United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Policy, Planning,
And Evaluation
(2136)
EPA 230-Z-95-002
Reprinted—Federal Register
No. 228—November 28, 1995
>EPA
Environmental Protection Agency.
Regulatory Plan And
Regulatory Agenda
-------
-------
59658 Federal Register /Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY (EPA)
Statement of Regulatory Priorities
EPA's Commitment to Change
When President Clinton and Vice
President Gore came into office more
than 2 1/2 half years ago, they made a
public commitment to simplifying,
streamlining, and reducing the costs of
the Federal Government. While
emphasizing the importance of the
Federal Government's functions, they
made it clear that those functions could
be carried out in commonsense, cost-
effective ways. The reinvention and
improvement of the Federal
Government thus has been one of the
hallmarks of the Clinton
Administration.
Administrator Browner of EPA has
made that same commitment to
simplify, streamline, and reduce the
costs:of Federal programs to better
protect the environment and public
health. She has applied common-sense
principles to all EPA's actions in order
to promote cleaner, cheaper, and
smarter environmental and public
health protection. As a result, EPA
today is in the midst of the most
profound and comprehensive
reevaluation and change in its history.
The Agency is changing its internal
operations—restructuring organizations,
streamlining management, and
broadening employee responsibilities. It
is changing its external relationships—
shifting more responsibility to States,
improving customer service,
strengthening stakeholder partnerships,
and emphasizing the constructive
involvement of regulated entities. The
Agency is reinventing itself with one
eye on the past—building on the lessons
learned through a quarter-century of
regulatory experience. And it is
reinventing itself with one eye on the
future—developing a new generation of
environmental protection to meet the
emerging challenges of the 21st century.
Although the current environmental
protection system has'generated a
cleaner environment, with substantial
human health and ecological benefits,
over the past 25 years, the system will
not be sufficient to meet the
environmental and economic challenges
of the future. The health of the
economy, the health of the American
people, and the health of the
environment are inextricably
intertwined, and the linkages among
them are becoming more complex over
time. EPA is changing so that it is better
prepared to protect and enhance all
three simultaneously in the future.
EPA is the single Federal organization
with primary responsibility for
protecting the environment, and the
Agency is committed to using all
available tools—regulatory and
nonregulatory—to protect the
environment and public health of all
Americans. At the same time, because
EPA is only one of many entities—
public and private—with environmental
responsibilities, EPA is working to
ensure that more information and
decisionmaking are shared with the
States, tribes, and communities affected
by EPA's actions.
EPA is reshaping its environmental
and public health protections to make
them simpler and more sensible,
especially to regulated entities, hi many
cases, all stakeholders, including
businesses, communities, labor, and
public interest groups, are participating
in developing new, more effective, less
costly approaches. EPA's employees are
taking on new responsibilities in new
programs: Enforcers are emphasizing
compliance assistance, permitters are
paying more attention to pollution
prevention and market mechanisms,
and rule writers are adopting innovative
alternatives proposed by regulated
industries, without sacrificing one
ounce of public health protection.
Resources are being targeted where risks
are the greatest, and programs are being
scaled back, if necessary, where risks
are the least. Most important, EPA is
emphasizing environmental and public
health results, not the fulfillment of
regulatory mandates, as its primary goal,
because flexibility, good stewardship,
and strong partnerships between the
public and private sectors inspire better
solutions to public health and
environmental problems.
The Process
Although EPA's commitment to
public health and environmental quality
remains undiminished, the Agency is
refining and improving the methods it
uses to protect them. EPA has
undertaken a number of reinvention
efforts, such as the Common Sense
Initiative and line-by-line review of its
regulations, either on its own or in
response to Presidential directives. On
March 16,1995, President Clinton
announced 39 additional EPA projects
that will further the reinvention of
public health and environmental
regulations.
Reinvention at EPA is not the sum of
all the new activities currently
underway. Neither is it an overlay of
new activities in addition to the
traditional work of the Agency. Rather,
reinvention is the fundamental,
comprehensive change of EPA, both in
terms of its internal organization and
external relationships, so that the
Nation achieves more public health and
environmental benefits at less cost by
using a system that makes more sense to
all the people involved. Thus most of
EPA's regulatory activities in the years
ahead will incorporate parts of, or
respond to, this overall reinvention
effort at the Agency.
EPA's reinvention effort is intended to
achieve two distinct purposes. First, it
is aimed at strengthening the current
system, which is largely composed of
regulations driven by existing
environmental laws that mandate action
by regulated entities and, in many cases,
specify public health and environmental
goals. Second, EPA is building a new
system that will use innovative,
nonprescriptive, consensus-based
techniques to achieve environmental
and public health goals beyond those set
by existing laws.
Strengthening the Current System
EPA is strengthening the current
regulatory system in three basic ways
by:
1. Simplifying Regulations and
Reporting Requirements
The Agency is reexamining all
environmental regulations and reporting
requirements now in place in order to
simplify and streamline them, and to
reduce the time and costs associated
with them, without compromising
public health or the environment. For
example, last February the President
announced that all Federal agencies
would conduct a line-by-line review of
their regulations and then eliminate
those that were obsolete or redundant.
EPA is proposing to delete more than a
thousand pages from the Code of
Federal Regulations or more than 10
percent of the pages currently devoted
to EPA regulations. In response to the
President's March 16 directive to reduce
paperwork requirements imposed on
regulated entities by 25 percent, the
Agency is identifying all monitoring,
recordkeeping, and reporting
requirements that can be eliminated.
EPA is developing a one-stop emissions
report (consolidating multiple
environmental reports that businesses
now are required to submit to the
Agency) and a consolidated air rule
(combining all Federal air quality
regulations facing a specific industry
into one comprehensive rule). EPA also.
has established a permits improvement
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan 59659
team to streamline permit programs,
reduce their administrative costs, and
enhance pollution prevention and
public participation in the permitting
process. Many of the rules in EPA's
regulatory plan and regulatory agenda
will help accomplish this kind of
simplification and streamlining.
2. Defining New Roles and
Responsibilities
Reinvention necessarily involves
changing the relationships among EPA
offices and between EPA and the
various stakeholders involved in and
affected by environmental protection
programs. Externally, EPA is
encouraging increased authority and
flexibility for State, tribal, and local
governments through its State capacity
building project and Performance
Partnership Grants. EPA also is
consulting regularly with regulated
industries early in rule development by
relying on types of consensus-based
rulemaking, such as regulatory
negotiation. Internally, EPA is
streamlining management by reducing
the ratio of supervisors to employees
and reorganizing virtually every
program and regional office. EPA also is
reshaping the budget process to support
reinvention initiatives and principles.
3. Retargeting Existing Programs to
Achieve Better Results
EPA is proposing specific, targeted
improvements in existing programs. For
example, EPA is modifying the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
program to refocus hazardous waste
regulations on the high risk wastes. In
addition, EPA convened a
multistakeholder process to identify
specific RCRA requirements that could
be revised to reduce costs and increase
environmental benefits. The Agency is
recommending changes in EPA's
drinking water program to focus
drinking water treatment requirements
on the highest risks to public health.
EPA also will expand pollution trading
markets in specific airsheds and
watersheds to increase flexibility and
reduce costs. Again, the entries in EPA's
regulatory plan will help accomplish
these improvements.
Building a New Generation of
Environmental Protection
Strengthening the existing regulatory
system will not, by itself, do enough to
achieve EPA's reinvention goals. So
EPA is testing new, innovative ideas
that promise either lower costs, greater
environmental benefits, or both. Three
basic kinds of new activities will help
EPA build a new system that ensures a
new generation of environmental
protection:
1. Industry and Facility-Based Programs
EPA is redesigning the regulatory
system so that it makes more sense to
the regulated community and costs less,
while achieving greater environmental
and public health benefits. The
Common Sense Initiative (CSI)—the
centerpiece of this effort—is bringing
together representatives from industry,
public interest and environmental
justice organizations, labor, and State
and local governments to find better
ways of achieving environmental goals
in six specific industries. Under Project
XL, which promotes environmental
excellence and leadership, specific
facilities, whole industries, and
government agencies subject to
environmental regulations are testing
new strategies that simplify procedures,
reduce costs, and provide greater
environmental benefits than under the
current system. EPA's Design for the
Environment project is testing the use of
innovative designs, processes, and
materials that improve both
environmental and economic
performance in specific industries.
2. Community-Based Programs
To increase the effectiveness of
environmental programs, EPA is
coordinating and integrating
environmental protection efforts in
specific places like local communities
and ecosystems. Building on place-
based approaches used in successful
ecosystem management and watershed
protection programs, the Agency will
initiate XL for Communities to integrate
environmental quality and economic
development goals in specific
communities. EPA also is working with
communities and States to identify and
provide site-specific risk assessment
tools to help local decisionmakers
determine their environmental
priorities. To promote place-based
planning for sustainable development,
EPA is providing Sustainable
Development Challenge Grants to
several communities through a national
competition.
3. New Results-Based Tools
Over the long term, EPA will shift its
focus, and the focus of regulated
industries, away from meeting narrowly
defined regulatory requirements and
toward the achievement of
environmental results. Thinking about
results unleashes innovation and helps
the public and private sector find new
solutions to old problems. EPA is
experimenting with several results-
based tools that will help businesses
and communities better focus their
efforts and thus achieve better
environmental results. To improve
compliance with environmental
regulations, for example, EPA will
provide compliance incentives for small
businesses and communities, and it will
establish compliance assistance centers
for small businesses as well. To collect
the information necessary to measure
environmental results, and to indicate
where further efforts are needed, EPA
will establish a center for environmental
information and statistics and ensure
public electronic access to EPA
information. Finally, EPA already has
initiated a series of voluntary programs
that prevent or control pollution and, in
many cases, lead directly to economic
benefits.
Highlights of EPA's Regulatory Plan for
1996
The entries contained in EPA's
regulatory plan reflect the Agency's
continuing commitment to streamline
and simplify its regulatory programs to
achieve better environmental results at
less cost. Many of these entries are
designed to implement the new
directions discussed above. While many
of EPA's new directions are
nonregulatory in nature, the Agency's
entries focus on those changes that can
be made through its regulatory
activities. Here are some of the
highlights of this ongoing commitment.
Office of Air and Radiation
EPA is committed to using the;
flexibility granted by the Clean Air Act
to enable companies, communities, and
individuals to protect public health by
meeting clean air goals using innovative
approaches at lower costs. The Office of
Air and Radiation is committed to
nearly 200 changes in existing rules and
is changing many forthcoming rules to
reflect the common-sense principles of
the reinvention effort.
EPA recently issued an advance
notice of proposed rulemaking
requesting comment from the public on
the need and potential for additional
reduction of nitrogen oxides,
hydrocarbons, and particulate matter
from mobile heavy-duty engines. This
action initiates work on a proposed
rulemaking to establish standards for
model year 2004 and later heavy-duty
highway engines. The rulemaking seeks
to bring together potentially affected
industries, States, regional air
management organizations, and public
health and environmental interest
groups to further their mutual goal of
reducing emission of harmful air
pollutants.
-------
59660 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
Building on successful State
programs, EPA has been working with
stakeholders to develop a more
streamlined process for permit revisions
to help facilities obtain required
operating permits from State or local
agencies. Under the proposed change,
States would have greater flexibility to
decide the amount of EPA and public
review for most permit revisions by
matching the level of review to the
environmental significance of the
change.
EPA's policy on open-market
emissions trading is intended to
establish a trading program that
minimizes transaction costs and
harnesses the power of the marketplace
to enhance air quality and thus protect
public health. In this regard, EPA will
issue a final policy and model rule for
open-market trading of ozone smog
precursors (volatile organic compounds
and oxides of nitrogen) that will provide
more flexibility for companies to trade
' emission credits without prior State or
Federal approval. EPA believes this
action will ensure compliance with the
established ozone standard at far less
cost and an increased incentive to
develop innovative emission-reduction
technologies.
EPA also plans to modify
requirements in two other significant air
regulatory programs. We will propose
changes to simplify and streamline the
New Source Review program which
requires newly built facilities or those
undergoing major modification to obtain
a permit to ensure that emissions will
not cause or contribute to air pollution
problems.
In addition, EPA plans to amend the
original transportation conformity rule
to streamline the conformity process
and provide additional flexibility for
State and local transportation and air
quality agencies. This rulemaking,
initiated in response to stakeholder
concerns, will further enhance State and
local governments' ability to meet
requirements under the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 in common-sense,
cost-effective ways and ensure that
transportation plans do not further .
exacerbate existing air quality problems.
Other significant activities related to
EPA's air programs include reviews of
the national ambient air quality
standards for sulphur dioxide, ozone,
and particulate matter. The sulphur
dioxide review is intended to examine
existing standards to determine whether
further protection for certain exposed
individuals is needed. The ozone and
particulate matter reviews seek to
incorporate new scientific and technical
information that has become available
since the last reviews.
EPA will issue a final rule
implementing a 49-State low-emission
vehicle program. It is a voluntary
emissions standards program applicable
to manufacturers of light-duty vehicles
and trucks beginning in model year
1997. This program is designed to be an
alternative national program that
provides emissions reductions
equivalent to the Northeast Ozone
Transport Commission's low-emission
vehicle program. EPA anticipates that
this program would relieve the 13 States
in the northeastern part of the country
of the December 1994 regulatory
obligation to adopt their own motor
vehicle programs. The rulemaking also
harmonizes Federal and California low-
emission vehicle standards and test
procedures to enable automakers to
design and test vehicles to one set of
standards nationwide.
hi further efforts to provide flexibility
and adhere to common-sense principles,
EPA will issue final rules in the areas
of medical waste incinerators and
municipal waste combustion that have
incorporated comments from industry
and many small entities. The emissions
limits established under these rules are
part of EPA's integrated combustion
strategy, whereby EPA will regulate
various forms of combustion under a
coordinated plan.
EPA will propose an integrated rule
for the pulp and paper industry that
deals with both effluent guidelines and
air emission standards to control the
release of pollutants to both water and
air. The regulations are being developed
jointly to provide greater protection to
human health and the environment, to
promote the concept of pollution
prevention, and to enable industry to
more effectively plan compliance via a
multimedia approach.
Finally, EPA is planning a proposed
rule that will introduce additional
flexibility into its compliance-assurance
monitoring program. This action focuses
on preventing pollution rather than
imposing additional command-and-
control regulations. This is a significant
change in Agency direction for
implementation of the monitoring and
compliance certification requirements
in titles V and VII of the Clean Air Act.
The goal of the action is to provide
reasonable assurance of compliance
rather than a direct connection between
monitoring and certification and will
reduce the emphasis on assuring
compliance through the threat of
enforcement. Instead, this approach
emphasizes assuring compliance by
placing the burden on regulated sources
to monitor their performance and take
proactive steps to minimize emission
exceedances.
Office of Water
EPA is streamlining four of its water-
related programs to reduce burdens
associated with them and to provide
additional flexibility: National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
permits, national primary drinking
water regulations, the pretreatment
program, and water-quality planning
and management. EPA estimates that 80
percent of regulations published under
the jurisdiction of the Office of Water
are undergoing change or modification.
The following are highlights of efforts in
1996.
In the NPDES permits program (Part
122), EPA is removing outdated
requirements, streamlining permit
application and modification
procedures, and reducing monitoring
and reporting requirements. For
example, EPA will consolidate and
revise industrial and municipal permit
application requirements and forms and
streamline the application process. It
will also revise the permit application
requirements for municipal separate
storm water sewer systems to reduce
significantly the cost and burden of
reapplication for succeeding permit
terms. EPA will not require
resubmission of information available
from the earlier application or not
pertinent to the approval process.
EPA is planning a major revision of
the NPDES (Part 141) that will have a
number of benefits for States and the
regulated community. First, EPA will
delete a number of obsolete provisions
and simplify and reformat the remaining
regulations to make it easier for
managers of public water systems to
understand and implement the
requirements and for State officials to
enforce. EPA will also streamline the
public notification requirements to
allow States more flexibility to design
programs that will ensure notice to the
public in a timely and effective manner.
Regulations in the pretreatment
program for publicly owned treatment
works (POTWs) (Part 403) will be
streamlined and revised to delete
obsolete requirements, simplify program
operation, and eliminate unnecessary
reporting requirements. For example,
under streamlined procedures, only the
most significant elements of an
approved pretreatment program would
be included in a POTW's NPDES
permit, eliminating the need for a
permit revision every time small
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan 59661
changes are made to the pretreatment
program.
EPA is undertaking revisions in its
requirements for water-quality planning
and assessment and waterbody listing
requirements for State water-quality
management programs. EPA will be
soliciting public comment in the near
future, through an advance notice of
proposed rulemaking, on potential
revisions to this program.
In addition, the Agency will be
pursuing innovative, nonregulatory
approaches, such as effluent trading
within watersheds, to realize cost
savings and reduce water pollution.
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances
The Office of Prevention, Pesticides,
and Toxic Substances is using existing
authorities under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA) and the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) to decrease cost and burden
to regulated entities, while at the same
Urns providing additional flexibility.
EPA will be amending or deleting 88
percent of its pesticides and toxics
regulations that are currently in the
Code of Federal Regulations. Among
their major efforts in the coming year
are the following actions:
As a follow up to the President's
announcement in August of this year in
support of Community Right to Know
(CRTK), a proposed rule is being
developed that will expand the universe
of sources that are currently required to
be reported to the Toxics Release
Inventory (TRI). The TRI is a data base
that provides communities with
information on releases to air, water,
and land of approximately 600 toxic
chemicals. Currently, only the
manufacturing sector collects TRI data.
The upcoming rule will propose to
require reporting from other sources of
toxic chemicals that pose potentially
significant risks to communities.
By the summer of 1996, EPA plans to
issue a rule that will make over 50
modifications, additions, and deletions
to the existing management program for
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) under
TSCA. This rulemaking is the first
comprehensive review of the PCB
regulations in 17 years. The
modification will allow currently
prohibited activities which do not pose
an unreasonable risk of injury to health
and the environment.
In the area of pesticide regulation, a
significant action in the prerule stage is
the effort to evaluate self-certification as
a possible approach to reinventing the
registration process for pesticides. As
one of the approaches under
consideration, self-certification would
allow a registrant to certify that a
registration application (or part of it)
complies with Agency requirements and
then obtain EPA approval for the
registration after an abbreviated review
or no review at all.
Pursuant to its data-consolidation
initiative, EPA is developing a proposed
regulation for collecting uniform facility
identification information under one
regulation. The uniform facility
information will be used to link data
reported under various Federal
environmental laws and will
substantially reduce regulatory burden
for facilities.
Finally, as part of President Clinton's
directive to conduct a comprehensive
review of the regulations, EPA has
identified a number of pesticides and
toxics regulations that can be eliminated
from the Code of Federal Regulations or
otherwise modified to reduce regulatory
burden. EPA is seeking comments from
the public and affected stakeholders to
develop specific recommendations to
reduce burden or duplication or
streamline requirements. As these .
actions are developed, they will be
included in the regulatory agenda as
appropriate.
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response
The Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response (OSWER) is
planning to propose a number of actions
that would streamline and simplify
compliance under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
As part of its effort to refocus hazardous
waste regulation on high-risk wastes,
EPA seeks to tailor standards to the
nature or degree of risk posed by
particular wastes. Toward this end, EPA
is undertaking a number of actions in
1996 to implement this goal.
A rule entitled "Hazardous Waste
Identification: Contaminated Media," is
designed to resolve problems with the
current RCRA cleanup program by
deregulating large volumes of low-risk
contaminated media (e.g., soil). The
Agency will also create a more common-
sense regulatory structure for those
clean-up wastes that remain regulated.
Also related to hazardous waste
identification is an action to modify
certain regulations distinguishing
"listed" hazardous waste. Certain
current regulations, including the
"mixture" and "derived from" rules,
apply to listed wastes regardless of the
concentrations and the mobility of
toxicant in the waste, thereby regulating
certain low-risk wastes and, in
particular, treatment residuals. The
modifications will establish exemption
standards for these low-risk "listed"
hazardous waste management
requirements.
As part of its corrective action
program, EPA will publish an advance
notice of proposed rulemaking dealing
with solid waste management units at
hazardous waste management facilities.
EPA believes final regulations are
needed in this area to promote national
consistency, clarify corrective action
requirements, and reduce the number of
site-specific negotiation and legal
challenges. The public will be asked to
comment on several alternatives
presented in the notice.
EPA also plans to establish new
emissions standards for hazardous
waste combustors under joint Clean Air
Act and RCRA authority. These revised
standards will avoid duplicative Agency
effort and piecemeal regulation of the
hazardous waste management industry
while enhancing EPA's ability to be
adequately protective of human health
and the environment in the areas of
chlorinated dioxins and furans.
Finally, EPA will also issue an
advance notice of proposed rulemaking
concerning the definition of solid waste
and regulations for hazardous waste
recycling. This action will simplify and
clarify what wastes/processes are and
are not subject to RCRA jurisdiction.
Summary
In addition to these actions, EPA's
Regulatory Plan contains entries on:
• Review of the Federal test procedures
for emissions from vehicles and motor
vehicle engines;
• Emission standards for new nonroad
spark-ignition engines at and below
19 kilowatts;
• The risk management program for
chemical accidental release
prevention;
• Land disposal restrictions—phase III,
decharacterized wastewaters,
carbamate wastes, and spent
aluminum potliners;
• Land disposal restrictions—phase IV,
treatment standards for certain
mineral processing wastes; TC metals,
newly listed wastes from wood
preserving and from dyes and
pigments;
• Effluent guidelines and standards for
the metal products and machinery
category (phase I); and
• Selected rulemakings for abating lead
hazards.
-------
59662 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
In developing these required actions
EPA is committed to flexible, common-
sense, cost-effective regulatory programs
that protect human health and the
environment.
EPA
PRERULE STAGE
100. STREAMLINING REVISIONS TO
THE WATER QUALITY PLANNING
AND MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
33 USC 1313/CWA 303
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 130
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act
(CWA) requires States to identify
waters still requiring total maximum
daily loads (TMDLs). The TMDL is a
tool for achieving State water quality
standards. The TMDL process provides
a framework for solving point and
nonpoint source pollution problems in
an integrated fashion. Current
regulations implementing section
303(d) require States to submit their list
of waters requiring TMDLs to the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
every 2 years. This action will revise
existing regulations to require States to
submit their 303(d) list of waters still
requiring TMDLs to EPA every 5 years
rather than every 2 years. This revision
is part of EPA's goal to
comprehensively characterize State
waters every five years. Currently,
waters are identified on a number of
lists as required by the CWA sections
303(d), 305(b), 314(a), and 319(a). The
Federal Register notice proposing the
revision will also announce the
availability of supplemental TMDL
guidance which will clarify the
definition of a TMDL.
Statement of Need:
EPA identified this rule revision in
response to the President's request to
undertake a line-by-line review of the
parts of the Code of Federal Regulations
relevant to the Agency's programs. This
revision should reduce the burdens
associated with the Water Quality
Planning and Management Program and
make it more efficient. EPA's June 1
"Report to the President: Eliminating
and Streamlining Regulations"
included a commitment to streamline
the Program.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
EPA has no statutory or court
obligation to complete this rule.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Firm cost-benefit data is not available
at this time.
Risks:
EPA's streamlining efforts will address
opportunities to reduce program
implementation costs without
jeopardizing public health or
environmental protection.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/95
02/00/97
12/00/97
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
State, Tribal, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3700.
Agency Contact:
Mimi Dannel
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
(4503F)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2897
RIN: 2040-AC65
EPA
101. CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT UNITS
(SWMUS) AT HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
Priority:
Economically Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 6924/RCRA 3004(u), 3004(v)
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 270
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
Past and present waste management
practices at Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) facilities have
resulted in releases of hazardous
constituents from some waste
management units. These releases may
cause contamination of soils,
groundwater, surface water, and air.
This regulation provides a framework
for investigating and remediating
releases at RCRA facilities as necessary
to protect human health and the
environment.
The Agency plans to issue the
corrective action regulations in several
phases. Phase I was issued in February
1993 (i.e., regulations concerning
Corrective Action Management Units
(CAMUJ). The next task will include
issuing an advance notice of proposed
rulemaking (ANPRM). The following
phase (Phase II) will include finalizing
certain provisions of the July 27, 1990,
proposal at the same time as issuing
a proposal that includes a reproposal
of some provisions from the July 1990
notice plus some new provisions. The
last phase (Phase III) will involve
finalizing the newly proposed
provisions.
Statement of Need:
The corrective action program is
curently being implemented using
minimal regulatory authorities; the
proposed Subpart S rule has been used
as guidance since July 1990. The
Agency thinks final regulations are
needed to promote national
consistency, clarify corrective action
requirements, and reduce the amount
of site-specific negotiations and legal
challenges, thereby promoting faster,
more efficient cleanups.
In addition, some stakeholders have
told the Agency that the current
corrective action process can be too
slow and expensive. The Agency is
currently exploring additional options
which could make cleanups faster and
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan 59663
more efficient, without sacrificing
protectiveness or public involvement.
This rulemaking may be used to
propose regulatory changes necessary to
implement these options.
Alternatives:
The Agency is currently evaluating a
number of alternatives that are aimed
at achieving the following primary
objectives: (a) create a more consistent,
holistic approach to cleanup at RCRA
facilities; (b) establish protective,
"common-sense" cleanup expectations;
(c) encourage the regulated community
to conduct voluntary/proactive
cleanups; (d) provide meaningful and
inclusive opportunities for public
involvement throughout the cleanup
process.
The Agency plans to use an ANPRM,
(see schedule below) to discuss
rulemaking alternatives in greater
detail. Some of the alternatives
currently under consideration include:
relying on performance criteria rather
than prescriptive requirements;
allowing for greater consideration of
industrial and other nonresidential land
uses; and promoting greater consistency
between cleanup actions at individual
areas of a RCRA site.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Analysis of costs and benefits will be
conducted as part of the economic
analysis for this rule as required under
Executive Order 12866.
Risks:
The objective of establishing protective,
"common-sense" cleanup expectations
reflects, in part, the Agency's position
that the scope of remedial actions
should accurately reflect the risks
posed by the contamination. The
Agency intends to design the rule with
flexibility sufficient to select smart and
cost-effective remedies in order to
achieve the Agency's risk-reduction
objectives more efficiently. More
quantitative evaluation of the risks and
risk reduction associated with this rule
will be included in the economic
analysis.
Timetable:
Small Entities Affected:
None
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2390.
The rule was highlighted as one of the
top regulatory reform initiatives in the
President's March 16,1995 report,
"Reinventing Environmental
Regulations." The Subpart S rule is an
important component of EPA's
regulatory efforts to refocus hazardous
waste regulation on high-risk wastes
and to expedite cleanups.
Agency Contact:
Guy Tomassoni
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
(5303W)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8622
RIN: 2050-AB80
EPA
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 07/27/90 55 FR 30798
Final Rule (Phase I) 02/16/93 58 FR 8658
ANPRM 12/00/95
NPRM 00/00/00
Final Action 00/00/00
(Phase II)
Final Action 00/00/00
(Phase III)
Final Action 00/00/00
PROPOSED RULE STAGE
102. • DATA CONSOLIDATION
INITIATIVE; KEY IDENTIFIERS
REPORTING
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
FIFRA, TSCA, RCRA, CAA, SDWA,
PPA, etc.
CFR Citation:
Not yet determined
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
Using the various EPA regulatory
authorities, the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) EPA is
developing a proposed regulation for
collecting uniform facility identification
information under one regulation. The
uniform facility information will be
used to link data reported under
various Federal environmental laws,
and is expected to substantially reduce
regulatory burden for facilities. This
action will provide more meaningful
access to environmental data and is the
foundation for moving forward the
longer-term vision of full data
integration and uniform reporting.
Statement of Need:
Facilities currently subject to Federal
environmental data collections must
submit facility identification .
information with each of a variety, of
individual data submissions to'EPA or
the State. The Key Identifiers Rule is
a necessary first step toward
consolidation of such reporting
requirements. The facilities involved
must periodically supply and update
varying combinations of facility
identification data to different data
collections. Many of these facility data
elements are common, such as name,
address, standard industrial
classification (SIC) code, and parent
company identification. Burden to
continually supply such data in varying
formats can be reduced by establishing
one authoritative record for each
facility. A new, unique identification
number would be supplied to the
facility and it would become the "key"
to this reduced facility data reporting.
Entering this key id number on any
given reporting form would signal that
the Agency or State has a detailed
record on file.
Alternatives:
An alternative to this rule would be
to amend rules authorizing each
current, individual data collection to
require a uniform set of facility
identification data elements. This
approach may provide the same data
elements submitted but would not
necessarily promote the establishment
and maintenance of a uniform record
for each facility because such forms
may be completed with differing entries
over time.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Costs estimates are not yet available.
Benefits to the facility include lower
overall reporting burden and the ability
to determine the status of its
submission records maintained by EPA
and the State. EPA and the State will
increase their data management
efficiency by having this common
identifier for the facility in each
relevant data system. This action will
-------
59664 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
also provide the foundation for later
consolidated reporting initiatives.
Risks:
This rule will assist in the evaluation
of risks to human health and the
environment by improving the
coordination of existing environmental
data sources.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/95
09/00/96
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Agency Contact:
Mary Hanley
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances
(7404)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1624
BIN: 2070-AD01
EPA
103. FACILITY COVERAGE
AMENDMENT; TOXIC CHEMICAL
RELEASE REPORTING; COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
Priority:
Other Significant
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) required reporting from facilities
in Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC) codes 20-39. These SIC codes
cover manufacturing facilities only.
This requirement was imposed under
the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-To-Know Act
(EPCRA) section 313(b)(l)(A). The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
is considering expanding this original
list. EPCRA section 313(b)(l)(B) and
(b)(2) provide the Administrator with
the authority to add or delete SIC codes
and the discretion to add particular
facilities based on a broad set of factors.
EPA is currently conducting analysis to
determine which SIC codes (or portions
thereof) should be considered for
coverage in TRI. Facilities in a broad
set of industries are under
consideration, including but not limited
to, electric utilities, waste management
facilities, mining, oil and gas
production, materials recovery and
recycling, and some warehousing
activities.
Statement of Need:
TRI is the most complete and accessible
source of information for the public on
toxic chemical releases in communities
across America. The intention of
Congress was for TRI, and indeed all
of EPCRA, to provide information to
local communities. Communities need
this information to better understand
the nature of the releases at the local
level. The intent of TRI has been to
share information on releases with local
communities to help in their
assessments of the risks. This basic
local empowerment is the cornerstone
of the right-to-know program.
Yet TRI collects data from only the
manufacturing sector, and for only a
subset of toxic chemicals that are
introduced into the environment.
Congress gave EPA the authority to
expand TRI, both in terms of the
chemicals reported and the facilities
required to report, because it
recognized that the American public
has a right to know what is happening
to the environment near their homes,
schools, and businesses. Manufacturing
facilities account for only a portion of
the toxic chemicals released in the
United States. EPA recognizes the
reporting burden inherent in TRI, and
is continuing to take every reasonable
opportunity to reduce this burden.
The industries under consideration for
addition to TRI would conceivably add
significantly to the data available to the
public on toxic chemical releases. For
this proposal, industries will be
selected based on a number of factors
including the importance of the
releases to the community, the relative
rank of release estimates, the
relationship of activities in these
industries to manufacturing, and the
compatibih'ty of these activities with
current reporting requirements.
Alternatives:
Although data on releases from many
of the facilities under consideration can
be found, there is no centralized,
publicly available, comprehensive,
easily understandable, or consistently
collected source of information for the
public on toxic chemical releases from
facilities outside of manufacturing. EPA
has examined all available data sources,
including information reported under
the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act,
and Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, as well as other sections
of EPCRA, State data collection
programs, and available data provided
by industry. EPA can find no
information comparable to the data
which TRI provides the American
public. Consequently, there are only
two alternatives to the expansion of TRI
reporting requirements to cover
additional facilities: voluntary reporting
by facilities or a determination that any
additional information TRI might
collect from these facilities is of little
or no value in terms of community
right-to-know.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The anticipated costs of this action are
unknown at present. The addition of
facilities to 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 levels of pollutants released
to the environment and pathways to
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
liability; and assists Federal, State, and
local authorities in making better
decisions on acceptable levels of toxics
in communities.
Risks:
Manufacturing facilities, which are
currently required to report to TRI,
represent only a portion of the facilities
that release toxic chemicals in the
United States. Although what portion
of releases these facilities represent is
uncertain, the Congressional Office of
Technology Assessment has estimated
that the original chemical and facility
coverage of TRI in 1987 resulted in data
on only 5 percent of releases in the
U.S. EPA believes that the public has
a right to know about such releases and
about what facilities are doing to
manage wastes. The public can then
use this data to evaluate potential risks
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan 59665
from these facilities and to determine
how to avoid these risks.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/96
Small Entitles 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
Phone: 202 260-1024
R1N: 2070-AC71
EPA
104. • CFR REGULATORY REVIEW
RELATED INITIATIVES
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
40 USC 11013 EPCRA 313
CFR Citation:
0 CFR 150 to 189; 40 CFR 372; 40 CFR
700 to 799
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
On March 4,1995, the President
directed all Federal agencies and
departments to conduct a
comprehensive review of the
regulations they administer, and by
June 1,1995, to identify those rules
that are obsolete or unduly
burdensome. The Office of Prevention
Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
(OPPTS) has reviewed regulations
under its purview, that is, those issued
under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), the Toxic Substances Control
Act (TSCA), and the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-
Know Act (EPCRA). As a result of that
review, OPPTS identified a number of
regulations that can be eliminated from
the CFR; in addition, OPPTS also
identified a significant number of
potential burden-reduction and
streamlining opportunities through
modifications to regulations and is
further evaluating other regulations to
determine if they can be simplified or
streamlined. The Agency plans to
involve the public as much as possible
by soliciting comments and conducting
stakeholder meetings and consultations.
Statement of Need:
There are many regulations currently
on the books that pertain to pesticides
and toxic chemicals. Some regulations
are obsolete or are no longer applicable
to the Agency's current needs, some are
confusing, and many have become
overly burdensome to all concerned,
both the public and EPA. The goal of
this project is to assess the regulations
from a common-sense approach. The
objectives are multifold: to identify
regulations in the CFR that are
confusing, contradictory, unnecessary,
or not written in plain English; evaluate
the underlying programs described by
the regulations for streamlining
possibilities; and seek opportunities to
reduce reporting and recordkeeping
burdens. OPPTS has identified
regulations in the CFR which would
benefit from modifications or which
require evaluation prior to proposing
specific recommendations. Current
activities focus on determining the
extent to which its regulations could
be changed to achieve the objectives of
the Regulatory Review initiative
without sacrificing health or
environmental protection. Changes are
being considered at all levels and
include, in addition to regulatory
changes, procedural changes, policy
changes, administrative changes, and
legislative changes.
Alternatives:
Alternatives are being explored
continually. Public suggestions and
recommendations for deregulation
activities and streamlining efforts are
being evaluated to the extent they can
be practicably implemented without
increasing risk to the public health or
environment.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
This is a streamlining exercise,
therefore overall costs to the regulated
community are expected to decrease.
Benefits include reduced regulation,
decreased paperwork, less burden, and
increased Agency efficiency. No
comprehensive analyses have been
done to date. When specific regulatory
objectives and alternatives are
identified, costs and benefits will be
evaluated.
Risks:
The principal objective of this project
is to improve the infrastructure of the
pesticide regulation system. Each
recommendation for change is assessed
for potential impact on public health
and environmental protection, hi
considering modifying existing
regulations, any alternatives must be at
least as protective as current
requirements.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
11/00/95
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3755
A number of program activities and
regulations are being evaluated for the
regulatory reform initiative. As these
activities are developed, they will be
included in the Regulatory Agenda
when appropriate. Current regulatory
reform initiatives are identified in the
Regulatory Agenda individually.
Agency Contact:
Allan Abramson
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances
(7101)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2906
RIN: 2070-AC97
V
EPA
105. • STREAMLINING NATIONAL
POLLUTANT DISCHARGE
ELIMINATION SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING
GENERAL PRETREATMENT
REQUIREMENTS
Priority:
Economically Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
-------
59666 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
33 USC 1251/CWA 101; 33 USC
1311/CWA 301; 33 USC 1314/CWA
304; 33 USC 1317/CWA 307; 33 USC
1328/CWA 318; 33 USC 1342/CWA
402; 33 USC 1345/CWA 405
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 403
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) is revising regulations, guidance
documents, and forms to streamline
procedures for compliance with the
National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES)
requirements. The rule and form
revisions will eliminate redundant
regulations, provide clarification, and
remove unnecessary procedures which
do not provide any environmental
benefit. Revising and reducing
burdensome procedures will promote
efficiency and simplify the operation of
the NPDES programs. Where possible,
through the reliance on existing data
and collection of data in electronic
form, the burden on small businesses
and other entities will be reduced.
Statement of Need:
EPA identified these rulemaking
actions in response to the President's
request to undertake a line-by-line
review of the Parts of the Code of
Federal Regulations relevant to the
Agency's programs. These revisions
should reduce the burdens associated
with the NPDES Program, including
pretreatment, and make the programs
more efficient. EPA's June 1 "Report to
the President: Eliminating and
Streamlining Regulations" included
commitments to streamline the NPDES
Program.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
EPA has no statutory or court
obligation to complete these rules.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Firm cost-benefit data is not available
at this time. While some of the rule
revisions will include new
requirements which have costs
associated with them (e.g., the permit
application forms and associated
regulation revisions), most of the
revisions will lead to cost savings. The
proposals under development will
consolidate application forms and
clarify/streamline application
procedures (e.g., minimize the need for
sequential requests for additional
information). The revisions are
expected to reduce permit backlogs, the
cost of duplicative work, and
paperwork burdens and costs for State
and local governments, businesses, and
others that must comply with NPDES
regulations.
Risks:
For the most part, EPA's streamlining
efforts will address opportunities to
reduce program implementation costs
without jeopardizing public health or
environmental protection. While the
Industrial, Municipal, and Sludge
Permit Application Rules will include
new requirements which have costs
associated with them, they should
make the permit process more efficient
and predictable. The revised
application requirements should make
it easier for .the Agency and States to
collect the information they need
regarding the discharge of toxic
contaminants and support the
development of permit limits that will
protect the quality of our Nation's
waters.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM NPDES and 10/00/95
Sludge Municipal
Permit Application
Forms and Rules
NPRM Procedures for 12/00/95
Developing and
Maintaining
Approved POTW
Program
NPRM Round II 02/00/96
NPDES
Streamlining Rule
NPRM NPDES 04/00/96
Industrial Permit
Application Form
and Regulations
NPRM Permit 05/00/96
Application for
Municipal Separate
Storm Sewer
Systems
NPRM Round III 06/00/96
NPDES
Streamlining Rule
Final Action Round II 08/00/96
NPDES
Streamlining Rule
Final Action 12/00/96
Procedures for
Developing and
Maintaining
Approved POTW
Program
NPRM General 03/00/97
Pretreatment for
Existing and New
Sources of Pollution
Final Action NPDES 06/00/97
and Sludge
Municipal Permit
Application Forms
and Rules
Final Action Permit 06/00/97
Application for
Municipal Separate
Storm Sewer
Systems
Final Action Round III 12/00/97
NPDES
Streamlining Rule
Final Action NPDES 01/00/98
Industrial Permit
Application Form
and Regulations
Final Action General 03/00/98
Pretreatment for
Existing and New
Sources of Pollution
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Agency Contact:
Traci Brown
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
(4203)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8487
RIN: 2040-AC69
EPA
106. • STREAMLINING REVISIONS TO
THE NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 300/SDWA 1412
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 141
Legal Deadline:
None
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan 59667
Abstract:
As part of the Environmental Protection
Agency's (EPA's) efforts to realign
regulatory development priorities for
the Drinking Water Program to
maximize risk reduction and to focus
and improve implementation of the
existing regulatory program, EPA is
initiating work on several streamlining
rules. First, EPA is
reorganizing/reformatting Part 141 to
make it easier for public water systems
to understand and comply with and for
States, local, and tribal governments to
implement. EPA is also undertaking a
comprehensive review of numerous
monitoring and reporting requirements
to identify opportunities to reduce the
monitoring and reporting burden
associated with both regulated and
unregulated contaminants. Along with
the comprehensive review of
monitoring requirements, EPA is
rccxamining existing requirements that
trigger increased monitoring of
individual pollutants to try to raise the
trigger and, thereby, reduce particular
increased monitoring requirements.
Finally, EPA is reviewing and
streamlining existing public notification
(PN) requirements which apply to
systems which do not comply with
drinking water standards. EPA plans to
streamline PN requirements to allow
States increased flexibility to design
programs which will ensure notice to
tho public in a timely and effective
manner.
Statement of Need:
EPA identified these rulemaking
actions in response to the President's
request to undertake a line-by-line
review of the Parts of the Code of
Federal Regulations relevant to the
Agency's programs. These revisions
should reduce the burdens associated
with the National Primary Drinking
Water Program and make the
regulations easier to read and
understand. EPA's June 1 "Report to
tho President: Eliminating and
Streamlining Regulations" included
commitments to streamline the
Drinking Water Program.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
EPA has no Statutory or Court
obligation to complete these rules.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Firm cost-benefit data is not available
at this time.
Risks:
EPA's streamlining efforts will address
opportunities to reduce program
implementation costs without
jeopardizing public health protection.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM Reformatting 03/00/96
of Existing Drinking
Water Regulations
NPRM Requirements 03/00/96
for Triggering
Increased Drinking
Water Monitoring
NPRM Streamlining 12/00/96
Drinking Water
Monitoring
Requirements
NPRM Streamlining 12/00/96
Drinking Water
Public Notification
Requirements
Final Action 01/00/97
Requirements for
Triggering
Increased Drinking
Water Monitoring
Final Action 06/00/97
Reformatting of
Existing Drinking
Water Regulations
Final Action 12/00/98
Streamlining
Drinking Water
Monitoring
Requirements
Final Action 12/00/98
Streamlining
Drinking Water
Public Notification
Requirements
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
Revision of Current Requirements for
Triggering Increased Drinking Water
Monitoring (SAN 3565)
Reformatting of Existing Drinking Water
Regulations (SAN 3563)
Comprehensive Review of Drinking
Water Monitoring Requirements (SAN)
Revisions to Drinking Water Public
Notification Requirements (SAN)
Agency Contact:
George Hoessel
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
(4602)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7097
RIN: 2040-AC66
EPA
107. MODIFICATIONS TO THE
DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE AND
REGULATIONS OF HAZARDOUS
WASTE RECYCLING: GENERAL
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text- in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 6905/RCRA 1004; 42 USC 6921
to 6928/RCRA 3001 to 3008
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 266
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
The benefits include lessening the
burden on the regulated community by
clarifying requirements for all
hazardous waste recyclers, and
reducing those requirements for many
recyclers. Costs will be determined as
the Agency decides which recycling
facilities will be under Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
jurisdiction.
Statement of Need:
Revisions are needed to improve EPA's
regulation hazardous waste recycling
by: (a) eliminating disincentives for the
safe recycling of hazardous waste; (b)
concentrating on higher-risk materials
that pose greater hazards; and (c)
developing simpler definitions and
regulations.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
This action is not mandated by statute
or court order. However, the Agency
intends to respond to several court
decisions by clarifying which
recyclable materials are excluded from
RCRA hazardous waste management
requirements.
Alternatives:
Alternatives to be considered include
not modifying the current regulations.
Other alternatives include different
mechanisms for determining which
recyclable materials are subject to
RCRA, such as the degree to which the
recycling process resembles ongoing
manufacturing and whether the
materials are transferred off-site. For
recyclable materials remaining under
-------
59668 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 2287 Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
RCRA, we are examining alternative
management requirements and approval
systems for different types of recyclers.
Risks:
This action aims at more effective risk
management by streamlining and
tailoring management requirements for
low-risk recyclers (including
eliminating requirements that are
redundant with other statutes). This
will allow regulatory resources to be
concentrated on those recyclers who
engage in activities posing a greater
threat to human health and the
environment.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
09/00/96
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
State, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2872,
Agency Contact:
Marilyn Goode
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
(5304)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8551
RIN: 2050-AD18
EPA
108. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING
OF HAZARDOUS WASTES:
HAZARDOUS WASTE IDENTIFICATION
RULE (HWIR); WASTE
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 6905, 6912(a), 6921, 6922, and
6926
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 262;
40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 268
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, November 13, 1995.
Final, judicial, December 15,1996.
Abstract:
Under the current Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
"mixture" and "derived from" rules,
some low-risk wastes are currently
regulated by the Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA's) hazardous
waste regulations. To address this
problem, this deregulatory action will
make modifications to the "mixture"
and "derived from" rules, and establish
new criteria that would exempt certain
low-risk wastes from the hazardous
waste regulations. In developing this
action, EPA is considering the views
of all members of a Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) committee. This
action will be implemented by EPA and
authorized States.
Statement of Need:
EPA is proposing to amend its
regulations under RCRA for hazardous
waste identification. The amendment
would establish exemption criteria for
low-risk listed hazardous wastes, waste
mixtures, and derivatives.
Under the amendment, low-risk listed
hazardous wastes, waste mixtures, and
derivatives meeting the exemption
criteria would no longer be subject to
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 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 were
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. The
proposal will include a basic exit
option and request comment on
contingent management alternatives.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Draft estimates are that 60-80 million
tons of waste water, and 0.25 to 0.28
million tons of nonwastewater could
exit subtitle C annually. Cost savings
to industry could range from $70-$80
million annually.
Risks:
This proposal would maintain current
levels of risk protection.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
NPRM Withdrawn
NPRM Reproposal
Final Action
Date FR Cite
05/20/92 57 FR 21450
10/30/92 57 FR 49280
11/00/95
12/00/96
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3328.
Reinventing Government: The rule was
highlighted as one of the top regulatory
reform initiatives in the President's
March 16, 1995 Report, "Reinventing
Environmental Regulations."
Agency Contact:
William A. Collins, Jr.
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
(5304)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4791
RIN: 2050-AE07
EPA
109. REVISED STANDARDS FOR
HAZARDOUS WASTE COMBUSTION
FACILITIES
Priority:
Economically Significant
Legal Authority:
42 USC /RCRA 3004(a)(q); RCRA
3005(a), CAAA section 112
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 61; 40 CFR 260;
40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
40 CFR 266; 40 CFR 270
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.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan 59669
Abstract:
The Environmental Protection Agency's
(EPA's) strategy for hazardous waste
minimization and combustion and a
Judicial settlement agreement commit
EPA to upgrade its 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 hazardous waste
combustors (HWCs) (i.e., incinerators,
cement kilns, boilers, and some types
of smelting furnaces). In addition,
under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA), EPA is required
to establish standards for all HWCs as
necessary to ensure protection of
human health and the environment.
EPA is concerned that its current RCRA
standards for HWCs may not be
adequately protective given that there
are no emission standards for
chlorinated dioxins and furans and that
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.
This will avoid duplicative Agency
effort and piecemeal regulation of the
hazardous 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:
The cost and benefit analyses are
currently undergoing internal Agency
review.
Risks:
The risk analyses for this rulemaking
are undergoing internal Agency review.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM Industrial
Furnaces and
Incinerators
Final Rule
NPRM - Boilers
Final Rule
Date
11/00/95
12/00/96
09/00/98
12/00/99
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3333.
Agency Contact:
Larry Denyer
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
5302W
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8770
RIN: 2050-AE01
EPA
110. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING
OF HAZARDOUS WASTES;
HAZARDOUS WASTE IDENTIFICATION
RULE (HWIR): CONTAMINATED
MEDIA
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 6912(a)/RCRA 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 goal of this regulation is to
establish a new regulatory framework
under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) for the
management of contaminated media
that are generated from remediating
hazardous waste sites. The new
regulation will reform the current
standards by creating more flexibility
for Agency decisionmakers in setting
cleanup requirements, and by better
aligning the RCRA regulations with the
actual risks posed by managing
contaminated media. The rule will
exempt certain lower risk contaminated
media from the traditional RCRA
regulations and will set treatment
standards for higher risk media that
reflect the inherent differences between
contaminated media (e.g., soils,
groundwater) and newly generated
hazardous wastes. The regulations will
also simplify and streamline RCRA
permit requirements for cleanups that
involve managing hazardous materials.
Statement of Need:
Since 1980, the Environmental
Protection Agency (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 hazardous
waste generation, and for those wastes
generated, to prevent future
environmental contamination by
ensuring safe management and
disposal. In contrast, the primary
objective of the cleanup program is to
achieve environmental improvement as
quickly and effectively as possible.
In 1993, EPA, States, and
representatives from industry,
environmental groups, and the
hazardous waste treatment industry
(constituting 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.
Alternatives:
Alternative regulatory approaches for
this rule will be proposed and
analyzed.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Analyses of costs and benefits will be
conducted as part of the economic
-------
53670 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
analysis for this rule required under
Executive Order. 12866.
Risks:
One of trie 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
12/00/95
03/00/97
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2982.
Reinventing Government: The rule was
highlighted as one of'the Agency's top
regulatory reform initiatives in the
President's March 16, 1995 report,
"Reinventing Environmental •
Regulations." The HWIR Media rule is
an important component of EPA's
regulatory efforts to make the RCRA
hazardous waste program more risk
based and to expedite cleanups at
RCRA, UST, and CERCLA sites.
Agency Contact:
Carolyn Loomis Hoskinson
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
(5303W)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8626
RIN: 2050-AE22
EPA
111. NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR)
REFORM
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
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 revise
the Clean Air Act new source review
CNSR) regulations, which govern the
preconstruction air quality review and
permitting programs that are
implemented by States and the Federal
Government for new and modified
major stationary sources of air
pollution. This rulemaking seeks to
deregulate, that is, exclude from major
NSR program requirements those
activities of sources that, with respect
to air pollution, have little
environmental impact. The rulemaking
will encourage pollution control and
pollution prevention projects at existing
sources. Control technology
requirements will be clarified with
respect to when and how they apply
to sources that are covered. The action
will more clearly define the roles and
requirements of sources, permitting
authorities and Federal land managers
in the protection of air-quality-related
values in Federal Class I areas (i.e.,
certain national parks and wilderness
areas) under the new source review
regulations. State, local, and tribal
permitting agencies will be given more
flexibility to implement program
requirements in a manner that meet
their specific air quality management
needs. Consequently, the rulemaking
decreases the number of activities that
are subject to NSR requirements and
also expedites the permitting process
for those sources that are subject to
NSR. This action is designed to reduce
the regulatory burden over all
industries without respect to
commercial size or capacity; therefore,
it should have no detrimental impact
on small businesses. Finally, this action
also addresses several pending petitions
for judicial review and administrative
action pertaining to new source review
applicability requirements and control
technology review requirements.
Regulations that will be affected are
State implementation plan
requirements for review of new sources
and modifications to existing sources
(40 CFR 51.160-166), the Federal
prevention of significant deterioration
program (40 CFR 52.21), and Federal
restriction on new source construction
(40 CFR 52.24) to be proposed in
another rulemaking action.
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,
and the Office of Management and
Budget). Six subgroups were formed to
address Class I area and control
technoloy 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
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan 59671
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:
From a cost perspective, this
rulemaking represents a decrease in
costs to industry of at least $6 million
per year, as compared to the preexisting
program, based primarily on the fact
that fewer sources will need to apply
for major source permits. In addition,
the cost to State and local agencies will
bo reduced by approximately $1.4
million per year. The Federal
Government should realize a savings of
approximately $116,000 per year.
Additional cost reductions, which are
difficult to quantify, will be realized
due to the streamlining effect of the
rulemaking on the permitting process,
for example, the opportunity costs for
shorter time periods between permit
application and project completion and
reduced uncertainty in planning for
future source growth.
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. This action is considered
environmentally neutral. However, any
potential risks are considered in the
NAAQS rulemaking from a national
perspective.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
10/00/95
09/00/96
FR Cite
Small Entitles Affected:
None
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3259.
Agency Contact:
Dennis Grumpier
New Source Review Section
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
MD-12
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5433
RIN: 2060-AE11
EPA
112. NAAQS: OZONE (REVIEW)
Priority:
Economically Significant
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 Environmental Protection Agency
(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, 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 that 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 were held to review the
revised draft criteria document and
drafts of the staff paper in March and
September 1995.
Alternatives:
Section 109 of the Clean Air Act
requires periodic review of the NAAQS.
This review is being undertaken to
satisfy the statutory requirement.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The anticipated costs and benefits
resulting from this rulemaking will be
part of die 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.
Risks:
As part of this review, EPA is preparing
exposure/risk analyses. These analyses
are undergoing review. Therefore the
results are not available at this time.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/00/96
06/00/97
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-15
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5533
RIN: 2060-AE57
EPA
113. NAAQS: PARTICULATE MATTER
(REVIEW)
Priority:
Economically Significant
Legal Authority:
42 USC 7408 to 7409
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 50.6
-------
59672 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, June 30,1996. Final,
Judicial, January 31,1997.
Abstract:
The Environmental Protection Agency
(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.
Statement of Need:
The EPA last completed a review of
the particulate matter NAAQS in July
-1987. Since that time a growing body
of scientific information has associated
particle pollution with excess-mortality
and morbidity effects at levels below
the existing 24-hour primary standard.
Many in the scientific community
believe that these effects are most likely
associated with fine particles. In light
of this, EPA is in the process of
updating the air quality criteria for
particulate matter. An external review
draft of revised criteria document was
reviewed by the Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee (CASAC) in
August 1995. The CASAC will meet to
review the associated staff paper in
November/December 1995.
Alternatives:
Section 109 of the Clean Air Act (42
USC 7409) requires periodic review of
the NAAQS. This review is being
undertaken to satisfy the satisfactory
requirement.
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.
Risks:
Particle pollution has been associated
with excess mortality and with
respiratory illness at levels below
existing 24-hour standards. As part of
this review, EPA will examine the risk
associated with particle pollution.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/30/96
01/31/97
Small Entities Affected:
None
Government Levels Affected:
None
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. 3448.
Agency Contact:
John Haines
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
MD-15
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5533
BIN: 2060-AE66
EPA
114. OPERATING PERMITS:
REVISIONS (PART 70)
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 7661 et seq
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 70; 40 CFR 71; 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
In response to litigation on the part 70
regulations, to several problems
identified through implementation of
part 70, and to comments provided in
response to notices of proposed
rulemaking, parts 51, 70, and 71 are
being revised. The changes include the
following: streamlined procedures for
revising stationary-source operating
permits issued by State and local
permitting authorities or the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
under title V of the Clean Air Act;
changes to the certification of
compliance that is required to be
submitted as part of the permit
documentation; clarification of the title
I and title V permitting requirements
for certain smaller research and
development facilities; and changes in
procedural requirements in order to
clarify the flexibility States possess in
processing minor new source review
actions under title I of the Act.
Statement of Need:
These revised rules will establish a
simpler, more flexible system for
revising operating permits. These
revisions reflect the principles
articulated in the President's and the
Vice President's March 16, 1995 report
"Reinventing Environmental
Regulation." That report established as
goals for environmental regulation the
building of partnerships between EPA
and State and local agencies,
minimizing costs, providing flexibility
in implementing programs, tailoring
solutions to the problem, and shifting
responsibility to State and local
programs.
Alternatives:
The Clean Air Act requires that EPA
develop regulations which set
minimum standards for State operating-
permit programs. The Clean Air Act
also requires that EPA promulgate and
administer a Federal operating-permits
program for States that have not
obtained EPA approval by November
15,1995. In response to concerns
expressed in response to comments on
the initial notice of proposed
rulemaking, the EPA sought further
input from representatives from State
and local permitting authorities,
industry and environmental groups to
learn more directly of their
implementation concerns. This action
incorporates many of those
recommendations into a final rule.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Costs were estimated in terms of the
administrative burden on permitting
authorities, EPA, and permitted
sources. Administrative costs include a
range of costs which cover the source's
preparing an application through EPA's
and the permitting authority's effort to
complete the process. The
administrative costs of implmementing
these revisions to parts 70 and 71 is
estimated to be approximately $33
million. In comparison, implementing
the current part 70 permit revision
system is estimated to be approximately
$118 million in administrative burden.
The actual impact of implementing the
revised regulations represents a
significant reduction in costs over
implementing the current regulations.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan 59673
Risks:
All major sources of air pollution are
required to have a permit to operate
by the Clean Air Act and are subject
to the emission requirements of the
State Implementation Plans. No adverse
effect on the public health or
ecosystems should result from this
action.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/29/94 59 FR 44460
NPRM Supplemental 04/27/95 60 FR 20804
Proposal
NPRM 10/00/95
FINAL 03/00/96
Small Entitles Affected:
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3412.
Agency Contact:
Michael A. Trutna
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
Information Transfer and Program
Integration
Division, OAQJPS, MD-12
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phono: 919 541-5345
Fax: 919 541-5509
RIN: 2060-AF70
EPA
115. • TRANSPORTATION
CONFORMITY FLEXIBILITY AND
STREAMLINING
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 7521(a)/CAA 176(c)
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 93
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
The Clean Air Act Amendments
(CAAA) of 1990 recognized that
transportation planning and air quality
planning must be coordinated towards
achieving the National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS). The
transportation conformity rule was
promulgated in November of 1993, in
response to CAAA concerns.
Conformity ensures that transportation
planning does not (a) produce new air
quality violations, (b) worsen existing
violations, and (c) delay timely
attainment of the NAAQS. This
rulemaking is the third in a series of
amendments to the original
transportation conformity rule. This
rulemaking will streamline the original
rule to simplify the conformity process
in response to conformity stakeholder
concerns. Flexibility will be added for
rural nonattainment areas. Difficulties
associated with the build/no-build test
and adding transportation projects to
plans will be resolved, and non-Federal
projects will have additional flexibility
through these amendments.
Statement of Need:
This rulemaking will streamline the
original transportation conformity rule
in response to stakeholder concerns.
This rulemaking will continue to
ensure attainment and maintenance of
the CAAA's air quality standards in
order to protect public and
environmental health.
Alternatives:
This rulemaking amends the original
transportation conformity rule to
simplify the conformity process for
State and local transportation and air
quality agencies. Conformity
stakeholders have assisted EPA and the
Department of Transportation (DOT) in
formulating a new approach to reaching
attainment through the conformity
process. Several alternative approaches
to conformity revisions have been
considered by involved stakeholders.
Since this rulemaking is a direct result
of the stakeholder process, opting for
the alternative (i.e., maintaining the
original transportation conformity rule
as currently written) would not address
stakeholder concerns in a satisfactory
manner.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
There are no significant direct
monetary costs associated with this
rulemaking as stipulated in Executive
Order 12866. Benefits associated with
this rulemaking include all benefits
connected to attaining the NAAQS. In
addition, by involving transportation
and air quality agencies during initial
planning processes, long-term planning
will become more efficient by ensuring
that transportation investments do not
interfere with clean air goals.
Risks:
This rulemaking addresses risks which
are associated with not attaining the
NAAQS.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/95
Small Entities Affected:
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3740.
Agency Contact:
Kathryn Sargeant
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
2565 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 313 668-4441
RIN: 2060-AG16
EPA
116. INTEGRATED NESHAP AND
EFFLUENT GUIDELINES: PULP AND
PAPER
Priority:
Economically Significant
Legal Authority:
42 USC 7412; 42 USC 7414; 42 USC
7601; Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990 section 112, 114, and 301; 33 USC
1311, 1314, 1316, 1317, 1318, and
1361; Clean Water Act section 301, 304,
306, 307, 308, and 501
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 430
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1997.
Abstract:
The Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments
of 1990 direct the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) to set National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for new and
existing sources under section 112 and
to base these standards on maximum
achievable control technology (MACT).
The Clean Water Act (CWA) directs
EPA to develop effluent guidelines for
-------
59674 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
certain categories and classes of point
sources. These guidelines are used for
setting discharge limits for specific
facilities that discharge to surface
waters or municipal sewage treatment
systems. For the pulp and paper
industry, EPA is developing an
integrated regulation that includes both
effluent guidelines and air emission
standards to control the release of
pollutants to both the water and the
air. The regulations are being
developed jointly to provide greater
protection to human health and the
environment, to promote the concept of
pollution prevention, and to enable the
industry to more effectively plan
compliance via a multimedia approach.
Statement of Need:
This action will limit surface water
discharges of toxic, conventional, and
nonconventional pollutants and
emissions of hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs) from pulp and paper mills. The
NESHAP will limit the release of HAPs
such as chloroform, formaldehyde,
acetaldehyde, and methanol. The
effluent guidelines will limit the
discharge of dioxin, furan, and other
toxic and conventional pollutants to
rivers and other surface waters.
Alternatives:
Both the CAA and the CWA specify
that these regulations be established on
a technology basis. The CAA specifices
that MACT for existing sources can be
no less stringent than the average
emission limitations achieved by the
best-performing similar source. The
CWA specifies that effluent limitations
guidelines and standards be based on
specific technology levels, such as the
best available technology economically
achievable. For the integration of air
and water standards, EPA developed
regulatory alternatives from
combinations of process changes and
pollution control technologies. The
Agency considered the combined costs
and impacts of these alternatives while
remaining responsive to the statutory
requirements under both laws.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The proposed integrated air and water
rules comprise effluent guidelines for
all pulp and paper mills and MACT
standards for the noncombustion
sources at those mills. The Agency
plans to propose MACT standards for
the combustion sources in early 1996
and include them in the integrated air
and water rules to be promulgated. For
the rulemaking components that have
been proposed, the Agency estimated
total annualized costs of $600 million
(1992 dollars). The Agency has received
extensive public comments on the cost
estimates; revisions are likely, but the
magnitude of those revisions has not
been determined.
The types of benefits associated with
the proposed integrated rule include
improvements to air and water quality
and reduced human health risks. The
estimated reductions in HAP emissions
exce'ed 120,000 tons per year. An
estimated reduction in volatile organic
compound emissions of 700,000 tons
per year and a reduction in total
reduced sulfur emissions of 300,000
tons per year are also projected to occur
as a result of the proposed integrated
rule. Projected reductions in specific
toxic pollutant effluent discharges are
approximately 2,800 tons per year;
conventional pollutant reductions of
over 200,000 tons per year are
projected. Some categories of the
benefits can be expressed in monetary
terms; they are in the range of $160
million to $980 million.
Risks:
Two types of pollutants found in pulp
and paper wastestreams, dioxin arid
furan, are of particular concern due to
their carcinogenic risk and their
toxicity to aquatic life. Reducing the
discharge and emission of these and
other toxic pollutants reduces the
exposure risks to human health and the
environment.
Timetable:
For All Sources
Final Action 00/00/00
NESHAP for Combustion Sources and
Effluent Guidelines - Phase II
NPRM 04/00/96
NESHAP for Nonchemical and Other Pulp
and Paper Mills
NPRM 11/15/96
NESHAP for Noncombustion and .
Combustions Sources and Guidelines
Final 00/00/00
NESHAP for Noncombustion Sources and
Effluent Guidelines -Phase 1
NPRM 12/17/93 (58 FR 66078)
Small Entitles Affected;
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3105 (was 2914) for NESHAP
and SAN No. 2712 for Effluent
Guidelines
ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTACT: Jeff
Telander (Combustion Sources)
ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTACT:
Elaine Manning (Nonchemical and
other Pulp and Paper Mills)
ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTACT:
Debra Nicoll (Effluent Guidelines)
Office of Water, 4303, Washington, DC '
20460, 202-260-5386
See also RIN 2040-AB53.
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
Phone: 919 541-5427
RIN: 2060-AD03
EPA
117. NATIONAL 49-STATE LOW-
EMISSION VEHICLES PROGRAM
Priority:
Economically Significant
Legal Authority:
Clean Air Act sees 202 and 301(a)
CFR Citation:
None
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
This rulemaking is a voluntary
emissions standards program applicable
to manufacturers of light-duty vehicles
and trucks beginning in model year
1997. This program would apply only
to those manufacturers that chose to
opt into the program. This program is
designed to be an alternative national
program that provides emissions
reductions equivalent to the Northeast
Ozone Transport Commission's (OTC's)
low-emission vehicle (LEV) program.
Statement of Need:
If agreement is reached between the
OTC states and the auto makers on a
voluntary 49-State LEV program, this
rulemaking will establish the
regulations for the LEV program. Under
these regulations, auto makers would
be able to volunteer to comply with
more stringent tailpipe standards for
cars and trucks (light-duty). Once an
auto maker opted into the program,
EPA would enforce the standards in the
same manner as any other federal
motor vehicle pollution control
requirement. EPA is proposing that this
program would relieve the 13 states in
the Northeastern part of the country
(OTR) of the December, 1994,
regulatory obligation to adopt their own
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan 59675
motor vehicle programs. This
rulemaking also harmonizes Federal
and California motor vehicle standards
and test procedures to enable auto
makers to design and test vehicles to
one set of standards nationwide.
Alternatives:
Under the CAA, EPA is prohibited from
adopting more stringent auto tailpipe
standards prior to fiscal year 2004. The
OTC petitioned the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) in 1994 and
\vas granted approval to adopt the
California Low-Emission Vehicle
Program in the OTR. This rulemaking
would establish a voluntary LEV
program in 49 states.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The annualized costs of the OTC LEV
Program will be roughly $400 million.
The National LEV program created in
this rulemaking is expected to have an
annual cost of $1.1 billion. The OTC
program would only apply to 2 million
vehicles sold in the OTR. The National
LEV program would apply to all new
vehicles sold in 49 States comprising
a vehicle fleet of 12.5 million vehicles
sold annually. On a per car basis, EPA
expects vehicle price to increase $100.
The National LEV program will provide
air pollution reductions throughout the
country. There are currently 38 ozone
nonattainment areas outside the OTR
and CA with a combined population
of approximately 45 million that will
benefit from this voluntary national
program.
Risks:
Motor vehicles are a significant cause
of smog because of emissions of volatile
organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen
oxide (NOx). EPA has projected that,
without the California LEV in the OTR,
highway vehicles will account for
roughly 38 percent of NOx and 22
percent of VOC emissions in 2005. EPA
currently estimates that VOC emissions
should be reduced by roughly 95 tons
per day and NOx emissions by
approximately 195 tons per day as a
result of the National LEV program.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/95
01/00/96
Small Entitles Affected:
None
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3646.
Agency Contact:
Mike Shields
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
(6401)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7757
Fax: 202 260-6011
BIN: 2060-AF75
EPA
118. CONTROL OF NITROGEN OXIDE
AND PARTICIPATE EMISSIONS
FROM HEAVY-DUTY ENGINES
Priority:
Other Significant
Legal Authority:
Clean Air Act sees 202(a), 211(c),
213(a), 301(a)
CFR Citation:
None
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
The primary focus of this action will
be on the potential for reduced nitrogen
oxide and particulate emissions from
mobile sources, particularly diesel
engines and fuels. Nitrogen oxides are
a significant contributor to urban ozone
pollution (smog), acid rain, and
particulate pollution. Particulates,
including those emitted directly and
"secondary" particulates formed in the
atmosphere, have been associated with
increased death and illness rates as
well as impaired visibility. In addition,
this action also will investigate the
potential for reducing ozone
hydrocarbon emissions from mobile
sources, particularly from diesel
engines and fuels.
The advance notice of proposed
rulemaking is intended to notify the
public of the Agency's intent to
investigate the feasibility of reducing
emissions of nitrogen oxides and
particulates from mobile sources. It is
also intended to solicit involvement
and input from a broad cross-section
of the public, including potentially
affected industries, States, regional air
management organizations, public
health and environmental protection
interest groups, and the general public.
Statement of Need:
Ozone pollution poses a serious threat
to the health and well-being of millions
of Americans and a large burden to the
U.S. economy. Many ozone
nonattainment areas face great
difficulties in reaching and maintaining
attainment of the ozone health-based
air quality standards in the years ahead.
Recognizing this challenge, States, local
governments, and others have called on
the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) to promulgate additional national
measures to reduce nitrogen oxide
(NOx) and hydrocarbons in order to
protect the public from the serious
health effects of ozone pollution. The
control of particulate matter emissions
from heavy-duty engines is also a
priority for these stakeholders.
Alternatives:
EPA will consider alternatives for this
rule as part of the response to the
advance notice of proposed rulemaking
(ANPRM).
Risks:
Oxides of nitrogen comprise a family
of highly reactive gaseous compounds
that contribute to air pollution in both
urban and rural environments. NOx is
directly harmful to human health and
the environment, contributes to
particulate pollution, and plays a
critical role in the formation of
atmospheric ozone. Based on studies of
human populations exposed to high
concentrations of particles and
laboratory studies of animals and
humans, there are major human health
concerns associated with PM. These
include deleterious effects on breathing
and respiratory systems, aggravation of
existing respiratory and cardiovascular
disease, alterations in the body's
defense systems against foreign
materials, damage to lung tissue,
carcinogenesis, and premature death.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
08/30/95 60 FR 45580
02/00/96
11/00/96
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3645.
-------
59676 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
Agency Contact:
Tad Wysor
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
2565 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4332
RIN: 2060-AF76
EPA
119. NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION
ENGINES AT OR BELOW 19
KILOWATTS (25
HORSEPOWER)(PHASE 2)
Priority:
Other Significant
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 emissions standards for new
nonroad spark-ignition engines at or
below 19 kilowatts (25 horsepower), as
required by section 213(a)(3) of the
Clean Air Act as Amended. The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
is developing the second phase of
small-engine regulations through a
negotiated rulemaking, with
representation by engine manufacturers,
equipment manufacturers, emissions
control manufacturers, equipment
dealers, environment and public health
interests, and State air programs.
The affected engines are used in lawn,
garden, and utility equipment, such as
lawnmowers, string trimmers, chain
saws, and small pumps and generators.
The first phase was established July 3,
1995 (60 FR 34582), effective for the
1997 model year, and was very similar
to the tier 1 small-engine regulations
developed by California for the same
engines. Regulated pollutants are
hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and
oxides of nitrogen.
Statement of Need:
Nonroad engines contribute
significantly to total ozone precursor
and CO emissions in areas that have
failed to attain the National ambient air
quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone
and CO. Requirements for emissions
reductions will help many areas
achieve the NAAQS. The second phase
will include additional controls not
achievable in the timeframe of the first
phase, which are necessary for
continued attainment of NAAQS.
Alternatives:
Regulation of this category of engines
was split into two phases on the
recommendation of the regulated
industry, in order to obtain some early
reductions quickly while providing
sufficient lead-time to develop and
implement an appropriate second
phase. The regulatory negotiation
committee was convened for the second
phase to ensure that all possible
options for achieving appropriate
emissions reductions from this sector
were considered.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The regulatory negotiation committee is
developing the rule, including setting
of emissions standards levels, based on
a cost/benefit analysis that considers
cost per ton of emissions reduced as
well as cost per engine. Until that
process is complete, the specific costs
and benefits are unknown. The benefits
of phase 1 were a 32 percent reduction
in hydrocarbons and a 7 percent
reduction in carbon monoxide from
these engines, at a cost of $266 per ton
of hydrocarbons reduced.
Risks:
Over 89 million small engines
contribute to unhealthy ozone and
carbon monoxide levels in nearly 100
cities across the country. An estimated
6.8 million tons of air pollution are
generated from lawn and garden
equipment each year. Carbon monoxide
is an odorless, colorless poisonous gas.
Hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen
contribute to the formation of ground-
level ozone, which is a noxious
pollutant that impairs lung functioning
and is a key ingredient in smog.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/96
04/00/97
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
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
Phone: 313 741-7850
RIN: 2060-AE29
EPA
FINAL RULE STAGE
120. • PESTICIDES; SELF-
CERTIFICATION
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
7 USC 136 to 136y
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 152
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) is evaluating self-certification as
a possible approach to reinventing the
registration process for pesticides. The
goal of this effort is to simplify, speed
up, and increase the efficiency of the
registration process while maintaining
protection to human health and the
environment.
Statement of Need:
EPA registers pesticides for sale and
use in the United States under the
Federal, Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA has
issued rules, notices, and guidance
which specify how applicants may
obtain approval for registration of
pesticide products.
Against a backdrop of declining
resources and a continuous workload
of pesticide applications, EPA is
examining many possible ways of
reinventing the registration process to
handle applications faster, more
efficiently, and with fewer resources.
One of these approaches is "self-
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan 59677
certification," a concept in which a
registrant may certify that a registration
application (or part of it) complies with
Agency requirements and may then
obtain EPA approval for the registration
after an abbreviated review or no
review at all. EPA has several projects
that are exploring the possible use of
self-certification in different ways.
First, EPA has reinvented the process
by which registrants may accomplish
amendment of products by notification
or nonnotification. The revised process
allows a registrant to certify that an
application for amendment meets EPA's
criteria as a low-risk amendment. This
revised process is described in PR
Notice 95-2 (May 31,1995). To formally
implement this type of self-
cortification, EPA is revising existing
rules (40 CFR 152.44 and 152.46) on
notifications and nonnotifications.
Second, self-certification of acute
toxicity and product chemistry data is
being considered as a means of
reducing the number of studies
reviewed by EPA in connection with
registration applications. While being
done as two separate projects (acute
toxicity and product chemistry), these
efforts are being closely coordinated to
assure consistency. One or more PR
Notices will be drafted and made
available for public comment before
any final decisions are made in this
area.
Third, possible options for self-
certification of new products similar or
identical to those already registered are
being developed and evaluated. A draft
issue paper will be made available for
public comment before any final
decisions are made about this kind of
self-certification.
Alternatives:
Various alternatives to self-certification
are being considered by EPA for
reinventing or improving the
registration process, including, but not
limited to, sharing acute toxicity data
reviews with the California Department
of Pesticide Regulation, issuing
guidance for acceptable acute toxicity
data, exempting certain active
ingredients from registration,
developing computer software to
standardize precautionary labeling,
publishing a manual describing all
labeling requirements, automating
certain documents, piloting electronic
labeling, making labeling policy
documents publicly available, and
developing internal guidance on how
to process "fast track" registrations.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
EPA does not intend to perform cost
analyses on self-certification per se, but
will qualitatively evaluate the potential
costs and benefits of different kinds of
self-certification.
Risks:
EPA will determine whether self-
certification will help or hinder
protection of human health and the
environment. EPA will not adopt any
self-certification measure which does
the latter.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Notification Rule 10/00/95
Draft PR Notices Self-12/00/95
Certification of
Acute Toxicity and
Product Chemistry
Data
Final FR Notices Self-11/00/96
Certification of
Acute Toxicity and
Product Chemistry
Data
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Agency Contact:
Jeff Kempter
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances
(7505C)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-5448
RIN: 2070-ADOO
EPA
121. • SELECTED RULEMAKINGS
FOR ABATING LEAD HAZARDS
Priority:
Economically Significant
Legal Authority:
15 USC 2683; PL 102-550
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, April 28, 1994. Other,
Statutory, October 28, 1994.
Final Statutory, April 28, 1994
(Sections 403, 402, 404) Final Statutory,
October 28, 1994 (Sections 406, 1018)
Abstract:
The Residential Lead-Based Hazard
Reduction Act of 1992 requires EPA to
promulgate regulations that establish
standards for determining hazards
associated with lead-based paint, lead-
contaminated soil, and lead-
contaminated dust. EPA is to (a)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
section 403 to provide preliminary
information while a proposal is being
developed); (b) promulgate regulations
(section 402) 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
(section 404) which may be adopted by
any State which seeks to administer-
and enforce a State Program); (c)
promulgate regulations (section 406)
requiring renovators to provide a lead
hazard information brochure
(developed separately by EPA) to
clients before beginning work; (d)
promulgate, with HUD, regulations
(Section 1018) that require the
following before the sale or lease of
pre-1978 housing: disclosure of lead-
based paint hazards, provisions of a
lead-paint information brochure to the
prospective buyer or renter, and for
buyers, and the opportunity to conduct
a lead risk assessment or inspection.
Statement of Need:
Childhood lead poisoning is a t
pervasive problem in the United States,
with 1.7 million young children (8.9%)
having more than 10 ug/dl of lead in
their blood, Center for Disease Control's
level of concern. Elevated blood-lead
levels can lead to reduced intelligence
and neurobehavioral problems in young
children, as well as causing other
adverse health effects in children and
adults. Although there have been
dramatic declines in blood-lead levels
due to reductions of lead in paint,
gasoline, and food sources, remaining
paint in older houses remains the
significant source of childhood lead
poisoning. These rules are designed to
reduce exposure to that source in a
targeted and sensible manner.
Alternatives:
Alternatives to each of the mandated
activities will be analyzed. However, in
many cases (particularly regulations
written under Sections 406 and 1018)
the statute is very prescriptive. Under
-------
59678
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228
Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
Section 403, the alternatives being
considered include: (a) tiered
standards; (b) integrated standards vs.
independent standards; and (c) the
possible acceptance of a usage factor
in determining hazards.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
For rules promulgated under sections
402, 404, 406, and 1018, cost estimates
have been provided with the proposed
rule, and will be available with the
final rule. For Section 403, costs will
still need to be estimated in the draft
Regulatory Impact Analysis for the
proposed rule. Since benefits depend
on private sector implementation of
certain lead hazard abatement activities
which are not mandated by any of
these rules, benefits will be difficult to
quantify.
Risks:
These rules are aimed at reducing the
prevalence and severity of lead
poisoning, particularly in children.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
03/02/94 59 FR 11108
09/02/94 59 FR 45872
11/02/94 59 FR 54984
11/00/95
12/00/95
12/00/95
09/00/96
09/00/97
NPRM Section 406
NPRM Sections 402
and 404
NPRM Section 1018
Final Action Section
1018
Final Action Section
406
Final Action Sections
402 and 404
NPRM Section 403
Final Action Section
403
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis;
Regulatory Impact Analysis
Additional Information:
Lead Hazard Standards (Section 403)
(RIN 2070-AC63)
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules:
Training, Accreditation and
Certification Rule and Model State Plan
Rule (Sections 402 and 404) (RIN: 2070-
AC64)
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure
Requirements at Renovation of Target
Housing (Section 406) (RIN: 2070-
AC65)
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Information
Requirements at the Transfer of Target
.Housing: Joint with HUD (Section 1018)
(RIN: 2070-AC75)
Agency Contact:
Doreen Cantor
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances
(7404)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1777
RIN: 2070-AD06
EPA
122. • POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS (PCBS) DISPOSAL
AMENDMENTS
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
15 USC 2605(e)/TSCA 6(e)
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 761
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
This rulemaking will make over 50
modifications, additions, and deletions
to the existing PCB management
program under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA). A notice of
proposed rulemaking was published on
December 6,1994 and covered the
manufacture, processing, distribution in
commerce (including export), use
(including import), disposal, and
marking of PCBs.
Statement of Need:
This rulemaking is the first
comprehensive review of the PCB
regulations in the 17-year history of the
program. The Agency has become
aware of a number of instances where
the existing regulations do not allow
for activities which do not pose an
unreasonable risk of injury to health
and the environment or where they
require unreasonable, unrealistic, or
non-cost-effective solutions to PCB
problems.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
TSCA section 6(e) bans the
manufacture, processing, distribution in
commerce and use (except in a totally
enclosed manner) of PCBs. It also
directs EPA to establish standards for
disposal and marking of PCBs.
However, section 6(e) allows the EPA
to modify these bans, through
rulemaking, where it finds no
unreasonable risk of injury to health
and the environment.
Alternatives:
On December 6,1994, EPA proposed
a number of alternatives to the existing
statutory bans in section 6(e). The
proposal also included new options
and standards for disposal (including
remediation) of PCBs.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The EPA projects significant cost
savings from authorizations for existing
uses and the disposal of large-volume
wastes such PCB-contaminated
environmental media. In addition, the
relaxation of certain administrative
requirements should increase the speed
of remediation of contaminated sites
and accelerate the removal from use of
PCBs. EPA projects minimal
implementation costs and is reviewing
comments which highlight areas for
additional cost savings over the
proposal.
Risks:
The EPA estimates that millions of tons
of PCB-contaminated environmental
media will be remediated under this
rule, thus preventing large quantities of
this long-lived, bioaccumulating
chemical from entering the food chain.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/06/94 59 FR 62788
06/00/96
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Agency Contact:
Tony Baney
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances
(7404)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3933
RIN: 2070-AD04
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan 59679
EPA
123. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE METAL
PRODUCTS AND MACHINERY
CATEGORY, PHASE I
Priority:
Economically Significant
Legal Authority:
33 USC 1311/CWA 301; 33 USC
1314/CWA 304; 33 USC 1316/CWA
306; 33 USC 1317/CWA 307; 33 USC
1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 438
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, March 31,1995. Final,
Judicial, September 30,1996.
Dates contained in Consent Decree
(NRDC v. Reilly)
Abstract:
The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) is developing 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
industrial groups: aircraft, aerospace,
hardware, ordnance, stationary
industrial equipment, mobile industrial
equipment, and electronic equipment.
This regulation is performance-based
and does not specify a method of
compliance.
Statement of Need:
Discharges of wastewater from
industrial facilities contain pollutants
that may cause deleterious effects on
surface waters and adverse impacts on
human health and aquatic life.
Discharges from metal products and
machinery (MP&M) facilities contain
priority and nonconventional metals,
organics and conventional pollutants.
Many of these pollutants are human
carcinogens, human systemic toxicants,
aquatic life toxicants, or all of the
above. MP&M facilities discharge
wastewater directly to surface waters of
the United States or indirectly to
surface waters via sewer systems and
publicly owned treatment works
(POTWs) and contribute to the
pollution of surface waters and POTW
sludges.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
The Clean Water Act requires the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
to establish national technology-based
standards to control or eliminate the
discharge of pollutants into surface
water and to POTWs. This proposed
regulation is required under a 1992
consent decree with the Natural
Resources Defense Council and must be
developed according to the schedule in
that decree.
Alternatives:
EPA's proposed rule described three
major treatment alternatives the Agency
had considered in developing its
recommended approach. The three
alternatives included: (a) end-of-pipe
treatment controls, (b) end-of-pipe
controls plus in-process controls, and
(c) end-of-pipe treatment (e.g., reverse
osmosis, ion exchange). The Agency
proposed the second alternative with
an exemption for low-flow indirect
discharges of process wastewater (i.e.,
those discharging less than one million
gallons per year to publicly owned
treatment works) as its recommended
approach.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
At the time of proposal, the MP&M
Phase I Guidelines were estimated to
impose a total capital cost for direct
and indirect dischargers of $414
million and an estimated annualized
cost of $161 million. Total monetized
benefits were estimated to range from
$70 million to $207 million (in 1994
dollars). The proposed MP&M phase I
guidelines were estimated to result in
a reduction of almost a million pounds
of toxic pollutants discharged by the
industry each year, thereby reducing
violations of water quality standards
(which were bodies across the country).
The proposed limits were also
estimated to reduce the metals content
of municipal sludge, thereby allowing
approximately 184 additional POTWs
to make beneficial use of 439,000 dry
metric tons of sewage sludge annually
by land applying the sludge rather than
incinerating or landfilling it. The
expected cost savings for sewage sludge
disposal is estimated to range from $39
million to $86 million (in 1994 dollars).
Final cost and benefits will be
determined once EPA completes its
review of the public comments on the
proposed rule and makes decisions on
the final rule.
Risks:
EPA estimates that the proposed
limitations would eliminate 2.7 cancer
cases per year (from a baseline of about
11.1 cases estimated at the current
discharge level); lower risk indicator for
systemic, noncancer risks of illness;
and lessen excursions of health-based
water quality toxic effect levels.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/30/95
09/00/96
60 FR 28210
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2806.
Agency Contact:
Steven Geil
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
(4303)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9817
RIN: 2040-AB79
EPA
124. LAND DISPOSAL
RESTRICTIONS—PHASE IV:
TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR
CERTAIN MINERAL PROCESSING
WASTES; TC METALS; NEWLY
LISTED WASTES FROM WOOD
PRESERVING AND DYES AND
PIGMENTS
Priority:
Economically Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort, It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 6905, 6912(a), 6921, 6924
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 268
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, June 1996.
Abstract:
The Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984 require the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
to promulgate regulations establishing
treatment standards that must be met
before hazardous waste may be
disposed of on land. The proposed
-------
59680 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
rulemaking establishes treatment
standards for certain characteristic
mineral processing wastes, 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 (B.C.
Cir. 1992) on the equivalency of
treatment in wastewater treatment
systems regulated under the Clean
Water Act to treatment of wastes under
the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA).
Statement of Need:
Land disposal of hazardous wastes can
result in the contamination of
groundwater and surface water and the
emission of hazardous constituents to
the air. Studies have indicated that
these hazardous constituents can cause
adverse human health and
environmental effects. In addition, land
disposal of untreated hazardous wastes
can have significant economic effects,
as demonstrated in the high costs of
cleaning up past land disposal sites.
As a result of these problems, Congress,
in section 3004 of RCRA, mandated
that land disposal of hazardous waste
is prohibited, unless the waste is
treated to minimize threats to human
health and the .environment. In the
phase IV final rule, EPA is targeting
the potential risks of leaks and air
emissions from surface impoundments
that are part of wastewater treatment
systems. Primary treatment surface
impoundments and other surface
impoundments that precede the
biological treatment surface
impoundment may pose a particular
risk that untreated organic constituents
could leak to groundwater. There is
also a chance that hazardous
constituents could be emitted into the
air from an uncovered surface
impoundment, thus this risk will also
be addressed. In addition, EPA is
satisfying its statutory mandate to
promulgate treatment standards for
wood preserving, toxicity characteristic
metal, and mineral processing
hazardous wastes.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
Portions of the rule are subject to a
consent decree that requires
promulgation of final treatment
standards for wood preserving and
toxicity characteristic metal wastes, and
hazardous mineral processing wastes.
Alternatives:
In a final rule issued on May 8,1990,
EPA allowed certain hazardous wastes
to be diluted rather than treated to meet
the land disposal restrictions (LDR)
treatment standards when they were
managed in surface impoundments
regulated by the Clean Water Act
(CWA). This approach was taken in
order to harmonize the requirements of
RCRA and CWA. EPA was sued on the
1990 final rule ( Chemical Waste
Management, Inc. et al. (CWM) v.
EPA)T1. In CWMv. EPA, the court held
that these diluted wastes may be placed
in a surface impoundment only if the
underlying hazardous constituents in
the waste are treated to the same extent
as they would be under RCRA, such
that threats to human health and the
environment are minimized. As a direct
result of the court decision, EPA
entered into a settlement agreement
which required EPA to examine
whether treatment in a CWA (and
CWA-equivalent) wastewater treatment
surface impoundment is equivalent to
treatment under RCRA LDR
requirements. The Agency examined
edquivalency under the two programs
by looking at the potential for cross-
media transfers of hazardous
constituents in CWA and CWA-
equivalent surface impoundments in
the Phase IV proposal. It will be
necessary to identify the Agency's final
approach in the Phase IV final rule.
The Phase IV final rule will finalize
EPA's decision on three proposed
options to address the issue of whether,
EPA should establish RCRA controls for
releases of hazardous constituents
through air emissions, leaks to
groundwater, and sludges from CWA
and CWA-equivalent wastewater
treatment surface impoundments. The
proposal neutrally presented two
options for addressing potential cross-
media transfers. The first option was
to rely on existing Clean Air Act (CAA)
provisions to address air emissions, and
on State programs and the RCRA
industrial nonhazardous waste control
mechanisms to address leaks and
sludges. The second option was to rely
on existing controls, but also establish
LDR regulations to fill the gaps that
were identified in existing regulations.
As compliance alternatives for this
option, EPA proposed a de minimis
exclusion, and an approach for giving
credit for pollution prevention
activities that reduced the mass
loadings of hazardous wastes to the
environment. A third option, presented
for completeness but believed to be
inappropriate and costly, was to require
that facilities comply with LDR
treatment standards before placing their
wastes in the wastewater treatment
surface impoundments. If LDR
standards were met before land
disposal in the surface impoundment,
then the issue of equivalency would be
moot.
Futhermore, under RCRA, the Agency
was instructed to promulgate treatment
standards for a waste within six months
of the Agency determining that it is a
hazardous waste. The Agency missed
this deadline in a number of cases and
was sued. The Phase IV. final rule is
subject to a consent decree that requires
the establishment of treatment
standards for wood preserving and
toxicity characteristic metal wastes, and
for hazardous mineral processing
wastes. The treatment standards for
hazardous mineral processing wastes
will be proposed in a supplemental
rule to be issued in December, 1995.
Treatment standards for wood
preserving and toxicity characteristic
metal wastes, as well as for hazardous
mineral processing wastes, are based
upon the performance of best
demonstrated available technologies
(BOAT). Section 3004(m) of RCRA
requires that the treatment standards
ensure substantial reductions in
hazardous waste toxicity and mobility,
such that threats to human health and
the environment arising form
subsequent land disposal are
minimized. Variances from these
treatment standards may be granted if
a petitioner can show EPA that the
waste is different from the waste EPA
used to set the treatment standard or
that the treatment is unavailable on a
waste. In addition, if treatment is
unavailable on a nationwide basis, or
on a case-by-case basis, EPA may
postpone the effective date of the
treatment standards for up to four
years.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The Agency's analysis of the cost of
addressing cross-media transfers
indicates that under Option 1, no
impacts would occur because the
Agency proposed to defer to other
regulations. For Option 2, annual
compliance costs to facilities would
range from an estimated $10 to $65
million. Estimated annual compliance
costs to facilities under Option 3 would
range from $200 to $300 million.
The Agency estimates annual
incremental compliance costs of
treating wood preserving wastes to be
$9.5 million. Costs to treat metal
toxicity characteristic wastes to comply
with the revised standards are expected
to be minimal.
EPA estimates that cancer risks from
leaks to groundwater at wastewater
treatment systems range up to one in
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan 59681
one thousand. In one-fifth of samples
with volatile organic constituents at the
point of generation, concentrations
exceeded the risk-based regulatory
threshold established in the RCRA
Subpart CC rule to control air
emissions.
Risks:
Please see the previous section titled
"Anticipated Costs and Benefits" for a
discussion on risks.
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Date
10/24/91
08/22/95
06/00/96
FR Cite
56 FR 55160
60 FR 43654
this rule will reduce the paperwork
burden on the regulated community by
revising a number of the LDR program's
administrative requirements. Other
regulatory changes will eliminate
outdated regulations and clarify areas
of the regulations that are confusing.
Agency Contact:
Sue Slotnick
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
5302W
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8462
RIN: 2050-AE05
Small Entitles Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3366.
Reinventing Government: The options
that were proposed for addressing
cross-media transfers would encourage
pollution prevention by allowing
facilities to comply by reducing mass
loadings of toxics to the environment
through source reduction from
wastestreams not directly at issue. An
exemption from the options was
proposed for de minimis levels of
waste. Importantly, EPA seeks to
preserve its partnership with States and
Tribes by embracing their programs that
control the cross-media transfer
problems at issue. EPA also took the
common-sense approach of crafting its
options for cross-media transfers to
fulfill its obligations and protect
environmental resources without undue
disruption to waste treatment systems
that are already adequately protective
of the environment. Additionally, the
rule will focus on environmental risk
by isolating for regulation those waste
management scenarios that pose risks
rather than imposing controls across
the board. The Agency built in
maximum flexibility so that those
complying with the requirements can
choose the most cost-effective means of
limiting toxic releases or for treating
wastes to meet LDR treatment
standards. Furthermore, the Agency is
mindful of the multi-media context of
environmental problems and has
designed the proposed rule to defer to
existing federal programs to avoid
duplication of regulation. Furthermore,
EPA
125. LAND DISPOSAL
RESTRICTIONS—PHASE III:
DECHARACTERIZED WASTEWATERS,
CARBAMATE WASTES, AND SPENT
ALUMINUM POTLINERS
Priority:
Economically Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 6905, 6912(a), 6921, 6924
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 268
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, January 1996.
Abstract:
The Environmental Protection Agency
(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 HI 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 Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
land disposal restrictions (LDR)
program. Treatment standards will also
be established for wood preserving and
mineral-processing wastes.
Statement of Need:
Land disposal of hazardous wastes can
result in the contamination of
groundwater and surface water. Studies
have indicated that these hazardous
constituents can cause adverse human
health and environmental effects. In
addition, land disposal of untreated
hazardous wastes can have significant
economic effects, as demonstrated in
the high costs of cleaning up past land
disposal sites.
As a result of these problems, Congress,
in section 3004 of RCRA, mandated
that land disposal of hazardous waste
is prohibited, unless threats to human
health and the environment are
minimized. In the phase III final rule,
EPA is targeting the potential risks of
discharges from surface impoundments
that are part of wastewater treatment
systems. Biological treatment surface
impoundments may not treat all
underlying hazardous constituents in
RCRA characteristic wastes (that are
diluted to remove the hazardous
characteristic) to the same extent :as
those constituents would be treated
using other technologies to achieve
LDR treatment standards, hi addition,
characteristic wastes are often diluted
and injected into deep wells, without
actually being treated to minimize the
potential threat of underlying
hazardous constituents in that waste.
These risks will be addressed by
establishing LDR treatment standards
that apply at the point of discharge
from the impoundment or into an
underground injection well (i.e., at
"end-of-pipe"). In addition, EPA is
promulgating treatment standards for
carbamate wastes and spent aluminum
potliners.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
The end-of-pipe treatment standards are
subject to a consent decree that
mandates that this rule be finalized by
January, 1996.
Alternatives:
hi a final rule issued on May 8,1990,
EPA allowed certain hazardous wastes
to be diluted rather than treated to meet
the LDR treatment standards when they
were managed in surface
impoundments regulated by the Clean
Water Act (CWA). This approach was
taken in order to harmonize the
requirements of RCRA and CWA. EPA
was sued on the 1990 final rule
(Chemical Waste Management, Inc. et
-------
59682 Federal Register / Vol. 60. No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
al. (CWM) v. EPA). In CWMv. EPA,
the court held that these diluted wastes
may be placed in a surface
impoundment only if the underlying
hazardous constituents in the waste are
treated to the same extent as they
would be under RCRA, in such a way
that threats to human health and the
environment are minimized. As a direct
result of the court decision, EPA
entered into a settlement agreement
which required EPA to establish
treatment standards for any underlying
hazardous constituents reasonably
expected to be present in characteristic
(i.e., ignitable, corrosive, reactive, or
toxic) hazardous wastes that are diluted
to remove the hazardous characteristic,
that must be met at the point the waste
is discharged to the water or the land,
or injected into a deep well.
The phase III final rule will introduce
two new LDR compliance options for
deep injection wells: a de minimis
exclusion for very small-volume
hazardous waste streams that are mixed
with other nonhazardous waste
streams; and a pollution prevention
option that allows facilities to reduce
the mass loadings of underlying
hazardous constituents to the same
extent as they would be reduced by
meeting the LDR treatment standards.
Furthermore, under RCRA, the Agency
was instructed to promulgate treatment
standards for a waste within 6 months
of the Agency determining that it is a
hazardous waste. The Agency missed
this deadline in a number of cases. The
phase III rule will promulgate treatment
standards for two "newly listed"
categories of hazardous wastes: wastes
from carbamate production, and spent
aluminum potliners.
All of the treatment standards in the
phase III rule are based upon the
performance of best demonstrated
available technologies (BOAT). Section
3004(m) of RCRA requires that the
treatment standards ensure substantial
reductions in hazardous waste toxicity
and mobility, in such a way that threats
to human health and the environment
arising form subsequent land disposal
are minimized. Variances from these
treatment standards may be granted if
a petitioner can show EPA that the
waste is different from the waste EPA
used to set the treatment standard or
that the treatment is inappropriate for
the waste. In addition, if treatment is
unavailable on a nationwide basis, or
on a case-by-case basis, EPA may
postpone the effective date of the
treatment standards for up to 4 years.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The Agency's analysis of the estimated
one-time cost of establishing end-of-
pipe treatment standards for
characteristic wastes that are diluted
and placed in treatment surface
impundment is $0.9 - $2.9 million. The
estimated cost for treating characteristic
hazardous wastes that are diluted and
injected into UIC wells is $9.2 - $13.2
million for on-site treatment and $486.5
- $805.3 million for off-site treatment.
The estimated annual cost for treating
carbamate wastes and spent aluminum
potliners is $11.9 - $47.3 million.
Benefit estimates for sin-face
impoundments include loadings
reductions between 36 and 407
tons/year for direct discharges, and
between 1,490 and 24,391 tons/year for
indirect discharges. In addition, cancer
risks for two constituents, aniline and
acrylamide will be reduced. EPA
estimates that cancer risks from leaks
to groundwater from deep injection
wells are below regulatory concern. It
is estimated that between 100,000 and
118,000 tons of spent aluminum
potliners are generated annually.
Improper management of these wastes
has caused many serious past damage
incidents. However, data are limited
with regard to current management
practices and risk levels. Because the
quantity of waste is very small, benefits
for newly listed carbamate wastes are
expected to be minimal.
Risks:
Please see the previous section titled
"Anticipated Costs and Benefits" for a
discussion on risks.
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Date FR Cite
10/24/91 56 FR 551 60
03/02/95 60 FR 11 702
01/00/96
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3365.
Reinventing Government: The phase III
rule would encourage pollution
prevention by allowing facilities to
comply by reducing mass loadings of
toxics to the environment through
source reduction from wastestreams not
directly at issue. An exemption was
proposed for de minimis levels of
waste. Importantly, EPA seeks to avoid
duplicative regulations by deferring in
all cases to limits established in a
wastewater treatment system's CWA
NPDES or pretreatment permit. LDR
treatment standards would only apply
in cases where the underlying
upcoming EPA regulation that is
currently underway. In this way, EPA
is taking the common-sense approach
to fulfill its obligations and protect
environmental resources without undue
disruption to waste treatment systems
that are already adequately protective
of the environment. The Agency built
in maximum flexibility so that those
complying with the requirements can
choose the most cost-effective means of
treating wastes to meet LDR treatment
standards.
Furthermore, this rule will reduce the
paperwork burden on the regulated
community by creating minimal new
recordkeeping requirements for
wastewater treatment surface
impoundments, and by revising some
of the LDR programs's existing
administrative requirements. Other
regulatory changes will clarify existing
areas of the regulations that are
confusing.
Agency Contact:
Peggy Vyas
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
5302W
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8594
RIN: 2050-AD38
EPA
126. COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE
MONITORING PROGRAM
(PREVIOUSLY ENHANCED
MONITORING PROGRAM)
Priority:
Economically Significant
Legal Authority:
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990,
sections 114(a)(3), 503(b),; 504(b)
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 64; 40 CFR 70
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, September 30, 1993.
Final, Statutory, November 1992. Final,
Judicial, July 1, 1996.
Abstract:
This action is required by the 1990
Clean Air Act (the Act) Amendments
to assure better compliance with
existing rules. This rule will require
major stationary sources who must
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan 59683
obtain permits under title V of the Act
to conduct monitoring that provides
reasonable assurance of ongoing
compliance of the significant emission
units with applicable requirements.
Affected sources will use the
monitoring data in conjunction with
other compliance-related data to certify
compliance with emission standards
and other permit conditions.
Statement of Need:
The Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990 require major stationary sources
to provide ongoing monitoring and
periodic certification of compliance.
Current compliance data based on
initial or periodic performance testing,
provide only "snapshots" of the
compliance status of stationary sources.
Current minimal operation and
maintenance monitoring of control
technoloy performance, if applied,
provides little assurance of continued
good pollution control and little
incentive for the source owner or
operator to maintain or improve
performance. The compliance
assistance monitoring (CAM) rule
would require owners or operators of
emission sources to increase awareness
of the operational status of pollution
control technology and to act on
discrepancies in that operation to
reduce emissions. Certification of
compliance would be based on a
combination of compliance testing or
other compliance data and
demonstration of continued good
control technology performance and
appropriate and timely corrective
action.
Alternatives:
The CAM program is designed to assure
ongoing compliance with requirements
under the Act. If owners or operators
are already required to determine
continuous compliance with emission
limitations or standards, that satisfies
the purpose of CAM and no additional
assurance of compliance is necessary.
If these circumstances do not exist,
CAM would use a two-pronged
approach to assure compliance. First,
CAM would require that owners or
operations have reasonable information
available to them that can indicate
potential problems in emission control
performance. Second, CAM would
require that owners or operators act on
that information in a timely fashion to
avoid (if preventable) or reduce (if not
preventable) emission control problems
that could result in excess emissions.
This type of monitoring does not need
to be so rigorous as to exactly
determine or predict emission levels,
but rather should be sufficient to allow
for reasonable optimization of the
method used by a source to achieve
ongoing compliance with emission
limitations or standards under the Act.
This approach is consistent with
President Clinton's regulatory reform
initiatives and EPA's Common Sense
Initiative in that it focuses on
preventing pollution rather than
imposing additional command-and-
control regulations on regulated
sources. This represents a significant
change in Agency direction for
implementation of of the monitoring
and compliance certification
requirements in titles V and Vn of the
Act. The goal of CAM is to provide
a reasonable assurance of compliance;
rather than a direct connection between
monitoring and certification, CAM
allows for an indirect, symbiotic
relationship between these two
methods of assuring compliance. The
result of this change will be to reduce
the emphasis on assuring compliance
through the threat of enforcement.
Instead, CAM emphasizes assuring
compliance by placing the burden on
regulated sources to monitor their
performance and take proactive steps to
minimize emission exceedances.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
In keeping with Executive Order 12866,
EPA will prepare a detailed regulatory
impact analysis (RIA) that will provide
costs and benefits associated with the
CAM rule.
EPA believes that the adoption of CAM
can result in tangible benefits for a
facility. Although a self-monitoring
program may not always be justified
purely on the basis of economic benefit
to a source, self-monitoring can, in
some situations, reduce operating costs.
For example, monitoring data can be
used to increase combustion efficiency
in an industrial boiler or to increase
capture and reuse of solvents at a
coating plant. The CAM approach will
also alert owners or operators that
potential control device problems may
exist. The owner or operator can use
this information to target control
devices for routine maintenance and
repair, and reduce the potential for
costly breakdowns.
The Agency also believes that the CAM
approach will result in tangible benefits
to the general public health and
welfare. A primary benefit of CAM will
be a reduction in overall emissions
through increased compliance with the
requirements of the Act. The key
elements of CAM that will provide
these reductions are (a) the emphasis
on monitoring that alerts owners or
operators to deteriorating control
conditions and (b) the requirement that
steps be taken to correct those
conditions. This approach emphasizes
minimizing emissions by avoiding or
remedying as quickly as possible
situations that may involve emissions
in excess of applicable requirements. In
addition to the direct environmental
benefit of decreased emissions,
increased compliance rates will also
achieve a corollary economic benefit.
As a general matter, increased
compliance rates with existing rules
will lower the long-term overall cost of
air pollution control by decreasing the
need for additional regulations to
obtain necessary emission reductions,
especially for nonattainment areas.
Risks:
Compliance Assurance Monitoring will
apply to over 50,000 emission units
nationally. The establishment of CAM
requirements is estimated to impact
about 97 percent of the emissions of
carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide,
particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and
volatile organic compounds, as well as
certain hazardous air pollutants such as
benzene and mercury; exact reductions
which will be obtained are yet to be
determined. The CAM provisions will
apply to existing Clean Air Act
standards only; new regulations will
incorporate continuous compliance
monitoring provisions. As these new
rules are developed, pollution
reduction will be achieved beyond
those obtained through CAM.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Supplemental
Proposal
Final Action
Date
10/22/93
12/28/94
07/00/96
FR Cite
58 FR 54648
59 FR 66844
Small Entities Affected:
None
Government Levels Affected:
None
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2942.
Agency Contact:
Peter R. Westlin
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
OAQPS - MD19
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1058
RIN: 2060-AD18
-------
59684 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
EPA
127. NAAQS: SULFUR DIOXIDE
(REVIEW)
Priority:
Economically Significant
Legal Authority:
42 USC 7409/CAA 109
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 50.4; 40 CFR 50.5
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, November 1, 1994.
Final, Judicial, April 15, 1996.
Abstract:
On November 15, 1994, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
published a notice announcing a
proposed decision not to revise the
existing 24-hour and annual primary
standards. In that notice EPA sought
public comment on the possible need
to adopt additional regulatory measures-
to address short-term peak sulfur
dioxide exposure and thereby further
reduce the health risk to asthmatic
individuals.
On March 7, 1995, EPA published the
proposed requirements for
implementation plans and ambient air
quality surveillance for sulfur dioxide.
The action proposes implementation
strategies for reducing short-term high
concentrations of sulfur dioxide
emissions in the ambient air.
Statement of Need:
Brief exposures to elevated
concentrations of sulfur dioxide causes
bronchoconstriction, sometimes
accompanied by symptoms (coughing,
wheezing, and shortness of breath), in
mild to moderate asthmatic individuals.
The existing sulfur dioxide National
Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS) provides a substantial
protection against short-term peak
sulfur dioxide levels. At issue is
whether additional measures are
needed to further reduce the health risk
to asthmatic individuals. The EPA is
presently assessing the public
comments on the November 1994
proposal as well as the related
implementation and air quality
surveillance requirements and will
announce a final decision on April 15,
1996.
Alternatives:
The November 15, 1994, proposal
notice sought public comment on three
alternatives to further reduce the public
health risk to asthmatic individuals
posed by short-term peak sulfur dioxide
exposures. These included: (a) a new
5-minute NAAQS; (b) a new program
under section 303 of the Act; and (c)
a targeted monitoring program to
ensure sources likely to cause or
contribute to high 5-minute peaks are
in attainment with the existing
standard.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
A draft regulatory impact analysis was
completed and made available for
public comment at the time of
proposal.
Risks:
Exposure analyses were completed and
made for public comment at the time
of proposal. These analyses indicate
from the national perspective that the
likelihood of exposure to high 5-minute
sulfur dioxide concentrations is very
low. Asthmatic individuals in the
vicinity of certain sources or source
categories, however, may be at higher
risk of exposure than the population as
a whole.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/15/94 59 FR 58958
NPRM NAAQS SO2 03/07/95 60 FR 12492
Implementation
Plans(Part51)
Final Action 04/00/96
Final NAAQS SO2 00/00/00
Implementation
Plans (Part 51)
Small Entities Affected:
None
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 1002 (Primary Standard) and
SAN No. 3588 (Implementation)
Docket No. A-84-25.
Agency Contact:
John Haines
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
(MD-15)
Research Triangle Park
NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5533
RIN: 2060-AA61
EPA
128. MEDICAL WASTE
INCINERATORS (MWI)
Priority:
Economically Significant
Legal Authority:
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 Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) is developing new source
performance standards (NSPS) for new
MWIs and emission guidelines (EG) for
existing MWIs under sections 111 and
129 of the Clean Air Act. The NSPS
are to reflect the maximum degree of
reduction in emissions that is
achievable 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, dioxins, and dibenzomrans.
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.
EPA is working intensively with MWI
owners and operators, as well as with
other stakeholders, to assure that this
rule is based on the best understanding
of the industry, and that it affords the
flexibility to achieve the necessary
emission reductions in the most
sensible, cost-effective ways, including
the transfer of wastes to larger, more
efficient regional facilities.
Statement of Need:
The medical waste incinerator rules
will establish emission limits for
dioxins, particulate matter, carbon
monoxide, cadmium, lead, mercury,
sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and
nitrogen oxide. These rules will
establish emission limits that will
reflect maximum achievable control
technology (MACT), as defined by
section 129, to reduce emissions of the
above pollutants.
Alternatives:
The Clean Air Act specifies that the
emission guidelines and the new source
-------
59685
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
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 for new sources,
can be no less stringent than 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 proposed
standards for new incinerators will be
in the range of §75 million to $215
million. The annualized cost of
implementing the proposed guidelines
for existing incinerators will be in the
range of $350 million to $1.2 billion.
The combined proposed 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
tho 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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/27/95 60 FR 10654
04/00/96
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
Phone: 919 541-5265
RIN: 2060-AC62
EPA
129. NSPS: MUNICIPAL WASTE
COMBUSTION—PHASE II AND PHASE
III, INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL WASTE
INCINERATORS, AND OTHER SOLID
WASTE INCINERATORS
Priority:
Economically Significant
Legal Authority:
42 USC 4111/Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, section 129
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory, November 1991, for
Phase H/Large MWCs.
NPRM, Statutory, November 1992, for
Phase in/Small MWCs.
NPRM, Judicial, September 1,1994, for
Municpal Waste Combustors (MWC's).
Final, Judicial, September 1,1995, for
Municipal Waste Combustors (MWC's),
Extension request for 10/ 31/95.
NPRM, Judicial, March 1, 1996, for
Industrial-Commercial Waste
Incinerators (ICWI).
Final, Judicial, March 1, 1997, for
Industrial-Commercial
Wastelncinerators (ICWI).
Abstract:
The Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990 direct the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) to set
standards of performance and emission
guidelines for new and existing
• municipal waste combustors under
Sections 111 and 129; to base these
standards and guidelines on maximum
achievable control technology; and to
include emission limits for particulate
matter, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen
chloride, oxides of nitrogen, carbon
monoxide, mercury, lead, cadmium,
and dioxins and dibenzofurans. The
standards for both large and small
municipal waste combustors have been
combined into one set of standards.
The industrial-commercial waste
incinerator standard and other solid
waste incinerator standards will be
managed as separate projects and
separate standards will be developed.
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, 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.
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.
The EPA has reviewed all alternatives
analyzed to assure they are no less
stringent than the MACT "floor."
For the industrial-commercial waste
incinerator standard and other solid
waste incinerator standards on control
alternatives have not been developed or
analyzed at this time, and the potential
cost and benefits are unknown. It is
anticipated that the same type of
controls used under the municipal
waste combustor standard will be
evaluated for industrial-commercial
waste incinerators and other solid
waste incinerators.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The annualized cost for the new source
performance standards for new
municipal waste combustors will be
less than $43 million. The annualized
cost for the emission guidelines for
existing municipal waste combustors
will be less than $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, sulfuric acid
and hydrochloric acid emissions by 95
percent, and nitrogen oxide (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 evaluation of these pollutants is
possible at this time.
For the industrial-commercial waste
incinerator standard and the other solid
-------
59686 Federal Register I Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan
waste incinerator standard, no control
alternatives have been developed or
analyzed at this time, and the potential
cost is unknown. It is anticipated that
the same type of controls used for the
municipal waste combustor standard
will be evaluated for industrial-
commercial and other solid waste
incinerator standards.
Risks:
Municipal waste combustors 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
minimize public exposure to dioxin.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
09/20/94 59 FR 48198
10/00/95
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
Phone: 919 541-5264
RIN: 2060-ADOO
EPA
130. OPEN-MARKET TRADING RULE
FOR OZONE PRECURSORS
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
Clean Air Act, sections 182 and 187
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) will issue a final policy and
model rule for open-market trading of
ozone smog precursors (volatile organic
compounds and oxides of nitrogen) that
will provide more flexibility than ever
before for companies to trade emission
credits without prior State or Federal
approval. After issuance by EPA, any
State that adopts an identical rule will
receive automatic EPA approval of its
rule. Once the rule is in the State
implementation plan (SIP), companies
could engage in emissions trades
without prior regulatory approval as
long as accountability is ensured in
accordance with the rule. The intended
benefits of an active market in
emissions trading are compliance with
the ozone standard at far less cost and
an increased incentive to develop
innovative emission-reduction
technologies.
Statement of Need:
In the last 25 years great progress has
been made toward achieving healthy air
quality, yet more than 100 million
people still live in areas that do not
meet the ozone health standard.
Continued reductions in ozone
precursor emissions are important to
protect public health, but additional
emission reductions are increasingly
more costly to obtain. Emissions
trading is one way to lower the overall
cost of achieving additional reductions.
Historically, the volume of emissions
trading under EPA's existing trading
policies has been low, suggesting high
transaction costs associated with the
delays of trade-by-trade government
review. Additionally, there have been
significant problems of quality control,
reducing the environmental
effectiveness of the program. EPA's
policy on open-market emissions
trading is intended to establish a
trading program that minimizes
transaction costs and harnesses the
power of the marketplace to enhance
quality control.
Alternatives:
The EPA endorses several forms of
emissions trading, including
interfacility and intrafacility emissions
bubbling under the 1986 Emissions
Trading Policy Statement, and
emissions budget programs which cap
areawide emissions from major
emitters. The open-market program is
yet another form of emissions trading
that can reduce the overall cost of
compliance with the ozone standard.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Market-based emissions trading
programs allow for greater and/or faster
reductions in emissions, lower the cost
of pollution control, reduce the adverse
impacts of regulation on industry and
consumer prices, lower the human
health consequences, and improve the
environment by achieving early
reductions, and provide incentives to
develop lower-costs pollution control
methods. The actual benefits of open-
market trading programs depend on a
number of variables, including the
number of States that adopt such
programs and the number of sources
that participate. Estimates of costs
savings from established emissions-
trading programs such as the
nationwide acid rain trading program,
the RECLAIM program in the Los
Angeles area, and the lead phasedown
range from nearly 20 to over 40
percent.
Risks:
Not applicable.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/03/95 60 FR 39668
Final 06/00/96
Inclusion of Model Rule
Notice 08/25/95 (60 FR 44290)
Small Entities Affected:
None
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3660.
Agency Contact:
Nancy Mayer
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
OAQPS, AQSSD (MD-15)
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5310
Fax: 919 541-0839
RIN: 2060-AF60
EPA
131. REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL TEST
PROCEDURE FOR EMISSIONS FROM
MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTOR
VEHICLE ENGINES
Priority:
Economically Significant
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan 59687
Legal Authority:
PL 101-549, Sec 208
CFR Citation:
40CFR86
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, January 31,1995.
Final, Statutory, May 15,1992. Final,
Judicial, April 30,1996. 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:
Section 206(h) of the Clean Air Act
requires the Environmental Protection
Agengy (EPA) to "review and revise as
necessary" the regulations governing
the Federal Test Procedure (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
behavior used for the FTP was adopted
over 20 years ago, and accumulated
research suggests that it no longer
adequately represents overall vehicle
emission control performance under
current driving conditions.
This action revises the 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
belter 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:
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
tho driving behavior surveys were used
to compare emissions predicted by the
FTP \vith emissions that occur in actual
driving. The test results support the.
need to control emissions at high
speeds, acceleration, and during air
conditioner operation, modes that are
not adequately controlled with the
current test procedures.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
EPA is under court order to revise the
FTP.
Alternatives:
The Clean Air Act specifies that the
test procedures reflect actual driving
conditions. Extensive research indicates
that the existing procedures are
severely deficient in the areas of high
speeds, high accelerations, and air
conditioning operation. The most
appropriate method of controlling
emissions during these conditions have
been analyzed during the development
of this rulemaking.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The per vehicle cost to comply with
the test procedure revisions is expected
to be well under $10 and the
annualized cost less than $100 million.
Overall hydrocarbon emissions from
light-duty vehicles and trucks are
expected to be reduced by about 6
percent, carbon monoxide emission by
about 18 percent, and NOx emissions
by about 12 percent. On a national
basis, the cost of reducing non-methane
hydrocarbon and NOx emissions is
expected to be about $200 per ton.
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:
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
Phone: 313 668-4214
RIN: 2060-AE27
EPA
132. RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
FOR CHEMICAL ACCIDENTAL
RELEASE PREVENTION
Priority:
Economically Significant
Legal Authority:
PL 101-549; Clean Air Act Section
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/07/95 60 FR 7404
04/00/96
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3323.
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 68
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1993.
Other, Judicial, March 29, 1996.
Court Decree - Settlement Agreement
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 response to, such
releases. 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) that must
include a hazard assessment that
evaluates the potential effects of an
accidental release of any regulated
substance and must also include a five-
year accident release history. The RMP
must document a prevention program
and document a response program that
provides specific actions to be taken to
protect human health and the
environment in response to a release.
The RMPs must be registered with EPA
and must be submitted 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. EPA must establish a system
for auditing the RMPs to ensure that
plans are periodically updated.
EPA published a notice of proposed
rulemaking on October 20, 1993. In
-------
59688 Federal Register I Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 /The Regulatory Plan
reviewing close to 1,000 comments
received, the Agency recognized the
need for a supplemental notice to
clarify some of the issues raised by
commenters and seek additional public
comments on several of the issues. The
supplemental notice was signed by the
Administrator on February 28, 1995.
The deadline for the final RMP rule is
March 29, 1996, following which,
regulated sources will have three years
to comply with the RMP requirements.
EPA promulgated a list of substances
and thresholds on January 30,1994 (59
FR 4478), which determines which
facilities must comply with the
accident prevention regulations. The
regulated universe includes small
businesses and state/local/and tribal
governments that have more than a
threshold quantity of a regulated
substance. In order to minimize the
impact on smaller sources, EPA is
planning to develop model RMPs for
industry sectors that utilize similar
equipment and handle a single
chemical. To further reduce the burden
on medium and smaller sources, EPA
is planning to develop "lookup tables"
for at least the most ubiquitous
chemicals that facilities could use in
the evaluation of their offsite
consequence analysis based on worst-
case scenarios.
Model RMPs and "lookup tables" will
also ease the burden on State and local
agencies responsible for implementing
the program and who will review the
adequacy and quality of the RMP.
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-Khow 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 03/13/95 60 FR 13526
Final Action 03/00/96
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2979.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / The Regulatory Plan 59689
Agency Contact:
Lyse Helsing
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
(5101)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6128
BIN: 2050-AD26
BILUNQ CODE 6560-50-F
-------
60604 Federal Register I Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
^•i^^^^^^^^^^—
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Ch. I
[FRL-5320-5]
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 planned mlemakings,
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 regulatory
actions scheduled to take place within
the following year, the Agency hopes to
encourage public participation in the
regulatory process. The rules and
schedules presented here reflect EPA's
plans.based on the best current
information. However, the public
should understand that legislative and
budgetary proposals now under
consideration by the Congress may
affect the Agency's authority to
undertake;or capacity to complete any
activity listed in this agenda within the
schedule presented.
ADDRESSES: To be placed on the agenda
mailing list, either write to
USEPA/NCEPI at P.O. Box 42419,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242, or fax your
request to (513) 489-8695. If you need
confirmation that your request was
received, you may call (513) 489-8190.
If you have suggestions to improve
this publication, comments on rules that
substantially impact small entities, 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 the agency contact
who is most familiar with the subject
matter is listed for each action.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Reinventing Environmental Regulation
The Environmental Protection Agency
is committed to reinventing
environmental regulation to provide
greater protection at less cost. To further
this goal, EPA has initiated a
comprehensive review of its existing
regulations. EPA has reexamined the
Code, of Federal Regulations (CFR) to
identify rules that are obsolete or no
longer applicable or which could be
modified to reduce compliance costs
while still protecting human health and
the environment. On June 1, the Agency
identified and initiated action to remove
. from the CFR those actions that are
obsolete and identified those that are
scheduled for modification or for further
study. Over a quarter of the actions
listed in this agenda are actions the
Agency has or expects to streamline
within the next 6 months either by
eliminating existing CFR text or revising
text to reduce burden, duplication, or
specific requirements. At the same time,
EPA is subjecting its paperwork
requirements to rigorous reexamination.
The Agency has set a target of reducing
reporting and recordkeeping burdens on
the public by 25 percent. Toward this
end, the Agency is responding to the
President's instruction to reduce
reporting requirements by half wherever
legal and appropriate.
Additionally, EPA is building and
enhancing partnerships with the
regulated community through increased
stakeholder outreach and involvement.
The Agency is seeking to increase
participation by the private sector and
other governmental entities in its efforts
to improve its regulatory programs. Last
March, the President announced a
program of 25 substantial actions EPA
will take to carry out its mission of
environmental protection in more
flexible and publicly responsive ways.
These initiatives include such varied
steps as expanding the use of market
incentives to promote environmentally
responsible behavior, addressing the
most stringent regulation and
enforcement to problems posing the
highest public risks, and experimenting
with novel solutions to the real
environmental problems posed by an
industry or locality when generally
applicable mandates may prove
ineffective or inefficient in a specific
application. This edition of the agenda
describes the actions EPA is taking to
meet the goals described above.
How the Agenda Is Organized
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.
Each entry indicates in the "Priority"
section if the action is published in the
1995 Regulatory Plan. This means that
this action is a priority for the Agency
and has been or will be reviewed by
OMB under Executive Order 12866.
Actions that do not indicate that they
are part of The Regulatory Plan may also
be subject to OMB review if they are
deemed "significant" as defined in the
Executive order.
Each agenda entry includes the title,
legal authority, CFR reference, legal
deadline, abstract, timetable, any
analysis under way, and an Agency
contact person for each action listed. A
new question on whether the action is
part of the Reinventing Government
effort has also been added for each
entry.
The agenda is organized by statute
and ordered numerically within each
statute. Entries within each statute are
divided into five categories: (1) Premie,
(2) proposed rule, (3) final rule, (4) long-
term actions (i.e., actions under
preparation that will not be published
until after the 1-year horizon for this
agenda), and (5) 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.
/. 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 substantial
EPA regulations. To focus the public's
attention on the most timely actions,
EPA lists regulations in this category of
the agenda that are within a year of
proposal or promulgation. The listings,
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60605
EPA
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 he construed as an Agency
commitment to act on or by the date
shown. The Administrator of EPA will
review 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.
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 to
the contact person listed for each rule.
///. Long-Term Actions
This section includes actions with
publication dates beyond the next 12
months. Please note that the Agency
will continue to work with the public to
develop partnerships and information
necessary to support these rulemakings
with long-term publication dates.
IV. Completed Actions
This section contains actions that
appeared in the previous agenda but
which EPA is deleting because they are
completed or no longer under
consideration for rulemaking. If an
action appears in the completed section,
it may not appear in future agendas,
unless the Agency decides to initiate
action again, and then it will appear as
a new entry.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
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 are subject
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 significant 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 9,
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 with significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities are to be reviewed within 10
years of promulgation of the regulations.
While, as described above, EPA is
currently reexamining all of its existing
regulations, the Agency recognizes that
many rules will require detailed study
before they may be appropriately
modified or retained. As part of that
process, as well as under the ,
requirements of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 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 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. :
Dated: October 20,1995.
David M. Gardiner,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy,
Planning, and Evaluation.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3367
3368
3369
3370
3371
3372
117.1
Title
Data Consolidation Initiative; Key Identifiers Reporting (Reg Plan Seq. No. 102)
SAM Mo afiafi. Pesticide Labelina Claims
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC55
2070-AC74
2070-AC99
2070-AD01
2070-AC12
2070-AC46
2070-AC85
-------
60606 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)—Proposed Rule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3374
3375
3376
Title
SAN No. 2725. FIFRA Books and Records of Pesticide Production and Distribution (Revision)
SAN No. 3731. Modifications to Pesticide Worker Protection Standard .'.
SAN No. 3318. Exemption of Sterilant Pesticide Products From Regulation Under the Federal Insecticide, Fun-
gicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC07
2070-AC93
2070-AC58
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3377
3378
3379
3380
3381
3382
3383
3384
3385
3386
3387
3388
3389
3390.
SAN No. 3734. Pesticides; Revision of Notification Procedure
Pesticides; Self-Certification (Reg Plan Seq. No. 120)
SAN No. 3739. Cross-Contamination of Pesticide Products
SAN No. 2684. Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides Under FIFRA and FFDCA
SAN No. 3135. Pesticide Flammability Labeling Requirements for Total Release Foggers
SAN No. 2371. Restricted Use Criteria for Pesticides in Groundwater
SAN No. 1640. Worker Protection Standards; Pesticide Hazard Communication
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. 3732. Exceptions to Pesticide Worker Protection Standard
SAN No. 3733. Scope and Clarification of the WPS Exceptions Process
SAN No. 3432. Pesticide Management and Disposal
SAN No. 3320. Regulatory Relief for Low-Risk Pesticides
2070-AC98
2070-ADOO
2070-AD03
2070-AC02
2070-AC60
2070-AB60
2070-AC34
2070-AB50
2070-AC08
2070-AC33
2070-AC95
2070-AC96
2070-AC81
2070-AC67
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)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number '
3391 '
3392
3393
3394
3395
3396
SAN No. 2444.
SAN No. 3199.
SAN No. 3113.
SAN No. 2659.
SAN No. 2639.
SAN No. 3736.
Title
Pesticide Tolerances; Portion of Food Commodities
Interpretation of Raw Agricultural Commodity
Endangered Species Protection Program
Pesticide Management and Disposal: Standards for
Child-Resistant Packaging Regulations (Revision) .
Pesticide Export Policy
To Be Analyzed for Pesticide Residues
Pesticide Containers and Containment
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC45
2070-AC54
2070-AC42
2070-AB95
2070-AB96
2070-AD02
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3397
3398
3399
3400
3401
Title
SAN No. 3429. Pesticide Worker Protection Standard; Training Provisions for Workers
SAN No. 3558. Worker Protection Standard: Revision of Crop Advisor Requirements
SAN No. 2337. Procedures To Make Restricted Use Pesticides Available to Noncertified Persons for Use by
Certified Applicators
SAN No. 2446. Certification of Pesticide Applicators (Revision)
SAN No. 3141. Revision to Crop Grouping Regulations
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC69
2070-AC82
2070-AB48
2Q70-AB75
2070-AC52
-------
EPA
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60607
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3402
3403
3404
3405
3406
3407
3408
3409
3410
3411
3412
3413
3414
3415
3416
3417
3418
SAN No. 3301. TSCA Chemical Use Inventory Project
SAN No. 3034. Facility Coverage Amendment; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Community Right-to-Know
(Reg Plan Seq. No. 103)
SAN No. 3388. Deletion of Isopropyl Alcohol; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Community Right-to-Know
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
SAN No. 3480. Development of Guidance as Mandated by Executive Order 12873, Section 503 on "Environ-
mentally Preferable Products"
CFR Regulatory Review Related Initiatives (Reg Plan Seq. No. 104)
SAN No. 3494. Proposed Decisions on Test Rules
SAN No. 2563. ATSDR Substances Test Rule
SAN No. 2865. Multi-Chemical Endpoint(s) Test Rule; Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity, and
Neurotoxteity
SAN No. 2865. Multichemical Endpoint Test Rule; Chemical Fate and Environmental Effects
SAN No. 3504. Hazardous Air Pollutants Test Rule
SAN No. 1923. Follow-Up Rules on Existing Chemicals
SAN No. 2245. Negotiated Consent Order and Test Rule Procedures
SAN No. 3047. Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Rule
SAN No. 3559. Notice of TSCA Section 4 Reimbursement Period and TSGA Section 12(b) Export Notification
Period Sunset Dates for TSCA Section 4 Substances
SAN No. 3557. Lead-Based Paint Activities, Training, and Certification: Renovation and Remodeling
2070-AC61
2070-AC71
2070-AC77
2070-ACOO
2070-AC63
2070-AC78
2070-AC97
2070-AB07
2070-AB79
2070-AC27
2070-AC36
2070-AC76
2070-AA58
2070-AB30
2070-AC62
2070-AC84
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)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3419
3420
3421
t499
3423
Td?4
1495
3426
**45>7
3428
3429
3430
3431
3432
T4^S
3434
"UVi
3436
•W17
•W1A
Title
SAN No. 3007. Chemical List Expansion; Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act Section 313 .
SAN No. 3499. Lead-Based Paint Hazard Information Requirements at the Transfer of Target Housing (Section
1018)" Joint Rule With the Dept of HUD
SAN No. 3244. Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Training, Accreditation, and Certification Rule and Model
SAN No 3242 Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Requirements at Renovation of Target Housing
SAN No 2249 Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Protection Rule
SAN No 3508 TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of Lead-Based Paint Abatement Waste
Selected Rulemakings for Abating Lead Hazards (Reg Plan Seq No. 121)
SAN No. 3495. Chemical-Specific Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) To Extend Provisions of Section 5(e) Or-
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-
SAN No. 2150. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Applications for Exemptions From the Ban on Manufacturing,
SAN No 2878 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Disposal Amendments
SAN No 3021 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Transformer Reclassification Rule
SAN No 2178 Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rules
SAN No 1139 Section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting Rules
SAN No 31 1 8 TSCA Section 8(e)~ Notice of Clarification and Solicitation of Public Comment
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC47
2070-AC75
2070-AC64
2070-AC65
2070-AC66
2070-AC72
2070-AD06
2070-AB94
2070-AA59
2070-AB27
2070-AB56
2070-AB61
2070-AB20
2070-AC01
2070-AC17
2070-AC39
2070-AD04
2070-AB08
2070-AB1 1
2070-AC80
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
-------
60608 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3439 SAN No. 2847. Mandatory Pollution Prevention Reporting for Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) 2070-AC24
3440 SAN No. 3631. Evaluation of Products for Lead-Based Paint Activities 2070-AC88
3441 Regulatory Investigation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) To Reduce Lead (Pb) Consumption and
Use 2070-AC21
3442 SAN No. 2146. Regulatory Investigation of Formaldehyde 2070-AB14
3443 SAN No. 2560. Procedures and Criteria for Termination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Disposal Permits ... 2070-AB81
3444 SAN No. 2844. Regulatory Investigation of Dioxin in Pulp and Paper Mill Sludge 2070-AC05
3445 SAN No. 3148. Revised Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan 2070-AC51
3446 SAN No. 1923. Significant New Use Rules on National Program Chemicals; Asbestos, Lead, and Refractory Ce-
ramic Fibers 2070-AC37
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Completed Actions
Sequence T... Regulation
Number Tltle Identifier
Number
3447 SAN No. 2760. Premanufacture Notification (PMN) Rule Amendments 2070-AC14
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Prerule Stage
Sequence ,..,, Regulation
Number Tltle Identifier
Number
3448 SAN No. 3662. Water Quality Standards Regulation—Revision 2040-AC56
3449 SAN No. 3700. Streamlining Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and Management Regulations (Reg Plan
[ Seq. No. 100) 2040-AC65
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence _„ Regulation
Number Tltle Identifier
Number
3450 .. SAN No. 3497 and SAN No. 3442 (RIN 2040-AC46) Amendments to. Round I Final Sewage Sludge Use and
Disposal Rule - Phase I (Includes Continuous Emission Monitoring and Other Incinerator Requirements) 2040-AC29
3451 SAN No. 3504. Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants and Toxicity for the State of Cali-
fornia 2040-AC44
3452 SAN No. 3581. Leather Tanning and Finishing Effluent Guidelines - Pretreatment Standards for Existing and
New Sources 2040-AC48
3453 SAN No. 3618. Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act 2040-AC54
3454 SAN No. 3497. Amendments to Round I Final Sewage Sludge Use and Disposal Rule - Phase II 2040-AC53
3455 Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Requirements, Including General Pretreatment Re-
quirements (Reg Plan Seq. No. 105) 2040-AC69
3456 SAN No. 3762. NPDES Streamlining Rule—Round II 2040-AC70
3457 SAN No. 3768. NPDES Streamlining Rule (Phase III) ZZZZZ!!! 2040-AC80
3458 SAN No. 3786. NPDES Streamlining Rule—Round III '.'"". 2040-AC84
3459 SAN No. 3625. Streamlined Procedures for Developing and Maintaining Approved Publicly-Owned Treatment
Works Pretreatment Programs 2040-AC57
3460 SAN No. 3722. Amendment to Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Ore Mining and Dressing Point Source Cat-
egory, New Source Performance Standards 2040-AC74
3461 SAN No. 3617. Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act 2040-AC63
3462 SAN No. 3666. Clarification of the Application Requirements for States Wanting to Designate Drinking Water In-
take Zones, Thereby Prohibiting the Discharge of Vessel Sewage Within Those Zones 2040-AC61
-------
EPA
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60609
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Proposed Rule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3463
3464
3466
*3AR7
flXCQ
Title
SAN No. 2501. NPDES Wastewater Permit Application Forms and Regulatory Revisions for Municipal Dis-
SAN No. 3234. Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Application Requirements and Form 2C - Wastewater Dis-
SAN No 3664 Storm Water Permit Application Regulations for Municipal Separate Storm Sewers
SAN No. 2804. Clean Water Act Section 404 Program Definition of the Waters of the United States— Isolated
SAN No 2737 Revisions to Ocean Dumping Regulations for Dredged Material
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AB39
2040-AC26
2040-AC59
2040-AB74
2040-AB62
2040-AC81
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3469
O47fl
3471
O.J70
3473
*3A7A
3475
3476
3477
•M7fl
0*170
Title
SAN No. 3562. Formerly titled "Clarification of Standing Amendments to Requirements for Authorized State Per-
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
SAN No. 2806. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery Category, Phase I (Reg
Plan Seq No. 123)
SAN No 3391 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Pesticide Formulating Packaging and Repackaging
SAN No. 3727. Modification of Secondary Treatment Requirements for Discharges Into Marine Waters; Change
SAN No. 3679. Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of 2,3,7,8-Substituted Dibenzo-P-
SAN No. 3621. Marine Sanitation Device: Establishment of Drinking Water Intake Zones in Two Portions of the
Hudson River New York State
SAN No 2820 Shore Protection Act Section 4103(b) Regulations
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC43
2040-AA13
2040-AB72
2040-AB78
2040-AB79
2040-AC21
2040-AC72
2040-AC64
2040-AC51
2040-AC14
2040-AB85
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
*wfln
0401
**AR9
oxoq
74 AA
3485
3486
3487
3488
3489
3490
a/iai
Title
SAN No 3448 Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge (Round II)
SAN No 2712 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp Paper and Paperboard Category
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. 3496. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery Category, Phase II
SAN No. 3444. Criteria and Standards Reflecting Best Technology Available (BTA) for Cooling Water Intake
Structures Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act
SAN No. 3661. Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants; States'
SAN No. 3702. Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under the Clean Water
Act '. '.
SAN No. 3701. Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Cyanide Under the Clean Water Act
SAN No. 3766. Water Quality Standards to Replace Portions of Existing State Water Quality Standards; i.e.,
State Antidegradation Policy for Pennsylvania
SAM Mn 37S7 Rpfnrmattinn nf Ffftupnt Ri lirteliriRR and Standards in 40 CFR Parts 405 throudh 471
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC25
2040-AB53
2040-AB97
2040-AB98
2040-AC23
2040-AC30
2040-AC34
2040-AC55
2040-AC75
2040-AC76
2040-AC78
2040-AC79
-------
60610 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Long-Term Actions (Continued)
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3492 SAN No. 3663. Streamlining the General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution ..... 2040-AC58
3493 SAN No. 3785. Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater Phase II Regulations 2040-AC82
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Completed Actions
Sequence _. Regulation
Number Trtle Identifier
Number
3494 SAN No. 3582. Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollut-
ants Under the Clean Water Act 2040-AC49
3495 SAN No. 3567. 301 (k) Innovative Technology Time Extensions 2040-AC42
3496 SAN No. 3517. Water Quality Standards To Replace Portions of Florida's Existing State Water Quality Stand-
ards, i.e., State Antidegradation Policy 2040-AC37
3497- SAN No. 3665. Amendment to Requirements for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Per-
mits for Storm Water Discharges (Phase II) 2040-AC60
3498 SAN No. 3442. Continuous Emission Monitoring and Other Pollutant Limitation and Monitoring Regulations for
Sewage Sludge Incinerators 2040-AC46
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence ,.., Regulation
Number Tltle . Identifier
Number
3499 SAN No. 1727. Environmental Protection Standards for Low-Level Radioactive Waste 2060-AA04
3500 SAN No. 2073. Environmental Protection Agency Radiation Site Cleanup Regulation 2060-AB31
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence ,.., " Regulation
Number Tltle Identifier
' .. , Number
3501 SAN No. 3232. Criteria for the Certif. and Determination of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's Compliance
w/Environmental Stnds. for the Mgmt. and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level, & Transuranic 2060-AE30
3502 SAN No. 3602. Protective Action Guidance for Drinking Water 2060-AF39
3503 SAN No. 3321 (was 2073). Federal Radiation Protection Guidance for Exposure of the General Public 2060-AE61
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)—Completed Actions
Sequence _. Regulation
Number , Tltle Identifier
Number
3504 SAN No. 3568. Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada 2060-AF38
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence Regulation
Number Tltle Identifier
Number
3505 SAN No. 3440. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper (Revision) 2040-AC27
3506 SAN No. 3563. Reformatting of Drinking Water Regulations 2040-AC41
3507 SAN No. 3565. Revision of Current Requirements for Triggering Increased Drinking Water Monitoring 2040-AC52
3508 Streamlining Revisions to the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (Reg Plan Seq. No. 106) 2040-AC66
3509 SAN No. 3726. Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking Water Contaminants 2040-AC77
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60611
EPA
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Proposed Rule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3510
SAN No. 3784. Underground Injection Control Program Streamlining Rule 2040-AC83
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
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3511 SAN No. 3445. Drinking Water Microbial and Disinfection By-Product Monitoring Rule (Formerly Called the "In-
formation Collection Disinfection Byproducts Rule") 2040-AC24
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Long-Term Actions
I ~~ " Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
3512 SAN No. 2281. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Radionuclides 2040-AA94
3513 SAN No. 2340. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Groundwater Disinfection 2040-AA97
3514 SAN No. 2807. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Arsenic 2040-AB75
3515 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 : 2040-AB82
3516 SAN No. 3176. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Sulfate 2040-AC07
3517 SAN No. 3238. National Primary Drinking Water Standards (NPDWRs) for Aldicarb 2040-AC13
3518 SAN No. 3509. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: 25 Contaminants From Drinking Water Priority List
(Phase VI-B)—Organic and Inorganic Contaminants 2040-AC22
3519 SAN No. 2778. Management of Class V Injection Wells Under Part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act 2040-AB83
3520 SAN No. 3761. Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring Requirements 2040-AC73
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Completed Actions
I Regulation
Sequence Tille Identifier
Number Number
3521 SAN No. 3359. Drinking Water Primacy Withdrawal Regulation (Revision) 2040-AC19
3522 SAN No. 2784. Revisions to SDWA; Underground Injection Control Program Regulations for Class II (Oil and
Gas-Related) Wells | 2040-AB77
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Prerule Stage
I ~~~ Regulation
Sequence Tit|e Identifier
Number Number
3523 SAN No. 2390. Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) at Hazardous Waste Manage-
| merit Facilities (Reg Plan Seq. No. 101) | 2050-AB80
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
3524 SAN No. 3425. Facility Response Planning for Delegated Offshore Facilities 2050-AE18
3525 SAN No. 3668. Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Recycled
Used Oil Management Standards 2050-AE28
-------
60612 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Proposed Rule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3526
3527
3528
3529
3530
3531
3532
3533 '
3534
3535
3536
3537
3538
3539
Title
SAN No. 2872. Modifications to the Definition of Solid Waste and Regulations of Hazardous Waste Recycling:
General (Reg Plan Seq. No. 107)
SAN No. 3328. Identification and Listing of Hazardous Wastes: Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR);
Waste (Reg Plan Seq. No. 108)
SAN No. 3134. Spent Solvents Listing Determination
SAN No. 3151. Chlorinated Aliphatics Listing Determination
SAN No. 3064. Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste: Petroleum Refining Process Wastes
SAN No. 3333. Revised Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities (Reg Plan Seq. No. 109) .
SAN No. 3334. Cement Kiln Dust
SAN No. 2982. Identification and Listing of Hazardous Wastes; Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR):
Contaminated Media (Reg Plan Seq. No. 110)
SAN No. 3147. Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
SAN No. 3235. Rule Identifying When Military Munitions Become Hazardous Wastes and Management Stand-
ards for Such Wastes
SAN No. 2827. RCRA Subtitle C Indian Program Authorization
SAN No. 3150. Field Filtering of Groundwater Samples
SAN No. 2751. RCRA Subtitle D Solid Waste Facilities; State/Tribal Permit Program— Determination of Ade-
quacy '.
SAN No. 3545. Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products Containing Recovered
Materials
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AD18
2050-AE07
2050-AD84
2050-AD85
2050-AD88
2050-AE01
2050-AE02
2050-AE22
2050-AE21
2050-AD90
2050-AD07
2050-AD86
2050-AD03
2050-AE23
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 '
3540
3541
3542
3543-
3544
3545
3546
3547
3548
3549
3550
3551
3552
3553
Title
SAN No. 3428. Alternatives for Groundwater Monitoring and Delay of Generald Compliance Date for Small Mu-
nicipal Solid Waste Landfills Located in Either Dry or Remote Areas
• SAN No. 3546. Alternatives for Groundwater Monitoring and Delay of General Compliance Date for Small Munic-
ipal Solid Waste Landfills Located in Either Dry or Remote Areas
SAN No. 3042. Hazardous Waste Management System: Post-Closure Requirements
SAN No. 3065. Listing Determination for Hazardous Wastes - Organobromines Chemical Industry
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
SAN No. 3179. RCRA Subtitle D Corporate Financial Test and Guarantee
SAN No. 3416. Revisions To Criteria Applicable to Solid Waste Disposal Facilities That May Accept CESQG
Hazardous Wastes Excluding Municipal Solid Waste Landfills ..;
SAN No. 3066/3068/3069. Listing Determination of Wastes Generated During the Manufacture of Azo,
Anthraquinone, and Triarylmethane Dyes and Pigments
SAN No. 3114. Imports and Exports of Hazardous Waste: Implementation of the OECD Decision for Recyclable
Wastes
SAN No. 3315. RCRA Expanded Public Participation
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 (Reg Plan Seq. No.
124)
SAN No. 3365. Land Disposal Restrictions — Phase III: Decharacterized Wastewaters, Carbamate Wastes, and
Spent Aluminum Potliners (Reg Plan Seq. No. 125)
SAN No. 2761. Financial Test for Local Governments That Own/Operate Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
SAN No. 3032. Guideline for Federal Procurement of Paper and Paper Products Containing Recovered Materials
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE15
2050-AE24
2050-AD55
2050-AD79
2050-AE14
2050-AD77
2050-AE1 1
2050-AD80
2Q50-AD87
2050-AD97
2050-AE05
2050-AD38
2050-AD04
2050-AD41
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
-------
EPA
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60613
Sequence
Number
3554
3555
3556
3557
3558
3559
3560
3561
3562
3563
3564
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) — Long-Term Actions
Title
SAN No 2634 Revisions to the OH Pollution Prevention Regulation
SAN No 3426 Regulations To Control Imports and Exports of Hazardous and Other Wastes
SAN No. 3547. New and Revised Testing Methods Approved for RCRA Subtitle C Hazardous Waste Testing
Manual, SW-846, Third Edition, Update IV
SAN No. 2524. No-Migration Variance for Prohibited Hazardous Waste Land Disposal
SAN No 2780 Causes for Permit Modifications to Hazardous Waste Management Facilities
SAN No. 3189. Final Determination of the Applicability of the Toxicity Characteristic Rule to Underground Stor-
age Tanks Contaminated Media and Debris
SAN No 3201 Regulatory Determination on Remaining Wastes From the Combustion of Fossil Fuels
SAN No. 3237. Hazardous Waste Management System; Modification of the Hazardous Waste Program; Mer-
cury-Containing Lamps
SAN No 2647 RCRA Subtitle C Financial Test Criteria (Revision)
SAN No 3094 Extension of States' Interim Authorization Option To Carry Out Post-HSWA Regulations
SAN No. 3433. Underground Storage Tanks Containing Hazardous Substances - Financial Responsibility Re-
quirements
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AC62
2050-AE13
2050-AE25
2050-AC44
2050-AD05
2050-AD69
2050-AD91
2050-AD93
2050-AC71
2050-AD57
2050-AC15
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3565
3566
3567
3568
3569
3570
Title
SAN No. 3710. Liquids in Landfills: Proposed Rulemaking to Grant a Petition
SAN No 2870 Modifications of the Hazardous Waste Recycling Regulations* Universal Wastes
SAN No. 2826. New and Revised Testing Methods Approved for RCRA Subtitle C Hazardous Waste Testing
Manual SW-846 Third Edition Update II
SAN No. 2622. Hazardous Waste Management System, Amendment to Subpart C Rulemaking Petitions: Use of
Groundwater Data in Delisting Decisions ,
SAN No. 3384. Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products Containing Recovered Materials
SAN No 3149 Underground Storage Tanks — Lender Liability
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE30
2050-AD19
2050-AD06
2050-AC65
2050-AE16
2050-AD67
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Prerule Stage
Sequence
Number
3571
3572
SAN No. 3553.
SAN No 3389
Title
Requirements for Preparation, Adoption, and Submittal of Ozone State Implementation Plans
Fuels and Fuel Additives Waiver Application Criteria
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AF34
2060-AE68
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3573
3574
3575
3576
3577
3578
3579
3580
3581
3582
3583
3584
SAN No. 2909. Revisions to the New Source Review Regulations
SAN No. 3111. Prohibition of Leaded Gasoline for Highway Use
SAN No. 3259. New Source Review (NSR) Reform (Reg Plan Seq. No. 111)
SAN No. 3263. Performance Warranty and Inspection/Maintenance Test Procedures
SAN No. 3262. Inspection/Maintenance Recall Requirements
SAN No. 3302. Consolidated Emission Reporting
SAN No. 3353. NAAQS: Ozone (Review) (Reg Plan Seq. No. 112)
SAN No. 3354. State Implementation Plan Completeness Criteria
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
SAN No. 3448. NAAQS: Particulate Matter (Review) (Reg Plan Seq. No. 113)
SAN No. 3500. Application of Mandatory Sanctions Under Title V of the Clean Air Act
SAN No. 3407. Method 301: Field Validation of Pollution Measurement Methods for Various Medias
2060-AD13
2060-AD55
2060-AE11
2060-AE20
2060-AE22
2060-AE32
2060-AE57
2060-AE58
2060-AE62
2060-AE66
2060-AE96
2060-AFOO
-------
60614
EPA
Sequence
Number
3585
3586
3587
3588 •
3589
3590
3591
3592
3593
3594
3595
3596
3597 .,..-'
3598
3599
3600
3601
3602
3603
3604
3605
3606
3607 ,
3608
3609
3610
3611
3612
3613
3614
3615
3616
3617
3618 .
3619
3620
3621
3622
3623
3624
3625
3626
3627
3628
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
Clean Air Act (CAA) — Proposed Rule Stage (Continued)
Title
SAN No. 3474. Ammonia Test Method, 40 CFR Part 51, Appendix M
SAN No. 3472. Technical Corrections to Appendix A of 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix B of Part 61 , Appendix A or
Part 63, and Part 60
SAN No. 3549. NESHAP: Petroleum Refineries - FCC Units, Reformers and Sulfur Plants
SAN No. 3082. NESHAP: Ferroalloy Industry
SAN No. 3569. Federal Implementation Plan To Control Emissions From Two Power Stations Located on Navajo
Nation Lands
SAN No. 3570. Acid Rain Program: Revisions to the Administrative Appeal Regulations Under Title IV of the
Clean Air Act
SAN No. 3572. Acid Rain Program: Revisions to Applicability, Exemptions, Allocations, and Small Diesel Refiner-
ies
SAN No. 3573. Acid Rain Program: Deletion of Certain Units
SAN No. 3574. Acid Rain Program: Revisions to the Permits Regulations Under Title IV of the Clean Air Act To
Make Technical Corrections
SAN No. 3576. Control of Air Pollution From Aircraft and Aircraft Engines; Emission Standards and Test Proce-
dures
SAN No. 3412. Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70) (Reg Plan Seq. No. 114)
SAN No. 3649. Amendments to Method 24 (Water-Based Coatings)
SAN No. 3637. Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) To Control Emissions From Sources Located on the Fort Hall
Indian Reservation
SAN No. 3643. Sales Volume Limit Provisions for Small-Volume Manufacture Certification for Clean Fuel and
Conventional Vehicle Conversions and Related Provisions
NESHAP for Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaning Facilities: Amendments
SAN No. 3598. Amendment of Enhanced Inspection/Maintenance Performance Standard
SAN No. 3599. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) Extractive Test Method - Self-Validating Proce-
dure and CEM Performance Specification
SAN No. 3538. Compliance Application Guidance for 40 CFR 194
SAN No. 3675. Determining Conformity of General Federal Actions to State or Federal Implementation Plans (for
Attainment and Unclassifiable Areas)
SAN No. 3568 Previously listed under RIN 2060-AF38. Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca
Mountain
SAN No. 3740. Transportation Conformity Flexibility and Streamlining (Reg Plan Seq. No. 115)
SAN No. 3725. Reformulated Gasoline Oxygen Cap Modification
SAN No. 3756. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration of Ban on Fire Extinguishers Containing
HCFCs »
SAN No. 3743. Amendments to Appendix M of Part 51 , Appendix B of Part 61 , Appendix A of Part 63, and Part
60
SAN No. 3744. Amendment to Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources; Monitoring Requirements
SAN No. 3748. Consolidated Federal Air Rule for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry
SAN No. 3750. Regulation Review/Burden Reduction
SAN No. 3674. Amendments to the Final Rules NESHAP for Chromium Electroplating and NESHAP for Com-
mercial Sterilization
SAN No. 1004. NAAQS: Nitrogen Dioxide (Review)
SAN No. 3470. Next Revision to the Guideline on Air Quality Modeling
SAN No. 3106. NSPS for Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) - Revision
SAN No. 3753. Revision to NSPS: Nonmetallic Minerals Processing
SAN No. 3105 (was 2914) for NESHAP and SAN No. 2712 for Effluent Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guide-
lines: Pulp and Paper (Reg Plan Seq. No. 116)
SAN No. 3215. NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Industry
SAN No. 3229. NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production
SAN No. 3228. NESHAP for Formaldehyde-Based Resins :
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. 3123. NESHAP: Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing Industry
SAN No. 3072. NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
SAN No. 3078. NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AF22
2060-AF24
2060-AF28
2060-AF29
2060-AF42
2060-AF43
2060-AF45
2060-AF46
2060-AF47
2Q60-AF50
2060-AF70
2060-AF72
2060-AF84
2060-AF87
2060-AF90
2060-AG07
2060-AG08
2060-AG09
2060-AG10
2060-AG14
2060-AG16
2060-AG17
2Q60-AG19
2060-AG21
2060-AG22
2060-AG28
2060-AG30
2060-AG36
2060-AC06
2060-AF01
2060-AD04
2060-AG33
2060-AD03
2060-AE08
2060-AE34
2060-AE36
2060-AE40
2060-AE41
2060-AE43
2060-AE44
2060-AE46
2060-AE75
2060-AE76
2060-AE77
-------
EPA
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60615
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Proposed Rule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3629
3630
3631
3632
3633
3634
3635
3636
3637
3638
3639
3640
3641
3642
3643
3R44
3645
3646
3647
3648
3649
3650
3651
3852
3653
3654
3655
3656
3657
3658
3659
3660
3661
3662
3663
3664
Title
SAN No 3079 NESHAP' Portland Cement Manufacturing .
SAN No 3451 NESHAP' Pharmaceuticals Production
SAN No 3449 NESHAP' Chlorine Production
SAN No 3338 NESHAP' Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production
SAN No. 3467. NESHAP: Primary Lead Smelters
SAN No 2547 National Emission Standard for Radon Emissions from Phosphogypsum Stacks
SAN No 3378 NESHAP: Manufacturers of Acrylic/Modacrylic Fibers
SAN No. 3465. NESHAP: Polycarbonates Production
SAN No. 3466. Delisting of Source Categories Under 112(c): Stainless and Non-Stainless Steel Manufacturing
and Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Operation
SAN No. 3377. Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) NESHAP
SAN No. 3550. NESHAP: Baker's Yeast Manufacturing Industry
SAN No. 3551. Amendments to General Provisions for 40 CFR 63
SAN No 3046 Decision on the Petition To Remove Caprolactam From the List of Hazardous Air Pollutants
SAN No. 3552. Regional Haze Protection
SAN No 3281 National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Automobile Refinish Coatings
SAN No. 3351. VOC Regulation for Architectural Coatings
SAN No. 3659. Aerosol Spray Paints Rule
SAN No 3658 National VOC Emission Standards for Consumer Products
SAN No 2869 Revised Light-Duty Durability Procedures for Model Year 1999 and Later
SAN No 3646 National 49-State Low-Emission Vehicles Program (Reg Plan Seq. No. 117)
SAN No. 3645. Control of Nitrogen Oxide and Particulate Emissions From Heavy-Duty Engines (Reg Plan Seq.
No 118)
SAN No. 3139. Amendment Concerning the Location of Selective Enforcement Audits of Foreign Manufactured
Vehicles and Engines
SAN No. 3091. "Substantially Similar" Definition for Diesel Fuels
SAN No. 3361. Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines At or Below 19 Kilowatts (25 Horsepower)(Phase 2) (Reg Plan
Seq. No. 119)
SAN No. 3352. NSPS: Nitrogen Oxide Emissions from Fossile-Fuel Fired Steam Generating Units - Revision
SAN No. 3575 (combined with SAN 3571) This action resulted from Acid Rain Phase II Nitrogen Oxides Reduc-
tion Program
SAN No. 3715. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Global Warming Potentials for Ozone-Depleting
Substances
SAN No. 3555. Amendment to the MVAC Rule To Include All Refrigerants
SAN No. 3556. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Supplemental Rule Regarding a Recycling Standard Under
Section 608
SAN No 3560 Amendment to the Refrigerant Recycling Rule To Include All Refrigerants .
Amendment to the Refrigerant Recycling Rule To Modify the Sales Restrictions of Split Systems
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Direct Final Rule Extending Reclamation Requirements of the Section 608 Re-
frigerant Recycling Rule
SAN No. 3673. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration of Section 608 Sales Restriction
SAN No. 3640. Supplemental Rule To Require Certain Products Made With HCFCs To Bear Warning Label
SAN No. 3525 (generic) Update of the Acceptablity List Under the Significance New Alternatives Policy (SNAP)
Program
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AE78
2060-AE83
2060-AE85
2060-AE86
2060-AE97
2060-AE99
2060-AF04
2060-AF06
2060-AF09
2060-AF11
2060-AF26
2060-AF30
2060-AF31
2060-AF33
2060-AF32
2060-AE35
2060-AE55
2060-AF61
2060-AF62
2060-AE06
2060-AF75
2060-AF76
2060-AD90
2060-AD77
2060-AE29
2060-AE56
2060-AF48
2060-AG35
2060-AF35
2060-AF36
2060-AF37
2060-AF81
2060-AF97
2060-AG20
2060-AF93
2060-AG12
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
3665
3666
3667
3668
Title
SAN No. 2942. Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program (Previously Enhanced Monitoring Program) (Reg
Plan Seq. No. 126) I
SAN No. 2961. Locomotive Emission Standards
SAN No. 3009/3357. Acid Rain Opt-In Regulations
SAN No. 3369. Federal Ooeratina Permit Rules
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AD18
2060-AD33
2060-AD43
2060-AD68
-------
60616 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 I Unified Agenda
EPA
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Final Rule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3669
3670
3671
3672
3673
3674
3675
3676
3677
3678
3679
3680
3681
3682
3683
3684
3685
3686
3687
3688
3689
3690
3691
3692
3693
3694
3695
3696
3697
3698
3699
3700
3701
3702
3703
3704
3705
3706
3707
3708
3709
SAN No. 3018.
Additives
Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Certification Requirements for Deposit Control Gasoline
SAN No. 2939. Regulations Governing Awards Under Section 113(f) of the Clean Air Act
SAN No. 3264. Inspection/Maintenance Program Requirements—Onboard Diagnostic Checks
SAN No. 3146. NESHAPS Pertaining to Facilities Other Than Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors Licensed by
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) or by NRC Agreement States
SAN No. 3457. On-Board Diagnostics Service Information Available
SAN No. 3380. NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry - Wastewater
SAN No. 3506. Addition of Methods 204, 204A - 204F for Measurement of VOC Emissions From Stationary
Sources
SAN No. 2915. Methods for Measurement of Visible Emissions - The addition of Methods 203A, 203B, and 203C
to Appendix M of Part 51
SAN No. 3638. Revision of EPA's Radiological Emergency Response Plan
NSPS Appendix A - Reference Methods; Amendments to Method 24 for the Determination of Volatile Matter Con-
tents, Water Content, Density, Volume and Weight Solids of Surface Coatings
SAN No. 3650. Ambient Air Quality Surveillance, Recension of NAMS Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Require-
ments for Lead
SAN No. 3745. Revision to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds - Exclusion of HFC 431 Ome and HCFC
225 ca andcb
SAN No. 3306. Revision to the Definition of Volatile Organic Compound - Exclusion of Perchloroethylene
SAN No. 3446. Revisions to Part 35, Subpart A Section 105 Air Grant Regulations
SAN No. 3087. Indian Tribes: Air Quality Planning and Management ,
SAN No. 1002 (Primary Standard) and SAN No. 3588 (Implementation) NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Review) (Reg
Plan Seq. No. 127)
SAN No. 2535. NSPS: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills '
SAN No. 2719. Medical Waste Incinerators (MWI) (Reg Plan Seq. No. 128)
SAN No. 2916. NSPS: Municipal Waste Combustion—Phase II and Phase III, Industrial-Commercial Waste In-
cinerators, and Other Solid Waste Incinerators (Reg Plan Seq. No. 129)
SAN No. 2892. NESHAP: Asbestos Processing (Delisting)
SAN No. 2932. Guidance for the Implementation of Section 112(g)—Modifications
SAN No. 2965. NESHAP for Wood Furniture Manufacturing
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 and Recovery Operations
SAN No. 3187. NESHAP: Polymers and Resins, Group IV
SAN No. 3341. NESHAP—Cyanide Chemical Manufacturing :..„
SAN No. 3479. Amendments to Parts 63 and 70 To Establish Provisions for Determining Potential to Emit
SAN No. 2937. Field Citation Program
SAN No. 3613. New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emission Guidelines for Industrial and Com-
mercial Waste Incinerators
SAN No. 3459. Criteria and Procedures for Determining Transportation Conformity in Attainment Areas
SAN No. 3029: Aerospace SAN 3728; Shipbuilding SAN 3729; Wood Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
SAN No. 3660. Open-Market Trading Rule for Ozone Precursors (Reg Plan Seq. No. 130)
SAN No. 3541. On-Board Diagnostics: Revision to Requirements for Storage of Engine Conditions Associated
With Extinguishing a Malfunction Indicator Light
SAN No. 2665. Amendments to Regulations Governing the Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles
SAN No. 3097. Nonconformance Penalties for 1998 Model Year Emission Standards for Heavy-Duty Engines
and Vehicles
SAN No. 3323. Review of the Federal Test Procedure for Emissions From Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle En-
gines (Reg Plan Seq. No. 131)
SAN No. 3597. Regulation of Fuel and Fuel Additives: Certification Requirements for Deposit Control Additives ..
SAN No. 3350. Emission Standards for Gasoline Spark-Ignition and Diesel Compression-Ignition Marine Engines
SAN No. 2888. Acid Rain Nitrogen Oxides Control Regulation
2060-AD71
2060-AD81
2060-AE19
2060-AE39
2060-AE93
2060-AE94
2060-AF02
2060-AF83
2060-AF85
2060-AGOO
2060-AG23
2060-AG24
2060-AG25
2060-AF03
2060-AF79
2060-AA61
2060-AC42
2060-AC62
2060-ADOO
2060-AB51
2060-AD06
2060-AD57
2060-AD95
2060-AD96
2060-AD98
2060-AE05
2060-AE37
2060-AE45
2060-AE63
2060-AD82
2060-AF91
2060-AE90
2060-AD05
2060-AF60
2060-AF20
2060-AC58
2060-AE07
2060-AE27
2060-AG06
2060-AE54
2060-AD45
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
-------
EPA
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60617
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3710
3711
3712
3713
3714
3715
3716
3717
3718
3719
3720
3721
3722
3723
3724
3725
3726
3727
3728
3729
SAN No. 3468. Establishment of Lesser Quantity Emission Rates for Hazardous Air Pollutants
SAN No. 3516. Radiation Waste Management Regulations
SAN No. 3540. Technical Amendments to Evaporative Emission Procedure
SAN No. 3741. Service Information Availability
SAN No. 3373/2993. Radionuclide Major Source Definition
SAN No. 3346. NESHAP: Integrated Iron and Steel
SAN No. 3326. NESHAP: Reinforced Plastic Composites Production
SAN No. 3408. NESHAP: Polyether Polyols Production
SAN No. 3452. NESHAP: Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Production
SAN No. 3450. NESHAP: Production of Agricultural Chemicals
SAN No. 3548. NESHAP: Nylon 6 Production
SAN No. 3746. National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Paint Stripper Users
SAN No. 3747. NESHAP for Boat Manufacturing '.
SAN No. 3749. NESHAP for Tire Manufacturing
SAN No. 3752. NESHAP for Aerosol Can Production
SAN No. 3754. Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaners MACT Standard
SAN No. 3751. New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for Other Solid Waste Incinerators
Alternative Test Procedure for the Voluntary Aftermarket Part Certification Program
Regulations Governing Prior Notice of Citizen Suits Brought Under Section 304 of
SAN No. 2637.
SAN No. 2940 SAN No. 2940.
the Clean Air Act
SAN No. 3571. Acid Rain Program: Revised Group 1, Phase II, NOx Emission Limitations
2060-AE98
2060-AF41
2060-AF49
2060-AG13
2060-AD60
2060-AE48
2060-AE79
2060-AE81
2060-AE82
2060-AE84
2060-AF27
2060-AG26
2060-AG27
2060-AG29
2060-AG32
2060-AG34
2060-AG31
2060-AC50
2060-AD80
2060-AF44
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3730
3731
3732
3733
3734
3735
3736
3737
3738
3739
3740
3741
3742
3743
3744
3745
3746
3747
3748
3749
3750
3751
3752
3753
3754
3755
SAN No. 3314. Addition of Test Method 205 to Appendix M of 40 CFR Part 51
SAN No. 2997. National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants as It Applies to Nuclear Power Reac-
tors Licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
SAN No. 3347. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Mobile Air-Conditioning Recover-Only Standard; Supple-
mental Rule
SAN No. 3259. New Source Review (NSR) Reform Rulemaking
SAN No. 3473. Test Method 302, Appendix M, 40 CFR Part 51
Acid Rain Program: Technical Amendments for Continuous Emissions Monitoring
SAN No. 3613. New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines—Industrial and Commercial
Waste Incinerators
SAN No. 3257. Ambient Air-Quaiity Surveillance Siting Criteria for Open Path Analyzers
SAN No. 3614. Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources: Industrial-Commercial-lnstitutional Steam
Generating Units- Revision
NOx Emissions From Certain Coal-Fired Utility Boilers Under Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 ....
SAN No. 3542. Revised Regulatory Requirements for Air Quality Modeling {Supplement C)
SAN No. 3544. Revisions to the Permits Regulations Under Title IV of the Clean Air Act Concerning Reduced
Utilization Plans and Allowance Surrender for Reduced Utilization
SAN No. 3610. Transportation Conformity Amendments: Transition to the Control Strategy Period
SAN No. 3603. User Fees for Radon Proficiency Programs Rule - Amendment
SAN No. 3016. Revise Capture Efficiency Guidelines
SAN No. 3379. NSPS: Starch Production Facilities
SAN No. 3382. New Source Performance Standards for Cold-Cleaning Operations
SAN No. 2719. NSPS: Medical Waste Incinerators
SAN No. 3168. NESHAP: Petroleum Refining - Other Sources Not Distinctly Listed
SAN No. 3075. NESHAP for the Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework Industry
SAN No. 3193. NESHAP: Secondary Lead Smelting
SAN No. 3342. NESHAP: Wood Treatment Industry
SAN No. 3453. NESHAP: Combustion Sources in the Sulfite Pulping Industry
SAN No. 3478. Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments: Miscellaneous Revisions
SAN No. 3610. Transportation Conformity Amendments: Miscellaneous Revisions
SAN No. 3623. Inspection/Maintenance Flexibility Amendments
2060-AE33
2060-AE38
2060-AE52
2060-AF21
2060-AF23
2060-AF58
2060-AF82
2060-AF88
2060-AF92
2060-AF96
2060^AG04
2060-AG05
2060-AG15
2060-AG18
2060-AD84
2060-AE65
2060-AF08
2060-AE73
2060-AD94
2060-AE02
2060-AE04
2060-AE47
2060-AE80
2060-AF25
2060-AF95
2060-AF94
-------
60618 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No, 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Completed Actions (Continued)
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3756 SAN No. 3623. Inspection/Maintenance Flexibility Amendments 2060-AG11
3757 SAN No. 3104. Standards for Tank Vessel Loading Operations 2060-AD02
3758 SAN No. 3037. Report to Congress and Prioritized Category List for Regulation of VOC Emissions From
Consumer and Commercial Products 2060-AE24
3759 . SAN No. 3300. Air Pollutant Emission Regulations for Spark-Ignited Nonroad Engines 25 Horsepower and Below
- Phase I . 2060-AF78
3760 SAN No. 3462. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Administrative Changes to the Final Rule To Phase Out
Ozone-Depleting Chemicals 2060-AE70
3761: 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 2060-AE92
3762 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Direct Final Rule Extending Reclamation Requirements Past May 15th 2060-AF80
3763 SAN No. 3603. User Fees for Radon Proficiency Programs Rule - Amendment 2060-AF40
Superfund (CERCLA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence _.. I Regulation
Number Tltle Identifier
Number
3764 SAN No. 3423. Reportable Quantity Adjustments for Carbamates 2050-AE12
3765 SAN No. 3439. National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites: Proposed and Final Rules 2050-AD75
3766 SAN No. 3215. Amendments to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, Sections 302
1 | Through 312 2050-AE17
Superfund (CERCLA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence ~ I Regulation
Number Trtle Identifier
Number
3767 SAN No. 2979. Risk Management Program for Chemical Accidental Release Prevention (Reg Plan Seq. No.
132) 2050-AD26
3768 SAN No. 3054. Administrative Reporting Exemptions for Certain Radionuclide Releases 2050-AD46
3769 SAN No. 3036. Amendments to the Extremely Hazardous Substances List Under Section 302 of the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act 2050-AD50
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Superfund (CERCLA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence . T... I Regulation
Number Tltle Identifier
Number
3770 SAN No. 2394. Reporting Exemptions for Federally-Permitted Releases of Hazardous Substances 2050-AB82
3771 SAN No. 3050. Deletion of Saccharin From the List of Hazardous Wastes Under RCRA and the List of Hazard-
ous Substances Under CERCLA 2050-AD45
3772 SAN No. 3424. Reportable Quantity Adjustment for Radon-222 , 2050-AE20
3773 SAN No. 3422. Response Action Contractor Indemnification 2050-AE19
-------
EPA
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60619
Superfund (CERCLA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3774
3775
Title
SAN No. 3000. Designation Under CERCLA and Reportable Quantity Adjustments for Clean Air Act Hazardous
SAN No. 2976. Amendment to the NCR Appendix: OSWER Procedures for Contract Laboratory Program (CLP)
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AD33
2050-AD34
General—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3776
3777
3778
^77Q
3780
3781
3782
3783
3784
17RJ5
3786
3787
SAN No 3671
SAN No 3670
SAN No 3624
CAM Mn -1577
SAN No. 3486.
SAN No 3578
SAN No 3580
SAN No 3629
SAN No 3628
SAN No 3098
SAN No 3255
SAN No 2662
Title
Grants and Cooperative Agreements With State Local and Indian Tribal Governments
Rules of Practice for Enforcement Actions Not Governed by the Administrative Procedure Act
Revision to Submission of Invoices Clause
Incorporation of Class Deviation into EPAAR
Source Selection Procedures
Amendments to Part 22 Consolidated Procedural Rules „
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2080-AA06
2080-AA07
2080-AA08
2030-AA34
2020-AA23
2030-AA35
2030-AA37
2030-AA40
2030-AA41
2030-AA25
2030-AA29
2020-AA13
General—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3788
3789
3790
3791
17QP
3793
3794
3795
Title
Final Guidelines for Reproductive Toxicity Risk Assessment
SAN No. 2702. Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) Cost Re-
SAN No. 3436. Uniform Administration Requirements for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Edu-
SAN No 3587 Merger of 40 CFR Parts 15 and 32 into a Single Regulation
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. 2512. Administrative Hearing Procedures for Class II Penalties Under CERCLA and Emergency Plan-
ning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2080-AA05
2050-AC98
2030-AA32
2030-AA36
2030-AA38
2020-AA21
2020-AA22
2050-AC39
General—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
3796
Sequence
Number
3797
Title
SAN No. 3765. Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) Cost Re-
General — Completed Actions
Title
SAN No. 3584. Enhanced Monitorina Proaram
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2020-AA25
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2020-AA24
-------
60620
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 /Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA
General—Completed Actions (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3798
3799
3800
- 3801
SAN No. 3438.
SAN No. 3600.
SAN No. 3620.
quisition
SAN No. 3601.
Award Fee
Governmentwide Debarment and
EPAAR Amendment: Revisions t
Use of Options
Title
Suspension (Non Procurement)
o Delegations of Authority in EPA's Internal Procedures for Ac-
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2030-AA31
2030-AA39
onQO AA/1O
2030-AA43
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3367. PESTICIDE TOLERANCE
DECISIONS UNDER THE DELANEY
CLAUSE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 21 USC 348/FFDCA
409; 21 USC 346a/FFDCA 408
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 185; 40 CFR 186;
40 CFR 180
Legal Deadline: Other, Judicial,
September 30, 1995.
Variable. Court-ordered deadlines
beginning September 1995.
Abstract: The Agency will make
decisions whether to revoke processed
food and raw food tolerances for a
number of pesticide carcinogens
because of the Delaney clause. The
Delaney clause prohibits chemicals in
processed foods that induce cancer in
man or animals. These decisions are
required by a settlement agreement
between EPA and the Natural
Resources Defense Council et al, and
will-be in compliance with a decision
by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
which ruled that the Federal Food,
Drug and Cosmetic Act requires a strict
interpretation schedule set out in the
consent order approved by the Court.
Timetable:
Appendix I (Group A)
NPRM 07/01/94 (59 FR 33941)
Final Action 12/31/95
Appendix I (Group BID)
NPRM 01/18/95 (60 FR 3602)
Final Action 07/18/96
Appendix I (Group C)
NPRM 09/15/95
Final Action 03/15/97
Appendix II (Group E)
NPRM 12/31/95
Appendix II (Group F)
NPRM 04/30/96
Appendix II (Group G)
NPRM 04/30/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3154.
Agency Contact: Jean M. Frane,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7501C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-5944
RIN: 2070-AC55
3368. PESTICIDES: TOLERANCE
PROGRAM REVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will eliminate
existing text in the CFR.
Legal Authority: 21 USC 346 to 346(a);
21 USC 348; 21 USC 371
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, 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.
Timetable:
Pesticides; Tolerance Program Revisions
Tolerance Policy Document 04/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3430.
Agency Contact: Christine Gillis,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7501C, Washington
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-7102
RIN: 2070-AC74
3369. • THE 10-ACRE LIMITATION
FOR PESTICIDE SMALL-SCALE FIELD
TESTING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136c
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 172
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA will propose a
modification to its pesticide
experimental use permit (EAP)
regulations that will permit field testing
of new pesticides or existing pesticides
for new uses on a greater number of
acres without an experimental use
permit. Currently such testing is
limited to 10 acres cumulative total per
pesticide under a presumption that this
limited testing poses no adverse effects,
and therefore does not warrant the
Agency's oversight under the EUP
program. This action would reduce
burdens on pesticide producers who
currently must obtain an experimental
use permit for greater than 10 acres
testing. Little impact would be
expected on small businesses, because
they rarely engage in pesticide field
testing of new chemicals or new uses.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60621
EPA—FIFRA Proposed Rule Stage
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3735.
Agency Contact: Jim Tompkins,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., 401 M St SW.,
7S05C, Washington DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-5697
Fax: 703 308-1825
Email:
Tompkins.James@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC99
3370. • DATA CONSOLIDATION
INITIATIVE; KEY IDENTIFIERS
REPORTING
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
102 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AD01
3371. PESTICIDE DATA
REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION
(REVISION)
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136a; 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 die registerability 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:
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
Phone: 703 305-5989
RIN: 2070-AC12
3372. PESTICIDES AND
GROUNDWATER STATE
MANAGEMENT PLAN REGULATION
Priority: Economically Significant
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
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/96
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
NPRM 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
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
Phone: 703 305-7099
RIN: 2070-AC46
3373. PESTICIDE LABELING CLAIMS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136/FIFRA 2;
7 USC 136a/FIFRA 3; 7 USC
136w/FIFRA 25
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 156.10
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA proposes to modify its
labeling regulations that currently
prohibit various kinds of false or
misleading statements to allow, in the
Agency's discretion, certain types of
claims to appear on pesticide labeling.
The rule would not specify criteria or
claims that would be permitted.
Permitted statements would be
addressed through the registration
program. By permitting certain types of
claims or information on labels that
currently is prohibited, EPA expects
that pesticide users will be able to
make better informed choices about
products that are lower risk or more
efficient or have environmentally
preferable characteristics. This rule
would not be proposed until after non-
regulatory criteria or specific allowable
types of claims are developed, and
would be coordinated as needed with
an ongoing Consumer Labeling
Initiative addressing consumer
pesticides and other chemicals.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/00/96 ;
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3636.
Agency Contact: Melissa L. Chun,-
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7505W, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8318
RIN: 2070-AC85
3374. FIFRA BOOKS AND RECORDS
OF PESTICIDE PRODUCTION AND
DISTRIBUTION (REVISION)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 7 USC l36f/FIFRA 8
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 169
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would amend the
recordkeeping requirements for
registrants and applicants for
-------
60622 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—FIFRA Proposed Rule Stage
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: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2725.
Agency Contact: Steve Howie,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, 2225A, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 703 308-8383
RIN: 2070-AC07
3375. •MODIFICATIONS TO
PESTICIDE WORKER PROTECTION
STANDARD
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 7 USC I36w
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 170
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Since the issuance of the
1992 WPS and the January 1, 1995
implementation, farmworker groups
have expressed an interest in enhancing
specific protection measures, while
grower groups, the National Association
of State Departments of Agriculture and
others have expressed an interest in
addressing practical, operational
concerns. The Agency received various
requests and comments in the form of
letters, petitions, and individual and
public meetings to address the concerns
with the WPS. As a result, there may
be a need to make further changes of
a minor nature to the WPS rule. EPA
will take such actions as rules, policy
statements or other documents as
appropriate. The following are
currently planned: Language and size
requirements for Warning Signs; and
Decontamination Requirements.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/95
Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3731.
Agency Contact: Cathy Kronopolus,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 401 M St SW
(7506C), Washington DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-7666
Fax: 703 308-2962
RIN: 2070-AC93
3376. EXEMPTION OF STERILANT
PESTICIDE PRODUCTS FROM
REGULATION UNDER THE FEDERAL
INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND
RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 7 USC l36w/FIFRA 25
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.20
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA will propose to exempt
from regulation under FIFRA sterilant
products used to control
microorganisms on treated
environmental surfaces. EPA currently
regulates sterilant products as
pesticides; concurrently FDA regulates
chemical germicides used as sterilants
for medical devices under the Federal
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Under a Memorandum of
Understanding signed June 4, 1993 and
amended June 20, 1994 EPA and FDA
agreed to eliminate this redundant
regulatory jurisdiction. By exempting
sterilants under FIFRA, sole
jurisdiction will reside with FDA.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3318.
Agency Contact: Michele E. Wingfield,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7505c, Washington
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-7470
RIN: 2070-AC58
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Final Rule Stage
3377. • PESTICIDES; REVISION OF
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136a
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.44; 40 CFR
152.46
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule streamlines and
accelerates the review of certain
registration amendments by allowing
EPA to notify registrants directly of
types of registration amendments that
may be accomplished through
notification and non-notification. EPA
believes this streamlining change will
speed up the registration process while
maintaining protection of the public
health and the environment. The rule
changes are procedural. The revised
rule also clarifies when sale and
distribution of a product changed by
notification are permitted.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3734.
Agency Contact: Jeff Kempter,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., 7505C,
Washington DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-5448
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60623
EPA—FIFRA Final Rule Sta9e
Fax: 703 305-6920
Email: Kempter.Carlton@araail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC98
3378. • PESTICIDES; SELF-
CERTIFICATION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
120 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-ADOO
3379. • CROSS-CONTAMINATION OF
PESTICIDE PRODUCTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 7 USC I36a
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 158.167
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is evaluating its current
policy on allowable limits on cross-
contamination of pesticide products.
EPA's current policy is that any amount
of a pesticide active ingredient in
another pesticide product must be
reported to EPA as part of the
registration process. This zero tolerance
is a problem in particular in the area
of bulk repackaging of pesticides,
because pesticide producers have
difficulty in anticipating when when
their product might be subject to cross-
contamination as it moves from the
production facility to bulk facilities.
EPA is attempting to clarify situation
in which the producer will be required
to report cross-contamination. The
expected output of this exercise will be
clear guidance to the regulated
community as to the levels of
contamination that will be allowed for
pesticides in other pesticide products.
EPA is using a risk- based approach
to determining acceptable levels of
cross- contamination; the levels the
Agency will establish, should in most
cases, protect users and the
environment from adverse effects. The
adverse effect that can occur at the
lowest levels in most cases
phytotoxicity.
Timetable:
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3739.
Agency Contact: Jim Jones,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7505W, 401 M St
SW., Washington DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8799
Fax: 703 308-8369
RIN: 2070-AD03
3380. REGULATION OF PLANT-
PRODUCED PESTICIDES UNDER
FIFRA AND FFDCA
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 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 FIFRA.
The Agency designates these substances
along with the genetic material
necessary to produce them, as "plant-
pesticides." The Agency will clarify
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:
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2684.
Agency Contact: Bernice Slutsky,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 401 M St SW (7101),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6900
RIN: 2070-AC02
3381. PESTICIDE FLAMMABILITY
LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR
TOTAL RELEASE FOGGERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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
Action
Date FR Cite
Final Action 01/01/96
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
NPRM 11/23/94 59 FR 60496
Final Action 05/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 04/15/94 59 FR 18058
Final Action 12/00/95
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
Phone: 703 308-8641
RIN: 2070-AC60
3382. RESTRICTED USE CRITERIA
FOR PESTICIDES IN GROUNDWATER
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136a /FIFRA
3
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' ground water 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 05/13/91 56 FR 22076
Final Action 01/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2371.
Agency Contact: Christine Gillis,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7501C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-5131
RIN: 2070-AB60
3383. WORKER PROTECTION
STANDARDS; PESTICIDE HAZARD
COMMUNICATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 7 USC I36w /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 Standard
promulgated by the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA). Specific hazard information
would be made available to agricultural
workers and pesticide handlers
concerning the pesticides to which they
are exposed.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/21/92 57 FR 38167
Final Action 04/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
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
Phone: 703 305-7666
RIN: 2070-AC34
3384. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
FOR RISK/BENEFIT INFORMATION
(REVISION)
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 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:
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
Final Action 12/00/95
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
Phone: 703 305-7102
RIN: 2070-AB50
3385. POLICY OR PROCEDURES FOR
NOTIFICATION TO THE AGENCY OF
STORED PESTICIDES WITH
CANCELLED OR SUSPENDED
REGISTRATION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136/FIFRA 6
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 168
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This policy will clarify the
requirements of section 6(gj 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
NPRM 03/28/91 56 FR 13042
Final Action 10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2720.
Agency Contact: David Stangel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, (2225-A), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 569-4162
RIN: 2070-AC08
3386. CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN
PESTICIDES FOR RESTRICTED USE
DUE TO GROUNDWATER CONCERNS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 7 USC I36a(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.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60625
mmm
EPA—FIFRA
Final Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/31/91 56 FR 22076
Final Action 01/00/96
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2351.
Agency Contact: Chris Gillis,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7501C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phono: 703 305-5131
RIN: 2070-AC33
3387. • EXCEPTIONS TO PESTICIDE
WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 7 USC I36w
CFR Citation: 40 CFR170
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA administers an
exceptions process for restricted entry
intervals (REIs) under the pesticide
Worker Protection Standard. Under this
process, persons may request the
Agency to modify the REIs for
agricultural workers. REIs define the
time after application of a pesticide
before workers are allowed to reenter
treated areas. EPA issues a notice of
receipt of the petition in the Federal
Register, and announces its decision in
a Federal Register notice. TYpically
requests for exception involve reducing
the REI, and requesters submit
information on the risks and benefits
of the requested modification, with the
objective of maintaining worker
protection while allowing growers
needed flexibility where REIs may have
substantial impacts upon crop
production needs or costs. Typically
exceptions are time-limited. Currently
tho following exceptions are under
reviow: Delaware exception for
chlorothalonil on melons and squashes
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3732.
Agency Contact: Cathy Kronopolus,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 401 M St.SW
(7506C), Washington DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-7666
Fax: 703 308-2962
RIN: 2070-AC95
3388. • SCOPE AND CLARIFICATION
OF THE WPS EXCEPTIONS PROCESS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 7 USC I36(w)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 170
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Scope and Clarification
of the WPS Exceptions Process will
involve will involve an analysis of the
existing scope of the WPS exceptions
process, an opportunity for public
comment on the analysis, and
consideration of whether the scope
should be expanded. In addition,
guidance will be issued to clarify the
types of information needed for each
individual exception request in order
for the Agency to be able to make a.
risk/benefit decision.
Timetable:
Worker Protection Standard Exceptions
Process
Scope and Clarification Document
11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3733.
Agency Contact: Michael Walsh,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 401 M St SW
(7506C)
Phone: 703 305-7666
Fax: 703 308-2962
RIN: 2070-AC96
3389. PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT AND
DISPOSAL
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 165
Legal Deadline: None
' Abstract: This action develops
procedures for mandatory and
voluntary recall actions under section
19(b) of FIFRA and would establish
criteria for acceptable storage and
disposal plans which registrants may
submit to this Agency to become
eligible for reimbursement of storage
costs. This action establishes
procedures for indemnification of
owners of suspended and cancelled
pesticides for disposal.
Timetable:
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/05/93 58 FR 26856
Final Action 12/00/95
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 Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, (2225-A), Washington DC
20460
Phone:202569-4162
RIN: 2070-AC81
3390. REGULATORY RELIEF FOR
LOW-RISK PESTICIDES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 7 USC l36w(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. Some pesticides
may also be widely used in foods dr
for other non-pesticidal purposes.
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 09/15/94 (59 FR 47289)
Final Action 10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
-------
Additional Information: SAN No. 3320.
Agency Contact: Robert Brennis,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 7505C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-7501
RIN: 2070-AC67
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Long-Term Actions
3391. PESTICIDE TOLERANCES;
PORTION OF FOOD COMMODITIES
TO BE ANALYZED FOR PESTICIDE
RESIDUES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 180
Timetable:
3394. PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT AND
DISPOSAL: STANDARDS FOR
PESTICIDE CONTAINERS AND
CONTAINMENT
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 165; 40 CFR 156
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite Action
Date
NPRM 09/29/93 58 FR 50888
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jean Frane
Phone: 703 305-5944
RIN: 2070-AC45
3392. INTERPRETATION OF RAW
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
Priority: Other
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 180.1; 40 CFR
180; 40 CFR 185
Timetable:
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jean Frane
Phone: 703 305-5944
RIN: 2070-AC54
3393. ENDANGERED SPECIES
PROTECTION PROGRAM
Priority: Economically Significant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Proposed Notice 07/03/89 54 FR 27984
Final Notice 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Larry Turner
Phone: 703 305-5007
RIN: 2070-AC42
NPRM (Container 02/11/94 59 FR 6712
Design, Residue
Removal, Bulk
Containment)
Final Action 10/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Janice Jensen
Phone: 703 305-7706
RIN: 2070-AB95
3395. CHILD-RESISTANT PACKAGING
REGULATIONS (REVISION)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 157
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Rosalind L. Gross
Phone: 703 308-8354 .
RIN: 2070-AB96
3396. • PESTICIDE EXPORT POLICY
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 7 USC l36f/FIFRA 25;
7 USC 136o; 7 USC 136w
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 168; 40 CFR 169
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is-considering revisions
to its pesticide export policy. EPA
believes that certain modifications are
necessary because (1) EPA's current
policy has resulted in too many export
notices on pesticides of little or no
concern to other governments; (2) the
increasing numbers of export notices
undermines the effectiveness of the
international Prior Informed Consent
(PIC) procedures, an international
information and exchange and chemical
management program developed by the
Food and Agriculture Organizations
and the United National Environment
Programme (UNEP); (3) the costs of
implementing the existing program on
the U.S. government, other
governments, and industry, should be
reduced. EPA is considering several
revisions: (1) Exempting certain
products, through a FIFRA section
25(b) rule, from the foreign purchaser
acknowledgement statement
requirement. (2) Requiring exporters of
registered pesticides on the U.S. and
international PIC lists to submit export
notices. (3) Changing the content of the
notices and the manner and frequency
of transmission. EPA is also
considering integration of its pesticide
export program with other export
notification schemes, i.e., its export
requirements under the Toxic
Substances Control Act, the
international Prior Informed Consent
Procedures, and the export notification
program of the European Union.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/96
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3736.
Agency Contact: Deborah J. Hartman,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 401 M St SW.,
7501C, Washington DC 20460
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60627
EPA—FIFRA Long-Term Actions
Phone: 703 305-7100
Fax: 703 305-6244
Email:
hartman.deborah@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD02
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Completed Actions
3397. PESTICIDE WORKER
PROTECTION STANDARD; TRAINING
PROVISIONS FOR WORKERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR170
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 05/03/95 60 FR 21944
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Jeanne Keying
Phone: 703 305-7164
RIN: 2070-AC69
3398. WORKER PROTECTION
STANDARD: REVISION OF CROP
ADVISOR REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 170
Completed:
Agency Contact: Donald Eckerman
Phone: 703 305-5062
RIN: 2070-AC82
3399. PROCEDURES TO MAKE
RESTRICTED USE PESTICIDES
AVAILABLE TO NONCERTIFIED
PERSONS FOR USE BY CERTIFIED
APPLICATORS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 171
Completed: ___
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn
09/20/95
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 05/03/95 60 FR 21948
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Withdrawn 09/20/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Robert Bielarski
Phone: 703 305-7371
RIN: 2070-AB48
3400. CERTIFICATION OF PESTICIDE
APPLICATORS (REVISION)
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 171
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: John MacDonald
Phone: 703 305-7370
RIN: 2070-AB75
3401. REVISION TO CROP GROUPING
REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 180
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 05/17/95 60 FR 26626
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hoyt Jamerson
Phone: 703 308-8783
RIN: 2070-AC52
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3402. TSCA CHEMICAL USE
INVENTORY PROJECT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 710
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would require
chemical manufacturers to report to
EPA the industrial and consumer end
uses of chemicals they produce.
Currently, EPA requires chemical
manufacturers to report the names of
the chemicals they produce, as well as
the locations of manufacturing facilities
and the quantities produced. About
4,000 facilities reported data on about
8,000 unique chemicals during the last
reporting cycle under the TSCA
Inventory Update Rule (IUR). Data
obtained would 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 (cont.) of the
Chemical Use Inventory project.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
-------
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Additional information: SAN No. 3301. Timetable:
of the Chemical Use Inventory project.
• EPA plans to hold additional meetings
with stakeholders to further discuss
technical issues associated with the
development of a chemical use
inventory.
Agency Contact: Ward Penberthy,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-1664
Date
FR Cite
06/00/96
12/00/96
BIN: 2070-AC61
3403. FACILITY COVERAGE
AMENDMENT; TOXIC CHEMICAL
RELEASE REPORTING; COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
103 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AC71
3404. DELETION OF ISOPROPYL
ALCOHOL; TOXIC CHEMICAL
RELEASE REPORTING; COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 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.
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
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-1024
, RIN: 2070-AC77
3405. 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
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 11013/SARA
(EPCRA) 313
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory,
00/00/00.
Within 180 days of receipt of these
petitions, the Agency must either
initiate rulemaking or provide an
explanation in the Federal Register fqr
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
cover individual chemicals or groups of
chemicals for which petitions have
been received.
Timetable:
Acetone (delete)
NPRM 09/30/94 (59 FR 49888)
Final 06/16/95 (60 FR 31643)
Alloys-Chromium, Nickel, and Copper in
Alloys (modify)
Response 06/00/96
Ammonium Sulfate/Ammonia
(delete/modify)
NPRM 03/30/90 (55 FR 12144)
Final 06/30/95 (60 FR 34172)
Copper Pigments (delete)
NPRM 06/06/94 (59 FR 29252)
Fjnal 04/11/95 (60 FR 18361)
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Adipate (DEHA) (delete)
Response 08/01/95 (60 FR 39132)
Diethylphthlate (delete)
Response 11/00/95
Ethylene Glycol (delete)
Response 11/00/95
Hydrochloric Acid (modify)
Response 11/00/95
Manganese in Slags (delete)
Response (denial) 08/25/95
Metallic Copper (modify)
Response 02/00/96
Monosodium and disodium arsenate
(delete)
Response (denial) 04/20/95 (60 FR 19702)
Phosphates and Phosphorous Acid
NPRM 06/00/96
Polymeric Diphenylmethane Diisocyanate
Response 02/00/96
Sulfuric Acid
NPRM 07/26/91 (56 FR 34156)
Final 06/30/95 (60 FR 34182)
Zinc Oxide (delete)
Response 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2425.
Note regarding the reinventing
government effort: The following
actions are not part of the reinventing
government effort: Manganese in Slags
(denial), Monosodium and Disodium
Arsenate (denial), Zinc Oxide,
Polymeric Diphenylmethane
Diisocyanate, and Metallic Copper!
Agency Contact: Susan B. Hazen,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 401 M St SW (7408),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1024
RIN: 2070-ACOO
3406. LEAD HAZARD STANDARDS
Priority: Other Significant
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
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60629
EPA—TSCA Proposed Rule Stage
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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/96
Final Action 09/00/97
Small Entitles 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
Phone: 202 260-1777
RIN: 2070-AC63
3407. DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE
AS MANDATED BY EXECUTIVE
ORDER 12873, SECTION 503 ON
"ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE
PRODUCTS"
Priority: Other Significant
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 11/00/95
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is a
statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3480.
Agency Contact: Eun-Sook Goidel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-3296
RIN: 2070-AC78
3408. • CFR REGULATORY REVIEW
RELATED .INITIATIVES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
104 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AC97
3409. PROPOSED DECISIONS ON
TEST RULES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603/TSCA 4
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 799
Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory,
00/00/00.
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 06/00/96
OSHA Chemicals with Insuf. Skin
Absorption Data (ITC List 32)
NPRM or EGA 03/00/96
OSHA Chemicals with No Skin Absorption
Data (ITC List 31)
NPRM or EGA 03/00/96
OSHA Chemicals with No Skin Absorption
Data (ITC List 35)
NPRM or EGA 03/00/96
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
Phone: 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AB07
3410. ATSDR SUBSTANCES TEST
RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined ..
Additional Information: SAN No. 2563.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 401 M St SW (7405),,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AB79
3411. MULTI-CHEMICAL ENDPOINT(S)
TEST RULE; DEVELOPMENTAL AND
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY, AND
NEUROTOXICITY
Priority: Other Significant
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
-------
60630 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—TSCA
Proposed Rule Stage
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 certain 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)
Reproposal 06/00/96
Multi-Chemical Rule for Neurotoxicity
Stay 06/27/94 (59 FR 33184)
EGA (for 7 Substances) 01/23/95 (60 FR
4515)
. Final Revocation 01/23/95 (60 FR 4514)
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, 401 M St SW (7405),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AC27
3412. MULTICHEMICAL ENDPOINT
TEST RULE; CHEMICAL FATE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
Priority: Other Significant
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
NPRM 10/00/95
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, 401 M St SW (7405),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AC36
3413. HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
TEST RULE
Priority: Other Significant
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 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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3504.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AC76
3414. FOLLOW-UP RULES ON
EXISTING CHEMICALS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 planned or ongoing risk
assessments on such chemicals. As
these chemicals are identified, EPA will
initiate rulemakings under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) sections
5 and/or 8 to require reporting of
appropriate needed information by the
manufacturers, importers and/or
processors of these chemicals.
Individual proposed or final rules will
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60631
5555
EPA—TSCA
Proposed Rule Stage
be published on at least the chemicals
Usted below.
Timetable;
Benzldene-based Chemical Substances
NPRM 08/30/95 (60 FR 45119)
Chloranll
NPRM 05/12/93 (58 FR 27980)
Final Action 06/00/96
Heavy Metal-Based Pigments In Aerosol
Spray Paints
NPRM 06/00/96
2-Ethoxyethanol, 2-Methoxyethanol, & 2-
methoxyethanol Acetate
NPRM 04/00/96
2,4-Pentanedione
NPRM 09/27/89 (54 FR 39548)
Final Action 04/00/96
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., 401 M St. SW.,
Washington DC 20024
Phone: 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AA58
3415. NEGOTIATED CONSENT ORDER
AND TEST RULE PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603/TSCA 4
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend the
testing consent order and test rule
development process to increase
efficiency. The consent order process
was adopted by the Agency in June
1986. Based on experience to date, the
Agency needs to make changes in the
process to reduce the resources
required for consent order negotiation.
This rule would propose appropriate
procedural changes. Obsolete
provisions will be eliminated for test
rule development activities.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 09/01/89 54 FR 36311
(Technical
Modification)
NPRM 06/00/96
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, 401 M St SW (7405),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AB30
3416. AMENDMENTS TO THE
ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS
IN SCHOOLS RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605; 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
Action
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule
Interim Final Rule
05/17/85 50 FR 20652
06/30/86 51 FR 23706
NPRM 10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3047.
Agency Contact: Brion Cook,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-1878
RIN: 2070-AC62
3417. NOTICE OF TSCA SECTION 4
REIMBURSEMENT PERIOD AND TSCA
SECTION 12(B) EXPORT
NOTIFICATION PERIOD SUNSET
DATES FOR TSCA SECTION 4
SUBSTANCES
Priority: Other
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 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
11/00/95
03/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3559.
Agency Contact: Frank D. Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE.
Phone: 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AC84
-------
60632 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday. November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—TSCA
Proposed Rule Stage
3418. LEAD-BASED PAINT
ACTIVITIES, TRAINING, AND
CERTIFICATION: RENOVATION AND
REMODELING
Priority: Economically Significant
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:
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3557.
Agency Contact: Brion Cook,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE.
Phone: 202 260-1878
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date FR Cite R|N: 2070-AC83
09/00/96
10/00/97
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Final Rule Stage
3419. CHEMICAL LIST EXPANSION;
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
SECTION 313
Priority: Other Significant
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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/12/94 59 FR 1788
Final Rule 11/30/94 59 FR-61432
Final Action Deferred 03/00/96
Chemicals
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3007.
Agency Contact: Susan B. Hazen,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 401 M ST SW (7408),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1024
RIN: 2070-AC47
3420. LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS AT
THE TRANSFER OF TARGET
HOUSING (SECTION 1018); JOINT
RULE WITH THE DEPT. OF HUD
Priority: Other Significant
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 the following
before the sale or lease of pre-1978
housing: (1) disclosure of lead-based
paint hazards, (2) provisions of a lead
paint information brochure to the
prospective buyer or renter and for
buyers, (3) the opportunity to conduct
a lead risk assessment or inspection.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/02/94 59 FR 54984
Final Action 11/00/95
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
Phone: 202 260-1777
RIN: 2070-AC75
-------
3421. LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES
RULES; TRAINING, ACCREDITATION,
AND CERTIFICATION RULE AND
MODEL STATE PLAN RULE
Priority: Economically Significant
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.
Timetable:
consultation with HUD and CDC; and
(2) an EPA regulation requiring
renovators to provide the information
pamphlet to clients before beginning
work.
Timetable:
Action
Action
Date
FR Cite
Date
FR Cite
NRRM 09/02/94 59 FR 45872
Final Action 10/00/95
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3244.
Agency Contact: Brion Cook,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-1878
R1N: 2070-AC64
3422. LEAD-BASED PAINT
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS AT
RENOVATION OF TARGET HOUSING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 102-550, sec 406
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745; 24 CFR 35
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
October 28,1994.
Abstract: Section 406 of the Residential
Lead-based Paint Hazard Reduction Act
of 1992 requires EPA to develop two
products: (1) a lead hazard information
pamphlet, to be developed in
03/02/94 59 FR 11108
12/00/95
NPRM
Final Action
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3242.
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-1777
RIN: 2070-AC65
3423. AMENDMENTS TO THE
ASBESTOS WORKER PROTECTION
RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605; 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 relocating certain
worker protection provisions in the
WPR. EPA plans to further update this
rule to make it consistent with the most
recent OSHA rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/01/94 59 FR 54746
Final Action 06/00/96
NPRM (2) 12/00/96
Final Action (2) 12/00/97
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, SE., Washington DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-1777
RIN: 2070-AC66
3424. TSCA REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE DISPOSAL OF LEAD-BASED
PAINT ABATEMENT WASTE
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2601 to 2671;
42 USC 6901 to 6992
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Currently, waste derived from
lead-based paint (LBP) abatements is
managed under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
hazardous waste regulations. Other
Federal agencies (Department of
Housing and Urban Development,
Department of 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
abatement activities. EPA's Office of
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances and the Office of Solid
-------
EPA—TSCA
Waste have initiated a joint rulemaking
to address the disposal of these
architectural components. This
rulemaking would develop disposal
standards for these components under
the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) Title IV, (the definition of
abatement under TSCA Title IV, section
401(1)(B), includes disposal). The
TSCA regulations would establish
appropriate disposal standards for LBP
architectural components and identify
recycling and incineration activities
that would be controlled or prohibited.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3508.
Agency Contact: Brion Cook,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington DC
20024
Phone: 202 260-1878
RIN: 2070-AC72
3425. • SELECTED RULEMAKINGS
FOR ABATING LEAD HAZARDS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
121 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AD06
3426. FINAL DECISIONS ON TEST
RULES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 (C 12-C 14) Glycidyl Ethers
EGA 12/00/95
Aryl Phosphates (ITC List 2)
ANPRM 12/29/83 (48 FR 57452)
NPRM 01/17/92 (57 FR 2138)
Final Action (EGA) 03/00/96
Brominated Flame Retardants
NPRM 06/25/91 (56 FR 29140)
Final Action (EGA) 06/00/96
DiBbasic Esters (CPSC)
Final Action (EGA) 06/00/96
Hexamethylene Oiiosyanate (ITC List 22)
NPRM 05/17/89 (54 FR 21240)
Final Action 06/00/96
IRIS I Chemicals (ITC List 27)
Final Action 06/00/96
Mesityl Oxide
Withdrawal of Test Rule 03/00/96
Silicon-Based Glycidyl Ethers
FINAL Action (EGA) 06/00/96
TAME (OAR Request)
Final Action (EGA) 03/21/95 (60 FR
14910)
White Phosphorus (ITC List 34)
Final Action (EGA) 06/00/96
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, 401 M St SW (7405),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AB94
3427. FOLLOW-UP RULES ON NON-
5(E) NEW CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
Priority: Routine and Frequent
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 12/00/95
Aluminum Cross-linked Sodium
Carboxymethylcellulose
NPRM 06/11/93 (58 FR 32628)
Final Action 12/00/95
Diphenyl-2,4,6-TrimethylbenzolPhosphine
Oxide (87-586)
NPRM 02/02/88 (53 FR 2857)
Final Action 12/00/95
1-Decanimine-N-Decyl-N-Methyl-N-Oxide
(86-566)
NPRM 12/08/87 (52 FR 46496)
Final Action 12/00/95
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, SE., 401 M St SW.,
Washington DC 20024
Phone: 202 260-1857
RIN: 2070-AA59
3428. CHEMICAL-SPECIFIC
SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULES
(SNURS) TO EXTEND PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 5(E) ORDERS
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604/TSCA 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)
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60635
EPA—TSCA
Final Rule Stage
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; __
Aromatic Amlno Ether (P90-1840)
NPRM 06/06/94 (59 FR 29255)
Final Action 12/00/95
Batch SNUR: 84-660/-704, 84-105M06 &
-107,85-433
NPRM 05/27/93 (58 FR 30744)
Final Action 12/00/95
Polyalkylene Polyamlne
NPRM 12/19/94 (59 FR 65248)
Final Action 12/00/95
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, 401 M St SW (7405),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1857
BIN: 2070-AB27
3429. GENERIC SIGNIFICANT NEW
USE RULE (SNUR) FOR ACRYLATE
COMPOUNDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2694/TSCA 5
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 721
the effective date of the rule. It will
no longer be necessary to issue routine
5(e) orders or chemical specific SNURs
for those acrylates covered by the rule.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
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 least
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
NPRM 11/22/93 58 FR 61649
Final Action 10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2247.
Agency Contact: James Alwood,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, 401 M St. SW (7405),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1857
RIN: 2070-AB56
3430. RULEMAKING CONCERNING
CERTAIN MICROBIAL PRODUCTS
("BIOTECHNOLOGY") UNDER THE
TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT
(TSCA)
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604/TSCA 5
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 700; 40 CFR 720;
40 CFR 721
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing a regulation
under the Toxic Substances Control Act
(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
actual proposed exemptions, guidance
on how the TSCA Inventory will be
used, and EPA's approach to Research
and Development with biotechnology
microorganisms.
Timetable:
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, 401 M St SW (7405),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3725
RIN: 2070-AB61
3431. POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS (PCBS): APPLICATIONS
FOR EXEMPTIONS FROM THE BAN
ON MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING,
AND DISTRIBUTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
09/01/94 59 FR 45526
06/00/96
NPRM 12/06/94 59 FR 62875
Final Action 12/00/95
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, 401 M St SW; (7404),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3933
RIN: 2070-AB20
-------
60636 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—TSCA Final Rule Stage
3432. POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS (PCBS) DISPOSAL
AMENDMENTS
Priority: Economically Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CER to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
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 solicited
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 was
drafted to 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
usedcpaints. This notice solicited
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. After
analyzing comments received in
response to the NPRM, a final rule will
be drafted promulgating more than 50
changes, additions and deletions to the
current regulations. Finally, this rule
incorporates a reproposal of the April
6, 1990 proposed rule (cont)
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
06/10/91 56 FR 26738
12/06/94 59 FR 62788
10/00/95
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
Phone: 202 260-3933
RIN: 2070-AC01
3433. USE OF ACRYLAMIDE FOR
GROUTING
Priority: Other Significant
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 rule would prohibit the
manufacture, distribution in commerce,
and use of acrylamide grout.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
NPRM 10/02/91 56 FR 49863
Final Action 10/00/95
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, 401 M St SW (7405),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3945
RIN: 2070-AC17
3434. POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS (PCBS) TRANSFORMER
RECLASSIFICATION RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605/TSCA
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 04/00/96
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, 401 M St SW (7404),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3933
RIN: 2070-AC39
3435. • POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS (PCBS) DISPOSAL
AMENDMENTS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
122 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AD04
3436. SECTION 8(A) PRELIMINARY
ASSESSMENT INFORMATION RULES
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607a/TSCA
8(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 712
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These rules add chemicals to
the list of chemicals and designated
mixtures subject to the requirements of
the Toxic Substances Control Act
Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment
Information Rule (40 CFR part 712).
These chemicals have been identified
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60637
EPA—TSCA Final Rule Stage
by the Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics, other EPA offices, and
other federal agencies, as well as
recommended for testing consideration
by the Interagency Testing Committee.
Manufacturers and importers are
required to submit exposure-related
data (EPA Form No. 7710-35) on the
chemicals. These data will be used to
monitor the levels of production,
import and/or processing of these
substances and the avenues of human
and environmental exposure to these
substances. These data will also
support risk assessment and test rule
decisions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 35th ITC 07/05/95 60 FR 34879
Ust
Final Action 37th ITC 12/00/95
Ust
Final Action 38th ITC 06/00/96
Ust
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, 401 M St SW; (7405),
Washington. DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AB08
3437. SECTION 8{D) HEALTH AND
SAFETY DATA REPORTING RULES
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607(d)/TSCA
8(d)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 716
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These rules require
manufacturers, importers and
processors to submit unpublished
health and safety data on chemicals
added to the requirements of the Toxic
Substances Control Act Section 8(d)
Health and Safety Data Reporting Rule.
These chemicals have been identified
by the Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics, other EPA offices, and
other Federal agencies, as well as
recommended for testing consideration
by the Interagency Testing Committee.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Final Action 35th ITC 07/05/95 60 FR 34879
List
Final Action 37th ITC 12/00/95
Ust
Final Action 38th ITC 06/00/96
List
Small Entitles 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, 401 M St. SW;
(7405), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AB11
3438. TSCA SECTION 8(E); NOTICE
OF CLARIFICATION AND
SOLICITATION OF PUBLIC COMMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607(e)/TSCA
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
EPA considers reportable under section
8(e), the "substantial risk" reporting
provision of TSCA, and describes the
procedures for reporting such
information to EPA. This clarification
effort derives from a review of the
existing section 8(e) guidance done in
the context of questions raised by
companies considering participating in
the Section 8(e) Compliance Audit
Program (CAP). As a result of this
review, EPA determined that parts of
the 1978 Policy Statement concerning
the reportability of information on
"widespread and previously
unsuspected distribution in
environmental media" and "emergency
incidents of environmental
contamination" needed some
refinement. The subject Federal
Register action solicited comment on
refined reporting guidance concerning
widespread and previously
unsuspected distribution in
environmental media and provides
additional circumstances where
information is not reportable because it
is considered known to the
Administrator; 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).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/13/93 58 FR 37735
11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No, 3118.
Note: This action will not revise, CFR
text because it it not included in the
CFR. It will, however, streamline
requirements.
Agency Contact: Richard Hefter,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-3470
RIN: 2070-AC80
-------
60638 Federal Register I Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) Long-Term Actions
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
3439. MANDATORY POLLUTION
PREVENTION REPORTING FOR TOXIC
RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI)
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/25/91 56 FR 48475
Supplementary NPRM 10/00/96
Finalization of Form R 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Susan B. Hazen
Phone: 202 260-1024
RIN: 2070-AC24
3440. EVALUATION OF PRODUCTS
FOR LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: None
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/96
Final Action . 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor
Phone: 202 260-1777
RIN: 2070-AC88
3441. REGULATORY INVESTIGATION
UNDER THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES
CONTROL ACT (TSCA) TO REDUCE
LEAD (PB) CONSUMPTION AND USE
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 721; 40 CFR 750;
40 CFR 745
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
Fishing Sinkers
NPRM 03/09/94 (59 FR 11122)
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor
Phone: 202 260-1777
RIN: 2070-AC21
3442. REGULATORY INVESTIGATION
OF FORMALDEHYDE
Priority: Other
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 765
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 05/23/84 49 FR 21870
NPRM 00/00/00
Termination for Apparel Workers
Section 9(d) Notice 03/19/84 (49 FR
21870)
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Frank Kover
Phone: 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AB14
3443. PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA
FOR TERMINATION OF
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
(PCBS) DISPOSAL PERMITS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/02/90 55 FR 46470
Final Action 12/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Tony Baney
Phone: 202 260-3933
RIN: 2070-AB81
3444. REGULATORY INVESTIGATION
OF DIOXIN IN PULP AND PAPER MILL
SLUDGE
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 744
Timetable:
05/13/91 56 FR 22096 Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Response letter to
EOF & NWF
Final Action
05/10/91 56 FR 21802
12/14/92
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Robert McNally
Phone: 202 260-3945
RIN: 2070-AC05
3445. REVISED ASBESTOS MODEL
ACCREDITATION PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 763, app C to
subpart E
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/13/92 57 FR 20438
Interim Final Rule 02/03/94 59 FR 5236
Final Action 00/00/0(3
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Brion Cook
Phone: 202 260-1878
RIN: 2070-AC51
3446. SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULES
ON NATIONAL PROGRAM
CHEMICALS; ASBESTOS, LEAD, AND
REFRACTORY CERAMIC FIBERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 704; 40 CFR 721
Timetable:
Asbestos
NPRM 12/00/96
Lead
ANPRM 09/28/94 (59 FR 49484)
NPRM 12/00/96
Refractory Ceramic Fiber
NPRM 03/21/94 (59 FR 13294)
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor
Phone: 202 260-1777
RIN: 2070-AC37
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60639
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Completed Actions
3447. PREMANUFACTURE
NOTIFICATION (PMN) RULE
AMENDMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 720 to 723
Completed:
Government Levels Affected: None
Reason
Date FR Cite Agency Contact: Mary Cushmac
Final Action 03/29/95 60 FR 16298 Phone: 202 260-4443
Small Entities Affected: Businesses RIN: 2070-AC14
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Prerule Stage
3448. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
REGULATION—REVISION
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1313/CWA
303(c)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Water quality standards set
by States and Indian Tribes establish
tno water quality goals for surface
waters of the US. They are the
foundation for protecting public health
and welfare and the ecological integrity
of the nation's waters. Water quality
standards regulations govern the
development, review, and revision of
water quality standards under section
303 of the Clean Water Act by States
and Indian Tribes and the review and
approval of those standards by EPA.
The regulations are being revised to
reflect the experience gained in the
program by EPA, States and Tribes. All
major components of the Water Quality
Standards Program will be reviewed for
potential regulatory and
implementation improvements to
provide increased State/Tribal
flexibility and further strengthen the
Standards Program as a key element of
watershed based programs. This
includes the process for establishing
and revising use classifications;
establishing and revising numeric and
narrative criteria, including chemical
specific criteria, nutrient criteria,
wildlife criteria, and biological criteria;
expansion and clarification of the
antidegradation policy; more explicit
requirements for optional policies such
as mixing zones and variances.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/00/97
03/00/98
ANPRM
04/00/96
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3662.
Agency Contact: Rob Wood,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4305), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9536
RIN: 2040-AC56
3449. STREAMLINING REVISIONS TO
THE WATER QUALITY PLANNING
AND MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
100 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AC65
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3450. AMENDMENTS TO ROUND I
FINAL SEWAGE SLUDGE USE AND
DISPOSAL RULE - PHASE I
(INCLUDES CONTINUOUS EMISSION
MONITORING AND OTHER
INCINERATOR REQUIREMENTS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251; 33 USC
1345
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 503
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is amending the Round
I Final Sewage Sludge Use and
Disposal Regulations in two phases
(i.e., Phase One and Phase Two]. Phase
I will respond to minor comments
received on the Final Sewage Sludge
Use and Disposal Round I Rule (Part
503), correct some publication errors,
and include some technical
amendments. This action will modify
the existing regulations to make the
portion governing sewage sludge
incinerators self implementing and
allow the regulated community of less
than 200 incinerators flexibility in
selecting among appropriate
requirements. The proposed changes
should not have any adverse impact on
State,local, or tribal government or
small businesses since no additional
requirements are being imposed. Phase
Two will address litigation issues and
will be proposed later.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
NPRM Comment
Period End
Final Action
10/25/95 60 FR 54771
12/26/95
06/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3497
and SAN No. 3442 (RIN 2040-AC46)
-------
60640 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CWA Proposed Rule Stage
Agency Contact: Maria Gomez-Taylor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4304), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1639
RIN: 2040-AC29
3451. ESTABLISHMENT OF NUMERIC
CRITERIA FOR PRIORITY TOXIC
POLLUTANTS AND TOXICITY FOR
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq;
33 USC 1313
CFR Citation: 40 CFR131
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Several municipal entities
and one industry in California sued the
California State Water Resources
Control Board (SWRCB) in State court
over whether the SWRCB's water
quality control plans for inland surface
waters and enclosed bays and estuaries
were adopted in compliance with
authorizing State law. The court issued
its final decision in March, 1994; the
Court agreed with the plaintiffs and
found that the plans could not remain
in effect. The SWRCB 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 IX will
promulgate water quality criteria for
priority toxic pollutants for the State
of California.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
03/00/96
00/00/00
FR Cite
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
Phone: 415 744-2004
RIN: 2040-AC44
3452. LEATHER TANNING AND
FINISHING EFFLUENT GUIDELINES -
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS FOR
EXISTING AND NEW SOURCES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
ralemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
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 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
subcategori.es.
Timetable:
amended by adding methods for
measuring chronic toxicity in estuarine
and marine species exposed to
pollutants in effluents and receiving
waters. State, local and tribal
governments and small businesses on
the West Coast are already using
variations of these methods in NPDES
permits. This rule will not have a
significant impact on State, local or
Tribal governments or small businesses
on the West Coast.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/96
12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3618.
Agency Contact: Debra Denton,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 75 Hawthorne Street (W-5-1),
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Phone: 415 744-1919
Action
Date
FR Cite R|N: 2040-AC54
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/95
05/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3581.
Agency Contact: Donald F. Anderson,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7189
RIN: 2040-AC48
3453. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY WEST
COAST TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF POLLUTANTS UNDER
THE CLEAN WATER ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1316
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will amend 40 CFR
part 136, by adding new West Coast
test procedures for the analysis of
pollutants under section 304(h) of the
Clean Water Act. This list of approved
biological test methods would be
3454. AMENDMENTS TO ROUND I
FINAL SEWAGE SLUDGE USE AND
DISPOSAL RULE - PHASE II
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251/CWA
101
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 503
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is amending the Round
I Final Sewage Sludge Use and
Disposal Regulations in two phases
(i.e., Phase One and Phase Two). Phase
Two will address issues raised during
litigation on specific requirements in
the final rule (part 503) and modify
technical and implementation
requirements. Some of the issues that
may be addressed in this action
include: pollutant limits for
molybdenum and chromium, total
hydrocarbon (THC) operational
requirements for sewage sludge
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60641
EPA—CWA Proposed Rule Stage
incinerators, and the ratio of hexavalent
chromium to total chromium for
incineration. The proposed changes
will impact Federal, State, local and
tribal governments as well as small
businesses. EPA expects that these
changes will increase flexibility and
thus reduce the regulatory burden.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/95
Final Action 06/00/97
Small Entitles 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
Phone: 202 260-1639
RIN: 2040-AC53
3455. • STREAMLINING NATIONAL
POLLUTANT DISCHARGE
ELIMINATION SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING
GENERAL PRETREATMENT
REQUIREMENTS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
105 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AC69
3456. • NPDES STREAMLINING
RULE—ROUND II
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 33 USC1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1314/CWA 304; 33 USC
1312/CWA 302; 33 USC 1316/CWA
306; 33 USC 1318/CWA 308; 33 USC
1342/CWA 402; 33 USC 1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123;
40 CFR 124; 40 CFR 125
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On February 21,1995,
President Clinton issued a directive
requesting that Federal agencies review
their regulatory programs to eliminate
any obsolete, ineffective, or unduly
burdensome regulations. In response to
that directive, the Office of Wastewater
Management plans to issue a
comprehensive rulemaking package
revising certain NPDES requirements in
parts 122, 123 and 124 to eliminate
redundant regulations, provide
clarification, and remove or streamline
unnecessary procedures which do not
provide any environmental benefits.
Some of these revisions include: 1)
consolidating regulatory definitions; 2)
removal of Part 124 Subpart F non-
adversary panel hearings; 3) possible
removal of storm water group
application requirements; 4)
streamlining permit termination
procedures; and 5) possibly revising
Part 124 evidentiary hearing
procedures.
This rulemaking is expected to affect
entities who operate the NPDES
program or who are regulated by it.
This includes small businesses and
State and local governments. Most of
these effects are expected to be
deregulatory or streamlining in nature.
Timetable:
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On February 21,1995,
President Clinton issued a directive
requesting that Federal agencies review
their regulatory programs to eliminate
any obsolete, ineffective, or unduly
burdensome regulations. In response to
that directive, the Office of Wastewater
Management plans to issue several
rulemaking packages to revise NPDES
requirements in parts 122, 123 and 124
to eliminate redundant regulations,
provide clarification, and remove or
streamline unnecessary procedures.
Revisions under consideration include
adding additional permit modifications
that can be considered minor
modifications at 122.63, and changes to
requirements concerning EPA's review
of State permits. Other revisions may
be considered as work on this rule
progresses. This rulemaking is expected
to affect entities who implement the
NPDES program or who are regulated
by it. This includes small businesses
and State and local governments. Most
of these effects are expected to be
deregulatory or streamlining in nature.
Action
Date FR Cite Timetable:
NPRM 02/00/96
Final Action 08/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3762.
Agency Contact: Thomas Charlton,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203)
Phone: 202 260-6960
Fax: 202 260-1460
RIN: 2040-AC70
3457. • NPDES STREAMLINING RULE
(PHASE III)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251/CWA
101; 33 USC 1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123;
40 CFR 124
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
09/00/96
12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3768.
Agency Contact: Thomas Charlton,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6960
Fax: 202 260-1460
RIN: 2040-AC80
3458. « NPDES STREAMLINING
RULE—ROUND III
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1312/CWA 302; 33 USC
1314/CWA 304; 33 USC 1316/CWA
-------
€0642 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CWA Proposed Rule Stage
306; 33 USC 1318/CWA 308; 33 USC
1342/CWA 402; 33 USC 1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123;
40 CFR 124
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On February 21,1995,
President Clinton issued a directive
requesting that Federal agencies review
their regulatory programs to eliminate
any obsolete, ineffective, or unduly
burdensome regulations. In response to
that directive, EPA plans to issue
several rulemaking packages to revise
NPDES requirements in parts 122, 123,
and 124 to eliminate redundant
regulations, provide clarification, and
remove or streamline unnecessary-
procedures. Revisions under
consideration in this rule include
adding additional permit modifications
that can be considered minor
modifications at 122.63, and changes to
requirements concerning EPA's review
of State permits. Other revisions may
be considered as work on this rule
progresses. This rulemaking is expected
to affect entities which implement the
NPDES program or are regulated by it.
This includes small businesses and
State and local governments. Most of
these effects are expected to be
deregulatory or streamlining in nature.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/96
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3786.
Agency Contact: Thomas Charlton,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6960
Fax: 202 260-1460
RIN: 2040-AC84
3459. STREAMLINED PROCEDURES
FOR DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING
APPROVED PUBLICLY-OWNED
TREATMENT WORKS
PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314/CWA
304
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 403
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Under the current
regulations, many changes to approved
publicly owned treatment works
(POTW) pretreatment program are not
effective until formally approved by
EPA or the State. The formal approval
procedures require two public notices
of program changes. The entire
approved POTW pretreatment program
is also made a part of the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit of the POTW that
administers the pretreatment program.
This means that the POTW's NPDES
permit must be modified when the
pretreatment program is revised. There
are State and EPA backlogs of
pretreatment program changes for
approval. The double notice procedure
is expense and normally elicits little
public comment.
Under the new regulations, the POTW's
NPDES permit will include only certain
significant elements of the approved
POTW pretreatment program. EPA or
the State will need to approve changes
to the POTW pretreatment program
only where the program is made less
restrictive or when EPA or the State
requests approval. In many cases, only
a single public notice of a change to
the POTW pretreatment program will
be required.
The new regulations will reduce the
administrative burden and cost
associated with approving and
maintaining approved pretreatment
programs without affecting
environmental protection. Impacts on
State, local and tribal governments and
small businesses are expected to be
positive. The rule is deregulatory.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/95
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3625.
Agency Contact: Jeff Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5586
RIN: 2040-AC57
3460. • AMENDMENT TO EFFLUENT
GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR
ORE MINING AND DRESSING POINT
SOURCE CATEGORY, NEW SOURCE
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1316/CWA
306
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 440
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed rule amends
the applicability of best practicable
control technology (BPT), best available
technology economically achievable
(BAT), and new source performance
standards (NSPS) for Subpart J-Copper,
Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, and
Molybdenum Ores Subcategory of the
Ore Mining and Dressing Point Source
Category,40 CFR Part 440 with respect
to the site of the A-J Gold Mine Project
located near Juneau, Alaska.
This proposal excludes (dewatered
tailings from coverage f^r the frothe-
flotation process alone/or in
conjunction with other processes (40
CFR 440.100(2)). Process wastewaters
separated from the dewatered tailings
and mine drainage wastewater would
continue to be covered by the Subpart.
This proposed revision of the
applicability is being done by revising
the definition of process wastewater to
exclude dewatered tailing at the A-J
Project site which exhibits certain
extreme topographical and climatic
conditions not considered in the
previous rulemaking. The conditions
which exist at this project location
limit the diversion of natural stream-
flow and runoff around the tailings
impoundment. The tailings
impoundment is a significant part of
the technology basis considered in the
above rule to contain the process
wastewater from the mine and mill
process. Because of the topography in
the A-J Project location, a dam to
contain the tailings and treat the
various wastewater sources must be
constructed across the entire valley
floor which results in the inability to
divert natural stream-flow and runoff
without causing potentially
unacceptable non-water quality
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60643
EPA—CWA Proposed Rule Stage
environmental impacts not considered
in the previous rulemaking. In addition,
because of the inability to divert
stream-flow, the entire receiving water
body must be contained within the
impoundment and any discharge must
also meet water quality standards
without any mixing zone. This notice
of proposed rulemaking also solicits
information and data on whether there
are any other potential sites with these
conditions and what criteria could be
used to identify sites for which the
revised definition would be applicable.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/95
Final Action 06/00/96
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3722.
Agency Contact: Ronald G. Kirby,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7168
RIN: 2040-AC74
3461. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
OIL AND GREASE TEST
PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS
OF POLLUTANTS UNDER THE CLEAN
WATER ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1316/CWA
304(h)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR136
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed regulation
amends the Guidelines establishing
Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Pollutants under section 304(h) of the
Clean Water Act to replace existing
gravimetric test procedures for the
conventional pollutants, Oil and Grease
(40 CFR 401.16) with EPA Method 1664
in order to assist in the
Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) phaseout
requirements of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990. Method 1664
uses normal hext ne (n-hexane) as the
extraction solvent in place of 1,1,2-
trichloro-1,2, 2-tribluoroethane (CFC-
113; Freon-113), which is used in
current 40 CFR 136 approved methods
for the determination of oil and grease.
Presently approved methods are EPA
Method 413.1 in "Methods for
Chemical Analysis of Water and
Wastes" (EPA-600/4-79-020) and
Method 5520B in "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater, 18th edition." This
proposal would withdraw approval of
Methods 413.1 and 5520B because
these methods allow the use of CFC-
113. Method 1664 is also being
proposed for the determination of total
petroleum hydrocarbons.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/95
10/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3617.
Agency Contact: William A. Telliard,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4304), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
RIN: 2040-AC63
3462. CLARIFICATION OF THE
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
STATES WANTING TO DESIGNATE
DRINKING WATER INTAKE ZONES,
THEREBY PROHIBITING THE
DISCHARGE OF VESSEL SEWAGE
WITHIN THOSE ZONES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1322/CWA
312
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 140
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 312 of the Clean
Water Act entitled "Marine Sanitation
Devices" was established in the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 to
regulate discharges of vessel sewage.
EPA is developing a technical
amendment to clarify the regulations
implementing section 312. This
proposed regulatory amendment to 40
CFR Part 140.4(b) would clarify the
information required in a State
application requesting EPA to designate
State-specified surface water as a
drinking water intake zone, thereby
making it unlawful for vessels to
discharge sewage within that zone. This
amendment would provide guidance to
EPA Regions and States on the specific
information necessary for the
designation of a drinking water intake
zone.
This amendment will have no impact
on small businesses and would only
affect those State's choosing to request
designation of no discharge zones. The
amendment will not impact local and
tribal governments. (The Clean Water
Act section 518 does not include Tribes
under "Treatment as States" in'regards
to section 312 of the Clean Water Act).
State and local governments and public
water supply systems should benefit
from improved water quality near their
drinking water intakes.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/95
Final Action 05/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3666.
Agency Contact: Deb Lebow,
Environmental P-rotection Agency,
Water, (4504F), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6419
RIN: 2040-AC61
3463. NPDES WASTEWATER PERMIT
APPLICATION FORMS AND
REGULATORY REVISIONS FOR
MUNICIPAL DISCHARGES AND
SEWAGE SLUDGE USE OR DISPOSAL
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1342/CWA
402; 33 USC 1311/CWA 301; 33 USC
1314/CWA 304; 33 USC 1318/CWA
308; 33 USC 1345/CWA 405; 33 USC
1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR I22.21(j)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to revise and consolidate existing
-------
60644 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CWA
Proposed Rule Stage
application forms and requirements for
Publicly Owned Treatment Works
(POTWs) and other Treatment Works
Treating Domestic Sewage (TWTDS),
and to streamline the application
process for these facilities. The Agency
seeks to establish a unified process that
minimizes the need for additional
information from applicants while
providing permit writers the necessary
information, including toxics data, to
ensure that permits adequately address
concerns of permittees and
environmental protection. The Agency
seeks to allow the use of existing data
and to avoid unnecessary reporting.
The Agency is also considering how to
utilize electronic data submission.
Although these forms will increase the
burden on permittees not already
required to provide these data, many
permittees are already required to
submit these data. The Agency is
minimizing the need for information
from small entities, including tribal
facilities. The burden on States would
be minimized and even reduced
because of improvements to the
application forms.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/95
06/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
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
Phone: 202 260-9530
RIN: 2040-AB39
3464. REVISION OF NPDES
INDUSTRIAL PERMIT APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS AND FORM 2C -
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE
INFORMATION
Priority: Economically Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
"requirements.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1342/CWA
402
CFR Citation: 40 CFR I22.2l(g)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: All existing manufacturing,
commercial, mining, and silvicultural
operations will be required to submit
this revised 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
toxic control. The purpose of this
action is to revise and consolidate
existing application forms and
requirements for industries, and to
streamline the permit application
process for these facilities. The Agency
seeks to establish a unified process that
minimizes the need for additional
information from applicants while
providing permit writers the necessary
information, including toxics data, to
ensure that permits adequately address
concerns of permittees and
environmental protection. The Agency
seeks to allow the use of existing data
and to avoid unnecessary reporting.
The Agency is also considering how to
utilize electronic data submission.
Although these forms will increase the
burden on permittees not already
required to provide these data, many
other permittees are already required to
submit data. The Agency is minimizing
the need for information from small
entities, including tribal facilities. The
burden on States would be minimized
and even reduced because of
improvements to the application-forms.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/96
01/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
3465. STORM WATER PERMIT
APPLICATION REGULATIONS FOR
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM
SEWERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements. ,
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1342/CWA
402(p)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122.26
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulation revision will
modify the municipal separate
stormsewer system NPDES permit
application requirements originally
established under 40 CFR 122.26 in
1990. This revision will, at a minimum,
streamline the storm water sampling
requirements and illicit connection
screening requirements for all regulated
municipalities in the NPDES storm
water permitting program. In addition,
this regulation revision will clarify
permit application requirements during
re-application for permits by previously
permitted municipalities. This action is
de-regulatory in nature and should
have a positive impact on local
governments. Local governments will
be required to submit less information
and will undergo less burden in
applying for a storm water discharge
permit.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
05/00/96
06/00/97
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3234. Additional Information: SAN No. 3664.
Agency Contact: Brian Bell,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6057
RIN: 2040-AC26
Agency Contact: Bill Swietlik,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9529
RIN: 2040-AC59
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60645
EPA—CWA
Proposed Rule Stage
3466. CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION
404 PROGRAM DEFINITION OF THE
WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES-
ISOLATED WATERS AND ARTIFICIAL
WATERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1344/CWA
404
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 232
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This joint action by EPA and
Department of Army (Army) would
clarify two aspects of the regulatory
definition of "waters of the United
States" under the Clean Water Act
(CWA). First, EPA and Army are
proposing to clarify CWA jurisdiction
over isolated waters and wetlands by
adding to the regulatory definition four
examples of isolated waters and
wetlands, the "use, degradation, or
destruction of which would or could
affect interstate commerce." Second,
the agencies are proposing to clarify
that five specific categories of artificial
waters created out of dry land are
generally not considered to be waters
of the United States and, therefore, not
subject to permit requirements. This
action is consistent with existing
agency guidance interpreting the
regulatory definition of "waters of the
United States" and, therefore, will not
change the agencies' interpretation of
the definition as it is currently applied
to CWA regulatory programs. The
purpose of this action is merely to
incorporate this existing guidance
within EPA's and Army's regulatory
definitions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/96
Final Action 01/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2804.
Agency Contact: Hazel Groman,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4502F), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8798
RIN: 2040-AB74
3467. REVISIONS TO OCEAN
DUMPING REGULATIONS FOR
DREDGED MATERIAL
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1401 et
seq/MPRSA 2 et seq
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,
with supporting technical guidance on
disposal site selection, site
management, and .site monitoring.
These revisions will clarify issues that
have caused delays in the evaluation
of permit applications. The regulations
will improve environmental
assessments of permit applications, and
improve the protection of benthic
communities in the vicinity of a dump
site. The regulations will affect local
governments if they run their Port
Authority and are requesting a permit
to dispose of dredged material in the
ocean.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/95
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2737.
Agency Contact: John Heisler,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4504F), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8448
RIN: 2040-AB62
3468. • OCEAN DUMPING TESTING
REQUIREMENTS CLARIFICATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 220 to 229
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would amend the
testing provisions of the ocean
dumping regulations. Those regulations
utilize biological testing to evaluate the
suitability of material proposed for
ocean dumping. The proposed action
will clarify the language of the existing
regulations and will help reduce
potential uncertainties about testing
requirements. The activities are being
taken for the purpose of improving the
clarity of the regulations and will not
make substantive changes in the
current testing procedures.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/95
03/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3783.
Agency Contact: Jonathan E. Amson,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4504F), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9125
Fax: 202 260-9920
RIN: 2040-AC81
-------
60646 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Final Rule Stage
3469. AMENDMENTS TO
REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTHORIZED
STATE PERMIT PROGRAMS UNDER
SECTION 402 OF THE CLEAN WATER
ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251/CWA
303
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 123.25
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: At present, not all States
provide standing to citizens to
challenge final State-issued NPDES
permits in State courts. This
rulemaking would amend EPA's
existing regulations governing the
approval of State programs to issue
NPDES permits. These regulations are
found at 40 CFR Part 123. The
rulemaking would insert an explicit
requirement that State law must grant
any "interested person" in that State
"standing" to bring an action in State
Court to challenge NPDES permits
issued by the State. The new provision
would make it clear that a State must
provide standing in State courts to the
same extent that standing is granted to
citizens in Federal courts when EPA
issues an NPDES permit. This approach
would ensure that as EPA moves away
from permit-by-permit oversight of
State programs, there remains direct
accountability on a permit-by-permit
basis to the public.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/17/95
09/00/96
60 FR 14588
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3562.
Formerly titled "Clarification of
Standing Requirement for State NPDES
Programs"
Agency Contact: Bob Klepp,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5805
RIN: 2040-AC43
3470. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE
PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING
CATEGORY
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA ,
301; 33 USC 1314/CWA 304; 33 USC
1316/CWA 306; 33 USC 1317/CWA
307; 33 USC 1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 439
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
February 28, 1995. Final, Judicial,
August 31, 1996.
Dates contained in Consent Decree
(NRDC v. Reilly).
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
FR Cite
NPRM (NSPS) 10/27/83 48 FR 49832
NPRM 05/02/95 60 FR 21592
Final Action 08/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 1427.
Agency Contact: Frank Hund,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7182
RIN: 2040-AA13
3471. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE COASTAL
SUBCATEGORY OF THE OIL AND
GAS EXTRACTION CATEGORY
Priority: Other Significant
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 31, 1995. Final, Judicial, July
31, 1996.
Dates contained in Consent Decree
(NRDC v. Reilly).
Abstract: EPA is developing 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:
Action
Notice
NPRM
Final Action
Date FR Cite
11/08/89 54 FR 4691 9
02/17/95 60 FR 9428
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 Proteqtion Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-71^9
RIN: 2040-AB72
3472. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE CENTRALIZED
WASTE TREATMENT INDUSTRY
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1314/CWA 304; 33 USC
1316/CWA 306; 33 USC 1317/CWA
307; 33 USC 1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 437
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
December 15, 1994. Final, Judicial,
September 15, 1996.
Dates contained in Consent Decree
(NRDC v. Reilly).
Abstract: Centralized Waste Treatment
(CWT) facilities receive hazardous and
non-hazardous waste from off-site for
treatment or recovery (excluding
solvent recovery). EPA is developing
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 formerly
titled "Waste Treatment, Phase I."
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60647
EPA—CWA
Final Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/27/95 60 FR 5464
Final Action 09/00/96
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2805.
Agency Contact: Debra DiCianna,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7141
RIN: 2040-AB78
3473. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE METAL
PRODUCTS AND MACHINERY
CATEGORY, PHASE I
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
123 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AB79
3474. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR PESTICIDE
FORMULATING, PACKAGING, AND
REPACKAGING
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1314/CWA 304; 33 USC
1316/CWA 306; 33 USC 1317/CWA
307; 33 USC 1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 455
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, March
31,1994. Final, Judicial, March 31,
1996.
Abstract: EPA is developing 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
NPRM 04/14/94 59 FR 17850
Final Action 03/00/96
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3391.
Agency Contact: Shari Zuskin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7130
RIN: 2040-AC21
3475. • MODIFICATION OF
SECONDARY TREATMENT
REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES
INTO MARINE WATERS; CHANGE TO
ELIGIBILITY FOR DIFFERENT
AVERAGING PERIOD
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251/CWA
303
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 125, subpart G
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing to amend
the regulations that implement section
301(h) of the Clean Water Act. Section
301(h) provides an opportunity for
modifications of secondary treatment
requirements for publicly owned
treatment works (POTWs) that
discharge to marine waters. This •
proposed rule would amend one
specific section of the section 301(h)
regulations in order to respond to a
petition from Anchorage and other
Alaskan municipalities, challenging the
August 1994 301(h) regulations.
In response to public comments, the
August 1994 regulations allowed .
applicants to request longer than
monthly averaging, to calculate
compliance with removal of 30 percent
of biochemical oxygen demanding
material (BOD). The longer averaging
period was not available to plants that
met the 30 percent BOD removal
requirement on a monthly-average basis
for the calendar year prior to the
promulgation of the regulations. The
lawsuit challenged the restriction on a
POTW's eligibility to apply for
flexibility regarding the averaging
period tht can be used for calculating
compliance with the 30 percent BOD
removal requirement. The proposed
rule would delete the restriction and
thus broaden a POTW's ability to take
advantage of flexibility provisions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Local,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3727.
Agency Contact: Virginia Fox-Norse,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4505F), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9129
RIN: 2040-AC72
3476. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF 2,3,7,8-SUBSTITUTED
DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZO
FURANS UNDER THE CLEAN WATER
ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251/CWA
101 et seq; 33 USC 1314(h)/CWA 304;
33 USC 1361(a)/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136; 40 CFR 122;
40 CFR 122.21; 40 CFR 122.41; 40 CFR
122.44; 40 CFR 123.25
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action would
amend the "Guidelines Establishing
Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Pollutants" under 40 CFR part 136 to
approve EPA Method 1613 for the
determination of 2,3,7,8-substituted
dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzo furans
(CDDs/CDFs). Method 1613 is necessary
to extend minimum levels of
quantitation of CDDs/CDFs into the low
part-per-quadrillion (PPQ) range to
support the development of effluent
limitations guidelines and for
compliance monitoring under the Clean
Water Act National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) program
and pretreatment program. This
regulation approves a test procedure to
be used in measuring 2,3,7,8,
substituted dibenzo-p-dioxins and di-
benzo furans under the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
unless the Regional Administrator
approves an alternate test procedure.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/07/91 56 FR 5090
Final Action 07/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3679.
Agency Contact: William A. Telliard,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
-------
60648 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CWA
Final Rule Stage
Phone: 202 260-7134
BIN: 2040-AC64
3477. MARINE SANITATION DEVICE:
ESTABLISHMENT OF DRINKING
WATER INTAKE ZONES IN TWO
PORTIONS OF THE HUDSON RIVER,
NEW YORK STATE
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: CWA sec 3l2(f)(4)(B)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 140.4(b)(l)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Under current regulations,
vessels are allowed to discharge from
on-board toilets if equipped with a
Coast Guard certified marine sanitation
device. Section 312(f)(4)(B) of the Clean
Water Act directs EPA to prohibit these
discharges around intakes for public
water supply in response to State
petitions. Action on the NY petition for
zones in the Hudson River will create
the first drinking water intake zones
established under this part of the Act.
In these zones, vessel discharges of
sewage will be completely prohibited.
This means that recreational and
commercial boats which have on-board
toilets will have to either pump-out
their sewage from holding tanks to
pump-out and disposal facilities, or
discharge in accordance with federal
marine sanitation device standards
outside of .the zones.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/05/95 60 FR 34940
11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3621.
Agency Contact: Phil Sweeney,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, USEPA, Region II, 290
Broadway, NY, NY 10007-1866
Phone: 212 637-3765
RIN: 2040-AC51
3478. COMPARISON OF DREDGED
MATERIAL TO REFERENCE
SEDIMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 to
provide for comparisons between
dredged material proposed for
discharge and reference sediment.
"Reference sediment" would be defined
as sediment that reflects conditions at
the disposal site had no dredged
material disposal ever occurred there.
Because the disposal site itself is
currently used as the point of
comparison, this action would make a
technical improvement in assessing
cumulative impacts and make dredged
material testing under section 404
consistent with that conducted for
ocean disposal which currently
employs a reference sediment
approach. This action is not expected
to have a significant impact on state,
local, or tribal governments or small
business, as the action will be limited
to Corps projects and permit
applications for which dredged material
testing is necessary.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/04/95 60FR419
Final Action 12/00/95
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
Phone: 202 260-9910
RIN: 2040-AC14
3479. SHORE PROTECTION ACT,
SECTION 4103(B) REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 2601/Shore
Protection Act of 1988 (PL 100-6-
88),4103(b)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 237
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will implement the
Shore Protection Act (SPA) and is
designed to prevent thfe deposit of
municipal and commercial waste into
U.S. Coastal Waters. The regulations
may require the adoption by each
responsible party of a manual
identifying procedures to prevent,
report, and clean up deposits of waste
into coastal waters. Municipalities and
businesses involved with the vessel
transportation and shore side handling
of these wastes would be affected by
this rule.
State governments in the business of
transporting municipal or commercial
waste by vessel would have to comply
with the minimum waste handling
standards. Currently no Tribes are
known to be involved in waste
handling of this type, therefore none
would be affected by this rule. In
regards to small businesses, EPA has
provided guidance on development of
operation and maintenance manuals
and encourages the use and
documentation of existing industry
practices that meet or exceed the EPA
proposed minimum waste handling
standards. All indications are that this
regulation as proposed would have a
minimal economic impact. This
regulation will result in reduction of
municipal and commercial wastes
deposited in coastal waters.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
08/30/94 59 FR 44798
12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Local
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2820.
Agency Contact: Deb Lebow,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4504F), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6419
RIN: 2040-AB85
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60649
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Long-Term Actions
3480. STANDARDS FOR THE USE OR
DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE
(ROUND II)
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 503
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/99
12/00/01
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Maria Gomez-Taylor
Phone: 202 260-1639
RIN: 2040-AC25
3481. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE PULP, PAPER,
AND PAPERBOARD CATEGORY
Priority: Economically Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 430; 40 CFR 431
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/17/93 58 FR 66078
00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Debra Nicoll
Phone: 202 260-5386
RIN: 2040-AB53
3482. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL
LAUNDRIES CATEGORY
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 441
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/96
12/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Susan Bums
Phone: 202 260-5379
RIN: 2040-AB97
3483. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
CLEANING CATEGORY
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 442
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/96
12/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Gina Matthews
Phone: 202 260-6036
RIN: 2040-AB98
3484. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR LANDFILLS AND
INCINERATORS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 437
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/00/97
03/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Samantha Hopkins
Phone: 202 260-7149
RIN: 2040-AC23
3485. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE METAL
PRODUCTS AND MACHINERY
CATEGORY, PHASE II
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 438
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/97
12/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Mark Ingle
Phone: 202 260-7191
RIN: 2040-AC30
3486. CRITERIA AND STANDARDS
REFLECTING BEST TECHNOLOGY
AVAILABLE (BTA) FOR COOLING
WATER INTAKE STRUCTURES
UNDER SECTION 316(B) OF THE
CLEAN WATER ACT
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 125; 40 CFR 401
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/99
Final Action 05/00/01
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Deborah Nagle
Phone: 202 260-2656
RIN: 2040-AC34
3487. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS;
ESTABLISHMENT OF NUMERIC
CRITERIA FOR PRIORITY TOXIC
POLLUTANTS; STATES' COMPLIANCE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 05/04/95 60 FR 22229
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Jackie Romney
Phone: 202 260-9528
RIN: 2040-AC55
3488. » GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF TRACE METALS
UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251/CWA
303; 33 USC 1314(h)/CWA 304; 33 USC
1361(a)/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136 amended; 40
CFR 122; 40 CFR 122.21; 40 CFR
122.41; 40 CFR 122.44; 40 CFR 123.25
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action would
propose to amend the "Guidelines
-------
60650 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CWA
Long-Term Actions
Establishing Test Procedures for the
Analysis of Pollutants" under 40 CFR
Part 136 to approve new EPA methods
for the determination of trace metals at
EPA's water quality criteria levels.
These methods are necessary for the
implementation of water quality-based
permits under the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
of the CWA. Water quality-based
permits are necessary when technology-
based controls do not allow a particular
water body to meet the state's
designated water quality standard. Sine
the methods currently approved under
40 CFR Part 136 were designed to meet
technology-based permitting needs, and
since these technology- based levels are
as much as 280 times higher than water
quality-based criteria for metals,
approval of new EPA test procedures
is necessary.
This action will not have a significant
economic impact on state, local, or
tribal governments or small businesses.
This regulation would approve a test
procedure to be used in measuring
trace metals under the National
Pollution Discharge Elimination System
unless the Regional Administrator
approves an alternative procedure.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/96
04/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3702.
Agency Contact: William A. Telliard,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
RIN: 2040-AC75
3489. • GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF CYANIDE UNDER THE
CLEAN WATER ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251/CWA
303; 33 USC 1314(h)/CWA 304; 33 USC
1361(a)/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136 as amended;
40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 122.21; 40 CFR
122.41; 40 CFR 122.44; 40 CFR 123.25
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action would
amend the "Guidelines Establishing
Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Pollutants" under 40 CFR Part 136 to
approve new procedures for the
analysis of cyanide under the Clean
Water Act.
Total cyanide is a toxic (priority)
pollutant as defined in the Clean Water
Act and listed at 40 CFR 423, Appendix
A. The term "total cyanide" refers to
all forms of cyanide, including those
forms that are readily bioavailable such
as free and weekly bound cyanide and
those forms that are less bioavailable
because the cyanide is strongly bound
to a metal ion. Method 335.1, Cyanides
Amendable to Chlorination (CATC), is
currently approved for the
measurement of free and weekly
complexed forms of cyanides. Methods
335.2 and 335.3 are currently approved
for measurement of total cyanides.-
Subsequent to approval of Methods
335.1 and 335.3 under 40 CFR Part 136,
it has been shown that these methods
may not accurately reflect actual
cyanide concentrations found in
wastewaters. Additionally, the
approved analytical methods call for
hour-long distillation, chlorination
requiring an hour, and two separate
aliquots of a given sample distilled and
analyzed independently to determine
the CATC levels. In order to improve
the accuracy and reduce the costs of
cyanide measurements, EPA plans to
develop and propose new test
procedures for the determination of
cyanides.
This action will not have a significant
economic impact on state, local or
tribal governments or small businesses.
This regulation approves a test
procedure to be used in measuring
cyanide under the National Pollution
Discharge Elimination System unless
the Regional Administrator approves an
alternative test procedure.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/96
04/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3701.
Agency Contact: William A. Telliard,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
RIN: 2040-AC76
3490. « WATER QUALITY
STANDARDS TO REPLACE PORTIONS
OF EXISTING STATE WATER
QUALITY STANDARDS; I.E., STATE
ANTIDEGRADATION POLICY FOR
PENNSYLVANIA
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251/CWA
303
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA Region III disapproved
portions of Pennsylvania's water
quality standards in June 1994. The
Clean Water Act requires EPA to
promptly promulgate replacement
standards when a State fails to revise
State standards for comply. This
rulemaking would establish Federal
standards to remedy provisions of the
State's antidegradation policy which do
not meet Federal requirements.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3766.
Agency Contact: Evelyn S. MacKnight,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, Region III, 841 Chestmut
Building, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215 597-4491
Fax: 215 597-3359
RIN: 2040-AC78
3491. • REFORMATTING OF
EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS IN 40 CFR PARTS 405
THROUGH 471
Priority: Other
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251/CWA
303; 33 USC 1311/CWA 301; 33 USC
1314(b), (c), (e), and (g)/CWA 304; 33
USC 1316(b) and (c)/CWA 306; 33 USC
1317(c)/CWA 307
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60651
EPA—CWA
Long-Term Actions
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 405 to 471 as
amended
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action would
re-format the existing Effluent
Limitation Guidelines and Standards
found in 40 CFR Parts 405 through 471
without making any changes to the
requirements therein. The purpose of
this action is to streamline the CFR and
establish a format that is easier for
Federal, State, and local regulators and
the regulated community to read and
understand. This action does not
require State, local, or tribal
governments or the regulated
community to do anything beyond
what is currently required. This rule,
will, therefore, not impose any
economic burden.
Timetable:
Action
Date
NPRM
05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3767.
Agency Contact: Jan Goodwin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7152
Fax: 202 260-7185
BIN: 2040-AC79
3492. STREAMLINING THE GENERAL
PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS FOR
EXISTING AND NEW SOURCES OF
POLLUTION
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 403
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/97
Final Action 03/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Louis Eby
Phone: 202 260-6814
FR Cite RIN: 2040-AC58
3493. • COMPREHENSIVE NPDES
STORMWATER PHASE II
REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: CWA 402
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 124
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
September 1, 1997. Final, Judicial,
March 1, 1999.
Abstract: EPA will be proposing
changes to the stormwater regulations
for Phase II dischargers. Phase II
dischargers generally include all point
source discharges of stormwater from
commercial, retail, and institutional
facilities and from municipal separate
storm sewer systems serving
populations of less than 100,000. Data
collected under section 305(b) of the
CWA indicates that benefits will be
derived from addressing these
discharges under the Phase II program.
Urban stormwater runoff is a real cause
of water quality use impairment. EPA
has invited its stakeholders to
participate in the development of the
Comprehensive Phase II rule under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA). This FACA group will assist
in the development of the rule.
Currently all Phase II dischargers are
required to have stormwater permits by
2001. EPA will be considering limiting
the universe of Phase II sources and
may recommend control options that
are less burdensome than permits.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
09/00/97
03/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3785.
Agency Contact: Pamela Mazakas,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6599
Fax: 202 260-1460
RIN: 2040-AC82
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Completed Actions
3494. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY (WET)
TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF POLLUTANTS UNDER
THE CLEAN WATER ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136
Completed;
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
10/16/95 60 FR 53529
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Margaret Heber
Phone: 202 260-7144
RIN: 2040-AC49
3495. 301 (K) INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGY TIME EXTENSIONS
Priority: Other
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will eliminate
existing text in the CFR.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 124;
40 CFR 125
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 06/29/95 60 FR 33926
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Traci Brown
Phone: 202 260-8487
RIN: 2040-AC42
-------
60652 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CWA Completed Actions
3496. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
TO REPLACE PORTIONS OF
FLORIDA'S EXISTING STATE WATER
QUALITY STANDARDS, I.E., STATE
ANTIDEGRADATION POLICY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-No 10/01/95
further action
planned.
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Fritz Wagener
Phone: 404 347-3555
RIN: 2040-AC37
3497. AMENDMENT TO
REQUIREMENTS FOR NATIONAL
POLLUTANT DISCHARGE
ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)
PERMITS FOR STORM WATER
DISCHARGES (PHASE II)
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122.26
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 08/07/95 60 FR 40230
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Bill Swietlik
Phone: 202 260-9529
RIN: 2040-AC60
3498. CONTINUOUS EMISSION
MONITORING AND OTHER
POLLUTANT LIMITATION AND
MONITORING REGULATIONS FOR
SEWAGE SLUDGE INCINERATORS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 503
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Merged With RIN 09/21/95
2040-AC29, SAN
3497
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Wendy Bell
Phone: 202 260-9534
RIN: 2040-AC46
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3499. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
STANDARDS FOR LOW-LEVEL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201/AEA
274; 15 USC 2625
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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 08/31/83 48 FR 39563
NPRM 02/00/96
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 1727.
Agency Contact: Tara Chhay Cameron,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6602J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9310
RIN: 2060-AA04
3500. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY RADIATION SITE CLEANUP
REGULATION
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201/AEA
161; 42 USC 2021/AEA 274;
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970; 42
USC 2011-2296
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 196
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Agency is developing
regulations to set standards limiting the
amount of radiation that members of
the public may receive from a
contaminated site if released from
federal control or from a Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) license
or an agreement state license. This rule
will propose to eliminate the
uncertainty associated with
determining what level of cleanup is
needed to protect human health and
the environment, where cleanup is
required under regulatory authorites
other than this rule by eliminating the
uncertainties this rule will streamline
the cleanup process. The rule is only
one part of an overall regulatory
approach that EPA, NRC, and the
Department of Energy (DOE), are
developing to address the risk from
radioactively contaminated material.
The rule will propose a dose limit that
is protective of human health and the
environment, and will establish a
standard that allows a cleaned up
federal or NRC regulated site to be
released for public use. This rule will
not mandate the cleanup of any sites,
nor will it provide criteria for selecting
remedies when cleanup is appropriate.
The decision whether to clean up a site
for release to the public, to manage
wastes on site and not release the site
to the public, or to continue operations,
will continue to be made on site-
specific basis by the same agencies,
under the same cleanup programs, that
are currently making these decisions.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60653
EPA—AEA Proposed Rule Stage
Timetable;
Action
Date
FR Cite
and Radiation, (6603J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9340
ANPRM 10/21/93 58 FR 54474 AQQ.nona. imormai.on: JUUN J.NO. *u/a. Fax. 202 233.g6go
NPRM 12/00/95 Agency Contact: Amy Newman,
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined Environmental Protection Agency, Air
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2073.
RIN: 2060-AB31
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
Final Rule Stage
3501. CRITERIA FOR THE CERTIF.
AND DETERMINATION OF THE
WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT'S
COMPLIANCE W/ENVIRONMENTAL
STNDS. FOR THE MGMT. AND
DISPOSAL OF SPENT NUCLEAR
FUEL, HIGH-LEVEL, & TRANSURANIC
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: PL 102-579 Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal
Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR194
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory,
October 30,1993. Final, Statutory,
October 20,1994.
Abstract: The Agency is developing
final criteria for certifying and
determining whether the Department of
Energy (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot
Plant (WIPP) complies with disposal
standards set forth in 40 CFR part 191
(Environmental Standards for the
Management and Disposal of Spent
Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and
Transuranic Wastes). EPA is required
to promulgate these criteria under the
1992 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land
Withdrawal Act (WIPP LWA). These
criteria will be used by the Agency in
ascertaining whether the WIPP disposal
system complies with the disposal
standards.
Phone: 202 233-9025
Fax: 202 233-9626
RIN: 2060-AE30
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Date
10/29/93
01/30/95
02/00/96
FR Cite
58 FR 8029
60 FR 5766
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3232.
Agency Contact: Criteria and
Standards Division, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Office of Radiation and Indoor Air,
Mail Code 6602J, Washington, DC
20460
3502. PROTECTIVE ACTION
GUIDANCE FOR DRINKING WATER
Priority: Other Significant
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:
Action
Date FR Cite
Submission to 05/30/96
FRPCC for
endorsement
Notice of Availability 09/30/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3602.
Agency Contact: Lisa Ratcliff, Office of
Radiation and Indoor Air,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6602J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 233-9448
RIN: 2060-AF39
3503. FEDERAL RADIATION
PROTECTION GUIDANCE FOR
EXPOSURE OF THE GENERAL
PUBLIC
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2021(h)/AEA
274(h)/Reorganization Plan No. 3 of
1970
CFR Citation: Not applicable
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
NPRM
Final Action
06/18/86 51 FR 22264
12/23/94 59 FR 66414
03/00/96
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 or
Phone: 202 254-3826
RIN: 2060-AE61
-------
60654 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) Completed Actions
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
3504. ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION
PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR
YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
Completed:
Reason Date FR Cite
Withdrawn - Duplicate 10/13/95
of RJN 2060-AG14
RIN: 2060-AF38
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3505. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS FOR LEAD
AND COPPER (REVISION)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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. The basic lead
and copper regulations will remain
intact, however, EPA will propose
minor revisions to refine specific
requirements and improve
implementation of the rule. Some of
these revisions are deregulatory in
nature, in that they will lessen
monitoring requirements for public
water systems which have consistently
shown very low levels of lead and
copper at the tap. EPA also plans to
propose changes that will provide
many community water systems more
flexibility in the delivery of lead public
education requirements, and allow
States to invalidate inappropriate
samples. Other proposed revisions
would promote consistent national
implementation by clarifying the
monitoring requirements that apply in
different circumstances. Finally, EPA
plans to respond to a remand in
American Water Works Association v.
EPA, 40 F.3D 1266 (DC Circuit 1994),
on portions of the Lead and Copper
regulation by proposing a revised
definition of "control" as it applies to
lead service line replacement and to
explain more fully the Agency's
decision to exempt transient non-
community water systems from
coverage under the rule. Nationally,
EPA estimates the proposed changes
will not affect the cost or benefits of
the Lead and Copper Rule significantly.
State governments and some local
governments may experience a minor
increase in costs as a result of these
revisions. Many local and tribal
governments and small businesses that
operate public water systems should
experience a decrease in annual costs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/95
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3440.
Agency Contact: Judy Lebowich,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4604), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7595
RIN: 2040-AC27
3506. REFORMATTING OF DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS
Priority: Other
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300/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. The rule affects state,
local and tribal governments in that it
makes the rules easier to implement
and thus facilitates their jobs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/96
Final Action 06/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3563.
Agency Contact: Carl Kessler,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4603), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3995
RIN: 2040-AC41
3507. REVISION OF CURRENT
REQUIREMENTS FOR TRIGGERING
INCREASED DRINKING WATER
MONITORING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300/SDWA
1412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act
requires EPA to establish National
Primary Drinking Water Regulations for
specific contaminants. The rules are to
include analytical methods by which
the contaminants can be measured.
Monitoring requirements are also
imposed by regulation. Monitoring
frequencies can be increased or
decreased by certain monitoring results.
Regulations which have been
promulgated already contain levels for
-------
EPA—SDWA
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60655
^^^^^^•*M^^^^MI^^^^^^^^^^^*^^
Proposed Rule Stage
triggering increased monitoring which
aro problematic, either because
laboratories have difficulty detecting
consistently at those levels or because
the levels are well below those which
might pose a health concern. This rule
would revise the current trigger levels
for increased monitoring for drinking
water contaminants. Proposed revisions
are the result of extensive discussions
with State officials to define the
problem(s) and identify potential
solutions. While the proposal is still
under development, requirements for
some synthetic organic contaminants
are likely to be relaxed. All states with
primacy would be responsible for
overseeing the implementation of the
rule, including enforcement of
monitoring requirements. Local and
tribal governments which own water
systems would be responsible for
implementing the requirements of the
rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Rnal Action
03/00/96
01/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3565.
Agency Contact: Bruce Macler,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415 744-1884
RIM: 2040-AC52
3508. • STREAMLINING REVISIONS
TO THE NATIONAL PRIMARY
DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
106 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AC66
3509. • ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR
REGULATED DRINKING WATER
CONTAMINANTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300/SDWA
1412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 143
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA approves analytical
methods for analyzing regulated
drinking water contaminants. EPA
approved methods include EPA
methods, Standard Methods (methods
evaluated and recommended for use by
the America Public Health Association
(APHA)), American Society for Testing
and Materials (ASTM) Methods, United
States Geological Survey (USGS)
Methods and others. Periodically, the
Agency updates and revises methods to
incorporate newer technologies.
Standard setting organizations such as
APHA, ASTM, and USGS also routinely
revise and update methods.
In this regulatory effort, EPA proposes
to approve new methods or newer
versions of existing methods and at the
same time withdraw approval of older
outdated methods. The new additional
methods to be proposed for approval
will include immunoassays.
Immunoassays detect target compounds
using an antibody which binds only to
that substance. These assays are
increasingly applied to environmental
analysis because of their selectivity,
accuracy, speed, low limit of detection
and economy.
Timetable:
3510. • UNDERGROUND INJECTION
CONTROL PROGRAM STREAMLINING
RULE
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300/SDWA
1412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 144; 40 CFR 146
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On March 16,1995 President
Clinton issued a directive to reduce
existing paperwork burdens by 25%. To
help meet this 25% reduction goal, the
UIC program will try to reduce
approximately 90,000 hours of the
paperwork burden on State and
injection well operators. The UIC
program plans to reduce the frequency
of a number of regularly scheduled
reports by 50%. The Program will
include these reductions in the overall
25% reduction. In order to meet the
25% reduction EPA will consider the
following changes: (1) reduction in
monitoring and reporting frequency,
and (2) reduction in requirements for
state reviews of lifetime permits.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/96
Final Action 03/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3726.
Agency Contact: Dr. Jitendra Saxena,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4603), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9579
RIN: 2040-AC77
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/00/96
03/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3784.
Agency Contact: Denny Cruz,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4602), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7776
Fax: 202 260-0732
RIN: 2040-AC83
-------
3511. DRINKING WATER MICROBIAL
AND DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT
MONITORING RULE (FORMERLY
CALLED THE "INFORMATION
COLLECTION DISINFECTION
BYPRODUCTS RULE")
Priority: Other Significant
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 a 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
Rule and will enable the negotiators to
meet again to consider long term
standards. This action fulfills that
commitment. Public surface water
systems serving 100,000 or more people
and groundwater systems serving
50,000 or more people are required to
generate data, with the most extensive
data requirements levied on systems
serving 100,000 people or more.
Governments are not affected by this
rule unless they operate a public water
system.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/10/94 59 FR 6332
12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3445.
Agency Contact: Tom Grubbs,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4603), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7270
RIN: 2040-AC24
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Long-Term Actions
3512. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS:
RADIONUCLIDES
Priority: Economically Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 09/30/86 51 FR 34836
NPRM 07/18/91 56 FR 33050
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Dave Huber
Phone: 202 260-9566
RIN: 2Q40-AA94
3513. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS:
GROUNDWATER DISINFECTION
Priority: Economically Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Bruce Macler
Phone: 415 744-1884
RIN: 2040-AA97
3514. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: ARSENIC
Priority: Economically Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Heather Shank-Givens
Phone: 202 260-0063
RIN: 2040-AB75
3515. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: 25
CONTAMINANTS FROM DRINKING
WATER PRIORITY LIST (PHASE VIA) -
DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS RULE
AND ENHANCED SURFACE WATER
TREATMENT RULE
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/29/94 59 FR 38668
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Stig Regli
Phone: 202 260-7379
RIN: 2040-AB82
3516. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: SULFATE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/20/94 59 FR 65578
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Jan Auerbach
Phone: 202 260-7575
RIN: 2040-AC07
3517. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER STANDARDS (NPDWRS) FOR
ALDICARB
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
mlemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60657
EPA—SDWA Long-Term Actions
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable;
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
00/00/00
00/00/00
3519. MANAGEMENT OF CLASS V
INJECTION WELLS UNDER PART C
OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 144; 40 CFR 145;
40 CFR 146
Timetable:
Action
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Heather Shank-Givens
Phone: 202 260-0063
R1N: 2040-AC13
3518. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: 25
CONTAMINANTS FROM DRINKING
WATER PRIORITY LIST (PHASE VI-
B)—ORGANIC AND INORGANIC
CONTAMINANTS
Priority: Economically Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable;
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Aclion
00/00/00
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: David Huber
Phone: 202 260-9566
RIN: 2040-AC22
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/28/95 60 FR 44652
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Lee Whitehurst
Phone: 202 260-5532
RIN: 2040-AB83
3520. • STREAMLINING DRINKING
WATER MONITORING
REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300/SDWA
1445
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The current drinking water
monitoring requirements vary by
contaminant (e.g., inorganic vs.
organic), the source of the supply (i.e.,
surface water vs. ground water) and by
system size. After an initial series of
samples, the sampling frequency
increases or decreases based on the
results of the initial series. Because
there are numerous permutations to the
possible frequencies at any one
sampling point, the requirements are
difficult to understand. And because
the requirements presume all systems
are contaminated, many systems have
conducted expensive monitoring .
without finding any contamination.
EPA intends to simplify and improve
the cost effectiveness of the current
requirements by reducing the number
of variables upon which the sampling
frequencies turn, by providing greater
latitude for state discretion in
customizing the sampling frequencies
to local circumstances (i.e.,
vulnerability to contamination), by
consolidating subsections wherever
possible, and by clarifying ambiguous
language. EPA will also consider
adopting a process under which states
may design alternative monitoring
frameworks based on goal oriented
criteria in the federal regulations and
EPA guidance.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/96
Final Action 12/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3761.
Agency Contact: Mike Muse,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4604), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3874
Fax: 202 260-4656
RIN: 2040-AC73
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Completed Actions
3521. DRINKING WATER PRIMACY
WITHDRAWAL REGULATION
(REVISION)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 142
Completed:
Reason Date FR Cite
Final Action 06/28/95 60 FR 33658
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Judy Lebowich
Phone: 202 260-7595
RIN: 2040-AC19
3522. REVISIONS TO SDWA;
UNDERGROUND INJECTION
CONTROL PROGRAM REGULATIONS
FOR CLASS II (OIL AND GAS-
RELATED) WELLS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 144; 40 CFR 146
-------
60658
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—SDWA
Completed Actions
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn no further 09/21/95
action planned
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Jeffrey Smith
Phone: 202 260-5586
RIN: 2040-AB77
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Prerule Stage
3523. CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT UNITS
(SWMUS) AT HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
101 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AB80
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3524. FACILITY RESPONSE
PLANNING FOR DELEGATED
OFFSHORE FACILITIES
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1321/Clean
Water Act; EO 12777
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 112
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
August 18, 1992.
Abstract: Some offshore oil storage
facilities have insufficient response
planning and lack the necessary private
response resources to respond to worst
case oil discharges that affect waters of
the United States.
The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA)
requires all oil facilities to prepare,
submit and implement plans for
responding to worst case oil discharges.
This action would implement OPA
requirements for offshore non-
transportation related facilities located
landward of the low water mark. In this
rule, EPA plans to extend the
applicability of its facility response
plan rule for onshore facilities (July 1,
1994) to these offshore facilities. In a
2/3/94 Memorandum of Understanding,
the Department of Interior/Minerals
Management Service delegated
authority to regulate these offshore
facilities to EPA.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/00/96
04/00/97
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)
Phone: 703 356-8774
RIN: 2050-AE18
3525. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM:
IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF
HAZARDOUS WASTE; RECYCLED
USED OIL MANAGEMENT
STANDARDS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9601(37); 42
USC 9614(c); 42 USC 6905; 42 USC
6912(a);.42 USC 6921through 6927,
6930, 6934, and 6974
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 279
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action is being taken in
response to a Court remand of mixture
provisions contained in the Used Oil
Management Standards. The remanded
provisions exempt mixtures of used oil
and characteristic hazardous waste
(e.g., spent mineral spirits) from the
Land Disposal Restrictions. The effect
of the existing LDR exemption is to
encourage mixing of used oil and
characteristic hazardous waste and,
consequently, to discourage segregation
and recycling the used oil and spent
solvents as separate waste streams.
Mixtures of used oil and spent solvents
are virtually always burned. This stay
of the mixture provisions and proposed
rule would address the applicability of
the LDR to decharacterized mixtures of
used oil and characteristic hazardous
waste. We expect that any changes
resulting from the proposed rule will
have minimal impact on
state/local/tribal governments and small
businesses (e.g., service stations, quick
lubes).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Administrative Stay 10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3668.
Agency Contact: Eydie Pines,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
SE.
Phone: 202 260-3509
RIN: 2050-AE28
-------
3526. MODIFICATIONS TO THE
DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE AND
REGULATIONS OF HAZARDOUS
WASTE RECYCLING: GENERAL
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
107 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AD18
3527. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING
OF HAZARDOUS WASTES:
HAZARDOUS WASTE IDENTIFICATION
RULE (HWIR); WASTE
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
108 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AE07
3528. SPENT SOLVENTS LISTING
DETERMINATION
Priority: Other Significant
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
31,1996. Final, Statutory, February 8,
1986. Final, Judicial, May 31,1997.
Abstract: This action addresses the
potential human health and
environmental risks posed by certain
used solvents and waste residues from
their recovery, and determines whether
those wastes should be listed as
hazardous wastes under RCRA. As part
of this effort, EPA is also considering
opportunities for pollution prevention
and recycling. This action will be
implemented by States authorized
under RCRA. Impacts on local and
tribal governments are not expected,
and small business impacts are
undetermined at this time.
Timetable:
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4770
RIN: 2050-AD84
3529. CHLORINATED ALIPHATICS
LISTING DETERMINATION
Priority: Other Significant
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
1321/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 addresses the
potential risks posed by wastes _from
the production of 25 chlorinated
aliphatics, and determines whether
these wastes should be listed as
hazardous wastes under RCRA to
control these risks. Any new wastes
listed as hazardous will also be added
to the CERCLA list of hazardous
substances. This action will be
implemented by EPA and States
authorized under RCRA. Impacts on
local governments are not expected,
and small business impacts are
undetermined. This action is currently
on hold pending further settlement
discussions with litigants.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/96
Final Action 05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3134.
Agency Contact: Ron Josephson,
Environmental Protection Agency,
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
October 31, 1995. Final, Judicial,
October 31, 1996.
Abstract: This action addresses the
potential human health and
environmental risks posed by 14 waste
streams from petroleum refining
processes, and determines whether
these wastes should be listed as
hazardous wastes under RCRA. If listed
under RCRA, these wastes would also
be added to the CERCLA list of
hazardous substances. As part of this
action, the Agency is considering
opportunities for source reduction,
recycling, reclamation or reuse in other
manufacturing processes. This action
will be implemented by EPA and
authorized States under RCRA. Impacts
on local and tribal governments are
unknown and small business impacts
are not expected.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/95
Final Action 10/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3151.
Agency Contact: Anthony Carrell,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6607
RIN: 2050-AD85
3530. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING
OF HAZARDOUS WASTE:
PETROLEUM REFINING PROCESS
WASTES
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921/RCRA
3001
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/95
Final Action 10/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3064.
Agency Contact: Maximo (Max) Diaz,
Jr., Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4770
RIN: 2050-AD88
3531. REVISED STANDARDS FOR
HAZARDOUS WASTE COMBUSTION
FACILITIES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
109 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AE01
3532. CEMENT KILN DUST
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921/RCRA
3001(b)(3)(A)(iii); RCRA 8002(o)
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA prepared a Cement Kiln
Dust Report and submitted it to
Congress. The report studies the
sources and volumes of cement kiln
-------
dust, current and alternative waste
management practices and their costs
and economic impacts, documents
damages to human health and the
environment from cement kiln dust
disposal, and discusses existing state
and Federal regulation of these wastes.
EPA used this information, after an
opportunity for public comment, to
make a final regulatory determination.
In the determination the Agency
decided that regulation under RCRA
Subtitle C was warranted to protect the
public from human health risks and to
prevent environmental damage
resulting from current disposal of this
waste.
Under the terms of a consent decree,
the Cement Kiln Dust Report to
Congress was completed by December
31, 1993; the Regulatory Determination
was completed on January 31, 1995.
The Agency now plans to develop
specific tailor-made regulations that are
appropriate for the management of
CKD.
EPA is currently considering a
proposed enforceable agreement, which
was presented to the Agency by the
U.S. cement industry on March 22,
1995. Under this proposal, cement
manufacturing facilities would manage
their CKD according to specified
management practices and EPA would
enforce the terms of the agreement
against non-complying companies
directly without the existence of a
regulation to implement the practices.
The enforceable agreement represents a
new approach and raises a number of
legal and technical issues which EPA
is currently evaluating. No final
decision.has been made by EPA
regarding the viability of die proposal.
If the agreement turns out not to be
viable, the Agency will resume
development of a specific tailor-made
regulation for CKD.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
01/06/94 59 FR 709
02/07/95 60 FR 7366
Interim Final Rule
Regulatory
Determination
NPRM 06/00/96
Final Action 06/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3334.
Agency Contact: William Schoenborn,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5302W), Washington DC, 20460
Phone: 703 308-8483
RIN: 2050-AE02
3533. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING
OF HAZARDOUS WASTES;
HAZARDOUS WASTE IDENTIFICATION
RULE (HWIR): CONTAMINATED
MEDIA
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
110 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AE22
3534. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFEST
REGULATION
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6922/RCRA
3002(a)(5); 42 USC 6974/RCRA 7004(a)
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. EPA is
developing a proposed rule, as part of
regulatory negotiation, to make the
form more uniform and less
burdensome, while still addressing
state data needs.
Timetable:
Action
Additional Information: SAN No. 3147.
Agency Contact: Rick Westlund,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(2136), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2745
RIN: 2050-AE21
3535. RULE IDENTIFYING WHEN
MILITARY MUNITIONS BECOME
HAZARDOUS WASTES AND
MANAGEMENT STANDARDS FOR
SUCH WASTES
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6924M/RCRA
3004(y)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 263; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 270
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, April
6, 1993. Final, Statutory, October 6,
1994.
Abstract: EPA will issue a rule
clarifying when military munitions
(including chemical munitions) become
hazardous wastes subject to Federal
hazardous waste storage, treatment, and
disposal rules. The rule will assure
transportation and storage of such
wastes are safe and protective of human
health and the environment. The rule
is likely to address munitions in the
military stockpile to be demilitarized,
burning of excess propellants,
emergency responses involving both
military and non-military explosives,
and unexploded ordnance on firing
ranges. State National Guard units as
well as Federal DOD, DOE, and DOT
(Coast Guard) units will be subject to
these rules. EPA and EPA-authorized
States will implement the standards.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/95
10/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
NPRM 06/00/96
Final Action 10/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Date FR Cite Additional Information: SAN No. 3235.
Agency Contact: Ken Shuster,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8759
RIN: 2050-AD90
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60. No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60661
EPA-RCRA Pr°P°sed Rule Stage
3536. RCRA SUBTITLE C INDIAN
PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC
6926(b)/3006(b)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 270
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The RCRA statute is silent on
approval of Tribal hazardous waste
programs. This regulatory action would
clarify that Indian Tribes may become
authorized for the RCRA Subtitle C
hazardous waste program and will also
make available to Tribes RCRA grant
funds to assist in implementation of
authorized hazardous waste programs.
Currently, authorization and grant
funding is only available to States. The
action would establish criteria which a
Tribe must meet for authorization. This
rule furthers EPA's recognition of
Tribal sovereignty and furthers the
Agency's goal of delegating
environmental programs to Tribes. This
action will impact the amount of grants
given to States since the level of
funding will remain constant but the
number of grantees is anticipated to
increase. It will also impact the Tribes
by allowing them an increased role in
environmental regulation on Indian
Country.
Timetable:
waste landfills to monitor groundwater
to detect a release 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
groundwater samples for metals to
avoid potential false indications of a
landfill release to groundwater. The
commenters maintain that the
analytical results using filtered samples
are sufficiently protective and are as
effective as unfiltered samples required
in the Criteria. This proposed rule
seeks comment on the appropriateness
of allowing States/Tribes with EPA-
approved permit programs to lift the
ban on a site-specific basis.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/95
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2827.
Agency Contact: Virginia Phillips,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8761
RIN: 2050-AD07
3537. FIELD FILTERING OF
GROUNDWATER SAMPLES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: RCRA 4010
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258.51(b)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The RCRA Subtitle D Solid
Waste Disposal Facility Criteria, among
other provisions, require
owners/operators of municipal solid
programs are adequate to ensure
compliance with the Solid Waste
Disposal Facility Criteria. While the
Disposal Facility Criteria automatically
apply to all MSW landfills, States and
tribes with permit programs deemed
adequate under the STIR can provide
some flexibility on design standards
and other requirements to landfill
owners and operators who meet the
Criteria's performance standards. In
providing this flexibility, the STIR
offers an opportunity to reduce the
regulatory burden on State, tribal and
local governments and on landfill
owners and operators.
Timetable:
Action
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/00/96
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3150.
Agency Contact: Andrew Teplitzky,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5306W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8300
RIN: 2050-AD86
3538. RCRA SUBTITLE D SOLID
WASTE FACILITIES; STATE/TRIBAL
PERMIT PROGRAMS-DETERMINATION
OF ADEQUACY
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6945/RCRA
4005; 42 USC 6912/RCRA 2002
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 239
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action known as the
"State/Tribal Implementation Rule" or
"STIR", will delegate to States and
Indian Tribes the authority to control
the human health and environmental
risks associated with municipal solid
waste (MSW) landfill management,
particularly groundwater
contamination. The STIR will do so by
establishing criteria and procedures for
EPA to use to determine whether State
and tribal MSW landfill permit
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/95
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2751.
Agency Contact: Mia Zmud,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5306W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-7263
RIN: 2050-AD03
3539. REVISIONS TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE GUIDELINE FOR
PROCUREMENT OF PRODUCTS
CONTAINING RECOVERED
MATERIALS
Priority: Other Significant
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 procuring
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. On May 1, 1995,
under RCRA and Executive Order
12873, "Federal Acquisition, Recycling,
and Waste Prevention," EPA designated
19 items in a Comprehensive
Procurement Guideline (CPG) (60 FR
21370). EPA also issued purchasing
recommendations in a related
Recovered Materials Advisory Notice
-------
gQ662 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
Proposed Rule Stage
EPA—RCRA
(RMAN) (60 FR 21386). The Order
requires EPA to update the CPG and
issue RMANs annually. The Agency
consolidated EPA's five existing
procurement guidelines (for paper and
paper products, retread tires, re-refined
lubricating oil, building insulation, and
cement and concrete containing fly ash)
into the CPG and RMAN. This action
would propose the first update to the
CPG, in which additional items would
be designated, and additional
recommendations would be discussed
in the RMAN.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/96
Final Action 09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3545.
Agency Contact: Beverly Goldblatt,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-7278
RIN: 2050-AE23
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Final Rule Stage
3540. ALTERNATIVES FOR
GROUNDWATER MONITORING AND
DELAY OF GENERALD COMPLIANCE
DATE FOR SMALL MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE LANDFILLS LOCATED IN
EITHER DRY OR REMOTE AREAS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905, 69i2(a),
6921, 6922, 6924, 6934, and 6938
3541. ALTERNATIVES FOR
GROUNDWATER MONITORING AND
DELAY OF GENERAL COMPLIANCE
DATE FOR SMALL MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE LANDFILLS LOCATED IN
EITHER DRY OR REMOTE AREAS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: RCRA 4010
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 266 Le9al Deadline: None
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
December 13, 1994. Final, Judicial, June
13, 1996.
Abstract: This action addresses the
potential human health and
environmental impacts from the use of
slag residues (slags) resulting from high
temperature metals recovery (HTMR)
treatment of specified hazardous wastes
(i.e., electric arc furnace dust, steel
finishing pickle liquor, and
electroplating sludges). This action
would reclassify these slags as
nonhazardous when they meet certain
exclusion levels and are managed and
used in a certain manner.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/29/94 59 FR 67256
06/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3428.
Agency Contact: Narendra K.
Chaudhari, Environmental Protection
Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, (5304), Washington DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-4787
RIN: 2050-AE15
Abstract: On October 9, 1991 the
Agency promulgated final solid waste
disposal facility criteria (40 CFR Part
258), setting in place national
minimum standards for municipal solid
waste landfills (MSWLFs). In that
rulemaking, the Agency provided an
exemption from ground-water
monitoring for small MSWLF units
located in dry or remote locations. The
Agency provided this relief as it sought
to balance the protection of human
health and the environment with the
practicable capability of these small
community landfill owners and
operators. In 1993, the U.S. court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit vacated this ground-water
monitoring exemption. This rule would
provide States and Tribes with EPA-
approved permit programs the
flexibility to determine alternative
ground-water monitoring requirements,
on a site-specific basis, for small
MSWLFs that are located in either dry
or remote areas. Under this proposal,
approved States and Tribes may
consider site-specific alternatives to
conventional ground-water monitoring,
such as installation of soil moisture
detection devices, that are relatively
low in cost and are still capable of
detecting contamination. Through the
use of ground-water monitoring
alternatives, the Agency estimates
potential annual national cost savings
of between $5.9 million to $22.2
million. This proposed rule also solicits
comment on a delay of the general
compliance date of the MSWLF criteria
for qualifying small MSWLFs located in
dry or remote locations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/10/95 60 FR 40799
Final Action on Delay 10/06/95 60 FR 52337
of Compliance Date
Final Action on 10/00/96
Alternatives
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3546.
Agency Contact: Andrew Teplitzky,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8300
RIN: 2050-AE24
3542. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: POST-
CLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6926/RCRA
3006; 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 270; 40 CFR 124
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Under the current RCRA
regulations, a facility that needs post-
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60663
EPA—RCRA
Final Rule Stage
closure care must obtain a permit. In
many cases, the post-closure permit is
an appropriate mechanism for the
regulatory agency to use to address the
environmental needs at the facility. In
other cases, however, a permit may not
be appropriate. And, in some cases, the
facility's post-closure care needs may
have already been addressed through
other legal mechanisms, such as
enforcement actions or Superfund
actions. In these cases, subsequent
issuance of a post-closure permit would
not provide any environmental benefit,
although, under the current regulations,
it is still required. This rule would
remove the requirements to issue a
permit to address post-closure care in
all cases. A permit would remain an
option, but EPA Regions and
authorized States would be able to use
other mechanisms as well, depending
on the circumstances at the facility.
States authorized to implement the
RCRA program are currently required
to adopt authority to compel corrective
action at permitted facilities. They are
not required to have similar authority
at interim status facilities, though many
States do. As a result, the corrective
action program is implemented by the
State, at some facilities, and by the EPA
Regions at other. This rule would
require States to adopt, as part of their
authorized RCRA programs, authority
to address corrective action at interim
status facilities. This would result in
a more consistent implementation of
the corrective action program in the
States.
3543. LISTING DETERMINATION FOR
HAZARDOUS WASTES -
ORGANOBROMINES CHEMICAL
INDUSTRY
Priority: Other Significant
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,
1996.
Abstract: This action proposes to list
as a hazardous waste under RCRA one
additional waste stream generated
during the production of
organobromine compound chemicals
used as fire retardants. These wastes
would then have to be disposed in
special hazardous waste landfills.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
11/08/94
02/00/96
FR Cite
59 FR 55778
Small Entitles 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
Phone: 703 308-7057
BIN: 2050-AD55
required under Subtitle C of RCRA.
These new and revised methods will
be added to EPA's solid waste testing
guidance ("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. This action will assist
States and Tribal governments in
implementing the RCRA program.
Impacts on small businesses and local
governments are not expected.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
NPRM 05/11/94 59 FR 24530
Final Action 04/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3065.
Agency Contact: Anthony Carrell,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6607
RIN: 2050-AD79
3544. 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
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 action will revise certain
testing methods and add other new
testing methods that are approved or
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/25/95 60 FR 37974
Final Action 09/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3427.
Agency Contact: Kim Kirkland,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6722
RIN: 2050-AE14
3545. RCRA SUBTITLE D
CORPORATE FINANCIAL TEST AND
GUARANTEE
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or \
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6907/RCRA
1008; 42 USC 6944/RCRA 4004; 42
USC 6949a/RCRA 4010
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On October 9,1991 the
Agency promulgated revised criteria for
municipal solid waste landfills
(MSWLFs) which included financial
assurance requirements to ensure that
adequate funds are readily available to
cover the costs of closure, post-closure
care, and corrective action associated
with MSWLFs without incurring
government response costs. The
proposal would add a corporate
financial test to the financial assurance
-------
mechanisms currently available to
owners and operators of RCRA Subtitle
D MSWLFs. EPA estimates that the rule
would save owners and operators of
MSWLFs approximately $45 million
annually by allowing the use of a
financial test rather than more
expensive mechanisms such as surety
bonds or letters of credit. Finally, the
rule would revise the domestic asset
requirement of the subtitle C corporate
financial test. The rule would have no
impacts on local governments but could
be implemented by state or tribal
governments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/12/94 59 FR 51523
Final Action 04/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3179.
Agency Contact: Dale Ruhter,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8192
RIN: 2050-AD77
3546. REVISIONS TO CRITERIA
APPLICABLE TO SOLID WASTE
DISPOSAL FACILITIES THAT MAY
ACCEPT CESQG HAZARDOUS
WASTES EXCLUDING MUNICIPAL
SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS
Priority: Other Significant
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: EPA will revise existing
Criteria 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, 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. States will be
responsible for implementing the rule,
although a number of States already
have comparable requirements and will
not have an increased workload.
Timetable:
undetermined at this time. Two waste
streams are subject to later deadlines
for proposed and final action. This
action is currently on hold pending the
outcome of a court challenge to the
proposal. Litigants have challenged
EPA's decision to publish data claimed
as Confidential Business Information.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite Action
Date
FR Cite
06/12/95 60 FR 30964
Final Action 07/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3416.
Agency Contact: Paul F. Cassidy,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304W), Washington DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8600
RIN: 2050-AEll
3547. LISTING DETERMINATION OF
WASTES GENERATED DURING THE
MANUFACTURE OF AZO,
ANTHRAQUINONE, AND
TRIARYLMETHANE DYES AND
PIGMENTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921/RCRA
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.
Two waste streams are subject to later
deadlines: Proposed, 11/3 0/95; Final,
06/30/96.
Abstract: This action addresses the
potential human health and
environmental risks posed by wastes
from the manufacture of dyes and
pigments, and determines whether
these wastes should be listed as
hazardous wastes under RCRA to
control any unacceptable risks. As part
of this effort, EPA is also considering
opportunities for pollution prevention
and recycling. This action will be
implemented by EPA and .States
authorized under RCRA. Impacts on
local governments are not expected,
and small business impacts are
NPRM 12/22/94 59 FR 66072
Additional NPRM 11/00/95
Final Action 11/00/95
Additional Final Action 06/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
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
Phone: 202 260-7458
RIN: 2050-AD80
3548. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF
HAZARDOUS WASTE:
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OECD
DECISION FOR RECYCLABLE
WASTES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 Control
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
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60. No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60665
EPA-RCRA Final Rule Stage
countries; contracts; tracking
documents; and recordkeeping. The
Agency is codifying these provisions in
an interim final rule which would
replace the current RCRA export/import
regulations for hazardous waste
destined for recovery within the OECD.
These changes do not affect the RCRA
export/import regulations for hazardous
wastes moving to or from Canada and
Mexico for treatment or disposal within
the OECD or moving for treatment,
disposal or recovery purposes to other
countries outside the OECD.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3114.
Agency Contact: Susan Nogas,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4534
BIN: 2050-AD87
3549. RCRA EXPANDED PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION
Priority: Other Significant
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 would like to encourage
greater levels of public participation in
the RCRA permitting process. Current
regulations provide limited
opportunities for public participation;
therefore, EPA has proposed
requirements to provide earlier and
more extensive opportunities for public
involvement in permitting activities for
all RCRA facilities.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/02/94 59 FR 28680
Final Action 11/00/95
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3315.
Agency Contact: Patricia Buzzell,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8632
RIN: 2050-AD97
3550. LAND DISPOSAL
RESTRICTIONS—PHASE IV:
TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR
CERTAIN MINERAL PROCESSING
WASTES; TC METALS; NEWLY
LISTED WASTES FROM WOOD
PRESERVING AND DYES AND
PIGMENTS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
124 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AE05
3551. LAND DISPOSAL
RESTRICTIONS—PHASE III:
DECHARACTERIZED WASTEWATERS,
CARBAMATE WASTES, AND SPENT
ALUMINUM POTLINERS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
125 in Part H of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AD38
3552. FINANCIAL TEST FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS THAT
OWN/OPERATE MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE LANDFILLS
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6907, 6944
and 6949a/RCRA 1008, 4004, and 4010
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The criteria for Municipal
Solid Waste Landfills require landfill
owners/operators to assure that they
can cover the costs of closure and post-
closure care of their landfills and the
costs of cleaning up any known
releases from their landfills. This rule
would allow local governments to meet
all or part of their financial assurance
requirements based on their financial
strength. EPA estimates that the local
government financial test would save
local governments $138 million
annually. Small local governments and
Tribal governments that own or operate
landfills would share in this savings.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/27/93 58 FR 68353
Final Action 01/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 2761.
Agency Contact: George Garland,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-7272
RIN: 2050-AD04
3553. GUIDELINE FOR FEDERAL
PROCUREMENT OF PAPER AND
PAPER PRODUCTS CONTAINING
RECOVERED MATERIALS
Priority: Other
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 69l2(a)/RCRA
6002
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 247
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: RCRA section 6002
establishes a buy-recycled program for
Federal agencies, state and local
agencies using Federal funds to buy
items, and for contractors purchasing
items under government contracts. It
uses governments' purchasing power to
develop markets for materials collected
by municipal and commercial recycling
programs. RCRA requires EPA to issue
guidelines for government agencies and
contractors to use when purchasing
recycled products. EPA designates
items that are made with recovered
materials and recommends recovered
material content levels or other
methods for agencies to use when
purchasing the items. Government
agencies and contractors are required to
purchase EPA-designated items
containing the highest percentage of
recovered materials practicable. On
June 22, 1988, EPA issued a final
procurement guideline which
designated paper and paper products
-------
60666 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
^••^•^•Mi
Final Rule Stage
EPA—RCRA
and contained recovered materials
content recommendations for these
items. On April 20, 1994, EPA
proposed to consolidate the paper
designation into a Comprehensive
Procurement Guideline and the
recommendations into a Recovered
Materials Advisory Notice. In this
action, EPA will issue proposed revised
recommendations for paper and paper
products.
Timetable:
Action
Advisory Notice
Final Action
Date FR Cite
03/15/95 60 FR 141 82
04/00/96
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,
(5306W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 308-7279
RIN: 2050-AD41
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Long-Term Actions
3554. REVISIONS TO THE OIL
POLLUTION PREVENTION
REGULATION
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 112
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/22/91 56 FR 54612
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Kevin Mould
Phone: 703 603-8728
RIN: 2050-AC62
3555.1REGULATIONS TO CONTROL
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF
HAZARDOUS AND OTHER WASTES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 263; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 266
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Julie Lyddon
Rhone: 202 260-7944
RIN: 2050-AE13
3556. NEW AND REVISED TESTING
METHODS APPROVED FOR RCRA
SUBTITLE C HAZARDOUS WASTE
TESTING MANUAL, SW-846, THIRD
EDITION, UPDATE IV
Priority: Other
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 270
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Kim Kirkland
Phone: 202 260-6722
RIN: 2050-AE25
3557. NO-MIGRATION VARIANCE FOR
PROHIBITED HAZARDOUS WASTE
LAND DISPOSAL
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 268
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/11/92 57 FR 35940
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Chris Rhyne
Phone: 703 308-8658
RIN: 2050-AC44
3558. CAUSES FOR PERMIT
MODIFICATIONS TO HAZARDOUS
WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 270.41
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Ken Amaditz
Phone: 703 308-7056
RIN: 2050-AD05
3559. FINAL DETERMINATION OF THE
APPLICABILITY OF THE TOXICITY
CHARACTERISTIC RULE TO
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS
CONTAMINATED MEDIA AND DEBRIS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/12/93 58 FR 8504
12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John Heffelfinger
Phone: 703 308-8881
RIN: 2050-AD69
3560. REGULATORY DETERMINATION
ON REMAINING WASTES FROM THE
COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUELS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Notice of Data
Availability
02/12/93 58 FR 8273
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60667
EPA-RCRA Long-Term Actions
Action
Date
FR Cite
Regulatory 08/09/93 58 FR 42466
Determination
(Phase I Four
Fossil Fuel Wastes)
Regulatory 04/00/98
Determination
(Phase II
Remaining Wastes)
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Dan Derkics
Phono: 703 308-8409
BIN: 2050-AD91
3561. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;
MODIFICATION OF THE HAZARDOUS
WASTE PROGRAM; MERCURY-
CONTAINING LAMPS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Agency Contact: Kristina Meson
Phone: 202 260-5736
RIN: 2050-AD93
3562. RCRA SUBTITLE C FINANCIAL
TEST CRITERIA (REVISION)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
40 CFR 280; 40 CFR 761
Timetable:
NPRM 07/27/94 59 FR 38288
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Action
Date
FR Cite
Timetable:
NPRM 07/01/91 56 FR 30201
Final Action (3rd 09/16/92 57 FR 42832
Party Liability;
Closure/Post
Closures)
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dale Ruhter
Phone: 703 308-8192
RIN: 2050-AC71
3563. EXTENSION OF STATES'
INTERIM AUTHORIZATION OPTION TO
CARRY OUT POST-HSWA
REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 271.24
Action
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule
Final Action
12/18/92 57 FR 60129
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Wayne Roepe
Phone: 703 308-8630
RIN: 2050-AD57
3564. UNDERGROUND STORAGE
TANKS CONTAINING HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES - FINANCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 280
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: Local
Agency Contact: Mark Barolo
Phone: 703 308-8874
RIN: 2050-AC15
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Completed Actions
3565. • LIQUIDS IN LANDFILLS:
PROPOSED RULEMAKING TO GRANT
A PETITION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921/RCRA
3001
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
40 CFR 271
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On November 18,1992, the
Agency promulgated a final rule on
liquids in landfills. That rule satisfied
a statutory requirement in the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
as amended by the Hazardous and
Solid Waste Amendments of 1984
regarding the landfill disposal of
containerized liquids. Specifically, the
statute required EPA to issue a rule that
prohibited the disposal in hazardous
waste landfills of liquids that have been
absorbed in materials that biodegrade.
Action
This proposed rulemaking, which Timetable:
provides increased flexibility to the
regulated community, would add an
additional test to demonstrate that a
sorbent is non-biodegradable.
EPA is promulgating this amendment
as a direct final rule without prior
proposal because EPA views this as
minor technical modification that
merely broadens the scope of the
testing. A detailed rationale for the
amendment is set forth in the direct
final rule. If no adverse comments are
received in response to that direct final
rule, no further activity is contemplated
in relation to this propose rule. If EPA
receives adverse comments, the direct
final rule will be withdrawn and all
public comments received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rule
based on the proposed rule. EPA will
not institute a second comment period
on this action.
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 07/11/95 60 FR 35703
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3710.
Agency Contact: David Eberly,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5303W
Phone: 703 308-8645
RIN: 2050-AE30
-------
60668 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—RCRA Completed Actions
3566. MODIFICATIONS OF THE
HAZARDOUS WASTE RECYCLING
REGULATIONS: UNIVERSAL WASTES
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 273
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 05/11/95 60 FR 25492
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, 'Federal
Agency Contact: Kristina Meson
Phone: 202 260-8551
RIN: 2050-AD19
3567. NEW AND REVISED TESTING
METHODS APPROVED FOR RCRA
SUBTITLE C HAZARDOUS WASTE
TESTING MANUAL SW-846, THIRD
EDITION, UPDATE II
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR'262; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
40 GFR 268; 40 CFR 270
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action (pH 04/04/95 60 FR 17001
Method)
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Charles Sellers and
Kim Kirkland
Phone: 202 260-4761
RIN: 2050-AD06
3568. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM,
AMENDMENT TO SUBPART C
RULEMAKING PETITIONS: USE OF
GROUNDWATER DATA IN DELISTING
DECISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260.22
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-No 10/01/95
further action
planned
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Narendra Chaudhari
Phone: 202 260-4787
RIN: 2050-AC65
3569. COMPREHENSIVE GUIDELINE
FOR PROCUREMENT OF PRODUCTS
CONTAINING RECOVERED
MATERIALS
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 247
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 05/01/95 60 FR 21370
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is a
statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Agency Contact: Beverly Goldblatt
Phone: 703 308-7278
RIN: 2050-AE16
3570. UNDERGROUND STORAGE
TANKS—LENDER LIABILITY
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 280
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 09/07/95 60 FR 46692
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John Heffelfinger
Phone: 703 308-8881
RIN: 2050-AD67
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Prerule Stage
3571. REQUIREMENTS FOR
PREPARATION, ADOPTION, AND
SUBMITTAL OF OZONE STATE
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 ambient
air quality standard.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 06/00/96
NPRM 06/00/97
Final Action 06/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
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, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5550
RIN: 2060-AF34
3572. FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES
WAIVER APPLICATION CRITERIA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545/CAA
211
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: None
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60669
EPA—CAA Prerule Stage
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
tho Clean Air Act.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
06/00/96
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/00/97
06/00/98
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. 3389.
Agency Contact: Joseph Sopata,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6406J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 233-9034
RIN: 2060-AE68
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3573. REVISIONS TO THE NEW
SOURCE REVIEW REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 4111/Clean
Air Act Amendments of 1990, section
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
10/00/95
10/00/96
Small Entitles 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-AE11).
Agency Contact: Mike Sewell, New
Source Review Section, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
(MD-12), Research Triangle Park, NC
27711
Phone: 919 541-0873
RIN: 2060-AD13
3574. PROHIBITION OF LEADED
GASOLINE FOR HIGHWAY USE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 8'0
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:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3111.
Agency Contact: Paula Chen,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6406J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9031
RIN: 2060-AD55
3575. NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR)
REFORM
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
Ill in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AE11
3576. PERFORMANCE WARRANTY
AND INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
TEST PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7541; 42 USC
7601
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 85
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action establishes a new
short test procedure for use in i/M
programs required by the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990. Vehicles that are
tested and failed using this procedure
and that meet eligibility requirements
established by the act would be eligible
for free warranty repair from the
manufacturers.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/00/96
Final Action 11/00/96 •
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
Phone: 313 668-4456
RIN: 2060-AE20
3577. INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
RECALL REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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
-------
60670 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA Proposed Rule Stage
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 02/00/96
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3262.
Agency Contact: Eugene J. Tierney,
Chief, Inspecion/Maintenance Section,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
md Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
4nn Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4456
RIN: 2060-AE22
3578. CONSOLIDATED EMISSION
REPORTING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7511; 42 USC
7410 . .
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Emission statements and
periodic inventories are new programs
addressed in the 1990 Amendments to
the Clean Air Act that call for
emissions reporting. In addition,
requirements for the annual reporting
of emissions from stationary sources are
contained in 40 CFR 51.321 - 51.323.
Each of these programs requires either
sources or states to report emissions
and other supporting data. The data
reporting intervals, type of pollutant
source, pollutant type, and geographic
coverage varies for the three programs.
This rule will address the streamlining
and consolidation of reporting
requirements of each of these programs.
The emissions data made available by
these programs will also provide a
mechanism for tracking emissions.
Rule is on hold pending action on the
"One-Stop" Data Reporting Rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/95
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
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
Sectors Affected: Multiple
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3302.
Agency Contact: David Misenheimer,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Emission, Modeling and
Analysis, MD-14, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5473
RIN: 2060-AE32
3579. NAAQS: OZONE (REVIEW)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
112 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AE57
3580. STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
COMPLETENESS CRITERIA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 740l(b)(l); 42
USC 7407(dJ; 42 USC 7410(k)(l); 42
USC 7410(k)(4); 42 USC 7470 to 79; 42
USC 7501 to 7508; 42 USC 7601(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
NPRM ' 11/00/95
Final Action 01/00/96
Final Action Effective 02/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3354.
Agency Contact: Phyllis Wright,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-11), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5369
RIN: 2060-AE58
3581. 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
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Title I of the Clean
Air Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This addendum to the
General Preamble for the
Implementation of Title I of the Clean
Air Act Amendments of 1990
principally describes EPA's preliminary
views on how the Agency should
interpret various provisions of title I
with regard to requirements for PM-10
serious nonattainment area State
Implementation Plans (SIPs). Although
the guidance includes various
statements that States must take certain
actions, these statements are made
pursuant to EPA's preliminary
interpretations, and thus do not bind
States and the Public as a matter of
law. This addendum is an advance
notice of how EPA generally intends
to take action on SIP submissions and
to interpret various PM-10 related title
I provisions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3375.
Agency Contact: Charlene Spells,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-15,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5255
RIN: 2060-AE62
3582. NAAQS: PARTICULATE MATTER
(REVIEW)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
113 in Part II of this, issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AE66
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60671
Proposed Rule Stage
3583. APPLICATION OF MANDATORY
SANCTIONS UNDER TITLE V OF THE
CLEAN AIR ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 (D), 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:
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/00/96
01/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 3500.
Agency Contact: Scott Voorhees,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-12,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phono: 919 541-5348
RIN: 2060-AE96
3584. METHOD 301: FIELD
VALIDATION OF POLLUTION
MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR
VARIOUS MEDIAS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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: After promulgation of
Method 301, questions were raised
about the statistical calculations and
clarifying the procedure for
determining the quality of the data.
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/00/96
Final Action 01/00/97
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
Phone: 919 541-1062
RIN: 2060-AFOO
3585. AMMONIA TEST METHOD, 40
CFR PART 51, APPENDIX M
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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:
to 40 CFR 60, 61, and 63, and to
associate testing regulations in 40 CFR
60.ts to continuous monitors.
Timetable:
Action
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/95
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3474.
Agency Contact: Rima Dishakjian,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Source Characterization
Group A, (MD-19),, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0443
RIN: 2060-AF22
3586. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO
APPENDIX A OF 40 CFR PART 60,
APPENDIX B OF PART 61, APPENDIX
A OR PART 63, AND PART 60
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 61;
40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Technical corrections will be
made to EPA methods in appendices
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/00/96
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3472.
Agency Contact: Foster Curtis,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Source Charaterization
Group, MD-19, Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1063 .
RIN: 2060-AF24
3587. NESHAP: PETROLEUM
REFINERIES - FCC UNITS,
REFORMERS AND SULFUR PLANTS
Priority: Other Significant
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:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/96
Final Action 11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 291 Petroleum
Refining
Additional Information: SAN No. 3549.
Agency Contact: Bob Lucas,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
-------
60672 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA Proposed Rule Stage
Phone: 919 541-0884
RIN: 2060-AF28
3588. NESHAP: FERROALLOY
INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/31/96
Final Action 05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
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
Phone: 919 541-1512
RIN: 2060-AF29
3589. FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN TO CONTROL EMISSIONS
FROM TWO POWER STATIONS
LOCATED ON NAVAJO NATION
LANDS
Priority: Other Significant
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 11/00/95
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
Phone: 415 744-1240
RIN: 2060-AF42
3590. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
REVISIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
APPEAL REGULATIONS UNDER TITLE
IV OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7601
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 78.1
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Revisions to clarify whether
administrative appeals are prerequisite
for judicial review of final actions by
the administrator under the Acid Rain
Program.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Local
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 3570.
Agency Contact: Dwight C. Alpern,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6204J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 233-9151
RIN: 2060-AF43
3591. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
REVISIONS TO APPLICABILITY,
EXEMPTIONS, ALLOCATIONS, AND
SMALL DIESEL REFINERIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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
10/00/95
03/00/96
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
Phone: 202 233-9074
RIN: 2060-AF45
3592. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
DELETION OF CERTAIN UNITS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60673
EPA—CAA Proposed Rule Stage
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
NPRM
Interim Final Rule
10/00/95
03/00/96
Small Entitles 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
Phone: 202 233-9074
RIN: 2060-AF46
3593. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
REVISIONS TO THE PERMITS
REGULATIONS UNDER TITLE IV OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT TO MAKE
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7601, 7651g
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
Final Action
10/00/95
03/00/96
3594. CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION
FROM AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT
ENGINES; EMISSION STANDARDS
AND TEST PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: CAA 231
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 87
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action proposes to
establish CO and NOx standards for
aircraft gas turbine engines with equal
to or greater than 26.7 kilonewtons
rated thrust. These standards, which
most of the affected engines are already
achieving, 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:
Small Entitles 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
Phone: 202 233-9151
RIN: 2060-AF47
less precise for water-based coatings
than it is for solvent-based coatings and
the imprecision increases as water
content increases. This action will
amend Method 24 by adding a direct
measurement procedure for measuring
VOC content of water-based coatings.
This amendment will improve the
precision of method 24 for water-based
coatings.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/95
Final Action 07/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3576.
Agency Contact: Bryan Manning,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Rd., Ann
Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 741-7832
RIN: 2060-AF50
3595. OPERATING PERMITS:
REVISIONS (PART 70)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
114 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AF70
3596. AMENDMENTS TO METHOD 24
(WATER-BASED COATINGS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The determination of volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) content ofa
surface coating by reference method 24
involves determination of its water
content, and calculation of its VOC
content as the difference of the two
measurements (volatile content minus
water content). Method 24 is inherently
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/96
10/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3649.
Agency Contact: Candace Sorrell,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-19), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1064
RIN: 2060-AF72
3597. FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN (FIP) TO CONTROL EMISSIONS
FROM SOURCES LOCATED ON THE
FORT HALL INDIAN RESERVATION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act title I
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA will propose federal
rulemaking for sources located on fee
lands to implement the intent of the
Clean Air Act (CAA) Title I program
to bring about attainment of the PM-
10 NAAQS both on and off the Fort
Hall Indian Reservation.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3637.
Agency Contact: Steve Body (AT-082),
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Region 10, 1200 Sixth
Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206 553-0782
RIN: 2060-AF84
-------
6P674 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA Proposed Rule Stage
3598. SALES VOLUME LIMIT
PROVISIONS FOR SMALL-VOLUME
MANUFACTURE CERTIFICATION FOR
CLEAN FUEL AND CONVENTIONAL
VEHICLE CONVERSIONS AND
RELATED PROVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: CAA section
202,203,247, 301(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 85; 40 CFR 86;
40 CFR 88
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action proposes to
temporarily raise the 10,000 vehicle
sales volume limit for vehicle
converters seeking certification under
the smair volume manufacturers
provisions. In addition, several other
related technical amendments to the
Clean Fuel Fleet and California Pilot
Programs would be proposed. This
action is accompanied by a direct final
rule for same proposed related
technical amendments arid a
withdrawal notice for the current sales
volume limit provisions under the
Small Volume Manufacturer Program
for Clean-fuel Vehicle Conversions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/95
Final Action 04/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3643.
Agency Contact: Bryan Manning,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, National Fuel &
Emissions Vehicle Laboratory, 2565
Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 741-7832
RIN: 2060-AF87
3599. NESHAP FOR
PERCHLOROETHYLENE DRY
CLEANING FACILITIES:
AMENDMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401, 7412,
7414, 7416, 7601
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 subpart M
Legal Deadline: Other, Judicial,
October 1995.
It is anticipated that a consent decree
will be issued by 10/95, requiring
proposal by April 1996 and
promulgation by 11/96.
Abstract: The Agency is proceeding to
enter into a consent decree with the
International Fabricare Institute (IFI).
IFI litigated on several issues that
involved the NESHAP. A settlement
agreement was reached and the Agency
has agreed to amend the standard. As
part of the settlement, the Agency will
be "grandfathering" transfer machines
installed between proposal and
promulgation, as existing sources.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/96
Final Action 09/00/96,
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3642
Agency Contact: George Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, BSD, Combustion
Group, MD-13, Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1549
RIN: 2060-AF90
3600. AMENDMENT OF ENHANCED
INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51, subpart S
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action is a technical
amendment to the enhanced
inspection/ maintenance (I/M)
performance standard included in the
November 5, 1992 I/M rule (40 CFR
part 51, subpart S). The amendment is
in response to a court ruling and will
have no net effect on existing
requirements for state and local I/M
programs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/95
Final Action 03/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3598.
Agency Contact: Eugene J. Tierney,
Chief, I/M Section, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
2565 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 668-4456
RIN: 2060-AG07
3601. FOURIER TRANSFORM
INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FTIR)
EXTRACTIVE TEST METHOD • SELF-
VALIDATING PROCEDURE AND CEM
PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 app A; 40
CFR 60 app F
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: A generic test procedure that
any industry can follow using FTIR
analysis will be developed. This
procedure would also require
validation testing similar to Method
301 since the Method is not source-
specific. Generic procedures for using
an FTIR as a continuous emission
monitor would include several
alternatives for sampling which would
differ depending on the source.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/00/96
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3599.
Agency Contact: Rima Dishakjian,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Source Characterization
Group A (MD-19), Research Triange
Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0443
RIN: 2060-AG08
3602. COMPLIANCE APPLICATION
GUIDANCE FOR 40 CFR 194
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 102-579; Land
Withdrawal Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 191; 40 CFR 194
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Compliance Application
Guidance (previously titled Format and
Content Guide) will be a guidance
document for 40 CFR 194 compliance
criteria. These criteria are being
developed pursuant to the Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Land
Withdrawal Act and EPA's radioactive
waste disposal standards (40 CFR 191).
The compliance criteria are proceeding
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60675
EPA CAA Proposed Rule Stage
separately In the regulatory process.
These criteria include a number of
requirements that will be used by EPA
to determine if the Department of
Energy's (DOE) application to open the
WIPP complies with 40 CFR 191. The
Format and Content Guide for 40 CFR
194 will 1) provide more detailed
information on the completeness
requirements discussed in the criteria,
and it will 2) be used by EPA to judge
if DOE has submitted in its application
the information required by 40 CFR
194. There may be overlap in this
Format and Content Guide and RCRA
information needs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Notice of Availability 10/00/95
of Draft Guidance
Final Action 11/00/95
Notice of Availability 12/00/95
of Final Guidance
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3538.
Agency Contact: Tom Peake,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 401M Street SW.,
6602J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 233-9765
R1N: 2060-AG09
3603. DETERMINING CONFORMITY OF
GENERAL FEDERAL ACTIONS TO
STATE OR FEDERAL
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS (FOR
ATTAINMENT AND UNCLASSIFIABLE
AREAS)
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 740l/et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 93
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
December 7,1995. Final, Judicial, April
14, 1996.
Abstract: The purpose of this rule is
to supplement a previous regulation
published on November 30,1993,
which applies to determining
conformity of general Federal actions to
State or Federal implementation plans
("general conformity"). The previous
regulation applies to geographic areas
of the country designated (for air
quality purposes) as nonattainment or
maintenance areas. A nonattainment
area is one which is not attaining one
or more National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS). A maintenance
area is one which now attains the
NAAQS and was redesignated as a
maintenance area after the 1990 Clean
Air Act Amendments (CAAA). States
must follow a maintenance plan for
such areas which ensure that the area
will continue to attain the NAAQS for
a specified period of time.
The purpose of conformity regulations
is to ensure that actions taken by
Federal entities do not cause or
contribute to a violation of the NAAQS
and thereby undermine the State
Implementation Plan (SIP) for that area.
The rule EPA is now proposing would
apply the concept of conformity to
geographic areas of the country which
are designated as attainment or
unclassifiable areas (i.e., those areas of
the country not currently covered by
the existing general conformity
regulations).
This proposed rule will establish the
criteria and procedures governing the
determination of conformity for all
Federal actions occurring in attainment
or unclassifiable areas, except Federal
highway and transit actions
("transportation conformity").
Transportation conformity requirements
are being established in a separate
rulemaking action.
Timetable:
general environment around the '
potential repository to be located at
Yucca Mountain, Nevada. These
standards will protect human health
and the environment from exposure to
radioactive wastes disposed of in the
Yucca Mountain repository.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/07/95
Final Action 04/14/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3675.
Agency Contact: Gary Blais,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 401 M Street SW., MC
6301, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4491
RIN: 2060-AG10
3604. • ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION
PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, section
407
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 197
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
August 1, 1996.
Abstract: The Agency is developing the
standards which will set the acceptable
levels of radiation exposure in the
NPRM
Final Action
05/00/96
02/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3568
Previously listed under RIN 2060-AF38.
Agency Contact: Ray Clark,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 401 M Street SW., Mail
Code: 6602J, Washington, DC 2046Q
Phone: 202 233-9198
Fax: 202 233-9626
Email:
CLARK.RAY@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
RIN: 2060-AG14
3605. • TRANSPORTATION
CONFORMITY FLEXIBILITY AND
STREAMLINING
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
115 in Part II of this issue of the .
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AG16
3606. • REFORMULATED GASOLINE
OXYGEN CAP MODIFICATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC
7545; 42 USC 7601(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.41(g)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The final rule for
reformulated gasoline limits the amount
of oxygen allowed under VOC
controlled gasoline subject to the
simple model to 2.7 percent by weight.
States may petition to the
Administrator to increase the maximum
allowable oxygen content to 3.5
provided that there have been no ozone
exceedances during the prior three
years within covered areas in that State.
Since the complex model for
reformulated gasoline does not show a
negative impact on NOx of increased
oxygen content (the primary argument
for restricting oxygen content), it is
reasonable to change this simple model
-------
60676 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
requirement. The EPA is therefore re-
opening this portion of the final rule
for reformulated gasoline to take
comments on alternative methods for
states to request an increase in the
allowable oxygen content.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3725.
Agency Contact: Christine Brunner,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NVFEL, 2565 Plymouth
Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4287
RIN: 2060-AG17
3607. • PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
RECONSIDERATION OF BAN ON FIRE
EXTINGUISHERS CONTAINING HCFCS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
sec 610(d)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 subpart C
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA will reconsider the
exception for the use of class II
substances in portable fire
extinguishers under the Nonessential
Products Ban. The current regulations
provide an exemption until an
alternative substance is "commercially
available." At the time the regulations
were promulgated (December 30, 1993),
EPA was aware of several potential
substances under development and
testing. These substances are
continuing to be tested tested and
developed. EPA believes that once
these substances are available, they will
be able to replace the use of both halon
and HCFCs in portable fire
extinguishers.
EPA intends to reconsider the
expiration of the exemption to provide
better guidance to the regulated
community. The regulated community
is concerned with the use of the term
"commercially available" in the
regulatory text. Therefore, EPA will
propose revising the language by
providing a date-certain exemption.
EPA believes it can provide this type
of certainty to the regulated community
without compromising the goals of
protecting public health and the
environment.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
02/00/96
08/00/96
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3756.
Agency Contact: Cindy Newberg,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Mailcode 6205J, 401 M
Street SW., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 233-9729
TDD: 202 233-9577
RIN: 2060-AG19
3608. • AMENDMENTS TO APPENDIX
M OF PART 51, APPENDIX B OF PART
61, APPENDIX A OF PART 63, AND
PART 60
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401; 42 USC
7410-12; 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7416
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 61
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will revise the
format of emission test methods in
Parts 51, 60, 61, and 63 of Title 40
to follow the outline established by the
Emission Monitoring Management
Council to create uniformity among
program test methods.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/00/96
12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3743.
Agency Contact: Foston Curtis,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-19,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1063
Fax: 919 541-1039
RIN: 2060-AG21
3609. « AMENDMENT TO STANDARDS
OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW
STATIONARY SOURCES;
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, section
407
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action proposes to
clarify and update requirements for
source owners and operators who must
install and use continuous stack or duct
opacity monitoring equipment. This
action also proposes amendments
regarding design and performance
validation requirements for continuous
opacity monitoring system (COMS)
equipment in appendix B, PS-1. These
amendments to subpart A and PS-1 will
not change the affected facilities'
applicable emission standards or
requirement to monitor. The
amendments will: (1) clarify owner and
operator and monitor vender
obligations, (2) reaffirm and update
COMS design and performance
requirements, and (3) provide EPA and
affected facilities with equipment
assurances for carrying out effective
monitoring. The specifications shall
apply to all COMS's installed or
replaced after the date of promulgation.
Following promulgation, a source
owner, operator, or manufacturer will
be subject to these performance
specifications if installing a new
COMS, relocating a COMS, replacing a
COMS, recertifying a COMS that has
undergone substantial refurbishing, or
has been specifically required to
recertify the COMS with these
revisions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3744.
Agency Contact: Solomon Ricks,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-19,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5242
Fax: 919 541-1039
RIN: 2060-AG22
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60677
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
3610. • CONSOLIDATED FEDERAL
AIR RULE FOR THE SYNTHETIC
ORGANIC CHEMICAL
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 61;
40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On March 16,1995, President
Clinton and Vice President Gore issued
a report entitled, "Reinventing
Environmental Regulation," that
identified 25 initiatives to improve the
current regulatory system and to
initiate innovative pilot programs
designed to move toward a new system
of environmental management. One of
these initiatives, consolidated federal
air rules, is intended to eliminate
duplicative, near duplicative, and
overlapping federal air pollution
requirements that apply to a source,
resulting in a regulation that will be
simpler to implement and comply with
than the underlying individual rules.
The Chemical Manufacturer's
Association, representing the Synthetic
Organic Chemical Manufacturing
Industry (SOCMI) and the Air Pollution
Regulatory Authorities of Louisiana and
Texas (where many chemical plants are
located) have agreed to work with the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
on a pilot project to explore solutions
to crafting a consolidated rule that
would combine and simplify various
aspects of existing federal air rules that
apply to the chemical industry.
Timetable:
Phone: 919 541-5262
Fax: 919 541-3470
RIN: 2060-AG28
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 286 Industrial
Organic Chemicals
Additional Information: SAN No. 3748.
Agency Contact: Rick Colyer,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
3611. • REGULATION
REVIEW/BURDEN REDUCTION
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, section
407
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On March 16,1995, President
Clinton issued a report entitled,
"Reinventing Environmental
Regulation," that identified 25
initiatives to improve the current
regulatory system. This action is part
of the regulatory review process to
reduce unnecessary recordkeeping and
reporting requirements. Existing rules
are being reviewed for excess and/or
duplicative requirements. The Agency
will publish a list of those regulations
that will be revised or amended to
reduce unnecessary recordkeeping and
reporting requirements.
Timetable:
the CFR to reduce burden or '
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 subpart N
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action proposes an
amendment to the final rules for
chromium electroplating and
commercial sterilization. The
amendment would allow States to defer
nonmajor sources in both source
categories from the Title V permit
requirements for five years (December
1999). Also, this action includes and
exemption from the Title V permit
requirements for a segment of the
chromium electroplating source
category.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/31/95
06/30/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3750.
Agency Contact: Dave Markwordt,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0942
RIN: 2060-AG30
3612. • AMENDMENTS TO THE FINAL
RULES NESHAP FOR CHROMIUM
ELECTROPLATING AND NESHAP FOR
COMMERCIAL STERILIZATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/95
Final Action 01/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: Multiple
Additional Information: SAN No. 3674.
Agency Contact: Lalit Banker,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5420
RIN: 2060-AG36
3613. NAAQS: NITROGEN DIOXIDE
(REVIEW)
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7408/CAA
108; 42 USC 7409/CAA 109
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50.11
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
October 2, 1995. Final, Judicial,
October 1, 1996.
Abstract: Based on the revised air
quality criteria, EPA will determine
whether revisions to the standards are
appropriate..
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/95
Final Action 10/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
-------
60678 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
Additional Information: SAN No. 1004.
Agency Contact: John Haines,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, AQSSD/HESG,
MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC
27711
Phone: 919 541-5533
RIN: 2060-AC06
3614. NEXT REVISION TO THE
GUIDELINE ON AIR QUALITY
MODELING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Section 110(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
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 the
Guideline with new and/or improved
techniques.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/00/96
03/00/97
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, Air Quality Modeling
Group (MD-14), Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5562
RIN: 2060-AF01
3615. NSPS FOR SULFUR DIOXIDE
(SO2) - REVISION
Priority: Other Significant
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
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 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3106.
Agency Contact: Jim Eddinger,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5426
RIN: 2060-AD04
3616. • REVISION TO NSPS:
NONMETALLIC MINERALS
PROCESSING
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section lll(b)(l)(B) requires
EPA to "at least every 8 years, review
and, if appropriate, revise" NSPS.
Comments and suggested revisions
have been received from the National
Stone Association (NSA) on this NSPS.
The main concerns of NSA are some
emission testing requirements and
notification requirements. This revision
will address NSA's concerns as well as
other comments on this NSPS.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/95
12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 144 Sand and Gravel;
142 Crushed and Broken Stone,
Including Riprap; 145 Clay, Ceramic,
and Refractory Minerals; 149
Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Minerals,
Except Fuels
Additional Information: SAN No. 3753.
Agency Contact: Bill Neuffer,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5435
Fax: 919 541-5600
RIN: 2060-AG33
3617. INTEGRATED NESHAP AND
EFFLUENT GUIDELINES: PULP AND
PAPER
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
116 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AD03
3618. NESHAP: MINERAL WOOL
PRODUCTION INDUSTRY
Priority: Other Significant
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
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60679
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
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:
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
08/00/96
11/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3215.
Agency Contact: Mary K. Johnson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5025
RIN: 2060-AE08
3619. NESHAP: OIL AND NATURAL
GAS PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant
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-
trimothylpentane and n-hexane.
Potential HAP emission sources are
glycol dehydrator reboilers (stand-alone
and co-located); condensate, and
produced water storage vessels; and
equipment leaks at natural gas
processing plants and off-shore
production platforms.
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 01/00/96
Final Action 01/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
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
Phone: 919 541-2421
RIN: 2060-AE34
3620. NESHAP FOR FORMALDEHYDE-
BASED RESINS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 09/30/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 282 Plastics
Materials and Synthetic Resins,
Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Other
Manmade Fibers, Except Glass
Additional Information: SAN No. 3228.
Agency Contact: Peter J. Hofmann,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, MD-
13
Phone: 919 541-3713
RIN: 2060-AE36
3621. NESHAP: PHOSPHORIC ACID
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 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
11/00/95
11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3303.
Agency Contact: David F. Painter,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, (MD-13), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711
-------
80680 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
Phone: 919 541-5515
RIN: 2060-AE40
3622. NESHAP: STEEL PICKLING, HC1
PROCESS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 national
emission standards for 50% of the
source categories listed in Sec. 112e)
by Nov. 15, 1997. EPA plans to
promulgate this standard by November
30, 1996.
Abstract: Hydrochloric acid (HCl) and
chlorine are among the pollutants listed
as hazardous air pollutants in Section
112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended
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:
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:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
11/00/95
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/00/96
03/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
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
Phone: 919 541-3265
RIN: 2060-AE43
3624. NESHAP: PHOSPHATE
FERTILIZERS PRODUCTION
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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
Phone: 919 541-3265
RIN: 2060-AE41
3623. NESHAP—IRON FOUNDRIES
AND STEEL FOUNDRIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 all of the source
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 10
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 11/00/95
Final Action 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,
Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, (MD-13), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5515
RIN: 2060-AE44
3625. NESHAP: PRIMARY COPPER
SMELTERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 02/00/96
Final Action 02/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60681
EPA—CAA Proposed Rule Stage
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
Phone: 919 541-0881
BIN: 2060-AE46
3626. NESHAP: WOOL FIBERGLASS
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
Priority: Other Significant
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), 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 wool
fiberglass manufacturing industry may
reasonably be anticipated to emit
several of the 189 HAPs listed in
Section 112(b) of the CAA. As a
consequence, a regulatory development
program is being pursued for the wool
fiberglass manufacturing industry to
promulgate emission standards within
7 years of enactment of the CAA
amendments.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, (MD-13), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5435
RIN: 2060-AE75
3627. NESHAP: PRIMARY ALUMINUM
PLANTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Title HI 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:
NPRM 08/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 327 Concrete,
Gypsum, and Plaster Products
Additional Information: SAN No. 3123.
Agency Contact: William J. Neuffer,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/95
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, 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
Phone: 919 541-2837
RIN: 2060-AE76
3628. NESHAP: SECONDARY
ALUMINUM INDUSTRY
Priority: Other Significant
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 reasonably 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 is on
the list of categories scheduled for
standards promulgation within seven
years of enactment of the Act. The
purpose of this action is to pursue a
regulatory development program such
that emission standards may be
proposed and promulgated according to
the mandated schedule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/30/96
Small Entities Affected: None
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
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, ESD/MICG
(MD-13), Research Triangle Park, NC
27711
Phone: 919 541-1084
RIN: 2060-AE77
3629. NESHAP: PORTLAND CEMENT
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Other Significant
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.
-------
60682 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
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. Cement kilns
which burn RCRA hazardous waste
would be subject to a separate rule
being developed by the EPA Office of
Solid Waste.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/00/96
02/00/97
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, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5446
RIN: 2060-AE78
3630. NESHAP: PHARMACEUTICALS
PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant
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 control
emissions of hazardous air pollutants
from production of pharmaceuticals.
Pharmaceuticals production was
included on the initial list of categories
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 09/30/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 283 Drugs
Additional Information: SAN No. 3451.
Agency Contact: Randy McDonald,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5402
RIN: 2060-AE83
3631. NESHAP: CHLORINE
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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,
carbon tetrachloride and mercury) in
quantities sufficient to designate them
as a major source. As a consequence,
chlorine production is among the HAP-
emitting source categories selected for
regulation and is in the group of
categories for which final rules are
scheduled to be promulgated by
November 15, 1997 (58 FR 63941,
December 3, 1993).
Timetable:
Phone: 919 541-5308
RIN: 2060-AE85
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3449.
Agency Contact: Iliam D. Rosario,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, ESD/MG/MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
3632. NESHAP: FLEXIBLE
POLYURETHANE FOAM PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 06/00/96
Final Action 06/00/97
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, BSD (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2380
RIN: 2060-AE86
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60683
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
Action
3633. NESHAP: PRIMARY LEAD Timetable:
SMELTERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 category of hazardous air
pollutants. Potential emissions include
compounds of lead, and other metallic
HAPs as well as organic HAPs.
Emission standards would establish
maximum achievable control
technology requirements for affected
process units and fugitive dust sources.
This industry is comprised of two
companies which operate three
smelters in two states.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/95
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 333 Primary
Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous
Metals
Additional Information: SAN No. 3467.
Agency Contact: Kevin Cavender,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2364
R1N: 2060-AE97
3634. NESHAP: MANUFACTURE OF
TETRAHYDROBENZALDEHYDE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
NPRM 01/00/96
Final Action 07/00/96
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
Phone: 919 541-0296
RIN: 2060-AE99
3635. NATIONAL EMISSION
STANDARD FOR RADON EMISSIONS
FROM PHOSPHOGYPSUM STACKS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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
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
omissions sources that will be
controlled are process vents (e.g.
reactors); storage; equipment leaks and
other fugitive sources; transfer
operations; and wastewater operations.
.NPRM 11/00/95
Final Action 00/00/00
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
Phone: 202 233-9229
RIN: 2060-AF04
3636. NESHAP: MANUFACTURERS OF
ACRYLIC/MODACRYLIC FIBERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 07/05/96
Final Action 07/05/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
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
Phone: 919 541-5624
RIN: 2060-AF06
3637. NESHAP: POLYCARBONATES
PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant
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 09/30/96
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
Phone: 919 541-5416
RIN: 2060-AF09
-------
60684 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA Proposed Rule Stage
3638. DELISTING OF SOURCE
CATEGORIES UNDER 112(C):
STAINLESS AND NON-STAINLESS
STEEL MANUFACTURING AND
ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE (EAF)
OPERATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 that
neither category includes a "major"
source. Consequently, both source
categories will be removed from the
source category list pursuant to section
112(c) of the Clean Air Act.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3466.
Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5289
RIN: 2060-AF11
3639. PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT
WORKS (POTW) NESHAP
Priority: Other Significant
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: This rule will specify
maximum achievable control
technology for publicly owned
treatment works (POTW)- also known
as sewage/wastewater treatment plants,
or water reclamation facilities.
Hazardous air pollutant emissions from
the headworks, primary and secondary
treatment, solids handling, and other
operations will be considered in
developing the rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 3377.
Agency Contact: Bob Lucas,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0884
RIN: 2060-AF26
3640. NESHAP: BAKER'S YEAST
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 11 sources of
5 different manufacturers located in 8
different states. The only known HAP
emission from this source is
acetaldehyde. It is produced as a by-
product during the fermentation
process. 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
Final Action
03/00/96
03/00/97
NPRM 12/00/95
Final Action 10/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
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
Phone: 919 541-5624
RIN: 2060-AF30
3641. AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL
PROVISIONS FOR 40 CFR 63
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 101-549; Section
112, Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1
Legal Deadline: Other, Judicial,
00/00/00.
Court schedule being developed.
Abstract: The General Provisions were
promulgated on March 16, 1994 (59 FR
12408). The General Provisions create
the technical and administrative
framework and establish general '
procedures and criteria for j
implementing MACT standards. On t
May 16, 1994, six litigants filed j
petitions for EPA to review certain ;
provisions of the General Provisions. [
As a result of the litigation, it is [
anticipated that a number of technical
and administrative amendments to the
General Provisions will be proposed. '-,
Timetable: •
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/96 ;
Final Action 11/00/96 ,.
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State, •
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: Multiple
Additional Information: SAN No. 3551.
Agency Contact: James Szykman,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, ESD-PPSG
(MD-13), Research Triangle Park, NC
27711
Phone: 919 541-0164
RIN: 2060-AF31
3642. DECISION ON THE PETITION TO
REMOVE CAPROLACTAM FROM THE
LIST OF HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
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.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60685
EPA—-CAA Proposed Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/95
Final Action 01/00/96
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3046.
Statutory decision to delist 02/20/95
Agency Contact: Nancy Pate,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-12, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5347
BIN: 2060-AF33
3643. REGIONAL HAZE PROTECTION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
169A
CFR Citation: 40 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
06/30/96
01/31/97
NPRM
Final Action
Small Entitles 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
and Radiation, MD-15, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5532
RIN: 2060-AF32
3644. NATIONAL VOLATILE ORGANIC
COMPOUND EMISSION STANDARDS
FOR AUTOMOBILE REF1NISH
COATINGS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 183(e)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, March
1997.
Abstract: Section 183 (e) requires EPA
to study the emissions of volatile
organic compounds (VOC) from
consumer and commercial products,
list those categories of products that
account for at least 80 percent of the
total VOC emissions from consumer
and commercial products in areas
classified as nonattainment for ozone,
divide the list into four groups, and
regulate one group every 2 years using
best available controls (BAG). Based on
the criteria described in the consumer
and commercial product study (March
1995), and category listing (March
1995), EPA has determined that VOC
emissions from automobile refinish
coatings should be regulated by March
1997. Automobile refinish coatings can
be generally classified as primers and
topcoats, each consisting of several
different types, the proposed rule
divides automobile refinish coatings
into 6 categories, and contains VOC
content limits for each category.
Automobile refinish coatings are used
by body shops and by "do-it
yourselfers." However, the proposed
rule does not directly affect these small
businesses. Rather, the rule would
apply to coating manufacturers and
importers, and would limit the VOC
content of coatings that are produced
for sale in the United States.
Timetable:
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3281.
Agency Contact: Mark Morris,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5416
RIN: 2060-AE35
3645. VOC REGULATION FOR
ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act of 1990,
section 183(E)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulation will control
volatile organic compound (VOC)
emissions from architectural 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 01/00/96
Final Action 01/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/95
Final Action 02/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3351.
Docket Number A-92-18
Agency Contact: Ellen Ducey,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5408
RIN: 2060-AE55
3646. AEROSOL SPRAY PAINTS RULE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, section
183(e)
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory,
March 1996. Final, Statutory, March
1997.
Abstract: Section 183 (e) of the Clean
Air Act of 1990 (the Act) requires that
-------
60S86 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA Proposed Rule Stage
the EPA study volatile organic
compound (VOC) emissions from
consumer and commercial products.
The objectives of this study are to
determine the potential of consumer
and commercial products to contribute
to ozone levels which violate the
national ambient air quality standards
(NAAQS) for ozone; and to establish
criteria for regulating consumer and
commercial products under section
183(e). Upon completion of the study,
the EPA must submit a report to
Congress that documents the results of
the study.
Aerosol spray paints have been
identified as being the largest single
emitter of VOC emissions, considering
all categories of consumer products.
Therefore, the EPA has determined that
aerosol spray paints is one of the
source categories to be regulated under
section 183(e) of the Act. For spray
paints, EPA considers a VOC to be any
organic compound in the coating that
volatilizes during air-drying or bake-
film forming. This includes solvents
and propellants, as well as other
volatiles used to dissolve resins and
additives. Options for VOC reductions
from aerosol spray paints include
reformulation and limits on the VOC
content. VOC content of the paints, and
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/31/96
05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3659.
Agency Contact: Paul Almodovar,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0283
RIN: 2060-AF61
3647. NATIONAL VOC EMISSION
STANDARDS FOR CONSUMER
PRODUCTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, section
183(e)
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory,
March 1996. Final, Statutory, March
1997.
Abstract: Section 183(e) of the Clean
Air Act requires that EPA list those
categories of consumer and commercial
products (CCPs) that account for at
least 80 percent of volatile organic
compounds (VOC) from all CCPs in
ozone nonattainment areas. The list is
to be divided into 4 groups by priority.
The EPA is to regulate one group of
categories every 2 years until all 4
groups are regulated. The first group
must be regulated no later than 2 years
after the EPA publishes the list and
regulatory schedule.
The EPA has listed for regulation a
group of 24 products which are
currently regulated by California and
several other States. The rule would set
VOC content limits for the 24 categories
of products. These limitations are
currently being met by product
manufacturers marketing products in
California and other States. A Federal
rule would provide consistency and
would assist other States in achieving
VOC reductions toward their 15-percent
rate-of-progress requirements. This rule
is supported by both the States and by
the consumer products industry.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/95
Final Action 03/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3658.
Agency Contact: Bruce Moore,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5460
RIN: 2060-AF62
3648. REVISED LIGHT-DUTY
DURABILITY PROCEDURES FOR
MODEL YEAR 1999 AND LATER
Priority: Other Significant
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 02/00/96
Final Action 10/00/96
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
Phone: 313 668-4244
RIN: 2060-AE06
3649. NATIONAL 49-STATE LOW-
EMISSION VEHICLES PROGRAM
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
117 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AF75
3650. CONTROL OF NITROGEN OXIDE
AND PARTICULATE EMISSIONS
FROM HEAVY-DUTY ENGINES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
118 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AF76
3651. AMENDMENT CONCERNING
THE LOCATION OF SELECTIVE
ENFORCEMENT AUDITS OF FOREIGN
MANUFACTURED VEHICLES AND
ENGINES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7525/CAA
206(b)
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60687
Proposed Rule Stage
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
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 die regulations. Presently,
EPA must travel overseas to conduct
SEA audits of foreign manufactured
vehicles and engines, even though most
manufacturers now have access to
laboratory facilities in the U.S. The
benefits include a reduction in Agency
cost since fewer overseas trips would
bo necessary. Also, EPA would be able
to conduct more audits of foreign
manufactured vehicles and engines.
Separate from the provisions proposed
in this NPRM for amendments to allow
port selection for SEAs, EPA is also
proposing to make two other
amendments to 40 CFR Part 86. The
first would amend current Selective
Enforcement Auditing regulations to
change the minimum annual limit of
Selective Enforcement Audits per
manufacturer to two (2) per year.
Currently, the minimum annual limit
is one audit per manufacturer. Under
the proposed amendments EPA would
bo able to perform a second audit on
those manufacturers that might
otherwise be limited to one audit.
The second additional proposed
amendment to Part 86 would delete
from Subparts A and E references to
the Agency representation in certain
types of administrative hearings. The
t\vo provisions state that the Office of
General Counsel will represent the
Agency in administrative procedures
governing hearings on certification for
light-duty vehicles, light-duty trucks,
heavy-duty engines and motorcycles.
The Agency is proposing to delete these
two provisions in order to be consistent
with other hearing procedures in Part
86.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 01/00/96
Small Entitles 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
Phone: 202 233-9250
RIN: 2060-AD90
3652. "SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR"
DEFINITION FOR DIESEL FUELS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545/CAAA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 211(fJ(l)(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:
3653. NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION
ENGINES AT OR BELOW 19
KILOWATTS (25
HORSEPOWER)(PHASE 2)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
119 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AE29
3654. NSPS: NITROGEN OXIDE
EMISSIONS FROM FOSSILE-FUEL
FIRED STEAM GENERATING UNITS -
REVISION
Priority: Economically Significant
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,
October 31, 1995. Final, Statutory,
January 1,1994. Final, Judicial,
December 31, 1996.
Abstract: The current NSPS for electric
utility and nonutility steam generating
units were promulgated in 1979 and
1986, respectively. A major feature of
the NSPS is NOx control through the
use of low NOx burners or overfired
air. 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 both electric utility and
nonutility units. These revised
standards are to reflect improvements
in methods for the reduction of NOx
emissions.
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Date
05/30/91
02/00/96
02/00/97
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, 401 M Street SW., Mail
Code 6406J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 233-9303
RIN: 2060-AD77
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/95
Final Action 01/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services;
20 Food and Kindred Products
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3352.
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
Phone: 919 541-5426
Fax: 919 541-0072
RIN: 2060-AE56
-------
60888 Federal Register / Vol. 60. No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28. 1995 I Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
3655. ACID RAIN PHASE II NITROGEN
OXIDES REDUCTION PROGRAM
Priority: Economically Significant
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: Title IV of the Act authorizes
EPA to establish the Acid Rain Program
to reduce the adverse effects of acidic
deposition. Specifically, the Act
mandates a 10 million ton reduction in
SO2, to be achieved in two phases
through the use of an innovative
emissions of NOx. On April 13, 1995,
EPA promulgated a rule establishing
emission limits for emissions of NOx
from Group 1 boilers (o.50 Ib/mmBtu
for dry bottom wall-fired boilers and
0.45 Ib/mmBtu for tangentially fired
boilers). Compliance with the rule
would be achieved in two phases:
Phase I affected units were required to
meet the applicable limits by 1996,
while Phase II affected units by 2000.
Section 407 also provides for revisions
to the Group 1 emission limitations
established in the April 13, 1995 rule
for Phase II affected units, and for the
establishment of emission limits for
Group 2 boilers (wet bottom wall-fired
boilers, cyclones, units applying cell
burner technology, and all other types
of utility boilers not classified as dry
bottom wall-fired and tangentially fired
boilers).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 3575
(combined with SAN 3571) This action
resulted from merging RIN 2060-AF44
(SAN 3571) with RIN 2060-AF48 (SAN
3575).
Agency Contact: Peter Tsirigotis,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6204J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 233-9133
Fax: 202 233-9595
RIN: 2060-AF48
3656. • PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: LISTING
OF GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIALS
FOR OZONE-DEPLETING
SUBSTANCES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Section 602 of Title
VI of the Clean Air Act Amendments
of 1990
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
August 30, 1995.
Abstract: Under a consent agreement
to complete statutory obligations under
Title VI of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 (CAA), EPA must
list the global warming potentials for
ozone-depleting substances. As stated
in the CAA, the listing of global
warming potentials, "shall not be
construed to be the basis of any
additional regulation." EPA is
proposing global warming potentials for
class I and class II controlled
substances as they are listed in the
'Scientific Assessment of Ozone
Depletion: 1994' that was published by
the United Nations Environment
Program (UNEP) in early 1995.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/06/95 60 FR 52357
Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3715.
Agency Contact: Tom Land,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 401 M Street SW.,
(6205J), Washington, DC 20460 •
Phone: 202 233-9185
RIN: 2060-AG35
3657. AMENDMENT TO THE MVAC
RULE TO INCLUDE ALL
REFRIGERANTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 10/00/95
Final Action 02/00/96
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
Phone: 202 233-9147
RIN: 2060-AF35
3658. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
SUPPLEMENTAL RULE REGARDING
A RECYCLING STANDARD UNDER
SECTION 608
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60689
EPA—CAA Proposed Rule Stage
Abstract: The current rule sunsets the Timetable:
requirement that a reclamation standard Action Date
be met, as of May 1,1995. Several
members of the regulated community
have approached EPA requesting that
the requirement not be sunsetted 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
tho affected industry agrees is
beneficial in order to encourage
compliance.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/95
Final Action 03/00/96
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
Phone: 202 233-9149
R1N: 2060-AF36
3659. AMENDMENT TO THE
REFRIGERANT RECYCLING RULE TO
INCLUDE ALL REFRIGERANTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 101-54, section 608
of tho 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, recovery/recycling.
Abstract: This action would facilitate
fulfillment of the statutory mandate to
apply the venting prohibition to
substitute refrigerants. The action
would provide regulations covering
recovery/recycling equipment,
recovery/recycling practices, and
applicable certifications that would be
required to accomplish compliance
with the no-venting prohibition.
Requirements would parallel those of
the current section 608 regulations,
expanding applicability, where
appropriate, to all refrigerants.
NPRM 10/00/95
Final Action 02/00/96
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
Phone: 202 233-9149
RIN: 2060-AF37
3660. AMENDMENT TO THE
REFRIGERANT RECYCLING RULE TO
MODIFY THE SALES RESTRICTIONS
OF SPLIT SYSTEMS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq,
section 608
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 subpart F
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will include the
reconsideration of the sales restriction
as it relates to split systems. The
Agency was petitioned to reconsider
the part of the sales restriction that
included the sale of pre-charged split
systems. It restricted such sales to
certified technicians. Since then, EPA
stayed that portion of the sales
restriction in response to the petition.
It will include the determination of the
Agency related to the reconsideration.
It addresses environmental problems of
ozone-depletion resulting from
emissions of CFCs, HCFCs, and other
ozone-depleting substances. Through
restricting sales of certain precharged
items to persons certified as
technicians, emissions to the
atmosphere are decreased. The impact
on small businesses and governments
would be negligible, since persons can
become certified if the EPA
determination is full restriction. Most
businesses and governments will have
at least one certified technician on
board.
Timetable:
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3639.
Agency Contact: Debbie Ottinger,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 401 M Street SW., Mail
Code 6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 233-9149
RIN: 2060-AF81
3661. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: DIRECT
FINAL RULE EXTENDING
RECLAMATION REQUIREMENTS OF
THE SECTION 608 REFRIGERANT
RECYCLING RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq,
section 608
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 subpart F
Legal Deadline: None
Due to the regulatory sunset date, this
direct final rule must be promulgated
before 5/15/95. EPA hopes to
promulgate as early as possible.
Abstract: At industry request, EPA is
developing more flexible recycling and
recovery standards. Industry also
requested that the May 15th sunset date
not be sunsetted. WHile we are
developing the more flexible
regulations, it is necessary to put forth
a direct final rule to extend the
reclamation standard past the May 15
date. EPA plans to propose the flexible
standards in April or May of this year.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
01/00/96
07/00/96
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/95
03/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3673
Agency Contact: Debbie Ottinger,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Mail Code 6205J, 401
M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 233-9149
RIN: 2060-AF97
-------
60690 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday. November 28, 1995 / Unified Agend
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
3662. • PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
RECONSIDERATION OF SECTION 608
SALES RESTRICTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq;
Clean Air Act section 608
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 subpart F
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The rule will include the
reconsideration of the sales restriction
as it relates to split systems. The
Agency was petitioned to reconsider
the part of the sales restriction that
included the sale of pre-charged split
systems. It restricted such sales to
certified technicians. Since then, EPA
stayed that portion of the sales
restriction in response to the petition.
This rule will include the
determination of the Agency related to
the reconsideration. It addresses
environmental problems of ozone
depletion resulting from emissions of
CFCs, HCFCs, and other ozone-
depleting substances. Through
restricting sales of certain pre-charged
items to persons certified as
technicians, emissions to the
atmosphere are decreased. The impact
on small businesses and governments
would be negligible, since persons can
become certified if the EPA
determination is a full restriction. Most
businesses and governments will have
at least one certified technician on
board.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/00/96
Final Action 07/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 358 Refrigeration and
Service Industry Machinery; 52
Building Materials, Hardware, Garden
Supply, and Mobile Home Dealers
Additional Information: SAN No. 3673.
Agency Contact: Mavis Sanders,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 401 M Street SW., Mail
6205J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 233-9737
Fax: 202 233-9577
RIN: 2060-AG20
3663. SUPPLEMENTAL RULE TO
REQUIRE CERTAIN PRODUCTS MADE
WITH HCFCS TO BEAR WARNING
LABEL
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq,
section 611
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 subpart F
Legal Deadline: None
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 9 and 82
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 612 of the Clean Air
Act requires EPA to identify
alternatives to Class I and II ozone
depleting substances and to publish
lists of acceptable and unacceptable
substitutes. Producers of substitutes
must notify EPA at least 90 days before
alternatives are introduced into
interstate commerce. Unlike acceptable
alternatives (see Notices), substitutes
which are deemed by EPA to be
unacceptable or acceptable subject to
use restrictions must go through notice
and comment rulemaking. Substitute
lists are updated intermittently
Abstract: EPA has been petitioned by
Friends of the Earth to expand our
labeling requirements to include
products containing or manufactured
with HCFCs. We are bound by statute
to^6S'DOnH Vtv 18fi rlavQ frmrl-X^jn/l Tf
A ^ojjuiau. uy JHJ\J vidV o ^liilU IViclYJ. il
EPA grants the petition, the proposed
rulemaking will be the response.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3640.
Deadline is based on the statutory 180-
day response time to petitions.
Agency Contact: Mavis Sanders,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 233-9737
RIN: 2060-AF93,
depending on the volume of
notifications.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM 01/16/92 57 FR 1984
NPRM 05/12/93 58 FR 28094
Filial Rule 03/18/94 59 FR 13044
Notice - 1 08/26/94 59 FR 44240
NPRM-1 09/26/94 59 FR 491 08
Notice - 2 01/13/95 60 FR 3318
Final Rule - 1 06/13/95 60 FR 31092
Notice - 3 07/28/95 60 FR 38729
NPRM -2 10/02/95 60 FR 51383
Notice - 4 1 0/00/95
NPRM -3 11/00/95
Final Action - 2 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Fscisrs.!
Additional Information: SAN No. 3525
(generic)
3664. • UPDATE OF THE
ACCEPTABLITY LIST UNDER THE
SIGNIFICANCE NEW ALTERNATIVES
POLICY (SNAP) PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414, 7601,
7671 / Clean Air Act section 612
Agency Contact: Sally Rand,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, 401 M Street
SW., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 233-9739
RIN: 2060-AG12
-------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Final Rule Stage
3665. COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE
MONITORING PROGRAM
(PREVIOUSLY ENHANCED
MONITORING PROGRAM)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
126 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AD18
3666. LOCOMOTIVE EMISSION
STANDARDS
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7547
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
Novemher 15,1995.
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 areas
of the country for some pollutants. This
rulemaking may allow for uniform
control of locomotive emissions on the
national level.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 08/00/96
NPRM 12/00/96
Smalt Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2961.
Agency Contact: Peter Huthchins,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-8340
RIN: 2060-AD33
3667. ACID RAIN OPT-IN
REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: PL 101-549; Clean Air
Act Amendments of 1990, title IV
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 74
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 11/00/95
Process Sources
NPRM 12/00/95
Final 12/00/96
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
Phone: 202 233-9122
RIN: 2060-AD43
3668. FEDERAL OPERATING PERMIT
RULES
Priority: Other Significant
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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/27/95 60 FR 20804
Final Action 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3369.
Agency Contact: Candace Carraway,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-12), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3189
RIN: 2060-AD68
3669. REGULATION OF FUELS AND
FUEL ADDITIVES: CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPOSIT
CONTROL GASOLINE ADDITIVES
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC
7545; 42 USC 7601(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, March
29, 1996.
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: Section 211(1) of the Clean
Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 1990
requires all gasoline sold to the
consumer in the United States
beginning January 1, 1995 to contain
additives to control the formation of
motor vehicle engine and fuel system
deposits. To accomplish the statute's
objectives, EPA proposed a detergent
additive certification program which
would require testing to demonstrate
the effective performance and proper
concentration of detergent additives in
gasoline. The certification tests were to
be vehicle-based test procedures
already in use by industry and (at time
of the proposal) in the process of being
standardized by the American Society
for testing and Materials (ASTM). To
meet the statute's January 1, 1995
implementation date, while providing
sufficient time for finalization of the
ASTM test procedures as well as
adequate lead time for industry to
comply with the' certification test
requirements, EPA decided to finalize
the detergent additive program in two
phases. Accordingly, an interim
program was finalized in October, 1994,
and went into effect on January 1,1995.
The interim program requires all
gasoline to contain effective deposit
control additives but does not include
specific testing and performance
requirements. The final rule currently
under development will implement
-------
60692 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 7 Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
detergent additive certification testing
and performance standards, and is
anticipated to become effective April 1,
1997.
Timetable:
implement the goal of the program, the
rule will provide direction for
providing information or services to the
Agency.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite Action
NPRM 12/06/93 58 FR 64213
Interim Final Rule 11/01/94 59 FR 54678
Final Action 03/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Sectors Affected: 291 Petroleum
-Refining; 421 Trucking and Courier
Services, Except Air; 554 Gasoline
Service Stations; 289 Miscellaneous
Chemical Products
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3018.
Agency Contact: Jeffery A. Herzog,
U.S. EPA (SRPB), Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
2565 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI
48105-2425
Phone: 313 668-4227
Fax: 313 741-7816
BIN: 2060-AD71
3670. REGULATIONS GOVERNING
AWARDS UNDER SECTION 113(F) OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 74i3(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 address
confidentiality matters; some citizens
provide information or services on a
confidential basis. Furthermore, to
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/03/94 59 FR 22795
12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2939.
Agency Contact: Gary Secrest,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, (2242-A), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-8661
RIN: 2060-AD81
3671. INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS-
ONBOARD DIAGNOSTIC CHECKS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
08/18/95 60 FR 43092
11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3264.
Agency Contact: Eugene J. Tierney,
Chief, Inspection Maintenance Section,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4456
RIN: 2060-AE19
3672. NESHAPS PERTAINING TO
FACILITIES OTHER THAN
COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER
REACTORS LICENSED BY THE
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION (NRC) OR BY NRG
AGREEMENT STATES
Priority: Other Significant
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 safety
to protect the public health. Several
issues have arisen since EPA issued the
proposal rescission which must be
resolved before EPA can make the
requisite legal finding pursuant to
Section 112(d)(9). EPA has decided that
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:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 01/31/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3146.
Agency Contact: Gale Bonanno,
Attorney Advisor, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
401 M Street SW., ORIA - 6602J,
Washington, DC 20460, 202-233-9219
or
Phone: 202 23'3-9773
RIN: 2060-AE39
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 7 Unified Agenda 60693
EPA—CAA Final Rule Sta9e
3673. ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTICS
SERVICE INFORMATION AVAILABLE
Priority: Other Significant
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 11/00/95
Smalt Entitles 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
Phone: 313 668-4434
RIN: 2060-AE93
3674. NSPS: SYNTHETIC ORGANIC
CHEMICALS MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRY - WASTEWATER
Priority: Other Significant
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:
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 2711
Phone: 919 541-0884
RIN: 2060-AE94
3675. ADDITION OF METHODS 204,
204A - 204F FOR MEASUREMENT OF
VOC EMISSIONS FROM STATIONARY
SOURCES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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
NPRM 09/12/94 59 FR 46780
Final Action 03/00/96
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
describe procedures for estimating the
opacity of visible emissions. States
have requested that EPA promulgate
these methods so that they can use
them in State Implementation Plans in
enforcing visible emissions regulations
from Stationary Sources.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
NPRM 08/02/95 60 FR 39297
Final Action 04/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3506.
Agency Contact: Candace Sorrell,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Source Characterization
Group A (MD-19), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1064
RIN: 2060-AF02
3676. METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT
OF VISIBLE EMISSIONS - THE
ADDITION OF METHODS 203A, 203B,
AND 203C TO APPENDIX M OF PART
51
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401(b)(l); 42
USC 7410; 42 USC 7470 to 7479; 42
USC 7501 to 7508; 42 USC 7601(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking adds Test
Methods 203A, 203B, and 203C to 40
CFR Part 51, Appendix M (entitled
"Example Test Methods for State
Implementation Plans"). These methods
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/22/93 51 FR 61639
Final Action 10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2915.
Agency Contact: Roy Huntley,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-14), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1060 .
RIN: 2060-AF83
3677. REVISION OF EPA'S
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY
RESPONSE PLAN
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: PL 96-295,sec304; EO
12777
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) Radiological
Emergency Response Plan (RERP)
establishes a framework for timely,
coordinated EPA action to protect
public health and safety and the
environment in response to a peacetime
radiological incident. The original EPA
RERP was approved in 1986. This new
revision updates authorities,
responsibilities, capabilities, and
procedures for implementing effective
radiological emergency response
actions by EPA Offices. The RERP
presents the EPA organizational
structure and concept of operations for
responding to radiological incidents as
a participant in a Federal multi-agency
response using the Federal Radiological
Emergency Response Plan (FRERP) and
the Federal Response Plan (FRP), and
independently using the National Oil
and Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (NCP). This revision
incorporates recent changes to the
FRERP and NCP, and many other
policy updates. In short, this revision
ensures that EPA maintains a
comprehensive strategy to provide
organized, effective assistance to State
-------
60694 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28. 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA Finar Rule Stage
and local governments in the event of
a radiological emergency.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Notice of Availability 09/30/95
Revise Radiological 06/00/96
Emergency
Response Plan
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3638.
Agency Contact: Jonathan D. Edwards,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 401 M St SW Mailcode
6602J, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 233-9366
RIN: 2060-AF85
3678. NSPS APPENDIX A -
REFERENCE METHODS;
AMENDMENTS TO METHOD 24 FOR
THE DETERMINATION OF VOLATILE
MATTER CONTENTS, WATER
CONTENT, DENSITY, VOLUME AND
WEIGHT SOLIDS OF SURFACE
COATINGS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would remedy
the present in efficiencies in Method
24 with respect to ultraviolet radiation
cured coatings by making the
appropriate additions and revisions to
this method.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
01/09/95
11/00/95
FR Cite
60 FR 2369
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3419
Agency Contact: Candace Sorrell,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Emission Measurement
Branch (MD-19), Research Triange Park,
NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1064
RIN: 2060-AGOO
3679. • AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
SURVEILLANCE, RECENSION OF
NAMS AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FOR
LEAD
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7409; 42 USC
7601(a); 42 USC 7410; 42 USC 7613;
42 USC 7619; 1857G(a) Sec. 15(c)(2)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50G; 40 CFR 53;
40 CFR 58
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Because of the success in the
reduction of ambient lead levels due
to the elimination of lead in gasoline
and the shift towards focusing on point
sources, the Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards (OAQPS) is
revising the Part 58 Air Monitoring
Regulations for Lead which would
allow lead national ambient monitoring
stations (NAMS) monitors to be
discontinued. At the same time
monitoring around point sources will
be encouraged, for sources with
emissions greater than 5 tons/year. This
action is at the direct request of
numerous State and local agencies
whose NAMS lead monitors are
recording values at the minimum
detectable (MDL) of the methodology.
Since small point sources are so
variable in their emissions/impacts,
that to prevent over-estimating ambient
lead levels, complete sampling coverage
is recommended. Complete sampling is
defined as continuous or daily
sampling. To provide complete
everyday sampling at lead point
sources at the same relative cost as the
current procedure (one sample every 6
days followed by individual filter
analysis), the regulation will be
modified to allow: (l)use 2 or 3 high-
volume samplers at each location;
(2)sample for 48 instead of 24 hours;
(3)use a convenient continuous
sampling schedule, i.e., noon-to-noon
or 9a.m.-9a.m., etc.; (4) follow the
AREAL approved procedure for
compositing up to 8 filters in a single
analysis; and (5) report monthly
averages which will be averaged
together to produce the quarterly
concentration to compare with the
standard. This rule serves as both a
regulation and as a guideline for State
and local agencies in establishing and
maintaining their ambient air
monitoring networks. Much of the
language within this rule has not -
changed since it was originally written
in 1979, with a few exception. Because
this rule provides guidance as well as
regulatory requirements, there are
several sections of text that should be
updated to reflect current ambient air
monitoring information and references.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3650.
Agency Contact: Neil Berg, Jr.,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Monitoring and Quality
Assurance Group, MD-14, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5520
Fax: 919 541-1903
RIN: 2060-AG23
3680. • REVISION TO DEFINITION OF
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -
EXCLUSION OF HFC 4310ME AND
HCFC 225 CA AND CB
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 767lq
CFR Citation: 49 CFR si.ioo(s)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The definition of volatile
organic compound (VOC) at 40 CFR
51.100(s) is being revised to add HFC
43-10me and HCFC 225ca and cb to
the list of compounds having negligible
photochemical reactivity. This will
have the effect of removing these
compounds from regulation as VOC.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
01/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3745.
Agency Contact: William Johnson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-15,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5245
Fax: 919 541-0824
RIN: 2060-AG24
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60695
EPA-CAA
Flnal Rule
3681. • REVISION TO THE DEFINITION
OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND •
EXCLUSION OF
PERCHLOROETHYLENE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 767lq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 5l.lOO(s)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The definition of volatile
organic compound (VOC) at 40 CFR
51.100(s) is being revised to add
perchloroethylene to the list of
compounds having negligible
photochemical reactivity. This will
have the effect of removing
perchloreothylene from regulation as a
VOC.
Timetable:
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:
Action
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/26/92 57 FR 48490
Final Action 10/00/95
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 721 Laundry,
Cleaning, and Garment Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 3306.
Agency Contact: William Johnson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, SE., Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5245
RIN: 2060-AG25
3682. REVISIONS TO PART 35,
SUBPART A SECTION 105 AIR GRANT
REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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
roexamine and revise, as necessary,
certain aspects of the air grant cost-
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3446.
Agency Contact: William Houck,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6101), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-1754
RIN: 2060-AF03
3683. INDIAN TRIBES: AIR QUALITY
PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7405/CAA
105
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, April
15, 1992.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act of 1990
requires EPA to promulgate regulations
identifying those provisions of the CAA
for which it is appropriate to treat
tribes in the same manner as States.
For the provisions specified, a Tribe
may develop and implement one or
more of its own air quality programs.
In addition to specifying the CAA
provisions for which it is appropriate
to treat Tribes in the same manner as
States, the rule also establishes the
requirements that Indian Tribes must
meet if they choose to seek such
treatment, and provides for awards of
Federal financial assistance to the
Tribes.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/25/94 59 FR 43956
Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3087.
Agency Contact: Christine Parker,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Mail Code 6102,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6584
RIN: 2060-AF79
3684. NAAQS: SULFUR DIOXIDE
(REVIEW)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
127 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AA61
3685. NSPS: MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE LANDFILLS
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411/CAA
111
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 ;
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to develop standards for regulating non-
methane organic compounds (NMOC)
emissions from new and modified
municpal solid waste (MSW) landfills
under Section lll(b). Section lll(d)
requires States to develop emission
standards for existing landfills based on
EPA guidelines. The intended effect of
the standards and guidelines is to
require certain municipal solid waste
landfills to control emissions to the
level achievable by the best
demonstrated system of continuous
emission reduction, considering costs,
nonair quality health, and
environmental and energy impacts.
EPA is working with landfill owners
and operators, including local
governments and private owners,, to
produce a regulation based on
common-sensee techniques, providing
maximum flexibility for owners and
operators, and achieving the desired
emissions reductions in the most cost-
effective way. The rule focuses on only
the largest soures of emissions, thereby
avoiding regulation of small landfills
where controls would be inefficient and
onerous. The rule also provides
complete flexibility to design a control
system based on the particular, seite-
specific conditions at each landfill.
-------
60696 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA Finai Ru]e
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/30/91 56 FR 24468
Notice of Availability 06/21/93 58 FR 33790
Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2535.
Agency Contact: Martha Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2421
RIN: 2060-AC42
3686. MEDICAL WASTE
INCINERATORS (MWI)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
128 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AC62
3687. NSPS: MUNICIPAL WASTE
COMBUSTION—PHASE II AND PHASE
III, INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL WASTE
INCINERATORS, AND OTHER SOLID
WASTE INCINERATORS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
129 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-ADOO
3688. NESHAP: ASBESTOS
PROCESSING (DELISTING)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412/CAA
112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial,
January 15, 1995. Final, Judicial,
November 15, 1995.
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 was to determine whether
additional regulation of the asbestos
processing source category was needed,
and, if needed, to develop maximum
achievable control technology (MACT)
or generally achievable control
technology (GACT) standards for the
asbestos processing source category.
This source category 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. On the basis of
new information received during the
information collection process, OAR
has proposed to remove this source
category from the list of source
categories to be regulated under section
112. Information on this proposed
action can be found in 60 FR 4624.
Timetable:
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2932.
Agency Contact: Kathy Kaufman,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-12), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0102
Action
Date
FR Cite RIN: 2060-AD06
NPRM 01/24/95 60 FR 4624
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, Office of
Air Quality Planning and Standards,
(MD-13), Research Triangle Park, NC
27711
Phone: 919 541-5167
RIN: 2060-AB51
3689. GUIDANCE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION
112(G)—MODIFICATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
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 regulatory document will
include guidance for the following:
minimum elements that must be
contained in state rules for
implementing section 112(g); a ranking
for determinations of offsets; 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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
3690. NESHAP FOR WOOD
FURNITURE MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 wood furniture manufacturing
plants. The Agency has negotiated a
framework upon which the proposed
rule is based using a Federal Advisory
Committee. The preamble to the
proposed rule announced that EPA has
also negotiated a framework for
"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 also announced a'proposed
test method for the NESHAP for this
industry and solicited comments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/06/94 59 FR 62652
11/00/95
NPRM
Final Action
04/01/94 59 FR 15504
05/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2965.
Agency Contact: Paul Almodovar,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, N.C. 27711
Phone: 919 541-0283
RIN: 2060-AD57
-------
3691. NESHAP:
PRINTING/PUBLISHING INDUSTRY
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, March
1,1995. Final, Statutory, November 15,
1994. Final, Judicial, March 15,1996.
Abstract: This regulation will control
hazardous air pollutant emissions from
publication rotogravure,
package/product rotogravure, and wide-
web flexographic printing facilities.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/14/95 60 FR 13664
Correction Notice 04/03/95 60 FR 16920
Final Action 03/00/96
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3077.
Agency Contact: David Salman,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0859
R1N: 2060-AD95
3692. NESHAP: POLYMERS AND
RESINS, GROUP I
Priority: Other Significant
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),
nooprene, 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:
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3166.
Agency Contact: Leslie Evans,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5410
RIN: 2060-AD96
3693. NESHAP: SURFACE COATING
OPERATIONS IN SHIPBUILDING AND
SHIP REPAIR
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 regulation
also announced proposed limits for
volatile organic compounds that
represent best available control
measures (BACM), a requirement of
section 183(b)(4) of the act. The final
regulation will not include a reference
to, BACM. A separate concurrent notice
will be issued instead.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Abstract: This rule (formerly titled
"Solid Waste Treatment, Storage, and
Disposal Facilities") will specify
maximum achievable control
technology (MACT) for facilities that
treat, store, dispose of, recycle, recover
and/or refine waste and recoverable
materials received from off-site. These
facilities include commercial waste
treatment facilities, used oil refining,
solvent recovery plants, and waste
transfer stations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
NPRM
Final Action
06/12/95 60 FR 30801
05/00/96
NPRM 12/06/94 59 FR 62681
Final Action 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3074.
Agency Contact: Mohamed Serageldin,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2379
RIN: 2060-AD98
3694. NESHAP FOR OFF-SITE WASTE
AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial,
November 15, 1995.
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 12/20/93 58 FR 66336
NPRM 10/13/94 59 FR 51913
Final Action 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3159.
Agency Contact: Michele Aston,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5032
RIN: 2060-AE05
3695. NESHAP: POLYMERS AND
RESINS, GROUP IV
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 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
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)
Resin, Styrene Acrylonitrile (SAN)
Resin, Methyl Methacrylate
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
(MABS) Resin, Methyl Methacrylate
Butadiene Styrene (MBS) Resin,
Polystyrene, Poly (ethylene
terephthalate) (PET) Resin, and Nitrile
Resin Production. Emissions from
process vents, equipment leaks,
wastewater and storage will be
addressed by this regulation for both
new and existing sources.
Timetable:
Actibn
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/29/95 60 FR 16090
Final Action 03/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
-------
60698 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3187.
Agency Contact: Leslie Evans,
Environmental Engineer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5410
RIN: 2060-AE37
3696. NESHAP—CYANIDE CHEMICAL
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, sec 112
as amended November 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Cyanide compounds are
among the pollutants listed as
hazardous air pollutants in Section 112
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 use
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 source
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 proposing
the addition of the cyanide chemical
manufacturing source categories to the
list of SOCMI processes to be regulated
under the Hazardous Organic NESHAP.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 10/00/95
Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
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
Phone: 919 541-5289
RIN: 2060-AE45
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
3697. AMENDMENTS TO PARTS 63
AND 70 TO ESTABLISH PROVISIONS
FOR DETERMINING POTENTIAL TO
EMIT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Under authority of sections
112 and 114 of the Clean Air Act (Act)
Amendments of 1990, provisions are
being developed to enable stationary
sources to establish federally
enforceable controls to limit the
"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. In addition
these regulations include provisions
that would provide relief to small
sources of air pollutants.
This action proposes to amend
regulations already established to
implement the new Federal air toxics
program under section 112, including
the General Provisions, and the Federal
operating permit program under title V.
This action resulted from splitting of
RINs 2060-AC98
In addition, the interim final 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. This rule would: streamline
the process 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 provisions for determining
potential to emit would amend
regulations already established to
implement the new Federal air toxics
program under section 112, including
the General Provisions.
This action resulted from splitting of
RINs 2060-AC98 and 2060-2918.
Interim Final Rule 02/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3479.
Agency Contact: Tim Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-12, Research
Triangle Park, NC 2771
Phone: 919 541-4718
RIN: 2060-AE63
3698. FIELD CITATION PROGRAM
Priority: Other Significant
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
05/03/94 59 FR 22776
Final Action 12/00/95
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
Phone: 703 308-8677
RIN: 2060-AD82
-------
EPA—CAA
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60699
• '^^•^^^^^••^^^^•^^^^••^^^^••^^^^•I^^^MM^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^™^^^*
Final Rule Stage
3699. NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS (NSPS) AND EMISSION
GUIDELINES FOR INDUSTRIAL AND
COMMERCIAL WASTE
INCINERATORS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
129
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory,
November 15,1993. NPRM, Judicial,
March 1,1996. Final, Statutory,
November 15,1994. Final, Judicial,
March 1,1997. Other, Judicial,
December 20,1994.
:ANPRM
Abstract: Section 129 of the Clean Air
Act Amendments requires the Agency
to finalize New Source Performance
Standards (NSPS) and Emission
Guidelines (EG) for Industrial and
Commercial Waste Incinerators (ICWIs).
The Agency is under court order to
propose NSPS and EG by March 1,
1996 and finalize by March 1,1997.
The Agency has little information on
what ICWI sources may be or where
they are located. The Agency believes
that most incinerators basically operate
the same and that the controls for most
incinerators are similar. Therefore,
unless information is received that
leads to consideration of alternative
limits, the EPA anticipates using data
and information used to develop the
Municipal Waste Combustor NSPS and
EG to develop the NSPS and EG for
ICWIs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM Comment 12/28/94 59 FR 66850
Period End
Final Action 03/15/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3613.
Agency Contact: George Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1549
RIN: 2060-AF91
3700. CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES
FOR DETERMINING
TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY IN
ATTAINMENT AREAS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 93
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial,
November 7,1995.
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
Final Action 11/00/95
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
Phone: 313 668-4441
RIN: 2060-AE90
3701. CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
GUIDELINES (CTG)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, sec
183(a)
CFR Citation: Not applicable
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 1993.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act required
EPA to issue control technology
guidelines (CTG's) for 13, including
two specifically named, source
categories by November 15, 1993. The
CTG's address volatile organic
compounds (VOC) that are precursors
to ozone formation. A CTG covering
two of the source categories - chemical
plant distillation and reactor process
vents - was published by that date.
Meanwhile, the States were required to
develop rules for the CTG source
categories by November 15,1994. The
EPA decided to issue Alternative
Control Techniques (ACT) documents
for the remaining source categories to
help the States. ACT's differ from
CTG's in that they are information
documents only; they do not contain
recommended control levels. ACT's
were issued for volatile organic liquid
storage, batch operations, wastewater
operations, cleanup solvents,
lithographic printing, coating of plastic
parts, shipbuilding and repair coating
operations, wood furniture coatings,
and autobody refinishing. In addition,
hazardous air pollutant rules are being
developed for three of the CTG source
categories under Section 112 of the
Clean Air Act. These three source
categories are aerospace manufacture,
wood furniture manufacture, and
shipbuilding and repair. CTG-related
requirements are being addressed in
concert with these hazardous air
pollutant rulemakings. EPA also plans
to write a national rule to limit the
amount of VOC contained in coatings
sold to autobody refinishing shops.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Notice and 11/00/95
Document
(Shipbuilding)
Final Notice and 03/00/96
Document
(Aerospace)
Final Notice and 03/00/96
Document (Wood
Furniture)
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3029:
Aerospace SAN 3728; Shipbuilding
SAN 3729; Wood Furniture SAN 3730
Agency Contact: Susan Wyatt,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5605
RIN: 2060-AD05
-------
60700 Federal Register I Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA Final Ru)e stage
3702. OPEN-MARKET TRADING RULE
FOR OZONE PRECURSORS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
130 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AF60
3703. ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTICS:
REVISION TO REQUIREMENTS FOR
STORAGE OF ENGINE CONDITIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH EXTINGUISHING
A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 malfunction
regardless of undergoing similar engine
condition's. 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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 11/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3541.
Agency Contact: Todd Sherwood,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4405
RIN: 2060-AF20
3704. AMENDMENTS TO
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE
IMPORTATION OF NONCONFORMING
VEHICLES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 216;
42 USC 7601/CAA 301
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 85
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend the
regulations in 40 CFR part 85, Subpart
P to allow entry into the U.S. of
vehicles which are originally sold in
Canada and which are identical to their
U.S. counterparts, without obtaining a
certificate of conformity from EPA. This
action is in response to a petition for
review of import rules. The final rule
also addresses 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 identical to a vehicle certified for
sale in the U.S., 2) establishing new
emission standards applicable to
imported nonconforming vehicles, 3)
clarifying the regulatory language that
concerns exclusions and exemptions
from meeting Federal emission
requirements, and 4) providing several
minor clarifications to the existing
regulations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/24/94 59 FR 13912
Final Action 10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2665.
Agency Contact: Len Lazarus,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6405-J), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 233-9281
RIN: 2060-AC58
3705. NONCONFORMANCE
PENALTIES FOR 1998 MODEL YEAR
EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HEAVY-
DUTY ENGINES AND VEHICLES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 are
addressed.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM .08/22/94 59 FR 43074
Final Action 10/00/95
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
Phone: 202 233-9245
RIN: 2060-AE07
3706. REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL
TEST PROCEDURE FOR EMISSIONS
FROM MOTOR VEHICLES AND
MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
131 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AE27
3707. REGULATION OF FUEL AND
FUEL ADDITIVES: CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPOSIT
CONTROL ADDITIVES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act 211(1),
211(c), 114
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60701
EPA—CAA Final Rule Sta9e
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This final rule implements
the certification requirements for
deposit control additives. The control
of engine and fuel supply deposits is
expected to result in reduced vehicle
emissions and improved fuel economy.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/06/93 58 FR 64213
03/00/96
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 291 Petroleum
Refining; 517 Petroleum and Petroleum
Products; 461 Pipelines, Except Natural
Gas; 421 Trucking and Courier
Services, Except Air; 554 Gasoline
Service Stations; 289 Miscellaneous
Chemical Products
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3597.
Agency Contact: Jeff Herzog,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, National Vehicle and
Fuel Emissions Lab, 2565 Plymouth
Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4227
BIN: 2060-AG06
3708. EMISSION STANDARDS FOR
GASOLINE SPARK-IGNITION AND
DIESEL COMPRESSION-IGNITION
MARINE ENGINES
Priority: Economically Significant
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 will
result in reductions in emissions from
non-road sources. Consequently, EPA is
this proposal to reduce emissions from
marine engines.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/09/94 59 FR 55930
Final Action 11/00/95
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3350.
Agency Contact: Deanne North,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, National Vehicle & Fuel
Emissions Lab, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
. Phone: 313 668-4331
RIN: 2060-AE54
3709. ACID RAIN NITROGEN OXIDES
CONTROL REGULATION
Priority: Economically Significant
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 1,1996, 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
alternative emission limits for both
groups of boilers. The final action (59
FR 13538) on Group I Phase I Boilers
was vacated by the U.S. Court of
Appeals on 11/22/94. An interim final
action is expected in April of 1995.
Timetable:
Group I Phase I Boilers
NPRM 11/25/92 (57 FR 228)
Final Action 03/22/94 (59 FR 13538)
Interim Final Action 11/00/95
Group I Phase II Boilers
NPRM 01/00/96
Group II Boilers
Final Action 01/00/97
Small Entities 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
Phone: 202 233-9180
RIN: 2060-AD45
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Long-Term Actions
3710. ESTABLISHMENT OF LESSER
QUANTITY EMISSION RATES FOR
HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
00/00/00
00/00/00
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Amy B. Vasu
Phone: 919 541-0107
RIN: 2060-AE98
-------
607P2 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA Long-Term Actions
3711. RADIATION WASTE
MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/97
10/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Ambika Bathija
Phone: 202 233-9445
RIN: 2060-AF41
3712. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO
EVAPORATIVE EMISSION
PROCEDURE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Alan Stout
Phone: 313 741-7805
RIN: 2060-AF49
3713. • SERVICE INFORMATION
AVAILABILITY
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 752l(m)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will require
manufacturers of automobiles to
provide necessary information needed
to make use of emission control
diagnostic systems as well as that
needed to make emission-related
diagnosis and repairs to any person
engaged in the repairing or servicing
of motor vehicles or motor vehicle
engines. This will allow independent
service repair garages, individual
owners, parts manufacturers, etc to
have access to emission control
information to better service
automobiles and insure clean air
compliance requirements.
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3741.
Agency Contact: David Dickinson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 401 M Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: 202 233-9256
Fax: 202 233-9596
Email: Dickinson.David@EPA.Gov.Com
RIN: 2060-AG13
3714. RADIONUCLIDE MAJOR
SOURCE DEFINITION
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Gale Bonanno
Phone: 202 233-9219
RIN: 2060-AD60
3715. NESHAP: INTEGRATED IRON
AND STEEL
Priority: Economically Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/98
Final Action 11/00/99
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine
Phone: 919 541-2421
RIN: 2060-AE48
3716. NESHAP: REINFORCED
PLASTIC COMPOSITES PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/96
11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Madeleine Strum
Phone: 919 541-2383
RIN: 2060-AE79
3717. NESHAP: POLYETHER
POLYOLS PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/96
Final Action 11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: David Svendsgaard
Phone: 919 541-2380
RIN: 2060-AE81
3718. NESHAP: MISCELLANEOUS
ORGANIC CHEMICAL PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Randy McDonald
Phone: 919 541-5402
RIN: 2060-AE82
3719. NESHAP: PRODUCTION OF
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Timetable: .
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 11/15/97
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Lalit Banker
Phone: 919 541-5420
RIN: 2060-AE84
3720. NESHAP: NYLON 6
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
00/00/00
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60703
EPA—CAA
Long-Term Actions
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Mark Morris
Phone: 919 541-5416
BIN: 2060-AF27
3721. • NATIONAL EMISSION
STANDARD FOR HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS FOR PAINT STRIPPER
USERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires
EPA to publish an initial list of all
categories of major and area sources of
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed
in Section 112(b) of the Act and to
establish and meet dates for
promulgation of - emission standards
for each of the listed categories of HAP
emission sources. The standards are to
be technology-based and are to require
the maximum degree of emission
reduction determined to be achievable
by the Administrator. The EPA has
determined that paint stripping
operations emits at least one of the
HAPS listed in Section 112tb) of the
Act, specifically methylene chloride. As
a result, the source category is included
on the initial list of HAP - emitting
categories scheduled for promulgation
within ten years of enactment of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
The purpose of this action is to begin
a regulatory development program such
that any emission standards may be
promulgated according to the mandated
schedule. It is unknown now whether
this action will impact small
businesses.
Timetable:
Planning and Standards, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0164
Fax: 919 541-0072
RIN: 2060-AG26
3722. • NESHAP FOR BOAT
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 101-549/CAA 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This action will result in the
reduction of hazardous air pollutants.
emitted by the boat manufacturing '
industry. The most abundant pollutant
emitted by this industry is styrene,
which is listed as a hazardous air
pollutant in the 1990 Clean Air Act.
Styrene is classified as a possible
human carcinogen. The Agency will
study the various hazardous air
pollutants emitted by the industry and
will evaluate pollution prevention
techniques which can reduce emissions
from these pollutants. Some of the
pollution prevention techniques will
result in both lower emissions and a
cost savings to the manufacturer. There
are likely many small businesses in the
boat manufacturing industry, but at this
time it is not known how many of these
small businesses will be subject to the
rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 11/15/99
Final Action 11/15/00
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysts: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3746.
Agency Contact: Vickie Boothe,
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/99
12/00/00
3723. • NESHAP FOR TIRE
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Section 112 of Clean
Air Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires
EPA to publish an initial list of all
categories of major and area sources of
hazardous air pollutants (HAPS) listed
in Section 112(b) of the Act and to
establish and meet dates for
promulgation of emission standards for
each of the listed categories of HAP
emission sources. The standards are to
be technology-based and are to require
the maximum degree of emission
reduction determined to be achievable
by the Administrator. The EPA has
determined that tire production
operations emit at least one of the
HAPs listed in Section 112(b) of the
Act, specifically benzene, hexane, and
toluene. As a result, the source category
is included on the list of HAP -
emitting categories scheduled for
promulgation within 10 years of
enactment of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990. The purpose of
this action is to begin a regulatory
development program such that any
emission standards may be
promulgated according to the mandated
schedule. It is unknown now whether
this action will impact small
businesses.
Timetable:
Environmental Protection Agency,
and Radiation, Office of Air Qualil
Air
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 373 Ship and Boat
Building and Repairing; 449 Services
Incidental to Water Transportation
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3747.
Agency Contact: Madelein Strum,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2383
Fax: 919 541-5689
RIN: 2060-AG27
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/98
11/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3749.
Agency Contact: Fred Dimmick,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5624
Fax: 919 541-0942
RIN: 2060-AG29
-------
60704 federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28. 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA Long-Term Actions
3724. • NESHAP FOR AEROSOL CAN
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act required
EPA to publish an initial list of all
categories of major and area sources of
hazardous air pollutants (HAPS) listed
in Section 112(b) of the Act and to
establish and meet dates for
promulgation of emission standards for
each of the listed categories of HAP
emission sources. The standards are to
be technology-based and are to require
the maximum degree of emission
reduction determined to be achievable
by the Administrator. The EPA has
determined that the aerosol can
production operation emits at least one
of the HAPs listed in Section 122(b)
of the Act, specifically chlorinated
solvents. As a result, the source
category is included on the list of HAP-
emitting categories scheduled for
promulgation within 10 years of
enactment of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990. The purpose of
this action is to begin a regulatory
development program such that any
emission standards may be
promulgated according to the mandated
schedule. It is unknown now whether
this action will impact small
businesses.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/98
11/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3752.
Agency Contact: Fred Dimmick,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5625
Fax: 919 541-0942
RIN: 2060-AG32
3725. • PETROLEUM SOLVENT DRY
CLEANERS MACT STANDARD
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory,
November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires
EPA to publish an initial list of all
categories of major and area sources of
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed
in Section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act
Amendments and to establish and meet
dates for promulgation of emission
standards for each of the listed
categories of HAP emission sources.
The standards are to be technology-
based and are to require the maximum
degree of emission reduction
determined to be achievable by the
Administrator. The EPA has
determined that the petroleum solvent
dry cleaning industry emits several
HAPs listed in Section 112(b) of the
Act; these HAPs are: chlorobeneze,
cumene, ethyl benzene, polycyclic
organic matter, toluene, and xylene. As
a result, the source category is included
on the initial list of HAP-emitting
categories scheduled for promulgation
within 10 years of enactment of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
The purpose of this action is to begin
a regulatory development program such
that any emission standards may be
promulgated according to the mandated
schedule. It is anticipated that this
action will impact small business.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3754.
Agency Contact: Fred Dimmick,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5625
Fax: 919 541-0942.
RIN: 2060-AG34
3726. • NEW SOURCE
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND
EMISSION GUIDELINES FOR OTHER
SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
129
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 129 of the Clean Air
Act of 1990 requires the Agency to
promulgate New Source Performance
Standards (NSPS) and Emission
Guidelines (EG) for solid waste
incinerators. Section 129 specifically
required the Administrator to publish
a schedule for regulating Other Solid
Waste Incinerators (OSWI). A notice in
the Federal Register was published on
November 2, 1993 that announced that
the Administrator would promulgate
OSWI standards by November 15, 2000.
The notice also listed what classes of
incinerators would be covered by the
OSWI standards. Because it is believed
that these OSWI emit significant
amounts of air pollution that cause
public health and environmental
problems, the Administrator intends to
promulgate the NSPS and EG of OSWI
in accordance with section 129.
Standards will be set for the following
pollutants: particulate matter, opacity,
sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride,
oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide,
lead cadmium, mercury, and dioxins
and dibenzofurans.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM 12/28/94 59 FR 66850
NPRM 12/01/99
Final Action 12/01/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3751.
Agency Contact: George Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1549
Fax: 919 541-0072
RIN: 2060-AG31
3727. ALTERNATIVE TEST
PROCEDURE FOR THE VOLUNTARY
AFTERMARKET PART
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 85
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
08/08/89 54 FR 32598
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60705
EPA—CAA Long-Term Actions
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
(Supplemental)
Final Action
01/30/91 56 FR 3746
12/00/96
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: John L. Wehrly
Phone: 313 668-4286
BIN: 2Q60-AC50
3728. REGULATIONS GOVERNING
PRIOR NOTICE OF CITIZEN SUITS
BROUGHT UNDER SECTION 304 OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
Priority: Other
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 54
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/10/93 58 FR 7870
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: David Abdalla
Phone: 202 564-2413
RIN: 2060-AD80
3729. ACID RAIN PROGRAM: REVISED
GROUP 1, PHASE II, NOX EMISSION
LIMITATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 76 (Revision)
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Peter Tsirigotis
Phone: 202 233-9133
RIN: 2060-AF44
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Completed Actions
3730. ADDITION OF TEST METHOD
205 TO APPENDIX M OF 40 CFR PART
51
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 05/30/95 60 FR 28052
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Agency Contact: Rima Dishakjian
Phone: 919 541-0443
RIN: 2060-AE33
3731. NATIONAL EMISSIONS
STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS AS IT APPLIES TO
NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS
LICENSED BY THE NUCLEAR
REGULATORY COMMISSION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 61 supbart I
Completed;
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 09/05/95 60 FR 46206
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Fran Jonesi
Phone: 202 233-9229
RIN: 2060-AE38
3732. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: MOBILE
AIR-CONDITIONING RECOVER-ONLY
STANDARD; SUPPLEMENTAL RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 subpart B
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 05/02/95 60 FR 21682
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Christine Dibble
Phone: 202 233-9147
RIN: 2060-AE52
3733. NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR)
REFORM RULEMAKING
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - Duplicate 09/21/95
of RIN2060-AE11.
RIN: 2060-AF21
3734. TEST METHOD 302, APPENDIX
M, 40 CFR PART 51
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - Agency 09/28/95
does not plan to
develop action.
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Rima Dishakjian
Phone: 919 541-0443
RIN: 2060-AF23
3735. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS FOR
CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS
MONITORING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 75
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 05/17/95 60 FR 26510
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharon Saile
Phone: 202 233-9156
RIN: 2060-AF58
3736. NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS AND EMISSION
GUIDELINES—INDUSTRIAL AND
COMMERCIAL WASTE
INCINERATORS
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - Duplicate 09/27/95
of RIN 2060-AF91
RIN: 2060-AF82
-------
3737. AMBIENT AIR-QUALITY
SURVEILLANCE SITING CRITERIA
FOR OPEN PATH ANALYZERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 58
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
3740. REVISED REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS FOR AIR QUALITY
MODELING (SUPPLEMENT C)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.112; 40 CFR
51.160; 40 CFR 51.166; 40 CFR 51 (app
W); 40 CFR 52.21
Completed:
Timetable:
Final Action 10/06/95 60 FR 52315 Reason
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Date
FR Cite
Agency Contact: Lee Ann B. Byrd
Phone: 919 541-5367
RIN: 2060-AF88
3738. STANDARDS OF
PERFORMANCE FOR NEW
STATIONARY SOURCES:
INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL-
INSTITUTIONAL STEAM GENERATING
UNITS - REVISION
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 subpart D
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 05/30/95 60 FR 28061
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: George F. Smith
Phone: 919 541-1549
RIN: 2060-AF92
3739. NOX EMISSIONS FROM
CERTAIN COAL-FIRED UTILITY
BOILERS UNDER TITLE IV OF THE
CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS OF
1990
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 76
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 04/13/95 60 FR 18751
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Peter Tsirigotis
Phone: 202 233-9707
RIN: 2060-AF96
Final Action 08/09/95 60 FR 40465
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Tom Coulter
Phone: 919 541-0832
RIN: 2060-AG04
3741. REVISIONS TO THE PERMITS
REGULATIONS UNDER TITLE IV OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT CONCERNING
REDUCED UTILIZATION PLANS AND
ALLOWANCE SURRENDER FOR
REDUCED UTILIZATION
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 72.33; 40 CFR
72.43; 40 CFR 72.92
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 04/11/95 60 FR 18462
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dwight C. Alpern
Phone: 202 233-9151
RIN: 2060-AG05
3742. • TRANSPORTATION
CONFORMITY AMENDMENTS:
TRANSITION TO THE CONTROL
STRATEGY PERIOD
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 75 21 (a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 93
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These amendments would
extend the time before the conformity
status of the transportation plan lapses
in ozone nonattainment areas whose
state implementation plans due
November 15, 1994, have been found
incomplete. These amendments would
also clarify some ambiguous language
and make technical corrections which
havealready been articulated in EPA
guidance
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/08/95 60 FR 7449
Final Action 08/07/95 60 FR 40098
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3610.
Agency Contact: Kathryn Sargeant,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4441
RIN: 2060-AG15
3743. «USER FEES FOR RADON
PROFICIENCY PROGRAMS RULE -
AMENDMENT
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - Duplicate 09/21/95
of RIN 2060-AF40
RIN: 2060-AG18
3744. REVISE CAPTURE EFFICIENCY
GUIDELINES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: Not applicable
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - No 09/29/95
further action
planned; guidance
previously released.
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Candace Sorrell
Phone: 919 541-1064
RIN: 2060-AD84
3745. NSPS: STARCH PRODUCTION
FACILITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - EPA 09/21/95
plans to withdraw
proposal and will
not promulgte.
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: William H. Maxwell
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60707
EPA—CAA Completed Actions
Phone: 919 541-5430
BIN: 2060-AE65
3746. NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS FOR COLD-CLEANING
OPERATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - EPA 09/21/95
plans to withdraw
proposal and will
not promulgate.
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Dan Brown
Phone: 919 541-5305
RIN: 2060-AF08
3747. NSPS: MEDICAL WASTE
INCINERATORS
Completed;
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Vickie Boothe
Phone: 919 541-5426
RIN: 2060-AE02
3750. NESHAP: SECONDARY LEAD
SMELTING
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Completed:
Reason
Withdrawn - Duplicate 09/29/95
Of RIN 2060-AC62.
RIN: 2060-AE73
3748. NESHAP: PETROLEUM
REFINING - OTHER SOURCES NOT
DISTINCTLY LISTED
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Completed:
Final Action 08/18/95 60 FR 43244
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James F. Durham
Phone: 919 541-5672
RIN: 2060-AD94
3749. NESHAP FOR THE AEROSPACE
MANUFACTURING AND REWORK
INDUSTRY
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 09/01/95 60 FR 45948
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 05/31/95 60 FR 32589
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: George Streit
Phone: 919 541-2364
RIN: 2060-AE04
3751. NESHAP: WOOD TREATMENT
INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - No 09/21/95
further action
planned.
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Eugene P. Grumpier
Phone: 919 541-0881
RIN: 2060-AE47
3752. NESHAP: COMBUSTION
SOURCES IN THE SULFITE PULPING
INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
3753. TRANSPORTATION
CONFORMITY RULE AMENDMENTS:
MISCELLANEOUS REVISIONS
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - Duplicate 09/18/95
of RIN 2060-AF95
RIN: 2060-AF25
3754. TRANSPORTATION
CONFORMITY AMENDMENTS:
MISCELLANEOUS REVISIONS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 93
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 08/29/95 60 FR 44762
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Local
Agency Contact: Kathryn Sargeant
Phone: 313 668-4441
RIN: 2060-AF95
3755. INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
FLEXIBILITY AMENDMENTS
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 subpart S
Completed: ^__
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - Project 09/21/95
was merged into
the Kraft Pulp
Combustion
NESHAP.
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jeff Telander
Phone: 919 541-5427
RIN: 2060-AE80
Final Action 09/18/95 60 FR 48029
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Eugene Tierney
Phone: 313 668-4456
RIN: 2060-AF94
3756. • INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
FLEXIBILITY AMENDMENTS
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to
7671q/CAA 182
-------
60708 Federal Register 1 Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA^CAA Completed Actions
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action revises the motor
vehicle Inspection/Maintenance (I/M)
Program Requirements. It creates a less
stringent enhanced I/M performance
standard which allows areas that can
meet the 1990 Clean Air Act
requirements for Reasonable Further
Progress and attainment to implement
an I/M:program that falls below the
originally promulgated enhanced I/M
performance standard.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
04/28/95 60 FR 20934
09/18/95 60 FR 48029
NPRM
Final Action
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3623.
Agency Contact: Eugene J.Tierney,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
Phone: 313 668-4456
RIN: 2060-AGll
3757. STANDARDS FOR TANK
VESSEL LOADING OPERATIONS
Priority: Economically Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 90
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 09/19/95 60 FR 48388
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: David Markwordt
Phone: 919 541-0837
RIN: 2060-AD02
3758. REPORT TO CONGRESS AND
PRIORITIZED CATEGORY LIST FOR
REGULATION OF VOC EMISSIONS
FROM CONSUMER AND
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: None
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Bruce Moore
Phone: 919 541-5460
RIN: 2060-AE24
3759. AIR POLLUTANT EMISSION
REGULATIONS FOR SPARK-IGNITED
NONROAD ENGINES 25
HORSEPOWER AND BELOW - PHASE
I
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 90
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 07/03/95 60 FR 34582
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Debbie Wood
Phone: 313 741-7900
RIN: 2060-AF78
3760. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES TO THE
FINAL RULE TO PHASE OUT OZONE-
DEPLETING CHEMICALS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 84 subpart A
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
03/23/95 60 FR 15264
Final Action 05/10/95 60 FR 24970
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Tom Land
Phone: 202 233-9185
RIN: 2060-AE70
3761. 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
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 subpart F
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
08/08/95 60 FR 40420
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Cindy Newberg
Phone: 202 233-9729
RIN: 2060-AE92
3762. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: DIRECT
FINAL RULE EXTENDING
RECLAMATION REQUIREMENTS
PASTMAY15TH
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 subpart F
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 03/17/95 60 FR 14608
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Debbie Ottinger
Phone: 202 233-9149
RIN: 2060-AF80
3763. USER FEES FOR RADON
PROFICIENCY PROGRAMS RULE -
AMENDMENT
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 195; 40 CFR 700
(Revision)
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Technical Amendment08/14/95 60 FR 41813
to 40 CFR Parts
195 and 700
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: James W. Long
Phone: 202 233-9433
Fax: 202 233-9652
Email: Long.James@EPAMail.EPA.GOV
RIN: 2060-AF40
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60709
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) Proposed Rule Stage
Superfund (CERCLA)
3764. REPORTABLE QUANTITY
ADJUSTMENTS FOR CARBAMATES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 96-510, sec I02(a);
PL 99-499
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA has listed carbamate
waste streams as hazardous wastes
under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA). RCRA listed
wastes, by statute, automatically
become hazardous substances under the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA) and are assigned a one
Sound statutory reportable quantity
JQJ unless EPA adjusts them. These
substances also become subject to
reporting requirements under the
Emergency Planning and Community
Right to Know Act (EPCRA) with a one
pound threshold. EPA, in this action,
will propose RQ adjustments for the
carbamates. Most RQ adjustments are
expected to be greater than one pound.
Raising the RQs for these substances
would decrease the burden,on 1) the
regulated community for complying
with the reporting requirements under
CERCLA and EPCRA; 2) Federal, State,
and local authorities for program
implementation; and 3) Federal, State,
or local authorities, if they release
hazardous substances at the RQ level
or greater.
Timetable:
Agency Contact: Jack Arthur,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5202G), Washington DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8732
BIN: 2050-AE12
3765. NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST
FOR UNCONTROLLED HAZARDOUS
WASTE SITES: PROPOSED AND
FINAL RULES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9605/CERCLA
105; 42 USC 9605(a)(8)(b)/CERCLA 105
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/95
11/00/96
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3423.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 300.425
Legal Deadline: None
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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Agency Contact: Terry Keidan,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5204G), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8852
RIN: 2050-AD75
3766. AMENDMENTS TO THE
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT,
SECTIONS 302 THROUGH 312
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or .
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: PL 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:
NPRM Proposal 17 08/23/94 59 FR 43314
Final Action Final 13 12/16/94 59 FR 65206
NPRM Proposal 18 02/13/95 60 FR 8212
Final Action Final 14 04/25/95 60 FR 20330
Final Action (Southern 05/26/95 60 FR 27896
Shipbuilding) ,
NPRM Proposal 19 10/02/95 60 FR 51390
NPRM Proposal 20 03/00/96
Final 16 05/00/96
Final 15
Final Action 09/29/95 (60 FR 50435)
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3439.
Statute provides for an annual update.
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions • •_ • ,
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3215.
Agency Contact: John Ferris, ;
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5101)
Phone: 202 260-4043
RIN: 2050-AE17
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Supt.-fund (CERCLA)
Final Rule Stage
3767. RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
FOR CHEMICAL ACCIDENTAL
RELEASE PREVENTION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
132 in Part n of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AD26
3768. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTING
EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN
RADIONUCLIDE RELEASES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9602 to 9604;
42 USC 9615; 33 USC 1321; 33 USC
1361
-------
60710 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA-CERCLA Fina| Rule Stage
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 302.6(c); 40 CFR
355.40(a)(2)(vi)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule affects the
requirement in Superfund and the
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act that facilities
immediately report to state, local and
federal authorities the release of a
hazardous substances in an amount that
equals or exceeds a "reportable
quantity." In 1989, the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) set reportable
quantities for radionuclides (a category
of hazardous substances) by regulation.
In that same rule, EPA also established
four exemptions to the general
reporting requirement, to exclude from
it certain releases of naturally occurring
radionuclides for which the
government does not need reports.
These exemptions are for releases 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 ash
piles at those facilities.
Later, a court ruled that the Agency had
promulgated the four exemptions
without giving the public opportunity
to comment. The Agency subsequently
provided the opportunity for public
notice and comment on these
exemptions. Based on those comments,
the Agency is now seeking further
comments on the possibility of
broadening the exemptions. Depending
upon the Agency's analysis of
comments received, it could either
reaffirm or modify the exemptions.
Modification of the exemptions would
further reduce the burden on facilities
which must report, and on the State
and local authorities which must
receive and evaluate reports to
determine whether reported releases
pose a threat to human health and the
environment.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 11/30/92 57 FR 56726
Supplemental Notice 08/04/95 60 FR 40042
Final Action 08/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 49 Electric, Gas, and
Sanitary Services; 16 Heavy
Construction Other Than Building
Construction-Contractors; 01
Agricultural Production-Crops; 10
Metal Mining; 12 Coal Mining; 14
Mining and Quarrying of Nonmetallic
Minerals, Except Fuels; 15 Building
Construction-General Contractors and
Operative Builders; 33 Primary Metal
Industries; 40 Railroad Transportation;
44 Water Transportation; Multiple
Additional Information: SAN No. 3054.
Agency Contact: Jack Arthur,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5202G), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8732
RIN: 2050-AD46
3769. AMENDMENTS TO THE
EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES LIST UNDER SECTION
302 OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING
AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW
ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: PL 99-499/SARA title
m
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 355
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is adjusting the
reportable quantities (RQs) for
approximately 230 chemicals on the
extremely hazardous substance (EHS)
list under section 302 of the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-
Know Act. This modification is to make
these RQs consistent with the
methodology under section 103 of the
Comprehensisve Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (CERCLA). EPA is also correcting
errors found in studies used to place
the chemicals on the EHS list. The
original list became final in the Federal
Register on April 22, 1987 (52 FR
13378).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/12/94 59 FR 51816
12/00/95
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,
(5101), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4043
RIN: 2050-AD50
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Superfund (CERCLA)
Long-Term Actions
3770. REPORTING EXEMPTIONS FOR
FEDERALLY-PERMITTED RELEASES
OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 117; 40 CFR 302;
40 CFR 355
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/19/88 53 FR 27268
Supplemental Notice 07/11/89 54 FR 29306
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jack Arthur
Phone: 703 603-8732
RIN: 2050-AB82
3771. DELETION OF SACCHARIN
FROM THE LIST OF HAZARDOUS
WASTES UNDER RCRA AND THE
LIST OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
UNDER CERCLA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will eliminate
existing text in the CFR.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261.33(f); 40 CFR
261; 40 CFR 302.4
-------
EPA—CERCLA
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60711
Long-Term Actions
Timetable:
Action
Timetable: Timetable:
Date FR Cite Action Date FR Cite Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Wanda L. Levine
Phone: 202 260-7458
BIN: 2050-AD45
3772. REPORTABLE QUANTITY
ADJUSTMENT FOR RADON-222
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 302
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jack Arthury
Phone: 703 603-8732
RIN: 2050-AE20
3773. RESPONSE ACTION
CONTRACTOR INDEMNIFICATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is a
statutory requirement. There is a
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Agency Contact: Barbara McDonough
Phone: 202 260-6674
RIN: 2050-AE19
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Superfund (CERCLA)
Completed Actions
3774. DESIGNATION UNDER CERCLA
AND REPORTABLE QUANTITY
ADJUSTMENTS FOR CLEAN AIR ACT
HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS;
REPORTABLE QUANTITY
ADJUSTMENTS OF HAZARDOUS
WASTES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 302.4; 40 CFR
117.3; 40 CFR 355
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
06/12/95 60 FR 30926
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Jack Arthur
Phone: 703 603-8732
RIN: 2050-AD33
3775. AMENDMENT TO THE NCP
APPENDIX: OSWER PROCEDURES
FOR CONTRACT LABORATORY
PROGRAM (CLP) INVESTIGATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 300
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-No 09/05/95
further action
planned
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hans Crump
Phone: 703 603-8821
RIN: 2050-AD34
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
Proposed Rule Stage
3776. FINAL GUIDELINES FOR
CARCINOGEN RISK ASSESSMENT
Priority: Other
Legal Authority: None. This rule is for
guidance only.
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: Noue
Abstract: The Agency will use these
guidelines to evaluate suspect
carcinogens in line with the policies
and procedures established in the
statutes administered by the EPA.
These guidelines revise and replace
EPA Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk
Assessment published at 51 FR 33992,
September 24,1986. These guidelines
provide EPA staff and decision-makers
with the directions and perspectives
necessary to develop and use risk
assessments. The guidelines also
provide the general public with basic
information about the Agency's
approaches to risk assessment.
To develop guidelines the Agency must
find a balance between consistency and
innovation. Consistent risk assessments
provide consistent bases to support
regulatory decision-making. On other
hand, innovation is necessary so the
Agency will base its decisions on
current scientific thinking. In balancing
these and other science policies, the
Agency relies on input from the general
scientific community through
established scientific peer review
processes. The guidelines incorporate
basic principles and science policies
based on evaluation of the currently
available information. The revisions
place increased emphasis on the role
of carcinogenic mechanisms in risk
assessment and clearer explication of
underlying assumptions in risk
assessment.
These Guidelines will have minimal to
no impact on small businesses or state,
local, and tribal governments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/27/86 51 FR 33992
Reproposal 10/00/95
Implementation Policy 04/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
-------
60712 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—GENERAL Proposed Rule Stage
Additional Information: SAN No. 3671.
Agency Contact: William P. Wood,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Research and Development,
Risk Assessment Forum (8101),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6743
RIN: 2080-AA06
3777. PROPOSED GUIDELINES FOR
ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT
Priority: Other
Legal Authority: None. This rule is for
guidance only.
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed Guideline for
Ecological Risk Assessment is intended
to guide Agency evaluations of
ecological risks in line with the policies
and procedures established in the
statutes administered by EPA. These
Guidelines set forth principles and
procedures to guide EPA scientists in
the conduct of Agency risk assessments
and to inform Agency decision makers
and the public about these procedures.
In particular, the Guidelines expand on
the general ecological risk assessment
process described in the Agency
report'Tramework for Ecological Risk
Assessment," (EPA/630/R-92/001) and
covers a broad range of ecological
concerns. The Guideline stresses the
need for sound initial planning of the
ecological risk assessment as well as
appropriate characterization of the
risks, including identification of the
major assumptions, uncertainties, and
limitations of the assessment.
These guidelines will have minimal to
no impact on small businesses or state,
local and tribal governments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3670.
Agency Contact: William P. Wood,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Research and Development,
Risk Assessment Forum (8101),
Wasington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6743
RIN: 2080-AA07
3778. • GUIDELINES FOR
NEUROTOXICITY RISK ASSESSMENT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: None. This rule is for
guidance only.
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These proposed Guidelines
for Neurotoxicity Risk Assessment
(hereafter "Guidelines") are intended to
guide Agency evaluation of suspect
neurotoxicants in line with the policies
and procedures established in the
statutes administered by the EPA.
These Guidelines set forth principles
and procedures to guide EPA scientists
in the conduct of Agency risk
assessments and to inform Agency
decision makers and the public about
these procedures. In particular, the
Guidelines emphasize that risk
assessments will be conducted on a
case-by-case basis, giving full
consideration to all relevant scientific
information. This case-by-case
approach means that Agency experts
study scientific information on each
chemical under review and use the
most scientifically appropriate
interpretation to assess risk. The
Guidelines also stress that this
information will be fully presented in
Agency risk assessment documents, and
that Agency scientists will identify the
strengths and weaknesses of each
assessment by describing uncertainties,
assumptions, and limitations, as well as
the scientific basis and rationale for
each assessment.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3624.
Agency Contact: William P. Wood,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Research and Development,
(8101), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6743
RIN: 2080-AA08
3779. GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS WITH STATE, LOCAL,
AND INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
Priority: Other
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 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
4011et 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 03/00/96
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
Phone: 202 260-5268
RIN: 2030-AA34
3780. RULES OF PRACTICE FOR
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS NOT
GOVERNED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCEDURE ACT
Priority: Other
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1319/CWA
309; 33 USC 1321/CWA 311; 42 USC
9609/CERCLA 109; 42 USC 7413/CAA
113; 42 USC 11045/EPCRA 325
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 22
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 Congressional
direction to provide streamlined
procedure for the assessment of certain
administrative penalties. Although the
substantive requirements of various
statutes differ, each authorizes the
Administrator to assess civil penalties
without recourse to the Administrative
Procedure Act.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60713
EPA—GENERAL Proposed Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/01/91 56 FR 29996
Reproposal 11/00/95
Final Action 05/00/96
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3486.
Agency Contact: Robert Kinney,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, (2243A), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-3712
RIN: 2020-AA23
3781. REVISION TO SUBMISSION OF
INVOICES CLAUSE
Priority: Other
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR1532; 48 CFR
1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will revise EPA's
invoicing requirements.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
to reporting requirements and monthly
progress reports) to the EPAAR since
its promulgation in April 1994. This
proposed rule would incorporate most
of the class deviations to the EPAAR.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/95
04/00/96
NPRM 10/00/95
Final Action 12/00/95
Small Entitles 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. 3578.
Agency Contact: Larry Wyborski,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, 3802F, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-6482
RIN: 2030-AA35
3782. INCORPORATION OF CLASS
DEVIATION INTO EPAAR
Priority: Other
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
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
Phone: 202 260-6028
RIN: 2030-AA37
3783. EPA MENTOR-PROTEGE
PROGRAM
Priority: Other
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1544; 48 CFR
1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed rule will
amend EPA's Acquisition Regulation
(EPAAR) to establish a Mentor-Protege
Program. Participating prime
contractors serving as Mentors will
provide technical and managerial
support to Protege small disadvantaged
business subcontractors.
Timetable:
Management, 3802F, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-6028
RIN: 2030-AA40
3784. CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS
INFORMATION PROVISIONS AND
CLAUSES
Priority: Other
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1535; 48 CFR
1552; 40 CFR 2
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action proposes to
amend the EPA Acquisition Regulation
by revising the prescription for use of
solicitation provisions and contact
clauses regarding collection, use,
access, treatment, and disclosure of
confidential business information, and
adding solicitation provisions and
contract clauses on confidential
business information.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/95
Final Action 05/00/96
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. 3629.
Agency Contact: Edward Chambers,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/95
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is a
statutoryrequirement.Thereis.no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3628.
Agency Contact: Louise Senzel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, (3802F), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-6204
RIN: 2030-AA41
3785. IMPLEMENTATION OF
PROCUREMENT INTEGRITY
Priority: Other
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.
-------
60714 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28. 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—GENERAL Proposed Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date FR Cite
07/00/96
01/00/97
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Small Entities A
Date FR Cite
01/00/96
rfected: None
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
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: Larry Wyborski,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, (3802F), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-6482
RIN: 2030-AA25
3786. SOURCE SELECTION
PROCEDURES
Priority: Other
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1515
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will revise EPA's
source selection procedures.
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. 3255.
Agency Contact: Louise Senzel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, (3802F), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-6204
RIN: 2030-AA29
3787. AMENDMENTS TO PART 22
CONSOLIDATED PROCEDURAL
RULES
Priority: Other
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 7 USC 1361; 15 USC
2615(a); 15 USC 2647; 33 USC 1319(g);
33 USC 1415(a); 33 USC 1418; 42 USC
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:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/95
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
Phone: 202 260-0239
RIN: 2020-AA13
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
Final Rule Stage
3788. FINAL GUIDELINES FOR
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY RISK
ASSESSMENT
Priority: Other
Legal Authority: None. This rule is for
guidance only.
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These proposed Guidelines
for Reproductive Toxicity Risk
Assessment (hereafter "Guidelines") are
intended to guide Agency evaluation of
suspect reproductive toxicants in line
with the policies and procedures
established in the statutes administered
by the EPA. These Guidelines set forth
principles and procedures to guide EPA
scientists in the conduct of Agency risk
assessments and to inform Agency
decision makers and the public about
these procedures. In particular, the
Guidelines emphasize that risk
assessments will be conducted on a
case-by-case basis, giving full
consideration to all relevant scientific
information. This case-by-case
approach means that Agency experts
study scientific information on each
chemical under review and use the
most scientifically appropriate
interpretation to assess risk. The "
Guidelines also stress that this
information will be fully presented in
Agency risk assessment documents, and
that Agency scientists will identify the
strengths and weaknesses of each
assessment by describing uncertainties,
assumptions, and limitations, as well as
the scientific basis and rationale for
each assessment. They incorporate
current scientific thinking and sound
science policies based on evaluation of
the currently available information.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Proposed Guidelines 06/30/88 53 FR 24834
for Females
Proposed Guidelines 06/30/88 53 FR 24850
for Males
Final Guidelines for 03/00/96
Males and Females
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William P. Wood,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Research and Development,
Risk Assessment Forum (8101),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6743
RIN: 2080-AA05
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60715
EPA—GENERAL Final Rule Stage
3789. COMPREHENSIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE
COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT
(CERCLA) COST RECOVERY
Priority: Economically Significant
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 Date FR Cite
NPRM 08/06/92 57 FR 34742
Final Action 03/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2702.
Agency Contact: Lisa Comer,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, (2244), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 703 603-9068
RIN: 2050-AC98
3790. UNIFORM ADMINISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND
AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS,
AND OTHER NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS
Priority: Other
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: OMB Circular A-110
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 30
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed rule provides
standards for obtaining consistency and
uniformity among Federal agencies in
the administration of grants and
cooperative agreements with
institutions of higher education,
hospitals, and other nonprofit
organizations, consistent with OMB
Circular A-110.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 10/00/95
Small Entities 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
Phone: 202 260-6077
RIN: 2030-AA32
3791. EPA POLICIES FOR
INFORMATION RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
Priority: Other
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:
3792. MERGER OF 40 CFR PARTS 15
AND 32 INTO A SINGLE REGULATION
Priority: Other
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will eliminate
existing text in the CFR.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq;
33 USC 1251/CWA 303; EO 11738; EO
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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/11/95 60 FR 35719
01/00/96
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,
Administration and Resource
Management, 3802F, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-6028
RIN: 2030-AA36
Action
Date
FR Cite
09/11/95 60 FR.47135
11/00/95
NPRM
Final Action
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 .-..,,
Phone: 202 260-8030
RIN: 2030-AA38
3793. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND
CONFIDENTIALITY REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 36
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
-------
60716 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda
EPA—GENERAL
Final Rule Stage
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
information, and simplify the
regulations. In addition, EPA would
consolidate confidentiality provisions
from other Parts of 40 CFR.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/23/94 59 FR 60446
Final Action 12/00/95
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
Phone: 202 260-5469
RIN: 2020-AA21
3794. AMEND SUBPART H
SUPPLEMENTAL RULES TO ENSURE
40 CFR PART 22 RULE CONFORMS
TO THE NEW FEDERAL FACILITY
COMPLIANCE ACT
Priority: ;Other
Legal Authority: 42 USC 696l(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 03/22/95 60 FR 15208
Final Action 10/00/95
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
Phone: 202 260-9808
RIN: 2020-AA22
3795. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING
PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II
PENALTIES UNDER CERCLA AND
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
Priority: Other
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 12/00/95
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2512.
Agency Contact: Clarence Featherson,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, (2272), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-2868
RIN: 2050-AC39
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
Long-Term Actions
3796. • COMPREHENSIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE
COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT
(CERCLA) COST RECOVERY
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9665 to
9857/CERCLA 115; 33 USC
1321(c)(2)/CERCLA 107
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 308
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would establish a
new methodology for allocating EPA's
indirect costs to individual Superfund
sites for cost recovery. The proposed
methodology would allocate 100% of
recoverable indirect costs to sites for
potential recovery, compared to the
current methodology which allocates
approximately 33% of indirect costs to
sites.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3765.
Agency Contact: Lisa Comer,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, (5502G), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 703 603-9068
RIN: 2020-AA25
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 28, 1995 / Unified Agenda 60717
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
Completed Actions
3797. ENHANCED MONITORING
PROGRAM
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Duplicate of RIN
2060-AD08
RIN: 2020-AA24
09/25/95
3798. AWARD FEE
Priority: Other
CFR Citation: 48 CFR1516; 48 CFR
1552
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 08/21/95 60 FR 43402
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: Louise Senzel
Phone: 202 260-6204
RIN: 2030-AA31
3799. GOVERNMENTWIDE
DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NON
PROCUREMENT)
Priority: Other
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 32
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 06/26/95 60 FR 33037
Final Action Effective 08/25/95
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.
Agency Contact: Robert F. Meunier
Phone: 202 260-8030
RIN: 2030-AA39
3800. EPAAR AMENDMENT:
REVISIONS TO DELEGATIONS OF
AUTHORITY IN EPA'S INTERNAL
PROCEDURES FOR ACQUISITION
Priority: Other
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1502; 48 CFR
1503; 48 CFR 1505; 48 CFR 1509; 48
CFR 1510; 48 CFR 1513; 48 CFR 1514;
48 CFR 1515; 48 CFR 1522; 48 CFR
1525; 48 CFR 1537; 48 CFR 1542
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
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: Larry Wyborski
Phone: 202 260-6482
RIN: 2030-AA42
3801. USE OF OPTIONS
Priority: Other
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1517.202
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
05/04/95 60 FR 21994
Final Action 03/08/95 60 FR 12712
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: Paul Schaffer
Phone: 202 260-9032
RIN: 2030-AA43 •
[FR Doc. 95-26780 Filed 11-24-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-F
-------
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 identifying
those rules that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Agencies
meet that requirement by including the information in their submissions for The Regulatory Plan and the
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations.
The following index lists the regulatory actions in this joint publication that agencies believe may
have effects on small businesses, small governmental jurisdictions, or small organizations. 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 Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda
of Federal Regulations in Part II of this issue.
Small Businesses
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
103
104
105
106
110
112
116
119
120
121
122
123
128
3367
3368
3371
3372
3373
3375
3376
3377
3379
3380
3381
3383
3384
Title
EPA
Facility Coverage Amendment; Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
: nity Rlght-to-Know
CFR Regulatory Review Related Initiatives
Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Requirements, In-
cluding General Pretreatment Require-
ments
Streamlining Revisions to the National Pri-
mary Drinking Water Regulations
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Wastes; Hazardous Waste Identification
Rule (HWIR): Contaminated Media
NAAQS: Ozone (Review)
Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guide-
lines: Pulp and Paper
Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines At or
Below 19 Kilowatts (25 Horse-
power)(Phase 2)
Pesticides; Self-Certification
Selected Rulemakings for Abating Lead
Hazards
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Dis-
posal Amendments
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase I
Medical Waste Incinerators (MWI)
Pesticide Tolerance Decisions under the
Delaney Clause
Pesticides: Tolerance Program Revisions
Pesticide Data Requirements for Registra-
tion (Revision)
Pesticides and Groundwater State Man-
agement Plan Regulation
Pesticide Labeling Claims
Modifications to Pesticide Worker Protec-
tion Standard
Exemption of Sterilant Pesticide Products
From Regulation Under the Federal In-
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodentlclde
Act (FIFRA)
Pesticides; Revision of Notification Proce-
dure
Cross-Contamination of Pesticide Prod-
ucts
Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides
Under FIFRA and FFDCA
Pesticide Flammability Labeling Require-
ments for Total Release Foggers
Worker Protection Standards; Pesticide
Hazard Communication
Reporting Requirements for Risk/Benefit
Information (Revision)
3386
3387
3388
3389
3393
3394
3395
3396
3397
3398
3399
3400
3405
3416
3417
3419
3420
3421
3422
3424
3430
3431
3433
3439
Title
Seq.
No.
Classification of Certain Pesticides for Re-
stricted Use Due to Groundwater Con-
cerns
Exceptions to Pesticide Worker Protection
Standard
Scope and Clarification of the WPS Ex-
ceptions Process
Pesticide Management and Disposal
Endangered Species Protection Program
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Child-Resistant Packaging Regulations
(Revision)
Pesticide Export Policy
Pesticide Worker Protection Standard;
Training Provisions for Workers
Worker Protection Standard: Revision of
Crop Advisor Requirements
Procedures To Make Restricted Use Pes-
ticides Available to Noncertified Persons
for Use by Certified Applicators
Certification of Pesticide Applicators (Revi-
sion)
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
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials in Schools Rule
Notice of TSCA Section 4 Reimbursement
Period and TSCA Section 12(b) Export
Notification Period Sunset Dates for
TSCA Section 4 Substances
Chemical List Expansion; Emergency
Planning and Community Rlght-To-
Know Act Section 313
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Information Re-
quirements at the Transfer of Target
Housing (Section 1018); Joint Rule With
the Dept. of JHUD
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of
Lead-Based Paint Abatement Waste
Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microbial
Products ("Biotechnology") Under the
Toxic Substances ControLAct (TSCA)
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Appli-
cations for Exemptions From the Ban
on Manufacturing, Processing, and Dis-
tributlon
Use of Acrylamide for Grouting
Mandatory Pollution Prevention Reporting
for Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
3440
3441
3446
3447
3453
3456
3457
3458
3461
3463
3464
3471
3472
3474
3476
3477
3479
3481
3482
3485
3490
3493
Title
Evaluation of Products for Lead-Based
Paint Activities
Regulatory Investigation Under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) To Re-
duce Lead (Pb) Consumption and Use
Significant New Use Rules on National
Program Chemicals; Asbestos, Lead,
and Refractory Ceramic Fibers
Premanufacture Notification (PMN) Rule
Amendments
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
NPDES Streamlining Rule ~ Round II
NPDES Streamlining Rule (Phase III)
NPDES Streamlining Rule ~ Round III
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatoiy Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Requirements and Form 2C -
Wastewater Discharge Information
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
Pesticide Formulating, Packaging, and
Repackaging
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of 2,3,7,8-Substituted
Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and Dibenzo Furans
Under the Clean Water Act
Marine Sanitation Device: Establishment
of Drinking Water Intake Zones in Two
Portions of the Hudson River, New York
State
Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b)
Regulations
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Industrial Laundries Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase II
Water Quality Standards to Replace Por-
tions of Existing State Water Quality
Standards; i.e., State Antidegradation
Policy for Pennsylvania
Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
-------
Small Businesses—Cont
Sea.
No.
Saq.
No.
3494
3507
3510
3512
3513
3514
3515
3516
3517
3518
3519
3522
3525
3534
3546
3561
3564
3572
3590
3593
3599
3612
3618
3619
3629
3632
3641
3644
3645
3646
3647
Tttl8
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxldty (WET) Test Procedures for the
Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean
Water Act
Revision of Current Requirements for Trig-
gering Increased Drinking Water Mon-
itoring
Underground Injection Control Program
Streamlining Ruts
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: RadtonuclWas
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: 25 Contaminants From Drinking
Water Priority Ust (Phase VIA) - Dis-
infection Byproducts Rule and En-
hanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sulfato
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards (NPDWRs) for Aldfcarb
Naltonal 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 Welte
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Revisions to SDWA; Underground Injec-
tion Control Program Regulations for
Class II (OH and Gas-Related) Wells
Hazardous Waste Management System:
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste; Recycled Used Oil Management
Standards
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
Revisions To Criteria Applicable to Solid
Waste Disposal Faculties That May Ac-
cept CESQQ Hazardous Wastes Ex-
cluding Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Modification of the Hazardous Waste
Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
Underground Storage Tanks Containing
Hazardous Substances - Financial Re-
sponsibility Requirements
Fuels and Fuel Additives Waiver Applica-
tion Criteria
Add Rain Program: Revisions to the Ad-
ministrative Appeal Regulations Under
Title IV of the Clean Air Act
Acid Rain Program: Revisions to the Per-
mits Regulations Under Title IV of the
Ctean Air Act To Make Technical Cor-
rections
NESHAP for Perchloroethylene Dry
Cleaning Facilities: Amendments
Amendments to the Final Rules NESHAP
for Chromium Electroplating and
NESHAP for Commercial Sterilization
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
try
NESHAP: OH and Natural Gas Production
NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
Amendments to General Provisions for 40
CFR63
National Volatile Organic Compound
Emission Standards for Automobile Re-
finish Coatings
VOC Regulation for Architectural Coatings
Aerosol Spray Paints Rule
National VOC Emission Standards for
Consumer Products
3652
3657
3659
3663
3664
3669
3673
3688
3689
3690
3691
3693
3701
3707
3708
3713
3725
3732
3743
3746
3747
3748
3749
3750
3751
3758
3759
3761
3763
3766
3773
3779
3781
3782
3783
Title
Seq.
No.
"Substantially Similar" Definition for Diesel
Fuels
Amendment to the MVAC Rule To Include
All Refrigerants
Amendment to the Refrigerant Recycling
Rule To Include All Refrigerants
Supplemental Rule To Require Certain
Products Made With HCFCs To Bear
Warning Label
Update of the Acceptablity List Under the
Significance New Alternatives Policy
(SNAP) Program
Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives:
Certification Requirements for Deposit
Control Gasoline Additives
On-Board Diagnostics Service Information
Available
NESHAP: Asbestos Processing (Delisting)
Guidance for the Implementation of Sec-
tion 112(g)-Modificatlons
NESHAP for Wood Furniture Manufactur-
ing
NESHAP: Printing/Publishing Industry
NESHAP: Surface Coating Operations In
Shipbuilding and Ship Repair
Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
Regulation of Fuel and Fuel Additives:
Certification Requirements for Deposit
Control Additives
Emission Standards for Gasoline Spark-
Ignition and Diesel Compression-Ignition
Marine Engines
Service Information Availability
Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaners MACT
Standard
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Mobile
Air-Conditioning Recover-Only Stand-
ard; Supplemental Rule
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
New Source Performance Standards for
Cold-Cleaning Operations
NSPS: Medical Waste Incinerators
NESHAP: Petroleum Refining - Other
Sources Not Distinctly Listed
NESHAP for the Aerospace Manufacturing
and Rework Industry
NESHAP: Secondary Lead Smelting
NESHAP: Wood Treatment Industry
Report to Congress and Prioritized Cat-
egory Ust for Regulation of VOC Emis-
sions From Consumer and Commercial
Products
Air Pollutant Emission Regulations for
Spark-Ignited Nonroad Engines 25
Horsepower and Below - Phase I
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
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-To-Know Act,
Sections 302 Through 312
Response Action Contractor Indemnifica-
tion
Grants and Cooperative Agreements With
State, Local, and Indian Tribal Govern-
ments
Revision to Submission of Invoices Clause
Incorporation of Class Deviation into
EPAAR
EPA Mentor-Protege Program
3791
3796
Title
EPA Policies for Information Resources
Management
Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA) Cost Recovery
Small Governmental Jurisdictions
Seq.
No.
105
106
112
114
115
121
128
129
3394
3400
3416
3421
3423
3430
3450
3451
3453
3456
3457
3458
3461
3463
3465
3475
3476
Title
EPA
Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Requirements, In-
cluding General Pretreatment Require-
ments
Streamlining Revisions to the National Pri-
mary Drinking Water Regulations
NAAQS: Ozone (Review)
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part. 70)
Transportation Conformity Ftextolllty and
Streamlining
Selected Rulemakings for Abating Lead
Hazards
Medical Waste Incinerators (MWI)
NSPS: Municipal Waste Combustion--
Phase II and Phase III, Industrial-Com-
mercial Waste Incinerators, and Other
Solid Waste Incinerators
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Certification of Pesticide Applicators (Revi-
sion)
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials In Schools Rule
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
tection Rule
Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microblal
Products ("Biotechnology") Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use and Disposal Rule - Phase
I (Includes Continuous Emission Mon-
itoring and Other Incinerator Require-
ments)
Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
ority Toxic Pollutants and Toxicity for
the State of California
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II
NPDES Streamlining Rule (Phase III)
NPDES Streamlining Rule -- Round III
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
Storm Water Permit Application Regula-
tions for Municipal Separate Storm
Sewers
Modification of Secondary Treatment Re-
quirements for Discharges Into Marine
Waters; Change to Eligibility for Dif-
ferent Averaging Period
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of 2,3,7,8-Substituted
Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and Dibenzo Furans
Under the Clean Water Act
-------
Small Governmental Jurisdictions—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3479
3485
3490
3493
3494
3498
3507
3512
3513
3514
3515
3516
3517
3518
3519
3522
3537
3539
3541
3546
Title
Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b)
Regulations
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase II
Water duality Standards to Replace Por-
tions of Existing State Water Quality
Standards; I.e., State Antldegradatlon
Policy for Pennsylvania
Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxicity (WET) Test Procedures for the
Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean
Water Act
Continuous Emission Monitoring and
Other Pollutant Limitation and Monitor-
Ing Regulations for Sewage Sludge In-
cinerators
Revision of Current Requirements for Trig-
gering Increased Drinking Water Mon-
itoring
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radionuclides
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
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
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 VI-B)-Or-
ganic and Inorganic Contaminants
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Revisions to SDWA; Underground Injec-
tion Control Program Regulations for
Class II (Oil and Gas-Related) Wells
Field Filtering of Groundwater Samples
Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline
for Procurement of Products Containing
Recovered Materials
Alternatives for Groundwater Monitoring
and Delay of General Compliance Date
for Small Municipal Solid Waste Land-
fills Located In Either Dry or Remote
Areas '
Revisions To Criteria Applicable to Solid
Waste Disposal Facilities That May Ac-
cept CESQG Hazardous Wastes Ex-
cluding Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
3552
3564
3590
3593
3689
3700
3701
3743
3747
3758
3761
3763
3766
3796
Titte
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
105
106
112
121
3421
Financial Test for Local Governments
That Own/Operate Municipal Solid
Waste Landfills
Underground Storage Tanks Containing
Hazardous Substances - Financial Re-
sponsibility Requirements
Acid Rain Program: Revisions to the Ad-
ministrative Appeal Regulations Under
Title IV of the Clean Air Act
Acid Rain Program: Revisions to the Per-
mits Regulations Under Title IV of the
Clean Air Act To Make Technical Cor-
rections
Guidance for the Implementation of Sec-
tion 112(g)-Modiflcations
Criteria and Procedures for Determining
Transportation Conformity In Attainment
Areas
Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
NSPS: Medical Waste Incinerators
Report to Congress and Prioritized Cat-
egory List for Regulation of VOC Emis-
sions From Consumer and Commercial
Products
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
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
and Community Rlght-To-Know Act,
Sections 302 Through 312
Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA) Cost Recovery
Small Organizations
Title
EPA
Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Requirements, In-
cluding General Pretreatment Require-
ments
Streamlining Revisions to the National Pri-
mary Drinking Water Regulations
NAAQS: Ozone (Review)
Selected RuIemaWngs for Abating Lead
Hazards
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
3422
3424
3430
3440
3456
3461
3490
3493
3512
3513
3514
3515
3516
3517
3518
3534
3564
3743
3747
3761
3763
3773
3791
3796
Title
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of
Lead-Based Paint Abatement Waste
Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microbial
Products ("Biotechnology") Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Evaluation of Products for Lead-Based
Paint Activities
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II
Guidelines Establishing OH and Grease
Test Procedures,for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
Water Quality Standards to Replace Por-
tions of Existing State Water Quality
Standards; i.e., State Antidegradation
Policy for Pennsylvania
Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radionuclides
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
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
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 VI-B)~Or-
ganlc and Inorganic Contaminants
Hazardous Waste Manliest Regulation
Underground Storage Tanks Containing
Hazardous Substances - Financial Re-
sponsibility Requirements
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
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
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
Response Action Contractor Indemnifica-
tion
EPA Policies for Information Resources
Management
Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA) Cost Recovery
-------
-------
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 in this joint publication that agencies 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 Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regula-
tions in Part II of this issue.
State Government
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
100
101
103
104
105
106
107
108
110
111
112
114
115
116
117
120
121
122
123
127
128
129
130
Title
EPA
Streamlining Revisions to the Water Qual-
ity Planning and Management Regula-
tions
Corrective Action for Solid Waste Man-
agement Units (SWMUs) at Hazardous
Waste Management Facilities
Facility Coverage Amendment; Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Right-to-Know
CFR Regulatory Review Related Initiatives
Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Requirements, In-
cluding General Pretreatment Require-
ments
Streamlining Revisions to the National Pri-
mary Drinking Water Regulations
Modifications to the Definition of Solid
Waste and Regulations of Hazardous
Waste Recycling: General
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)
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
Transportation Conformity Flexfoility and
Streamlining
Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guide-
lines: Pulp and Paper
National 49-State Low-Emission Vehicles
Program
Pesticides; Self-Certification
Selected Rulemaklngs for Abating Lead
Hazards
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Dis-
posal Amendments
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase I
NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Review)
Medical Waste Incinerators (MWI)
NSPS: Municipal Waste Combustion-
Phase II and Phase III, Industrial-Com-
mercial Waste Incinerators, and Other
Solid Waste Incinerators
Open-Market Trading Rule for Ozone Pre-
cursors
132
3369
3372
3374
3379
3380
3383
3385
3389
3393
3394
3397
3398
3399
3400
3416
3419
3420
3421
3422
3423
3424
3430
3433
Title
Seq.
No.
Risk Management Program for Chemical
Accidental Release Prevention
The 10-Acre Limitation for Pesticide
Small-Scale Field Testing
Pesticides and Groundwater State Man-
agement Plan Regulation
FIFRA Books and Records of Pesticide
Production and Distribution (Revision)
Cross-Contamination of Pesticide Prod-
ucts
Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides
Under FIFRA and FFDCA
Worker Protection Standards; Pesticide
Hazard Communication
Policy or Procedures for Notification to the
Agency of Stored Pesticides With Can-
celled or Suspended Registration
Pesticide Management and Disposal
Endangered Species Protection Program
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Pesticide Worker Protection Standard;
Training Provisions for Workers
Worker Protection Standard: Revision of
Crop Advisor Requirements
Procedures To Make Restricted Use Pes-
ticides Available to Noncertified Persons
for Use by Certified Applicators
Certification of Pesticide Applicators (Revi-
sion)
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials In Schools Rule
Chemical List Expansion; Emergency
Planning and Community Rlght-To-
Know Act Section 313
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Information 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
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
tection Rule
TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of
Lead-Based Paint Abatement Waste
Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microblal
Products ("Biotechnology") Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Use of Acrylamlde for Grouting
3450
3451
3452
3453
3454
3456
3457
3458
3459
3460
3461
3462
3463
3464
3465
3469
3470
3471
Title
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use and Disposal Rule - Phase
I (Includes Continuous Emission Mon-
itoring and Other Incinerator Require-
ments)
Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
ority Toxic Pollutants and Toxlcity for
the State of California
Leather Tanning and Finishing Effluent
Guidelines - Pretreatment Standards for
Existing and New Sources
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxlcity West Coast Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use and Disposal Rule - Phase
II
NPDES Streamlining Rule -- Round II
NPDES Streamlining Rule (Phase III)
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round ill
Streamlined Procedures for Developing
and Maintaining Approved Publicly-
Owned Treatment Works Pretreatment
Programs
Amendment to Effluent Guidelines and
Standards for Ore Mining and Dressing
Point Source Category, New Source
Performance Standards
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
Clarification of the Application Require-
ments for States Wanting to Designate
Drinking Water Intake Zones, Thereby
Prohibiting the Discharge of Vessel
Sewage Within Those Zones
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Requirements and Form 2C -
Wastewater Discharge Information
Storm Water Permit Application Regula-
tions for Municipal Separate Storm
Sewers
Amendments to Requirements for Author-
ized State Permit Programs Under Sec-
tion 402 of 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
-------
State Government—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Soq.
No!
3472
3474
3476
3477
3480
3481
3482
3483
3484
3485
3487
3490
3493
3434
3496
3497
3498
3499
3500
3505
3506
3507
3509
3510
3511
3512
3513
3514
Title
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for
Posllcldo Formulating, Packaging, and
Repackaging
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of 2,3,7,8-Substituted
Dbenzo-P-DloxIns and Dlbenzo Furans
Under the Clean Water Act
Marine Sanitation Device: Establishment
of Drinking Water Intake Zones In Two
Portions of the Hudson River, New York
State
Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sew-
age Sludge (Round II)
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Industrial Laundries Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Transportation Equipment Cleaning Cat-
egory
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; Establishment of
Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollut-
ants; States' Compliance
Water Quality Standards to Replace Por-
tions ot Existing State Water Quality
Standards; I.e., State Antldegradatlon
Policy for Pennsylvania
Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxldty (WET) Test Procedures for the
Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean
Water Act
Water Quality Standards To Replace Por-
tions of Florida's Existing State Water
Quality Standards, I.e., State
Antldegradatlon Policy
Amendment to Requirements for National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) Permits for Storm Water Dis-
charges (Phase II)
Continuous Emission Monitoring and
Other Pollutant Limitation and Monitor-
Ing Regulations for Sewage Sludge In-
cinerators
Environmental Protection Standards for
Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Environmental Protection Agency Radi-
ation Site Cleanup Regulation
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper (Revision)
Reformatting of Drinking Water Regula-
tions
Revision of Current Requirements for Trig-
goring Increased Drinking Water Mon-
itoring
Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
Water Contaminants
Underground Injection Control Program
Streamlining Rule
Drinking Water Mlcroblal and Disinfection
By-Product Monitoring Rule (Formerly
Called the "Information Collection Dis-
infection Byproducts Rule")
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: RadtonuclWes
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
3515
3516
3517
3518
3519
3520
3521
3522
3524
3525
3528
3529
3530
3534
3535
3536
3537
3538
3539
3541
3544
3546
3548
3549
3552
3553
3554
3556
3557
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
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 VI-B)-Or-
ganlc and Inorganic Contaminants
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
Drinking Water Primacy Withdrawal Regu-
lation (Revision)
Revisions to SDWA; Underground Injec-
tion Control Program Regulations for
Class II (Oil and Gas-Related) Wells
Facility Response Planning for Delegated
Offshore Facilities
Hazardous Waste Management System:
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste; Recycled Used Oil Management
Standards
Spent Solvents Listing Determination
Chlorinated Allphatlcs Listing Determina-
tion
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste: Petroleum Refining Process
Wastes
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
Rule Identifying When Military Munitions
Become Hazardous Wastes and Man-
agement Standards for Such Wastes
RCRA Subtitle C Indian Program Author-
ization
Field Filtering of Groundwater Samples
RCRA Subtitle D Solid Waste Facilities;
State/Trfcal Permit Program -- Deter-
mination of Adequacy
Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline
for Procurement ot Products Containing
Recovered Materials
Alternatives for Groundwater Monitoring
and Delay of General Compliance Date
for Small Municipal Solid Waste Land-
fills Located In Either Dry or Remote
Areas
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
Imports and Exports of Hazardous Waste:
implementation of the OECD Decision
for Recyclable Wastes
RCRA Expanded Public Participation
Financial Test for Local Governments
That Own/Operate Municipal Solid
Waste Landfills
Guideline for Federal Procurement of
Paper and Paper Products Containing
Recovered Materials
Revisions to the Oil Pollution Prevention
Regulation
New and Revised Testing Methods Ap-
proved for RCRA Subtitle C Hazardous
Waste Testing Manual, SW-846, Third
Edition. Update IV
No-Migration Variance for Prohibited Haz-
ardous Waste Land Disposal
3561
3565
3566
3567
3568
3569
3573
3576
3578
3583
3584
3610
3612
3613
3614
3616
3618
3622
3625
3626
3627
3628
3629
3631
3632
3634
3641
3643
3644
3646
3647
3657
3659
3664
3668
3672
3673
3674
Title
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Modification of the Hazardous Waste
Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
Liquids In Landfills: Proposed Rulemaking
to Grant a Petition
Modifications of the Hazardous Waste Re-
cycling Regulations: Universal Wastes
New and Revised Testing Methods Ap-
proved for RCRA Subtitle C Hazardous
Waste Testing Manual SW-846, Third
Edition, Update II
Hazardous Waste Management System,
Amendment to Subpart C Rulemaking
Petitions: Use of Groundwater Data in
Delisting Decisions
Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement
of Products Containing Recovered Ma-
terials
Revisions to the New Source Review
Regulations
Performance Warranty and
Inspection/Maintenance Test Proce-
dures
Consolidated Emission Reporting
Application of Mandatory Sanctions Under
Title V of the Clean Air Act
Method 301: Field Validation of Pollution
Measurement Methods for Various Me-
dlas
Consolidated Federal Air Rule for the Syn-
thetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
Industry
Amendments to the Final Rules NESHAP
for Chromium Electroplating and
NESHAP for Commercial Sterilization
NAAQS: Nitrogen Dioxide (Review)
Next Revision to the Guideline on Air
Quality Modeling
Revision to NSPS: Nonmetalllc Minerals
Processing
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
try
NESHAP: Steel Pickling, HC1 Process
NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelters
NESHAP: Wool Rberglass Manufacturing
Industry
NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry
NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
NESHAP: Chlorine Production
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
NESHAP: Manufacture of
Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde
Amendments to General Provisions for 40
CFR63
Regional Haze Protection
National Volatile Organic Compound
Emission Standards for Automobile Re-
finlsh Coatings
Aerosol Spray Paints Rule
National VOC . Emission Standards for
Consumer Products
Amendment to the MVAC Rule To Include
All Refrigerants
Amendment to the Refrigerant Recycling
Rule To Include All Refrigerants
Update of the Acceptablity List Under the
Significance New Alternatives Policy
(SNAP) Program
Federal Operating Permit Rules
NESHAPS Pertaining to Facilities Other
Than Commercial Nuclear Power Reac-
tors Licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) or by NRC Agree-
ment States
On-Board Diagnostics Service Information
Available
NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Man-
ufacturing Industry - Wastewater
-------
State Government—Cont.
Sea.
No.
Seq.
No.
3675
3679
3682
3685
3689
3690
3691
3692
3693
3695
3696
3700
3701
3730
3731
3733
3743
3745
3746
3747
3750
3751
3755
3757
3758
3759
3763
3764
3765
3766
3768
3769
3773
3774
3779
Title
Addition of Methods 204, 204A - 204F for
Measurement of VOC Emissions From
Stationary Sources
Ambient Air Quality Surveillance, Recen-
sion of NAMS Ambient Air Quality Mon-
itoring Requirements for Lead
Revisions to Part 35, Subpart A Section
105 Air Grant Regulations
NSPS: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Guidance for the Implementation of Sec-
-_ lion 112(g)-Modifications
NESHAP for Wood Furniture Manufactur-
ing
NESHAP: Printing/Publishing Industry
NESHAP: Polymers and Resins, Group I
NESHAP: Surface Coating Operations in
Shipbuilding and Ship Repair
NESHAP: Polymers and Resins, Group IV
NESHAP - Cyanide Chemical Manufac-
turing
Criteria and Procedures for Determining
Transportation Conformity In Attainment
Areas
Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
Addition of Test Method 205 to Appendix
M of 40 CFR Part 51
National Emissions Standards for Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants as It Applies to Nu-
clear Power Reactors Licensed by the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
New_Source Review (NSR) Reform Rule-
making
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
NSPS: Starch Production Facilities
New Source Performance Standards for
Cold-Cleaning Operations
NSPS: Medical Waste Incinerators
NESHAP: Secondary Lead Smelting
NESHAP: Wood Treatment Industry
Inspection/Maintenance Flexibility Amend-
ments
Standards for Tank Vessel Loading Oper-
ations
Report to Congress and Prioritized Cat-
egory List for Regulation of VOC Emis-
sions From Consumer and Commercial
Products
Air Pollutant Emission Regulations for
Spark-Ignited Nonroad Engines 25
Horsepower and Below - Phase I
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
Reportable Quantity Adjustments for
Carbamates
National Priorities List for Uncontrolled
Hazardous Waste Sites: Proposed and
Final Rules
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-To-Know Act,
Sections 302 Through 312
Administrative Reporting Exemptions for
Certain Radionuclide Releases
Amendments to the Extremely Hazardous
Substances List Under Section 302 of
the Emergency Planning and Commu-
nity Right-To-Know Act
Response Action Contractor Indemnifica-
tion
Designation Under CERCLA and Report-
able Quantity Adjustments for Clean Air
Act Hazardous Air Pollutants; Report-
able Quantity Adjustments of Hazardous
Wastes
rants and Cooperative Agreements With
State, Local, and Indian Tribal Govern-
ments
3795
3796
Seq.
No.
105
106
111
112
114
115
116
121
122
123
127
128
129
130
132
3394
3416
3420
3421
3422
3423
3424
3430
3433
3450
3451
3452
Title
Seq.
No.
Administrative Hearing Procedures for
Class II Penalties Under CERCLA and
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act
Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA) Cost Recovery
Local Government
Title
EPA
Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Requirements, In-
cluding General Pretreatment Require-
ments
Streamlining Revisions to the National Pri-
mary Drinking Water Regulations
New Source Review (NSR) Reform
NAAQS: Ozone (Review)
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
Transportation Conformity Flextoility and
Streamlining
Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guide-
lines: Pulp and Paper
Selected Rulemakings for Abating Lead
Hazards
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Dis-
posal Amendments
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase I
NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Review)
Medical Waste Incinerators (MWI)
NSPS: Municipal Waste Combustion-
Phase II and Phase III, Industrial-Com-
mercial Waste Incinerators, and Other
Solid Waste Incinerators
Open-Market Trading Rule for Ozone Pre-
cursors
Risk Management Program for Chemical
Accidental Release Prevention
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials in Schools Rule
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Information 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
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
tection Rule
TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of
Lead-Based Paint Abatement Waste
Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microblal
Products ("Biotechnology") Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Use of Acrylamide for Grouting
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use and Disposal Rule - Phase
I (Includes Continuous Emission Mon-
itoring and Other Incinerator Require-
ments)
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
3453
3454
3456
3457
3458
3459
3460
3461
3463
3464
3465
3469
3470
3472
3474
3475
3476
3479
3480
3481
3482
3483
3484
3485
3490
3493
3494
3496
Title
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use and Disposal Rule - Phase
II
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II
NPDES Streamlining Rule (Phase III)
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
Streamlined Procedures for Developing
and Maintaining Approved Publicly-
Owned Treatment Works Pretreatment
Programs
Amendment to Effluent Guidelines and
Standards for Ore Mining and Dressing
Point Source Category, New Source
Performance Standards
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under 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 Requirements and Form 2C -
Wastewater Discharge Information
Storm Water Permit Application Regula-
tions for Municipal Separate Storm
Sewers
Amendments to Requirements for Author-
ized State Permit Programs Under Sec-
tion 402 of the Clean Water Act
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for
Pesticide Formulating, Packaging, and
Repackaging
Modification of Secondary Treatment Re-
quirements for Discharges Into Marine
Waters; Change to Eligfoiliry for Dif-
ferent Averaging Period
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of 2,3,7,8-Substituted
Dibenzo-P-DIox!ns and Dlbenzo Furans
Under the Clean Water Act
Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b)
Regulations
Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sew-
age Sludge (Round II)
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Industrial Laundries Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Transportation Equipment Cleaning Cat-
egory
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 Existing State Water Quality
Standards; i.e., State Antldegradation
Policy for Pennsylvania
Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxicity (WET) Test Procedures for the
Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean
Water Act
Water Quality Standards To Replace Por-
tions of Florida's Existing State Water
Quality Standards, i.e., State
Antidegradation Policy
-------
8
Local Government—Cont
Seq.
No.
Soq.
No.
3498
3505
3506
3507
3511
3512
3513
3514
3515
3516
3517
3518
3519
3520
3524
353S
3537
3539
3541
3552
3553
3554
3561
3564
3569
3573
3576
3583
THIe
Continuous Emission Monitoring and
Other Pollutant Limitation and Monitor-
Ing Regulations (or Sewage Sludge In-
cinerators
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions (or Lead and Copper (Revision)
Reformatting o( Drinking Water Regula-
tions
Revision of Current Requirements (or Trig-
goring Increased Drinking Water Mon-
itoring
Drinking Water MIcroblal and Disinfection
By-Producl Monitoring Rule (Formerly
CaBod the "Information Collection Dis-
infection Byproducts Rule")
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: RadtonudWes
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Qroundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: 25 Contaminants From Drinking
Water Priority Ust (Phase VIA) - Dis-
infection Byproducts Rule and En-
hanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: SuKate
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards (NPDWRs) for Aldtearb
National Primaiy Drinking Water Regula-
tions: 25 Contaminants From Drinking
Water Priority Ust (Phase VI-B)--Or-
ganlc and Inorganic Contaminants
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
Facility Response Planning (or Delegated
Offshore Facilities
RCRA Subtitle C Indian Program Author-
ization
Field Filtering of Groundwater Samples
Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline
(or Procurement of Products Containing
Recovered Materials
Alternatives (or Groundwater Monitoring
and Delay of General Compliance Date
for Small Municipal Solid Waste Land-
fills Located In Either Dry or Remote
Areas
Financial Test (or Local Governments
That Own/Operate Municipal Solid
Waste Landfills
Guideline (or Federal Procurement of
Paper and Paper Products Containing
Recovered Materials
Revisions to the OH Pollution Prevention
Regulation
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Modification of the Hazardous Waste
Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
Underground Storage Tanks Containing
Hazardous Substances - Financial Re-
sponsibility Requirements
Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement
of Products Containing Recovered Ma-
terials
Revisions to the New Source Review
Regulations
Performance Warranty and
Inspection/Maintenance Test Proce-
dures
Application of Mandatory Sanctions Under
Title V of the Clean Air Act
3584
3590
3593
3613
3614
3616
3618
3622
3625
3626
3627
3628
3629
3631
3632
3639
3641
3643
3646
3647
3667
3668
3674
3675
3679
3682
3685
3689
3690
3691
3693
3696
3700
3701
3709
3730
3733
3743
3745
3747
3750
3751
3753
3754
375:
Title
Seq.
No.
Method 301: Field Validation of Pollution
Measurement Methods for Various Me-
dias
Acid Rain Program: Revisions to the Ad-
ministrative Appeal Regulations Under
Title IV of the Clean Air Act
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)
Next Revision to the Guideline on Air
Quality Modeling
Revision to NSPS: Nonmetallic Minerals
Processing
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
try
NESHAP: Steel Pickling, HC1 Process
NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelters
NESHAP: Wool Fberglass Manufacturing
Industry
NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry
NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
NESHAP: Chlorine Production
NESHAP: Flexfcle Polyurethane Foam
Production
Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW)
NESHAP
Amendments to General Provisions for 40
CFR63
Regional Haze Protection
Aerosol Spray Paints Rule
National VOC Emission Standards for
Consumer Products
Acid Rain Opt-In Regulations
Federal Operating Permit Rules
NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Man-
ufacturing Industry - Wastewater
Addition of Methods 204, 204A - 204F (or
Measurement of VOC Emissions From
Stationary Sources
Ambient Air Quality Surveillance, Recen-
sion of NAMS Ambient Air Quality Mon-
itoring Requirements for Lead
Revisions to Part 35, Subpart A Section
105 Air Grant Regulations
NSPS: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Guidance (or the Implementation o( Sec-
tion 112(g)--Modificattons
NESHAP for Wood Furniture Manufactur-
ing
NESHAP: Printing/Publishing Industry
NESHAP: Surface Coating Operations In
Shipbuilding and Ship Repair
NESHAP - Cyanide Chemical Manufac-
turing
Criteria and Procedures for Determining
Transportation Conformity In Attainment
Areas
Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
Acid Rain Nitrogen Oxides Control Regu-
lation
Addition of Test Method 205 to Appendix
M of 40 CFR Part 51
New Source Review (NSR) Reform Rule-
making
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
NSPS: Starch Production Facilities
NSPS: Medical Waste Incinerators
NESHAP: Secondary Lead Smelting
NESHAP: Wood Treatment Industry
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ments: Miscellaneous Revisions
Transportation Conformity Amendments:
Miscellaneous Revisions
Standards for Tank Vessel Loading Oper-
ations
3758
3763
3764
3765
3766
3768
3769
3773
3774
3779
3795
3796
Title
Report to Congress and Prioritized Cat-
egory Ust for Regulation of VOC Emis-
sions From Consumer and Commercial
Products
User Fees (or Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
Reportable Quantity Adjustments (or
Carbamates
National Priorities List for Uncontrolled
Hazardous Waste Sites: Proposed and
Rnal Rules
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-To-Know Act,
Sections 302 Through 312
Administrative Reporting Exemptions for
Certain Radtonuclide Releases,
Amendments to the Extremely Hazardous
Substances List Under Section 302 of
the Emergency Planning and Commu-
nity Right-To-Know Act
Response Action Contractor Indemnifica-
tion
Designation Under CERCLA and Report-
able Quantity Adjustments for Clean Air
Act Hazardous Air Pollutants; Report-
able Quantity Adjustments of Hazardous
Wastes
Grants and Cooperative Agreements With
State, Local, and Indian Tribal Govern-
ments
Administrative Hearing Procedures for
Class II Penalties Under CERCLA and
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act
Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA) Cost Recovery
Tribal Government
Seq.
No.
100
104
105
106
107
114
115
121
128
130
3369
3383
3400
3416
3420
Title
EPA
Streamlining Revisions to the Water Qual-
ity Planning and Management Regula-
tions
CFR Regulatory Review Related Initiatives
Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Requirements, In-
cluding General Pretreatment Require-
ments
Streamlining Revisions to the National Pri-
mary Drinking Water Regulations
Modifications to the Definition of Solid
Waste and Regulations of Hazardous
Waste Recycling: General
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
Transportation Conformity Flexibility and
Streamlining
Selected Rulemakings for Abating Lead
Hazards
Medical Waste Incinerators (MWI)
Open-Market Trading Rule (or Ozone Pre-
cursors
The 10-Acre Umitation for Pesticide
Small-Scale Field Testing
Worker Protection Standards; Pesticide
Hazard Communication
Certification of Pesticide Applicators (Revi-
sion)
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials In Schools Rule
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Information Re-
quirements at the Transfer of Target
Housing (Section 1018); Joint Rule With
the Dept. of HUD
-------
Tribal Government—Cont.
Sea.
No.
Sea.
No.
3421
3422
3423
3453
3456
3457
3458
3459
3460
3463
3464
3465
3493
3505
3506
3507
3510
3512
3513
3514
3515
3516
3517
3518
3519
3520
3521
3522
3524
3528
3529
Title
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
tection Rule
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II
NPDES Streamlining Rule (Phase 111)
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round ill
Streamlined Procedures for Developing
and Maintaining Approved Publicly-
Owhed Treatment Works Pretreatment
Programs
Amendment to Effluent Guidelines and
Standards for Ore Mining and Dressing
Point Source Category, New Source
Performance Standards
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Requirements and Form 2C -
'•? Wastewater Discharge Information
Storm Water Permit Application Regula-
tions for Municipal Separate Storm
Sewers
Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper (Revision)
Reformatting of Drinking Water Regula-
tions
Revision of Current Requirements for Trig-
gering Increased Drinking Water Mon-
itoring
Underground Injection Control Program
Streamlining Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radionuclides
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
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
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 VI-B)--Or-
ganic and Inorganic Contaminants
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
Drinking Water Primacy Withdrawal Regu-
lation (Revision)
Revisions to SDWA; Underground Injec-
tion Control Program Regulations for
Class II (Oil and Gas-Related) Wells
Facility Response Planning for Delegated
Offshore Facilities
Spent Solvents Listing Determination
Chlorinated Aliphatics Listing Determina-
tion
3530
3534
3536
3537
3538
3541
3544
3556
3561
3566
3567
3568
3627
3643
3647
3668
3682
3683
3700
3733
3743
3763
3766
3773
3779
Title
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste: Petroleum Refining Process
Wastes
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
RCRA Subtitle C Indian Program Author-
ization
Field Filtering of Groundwater Samples
RCRA Subtitle D Solid Waste Facilities;
State/Tribal Permit Program - Deter-
mination of Adequacy
Alternatives for Groundwater Monitoring
and Delay of General Compliance Date
for Small Municipal Solid Waste Land-
fills Located in Either Dry or Remote
Areas
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
New and Revised Testing Methods Ap-
proved for RCRA Subtitle C Hazardous
Waste Testing Manual, SW-846, Third
Edition, Update IV
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Modification of the Hazardous Waste
Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
Modifications of the Hazardous Waste Re-
cycling Regulations: Universal Wastes
New and Revised Testing Methods Ap-
proved for RCRA Subtitle C Hazardous
Waste Testing Manual SW-846, Third
Edition, Update II
Hazardous Waste Management System,
Amendment to Subpart C Rulemaking
Petitions: Use of Groundwater Data in
Delisting Decisions
NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
Regional Haze Protection
National VOC Emission Standards for
Consumer Products
Federal Operating Permit Rules
Revisions to Part 35, Subpart A Section
105 Air Grant Regulations
Indian Tribes: Air Quality Planning and
Management
Criteria and Procedures for Determining
Transportation Conformity in Attainment
Areas
New Source Review (NSR) Reform Rule-
making
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
and Community Rlght-To-Know Act,
Sections 302 Through 312
Response Action Contractor Indemnifica-
tion
Grants and Cooperative Agreements With
State, Local, and Indian Tribal Govern-
ments
Federal Government
100
101
Title
EPA
Streamlining Revisions to the Water Qual-
ity Planning and Management Regula-
tions
Corrective Action for Solid Waste Man-
agement Units (SWMUs) at Hazardous
Waste Management Facilities
103
104
105
106
107
108
110
111
112
114
115
116
117
119
120
121
122
123
127
128
129
130
132
3367
3368
3372
3374
3376
3379
3380
3382
3383
3384
3385
3389
3393
3394
3397
Title
Facility Coverage Amendment; Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Right-to-Know
CFR Regulatory Review Related Initiatives
Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Requirements, In-
cluding General Pretreatment Require-
ments
Streamlining Revisions to the National Pri-
mary Drinking Water Regulations
Modifications to the Definition of Solid
Waste and Regulations of Hazardous
Waste Recycling: General
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)
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
Transportation Conformity Flextoility and
Streamlining
Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guide-
lines: Pulp and Paper
National 49-State Low-Emission Vehicles
Program
Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines At or
Below 19 Kilowatts (25 Horse-
power)(Phase 2)
Pesticides; Self-Certification
Selected Rulemakings for Abating Lead
Hazards
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Dis-
posal Amendments
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase I
NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Review)
Medical Waste Incinerators (MWI)
NSPS: Municipal Waste Combustion--
Phase II and Phase 111, Industrial-Com-
mercial Waste Incinerators, and Other
Solid Waste Incinerators
Open-Market Trading Rule for Ozone Pre-
cursors
Risk Management Program for Chemical
Accidental Release Prevention
Pesticide Tolerance Decisions under the
Delaney Clause
Pesticides: Tolerance Program Revisions
Pesticides and Groundwater State Man-
agement Plan Regulation
FIFRA Books and Records of Pesticide
Production and Distribution (Revision)
Exemption of Sterilant Pesticide Products
From Regulation Under the Federal In-
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA)
Cross-Contamination of Pesticide Prod-
ucts
Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides
Under FIFRA and FFDCA
Restricted Use Criteria tor Pesticides in
Groundwater
Worker Protection Standards; Pesticide
Hazard Communication
Reporting Requirements for Risk/Benefit
Information (Revision)
Policy or Procedures for Notification to the
Agency of Stored Pesticides With Can-
celled or Suspended Registration
Pesticide Management and Disposal
Endangered Species Protection Program
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Pesticide Worker Protection Standard;
Training Provisions for Workers
-------
10
Federal Government—Cont
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3333
3399
3400
3407
3416
3419
3420
3421
3422
3424
3430
3436
3439
3440
3450
3451
3452
3453
3454
3456
3457
345S
3459
3460
3461
3462
3463
Title
Worker Protection Standard: Revision of
Crop Advisor Requirements
Procedures To Make Restricted Use Pes-
ticides AvaHabla to Noncertiiied Persons
for Use by Certified Applicators
Certification of Pesticide Applicators (Revi-
sion)
Development of Guidance as Mandated
by Executive Order 12873, Section 503
on "Environmentally Preferable Prod-
ucts"
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials In Schools Rule
Chemical List Expansion; Emergency
Planning and Community Rlght-To-
Know Act Section 313
Load-Based Paint Hazard Information Re-
quirements at the Transfer of Target
Housing (Section 1018); Joint Rule With
tha Dopt. of HUD
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
Ing. Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model Stale Plan Rule
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of
Load-Based Paint Abatement Waste
Rutomaklng Concerning Certain Mlcrobfal
Products (""Biotechnology") Und9r the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment In-
formation Rules
Mandatory Pollution Prevention Reporting
tor Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
Evaluation of Products for Lead-Based
Paint Activities
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Usa and Disposal Rule - Phase
t (Includes Continuous Emission Mon-
itoring and Other Incinerator Require-
ments)
Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
ority Toxic Pollutants and Toxfclty for
the State of California
Leather Tanning and Finishing Effluent
Guidelines - Pretreatment Standards for
Existing and New Sources
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxlcity West Coast Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use and Disposal Rule - Phase
II
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II
NPDES Streamlining Rule (Phase III)
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
Streamlined Procedures for Developing
and Maintaining Approved Publtery-
Owned Treatment Works Pretreatment
Programs
Amendment to Effluent Guidelines and
Standards for Ore Mining and Dressing
Point Source Category, New Source
Performance Standards
Guidelines Establishing OH and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
Clarification ol the Application Require-
ments for States Wanting to Designate
Drinking Water Intake Zones, Thereby
Prohibiting tha Discharge of Vessel
Sewage Within Those Zones
NPDES Wastewater Permft Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
3464
3465
3467
3468
3470
3471
3472
3474
3475
3476
3477
3478
3480
3481
3482
3483
3484
3485
3490
3493
3494
3496
3498
3499
3500
3501
3503
3505
Title
Seq.
No.
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Requirements and Form 2C -
Wastewater Discharge Information
Storm Water Permit Application Regula-
tions for Municipal Separate Storm
Sewers
Revisions to Ocean Dumping Regulations
for Dredged Material
Ocean Dumping Testing Requirements
Clarification
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 for
Pesticide Formulating, Packaging, and
Repackaging
Modification of Secondary Treatment Re-
quirements for Discharges Into Marine
Waters; Change to Eligibility for Dif-
ferent Averaging Period
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of 2,3,7,8-Substituted
Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and Dlbenzo Furans
Under the Clean Water Act
Marine Sanitation Device: Establishment
of Drinking Water Intake Zones in Two
Portions of the Hudson River, New York
State
Comparison of Dredged Material to Ref-
erence Sediment
Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sew-
age Sludge (Round II)
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Industrial Laundries Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Transportation Equipment Cleaning Cat-
egory
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 Existing State Water Quality
Standards; i.e., State Antidegradation
Policy for Pennsylvania
Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxlcity (WET) Test Procedures for the
Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean
Water Act
Water Quality Standards To Replace Por-
tions of Florida's Existing State Water
Quality Standards, i.e., State
Antidegradation Policy
Continuous Emission Monitoring and
Other Pollutant Limitation and Monitor-
Ing Regulations for Sewage Sludge In-
cinerators
Environmental Protection Standards for
Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Environmental Protection Agency Radi-
ation Site Cleanup Regulation
Criteria for the Certrf. and Determination
of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's
Compliance w/Environmental Stnds. for
the Mgmt. and Disposal of Spent Nu-
clear Fuel, HIgh-Level, & Transuranic
Federal Radiation Protection Guidance for
Exposure of the General Public
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper (Revision)
3506
3507
3509
3510
3511
3512
3513
3514
3515
3516
3517
3518
3519
3520
3521
3522
3524
3528
3529
3530
3534
3535
3539
3544
3546
3548
3553
3554
3555
3556
Title
Reformatting of Drinking Water Regula-
tions
Revision of Current Requirements for Trig-
gering Increased Drinking Water Mon-
itoring
Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
Water Contaminants
Underground Injection Control Program
Streamlining Rule
Drinking Water Microbial and Disinfection
By-Product Monitoring Rule (Formerly
Called the "Information Collection Dis-
infection Byproducts Rule")
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radionuclides
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
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
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sulfate
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards (NPDWRs) for Aldlcarb
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 of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
Drinking Water Primacy Withdrawal Regu-
lation (Revision)
Revisions to SDWA; Underground Injec-
tion Control Program Regulations for
Class II (Oil and Gas-Related) Wells
Facility Response Planning for Delegated
Offshore Facilities
Spent Solvents Listing Determination
Chlorinated Aliphatlcs Listing Determina-
tion
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste: Petroleum Refining Process
Wastes
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
Rule Identifying When Military Munitions
Become Hazardous Wastes and Man-
agement Standards for Such Wastes
Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline
for Procurement of Products Containing
Recovered Materials
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
Imports and Exports of Hazardous Waste:
Implementation of the OECD Decision
for Recyclable Wastes
Guideline for Federal Procurement of
Paper and Paper Products Containing
Recovered Materials
Revisions to the Oil Pollution Prevention
Regulation
Regulations To Control Imports and Ex-
ports of Hazardous and Other Wastes
New and Revised Testing Methods Ap-
proved for RCRA Subtitle C Hazardous
Waste Testing Manual, SW-846, Third
Edition, Update IV
-------
11
Federal Government—Cont
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3557
3561
3565
3566
3567
3568
3569
3573
3576
3577
3578
3584
3597
3603
3604
3610
3612
3613
3614
3616
3618
3622
3625
3626
3627
Title
No-Migration Variance for Prohibited Haz-
ardous Waste Land Disposal
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Modification of the Hazardous Waste
Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
Liquids in Landfills: Proposed Rulemaking
to Grant a Petition
Modifications of the Hazardous Waste Re-
cycling Regulations: Universal Wastes
New and Revised Testing Methods Ap-
proved for RCRA Subtitle C Hazardous
Waste Testing Manual SW-846, Third
Edition, Update II
Hazardous Waste Management System,
Amendment to Subpart C Rulemaking
Petitions: Use of Groundwater Data In
Delisting Decisions
Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement
of Products Containing Recovered Ma-
terials
Revisions to the New Source Review
Regulations
Performance Warranty and
Inspection/Maintenance Test Proce-
dures
Inspection/Maintenance Recall Requlre-
.~f:tnents
Consolidated Emission Reporting
Method 301: Field Validation of Pollution
Measurement Methods for Various Me-
dlas
Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) To
Control Emissions From Sources Lo-
cated on the Fort Hall Indian Reserva-
tion
Determining Conformity of General Fed-
eral Actions to State or Federal Imple-
mentation Plans (for Attainment and
Unclassifiable Areas)
Environmental Radiation Protection Stand-
ards for Yucca Mountain
Consolidated Federal Air Rule for the Syn-
thetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
Industry
Amendments to the Final Rules NESHAP
for Chromium Electroplating and
NESHAP for Commercial Sterilization
MAAQS: Nitrogen Dioxide (Review)
Next Revision to the Guideline on Air
Quality Modeling
Revision to NSPS: Nonmetallic Minerals
Processing
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
try
NESHAP: Steel Pickling, HC1 Process
NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelters
NESHAP: Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing
Industry
NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
3628
3629
3631
363:
3634
3641
3643
3644
3646
3648
3657
3659
3663
3664
3666
3668
3669
3671
3672
3673
3674
3675
3679
3685
3689
3690
3691
3692
3693
3695
3696
Title
Seq.
No.
NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry
NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
NESHAP: Chlorine Production
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
NESHAP: Manufacture of
Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde
Amendments to General Provisions for 40
CFR 63
Regional Haze Protection
National Volatile Organic Compound
Emission Standards for Automobile Re-
finish Coatings
Aerosol Spray Paints Rule
Revised Light-Duty Durability Procedures
for Model Year 1999 and Later
Amendment to the MVAC Rule To include
All Refrigerants
Amendment to the Refrigerant Recycling
Rule To Include All Refrigerants
Supplemental Rule To Require Certain
Products Made With HCFCs To Bear
Warning Label
Update of the Acceptablity List Under the
Significance New Alternatives Policy
(SNAP) Program
Locomotive Emission Standards
Federal Operating Permit Rules
Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives:
Certification Requirements for Deposit
Control Gasoline Additives
Inspection/Maintenance Program Require-
ments - Onboard Diagnostic Checks
NESHAPS Pertaining to Facilities Other
Than Commercial Nuclear Power Reac-
tors Licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) or by NRC Agree-
ment States
On-Board Diagnostics Service Information
Available
NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Man-
ufacturing Industry - Wastewater
Addition of Methods 204, 204A - 204F for
Measurement of VOC Emissions From
Stationary Sources
Ambient Air Quality Surveillance, Recen-
sion of NAMS Ambient Air Quality Mon-
itoring Requirements for Lead
NSPS: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Guidance for the Implementation of Sec-
tion 112(g)-Modlfications
NESHAP for Wood Furniture Manufactur-
ing
NESHAP: Printing/Publishing Industry
NESHAP: Polymers and Resins, Group I
NESHAP: Surface Coating Operations In
Shipbuilding and Ship Repair
NESHAP: Polymers and Resins, Group IV
NESHAP - Cyanide Chemical Manufac-
turing
3700
3701
3704
3727
3731
3733
3745
3746
3747
3750
3751
3757
3758
3759
3763
3764
3765
3766
3768
3773
3774
3780
3787
3793
3795
Title
Criteria and Procedures for Determining
Transportation Conformity in Attainment
Areas
Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
Amendments to Regulations Governing
the Importation of Nonconforming Vehi-
cles
Alternative Test Procedure for the Vol-
untary Aftermatket Part Certification
Program
National Emissions Standards for Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants as It Applies to Nu-
clear Power Reactors Licensed by the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
New Source Review (NSR) Reform Rule-
making
NSPS: .Starch Production Facilities
New Source Performance Standards for
Cold-Cleaning Operations
NSPS: Medical Waste Incinerators
NESHAP: Secondary Lead Smelting
NESHAP: Wood Treatment Industry
Standards for Tank Vessel Loading Oper-
ations
Report to Congress and Prioritized Cat-
egory List for Regulation of VOC Emis-
sions From Consumer and Commercial
Products
Air Pollutant Emission Regulations fof
Spark-Ignited Nonroad Engines 25
Horsepower and Below - Phase I
User Fees for Radon Proficiency Pro-
grams Rule - Amendment
Reportable Quantity Adjustments for
Carbamates
National Priorities List for Uncontrolled
Hazardous Waste Sites: Proposed and
Final Rules
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
and Community Rlght-To-Know Act,
Sections 302 Through 312
Administrative Reporting Exemptions for
Certain Radionuclide Releases
Response Action Contractor Indemnifica-
tion
Designation Under CERCLA and Report-
able Quantity Adjustments for Clean Air
Act Hazardous Air Pollutants; Report-
able Quantity Adjustments of Hazardous
Wastes
Rules of Practice for Enforcement Actions
Not Governed by the Administrative
Procedure Act
Amendments' to Part 22 Consolidated Pro-
cedural Rules
'ublic Information and Confidentiality
Regulations
Administrative Hearing Procedures for
Class II Penalties Under CERCLA and
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act
-------
-------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SUBJECT INDEX
Seq. No.
A
Accounting:
EPA cost recovery methodology 3796
Acquisition regulations:
See Government procurement
Additives:
See Fuel additives
Administrative practice and procedure:
See also Freedom of information
Environmental Protection Agency 3780
EPA suspension and debarment procedures 3792
Hearing and appeal procedures:
Environmental Protection Agency 3456, 3590, 3794
Hearing under CERCLA and emergency planning 3795
Agricultural commodities:
See also specific commodities
Crop grouping regulations 3401
Agriculture:
See also Agricultural commodities
Foods
Pesticides and pests
Worker protection standards 3375, 3383, 3387, 3388, 3398
Air pollution:
Lead 367g
Air pollution control:
See also Motor vehicle pollution
Accidental release 132
Acid rain....3590, 3591, 3592, 3593, 3667, 3709, 3729, 3735, 3741
Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing 3636
Aerosol can production 3724
Aerosol spray paints 3646
Aerospace industry 3749
Agricultural chemicals 3719
Air quality modeling 3614, 3740
Air quality standards 112, 113, 3679
Aircraft and aircraft engines 3594
Aluminum industry 3627, 3628
Ambient air quality monitoring 3737
Ammonia test method 3535
Appeals regulations 3590
Awards !.""s670
Baker's yeast manufacturing industry 3640
Boat manufacturing industry 3722
Canadian motor vehicles 3704
Caprolactam 3542
Capture efficiency guidelines 3675, 3744
Carbon monoxide 3594
Chemicals 3610, 3631, 3718, 3760, 3761
Chromium emissions 3612
Citizen suit regulation 3728
Clean Air Act 109, 132, 3581, 3583, 3593, 3618, 3657, 3658,
3659, 3668, 3670, 3683, 3697, 3698, 3699, 3736, 3741,
3759, 3797
Coal-fired boilers 3655, 3729, 3739
Commercial sterilization rule 3612
Consumer products 3646, 3647
Copper smelters !.3625
Cyanide chemical manufacturing 3696
De minimis levels 3339
Diesel refineries ..3591
Dioxin emission measurement 3584
Dry cleaners !..™3725
Electric utility steam generating facilities 3615, 3654
Emission control diagnostic systems 3713
Emissions monitoring program 3601, 3608, 3609, 3797
Emissions reporting !...3578
Emissions trades 130
Seq. No.
Air pollution control—Continued
Evaporative emission test procedure 3712
Federal plan conformity determinations 3603
Ferroalloy industry 3533
Field citations 3698
Fuel and fuel additives 3572
Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry screening method
•• 3734
Gasoline detergent additives 3669
Gasoline oxygen cap ..3606
General provisions amendments 3641
Generic test procedures 3601
Grant regulations 3532
Hazardous air pollutants 116, 118, 119, 128, 129, 131, 3413,
3612, 3619, 3626, 3627, 3628, 3629, 3630, 3631, 3632,
3633, 3634, 3636, 3637, 3680, 3681, 3697, 3710, 3714,
3716, 3717, 3718, 3719, 3721, 3722, 3723, 3724, 3725,
3734, 3743, 3752, 3774
Hazardous air pollutants source categories 3701
Hazardous waste combustion facilities 109
Indian reservations 3597
Indian tribes treatment 3683
Inspection/maintenance programs 3577, 3600, 3755
Instrument testing 3730
Iron and steel foundries 3323
Iron and steel mills [3715
Lead smelters 3633
Lesser-quality emission rates 3710
Locomotive emissions 3666
Marine propulsion engines ...3708
Measurement regulation 3584, 3675
Medical waste incinerators 128, 3747
Mineral wool production industry standards 3618
Monitoring 126
Municipal landfills .3685
Municipal waste combustors 129
Navajo nation lands 3589
New source performance standards 3616, 3726, 3745, 3746,
3747
New source review m, 3573, 3733
New stationary sources 3609
Nitrogen dioxide .'.'..'.'..3613
Nitrogen oxides 3594, 3655, 3729, 3738, 3739, 3753
Non-metallic minerals processing seie
Nuclear facilities other than power plants 3672
Nuclear power plants 3731
Nylon 6 production 3720
On-board diagnostics, fuel system malfunctions 3703
Opacity measurement of emissions....: 3676
Open path analyzers ...3737
Operating permits 114, 3668
Ozone ....112, 115, 130, 3571, 3607, 3646, 3647. 3656, 3657, 3658,
3659, 3662, 3664, 3732, 3742, 3753, 3760, 3761
Paint stripper users 3721
Particulate matter standards 113
PCB manufacturing .........343-1
Perchloroethylene "[3599
Petroleum refineries 3587, 3619, 3748
Pharmaceuticals industry.... 3030
Phosphate fertilizer production 3624
Phosphogypsum stacks 3635
Phosphoric acid manufacturing 3521
Plastic composites manufacturing 3716
Polycarbonates ".'."3637
Polyether polyol production "!!!!!!!!!!™™3717
Polymers and resins 3520, 3692, 3695
Polyurethane foam production : 3532
Portland cement manufacturing 3629
13
-------
Seq. No.
Air pollution control—Continued
Printing/publishing facilities 3691
Publically owned treatment works study 3639
Pulp and paper mills H6
Radionuclides 3714
Radon 3635, 3743
Recycling and recovery standards 3661, 3762
Refrigerant recycling 3660
Regional haze protection 3643
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements 3611
Secondary lead smelters 3750
Sewage sludge incinerators 3498
Shipbuilding and ship repair operations 3693
Solid waste incinerators 3726
Stack gas testing methods 3585, 3734
Stainless and non-stainless steel manufacturing 3638
Starch production facilities 3745
Stato implementation plans Ill, 115,130, 3571, 3580, 3581,
3583, 3589, 3700, 3742
Steam generating units..". 3738
Stool pickling processes 3622
Stratospheric ozone protection 3661, 3762
Sullito pulping industry 3752
Sulfur oxides 127,3592
Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing 3674
Technical corrections to EPA methods 3586
Test procedures 3712, 3727
Tost rules 3412
Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing 3634
Tiro manufacturing 3723
Transportation plans, programs, and projects 3700, 3754
Volatile organic compounds ....130, 3644, 3645, 3674, 3675, 3680,
3681, 3744, 3746, 3757, 3758
Waste incinerators performance standards 3699, 3736
Wood furniture manufacturing emissions 3690
Wood treatment industry 3751
Wool fiberglass manufacturing industry 3626
Aircraft:
Emission standards and test procedures 3594
HAP emissions 3749
On-board diagnostics requirements 3703
Airplanes:
Sea Aircraft
Airworthiness directives and standards:
Sao Aircraft
Ammunition:
Sco Arms and munitions
Appeal procedures:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Arms and munitions:
Hazardous wastes 3535
Asbestos:
Comprehensive revisions 3688
Model accreditation plan 3445
Auditing:
Seo Accounting
Authority delegations:
EPA Administrator 3583
EPA revisions 3440,3800
Automobiles:
See Motor vehicles
B
Balloons:
See Aircraft
Bankruptcy:
RCRA financial responsibility 3562
Barrels:
See Packaging and containers
Buildings:
Sao also Federal buildings and facilities
Asbestos 3445
Seq. No.
Business and industry:
See also specific industries
Accounting
Bankruptcy
Confidential business information
Labeling
Packaging and containers
Acrylate/methacrylate use rule 3429
Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing:
Air pollution control 3636
Aircraft:
Pollution standards .....3749
Aluminum industry:
Air pollution control 3627, 3628
Baker's yeast manufacturing:
Air pollution control • • 3640
Boat manufacturing industry:
Air pollution control 3722
Cement manufacturing:
Air pollution control • 3629
Chemicals:
Accidental release prevention 132
Air pollution control 3631, 3674, 3718, 3719
Control of PMNs , 3428
Hazardous wastes listing 3528, 3529, 3543, 3547
Manufacture 3402, 3414, 3427, 3436, 3437, 3610
Pollution standards ..3431, 3692
Chromium electroplating • 3612
Commercial sterilization 3612 j
Dry cleaning:
Air pollution control ......7.'.....3725
Effluent guidelines • ...l....:.3482
Perchlorethylene • .....3599
Effluent guidelines 3484
EPA operating permits 114 |
Ferroalloy industry:
Air pollution control 3588
Industrial disposal wells <••• 3519
Industrial laundries:
Effluent guidelines 3482 |
Leather tanning and finishing:
Effluent guidelines ;•• 3452 |
Metal products and machinery:
Effluent guidelines 123, 3485 |
Mineral processing:
Air pollution control • • 36161
Lead smelters • • 3750|
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Air pollution control 37131
Emissions standards 117, 1191
Sales volume limit provisions 35981
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits
3464|
Nylon 6 production:
Air pollution control • •
Pharmaceuticals:
Air pollution control 36301
Pollution standards 3470|
Polyether polyol production:
Air pollution control 37171
Polyurethane foam production: I
Air pollution control 36321
Printing/publishing: I
Pollution standards 36911
Pulp, paper and paperboard 116, 348l|
Starch manufacturing industry:
Air pollution control 37451
Steel manufacturing: I
Air pollution control 36381
Sulfite pulping industry: I
Air pollution control 3752|
Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing:
Air pollution control 36341
Tires: I
Manufacture 37231
..37201
-------
Seq. No.
Business and industry—Continued
Transportation equipment cleaning:
Effluent guidelines > 3433
Wool fiberglass manufacturing:
Air pollution control 3626
Cancer:
See also specific hazardous substances
Carcinogen risk assessment..... 3776
Charter buses:
See Motor vehicles
Chemicals:
See also specific chemicals
Hazardous substances
Pesticides and pests
Acrylamide 3433
Acrylate/methacrylate 3429
Air Pollution control 3610, 3674
Arsenic in drinking water 3514
Assessment information rule 3436
Chemical inventory reporting 3766
Drinking Water Priority List 3518
Drinking water regulations 3517
Formaldehyde 3442
Health and safety reporting rule 3437
New use rules for PMNs 3428
Ozone depleting:
Fire extinguishers containing HCFCs 3607
Global warming potentials for 3656
Phaseoutrule 3760
Refrigerant recycling. 3657, 3658, 3659, 3761
Sales restrictions 3552
Substitutes 3664
Polychlorinated biphenyls 3431
Polymers and resins 3692
Test rules 3409, 3411, 3412, 3417, 3426, 3446
Toxic substances 3405, 3414, 3447
Toxic substances in new chemicals 3427
Toxicity profiles 3410
Toxics Release Inventory 3419
Use inventory rule 3402
Children:
See infants and children
Clean Air Act:
See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
See Water pollution control
Coal mines:
;See Mines
Coastal zone:
See also Continental shelf
Biological test methods for pollutants 3453
Waste deposit prevention 3479
Colleges and universities:
Grants administration 3790
Commodities:
See Agricultural commodities
Community colleges:
See Colleges and universities
Confidential business information:
EPA regulations 3734, 3793
Consumer protection:
See also Labeling
Lead-based paint 3406
Containers:
See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
Offshore structures:
Oil spill prevention and response 3524
Contracts:
See Government contracts
Cooperative agreements:
See Grant programs
Copper:
Drinking water regulations ,
Corporations:
See Business and industry
Critical habitat:
See Endangered and threatened species
Crops:
See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
See Petroleum
Dangerous cargo:
See Hazardous materials transportation
Debarment and suspension:
EPA changes
Defense acquisition regulations:
See Government procurement
Defense contracts:
See Government contracts
Government procurement
Diseases:
See specific diseases
Drinking water:
See Water supply
Seq. No.
......3505
..3799
Ecology:
See Environmental protection
Electric utilities:
Steam generating facilities 3554
Endangered and threatened species:
Pesticide labeling program 3393
Energy:
See also Fuel economy
Natural gas
Petroleum
Fluorescent lamps exemption from Hazardous Waste
Management 3551
Wastes from fossil fuel combustion 3550
Environmental protection:
See also Air pollution control
Pesticides and pests
Waste treatment and disposal
Water pollution control
Biotechnology risk assessment 3430
Chemicals 3402, 3411, 3412, 3446
Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR 3782
Coastal waste deposit prevention 3479
Ecological risk assessment 3777
EPA civil penalties assessments 3730
EPA cost recovery methodology 3795
EPA information resources management directives 3791
EPA invoicing requirements 3731
EPA source selection procedures 3786
EPA suspension and debarment procedures 3792
Federal Facility Compliance Act 3794
Government contracts 3793
Grants administration 3779, 3790
Monitoring 126, 3586
Pesticides 3371
Sterilants 3376
Uniform facility data consolidation. 102
Estuaries:
See Coastal zone
Ex parte communications:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Exports:
Chemicals 3417
Hazardous and other wastes 3555
Hazardous waste 3543
Pesticides |3396
-------
16
Seq. No.
FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation):
See Government procurement
Farmers:
Sea Agriculture
Federal acquisition regulations:
See Government procurement
Federal aid programs:
See Grant programs
Federal buildings and facilities:
RCRA compliance
Federal-State relations:
See Intergovernmental relations
Fines and penalties:
See Penalties
Firo prevention:
Fire extinguishers containing HCFCs
Firearms:
Sea Arms and munitions
Flammable materials:
Pesticide foggers
Foods:
See also specific foods
Pesticide residues 3367, 3368, 3391, 3392
Foreign trade:
See also Exports
Imports
Motor vehicles 3651
Fraud:
Contract Laboratory Program investigation 37/5
Freedom of information:
See also Confidential business information
Chemical inventory reporting 3766
Toxics Release Inventory reporting 103, 3404
Fuel:
See Energy
Fuel additives:
Deposit control additives 3707
Detergent 3669
Waiver application criteria 3572
Fuel economy:
Improvements 3707
Seq. No.
..3779
..3790
,.3794
..3607
..3381
Gas utilities:
See Natural gas
Gasoline:
See also Fuel economy
Detergent additives 3669
Diesel refineries 3591
Leadphaseout 3574
Reformulated 3606
Government buildings:
Sea Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
See also Government procurement
Contractors:
EPA Response Action Contractor Indemnification 3773
Environmental protection 3798
EPA Mentor-Protege Program 37®3
EPA regulations on use of options 3801
EPA source selection procedures 3786
Penalty payments • 3787
Government procurement:
See also Government contracts
Environmental Protection Agency 3791
Environmentally preferable products 3407
Integrity 37f5
Paper and paper products 3553
Recycled products 3539. 3569
Grant programs:
EPA air grants 3682
Grant programs-Indians:
Environmental protection
..3779
Grant programs-Indians—Continued
Uniform administrative requirements
Grants administration:
Uniform administrative requirements ..
Guns: ;
See Arms and munitions
H
Hazardous materials transportation:
Hazardous Waste Manifest rule 3534
Transfrontier movements • • • 3548
Hazardous substances: ;
See also Flammable materials
Hazardous materials transportation
Hazardous waste
Radioactive materials
Accidental release I32
Air pollutants 113, 116, 119, 129, 131, 3413, 3585, 3587, 3588,
3612, 3618, 3619, 3620, 3621, 3622, 3623, 3624, 3625,
1 3626, 3627, 3628, 3629, 3630, 3632, 3633, 3634, 3636,
3637, 3639, 3640, 3642, 3672, 3680, 3681, 3695, 3696,
3697, 3710, 3715, 3716, 3717, 3718, 3719, 3720, 3721,
3722, 3723, 3724, 3725, 3726. 3731, 3734, 3751, 3752,
3753, 3774
Asbestos 3416, 3423, 3445
Caprolactam ' 3642
Carbon monoxide .........3594
Carcinogen risk assessment • ........3776
Chemical test rules 3413, 3417, 3426
Chemicals ••.•,.,•,3405, 3410
Chromium ...;...1,,,..3612
Disinfection byproducts 3511, 3518
Drinking Water Priority List ......»., ...3518
Drinking water regulations • 3509
Environmentally preferable products guidelines 3407
Extremely Hazardous Substances List 3769
Federally permitted releases 3770
Formaldehyde ;-t 3442
Lead 121, 3406, 3418, 3421. 3422, 3440/35.05, 3633
Method 24 amendment ........3596, 3678
Microbial contaminants ...:.....v.:...:..3511
Microbial products (biotechnology) ••:,",•••;• r3430
Neurotoxicity risk assessment ••••• .3778
Nitrogen dioxide .............:..3613
Nitrogen oxides 118, 3594, 3655, 3729, 3753
Ozone precursors 13°
Penalties under CERCLA and emergency planning 3795
Pesticides 3367, 3368, 3382, 3384, 3385, 3392, 3394, 3397, I
3399, 3400, 3415
Cross-contamination reporting ..;...........;.....3379
Exportation ....................3396
Field testing •.•••••••.• 3369
Inventory with cancelled registration ..........:. 3385
Labeling program • .3373, 3393
Notification procedure .....:..........3377
Produced by transgenic plants :...:...: 3380
Production and distribution records 3374
Regulatory review 1°4
Self-certification 120
Water pollution control 3474
Worker protection standards 3375, 3387, 3388
Polychlorinatedbiphenyls 122, 3432, 3434, 3443
Radionuclides 3500, 3512, 3714, 3768
Radon 3635, 3743, 3763, 3772
Regulatory review 104
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements 34381
Reproductive toxicity risk assessment 3788
. * , .
Saccharin
Sulfur oxides 127
Surface coatings 3596, 3678
Toxics Release Inventory 103, 3404, 34191
Underground storage tanks 35641
Water pollution control 3451. 3488, 3489
Hazardous waste: I
Carbamates • 3764|
-------
17
Seq. No.
Hazardous waste—Continued
Cement kiln dust 3532
Cleanups 110
Delisting petitions 3568
Dioxin/furan contaminated sludge 3444
Disposal facilities:
Combustion facilities 109, 3549
Permit modifications 3558
Effluent limitation guidelines 3472
Format and Content Guide 3602
Groundwater contamination 3519
Identification and listing 108,110, 3525
Import/export 3555
Land disposal:
Liquids in landfills 3565
. Post-closure requirements 3542
Restrictions 124, 125, 3540, 3557
Lead 3420, 3424
Manifest regulation 3534
Medical waste 128
Military munitions 3535
Mineral processing wastes 124
Organobromines 3543
Pesticides 3339
Petroleum refining process 3530
Polychlorinated biphenyls 122, 3443
Radioactive waste 3499
Disposal of spent nuclear fuel 3501
Waste management rules 3711
Yucca'Mountain, NV 3604
Recycled used oil 3525
Recycling 107,3566
Response Action Contractor Indemnification 3773
Saccharin..: 3771
Solid waste 107, 3546
Solvents 3528
Spent solvents 3525
.State programs 3563
Technical standards for corrective action for cleanup 1O1
Testing methods 3556, 3567
Toxic waste site 3410
Toxicity characteristic metals 124
Toxicity characteristic rule 3559
Treatment and disposal:
Fluorescent lamps 3561
Triarylmethane dye and pigments 3547
Uncontrolled sites on the NPL 3765
Wood preserving wastes 124
Health facilities:
See also Hospitals
Incineration of medical waste 128
Hearing and appeal procedures:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Helicopters:
See Aircraft
Herbicides:
See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
See Colleges and universities
Hospitals:
Grants administration 3790
Housing:
Lead-based paint abatement waste 3424
Lead-based paint disclosure 3420, 3422
Housing assistance payments:
See Housing
I
Imports:
Acrylate/methacrylate 3429
Canadian motor vehicles 3704
Chemicals 3414, 3433, 3437
Control of PMN chemicals 3428
Hazardous and other wastes 3555
Seq. No.
Imp orts—Continued
Hazardous waste 3543
Indians-lands:
Air pollution control implementation 3589, 3597
Municipal solid waste landfills 3533
Indians-tribal government:
Air quality planning and management 3683
Treatment as States 3535
Industrial safety:
See Occupational safety and health
Industry:
See Business and industry
Infants and children:
Lead poisoning 121, 3406
Sulfate in drinking water 3516
Information:
See Confidential business information
Freedom of information
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Insecticides:
See Pesticides and pests
Intergovernmental relations:
See also Grant programs
Air pollution control implementation Ill, 114,115,117,130,
132, 3571, 3581, 3583, 3589, 3606, 3679, 3697, 3700, 3742,
3747
California on-board diagnostics requirements 3703
Clean air plan conformity determinations 3603
EPA effluent guidelines and standards 3491
EPA Hazardous Waste Manifest rule 3534
EPA permit regulations 105, 3456, 3457
EPA water monitoring requirements 3520
EPA water quality standards 100,106, 3488
EPA water regulations streamlining 3453
EPA well operation regulation 3510
EPA-California water quality standards 3451
EPA-Florida water quality standards 3496
EPA-Pennsylvania water quality standards 3490
Nuclear accident protection 3502
Regional haze protection regulations 3643
State issuance of NPDES permits 3469
State programs for pesticide applicator certification 3400
State programs limiting pesticide sales 3399
State testing for air pollutants 3535
International agreements:
See Treaties •
International trade:
See Foreign trade
K
Kites:
See Aircraft
Labeling:
See also Packaging and containers
HCFCs
Pesticides 3373, 3381, 3393, 3394
Laboratories:
Contract Laboratory Program investigation 3775
Land:
See Indians-lands
Law:
See also Administrative practice and procedure
Liability under CERCLA for site clean-up 3739
Third party suits:
Underground storage of hazardous materials 3564
Lead poisoning:
Hazard abatement 121
Paint 121, 3406, 3418, 3420, 3421, 3422, 3424, 3440
Reducing lead consumption and use 3441
-------
18
Seq. No.
Seq. No.
M
Marino engineering:
Sea Vessels
Marine pollution:
Sea Water pollution control
Medical facilities:
Sco Health facilities
Medical research:
Neurotoxicity risk assessment 3778
Motals:
See also specific metals
Ambient lead levels 3679
Effluent guidelines for metal products and machinery 3485
Emission standards for ferroalloy industry 3588
EPA traco metal analysis 3488
High temperature metal recovery residues 3540
Military arms sales:
Sea Arms and munitions
Military installations:
See Federal buildings and facilities
Minos:
Water pollution control 3460
Mobile offshore drilling units:
See Vessels
Motor vehicle pollution:
Emissions control 118, 3707
Emissions from refinishing coatings 3644
Emissions standards 119, 3648, 3652, 3705, 3708, 3759
Emissions testing 131, 3651, 3730
Gasoline:
Detergent additives 3669
Reformulated 3606
Inspection/maintenance programs 3576, 3671, 3756
Low emission vehicles program 117
Nitrogen oxides 118. 3753
On-board diagnostics service information 3673
Particulate matter standards 118
Transportation plans, programs, and projects 3700
Motor vehicles:
Seo also Fuel economy
Air conditioning system 3657, 3732
Automotive aftermarket 3673
Canadian manufactured 3704
Sales volume limit provisions 3598
Motorcycles:
See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
See Arms and munitions
N
National defense contracts:
Sea Government contracts
Government procurement
Natural gas:
Motor vehicle fuel
Nonprofit organizations:
Grants administration
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
Hazardous air pollutants
Nuclear safety:
Sea Radiation protection
Occupational safety and health:
' ' pesticides 3383
Outer continental shelf:
See Continental shelf
..118, 3606
3790
3731
Agricultural p
Formaldehyde
,o exposure.
..3442
Hazardous substances 3397
Ocoan dumping:
Sea Water pollution control
Offshore structures:
See Continental shelf
Oil pollution:
Oil spill response 3524
Prevention 3554
..3395
Packaging and containers:
See also Labeling
Child-resistant
Paint:
See Lead poisoning
Paperwork requirements:
See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Parachutes:
See Aircraft
Penalties:
Civil • -3780
Pesticides and pests:
Certification of applicators 3400
Child-resistant packaging • 3395
Crop grouping regulations 3401
Cross-contamination reporting 3379
Data requirements 3371
Disposal and storage guidelines .....3394
Effluent guidelines and standards ; 3474
Exportation 3396
Field testing • 3369
Groundwater protection 3372, 3382, 3386
Inventory with cancelled registration 3385
Labeling requirements:
Endangered species protection •• 3393
Flammability .......«;..''... ..3381
Permitted statements .........3373
Low-risk pesticides 3390 |
Negotiated consent/procedural test rule j 3415
Production and distribution records 3374
Recalled pesticides management 3566
Regulatory review 104
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements 3377, 3384
Residue in agricultural products 3391
Sale of restricted use pesticides 3399
Self-certification 120
Sterilants •••••• 3376
Storage and disposal ...3389
Tolerance program revisions 3368 I
Transgenic plants ....33801
Worker protection standards...3375, 3383, 3387, 3388, 3397. 3398
Petroleum:
See also Fuel additives
Gasoline
Oil pollution
Air pollution from petroleum solvent dry cleaners 37251
ALT pollution from production facilities ; 36191
Refineries 3587,37481
Refining process wastes 35301
Toxicity characteristic rule 3559|
Plastics materials and synthetics:
Air pollution control regulations 37161
Pollution:
See Environmental protection
Power resources:
See Energy
Practice and procedure:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Procurement:
See Government procurement
Public buildings:
See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
See also Waste treatment and disposal
Air pollution effects 34131
Air quality standards 36131
Carcinogen risk assessment 37761
Pesticide tolerance program 33681
Radiation protection 35031
Reproductive toxicity risk assessment 3788|
-------
19
Seq. No.
..3513, 3518
Public health—Continued
Water contamination effects.
Public utilities:
See Electric utilities
Natural gas
Water supply
Radiation protection:
See also Radioactive materials
Drinking water 3502
General public 3503
Radiological Emergency Response Plan 3677
Yucca Mountain, NV 3504, 3604
Radioactive materials:
See also Radiation protection
Radon 3763
Waste disposal 3499> 3500
Radioactive waste:
See Hazardous waste
Railroads:
Locomotive emissions 3666
Rates and fares:
See Natural gas
Railroads
Record retention:
See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Records:
See Freedom of information
.Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Recycling:
Government purchase of recovered materials 3539, 3569
Hazardous waste 107, 3548, 3566
Ozone-depleting chemicals 3761
Paper !!..""s553
Refrigerant 3657, 3658, 3659, 3732
Scrap metal 3432
Reporting and recordkeeping:
Environmental Protection Agency 102
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
Carbamates 3764
Chemical inventory reporting 3402, 3766
Environmental monitoring 126
Environmental Protection Agency 105, 3510, 3611, 3782
EPA emissions reporting requirements 3578
EPA information collection rule ....3511
EPA regulations streamlining 106
Hazardous material releases 3770
Hazardous substances 104, 3433
Ozone depleting substances phaseout 3760
Pesticides 104, 120, 3374, 3377, 3379, 3384
Pollution prevention actions in Toxic Release Inventory
3439
Radionuclides 3768
Radon 3772
Toxic chemical test rules ...3417
Toxics Release Inventory reporting 103, 3404, 3419
Research:
See also Medical research
Biotechnology 3430
Rockets:
See Aircraft
Rodenticides:
See Pesticides and pests
Rotorcraft:
See Aircraft
Sanitation:
See Public health
Waste treatment and disposal
Schools:
See also Colleges and universities
Asbestos
Seq. No.
Schools—Continued
Asbestos model accreditation plan 3445
Science and technology:
Biological testing for pollutants 3494
Neurotoxicity risk assessment 3773
NPDES innovative technology time extensions 3495
Seaplanes:
See Aircraft
Sewage disposal:
Incinerator emissions monitoring 3486, 3498
Sludge use and disposal 3450, 3454] 3430
Vessels 3462,3477
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:
Cost recovery regulation 379$
Radiation site cleanup "".".'"""3500
Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates 3764
Response Action Contractor Indemnification 3773
Synthetics:
See Plastics materials and synthetics
Technology:
See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
EPA information resources management directives 3791
Toxic substances:
See Hazardous substances
Transportation:
See also Railroads
Vessels
Air pollution control conformity 115, 3742, 3753
Air pollution control implementation !.3700
Treaties:
Hazardous waste disposal regulations... 3555
Trucks:
See Motor vehicles
u
..3416, 3423
Universities:
See Colleges and universities
Vessels:
Emissions standards 3708
Hudson River prohibitions 3477
Sewage discharge !!""s462
Surface coating operations 3693
w
Waste treatment and disposal:
See also Hazardous waste
Recycling
Sewage disposal
Disposal facilities:
Residual radioactivity after cleanup 3500
Effluent guidelines 3460,3484
Effluent limitation guidelines 3472
Financial test criteria 3552, 3562
Fossil fuel combustion wastes !.3560
Land disposal:
Financial responsibility 3545
Groundwater monitoring "..'"3541
Liquids in landfills "'.!!!!!!!s565
Restrictions 124, 125, 3540, 3557
-------
Seq. No.
Waslo treatment and disposal—Continued
Liability for clean-up 3789
Medical waste incinerators 3747
Metal machinery and equipment wastewater 123
Mineral processing wastes 124
Municipal waste combustors I29
Nuclear waste disposal 3501
Ocean dumping 3467, 3468
Permit applications 3463, 3464, 3549
Permit regulations streamlining 3457
Radioactive waste 3499, 3604
Recoverable metals criteria 3487
Secondary treatment requirements 3475
Sower grouting 3433
Shore Protection Act 3479
Solid waste disposal:
Facility criteria 3546
Landfills and incinerators 3484, 3726
MACT for facilities 3694
Municipal landfills 3537, 3685
Physical/chemical evaluation methods 3544
Technical standards for corrective action 101
State programs.
..3538
Toxlcity characteristic metals 124
Underground storage tanks:
Financial responsibility ;. 3570
Toxicity characteristic rule '.. 3559
Wood preserving wastes l24
Water pollution control:
Sco also Oil pollution
Waste treatment and disposal
Biological test methods 3453, 3494
Clean Water Act....lOO. 3453. 3461, 3466, 3475, 3476, 3478, 3487,
3488, 3489, 3490, 3494, 3495
Cyanide criteria 3489
Effluent guidelines:
Industrial wastewater 123. 3482
Landfills and incinerators 3484
Leather tanning and finishing 3452
Metal products and machinery 3485
Ore mining 346°
Pesticides 3474
Pharmaceuticals 3470
Pulp, paper and paperboard 116, 3481
Regulations reformatting 3491
Transportation equipment cleaning 3483
Information collection for disinfection byproducts 3511
Marino pollution:
Ocean dumping 3467,3468
Oil and gas facility effluents 3471
Seq. No.
Water pollution control—Continued
Marine pollution—Continued
Secondary treatment requirements 3475
NPDES innovative technology time extensions 3495
NPDES permits 3458, 3469
Oil and grease test procedures 346i
Permit applications 3464
Permit regulations streamlining 105, 3456, 3457
Pretreatment regulations 3492
Publicly owned treatment works pretreatment program 3459
Radionuclides 3512
Recoverable metals criteria 3487
Sewage sludge incinerator emissions 3486
Sludge management programs 3529
Sludge use and disposal 3450, 3480
Stormwater runoff 3465, 3493, 3497
Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants 3476
Total maximum daily loads 100
Trace metals criteria 3488
Waste disposal permit applications 3463
Water quality standards 100, 106, 3448, 3451, 3490, 3496
Water supply:
Carcinogen risk assessment 3776
Drinking water:
Aldicarb and atrazine 3517
Analyzing regulated drinking water contaminants 3509
Arsenic 3514
Contaminant levels 3507
Contaminants 3502, 3512, 3515
Copper..
..3505
Disinfectants 3513
Drinking Water Priority List 3518
Injection wells 3510, 3519, 3522
Intake zones 3462,3477
Lead 3505
Monitoring requirements 3520
Primacy withdrawal regulation 3521
Regulations reformatting / 1°6- 3506
Sulfate 3516
Ecological risk assessment 3777
Groundwater monitoring 3537, 3568
Groundwater protection 3372, 3382, 3386
Reproductive toxicity risk assessment 3788
Water transportation:
See Vessels
Weapons:
See Arms and munitions
Wetlands:
See Coastal zone
-------
-------
------- |