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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Ch. I
[FRL-5803-9]
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.
SUMMARY: The regulatory agenda is a
semiannual publication which lists the
Environmental Protection Agency's
(EPA) current and projected regulations,
roviows of existing regulations, and any
actions that have been completed or
withdrawn since the November 29,
1996, publication. We encourage public
participation in developing these
regulations.
ADDRESSES: To be placed on the agenda
mailing list, either write to
USEPA/NCEPI at PO Box 42419,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242, or fax your
request to (513) 489-8695. You may call
1-800-490-9198 for confirmation that
your request was received.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have suggestions to improve this
publication, comments on rules that
may substantially impact small entities,
or need general information about the
agenda, contact Angela Suber, Office of
Regulatory Management and
Information, Regulatory Management
Division (2136), EPA, 401M Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260-7205.
If you need substantive 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:
Regulatory Priorities and Schedules
EPA is devoting its best efforts toward
full protection of human health and the
environment and remains fully
committed to reinventing its regulations
to provide greater environmental
protection at less cost. EPA continues to
make efforts to reduce paperwork
burden, to develop common-sense
regulatory actions, and to delete or
modify burdensome regulations
currently in place. We also give priority
to initiatives that offer novel solutions
to real environmental problems posed
by an industry or locality when ,
generally applicable mandates may
prove ineffective or inefficient in a
specific application.
How the Agenda Is Organized
Each agenda entry includes the title,
legal authority, CFR reference, legal
deadline, abstract, and timetable. Each
entry also indicates the categories of
small entities and levels of government
that may be subject to any requirement
being proposed in rulemaking and
whether the Agency plans to prepare a
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis under
the Regulatory Flexibility Act. In
addition, we indicate whether an entry
is part of the Reinventing Government
effort. Lastly, the agenda includes an
agency contact person for each entry.
The agenda is organized by statute
and then ordered by statutory authority
within each statute. Entries within each
statute are divided into five categories:
(1) Prerule, (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., actions 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 an
action appears in the agenda.
I. Prerulemakings
Prerulemaking actions are intended to
determine whether to initiate
rulemaking. Prerulemakings may
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.
H. Proposed and Final Rules
This section includes EPA rulemaking
actions that are within a year of
proposal or promulgation. The listings,
however, generally exclude (a)
specialized categories of actions (e.g.,
EPA approvals of State plans and other
actions that do not apply nationally)
and (b) routine actions (e.g., pesticide
tolerances and minor amendments to
existing rules). There is no legal
significance to the inadvertent omission
of an item from the listing. The agenda
shows dates for actions on each entry;
these dates are estimates only and
should not be construed as an absolute
Agency commitment to act on or by the
date shown.
We also seek to enhance public
participation in the 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.
III. Long-Term Actions
This section includes actions with
publication dates beyond the next 12
months. We will continue to work with
interested stakeholders to develop
relevant information to support these
rules.
IV. Completed Actions
This section cbntains actions that
appeared in the previous agenda but
which we are deleting because they are
completed or are no longer under
consideration for rulemaking. If an
action appears in the completed section,
it will not appear in future agendas,
unless we decide to initiate action
again, in which case it will appear as a
new entry.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
requires that an agency prepare a
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for any
rule subject to notice and comment
rulemaking requirements, unless the
Agency certifies that the rule will not
have a "significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities"
(i.e., small governments, small
businesses, and small nonprofit
organizations). A Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis must identify the extent to
which small entities will be subject to
the rule's requirements, as well as any
significant alternatives to the rule which
accomplish the objectives of applicable
statutes and which minimize any
significant economic impacts on small
entities. In the agenda, we have
identified those rules that will, if
promulgated, impose any requirements
on any small entities by indicating in
the "Small Entities Affected" section
the category of small entities that will be
subject to the rule requirements. The
agenda also indicates in the "Analysis"
section whether we expect to prepare a
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a
particular rule because currently
available information indicates that the
rule will likely have a significant
adverse economic impact on a
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substantial number of small entities. We
invite public comment on our
assessment of those rules which are
likely to warrant a Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis because of the extent of their
potential impact on small entities. (See
"Environmental Protection Agency
Index to Entries That May Affect Small
Entities" at the end of this document. It
also lists the regulatory actions we
believe result in regulatory requirements
on small businesses, small
governmental jurisdictions, or small
nonprofit organizations.)
Section 610 of the RFA requires that
an agency review within 10 years of
promulgation those regulations it has
issued that have or will have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
Section 610 requires that, in reviewing
these rules to minimize any significant
economic impact on a substantial
' number of small entities, the agency
consider the following factors:
1) The continued need for the rule;
2) The nature of public comments
received;
3) The complexity of the rule;
4) The extent to which the rule
overlaps or duplicates other Federal
rules; and
5) The degree to which technology or
economic factors have changed since
the rule was promulgated.
In 1995, as part of the President's
request that all Federal regulatory
agencies review their regulations, EPA
did a thorough review of its regulations
considering these among other factors.
Many of the entries in today's agenda
indicate that the regulatory action
stems, at least in part, from the
Reinventing Government effort and
indicates the results of that review (i.e.,
revises CFR text to reduce burden or
duplication or streamline requirements).
Although the Agency believes that
these reinvention activities
accomplished the objectives of section
610, the Agency is currently reviewing
the following rules as part of our
reinvention efforts and pursuant to
section 610:
(A description and the statutory
authority are provided for each of those
rules that are not listed elsewhere in
this agenda.)
1. NSPS: Industrial Surface Coating:
Large Appliances (Clean Air Act,
section 111, 42 U.S.C. 7411).
This regulation controls volatile
organic compound emissions from
industrial surface coaling operations for
large appliances. It applies to each
prime coat or top coat operation. The
"affected facility" is application
station(s), flashoff area, and curing oven.
In 1996, this rule was reviewed and
found to be necessary to achieve
reductions in volatile organic
compound emissions needed to help
States attain the National Ambient Air
Quality Standard for Ozone. As part of
that review, it was found that the
recordkeeping and reporting burden
could be reduced by reducing the
frequency of reporting from quarterly to
semiannually, without compromising
the rule's effectiveness. This was done
by final rule on 9/11/96, 61 FR 47840.
2. NSPS: Industrial Surface Coating:
Metal Furniture (Clean Air Act, section
111, 42 U.S.C. 7411).
This regulation establishes emission
standards for volatile organic
compounds from surface coating of
metal furniture. The "affected facility"
includes applications, flashoff, and oven
areas of coating line. In 1996, this rule
was reviewed and found to be necessary
to achieve reductions in volatile organic
compound emissions needed to help
States attain the National Ambient Air
Quality Standard for Ozone. As part of
that review, it was found that the
recordkeeping and reporting burden
could be reduced by reducing the
frequency of reporting from quarterly to
semiannually, without compromising
the rule's effectiveness. This was done
by final rule on 9/11/96, 61 FR 47840.
3. NSPS: Industrial Surface Coating:
Metal Coils (Clean Air Act, section 111,
42 U.S.C. 7411).
This regulation controls emissions of
volatile organic compounds from metal
coil industrial surface coating
operations. It affects each prime coating
and each finish coating operation. In
1996, this rule was reviewed and found
to be necessary to achieve reductions in
volatile organic compound emissions
needed to help States attain the National
Ambient Air Quality Standard for
Ozone. As part of that review, it was
found that the recordkeeping and
reporting burden could be reduced by
reducing the frequency of reporting
from quarterly to semiannually, without
compromising the rule's effectiveness.
This was done by final rule on 9/11/96,
61 FR 47840.
4. Lead Phasedown (Revision) (Clean
Air Act, section 211, 42 U.S.C. 7545).
In 1995, this rule was reviewed and
was judged to still be necessary to
maintain the ban on lead in gasoline.
However, the rule's recordkeeping and
reporting requirements were found to be
no longer necessary due to Congress'
application of a statutory ban on lead in
gasoline. These recordkeeping and
reporting requirements were repealed by
final rule on 2/2/96, 61 FR 3872.
5. Importation of Motor Vehicles and
Motor Vehicle Engines (Revision) (Clean
Air Act, section 203, 42 U.S.C. 7522).
This rule was first reviewed in 1993
in response to an industry petition and
has been reviewed periodically since
then to reduce the burden and expense
of certifying and testing imported
vehicles. The overall rule was found to
be necessary to assure that Federal
standards on motor vehicle pollution
continue to be met. The Agency
proposed modifications to reduce the
burden on 3/24/94, 59 FR 13912, and
2/12/96, 61 FR 5840. EPA continues to
review the program and expects to
finalize the remaining burden-reducing
provisions in 1997.
6. Amendments to the Asbestos
Worker Protection Rule (see RIN 2070-
AC66).
7. Amendments to the Asbestos
Containing Materials in Schools Rule
(see RIN 2070-AC62).
8. Revised Asbestos Model
Accreditation Plan (see RDM 2070-
AC51).
9. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs);
Disposal Amendments (see RIN 2070-
AC01).
While some revisions to these rules
have been made or are under
development, we request comments on
whether additional changes would
• reduce impacts on small entities while
still accomplishing the objectives of the
statute authorizing the rule. If you
would like to provide any comments on
these rules, particularly with respect to
potential small entity impacts, please
provide your comments in the following
format:
• Title of Regulation(s)
• Authorizing statute and Code of
Federal Regulations citation
• Description of economic effects on
small entities, especially on the
commenting person or organization
(In commenting, please consider the
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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3044
3045
3046
3047
Title
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Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Final Rule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3077
3078
3079
3080
3081
3082
3083
3084
3085
3086
3087
3088
3089
Title
SAN No. 3493. Final Decisions on Test Rules
SAN No. 3504. Hazardous Air Pollutants Test Rule
SAN No. 1976. Follow-Up Rules on Non-5(e) New Chemical Substances
SAN No. 3495. Chemical-Specific Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) To Extend Provisions of Section 5(e) Or-
ders
SAN No. 2326. Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microbial Products (Biotechnology) Under the Toxic Substances
Control Act fTSCA)
SAN No. 3252. Regulatory Investigation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) To Reduce Lead (Pb)
Consumption and Use
SAN No. 2779. Use of Acrylamide for Grouting ..
SAN No. 3021. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Transformer Reclassification Rule
SAN No. 2878. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Disposal Amendments
SAN No. 2178. Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rules
SAN No. 1139. Section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting Rules .. .
SAN No. 3118. TSCA Section 8(e); Notice of Clarification and Solicitation of Public Comment
SAN No. 3559. Notice of TSCA Section 4 Reimbursement Period and TSCA Section 12(b) Export Notification
Period Sunset Dates for TSCA Section 4 Substanees
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AB94
2070-AC76
2Q70-AA59
2070-AB27
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onyn-ArPI
2070-AC17
2070-AC39
2070-AD04
2Q70-AB08
2070-AB1 1
2070-AC80
2070-AC84
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
3090
3091
3092
3093
3094
3095
Title
SAN No. 3007. Chemical List Expansion; Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act Section 313
SAN No. 3480. Development of Guidance as Mandated by Executive Order 12873, Section 503 on Environ-
mentally Preferable Products
SAN No. 2146. Regulatory Investigation of Formaldehyde
SAN No. 2150. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Exemptions From the Prohibitions Against Manufacturing,
Processing, and Distribution in Commerce; New Applications and Renewals
SAN No. 2560. Procedures and Criteria for Termination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Disposal Permits ...
SAN No. 2844. Regulatory Investigation of Dioxin in Pulp and Paper Mill Sludge
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC47
2Q70-AC78
2Q70-AB14
2070-AB20
2070-AB81
2070-AC05
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3096
3097
3098
Title
SAN No. 3631. Evaluation of Products for Lead-Based Paint Activities
SAN No. 2247. Generic Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) for Acrylate Compounds
SAN No. 2878. Polychlorinated Biphenyls - PCBs - Disposal Amendments
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC88
2070-AB56
2070-AC01
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Prerule Stage
Sequence
Number
3099
Title
SAN No. 3662. Water Quality Standards Regulation— Revision
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC56
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3100
Title
SAN No. 3995. Amendment to the Pesticide Chemicals Manufacturing Effluent Limitations Guidelines;
Pretreatment Standards; New and Exisiting Sources
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AD01
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Sequence
Number
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3115
3116
3117
3118
Title
SAN No. 3999. Revisions to NPDES Requirements for Compliance Reporting and Collection System Discharges
SAN No 3504 Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants for the State of California
SAN No 3788 Streamlining the State Sewage Sludge Management Regulations
SAN No 3497 Amendments to Round I Final Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal Rule - Phase Two
SAN No 2805 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
SAN No 3209 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the industrial Laundries Category
SAN No 3204 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Transportation Equipment Cleaning Category .
SAN No 3489 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Landfills and Incinerators
SAN No 3786 NPDES Streamlining Rule — Round III •
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 3767 Reformatting of Effluent Guidelines and Standards in 40 CFR Parts 405 through 471
SAN No. 3663. Streamlining the General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution .....
SAN No. 3714. Increased Method Flexibility for Test Procedures Approved for Clean Water Act Compliance
Monitoring Under 40 CFR Part 136 •
SAN No 3925 Uniform National Discharge Standards for Armed Forces Vessels
SAN No. 3234. Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Application Requirements and Form 2C— Wastewater Dis-
SAN No 3785 Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater Phase II Regulations
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AD02
2040-AC44
2040-AC87
2040-AC53
2040-AB78
2040-AB97
2040-AB98
2040-AC23
2040-AC84
2040-AC89
2040-AC75
2040-AC76
2040-AC79
2040-AC58
2040-AC92
2040-AC96
2040-AC26
2040-AC82
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
T1 1Q
3120
3121
3122
3123
3124
3125
3126
3127
3128
3129
3130
3131
Title
SAN No 3497 Amendments to Round I Final Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal Rule — Phase One \
SAN No. 3713. Streamlined Procedures and Guidance for Approving Test Procedures Under 40 CFR Part 136 ..
SAN No. 3921 . Selenium Criterion Maximum Concentration for Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes Sys-
SAN No 2712 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp Paper and Paperboard Category
SAN No 3762 NPDES Streamlining Rule — Round II
SAN No. 3661 . Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants; States'
SAN No. 3625. Streamlined Procedures for Developing and Maintaining Approved Publicly-Owned Treatment
SAN No. 3617. Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
SAN No. 3679. Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of 2,3,7,8-Substituted Dibenzo-P-
Dioxins and Dibenzo Furans Under the Clean Water Act
SAN No. 3155. Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Metals, Anions, and
SAN No. 3666. Clarification of the Application Requirements for States Wanting to Designate Drinking Water In-
SAN No. 2501. NPDES Wastewater Permit Application Forms and Regulatory Revisions for Municipal Dis-
SAN No 2820 Shore Protection Act Section 4103(b) Regulations
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC29
2040-AC93
2040-AC97
2040-AB53
2040-AC70
2040-AC55
2040-AC57
2040-AC63
2040-AC64
2040-AC95
2040-AC61
2040-AB39
_ 2040-AB85
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
3132
3133
Title
SAN No. 3618. Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act ... . .
RAN No. 3448. Standards for the Use or Disoosal of Sewaae Sludae (Round II) •
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC54
2040-AC25
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Clean Water Act (CWA)—Long-Term Actions (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3134
3135
3136
3137
3138
3139
3140
3141
3142
Title
SAN No. 1427. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
SAN No. 2806. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery Category, Phases I and
2 .
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. 3833. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Iron and Steel Manufacturing Point Source Category
SAN No. 3700. Streamlining Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and Management Regulations
SAN No. 3722. Amendment to Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Ore Mining and Dressing Point Source Cat-
egory, New Source Performance Standards .
SAN No. 2804. Clean Water Act Section 404 Program Definition of the Waters of the United States— Isolated
Waters and Artificial Waters .' ".'. '• • '
SAN No. 3224. Comparison of Dredged Material to Reference Sediment
SAN No. 2737. Revisions to Ocean Dumping Regulations for Dredged Material
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AA1 3
2040-AB79
2040-AC34
2040-AC90
2040-AC65
2040-AC74
2'040-AB74
2040-AC14
2040-AB62
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3143
3144
3145
3146
3147
Title
SAN No. 3861. Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Requirements, Including General
Pretreatment Requirements
SAN No. 3887. Revisions to the PCB Criteria for Human Health and Wildlife for the Water Quality Guidance for
the Great Lakes System
SAN No. 2747. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Coastal Subcategory of the Oil and Gas Extraction
Category
SAN No. 3496. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery Category, Phase II
SAN No. 3766. Water Quality Standards for Pennsylvania
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC69
2040-AC94
2040-AB72
2040-AC30
2040-AC78
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3148
Title
SAN No. 2073. Environmental Protection Agency Radiation Site Cleanup Regulation
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AB31
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3149
Title
SAN No. 3321. Federal Radiation Protection Guidance for Exposure of the General Public
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AE61
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
3150
Title
SAN No. 3602. Protective Action Guidance for Drinking Water
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AF39
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Atomic Energy Act (AEA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
o-i c-f
Title
SAN No 1727 Environmental Protection Standards for Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Regulation
Identifier '
Number
2060-AA04
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3152
3153
3154
Title
SAN No. 3947.
SAN No. 3726.
SAN No. 3761.
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC99
2040-AC77
2040-AC73
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3155
3156
Title
SAN No. 3440.
SAN No. 3563.
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC27
2040-AC41
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
3157
3158
3159
3160
3161
3162
3163
3164
3165
3166
3167
Title
SAN No. 3996.
SAN No. 2281.
SAN No. 2340.
SAN No. 2807.
SAN No. 2772.
SAN No. 3176.
SAN No. 3238.
SAN No. 3784.
SAN No. 2304.
SAN No. 3992.
SAN No. 2778.
Revisions to State Primacy Requirements To Implement Federal Drinking Water Regulations
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Stage I Disinfectant/ Disinfection By-Prbducts Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule ..
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Radium, Uranium, Alpha, Beta and Photon
Management of Class V'lnjection Wells Under Part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-ADOO
2040-AA94
2040-AA97
2040-AB75
2040-AB82
2040-AC07
2040-AC13
2040-AC83
2040-AC91
2040-AC98
2040-AB83
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3168
3169
3170
Title
SAN No. 3509.
SAN No. 3862.
SAN No. 3803.
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Phase VI-B — Organic and Inorganic Contaminants
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC22
2040-AC66
2040-AC88
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Prerule Stage
Sequence
Number
3171
SAN No. 3886.
(RCRA)
Title
Review of Tbxicity Characteristic Level for Silver
Under the Resource Conservation Recovery Act
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE37
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3172
3173
3174
3175
3176
3177
3178
3179
3180
3181
Title
SAN No. 2634. Revisions to the Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation
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. 3668. Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Recycled
Used Oil Management Standards
SAN No. 3805. Paint Manufacturing Wastes Listing: Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and
Listing of Hazardous Waste
SAN No. 3989. Removal of Requirement To Use SW-846 Methods (Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste:
Physical/Chemical Methods)
SAN No. 2872. Modifications to the Definition of Solid Waste and Regulations of Hazardous Waste Recycling:
General
SAN No. 3151. Chlorinated Aliphatics Listing Determination
SAN No. 2390. Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) at Hazardous Waste Manage-
ment Facilities
SAN No. 3545. Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products Containing Recovered
Materials
SAN No. 3856. Management of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD)
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AC62
2050-AE25
2050-AE28
2050-AE32
2050-AE41
on^n-ADIA
2Q50-AD85
2050-AB80
orKfl-AFP?
2050-AE34
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3182
3183
3184
3185
3186
3187
3188
3189
3190
3191
3192
3193
3194
3195
Title
SAN No. 3888. Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act; Codification of Waste Manage-
ment Provisions
SAN No. 3546. Rexibility in Management Criteria for Small Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
SAN No. 3328. Identification and Listing of Hazardous Wastes: Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR);
Waste
SAN No. 3042. Hazardous Waste Management System: Post-Closure Requirements
SAN No. 3065. Listing Determination for Hazardous Wastes— Organobromines Chemical Industry
SAN No. 3134. Spent Solvents Listing Determination
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 II!
SAN No. 3179. RCRA Subtitle D Corporate Financial Test and Guarantee
SAN No. 3066. Listing Determination of Wastes Generated During the Manufacture of Azo, Anthraquinone, and
Triarylmethane Dyes and Pigments
SAN No. 3064. Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste: Petroleum Refining Process Wastes
SAN No. 3333. Revised Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities
SAN No. 3366. Land Disposal Restrictions— Phase IV: Paperwork Reduction; Treatment Standards for Wood
Preserving, Mineral Processing and Characteristic Metal Wastes; Related Mineral Processing Issues
SAN No. 2647. RCRA Subtitle C Financial Test Criteria (Revision)
SAN No. 2751. ' RCRA Subtitle D Solid Waste Facilities; State Permit Program— Determination of Adequacy
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE39
2050-AE24
oriRn-AFfiy
2050-AD55
2050-AD79
2050-AD84
2050-AE14
2050-AD77
2050-AD80
2050-AD88
2050-AE01
2050-AE05
2050-AC71
2050-AD03
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
3196
3197
3198
3199
3200
Title
SAN No. 3425. Facility Response Planning for Delegated Offshore Facilities
SAN No. 3428. Standards for the Management and Use of Slag Residues Derived from High Temperature Met-
als Recovery (HTMR) Treatment of KO61, KO62 and Food Wastes
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 •
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE18
2050- AE 15
2050-AD69
2050-AD91
2050-AD93
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Sequence
Number
3201 ,..*
3202
3203
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) — Long-Term
Title
SAN No. 2982. Requirements for Management of Hazardous Contaminated Medi
Hazardous Waste Identification Rule for Contaminated Media or HWIR-Media
SAN No 31 47 Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
SAN No. 3433. .Underground Storage Tanks Containing Hazardous Substances -
Actions (Continued)
a Commonly Referred to as
Financial Responsibility Re-
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE22
- 2050-AE21
2050-AC15
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RGRA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3204
3205
3206
3207
------ - Title
SAN No 3988 Land Disposal Restrictions Phase III' Emergency Extension of the K088 Capacity Variance
SAN No. 3235. Military Munitions Rule: Hazardous Waste Identification and Management; Explosives Emer-
SAN No 2827 RCRA Subtitle C Indian Program Authorization
SAN No 2761 Financial Test for Local Governments That Own/Operate Municipal Solid Waste Landfills .
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE40
2050-AD90
2050-AD07
2050-AD04
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Prerule Stage
Sequence
Number
3208
3209
3210
Title
SAN No 3986 Consolidated Emission Reporting Rule .
SAN No. 3791. Revision of Initial List of Categories of Sources and Schedule for Standards Under Section
112(c) and (e) of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
SAN No. 3919. Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality: Permit Application Review Procedures for
non-Federal Class I Areas
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AH25
2060-AG42
2060-AH01
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number '
3211
3212
3213
3214
3215
3216
3217
3218
3219
3220
3221
3222
3223
3224
3225
3226
39?7
: " '••-...•• Tit(e • -
SAN No. 3945. State Implementation Plan Calls for Certain States in the Ozone Transport Assessment Group
for Purposes of Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone
SAN No 3944 Review of Definiton of Volatile Organic Compounds - Exclusion of Chlorobromomethane
SAN No 3873 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Compliance Certification Rulemaking
SAN No 2961. Locomotive Emission Standards ....
SAN No 3263 Performance Warranty and Inspection/Maintenance Test Procedures
SAN No 3262 Inspection/Maintenance Recall Requirements :
SAN No 3407 Method 301 • Field Validation of Pollution Measurement Methods for Various Medias
SAN No 3549 NESHAP' Petroleum Refineries - FCC Units Reformers and Sulfur Plants .. .
SAN No 3082 NESHAP: Ferroalloy Production :
SAN No. 3553. Implementation of Ozone and Particulate Matter (PM) National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) and Regional Haze Regulations
SAN No 3516 Radiation Waste Management Regulations
SAN No. 3569. Federal Implementation Plan To Control Emissions From Two Power Stations Located on Navajo
Nation Lands
SAN No. 3572. Acid Rain Program: Revisions to Applicability, Exemptions, Allocations, and Small Diesel Refiner-
ies :
SAN No. 3576. Control of Air Pollution From Aircraft and Aircraft Engines; Emission Standards and Test Proce-
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. 3598. Amendment of Enhanced Insoection/Maintenance Performance Standard
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AH10
2060-AH39
2060-AG85
2060-AD33
2060-AE20
2060-AE22
2060-AFOO
2060-AF28
2060-AF29
2060-AF34
2060-AF41
2060-AF42
2060-AF45
2060-AF50
2060-AF72
2060-AF84
2060-AG07
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Sequence
Number
3228
3229
3230
3231
3232
3233
3234
3235
3236
3237
3238
3239
3240
3241
3242
3243
3244
3245
3246
3247
3248
3249
3250
3251
3252
3253
3254
3255
3256
3257
3258
3259
3260
3261
3262
3263
3264
3265
3266
3267
3268
3269
3270
3271
3272
3273
3274
3275
3276
3277
3278
Title
SAN No. 3599. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) Extractive Test Method - Self-Validating Proce-
dure and OEM Performance Specification
SAN No. 3743. Amendments to Part 60, Part 61, and Part 63
SAN No. 3650. Ambient Air Quality Surveillance, Recension of NAMS Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Require-
ments for Lead
SAN No. 3748. Consolidated Federal Air Rule for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry
SAN No. 3845. Transitional Lock-In Procedures for Phase II Reformulated Gasoline (RFG) Program
SAN No. 3808. Acid Rain Program: Continuous Emission Monitoring Rule Revisions for Technical Issues
SAN No. 3810. Protection of Strat. Ozone: Reconsideration of Petition Criteria/Incorporation of 1995 Protocol De-
cisions . ...
SAN No. 3812. Radiation Protection Standards for Scrap Metal
SAN No. 3832. Revision of PSI (Part 58 Appendix G)
SAN No. 3814. Guidance for the Implementation of EPA's Radiation Protection Standards for the Management
and Storage of Transuranic Radioactive Waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
SAN No. 3898. 1998 Revision of Acid Rain Allowance Allocations
SAN No. 3900. Addition of Method 207 to Appendix M of 40 CFR Part 51 - Method for Measuring Isocyanates in
Stationary Source Emissions, ....
SAN No. 3279. State Implementation Plans; Milestone Compliance Demonstration
SAN No. 3868. Federal Operating Permits Program in Indian Country
SAN No. 3901. Revised Permit Revision Procedures for the Federal Operating Permits Program
SAN No. 3913. Revision to the Light-Duty Vehicle Emission Compliance Procedure
SAN No. 3912. Emission Regulations for 1978 and Later New Motorcycles — Proposed Changes to the Definition
of Weight Limitations for Motorcycles
SAN No. 3987. Addition of Method 14A to 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A
SAN No. 3982. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Control of Methyl Bromide Emissions Through Use of Tarps ..
SAN No. 3943. Review of Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds - Exclusion of Methyl Acetate
SAN No. 3981. Revisions for Opting Into the Acid Rain Program
SAN No. 3975. Review of New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country
SAN No. 3984. Ban the Sale of Halon Blends and the Intentional Release of Halons During Testing and Training
SAN No. 3977. Revisions To Clarify the Permit Content Requirements for State Operating Permits ."
SAN No. 3568. Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain Nevada
SAN No. 3974. Ambient Air Quality Surveillance: Changes To Accommodate Revised Ozone NAAQS & Imple-
mentation Strategies
SAN No. 3470. Next Revision of Appendix W to 40 CFR Part 51
SAN No. 3105. Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guidelines: Pulp and Paper
SAN No. 3461. NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Industry .....
SAN No. 3229. NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production
SAN No. 3228. NESHAP for Formaldehyde-Based Resins (Polymers and Resins Group III)
SAN No. 3345. NESHAP: Steel Pickling, HC1 Process
SAN No. 3340. NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelting
SAN No. 3479. Amendments to Parts 51 , 52, 63, 70 and 71 Regarding the Provisions for Determining Potential
To Emit . .
SAN No. 3123. NESHAP: Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing Industry
SAN No. 3078. NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry
SAN No. 3079. NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
SAN No. 3408. NESHAP: Polyether Polyols Production
SAN No. 3451. NESHAP: Pharmaceuticals Production
SAN No. 3450. NESHAP: Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (Production of Agricultural Chemicals)
SAN No. 3449. NESHAP: Chlorine Production
SAN No. 3467. NESHAP: Primary Lead Smelters ,
SAN No. 3378. NESHAP: Manufacturers of Acrylic/Modacryiic Fibers
SAN No. 3465. NESHAP: Polycarbonates Production
SAN No. 3377. Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) NESHAP
SAN No. 3551. Amendments to Subpart A and B for 40 CFR 63
SAN No. 3829. Revisions to the Regulation for Approval of State Programs and Delegation of Federal Authorities
SAN No. 3901. Generic MACT for Source Categories with Few Sources
SAN No. 3654. NESHAP: Hydrogen Fluoride Production
SAN No. 3193. NESHAP: Secondary Lead Smelter Amendment .
Regulation •
Identifier
Number'
2060-AG08
2060-AG21
2060-AG23
2060-AG28
2060-AG43
2060-AG46
2060-AG48
2060-AG51
2060-AG62
2060-AG74
2060-AG86
2060-AG88
2060-AG89
2060-AG90
2060-AG92
2060-AH05
2060-AH06
2060-AH24
2060-AH26
2060-AH27
' 2060-AH28
2060-AH36
2060-AH37
2060-AH44
'2060-AH46
2060-AG14
2060-AH30
2060-AF01
2060-AD03
2060-AE08
2060-AE34
2060-AE36
2060-AE41
2060-AE46
2060-AE63
2060-AE75
2060-AE77
2060-AE78
2060-AE81
2060-AE83
2060-AE84
2060-AE85
2060-AE97
2060-AF06
2060-AF09
2060-AF26
2060-AF31
2060-AG60
2060-AG91
2060-AG94
2060-AH07
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Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3279
3280
3281
3282
3283
3284
3285
3286
3287
3288
3289
3290
3291
3292
3293
3294
3295
3296
3297
3298
3299
SAN No. 2841. NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating Amendment
SAN No. 3960. Specific Pollutants: List of Categories Emitting 7 Specified Hazardous Air Pollutants
SAN No. 3613. New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emission Guidelines for Industrial and Com-
mercial Waste Incinerators
SAN No. 3917. Transportation Conformity Rule Amendment: Clarification of Trading Provisions
SAN No. 3914. Transportation Conformity Pilot Approval; Comformity SIP
SAN No. 3838. Reduction of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions From Coatings Used in the Aero-
space, Wood Furniture, and Shipbuilding Industries Under Clean Air Act Section 183(e)
SAN No. 3139. Amendment Concerning the Location of Selective Enforcement Audits of Foreign Manufactured
Vehicles and Engines
SAN No. 3979. Review of Federal Test Procedures for Emissions From Motor Vehicles; Test Procedure Adjust-
ments to Fuel Economy and Emission Test Results
SAN No. 3091. Specification of Substantially Similar Definition for Diesel Fuels
SAN No. 3844. Modifications to Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline .
SAN No. 3842. Amendment Concerning Applicability of On Highway Heavy-Duty Certified Engines for Use in
Nonroad Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Equipment
SAN No. 3361. Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines at or Below 19 Kilowatts (25 Horsepower) (Phase 2)
SAN No. 3915. Technical Amendments for Non-Road Compression Ignition Engines
SAN No. 3916. Amendment to Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Program Regulations
SAN No. 3352. NSPS: Nitrogen Oxide Emissions From Fossil-Fuel Fired Steam Generating Units—Revision
SAN No. 3560. Amendment to the Refrigerant Recycling Rule To Include All Refrigerants
SAN No. 3673. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration of Section 608 Sales Restriction
SAN No. 3910. Streamlined Evaporative Test Procedures
SAN No. 3983. Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air Conditioners: Standards for Equipment That Recovers and Recy-
cles Refrigerants Other Than CFC-12 and HCF-134A
SAN No. 3640. Supplemental Rule To Require Certain Products Made With HCFCs To Bear Warning Label
SAN No. 3525. Update of the Acceptability List Under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program ...
2060-AH08
2060-AH20
2060-AF91
2060-AH31
2060-AH32
2060-AG59
2060-AD90
2060-AH38
2060-AD77
2060-AG76
2060-AG78
2060-AE29
2060-AH33
2060-AH45
2060-AE56
2060-AF37
2060-AG20
2060-AH34
2060-AH29
2060-AF93
2060-AG12
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3300
3301
3302
3303
3304
3305
3306
3307
3308
3309
3310
3311
3312
3313
3314
3315
3316
3317
Title
SAN No. 2942. Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program (Previously Enhanced Monitoring Program)
SAN No. 3448. NAAQS' Particulate Matter (Review)
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. 3570. Acid Rain Program: Revisions to the Administrative Appeal Regulations Under Title IV of the
Clean Air Act
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. 3412. Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
SAN No. 2915. Methods for Measurement of Visible Emissions - Addition of Methods 203A, 203B, and 203C to
Appendix M of Part 51
SAN No. 3638. Revision of EPA's Radiological Emergency Response Plan
SAN No. 3643. Sales Volume Limit Provisions for Small-Volume Manufacture Certification for Clean Fuel and
Conventional Vehicle Conversions and Related Provisions
SAN No. 3740. Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments: Flexibility and Streamlining
SAN No. 3744. Amendment to Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources; Monitoring Requirements
(PS-1)
SAN No. 3750. Regulation Review/Burden Reduction
SAN No. 3811. Radionuclide Dose Methodology Update
SAN No. 3838. Revision to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) - Exclusion of 16 Compounds
SAN No. 391 1 . Tier II (Phase II) Study To Assess Further Reductions in LOV and LOT Tailpipe Emission Stand-
ards
SAN No. 3958. Addition of Ooacitv Method to Aooendix M of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203)
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AD18
2060-AE66
2060-AE94
2060-AF02
2060-AF43
2060-AF46
2060-AF47
2060-AF70
2060-AF83
2060-AF85
2060-AF87
2060-AG16
2060-AG22
2060-AG30
2060-AG49
2060-AG70
2060-AH04
2060-AH23
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Sequence
Number
3318
3319
3320
3321
3322
3323
3324
3325
3326
3327
3328
3329
3330
3331
3332
3333
3334
3335
3336
3337
3338
3339
3340
3341
3342
3343
3344
3345
3346
3347
Title
SAN No. 3087. Indian Tribes: Air Quality Planning and Management '.
SAN No. 1002. NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Review and Implementation)
SAN No. 3353. NAAQS- Ozone (Review)
SAN No. 2719. Medical Waste Incinerators (MWI) ; .....
SAN No. 3753. Revision to NSPS: Nonmetallic Minerals Processing ....
SAN No. 3965. NSPS Revisions for Phosphate Fertilizer Industry: Granular Triple Superphosphate Storage Fa-
SAN No 3303 NESHAP' Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing
SAN No. 3304. NESHAP: Phosphate Fertilizers Production :
SAN No. 3072. NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
SAN No. 3338. NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production , ^
SAN No. 3469. NESHAP: Manufacture of Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde
SAN No 2547. National Emission Standard for Radon Emissions From Phosphogypsum Stacks
SAN No. 3836 Technical Amendments to Aerospace NESHAP
SAN No. 2965. Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations NESHAP: Technical Corrections and Clarifications
SAN No. 3604. Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline, Individual Baseline Fuel Adjustments ....
SAN No. 3948. Fuels and Fuel Additives; Elimination of Oxygenated Program Reformulated Gasoline Category
From the Reformulated Gasoline Regulations '-.
SAN No. 3610. Transportation Conformity Rule Amendment and Solicitation for Participation in the Transpor-
tation Conformity Pilot Program I
SAN No. 3281. National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Automobile Refinish Coatings
SAN No. 3351. VOC Regulation for Architectural Coatings
SAN No. 3658. National VOC Emission Standards for Consumer Products
SAN No. 3660. Open-Market Trading Guidance
SAN No. 3300. Revised Carbon Monoxide (CO) Standard for Class I and II Nonhandheld New Nonroad Phase I
Small Spark-Ignited Engines
SAN No. 3646. National 49-State Low-Emission Vehicles Program
SAN No. 3645 and 3878 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From Highway Heavy-Duty Engines and Nonroad
Diesel Engines .'.' »
SAN No. 3843. Revision to the Covered Areas Provision for Reformulated Gasoline
SAN No. 3789. Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Delegation Remand
SAN No. 3790. Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Offset Remand
SAN No. 3555. Final Rule for Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air Conditioners ,
SAN No. 3556. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Supplemental Rule Regarding a Recycling Standard Under
Section 608 •
SAN No. 3792. Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDF) and Hazardous Waste
Generators; Organic Air Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface Impoundments, and Containers
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AF79
2060-AA61
2060-AE57
2060-AC62
2060-AG33
2060-AH16
2060-AE40
2060-AE44
2060-AE76
2060-AE86
2060-AE99
2060-AF04
2060-AG65
2060-AG95
2060-AG80
2060-AH43
2060-AG79
2060-AE35
2060-AE55
2060-AF62
2060-AF60
2060-AG81
2060-AF75
2060-AF76
2060-AG77
2060-AG39
2060-AG40
2060-AF35
2060-AF36
2060-AG44
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3348
3349
3350
3351
3352
3353
3354
3355
3356
3357
3358
3359
3360
3361
SAN No. 3964. NESHAP for Leather Tanning and Finishing Operations
SAN No. 3259. New Source Review (NSR) Reform
SAN No. 3741. Service Information Availability
SAN No. 3795. Acid Rain Program: Elimination of Direct Sale Program and IPP Written Guarantee; and ANPRM
To Modify Allowance Auction
SAN No. 3819. NSPS for Sewage Sludge Incinerators
SAN No. 3820. NESHAP for Plywood and Particle Board Manufacturing J.
SAN No. 3835. Amendment to the User Fees for Radon Proficiency Programs Rule
SAN No. 3966. Storage Tank Rule Revisions
SAN No. 3656. Internal Combustion Engine NESHAP/NSPS
SAN No. 3657. Combustion Turbine NESHAP/NSPS '. :..
SAN No. 3343. NESHAP—Iron Foundries and Steel Foundries
SAN No. 3341. NESHAP—Cyanide Chemical Manufacturing
SAN No. 3346. NESHAP: Integrated Iron and Steel
SAN No. 3326. NESHAP: Reinforced Plastic Composites Production
2060-AH17
2060-AE11
2060-AG13
2060-AG41
2060-AG50
2060-AG52
2060-AG64
2060-AH15
2060-AG63
2060-AG67
2060-AE43
2060-AE45
2060-AE48
2060-AE79
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Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3362
3363
3364
3365
3366
3367
3368
3369
3370
3371
3372
3373
3374
3375
3376
3377
3378
3379
3380
3381
3382
3383
3384
3385
3386
3387
3388
3389
3390
3391
3392
3393
3394
3395
3396
3397
3398
3399
3400
3401
SAN No. 3452. NESHAP: Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Production and Processes „.
SAN No. 3550. NESHAP: Baker's Yeast Manufacturing Industry
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 Filling Facilities
SAN No. 3754. Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaners MACT Standard
SAN No. 3821. NESHAP for Ethylene Processes
SAN No. 3823. Large Appliance Coatings Integrated Regulation
SAN No. 3655. Asphalt Roofing and Processing NESHAP ....
SAN No. 3652. NESHAP Chromium Refractories '. ;
SAN No. 3837. NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters
SAN No. 3651. NESHAP: Lime Manufacturing :..
SAN No. 3872. Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking - ICCR Project
SAN No. 3899. NESHAP: Friction Products Manufacturing
SAN No. 3902. NESHAP: Semiconductor Production
SAN No. 3906. NESHAP: Metal Can (Surface Coating) Industry ..:
SAN No. 3905. NESHAP: Metal Coil (Surface Coating) Industry .'
SAN No. 3909. NESHAP: Fabric Printing, Coating and Dyeing
SAN No. 3907. Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Manufacturing integrated Ruje Development
SAN No. 3908. Offset Lithographic Printing National VOC Rule :. .'.
SAN No. 3924. NESHAP: Primary Magnesium Refining
SAN No. 3970. NESHAP for Miscellaneous Cellulose Production ...
SAN No. 3968. NESHAP for Site Remediation ,
SAN No. 3969. NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
SAN No. 3967. NESHAP: Spandex Production
SAN No. 3963. NESHAP for Cellulose Production Categories
SAN No. 3962. NESHAP for the Manufacture of Carbon Black
SAN No. 3959. National Strategy for Urban Area Sources of Toxic Air Emissions .'....I....
SAN No. 3903. NESHAP: Vegetable Oil Production
SAN No. 3972. Rocket Engine Test Firing/Engine Test Facilities
SAN No. 3971. NESHAP for Organic Liquid Distribution
SAN No. 3973. NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Fabrication Operations
SAN No. 3939. NESHAP for Group I Polymers and Resins and Group IV Polymers and Resins and Group IV
Polymers and Resins , .'. ...
SAN No. 3751. New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for Other Solid Waste Incinerators
SAN No. 3824. Metal Furniture Coatings Integrated Regulation
SAN No. 3904. Flatwood Paneling (Surface Coating) Integrated Rule
SAN No. 3825. Surface Coating of Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products—Integrated
SAN No. 3826. Plastic Parts Coating Integrated Rule for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and Hazardous Air
Pollutants (HAPs)
SAN No. 3827. Integrated Rule for Paper, and Other Web Coating and Coatings: MACT for NESHAP; and BAC
for National VOC Rule
2060-AE82
2060-AF30
2060-AG26
2060-AG27
2060-AG29
2060-AG32
2060-AG34
2060-AG53
2060-AG54
2060-AG66
2060-AG68
2060-AG69
2060-AG72
2060-AG84
2060-AG87
2060-AG93
2060-AG96
2060-AG97
2060-AG98
2060-AG99
2060-AHOO
2060-AH03
2060-AH11
2060-AH12
2060-AH13
2060-AH14
2060-AH18
2060-AH19
2060-AH21
2060-AH22
2060-AH35
2060-AH41
2060-AH42
2060-AH47
2060-AG31
2060-AG55
2060-AH02
2060-AG56
2060-AG57
2060-AG58
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3402
3403
3404
3405
3406
3407
Title
SAN No. 2909. Revisions to the New Source Review Regulations
SAN No. 3009. Acid Rain Opt-In Regulations .
SAN No. 3302. Consolidated Emission Reporting
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 i
SAN No. 3642. NESHAP for Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaning Facilities' Amendments
SAN No. 3756. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration of Ban on Fire Extinguishers Containing
HCFCs
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AD13
2060-AD43
2060-AE32
2060-AE39
2060-AF90
2060-AG19
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Sequence
Number
3408
3409
3410
3411
3412
3413
3414
3415
3416
3417
3418
3419
3420
3421
3422
Title
SAN No. 3745. Revision to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds - Exclusion of HFC 431 Ome and HCFC
225ca and cb .
SAN No 3795 Acid Rain Program' SO2 Allowance Auction and Electronic Allowance Transfer
SAN No. 1004. NAAQS- Nitrogen Dioxide (Review)
SAN No. 3106. NSPS for Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) - Revision '..
SAN No. 2932. Guidance for the Implementation of Section 1 12(g) — Modifications
SAN No. 3548. NESHAP: Nylon 6 Production
SAN No 2939 Regulations Governing Awards Under Section 1 13(f) of the Clean Air Act
SAN No. 2937. Field Citation Program
SAN No. 3552. Regional Haze Protection Rule
SAN No. 3029. Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
SAN No. 3323. Review of the Federal Test Procedure for Emissions From Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle En-
gines ;
SAN No. 3389. Fuels and Fuel Additives Waiver Application Criteria
SAN No. 2940. Regulations Governing Prior Notice of Citizen Suits Brought Under Section 304 of the Clean Air
Act
SAN No. 2888. Acid Rain Nitrogen Oxides Control Regulation
SAN No. 3575. Acid Rain Phase II Nitrogen Oxides Reduction Program
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AG24
2060-AG75
2060-AC06
2060-AD04
2060-AD06
2060-AF27
2060-AD81
2060-AD82
2060-AF32
2060-AD05
2060-AE27
2060-AE68
2060-AD80
2060-AD45
2060-AF48
Super-fund (CERCLA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3423
3424
3425
3425
3427
3428
Title
SAN No. 3885. Streamlining the Preauthorization Mixed Funding for Application and Implementation of Claims
Against Superfund
SAN No. 3994. Modification of the Extremely Hazardous Substance (EHS) List
SAN No. 3806. Grants for Technical Assistance Rule Reform - 40 CFR Part 35 Subpart M
SAN No. 3423. Reportable Quantity Adjustments for Carbamates ;.....
SAN No. 3439. National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites' Proposed and Final Rules
SAN No. 3215. Amendments to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Sectiohs 302
Through 312 ;
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE38
2050-AE42
2050-AE33
2050-AE12
2050-AD75
2050-AE17
Superfund (CERCLA}—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3429
3430
3431
3432
SAN No. 3993.
SAN No. 3787.
SAN No. 3884.
SAN No. 3054.
Title
Modification of Threshold Planning Quantity for Isophorone Diisocyanate
List of Regulated Substances and Thresholds for Accidental Release Prevention
Revision of the Local Government Reimbursement Regulation
Administrative Reporting Exemptions for Certain Radionuclide Releases
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE43
2050-AE35
2050-AE36
2050-AD46
Superfund (CERCLA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
3433
3434
3435
Title
SAN No. 2394. Reporting Exemptions for Federally-Permitted Releases of Hazardous Substances
SAN No. 3050. Deletion of Saccharin From the List of Hazardous Wastes Under RCRA and the List of Hazard-
ous Substances Under CERCLA
SAN No. 3424. Reportable Quantity Adjustment for Radon-222
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AB82
2050-AD45
2050-AE20
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Sequence
Number
3436
3437
3438
3439
3440
3441
3442
3443
3444
3445
3446
Title
SAN No 3624 Guidelines for Neurotoxicity Risk Assessment
SAN No 3580 Incorporation of Class Deviation Into EPAAR
SAN No 3629. EPA Mentor-Protege Program
SAN No 3876 Incrementally Funding Fixed Price Contracts
SAN No 3874 Revision of EPA Acquisition Regulations for Quality Systems for Environmental Programs
SAN No 3879 Update Procedures for Making Profit/Fee Determinations :
SAN No. 3816. Agency Implementation of Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) Changes to Truth in Ne-
gotiations Act (TINA)
SAN No 3854. Value Engineering
SAN No 2662 Amendments to Part 22 Consolidated Procedural Rules
SAN No. 3817. Implementation of Changes to 40 CFR Part 32 as a Result of the Federal Acquisition Streamlin-
ing Act (FASA)
SAN No. 3807. Consolidation of Good Laboratory Practice Standards (GLPS) Regulations Currently Under TSCA
and FIFRA Into One Rule
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2080-AA08
2030-AA37
2030-AA40
2030-AA50
2030-AA51
2030-AA53
2030-AA47
2030-AA49
2020-AA13
2030-AA48
2020-AA26
General—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3447
3448
3449
3450
3451
SAN No 3670
SAN No 2937.
SAN No 3240
SAN No 3432
SAN No 3933
Title
Proposed Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment
Field Citation Program
Public Information and Confidentiality Regulations
Pesticide Management and Disposal
Environmental Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental Activities in Antarctica
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2080-AA07
2020-AA32
2020-AA21
2020-AA33
2020-AA34
General—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
3452
3453
3454
3455
3456
3457
Title
SAN No 3671 Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment .
SAN No 2939 Regulations Governing Awards Under Section 113(f) of the Clean Air Act
SAN No. 2940. Regulations Governing Prior Notice of Citizen Suits Brought Under Section 304 of the Clean Air
Act
SAN No. 2720. Policy or Procedures for Notification to the Agency of Stored Pesticides With Cancelled or Sus-
pended Registration ,
SAN No 2725 FIFRA Books and Records of Pesticide Production and Distribution (Revision)
SAN No. 3936. Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply System Program: Citizen Collection Action; Notice of
• Complaint Seeking Review of Penalty Order ,
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2080-AA06
2020-AA31
2020-AA30
2020-AA29
2020-AA28
2020-AA35
General—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3458
3459
3460
3461
3462
3463
3464
3465
Title
SAN No. 3923.
SAN No. 3934.
SAN No. 3765.
covery
SAN No. 3486.
SAN No. 3875.
tractor Exclusio
SAN No. 3815.
SAN No. 2725.
SAN No. 3432.
Final Guidelines for Reproductive Toxicity Risk Assessment
Credible Evidence Revisions .
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) Cost Re-
Rules of Practice for Enforcement Actions Not Governed by the Administrative Procedure Act
Notice To Clarify Existing Conflict of Interest Coverage Regarding Policy/Response Action Con-
ns
Conforming Amendments to the EPAAR From the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act
FIFRA Books and Records of Pesticide Production and Distribution (Revision)
Pesticide Management and Disposal
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2080-AA05
2020-AA27
2020-AA25
2020-AA23
2030-AA52
2030-AA46
2070-AC07
2070-AC81
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Sequence
Number
3466
3467
Title
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
2020-AA22
2050-AC39
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Prerule Stage
3022. WORKER PROTECTION
STANDARDS; PESTICIDE HAZARD
COMMUNICATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136w /FIFRA
25
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 170
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In 1992, EPA proposed to
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. Specific hazard
information would be made available
to agricultural workers and pesticide
handlers concerning the pesticides to
which they are exposed. EPA is
reconsidering the specifics of the
proposal to simplify and streamline this
requirement. Working with States and
interested parties, EPA plans to issue
a new proposal by 1998.
Timetable:
Action
. Date FR Cite
NPRM
ANPRM
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal .
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 1640.
Agency Contact: Don Eckerman,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7506C), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-7666
RIN: 2070-AC34
08/21/92 57 FR 38167
09/00/97
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3023. ANTIMICROBIAL PESTICIDE
REGISTRATION REFORM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 7 USC I36a(h)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152; 40 CFR 156;
40 CFR 158; 40 CFR 177; 40 CFR 180
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory, May 1,1997.
Abstract: This regulation will specify
antimicrobial registration reforms that
will reduce to the extent possible the
review time for antimicrobial
pesticides. The regulation will clarify
criteria for completeness of
applications, and will specify or refer
to a definition of the various classes
of antimicrobial pesticide use patterns
and the associated data and labeling
requirements that would be consistent
with tho degree and type of risk
presented by each class. EPA will
evaluate the feasibility and cost-
effectiveness of various registration
process reforms, including registrant
certification, third-party certification by
laboratories and expansion of the
current notification procedures.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3892.
Agency Contact: Jean M. Frane,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 401 M treet, SW
(7506C), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-5944
Email: frane.jean@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD14
3024. 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 the register ability
of antimicrobial pesticide products.
Reasons for the revisions include recent
health and environmental concerns
advancements in testing technology,
and new statutory requirements. The
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revisions will clarify all data
requirements to reflect current practice
and new risk assessment approaches
mandated by FQPA. Procedural and
explanatory sections of 40 CFR 158 will
be amended to make them consistent
with the revised data requirements and
new use indexing implemented
pursuant to 1988 FIFRA amendments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2687.
Agency Contact: Amy Rispin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7501C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-5989
Email: rispin.amy@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2070-AC12
3025. 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
widi 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. Currentiy planned actions
are listed below:
Timetable:
Glove requirements
NPRM 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3731.
Agency Contact: Don Eckerman,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7506C), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-7666
Fax:703308-2962 - •- <•-
RIN: 2070-AC93
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Final Rule Stage
3026. PESTICIDES, SELF-
CERTIFICATION
Priority: Otiier Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 die registration process
while maintaining protection to human
health and the environment.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Notification Rule 06/26/96 61 FR 33039
Draft Notice of 02/04/97 62 FR 5228
Availability
Final Notice of 07/00/97
Availability
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3932.
Agency Contact: Jeff Kempter,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7505C), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-5448
Email: kempter.jeff@epania'il.epa.gov
Debby Sisco, Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides
and Toxic Substances
Phone: 703-305-7096
RIN: 2070-ADOO
3027. 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 die
registration process. This zero tolerance
is a problem because cross-
contamination is an inevitable outcome
in the manufacture of chemicals. 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 is phytotoxicity.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action (PR 04/00/97
Notice)
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
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Final Rule Stage
Additional Information: SAN No. 3739.
Agency Contact: Jim Jones,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7505W, Washington,
DC 20460
Phono: 703 308-8799
Fax: 703 308-8369
Email: jones.jlm@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2070-AD03
3028. REGULATION OF PLANT-
PRODUCED PESTICIDES UNDER
FIFRA AND FFDCA
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulomaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
tho CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 7 USC136 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 bo exempt under FIFRA and
FFDCA. For those plant-pesticides that
would be subject to Agency
requirements, the Agency will outline
the process by which these pesticides
will be regulated and the information
that would be needed in the Agency's
review.
Timetable;
Action Date FR Cite
NPHM 11/23/94 59 FR 60496
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2684.
Agency Contact: Janet Anderson,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7501W),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8290
Email: anderson.janet@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC02
3029. PESTICIDE FLAMMABILITY
LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR
TOTAL RELEASE FOGGERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136/FIFRA 2;
7 USC 137/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 a
graphic symbol) and more precise use
directions. Total release foggers have
been implicated in a number of fires
and explosions because of their
flammable propellants. The labeling of
these products has been determined to
be inadequate to mitigate this potential
hazard.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/15/94 59 FR 18058
Final Action • 06/00/97
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
Email: Downing, Jim
RIN: 2070-AC60
3030. 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' groundwater contamination
potential. Restricted pesticides may
only be used by trained and certified
applicators. Once promulgated, criteria
may serve as the basis for subsequent
rule-making to classify selected
pesticides.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/13/91 56 FR 22076
Final Action 06/00/97
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, 7506C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-5131
Email: GILLIS .CHRISTINE
RIN: 2070-AB60
3031. PESTICIDES AND
GROUNDWATER STATE
MANAGEMENT PLAN REGULATION
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect State, local or tribal governments.
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136/FIFRA 3
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.170
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The regulation will designate
certain individual pesticides to be
subject to EPA approved State
Management Plans (SMPs) as a
condition of legal sale and use. This
regulation would establish SMPs as a
new regulatory requirement for those
pesticides; absent an EPA-approved
state plan specifying risk-reduction
measures, use of the chemical would
be prohibited. The rule would also
specify procedures and deadlines for
development, approval and
implementation of SMPs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/26/96 61 FR 33259
Final Action 10/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
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Final Rule Stage
Additional Information: SAN No. 3222.
Agency Contact: Arden Calvert,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7506G), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-7099
Email: CALVERT.ARDEN
BIN: 2070-AC46
3032. 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 i36d/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 05/00/97
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, (7506C), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-7102
Email: ROELOFSJAMES V
RIN: 2070-AB50
3033. SCOPE AND CLARIFICATION OF
THE WPS EXCEPTIONS PROCESS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 7 USC I36w
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 170
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Scope and Clarification
of the WPS Exceptions Process 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
04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3733.
Agency Contact: Don Eckerman,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-7666
Fax: 703 308-2962
Email: eckerman.don@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC96
3034. 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.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3736.
Agency Contact: Kennan Garvey,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7501C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-7106
Fax: 703 305-6244
Email: garvey.kennan@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD02
3035. TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE
EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 21 USC 346a
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 176
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, August 3, 1997.
Abstract: This regulation will set out
policies and procedures under which
EPA will establish food tolerances
associated with the use of pesticides
under emergency exemptions.
Emergency exemptions are issued for
temporary use of pesticides in States
where emergency conditions exist.
Under the Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Food
Quality Protection Act, EPA must begin
to establish time-limited tolerances for
such pesticides if the use is likely to
result in residues in food. EPA expects
to describe the procedures to be used,
and the criteria for establishing
tolerances.
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EPA—FIFRA
Final Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 08/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 287 Agricultural
Chemicals; 01 Agricultural Production-
Crops '
Additional Information: SAN No. 3890.
Agency Contact: Robert Forrest,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7505W),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8417
Fax: 703 308-8369
Email: Forrest.Robert@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD15
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Long-Term Actions
3036. PESTICIDE TOLERANCES;
PORTION OF FOOD COMMODITIES
TO BE ANALYZED FOR PESTICIDE
RESIDUES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR180
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/29/93 58 FR 50888
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jean Frane
Phono: 703 305-5944
RIN: 2070-AC45
3037. ENDANGERED SPECIES
PROTECTION PROGRAM
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Proposed Notice 07/03/89 54 FR 27984
Final Notice 00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Larry Turner
Phono: 703 305-5007
Email: turner.larry@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC42
3038. 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
tho CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 172
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal
Agency Contact: Jim Tompkins
Phone: 703 305-5697
Fax: 703 308-1825
Email:
Tompkins.James@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC99
3039. FACILITY IDENTIFICATION
INITIATIVE
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will eliminate
existing text in the CFR.
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Notice
Notice
10/07/96 61 FR 52588
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Mary Hanley
Phone: 202 260-1624
Email: hanley.mary@epamail.epa.gov
Sam Sasnett
Phone: 202-260-8020
Email: sasnett.sam@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD01
3040. 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 156.10
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Melissa L. Chun
Phone: 703 308-8318
RIN: 2070-AC85
3041. EXCEPTIONS TO PESTICIDE
WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD
Priority: Routine and Frequent
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 170
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Don Eckerman
Phone: 703 305-7666
Fax: 703 308-2962
Email: eckerman.don@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC95
3042. PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT AND
DISPOSAL: STANDARDS FOR
PESTICIDE CONTAINERS AND
CONTAINMENT
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 165; 40 CFR 156
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EPA—FIFRA
Long-Term Actions
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM (Container
Design & Residue
Removal & Bulk
Containment)
Final Action
02/11/94 59 FR 6712
04/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Nancy Fitz
Phone: 703 305-7385
Email: fitz.nancy@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB95
3043. 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
Email: gross.rosalind@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB96
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Completed Actions
3044. ANTIMICROBIAL PESTICIDE
REGISTRATION REFORM
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - Duplicate 03/05/97
ofRIN2070-AD14
RIN: 2070-AD12
3045. PESTICIDE TOLERANCE
DECISIONS UNDER THE DELANEY
CLAUSE
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 185; 40 CFR 186;
40 CFR 180
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 09/26/96 61 FR 50684
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Jean M. Frane
Phone: 703-305-5944
Fax: 703-305-6244
Email: rrane.jean@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC55
3046. CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN
PESTICIDES FOR RESTRICTED USE
DUE TO GROUNDWATER CONCERNS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.170
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn No further 03/15/97
action planned.
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Chris Gillis
Phone: 703 305-5131
RIN: 2070-AC33
3047. POLICY OR PROCEDURES FOR
NOTIFICATION TO THE AGENCY OF
STORED PESTICIDES WITH
CANCELLED OR SUSPENDED
REGISTRATION
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Transfer Development 04/11/97
to RiN 2020-AA29
RIN: 2070-AC08
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Prerule Stage
3048. REPORTING THRESHOLD
AMENDMENT; TOXIC CHEMICALS
RELEASE REPORTING; COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: PL 9909-499
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Toxics Release Inventory
(TRI) currently requires reporting from
facilities which manufacture or process
at least 25,000 pounds of a listed
chemical, or otherwise use 10,000 Ibs
of a listed chemical. These thresholds
were initially established under the
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-know Act (EPCRA) section
313(f)(l). Section 313(0(2) of EPCRA
gives the Administrator the power to
establish a threshold amount for a toxic
chemical different from the amount
established by paragraph (1) and that
such altered thresholds may be based
on classes of chemicals. EPA is
considering lowering the thresholds for
those chemicals which it determines to
be highly toxic at very low dose levels
and/or have physical, chemical, or
biological properties that make the
chemicals persist for extended periods
in the environment, and/or
bioaccumulate through the food chain.
Persistent bioaccumulative toxic
chemicals are of particular concern in
ecosystems such as the Great Lakes
Basin due to the long retention time
of the individual lakes and the cycling
of the chemicals from one component
of the ecosystem to another. EPA is
currently conducting analysis to
determine which chemicals present the
specific problems described above, and
to determine what the altered threshold
value(s) should be.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Federal
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EPA—TSCA
Prerule Stage
Sectors Affected: 20 Food and Kindred
Products
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3880.
Agency Contact: Susan B. Hazen,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7408), Washington,
DC 20460
Phono: 202 260-1024
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: hazen.susan@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD09
3049. REVISED ASBESTOS MODEL
ACCREDITATION PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Reinventing Government: This
rulomaking 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 2646/TSCA 6
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 763
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 28, 1992.
Abstract: The Asbestos School Hazard
Abatement Reauthorization Act
(ASHARA) amended TSCA to require
that EPA revise its asbestos model
accreditation plan to extend training
and accreditation requirements to
include persons performing certain
asbestos-related work in public and
commercial buildings, to increase the
minimum number of training hours
required for accreditation purposes and
to effect other changes necessary to
implement the amendments. This
action will increase regulatory costs for
the owners and managers of public and
commercial building, but will also
reduce asbestos exposures in these
buildings.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Interim Final Rule
ANPRM
Notice
NPRM
05/13/92 57 FR 20438
02/03/94 59 FR 5236
04/00/97
04/00/97
02/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3148.
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7404), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1777
Email: Cantor.Doreen@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC51
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3050. TSCA INVENTORY UPDATE
RULE AMENDMENTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: is USC 2607(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 710
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would amend the
current Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) Inventory Update Rule (IUR) to
require chemical manufacturers to
report to EPA data on exposures and
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 2,400
facilities reported data on about 8,300
unique chemicals during the last
reporting cycle under the IUR. Data
obtained would be used by EPA and
others to: better understand the
potential for chemical exposures 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 TSCA Inventory
Update Rule Amendments Project.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis; RIA
Additional Information: SAN No. 3301.
Agency Contact: Ward Penberthy,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202-260-1730
Email:
penberthy.ward@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC61
3051. 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 IP A from the list of
chemicals for which reporting is
required under the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act
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Proposed Rule Stage
(EPCRA) section 313. Because EPA is
not manufactured by the strong-acid
process and thus there are no releases
of IP A reportable under section 313,
deletion of IPA from the list would
eliminate erroneous IPA reports.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/97
Final Action 08/00/98
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, 401 M Street SW.
(7408), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1024
Email: hazen.susan@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC77
3052. DATA EXPANSION
AMENDMENTS; TOXIC CHEMICAL
RELEASE REPORTING; COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 11013/EPCRA
313; 42 USC 11023; 42 USC 11048; 42
USC 11076
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The original Toxics Release
Inventory (TRI) required reporting from
manufacturing facilities on the releases
and transfers of toxic 'chemicals and
wastes including 'waste treatment and
disposal methods. This requirement
was imposed under the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-
Rnow Act (EPCRA) section 313(g).
Information on waste management
practices, including recycling, energy
recovery, and source reduction
activities, were added to TRI pursuant
to the 1990 passage of the Pollution
Prevention Act. EPA is currently
considering whether additional data
elements related to a mass
balance/materials accounting program
should be considered for incorporation
into the TRI database. The additional
data elements included for
consideration include: quantity brought
on site; quantity produced on site;
quantity consumed on site; quantities
manufactured, processed or otherwise
used; quantity contained in or as
product; quantity stored on site as
waste, and beginning and ending raw
materials inventory. The issue of
collecting mass balance/materials
' accounting information has been
debated for over a decade. Congress, in
enacting EPCRA., directed the National
Academy of Sciences (NAS) to study
this issue further. NAS recommended
that the issue of adding materials
accounting data merited further
analysis.
timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 10/01/96 61 FR 51322
.NPRM 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Sectors Affected: 20 Food and Kindred
Products
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3877.
Agency Contact: Susan B. Hazen,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7408), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202-260-1024
Fax: 202-401-8142
Email: hazen.susan@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD08
3053. RESPONSES TO PETITIONS
RECEIVED TO ADD TO OR DELETE
CHEMICALS FROM THE LIST OF
TOXIC CHEMICALS SUBJECT TO
TOXIC RELEASE REPORTING UNDER
ERCRA 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
GFR Citation: 40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These actions grant or deny
petitions received to add or delete
chemicals from the list of toxic
chemicals under Section 313 of the
Eniergency Planning and Community
Right to Know Act, EPCRA. The actions
cover individual chemicals or groups of
chemicals for which petitions have
been received.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Response
Response
Response
Response
Response
04/00/97
05/00/97
06/00/97
11/00/97
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Sectors Affected: 20 Food and Kindred
Products
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2425.
Agency Contact: Susan B. Hazen,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7408), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1024
Email: hazen.susan@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-ACOO
3054. MANDATORY POLLUTION
PREVENTION REPORTING FOR TOXIC
RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI)
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Reinventing Government: This
rulemalcing..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/Pollution Prevention Act of 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed regulation
would implement the Source Reduction
and Recycling Report provision of the
Pollution Prevention Act of 1990.
Under this current data collection
facilities that file EPA Form R must
include information on the amounts of
the chemical recycled.combusted for
energy recovery,treated,and released
both on-site and off-site for the
reporting year, the prior year and the
following two years. Facilities must
also indicate changes in production
from year to year and what source
reduction activities were implemented.
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Proposed Rule Stage
This proposed regulation would also
redesign form R to make it easier and
more logical to complete.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/25/91 56 FR 48475
Supplementary NPRM 09/00/97
Rnalization ol Form R 04/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2847.
Agency Contact: Susan B. Hazen,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7408), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1024
Email: Hazen.Susan@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC24
3055. LEAD HAZARD STANDARDS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2683
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, April 28,1994.
Abstract: The Residential Lead-Based
Point Hazard Reduction Act of 1992
requires EPA to promulgate regulations
which identify lead-based paint
hazards, lead-contaminated soil, and
lead-contaminated dust. EPA is to
identify the paint conditions and lead
levels in dust and soil that would result
in adverse human health effects. On
July 14,1994, EPA issued guidance on
this topic to provide information while
a proposal is being developed.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/97
Final Action 11/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3243.
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7404), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1777
Email: Cantor.Doreen@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC63
3056. 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:
Action
NPRM(1)
Final Action (1)
NPRM(2)
Final Action (2)
Date FR Cite
09/02/94 59 FR 45872
08/29/96 61 FR 45778
12/00/97
12/00/98
Small Entities 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, (7404), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1878
Email: cook.brion@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC64
3057. AMENDMENTS TO THE
ASBESTOS WORKER PROTECTION
RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 4;
15 USC 2607/TSCA 6
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 763
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 nile.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM(1) 11/01/94 59 FR 54746
NPRM (2) 02/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2249.
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7404), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1777
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Email: cantor.doreen@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2070-AC66
3058. TSCA REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE DISPOSAL OF LEAD-BASED
PAINT DEBRIS
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major status under 5 USC 801. is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2601 to 2671;
42 USC 6901 to 6992
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Currently, waste derived from
lead-based paint (LBP) abatements is
managed under the Resource,
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
hazardous waste regulations. Other
Federal agencies (Department of
Housing and Urban Development,
Department of Health and Human
Services) and several States and
advocacy groups have expressed
concern that the costs associated with
the disposal of large volume
architectural components (e.g., doors
and windows) may interfere with
abatement activities. EPA's Office of
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances and the Office of Solid
Waste have initiated a joint rulemaking
to address the disposal of these
architectural components. This
rulemaking would develop disposal
standards for these components under
the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) Title IV, (the definition of
abatement under TSCA Title IV, section
401(1)(B), includes disposal). The
TSCA regulations would establish
appropriate disposal standards for LBP
architectural components and identify
recycling and incineration activities
that would be controlled or prohibited.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/97
Final Action 09/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3508.
Agency Contact: Clarence Lewis,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7404), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1878
Email: lewis.clarence@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC72
3059. TSCA BIOTECHNOLOGY
FOLLOW-UP RULES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect the private sector under
PL 104-4.
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
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 720
Legal Deadline: None .
Abstract: As a follow-up to the final
Biotechnology rule under the Toxic •
Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA
plans to address the following possible
revisions: 1) Intergeneric Scope of
Oversight: OPPT currently defines new
microorganisms which are subject to
reporting under TSCA section 5 as
those resulting from the deliberate
combination of genetic material
originally isolated from microorganisms
classified in different taxonomic genera.
Such microorganisms are referred to as
intergeneric microorganisms. EPA
recognizes that a regulatory approach
based on taxonomy may have some
limitations, and indicated in its 1994
proposed biotechnology regulations that
it may reconsider its interpretation of
—new— microorganism in a later
rulemaking. The majority of
commenters on the proposed rule .;
expressed some level of support for the
intergeneric scope of oversight, albeit
while encouraging EPA to make some
modifications. 2) Low Risk Alternative:
In the 1994 proposed biotechnology
rule, EPA solicited comment on an
alternative approach to oversight of
research and development activities
conducted in the environment. Under
this alternative, a researcher could
certify that a microorganism intended •
to be used in an environmental field
trial met certain low risk criteria. This
alternative contained requirements for
documentation and recordkeeping by a
Technically Qualified Individual and
certification by an authorized official.
OPPT now plans to provide an
opportunity to comment on new
information which OPPT believes may
support such an exemption. 3)
Inventory Delisting Rule: In 1978, when
EPA compiled its initial TSCA
Inventory, 192 microorganisms were
reported and are currently listed on the
Inventory. EPA believes that most, if
not all, of the 192 microorganisms
would not be considered new under the
new rule, since the listing appear to
describe microorganisms which are not
intergeneric. (Abstract Continues - see
additional information)
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/97
08/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Sectors Affected: 147 Chemical and
Fertilizer Mineral Mining; 282 Plastics
Materials and Synthetic Resins,
Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Other
Manmade Fibers, Except Glass; 285
Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels,
and Allied Products; 289 Miscellaneous
Chemical Products
Additional Information: SAN No. 3894.
Agency Contact: David Giamporcaro,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202-260-6362
Email:
giamporcaro.david@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD13
3060. • OECD SIDS HIGH
PRODUCTION VOLUME CHEMICAL
SCREENING TEST RULE
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: A multi-chemical test rule
requires the testing of many chemicals
for certain effects. This type of rule is
a more efficient alternative to rules that
require testing only one chemical. EPA
is proposing screening-level testing on
a group of chemicals as part of an
international program that is also an
essential part of EPA's own chemical
assessment activities.
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Since 1990 member countries of the
Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD) have aimed
to collect a standard minimum set of
data for chemicals having the highest
worldwide production. The basic level
of testing and other information
dovisod by the OECD is called the
Screening Information Data Set, or
SIDS. OECD and EPA use the data to
screen those high-production-volume
(HPV) chemicals for their potential
risks to man and the environment.
Tho SIDS program benefits EPA
because it directs resources toward the
chemicals of greatest potential risk;
improves environmental protection and
human health as existing chemicals are
investigated more effectively; reduces
overall costs of testing as a result of
increased international cooperation;
and provides greater flexibility for EPA
and tho private sector because of the
voluntary aspect of the program.
EPA earlier relied on the voluntary
efforts of US industry to meet its
commitments to the SIDS program.
More recently, fewer US parties have
come forward to sponsor SIDS
chemicals. EPA has decided to use test
rules where necessary to acquire the
limited toxicity and environmental fate
data needed to meet its OECD SIDS
obligations. Therefore, for a given
round of chemical selection for SIDS,
EPA will identify a set of chemicals
for US sponsorship. For chemicals
having no industry sponsor to perform
testing and other voluntary SIDS
activities, EPA will obtain testing by
rule and use its own resources to carry
out related information-gathering and
review activities.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/00/98
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 28 Chemicals and
Allied Products; 29 Petroleum Refining
and Related Industries
Additional Information: SAN No. 3990.
Agency Contact: Ralph Northrop,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5023
Fax: 202 260-1096
Email: northrop.ralph@epamail.epa.gov
Frank Kover, Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides
and Toxic Substances, SE., Washington,
DC
Phone: 202-260-1830
Email: kover.frank@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD16
3061. PROPOSED DECISIONS ON
TEST RULES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603/TSCA 4
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 799
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, June
15,1998.
NPRM must be published within one
year of ITC designation. '
Other, Statutory, NPRM must be
published within one year of
ITCdesignation.
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 06/00/97
OSHA Chemicals with Insuf. Skin
Absorption Data (ITC List 32)
NPRM or EGA 06/00/97
OSHA Chemicals with No Skin Absorption
Data (ITC List 31)
NPRM or EGA 06/00/97
OSHA Chemicals with No Skin Absorption
Data (ITC List 35)
NPRM or EGA 06/00/97
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, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Email: kover.frank@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB07
3062. 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 , 10/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 2563.
Agency Contact: Robert W. Jones,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1096
Email: Jones.Robert@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB79
3063. MULTICHEMICAL ENDPOINT(S)
TEST RULE; DEVELOPMENTAL AND
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY
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.; developmental toxicity.
This type of rule is an alternative to
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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
Agency resources. The multi-chemical
rule for developmental and
reproductive toxicity testing will
require testing of seven chemicals for
developmental and/or reproductive
effects. This rule 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 06/00/97
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, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Email: Kover.Frank@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2070-AC27
3064. 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. FjPA is
evaluating chemicals on the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA)
inventory for these characteristics and
will identify chemicals for chemical
fate and environmental effects testing
for additional evaluation of their
potential risks.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn No further 02/25/97
action is planned.
NPRM .. 09/00/97
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, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Email: kover.frank@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC36
3065. TEST RULE FOR CERTAIN
METALS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect the private sector under
PL 104-4.
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603; 15 USC
2611; 15 USC 2625
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Through this action, EPA
expects to obtain data that it believes
is necessary to more fully evaluate the
risks of certain metals. The Agency of
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR) identified the need for data
in toxicological profiles for the metals
including berylium, chromium,
manganese, mercury, nickel, and
selenium. The Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA), as amended by SARA (42
USC 9604(1)), requires ATSDR: (1)
jointly with the EPA, to develop and
prioritize a list of hazardous substances
found at National Priority List (NPL)
sites; (2) prepare toxicological profiles
for these substances; and (3) assure the
initiation of a research program to
address identified data needs associated
with the substances.
The metals listed here, including
cadmium, are also hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs) under the Clean Air
Act (CAA) section 112. EPA would,
therefore, also use the data from this
action to implement several provisions
of section 112 of the CAA, including
determining risks remaining after the
application of technology based on the
standards under section 112(d) of the
CAA, estimating of the risks associated
with accidental releases, and the
determining whether or not substances
should be removed from the CAA
section (b)(l) list of HAPs (delisting).
Additional users of the data from this
action include EPA's Office of Water,
Hazardous Waste Program under the
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA), the Toxic Release
Inventory (TRI), the Integrated Risk
Information System (IRIS), Office of
Pesticide Programs, the National
Toxicology Program, the National
Institute of Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), the Mine Safety and
Health Administration (MSHA), and
State and local environmental
authorities.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3882.
Agency Contact: Robert W. Jones,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8150
Fax: 202 260-1096
Email: jones.robert@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD10
3066. 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
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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 hy the
manufacturers, importers and/or
processors of these chemicals.
Individual proposed or final rules will
bo published on at least the chemicals
listed below.
Timetable;
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM Amendment to 04/00/97
Benzidine-based
Chemical
Substances SNUR
Final Amendment to 12/00/97
Benzidine-based
Chemical
Sunslances SNUR
Benzldeno-based Chemical Substances
NPRM 08/30/95 (60 FR 45119)
Final Action 10/07/96 (61 FR 52287)
Chloranll
NPRM 05/12/93 (58 FR 27980)
Final Action 02/00/98
Heavy Metal-Based Pigments In Aerosol
Spray Paints
NPRM 10/00/97
Mothylcyclopentane
NPRM 04/00/97
Final 06/00/97
2 & 4 Pontanedlone
NPRM 09/27/89 (54 FR 39548)
Final Adion 12/00/97
2-Ethoxyothanol & 2-Methoxyethanol & 2-
Methoxyethanol Acetate
NPRM 09/00/97
Small Entitles 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, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Email: kover.rrank@epamail.epa.gov
Ward Penberthy, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
Phone: 202 260-1730
Email:
PENBERT-
HY.WARD@EPAMAIt.EPA.GOV
RIN: 2070-AA58
3067. 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
05/17/85 50 FR 20652
06/30/86 51 FR 23706
09/01/89 54 FR 36311
Interim Final Rule
Interim Final Rule
Interim Final Rule
(Technical
Modification)
NPRM ' 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2245.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7,405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Email:
KOVER.FRANK@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
RIN: 2070-AB30
3068. AMENDMENTS TO THE
ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS
IN SCHOOLS RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 4;
15 USC 2607/TSCA 6; 15 USC
2647/TSCA 7
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 763
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing to amend
the Asbestos-Containing Materials in
Schools Rule in order to provide
clarifications regarding several
definitions, air clearance monitoring
techniques, and response actions. For
the first time, this rulemaking will be
chaired by an EPA Regional office.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
02/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3047.
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7404), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1777
Email: cantor, doreen@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC62
3069. SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULES
ON NATIONAL PROGRAM
CHEMICALS; ASBESTOS, LEAD, AND
REFRACTORY CERAMIC FIBERS
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 instituted a program
to monitor the commercial
development of existing chemicals of
concern and/or to gather information to
support risk assessments on such
chemicals. As these chemicals are
identified, EPA will initiate
rulemakings under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) sections
5 and/or 8 to require reporting by the
manufacturers, importers and/or
processors of these chemicals. Proposed
rules may be published on at least the
chemicals listed on the timetable
below.
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Timetable:
Timetable:
Asbestos
NPRM 12/00/98
Lead
ANPRM 09/28/94 (59 FR 49484)
NPRM 12/00/97
Refractory Ceramic Fiber
NPRM 03/21/94 (59 FR 13294)
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 1923.
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7404), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1777
Email: Cantor.Doreen@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2070-AC37
3070. • AMENDMENTS TO TSCA
SECTION 8(D) HEALTH AND SAFETY
DATA MODEL REPORTING 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 2607(d)/TSCA
8(d)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 716
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) Health and Safety Data
Reporting burden will be evaluated and
amendments proposed to achieve a
more appropriate balance between
reporting burden and Federal
information needs. Specifically, the
need for data in assessing risk from
exposure to chemicals falling under
TSCA purview. Aspects addressed by
the NPRM will include: definitions of
health and safety studies; scope of data
elements to be reported; reporting
period length; types of studies not
subject to reporting; and electronic
submissions of data. Resulting
amendments are expected to
significantly reduce current reporting
burdens and streamline health and
safety data reporting requirements for
all respondents (including small
businesses) and contribute to enhancing
access to reported information data.
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3834.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, SE., Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Fax: 202 260-1096
RIN: 2070-AD17
3071. LEAD-BASED PAINT
ACTIVITIES, TRAINING, AND
CERTIFICATION: RENOVATION AND
REMODELING
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: PL 102-550, sec
402(c)(3)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, October 1996.
Abstract: Under TSCA tide 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 tiiose that the Agency is
developing for individuals performing
lead-based paint abatement under
Section 402(a) of TSCA, Title IV.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/98
Final Action 03/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis; RIA
Additional Information: SAN No. 3557.
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of .Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7404), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1777
Email: cantor.dcireen@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC83
3072. LEAD FEE RULE FOR LEAD-
BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES TRAINING
AND CERTIFICATION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: PL 102-550; TSCA
404; Title IV of TSCA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule is mandated by
section 40 2 (a) of die Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA) for die purpose of
implementing a fee schedule for lead-
based paint activities tiiat were
addressed in die TSCA section 402
rule, 40 CFR Part 745 Lead;
Requirements for Lead-Based Paint
Activities in Target Housing and Child-
Occupied Facilities, which published
on August 28, 1996. The fee schedule
will establish a framework for states to
process applications for training
providers of lead-Based paint training
courses and for certification of workers
engaged in lead-based paint activities
in die five disciplines delineated in die
section 402 rule.
The fee rule in concert witii die section
402 rule is intended to ensure tiiat
individuals conducting lead-based
paint inspections, risk assessments and
abatement in target housing and child-
occupied facilities are properly trained
and certified, and tiiat training
programs providing instruction in such
activities are accredited. This rule is
also intended to ensure tiiat these
activities are conducted according to
reliable, effective and safe work
practice standards and to provide die
availability of a trained and qualified
workforce to identify and address lead-
based paint hazards. By promoting die
establishment of diis workforce die
Agency will help to ensure that
individuals and firms conducting lead-
based paint activities in target housing
and child-occupied facilities will do so
in a way tiiat safeguards the
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environment and protects the health of
building occupants, especially children
aged six years and younger.
Regarding the anticipated impact on
small business, section 402(a) does not
require or mandate the abatement of
lead-based paint, nor require that any
particular enterprise participate in the
load-based paint field. However, if
firms choose to participate, compliance
costs consist of two components that
may impact small businesses: (1)
accreditation and training costs for
workers and supervisors, as well as
certification fees that this rule will
establish, and (2) incremental costs of
work practice standards for abatement
procedures. (Abstract continued - see
additional information)
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is a
statutory requirement. There is a
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3881.
Agency Contact: Betty Weiner,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7404), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2924
Fax: 202 260-1580
Email: weiner.betty@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD11
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Final Rule Stage
3073. FACILITY COVERAGE
AMENDMENT; TOXIC CHEMICAL
RELEASE REPORTING; COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
Priority: Other Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect the private sector under
PL 104-4.
Legal Authority: 42 USC iiois/EPCRA
313; 42 USC 11023; 42 USC 11048; 42
USC11076
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
tho 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.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
06/27/96 61 FR 33588
04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 20 Food and Kindred
Products; 516 Chemicals and Allied
Products; 517 Petroleum and Petroleum
Products; 495 Sanitary Services
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
TDD: 800 553-7672
Email: hazen.susan@epamail.epa.gov
Tim Crawford, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances, 401 M Street, SW., M.C.
7408, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202-260-1715
Email: crawford.tim@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC71
3074. 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
consultation with HUD and CDC; and
(2) an EPA regulation requiring
renovators to provide the information
pamphlet to clients before beginning
work.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/02/94 59 FR 11108
06/00/97
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, (7404), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1777
Email: cantor.doreen@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC65
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3075. 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: 40 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 hy
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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Pesticide 06/19/95 60 FR 32094
Programs Line-by-
Line Review
Direct Final Toxic 06/19/95 60 FR 31917
Programs Line-by-
Line Review
Final Action 05/00/97
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: Angela Hofmann,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 401 M Street, S.W.
(Mailcode 7101), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-2922
Fax: 202-260-0951
Email:
hofmann.angela@epamail.epa.gov
Pat Johnson, Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides
and Toxic Substances
Phone: 202-260-2893
Fax: 202-260-0951
Email:
johnson.patriciaa@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC97
3076. SELECTED RULEMAKINGS FOR
REDUCING RISKS FROM LEAD PAINT,
DUST, AND SOIL
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2683; PL 102-
550
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, April 28, 1994.
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,
and (e) promulgate regulations (Section
402(c)(3)) addressing lead risks from
renovation and remodeling activities or
state why no regulation is necessary.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
NPRM(1)
NPRM
Final Action
Final Action (1)
Final Action
NPRM
NPRM (2)
NPRM
Final Action
Final Action (2)
Final Action
Date
03/02/94
09/02/94
11/02/94
03/06/96
08/29/96
06/00/97
11/00/97
12/00/97
03/00/98
11/00/98
12/00/98
03/00/99
FR Cite
59 FR 11 108
59 FR 45872
59 FR 54984
61 FR 9064
61 FR 45778
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3243.
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7404), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1777
Email: cantor.doreen@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD06
3077. 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
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boon designated for priority testing
consideration by the ETC or
recommended for testing consideration
(for which the 12-month statutory
requirement does not apply). The list
also includes chemicals or categories of
chemicals xvhich have been identified
for testing consideration by other EPA
offices and through EPA review
processes.
Timetable;
Alky) (C12-C14) Glycldyl Ethers
(EGA) 03/22/96 (61 FR 11740)
Ary! Phosphates (ITC List 2)
ANPRM 12/29/83 (48 FR 57452)
NPRM 01/17/92 (57 FR 2138)
Final Action (EGA) 09/00/97
Bromlnated Flame Retardanls
NPRM 05/25/91 (56 FR 29140)
Final Action (EGA) 06/00/97
DlBaslc Esters (CPSC)
Rnal Action (EGA) 08/00/97
Hoxamethylene Dllsocyanate (ITC List 22)
NPRM 05/17/89 (54 FR 21240)
Final Action 06/00/97
IRIS I Chemicals (ITC List 27)
Final Action 06/00(97
Mosityl Oxldo
Withdrawal of Test Rule 06/27/96 (61 FR
33375)
Silicon-Based Glycldyl Ethers
Rnal Action (EGA) 04/00/97
TAME (OAR Request)
Final Action (EGA) 03/21/95 (60 FR
14910)
White Phosphorus (ITC List 34) -
Withdrawal of Test Rule
Rnal Action (EGA) 07/30/96 (61 FR
39832)
Small Entitles 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, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Email: kover.frank@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB94
3078. HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
TEST RULE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603/TSCA 4;
42 USC 7412/CAA 112; 42 USC
7403/CAA 103
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 789 to 795
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing health
effects testing under TSCA section 4 in
support of programs and activities
required under section 112 of the Clean
Air Act (CAA), governing Hazardous
Air Pollutants (HAPs). Section 112 of
the CAA directs EPA to determine the
risk to health and the environment
remaining after application of 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), and
requirements for an accidental release
control program. These data will also
be important for the right-to-know
program given the large release of these
chemicals to the atmosphere. In order
to implement these and other programs
and requirements under section 112,
EPA must identify the health and
environment effects of potential
concern from exposure to HAPs,
ascertain the minimum data needed to
adequately characterize those health
and environmental effects, and assess
the risks posed by HAPs. In addition,
under section 103(d), EPA is required
to conduct a research program on the
short- and long-term effects1 of air
pollutants on human health, ascertain
the minimum data needed to
adequately characterize those health
and environmental effects, and assess
the risks posed by HAPs.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 06/26/96 61 FR 33178
Final Action 01/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3504.
Agency Contact: Richard Leukroth,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0321
Email:
leukroty.richard@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC76
3079. 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 FR 21199)
Final Action 07/00/97
Aluminum Cross-linked Sodium
Carboxymethylcellulose
NPRM 06/11/93 (58 FR 32628)
Final Action 07/00/97
Diphenyl-2&4&6-Trimethylbenzol
Phosphine Oxide (87-586)
NPRM 02/02/88 (53 FR 2857)
Final Action 07/00/97
1-Decanimine-N-Decyl-N-Methyl-N-Oxide
(86-566)
NPRM 12/08/87 (52 FR 46496)
Final Action 07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 1976.
Agency Contact: James Alwood,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1857
Email: alwood.james@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AA59
3080. 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
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Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: When the Agency determines
that uncontrolled manufacture, import,
processing, distribution, use or disposal
of a premanufacture notification notice
(PMN) substance may present an
unreasonable risk, it may issue a
section 5(e) consent order to limit these
activities. However, such orders apply
only to the PMN submitter. Once the
new substance is entered on the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA)
chemical inventory, others can
manufacture, import or process the
substance without controls. Therefore,
EPA extends the controls to apply to
others by designating manufacture,
import or processing of the substances
for uses without the specified controls
as significant new uses. Under the
Expedited Foliow-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 Amino Ether (P90-1840)
NPRM 06/06/94 (59 FR 29255)
Final Action 06/00/97
Batch SNUR: 84-660/-704 & 84-105/-106/-107
& 85-433
NPRM 05/27/93 (58 FR 30744)
Final Action 06/00/97
Polyalkylene Polyamine
NPRM 12/19/94 (59 FR 65248)
Final Action 04/00/97
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, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1857
Email:
ALWOOD.JAMES@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
RIN: 2070-AB27
3081. 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 promulgating a
regulation under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA) for the oversight
of certain microbial products of
biotechnology. The 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 rule
will contain mechanisms for exemption
as well as actual exemptions, guidance
on how the TSCA Inventory will be
used, and EPA's approach to Research
and Development with biotechnology
microorganisms.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
09/01/94 59 FR 45526
04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2326.
Agency Contact: David Giamporcaro,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6362
Email:
Giamporcaro.David@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB61
3082. REGULATORY INVESTIGATION
UNDER THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES
CONTROL ACT (TSCA) TO REDUCE
LEAD (PB) CONSUMPTION AND USE
Priority: Odier Significant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604/TSCA 5;
15 USC 2605/TSCA 6
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 721; 40 CFR 750;
40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action initiates a
regulatory investigation under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
section 6 to determine if uses of lead
(Pb) present an unreasonable risk to
human health and the environment.
The investigation will involve
examination of the potential sources of
human or other exposure to lead
throughout the life cycle. Based on
information gathered EPA may propose
TSCA section 6(a) rules to control
existing or new uses of Pb which pose
an unreasonable risk to human health
or the environment, and to explore the
desirability and feasibility of
discouraging overall consumption of Pb
in general. Currently, EPA has ongoing
regulatory investigation on one specific
use of lead: fishing sinkers.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 05/13/91 56 FR 22096
Fishing Sinkers
NPRM 03/09/94 (59 FR 11122)
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3252.
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7404), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1777
Email: Cantor.Doreen@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC21
3083. USE OF ACRYLAMIDE FOR
GROUTING
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605/TSCA 6
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 764
Legal Deadline: None
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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 uso of acrylamide grout. In
February 1996, EPA reopened the
record for 30 days to take additional
comments, specifically to seek data on
tho durability of acrylamide and NMA
grouts. The Agency is currently
reviewing responses.
Timetable;
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/02/91 56 FR 49863
Final Action 08/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2779.
Agency Contact: Ward Penberthy,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1730
Email:
Ponbertliy.Ward@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2070-AG17
3084. 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(0)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would relax the
regulatory requirements for
rcclassifying PCB transformers to a
lower regulatory status by modifying
tho 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 12/00/97
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, (7404), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3933
Email: baney.tony@epamail.epa.gov
R1N: 2070-AC39
3085. 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 (including
import) processing, distribution in
commerce, export use, disposal, and
marking of PCBs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 06/10/91 56 FR 26738
NPRM 12/06/94 59 FR 62788
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2878.
Agency Contact: Tony Baney,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7404), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3933
Email: baney.tony@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD04
3086. 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
by the Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics, other EPA offices, and
other Federal agencies, as well as
recommended for testing consideration
by the Interagency Testing Committee.
Manufacturers and importers are
required to submit exposure-related
data (EPA Form No. 7710-35) on the
chemicals. These data will be used to
monitor the levels of production,
import and/or processing of these
substances and the avenues of human
and environmental exposure to these
substances. These data will also
support risk assessment and test rule
decisions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 37th ITS 02/28/96 61 FR 7421
List
Final Action 38th ITC 10/29/96 61 FR 55871
List
Final Action 39th ITC 04/00/97
List
Final Action 40th ITC 07/00/97
List
Final Action 41 st ITC 02/00/98
List
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2178.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
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Final Rule Stage
Phone: 202 260-8130
Email: kover.frank@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB08
3087. 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
(40 CFR Part 716). These chemicals
have been identified by the Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, other
EPA offices, and other Federal agencies,
as well as recommended for testing
consideration by the Interagency
Testing Committee.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 35th ITC 07/05/95 60 FR 34879
List
Final Action 37th ITC 02/28/96 61 FR 7421
List
Final Action 38th ITC 04/00/97
List
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 1139.
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
RIN: 2070-AB11
3088. 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. 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:
3089. NOTICE OF TSCA SECTION 4
REIMBURSEMENT PERIOD AND TSCA
SECTION 12(B) EXPORT
NOTIFICATION PERIOD SUNSET
DATES FOR TSCA SECTION 4
SUBSTANCES
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
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 2;
15 USC 2611/TSCA 12
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 707; 40 CFR 790;
40 CFR 791; 40 CFR 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is developing a list of
substances that are or have been subject
to TSCA section 4 testing actions which
required testing under rules or
Enforceable Consent Orders. EPA will
identify sunset, or termination dates
that will identify:
(1) The end of section 4 reporting
requirements (40 CFR 790)
(2) The end of the reimbursement
period under which persons subject to
test rules are subject to an obligation
to reimburse test sponsors (40 CFR 791)
(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.
Action
Date
FR Cite Timetable:
NPRM
Final Action
07/13/93 58 FR 37735
06/00/97
Action
Date
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3118.
Agency Contact: Richard Hefter,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, (7402), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3470
Email: hefter.richard@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC80
Final Action 12/00/97
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, (7405), Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Email: cantor.doreen@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC84
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Long-Term Actions
3090. CHEMICAL LIST EXPANSION;
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
SECTION 313
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/12/94 59 FR 1788
Final Rula 11/30/94 59 FR 61432
Final Action Deferred 05/00/98
Chemicals
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Susan B. Hazen
Phone: 202 260-1024
Email: Hazen.Susan@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC47
3091. DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE
AS MANDATED BY EXECUTIVE
ORDER 12873, SECTION 503 ON
ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE
PRODUCTS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: None
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/29/95 60 FR 50722
Final Action 00/00/00
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.
Agency Contact: Eun-Sook Goidel
Phone: 202 260-3296
Email: goidel.eun-
sook@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC78
3092. REGULATORY INVESTIGATION
OF FORMALDEHYDE
Priority: Info./Admin./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
Email: kover.frank@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB14
3093. POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS (PCBS): EXEMPTIONS
FROM THE PROHIBITIONS AGAINST
MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING,
AND DISTRIBUTION IN COMMERCE;
NEW APPLICATIONS AND RENEWALS
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: baney.tony@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB20
3094. 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
Email: Baney.Tony@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB81
3095. REGULATORY INVESTIGATION
OF DIOXIN IN PULP AND PAPER MILL
SLUDGE
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 744
Timetable:
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Action
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761
Timetable:
Group II
NPRM
Response letter to
FDF X MWF
Final Action
Date FR Cite
05/10/91 56 FR 21 802
12/14/92
00/00/00
NPRM (2) 08/00/97
Group 1
NPRM (1) 12/06/94 (59 FR 62875)
Final Action (1) 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Tony Baney
Phone: 202 260-3933
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Ward Penberthy
Phone: 202 260-1730
Email:
Penberthy.Ward@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC05
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Completed Actions
3096. EVALUATION OF PRODUCTS
FOR LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: None
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-No further 02/24/97
action is planned.
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor
Phone: 202 260-1777
RIN: 2070-AC88
3097. GENERIC SIGNIFICANT NEW
USE RULE (SNUR) FOR ACRYLATE
COMPOUNDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 721
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Completed Actions
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn 01/09/97 62 FR 1305
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James Alwood
Phone: 202 260-1857
Email:
ALWOOD.JAMES@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
RIN: 2070-AB56
3098. POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS - PCBS - DISPOSAL
AMENDMENTS
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-Duplicate 03/07/97
Of RIN 2070-AD04
RIN: 2070-AC01
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Prerule Stage
3099. 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
the water quality goals for surface
waters of the U.S. and the means by
which attainment of these goals will be
measured and assured. They are the
foundation for protecting water quality
and related public health and welfare
and the ecological health 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 ANPRM
is a comprehensive review of the water
quality standards regulation designed to
determine what changes to the
regulation should be made to reflect the
experience gained in the program by
EPA, States, Tribes, and interested
parties. All major components of the
Water Quality Standards Program will
be reviewed for potential regulatory
and implementation improvements to
provide increased flexibility where
appropriate and further strengthen the
Standards Program through use of
scientific advances as a key element of
watershed-based water quality
protection and management. Issues to
be addressed include: establishing and
revising waterbody use designations,
development and implementation of
water quality criteria including
biological and sediment quality criteria,
antidegradation policies and
procedures, general policies such as
mixing zone, variance and compliance
schedule policies, and EPA's policy of
independent application of criteria
methods.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 06/00/97
NPRM 06/00/98
Final Action 06/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3662.
Agency Contact: Rob Wood,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4305), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9536
RIN: 2040-AC56
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3100. • AMENDMENT TO THE
PESTICIDE CHEMICALS
MANUFACTURING EFFLUENT
LIMITATIONS GUIDELINES;
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS; NEW
AND EXISITING SOURCES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 455
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA has entered into a
Settlement Agreement with American
Cyanamid; the sole manufacturer of
pendamethalin. Based on additional
data, EPA has agreed to revise the
numerical limitation for new and
existing facilities manufacturing
pendamethalin. EPA will revise the
limit to a slightly less stringent limit
(i.e. from 1.17 x 10(-2)lb/1000lbs to
1.30 x 10(-2)lbs/1000lbs).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Direct Final
05/00/97
05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Sectors Affected: 287 Agricultural
Chemicals
Additional Information: SAN No. 3995.
Agency Contact: Shari Zuskin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303) SE., Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-7130
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: zuskin.shari@epamail.epa.gov
RIN; 2040-AD01
3101. « REVISIONS TO NPDES
REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLIANCE
REPORTING AND COLLECTION
SYSTEM DISCHARGES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251
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Proposed Rule Stage
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122.41
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: USEPA is proposing revisions
to the NPDES regulations. The
proposed revisions will clarity how
standard noncompliance reporting
requirements and prohibition/defense
provisions in NPDES permits apply to
discharges from sanitary sewer and
combined sewer collection systems
owned and operated by municipal
entities. These proposed revisions
respond to recommendations made by
a FACA Subcommittee (under the
Urban Wet Weather Federal Advisory
Committee) that was convened by
USEPA to provide recommendations for
improving NPDES program
implementation efforts which address
sanitary sower overflows (SSOs) and
sanitary sewer operation, management,
and maintenance. The proposed
revisions address combined sewers as
well as separate sanitary sewers in
order to avoid confusion among the
regulatory community. Failures in
sower collection systems can result in
discharges of wastewater containing
raw sewage to surface waters.
Pathogens and other pollutants in these
discharges can create significant health
and environmental risks. The SSO
FACA Subcommittee identified
inconsistent application of several key
NPDES provisions to SSOs as a major
implementation problem. There is
substantial agreement among the SSO
FACA Subcommittee that USEPA
modify the NPDES regulations to clarify
how noncompliance reporting and
prohibition/defense provisions apply to
dischargers to waters of the U.S. from
a sanitary sewer collection system.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
08/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3999.
Agency Contact: Sharie Centilla,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, SE., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6052
Fax: 202 260-1460
Email: centilla.sharie@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2040-AD02
3102. ESTABLISHMENT OF NUMERIC
CRITERIA FOR PRIORITY TOXIC
POLLUTANTS FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1313/CWA
303
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
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 was ordered to
rescind its plans which contain the
State's numeric criteria for priority
toxic pollutants. In the absence of State
criteria, the Clean Water Act requires
the Administrator to promulgate water
quality criteria for priority toxic
pollutants where EPA has issued
section 304(a) criteria guidance when
the discharge of such pollutants could
reasonably be expected to interfere with
the State's designated uses.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/97
Final Action , 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAJSf No. 3504.
Agency Contact: Diane Frankel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, Region DC, San Francisco, CA
94105
Phone: 415 744-2004
RIN: 2040-AC44
3103. STREAMLINING THE STATE
SEWAGE SLUDGE MANAGEMENT
REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251/CWA
101
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 501
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The requirements for States
seeking authorization of their sewage
sludge programs are set out at 40 CFR
parts 123 (for National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
programs) and 501 (for non-NPDES
programs). These requirements were
modeled on the NPDES requirements
for authorization of wastewater effluent
discharge programs. Many States
manage sewage sludge through their
solid waste programs, which are often
structured differently from NPDES
programs. As a result, States may not
always be able to meet all the
requirements of parts 123 or 501. The
Agency wants States with well-run
sewage sludge management programs to
be eligible for authorization without
having to make unnecessary
administrative changes to their
programs. Proposed changes would
streamline the existing regulations to
ease the authorization process for States
and ensure that decisions are made
based on true environmental and public
health considerations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
03/11/97 62 FR 11270
05/12/97
NPRM
NPRM Comment
Period End
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3788.
Agency Contact: Wendy Bell,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9534
RIN: 2040-AC87
3104. AMENDMENTS TO ROUND I
FINAL SEWAGE SLUDGE USE OR
DISPOSAL RULE - PHASE TWO
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 1345/CWA 405
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 503
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is amending the Round
I Final Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal
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Proposed Rule Stage
Regulation in two phases (i.e., Phase
One and Phase Two). Phase Two will
address issues presented by judicial
remand of specific requirements in the
final rule (part 503) and requests for
reconsideration and will modify certain
technical requirements. 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 11/00/97
Final Action 06/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3497.
Agency Contact: Robert M.
Southwordi, Environmental Protection
Agency, Water, (4304), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-7157
RIN: 2040-AC53
3105. 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, August 15, 1999.
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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Reproposal
Final Action
01/00/98
08/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2805.
Agency Contact: Jan Matuszko,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9126
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: matuszko.jan@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AB78
3106. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL
LAUNDRIES CATEGORY
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1317/CWA 307; 33 USC
1314/CWA 304; 33 USC 1361/CWA
501; 33 USC 1316/CWA 306
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 441
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, September'30, 1997.
Final, Judicial, June 30, 1999.
Abstract: EPA is developing effluent
limitation guidelines for Industrial
Laundries, which supply laundered and
dry-cleaned work uniforms, wiping
towels, safety equipment (such as
gloves and flame-resistant clothing),
dust covers and cloths, and similar
items to industrial and commercial
users.
Timetable:
3107. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
CLEANING CATEGORY
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1317/CWA 307; 33 USC
1314/CWA 304; 33 USC 1361/CWA
501; 33 USC 1316/CWA 306
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 442
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, January 31, 1998.
Final, judicial, February 28, 2000.
Abstract: EPA will propose effluent
limitation guidelines for transportation
equipment cleaning facilities, which
clean the interiors of tank trucks, rail
tank cars, intermodal tank containers,
intermediate bulk containers, ocean/sea
tankers, and tank barges.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
09/00/97
06/00/99
Action
Date
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3209.
Agency Contact: Susan Burris,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5379
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: burris.susan@epamail.epa.gov
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
01/00/98
02/00/00
NPRM
01/27/95 60 FR 5464 RIN: 2040-AB97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3204.
Agency Contact: Gina Matthews,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6036
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: matdiews.gina@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AB98
3108. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR LANDFILLS AND
INCINERATORS
Priority: Odier 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, November 30, 1997.
Final, Judicial, November 30, 1999.
Abstract: EPA is developing effluent
guidelines and standards for: a)
industrial incinerators and thermal
destruction units; and b) all landfills
with leachate collection systems. This
rule was formerly titled Waste
Treatment, Phase II.
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Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/97
11/00/99
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3489.
Agency Contact: Samantha Hopkins,
(Incinerators), Environmental Protection
Agency, Water, (4303), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-7149
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email:
hopkins.samantha@epamail.epa.gov
John Tinger, (Landfills), Environmental
Protection Agency, Water, (4303),
Washington, DC 20460
Phono: 202 260-4992
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: dnger.john@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2040-AC23
3109. NPDES STREAMLINING RULE-
ROUND III
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulcmaking 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 isil/CWA
301; 33 USC 1312/CWA 302; 33 USC
1314/CWA 304; 33 USC 1316/CWA
30B; 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
Final Action
09/00/97
03/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
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
3110. STREAMLINING 301 (H) WAIVER
RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 125
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing an
amendment to the regulations
contained in 40 CFR Part 125, Subpart
G. These regulations implement Section
301(h) of the Clean Water Act, 33 USC
Section 1311(h). Section,301(h)
provides publicly owned treatment
works (POTWs) discharging to marine
waters an opportunity to obtain a
modification of secondary treatment
requirements if they demonstrate to
EPA that they comply with a number
of criteria aimed at protecting the
marine environment. This proposal is
designed to streamline the renewal
process for POTWs with 301(h)
modified permits. The action would
eliminate unnecessary paperwork. It
specifies that a completed application
would not be required for renewals in
cases where EPA already has the
required information. Additional
information would only be required as
necessary to determine ongoing
compliance with the 301(h) criteria.
This regulation should reduce
paperwork submissions from
municipalities, which should save time
and resources.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/97
Final Action 10/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3804.
Agency Contact: Deborah Lebow,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4504F), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6419
Fax: 202 260-9960
RIN: 2040-AC89
3111. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF TRACE METALS
UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC !3l4(h)/CWA
304(h); 33 USC 1361(a)/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136; 40 CFR
122.21; 40 CFR 122.41; 40 CFR 122.44;
40 CFR 123.25; 40 CFR 403.7; 40 CFR
403.12
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action would
propose to amend the Guidelines
Establishing Test Procedures for the
Analysis of Pollutants under 40 CFR
Part 136 to approve new EPA methods
for the determination of trace metals at
EPA's water quality criteria levels.
These methods are necessary for the
implementation of water quality-based
permits under the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
of the 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.
Since 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
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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 08/00/97
Final Action 10/00/98
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
Fax: 202 260-7185 '.
Email: telliard.william@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC75
3112. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE r
ANALYSIS OF CYANIDE UNDER THE
CLEAN WATER ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC !3l4(h)/CWA
304(h); 33 USC 1361(a)/CWA 501(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136; 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 weakly bound cyanide and
those forms that are less bioavailable .
because the cyanide is strongly bound
to a metal ion. Method 335.1, Cyanides
Amenable to Chlorination (CATC), is
currently approved for the
measurement of free and weakly
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,
new data suggests 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:
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 FR Cite
NPRM 08/00/97
Final Action 08/00/98
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
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: telliard.william@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC76
3113. REFORMATTING OF EFFLUENT
GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS IN 40
CFR PARTS 405 THROUGH 471
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 USG 1251/CWA
303; 33 USC 1311/CWA 301; 33 USC
1314/CWA 304; 33 USC 1316/CWA
306; 33 USC 1317/CWA 307
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
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/97
Final Action 11/00/98
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
Email: goodwin.janet@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC79
3114. 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.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314/CWA
304; 33 USC 1317/CWA 307; 33 USC
402(b)(8)/CWA 402(b)(8); 33 USC
1361/CWA501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 403
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The National Pretreatment
Program was established in 1972. The
Office of Water is exploring ways to
reduce federally mandated activities
under the program that don't result in
benefits to the environment and to
improve program efficiencies. For
example, this rule will consider
appropriate exclusions or variable
requirements for numerous smaller
facilities that contribute insignificant
amounts of pollutants.
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Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/97
Final Aclfon 12/00/98
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3663.
Agency Contact: Jeff Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Wator, (4203), Washington, DC 20460
Phono: 202 260-5586
BIN: 2040-AC58
3115. INCREASED METHOD
FLEXIBILITY FOR TEST
PROCEDURES APPROVED FOR
CLEAN WATER ACT COMPLIANCE
MONITORING UNDER 40 CFR PART
136
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq;
33 USC 1314(h)/CWA 304; 33 USC
136l(a)/76 Stat 816; PL 92-500; 91 Stat
1567; PL 95-217; 100 Stat 7; PL 100-
4
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136; 40 CFR
122.21; 40 CFR 122.41; 40 CFR 122.44;
40 CFR 123.25
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action would
highlight the flexibility already
contained in the 600 and 1600 series
methods that are currently approved for
Clean Water Act compliance
monitoring under 40 CFR Part 136,
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Pollutants. These
methods typically contain a statement
that, "In recognition of advances that
are occurring in analytical technology,
and to allow the analyst to overcome
sample matrix interferences, the analyst
is permitted certain options to improve
separations or lower the costs of
measurements. These options include
alternate extraction, concentration,
cleanup procedures, and changes in
columns and detectors ...." The
methods further require the analyst to
demonstrate that the method
modifications will not adversely affect
the quality of data by generating quality
control results that meet the
specifications contained in the method.
Despite this stated flexibility, OW has
found that many permitting authorities
are not aware of this flexibility when
issuing or enforcing NPDES and
pretreatment permits. Therefore, this
regulatory action will highlight the
existing method flexibility and clarify
OW's position regarding its application.
This action will also propose to extend
this flexibility to all methods currently
approved under 40 CFR Part 136. The
purpose of extending this flexibility to
all methods is to (1) increase
consistency between methods, (2)
provide for increased recognition of
advances in analytical technology, and
(3) reduce costs associated with
analytical measurements.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/97
12/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3714.
Agency Contact: William A. Telliard,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5251
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: telliard.william@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC92
3116. UNIFORM NATIONAL
DISCHARGE STANDARDS FOR
ARMED FORCES VESSELS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Water Act
section 312(n) as amended
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 140
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, February 10, 1998.
Abstract: The 1996 Defense
Authorization Act authorizes EPA and
the Navy, in consultation with other
Federal agencies and affected States, to
develop Uniform National Discharge
Standards (UNDS) for discharges from
armed forces vessels. These regulations
will enable the Navy to design vessels
to one protective uniform standard,
instead of attempting to conform to
diverse State standards. Promulgation
of uniform standards may result in
innovative waste management
technologies that can be transferred to
the private sector. The first phase of
the legislation requires promulgation of
joint regulations that signify which
discharges require regulation, which
entail the use of marine pollution
control devices, as well as those which
will not require regulation. Marine
pollution control devices may be a
piece of equipment designed to control
a particular waste stream, or a
management practice that would reduce
the impacts of a discharge. The Navy
and EPA will determine the nature and
environmental effects of vessel
discharges, as well as the practicability
of installing marine pollution control
devises for those discharges that require
regulation. This regulation only applies
to vessels of the armed forces, and
therefore will have no impact on small
businesses. State governments will be
involved in the rulemaking process as
this rule may impact State standards,
if any exist, by taking precedence over
those standards for vessels of the armed
forces. The uniform national standards
proposed by this action will regulate
those liquid vessel discharges that
would have adverse impacts on the
marine environment. If there is new
information that suggests the standard
should be changed, a State may petition
for review any standard promulgated
under this action.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/97
Final Action 02/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3925.
Agency Contact: Deborah Lebow,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4504-F, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6419
RIN: 2040-AC96
3117. REVISION OF NPDES
INDUSTRIAL PERMIT APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS AND FORM 2C—
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE
INFORMATION
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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
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CFR Citation: 40 CFR I22.2l(g)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: All existing manufacturing,
commercial, mining, and silvicultural
operations requiring a National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit must submit an
application in order to obtain a permit.
The existing industrial application form
has not been revised since 1984 and
needs to be updated to reflect statutory
and regulatory changes in the NPDES
program, advances in analytical
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
will seek to allow the use of existing
data to the extent possible 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 the data. The Agency is
reviewing ways to minimize the need
for information from small dischargers,
including tribal facilities. EPA will also
seek to minimize and reduce the
burden on States through
improvements to the application forms.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/97
Final Action 01/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3234.
Agency Contact: Ruby Cooper Ford,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6051
RIN: 2040-AC26
3118. COMPREHENSIVE NPDES
STORMWATER PHASE II
REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1342/CWA 402; 33 USC
1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, September 1, 1997.
Final, Judicial, March 1, 1999.
Abstract: EPA will be proposing
changes to the stormwater regulations
for the remaining unregulated
dischargers that require regulation. Also
known as Phase II dischargers, these
sources potentially could include all
stormwater discharges from
commercial, retail, and institutional
facilities and from municipal separate
storm sewer systems serving
populations of less than 100,000. Data
collected under sections 305(b) and
402(p)(5) of the CWA indicate 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
stakeholders to participate in the
development of comprehensive Phase II
rules 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 is
planning to limit the universe of
designated Phase II sources and is
planning to recommend an approach
that would promote the use of general
permits for most Phase II sources.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/97
Final Action 03/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3785.
Agency Contact: George Utting,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9530
Fax: 202 260-1460
RIN: 2040-AC82
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Final Rule Stage
3119. AMENDMENTS TO ROUND I
FINAL SEWAGE SLUDGE USE OR
DISPOSAL RULE—PHASE ONE
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 1345/CWA 405
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 503
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is amending the Round
I Final Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal
Regulation in two phases (i.e., Phase
One and Phase Two). Phase I will
respond to minor comments received
on the Final Sewage Sludge Use or
Disposal Round I Rule (Part 503),
correct some publication errors, and
include some technical amendments.
This action will modify the existing
regulation to make the requirements for
sewage sludge incinerators self-
implementing and provide the
regulated community flexibility in
meeting other Part 503 requirements.
The changes should not have any
adverse impact on State.local, or tribal
government or small businesses
because no additional requirements are
being imposed.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/25/95 60 FR 54771
05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3497.
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Agency Contact: Robert M.
Southworth, Environmental Protection
Agoncy, Water, (4304), Washington, DC
20460
Phono: 202 260-7157
RIN: 2040-AC29
3120. STREAMLINED PROCEDURES
AND GUIDANCE FOR APPROVING
TEST PROCEDURES UNDER 40 CFR
PART 136
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq;
33 USC 1314(h); 33 USC 1361(a)/76
Slat 816; PL 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567; PL
95-217; 100 Stat 7; PL 100-4.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136; 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 the use of new, streamlined
procedures and guidance for submitting
methods to be approved for use in
Clean Water Act compliance
monitoring under 40 CFR Part 136,
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Pollutants. The new
procedures would include guidance
concerning the format, content, QA/QC,
and data validation requirements for
methods submitted for consideration.
This regulatory action would also
describe increased program guidance in
the form of a clearinghouse, technical
bulletins, and/or guidance documents
geared towards clarifying technical and
policy issues associated with the use
of test methods approved for use in the
program.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/28/97 62 FR 14975
03/00/98
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3713.
Agency Contact: William A. Telliard,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: telliard.william@epamail.epa.gov
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water
Phone: 202-260-7117
RIN: 2040-AC93
3121. SELENIUM CRITERION
MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION FOR
WATER QUALITY GUIDANCE FOR
THE GREAT LAKES SYSTEM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1268/CWA
118
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 132
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking proposes to
establish a new acute aquatic life
criterion for selenium in the final Water
Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes
System (the Guidance) that was
published on March 23, 1995 (60 FR
15366). The proposed new criterion
takes into account data showing that
selenium's two most prevalent
oxidation states, selenite and selenate,
•present differing potentials for aquatic
toxicity, as well as new data indicating
that all forms.,of selenium are additive.
The new approach produces a different
selenium acute criterion (also called the
Criterion Maximum Concentration, or
CMC) depending upon the relative
proportions of selenite, selenate, and
other forms of selenium that are
present.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/16/96 61 FR 66007
Final Action 09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3921.
Agency Contact: Mark Morris,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4301), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0312
RIN: 2040-AC97
3122. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE PULP, PAPER,
AND PAPERBOARD CATEGORY
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect the private sector under
PL 104-4.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311/CWA
301; 33 USC 1314/CWA 304; 33 USC
1316/CWA 306; 33 USC 1317/CWA
307; 33 USC 1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 430; 40 CFR 431
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, October 31, 1993.
Abstract: EPA is revising existing Best
Practicable Technology (BPT), Best
Conventional Pollutant Control
Technology (BCT), Best Available
Technology (BAT), New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS),
Pretreatment Standards for Existing
Sources (PSES), and Pretreatment
Standards for New sources (PSNS). The
Agency is developing these revised
effluent limitations in conjunction with
development of maximum achievable
control technology (MACT) standards,
which limit air emissions under the
Clean Air Act. (See separate Regulatory
Plan entry, Integrated NESHAP and
Effluent Guidelines: Pulp and Paper,
RIN: 2060-AD03.)
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/17/93 58 FR 66078
Final Action 07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2712.
Agency Contact: Donald Anderson,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7189
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: - •*•••->
anderson.donaldf@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AB53
3123. 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 USC 1311/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
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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) removing 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:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/11 /96 61 FR 65267
Final Action 07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3762.
Agency Contact: Thomas Charlton,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6960
Fax: 202 260-1460
RIN: 2040-AC70
3124. 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.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1313/CWA
303
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is revising its rule
promulgated on December 22, 1992,
(National Toxics Rule or NTR) that
established water quality criteria for 14
States that had failed to fully comply
with section 303(2)(B) of the Clean
Water Act. The NTR promulgated total
recoverable metals criteria for 11 of
these 14 States. In October 1993, the
Office of Water issued a policy
memorandum recommending a shift to
the use of dissolved metals criteria
because they more accurately reflect the
bioavailable fraction of waterborne
metals for aquatic life. This revision
will convert the total recoverable
metals criteria to dissolved metals
criteria and bring the 11 States into
alignment with the current policy on
the use of dissolved metals.
This action is de-regulatory in nature,
but is not expected to impact the health
of aquatic life in the water column.
EPA expects this rule to result in less
stringent permit limits and therefore a
potential cost savings in wastewater
treatment for dischargers of metals in
the 11 covered States. In May 1995,
EPA promulgated an interim final rule
revising the metals criteria. This action
will make the interim final rule final.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 05/04/95 60 FR 22229
Final Action . ,.09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3661.
Agency Contact: Jackie Romney,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9687
RIN: 2040-AC55
3125. 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; 33 USC 1317/CWA 307; 33 USC
1342(b)(8)/CWA 402(b)(8); 33 USC
1361/CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 403.18
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Under the current
regulations, many changes to approved
publicly owned treatment works
(POTW) pretreatment programs 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 is modified when the
pretreatment program is revised. There
are State and EPA backlogs of
pretreatment program changes for
approval. The double notice procedure
is expensive and normally elicits little
public comment.
Under the new regulations, the POTW's
NPDES permit would include only
certain significant elements of the
approved POTW pretreatment program.
EPA or the State would 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 would be
required.
The new regulations should 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
Final Action
07/30/96 61 FR 39804
07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3625.
Agency Contact: Jeff Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5586
RIN: 2040-AC57
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3126. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
OIL AND GREASE TEST
PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS
OF POLLUTANTS UNDER THE CLEAN
WATER ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC !3l6(h)/CWA
304(h); 33 USC 1361(a)/CWA 501(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136; 40 CFR
122.21; 40 CFR 122.41; 40 CFR 122.44;
40 CFR 123.25; 40 CFR 403.7; 40 CFR
403.12
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulation will amend
tho 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
consistent with the Chlorofluorocarbon
(CFC) phaseout requirements of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
Method 1664 uses normal hexane (n-
hexanc) as the extraction solvent in
place of l.l^-trichloro-l^, 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
in order to avoid unacceptable
inconsistency between results produced
by those methods and the proposed
Method 1664.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/23/96 61 FR 1730
Final Action 07/00/97
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, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: telliard.william@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC63
3127. 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 l314(h)/CWA
304(h); 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; 40 CFR 403.7;
40 CFR 403.12
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 (PPQJ 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-diox'ins 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
Final Action
02/07/91 56 FR 5090
06/00/97
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
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: telliard.william@epamil.epa.goV
RIN: 2040-AC64
3128. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF MISCELLANEOUS
METALS, ANIONS, AND VOLATILE
ORGANICS UNDER THE CLEAN
WATER ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 13l4(h)/CWA
304(h); 33 USC 1361(a)/CWA 501(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action would
amend the Guidelines Establishing Test
Procedures for the Analysis of
Pollutants under 40 CFR 136 to
approve new procedures for the
analysis of miscellaneous metals,
anions, and volatile organics under the
Clean Water Act (CWA). These methods
are used for implementing water
quality based permits under the
National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) of the
CWA. This action will not have a
significant economic impact on state,
local, or tribal governments, or small
businesses. This regulation would
approve test procedures to be used in
measuring this group of compounds
under the NPDES unless the Regional
Administrator approves an alternative
procedure.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/18/95 60 FR 53988
08/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3155.
Agency Contact: William A. Telliard,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4303), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: telliard.william@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC95
3129. 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
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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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
Final Action
10/16/96 61 FR 54013
05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3666.
Agency Contact: Deb Lebow,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4504F), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6419
RIN: 2040-AC61
3130. 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 122.21(j)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to revise and consolidate existing
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 because of improvements
to die application forms.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/06/95 60 FR 62545
09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Robin Danesi,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4203), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2991
RIN: 2040-AB39
3131. 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 the deposit of
municipal and commercial waste into
U.S. Coastal Waters. This rule
establishes minimum waste handling
practices for vessels and waste
handling facilities involved in the
transport of municipal or commercial
wastes in the coastal waters of the U.S.
The rule may require certain vessels
and waste handling facilities to develop
an operation and maintenance manual
that identifies procedures to prevent,
report, and clean up deposits of waste
into coastal waters. State and local
governments and businesses involved
widi the vessel transportation and
shore side handling of these wastes
would be affected by tins rule.
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 tins 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 08/30/94 59 FR 44798
Final Action 05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 2501. Additional Information: SAN No. 2820.
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Agency Contact: Deb Lebow,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4504F), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6419
RIN: 2040-AB85
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Long-Term Actions
3132. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY WEST
COAST TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF POLLUTANTS UNDER
THE CLEAN WATER ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 GFR136
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/99
04/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: William Telliard
Phono: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: tolliard.william@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC54
3133. STANDARDS FOR THE USE OR
DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE
(ROUND II)
Priority: Other Significant Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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: Robert M. Southworth
Phono: 202 260-7157
RIN: 2040-AC25 :
3134. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE
PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING
CATEGORY
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 439
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM (NSPS)
NPRM
Final Action
10/27/83 48 FR 49832
05/02/95 60 FR 21592
04/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Frank Hund
Phone: 202 260-7182
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: hiuid.rrarik@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AA13
3135. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE METAL
PRODUCTS AND MACHINERY
CATEGORY, PHASES I AND 2
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect the private sector under
PL 104-4.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 438
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM (phase 1) 05/30/95 60FR28210
NPRM (consolidated 10/00/00
Phase 1 and 2)
Final Action 12/00/02
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Steven Geil
Phone: 202 260-9817
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: geil.steve@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AB79
3136. 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. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 125; 40 CFR 401
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/00/99
08/00/01
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Deborah Nagle
Phone: 202 260-2656
RIN: 2040-AC34
3137. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR IRON AND STEEL
MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE
CATEGORY
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 420
Timetable:
Action
bate
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
12/00/98
12/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal :
Agency Contact: George M. Jett
Phone: 202 260-7151
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: Jett.George@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
RIN: 2040-AC90
3138. STREAMLINING REVISIONS TO
THE WATER QUALITY PLANNING
AND MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 130
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Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/00/99
Final Action 12/00/00
Small Entities-Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Mimi Dannel
Phone: 202 260-1897
BIN: 2040-AC65
3139. AMENDMENT TO EFFLUENT
GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR
ORE MINING AND DRESSING POINT
SOURCE CATEGORY, NEW SOURCE
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 440
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/12/96 61 FR 5364
Final Action . 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Ronald G. Kirby
Phone: 202 260-7168
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: kirby.ron@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC74
3140. CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION
404 PROGRAM DEFINITION OF THE
WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES-
ISOLATED WATERS AND ARTIFICIAL
WATERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 232
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Hazel Groman
Phone: 202 260-8798
RIN: 2040-AB74
3141. COMPARISON OF DREDGED
MATERIAL TO REFERENCE
SEDIMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 230
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
01/04/95 60FR419
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: John Goodin
Phone: 202 260-9910
RIN: 2040-AC14
3142. REVISIONS TO OCEAN
DUMPING REGULATIONS FOR
DREDGED MATERIAL
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 225; 40 CFR 227;
40 CFR 228
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
00/00/00
00/00/00
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: John Heisler
Phone: 202 260-8448
RIN: 2040-AB62
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Completed Actions
3143. STREAMLINING NATIONAL
POLLUTANT DISCHARGE
ELIMINATION SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING
GENERAL PRETREATMENT
REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Economically Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 122; 40 CFR 403
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - Split Into 03/11 /97
Several Separate
Actions
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Traci Brown
Phone: 202 260-8487
RIN: 2040-AC69
3144. REVISIONS TO THE PCB
CRITERIA FOR HUMAN HEALTH AND
WILDLIFE FOR THE WATER QUALITY
GUIDANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES
SYSTEM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 132
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Mark Morris
Phone: 202 260-0312
RIN: 2040-AC94
3145. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE COASTAL
SUBCATEGORY OF THE OIL AND
GAS EXTRACTION CATEGORY
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 435
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
03/12/97 62 FR 11723
Final Action 12/16/96 61 FR 66085
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
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Completed Actions
Agency Contact: Charles White
Phono: 202 260-5411
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: white.chuck@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AB72
3146. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE METAL
PRODUCTS AND MACHINERY
CATEGORY, PHASE II
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 438
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Merged With RIN
2040-AB79
03/11/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Mark Ingle
Phone: 202-260-7191
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: ingle.mark@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC30
3147. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
FOR PENNSYLVANIA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 12/09/96 61 FR 64816
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Evelyn S. MacKnight
Phone: 215 566-5717
Fax: 215 566-2301
RIN: 2040-AC78
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3148. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY RADIATION SITE CLEANUP
REGULATION
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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: Under the authority of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended, and Reorganization Plan No.
3 of 1970, the Agency is proposing
regulations to set standards limiting the
amount of radiation that members of
the public may receive from a
contaminated site released from federal
control.
EPA estimates that about 5000 sites
may be contaminated with radioactive
materials in the United States. Included
are sites on EPA's National Priorities
List, and other sites under the authority
of various Federal agencies,
predominately DOE and DoD, sites
licensed by the NRG and NRG
Agreement States, and sites licensed by
States. Based on data provided by DOE,
DoD, and NRC, many of those sites are
non-Federal NPL sites or sites licensed
by either the NRC or NRC Agreement
States. There are also sites that are
under the control of either DOE, DoD,
or other Federal agencies.
Contamination extends to all
environmental media and includes all
types of radioactive materials. It also
includes mixed waste, which contains
both radioactive and hazardous
components. To date, progress in
cleaning up these sites has been slow,
largely due to the absence of a uniform,
national radiation site cleanup
standard.
Under current programs, cleanup
standards for radioactive materials are
determined on a site-by-site basis. A
risk assessment is conducted to analyze
the extent of the potential threat that
the radioactive materials at the site
pose to human health. However,
direction is still needed on the level
of human health and environmental
protection to be achieved at these sites.
To address this problem, the Agency
has developed standards that will
establish cleanup levels for these sites.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
10/21/93 58 FR 54474
04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2073.
Agency Contact: John M. Karhnak,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6603J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9237
RIN: 2060-AB31
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Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
Final Rule Stage
3149. FEDERAL RADIATION
PROTECTION GUIDANCE FOR
EXPOSURE OF THE GENERAL
PUBLIC
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 202l{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
09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3321.
Agency Contact: Allan Richardson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6602J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 254-3826
Fax: 202-233-9213
RIN: 2060-AE61
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
Long-Term Actions
3150. PROTECTIVE ACTION
GUIDANCE FOR DRINKING WATER
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 41 CFR 351
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Notice of Availability 00/00/00
Submission to FRPCC 00/00/00
for endorsement
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Charles Blue
Phone: 202 233-9488
RIN: 2060-AF39
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
Completed Actions
3151. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
STANDARDS FOR LOW-LEVEL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 193
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - The
Agency plans no
further action on this
rule.
02/26/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Tara Chhay Cameron
Phone: 202 233-9310
RIN: 2060-AA04
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3152. • DRINKING WATER
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT
REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300g-3c
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141 subpart A;
40 CFR 141 subpart N; 40 CFR 142
subpart B
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, August 6, 1998.
Abstract: The SDWA amendments of
1996 require EPA to promulgate
regulations requiring all community
water systems to prepare Consumer
Confidence Reports regarding the
quality of the drinking water they
provide. The regulations must specify
the form and content of these reports.
The reports must be prepared annually
and mailed to customers except that the
Governor of a State can exempt systems
serving fewer than 10,000 customers
from the mailing requirements. The
reports must contain (1) information on
the source of the drinking water, (2)
brief and plainly worded definitions of
certain key terms such as MCL and
MCLG, (3) information on all detected
contaminants and health information
for contaminants which exceed an
MCL, (4) information on compliance
with primary drinking water
regulations, (5) information on
unregulated contaminants if detected.
The reports must refer to an EPA
hotline for additional health
information. No sampling or monitoring
is required by these regulations. Th£
reports are a compilation of information
obtained to comply with other
requirements under the SDWA.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
10/00/97
08/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 494 Water Supply
Additional Information: SAN No. 3947.
Agency Contact: Francoise M. Brasier,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water
Phone: 202 260-5668
Fax: 202 260-0732
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EPA—SDWA
Proposed Rule Stage
Email: brasior.francoise@epamail.gov
R1N: 2040-AC99
3153. ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR
REGULATED DRINKING WATER
CONTAMINANTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC soof/SDWA
1401; 42 USC 300g-l/SDWA 1412; 42
USC 300J-9/SDWA 1450
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 143
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In promulgating National
Primary Drinking Water Regulations,
EPA includes analytical methods for
determination of 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 inununoassays.
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:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/00/97
Final Action 04/00/98
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
3154. STREAMLINING DRINKING
WATER MONITORING
REQUIREMENTS
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 SOOj-4 /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 for chemical
contaminants 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) and by
consolidating subsections wherever
possible.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/00/97
08/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
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)
Final Rule Stage
3155. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS FOR LEAD
AND COPPER
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300g-i
/SDWA 1412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA will promulgate
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
promulgate 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
tfopper at the tap. EPA also plans to
promulgate 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 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 promulgating a revised
definition of control as it applies to
lead service line replacement and to
address the current exemption of
transient non-community water systems
from coverage under the rule.
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Final Rule Stage
Nationally, EPA estimates the changes
will not affect the cost or benefits of
the Lead and Copper Rule significantly.
State governments should experience a
minor decrease in costs as a result of
these revisions. Many local and tribal
governments and small businesses that
operate public water systems should
also experience a decrease in annual
costs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/12/96 61 FR 16348
Final Action 03/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3440.
Agency Contact: Judy Lebowich,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4607), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7595
BIN: 2040-AC27
3156. REFORMATTING OF DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS
Priority: Info./Admin./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 300g-l
/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
Direct Final Action
07/00/97
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
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Long-Term Actions
3157. • REVISIONS TO STATE
PRIMACY REQUIREMENTS TO
IMPLEMENT FEDERAL DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300g-2
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 142.10; 40 CFR
142.11; 40 CFR 142.12; 40 CFR 142.13
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory, February 6, 1997.
Final, Statutory, May 6, 1997.
Abstract: The 1996 Amendments to the
Safe Drinking Water Act changed the
requirements for States to assume
primary responsibility for
implementation and enforcement of the
national primary drinking water
regulations. This action will update the
Federal regulations to conform to the
amendments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/00/98
Final 08/00/99
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3996.
Agency Contact: Mike Muse,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, SE., Washington, DC
Phone: 202 260-3874
Fax: 202 260-3464
RIN: 2040-ADOO
3158. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: RADON
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect State, local or tribal governments.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
Notice
Reproposal
Final
09/30/86 51 FR 34836
07/18/91 56 FR 33050
02/00/99
08/00/99
08/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Sylvia Malm
Phone: 202 260-3762
RIN: 2040-AA94
3159. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS:
GROUNDWATER DISINFECTION
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect State, local or tribal governments.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/98
05/00/02
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Bruce Macler
Phone: 415 744-1884
Erin K. Flanagan
Phone: 202-260-5545
RIN: 2040-AA97
3160. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: ARSENIC
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR .141; 40 CFR 142
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Long-Term Actions
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
01/00/00
01/00/01
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Irene Dooley
Phono: 202 260-9531
RIN: 2040-AB75
3161. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: STAGE I
DISINFECTANT/ DISINFECTION BY-
PRODUCTS RULE
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect Stato, local or tribal governments.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/29/94 59 FR 38668
11/00/98
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Tom Grubbs
Phono: 202 260-7270
RIN: 2040-AB82
3162. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: SULFATE
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/20/94 59 FR 65578
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Jim Taft
Phone: 202 260-5519
RIN: 2040-AC07
3163. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER STANDARDS FOR ALDICARB
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
00/00/00
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: James Taft
Phone: 202 260-5519
RIN: 2040-AC13
3164. UNDERGROUND INJECTION
CONTROL PROGRAM STREAMLINING
RULE
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemakirig 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 144; 40 CFR 146
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Denny Cruz
Phone: 202 260-7776
Fax: 202 260-0732
RIN: 2040-AC83
3165. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: INTERIM
ENHANCED SURFACE WATER
TREATMENT RULE
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect State, local or tribal governments.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/29/94 59 FR 38832
11/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Elizabeth Corr
Phone: 202 260-8907'
RIN: 2040-AC91
3166. • NATIONAL PRIMARY
DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS:
RADIUM, URANIUM, ALPHA, BETA
AND PHOTON EMITTERS
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300/SDWA
1412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, December 2000,
Uranium.
Other, Judicial, December 2000, Final
or statement of rationalefor not taking
final action: Radi.
Abstract: EPA has proposed maximum
contaminant level goals (MCLGs) and
primary drinking water standards for
radionuclides in drinking water. These
radionuclides include radium, uranium,
radon, total alpha, and beta particle and
photon emitters. All of these
contaminants were required to be
regulated in the 1986 SDWA
amendments. Radionuclides pose a
cancer risk. Also, uranium poses a risk
for kidney toxicity. Currently, EPA
estimates that, at proposed levels, the
regulation would avoid 126 cancer
cases per year, and reduce exposure of
900,000 persons to the risk of kidney
toxicity. The number of systems
affected at proposed levels would be
29,000 at a cost of $660 million per
year. All states with primacy would be
responsible for overseeing the
implementation of the rule including
monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting,
public notification, and treatment
requirements. Local and tribal
governments which own water systems
are responsible for implementing the
requirements.
In January 1995 EPA announced that
it was initiating a reassessment of the
drinking water program, including the
current regulatory agenda, to ensure
that resources available for protecting
drinking water accomplish the greatest
risk reduction. The purpose of the
effort is to clarify and change program
priorities and realign resource
allocations.
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Long-Term Actions
By December 15, 1995, EPA and the
litigants will agree on the time needed
to negotiate a revised schedule for this
rule.
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Date
09/30/86
07/18/91
12/00/00
FR Cite
51 FR 34836
56 FR 33050
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Trihal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3992.
Agency Contact: Dave Huher,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, (4607), Washington, DC 2046.0
Phone: 202 260-9566
BIN: 2040-AC98
3167. MANAGEMENT OF CLASS V
INJECTION WELLS UNDER PART C
OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 144; 40 CFR 145;
40 CFR 146
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/28/95 60 FR 44652
Reproposa! 06/00/98
Final Action 07/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Lee Whitehurst
Phone: 202 260-5532
RIN: 2040-AB83
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Safe Drinking Water Apt (SDWA)
Completed Actions
3168. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: PHASE VI-
B—ORGANIC AND INORGANIC
CONTAMINANTS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-No further 03/07/97
action is planned.
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: David Hubef
Phone: 202 260-9566
RIN: 2040-AC22
3169. 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-Split into 03/11/97
three separate
entries
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: George Hoessel
Phone: 202 260-7097
RIN: 2040-AC66
3170. ANALYTIC METHODS FOR
MEASURING RADIONUCLIDES IN THE
DRINKING WATER PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 GFR 141; 40 CFR 143
Completed:
Reason
Date
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Final Action 03/05/97 62 FR 10168
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Dr. Jitendra Saxena
Phone: 202 260-9579
RIN: 2040-AC88
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Prerule Stage
3171. REVIEW OF TOXICITY
CHARACTERISTIC LEVEL FOR
SILVER UNDER THE RESOURCE
CONSERVATION RECOVERY ACT
(RCRA)
Priority: Info./Admin./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 6905; 42 USC
6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922;
42 USC 6938
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 268
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action initiates a
technical review of the possible risks
associated with management of silver-
bearing wastes, which is being
conducted in response to petitions
submitted to die Agency to delete the
toxicity characteristic level for silver.
EPA will address all potential pathways
for risks from silver-bearing wastes,
including possible ecological effects.
Silver is on the toxicity characteristic
list because it was a regulated drinking
water contaminant. In January 1991, the
Agency deleted the primary drinking
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water maximum contaminant level
(MCL) for silver because the Agency
concluded that silver causes no adverse
human health effects. The petitioners,
users of silver materials and silver
waste generators, petitioned the Agency
to delote silver from the TC list on the
basis of the Agency's conclusions
regarding silver toxicity to humans in
deleting the MCL.
The Agency believes that before a
decision can be made to delete or
modify tho toxicity characteristic level
for silver, a more complete assessment
of risks posed by management of silver-
bearing wastes must be conducted,
including a review of possible
ecological risks.
Pending the outcome of this review, the
Agency may revise or delete the TC
level for silver, if warranted.
Timetable:
Action
Date
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Pre-Rule
06/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3886.
Agency Contact: Anna Tschursin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703-308-8807
Fax: 703-308-0522
RIN: 2050-AE37
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3172. REVISIONS TO THE OIL
POLLUTION PREVENTION
REGULATION
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulomaking 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 1321/CWA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 112
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Following a major inland oil
spill with substantial environmental
impacts (i.e., Ashland Oil in Floreffe,
PA, in January 1988), and interagency
task force recommended steps to
improve EPA's oil spill prevention
program (40 CFR part 112). This
program requires oil storage facilities to
prevent and contain discharges that
could roach waters of die United States.
On October 22, 1991, the Agency
proposed revisions to implement some
of the task force recommendations. This
action supplements the 1991 proposed
revisions, and proposes to reduce
burdens associated with the rule by
reducing the recordkeeping provisions
or exempting some facilities from some
or all recordkeeping requirements. In
proposing these burden reductions,
EPA will consider available data on
how factors, such as facility type, size,
throughput, and location, may affect
tho threat of discharging oil to waters
of tho United States.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/22/91 56 FR 54612
Supplemental NPRM 07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2634.
Agency Contact: Hugo Fleischman,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5203G), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8769
RIN: 2050-AC62
3173. NEW AND REVISED TESTING
METHODS APPROVED FOR RCRA
SUBTITLE C, HAZARDOUS WASTE
TESTING MANUAL, SW-846, THIRD
EDITION, UPDATE IV
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
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 otiher new
testing methods that are approved or
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).
These revisions are 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.
There will be no impacts on local
governments or small businesses.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3547.
Agency Contact: Kim Kirkland,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5307W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703-308-0490
RIN: 2050-AE25
3174. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM:
IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF
HAZARDOUS WASTE; RECYCLED
USED OIL MANAGEMENT
STANDARDS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9601(37); 42
USC 9614(c); 42 USC 6905; 42 USC
6912(a); 42 USC 6921 to 6927; 42 USC
6930; 42 USC 6934; 42 USC 6974
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 279
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In response to a September
15, 1994, order from the United States
Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit, the Agency is
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reviewing the validity of the used oil
mixture rule, 40 CFR 279.10(b). EPA
has concluded that further analysis is
necessary to determine whether
mixtures of used oil destined for
recycling and characteristic hazardous
wastes differ significantly from other
mixtures containing characteristic
wastes in terms of potential threat to
human health and the environment.
The used oil mixture rule provides that
a mixture of hazardous waste and used
oil destined for recycling, if the mixture
is hazardous solely because it exhibits
a hazardous waste characteristic, is
regulated under the used oil
management standards. Under the used
oil mixture rule, such a decharacterized
mixture, therefore, is not subject to the
hazardous waste regulations, including
those relating to land disposal
restrictions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
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determines whether these wastes
should be listed as hazardous 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.
Timetable:
NPRM 03/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3668.
Agency Contact: Rita Cestaric,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8850
RIN: 2050-AE28
3175. PAINT MANUFACTURING
WASTES LISTING: HAZARDOUS
WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM:
IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC
6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922;
42 USC 6926; 42 USC 6938; 42 USC
9602; 42 USC 9603; 42 USC 9604; 33
USC 1321; 33 USC 1361
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 271;
40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, September 30, 1997.
Final, Judicial, September 30, 1998.
Abstract: This action addresses the
potential risks posed by wastes from
the production of paints, and
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3805.
Agency Contact: Dr. Gate Jenkins,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0453
Fax: 703 308-0514
RIN: 2050-AE32
3176. • REMOVAL OF REQUIREMENT
TO USE SW-346 METHODS (TEST
METHODS FOR EVALUATING SOLID
WASTE: PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL
METHODS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will eliminate
existing text in the CFR.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC
6912(a); 42 USC 6921 to 6927; 42 USC
6930; 42 USC 6934 to 6939; 42 USC
6974
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260.22(d)(l)(I);
40 CFR 261.35(b)(2)(iii)(A); 40 CFR
264.1034(d)(l)(iii); 40 CFR
265.1034(d)(l)(iii); 40 CFR
264.1063(d}(2); 40 CFR 265.1063(d)(2);
40 CFR 266.106(a); 40 CFR
266.112[b)(l) and (2)(I); 40 CFR
270.19(c)(l)(iii) and (iv); 40 CFR
270.62(b)(2)(I)(C) and (D); 40 CFR
270.22(a)(2)(ii)(B); 40 CFR
270.66(c)(2)(D and (ii)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The EPA Office of Solid
Waste (OSW) has been actively working
to break down the barriers that the
environmental monitoring community
faces when trying to use new
monitoring techniques. As a first step,
OSW has speeded up the process of
getting new methods reviewed by EPA
and published in SW-846 by chopping
15 months off the proposal to
promulgation cycle. This was
accomplished by eliminating several
unnecessary internal review steps, and
by streamlining the internal approval
process for each new method.
However, there are currently 14
citations in Title 40 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) where the
use of SW-846 methods is -required. As
a second step for speeding up the
approval process, OSW plans to remove
the requirements to use SW-846
methods for other than method defined
parameters (i.e., where the method
defines the regulations, such as the
Toxicity Characteristic Leaching
Procedure) from 40 CFR. This will
likely lead to an even more streamlined
approval process since SW-846 will
then be able to be handled strictly as
guidance and not need the regulatory
process for approval.
This additional streamlining will
permit new, more cost-effective
methods to attain public and regulatory
authority acceptance in much less time,
allowing required monitoring to be
done cheaper, faster and, in some cases,
more accurately.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3989.
Agency Contact: Barry Lesnik,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5307W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0476
Fax: 703 308-0509
Email: lesnik.barry@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2050-AE41
3177. 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.
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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: Recycling of hazardous waste
is governed by the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
hazardous waste regulations. The
portion of these regulations known as
the Definition of Solid Waste (DSW)
specifics whether hazardous materials
that are recycled are regulated under
RCRA or not. Other parts of the
regulations set forth requirements for
managing recycled hazardous waste.
This regulatory action will revise the
hazardous waste recycling regulations
to address several issues. First, the
recycling regulations have been
criticized for being overly complex,
difficult to understand, and for posing
a barrier to safe hazardous waste
recycling. Second, since the recycling
regulations were promulgated in 1985,
a number of court cases have clarified
the scope of the Agency's authority
under RCRA to regulate recycled
materials. This regulatory action will
revise both the Definition of Solid
Waste and the requirements for
managing recycled hazardous waste in
an effort to simplify the recycling
regulations, remove disincentives to
safe recycling, and address the court
cases.
Timetable;
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 01/00/98
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2872.
Agency Contact: Charlotte Mooney,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703-308-7025
RIN: 2050-AD18
3178. CHLORINATED ALIPHATICS
LISTING DETERMINATION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921/RCRA
3001; 42 USC 9602/CERCLA 102
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, April 11, 1997.
Final, Judicial, July 31, 1997.
Abstract: This action addresses the
potential risks posed by wastes from
the production of chlorinated
aliphatics, and determines whether
these wastes should be listed as
hazardous wastes under RCRA to
control these risks. Any wastes newly
listed as hazardous also will 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. The dates for the
proposed and final rule are the subject
of further settlement negotiations with
the plaintiffs in EDF v. Browner, Civil
Action No. 89-0598 (D.D.C.).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3151.
Agency Contact: Wanda Levine,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0438
RIN: 2050-AD85
3179. CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT UNITS
(SWMUS) AT HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
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 (e.g., regulations concerning
Corrective Action Management Units
(CAMU)). An advance notice of
proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) was
published on May 1, 1996. The
following phase (Phase II) will include
assessing comments on the ANPRM,
and striking the appropriate balance
between finalizing certain provisions of
the July 27, 1990 proposal, issuing a
proposal that includes a reproposal of
some provisions from the July 1990
notice and proposing new provisions.
The last phase (Phase III) will involve
finalizing any newly proposed
provisions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
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NPRM 07/27/90 55 FR 30798
Final Rule (Phase I) 02/16/93 58 FR 8658
ANPRM 05/01/96 61 FR 19432
NPRM 12/00/97
Final Action 12/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2390.
Agency Contact: Hugh Davis,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8633
RIN: 2050-AB80
3180. REVISIONS TO THE
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.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6912(a)/RCRA
6002(e)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 247
Legal Deadline: None
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Abstract: RCRA section 6002 requires
EPA to issue guidelines which
designate items that are or can be made
with recovered materials and to
recommend practices for government
procurement of these materials. 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
(RMAN) (60 FR 21386). The Order
requires EPA to update the CPG and
issue RMANs annually. On November
7, 1996, EPA proposed the first update
to the CPG (CPG2), in which 13
additional items would be designated,
and additional recommendations would
be discussed in a RMAN. The new
actions would: (1) finalize the
designations proposed on 11/7/96 and,
(2) propose the second update to the
CPG (CPG3), including
recommendations in RMANs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM (CPG2) 11/07/96 61 FR 57748
NPRM(CPG3) 10/00/97
Final Action (CPG2) 11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3545.
Agency Contact: Terry Grist,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-7257
RIN: 2050-AE23
3181. MANAGEMENT OF CEMENT
KILN DUST (CKD)
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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
6903(5)(b)/RCRA 1004(5)(B); 42 USC
6912(a)/RCRA 2002(a); 42 USC 6921(a)
and (b)(3)/RCRA 3001(a) and (b)(3); 42
USC 6924(x)/RCRA 3004(x)
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: CKD is a high volume
material by-product of the cement
manufacturing process. While it
contains potentially hazardous
constituents such as lead, cadmium and
chromium, it has been exempted since
November 1980 from hazardous waste
regulation under RCRA Subtitle C by
the Bevill Amendment, which modified
Section 3001 of RCRA to exempt
certain special wastes until further
studies could be completed and any
applicable regulations were
promulgated. In December 1993, EPA
submitted a Report to Congress with its
findings on the nature and management
practices associated with CKD. This
was followed in January 1995 by an
EPA regulatory determination
published in the Federal Register (60
FR 7366, 2/7/95), which concluded that
additional control of CKD is warranted.
In the regulatory determination EPA
committed to develop additional
tailored regulations under RCRA
Subtitle C and, if necessary, the Clean
Air Act. As part of its regulatory
development effort, the Office of Solid
Waste within EPA's Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response has
initiated further studies and has held
informal discussions with stakeholders
interested in regulations under RCRA
Subtitle C for the management of CKD.
The proposed regulations will be
tailored to protect human health and
the environment while imposing
minimal burden on the regulated
community.
Timetable:
Action
Date
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NPRM
Final Action
10/00/97
10/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3856.
Agency Contact: Bill Schoenborn,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5306W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8483
RIN: 2050-AE34
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Final Rule Stage
3182. MERCURY-CONTAINING AND
RECHARGEABLE BATTERY
MANAGEMENT ACT; CODIFICATION
OF WASTE MANAGEMENT
PROVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 104-142
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this rule is
to codify into the Code of Federal
Regulations certain provisions of the
Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable
Battery Management Act that impact
the May 11, 1995 Universal Waste Rule
( 60 FR 25492). The Act was signed
by the President on May 13,1996 and
became immediately effective
nationwide on the date of signature.
Specifically, one provision of the law
requires the collection, storage, and
transportation of the following types of
batteries be managed according to
standards established in the Universal
Waste rule: used rechargeable batteries,
lead-acid batteries not covered by 40
CFR Part 266, rechargeable alkaline
batteries, certain mercury-containing
batteries banned from domestic sale,
and used consumer products containing
rechargeable batteries that are not easily
removable. The law prohibits State
imposed requirements that are not
identical to those found in the final
Federal universal waste rule, but allows
States to adopt and enforce identical
standards for labeling and to implement
and enforce collection, storage, and
transport requirements identical to
those included in the universal waste
rule.
The costs of this action should be
minimal to the regulated industry since
the community regulated by the law —
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battery manufacturers, industries that
use batteries in their consumer
products, and the retail industry - all
support the law. In addition, the
regulated community has rechargeable
battery recycling programs already in
place and such recycling programs are
in compliance with the labeling and
management provisions of the law.
Second, most States have state
rechargeable battery recycling statutes
in place but their recycling programs
vary to some degree with respect to
labeling and management requirements.
Therefore, modifications to State
statutes for rechargeable battery
recycling will be necessary, but not
costly.
Timetable:
Action
Date
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Direct Final 08/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3888.
Agency Contact: Bryan Groce,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304W), Washington, DC 20460
Phono: 703-308-8750
Fax: 703-308-0522
RIN: 2050-AE39
3163. FLEXIBILITY IN MANAGEMENT
CRITERIA FOR SMALL MUNICIPAL
SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulomaking 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 6949a/RCRA
4010
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, March 26,1998.
Abstract: On March 26,1996, President
Clinton signed into law the Land
Disposal Program Flexibility Act of
1996 (LDPFA), H.R. 2036. Among other
things, the LDPFA established a
ground-water monitoring exemption for
small municipal solid waste landfills
(MSWLFs) located in dry or remote
areas. EPA has revised the municipal
solid waste disposal facility criteria (40
CFR Part 258) to establish a ground-
water monitoring exemption for these
facilities (the codification rule). The
LDPFA also requires EPA to revise the
Part 258 municipal solid waste disposal
facility criteria to provide additional
flexibility to small MSWLFs with
respect to daily cover, the frequency of
landfill gas monitoring, the use of an
infiltration barrier in the final landfill
cover, and the means for demonstrating
financial assurance. These revisions
must take into account climatic and
hydrogeologic conditions and be
protective of human health and the
environment. EPA has begun work on
a separate rulemaking to provide this
flexibility while still ensuring
protection of human health and the
environment.
In 1991, the Agency promulgated final
municipal solid waste disposal facility
criteria (40 CFR Part 258), which
established national minimum
standards for municipal solid waste
landfills (MSWLFs). The Part 258
criteria provided an exemption from
ground-water monitoring for small
MSWLF units located in dry or remote
areas. In providing this exemption, EPA
sought to balance the protection of
human health and the environment
with the practicable capability of these
small community landfill owners and
operators. This ground-water
monitoring exemption was vacated in
1993 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit.
On August 10, 1995, the Agency
proposed a new rule on alternative
ground-water monitoring options for
small MSWLFs located in dry or remote
areas. The proposed rule would have
provided small MSWLFs with
flexibility in meeting the Part 258
ground-water monitoring requirements.
(cont)
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 to Codify 09/25/96 61 FR 50410
Legislation
Direct Final Flexibility 06/00/97
for Small MSWLFs
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3546.
ABSTRACT CONT: As a result of the
enactment of the LDPFA and the re-
establishment of the part 258
groundwater monitoring exemption for
small MSWLFs located in dry or remote
areas, many small landfills no longer
need this flexibility because they are
not subject to the groundwater
monitoring requirements. Therefore, the
Agency has withdrawn the proposed
rule on alternative groundwater
monitoring options, in the codification
rule.
Agency Contact: Allen Geswein,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-7261
RIN: 2050-AE24
3184. 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 6905/1006; 42
USC 6912(a)/RCRA 2002(a); 42 USC
6921/RCRA 3001; 42 USC 6922/RCRA
3002; 42 USC 6926/RCRA 3006
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 268
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, April 17, 1997.
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 the proposal,
EPA has considered the views of all
members of a Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) committee.
Because this action is deregulatory, it
is not expected to have adverse impacts
on small business. The cost savings for
small quantity generators is less certain
and depends on the degree to which
they aggregate their wastes and work
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cooperatively with each other to cost-
effectively gain exemption. This action
will be implemented by EPA and
authorized States.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
NPRM Withdrawn
NPRM Reproposal
Final Action
05/20/92 57 FR 21450
10/30/92 57 FR 49280
12/21/95 60 FR 66344
04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3328.
Agency Contact: William A. Collins,
Jr., Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703-308-8748
RIN: 2050-AE07
3185. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: POST-
CLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
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 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-
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.
Timetable:
Action
bate
FR Cite
NPRM 11/08/94 59 FR 55778
Final Action 07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
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
RIN: 2050-AD55
3186. LISTING DETERMINATION FOR
HAZARDOUS WASTES—
ORGANOBROMINES CHEMICAL
INDUSTRY
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6922/RCRA
3001; 42 USC 9602/CERCLA 102; 33
USC 1361/CERCLA 311
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, April 15, 1997, EPA is
seeking an extension tothe legal
deadline.
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 managed in
accordance with the RCRA hazardous
waste requirements. The date for final
action is the subject of further
settlement negotiations with plaintiffs
in EOF v. Browner, Civil Action No.
89-0598 (D.D.C.).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/11/94 59 FR 24530
Final Action 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3065.
Agency Contact: Anthony Carrell,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703-308-0458
RIN: 2050-AD79
3187. SPENT SOLVENTS LISTING
DETERMINATION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921/RCRA
3001; 42 USC 9602/CERCLA 102
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, July 31, 1996.
Final, Judicial, May 31, 1997, EPA is
seeking an extension tothe deadline for
the final.
Abstract: This action addresses the
potential human health and
environmental risks posed by certain
used solvents and wastes from their
use, and determines whether or not
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. The spent
solvents studied are cumene, phenol,
isophorpne, acetonitrile, fufural,
epichlorohydrin, methyl chloride,
ethylene dibromide, benzyl chloride, p-
dichlorobenzene, 2-methoxyethanol, 2-
ethoxyethanol, 2-ethoxyethanol acetate,
and cyclohexanol. The legal deadline
for the final rule is the subject of
further settlement negotiations with
plaintiffs in EDF v. Browner, Civil
Action No. 89-0598 (D.D.C.). On August
14, 1996, the Agency proposed not to
list any of the spent solvents studied.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
08/14/96 61 FR 42318
05/00/97
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Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3134.
Agency Contact: Ron Josephson,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304W), Washington, DC 20460
Phono: 703-308-0442
RIN: 2050-AD84
Phone: 703-308-0490
RIN: 2050-AE14
3188, 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, delete some obsolete
methods, and add other new testing
methods that are approved or required
under Subtitle C of RCRA. These new
and revised methods will be added to
EPA's solid waste testing guidance
(Tost Methods for Evaluating Solid
Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods,
EPA publication SW-846). The revision
to tho 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
07/25/95 60 FR 37974
04/00/97
NPRM
Final Acton
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3427.
Agency Contact: Kim Kirkland,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5307W), Washington, DC 20460
3189. 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. The rule
would have no impacts on local
governments and could be
implemented by state or tribal
governments.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date FR Cite
10/12/94 59 FR 51 523
08/00/97
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
3190. LISTING DETERMINATION OF
WASTES GENERATED DURING THE
MANUFACTURE OF AZO,
ANTHRAQUINONE, AND
TRIARYLMETHANE DYES AND
PIGMENTS
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921/RCRA
3001; 42 USC 9602/CERCLA 102
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, April 11, 1997, For
two waste streams.
Final, Judicial, April 11, 1997.
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. If listed
under RCRA, these wastes would also
be added to to the CERCLA list of
hazardous substances. 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
undetermined at this time. Two waste
streams are subject to later deadlines
for proposed and final action. The date
for the proposed rule and final rule are
based on current settlement discussions
with plaintiffs in EDF v. Browner, Civil
Action No. 89-0598 (D.D.C.)
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Additional NPRM
Final Action
Date FR Cite
12/22/94 59 FR 66072
04/00/97
04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3066.
Agency Contact: Wanda Levine,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5304W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0438
RIN: 2050-AD80
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3191. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING
OF HAZARDOUS WASTE:
PETROLEUM REFINING PROCESS
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.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921/RCRA
3001; 42 USC 9602/CERCLA 102
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, April 30, 1998:
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 small business are expected but are
not significant.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 11/20/95 60 FR 57747
Interim Notice of Data 04/00/97
Availability
Final Action 04/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
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,
(5304W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0439
RIN: 2050-AD88
3192. REVISED STANDARDS FOR
HAZARDOUS WASTE COMBUSTION
FACILITIES
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6924/RCRA
3004; 42 USC 6925/RCRA 3005; Clean
Air Act Amendments sections 112 and
114
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 63;
40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 266; 40 CFR 270;
40 CFR 271
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, December 1996.
Final, Judicial, December 1999.
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.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM Industrial 04/19/96 61 FR 17358
Furnaces and
Incinerators
Final Action 09/00/97
(comparable fuels
exclusion
Final Rule 03/00/98
Final Rule permitting 03/00/98
NPRM state 09/00/98
authorization)
NPRM Boilers 09/00/98
Final Rule 12/00/99
Final Rule Boilers 12/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3333.
EPA has signed a settlement agreement
to promulgate revised rules for
industrial furnaces and incinerators by
December 1996 and boilers by
December 1999. EPA discussions with
the litigants are under way to extend
the first date.
Agency Contact: Larry Denyer,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8770
RIN: 2050-AE01
3193. LAND DISPOSAL
RESTRICTIONS—PHASE IV:
PAPERWORK REDUCTION;
TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR
WOOD PRESERVING, MINERAL
PROCESSING AND CHARACTERISTIC
METAL WASTES; RELATED MINERAL
PROCESSING ISSUES
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
1006; 42 USC 6912(a)/RCRA 2002(a); 42
USC 6921/RCRA 3001; 42 USC
6924/RCRA 3004
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 148; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 271
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, April 15, 1997,
Mineral Processing andCharacteristic
Metal Wastes.
Final, Judicial, April 15, 1997, Wood
Preserving Wastes.
Other, Judicial, April 15, 1998, Final
- Mineral Processing andCharacteristic
Metal Wastes.
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
rulemaking establishes treatment
standards for characteristic mineral
processing wastes, wood preserving
wastes, and TC metal wastes. It also
proposes changes to the definition of
solid waste for mineral processing
secondary materials which are recycled
within the mineral processing industry
sector.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
ANPRM 10/24/91 56 FR 55160
NPRM 08/22/95 60 FR 43654
NPRM Supplemental 01/25/96 61 FR 2338
Proposal
NPRM Supplemental 04/00/97
(Mineral Processing
and Characteristic
Metal Wastes)
Final Action (Wood 04/00/97
Preserving Wastes)
Final Action (Mineral 04/00/98
Processing and
Characteristic Metal
Wastes)
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Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3366.
Agency Contact: Sue Slotnick,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
S302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phono: 703 308-8462
R1N: 2050-AE05
3194. RCRA SUBTITLE C FINANCIAL
TEST CRITERIA (REVISION)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulomaking is part of the Reinventing
Govornmont effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905/RCRA
1006; 42 USC 6912(a)/RCRA 2002(a); 42
USC 6924/RCRA 3004; 42 USC
6925/RCRA 3005
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
40 CFR 280; 40 CFR 761
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed revised
financial responsibility test would be
better than the current test at predicting
which firms will enter bankruptcy and
not be able to cover their financial
obligations for liability and closure
costs of hazardous waste treatment,
storage and disposal facilities. A
bankrupt firm may be unable to afford
the proper closure of a facility which
would require the government to incur
response costs at the facility. The rule
would also qualify owners and
operators of RCRA Treatment, Storage,
and Disposal Facilities which must
currently use more expensive ways,
such as surety bonds or letters of credit,
of demonstrating financial assurance, to
use the less expensive corporate
financial responsibility test for more of
their obligations. The combined savings
from screening out riskier firms and
making the test more available to viable
firms would be approximately $19
million annually in public and private
costs. These regulatory amendments
would have no effect on local or tribal
governments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/12/94 59 FR 51523
Final Action 03/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2647.
Agency Contact: Dale Ruhter,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5303W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8192
RIN: 2050-AC71
3195. RCRA SUBTITLE D SOLID
WASTE FACILITIES; STATE PERMIT
PROGRAM—DETERMINATION OF
ADEQUACY
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 6945/RCRA
4005; 42 USC 6912/RCRA 2002
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 239
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action known as the
State Implementation Rule or SIR, will
delegate to States the authority to
control the human health and
environmental risks associated with
municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill
management, particularly groundwater
contamination. The SIR will do so by
establishing criteria and procedures for
EPA to use to determine whether State
MSW landfill permit 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 with permit programs
deemed adequate under the SIR 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 SIR offers
an opportunity to reduce the regulatory
burden on State and local governments
and on landfill owners and operators.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
01/26/96 61 FR2584
05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 2751.
Agency Contact: Karen Rudek,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5306W), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-1682
RIN: 2050-AD03
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Long-Term Actions
3196. FACILITY RESPONSE
PLANNING FOR DELEGATED
OFFSHORE FACILITIES
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 112
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Bobbie Lively-Diebold
Phone: 703 356-8774
RIN: 2050-AE18
NPRM 00/00/00
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
3197. STANDARDS FOR THE
MANAGEMENT AND USE OF SLAG
RESIDUES DERIVED FROM HIGH
TEMPERATURE METALS RECOVERY
(HTMR) TREATMENT OF KO61, KO62
AND F006 WASTES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 266
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Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/29/94 59 FR 67256
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Narendia K.
Chaudhari
Phone: 703 308-0454
RIN: 2050-AE15
3198. FINAL DETERMINATION OF THE
APPLICABILITY OF THE TOXICITY
CHARACTERISTIC RULE TO
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS,
CONTAMINATED MEDIA, AND DEBRIS
Priority: Otter Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/12/93 58 FR 8504
Final Action 12/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John Heffelfinger
Phone: 703 603-7157
RIN: 2050-AD69
3199. REGULATORY DETERMINATION
ON REMAINING WASTES FROM THE
COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUELS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
02/12/93 58 FR 8273
08/09/93 58 FR 42466
Notice of Data
Availability
Regulatory
Determination
(Phase I Four Fossil
Fuel Wastes)
Regulatory 04/00/98
Determination
(Phase II Remaining
Wastes)
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Dennis Ruddy
Phone: 703 308-8430
RIN: 2050-AD91
3200. 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
NPRM
Final Action
07/27/94 59 FR 38288
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Rita Cestaric
Phone: 703-308-0769 '
RIN: 2050-AD93
3201. REQUIREMENTS FOR
MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS
CONTAMINATED MEDIA COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS HAZARDOUS
WASTE IDENTIFICATION RULE FOR
CONTAMINATED MEDIA OR HWIR-
MEDIA
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
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 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 269;
40 CFR 271
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Withdrawal of NPRM
Second NPRM
Final Action
05/20/92 57 FR 21450
10/30/92 57 FR 49280
04/29/96 61 FR 18780
06/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Carolyn Loomis
Hoskinson
Phone: 703 308-8626
RIN: 2050-AE22
3202. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFEST
REGULATION
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 263; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 270; 40 CFR 271
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Ann Codrington
Phone: 703-308-8825
RIN: 2050-AE21
3203. 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: 703 603-7141
RIN: 2050-AC15
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Completed Actions
3204. • LAND DISPOSAL
RESTRICTIONS PHASE III;
EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF THE
K088 CAPACITY VARIANCE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC
6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6924
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 268
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Under the Land Disposal
Restrictions (LDR) program of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA), EPA extended the current
national capacity variance for spent
potliners from primary aluminum
production (Hazardous Waste Number
K088) for six months. Thus, K088
wastes do not have to be treated to
moot LDR treatment standards until
July 8,1997, six months from the
previous treatment standard effective
dato of January 8,1997. EPA extended
the national capacity variance due to
unanticipated performance problems by
the treatment technology which
provides most of the available
treatment capacity for these wastes. As
a result, the Agency does not believe
that sufficient treatment capacity which
minimizes short and long-term threats
to human health and the environment
posed by land disposal of the potliners
is presently available. The length of the
extension of the national capacity
variance is based on EPA's best current
estimate of the time it will take to
modify, evaluate, and correct the
current deficiencies in treatment
performance.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 01/14/97 62 FR 1992
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3988.
Agency Contact: John Austin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0436
RIN: 2050-AE40
3205. MILITARY MUNITIONS RULE:
HAZARDOUS WASTE IDENTIFICATION
AND MANAGEMENT; EXPLOSIVES
EMERGENCIES; REDEFINITION OF
ON-SITE
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 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 263; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 266; 40 CFR 270
Completed:
Completed:
Reason
Date FR Cite
Final Action 02/12/97 62 FR 6622
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Ken Shuster
Phone: 703 308-8759
RIN: 2050-AD90
3206. RCRA SUBTITLE C INDIAN
PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 270
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - No further 03/04/97
regulatory action is
planned.
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jackie Tenusak
Phone: 202 260-9433
RIN: 2050-AD07
3207. FINANCIAL TEST FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS THAT
OWN/OPERATE MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE LANDFILLS
Priority: Other Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
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 258
Completed:
Reason
Date FR Cite
Final Action
11/27/96 61 FR 60328
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Agency Contact: George Garland
Phone: 703 308-7272
RIN: 2050-AD04
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Prerule Stage
3208. • CONSOLIDATED EMISSION
REPORTING RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 74lo(a)(2)
CFR Citation: 12 CFR sec 120.2(d)(4);
40 CFR 51.321 to 323
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Three sections of the Clean
air Act and its amendments require
state agencies to report emission
estimates to EPA. Some of these
sections contain obsolete wording,
inconsistent instructions, and duplicate
reporting requirements. This Rule will
consolidate the requirements into one
area, eliminate obsolete wording,
eliminate duplicate reporting
requirements, and provide options for
collecting and reporting data. There
will be no impact on small, businesses.
State agencies will continue to report
the same, or reduced, amounts of data
to EPA. The rule will provide for
flexibility in collecting and reporting
data. There will be no affect on local
agencies.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
09/00/97
12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3986.
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EPA-CAA Prerule Sta9e
Agency Contact: Steven Bromberg,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-14, Research
Triangle Park.NC 27711
Phone: 919 514-1000
Fax: 919 541-0684
Email:
Bromberg.steve@epamaile.epa.gov.
RIN: 2060-AH25
3209. REVISION OF INITIAL LIST OF
CATEGORIES OF SOURCES AND
SCHEDULE FOR STANDARDS UNDER
SECTION 112(C) AND (E) OF THE
CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS OF
1990
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: CAA 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: Hone
Abstract: Section 112 of the Clean Air
Act requires the EPA to publish a list
of major and area source categories
which emit one or more of the 189
hazardous air pollutants identified in
Section 112. The list of source
categories was finalized in July 1992,
and contained 174 categories. Section
112 further requires the Agency to
prioritize the listed categories such that
standards are promulgated for 40
source categories within 2 years of
enactment, 25% of all initially listed
categories within 4 years, 50% within
7 years, and 100% within 10 years. The
schedule for the promulgation of
emissions standards was published in
December 1993.
This action revises the initial list of
source categories and the corresponding
schedule for emission standards. This
is in accordance with the statute, which
requires the Agency to periodically
amend the list in response to public
comment or new information, and no
less often than every eight years. As
a result of several additions and
deletions of source categories, the list
now contains 175 categories. Categories
may be added at any time contingent
upon showing that the category is a
category of major sources or that a
category of area sources poses a threat
of adverse effect and warrants
regulation under Section 112. Actions
to add or remove area source categories
are handled through separate Federal
Register notices in order to provide the
opportunity for public comment on
them. Actions included within this
action are: 1) adding categories of major
sources, where major sources have been
identified; 2) deleting categories of
major sources which, upon further
study, have been found to not contain
major sources; 3) moving categories to
different, more appropriate industry
groups for purposes of clarity; 4)
modifying titles and definitions of
listed source categories to clarify
applicability; and 5) reporting other
relevant source category actions that
were published independently of this
action.
Timetable:
3210. PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT
DETERIORATION OF AIR QUALITY:
PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW
PROCEDURES FOR NON-FEDERAL
CLASS I AREAS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7670 to 7479;
Clean Air Act 160-169
CFR Citation: 40 CFR sec 51.166; 40
CFR Sec 52.21
Legal Deadline:
Other, Judicial, July 16, 1996.
Abstract: Under the Clean Air Act's
prevention of significant deterioration
(PSD) program, a State or Tribe may
redesignate their lands as class I areas
to provide enhanced protection for
their air quality resources. This rule
will clarify the PSD permit review
procedures for new and modified major
stationary sources near these non-
Federal class I areas. EPA seeks to
develop clarifying PSD permit
application procedures that are
effective, efficient, and equitable.
Date FR Cite Timetable:
Notice of Revision
Correction Notice
ANPRM Listing
Research and
Development
Facilities
Notice of Revision
06/04/96 61 FR28197
07/18/96 61 FR 37542
04/00/97
08/00/97
Action Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 04/00/97
NPRM , 10/00/97
Final Action 10/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3791.
Agency Contact: David J. Svendsqaard,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Res'earch
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2380
RIN: 2060-AG42
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3919.
Agency Contact: David LaRoche,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6102), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-7652
Fax: 202 260-8509
Email: dlaroche@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH01
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•••—-
Proposed Rule Stage
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
3211. • STATE IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN CALLS FOR CERTAIN STATES
IN THE OZONE TRANSPORT
ASSESSMENT GROUP FOR
PURPOSES OF REDUCING REGIONAL
TRANSPORT OF OZONE
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 74lo(a)(2)(D);
42 USC 7410(k){5)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 52
a
Legal Deadline:
Other, Judicial, See additional
information.
Abstract: Ozone and ozone precursors
are transported across the north eastern
United States. The Ozone Transport
Assessment Group (OTAG) was formed
in 1995 to document the amount and
extent of this transport and to develop
control recommendations. The OTAG is
a collaborative process conducted by
the affected States. The OTAG also
includes representatives from EPA and
interested members of the public,
including environmental groups and
industry, to evaluate the ozone
transport problem and the development
of solutions. Controls are intended to
reduce the ozone and ozone precursors
"blowing into" the nonattainment areas
and allow the impacted States to design
local control programs that they can
consider in their strategies. The
mandate for reductions is
"underpinned" by the EPA action taken
to declare existing SIPs inadequate and
to require the OTAG reductions to be
implemented in all necessary States
with both attainment and
nonattainment areas.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Notice oflntont
NPRM
Final
01/10/97 62 FR 1422
04/00/97
09/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3945.
Active litigation on ozone
nonatttainment plans for serious and
severe nonattainment areas. Sect. 126
petitions involved as are dates
contained in Mary Nichols'
Memorandum entitled 'Ozone
Attainment Demonstrations' 3/2/95.
Agency Contact: Kimber Scavo,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-15, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3354
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: scavo.kimber@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH10
3212. • REVIEW OF DEFJNITON OF
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -
EXCLUSION OF
CHLOROBROMOMETHANE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 - 764lq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.100 (s)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA has received a petition
to add chlorobromomethane to the list
of compounds considered negligibly
reactive in the definition of VOC in 40
CFR 51.100 (s). This would remove this
compound from regulation as a VOC.
Since available data supports
classification as "negligibly reactive",
EPA plans to propose the action. This
action will be deregulatory since this
compound would no longer be required
to be controlled as a VOC. There
should be no impact on small
businesses or State/local/tribal
governments since no new requirement
will be imposed on them.
Timetable:
3213. WASTE ISOLATION PILOT
PLANT (WIPP) COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATION RULEMAKING
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: PL 102-579
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline:
Other, Statutory, October 31, 1997.
Abstract: EPA regulates the release of
radioactivity from the management,
storage and disposal of radioactive
waste to protect public health and the
environment from radiation
contamination. The, waste isolation
pilot plant (WIPP), which is under
development by the Department of
Energy (DOE), is a potential geologic
disposal facility for transuranic
radioactive waste generated as by-
products from nuclear weapons
production. If the WIPP opens, waste
will be stored approximately 2,100 feet
underground in excavated, natural salt
formations near Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Before DOE can dispose of waste at the
WIPP, it must demonstrate that the
WIPP complies with EPA's radioactive
waste disposal standards at subparts B
and C of 40 CFR 191. DOE must submit
an application to EPA showing how the
WIPP facility will meet the standards.
The compliance criteria at 40 CFR 194,
which are specific to the WIPP, will
be used by EPA to implement the
radioactive waste disposal standards.
The purpose of this rulemaking is to
certify, through the use of the
compliance criteria, whether the WIPP
complies with the disposal
standards...before waste disposal can
begin.
Action
Date FR Cite Timetable:
NPRM
FINAL
06/00/97
10/00/97
Action
Date
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Sectors Affected: 286 Industrial
Organic Chemicals
Additional Information: SAN No. 3944.
Agency Contact: William L. Johnson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-15, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5245
RIN: 2060-AH39
ANPRM 11/15/96 61 FR 58499
NPRM 05/00/97
Final 11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3873.
Agency Contact: Mary Kruger,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6602J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9025
Fax: 202 233-9626
RIN: 2060-AG85
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3214. LOCOMOTIVE EMISSION
STANDARDS
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7547
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 92
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1995.
NPRM, Judicial, January 31, 1997.
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:
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
08/00/97
12/00/97
NPRM 04/00/97
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2961.
Agency Contact: Charles Maulis,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 741-7826
RIN: 2060-AD33
3215. PERFORMANCE WARRANTY
AND INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
TEST PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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.
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3263.
Agency Contact: Eugene J. Tierney,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 741-7820
RIN: 2060-AE20
3216. INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
RECALL REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7511 (A)(2)(b)
and (A)(2)(b)(2)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action specifies
requirements for enhanced I/M
programs to establish a program to
ensure compliance with recall notices.
This is pursuant to the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
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.
Timetable:
NPRM 08/00/97
Final Action * 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3262.
Agency Contact: Eugene J. Tierney,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313-741-7820
RIN: 2060-AE22
3217. METHOD 301: FIELD
VALIDATION OF POLLUTION
MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR
VARIOUS MEDIAS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/00/97
Final Action 01/00/98
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, MD-19, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1062
RIN: 2060-AFOO
3218. NESHAP: PETROLEUM
REFINERIES - FCC UNITS,
REFORMERS AND SULFUR PLANTS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 national emission standards for
hazardous air pollutants (NESHAPs).
EPA promulgated NESHAP rules for
petroleum refineries on August 18,
1995 (RIN 2060-AD94). This action
covers three process vents not covered
under RIN 2060-AD94. These are the
catalyst regeneration vents from fluid
catalytic cracking units (FCCU) and
catalytic reformers and the tail gas
vents from sulfur recovery plants.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/97
Final Action 12/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 291 Petroleum
Refining
Additional Information: SAN No. 3549.
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EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
Agency Contact: Bob Lucas,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phono: 919 541-0884
RIN: 2060-AF28
3219. NESHAP: FERROALLOY
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857, et seq;
44 USC 350 et seq; 5 USC 605; EO
12866
GFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory, November 15,1997.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act, as
amended November 1990, requires the
EPA to develop emission standards for
oach major source category of
hazardous air pollutants. The standards
are to bo technology-based and are to
require the maximum degree of
omission reduction determined to be
achievable by the Administrator of
EPA. The EPA has determined that
some plants in the ferroalloy
production industry may be major
sources for one or more hazardous air
pollutants. As a consequence,
production facilities are among the
HAP-omitting source categories selected
for regulation.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/00/97
Final Action 06/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3082.
Agency Contact: Conrad Chin,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Industrial Studies
Branch (MD-13), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711
Phono: 919 541-1512
RIN: 2060-AF29
3220. IMPLEMENTATION OF OZONE
AND PARTICULATE MATTER (PM)
NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
STANDARDS (NAAQS) AND
REGIONAL HAZE REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: PL 95-95; PL 101-549
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 81
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory, January 31, 1998.
Abstract: EPA has established a
process designed to provide for
significant stakeholder involvement in
the development of integrated
implementation strategies for possible
new or revised ozone and particulate
matter national ambient air quality
standards, and development of a
regional haze reduction program. This
process involves a new subcommittee
under the Clean Air Act Advisory
Committee, established under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA). The new subcommittee, the
Subcommittee for Ozone, Particulate
Matter and Regional Haze
Implementation Programs, was
established in September 1995 to
address integrated strategies for
implementation of potential new ozone
and PM NAAQS, and a regional haze
program. Since all three pollutants are
products of interrelated chemical
conversions in the atmosphere, new
approaches will be needed to identify
and characterize affected areas and to
assign planning, management and
control responsibilities.
The subcommittee is expected to
examine key aspects of the
implementation programs for ozone and
PM to provide for more flexible and
cost-effective implementation strategies,
as well as to provide new approaches
that could integrate broad regional and
national control strategies with more
localized efforts. In addition the
subcommittee will consider new and
innovative approaches to
implementation, including market-
based incentives. The focus of the
subcommittee will be on assisting EPA
in developing implementation control
strategies, preparing supporting
analyses, and identifying and resolving
impediments to the adoption of the
resulting programs. EPA will consider
the subcommittee's recommendations
in the development of an integration
strategy for ozone and particulate
matter, and a regional haze program.
Phase I of the implementation strategy
addresses the air quality management
framework (designations, monitoring,
planning approach, and regional haze
program). The focus of Phase II will
be on emission reduction strategies,
attainment dates, sanctions, etc.
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
Notice of Proposed
Policy
NPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Final Action
Date
12/13/96
12/13/96
06/00/97
06/00/98
06/00/98
06/00/99
FR Cite
61 FR 65764
61 FR 65752
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, OAQPS (MD-15),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5550
RIN: 2060-AF34
3221. RADIATION WASTE
MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2011 to 2296;
5 USC app 1; 15 USC 2601 to 2671
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proper management (i.e.,
storage, treatment and disposal) of
radioactive wastes depends on a
number of factors. These include the
type and quantity of waste, the
availability of storage, treatment and
disposal facilities, and the cost of
management of these wastes. Another
rulemaking, EPA's radiation site
cleanup rule, will be concerned with
the cleanup standards for sites
contaminated with radioactivity. As
contaminated sites are cleaned up, a
tremendous quantity of radiation
contaminated waste, including mixed
waste, will be generated. The Agency
intends that the comprehensive
radiation waste management rule will
promote consistent, protective, and
cost-effective management of such
wastes at Federal facilities.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM ' 10/00/97
Final Action 10/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
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Proposed Rule Stage
Sectors Affected: Multiple
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3516.
Agency Contact: Al Colli,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6603J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9445
RIN: 2060-AF41
3222. FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN TO CONTROL EMISSIONS
FROM TWO POWER STATIONS
LOCATED ON NAVAJO NATION
LANDS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1740
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA proposes to federalize
standards from the Arizona and New
Mexico State Implementation Plans
(SIPS) applicable to the Nayajo
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:
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 05/00/97
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
3223. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
REVISIONS TO APPLICABILITY,
EXEMPTIONS, ALLOCATIONS, AND
SMALL DIESEL REFINERIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7651 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 72; 40 CFR 73
Legal Deadline: None
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Final Action 09/00/97
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, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9074
RIN: 2060-AF45
3224. CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION
FROM AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT
ENGINES; EMISSION STANDARDS
AND TEST PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 tiirust. 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:
Action
Date
FR Cite
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 Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 741-7832
RIN: 2060-AF50
3225. 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
less precise for water-based coatings
than it is for solvent-based coatings and
the imprecision increases as water
content increases. This action will
amend Method 24 by adding a direct
measurement procedure for measuring
VOC content of water-based coatings.
This amendment will improve the
precision of method 24 for water-based
coatings.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/00/97
02/00/98
NPRM 11/00/97
Final Action 10/00/98
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
3226. 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
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Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA will propose federal
rulcmaking 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 05/00/97
Small Entitles 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
BIN: 2060-AF84
3227. AMENDMENT OF ENHANCED
INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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
3228. FOURIER TRANSFORM
INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FTIR)
EXTRACTIVE TEST METHOD - SELF-
VALIDATING PROCEDURE AND CEM
PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant •
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 be self-validating.
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 04/00/97
Final Action 04/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3599.
Agency Contact: Rima Dishakjian,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-19, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0443
RIN: 2060-AG08
3229. AMENDMENTS TO PART 60,
PART 61, AND PART 63
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401; 42 USC
7410-12; 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7416
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 61;
40 CFR 63
NPRM 06/00/97
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3598.
Agency Contact: Eugene J. Tierney,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phono: 313 668-4456
RIN: 2060-AG07
Date FR Cite Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking will amend
the emission test methods and
performance specifications in
Appendices A and B of Part 60,
Appendix B of Part 61, and Appendix
A of Part 63 by revising the method
format to conform with Environmental
Monitoring Management Council
(EMMC) guidelines. Conformance to the
guidelines will promote consistency
among inter-program methods. In
addition, minor technical and printing
errors in the methods will be corrected.
Similar errors in various subparts of
Part 60 will also be corrected.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Final Action 01/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3743.
Agency Contact: Foston Curtis,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-19, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1063
Fax: 919 541-1039
RIN: 2060-AG21.
3230. 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
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50; 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 EPA 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: 1) use 2 or 3 high-
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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 composting up
to 8 filters in a single analysis; and (5)
report monthly averages which will he
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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Final Action 10/00/97
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, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5520
Fax: 919 541-1903
RIN: 2060-AG23
3231. CONSOLIDATED FEDERAL AIR
RULE FOR THE SYNTHETIC ORGANIC
CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRY
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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: Over the past 25 years, EPA
has issued a series of national air
regulations, many of which affect the
same facility. Some facilities are now
subject to five or six national rules,
sometimes affecting the same emission
points. Each rule has emission control
requirements as well as monitoring,
record keeping and reporting
requirements.
These requirements may be duplicative,
overlaping, difficult to understand or
inconsistent. It is often difficult for
plant managers to determine
compliance strategies to satisfy all
requirements and for State and local
permitting agencies to determine the
applicability of different requirements
for permitting purposes. Resources are
often wasted by both industry and
states and localities in sorting out and
complying with the panoply of
multiple requirements. Moreover, as the
Agency continues to issue new air
toxics rules, as mandated by the CAA,
the problem is compounded.
All existing Federal air rules applicable
to an industry sector will be reviewed
to determine whether there provisions
can be consolidated into a single new
rule. Affected industries, state agencies,
and other stakeholders will be
consulted to identify duplicative and
conflicting provisions and to provide.
assistance in drafting the single rule.
The chemical industry and state
representatives have agreed to work on
a pilot project with EPA's air programs
to explore this approach. If the
approach is successful with the
chemical industry, it will be expanded
to air rules for other industry sectors.
EPA will then consider extending this
program to water and waste
requirements.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
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, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5262
Fax: 919 541-3470
RIN: 2060-AG28
3232. TRANSITIONAL LOCK-IN
PROCEDURES FOR PHASE II
REFORMULATED GASOLINE (RFG)
PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545
CFR Citation: 40 GFR 80.2; 40 CFR
80.70; 40 CFR 80.72
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will provide
proposed procedures for states to opt-
out of the Reformulated Gasoline (RFG)
Program before implementation of
Phase II RFG. States will be required
to announce by July 1997 whether their
voluntary opt-in area(s) will remain in
the RFG program. If a state decides to
keep an opt-in area in the program, the
area will be required to remain in the
program for a specified period of time
(i.e., lock-in to the program) to enable
refiners to recover a portion of the
capital investments associated with
complying with Phase II gasoline
requirements. This action provides the
states the flexibility to opt-out of the
program before implementation of
Phase II while providing incentives to
industry to supply Phase II RFG which
provides environmental and health
benefits (e.g.,-Phase II RFG reduces
NOx, a precursor to ozone).
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Final Action 09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3845.
Agency Contact: Mark Coryell,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6406J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9014
Fax: 202 233-9557
RIN: 2060-AG43
3233. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
CONTINUOUS EMISSION
MONITORING RULE REVISIONS FOR
TECHNICAL ISSUES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7651 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 75 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On January 11, 1993, EPA
promulgated the final core acid rain
rules, including the GEM regulation at
40 CFR Part 75. Since the rule was
promulgated, the 263 Phase I and 783
Phase II utility units have already
complied with this regulation by
installing and completing certification
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testing by the January 1,1995 statutory
deadline. During implementation of the
January 11,1993 rule and of the
technical revisions published May 17,
1995, EPA and industry found a small
number of additional issues requiring
policy guidance and rule changes.
These issues include: using monitoring
equipment capable of reading both
controlled and uncontrolled emissions
(dual range monitors); clarification of
span language; a variation of the
existing Appendix D method for
determining SO2 emissions; an
alternative method of determining flow
(Appendix I); and greater flexibility in
scheduling quality assurance testing.
These technical revisions will provide
greater flexibility to the regulated
community and will clarify parts of the
rule. This action raises no major issues,
but rather simplifies implementation by
providing industry with more options
and flexibility. This action is necessary
because of the experience and
additional information both EPA and
industry has gained from 1993 to the
present. Industry views this action as
positive because it provides industry
with more implementation flexibility.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/97
10/00/98
Small Entities Affected; None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 3808.
Agency Contact: Jennifer Macedonia,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6204J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9123
Fax: 202 233-9595
Email:
chandra.monika@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG46
3234. PROTECTION OF STRAT.
OZONE: RECONSIDERATION OF
PETITION CRITERIA/INCORPORATION
OF 1995 PROTOCOL DECISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would reconsider
a certain reporting requirement in the
petition process to import previously
used ozone-depleting substances in
response to a legal stay. In addition,
technical changes that reflect
international decisions made in Vienna,
Austria in 1995 by countries that are
signatories of the Montreal Protocol.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Notice of Slay 01/31/96 61 FR 3316
Proposed Extension 01/31/96 61 FR 3361
NPRM 06/00/97
Direct Final 06/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3810.
Agency Contact: Tom Land,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9185
Fax: 202 233-9577
Email: land.tom@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG48
3235. RADIATION PROTECTION
STANDARDS FOR SCRAP METAL
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2011 et seq
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Presently, radioactive
materials, particularly metals, are being
released from nuclear facilities for
recycling under standards that are not
based on protection of human health.
The proposed rule will establish
protective risk-based standards for
recycling; provide economic benefits
through recovering the value of
recycled metals; and reduce the need
for disposal.
Due to their ready recyclability, scrap
metals may be released for recycling if
the residual radioactive contamination
is below certain levels. These release
levels are currently specified in
guidance developed by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission and federal
agencies. However, current release
criteria are not based on protection of
human health. The current standards
are based on measurement technologies
and historical practices. Moreover, the
release criteria were not intended to
apply to recycling of materials.
The Agency is developing standards for
scrap recycling which would be
protective of public health. The rule
would be based on the risks from
recycling metals with residual
radioactive contaminants. Scrap metals
from site cleanups and ongoing
operations of federal facilities and
licensees of the NRG would be covered
by the rule. EPA expects that these
materials will be produced in sufficient
quantities to warrant a standard, and
while it is anticipated that much of this
metal will not contain radioactivity,
none should be recycled without a risk-
based standard. Material that cannot be
released for recycling would continue
to be processed for LLW disposal.
Radiation protection standards for scrap
metals would fill a regulatory vacuum.
But most importantly, they would
insure that the public is adequately
protected from exposure to residual
radioactivity in recycled metals. In
addition, risk-based release standards
would: (1) promote recovery of scrap
metal, (2) reduce the disposal of
materials that may not warrant disposal
as low-level radioactive waste, and
(cont.)
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
08/00/97
07/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services;
963 Regulation and Administration of
Communications, Electric, Gas, and
Other Utilities; 331 Steel Works, Blast
Furnaces, and Rolling and Finishing
Mills; 963 Regulation and
Administration of Communications,
Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3812.
Agency Contact: John Karhnak,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6603J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9761
Fax: 202 233-9650
Email: karhnak.john@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG51
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3236. REVISION OF PSI (PART 58
APPENDIX G)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7403, 7410,
7511a
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 58
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Revision of appendix G to
part 58 (Pollutant Standards Index or
PSI) is needed to reflect changes in the
PM and Ozone standards set by the
standards review process. The main
focus is the revision of the PSI function
for both PM and Ozone,
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/97
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3832.
Agency Contact: Terence Fitz-Simons,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-14),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0889
Fax: 919 541-1903
Email: ftz@tethys.rtpnc.epa.gov
R1N: 2060-AG62
3237. GUIDANCE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF EPA'S
RADIATION PROTECTION
STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT
AND STORAGE OF TRANSURANIC
RADIOACTIVE WASTE AT THE
WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT
(WIPP)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 20211 to
2296; PL 102-579
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 191
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The guidance will describe
how EPA's existing standards for
environmental radiation protection will
be applied to the Department of
Energy's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
(WIPP), a proposed facility for the
disposal of transuranic radioactive
waste, a highly radioactive waste
generated during the construction of
nuclear weapons. The WIPP must
comply with EPA's radiation protection
standards for the management and
storage of transuranic radioactive
wastes. By publishing this guidance,
EPA will apply these generally
applicable standards to the specific
case of the WIPP so as to consider that
facility's technical and operational
characteristics. In part, EPA will use
the guidance within the framework
established by the WIPP Land
Withdrawal Act of 1992. The Act
requires EPA to determine on a
biennial basis whether the WIPP
complies with subpart A of 40 CFR Part
191, the standards for management and
storage. In addition, EPA may conduct
this determination at any other time as
necessary.
The guidance will apply to the 25 to
30 year period during which packaged
waste arrives at the above-ground
portion of the WIPP, is unloaded and
further handled, and ultimately
lowered down a mechanical hoist arid
emplaced in the mined-out repository.
During this period, the annual doses
from radiation received by members of
the public must not exceed the limits
specified by EPA's radiation protection
standards for management and storage.
Such doses could occur, for example,
through the airborne transmission of
radioactive dust which is subsequently
inhaled by a member of the public. In
the event that the WIPP fails to be in
compliance with the dose standards at
any time after the emplacement of
waste has begun, the WIPP Land
Withdrawal Act authorizes EPA to
request a remedial plan from the
Department of Energy (DOE). If EPA
determines that remedial plan is
inadequate, or if DOE defaults on the
plan's submission, the the Act requires
that DOE retrieve the waste that has
already been emplaced for disposal to
the extent practicable.
This action will have no impact on
small businesses or governmental
entities other tiian the Federal
Government.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Publication of 04/00/97
Guidance
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3814.
Agency Contact: Betsy Forinash,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6602J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9233
Fax: 202 233-9626
Email: Forinash.Betsy@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG74
3238. 1998 REVISION OF ACID RAIN
ALLOWANCE ALLOCATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7651 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 73
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, June 1, 1998.
Abstract: Title IV of the Clean Air Act
directs the EPA to establish an acid
rain program to reduce adverse effects
of acidic deposition. The centerpiece of
this control program is allocation of
allowances, or authorizations to emit
SO2, that are distributed by the
Administrator in limited quantities to
utility units and must be held by all
affected units to cover their SO2
emissions. In 1993, EPA finalized die
allowance allocations and provided, in
the regulation, the methodology for
revising the allocations in 1998 based
on several statutory provisions. This
rulemaking will implement that
methodology, eliminate unaffected
units, and eliminate unnecessary
sections of regulation. This rulemaking
will affect only utility units affected by
die acid rain program requirements and
does not affect small businesses or
government entities.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Final Action . 06/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 3898.
Agency Contact: Kathy Barylski,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6204J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9074
Fax: 202 233-9584
RIN: 2060-AG86
3239. ADDITION OF METHOD 207 TO
APPENDIX M OF 40 CFR PART 51 -
METHOD FOR MEASURING
ISOCYANATES IN STATIONARY
SOURCE EMISSIONS,
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
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CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 listed certain
isocyanate compounds as hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs). The Agency does
not have any published test methods
that would measure air emissions of
these isocyanate compounds from
stationary sources. This action would
add a validated test method to measure
isocyanate emissions to Appendix M of
Part 51. Tost methods in Part 51 can
bo adopted by any State for use in any
regulation that requires the
measurement of any of the isocyanate
compounds on the HAP list. This
action would not impose any new
regulatory requirements that do not
already exist. It should benefit State
governments by providing them with a
validated test procedure for measuring
the omissions of isocyanate
compounds.
Timetable;
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 08/00/97
Final Action 03/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3900.
Agency Contact: Gary McAlister,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-19, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phono: 919 541-1062
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email:
McAlister.Gary@EPAmail.EPA.GOV
R1N: 20GO-AG83
3240. STATE IMPLEMENTATION
PLANS; MILESTONE COMPLIANCE
DEMONSTRATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect State, local or tribal governments.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 740i-767iq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline:
Other, Statutory, February 15,1997.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires
serious and above nonattainment areas
for ozone to achieve 15 percent
reductions in volatile organic
compound (VOC) emissions by 1996.
This rule will describe the form and
manner in which States shall submit
demonstrations that have achieved the
required percent VOC emissions
reductions (milestone) by the end of
each designated time period. Since the
rule would only evaluate compliance
with approved rules and control
strategy demonstrations, the rule does
not of itself impact small businesses.
In fact, if approved 15 percent
reductions in VOC are not evaluated,
projected reductions might not actually
occur, and air pollution could exceed
earlier estimates in the approved 15
percent plans.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/00/98
Final Action 08/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3279.
Agency Contact: Ted Creekmore,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-15, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5699
Fax: 919 541-0824
RIN: 2060-AG89
3241. FEDERAL OPERATING PERMITS
PROGRAM IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 766la(d)(3)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 71.4
Legal Deadline:
Other, Statutory, November 15, 1997,
See additional information.
Abstract: Recognizing its trust
responsibilities to Indian Tribes, EPA
plans to exercise its regulatory
authority to issue permits to sources of
air pollution in Indian country where
sources are not regulated by Indian
Tribes. The Federal operating permits
program for stationary air sources
should extend to all of Indian country,
but the regulation that created the
program inadvertently created a
regulatory gap. A change in regulations
is needed to assure that each major
source in Indian country is subject to
either a State, Tribal, or Federal permit
program.
The regulatory change would create a
level playing field for industry. Also,
the regulatory change would assure that
EPA can regulate sources that create air
pollution problems in Indian country
or that are located in Indian country
and generate air pollution problems for
other areas.
There are no anticipated impacts on
small businesses or State or local
governments. The regulatory change ,
would eliminate a burden on Tribal
governments. They would not need to
demonstrate their jurisdiction over an .
area in order for EPA to administer a
permit program for the area.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Final Action 08/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3868.
Agency Contact: Gandace Garraway,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-12, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3189
Fax: 919 541-5509
RIN: 2060-AG90
3242. REVISED PERMIT REVISION
PROCEDURES FOR THE FEDERAL
OPERATING PERMITS PROGRAM
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 766la(d)(3)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 71.1
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed regulatory
change would streamline permit
revisions procedures for stationary air
sources that are subject to the Federal
operating permits program. Revised
procedures for changes at a source that
are less environmentally significant
would provide industry with a more
timely response from the permitting
agency, enabling industry to more
quickly make the changes in their
operations that triggered the need for
a revision to the permit.
The Agency does not anticipate any
significant impact on small businesses
and State/local/Tribal governments.
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Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/97
07/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: All
Additional Information: SAN No. 3901.
Agency Contact: Scott Voorhees,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-12, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919-541-5348
Fax: 919-541-5509
BIN: 2060-AG92
3243. REVISION TO THE LIGHT-DUTY
VEHICLE EMISSION COMPLIANCE
PROCEDURE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this NPRM
is to propose changes to the emissions
compliance procedures for light duty
vehicles. These proposed changes will
streamline the current process
beginning with model year 2000. These
proposed changes will improve in-use
emissions with a potential decrease in
the net burden on auto manufacturers.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/97
12/00/97
3244. EMISSION REGULATIONS FOR
1978 AND LATER NEW
MOTORCYCLES—PROPOSED
CHANGES TO THE DEFINITION OF
WEIGHT LIMITATIONS FOR
MOTORCYCLES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will propose
changes to the present regulatory
definition of a motorcycle to allow two-
or three-wheeled vehicles weighing up
to 1749 pounds to be considered
motorcycles. The proposed changes
could reduce administrative burden on
the motor cycle industry.
Timetable:
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3913.
Agency Contact: Christ! Poirier,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Rd., Ann
Arbor; MI 48105
Phone: 313 741-7808
Fax: 313 741-7869
Email: Poirier.Christi
RIN: 2060-AH05
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Final Action 07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3912.
Agency Contact: Frank Lamitola,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4479
Fax:313741-7869
Email: Lamitola.Frank
RIN: 2060-AH06
3245. • ADDITION OF METHOD 14A
TO 40 CFR PART 60, APPENDIX A
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857 et seq;
12 USC 1701 et seq
CFR Citation: 12 CFR 120.2 (d)(4); 40
CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed action would
add an additional emission test method
which primary aluminum owners could
use to assure compliance with the
emission limits prescribed in the
proposed primary aluminum Maximum
Achievable Control Technology
(MACT) regulation. Application of this
method is anticipated to reduce the
cost of assuring compliance.
Timetable:
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3987.
Agency Contact: Terry Harrison,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-19, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5233
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: harrison.terry@epamail.epa.gov.
RIN: 2060-AH24
3246. • PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: CONTROL
OF METHYL BROMIDE EMISSIONS
THROUGH USE OF TARPS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671g
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory.
Final, Statutory.
NPRM, Judicial, December 15, 1997.
Final, Judicial, December 15, 1998.
Abstract: This action would require the
use of tarps to control ozone-depleting
emissions of methyl bromide where it
is used on agricultural fields as a soil
fumigant. Reduced emissions of methyl
bromide would help prevent human
health impacts such as skin cancer
caused by increased ultraviolet
radiation penetrating a weakened
stratospheric ozone layer.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3982.
Agency Contact: Carol Weisner,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9193
Fax: 202 233-9665
Email: weisneer.carol@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH26
3247. • REVIEW OF DEFINITION OF
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -
EXCLUSION OF METHYL ACETATE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7641
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.100(2)
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Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA has received a petition
to add methyl acetate to the list of
compounds considered negligibly
reactive in the definition of VOC in 40
CFR 51.100(s). This would remove this
compound from regulation as a VOC.
Sinco available data supports
classification as "negligibly reactive",
EPA plans to propose the action. This
action will be deregulatory since this
compound would no longer be required
to bo controlled as a VOC. There
should bo no impact on small
businesses or State/local/tribal
governments since no new requirement
will bo imposed on them.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Sectors Affected: 286 Industrial
Organic Chemicals; 285 Paints,
Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and
Allied Products
Additional Information: SAN No. 3943.
Agency Contact: William L. Johnson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-15, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phono: 919 541-5245
BIN: 2060-AH27
3248. • REVISIONS TO SERVICE
INFORMATION AVAILABILITY
REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 9 and 86
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Since publication of the final
rulo for service information availability
in August of 1995, the Agency has
gained experience and information that
make it necessary to revise some of the
requirements set forth by this
regulation. This action will mainly
impact automobile manufacturers and
the automotive aftermarket industry,
with minimal impact on small entities.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 551 Motor Vehicle
Dealers (New and Used); 753
Automotive Repair Shops
Additional Information: SAN No. 3978.
Agency Contact: Cheryl Adelman,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, VPCD/VRAG, Ann
Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4434
Fax: 313 741-7869
RIN: 2060-AH28
3249. • REVISIONS FOR OPTING INTO
THE ACID RAIN PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7601 and
7651 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 74.4
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, September 9, 1997,
Settlement Agreement. t
Final, Judicial, April 9, 1998,
Settlement Agreement.
Abstract: In fulfilling the settlement of
litigation, the Acid Rain Program is
proposing to allow nonutility
combustion or process sources located
with affected utility units a limited
exception to the general requirement
that there be only one designated
representative for all affected units at
a source. We are also proposing
language to clarify that a thermal
energy plan may become effective
quarterly rather than only on January
1. These revisions are intended to
promote participation in the opt-in
program and clarify the existing
regulations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
09/00/97
02/00/98
NPRM 09/00/97
Final 04/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3981.
Agency Contact: Kathy Barylski,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation
Phone: 202 233-9074
Fax: 202 233-9584
Email: barylski.kathy@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH36
3250. t REVIEW OF NEW SOURCES
AND MODIFICATIONS IN INDIAN
COUNTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFft Citation: 40 CFR 51.165; 40 CFR
51.166; 40 CFR 52.10; 40 CFR 52.21
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Consistent with its trust
responsibility to Indian Tribes, EPA
proposes to develop a permit program
that would extend1 to Indian country
some of the same protections that
States afford their citizens through
minor new source review and non-
attainment major new source review
programs. The proposed rule would
require that stationary air sources
located in Indian country obtain a
permit prior to construction or
undergoing modification, in certain
cases. Permits would he required of
minor sources that exceed a specified
emissions threshold if they propose to
construct or make a modification that
will increase emissions from the
source. Major sources in non-
attainment areas would be required to
obtain pre-construction permits. The
proposed rule would allow existing
stationary sources to accept federally
enforceable limits in order to be
considered as minor sources for the
applicability of source requirements.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
03/00/98
03/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Local,
Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis .
Additional Information: SAN No. 3975.
Agency Contact: Mike Sewell,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-12, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0873
Fax: 919 541-5509
RIN: 2060-AH37
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3251. • BAN THE SALE OF HALON
BLENDS AND THE INTENTIONAL
RELEASE OF HALONS DURING
TESTING AND TRAINING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, July 30,1997.
Abstract: This rule is in response to
a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club. EPA
and the Sierra Club have reached
contains provisions for the agency to
propose rules banning the sale of halon
blend and relative to die release of
halons during testing and training as
well as the disposal of halon containing
equipment at the end of its useful life.
These rules must be promulgated by
June 30, 1997.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3984.
Agency Contact: Mavis Sanders,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9737
RIN: 2060-AH44
3252. • REVISIONS TO CLARIFY THE
PERMIT CONTENT REQUIREMENTS
FOR STATE OPERATING PERMITS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 41 USC 7661 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 70.6
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed rule will revise
die permit content requirements for
state operating permits programs to
clarify EPA's existing regulations and
policy diat require all applicable
requirements to be included in Title V
operating permits. This action will also
require a few approved State programs
diat are inconsistent wifli this policy,
and diat EPA did not identify as such
during program approval actions, to be
revised. This acdon is necessary to
prevent future Court decisions that
would overrule EPA permit program
approval decisions, for State programs
that contain similar permit content
deficiencies, on die grounds diat EPA
policy is unclear and applied in an
inconsistent manner. In addition, diis
acdon will take comment on allowing
an exemption from permit content
requirements for insignificant activities
that are subject to certain applicable
requirements diat are found only in
State Implementation Plans and will
finalize such provisions if it is
convinced by comments that such a
policy is appropriate. The benefit of the
proposed action is diat it will clarify
existing permit content requirements
and prevent future Court decisions diat
would overrule EPA permits program
approval decisions on die grounds that
EPA applies its policies inconsistendy.
There is no anticipated impact on small
businesses as this rulemaking only
clarifies existing requirements and
takes comment on exemptions diat may
further streamline permits. Impact on
State or local governments is limited
to a small number of State programs
where certain applicable requirements
are exempt from permit content
requirements in conflict with existing
EPA requirements.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/00/97
Final 02/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3977.
Agency Contact: Jeff Herring,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-12, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3195
RIN: 2060-AH46
3253. ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION
PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR
YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Energy Policy Act,
section 801
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 197
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, August 1,1996.
Abstract: This rulemaking is in
response to section 801 of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992 which directs die
Administrator to promulgate public
health and safety standards for
protection of the public from releases
from radioactive materials stored or
disposed of in the repository at die
Yucca Mountain site. The only
regulated entity is the U.S. Department
of Energy.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/97
Final Action 01/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3568.
Agency Contact: Ray Clark,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6602J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9198 '
Fax: 202 233-9626
Email:
CLARK.RAY@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
RIN: 2060-AG14
3254. • AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
SURVEILLANCE: CHANGES TO
ACCOMMODATE REVISED OZONE
NAAQS & IMPLEMENTATION
STRATEGIES
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7403; 42 USC
7410; 42 USC 7511a; 42 USC 7619
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 58
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action will
revise die ambient air monitoring
regulation/contained in 40 CFR 58 to
accommodate the currently proposed
revision to the ozone National Ambient
Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The
proposed 8-hour ozone NAAQS was
published in the Federal Register on
December 13, 1996, and comments are
currendy being received on this new
standard. If diis proposed 8-hour ozone
NAAQS is promulgated, it will be
necessary to review and revise die
existing ozone monitoring network
requirements established for die
existing 1-hour ozone NAAQS. These
revisions will include different ozone
monitoring seasons necessitated by the
new ozone NAAQS, adjustments to die
ozone precursor monitoring program,
new ozone monitoring requirements
based on Metropolitan Statistical Areas
rather than urbanized areas, and odier
monitoring program adjustments as
appropriate for a revised ozone
NAAQS.
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Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 951 Administration
of Environmental Quality Programs
Additional Information: SAN No. 3974.
Agency Contact: Lee Ann Byrd,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-14, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5367
Fax: 919 541-1903
Email: byrd.lee@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2060-AH30
3255. NEXT REVISION OF APPENDIX
W TO 40 CFR PART 51
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 tho 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. Appendix W to 40 CFR Part
51 fulfills a Clean Air Act mandate for
EPA to specify models for air
management purposes. This proposed
rulemaking enhances the Guideline
with new and/or improved techniques.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/97
Final Action 05/00/98
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3470.
Agency Contact: Tom Coulter,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Air Quality Modeling
Group (MD-14), Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0832
RIN: 2060-AF01
3256. INTEGRATED NESHAP AND
EFFLUENT GUIDELINES: PULP AND
PAPER
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
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 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.
This Regulatory Plan entry also
includes RIN 2040-AB53, Effluent
Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp,
Paper, and Paperboard Category,
reported in full in Part III of this issue
of the Federal Register.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM NESHAP 03/08/96 61 FR 9383
Phase III -
Nonchemical and
Other Mills
NPRM NESHAP 06/00/97
Phase II -
Combustion
Sources
Final NESHAP 06/00/97
Phases I and III and
Effluent Guidelines
Phase I
Final NESHAP Phase 06/00/98
II-Combustion
Sources
Final Action All 06/00/98
NESHAP Phases
Final Effluent 00/00/00
Guidelines Phase III
- Dissolving Grade
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3105.
Agency Contact: Penny Lassiter,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5427
Donald F. Anderson, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Office of Water, Mail Code 4303,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202-260-7189
RIN: 2060-AD03
3257. 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
require the maximum degree of
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emission reduction determined to be
achievable by the Administrator. The
Agency has determined that the
mineral wool production industry may
reasonably be anticipated to emit
several of the 189 HAPs listed in
Section 112(b) of the CAA. As a
consequence, a regulatory development
program is being pursued for the
mineral wool production industry to
promulgate emission standards within
7 years of enactment of the Clean Air
Act Amendments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Final Action 04/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3461.
Agency Contact: Mary K. Johnson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5025
BIN: 2060-AE08
3258. NESHAP: OIL AND NATURAL
GAS PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Au- Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs) known to be emitted from oil
and gas production, storage, and
transmission facilities include benzene,
toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylene
isomers (collectively referred to as
BTEX), along with 2,2,4-
trimethylpentane and n-hexane.
Potential HAP emission sources are
glycol dehydrator reboilers (stand-alone
and co-located); condensate storage
vessels; and equipment leaks at natural
gas processing plants and off-shore
production platforms.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/00/97
Final Action 04/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3229.
Agency Contact: Martha Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2421
RIN: 2060-AE34
3259. NESHAP FOR FORMALDEHYDE-
BASED RESINS (POLYMERS AND
RESINS GROUP III)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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
(Polymers and Resins Group m) project
is to initiate the regulatory process for
sources engaged in die 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
Final Action
08/00/97
10/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 282 Plastics
Materials and Synthetic Resins,
Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Cither
Manmade Fibers, Except Glass
Additional Information: SAN No. 3228.
Agency Contact: John Schaefer,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0298
RIN: 2060-AE36
3260. 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,
See Additional Information.
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
ah- emissions and, as such, a source
category for which national emission
standards may be warranted.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Final Action 11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3345.
Agency Contact: James H. Maysilles,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3265
RIN: 2060-AE41
3261. NESHAP: PRIMARY COPPER
SMELTING
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,
See Additional Information.
Abstract: The primary copper smelting
industry is known to emit a number
of the hazardous air pollutants listed
in Section 112 of the Clean Air Act,
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.
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Timetable:
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/00/97
11/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3340.
Agency Contact: Eugene P. Grumpier,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0881
FUN: 2060-AE46
3262. AMENDMENTS TO PARTS 51,
52, 63, 70 AND 71 REGARDING THE
PROVISIONS FOR DETERMINING
POTENTIAL TO EMIT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract:
This action proposes to amend
regulations already established to
implement the new Federal air toxics
program under section 112, including
the General Provisions, the Federal
operating permit program under tide V,
and tho major source preconstruction
programs under Parts C and D of Title
I.
Tho proposed rule will address issues
related to the determination of a
stationary source's potential to emit in
response to two court decisions.
This action resulted from splitting of
RINs 2060-AC98 and 2060-2918.
This action is also being split into two
several actions. The new rule entitled,
"Provisions for Limiting the Potential
to Emit Under the Clean Air Act for
Low-Emitting Source Categories (SAN
3952)." This rule is being split out in
order to propose one part of the
proposal sooner than the other. This
now action is intended to provide
streamline ways for source owners hi
low-omitting source categories'to limit
their potential to emit under the Clean
Air Act. The action will provide a
consistent method that could be used
by sources within several key source
categories, that would serve as a
complement to efforts already
underway at the State and local level.
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM for Low- 08/00/97
Emitting Source
Categoires (SAN
3952)
NPRM 10/00/97
Final Action 10/00/98
Final for Low-Emitting 00/00/00
Source Categories
(SAN 3952)
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 27711
Phone: 919 541-4718
RIN: 2060-AE63
3263. 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. Thes,e 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.
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
04/00/97
11/00/97
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 Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5435
RIN: 2060-AE75
3264. 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.
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Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/00/97
Final 08/00/98
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, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1084
RIN: 2060-AE77
3265. 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.
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 most plants in the
Portland cement manufacturing
industry are major sources of hazardous
air pollutants.A regulation (emission
standards) is being developed for the
Portland cement manufacturing
industry, to be promulgated by the
statutory deadline of November 15,
1997. Cement kilns which burn RCRA
hazardous waste are subject to a
separate rule that have been proposed
by the EPA Office of Solid Waste.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/00/97
Final Action 06/00/98
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, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5446
RIN: 2060-AE78
3266. NESHAP: POLYETHER
POLYOLS PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 CAA requires
development of emission standards for
all major sources emitting any of the
189 hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)
identified in Section 112(b) of the CAA.
Polyether Polyol Production has been
listed as a category of major sources
based on documented emissions of
propylene oxide and ethylene oxide.
This action will explore alternatives for
controlling the release of If APs from
the following process areas located at
polyether polyol manufacturing
facilities: process vents (e.g. reactors),
storage, equipment leaks and other
fugitive sources, and wastewater
operations. There are no anticipated
impacts on small businesses.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/00/97
06/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 286 Industrial
Organic Chemicals
Additional Information: SAN No. 3408.
Agency Contact: David Svendsgaard,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2380
Fax: 919 541-3470
RIN: 2060-AE81
3267. NESHAP: PHARMACEUTICALS
PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act as
Amended in 1990, section 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 subpart GGG
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 04/00/97
Final Action 04/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
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
3268. NESHAP: PESTICIDE ACTIVE
INGREDIENT PRODUCTION
(PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL
CHEMICALS)
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 section 112
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1997.
Abstract: The following ten source
categories (which are all pesticide
active ingredients) are listed under the
Production of Agricultural Chemicals
(PAC) industry group: 1) 2,4-D Salts
and Esters Production; 2) 4-Chloro-2-
Methylphenoxyacetic Acid Production;
3) 4, 6-Dinitro-o-Cresol Production; 4)
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Coptafol Production; 5) Captan
Production; 6) Chloroneb Production; 7)
Chlorothalonil Production; 8) Dacthal
(tm) Production; 9) Sodium
Pontachlorophenate Production; 10)
Tordon (tm) Acid Production.
Tho EPA will propose to develop
standards for all pesticide active
ingredient producers including the 10
categories listed above. Any other
posticido active ingredient production
plant which produces or uses any of
tho 189 listed hazardous air pollutants
will also bo included. A variety of
HAPs are omitted including, toluene,
formaldehyde, methanol, chlorinated
compounds, otc.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 08/00/97
Final Action 08/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3450.
Agency Contact: Lalit Banker,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phono: 919 541-5420
RIN: 2060-AE84
3269. 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 sources of
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed
in Section 112(b). A preliminary
determination made by the EPA
indicates sources that manufacture
chlorine may reasonably be anticipated
to emit several of the 189 HAP's listed
(including chlorine, carbon
totrachloride 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).
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
09/00/97
09/00/98
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, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5308
RIN: 2060-AE85
3270. NESHAP: PRIMARY LEAD
SMELTERS
3271. 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:
Date FR Cite
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Action
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, section NPRM 07/00/97
112 Final Action 07/00/98
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
NPRM 09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 333 Primary
Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous
Metals
Additional Information: SAN No. 3467.
Agency Contact: Kevin Cavender,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2364
RIN: 2060-AE97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 282 Plastics
Materials and Synthetic Resins,
Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Other
Manmade Fibers, Except Glass
Additional Information: SAN No. 3378.
Agency Contact: Tony Wayne,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919-541-5439
RIN: 2060-AF06
3272. NESHAP: POLYCARBONATES
PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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. This source
category is being included in the
General MACT Standard. The schedule
below reflects the schedule of that
rulemaking.
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Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/00/97
07/00/98
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
3273. 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
NPRM 05/00/97
Final Action 05/00/98
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
3274. AMENDMENTS TO SUBPART A
AND B FOR 40 CFR 63
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 101-549; Clean Air
Act section 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1; 40 CFR
63.51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The General Provisions
(subpart A) were promulgated on
March 16, 1994 (59 FR 12408). The
General Provisions create the technical
and administrative framework and
establish general procedures and
criteria for implementing MACT
standards. On May 16, 1994, six
litigants filed petitions for EPA to
review certain provisions of the General
Provisions. Subpart B, the procedures
for implementing Section Il2(j), were
promulgated on May 26, 1994. In June,
1994 litigants filed petitions for EPA
to review the promulgated procedures.
As a result of the litigation, it is
anticipated that a number of technical
and administrative amendments to
Subpart A and B will be proposed.
Timetable:
delegation, of federal authorities to the
States for the implementation and
enforcement of section 112 emission
standards and other requirements. This
regulatory document will provide more
flexibility to States in the following
areas: minimum requirements for EPA
approval of State air toxics regulations
that are equivalent to or more stringent
than the federal standards; and
minimum requirements for EPA
approval of State air toxics programs
that are equivalent to or more stringent
than the federal program. Specific
issues that will be addressed include:
alternative work practice standards;
alternative monitoring, recordkeeping
and reporting; alternative test method
approval process; equivalency by Part
70 permits; and mechanisms and
requirements for approval of State air
toxics programs.
Action
Date FR Cite Timetable:
NPRM 05/00/97
Final Action 11/00/97
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, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0164
RIN: 2060-AF31
3275. REVISIONS TO THE
REGULATION FOR APPROVAL OF
STATE PROGRAMS AND
DELEGATION OF FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES
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
sectionll2(l)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Guidance in the form of
rulemaking is being developed in
accordance with the requirements of
section 112(1) of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 for the approval
of State air toxic programs and the
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 07/00/97
Final Action 10/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: Multiple
Additional Information: SAN No. 3829.
Agency Contact: Tom Driscoll,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-12),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5135
Fax: 919 541-5509
RIN: 2060-AG60
3276. GENERIC MACT FOR SOURCE
CATEGORIES WITH FEW SOURCES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act 112
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Several of the source
categories that are subject to MACT
(maximum available control
technology) standards contain only a
few sources (e.g. less than 5). For such
source categories, EPA plans to develop
the underlying information through its
MACT Partnership Program and then
allow the affected sources and states to
develop the detailed MACT
requirements in a Title V operating
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permit. To do this, EPA needs to Timetable:
develop a generic MACT standard for
these source categories. This
reinvention to the MACT standards NPRM 07/00/97
development process will allow for Final Action 07/00/98
proper participation by all stakeholders.
Given the relatively few affected
sources caught by the generic standard,
the overall cost and environmental
effects of this action are expected to
bo small, nationally.
The MACT program addresses
hazardous air pollutants. This action
will only affect major sources of these
HAPs.
Timetable;
Action Date FR Cite
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/00/97
07/00/98
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 282 Plastics
Materials and Synthetic Resins,
Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Other
Manmade Fibers, Except Glass; 286
Industrial Organic Chemicals
Additional Information: SAN No. 3901.
Agency Contact: David Markwordt,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Trianglo Park, NC 27711
Phono: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0942
RIN: 2060-AG91
3277. NESHAP: HYDROGEN
FLUORIDE PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Other, Statutory, November 15,, 2000,
10 year source category BIN.
Abstract: This rule will establish
maximum achievable control
technology (MACT) for hydrogen
fluoride (HF) production facilities. The
rule will affect t\vo HF production
facilities, both of which are currently
well-controlled. This action will result
in littlo or no additional emission
reduction, but will establish a federal
MACT level for these plants.
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3654.
Agency Contact: Rick Colyer,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919-541-5262
Fax: 919-541-0942
Email: colyer.rick@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG94
3278. NESHAP: SECONDARY LEAD
SMELTER AMENDMENT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7402/CAA
112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Final standards under section
112 (d) for hazardous air
pollutantsemissions from new and
existing lead smelters (40 CFR 63,
SubpartX) were promulgated on June
23, 1995. The Agency has been
petitioned for reconsideration, and has
agreed to revise portionsof the rule to
address the comments contained in the
petitions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Final Action 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3193.
Agency Contact: Kevin Cavender,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2364
RIN: 2060-AH07
3279. NESHAP: CHROMIUM
ELECTROPLATING AMENDMENT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7402/CAA
112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Final standards under section
112(d) for chromium emissions from
hard and decorative chromium
electroplating and chromium anodizing
tanks (40 CFR 63, Subpart N) were
promulgated on January 25, 1995. Since
promulgation, the Agency has
determined that a class of chromium
electroplating operations were
inadvertently excluded from regulation.
Specifically, the final standards do not
apply to sources engaged in continuous
chromium electroplating of steel sheet
used to make cans and other
containers. It is the Agency's intent to
regulate all facilities engaged in
chromium electroplating. Therefore, the
Agency plans to amend the chromium
electroplating rule to extend its
applicability to continuous chromium
electroplating operations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/00/97
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2841.
Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (MD-13), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5289
RIN: 2060-AH08
3280. • SPECIFIC POLLUTANTS: LIST
OF CATEGORIES EMITTING 7
SPECIFIED HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC
7412(c)(6)/CAA 112(c)(6)
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, April 30, 1997.
Final, Judicial, December 20, 1997.
Abstract: Under CAA section 112(c)(6),
special studies are required to identify,
for potential standards development,
sources and national emissions of seven
specific air toxics. These seven are
alkylated lead compounds, polycyclic
organic matter (POM),
hexachlorobenzene, mercury,
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofurans
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(2,3,7,8-TCDF), and 2,3,7,8-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dipxin.(2,3,7,8-
TCDD). EPA is required to identify the
sources accounting for 90% of the
emissions of these pollutants and
assure that those sources are subject to
standards.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
Announcement of 04/00/97
Availability
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3960.
Agency Contact: Laurel Driver,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-15, Reseach
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2859
Fax: 919 541-7690
RIN: 2060-AH20
3281. NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS (NSPS) AND EMISSION
GUIDELINES FOR INDUSTRIAL AND
COMMERCIAL WASTE
INCINERATORS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
129
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1994.
Other, Judicial, December 20, 1994,
ANPRM.
NPRM, Judicial, March 15, 1997.
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 has received extensions on
the court order to propose standards.
Negotiations are currently on going
with the litigants to grant a further
extension to the Agency and combine
ICWI with the other standards .being
developed under the Industrial
Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/97
11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
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
3282. • TRANSPORTATION
CONFORMITY RULE AMENDMENT:
CLARIFICATION OF TRADING
PROVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671;
Clean Air Act section 176(c)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 and 93
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The -transportation
conformity rule, promulgated in
November 1993, ensures that
transportation and air quality planning
are consistent with Clean Air Act air
quality standards. The Open Market
Trading Guidance provides guidance to
states for establishing a method to
quantify emissions reductions (called
"discrete emissions reductions" or
DERs) that can be traded among parties
and how such trading should occur.
This action will amend the
transportation conformity rule to clarify
how emissions trading could be
reconciled in the conformity process.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
04/00/97
ANPRM Comment
Period End
12/28/94 59 FR 66850
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3917.
Agency Contact: Laura Voss,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 741-7858
Fax: 313 668-4531
Email: voss.laura@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH31
3283. • TRANSPORTATION
CONFORMITY PILOT APPROVAL;
CONFORMITY SIP
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401; 42 USC
7671g
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 and 93
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would approve
the conformity procedures developed
by an area that has been selected to
participate iri the transportation
conformity pilot program. Because EPA
may select up to six areas to participate
in the pilot program there may be six
separate approval actions. These
approval actions will be in the form
of conformity SIP approvals.
The purpose and anticipated impact of
the pilot program itself were discussed
in the rulemaking that established the
pilot prograni (see "Transportation
Conformity Rule Amendment and
Solicitation for Participation in the
Conformity Pilot Program").
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3914.
Agency Contact: Meg Patulski,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 741-7842
Fax: 313 668-4531
Email: Patulski-Meg@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH32
3284. REDUCTION OF VOLATILE
ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC)
EMISSIONS FROM COATINGS USED
IN THE AEROSPACE, WOOD
FURNITURE, AND SHIPBUILDING
INDUSTRIES UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT
SECTION 183(E)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, March 1997.
Abstract: This action would result in
the reduction of volatile organic
compound (VOC) emissions from the
coatings used by the Aerospace, Wood
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Furniture and Shipbuilding industries.
The Agency will study the various VOC
pollutants contained in these coatings
and will evaluate pollution prevention
and control techniques which can
reduce these emissions; Control
Techniques Guidelines can be issued in
lieu of regulations if they are
significantly as effective in reducing
VOC omissions from the use of these
coatings in ozone nonattainment areas.
This rulomaking will be conducted in
accordance with statutory requirements
for VOC omission reduction under
Section 183(e) of the Clean Air Act.
The development of these VOC rules
will use data recently gathered for the
development of National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for these industries. This
will maximize resources and avoid
duplication of data gathering efforts.
There are small businesses in these
industries, but at this time it is not
known how many will be affected by
these rules or guidelines.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/97
Final Aclton 01/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 37 Transportation
Equipment; 45 Transportation by Air;
243 Millwork, Veneer, Plywood, and
Structural Wood Members; 25 Furniture
and Fixtures
Additional Information: SAN No. 3838.
Agency Contact: Daniel Brown,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phono: 919 541-5305
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: brown.dan@epamail.epa.gov
R1N: 2060-AG59
3285. 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)
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 the 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
be 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
be 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
two 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 05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3139.
Agency Contact: Richard Gezelle,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6403-J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9267
RIN: 2060-AD90
3286. « REVIEW OF FEDERAL TEST
PROCEDURES FOR EMISSIONS FROM
MOTOR VEHICLES; TEST
PROCEDURE ADJUSTMENTS TO
FUEL ECONOMY AND EMISSION
TEST RESULTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 101-549
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86; 40 CFR 600
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action considers
potential adjustments to fuel economy
and emission test results to compensate
for test procedure changes previously
adopted; it applies to light duty
vehicles and light duty trucks. This
aspect of the previous rulemaking
(SAN-3323, RIN: 2060-AE27) was
deferred.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM , 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3979.
Agency Contact: R. W. Nash,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road
(mail code VPCD), Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 668-4412
RIN: 2060-AH38
3287. SPECIFICATION OF
SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR
DEFINITION FOR DIESEL FUELS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545/CAAA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing a definition
of the term substantially similar, as
used in section 211(f)(l)(B) of the Clean
Air Act (CAA), with respect to diesel
fuel and fuel additives. The
prohibitions of section 211(f)(l)(A)
apply to fuels and fuel additives which
are not substantially similar to fuels or
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additives used to certify vehicles to
emissions standards. This definition
will enable manufacturers to determine
whether their diesel fuels and additives
are covered by, or excluded from, the
section 211(f)(l)(B) prohibitions. This
definition will also reduce potential
burdens on manufacturers and EPA for
processing waivers for fuels and
additives under 211(f)(4).
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
05/30/91 56 FR 24362
07/00/97
12/00/97
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3091.
Agency Contact: David Korotney,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NVFEL, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 313-668-4507
RIN: 2060-AD77
3288. MODIFICATIONS TO
STANDARDS FOR REFORMULATED
AND CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE
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 7545/CAA
211
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Under authority of the Clean
Air Act, as amended in 1990, EPA
promulgated regulations to require a
cleaner burning reformulated gasoline
(RFG) in nine mandated areas of the
country with the worst ozone air
pollution problems. These areas are
designated as covered areas, (e.g., areas
in which non-RFC (conventional
gasoline) is prohibited from being sold
or dispensed to the ultimate consumers
of the gasoline. Other ozone
nonattainment areas may opt-in to the
RFG program upon petition by the
Governor of the state in which the area
is located.
Since the RFG program became
effective in January 1995, many
enforcement related issues have been
raised concerning the implementation
of the program. Some of these issues
have required the exercise of
enforcement discretion through the use
of informal question and answer
guidance documents. This action will
codify those guidances which are
appropriate for incorporation into the
RFG regulations. This action will also
streamline the regulations, where
appropriate, and include certain
typographical and other minor
corrections.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/97
09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3844.
Agency Contact: Karen Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6406J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9006
Fax: 202 233-9557
RIN: 2060-AG76
3289. AMENDMENT CONCERNING
APPLICABILITY OF ON HIGHWAY
HEAVY-DUTY CERTIFIED ENGINES
FOR USE IN NONROAD HEAVY-DUTY
VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 to 7525;
42 USC 7541 to 7543; 42 USC 7547
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 9; 40 CFR 89
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would consider
an amendment to the existing
regulations to allow the use of on-
highway heavy-duty certified engines
in nonroad heavy-duty vehicles and
equipment. This will eliminate
hardships caused by the imposition of
nonroad heavy-duty rules of specialty
vehicles and equipment that have
historically elected to use cleaner on-
highway heavy-duty engines.
NPRM 04/00/97
Final Action 06/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: RIA
Additional Information: SAN No. 3842.
Agency Contact: John Guy,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6403 J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9276
Fax: 202 233-9596
RIN: 2060-AG78
3290. NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION
ENGINES AT OR BELOW 19
KILOWATTS (25 HORSEPOWER)
(PHASE 2)
Priority: Other Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7547/CAA
213
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 90
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1992.
NPRM, Judicial, May 31, 1997.
NPRM, Judicial, December 31, 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) had been
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
negotiations came to an end on
February 16, 1996 with no consensus
reached. EPA will now develop the
rulemaking through other means.
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
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engines. Regulated pollutants are
hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and
oxides of nitrogen.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
03/27/97 62 FR 14740
09/00/97
ANPRM
NPRM Hand-held
engines
NPRM Non-hand-held 09/00/97
engines
Final Hand-held 00/00/00
engines
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3361.
Agency Contact: Betsy McCabe,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phono: 313 668-4344
RIN: 2060-AE29
3291. • TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS
FOR NON-ROAD COMPRESSION
IGNITION ENGINES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521; 42 USC
7522; 42 USC 7573; 42 USC 7524; 42
USC 7541; 42 USC 7542; 42 USC 7543;
42 USC 7547; 42 USC 7549; 42 USC
7550; 42 USC 7601(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 89
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend the
existing regulation. These amendments
arc needed to correct problems
discovered during the first year of
implementation. Also the rule will be
harmonized with California and
European Rules.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3915.
Agency Contact: Greg Orehowsky,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6403J, Washington, DC
20460
Phono: 202 233-9292
Fax: 202 233-9596
RIN: 2060-AH33
3292. • AMENDMENT TO URBAN BUS
RETROFIT/REBUILD PROGRAM
REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521; 42 USC
7522; 42 USC 7524; 42 USC 7525; 42
USC 7541; 42 USC 7542; 42 USC 7546;
42 USC 7554; 42 USC 7601(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 85 subpart O
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action addresses a
shortcoming in one of the two
compliance options of the urban bus
retrofit/rebuild program. The action
provides assurance that the two options
remain equivalent in terms of
particulate matter reduction and cost as
intended by the original regulation.
Also, it will assure that affected urban
buses utilize the "best retrofit
technology...reasonably achievable" as
Congress required in the Clean Air Act.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3916.
Agency Contact: Tom Strieker,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 401 M St., S.W. 6403J,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 233-9322
Fax: 202 233-9596
RIN: 2060-AH45
3293. NSPS: NITROGEN OXIDE
EMISSIONS FROM FOSSIL-FUEL
FIRED STEAM GENERATING UNITS-
REVISION
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sec 407(c)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60.40
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory, January 1, 1993.
Final, Statutory, January 1, 1994.
NPRM, Judicial, July 1, 1997.
Final, judicial, September 3, 1998,
Deadlines may be revised.
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
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/00/97
09/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services;
20 Food and Kindred Products; 20
Food and Kindred Products
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3352.
Agency Contact: James A. Eddinger,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5426
Fax: 919 541-0072
RIN: 2060-AE56
3294. AMENDMENT TO THE
REFRIGERANT RECYCLING RULE TO
INCLUDE ALL REFRIGERANTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 101-54, section 608
of the Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990; 42 USC 7401 et seq Section 608
CAA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82, subpart F
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1995,
See Additional Information.
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.
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Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Final Action 11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
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, (6205J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9149
Fax: 202 233-9577
RIN: 2060-AF37
3295. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
RECONSIDERATION OF SECTION 608
SALES RESTRICTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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. Also, this amendment will
include corrections and clarifications
concerning leak repair requirements.
This action has no impact on small
business and state, local, tribal and
governments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/00/97
01/00/98
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; 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, (6205J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9737
Fax: 202 233-9665
RIN: 2060-AG20
3296. • STREAMLINED EVAPORATIVE
TEST PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will streamline
the test procedure used to establish
compliance with evaporative emission
requirements for light duty vehicles
and trucks. The current test procedure
requires both two- and three-day
emission tests, as well as running lost
testing. The revision will delete the
three day requirement and add
flexibility for running loss compliance.
This will enable manufacturers to save
significant resources without any loss
in environmental benefits.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3910.
Agency Contact: Lynn Sohacki,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 741-7851
RIN: 2060-AH34 ^
3297. • SERVICING OF MOTOR
VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONERS:
STANDARDS FOR EQUIPMENT THAT
RECOVERS AND RECYCLES
REFRIGERANTS OTHER THAN CFC-12
AND HCF-134A
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USCA 7671
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 subpart B
(Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule serves to amend the
regulations initially promulgated on
July 14, 1992 under Section 609 of the
CAA. By promoting the recycling and
reclamation of ozone-depleting
refrigerants from motor vehicle air
conditioners, this rule will serve to
inhibit venting of there refrigerants into
the atmosphere, which is prohibited
under the Act.
This rule fulfills the statutory mandate
set forth in Section 609 requiring the
Administrator to promulgate
regulations for the proper recycling in
motor vehicle air conditioners (MVACs)
of any refrigerants that substitute for
CFC-12 Specifically, Section 609
requires EPA to establish standards for
refrigerant recycling equipment and for
the proper use of such equipment. This
rule will provide flexibility for service
technicians to meet Section 609
requirements, because in addition to
using equipment that recovers and
recycles CFC-12 and HFC-134a
refrigerants, technicians will now be
permitted to use equipment that
recovers and recycles other substitute
refrigerants listed as acceptable under
EPA's SNAP program.
This rule will affect, although not
adversely affect, small entities such as
independent repair shops, server
station, truck fleet shops, collision
repair shops, new car and truck dealers,
car and truck rental shops, and radiator
repair shops. Specifically it will allow
them to use equipment to recycle other
substitute refrigerants listed as
acceptable under the SNAP program.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/97
Final 05/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 75 Automotive
Repair, Services, and Parking; 55
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Automotive Dealers and Gasoline
Service Stations
Additional Information: SAN No. 3983.
Agency Contact: Christine Dibble,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9147
Email:
dibble.christine@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 20GO-AH29
3298. 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
Abstract: Friends of the Earth
submitted and withdrew a petition to
expand EPA's labeling requirements to
include products containing or
manufactured with HCFCs. EPA
anticipates that for Friends of the Earth
will submit a revised petition later this
year. We are bound by statute to
respond by 180 days. If EPA grants the
petition, the proposed rulemaking will
be the response.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Final Action 07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3640.
Agency Contact: Mavis Sanders,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6205J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9737
Fax: 202 233-9665
RIN: 2060-AF93
3299. UPDATE OF THE
ACCEPTABILITY LIST UNDER THE
SIGNIFICANT NEW ALTERNATIVES
POLICY (SNAP) PROGRAM
Priority: Other Significant '
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414, 7601,
7671 / Clean Air Act section 612
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
depending on the volume of
notifications.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Rule
Notice - 1
NPRM-1
Notice - 2
Final Rule -1
Notice -3
NPRM -2
Notice - 4
Final Rule -2
NPRM -3
Notice -5
Final Rule -3
Notice -6
NPRM -4
01/16/92 57 FR 1984
05/12/93 58 FR 28094
03/18/94 59 FR 13044
08/26/94 59 FR 44240
09/26/94 59 FR 491 08
01/13/95 60 FR 331 8
06/13/95 60 FR 31 092
07/28/95 60 FR 38729
10/02/95 60 FR 51 383
02/08/96 61 FR 4736
05/22/96 61 FR 25585
05/22/96 61 FR 25604
, 09/05/96. 61, FR 47012
10/1 6^96" 61 FR 54030
04/00/97
04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3525.
Agency Contact: Carol Weisner,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6205J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9193
RIN: 2060-AG12
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Final Rule Stage
3300. COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE
MONITORING PROGRAM
(PREVIOUSLY ENHANCED
MONITORING PROGRAM)
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, sections
), 503(b)(; 504(b)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 64; 40 CFR 70;
40 CFR 71
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 1992.
NPRM, Judicial, September 30, 1993.
Final, Judicial, July 7, 1997.
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 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.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Supplemental
Proposal
Final Action
Date FR Cite
10/22/93 58 FR 54648
12/28/94 59 FR 66844
07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2942.
Agency Contact: Peter R. Westlin,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-19, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1058
RIN: 2060-AD18
3301. NAAQS: PARTICULATE MATTER
(REVIEW)
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7408 to 7409
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50.6
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, November 29, 1996. ,
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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.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/13/96 61 FR 65638
07/00/97
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
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
3302. 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:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/12/94 59 FR 46780
Supplemental NPRM 10/11/95 60 FR 52889
Final Action 11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 28 Chemicals and
Allied Products
Additional Information: SAN No. 3380.
Agency Contact: Mary Tom Kissell,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4516
RIN: 2060-AE94
3303. 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 Clean Air Act of 1990
required States to adopt enforceable
volatile organic compound (VOC)
regulations. These enforceable
regulations needed to include capture
efficiency (CE) test methods. This
action provides States and other
interested parties with several example
procedures which can be used to
determine CE. The Agency is adding
these methods to Appendix M of 40
CFR Part 51. Over a 12 month period,
OAQPS management had discussions
with the Can Manufacturers Institute
(CMI) concerning the Agency's policies
regarding capture efficiency. EPA and
the CMI reached concurrence on
policies and a technical approach for
measuring capture efficiency. The
policy .issues were considered in a
separate guidance document which
addressed appropraite Agency
requirements and the degree of
flexibility prescribed for permitting
authorities. This action will promulgate
one method which States and sources
can use to measure VOC that is
consistent with the approaches agreed
to by CMI.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
08/02/95 60 FR 39297
04/00/97
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, MD-19, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1064
RIN: 2060-AF02
3304. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
REVISIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
APPEAL REGULATIONS UNDER TITLE
IV OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 12/27/96 61 FR 68340
Final Action 11/00/97
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, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9151
RIN: 2060-AF43
3305. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
DELETION OF CERTAIN UNJTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7651, et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 73.10
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Acid Rain Program
requires affected utility units to hold
allowances sufficient to cover
emissions of SO2, have an Acid Rain
Permit under part 72, and meet
appropriate monitoring requirements
under part 75. Many affected units are
listed'in 40 CFR 73.10 tables 2 and 3.
In the process of implementing the
Acid Rain Program, EPA has learned
that several units listed in the tables
should not be affected by the Acid Rain
Program requirements. This action
would delete specific named units from
the tables.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Interim Final Rule
12/27/96 61 FR 68340
11/00/97
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Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 3573.
Agency Contact: Kathy Barylski,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6204J, Washington, DC
20460
Phono: 202 233-9074
RIM: 2060-AF46
3306. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
REVISIONS TO THE PERMITS
REGULATIONS UNDER TITLE IV OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT TO MAKE
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7601, 765ig
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 12/27/96 61 FR 68340
Final Action 11/00/97
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, Washington, DC
20460
Phono: 202 233-9151
RIN: 2060-AF47
3307. OPERATING PERMITS:
REVISIONS (PART 70)
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulomaking 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 research and
development facilities; and changes in
public participation requirements for
minor new source review actions under
title I of the Act.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 08/29/94 59 FR 44460
NPRM Supplemental 04/27/95 60 FR 20804
Proposal for Part 71
NPRM Supplemental 08/31/95 60 FR 45530
Proposal for Part 70
FINAL 08/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3412.
Agency Contact: Ray Vogel,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQJPS (MD-12),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3153
Fax: 919 541-5509
RIN: 2060-AF70
3308. METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT
OF VISIBLE EMISSIONS - ADDITION
OF METHODS 203A, 203B, AND 203C
TO APPENDIX M OF PART 51
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 740l(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
describe procedures for estimating the
opacity of visible emissions. States
have requested that EPA promulgate
these methods so that they can use
them in State Implementation Plans in
enforcing visible emissions regulations
from Stationary Sources.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/22/93 51 FR 61639
Final Action 12/00/97
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
3309. 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
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ensures that EPA maintains a
comprehensive strategy to provide
organized, effective assistance to State
and local governments in the event of
a radiological emergency.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Revise Radiological 08/00/97
Emergency
Response Plan
Notice of Availability 09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3638.
Agency Contact: Craig Conklin,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6602J, Washington DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9222
RIN: 2060-AF85
3310. 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 will temporarily
raise the 10,000 vehicle sales volume
limit for vehicle converters seeking
certification under the small volume
manufacturers provisions. In addition
this action will adopt provisions to
provide flexibility in assigned
deterioration factors for alternative fuel
vehicles, fuel vehicles.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 01/03/96 61 FR 140
Final Action 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3643.
Agency Contact: Cliff Tyree,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, National Fuel &
Emissions Vehicle Laboratory, 2565
Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4310
RIN: 2060-AF87
3311. TRANSPORTATION
CONFORMITY RULE AMENDMENTS:
FLEXIBILITY AND STREAMLINING
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 752l(a)/CAA
176(c) s
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.
Timetable:
3312. AMENDMENT TO STANDARDS
OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW
STATIONARY SOURCES;
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS (PS-1)
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 (COM3)
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: (l) clarify owner and
operator and monitor vender
obligations, (2) reaffirm and update
COM3 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.
Action
Date FR Cite Timetable:
NPRM
Final Action
07/09/96 61 FR36112
06/00/97
Action
Date
FR Cite
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
NPRM
Final Action
11/24/94 59 FR 60585
05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3744.
Agency Contact: Solomon Ricks,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-19, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5242
Fax: 919 541-1039
RIN: 2060-AG22
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3313. REGULATION REVIEW/BURDEN
REDUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulomaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
tho 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
tho current regulatory system. This
action is part of the regulatory review
process to reduce unnecessary
rccordkceping and reporting
roquiromonts. 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;
Action Date PR Cite
NPRM 09/11/96 61 FR 47840
Final Action 09/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3750.
Agency Contact: Dave Markwordt,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAOJPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phono: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0942
RIN: 2060-AG30
3314. RADIONUCLIDE DOSE
METHODOLOGY UPDATE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The primary purpose of this
rule is to propose more accurate
controls of radioactivity in drinking
water through a technical correction in
dose methodology for beta and photon
emitters only.
EPA has decided to use the Federal
Guidance Report (FGR)-ll (1988) as the
method for dose conversion for beta
and photon emitters. Use of this
method will provide consistency with
other federal agencies. The newly
revised concentrations in drinking
water using the FGR-11 method will
replace the values published earlier in
the National Bureau of Standards (NBS)
Handbook 69, as amended in August
1963. The current beta and photon
emitters MCL, as calculated in NBS 69
(1963), is 4 millirem/year total body or
organ dose equivalent dose
methodology. EPA is proposing a 4
mrem/year effective dose equivalent
(EDE) dose methodology.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 494 Water Supply
Additional Information: SAN No. 3811.
Agency Contact: Paul Bubbosh,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6603J, Washington, DC
20460 ,
Phone: 202 233-9383
Fax: 202 233-9650
Email: karhnak.jogn@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG49
3315. REVISION TO DEFINITION OF
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
(VOC) - EXCLUSION OF 16
COMPOUNDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671q
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action is deregulatory in
nature as it removes compounds from
control as volatile organic compounds
for purposes of preparing State
Implementation Plans (SIPs) to attain
the national ambient air quality
standards for ozone under Title 1 of
the Clean Air Act. These compounds
are being deregulated because of
scientific evidence of their low
photochemical reactivity. States will no
longer include control provisions for
these compounds in their SIPs. Small
businesses will not be affected, except
that they may more freely use these
compounds.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/17/97 62 FR 12583
05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 367 Electronic
Components and Accessories; 372
Aircraft and Parts
Additional Information: SAN No. 3838.
Agency Contact: William L. Johnson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-15),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5245
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email:
johnson.williaml@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG70
3316. TIER II (PHASE II) STUDY TO
ASSESS FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN
LOV AND LDT TAILPIPE EMISSION
STANDARDS
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect the private sector under
PL 104-4.
Legal Authority: PL 91-190; sec 203(i)
of the Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline:
Other, Statutory, June 1, 1997, Report
to Congress.
Abstract: EPA is mandated by the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 to
study whether or not further reductions
in emissions from light-duty vehicles
and light-duty trucks should be
required through lowering tailpipe
emissions standards. EPA is required to
submit a report to Congress not later
than June 1, 1997. The report will
consider whether there is a need for
further reductions in emissions,
whether the technology is available to
meet the more stringent standards, and
whether further reductions in emissions
will be needed and cost effective taking
into consideration alternative means of
attaining or maintaining national
ambient air quality standards.
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Timetable:
Report to Congress
Final 06/01/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3911.
Agency Contact: John German,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 668-4214
Fax: 313 741-7869
RIN: 2060-AH04
3317. • ADDITION OF OPACITY
METHOD TO APPENDIX M OF 40 CFR
PART 51 (METHOD 203)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking proposes to
add a method, Method 203, for the
measurement of opacity from stationary
sources, to appendix M (Example Test
Methods for State Implementation
Plans) in 40 CFR Part 51. This action
provides States with an instrumental
test method which can be used in basis,
compliance with stationary source
opacity emission limitations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/07/92 57 FR 46114
Final 05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3958.
Agency Contact: Solomon O. Ricks,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-19, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5242
Fax: 919 541-1039
RIN: 2060-AH23
3318. 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 05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3087.
Agency Contact: David R. LaRoche,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, SE., Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-7652
RIN: 2060-AF79
3319. NAAQS: SULFUR DIOXIDE
(REVIEW AND IMPLEMENTATION)
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7409/CAA
109
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50.4; 40 CFR
50.5; 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, November 1, 1994,
(review only).
Final, Judicial, April 22, 1996', (review
only).
Abstract: On November 15,1994, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
proposed not to revise the existing 24-
hour and annual primary standards.
The EPA sought public comment on the
need to adopt additional regulatory
measures to address the health risk to
asthmatic individuals posed by short-
term peak sulfur dioxide exposure.
On March 7, 1995', EPA proposed
implementation'strategies for reducing
short-term high concentrations of sulfur
dioxide emissions in the ambient air.
On May 22, 1996, EPA published its
final decision not to revise the primary
sulfur dioxide NAAQS. The notice
stated that EPA would shortly propose
a new implementation strategy to assist
States in addressing short-term peaks of
sulfur dioxide. The new
implementation strategy - the
Intervention Level Program - was
proposed on January 2, 1997.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM: NAAQS 11/15/94 59 FR 58958
Review
NPRM: NAAQS 03/07/95 60 FR 12492
Implementation
(Part 51)
Final Action : NAAQS 05/22/96 61 FR 25566
Review
NPRM Revised: 01/02/97 62FR210
NAAQS
Implementation
(Part 51)
Final: NAAQS 01/00/98
Implementation
(Part 51)
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 1002.
Agency Contact: Susan Stone
(Review), Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-15,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1146
Eric Crump (Implementation),
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-15, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919-541-4719
RIN: 2060-AA61
3320. 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 intervalsthereafter.
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, die EPA will determine
•whether revisions to the standards are
appropriate.
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Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/13/96 61 FR 65716
07/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
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
3321. MEDICAL WASTE
INCINERATORS (MW1)
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect the private sector under
PL 104-4.
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act of 1990,
section 129
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15,1992.
NPRM, Judicial, February 1,1995.
Final, Judicial, July 25,1997.
Abstract: The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is developing
now 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
omissions that is achievable for new
units. The EG may be less stringent
than tho 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
dibenzofurans..
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 tho industry, and that it affords the
flexibility to achieve the necessary
omission reductions in the most
sensible, cost-effective ways, including
the transfer of wastes to larger, more
efficient regional facilities.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/27/95 60 FR 10654
Final Action 07/00/97
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
Fax: 919-541-5450
RIN: 2060-AC62
3322. 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
were 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 06/27/96 61 FR 33415
Final Action 04/00/97
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, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5435
Fax: 919 541-5600
RIN: 2060-AG33
3323. • NSPS REVISIONS FOR
PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY:
GRANULAR TRIPLE
SUPERPHOSPHATE STORAGE
FACILITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411
CFR Citation: 40 CFR part 60 subpart
X
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In 1975, the Agency
promulgated new source performance
standards (NSPS) to limit emissions of
total fluoride compounds from several
affected facilities in the phosphate
fertilizers industry. Among the affected
facilities covered by the NSPS were
triple superphosphate plants and
granular triple superphosphate (GTSP)
storage facilities. The NSPS for GTSP
fertilizer storage facilities in Subpart X
were promulgated for the purpose of
limiting total fluoride emissions
resulting from the continuation of the
chemical reactions through which
GTSP is manufactured. After an initial
curing period, the GTSP fertilizers
cease to emit appreciable quantities of
fluorides. As now written, the NSPS
cover all GTSP storage facilities and
there is no provision to exempt
facilities storing only cured fertilizers.
This action will clarify the coverage of
the NSPS to limit its applicability to
those facilities which store fresh GTSP.
The revised NSPS will include a work
practice through which manufacturers
will not ship fresh GTSP. This feature
will limit the testing and recordkeeping
requirements of Subpart X to only those
facilities associated with manufacture
of GTSP and, thereby, remove any
recordkeeping burden currently
imposed upon downstream distributors
and users of this product.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
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Sectors Affected: 287 Agricultural
Chemicals
Additional Information: SAN No. 3965.
Agency Contact: David Painter,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5515
Fax: 919 541-5600
RIN: 2060-AH16
3324. 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!990.
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 die 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 die CAAA. As a
consequence, the source category is
included on die initial list of HAP-
emitting categories scheduled for
standards promulgation within 10 years
of enactment of die CAAA. The
purpose of this action is to pursue a
regulatory development program such
that emission standards may be
proposed and promulgated according to
die mandated schedule.
Timetable:
Agency Contact: David F. Painter,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5515
RIN: 2060-AE40
3325. NESHAP: PHOSPHATE
FERTILIZERS PRODUCTION
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!990.
Abstract: EPA is required to publish
an initial list of all categories of major
and area sources of die hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs) listed in Section
112(b) of die CAAA and, to establish
dates for die 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 die schedule
is met. The standards are tc!> be
technology-based and are to require die
maximum degree of emission reduction
determined to be achievable by the
Administrator. The Agency has
determined that die phosphate fertilizer
production industry may reasonable be
anticipated to emit several of the 189
HAPs listed in Section 112(b) of die
CAAA. As a consequence, die source
category is included on die 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
die mandated schedule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/21/96 61 FR 68430
Final Action 02/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3303.
3326. 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: Tide III of die 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 die
maximum degree of emission reduction
determined to be achievable by die
Administrator of EPA. The EPA has
determined that plants in die Primary
Aluminum industry may be major
sources for one or more hazardous air
pollutants. As a consequence, a
regulatory development program is
being conducted such that emission
standards will be proposed and
promulgated by November 15, 1997.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/21/96 61 FR 68430
Final Action 02/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3304.
Agency Contact: David F. Painter,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5515
RIN: 2060-AE44
Action
Date
FR Cite
09/26/96 61 FR 50585
09/00/97
NPRM
Final Action
Small Entities Affected: None
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
3327. NESHAP: FLEXIBLE
POLYURETHANE FOAM PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, section 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Tide III of die amended
Clean Air Act (CAA) requires
development of emission standards for
all major sources, and selected area
sources, emitting any of the 189
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hazardous air pollutants (HAP)
identified in Section 112(b) of the CAA.
Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production
has boon listed as a category of major
sources based on documented
omissions of methylene chloride and
2,4-toluene diisocyanate. This action
will explore alternatives for controlling
tho release of HAP from the following
emission sources located at slabstock,
rcbond, and molded polyurethane foam
production facilities: process vents,
storage, equipment leaks and other
fugitive sources, and transfer
operations. This action, however, will
not cover emissions from foam
fabrication (i.e., gluing and flame
lamination). In June 1996 the Agency
added a separate source category to
address HAP from fabrication
operations.
Ultimately, a NESHAP for foam
production 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 12/27/96 61 FR 68406
Correction Nolfce 02/03/97 62 FR 05074
Fina) Action 10/00/97
Smalt Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 308 Miscellaneous
Plastics Products
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3338.
Agency Contact: David Svendsgaard,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2380
Fax: 919 541-3470
R1N: 2060-AE86
3328. NESHAP: MANUFACTURE OF
TETRAHYDROBENZALDEHYDE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
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 Dimmers).
The emissions sources that will be
controlled are process vents (e.g.
reactors); storage; equipment leaks and
other fugitive sources; transfer
operations; and wastewater operations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final 04/00/97
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
3329. 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 regulates
phosphogypsum for research and
development uses. This regulatory
proceeding would result in a proposed .
rule which may increase the limit and
reduce the certification requirements
for that use.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM Notice of 05/08/96 61 FR 20775
Reconsideration
Final 08/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2547.
Agency Contact: Julie Rosenberg,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6602J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9154
RIN: 2060-AF04
3330. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO
AEROSPACE NESHAP
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The NESHAP for Aerospace
Manufacturing and Rework Facilities
was promulgated in August of 1995.
Afterwards, we discovered a few
problems with the rule and still need
to publish the CTG for this industry.
This action would correct these
problems and announce the CTG.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/29/96 61 FR 55842
07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 372 Aircraft and
Parts
Additional Information: SAN No. 3836.
Agency Contact: Barbara Driscoll,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0164
Fax: 919 541-0942
RIN: 2060-AG65
3331. WOOD FURNITURE
MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
NESHAP: TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
AND CLARIFICATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 subpart JJ
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend and
make technical corrections and
clarifications to the final Wood
Furniture Manufacturing Operations
NESHAP, which was promulgated on
December 7, 1996 (60 FR 62930). This
action will address litigation issues
brought up after promulgation of the
standards, as well as, the resolution of
these issues. In addition, this action
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will clarify aspects for the final rule
such as applicability, emission limits,
and will make editorial corrections to
the final rule as was published in the
Federal Register.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
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04/00/97
this rule are as follows: 1) production
of JP-4 in 1990; 2) use of an extremely
low-sulfur crude in 1990; 3) having
extremely low baseline values for sulfur
and solefins. Refiners must meet
specific criteria in order to qualify for
one or more of these adjustments.
Timetable:
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2965.
Agency Contact: Paul Almodovar,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0283
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email:
almodovar.paul@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG95
3332. STANDARDS FOR
REFORMULATED AND
CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE,
INDIVIDUAL BASELINE FUEL
ADJUSTMENTS
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 7414/CAA
114; 42 USC 7545(c)/CAA 211(c); 42
USC 7601/CAA 301
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would establish
criteria by which a refiner could .
receive an adjustment to its baseline
under certain circumstances. Baseline
adjustments reduce the cost of
compliance (primarily with the anti-
dumping requirements of the
reformulated gasoline program) for
those refiners which would otherwise
be extremely burdened.
Baseline adjustments under certain
circumstances were provided for in the
December 1993 final Reformulated
Gasoline and Anti- Dumping rule.
However, baseline adjustments are only
allowed under certain narrowly defined
circumstances; broad adjustments are
beyond EPA's discretion. The
circumstances for which baseline
adjustments would be allowed under
Agency Contact: Anne-Marie Cooney
Pastorkovich, Environmental Protection
Agency, Ah- and Radiation, 6406J,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9013
Fax: 202 233-9557
Email: pastorkovich.Anne-
marie@epamail.epa.gov
Action
Date
FR Cite RIN: 2060-AH43
NPRM 08/04/95 60 FR 40009
Final Action 05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3604.
Agency Contact: Christine M. Brunner,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4287
Fax: 313 741-7869
RIN: 2060-AG80
3333. * FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES;
ELIMINATION OF OXYGENATED
PROGRAM REFORMULATED
GASOLINE CATEGORY FROM THE
REFORMULATED GASOLINE
REGULATIONS
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: Clean Air
Amendments of 1990 sec 114, 211 and
301(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing to amend
the RFC regulations to eliminate
separate treatment for a category of
gasoline used in averaging. EPA does
not believe the category is necessary
any more. This proposed action would
increase flexibility and reduce
compliance costs. No negative
environmental impact is expected.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/17/97 62 FR 12586
Final Action 09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3948.
3334. TRANSPORTATION
CONFORMITY RULE AMENDMENT
AND SOLICITATION FOR
PARTICIPATION IN THE
TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY
PILOT PROGRAM
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
7671/CAA 176
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 93
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Transportation
Conformity rule promulgated in
November 1993 ensures that
transportation and air quality planning
are consistent with Clean Air Act air
quality standards. This action is part
of an Agency effort to streamline the
existing conformity regulation and offer
flexibility in the conformity process.
This action would amend the
conformity regulation to allow EPA to
create and implement a conformity
pilot program.
The rule amendment would allow EPA
to exempt up to six areas from certain
requirements of die conformity rule.
The main objective of the pilot program
is to offer State and local air and
transportation agencies the flexibility to
identify die conformity procedures tiiat
work best for their area. This action
will enable EPA to test out innovative
methods of streamlining the conformity
regulation's requirements while
ensuring tiiat Clean Air Act objectives
are met. In addition to the rule
amendment, this action also includes
the pilot program's proposed eligibility
and application requirements, selection
criteria, and implementation
procedures.
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Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/09/96 61 FR 35994
Rnal Action 06/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3610.
Agency Contact: Meg Patulski,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phono: 313 741-7842
Fax: 313 668-4531
Email: patulsld.meg@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG79
3335. NATIONAL VOLATILE ORGANIC
COMPOUND EMISSION STANDARDS
FOR AUTOMOBILE REFINISH
COATINGS
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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
tho criteria described in the consumer
and commercial product study (March
1995), and category listing (March
1995), EPA has determined that VOC
omissions from automobile refinish
coatings should be regulated by March
1997. Automobile refinish coatings can
bo 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:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/30/96 61 FR 19005
Final Action 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
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
3336. VOC REGULATION FOR
ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401; Clean
Air Act section 183
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, March 15, 1997.
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.
The EPA is working with coating
manufacturers and other stakeholders
to ensure that this rule is based on the
best possible understanding of the
industry and that it affords the
flexibility to achieve the necessary
emission reductions in the most
sensible, cost-effective ways.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/25/96 61 FR 32729
Final Action 09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 3351.
Agency Contact: Ellen Ducey,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5408
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: ducey.ellen@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE55
3337. NATIONAL VOC EMISSION
STANDARDS FOR CONSUMER
PRODUCTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, March 1997.
Abstract: This regulation will reduce
volatile organic compound (VOC)
emissions from 24 types of consumer
products which are currently regulated
by California and several other States.
The EPA is working with consumer
product manufacturers and other
stakeholders to ensure that this rule is
based on the best possible
understanding of the industry and that
it affords the flexibility to achieve the
necessary emission reductions in the
most sensible, cost-effective ways.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/02/96 61 FR 14531
07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Sectors Affected: 284 Soaps,
Detergents, and Cleaning Preparations,
Perfumes, Cosmetics, and Other Toilet
Preparations; 287 Agricultural
Chemicals; 289 Miscellaneous Chemical
Products; 287 Agricultural Chemicals
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
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: moore.bruce@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AF62
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3338. OPEN-MARKET TRADING
GUIDANCE
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 for open-market trading pf
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. Once a 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 guidance. 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, standard at far less cost
and an increased incentive to develop
innovative emission-reduction
technologies.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Notice- Inclusion of
Proposed Model
Rule
Final Action
08/03/95 60 FR 39668
08/25/95 60 FR 44290
07/00/97
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 (MD-15),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5390
Fax: 919 541-0839
RIN: 2060-AF60
3339. REVISED CARBON MONOXIDE
(CO) STANDARD FOR CLASS I AND II
NONHANDHELD NEW NONROAD
PHASE I SMALL SPARK-IGNITED
ENGINES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521CAA 201
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 90
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This direct final rule revises
the existing new nonrpad Phase I small
spark-ignited (SI) engine regulations.
Briggs and Strattori Corporation
submitted a petition to the
Administrator on March 4, 1996, asking
the Agency to reconsider the existing
regulation and to either allow the use
of oxygenated certification fuels with
the current CO standard or revise the
existing carbon monoxide (CO)
emission standard for class I and II
nonhandheld engines. Briggs and
Stratton argues that the majority of
nonhandheld engines sold in the
United States can not meet the current
CO standard when tested on the
monoxygenated certification test fuel
specified in the regulations. EPA has
finalized the CO standard on the basis
of data provided to the Agency by
Briggs and Stratton. The Agency had
assumed that the data was collected
using Indolene, (a monoxygenated,
nonreforinulated gasoline) as the test
fuel. In fact, Briggs and Stratton had
used California's Phase II Reformulated,
Gasoline (RFG) in the testing, but had
not informed EPA of this before the
rule was finalized. The use of an
oxygenated fuel has an effect on the
emissions from these engines,
particularly CO, and Briggs and
Stratton had used California's Phase II
Reformulated Gasoline (RFG) in the
testing, but had not informed EPA of
this before the rule was finalized. The
Use of an oxygenated fuel has an effect
oh the emissions from these engines,
particularly CO, and Briggs and
Stratton has suggested that the CO
standard that the Agency finalized was
tiius more stringent than is feasible
based on their data.
EPA staff are analyzing new data
provided by Briggs and Stratton
concerning the amount of the CO
emission offset between Indolene and
RFG for nonhandheld engines. Based
on data analysis and documentation
provided by Briggs and Stratton in
support of their petition, EPA intends
to determine the amount of the
emission offset and consider raising the
Phase I CO emission standard for .
nonharidheld engines accordingly. In
their petition to EPA, Briggs and
Stratton assert that raising the CO
standard should result in reduced
emissions of hydrocarbons and oxides
of nitrogen, which are the primary
pollutants of concern under the Phase
I small SI rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/03/96 61 FR 34778
Final Action 05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3300.
Agency Contact: Laurel Home,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 741-7803
Fax: 313 741-7816
RIN: 2060-AG81
3340. NATIONAL 49-STATE LOW-
EMISSION VEHICLES PROGRAM
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/10/95 60 FR 52734
Final Action 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
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Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3646.
Agency Contact: Mike Shields,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6401), Washington, DC
20460
Phono: 202 260-7757
Fax: 202 260-6011
BIN: 2060-AF75
3341. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF
AIR POLLUTION FROM HIGHWAY
HEAVY-DUTY ENGINES AND
NONROAD DIESEL ENGINES
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sees
202(a), 211(c), 213(a), 30l(a)
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The primary focus of this
action will be reducing emissions of
nitrogen oxides (NOx), non-methane
hydrocarbon (NMHC) and particulate
matter (PM) from diesel and gasoline
fueled engines used in highway trucks
and buses and in nonroad equipment
and vehicles. Nitrogen oxides are a
significant contributor to urban ozone
pollution (smog), acid rain, and
particulato 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. Non-
Methane hydrocarbons also contribute
to ozone pollution. Highway and
nonroad engines and vehicles are very
significant contributors to these air-
quality problems. This initiative has
boon marked by an unprecedented
degree of cooperation between EPA, the
State of California, and the engine
manufacturing industry, as well as the
involvement of States, regional air-
management organizations, and public
interest and environmental
organizations. The result has been a
plan for very stringent new emission
standards that have the support of the
industry. EPA has proposed new
standards for highway truck and bus
engines, and discussions are
progressing toward similar standards
for nonroad diesel engines.
ANPRM 08/30/95 60 FR 45580
NPRM Highway 06/27/96 61 FR 33421
ANPRM Nonroad 01/02/97 62FR200
Final Action Highway 04/00/97
NPRM Nonroad 08/00/97
Final Action Nonroad 08/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3645
and 3878
Agency Contact: Tad Wysor,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 2565 Plymouth Road,
Ann Arbor MI 48105
Phone: 313'668-4332
RIN: 2060-AF76
3342. REVISION TO THE COVERED
AREAS PROVISION FOR
REFORMULATED GASOLINE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545/CAA
211
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Under authority of the Clean
Air Act as amended in 1990, EPA
promulgated regulations to require a
cleaner burning reformulated gasoline
(RFC) in nine mandated areas of the
country with the worst ozone air
pollution problems. These areas are
designated as covered areas, (e.g., areas
in which non-RFG (conventional
gasoline) is prohibited from being sold
or dispensed to the ultimate consumers
of the gasoline.
The RFC regulations also include a
provision which allows a State, upon
petition by the Governor, to have other
areas designated as nonattainment for
ozone included as covered areas under
the Federal RFG program (the opt-in
provision).
This action will expand the opt-in
provision to include areas that that
formerly were in nonattainment for
ozone as well as areas presently in
nonattainment for ozone. This action
will give States the flexibility to use
the RFG program in their maintenance
plans and as contingency measures for
those areas that have been redesignated
to attainment status, but are in need
of ozone controls to maintain that
status.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Action 09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3843.
Agency Contact: Marylin Bennett,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6406J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9006
Fax: 202 233-9557
RIN: 2060-AG77'
3343. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
AIR REGULATIONS DELEGATION
REMAND
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: CAA 328
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 55
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The EPA promulgated the
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Air
Regulations on September 4, 1992. The
regulations allowed States to request
delegation of the authority to
implement and enforce the regulations
for sources located within 25 miles of
the State's seaward.boundary, but
prohibited such delegation of the
authority for sources locating beyond
that limit. Since section 328(a)(3) of the
Clean Air Act requires EPA to allow
delegation for both types of sources,
EPA requested and received a remand
on this issue. The notice revises the
OCS Air Regulations to allow
delegation of the implementation and
enforcement authority to State and
local air pollution control agencies for
sources locating beyond 25 mile of the
States' seaward boundaries.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/20/96 61 FR25173
Final Action 05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
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Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3789.
Agency Contact: David H. Stonefield,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-15, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5350
RIN: 2060-AG39
3344. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
AIR REGULATIONS OFFSET REMAND
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: CAA 328
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 55
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The EPA promulgated the
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Air
Regulations on September 4,1992. As
a result of a challenge, the court
vacated the special offset provision
which EPA had included in the OCS
regulations and remanded that issue to
EPA for reconsideration. The interim
final rule revised the OCS regulations
to require that new or modified OCS
sources meet the same offset
requirements as imposed in the
corresponding onshore area. The final
action is to respond to public comment
on the interim final rule. As a result
some OCS sources may be required to
obtain additional offset credits.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 05/20/96 61 FR 25149
Final Action 05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3790.
Agency Contact: David H. Stonefield,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-15, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5350
RIN: 2060-AG40
3345. FINAL RULE FOR SERVICING
OF MOTOR VEHICLE AIR
CONDITIONERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq;
Title VI, Section 609
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 82, subpart B
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule fulfills the statutory
mandate set forth in section 609
requiring the Administrator to establish
standards for proper recycling in motor
vehicle air conditioners (MVACS) of
any refrigerants that substitute for CFC-
12. Specifically, Section 609 provides
that beginning on November 15,1995,
the term "refrigerant" shall be
expanded to include any substitute for
a class I or class II substance used in
an MVAC system. With respect to any
motor vehicle refrigerant, Section 609
requires EPA to promulgate regulations
for refrigerants in addition to
equipment that recovers and recycles
class I and class II (i.e., CFG and HCFC
refrigerants). In addition this rule will
provide flexibility by explicitly
permitting certain types of MVAC
servicing that are not now clearly
addressed in the regulations and that
some technicians currently believe to
be prohibited.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
03/06/96
06/00/97
FR Cite
61 FR9014
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, (6205J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9147
Fax: 202 233-9577
RIN: 2060-AF35
3346. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
SUPPLEMENTAL RULE REGARDING
A RECYCLING STANDARD UNDER
SECTION 608
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 74oi et seq,
section 608
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82, subpart F
Legal Deadline:
Other, Statutory, May 15, 1995, See
Additional Information.
Abstract: The current rule sunsets the
requirement that a reclamation standard
be met, as of May 1, 1995. Several
members of the regulated community
have approached EPA requesting that
the requirement not be 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 tiiat the majority of
the affected industry agrees is
beneficial in order to encourage
compliance.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 02/29/96 61 FR 7858
Final Action 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3556.
Agency Contact: Cindy Newberg,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, (6205J), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9729
Fax: 202 233-9665
RIN: 2060-AF36
3347. HAZARDOUS WASTE
TREATMENT, STORAGE AND
DISPOSAL FACILITIES (TSDF) AND
HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATORS;
ORGANIC AIR EMISSION STANDARDS
FOR TANKS, SURFACE
IMPOUNDMENTS, AND CONTAINERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: RCRA 3002 and RCRA
3004
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These standards were
promulgated on December 6, 1994 and
were effective on December 6, 1996.
The final standards control organic air
emissions from hazardous waste TSDF
and generator sites. These emissions
have been shown to contribute greatly
to ground-level ozone formation and to
cancer incidence among exposed
populations.
Following promulgation, the EPA
identified certain provisions for which
the intended emission reductions can
be achieved witii less burdensome
standards. The EPA has amended the
final rule to include several revised
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provisions, including the following:
certain fixed-roof tanks may be
equipped with pressure relief devices
that vent to the atmosphere; containers
may be vented during loading and
emptying operations; a facility may
comply with the final rule using an
implementation schedule in several
different circumstances; and the
frequency of monitoring for certain
equipment shall be semi-annual rather
than annual. A technical correction
notice is planned that will clarify the
intent and effect of a few amendment
provisions which were not clear in the
11/25/96 amendment notice.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
08/14/95 60 FR 41870
02/09/96 61 FR 4903
NPRM
Technical
Amendments
Final Action 11/25/96 61 FR 59931
Technical Correction 04/00/97
Notice
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3792.
Agency Contact: Michele Aston,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2363
RIN: 2060-AG44
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Long-Term Actions
3348. • NESHAP FOR LEATHER
TANNING AND FINISHING
OPERATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000,
Tho Clean Air Act requirespr
omulgation by 11/15/00.
Abstract: Title IH of the Clean Air Act
requires EPA to develop air emission
standards for facilities that emit any of
the 188 hazardous air pollutants. This
action will develop a MACT standard
for sources involved in leather tanning
and finishing operations. Facilities
involved in these operations release
over 7 million pounds of hazardous air
pollutants per year. Regulation of these
facilities will result in a reduction of
tho emissions of hazardous air
pollutants, several of which are highly
toxic.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 311 Leather Tanning
and Finishing
Additional Information: SAN No. 3964.
Agency Contact: William Schrock,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5032
Fax: 919 541-3076
RIN: 2060-AH17
3349. 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.160 to 51.166;
40 CFR 52.21; 40 CFR 52.24
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/23/96 61 FR 38249
04/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Dennis Grumpier
Phone: 919 541-0871
RIN: 2060-AE11
3350. SERVICE INFORMATION
AVAILABILITY
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
00/00/00
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: David Dickinson
Phone: 202 233-9256
Fax: 202 233-9596
Email: Dickinson.David@EPA.Gov.Com
RIN: 2060-AG13
3351. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
ELIMINATION OF DIRECT SALE
PROGRAM AND IPP WRITTEN
GUARANTEE; AND ANPRM TO
MODIFY ALLOWANCE AUCTION
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 73
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
Direct Final and
Proposal
NPRM
Final Action
Date
06/06/96
06/06/96
00/00/00
00/00/00
FR Cite
61 FR 28996
61 FR 28761
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Eugene Casey
Phone: 202 233-9194
RIN: 2060-AG41
3352. NSPS FOR SEWAGE SLUDGE
INCINERATORS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 63
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Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/00/99
05/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Eugene P. Grumpier
Phone: 919 541-0881
Fax: 919 541-5600
RIN: 2060-AG50
3353. NESHAP FOR PLYWOOD AND
PARTICLE BOARD MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Penny E. Lassiter
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-0246
RIN: 2060-AG52
3354. AMENDMENT TO THE USER
FEES FOR RADON PROFICIENCY
PROGRAMS RULE
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 195 and 700
(revision)
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
06/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Agency Contact: James W. Long
Phone: 202 233-9433
Fax: 202 233-9652
Email: long.james@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG64
3355. • STORAGE TANK RULE
REVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 (Revision); 40
CFR 61 (Revision); 40 CFR 63
(Revision); 40 CFR 264 (Revision); 40
CFR 265 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to revise storage tank air regulations in
several parts of Title 40 of the CFR.
Such revisions include rule corrections,
the addition of test methods, and the
elimination of some recordkeeping
requirements.
Timetable:
3357. COMBUSTION TURBINE
NESHAP/NSPS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 44 CFR 60
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/00/99
11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Sims Roy
Phone: 919 541-5263
Fax: 919-541-5450
Action
Date
FR Cite R|N: 2060-AG67
NPRM
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 286 Industrial
Organic Chemicals; 422 Public
Warehousing and Storage; 291
Petroleum Refining
3358. NESHAP—IRON FOUNDRIES
AND STEEL FOUNDRIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Additional Information: SAN No. 3966. Action
Agency Contact: Mark Morris,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5416
Date
FR Cite
RIN: 2060-AH15
3356. INTERNAL COMBUSTION
ENGINE NESHAP/NSPS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: James H. Maysilles
Phone: 919 541-3265
RIN: 2060-AE43
3359. NESHAP—CYANIDE CHEMICAL
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Action
Date
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Local,
Tribal
Agency Contact: Amanda Agnew
Phone: 919 541-5268
RIN: 2060-AG63
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Philip B. Mulrine
Phone: 919 541-5289
RIN: 2060-AE45
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3360. NESHAP: INTEGRATED IRON
AND STEEL
Priority: Economically Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/98
11/00/99
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine
Phono: 919 541-5289
R1N: 2060-AE48
3361. NESHAP: REINFORCED
PLASTIC COMPOSITES PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/98
02/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Madeleine Strum
Phone: 919 541-2383
Fax: 919-541-5689
Email:
slrum.madeleine@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE79
3362. NESHAP: MISCELLANEOUS
ORGANIC CHEMICAL PRODUCTION
AND PROCESSES
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Randy McDonald
Phono: 919 541-5402
RIN: 2060-AE82
3363. NESHAP: BAKER'S YEAST
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/00/98
Final Action 06/00/99
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Tony Wayne
Phone: 919 541-5439
RIN: 2060-AF30
3364. NATIONAL EMISSION
STANDARD FOR HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS FOR PAINT STRIPPER
USERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/15/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Vickie Boothe
Phone: 919 541-0164
Fax: 919 541-0072
RIN: 2060-AG26
3365. NESHAP FOR BOAT
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/99
Final Action 12/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Madeleine Strum
Phone: 919 541-2383
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email:
Strum.Madeleine@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG27
3366. NESHAP FOR TIRE
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/98
Final Action 11/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Tony Wayne
Phone: 919 541-5439
Fax: 919 541-0942
RIN: 2060-AG29
3367. NESHAP FOR AEROSOL CAN
FILLING FACILITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63*"*'
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/98
Final Action 11/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Conran Chin
Phone: 919 541-1512
Fax: 919 541-5600
RIN: 2060-AG32
3368. PETROLEUM SOLVENT DRY
CLEANERS MACT STANDARD
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
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Agency Contact: Fred Dimmick
Phone: 919 541-5625
Fax: 919 541-0942
BIN: 2060-AG34
3369. NESHAP FOR ETHYLENE
PROCESSES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/00/98
Final Action 11/00/99
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Warren R. Johnson, Jr.
Phone: 919 541-5124
Fax: 919 541-0072
Email: johnson.warreii@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG53
3370. LARGE APPLIANCE COATINGS
INTEGRATED REGULATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 59
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal /''
Agency Contact: Mohamed Serageldin
Phone: 919 541-2379 - /
Fax: 919 541-5689 ; /
Email: • /' /
serageldin.mohamed^epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG54
3371. ASPHALT ROOFING AND
PROCESSING NESHAP
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM ' 11/00/99
Interim Final Rule 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local '
Agency Contact: Juan E. Santiago
Phone: 919 541-1084
RIN: 2060-AG66
3372. NESHAP CHROMIUM
REFRACTORIES
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Susan Zapata
Phone: 919 541-5167
RIN: 2060-AG68
3373. NESHAP FOR INDUSTRIAL,
COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL
BOILERS AND PROCESS HEATERS
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined,.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 ;>'- ^
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 11/00/00
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: James Eddinger
Phone: 919 541-5426
Fax: 919 541-0072
RIN: 2060-AG69
3374. NESHAP: LIME
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Joseph Wood
Phone: 919 541-5446
RIN: 2060-AG72
3375. • INDUSTRIAL COMBUSTION
COORDINATED RULEMAKING - ICCR
PROJECT
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801. .
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: CAA 111, 112, and
129
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The EPA is developing
combustion related regulations for 5
source categories. The source categories
are: combustion turbines, internal
combustion engines, industrial/
commercial/ institutional boilers,
process heaters, and solid waste
incinerators burning non-hazardous
waste. These projects are listed
separately elsewhere in the agenda.
These regulations are being developed
under sections 111, 112, and 129 of die
CAA. Sections 111 and 129 require
maximum achievable control
technology (MACT) floors and MACT
levels to be determined. MACT
standards apply to both new and
existing facilities. Section 111 requires
the development of new source
performance standards (NSPS). These
regulations apply to new, modified and
reconstructed sources and do not apply
to existing sources.
These source categories are wide spread
and one or more of these source
categories are located at virtually every
manufacturing and chemical plant in
the US. Section 112 standards apply to
a list of 189 hazardous air pollutants;
secdon 129 standards apply to 9
pollutants (dioxin and furans mercury,
cadmium, lead, particulate matter and
opacity, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen
chloride, oxides of nitrogen, and carbon
monoxide) which are a combination of
HAP's and criteria pollutants; and
section 111 applies to criteria
pollutants. There is likely to be some
regulatory interaction between diese
source categories since many are
collocated at the same plant site.
Therefore EPA considered die option of
a coordinated rulemaking where all of
die regulation development proceeded
along the "same time line. EPA also
wanted early and continuing
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stakeholder resources. A coordinated
participate rulemaking offers benefits to
all stakeholders including: the
opportunity for stakeholders to shape
regulatory development, more cost
effective regulations, avoidance of
duplicative or conflicting regulations,
simpler regulations, compliance
flexibility, EPA and stakeholder
resource savings in rule development,
and an improved scientific basis for
regulations.
EPA convened an exploratory group of
interested stakeholders who's purpose
was to decide whether this coordinated
rulemaking had merit. The group
decided that the idea had merit and
recommended that the ICCR project be
conducted using a formal Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA)
process. An ICGR FAA has been
established and meetings are to begin
in early October 1996.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3872.
Agency Contact: Fred Porter,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919-541-5251
Fax: 919-541-5450
Email: Porter.Fred@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
RIM: 2060-AG84
3376. NESHAP: FRICTION PRODUCTS
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect the private sector under
PL 104-4.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/99
Final Aclion 11/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Susan Zapata
Phono: 919 541-5167
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email:
http://www.epa.g0v/zapata.susan
RIN: 2060-AG87
3377. NESHAP: SEMICONDUCTOR
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/98
Final Action 12/00/99
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Tony Wayne
Phone: 919-541-5439
Fax: 919-541-0942
RIN: 2060-AG93
3378. NESHAP: METAL CAN
(SURFACE COATING) INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Gail Lacy
Phone: 919 541-5261
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: lacy.gail@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG96
3379. NESHAP: METAL COIL
(SURFACE COATING) INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Gail Lacy
Phone: 919 541-5261
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: lacy.gail@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG97
3380. NESHAP: FABRIC PRINTING,
COATING AND DYEING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Paul Almodovar
Phone: 919-541-0283
Fax: 919-541-5689
Email:
almodovar.paul@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG98
3381. AUTOMOBILE AND LIGHT-DUTY
TRUCK MANUFACTURING
INTEGRATED RULE DEVELOPMENT
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 59
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Dave Salman
Phone: 919 541-0859
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: salman.dave@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG99
3382. OFFSET LITHOGRAPHIC
PRINTING NATIONAL VOC RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/98
Final Action 11/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Dave Salman
Phone: 919 541-0859
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: salman.dave@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AHOO
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3383. NESHAP: PRIMARY
MAGNESIUM REFINING
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/99
Final Action 05/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Iliam D. Rosario
Phone: 919 541-5308
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: rosario.iliam@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH03
3384. • NESHAP FOR
MISCELLANEOUS CELLULOSE
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This project is to develop
national emission standards for
hazardous air pollutants (NESHAPs) by
establishing maximum achievable
control technology (MACT) for facilities
manufacturing cellulose food casing,
producing rayon, and producing
cellophane. MACT Standards are under
development to reduce the release of
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from all
industries to protect the public health
and environment. Emissions of HAP
from this industry have been associated
with, but are not limited to, product
washing operations, material storage
tanks, and film drying. The scope of
the rule has not yet been determined.
This project is now scheduled to start
in the spring of 1997. The initial stage
of this project is to gather preliminary
information on the industry to establish
a presumptive MACT by 1998, to be
followed by development of a
regulatory package to promulgate
MACT Standards.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 282 Plastics
Materials and Synthetic Resins,
Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Other
Manmade Fibers, Except Glass; 267
Converted Paper and Paperboard
Products, Except Containers and Boxes
Additional Information: SAN No. 3970.
Agency Contact: Elaine Manning,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, RTF, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5499
Fax: 919 541-0246
RIN: 2060-AH11
3385. • NESHAP FOR SITE
REMEDIATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq;
PL 101-549; 104 Stat. 2399
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This rule will specify
maximum achievable control
technology for site remediation.
Hazardous air pollutant emissions from
spills of organic liquids, the excavation,
transportation, and treatment of
contaminated soils and groundwater,
and other operations will be considered
in developing the rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final
11/00/99
11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3968.
Agency Contact: Bob Lucas,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0884
Fax: 919 541-0246
RIN: 2060-AH12
3386. • NESHAP FOR MUNICIPAL
SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This project is to develop
national emission standards for
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) by
establishing maximum achievable
control technology (MACT) for
municipal solid waste landfills.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3969.
Agency Contact: Martha Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, RTP, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2421
RIN: 2060-AH13
3387. • NESHAP: SPANDEX
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This project is to develop
national emission standards for
hazardous air pollutants by establishing
maximum achievable control
technology (MACT) for facilities
producing spandex. MACT standards
are under development to reduce the
release of hazardous air pollutants
(HAP) from all industries to protect the
public health and environment.
Emissions of HAP from this industry
have been associated with, but are not
limited to, fiber washing operations,
material storage tanks, fugitive
emissions, and polymer drying. In a
previous review of the spandex
industry, only five U.S. facilities were
identified. The scope of the rule has
not been determined. This project is'
now scheduled to start in the spring
of 1997. The initial stage of this project
is to gather information on the industry
to establish MACT by 1998. That work
will be followed by the development
of a regulatory package to propose and
promulgate a MACT standard. Spandex
may be a candidate for inclusion in the
Generic MACT for source categories
with five or fewer sources. The Generic
MACT is currently being developed by
OAQPS/ESD.
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Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3967.
Agency Contact: Mary Tom Kissell,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triango Park, NC 27711
Phono: 919 541-4516
Fax: 919 541-0246
BIN: 2060-AH14
3388. • NESHAP FOR CELLULOSE
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USG 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: Title III of the Clean Air Act
requires EPA to develop air emission
standards for facilities that emit any of
tho 188 hazardous air pollutants. This
action will develop MACT standards
for facilities involved in the production
of cellulose ether,
carboxymethycellulose, and methyl
cellulose. Facilities involved in the
production of these products release
approximately 750 tons of hazardous
air pollutants per year. Regulation of
these facilities will result in a reduction
of the release of hazardous air
pollutants.
Timetable:
3389. • NESHAP FOR THE
MANUFACTURE OF CARBON BLACK
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.
Abstract: The purpose of this
regulatory action is to develop a
Maximum Achievable Control
Technology Standard for the
manufacture of carbon black. This
standard will meet the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 requirement to
regulate sources of hazardous air
pollutants, the 1990 Clean Air Act
Amendments are emitted by the carbon
black process. These are carbon
disulfide, carbonyl sulfide, and
hydrogen cyanide.
Carbon black is a product used
primarily in the manufacture of
automobile tires. There are
approximately 24 carbon black facilities
located in the nation. Of these it is
currently estimated there are 19 major
sources that will be subject to this
regulation. This rule is not expected to
have impacts on small business.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 282 Plastics
Materials and Synthetic Resins,
Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Other
Manmado Fibers, Except Glass
Additional Information: SAN No. 3963.
Agency Contact: William Schrock,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phono: 919 541-5032
Fax: 919 541-3076
RIN: 2060-AH18
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Final 11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 289 Miscellaneous
Chemical Products
Additional Information: SAN No. 3962.
Agency Contact: John Schaefer,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, RTF, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0296
Fax: 919 541-3470
RIN: 2060-AH19
3390. • NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR
URBAN AREA SOURCES OF TOXIC
AIR EMISSIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 74l2(k)/CAA
112(k); 42 USC 7412(c)(3)/ CAA
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1995.
NPRM, Judicial, April 30, 1998.
Final, Judicial, December 30, 1998.
Abstract: Congress directed EPA, in the
1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act
to study the nature and magnitude of
air toxic emissions, exposures and risks
in U.S. cities. This was in response to
growing evidence that an "urban soup"
existed that was causing cancer and
other effects, and which may not
adequately be addressed by the MACT
program on major sources. The 1990
Amendments call for EPA to appraise
the sources and pollutants which
contribute most to the "urban soup"
phenomenon, and to publish a national
strategy by 1995 that summarizes these
findings and identifies actions to
mitigate the problem. This strategy will
contain (1) general and specific
recommendations for additional
research, (2) an accounting of actions
and measures undertaken by the EPA
and state and local agencies that reduce
emissions of the hazardous substances
of particular concern, and (3) a call for
additional measures needed to
complete sufficient mitigation of the
problem. This action is not considered
deregulatory. This action has no direct
impacts on small businesses; however,
as the strategy is subsequently
implemented through later actions and
specific rules, some small businesses
may be regulated as a consequence of
carrying out the regulatory
recommendations in the strategy.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline:
Announcement of 04/00/98
Availability
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3959.
Agency Contact: Laurel Driver,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-15, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2859
Fax: 919 541-7690
RIN: 2060-AH21
3391. • NESHAP: VEGETABLE OIL
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
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CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action develops National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for vegetable oil
production facilities as authorized
under section 112(d) of the Clean Air
Act (Act). The action is based on the
determination that vegetable oil
production plants emit organic
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed
in Section 112(b) of the Act. On July
16, 1992, EPA listed vegetable oil
production as a source for which
NESHAP are to be promulgated. On
December 3, 1993, EPA published a
schedule for promulgating NESHAP for
vegetable oil production plants by
November 15, 2000. NESHAP
developed under Section 112(d) apply
to both new and existing facilities.
NESHAP for existing facilities are to be
based on the average emission
limitation achieved by the best
performing 12 percent of existing
sources.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Final 11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 207 Fats and Oils
Additional Information: SAN No. 3903.
Agency Contact: James F. Durham,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5672
Fax: 919 541-3470
RIN: 2060-AH22
3392. » ROCKET ENGINE TEST
FIRING/ENGINE TEST FACILITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: As required by section 112(c)
of the Clean Air Act, the Environmental
Protection Agency has developed a list
of categories of sources of hazardous
air pollutants (HAP's). The HAP's are
listed in Section 112(b) of the Clean ,
Air Act. The Rocket Engine Test Firing
source category and the Engine Test
Facilities source category are included
on EPA's list of sources of HAP's. The
Rocket Engine Test Firing source
category includes facilities engaged in
test firing of rocket engines using solid
or liquid propellants. The Engine Test
Facilities source category includes any
facility engaged in the testing of
stationary or mobile engines, including
turbines and reciprocating engines.
Timetable:
followed by development of a
regulatory package to propose and
promulgate MACT standards.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
07/00/99
11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Action
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3972.
Agency Contact: Richard Copland,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5265
Fax: 919 541-5450
RIN: 2060-AH35
3393. « NESHAP FOR ORGANIC
LIQUID DISTRIBUTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This project is to develop
national emission standards for
hazardous air pollutants by establishing
maximum achievable control
technology (MACT) for facilities
distributing organic liquids. MACT
standards are under development to
reduce the release of hazardous air
pollutants (HAP) from all industries to
protect the public health and
environment. The EPA has not
determined the scope of this project.
However it should include, but is not
limited to, those activities associated
with the storage and distribution of
organic liquids other than gasoline, at
sites that serve as distribution points
from which organic liquids may be
obtained for further use and processing.
The EPA has tentatively scheduled this
project to begin in June 1997. The
initial stage of this project is to gather
preliminary information on the
industry to establish presumptive
MACT in 1998. That work will be
Date FR Cite Additional Information: SAN No. 3971.
Agency Contact: Stephen A. Shedd,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5397
Fax: 919 541-0246
RIN: 2060-AH41
3394. • NESHAP FOR FLEXIBLE
POLYURETHANE FOAM
FABRICATION OPERATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 41 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 (Revision)
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA)
requires development of emission
standards for sources emitting any of
the hazardous air pollutants HAP listed
in section 112(b) of the CAA. Flexible
Polyurethane Foam Fabrication
Operations is listed as a category of
major sources based on documented
emissions of the following HAP:
methylene chloride, trichlorethane,
hydrogen cyanide, and hydrogen
chloride. This source category covers
emissions from various polyurethane
foam bonding operations, including
foam gluing and flame lamination. This
action will explore alternative for
reducing HAP emissions from the
following emission sources located at
foam fabrication plants: process vents,
raw material storage and transfer
operations, and equipment leaks.
Ultimately, a NESHAP for this source
category will be developed based on
Maximum Achievable Control
Technology. The NESHAP is required
by statute to be promulgated by
November 2000.
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Long-Term Actions
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/98
Final 09/00/99
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 306 Fabricated
Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere
Classified; 308 Miscellaneous Plastics
Products
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3973.
Agency Contact: David Svendsgaard,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phono: 919 541-2380
Fax: 919 541-3470
R1N: 2060-AH42
3395. • NESHAP FOR GROUP I
POLYMERS AND RESINS AND GROUP
IV POLYMERS AND RESINS AND
GROUP IV POLYMERS AND RESINS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.480 to 506
(Revision); 40 CFR 63.1310 to 1335
(Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: During the development of
the National Emission Standard for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for
elastomers (Group I Polymers and
rosins) and thermoplastics (Group IV
polymers and resins) (RINs 2060-AD56
and 2060-AE37), many of the
provisions contained in the Hazardous
Organic NESHAP (HON) were
referenced directly by these polymers
and resins regulations due to
similarities in processes, emission
characteristics, and control
technologies. On August 26,1996 the
EPA proposed changes to the HON to
remove ambiguity, to clearly convey
EPA intent, and to make the rule easier
to understand and implement in
response to industry petitions. It is
necessary to make parallel changes to
the polymers and resins NESHAP
otherwise inconsistencies will exist for
NESHAP regulating similar source
categories. The ANPR, which was
published in the Federal Register on
11/25/96 (61 FR 59849), will be
followed by proposal and promulgation
of the changes. There are no impacts
anticipated for small businesses or
State/local/tribal governments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
11/25/96 61 FR 59849
00/00/00
00/00/00
ANPRM
NPRM
Final
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 282 Plastics
Materials and Synthetic Resins,
Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Other
Manmade Fibers, Except Glass
Additional Information: SAN No. 3939.
Agency Contact: Robert E. Rosentsteel,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
• Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5608
Fax: 919 541-3470
RIN: 2060-AH47
3396. NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS AND EMISSION
GUIDELINES FOR OTHER SOLID
WASTE INCINERATORS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
12/28/94 59 FR 66850
12/00/99
11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: George Smith
Phone: 919 541-1549
Fax: 919 541-0072
RIN: 2060-AG31
3397. METAL FURNITURE COATINGS
INTEGRATED REGULATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 59
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/00/99
11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Agency Contact: Dr. Mohamed
Serageldin
Phone: 919 541-2379
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email:
serageldin.mohamed@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG55
3398. FLATWOOD PANELING
(SURFACE COATING) INTEGRATED
RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: None
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected; None
Agency Contact: Paul Almodovar
Phone: 919-541-0283
Fax: 919-541-5689
RIN: 2060-AH02
3399. SURFACE COATING OF
MISCELLANEOUS METAL PARTS AND
PRODUCTS—INTEGRATED
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 59
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Agency Contact: Bruce Moore
Phone: 919 541-5460
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: moore.bruce@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG56
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3400. PLASTIC PARTS COATING
INTEGRATED RULE FOR VOLATILE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC) AND
HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
(HAPS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59; 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Agency Contact: Ellen Ducey
Phone: 919 541-5408
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: ducey.ellen@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG57
3401. INTEGRATED RULE FOR
PAPER, AND OTHER WEB COATING
AND COATINGS: MACT FOR NESHAP;
AND BAG FOR NATIONAL VOC RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 59
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Daniel Brown
Phone: 919 541-5303
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: brown.dan@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG58
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Completed Actions
3402. 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.160 to 51.166;
40 CFR 52.24; 40 CFR 52.10
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-Action 03/10/97
Merged With RIN
2060-AE11
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Mike Sewell
Phone: 919 541-0873
RIN: 2060-AD13
3403. ACID RAIN OPT-IN
REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 74
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - The 02/27/97
Agency Plans No
Further Action.
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Local
Agency Contact: Robert Miller
Phone: 202 233-9077
RIN: 2060-AD43
3404. CONSOLIDATED EMISSION
REPORTING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - No further 03/10/97
action planned.
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: David Misenheimer
Phone: 919 541-5473
RIN: 2060-AE32
3405. NESHAPS PERTAINING TO
FACILITIES OTHER THAN
COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER
REACTORS LICENSED BY THE
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION (NRC) OR BY NRC
AGREEMENT STATES
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 61 subpart I
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 12/30/96 61 FR 68971
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Gale Bonanno
Phone: 292 233-9219
RIN: 2060-AE39
3406. NESHAP FOR
PERCHLOROETHYLENE DRY
CLEANING FACILITIES:
AMENDMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 subpart M
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 09/19/96 61 FR 49263
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: George Smith
Phone: 919 541-1549
RIN: 2060-AF90
3407. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
RECONSIDERATION OF BAN ON FIRE
EXTINGUISHERS CONTAINING HCFCS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 subpart C
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 12/04/96 61 FR 47012
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Cindy Newberg
Phone: 202 233-9729
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Completed Actions
Fax: 202 233-9577
RIN: 2060-AG19
3408. REVISION TO DEFINITION OF
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -
EXCLUSION OF HFC 4310ME AND
HCFC 225CA AND CB
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 51.100(s)
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Acton 10/08/96 61 FR 52848
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William Johnson
Phono: 919 541-5245
Fax: 919 541-0824
RIN: 2060-AG24
3409. ACID RAIN PROGRAM: SO2
ALLOWANCE AUCTION AND
ELECTRONIC ALLOWANCE
TRANSFER
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 GFR 73
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - The 03/06/97
Agency Doesn't
Pten Any Further
Action.
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Linda Critchfield
Phone: 202 233-9087
Fax: 202 233-9585
RIN: 2060-AG75
3410. NAAQS: NITROGEN DIOXIDE
(REVIEW)
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50.ll
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 10/08/96 61 FR 52852
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: John Haines
Phono: 919 541-5533
RIN: 2060-AC06
3411. NSPS FOR SULFUR DIOXIDE
(SO2) - REVISION
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-The 03/05/97
Agency Does Not
Plan Any Further
Action.
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jim Eddinger
Phone: 919 541-5426
RIN: 2060-AD04
3412. GUIDANCE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION
112(G)—MODIFICATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
12/27/96 61 FR 68384
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Gerri Pomerantz
Phone: 919 541-2317
RIN: 2060-AD06
3413. NESHAP: NYLON 6
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-The
Agency Plans No
Further Action.
03/10/97
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Mark Morris
Phone: 919 541-5416
RIN: 2060-AF27
3414. REGULATIONS GOVERNING
AWARDS UNDER SECTION 113(F) OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Transfer Development 04/11/97
toRIN2020-AA32
RIN: 2060-AD81
3415. FIELD CITATION PROGRAM
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Transfer Development 04/11/97
to RIN 2020-AA33
RIN: 2060-AD82
3416. REGIONAL HAZE PROTECTION
RULE
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.300 to 51.306
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-The 03/06/97
Agency
incorporated this
rule into RIN 2060-
AF34.
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Bruce Polkowsky
Phone: 919 541-5532
RIN: 2060-AF32
3417. CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
GUIDELINES (CTG)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: Not applicable
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn- 03/05/97
Information also
appears in 2060-
AG59.
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Susan Wyatt
Phone: 919 541-5674
RIN: 2060-AD05
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3418. REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL
TEST PROCEDURE FOR EMISSIONS
FROM MOTOR VEHICLES AND
MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 10/22/96 61 FR 54852
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John German
Phone: 313 668-4214
RIN: 2060-AE27
3419. FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES
WAIVER APPLICATION CRITERIA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-The 02/27/97
Agency No Longer
Plans To Develop
This Action.
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Sopata
Phone: 202 233-9034
RIN: 2060-AE68
3420. REGULATIONS GOVERNING
PRIOR NOTICE OF CITIZEN SUITS
BROUGHT UNDER SECTION 304 OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Transfer Development 04/11/97
to RIN 2020-AA31
RIN: 2060-AD80
3421. ACID RAIN NITROGEN OXIDES
CONTROL REGULATION
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 76
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 12/19/96 61 FR 67112
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Local
Agency Contact: Larry Kertcher
Phone: 202 233-9180
RIN: 2060-AD45
3422. ACID RAIN PHASE II NITROGEN
OXIDES REDUCTION PROGRAM
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 76 (Revision)
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 12/19/96 61 FR 67112
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Peter Tsirigotis
Phone: 202 233-9133
Fax: 202 233-9595
RIN: 2060-AF48
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Super-fund (CERCLA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3423. STREAMLINING THE
PREAUTHORIZATION MIXED
FUNDING FOR APPLICATION AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF CLAIMS
AGAINST SUPERFUND
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 9601
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 307
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Current regulations at 40 CFR
part 307 provide for the
preauthorization of claims against the -
Superfund in instances where the
Agency makes a determination that
mixed funding is appropriate. This
process has been labeled by many
stakeholders as overly burdensome. The
Agency has reviewed the current
process in order to identify areas in
which burdens may be lessened and
requirements may be streamlined. As a
result, the Agency proposes to amend
the current regulation to: streamline the
application process by eliminating
duplicative information requirements;
minimize the requirements related to
management, oversight, and reporting
of the cleanup, by removing the
requirement to be guided by the
Federal Acquisition Requirements, and
replacing the requirement of maximum
free and open competition with a
bright-line standard; allow claimants to
provide independent certification of
claims and supporting documentation;
streamline the actual payment process
by taking advantage of the electronic
funds transfer process; ensure that cost
recovery concerns are addressed by
requiring claimants, within a settlement
document, to reimburse the Fund for
costs not recovered (only in the event
cost recovery is initiated), due to
claimants' failure to provide adequate
documentary support or upon a
determination that response costs
expended (and claimed) were not
reasonable or not incurred consistent
with the NCP; and ensure proper
accounting by requiring offsets for
funds owed to the Agency by
claimants.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3885.
Agency Contact: Setii Bruckner,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5204G), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703-603-8766
Fax: 703-603-9100
Email: Bruckner.Seth@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2050-AE38
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3424. • MODIFICATION OF THE
EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCE (EHS) LIST
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
tho CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 11002; 42
USC 11004; 42 USC 11048
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 355 app A and
B
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA has received a petition
to remove Phosmet from the extremely
hazardous substance (EHS) list under
tho Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act
(EPCRA). This rulemaking will address
tho petitioner's claims.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM12/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3994.
Agency Contact: John Ferris,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
SE., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4043
Fax: 202 260-0927
RIN: 2050-AE42
3425. GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE RULE REFORM - 40 CFR
PART 35 SUBPART M
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
9617(e)/CERCLA 117
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 35
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed revisions to the
Technical Assistance Grants (TAG)
Rule contain three main components
that will simplify the application and
administrative processes. The first
component to the TAG Rule would
eliminate the requirement that budget
periods may not exceed 3 years. Budget
periods would be negotiated with TAG
applicants so that they have flexibility
to synchronize the period of time
during which the recipient anticipates
having a technical advisor involved
with the schedule of work at a site.
A second component would eliminate
the 20 percent ceiling for
administrative costs of a grant so that
recipients do not need to differentiate
between programmatic and !
administrative cost. This will reduce
information collection burden. A third
component to the TAG Rule is the
elimination of the distinction between
sole and multiple applicants, since both
must meet identical criteria. The
requirement that the applicant
demonstrate that there is an actual or
potential health threat posed to group
members by the site would also be
deleted since EPA believes that there
is a potential health threat at all
Superfund sites. EPA also believes that
all Superfund sites pose potential
economic and recreational threats to
adjacent communities, and that there is
no need for the applicant to provide
evidence of those threats. Furthermore,
EPA may already have sufficient
information from various sources
concerning the potential health,
economic, and recreational threats
posed by Superfund sites.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3806.
Agency Contact: Lois Gartner,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5204G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8889
RIN: 2050-AE33
3426. REPORTABLE QUANTITY
ADJUSTMENTS FOR CARBAMATES
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 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
pound statutory reportable quantity
(RQ) unless EPA adjusts them. These
substances also become subject to
reporting requirements under the
Emergency Planning and Community
Right to Know Act (EPCRA) with a one
pound threshold. EPA, in this action,
will propose RQ adjustments for the
carbamates. Most RQ adjustments are
expected to be greater than one pound.
Raising the RQs for these substances
would decrease the burden on 1) the
regulated community for complying
with the reporting requirements under
CERCLA and EPCRA; 2) Federal, State,
and local authorities for program
implementation; and 3) Federal, State,
or local authorities, if they release
hazardous substances at lie RQ level
or greater.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3423.
Agency Contact: Frank Awisato,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5202G), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8949
RIN: 2050-AE12
3427. NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST
FOR UNCONTROLLED HAZARDOUS
WASTE SITES: PROPOSED AND
FINAL RULES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9605/CERCLA
105
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 300.425
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action proposes to revise
the sites included on the National
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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
NPRM Proposal 17
Final Action Final 13
NPRM Proposal 18
Final Action Final 14
Final Action (Southern
Shipbuilding)
Final 15
NPRM Proposal 19
NPRM Proposal 20
Final 16
NPRM Proposal 21
Final 17
NPRM Proposal 22
Final 18
08/23/94 59 FR 43314
12/16/94 59 FR 65206
02/13/95 60 FR 8212
04/25/95 60 FR 20330
05/26/95 60 FR 27896
09/29/95
10/02/95
06/17/96
06/17/96
12/23/96
12/23/96
04/00/97
04/00/97
60 FR 50435
60 FR 51390
61 FR 30575
61 FR 30510
61 FR 67678
61 FR 67656
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3439.
Agency Contact: Terry Keidan,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5204G), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8852
RIN: 2050-AD75
3428. 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
Abstract: This proposal is intended to
modify the regulations addressing the
chemical inventory reporting forms
under Section 312 of the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-
Know Act, as well as other regulatory
modifications under the law.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
09/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined Legal Deadline: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3215.
Agency Contact: John Ferris,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5101), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4043
RIN: 2050-AE17
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Superfund (CERCLA)
Final Rule Stage
3429. e MODIFICATION OF
THRESHOLD PLANNING QUANTITY
FOR ISOPHORONE DIISOCYANATE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 11002; 42
USC 11004; 42 USC 11048
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 355 app A and
B
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On October 12, 1994 (59 FR
51816), EPA proposed to modify the
listing of several chemicals on the
extremely hazardous substances (EHS)
list under the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act. One
petitioner requested the removal of
isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI). EPA
rejected the petitioner's request.
However, in the review of the petition,
EPA noticed that there was an error in
the setting of the threshold planning
quantity (TPQJ for IPDI, and proposed
to correct the error in the October 12,
1994 notice of proposed rulemaking.
The other modifications to the EHS list
were made final on May 7, 1996;
however, the TPQ for IPDI was not
included in that final rule. This rule
will finalize the TPQ for IPDI.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3993.
Agency Contact: John Ferris,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
SE., Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4043
Fax: 202 260-0927
RIN: 2050-AE43
3430. LIST OF REGULATED
SUBSTANCES AND THRESHOLDS
FOR ACCIDENTAL RELEASE
PREVENTION
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 7412(r); 42
USC 7601
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 68
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing
several modifications to provisions of
the rule listing regulated substances
and threshold quantities under section
112(r) of the Clean Air act as Amended.
EPA is proposing to delete the category
of explosives listed by DOT as Division
1.1 from the list of regulated
substances. Flammable substances in
gasoline used as fuel and in naturally
occurring hydrocarbon mixtures prior
to initial processing are proposed for
exemption under the threshold quantity
determinations. Modifications to the
definition of stationary source are
proposed to clarify the exemption of
transportation and storage incident to
transportation and to clarify that
naturally occurring hydrocarbon
reservoirs are not stationary sources or
parts of stationary sources. EPA
proposes to clarify that 40 CFR part 68
does not apply to facilities located on
the Outer Continental Shelf. EPA
believes these changes will better focus
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on tho high hazard/high risk substances
and operations covered under the Risk
Management Program rule for
accidental release prevention. These
changes will reduce the number of
stationary sources subject to the
requirements of the risk management
program rule and decrease the burden
on tho regulated community.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/15/96 61 FR 16598
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3787.
Agency Contact: Vanessa Rodriguez,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5101), Washington, DC 20460
Phono: 202 260-7913
Fax: 202 260-0927
BIN: 2050-AE35
3431. REVISION OF THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT REIMBURSEMENT
REGULATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulomaking 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 9600
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 310
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Local governments play an
important role in protecting human
health and the environment. Local
governments are usually the first
government representatives on the
scene of an environmental emergency
response action. They play a critical
role in carrying out temporary
emergency measures to prevent or
mitigate releases or threatened releases
of hazardous substances. Conducting
such measures has placed a significant
financial burden on local governments.
EPA is charged with alleviating that
burden by reimbursing governments for
certain emergency response activities.
Tho rules for reimbursement were
originally set forth by the Agency in
January of 1993. This rulemaking will
revise those rules by: 1) eliminating
several requirements that may broaden
the number of eligible local
governments and Indian Tribes; 2}
streamlining the application process;
and 3} reducing the burden on eligible
local governments and Indian Tribes.
There are a number of requirements
that may change with this rulemaking;
for example, EPA intends to eliminate
the requirement that the local
government contact the Agency within
24 hours. EPA will reduce the reporting
burden on applicants by requesting that
they certify in many cases rather tibian
provide detailed documentation of
compliance with the program
requirements. The anticipated impact of
this action is to provide a greater
number of local governments and
Indian Tribes with easier access to
Federal funding, thereby improving
then- ability to protect human health
and the environment.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Local,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3884.
Agency Contact: Lisa Boynton,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5204G), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-9052
Fax: 703 603-9012
RIN: 2050-AE36
3432. 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
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 dian 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 adequate
notice and opportunity to comment.
The Agency subsequently provided the
opportunity for public notice and
comment on these exemptions. Based
on those comments, the Agency sought
further comments on the possibility of
broadening the exemptions. Depending
upon the Agency's analysis of
comments received, it could in a final
rule reaffirm and/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 dareat 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 05/00/97
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
Additional Information: SAN No. 3054.
Agency Contact: Lynn Beasley,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
(5204G), Washington, DC 20460
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Phone: 703 603-9086
RIN: 2050-AD46
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Superfund (CERCLA)
Long-Term Actions
3433. 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: Lynn Beasley
Phone: 703 603-9086
RIN: 2050-AB82
3434. 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 26l.33(f); 40 CFR
261; 40 CFR 302.4
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Wanda L. Levine
Phone: 703 308-0458
RIN: 2050-AD45
3435. REPORTABLE QUANTITY
ADJUSTMENT FOR RADON-222
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 302
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Lynn Beasley
Phone: 703 603-9086
RIN: 2050-AE20
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
Proposed Rule Stage
3436. GUIDELINES FOR
NEUROTOXICITY RISK ASSESSMENT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Not applicable
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
Proposed Guidelines 10/04/96 61 FR 52032
Final Guidelines 08/00/97
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,
(8103), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6743
RIN: 2080-AA08
3437. INCORPORATION OF CLASS
DEVIATION INTO EPAAR
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1506; 48 CFR
1537; 48 CFR1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Agency has approved a
number of class deviations (e.g. changes
to reporting requirements and monthly
progress reports) to the EPAAR since
its promulgation in April 1994. This
proposed rule would incorporate most
of the class deviations to the EPAAR.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/97
07/00/97
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.
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EPA—GENERAL
Additional Information: SAN No. 3580.
Agency Contact: Edward Chambers,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, 3802F, Washington, DC •
20460
Phono: 202 260-6028
RIN: 2030-AA37
3438. EPA MENTOR-PROTEGE
PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/97
Final Action 04/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-
rclatcd action for which there is no
Statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3629.
Agency Contact: Edward Chambers,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, 3802F, Washington, DC
20460
Phono: 202 260-6028
RIN: 2030-AA40
3439. INCREMENTALLY FUNDING
FIXED PRICE CONTRACTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect the private sector under
PL 104-4.
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486 (c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1532
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed rule will add
subpart 1532.7, Contract Funding, to
the Environmental Protection Agency's
Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR). It also
will revise Part 1552 of the EPAAR to
include a clause for incrementally
funding fixed price contracts.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/97
07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3876.
Agency Contact: Frances Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 260 260-9948
Fax: 202 260-1203
RIN: 2030-AA50
3440. REVISION OF EPA ACQUISITION
REGULATIONS FOR QUALITY
SYSTEMS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROGRAMS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1546.2
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is updating the quality
assurance requirements in its
Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR). The
Agency relies on environmental
measurement data in many of its
activities, including regulatory
development, the application of
regulations (e.g., permitting,
enforcement actions), and research
programs. The Agency must be ensured
that the data are of appropriate type
and quality to support the proposed use
(that data meet the needs for rule-
making, enforcement action, etc.) The
extramural community has been using
the existing EPAAR QA requirements
since 1984 and recognizes the need to
update these requirements to reflect the
current understanding of quality
systems.
Timetable:
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. The agency has
not yet determined whether there is a
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3874.
Agency Contact: Linda Avellar,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, (3802F), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202-260-6800
Fax: 202-260-1203
RIN: 2030-AA51
3441. * UPDATE PROCEDURES FOR
MAKING PROFIT/FEE
DETERMINATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect State, local or tribal governments
and the private sector.
Legal Authority: Sec 205(c) 63 Stat.
390; as amended; 40 USC
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1558
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will revise elements
of EPA's structured approach for
contracting officer profit/fee
determinations. Such determinations
apply to certain EPA contracting
actions.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/97
09/00/97
NPRM 04/00/97
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. 3879.
Agency Contact: Larry Wyborski,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, (3802F), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-6482
Fax: 202 260-1203
RIN: 2030-AA53
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EPA—GENERAL
Proposed Rule Stage
3442. AGENCY IMPLEMENTATION OF
FEDERAL ACQUISITION
STREAMLINING ACT (FASA)
CHANGES TO TRUTH IN
NEGOTIATIONS ACT (TINA)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 40 USC 390/EPAAR
205
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1523
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Federal Acquisition
Streamlining Act (FASA), P.L. 103-355,
changed the nature of contract pricing
information that contractors must
submit in their proposals. Specifically,
the term cost or pricing information is
being introduced and differentiated
from the current requirements for cost
or pricing data. This action will amend
EPA's acquisition rules and provide
guidance for contractors.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/00/97
10/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
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. 3816.
Agency Contact: Larry Wyborski,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, (3802F), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-6482
Fax: 202 260-1203
RIN: 2030-AA47
3443. VALUE ENGINEERING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)/EPAAR
205(c); 63 Stat.390 as amended
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1548; 48 CFR
1552
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory, February 10, 1997.
Final, Statutory, March 10, 1997.
Abstract: This rulemaking will add
coverage in the EPA Acquisition
Regulation on policy for using value
engineering technique in Agency
contracts, as required by the Federal
Acquisition Streamlining Act.
NPRM 04/00/97
Final Action 07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
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. 3854.
Agency Contact: Paul Schaffer,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, (3802F), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-9032
Fax: 202 260-1203
RIN: 2030-AA49
3444. AMENDMENTS TO PART 22
CONSOLIDATED PROCEDURAL
RULES
Priority: Info./Admin./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
6912; 42 USC 7413(d)(l); 42 USC 7601;
42 USC 7607(a); 42 USC 9609; 42 USC
11045; 42 USC 300g-3(b)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 22
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Agency is proposing
amendments to the Consolidated Rules
of Practice under 40 CFR part 22 which
are die 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 die
handling and use of Confidential
Business Information, burdens of proof,
motion practice, cross appeals, and
more.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/97 '
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, (2201A), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-2626
RIN: 2020-AA13
3445. IMPLEMENTATION OF
CHANGES TO 40 CFR PART 32 AS A
RESULT OF THE FEDERAL
ACQUISITION STREAMLINING ACT
(FASA)
Priority: Info./Admin./Odier
Legal Authority: EO 12549; EO 12689;
FASA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 32
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Periodically OMB amends the
Government-wide Common Rule for
suspension and debarment of
contractors and assistance participants
who threaten the integrity of Federal
programs because of criminal
misconduct or poor performance. All
agencies must issue changes to their
individual codified versions to conform
to the Common Rule. Recently, the
Interagency Suspension and Debarment
Coordinating Committee prepared
recommendations for comprehensive
changes to the Common Rule to
conform to changes made in the
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
as a result of the Federal Acquisition
Streamlining Act (FASA). In addition,
several other proposals to improve or
change die rule were recommended by
various agencies. In December, 1996,
OMB declined to implement the
changes at diis time due to differences
with some agencies about some changes
unrelated to those occasioned by FASA.
Among other things, FASA replaced die
small purchase threshold ($25,000)
with the simplified acquisition amount
($100,000). That change unintentionally
exposed certain EPA programs to
participation by contractors who may
have been debarred for serious
misconduct already. OMB has agreed to
permit agencies to amend the coverage
section of their individual agency rules
to reduce or eliminate exposure to
suspended or debarred persons.
EPA intends to issue a notice of
proposed rulemaking to amend 40 CFR
32.110 to reduce EPA exposure to such
consequences.
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EPA—GENERAL
Proposed Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/97
Final Action 09/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-
rolatcd action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3817.
Agency Contact: Robert F. Meunier,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, (3901F), Washington, DC
20460
Phono: 202 260-8030
Fax: 202 260-9575
BIN: 2030-AA48
3446. CONSOLIDATION OF GOOD
LABORATORY PRACTICE
STANDARDS (GLPS) REGULATIONS
CURRENTLY UNDER TSCA AND
FiFRA INTO ONE RULE
Priority: Infb./Admin./Other
Reinventing Government: This
rulomaking 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; 15
USC 2601 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 160; 40 CFR 792
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On November 29,1983, EPA
published Good Laboratory Practice
Standards (GLPS) regulations intended
to help ensure data integrity for studies
required to support marketing and
research permits under the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) and the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA). These rules were
last amended on August 17,1989.
GLPS data integrity measures can be
applied to a wide variety of scientific
studies. Although the TSCA and FIFRA
GLPS contain identical provisions they
were published as separate rules to
account for statutory and program
differences between TSCA and FIFRA,
such as differences in records retention
requirements. EPA believes it will be
able to address the differences between
TSCA and FIFRA, such as differences
in records retention requirements. EPA
believes it will be able to address the
differences of those programs without
duplicating the entire GLP standard in
two places.
This action is intended to consolidate
EPA's GLPS into one rule. Program-
specific requirements will be addressed
in either separate sections of the
consolidated rule, or in separate rules
as is determined appropriate. This
action is not intended to change the
requirements, applicability, or
enforceability of GLPS with respect to
any statute.
EPA has received comments from
stakeholders regarding the
understandability of many aspects of
the GLPS, and over the years has issued
numerous clarifications. EPA believes
that some clarifications, if included
directly in the rule, would make the
rule easier to understand and enhance
compliance. Therefore, EPA intends to
include such clarifications where
appropriate in this rulemaking. Finally,
in the interest of maintaining
consistency between EPA's and Food
and Drug Administration's regulations,
EPA will determine any modifications
that have occurred to the FDA GLP rule
and consider incorporation of such
changes into the EPA rule. This action
will serve to reduce the total regulatory
text in the Code of Federal Regulations
by an estimated ten pages, by
consolidating 23 pages of text to
approximately 13. In the process it will
provide a generic GLP rule that may
be used by other programs in the
Agency.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/97
Final Action 01/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3807.
Agency Contact: David Stangel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, (2225A), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4162
Fax: 202 564-0028
RIN: 2020-AA26
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
Final Rule Stage
3447. PROPOSED GUIDELINES FOR
ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: Not applicable
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Guidelines for Ecological
Risk Assessment are intended to guide
Agoncy evaluations of ecological risks
in line with the policies and
procedures established in the statutes
administered by EPA. These Guidelines
sot 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
Framework 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
Proposed Guidelines 09/09/96 61 FR 47552
Final Guidelines 08/00/97
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,
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EPA—GENERAL
Final Rule Stage
Risk Assessment Forum (8101),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6743
RIN: 2080-AA07
3448. FIELD CITATION PROGRAM
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC
7413(d)/CAAA 113(d)
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
Procedure Act (APA), but nevertheless
must provide due process. Agency
guidance providing appropriate
penalties for specific minor violations
will be prepared for EPA employees
and made available to the regulated
community. Training on the issuance
of field citations will also be
developed. < •
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/03/94 59 FR 22776
Final Action 06/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2937.
Agency Contact: Gary Secrest,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, OECA (2242-A),
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8661
RIN: 2020-AA32
3449. 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 USG 6901 et seq; 42
USC 7401 et seq; 42 USC 9601 et seq;
42 USC 11001 et seq; 15 USC 2601 et
seq; 42 USC 4912; 33 USC 1414; 21
USC 346; 15 USC 2005
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 2; 40 CFR 57;
40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 145;
40 CFR 233; 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 270;
40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 281; 40 CFR 350;
40 CFR 403; 40 CFR 85; 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA regulations at 40 CFR
part 2, subpart B, provide procedures
for handling and disclosing information
claimed as CBI. Although these
regulations have succeeded in
protecting business information,
changes in Agency workload, practice,
and statutory authority have
outstripped the ability of these
regulations to cut down on unnecessary
procedures, expedite activities
involving confidential business
information, and simplify the
regulations. In addition, EPA would
consolidate confidentiality provisions
from other parts of 40 CFR.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/23/94 59 FR 60446
06/00/97
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
3450. 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.
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/05/93 58 FR 26856
Final Action 12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3432.
Agency Contact: David Stangel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, (2225-A), Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4162
RIN: 2020-AA33
3451. • ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ASSESSMENT OF
NONGOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN
ANTARCTICA
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 2401 et seq;
PL 104-227
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, October 2, 1998, Final
Rule.
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to develop regulations for: (1) the
environmental impact assessment of
nongovernmental activities, including
tourism, for which the United States is
required to give advance notice under
paragraph 5 of Article VII of the
Antarctic Treaty; and (2) coordination
of the review of information regarding
environmental impact assessment
received from other Parties under the
Protocol on Environmental Protection.
The Office of Federal Activities
(OECA/OFA) will use the decision-
making process of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to
analyze the environmental setting; the
types of nongovernmental activities,
including tourism, to be addressed by
the regulations; their potential for
impact; and the alternatives available
under rulemaking for environmental
impact assessments for
nongovernmental activities. An interim
final rule to be immediately effective
will extend through the 1999 austral
winter and will be replaced by a final
rule. These rules are being developed
in coordination with other federal
agencies with specific interests in and
expertise with Antarctica including the
Department of State, National Science
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EPA—GENERAL
Final Rule Stage
Foundation, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Coast Guard, Marine Mammal
Commission, Department of Justice, and
the Council on Environmental Quality.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule
Final
04/00/97
07/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3933.
Agency Contact: Joe Montgomery,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, 2252A, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-7157
Fax: 202 564-0072
Email:
montgomery.joseph@epamail.epa.gov
Katherine Biggs, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of
Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance
Phone: 202 564-7144
Fax: 202 564-0072
Email: higgs.katherine@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2020-AA34
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Genera!
Long-Term Actions
3452. GUIDELINES FOR CARCINOGEN
RISK ASSESSMENT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR Citation: None
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Roproposed 04/23/96 61 FR 17960
Guidelines
Implomoniatfon Policy 06/25/96 61 FR 32799
Final Guidelines 12/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William P. Wood
Phono: 202 260-6743
RIN: 2080-AA06
3453. REGULATIONS GOVERNING
AWARDS UNDER SECTION 113(F) OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 65
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/03/94 59 FR 22795
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Gary Secrest
Phone: 202 564-8661
RIN: 2020-AA31
3454. REGULATIONS GOVERNING
PRIOR NOTICE OF CITIZEN SUITS
BROUGHT UNDER SECTION 304 OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 54
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/10/93 58 FR 7870
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
i
Agency Contact: Rhonda Maddox
Phone: 202 564-7026
RIN: 2020-AA30
3455. POLICY OR PROCEDURES FOR
NOTIFICATION TO THE AGENCY OF
STORED PESTICIDES WITH
CANCELLED OR SUSPENDED
REGISTRATION
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 168
Timetable:
Action
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Final Action 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Steve Howie
Phone: 703 308-8383
Email: Howie.Steve
RIN: 2020-AA28
3457. e SAFE DRINKING WATER
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
PROGRAM: CITIZEN COLLECTION
ACTION; NOTICE OF COMPLAINT
SEEKING REVIEW OF PENALTY
ORDER
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: SDWA Sec 1447;
SDWA Sec 1449
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 135
Date FR Cite Legal Deadline: None
NPRM
Final Action
03/28/91 56 FR 13042
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: David Stangel
Phone: 202 569-4162
RIN: 2020-AA29
3456. FIFRA BOOKS AND RECORDS
OF PESTICIDE PRODUCTION AND
DISTRIBUTION (REVISION)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 169
Abstract: The 1996 SDWA modified
section 1449 by authorizing how and
when persons may sue federal agencies
to collect outstanding penalties
assessed by EPA. In addition, Section
1447 was modified to authorize
interested persons to obtain review of
administrative penalty orders by filing
complaints with a U.S. District Court
within the thirty day period beginning
on the date the penalty order becomes
final. The proposed rule will govern the
manner in which both amendments are
implemented.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
00/00/00
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22423
EPA—GENERAL
Long-Term Actions
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3936.
Agency Contact: David Drelich,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, 2243-A, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-2949
RIN: 2020-AA35
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
Completed Actions
3458. FINAL GUIDELINES FOR
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY RISK
ASSESSMENT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR Citation: None
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Guidelines for 10/31/96 61 FR 56274
Males and Females
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William P. Wood
Phone: 202 260-6743
RIN: 2080-AA05
3459. • CREDIBLE EVIDENCE
REVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 41 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 52;
40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 61
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, February 13, 1997.
Abstract: This final rule eliminates
ambiguity as to the type of information
that can be used to determine whether
a facility is in compliance with the
Clean Air Act (CAA). The "credible
evidence" rule clarifies EPA's existing
authority under the CAA by allowing
any "credible" data, such as continuous
emissions monitoring data, parametric
data, engineering analyses, witness
testimony or other information, to be
used as evidence to determine whether
a facility is violating emission
standards. The rule does not alter
current emission standards, create any
new monitoring or reporting
requirements, or change the compliance
obligations for industry. Previously, the
Agency usually used reference test
methods—specific procedures for
measuring emissions from facility
stacks — to determine compliance. The
rule makes it explicit that regulated
sources, EPA, states and citizens all can
use non-reference test data to certify
compliance or allege non-compliance
with CAA permits, provided that the
information is comparable with
information generated by those
reference tests.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Rule 02/24/97 62 FR 8314
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3934.
Agency Contact: Gregory Jaffe,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, 2242A, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-2260
Jonathan Fleuchaus, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of
Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance
Phone: 202 564-5083
RIN: 2020-AA27
3460. COMPREHENSIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE
COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT
(CERCLA) COST RECOVERY
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 308
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-Intend to 03/10/97
use admin, reforms
to accomplish this
action
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Agency Contact: Chad Littleton
Phone: 703 603-9068
RIN: 2020-AA25
3461. RULES OF PRACTICE FOR
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS NOT
GOVERNED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCEDURE ACT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 22
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-Merged 03/10/97
lntoRIN2020-AA13
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Robert Kinney
Phone: 202 564-3712
RiN: 2020-AA23
3462. NOTICE TO CLARIFY EXISTING
CONFLICT OF INTEREST COVERAGE
REGARDING POLICY/RESPONSE
ACTION CONTRACTOR EXCLUSIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1552
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 02/05/97 62 FR 5347
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Agency Contact: Louise Senzel
Phone: 202 260-6204
Fax: 202 260-1203
RIN: 2030-AA52
3463. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
TO THE EPAAR FROM THE FEDERAL
ACQUISITION STREAMLINING ACT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1523
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EPA—GENERAL
Completed Actions
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 11/06/96 61 FR 57336
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
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: Larry Wyborski
Phono: 202 260-6482
Fax: 202 260-1203
RIN: 2030-AA46
3464. RFRA BOOKS AND RECORDS
OF PESTICIDE PRODUCTION AND
DISTRIBUTION (REVISION)
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Transfer Development 04/11/97
toRIN2020-AA2S
RIN: 2070-AC07
3465. PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT AND
DISPOSAL
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Transfer Development 04/11/97
toRIN2020-AA30
RIN: 2070-AC81
3466. AMEND SUBPART H
SUPPLEMENTAL RULES TO ENSURE
40 CFR PART 22 RULE CONFORMS
TO THE NEW FEDERAL FACILITY
COMPLIANCE ACT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 22.37(g)
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 03/18/96 61 FR 11090
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sally Dalzell
Phone: 202 260-9808
RIN: 2020-AA22
3467. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING
PROCEDURES FOR CLASS II
PENALTIES UNDER CERCLA AND
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 22
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - Merged 03/10/97
lntoRIN2020-AA13
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Sandra Connors
Phone: 202 564-4200
RIN: 2050-AC39
[FR Doc. 97-8288 Filed 04-24-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-F
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY INDEX TO ENTRIES THAT MAY AFFECT
SMALL ENTITIES
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601) requires that agencies publish regulatory agendas 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 Unified Agenda.
The following index lists the regulatory actions that agencies believe may have effects on small businesses,
small governmental jurisdictions, or small organizations. The Sequence Number (Seq. No.) of the entry identi-
fies the location" of the entry in this edition of the Agenda. For further information, see the Regulatory
Information Service Center's Introduction to the Unified Agenda in Part II of this issue.
Small Businesses
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3022
3023
3024
3025
3026
3027
3028
3029
3031
3032
3033
3034
3037
3040
3041
3042
3043
3044
3045
3046
3048
3052
3053
3054
3056
3058
3059
Title
EPA
Worker Protection Standards; Pesticide
Hazard Communication,
Antimicrobial Pesticide Registration Re-
form
Pesticide Data Requirements for Registra-
tion (Revision)
Modifications to Pesticide Worker Protec-
tion Standard
Pesticides, Self-Certification
Cross-Contamination of Pesticide Prod-
ucts
Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides
Under FIFRA and FFDCA
Pesticide Flammability Labeling Require-
ments for Total Release Foggers
Pesticides and Groundwater State Man-
agement Plan Regulation
Reporting Requirements for Risk/Benefit
Information (Revision)
Scope and Clarification of the WPS Ex-
ceptions Process
Pesticide Export Policy
Endangered Species Protection Program
Pesticide Labeling Claims
Exceptions to Pesticide Worker Protection
Standard
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Child-Resistant Packaging Regulations
(Revision)
Antimicrobial Pesticide Registration Re-
form
Pesticide Tolerance Decisions Under the
Delaney Clause
Classification of Certain Pesticides for Re-
stricted Use Due to Groundwater Con-
cerns
Reporting Threshold Amendment; Toxic
Chemicals Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Right-to-Know
Data Expansion Amendments; Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Right-to-Know
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
Mandatory Pollution Prevention Reporting
for Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of
Lead-Based Paint Debris
TSCA Biotechnology Follow-Up Rules
3068
3069
3070
3072
3073
3074
3075
3076
3081
3082
3083
3085
3089
3090
3093
3096
3105
3106
3107
3108
3109
3115
3117
3118
3119
Title
Seq.
No.
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials in Schools Rule
Significant New Use Rules on National
Program Chemicals; Asbestos, Lead,
and Refractory Ceramic Fibers
Amendments to TSCA Section 8(d) Health
and Safety Data Model Reporting Rule
Lead Fee Rule for Lead-Based Paint Ac-
tivities Training and Certification
Facility Coverage Amendment; Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Right-To-Know ,
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
CFR Regulatory Review Related Initiatives
Selected Rulemakings for Reducing Risks
From Lead Paint, Dust, and Soil
Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microbial
Products (Biotechnology) Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Regulatory Investigation Under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) To Re-
duce Lead (Pb) Consumption and Use
Use of Acrylamide for Grouting
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Dis-
posal Amendments
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 Right-To-
Know Act Section 313
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Exemp-
tions From the Prohibitions Against
Manufacturing, Processing, and Dis-
tribution in Commerce; New Applica-
tions and Renewals
Evaluation of Products for Lead-Based
Paint Activities'
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
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
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
Increased Method Flexibility for Test Pro-
cedures Approved for Clean Water Act
Compliance Monitoring Under 40 CFR
Part 136
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Requirements and Form 2C--
Wastewater Discharge Information
Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule-Phase
One
3120
3122
3123
3126
3127
3128
3130
3131
3132
3135
3143
3145
3146
3147
3154
3158
3159
3160
3161
3162
3163
3164
3165
Title
Streamlined Procedures and Guidance for
Approving Test Procedures Under 40
CFR Part 136
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard,Category
NPDES Streamlining Rule ~ Round II
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of 2,3,7,8-Substituted
Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and Dibenzo Furans
Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b)
Regulations
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures for
the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phases I and 2
Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Requirements, In-
cluding General Pretreatment Require-
ments
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Coastal Subcategory of the Oil and Gas
Extraction Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase II
Water Quality Standards for Pennsylvania
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radon
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Stage I Disinfectant/ Disinfection
By-Products Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sulfate
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards for Aldicarb
Underground Injection Control Program
Streamlining Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Interim Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule
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Small Businesses—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No!
3166
3167
3168
3169
3172
3174
3179
3184
3185
3191
3192
31S3
3200
3201
3202
3203
3205
3209
3235
3243
3245
3248
3250
3251
3258
3257
3258
3265
3267
3274
Title
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions*. Radium, Uranium, Alpha, Beta
and Photon Emitters
Management o( Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Sate Drinking
Water Act
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Phase VI-B - Organic and Inor-
ganic Contaminants
Streamlining Revisions to the National Pri-
mary Drinking Water Regulations
Revisions to the Oil Pollution Prevention
Regulation
Hazardous Waste Management System:
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Wasto; Recycled Used Oil Management
Standards
Corrective Action (or Solid Waste Manage-
ment Units (SWMUs) at Hazardous
Waste Management Facilities
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Wastes: Hazardous Waste Identification
Rule (HWIR); Waste
Hazardous Waste Management System:
Post-Closure Requirements
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste: Petroleum Refining Process
Wastes
Rovisod Standards for Hazardous Waste
Combustion Facilities
Land Disposal Restrictions-Phase IV: Pa-
perwork Reduction; Treatment Stand-
ards for Wood Preserving, Mineral Proc-
essing and Characteristic Metal Wastes;
Related Mineral Processing Issues
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Modification of the Hazardous Waste
Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
Requirements for Management of Hazard-
ous Contaminated Media Commonly
Referred to as Hazardous Waste Identi-
fication Rule (or Contaminated Media or
HWIR-Media
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
Underground Storage Tanks Containing
Hazardous Substances - Financial Re-
sponsibility Requirements
Military Munitions Rule: Hazardous Waste
Identification and Management; Explo-
sives Emergencies; Redefinition of On-
Site
Revision of Initial List of Categories of
Sources and Schedule for Standards
Under Section 112(c) and (e) of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
Radiation Protection Standards for Scrap
Metal
Revision to the Light-Duty Vehicle Emis-
sion Compliance Procedure
Addition of Method 14A to 40 CFR Part
60, Appendix A
Revisions to Service information Availabil-
ity Requirements
Review of New Sources and Modifications
in Indian Country
Ban the Sale of Halon Blends and the In-
tentional Release of Halons During
Testing and Training
Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guide-
linos: Pufp and Paper
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
try
NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production
NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
NESHAP: Pharmaceuticals Production
Amendments to Subpart A and B for 40
CFR 63
3275
3276
3284
3287
3289
3290
3297
3304
3306
3316
3320
3321
3325
3327
3331
3335
3336
3337
3345
3350
3354
3356
3370
3375
3376
3380
3391
3394
3397
3398
3399
3400
3401
Title
Seq.
No.
Revisions to the Regulation for Approval
of State Programs and Delegation of
Federal Authorities
Generic MACT for Source Categories with
Few Sources
Reduction of Volatile Organic Compound
(VOC) Emissions From Coatings Used
in the Aerospace, Wood Furniture, and
Shipbuilding Industries Under Clean Air
Act Section 183(e)
Specification of Substantially Similar Defi-
nition for Diesel Fuels
Amendment Concerning Applicability of
On Highway Heavy-Duty Certified En-
gines for Use in Nonroad Heavy-Duty
Vehicles and Equipment
Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines at or
Below 19 Kilowatts (25 Horsepower)
(Phase 2)
Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air Condi-
tioners: Standards for Equipment That
Recovers and Recycles Refrigerants
Other Than CFC-12 and HCF-134a
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
Tier II (Phase II) Study To Assess Further
Reductions in LOV and LOT Tailpipe
Emission Standards
NAAQS: Ozone (Review)
Medical Waste Incinerators (MWI)
NESHAP: Phosphate Fertilizers Produc-
tion
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations
NESHAP: Technical Corrections and
Clarifications
National Volatile Organic Compound
Emission Standards for Automobile Re-
finish Coatings
VOC Regulation for Architectural Coatings
National VOC Emission Standards for
Consumer Products
Final Rule for Servicing of Motor Vehicle
Air Conditioners
Service Information Availability
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
Proficiency Programs Rule
Internal Combustion Engine
NESHAP/NSPS
Large Appliance Coatings Integrated Reg-
ulation
Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rule-
making - ICCR Project
NESHAP: Friction Products Manufacturing
NESHAP: Fabric Printing, Coating and
Dyeing
NESHAP: Vegetable Oil Production
NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Fabrication Operations
Metal Furniture Coatings Integrated Regu-
lation
Flatwood Paneling (Surface Coating) Inte-
grated Rule
Surface Coating of Miscellaneous Metal
Parts and Products-Integrated
Plastic Parts Coating Integrated Rule for
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and
Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)
Integrated Rule for Paper, and Other Web
Coating and Coatings: MACT for
NESHAP; and BAC for National VOC
Rule
3405
3406
3412
3417
3419
3424
3425
3428
3437
3438
3439
3440
3441
3443
3450
3451
3457
3460
3462
3465
Title
NESHAPS Pertaining to Facilities Other
Than Commercial Nuclear Power Reac-
tors Licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRG) or by NRC Agree-
ment States
NESHAP for Perchloroethylene Dry
Cleaning Facilities: Amendments
Guidance for the Implementation of Sec-
tion 112(g)~Modifications
Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
Fuels and Fuel Additives Waiver Applica-
tion Criteria
Modification of the Extremely Hazardous
Substance (EHS) List
Grants for Technical Assistance Rule Re-
form - 40 CFR Part 35 Subpart M
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-To-Know Act,
Sections 302 Through 312
Incorporation of Class Deviation Into
EPAAR : •
EPA Mentor-Protege Program
Incrementally Funding Fixed Price Con-
tracts
Revision of EPA Acquisition Regulations
for Quality Systems for Environmental
Programs
Update Procedures for Making Profil/Fee
Determinations
Value Engineering
Pesticide Management and Disposal
Environmental Impact Assessment of Non-
governmental Activities in Antarctica
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking Re-
view of Penalty Order
Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA) Cost Recovery
Notice To Clarify Existing Conflict of Inter-
est Coverage Regarding
Policy/Response Action Contractor Ex-
clusions
Pesticide Management and Disposal
Small Governmental Jurisdictions
Seq.
No.
3042
3048
3052
3056
3057
3068
3072
3076
3081
3101
Title
EPA
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Reporting Threshold Amendment; Toxic
Chemicals Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Right-to-Knpw
Data Expansion Amendments; Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Right-to-Know
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
tection Rule
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials in Schools Rule
Lead Fee Rule for Lead-Based Paint Ac-
tivities Training and Certification
Selected Rulemakings for Reducing Risks
From Lead Paint, Dust, and Soil
Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microbial
Products (Biotechnology) Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Revisions to NPDES Requirements for
Compliance Reporting and Collection
System Discharges
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Small Governmental Jurisdictions—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3102
3109
3110
3115
3118
3119
3120
3123
3126
3127
3128
3130
3131
3132
3143
3146
3147
3152
3154
3158
3159
3160
3161
3162
3163
3165
3166
Title
Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
ority Toxic Pollutants for the State of
California
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
Streamlining 301 (h) Waiver Renewal Re-
quirements
Increased Method Flexibility for Test Pro-
cedures Approved for Clean Water Act
Compliance Monitoring Under 40 CFR
Part 136
Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule—Phase
One
Streamlined Procedures and Guidance for
Approving Test Procedures Under 40
CFR Part 136
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of 2,3,7,8-Substituted
Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and Dibenzo Furans
Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b)
Regulations
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures for
the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Requirements, In-
cluding General Pretreatment Require-
ments
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase II
Water Quality Standards for Pennsylvania
Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
port Regulations
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radon
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Stage I Disinfectant/ Disinfection
By-Products Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sulfate
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards for Aldicarb
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Interim Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radium, Uranium, Alpha, Beta
and Photon Emitters
3167
3168
3169
3172
3180
3183
3203
3207
3252
3304
3306
3307
3311
3314
3320
3321
3352
3354
3356
3375
3412
3417
3428
3431
3457
3460
Title
Seq.
No.
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Phase VI-B - Organic and Inor-
ganic Contaminants
Streamlining Revisions to the National Pri-
mary Drinking Water Regulations
Revisions to the Oil Pollution Prevention
Regulation
Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline
for Procurement of Products Containing
Recovered Materials
Flexibility in Management Criteria for
Small Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Underground Storage Tanks Containing
Hazardous Substances - Financial Re-
sponsibility Requirements
Financial Test for Local Governments That
Own/Operate Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills
Revisions To Clarify the Permit Content
Requirements for State Operating Per-
mits •
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
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ments: Flexibility and Streamlining
Radionuclide Dose Methodology Update
NAAQS: Ozone (Review)
Medical Waste Incinerators (MWI)
NSPS for Sewage Sludge Incinerators
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
Proficiency Programs Rule
Internal Combustion Engine
NESHAP/NSPS
Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rule-
making - ICCR Project
Guidance for the Implementation of Sec-
tion 112(g)--Modifications
Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-To-Know Act,
Sections 302 Through 312
Revision of the Local Government Reim-
bursement Regulation
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking Re-
view of Penalty Order
Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA) Cost Recovery
Small Organizations
Seq.
No.
3056
3058
Title
EPA
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of
Lead-Based Paint Debris
3059
3072
3074
3076
3081
3096
3118
3123
3126
3143
3147
3154
3158
3159
3160
3161
3162
3163
3165
3166
3168
3169
3202
3203
3320
3354
3441
3451
3457
3460
Title
TSCA Biotechnology Follow-Up Rules
Lead Fee Rule for Lead-Based Paint Ac-
tivities Training and Certification
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
Selected Rulemakings for Reducing Risks
From Lead Paint, Dust, and Soil
Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microbial
Products (Biotechnology) Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Evaluation of Products for Lead-Based
Paint Activities
Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Requirements, In-
cluding General Pretreatment Require-
ments
Water Quality Standards for Pennsylvania
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radon
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Stage I Disinfectant/ Disinfection
By-Products Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sulfate
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards for Aldicarb
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Interim Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radium, Uranium, Alpha, Beta
and Photon Emitters
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Phase VI-B - Organic and Inor-
ganic Contaminants
Streamlining Revisions to the National Pri-
mary Drinking Water Regulations
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
Underground Storage Tanks Containing
Hazardous Substances - Financial Re-
sponsibility Requirements
NAAQS: Ozone (Review)
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
Proficiency Programs Rule
Update Procedures for Making Profit/Fee
Determinations
Environmental Impact Assessment of Non-
governmental Activities in Antarctica
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking Re-
view of Penalty Order
Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA) Cost Recovery
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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) and
the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-4) direct 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 governments. In keeping with these efforts, agencies
include in their submissions for the Unified Agenda information on whether their regulatory actions have
an effect on various levels of government.
The following index lists the regulatory actions 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 of the Agenda. For further information, see the Regulatory Information Service
Center's Introduction to the Unified Agenda in Part II of this issue.
State Government
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3022
3026
3027
3028
3031
3035
3037
3038
3042
3047
3056
3057
3058
3068
3072
3073
3074
3075
3076
3081
3083
3085
3090
3099
Title
EPA
Worker Protection Standards; Pesticide
Hazard Communication
Pesticides, Self-Certification
Cross-Contamination of Pesticide Prod-
ucts
Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides
Under FIFRA and FFDCA
Pesticides and Groundwater State Man-
agement Plan Regulation
Tolerances for Pesticide Emergency Ex-
emptions
Endangered Species Protection Program
The 10-Acre Limitation for Pesticide
Small-Scale Field Testing
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Policy or Procedures for Notification to the
Agency of Stored Pesticides With Can-
celled or Suspended Registration
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
tection Rule
TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of
Lead-Based Paint Debris
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials in Schools Rule
Lead Fee Rule for Lead-Based Paint Ac-
tivities Training and Certification
Facility Coverage Amendment; Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Right-To-Know
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
CFR Regulatory Review Related Initiatives
Selected Rulemakings for Reducing Risks
From Lead Paint, Dust, and Soil
Rulemaklng Concerning Certain Microbial
Products (Biotechnology) Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Use of Acrylamide for Grouting
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PGBs) Dis-
posal Amendments
Chemical List Expansion; Emergency
Planning and Community Right-To-
Know Act Section 313
Water Quality Standards Regulation - Re-
vision
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Title
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No.
Amendment to the Pesticide Chemicals
Manufacturing Effluent Limitations
Guidelines; Pretreatment Standards;
New and Exisiting Sources
Revisions to NPDES Requirements for
Compliance Reporting and Collection
System Discharges
Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
ority Toxic Pollutants for the State of
California
Streamlining the State Sewage Sludge
Management Regulations
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule - Phase
Two
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
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
NPDES Streamlining Rule — Round III
Increased Method Flexibility |or Test Pro-
cedures Approved for Clean Water Act
Compliance Monitoring Under 40 CFR
Part 136
Uniform National'Discharge Standards for
Armed Forces Vessels
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Requirements and Form 2C--
Wastewater Discharge Information
Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule-Phase
One
Streamlined Procedures and Guidance for
Approving Test Procedures Under 40
CFR Part 136
Selenium Criterion Maximum Concentra-
tion for Water Quality Guidance for the
Great Lakes System
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II
Water Quality Standards; Establishment of
Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollut-
ants; States' Compliance
Streamlined Procedures for Developing
and Maintaining Approved Publicly-
Owned Treatment Works Pretreatment
Programs
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Title
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of 2,3,7,8-Substituted
Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and Dibenzo Furans
Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
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
Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b)
Regulations
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures for
the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sew-
age Sludge (Round II)
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phases I and 2
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Iron
and Steel Manufacturing Point Source
Category
Streamlining Revisions to the Water Qual-
ity Planning and Management Regula-
tions
Amendment to Effluent Guidelines and
Standards for Ore Mining and Dressing
Point Source Category, New Source
Performance Standards
Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Requirements, In-
cluding General Pretreatment Require-
ments
Revisions to the PCB Criteria for Human
Health and Wildlife for the Water Quality
Guidance for the Great Lakes System
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Coastal Subcategory of the Oil and Gas
Extraction Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase II
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Title
Water Quality Standards (or Pennsylvania
Environmental Protection Agency Radi-
ation Sita Cleanup Regulation
Environmental Protection Standards for
Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
port Regulations
Analytical Methods (or Regulated Drinking
Water Contaminants
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions (or Lead and Copper
Reformatting of Drinking Water Regula-
tions
Revisions to State Primacy Requirements
To Implement Federal Drinking Water
Regulations
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radon
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions; Stags I Disinfectant/ Disinfection
By-Products Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sulfata
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards for Aldicarb
Underground Injection Control Program
Streamlining Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Interim Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rula
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radium, Uranium, Alpha, Beta
and Photon Emitters
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions; Phase VI-B - Organic and Inor-
ganic Contaminants
Streamlining Revisions to the National Pri-
mary Drinking Water Regulations
Analytic Methods for Measuring Radio-
nocMes In the Drinking Water Program
Ravtstons to the Oil Pollution Prevention
Regulation
Now and Revised Testing Methods Ap-
proved for RCRA Subtitle C, Hazardous
Waste Testing Manual, SW-846, Third
Edition. Update IV
Hazardous Waste Management System:
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Wasts; Recycled Used Oil Management
Standards
Paint Manufacturing Wastes Listing: Haz-
ardous Waste Management System:
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste
Removal of Requirement To Use SW-846
Methods (Test Methods (or Evaluating
SeW Waste: Physical/Chemical Meth-
ods)
Modifications to the Definition of Solid
Waste and Regulations of Hazardous
Waste Recycling: General
Chlorinated Aliphatics Listing Determina-
tion
Corrective Action (or Solid Waste Manage-
ment Units (SWMUs) at Hazardous
Waste Management Facilities
Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline
(or Procurement of Products Containing
Recovered Materials
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3196
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3204
3205
3207
3208
3209
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3211
3212
3215
3217
3219
3230
Title
Seq.
No.
Flexibility in Management Criteria for
Small Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Wastes: Hazardous Waste Identification
Rule (HWIR); Waste
Listing Determination for Hazardous
Wastes-Organobromines Chemical In-
dustry
Spent Solvents Listing Determination
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
Listing Determination of Wastes Gen-
erated During the Manufacture of Azo,
Anthraquinone, and Triarylmethane
Dyes and Pigments
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste: Petroleum Refining Process
Wastes
Revised Standards for Hazardous Waste
Combustion Facilities
Land Disposal Restrictions-Phase IV: Pa-
perwork Reduction; Treatment Stand-
ards for Wood Preserving, Mineral Proc-
essing and Characteristic Metal Wastes;
Related Mineral Processing Issues
RCRA Subtitle D Solid Waste Facilities;
State Permit Program - Determination
of Adequacy
Facility Response Planning for Delegated
Offshore Facilities
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Modification of the Hazarbous Waste
Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
Requirements for Management of Hazard-
ous Contaminated Media Commonly
Referred to as Hazardous Waste Identi-
fication Rule for Contaminated Media or
HWIR-Media
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
Land Disposal Restrictions Phase III;
Emergency Extension of the K088 Ca-
pacity Variance
Military Munitions Rule: Hazardous Waste
Identification and Management; Explo-
sives Emergencies; Redefinition of On-
Site
Financial Test for Local Governments That
Own/Operate Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills
Consolidated Emission Reporting Rule
Revision of Initial List of Categories of
Sources and Schedule for Standards
Under Section 112(c) and (e) of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
Prevention of Significant Deterioration of
Air Quality: Permit Application Review
Procedures for non-Federal Class I
Areas
State Implementation Plan Calls for Cer-
tain States in the Ozone Transport As-
sessment Group for Purposes of Reduc-
ing Regional Transport of Ozone
Review of Definiton of Volatile Organic
Compounds - Exclusion of
Chlorobromomethane
Performance Warranty and
Inspection/Maintenance Test Proce-
dures
Method 301: Field Validation of Pollution
Measurement Methods for Various Me-
dias
NESHAP: Ferroalloy Production
Ambient Air Quality Surveillance, Recen-
sion of NAMS Ambient Air Quality Mon-
itoring Requirements for Lead
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3240
3245
3247
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3254
3255
3256
3257
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3261
3263
3264
3265
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3299
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3307
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Title
Consolidated Federal Air Rule for the Syn-
thetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
Industry
Radiation Protection Standards for Scrap
Metal
State Implementation Plans; Milestone
Compliance Demonstration
Addition of Method 14A to 40 CFR Part
60, Appendix A
Review of Definition of Volatile Organic
Compounds - Exclusion of Methyl Ace-
tate
Revisions To Clarify the Permit Content
Requirements for State Operating Per-
mits
Ambient Air Quality Surveillance: Changes
To Accommodate Revised Ozone
NAAQS & Implementation Strategies
Next Revision of Appendix W to 40 CFR
Part 51
Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guide-
lines: Pulp and Paper
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
try
NESHAP: Steel Pickling, HC1 Process
NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelting
NESHAP: Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing
Industry
NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry
NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
NESHAP: Chlorine Production
NESHAP: Primary Lead Smelters
NESHAP: Manufacturers of
Acrylic/Modacrylic Fibers
Amendments to Subpart A and B for 40
CFR 63
Revisions to the Regulation for Approval
of State Programs and Delegation of
Federal Authorities
NESHAP: Secondary Lead Smelter
Amendment
NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating
Amendment
Reduction of Volatile Organic Compound
(VOC) Emissions From Coatings Used
in the Aerospace, Wood Furniture, and
Shipbuilding Industries Under Clean Air
Act Section 183(e)
Amendment to the Refrigerant Recycling
Rule To Include All Refrigerants
Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air Condi-
tioners: Standards for Equipment That
Recovers and Recycles Refrigerants
Other Than CFC-12 and HCF-134a
Update of the Acceptability List Under the
Significant New Alternatives Policy
(SNAP) Program
NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Man-
ufacturing Industry - Wastewater
Addition of Methods 204, 204A - 204F for
Measurement of VOC Emissions From
Stationary Sources
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ments: Flexibility and Streamlining
Regulation Review/Burden Reduction
Radionuclide Dose Methodology Update
Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M
of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203)
NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Review and Im-
plementation)
NAAQS: Ozone (Review)
Medical Waste Incinerators (MWI)
Revision to NSPS: Nonmetallic Minerals
Processing
NSPS Revisions for Phosphate Fertilizer
Industry: Granular Triple Superphos-
phate Storage Facilities
NESHAP: Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing
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NESHAP: Phosphate Fertilizers Produc-
tion
NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
NESHAP: Manufacture of
Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ment and Solicitation for Participation in
the Transportation Conformity Pilot Pro-
gram
National Volatile Organic Compound
Emission Standards for Automobile Re-
finish Coatings
VOC Regulation for Architectural Coatings
National VOC Emission Standards for
Consumer Products
Open-Market Trading Guidance
National 49-State Low-Emission Vehicles
Program , ,
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations
Delegation Remand
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations
Offset Remand
Final Rule for Servicing of Motor Vehicle
Air Conditioners
NESHAP for Leather Tanning and Finish-
ing Operations
New Source Review (NSR) Reform
NSPS for Sewage Sludge Incinerators
NESHAP for Plywood and Particle Board
Manufacturing
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
Proficiency Programs Rule
Storage Tank Rule Revisions
NESHAP-Iron Foundries and Steel
Foundries
NESHAP-Cyanide Chemical Manufactur-
ing
NESHAP: Integrated Iron and Steel
NESHAP: Baker's Yeast Manufacturing In-
dustry
NESHAP for Tire Manufacturing
Large Appliance Coatings Integrated Reg-
ulation
Asphalt Roofing and Processing NESHAP
NESHAP: Lime Manufacturing
NESHAP: Metal Coil (Surface Coating) In-
dustry
NESHAP: Fabric Printing, Coating and
Dyeing
Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Manu-
facturing Integrated Rule Development
Offset Lithographic Printing National, VOC
Rule ,
NESHAP for Miscellaneous Cellulose Pro-
duction
NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Land-
fills
NESHAP: Spandex Production
NESHAP for Cellulose Production Cat-
egories
NESHAP for the Manufacture of Carbon
Black
NESHAP: Vegetable Oil Production
NESHAP for Organic Liquid Distribution
NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Fabrication Operations
NESHAP for Group'I Polymers and Res-
ins and Group IV Polymers and Resins
and Group IV Polymers and Resins,
Metal Furniture Coatings Integrated Regu-
lation
Surface Coating of Miscellaneous Metal
Parts ,and Prpducts-lptegrated ^
Plastic Parts Coating Integrated Rule for
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and
Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)
3401
3402
3404:
3405
3410
3412
3416
3417
3425
3426
3427
3428
3432
3450
3457
3459
3460
3464
3465
3467
Title
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3042
3056
3057
3058
3068
3072
3074
3076
3081
3083
3085
3099
Integrated Rule for Paper, and Other Web
Coating and Coatings: MACT for
NESHAP; and BAC for National VOC
Rule
Revisions to the New Source Review Reg-
ulations
Consolidated Emission Reporting
NESHAPS Pertaining to Facilities Other
Than Commercial Nuclear Power Reac-
tors Licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory .
Commission (NRC) or by NRC
Agreemen States
NAAQS: Nitrogen Dioxide (Review)
Guidance for the Implementation of Sec-
tion 112(g)-Modifications
Regional Haze Protection Rule
Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
Grants for Technical Assistance Rule Re-
form - 40 CFR Part 35 Subpart M
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
Pesticide Management and Disposal
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking Re-
view of Penalty Order
Credible Evidence Revisions
Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA) Cost Recovery
FIFRA Books and Records of Pesticide
Production and Distribution (Revision)
Pesticide Management and Disposal
Administrative Hearing Procedures for
Class II Penalties Under CERCLA and
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act
Local Government
Title
EPA
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
tection Rule
TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of
Lead-Based Paint Debris
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials in Schools Rule
Lead Fee Rule for Lead-Based Paint Ac-
tivities Training and Certification
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
Selected Rulemakings for Reducing Risks
From Lead Paint, Dust, and Soil
Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microbial
Products (Biotechnology) Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Use of Acrylamide for Grouting
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Dis-
posal Amendments
Water Quality Standards Regulation - Re-
vision
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3102
3103
3104
3105
3106
3107
3108
3109
3115
3117
3118
3119
3120
3122
3123
3125
3126
3127
3128
3130
3131
3132
3133
3134
3135
3137
3139
Title
Revisions to NPDES Requirements for
Compliance Reporting and Collection
System Discharges
Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
ority Toxic Pollutants for the State of
California
Streamlining the State Sewage Sludge
Management Regulations
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule - Phase
Two
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
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
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
Increased Method Flexibility for Test Pro-
cedures Approved for Clean Water Act
Compliance Monitoring Under 40 CFR
Part 136
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Requirements and Form 2C--
Wastewater Discharge Information
Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule-Phase
One
Streamlined Procedures and Guidance for
Approving Test Procedures Under 40
CFR Part 136
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category
NPDES Streamlining Rule ~ Round II
Streamlined Procedures for Developing
and Maintaining Approved Publicly-
Owned Treatment Works Pretreatment
Programs
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of 2,3,7,8-Substituted
Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and Dibenzo Furans
Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b)
Regulations
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures for
the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sew-
age Sludge (Round II)
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phases I and 2
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Iron
and Steel Manufacturing Point Source
Category
Amendment to Effluent Guidelines and
Standards for Ore Mining and Dressing
Point Source Category, New Source
Performance Standards
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Seq,
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3146
3147
3152
3154
3155
3156
3158
3159
3160
3161
3162
3163
3165
3166
3167
3168
3169
3170
3172
3176
3180
3183
3196
3200
3203
3207
3209
3211
3215
Title
Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Requirements, In-
cluding General Pretreatment Require-
ments
Eliteont Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory. Phase II
Water Quality Standards (or Pennsylvania
Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
port Regulations
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Load and Copper
Reformatting of Drinking Water Regula-
tions
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radon
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Stage I Disinfectant/ Disinfection
By-Products Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sutfate
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards for AUicarb
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Interim Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radium, Uranium, Alpha, Beta
and Photon Emitters
Management ol Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Phase Vl-B - Organic and Inor-
ganic Contaminants
Streamlining Revisions to the National Pri-
mary Drinking Water Regulations
Analytic Methods for Measuring Radio-
nucKdes in the Drinking Water Program
Revisions to the OH Pollution Prevention
Regulation
Removal of Requirement To Use SW-846
Methods (Test Methods for Evaluating
Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Meth-
ods)
Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline
for Procurement of Products Containing
Recovered Materials
Flexibility In Management Criteria for
Small Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Facility Response Planning for Delegated
Offshore Facilities
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Modification of the Hazardous Waste
Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
Underground Storage Tanks Containing
Hazardous Substances - Financial Re-
sponsibility Requirements
Financial Test for Local Governments That
OwrVOperata Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills
Revision of Initial List of Categories of
Sources and Schedule for Standards
Under Section 112(c) and (e) of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
State Implementation Plan Calls for Cer-
tain States In the Ozone Transport As-
sessment Group for Purposes of Reduc-
ing Regional Transport of Ozone
Performance Warranty and
Inspection/Maintenance Test Proce-
dures
3217
3219
3230
3250
3252
3254
3255
3256
3257
3260
3261
3263
3264
3265
3269
3270
3273
3274
3275
3278
3279
3297
3302
3303
3304
3306
3307
3311
3317
3319
3320
3321
3322
3326
3327
3334
3336
3337
3338
3343
Title
Seq.
No.
Method 301: Field Validation of Pollution
Measurement Methods for Various Me-
dias
NESHAP: Ferroalloy Production
Ambient Air Quality Surveillance, Recen-
sion of NAMS Ambient Air Quality Mon-
itoring Requirements for Lead
Review of New Sources and Modifications
in Indian Country
Revisions To Clarify the Permit Content
Requirements for State Operating Per-
mits
Ambient Air Quality Surveillance: Changes
To Accommodate Revised Ozone
NAAQS & Implementation Strategies
Next Revision of Appendix W to 40 CFR
Part 51
Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guide-
lines: Pulp and Paper
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
try
NESHAP: Steel Pickling, HC1 Process
NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelting
NESHAP: Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing,
Industry
NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry
NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
NESHAP: Chlorine Production
NESHAP: Primary Lead Smelters
Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW)
NESHAP
Amendments to Subpart A and B for 40
CFR 63
Revisions to the Regulation for Approval
of State Programs and Delegation of
Federal Authorities
NESHAP: Secondary Lead Smelter
Amendment
NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating
Amendment
Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air Condi-
tioners: Standards for Equipment That
Recovers and Recycles Refrigerants
Other Than CFC-12 and HCF-134a
NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Man-
ufacturing Industry - Wastewater
Addition of Methods 204, 204A - 204F for
Measurement of VOC Emissions From
Stationary Sources
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
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ments: Flexibility and Streamlining
Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M
of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203)
NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Review and Im-
plementation)
NAAQS: Ozone (Review)
Medical Waste Incinerators (MWI)
Revision to NSPS: Nonmetallic Minerals
Processing
NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ment and Solicitation for Participation in
the Transportation Conformity Pilot Pro-
gram
VOC Regulation for Architectural Coatings
National VOC Emission Standards for
Consumer Products
Open-Market Trading Guidance
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations
Delegation Remand
3344
3348
3349
3352
3353
3354
3355
. 3356
3358
3359
3360
3370
3371
3374
3379
3380
3381
3382
3384
3386
3387
3388
3391
3393
3394
3395
3397
3399
3400
3402
3403
3410
3412
3416
3417
3421
3425
3426
3427
3428
3431
3432
3457
3459
Title
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations
Offset Remand
NESHAP for Leather Tanning and Finish-
ing Operations
New Source Review (NSR) Reform
NSPS for Sewage Sludge Incinerators
NESHAP for Plywood and Particle Board
Manufacturing
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
Proficiency Programs Rule
Storage Tank Rule Revisions"
Internal Combustion Engine
NESHAP/NSPS
NESHAP-lron Foundries and Steel
Foundries
NESHAP-Cyanide Chemical Manufactur-
ing
NESHAP: Integrated Iron and Steel
Large Appliance Coatings Integrated Reg-
ulation
Asphalt Roofing and Processing NESHAP
NESHAP: Lirne Manufacturing
NESHAP: Metal Coil (Surface Coating) In-
dustry ,
NESHAP: Fabric Printing, Coating and
Dyeing
Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Manu-
facturing Integrated Rule Development
Offset Lithographic Printing,National VOC
Rule
NESHAP for Miscellaneous Cellulose Pro-
duction
NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Land-
fills
NESHAP: Spandex Production
NESHAP for Cellulose Production Cat-
egories
NESHAP: Vegetable Oil Production
NESHAP for Organic Liquid Distribution
NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Fabrication Operations
NESHAP for Group,! Polymers,and Res-
ins and Group JV Polymers and Resins
and Group IV Polymers and Resins
Metal Furniture Coatings Integrated Regu-
lation
Surface Coating of Miscellaneous Metal
• Parts and Products-Integrated
Plastic Parts Coating Integrated Rule for
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and
Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)
Revisions to'the New Source Review Reg-
ulations
Acid Rain Opt-In Regulations
NAAQS: Nitrogen Dioxide (Review)
Guidance for the Implementation of Sec-
tion 112(g)~Modifications
Regional Haze Protection Rule
Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
Acid Rain Nitrogen Oxides Control Regu-
lation
Grants for Technical Assistance Rule Re-
form - 40 CFR Part 35 Subpart M
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
Revision of the Local Government Reim-
bursement Regulation
Administrative Reporting Exemptions for
Certain Radionuclide Releases
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking Re-
view of Penalty Order
Credible Evidence Revisions
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Local Government—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3460
3467
Title
Seq.
_No.
3022
3038
3056
3057
3068
3072
3074
3075
3076
3103
3109
3117
3118
3123
3125
3130
3132
3138
3139
3143
3154
3155
3156
3158
3159
3160
Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA) Cost Recovery
Administrative Hearing Procedures for
Class II Penalties Under CERCLA and
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act
Tribal Government
Title
EPA
Worker Protection Standards; Pesticide
Hazard Communication
The 10-Acre Limitation for Pesticide
Small-Scale Field Testing
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
tection Rule
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials in Schools Rule
Lead Fee Rule for Lead-Based Paint Ac-
tivities Training and Certification
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
CFR Regulatory Review Related Initiatives
Selected Rulemakings for Reducing Risks
From Lead Paint, Dust, and Soil
Streamlining the State Sewage Sludge
Management Regulations
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Requirements and Form 2C--
Wastewater Discharge Information
Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
NPDES Streamlining Rule ~ Round II
Streamlined Procedures for Developing
and Maintaining Approved Publicly-
Owned Treatment Works Pretreatment
Programs
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures for
the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
Streamlining Revisions to the Water Qual-
ity Planning and Management Regula-
tions
Amendment to Effluent Guidelines and
Standards for Ore Mining and Dressing
Point Source Category, New Source
Performance Standards
Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Requirements, In-
cluding General Pretreatment Require-
ments
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper
Reformatting of Drinking Water Regula-
tions
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radon
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
3161
3162
3163
3164
3165
3166
3167
3168
3169
3170
3173
3175
3176
3177
3178
3183
3186
3187
3188
3190
3191
3196
3200
3202
3209
3210
3211
3250
Title
Seq.
No.
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Stage I Disinfectant/ Disinfection
By-Products Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sulfate
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards for Aldicarb
Underground Injection Control Program
Streamlining Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regular
tions: Interim Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radium, Uranium, Alpha, Beta
and Photon Emitters
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Phase VI-B - Organic and Inor-
ganic Contaminants
Streamlining Revisions to the National Pri-
mary Drinking Water Regulations
Analytic Methods for Measuring Radio-
nuclides in the Drinking Water Program
New and Revised Testing Methods Ap-
proved for RCRA Subtitle C, Hazardous
Waste Testing Manual, SW-846, Third
Edition, Update IV
Paint Manufacturing Wastes Listing: Haz-
ardous Waste Management System:
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste
Removal of Requirement To Use SW-846
Methods (Test Methods for Evaluating
Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Meth-
ods)
Modifications to the Definition of Solid
Waste and Regulations of Hazardous
Waste Recycling: General
Chlorinated Aliphatics Listing Determina-
tion
Flexibility in Management Criteria for
Small Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Listing Determination for Hazardous
Wastes-Organobromines Chemical In-
dustry
Spent Solvents Listing Determination
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
Listing Determination of Wastes Gen-
erated During the Manufacture of Azo,
Anthraquinone, and Triarylmethane
Dyes and Pigments
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste: Petroleum Refining Process
Wastes
Facility Response Planning for Delegated
Offshore Facilities
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Modification of the Hazardous Waste
Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
Revision of Initial List of Categories of
Sources and Schedule for Standards
Under Section 112(c) and (e) of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
Prevention of Significant Deterioration of
Air Quality: Permit Application Review
Procedures for non-Federal Class I
Areas
State Implementation Plan Calls for Cer-
tain States in the Ozone Transport As-
sessment Group for Purposes of Reduc-
ing Regional Transport of Ozone
Review of New Sources and Modifications
in Indian Country
3252
3275
3297
3307
3311
3317
3318
3321
3326
3337
3338
3344
3348
3354
3355
3356
3370
3384
3386
3387
3393
3394
3395
3397
3416
3425
3428
3431
3457
3459
Title
Seq.
No.
3022
3023
3026
3027
3028
3030
3031
Revisions To Clarify the Permit Content
Requirements for State Operating Per-
mits
Revisions to the Regulation for Approval
of State Programs and Delegation of
Federal Authorities
Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air Condi-
tioners: Standards for Equipment That
Recovers and Recycles Refrigerants
Other Than CFC-12 and HCF-134a
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ments: Flexibility and Streamlining
Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M
of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203)
Indian Tribes: Air Quality Planning and
, Management
Medical Waste Incinerators (MWI)
NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
National VOC Emission Standards for
Consumer Products
Open-Market Trading Guidance
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations
Offset Remand
NESHAP for Leather Tanning and Finish-
ing Operations
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
Proficiency Programs Rule
Storage Tank Rule Revisions
Internal Combustion Engine
NESHAP/NSPS
Large Appliance Coatings Integrated Reg-
ulation
NESHAP for Miscellaneous Cellulose Pro-
duction
NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Land-
fills
NESHAP: Spandex Production
NESHAP for Organic Liquid Distribution
NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Fabrication Operations
NESHAP for Group I Polymers and Res-
ins and Group IV Polymers and Resins
and Group IV Polymers and Resins
Metal Furniture Coatings Integrated Regu-
lation
Regional Haze Protection Rule
Grants for Technical Assistance Rule Re-
form - 40 CFR Part 35 Subpart M
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
arid Comrriunily Right-To-Know Act,
Sections 302 Through 312
Revision of the Local Government Reim-
bursement Regulation
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking Re-
view of Penalty Order
Credible Evidence Revisions
Federal Government
Title
EPA
Worker Protection Standards; Pesticide
Hazard Communication
Antimicrobial Pesticide Registration Re-
form
Pesticides, Self-Certification
Cross-Contamination of Pesticide Prod-
ucts
Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides
Under FIFRA and FFDCA
Restricted Use Criteria for Pesticides in
Groundwater
Pesticides and Groundwater State Man-
agement Plan Regulation
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10
Federal Government—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Sttq,
No!
3032
3035
3037
3042
3044
3045
3047
3048
3052
3054
3056
3058
3059
3063
3072
3073
3074
3075
3076
3081
3085
3066
3030
3091
3036
3099
3101
3102
3103
3104
3105
3106
3107
3108
Title
Repotting Requirements for Risk/Benefit
Information (Revision)
Tolerances for Pesticide Emergency Ex-
emptions
Endangered Species Protection Program
Pcslickta Management and Disposal:
Standards (or Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Antimicrobial Pesticide Registration Re-
form
Pesticide Tolerance Decisions Under the
Dcianey Clause
Policy or Procedures for Notification to the
Agency of Stored Pesticides With Can-
ceiled or Suspended Registration
Reporting Threshold Amendment; Toxic
Chemicals Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Rfght-to-Know
Data Expansion Amendments; Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Right-to-Know
Mandatory Pollution Prevention Reporting
lor Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of
Lead-Based Paint Debris
TSCA Biotechnology Follow-Up Rules
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
Materials In Schools Rule
Lead Fee Rule for Lead-Based Paint Ac-
tivities Training and Certification
Facility Coverage Amendment; Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Right-To-Know
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
CFR Regulatory Review Related Initiatives
Selected Rulemakings for Reducing Risks
From Lead Paint, Dust, and Soil
Rulomaking Concerning Certain Mlcrobial
Products (Biotechnology) Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Pofyehlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Dis-
posal Amendments
Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment In-
formation Rules
Chemical List Expansion; Emergency
Planning and Community Rlght-To-
Know Act Section 313
Development of Guidance as Mandated
by Executive Order 12873, Section 503
on Environmentally Preferable Products
Evaluation of Products for Lead-Based
Paint Activities
Walar Quality Standards Regulation - Re-
vision
Revisions to NPDES Requirements for
Compliance Reporting and Collection
System Discharges
Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
ority Toxic Pollutants for the State of
California
Streamlining the State Sewage Sludge
Management Regulations
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule - Phase
Two
Efliuont Guidelines and Standards for the
Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Industrial Laundries Category
Elliuont Guidelines and Standards for the
Transportation Equipment Cleaning Cat-
egory
Ellluonl Guidelines and Standards for
LandliUs and Incinerators
3109
3115
3116
3117
3118
3119
3120
3122
3123
3125
3126
3127
3128
3129
3130
3132
3133
3134
3135
3137
3138
3139
3141
3142
3143
3145
3146
Title
Seq.
No.
NPDES Streamlining Rule -- Round III
Increased Method Flexibility for Test Pro-
cedures Approved for Clean Water Act
Compliance Monitoring Under 40 CFR
Part 136
Uniform National Discharge Standards for
Armed Forces Vessels
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Requirements and Form 2C—
Wastewater Discharge Information
Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule-Phase
One
Streamlined Procedures and Guidance for
Approving Test Procedures Under 40
CFR Part 136
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category
NPDES Streamlining Rule — Round II
Streamlined Procedures for Developing
and Maintaining Approved Publicly-
Owned Treatment Works Pretreatment
Programs
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of 2,3,7,8-Substituted
Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and Dibenzo Furans
Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
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
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxlcity West Coast Test Procedures for
the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sew-
age Sludge (Round II)
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phases I and 2
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Iron
and Steel Manufacturing Point Source
Category
Streamlining Revisions to the Water Qual-
ity Planning and Management Regula-
tions
Amendment to Effluent Guidelines and
Standards for Ore Mining and Dressing
Point Source Category, New Source
Performance Standards
Comparison of Dredged Material to Ref-
erence Sediment
Revisions to Ocean Dumping Regulations
for Dredged Material
Streamlining National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Requirements, In-
cluding General Pretreatment Require-
ments
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Coastal Subcategory of the Oil and Gas
Extraction Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phase II
3147
3148
3149
3151
3152
3153
3154
3155
3156
3157
3158
3159
3160
3161
3162
3163
3164
3165
3166
3167
3168
3169
3170
3172
3173
3175
3176
3177
3178
3179
3180
3184
Title
Water Quality Standards for Pennsylvania
Environmental Protection Agency Radi-
ation Site Cleanup Regulation
Federal Radiation Protection Guidance for
Exposure of the General Public
Environmental Protection Standards for
Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
port Regulations
Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
Water Contaminants
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper
Reformatting of Drinking Water Regula-
tions
Revisions to State Primacy Requirements
To Implement Federal Drinking Water
Regulations
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radon
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Stage I Disinfectant/ Disinfection
By-Products Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sulfate
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards for Aldicarb
Underground Injection Control Program
Streamlining Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Interim Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radium, Uranium, Alpha, Beta
and Photon Emitters
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Phase VI-B - Organic and Inor-
ganic Contaminants
Streamlining Revisions to the National Pri-
mary Drinking Water Regulations
Analytic Methods for Measuring Radio-
nuclides in the Drinking Water Program
Revisions to the Oil Pollution Prevenjion
Regulation
New and Revised Testing Methods Ap-
proved for RCRA Subtitle C, Hazardous
Waste Testing Manual, SW-846, Third
Edition, Update IV
Paint Manufacturing Wastes Listing: Haz-
ardous Waste Management System:
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste
Removal of Requirement To Use SW-846
Methods (Test Methods for Evaluating
Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Meth-
ods)
Modifications to the Definition of Solid
Waste and Regulations of Hazardous
Waste Recycling: General
Chlorinated Aliphatics Listing Determina-
tion
Corrective Action for Solid Waste Manage-
ment Units (SWMUs) at Hazardous
Waste Management Facilities
Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline
for Procurement of Products Containing
Recovered Materials
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Wastes: Hazardous Waste Identification
Rule (HWIR); Waste
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11
Federal Government—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3186
3187
3188
3190
3191
3193
3196
3200
3201
3202
3204
3205
3209
3210
3211
3213
3214
3215
3216
3217
3219
3226
3230
3231
3233
Title
Listing Determination for Hazardous
Wastes-Organobromines Chemical In-
dustry
Spent Solvents Listing Determination
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
Listing Determination of Wastes Gen-
erated During the Manufacture of Azo,
Anthraquinone, -, and Triarylmethane
Dyes and Pigments
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste: Petroleum Refining Process
Wastes
Land Disposal Restrictions-Phase IV: Pa-
perwork Reduction; Treatment Stand-
ards for Wood Preserving, Mineral Proc-
essing and Characteristic Metal Wastes;
Related Mineral Processing Issues
Facility Response Planning for Delegated
Offshore Facilities
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Modification of the Hazardous Waste
Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
Requirements for Management of Hazard-
ous Contaminated 'Media Commonly
Referred to as Hazardous Waste Identi-
fication Rule for Contaminated Media or
HWIR-Media
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
Land Disposal Restrictions Phase III;
Emergency Extension of the K088 Ca-
pacity Variance
Military Munitions Rule: Hazardous Waste
Identification and Management; Explo-
sives Emergencies; Redefinition of On-
Site
Revision of Initial List of Categories of
Sources and Schedule for Standards
Under Section 112(c) and (e) of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
Prevention of Significant Deterioration of
Air Quality: Permit Application Review
Procedures for non-Federal Class I
Areas
State Implementation Plan Calls for Cer-
tain States in the Ozone Transport As-
sessment Group for Purposes of Reduc-
ing Regional Transport of Ozone
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Compli-
ance Certification Rulemaking
Locomotive Emission Standards
Performance - Warranty and
Inspection/Maintenance Test Proce-
dures
Inspection/Maintenance Recall Require-
ments
Method 301: Field Validation of Pollution
Measurement Methods for Various Me-
dias
NESHAP: Ferroalloy Production
Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) To
Control Emissions From Sources Lo-
cated on the Fort Hall Indian Reserva-
tion
Ambient Air Quality Surveillance, Recen-
sion of NAMS Ambient Air Quality Mon-
itoring Requirements for Lead
Consolidated Federal Air Rule for the Syn-
thetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
Industry
Acid Rain Program: Continuous Emission
Monitoring Rule Revisions for Technical
Issues
3235
3245
3250
3252
3253
3254
3255
3256
3257
3260
3261
3263
3264
3265
3269
3270
3271
3274
3275
3278
3279
3284
3290
3294
3297
3298
3299
3302
3303
3307
3311
3313
3314
3317
3319
3320
3321
3322
3323
Title
Seq.
No.
Radiation Protection Standards for Scrap
Metal
Addition of Method 14A to 40 CFR Part
60, Appendix A
Review of New Sources and Modifications
in Indian Country
Revisions To Clarify the Permit Content
Requirements for State Operating Per-
mits
Environmental Radiation Protection Stand-
ards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Ambient Air Quality Surveillance: Changes
To Accommodate Revised Ozone
NAAQS & Implementation Strategies
Next Revision of Appendix W to 40 CFR
Part 51
Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guide-
lines: Pulp and Paper
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
try
NESH'AP: Steel Pickling, HC1 Process
NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelting
NESHAP: Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing
Industry
NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry
NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
NESHAP: Chlorine Production
NESHAP: Primary Lead Smelters
NESHAP: Manufacturers of
Acrylic/Modacrylic Fibers
Amendments to Subpart A and B for 40
CFR 63
Revisions to the Regulation for Approval
of State Programs and Delegation of
Federal Authorities
NESHAP: Secondary Lead Smelter
Amendment
NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating
Amendment
Reduction of Volatile Organic Compound
(VOC) Emissions From Coatings Used
in the Aerospace, Wood Furniture, and
Shipbuilding Industries Under Clean Air
Act Section 183(e)
Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines at or
Below 19 Kilowatts (25 Horsepower)
(Phase 2)
Amendment to the Refrigerant Recycling
Rule To Include All Refrigerants
Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air Condi-
tioners: Standards for Equipment That
Recovers and Recycles Refrigerants
Other Than CFC-12 and HCF-134a
Supplemental Rule To Require Certain
Products Made With HCFCs To Bear
Warning Label
Update of the Acceptability List Under the
Significant New Alternatives Policy
(SNAP) Program
NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Man-
ufacturing Industry - Wastewater
Addition of Methods 204, 204A - 204F for
Measurement of VOC Emissions From
Stationary Sources
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ments: Flexibility and Streamlining
Regulation Review/Burden Reduction
Radionuclide Dose Methodology Update
Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M
of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203)
NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Review and Im-
plementation)
NAAQS: Ozone (Review)
Medical Waste Incinerators (MWI)
Revision to NSPS: Nonmetallic Minerals
Processing
NSPS Revisions for Phosphate Fertilizer
Industry: Granular Triple Superphos-
phate Storage Facilities
3324
3325
3326
3327
3328
3334
3335
3338
3340
3343
3344
3345
3348
3349
3352
3353
3355
3358
3359
3360
3363
3366
3374
3375
3379
3380
3381
3382
3384
3386
3387
3388
3389
3391
3393
3394
3395
3401
3402
3404
3405
3410
3412
Title
NESHAP: Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing
NESHAP: Phosphate Fertilizers Produc-
tion
NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
NESHAP: Manufacture of
Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ment and Solicitation for Participation in
the Transportation Conformity Pilot Pro-
gram
National Volatile Organic Compound
Emission Standards for Automobile Re-
finish Coatings
Open-Market Trading Guidance
National 49-State Low-Emission Vehicles
Program
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations
Delegation Remand
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations
Offset Remand
Final Rule for Sen/icing of Motor Vehicle
Air Conditioners
NESHAP for Leather Tanning and Finish-
ing Operations
New Source Review (NSR) Reform
NSPS for Sewage Sludge Incinerators
NESHAP for Plywood and Particle Board
Manufacturing
Storage Tank Rule Revisions
NESHAP-lron Foundries and Steel
Foundries
NESHAP-Cyanide Chemical Manufactur-
ing
NESHAP: Integrated Iron and Steel
NESHAP: Baker's Yeast Manufacturing In-
dustry
NESHAP for Tire Manufacturing
NESHAP: Lime Manufacturing
Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rule-
making - ICCR Project
NESHAP: Metal Coil (Surface Coating) In-
dustry
NESHAP: Fabric Printing, Coating and
Dyeing
Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Manu-
facturing Integrated Rule Development
Offset Lithographic Printing National VOC
Rule
NESHAP for Miscellaneous Cellulose Pro-
duction
NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Land-
fills
NESHAP: Spandex Production
NESHAP for Cellulose Production Cat-
egories
NESHAP for the Manufacture of Carbon
Black
NESHAP: Vegetable Oil Production
NESHAP for Organic Liquid Distribution
NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Fabrication Operations
NESHAP for Group I Polymers and Res-
ins and Group IV Polymers and Resins
and Group IV Polymers and Resins
Integrated Rule for Paper, and Other Web
Coating and Coatings: MACT for
NESHAP; and BAC for National VOC
Rule
Revisions to the New Source Review Reg-
ulations
Consolidated Emission Reporting
NESHAPS Pertaining to Facilities Other
Than Commercial Nuclear Power Reac-
tors Licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) or by NRC
Agreemen States
NAAQS: Nitrogen Dioxide (Review)
Guidance for the Implementation of Sec-
tion 112(g)~Modifications
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Saq.
No.
3416
3417
3425
3428
3427
3428
Seq.
No.
Title
Regional Haze Protection Rule
Control Technology Guidelines (CTG)
Grants tor Technical Assistance Rule Re-
form • 40 CFR Part 35 Subpart M
Reportabio Quantity Adjustments for
Carbamates
National Priorities List lor Uncontrolled
Hazardous Waste Sites: Proposed and
Final Rules
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-To-Know Act,
Sections 302 Through 312
3431
3432
3444
3448
3449
3450
3457
Title
Seq.
No.
Revision of the Local Government Reim-
bursement Regulation
Administrative Reporting Exemptions for
Certain Radionuclide Releases
Amendments to Part 22 Consolidated Pro-
cedural Rules
Field Citation Program
Public Information and Confidentiality
Regulations
Pesticide Management and Disposal
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking Re-
view of Penalty Order
3459
3461
3464
3465
3467
Title
Credible Evidence Revisions
Rules of Practice for Enforcement Actions
Not Governed by the Administrative
Procedure Act
FIFRA Books and Records of Pesticide
Production and Distribution (Revision)
Pesticide Management and Disposal
Administrative Hearing Procedures for
Class II Penalties Under CERCLA and
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SUBJECT INDEX
Seq. No.
Accounting:
EPA cost recovery methodology 3460
Acquisition regulations:
See Government procurement
Additives: ' .
See Fuel additives
Administrative practice and procedure:
See also Environmental impact statements
Freedom of information
Environmental Protection Agency 3461
EPA 3450, 3455
EPA State operating permits 3252
Hearing and appeal procedures:
Environmental Protection Agency 3123, 3304, 3466
Hearing under CERCLA and emergency planning 3467
Agriculture:
See also Foods
Pesticides and pests
Ozone depletion 3246
Worker protection standards 3022, 3025, 3033, 3041
Air pollution control:
See also Motor vehicle pollution
Acid rain ....3223, 3233, 3304, 3305, 3306, 3351, 3403, 3409, 3421
Allowance allocations 3238
Acid Rain Program 3249
Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing 3271
Aerosol can production 3367
Aerospace industry 3284, 3330
Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities 3330
Agricultural chemicals 3268
Air quality modeling 3255
Air quality resources:
Class I area designations 3210
Air quality standards 3230, 3301, 3319, 3320
Air storage tanks 3355
Aircraft and aircraft engines 3224
Aluminum industry 3264, 3326
Appeals regulations 3304
Asphalt roofing and processing 3371
Awards 3414, 3453
Baker's yeast manufacturing industry 3363
Boat manufacturing industry 3365
Boilers , 3373
Capture efficiency guidelines 3303
Carbon monoxide 3224, 3339
Chemicals 3231, 3269, 3362
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) 3297
Chromium emissions 3279, 3372
Citizen suit regulation 3420, 3454
Clean Air Act 3192, 3209, 3239, 3240, 3257, 3262, 3281, 3294,
3306, 3318, 3345, 3346, 3414, 3415, 3454, 3459
Coal-fired boilers 3422
Consumer products 3337
Copper smelters 3261
Cyanide chemical manufacturing 3359
De minimis levels 3412
Diesel refineries 3223
Dioxin emission measurement 3217
Dry cleaners 3368
Electric utility steam generating facilities 3293, 3411
Emission control diagnostic systems 3280, 3350
Emission standards 3243, 3244, 3250, 3316, 3348, 3384, 3385,
3386, 3387, 3394
Determining compliance 3245, 3459
Hydrogen fluoride production 3277
Semiconductor facilities 3377
Seq. No.
Air pollution control—Continued
Emissions monitoring 3286, 3296
Emissions monitoring program 3228, 3229, 3233, 3312, 3317,
3390,3391
Emissions reporting 3208, 3404
Emissions trades 3282, 3338
Ethylene processing ....3369
Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry... 3380
Ferroalloy industry 3219
Field citations 3415
Fuel and fuel additives 3333, 3419
Gas turbines : 3357
General provisions amendments 3274
Generic test procedures , 3228
Halons 3251
Hazardous air pollutants 3078, 3209, 3211, 3236, 3251, 3256,
3258, 3262, 3263, 3264, 3265, 3266, 3267, 3268, 3269,
3270, 3271, 3272, 3284, 3290, 3321, 3326, 3327, 3328,
3330, 3347, 3348, 3353, 3356, 3357, 3361, 3362, 3364,
3365, 3366, 3367, 3368, 3369, 3370, 3371, 3372, 3373,
3374, 3375, 3384, 3385, 3386, 3387, 3388, 3389, 3390,
3391, 3392, 3393, 3394, 3395, 3397, 3399, 3400, 3401,
3408, 3418
Hazardous air pollutants source categories 3209, 3276, 3280,
3392,3417
Hazardous waste combustion facilities 3192
Hazardous waste TDSF and generator sites 3347
Indian reservations 3226
Indian tribes treatment 3318
Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking 3375
Inspection/maintenance programs. 3216, 3227
Internal combustion engines 3356
Iron and steel industry , 3358, 3360
Large appliance coating industry 3370
Lead.. 3230
Lead smelters 3270, 3278
Lime manufacturing industry 3374
Locomotive emissions 3214
MACT standards 3245, 3276, 3277, 3377, 3384, 3385, 3386,
3387, 3388, 3389, 3393, 3394
Measurement regulation : 3217, 3303
Medical waste incinerators 3321
Metal parts and products coating industry 3378, 3379, 3397,
3399
Mineral wool production industry standards 3257
Monitoring 3300
Municipal landfills 3386
National Strategy for Urban Area Sources of Toxic Air
Emissions 3390
Navajo,nation lands 3222
NESHAP:
Carbon black 3389
Cellulose production 3384, 3388
Chromium emissions 3279
Elastomers 3395
Fabric-printing, coating and dyeing industry 3380
Lead smelters 3278
Leather tanning 3348
Metal parts and products coating industry 3378, 3379
Non-metallic minerals processing 3383
Organic liquids 3393
Polyurethane foam production 3394 •
Site remediation , 3385
Spandex 3387
Thermoplastics 3395
Vegetable oil production 3391
Wood furniture industry 3331
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Seq. No.
Air pollution control—Continued ;
Now source performance standards 3321, 3322, 3323, 3375,
3396
Now source review 3349, 3402
Now stationary sources , 3250, 3312
i'-Nltrogen dioxide• 3410
Nitrogen oxides 3224, 3422
Non-metallic minerals processing 3322, 3383
Non-road compression ignition engines 3291
Nonhandheld engines 3339
Nuclear facilities other than power plants 3405
Nylon 6 production 3413
Opacity measurement of emissions 3308, 3317
Operating permits 3242, 3307
Indian reservations : 3241
Outer continental shelf. 3343, 3344
Ozono 3220, 3232, 3234, 3236, 3284, 3288, 3294, 3295, 3299,
3315. 3320, 3337, 3338, 3342, 3345, 3346, 3370, 3397,
3399, 3400, 3401, 3407
Ozono and ozone precursors:-' •
• Attainment'and nonattainment areas 3211
National ambient air quality surveillance (NAAQS) 3254
Transport 3211
Paint stripper users 3364
Paper, film and foil coating industry 3401
Particulato matter standards 3236, 3301
PCS manufacturing. 3093
Penalties for violations 3448
Perchloroethyleno.. : 3406
Petroleum refineries •. ;.3218, 3258
Pharmaceuticals industry 3267
Phosphate fertilizer production •. 3325
Phosphogypsum stacks 3329
Phosphoric acid manufacturing 3324
Plastic composites manufacturing 3361
Plastic parts industry ; 3400
Plywood and particle board manufacturing 3353
Polycarbonates 3272
Polyother polyol production : 3266
Polymers and rosins .-. 3259
Polyurethano foam production 3327
Portland cement manufacturing 3265
Process heaters : 3373
Publically owned treatment works study 3273
Pulp and paper mills '. 3256
Radioactive waste : 3237
Radionuclides ..3314
Radon.; ;. : .......3329, 3354
Regional haze protection 3416
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements ,.3234, 3313
Sewage sludge incinerators 3352
Shipbuilding industry ..:.....Ll : .3284
Solid waste incinerators 3396
State implementation plans ...3220, 3222, 3232, 3240, 3275, 3311,
3315, 3334, 3338, 3343, 3349
Steel pickling processes ; 3260
Sulfur dioxide 3409
Sulfur oxides : :..3305, 3319
Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing 3302
Test rules 3064
Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing 3328
Tiro manufacturing 3366
Transportation Conformity Pilot Program 3283
Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Program.1;...;:. .3292
VolatHo organic compounds 3212, 3240, 3247, 3284, 3302,
~* 3303, 3315, 3335, 3336, 3338, 3370, 3381, 3382, 3397,
3398, 3399, 3400, 3401, 3408
Wasto incinerators performance standards 3281
Wood furniture industry 3284, 3331, 3398
Wool fiberglass manufacturing industry 3263
Aircraft:
Emission standards and test procedures 3224
Rockot Engines 3392
Airplanes:
See Aircraft
Seq. No.
..3332
..3205
,.3049
..3096, 3275
Airworthiness directives and standards:
See Aircraft
Ammunition:
See Arms and munitions
Antidumping: „
Reformulated gasoline program requirements.
Appeal procedures:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Appliances: .
. See Household appliances
Arms and munitions:
Hazardous wastes
Asbestos:
Model accreditation plan
Auditing:
See Accounting
Authority delegations:
EPA revisions
Automobiles:
See Motor vehicles
B
Balloons:
See Aircraft
Bankruptcy:
RCRA financial responsibility 3194
Barrels:
See Packaging and containers
Birds:
See Wildlife
Buildings:
See also Federal buildings and facilities
Asbestos 3049
Buses:
See also Motor vehicles
EPA Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Program 3292
Business and industry 3135, 3146
See also specific industries
Accounting
Bankruptcy
Confidential business information
Labeling
Packaging and containers
Acrylate/methacrylate use rule 3097
Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing:
Air pollution control 3271
Aerospace industry:
Air pollution control..; 3284, 3330
Aluminum industry.:.; .". 3204, 3245
Air pollution control 3264, 3326
Asphalt roofing and processing industry:
Air pollution control .'. ; 3371
Baker's yeast manufacturing:
Air pollution control... 3363
Boat manufacturing industry:
Air pollution control ; ; .....3365
Cellulose manufacturing 3384, 3388
Cement manufacturing:
Air pollution control 3265
Chemicals:
Air pollution control 3268, 3269, 3302, 3362
Control of PMNs 3080
Hazardous wastes listing 3178, 3186, 3187, 3190
Manufacture 3050, 3066, 3079, 3086, 3087, 3231, 3375
Pollution standards 3093
Dry cleaning:
Air pollution control 3368
Effluent guidelines 3106
Perchloroethylene 3406
Effluent guidelines 3106, 3107, 3108, 3135, 3137, 3146
EPA operating permits -. 3307
Ethylene processing:
Air pollution control 3369
Ferroalloy industry:
Air pollution control 3219
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Business and industry—Continued
Fertilizers 3323
Friction products 3376
Granular triple superphosphate (GTSP).;........., 3323
Industrial disposal wells : ; 3167
industrial laundries:
Effluent guidelines 3106
Iron manufacturing:
Effluent guidelines...... ... 1 '. 3137
Large appliance coating industry:
Air pollution control .3370
Leather tanning and finishing..... 3348
Lime manufacturing industry: . ,
Air pollution control 3374
Manufacturing 3375
Metal parts and products coating industry: • •
Air pollution control ...3397, 3399
Metal products and machinery:
Effluent guidelines 3135, 3146
Mineral processing:
Air pollution control 3322
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Air pollution control ; : '„ 3350, 3381
Consumer information ,.::.'...32'48
Emission standards..; 3243, 3244, 3290, 3316, 3340
Sales volume limit provisions. 3310
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits
3117
Nylon 6 production:
Air pollution control 3413
Paint manufacturing:
Hazardous waste management ...::3l75
Paper, film and foil coating industry:
Air pollution control ...3401
Pharmaceuticals:
Air pollution control... 3267
Pollution standards 3134
Plastic parts industry:
Air pollution control 3400
Plywood and particle board manufacturing:
Air pollution control 3353
Polyether polyol production:
Air pollution control 3266
Polyurethane foam production , 3394
Air pollution control....; ; .'. 3327
Printing/publishing.,, :.......:.......... 3382
Pulp, paper and paperboard '. ....3122, 3256
Spandex '.'.' ...-,...,...3387
Steel manufacturing: :
Effluent guidelines.. 3137
Tetrahydrdbenzaldehyde manufacturing: *
Air pollution control...........:.'. ..:...;. 3328
Tires ;... .• 3389
Manufacture....... '. ......... 3366
Transportation equipment Cleaning:
Effluent guidelines .3107
Vegetable oil production ,...,.3391
Wood furniture industry: .,
Air pollution control 3284
Wool fiberglass manufacturing:
Air pollution control 3263
Cancer:
See also specific hazardous substances
Carcinogen risk assessment
Charter buses:
See Buses
Motor vehicles
Chemicals:
See also specific chemicals
Hazardous substances
Pesticides and pests
Acrylamide
..3452
' . ;''....''• .•-• ;•'••'• *•'•'.- : - • •• • • ' V- •'*••• Seq; No.
ChemicaJs-^Contihued r . , ,. , ,» :
Acryiate/methacrylate .„.,,.. »....., ...........; ....i.......,..,.3097
Air pollution control..., ...3231,3302
Arsenic in drinking water; i...."............31(3Q
Assessment informatipri rule .....* r..,....3086
Chemical inventory reporting >.,.:'..',...>.. '. ..13428
Drinking Water Priority List...!.:.,.'.: ...,.»;.;,.:...;..,;..,...::,...3l68
Drinking waterregulations.., ;..: . ......... .,...,...3163
Formaldehyde....,.;.........;..-...........;. .1..:.. '. ....................3092
'
High-production-volunie (HPV) chemicals „!.......«..,..... ....3060
New use rules for PMNs. '; '....>...', 3080
Ozone depleting.;.......'.;,....;............-...,................, ,.....,...,;,;,...3246i
Fire.extjnguisljiers containing HCFCs ...'.;...,..,.!.,:s,-..;;.,.,..l.iV.,.-..3407i
Refrigerant recycling.; .................3294, 3297, 3345, 3346
Sales restrictions.., ..;.. , 3295
, Substitutes...,., :,.........;.; ,.;..^.,.;u:......::.....,.;..;...3299
Polychlprinated bipheriyls ,.f. .......„,,..,.,..,.; ,., ..,...;,..309.3*
Polymers' and resins ........i....-......;.t';i.'..^............;;.............;.."..........3395^
Screening Information Data,Set (SIDS) ...;„.......;. 3060
TestTuies......;;..';,;;.;.;,..;.;..;;;.J;.^30Bi, safes, ab64,3069,3077,3^39
Toxic Vubstarices.!.,;,;'.i..\j;.K-^v;.;}i::.-..M,:..-...,.-..i;,.•;..';..; ;.v.3pS3> 3066
Tpixic suBstaiices in' rie^V chemicals .,.;.r..;:,;J.';;,.4.1-.','V...,.:.....;.:*..:i.3D79.
.
Toxics Release Iriventory ..;. ..... ;....;.,,.-.•;..
Use inventory' rule ..'.....;...;.; ....... :.....;<...•..
Children:' ..- •..:!,>.-'••' -.-: : ', ' ' ..
See "Infants arid children
Clean Air Act: .• „ . •.•'•; .,.-,,
; See Air- pollution Control' •> . ,.
Clean Water Act:' , ; ,. .:'.',
See Water pollution control •
Coalmines: , • '. ..
See Mines j.- ., ' .
Coastal zone: .'"-.'. ' , . .,
See also Continental shelf •
Biological test methods for pollutants...
Waste deposit prevention...... ...... ...........
Confidential business information: ': • .
EPAregulations'.,..;.;.;i,...;.....;..:........^....
Cpnsiumer protection: ' • • .
See also Labeling '-,*"-•
Lead-based paint.^.....»...;i.:...:. ...... .....
Water supply^.:,;.;.,.,......,.............;.........
Containers:'. « ''• ; ;" •-..'.!; :'''.-'.'. :'-' •
See Packaging and containers
Continental Shelf:^-, '
..3096
..30'50
. .
....„ ..... ....... 3132
v,.......,..,..,...313i
' !
..3449
..3055
..31S2
..3083
Qffshore structur0s:,; , ';.':' . ; . ' .'.'
Oil spill prevention and response.......
Contracts: •• 'v . •<"' . " •"' •"
: S'de Governmenf'cbntrapts
Copper: ;' :" ' '''•-• ''
Drinking water regulations.;................;..;..
Corporations: ' • , .; .
See Business and industry . ' "
Critical habitat: . -, ...
See Endangered and threatened species
'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 ; ." '
, 3344
3196
..3155
..3445, 3463
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Seq. No.
Ecology:
See Environmental protection
Electric utilities:
Stoam generating facilities 3293
Sulfur dioxide allowances 3409
Endangered and threatened species:
Pesticide labeling program 3037
Energy:
Sec also Fuel economy
Natural gas
Petroleum
Fluorescent lamps exemption from Hazardous Waste
Management 3200
Wastes from fossil fuel combustion 3199
Environmental impact statements:
Antarctic impact assessment 3451
Environmental protection:
See also Air pollution control
Environmental impact statements
Pesticides and pests
Waste treatment and disposal
Water pollution control
Antarctic Treaty... 3451
Biotechnology risk assessment 3081
Chemicals 3050, 3060, 3063. 3064, 3069
Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR 3437
Coastal waste deposit prevention ; 3131
Content requirements for state operating permits 3252
Ecological risk assessment 3447
EPA acquisition regulations 3442, 3445, 3463
EPA civil penalties assessments 3461
EPA cost recovery methodology 3460
Federal Facility Compliance Act 3466
Monitoring '. 3300
Pesticides 3024
Protocol on Environmental Protection 3451
Estuaries:
See Coastal zone
Ex parto communications:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Explosives:
See also Hazardous materials transportation
Hazardous substances
Deletion from regulated substance list 3430
Exports:
Chemicals 3089
Pesticides 1 3034
FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation):
See Government procurement
Fanners:
Sea Agriculture
Federal acquisition regulations:
See Government procurement
Federal aid programs:
See Technical assistance
Federal buildings and facilities:
RCRA compliance
Uniform identification information
Federal-State relations:
See Intergovernmental relations
Finos and penalties:
See Penalties
Firo prevention:
Fire extinguishers containing HCFCs
Firearms:
See Arms and munitions
Flammable materials:
Exemption from regulated substance list.
Pesticide foggers ,
Foods:
See also specific foods
..3466
..3039
..3407
..3430
..3029
Seq. No.
Foods—Continued
Pesticide residues 3036, 3045
Foreign relations:
See also specific countries '
Foreign trade
Treaties
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD) 3060
Foreign trade:
See also Exports
Imports
Motor vehicles 3285
Freedom of information:
See also Confidential business information
•Chemical inventory reporting ..3428
Toxics Release Inventory reporting 3051, 3073
Fuel:
See Energy
Fuel additives:
Waiver application criteria 3419
Fuel economy:
Light trucks and light duty vehicles 3286
Gas utilities:
See Natural gas
Gasoline:
See also Fuel economy
Diesel refineries..... 3223
Reformulated 3333
Government buildings:
See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
See also Government procurement
Cost or pricing data 3442
Debarment and suspension 3445, 3463
EPA acquisition regulations 3442, 3445, 3463
EPA Mentor-Protege Program 3438
Penalty payments : 3444
Profit/fee determinations 3441
Government procurement:
See also Government contracts
Acquisition regulations:
Quality of environmental data 3440
Value engineering ; 3443
Contractors:
Response action contractor exclusions ....3462
Contracts: .
Incrementally funding fixed price contracts 3439
Environmentally preferable products 3091
Recycled products 3180
Grant programs-environmental protection:
EPA technical assistance grants .-..: 3425
Guns:
See Arms and munitions
H
Hazardous materials transportation:
Hazardous Waste Manifest rule 3202
Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries 3182
Stationary source definition 3430
Hazardous substances:
See also Explosives
Flammable materials
Hazardous materials transportation
Hazardous waste
Radioactive materials
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Seq. No.
Hazardous substances—Continued
Air pollutants 3078, 3209, 3211, 3218, 3219, 3236, 3238, 3251,
3256, 3257, 3258, 3259, 3260, 3261, 3262, 3263, 3264,
3265, 3266, 3267, 3268, 3270, 3271, 3272, 3273, 3276,
3278, 3279, 3280, 3284, 3290, 3301, 3321, 3324, 3325,
3326, 3327, 3328, 3330, 3347, 3348, 3,352, 3353, 3356,
3357, 3358, 3359, 3360, 3361, 3362, 3363, 3364, 3365,
3366, 3367, 3368, 3369, 3370, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3374,
3375, 3376, 3378, 3379, 3380, 3381, 3383, 3384, 3385,
3386, 3387, 3388, 3389, 3390, 3391, 3393, 3394, 3395,
3396, 3397, 3398, 3399, 3400, 3401, 3405, 3408, 3413,
3418
Asbestos : 3049, 3057, 3068
Carbon monoxide ....3224, 3339
Carcinogen risk assessment 3452
Chemical test rules 3077, 3078, 3089
Chemicals 3048, 3052, 3053, 3062
Chromium 3372
Disinfection byproducts , 3168
Drinking Water Priority List ,.:.. 3168
Drinking water regulations , 3153
Environmentally preferable 'products guidelines ..3091
Extremely Hazardous Substances List 3424, 3429
Federally permitted releases.........: :............; :...: 3433
Formaldehyde 3092
Isocyanates .3239, 3429
Lead 3055, 3056, 3071, 3072, 3074, 3076, 3096, 3155, 3270
Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries >.....3182
Metals ..3,065
Method 24 amendment , 3225
Microbial products (biotechnology) ^..3081
Microorganisms '. 3059
Neurotoxicity risk assessment 3436
Nitrogen dioxide .............3410
Nitrogen oxides :.3224, 3341, 3422
Ozone and ozone precursors 3211
Ozone precursors .....3338
Ozone-depleting substances 3246
Penalties under CERCLA and emergency planning .'.. 3467
Pesticides ...3023, 3030, 3032, 3035, 3042, 3044, 3045, 3047, 3067
Cross-contamination reporting 3027
EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations 3446
Exportation 3034
Field testing '. 3038
Inventory with cancelled registration......... 3047
Labeling program .3037, 3040
Produced by transgenic plants .3028
Production and distribution records. ....:........ 3464
Regulatory review ..3075
Self-certification .......3026
Worker protection standards,.; ......;....... 3025, 3033, 3041
Polychlorinated biphenyls 3084, 3085, 3094, 3098
Radionuclides , 3148,, 3158, 3170, 3314, 3432
Radon '. , , 3329, 3354, 3435
Regulatory review 3075
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements 3088
Reproductive toxicity risk assessment .'..... 3458
Saccharin :'. 3434
Sulfur dioxide 3409
Sulfur oxides 3319
Surface coatings '. , : 3225
Toxic Release Inventory:
Chemicals 3048, 3052
Toxicological profiles:
Metals , 3065
Toxics Release Inventory .....3051, 3073, 3090
Underground storage tanks 3203
Water pollution control 3102, 3111, 3112
Hazardous waste:
Aluminum production 3204
Carbamates 3426
Cement kiln dust 3181
Cleanups ; 3201, 3425
Dioxin/furan contaminated sludge 3095
Seq. No.
Hazardous waste—Continued
Disposal facilities:
Combustion facilities 3192
Radioactive waste 3213
Effluent limitation guidelines ,.........,.,,.1..,.....,; .......3105
Groundwater contamination /.„....:. 3167, 3385
Identification and listing 3174, 3175, 3184, 3201
Land disposal:
Post-closure requirements 3185
Restrictions 3193, 3197, 3204
Lead , 3058
Manifest regulation 3202
Medical waste..,..., ., , 3321
Military munitions .'..... , 3205
Mineral processing wastes 3193
Organobromines 3186
Paint manufacturing ,. 3175
Pesticides ; 3465
Petroleum refining process , , 3191
Polychlorinated biphenyls ,.,'..,.,„.>...,....,.,....,.........3085, 3094
Radioactive waste ...............,...'......*...... , 3151
Recycling of scrap metals...., > 3235
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant .'...'..,„....',..'..'._..".. .,3213, 3237
Waste management rules .'..'...'...V. 3221
Yucca Mountain, NV ....:...:....:...., 3253
. Recycled used oil...... '. .......3174
Recycling ...'......'...... .,..'...'. '. „....'.'....'... 3177
'Saccharin ...; .....'.'..'.;;....'...,.,......', .'.„,,,'..:.',.....:...„ .3434
Silver-bearing waste V.!.'..,..\..'. I.... ,..!...'.! .......3171
Solid waste .::..: :......:.:...l.....'.:.........'.;:.... ..3177
Solvents'....,:... :....:.:..: : ; .'....'.... '..'...,. ......3187
Spent solvents.. .....,.'..............................i 3174
Technical standards for corrective'action'.for cleaijup........'.....3179
.Testing methods.: ::,..'..?..'..'.:'.„!.'.....' .'.'.....'.....'....„.3173
Toxic waste site ..: .....'...........'...!!.'... .'. .......3062
Toxicity characteristic metals 3193
Toxicity characteristic rule ..: 3198
Treatment and disposal: '
Fluorescent lamps 3200
Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities and generators
.: .'.......3347
Triarylmethane dye and pigments... ....3190.
Uncontrolled sites on the NPL.. 3427
Wood preserving wastes......'....;.' :.;.;. .'.'.. 3193
Health facilities:
Incineration of medical waste '.:!...':..' '..'. ...3321
Health records: ,
Health and Safety Data Model Reporting.......:: .: ........3070
Hearing and appeal procedures:
See Administrative practice and.procedure
Helicopters:
See Aircraft : ;,.:;„••--r' i;.:-'. j ."••.'"..
Herbicides: ' , . ,,
See Pesticides and pests
Household appliances:
Surface coating of large appliance products and parts.... 3370
Housing:
Lead-based paint 3058, 3074
Housing assistance payments: ' •
See Housing '
I
Imports:
See also Antidumping -•"'
Acrylate/methacrylate ...'.......'. .;1.3097
Chemicals 3066, 3086, 3087
Control of PMN chemicals . ........:......3080
Ozone-depleting substances '. ;.... 3234
Indians-lands:
Air pollution control implementation...:....3210; 3222, 3226, 3241
EPA new source reviews 3250
Municipal solid waste landfills......;.. 3195
Water pollution control requirements 3166
Indians-tribal government:
Air quality planning and management ;.......... 3318
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Indians-tribal government—Continued
EPA emergency response reimbursement.... 3431
Treatment as States , 3206
Industrial safety:
See Occupational safety and health
Industry:
See Business and industry
Infants and children:
Lead poisoning 3055, 3072, 3076
Sulfate in drinking water 3162
Information:
See Confidential business information
Freedom of information '
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Insecticides: ,
See Pesticides and pests
Intergovernmental relations:
Air pollution control implementation 3220, 3222, 3230, 3232,
3240, 3262, 3275, 3307, 3311, 3315, 3334, 3338, 3340,
3343, 3349
EPA effluent guidelines and standards 3113
EPA emergency response reimbursement , 3431
EPA Hazardous Waste Manifest rule 3202
EPA permit regulations 3123, 3143
EPA Stato Implementation plans (SIPs) 3211, 3252, 3283, 3317
EPA State sewage sludge management 3103
EPA water monitoring requirements i 3154
EPA water quality standards ..:...3lll, 3138, 3169
EPA water regulations streamlining 3109
EPA well operation regulation .': : 3164
EPA-California water quality standards I..3102
EPA-Pennsylvania water quality standards ...• .J...3147
Nuclear accident protection :: ,.3150
Regional haze protection regulations 3416.
Water supply 3152, 3157, 3166
International agreements:
See Treaties
International trade:
See Foreign trade
Investigations:
Investigating and remediating releases at RCRA facilities
1 3179
K
Kites:
See Aircraft
Labeling:
Sea also Packaging and containers
HCFCs 3298
Pesticides 3029, 3037, 3040, 3042
Laboratories:
EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations :..3446
Land:
See Indians-lands
Law:
See also Administrative practice and procedure
Suits against Federal agencies 3454, 3457
Third party suits:
Underground storage of hazardous materials 3203
Lead poisoning:
Hazard abatement 3076
Paint 3055, 3056, 3058,, 3071, 3072, 3074, 3076, 3096
Reducing lead consumption and use 3082
M
Marine engineering:
Sea Vessels
Marino pollution:
See Water pollution control
Marino resources:
Criteria for water quality
Seq. No.
Medical facilities:
See Health facilities
Medical records: ;
See Health records
Medical research:
Neurotoxicity risk assessment 3436
Metals:
See also specific metals ,
Ambient lead levels 3230
Effluent guidelines for metal products and machinery ..3146
Emission standards for ferroalloy industry 3219
EPA trace metal analysis 3111
High temperature metal recovery residues 3197
Radiation protection standards for scrap metals 3235
Migratory birds:
See Wildlife
Military arms sales: -
See Arms and munitions
Military installations:
See Federal buildings and facilities >
Mines: , • •
•Water pollution control , ; 3139
Mobile offshore drilling units:
See Vessels
Motor vehicle pollution:
Emissions control , 3341
Emissions from refinishing coatings , 3335
Emissions standards 3287, 3290
Emissions testing ...,3285, 3418
Gasoline:
Reformulated .,3232, 3288, 3332, 3342
Inspection/maintenance programs 3215
Low emission vehicles program .,3340
Nitrogen oxides ..3341
On-highway heavy-duty certified engines in nonroad heavy-
duty vehicles and equipment ; 3289
Particulate matter standards , 3341
Motor vehicles:
See also Buses
Fuel economy
Air conditioning system 3297, 3345
Light trucks 3296
Sales volume limit provisions ., .......3310
Motorcycles:
See Motor vehicles
Munitions: , .'.'....
See Arms and munitions
N
National defense contracts: ..
See Government contracts
Government procurement ,.
Natural gas:
Motor vehicle fuel , 3341
Reformulated gasoline 3232, 3288, 3332, 3339, 3342
'Nuclear safety:
See Radiation protection
..3121
Occupational safety and health:
Agricultural pesticides
Formaldehyde exposure
Ocean dumping:
See Water pollution control
Ocean resources:
See Marine resources
Offshore structures:
. See Continental shelf
Oil pollution:
Oil spill response
Prevention
Outer continental shelf:
See Continental shelf
..3022
..3092
..3196
..3172
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Seq. No.
Packaging and containers:
See also Labeling
Child-resistant , .• :.
Paint:
See Lead poisoning
Paperwork requirements:
See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Parachutes:
See Aircraft
Penalties:
Air pollution control ; :
Civil... •. : ,:
..3043
,.3,448
,.3461
EPA 3457
Pesticides and pests: . . •
Antimicrobial pesticides 3023, 3035, 3044
Canceled or suspended ., 3450, 3455
Child-resistant packaging , 3043
Cross-contamination reporting 3027
Data requirements :... 3024
Disposal and storage guidelines .'...3042
Effluent guidelines and standards 3100
Exportation ..3034
Field testing 3038
Groundwater protection 3030, 3031, 3046
Inventory with cancelled registration 3047
Labeling requirements: '
Endangered species protection ....3037
Flammability , ..: 3029
Permitted statements 3040
Negotiated consent/procedural test rule 3067
Production and distribution records......: .3456, 3464
Regulatory review 3075
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements 3032
Residue in agricultural products ...3036
Emergency exemptions 3035
Scientific research 3446
Self-certification 3026
Storage and disposal 3450, 3455, 3465
Transgenic plants 3028
Worker protection standards 3022, 3025, 3033, 3041
Petroleum:
See also Fuel additives ' '
Gasoline
Oil pollution
Air pollution from petroleum .solvent dry cleaners 3368
Air pollution from production facilities „ ..3258
Refineries 3218
Refining process wastes 3191
Toxicity characteristic rule .; -.... ..3198
Plastics materials and synthetics:
Air pollution control regulations '.... 3361
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 3078
Air quality standards : 3410
Carcinogen risk assessment 3452
Radiation protection 3149
Reproductive toxicity risk assessment 3458
Toxic Substances Control Act 3070
Water contamination effects 3159, 3168
Water quality standards 3144
Public ^utilities:
See Electric utilities
Natural gas
Water supply
Radiation protection: . _.'•'.
See also Radioactive materials .
Drinking water ....;......,.......,...,,...„....'..;......... 3150, 3170, 3314
General public..... 3149
Radiological Emergency Response Plah.:.."..:........ ;.........3309
Scrap metal standards 3235
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant : i...............,.....:... 3237
Yucca Mountain, NV -.'..,..::.... .....:., 3253
Radioactive materials:
See also Radiation protection
Waste disposal. ....'. , 3148, 3151
Radioactive waste: ,
See Hazardous waste
Railroads: • '
Locomotive emissions ....: .....; ..". 3214
Rates and fares: ; - ' . '•
' See Natural gas '..'•>'' • .
'' Railroads .- • ,. ; . : . v .: ...--' ••
Record retention: :" . '
See .Reporting arid recordkeepihg requirements :
Records: , •-..•'
See Freedom °f information, ...
Health records. , .' '. '• • . • / . • . '.
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements '
Recycling: ' " .... ; ; '
Government purchase of recovered'materials... 3180
Hazardous waste ..>..!...-., .', ;...'......,- 3177
Refrigerant ......... :..,...3294, 3297, 3345, 3346
• Scrap metal ,. 3098, 3235
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
Carbamates. ...>... 3426
Chemical inventory reporting.. 3048, 3050, 3428
Environmental monitoring 3300
Environmental Protection Agency ,...3143, 3164, 3313, 3437
EPA emissions reporting requirements .3208, 3404
EP'A key identifiers reporting ............. 3039
EPA regulations streamlining '. 3169
• Hazardous materialreleases.... .-. 3433
Hazardous substances ! 3075, 3088
Ozone-depleting substances importation.>...:.<.: 3234
Pesticides., 3026, 3027, 3032, 3075, 3446, 3455, 3456, 3464
Pollution prevention actions in .Toxic Release Inventory
,.;.„ ...........3054
Radionuclides : '..: 3432
Radon........'... .....; ..3435
• Toxic chemical test rules ....-.......'..,;.;if...:.:.,.....•. .3089
Toxic .Substances Control Act...: 3070
Toxics Release Inventory reporting....,.......:. 3051, 3073, 3090
Water systems 3152
Research: , ',;;.''
See also Medical research :
Biotechnology .'.... '........ 3059, 3081
EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations.... 3446
Rockets: ' • • ,.
See Aircraft
Rodenticides: ,
See Pesticides and pests ••„.-.
Rotorcraft: .
See Aircraft .
Sanitation:
See Public health, ,
Waste treatment and disposal
Schools:
Asbestos..... 3057, 3068
Asbestos model accreditation plan ....1 3049
Science and technology: .
Analyzing regulated drinking water contaminants 3170
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Science and technology—Continued
Neuroloxiclty risk assessment 3436
Seaplanes:
See Aircraft
Sewage disposal:
Incinerator emissions monitoring 3136
Incinerator emissions standards .....'. :. 3352
Sower collection systems 3101
Sludgs uso and disposal 3104, 3119, 3133
Vessels 3129
Shipbuilding industry:
Air pollution control 3284
Shipping:
See Railroads
Ships:
See Vessels
Solid waste disposal:
See Waste treatment and disposal
Stale-Federal relations:
See Intergovernmental relations
Suporfund:
Claims application streamlining 3423
Cost recovery regulation 3460
Grants for technical assistance 3425
Radiation sito cleanup 3148
Synt
Roporlnblo quantity adjustments for carbamates 3426
holies:
See Plastics materials and synthetics
Technical assistance:
Environmental Protection Agency grants 3425
Technology:
See Science and technology
Toxic substances:
Sec Hazardous substances
Transportation:
See also Railroads
Vessels
Air pollution control conformity 3311, 3334
Environmental review 3282
Transportation Conformity Pilot Program 3283
Treaties:
Antarctic Treaty 3451
Montreal Protocol 3234
Trucks:
See Motor vehicles
Vessels:
Armed forces vessels:
Uniform national discharge standards 3116
Sewage discharge 3129
W
Waste treatment and disposal:
See also Hazardous waste
Recycling
Sewage disposal
Armed forces vessels 3116
Disposal facilities:
Residual radioactivity after cleanup 3148
Effluent guidelines 3105, 3108, 3139
Financial test criteria 3194, 3207
Fossil fuel combustion wastes 3199
Iron and steel manufacturing 3137
Land disposal:
Financial responsibility ..3189
Groundwater monitoring 3183
Restrictions 3193, 3197
Metal machinery and equipment wastewater 3135
Mineral processing wastes 3193
Ocean dumping 3142
Permit applications 3117, 3130
Seq. No.
Waste treatment and disposal—Continued
Radioactive waste 3151, 3253
; Recoverable metals criteria 3124
Sewer grouting ....».....,'. 3083
Shore Protection Act 3131
Solid waste disposal: •
Hazardous waste recycling 3177
Landfills and incinerators 3108, 3396
Municipal landfills 3386
Physical/chemical evaluation methods... 3i76, 3188
Technical standards for corrective action 3179
State programs 3195
Toxic Release Inventory 3052
Toxicity characteristic metals 3193
Underground storage tanks:
Toxicity characteristic rule 3198
Uniform national discharge standards 3116
Wood preserving wastes 3193
Water pollution control:
See also Oil pollution
Waste treatment and disposal
Biological test methods 3132
Clean Water Act 3110, 3111, 3112, 3124, 3126, 3127, 3132,
3138, 3140, 3141, 3147
Test procedures : 3115, 3120, 3128
Cyanide criteria 3112
Effluent guidelines:
Industrial wastewater 3106, 3135
Iron and steel manufacturing 3137
Landfills and incinerators 3108
Metal products and machinery 3146
Ore mining 3139
Pharmaceuticals 3134
Pulp, paper and paperboard 3122, 3256
Regulations reformatting :" 3113
Transportation equipment cleaning 3107
Great Lakes 3121, 3144
Marine pollution:
Ocean dumping 3142
Oil and gas facility effluents 3145
NPDES permits 3101, 3109
Oil and grease test procedures 3126
Permit applications 3117
Permit regulations streamlining 3123, 3143
Pretreatment regulations 3100, 3114
Publicly owned treatment works pretreatment program 3125
Publicly owned treatment works renewal process 3110
Radionuclides 3158
Recoverable metals criteria 3124
Sewage sludge incinerator emissions 3136
Sewer collection systems 3101
Sludge management programs .3103, 3119, 3133, 3178
Stormwater runoff 3118
Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants 3127
Total maximum daily loads 3138
Trace metals criteria 3111
Waste disposal permit applications 3130
Water quality standards 3099, 3102, 3115, 3120, 3128, 3138,
3147, 3169
Criteria for human health and wildlife 3144
Criterial for acute aquatic life 3121
Water supply:
Carcinogen risk assessment 3452
Drinking water 3457
Aldicarb and atrazine 3163
Analyzing regulated drinking water contaminants 3153, 3170
Arsenic 3160
Consumer Confidence Reports 3152
Contaminant level goals (MCLGs) 3166
Contaminants 3150, 3158, 3161, 3165
Copper 3155
Disinfectants 3159
Drinking Water Priority List 3168
Injection wells 3164, 3167
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Water supply—Continued
Intake zones 3129
Lead 3155
Monitoring requirements .3154
Radionuclides 3166, 3314
Regulations reformatting 3156, 3169
Safe Drinking Water Act 3157
Sulfate 3162
Surface water treatment rule .....3165
Ecological risk assessment : 3447
Groundwater protection 3030, 3031, 3046
Reproductive toxicity risk assessment 3458
Seq. No.
Water transportation:
See Vessels
Waterfowl:
See Wildlife
Weapons:
See Arms and munitions
' Wetlands:
See Coastal zone
Wildlife:
Criteria for water quality..
..3144
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