow-up Rules on Non-5(e) New Chemical Substances
SAN No. 3495. Chemical Specific Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) To Extend Provisions of Section 5(e) Or-
ders
SAN No. 2247. Generic Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) for Acrylate Compounds
SAN No. 2326. Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microbial Products ("Biotechnology") Under the Toxic Sub-
stances Control Act (TSCA) ... ... ... ... .... ...
SAN No. 2760. Premanufacture Notification (PMN) Rule Amendments
SAN No. 2560. Procedures and Criteria for Termination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Disposal Permits ....
SAN No 2844. Regulatory Investigation of Dioxin in Pulp and Paper Mill Sludge
SAN No. 2779. Use of Acrylamide and N-Methylolacrylamide (NMA) for Grouting
SAN No 3021 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Transformer Reclassification Rule ..
SAN No. 3148. Revised Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan
SAN No 2178 Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rules . ...
SAN No 1139 Section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting Rules
SAN No 3190 Amendment to the TSCA Section 8(a) Comprehensive Assessment Information Rule (CAIR) . ...
SAN No. 3118 TSCA Section 8(e)' Notice of Clarification and Solicitation of Public Comment
SAN No. 3557. Lead-Based Paint Activities. Trainina and Certification: Renovation and Remodelina
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC47
2070-AC70
2070-AC24
2070-AC65
2070-AB94
2070-AC27
2070- AA59
2070-AB27
2070-AB56
2070-AB61
2070-AC14
2070-AB81
2070-AC05
2070-AC17
2070-AC39
2070-AC51
2070-AB08
2070-AB1 1
2070-AC19
2070-AC80
2070-AC83
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3979 SAN No. 3249. Prohibition of Hexavalent
12(b) Export Notification' Amendment
Title
Chromium in Comfort Cooling Towers; Application of TSCA Section
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC57
Clean Water Act (CWA)— Prerule Stage
Sequence
Number
3980 Revised Recreational Water Qualitv Criteria
Title
For Microoraanisms
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC50
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Sequence
Number
398f
3982
3983
3984
3985
3986
3987
3988
3989
3990
3991
3992
3993
3994
3995
3996
3997
3998
3999
4000
4001
4002
4003
4004
Clean Water Act (CWA)— Proposed Rule Stage
Title
SAN No. 3448. Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge (Round II)
SAN No. 3497. Amendments to Final Sewage Sludge Use and Disposal Rule
SAN No. 3562. Clarification of "Standing" Requirement for State NPDES Programs
SAN No. 3504. Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants and Toxicity for the State of Califor-
nia
Leather Tanning and Finishing Effluent Guidelines - Pretreatment Standards for Existing and New Sources
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act
SAN No. 1427. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
SAN No. 2747. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Coastal Subcategory of the Oil and Gas Extraction
Category
SAN No. 2805. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
SAN No. 2806. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery Category, Phase I
SAN No. 3209. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Industrial Laundries Category
SAN No. 3204. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Transportation Equipment Cleaning Category
SAN No. 3489. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Landfills and Incinerators
SAN No. 3496. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery Category, Phase II
SAN No. 3517. Water Quality Standards to Replace Portions of Florida's Existing State Water Quality Standards,
i.e., State Antidegradation Policy
SAN No. 3518. Federal Water Quality Standards for Surface Waters of the United States in New Mexico
SAN No. 3444. Criteria and Standards Reflecting Best Technology Available (BTA) for Cooling Water Intake
Structures under Section 31 6(b) of the Clean Water Act
SAN No. 2501. NPDES Wastewater Permit Application Forms and Regulatory Revisions for Municipal Dis-
charges and Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal
SAN No. 3234. Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Application Form 2C - Wastewater Discharge Information ....
SAN No. 2804. Clean Water Act Section 404 Program Definition — Isolated Waters and Artificial Wetlands
SAN No. 3224. Comparison of Dredged Material to Reference Sediment
SAN No. 3442. Continuous Emission Monitoring and Other Pollutant Limitation and Monitoring Regulations for
Sewage Sludge Incinerators
SAN No. 2737. Revisions to Ocean Dumping Regulations for Dredged Material
SAN No. 2820. Shore Protection Act. Section 4103(b) Reaulations
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC25
2040-AC29
2040-AC43
2040-AC44
2040-AC48
2040-AC49
2040-AA13
2040-AB72
2040-AB78
2040-AB79
2040-AB97
2040-AB98
2040-AC23
2040-AC30
2040-AC37
2040-AC38
2040-AC34
2040-AB39
2040-AC26
2040-AB74
2040-AC14
2040-AC46
2040-AB62
2040-AB85
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
4005
4006
4007
4008
4009
4010
4011
4012
4013
4014
4015
SAN No. 3441.
SAN No. 3203.
SAN No. 2712.
SAN No. 3391.
SAN No. 3567.
SAN No. 3503.
SAN No. 2304.
SAN No. 3564.
SAN No. 3371.
tional Wetlands
SAN No. 3443.
SAN No. 2736.
Title
Guidance on the Eligibility of Multiple Purpose Activities under the State Revolving Fund Program
Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System (Reg Plan Seq. No. 162)
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp Paper and Paperboard Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Pesticide Formulating, Packaging and Repackaging
301 (k) Innovative Technology Time Extensions
San Francisco Bay/Delta Water Quality Standards (Reg Plan Seq. No. 163)
Effluent Guidelines Plan
Technical Amendment to National Estuary Program Financial Assistance Regulation
Definition of Wetlands; Revisions to the Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdic-
1996 Needs Survey
Reorqanization and Corrections to List of Ocean Dumping Sites
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC31
2040-AC08
2040-AB53
2040-AC21
2040-AC42
2040-AC35
2040-AC20
2040-AC40
2040-AC03
2040-AC33
2040-AB63
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
4016
4017
Title
SAN No. 2587. Revisions to Regulations for Modification of Secondary Treatment Requirements for Municipal
Discharges into Marine Waters
SAN No. 3330. Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Control Policy
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AB29
2040-AC17
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Sequence
Number
4018
4019
SAN No. 3154
SAN No. 3447.
Title
Exception from Wetlands Mitigation Sequence for Alaska
Clean Water Act Section 404 Proaram Definition — Artificial Wetlands
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC05
2040-AC28
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
4020
4021
4022
4023
4024
Title
SAN No. 3602. Protective Action Guidance for Drinking Water
SAN No 1727 Environmental Protection Standards for Low-Level Radioactive Waste
SAN No. 2073 Radiation Site Cleanup (Reg Plan Seq. No. 143)
SAN No 3321 (was 2073) Federal Radiation Protection Guidance for Exposure of the General Public
SAN No. 3568. Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain. Nevada
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AF39
2060-AA04
2060-AB31
2060-AE61
2060-AF38
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
4025
4026
Title
SAN No. 3232. Criteria for the Certification of Compliance With 40 CFR Part 191 Environmental Standards for
the Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel High-Level and Transuranic Radioactive Waste
SAN No. 1166. Groundwater Protection Standards for Inactive Uranium Tailino. Sites
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AE30
2060-AC03
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
4027
4028
4029
4030
4031
4032
4033
4034
4035
Title
SAN No 3440 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper (Revision)
SAN No. 2340. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Groundwater Disinfection (Reg Plan Seq. No. 144)
SAN No 2807 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations' Arsenic ...
SAN No 3176 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations' Sulfate .. ...
SAN No 3238 National Primary Drinking Water Standards (NPDWRs) for Aldicarb
SAN No. 3509. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: 25 Contaminants from Drinking Water Priority List
(Phase VI-B) — Organic and Inorganic Contaminants (Reg Plan Sec|. No. 145)
SAN No 3563 Reformatting of Drinking Water Regulations ...
SAN No. 2784. Revisions to SDWA; Underground Injection Control Program Regulations for Class II (Oil and
Gas Related) Wells ...
SAN No. 2778. Management of Class V Injection Wells Under Part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act (Reg Plan
Seq No 146)
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC27
2040-AA97
2040-AB75
2040-AC07
2040-AC13
2040-AC22
2040-AC41
2040-AB77
2040-AB83
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)— Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
4037
4038
4039
Title
SAN No 3268 Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking Water Contaminants .
SAN No 2281 National Primary Drinking Water Regulation* Radionuclides (Reg Plsn Sea No 164)
SAN No. 2772/2304. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: 25 Contaminants From Drinking Water Prior-
ity List (Phase VIA) - Disinfection Byproducts Rule and Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
SAN No. 3445. Drinking Water Microbial and Disinfection By-Product Monitoring Rule (formerly called the "Infor-
mation Collection Disinfection Bvoroducts Rule")
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC12
2040-AA94
2040-AB82
2040-AC24
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Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
4040 SAN No. 3359. Drinking Water Primacy Withdrawal Regulation (Revision) 2040-AC19
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Completed Actions
Sequence I ^
Number Number
4041 SAN No. 2440. Indian Rule for the Wellhead Protection Program and Sole Source Aquifer Demonstration Pro-
gram 2040-AB18
Noise Control Act (NCA)—Final Rule Stage
~
Number Number
4042 SAN No. 2046. Withdrawal of Products From the Agency's Reports Identifying Major Noise Sources and With-
drawal of Proposed Rules 2060-AB24
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Prerule Stage
~
Number
4043 SAN No. 2872. Modifications to the Definition of Solid Waste and Regulations of Hazardous Waste Recycling:
General 2050-AD18
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Regulation
Numbe- Title ldentifier
NumDe' Number
4044 SAN No. 3425. Facility Response Planning for Delegated Offshore Facilities 2050-AE18
4045 SAN No. 3426. Regulations to Control Imports and Exports of Hazardous and Other Wastes 2050-AE13
4046 SAN No. 3428. Hazardous Waste Management System; Amendment to Generic Exclusion for K061, KO62, and
FOO6 HTMR Residuals (Encapsulated Uses) 2050-AE15
4047 Alternatives for Ground-Water Monitoring at Small, Dry/Remote Municipal Solid Waste Landfills 2050-AE24
4048 SAN No. 3547. New and Revised Testing Methods Approved for RCRA Subtitle C Hazardous Waste Testing
Manual, SW-846, Third Edition, Update IV 2050-AE25
4049 SAN No. 3585. Financial Assurance Effective Date for Owners and Operators of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
Facilities 2050-AE27
4050 SAN No. 3328. Identification and Listing of Hazardous Wastes: Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR);
Waste (Reg Plan Seq. No. 147) 2050-AE07
4051 SAN No. 2780. Causes for Permit Modifications to Hazardous Waste Management Facilities 2050-AD05
4052 SAN No. 3042. Hazardous Waste Management System: Post-Closure Requirements 2050-AD55
4053 SAN No. 3134. Spent Solvents Listing Determination 2050-AD84
4054 SAN No. 3151. Chlorinated Aliphatics Listing Determination 2050-AD85
4055 SAN No. 3427. New and Revised Testing Methods Approved for RCRA Subtitle C, in "Test Methods for Evaluat-
ing Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods" (SW-846), Third Edition, Update III 2050-AE14
4056 SAN No. 3179. Subtitle D Corporate Financial Test and Guarantee 2050-AD77
4057 SAN No. 3416. Revisions to Criteria Applicable to Solid Waste Disposal Facilities that May Accept CESQG Haz-
ardous Wastes Excluding Municipal Solid Waste Landfills 2050-AE11
4058 SAN No. 3178. Removal of Pentachlorophenol From F027; Restore It as U242; Change Toxicity Designation of
F021; and Clarify Basis for Listing Criteria 2050-AD78
4059 SAN No. 3066/3068/3069. Listing Determination of Wastes Generated During the Manufacture of Azo,
Anthraquinone. and Triarylmethane Dyes and Pigments 2050-AD80
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Sequence
Number
4060
4061
4062
4063
4064
4065
4066
4067
4068
4069
4070
4071
4072
4073
4074
4075
Title
SAN No. 3064. Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste: Petroleum Refining Process Wastes
SAN No. 3211. RCRA Fees: Handler Notifications and Waste Export Notifications
SAN No. 3333. Revised Technical Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities (Reg Plan Seq. No.
148)
SAN No. 3366. Land Disposal Restrictions — Phase IV: Treatment Standards for Certain Mineral Processing
Wastes' TC metals' Newly Listed Wastes from Wood Preserving and Dyes and Pigments
SAN No. 2982. Identification and Listing of Hazardous Wastes; Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR):
Contaminated Media (Reg Plan Seq. No. 149) . ..
SAN No 3147 Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation .. ....
SAN No 2303 Location Standards for Hazardous Waste Facilities .... ..
SAN No. 3365. Land Disposal Restrictions — Phase III: Standards for Decharacterized Wastes and Treatment
Standards for Newly Listed Carbamate, Organobromine Wastes, and Spent Aluminum Potliners (Reg Plan Seq.
No. 150)
SAN No. 3235. Rule Identifying When Military Munitions Become Hazardous Wastes and Management Stand-
ards for Such Wastes
SAN No 3218. Streamline Permitting for Mixed Waste
SAN No 2827. RCRA Subtitle C Indian Program Authorization
SAN No. 3150. Field Filtering of Ground-Water Samples
SAN No. 2751 . RCRA Subtitle D Solid Waste Facilities; State/Tribal Permit Program — Determination of Adequacy
SAN No. 3032. Guideline for Federal Procurement of Paper and Paper Products Containing Recovered Materials
Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products Containing Recovered Materials
SAN No. 3433. Underground Storage Tanks Containing Hazardous Substances - Financial Responsibility Re-
ouirements
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AD88
2050-AD92
2050-AE01
2050-AE05
2050-AE22
2050-AE21
2050-AB42
2050-AD38
2050-AD90
2050-AD65
2050-AD07
2050-AD86
2050-AD03
2050-AD41
2050-AE23
2050-AC15
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
4076
4077
4078
4079
4080
4081
4082
4083
4084
4DR1;
4086
4087
4nRR
4089
40Qn
4091
4092
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Sequence
Number
Title
4096
SAN No. 3149. Underground Storage Tanks—Lender Liability
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
4097
4098
4099
4100
4101
4102
Title
SAN No. 2935. Land Disposal Restrictions - Phase II - Universal Treatment Standards for Organic Toxicity Char-
acteristic Wastes and Newly Listed Wastes
SAN No. 3053. Revisions to Interim Status Groundwater Monitoring Requirements for Newly Regulated Land
Disposal Facilities
SAN No. 3085. Suspension of the Toxicity Characteristic Rule for Non-Underground Storage Tank Petroleum
Contaminated Media
SAN No. 3332. Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Amendments to Definition of Solid Waste
SAN No. 2277. Amendments to Groundwater Monitoring Requirements at Hazardous Waste Facilities
SAN No. 2435. Hazardous Waste Management System: Groundwater Monitoring Constituents (Phase II) and
Methods
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AD89
2050-AD56
2050-AD64
2050-AD99
2050-AB20
2050-AC05
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Prerule Stage
Sequence
Number
4103
4104
4105
4106
4107
4108
4109
Title
SAN No. 3448. NAAQS: Particulate Matter (Review)
SAN No. 3468. Establishment of Lesser Quantity Emission Rates for Ha
SAN NO. 3549. NESHAP: Petroleum Refineries - FCC Units, Reformers
SAN No. 3344. NESHAP — Chromium Chemical Manufacturing
SAN NO 3552. Regional Haze Protection
zardous Air Pollutants
and Sulfur Plants
SAN No. 3037. Report to Congress and Prioritized Category List for Regulation of VOC Emissions from
Consumer and Commercial Products
SAN No. 3389. Fuels and Fuel Additives Waiver Application Criteria
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AE66
2060-AE98
2060-AF28
2060-AE42
2060-AF32
2060-AE24
2060-AE68
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
Title
4110
4111
4112
4113
4114
4115
4116
4117
4118
4119
4120
4121
4122
4123
4124
4125
4126
SAN No. 2909. Revisions to the New Source Review Regulations
SAN No. 2961. Locomotive Emissions Standards
SAN No. 3111. Prohibition of Leaded Gasoline for Highway Use
SAN No. 3369. Federal Operating Permit Rules
SAN No. 3286. Mobile-Stationary Source Trading Program
SAN No. 3259. New Source Review (NSR) Reform (Reg Plan Seq. No. 151)
SAN No. 3186. Amendments to the Emission Defect Reporting Requirements
Inspection/Maintenance Program Requirements—Onboard Diagnostic Checks
SAN No. 3263. Performance Warranty and Inspection/Maintenance Test Procedures
SAN No. 3262. Inspection/Maintenance Recall Requirements
SAN No. 3355. Federal Implementation Plans To Achieve the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone in
the Sacramento Metropolitan Area, SCAQMD, and Ventura County, California Nonattainment Areas
SAN No. 3302. Consolidated Emission Reporting
SAN No. 3314. Addition of Test Method 205 to Appendix M of 40 CFR Part 51
SAN No. 3353. NAAQS: Ozone (Review) (Reg Plan Seq. No. 152)
SAN No. 3354. State Implementation Plan Completeness Criteria
SAN No. 3276. Standards for Emissions from Ethanol-Fueled Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Engines
SAN No. 3407. Amendment of Method 23: Measurement of Dioxin Emission from Stationary Sources and Meth-
od 301: Field Validation of Pollution Measurement Methods for Various Medias
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Sequence
Number
4127
4128
4129
4130
4131
4132
4133
4134
4135
4136
4137
4138
4139
4140
4141
4142
4143
4144
4145
4146
4147
4148
4149
4150
4151
4152
4153
4154
4155
4156
4157
4158
4159
4160
4161
4162
4163
4164
4165
4166
4167
4168
4169
4170
4171
4172
4173
4174
4175
4176
4177
4178
4179
4180
Title
SAN No. 3526. Ozone Transport Commission; Emission Vehicle Program for the Northeast Ozone Transport Re-
gion (Reg Plan Seq. No. 153)
SAN No. 3474. Ammonia Test Method, 40 CFR Part 51, Appendix M
SAN No 3473. Test Method 302 Appendix M 40 CFR Part 51
SAN No 3472 Technical Corrections to 40 CFR 60 Appendix A and to 40 CFR 61 Appendix
SAN No 3082 NESHAP- Ferroalloy Industry ..
SAN No. 3553. Requirements for Preparation, Adoption, and Submittal of Ozone State Implementation Plans
SAN No. 3516. Comprehensive Radiation Waste Management Rule
SAN No. 3569. Federal Implementation Plan to Control Emissions From Two Power Stations Located on Navajo
Nation Lands
SAN No. 3572. Acid Rain Program: Revisions to Applicability, Exemptions, Allocations, and Small Diesel Refiner-
ies ... ...
SAN No. 3574. Acid Rain Program: Revisions to the Permits Regulations Under Title IV of the Clean Air Act to
Make Technical Corrections
Control of Air Pollution from Aircraft and Aircraft Engines* Emission Standards and Test Procedures
SAN No 3519 Conventional Gasoline Marker
SAN No 1004 NAAQS' Nitrogen Dioxide (Review)
SAN No 3016 Revise Capture Efficiency Guidelines ...
SAN No 3470 Supplement D to the Guideline on Air Quality Modeling
SAN No 2719 Medical Waste Incinerators (Reg Plan Seq. No. 154)
SAN No 2916 NSPS' Municipal Waste Combustion — Phase II and Phase III (Reg Plan Seq. No. 155)
SAN No 3106 NSPS for Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) - Revision
SAN No 3379 NSPS' Starch Production Facilities
SAN No 2719 NSPS' Medical Waste Incinerators
SAN No 2892 NESHAP' Asbestos Processing
SAN No 3105 (was 2914) Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guideline' Pulp and Paper
SAN No 2965 NESHAP for Wood Furniture Manufacturing
SAN No 3373/2993 Radionuclide Major Source Definition . ..
SAN No. 3077. NESHAP: Printing/Publishing Industry
SAN No 3166. NESHAP: Polymers and Resins, Group I
SAN No 3074 NESHAP' Surface Coating Operations in Shipbuilding and Ship Repair
SAN No 3159. NESHAP for Off-Site Waste Operations
SAN No 3215 NESHAP' Mineral Wool Production Industry
SAN No 3229 NESHAP' Oil and Natural Gas Production ..
SAN No. 3228. National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Polymers and Resins,
Group III . ..
SAN No 3187 NESHAP' Polymers and Resins Group IV
SAN No 3303 NESHAP — Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing
SAN No 3345 NESHAP — Steel Pickling, HC1 Process
SAN No 3343 NESHAP — Iron Foundries and Steel Foundries
SAN No 3304 NESHAP — Phosphate Fertilizers Production
SAN No 3340 NESHAP — Primary Copper Smelters ...
SAN No 3342 NESHAP — Wood Treatment Industry
SAN No 3346 NESHAP — Integrated Iron and Steel
SAN No 3479 Amendments to Part 63 to Establish Provisions for Determining Potential to Emit
SAN No 3123 NESHAP' Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing Industry ..
SAN No 3072 NESHAP' Primary Aluminum Plants ...
SAN No 3078 NESHAP' Secondary Aluminum Industry
SAN No 3079 NESHAP' Portland Cement Manufacturing
SAN No 3326 NESHAP' Reinforced Plastic Composites Production
SAN No 3453 NESHAP' Combustion Sources in the Sulfite Pulping Industry
SAN No 3408 NESHAP' Polyether Polyol Production
SAN No 3452 NESHAP' Non-SOCMI Organic Chemical Production
SAN No 3451 NESHAP' Pharmaceuticals Production
SAN No 3450 NESHAP' Production of Agricultural Chemicals .
SAN No 3449 NESHAP' Chlorine Manufacturing
SAN No 3338 NESHAP' Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production .
SAN No 3467 NESHAP' Primary Lead Smelters
SAN No. 3469. NESHAP: Manufacture of Tetrahvdrobenzaldehvde
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AF15
2060-AF22
2060-AF23
2060-AF24
2060-AF29
2060-AF34
2060-AF41
2060-AF42
2060-AF45
2060-AF47
2060-AF50
2060-AF53
2060-AC06
2060-AD84
2060-AF01
2060-AC62
2060-ADOO
2060-AD04
2060-AE65
2060-AE73
2060-AB51
2060-AD03
2060-AD57
2060-AD60
2060-AD95
2060-AD96
2060-AD98
2060-AE05
2060-AE08
2060-AE34
2060-AE36
2060-AE37
2060-AE40
2060-AE41
2060-AE43
2060-AE44
2060-AE46
2060-AE47
2060-AE48
2060-AE63
2060-AE75
2060-AE76
2060-AE77
2060-AE78
2060-AE79
2060-AE80
2060-AE81
2060-AE82
2060-AE83
2060-AE84
2060-AE85
2060-AE86
2060-AE97
2060-AE99
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Sequence
Number
Title
4181 SAN No. 2547. National Emission Standard for Radon Emissions from Phosphogypsum Stacks
4182 SAN No. 3378. NESHAP: Manufacturers of Acrylic/Modacrylic Fibers
4183 SAN No. 3465. NESHAP: Polycarbonates Production
4184 SAN No. 3466. Delisting of Source Categories under 112(c): Stainless and Non-Stainless Steel Manufacturing
and Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Operation
4185 SAN No. 3377. Publically Owned Treatment Works (POTW) Study
4186 SAN No. 3548. NESHAP: Nylon 6 Production
4187 SAN No. 3550. NESHAP: Baker's Yeast Manufacturing Industry
4188 SAN No. 3551. Amendments to General Provisions for 40 CFR 63
4189 SAN No. 3459. Criteria and Procedures for Determining Transportation Conformity in Attainment Areas
4190 Correction to Criteria and Procedures for Determining Transportation Conformity: Nitrogen Oxides Requirements
for Areas with a 182 (f) Exemption
4191 SAN No. 3281. VOC Regulation for Automobile and Truck Refinishing Coatings
4192 SAN No. 3351. VOC Regulation for Architectural and Industrial Maintenance Coatings
4193 SAN No. 2869. Revised Light-Duty Durability Procedures for Model Year 1999 and Later
4194 SAN No. 3191. Cold Temperature Carbon Monoxide Emissions Averaging
4195 SAN No. 3456. Tier 2 Emission Standards
4196 SAN No. 3454. Control of Motor Vehicle Evaporative Emissions
4197 SAN No. 3139. Amendment Concerning the Location of Selective Enforcement Audits of Foreign Manufactured
Vehicles and Engines
4198 SAN No. 3323. Review of the Federal Test Procedure for Emissions From Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle En-
gines (Reg Plan Seq. No. 156)
4199 SAN No. 2727. Emission Design and Defect Warranty and Parts List
4200 SAN No. 2728. Revisions to Regulations on Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives
4201 SAN No. 2769. Control of Air Toxics Emissions From Motor Vehicles (Reg Plan Seq. No. 157)
4202 SAN No. 3091. "Substantially Similar" Definition for Diesel Fuels
4203 SAN No. 3455. Standards for Methanol Vehicle Fillnecks and Methanol Fuel Dispensers, and Specifications for
Methanol Vehicle Fuel
4204 SAN No. 3361. Emission Standards for New Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines At and Below 19 Kilowatts (25
horsepower) (Phase 2) (Reg Plan Seq. No. 158)
4205 SAN No. 3350. Emission Standards for Gasoline Spark-ignition and Diesel Compression-ignition Marine Engines
4206 SAN No. 3458. Emission Standards for Nonroad Recreational Vehicles and Revision of On-highway Motorcycle
Emission Standards
4207 SAN No. 3175. Restrictions on Motor Vehicle and Non-Road Engines
4208 SAN No. 3325. Urban Bus Pass/Fail Rate Rulemaking
4209 SAN No. 2888. Acid Rain Nitrogen Oxides Control Regulation
4210 SAN No. 3352. NSPS for Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Revision
4211 SAN No. 3462. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Administrative Changes to the Final Rule to Phaseout Ozone
Depleting Chemicals
4212 SAN No. 3460. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Supplemental Rule to Amend Leak Repair Provisions, Equip-
ment Standards and Scope of Chemicals to be Recycled Under Section 608 of the Amended CAA
4213 SAN No. 3463. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Supplemental Rule to Amend Grandfathering Requirements
for the Technician Certification Program for National Recycling
4214 SAN No. 3555. Amendment to the MVAC Rule to Include All Refrigerants
4215 SAN No. 3556. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Supplemental Rule Regarding a Recycling Standard Under
Section 608
4216 SAN No. 3560. Amendment to the Refrigerant Recycling Rule to Include All Refrigerants
4217 SAN No. 3537. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Supplemental Rule to Amend Leak Repair Provisions, Equip-
ment Standards and Scope of Chemicals to be Recycled Under Section 608 of the Amended CAA
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
Title
4218
4219
SAN No. 2942. Enhanced Monitoring Program
SAN No. 2955. Registration and Testing of Lead Substitute Gasoline Additives
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Sequence
Number
4220
4221
4222
4223
4224
4225
4226
4227
4228
4229
4230
4231
4232
4233
4234
4235
4236
4237
4238
4239
4240
4241
4242
4243
4244
4245
4246
4247
4248
4249
4250
4251
49R9
4253
4954
49ei
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Sequence
Number
Title
4266
4267
4268
4269
4270
4271
SAN No. 3571.
SAN No. 3575.
SAN No. 3348.
SAN No. 2690.
SAN No. 2240.
SAN No. 3603.
Acid Rain Program: Revised Group 1, Phase II, NOx Emission Limitations
NOx Emission Limitations for Group 2 Boilers
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Labeling; Supplemental Rule
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Programs
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility - RCRA Air Emission Standards
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Programs Rule - Amendment
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
Title
4272 SAN No. 2726. Alternative Fuel Corporate Average Fuel Economy and Labeling Requirements
4273 SAN No. 2849. Reorganization of 40 CFR Part 86, Subpart A
4274 SAN No. 3112. Determination of Significance for Nonroad Sources and Emission Standards for New Nonroad
Compression-Ignition Engines at or Above 37 Kilowatts
4275 SAN No. 3257. Ambient Air Quality Surveillance Siting Criteria for Open Path Analyzers
4276 SAN No. 3375. Addendum to the General Preamble for Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments; Serious PM-10
Nonattainment Areas and PM-10 Nonattainment Area Attainment Date Waivers
4277 SAN No. 3395. Renewable Oxygenates for Reformulated Gasoline
4278 SAN No. 3412. Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
4279 SAN No. 3087. Indian Tribes: Air Quality Planning and Management
4280 SAN No. 2762. NAAQS: Carbon Monoxide (Review)
4281 SAN No. 3080. NESHAP: Chromium—Industrial Process Cooling Towers
4282 SAN No. 2363. NESHAP: Hazardous Organic
4283 SAN No. 3205. Establishment of Guidance for Implementing Clean Air Act, Section 112(j) Provisions for Making
MACT Determinations When EPA Fails to Promulgate a Federal Standard
4284 SAN No. 3039/3040. National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; National Emissions Standards
for Radon Emissions From the Disposal of Uranium Mill Tailings
4285 SAN No. 3464. Early Reduction Program—High Risk List Amendment
4286 SAN No. 3251. Sequence of Application of Mandatory Sanctions Under Section 179
4287 SAN No. 2964. Economic Incentive Program Rules Authorized Under Title I of the CAA
4288 SAN No. 2952. Air Pollution Control; Preemption of State Regulation for Nonroad Engine and Vehicle Standards
4289 SAN No. 2365. Fuel and Fuel Additives: Registration Requirements
4290 SAN No. 3534. Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Fuel Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 1993
and Later Calendar Years
Superfund (CERCLA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
Title
4291
4292
4293
4294
4295
4296
4297
4298
4299
SAN No. 2979. Risk Management Program For Chemical Accidental Release Prevention (Reg Plan Seq. No.
159)
SAN No. 3050. Deletion of Saccharin From the List of Hazardous Wastes Under RCRA and the List of Hazard-
ous Substances Under CERCLA
SAN No. 3423. Reportable Quantity Adjustments for Carbamates
SAN No. 3424. Reportable Quantity Adjustment for Radon-222
SAN No. 3054. Administrative Reporting Exemptions for Certain Radionuclide Releases
SAN No. 3439. National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites: Proposed and Final Rules
SAN No. 3422. Response Action Contractor Indemnification
SAN No. 3036. Amendments to the Extremely Hazardous Substances List Under Section 302 of the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act
SAN No. 3215. Amendments to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Sections 302
through 312
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Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
4300
4301
4302
4303
SAN No. 3337. The National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites; Deletion Policy for Resource
Conservation and Recovery (RCRA) Facilities
SAN No. 2394. Reporting Exemptions for Federally Permitted Releases of Hazardous Substances
SAN No. 3000. Designation Under CERCLA and Reportable Quantity Adjustments for New Clean Air Act Haz-
ardous Air Pollutants; Reportable Quantity Adjustments of Hazardous Wastes
SAN No. 2976. Amendment to the NCP Appendix: OSWER Procedures for Contract Laboratory Program (CLP)
Investigations
2050-AE04
2050-AB82
2050-AD33
2050-AD34
Superfund (CERCLA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
4"?n4
4305
4306
SAN No 3126
SAN No. 2882.
Plan
SAN No 2923
Title
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan (Technical Revisions)
Oil Pollution Act Revisions to the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency
Oil Pollution Act' Facility Response Planning
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AD73
2050-AD24
2050-AD30
General—Prerule Stage
Sequence
Number
4307
SAN No. 2218.
EPA (Revision)
Title
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Age in Programs Receiving Financial Assistance From the
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2090-AA09
General—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
4infl
4309
41 m
411 1
4312
4111
411 4
4315
411 fi
411 7
411ft
4320
4321
Title
Grants and Cooperative Agreements with State Local and Indian Tribal Governments
SAN No 3438 Award Fee
Incorporation of Class Deviation into EPAAR
SAN No 3587 Merger of 40 CFR Parts 15 and 32 into a Single Regulation
SAN No. 3100. Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local
SAN No 3255 Source Selection Procedures
SAN No 3240 Public Information and Confidentiality Regulations
SAN No 3431 Privacy Act of 1974' Proposed Alteration of Existing New System of Records
SAN No. 3367. Amend Subpart H Supplemental Rules to Ensure 40 CFR Part 22 Rule Conforms to the New
Federal Facility Compliance Act
SAN No. 2158. Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Requirements for State Hazardous Waste Management
Programs
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2030-AA34
2030-AA31
2030-AA35
2030-AA36
2030-AA37
2030-AA38
2030-AA25
2030-AA27
2030-AA29
2020-AA13
2020-AA21
2020-AA18
2020-AA22
2050-AB01
General—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
w)
Title
KAN Nn 3584 Fnhanced Monitorinn Proaram (Red Plan Sea. No. 166)
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2020-AA24
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Sequence
Number
4323
4324
4325
4326
4327
Title
SAN No. 2702. Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) Cost Recov-
erv
SAN No. 3386. Indian Tribes: Eligibility of Indian Tribes for Program Authorization
SAN No 3486 Non APA Consolidated Rules of Practice for Administrative Assessment of Civil Penalties
SAN No. 3436. Uniform Administration Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Edu-
cation Hospitals and Other Nonprofit Organizations
SAN No. 2512. Administrative Hearing Procedures for Class II Penalties Under CERCLA and Emergency Plan-
nina and Community Riaht-to-Know Act
Regulatio
Identifier
Number
2050-AC9
2020-AA2
2020-AA2
2030- AA3
2050-AC3
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
General—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
4328
4329
4330
SAN No 3219.
SAN No 3101.
SAN No. 3256.
Title
New Restrictions on Lobbying
General Regulation for Assistance Programs for Other Than State and Local Governments
Reoraanization of Contraction Activities
Regulatioi
Identifier
Number
2030- AA2
2030- AA2
2030-AA3
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Prerule Stac
3908. PESTICIDES; TOLERANCE
PROGRAM REVISIONS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
140 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AC74
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Proposed Rule Stac
3909. REVOCATION OF PESTICIDE
FOOD ADDITIVE TOLERANCES
SUBJECT TO THE DELANEY CLAUSE
Legal Authority: 21 USC 348/FFDCA
409
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 185; 40 CFR 186
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Agency is proposing to
revoke food additive tolerances for a
number of pesticide carcinogens in
processed food because of the Delaney
clause. The Delaney clause prohibits
chemicals in processed foods that
induce cancer in man or lab animals.
This nilemaking is the result of a
decision by the Court of Appeals for
the Ninth Circuit which ruled
application of a strict interpretation of
the Delaney clause. EPA will issue
these proposals in a phased manner to
facilitate science and policy issues and
comments.
Timetable:
Phase I
NPRM 07/01/94 (59 FR 33941)
Final Action 12/00/95
Phase II
NPRM 11/01/94
Final Action 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3154.
Agency Contact: Lisa Nisenson,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7508w, Washington,
DC 20460, 703 308-8031
RIN: 2070-AC55
3910. INTERPRETATION OF RAW
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
Legal Authority: 21 USC 346/FFDCA
408; 21 USC 371
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 180.1; 40 CFR
180; 40 CFR 185
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA sets tolerances
(maximum allowable residues in raw
agricultural commodities and processe
commodities under the FFDCA. EPA i<
proposing to interpret and clarify the
definition of raw agricultural
commodity for tolerance-setting
purposes. The proposal would change
the status of certain processed foods
that would in the future be considered
raw agricultural commodities.
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Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3199.
Agency Contact: Jean Frane,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7501C, Washington,
DC 20460, 703 305-5944
RIN: 2070-AC54
3911. PESTICIDE WORKER
PROTECTION STANDARD; TRAINING
PROVISIONS FOR WORKERS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 136 to I36(y)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 170
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Between April 15,1994 and
October 20, 1997, the Worker
Protection Standard (WPS) allows
agricultural workers to accumulate 15
separate days of entry into certain
treated areas before they must receive
EPA approved safety training. After
October 20,1997, the WPS allows a 5-
day grace period. High turnover in
employment for agricultural worker
might result in a significant number of
workers not receiving training for long
periods of time during which they
might be subject to potentially
hazardous pesticide exposures.
Elimination of any grace period and its
associated phase-in will be proposed.
The WPS also requires retraining of
agricultural workers and handlers at
least every five years. Retraining may
not be frequent enough to be effective,
so retraining every three years will
proposed. Public comment and specific
information will be requested
concerning these issues.
Timetable:
3912. • WORKER PROTECTION
STANDARD: REVISION OF CROP
ADVISOR REQUIREMENTS
Legal Authority: 7 USC I36w
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 170 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The current Worker
Protection Rule (WPS) requires
agricultural crop advisors to adhere to
all restrictions applicable to handlers of
pesticide products. Since that time, it
has come to the Agency's attention that
those restrictions may be unnecessary
and overly burdensome for
independent crop advisors working in
agriculture. Current restrictions may
inhibit efforts to more widely adopt
integrated pest management programs
in crop production. Exemption from
some of the requirements is being
considered for some individuals who
because of knowledge, experience
and/or education are able to adequately
protect themselves from harmful
pesticide exposure.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3429.
Agency Contact: Joan Warshawsky,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington
DC 20460, 703 305-6533
RIN: 2070-AC69
that the focus of EPA's regulation will
be on these substances rather than on
the plants that produce the pesticidal
substance. The Agency will define the
categories of plant-pesticides that
would be regulated and those that
would be exempt under FIFRA and
FFDCA. For those plant-pesticides that
would be subject to Agency
requirements, the Agency will outline
the process by which these pesticides
will be regulated and the information
that would be needed in the Agency's
review.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
01/00/95
NPRM 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2684.
Agency Contact: Bernice Slutsky,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-6900
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined RIN: 2070-AC02
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3558.
Agency Contact: Donald Eckeiman,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7506C, 703 305-5062
RIN: 2070-AC82
3913. REGULATION OF PLANT-
PRODUCED PESTICIDES UNDER
FIFRA AND FFDCA
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136 et seq; 21
USC 346a et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.20; 40 CFR
180; 40 CFR 174
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA will make clear that the
substances that plants produce to
protect themselves against pests and
disease are pesticides under the FIFRA
section 2 definition of "pesticide." The
Agency designates these substances
along with the genetic material
necessary to produce them, as "plant-
pesticides." The Agency will clarify
3914. PESTICIDE DATA
REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION
(REVISION)
Legal Authority: 7 USC I36a; 7 USC
136w
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 158
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This amendment will update
the existing data requirements (40 CFR
158) for evaluating the registrability of
pesticide products. Reasons for the
revisions include recent health and
environmental concerns (e.g.,
groundwater contamination, worker
exposure and neurotoxicity)
advancements in testing technology,
and new ecological risk testing
approaches. The revisions will clarify
all data requirements to reflect current
practice. Procedural and explanatory
sections of 40 CFR 158 will be
amended to make them consistent with
the revised data requirements and new
use indexing implemented pursuant to
1988 FIFRA amendments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
12/00/95
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Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2687.
Agency Contact: Amy Rispin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7501c, Washington,
DC 20460, 703 305-5989
BIN: 2070-AC12
3915. MICROBIOLOGICAL WATER
PURIFIERS; LABELING CLAIMS
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136a/FIFRA 3;
7 USC 136W/FIFRA 25
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 156.10(a)(6)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will establish
standards for pesticides or devices
claiming to be drinking water
"purifiers" and requirements for the
use of any derivation of the
terminology "purify/purification" in
labeling or advertising. Only products
able to meet the standard for
microbiological purification would be
permitted to be labeled or advertised
as "purifiers." Products claimed as
purifiers which do not meet the
microbiological purification standard
would be considered in violation of
FIFRA for false or misleading claims.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3019.
Agency Contact: D. Jean Jenkins,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7505C, Washington,
DC 20460, 703 305-7443
RIN: 2070-AC43
3916. PESTICIDES AND
GROUNDWATER STATE
MANAGEMENT PLAN REGULATION
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136a(d); 7 USC
136i(e); 7 USC 136j
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.170
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The regulation will designate
certain individual pesticides to be
subject to EPA approved State
Management Plans (SMPs) as a
condition of legal sale and use. This
regulation would establish SMPs as a
new regulatory requirement for those
pesticides; absent an EPA-approved
state plan specifying risk-reduction
measures, use of the chemical would
be prohibited. The rule would also
specify procedures and deadlines for
development, approval and
implementation of SMPs.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3222.
Agency Contact: Arden Calvert,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7501C, Washington,
DC 20460, 703 305-7099
RIN: 2070-AC46
3917. PROCEDURES TO MAKE
RESTRICTED USE PESTICIDES
AVAILABLE TO NONCERTIFIED
PERSONS FOR USE BY CERTIFIED
APPLICATORS
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136i/FIFRA 11;
7 USC 136J/FIFRA 12; 7 USC
136w/FIFRA 25
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 171
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action is intended to
develop regulations pursuant to FIFRA
Section 12(a)(2)(F) to allow the sale of
restricted use pesticides under certain
circumstances to persons who are not
certified applicators. Regulatory
development will be coordinated with
the review of State plans under FIFRA
Section 11 to determine both need and
compatibility with State authorities and
programs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/95
Interim Final Rule 09/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2337.
Agency Contact: Robert Bielarski,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington
DC 20460, 703 305-7371
RIN: 2070-AB48
3918. FIFRA BOOKS AND RECORDS
OF PESTICIDE PRODUCTION AND
DISTRIBUTION (REVISION)
Legal Authority: 7 USC l36f/FIFRA 8
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 169
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would amend th
recordkeeping requirements for
registrants and applicants for
registration under FIFRA Section 8. It
will also examine recordkeeping
affected by the 1988 amendments to
FIFRA and amend 40 CFR 169, as
necessary.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/95
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermine
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 272:
Agency Contact: Steve Howie,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Complianci
Assurance, SE., Washington, DC 20461
703 308-8383
RIN: 2070-AC07
3919. PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT ANI
DISPOSAL: STANDARDS FOR
PESTICIDE CONTAINERS AND
CONTAINMENT
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136q/FIFRA 1
7 USC 136a/FIFRA 3; 7 USC
136W/FIFRA 25
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 165; 40 CFR 151
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
December 24,1991.
Abstract: The 1988 amendments to
FIFRA section 19 significantly expand
and strengthen EPA authority to
regulate the management of pesticides
and their containers, including storage
transportation and disposal. As
proposed this rule would establish
standards for removal of pesticides
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from containers and for rinsing
containers; facilitate the safe use, refill,
reuse, and disposal of pesticide
containers by establishing standards for
container design, labeling and refilling;
and establish requirements for
containment of stationary bulk
containers and for containment of
pesticide dispensing areas.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM (Container 02/11/94 59 FR 6712
Design, Residue
Removal, Bulk
Containment)
NPRM (Storage, 00/00/00
Disposal,
Mixer/Loader, and
Transportation)
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2659.
Agency Contact: Paul F. Schuda,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7507C, Washington,
DC 20460, 703 305-7695
RIN: 2070-AB95
3920. CHILD-RESISTANT PACKAGING
REGULATIONS (REVISION)
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136/FIFRA 25
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 157
Legal Deadline: None
EPA regulations should be concurrent
with CPSC.
Abstract: These regulations will revise
current Child Resistant Packaging
regulations (CRP) to be consistent with
CRP protocol testing revisions the CPSC
is proposing in its regulations. Also,
these regulations will discuss the
implementation of these changes in
terms of pesticide registrations.
Timetable:
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2639.
Agency Contact: Rosalind L. Gross,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7505W, Washington,
DC 20460, 703 308-8354
RIN: 2070-AB96
3921. EXEMPTION OF STERILANT
PESTICIDE PRODUCTS FROM
REGULATION UNDER THE FEDERAL
INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE AND
RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136w/FIFRA
25(b)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.20
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Under FIFRA, EPA regulates
antimicrobial products, including
sterilants, used to control
microorganisms on treated
environmental surfaces. Specifically,
EPA regulates all sterilant products
typically used on invasive medical
devices and other critical
devices/surfaces. Under the Federal
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA),
the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) has jurisdiction over chemical
germicides used as sterilants for
medical devices. FIFRA section 25(b)
allows EPA to exempt from FIFRA a
pesticide which is adequately regulated
by another federal agency. In
accordance with a Memorandum of
Understanding signed on June 4, 1993,
and amended on June 20, 1994, EPA
and FDA propose to eliminate the
redundant regulation of these sterilants.
EPA proposes to exempt from FIFRA
regulation and to transfer sole
jurisdiction over these sterilants to
FDA.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
00/00/00
00/00/00
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3318.
Agency Contact: Michele E. Wingfield,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7505c, Washington
DC 20460, 703 305-7470
RIN: 2070-AC58
3922. REGULATORY RELIEF FOR
LOW-RISK PESTICIDES
Legal Authority: 7 USC i36w(b)/FIFRA
25(b)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Pesticides which are
substances or mixtures intended to
control or mitigate pests, are regulated
under FIFRA and are required to be
registered prior to sale or distribution
in the United States, human health and
the environment. Some pesticides may
also be widely used in foods or for
other non-pesticidal purposes, e.g.,
natural cedar wood. These pesticides
are considered innocuous or are
otherwise of a character that do not
require registration. EPA proposes to
exempt appropriate pesticides (to be
cited in the proposal) from registration
and develop criteria for future
pesticides that may qualify for
exemption from FIFRA requirements.
Timetable:
List of Other Pesticides and Criteria
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 02/00/95
Natural Cedar Pesticides
NPRM 08/11/93 (58 FR 42711)
Final Action 01/19/94 (59 FR 2748)
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3320.
Agency Contact: Dick Mountfort,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7505c, Washington,
DC 204460, 703 305-5446
NPRM
12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined RIN: 2070-AC67
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Final Rule Stag
3923. PESTICIDE TOLERANCES;
PORTION OF FOOD COMMODITIES
TO BE ANALYZED FOR PESTICIDE
RESIDUES
Legal Authority: 21 USC 346a/FFDCA
408; 21 USC 348/FFDCA 409
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 180
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing to amend
its current pesticide tolerance
regulations to clarify how raw
agricultural commodities are defined
for conducting residue data
development and analysis used in
establishing and enforcing a tolerance.
This proposed rule amendment restates,
updates, clarifies, and makes more
uniform the analytical practices that
have been developed over the years,
and therefore, should facilitate and
improve efficiency in pesticide residue
analysis on food commodities.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/29/93 58 FR 50888
Final Action 02/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2444.
This action is split from RIN 2070-
AC18.
Agency Contact: Jean Frane Chun,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7501c, Washington,
DC 20460, 703 305-5944
RIN: 2070-AC45
3924. ENDANGERED SPECIES
PROTECTION PROGRAM
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
160 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AC42
3925. PESTICIDE FLAMMABILITY
LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR
TOTAL RELEASE FOGGERS
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136/FIFRA 2;
7 USC 136a/FIFRA 3
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 156.10
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would require that
pesticide total release foggers be labeled
with additional flammability
precautionary statements (including
possibly a graphic symbol), and more
precise use directions. Total release
foggers have been implicated in a
number of fires and explosions because
of their flammable propellants. The
labeling of these products has been
determined to be inadequate to mitigate
this potential hazard.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/15/94 59 FR 18058
02/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3135.
Agency Contact: Jim Downing,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7505w, Washington,
DC 20460, 703 308-8319
RIN: 2070-AC60
3926. RESTRICTED USE CRITERIA
FOR PESTICIDES IN GROUND
WASTER
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136a/FIFRA 3;
7 USC 136i(e)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.170
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends the existing
Restricted Use Classification (RUG)
regulations to add criteria pertaining to
pesticides' groundwater contamination
potential. Restricted pesticides may
only be used by trained and certified
applicators. Once promulgated, criteria
will serve as the basis for subsequent
rule-making (RIN 2070-ac33) to actually
classify selected pesticides.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/13/91 56 FR 22076
05/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2371.
Agency Contact: Arden Calvert,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7501C, Washington,
DC 20460, 703 305-7099
RIN: 2070-AB60
3927. WORKER PROTECTION
STANDARDS; PESTICIDE HAZARD
COMMUNICATION
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136(w)/FIFRA
25
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 170
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would require the
provision of hazard information to
agricultural workers covered by the
Worker Protection Standard. The
requirements as proposed were
designed to be substantially equivalent
to the Hazard Communication Standari
promulgated by the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA). Specific hazard information
would be made available to agricultura
workers and pesticide handlers
concerning the pesticides to which the
are exposed.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
NPRM Comment
Date FR Cite
08/21/92 57 FR 3816"
10/20/92
Period End
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 1640.
Agency Contact: Kevin Keaney,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7506c, Washington,
DC 20460, 703 305-7666
RIN: 2070-AC34
3928. CERTIFICATION OF PESTICIDE
APPLICATORS (REVISION)
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136J/FIFRA 11;
7 USC 136w/FIFRA 25
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 171
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will revise
regulations governing administration of
pesticide certification programs by
states, tribes, EPA and other Federal
agencies.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/07/90 55 FR 46890
Final Action 03/00/95
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
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Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2446.
Agency Contact: John MacDonald,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington,
DC 20460, 703 305-7370
BIN: 2070-AB75
3929. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
FOR RISK/BENEFIT INFORMATION
(REVISION)
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136d/FIFRA6
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 153; 40 CFR 159
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 6(a)(2) of FIFRA
requires pesticide registrants to report
to EPA additional factual information
regarding unreasonable adverse effects
of their products. By statutory
definition, "unreasonable risk"
includes risk and benefit information.
In 1992 EPA proposed to revise its
1979 enforcement policy on section
6(a)(2) by expanding upon the types of
information which must be reported.
This final rule includes modifications
to the 1992 proposals made by EPA in
response to comments received on the
proposed rule.
Timetable:
3930. POLICY OR PROCEDURES FOR
NOTIFICATION TO THE AGENCY OF
STORED PESTICIDES WITH
CANCELLED OR SUSPENDED
REGISTRATION
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136/FIFRA 6
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 168
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This policy will clarify the
requirements of section 6(g) of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The policy
will provide procedures for certain
persons who possess cancelled or
suspended pesticides to notify the EPA
and State and local officials of (1) such
possessions; (2) the quantity possessed;
and (3) the place the pesticide is stored.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Final Action
08/23/78 43 FR 37611
Interpretive and
Policy Rule
Final Action 07/12/79 44 FR 40716
Enforcement Policy
Final Action Codified 09/20/85 50 FR 38115
Interpretive Rule
NPRM 09/24/92 57 FR 44290
NPRM Comment 12/23/92
Period Ends
Final Action 10/00/94
Final Action 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2338.
Agency Contact: James V. Roelofs,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7501C, Washington,
DC 20460, 703 305-7102
RIN: 2070-AB50
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/28/91 56 FR 13042
Final Action 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2720.
Agency Contact: David Stangel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 703 308-8295
RIN: 2070-AC08
3931. CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN
PESTICIDES FOR RESTRICTED USE
DUE TO GROUNDWATER CONCERNS
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136a(d);
136i(e); 136J
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.170
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will apply
previously established criteria (see RIN
2070-AB60) to select pesticides for
restricted use classification (RU) due to
ground-water concerns. Once
promulgated, classified pesticides will
be restricted to use by trained and
certified operators.
Timetable:
Agency Contact: Arden Calvert,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7501C, Washington,
DC 20460, 703 305-7099
RIN: 2070-AC33
3932. REVISION TO CROP GROUPING
REGULATIONS
Legal Authority: 21 USC 345a,37l
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 180
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The current crop grouping
regulations allow establishment of
pesticide tolerances for multiple related
crops based upon data for a
representative set of crops. EPA has
published a proposal to revise the crop
grouping regulations by providing
additional options for crop grouping.
These revisions would promote greater
utilization of crop grouping for
tolerance-setting purposes. Revisions to
the crop grouping scheme that would
increase its utilization will reduce the
regulatory burden associated with
residue data development in support of
pesticide tolerances and registration.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/31/91 56 FR 22076
Final Action 05/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2351.
Action
Date
FR Cite
08/25/93 58 FR 44990
00/00/00
NPRM
Final Action
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3141.
Agency Contact: Hoyt Jamerson, EPA,
Office of Pesticide Program,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 401 M St. SW.,
Washington, DC 20460, 7505w, 703
308-8783
RIN: 2070-AC52
3933. PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT AND
DISPOSAL
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 165
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action develops
procedures for mandatory and
voluntary recall actions under section
19(b) of FIFRA and would establish
criteria for acceptable storage and
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disposal plans which registrants may
submit to this Agency to become
eligible for reimbursement of storage
costs. This action establishes
procedures for indemnification of
owners of suspended and cancelled
pesticides for disposal.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/05/93 58 FR 26856
12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3432
Agency Contact: David Stangel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 221 Iw, Washington
DC 20460, 703 308-8295
RIN: 2070-AC81
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Completed Action
3934. MICROBIAL PESTICIDES;
EXPERIMENTAL USE PERMITS AND
NOTIFICATIONS
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 172
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 09/01/94 59 FR 45600
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Ev Byington, 703 30!
6307
RIN: 2070-AB77
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Proposed Rule Stag
3935. HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
TEST RULE
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603;/TSCA
4; 42 USC 7412, 7403;/CAA 112 & 103
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 789 to 795
Legal Deadline: None
Section 112 of the CAA indirectly
imposes deadlines on this test rule,
inasmuch as the test data is needed to
carry out programs and activities that
have statutory deadlines.
Abstract: A multi-chemical endpoint
test rule will require the testing of
many chemicals for a specific effect or
endpoint. This type of rule is an
alternative to single chemical rules
which require testing of one chemical
for many effects. The multi-chemical
endpoint rule approach will obtain
testing while conserving Agency
resources. EPA is proposing health
effects testing under TSCA section 4 in
support of programs and activities
required under section 112 of the Clean
Air Act (CAA), governing Hazardous
Air Pollutants (HAPs). Section 112 of
the CAA directs EPA to determine the
risk to health and the environment
remaining after application of a
technology-based standard to major and
area sources. Section 112 also sets forth
a mechanism for revising and
modifying the statutory list of 189
HAPs under section 112(b),
requirements for an accidental release
control program, requirements for an
urban air toxics program, a mechanism
for ranking of hazards for offsets, and
requirements for Great Waters studies.
In order to implement these and other
programs and requirements under
section 112, EPA must identify the
health and (cont)
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3504.
ABSTRACT CONT: environmental
effects of potential concern from
exposure to HAPs, ascertain the
minimum data needed to adequately
characterize those health and
environmental effects, and assess the
risks posed by HAPs. In addition,
under section 103(d), EPA is required
to conduct a research program on the
short- and long-term effects of air
pollutants on human health.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460, 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AC76
3936. TSCA CHEMICAL USE
INVENTORY RULE
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. Nc
141 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AC61
3937. FACILITY COVERAGE
AMENDMENT; TOXIC CHEMICAL
RELEASE REPORTING; COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
Legal Authority: 42 USC 11013 EPCR/
313; 42 USC 11023; 42 USC 11048; 42
USC 11076
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Action is being taken in ordt
to expand the reporting universe of thf
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI),
pursuant to authority under the
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) section
313. Additional industry sectors, as
defined by SIC code, would be subject
to the same reporting requirements as
are currently reporting facilities. This
increase in the number of reporting
facilities will significantly enhance the
public's right-to-know about toxic
chemicals released in their
communities. The additional data
included in the TRI will provide a
more comprehensive portrait of toxic
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emissions in the U.S., thus enabling
Federal, state, and local agencies to
have adequate data for use in
determining appropriate policies and
regulations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3034.
Agency Contact: Susan B. Hazen,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, (7408), Washington
DC 20460, 202 260-1024
RIN: 2070-AC71
3938. DELETION OF ISOPROPYL
ALCOHOL; TOXIC CHEMICAL
RELEASE REPORTING; COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
Legal Authority: 40 USC 11013/EPCRA
313
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372.65
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) itself
does not meet the toxicity criteria for
listing on the Toxic Release Inventory
(TRI). It is the strong acid process itself
which is associated with an increased
cancer incidence. The proposed action
would remove IPA from the list of
chemicals for which reporting is
required under the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act
(EPCRA) section 313. Because IPA is
not manufactured by the strong-acid
process and thus there are no releases
of IPA reportable under section 313,
deletion of IPA from the list would
eliminate erroneous IPA reports.
Timetable:
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington DC
20460, 202 260-1024
RIN: 2070-AC77
3939. LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS AT
THE TRANSFER OF TARGET
HOUSING (SECTION 1018); JOINT
RULE WITH THE DEPT. OF HUD
Legal Authority: PL 102-550, sec 1018
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745; 24 CFR 35
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
October 28, 1994.
Abstract: This is a joint HUD/EPA
regulation requiring disclosure of lead-
based paint hazards before the sale or
lease of pre-1978 housing. Also see
entry 2070-AC65.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/94
Final Action 05/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3388.
Agency Contact: Susan B. Hazen,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/94
10/00/95
cover individual chemicals or groups of
chemicals for which petitions have
been received.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3499.
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, (7404), Washington,
DC 20460, 202 260-1777
RIN: 2070-AC75
3940. RESPONSES TO PETITIONS
RECEIVED TO ADD TO OR DELETE
CHEMICALS FROM THE LIST OF
TOXIC CHEMICALS SUBJECT TO
TOXIC RELEASE REPORTING UNDER
EPCRA SECTION 313
Legal Authority: 42 USC 11013/SARA
(EPCRA) 313
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory.
Within 180 days of receipt of these
petitions, the Agency must either
initiate rulemaking or provide an
explanation in the Federal Register for
the denial.
Abstract: These actions grant or deny
petitions received to add or delete
chemicals from the list of toxic
chemicals under Section 313 of the
Emergency Planning and Community
Right to Know Act, EPCRA. The actions
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2425.
Petitions currently under review are
for: Acetone (delete); Alloys--
Chromium, Nickel, and Copper in
Alloys (modify); Ammonium
Sulfate/Ammonia (delete/modify);
Butyl Benzyl Phthalate (delete); Copper
Pigments (delete); Manganese in Slags
(delete); Mineral Acids (modify);
Ethylene Glycol (delete)
Agency Contact: Susan B. Hazen,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-1024
RIN: 2070-ACOO
3941. LEAD HAZARD STANDARDS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
142 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AC63
3942. LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES
RULES; TRAINING, ACCREDITATION
AND CERTIFICATION RULE AND
MODEL STATE PLAN RULE
Legal Authority: PL 102-550, sec 402;
PL 102-550, sec 404; Title IV of TSCA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, April
28, 1994.
Abstract: The Residential Lead-based
Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992
mandates EPA to promulgate
regulations governing lead-based paint
activities to ensure that individuals
engaged in such activities are properly
trained, that training programs are
accredited, and that contractors
engaged in such activities are certified.
In addition, EPA must promulgate a
Model State program which may be
adopted by any State which seeks to
administer and enforce a State Program.
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Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
NPRM Comment
Period End
Final Action
09/02/94 59 FR 45872
11/01/94
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3244.
Previously RIN 2070-AC53 included
other lead-based paint rulemakings that
have now been split apart from this and
listed as separate items
Agency Contact: Diane Sheridan,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington DC
20460, 202 260-3435
RIN: 2070-AC64
3943. AMENDMENTS TO THE
ASBESTOS WORKER PROTECTION
RULE
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605; 15 USC
2607(c)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 763 subpart G
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing to amend
the Asbestos Abatement Projects,
Worker Protection Rule (WPR), by
incorporating certain revisions to the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) asbestos
workplace standards issued since EPA's
WPR was promulgated in 1987. The
proposal would generally extend the
coverage provided under the OSHA
Asbestos Standard for Construction to
State and local government employees
who are not covered by OSHA or EPA-
approved State plans. It would also
extend coverage provided under
OSHA's Asbestos Standard for general
industry for brake and clutch repair to
such employees, and would clarify that
they include prisoners and students
employed by the State and/or local
government. EPA also proposes to
delegate authority to grant or deny
State exclusions under the WPR to EPA
Regional Administrators and to add
compliance and enforcement
requirements for State exclusions. In
addition, EPA is proposing to amend
the Asbestos-Containing Materials in
Schools Rule by reloading certain
worker protection provisions into the
WPR.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 09/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2249.
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, (7404), Washington
DC 20460, 202 260-1777
RIN: 2070-AC66
3944. TSCA REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE DISPOSAL OF LEAD-BASED
ABATEMENT WASTE
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2601 to 2671;
42 USC 6901 to 6992
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Currently, waste derived from
lead-based paint (LBP) abatements is to
be managed under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
hazardous waste regulations. Other
Federal agencies (Department of
Housing and Urban Development,
Department of Human Health Services)
and several states and advocacy groups
have expressed concern that the costs
associated with the disposal of large
volume architectural components (e.g.,
doors and windows) may interfere with
the conduct of abatement activities.
EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxic Substances and the Office
of Solid Waste have initiated a joint
rulemaking to address the disposal of
architectural components.
The rulemaking would defer from
RCRA, Subtitle C requirements for LBP
architectural components (which)
includes the Toxic Characteristics
Leaching Procedure testing), and
concurrently develop disposal
standards for these components under
the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) Title IV, (the definition of
abatement under TSCA Title IV, section
401(1)(B), includes disposal). The
TSCA regulations would establish
appropriate disposal stands for LBP
architectural components and (cont)
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3508
ABSTRACT CONT: identify recycling
activities that would be controlled or
prohibited.
Agency Contact: John J. Heisler,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, (7404), Washington
DC 20024, 202 260-7269
RIN: 2070-AC72
3945. DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE
AS MANDATED BY EXECUTIVE
ORDER 12873, SECTION 503 ON
"ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE
PRODUCTS"
Legal Authority: EO 12873
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
EO requests proposal by April 18, 1994
Abstract: As mandated by Executive
Order 12873, OPPTS is developing
guidance to direct Federal agencies in
their procurement of "Environmentally
Preferable Products."
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/94
06/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is a
statutory requirement. The agency has
not yet determined whether there is a
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3480
Agency Contact: Eun-Sook Goidel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
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Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-3296
RIN: 2070-AC78
3946. PROPOSED DECISIQNS ON
TEST RULES
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603/TSCA 4
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 799
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory.
NPRM must be published within one
year of ITC designation.
Abstract: EPA is proposing to require
testing, or will obtain testing through
negotiated enforceable consent
agreements (EGAs) or publish a notice
which provides the reasons for not
doing so. These chemicals have been
designated for priority testing
consideration by the ITC, recommended
for testing consideration (for which the
12-month statutory requirement does
not apply), or they have been identified
for testing consideration by other EPA
program offices and through EPA
review processes.
Timetable:
IRIS II Chemicals (ITC List 28)
NPRM 11/00/94
OSHA Chemicals with Insuf. Skin
Absorption Data (ITC List 32)
NPRM 12/00/94
OSHA Chemicals with No Skin Absorption
Data (ITC List 31)
NPRM 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3494.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AB07
3947. NEGOTIATED CONSENT ORDER
PROCEDURAL TEST RULE
(REVISION)
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603/TSCA 4
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend the
testing consent order process to
increase its efficiency. The consent
order process was adopted by the
Agency in June 1986. Based on
experience to date, the Agency needs
to make changes in the process to
reduce the resources required for
consent order negotiation. This rule
would propose appropriate procedural
changes.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule
Interim Final Rule
Interim Final Rule
(Technical
Modification)
Interim Final Rule
(Technical
Modification)
NPRM
05/17/85 50 FR 20652
06/30/86 51 FR 23706
09/01/89 54 FR 36311
09/01/89 54 FR 36311
09/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2245.
Includes SAN No. 2657.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AB30
3948. ATSDR SUBSTANCES TEST
RULE
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603/TSCA 4;
42 USC 9604(i)/CERCLA 104(i)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 795 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is using its authority
under TSCA section 4 to require health
effects testing on 11 chemical
substances to fulfill data needs
identified by the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR), the National Toxicology
Program (NTP) and EPA pursuant to
CERCLA section 104(i). ATSDR is
charged with developing "Toxicological
Profiles" for hazardous substances most
commonly found at Superfund NPL
sites and which pose a significant
potential threat to health. This involves
, identifying data gaps and needs, and
developing a testing program to meet
identified needs . ATSDR's data needs
were reviewed by NTP and EPA to
avoid duplicative testing. Other federal
agencies were given an opportunity to
indicate their interest in testing specific
endpoints for chemicals on the list.
Timetable:
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 2563.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AB79
3949. MULTI-CHEMICAL ENDPOINT
TEST RULE; CHEMICAL FATE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603/TSCA 4
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 799.5055
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Multi-chemical endpoint test
rules require the testing of many
chemicals for a specific effect or
endpoint, e.g., chemical fate and
environmental effects (formerly
identified in this Agenda as "persistent
bioaccumulators) . They are an
alternative to single chemical rules
which require testing of one chemical
for many effects. A multi-chemical
endpoint rule for chemical fate and
environmental effects will include
chemicals that EPA expects will persist
and bioaccumulate in the environment.
In the past, chemicals such as dioxins,
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, and
the polychlorinated biphenyls that
persist (do not degrade), bioaccumulate
(may enter the human food chain), and
may be toxic have created widespread
environmental concerns. EPA has
evaluated chemicals on the Toxic Sub
stances Control Act (TSCA) inventory
for these characteristics and has
identified chemicals for chemical fate
and environmental effects testing for
additional evaluation of their potential
risks.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
10/00/94
NPRM 03/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2865.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-8130
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined RIN: 2070-AC36
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3950. FOLLOW-UP RULES ON
EXISTING CHEMICALS
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604/TSCA 5;
15 USC 2607/TSCA 8
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 704; 40 CFR 721
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA has established a
program to monitor the commercial
development of existing chemicals of
concern and/or to gather information to
support risk assessments on such
chemicals. As these chemicals are
identified, EPA will initiate
rulemakings under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) sections
5 and/or 8 to require reporting of
appropriate needed information by the
manufacturers, importers and/or
processors of these chemicals.
Individual proposed or final rules will
be published on at least the chemicals
listed below.
Timetable:
Aromatic Ether Diamines
NPRM 05/30/90 (55 FR 21877)
Final Action 10/00/94
Benzidene-based Chemical Substances
NPRM 10/00/94
Chloranil
NPRM 05/12/93 (58 FR 27980)
Final Action 06/00/95
Heavy Metal-Based Pigments in Aerosol
Spray Paints
NPRM 09/00/95
2-Ethoxyethanol, 2-Methoxyethanol, & 2-
methoxyethanol Acetate
NPRM 04/00/95
2,4-Pentanedione
NPRM 09/27/89 (54 FR 39548)
Final Action 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 1923.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AA58
3951. REGULATORY INVESTIGATION
UNDER THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES
CONTROL ACT (TSCA) TO REDUCE
LEAD (PB) CONSUMPTION AND USE
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604/TSCA 5;
15 USC 2605/TSCA 6
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 721; 40 CFR 750;
40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action initiates a
regulatory investigation under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
section 6 to determine if uses of lead
(Pb) present an unreasonable risk to
human health and the environment.
The investigation will involve
examination of the potential sources of
human or other exposure to lead
throughout the life cycle. Based on
information gathered EPA may propose
TSCA section 6(a) rules to control
existing or new uses of Pb which pose
an unreasonable risk to human health
or the environment, and to explore the
desirability and feasibility of
discouraging overall consumption of Pb
in general. In particular, EPA has begun
regulatory investigation on three uses
of lead: solder in drinking water
systems, plumbing fixtures, and fishing
sinkers.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
ANPRM 05/13/91 56 FR 22096
Fishing Sinkers
NPRM 03/09/94 (59 FR 11122)
Final Action 09/00/95
Lead Solder
NPRM 12/00/94
Plumbing Fixtures
NPRM 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No.
2848/3252.
SAN No. 2848 (Lead Solder & Plumbing
Fixtures). SAN No. 3252 (Lead Fishing
Sinkers).
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-1777
RIN: 2070-AC21
3952. REGULATORY INVESTIGATION
OF FORMALDEHYDE
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603/TSCA 4;
15 USC 2605/TSCA 6; 15 USC
2607/TSCA 8
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 765
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Agency is investigating
the need to reduce residential exposure
to formaldehyde, an irritating gas, that
is emitted by urea-formaldehyde (UF)
resins contained in pressed wood
building materials and products using
regulatory and non-regulatory options.
UF pressed woods are used to build
conventional and manufactured homes
and to construct cabinets and furniture
In 1992, the Agency supported
voluntary efforts by industry to reduce
emissions from UF particleboard
flooring products and to codify such
reductions in a voluntary national
consensus product standard. The
Agency is also: (l)implementing an
exposure testing program, beginning
with a pilot study voluntarily
supported by industry to characterize
formaldehyde concentrations in newly
built homes and to determine how Ion;
high concentrations of the gas persist,
and (2)supporting research to evaluate
the effectiveness of furniture product
emission standards for reducing
formaldehyde in office buildings.
Activities are being coordinated with
the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) and the consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
ANPRM 05/23/84 49 FR 2187
Pressed Wood Products
NPRM 00/00/00
Termination for Apparel Workers
Section 9(d) Notice 03/19/84 (49 FR
21870)
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 214(
ABSTRACT CONT: sections 4 and 8
may be developed to obtain indoor
formaldehyde exposure data and to
collect additional information
concerning UF pressed wood products
respectively; TSCA section 6
regulations may be developed to
address unreasonable risks posed by I
pressed wood products.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, Dl
20460, 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AB14
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3953. POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS (PCBS): APPLICATIONS
FOR EXEMPTIONS FROM THE BAN
ON MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING,
AND DISTRIBUTION
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605TSCA
6(e)(3)(B)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 6(e)(3)(B) of the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
provides that the Administrator may
grant, by rule, exemptions from the
prohibitions on the manufacturing,
processing, and distribution in
commerce of PCBs upon finding: 1) that
granting the exemption will not pose
an unreasonable risk of injury to health
or the environment; and 2) that good
faith efforts have been made to develop
a PCB substitute which does not pose
an unreasonable risk of injury to health
or the environment.
Timetable:
Batch 1
NPRM 03/02/92 (57 FR 7439)
Final Action 04/11/94 (59 FR 16991)
Batch 2
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2150.
Agency Contact: Tony Baney,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-3933
RIN: 2070-AB20
3954. POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS (PCBS) DISPOSAL
AMENDMENTS
Legal Authority: 15 USC
2605(e)(l)(A)/TSCA 6(e)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761, subparts C,
D, E, G
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The ANPRM solicits
comments on alternate disposal
methods for non-liquid PCBs and
invites public input on modifications
to the PCB disposal regulations. In
February 1990, several parties
petitioned EPA under Section 21 of
TSCA to amend the regulations at 40
CFR 761, which govern the disposal of
PCBs, and issue an interpretive rule or
declaratory order construing the
existing PCB disposal regulations. In
responding to the petition, EPA agreed
to initiate a regulatory investigation to
determine whether or not to amend the
disposal regulations. After analyzing
the comments received in response to
the ANPRM, a proposed rule will be
drafted which will also address
alternative disposal methods for newly
identified scenarios such as large
volume solids; mixed wastes such as
PCB/radioactive wastes; and other
issues, such as disposal of household
wastes, small capacitors, and used
paints. This notice will also solicit
comments on a modification to the
disposal regulations which would allow
for the recognition of PCB waste
management activities under other
Federal or State authorities. Finally,
this rule incorporates a reproposal of
the April 6, 1990 proposed rule (cont)
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
ANPRM 06/10/91 56 FR 26738
NPRM 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2878.
ABSTRACT CONT: (55 FR 12866),
which intended to clarify questions on
whether the analysis of PCBs is to be
conducted "on a dry weight basis."
Agency Contact: Tony Baney,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-3935
RIN: 2070-AC01
3955. AMENDMENTS TO THE
ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS
IN SCHOOLS RULE
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605; 2607(c);
2647
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 763 subpart E
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing to amend
the Asbestos-Containing Materials in
Schools Rule in order to provide
clarifications regarding several
definitions, air clearance monitoring
techniques, and response actions. For
the first time, this rulemaking will be
chaired by an EPA Regional office.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 02/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3047.
Additional Agency Contact: Robert
Jordan; 7404; EPA; Washington DC
20460; (202) 260-2328
Agency Contact: Wolfgang Brandner,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 726 Minnesota Ave.,
Kansas City, Kansas 66101, 913 551-
7381
RIN: 2070-AC62
3956. SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULES
ON NATIONAL PROGRAM
CHEMICALS; ASBESTOS, LEAD, AND
REFRACTORY CERAMIC FIBERS
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604/TSCA 5;
15 USC 2607/TSCA 8
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 704; 40 CFR 721
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA has instituted a program
to monitor the commercial
development of existing chemicals of
concern and/or to gather information to
support risk assessments on such
chemicals. As these chemicals are
identified, EPA will initiate
rulemakings under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) sections
5 and/or 8 to require reporting by the
manufacturers, importers and/or
processors of these chemicals. Proposed
rules may be published on at least the
chemicals listed on the timetable
below.
Timetable:
Asbestos
NPRM 12/00/94
Lead
ANPRM 09/28/94 (59 FR 49484)
NPRM 12/00/95
Refractory Ceramic Fiber
NPRM 03/21/94 (59 FR 13294)
Final Action 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
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Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 1923.
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-1777
RIN: 2070-AC37
3957. • NOTICE OF TSCA SECTION 4
REIMBURSEMENT PERIOD AND TSCA
SECTION 12(B) EXPORT
NOTIFICATION PERIOD SUNSET
DATES FOR TSCA SECTION 4
SUBSTANCES
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 and
2611
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 707; 40 CFR 790;
40 CFR 791; 40 CFR 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is developing a list of
substances that are or have been subject
to TSCA section 4 testing action
regarding which required testing under
rules or Enforceable Consent Orders
have been completed. EPA will identify
sunset, or termination dates that will
identify:
(1) The end of section 4 reporting
requirements (40 CFR 790)
(2) The end of the reimbursement
period under which persons subject to
test rules are subject to an obligation
to reimburse test sponsors (40 CFR 791)
(3) The end of the period during which
export notification requirements under
TSCA section 12(b) are triggered.
Additionally, the notice will solicit
comment on the method used by EPA
to calculate the sunset dates for multi-
chemical test rules.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Solicitation
Final Action
11/00/94
06/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undeterminei
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 355<
Agency Contact: Frank D. Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AC84
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Final Rule Staj
3958. CHEMICAL LIST EXPANSION;
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
SECTION 313
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
161 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AC47
3959. SMALL SOURCE EXEMPTION
CONSIDERATIONS; TOXIC RELEASE
REPORTING; COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-
KNOW
Legal Authority: 42 USC 11013 EPCRA
313; 42 USC 11023; 42 USC 11048; 42
USC 11076
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Toxics Release Inventory
(TRI) receives thousands of reports each
year with release, transfer, and other
data indicating zero or low volumes.
Since EPA is pursuing a vigorous
expansion plan for both chemicals and
new sources, the Agency believes that
it is also appropriate to consider the
development of a regulatory
amendment to provide relief to TRI
submitters, while not significantly
affecting the type and availability of
data that satisfy the right-to-know goals
of the law. This action is also in
response to two petitions received by
the Agency, one from the Small
Business Administration (SBA), and the
other from the American Feed
Industries Association (APIA). The SBA
petition asks EPA to exempt reporters
who report releases and transfers of less
than 5,000 pounds, and the APIA
petition asks EPA to exempt the feed
industry SIC code from the rule
coverage because of the low volume
releases reported and the lack of risk
they contend those releases pose to the
community. EPA is considering several
options for a small source exemption,
primarily focusing on the establishment
of a volume threshold, (cont)
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 07/28/94 59 FR 38524
Final Action 11/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3507.
ABSTRACT CONT: below which the
reporting facility would not be required
to submit the TRI reporting form (Form
R). EPA intends to finalize an approach
in tandem with the Chemical
Expansion Rule discussed under RIN
2070-AC47.
Agency Contact: Susan B. Hazen,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, D
20460, 202 260-1024
RIN: 2070-AC70
3960. MANDATORY POLLUTION
PREVENTION REPORTING FOR TOX
RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI)
Legal Authority: 42 USC
11013/Pollution Prevention Act of 19!
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed regulation
would implement the "Source
Reduction and Recycling Report"
provision of the Pollution Prevention
Act of 1990. Under this current data
collection facilities that file EPA Forn
R must include information on the
amounts of the chemical recycled
combusted for energy recovery treatec
and released both on-site and off-site
for the following two years. The
amounts must be estimated for the
reporting year and the prior year.
Facilities must also indicate changes
production from year to year and wh;
source reduction activities were
implemented.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/25/91 56 FR 484
Finalization of Form R 03/00/95
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Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2847.
Agency Contact: Susan B. Hazen,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-1024
RIN: 2070-AC24
3961. LEAD-BASED PAINT
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS AT
RENOVATION OF TARGET HOUSING
Legal Authority: PL 102-550, sec 406
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745; 24 CFR 35
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
October 28, 1994.
Abstract: The residential Lead-based
Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992
requires EPA to develop three products
over the next 18 months: (1) a lead
hazard information pamphlet, to be
developed in consultation with HUD
and CDC; (2) an EPA regulation
requiring renovators to provide the
information pamphlet to clients before
beginning work; and (3) a joint
HUD/EPA regulation requiring
disclosure of lead-based paint hazards
before the sale or lease of pre-1978
housing.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/02/94 59 FR 11108
01/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3242.
Previously listed under RIN 2070-AC53.
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington DC
20460, 202 260-1777
RIN: 2070-AC65
3962. FINAL DECISIONS ON TEST
RULES
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603/TSCA 4
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is requiring testing via
rules , or will obtain testing through
enforceable consent agreements (EGAs)
or publish a notice which provides the
reasons for not doing so for chemicals
listed herein . These chemicals have
been designated for priority testing
consideration by the ITC or
recommended for testing consideration
(for which the 12-month statutory
requirement does not apply) . The list
also includes chemicals or categories of
chemicals which have been identified
for testing consideration by other EPA
offices and through EPA review
processes.
Timetable:
Alkyl (C12-C14) Glycidyl Ethers
EGA 12/00/94
Aryl Phosphates (ITC List 2)
ANPRM 12/29/83 (48 FR 57452)
NPRM 01/17/92 (57 FR 2138)
FINAL ACTION (EGA) 03/00/95
Bisphenol A Glycidyl Ethers
EGA 12/00/94
Bromlnated Flame Retardants
NPRM 06/25/91 (56 FR 29140)
FINAL ACTION (EGA) 08/00/95
Cyclohexane (ITC List 18)
NPRM 05/20/87 (52 FR 19096)
FINAL ACTION Consent Agreement
10/00/94
Glycldols (ITC List 3)
ANPRM 12/30/83 (48 FR 57562)
NPRM 11/07/91 (56 FR 51744)
Final Action 10/00/94
Glycidyl Methacrylate
Final Action 10/00/94
Hexamethylene Diiosyanate (ITC List 22)
NPRM 05/17/89 (54 FR 21240)
Final Action 10/00/94
IRIS I Chemicals
Final Action 12/00/95
N-Methylpyrolidone
Final Action 11/23/93 (58 FR 61814)
N-Methylpyrrolidone
NPRM 03/28/90 (55 FR 11398)
Silicon Based Glycidyl Ethers
Final Action 09/00/95
TAME (OAR Request)
ECA 12/00/94
White Phosphorus (ITC List 34)
ECA 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3493.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AB94
3963. MULTI-CHEMICAL ENDPOINT(S)
TEST RULE; DEVELOPMENTAL AND
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY, AND
NEUROTOXICITY
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603/TSCA 4
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 799.5050
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: A multi-chemical endpoint
test rule will require the testing of
many chemicals for a specific effect or
endpoint, e.g., neurotoxicity. This type
of rule is an alternative to single
chemical rules which require testing of
one chemical for many effects. The
multi-chemical endpoint rule approach
will obtain a significant amount of
testing while conserving on Agency
resources. The multi-chemical rule for
developmental and reproductive
toxicity testing will require testing of
twelve chemicals for developmental
and/or reproductive effects; the multi-
chemical rule for neurotoxicity testing
will obtain base set neurotoxicity
testing of ten high production solvents.
These rules may be amended in the
future to require the same testing for
other chemicals. Also, future multi-
chemical rules will require testing of
additional endpoints and chemicals.
The testing requirements for each
chemical in a multi-chemical rule will
be listed in a single table by chemical
under section 799.5050. This table will
be amended with each publication of
a new multi-chemical rule.
Timetable:
Multi-Chemical Rule for Developmental and
Reproductive Toxicity
NPRM 03/04/91 (56 FR 9092)
Final Action 12/00/95
Multi-Chemical Rule for Neurotoxicity
NPRM 03/04/91 (56 FR 9105)
Final Action 07/27/93 (58 FR 40238)
Petition for Review Filed 10/06/93
Proposed Revocation 06/27/94 (59 FR
33187)
Stay 06/27/94 (59 FR 33184)
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 2865.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AC27
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3964. FOLLOW-UP RULES ON NON-
5(E) NEW CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604/TSCA 5;
15 USC 2607/TSCA 8
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 704; 40 CFR 721
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA has instituted a program
to regulate the commercial
development of new chemicals that
have completed premanufacture notice
(PMN) review where activities
described in the PMN did not present
an unreasonable risk but uncontrolled
manufacture, import, processing,
distribution, use, or disposal outside
the activities described in the PMN
may present an unreasonable risk. EPA
will issue Significant New Use Rules
(SNURs) requiring 90-day notification
to EPA from any manufacturer,
importer, or processor who would
engage in activities that are designated
as significant new uses. Under the
Expedited Follow-up Rule (EFUR)
which became effective on October 12,
1989, EPA will identify such new
chemicals and publish them in a batch
SNUR 3-4 times per year. Chemicals
that were subject to a proposed SNUR
before the effective date of the EFUR
or do not qualify under the EFUR may
be regulated individually by notice and
comment rulemaking and are listed
below.
Timetable:
Alkyl, Sulfonic Acid, Ammonium Salt (84-
1056)
NPRM 06/11/86 (51 FR21199)
Final Action 01/00/95
Aluminum Cross-linked Sodium
Carboxymethylcellulose
NPRM 06/11/93 (58 FR 32628)
Final Action 01/00/95
Diphenyl-2,4,6-Trimethylbenzol Phosphine
Oxide (87-586)
NPRM 02/02/88 (53 FR 2857)
Final Action 01/00/95
1-Decanimine-N-Decyl-N-Methyl-N-Oxide
(86-566)
NPRM 12/08/87 (52 FR 46496)
Final Action 01/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 1976.
Agency Contact: James Alwood,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460, 202 260-1857
RIN: 2070-AA59
3965. CHEMICAL SPECIFIC
SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULES
(SNURS) TO EXTEND PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 5(E) ORDERS
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604/TSCA 5
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 721
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: When the Agency determines
that uncontrolled manufacture, import,
processing, distribution, use or disposal
of a premanufacture notification notice
(PMN) substance may present an
unreasonable risk, it may issue a
section 5(e) consent order to limit these
activities. However, such orders apply
only to the PMN submitter. Once the
new substance is entered on the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA)
chemical inventory, others can
manufacture, import or process the
substance without controls. Therefore,
EPA extends the controls to apply to
others by designating manufacture,
import or processing of the substances
for uses without the specified controls
as significant new uses. Under the
Expedited Follow-Up Rule, which
became effective on October 10, 1989
(54 FR 31314), EPA routinely publishes
batch SNURs containing routine section
5(e) and non-5 (e) SNURs. However,
certain activities, such as modifications,
withdrawals, revocations, and SNURs
upon which comments are received in
the direct final publication process, are
subject to notice and comment
rulemaking and are listed below.
Timetable:
Batch SNUR: 84-660/-704, 84-105/-106 &
-107,85-433
NPRM 05/27/93 (58 FR 30744)
Final Action 01/00/95
Polymer of Substituted Aryl Olephin (85-
612)
Reproposal 10/00/94
Pyridine Batch (modification: 50584 B)
NPRM 06/08/93 (58 FR 32222)
Final Action 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3495.
Agency Contact: James Alwood,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-1857
RIN: 2070-AB27
3966. GENERIC SIGNIFICANT NEW
USE RULE (SNUR) FOR ACRYLATE
COMPOUNDS
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2694/TSCA 5
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 721
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The generic acrylate
significant new use rule may require
any person who proposes to
manufacture, import, or process an
acrylate/methacrylate subject to the
category definition contained within
the proposed rule to notify EPA at leas
90 days in advance of the initiation of
manufacture or processing for a
significant new use. The significant
new use rule will apply to a subset of
acrylates added to the inventory after
the effective date of the rule. It will
no longer be necessary to issue routini
5(e) orders or chemical specific SNUR
for those acrylates covered by the rule
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/22/93 58 FR 616-
Final Action 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Undetermine
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 224
Agency Contact: James Alwood,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, D
20460, 202 260-1857
RIN: 2070-AB56
3967. RULEMAKING CONCERNING
CERTAIN MICROBIAL PRODUCTS
("BIOTECHNOLOGY") UNDER THE
TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL AC
(TSCA)
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604/TSCA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 700; 40 CFR 72
40 CFR 721
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing a regulati
under the Toxic Substances Control t
(TSCA) for the oversight of certain
microbial products of biotechnology.
The proposed rule would be issued
under the authority of Section 5 of
TSCA, which generally requires that
new chemical substances must be
reviewed by EPA before they are
introduced into commerce.
The proposed rule will contain
mechanisms for exemption as well as
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actual proposed exemptions, guidance
on how the TSCA Inventory will be
used, and EPA's approach to Research
and Development with biotechnology
microorganisms.
Timetable:
reduce the number of Section 5
submissions and concentrate its
resources on PMNs with potential
health or environmental concerns.
Timetable:
Action
Action
Date
PR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
09/01/94 59 FR 45526
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2326.
(PMN for Certain Biotech Products)
Agency Contact: Paul Campanella,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-3725
RIN: 2070-AB61
3968. PREMANUFACTURE
NOTIFICATION (PMN) RULE
AMENDMENTS
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604; 15 USC
2607; 15 USC 2613/TSCA 5
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 720 to 723
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend the
PMN rules (40 CFR 720 to 723) under
Section 5 of the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA) to conform to
current policy needs. These changes are
necessary to increase efficiency and
incorporate proposed program
improvements. They are expected to
reduce the administrative burdens/cost
of the New Chemicals Program and the
overall number of Section 5
submissions while maintaining an
effective and environmentally sound
program. EPA has identified "low-risk"
categories that meet certain established
criteria and can be screened out of the
full PMN review process at an early
date based on low
health/environmental concern or low
exposure scenarios. EPA would like to
reduce the burden to PMN submitters
and maximize the efficiency and
resources of the program by modifying
the rule to reduce reporting
requirements for low-risk categories.
This would enable the Agency to
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/08/93 58 FR 7646
12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2760.
Agency Contact: Mary Cushmac,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-4443
RIN: 2070-AC14
3969. PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA
FOR TERMINATION OF
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
(PCBS) DISPOSAL PERMITS
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605/TSCA
6(e); 5 USC 556 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Under section 6(e) of the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA),
the Agency is considering establishing
uniform procedures and criteria for the
revocation and suspension of TSCA
PCB disposal permits. The regulation
would establish uniform revocation
procedures and criteria, thereby
ensuring consistency in permit
revocation proceedings.
Timetable:
Action
Date
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Final Action
11/02/90 55 FR 46470
00/00/00
3970. REGULATORY INVESTIGATION
OF DIOXIN IN PULP AND PAPER MILL
SLUDGE
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605/TSCA 6
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 744
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, April
30, 1991. Final, Judicial, November 30,
1992.
The Consent Decree between EPA, EOF,
and NWF signed July 27, 1988, requires
that EPA make best efforts to issue a
final rule by November 30, 1992.
Abstract: The objective of this project
is to reduce the unreasonable risks
posed by dioxins and furans in
bleached wood pulp and paper mill
industrial sludge. In response to a July
1988 Consent Decree with the
Environmental Defense Fund and the
National Wildlife Federation, EPA
announced on April 30, 1990, its
schedule for a proposed rule under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA),
addressing the practice of industrial
sludge land application, including mine
reclamation and distribution/marketing.
On December 14, 1992, EPA fulfilled
its obligations under the settlement by
informing EOF and NWF of the status
of its efforts to evaluate and control
risks from the land application of
sludge produced from the treatment of
wastewater from pulp and paper mills
using chlorine and chlorine-derivative
bleaching processes. EPA's Office of
Water and Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards are developing
integrated effluent guidelines and
emission standards for the pulp and
paper industry. In light of these
proceedings and to promote multi-
media pollution prevention the Agency
has chosen to defer the promulgation
of the final land application rule to take
into account the effect of the process
Timetable:
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2560.
Agency Contact: Tony Baney,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-3935
RIN: 2070-AB81
Action
NPRM
Response letter to
EOF & NWF
Final Action
Date
05/10/91
12/14/92
00/00/00
FR Cite
56 FR21802
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2844.
ABSTRACT CONT: changes under
consideration for these rules on the
resulting levels of dioxin and furan
contamination in the sludge. Once this
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determination has been made, the
Agency will reevaluate the risk from
sludge land application and will be
able to choose, if necessary, the
appropriate regulatory or nonregulatory
mechanism to address the situation.
The Agency expects to make this
determination in 1995. To address any
interim concerns for land application
of pulp and paper mill sludge before
the integrated rules are promulgated
and implemented, EPA has entered into
negotiations with the American Forest
and Paper Association (AF&PA) to
develop an industry environmental
stewardship program for the practice of
sludge land application. The voluntary
agreement with AF&PA and the
industry EPA entered into on April 14,
1994, will be reassessed when the
provisions of the integrated rulemaking
take effect.
Agency Contact: Robert McNally,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, Washington, DC
20460, SE., 202 260-3945
RIN: 2070-AC05
3971. USE OF ACRYLAMIDE AND N-
METHYLOLACRYLAMIDE (NMA) FOR
GROUTING
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605/TSCA 6
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 764
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On October 2, 1991, EPA
proposed a regulation of acrylamide
and NMA grouts based on the
unreasonable risk associated with their
usage. EPA's proposed rule would
prohibit the manufacture, distribution
in commerce, and use of acrylamide
grout; and would prohibit all uses of
NMA grout, except its use for sewer
line repair. The proposed rule would
also prohibit, after a period of three
years, the manufacture and distribution
in commerce of NMA grout for any
purpose, and the use of NMA grout for
sewer line repair. EPA will review the
public comments and develop a final
rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
PR Cite
NPRM 10/02/91 56 FR 49863
Final Action 01/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2779.
Agency Contact: Robert C. McNally,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-3945
RIN: 2070-AC17
3972. POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS (PCBS) TRANSFORMER
RECLASSIFICATION RULE
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605/TSCA
6(e)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would relax the
regulatory requirements for
reclassifying PCB transformers to a
lower regulatory status by modifying
the current reclassification
requirements of 50 degree centigrade
temperature and 90-day testing. Results
of a preliminary analysis indicate that
many transformers never reach the
required temperature, but still reduce
PCB concentrations and that safety
risks to employees and to the general
public occur in mandating the
continued adherence to the current
regulations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/18/93 58 FR 60970
Final Action 02/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3021.
Agency Contact: Tony Baney,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-3935
RIN: 2070-AC39
3973. REVISED ASBESTOS MODEL
ACCREDITATION PLAN
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2646/TSCA 6
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 763, app C to
subpart E
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 28, 1992.
Abstract: The Asbestos School Hazard
Abatement Reauthorization Act
(ASMARA) amended TSCA to require
that EPA revise its asbestos model
accreditation plan to extend training
and accreditation requirements to
include persons performing certain
asbestos-related work in public and
commercial buildings, to increase the
minimum number of training hours
required for accreditation purposes an<
to effect other changes necessary to
implement the amendments. This
action will increase regulatory costs fo
the owners and managers of public an<
commercial building, but will also
reduce asbestos exposures in these
buildings.
Timetable:
Action
Date
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NPRM 05/13/92 57 FR 2043
Interim Final Rule 02/03/94 59 FR 5236
Final Action 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Undeterminec
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3148
Agency Contact: Brion Cook,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, D(
20460, 202 260-1878
RIN: 2070-AC51
3974. SECTION 8(A) PRELIMINARY
ASSESSMENT INFORMATION RULES
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607a/TSCA
8(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 712
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These rules add chemicals ti
the list of chemicals and designated
mixtures subject to the requirements o
the Toxic Substances Control Act
Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment
Information Rule (40 CFR part 712).
These chemicals have been identified
by the Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics, other EPA offices, and
other federal agencies, as well as
recommended for testing consideratioi
by the Interagency Testing Committee.
Manufacturers and importers are
required to submit exposure-related
data (EPA Form No. 7710-35) on the
chemicals. These data will be used to
monitor the levels of production,
import and/or processing of these
substances and the avenues of human
and environmental exposure to these
substances. These data will also
support risk assessment and test rule
decisions.
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Date
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Final Action 34th ITC 10/00/94
List Chemicals
Final Action 35th ITC 12/00/94
List
Final Action 36th ITC 06/00/95
List
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2178.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AB08
3975. SECTION 8(D) HEALTH AND
SAFETY DATA REPORTING RULES
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607(d)/TSCA
8(d)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 716
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These rules add chemicals to
the list of chemicals and mixtures
subject to the requirements of the Toxic
Substances Control Act Section 8(d)
Health and Safety Data Reporting Rule.
These chemicals have been identified
by the Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics, other EPA offices, and
other Federal agencies, as well as
recommended for testing consideration
by the Interagency Testing Committee.
Manufacturers, importers, and
processors of substances listed under
Section 8(d) at 40 CFR 716.120 must
submit unpublished health and safety
data on those substances.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 34th ITC 10/00/94
List Chemicals
Final Action 35th ITC 12/00/94
List
Final Action 36th ITC 06/00/95
List
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 1139.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AB11
3976. AMENDMENT TO THE TSCA
SECTION 8(A) COMPREHENSIVE
ASSESSMENT INFORMATION RULE
(CAIR)
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607(a)/TSCA
8(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 704 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed rule will
amend certain aspects of the CAIR. The
CAIR is a model rule designed to gather
production, use, and exposure
information from chemical
manufacturers, importers, and
processors of listed chemical
substances and mixtures. In response to
public comments, EPA is considering
revision of the CAIR to: establish
exemptions for small and de minimis
volumes; refine trade name reporting
requirements; reduce certain advance
substantiation requirements for
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
claims; and require automatic reporting
for substances added to CAIR by the
Interagency Testing Committee (ITC).
Timetable:
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Date
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EPA considers reportable under section
8(e), the "substantial risk" reporting
provision of TSCA, and describes the
procedures for reporting such
information to EPA. This clarification
effort derives from a review of the
existing section 8(e) guidance done in
the context of questions raised by
companies considering participating in
the Section 8(e) Compliance Audit
Program (CAP). As a result of this
review, EPA determined that parts of
the 1978 Policy Statement concerning
the reportability of information on
"widespread and previously
unsuspected distribution in
environmental media" and "emergency
incidents of environmental
contamination" needed some
refinement. The subject Federal
Register action solicited comment on
refined reporting guidance concerning
widespread and previously
unsuspected distribution in
environmental media and (cont)
Timetable:
NPRM 11/30/93 58 FR 63134
Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3190.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AC19
3977. TSCA SECTION 8(E); NOTICE
OF CLARIFICATION AND
SOLICITATION OF PUBLIC COMMENT
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607(e)/TSCA
8(e)
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The TSCA section 8(e)
"Notice of Clarification and Solicitation
of Public Comment" would amend
certain aspects of the 1978 TSCA
section 8(e) Statement of Interpretation
and Enforcement Policy (1978 Policy
Statement). The 1978 Policy Statement
describes the types of information that
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/13/93 58 FR 37735
12/30/94
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3118.
ABSTRACT CONT: provides additional
circumstances where information is not
reportable because it is considered
known to the Administrator; refined
reporting guidance on emergency
incidents of environmental
contamination will be developed as
appropriate, by the Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response.
Finally, the notice solicited comments
on changes to the section 8(e) reporting
deadline, and reaffirmed the standards
for claims of confidentiality for
information contained in a notice of
substantial risk under section 8(e).
Agency Contact: Richard Hefter,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-3470
RIN: 2070-AC80
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3978. • LEAD-BASED PAINT
ACTIVITIES, TRAINING AND
CERTIFICATION: RENOVATION AND
REMODELING
Legal Authority: PL 102-550, sec
402(c)(3)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
October 1996.
Abstract: Under TSCA title IV, section
402(c)(2) EPA is currently conducting
a study to determine whether the
activities of individuals engaged in
renovation and remodeling activities
result in lead exposure levels that may
affect the health of workers, building
occupants or the environment is at risk,
the Agency must proceed to develop
regulations under Section 402(c)(3).
These regulations would require that
individuals engaged in renovation and
remodeling activities acquire training
and obtain certification. These training
and certification requirements would be
similar to those that the Agency is
developing for individuals performing
lead-based paint abatement under
Section 402(a) of TSCA, Title IV.
Timetable:
Action
Date
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Final Action 10/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undeterminei
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 355;
Agency Contact: Diane Sheridan,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., 202 260-3435
RIN: 2070-AC83
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Completed Actior
3979. PROHIBITION OF HEXAVALENT
CHROMIUM IN COMFORT COOLING
TOWERS; APPLICATION OF TSCA
SECTION 12(B) EXPORT
NOTIFICATION; AMENDMENT
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 749
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 08/19/94 59 FR 42769
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Geraldine Gardner,
202 260-8858
RIN: 2070-AC57
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Prerule Stac
3980. • REVISED RECREATIONAL
WATER QUALITY CRITERIA FOR
MICROORGANISMS
Legal Authority: CWA, section
304(a)(l) and 303(c)(2)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 134
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Agency will conduct a
policy dialogue with other stakeholders
to determine what is needed and what
can be done now and in the future to
improve microbiological health criteria
and monitoring procedures for
recreational waters. Improved
recreational water criteria are necessary
to reduce the level of a wide variety
of infectious diseases which result from
exposure to microbiological
contamination during recreational
activities such as swimming, surfing,
diving, kayaking, etc. States will use
the criteria and monitoring procedures
as guidance in establishing State health
standards, sampling requirements, and
public notification procedures for
pathogen contaminants in recreational
waters.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 11/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Undetermine
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3583
Agency Contact: Stephen Schaub,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, SE., Washington, DC 20460, 20
260-7591
RIN: 2040-AC50
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Proposed Rule Stac
3981. STANDARDS FOR THE USE OR
DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE
(ROUND II)
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 503
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
December 15, 1999. Final, Judicial,
December 15, 2001.
EPA must identify final pollutant list
for Round II by November 30, 1995.
Abstract: EPA will propose and
promulgate additional standards for the
use or disposal of sewage sludge. The
Agency must first decide which
contaminants from a list of 31
pollutants listed in a Consent Decree
dated May 25, 1993, will be proposed
for regulation in Round II. Then, EPA
will develop regulations that will
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establish requirements for sewage
sludge when the sludge is applied to
the land for a beneficial purpose, when
the sludge is disposed on land by
placing it on surface disposal sites, or
when sewage sludge is incinerated.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/99
Final Action 12/00/01
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3448.
Agency Contact: Maria Gomez-Taylor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4304), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-1639
RIN: 2040-AC25
3982. AMENDMENTS TO FINAL
SEWAGE SLUDGE USE AND
DISPOSAL RULE
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 503
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA will propose and
promulgate amendments to the final
sewage sludge regulations. These
amendments will address comments on
issues raised in the final rule, issues
that are the subject of pending
litigation, other technical amendments
and implementation issues. The
specific issues in the proposed
amendments include: the pollutant
limits for molybdenum and cadmium
when sludge is land applied, the total
hydrocarbons operational standard and
monitoring requirements, ratio of
hexavalent chromium to total
chromium for incineration, the quality
of bagged products, alternative test
methods for pathogens and chemicals,
and alternative vector control
processes.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/95
Final Action 06/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3497.
Agency Contact: Maria Gomez-Taylor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4304), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-1639
RIN: 2040-AC29
3983. • CLARIFICATION OF
"STANDING" REQUIREMENT FOR
STATE NPDES PROGRAMS
Legal Authority: 33 USC I25l(e); 33
USC 1361(a); 33 USC 1314(i)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 123.25; 40 CFR
124.19
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking will clarify
the EPA's existing regulations
governing the approval of state
programs to issue NPDES permits.
These regulations are found at 40 CFR
Parts 123 and 124. The rulemaking will
insert an explicit requirement that state
law must grant citizens in that state
"standing" to bring an action in state
court to challenge NPDEs permits
issued by the state in order for the
state's NPDES program to be
approvable. The new provision would
make it clear that a state must provide
citizens standing in state courts which
is at least equivalent to the standing
granted to citizens in federal courts
when EPA issues an NPDES permit.
Timetable:
Action
Date
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California State Water Resources
Control Board (SWRCB) in State court
over whether the SWRCB's water
quality control plans for inland surface
waters and enclosed bays and estuaries
were adopted in compliance with
authorizing State law. The court issued
its final decision in March, 1994; the
Court agreed with the plaintiffs and
found that the plans could not remain
in effect. The SWRCB has been ordered
to rescind its plans. In the absence of
approved State criteria, the Clean Water
Act requires EPA to promulgate water
quality criteria for priority toxic
pollutants. EPA Region 9 will
promulgate water quality criteria for
priority toxic pollutants for the State
of California.
Timetable:
NPRM 03/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3562.
Agency Contact: Doug Snyder,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, EPA - Region III, 841 Chestnut
Bldg., Philadelphia, PA 19107, 215 597-
4438
RIN: 2040-AC43
3984. • ESTABLISHMENT OF
NUMERIC CRITERIA FOR PRIORITY
TOXIC POLLUTANTS AND TOXICITY
FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq;
33 USC 1313
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Several municipal entities
and one industry in California sued the
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3504.
Agency Contact: Diane Frankel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, EPA - Region IX, 75 Hawthorne
Street, San Francisco, CA 95105, 415
744-1988
RIN: 2040-AC44
3985. • LEATHER TANNING AND
FINISHING EFFLUENT GUIDELINES -
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS FOR
EXISTING AND NEW SOURCES
Legal Authority: Clean Water Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 425
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action is in response to
an industry trade association petition
for rulemaking. This is a minor
technical amendment of previously
promulgated pretreatment standards for
existing sources (PSES) and for new
sources (PSNS) to allow local POTWs
to change (or delete) the upper pH
limitation for plants in three
subcategories.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
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Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3581.
Agency Contact: Donald F. Anderson,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, SE., Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-7137
RIN: 2040-AC48
3986. • GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF POLLUTANTS UNDER
THE CLEAN WATER ACT
Legal Authority: 33 USC I3i4(h); 33
USC 136l(A)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would amend 40
CFR part 136 by adding new biological
measurements and test procedures for
the analysis of pollutants under Section
304(h) of the Clean Water Act. The list
of approved biological test methods
would be amended by adding methods
for measuring acute and chronic
toxicity to freshwater and marine
species exposed to pollutants in
effluents and receiving waters.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3582
Agency Contact: Patricia S. Keitt,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, SE., Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-5678
RIN: 2040-AC49
3987. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE
PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING
CATEGORY
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1314/CWA 304; 33 USC
1316/CWA 306; 33 USC 1317/CWA
307; 33 USC 1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 439
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
February 1995. Final, Judicial, August
1996.
Dates contained in Consent Decree
(NRDC v. Reilly). These dates reflect an
unopposed motion to extend the
deadlines.
Abstract: The Agency will review and
revise as appropriate the effluent
limitation guidelines and standards for
the pharmaceutical manufacturing
industry. A major part of the review
will consider the inclusion of
limitations on toxic and non-
conventional volatile organic
pollutants. The 1983 proposal covering
New Source Performance Standards
(NSPS) for conventional pollutants will
also be reevaluated.
Timetable:
Action
Date
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Action
Date
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NPRM (NSPS) 10/27/83 48 FR 49832
NPRM 02/00/95
Final Action 08/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 1427.
Agency Contact: Frank Hund,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-7182
RIN: 2040-AA13
3988. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE COASTAL
SUBCATEGORY OF THE OIL AND
GAS EXTRACTION CATEGORY
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314/CWA
304; 33 USC 1316/CWA 306; 33 USC
1317/CWA 307; 33 USC 1361/CWA
501; 33 USC 1311/CWA 301
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 435, subpart D
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
January 1995. Final, Judicial, July 1996.
Dates contained in Consent Decree
(NRDC v. Reilly).
Abstract: EPA will propose effluent
limitation guidelines based on Best
Available Technology (BAT), Best
Conventional Technology (BCT), and
New Source Performance Standards
(NSPS) for coastal oil and gas
extraction facilities. This regulation
will apply to the facilities involved in
exploration, development and
production operations.
Timetable:
NPRM 01/00/95
Final Action 07/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2747
Agency Contact: Allison Wiedeman,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-7179
RIN: 2040-AB72
3989. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE CENTRALIZEC
WASTE TREATMENT INDUSTRY
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1314/CWA 304; 33 USC
1316/CWA 306; 33 USC 1317/CWA
307; 33 USC 1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 437
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
December 15, 1994. Final, Judicial,
September 15, 1996.
These dates reflect an unopposed
motion to extend Consent Decree
deadlines (NRDC v. Reilly). Motion is
pending.
Abstract: Centralized Waste Treatment
(CWT) facilities receive hazardous and
non-hazardous waste from off-site for
treatment or recovery (excluding
solvent recovery). EPA will propose
effluent limitations based on Best
Available Technology (BAT), Best
Practicable Control Technology (BPT),
New Source Performance Standards
(NSPS), Pretreatment Standards for
Existing Sources (PSES), and
Pretreatment Standards for New
Sources (PSNS). This rule was formerh
titled "Waste Treatment, Phase I."
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
Notice
11/08/89 54 FR 46919
NPRM 12/00/94
Final Action 09/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2805.
Agency Contact: Debra DiCianna,
Environmental Protection Agency,
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Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-7141
RIN: 2040-AB78
3990. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE METAL
PRODUCTS AND MACHINERY
CATEGORY, PHASE I
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1314/CWA 304; 33 USC
1316/CWA 306; 33 USC 1317/CWA
307; 33 USC 1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 438
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
November 1994. Final, Judicial, May
1996.
Deadlines are for Phase I. Dates are
contained in Consent Decree (NRDC v.
Reilly).
Abstract: EPA will propose effluent
limitation guidelines for facilities that
generate wastewater while processing
metal parts, metal products, and
machinery, including manufacture,
assembly, rebuilding, repair and
maintenance. The Phase I regulation
will cover seven major industrial
groups: Aircraft, Aerospace, Hardware
(including Machine Tools, Screw
Machines, Metal Forging and Stamping,
Metal Springs, Heating Equipment,
Fabricated Structural Metal), Ordnance,
Stationary Industrial Equipment
(including Electrical Equipment),
Mobile Industrial Equipment, and
Electronic Equipment (including
Communication Equipment). This
category was formerly called
"Machinery Manufacturing and
Rebuilding."
Timetable:
3991. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL
LAUNDRIES CATEGORY
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1311/CWA 307; 33 USC
1314/CWA 304; 33 USC 1361/CWA
501; 33 USC 1316/CWA 306
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 441
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
December 1996. Final, Judicial,
December 1998.
Dates contained in consent decree
(NRDC v. Reilly).
Abstract: EPA will propose effluent
limitation guidelines for Industrial
Laundries, which supply laundered and
dry-cleaned work uniforms, wiping
towels, safety equipment (such as
gloves and flame-resistant clothing),
dust covers and cloths, and similar
items to industrial and commercial
users.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date
PR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/94
05/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2806.
Agency Contact: Bill Cleary,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-9817
RIN: 2040-AB79
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/96
12/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3209.
Agency Contact: Susan Burris,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-5379
RIN: 2040-AB97
3992. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
CLEANING CATEGORY
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1317/CWA 307; 33 USC
1314/CWA 304; 33 USC 1361/CWA
501; 33 USC 1316/CWA 306
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 442
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
December 1996. Final, Judicial,
December 1998.
Dates contained in Consent Decree
(NRDC v. Reilly).
Abstract: EPA will propose effluent
limitation guidelines for transportation
equipment cleaning facilities, which
service tank trucks, railroad tank cars,
and tank barges.
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/96
12/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3204.
Agency Contact: Gina Matthews,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-6036
RIN: 2040-AB98
3993. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR LANDFILLS AND
INCINERATORS
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1314/CWA 304; 33 USC
1316/CWA 306; 33 USC 1317/CWA
307; 33 USC 1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 437
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, March
31, 1997. Final, Judicial, March 31,
1999.
These dates reflect an unopposed
motion to extend consent decree
deadlines (NRDC v. Reilly). Motion is
pending.
Abstract: EPA will propose effluent
guidelines and standards for: a)
industrial incinerators and thermal
destruction units; and b) all landfills
with leachate collection systems. This
rule was formerly titled "Waste
Treatment, Phase II."
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/00/97
03/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3489.
Agency Contact: Samantha Hopkins,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-7149
RIN: 2040-AC23
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3994. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE METAL
PRODUCTS AND MACHINERY
CATEGORY, PHASE II
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1314/CWA 304; 33 USC
1316/CWA 306; 33 USC 1317/CWA
307; 33 USC 1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 438
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
December 1997. Final, Judicial,
December 1999.
Abstract: EPA will propose effluent
limitation guidelines for facilities that
generate wastewater while processing
metal parts, metal products and
machinery, including manufacture,
assembly, rebuilding, repair and
maintenance. The Phase II regulation
will cover eight major industrial
groups: motor vehicles, bus and truck,
household equipment, business
equipment, instruments, precious and
nonprecious metals, shipbuilding, and
railroads.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
01/00/98
01/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3496.
Agency Contact: Bill Cleary,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-9817
RIN: 2040-AC30
3995. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
TO REPLACE PORTIONS OF
FLORIDA'S EXISTING STATE WATER
QUALITY STANDARDS, I.E., STATE
ANTIDEGRADATION POLICY
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251/CWA
303
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, June
1996.
Abstract: EPA Region IV disapproved
portions of Florida's water quality
standards in October 1991. The Clean
Water Act requires EPA to promptly
promulgate replacement standards
when a State fails to revise State
standards to comply. This rulemaking
will establish Federal standards to
replace portions of the State's
antidegradation policy and will serve
to delete their portions of the policy.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/00/95
06/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3517.
Agency Contact: Mary Kay Lynch,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, Region IV, 345 Courtland St.,
Atlanta, GA 30365, 404 347-4450
RIN: 2040-AC37
3996. FEDERAL WATER QUALITY
STANDARDS FOR SURFACE WATERS
OF THE UNITED STATES IN NEW
MEXICO
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251/CWA
303
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The 1987 amendments to the
Clean Water Act (the Act) added
section 303(c)(2)(B). This section
essentially provides for the adoption of
specific numerical criteria for all toxic
pollutants which could reasonably be
expected to interfere with designated
uses. At the initiation of the rulemaking
resulting in the National Toxics Rule,
New Mexico was determined to be in
compliance with section 303(c)(2)(B) of
the Act. On October 8, 1991, New
Mexico adopted revisions to its
standards which affected compliance
with acute toxicity criteria which allow
biomonitoring to supersede numerical
criteria. In the preamble of the National
Toxics Rule, New Mexico was
identified as no longer being in
compliance, and the potential for
separate rulemaking was noted. EPA
Region 6 disapproved the New Mexico
standards, as the State's standards were
no longer in compliance with section
303(c)(2)(B) of the Act. EPA Region 6
will promulgate language necessary to
bring New Mexico into compliance
with section 303(c)(2)(B) of the Act.
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3518
Agency Contact: Russell Nelson,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, Region VI (6W-QT), 1445 Ross
Ave., Dallas, TX 75202, 214 655-6646
RIN: 2040-AC38
3997. CRITERIA AND STANDARDS
REFLECTING BEST TECHNOLOGY
AVAILABLE (BTA) FOR COOLING
WATER INTAKE STRUCTURES
UNDER SECTION 316(8) OF THE
CLEAN WATER ACT
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251-1387
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 125; 40 CFR 401
Legal Deadline: None
Hudson Riverkeeper and others have
filed suit in the US District Court for
the Southern District of New York to
compel EPA to re- promulgate
regulations under 316(b). Negotiations
are ongoing.
Abstract: In response to the increasing
number of requests from Region and
States for guidance on implementing
section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act
(the Act), the Office of Water plans to
conduct a 3-year data collection and
analysis phase to quantify the adverse
impacts from cooling water intake
structures and the efficacy of current
and prototype control mechanisms.
Upon conclusion of the data collection
and analysis, the workgroup will
develop options for regulatory
development (type of regulation, settin
a performance standard or decision
criteria) and then proceed along a
standard regulatory development path
to final regulation signature. This
initiative is particularly significant
since the current lack of national
standards for intake structures allows
situations where significant percentage
of aquatic communities have been
severely impacted either by
entrainment or impingement at the
cooling water intake. This regulation is
needed to establish the technological
control floor for minimizing adverse
impacts (as stated in section 316(b) of
the Act), to encourage the development
of better methods to reduce adverse
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impacts, and to increase consistency in
the application of section 316(b).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3444.
Agency Contact: Brad Mahanes,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-1056
BIN: 2040-AC34
3998. NPDES WASTEWATER PERMIT
APPLICATION FORMS AND
REGULATORY REVISIONS FOR
MUNICIPAL DISCHARGES AND
SEWAGE SLUDGE USE OR DISPOSAL
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1342/CWA
402; 33 USC 1311/CWA 301; 33 USC
1318/CWA 308; 33 USC 1345/CWA 405
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122.21(j)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would revise the
current NPDES Permit Application
regulations and forms, Standard Form
A (municipal wastewater) and Short
Form A (municipal wastewater), to
reflect amendments to the Clean Water
Act and changes in program
requirements and emphasis. The new
application form must replace the old
versions and enable permit writers to
obtain more pertinent information
regarding expected discharges and the
environmental impact of proposed
operations. This action would also
develop a sewage sludge permit
application form (Form 2S) and revise
permit application regulations to foster
the issuance of permits implementing
the Agency's standards for sludge use
or disposal. Finally, this action will
revise the NPDES regulations to require
all applicants to submit this
information to the appropriate (State or
Federal) permitting authority.
Timetable:
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2501.
Agency Contact: George Utting,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-9530
RIN: 2040-AB39
3999. REVISION OF NPDES
INDUSTRIAL PERMIT APPLICATION
FORM 2C - WASTEWATER
DISCHARGE INFORMATION
Legal Authority: CWA 402
CFR Citation: 40 CFR I22.21(g)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: All existing manufacturing,
commercial, mining, and silvicultural
operations will be required to submit
this application in-order to obtain a
National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
The existing industrial application form
has not been revised since 1984 and
must be updated to reflect statutory and
regulatory changes in the NPDES
program, advances in scientific
methods and an increased emphasis on
toxics control.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would revise the
definition of "waters of the U.S." by:
a) adding four examples to those
currently contained under th at
definition, and b) clarifying the types
of artificial waters that are generally not
subject to Clean Water Act jurisdiction
because they are created from uplands
by human activity and would revert to
uplands if such activity ceased. The
intent of this action is to clarify aspects
of the current definition which defines
isolated waters as, "the use,
degradation or destruction of which
would or could affect interstate or
foreign commerce," as waters of the
U.S. Examples of the types of artificial
waters that will be addressed include
non-tidal drainage and irrigation
ditches excavated on uplands.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM (Municipal
Forms)
Final Action
12/00/94
12/00/96
NPRM 01/00/96
Final Action 01/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3234.
Agency Contact: Ruby Cooper,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-6051
RIN: 2040-AC26
4000. CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION
404 PROGRAM DEFINITION-
ISOLATED WATERS AND ARTIFICIAL
WETLANDS
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1344/CWA
404
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 232
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/95
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2804.
Agency Contact: Gregory E. Peck,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4502F), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-1799
RIN: 2040-AB74
4001. COMPARISON OF DREDGED
MATERIAL TO REFERENCE
SEDIMENT
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1344/CWA
404
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 230
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would revise the
testing provisions of the Clean Water
Act section 404(b)(l) Guidelines by
providing for comparisons between
dredged material proposed for
discharge and reference sediment that
reflects discharge site conditions had
dredged material not previously been
discharged at the discharge site. This
action would make a technical
improvement in the testing provisions
and make dredged material testing
more consistent with that conducted for
ocean disposal of dredged material
under section 103 of the Marine
Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries
Act, which currently employs a
reference sediment approach.
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Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
05/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3224.
Agency Contact: John Goodin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4502F), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-9910
RIN: 2040-AC14
4002. • CONTINUOUS EMISSION
MONITORING AND OTHER
POLLUTANT LIMITATION AND
MONITORING REGULATIONS FOR
SEWAGE SLUDGE INCINERATORS
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1345/CWA
405
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 503
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will modify
existing regulations governing sewage
sludge incinerators which require case-
by-case designation of controls by the
permitting authority. Unlike the
majority of sewage sludge use or
disposal technical standards in Part 503
which are self implementing,
regulations governing sewage sludge
incinerators currently provide that the
permitting authority must "specify" (1)
certain modeling techniques for
calculating pollutant concentrations; (2)
instrument installation, calibration,
operation and maintenance
requirements, including those for
continuously monitoring total
hydrocarbon concentration, oxygen
concentration, and moisture content of
the monitoring requirements.
Consequently, the requirement to meet
a specific pollutant concentration; to
install, calibrate, operate and maintain
appropriate instruments for measuring
total hydrocarbon concentration,
oxygen concentration, and moisture
content in the stack exit gas, or to
undertake certain monitoring that
already exists in the regulation but
until the permitting authority specifies
the underlying pre-conditions,
compliance or non-compliance with the
requirement cannot be determined.
(cont)
FR Cite Action
Date
NPRM
Final Action
02/00/95
12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3442.
ABSTRACT CONT: - To make the rules
self-implementing and to allow the
regulated community flexibility in
selecting among appropriate sewage
sludge incinerator requirements, this
rule will delete the "as specified"
language, and replace it with either
appropriate specific requirements or a
requirement to use appropriate pre-
conditions. EPA issued final guidance
in July 1994 which provides
recommendations as to how to install,
calibrate, operate, and maintain the
instruments for measuring total
hydrocarbon emissions, oxygen
emissions, and moisture content in the
sewage sludge exit gas.
Agency Contact: Wendy Miller,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-3716
RIN: 2040-AC46
4003. REVISIONS TO OCEAN
DUMPING REGULATIONS FOR
DREDGED MATERIAL
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1401 et
seq/MPRSA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 225; 40 CFR 227;
40 CFR 228
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking would revise
the regulations applicable to the ocean
dumping of dredged material. Issuance
of these regulations is necessary to
respond to the decision in National
Wildlife Federation vs. Costle, 629 F.
2d. 118 (DC Circuit 1980) and to
incorporate program experience gained
since 1977. The revisions will make
necessary technical changes and will
improve the clarity of the regulations.
Timetable:
Government Levels Affected: Federal
FR Cite Additional Information: SAN No. 2737.
Agency Contact: Dave Redford,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4504F), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-9179
RIN: 2040-AB62
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/94
Final Action 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
4004. SHORE PROTECTION ACT,
SECTION 4103(B) REGULATIONS
Legal Authority: 33 USC 2601/Shore
Protection Act of 1988 (PL 100-6-
88),4103(b)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 237
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Administrator, in
consultation with the Secretary of
Transportation, is developing
regulations which may include the
following: (1) requiring waste sources,
receiving facilities and vessels to assun
that municipal or commercial waste
will not be deposited into coastal
waters during loading, offloading, and
transport; (2) requiring the adoption by
each responsible party of a manual
identifying procedures to prevent,
report, and clean up deposits of waste
into coastal waters; and (3) if the
Administrator determines that tracking
systems are required to assure adequate
enforcement of laws preventing the
deposit of waste into coastal waters,
requiring installation of the appropriate
systems within eighteen months after
the Administrator makes that
determination. Benefits resulting from
regulation will be reduction of
municipal and commercial waste
deposited into coastal waters.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
09/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Local
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2820.
Agency Contact: Joel Salter,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4504F), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-8484
RIN: 2040-AB85
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Clean Water Act (CWA)
Final Rule Stage
4005. GUIDANCE ON THE ELIGIBILITY
OF MULTIPLE PURPOSE ACTIVITIES
UNDER THE STATE REVOLVING
FUND PROGRAM
Legal Authority: 33 USC 466 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35.3115
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Title VI of the Clean Water
Act (CWA) outlines broad eligibilities
under the State Revolving Fund
Program (SRF), particularly with
respect to the funding of activities
included in approved State Nonpoint
Source Management Programs prepared
pursuant to section 319 of the CWA.
Some States have recognized a
potential opportunity to fund various
public projects which may have only
indirect water quality benefits. The
Agency is reviewing potential options
for clarifying the range and type of
facilities which may be appropriately
funded under the SRF program
consistent with the objectives of the
CWA. EPA will examine these policy
options and develop guidance for the
States.
Timetable:
Guidance
Final Action 04/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3441.
Agency Contact: Sheila Hoover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4204), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-7376
RIN: 2040-AC31
4006. WATER QUALITY GUIDANCE
FOR THE GREAT LAKES SYSTEM
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
162 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AC08
4007. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE PULP, PAPER,
AND PAPERBOARD CATEGORY
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1314/CWA 304; 33 USC
1316/CWA 306; 33 USC 1317/CWA
307; 33 USC 1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 430; 40 CFR 431
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
October 31, 1993.
Abstract: EPA has proposed revisions
to the existing Best Practicable
Technology (BPT), Best Conventional
Pollutant Control Technology (BCT),
Best Available Technology (BAT), New
Source Performance Standards (NSPS),
Pretreatment Standards for Existing
Sources (PSES), and Pretreatment
Standards for New Sources (PSNS). The
Agency is developing these revised
effluent limitations in conjunction with
development of maximum achievable
control technology (MACT) standards,
which limit air emissions under the
Clean Air Act. (See separate Agenda
entry, "NESHAP; Pulp and Paper, in
the Clean Air Act section, RIN 2060-
AD03.)
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/17/93 58 FR 66078
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2712.
Agency Contact: Debra Nicoll,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-5386
RIN: 2040-AB53
4008. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR PESTICIDE
FORMULATING, PACKAGING AND
REPACKAGING
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1314/CWA 304;; 33 USC
1316/CWA 306; 33 USC 1317/CWA
307;; 33 USC 1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 455
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, March
1994. Final, Judicial, August 1995.
Abstract: EPA will propose effluent
guidelines and standards for facilities
that formulate, package, or repackage
registered pesticide products, excluding
the active ingredient sodium
hypochlorite (bleach).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3391.
Agency Contact: Janet Goodwin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-7152
RIN: 2040-AC21
4009. • 301 (K) INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGY TIME EXTENSIONS
Legal Authority: CWA section 30l(k)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 124;
40 CFR 125
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is vacating regulations
promulgated under section 301(k) of
the 1977 amendments to the Clean
Water Act. Section 301(k) allowed EPA
to grant compliance extensions to any
industrial facility subject to a permit
under the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) program if
the facility installed innovative
technology. The last date to which
compliance could be extended under
section 301(k) was March 31, 1991. The
regulations were challenged in court
and were remanded to EPA for review.
In light of the expiration of the
extension period, the court dismissed
the case an ordered EPA to vacate the
regulation.
Timetable:
NPRM 04/14/94 59 FR 17850
Final Action 09/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3567.
Agency Contact: Pam Mazakas,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-6599
RIN: 2040-AC42
4010. SAN FRANCISCO BAY/DELTA
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
163 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AC35
4011. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES PLAN
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314
CFR Citation: None
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Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, August
1994.
Abstract: The Effluent Guidelines Plan
is published biennially. It lists ongoing
and planned effluent guidelines and
standards, and preliminary industry
studies. Public comment is invited on
industries that should be studied
and/or regulated by effluent guidelines.
Timetable:
Action
Date
PR Cite
NPRM 05/18/94 59 FR 25859
Final Action 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2304.
Agency Contact: Eric Strassler,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-7150
RIN: 2040-AC20
4012. • TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO
NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
REGULATION
Legal Authority: CWA section 320
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35, subpart P
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends internal
EPA procedures for providing financial
assistance under the National Estuary
Program by delegating several
procedures from EPA Headquarters to
the Regions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 11/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3564.
Agency Contact: Ruth Chemerys,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4504F), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-9038
RIN: 2040-AC40
4013. DEFINITION OF WETLANDS;
REVISIONS TO THE FEDERAL
MANUAL FOR IDENTIFYING AND
DELINEATING JURISDICTIONAL
WETLANDS
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1344/CWA
404
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 110; 40 CFR 116;
40 CFR 117; 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 230;
40 CFR 232; 40 CFR 435
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA, Army Corps of
Engineers, and Soil Conservation
Service proposed to incorporate
portions of the Federal Manual for
Identifying and Delineating
Jurisdictional Wetlands into the
regulations governing the agencies'
wetland protection programs. These
portions reflect revisions to the manual
proposed on August 4, 1991 (56 FR
40446). Since publication of the
proposed revisions, EPA and the Corps
have adopted the Corps of Engineers
1987 Wetlands Delineation Manual and
the National Academy of Sciences
(NAS) has been funded to study
wetlands delineation. The 1987
Wetlands Delineation Manual will be
used pending the Federal agencies
evaluation of the NAS study, and if it
is determined that the 1987 Manual
should be revised to respond to
recommendations of the NAS, any
proposed changes will be the subject
of a process that will provide full
opportunity for public comment.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/19/91 56 FR 65964
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3371.
Agency Contact: Gregory E. Peck,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4502F), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-1799
RIN: 2040-AC03
4014. 1996 NEEDS SURVEY
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1375/CWA
516(b)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
February 10, 1997.
Abstract: EPA is required to conduct
the Needs Survey every two years and
present the results in a Report to
Congress. The results of some surveys
have been used by Congress in the
development of the allotment formula
for distribution of funds for the
construction grants/State Revolving
Funds (SRF). The amount of the needs
also affects policy debates about the
appropriations for SRF and funding for
specific problems such as combined
sewer overflows.
Timetable:
Report to Congress
Final Action 02/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3443,
Agency Contact: Leonard B. Fitch,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4204), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-5858
RIN: 2040-AC33
4015. REORGANIZATION AND
CORRECTIONS TO LIST OF OCEAN
DUMPING SITES
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1401 et
seq/MPRSA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 228.12
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action is necessary to
correct technical errors in the list of
ocean dumping sites and to better
organize the format in which ocean
dumping sites are listed in the Code
of Regulations. The revision would
correct misprints and other technical
errors, and organize the list of sites by
EPA region and type of material.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/09/93
10/00/94
58 FR 3232
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2736
Agency Contact: Susan Hitch,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4505F), Washington, DC 2046C
202 260-9178
RIN: 2040-AB63
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Clean Water Act (CWA)
Completed Actions
4016. REVISIONS TO REGULATIONS
FOR MODIFICATION OF SECONDARY
TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR
MUNICIPAL DISCHARGES INTO
MARINE WATERS
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 125, subpart G
Completed:
Reason
Date
PR Cite
Final Action 08/09/94 59 FR 40642
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Agency Contact: Deborah Lebow, 202
260-6419
RIN: 2040-AB29
4017. COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW
(CSO) CONTROL POLICY
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
04/19/94 59 FR 18688
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Ross Brennan, 202
260-9458
RIN: 2040-AC17
4018. EXCEPTION FROM WETLANDS
MITIGATION SEQUENCE FOR
ALASKA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 230
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Notice to Withdraw 05/19/94 59 FR 26162
Proposal
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Gregory E. Peck, 202
260-1799
RIN: 2040-AC05
4019. CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION
404 PROGRAM DEFINITION-
ARTIFICIAL WETLANDS
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 232
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Combined With RIN 08/25/94
2040-AB74
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Gregory E. Peck, 202
260-1799
RIN: 2040-AC28
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
Proposed Rule Stage
4020. • PROTECTIVE ACTION
GUIDANCE FOR DRINKING WATER
Legal Authority: 42 USC
2021 (h)/AEA(h)/Reorganization Plan
No. 3 of 1970; PL 96-295, sec 304; EO
12241
CFR Citation: 41 CFR 351
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will result in
Federal protective action guidance
(PAG) for State and local officials to
use in the event of a nuclear accident
to protect the general public from the
adverse health affects associated with
the ingestion of drinking water that is
contaminated with radioactive material.
As soon as the draft guidance is
developed it will be submitted to the
PAG Subcommittee of the Federal
Radiological Preparedness Coordinating
Committee (FRPCC) for review and
comment. Members of the PAG
subcommittee include representatives
from DOE, DOD, FEMA, NRC, HHS,
USDA, DOT, and the Conference of
Radiation Control Program Directors
(CRCPD). When a consensus among the
representatives is reached, the guidance
is recommended to the full FRPCC for
endorsement. After that endorsement is
obtained a notice of the availability of
a revised EPA 400-R-92-001, "Manual
of Protective Action Guides and
Protective Actions for Nuclear
Incidents" will be published in the
Federal Register.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
Notice of Availability 07/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3602.
Agency Contact: Craig Conklin, Office
of Radiation and Indoor Air,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6602J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9222
RIN: 2060-AF39
4021. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
STANDARDS FOR LOW-LEVEL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201/AEA
274; 15 USC 2625/TSCA 6(a)(6)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 193
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Under 40 CFR 193, the
Agency intends to set generally
applicable standards for the
management and disposal of low-level
radioactive wastes under the purview
of the Atomic Energy Act, as amended.
ANPRM 08/31/83 48 FR 39563
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 1727.
Agency Contact: James M. Gruhlke,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6602J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9310
RIN: 2060-AA04
4022. RADIATION SITE CLEANUP
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
143 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AB31
4023. FEDERAL RADIATION
PROTECTION GUIDANCE FOR
EXPOSURE OF THE GENERAL
PUBLIC
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2021(h)/AEA
274(h)/Reorganization Plan No. 2 of
1970
CFR Citation: 3 CFR Presidential
documents
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Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will update and
replace existing Presidential guidance
for all Federal agencies in the
formulation of radiation standards for
protection of the public from ionizing
radiation that was issued in 1960.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM 06/18/86 51 FR 22264
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 09/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3321
(was 2073).
Agency Contact: Allan Richardson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6602J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9213
RIN: 2060-AE61
4024. • ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION
PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR
YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
Legal Authority: PL 102-486, sec
801(a)(l); 42 USC 2011-2296
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline:
Abstract: This rulemaking is in
response to section 801 of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992 which directs the
Administrator to "promulgate public
health and safety standards for
protection of the public from releases
from radioactive materials stored or
disposed of in the repository at the
Yucca Mountain site."
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 356f
Agency Contact: Ray Clark,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6602J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9310
RIN: 2060-AF38
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
Final Rule Sta<
4025. CRITERIA FOR THE
CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE
WITH 40 CFR PART 191
ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS FOR
THE MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL
OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, HIGH-
LEVEL, AND TRANSURANIC
RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Legal Authority: PL 102-579 Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal
Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 194
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory,
October 30, 1993. Final, Statutory,
October 30, 1994.
Abstract: This action will develop
compliance criteria for the Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). These
criteria will be used by the
Environmental Protection Agency in
certifying whether or not the WIPP
complies with 40 CFR part 194. These
criteria will specify requirements for
implementing 40 CFR part 194 and will
clarify compliance - related ambiguities
which may currently exist.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 10/29/93 58 FR 8029
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3232.
Agency Contact: Caroline Petti,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Radiation and
Indoor Air, Mail Code 6602J,
Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-9211
RIN: 2060-AE30
4026. GROUNDWATER PROTECTION
STANDARDS FOR INACTIVE
URANIUM TAILING SITES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2022(a)/AEA
275(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 192
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Tenth Circuit Court of
Appeals has remanded the groundwa!
standards at 40 CFR 192.20(a)(2) and
(3). The new standards will replace
these remanded standards.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
09/24/87 52 FR 360
10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federa
Additional Information: SAN No. 116
Agency Contact: Allan Richardson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Ai
and Radiation, (6602J), Washington, I
20460, 202 233-9213
RIN: 2060-AC03
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Proposed Rule Sta
4027. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS FOR LEAD
AND COPPER (REVISION)
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300/SDWA
1401
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA will propose revisions
to the National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations for Lead and Copper
published June 7,1991, to make minor
changes needed to improve
implementation of the rule.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
FR Cit
12/00/94
12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermin
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
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Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3440.
Agency Contact: Judy Lebowich,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4604), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-7595
RIN: 2040-AC27
4028. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS:
GROUNDWATER DISINFECTION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
144 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AA97
4029. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: ARSENIC
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300/SDWA
1412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
November 30, 1995. Final, Statutory,
June 19, 1989. Final, Judicial,
November 30, 1997.
Abstract: This rule will set an MCLG
and revised NPDWR for arsenic in
drinking water, pursuant to the SDWA
amendments of 1986. The SDWA
requires EPA to promulgate national
primary drinking water regulations for
83 specific contaminants of which
arsenic is one. The SDWA directs EPA
to promulgate MCLGs at a level at
which, in the Administrator's
judgment, "no known or anticipated
adverse effects on the health of persons
occur and which allows for an adequate
margin of safety." MCLs are the
federally enforceable standards and are
set as close to the MCLGs as is feasible,
taking costs into consideration. Arsenic
poses a cancer risk. Arsenic is naturally
occurring, predominantly in ground
water. It is also used as a wood
preservative and in the pharmaceutical,
computer, ore smelting, and mining
industries. Depending on the MCL
selected, the arsenic regulation may
affect as many as 13,000 systems or as
few as 150 systems. In any case, small
groundwater systems will be affected
most. Treatment technology is
expensive, household costs are
expected to be high for those small
systems which need treatment. Known
treatment technologies include lime
softening, coagulation filtration, ion
exchange, reverse (cont) pre-treatment
and post treatment. EPA is also
considering a unique two-state
treatment strategy.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/95
11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2807.
ABSTRACT CONT: osmosis, pre-
treatment and post treatment. EPA is
also considering a unique two-state
treatment strategy.
Agency Contact: Heather Shank-
Givens, Environmental Protection
Agency, Water, (4603), Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-0063
RIN: 2040-AB75
4030. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: SULFATE
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300/SDWA
1412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
November 30, 1994. Final, Statutory,
June 18, 1989. Final, Judicial, May 31,
1996.
Abstract: The rule sets an MCLG and
NPDWR for sulfate as specified in the
Safe Drinking Water Act. The
contaminant was deferred from the
Phase V regulation in order to allow
the Agency time to focus on
implementation issues arising from the
proposal concerning the risk of sulfate
in drinking water to specific
subpopulations. Sulfate can cause
diarrhea in infants and in adults not
acclimated to high sulfate-containing
water, such as travellers. Persons who
are acclimated to high sulfate-
containing water suffer no adverse
effects from its consumption. Sulfate
occurs naturally in soil and is also
found in surface after as result of acid
rain. Sulfate is also used as a reagent
in steel and copper industries and in
the manufacture of copper sulfate, a
fungicide/algicide. An estimated 2,000
systems - serving a population of
200,000 residents, 1 million travellers,
and 30,000 infants - are likely to be
affected by this regulation. Most of the
affected systems serve populations of
less than 3,000 and are transient
systems not in service year-round.
Known treatment technologies include
reverse osmosis, ion exchange, and
electro dialysis, (cont)
Timetable;
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/94
05/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3176.
ABSTRACT CONT; EPA is considering
an option for compliance which would
be an alternative to central treatment.
The alternative would include public
education, public notification, and
provision of alternative water to
affected populations.
Agency Contact: Jude Andreasen,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4603), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-5555
RIN: 2040-AC07
4031. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER STANDARDS (NPDWRS) FOR
ALDICARB
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300/SDWA
1412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline: None
The effective date for aldicarb (Jan 1,
1993) has been stayed as of May 8,
1992.
Abstract: EPA is planning to repropose
the NPDWRs for aldicarb, aldicarb
sulfoxide and aldicarb sulfone. EPA
decided to repropose these standards
after new health data were submitted
to the Agency and the Agency
completed a revised risk assessment.
Aldicarb is a neurotoxin. Aldicarb is
a pesticide applied on cotton, citrus,
and peanuts. Aldicarb has a high
leaching potential and can cause
ground water contamination.
Granulated activated charcoal is the
only known treatment technology
available. Current projections are that
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less than 400 drinking water systems,
serving nearly 300,000 people, would
be affected by the regulation.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/94
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3238.
Agency Contact: Heather Shank-
Givens, Environmental Protection
Agency, Water, (4603), Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-0063
RIN: 2040-AC13
4032. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: 25
CONTAMINANTS FROM DRINKING
WATER PRIORITY LIST (PHASE VI-
B)—ORGANIC AND INORGANIC
CONTAMINANTS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
145 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AC22
4033. • REFORMATTING OF
DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300/SDWA
1412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule reformats the
current drinking water regulations to
make them easier to understand and
follow. This rule is not intended to
change any of the regulatory
requirements.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/95
Final Action 11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3563.
Agency Contact: Jan Auerbach,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4603), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-7575
RIN: 2040-AC41
4034. REVISIONS TO SDWA;
UNDERGROUND INJECTION
CONTROL PROGRAM REGULATIONS
FOR CLASS II (OIL AND GAS
RELATED) WELLS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f/SDWA
1421 to 1425
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 144; 40 CFR 146
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Part C of the SDWA directs
EPA to develop regulations for the
protection of underground sources of
drinking water from contamination by
injection wells. The greatest number of
injection wells are Class II (oil and gas
related) wells operated by the
petroleum industry for disposal of
produced brines and enhanced recovej
projects. EPA is considering proposing
standards for all newly constructed or
converted (from production operations
Class II injection wells. These standan
may establish new or incremental
performance criteria to ensure
protection of underground sources of
drinking water (USDWs).
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
01/00/95
01/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 131 Crude Petroleu
and Natural Gas; 132 Natural Gas
Liquids; 138 Oil and Gas Field Servic
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 278
Agency Contact: Jeffrey Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4602), Washington, DC 20460
202 260-5586
RIN: 2040-AB77
4035. MANAGEMENT OF CLASS V
INJECTION WELLS UNDER PART C
OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER A<
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. r
146 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AB83
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Final Rule SU
4036. ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR
REGULATED DRINKING WATER
CONTAMINANTS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300g-l/SDWA
1412; 42 USC 300f/SDWA 1401; 42
USC 300j-9(a)/SDWA 1450(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) approves
analytical methods for analyzing
regulated drinking water contaminants.
Periodically, the Agency withdraws
approval of outdated methods, updates
older methods, and/or approves new
methods. In this regulatory effort, EPA
will accomplish all three actions for a
number of contaminants regulated
under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
These revisions have been evaluated
and recommended for use by EPA's
Office of Research and Development
and by various standards setting
organizations. Laboratory acceptance
limits, detection limits and other
method performance requirements that
were specified under previous rules
will not be changed in this rulemaking.
This rule should decrease the cost of
monitoring by broadening the numb<
of regulated chemicals that can be
measured by a method.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR CM
NPRM
Final Action
12/15/93 58FR65
12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 32
Agency Contact: Jitendra Saxena,
Environmental Protection Agency,
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Water, (4603), Washington DC 20460,
202 260-9579
RIN: 2040-AC12
4037. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATION:
RADIONUCLIDES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
164 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AA94
4038. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: 25
CONTAMINANTS FROM DRINKING
WATER PRIORITY LIST (PHASE VIA) -
DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS RULE
AND ENHANCED SURFACE WATER
TREATMENT RULE
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300/SDWA
1412
Drinking Water Priority List, which are
known or anticipated to occur in public
water systems, every three years
starting in 1991. The SDWA directs
EPA to promulgate MCLGs at a level
at which, in the Administrator's
judgment, "no known or anticipated
adverse effects occur and which allows
for an adequate margin of safety."
MCLs are federally enforceable
standards and are set as close to the
MCLGs as is feasible, taking costs into
consideration. The 25 contaminants
come from two groups of contaminants:
disinfection byproducts (Phase VIA)
and organic and inorganic chemicals
(Phase VIB). The disinfection
byproducts portion of this rule is just
completing regulatory negotiation. It is
now composed of two rules: the
disinfection byproducts rule (DBF) and
the enhanced surface water treatment
rule (ESWTR). The DBF rule is (cont)
Action
NPRM
Final Action
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142 Timetable:
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory,
January 1, 1990. NPRM, Judicial, June
7, 1994. Final, Statutory, January 1,
1991. Final, Judicial, December 15,
1996.
Abstract: EPA is scheduled to
promulgate MCLGs and NPDWRs for 25
contaminants from the 1991 Drinking
Water Priority List, as required by the
SDWA. The SDWA requires regulation
of at least 25 contaminants from the
Drinking Water Priority List, which are
known or anticipated to occur in public
water systems, every three years
starting in 1991. The SDWA directs
EPA to promulgate MCLGs at a level
at which, in the Administrator's
judgment, "no known or anticipated
adverse effects occur and which allows
for an adequate margin of safety."
MCLs are federally enforceable
standards and are set as close to the
MCLGs as is feasible, taking costs into
consideration. The 25 contaminants
will be addressed in two rulemakings:
Disinfection Byproducts (Phase VIA)
and Organic and Inorganic
Contaminants (Phase VIB). The
Disinfection Byproducts Rule is
intended to reduce cancer risk. A
companion Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule is intended to prevent
microbial contamination and reduce
cancer risk. EPA is scheduled to
promulgate MCLGs and NPDWRs for 25
contaminants from the 1991 Drinking
Water Priority List, as required by the
SDWA of 1986. The SDWA requires
regulation of at least (cont) from the
Date FR Cite
07/29/94
12/00/96
59 FR 38668
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No.
2772/2304.
ABSTRACT CONT: 25 contaminants
from the Drinking Water Priority List,
which are known or anticipated to
occur in public water systems, every
three years starting in 1991. The SDWA
directs EPA to promulgate MCLGs at
a level at which, in the Administrator's
judgment, "no known or anticipated
adverse effects occur and which allows
for an adequate margin of safety."
MCLs are federally enforceable
standards and are set as close to the
MCLGs as is feasible, taking costs into
consideration. The 25 contaminants
come from two groups of contaminants:
disinfection byproducts (Phase VIA)
and organic and inorganic chemicals
(Phase VIB). The disinfection
byproducts portion of this rule is just
completing regulatory negotiation. It is
now composed of two rules: the
disinfection byproducts rule (DBF) and
the enhanced surface water treatment
rule (ESWTR). The DBF rule is
intended to prevent microbial
contamination and reduce cancer risk.
(See separate entries for Phase VIB and
the Information Collection Rule.)
Agency Contact: Stig Regli,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4603), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-7379
RIN: 2040-AB82
4039. DRINKING WATER MICROBIAL
AND DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT
MONITORING RULE (FORMERLY
CALLED THE "INFORMATION
COLLECTION DISINFECTION
BYPRODUCTS RULE")
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300/SDWA
1412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA has negotiated two rules
regulating disinfectants, disinfection
byproducts, and microbial
contaminants. As part of the
negotiation, EPA also committed to
promulgating Microbial and
Disinfection By-Product Monitoring
Rule to provide more occurrence and
technology treatment data. The data
will enable EPA to promulgate the
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rul
e and will enable the negotiators to
meet again to consider long term
standards. This action fulfills that
commitment, to meet again to consider
alternative standards. This action
fulfills that commitment.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
02/10/94 59 FR 6332
05/00/95
NPRM
Final Action
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3445.
Agency Contact: Stig Regli,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4603), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-7379
RIN: 2040-AC24
4040. DRINKING WATER PRIMACY
WITHDRAWAL REGULATION
(REVISION)
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300/SDWA
1413
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CFR Citation: 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA will promulgate
revisions to the regulatory language
which concerns EPA's initiation of
proceedings that could result in
withdrawal of State primary
enforcement responsibility for the
Public Water System Supervision
Program. EPA is promulgating this
revision in part, in response to the
court's remand in National Wildlife
Federal v. EPA, 980 F. 2D 765 (DC
Circuit 1992) . National Wildlife
Federation v. EPA, 980 F.2D 765 (DC
Circuit 1992).
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
FR Cite
08/08/94 59 FR 40458
09/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 335<
Agency Contact: Judy Lebowich,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4604), Washington, DC 20460,
202 260-7595
RIN: 2040-AC19
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Completed Actior
4041. INDIAN RULE FOR THE
WELLHEAD PROTECTION PROGRAM
AND SOLE SOURCE AQUIFER
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35
Completed:
Reason
Withdrawn - No
further action is
expected in the
next 12 months.
Date
FR Cite
09/01/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jane Marshall-Farri
202 260-8897
RIN: 2040-AB18
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Noise Control Act (NCA)
Final Rule Stai
4042. WITHDRAWAL OF PRODUCTS
FROM THE AGENCY'S REPORTS
IDENTIFYING MAJOR NOISE
SOURCES AND WITHDRAWAL OF
PROPOSED RULES
Legal Authority: 42 USC
4904(b)(l)/NCA 5(b)(l); 42 USC
4905(a)(l)/NCA 6(a)(l)
CFR Citation: Not applicable
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action proposes to
withdraw certain products from the
Agency's report identifying major noise
sources issued under authority of
Section 5(b)(l) of the Noise Control Act
of 1972. These products are: Truck
Transport Refrigeration Units, Power
Lawn Mowers, Pavement Breakers,
Rock Drills, Wheel and Crawler
Tractors and Buses. This action also
proposes to withdraw proposed noise
regulations for Wheel and Crawler
Tractors, and Buses, issued under the
authority of Section 6(a)(l) of the Act.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/01/82 47 FR 54108
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federa
Additional Information: SAN No. 204
No CFR parts pertain. This action
withdraws proposals which were not
codified.
Agency Contact: Ken Feith,
Environmental Protection Agency, Aii
and Radiation, (ANR-443), Washingto
DC 20460, 202 260-4996
RIN: 2060-AB24
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Prerule Sta
4043. MODIFICATIONS TO THE
DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE AND
REGULATIONS OF HAZARDOUS
WASTE RECYCLING: GENERAL
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905/RCRA
1004; 42 USC 6921 to 6928/RCRA 3001
to 3008
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 266
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking will propose
to modify the current regulatory
framework to improve the
implementation of the regulations that
define a solid waste and the regulations
governing the recycling of hazardous
wastes.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 00/00/00
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 287
NOTE; EPA has not yet identified wh
the next action will be. An ANPRM
may be issued, or regulatory changes
may be proposed, or both.
Agency Contact: Mitch Kidwell,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
(5304), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-8551
RIN: 2050-AD18
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Proposed Rule Stage
4044. FACILITY RESPONSE
PLANNING FOR DELEGATED
OFFSHORE FACILITIES
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1321/Clean
Water Act; EO 12777
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 112
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
August 18,1992.
Abstract: The Oil Pollution Act of 1990
(OPA) expands the scope of private
planning and response activities
associated with discharges of oil. The
revision to sections 20 and 21 of the
facility response plan rule
implementing these requirements
would extend applicability of the rule
to non-transportation related offshore
facilities landward of the the low water
mark. Regulation of these facilities was
delegated to EPA by a Memorandum
of Understanding of 2/3/94 from the
Department of Interior/Minerals
Management Service.
Timetable:
of Hazardous Wastes and Their
Disposal, EPA will propose regulations
which will implement the terms of the
convention, as implementing legislation
requires. The final regulations would
replace the current import/export
regulations at 40 CFR 262, Subparts E
and F. In addition, EPA may propose
additional regulations as necessary to
improve and implement the waste
import/export program under RCRA
(e.g. codification of bilateral
agreements, changes to regulations
implementing the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) Council Decision
C(92)39/FINAL).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
NPRM 03/00/95
Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 131 Crude Petroleum
and Natural Gas
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3425.
Agency Contact: Bobbie Lively-
Diebold, Environmental Protection
Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, (5202G), 703 356-8774
RIN: 2050-AE18
4045. REGULATIONS TO CONTROL
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF
HAZARDOUS AND OTHER WASTES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 263; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 266
Legal Deadline: None
Depending on the implementing
legislation, there may be a NPRM
deadline of one year from the date of
the enactment.
Abstract: Once the U.S. passes
legislation needed to ratify and become
a Party to the Basel Convention on the
Control of Transboundary Movements
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3426.
Agency Contact: Julie Lyddon,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington DC 20460, 202 260-
7944
RIN: 2050-AE13
4046. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;
AMENDMENT TO GENERIC
EXCLUSION FOR K061, KO62, AND
FOO6 HTMR RESIDUALS
(ENCAPSULATED USES)
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905, 69l2(a),
6921, 6922, 6924, 6934, and 6938
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 266
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
December 13,1994. Final, Judicial,
December 13, 1995.
Abstract: The Agency anticipates
amending the generic exclusion for
K061, KO62, and FOO6 residual slags
by either (1) allowing encapsulated
uses of the slags under the existing
exclusion, or (2) setting new levels
under this exclusion for encapsulated
uses of the slags.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Additional Information: SAN No. 3428.
Agency Contact: Narendra K.
Chaudhari, Environmental Protection
Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, (5304), Washington DC
20460, 202 260-4787
RIN: 2050-AE15
4047. • ALTERNATIVES FOR
GROUND-WATER MONITORING AT
SMALL, DRY/REMOTE MUNICIPAL
SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS
Legal Authority: RCRA 4004, RCRA
1008, RCRA 2002, RCRA 4010
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Alternative strategies for
conventional ground-water monitoring
are under consideration by the Agency
for use at certain small, dry/remote
municipal solid waste landfills, as
necessary to detect contamination on a
site-specific basis. Examples of
alternative strategies may include early
detection vadose zone monitoring,
analysis for indicator parameters and
major ions in place of trace elements
and volatile organic compounds, or
exempting small landfills from ground-
water monitoring requirements based
on a demonstration that there is no
potential for leachate migration to the
uppermost aquifer. Examples of site-
specific factors important to the
alternative selection process include
costs, hydrogeology, stratigraphy,
climate, and availability of equipment
and technical expertise. There are
certain geographic areas where there
may be no clear-cut effective
alternatives to conventional ground-
water monitoring, such as areas of
Alaska with permafrost or in
communities with extremely low per
capita income, (cont)
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/94
Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
NPRM 12/00/94
Final Action 06/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3546.
ABSTRACT CONT: The consideration
of alternatives flows from a recent
decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit that
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vacated the small landfill ground-water
monitoring exemption under 40 CFR
Part 258.50(b) and by the projection
that annual waste disposal costs for
communities being served by these
small landfills could, in some cases,
increase by several hundred percent
with the implementation of full ground-
water monitoring requirements. This
rule would provide states and tribes
with EPA-approved permit programs
the flexibility they need to be able to
utilize alternatives for ground-water
monitoring. Local governments would
still bear the costs of alternative
ground-water monitoring. Our
preliminary costing results indicate that
alternatives range from about 20
percent to 70 percent of the cost of full
ground-water monitoring requirements.
Science and engineering support would
be needed by some communities to
implement most alternatives.
Agency Contact: Scott Ellinger,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
SE., Washington, DC 20460, 202 260-
1350
RIN: 2050-AE24
4048. • NEW AND REVISED TESTING
METHODS APPROVED FOR RCRA
SUBTITLE C HAZARDOUS WASTE
TESTING MANUAL, SW-846, THIRD
EDITION, UPDATE IV
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6912/RCRA
2002; 42 USC 6921/RCRA 3001; 42
USC 6924/RCRA 3004; 42 USC
6925/RCRA 3005; 42 USC 6926/RCRA
3006
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 270
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action will
revise certain testing methods and add
other new testing methods that are
approved or required under Subtitle C
of RCRA. These new and revised
methods are found in Update IV to the
Third Edition of "Test Methods for
Evaluating Solid Waste,
Physical/Chemical Methods", EPA
publication SW-846. The revision to the
manual is necessary to provide
improved and more complete analytical
methods for RCRA-relating testing.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3547.
Agency Contact: Charles Sellers,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
SE., Washington, DC 20460, 202 260-
3282
RIN: 2050-AE25
4049. • FINANCIAL ASSURANCE
EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OWNERS AND
OPERATORS OF MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE LANDFILL FACILITIES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6907, 6944,
6949a
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Owners and operators of
subtitle D landfills would be required
to meet financial assurance
requirements beginning on April 9,
1995.lt is intended to make financial
tests available for local governments
and corporations that need to provide
financial assurance for their subtitle D
facilities. Neither financial tests will be
available before the April 9, 1995
effective date. The Agency is proposing
to extend the effective date to April 9,
1996 to allow adequate time to finalize
the financial tests. As a result of this
rulemaking, public and private owners
and operators of SubtitleD facilities will
not have to meet the financial
assurance requirements of 40 CFR Part
258 until April 9, 1996.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
01/00/95
NPRM
Final Action
07/00/96
07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3585.
Agency Contact: Timothy J. O'Malley,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8613
RIN: 2050-AE27
4050. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING
OF HAZARDOUS WASTES:
HAZARDOUS WASTE IDENTIFICATIO
RULE (HWIR); WASTE
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. N<
147 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AE07
4051. CAUSES FOR PERMIT
MODIFICATIONS TO HAZARDOUS
WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905/RCRA
1006; 42 USC 6912/RCRA 2002; 42
USC 6924/RCRA 3004; 42 USC
6925/RCRA 3005; 42 USC 6927/RCRA
3007;42 USC 6974
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 270.41
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This amendment would
allow EPA to modify a permit to corn
an inadvertent omission of an
applicable requirement under RCRA
which is in effect prior to the data of
permit issuance. The permit correctio
would follow the modification
procedures in 40 CFR 124. Citizens
would be able to request such a
correction using existing procedures i
40 CFR 124.5.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 278
Agency Contact: Victoria Van Roder
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Responsi
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8623
RIN: 2050-AD05
4052. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: POST-
CLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6926/RCRA
3006; 42 USC 6912(a)/RCRA 2002(a);
USC 6924/RCRA 3004; 42 USC
6925/RCRA 3005
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 21
40 CFR 270; 40 CFR 124
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would modify th
regulations to expand and improve tl
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mechanisms available for addressing
post-closure care at hazardous waste
land disposal facilities. It would allow
substitution of enforcement
mechanisms for post-closure permits in
some cases, while still retaining the
permit as an option to address these
facilities. The rule would also require
States to adopt enforcement authority
to compel corrective action at interim
status facilities, consistent with Federal
section 3008(h) authority.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/94
Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3042.
Agency Contact: Barbara Foster,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-7057
RIN: 2050-AD55
4053. SPENT SOLVENTS LISTING
DETERMINATION
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905/RCRA
1005; 42 USC 6912/RCRA 2002; 42
USC 6921/RCRA 3001; 42 USC
6922/RCRA 3002; 42 USC 6926/RCRA
3006; 42 USC 9602/RCRA 6002; 33
USC 1361/FWPCA 1361; 33 USC
1321/FWPCA 1321
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 271;
40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, March
31, 1995. Final, Statutory, February 8,
1986. Final, Judicial, May 31, 1996.
Abstract: This action will propose to
list or not list as hazardous wastes
under RCRA 14 spent solvents and/or
still bottoms from their recovery. The
solvents are cumene, phenol,
isophorone, acetonitrile, furfural,
epichlorohydrin, methyl chloride,
ethylene dibromide, benzyl chloride, p-
dichlorobenzene, 2-methoxyethanol, 2-
methoxyethanol acetate, 2-
ethoxyethanol acetate, and
cyclohexanol. Any solvents listed will
be added to the CERCLA list of
hazardous substances with reportable
quantities.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3134.
Agency Contact: Ron Josephson,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-4770
RIN: 2050-AD84
4054. CHLORINATED ALIPHATICS
LISTING DETERMINATION
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905/RCRA
1006; 42 USC 6912(a)/RCRA 2002(a); 42
USC 6922/RCRA 3001; 42 USC
9602/CERCLA 102; 33 USC
1361/FWPCA 311; 33 USC
1321/FWPCA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 271;
40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
November 30, 1995. Final, Judicial,
October 31, 1996.
Abstract: This action will propose to
list or not to list as hazardous wastes
under RCRA wastewaters and
wastewater treatment sludges from the
production of approximately 25
chlorinated aliphatics. These wastes, if
identified as hazardous under RCRA,
will be designated hazardous
substances under CERCLA, with
reportable quantities established. The
Agency will use this opportunity to
investigate waste minimization
possibilities.
Timetable:
4055. NEW AND REVISED TESTING
METHODS APPROVED FOR RCRA
SUBTITLE C, IN "TEST METHODS
FOR EVALUATING SOLID WASTE,
PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL METHODS"
(SW-846), THIRD EDITION, UPDATE III
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6912/RCRA
2002; 42 USC 6921/RCRA 3001; 42
USC 6924/RCRA 3004; 42 USC
6925/RCRA 3005; 42 USC 6926/RCRA
3006
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 270
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action will
revise certain testing methods and add
other new testing methods that are
approved or required under Subtitle C
or RCRA. These new and revised
methods are found in Update III to the
Third Edition of "Test Methods for
Evaluating Solid Waste,
Physical/Chemical Methods", EPA
publication SW-846. The revision to the
manual is necessary to provide
improved and more complete analytical
methods for RCRA-relating testing.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
11/00/95
10/00/96
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/00/95
05/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3151.
Agency Contact: Wanda Levine,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-7458
RIN: 2050-AD85
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/95
09/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3427.
Agency Contact: Kim Kirkland,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington DC 20460, 202 260-
6722
RIN: 2050-AE14
4056. SUBTITLE D CORPORATE
FINANCIAL TEST AND GUARANTEE
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6907/RCRA
1007; 42 USC 6944/RCRA 4004; 42
USC 6949/RCRA 4009
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would allow
financially strong corporate entities that
own/operate municipal solid waste
landfills the option of using a financial
test or guarantee to demonstrate
financial assurance for costs associated
with closure, post-closure, and
corrective action of known releases.
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Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 09/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3179.
Agency Contact: Tim O'Malley,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8613
RIN: 2050-AD77
4057. REVISIONS TO CRITERIA
APPLICABLE TO SOLID WASTE
DISPOSAL FACILITIES THAT MAY
ACCEPT CESQG HAZARDOUS
WASTES EXCLUDING MUNICIPAL
SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6907, 6944,
6949/RCRA 4010, 1008, 2002, and
4004; 33 USC 1345
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 257
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, May
15, 1995. Final, Judicial, July 1, 1996.
Abstract: RCRA section 4010(c) directs
EPA to revise existing Criteria in 40
CFR part 257 for facilities that may
receive hazardous household wastes
(HHW) or Conditionally Exempt Small
Quantity Generator (CESQG) hazardous
wastes. In October 1991, EPA
promulgated the Municipal Solid Waste
Landfill Criteria (40 CFR 258), thereby
satisfying part of the statutory mandate.
EPA is under a settlement agreement
with the Sierra Club to fulfill the
remainder of the statutory mandate by
promulgating regulations pertaining to
the disposal of CESQG hazardous
wastes at solid waste disposal facilities.
Depending on actual practices at
specific facilities, these regulations
might be applicable to commercial and
private industrial waste facilities and
construction and demolition waste
facilities managing non-hazardous
wastes.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/95
Final Action 07/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3416.
Agency Contact: Paul F. Cassidy,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington DC 20460, 202 260-
4682
RIN: 2050-AEll
4058. REMOVAL OF
PENTACHLOROPHENOL FROM F027;
RESTORE IT AS U242; CHANGE
TOXICITY DESIGNATION OF F021;
AND CLARIFY BASIS FOR LISTING
CRITERIA
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921/RCRA
3001
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 260;
40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 271;
40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Agency is proposing to
amend the regulations for hazardous
waste management under RCRA by
amending the basis for listing a
hazardous waste (i.e.,
pentachlorophenol production wastes)
under 40 CFR 261.31. The Agency is
also proposing to amend one hazardous
waste (i.e., delete part of FO27 -
discarded unused formulations of
pentachlorophenol and compounds
derived from pentachlorophenol) listed
in 40 CFR 261.33 and to add one waste
(i.e., U242 - pentachlorophenol) to the
list of hazardous wastes in 40 CFR 261.
FO21 and U242 would no longer be
subject to management standards for
acute hazardous wastes. Lastly, the
Agency is proposing to clarify the
criteria used in 40 CFR 261.11 for
listing solid wastes as hazardous. This
rule proposes less stringent hazardous
waste management standards for FO21
and discarded unused portions
containing pentachlorophenol.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
00/00/00
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3178.
Agency Contact: Anthony Carrell,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-6607
RIN: 2050-AD78
4059. LISTING DETERMINATION OF
WASTES GENERATED DURING THE
MANUFACTURE OF AZO,
ANTHRAQUINONE, AND
TRIARYLMETHANE DYES AND
PIGMENTS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921/RCRA
3001
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
November 30, 1994. Final, Judicial,
November 30, 1995.
Abstract: This action will propose the
Agency's determination whether or not
to list as hazardous wastes under RCRJ
wastes generated during the productioi
of three classes of dyes and pigments.
The Agency is considering several
alternatives to listing, specifically
management standards, pollution
prevention, waste minimization,
recycling, reclamation, process changes
and substitution of starting materials.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/94
Final Action 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undeterminec
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No.
3066/3068/3069.
Agency Contact: Wanda Levine,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-7458
RIN: 2050-AD80
4060. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING
OF HAZARDOUS WASTE:
PETROLEUM REFINING PROCESS
WASTES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921/RCRA
3001
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
August 31, 1995. Final, Judicial,
October 31, 1996.
Abstract: This action will propose to
list or not to list as hazardous wastes
under RCRA these waste streams from
the petroleum refining process: 1)
clarified slurry oil from catalytic
cracking; 2) crude storage tank sludge,
3) spent hydrotreating catalyst; 4) sulfu
complex and hydrogen sulfide removal
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specification product and fines; 5)
spent catalytics reforming catalysts; 6)
unleaded storage tank sludge; 7) spent
hydrorefining sludge; 8) spent catalyst
and fines from catalytic cracking; 9)
spent catalyst from sulfur complex and
hydrogen sulfide removal facilities; 10)
spent caustic from liquid treating; 11)
spent catalyst from sulfuric acid
alkylation, 12) sludge from hydrofluoric
alkylation; and 13)sludge from sulfuric
acid alkylation. The Agency is
considering alternatives to listing
including management standards based
on pollution prevention, recycling,
reclamation, or feedstock, to other
manufacturing processes. This action
will also adjust the reportable
quantities for waste streams F037 and
(cont)
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/00/95
Final Action 10/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3064.
ABSTRACT CONT: F038 (sludges from
petroleum separation processes) under
CERCLA as amended. Depending on
the number of listed wastes and their
generation quantities, the costs of this
action could be very significant.
Agency Contact: Maximo (Max) Diaz,
Jr., Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-4786
RIN: 2050-AD88
4061. RCRA FEES: HANDLER
NOTIFICATIONS AND WASTE EXPORT
NOTIFICATIONS
Legal Authority: Independent Offices
Appropriations Act of 1951
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 263;
40 CFR 265
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Omnibus Budget and
Reconciliation Act requires EPA to
raise $38 million annually in user fees
as part of an overall Federal deficit
reduction program. To help achieve
this level, EPA will use the authority
of the Independent Offices
Appropriations Act of 1951 to propose
fees for RCRA Handler Notifications,
Waste Export Notifications, and permit
fees for EPA-issued RCRA permits.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/95
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3211.
Agency Contact: Val de la Fuente,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-4674
RIN: 2050-AD92
4062. REVISED TECHNICAL
STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS
WASTE COMBUSTION FACILITIES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
148 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AE01
4063. LAND DISPOSAL
RESTRICTIONS—PHASE IV:
TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR
CERTAIN MINERAL PROCESSING
WASTES; TC METALS; NEWLY
LISTED WASTES FROM WOOD
PRESERVING AND DYES AND
PIGMENTS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905, 69l2(a),
6921, 6924
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 268
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, June
1995. Final, Judicial, June 1996.
Abstract: The Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984 require
EPA to promulgate regulations
establishing treatment standards that
must be met before hazardous waste
may be disposed of on land. The
proposed rulemaking establishes
treatment standards for certain
characteristic mineral processing
wastes, spent aluminum potliners,
wood preserving wastes, and TC
metals. It also addresses issues arising
from a September 25, 1992 decision of
the U.S. Court of Appeals in Chemical
Waste Management v. EPA, 976 F. 2d
(D.C. Cir. 1992) on the equivalency of
treatment in wastewater treatment
systems regulated under the Clean
Water Act to treatment of wastes under
RCRA.
ANPRM 10/24/91 56 FR 55160
NPRM 06/00/95
Final Action 06/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3366.
ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTACT:
Sue Slotnick, 703 308-8467,
Agency Contact: Sherri Stevens,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5302W, Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8467
RIN: 2050-AE05
4064. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING
OF HAZARDOUS WASTES;
HAZARDOUS WASTE IDENTIFICATION
RULE (HWIR): CONTAMINATED
MEDIA
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
149 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AE22
4065. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFEST
REGULATION
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6922/RCRA
3002(a)(5)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 263; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 270; 40 CFR 271
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this rule is
to amend the existing Uniform
Hazardous Waste Manifest rule to make
it truly "uniform" across the country.
Presently what is supposed to be a
"uniform" manifest is instead a
patchwork of varying State manifests.
Interstate shipments become quite
burdensome when industry must deal
with several different forms with varied
requirements. This is compounded
since States have difficulty tracking and
verifying interstate loads.
The major issues involve the specific
data elements that should be on the
uniform manifest form. Most States
want to see a truly uniform manifest
that would be used by all States, but
they also want a certain degree of
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flexibility to add data elements to suit
their needs. Therefore, the goal of this
rulemaking will be to achieve
consensus on a manifest form that all
States can live with.'
The costs of this action should be
minimal to the regulated industry since
the new Federal form will only add a
few data elements that in most cases
are already being required by the
various State forms.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
01/00/95
01/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3147.
Agency Contact: Rick Westlund,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(2136), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-2745
RIN: 2050-AE21
4066. LOCATION STANDARDS FOR
HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6912/RCRA
2002; 42 USC 6924(o)(7)/RCRA
3004(o)(7)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 270
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 3004(o)(7) of RCRA
authorizes EPA to restrict the siting of
hazardous waste treatment, storage, and
disposal facilities in environmentally
sensitive locations. EPA's goal for the
location standards would be to ensure
siting of new hazardous waste
treatment, storage and disposal
facilities in the most suitable locations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
09/00/95
09/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2303.
Agency Contact: Felicia Wright,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8634
RIN: 2050-AB42
4067. LAND DISPOSAL
RESTRICTIONS—PHASE III:
STANDARDS FOR
DECHARACTERIZED WASTES AND
TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR
NEWLY LISTED CARBAMATE,
ORGANOBROMINE WASTES, AND
SPENT ALUMINUM POTLINERS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
150 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AD38
4068. RULE IDENTIFYING WHEN
MILITARY MUNITIONS BECOME
HAZARDOUS WASTES AND
MANAGEMENT STANDARDS FOR
SUCH WASTES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6924(y)/RCRA
3004(y)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
40 CFR 270
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, April
6, 1993. Final, Statutory, October 6,
1994.
Abstract: Section 107 of the Federal
Facilities Compliance Act of 1992
requires EPA to issue a rule identifying
when military munitions, ordnance,
and chemical warfare agents become
hazardous wastes subject to Federal
hazardous waste transportation, storage,
treatment, and disposal rules. The rule
may also identify management
standards for such wastes.
Timetable:
4069. STREAMLINE PERMITTING FOR
MIXED WASTE
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6925/RCRA
3005
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On January 13, 1992, the
Utilities Solid Waste Activities Group
(USWAG) petitioned EPA to create a
conditional exemption from full
Subtitle C permitting requirements for
certain small commercial mixed waste
generators that are already permitted b;
the NRC. The generators include
medical schools, universities,
biotechnology laboratories, and
pharmaceutical companies. This new
category would include NRC licensees
that generate less than 1000 kg/month
of mixed waste, counting mixed waste
as distinct from other hazardous waste
EPA and NRC must together determine
how to ensure adequate protection of
human health and the environment in
order for any streamlined permitting o
NRC licensed facilities to be
implemented.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/00/95
07/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3235.
Agency Contact: Ken Shuster,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8759
RIN: 2050-AD90
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3218
Agency Contact: Richard LaShier,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8762
RIN: 2050-AD65
4070. RCRA SUBTITLE C INDIAN
PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION
Legal Authority: 42 USC
6926(b)/3006(b)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 271
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would clarify th
Indian Tribes may become authorized
for the Subtitle C hazardous waste
program and that they may share in
grant funds made available to States tc
assist in implementation of authorized
hazardous waste programs. The action
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would establish a definition of Indian
Tribe and the criteria which a Tribe
must meet for authorization purposes.
The rule would further clarify that
Indian Tribes, unlike other States, may
be considered for approval of partial
RCRA programs, under criteria that
would also be announced in the rule.
The rule is of great symbolic
significance to the Tribes, and it would
implement EPA's 1984 Indian Policy by
recognizing the sovereign status of
Tribes and their primacy in
implementing RCRA. The rule would
deal with the issues of Indian Tribe
capability, alternatives to authorization
that also advance Tribes' participation
in RCRA, and special attributes of
Indian Tribe jurisdiction. The action
would be closely coordinated with
similar efforts in other media programs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/00/95
Final Action 01/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2827.
Agency Contact: Richard La Shier,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8760
RIN: 2050-AD07
4071. FIELD FILTERING OF GROUND-
WATER SAMPLES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6944(a)/RCRA
4004(a); 33 USC 1345(d) and (e)/CWA
405; 42 USC 6945/RCRA 4005; 42 USC
6907/RCRA 1008; 42 USC 6912/RCRA
2002; 42 USC 6949a(c)/RCRA 4010(c)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258.5l(b)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The RCRA Subtitle D Solid
Waste Disposal Facility Criteria, among
other provisions, require
owners/operators of municipal solid
waste landfills to monitor ground-water
to detect releases from their landfills.
The Criteria ban the filtering of ground-
water samples in the field because
filtering potentially removes some of
the contamination found in the solid
phase of the samples. Since
promulgation of the Criteria, a number
of States and industry groups have
stated that it is important to field filter
ground-water samples for measuring
metals to avoid potential false
indications of releases to ground-water.
The commenters maintain that the
analytical results using filtered samples
are sufficiently protective and are as
effective as unfiltered samples specified
in the Criteria. This notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) seeks comment on
the appropriateness of allowing
States/Tribes with EPA-approved
permit programs to lift the ban on a
site-specific basis. This rulemaking will
not impose new requirements on local
government landfill owners and
operators; rather, it could alleviate the
need to institute new sampling
protocols in certain locations.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
00/00/00
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3150.
Agency Contact: Tracy Bone,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5306), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-5649
RIN: 2050-AD86
4072. RCRA SUBTITLE D SOLID
WASTE FACILITIES; STATE/TRIBAL
PERMIT PROGRAM—DETERMINATION
OF ADEQUACY
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6945/RCRA
4005; 42 USC 6912/RCRA 2002
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 239
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would describe
procedures EPA would use to make
determinations of adequacy for
State/Tribal solid waste permitting
programs, as required by Section 4005
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as
amended (RCRA). Section 4005(c)(l)(B)
requires States to adopt and implement
a permit program, other system of prior
approval, within 18 months after the
promulgation of revised criteria under
Section 4004(a), as required by Section
4010(c). Section 4005(c)(l)(C) requires
the Administrator to determine whether
each State has developed an "adequate
permit program."
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
09/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2751.
Agency Contact: Henry Ferland,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5306), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-3384
RIN: 2050-AD03
4073. GUIDELINE FOR FEDERAL
PROCUREMENT OF PAPER AND
PAPER PRODUCTS CONTAINING
RECOVERED MATERIALS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 69l2(a)/RCRA
6002
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 247
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 6002 of the RCRA
requires EPA to issue guidelines for the
procurement of recycled products.
From time to time, EPA must revise
the guidelines for use by procuring
agencies. EPA is to designate items
which can be made with recovered
materials and to recommend practices
for the procurement of those items by
Federal procuring agencies. Once
designated, procuring agencies are
required to purchase these items with
the highest percentage of recovered
materials practicable. EPA issued its
final paper guideline in June 1989.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/94
10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3032.
Agency Contact: Dana Arnold,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5306), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-8518
RIN: 2050-AD41
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4074. • REVISIONS TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE GUIDELINE FOR
PROCUREMENT OF PRODUCTS
CONTAINING RECOVERED
MATERIALS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6912(a)/RCRA
6002(e)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 247
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: RCRA section 6002 requires
EPA to issue guidelines for the
procurement of recycled products. EPA
is to designate items that are made with
recovered materials and to recommend
practices for government procurement.
Once designated, procuring agencies
are required to purchase these items
with the highest percentage of
recovered materials practicable. In
addition, Executive Order 12873,
Federal Acquisition, Recycling, and
Waste Prevention, designating items in
a Comprehensive Procurement
Guideline (CPG) and recommending
procurement practices in a Recovered
Materials Advisory Notice (RMAN).
The Order requires EPA to update the
CPG and issue RMANs annually. To
date, EPA has issued procurement
guidelines for five items, including
paper and paper products, re-refined
lubricating oil, retread tires, building
insulation, and cement and concrete
containing fly ash, and proposed a
Comprehensive Procurement Guideline
(59 FR 18852) designating 21 new items
for government procurement. This
action would propose the first update
to the CPG, once it is promulgated.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/95
Final Action 09/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3545.
Agency Contact: Beverly Golblatt,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
SE., Washington, DC 20460, 202 260-
7932
RIN: 2050-AE23
4075. UNDERGROUND STORAGE
TANKS CONTAINING HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES - FINANCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 699lb/RCRA
9003
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 280
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
August 31, 1988.
Abstract: This action would establish,
under Subtitle I of RCRA (as amended
by SARA), requirements for
demonstrating financial responsibility
for taking corrective action and
compensating third parties for bodily
injury and property damage caused by
releases from underground storage
tanks (USTs) containing hazardous
substances. An ANPRM was publishec
to help gather data (e.g., frequency of
releases from such USTs, costs of
corrective action and third-party
damages, and the regulated
community's financial condition and
use of financial assurance mechanism;
needed for the development of a
proposed rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
ANPRM 02/09/88 53FR381!
NPRM 02/00/96
Final Action 02/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: Local
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 343
Agency Contact: Mark Barolo,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
(5402W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8874
RIN: 2050-AC15
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Final Rule Stai
4076. REVISIONS TO THE OIL
POLLUTION PREVENTION
REGULATION
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1321/CWA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 112
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Following a major inland oil
spill with substantial environmental
impacts (i.e., Ashland Oil in Floreffe,
PA, in January, 1988) an interagency
task force reviewed the adequacy of
existing EPA regulations concerning the
prevention and control of oil spills (40
CFR 112). The task force recommended
a number of steps to improve and
extend the regulations. The final rule
would implement some of the task
force recommendations. It would clarify
that many provisions of the existing
regulations that may be interpreted as
recommended practices by the
regulated community are in fact
required practices.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/22/91 56 FR 54612
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2634.
Agency Contact: Dana Stalcup,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
(5202G), Washington, DC 20460, 703
603-8735
RIN: 2050-AC62
4077. MODIFICATIONS OF THE
HAZARDOUS WASTE RECYCLING
REGULATIONS: UNIVERSAL WASTE
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905/RCRA
1004; 42 USC 6921 to 6928/RCRA 301
to 3008
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 27
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking proposed I
modify the regulatory program for
management of certain "universal"
hazardous wastes, including hazardoi
waste batteries and recalled hazardou
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waste pesticides. The Agency proposed
streamlined management requirements
for these universal, or widely
generated, hazardous wastes in order to
facilitate separation from the municipal
waste stream, collection, and proper
treatment and/or recycling for these
materials.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/11/93 58 FR 8102
Supplemental Notice 06/20/94 59 FR 31568
Final Action 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2870.
Agency Contact: Charlotte Mooney,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-8551
RIN: 2050-AD19
4078. NO-MIGRATION VARIANCE FOR
PROHIBITED HAZARDOUS WASTE
LAND DISPOSAL
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905/RCRA
1006; 42 USC 6912(a)/RCRA 2002(a); 42
USC 6921/RCRA 3001; 42 USC
6924/RCRA 3004
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 268
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Agency has proposed a
regulation that further specifies the
process for operators to apply for and
receive variances that would allow the
land disposal of untreated hazardous
wastes that have been prohibited from
land disposal under 40 CFR 268. The
variance would be available for land
disposal units that successfully
demonstrate that there will be no
migration of hazardous constituents
from the unit for as long as the waste
remains hazardous.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
08/11/92 57 FR 35940
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2524.
Accompanying draft guidance manual
was made available concurrent with
publication of proposal. Guidance
assists facility owners and operators in
characterizing environmental media of
concern and environmental pathways
along which constituent migration may
occur.
Agency Contact: Chris Rhyne,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8658
RIN: 2050-AC44
4079. LISTING DETERMINATION FOR
HAZARDOUS WASTES -
ORGANOBROMINES CHEMICAL
INDUSTRY
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905/RCRA
1006; 42 USC 6912(a)/RCRA 2002(a); 42
USC 6922/RCRA 3001; 42 USC
9602/CERCLA 102; 33 USC
1361/CERCLA 311; 33 USC
1321/CERCLA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 271;
40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, April
30, 1994. Final, Judicial, April 30,
1995.
Abstract: This action proposed to list
as a hazardous waste under RCRA one
additional waste stream from those
wastes generated during the production
of organobromine compounds.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/11/94 59 FR 24530
04/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3065.
Agency Contact: Edwin Rissmann,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-4785
RIN: 2050-AD79
4080. NEW AND REVISED TESTING
METHODS APPROVED FOR RCRA
SUBTITLE C HAZARDOUS WASTE
TESTING MANUAL SW-846, THIRD
EDITION, UPDATE II
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6912/RCRA
2002; 42 USC 6921/RCRA 3001; 42
USC 6924/RCRA 3004; 42 USC
6925/RCRA 3005; 42 USC 6926/RCRA
3006
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 270
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action would
revise certain testing methods and add
other new testing methods that are
approved or required under Subtitle C
of RCRA. These new and revised
methods are found in Update II to the
Third Edition of "Test Methods for
Evaluating Solid Waste,
Physical/Chemical Methods," EPA
publication SW-846. The revision to the
manual is necessary to provide
improved and more complete analytical
methods for RCRA-relating testing. A
portion of this regulatory action
revising the ph testing method which
is required under Subtitle C of RCRA
will be finalized in the later final action
(see timetable).
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
FINAL ACTION (ph
Date
08/31/93
12/00/94
04/00/95
FR Cite
58 FR 46052
method)
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 2826.
Agency Contact: Charles Sellers and
Kim Kirkland, Environmental
Protection Agency, Solid Waste and
Emergency Response, (5304),
Washington, DC 20460, 202 260-4761
RIN: 2050-AD06
4081. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM,
AMENDMENT TO SUBPART C
RULEMAKING PETITIONS: USE OF
GROUNDWATER DATA IN DELISTING
DECISIONS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6903/RCRA
1004; 42 USC 6921/RCRA 3001
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260.22
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This amendment as proposed
will generally require those who submit
delisting petitions for hazardous wastes
to provide groundwater monitoring data
as part of their petition. The amended
regulations will clarify the Agency's
existing authority to consider the
impact of a petitioned waste on
groundwater and deny a petition based
on groundwater contamination. EPA is
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seeking this amendment to clarify its
authority to request and consider such
data in delisting decisions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/12/89 54 FR 41930
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2622.
Agency Contact: Narendra Chaudhari,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-4787
RIN: 2050-AC65
4082. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING
OF HAZARDOUS WASTE:
CARBAMATE CHEMICALS
PRODUCTION WASTES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6912(a)/RCRA
3001; 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 9602(a);
42 USC 6905; 42 USC 6922
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 271;
40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
January 31, 1994. Final, Statutory,
February 8, 1986. Final, Judicial,
January 31, 1995.
Abstract: Section 3001(e) of RCRA
requires EPA to make a determination
of whether or not to list carbamate
wastes as hazardous wastes. Carbamate
chemical production includes all
carbamates, carbamoyl oxime,
thiocarbamate and dithiocarbamate
chemicals for all end uses, including
but not limited to: intermediates,
herbicides, insecticides, fungicides or
rubber processing additives. Carbamate
production also includes intermediate
compounds used primarily as inputs to
carbamate processes. These wastes may
also be designated as hazardous
substances under CERCLA.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/01/94 59 FR 9808
Final Action 01/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3033.
Agency Contact: John Austin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-4789
RIN: 2050-AD59
4083. FINAL DETERMINATION OF THE
APPLICABILITY OF THE TOXICITY
CHARACTERISTIC RULE TO
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS
CONTAMINATED MEDIA AND DEBRIS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921/RCRA
3001
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In the final hazardous waste
Toxicity Characteristic (TC) rule, EPA
decided to temporarily defer a final
decision on the application of the TC
rule to media and debris contaminated
with petroleum from underground
storage tanks (USTs) that are subject to
UST corrective action requirements
under 40 CFR Part 280. The Agency
believed the UST regulations governing
cleanups at these sites would be
adequate in the interim. The
application of the TC rule to UST
cleanups was temporarily delayed so
that the Agency could evaluate the
extent and nature of these impacts and
alternative mechanisms for
implementing UST cleanups. The
Agency has completed studies of the
characteristics of UST corrective action
sites, and current practices for
management of media and debris under
subtitle I State programs. As a result
of these studies, EPA proposed to
exempt UST petroleum-contaminated
media and debris from certain portions
of EPA's Hazardous Waste Regulations.
Timetable:
4084. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF
HAZARDOUS WASTE:
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OECD
DECISION FOR RECYCLABLE
WASTES
Legal Authority: 22 USC 2656; 42 USC
6901/RCRA 3001
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261
40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 263; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 266
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On March 30, 1992, the
Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD) adopted the
Council's Final Decision on the Contro
of Transfrontier Movements of Wastes
Destined for Recovery Operations. The
United States, a member of the OECD,
supported the Decision, which is
legally binding. The Decision
established a graduated system of
procedural controls for the export and
import of wastes for recovery,
depending on whether a waste is
included in the green, amber, or red
lists. Green wastes are subject only to
controls imposed in normal
international commercial shipments.
Amber and red wastes that are
considered hazardous are subject to
additional controls regarding:
notification to and consent from the
exporting, importing, and transit
countries; contracts; tracking
documents; and, recordkeeping. The
Agency is codifying these provisions ii
an interim final rule which would
replace the current RCRA export/impo
regulations for hazardous waste
destined for recovery within the OECD
(cont)
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/12/93 58 FR 8504
06/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3189.
Agency Contact: John Heffelfinger,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5401W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8881
RIN: 2050-AD69
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3114
ABSTRACT CONT: These changes do
not affect the RCRA export/import
regulations for hazardous wastes
moving for treatment or disposal withi
the OECD or moving for treatment,
disposal or recovery purposes to other
countries outside the OECD.
Agency Contact: Susan Nogas,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
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(5304), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-4534
RIN: 2050-AD87
4085. REGULATORY DETERMINATION
ON REMAINING WASTES FROM THE
COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUELS
Legal Authority: 42 USC
6921(b)(3)(C)/RCRA 3001(b)(3)(C)
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, April
1, 1998.
Abstract: As required by consent
decree, the Agency determined on
December 1, 1992, that additional study
of four large-volume wastes ~ fly ash,
bottom ash, boiler slag and flue gas
emission control wastes — from the
combustion of coal by electric utility
power plants was not necessary, and
that a Final Regulatory Determination
would be made on these wastes by
August 2, 1993. (This determination
was signed on August 2, 1993 and
published in the Federal Register on
August 9, 1993). The Agency also
determined that for the remaining
fossil-fuel combustion wastes,
additional data collection is necessary
to make a Regulatory Determination on
these wastes and a final regulatory
determination will be made by April
1, 1998. The phrase "remaining wastes"
refers to (1) fly ash, bottom ash, boiler
slag, and flue gas emission control
wastes from the combustion of coal by
electric utility power plants when such
wastes are mixed with, co-disposed, co-
treated, or otherwise co-managed with
other wastes generated in conjunction
with the combustion of coal or other
fossil fuels, (cont)
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
02/12/93 58 FR 8273
08/09/93 58 FR 42466
Notice of Data
Availability
Regulatory
Determination
(Phase I Four
Fossil Fuel Wastes)
Regulatory 04/00/98
Determination
(Phase II
Remaining Wastes)
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3201.
ABSTRACT CONT: and (2) any other
wastes subject to section 8002(n) of
RCRA other than those subject to the
August 1992 Regulatory determination
referenced above.
Agency Contact: Patricia Whiting,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5302W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8421
RIN: 2050-AD91
4086. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;
MODIFICATION OF THE HAZARDOUS
WASTE PROGRAM; MERCURY
CONTAINING LAMPS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC
6912; 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922; 42
USC 6938
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is considering two
deregulatory options for the
management of spent mercury-
containing lamps based on data which
indicate that these lamps may be safely
managed outside of the RCRA
hazardous waste system or within a
reduced regulatory structure under it.
Option one would exclude mercury-
containing lamps from regulation as
hazardous waste if they are disposed
of in municipal solid waste landfills
(MSWLFs) that are registered,
permitted, or licensed by states with
EPA approved MSWLF permitting
programs, or in state registered,
permitted, or licensed mercury-
reclamation facilities. Under this
option, incineration of lamps in
municipal waste combustors would be
prohibited. Option two would reduce
Subtitle C requirements by adding
mercury-containing lamps to the
proposed universal waste system (58
FR 8102, 4/25/93) for certain widely
generated hazardous wastes (primarily
nickel-cadmium batteries and cancelled
pesticides).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/27/94 59 FR 38288
Final Action 07/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3237.
Agency Contact: Greg Helms,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-6721
RIN: 2050-AD93
4087. RCRA EXPANDED PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION AND REVISIONS TO
COMBUSTION PERMITTING
PROCEDURES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
165 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AD97
4088. REPORT TO CONGRESS AND
FINAL REGULATORY
DETERMINATION ON CEMENT KILN
DUST
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921/RCRA
3001(b)(3)(A)(iii); RCRA 8002(o)
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
December 31, 1993. Final, Judicial,
January 31, 1995.
Abstract: RCRA 8002(o) requires that
the Cement Kiln Dust Report to
Congress study the sources and
volumes of cement kiln dust, current
and alternative waste management
practices and their costs and economic
impacts, documented damages to
human health and the environment
from cement kiln dust disposal, and
existing state and Federal regulation of
these wastes. EPA will use this
information to develop a
recommendation as to whether
regulation of cement kiln dust is
warranted under Subtitle C of RCRA.
After an opportunity for public
comment on the Report to Congress,
EPA will make a final regulatory
determination.
Under the terms of a proposed consent
decree, the Cement Kiln Dust Report
to Congress was completed by
December 31, 1993; the Regulatory
Determination must be made by
January 31, 1995.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
01/06/94 59FR709
01/00/95
Interim Final Rule
Regulatory
Determination
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3334.
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Agency Contact: William Schoenborn,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5302W), Washington DC, 20460, 703
308-8483
RIN: 2050-AE02
4089. CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT UNITS
(SWMUS) AT HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6924/RCRA
3004(u), 3004(v)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 270
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would set forth
the technical and procedural
requirements for conducting corrective
action to clean up significant releases
to air, surface water, groundwater and
soil at solid waste management units
(SWMUs) at operating, closed, or
closing RCRA facilities. The regulations
would define the structure of the
program, and the requirements for
implementing remedial action, remedy
selection and corrective measures.
Currently, the permitting agencies must
make case-by-case decisions using a
scant regulatory framework. This
regulation will be issued in several
phases. The next phase (Phase II) will
finalize certain provisions of the 1990
proposal. Phase II will involve
reproposing remaining elements of the
original proposal.
Timetable:
4090. RCRA SUBTITLE C FINANCIAL
TEST CRITERIA (REVISION)
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905/RCRA
1006; 42 USC 6912(a)/RCRA 2002(a); 42
USC 6924/RCRA 3004; 42 USC
6925/RCRA 3005
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
40 CFR 280; 40 CFR 761
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This amendment would
revise financial test criteria that must
be satisfied by TSDF owners and
operators employing the test to
demonstrate RCRA financial
responsibility requirements. The
anticipated revisions would adjust test
criteria so as to increase availability of
this assurance mechanism to financially
viable and stable firms and increase
sensitivity to bankruptcy prediction.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
07/01/91 56 FR 30201
09/16/92 57 FR 42832
NPRM
Final Action (3rd
Party Liability;
Closure/Post
Closures)
Final Action 00/00/00
(Corporate
Financial Test)
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2647.
Agency Contact: Tim O'Malley,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8613
Action
Date
FR Cite R|N: 2050-AC71
NPRM 07/27/90 55 FR 30798
Final Rule (Phase I) 02/16/93 58 FR 8658
Final Rule (Phase II) 09/00/95
NPRM (Phase III) 00/00/00
Final Action
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2390.
Agency Contact: Guy Tomassoni,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8622
RIN: 2050-AB80
4091. TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND
DISPOSAL FACILITY—RCRA AIR
EMISSION STANDARDS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6924/RCRA
3004, 3007
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial,
November 1994.
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to investigate the health and
environmental impacts of non-
combustion source air emissions from
hazardous waste treatment, storage, and
disposal facilities and to develop
standards for monitoring and control as
needed. Sources include tanks, surface
impoundments, landfills, waste piles,
land treatment operations and
wastewater treatment facilities.
Pollutants to be considered by such
standards would include volatile
organic compounds, particulate matter
specific toxic substances, or a
combination of these. The mandate for
standards development under RCRA is
to protect human health and the
environment. The Agency has adopted
a three-phase approach; Phase I
regulates organic emission from
equipment leaks and process vents;
Phase II will address tanks, containers
surface impoundments, and
miscellaneous units; and Phase III wil
address residual risk associated with
particular hazardous organic
constituents.
Timetable:
Phase I: Leaks and Vents
NPRM 02/05/87 (52 FR 3748)
Final Action 06/21/90 (55 FR 25454)
Phase II: Tanks and Impoundments
NPRM 07/22/91 (56 FR 33490)
Final Action 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Governments
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 224
Agency Contact: Michele Aston,
Environmental Protection Agency, Ai
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-231
RIN: 2050-AD62
4092. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;
AMENDMENT TO GENERIC
EXCLUSION LEVEL FOR KO61, KO6
AND FOO6 HTMR RESIDUALS (NON
ENCAPSULATED USES); FINAL RUI
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905/RCRA
1005; 42 USC 6912(a)/RCRA 2002(a);
USC 6924/RCRA 3004
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 266
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
February 14, 1994. Final, Judicial,
August 15, 1994.
Abstract: Certain non-encapsulated
uses of slag residues derived from hi
temperature metal recovery (HTMR)
treatment of KO61, KO62, and FOO6
as waste-derived products placed on
the land, will be prohibited unless
there is compliance with all Subtitle
standards applicable to land dispose
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Timetable:
Action
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258
Date FR Cite Legal Deadline: None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 02/23/94 59 FR 8583
Final Action 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3368.
Agency Contact: Narendra K.
Chaudhari, Environmental Protection
Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, (5304), Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-4787
RIN: 2050-AE09
4093. EXTENSION OF STATES
INTERIM AUTHORIZATION OPTION TO
CARRY OUT POST-HSWA
REGULATIONS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6926/RCRA
3006(g)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 271.24
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action proposes to
extend the interim authorization option
available to States beyond January 1,
1993. Interim authorization allows a
State which has been granted RCRA
base program authorization to carry out
post-HSWA regulations once it has
submitted evidence that these
regulations are substantially equivalent
to the federal requirements. The
Agency proposes to extend the
availability of interim authorization to
January 1, 2003.
Timetable:
Abstract: This rule would allow
financially strong local governments
that own/operate municipal solid waste
landfills the option of using a financial
test to demonstrate financial assurance
for costs associated with closure, post-
closure, and corrective action of known
releases.
Action
Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 12/18/92 57 FR 60129
Final Action 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3094.
Agency Contact: Richard La Shier,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8760
RIN: 2050-AD57
4094. FINANCIAL TEST FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS THAT
OWN/OPERATE MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE LANDFILLS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6941 to
6949/RCRA 4001 to 4009
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date FR Cite
12/27/93 58 FR 68353
04/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 2761.
Agency Contact: Tim O'Malley,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8613
RIN: 2050-AD04
4095. COMPREHENSIVE GUIDELINE
FOR PROCUREMENT OF PRODUCTS
CONTAINING RECOVERED
MATERIALS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 69l2(a)/RCRA
6002(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 247
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: RCRA 6002 requires EPA to
issue guidelines for the procurement of
recycled products. EPA is to designate
items which can be made with
recovered materials and to recommend
practices for the procurement of those
items by Federal procuring agencies.
Once designated, procuring agencies
are required to purchase these items
with the highest percentage of
recovered materials practicable. Under
RCRA 6002, EPA has issued
procurement guidelines for five items:
paper and paper products, lubricating
oil, tires, building insulation, and
cement and concrete. Until now, both
the item designation and the
procurement recommendations were
proposed and finalized as one
document in the Federal Register and
subsequently codified in 40 CFR Parts
247-253.
NPRM 04/20/94 59 FR 18852
Final Action 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is a
statutory requirement. The agency has
not yet determined whether there is a
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3384.
Agency Contact: Beverly Goldblatt,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5306), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-7932
RIN: 2050-AE16
4096. UNDERGROUND STORAGE
TANKS—LENDER LIABILITY
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6991/RCRA
9001; 42 USC 6991/RCRA 9003
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 280
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulation will address
the liability of secured creditors
("lenders") regarding contaminated
properties they hold as collateral. The
regulation is needed to remove a
current barrier to the financing of
underground storage tank (UST)
facilities and increase the amount of
capital available to UST owners.
Without adequate financing, many UST
owners will be unable to make the
improvements to their facilities
necessary to comply with
environmental regulations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/13/94 59 FR 30448
08/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3149.
Agency Contact: Shelley Fudge,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5401W), Washington, DC 20460, 703
308-8886
RIN: 2050-AD67
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Completed Actioi
4097. LAND DISPOSAL
RESTRICTIONS - PHASE II -
UNIVERSAL TREATMENT
STANDARDS FOR ORGANIC
TOXICITY CHARACTERISTIC WASTES
AND NEWLY LISTED WASTES
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 268
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 09/19/94 59 FR 47982
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sue Slotnick, 703
308-8462
RIN: 2050-AD89
4098. REVISIONS TO INTERIM
STATUS GROUNDWATER
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FOR
NEWLY REGULATED LAND
DISPOSAL FACILITIES
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 270
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-No 08/10/94
further action
planned.
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hugh R. Davis, 703
308-8633
RIN: 2050-AD56
4099. SUSPENSION OF THE TOXICITY
CHARACTERISTIC RULE FOR NON-
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK
PETROLEUM CONTAMINATED MEDIA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn 08/30/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dave Fagan, 703 308-
8620
RIN: 2050-AD64
4100. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING
OF HAZARDOUS WASTE;
AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITION OF
SOLID WASTE
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 26l.4(a)(12)
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 07/28/94 59 FR 38536
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Ross Elliot, 202 260-
8551
RIN: 2050-AD99
4101. AMENDMENTS TO
GROUNDWATER MONITORING
REQUIREMENTS AT HAZARDOUS
WASTE FACILITIES
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 2E
40 CFR 270
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Citi
Withdrawn-No 08/10/94
further action
planned,
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hugh Davis, 703 3(
8633
RIN: 2050-AB20
4102. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM:
GROUNDWATER MONITORING
CONSTITUENTS (PHASE II) AND
METHODS
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 2
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cil
Withdrawn-No 08/10/94
further action
planned.
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James Brown, 703
308-8656
RIN: 2050-AC05
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Prerule St
4103. NAAQS: PARTICULATE MATTER
(REVIEW)
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7408 to 7409
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50.6
Legal Deadline: None
The PEA is in the process of
negotiating a settlement of three
deadline suits. The schedule will be
provided when agreement is reached.
Abstract: The EPA is reviewing and
updating the air quality criteria for
particulate matter to incorporate new
scientific and technical information
that has become available since the last
review. Based on the revised criteria,
EPA will determine whether revisions
to the standards are appropriate.
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Date
00/00/00
00/00/00
00/00/00
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 10 Metal Mining; 12
Coal Mining; 14 Mining and Quarrying
of Nonmetallic Minerals, Except Fuels;
33 Primary Metal Industries; 491
Electric Services
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 34
Agency Contact: John Haines,
Environmental Protection Agency, /
and Radiation, MD-12, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-51
RIN: 2060-AE66
4104. ESTABLISHMENT OF LESSE
QUANTITY EMISSION RATES FOR
HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking will
establish lesser-quantity emission n
(LQERs), emission rates of less than
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tons per year, to define sources
emitting a pollutant at greater than its
LQER as a major source. For pollutants
for which an LQER is warranted,
sources emitting that pollutant at a
higher emission rate than the LQER
would be subject to the requirements
for major sources. This rulemaking
addresses the need to take into account
that some pollutants are more toxic
than others and that emissions of 10
tons per year of certain highly toxic air
pollutants pose a significant health risk.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
02/00/96
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3468.
Agency Contact: Amy B. Vasu,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, ESD/PAB -
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC
27711, 919 541-0107
RIM: 2060-AE98
4105. • NESHAP: PETROLEUM
REFINERIES - FCC UNITS,
REFORMERS AND SULFUR PLANTS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401, et seq,
as amended by PL 101-549, 104 Stat.
2399
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Title III of the Clean Air Act
amendments of 1990 requires EPA to
develop emission standards for
hazardous air pollutants (HAPS). EPA
proposed NESHAP rules for petroleum
refineries on June 30, 1994 (RIN 2060-
AD94) and is under court order to
promulgate final rules by June 30, 1995.
This action covers three process vents
not covered under RIN 2060-AD94.
These are the catalyst regeneration
vents from fluid catalytic cracking units
(FCCU) and catalytic reformers and the
tail gas vents from sulfur recovery
plants.
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Sectors Affected: 291 Petroleum
Refining
Additional Information: SAN NO. 3549.
Agency Contact: fames F. Durham,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5672
RIN: 2060-AF28
4106. NESHAP—CHROMIUM
CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, sec 112
as amended November 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
EPA is required to promulgate 50% of
the source categories listed in Section
112(e) by November 15, 1997.
Chromium chemical manufacturing is
one of the source categories included
in the 50%
Abstract: Chromium chemical
production facilities emit chromium
compounds, one of the 189 hazardous
air pollutants (HAPs) listed for
regulation under section 112(b) of the
Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990. As
a consequence, chromium chemicals
production was included on the initial
list of major source categories identified
for regulation. Currently, only two
chromium chemical manufacturing
plants exist in the U.S.: Occidental
Chemical Corporation in Castle Hayne,
NC; and American Chrome & Chemical
Inc. plant in Corpus Christi, TX. Based
on a comprehensive assessment of each
facilities' potential to emit, the EPA has
determined that neither plant qualifies
as a major source. An alternative area
source category listing is being studied.
Chromium chemical production emits
at least one of the 189 hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs) as listed in Section
112(b) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended in 1990. As a consequence,
chromium chemicals production has
been included on the initial list of HAP
emitting categories published July 16,
1992, in the Federal Register. Currently,
only two chromium chemical
manufacturing plants exist in the U.S.:
Occidental Chemical Corporation in
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3344.
Agency Contact: Iliam D. Rosario,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, ESD/ISB (mail code MD-13),
Research Triange Park, NC 27711, 919
541-5308
RIN: 2060-AE42
4107. • REGIONAL HAZE
PROTECTION
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
169A
CFR Citation: 40 CFR CFR 51.300 to
51.306
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, May
1997.
Abstract: Mandatory Federal Class I
areas throughout the United States are
being impaired by regional haze.
Section 169A of the Clean Air Act
requires the Environmental Protection
Agency to issue regulations to protect
these Class I areas from man-made
visibility impairment. These regulations
would require States to show
reasonable progress toward reducing
the effects of regional haze on these
sensitive areas. Since 1980, technical
knowledge of the causes of visibility
impairment (i.e., emissions of sulfur
dioxide, nitrogen oxides, certain
organic compounds, and particulate
matter) has progressed so that
innovative programs can be developed
to address regional pollution. This
rulemaking will require regional (multi-
state) planning to address regional
visibility in groupings of Class I areas.
Control activities will be balanced with
review of cost and
visibility/environmental benefits
analysis.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 12/00/94
NPRM 07/00/96
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN NO. 3552.
Agency Contact: Bruce Polkowsky,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
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Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5532
RIN: 2060-AF32
4108. REPORT TO CONGRESS AND
PRIORITIZED CATEGORY LIST FOR
REGULATION OF VOC EMISSIONS
FROM CONSUMER AND
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act as
amended in 1990, sec 183(e)
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The use of consumer and
commercial products has been
identified as a source of VOC emissions
which contribute to tropospheric ozone
formation. Section 183(e) of the Clean
Air Act, as amended in 1990, requires
that EPA conduct a study of VOC
emissions from consumer and
commercial products. The objectives of
the study are (1) to determine the
potential of these products to
contribute to ozone nonattainment; and
(2) to establish criteria for selecting
categories of products for regulation
under Section 183(e). The EPA must
submit a report to Congress that
documents the results of the study.
Upon submission of the report, EPA
must list those categories of consumer
and commercial products that have
been determined, based on the study,
to account for at least 80 percent of
the VOC emissions from consumer and
commercial products in nonattainment
areas. EPA must divide the list into
four groups by priority and regulate one
group every two years beginning no
later than two years after publishing the
prioritized category list.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
ANPRM
11/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3037.
Agency Contact: Bruce Moore,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919
541-5460
RIN: 2060-AE24
4109. FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES
WAIVER APPLICATION CRITERIA
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545/CAA
211
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking will
establish regulatory criteria and
procedures for making determinations
on fuel and fuel additive waiver
applications under section 211(f)(4) of
the Clean Air Act.
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Date
01/00/95
12/00/95
12/00/96
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 291 Petroleum
Refining; 371 Motor Vehicles and
Motor Vehicle Equipment
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 338S
Agency Contact: Joseph Sopata,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6406J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9021
RIN: 2060-AE68
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Proposed Rule Stac
4110. REVISIONS TO THE NEW
SOURCE REVIEW REGULATIONS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments, title I
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.160 to 51.166;
40 CFR 52.24; 40 CFR 52.10
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA plans to amend its new
source review rules to comply with the
more stringent requirements in the
Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 for
preconstruction review of new and
modified major sources in areas that
have been designated by EPA as failing
to attain one or more of the national
ambient air quality standards.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
09/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2909.
In order to expedite the completion of
the nonattainment new source review
(NSR) rulemaking, this action has been
split from the broader NSR rulemaking
(RIN 2060-AEll).
Agency Contact: Mike Sewell, New
Source Review Section, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
(MD-15), Research Triangle Park, NC
27711, 919 541-0873
RIN: 2060-AD13
4111. LOCOMOTIVE EMISSIONS
STANDARDS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7547
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 1995.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 require EPA to
promulgate emission standards for
railroad locomotives. It is likely that
railroad locomotives are significant
contributors of pollution in some area
of the country for some pollutants. Tb
rulemaking may allow for uniform
control of locomotive emissions on th
national level.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/94
Final Action 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermine
Government Levels Affected: Federa
Additional Information: SAN No. 296
Agency Contact: Peter Hutchins,
Environmental Protection Agency, Aii
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-8340
RIN: 2060-AD33
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4112. PROHIBITION OF LEADED
GASOLINE FOR HIGHWAY USE
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
December 31, 1995.
Abstract: After December 31, 1995, it
shall be unlawful for any person to sell,
offer for sale, supply, offer for supply,
dispense, transport, or introduce into
commerce, for use as fuel in any motor
vehicle any gasoline which contains
lead or lead additives.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/94
Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3111.
Agency Contact: Anne-Marie Cooney,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6406J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9013
RIN: 2060-AD55
4113. FEDERAL OPERATING PERMIT
RULES
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, title V
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 71
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Title V of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 requires EPA to
promulgate regulations setting forth
requirements for States to develop and
implement operating permits programs
for major stationary sources of air
pollutants regulated under the Clean
Air Act. These regulations were
promulgated on July 21, 1992 (57 FR
32250). Title V also requires EPA to
establish a federal permit program
where States fail to submit an
appropriate State program, fail to
adequately implement an approved
program, or fail to issue good Title V
permits to individual sources. These
regulations also address issuance of
permits to outer continental shelf
sources, acid rain sources and sources
located on Tribal lands. This program
is established by regulation
promulgated in this notice. EPA will
approve applications and issue Federal
operating permits, as well as enforce
the program.
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3369.
Agency Contact: Kirt Cox,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-15), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5399
RIN: 2060-AD68
4114. MOBILE-STATIONARY SOURCE
TRADING PROGRAM
Legal Authority: 42 USC
7502(c)(6)/CAA 172(c)(6); 42 USC
7511a(g)(4)/CAA 182(g)(4)
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires
States to reduce emissions to meet air-
quality standards. Under this initiative,
EPA will produce guidance for States
which clarifies how the CAA
requirements can be met by trading
emission reductions among mobile and
stationary sources. This guidance will
encourage States to consider these
trading opportunities as they develop
their implementation plans for air-
quality management. The guidance will
also detail any restriction on the ability
to trade among these source categories.
Timetable:
Action
Interim Guidance
NPRM
Final Guidance
Date FR Cite
02/23/93 58 FR 11134
00/00/00
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
4115. NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR)
REFORM
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
151 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AEll
4116. AMENDMENTS TO THE
EMISSION DEFECT REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857 f-6(a);
42 USC 1857 g(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 85
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These amendments to the
regulations will update and clarify the
emission defect reporting requirements.
Timetable:
Agency Contact: Terri Wilsie,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (ANR-443), Washington,
DC 20460, 202 260-1360
RIN: 2060-AD85
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/95
Final Action 09/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3186.
Agency Contact: Cliff Dean,
Manufacturers Operations Division,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 401 M Street SW., Mail
Code 6405J, Washington, DC 20460,
202 233-9240
RIN: 2060-AE16
4117. INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS-
ONBOARD DIAGNOSTIC CHECKS
Legal Authority. 42 USC 7401, Clean
Air Act Amendments of 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 85
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action establishes
requirements for checking onboard
diagnostic systems as part of the
Inspection/Maintenance program
pursuant to Clean Air Act Amendments
of 1990. This action will establish test
procedures and State Implementation
Plan requirements.
Timetable:
Additional Information: SAN No. 3286. Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 06/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
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Agency Contact: Eugene J. Tierney,
Chief, Inspection Maintenance Section,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-4456
RIN: 2060-AE19
4118. PERFORMANCE WARRANTY
AND INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
TEST PROCEDURES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7541; 42 USC
7601
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 85
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action establishes a new
short test procedure for use in I/M
programs required by the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990. Vehicles that are
tested and failed using this procedure
and that meet eligibility requirements
established by the act would be eligible
for free warranty repair from the
manufacturers.
Timetable:
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
06/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3263.
Agency Contact: Eugene J. Tierney,
Chief, Inspection/Maintenance Section,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-4456
RIN: 2060-AE20
4119. INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
RECALL REQUIREMENTS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7511 (A)(2)(b)
and (A)(2)(b)(2)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action specifies
requirements for enhanced I/M
programs to establish a program to
ensure compliance with recall notices.
This is pursuant to the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/94
11/00/95
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3262.
Agency Contact: Eugene J. Tierney,
Chief, Inspecion/Maintenance Section,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-4456
RIN: 2060-AE22
4120. FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION
PLANS TO ACHIEVE THE NATIONAL
AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD
FOR OZONE IN THE SACRAMENTO
METROPOLITAN AREA, SCAQMD,
AND VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
NONATTAINMENT AREAS
Legal Authority: PL 101-549, sec
110(c)(l); Judicial Order - 971 F.2d 219
(9th Cir. 1992)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial.
Ventura Co. dates are not final.
NPRM, Judicial, February 14, 1994, for
the Sacramento Metro Area.
NPRM, Judicial, February 22, 1994, for
the South Coast QualityManagement
District.
Final, Judicial, February 14, 1995, for
the Sacramento Metro Area.
Final, Judicial, February 22, 1995, for
the South Coast QualityManagement
District (SCAQMD).
Abstract: The Federal Implementation
Plans (FIP's) will result in attainment
of the National Ambient Air Quality
Standard (NAAQS) for tropospheric
ozone in all 3 areas and of the NAAQS
for carbon monoxide in SCAQMD.
Reductions in emissions of volatile
organic compounds and/or nitrogen
oxides are required to attain the ozone
NAAQS. EPA will build on the air
quality management plans and State
rules for each area. EPA will involve
the district and State air resources
authorities, other Federal agencies, and
others in the rule development process
to ensure meeting the judicial schedule
and facilitate better rules. Elements of
the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments
offer greater flexibility with respect to
attainment dates and control measures.
These elements together with cost
effectiveness, the Regulatory Flexibility
Act, and environmental equity
considerations will input to the
regulation development process.
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
02/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 335!
Agency Contact: Julia Barrow,
Director, Federal Planning,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Air Toxics Division (A-
2-1), 75 Hawthorne Street, San
Francisco, CA 94105, 415 744-2434
RIN: 2060-AE25
4121. CONSOLIDATED EMISSION
REPORTING
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7511; 42 USi
7410
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Emission statements and
periodic inventories are new program
addressed in the 1990 Amendments t(
the Clean Air Act that calls for
emissions reporting. In addition,
requirements for the annual reporting
of emissions from stationary sources ;
contained in 40 CFR 51.321 - 51.323.
Each of these programs requires eithe
sources or states to report emissions
and other supporting data. The data
reporting intervals, type of pollutant
source, pollutant type, and geographii
coverage varies for the three program!
This rule will address the streamlinir
and consolidation of reporting
requirements of each of these progran
The emissions data made available bi
these programs will also provide a
mechanism for tracking emissions on
an annual basis.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Citi
NPRM
Final Action
06/00/95
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermin
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Public Compliance Cost: Initial Cost
$2,000,000; Yearly Recurring Cost:
$12,000,000; Base Year for Dollar
Estimates; 1993
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Sectors Affected: Multiple
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3302.
Agency Contact: Mary Ann Warner,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Technical Support
Division, MD-14, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5536
RIN: 2060-AE32
4122. ADDITION OF TEST METHOD
205 TO APPENDIX M OF 40 CFR PART
51
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Instrumental test methods
currently available require on-site,
multi-point calibration with gaseous
standards of known concentration. For
testing contractor conducting multiple
test methods, this can frequently mean
the transportation of dozens of high
pressure gas cylinders over long
distances. Gas dilution systems are
available which can be used to dilute
a known, certified high level gas into
lower concentration gases. This
method, which has been available for
comment through the Emission
Measurement Technical Information
Center since April, 1991, provides a
standard procedure for certifying the
accuracy and precision of these gas
dilution systems for field applications.
The purpose of this method is to
provide the State and local
administration with a tool for insuring
correct instrument calibration, while
providing considerable cost savings to
the source.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 06/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Sectors Affected: Multiple
Additional Information: SAN No. 3314.
Agency Contact: Rima Dishakjian,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Emission Measurement
Branch (MD-19), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, 919 541-0443
RIN: 2060-AE33
4123. NAAQS: OZONE (REVIEW)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
152 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AE57
4124. STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
COMPLETENESS CRITERIA
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401(b)(l); 42
USC 7407(d); 42 USC 7410(k)(l); 42
USC 7410(k)(4); 42 USC 7470 to 79; 42
USC 7501 to 7508; 42 USC 760l(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 app V
(Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is amending the SIP
Completeness Criteria to establish
completeness criteria for commitments
in light of EPA's conditional approval
authority under section 110(k)(4) of the
Act. Additionally, EPA is proposing to
remove the parallel processing
exception from the completeness
criteria. Finally, EPA is proposing to
revise the definition of "official
submittal" from a State in Section
51.103. This action will classify which
elements of the completeness criteria
pertain to committal SIPs and it will
implement EPA's intent that parallel
progressing requests not be treated as
official submittals from a State.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
for ethanol-fueled motor vehicles and
motor vehicle engines. These standards
will be equivalent in stringency to
standards currently in place for
gasoline-, diesel-, and methanol-fueled
vehicles and engines.
Timetable:
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 04/00/95
Final Action Effective 05/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3354.
Agency Contact: Sara Terry,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-15), Rsearch
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-7576
RIN: 2060-AE58
4125. STANDARDS FOR EMISSIONS
FROM ETHANOL-FUELED MOTOR
VEHICLES AND MOTOR VEHICLE
ENGINES
Legal Authority. 42 USC 7521/CAA
202(a); 42 USC 2006, 2013 - The
Alternative Motor Fuels Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86; 40 CFR 600
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will implement
emission standards and test procedures
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/96
Final Action 09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services;
351 Engines and Turbines
Additional Information: SAN No. 3276.
Agency Contact: Michael J. Samulski,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NVFEL, 2565 Plymouth
Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-
4532
RIN: 2060-AE67
4126. AMENDMENT OF METHOD 23:
MEASUREMENT OF DIOXIN EMISSION
FROM STATIONARY SOURCES AND
METHOD 301: FIELD VALIDATION OF
POLLUTION MEASUREMENT
METHODS FOR VARIOUS MEDIAS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq,
as amended PL 101-549; 42 USC 7410
et seq, as amended by PL 101-549
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: As promulgated, Method 23,
contained some errors. This action
would correct those errors and would
clarify some of the existing quality
assurance requirements. After
promulgation of Method 301, questions
were raised about the statistical
calculations and clarify the procedure
for determining the quality of the data.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/94
Final Action 04/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3407.
Agency Contact: Gary McAlister,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Emission Measurement
Branch (MD-19), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27302, 919 541-1062
RIN: 2060-AFOO
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4127. • OZONE TRANSPORT
COMMISSION; EMISSION VEHICLE
PROGRAM FOR THE NORTHEAST
OZONE TRANSPORT REGION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
153 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AF15
4128. • AMMONIA TEST METHOD, 40
CFR PART 51, APPENDIX M
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: A test method for
determining the concentration of
ammonia in stack gas is currently being
developed. The States may allow it to
be used by sources to demonstrate
compliance with State regulations.
Timetable:
and Radiation, Emission Measurement
Branch, MD-19, Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711, 919 541-0443
RIN: 2060-AF23
4130. • TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
TO 40 CFR 60, APPENDIX A AND TO
40 CFR 61, APPENDIX
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 61
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Technical corrections will be
made to EPA methods in appendices
to 40 60, 61 and to Appendix F of 40
CFR 60. Appendix F is the QA
requirements to continuous monitors.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/00/95
Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3474.
Agency Contact: Rima Dishakjian,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Emission Measurement
Branch, MD-19, Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711, 919 541-0443
RIN: 2060-AF22
4129. • TEST METHOD 302, APPENDIX
M, 40 CFR PART 51
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: A gas chromatography/mass
spectrometry screening method is being
developed. The method would be used
by sources and EPA for determining
qualitatively, the hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs) present in stack gas.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/00/95
Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3473.
Agency Contact: Rima Dishakjian,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/00/95
Final Action 07/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3472.
Agency Contact: Peter Westlin,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Emission Measurement
Branch, MD-19, Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711, 919 541-1058
RIN: 2060-AF24
4131. • NESHAP: FERROALLOY
INDUSTRY
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857, et seq;
44 USC 350 et seq; 5 USC 605; EO
12866
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Title III of the Clean Air Act
of 1990 requires the EPA to develop
emission standards for each major
source category of hazardous air
pollutants. The standards are to be
technology-based and are to require the
maximum degree of emission reduction
determined to be achievable by the
Administrator of EPA. The EPA has
determined that some plants in the
ferroalloy manufacturing industry may
be major sources for one or more
hazardous air pollutants. As a
consequence, a regulation (emission
standards) is being developed for the
ferroalloy manufacturing industry to be
promulgated by November 15, 1997.
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 331 Steel Works,
Blast Furnaces, and Rolling and
Finishing Mills
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3082
Agency Contact: Conrad Chin,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Industrial Studies
Branch (MD-13), Resear Triangle Park,
NC 27711,919 541-1512
RIN: 2060-AF29
4132. • REQUIREMENTS FOR
PREPARATION, ADOPTION, AND
SUBMITTAL OF OZONE STATE
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
Legal Authority: PL 95-95; PL 101-549
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 81
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The action identifies the
requirements for preparation, adoption
and submittal of ozone state
implementation plans under a
potentially new ozone national ambien
air quality standard.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/96
Final Action 06/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undeterminec
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3553
Agency Contact: Denise Gerth,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning & Standards, MD-15, Researc
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-555J
RIN: 2060-AF34
4133. • COMPREHENSIVE RADIATIOI
WASTE MANAGEMENT RULE
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2011 to 2296
5 USC app 1; 15 USC 2601 to 2671
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proper management (i.e
storage, treatment and disposal) of
radioactive wastes depends on a
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number of factors. These include the
type and quantity of waste, the
availability of storage, treatment and
disposal facilities, and the cost of
management of these wastes. Another
rulemaking, EPA's radiation site
cleanup rule, will be concerned with
the cleanup standards for sites
contaminated with radioactivity. As
contaminated sites are cleaned up, a
tremendous quantity of radiation
contaminated waste, including mixed
waste, will be generated. The Agency
intends that the comprehensive
radiation waste management rule will
promote consistent, protective, and
cost-effective management of such
wastes.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
08/00/95
08/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: Multiple
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3516.
Agency Contact: Ambika Bathija,
Office of Radiation and Indoor Air,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6603J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9445
RIN: 2060-AF41
4134. • FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN TO CONTROL EMISSIONS
FROM TWO POWER STATIONS
LOCATED ON NAVAJO NATION
LANDS
Legal Authority: Not yet determined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA proposes to federalize
standards from the Arizona and New
Mexico State Implementation Plans
(SIPS) applicable to the Navajo
generating station and the Four Corners
Plant, respectively. Where necessary,
EPA's proposed emission standards
modify the standards extracted from the
States' regulatory programs to ensure
comprehensive emission control and
Federal consistency.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 3569.
Agency Contact: Kenneth Bigos (A-5),
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, 415
744-1240
RIN: 2060-AF42
4135. • ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
REVISIONS TO APPLICABILITY,
EXEMPTIONS, ALLOCATIONS, AND
SMALL DIESEL REFINERIES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7651 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 72; 40 CFR 73
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory revision
would streamline several portions of
the Acid Rain Program rules and make
minor revisions to the small diesel
allowance program. Based on
experience implementing the Acid Rain
Program, EPA would make the process
for exempting new units and retired
units easier. EPA would also allow
units to be deleted from the tables of
affected units if those units could be
demonstrated to be unaffected or if the
units will not be constructed. The
eligibility provision and allowance
calculation equation for small diesel
refineries will be corrected.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/14/94
04/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services;
29 Petroleum Refining and Related
Industries
Additional Information: SAN No. 3572.
Agency Contact: Kathy Barylski,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6204J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9074
RIN: 2060-AF45
4136. • ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
REVISIONS TO THE PERMITS
REGULATIONS UNDER TITLE IV OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT TO MAKE
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7601, 765lg
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 72
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would make
technical corrections in order to
improve issuance of Phase I acid rain
permits and facilitate approval of State
or local permitting authorities' Phase II
acid rain permitting programs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/95
Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Local
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 3574.
Agency Contact: Dwight C. Alpern,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6204J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9151
RIN: 2060-AF47
4137. • CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION
FROM AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT
ENGINES; EMISSION STANDARDS
AND TEST PROCEDURES
Legal Authority: CAA 231
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 87
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action proposes to
establish CO and NOx standards for
aircraft engines which are already
attained by industry. These standards
will be added to current federal aircraft
engine standards for HC emission so as
to align federal standards with the
standards established by the
international community.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/00/95
10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information:
SAN NO. 3576
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Agency Contact: Bryan Manning,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Rd., Ann
Arbor, MI 48105, 313 741-7832
RIN: 2060-AF50
4138. • CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE
MARKER
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545,/CAA
211
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking will
prescribe a dye and/or marker that
must be added by gasoline refiners and
importers to conventional gasoline in
order for it to be easily distinguishable
from reformulated gasoline.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/94
Final Action 01/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3519.
Agency Contact: Robert E. Kenney,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 401 M Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-9021
RIN: 2060-AF53
4139. NAAQS: NITROGEN DIOXIDE
(REVIEW)
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7408/CAA
108; 42 USC 7409/CAA 109
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50.11
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
February 15, 1995. Final, Judicial,
March 31, 1996.
Abstract: EPA is reviewing the health
and welfare information (criteria
document) that has become available
since the last review of the NO2
NAAQS was completed in June 1985.
The criteria document will be reviewed
by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee (CASAC). The Agency will
revise the standard if needed to protect
the public health and welfare.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/00/95
Final Action 03/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 1004.
Agency Contact: John Haines,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-12), Research
Triangle Park, N.C. 27711, 919 541-
5533
RIN: 2060-AC06
4140. REVISE CAPTURE EFFICIENCY
GUIDELINES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410/CAA
110
CFR Citation: Not applicable
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In order to determine
compliance with the volatile organic
compounds rules for certain types of
printing and coating operations, it is
necessary to determine the effectiveness
of the system for collecting the vapors
to be ducted to a control device,
referred to as capture efficiency (CE).
EPA is undertaking a study to
investigate less expensive ways of using
the current CE guidance, as well as to
identify criteria for approving
alternatives to the current guidance.
EPA expects to issue the results of the
study in Fall 1994, followed by a
rulemaking to incorporate CE methods
into EPA regulations.
Timetable:
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action proposes
revisions to the regulatory requirements
for air quality models. Such models are
used to predict ambient concentrations
of pollutants for programs ranging from
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
(PSD) to State Implementation Plans
(SIPs) for controlling air pollution
sources. The Guideline fulfills a Clean
Air Act mandate for EPA to specify
models for air management purposes.
This proposed rulemaking enhances th<
Guideline with new and/or improved
techniques.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3016.
Agency Contact: Candace Sorrell,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Emission Measurement
Branch (MD-19), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, 919 541-1064
RIN: 2060-AD84
4141. SUPPLEMENT D TO THE
GUIDELINE ON AIR QUALITY
MODELING
Legal Authority: Section llO(a)(2) of
the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments;
Section 165(e) of the 1990 Clean Air
Act amendments; Section 172(a) and (c)
of the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments;
Section 301(a)(l) of the 1990 Clean Air
Act amendments; Section 320 of the
1990 Clean Air Act amendments
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.112; 40 CFR
51.160; 40 CFR 51.166; 40 CFR 52.21
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/96
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3470.
Agency Contact: Joseph A. Tikvart,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Source Receptor
Analysis Branch (MD-14), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5562
RIN: 2060-AF01
4142. MEDICAL WASTE
INCINERATORS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No
154 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AC62
4143. NSPS: MUNICIPAL WASTE
COMBUSTION—PHASE II AND PHASI
III
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No
155 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-ADOO
4144. NSPS FOR SULFUR DIOXIDE
(SO2) - REVISION
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411/CAA
111; Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990, sec 403
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 1993.
Abstract: Subpart D of 40 CFR part 60
applies to large electric utility steam
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generating facilities. EPA is required to
revise this NSPS, pursuant to Section
403 of the Clean Act Amendments of
1990. This section requires the SO2
emission limitations be revised to
reflect changes in Section 111 which
repeal the percent reduction
requirements. The revised emission
limitations are to result in emissions
compliance with the existing NSPS. No
regulatory schedule has been
developed.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3106.
Agency Contact: Fred Dimmick,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5625
RIN: 2060-AD04
4145. NSPS: STARCH PRODUCTION
FACILITIES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857 et seq,
section 108(e); Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, section 111
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
August 31, 1994.
Abstract: EPA is to propose regulations
establishing standards of performance
for those categories of major stationary
sources that the Administrator listed
under section lll(b)(l)(A) before the
date of the enactment of the Clean Air
Act Amendments of 1990 and for
which regulations had not been
proposed by the Administrator by such
date. At the time of enactment of the
1990 Amendments, there were
approximately 19 categories of major
stationary sources listed on the NSPS
priority list for which NSPS had not
been proposed, including the starch
manufacturing industry. When, by
November 15, 1992 the Agency had not
proposed any NSPS covering this group
of categories, the Sierra Club and the
National Resources Defense Council
(NRDC) filed suit on January 19, 1993
against the Agency in the U.S. District
Court District of Columbia (the court),
for failing to meet its obligations under
the Act. A partial consent decree was
lodged with the court on July 22, 1993.
This decree mandated that NSPS be
proposed for at least 3 of the
unregulated categories of major
stationary sources from the priority list
on or before August 31, 1994, with the
Agency having the discretion of
selecting (cont)
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 204 Grain Mill
Products; 209 Miscellaneous Food
Preparations and Kindred Products
Additional Information: SAN No. 3379.
ABSTRACT CONT: the specific source
categories. The starch manufacturing
industry has been selected as one of
the categories to be regulated by August
31, 1994.
Agency Contact: William H. Maxwell,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, ESD/ISB (MD-
13), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711,
919 541-5430
RIN: 2060-AE65
4146. NSPS: MEDICAL WASTE
INCINERATORS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
February 1, 1995. Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1992. Final, Judicial,
April 15, 1996.
Abstract: The EPA is developing new
source performance standards (NSPS)
and emission guidelines (EG) for new
and existing sources under Sections
111 and 129 of the Clean Air Act. The
NSPS is to reflect the maximum degree
of reductions in emissions that have
been demonstrated for new units. The
EP may be less stringent than the
standards for new units. States must
submit plans for implementing and
enforcing the guidelines. Section 129
requires emission limits be established
for particulate matter, sulfur dioxide,
hydrogen chloride, oxides of nitrogen,
carbon monoxide, lead, cadmium,
mercury, and dioxins and
dibenzofurans.
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 02/00/95
Final Action 04/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 495 Sanitary Services
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2719.
Agency Contact: Rick Copland,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919
541-5265
RIN: 2060-AE73
4147. NESHAP: ASBESTOS
PROCESSING
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412/CAA
112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The asbestos processing
source category was listed as an area
source to be regulated under the Clean
Air Act (57 FR 31590). The purpose
of this action is to develop maximum
achievable control technology (MACT)
or generally achievable control
technology (GACT) standards for the
asbestos processing source category that
is comprised of the milling,
manufacturing, and fabrication
subcategories of the asbestos NESHAP
(40 CFR 61). Pollutants to be regulated
include asbestos and other HAPs
emitted in major amounts by these
subcategories.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/00/95
Final Action 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2892.
Agency Contact: Susan Fairchild-
Zapata, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919
541-5167
RIN: 2060-AB51
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4148. INTEGRATED NESHAP AND
EFFLUENT GUIDELINE: PULP AND
PAPER
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: This standard will control
emissions of hazardous air pollutants
from pulp and paper mills. The
regulation could address air emissions
from process vents, open process
equipment, tanks, furnaces, kilns,
spills, and wastewater collection and
treatment. The following mill areas
could be affected: pulping, bi-product
recovery (e.g. turpentine recovery, tall
oil recovery), pulp washing,
prebleaching, bleaching, evaporation,
paper making, liquor recovery (e.g.
recovery furnaces, lime kilns,
causticizing tanks, smelt tanks), and
acid plants. Air emission standards for
chemical wood pulp mills (kraft, soda,
sulfite, and semichemical) are being
integrated with the Clean Water Act
effluent guideline limitations under
development (see RIN 2040-AB53).
Additional air emission standards are
being developed for mills engaging in
the following processes: mechanical
pulping, nonwood chemical pulping,
paper and paperboard production from
purchased pulp, secondary fiber
pulping, and drinking. The standards
for this industry will be proposed and
promulgated on a phased schedule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTACT: Jeff
Telander (Combustion Sources).
Agency Contact: Penny Lassiter
(Noncombustion Sources, etc.),
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, Lassiter
919/541-5396 & Telander, 919 541-5427
RIN: 2060-AD03
4149. NESHAP FOR WOOD
FURNITURE MANUFACTURING
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
November 21, 1994. Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1994.
Abstract: This regulation would control
emissions of hazardous air pollutants
from wood furniture manufacturing
plants. The Agency is currently
negotiating a proposed rule with a
Federal Advisory Committee. The
preamble to the proposed rule will
announce that EPA is also negotiating
limits which represent "reasonably
available control technology" for
volatile organic compounds (VOC)
concurrently with the NESHAP. That
information will be published
separately in a Control Techniques
Guideline (CTG). The preamble will
also announce a proposed test method
for the NESHAP for this industry and
solicit comments.
Timetable:
NPRM for 12/17/93 58 FR 66078
Noncombustion
Sources (chemical
wood pulpmills)
NPRM for 06/30/95
Combustion
Sources (chemical
wood pulp mills)
NPRM for 11/15/96
Mechanical,
nonwood chemical,
secondary fibers
Final Action for All 11/15/97
Sources
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3105
(was 2914).
Abstract: Section 112(a) of the CAA
Amendments of 1990 defines major
source as any source that emits 10 tons
or more per year of any hazardous air
pollutant (HAP) or 25 tons or more per
year of any combination of HAP. The
ton quantities are inappropriate for
radionuclides, as very small emissions
of radiation may be extremely
hazardous. The statute authorizes
different criteria to be established for
radionuclides. This rulemaking will
establish these criteria.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/21/94
11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2965.
Agency Contact: Madeleine Strom,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, N.C. 27711, 919 541-
2383
RIN: 2060-AD57
4150. RADIONUCLIDE MAJOR
SOURCE DEFINITION
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7607/CAA
112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No.
3373/2993.
Agency Contact: Gale Bonanno,
Attorney Advisor, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
401 M Street, SW., ORIA - 6602J,
Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-9219
RIN: 2060-AD60
4151. NESHAP:
PRINTING/PUBLISHING INDUSTRY
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1994. Final, Judicial,
March 1, 1996.
Abstract: This regulation will control
hazardous air pollutant emissions from
printing/publishing facilities. The
Agency has gathered background
information on the rotogravure,
flexography, offset lithography, screen
printing, letterpress and other parts of
the printing/publishing industry. The
Agency is now developing a proposal
package.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
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Final Action
03/00/95
03/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undeterminec
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3077
Agency Contact: David Salman,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
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and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-0859
RIN: 2060-AD95
4152. NESHAP: POLYMERS AND
RESINS, GROUP I
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15,1994.
Abstract: The regulation under
development would control emissions
of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from
the manufacture of butyl rubber,
epichlorohydrin elastomer, ethylene
propylene rubber, Hypalon (TM),
neoprene, nitrite butadiene rubber,
polybutadiene rubber, polysulfide
rubber and styrene butadiene rubber
and latex. Emissions from process
vents, equipment leaks, wastewater and
storage will be addressed by this
regulation for both new and existing
sources.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date
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Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/15/95
Final Action 05/15/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3166.
Agency Contact: Leslie Evans,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5410
RIN: 2060-AD96
4153. NESHAP: SURFACE COATING
OPERATIONS IN SHIPBUILDING AND
SHIP REPAIR
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1994. Final, Judicial,
November 15, 1995.
Abstract: This regulation would control
emissions of hazardous air pollutants
from shipbuilding and ship repair
operations related to painting. The
preamble to the proposed rule will also
announce proposed limits for volatile
organic compounds that represent best
available control measures, a
requirement of section 183(b)(4) of the
act.
NPRM 01/00/95
Final Action 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3074.
Agency Contact: Mohamed Serageldin,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-2379
RIN: 2060-AD98
4154. NESHAP FOR OFF-SITE WASTE
OPERATIONS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial,
November 1, 1995.
Abstract: This rule (formerly titled
"Solid Waste Treatment, Storage, and
Disposal Facilities") will specify
maximum control technology (MACT)
for facilities that treat, store, dispose of,
recycle, recover and/or rerefine solid
waste received from off-site. These
facilities include commercial waste
treatment facilities, used oil rerefining
solvent recovery plants, transfer
stations, and industrial landfills.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3159.
Agency Contact: Eric L. Crump,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5032
RIN: 2060-AE05
4155. NESHAP: MINERAL WOOL
PRODUCTION INDUSTRY
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857 et seq;
44 USC 350 et seq; 4 USC 605; EO
12866
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act, as
amended in 1990, requires the EPA to
(1) publish an initial list of all
categories of major and area sources of
the hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)
listed in Section 112(b) of the CAA, (2)
promulgate a schedule establishing a
date for the promulgation of emissions
standards for each of the listed
categories of HAPs emission sources,
and (3) develop emission standards for
each source of HAPs. These standards
are to be technology-based and are to
require the maximum degree of
emission reduction determined to be
achievable by the Administrator. The
Agency has determined that the
mineral wool production industry may
reasonably be anticipated to emit
several of the 189 HAPs listed in
Section 112(b) of the CAA. As a
consequence, a regulatory development
program is being pursued for the
mineral wool production industry to
promulgate emission standards within
7 years of enactment of the Clean Air
Act Amendments.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 08/00/96
Final Action 11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3215.
Agency Contact: Mary K. Johnson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5025
RIN: 2060-AE08
4156. NESHAP: OIL AND NATURAL
GAS PRODUCTION
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
This standard must be promulgated
within seven years of enactment of the
Clean Air Act.
Abstract: Hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs) known to be emitted from oil
and gas production facilities include
benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and
xylene isomers (collectively referred to
as BTEX), along with 2,2,4-
trimethylpentane and n-hexane.
Potential HAP emission sources are
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glycol (stand-alone and co-located)
dehydrator reboilers; black oil,
condensate, and produced water storage
vessels; and equipment leaks at tank
batteries and natural gas processing
plants.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/00/95
Final Action 06/00/96
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3229.
Agency Contact: Martha Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919
541-2421
RIN: 2060-AE34
4157. NATIONAL EMISSION
STANDARD FOR HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS (NESHAP) FOR
POLYMERS AND RESINS, GROUP III
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Title III of the amended
Clean Air Act requires development of
emission standards for all major
sources, and selected area sources,
emitting any of the 189 hazardous air
pollutants identified in Section 112(b)
of the Act. Amino, acetal, and phenelic
resins productions have been listed as
categories of major sources based on
documented emissions of phenol
and/or formaldehyde. The purpose of
the Formaldehyde-based Resin project
is to initiate the regulatory process for
sources engaged in the production of
amino, acetal, and phenolic resins, and
to ultimately develop a NESHAP based
on candidate Maximum Achievable
Control Technology. This standard is a
7-year standard, required to be
promulgated by November 1997.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 282 Plastics
Materials and Synthetic Resins,
Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Other
Manmade Fibers, Except Glass
Additional Information: SAN No. 3228.
Agency Contact: John M. Schaefer,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, MD-
13, 919 541-0296
RIN: 2060-AE36
4158. NESHAP: POLYMERS AND
RESINS, GROUP IV
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, March
15, 1995. Final, Judicial, March 15,
1996.
Abstract: This action will control
emissions of hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs) from the manufacturer of
polyethylene terephthalate,
methymethacrylate-butodine-styrene
and styrene-acrylonitride polymers.
Emissions from process vents,
equipment leaks, wastewater and
storage will be addressed by this
regulation for both new and existing
sources.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/15/95
Final Action 03/15/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3187.
Agency Contact: Leslie Evans,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919
541-5410
RIN: 2060-AE37
4159. NESHAP—PHOSPHORIC ACID
MANUFACTURING
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 2000.
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
Abstract: The CAAA required EPA to
publish an initial list of all categories
of major and area sources of the
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed
in Section 112(b) of the CAAA and, to
establish dates for the promulgation of
emission standards for each of the
listed categories of HAP emission
sources and develop emission
standards for each source of HAPs such
that the schedule is met. The standards
are to be technology-based and are to
require the maximum degree of
emission reduction determined to be
achievable by the Administrator. The
Agency has determined that the
phosphoric acid manufacturing
industry may reasonably be anticipated
to emit several of the 189 HAPs listed
in Section 112(b) of the CAAA. As a
consequence, the source category is
included on the initial list of HAP-
emitting categories scheduled for
standards promulgation within 10 year
of enactment of the CAAA. The
purpose of this action is to pursue a
regulatory development program such
that emission standards may be
proposed and promulgated according ti
the mandated schedule.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/95
11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undeterminec
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3303
Agency Contact: David F. Painter,
Environmental Engineer, Environment
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Industrial Studies Branch, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-551!
RIN: 2060-AE40
4160. NESHAP—STEEL PICKLING,
HC1 PROCESS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, sec 11
as amended, November 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
EPA is required to promulgate nationa
emission standards for 50% of the
source categories listed in Sect. 112e)
by Nov. 15, 1997. EPA plans to
promulgate this standard by Septembe
30, 1996.
Abstract: Hydrochloric acid (HCl) am
chlorine are among the pollutants list*
as hazardous air pollutants in Section
112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended
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in November of 1990. Steel pickling
processes that use HCl solution and
HCl regeneration processes have been
identified by the EPA as potentially
significant sources of HCl and chlorine
air emissions and, as such, a source
category for which national emission
standards may be warranted.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/95
Final Action 09/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3345.
Agency Contact: James H. Maysilles,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, ESD/ISB (mail code MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919
541-3265
RIN: 2060-AE41
4161. NESHAP—IRON FOUNDRIES
AND STEEL FOUNDRIES
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, sec 112
as amended November 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 2000.
EPA is required to promulgate
standards for 50% of the source
categories listed in Section 112(e) by
November 15, 2000. EPA plans to
promulgate this standard by the
required date.
Abstract: Iron foundries and steel
foundries have been identified by the
EPA as potentially significant sources
of air emissions of manganese
compounds, lead compounds, and
other substances that are among the
pollutants listed as hazardous air
pollutants in Section 112 of the Clean
Air Act, as amended in November of
1990. As such, these industries may be
source categories for which national
emission standards may be warranted.
Timetable:
Additional Information: SAN No. 3343.
Agency Contact: James H. Maysilles,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, ESD/ISB (mail code MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919
541-3265
RIN: 2060-AE43
4162. NESHAP—PHOSPHATE
FERTILIZERS PRODUCTION
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 2000.
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
Abstract: EPA is required to publish
an initial list of all categories of major
and area sources of the hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs) listed in Section
112(b) of the CAAA and, to establish
dates for the promulgation of emission
standards for each of the listed
categories of HAP emission sources and
develop emission standards for each
source of HAPs such that the schedule
is met. The standards are to be
technology-based and are to require the
maximum degree of emission reduction
determined to be achievable by the
Administrator. The Agency has
determined that the phosphate fertilizer
production industry may reasonable be
anticipated to emit several of the 189
HAPs listed in Section 112(b) of the
CAAA. As a consequence, the source
category is included on the initial list
of HAP-emitting categories scheduled
for standards promulgation within 7
years of enactment of the CAAA. The
purpose of this action is to pursue a
regulatory development program such
that emission standards may be
proposed and promulgated according to
the mandated schedule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Industrial Studies Branch, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5515
RIN: 2060-AE44
4163. NESHAP—PRIMARY COPPER
SMELTERS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, sec 112
as amended November 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
EPA is required to promulgate 50% of
the source categories listed in Section
112(e) by 11/15/97. Primary copper
smelter is one of the source categories
included in the 50%.
Abstract: The primary copper smelter
industry is known to emit a number
of the hazardous air pollutants listed
in Section 112 of the Clean Air Act,
as amended November 1990. Most
smelters have extensive control systems
for oxides of sulfur and HAPs.
However, fugitive emissions may cause
several smelters to exceed major source
levels.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/95
11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3304.
Agency Contact: David F. Painter,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
08/00/95
08/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3340.
Agency Contact: Eugene P. Grumpier,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, Research Triangle Park, NC
27711, 919 541-0881
RIN: 2060-AE46
4164. NESHAP—WOOD TREATMENT
INDUSTRY
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, sec 112
as amended November 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
EPA is required to promulgate 50% of
the source categories listed in Section
112(e) by 11/15/97. Wood treatment is
one of the source categories included
in the 50%.
Abstract: Many of the chemicals used
to treat wood products to protect them
from deterioration are listed as
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hazardous air pollutants in Section 112
of the Clean Air Act as amended
November 1990. Treatment processes
have been identified as potentially
significant sources of these HAPs and,
as such, are source categories for which
national emission standards may be
necessary. Consideration is being given
to modifying the definition of the wood
treatment source category to exclude
treatment with pentachlorophenol.
Timetable:
Action
Date PR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/95
11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3342.
Agency Contact: Eugene P. Grumpier,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, ESD/ISB (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-0881
RIN: 2060-AE47
4165. NESHAP—INTEGRATED IRON
AND STEEL
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, sec 112
as amended November 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The EPA has determined that
integrated iron and steel mills emit
several of the 189 hazardous air
pollutants (including compounds of
chromium, lead, manganese, and
polycyclic organic matter) in quantities
sufficient to designate these as major
sources. Major operations include sinter
production, iron production (blast
furnaces), steelmaking (basic oxygen
furnaces), and semifinished and
finished product preparation. Currently,
there are 29 integrated mills in the U.S.
which are owned by 17 individual
companies. The mills are distributed
among 10 States with the majority
located in four Mid-Western States (15)
and Pennsylvania.
Timetable:
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3346.
Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, ESD/ISB, Research Triangle
Par, NC 27711, 919 541-5289
RIN: 2060-AE48
4166. AMENDMENTS TO PART 63 TO
ESTABLISH PROVISIONS FOR
DETERMINING POTENTIAL TO EMIT
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Under authority of sections
112 and 114 of the Clean Air Act (Act)
Amendments of 1990, provisions are
being proposed to enable stationary
sources to establish federally
enforceable controls to limit their
"potential to emit" hazardous air
pollutants (HAP). These provisions
would help sources determine whether
they are subject to new Federal air
toxics regulations under section 112
and permitting requirements under title
V of the Act that apply to sources with
the potential to emit air pollutants
above a certain threshold. Under these
regulations, controls must be federally
enforceable to be considered as limiting
a source's potential to emit. With
federally enforceable potential to emit
limits for HAPs, sources could avoid
being considered "major sources" of
HAPs, and thus avoid having to comply
with section 112 and title V
requirements that apply only to major
sources.
In addition, the proposed rule would
provide new mechanisms for
establishing permanent, federally
enforceable limits on a source-specific
basis through State rules or programs
that are approved by the EPA for this
purpose. The proposed rule also would
set cutoff dates for facilities that choose
to (cont)
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
NPRM 12/00/94
Final Action 08/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3479.
ABSTRACT CONT: establish potential
to emit limits for the purpose of
avoiding compliance with otherwise
applicable requirements. Beyond these
dates, only pollution prevention
measures could be used to establish
new potential to emit limits.
This rule would: streamline the proces
for sources to receive approval of
emission controls as federally
enforceable; reduce the recordkeeping,
reporting, and other compliance
burdens on section 112 affected
sources; and avoid overregulation of
facilities that are not true "major
sources" of HAPs.
The proposed provisions for
determining potential to emit would
amend regulations already established
to implement the new Federal air toxi
program under section 112, including
the recently promulgated General
Provisions.
This action resulted from splitting of
2060-AC98 and 2060-2918.
Agency Contact: Michele A. Dubow,
Environmental Protection Agency, Aii
and Radiation, ME-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 2771, 919 541-3803
RIN: 2060-AE63
4167. NESHAP: WOOL FIBERGLASS
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857 et seq;
44 USC 350 et seq; 4 USC 605; EO
12866
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: The Clean Air act (CAA), a:
amended in 1990, requires the EPA t<
(I) publish an initial list of all
categories of major and area sources <
the hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)
listed in Section 112(b) of the CAA, (
promulgate a schedule establishing a
date for the promulgation of emissior
standards for each of the listed
categories of HAPs emission sources,
and (3) develop emission standards f
each source of HAPs. These standard
are to be technology-based and are to
require the maximum degree of
emission reduction determined to be
achievable by the Administrator. The
Agency has determined that the woo
fiberglass manufacturing industry ma
reasonable be anticipated to emit
several of the 189 HAPs listed in
Section 112(b) of the CAA. As a
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consequence, a regulatory development
program is being pursued for the wool
fiberglass manufacturing industry to
promulgate emission standards within
7 years of enactment of the CAA
amendments.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 08/00/96
Final Action 11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 327 Concrete,
Gypsum, and Plaster Products
Additional Information: SAN No. 3123.
Agency Contact: Mary K. Johnson,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Emission Standards Division (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919
541-5025
RIN: 2060-AE75
4168. NESHAP: PRIMARY ALUMINUM
PLANTS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Title III of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 requires the EPA
to develop emission standards for each
major source category of hazardous air
pollutants. The standards are to be
technology-based and are to require the
maximum degree of emission reduction
determined to be achievable by the
Administrator of EPA. The EPA has
determined that plants in the Primary
Aluminum industry may be major
sources for one or more hazardous air
pollutants. As a consequence, a
regulatory development program is
being conducted such that emission
standards will be proposed and
promulgated by November 15,1997.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/95
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 333 Primary
Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous
Metals
Additional Information: SAN No. 3072.
Agency Contact: Steve Fruh,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-2837
RIN: 2060-AE76
4169. NESHAP: SECONDARY
ALUMINUM INDUSTRY
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857 et seq;
44 USC 350 et seq; 5 USC 605; EO
12866
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: The Act requires EPA to
publish an initial list of all categories
of major and area sources of the
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed
in Section 112(b) of the Act, to
promulgate a schedule establishing a
date for the promulgation of emission
standards for each of the listed
categories of HAP emission sources,
and develop emission standards for
each source of HAPs such that the
schedule is met. The standards are to
be technology based and are to require
the maximum degree of emission
reduction determined to be achievable
by the Administrator. The Agency has
determined that the secondary
aluminum industry may reasonable be
anticipated to emit several of the 189
HAPs listed in Section 112(b) of the
Act, as a consequence, the source
category is included on the initial list
of HAP emitting categories and to be
on the list of categories scheduled for
standards promulgation within seven
years of enactment of the Act. The
purpose of this action is to pursue a
regulatory development program such
that emission standards my be
proposed and promulgated according to
the mandated schedule.
Timetable:
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, ESD/ISB (MD-
13), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711,
919 541-1084
RIN: 2060-AE77
4170. NESHAP: PORTLAND CEMENT
MANUFACTURING
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857 et seq;
44 USC 350 et seq; 5 USC 605; EO
12866
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Title III of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 requires the EPA
to develop emission standards for each
major source category of hazardous air
pollutants. The standards are to be
technology-based and are to require the
maximum degree of emission reduction
determined to be achievable by the
Administrator of EPA. The EPA has
determined that some plants in the
Portland cement manufacturing
industry may be major sources for one
or more hazardous air pollutants. As
a consequence, a regulation (emission
standards) is being developed for the
Portland cement manufacturing
industry, to be promulgated by
November 15, 1997.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/96
Final Action 11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 334 Secondary
Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous
Metals
Additional Information: SAN No. 3078.
Agency Contact: Juan E. Santiago,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
01/00/96
01/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 324 Cement,
Hydraulic
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3079.
Agency Contact: Joseph P. Wood,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Industrial Studies
Branch - MD 13, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5446
RIN: 2060-AE78
4171. NESHAP: REINFORCED
PLASTIC COMPOSITES PRODUCTION
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, section 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
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Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15,1997.
Abstract: This regulation would control
emissions of hazardous air pollutants
from plants engaged in the
manufacturing of homopolymers and/or
copolymers which contain materials
designed to enhance the chemical,
physical, and/or thermal properties of
the polymer. The source category
includes, but is not limited to
processing techniques such as hand
layup and spray layup of gelcoats that
incorporate styrene.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/96
Final Action 11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 308 Miscellaneous
Plastics Products
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3326.
Agency Contact: Madeleine Strum,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-2383
RIN: 2060-AE79
4172. NESHAP: COMBUSTION
SOURCES IN THE SULFITE PULPING
INDUSTRY
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857; 42 USC
350; 5 USC 605
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: This standard would control
air emissions of hazardous air
pollutants from sulfite and semi-
chemical pulp and paper mills. The
standard would address air emissions
from recovery furnaces and other
combustion processes at sulfite mills.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 261 Pulp Mills; 262
Paper Mills; 263 Paperboard Mills; 265
Paperboard Containers and Boxes
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3453.
Agency Contact: Jeff Telander,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5427
RIN: 2060-AE80
4173. NESHAP: POLYETHER POLYOL
PRODUCTION
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, section 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Title HI of the CAA requires
development of emission standards for
all major sources emitting any of the
189 hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)
identified in Section 112(b) of the CAA.
"Polyether Polyol Production" has been
listed as a category of major sources
based on documented emissions of
propylene oxide and ethylene oxide.
This action will explore alternatives for
controlling the release of HAPs from
the following process areas located at
polyether polyol manufacturing
facilities; process vents (e.g. reactors),
storage, equipment leaks and other
fugitive sources, and wastewater
operations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 286 Industrial
Organic Chemicals
Additional Information: SAN No. 3408.
Agency Contact: David Svendsgaard,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, ESD/CPB (MD-
13), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711,
919 541-2380
RIN: 2060-AE81
4174. NESHAP: NON-SOCMI ORGANIC
CHEMICAL PRODUCTION
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, section 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: This regulation will cover the
smaller synthetic organic chemical
manufacturing operations. The large
operations are covered by the HON.
The regulation will control process
vents (continuous and batch),
equipment leaks, storage and
wastewater.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Sectors Affected: 286 Industrial
Organic Chemicals; 289 Miscellaneous
Chemical Products
Additional Information: SAN No. 3452
Agency Contact: Leslie B. Evans,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-54K
RIN: 2060-AE82
4175. NESHAP: PHARMACEUTICALS
PRODUCTION
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act as
Amended in 1990, section 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: This regulation would conti
emissions of hazardous air pollutants
from production of pharmaceuticals.
Pharmaceuticals production was
included on the initial list of categorii
of sources that was published by EPA
in July 1992. Emissions from process
vents, equipment leaks, storage tanks,
and wastewater systems will be
addressed by this regulation for both
new and existing facilities.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermim
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 283 Drugs
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 345
Agency Contact: Randy McDonald,
Environmental Protection Agency, Ai
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-54)
RIN: 2060-AE83
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4176. NESHAP: PRODUCTION OF
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act of 1990
section 112
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: The following ten source
categories (which are all pesticides) are
listed under the Production of
Agricultural Chemicals (PAC) industry
group: 1) 2,4-D Salts and Esters
Production; 2) 4-Chloro-2-
Methylphenoxyacetic Acid Production;
3) 4, 6-Dinitro-o-Cresol Production; 4)
Captafol Production; 5) Captan
Production; 6) Chloroneb Production; 7)
Chlorothalonil Production; 8) Dacthal
(tm) Production; 9) Sodium
Pentachlorophenate Production; 10)
Tordon (tm) Acid Production.
The EPA will propose to develop
standards for all pesticide producers
and formulators including the 10
categories listed above.
Timetable:
and carbon tetrachloride) in quantities
sufficient to designate them as a major
source. As a consequence, chlorine
manufacturing is on the initial list of
HAP-emitting source categories selected
for regulation (57 FR 31576, July 16,
1992) and is in the group of categories
for which final regulations are expected
to be promulgated by November 1997.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/96
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3450.
Agency Contact: Lalit Banker,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, ESD/MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5358
RIN: 2060-AE84
4177. NESHAP: CHLORINE
MANUFACTURING
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act as
amended, section 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Section 112 of the Clean Air
Act (CAA), as amended November
1990, requires the EPA to regulate
categories of major and area sources of
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed
in Section 112(b). The EPA has
determined that sources that
manufacture chlorine may reasonably
be anticipated to emit several of the
189 HAP's listed (including chlorine
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3449.
Agency Contact: Iliam D. Rosario,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, ESD/ISB/MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919
541-5308
RIN: 2060-AE85
4178. NESHAP: FLEXIBLE
POLYURETHANE FOAM PRODUCTION
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, section 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Title III of the amended
Clean Air Act (CAA) requires
development of emission standards for
all major sources, and selected area
sources, emitting any of the 189
hazardous air pollutants identified in
Section 112(b) of the CAA. Flexible
polyurethane foam production has been
listed as a category of major sources
based on documented emissions of
methylene chloride and 2,4-toluene
diisocyanate. This action will explore
alternatives for controlling the release
of HAP's from the following emission
sources located at both slabstock and
molded polyurethane foam production
facilities: process vents, storage,
equipment leaks and other fugitive
sources, and transfer operations.
Ultimately, a NESHAP will be
developed based on candidate
Maximum Achievable Control
Technology. This is a 7-year standard,
required to be promulgated by
November 1997.
Timetable:
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 306 Fabricated
Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere
Classified; 308 Miscellaneous Plastics
Products
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3338.
Agency Contact: David Svendsgaard,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, ESD/CPB (MD-
13), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711,
919 541-2380
RIN: 2060-AE86
4179. NESHAP: PRIMARY LEAD
SMELTERS
Legal Authority: CAA section 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Primary lead smelters are a
major source of hazardous air
pollutants. Potential emissions include
compounds of lead, and other metallic
HAPs as well as organic HAPs. The
standard will establish maximum
achievable control technology
requirements for this industry. This
industry is comprised of two
companies which operate three
facilities in two states.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 333 Primary
Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous
Metals
Additional Information: SAN No. 3467.
Agency Contact: George Streit,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-2364
RIN: 2060-AE97
4180. NESHAP: MANUFACTURE OF
TETRAHYDROBENZALDEHYDE
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
NPRM
00/00/00
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CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to develop a MACT standard for the
production of Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde.
(Referred to in the initial Source
Category List as Butadiene Dimers). The
emissions sources that will be
controlled are process vents (e.g.
reactors); storage; equipment leaks and
other fugitive sources; transfer
operations; and wastewater operations.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 286 Industrial
Organic Chemicals
Additional Information: SAN No. 3469.
Agency Contact: John M. Schaefer,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-0296
RIN: 2060-AE99
4181. NATIONAL EMISSION
STANDARD FOR RADON EMISSIONS
FROM PHOSPHOGYPSUM STACKS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401/CAA
112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 61
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA has granted a petition
for reconsideration for the portion of
the rule which deals with allowing
certain amounts of phosphogypsum for
research and development. This
regulatory proceeding would result in
a proposed rule which would change
that limit for use.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/94
Final Action 06/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2547.
Agency Contact: Fran Jonesi,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6602J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9229
RIN: 2060-AF04
4182. NESHAP: MANUFACTURERS OF
ACRYLIC/MODACRYLIC FIBERS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 section 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: This NESHAP will control
hazardous air pollutant emissions from
facilities that manufacture acrylic or
modacrylic fibers. Principal pollutants
identified are vinyl acetate and
acrylonitrile. The majority of emissions
occur during the polymerization
reaction. There are only two major
sources in the United States that will
be affected by this regulation.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Sectors Affected: 282 Plastics
Materials and Synthetic Resins,
Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Other
Manmade Fibers, Except Glass
Additional Information: SAN No. 3378.
Agency Contact: Lynn Hutchinson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5624
RIN: 2060-AF06
4183. NESHAP: POLYCARBONATES
PRODUCTION
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401/CAA
112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: This NESHAP will control
hazardous air pollutant (HAP)
emissions from the production of
polycarbonate resins.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3465
Agency Contact: Mark Morris,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5416
RIN: 2060-AF09
4184. DELISTING OF SOURCE
CATEGORIES UNDER 112(C):
STAINLESS AND NON-STAINLESS
STEEL MANUFACTURING AND
ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE (EAF)
OPERATION
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401/CAA
112
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: An analysis of information
obtained from each source in both
categories supports a determination th
neither category includes a "major"
source. Consequently, both source
categories will be removed from the
source category list pursuant to sectioi
112(c) of the Clean Air Act.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 346f
Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-528!
RIN: 2060-AFll
4185. • PUBLICALLY OWNED
TREATMENT WORKS (POTW) STUD^
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, sec
112(e)(5) and 112(n)(3)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1995.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act authorize
a study of air toxic emissions from
POTW's, and prescribes a deadline foi
an air emissions standard for POTW's
Phase I of the proposed action is a
study to characterize hazardous air
pollutant (HAP) emissions from
POTW's. The study includes a review
of existing research and data;
estimation of potential HAP emissions
and an evaluation of emission control:
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and costs. A decision will then be
made to determine the need for a
national emissions standard for
hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for
POTW's. Phase H of the proposed
action would be the actual
development of a NESHAP for POTW's,
if necessary.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/95
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3377.
Agency Contact: Eric L. Crump,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5032
RIN: 2060-AF26
4186. • NESHAP: NYLON 6
PRODUCTION
Legal Authority: Clean Air Air section
112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: This NESHAP will reduce
hazardous air pollutants (HAP)
emissions from the production of Nylon
6, most of which is caprolactam.
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Sectors Affected: 282 Plastics
Materials and Synthetic Resins,
Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Other
Manmade Fibers, Except Glass
Additional Information: SAN No. 3548.
Agency Contact: Mark Morris,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5461
RIN: 2060-AF27
4187. • NESHAP: BAKER'S YEAST
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory,
November 15, 2000.
Abstract: Section 112 of the Act
requires major sources of hazardous air
pollutants to achieve a maximum
degree of emission reduction based on
the maximum achievable control
technology (MACT). This regulatory
action will establish this level of
control for both new and existing
sources in the baker's yeast
manufacturing industry. This industry
is currently comprised of 13 sources of
6 different manufacturers located in ten
different states. The only known HAP
emission from this source is
acetaldehyde, It is produced as a by-
product during the fermentation
process. It is likely that regulatory
options will be based on improved
process control to reduce formation of
this by-product.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/95
Final Action 05/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 209 Miscellaneous
Food Preparations and Kindred
Products
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3550.
Agency Contact: Lynn E. Hutchinson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5624
RIN: 2060-AF30
4188. • AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL
PROVISIONS FOR 40 CFR 63
Legal Authority: PL 101-549; Section
112, Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1
Legal Deadline:
Abstract: The General Provisions were
promulgated on March 16, 1994 (59 FR
12408). On May 16, 1994, six litigants
filed petitions for EPA to review certain
provisions of the General Provisions.
As a result of the litigation, it is
anticipated that amendments to the
General Provisions will be proposed.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/94
06/00/95
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Sectors Affected: Multiple
Additional Information: SAN No. 3551.
Agency Contact: Shirley Tabler,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Standards Development
Branch (MD-13), Emission Standards
Division, Research Triangle Park, NC
27711, 919 541-5256
RIN: 2060-AF31
4189. CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES
FOR DETERMINING
TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY IN
ATTAINMENT AREAS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 752l(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 93
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would require that
transportation plans, programs, and
projects funded or approved under title
23 U.S.C. or the Federal Transit Act
be found to conform to the State
Implementation Plan in certain
attainment areas. The concurrence of
the Department of Transportation will
be required. The preamble to the
transportation conformity final rule
(which applies to nonattainment and
maintenance areas), published
November 24, 1993, announced EPA's
intent to propose conformity
requirements for urbanized attainment
areas which have exceeded 85% of the
ozone, CO, NO2, PM-10 annual, or PM-
10 24-hr standard. Among other things,
this rule would act as a planning tool
for areas experiencing growth in their
ambient air quality levels so that they
can design their transportation
activities in ways that will ensure that
the areas remain in attainment of the
national standard.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
NPRM 00/00/00
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3459.
Agency Contact: Kathryn Sargeant,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-4441
RIN: 2060-AE90
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4190. • CORRECTION TO CRITERIA
AND PROCEDURES FOR
DETERMINING TRANSPORTATION
CONFORMITY: NITROGEN OXIDES
REQUIREMENTS FOR AREAS WITH A
182 (F) EXEMPTION
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521(a)/CAA
176(c)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 93
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The final rule on
transportation conformity (58 FR 62188,
November 24, 1993) applies with
respect to nitrogen oxides as a
precursor of ozone unless the
Administrator determines under section
182(f) of the Clean Air Act that
additional reductions of Nox would not
contribute to attainment. This action
would require areas with a 182(f)
exemption to demonstrate consistency
with the motor vehicle emissions
budget for Nox in the attainment
demonstration or maintenance plan.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM04/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Local
Additional Information:
SAN NO. 3478
Agency Contact: Kathryn Sargeant,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 666-4441
RIN: 2060-AF25
4191. VOC REGULATION FOR
AUTOMOBILE AND TRUCK
REFINISHING COATINGS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 183(e)
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would control
volatile organic compound (VOC)
emissions from automobile refinishing
coatings. The regulation would regulate
coating manufacturers and distributors.
An alternative control technique (ACT)
document was published on this
industry April 30, 1994 to help States
develop VOC regulations. There is
currently no active project to develop
a national rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3281.
Agency Contact: Mark Morris,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711, 919 541-5416
RIN: 2060-AE35
4192. VOC REGULATION FOR
ARCHITECTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL
MAINTENANCE COATINGS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act of 199,
section 183(E)
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulation under
development, via regulatory
negotiation, will control volatile
organic compound (VOC) emissions
from architectural and industrial
maintenance (AIM) coatings. These
coatings are applied to stationary
structures and their appurtenances, to
portable buildings, to pavements, or to
curbs. Traditional VOC limitations,
market-based approaches, and phased-
in approaches are all being considered.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3351.
Docket Number A-92-18
Agency Contact: Bruce Madariaga,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711, 919 541-6521
RIN: 2060-AE55
4193. REVISED LIGHT-DUTY
DURABILITY PROCEDURES FOR
MODEL YEAR 1999 AND LATER
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521/CAA
202
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will establish
procedures under which vehicle
manufacturers will demonstrate
durability of their emission control
systems during certification of
passenger cars and light-duty trucks
beginning with the 1999 model year.
Under separate actions, EPA has
promulgated revised light-duty
durability procedures for certification
of model years 1994 through 1998,
procedures that are necessary to
implement revised useful life levels
mandated by the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990. The long term
durability program will translate into
ongoing efforts by the EPA and vehicle
manufacturers to develop durability
procedures that will more accurately
predict the emissions deterioration of
vehicles in actual use.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/95
Final Action 02/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2869
Agency Contact: Jim McCargar,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, 313 668-
4244
RIN: 2060-AE06
4194. COLD TEMPERATURE CARBOI
MONOXIDE EMISSIONS AVERAGING
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521/CAA
202(j)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86 subpart A
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In the Cold Temperature
Carbon Monoxide Emissions notice of
proposed rulemaking published
September 17, 1990 (55 FR 38250), EP
solicited and subsequently received
comments regarding a cold temperatui
CO emissions averaging program,
although it did not propose such a
program. In the Final Rule,
promulgated July 17, 1992 (57 FR
31888), EPA stated that it would
publish a proposal regarding an
averaging program in the near future,
taking the comments received into
consideration. The Agency intends to
propose an averaging, banking and
trading program modelled after such
programs already in place for other
mobile source pollutants and vehicle
classes. Such a program would allow
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manufacturers additional flexibility to
optimize their emission control
systems, thus potentially reducing
control costs while achieving emission
reductions essentially equivalent to
those required by the non-averaged
standards. The expected effective
model year is 1996, which is the first
year the current regulations require
100% compliance with the cold
temperature CO standards.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/94
Final Action 05/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3191.
Agency Contact: Christine
Mikolajczyk & Lisa Snapp,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, National Vehicle and
Fuel Emissions Lab, 2565 Plymouth
Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-
4200
RIN: 2060-AE13
4195. TIER 2 EMISSION STANDARDS
Legal Authority: Section 202(i) of the
Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
December 31, 1999. Other, Statutory,
June 1, 1997.
Report to Congress is due on 6/1/97
(section 202(i) CAAA); FRM deadline
is within three years after report to
Congress but not later than 12/31/99.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 direct EPA to
study whether or not reductions in
motor vehicle emissions (beyond the
reductions achieved by the Tier I
standards) would be a cost effective
means of attaining and maintaining the
NAAQs. The study results are to be
reported to Congress and used as a
basis for a rulemaking in which a final
determination will be made regarding
new emission standards.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/98
Final Action 12/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3456.
Agency Contact: Don Kipinski,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, National Vehicle and
Fuel Emission Lab, 2565 Plymouth
Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-
4229
RIN: 2060-AE87
4196. CONTROL OF MOTOR VEHICLE
EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS
Legal Authority: Section 202(k) and
202(a) of the Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 direct EPA to
promulgate (and from time to time
revise) regulations applicable to
evaporative emissions of hydrocarbons
from motor vehicles. The evaporative
emissions rule finalized in January
1993 announced EPA's intent to initiate
further action to study, and if
necessary, regulate control strategies
involving pressurized fuel tanks.
Timetable:
regulations to include ports of entry as
a location for EPA selection of foreign
produced vehicles and engines for SEA
emissions testing at laboratories in the
U.S. While the regulations do not
specify EPA authority to conduct such
port selections, the increased flexibility
provided by port selections warrants
amending the regulations. Presently,
EPA must travel oversees to conduct
SEA audits of foreign manufactured
vehicles and engines, even though most
manufacturers now have access to
laboratory facilities in the U.S. The
benefits include a reduction in Agency
cost since fewer overseas trips would
be necessary. Also, EPA would be able
to conduct more audits of foreign
manufactured vehicles and engines.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3454.
Agency Contact: Don Kopinski,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, National Vehicle and
Fuel Emissions Lab, 2565 Plymouth
Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 688-
4331
RIN: 2060-AE89
4197. AMENDMENT CONCERNING
THE LOCATION OF SELECTIVE
ENFORCEMENT AUDITS OF FOREIGN
MANUFACTURED VEHICLES AND
ENGINES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7525/CAA
206(b)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86 subpart G
(Revision); 40 CFR 86 subpart K
(Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would consider
an amendment to the existing
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3139.
Agency Contact: John Guy,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6405-J), Washington,
DC 20460, 202 233-9250
RIN: 2060-AD90
4198. REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL
TEST PROCEDURE FOR EMISSIONS
FROM MOTOR VEHICLES AND
MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
156 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AE27
4199. EMISSION DESIGN AND
DEFECT WARRANTY AND PARTS
LIST
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7541/CAA
207
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 85
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action may add a
previously reserved subpart U to 40
CFR 85 to set forth a list of covered
parts, definitions, warranty claim
procedures, warranty remedies, and
replacement requirements of
automobile manufacturers for emission
design and defect warranty coverage.
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Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date FR Cite
11/00/94
08/00/95
4202. "SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR"
DEFINITION FOR DIESEL FUELS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545/CAAA
211(0
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
00/00/00
00/00/00
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2727.
Agency Contact: Pat Childers,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6406J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9415
RIN: 2060-AD56
4200. REVISIONS TO REGULATIONS
ON REGISTRATION OF FUELS AND
FUEL ADDITIVES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545/CAA
211
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 79
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would revise the
current program governing the
registration of fuels and fuel additives.
The revisions would update the
regulations to cover certain new fuels
and fuel additives that are entering the
market or likely to enter the market in
the near future. This action would
revise the current program governing
the registration of fuel and fuel
additives. The revisions would update
the regulations to cover certain new
fuels and fuel additives that are
entering the market or likely to enter
the market in the near future.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/94
12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2728.
Agency Contact: Joseph P. Fernandes,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6406J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9016
RIN: 2060-AC74
4201. CONTROL OF AIR TOXICS
EMISSIONS FROM MOTOR VEHICLES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
157 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AC75
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 211(f)(D(A) of the
Clean Air Act prohibits for use in light-
duty vehicles, fuels and fuel additives
which are not "substantially similar" to
fuels or additives used to certify
vehicles to emissions standards.
Section 211(f)(l)(B) expands these
prohibitions to all motor vehicles.
Since the term "substantially similar"
is not defined in the Act, the intent
of this rulemaking is to interpret the
term "substantially similar" in regard
to diesel fuel and diesel fuel additives
and thus make more explicit which
products are prohibited by section
211(f)(l)(B). The definition of
"substantially similar" enables
manufacturers to determine whether
their fuels or fuel additives are covered
by, or excluded from, the section
211(f)(l)(B) prohibitions.
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Date
05/30/91
12/00/94
12/00/95
FR Cite
56 FR 24362
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3091.
Agency Contact: James W. Caldwell,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6406J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9303
RIN: 2060-AD77
4203. STANDARDS FOR METHANOL
VEHICLE FILLNECKS AND
METHANOL FUEL DISPENSERS, AND
SPECIFICATIONS FOR METHANOL
VEHICLE FUEL
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule, if promulgated,
will establish a way of preventing the
misfueling of gasoline-fueled vehicles
with methanol fuel, as well as establish
in-use specifications for methanol fuel.
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3455.
Agency Contact: John Mueller,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-4275
RIN: 2060-AE88
4204. EMISSION STANDARDS FOR
NEW NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION
ENGINES AT AND BELOW 19
KILOWATTS (25 HORSEPOWER)
(PHASE 2)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No
158 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AE29
4205. EMISSION STANDARDS FOR
GASOLINE SPARK-IGNITION AND
DIESEL COMPRESSION-IGNITION
MARINE ENGINES
Legal Authority: PL 101-549, Sec 222;
42 USC 7547
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 91
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
September 30, 1994. Final, Judicial,
November 22, 1995.
Abstract: This action will implement
emission standards and test procedures
for currently unregulated marine
engines. Section 213 of the Clean Air
Act (CAA) as amended requires the
EPA to conduct a study to determine
whether emissions of carbon monoxide
(CO), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and
volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
from nonroad engines and vehicles
contribute to levels of ambient ozone
and CO in more than one area not in
compliance with the National Ambient
Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for
these pollutants. EPA has determined
( 59 FR 31306) that emissions from
such sources significantly contribute to
nonattainment of the NAAQS for ozone
and CO in more than one area. Since
the Agency made this positive
determination, section 213 requires
EPA to promulgate regulations that wil
result in reductions in emissions from
non-road sources. Consequently, EPA if
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this proposal to reduce emissions from
marine engines.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3350.
Agency Contact: Kenneth L. Zerafa,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, National Vehicle & Fuel
Emissions Lab, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-4331
RIN: 2060-AE54
4206. EMISSION STANDARDS FOR
NONROAD RECREATIONAL
VEHICLES AND REVISION OF ON-
HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE EMISSION
STANDARDS
Legal Authority: Section 213(a)(3) of
the Clean Air Act, as amended
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86.401
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
November 1,1996.
Abstract: As part of the Sierra Club v.
Browner settlement, EPA will
determine by November 1996 whether
to undertake a rulemaking which
targets emissions from engines used in
recreational vehicles.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/00/95
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Sectors Affected: 351 Engines and
Turbines; 375 Motorcycles, Bicycles,
and Parts; 379 Miscellaneous
Transportation Equipment
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3458.
Agency Contact: Lucie Audette,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 741-7850
RIN: 2060-AE91
4207. RESTRICTIONS ON MOTOR
VEHICLE AND NON-ROAD ENGINES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545/CAAA
218
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These regulations will
prohibit the manufacture, sale or
introduction into commerce after
December 31, 1992, any motor vehicle
engine or nonroad engine which
requires leaded gasoline for use in 1993
or later model year vehicles or
equipment.
Timetable:
EPA determines that urban buses do
not comply under the Clean Air Act,
EPA must require that new urban buses
operate on low-polluting fuels. This
action will establish a pass/fail and
other criteria that EPA will use to make
determinations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
07/00/95
NPRM 01/00/95
Final Action 01/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3175.
Agency Contact: Anne-Marie Cooney,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6406J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9013
RIN: 2060-AD72
4208. URBAN BUS PASS/FAIL RATE
RULEMAKING
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7554
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA will test urban buses
annually to determine if they remain
in compliance with the 1994 and later
model year particulate matter (PM)
standard throughout their useful life of
290,000 miles or 10 years (EPA's
planned procedures for the annual
testing program have already been
established in an Advisory Circular.) If
EPA determines that urban buses do
not comply under the Clean Air Act,
EPA must require that new urban buses
operate on low-polluting fuels, and
must promulgate a schedule phasing in
the low polluting fuel requirement over
5 model years following the
determination. This action will
establish a pass/fail and other criteria
that EPA will use to make
determinations taking into
consideration such factors as the
representative nature of the sample, the
effect of poor maintenance or
tampering, and the performance of any
alternative fueled urban buses tested.
established in an Advisory Circular.) If
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Sectors Affected: 351 Engines and
Turbines; 411 Local and Suburban
Passenger Transportation
Additional Information: SAN No. 3325.
Agency Contact: Chris Lieski,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, National Vehicle and
Fuel Emission Lab, 2565 Plymouth
Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-
4584
RIN: 2060-AE71
4209. ACID RAIN NITROGEN OXIDES
CONTROL REGULATION
Legal Authority: PL 101-549, sec 407;
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990,
Title IV
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 76
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory, May 15, 1992, for
Group I boilers.
Final, Judicial, October 31, 1993, for
Group I boilers.
NPRM, Statutory, January 1, 1997, for
Group II boilers.
Final, Statutory, January 1, 1997, for
Group II boilers.
Abstract: This regulatory action
establishes NOx emission limitations
for Phase I tangentially fired and dry
bottom wall-fired boilers (Group I -
Section 407(b)(l)) which must be met
by January 1, 1995. Emissions limits for
all other types of boilers Group II,
Section 407(b)(2)), including cyclones
and wet bottom wall-fired units, will
be effective in 2000 and will be set in
a later rulemaking. Boilers from both
groups that are listed under Phase II
will be subject to their relevant
emissions limits after 2000. In addition,
the rule will determine conditions of
applications for emission averaging and
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alternative emission limits for both
groups of boilers.
Timetable:
Group I Phase I Boilers
NPRM 11/25/92 (57 FR 228)
Final Action 03/22/94 (59 FR 13538)
Group I, Phase II Boilers
NPRM 01/00/96
Group II Boilers
Final Action 01/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 2888.
Agency Contact: Larry Kertcher,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6204J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9180
RIN: 2060-AD45
4210. NSPS FOR NITROGEN OXIDES
(NOX) - REVISION
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 407(c)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60.40
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory,
January 1, 1993. NPRM, Judicial,
August 30, 1994. Final, Statutory,
January 1, 1994. Final, Judicial, April
30, 1995.
Abstract: The current NSPS for electric
utility and industrial steam genera
generating units was promulgated in
1979 and 1986 respectively. A major
feature of the NSPS is NOx control
through the use of overfire air or low
NOx burners. Section 407 of the Clean
Air Act requires the EPA to revise
existing NSPS for NOx emissions from
fossil-fuel fired steam generating units,
including electric utility units. These
revised standards are to reflect
improvements in methods for the
reduction of NOx emissions. At this
time the revisions will be based on the
performance of selective catalytic
reduction (SCR) and the format of the
standard will be changed to an output
based standard. Costs to industry and
regulatory agencies arising from revised
NSPS are being determined.
Timetable:
Agency Contact: James A. Eddinger,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, MD-13, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5426
RIN: 2060-AE56
4211. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES TO THE
FINAL RULE TO PHASEOUT OZONE
DEPLETING CHEMICALS
Legal Authority: PL 101-54, sec 604;
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 84 subpart A
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 604 of the Amended
Clean Air Act requires the phaseout of
all ozone depleting substances. This
rulemaking will enact administrative
changes in recordkeeping and reporting
requirements to facilitate the phaseout
of these chemicals, and lessen the
burden of the reporting companies.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 04/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3352.
Action
Date FR Cite
existing rules for industrial process
refrigeration.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3462.
Agency Contact: Tom Land,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205-J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9185
RIN: 2060-AE70
4212. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
SUPPLEMENTAL RULE TO AMEND
LEAK REPAIR PROVISIONS,
EQUIPMENT STANDARDS AND
SCOPE OF CHEMICALS TO BE
RECYCLED UNDER SECTION 608 OF
THE AMENDED CAA
Legal Authority: PL 101-54, sec 608;
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 subpart F
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 608 of the Amended
Clean Air Act requires the development
of the National Recycling and Emission
Reduction Program for Ozone depleting
chemicals. This rulemaking will amend
the leak repair provisions of the
12/00/94
06/01/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Sectors Affected: All
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3460
Agency Contact: Cindy Newberg,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205-J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9729
RIN: 2060-AE92
4213. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
SUPPLEMENTAL RULE TO AMEND
GRANDFATHERING REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE TECHNICIAN
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR
NATIONAL RECYCLING
Legal Authority: PL 101-54, CAA
section 608
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82, subpart F
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 608 of the Amended
Clean Air Act requires the developmer
of the National Recycling and Emissioi
Reduction Program for ozone depletinj
chemicals. The existing rule requires a
servicing of air-conditioning and
refrigeration technicians to become
certified as trained technicians. This
supplemental rule will amend the
conditions by which technicals would
become grandfathered.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undeterminei
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 346;
Agency Contact: Sue Stendebach,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
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and Radiation, (6205J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9117
RIN: 2060-AF05
4214. • AMENDMENT TO THE MVAC
RULE TO INCLUDE ALL
REFRIGERANTS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq;
Title VI, Section 609
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 82, subpart B
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1994.
Both the venting prohibition and the
MVAC "refrigerant" definition expand
to cover all refrigerants, beginning
11/15/95, according to sections 608 and
609 of the Clean Air Act.
Abstract: This action would facilitate
fulfillment of two statutory
requirements; the extension of the no-
venting prohibition to all refrigerants
under section 608 and the section 609
requirement that the term "refrigerant,"
after November 15, 1995, include
substitute refrigerants. The action
would extend the applicable current
requirements of the motor vehicle air-
conditioning rule to the substitute
refrigerants. This would require
recovery and recycling of these
refrigerants, in addition to the class I
and class II refrigerants already covered
under the MVAC rule. It would also
require approved recycling equipment
and specific certifications of equipment
and technicians. The MVAC
"refrigerant" definition was expanded
to cover all refrigerants, beginning
November 15, 1995, according to
sections 608 and 609 of the Clean Air
Act.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/01/95
Final Action 10/13/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 75 Automotive
Repair, Services, and Parking
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3555.
Agency Contact: Christine Dibble,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 401 M Street SW.,
6205J, Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9147
RIN: 2060-AF35
4215. • PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
SUPPLEMENTAL RULE REGARDING
A RECYCLING STANDARD UNDER
SECTION 608
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq,
section 608
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82, subpart F
Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, May
15, 1995.
The current rule sunsets the
reclamation standard after May 15,
1995. Industry is requesting a change
to that sunset, which would require a
final rule by that 5/15/95 date.
Abstract: The current rule sunsets the
requirement that a reclamation standard
be met, as of May 1, 1995. Several
members of the regulated community
have approached EPA requesting that
the requirement not be sunseted or that
it be replaced with a somewhat less
stringent standard. This amendment
will incorporate a level of continued
required reclamation and/or recycling
standard that the majority of the
affected industry agrees is beneficial in
order to encourage compliance.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/14/94
05/12/95
Abstract: This action would facilitate
fulfillment of the statutory mandate to
apply the renting prohibition to
substitute refrigerants. The action
would provide regulations covering
recovery/recycling equipment,
recovery/recycling practices, and
applicable certifications that would be
required to accomplish compliance
with the no-venting prohibition.
Requirements would parallel those of
the current section 608 regulations,
expanding applicability, where
appropriate, to all refrigerants.
Timetable:
Action
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3556.
Agency Contact: Debbie Ottinger,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 401 M Streets SW.,
6205J, Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9149
RIN: 2060-AF36
4216. • AMENDMENT TO THE
REFRIGERANT RECYCLING RULE TO
INCLUDE ALL REFRIGERANTS
Legal Authority: PL 101-54, section 608
of the Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990; 42 USC 7401 et seq Section 608
CAA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82, subpart F
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1994.
The venting prohibition is extended to
all refrigerants as of 11/15/95; rules are
necessary to inform the regulated
community of the means by which to
prevent venting through
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/01/95
Final Action 10/13/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: All
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3560.
Agency Contact: Debbie Ottinger,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 401 M Street SW.,
6205J, Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9149
RIN: 2060-AF37
4217. • PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
SUPPLEMENTAL RULE TO AMEND
LEAK REPAIR PROVISIONS,
EQUIPMENT STANDARDS AND
SCOPE OF CHEMICALS TO BE
RECYCLED UNDER SECTION 608 OF
THE AMENDED CAA
Legal Authority: PL 101-54; Section
608 of the Clean Air Act Amendments
of 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82, subpart F
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 608 of the Amended
Clean Air Act requires the development
of the National Recycling and Emission
Reduction Program for ozone depleting
chemical. This rulemaking will amend
the leak repair provisions of existing
rules for industrial process
refrigeration, impose equipment
standards for recycling and recovery
machines, and include requirements to
recycle additional chemicals.
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
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Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: All
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3537.
Agency Contact: Sue Stendebach,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205-J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9117
RIN: 2060-AF52
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Final Rule Stage
4218. ENHANCED MONITORING
PROGRAM
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, section 114(a)(3)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 64
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
September 30, 1993. Final, Statutory,
November 1992. Final, Judicial,
December 20, 1994.
Abstract: Regulations will be
developed to provide guidance on the
appropriate enhanced monitoring
protocols, recordkeeping and reporting
requirements for major sources.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/22/93 58 FR 54648
Final Action 11/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2942.
Agency Contact: Scott Thro we,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (EN-341W), Washington,
DC 20460, 703 308-8699
RIN: 2060-AD18
4219. REGISTRATION AND TESTING
OF LEAD SUBSTITUTE GASOLINE
ADDITIVES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1991.
Abstract: Since the late seventies, EPA
has had a program to phase down lead
in gasoline. This was a result of
evidence that lead from automotive
emissions, an air toxic, poses a serious
health threat to the public. The Clean
Air Act Amendments of 1990 ban the
use of leaded gasoline in all motor
vehicles beginning in January 1996.
Additionally, it is required that a test
procedure for determining lead
substitute additives' ability to reduce
valve wear and to identify other effects
be established along with procedures
for lead substitutes additive
registration. These latter provisions are
intended to assure availability of non-
lead additives that can be used to
protect valves in older engines
designed for leaded fuel.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
07/19/91 56 FR 33229
10/00/94
NPRM
Final Action
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2955.
Agency Contact: Lawrence R. Haslett,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6406J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9728
RIN: 2060-AD29
4220. EMISSION STANDARDS FOR
CLEAN-FUEL VEHICLES AND
ENGINES, REQUIREMENTS FOR
CLEAN-FUEL VEHICLE
CONVERSIONS AND CALIFORNIA
PILOT TEST PROGRAM
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7586; 42 USC
7582; 42 USC 7587; 42 USC 7589
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 88
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1992. Final, Judicial,
May 30, 1994.
for Conversions and Standards.
Abstract: This rulemaking will
establish uniform provisions for State
programs to require certain centrally
fueled fleets to include some clean-fuel
vehicles in their new vehicle
purchases. It will include regulations
governing the light duty vehicle and
light duty truck clean-fuel vehicle
standards, heavy duty engine clean fuel
standards, and conversion of
conventional vehicles to meet clean-
fuel fleet vehicle requirements. The
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
mandate that EPA establish a pilot
program in the State of California to
demonstrate the effectiveness of clean-
fuel vehicles in controlling air
pollution in ozone nonattainment areas
As part of this program, EPA must
promulgate regulations establishing
light duty clean-fuel vehicle standards,
manufacturer sales requirements, and a
voluntary opt-in program for other
States with serious, severe, or extreme
ozone nonattainment areas.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM Vehicle 06/10/93 58 FR 3247-:
Conversion and
Heavy Duty
Standards Regs
(SAN 3070)
NPRM California Pilot 06/29/93 58 FR 34727
Program
Final Clean Fuel 12/09/93 58 FR 64675
Definitions
Final Vehicle 10/00/94
Conversion and
Heavy Duty
Standards Regs
(SAN 3070)
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2951
Includes SAN Nos. 3070, 2957, 2951
Agency Contact: Bryan Manning,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 741-7832
RIN: 2060-AD32
4221. ACID RAIN OPT-IN
REGULATIONS
Legal Authority: PL 101-549; Clean Aii
Act Amendments of 1990, title IV
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 74
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Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, May
15, 1992.
Abstract: Section 410 of the Clean Air
Act Amendments allows sources not
affected by Title IV to "opt-in" to the
Title IV Acid Rain SO2 Allowance
Trading Program. The regulation will
provide the necessary procedures for
sources other than electric utility
generators to opt into the Acid Rain
Program.
Timetable:
Combustion Sources
NPRM 09/24/93 (58 FR 50088)
Final 11/00/94
Process Sources
NPRM 03/00/95
Final 03/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Local
Additional Information: SAN No.
3009/3357.
Agency Contact: Adam Klinger,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6204J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9122
RIN: 2060-AD43
4222. STANDARDS FOR DEPOSIT
CONTROL GASOLINE ADDITIVES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1992.
Other, Judicial, October 15, 1994,
Consent decree for interimprogram.
Final, Judicial, June 30, 1995, Consent
decree for full program.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 mandate EPA to
promulgate regulations establishing
specifications for additives in gasoline
beginning in 1995 to prevent the
accumulation of deposits in the engine
or fuel supply systems. The
establishment of such specifications
should ensure the use of additives in
the 10 to 25 percent of fuel projected
not to contain additives by 1995, as
well as the proper amount and type of
additives to have the desired effect
without causing negative side effects.
Controlling engine and fuel supply
system deposits is expected to achieve
better vehicle performance, a significant
reduction in in-use emissions, and the
potential for significant economic
advantages due to a decreased need for
premium gasoline use.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/22/93 58 FR 64213
(Full Program)
Final Action 07/00/95
(Interim Program)
Final Action 11/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3018.
Agency Contact: Jeffrey Herzog,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-4227
RIN: 2060-AD71
4223. REGULATIONS GOVERNING
AWARDS UNDER SECTION 113(F) OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7413(f)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 65
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 113(f) of the Clean
Air Act granted to the Administrator
authority to pay an award to any
person who furnishes information or
services which lead to a criminal
conviction or a civil penalty for any
violation of Title I, III, IV, V, or VI of
the Act enforced under section 113.
Section 113(f) authorizes the
Administrator to prescribe, by
regulation, additional criteria for
eligibility for such an award. EPA
intends that the rule set forth such
additional criteria. The rule also
describes criteria for assessing the value
of information and services when
considering paying an award, and what
is needed to adequately petition the
Administrator for consideration of
payment. The rule will also provide an
assurance of confidentiality to those
who provide information or services on
a confidential basis. Furthermore, to
implement the goal of the program, the
rule will provide direction for
providing information or services to the
Agency.
Timetable:
Agency Contact: Clara Poffenberger,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (EN-341W), Washington,
DC 20460, 703 308-8709
RIN: 2060-AD81
4224. ADMINISTRATION OF THE
CLEAN AIR ACT AND THE CLEAN
WATER ACT WITH RESPECT TO
CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND
LOANS—LIST OF FACILITIES
INELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL
PROCUREMENT AND
NONPROCUREMENT PROGRAMS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq,
42 USC 1251 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 15
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The existing regulations at 40
CFR part 15 establish a special
enforcement-related program under the
Clean Air Act (CAA) and Clean Water
Act (CWA), commonly referred to as
the "Contractor Listing Program." The
Contractor Listing Program authorizes
EPA to bar facilities from federal
contracts, grants or loans as a
consequence of criminal or civil
violations of the CAA or CWA. The
draft proposed revisions to these
regulations incorporate new authority
granted by the CAA amendments of
1990. The amendments expand the
criminal violations for which a facility
may be listed and also give EPA the
discretion to list other facilities of the
owner or operator.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/03/94 59 FR 22795
04/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 2939.
Action
Date FR Cite
Final Action 12/00/94
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3221.
Agency Contact: Tom Seaton, Office of
Enforcement, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, (LE-133),
Washington, DC 20460, 202 260-6931
RIN: 2060-AD83
4225. EMISSION STANDARDS FOR
GASEOUS-FUELED VEHICLES AND
CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR
AFTERMARKET CONVERSIONS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521(a); 42
USC 754(C); 42 USC 7601(A)
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CFR Citation: 40 CFR 85; 40 CFR 86;
40 CFR 600
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: There are currently no
emission standards for motor vehicles
operating on gaseous fuels (i.e., natural
gas and liquefied petroleum). Also,
there are no certification procedures for
aftermarket conversions. In order to put
gaseous-fueled vehicles on an equal
footing with other vehicles, EPA has
proposed emission standards and
certification procedures for gaseous-
fueled vehicles which are largely the
same as those currently in place for
other vehicles. Also, EPA has proposed
certification procedures for aftermarket
conversions based on the new vehicle
certification procedures.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/05/92 57 FR 52912
Final Action 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3285-
2763.
Agency Contact: John Mueller,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-4275
BIN: 2060-AD86
4226. INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS-
PROVISIONS FOR REDESIGNATION
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7511 (A)(2)(b)
and (A)(2)(b)(2)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action specifies
requirements for SIP approval as it
relates to Inspection/Maintenance
requirements when a state submits a
request to be redesignated to attainment
for one of the national ambient air
quality standards.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/28/94
Final Action 01/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3261.
Agency Contact: Eugene J. Tierney,
Chief, Inspection/Maintenance Section,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-4456
RIN: 2060-AE21
4227. NATIONAL EMISSIONS
STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS AS IT APPLIES TO
NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS
LICENSED BY THE NUCLEAR
REGULATORY COMMISSION
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7607(d)(7)(B)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 61 supbart I
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 112(d)(9) of the Clean
Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA)
provides the EPA with the Authority
not to regulate NRC-licensees under
Section 112, if the agency, by rule and
in consultation with the NRC,
determines that the NRC regulatory
program provides an ample margin of
safety to protect the public health. EPA
analyzed the public health risks posed
by nuclear power plants to determine
whether NRC's regulatory program for
air emissions provides an ample margin
of safety to protect the public health.
EPA has determined that the NRC
regulatory program results in
sufficiently low doses to meet the Clean
Air Act requirement of providing an
ample margin of safety to protect the
public health. Based on these findings,
EPA will issue a final rule to rescind
Subpart I of 40 CFR Part 61 as it
applies to nuclear power reactors.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
4228. NESHAPS PERTAINING TO
FACILITIES OTHER THAN
COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER
REACTORS LICENSED BY THE
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION (NRC) OR BY NRC
AGREEMENT STATES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7607(d)(7)(B)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 61 subpart I
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In accordance with section
112(d)(9) of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 (CAAA), EPA is
considering whether or not to issue a
final rule to rescind Subpart I of 40
CFR Part 61, as it applies to facilities
licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) or NRC Agreement
States which are not engaged in the
generation of nuclear power (57 FR
56877, December 1, 1992). Section
112(d)(9) gives EPA the authority to
decline to regulate NRC-licensees after
the Administrator makes a
determination, by rule, and in
consultation with the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC), that the
regulatory program established by the
NRC pursuant to the Atomic Energy
Act provides an ample margin of safet;
to protect the public health. Several
issues have arisen since EPA issued th
proposal rescission which must be
resolved before EPA can make the
requisite legal finding pursuant to
Section 112(d)(9). EPA has decided thi
it will not issue the final rescission
until after NRC's program is
strengthened and provides an ample
margin of safety to protect the public
health.
Timetable:
NPRM
Final Action
08/05/91 56 FR 37196
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2887.
Agency Contact: Fran Jonesi,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6602J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9229
RIN: 2060-AE38
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/01/92 57 FR 5687
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3141
Agency Contact: Gale Bonanno,
Attorney Advisor, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
401 M Street SW., ORIA - 6602J,
Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-9219
RIN: 2060-AE39
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4229. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: MOBILE
AIR-CONDITIONING RECOVER-ONLY
STANDARD; SUPPLEMENTAL RULE
Legal Authority: PL 101-54, Sec 609;
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 subpart B
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On July 14, 1992, EPA
published a final regulation on the
servicing of motor vehicle air-
conditioners. That rule established that
two types of equipment could be used
in service: equipment that recovers and
recycles refrigerant or equipment that
only recovers refrigerant from the motor
vehicle. The refrigerant from recover
only equipment must then be recycled
on-site or sent off-site for reclamation.
The July 14, 1992, final rule contains
the equipment standard for recycling
equipment in Appendix A, but the
recover only equipment standard was
proposed separately in a supplemental
proposal published April 22, 1992. This
rule will finalize the recover only
standard as Appendix B in the motor
vehicle servicing regulation.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/22/93 57 FR 14763
10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3347.
Agency Contact: Christine Dibble,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Mail Code 6205-J, 401
M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460,
202 233-9147
RIN: 2060-AE52
4230. ACID RAIN PROGRAM,
REVISIONS OF SUBSTITUTION AND
REDUCED UTILIZATION
REGULATIONS
Legal Authority: PL 101-549 Clean Air
Act Amendments of 1990, title IV
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 72
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA plans to propose
revisions of the regulations concerning
the designation of substitution and
compensating units in order to ensure
that they are consistent with the
purposes and requirements of Title IV.
Action
Date
NPRM 11/18/93 58 FR 60950
Final Action 11/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 3319.
Agency Contact: Dwight C. Alpern,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Acid Rain Division
(6204)), 401 M Street SW., Washington,
DC 20460, 202 233-9151
RIN: 2060-AE59
4231. ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTICS
SERVICE INFORMATION AVAILABLE
Legal Authority: CAA 202(m)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would define
service information to be made
available to the automotive aftermarket.
This information is necessary to repair
and service automobiles.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 371 Motor Vehicles
and Motor Vehicle Equipment; 754
Automotive Services, Except Repair
Additional Information: SAN No. 3457.
Agency Contact: Cheryl Adelman,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-4434
RIN: 2060-AE93
4232. NSPS: SYNTHETIC ORGANIC
CHEMICALS MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRY - WASTEWATER
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
August 31, 1994.
Abstract: This rule will develop a new
source performance standard to control
air emissions of volatile organic
compounds from wastewater treatment
operations at the synthetic chemical
manufacturing industry.
Timetable:
FR Cite Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
09/12/94 59 FR 46780
09/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 28 Chemicals and
Allied Products
Additional Information: SAN No. 3380.
Agency Contact: Bob Lucas,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 2711, 919 541-0884
RIN: 2060-AE94
4233. APPLICATION OF MANDATORY
SANCTIONS UNDER TITLE V OF THE
CLEAN AIR ACT
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401, et seq
(Clean Air Act)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 71
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, May
15, 1995.
Abstract: Section 502 of the Clean Air
Act mandates the Administrator to
apply sanctions, identified in section
179(b), in those cases where a State
Implementation Plan has not been
submitted, or has been disapproved, or
is not being adequately administered or
enforced, or has passed the point of
expiration of interim approval. Two
kinds of sanctions are included in
section 179: a requirement for 2-to-l
emission offsets, and the withdrawal of
Federal highway funds. This action will
streamline the process of deciding the
order of application of these sanctions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/07/94
05/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 3500.
Agency Contact: Leo H. Slander, Jr.,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-15,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919
541-2402
RIN: 2060-AE96
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Final Rule Stage
4234. ADDITION OF METHODS 204,
204A - 204F FOR MEASUREMENT OF
VOC EMISSIONS FROM STATIONARY
SOURCES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Reasonably Available
Control Technology (RACT) fix up rule
requires States to adopt enforceable
VOC rules. An accurate technique for
determining capture efficiency (CE) had
not been available in the past. This
action would add seven methods to
determine VOC emissions from
stationary sources. These methods can
be used to determine CE when used
in various combinations.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 06/00/95
NPRM 12/00/95
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3016.
Agency Contact: Candace Sorrell,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Emission Measurement
Branch (MD-19), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, 919 541-1064
RIN: 2060-AF02
4235. REGULATION OF FUELS AND
FUEL ADDITIVES: INDIVIDUAL
FOREIGN REFINERY BASELINE
REQUIREMENTS FOR
REFORMULATED GASOLINE
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52; 40 CFR 70
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA has proposed to amend
the reformulated gasoline regulations to
define criteria and procedures by which
foreign refiners may establish
individual refinery baselines that reflect
the properties and volume of the
gasoline that was produced at their
refineries in 1990 and imported for use
within the United States. Where the
requisite showing could be made
through a petition process, importers of
reformulated gasoline produced at the
foreign refinery would be allowed to
use these individual foreign refinery
baseline values to demonstrate
compliance with the reformulated
gasoline standards for gasoline
imported into the United States only
during the period 1995 through 1997.
These baselines would apply only to
a volume of gasoline each year equal
the foreign refinery's 1990 import
volume, and would be subject to
certain limitations and conditions. The
proposal would allow imported
reformulated gasoline to be evaluated
relative to individual foreign refinery
baselines in a manner that is similar
to that applicable to reformulated
gasoline produced at domestic
refineries, (cont)
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 04/22/94 59 FR 22800
Final Action 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3524
ABSTRACT CONT: Individual foreign
refinery baselines could be used only
with reformulated gasoline under this
final rule, and such baselines could not
be used with conventional gasoline.
Agency Contact: Meredith G. Miller,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6406J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9031
RIN: 2060-AF13
4236. • NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR)
REFORM RULEMAKING
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments, Title 1
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.160 to 51.166;
40 CFR app S; 40 CFR 52.21; 40 CFR
52.24
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to amend EPA's existing NSR
regulations, including prevention of
significant deterioration (PSD) to
reduce the level of program complexity.
In addition, certain other revisions will
be made to improve the clarity of the
existing regulatory language. This
rulemaking will satisfy obligations
under Exhibit B of the settlement
agreement in Chemical Manufacturers
vs. EPA, No. 79-112 (D.C. Cir.). The
regulations contain procedures for
reviewing, permitting, and specifying
controls for the construction and
modification of major air pollution
sources in attainment and
nonattainment areas. Several NSR
regulations will be affected, including
the State implementation requirements
for the Federal PSD program (40 CFR
52.21), the Federal restrictions on new
construction (40 CFR 52.24).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule
Final Action
01/31/95
01/31/96
Small Entities Affected: Undeterminec
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: Multiple
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 325£
Agency Contact: Bill Lamason/Larry
Elmore, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, Office of
Air Quality Planning and Standards,
MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC
27711, 919541-5374
RIN: 2060-AF21
4237. • ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
REVISIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATE
APPEAL REGULATIONS UNDER TITI
IV OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7601
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 78.1
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Revisions to clarify whethe
administrative appeals are prerequisit
for judicial review of final actions by
the administrator under the Acid Rail
Program.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cit(
Final Action
05/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Local
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Servic
Additional Information: SAN No. 35;
Agency Contact: Dwight C. Alpern,
Environmental Protection Agency, Ai
and Radiation, 6204J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460, 202 232
9151
RIN: 2060-AF43
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4238. • ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
DELETION OF CERTAIN UNITS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7651, et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 73.10
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Acid Rain Program
requires affected utility units to hold
allowances sufficient to cover
emissions of SO2, have an Acid Rain
Permit under part 72, and meet
appropriate monitoring requirements
under part 75. Many affected units are
listed in 40 CFR 73.10 tables 2 and 3.
In the process of implementing the
Acid Rain Program, EPA has learned
that several units listed in the tables
should not be affected by the Acid Rain
Program requirements. This action
would delete specific named units from
the tables.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 10/14/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 3573.
Agency Contact: Kathy Barylski,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6204J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9074
RIN: 2060-AF46
4239. • TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS
TO EVAPORATIVE EMISSION
PROCEDURE
Legal Authority: CAA 202(a); CAA
202(k)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This direct final rule involves
technical amendments to the
evaporative emission test procedure
published March 24, 1993 (58 FR
16002). EPA's intent is to improve the
test through changes to some of the
detailed test specifications, in most
cases simplifying the test or providing
better control of test variables. EPA will
not make any changes that affect the
stringency of the test.
Timetable:
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information:
SAN NO. 3540
Agency Contact: Alan Stout,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
EVRB, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 741-
7805
RIN: 2060-AF49
4240. REVISIONS TO PART 35,
SUBPART A SECTION 105 AIR GRANT
REGULATIONS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
105
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35, subpart A
Legal Deadline: None
In order to assure that state, local, and
tribal agencies are still eligible to
receive a section 105 air grant in FY
1995, the interim final rule must be in
place before October 1, 1994.
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to revise the current air grant
regulations contained in 40 CFR 35,
subpart A, so that they are consistent
to the changes made to section 105 as
a result of enactment of the 1990 Clean
Air Act. The Act also directed EPA to
reexamine and revise, as necessary,
certain aspects of the air grant cost-
sharing relationship that must now be
revised to reflect the impact of: (1) the
Title V permit fee provisions contained
in 40 CFR 20 and (2) a recent OGC
opinion prohibiting the use of Title V
fees to help meet the nonfederal
contribution requirements of the
section 105 air grant program. This
revision includes the introduction of a
provision to allow recipients to receive
(upon demonstration to, and approval
by, the Administrator) a waiver from
certain cost-sharing requirements for a
limited time.
Timetable:
and Radiation, (6101), Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-1754
RIN: 2060-AF03
4241. NAAQS: SULFUR DIOXIDE
(REVIEW)
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7409/CAA
109
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50.4; 40 CFR
50.5
Legal Deadline: Other, Judicial,
October 31, 1994.
Deadline is for final action or
reproposal.
Abstract: On April 26, 1988, EPA
announced its proposed decision not to
revise the current standards. The notice
also solicited comment on the
alternative of adding a new 1-hour
standard and certain other revisions.
On or before October 31, 1994, EPA is
to either: 1) take final action on the
primary standard portion of the 1988
proposal; or 2) repropose. EPA
completed action on the Secondary
Standard portion of the 1988 proposal
on April 23, 1993.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action or
Date FR Cite
10/02/79 44 FR 56730
04/26/88 53 FR 14926
10/00/94
Action Date FR Cite Additional Information: SAN No. 3446.
Final Action 12/00/94 Agency Contact: William Houck,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
Reproposal
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 1002.
(Primary Standard).
Docket No. A-84-25.
Agency Contact: John Haines,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-12), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5533
RIN: 2060-AA61
4242. NSPS: MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE LANDFILLS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411/CAA
ill
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to develop standards for regulating
emissions from new and modified
municipal solid waste landfills under
Section lll(b). Pollutants to be
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regulated could include one or more
designated pollutants (pollutants not
regulated under Sections 108 or 112 of
the CAA) thus invoking Section lll(d).
Section lll(d) requires States to
develop emission standards for existing
landfills based on EPA guidelines.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/30/91 56 FR 24468
Notice of Availability 06/21/93 58 FR 33790
Final Action 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2535.
Agency Contact: Mark Najarian,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5393
RIN: 206Q-AC42
4243. NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS FOR COLD CLEANING
OPERATIONS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
August 31, 1994. Final, Judicial, August
31, 1995.
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to develop new source performance
standards for cold cleaning operations
to control VOC emissions. Emissions
sources to be controlled are fugitive
VOC solvent emissions from cold
cleaning operations for new sources.
This rulemaking is under a consent
decree in which the Agency has to
propose no later than August 31, 1994.
This rule is being developed through
the CAA Streamlined Method.
Timetable:
Agency Contact: Paul Almodovar,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Md-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-0283
RIN: 2060-AF08
4244. • REVISION TO STANDARDS OF
PERFORMANCE FOR NEW
STATIONARY SOURCES:
AUTOMOBILE AND LIGHT DUTY
TRUCK SURFACE COATING
OPERATION
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, section
111
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would complete
a revision to the automobile and light-
duty truck assembly plant new source
performance standard (NSPS) for prime
coat operations. The revised standard
would accurately reflect the
performance of cathodic
electrodeposition prime coat operations
at all levels of production. Cathodic
electrodeposition is a low volatile
organic compound (VOC) content
waterborne coating applied at high
voltage from a large dip tank.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3515.
Agency Contact: David Salman,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-0859
RIN: 2060-AF14
4245. NESHAP: CHROMIUM
ELECTROPLATING
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
Action
Date FR Cite CFR citation: 40 CFR 63
NPRM 08/31/94
Final Action 08/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 753 Automotive
Repair Shops; 554 Gasoline Service
Stations; 39 Miscellaneous
Manufacturing Industries
Additional Information: SAN No. 3382.
require the use of maximum achievable
control technology pursuant to the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
Timetable:
Action
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial,
November 23, 1994.
Abstract: Chromium compounds are
among the pollutants listed as
hazardous under Section 112 of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
The EPA will propose to develop
standards for chromium emissions from
electroplating operations. Hard,
decorative, and anodizing operations
may be affected. The standards could
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/16/93 58 FR 6576
11/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2841
Agency Contact: Lalit Banker,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5421
RIN: 2060-AC14
4246. NESHAP: ETHYLENE OXIDE
FROM COMMERCIAL STERILIZATIOh
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial,
November 23, 1994.
Abstract: This standard would contro
ethylene oxide sterilizers (other than
hospital sterilizers).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/07/94 59 FR 105
Final Action 11/23/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 248
Agency Contact: David Mark word t,
Environmental Protection Agency, Ai
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-081
RIN: 2060-AC28
4247. NESHAP: HALOGENATED
SOLVENT CLEANING
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
November 15, 1993. Final, Judicial,
November 15, 1994.
Abstract: An NSPS was proposed foi
this source category in 1980.
Subsequently, in 1987, the Agency
solicited public participation in
information gathering in preparation
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a decision on whether to regulate this
source category under the NESHAP
program, the NSPS program, or both.
The NESHAP regulations are being
developed and would apply to new and
existing organic halogenated solvent
cleaners (degreasers) using any of the
hazardous air pollutants listed in the
Clean Air Act, as amended. The Agency
proposed a rule for this project on
November 29, 1993 (58 FR 62566), and
by consent decree has to promulgate
the rule within twelve (12) months of
the proposal.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Notice (Public
Participation)
NPRM
Final Action
08/17/87 52 FR 29548
11/29/93 58 FR 62566
11/15/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 1695.
Agency Contact: Paul Almodovar,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-0283
RIN: 2060-AC31
4248. GUIDANCE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION
112(G>—MODIFICATIONS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112(g)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, May
1992.
Abstract: Guidance in the form of a
rulemaking is being developed in
accordance with the requirements of
section 112(g) of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 for modified,
constructed and reconstructed major
sources of hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs). This guidance sets de minimis
levels of applicability to regulation for
changes to major sources for the 189
listed HAPs and establishes a ranking
for determinations of offsets of
modifications to existing sources.
Guidance is also issued for case-by-case
MACT determinations that apply to
constructed and reconstructed major
sources or to existing sources which
cannot offset emission increases above
de minimis levels.
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/01/94 59 FR 15504
07/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2932.
Agency Contact: Jane Caldwell,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-0328
RIN: 2060-AD06
4249. NESHAP: STAGE I GASOLINE
DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1994. Final, Judicial,
November 23, 1994.
Abstract: Gasoline vapors contain
about ten of the hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs) listed in Section 112
of the Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990. These HAP emissions occur
during transferring and storage
operations. Facilities being analyzed are
bulk gasoline terminals and plants,
pipeline facilities, and gasoline service
stations. Control alternatives of major
sources of emissions (large size
terminals and pipeline facilities) were
the only facilities affected by the
proposal. Costs average about sixteen
million dollars per year with benefits
of about three thousand tons of HAPs
reduced, and about fifty thousand tons
of volatile organic compounds.
Timetable:
4250. NESHAP: PETROLEUM
REFINING - OTHER SOURCES NOT
DISTINCTLY LISTED
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, June
30, 1994. Final, Statutory, November
15, 1994. Final, Judicial, June 30, 1995.
Abstract: Title III of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 requires EPA to
develop emission standards for 189
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs).
Petroleum refining is among the
potential source categories to be
regulated under Section 112 of the
CAA. Sources of emissions within
petroleum refineries include process
vents, equipment leaks, wastewater
collection and treatment facilities, and
storage vessels.
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/08/94 59 FR 5868
11/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 2926.
Agency Contact: Stephen A. Shedd,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5397
RIN: 2060-AD93
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date FR Cite
06/30/94 59 FR 36130
06/30/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3168.
Agency Contact: James F. Durham,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5672
RIN: 2060-AD94
4251. NESHAP: POLYMERS AND
RESINS, GROUP II
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial,
February 28, 1995.
Abstract: This regulation will control
emissions of hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs) from epoxy resin production
and non-nylon polyamide resin
production processes. These processes
were included on the initial list of
categories of sources that was
published by the EPA in July 1992.
Emissions from process vents
equipment leaks, wastewater and
storage will be addressed by this
regulation for both new and existing
facilities.
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Timetable: 4253. NESHAP: AEROSPACE Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite INDUSTRY
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/16/94 59 FR 25387
02/28/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2945.
Agency Contact: Randy McDonald,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5402
RIN: 2060-AD97
4252. NESHAP: MAGNETIC TAPE
MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1994. Final, Judicial,
November 23, 1994.
Abstract: EPA is developing a NESHAP
for the major source category of
magnetic tape manufacturing. This
industry manufactures audio video and
computer tape by coating a substrate
(tape) with a solvent-based magnetic
coating. The primary HAPs used in this
industry are methyl ethyl ketone,
methyl isobutyl ketone, and toluene.
These are used both as a solvent for
heating and as a cleaning solution for
cleaning operations. EPA promulgated
an NSPS for this industry in 1988. The
standards for the NESHAP are to be
technology-based and are to require the
maximum achievable control
technology (MACT) as described in
section 112 of the CAA.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/11/94 59 FR 11662
11/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2946.
Agency Contact: Gail Lacy,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5261
RIN: 2060-AD99
section 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1994. Final, Judicial, July
31, 1995.
Abstract: This NESHAP will be based
on maximum achievable control
technology (MACT). The NESHAP will
address hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs) emitted by facilities that
manufacture or rework military and
commercial aircraft, subassemblies, and
aircraft parts. The majority of HAP
emissions from the category come from
solvent usage (i.e. MEK, MIBK, toluene,
methylene chloride, etc.) EPA is also
working to develop a control
technology guideline document in this
action.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/06/94 59 FR 29216
Final Action 07/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3075.
Agency Contact: Vickie Boothe,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5426
RIN: 2060-AE02
4254. NESHAP: SECONDARY LEAD
SMELTING
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1994. Final, Judicial,
May 31, 1995.
Abstract: Secondary lead smelters are
a major source of hazardous air
pollutants. Potential emissions include
compounds of lead, antimony, and
cadmium; hazardous organic
compounds including benzene, methyl
chloride, butadiene; and hydrochloric
acid. The standard will establish
maximum achievable control
technology requirements for process
furnaces, process fugitive emissions,
and fugitive dust sources. Proposed
rules were issued by the
Administration on May 27, 1994.
NPRM 05/27/94 59 FR 2975
Final Action 05/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3193
Agency Contact: George Streit,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-236'
RIN: 2060-AE04
4255. NESHAP—CYANIDE CHEMICAL
MANUFACTURING
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, sec 11
as amended November 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
EPA is required to promulgate 50% of
the source categories listed in Section
112(e) by 11/15/97. The cyanide
chemical manufacturing source
category is among those included in tf
50%.
Abstract: Cyanide compounds are
among the pollutants listed as
hazardous air pollutants in Section 11
of the Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990. As a consequence, the EPA has
determined that sources that
manufacture cyanide compounds may
reasonable be anticipated to emit
cyanide compounds in quantities
sufficient to qualify them as major
sources. Three source categories that
either produce hydrogen cyanide or us
it in the production of other chemicals
specifically cyanuric chloride and
sodium cyanide, are on the initial list
of HAP emitting source categories
selected for regulation. The results of
an initial assessment of the three soun
categories conducted by the Agency
indicated that the facilities comprising
each of the three source categories
qualify as SOCMI sources. An interim
final notice will be prepared proposin;
the addition of the cyanide chemical
manufacturing source categories to the
list of SOCMI processes to be regulatei
under the Hazardous Organic NESHAJ
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
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Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3341.
Agency Contact: Philip B. Mulrine,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, ESD/ISB, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5489
RIN: 2060-AE45
4256. PERMITS FOR EARLY
REDUCTIONS SOURCES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 71
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Under section 112(i)(5) of the
Clean Air Act, a source that
demonstrates achieving qualifying early
reductions of hazardous air pollutants
may obtain a six-year extension from
an otherwise applicable section 112(d)
emission standard compliance date.
Qualifying sources are to be issued a
Title V permit containing an alternative
emission limitation, to be met by the
source until the compliance extension
expires. However, permit applications
from certain early reduction sources are
to be submitted by April 30, 1994,
which is prior to the time any States
will have approved Title V permitting
programs. Therefore, in order to avoid
not having a mechanism to process the
incoming permit applications (until
such time as State programs are
effective), this rulemaking establishes
an interim federal program for issuing
specialty Title V permits.
The rulemaking, which is patterned
closely on the features of the
promulgated part 70 rule for State Title
V programs, provides for EPA Regional
Offices to issue the permits to
qualifying early reduction sources.
Such permits would encompass only
the early reductions source and only
hazardous air pollutant (cont)
Timetable:
Action
Date
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ABSTRACT CONT: emissions. No other
applicable requirements of the Act
would be addressed. An existing
specialty permit would be incorporated
later into the comprehensive title V
permit issued later to the facility
containing the early reductions source.
Agency Contact: David Beck,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5421
RIN: 2060-AF10
4257. • DECISION ON THE PETITION
TO REMOVE CAPROLACTAM FROM
THE LIST OF H HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
NPRM 12/29/93 58 FR 68804
Final Action 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 286 Industrial
Organic Chemicals; 283 Drugs; 28
Chemicals and Allied Products
Additional Information: SAN No. 3192.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
January 19, 1995.
Abstract: This action will address the
Agency's decision on the petition to
remove caprolactam from the list of
hazardous air pollutants under section
112(b)(3)(C) of the Clean Air Act
amendments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 01/19/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3046.
Agency Contact: Nancy Pate,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5347
RIN: 2060-AF33
4258. FIELD CITATION PROGRAM
Legal Authority: 42 USC
7413(d)/CAAA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Clean Air Act
Amendments gives EPA the authority
to issue on-the-spot field citations for
minor violations of the Clean Air Act,
with penalties of up to $5,000 per day
of violation. Section 113(d) of the Act
requires the field citation program to
be implemented through regulations
which provide the informal hearing
procedures. These hearing procedures
are not required to be as rigorous as
those imposed by the Administrative
Procedures Act (APA), but nevertheless
must provide due process. Agency
guidance providing appropriate
penalties for specific minor violations
will be prepared for EPA employees
and made available to the regulated
community. Training on the issuance
of field citations will also be
developed.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/03/94 59 FR 22776
Final Action 04/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 2937.
Agency Contact: Jane Engert,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (EN-341W), Washington,
DC 20460, 703 308-8677
RIN: 2060-AD82
4259. STANDARDS FOR TANK
VESSEL LOADING OPERATIONS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 183
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 90
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 1992. Final, Judicial, April
30, 1995.
Abstract: This regulation will control
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)
emissions from tank vessel loading
operations. A regulation is required by
Section 183 of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990. Approximately
65,000 megagrams of VOCs (of which
8,000 megagrams are HAPs) are emitted
annually from tank vessel loading
operations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/13/94 59 FR 25004
Final Action 04/30/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3104.
Agency Contact: David Markwordt,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-0837
RIN: 2060-AD02
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4260. CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
GUIDELINES (CTG)
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, sec
183(a)
CFR Citation: Not applicable
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 1993.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires
EPA to issue control technology
guidelines (CTG's) for 13, including
two specifically named, source
categories by November 15, 1993. A
CTG was published by this date for two
source categories - chemical plant
distillation and reactor process vents.
Draft CTG's for volatile organic liquid
storage, batch operations, and waste-
water processes have been published
for public comment. Final CTG's for
these and the remaining eight source
categories will be published in 1995.
Meanwhile, States are required to
develop rules for these categories by
November 15, 1994. EPA is in the
process of issuing alternative control
techniques (ACT) documents for these
source categories as an interim measure
for States to use for this purpose. ACT's
differ from CTG's in that they are
information documents only; they do
not contain recommended control
levels. In addition, a draft CTG for
wood furniture is continuing to be
developed as part of a regulatory
negotiation for that industry.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Final Notice and 11/15/94 58 FR 60197
Document
(aerospace)
Final Notice and 00/00/00
Document (for all
other CTGs)
Final Notice and 00/00/00
Document (for
chemical plant
distillation and
reactors, process
vents)
Final Notice and 00/00/00
Document
(shipbuilding)
Final Notice and 00/00/00
Document (wood
furniture)
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3029.
Agency Contact: Susan Wyatt,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-5605
RIN: 2060-AD05
4261. • ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTICS:
REVISION TO REQUIREMENTS FOR
STORAGE OF ENGINE CONDITIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH EXTINGUISHING
A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521/CAA
202(m)
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The federal On-Board
Diagnostic (OBD) final rulemaking
section 86.094-17(d), requires that, "If
a malfunction has previously been
detected, the MIL may be extinguished
if the malfunction does not reoccur
during three subsequent sequential
trips during which engine speed is
within 375 rpm, engine load is within
10 percent, and the engine's warm-up
status is the same as that under which
the malfunction was first detected, and
no new malfunctions have been
detected." California has adopted the
same requirement, but has limited its
applicability to fuel system and engine
misfire malfunctions while the federal
requirement applies to all malfunctions.
California allows MIL illumination
associated with all other malfunctions
to be extinguished after undergoing
three subsequent trips without
recurrence of the malfu nction,
regardless of undergoing similar engine
conditions.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Final Action
10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3541.
ABSTRACT CONT: In the interest of
minimizing the differences between
federal OBD and California OBD II
requirements, and because recent
information made available to the
Agency suggests that limiting similar
conditions data storage to misfire and
fuel system malfunctions is most
appropriate, we intend to issue this
rulemaking to require the same similar
conditions data storage as required by
the OBD II rulemaking.
Agency Contact: Todd Sherwood,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-4405
RIN: 2060-AF20
4262. AMENDMENTS TO
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE
IMPORTATION OF NONCONFORMINC
VEHICLES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7522/CAA
203; 42 USC 7525/CAA 206; 42 USC
7541/CAA 207; 42 USC 7542/CAA 208
42 USC 7601/CAA 301; 42 USC
7522/CAA 203; 42 USC 7550/CAA 2ie
42 USC 7601/CAA 301
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 85
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will consider
amendments to the regulations in 40
CFR part 85, Subpart P to allow entry
into the U.S. of vehicles which are
originally sold in Canada and which
are identical to their U.S. counterparts
to be certified as commercial importer
without obtaining a certificate of
conformity from EPA. This action is ir
response to a petition for review of
import rules. EPA will also clarify and
change certain other issues in part 85,
subpart P and subpart R, including: 1)
formalizing a longstanding EPA policy
regarding the importation of owned
vehicles that are proven to be identica
to a vehicle certified for sale in the
U.S., 2) establishing emission standarc
applicable to imported nonconforming
vehicles, 3) clarifying the regulatory
language that concerns exclusions and
exemptions from meeting Federal
emission requirements, and 4)
providing several clarifications to the
existing regulations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/24/94 59 FR 1391
05/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 266!
Agency Contact: Len Lazarus,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6405-J), Washington,
DC 20460, 202 233-9281
RIN: 2060-AC58
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4263. NONCONFORMANCE
PENALTIES FOR 1998 MODEL YEAR
EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HEAVY-
DUTY ENGINES AND VEHICLES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7525/CAA
206
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86.1105
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will address the
availability of nonconformance
penalties (NCPs) and specific upper
limits and penalty rates for 1998 and
later emission standards for heavy-duty
vehicles (HDVs) and engines (HDEs).
The availability of NCPs will allow a
manufacturer of HDVs and HDEs whose
vehicle engines fail to conform to
certain applicable emission standards,
but do not exceed designated upper
limits, to be issued a certificate of
conformity upon payment of a
monetary penalty. The issues involving
NCPs, the administration of NCPs, and
production compliance audits may be
addressed.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 08/22/94 59 FR 43074
Final Action 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3097.
Agency Contact: Leo Breton,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6405J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9245
RIN: 2060-AE07
4264. ALTERNATIVE TEST
PROCEDURE FOR THE VOLUNTARY
AFTERMARKET PART
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Legal Authority: 42 USC 754l(b)/CAA
207(b)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 85
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would adopt an
alternative testing procedure to be used
in the voluntary aftermarket part
certification program for certifying
aftermarket parts. Currently only the
full Federal Test Procedure and
Emission Critical Parameters for
Specified Parts are acceptable test
procedures for this program. A
proposed rulemaking was published on
August 8, 1989. Based on the public
comments received and further
analysis, EPA developed a
supplemental notice of proposed
rulemaking which was published on
January 30, 1991. Analysis of all public
comments are complete and work on
the final rulemaking is under way.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
08/08/89 54 FR 32598
01/30/91 56 FR 3746
NPRM
NPRM
(Supplemental)
Final Action 06/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2637.
Agency Contact: John L. Wehrly,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, 313 668-4286
RIN: 2060-AC50
4265. REGULATIONS GOVERNING
PRIOR NOTICE OF CITIZEN SUITS
BROUGHT UNDER SECTION 304 OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7604
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 54
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 304 of the Clean Air
Act grants to citizens the authority to
bring suits for violations of the Clean
Air Act. This proposal amends the
existing citizen suit notice provisions
to: 1) reflect changes made to Section
304 in the 1990 Amendments,
including the express inclusion of
notice requirements for suits against the
Administrator alleging Agency action
unreasonably delayed; 2) clarify, for
each type of citizen action requiring
notice, the timing of such notice; and
3) conform CAA notice practice more
closely to the practice under other,
more recent citizen suit notice
regulation promulgated pursuant to
other Federal environmental statutes.
Timetable:
Agency Contact: Suzanne Childress,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (EN-341W), Washington,
DC 20460, 703 308-8706
RIN: 2060-AD80
4266. • ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
REVISED GROUP 1, PHASE II, NOX
EMISSION LIMITATIONS
Legal Authority: Section 407 of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 76 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
January 1, 1997.
Abstract: Section 407 of the Clean Air
Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990
requires that EPA establish nitrogen
oxide (NOx) emission limitations for
different types of coal-fired boilers
using a two-phase program. During
Phase I, in regulations promulgated
March 22, 1994, EPA established
emission limitations (in LB/MMBTU)
for tangentially fired and dry bottom
waste-fired boilers (Group 1), based on
low NOx burner technology (LMBT).
During Phase II, the EPA may revise
these NOx limitations to be more
stringent if more effective LNBT
becomes available. This rulemaking
will revise the existing Phase I NOx
emission limitations for Phase II
affected, Group 1 boilers.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/10/93 58 FR 7870
Final Action 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 2940.
Additional Contact: Jerry MacLaughlin,
Mail Code 2242, OE 202-260-2842.
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 01/01/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 3571.
Agency Contact: Peter Tsirigotis,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6204J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9133
RIN: 2060-AF44
4267. • NOX EMISSION LIMITATIONS
FOR GROUP 2 BOILERS
Legal Authority: Section 407 of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 76 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
January 1, 1997.
Abstract: Section 407 of the Clean Air
Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990
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requires that EPA establish nitrogen
oxide (NOx) emission limitations for
different types of coal-fired boilers
using a two-phase program. During
Phase I, in regulations promulgated
March 22, 1994, EPA established
emission limitations (in LB/MMBTU)
for tangentially fired and dry bottom
wall-fired boilers (Group 1), based on
low NOx burner technology (LNBT).
During Phase II, the EPA may revise
these NOx limitations to be more
stringent if more effective LNBT
becomes available. Additionally, under
section 407(b)(2), EPA must establish
NOx emission limitations for wet
bottom wall-fired boilers, cyclone
boilers, boilers applying cell burner
technology, and all other types of
utility boilers. This rulemaking will
establish NOx emission limitations for
Group 2 boilers.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
01/01/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 3575.
Agency Contact: Peter Tsirigotis,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6204J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9133
RIN: 2060-AF48
4268. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: LABELING;
SUPPLEMENTAL RULE
Legal Authority: PL 101-549, Sec 611:
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This supplement to the final
rule (58 FR 8136), published on
February 11, 1993, purposes to exempt
companies from the labeling
requirements where ozone-depleting
substances that are introduced into a
manufacturing process are subsequently
destroyed using one of the five
destruction technologies approved by
the Parties to the Montreal Protocol.
The proposal will also address several
technical issues raised by the final rule.
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/30/93 58 FR 69568
10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3348.
Agency Contact: Sue Stendebach,
Chief, Regulatory Development Section,
Stratospheric Protection Division,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Mail Code 6205-J, 401
M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460,
202 233-9117
RIN: 2060-AE51
4269. USER FEES FOR RADON
PROFICIENCY PROGRAMS
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2665/sec 305
Indoor Radon Abatement Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 195; 40 CFR 700
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 305 of the Indoor
Radon Abatement Act of 1988
authorizes the Administrator to assess
fees "as may be necessary to defray the
costs" associated with operating its
Radon Proficiency Programs. The fees
will be deposited into a special account
with amounts in the account to be
appropriated for administering and
establishing these programs. Fees will
be charged for the National Radon
Measurement Proficiency (RMP)
Program and the National Radon
Contractor Proficiency Program (RCPP).
State and local governments are exempt
from paying a fee to participate in the
programs covered by this rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/06/90 55 FR 50492
10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Local
Sectors Affected: Multiple
Additional Information: SAN No. 2690.
Agency Contact: Stephany Descisciolo,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6604J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9390
RIN: 2060-AC66
4270. TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND
DISPOSAL FACILITY - RCRA AIR
EMISSION STANDARDS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6924/RCRA
3004, 3007
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264 subpart X;
40 CFR 264 subpart AA; 40 CFR 264
subpart BB; 40 CFR 264 subpart CC;
40 CFR 265 subpart I; 40 CFR 265
subpart J; 40 CFR 265 subpart AA; 40
CFR 265 subpart BB; 40 CFR 265
subpart CC
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory. May
1987. Final, Judicial, November 1994.
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to investigate the health and
environmental impacts of non-
combustion source air emissions from
hazardous waste treatment, storage, am
disposal facilities and to develop
standards for monitoring and control a:
needed. Sources include tanks, surface
impoundments, landfills, waste piles,
land treatment operations and
wastewater treatment facilities.
Pollutants to be considered by such
standards would include volatile
organic compounds, particulate matter
specific toxic substances, or a
combination of these. The mandate for
standards development under RCRA is
to protect human health and the
environment. The Agency has adopted
a three-phase approach: Phase I
regulates organic emissions from
equipment leaks and process vents;
Phase II will address tanks, containers,
surface impoundments, and
miscellaneous units; and Phase III will
address residual risks from particular
hazardous organic constituents.
Timetable:
Phase I Leaks and Vents
NPRM 02/05/87 (52 FR 3748)
Final Action 06/21/90 (55 FR 25454)
Phase II Tanks and Impoundments
NPRM 07/22/91 (56 FR 33490)
Final Action 11/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2240
Agency Contact: Michele Aston,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, 919 541-2363
RIN: 2060-AB94
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4271. • USER FEES FOR RADON
PROFICIENCY PROGRAMS RULE -
AMENDMENT
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2665,
specifically, the Indoor Air Abatement
Act of 1988; 15 USC 2661 et seq;
Section 305 of the Toxic Substances
Control Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 195 and 700
Legal Deadline: None
The final rule committed the Agency
to revise the fee annually. The
collection schedule is tied to a calendar
year.
Abstract: The User Fees for Radon
Proficiency Programs Final Rule
established fees that EPA will collect
annually to support its voluntary radon
proficiency programs. The rule requires
individuals and organizations applying
to or participating in the National
Radon Measurement Proficiency (RMP)
and/or the National Contractor
Proficiency (RCP) Programs to pay
annual fees. The User Fees for Radon
Proficiency Programs Final Rule states
that the EPA shall adjust the fees over
the next five years to a level that will
ultimately be sufficient to recover the
full annual costs of the program.
Through this technical amendment,
EPA will revise its fee schedule to
collect a larger percentage of its annual
operating costs. The annual fee will
also reflect changes in the proficiency
programs, inflation, etc. In the
calculation of the annual fee, the
Agency will take into consideration the
impact of the first year of fee collection
on the Radon industry.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Technical Amendment01/00/95
to 40 CFR parts
195 and 700
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 152 General Building
Contractors-Residential Buildings; 171
Plumbing, Heating and Air-
Conditioning; 382 Laboratory
Apparatus and Analytical, Optical,
Measuring, and Controlling
Instruments; 873 Research,
Development, and Testing Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 3603.
Agency Contact: James W. Long,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6604J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460, 202 233-
9433
RIN: 2060-AF40
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Completed Actions
4272. ALTERNATIVE FUEL
CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL
ECONOMY AND LABELING
REQUIREMENTS
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 600
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 08/03/94 59 FR 39638
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Kenneth Zerafa, 313
668-4331
RIN: 2060-AC78
4273. REORGANIZATION OF 40 CFR
PART 86, SUBPART A
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - No 09/02/94
further action is
expected within the
next 12 months.
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jim McCargar, 313
668-4244
RIN: 2060-AC94
4274. DETERMINATION OF
SIGNIFICANCE FOR NONROAD
SOURCES AND EMISSION
STANDARDS FOR NEW NONROAD
COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
AT OR ABOVE 37 KILOWATTS
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 89
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 06/17/94 59 FR 31306
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Linda Hormes, 313
668-4502
RIN: 2060-AD54
4275. AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
SURVEILLANCE SITING CRITERIA
FOR OPEN PATH ANALYZERS
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 58
Completed:
Reason
Final Action 08/18/94 59 FR 42541
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Lee Ann B. Byrd, 919
541-5367
RIN: 2060-AE31
4276. ADDENDUM TO THE GENERAL
PREAMBLE FOR TITLE I OF THE
CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS;
SERIOUS PM-10 NONATTAINMENT
AREAS AND PM-10 NONATTAINMENT
AREA ATTAINMENT DATE WAIVERS
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 08/18/94 59 FR 42509
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Charlene Spells, 919
541-5255
RIN: 2060-AE62
4277. RENEWABLE OXYGENATES
FOR REFORMULATED GASOLINE
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Completed:
Date FR Cite Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 08/02/94 59 FR 39258
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Susan Stefanek, 313
668-4432
RIN: 2060-AE69
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4278. OPERATING PERMITS:
REVISIONS (PART 70)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 70
Completed:
Reason
Date
PR Cite
Final Action 08/29/94 59 PR 44460
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Agency Contact: Michael A. Trutna,
919 541-5345
RIN: 2060-AE72
4279. INDIAN TRIBES: AIR QUALITY
PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35; 40 CFR 40;
40 CFR 50; 40 CFR 81
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 08/25/94 59 FR 43956
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Tribal
Agency Contact: Christina Parker, 202
260-6584
RIN: 2060-AE95
4280. NAAQS: CARBON MONOXIDE
(REVIEW)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50.8
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine, 919
541-5289
RIN: 2060-AC12
4282. NESHAP: HAZARDOUS
ORGANIC
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 09/08/94 59 FR 46339
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 04/22/94 59 FR 19402
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contacts^an Meyer, 919 541-
5254
RIN: 2060-AC19
4283. ESTABLISHMENT OF
GUIDANCE FOR IMPLEMENTING
CLEAN AIR ACT, SECTION 112(J)
PROVISIONS FOR MAKING MACT
DETERMINATIONS WHEN EPA FAILS
TO PROMULGATE A FEDERAL
STANDARD
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Completed:
Final Action 08/01/94 59 FR 38906
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: John Haines, 919 541-
5533
RIN: 2060-AA63
4281. NESHAP: CHROMIUM-
INDUSTRIAL PROCESS COOLING
TOWERS
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
4285. EARLY REDUCTION
PROGRAM—HIGH RISK LIST
AMENDMENT
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Completed:
Reason
Final Action 06/20/94 59 FR 26429
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Agency Contact: Kathy Kaufman, 919
541-0102
RIN: 2060-AEOO
4284. NATIONAL EMISSIONS
STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS; NATIONAL EMISSIONS
STANDARDS FOR RADON EMISSIONS
FROM THE DISPOSAL OF URANIUM
MILL TAILINGS
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 61 subpart T; 40
CFR 192 subpart D
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 06/29/94 59 FR 36280
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Gale Bonanno, 202
233-9219
RIN: 2060-AE23
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 06/22/94 59FR321&
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Martha H. Keating,
919 541-5340
RIN: 2060-AF07
4286. SEQUENCE OF APPLICATION
OF MANDATORY SANCTIONS UNDEF
SECTION 179
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 08/04/94 59 FR 3983
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Chris Stoneman, 91£
541-0823
RIN: 2060-AE09
4287. ECONOMIC INCENTIVE
PROGRAM RULES AUTHORIZED
UNDER TITLE I OF THE CAA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51, subpart U,
sec 51.490 to 51.494; 40 CFR 51, app
W
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 03/04/94 59 FR 166S
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Karen Martin, 919
541-5274
RIN: 2060-AD58
4288. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;
PREEMPTION OF STATE
REGULATION FOR NONROAD
ENGINE AND VEHICLE STANDARDS
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 85 subpart 2, se
85.1601 to 85.1606
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
07/20/94 59FR369(
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Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Agency Contact: David Dickinson, 202
233-9294
RIN: 2060-AE17
4289. FUEL AND FUEL ADDITIVES:
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 79; 40 CFR 80
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 06/27/94 59 FR 33042
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Kent Helmer, 313
741-7825
RIN: 2060-AC10
4290. • REGULATION OF FUELS AND
FUEL ADDITIVES: FUEL QUALITY
REGULATIONS FOR DIESEL FUEL
SOLD IN 1993 AND LATER
CALENDAR YEARS
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, section
211
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This is a direct final
rulemaking to change the dye color
requirement for off-highway diesel fuel
from blue to red. EPA's diesel fuel
regulations, which were promulgated in
August 1989 under the Clean Air Act
section 211, requiredjihat high sulfur
off-highway diesel fuel be dyed blue.
Blue-dyed off-highway diesel creates
the potential for confusion with blue-
dyed aviation gasoline. This could lead
to an aircraft being misfueled, which
would likely cause an aircraft to crash.
This safety concern has caused EPA,
DOT/FAA, and Treasury/IRS to identify
a red dye as a suitable alternative to
blue.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 07/14/94 59 FR 35854
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3534.
Agency Contact: Paul Argyropoulos,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6406J), Washington, DC
20460, 202 233-9004
RIN: 2060-AF18
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Superfund (CERCLA)
Proposed Rule Stage
4291. RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
FOR CHEMICAL ACCIDENTAL
RELEASE PREVENTION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
159 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AD26
4292. DELETION OF SACCHARIN
FROM THE LIST OF HAZARDOUS
WASTES UNDER RCRA AND THE
LIST OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
UNDER CERCLA
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC
6912(a); 42 USC 6921/RCRA 3001; 42
USC 6938; 42 USC 9602
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261.33(f); 40 CFR
261; 40 CFR 302.4
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed rule would
remove saccharin from the list of
hazardous wastes under Section 3001
of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) and from the list
of hazardous substances under Section
102 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA). This regulatory action is in
response to a petition to remove
saccharin from regulation under RCRA
and CERCLA. The petition is based on
recent studies that dispute previous
scientific findings that saccharin is a
possible human carcinogen. It is
anticipated that the proposed action
would result in annual new cost
savings to both government and the
regulated community because saccharin
would no longer be subject to
regulation under RCRA and CERCLA.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
00/00/00
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Sectors Affected: 20 Food and Kindred
Products
Additional Information: SAN No. 3050.
Agency Contact: Wanda L. Levine,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-7458
RIN: 2050-AD45
4293. REPORTABLE QUANTITY
ADJUSTMENTS FOR CARBAMATES
Legal Authority: PL 96-510, sec 102(a);
PL 99-499
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA has proposed rule to list
65 carbamate hazardous substances,
substance categories, and waste streams
as RCRA section 3001 hazardous
wastes. As such, listed ECRA wastes
have a statutory reportable quantity
(RQ) under CERCLA of one pound.
CERCLA section 102(c) gives EPA the
authority to adjust RQs, and the current
rulemaking would enable EPA to take
comment on RQs for the carbamate
wastes.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/95
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3423.
Agency Contact: Gerain Perry,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5202G), Washington DC 20460, 703
603-8732
RIN: 2050-AE12
4294. REPORTABLE QUANTITY
ADJUSTMENT FOR RADON-222
Legal Authority: PL 96-510, Sec I02(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline: None
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Abstract: Following the final
rulemaking to adjust the Reportable
Quantity (RQ) for radionuclides in
March 1989, the American Mining
Congress (AMC) and the Fertilizer
Institute (TFI) challenged the RQ for
Radon-222 in litigation. The D.C.
Circuit Court declined to address the
issue because it had not first been
presented to EPA for review during the
comment period. AMC and TFI
submitted a petition on June 24, 1993,
to adjust the Radon-222 RQ to a higher
RQ. EPA agrees in pai t with the
arguments presented by the petitioners.
A rulemaking is under development. If
the RQ is in fact raised, it will decrease
the number of reports from industry
and likewise reduce the burden of
reviewing such reports on the part of
the Agency.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 04/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 12 Coal Mining; 15
Building Construction-General
Contractors and Operative Builders
Additional Information: SAN No. 3424.
Agency Contact: Gerain Perry,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5202G), 703 603-8732
RIN: 2050-AE20
4295. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTING
EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN
RADIONUCLIDE RELEASES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9602-9604; 42
USC 9615; 33 USC 1321; 33 USC 1361
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 302.6(c); 40 CFR
355.40(a)(2)(vi)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would codify
administrative reporting exemptions
from the requirements of section 103
of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA) for radionuclide releases
naturally occurring from: (1) large land
holdings; (2) disturbances of land for
purposes other than mining; (3) the
dumping of coal and coal ash at utility
and industrial facilities with coal-fired
boilers; and (4) coal and coal ash piles
at utility and industrial facilities with
coal-fired boilers. The Agency has
decided that such reports serve no
useful purpose. Subsequent to the
original promulgation of the
exemptions in a final rule (54 FR
22524, May 24, 1989), a court decision
(The Fertilizer Institute v. United States
Environmental Protection Agency (935
F. 2nd 1303 (1991))) specified that the
exemptions were promulgated without
sufficient notice and opportunity for
public comment. This rule responds to
the court decision and provides such
notice and opportunity for comment. A
supplemental notice is being prepared
to request comment on broadening the
exemptions.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 11/30/92 57 FR 56726
Supplemental Notice 01/00/95
Final Action 01/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 49 Electric, Gas, and
Sanitary Services; 16 Heavy
Construction Other Than Building
Construction-Contractors; 01
Agricultural Production-Crops
Additional Information: SAN No. 3054.
Agency Contact: Gerain H. Perry,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5202G), Washington, DC 20460, 703
603-8732
RIN: 2050-AD46
4296. NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST
FOR UNCONTROLLED HAZARDOUS
WASTE SITES: PROPOSED AND
FINAL RULES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9605/CERCLA
105; 42 USC 9605(a)(8)(b)/CERCLA 105
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 300.425
Legal Deadline:
Abstract: This action proposes to revise
the sites included on the National
Priorities List (NPL) of uncontrolled
waste sites in the National Contingency
Plan (NCP). CERCLA requires that the
Agency revise the NPL at least
annually. Periodic revisions will allow
EPA to include sites on the NPL with
known or threatened hazardous
substance releases and to delete sites
that have been cleaned up.
Final 13
Final Action 12/00/94
Final 14
Final Action 05/00/95
Final 15
Final Action 11/00/95
Final 16
Final Action 04/00/96
Proposal 17
Proposed ACTION 10/00/94
Proposal 18
Proposed ACTION 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3439.
Agency Contact: Terry Keidan,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5204G), Washington, DC 20460, 703
603-8852
RIN: 2050-AD75
4297. RESPONSE ACTION
CONTRACTOR INDEMNIFICATION
Legal Authority: 42 USC
9611(c)/CERCLA 119
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulation codifies the
Response Action Contractor
Indemnification provided by EPA to th
contracting community under Section
119 of CERCLA, as amended by SARA.
EPA has been providing
indemnification under both Interim an
Final Indemnification Guidelines and i
required by Section 119 to develop
regulations.
At the discretion of the President,
Section 119 indemnification authorizec
to Response Action Contractors (RACs)
working in the Superfund program
provides RACs with protection against
third party claims resulting from
contractors negligence in performing
response action work at National
Priority List Sites.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is a
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statutory requirement. There is a
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3422.
Agency Contact: Barbara McDonough,
Superfund Revitalization Office,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5104), 202 260-2525
BIN: 2050-AE19
4298. AMENDMENTS TO THE
EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES LIST UNDER SECTION
302 OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING
AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW
ACT
Legal Authority: PL 99-499/SARA Title
III
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 355
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is correcting errors
found in studies used to place the
chemicals on the Extremely Hazardous
Substances List under Section 302 of
the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-To-Know Act of
1986. The list became final in the
Federal Register on April 22,1987 (52
FR 13378).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 3036.
Agency Contact: John Ferris,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5204G), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-4043
RIN: 2050-AD50
4299. AMENDMENTS TO THE
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT,
SECTIONS 302 THROUGH 312
Legal Authority: PL 99-499
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 355; 40 CFR 370
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposal will include a
modification to the chemical inventory
reporting forms under Section 312 of
the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act, as well
as modifications to other sections (302-
312) of the law.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3215.
Agency Contact: John Ferris,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5204G), 202 260-4043
RIN: 2050-AE17
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Superfund (CERCLA)
Final Rule Stage
4300. THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES
LIST FOR UNCONTROLLED
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES;
DELETION POLICY FOR RESOURCE
CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY
(RCRA) FACILITIES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9605/CERCLA
105
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 300
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The rule would finalize
criteria proposed on December 21, 1988
(53 FR 51421) to be applied in
decisions about whether to delete sites
from the National Priorities List for the
purpose of deferring them to RCRA
Subtitle C corrective action authorities.
The Agency currently defers willing
and financially able sites to RCRA
Subtitle C; however, it has not, to this
point, finalized its policy of deleting
sites from the NPL so that RCRA can
address them. Doing so will reduce
duplicative oversight resources and
authorities and make them available for
the types of sites, i.e., abandoned sites
with uncontrolled releases, that
Superfund is intended to address.
Adoption of this policy should not
impose any significant additional
demands on Federal funds or other
resources. Most likely it will save
Superfund oversight resources by
letting RCRA address sites that meet
the criteria, i.e., sites that are
progressing well under RCRA Subtitle
C authorities and whose deletion would
not disrupt on-going cleanup activities.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/21/88 53 FR 51421
Notice of Availability 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3337.
Agency Contact: June Wiaz,
Environmental Scientist, Environmental
Protection Agency, Solid Waste and
Emergency Response, (5204G), 703 603-
8864
RIN: 2050-AE04
4301. REPORTING EXEMPTIONS FOR
FEDERALLY PERMITTED RELEASES
OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9602/CERCLA
102
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 117; 40 CFR 302;
40 CFR 355
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would clarify the
definition of "federally permitted
release" in Section 101(10) of CERCLA.
Federally permitted releases of
hazardous substances are exempt from
reporting under Section 103 of CERCLA
and from CERCLA liability.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/19/88 53 FR 27268
Supplemental Notice 07/11/89 54 FR 29306
Final Action 11/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2394.
For Further Information Contact:
RCRA/Superfund 800-424-9346; in
Washington, DC area dial 703-920-9810.
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The Telecommunications Device for the
Deaf (TDD) Hotline number is 800-553-
7672; in the Washington, DC area it is
703-486-3323.
Agency Contact: Gerrain H. Perry,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5202G), Washington, DC 20460, 703
603-8732
RIN: 2050-AB82
4302. DESIGNATION UNDER CERCLA
AND REPORTABLE QUANTITY
ADJUSTMENTS FOR NEW CLEAN AIR
ACT HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS;
REPORTABLE QUANTITY
ADJUSTMENTS OF HAZARDOUS
WASTES
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9602/CERCLA
I02(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 302.4; 40 CFR
117.3; 40 CFR 355
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will (1) list under
40 CFR part 302 as CERCLA hazardous
substances the previously non-CERCLA
hazardous air pollutants added to
section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA)
by the CAA Amendments of 1990; (2)
adjust the statutory one pound
reportable quantities (RQs) of these
hazardous air pollutants; (3) list under
40 CFR part 302 hazardous wastes
listed under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act that have not been
added to the hazardous substances list;
and (4) adjust the RQs for these and
other hazardous wastes, including
waste streams FO37 and FO38 (sludge
from petroleum refinery separation
processes). Conforming changes will be
made to the Clean Water Act tables of
hazardous substances and the
Emergency Right-to-Know Act tables of
extremely hazardous substances.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/22/93 58 FR 54836
02/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3000.
Agency Contact: Gerain H. Perry,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5202G), Washington, DC 20460, 703
603-8732
RIN: 2050-AD33
4303. AMENDMENT TO THE NCP
APPENDIX: OSWER PROCEDURES
FOR CONTRACT LABORATORY
PROGRAM (CLP) INVESTIGATIONS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9601-
9675/CERCLA 105
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 300
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule describes
procedures for EPA to deal consistently
with Contract Laboratory Program (CLP]
labs under investigation for alleged
fraud or other corrupt practices. The
purpose of the rule is to protect the
authenticity and reliability of CLP data
and the validity of EPA decisions made
using CLP data while protecting the
due process and other legal rights of
CLP laboratories and individuals.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/20/92 40 FR 21576
Final Action 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2976.
Agency Contact: Hans Crump,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5204G), Washington, DC 20460, 703
603-8821
RIN: 2050-AD34
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Super-fund (CERCLA)
Completed Action:
4304. NATIONAL OIL AND
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
CONTINGENCY PLAN (TECHNICAL
REVISIONS)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35; 40 CFR 300
Completed:
Reason
Final Action 07/14/94 59 FR 35852
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hugo Paul
Fleischman, 703 603-8769
RIN: 2050-AD73
4305. OIL POLLUTION ACT
REVISIONS TO THE NATIONAL OIL
AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLAN
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 300
Completed:
Date FR Cite Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 09/15/94 59 FR 47384
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Karen Sahatjian, 703
603-8724
RIN: 2050-AD24
4306. OIL POLLUTION ACT; FACILITY
RESPONSE PLANNING
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 112
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
07/01/94 59 FR 3407
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Bobbie Lively-
Diebold, 703 356-8774
RIN: 2050-AD30
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General
Prerule Stage
4307. NONDISCRIMINAT1ON ON THE
BASIS OF AGE IN PROGRAMS
RECEIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FROM THE EPA (REVISION)
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6101/Age
Discrimination Act of 1979
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 7
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action is necessary to
add age as a basis for
nondiscrimination to EPA's Federally-
Assisted Nondiscrimination Regulation.
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Date
10/00/94
03/00/95
11/00/95
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2218.
Agency Contact Rodney Cash,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of the Administrator, Office of
Civil Rights, (1205), Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-4582
RIN: 2090-AA09
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
Proposed Rule Stage
4308. • GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS WITH STATE, LOCAL,
AND INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251et seq;;
42 USC 7401et seq;; 42 USC 300(f) et
seq;; 7 USC 136et seq;; 15 USC 2601et
seq;; 42 USC 9601et seq;; 20 USC
401 let seq;; 33 USC 1401et seq; OMB
Circular A102
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 31
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This is a revision to a
common rule designed to establish
uniform administrative rules for
Federal grants and cooperative
agreements and subawards to State,
local, and Indian tribal governments.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3577.
Agency Contact: Richard Mitchell or
Ellen Haffa, Environmental Protection
Agency, Administration and Resource
Management, (PM-216F), Washington,
DC 20460, 202 260-5268
RIN: 2030-AA34
4309. AWARD FEE
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1516; 48 CFR
1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This document proposes to
amend the EPA Acquisition Regulation
on cost-plus-award fee contracts. The
proposed rule is necessary to update
and clarify EPA policy regarding CPAF
contracts and to give Contracting
Officers greater flexibility in tailoring
award fee plans to individual contracts.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 02/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3438.
Agency Contact: Louise Senzel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, (3802F), Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-6204
RIN: 2030-AA31
4310. • REVISION TO SUBMISSION OF
INVOICES CLAUSE
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1532; 48 CFR
1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will revise EPA's
invoicing requirements.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/00/95
06/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3578.
Agency Contact: Louise Senzel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, 3802F, Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-6204
RIN: 2030-AA35
4311. • EPA POLICIES FOR
INFORMATION RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Proposed Rule will amend
EPA Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to
relocate references to applicable IRM
directives from EPAAR to Internet, and
to incorporate new directives.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/94
07/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3579.
Agency Contact: Edward Chambers,
Environmental Protection Agency,
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Administration and Resource
Management, 3802F, Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-6028
BIN: 2030-AA36
4312. • INCORPORATION OF CLASS
DEVIATION INTO EPAAR
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1506; 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:
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/94
Final Action 06/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is a
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3580.
Agency Contact: Edward Chambers,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, 3802F, Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-6028
RIN: 2030-AA37
4313. • MERGER OF 40 CFR PARTS
15 AND 32 INTO A SINGLE
REGULATION
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq,
33 USC 1251 et seq, E.O. 11738, E.O.
12549
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 15; 40 CFR 32
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed rule will
merge existing statutory and
discretionary listing procedures under
40 CFR Part 15 into the uniform
governmentwide suspension and
debarment procedures at 40 CFR Part
32, thus eliminating duplicate
provisions in the rules and providing
clarity for the public and private sector.
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3587.
Agency Contact: Robert F. Meunier,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, (3902F), Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-8030
RIN: 2030-AA38
4314. IMPLEMENTATION OF
PROCUREMENT INTEGRITY
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486 (c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1503
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed rule will
implement Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) guidance concerning
procurement integrity.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/94
03/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3098.
Agency Contact: Louise Senzal,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, (3802F), Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-6204
RIN: 2030-AA25
4315. UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE
REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq;
42 USC 7401 et seq; 42 USC 300(f) et
seq; 7 USC 136 et seq; 15 USC 2601
et seq; 42 USC 9601 et seq; 20 USC
4011 et seq; 33 USC 1401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 31
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This is a revision to a
common rule designed to establish
uniform administrative rules for
Federal grants and cooperative
agreements and subawards to State,
local, and Indian tribal governments.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3100
Agency Contact: Richard Mitchell or
Ellen Haffa, Environmental Protection
Agency, Administration and Resource
Management, (PM-216F), Washington,
DC 20460, 202 260-5268
RIN: 2030-AA27
4316. SOURCE SELECTION
PROCEDURES
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1515
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will revise EPA'
source selection procedures.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with thi
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 325!
Agency Contact: Louise Senzel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, (3802F), Washington, D<
20460, 202 260-6204
RIN: 2030-AA29
4317. AMENDMENTS TO PART 22
CONSOLIDATED PROCEDURAL
RULES
Legal Authority: 7 USC 1361; 15 USC
2615(a); 15 USC 2647; 33 USC 1319(g
33 USC 1415(a); 33 USC 1418; 42 US<
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6912; 42 USC 7413(d)(l); 42 USC 7601;
42 USC 7607(a); 42 USC 9609; 42 USC
11045; 42 USC 300g-3(b)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 22
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Agency is proposing
amendments to the Consolidated Rules
of Practice under 40 CFR Part 22 which
are the procedural rules used in
administrative hearings and practice.
These amendments will include
technical corrections as well as
substantive amendments. The proposed
substantive amendments pertain to the
handling and use of Confidential
Business Information, burdens of proof,
motion practice, cross appeals, and
more.
Timetable:
information, and simplify the
regulations. In addition, EPA would
consolidate confidentiality provisions
from other Parts of 40 CFR.
Timetable:
Action
Action
Date FR Cite
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
NPRM 12/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2662.
Agency Contact: Helene Ambrosino,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, (2211), Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-0239
RIN: 2020-AA13
4318. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND
CONFIDENTIALITY REGULATIONS
Legal Authority: 5 USC 552; 7 USC 136
et seq; 33 USC 1251 et seq; 42 USC
300f et seq; 42 USC 6901 et seq; 42
USC 7401 et seq; 42 USC 9601 et seq;
42 USC 11001 et seq; 15 USC 2601 et
seq; 42 USC 4912; 33 USC 1414; 21
USC 346; 15 USC 2005
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 2; 40 CFR 57;
40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 145;
40 CFR 233; 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 270;
40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 281; 40 CFR 350;
40 CFR 403; 40 CFR 85; 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA regulations at 40 CFR
part 2, subpart B, provide procedures
for handling and disclosing information
claimed as CBI. Although these
regulations have succeeded in
protecting business information,
changes in Agency workload, practice,
and statutory authority have
outstripped the ability of these
regulations to cut down on unnecessary
procedures, expedite activities
involving confidential business
10/00/94
03/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3240.
Agency Contact: Donald A. Sadowsky,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, Office of General Counsel
(2379), Washington, DC 20460, 202
260-5469
RIN: 2020-AA21
4319. PRIVACY ACT OF 1974;
PROPOSED ALTERATION OF
EXISTING NEW SYSTEM OF
RECORDS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 552(a)
CFR Citation: Not applicable
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Privacy Act of 1974
provides that Congress and the Office
of Management and Budget be notified
of proposed systems of records and that
the public be given a 30-day period in
which to comment on the routine uses
of the system. EPA provided such
notice for a new system of records
named "Criminal Investigative Index
and Files" on April 25, 1986, 51 FR
15830. EPA is proposing altering this
system because of statutory changes in
the enforcement provisions
implemented by EPA as well as
organizational changes.
Timetable:
4320. AMEND SUBPART H
SUPPLEMENTAL RULES TO ENSURE
40 CFR PART 22 RULE CONFORMS
TO THE NEW FEDERAL FACILITY
COMPLIANCE ACT
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6961(b)(2)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 22.37(g)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In October 1992, Congress
passed the FFCA which amended the
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA). The FFCA provided EPA
with administrative order authority.
When issuing these orders, EPA will
use the 40 CFR section 22 hearing
procedures. In the part 22 procedures,
Sections 31 and 32, the Environmental
Appeals Board (EAB) issues a final
order. However, in the FFCA, Congress
stated that no order would be final
until the Federal agency has an
opportunity to confer with the
Administrator. As the procedures are
currently structured, the Federal agency
only gets the opportunity to confer after
appealing to the EAB. Thus, there is
a direct contradiction between the rules
promulgated and the FFCA. We would
propose an amendment to state that, in
the case of a Federal agency, an EAB
order is not final for purposes of the
FFCA.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3431.
Agency Contact: Bruce G. Bellin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, (2232), Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-9668
RIN: 2020-AA18
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3367.
Agency Contact: Sally Dalzell,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, (2232), Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-9808
RIN: 2020-AA22
4321. COMPLIANCE MONITORING
AND ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS
FOR STATE HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6926/RCRA
3006
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 271.15; 40 CFR
271.16
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Regulations governing State
Authorization requirements for
compliance monitoring and
enforcement actions might be revised
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EPA—GENERAL
Proposed Rule Stag*
to reflect the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984. EPA
would consider other changes such as
a requirement for States to have
administrative penalty authority.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
00/00/00
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 215)
Agency Contact: Mark Pollins,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Complianc
Assurance, (2246A), Washington, DC
20460, 202 564-2270
RIN: 2050-AB01
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
Final Rule Sta
4322. • ENHANCED MONITORING
PROGRAM
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
166 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2020-AA24
4323. COMPREHENSIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE
COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT
(CERCLA) COST RECOVERY
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9605 and
9615 /CERCLA 105 and 115
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 300; 40 CFR 308
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would (1) establish
a new methodology for calculating
EPA's indirect cost, thus allowing for
full recovery of indirect costs; (2) list
categories of documentation of response
actions which EPA will maintain, thus
adopting unified cost recovery
documentation standards for the entire
Agency; (3) clarify CERCLA statute of
limitations for cost recovery actions;
and (4) specify when prejudgment
interest begins to accrue.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
NPRM Comment
Period End
Final Action
Date FR Cite
08/06/92 57 FR 34742
11/05/92
10/00/94
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2702.
Agency Contact: Lisa Coiner,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, (2244), Washington, DC
20460, 703 603-9068
RIN: 2050-AC98
4324. INDIAN TRIBES: ELIGIBILITY OF
INDIAN TRIBES FOR PROGRAM
AUTHORIZATION
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1377; 42 USC
300J-11
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 124;
40 CFR 131; 40 CFR 142; 40 CFR 144;
40 CFR 145; 40 CFR 233; 40 CFR 501
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Clean Water Act contains
provisions which authorize EPA to treat
Indian tribes in substantially the same
manner in which it treats States for
purposes of various types of financial
assistance. This action contains
amendments to the interim final
regulations implementing that authority
for financial assistance programs. The
purpose of these regulatory
amendments is to make it easier for
tribes to obtain EPA approval to assume
the role Congress envisioned for them
under this statute.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/23/94 59 FR 13814
Final Action 11/00/94
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3386.
Agency Contact: Marshall Cain,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, (2251), Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-8792
RIN: 2020-AA20
4325. NON APA CONSOLIDATED
RULES OF PRACTICE FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSESSMENT OF
CIVIL PENALTIES
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1319/CWA
309; 33 USC 1321/CWA 311; 42 USC
9609/CERCLA 109; 42 USC 7413/CAj
113; 42 USC 11045/EPCRA 325
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 28
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will consolidate
and harmonize in a single regulation
the various procedural guidances and
regulations which EPA presently
employs in response to Congressiona
direction to provide streamlined
procedure for the assessment of certa
administrative penalties. Although th
substantive requirements of various
statutes differ, each authorizes the
Administrator to assess civil penaltie
without recourse to the Administrati
Procedure Act.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR CM
NPRM 07/01/91 56 FR 29
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermin
Government Levels Affected: Feder
Additional Information: SAN No. 34
Agency Contact: Marc Charles,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Complian
Assurance, (2243A), Washington, DC
20460, 202 564-8319
RIN: 2020-AA23
4326. UNIFORM ADMINISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AN
AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTION!
OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPIT/)
AND OTHER NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS
Legal Authority: OMB Circular A-l
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 30
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed rule provid
standards for obtaining consistency
uniformity among Federal agencies
the administration of grants and
cooperative agreements with
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EPA—GENERAL
Final Rule Stage
institutions of higher education,
hospitals, and other nonprofit
organizations, consistent with OMB
Circular A-110.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 10/00/94
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3436.
Agency Contact Richard Mitchell,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, (3903F), Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-8077
RIN: 2030-AA32
4327. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING
PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II
PENALTIES UNDER CERCLA AND
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9609/11045
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 22
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract This rule will govern the
conduct of administrative hearings for
all penalties to be assessed under
CERCLA Section 109 and SARA
Section 325. The rule provides the
procedures for these penalty
assessments. The action is expected to
have a negligible economic impact on
consumers, industries, or governmental
agencies, but will provide the benefit
of uniform procedures for assessing
penalties.
Timetable;
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 05/16/89 54 FR 21174
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2512.
Agency Contact Sandra Connors,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, (2272), Washington, DC
20460, 202 260-3050
RIN: 2050-AC39
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
Completed Actions
4328. NEW RESTRICTIONS ON
LOBBYING
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 34
Completed:
Reason Date FR Cite
Completed:
Reason Date FR Cite
Withdrawn - Ho 09/01/94
further action
expected in the
next 12 months.
CFR 1515; 48 CFR 1516; 48 CFR 1517;
48 CFR 1522; 48 CFR 1530; 48 CFR
1531; 48 CFR 1532; 48 CFR 1536; 48
CFR 1545
Completed:
Withdrawn - No 09/01/94
further action is
expected in the
next 12 months.
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact Richard Mitchell, 202
260-6077
RIN: 2030-AA24
4329. GENERAL REGULATION FOR
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR
OTHER THAN STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 30
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement This is a procurement-
related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Agency Contact Vince Martin, 202
260-9294
RIN: 2030-AA28
4330. REORGANIZATION OF
CONTRACTING ACTIVITIES
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1501; 48 CFR
1503; 48 CFR 1506; 48 CFR 1514; 48
Reeton
Data
FR Ota
Final Action 04/21/94 59 FR 18975
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement This is a procurement-
related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Agency Contact Frances Smith, 202
260-9948
RIN: 2030-AA30
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY INDEX TO ENTRIES THAT MAY AFFECT
SMALL ENTITIES
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601) requires that agencies publish regulatory agendas identifyir
those rules that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Agencif
meet that requirement by including the information in their submissions for the Regulatory Plan and tit
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations.
The following index lists the regulatory actions that agencies in this joint publication believe me
have effects on small businesses, small governmental jurisdictions, or small organizations. The Sequem
Number (Seq. No.) of the entry identifies the location of the entry in this edition. For further informatioi
see the Regulatory Information Service Center's Introduction to the Plan and the Unified Agenda in Pa
II of this issue.
Small Businesses
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No
140
144
145
146
147
149
152
154
158
160
161
162
163
164
3911
3913
3914
3915
3917
3919
3920
3925
3928
3929
3933
Title
EPA
Pesticides; Tolerance Program Revisions
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: 25 Contaminants from Drinking
Water Priority List (Phase VI-B)--Or-
ganic and Inorganic Contaminants
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Wastes: Hazardous Waste Identification
Rule (HWIR); Waste
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Wastes; Hazardous Waste Identification
Rule (HWIR): Contaminated Media
NAAQS: Ozone (Review)
Medical Waste Incinerators
Emission Standards for New Nonroad
Spark-Ignition Engines At and Below 19
Kilowatts (25 horsepower) (Phase 2)
Endangered Species Protection Program
Chemical Ust Expansion; Emergency
Planning and Community Right-To-
Know Act Section 313
Water Quality Guidance for the Great
Lakes System
San Francisco Bay/Delta Water Quality
Standards
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tion: Radionuclides
Pesticide Worker Protection Standard;
Training Provisions for Workers
Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides
under FIFRA and FFDCA
Pesticide Data Requirements for Registra-
tion (Revision)
Microbiological Water Purifiers; Labeling
Claims
Procedures To Make Restricted Use Pes-
ticides Available to Noncertified Per-
sons for Use by Certified Applicators
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Child-Resistant Packaging Regulations
(Revision)
Pesticide Flammability Labeling Require-
ments for Total Release Foggers
Certification of Pesticide Applicators (Re-
vision)
Reporting Requirements for Risk/Benefit
Information (Revision)
Pesticide Management and Disposal
3934
3937
3939
3940
3942
3944
3951
3952
3953
3954
3955
3956
3959
3960
3961
3967
3968
3969
3970
3971
3986
3988
Title
Seq.
No.
Microbtal Pesticides: Experimental Use
Permits and Notifications
Facility Coverage Amendment: Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Right-to-Know
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Disclosure Re-
quirements at the Transfer of Target
Housing (Section 1018); Joint Rule with
the Dept. of HUD
Responses to Petitions Received To Add
to or Delete Chemicals From the List of
Toxic Chemicals Subject to Toxic Re-
lease Reporting Under EPCRA Section
313
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing. Accreditation and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of
Lead-Based Abatement Waste
Regulatory Investigation Under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) To Re-
duce Lead (Pb) Consumption and Use
Regulatory Investigation of Formaldehyde
Polychtorinated Blphenyls (PCBs): Appli-
cations for Exemptions From the Ban
on Manufacturing, Processing, and Dis-
tribution
Polychtorinated Biphenyte (PCBs) Dis-
posal Amendments
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials In Schools Rule
Significant New Use Rules on National
Program Chemicals; Asbestos, Lead,
and Refractory Ceramic Fibers
Small Source Exemption Considerations;
Toxic Release Reporting; Community
Right-to-Know
Mandatory Pollution Prevention Reporting
for Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microbial
Products ("Biotechnology") Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Premanufacture Notification (PMN) Rule
Amendments
Procedures and Criteria for Termination of
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Dis-
posal Permits
Regulatory Investigation of Dioxin in Pulp
and Paper Mill Sludge
Use of Acrylamide and N-
Methylolacrylamide (NMA) for Grouting
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Coastal Subcategory of the Oil and Gas
Extraction Category
3989
3990
3991
3994
3997
3999
4004
4007
4008
4029
4030
4031
4034
4038
4049
4057
4065
4066
4069
4075
4076
4081
4103
Title
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase I
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Industrial Laundries Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase II
Criteria and Standards Reflecting Best
Technology Available (BTA) for Cooling
Water Intake Structures under Section
316(b) of the Clean Water Act
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Form 2C - Wastewater Dis-
charge Information
Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b)
Regulations
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for
Pesticide Formulating, Packaging and
Repackaging
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sulfate
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards (NPDWRs) for Aldicarb
Revisions to SDWA; Underground Injec-
tion Control Program Regulations for
Class II (Oil and Gas Related) Wells
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: 25 Contaminants From Drinking
Water Priority List (Phase VIA) - Dis-
infection Byproducts Rule and En-
hanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Financial Assurance Effective Date for
Owners and Operators of Municipal
Solid Waste Landfill Facilities
Revisions to Criteria Applicable to Solid
Waste Disposal Facilities that May Ac-
cept CESQG Hazardous Wastes Ex-
cluding Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
Location Standards for Hazardous Waste
Facilities
Streamline Permitting for Mixed Waste
Underground Storage Tanks Containing
Hazardous Substances - Financial Re-
sponsibility Requirements
Revisions to the Oil Pollution Prevention
Regulation
Hazardous Waste Management System.
Amendment to Subpart C Rulemaking
Petitions: Use of Groundwater Data in
Delisting Decisions
NAAQS: Particulate Matter (Review)
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Small Businesses—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Title
Report to Congress and Prioritized Cat-
egory List tor Regulation of VOC Emis-
sions from Consumer and Commercial
Products
Fuels and Fuel Additives Waiver Applica-
tion Criteria
Mobile-Stationary Source Trading Pro-
gram
Federal Implementation Plans To Achieve
the National Ambient Air Quality Stand-
ard for Ozone in the Sacramento Metro-
politan Area, SCAQMD, and Ventura
County, California Nonattainment Areas
NESHAP: Ferroalloy Industry
Acid Rain Program: Revisions to the Per-
mits Regulations Under Title IV of the
Clean Air Act to Make Technical Cor-
rections
Conventional Gasoline Marker
NSPS: Starch Production Facilities
NSPS: Medical Waste Incinerators
NESHAP: Asbestos Processing
Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guide-
line: Pulp and Paper
NESHAP for Wood Furniture Manufactur-
ing
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
try
National Emission Standard for Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Poly-
mers and Resins, Group III
NESHAP - Wood Treatment Industry
NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
NESHAP: Non-SOCMI Organic Chemical
Production
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
NESHAP: Baker's Yeast Manufacturing
Industry
Amendments to General Provisions for 40
CFR63
VOC Regulation for Architectural and In-
dustrial Maintenance Coatings
"Substantially Similar" Definition for Die-
sel Fuels
Emission Standards for Nonroad Rec-
reational Vehicles and Revision of On-
highway Motorcycle Emission Stand-
ards
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone- Sup-
plemental Rule to Amend Leak Repair
Provisions, Equipment Standards and
Scope of Chemicals to be Recycled
Under Section 608 of the Amended
CAA
Amendment to the MVAC Rule to Include
All Refrigerants
Amendment to the Refrigerant Recycling
Rule to Include All Refrigerants
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Sup-
plemental Rule to Amend Leak Repair
Provisions, Equipment Standards and
Scope of Chemicals to be Recycled
Under Section 608 of the Amended
CAA
Emission Standards for Clean-Fuel Vehi-
cles and Engines, Requirements for
Clean-Fuel Vehicle Conversions and
California Pilot Test Program
Standards for Deposit Control Gasoline
Additives
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Mobile
Air-Conditioning Recover-Only Stand-
ard; Supplemental Rule
On-Board Diagnostics Service Information
Available
4237
4243
4245
4246
4247
4248
4250
4252
4254
4256
4260
4269
4271
4289
4297
4299
4306
4307
4308
4310
4311
4312
Title
Seq.
No.
Acid Rain Program: Revisions to the Ad-
ministrative Appeal Regulations Under
Title IV of the Clean Air Act
New Source Performance Standards for
Cold Cleaning Operations
NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating
NESHAP: Ethylene Oxide From Commer-
cial Sterilization
NESHAP: Halogenated Solvent Cleaning
Guidance for the Implementation of Sec-
tion 112(g)-Modificatk>ns
NESHAP- Petroleum Refining - Other
Sources Not Distinctly Listed
NESHAP: Magnetic Tape Manufacturing
Operations
NESHAP: Secondary Lead Smelting
Permits for Early Reductions Sources
Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
Fuel and Fuel Additives: Registration Re-
quirements
Response Action Contractor Indemnifica-
tion
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
and Community Rkjht-to-Know Act,
Sections 302 through 312
Oil Pollution Act; Facility Response Plan-
ning
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Age in
Programs Receiving Financial Assist-
ance From the EPA (Revision)
Grants and Cooperative Agreements with
State, Local, and Indian Tribal Govern-
ments
Revision to Submission of Invoices
Clause
EPA Policies for Information Resources
Management
Incorporation of Class Deviation into
EPAAR
Small Governmental Jurisdictions
Seq.
No.
144
145
146
152
154
155
162
164
3919
3928
3934
3942
3943
Title
EPA
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: 25 Contaminants from Drinking
Water Priority List (Phase VI-B)--Or-
ganic and Inorganic Contaminants
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
NAAQS: Ozone (Review)
Medical Waste Incinerators
NSPS: Municipal Waste Combustion--
Phase II and Phase III
Water Quality Guidance for the Great
Lakes System
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tion. Radio nuclides
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Certification of Pesticide Applicators (Re-
vision)
Microbial Pesticides; Experimental Use
Permits and Notifications
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
tection Rule
3955
3967
3984
3986
3994
3997
3998
4002
4004
4005
4016
4017
4029
4030
4031
4034
4038
4047
4049
4057
4066
4074
4075
4076
4081
4091
4094
Title
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials in Schools Rule
Rutemaking Concerning Certain Microbial
Products ("Biotechnology") Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
ority Toxic Pollutants and Toxicity for
the State of California
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase II
Criteria and Standards Reflecting Best
Technology Available (BTA) for Cooling
Water Intake Structures under Section
316(b) of the Clean Water Act
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
Continuous Emission Monitoring and
Other Pollutant Limitation and Monitor-
ing Regulations for Sewage Sludge In-
cinerators
Shore Protection Ad, Section 4103(b)
Regulations
Guidance on the Eligibility of Multiple Pur-
pose Activities under the State Revolv-
ing Fund Program
Revisions to Regulations for Modification
of Secondary Treatment Requirements
for Municipal Discharges into Marine
Waters
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Control
Policy
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sulfate
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards (NPDWRs) for Aldicarb
Revisions to SDWA; Underground Injec-
tion Control Program Regulations for
Class II (Oil and Gas Related) Wells
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: 25 Contaminants From Drinking
Water Priority List (Phase VIA) - Dis-
infection Byproducts Rule and En-
hanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Alternatives for Ground-Water Monitoring
at Small, Dry/Remote Municipal Solid
Waste Landfills
Financial Assurance Effective Date for
Owners and Operators ol Municipal
Solid Waste Landfill Facilities
Revisions to Criteria Applicable to Solid
Waste Disposal Facilities that May Ac-
cept CESQG Hazardous Wastes Ex-
cluding Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Location Standards for Hazardous Waste
Facilities
Revisions to the Comprehensive Guide-
line for Procurement of Products Con-
taining Recovered Materials
Underground Storage Tanks Containing
Hazardous Substances - Financial Re-
sponsibility Requirements
Revisions to the CHI Pollution Prevention
Regulation
Hazardous Waste Management System,
Amendment to Subpart C Rutemaking
Petitions: Use of Groundwater Data in
Delisting Decisions
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility
- RCRA Air Emission Standards
Financial Test for Local Governments
That Own/Operate Municipal Solid
Waste Landfills
-------
Small Governmental Jurisdictions—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
4103
4108
4114
4120
4136
4145
4146
4189
4208
4212
4217
4220
4237
4242
4248
Titte
NAAQS: Paniculate Matter (Review)
Report to Congress and Prioritized Cat-
egory List for Regulation ol VOC Emis-
sions from Consumer and Commercial
Products
Mobile-Stationary Source Trading Pro-
gram
Federal Implementation Plans To Achieve
the National Ambient Air Quality Stand-
ard for Ozone in the Sacramento Metro-
politan Area, SCAQMD, and Ventura
County, California Nonattainment Areas
Acid Rain Program: Revisions to the Per-
mits Regulations Under Title IV of the
Clean Air Act to Make Technical Cor-
rections
NSPS: Starch Production Facilities
NSPS: Medical Waste Incinerators
Criteria and Procedures for Determining
Transportation Conformity in Attainment
Areas
Urban Bus Pass/Fail Rate Rutemaking
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Sup-
plemental Rule to Amend Leak Repair
Provisions, Equipment Standards and
Scope of Chemicals to be Recycled
Under Section 608 of the Amended
CAA
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Sup-
plemental Rule to Amend Leak Repair
Provisions, Equipment Standards and
Scope of Chemicals to be Recycled
Under Section 608 of the Amended
CAA
Emission Standards for Clean-Fuel Vehi-
cles and Engines, Requirements for
Clean-Fuel Vehicle Conversions and
California Pilot Test Program
Acid Rain Program: Revisions to the Ad-
ministrative Appeal Regulations Under
Title IV of the Clean Air Act
NSPS: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Guidance for the Implementation of Sec-
tion 112(g)-Modifications
4260
4270
4271
4278
4299
4306
4324
Title
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
144
145
152
162
164
3934
3942
3944
3961
3967
4029
Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility
- RCRA Air Emission Standards
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
and Community Rkjht-to-Know Act,
Sections 302 through 312
Oil Pollution Act; Facility Response Plan-
ning
Indian Tribes: Eligibility of Indian Tribes
for Program Authorization
Small Organizations
Title
EPA
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: 25 Contaminants from Drinking
Water Priority List (Phase VI-B)-Or-
ganic and Inorganic Contaminants
NAAQS: Ozone (Review)
Water Quality Guidance for the Great
Lakes System
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tion: Radionuclides
Microbial Pesticides; Experimental Use
Permits and Notifications
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
TSCA Requirements lor the Disposal of
Lead-Based Abatement Waste
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microbial
Products ("Biotechnology") Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
4030
4031
4038
4065
4075
4114
4120
4146
4212
4217
4220
4271
4297
4307
4311
Title
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sulfate
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards (NPDWRs) for Aldicarb
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: 25 Contaminants From Drinking
Water Priority List (Phase VIA) - Dis-
infection Byproducts Rule and En-
hanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
Underground Storage Tanks Containing
Hazardous Substances - Financial Re-
sponsibility Requirements
Mobile-Stationary Source Trading Pro-
gram
Federal Implementation Plans To Achieve
the National Ambient Air Quality Stand-
ard for Ozone in the Sacramento Metro-
politan Area, SCAQMD, and Ventura
County, California Nonattainment Areas
NSPS: Medical Waste Incinerators
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Sup-
plemental Rule to Amend Leak Repair
Provisions, Equipment Standards and
Scope of Chemicals to be Recycled
Under Section 608 of the Amended
CAA
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Sup-
plemental Rule to Amend Leak Repair
Provisions. Equipment Standards and
Scope of Chemicals to be Recycled
Under Section 608 of the Amended
CAA
Emission Standards for Clean-Fuel Vehi-
cles and Engines, Requirements for
Clean-Fuel Vehicle Conversions and
California Pilot Test Program
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
Response Action Contractor Indemnifica-
tion
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Age in
Programs Receiving Financial Assist-
ance From the EPA (Revision)
EPA Policies lor Information Resources
Management
-------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY INDEX TO ENTRIES THAT MAY AFFECT
GOVERNMENT LEVELS
Executive Order 12866 entitled "Regulatory Planning and Review" (October 4, 1993; 58 FR 51735) directs
agencies to assess the effects of Federal regulations on State, local, and tribal governments. In addition,
Executive Order 12875 entitled "Enhancing the Intergovernmental Partnership" (October 26, 1993; 58 FR
58093) directs agencies to reduce the imposition of unfunded mandates upon State, local, and tribal govern-
ments. In keeping with these efforts, agencies include in their submissions for the Regulatory Plan and
the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations information on whether their regulatory actions have an effect
on various levels of government.
The following index lists the regulatory actions that agencies in this joint publication believe may
have effects on State, local, tribal, or Federal levels of government. The Sequence Number (Seq. No.) of
the entry identifies the location of the entry in this edition. For further information, see the Regulatory
Information Service Center's Introduction to the Plan and the Unified Agenda in Part II of this issue.
State Government
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
143
144
145
146
147
149
151
152
153
154
155
159
160
161
162
163
164
3911
3913
3916
3917
3918
3919
Title
EPA
Radiation Site Cleanup
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: 25 Contaminants from Drinking
Water Priority List (Phase VI-B)-Or-
ganic and Inorganic Contaminants
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Wastes: Hazardous Waste Identification
Rule (HWIR); Waste
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Wastes; Hazardous Waste Identification
Rule (HWIR): Contaminated Media
New Source Review (NSR) Reform
NAAQS: Ozone (Review)
Ozone Transport Commission; Emission
Vehicle Program for the Northeast
Ozone Transport Region
Medical Waste Incinerators
NSPS: Municipal Waste Combustion-
Phase II and Phase III
Risk Management Program For Chemical
Accidental Release Prevention
Endangered Species Protection Program
Chemical List Expansion; Emergency
Planning and Community Right-To-
Know Act Section 313
Water Quality Guidance for the Great
Lakes System
San Francisco Bay/Delta Water Quality
Standards
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tion: Radionudides
Pesticide Worker Protection Standard;
Training Provisions for Workers
Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides
under FIFRA and FFDCA
Pesticides and Groundwater State Man-
agement Plan Regulation
Procedures To Make Restricted Use Pes-
ticides Available to Noncertified Per-
sons for Use by Certified Applicators
FIFRA Books and Records of Pesticide
Production and Distribution (Revision)
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
3927
3928
3930
3933
3937
3939
3942
3943
3944
3954
3955
3959
3961
3967
3971
3980
3981
3982
3983
3984
3985
3986
3987
Title
Seq.
No.
Worker Protection Standards; Pesticide
Hazard Communication
Certification ol Pesticide Applicators (Re-
vision)
Policy or Procedures for Notification to the
Agency of Stored Pesticides With Can-
celled or Suspended Registration
Pesticide Management and Disposal
Facility Coverage Amendment; Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Right-to-Know
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Disclosure Re-
quirements at the Transfer of Target
Housing (Section 1018); Joint Rule with
the Dept. of HUD
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
tection Rule
TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of
Lead-Based Abatement Waste
Potychtorinated Biphenyis (PCBs) Dis-
posal Amendments
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials in Schools Rule
Small Source Exemption Considerations;
Toxic Release Reporting; Community
Right-to-Know
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
RulemaWng Concerning Certain Microbial
Products ("Biotechnology") Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Use of Acrylamide and N-
Methytolacrylamide (NMA) for Grouting
Revised Recreational Water Quality Cri-
teria For Microorganisms
Standards for the Use or Disposal of
Sewage Sludge (Round II)
Amendments to Final Sewage Sludge
Use and Disposal Rule
Clarification of "Standing" Requirement
for State NPDES Programs
Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
ority Toxic Pollutants and Toxfcity for
the State of California
Leather Tanning and Finishing Effluent
Guidelines • Pretreatment Standards for
Existing and New Sources
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
3988
3989
3990
3991
3992
3993
3994
3995
3996
3997
3998
3999
4002
4005
4007
4008
4014
4016
4017
Title
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Coastal Subcategory of the Oil and Gas
Extraction Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase I
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Industrial Laundries Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Transportation Equipment Cleaning
Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for
Landfills and Incinerators
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase II
Water Quality Standards to Replace Por-
tions of Florida's Existing State Water
Quality Standards, i.e.. State
Antidegradation Policy
Federal Water Quality Standards for Sur-
face Waters of the United States in
New Mexico
Criteria and Standards Reflecting Best
Technology Available (BTA) for Cooling
Water Intake Structures under Section
316(b) of the Clean Water Act
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Form 2C - Wastewater Dis-
charge Information
Continuous Emission Monitoring and
Other Pollutant Limitation and Monitor-
ing Regulations for Sewage Sludge In-
cinerators
Guidance on the Eligbility of Multiple Pur-
pose Activities under the State Revolv-
ing Fund Program
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for
Pesticide Formulating, Packaging and
Repackaging
1996 Needs Survey
Revisions to Regulations for Modification
of Secondary Treatment Requirements
for Municipal Discharges into Marine
Waters
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Control
Policy
-------
State Government—Cont.
Seq
No.
Seq
No
4021
4025
4027
4029
4030
4031
4033
4034
4036
4038
4039
4040
4044
4045
4046
4047
4049
4057
4065
4066
4068
4070
4071
4072
4073
4074
4076
4078
4081
Title
Environmental Protection Standards lor
Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Criteria tor the Certification of Compliance
With 40 CFR Part 191 Environmental
Standards for the Management and
Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel. High-
Level and Transuramc Radioactive
Waste
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper (Revision)
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions- Arsenic
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sulfate
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards (NPDWRs) for Aldicarb
Reformatting of Drinking Water Regula-
tions
Revisions to SDWA; Underground Injec-
tion Control Program Regulations for
Class II (Oil and Gas Related) Wells
Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
Water Contaminants
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions. 25 Contaminants From Drinking
Water Priority List (Phase VIA) - Dis-
infection Byproducts Rule and En-
hanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Drinking Water Microbial and Disinfection
By-Producl Monitoring Rule (formerly
called the "Information Collection Dis-
infection Byproducts Rule")
Drinking Water Primacy Withdrawal Regu-
lation (Revision)
Facility Response Planning for Delegated
Offshore Facilities
Regulations to Control Imports and Ex-
ports of Hazardous and Other Wastes
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Amendment to Generic Exclusion for
KO61, KO62, and FOO6 HTMR Re-
siduals (Encapsulated Uses)
Alternatives lor Ground-Water Monitoring
at Small, Dry/Remote Municipal Solid
Waste Landfills
Financial Assurance Effective Date for
Owners and Operators ol Municipal
Solid Waste Landlill Facilities
Revisions to Criteria Applicable to Solid
Waste Disposal Facilities that May Ac-
cept CESQG Hazardous Wastes Ex-
cluding Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
Location Standards tor Hazardous Waste
Facilities
Rule Identifying When Military Munitions
Become Hazardous Wastes and Man-
agement Standards for Such Wastes
RCRA Subtitle C Indian Program Author-
ization
Field Filtering ol Ground-Water Samples
RCRA Subtitle D Solid Waste Facilities;
State/Tribal Permit Program - Deter-
mination of Adequacy
Guideline for Federal Procurement of
Paper and Paper Products Containing
Recovered Materials
Revisions to the Comprehensive Guide-
line for Procurement of Products Con-
taining Recovered Materials
Revisions to the Oil Pollution Prevention
Regulation
No-Migration Variance for Prohibited Haz-
ardous Waste Land Disposal
Hazardous Waste Management System,
Amendment to Subpart C RulemaWng
Petitions: Use ol Groundwater Data in
Delisting Decisions
4084
4089
4091
4092
4095
4103
4106
4107
4108
4110
4113
4114
4118
4120
4121
4122
4126
4132
4133
4139
4141
4144
4145
4146
4148
4157
4160
4161
4163
4164
4165
4167
4168
4169
4170
4171
4172
4173
4175
4176
Title
Seq.
No.
Imports and Exports ol Hazardous Waste:
Implementation of the OECD Decision
for Recyclable Wastes
Corrective Action for Solid Waste Man-
agement Units (SWMUs) at Hazardous
Waste Management Facilities
Treatment. Storage, and Disposal Facility
- RCRA Air Emission Standards
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Amendment to Generic Exclusion Level
for K061, K062 and FOO6 HTMR Re-
siduals (Non-Encapsulated Uses), Final
Rule
Comprehensive Guideline for Procure-
ment of Products Containing Recovered
Materials
NAAQS: Paniculate Matter (Review)
NESHAP - Chromium Chemical Manu-
facturing
Regional Haze Protection
Report to Congress and Prioritized Cat-
egory List for Regulation of VOC Emis-
sions from Consumer and Commercial
Products
Revisions to the New Source Review
Regulations
Federal Operating Permit Rules
Mobile-Stationary Source Trading Pro-
gram
Performance Warranty and
Inspection/Maintenance Test Proce-
dures
Federal Implementation Plans To Achieve
the National Ambient Air Quality Stand-
ard lor Ozone in the Sacramento Metro-
politan Area, SCAQMD, and Ventura
County, California Nonattainment Areas
Consolidated Emission Reporting
Addition of Test Method 205 to Appendix
M Ol 40 CFR Part 51
Amendment ol Method 23: Measurement
of Dioxin Emission from Stationary
Sources and Method 301: Field Valida-
tion ol Pollution Measurement Methods
tor Various Medias
Requirements for Preparation, Adoption,
and Submittal ol Ozone State Imple-
mentation Plans
Comprehensive Radiation Waste Manage-
ment Rule
NAAQS: Nitrogen Dioxide (Review)
Supplement D to the Guideline on Air
Quality Modeling
NSPS lor Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) - Revision
NSPS- Starch Production Facilities
NSPS Medical Waste Incinerators
Integrated NESHAP and Eflluent Guide-
line: Pulp and Paper
National Emission Standard lor Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Poly-
mers and Resins, Group III
NESHAP - Steel Pickling, HC1 Process
NESHAP - Iron Foundries and Steel
Foundries
NESHAP - Primary Copper Smelters
NESHAP - Wood Treatment Industry
NESHAP - Integrated Iron and Steel
NESHAP- Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing
Industry
NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry
NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
NESHAP: Reinforced Plastic Composites
Production
NESHAP: Combustion Sources in the Sul-
tite Pulping Industry
NESHAP: Polyether Polyol Production
NESHAP: Pharmaceuticals Production
NESHAP: Production of Agricultural
Chemicals
4178
4179
4180
4189
4208
4214
4216
4217
4218
4220
4227
4228
4231
4232
4233
4234
4236
4240
4241
4242
4243
4245
4246
4247
4248
4251
4252
4254
4255
4259
4260
4270
4271
4278
4280
4281
4283
4286
Title
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
NESHAP: Primary Lead Smelters
NESHAP- Manufacture of
Tetrahydrobe nzaldehyde
Criteria and Procedures for Determining
Transportation Conformity in Attainment
Areas
Urban Bus Pass/Fail Rate Rule making
Amendment to the MVAC Rule to Include
All Refrigerants
Amendment to the Refrigerant Recycling
Rule to Include All Refrigerants
Protection ol Stratospheric Ozone: Sup-
plemental Rule to Amend Leak Repair
Provisions, Equipment Standards and
Scope of Chemicals to be Recycled
Under Section 608 of the Amended
CAA
Enhanced Monitoring Program
Emission Standards for Clean-Fuel Vehi-
cles and Engines, Requirements for
Clean-Fuel Vehicle Conversions and
California Pilot Test Program
National Emissions Standards for Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants as It Applies to Nu-
clear Power Reactors Licensed by the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NESHAPS Pertaining to Facilities Other
Than Commercial Nuclear Power Reac-
tors Licensed by the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission (NRC) or by NRC
Agreement States
On-Board Diagnostics Service Information
Available
NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Man-
ufacturing Industry - Wastewater
Application of Mandatory Sanctions Under
Title V of the Clean Air Act
Addition of Methods 204, 204A - 204F for
Measurement of VOC Emissions from
Stationary Sources
New Source Review (NSR) Reform Rule-
making
Revisions to Part 35, Subpart A Section
105 Air Grant Regulations
NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Review)
NSPS- Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
New Source Performance Standards for
Cold Cleaning Operations
NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating
NESHAP: Ethylene Oxide From Commer-
cial Sterilization
NESHAP Halogenated Solvent Cleaning
Guidance lor the Implementation of Sec-
tion 112(g)-Modifications
NESHAP: Polymers and Resins, Group II
NESHAP: Magnetic Tape Manufacturing
Operations
NESHAP: Secondary Lead Smelting
NESHAP - Cyanide Chemical Manufac-
turing
Standards for Tank Vessel Loading Oper-
ations
Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility
- RCRA Air Emission Standards
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
NAAQS: Carbon Monoxide (Review)
NESHAP- Chromium-Industrial Process
Cooling Towers
Establishment of Guidance for Implement-
ing Clean Air Act, Section 112(J) Provi-
sions for Making MACT Determinations
When EPA Fails to Promulgate a Fed-
eral Standard
Sequence of Application of Mandatory
Sanctions Under Section 179
-------
State Government—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Title
Economic Incentive Program Rules Au-
thorized Under Title I ol the CAA
Air Pollution Control; Preemption of State
Regulation for Nonroad Engine and Ve-
hicle Standards
Reportable Quantity Adjustments for
Carbamates
Reportable Quantity Adjustment lor
Radon-222
National Priorities List for Uncontrolled
Hazardous Waste Sites: Proposed and
Final Rules
Response Action Contractor Indemnifica-
tion
Amendments to the Extremely Hazardous
Substances List Under Section 302 of
the Emergency Planning and Commu-
nity Right-To-Know Act
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act,
Sections 302 through 312
The National Priorities List for Uncon-
trolled Hazardous Waste Sites; Deletion
Policy for Resource Conservation and
Recovery (RCRA) Facilities
Designation Under CERCLA and Report-
able Quantity Adjustments for New
Clean Air Act Hazardous Air Pollutants;
Reportable Quantity Adjustments of
Hazardous Wastes
Oil Pollution Act Revisions to the National
Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollu-
tion Contingency Plan
Oil Pollution Act; Facility Response Plan-
ning
Nondlscrlmlnation on the Basis of Age in
Programs Receiving Financial Assist-
ance From the EPA (Revision)
Grants and Cooperative Agreements with
State, Local, and Indian Tribal Govern-
ments
Uniform Administrative Requirements for
Grants and Cooperative Agreements to
State and Local Governments
Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement
Requirements for State Hazardous
Waste Management Programs
Indian Tribes: Eligibility of Indian Tribes
for Program Authorization
Administrative Hearing Procedures for
Class II Penalties Under CERCLA and
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act
Local Government
Title
EPA
National Primary Drinking Waler Regula-
tions. Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: 25 Contaminants from Drinking
Water Priority List (Phase VI-B)--Or-
ganic and Inorganic Contaminants
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
New Source Review (NSR) Reform
NAAQS Ozone (Review)
Ozone Transport Commission; Emission
Vehicle Program for the Northeast
Ozone Transport Region
Medical Waste Incinerators
155
159
163
164
3919
3939
3942
3943
3944
3954
3955
3961
3967
3971
3980
3981
3982
3983
3984
3985
3987
3989
3990
3991
3992
3993
3994
3995
3996
3997
3998
Title
Seq.
No.
NSPS: Municipal Waste Combustion--
Phase II and Phase III
sk Management Program For Chemical
Accidental Release Prevention
San Francisco Bay/Delta Water Quality
Standards
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tion: Radionuclides
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Disclosure Re-
quirements at the Transfer of Target
Housing (Section 1018); Joint Rule with
the Dept. of HUD
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
Ing, Accreditation and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
tection Rule
TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of
Lead-Based Abatement Waste
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Dis-
posal Amendments
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials In Schools Rule
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
Rulemaklng Concerning Certain Microbial
Products ("Biotechnology") Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Use of Acrylamlde and N-
Methylolacrylamide (NMA) for Grouting
Revised Recreational Water Quality Cri-
teria For Microorganisms
Standards tor the Use or Disposal of
Sewage Sludge (Round II)
Amendments to Final Sewage Sludge
Use and Disposal Rule
Clarification o( "Standing" Requirement
for State NPDES Programs
Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
ority Toxic Pollutants and Toxicity for
the State of California
Leather Tanning and Finishing Effluent
Guidelines - Pretreatment Standards for
Existing and New Sources
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase I
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Industrial Laundries Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Transportation Equipment Cleaning
Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for
Landfills and Incinerators
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase II
Water Quality Standards to Replace Por-
tions of Florida's Existing State Water
Quality Standards, i.e., State
Antidegradation Policy
Federal Water Quality Standards for Sur-
face Waters of the United States in
New Mexico
Criteria and Standards Reflecting Best
Technology Available (BTA) tor Cooling
Water Intake Structures under Section
316(b) of the Clean Water Act
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
3999
4002
4004
4005
4007
4008
4014
4016
4017
4025
4027
4029
4030
4031
4033
4036
4038
4039
4044
4045
4046
4047
4049
4065
4070
4073
4074
4075
4076
Title
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Form 2C - Wastewater Dis-
charge Information
Continuous Emission Monitoring and
Other Pollutant Limitation and Monitor-
Ing Regulations for Sewage Sludge In-
cinerators
Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b)
Regulations
Guidance on the Eligibility of Multiple Pur-
pose Activities under the State Revolv-
ing Fund Program
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for
Pesticide Formulating, Packaging and
Repackaging
1996 Needs Survey
Revisions to Regulations for Modification
of Secondary Treatment Requirements
for Municipal Discharges into Marine
Waters
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Control
Policy
Criteria for the Certification of Compliance
With 40 CFR Part 191 Environmental
Standards for the Management and
Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-
level, and Transuranic Radioactive
Waste
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper (Revision)
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions. Arsenic
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sulfate
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards (NPDWRs) for Aldicarb
Reformatting of Drinking Water Regula-
tions
Analytical Methods tor Regulated Drinking
Water Contaminants
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: 25 Contaminants From Drinking
Water Priority List (Phase VIA) - Dis-
infection Byproducts Rule and En-
hanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Drinking Water Microbial and Disinfection
By-Product Monitoring Rule (formerly
called the "Information Collection Dis-
infection Byproducts Rule")
Facility Response Planning tor Delegated
Offshore Facilities
Regulations to Control Imports and Ex-
ports of Hazardous and Other Wastes
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Amendment to Generic Exclusion for
KO61, KO62, and FOO6 HTMR Re-
siduals (Encapsulated Uses)
Alternatives lor Ground-Water Monitoring
at Small, Dry/Remote Municipal Solid
Waste Landfills
Financial Assurance Effective Date for
Owners and Operators of Municipal
Solid Waste Landfill Facilities
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
RCRA Subtitle C Indian Program Author-
ization
Guideline lor Federal Procurement ol
Paper and Paper Products Containing
Recovered Materials
Revisions to the Comprehensive Guide-
line tor Procurement ol Products Con-
taining Recovered Materials
Underground Storage Tanks Containing
Hazardous Substances - Financial Re-
sponsibility Requirements
Revisions to the Oil Pollution Prevention
Regulation
-------
Local Government—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
4091
4092
4094
4095
4103
4106
4107
4108
4110
4113
4114
4118
4120
4122
4126
4132
4133
4136
4139
4141
4144
4145
4146
4148
4157
4160
4161
4163
4164
4165
4167
4168
4169
4170
4171
4172
4173
4175
Title
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility
-• RCRA Air Emission Standards
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Amendment to Generic Exclusion Level
tor K061, K062 and FOO6 HTMR Re-
siduals (Non-Encapsulated Uses); Final
Rule
Financial Test for Local Governments
That Own/Operate Municipal Solid
Waste Landfills
Comprehensive Guideline for Procure-
ment of Products Containing Recovered
Materials
NAAQS: Paniculate Matter (Review)
NESHAP -- Chromium Chemical Manu-
facturing
Regional Haze Protection
Report to Congress and Prioritized Cat-
egory List for Regulation of VOC Emis-
sions from Consumer and Commercial
Products
Revisions to the New Source Review
Regulations
Federal Operating Permit Rules
Mobile-Stationary Source Trading Pro-
gram
Performance Warranty and
Inspection/Maintenance Test Proce-
dures
Federal Implementation Plans To Achieve
the National Ambient Air Quality Stand-
ard for Ozone in the Sacramento Metro-
politan Area, SCAQMD, and Ventura
County, California Nonatlainment Areas
Addition of Test Method 205 to Appendix
M of 40 CFR Part 51
Amendment of Method 23: Measurement
of Dioxin Emission from Stationary
Sources and Method 301: Field Valida-
tion of Pollution Measurement Methods
lor Various Medias
Requirements for Preparation, Adoption,
and Submittal of Ozone State imple-
mentation Plans
Comprehensive Radiation Waste Manage-
ment Rule
Acid Rain Program: Revisions to the Per-
mits Regulations Under Title IV of the
Clean Air Act to Make Technical Cor-
rections
NAAQS: Nitrogen Dioxide (Review)
Supplement D to the Guideline on Air
Quality Modeling
NSPS for Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) - Revision
NSPS. Starch Production Facilities
NSPS: Medical Waste Incinerators
Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guide-
line. Pulp and Paper
National Emission Standard for Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Poly-
mers and Resins, Group III
NESHAP - Steel Pickling, HC1 Process
NESHAP - Iron Foundries and Steel
Foundries
NESHAP - Primary Copper Smelters
NESHAP - Wood Treatment Industry
NESHAP ~ Integrated Iron and Steel
NESHAP: Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing
Industry
NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
NESHAP' Secondary Aluminum Industry
NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
NESHAP: Reinforced Plastic Composites
Production
NESHAP: Combustion Sources in the Sul-
lite Pulping Industry
NESHAP: Polyether Polyol Production
NESHAP: Pharmaceuticals Production
4178
4179
4189
4190
4208
4209
4217
4218
4220
4221
4230
4232
4233
4234
4236
4237
4240
4241
4242
4245
4246
4247
4248
4251
4252
4254
4255
4259
4260
4269
4270
4271
4278
4280
4281
4283
4286
4287
Title
Seq.
No.
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
NESHAP: Primary Lead Smelters
Criteria and Procedures tor Determining
Transportation Conformity In Attainment
Areas
Correction to Criteria and Procedures tor
Determining Transportation Conformity:
Nitrogen Oxides Requirements for
Areas with a 182 (f) Exemption
Urban Bus Pass/Fall Rate Rulemaking
Acid Rain Nitrogen Oxides Control Regu-
lation
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Sup-
plemental Rule to Amend Leak Repair
Provisions, Equipment Standards and
Scope of Chemicals to be Recycled
Under Section 608 of the Amended
CAA
Enhanced Monitoring Program
Emission Standards lor Clean-Fuel Vehi-
cles and Engines, Requirements for
Clean-Fuel Vehicle Conversions and
California Pilot Test Program
Acid Rain Opt-In Regulations
Acid Rain Program, Revisions of Substi-
tution and Reduced Utilization Regula-
tions
NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Man-
ufacturing Industry - Wastewater
Application of Mandatory Sanctions Under
Title V of the Clean Air Act
Addition of Methods 204, 204A - 204F for
Measurement of VOC Emissions from
Stationary Sources
New Source Review (NSR) Reform Rule-
making
Acid Rain Program: Revisions to the Ad-
ministrative Appeal Regulations Under
Title IV of the Clean Air Act
Revisions to Part 35, Subpart A Section
105 Air Grant Regulations
NAAQS- Sulfur Dioxide (Review)
NSPS: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating
NESHAP: Ethylene Oxide From Commer-
cial Sterilization
NESHAP- Halogenated Solvent Cleaning
Guidance for the Implementation ot Sec-
tion 112(g)--Moditications
NESHAP: Polymers and Resins, Group II
NESHAP Magnetic Tape Manufacturing
Operations
NESHAP Secondary Lead Smelting
NESHAP - Cyanide Chemical Manufac-
turing
Standards for Tank Vessel Loading Oper-
ations
Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility
- RCRA Air Emission Standards
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
Operating Permits. Revisions (Part 70)
NAAQS: Carbon Monoxide (Review)
NESHAP: Chromium-Industrial Process
Cooling Towers
Establishment of Guidance for Implement-
ing Clean Air Act, Section 112(j) Provi-
sions for Making MACT Determinations
When EPA Fails to Promulgate a Fed-
eral Standard
Sequence of Application ot Mandatory
Sanctions Under Section 179
Economic Incentive Program Rules Au-
thorized Under Title I ot the CAA
4288
4293
4294
4296
4297
4298
4299
4302
4305
4306
4307
4308
4315
4327
Title
Seq.
No.
144
145
146
153
154
162
164
3927
3928
3939
3942
3943
Air Pollution Control; Preemption of State
Regulation for Nonroad Engine and Ve-
hicle Standards
Reportable Quantity Adjustments for
Carbamates
Reportable Quantity Adjustment for
Radon-222
National Priorities List for Uncontrolled
Hazardous Waste Sites: Proposed and
Final Rules
Response Action Contractor Indemnifica-
tion
Amendments to the Extremely Hazardous
Substances List Under Section 302 of
the Emergency Planning and Commu-
nity Right-To-Know Act
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act,
Sections 302 through 312
Designation Under CERCLA and Report-
able Quantity Adjustments for New
Clean Air Act Hazardous Air Pollutants;
Reportable Quantity Adjustments of
Hazardous Wastes
Oil Pollution Act Revisions to the National
Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollu-
tion Contingency Plan
Oil Pollution Act; Facility Response Plan-
ning
Nondlscrlminatlon on the Basis of Age In
Programs Receiving Financial Assist-
ance From the EPA (Revision)
Grants and Cooperative Agreements with
State, Local, and Indian Tribal Govern-
ments
Uniform Administrative Requirements for
Grants and Cooperative Agreements to
State and Local Governments
Administrative Hearing Procedures tor
Class II Penalties Under CERCLA and
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act
Tribal Government
Title
EPA
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: 25 Contaminants from Drinking
Water Priority List (Phase VI-B)-Or-
ganlc and Inorganic Contaminants
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C ot the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Ozone Transport Commission; Emission
Vehicle Program for the Northeast
Ozone Transport Region
Medical Waste Incinerators
Water Quality Guidance for the Great
Lakes System
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tion: Radionuclides
Worker Protection Standards; Pesticide
Hazard Communication
Certification of Pesticide Applicators (Re-
vision)
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Disclosure Re-
quirements at the Transfer of Target
Housing (Section 1018); Joint Rule with
the Dept. of HUD
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
tection Rule
-------
Tribal Government—Cont.
Seq.
No
Title
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials in Schools Rule
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
Revised Recreational Water Quality Cri-
teria For Microorganisms
larilication of "Standing" Requirement
tor State NPDES Programs
Criteria and Standards Reflecting Best
Technology Available (BTA) for Cooling
Water Intake Structures under Section
316(b) of the Clean Water Act
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Form 2C - Wastewater Dis-
charge Information
Guidance on the Eligibility of Multiple Pur-
pose Activities under the State Revolv-
ing Fund Program
1996 Needs Survey
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Control
Policy
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper (Revision)
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions- Arsenic
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions Sulfate
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards (NPDWRs) for Aldicarb
Reformatting ot Drinking Water Regula-
tions
Revisions to SDWA, Underground Injec-
tion Control Program Regulations for
Class II (Oil and Gas Related) Wells
Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
Water Contaminants
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions 25 Contaminants From Drinking
Water Priority List (Phase VIA) - Dis-
infection Byproducts Rule and En-
hanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Drinking Water Primacy Withdrawal Regu-
lation (Revision)
Facility Response Planning for Delegated
Offshore Facilities
Regulations to Control Imports and Ex-
ports of Hazardous and Other Wastes
Alternatives for Ground-Water Monitoring
at Small, Dry/Remote Municipal Solid
Waste Landfills
Financial Assurance Effective Date for
Owners and Operators of Municipal
Solid Waste Landfill Facilities
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
RCRA Subtitle C Indian Program Author-
ization
RCRA Subtitle D Solid Waste Facilities;
State/Tribal Permit Program - Deter-
mination of Adequacy
NAAQS Particulate Matter (Review)
Regional Haze Protection
Federal Operating Permit Rules
Requirements for Preparation, Adoption,
and Submittal of Ozone State Imple-
mentation Plans
Comprehensive Radiation Waste Manage-
ment Rule
NESHAP- Pharmaceuticals Production
Criteria and Procedures for Determining
Transportation Conformity in Attainment
Areas
Urban Bus Pass/Fail Rate Rulemakmg
4217
4236
4240
4271
4278
4279
4294
4297
4299
4307
4308
4324
Title
Seq.
No.
Protection ot Stratospheric Ozone: Sup-
plemental Rule to Amend Leak Repair
Provisions, Equipment Standards and
Scope of Chemicals to be Recycled
Under Section 608 of the Amended
CAA
New Source Review (NSR) Reform Rule-
making
Revisions to Part 35, Subpart A Section
105 Air Grant Regulations
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
Indian Tribes Air Quality Planning and
Management
Reportable Quantity Adjustment for
Radon-222
Response Action Contractor Indemnifica-
tion
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act,
Sections 302 through 312
Nondiscrimmation on the Basis of Age in
Programs Receiving Financial Assist-
ance From the EPA (Revision)
Grants and Cooperative Agreements with
State, Local, and Indian Tribal Govern-
ments
Indian Tribes: Eligibility of Indian Tribes
for Program Authorization
Federal Government
Seq.
No
140
143
144
145
146
147
149
151
152
154
155
158
159
160
161
163
164
3909
3911
3913
Title
EPA
Pesticides; Tolerance Program Revisions
Radiation Site Cleanup
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: 25 Contaminants from Drinking
Water Priority List (Phase VI-B)-Or-
ganic and Inorganic Contaminants
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Wastes Hazardous Waste Identification
Rule (HWIR), Waste
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Wastes; Hazardous Waste Identification
Rule (HWIR): Contaminated Media
New Source Review (NSR) Reform
NAAQS. Ozone (Review)
Medical Waste Incinerators
NSPS: Municipal Waste Combustion--
Phase II and Phase III
Emission Standards for New Nonroad
Spark-Ignition Engines At and Below 19
Kilowatts (25 horsepower) (Phase 2)
Risk Management Program For Chemical
Accidental Release Prevention
Endangered Species Protection Program
Chemical List Expansion; Emergency
Planning and Community Right-To-
KnowAct Section 313
San Francisco Bay/Delta Water Quality
Standards
National Primary Dnnking Water Regula-
tion- Radionuclides
Revocation of Pesticide Food Additive
Tolerances Subject to the Delaney
Clause
Pesticide Worker Protection Standard;
Training Provisions for Workers
Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides
under FIFRA and FFDCA
3916
3917
3918
3919
3927
3928
3929
3930
3933
3934
3937
3939
3942
3944
3945
3954
3955
3959
3961
3967
3974
3980
3981
3982
3984
3985
3986
3987
3988
3989
3990
3991
Title
Pesticides and Groundwater State Man-
agement Plan Regulation
'rocedures To Make Restricted Use Pes-
ticides Available to Noncertified Per-
sons for Use by Certified Applicators
FIFRA Books and Records of Pesticide
Production and Distribution (Revision)
'esticide Management and Disposal:
Standards tor Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Worker Protection Standards, Pesticide
Hazard Communication
Certification of Pesticide Applicators (Re-
vision)
Reporting Requirements for Risk/Benefit
Information (Revision)
'olicy or Procedures for Notification to the
Agency of Stored Pesticides With Can-
celled or Suspended Registration
'esticide Management and Disposal
Microbial Pesticides, Experimental Use
Permits and Notifications
racility Coverage Amendment; Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting, Commu-
nity Right-to-Know
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Disclosure Re-
quirements at the Transfer of Target
Housing (Section 1018), Joint Rule with
the Dept of HUD
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of
Lead-Based Abatement Waste
Development of Guidance as mandated
by Executive Order 12873, Section 503
on "Environmentally Preferable Prod-
ucts"
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Dis-
posal Amendments
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials in Schools Rule
Small Source Exemption Considerations;
Toxic Release Reporting; Community
Right-to-Know
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microbial
Products ("Biotechnology") Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment In-
formation Rules
Revised Recreational Water Quality Cri-
teria For Microorganisms
Standards for the Use or Disposal of
Sewage Sludge (Round II)
Amendments to Final Sewage Sludge
Use and Disposal Rule
Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
ority Toxic Pollutants and Toxicity lor
the State of California
Leather Tanning and Finishing Effluent
Guidelines - Pretreatment Standards for
Existing and New Sources
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Coastal Subcategory of the Oil and Gas
Extraction Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
Effluent Guidelines and Standards tor the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase I
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Industrial Laundries Category
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10
Federal Government—Cont.
Seq.
No
Seq.
No
3992
3993
3994
3995
3996
3997
3998
3999
4001
4002
4003
4007
4008
4012
4014
4017
4021
4023
4024
4025
4026
4027
4029
4030
4031
4033
4034
4036
Title
Effluent Guidelines and Standards (or the
Transportation Equipment Cleaning
Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards tor
Landfills and Incinerators
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase II
Water Quality Standards to Replace Por-
tions of Florida's Existing State Water
Quality Standards, i.e, State
Antidegradation Policy
Federal Water Quality Standards for Sur-
face Waters of the United States in
New Mexico
Criteria and Standards Reflecting Best
Technology Available (BTA) for Cooling
Water Intake Structures under Section
316(b) ot the Clean Water Act
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Form 2C - Wastewater Dis-
charge Information
Comparison of Dredged Material to Ref-
erence Sediment
Continuous Emission Monitoring and
Other Pollutant Limitation and Monitor-
ing Regulations tor Sewage Sludge In-
cinerators
Revisions to Ocean Dumping Regulations
for Dredged Material
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for
Pesticide Formulating, Packaging and
Repackaging
Technical Amendment to National Estuary
Program Financial Assistance Regula-
tion
1996 Needs Survey
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Control
Policy
Environmental Protection Standards tor
Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Federal Radiation Protection Guidance for
Exposure of the General Public
Environmental Radiation Protection
Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Criteria for the Certification of Compliance
With 40 CFR Part 191 Environmental
Standards for the Management and
Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-
Level, and Transuranic Radioactive
Waste
Groundwater Protection Standards for In-
active Uranium Tailing Sites
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper (Revision)
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sulfate
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards (NPDWRs) tor Aldicarb
Reformatting ot Drinking Water Regula-
tions
Revisions to SDWA; Underground Injec-
tion Control Program Regulations for
Class II (Oil and Gas Related) Wells
Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
Water Contaminants
4038
4039
4040
4042
4044
4045
4046
4055
4057
4065
4066
4068
4073
4074
4076
4078
4081
4084
4089
4091
4092
4095
4103
4106
4107
4108
4110
4111
4113
Title
Seq.
No
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions. 25 Contaminants From Drinking
Water Priority List (Phase VIA) - Dis-
infection Byproducts Rule and En-
hanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Drinking Water Microbial and Disinfection
By-Product Monitoring Rule (formerly
called the "Information Collection Dis-
infection Byproducts Rule")
Drinking Water Primacy Withdrawal Regu-
lation (Revision)
Withdrawal of Products From the Agen-
cy's Reports Identifying Major Noise
Sources and Withdrawal ot Proposed
Rules
Facility Response Planning for Delegated
Offshore Facilities
Regulations to Control Imports and Ex-
ports of Hazardous and Other Wastes
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Amendment to Generic Exclusion for
KO61, KO62, and FOO6 HTMR Re-
siduals (Encapsulated Uses)
New and Revised Testing Methods Ap-
proved for RCRA Subtitle C. in "Test
Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste,
Physical/Chemical Methods" (SW-846),
Third Edition, Update III
Revisions to Criteria Applicable to Solid
Waste Disposal Facilities that May Ac-
cept CESQG Hazardous Wastes Ex-
cluding Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
Location Standards for Hazardous Waste
Facilities
Rule Identifying When Military Munitions
Become Hazardous Wastes and Man-
agement Standards for Such Wastes
Guideline for Federal Procurement of
Paper and Paper Products Containing
Recovered Materials
Revisions to the Comprehensive Guide-
line for Procurement of Products Con-
taining Recovered Materials
Revisions to the Oil Pollution Prevention
Regulation
No-Migration Variance for Prohibited Haz-
ardous Waste Land Disposal
Hazardous Waste Management System,
Amendment to Subpart C Rulemaking
Petitions: Use of Groundwater Data in
Delisting Decisions
Imports and Exports of Hazardous Waste:
Implementation of the OECD Decision
for Recyclable Wastes
Corrective Action for Solid Waste Man-
agement Units (SWMUs) at Hazardous
Waste Management Facilities
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility
- RCRA Air Emission Standards
Hazardous Waste Management System:
Amendment to Generic Exclusion Level
for KO61, KO62 and FOO6 HTMR Re-
siduals (Non-Encapsulated Uses): Final
Rule
Comprehensive Guideline lor Procure-
ment of Products Containing Recovered
Materials
NAAQS: Paniculate Matter (Review)
NESHAP - Chromium Chemical Manu-
facturing
Regional Haze Protection
Report to Congress and Prioritized Cat-
egory List for Regulation of VOC Emis-
sions from Consumer and Commercial
Products
Revisions to the New Source Review
Regulations
Locomotive Emissions Standards
Federal Operating Permit Rules
4117
4118
4119
4120
4121
4125
4126
4133
4139
4141
4144
4145
4146
4148
4157
4160
4161
4163
4164
4165
4167
4168
4169
4170
4171
4172
4173
4174
4175
4176
4178
4179
4180
4186
4189
4193
4194
4214
4216
4217
4218
4219
Title
Inspection/Maintenance Program Require-
ments — Onboard Diagnostic Checks
Performance Warranty and
Inspection/Maintenance Test Proce-
dures
Inspection/Maintenance Recall Require-
ments
Federal Implementation Plans To Achieve
the National Ambient Air Quality Stand-
ard for Ozone in the Sacramento Metro-
politan Area, SCAQMD, and Ventura
County, California Nonattainment Areas
Consolidated Emission Reporting
Standards for Emissions from Ethanol-
Fueled Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehi-
cle Engines
Amendment of Method 23: Measurement
of Dioxin Emission from Stationary
Sources and Method 301: Field Valida-
tion of Pollution Measurement Methods
for Various Medias
Comprehensive Radiation Waste Manage-
ment Rule
NAAQS. Nitrogen Dioxide (Review)
Supplement D to the Guideline on Air
Quality Modeling
NSPS for Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) - Revision
NSPS: Starch Production Facilities
NSPS. Medical Waste Incinerators
Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guide-
line: Pulp and Paper
National Emission Standard for Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Poly-
mers and Resins, Group III
NESHAP - Steel Pickling, HC1 Process
NESHAP -- Iron Foundries and Steel
Foundries
NESHAP -- Primary Copper Smelters
NESHAP - Wood Treatment Industry
NESHAP - Integrated Iron and Steel
NESHAP. Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing
Industry
NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
NESHAP Secondary Aluminum Industry
NESHAP- Portland Cement Manufacturing
NESHAP: Reinforced Plastic Composites
Production
NESHAP: Combustion Sources in the Sul-
fite Pulping Industry
NESHAP: Polyether Polyol Production
NESHAP. Non-SOCMI Organic Chemical
Production
NESHAP. Pharmaceuticals Production
NESHAP. Production of Agricultural
Chemicals
NESHAP. Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
NESHAP: Primary Lead Smelters
NESHAP: Manufacture of
Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde
NESHAP: Nylon 6 Production
Criteria and Procedures for Determining
Transportation Conformity in Attainmen!
Areas
Revised Light-Duty Durability Procedures
for Model Year 1999 and Later
Cold Temperature Carbon Monoxide
Emissions Averaging
Amendment to the MVAC Rule to Include
All Refrigerants
Amendment to the Refrigerant Recyclin(
Rule to Include All Refrigerants
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Sup
plemental Rule to Amend Leak Repai
Provisions, Equipment Standards am
Scope of Chemicals to be Recycle
Under Section 608 of the Amende
CAA
Enhanced Monitoring Program
Registration and Testing of Lead Sut
stitute Gasoline Additives
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11
Federal Government—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
4220
4222
4227
4228
4231
4232
4234
4236
4241
4242
4243
4245
4246
4247
4248
4251
4252
Title
Emission Standards lor Clean-Fuel Vehi-
cles and Engines, Requirements lor
Clean-Fuel Vehicle Conversions and
California Pilot Test Program
Standards (or Deposit Control Gasoline
Additives
National Emissions Standards for Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants as It Applies to Nu-
clear Power Reactors Licensed by the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NESHAPS Pertaining to Facilities Other
Than Commercial Nuclear Power Reac-
tors Licensed by the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission (NRC) or by NRC
Agreement States
On-Board Diagnostics Service Information
Available
NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Man-
ufacturing Industry - Wastewater
Addition ot Methods 204, 204A - 204F for
Measurement of VOC Emissions from
Stationary Sources
New Source Review (NSR) Reform Rule-
making
NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Review)
NSPS: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
New Source Performance Standards for
Cold Cleaning Operations
NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating
NESHAP: Ethylene Oxide From Commer-
cial Sterilization
NESHAP. Halogenated Solvent Cleaning
Guidance for the Implementation of Sec-
tion 112(g)--Modi1icalions
NESHAP: Polymers and Resins, Group II
NESHAP Magnetic Tape Manufacturing
Operations
4254
4255
4259
4260
4262
4264
4270
4271
4274
4277
4280
4281
4284
4285
4286
4287
4289
4290
Title
Seq.
No.
NESHAP: Secondary Lead Smelting
NESHAP -- Cyanide Chemical Manufac-
turing
Standards for Tank Vessel Loading Oper-
ations
Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
Amendments to Regulations Governing
the Importation ot Noncontormlng Vehi-
cles
Alternative Test Procedure for the Vol-
untary Aftermarket Part Certification
Program
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility
- RCRA Air Emission Standards
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
Determination of Significance for Nonroad
Sources and Emission Standards for
New Nonroad Compression-Ignition En-
gines at or Above 37 Kilowatts
Renewable Oxygenates for Reformulated
Gasoline
NAAQS: Carbon Monoxide (Review)
NESHAP. Chromium-Industrial Process
Cooling Towers
National Emissions Standards for Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants, National Emissions
Standards for Radon Emissions From
the Disposal of Uranium Mill Tailings
Early Reduction Program -- High Risk List
Amendment
Sequence of Application of Mandatory
Sanctions Under Section 179
Economic Incentive Program Rules Au-
thorized Under Title I of the CAA
Fuel and Fuel Additives: Registration Re-
quirements
Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives:
Fuel Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel
Sold in 1993 and Later Calendar Years
4293
4294
4296
4297
4299
4300
4302
4305
4306
4317
4318
4325
4327
Title
Reportable Quantity Adjustments for
Carbamates
Reportable Quantity Adjustment for
Radon-222
National Priorities List for Uncontrolled
Hazardous Waste Sites: Proposed and
Final Rules
Response Action Contractor Indemnifica-
tion
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act,
Sections 302 through 312
The National Priorities List tor Uncon-
trolled Hazardous Waste Sites; Deletion
Policy for Resource Conservation and
Recovery (RCRA) Facilities
Designation Under CERCLA and Report-
able Quantity Adjustments for New
Clean Air Ad Hazardous Air Pollutants;
Reportable Quantity Adjustments of
Hazardous Wastes
Oil Pollution Act Revisions to the National
Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollu-
tion Contingency Plan
Oil Pollution Act; Facility Response Plan-
ning
Amendments to Part 22 Consolidated
Procedural Rules
Public Information and Confidentiality
Regulations
Non APA Consolidated Rules of Practice
for Administrative Assessment of Civil
Penalties
Administrative Hearing Procedures lor
Class II Penalties Under CERCLA and
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SUBJECT INDEX
Seq. No
A
Acquisition regulations:
See Government procurement
Additives:
See Fuel additives
Administrative practice and procedure:
See also Freedom of information
Privacy
Environmental Protection Agency 4325
EPA suspension and debarment procedures 4313
Hearing and appeal procedures:
Environmental Protection Agency 4237, 4320
Hearing under CERCLA and emergency planning 4327
Aged:
Nondiscrimination:
EPA programs 4307
Agricultural commodities:
See also specific commodities
Crop grouping regulations 3932
Agriculture:
See also Agricultural commodities
Foods
Pesticides and pests
Worker protection standards 3912, 3927
Air pollution control:
See also Motor vehicle pollution
Acid rain 4135, 4136, 4209, 4221, 4230, 4237, 4238, 4266
Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing 4182
Aerospace industry 4253
Agricultural chemicals 4176
Air quality modeling 4141
Air quality monitoring 4275
Air quality standards 4103, 4279
Aircraft and aircraft engines 4137
Aluminum industry 4168, 4169
Ammonia test method 4128
Appeals regulations 4237
Automobile and truck surface coating 4244
Awards 4223
Baker's yeast manufacturing industry 4187
Canadian motor vehicles 4262
Caprolactam 4257
Capture efficiency guidelines 4140, 4234
Carbon monoxide 4137, 4194, 4280, 4287
Chemicals 4174, 4177, 4211. 4212. 4213
Chromium emissions 4106, 4245, 4281
Citizen suit regulation 4265
Clean Air Act 148,
166, 4113, 4114, 4136, 4155, 4166, 4214, 4215, 4216, 4217,
4223, 4224, 4233, 4258, 4276. 4286
Clean-fuel credits program 4220
Coal-fired boilers 4266, 4267
Contractor Listing Program 4224
Copper smelters 4163
Cyanide chemical manufacturing 4255
De minimis levels 4248
Diesel fuel quality regulations 4290
Diesel refineries 4135
Dioxin emission measurement 4126
Economic incentive program 4287
Electric utility steam generating facilities 4144, 4210
Emission defect reporting requirements 4116
Emissions monitoring program 166
Emissions reporting 4121
Epoxy anon-nylon polyamide resin processes 4251
Ethylene oxide emissions from sterilization chambers 4246
Evaporative emission test procedure 4239
Seq. No.
Air pollution control—Continued
Ferroalloy industry 4131
Field citations 4258
Fuel and fuel additives 4109, 4289
Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry screening method....4129
Gasoline detergent additives 4222
Gasoline distribution facilities 4249
Gasoline marker 4138
General provisions amendments 4188
Grant regulations 4240
Hazardous air pollutants 154,
155, 156, 157, 158, 3935, 4104, 4129, 4150, 4156, 4166,
4167, 4168, 4169, 4170, 4171, 4172, 4173, 4174, 4175,
4176, 4177, 4178, 4179, 4180, 4182, 4183, 4256, 4284,
4302
Hazardous air pollutants source categories 4260
Hazardous organics 4282
Hazardous waste combustion facilities 148
Hazardous waste disposal sites 4091, 4270
High risk list amendments 4285
Indian tribes treatment 4279
Inspection/maintenance programs 4119, 4226
Instrument testing 4122
Iron and steel foundries 4161
Iron and steel mills 4165
Lead 4219
Lead smelters 4179
Lesser-quality emission rates 4104
Locomotive emissions 4111
MACT standards 4283
Magnetic tape coating 4252
Marine propulsion engines 4205
Measurement regulation 4126, 4234
Medical waste incinerators 154, 4146
Mineral wool production industry standards 4155
Municipal landfills 4242
Municipal waste combustors 155
Navajo nation lands 4134
New source performance standards 4145, 4146, 4243, 4244
New source review 151, 4110, 4236
Nitrogen dioxide 413E
Nitrogen oxides 4137, 4190, 4266, 4267
Nonroad engines and vehicles 428f
Nuclear facilities other than power plants 422f
Nuclear power plants 422/
Nylon 6 production 418f
On-board diagnostics, fuel system malfunctions 426'
Operating permits 4113, 427(
Ozone 152
153, 4120, 4132, 4190, 4211, 4212, 4213, 4214, 4215, 4216
4217, 4229, 4268, 428!
Particulate matter standards 410:
PCB manufacturing 395:
Permits for early reductions sources 4251
Petroleum refineries 4105, 4156, 425i
Pharmaceuticals industry 417!
Phosphate fertilizer production 416
Phosphogypsum stacks 418
Phosphoric acid manufacturing 415
Plastic composites manufacturing 417
Polycarbonates 418
Polyether polyol production 417
Polymers and resins 4152, 4157, 415
Polyurethane foam production 417
Portland cement manufacturing 417
Printing/publishing facilities 415
Publically owned treatment works study 418
Pulp and paper mills 414
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Seq. No.
Air pollution control—Continued
Radionuclides 4150
Radon 4181, 4269, 4284
Regional haze protection 4107
Secondary lead smelters 4254
Sewage sludge incinerators 4002
Shipbuilding and ship repair operations 4153
Solvent degreasing 4247
Stack gas testing methods 4128, 4129
Stainless and non-stainless steel manufacturing 4184
Starch production facilities 4145
State implementation plans....4124, 4132, 4134, 4189, 4233, 4276
Steel pickling processes 4160
Sulfite pulping industry 4172
Sulfur oxides 4238, 4241
Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing 4232
Technical corrections to EPA methods 4130
Test procedures 4239, 4264
Test rules 3949
Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing 4180
Transportation plans, programs, and projects 4189
Volatile organic compoxmds 4108.
4140, 4191, 4192, 4232, 4234, 4243, 4259
Wood furniture manufacturing emissions 4149
Wood treatment industry 4164
Wool fiberglass manufacturing industry 4167
Air safety:
See Aviation safety
Aircraft:
Emission standards and test procedures 4137
HAP emissions 4253
On-board diagnostics requirements 4261
Airplanes:
See Aircraft
Airworthiness directives and standards:
See Aircraft
Ammunition:
See Arms and munitions
Appeal procedures:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Arms and munitions:
Hazardous wastes 4068
Asbestos:
Comprehensive revisions 4147
Model accreditation plan 3973
Authority delegations:
EPA AR Administrator 4233
EPA organizational titles and authority 4330
Automobiles:
See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
Diesel fuel quality regulations 4290
B
Balloons:
See Aircraft
Bankruptcy:
RCRA financial responsibility 4090
Barrels:
See Packaging and containers
Buildings:
See also Federal buildings and facilities
Asbestos 3973
Buses:
See also Motor vehicles
EPA air pollution regulation 4208
Business and industry:
See also specific industries
Bankruptcy
Confidential business information
Labeling
Packaging and containers
Acrylate/methacrylate use rule 3966
Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing:
Air pollution controls 4182
Seq No
Business and industry—Continued
Aircraft:
Pollution standards 4253
Aluminum industry:
Air pollution control 4168, 4169
Baker's yeast manufacturing:
Air pollution control 4187
Cement manufacturing:
Air pollution control 4170
Chemicals:
Accidental release prevention 159
Air pollution control 4174, 4176. 4177, 4232
Control of PMNs 3965
Hazardous wastes listing 4053, 4054, 4059, 4079
Manufacture 141, 3950, 3964, 3974, 3975
Organic solvent 4247
Pollution standards 3953, 4152, 4251
Chromium electroplating 4245
Dry cleaning:
Carbon tetrachloride emissions 4282
Effluent guidelines 3991
Effluent guidelines 3993, 4011
EPA operating permits 4278
Ferroalloy industry:
Air pollution control 4131
Industrial disposal wells 146
Industrial laundries:
Effluent guidelines ................3991
Industrial process cooling towers 4281
Leather tanning and finishing:
Effluent guidelines 3985
Magnetic tape manufacturing:
Pollution standards 4252
Metal products and machinery:
Effluent guidelines 3994
Mineral processing:
Lead smelters 4254
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Air pollution control 4244
Buses withdrawn from noise control rules 4042
Emissions standards 4194
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits 3999
Nylon 6 production:
Air pollution control 4186
Pharmaceuticals:
Air pollution control 4175
Pollution standards 3987
Polyether polyol production:
Air pollution control 4173
Polyurethane foam production:
Air pollution control 4178
Printing/publishing:
Pollution standards 4151
Pulp, paper and paperboard 4007
Starch manufacturing industry:
Air pollution control 4145
Steel manufacturing:
Air pollution control 4184
Sulfite pulping industry:
Air pollution control 4172
Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing:
Air pollution control 4180
Transportation equipment cleaning:
Effluent guidelines 3992
Wool fiberglass manufacturing:
Air pollution control 4167
Charter buses:
See Buses
Motor vehicles
Chemicals:
See also specific chemicals
Hazardous substances
Pesticides and pests
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Seq. No.
Chemicals—Continued
Acrylamide 3971
Acrylate/methacrylate 3966
Air pollution control 4232
Arsenic in drinking water 4029
Assessment information rule 3974
CAIR amendments 3976
Chemical inventory reporting 4299
Drinking Water Priority List 145
Drinking water regulations 4031, 4036
Epoxy anon-nylon polyamide resins 4251
Formaldehyde 3952
Health and safety reporting rule 3975
Hexavalent chromium 3979
New use rules for PMNs 3965
Ozone depleting:
Phaseout rule 4211
Refrigerant recycling 4212, 4214, 4215, 4216, 4217
Technician Certification Program 4213
Polychlorinated biphenyls 3953
Polymers and resins 4152
Test rules 3946, 3949, 3956, 3957, 3962, 3963
Toxic substances 3940. 3950, 3968
Toxic substances in new chemicals 3964
Toxicity profiles 3948
Toxics Release Inventory 161
Use inventory rule 141
Children:
See Infants and children
Clean Air Act:
See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
See Water pollution control
Coastal zone:
See also Continental shelf
Flood plains
Waste deposit prevention 4004
Water quality standards for San Francisco Bay/Delta 163
Wetlands:
Alaska exception 4018
Definition 4013
National Estuary Zone Program amendments 4012
Colleges and universities:
Grants administration 4326
Commodities:
See Agricultural commodities
Community colleges:
See Colleges and universities
Confidential business information:
EPA regulations 4318
Consumer protection:
See also Labeling
Lead-based paint 142
Containers:
See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
Offshore structures:
Oil spill prevention and response 4044
Contracts:
See Government contracts
Cooperative agreements:
See Grant programs
Copper:
Drinking water regulations 4027
Corporations:
See Business and industry
Critical habitat:
See Endangered and threatened species
Crops:
See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
See Petroleum
Seq. No.
Dangerous cargo:
See Hazardous materials transportation
Defense acquisition regulations:
See Government procurement
Defense contracts:
See Government contracts
Government procurement
Discrimination against aged:
See Aged
Diseases:
See specific diseases
Drinking water:
See Water supply
Ecology:
See Environmental protection
Education:
See also Colleges and universities
Schools
Radon contractor proficiency 426E
Elderly:
See Aged
Electric utilities:
Steam generating facilities 421(
Endangered and threatened species:
Pesticide labeling program 16(
Energy:
See also Fuel economy
Petroleum
Fluorescent lamps exemption from Hazardous Waste
Management System 4081
Methanol fuel 420.
Wastes from fossil fuel combustion 408!
Environmental protection:
See also Air pollution control
Noise control
Pesticides and pests
Waste treatment and disposal
Water pollution control
Biotechnology risk assessment 396
Chemicals 141, 3949, 3956, 396
Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR 431
Coastal waste deposit prevention 400
EPA civil penalties assessments 432
EPA information resources management directives 431
EPA invoicing requirements 431
EPA organizational titles and authority 433
EPA source selection procedures 431
EPA suspension and debarment procedures 431
Export notification for hexavalent chromium 397
Federal Facility Compliance Act 432
Government contracts 43C
Grants administration 4308, 435
Hazardous waste 4043, 40f
Monitoring 4130, 421
Pesticides 3914, 39:
Privacy Act of 1974 43'
RCRA handler and waste export notifications 40(
Sterilants 39:
Waste disposal permit applications 165, 39!
Estuaries:
See Coastal zone
Ex parte communications:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Exports:
Chemicals 39!
Hazardous and other wastes 40'
Hazardous waste 40!
Hexavalent chromium 39
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Seq. No.
F
FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation):
See Government procurement
Farmers:
See Agriculture
Federal acquisition regulations:
See Government procurement
Federal aid programs:
See Grant programs
Loan programs
Federal buildings and facilities:
Radiation site cleanup 143
RCRA compliance 4320
Federal-State relations:
See Intergovernmental relations
Finance:
See Loan programs
Fines and penalties:
See Penalties
Firearms:
See Arms and munitions
Flammable materials:
Pesticide foggers 3925
Flood plains:
Wetlands:
Alaska exception 4018
Artificial 4019
Definition 4013
Foods:
See also specific foods
Pesticide residues 140, 3909, 3910, 3923
Foreign trade:
See also Exports
Imports
Motor vehicles 4197
Fraud:
Contract Laboratory Program investigation 4303
Freedom of information:
See also Confidential business information
Chemical inventory reporting 4299
Toxics Release Inventory reporting 3937, 3938, 3959
Fuel:
See Energy
Fuel additives:
Detergent 4222
Diesel fuel quality regulations 4290
Reformulated gasoline 4235, 4277
Registration 4200
Waiver application criteria 4109
Fuel economy:
Vehicle labeling requirements 4272
Gasohol:
Motor vehicle use 4125
Gasoline:
See also Fuel economy
Gasohol
Detergent additives 4222
Diesel fuel quality regulations 4290
Diesel refineries 4135
Distribution facilities 4249
Lead phaseout 4112, 4207, 4219
Reformulated 4138.4235,4277
Government buildings:
See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
See also Government procurement
Contractors:
EPA Response Action Contractor Indemnification 4297
Environmental protection 4309
EPA organizational titles and authority 4330
EPA source selection procedures 4316
Lobbying restrictions 4328
Seq. No.
Government contracts—Continued
Penalty payments 4317
Government procurement:
See also Government contracts
Contractors:
Debarment 4224
Environmental Protection Agency 4311
Environmentally preferable products 3945
Integrity 4314
Paper and paper products 4073
Recycled products 4074, 4095
Grant programs:
EPA air grants 4240
Grant programs-Indians:
Air pollution control 4279
Environmental protection 4308, 4324
Uniform administrative requirements 4308, 4315
Water supply 4041
Grants administration:
Lobbying restrictions 4328
Nonprofit organizations 4329
Uniform administrative requirements 4315, 4326
Guaranteed loans:
See Loan programs
Guns:
See Arms and munitions
H
Hazardous materials transportation:
Hazardous Waste Manifest rule 4065
Transfrontier movements 4084
Hazardous substances:
See also Flammable materials
Hazardous materials transportation
Hazardous waste
Radioactive materials
Accidental release 159
Air pollutants 154,
155, 156, 157, 158, 3935, 4104, 4105, 4106, 4128, 4129,
4131, 4155, 4156, 4157, 4158, 4159, 4160, 4161, 4162,
4163, 4164, 4165, 4166, 4167, 4168, 4169, 4170, 4171,
4172, 4173, 4174, 4175, 4176, 4178, 4179, 4180, 4182,
4183, 4185, 4186, 4187, 4190, 4227, 4228, 4255, 4256,
4257, 4284, 4302
Asbestos 3943, 3955, 3973
Caprolactam 4257
Carbon monoxide 4137, 4280
Chemical test rules 3935, 3957, 3962
Chemicals 3940, 3948
Chromium 4245, 4281
Disinfection byproducts 145, 4039
Drinking Water Priority List 145
Environmentally preferable products guidelines 3945
Ethylene oxide 4246
Extremely Hazardous Substances List 4298
Federally permitted releases 4301
Formaldehyde 3952
Lead 142, 3942, 3961, 3978, 4027, 4179
Microbial contaminants 4039
Microbial products (biotechnology) 3967
Nitrogen dioxide 4139
Nitrogen oxides 4137, 4190, 4266, 4267
Organics, including chloroform 4282
Penalties under CERCLA and emergency planning 4327
Pesticides 140,
3909, 3910, 3911, 3917, 3919, 3926, 3928, 3929, 3930,
3947
Inventory with cancelled registration 3930
Labeling program 160
Produced by transgenic plants 3913
Production and distribution records 3918
Water pollution control 4008
Pollution contingency plan 4304
Polychlorinated biphenyls 3954, 3969, 3972
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Seq. No.
Hazardous substances—Continued
Radionuclides 143, 164, 4150, 4295
Radon 4181, 4271, 4294
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements 3977
Saccharin 4292
Solvent degreasing 4247
Sulfur oxides 4241
Toxics Release Inventory 161, 3937, 3938, 3959
Underground storage tanks 4075
Uranium tailings 4026
Water pollution control 3984, 3996
Hazardous waste:
Carbamates 4082, 4293
Cement kiln dust 4088
Delisting petitions 4081
Dioxin/furan contaminated sludge 3970
Disposal facilities:
Air emissions 4091, 4270
Combustion facilities 148. 165
Permit modifications 4051
Effluent limitation guidelines 3989
Groundwater contamination 146, 4101
Groundwater monitoring 4098, 4102
Identification and listing 147, 149
Import/export 4045
Land disposal:
Post-closure requirements , 4052
Restrictions 150, 4046, 4063, 4078. 4092, 4097
Lead 3939, 3944
Location standards for disposal facilities 4066
Manifest regulation 4065
Medical waste 154
Military munitions 4068
Mineral processing wastes 4063
Mixed waste permits 4069
National Priorities List 4300
Organobromides 4079
Pentachlorophenol 4058
Pesticides 3933
Petroleum refining process 4060
Pollution contingency plan 4305
Polychlorinated biphenyls 3969
Radioactive waste 4021
Disposal of spent nuclear fuel 4025
Waste management rules 4133
Recycling 4043,4077
Response Action Contractor Indemnification 4297
Saccharin 4292
Solid waste 4043, 4057, 4100
Solvents 4053
State programs 4093, 4321
Technical standards for corrective action for cleanup 4089
Testing methods 4048, 4080
Toxic waste site 3948
Toxicity characteristic rule 4083, 4099
Treatment and disposal:
Fluorescent lamps 4086
Triarylmethane dye and pigments 4059
Uncontrolled sites on the NPL 4296
Health facilities:
See also Hospitals
Incineration of medical waste 154
Hearing and appeal procedures:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Helicopters:
See Aircraft
Herbicides:
See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
See Colleges and universities
Highways and roads:
See also Motor vehicles
Clean Air Act regulations 4286
Hospitals:
Grants administration 4326
Seq. No.
Housing:
Lead-based paint abatement waste 3944
Lead-based paint disclosure 3939, 3961
Housing assistance payments:
See Housing
I
Imports:
Aery late/methacry late 3966
Canadian motor vehicles 4262
Chemicals 3950,3974,3975
Control of PMN chemicals 3965
Hazardous and other wastes 4045
Hazardous waste 4084
Reformulated gasoline 4235
Indians-lands:
Air pollution control implementation 4134
Municipal solid waste landfills 4072
Indians-tribal government:
Air quality planning and management 4279
Treatment as States 4041, 4070, 4324
Industrial safety:
See Occupational safety and health
Industry:
See Business and industry
Infants and children:
Lead poisoning 14<
Sulfate in drinking water 403(
Information:
See Confidential business information
Freedom of information
Privacy
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Insecticides:
See Pesticides and pests
Insured loans:
See Loan programs
Intergovernmental relations:
See also Grant programs
Air pollution control implementation 4135
4134, 4146, 4166, 4189, 4233, 427
California on-board diagnostics requirements 426
EPA Hazardous Waste Manifest rule 406
EPA-California water quality standards 163, 398
EPA-Florida water quality standards 399
EPA-New Mexico water quality standards 399
Nuclear accident protection 402
Regional haze protection regulations 410
State hazardous waste management programs 432
State issuance of NPDES permits 398
State programs for pesticide applicator certification 392
State programs limiting pesticide sales 391
State testing for air pollutants 412
State water pollution control funding 4005, 401
International agreements:
See Treaties
International trade:
See Foreign trade
Kites:
See Aircraft
Labeling:
See also Packaging and containers
Alternative fueled vehicles 42
Microbiological water purifiers 39
Ozone depleting chemicals 42
Pesticides 160, 3919. 39
Laboratories:
Contract Laboratory Program investigation 43
Land:
See Indians-lands
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Seq No.
Law:
See also Administrative practice and procedure
Liability under CERCLA for site clean-up 4323
Third party suits:
Underground storage of hazardous materials 4075
Lead poisoning:
Paint 142, 3939. 3942, 3944, 3961, 3978
Reducing lead consumption and use 3951
Loan programs:
Lobbying restrictions 4328
Lobbying:
Grantee restrictions 4328
M
Marine engineering:
See Vessels
Marine pollution:
See Water pollution control
Medical facilities:
See Health facilities
Metals:
See also specific metals
Effluent guidelines for metal products and machinery 3994
Emission standards for ferroalloy industry 4131
High temperature metal recovery residues 4046, 4092
Military arms sales:
See Arms and munitions
Military installations:
See Federal buildings and facilities
Mobile offshore drilling units:
See Vessels
Motor vehicle pollution:
Air toxic control 157
Credits for clean-fuel vehicles 4220
Emissions control 4196, 4199
Emissions from refinishing coatings 4191
Emissions standards 158,
4114, 4120, 4125, 4193, 4194, 4195, 4202, 4205. 4206.
4225, 4263, 4273, 4274
Emissions testing 156. 4122, 4197
Gasoline:
Detergent additives 4222
Leaded 4207
Reformulated 4235, 4277
Inspection/maintenance programs 4117, 4118
Low emission vehicles program 153
Methanol fuel 4203
Nitrogen oxides 4190
On-board diagnostics service information 4231
Particulate matter standards 4208
Transportation plans, programs, and projects 4189
Motor vehicles:
See also Buses
Fuel economy
Air conditioning system 4214, 4229
Automotive aftermarket 4231
Canadian manufactured 4262
Engines requiring leaded gasoline 4207
Motorcycle emissions standards 4206
Nonroad recreational vehicle emissions standards 4206
Surface coasting operations 4244
Motorcycles:
See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
See Arms and munitions
N
National defense contracts:
See Government contracts
Government procurement
Noise control:
Withdrawal of products from EPA reports 4042
Nonprofit organizations:
Grants administration 4326
Seq No.
4227
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
Hazardous air pollutants
Nuclear safety:
See Radiation protection
Occupational safety and health:
Agricultural pesticides 3927
Formaldehyde exposure 3952
Hazardous substances 3911
Ocean dumping:
See Water pollution control
Offshore structures:
See Continental shelf
Oil pollution:
Contingency plan 4304, 4305
Oil spill response 4044
Prevention 4076. 4306
Outer continental shelf:
See Continental shelf
Packaging and containers:
See also Labeling
Child-resistant 3920
Paint:
See Lead poisoning
Paperwork requirements:
See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Parachutes:
See Aircraft
Penalties:
Civil 4325
Pesticides and pests:
Certification of applicators 3928
Child-resistant packaging 3920
Crop grouping regulations 3932
Data requirements 3914
Disposal and storage guidelines 3919
Effluent guidelines and standards 4008
Groundwater protection 3916, 3926, 3931
Inventory with cancelled registration 3930
Labeling requirements:
Endangered species protection 160
Flammability 3925
Low-risk pesticides 3922
Microbial experimental use 3934
Negotiated consent/procedural test rule 3947
Production and distribution records 3918
Recalled pesticides management 4077
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements 3929
Residue in agricultural products 3923
Sale of restricted use pesticides 3917
Sterilants 3921
Storage and disposal 3933
Tolerance program revisions 140
Transgenic plants 3913
Worker protection standards 3911, 3912, 3927
Petroleum:
See also Fuel additives
Gasoline
Oil pollution
Petroleum
Air pollution from production facilities 4156
Refineries 4105, 4250
Refining process wastes 4060
Toxicity characteristic rule 4083, 4099
Plastics materials and synthetics.
Air pollution control regulations 4171
Pollution:
See Environmental protection
Power resources:
See Energy
Practice and procedure:
See Administrative practice and procedure
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Privacy:
See also Confidential business information
EPA proposed systems of records 4319
Procurement
See Government procurement
Public buildings:
See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
See also Waste treatment and disposal
Air pollution effects , 3935
Air quality standards 4139, 4280
Pesticide tolerance program 140
Radiation protection 4023
Water contamination effects 144, 145
Public utilities:
See Electric utilities
Water supply
Radiation protection:
See also Radioactive materials
Drinking water 4020
General public 4023
Yucca Mountain, NV 4024
Radioactive materials:
See also Radiation protection
Radon 4271
Waste disposal 143, 4021
Radioactive waste:
See Hazardous waste
Railroads:
Locomotive emissions 4111
Rates and fares:
See Railroads
Record retention:
See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Records.
See Freedom of information
Privacy
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Recreation and recreation areas:
Water pollution control 3980
Recycling:
Government purchase of recovered materials 4074, 4095
Hazardous waste 4043, 4077, 4084
Ozone-depleting chemicals 4212, 4217
Paper 4073
Refrigerant 4214, 4215. 4216, 4217, 4229
Scrap metal 3954
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
Carbamates 4293
Chemical inventory reporting 141, 4299
Environmental monitoring 4218
Environmental Protection Agency 4312
EPA emission defect reporting requirements , 4116
EPA emissions reporting requirements 4121
EPA information collection rule 4039
Hazardous material releases 4301
Hazardous substances 3977
Ozone depleting substances phaseout 4211
Pesticides 3918, 3929
Pollution prevention actions in Toxic Release Inventory 3960
Radionuclides 4295
Radon 4294
RCRA handler and waste export notifications 4061
Toxic chemical test rules 3957
Toxics Release Inventory reporting 161, 3937, 3938, 3959
Research:
Biotechnology 3934, 3967
Roads:
See Highways and roads
Rockets:
See Aircraft
Rodenticides:
See Pesticides and pests
Seq. No.
Rotorcraft:
See Aircraft
Sanitation:
See Public health
Waste treatment and disposal
Schools:
See also Colleges and universities
Asbestos
Asbestos model accreditation plan
Science and technology:
Biological testing for pollutants
NPDES innovative technology time extensions...
Seaplanes:
See Aircraft
Senior citizens:
See Aged
Sewage disposal:
Combined Sewer Overflow control policy
Incinerator emissions monitoring
Sludge use and disposal
Shipping:
See Railroads
Ships:
See Vessels
Solid waste disposal:
See Waste treatment and disposal
State-Federal relations:
See Intergovernmental relations
Subsidies:
See Grant programs
Superfund:
National Priorities List
Radiation site cleanup
Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates.
Response Action Contractor Indemnification
Synthetics:
See Plastics materials and synthetics
.3943, 3955
3973
.3986
..4009
4017
..3997, 4002
..3981, 3982
.4300
...143
.4293
.4297
Technology:
See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
EPA information resources management directives....
Toxic substances:
See Hazardous substances
Transportation:
See also Highways and roads
Noise control
Railroads
Vessels
Air pollution control conformity
Air pollution control implementation
Northeast Ozone Transport Region emission vehicle
program
Treaties:
Hazardous waste disposal regulations
Trucks:
See Motor vehicles
.4311
,.4190
..4189
...153
..4045
u
Universities:
See Colleges and universities
Uranium:
Tailing sites
.4026, 4284
Vessels:
Emissions standards
Surface coating operations.
.4205
.4153
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Waste treatment and disposal:
See also Hazardous waste
Recycling
Sewage disposal
Disposal facilities:
Residual radioactivity after clean-up 143
Effluent guidelines 3993
Effluent limitation guidelines 3989
Financial test criteria. 4090, 4094
Flood plain and seismic restrictions 4066
Fossil fuel combustion wastes 4085
Land disposal:
Financial responsibility 4056
Groundwater monitoring 4047, 4098
Restrictions 150, 4046, 4063, 4078. 4092
Liability for clean-up 4323
Location standards for facilities 4066
Medical waste incinerators 4146
Metal machinery and equipment wastewater 3990
Mineral processing wastes 4063
Municipal waste combustors 155
Nuclear waste disposal 4025
Ocean dumping 4003, 4015
Permit applications 165, 3998, 3999
Radioactive waste 4021
RCRAfees 4061
Sewer grouting 3971
Shore Protection Act 4004
Solid waste disposal:
Facility criteria 4057
Landfills and incinerators 3993. 4049
MACT for facilities 4154
Municipal landfills 4071, 4242
Physical/chemical evaluation methods 4055
Technical standards for corrective action 4089
State program capability requirements 4321
State programs 4072
Underground storage tanks:
Financial responsibility 4096
Toxicity characteristic rule 4083
Water pollution control:
See also Oil pollution
Waste treatment and disposal
Biological test methods 3986
Clean Water Act 163,
3986, 4000, 4001, 4005, 4009, 4014, 4018, 4019, 4224
Combined Sewer Overflow control policy 4017
Contractor Listing Program 4224
Cooling water intake structures 4014
Effluent guidelines:
Effluent Guidelines Plan 4011
Industrial wastewater 3990, 3991
Landfills and incinerators 3993
Leather tanning and finishing 3985
Seq. No.
Water pollution control—Continued
Effluent guidelines—Continued
Metal products and machinery 3994
Pesticides 4008
Pharmaceuticals 3987
Pulp, paper and paperboard 4C'_,7
Transportation equipment cleaning 3992
Groundwater protection from uranium 4026
Information collection for disinfection byproducts 4039
Marine pollution:
Municipal discharge 4016
Ocean dumping 4003, 4015
Oil and gas facility effluents 3988
NPDES innovative technology time extensions 4009
NPDES permits 3983
Permit applications 3999
Radionuclides 164
Recreational waters 3980
Sewage sludge incinerator emissions 3997
Sludge management programs 4054
Sludge use and disposal 3981, 3982
State Revolving Fund Program 4005
Waste disposal permit applications 3998
Water quality standards 162, 163, 3980, 3984, 3995, 3996
Water resources:
See also Water supply
Great Lakes System 162
Water supply:
Drinking water:
Aldicarb and atrazine 4031
Analyzing regulated drinking water chemicals 4036
Arsenic 4029
Contaminant levels 164
Contaminants 4020, 4038
Copper 4027
Disinfectants 144
Drinking Water Priority List 145
Injection wells 146, 4034
Lead 4027
Primacy withdrawal regulation 4040
Regulations reformatting 4033
Sulfate 4030
Wellhead and aquifer regulation 4041
Groundwater contamination 4101
Groundwater monitoring 4071, 4081, 4098
Groundwater protection 3916, 3926, 3931, 4102
Microbiological water purifiers 3915
Municipal treatment plants 4016
Water transportation:
See Vessels
Weapons:
See Arms and munitions
Wetlands:
See Coastal zone
Flood plains
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