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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY (EPA)

Statement of Regulatory Priorities

An Era of Opportunity
  During the past 25 years, the Nation
made great headway in cleaning up the
air, water, and land. But as the next
century approaches, we are rinding that
many of the problems remaining are
more complex than those of the past and
they require more sophisticated, tailor-
made remedies. EPA has begun a
wholesale effort to rethink its current
public health and environmental
strategies to better meet the challenges
of today and the future. And because
this effort comes at the same time the
President and Vice President are calling
for a Government that works better and
costs less, EPA has had an
unprecedented opportunity to develop
tough, new protections that not only
solve today's difficult problems, but do
so in cheaper and smarter ways.

Building a Better System
  EPA's efforts to develop a system that
works better and costs less are focused
on four areas: Reducing regulatory and
paperwork burdens, improving
environmental compliance, regulating
for greater results, and increasing
community participation and
partnerships. We are pursuing this
through every  possible venue, internally
and externally, and we can already see
results.
  Internally, EPA has streamlined its
management, restructured programs,
and given EPA employees broader
responsibilities. For example, enforcers
are emphasizing compliance assistance,
permitters are  paying more attention to
pollution prevention and market
mechanisms, and rule writers are
developing public health and
environmental protections that include
alternatives proposed fay regulated
industries. These are innovative
alternatives that are less costly but that
still meet environmental and public
health protection goals.
  Externally, EPA is bringing together
stakeholders from businesses, State and
local governments, and labor and public
interest groups so that all interested
parties can participate in the design of
innovative, less costly approaches to
environmental and public health
protection. This stakeholder
involvement increases flexibility,
promotes local stewardship, and helps
establish and strengthen partnerships
between the public and private
sectors—all without sacrificing
environmental or public health
protection.
  Also, as EPA develops this new
regulatory system, it will increase its
focus on protecting the health of
children, taking into account their
unique characteristics and
vulnerabilities. By April 24,1998, EPA
will develop guidance to implement the
new Executive order on protecting
children's health from environmental
risks. This guidance will assist the
Agency in preparing a "Children's
Impact Statement" for economically
significant regulations. In addition,
following an inclusive public process,
EPA will identify and then reevaluate
five existing environmental or public
health standards to ensure that they
sufficiently protect children's health.

Eliminating Unnecessary Regulations
  The Agency continues to examine
existing environmental regulations and
paperwork in order to simplify and
streamline compliance for the regulated
community. This is consistent with the
President's announcement in February
1995 that all Federal agencies must
conduct a line-by-line review of their
regulations and eliminate those that are
obsolete or redundant. EPA has already
made changes to more than 70 .percent
of its regulations and eliminated
approximately 1,400 pages of obsolete
rules from the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), some 10 percent of
EPA's total CFR regulations. In March
1995, EPA set a goal of reducing by  25
percent the paperwork burden
associated with requirements in effect as
of January 1, 1995. By January 1997,
EPA had removed 15.6 million hours of
paperwork burden, a reduction of about
15 percent, and had targeted an
additional 8.3 million hours for future
removal. In a more recent analysis
prepared in April 1997 for the Agency's
Information Streamlining Plan, EPA
projects that by October 1,1998,
reductions will exceed the Agency's
goal by more than 2 million hours.
  EPA is creating several opportunities
for  regulatory and paperwork
streamlining. For example, in
partnership with the States, the Agency
is developing a "one-stop"
environmental reporting system that
will allow facilities to submit required
environmental permitting and
compliance data on-line. This can save
businesses and other regulateci facilities
time and money, help bring about
quicker decisions on permitting and
compliance actions, improve data
accuracy, and enhance public access to
environmental information.
  In the area of clean water regulation,
an innovative streamlining policy
allows facilities to significantly reduce
discharge monitoring and reporting, as
long as they have good historical
compliance records and are discharging
higher quality water than required by
their permit. In pesticide regulation, a
new streamlining procedure allows
pesticide registrants to make limited
changes to their registration with a
simple notification to the agency rather
than with the usual burdensome
amendment application.

Improving Environmental Compliance
  Once EPA establishes public health
and environmental protection rules, the
Agency must ensure that businesses and
others can understand and comply with
them. This is particularly important for
small businesses and communities that
have limited staff and resources. To
help these small entities, EPA is taking
several steps. First, the Agency is
establishing compliance assistance
centers to. serve as direct, readily
available sources of information on the
latest regulatory requirements for small
businesses. EPA is also offering to
reduce or eliminate penalties for
violations if small businesses establish
programs to detect, publicly disclose,
and fix problems—as long as the
violation does not involve criminal
activity or a serious risk to public health
or the environment.  Besides making life
easier for businesses and other regulated
facilities, these steps can help prevent
pollution and lessen the burden and
expense of cleanup.

Increasing Community Participation
and Partnerships
  EPA recognizes  that a new and
improved system of environmental
protection must include stronger
partnerships between the public and
private sectors and between the States
and the Federal Government. It would
also include a greater role for citizens in
local, community-based
decisionmaking. The Agency has taken
several steps to improve these
relationships and involve citizens. For
example, the Agency offers Brownfields
grants and Sustainable Development
Challenge grants that give communities
the resources necessary to clean up
contamination, especially from
abandoned industrial sites, and to
restore environmental quality and
provide environmentally sound
economic opportunities. EPA also is
providing better public access to
environmental data, including
information specific to individual
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retrieves more than 3.5 million EPA
electronic documents every month,
information that citizens can use to
make a difference in their communities.
  EPA and the States are reinventing
their working relationship to strengthen
management of the Nation's
environmental programs. Under the
National Environmental Performance
Partnership System (NEPPS), EPA has
negotiated agreements with 30 States to
give strong State programs more leeway
to set environmental priorities, design
new strategies, and manage their own
programs, while concentrating EPA
oversight and technical assistance on
weaker programs. Also, the recent
agreement between EPA and the States
on Core Performance Measures is
another major step forward. These
measures emphasize outcomes over
activities and should strengthen EPA's
ability to measure environmental
progress over the long term.
  To stregthon the relationship between
tho private and public sectors, EPA now
is consulting with regulated industries
earlier in its rule development
processes. EPA sometimes employs
formal consensus-based rulemaking,
such as regulatory negotiations. More
frequently, however, the Agency
depends on informal outreach to
potentially affected parties. The Agency
has paid particular attention to its
relationship with small businesses and,
in fact, EPA has long been prominent
among Federal agencies in its outreach
to these small entities. The Agency not
only rigorously implements the Small
Business and Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA) and the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), but it
also uses its Small Business
Ombudsman and its Office of State and
Local Relationships to reach out to
small entities.
Highligta of EPA's Regulatory Plan for
1007
  EPA's regulatory plan for 1997  reflects
tho Agency's continuing commitment to
create new environmental protection
strategies that better protect public
health and the environment at lower
cost. Here are some highlights from each
program office:

Office of Ait and Radiation
  EPA is committed to taking advantage
of tho flexibility granted by the Clean
Air Act that enables companies, States,
and communities to meet clean air goals
with innovative, low-cost approaches.
Tho Office of Air and Radiation will
mako nearly 200 changes in existing
rules and regulations and is drafting
future rules to reflect the common-sense
principles of the reinvention effort. Here
are a few examples:
• EPA recently established more
  stringent air quality standards for
  ozone and particulate matter based on
  new scientific and technical
  information. While the new standards
  offer tough protection for public
  health and the environment, EPA is
  also developing an implementation
  strategy that gives States and industry
  flexibility with which they can meet
  these air quality goals. The
  implementation strategy: (a) Respects
  agreements already reached by
  communities and businesses and does
  not disrupt current progress toward
  improving air quality; (b) recognizes
  the need to take regional approaches
  toward addressing air pollution and
  finds that the most cost-effective
  mechanism for doing so is an
  emissions trading plan for utilities
  that was recommended by 37 States;
  (c) gives areas that use these regional
  measures a "transitional" status and
  allows EPA to devise an approach that
  eliminates unnecessarily burdensome
  planning and pollution reduction
  requirements; and (d) provides
  sufficient time for developing cost-
  effective control plans and for
  compliance.
• EPA, building on successful State
  programs, has been working with
  stakeholders to develop a more
  streamlined way that facilities can get
  operating permit updates from State
  or local agencies. Depending on the
  environmental significance of the
  change, States would have greater
  flexibility to decide the appropriate
  amount of EPA and public review for
  most permit revisions.
• EPA will issue a final policy for open-
  market trading of ozone/smog
  precursors (volatile organic
  compounds and oxides of nitrogen)
  that will allow companies to trade
  emission credits without prior State
  or Federal approval. EPA believes this
  flexibility will help areas meet or
  maintain EPA's ozone standard at far
  less cost and provide greater incentive
  for companies to develop innovative
  emission reduction technologies.
• EPA will issue a final rule requiring
  additional emission reductions of
  nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, and
  particulate matter from mobile heavy-
  duty engines such as those used in
  trucks and buses. The Agency brought
  together potentially affected
  industries, States, regional air
  management organizations, and
  public health and environmental
 interest groups to participate in the
 rule's development.
• The Agency has proposed changes to
 simplify and streamline the New
 Source Review Program, which
 requires newly built facilities or those
 undergoing major modification to
 obtain a permit to ensure that
 emissions will not cause or contribute
 to air pollution problems.
• EPA will issue a final rulemaking to
 complete the framework for the
 national low-emission vehicle (NLEV)
 program. The program, developed in
 conjunction with States, automakers,
 and others will help States meet
 national air quality standards by
 providing cleaner cars nationwide.
• Reflecting a new emphasis on multi-
 media environmental protection, EPA
 will soon issue a final integrated rule
 for the pulp and paper industry that
 controls the release of pollutants to
 both water and air. The regulations
 are being developed jointly to provide
 greater protection to human health
 and the environment, promote
 pollution prevention, and enable the
 industry to comply more effectively.
• Because the ozone/smog problem in
 the cities cannot be solved by
 emissions reductions from cars and
 factories alone, the Clean Air Act calls
 for reducing emissions from smaller
 sources of smog-causing volatile
 organic compounds (VOCs). EPA is
 developing final rules to require such
 reductions from consumer products
 and architectural coatings. EPA is
 soliciting extensive input from the
 regulated industries, especially small
 businesses, and is designing the rules
 to maximize their cost-effectiveness
 and sensitivity to small business
 concerns.
• EPA has worked with major
 stakeholders to design a final rule
 assuring that air emissions control
 equipment is properly monitored and
 maintained. This underscores EPA's
 commitment to preventing pollution
 rather than imposing additional
 command-and-control regulations.
• From discussions with affected
 industries, EPA has learned that many
 companies find it difficult to know
 what is expected of them given the
 growing complexity of the regulatory
 system during the last 25 years. In
 many cases, regulations may be
 duplicative, overlapping, Or
 inconsistent, especially in the areas of
 monitoring, recordkeeping, and
 reporting. In response to these
 problems, early next year, EPA will
 propose a rule intended to consolidate
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organic chemical manufacturing
industry. If this pilot program proves
successful, it will be expanded to
cover air rules for other industries and
also possibly to water and waste
requirements,
• EPA will also carry out its statutory
responsibility to certify whether the
Department of Energy's Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New
Mexico complies with regulations
governing the disposal of radioactive
waste. In addition, the Agency will
establish health and safety standards
for the high-level nuclear waste
repository planned for Yucca
Mountain in Nevada and will set
safety standards for cleanup of
; radioactively contaminated sites.

Office of Water
• On August 6,1996, President Clinton
signed the Safe Drinking Water Act
Amendments of 1996. The
amendments will bring about
substantial changes to the national
drinking water program for EPA,
States, and water utilities and provide
greater protection and information for
the 240 million Americans served by
public water systems. To implement
the new law, EPA will be involving
diverse stakeholders in developing a
new program to protect water sources;
developing guidelines for consumer
confidence reports that water
suppliers will provide to their
customers; increasing research and
cost-benefit analysis; gathering data
that will be used to develop a list of
potential drinking water
contaminants; and helping the States
implement a billion-dollar drinking
water State revolving fund.
• To provide more regulatory flexibility,
EPA is streamling five of its water-
related programs: The National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) program, the
pretreatment program, the national
primary drinking water program, the
sewage sludge program, and the water
quality planning and management
program.
• In the NPDES program, EPA is
removing outdated requirements,
. removing and streamlining
unnecessary procedures, streamlining
permit application and modification
procedures, and reducing monitoring
and reporting requirements. For
example, EPA will consolidate and
revise industrial and municipal
permit application forms and
streamline the application process.
• EPA is proposing to streamline'the
301(h) regulations, which allow
POTWs the opportunity to obtain a
modification of secondary treatment
requirements under certain
conditions. This action would
streamline the renewal process for
POTWs with 301(h) modified NPDES
permits. •
• EPA is revising NPDES pretreatment
program regulations to simplify
program operation and streamline
requirements. The Agency is currently
considering a number of simplifying
changes that would reduce the current
burden to publicly owned treatment
works (POTWs) and industrial users
discharging to POTWs. The changes
under consideration include
exclusions from various requirements
for small facilities that contribute
insignificant amounts of pollution
and reduced and/or more flexible
reporting, inspection, and sampling
requirements. '
• The Agency is reformatting existing
drinking water and effluent guideline
standards to make them easier for
Federal, State, and local governments
and the regulated community to read
and understand.
• The Agency is also streamlining the
drinking water monitoring
requirements to provide greater
latitude for State discretion in
customizing the timing and sampling
frequencies for monitoring to local
circumstances.
• EPA is modifying the Round I Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Regulations to
make the requirements for sewage
sludge incinerators self-implementing
and to provide the regulated
community flexibility in meeting
other sludge requirements. These
changes will increase flexibility and
reduce regulatory burden. [
• The Agency is also streamlining the
State Sewage Sludge Management
Regulations to make it easier for
States with well-run sewage sludge
management programs to be eligible
for program authorization without
having to make unnecessary
administrative changes to their
programs.
• EPA is revising requirements for water
quality planning and management to
reduce the burden associated with the
program and to make it more efficient.
EPA is also working with a FACA
Committee to identify ways to
improve the efficiency, effectiveness,
and pace of EPA, State, and tribal
total maximum daily load programs.
FACA recommendations may include
changes to the water quality planning
and management regulations.
• Finally, the Agency will be pursuing
innovative, less-costly, nonregulatory
water protection strategies, such as
effluent trading within watersheds.

Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances
• The new Food Quality Protection Act
(FQPA), signed into law on August 3,
1996, overhauls U.S. pesticide laws to
regulate pesticides on foods and better
protect children. During the next 2
years, EPA will be engaged in an
intensive implementation effort,
including developing new
regulations, guidance, and programs.
As specific regulatory and program
changes are identified, the Agency
will enter them into the regulatory
agenda.
• EPA will continue to improve the
public's right to know about toxic
chemicals in their community
through the Toxic Release Inventory
(TRI) program of the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-
Know Act (EPCRA). The TRI is a data
base that provides communities with
information on releases to air, water,
and land for approximately 600 toxic
chemicals. Armed with this
information, communities can better
understand the nature of toxic
releases at the local level, assess risk,
and make informed decisions about
local priorities.
• For chemicals that are highly toxic at
very low dose levels, persist for
extended periods in the environment,
and/or bioaccumulate through the
food chain, EPA is evaluating under
TRI whether to lower the reporting
threshold amount—the amount of
chemical a facility uses,
manufactures, or processes before it
must report releases. In addition, EPA
is working with stakeholders to
simplify the chemical reporting forms
and the Agency's annual reports to
make them easier to understand.
• By the end of 1997 or early 1998, EPA
plans to issue a final rule that will
streamline the Toxic Substances
Control Act's (TSCA) PCS
management program. This rule is the
first comprehensive review of the PCB
regulations in 17 years. The
modification will allow currently ,
prohibited activities that do not pose
an unreasonable risk to health and the
environment and is expected to result
in significant cost savings for the
regulated community.
• Currently, chemical manufacturers are
required to report the names of the
chemicals they produce, the quantity
produced, and the locations of
manufacturing facilities. EPA plans to
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tho chemical and how the chemicals
oro used (e.g., in manufacturing
processes). This allows EPA and
others to identify the chemicals of
highest concern so that the Agency
can sot goals for chemical assessment,
risk management, and prevention
programs. The action will also
encourage pollution prevention by
identifying safer chemical substitutes.
* EPA intends to issue the remaining
regulations mandated by the
Residential Lead-Based Hazard
Reduction Act of 1992, which
requires EPA to establish standards
for lead-based paint, lead-
contaminated soil, and lead-
contaminated dust. EPA will issue
final regulations that require
renovators to provide a lead-hazard
information brochure (developed by
EPA) to clients before beginning work.
EPA will also propose regulations
identifying what lead levels in paint,
dust, and soil and what lead-paint
conditions (e.g., flaking, peeling) pose
a health hazard.
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency-
Response
• Tho Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response (OSWER) is
planning to propose a number of
actions to streamline and simplify
compliance under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA), the Federal law governing
hazardous waste management. As part
of its effort to refocus hazardous waste
regulations on high-risk wastes, EPA
is undertaking a number of actions to
tailor standards to the nature or
degree of risk posed by particular
wastes. One example of this is the
development of management
standards for cement kiln dust. The
proposed standards for this large
volume waste will be tailored to
protect public health and the
environment while imposing minimal
burden on the regulated community.
• EPA is streamlining the regulation of
materials that contain substances
listed as hazardous waste. Certain
regulations are overly broad in that
thoy apply regardless of the
concentrations of the listed wastes or
tho mobility of the toxicant in the
waste. As a result, they regulate
certain low-risk wastes (in particular,
treatment residuals) as if they posed
high risk. EPA's common-sense
approach would exempt these low-
risk wastes from the full management
requirements designed for high-risk
hazardous wastes.
• On May 1,1996, EPA published an
advance notice of proposed
rulemaking to solicit comment on
alternative approaches to
contamination cleanup at hazardous
waste management facilities. EPA
believes final regulations are needed
to promote national consistency,
clarify cleanup requirements, and
reduce the number of site-specific
negotiations and costly litigation.
• EPA is developing a regulation which
will address the problems posed by
contaminated media found at
hazardous waste management facility
cleanups. The Agency plans to make
targetted fixes which will promote
ongoing and future cleanups, as well
as provide significant regulatory relief
in several areas.
• EPA also plans to establish new
emissions standards for hazardous
waste combustors under joint Clean
Air Act and RCRA authority. These
revised standards will avoid
duplicative Agency effort and
piecemeal regulation of the hazardous
waste management industry while
protecting public health and the
environment from chlorinated dioxins
and furans.
• Finally, EPA is in the process of
developing new streamlined rules
governing the definition of solid
waste. These rules will make it easier
for companies to determine what
wastes/processes are subject to RCRA
jurisdiction. In addition, EPA is
streamlining the requirements for
managing recycled hazardous waste to
provide more clarity and to remove
disincentives to safe recycling.

Summary
In developing all of these actions,
EPA is committed to flexible, common-
sense, cost-effective regulatory programs
that protect public health and the
environment.
EPA
PRERULE STAGE
107. 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 99-499

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(f)(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
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reporting thresholds, because it
recognized that this might be necessary
in order to address the American
publics right to know what is
happening to the environment near
their homes, schools, and businesses.

Summary of the Legal Basis:
42 USC 11013; 42 USC 11023; 42 USC
11048; 42 USC 11076; EPCRA S313

Alternatives:
EPA recognizes the reporting burden
inherent in TRI, and is continuing to
take every reasonable opportunity to
minimize this burden while ensuring
the public's right-to-know. As such, all
available alternatives will be identified
and evaluated.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The anticipated costs related to this
action are unknown at present. At this
point the Agency is still unsure how
low to set reporting thresholds or for
what specific list of chemicals the
lower reporting thresholds should
apply. The information reported in TRI
increases the knowledge levels of
pollutants released to the environment
and pathways to exposure, improving
scientific understanding of the health
and environmental risks of toxic
chemicals; allows the public to make
informed decisions on where to work
and live; enhances the ability of
corporate lenders and purchasers to
more accurately gauge a facility's
potential liability; and assists Federal,
State, and local authorities in making
better decisions on acceptable levels of
toxics in communities.

Risks:
Currently communities do not have
access to TRI data on chemicals that,
although released in relatively small
quantities, pose a potential risk to
human health and the environment
because they persist and
bioaccumulate. By lowering the
reporting thresholds for such chemicals
the public will be able to determine
if such chemicals are being released
into their communities and whether
any action should be taken to reduce
Sectors Affected:
495 Sanitary Services; 516 Chemicals
and Allied Products; 517 Petroleum
and Petroleum Products; 738
Miscellaneous Business Services

Analysis: ;
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Additional Information:
SAN No. 3880.
OTHER SECTORS AFFECTED:
Manufacturing industries in SIC codes
20-39 plus the following industries and
SIC codes: Metal Mining (SIC code 10
except SIC codes 1011, 1081, and
1094); Coal Mining (SIC code 12 except
SIC code 1241); Electric Utilities (SIC
codes 4911, 4931, 4939).

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-AD09

EPA
PROPOSED RULE STAGE
108. • TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY
(TRI): REVIEW OF CHEMICALS ON
ORIGINAL TRI LIST

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 1101 et seq :
potential risks.
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM

Date FR Cite
03/00/98
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline:
None
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected:
Federal
Abstract:
When TRI was established by Congress
in 1986, the statutory language placed
309 chemicals and 20 categories of
chemicals on the TRI list; that is
referred to as the original TRI list. The
chemicals on the original list were
taken from two existing lists of toxic
substances: the Maryland Chemical
Inventory Report List of Toxic or
Hazardous Substances, and the New
Jersey Environmental Hazardous
Substances list. This action constitutes
the first systematic review of toxicology
and environmental data for all the
chemicals on the original TRI list to
determine whether data for those
chemicals conform with the statutory
criteria for listing of chemicals on TRI.
Chemicals for which data do not meet
the statutory criteria will be delisted.

Statement of Need:
When chemicals on the original TRI list
have been subjects of petitions for
delisting, thorough reviews have been
carried out of toxicity and
environmental data for the chemicals to
determine whether the chemicals
should be retained on TRI or should
be delisted. Although petitions for
delisting have resulted in reviews of a
substantial number of chemicals on the
original TRI list, this action is the first
systematic review of toxicity and
environmental data for all the
chemicals on the original list. This
action is needed to ensure that TRI lists
chemicals for which data on toxicity
and environmental harm meet the
statutory criteria, therefore justifying
the burden placed on entities required
to report for the TRI program.

Summary of the Legal Basis:
Section 313(d) of EPCRA authorizes
EPA to add or delete chemicals from
the TRI list, and sets forth criteria for
these actions.

Alternatives:
EPA recognizes the reporting burden
inherent in compliance with TRI, and
takes all reasonable opportunities to
minimize the burden while ensuring
that the public receives information
necessary for protection of health and
the environment. Reporting burdens
would be reduced if chemicals are
taken off the TRI list as a result of the
data review. The possibility that
chemicals will be delisted as a result
of the data review is an alternative to
retaining chemicals on the TRI list.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The anticipated costs to industry
related to this action are unknown at
present. Costs to industry would be
reduced if chemicals are removed from
the TRI list. Benefits would result from
any reduction in reporting burden as
a result of the delisting of a chemical.

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Risks:

TRI provides Information to industry,
governments and the public on
chemicals that can cause harm to
health or the environment. The review
of toxicology and environmental data
for all chemicals on the original TRI
list will ensure that the list focuses
only on those chemicals that pose
meaningful possibilities of risks to
human health or the environment,
Increasing the effectiveness of the TRI.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Rnai Action
07/00/98
12/00/98
Small Entitles Affected:

Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected:

State, Federal

Sectors Affected:

495 Sanitary Services; 516 Chemicals
and Allied Products; 517 Petroleum
and Petroleum Products; 738
Miscellaneous Business Services

Additional Information:

SAN No. 4015.
OTHER AFFECTED SECTORS: Identify
the affected industry(ies) and provide
the SIC code(s): Manufacturing
industries in SIC codes 20-39 plus the
following industries and SIC codes:
Metal Mining (SIC code 10 except SIC
codes 1011,1081, and 1094); Coal
Mining (SIC code 12 except SIC code
1241); Electric Utilities (SIC codes
4911, 4931, 4939).

Agency Contact:
Myra Karstadt
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7408
Washington, DC, 20460
Phono: 202 260-0658
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: karstadt.myra@epamail.epa.gov

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
BIN: 2070-AD18
EPA

109. TRI CHEMICAL EXPANSION;
REALIZATION OF DEFERRED
CHEMICALS

Priority:
Other Significant

Legal Authority:
42 USC 11013; 42 USC 11023; 42 USC
11048; 42 USC 11076; Emergency
Planning and Community Right-To-
Know Act sec 313

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 372

Legal Deadline:
None

Abstract:
On November 30,1994, EPA added 286
chemicals and chemical categories to
the EPCRA section 313 list, including
39 chemicals as part of two delineated
categories. Each chemical and chemical
category was found to meet the
statutory criteria described in EPCRA
section 313(d)(2)(A)-(C). At the time,
EPA deferred final action on 40
chemicals and one chemical category
until a later date. These were deferred
because the comments received on
them raised difficult technical or. policy
issues which required additional time
to address. EPA chose not to delay final
action on the 286 chemicals and
chemical categories because the
additional time needed to address the
issues surrounding the smaller group of
40 chemicals and one chemical
category; rather, EPA believed it to be
in the spirit of community right-to-
know to proceed with the final
rulemaking of the addition of the 286
chemicals and chemical categories.

Statement of Need:
The original Toxic Release Inventory
(TRI) chemical list consisted of 320
chemicals and chemical categories. In
an effort to provide the public with a
broader picture of chemicals in their
communities, EPA, in accordance with
EPCRA section 313(d), is expanding the
original toxic chemical list. By
providing the public with information
on these chemicals they can participate
in informed environmental
decisionmaking to reduce risks to
human health and the environment. On
January 12,1994 (59 FR 1788), EPA
published a proposed rule to add 313
chemicals and chemical categories to
the TRI chemical list. Of the 313
chemicals and chemical categories
proposed, there are approximately 160
pesticide active ingredients. The
chemicals being proposed were selected
from numerous other regulatory lists
and meet the criteria for human health
and environmental toxicity in EPCRA
section 313(d)(2). In addition, the
chemicals passed a production volume
screen to ensure that reports would be
received if they are added to the TRI
list. Part of this activity included the
review of 17 chemicals, previously
described in RIN 2070-AC40/SAKf 3007.
Sixteen of these chemicals are from a
list of hazardous air pollutants subject
to requirements of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, and one was
considered for addition due to its
extreme aquatic toxicity. Of these 17
chemicals nine were included in the
proposed rule.

Summary of the Legal Basis: ;'
EPCRA section 313(d) authorizes EPA
to add or delete chemicals from the TFI
list and sets forth the criteria for these
actions.

Alternatives:
EPA recognizes the reporting burden •
inherent in TRI, and is continuing to
take every reasonable opportunity to
minimize this burden while ensuring
the public's right-to-know. As such, all
alternatives will be identified and
evaluated.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The final total costs are not yet known,
since the final listing decisions have
not yet been made. However, estimates
of the potential costs were provided as
part of the economic analysis that was
prepared for the proposed action.
Undoubtedly, the addition of any of
these chemicals or the chemical
category will result in additional costs
to the reporting community. The
additional information reported in TRI
increases the public's knowledge
regarding the levels of pollutants
released to the environment and
pathways of exposure, improving
scientific understanding of the health
and environmental risks of toxic
chemicals. It allows the public to make
informed decisions on where to work
and live; enhances the ability of
corporate lenders and purchasers to
more accurately gauge a facility's
potential liabilities; and assists Federal,
State, and local authorities in making
better decisions on acceptable levels of
toxics in communities.

Risks:
With more information, communities
will be empowered to determine
whether they need to take action to
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the chemicals being released in their
communities. Without such
information, local communities would
not be aware of potential risks to the
environment and human health that
may result from the chemical releases
of local facilities. The public can also
use this data to evaluate potential risks
from these chemicals and to determine
how to avoid these risks.
Timetable:
Action
                   Date
FR Cite
NPRM             01/12/94  59 FR 1788
Final Finalizes listing  11/30/94  59 FR 61432
  of 286 chemicals
  and chemical
  categories
Supplemental NPRM  04/00/98
  Deferred Chemicals
Final Deferred       12/00/98
  Chemicals

Small Entities Affected:
Businesses

Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal

Sectors Affected:
20 Food and Kindred Products; 21
Tobacco Products; 22 Textile Mill
Products; 23 Apparel and Other
Finished Products Made from Fabrics
and Similar Materials         •  ,

Additional Information:
SAN No. 3007.
Includes SIC codes 10 (except 1011,
1081, 1094); 12 (except 1241); 20-39,
4911; 4931; 4939; 4953; 5169; 5171;
and 7389               ,

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
 BIN: 2070-AC47


 EPA

 110. TSCA INVENTORY UPDATE RULE
 AMENDMENTS

 Priority:
 Other Significant

 Legal Authority:
 15 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 3,000
facilities reported data on about 9,000
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.

Statement of Need:         :
There are approximately 70,000
chemicals in commerce and listed on
the updated TSCA Inventory. EPA faces
the challenge of sorting through these
chemicals to identify the ones of most
concern and then taking action to
mitigate unreasonable risks. The
current IUR collects some of the key
data, such as production volumes, that
help to identify chemicals of concern;
however, information on how
 chemicals are used commercially,
which is essential to determining
possible exposure routes and scenarios
 and potential safer substitute'
 chemicals, is not covered by IUR. This
 action will propose to modify the
 inventory update process so that data
 essential to an effective TSCA
 Inventory screening program are
 available to EPA.           '.
 In addition to the  specifics of the kind
 and format of the desired end use data
 reporting, EPA will consider reforms of
 the IUR: How to include inorganic
chemicals, which have been exempted
from reporting in the past, so that risks
from these chemicals can be better
assessed and managed; How to ease the
linkage of amended IUR data to other
environmental data sources like the
Toxic Release Inventory to enhance the
data's usefulness; and How to change
IUR reporting so that the frequency of
submitter confidentiality claims is
reduced so that the public can have
better access to relevant data on toxics.
A national report will make data
collected via the amended IUR publicly
available. This report will not contain
any information claimed to be
confidential.

Alternatives:
Although data on the use of specific
chemicals can be found in varying
sources, there is no national,
comprehensive, current searchable
database providing consistent
information on a wide variety of
chemicals. EPA has examined alternate
sources of the  information including
state information, Federal databases
and privately collected information.
EPA can find no information
comparable to the  data anticipated to
be collected through amendments to
the IUR.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
EPA anticipates costs of this action to
be well under $100 million for the first
year of reporting. Total costs of this
action depend on the amendments to
IUR that are contained in a proposed
rule. The amended IUR will assist EPA
in screening chemicals in commerce
and identify those of highest concern;
establishing priorities and goals for its
chemical assessment, risk management
and prevention programs and monitor
then- progress; identifying potentially
safer substitute chemicals for uses of
potential concern; and enhancing the
effectiveness of chemical risk
communication efforts.

Risks:
This action will secure  data on
 describing how chemicals in commerce
are used; this  data, is essential to
 determine possible exposure routes and
 scenarios. Using these exposure
 estimates, EPA's toxics  program will be
 able to better focus on chemical risks
 of most concern.
 Timetable:
                                                 Action
                                                                    Date
                             FR Cite
                                                 NPRM
                                                                   05/00/98
                                                 Small Entities Affected:
                                                 Businesses

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Government Levels Affected:
Federal

Additional Information:
SAN No. 3301.

Agency Contact:
Susan Krucger
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
(7406)
Washington, DC 20460
Phono: 202 260-1713
Email: krucger.susan@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2070-AC51

EPA

111. DATA EXPANSION
AMENDMENTS; TOXIC CHEMICAL
RELEASE REPORTING; COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 11013; Emergency Planning
and Community Right-To-Know Act sec
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
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-
Know 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 ho 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.

Statement of Need:
TRI is the most complete and accessible
source of information for the public on
toxic chemical releases in communities
across the United States. The intention
of Congress was for TRI, and indeed
all of EPCRA, to provide information
to local communities. Communities
need this information to better
understand the nature of the releases
at the local level. The intent of TRI
has been to share information on
releases with local communities to help
in their assessments of the risks. This
basic local empowerment is the
cornerstone of the right-to-know
program.
Yet TRI would be enhanced by
collecting chemical use/ materials
accounting data. This additional data
would provide the public with the
information to measure source
reduction progress, better participate in
pollution prevention planning, identify
source reduction opportunities and
follow the flow of toxic chemicals into
the community, through the
manufacturing process and leaving the
plant not only as transfers and releases,
but also in products. Materials
accounting information also allows a '
method of checking data reported to
TRI, provides a better picture for
regulatory integration and can be used
for others objectives such as research
and priority-setting. Congress gave EPA
the authority to expand TRI, both in
terms of the data reported and the
facilities required to report, because it
recognized that the American public
has a right to know what is happening
to the environment near their homes,
schools, and businesses.

Summary of the Legal Basis:
42 USC 11013; 42 USC 11023; 42 USC
11048; 42 USC 11076; EPCRA Sec. 313

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The anticipated costs related to this
action are unknown at present. At this
point the Agency is still unsure about
what data elements need to be added
to TRI, whether this data will even
need to be collect or is already
available and therefore is unable to
estimate any costs. The information
reported in TRI increases the
knowledge levels of pollutants released
to the environment and pathways to
exposure, improving scientific
understanding of the health and
environmental risks of toxic chemicals;
allows the public to make informed
decisions on where to work and live;
enhances the ability of corporate
lenders and purchasers to more
accurately gauge a facility's potential
liability; and assists Federal, State, and
local authorities in making better
decisions on acceptable levels of toxics
in communities.

Risks:
Currently communities do not have
access to chemical use/ materials
accounting data on the TRI. By adding
such data to the TRI the public will
have a more complete picture of the
use and distribution of toxic chemicals
in their communities as well as
potential risks that might result from
such use. The public will also be able
to better assess how pollution
prevention activities may be reducing
potential risks in their communities.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
10/01/96 61 FR51322
08/00/98
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected:
Federal

Sectors Affected:
495 Sanitary Services; 516 Chemicals
and Allied Products; 517 Petroleum
and Petroleum Products; 738
Miscellaneous Business Services

Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Additional Information:
SAN No. 3877.
OTHER SECTORS AFFECTED:
Manufacturing industries in SIC codes
20-39 plus the following industries and
SIC codes: Metal Mining (SIC code 10

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except SIC codes 1011, 1081, and
1094); Coal Mining (SIC code 12 except
SIC code 1241); Electric Utilities (SIC
codes 4911, 4931, 4939).

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
BIN: 2070-AD08

EPA

112. • TRI; ADDITION OF OIL AND
GAS EXPLORATION AND
PRODUCTION TO THE TOXIC
RELEASE INVENTORY

Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates:
This action may affect the private
sector under PL 104-4.

Legal Authority:
42 USC 11013; EPCRA 313; 42 USC
11023; 42 USC 1108; 42 USC 11076

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 specified under
the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-To-Know Act
(EPCRA) section 313(b)(l)(A). EPCRA
section 313(b)(l)(B) and (b)(2) provide
the Administrator with the authority to
add or delete SIC codes and the
discretion to add particular facilities
based on a broad set of factors. The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has recently expanded this original list
of covered industries. EPA is beginning
analyses to determine whether facilities
which perform exploration and
production of oil and gas should also
be added to the list of facilities covered
under EPCRA section 313. Facilities
recently added include certain electric
generating facilities, waste management
facilities, metal and coal mining,
hazardous waste treatment facilities,
solvent recyclers, and wholesale
distributors of chemicals and petroleum
products.

Statement of Need:

The Emergency Planning and
Community Right-To-Know Act
(EPCRA) was passed to better plan for
and prevent chemical accidents and
emergencies and to provide the public
with access to information regarding
the release and disposition of toxic
chemicals in their communities. The
public access requirements of EPCRA
originally covered facilities operating
within the manufacturing sector. It has
come to EPA's attention that industry
groups not classified within the
manufacturing sector also manage toxic
chemicals and that information
concerning their management practices
is limited and not publicly available.
EPA believes that activities conducted
by oil and gas exploration and •
production facilities involve toxic
chemicals and may be associated with
wastes that are managed for which
limited information is publicly
available. EPA believes that information
related to the management of wastes
associated with oil and gas exploration
and production activities may
significantly contribute to the public's
knowledge of the release and
disposition of toxic chemicals in the
environment.

Summary of the Legal Basis:

This requirement was specified under
the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-To-Know Act
(EPCRA) section 313(b)(l)(A). EPCRA
section 313(b)(l)(B) and (b)(2) provide
the Administrator with the authority to
add or delete SIC codes and the
discretion to add particular facilities
based on a broad set of factors. The
statute as originally passed required
reporting from facilities in Standard
Industrial Classification (SIC) codes 20-
39 only. The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has recently expanded
this original list of covered industries.

Alternatives:

Based on currently available
information, existing sources of
information are incomplete and do not
satisfy the need of making publicly
available information on the release
and disposition of toxic chemicals in
communities.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Based on the current status of the
project, anticipated costs are unknown.
Estimated costs for compliance with
EPCRA section 313 reporting
requirements are available, but until
further evaluation is completed no
estimates are available for the impact
of the resulting requirements. Equally
true, until further evaluations are
performed, estimated benefits cannot be
accurately calculated. Generally,
anticipated benefits will be in the form
of making available more complete
information regarding the release and
disposition of toxic chemicals in the
environment.

Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
09/00/98
08/00/99
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected:

State, Federal

Sectors Affected:
13 Oil and Gas Extraction

Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Additional Information:
SAN No. 4023.
Program is implemented at the Federal
level. States are designated as co-
recipients of the information, but are
not required to manage the information
in any particular manner.

Agency Contact:
Tun Crawford
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7408
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1715
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: crawford.tim@epamail.epa.gov

Maria J. Doa
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7408
Washington, DC, 20460
Phone: 202 260-9592
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: doa.maria@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD19

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EPA

113. TRI; POLLUTION PREVENTION
ACT INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
Priority:
Other Significant Major status under 5
USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates:
Undetermined

Reinventing Government:
This rulomaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort It will
rovisa text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 11013; Pollution Prevention
Act
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline:
Mono

Abstract:
Section 6607(b) of the Pollution
Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA)(Pub.L.
101-508) requires the addition of
several data elements to the Toxic
Chomical Release Inventory (TRI)
reporting requirements as promulgated
under section 313 of the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-
Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) (Pub.L. 99-
499). Section 313 of EPCRA requires
owners or operators of certain facilities
that manufacture, process or otherwise
use listed toxic chemicals to annually
report their releases of these chemicals
to each environmental medium. The
PPA mandates that section 313 covered
facilities also report on source
reduction and recycling activities
relating to the toxic chemicals
beginning with the 1991 reporting year.
Sinco 1991, covered facilities have been
providing this information to EPA in
section 8 of EPA's Form R. On
September 25,1991 (56 FR 48475), EPA
proposed regulations which would
provide definitions and instructions for
reporting the PPA data elements on the
Form R. EPA intends to issue a
supplemental proposal to amend
certain aspects of the 1991 proposed
rule, as well as seek comment on a few
now proposals.
Statement of Need:
TRI Is the most complete and accessible
sourco of information for the public on
toxic chemical releases in communities
across the United States. The intention
of Congress was for TRI, and indeed
all of EPCRA, to provide information
to local communities. Communities
need this information to better
understand the nature of the releases
at the local level. The intent of TRI
has been to share information on toxic
chemical releases with local
communities to help in their
assessments of the potential risks
associated with such 'releases. This
basic local empowerment is the
cornerstone of the right-to-know
program.

Beginning with the 1991 reporting year,
the PPA has mandated the collection
of source reduction and recycling
information on the Form R. Without
complete instructions and definitions
for the terms used, facilities across the
nation have been reporting this
information inconsistently. These
inconsistencies severely compromise '
the data quality of the information
reported. This action will improve the
understanding, awareness, and
decision-making related to the
collection, provision, and distribution
of these required data elements.

Summary of the Legal Basis:

Section 6607 of the Pollution
Prevention Act of 1990 requires the
reporting of pollution prevention data
under the TRI program established by
section 313 of EPCRA. In order to
collect data of good quality, EPA must
provide instructions and definitions to
ensure consistency in the interpretation'
of the various words and phrases used
by the PPA.

Alternatives:

EPA recognizes the reporting burden
inherent in TRI and the PPA, and is
continuing to take every reasonable
opportunity to minimize related
burdens, while ensuring the public's
right-to-know. Providing guidance to
facilities on how to properly report the
PPA data will reduce their overall
reporting burden.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

EPA estimates that industry currently
incurs a cost of $61.3 million annually
to report PPA data' on the Form R. This
estimate does not include the costs
related to the seven industries newly
subject to EPCRA 313. The cost to EPA
to process source reduction and .waste
management data equals $2.7 million
each year. This action is not expected
to add to these existing costs, and may
actually result in a reduction to the
overall industry burden and costs .
Risks:
Because of the inconsistencies in the
PPA data currently reported on the
Form R, communities are unable to
accurately compare the risks related to
release and recycling activities between
different facilities. By providing
covered facilities with clear guidance
for reporting this information, the
public will be better equipped to
determine and compare the risks
associated with toxic chemicals being
released and managed in then:
community.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/25/91 56 FR 48475
Supplemental NPRM 04/00/98
Final 12/00/98

Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal

Sectors Affected:
516 Chemicals and Allied Products;
517 Petroleum and Petroleum Products;
738 Miscellaneous Business Services

Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Additional Information:
SAN No. 2847.
Affected Sectors Include: SIC 10
(except 1011, 1081,1094); 12 (except
1241); 20-39; 4911; 4931; 4939; 4953;

EPA

114. SELECTED RULEMAKINGS FOR
ABATING LEAD HAZARDS

Priority:
Economically Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates:
Undetermined

Legal Authority:
15 USC 2683; PL 102-550

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CFR Citation:
40 CFR 745

Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, April 28, 1994,
(Sections 402(a) - 403 - 404).
Other, Statutory, October 28,1994, See
additional information.

Abstract:
The Residential Lead-Based Hazard .
Reduction Act of 1992 requires EPA to
promulgate a number of regulations
intended to address lead poisoning in '
the U.S. EPA is to promulgate
regulations to (a) identify the paint  ,
conditions and lead levels in dust and
soil that would result in adverse human
health effects (Section 403) (on July 14,
1994, EPA issued guidance to provide
preliminary information while a
proposal is being developed);  (b)
promulgate regulations  (section 402(a))
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 wb'rk; (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.

 Statement of Need:
 Childhood lead poisoning is  a
 pervasive problem in the United States,
 with almost a million young children
 having more than 10 ug/dl of lead in
 their blood, Center for Disease Control's
 level of concern. Elevated blood-lead
 levels can lead to reduced intelligence
 and neurobehavioral problems in young
 children, as well as causing other
 adverse health effects  in children and
 adults. Although there have been
 dramatic declines in blood-lead levels
 due to reductions of lead in paint,
 gasoline, and food sources, remaining
paint in older houses remains the
significant source of childhood lead
poisoning. These rules are designed to
reduce exposure to that source in a
targeted and sensible manner.

Alternatives:
Alternatives to each of the mandated
activities will be analyzed. However, in
many cases (particularly regulations
written under Sections 406 and 1018)
the statute is very prescriptive.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
For rules  promulgated under section
406  cost estimates have been provided
with the proposed rule, and will be
available  with the final rule. For
sections 402, 404 and 1018, the costs
have been provided in the final
economic impact analysis that was
prepared  in conjunction with the final
rules. For section 403, costs will still
need to be estimated in a draft
economic impact analysis that will be
prepared  for the proposed rule. Since
benefits depend on private sector
implementation of certain lead hazard
abatement activities which are not
mandated by any of these rules,
benefits will be difficult to quantify.

 Risks:                     i   .
 These rules are aimed at reducing the
 prevalence and severity of lead
 poisoning, particularly in children.
 Timetable:
 Action
                    Date
                              FR Cite
 NPRM Section 406(b) 03/02/94 59 FR 11108
 NPRM Sections      09/02/94 59 FR 45872
   402(a) and 404
   (Residential)
 NPRM Section 1018
 Final Section 1018
 Final Sections 402(a)
   and 404
   (Residential)
 Final Section 406{b)
 NPRM Section 403
 NPRM Section 402(a)
   (Debris)
 NPRM Sections
   402(a)(3)/404(h)
 NPRM Section 402(a)
   (Public/Commercial)
 NPRM Section 402(c)
 Final Section 402(a)
   (Debris)
 Final Section 402(a)
   (Public/Commercial)
 Final Section 402(c)
 Final Section 403
 Final Sections
   402(a)(3)/404(h)

 Small Entities Affected:
 Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
  Organizations
11/02/94 59 FR 54984
03/06/96 61 FR 9064
08/29/96 61 FR 45778
12/00/97
02/00/98
03/00/98

08/00/98

12/00/98

12/00/98
12/00/98

12/00/99

12/00/99
12/00/99
02/00/00
 Government Levels Affected:
 State, Local, Tribal, Federal

 Additional Information:
 SAN No. 3243.
 Lead Hazard Standards (section
 403)(RIN 2070-AC63)
 SAN 3244 - Lead-Based Paint Activities
 Rules: Training, Accreditation and
 Certification Rule and Model State Plan
 Rule (Sections 402 and 404(RIN: 2070-
 AC64).
 SAN 3242 - Lead-Based Paint
 Disclosure Requirements at Renovation
 of Target Housing (section 406)(RIN:
, 2070-AC65).
 SAN 3499 - Lead-Based Paint Hazard
 Information Requirements at the
 Transfer of Target Housing: Joint with
 HUD (Section 1018)(RIN: 2070-AC75)
 Lead-Based Paint Activities, Training,
 and Certification: Renovation and
 Remodeling (section 402(c)(3))(RIN:
 2070-AC83).
 Legal Deadlines: Statutory: (sections
 403; 402; 404) Final: Statutory April 28,
 1994 (sections 403; 402;  404), Other
 Statutory: (sections 406;  1018) Final;
 Statutory; October 28,1994 (sections
 406; 1018); Final Statutory; October 28,
 1996 (Section 402(c)(3)J.
 Additional Legal dateline information:
 Fin. Stat. (Sec. 1018; 406(b)); Fin. Stat.:
 10/28/96 (Sec. 402(c)); Fin. Stat.:
 08/30/98 (Sec. 404(h); 402(a)(3)).

 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
  EPA
  115. NPDES STREAMLINING RULE-
  ROUND III

  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 1311; Clean Water Act sec 301;
  33 USC 1312; Clean Water Act sec 302;

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33 USC 1314; Clean Water Act sec 304;
33 USC 1316; Clean Water Act sec 306;
33 USC 1318; Clean Water Act sec 308;
33 USC 1342; Clean Water Act sec 402;
33 USC 1361; Cloan Water Act sec 501

CFR Citation:

40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 124

Legal Deadline:
Nono

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 bo considered minor
modifications at 122.63, and changes to
requirements concerning EPAs review
of Stato permits. Other revisions may
bo 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, Tribal and local governments.
Most of these effects are expected to
bo deregulatory or streamlining in
nature. This rulemaking is in the very
early stages.

Statement of Need:

This is in response to the President's
directive.

Summary of the Legal Basis:

This action is not being taken as a
result of a court order and is not
required by law.

Alternatives:

Rulomaking is in too early a stage for
there to bo alternatives. However,
alternatives will be considered later on.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

Rulomaking is expected to provide
benefits in costs and labor to regulated
entities and permitting authorities. Rule
is not expected to impose substantial
costs.

Risks:

Risk is expected to be minimal.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
09/00/98
09/00/99
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

EPA

116. 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; Clean Water Act sec 304;
33 USC 1317; Clean Water Act sec 307;
33 USC 402(b)(8); Clean Water Act sec
402(b)(8); 33 USC 1361; Clean Water
Act sec 501

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.
Statement of Need:

Many POTWs and smaller industrial
users have identified problems with the
effectiveness of some requirements of
the Pretreatment Program. Reducing the
administrative and monitoring costs for
these entities will provide greater
flexibility in the use of program
resources to achieve environmental
protection.

Summary of the Legal Basis:

This action is not required by law or
court order.

Alternatives:

None known.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

Undetermined as of this date; a very
preliminary estimate of the burden
reduction is 10-20% of the total annual
burden (a net reduction of 176,000 -
350,000 hours).

Risks:

None known.

Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
12/00/97
12/00/98
Small Entities Affected:

Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected:

State, Local, Tribal, Federal

Additional Information:

SAN No. 3663.

Agency Contact:
Jeff Smith
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4203
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5586

RIN: 2040-AC58

EPA

117. REVISION OF NPDES
INDUSTRIAL PERMIT APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS AND FORM 2C—
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE
INFORMATION

Priority:

Other Significant. Major status under 5
USC 801 is undetermined.

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 USG 1342; Clean Water Act sec 402

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 122.21(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 hi 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.

Statement of Need:
Section 402(a) of the CWA, as
amended, authorizes the EPA to issue
permits under the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
permits program for the discharge of
any pollutants or combination of
pollutants. Form 2C is the NPDES
permit application for discharges from
manufacturing, commercial, mining and
silviculture operations. Form 2C has
not been revised since 1984 despite
many amendments to the CWA and to
the regulations under the Act which
have significantly changed the.
permitting strategy of the NPDES
program. The proposed rule will
finalize changes to the regulations at
122.21(d) and 122.21(g) and to Form 2C
that will make a number of
improvements to the Form 2C
permitting process. The proposed rule
will consolidate application
requirements and clarify the process for
permit applicants, therefore, reducing
redundant reporting and reduce
permitting burden on facilities. It will
effectively provide permit writers with
the information necessary to develop
appropriate NPDES permits consistent
with requirements of the CWA.
Additionally, the proposed rule will
meet the updated NPDES requirements,
scientific advancements, and current
socioeconomical concerns.

Summary of the Legal Basis:

Not required by law or court order.

Alternatives:

The Form 2C workgroup identified
several key issues to be addressed and
revised. For each key issue several
options were suggested and consensus
was reached on these options during
an April, 1996 initial Form 2C
workgroup closure meeting. The
proposed rule reflects the options
selected.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

It is anticipated that the rule will
reduce permitting application burden to
facilities and improve the permit
writers ability to evaluate discharges
because of improvements made to
information and data submission
requirements. Generally, it is
anticipated that the rule will clarify the
permitting application requirements. As
a whole, such changes to the rule and
Form 2C will enable it to serve its
regulatory purpose more efficiently,
thereby, benefitting the environment
and human health.

Risks:

The application form rule will allow
permit writers to better evaluate
industrial discharges, and the better a
permit writer can evaluate the
discharge the better he or she can
protect the environment and human
health.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
03/00/98
03/00/99
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

EPA

118. COMPREHENSIVE NPDES
STORMWATER PHASE II
REGULATIONS

Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.

Legal Authority:
33 USC 1311; Clean Water Act sec 301;
33 USC 1342; Clean Water Act sec 402;
33 USC 1361; Clean Water Act sec 501

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123

Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, November 25, 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 municipal
separate storm sewer systems serving
populations of less than 100,000 and
construction activities resulting in the
land disturbance of less than 5 acres.
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

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rules under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA). This FACA
subcommittee is assisting in the
development of the rule. Currently, all
Phaso II dischargers are required to
hovo 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. The
proposed changes would also provide
regulatory relief by waiving Phase I
facilities that have no exposure to
stormwater from applicable
requirements.
Statement of Need:
Data collected under sections 305(b)
and 402(p)(5) of the CWA indicate that
uncontrolled stormwater discharges
from municipalities serving populations
loss than 100,000 and construction sites
that result in the disturbance of less
than 5 acres of land cause water quality
uso impairment. The proposed changes
to the NPDES stormwater regulations
would address these currently
unregulated stormwater discharges. The
proposed changes would also provide
needed regulatory relief to Phase I
facilities that have no exposure to
stormwater and do not cause water
quality use impairment.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
CWA section 402(p)(6) requires EPA, in
consultation with States and local
officials, to issue regulations for the
designation of the remaining
unregulated discharges to be regulated
to protect water quality. The United
States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit remanded EPA's de minimis
exemption of construction sites below
5 acres and the no exposure exemption
for category (XI) industrial facilities
under the Phase I rule (NRDC v. EPA,
968 F.2d 1292 (9th Cir. 1992)). This
remand requires EPA to examine
construction sites below 5 acres for
possible designation. EPA is also
currently subject to a court order to
propose supplemental rules under
CWA section 402(p)(6) by November
25,1997, and finalize these rules by
March 1,1999 (NRDC v. Browner, Civ.
No. 95-634 PLF (D.D.C., April 6,1995)).
Alternatives:
The proposed changes to the NPDES
stormwator regulations are being
developed with significant input from
the FACA subcommittee. Alternative
options, as well as successive drafts of
tho proposed changes, were distributed
to FACA members for comment. The
language of the proposed changes are
the result of extensive stakeholder
input. The Agency plans to solicit
comments on alternative approaches in
the preamble to the proposed rule.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits;
Undetermined as of this date. However,
the no exposure waiver would reduce
administrative and compliance costs for
those Phase I facilities that have no
exposure to stormwater.
Risks:
The proposed changes to the NPDES
stormwater regulations will reduce
adverse water quality impacts from
stormwater thereby reducing risks to
aquatic habitat and public health.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
11/00/97
03/00/99
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations

Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3785.

Agency Contact:
George Utting
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4203
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9530
Fax: 202 260-1460
RIN: 2040-AC82

EPA

119. 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

Legal Authority:
42 USC 300h; Safe Drinking Water Act
sec 1421 to 1425

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 144; 40 CFR 145; 40 CFR 146
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, June 18, 1998.
Final, Judicial, July 31, 1999.

Abstract:

In the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
of 1987, Congress required that EPA
protect current and future underground
sources of drinking water (USDWs)
from endangerment. The 1987 Report
to Congress: Class V Injection Wells
determined that certain types of high
risk Class V wells may be
contaminating, or have the potential to
contaminate, USDWs. Through this
regulatory action, EPA intends to
propose additional requirements
addressing the environmental and
health threats posed by the highest risk
Class V wells. Class V wells likely to
be impacted by this regulation include
industrial and commercial disposal
wells and large capacity cesspools.

Statement of Need:
Class V wells vary from simple dry
wells to complex geothermal wells;
injected fluids range from storm water '
runoff to industrial process wastewater.
Likewise, the potential risk posed by
the different types of Class V wells
varies. A well's potential to endanger
Underground Sources of Drinking
Water depends largely on its injection
fluid quality and volumes, its proximity
to the USDW, and its construction and
operation. Class V wells that are used
to dispose of industrial and commercial
wastes present the greatest danger to
USDWs. In most cases, industrial and
commercial wastes are disposed of in
shallow drywells and "misused" septic
systems that release fluids in strata
above USDWs. Cesspools, which inject '
untreated sanitary wastes, also have a
high potential to endanger USDWs.
Class V wells currently are subject to
only two major requirements. First,
owners or operators of Class V injection
wells are prohibited from allowing the
movement of fluid that contains any
contaminant into USDWs if the
presence of that contaminant may cause
a violation of any primary drinking
water standards. Second, the owner or
operator must submit inventory
information. While all Class V wells are
subject to these general provisions of
non-endangerment, instances of ground
water contamination from high risk
Class V wells have occurred across the
country pointing to the need for more
specific requirements.

Summary of the Legal Basis:
This action is required by Consent
Order (Civil Action No.93-2644 NHJ)
filed with the U.S. District Court on
January 28, 1997.

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Alternatives:

The Agency is considering proposing a
geographically targeted Class V rule
where the additional requirements
would apply only to wells within
Source Water Protection Areas around
drinking water supply wells.
Additionally, the Agency is considering
a variety of management control
measures to impose on the highest risk
Class V wells. These measures could
include best management practices,
treatment options, and in some
instances, bans on certain injection
practices.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

Because the proposed rule has not
completed final Agency review, cost
and benefit information have not been
completed and are therefore
unavailable.

Risks:

Risks ppsed by Class V wells relate
directly to other risks within the
Agency's jurisdiction. Many Superfund
sites with significant ground-water
contamination are a result of
uncontrolled discharges from certain
Class V wells. Placing these wells
under adequate regulatory controls by
effective State UIC programs will serve
to prevent future Superfund sites.
Additionally the control of these wells
directly affects other programs under
the Safe Drinking Water Act such as
the Source Water Protection Program.

Timetable:
Action
NPRM,
Reproposal
Final
Date
08/28/95
06/00/98
07/00/99
FR Cite
60 FR 44652
Small Entities Affected:

Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected:

State, Local, Tribal, Federal

Additional Information:

SAN No. 2778.

Agency Contact:
Lee Whitehurst
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4602
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-5532

RIN: 2040-AB83
EPA

120. MODIFICATIONS TO THE
DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE AND
REGULATIONS OF HAZARDOUS
WASTE RECYCLING: GENERAL

Priority:
Other Significant ,

Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the ,
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline ,
requirements. • \

Legal Authority:
42 USC 6905; Resource Conservation
Recovery Act sec 1004; 42 USC 6921
to 6928; Resource Conservation
Recovery Act sec 3001 to 3008

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 266

Legal Deadline:
None I

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) specifies whether
hazardous materials that are recycled
are subject to RCRA regulatory
jurisdiction 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 respond to concerns that they are
overly complex; difficult to understand,
and that they pose a barrier to safe
hazardous waste recycling.

Statement of Need: •
Revisions are needed to improve EPA's
regulations for hazardous waste
recycling by: (a) eliminating
disincentives for the safe recycling of
hazardous waste; and (b) developing
simpler definitions and regulations.

Summary of the Legal Basis:
This action is not mandated by statute
or court order. However, the Agency
intends to address several court
decisions by clarifying which
recyclable materials are excluded from
RCRA hazardous waste management
requirements.

Alternatives:
The Agency has been developing two
options to co-propose for regulating
hazardous waste recycling, known as
the Transfer-Based option and the In-
Commerce option. The Agency
presented the general outlines of these
options to interested stakeholders and
the public at a public meeting in
November of 1996 (61 FR 55252).
Generally, the Transfer-Based option
would regulate those materials that are
recycled or managed in certain
identified ways (e.g., burned for energy
recovery or managed on the land) and
materials that are transferred to an off-
site entity other than the generator for
recycling. This option includes changes
to the RCRA hazardous waste
management regulations, particularly
permitting, to streamline and simplify
compliance for those materials that are
regulated only because they are
transferred to another off-site entity for
recycling. The In-Commerce option
would regulate only those materials
that are recycled in certain identified
ways (e.g., burned for energy recovery
or managed on the land). These
materials would he subject to the
existing RCRA regulations for those
activities. Based on preliminary
analyses of the impacts of these two
options and initial reactions from . •
stakeholders, the Agency is at this time
assessing potential revisions it may
make to the options prior to publishing
the proposal.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

Analysis of costs and benefits will be
conducted as part of the economic
analysis for this rule as required under
Executive Order 12866.

Risks:
This action aims at more effective risk
management by streamlining and
tailoring management requirements for
low-risk recyclers (including
eliminating requirements that are
redundant with other statutes). This
will allow regulatory resources to be
concentrated on those recyclers who
engage in activities posing a greater
threat to human health and the
environment.

Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
07/00/98
Small Entities Affected:
Undetermined

Government Levels Affected:

State, Tribal, Federal

Additional Information:
SAN No. 2872.

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Agency Contact:
Charlotte Moonoy
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
S304W
Washington, DC 20460
Phono: 703 308-7025
BIN: 2050-AD18
EPA

121. MANAGEMENT OF CEMENT KILN
DUST (CKD)

Prlorityj
Other Significant

Unfunded Mandates:
Undetermined

Reinventing Government:
This rulomaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
roviso text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.

Legal Authority:
42 USC 6903(5)(b); Resource
Conservation Recovery Act sec
10Q4(5)(B); 42 USC 6912(a); Resource
Conservation Recovery Act sec 2002(a);
42 USC 6921(a); Resource Conservation
Recovery Act sec 3001(a); Resource
Conservation Recovery Act sec
3001(b)(3); 42 USC 6924(x); Resource
Conservation Recovery Act sec 3004(x)
CFR Citation:
Not yot determined

Legal Deadline:
Mono

Abstract:
CKD is a high volume material by-
product of the cement manufacturing
E recess. While it contains potentially
azardous 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 limiting burden
on the regulated community.

Statement of Need:

This action follows EPA's RCRA
mandated regulatory determination on
CKD, published in the Federal Register
(60 FR 7366, 2/7/95), which concluded
that additional control of CKD is
warranted in order to protect human
health, and to prevent environmental
damage associated with current
disposal practices for this waste.

Alternatives:

EPA will develop a range of landfill
management standards for sensitive and
non-sensitive environments, each
involving protections for groundwater
and air pathways. It is anticipated that
the base standards would be
performance based, and form the basis
for a conditional exclusion from
Subtitle C regulation. If an
owner/operator complied with the base
performance standards, his CKD waste
would not be subject to Subtitle C
regulation. Alternatively, an
owner/operator could comply with
default technical requirements under
Subtitle C.

It is anticipated that the conditions for
exclusion and the default technical
requirements would be similar and
would include: fugitive dust controls,
provisions and restrictions for landfills
located in sensitive environments,
groundwater monitoring requirements,
performance standards for liners and
caps, metals limits for CKD used as
agricultural lime, and corrective action
for currently active units. The Agency
hopes to afford States considerable
flexibility in setting and tailoring
requirements in their own programs.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

Analysis of costs and benefits will be
conducted as part of the economic
analysis for this rule as required under
Executive Order 12866.
Risks:
As explained in the regulatory
determination for CKD, EPA believes
that subjecting CKD waste to the full
RCRA Subtitle C program would be
prohibitively burdensome on the
cement industry. EPA believes it is
appropriate to apply only those
components of Subtitle C that are
necessary, based on our current
knowledge of the cement industry and
the human health and environmental
concerns associated with CKD, thereby
achieving a common sense result with
respect to the hazards posed by CKD
on a site-specific basis. EPA anticipates
that any such standards would be
designed to be protective, yet
minimally burdensome, and may not
necessarily apply to all facilities, or
may not apply to all facilities in the
same manner or to the same extent.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/00/98

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

EPA

122. 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 (as amended by PL 104-
201)

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 194

Legal Deadline:
Other, Statutory, October 31, 1997,
Statutory.

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Abstract:
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
Land Withdrawal Act (Act), was signed
by the President on October 30, 1992.
The Act gives the EPA the authority
to certify WIPP's compliance with
standards developed by EPA for
disposal of radioactive, waste. This Act
supplements EPA's authority, under the
Atomic Energy Act and Reorganization
Plan No. 3 of 1970, to establish
environmental standards that protect
the public and the environment from
radioactive materials. The Act
prescribed the framework for EPA's
regulatory oversight of the WIPP
disposal system.
The Department of Energy (DOE) is
developing the WIPP which 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 submitted
its compliance certification application
(CCA) to EPA on October 29, 1996,
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.
Upon receipt of the CCA in October
1996, EPA began reviewing the CCA for
both completeness and technical
adequacy. On November 15, 1996 the
Agency published in the Federal
Register, 61 FR 58499, and Advance
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR)
announcing that the CCA had been
received and announcing the Agency's
intent to conduct a rulemaking to
certify whether the WIPP facility will
comply with the disposal regulations.
The notice also announced a public
comment period and EPA's intent to
hold public hearings in New Mexico.
In its preliminary review, EPA
identified additional information
necessary for the CCA to constitute a
complete application. EPA requested
additional information in a letter
transmitted to DOE on December 19,
1996. DOE submitted the requested
information in letters to EPA in January
and February of 1997. On May 16,
1997, the Administrator informed the
Secretary of DOE that the CCA was
complete. The completeness
determination was announced in the
Federal Register on May 22, 1997, 62
FR 27996. EPA is required under the
WIPP LWA S8(d)(l)(B) to certify
compliance within one year after
receipt of the Department of Energy's
compliance certification application.

Statement of Need:
The DOE is developing the WIPP near
Carlsbad in southeastern New Mexico
as a potential deep geologic repository
for the disposal of defense transuranic .
(TRU) radioactive waste currently being
stored on Federal reservations in 10
states, including Washington Ohio,
Idaho, New Mexico, Tennessee, South '
Carolina, Nevada, and Colorado. TRU
waste consists of materials containing
one or more elements having atomic
numbers greater than 92, in
concentrations greater than 100!
nanocuries of alpha-emitting TRU
isotopes per gram of waste, with half-
lives greater than twenty years. Most
TRU waste consists of items that have
become contaminated (e.g., rags,
equipment, tools, and organic and
inorganic sludges) as a result of
activities associated with the
production of nuclear weapons, TRU
waste is often mixed with hazardous
chemical constituents. Before beginning
disposal of radioactive waste at the
WIPP, DOE must demonstrate that the
WIPP complies with the EPA's
radioactive waste disposal standards at
subparts B and C of 40 CFR 191.
The WIPP LWA specifies that
underground emplacement of
transuranic wastes for disposal at the
WIPP may not commence unless and
until EPA makes a positive compliance
certification decision. If the Agency
certifies compliance, the WIPP LWA
requires EPA to subsequently conduct
periodic re-certifications of continued
compliance throughout waste disposal
operations (estimated to last about 30
years) at the WIPP. EPA published the
final compliance criteria at 40 CFR 194
on February 1, 1996. DOE submitted its,
compliance certification application to
EPA on October 29, 1996. The Agency
is reviewing DOE's application and will
make a decision as to WIPP's
compliance with the disposal
regulations. The WIPP compliance
certification rule will be limited to
consideration of the WIPP's compliance
with the disposal regulations found in
subparts B and C of 40 CFR 191 (which
include containment requirements,
assurance requirements, individual
protection requirements, and
groundwater protection requirements).

Summary of the Legal Basis:
Under the authority of the Atomic
Energy Act, as amended, of 1954, EPA
has the responsibility to protect people
and the environment from the harmful
effects of ionizing radiation. In
addition, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of
1970 provides EPA with the authority
to establish standards for the protection -
of people and the environment from the
effects of all radioactive materials.
Finally, the WIPP Land Withdrawal
Act, as amended, of 1992 requires that
EPA issue criteria to implement the
Agency's radioactive waste disposal
regulations specifically at the WIPP,
and then certify, through use of such
criteria, whether or not the WIPP
complies with the regulations and
should be allowed to open.

Alternatives:
The compliance certification rule is
intended to determine whether or not
the WIPP should be allowed to open.
The Agency recognizes the uncertainty
inherent in projections of the WIPP's
performance during the 10,000-year
regulatory period. Accordingly, the
Agency requires a demonstration of a
reasonable expectation that compliance
will be achieved. This demonstration
will be based on consideration of the
entire application for certification
submitted by DOE. The criteria against
which the WIPP's compliance will be
evaluated contain four subparts,
consisting of:
(1) subpart A, which specifies general
administrative requirements with
which DOE must comply during the
compliance application and subsequent
rulemaking processes. Requirements are
specified which contain format and
protocols for the submission of
applications plus any subsequent
suspension, revocation or modification
of compliance status.
(2) subpart B, which outlines the
information necessary for inclusion
with compliance applications. The
criteria require DOE to analyze the
performance of WIPP and predict
release of waste, doses received by
individuals and doses received through
ground water. The criteria list the
information needs for such
assessments. Subsequent applications
for determinations must note any
changes in such information that might
have occurred since initial certification.
(3) subpart C, which implements the
specific containment, assurance,
individual and groundwater protection

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requirements of the disposal standards
of 40 CFR 191, To account for the
likelihood of human activity and
human intrusion into the repository
during the 10,000- year regulatory
period, the criteria specify how the
frequency and consequences of such
events shall be determined. The results
of compliance assessments of
individual and groundwater protection
shall bo expressed to show the
likelihood of a given exposure or
greater occurring. To increase
confidence in performance and
compliance assessments, the criteria
specify requirements on quality
assurance methodologies and
characterization of radioactive waste
proposed for emplacement in the
repository.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The party primarily affected under this
action is the DOE, owner and operator
of tho WIPP. The Agency prepared an
Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) for the
WIPP compliance criteria (40 CFR 194).
This EIA estimated those costs imposed
on tho WIPP project in excess of those
being incurred presently due to other
applicable regulations or program
requirements. While the total cost may
have appeared sizeable, it did not
appear to be so sizeable that it would
have been significant as defined under
tho provisions of Executive Order No.
12866, i.e., more than $100 million per
year. The portion of the criteria
concerning human intrusion into the
WIPP was the only potential
contributor to significant increases in
cost (i.e., as much as $20 million or
loss than one percent of the total cost;
the total cost of the WIPP project is
over S8 billion to date). Additional
costs could be incurred if compliance
could only be achieved through
redesign of the repository or treatment
of waste in order to reduce the
likelihood and consequences of human
intrusion.

Risks:
Because this regulation is not setting
standards, but implementing an
existing standard (40 CFR 191) and
making a compliance decision, no
analysis of risk has been performed.
Timetable;
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
Final
11/15/96 61 FR 58499
10/00/97
05/00/98
Smalt Entitles 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

EPA

123. IMPLEMENTATION OF OZONE
AND PARTICIPATE MATTER (PM)
NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
STANDARDS (NAAQS) AND
REGIONAL HAZE REGULATIONS

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, title 1, subpart
1

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 81

Legal Deadline:
None

Abstract:
EPA recently issued updated, new air
quality standards for ozone .(62 FR
38856) and particulate matter (PM) (62
FR 38652). Pursuant to President
Clinton's directive as outlined in a
memorandum to EPA Administrator
Carol Browner, EPA is developing a
plan for sensibly and cost-effectively
meeting the new standards. This plan
is being developed with significant
stakeholder involvement provided
through a committee established in
September 1995 under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. Consistent
with the schedule outlined in a
memorandum from President Clinton
dated July 16, 1997, EPA will publish
a combination of guidance and rules by
the end of 1998 designed to give States,
local governments and business the
flexibility they'll need to meet
protective public health standards in a
reasonable, cost-effective manner.
For ozone, the implementation plan
will emphasize a regional, State-
sponsored approach that addresses the
long-distance transport of ozone. On
October 10, 1997, EPA issued a
proposal (sometimes referred to as the
"OTAG SIP call") to require broad
regional emissions reductions of
nitrogen oxides (NOx) gases which
contribute to the formation of ozone
(which will appear shortly in the
Federal Register). EPA will work with
the affected States to develop a regional
NOx emissions cap-and-trade program
modeled after the program used to
achieve sulfur dioxide reductions in the
acid rain program.
In order to help areas covered by EPA's
regional plan avoid burdensome
measures associated with non-
compliance, EPA will create a new
"transitional" classification. Areas that
attain the 1-hour ozone standard but
not the new 8-hour standard as of the
time the EPA promulgates designations
for the 8-hour standard could obtain
this classification if they participate in
a regional strategy and/or opt to submit
early plans addressing the new 8-hour
standard. Because many areas will need
little or no additional new local
emission reductions to reach
attainment, beyond those reductions
that will be achieved through the
regional control strategy, and will come
into attainment earlier than otherwise
required, the EPA will exercise its
discretion under the law to eliminate
unnecessary local planning
requirements for such areas. The EPA
will revise its rules for new source
review (NSR) and conformity so that
States will be able to comply with only •
minor revisions to their existing
programs in areas classified as
transitional.
In late October, EPA plans to identify
areas that have air quality meeting the
1-hour air ozone standard, and revoke
that standard for those areas.
For PM2.5 (fine particles), the
implementation approach will give
businesses ample time to find the most
cost-effective pollution controls.
Another full scientific review of the
health effects of fine particulates will
be completed before any "non-
attainment" designations are made or
local controls mandated. EPA will
allow five years to gather and analyze
necessary data, and then use its
discretion under the Clean Air Act to
allow another three years for areas that
are not in compliance to submit air
quality plans on how they will meet
the new standard. Following another
year and a half for review of the plans,
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comply with the new standard for
PM2.5. Li the fall of 1997, EPA will
publish a schedule for reviewing the
PM2.5 standard.
For PM10, the EPA is revising the
current set of standards. Given that
health effects from coarse particles are
still of concern, the overall goal during
this transition period is to ensure that
PM10 control measures remain in place
to maintain the progress that has been
achieved toward attainment of the
current PM10 NAAQS (and which
provides benefits for PM2.5) and
protection of public health. To ensure
that this goal is met, the existing PM10
NAAQS will continue to apply until
certain critical actions by the EPA, and
by States and local agencies, have been
taken to :sustain the progress already
made. For areas not attaining the
existing PM10 NAAQS when the
revised standards go into effect, those
standards remain in effect until the
EPA has completed a section 172(e)
rulemaking to prevent backsliding. The
EPA will propose this rulemaking in
the fall of 1997. For areas attaining the
existing PM10 NAAQS, the EPA will
retain the existing PM10 NAAQS until
the State submits'and the EPA approves
the section 110 SIP which States are
required to submit within 3 years of
a NAAQS revision. Once those areas
have an approved SIP, the EPA will
take action so the standard no longer
applies. In addition, the EPA will take
action within 3 years to designate areas
for the revised PM10 standards.
EPA's approach to addressing regional
haze was proposed concurrently with
the promulgation of the final ozone and
PM NAAQS. The public comment
period on this proposal closes on
December 5, 1997. EPA plans to
promulgate the regional haze
rulemaking in the spring of 1998.

Statement of Need:
Development of programs for ozone and
PM are necessary to implement the
revised NAAQS under title 1 of the
Clean Air Act.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
EPA's Regulatory Impact Analyses
(RIA) for the ozone and PM2.5 NAAQS
and the proposed regional haze
rulemaking were released on July 17,
1997. This benefit-cost comparison was
intended to generally inform the public
about the potential costs and benefits
that may result when revisions to the
ozone and PM2.5 NAAQS are
implemented by the States. Costs and
benefits of the proposed regional haze
rule were included. Monetized benefit-
cost comparisons were presented.
Significant nonmonetized benefits are
also expected. In considering these
estimates, it should be stressed that
these estimates contain significant
uncertainties as discussed in the RIA.

Estimated partial attainment benefits of
the PM2.5 standard far outweigh
estimated partial attainment costs.
Estimated quantifiable partial
attainment net benefits (benefits:minus
costs) of the PM2.5 standard range from
positive $10 billion to positive $96
billion. Estimated quantifiable full
attainment net benefits range from
negative $17 billion to positive $73
billion. Estimated partial attainment
quantified and monetized net benefits
of the ozone standard range from
negative $0;7 billion to positive $1,0
billion. Full attainment benefit
estimates are smaller than full
attainment cost estimates. Quantifiable
net benefits for full attainment of the
ozone standard are estimated to'range
from negative $8.1 billion to negative
$1.1 billion.

Estimated quantifiable net benefits from
the proposed regional haze program
range from $0 to positive $3.0 billion.

Risks:

On July 16, 1997, EPA issued updated
air quality standards for ozone and
particulate matter. The updated ,
standards, when implemented, will
provide cleaner air for 125 million
people, including 35 million children.
Benefits from the new, updated
standards include reductions in
premature mortality, aggravated asthma
and cases of decreased lung function
in children from exposure to these air
pollutants.

Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
12/13/96 61 FR 65764
12/13/96 61 FR 65752
ANPRM
Notice of Proposed
Policy , '
Regional Haze Rule 07/31 /97 _ 62 FR 41138
(Proposal) • ' • i
Notice Identifying 10/00/97
Areas That Have
Air Quality Meeting
the 1-hour Ozone
Standard
NOx Regional 10/00/97
Strategy SIP Call
(Proposal)
Review Schedule for 10/00/97
PM2.5 Standard
Final Guidance on 12/00/97 . ...
Implementing Pre-
existing NAAQS
Conformity Rule for 06/00/98
Transitional Areas
(Proposal)
NSR Rule for 06/00/98
Transitional Areas
(Proposal)
Regional Haze Rule 06/00/98
(Final)
Antibacksliding Rule- 09/00/98
Under Section
172(e) for Existing
PM10 Standard
(Final)
NOx Regional 09/00/98
Strategy SIP Call
(Final)
Conformity Rule for 12/00/98
Transitional Areas
(Final)
Final Implementation 12/00/98
Guidance
NSR Rule for 12/00/98
Transitional Areas
(Final)
Antibacksliding Rule 00/00/00
Under Section
172(e) for Existing
PM 10 Standard
(Proposal)

Small Entities Affected:

Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected:

State, Local, Tribal, Federal

Analysis:

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Additional Information:

SAN No. 3553.

SAN No. 3552 for Regional Haze

By Presidential Memorandum dated
07/16/97, EPA was directed to
complete these rules by 12/31/98.

Agency Contact:
John Silvasi
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
OAQPS (MD-15)
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5666
Email: silvasi.john@epamail.epa.gov

Chris Stoneman
Environmental Protection Agency
Ah- and Radiation
OAQPS (MD-15)
Research Triangle .Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0823
Email: stoneman.chris@epamail.epa.gov

BIN: 2060-AF34

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EPA

124. CONSOLIDATED FEDERAL AIR
RULE FOR THE SYNTHETIC ORGANIC
CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRY

Priority:
Other Significant

Reinventing Government:
This rulcrnaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
roviso 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 scries 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 omission control
requirements as well as monitoring,
record keeping and reporting
requirements.
These requirements may be duplicative,
overlapping, 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.
AH 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.

Statement of Need:

Both industry and regulatory agencies
have expressed a great desire to
streamline and simplify rules. This rule
streamlines and simplifies by
consolidating and collapsing the
numerous federal rules that apply to
the chemical industry, with resulting
improved compliances.

Alternatives:

The main alternative is to do nothing
and let the many rules with their many
provisions remain the only compliance
mechanism.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

This rule will result in considerable
savings to the affected industry. There
is significant burden reduction
associated with recordkeeping and
reporting. The rule will be easier to
follow and understand. There will be
no change in applicability of the rules
being consolidated.

Risks:

This rulemaking deals with
consolidated reporting to simplify
existing rules. The risks addressed by
each of these existing rules were
addressed in those individual
rulemakings.

Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
11/00/97
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
EPA

125. ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION
PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR
YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA

Priority:
Other Significant

Legal Authority:
Energy Policy Act sec 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 the
Administrator to promulgate public
health and safety standards for
protection of the public from releases
from radioactive materials stored or
disposed of in the repository at the
Yucca Mountain site. The only
regulated entity is the U.S. Department
of Energy.

Statement of Need:
In 1985, the Agency issued generic
standards for the management and
disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-
level radioactive waste. The Nuclear
Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987
mandated the study of Yucca
Mountain, Nevada to determine its
suitability to be a repository for spent
nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive
waste. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Land Withdrawal Act of 1992 exempted
Yucca Mountain from coverage under
the 1985 generic standards.
Concurrently, the Energy Policy Act of
1992 gave EPA the responsibility of
setting site-specific, radiation-
protection standards for Yucca
Mountain.

Summary of the Legal Basis:
The legal authority is derived from the
Energy Policy Act of 1992.

Alternatives:
Since this action is legally mandated,
there are no alternatives.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Since the potential cost is dependent
upon several factors whose
determination has not yet been made,
a precise assessment of the economic
impact of the rulemaking is not
possible at this time. Likewise, the
benefits, i.e., the adverse effects averted
(which are required to complete a cost-
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in a meaningful manner at this time
since the effect of these standards is
to avert potential adverse health effects
that may occur during very long
periods into the future and are,
therefore, quantifiable only with a high
degree of uncertainty.
Risks:
The potential risks which would be
allowed under these standards is
dependent upon the level of protection
and the regulatory time frame which
is selected. Since the standards have
not yet been proposed, it is not possible
to estimate the potential risks.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
10/00/97
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
BIN: 2060-AG14

EPA
126. 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 sec 112; Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 sec 114; Clean
Air Act Amendments of 1990 sec 301;
33 USC 1314; 33 USC 1316; 33 USC
1317; 33 USC 1318; 33 USC 1361;
Clean Water Act sec 301; Clean Water
Act sec 304; Clean Water Act sec 306
to 308; Clean Water Act sec 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.

Statement of Need:
This action will limit surface water
discharges of toxic, conventional, and
nonconventional pollutants and
emissions of hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs) from pulp and paper mills. The
NESHAP will limit the release of HAPs
such as chloroform, formaldehyde,
acetaldehyde, and methanol. The
effluent guidelines will limit the
discharge of dioxin, furan, and other
toxic and conventional pollutants to
rivers and other surface waters. The
Statutory authorities and deadlines are
cited above. Additionally, EPA is
required to promulgate these effluent
guidelines to satisfy a provision in a
Consent Decree entered in settlement of
Environmental Defense Fund and
National Wildlife Federation v.
Thomas, Civ. No. 85-0973 (D.D.C.). ,

Alternatives:
Both the CAA and the CWA specify
that these regulations be established on
a technology basis. The CAA specifies
that MACT for existing sources can be
no less stringent than the average
emission limitations achieved by the
best-performing similar source. The
CWA specifies that effluent limitations
guidelines and standards be based on
specific technology levels, such as the
best available technology economically
achievable. For the integration of air
and water standards, EPA developed
regulatory alternatives from
combinations of process changes and
pollution control technologies. The
Agency considered the combined costs
and impacts of these alternatives while
remaining responsive to the statutory
requirements under both laws.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

The proposed integrated .air and water
rules comprise effluent guidelinea for
all pulp and paper mills and MACT
standards for the noncombustion
sources at all'Kraft, soda, sulfite, and
semi-chemical pulp and paper mills.
The Agency plans to propose MACT
standards for the chemical recovery
combustion sources at these mills at the
same time the Agency promulgates the
integrated air and water rules. For the
rulemaking components that have been
proposed, the Agency estimated total
annualized costs of $600 million (1992
dollars).

The types of benefits associated with
the proposed integrated rule include
improvements to air and water quality
and reduced human health risks. The
estimated reductions in HAP emissions
exceed 120,000 tons per year. An
estimated reduction in volatile organic
compound emissions of 700,000 tons
per year and a reduction in total
reduced sulfur emissions of 300,000
tons per year are also projected to occur
as a result of the proposed integrated
rule. Projected reductions in specific
toxic pollutant effluent discharges are
approximately 2,800 tons per year;
conventional pollutant reductions of
over 200,000 tons per year are
projected. Some categories of the
benefits can be expressed in monetary
terms; they are in the range of $160
million to $980 million.

The Agency has received extensive
public comments and new data since
proposal and is in the process of
revising these cost and pollutant
reduction estimates.

Risks:

Two types of pollutants found in pulp
and paper wastestreams, dioxin and
furan, are of particular concern due to
their carcinogenic risk and their
toxicity to aquatic life. Reducing the
discharge and emission of these and
other toxic pollutants reduces the
exposure risks to human health and the
environment.

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Timetable:
                                       EPA
Action
                    Date
FR Cite
NPRM NESHAP
  Phase III -
  Nonchemlcal and
  Other Mills
NPRM NESHAP
  Phase II -
  Combustion
  Sources
                  03/08/96 61 FR 9383
                  10/00/97
                  10/00/97
 Find NESHAP
  Phases I and III
  and Effluent
  Guidelines Phase I
 Final All NESHAP   09/00/98
  Phases
 Final NESHAP Phase 09/00/98
  II - Combustion
  Sources
 Final Effluent       03/00/99
  Guidelines Phase
  III - Dissolving
  Grade

 Small Entitles Affected:

 Businesses

 Government Levels Affected:

 State, Local, Federal

 Additional Information:

 SAN No. 3105 (Air) and SAN No. 2712
 (Water).

 ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTACT: Jeff
 Toloander (Combustion Sources)

 ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTACT:
 Elain Manning  (Nonchemical and other
 Pulp and Paper Mills)

 SAN No. 2712 (Water) was formerly
 listed under RIN 2040-AB53.

 Agency Contact:
 Penny Lassiter
 Environmental Protection Agency
 Air and Radiation
 MD-13
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phono: 919 541-5396

Donald F. Anderson
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
Office of Water,  4303
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7189

 RIN: 2060-AD03
                   FINAL RULE STAGE
           127. PESTICIDES; SELF-
           CERTIFICATION

           Priority:
           Other Significant

           Reinventing Government:
           This rulemaking is part of the
           Reinventing Government effort. It will
           revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
           or duplication, or streamline
           requirements.

           Legal Authority:
           7 USC 136 to 136y

           CFR Citation:
           40 CFR 152

           Legal Deadline:
           None

           Abstract:
           The Environmental Protection Agency
           (EPA) is evaluating self-certification as
           a possible approach to reinventing the
           registration process for pesticides. The
           goal of this effort is to simplify, speed
           up, and increase the efficiency of the
           registration process while maintaining
           protection to human health and the
           environment.

           Statement of Need:
           EPA registers pesticides for sale and
           use in the United States under the
           Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
           Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA has
           issued rules, notices, and guidance
           which specify how applicants may
           obtain approval for registration of
           pesticide products. Against  a backdrop
           of declining resources and a continuous
          workload of pesticide  applications, EPA
          is examining many possible ways of
          reinventing the registration process to
          handle applications faster, more
           efficiently, and with fewer resources.
          One of these approaches is self-
          certification, a concept in which a
          registrant may certify that a registration
          application (or part of it) complies with
          Agency requirements and may then
          obtain EPA approval for the registration
          after an abbreviated review or no
          review at all. EPA has several projects
          that are exploring the possible use of
          self-certification in different ways.
          First,  EPA has reinvented the process
          by which registrants may accomplish
          amendment of products by notification
          or nonnotification. The revised process
 allows a registrant to certify that an
 application for amendment meets EPA's
 criteria as a low-risk amendment. This
 revised process is described in PR
 Notice 95-2 (May 31,1995). To formally
 implement this type of self-
 certification, EPA has also revised
 existing rales (40 CFR 152.44 and
 152.46) on notifications and
 nonnotifications.
 Second, self-certification of product
 chemistry data is being considered as
 a means of reducing the number of
 studies reviewed by EPA in connection
 with registration applications. This
 voluntary program would allow
 registrants to submit a brief summary
 of the physical chemical properties of
 a product, rather than submitting the
 data. A draft PR Notice was made
 available for public comment on
 February 4,1997 (62 FR 5228), and a
 final PR Notice is expected to be issued
 in the Fall of 1997.

 Alternatives:
 Various alternatives to self-certification
 are being actively pursued by EPA for
 reinventing or improving the
 registration process, including, but not
 limited to, reviews with the California
 Department of Pesticide Regulation,
 issuing guidance for acceptable acute
 toxicity data, exempting certain active
 ingredients from registration,
 developing computer software to
 standardize precautionary labeling,
 publishing a manual describing all
 labeling requirements, automating
 certain documents, piloting electronic
 labeling, making labeling policy
 documents publicly available, and
 developing internal guidance on how
 to process "fast track" registrations.

 Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
 EPA does not intend to perform cost
 analyses on self-certification per se, but
 will qualitatively evaluate the potential.
 costs and benefits of different kinds of
 self-certification.

 Risks:
 EPA will determine whether self-
 certification will help  or hinder
 protection of human health and the
 environment. EPA will not adopt any
 self-certification measure which does
the latter.
Timetable:
                                                                            Action
                                                                                                Date
                            FR Cite
                                                                            Final Notification Rule 06/26/96  61 FR 33039
                                                                            Draft PR Notice Self- 02/04/97  62 FR 5228
                                                                              Certification of
                                                                              Product Chemistry
                                                                              Data

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Action
Date
FR Cite
Final PR Notice Self- 12/00/97
Certification of
Product Chemistry
Data

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@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-ADOO

EPA

128. PESTICIDES AND GROUND
WATER 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 136a; Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act sec 3

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 152.170

Legal Deadline:
None

Abstract:
This regulation would establish State
Management Plans (SMPs) as a new
regulatory requirement for certain
pesticides. Absent an EPA-approved
SMP 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.

Statement of Need:
EPA is proposing regulations to make
specific pesticides subject to the
provisions of EPA-approved State
Management Plans (SMPs) because of
their strong ground-water ;
contamination potential. The rule will
also establish SMPs as an "other
regulatory restriction" and defines the
minimum requirements and procedures
for developing, approving and
managing SMPs. Upon promulgation of
this rule, the labels of the designated
pesticides will be changed to require
use in conformance with EPA-approved
SMPs, and to prohibit sale and use in
States without such approved Plans
(after a period allowed for development
and EPA review of these Plans).
An SMP is a State's commitment to
EPA and the public to manage the use
of a certain pesticide in such a way
as to avoid unreasonable risks to
ground water diat would otherwise
warrant cancellation of the use. An
approved plan will embody a
combination of educational, scientific,,
and regulatory tools to fulfill the State's
ground-water protection goals,
developed through a process of public
participation. A plan will include a
process for disseminating this
information to pesticide users and
marketers, and for monitoring the
effectiveness of the plan through the
development of appropriate indicators
of environmental improvement and/or
protection.

Summary of the Legal Basis:
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) generally
requires EPA to regulate pesticide use
in such a manner as to prevent
unreasonable risks to human health and
the environment. Specifically, 7 USC
136a authorizes EPA to prescribe by
regulation "other regulatory
restrictions" for pesticides that may
generally cause unreasonable risks to
the environment (such as those that are
associated with ground-water .
contamination potential) without those
restrictions.

Alternatives:
This Rule is a direct outgrowth of the
Pesticides and Ground Water Strategy,
published in October 1991 (after
extensive consultation with States,
localities, and other affected
stakeholders). In publishing the
Strategy EPA conducted an analysis of
three different alternatives to the
regulation of pesticides' ground-water
risks. One option was to rely
exclusively on orthodox national-level
pesticide regulatory tools (tantamount
to a "baseline"), which would entail
tolerating or remediating a certain level
of ground-water contamination. At the
other extreme, outright cancellation of
candidate pesticides with significant
ground-water contamination potential
was considered to provide full
assurance that no further ground water
contamination would occur (taking into
account the high economic losses due
to the removal of the pesticide from
the market). The analysis concluded
that a "partnership" approach,
providing a mechanism for more
tailored management of pesticide use
(i.e., taking into account die prevailing
influence of highly variable hydrologic
"sensitivity" factors), would be
simultaneously a more effective and
least costly alternative.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
EPA anticipates four categories of costs
entailed in requiring SMPs. Federal
Program Costs are those of
administering ground-water protection
activities, such as the review of State
proposals. State Program Costs entail
botii capital and annual costs.
Registrant and Pesticide-user Impacts
are the economic losses ascribed to the
reduced use of the classified pesticides,
as well as the costs (to the registrants)
of complying with Federal and State
provisions. Benefits accrue from the
reduced levels of pesticide residues in
ground water, and a corresponding
reduction in: 1) human and ecological
risk (see below); and 2) threats to the
economic and intrinsic values of the
ground-water resource. Enormous
uncertainties attend the quantification
of these benefits, however.

Risks:
The pesticides under consideration are
those most frequently detected (and
frequently detected at concentrations
exceeding health-based reference
points) of currently-registered
pesticides, and display physical and
chemical characteristics associated with
a ground-water contamination
potential. The level of potential
contamination (and related risk to both
human health and the environment)
represent a potential unreasonable risk
to the environment in the absence of
local management measures. State
management measures are expected to
avert these risks substantially.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
06/26/96 61 FR 33259
06/00/98
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal

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Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3222.
EffoctJvo Date will be 3 years after
promulgation.
Agency Contact:
Arthur-Joan B. Williams
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
750GG
Washington, DC 20460
Phono: 703 305-5239
Email: williams.arty@epamail.epa.gov
R1N: 2070-AC46

EPA

129. POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
(PCBS) DISPOSAL AMENDMENTS
(SECTION 610 REVIEW)

Priority:
Other Significant

Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
rovlso text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.

Legal Authority:
15 USG 2605(o); Toxic Substances
Control Act sec 6(e)

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 761
Legal Deadline:
Nono

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 rulomaking was published on
December 6,1994 and covered the
manufacture (including import)
processing, distribution in commerce,
export use, disposal, and marking of
PCBs.
Statement of Need:
This rulemaking is the first
comprehensive review of the PCB
regulations in the 19-year history of the
program. The Agency has become
awaro of a number of instances where
the existing regulations do not allow
for activities which do not pose an
unreasonable risk of injury to health
and the environment or where they
require unreasonable, unrealistic, or
non-cost-effective solutions to PCB
problems.

Summary of the Legal Basis:
TSCA section 6(e) bans the
manufacture, processing, distribution in
commerce and use (except in a totally
enclosed manner) of PCBs. It also
directs EPA to establish standards for
disposal and marking of PCBs.
However, section 6(e) allows the EPA
to modify these bans, through
rulemaking, where it finds no
unreasonable risk of injury to health
and the environment.

Alternatives:
On December 6, 1994, EPA proposed
a number of alternatives to the existing
statutory bans in section 6(e). The
proposal also included new options
and standards for disposal (including
remediation) of PCBs.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The EPA projects significant cost
savings from authorizations for existing
uses and the disposal of large-volume
wastes such PCB-contaminated
environmental media. In addition, the
relaxation of certain administrative
requirements should increase the speed
of remediation of contaminated sites
and accelerate the removal from use of
PCBs. EPA projects minimal
implementation costs and is reviewing
comments which highlight areas for
additional cost savings over the
proposal.

Risks:
The EPA estimates that millions of tons
of PCB-contaminated environmental
media will be remediated under this
rule, thus preventing large quantities of
this long-lived, bioaccumulating
chemical from entering the food chain.
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final
Date
06/10/91
12/06/94
12/00/97
FR Cite
56 FR 26738
59 FR 62788
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses

Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, 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

EPA

130. STREAMLINING THE STATE
SEWAGE SLUDGE MANAGEMENT
REGULATIONS

Priority:
Other Significant

Legal Authority:
33 USC 1345(f); Clean Water Act sec
405(f)

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.
Statement of Need:
EPA wants States with well-run
biosolids management programs to be
able to become authorized without
having to make unnecessary
administrative changes to their
programs. This rule will streamline the
current regulations to ease the
authorization process for States.

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Summary of the Legal Basis:
This action is not required by law or
court order.

Alternatives:
Several drafts were distributed for
wide-spread comment. These drafts
ranged from minimum changes to very
extensive revisions. The proposed
alternative was a compromise based on
comments.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

There are no anticipated costs to this
rule. It provides States with additional
flexibility in complying with pre-
existing rules. The anticipated benefits
are that more States will become
authorized to manage the Federal
biosolids program.

Risks:
This rule should not have any effect
on risks to public health, safety, or the
environment since it is a rule to
streamline program management
requirements.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
03/11/97 62 FR 11270
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

EPA

131. NPDES STREAMLINING RULE-
ROUND II

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 1311; Clean Water Act sec 301;
33 USC 1314; Clean Water Act sec 304;
33 USC 1312; Clean Water Act sec 302;
33 USC 1316; Clean Water Act sec 306;
33 USC 1318; Clean Water Act sec 308;
33 USC 1342; Clean Water Act sec 402;
33 USC 1361; Clean Water Act sec 501

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 124;
40 CFR 125

Legal Deadline:
None

Abstract:
On February 21, 1995, President
Clinton issued a directive requesting
that Federal agencies review their
regulatory programs to eliminate any
obsolete, ineffective, or unduly
burdensome regulations. In response to
that directive, the Office of Wastewater
Management plans to issue a
comprehensive rulemaking package
revising certain NPDES requirements in
parts 122, 123 and 124 to eliminate
redundant regulations, provide
clarification, and remove or streamline
unnecessary procedures which do not
provide any environmental benefits.
Some of these revisions include: 1)
consolidating regulatory definitions; 2)
removal of Part 124 Subpart F non-
adversary panel hearings; 3) possible
removal of storm water group
application requirements; 4)
streamlining permit termination
procedures; and 5) 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.

Statement of Need:
This rule is in response to the
President's directive.

Summary of the Legal Basis:
This action is not being taken as a
result of a court order and is not
required by law.

Alternatives:
Alternatives are being considered as
part of the proposed rule's comment
review.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The proposed rule is expected to
provide savings for the regulated
entities and permit issuing authorities
in respect to costs and labor. It is not
expected to result in any increased
costs to those entities.

Risks:
Risks to the environment are expected
to be minimal.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
12/11/96 61 FR 65267
12/00/97
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

EPA

132. 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; Clean Water Act sec 402;
33 USC 1314; Clean water Act sec 304;
33 USC 1318; Clean Water Act sec 308;
33 USC 1345; Clean Water Act sec 405;
33 USC 1361; Clean Water Act sec 501

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 122.21(j); 40 CFR 122.21(g)

Legal Deadline:
None

Abstract:
The purpose of this action is to revise
and consolidate existing application

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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.
Tho Agency is also considering how to
utilize electronic data submission.
Although these forms will increase the
burden on permittees not 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 the application
forms.

Statement of Need:

Soctlon 402(a) of the CWA, as
amended, authorizes the EPA to issue
permits for the discharge of any
pollutant or combination of pollutants.
Tho content of the application forms
2A/2S is derived from the requirements
in proposed 122.2l(j) and 122.2l(q).
Currently POTWs submit standard form
A or short form A (based on size) for
wostowatcr discharges and the interim
sewage sludge application form for
sludge discharges. EPA has not revised
the wastowater forms since 1973,
despite many amendments to the CWA
and to the regulations under the Act
which have significantly changed the
permitting strategy of the NPDES
program. Increased wastewater
treatment required by the CWA has
resulted in increased generation of
sowago sludge. The interim sludge
application form was developed in
1993 in response to regulatory changes
to the part 503 sewage sludge
regulations.

This rule will finalize changes to the
regulations at 122.21(j) and (q) and
forms 2A and 2S to provide permit
writers with sufficient data to develop
appropriate permit limitations that will
bo effective in ensuring that permittees
meet the requirements of the
regulations.

Summary of the Legal Basis:

This action is not required by law or
court order.
Alternatives:

In preparation of the proposed
rulemaking several scenarios for data
collection were evaluated for both 2A
and 2S. EPA looked at several options
for the collection in 2A including all
POTWs reporting the maximum data
elements. In the end the proposal
required two levels of data collection
for Form 2A.

Proposed form 2S also evaluated
various levels of data collection. In the
proposed rule Class 1 facilities
complete the most information and the
sludge only facilities complete the
least.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

This rule is a streamlining rule. It is
anticipated that overall the final rule
will decrease burden on facilities from
the existing application burden. The
burden reduction will come from
streamlined application procedures
which will decrease the number of 308
letters necessary.

The costs of the final rule will be
decreased from the proposal. The
proposed rule costs included a lot of
testing which has been eliminated in
the final.

Risks:

The application forms rule will allow
permit writers to better evaluate
discharges from POTWs and other
TWTDS. The better the permit writer
can evaluate the discharge the better he
can protect the environment and public
health with appropriate limits and
necessary conditions in the permits.

Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
12/06/95 60 FR 62545
02/00/98
Small Entities Affected:

Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected:

State, Local, Tribal, Federal

Additional Information:

SAN No. 2501.

Agency Contact:
Robin Danesi
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4203
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2991

BIN: 2040-AB39
EPA

133. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: STAGE I
DISINFECTANT/DISINFECTION
BYPRODUCTS RULE

Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates:
This action may affect State, local or
tribal governments.

Legal Authority:
42 USC 300; Safe Drinking Water Act
sec 1412

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142

Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 1998.

Abstract:
The 1996 SDWA amendments require
EPA to promulgate an Interim
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment
Rule (EESWTR) and a Stage 1
Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts
(DBF) Rule by November 1998. EPA
proposed both rules in 1994 as a result
of formal regulatory negotiations. The
regulations, along with a long-term
ESWTR and Stage 2 DBF Rule that will
be promulgated later, are intended to
expand existing public health
protections and address concerns about
risk trade-offs between pathogens and
disinfection byproducts.
EPA is working under an expedited
schedule to meet the November 1998
deadline for the final IESWTR and
Stage 1 Rule. The Agency plans to issue
a Notice of Data Availability (NODA)
for public comment in the fall of 1997
as part of this schedule. The M/DBP
Advisory Committee (established under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA)) met from March through July
1997 to discuss, evaluate and provide
advice on data, analysis and
approaches to the NODA and develop
consensus recommendations on a
number of key elements in the rule.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Cost-benefit data is under development
and will be available as part of the Fall
1997 NODA.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Notice of Data
Availability
Final
07/29/94 59 FR 38668
11/00/97

11/00/98

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¥edera\ Register / Vol.  S2, No. 209
Small Entitles Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations

Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal

Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Additional Information:
SAN No. 2772.

Agency Contact:
Tom Grubbs
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4607
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7270
RIN: 2040-AB82


EPA

134. 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.

 Legal Authority:
42 USC 300; Safe Drinking Water Act
 sec 1412

 CFR Citation:
 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142

 Legal Deadline:
 Final, Statutory, November 1998.

 Abstract:
 The 1996 SDWA amendments require
 EPA to promulgate an Interim
 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment
 Rule (IESWTR) and a Stage 1
 Disinfectants/Disinfection By-Products
 (DBF) Rule by November 1998. EPA
 proposed both rules in 1994 as a result
 of formal regulatory negotiations. The
 regulations, along with a long-term
 ESWTR and Stage 2 DBF Rule that will
 be promulgated later, are intended to
 expand existing public health
 protections and address concerns about
 risk trade-offs between pathogens and
 disinfection byproducts.
 EPA is working under an expedited
 schedule to meet the November 1998
 deadline for the IESWTR and Stage 1
 Rule. The Agency plans to issue a
                             Notice of Data Availability for public
                             comment in the fall of 1997 as part of
                             this schedule. The Agency has also
                             established a committee under the
                             Federal Advisory Committee Act
                             (FACA) to assist in development of the
                             rules. The M/DBP Advisory Committee
                             met from March through July to
                             discuss, evaluate and provide advice on
                             data, analysis and approaches to be
                             included in the NODA to be published
                             in November  1997. On July 15, the
                             Committee formally reached consensus
                             and signed an agreement that includes
                             recommendations to EPA on a number
                             of key rule elements.

                             Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
                             Cost-benefit data is under development
                             and will be available as part of the Fall
                             1997 NODA.
                             Timetable:
                                     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, April 1998, Settlement
                                     agreement: industrial furnaces &
                                     incinerators 4/98 - boilers 12/99.

                                     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.
                              Action
                                                Date     FR Cite    Statement of Need:
                              NPRM
                              Notice of Data
                               Availability
                              Final
                 07/29/94  59 FR 38832
                 11/00/97
                 11/00/98

Small Entitles Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations

Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal

Additional Information:
SAN No. 2304.

Agency Contact:
Elizabeth Corr
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4607
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8907
RIN: 2040-AC91


EPA

135. REVISED STANDARDS FOR
HAZARDOUS WASTE COMBUSTION
FACILITIES

Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates:
Undetermined

Legal Authority:
42 USC 6924; Resource Conservation
Recovery Act sec 3004; 42 USC 6925;
Resource Conservation Recovery Act
sec 3005; Clean Air Act sec 112; Clean
Air Act sec 114
Under the Clean Air Act (CAA)
Amendments of 1990, EPA is required
to establish National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAPs) for most hazardous waste
combustors (HWCs) (i.e., incinerators,
cement kilns, boilers, and some types
of smelting furnaces). In addition,
under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA), EPA is required
to establish standards for all HWCs as
necessary to ensure protection of
human health and the environment.
EPA is concerned that its current RCRA
standards for HWCs may not be
adequately protective given that the
standards do not take into account
indirect pathways of exposure and that
there have been advances both in .risk
assessment and control technologies
since promulgation of the current
standards.
Consequently,  the Agency plans to
establish new emissions standards for
HWCs under joint CAA and RCRA
authority. This will avoid duplicative  ,
Agency effort and piecemeal regulation
of the hazardous waste combustion
industry.

Alternatives:
Under provisions of the CAA, the     f
Agency plans to consider the cost-
effectiveness of emission limits more
stringent than the minimum limits
mandated by the statute. Further, the
Agency plans to evaluate approaches to
reduce emissions of hazardous air
pollutants by improving good operating
practices (e.g., controlling the way in
which problematic materials such as
toxic metals are introduced into the
 combustor).

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Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

EPA's analysis of the proposed rale
indicates that some combustion
facilities may experience a substantial
change in the cost of burning waste,
but that this change is likely to have
a limited impact on combustion
markets. In terms of effects on waste-
burning cost structure, cement kilns
and lightweight aggregate kilns
(LWAKs) are most affected by the
regulation. This is primarily a product
of their relatively low baseline costs of
burning, moaning that incremental
compliance costs represent a large
increase in their overall cost of burning
waste. For incinerators, compliance
costs are lower, represent smaller
additions to baseline costs, and change
little across regulatory options. The
analysis concludes that cement kilns
have the lowest waste burning costs
even after regulation, and so will
continue to have the greatest flexibility
in marketing their services.

To the extent that compliance costs
cannot be passed through to generators
and fuel blenders, the profitability of
waste burning in kilns will fall.
Nonetheless, waste burning kilns are
expected to have healthy operating
profit margins after the rule. Market
exit in all sectors is concentrated
among facilities that burn small
quantities of hazardous waste. While as
many as 98 combustion facilities may
stop burning hazardous wastes as a
result of the proposed MACT options,
the small quantities these facilities burn
suggest that market dislocations will be
minor.

Overall, the social costs of the rule are
balanced by a set of potentially
substantial benefits. Given the severity
of the potential adverse health effects
from dioxin and mercury (cancer,
adverse developmental effects in
children, severe neurological effects in
adults, and bioaccumulation in
ecosystems), EPA believes the
substantial reductions of these
pollutants from hazardous waste
burning sources under the MACT
standard justifies moving ahead with
the proposed beyond the floor (BTF)
option. An alternative way of valuing
benefits is the potential increase in
property values around closed or more
stringently regulated combustion
facilities. The fact that this approach
also suggests potentially substantial
benefits strengthens EPA's belief that
tho costs of moving forward with the
proposed BTF option for certain
pollutants and/or source categories are
justified.
Risks:
EPA has estimated that hazardous
waste incinerators and hazardous-waste
burning cement and light weight
aggregate kilns currently emit a total of
0.94kg toxicity equivalent (TEQ) of
TCDD and TCDF (isomers of dioxin)
per year. Therefore, hazardous waste
burning sources represent about 9
percent of total anthropogenic
emissions of dioxins in the U.S.
EPA estimates that dioxin emissions
from hazardous waste-burning sources
will be reduced to 0.07kg TEQ per year
at the floor levels and to 0.01kg TEQ
per year at the proposed beyond the
floor standard. These reductions would
result in decreases of approximately 8
and 9 percent, respectively, in total
estimated anthropogenic U.S.
emissions. EPA expects that reductions
in dioxin emissions from hazardous
waste-burning sources, in conjunction
with reductions in emissions from
other dioxin-emitting sources, will help
reduce dioxin levels over time in foods
used for human consumption and,
therefore, reduce the likelihood of
adverse health effects, including cancer,
occurring in the general population.
EPA has estimated that hazardous
waste incinerators and hazardous
waste-burning cement and lightweight
aggregate kilns currently emit a total of
10.1 Mg of mercury per year. Based on
these estimates, hazardous waste-
burning sources represent about 4
percent of total anthropogenic
emissions of mercury in the U.S.
EPA estimates that mercury emissions
from hazardous waste-burning sources
will be reduced to 3.3Mg per year at
the proposed floor levels and to 2.0Mg
per year at the proposed beyond the
floor standard. These reductions would
result in reductions of total
anthropogenic U.S. emissions of
approximately 3 percent. EPA expects
that reductions in emissions from other
mercury-emitting sources, will help
reduce mercury levels in fish over time
and therefore, fish consuming
populations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM Cement Kilns, 04/19/96 61 FR 17358
LWAKs,
Incinerators
Final MACT 02/00/98
"Fasttrack"

Small Entities Affected:
Businesses

Government Levels Affected:
State
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3333.

Agency Contact:
Larry Denyer
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
5302W
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8770
RIN: 2050-AE01

EPA

136. REQUIREMENTS FOR
MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS
CONTAMINATED MEDIA COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS HAZARDOUS
WASTE IDENTIFICATION RULE FOR
CONTAMINATED MEDIA OR HWIR-
MEDIA

Priority:
Other Significant

Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of .the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.

Legal Authority:
42 USC 6912(a); Resource Conservation
Recovery Act sec 2002(a); 42 USC 6921;
Resource Conservation Recovery Act
sec 3001; 42 USC 6924; Resource
Conservation Recovery Act sec 3004; 42
USC 6926; Resource Conservation
Recovery Act sec 3006; 42 USC 6927;
Resource Conservation Recovery Act
sec 3007

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 269; 40 CFR 271

Legal Deadline:
None

Abstract:
The Agency's goal for the HWIR-media
proposal was to provide significant
relief from administrative and
substantive obstacles for the
management of remediation wastes, so
that states and EPA could base waste
management decisions on actual site
conditions and waste characteristics,
according to their professional
judgment instead of strict national
requirements that are not uniformly
appropriate at all cleanup sites. The
Agency wanted to reduce the overlap
between RCRA and the Clean Water
Act (CWA) or Marine Protection,
Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA)

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for dredging operations, and EPA was
considering withdrawing the
regulations for Corrective Action
Management Units (CAMUs). Finally,
an additional goal was to streamline
state authorization.
The Agency has decided on the general
framework for fmalization of the HWIR-
media rule. The Agency plans to
promulgate only targeted elements of
the proposal rather than go forward
with a more comprehensive approach.
EPA plans to complement the targeted
elements hy leaving the CAMU
regulations in place, rather than
withdrawing these regulations as
proposed. Targeted elements EPA plans
to focus on are: alternative land
disposal restriction treatment standards
for hazardous contaminated soil;
streamlined permitting for cleanup sites
that would eliminate the requirements
for facility-wide corrective action at
cleanup-only sites; options for
remediation piles that resolve issues
raised in the public comments; and a
RCRA exclusion for dredged materials
managed under CWA or MPRSA
permits. At this time, EPA is not
planning to finalize the portions of the
proposal which would have
distinguished between lower- and
higher-risk contaminated media and
would have given regulatory agencies
the flexibility to exempt lower-risk
contaminated media from RCRA
regulations.

Statement of Need:
Since 1980, the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has
promulgated comprehensive regulations
under subtitle C of RCRA governing the
treatment, storage, disposal, and
transportation of hazardous wastes.
These regulations have been designed
to, among other things, discourage
hazardous waste generation, and for
those wastes generated, to prevent
future environmental contamination by
 ensuring safe management and
 disposal. In contrast, the primary
 objective of the cleanup program is to
 achieve environmental improvement as
 quickly and effectively as possible.
 Although EPA conducted a lengthy
 outreach process before developing the
 HWIR-media proposal and tried to
 balance the concerns and interests of
 various stakeholder groups, it is now
 clear after reviewing public comment
 on the  proposal that stakeholders have
 fundamental disagreements on many
 remediation waste management issues.
 EPA has concluded that pursuing
 comprehensive regulatory reform would
 be a time and resource intensive
process that would most likely result
in a rule that would provoke additional
years of litigation and associated
uncertainty. This uncertainty would be
detrimental to the program and have
a negative effect on ongoing and future
cleanups. Based on these conclusions,
the Agency has decided that a
regulatory response will not solve the
remediation waste management1 issues
that HWIR-media was designed to
solve.

While EPA believes the targeted
elements and corrective action
management unit regulations would
improve remediation waste
management and expedite cleanups, the
Agency also recognizes that additional
reform is needed, especially for
management of non-media remediation
wastes like remedial sludges. The
Agency will continue to participate in
discussions on potential legislation to
promote this additional needed reform.

Alternatives:

Alternative regulatory approaches for
this rule were proposed and analyzed.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

Analyses of costs and benefits will be
conducted as part of the economic
analysis for this rule required under
Executive Order 12866.

Risks:

One of the primary objectives of this
rule is to establish requirements for
management of contaminated media
and other remediation wastes that more
accurately reflect the risks posed by
such wastes. Thus, the rule is expected
to result in cleanups that achieve the
Agency's risk reduction objectives in a
more efficient and expeditious manner.
More quantitative analysis of the risks
associated with this rule will be
included in the economic analysis.

Timetable:
Action
NPRM
NPRM Withdrawn
NPRM
Final
Date FR Cite
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

 Additional Information:

 SAN No. 2982.
Agency Contact:
Carolyn Loomis Hoskinson
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
5303W
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8626
RIN: 2050-AE22


EPA

137. COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE
MONITORING RULE (PREVIOUSLY
ENHANCED MONITORING PROGRAM)

Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.

Legal Authority:
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990,
sections 114(a)(3),  503(b),; Clean Air
Act Amendments of 1990, section
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, October 4, 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.

Statement of Need:
 The Clean Air Act Amendments of
 1990 require major stationary sources
 to provide ongoing monitoring and
 periodic certification of compliance.
 Current compliance data based on
 initial or periodic  performance testing,
 provide only snapshots of the
 compliance status of stationary sources.
 Current minimal operation and
 maintenance monitoring of control
 technology performance, if applied,
 provides little assurance of continued
 good pollution control and little
 incentive for the source owner or
 operator to maintain or improve

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performance. The compliance assurance
monitoring (CAM) rule would require
owners or operators of emission sources
to increase awareness of the operational
status of pollution control technology
and to act on discrepancies in that
operation to reduce emissions.
Certification of compliance would he
based on a combination of compliance
testing or other compliance data and
demonstration of continued good
control technology performance and
appropriate and timely corrective
action.
Alternatives:
The CAM program is designed to assure
ongoing compliance with requirements
under the Act. If owners or operators
aro already required to determine
continuous compliance with emission
limitations or standards, that satisfies
the purpose of CAM and no additional
assurance of compliance is necessary.
If these circumstances do not exist,
CAM would use a two-pronged
approach to assure compliance. First,
CAM would require that owners or
operations have reasonable information
available to them that can indicate
potential problems in emission control
performance. Second, CAM would
require that owners or operators act on
that information in a timely fashion to
avoid (if preventable) or reduce (if not
preventable) emission control problems
that could result in excess emissions.
This type of monitoring does not need
to be so rigorous as to determine
exactly or predict emission levels, but
rather should be sufficient to allow for
reasonable optimization of the method
used by a source to achieve ongoing
compliance with emission limitations
or standards under the Act.
This approach is consistent with
President Clinton's regulatory reform
initiatives and EPA's Common Sense
Initiative in that it focuses on
preventing pollution rather than
imposing additional command-and-
control regulations on regulated
sources. This represents a significant
change in Agency direction for
implementation of of the monitoring
ana compliance certification
requirements in titles V and VII of the
Act. The goal of CAM is to provide
a reasonable assurance of compliance.
Rather than a direct connection
between monitoring and certification,
CAM allows for an indirect, symbiotic
relationship between these two
methods for assuring compliance. The
result of this change will be to reduce
the emphasis on assuring compliance
through the threat of enforcement.
Instead, CAM emphasizes assuring
compliance by placing the burden on
regulated sources to monitor their
performance and take proactive steps to
minimize emission exceedances.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
In keeping with Executive Order 12866,
EPA will prepare a detailed regulatory
impact analysis (RIA) that will provide
costs and benefits associated with the
CAM rule.
EPA believes that the adoption of CAM
can result in tangible benefits for a
facility. Although a self-monitoring
program may not always be justified
purely on the basis of economic benefit
to a source, self-monitoring can, in
some situations, reduce operating costs.
For example, monitoring data can be
used to increase combustion efficiency
in an industrial boiler or to increase
capture and reuse of solvents at a
coating plant. The CAM approach will
also alert owners or operators that
potential control device problems may
exist. The owner or operator can use
this information to target control
devices for routine maintenance and
repair, and reduce the potential for
costly breakdowns.
The Agency also believes that the CAM
approach will result in tangible benefits
to the general public health and
welfare. A primary benefit of CAM will
be a reduction in overall emissions
through increased compliance with the
requirements of the Act. The key
elements of CAM that will provide
these reductions are (a) the emphasis
on monitoring that alerts owners or
operators to deteriorating control
conditions and (b) the requirement that
steps be taken to correct those
conditions. This approach emphasizes
minimizing emissions by avoiding or
remedying as quickly as possible .
situations that may involve emissions
in excess of applicable requirements. In
addition to the direct environmental
benefit of decreased emissions,
increased compliance rates will also
achieve a corollary economic benefit.
As a general matter, increased
compliance rates with existing rules
will lower the long-term overall cost of
air pollution control by decreasing the
need for additional regulations to
obtain necessary emission reductions,
especially for nonattainment areas.

Risks:
Compliance Assurance Monitoring will
apply to over 50,000 emission units
nationally. The establishment of CAM
requirements is estimated to impact
about 97 percent of the emissions of
carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide,
particulate matter, sulfur dioxide,, and
volatile organic compounds, as well as
certain hazardous air pollutants such as
benzene and mercury; exact reductions
which will be obtained are yet to be
determined. The CAM provisions will
apply to existing Clean Air Act
standards only; new regulations will,
incorporate continuous compliance
monitoring provisions. As these new
rules are developed, pollution
reduction will be achieved beyond
those obtained through CAM.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Supplemental
Proposal
Final Action
Date
10/22/93
12/28/94
10/00/97
FR Cite
58 FR 54648
59 FR 66844
Small Entities Affected:
None

Government Levels Affected:
None ' •

Additional Information:
SAN No. 2942.

Agency Contact:
Peter R. Westlin
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
MD-19
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1058
RIN: 2060-AD18

EPA

138. NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR)
REFORM

Priority;
Other Significant

Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline •
requirements.

Legal Authority:
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
Title I

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 51.160 to 51.166; 40 CFR 52.21;
40 CFR 52.24

Legal Deadline:
None

Abstract:
The purpose of this action is to revise
the Clean Air Act new source review

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(NSR) regulations, which govern the
preconstruction air quality review and
permitting programs that are
implemented hy States and the Federal
Government for new aiid modified
major stationary sources of air
pollution. This rulemaking will
deregulate, that is, exclude from major
NSR program requirements those
activities of sources that, with respect
to air pollution, have little
environmental impact. The rulemaking
will encourage pollution control and
pollution prevention projects at existing
sources. Control technology
requirements will be clarified with
respect to when and how they apply
to sources that are covered. The action
seeks to more clearly define the
appropriate roles and requirements of
sources, permitting authorities and
Federal land managers and EPA in the
protection of air-quality-related values
in Federal Class I areas (i.e., certain
national parks and wilderness areas)
under the new source review
regulations. State, local, and tribal
permitting agencies will be given more
flexibility to implement program
requirements in a manner that meet
their specific air quality management
needs. Consequently, the rulemaking
decreases the number of activities that
are subject to NSR requirements and
also expedites the permitting process
for those sources that are subject to
NSR. This action is designed to reduce
the regulatory burden over all
industries without respect to
commercial size or capacity; therefore,
it should have no detrimental impact
on small businesses. Finally, this action
also addresses several pending petitions
for judicial review and administrative
action pertaining to new source review
applicability requirements and control
technology review requirements.
Regulations that will be affected are
State implementation plan
requirements for review of new sources
and modifications to existing sources
(40 CFR 51.160-166), the Federal
prevention of significant deterioration
program (40 CFR 52.21), and Federal
restriction on new source construction
(40 CFR 52.24) to be proposed in
another rulemaking action.

Statement of Need:
hi August 1992, EPA voluntarily
initiated a comprehensive effort to
reform the NSR process. This effort was
initiated to examine complaints from
the regulated community that the
current regulatory scheme is too
complex, needlessly delays projects,
and unduly restricts source flexibility.
Currently there are no applicable
statutory or judicial deadlines for the
NSR reform rulemaking effort. :The goal
of this effort is to address industries'
concerns without sacrificing the
environmental benefits embodied in the
present approach; that is, protecting
and improving local air quality, and
stimulating pollution prevention and
advances in control technologies.
hi July 1993, the New Source Review
(NSR) Reform Subcommittee was
formed under the auspices of the Clean
Air Act Advisory Committee. The
Subcommittee's purpose is to provide
independent advice and counsel to EPA
on policy and technical issues
associated with reforming the NSR
rules. The Subcommittee was •
composed of representatives from
industry, State/local air pollution
control agencies, environmental
organizations, EPA headquarters and
regions, and other Federal agencies
(Federal Land Managers, National Park
Service and Forest Service), Department
of Energy, and the Office of
Management and Budget).

Summary of the Legal Basis:
There are no applicable statutory or
judicial deadlines for the NSR reform
rulemaking effort. However, the rule
will address two outstanding settlement
agreements: CMA Exhibit B and Top-
down BACT. The pending settlement
on WEPCO may impose a judicial
deadline on the rulemaking.

Alternatives:
The Subcommittee discussed numerous
options for implementing NSR reform.
However, EPA's primary focus will be
to consider the specific
recommendations developed by the
Subcommittee and, where appropriate,
use them in this rulemaking effort, hi
January 1996, EPA, as part of another
regulatory streamlining measure,
merged portions of a separate
rulemaking to implement the 1990 CAA
Amendments with the Reform effort.
The combined package was proposed
in the Federal Register on July 23,
1996.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
From a cost perspective, this '
rulemaking represents a decrease in
applications and recordkeeping costs to
industry of at least $13 million per
year, as compared to the preexisting
program, based primarily on the fact
that fewer sources will need to apply
for major source permits, hi addition,
the cost to State and local agencies will
be reduced by approximately $1.4
million per year. The Federal
Government should realize a savings of
approximately $116,000 per year.
Additional cost reductions, which are
difficult to quantify, will be realized
due to the streamlining effect of the
rulemaking on the permitting process,
for example, the opportunity costs for
shorter time periods between permit
application and project completion and
reduced uncertainty in planning for
future source growth.

Risks:
This is a procedural rule applicable to
a wide variety of source categories.
Moreover, it applies to criteria
pollutants for which NAAQS have been
established. This action is considered
environmentally neutral. However, any
potential risks are considered in the
NAAQS rulemaking from a national
perspective.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final
07/23/96
06/00/98
61 FR 38249
Small Entities Affected:
None

Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal

Additional Information:
SAN No. 3259.

Agency Contact:
Dennis Grumpier
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
MD-12
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0871
BIN: 2060-AE11

EPA

139. OPERATING PERMITS:
REVISIONS (PART 70)

Priority:
Other Significant

Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.

Legal Authority:
42 USC 7661 et seq

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 70; 40 CFR 71; 40 CFR 51

Legal Deadline:
None

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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.
Statement of Need:
These revised rules will establish a
simpler, more flexible system for
revising operating permits. These
revisions reflect the principles
articulated in the President's and the
Vice President's March 16,1995 report
Reinventing Environmental Regulation.
That report established as goals for
environmental regulation the building
of partnerships between EPA and State
and local agencies, minimizing costs,
providing flexibility in implementing
programs, tailoring solutions to the
problem, and shifting responsibility to
State and local programs.
Alternatives:
The Clean Air Act requires that EPA
develop regulations which set
minimum standards for State operating-
pormit programs. The Clean Air Act
also requires that EPA promulgate and
administer a Federal operating-permits
program for States that have not
obtained EPA approval by November
IS, 1995. In response to concerns
expressed in comments on the initial
notice of proposed rulemaking, the EPA
talked with representatives from State
and local permitting authorities,
industry and environmental groups to
hoar their implementation concerns.
This action incorporates many of those
recommendations into a final rule.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The administrative cost of
implementing the final rules by
permitting authorities, EPA, and
permitted sources was estimated.
Administrative costs include a range of
costs which cover the source's
preparing an application through EPA's
and the permitting authority's effort to
complete the process. The
administrative costs are estimated to be
approximately $33 million. By
comparison, the cost of implementing
the current part 70 permit revision
system is approximately $118 million.
Implementing the revised regulations
will reduce costs by about $85 million.

Risks:
All major sources of air pollution are
required to have a permit to operate
by the Clean Air Act. No adverse effect
on the public health or ecosystems
should result from this action, because
the rule will require permit revisions
with significant environmental impact
to undergo public and EPA review.
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 03/00/98

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
OAQPS (MD-12)
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3153
Fax: 919 541-5509
RIN: 2060-AF70

EPA

140. NAAQS: SULFUR DIOXIDE
(REVIEW AND IMPLEMENTATION)

Priority:
Economically Significant

Legal Authority:
42 USC 7409; Clean Air Act sec 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. Final
action on the Intervention level
program is anticipated for May, 1998.

Statement of Need:
Brief exposures to elevated
concentrations of sulfur dioxide causes
bronchoconstriction, sometimes
accompanied by symptoms (coughing,
wheezing, and shortness of breath), in
mild to moderate asthmatic individuals.
The existing sulfur dioxide National
Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS) provides substantial
protection against short-term peak
sulfur dioxide levels. At issue is
whether additipnal measures are
needed to further reduce the health risk
to asthmatic individuals.

Alternatives:
The March 7, 1995, proposal notice
sought public comment on three
alternatives to further reduce the public
health risk to asthmatic individuals
posed by short-term peak sulfur dioxide
exposures. These included: (a) a new
5-minute NAAQS; (b) a new program
under section 303 of the Act; and (c)
a targeted monitoring program to
ensure sources likely to cause or
contribute to high 5-minute peaks are
in attainment with the existing
standard. The January 2, 1997, notice
proposed an alternative program under
section 303 of the Act that will assist
States in addressing high 5-minute
peaks.

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Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
A draft regulatory impact analysis was
completed and made available for
public comment at the time of the
January 2, 1997 proposal.

Risks:
Exposure analyses indicate from the
national perspective that the likelihood
of exposure to high 5-minute sulfur
dioxide concentrations is very low.
Asthmatic individuals in the vicinity of
certain sources or source categories,
however, may be at higher risk of
exposure than the population as a
whole.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRMNAAQS 11/15/94 59 FR 58958
Review
NPRMNAAQS 03/07/95 60 FR 12492
Implementation
(part 51)
Final NAAQS Review 05/22/96 61 FR 25566
NPRM Revised 01/02/97 62FR210
NAAQS
Implementation
(Part 51)
Final NAAQS 05/00/98
Implementation
(Part 51)

Small Entities Affected:
None

Government Levels Affected:
State

Additional Information:
SAN No. 1002.
(Primary Standard) and SAN No

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
EPA

141. VOC REGULATION FOR
ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS

Priority:
Other Significant
Legal Authority:
42 USC 7401; Clean Air Act sec 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.

Statement of Need:
This regulation will establish VOC
content limits for over 50 categories of
architectural coatings. These limits will
reduce the VOC emissions from
architectural coatings and will reflect
best available controls, as defined by
section 183(e) of the Clean Air Act
(CAA). The architectural coatings
category is a significant contributor of
VOC emissions in ozone nonattainment
areas.

Summary of the Legal Basis:
Section 183(e) of the CAA requires that
the EPA list those categories of
consumer and commercial products
(CCP) that account for at least 80
percent of VOC from all CCP in ozone
nonattainment areas and establish a
schedule for regulating the categories.
The architectural coatings category was
included on the list and schedule
published March 23,1995, and is in
the group of categories to be regulated
by March 1997.

Alternatives:
There are many alternatives to the
proposed rule that were or are being
considered, including: alternative VOC
content limits for some types of
coatings; issuance of a control
techniques guideline in lieu of a
national rule; low-volume exemptions;
payment of fees, if desired, to exceed
the VOC content limits; variances based
on economic hardship; and an
incentive to recycle paint. The
requirements in the proposed rule are
based on product reformulation, a
pollution prevention method.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The proposed rule would impose an
estimated cost of $25 million per year
for coating manufacturers and would
reduce VOC emissions from
architectural coatings by an estimated
106,000 tons per year. VOC are a main
component in formation of ground-level
ozone which can damage lung tissue
and cause serious respiratory illness.

Risks:
In the past, the CAA has focused on
reducing VOC emissions from mobile
sources (cars and trucks) and stationary
sources, such as power plants and
factories. Requiring additional controls
on these sources may be very costly
for the emissions reductions achieved.
Regulating consumer and commercial
products may prove to be a more cost-
effective way of substantially reducing
VOC emissions nationwide. Consumer
and commercial products, such as
surface coatings, personal care
products, and household cleaning
products, contribute about six million
tons (approximately 30 percent)
annually of VOC emissions nationwide.
The architectural coating category is
one of the largest contributors.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
06/25/96 61 FR 32729
11/00/97
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses

Government Levels Affected:
State, Local

Additional Information:
SAN No. 3351.

Agency Contact:
Ellen Ducey
Environmental Protection Agency
Ah- and Radiation
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5408
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: ducey.ellen@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE55

EPA

142. NATIONAL VOC EMISSION
STANDARDS FOR CONSUMER
PRODUCTS

Priority:
Other Significant

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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
omission reductions in the most
sensible, cost-effective ways.

Statement of Need:
This regulation will establish VOC
content limits for 24 types of consumer
products. These limits will reduce the
VOC emissions from these products
and will reflect best available controls,
as defined by section 183(e) of the
Clean Ait Act. The consumer products
category is a significant contributor of
VOC emissions in ozone nonattainment
areas.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
Section 183(o) of the CAA requires that
the EPA list those categories of
consumer and commercial products
(CCP) that account for at least 80
percent of VOC from all CCP in ozone
nonattainment areas and establish a
schedule for regulating the categories.
The consumer products category was
included on the list and schedule
published March 23,1995, and is in
the group of categories to be regulated
by March 1997.
Alternatives:
Alternatives to requirements in the
proposed rule that were or are being
considered, include alternative VOC
content limits; issuance of a control
techniques guideline in lieu of a
national rule; variances based on
economic hardship; and an incentive
for innovative product development.
The requirements in the proposed rule
arc based on product reformulation, a
pollution prevention method.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Tho rule would impose an estimated
cost of S27 million per year for
consumer product manufacturers and
would reduce VOC emissions from the
products by an estimated 90,000 tons
per year. VOC are a main component
in formation of ground-level ozone
which can damage lung tissue and
cause serious respiratory illness.

Risks:

In the past, the CAA has focused on
reducing VOC emissions from mobile
sources (cars and trucks) and stationary
sources, such as power plants and
factories. Requiring additional controls
on these sources may be very costly
for the emissions reductions achieved.
Regulating consumer and commercial
products may prove to be a more cost-
effective way of substantially reducing
VOC emissions nationwide. Consumer
and commercial products, such as
surface coatings, personal care
products, and household cleaning
products, contribute about six million
tons (approximately 30 percent)
annually of VOC emissions nationwide.
The consumer products category is one
of the largest contributors.

Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/02/96
11/00/97
61 FR 14531
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

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
EPA

143. OPEN-MARKET TRADING
GUIDANCE

Priority:
Oflier Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of die
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.

Legal Authority:
Clean Air Act sec 182; Clean Air Act
sec 187

CFR Citation:
40 CFR 51

Legal Deadline:
None

Abstract:
The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) will issue a final policy for open-
market trading of ozone smog
precursors (volatile organic compounds
and oxides of nitrogen) that will
provide more flexibility than ever
before for companies to trade emission
credits witiiout 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 die guidance. The
intended benefits of an active market
in emissions trading are compliance
with die 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.

Statement of Need:
hi the last 25 years great progress has
been made toward achieving heatthy air
quality, yet more than 50 million
people still live in areas that do not
meet the ozone health standard.
Continued reductions in ozone
precursor emissions are important to
protect public health, but additional
emission reductions are increasingly
more costly to obtain. Emissions
trading is one way to lower the overall
cost of achieving additional reductions.
Historically, the volume of emissions
trading under EPA's existing trading
policies has been low, suggesting high
transaction costs associated with the
delays of trade-by-trade government
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significant problems of quality control,
reducing the environmental
effectiveness of the program. EPA's
policy on open-market emissions
trading is intended to establish a
trading program that minimizes
transaction costs and harnesses the
power of the marketplace to enhance
quality control.

Alternatives:
The EPA endorses several, forms of
emissions trading, including
interfacility and intrafacility emissions
trading under the 1986 Emissions
Trading Policy Statement, the 1994
Economic Incentive Program Rules and
Economic Incentive Program Rules
(April 7, 1994). The open-market
program is yet another form of
emissions trading that can reduce the
overall cost of compliance with' the
ozone standard.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Market-based emissions trading
programs allow for greater and/or faster
reductions in emissions, lower the cost
of pollution control, reduce the adverse
impacts of regulation on industry and
consumer prices, lower the human
health consequences, and improve the
environment by achieving early
reductions, and provide incentives to
develop lower-costs pollution control
methods. The actual benefits of open-
market trading programs depend on a
number of variables, including the
number of States that adopt such
programs and the number of sources
that participate. Estimates of costs
savings from established emissions-
trading programs such as the
nationwide acid rain trading program,
the RECLAIM program in the Los
Angeles area, and the lead phasedown
range from nearly 20 to over 40
percent.

Risks:
Not applicable.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Notice Inclusion of
Proposed Model
Rule
Final
08/03/95 60 FR 39668
08/25/95 60 FR 44290
10/00/97
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: 919 541-539Q '
Fax: 919 541-0839
RIN: 2060-AF60 '

EPA

144. VOLUNTARY STANDARDS FOR
LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLES (NATIONAL 49
STATE LOW-EMISSION VEHICLES
PROGRAM)

Priority:
Economically Significant. Majbr under
5 USG 801.

Legal Authority:
Clean Air Act sec 202; Clean Air Act
sec 301(a)

CFR Citation:
Not yet determined

Legal Deadline:
None ,

Abstract:
This rulemaking is a voluntary
emissions standards program applicable
to manufacturers of light-duty vehicles
and trucks beginning in model year
1997. This program would apply only
to those manufacturers that chose to
opt into the program. This program is
designed to be an alternative national
program that provides emissions
reductions equivalent to the Northeast
Ozone Transport Commission's (OTC's)
low-emission vehicle (LEV) program.

Statement of Need:
If agreement is reached between the
OTC states and the auto makers on a
voluntary 49-State LEV program, this
rulemaking will establish the \
regulations for the LEV program. Under
these regulations, auto makers would
be able to volunteer to comply with
more stringent tailpipe standards for
cars and trucks (light-duty). Once an
auto maker opted into the program,
EPA would enforce the standards in the
same manner as any other federal
motor vehicle pollution control
requirement. EPA is proposing that this
program would relieve the 13 states in
the Northeastern part of the country
(OTR) of the December, 1994,
regulatory obligation to adopt their own
motor vehicle programs. This
rulemaking also harmonizes Federal
and California motor vehicle standards
and test procedures to enable auto
makers to design and test vehicles to
one set of standards nationwide.

Alternatives:
Under the CAA, EPA is prohibited from
adopting more stringent auto tailpipe
standards prior to fiscal year 2004. The
OTC petitioned the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) in 1994 and
was granted approval to adopt the
California Low-Emission Vehicle
Program in the OTR. This rulemaking
would establish a voluntary LEV
program in 49 states.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The annualized costs of the OTC LEV
Program will be roughly $400 million.
The National LEV program created in
this rulemaking is expected to have an
annual cost of $1.1 billion. The OTC
program would only apply to 2 million
vehicles sold in the OTR. The National
LEV program would apply to all new
vehicles sold in 49 States comprising
a vehicle fleet of 12.5 million vehicles
sold annually. On a per car basis, EPA
expects vehicle price to increase $100.
The National LEV program will provide
air pollution reductions throughout the
country. There are currently 38 ozone
nonattainment areas outside the OTR
and CA with a combined population
of approximately 45 million that will
benefit from this voluntary national
program.

Risks:
Motor vehicles are a significant cause
of smog because of emissions of volatile
organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen
oxide (NOx). EPA has projected that,
without the California LEV in the OTR,
highway vehicles will account for
roughly 38 percent of NOx and 22
percent of VOC emissions in 2005. EPA
currently estimates that VOC emissions
should be reduced by roughly 95 tons
per day and NOx emissions by
approximately 195 tons per day as a
result of the National LEV program.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
10/10/95 60 FR 52734
12/00/97
Small Entities Affected:
None
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

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Additional Information:
SAN No. 3646.
Agency Contact:
Mike Shields
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
(6401)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7757
Fax: 202 260-6011
RIN: 2060-AF75

EPA
145. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF AIR
POLLUTION FROM HIGHWAY HEAVY-
DUTY ENGINES AND DIESEL
ENGINES
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates:
Undetermined
Legal Authority:
Clean Air Act sec 202(a); Clean Air Act
soc 211(c); Clean Air Act sec 213(a);
Clean Air Act sec 301(a)
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 9; 40 CFR 86; 40 CFR 89
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, August 29,1997.
Abstract:
Tho primary focus of this action will
bo 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
particulate pollution. Particulates,
including those emitted directly and
secondary particulates formed in the
atmosphere, have been associated with
increased death and illness rates as
woll 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
been 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. This action
will focus on the emission standards
and related requirements for control of
air pollution from 2004 and later model
year highway heavy-duty engines. It
will include an assessment of the
feasibility of the requirements for these
engines promulgated in 1997 plus
further consideration of a number of
issues left open in the rule including
potential diesel fuel changes, diesel
particulate control, and other initiatives
to control emissions in use.

Statement of Need:
Ozone pollution poses a serious threat
to the health and well-being of millions
of Americans and a large burden to the
U.S. economy. Many ozone
nonattainment areas face great
difficulties in reaching and maintaining
attainment of the ozone health-based
air quality standards in the years ahead.
Recognizing this challenge, States, local
governments, and others have called on
the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) to promulgate additional national
measures to reduce nitrogen oxides
(NOx), hydrocarbons and particulate
matter in order to protect the public
from the serious health effects of ozone
pollution.

Alternatives:
EPA will consider alternatives for this
rule as part of the notices of proposed
rulemaking (NPRMs) planned for this
initiative.

Risks:
Oxides of nitrogen comprise a family
of highly reactive gaseous compounds
that contribute to air pollution in both
urban and rural environments. NOx is
directly harmful to human health and
the environment, contributes to
particulate pollution, and plays a
critical role in the formation of
atmospheric ozone. Based on studies of
human populations exposed to high
concentrations of particles and
laboratory studies of animals and
humans, there are major human health
concerns associated with PM. These
include deleterious effects on breathing
and respiratory systems, aggravation of
existing respiratory and cardiovascular
disease, alterations in the body's
defense systems against foreign
materials, damage to lung tissue,
carcinogenesis, and premature death.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 08/30/95 60 FR 45580
NPRM Highway 06/27/96 61 FR 33421
ANPRM Nonroad 01/02/97 62 FR 200
Final Action Highway 10/00/97
Final Action Nonroad 10/00/97
NPRM Hwy Heavy 12/00/98
Duty Diesel 2004 &
later
Final Hwy Heavy Duty 12/00/99
Diesel 2004 & later

Small Entities Affected:

Undetermined

Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined

Analysis:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Additional Information:
SAN No. 3645, 4014, 4043.

Agency Contact:
Tad Wysor
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
NFEVL
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4332

Glenn Passavant
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
NFEVL
Ann Arbor, ME 48105
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY

40 CFR Chapter I

[FRL-5900-6]

Semiannual Agenda of Regulatory and
Deregulatory Actions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Semiannual Agenda of
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions.
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) publishes the EPA
Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory
Actions twice each year as part of the
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory
and Deregulatory Actions. We do this to
let the public know about:
• Regulations currently under
development,
• Reviews of existing regulations, arid
• Rulemakings completed or stopped
since we drafted the last Agenda.
ADDRESSES TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA
MAILING LIST: Let us know if you would
like to receive copies of future Agendas.
Send us a note with your mailing
address requesting to be on the Agenda
mailing list. Send the note by
• Mail to USEPA/NCEPI at P.O. Box
42419, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242,
• Fax to (513)489-8695, or
• E-mail to ncepi.mail@epamail.epa.gov.
There is no charge for single copies of
the Agenda.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: We
welcome your comments and
suggestions. If they are general
comments or questions about the
Agenda or EPA's rulemaking process,
please direct them to: Philip Schwartz
(2136), EPA, 401 M Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20460; phone (202)
260-5493, fax (202) 260-5478, e-mail
Schwartz.Philip@epamail.epa.gov. If
there are questions or comments about
a particular rule, please communicate
directly with the agency contact listed
for that rule. EPA has created an
internet site for environmental
regulations that we update daily. It is
located at http://www.epa.gov/
epahome/rules.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under a number of environmental
laws, such as the Clean Air Act, the
Clean Water Act, the Food Quality
Protection Act, the Safe Drinking Water
Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and
the Toxic Substances Control Act, the
Administrator of EPA is required to
issue certain regulations and is ,
authorized to issue others. All of these
regulations have the force and effect of
law. The procedures by which these
regulations are made must follow
requirements laid out in a number of
laws including the Administrative
Procedures Act, the Regulatory '
Flexibility Act, the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act, and the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act.

EPA's Regulatory Philosophy and
Priorities !

EPA continues to devote its best
efforts toward full protection of human
health and the environment by crafting
a regulatory system that works better
and costs less. We are focusing on four
areas: Reducing regulatory and
paperwork burdens, improving
environmental compliance, regulating
for greater results, and increasing
community participation and
partnerships. 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. Finally, EPA remains
committed to reinventing its regulations
to reduce burdens, develop corrimon-
sense regulatory actions, and to delete
or modify burdensome regulations
currently in place.

EPA also follows each of the
regulatory principles laid out by
President Clinton in "Regulatory
Planning and Review" (Executive Order
12866) including:
• Considering alternatives to direct
regulation;
• Basing regulations on the best:
reasonably available scientific,
technical, economic, and other
information on the need for and the
expected consequences of the
intended regulation;
• Consistent with obtaining the
objectives of the law, tailoring
regulations to impose the least burden
on society, including, in particular,
the least burden on small businesses,
communities, and nonprofit
organizations; and
• Writing clear regulations with the goal
of minimizing the potential for
uncertainty and litigation.
How The Agenda Is Organized
Agenda entries are organized by the
law that would authorize a particular
regulation. There are eight sections
dealing with the main environmental
laws that EPA administers: FIFRA
(Federal Fungicide, Insecticide, and
Rodenticide Act); TSCA (Toxic
Substances Control Act); CWA (Clean
Water Act); AEA (Atomic Energy Act);
SDWA (Safe Drinking Water Act); RCRA
(Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act); CAA (Clean Air Act); and
Superfund (Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA)). These are followed by a
section labeled General, that includes
regulations authorized by other statutes.
Entries within each law are divided
into five categories: (1) Prerule, (2)
Proposed Rule, (3) Final Rule, (4) Long-
Term Actions (i.e., actions under
development that will not be published
within the next 12 months), and (5)
Completed Actions (i.e., actions that
EPA is deleting from the Agenda
because the Agency has completed,
withdrawn, or postponed them
indefinitely).
1. 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.
2. Proposed and Final Rules—This
section includes EPA rulemaking
actions that are within a year of
proposal or promulgation. The listings,
however, exclude (a) certain 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 omission of an item
from the Agenda. 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.
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proposed rules by potentially affected
stakeholders. We therefore invite
expressions of interest to be directed to
tho contact person listed for each rule.
3. Long-Term Actions—This section
includes actions with publication dates
beyond tho next 12 months. We will
continue to work with interested
stakeholders to develop relevant
information to support these rules.
4. Completed Actions—This section
contains actions that appeared in die
previous Agenda but which we are
deleting because they are completed or
aro no longer under consideration for
rulomaking. 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.
For this edition of EPA's Agenda, the
most important significant regulatory
actions are included in The Regulatory
Plan, which appears in Part fl" of this
issue of the Federal Register. The
Regulatory Plan entries are listed in the
Table of Contents below and are
denoted by a bracketed bold reference,
which directs the reader to the
appropriate Sequence Number in Part n.
Agenda Entries
Agenda entries include die following
types of information, where applicable:
Sequence Number. This indicates where
the entry appears in the Unified Agenda
of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory
Actions.
Title: The notation "Section 610
Review" follows the title if we are
reviewing the rule as part of our
periodic review of existing rules under
tho Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.
610). Titles for new entries, ones that
haven't appeared in previous Agendas,
are preceded by a bullet (•).
Priority: Entries are placed into one of
five categories described below. Also, if
we boliove that a rule may be "major"
under the Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) [5
U.S.C. 801; P.L. 104-121) because it is
likely to result hi an annual effect on the
economy of $100 million or more or
meets other criteria specified in this
law, we indicate this under die
"Priority" heading.
Economically Significant: As defined
in Executive Order 12866, a
rulcmaking action that will have an
annual effect on the economy of $100
million or more or will adversely
affect in a material way the economy,
a sector of the economy, productivity,
competition, jobs, the environment,
public health or safety, or State, local,
or tribal governments or communities.
Other Significant: A rulemaking that
is not economically significant but is
considered significant by the agency.
This category includes rules that the
agency anticipates will be reviewed
by the Office of Management and
Budget under E.0.12866 or rules that
are an EPA priority. These rules may
or may not be included in The
Regulatory Plan.
Substantive, Nonsignificant: A
rulemaking that has substantive
impacts but is neither Significant, nor
Routine and Frequent, nor
Informational/Administrative/Other.
Routine and Frequent: A rulemaking
that is a specific case of a multiple
recurring application of a regulatory
program in the Code of Federal
Regulations and that does not alter the
body of the regulation.
Informational/Administrative/Other:
A rulemaking that is primarily
informational or pertains to agency
matters not central to accomplishing
the agency's regulatory mandate but
that the agency places in the Agenda
to inform the public of the activity.
Legal Authority. The section(s) of the
United States Code (U.S.C.), Public Law
(P.L.), Executive Order (E.O.), or
common name of the law that
authorizefs) the regulatory action.
CFR Citation: The section(s) of the Code
of Federal Regulations that will be
affected by the action.
Legal Deadline: An indication of
whether the rule is subject to a statutory
or judicial deadline, the date of that
deadline, and whether the deadline
pertains to an NPRM, a Final Action, or
some other action.
Abstract: A brief description of the
problem the regulation will address; the
need for a Federal solution; to the extent
available, the alternatives that the
agency is considering to address die
problem; and the potential costs and
benefits of the action.
Timetable: The dates and citations for
all past steps and at least a projected
date for the next step for the regulatory
action. If a date appears in this section
as 00/00/00, the date of the action is
currently undetermined. Dates after
1999 are printed in the same form as
other dates, using the last two digits of
the year.
Small Entities Affected: Indicates
whether the rule is expected to have at
least minimal effects on "small entities"
and, if so, whether the small entities are
businesses, governmental jurisdictions,
or organizations. Small business is
defined according to the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and
elaborated on by the Small Business
Administration. It is made on an
industry-by-industry basis. Generally ,
firms employing fewer than 500 people
are considered small.
Government Levels Affected: Indicates
whether the rule is expected to affect
levels of government and, if so, whether
the governments are State, local, tribal,
or Federal.
Analyses: The kinds of analyses we do
for each rule varies with the nature and
significance of the rule. Certain laws
require specific types of analyses. For
example, the Regulatory Flexibility Act
requires a special kind of analysis if a
rule is likely to have a significant
impact on a substantial number of small
entities. In this section of the Agenda,
we note if we will be preparing a
regulatory impact analysis or Regulatory
Flexibility Analysis.
Unfunded Mandates: Section 202 of the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
requires an assessment of anticipated
costs and benefits if a rule is expected
to directly mandate an increase in
expenditures of more than $100 million
in any one year by State, local, and
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or
by the private sector. If the section 202
threshold is expected to be exceeded,
we note that in this section.
. Reinventing Government: If an action is
part of the President's Reinventing
Government Initiative, we indicate it
here.
Agency Contact: The name, address,
phone number, and e-mail address of a
person who is knowledgeable about the
regulation.
SAN Number. A number that EPA uses
to identify and track rulemakings.
FUN: A number that OMB uses to
identify and track rulemakings.
Actions that are among the most
significant rulemakings that we expect
to publish within the next year are
included in The Regulatory Plan
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These actions include five additional
categories of information:

Statement of Need: A description of the
need for the regulatory action.

Summary of Legal Basis: A description
of the legal basis for the action,
including whether any aspect of the
action is required by statute or court
order.

Alternatives: A description of the
alternatives to be considered or that
were considered as required by section
4(c)(l)(B) of E.O. 12866.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits: A
description of preliminary estimates of
the anticipated costs and benefits of the
action.

Risks: A description of the magnitude of
the risk being addressed by the action,
the amount by which this risk is
expected to be reduced by the action,
and the relation of these risks and risk
reduction efforts to other risks and risk
reduction efforts within EPA's
jurisdiction.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Considerations :
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 that
accomplish the objectives of applicable
statutes and that minimize any
significant economic impacts on small
entities. In the Agenda, we have
identified those rules that we believe
will, if promulgated, impose at least
minimal requirements on any small
entities by indicating in the "Small
Entities Affected" section the category
of small entities that may be subject to
the rule requirements. The Agenda also
indicates in the "Analysis" section
whether we expect to prepare a full
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a
particular rule because current
information indicates that the rule will
likely have a significant adverse
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. We invite
public comment on our assessment of
those rules that are likely to warrant a
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis because
of the extent of their potential adverse
impact on small entities. (See
"Environmental Protection Agency:
Index to Entries That May Affect Small
Entities" at the end of this document.)

Section 610 of the RFA requires that
an agency review within 10 years of
promulgation those regulations that
have or will have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities. Rules subject to section 610
review for 1997 were listed in the April
25,1997, Agenda. We will report on the
results of those reviews and list the
rules to be reviewed in 1998 in the
spring 1998 Agenda.
Dated: September 24,1997.
Robert Wolcott,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office
of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3256
3257
3258
3259
3260
3261
3262
3263
Title
SAN No. 4025. Exemption of Certain Inert Ingredients from the Definition of Pesticide Chemical Residue under
ccnr:A i

SAN No. 4027. Tolerance Processing Fees; Tolerances and Exemption From Tolerances for Pesticide Chemi-

SAN No. 3733. Pesticides Worker Protection Standards; Scope and Clarification of the Exceptions Process
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AD20
2070-AD21
2070-AD23
2070-AD14
2070-AC12
2070-AC34
2070-AC95
2070-AC96
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3264
3265
3266
3267
3268
3269
3270
Title
QAM Mn vny ppcfWrlpQ- 9plf-flprtifiration (Ren Plan Sea No 1271

SAN No. 3222. Pesticides and Ground Water State Management Plan Regulation (Reg Plan Seq. No. 128)
SAN No. 3890. Tolerances for Pesticide Emergency Exemptions ...^ •
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-ADOO
2070-AC02
2070-AC60
2070-AB60
2070-AC46
2070-AC93
2070-AD15
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Sequence
Number
3271
3272
3273
3274
3275
3276
3277

Title
SAN No. 2444. Pesticide Tolerances; Portion of Food Commodities To Be Analyzed for Pesticide Residues
SAN No. 3113. Endangered Species Protection Program
SAN No. 3735. The 10-Acre Limitation for Pesticide Small-Scale Field Testing
SAN No. 3636. Pesticide Labeling Claims
SAN No. 2659. Pesticide Management and Disposal: Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment
SAN No. 2639. Child-Resistant Packaging Regulations (Revision)
SAN No. 3738. Pesticide Export Policy

Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC45
2070-AC42
2070-AC99
2070-AC85
2070-AB95
2070-AB96
2070-AD02

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3278
3279

SAN No. 3739.
SAN No. 2338.

Title
Cross-Contamination of Pesticide Products
Reporting Requirements for Risk/Benefit Information (Revision)

Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AD03
2070-AB50

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Prerule Stage
Sequence
Number
3280

SAN No. 3880. Reporting Threshold
Know (Reg Plan Seq. No. 107)
Title
Amendment; Toxic Chemicals Release Reporting; Community Right-to-
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AD09
References In boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3281
3282
3283
3284
3285
3286
3287
3288
3289
3290
3291
3292
3293
3294
3295
3296
3297
3298
3289
3300
3301
Title
SAN No. 4015. Toxics Release Inventory (TRI): Review of Chemicals on Original TRI List (Reg Plan Seq. No.
108)
SAN No. 3007. TRI Chemical Expansion; Finalization of Deferred Chemicals (Reg Plan Seq. No. 109)
SAN No. 3301. TSCA Inventory Update Rule Amendments (Reg Plan Seq. No. 110)
SAN No. 3877. Data Expansion Amendments; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Community Right-to-Know
(Reg Plan Seq. No. 111)
SAN No. 4023. TRI; Addition of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production to the Toxic Release Inventory (Reg
Plan Seq. No. 112)
SAN No. 2425. TRI: Responses to Petitions Received To Add or Delete Chemicals From the Toxic Release In-
ventory
SAN No. 2847. TRI; Pollution Prevention Act Information Requirements (Reg Plan Seq. No. 113)
SAN No. 3243. Lead Hazard Standards
SAN No. 3242. Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Requirements at Renovation of Target Housing
SAN No. 2249. Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Protection Rule (Section 610 Review)
SAN No. 3508. Lead; TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of Lead-Based Paint Debris
SAN No. 3243. Selected Rulemakings for Abating Lead Hazards (Reg Plan Seq. No. 114)
SAN No. 3894. TSCA Biotechnology Follow-up Rules
SAN No. 3990. OECD SIDS High Production Volume Chemical Screening Test Rule
SAN No. 3494. Proposed Decisions on Test Rules
SAN No. 2563. ATSDR Substances Test Rule
SAN No. 2865. Multtchemical Endpoint(s) Test Rule; Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
SAN No. 3487. Hazardous Air Pollutants Test Rule
SAN No. 1923. Follow-Up Rules on Existing Chemicals
SAN No. 1976. Follow-Up Rules on Non-5(e) New Chemical Substances
SAN No. 2150. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Exemptions From the Prohibitions Against Manufacturing,
Processing, and Distribution in Commerce
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AD1 8
2070-AC47
2070-AC61
2070-AD08
2070-AD19
2070-ACOO
2070-AC24
2070-AC63
2070-AC65
2070-AC66
2070-AC72
2070-AD06
2070-AD13
2070-AD16
2070-AB07
2070-AB79
2070-AC27
2070-AC76
2070-AA58
2070-AA59
2070-AB20

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                    Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Proposed Rule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3302
3303
3304
3305
3306
Title
SAN No. 2245.
SAN No. 3148.
SAN No. 3047.
SAN No. 3834.
SAN No. 3881.






Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AB30
2070-AC51
2070-AC62
2070-AD17
2070-AD11
  References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
                            Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3307
3308
3309
3310
3311
3312
3313
3314
3315
Title

SAN No. 3495. Chemical-Specific Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) To Extend Provisions of Section 5(e) Or-


SAN No. 2878. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (RGBs) Disposal Amendments (Section 610 Review) (Reg Plan Seq.
NA 1OQ\ 	



SAN No. 3559. Notice of TSCA Section 4 Reimbursement Period and TSCA Section 12(b) Export Notification
Period Sunset Dates for TSCA Section 4 Substances 	 • 	
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AB94
2070-AB27
207OAC17
2070-AC39
2070-AD04
2070-AB08
2070-AB11
2070-AC80
2070-AC84
  References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
                           Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
3316
3317
3318
3319
3320
3321
3322
3323
3324
3325

Sequence
Number
3326
3327
3328
ooon
Title

SAN No. 3244. Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Training, Accreditation, and Certification Rule and Model
SAN No. 3480. Development of Guidance as Mandated by Executive Order 12873, Section 503 on Environ-

SAN No. 3252. Regulatory Investigation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) To Reduce Lead (Pb)

SAN No. 2560. Procedures and Criteria for Termination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Disposal Permits ...
SAN No. 3528. Significant New Use Rules on National Program Chemicals; Asbestos, Lead, and Refractory Ce-


Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)— Completed Actions
Title
SAN No. 3034. Facility Coverage Amendment; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Community Right-To-Know ...
SAN No. 3388. Deletion of Isopropyl Alcohol; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Community Right-To-Know 	
CAM Mn OQKS Mntiir
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Number
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Sequence
Number
3331
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) — Completed Actions (Continued)
Title
SAN No. 2326. Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microbial Products (Biotechnology) Under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA) 	

Clean Water Act (CWA)— Prerule Stage
Title
SAN No. 3662. Water Quality Standards Regulation — Revision 	

Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AB61


Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC56
                               Clean Water Act (CWA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3332
3333
3334
3335
3336
3337
3338
3339
3340
3341
3342
3343
3344
3345
3346
3347
3348
3349
3350
Title
SAN No. 3999. Revisions to NPDES Requirements for Compliance Reporting and Collection System Discharges
SAN No. 4048. Test Procedures for the Analysis of Mercury Under the Clean Water Act 	
SAN No. 4049. Test Procedures for the Analysis of Co-Planar and Mono-Ortho-Substituted Polychlorinated
Biphenyls (PCBs) Under the Clean Water Act 	
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 Point Source Category 	
SAN No. 3204. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Transportation Equipment Cleaning Category 	
SAN No. 3489. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Landfills 	
SAN No. 3786. NPDES Streamlining Rule— Round III (Reg Plan Seq. No. 115) 	
SAN No. 3804. Streamlining 301 (h) Waiver Renewal Requirements 	
SAN No. 4041. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Industrial Waste Combustors 	
SAN No. 4039. Amendment to Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper, and Paper-
board Category 	 •. 	
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
(Reg Plan Seq. No. 116) 	
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-
charge Information (Reg Plan Seq. No. 117) 	
SAN No. 3785. Comprehensive NPDES Stormwater Phase II Regulations (Reg Plan Seq. No. 118) 	
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AD02
2040-AD07
2040-AD09
2040-AC53
2040-AB78
2040-AB97
2040-AB98
2040-AC23
2040-AC84
2040-AC89
2040-AD03
2040-AD05
2040-AC75
2040-AC76
2040-AC79
2040-AC58
2040-AC96
2040-AC26
2040-AC82
 References In boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
                                 Clean Water Act (CWA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3351
3352
3353
3354
3355
3356
3357
3358
Title ,
SAN No. 3995. Amendment to the Pesticide Chemicals Manufacturing Effluent Limitations Guidelines;
Pretreatment Standards; New and Existing Sources 	 	 	
SAN No. 4051. Establishment of Electronic Reporting for NPDES Permittees 	
SAN No. 3497. Amendments to Round I Final Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal Rule — Phase One 	 	 	 	
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 (Reg Plan Seq. No. 130) 	
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-
tem 	 _ 	
SAN No. 1427. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturlna Cateaorv 	
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AD01
2040-AD1 1
2040-AC29
2040-AC44
2040-AC87
2040-AC93
2040-AC97
2040-AA13
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Sequence
Number
3359
3360
3361
3362
3363
3364
3365
3366
3367
Title

SAN No. 3661. Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants; States'
SAN No. 3722. Withdrawal of Proposed Amendment to Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Ore Mining and
SAN No. 3617. Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
SAN No. 3714. Increased Method Flexibility for Test Procedures Approved for Clean Water Act Compliance
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-
take Zones, Thereby Prohibiting the Discharge of Vessel Sewage Within Those Zones 	
SAN No. 2501. NPDES Wastewater Permit Application Forms and Regulatory Revisions for Municipal Dis-
charges and Sewage oluuge use or uisposai irteg nan oeq. «u. io^j 	
SAN No. 2820. Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b) Regulations 	
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC70
2040-AC55
2040-AC74
2040-AC63
2040-AC92
2040-AC95
2040-AC61
2040-AB39
2040-AB85
  References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
                                Clean Water Act (CWA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
3368
3369
3370
3371
3372 .
3373
3374
3375
3376
3377
Title
SAN No. 4050. Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category,
SAN No. 3618. Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures for the Analysis of

SAN No. 2806. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery Category, Phases I and
SAN No. 3444. Best Technology Available (BTA) for Cooling Water Intake Structures Under Section 316(b) of


SAN No. 2804. Clean Water Act Section 404 Program Definition of the Waters of the United States— Isolated



Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AD10
2040-AC54
2040-AC25
2040-AB79
2040-AC34
2040-AC90
2040-AC65
2040-AB74
2040-AC14
2040-AB62
                                 Clean Water Act (CWA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number

3378
3379
3380
Title
. _ , . (*aionnnl
SAN No. 2712. Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper, ana raperooara uaiegory 	
SAN No. 3625. Streamlined Procedures for Developing and Maintaining Approved Publicly Owned Treatment
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 	 • 	
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AB53
2040-AC57
2040-AC64
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                                    Atomic Energy Act (AEA)—Proposed Rule Stage
  Sequence
  Number
Title
Regulation
 Identifier
 Number
    3381      SAN No. 4054. Disposal of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes	   2060-AH63


                                      Atomic Energy Act (AEA)—Final Rule Stage


 Sequence                                                ~                                               I   Regulation
  Number                                                 Tltle                                                  Identifier
 	                                           Number

    3382      SAN No. 3321. Federal Radiation Protection Guidance for Exposure of the General Public	   2060-AE61


                                    Atomic Energy Act (AEA)—Long-Term Actions


 Sequence                                               T...                                                  Regulation
  Number                                                Tltle                                                  Identifier
 ^^^^^^^                                                                                                    Number

    3383      SAN No. 3602. Protective Action Guidance for Drinking Water	   2060-AF39


                                    Atomic Energy Act (AEA)—Completed Actions


 Sequence                                               T...                                                  Regulation
  Number                                                Tltle                                                  Identifier
 	____^	                                     Number

   3384      SAN No. 2073.  Environmental Protection Agency Radiation Site Cleanup Regulation 	   2060-AB31


                               Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Proposed  Rule Stage


 Sequence                                                _„                                                  Regulation
  Number                                                Tllle                                                  Identifier
 	                                              Number

   3385      SAN No. 4040.  Revision of Existing Variances and Exemptions Regulation to Comply with Requirements of the
             Safe Drinking Water Act	   2020-AA37
   3386      SAN No. 3947.  Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report Regulations	   2040-AC99
   3387      SAN No. 4009.  Public Water System Public Notification Regulation 	   2040-AD06
   3388      SAN No. 4047.  Test Procedures for the Analysis of Cryptosporidium and Giardia Under the Safe Drinking Water
             and Clean Water Acts	   2040-AD08
   3389      SAN No. 4044.  Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking Water Contaminants: Total Conforms, E. coli, and Acid
             Herbicides	   2040-AD04
   3390      SAN No. 2778.  Management of Class V Injection Wells Under Part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act (Reg Plan
             Seq. No. 119)	   2040-AB83
   3391   |  SAN No. 3761.  Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring Requirements	   2040-AC73

  References In boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.


                                 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Final Rule Stage


 Sequence                                                T...                                                  Regulation
 Number                                                 Tltle                                                  Identifier
	                                                Number

   3392     SAN No. 3440.   National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper 	   2040-AC27
   3393     SAN No. 2772.  National Primary  Drinking  Water Regulations: Stage I Disinfectant/Disinfection Byproducts Rule
             (Reg Plan Seq. No. 133)	   2040-AB82
   3394     SAN No. 3563.   Reformatting of Drinking Water Regulations 	   2040-AC41
   3395     SAN No. 3726.  Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking Water Contaminants: Organic, Inorganic and Micro-
             biological Contaminants 	   2040-AC77
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EPA
                           Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Final Rule Stage (Continued)
 Sequence
  Number
Title
Regulation
 Identifier
 Number
   3396     SAN No. 2304.  National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
             (Reg Plan Seq. No. 134)	:	 |  2040-AC91
  References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.

                                Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Long-Term Actions
		^	i	
"I        I              ~                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                               Titie                                                  Identifier
  Number                                                            .                                          Number

   3397     SAN No. 3996.  Revisions to State Primacy Requirements to Implement Federal Drinking Water Regulations 	   2040-ADOO
   3398     SAN No. 2281.  National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Radon 	   2040-AA94
   3399     SAN No. 2340.  National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Groundwater Disinfection 	   2040-AA97
   3400     SAN No. 2807.  National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Arsenic	   2040-AB75
   3401     SAN No. 3176.  National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Sulfate	   2040-AC07
   3402     SAN No. 3238.  National Primary Drinking Water Standards for Aldicarb 	   2040-AC13
   3403     SAN No. 3992.  National  Primary  Drinking  Water Regulations:  Radium,  Uranium, Alpha,  Beta  and Photon
             Emitters	'.	|  2040-AC98


                                Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Completed Actions

                                                                                                             Regulation
 Sequence                                               Tjt|e                                                  Identifier
  Number                                                                                                      Number

   3404     SAN No. 3784.  Underground Injection Control Program Streamlining Rule 	   2040-AC83


                          Resource Conservation  and Recovery Act  (RCRA)—Prerule Stage

~|^                                          '                                                      Regulation
 Sequence                                               Titie                                                  Identifier
  Number                                                                                                      Number

   3405     SAN No. 3201.  Regulatory Determination on Remaining Wastes From the Combustion of Fossil Fuels	   2050-AD91


                      Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Proposed Rule Stage

          \                                                                                                   Regulation
 Sequence                                               Titie                                                  Identifier
  Number                                                                                                      Number

   3406     SAN No. 2634.  Revisions to the Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation  	   2050-AC62
   3407     SAN No. 3989.  Removal of Requirement to Use SW-846 Methods (Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste:
             Physical/Chemical Methods) 	    2050-AE41
   3408     SAN No. 4028.  Standardized Permit for RCRA Hazardous Waste  Management Facilities  	    2050-AE44
   3409     SAN No. 2872.  Modifications to the Definition of Solid Waste and  Regulations of Hazardous Waste Recycling:
             General (Reg Plan Seq. No. 120) 	   2050-AD18
   3410     SAN No. 3856.  Management of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD) (Reg Plan Seq. No. 121) 	 |  2050-AE34

   References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.

                         Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Final Rule Stage

 _                                                                                                           Regulation
 Sequence                                                Tjtie                                                 Identifier
  Number                                                                                                      Number

   3411     SAN No. 3888.  Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act;  Codification of Waste Manage-
             ment Provisions	^	    2050-AE39
   3412     SAN No. 3042.  Hazardous Waste Management System: Post-Closure Requirements	    2050-AD55
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                   Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Final Rule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
 Number
Title
Regulation
 Identifier
 Number
   3413     SAN No. 3065.  Listing Determination for Hazardous Wastes—Organobromines Chemical Industry	   2050-AD79
   3414     SAN No. 3179.  RCRA Subtitle D Corporate Financial Test and Guarantee	   2050-AD77
   3415     SAN No. 3066.  Listing Determination of Wastes Generated During the Manufacture of Azo, Anthraquinone, and
             Triarylmethane Dyes and Pigments	   2050-AD80
   3416     SAN No. 3064.  Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste: Petroleum Refining Process Wastes	   2050-AD88
   3417     SAN No. 3333.  Revised Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities (Reg Plan Seq. No. 135)	   2050-AE01
   3418     SAN No. 3366.  Land  Disposal Restrictions—Phase IV: Paperwork Reduction; Treatment Standards for Wood
             Preserving, Mineral Processing and Characte'ristic Metal Wastes; Related Mineral Processing Issues	   2050-AE05
   3419     SAN No. 2982.  Requirements for Management of Hazardous Contaminated Media Commonly  Referred to as
             Hazardous Waste Identification Rule for Contaminated Media or HWIR-Media (Reg Plan Seq. No. 136)	   2050-AE22
   3420     SAN No. 2647.  RCRA Subtitle C Financial Test Criteria (Revision) 	   2050-AC71
   3421     SAN No. 2751.' RCRA Subtitle D Solid Waste  Facilities; State Permit Program— Determination of Adequacy
             (State Implementation Rule)	   2050-AD03
   3422     SAN No. 3545.  Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products Containing Recovered
             Materials	   2050-AE23
  References In boldface appear In the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.

                       Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Long-Term Actions

                                                                                                               Regulation
           	™	

   3423     SAN No. 4017.  Proposed Modifications to Hazardous Waste Storage and Disposal Regulation Related to  Low
             Level Mixed Waste	   2050-AE45
   3424     SAN No. 3425.  Facility Response Planning for Delegated Offshore Facilities 	   2050-AE18
   3425     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 F0006 Wastes	   2050-AE15
   3426     SAN No. 3668.  Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Recycled
             Used Oil Management Standards	   2050-AE28
   3427     SAN No. 3805.  Paint Manufacturing Wastes Listing: Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification  and
             Listing of Hazardous Waste 	   2050-AE32
   3428     SAN No. 3886.  Review of Toxicity Characteristic Level for Silver Under the Resource Conservation Recovery Act
             (RCRA)	   2050-AE37
   3429     SAN No. 3328.  Identification and Listing of Hazardous Wastes: Hazardous Waste Identification  Rule (HWIR);
             Waste	   2050-AE07
   3430     SAN No. 3134.  Spent Solvents Listing Determination	„....	;	   2050-AD84
   3431      SAN No. 3151.  Chlorinated Aliphatics Listing Determination	f	   2050-AD85
   3432     SAN No. 3189.  Final Determination of the Applicability  of  the Toxicity Characteristic Rule to Underground Stor-
             age Tanks, Contaminated Media, and Debris	   2050-AD69
   3433     SAN No. 3237.  Hazardous Waste Management System;  Modification of the Hazardous Waste  Program; Mer-
             cury-Containing Lamps	   2050-AD93
   3434     SAN No. 3147.  Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation	   2050-AE21
   3435     SAN No. 2390.  Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) at Hazardous Waste Manage-
             ment Facilities	   2050-AB80
   3436     SAN No. 3433.  Underground Storage Tanks Containing Hazardous Substances—Financial Responsibility-Re-
             quirements	;......   2050-ACI5


                       Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Completed Actions

Sequonca                                                 ~''    I   Regulation
 Number                                                 Tltle                                                   L1entllier
                                                                                                                Number

  3437     SAN No. 3546.  Flexibility in Management Criteria for Small Municipal Solid Waste Landfills	   2050-AE24
  3438     SAN No. 3547.  New and Revised Testing Methods Approved  for RCRA Subtitle C, Hazardous  Waste  Testing
             Manual, SW-846, Third Edition, Update IV	   2050-AE25
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                Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Completed Actions (Continued)
 Sequence
  Number
                                          Tttle
Regulation
 Identifier
 Number
   3439
 SAN No 3427  New and Revised Testing Methods Approved for RCRA Subtitle C, in Test Methods for Evaluat-
  ing Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods (SW-846), Third Edition, Update III	••
                                                                                                     2050-AE14
                                       Clean Air Act (CAA)—Prerule Stage
 Sequence
  Number
                                          Title
Regulation
 Identifier
 Number
   3440
 SAN No. 3986.  Consolidated Emission Reporting Rule
                                                                                                     2060-AH25
                                   Clean Air Act (CAA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3441
3442
3443
3444
3445
3446
3447
3448
3449
3450
3451
3452
3453
3454
3455
3456
3457
3458
3459
3460
3461
3462
3463
3464
3465
3466
3467
3468
3469
Title
SAN No. 3945. State Implementation Plan Calls for Certain States in the Ozone Transport Assessment Group
(OTAG) for Purposes of Reducing Regional Transport Ozone 	 	 	 •• 	
SAN No. 3915. Technical Amendments for Non-Road Compression Ignition Engines 	 	 	
SAN No. 3910. Streamlined Evaporative Test Procedures 	 !"~".""T 	 "il"
SAN No. 3944. Review of Definition of Volatile Organic compounds txciusion OT oniorooruinuiiiouiaiio
SAN No 3916. Amendment to Urban Bus Retrotit/HeDuiia rrogram rteguidiiuiis> 	 ••
SAN No. 4046. Revisions to New Source Review (NSR) Regulations to Implement the New National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone and Particulate Matter 	 	 	 	 	 ••••
SAN No. 4035. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: interpreiaiion 01 ivieinyi Drumiue i_aucnny nBV|uucn«»iiu»
SAN No. 4042. Clean Fuel Fleet Program; Rule Amendment 	 	
SAN No. 4010. Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Proposed Minor Revisions to Selected Recordkeepmg
and Enforcement Provisions Under the Regulation of Deposit Control Gasoline Additives 	 •••
SAN No. 4045. Rulemaking To Modify the List of Source Categories From Which Fugitive Emissions Are Consid-
ered in Major Source Determinations 	
SAN No. 4032. Transportation Conformity for Transitional Ozone Areas 	
SAN No. 4052. Revisions to the Permits and Sulfur Dioxide Allowance System Regulations under Title IV of the
SAN No. 4034. Minor Amendments to Inspection Maintenance Program Requirements; Amendments to the Final

SAN No. 3873. Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Compliance Certification Rulemaking (Reg Plan Seq. No.




SAN NO. ouo£. NtonAr. rerroanoy rrouucuuii 	 • 	
SAN No. 3553. Implementation of Ozone and Particulate Matter (PM) National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) and Regional Haze Regulations (rieg Kian oeq. NO. i^oj 	 •
SAN No. 3569. Federal Implementation Plan To Control Emissions From Two Power Stations Located on Navajo
SAN No. 3572. Acid Rain Program: Revisions to Applicability, Exemptions, Allocations, and Small Diesel Refiner-

SAN No. 3649. Amendments to Metnoa £& iwaier-Basea oudiiny^ 	
SAN No. 3637. Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) To Control Emissions From Sources Located on the Fort Hall


SAN No. 3598. Amendment of Enhanced Inspection/Maintenance Performance Standard 	
SAN No. 3650. Ambient Air Quality Surveillance, Recension of NAMS Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Require-
SAN No. 3748. Consolidated Federal Air Rule for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (Reg
Plan Sea. No. 124) 	 • 	
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AH10
2060-AH33
2060-AH34
2060-AH39
2060-AH45
2060-AH53
2060-AH54
2060-AH56
2060-AH57
2060-AH58
2060-AH59
2060-AH60
2060-AH61
2060-AH62
2060-AG85
2060-AE20
2060-AE22
2060-AF28
2060-AF29
2060-AF34
2060-AF42
2060-AF45
2060-AF72
2060-AF84
2060-AF85
2060-AG07
2060-AG21
2060-AG23
2060-AG28
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 Sequence
  Number
                                            Title
Regulation
 Identifier
 Number
   3556      SAN No  3604  Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline, Individual Baseline Fuel Adjustments ....   2060-AG80
   3557      SAN No. 3948.  Fuels and Fuel Additives; Elimination of Oxygenated Program Reformulated Gasoline Category     _
             from the Reformulated Gasoline Regulations	,	•	................»••••	"-"""""""""""
   3558      SAN No. 3610. Transportation Conformity Rule Amendment and Solicitation for Participation in the Transpor-

   3559      SAlSo^sr^Nalional'volatJIe ol^'c^po^i^i^n Standards for Automobile Refinish Coatings	
   3560      SAN No. 3351.  VOC Regulation for Architectural Coatings (Reg Plan Seq. No. 141)	
   3561      SAN No. 3658.  National VOC  Emission Standards for Consumer Products (Reg Plan Seq. No. 142)	
   3562      SAN No. 3660.  Open-Market Trading Guidance (Reg Plan Seq. No, 143)	»	•••	••••••••	
   3563      SAN No. 3300.  Revised Carbon Monoxide (CO) Standard for Class I and  II Nonhandheld New Nonroad Phase I

   3564      SAvS                                       49 state Low-Emission Vehicles Program)

   3565      SAN8No!a3645,q401°4, 40437'controToTEmissions of"Air'Pollution from Highway Heavy-Duty Engines  and Diesel
              Engines (Reg Plan Seq. No. 145)	••	•••-•	;;	   9nfin-AG76
   3566      SAN No. 3844.  Modifications to Standards for Reformulated and Convent.onal Gasoline	
   3567      SAN No. 3843.  Revision to the Covered Areas Provision for Reformulated Gasoline 	
   3568      SAN No. 3842.  Amendment Concerning  Applicability of On Highway Heavy-Duty Certified Engines for Use in
              Nonroad Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Equipment	••	   onfin-AG39
   3569      SAN No. 3789.  Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Delegation Remand
   3570      SAN No. 3790.  Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Offset Remand	-•--••
   3571      SAN No. 3352.  NSPS: Nitrogen Oxide Emissions From Fossil-Fuel Fired Steam Generating Units-Rev.sion
   3572      SAN No. 3555. Amendment to the MVAC Rule To Include All Refrigerants	
   3573      SAN No. 3556.  Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Supplemental  Rule Regarding a Recycling Standard Under

   3574         nsn                                                               Generators: Organic Air
              Emission Stnds. for Tanks. Surface Impoundments and Containers^uou-ftu
   References In boldface appear In the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.

                                         Clean Air Act (CAA)—Long-Term Actions	
                                                                                                                Regulation
  Sequence                                                 Title                                                  ld"*"S;
   Number                                                                                                        Number
    3575
    3576
    3577
    3578

    3579
    3580
    3581
    3582
    3583
    3584
    3585
    3586
    3587
    3588
    3589
    3590
    3591
    3592
    3593
    3594
    3595
    3596
    3597
SAN No. 3970.  NESHAP for Miscellaneous Cellulose Production	
SAN No. 3969.  NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills	
SAN No 3917  Transportation Conformity Rule Amendment: Clarification of Trading Provisions	
SAN No'. 4022.  National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching,

SAN No. 3407.  Method 3011: Field Validation of Pollution Measurement Methods for Various Media	
SAN No. 3516.  Radiation Waste Management Regulations 	
SAN No. 3741.  Service Information Availability	•	
SAN No. 3811.  Radionuclide Dose Methodology Update 	
SAN No. 3819.  NSPS for Sewage Sludge Incinerators	
SAN No. 3820.  NESHAP for Plywood and Particle Board Manufacturing 	•	
SAN No. 3922.  Revised Permit Revision Procedures for the Federal Operating Permits Program	
SAN No. 3966.  Storage Tank Rule Revisions	•"';'"u"L"o«m	
SAN No. 3958.  Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203)	
SAN No. 3656.  NESHAP/NSPS: Internal Combustion Engine	•	
SAN No. 3657. Combustion Turbine NESHAP/NSPS	
SAN No. 3229.  NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production	
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	•	
SAN No. 3452.  NESHAP: Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Production and Processes	
SAN No. 3449.  NESHAP: Chlorine Production	•••	
SAN No. 3746.  National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Paint Stripper Users	
 2060-AH11
 2060-AH13
 2060-AH31

 2060-AH55
 2060-AFOO
 2060-AF41
 2060-AG13
 2060-AG49
 2060-AG50
 2060-AG52
 2060-AG92
 2060-AH15
 2060-AH23
 2060-AG63
 2060-AG67
 2060-AE34
 2060-AE43
 2060-AE45
 2060-AE48
 2060-AE79
 2060-AE82
 2060-AE85
 2060-AG26
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Clean Air Act (CAA)— Long-Term Actions (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3598
3599
3600
3601
3602
3603
3604
3605
3606
3607
3608
3609
3610
3611
3612
3613
3614
3615
3616
3617
3618
3619
3620
3621
3622
3623
3624
3625
3626
3627
3628
3629
3630
3631
3632
Title
SAN No 3747 NESHAP for Boat Manufacturing 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
SAN No 3749 NESHAP for Tire Manufacturing 	 	 	
' V7KO NFQHAP fnr Aprrv?nl Can Fillinn Facilities 	

SAN No 3821 NESHAP for Ethylene Processes 	

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                                 Clean Air Act (CAA)—Completed Actions  (Continued)
 Sequence
  Number
Title
Regulation
 Identifier
 Number
   3642      SAN No. 3987.  Addition of Method 14A to 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A	   2060-AH24
   3643      SAN No. 3353.  NAAQS: Ozone (Review)	   2060-AE57
   3644      SAN No. 2719.  Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators	   2060-AC62
   3645      SAN No. 3753.  Revision to NSPS: Nonmetallic Minerals Processing	   2060-AG33
   3646      SAN No. 3965.  NSPS Revisions for Phosphate Fertilizer Industry: Granular Triple Superphosphate Storage Fa-
             cilities 	.	   2060-AH16
   3647      SAN No. 3479.  Amendments to Parts 51, 52, 63, 70 and 71 Regarding the Provisions for Determining Potential
             To Emit 	|  2060-AE63


                                     Superfund (CERCLA)—Proposed Rule Stage

 Sequence                                                ~                                               \  Regulation
  Number                                                 Tltle                                                  £ent!?er
                                                                                                               Number

   3648      SAN No. 3885.  Streamlining the Preauthorization Mixed Funding for Application  and Implementation of Claims
             Against Superfund	   2050-AE38
   3649      SAN No. 3994.  Modification of the Extremely Hazardous Substance (EHS) List	   2050-AE42
   3650      SAN No. 3806.  Grants for Technical Assistance Rule Reform—40 CFR Part 35 Subpart M  	   2050-AE33
   3651      SAN No. 3423.  Reportable Quantity Adjustments for Carbamates	   2050-AE12
   3652      SAN No. 3439.  National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites: Proposed and Final Rules	   2050-AD75
   3653      SAN No. 4029.  Accidental Release Prevention Requirements:  Risk Management  Programs Under the Clean Air
             Act, Section 112(r)(7): Amendment	   2050-AE48
   3654      SAN No. 3215.  Amendments to the  Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, Sections 302
             Through 312 	   2050-AE17


                                       Superfund (CERCLA)—Final Rule Stage

 Sequence                                                ~                                               I  Regulation
  Number                                                 Title                                                   Identifier
	                                                                                                     Number

   3655      SAN No. 3993.  Modification of Threshold Planning Quantity for 'Isophorone Diisocyanate	   2050-AE43
   3656      SAN No. 3787.  Amendments to the List of Regulated Substances and Thresholds for Accidental Release Pre-
             vention—Modifications	   2050-AE35
   3657      SAN No. 3884.  Revision of the  Local Government Reimbursement Regulation 	   2050-AE36
   3658      SAN No. 3054.  Administrative Reporting Exemptions for Certain Radionuclide Releases	   2050-AD4S


                                      Superfund (CERCLA)—Long-Term Actions

 Sequence                                                ~                                               I  Regulation
  Number                                                 Tltle                                                   Identifier
	                                                                                                     Number

   3659     SAN No. 2394.  Reporting Exemptions for Federally Permitted Releases of Hazardous Substances	   2050-AB82
   3660     SAN No. 3050.  Deletion of Saccharin From the List of Hazardous Wastes Under RCRA and the List of Hazard-
             ous Substances Under CERCLA	   2050-AD45
   3661     SAN No. 3424.  Reportable Quantity Adjustment for Radon-222	   2050-AE20


                                            General—Proposed Rule Stage

 Sequence                                               T.4I                                                  Regulation
  Number                                                 '"'e                                                   Identifier
                                                                                                               Number

   3662     SAN No. 4021.  Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Educational  Programs Receiving Federal Assistance ....   2020-AA36
   3663     SAN No. 3817.  Implementation  of Changes to 40 CFR Part 32 as a Result of the  Federal Acquisition Streamlin-
             ing Act (FASA)	   2030-AA48
   3664     SAN No. 3580.  Incorporation of Class Deviation Into EPAAR 	   2030-AA37
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EPA
                                  General—Proposed Rule Stage  (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3665
3666
3667
3668
3669
3670
3671
3672

Title
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. 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. 3807. Consolidation of Good Laboratory Practice Standards (GLPS) Regulations Currently Under TSCA
and FIFRA Into One Rule 	 	 	
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
2030-AA40
2030-AA50
2030-AA51
2030-AA47
2030-AA49
2020-AA13
2020-AA26
2020-AA35

                                         General—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3673
3674
3675
3676
3677
3678
3679


SAN No. 4037.
Amendments ..
SAN No. 3670.
SAN No 3624
SAN No. 2937.
SAN No. 3879.
SAN No. 3240.
SAN No 3432

Title
Common Rulemaking on Administrative Requirements for Grantees to Reflect Single Audit Act
Proposed Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment 	
Guidelines for Neurotoxicity Risk Assessment 	
Field Citation Program 	
Update Procedures for Making Profit/Fee Determinations 	
Public Information and Confidentiality Regulations 	
Pesticide Management and Disposal

Regulation
Identifier
Number
2030-AA54
2080-AA07
2080-AA08
2020-AA32
2030-AA53
2020-AA21
2020-AA33

                                        General—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
3680
3681
3682
3683
3684
3685
Title
SAN No. 3671.
SAN No. 2939.
SAN No. 2940.
Act . . .
SAN No. 2720.
pended Registt
SAN No. 2725.
SAN No. 3933.
Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment 	
Regulations Governing Awards Under Section 113(f) of the Clean Air Act
Regulations Governing Prior Notice of Citizen Suits Brought Under Section 304 of the Clean Air
Policy or Procedures for Notification to the Agency of Stored Pesticides With Cancelled or Sus-
ation 	 . .... 	
FIFRA Books and Records of Pesticide Production and Distribution (Revision) 	
Environmental Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental Activities in Antarctica 	

Regulation
Identifier
Number
2080-AA06
2020-AA31
2020-AA30
2020-AA29
2020-AA28
2020-AA34
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide,  Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
                                                 Proposed Rule Stage
3256. • EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN
INERT INGREDIENTS FROM THE
DEFINITION OF PESTICIDE CHEMICAL
RESIDUE UNDER FFDCA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: FFDCA 20l(q)(3)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 180

Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed rule would
amend EPA regulations by adding a
provision that would exempt from the
definition of pesticide chemical residue
certain inert ingredients that may be
present in or on food as a result of
those use of the ingredients in
pesticidal food  packaging. The
exemption would apply to inert
ingredients that are intended primarily
to affect the quality, function or
appearance of the food packaging itself
and not primarily to serve a pesticidal
purpose. The effect of this rule is to
give the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) sole jurisdiction over the
residues of such substances in or on
food.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
                                                                        NPRM
                 01/00/98
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EPA—F1FRA
                                                                     Proposed  Rule Stage
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Sectors Affected: 287 Agricultural
Chemicals
Additional Information: SAN No. 4025.
Agency Contact: Robert F. Torla,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7501W, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8098
Fax: 703 308-7026
Email: torla.robert@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD20

3257. • EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN
PESTICIDE SUBSTANCES FROM
FIFRA REQUIREMENTS
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: FIFRA 25(b)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.25(g)(l)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed rule would
exempt from regulation under section
25(b)(2) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA) certain substances when used,
sold or distributed as pesticide active
ingredients, EPA believes regulation of
those substances is not necessary to
prevent unreasonable adverse effects on
tho environment, and these substances
are not of a character necessary to be
subject to FIFRA in order to carry out
its purposes. Substances exempted are
pesticides and would continue to be
distributed and sold as pesticides after
promulgation of a final rule. If
exemptions are established, false claims
and advertising would still be subject
to jurisdiction of the Federal Trade
Commission or could result in civil
liabilities for the manufacturer and
distributor. This proposal, and any
subsequent final rule, would not
establish or alter exemptions or
tolerances for the listed substance
under provisions of the Federal Food,
Drug and Cosmetic Act.
Timetable:
                    Small Entitles Affected: None
                    Government Levels Affected: Federal
                    Sectors Affected: 287 Agricultural
                    Chemicals
                    Additional Information: SAN No. 4026.
                    Agency Contact: Sheryl K. Reilly,
                    Environmental Protection Agency,
                    Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
                    Toxic Substances, 7501C, Washington,
                    DC 20460
                    Phone:  703 308-8265
                    Fax: 703 308-7026
                    Email: reilly.sheryl@epamail.epa.gov
                    RIN: 2070-AD21


                    3258. • TOLERANCE PROCESSING
                    FEES; TOLERANCES AND
                    EXEMPTION FROM TOLERANCES
                    FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICALS
                    Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                    Legal Authority: 12 USC 346a
                    CFR Citation: 40 CFR 180.33
                    Legal Deadline: None
                    Abstract: In 1996, the Food Quality
                    Protection Act amended the Federal
                    Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to
                    require EPA to charge tolerance fees
                    that, in the aggregate, will cover all
                    costs associated with processing
                    tolerance actions, including filing a
                    tolerance petition, and establishing,
                    modifying, leaving in effect, or revoking
                    a tolerance or tolerance exemption.
                    Since a 1983 cost analysis, factors such
                    as expanded data requirements,
                    changes in risk assessment methods,
                    improvements in data base management
                    and tracking systems, and the
                    increasing complexity of scientific
                    review  of petitions have resulted in
                    costs substantially exceeding the fees
                    currently charged. Accordingly, the
                    regulatory effort is to outline how and
                    to what extent the fee structure and fee
                    amounts will be adjusted so that EPA
                    can comply with the law by collecting,
                    in the aggregate, an amount equivalent
                    to the costs of processing tolerance
                    actions.
                    Timetable:
                                               Sectors Affected: 287 Agricultural
                                               Chemicals

                                               Additional Information: SAN No. 4027.

                                               Agency Contact: Carol Peterson,
                                               Environmental Protection Agency,
                                               Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
                                               Toxic Substances, 7506CyWshington,
                                               DC 20460
                                               Phone: 703 305-6598
                                               Fax:  703 305-5884
                                               Email: peterson.carol@epamail.epa.gov

                                               RIN: 2070-AD23
                                               3259. ANTIMICROBIAL PESTICIDE
                                               REGISTRATION REFORM

                                               Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

                                               Legal Authority: 7 USC 136a(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 the 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
                    Final
                            12/00/97
                            06/00/98
Action
 Date
FR Cite
NPRM
02/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
                                               Action
                                                        Date
                           FR Cite
                                               NPRM
                                               Final
                                                       10/00/97
                                                       04/00/98
Small Entitles 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@epainail.epa.gov

RIN: 2070-AD14
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EPA—FIFRA
                                                                    Proposed  Rule Stage
3260. PESTICIDE DATA
REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION
(REVISION)

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: 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
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
                   3261. PESTICIDE WORKER
                   PROTECTION STANDARDS;
                   PESTICIDE HAZARD
                   COMMUNICATION
                   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: 7 USC I36w; Federal
                   Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
                   Act sec 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:
NPRM
05/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations

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, 7506C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-5989
Email: rispin.amy@epamail.epa.gov

RIN: 2070-AC12
3262. PESTICIDE WORKER
PROTECTION STANDARD
EXCEPTIONS
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 7 USC I36w
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 170
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA administers an
exceptions process under the Pesticides
Worker Protection Standard. Under this
process, persons may petition or
request the Agency to allow early entry
into pesticides-treated areas when
restricted entry intervals (REIs)
normally prohibit entry. REIs define the
time after application of a pesticide
before workers are allowed to re-enter
treated areas. EPA will issue a notice
in the Federal Register announcing the
receipt of a petition or request, and
may also announce its  decision in a
subsequent Federal Register notice.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
NPRM REVISED
Final
Date FR Cite
08/21/92 57 FR 381 67
11/00/97
01/00/99
                    Small Entities Affected: Businesses
                    Government Levels Affected: State,
                    Local, Tribal, Federal
                    Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
                    Analysis
                    Additional Information: SAN No. 1640.
                    Agency Contact: Jeanne Keying,
                    Environmental Protection Agency,
                    Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
                    Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington,
                    DC 20460
                    Phone: 703 305-3240
                    Fax: 703 308-2962
                    Email: heying.jeanne@epamail.epa.gov
                    RIN: 2070-AC34
Action
                   Date     FR Cite
Notice
09/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3732.
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-AC95


3263. PESTICIDES WORKER
PROTECTION STANDARDS; SCOPE
AND CLARIFICATION OF THE
EXCEPTIONS PROCESS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136w
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.
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EPA—FIFRA
                                                                   Proposed Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
Date
        FR Cite
Notice Scope and    04/00/98
  Clarification
  Document
Small Entitles 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: 703 305-5062
                                     Fax: 703 308-2962
                                     Email: eckerman.don@epamail.epa.gov

                                     RIN: 2070-AC96
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal  Insecticide, Fungicide,  and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
                                                                         Final Rule Stage
3264. PESTICIDES; SELF-
CERTIFICATION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
127 in Part H of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-ADOO

3265. 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 USC 136 et seq; 21
USC 346a et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.20; 40 CFR
174
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: 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,
"plant-pesticides." This rulemaking
will exempt categories of plant-
posticides from FIFRA and FFDCA
regulations. For those plant-pesticides
that would be subject to Agency
requirements, the Agency will outline
a streamlined process by which these
pesticides will be regulated and the
information that would be needed in
tho Agency's review.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM             11/23/94 59 FR 60496
Supplemental NPRM   05/16/97 62 FR 27132
FinalActfon         12/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
                  Additional Information: SAN No. 2684.
                  Agency Contact: Janet Andersen,
                  Environmental Protection Agency,
                  Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
                  Toxic Substances, 7501W, Washington,
                  DC 20460
                  Phone: 703 308-8290
                  Email: andersen.janet@epamail.epa.gov
                  RIN: 2070-AC02


                  3266. PESTICIDE FLAMMABILITY
                  LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR
                  TOTAL RELEASE FOGGERS
                  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                  Legal Authority: 7 USC 136; Federal
                  Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
                  Act sec 2; 7 USC 137; Federal
                  Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
                  Act sec 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 propellents. 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             11/00/97
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@epamail.epa.gov

                                               RIN: 2070-AC60


                                               3267. RESTRICTED USE CRITERIA
                                               FOR PESTICIDES IN GROUNDWATER

                                               Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

                                               Legal Authority: 7 USC 136a; Federal
                                               Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
                                               Act sec 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
                                               Final
                                                      05/13/91  56 FR 22076
                                                      06/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, 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

RIN: 2070-AB60
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EPA—FIFRA
                                                                        Final Rule  Stage
3268. PESTICIDES AND GROUND
WATER STATE MANAGEMENT PLAN
REGULATION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
128 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AC46


3269..MODIFICATIONS TO  PESTICIDE
WOrsSER PROTECTION STANDARD-
GLOVE AMENDMENT
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 I36w
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 170
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Since the issuance of the
1992 WPS and the January  1, 1995
implementation,  farmworker groups
have expressed an interest in enhancing
specific protection measures, while
grower groups, the National Association
of State Departments  of Agriculture and
others have expressed an interest in
addressing practical, operational
concerns. The Agency received various
requests and comments in the form of
letters, petitions, and individual and
public meetings to address the concerns
with the WPS. As a result,  there may
                   be a need to make further changes of
                   a minor nature to the WPS rule. EPA
                   will take such actions as rules, policy
                   statements or other documents as
                   appropriate. Currently planned actions
                   are listed below.
                   Timetable:
                   Action
                                      Date
                          FR Cite
                   NPRM Glove
                     Requirements
                   Final Rule
                 09/09/97 62 FR 47544

                 06/00/98
                   Small Entities Affected: Businesses
                   Government Levels Affected: None
                   Additional Information: SAN No. 3731.
                   Agency Contact: Josh First,
                   Environmental Protection Agency,
                   Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
                   Toxic Substances, (7506C), Washington,
                   DC 20460
                   Phone: 703 305-7437
                   Fax:  703 308-2962
                   Email: first.josh@epamail.epa.gov
                   RIN: 2070-AC93
                   3270. 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.
                   Timetable:
                                    Action
                                                       Date
                                              FR Cite
                                    Final Action
                                                      04/00/98
                                    Small Entities Affected: None
                                    Government Levels Affected: State,
                                    Tribal, 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, 7505C, Washington,
                                    DC 20460
                                    Phone: 703 308-9376
                                    Fax: 703 308-5433
                                    Email: forrest.robert@epamail.epa.gov
                                    RIN: 2070-AD15
 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY  (EPA)
 Federal Insecticide,  Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
                                                                        Long-Term Actions
 3271. PESTICIDE TOLERANCES;
 PORTION OF FOOD COMMODITIES
 TO BE ANALYZED FOR PESTICIDE
 RESIDUES

 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 180

 Timetable:
 Action
                    Date
                            FR Cite
 NPRM
 Final
09/29/93 58 FR 50888
00/00/00
 Small Entities Affected: None

 Government Levels Affected: None

 Agency Contact: Jean Frane
 Phone: 703 305-5944

 RIN: 2070-AC45
                   3272. ENDANGERED SPECIES
                   PROTECTION PROGRAM
                   Priority: Economically Significant.
                   Major under 5 USC 801.
                   Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
                   CFR Citation: Not yet determined
                   Timetable:
                                      Action
                                                        Date
                                                                FR Cite
Proposed Notice
Final Notice
07/03/89 54 FR 27984
00/00/00
                    Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
                    Governmental Jurisdictions
                    Government Levels Affected: State,
                    Local, Tribal, Federal,
                    Agency Contact: Arthur Jean B.
                    Williams                    '
                    Phone: 703 305-5239
Email: williams.arty.epamail.epa.gov

RIN: 2070-AC42


3273. THE 10-ACRE LIMITATION FOR
PESTICIDE SMALL-SCALE FIELD
TESTING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 172
Timetable:
                                     Action
                                                       Date
                                                                FR Cite
                                     NPRM
                                                      00/00/00
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 EPA—FIFRA
                                                                    Long-Term Actions
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal
Agency Contact: Jim Tompkins
Phone: 703 305-5697
Fax: 703 308-1825
Email:
tompkins.james@epamail.epa.gov
R1N: 2070-AC99
3274. PESTICIDE LABELING CLAIMS
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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 156.10
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM            00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Melissa L. Chun
Phone: 703 305-4027
Email: chun.melissa@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC85
                  3275. PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT AND
                  DISPOSAL: STANDARDS FOR
                  PESTICIDE CONTAINERS AND
                  CONTAINMENT
                  Priority: Other Significant
                  CFR Citation: 40 CFR 165; 40 CFR 156
                  Timetable:
                  Action
                            Date    FR Cite
                  NPRM (Container    02/11/94 59 FR 6712
                    Design & Residue
                    Removal & Bulk
                    Containment)
                  Final              11/00/98

                  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
                  3276. CHILD-RESISTANT PACKAGING
                  REGULATIONS (REVISION)
                  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                  CFR Citation: 40 CFR 157
                  Timetable:
                  Action
                            Date
                          FR Cite
                                    Small Entities Affected: Businesses

                                    Government Levels Affected: None

                                    Agency Contact: Rosalind L. Gross
                                    Phone:  703 308-7468
                                    Email: gross.rosalind@epamail.epa.gov

                                    RIN: 2070-AB96


                                    3277. 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.

                                    CFR Citation:  40 CFR 168; 40 CFR 169

                                    Timetable:
                                                                        Action
                                                                Date
                                                              FR Cite
                  NPRM
                           00/00/00
Final             12/00/98

Small Entitles Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kennan Garvey
Phone: 703 305-7106
Fax: 703 305-6244
Email: garvey.kennan@epamail.epa.gov

RIN: 2070-AD02
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide,  Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
                                                                     Completed Actions
3278. 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 158.167
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Policy Issued       10/31/96
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Jim Jones
Phone: 703 308-8799
Fax: 703 308-8369
Email: jones.jim@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD03


3279. 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.

                                                      CFR Citation: 40 CFR 153; 40 CFR 159

                                                      Completed:
                                                      Reason
                                                                Date
                          FR Cite
Final Action         09/19/97 62 FR 49370

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Carol Peterson
Phone: 703 305-6598
Email: peterson.carol@epamail.epa.gov

RIN: 2070-AB50
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)                                           Prerule Stage

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)	____^===^===^==^^^^-^-^--

3280. REPORTING THRESHOLD
AMENDMENT; TOXIC CHEMICALS
RELEASE REPORTING; COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
107 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.               .
RIN: 2070-AD09
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)	
                                                Proposed Rule Stage
 3281. • TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY
 (TRI): REVIEW OF CHEMICALS ON
 ORIGINAL TRI LIST

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
 108 in Part II of this issue of the
 Federal Register.

 RIN: 2070-AD18
 3282. TRI CHEMICAL EXPANSION;
 FINALIZATION OF DEFERRED
 CHEMICALS

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
 109 in Part n of this issue of the
 Federal Register.

 RIN: 2070-AC47
 3283. TSCA INVENTORY UPDATE
 RULE AMENDMENTS

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
 110 in Part II of this issue of the
 Federal Register.

 RIN: 2070-AC61
 3284. DATA EXPANSION
 AMENDMENTS; TOXIC CHEMICAL
 RELEASE REPORTING; COMMUNITY
 RIGHT-TO-KNOW

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
 Ill in Part II of this issue of the
 Federal Register.

 RIN: 2070-AD08
 3285. • TRI; ADDITION OF OIL AND
 GAS EXPLORATION AND
 PRODUCTION TO THE TOXIC
 RELEASE INVENTORY

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
 112 in Part II of this issue of the
 Federal Register.

 RIN: 2070-AD19
3286. TRI: RESPONSES TO PETITIONS
RECEIVED TO ADD OR DELETE
CHEMICALS FROM THE TOXIC
RELEASE INVENTORY
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;
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-To-Know Act sec 313
CFR 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
Emergency Planning and Community
Right to Know Act, EPCRA. The actions
cover individual chemicals or groups of
chemicals for which petitions have
been received.
Timetable:
                  Action
                                                                                         Date
                                                                                                 FR Cite
                                     Action
                                                       Date
                          FR Cite
 Notice DBNPA
  (delete)
 NPRMDioxInand
  Dioxln-llke
  Compounds
 Response and Copper
  Alloys (Modify)
 Response Nickel
 Response DBNPA
  (delete)
 Final Response
  Alloys-Chrominum
 Response (Certain
  Furans and
  PCBs)(add)
 Final Dioxin and
  Dioxin-like
  Compounds
 Final Methyl Ethyl
  Ketone (MEK)
  (delete)
10/27/95 60 FR 54949

05/07/97 62 FR 24887


10/00/97

10/00/97
11/00/97

12/00/97

12/00/98


00/00/00


00/00/00
Final Methyl Isobutyl   00/00/00
  Ketone (MIBK)
  (delete)
Final Phosphoric Acid  00/00/00
  (delete)
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2425.
Other deadline: Within 180 days of
receipt the Agency must either initiate
rulemaking or explain why not in the
Federal Register. Manufacturing
industries in SIC codes 20-39 plus the
following industries and SIC codes:
Metal Mining (SIC code 10 except SIC
codes 1011, 1081, and 1094); Coal
Mining (SIC code 12 except SIC code
1241); Electric Utilities (SIC codes
4911, 4931, 4939); Commercial
Hazardous Waste Treatment (SIC code
4953); Chemicals and Allied Products-
Wholesale (SIC code 5169); Petroleum
Bulk Terminals and Plants (SIC code
5171); and, Solvent Recovery Services
(SIC code 7389).
Agency Contact: Daniel R. Bushman,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7408, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3882
Email:
bushman.daniel@epamail.epa.gov

 RIN: 2070-ACOO


 3287. TRI; POLLUTION PREVENTION
 ACT INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
 113 in Part II of this issue of the
 Federal Register.
 RIN: 2070-AC24
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 EPA—TSCA                                                                          Proposed Rule Stage
 3286. LEAD HAZARD STANDARDS
 Priority: Other Significant. Major status
 under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
 Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
 Legal Authority: 15 USC 2683/ TSCA
 403
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
 Legal Deadline:
 Final, Statutory, April 28,1994.
 NPRM, Judicial, November 30,1997.
 Abstract: The Residential Lead-Based
 Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992
 requires EPA to promulgate regulations
 which identify lead-based paint
 hazards, load-contaminated soil, and
 load-contaminated dust. EPA is to
 identify the paint conditions and lead
 lovols 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:
                  Timetable:
                  Action
                                     Date
                                             FR Cite
 Action
Date
FR Cite
 NPRM             02/00/98
 Final              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
 Phono: 202 260-1777
 Email: cantor.doreen@epamail.epa.gov
 R1N: 2070-AC63

 3289. 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
 Load-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
pamphlot to clients before beginning
work.
 NPRM            03/02/94 59 FR 11108
 Supplemental NPRM  11/00/97
 Final Action         06/00/98
 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


 3290. AMENDMENTS TO THE
 ASBESTOS WORKER PROTECTION
 RULE (SECTION 610 REVIEW)
 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 2604; Toxic
 Substances  Control Act sec 5
 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 rule.
                                               Timetable:
                                                       Action
                                                                          Date     FR Cite
NPRM(1)           11/01/94 59 FR 54746
NPRM (2)           07/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 2249.
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-AC66
                                                       3291. LEAD; 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
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EPA—TSCA
                                                                      Proposed  Rule  Stage
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
Final
03/00/98
12/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3508.
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-AC72

 3292. SELECTED RULEMAKINGS FOR
 ABATING LEAD HAZARDS
 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
 114 in Part II of this issue of the
 Federal Register.
 RIN: 2070-AD06


 3293. 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; 40 CFR 725   Action

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:
                                                                                               Date
                                                                                                       FR Cite
NPRM (2) Low Risk   12/00/98
  Alternative
Final (1) Intergeneric   06/00/99
  Scope of Oversight
Final (2) Low Risk     12/00/99
  Alternative
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.
(Abstract Continued) In the 1994
proposed rule, EPA provided an
opportunity for manufacturers and
importers of any of the 192
microorganisms to inform EPA whether
any of the microorganisms were
intergeneric. EPA received no
information during the public comment
period concerning any of the 192
microorganisms. Accordingly, as stated
in the proposed rule, EPA will publish
a rule removing the 192
microorganisms from the TSCA
Inventory, on the grounds that the
microorganisms are not new and are
consequently considered to be
implicitly included on the Inventory
without the need for an explicit listing.
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
                     Action
                                        Date
                                                 FR Cite
                     NPRM (3) Inventory   12/00/97
                       Delisting Rule
                     NPRM (1) Intergeneric 06/00/98
                       Scope of Oversight
 3294. 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
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 EPA—TSCA                                                                           Proposed Rule Stage
 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.
 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
 devised by the OECD is called the
 Screening Information  Data Set, or
 SIDS. OECD  and EPA use the data to
 screen these  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 the 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.
 Moro recently, fewer US parties have
 como 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
 rulo 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, 7405,
                   Washington, DC 20460
                   Phone: 202 260-1830
                   Email: kover.frank@epamail.epa.gov
                   RIN: 2070-AD16
                   3295. PROPOSED DECISIONS ON
                   TEST RULES
                   Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                   Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603/TSCA 4
                   CFR Citation: 40 CFR 799
                   Legal Deadline:
                   Other, Statutory, NPRM must be
                   published within one year of ITC
                   designation.
                   Abstract: EPA is proposing to require
                   testing, or will obtain testing through
                   negotiated enforceable consent
                   agreements (EGAs) or publish a notice
                   which provides the reasons for not
                   doing so. These chemicals have been
                   designated for priority testing
                   consideration by the ITC, recommended
                   for testing consideration (for which the
                   12-month statutory requirement does
                   not apply), or they have been identified
                   for testing consideration by other EPA
                   program offices and through EPA
                   review processes.
                   Timetable:
                   Action
                                      Date
                            FR Cite
NPRM IRIS II        06/00/98
  Chemicals (ITC List
  28)
NPRM OSHA        06/00/98
  Chemicals with
  Insuf. Skin
  Absorption Data
  (ITC List 32)
NPRM OSHA        06/00/98
  Chemicals with No
  Skin Absorption
  Data (ITC List 31)
NPRM OSHA        06/00/98
  Chemicals with No
  Skin Absorption
  Data (ITC List 35)
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3494.
Agency Contact: Keith Cronin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
 Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
 Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington,
 DC 20460
 Phone: 202 260-8157
 Email: cronin.keith@epamail.epa.gov
 RIN:  2070-AB07


 3296. ATSDR SUBSTANCES TEST
 RULE
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603; TSCA
 4; 42 USC 9604(0; CERCLA 104(i); 15
 USC  2611
 CFR  Citation: 40 CFR 795 to 799
 Legal Deadline: None
 Abstract: EPA is proposing a test rule
 under section 4(a) of the Toxic
 Substances Control Act (TSCA)
 requiring manufacturers and processors
 of eight chemicals (benzene,
 chloroethane, methylene chloride,
 perchloroethylene, hydrogen cyanide,
 sodium cyanide, toluene, and
 trichloroethylene) to fulfill data needs
 identified by the Agency for Toxic
 Substances and Disease Registry
 (ATSDR), the National Toxicology
 Program (NTP) and EPA pursuant to
 the Comprehensive Environmental
 Response, Compensation and Liability
 Act (CERCLA) section 104(i):
 Under CERCLA the Agency for Toxic
 Substances and Disease Registry
 (ATSDR) is to establish a list of priority
 hazardous substances found at
 superfund sites, develop toxicological
 profiles for the hazardous substances,
 identify priority data needs, and
 establish a research program obtaining
 the necessary data. This action is a
 component of ATSDR's research
 program.
 Data from this action would provide
 specific information about the
 substances for the public and scientific
 community. The information would be
 used in conducting comprehensive •
 public health assessments of
 populations living near hazardous,
 waste sites. Scientific data improves the
 quality of risk assessments used by
 EPA, other federal agencies, and  state
 and local governments. The risk
 assessments affect standards,
guidelines, listing/delisting and other
 decisions affecting public health  and
the environment.
Timetable:
                                                        Action
                                                                           Date
                           FR Cite
                                                                            NPRM
                                                                                             01/00/98
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EPA—TSCA
                                                   Proposed  Rule Stage
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: 202 260-8150
Fax: 202 260-1096
Email: jones.robert@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB79

3297. 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
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:	'	
 Action             Date     FR Cite
  NPRM             03/04/91 56 FR 9092
  Reproposal         06/00/98
  Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
  Government Levels Affected:
  Undetermined
  Additional Information: SAN No. 2865.
  Agency Contact: Catherine Roman,
  Environmental Protection Agency,
  Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
 Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington,
 DC 20460
 Phone: 202 260-8155
 Email:
 roman.catherine@epamail.epa.gov
 RIN: 2070-AC27


 3298. 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 112Cb), 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 effects of all
  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:
Agency Contact: Richard Leukroth,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0321
Email:
leukroth.richard@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC76


3299. FOLLOW-UP RULES ON
EXISTING CHEMICALS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604/TSCA 5;
15 USC 2607/TSCA 8
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 704; 40 CFR 721
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract:  EPA has established a
program to monitor the commercial
development of existing chemicals of
concern and/or to gather information to
support planned or ongoing risk
assessments on such chemicals. As
these chemicals are identified, EPA will
initiate rulemakings under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) sections
5 and/or 8 to require reporting of
appropriate needed information by the
manufacturers, importers and/or
processors of these chemicals.
Individual proposed or final rules will
be published on at least the chemicals
listed below.
Timetable:
  Action
                     Date
                              FR Cite
  NPRM             06/26/96 61 FR 33178
  NPRM Supplemental  10/00/97
  Final              09/00/98
  Small Entities Affected: None
  Government Levels Affected: None
  Additional Information: SAN No. 3487.
 Action
                    Date
                            FR Cite
 NPRM2&4
   Pentanedione
 NPRM Chloranil
 NPRM Benzidene-
   based Chemical
   Substances
 Final Benzidene-
   based Chemical
   Substances
 NPRM Heavy Metal-
   Based Pigments in
   Aerosol Spray
   Paints
 NPRM 2-
   Ethoxyethanol&2-
   Methoxyethanol &
   2-Methoxyethanol
   Acetate
 Final Chloranil
 NPRM Amendment to
   Benzidine-based
   Chemical
   Substances SNUR
 NPRM
   Methylcyclopentane
 Final 2 & 4-
   Pentanedione
09/27/89 54 FR 39548

05/12/93 58 FR 27980
08/30/95 60 FR 45119
10/07/96 61 FR 52287
10/00/97
10/00/97
02/00/98
04/00/98
04/00/98

04/00/98
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 EPA—TSCA                                                                           Proposed  Rule Stage
 Action
 Date
 FR Cite    Action
                                                         Date
                                              FR Cite
 Final Amendment to   12/00/98
   Bcnzidlne-based
   Chomteal
   Substances SNUR

 Smalt Entitles Affected: None

 Government Levels Affected: None

 Additional Information: SAN No. 1923.
 Agency Contact: Barbara Leczynski,
 Environmental Protection Agency,
 Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
 Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington,
 DC 20460
 Phone: 202 260-1864
 Email:
 lQCzynski.baibara@epamail.epa.gov
 RIN: 2070-AA58


 3300. FOLLOW-UP  RULES ON NON-
 51 E) NEW CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
 Priority: Routine and Frequent
 Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604; Toxic
 Substances Control  Act sec 5
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 704; 40 CFR 721
 Legal Deadline:  None

 Abstract: EPA regulates 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
 bo regulated individually by notice and
 comment rulemaking and are listed
below.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM Atkyl&Sultonlc 06/11/86 51 FR 21199
  Acid & Ammonium
  Salt (84-1056)
                   NPRM 1-Decanimine- 12/08/87 52 FR 46496
                     N-Decyl-N-Methyl-
                     N-Oxide (86-566)
                   NPRM Diphenyl-     02/02/88 53 FR 2857
                     2&4&6-
                     Trimethylbenzol
                     Phosphine Oxide
                     (87-586)
                   NPRM Aluminum     06/11/93 58 FR 32628
                     Cross-linked
                     Sodium Carboxy-
                     methylcellulose
                   NPRM Certain       10/00/97
                     Chemical
                     Substances (95-
                     1584)
                   Final Certain Chemical 12/00/97
                     Substances (95-
                     1584,96-1674/75,
                     and 97-267)
                   Final Alkyl & Sulfonic   02/00/98
                     Acid & Ammonium
                     Salt (84-1056)
                   Final Aluminum Cross- 02/00/98
                     linked Sodium
                     Carboxy-
                     methylcellulose
                   Final Diphenyl-2&4&6- 02/00/98
                     Trimethylbenzol
                     Phosphine Oxide
                     (87-586)
                   Final 1-Decanimine-N- 02/00/98
                     Decyl-N-Methyl-N-
                     Oxide (86-566)
                   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
3301. POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS (PCBS): EXEMPTIONS
FROM THE PROHIBITIONS AGAINST
MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING,
AND DISTRIBUTION IN COMMERCE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605; Toxic
Substances Control Act sec 6(e)(3)(B)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 6(e)(3)(B) of the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
provides that the Administrator may
grant, by rule, exemptions from the
prohibitions  against manufacturing,
                                      processing and distribution in
                                      commerce of PCBs upon finding that
                                      1) no unreasonable risk to health or the
                                      environment will occur, and 2) good
                                      faith efforts have been made by the
                                      petitioner to develop a substitute for
                                      PCB which does not pose an
                                      unreasonable risk of injury to health or
                                      the environment. In addition, the
                                      Interim Procedural Rules were
                                      amended to require certain petitioners
                                      to reapply for EPA approval to continue
                                      PCB activities previously approved by
                                      EPA. Rules were amended to require
                                      certain petitioners to reapply for EPA
                                      approval to continue PCB activities
                                      previously approved by EPA.

                                      Timetable:
                                                Action
                                                                   Date
                                                                 FR Cite
                                                NPRM (1) Group I
                                                NPRM (2) Group II
                                                Final Group I
                                                       12/06/94 59 FR 62875
                                                       12/00/97
                                                       08/00/98
                                                Small Entities Affected: Businesses
                                                Government Levels Affected:
                                                Undetermined
                                                Additional Information: SAN No. 2150.
                                                Also under SAN 2244
                                                Agency Contact: Tony Baney,
                                                Environmental Protection Agency,
                                                Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
                                                Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington,
                                                DC 20460
                                                Phone: 202 260-3933
                                                Fax: 202 260-1724
                                                Email: baney.tony@epamail.epa.gov
                                                RIN:  2070-AB20
3302. 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; Toxic
Substances Control Act sec 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
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                                                                                      Proposed Rule Stage
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:
                    upcoming Notice of Proposed
                    Rulemaking (NPRM) will improve
                    harmony with the Occupational Safety
                    and Health Administration's regulations
                    and provide clarifications.
                    Timetable:
                                                                          Timetable:
Action
                   Date
                           FR Cite
Interim Final
Interim Final
Interim Final
  (Technical
  Modification)
NPRM
05/17/85  50 FR 20652
06/30/86  51 FR 23706
09/01/89  54 FR 36311
06/00/98
                    Action
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, 7405, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Email: kover.frank@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB30


3303. REVISED ASBESTOS MODEL
ACCREDITATION PLAN (SECTION 610
REVIEW)
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 2646; Toxic
Substances Control Act sec 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. The
                                       Date     FR Cite
NPRM
Interim Final
Notice
NPRM
05/13/92 57 FR 20438
02/03/94 59 FR 5236
10/00/97
07/00/98
                                     Action
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3148.
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-AC51


3304. AMENDMENTS TO THE
ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS
IN SCHOOLS RULE (SECTION 610
REVIEW)
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; Toxic
Substances Control Act sec 4; 15 USC
2607; Toxic Substances Control Act sec
6; 15.USC 2647; Toxic Substances
Control Act sec 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 improve
harmony with the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration's regulations
and to provide clarifications regarding
several definitions, air clearance
monitoring techniques, and response
actions.
                                                        Date
                                                                FR Cite
                                     NPRM
                                                      07/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal

Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis

Additional Information: SAN No. 3047.

Agency Contact: 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-AC62
                                                         3305. 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); Toxic
                                                         Substances Control Act sec 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.
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  EPA—TSCA                                                                           Proposed Rule Stage
 Timetable:
 Action
Date
                             FR Cite
 NPRM             12/00/97
 Smalt Entitles Affected: Businesses
 Government Levels Affected: None
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3834.
 Agency Contact: Keith Cronin,
 Environmental Protection Agency,
 Offico of Prevention, Pesticides and
 Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington,
 DC 20460
 Phono: 202 260-8157
 Fax: 202 260-1096
 Email: cronin.keith@epamail.epa.gov
 BIN: 2070-AD17


 3306, LEAD FEE RULE FOR LEAD-
 BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES TRAINING
 AND CERTIFICATION
 Priority: Other Significant
 Legal Authority: PL 102-550; Toxic
 Substances Control Act sec 404; Toxic
 Substances Control Act Title IV
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
 Legal Deadline: None
 Abstract: This rule is mandated by
 section 402(a) of the Toxic Substances
 Control Act (TSCA) for the purpose of
 implementing a fee schedule for lead-
 based paint activities that were
 addressed in the TSCA section 402
 rub, 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 the five disciplines delineated in the
 section 402 rule.
 The fee rule in concert with the section
 402 rule is intended to ensure that
 individuals conducting lead-based
 paint inspections, risk assessments and
 abatement in target housing and child-
 occupied facilities are properly trained
 and certified,  and that training
 programs providing instruction in such
 activities are accredited. This rule is
 also intended  to ensure that these
 activities are conducted according to
 reliable, effective and safe work
 practice standards and to provide the
 availability of a trained and qualified
 workforce to identify and address lead-
 based paint hazards. By promoting the
 establishment of this workforce the
 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 that safeguards the
 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
 lead-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
                   01/00/98
                                                        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
3307. FINAL DECISIONS ON TEST
RULES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603; Toxic
Substances Control Act sec 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
boon designated for priority testing
consideration by the ITC or
recommended for testing consideration
(for which the 12-month statutory
                  requirement does not apply). The list
                  also includes chemicals or categories of
                  chemicals which have been identified
                  for testing consideration by other EPA
                  offices and through EPA review
                  processes.

                  Timetable:
                                      Action
                   Date     FR Cite
                  Action
                                     Date
                            FR Cite
                                    12/29/83 48 FR 57452
                                   05/17/89 54 FR 21240
ANPRMAryl
  Phosphates (ITC
  List 2)
NPRM
  Hexamethylene
  Diisocyanate (ITC
  List 22)
NPRM Brominated    06/25/91 56 FR 29140
  Flame Retardants
NPRMAryl         01/17/92 57 FR 2138
  Phosphates (ITC
  List 2)
Final (EGA) DiBasic   10/00/97
  Esters (CPSC)
Final'Hexamethylene  10/00/97
  Diisocyanate (ITC
  List 22)
Final (EGA) Aryl      04/00/98
  Phosphates (ITC
  List 2)
Final (EGA)         06/00/98
  Brominated Flame
  Retardants
Final IRIS I Chemicals 06/00/98
  (ITC List 27)

Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
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                                                                                             Final Rule Stage
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
BIN: 2070-AB94

3308. CHEMICAL-SPECIFIC
SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULES
(SNURS) TO  EXTEND PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 5(E) ORDERS
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 15 USC  2604; Toxic
Substances Control Act sec 5
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 721
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: When the Agency determines
that uncontrolled manufacture, import,
processing, distribution, use or disposal
of a premanufacture notification notice
(PMN) substance may present an
unreasonable risk, it may issue a
section 5(e) consent order to limit these
activities. However, such orders apply
only to the PMN submitter. Once the
new substance is entered on the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA)
chemical inventory, others can
manufacture, import or process the
substance without controls. Therefore,
EPA extends the controls to apply to
others by designating manufacture,  ,
import or processing of the substances
for uses without the specified controls
as significant new uses. Under the •
Expedited Follow-Up Rule, which
became effective on October 10, 1989
 (54 FR 31314), EPA routinely publishes
batch SNURs containing  routine section
 5(e) and non-5(e) SNURs. However,
 certain activities, such as modifications,
 withdrawals, revocations, and SNURs
 upon which comments are received in
 the direct final publication process, are
 subject to notice and comment
 rulemaking and are listed below.
 Timetable:
Action
 Action
                    Date     FR Cite
 NPRM Batch SNUR:  05/27/93 58 FR 30744
   84-660/-704&84-        ,
   105/-106/-107&85-
   433
 NPRM Aromatic      06/06/94 59 FR 29255
   Amino Ether (P90-
   1840)
 NPRM Alkenyl Ether  12/19/94 59 FR 65248
   of Alkanetriol
   Polymer
                  12/19/94
                  06/07/95
                  06/26/97 62 FR 34424
                  06/26/97 62 FR 34427

                  06/26/97 62 FR 34421
                  12/00/97

                  12/00/97
                  12/00/97

                  12/00/97
NPRM P92-41
NPRM Organotin
  Lithium Compound
NPRM Butanamide
NPRM Substituted
  Phenol (89-1125)
NPRM Certain
  Chemical
  Substances
Final Organotin
  Lithium Compound
Final Butanamide
Final Polyalkylene
  Polyamine (89-963)
Final Substituted
  Phenol
Final Certain Chemical 02/00/98
  Substances
Final Aromatic Amino  02/00/98
  Ether (P90-1840)
Final Alkenyl Ether of  02/00/98
  Alkanetriol Polymer
Final Batch SNUR: 84- 03/00/98
  660/-704&84-105/-
  106/-107 & 85-433
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.iames@epamail.epa.gov
 RIN: 2070-AB27

 3309. USE OF ACRYLAMIDE FOR
 GROUTING
 Priority: Other Significant
 Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605; Toxic
 Substances Control Act sec 6
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 764
 Legal Deadline: None
 Abstract: On October 2,1991, EPA
 proposed a regulation of acrylamide
 and NMA grouts based on the
 unreasonable risk associated with their
 usage. EPA's rule would prohibit the
 manufacture, distribution in commerce,
 and use of acrylamide grout. In
 February 1996, EPA reopened the
 record  for 30 days to take additional
 comments, specifically to seek data on
 the durability of acrylamide and NMA
 grouts. The Agency is currently
 reviewing responses.
 Timetable:
Date    FR Cite    Small Entities Affected: Businesses
                   Government Levels Affected: State,
                   Local
59 FR 65289
60 FR 30050
                   Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
                   Analysis
                   Additional Information: SAN No. 2779.
                   Agency Contact: Edward Brooks,
                   Environmental Protection Agency,
                   Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
                   Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington,
                   DC 20460
                   Phone: 202 260-3754
                   Email: brooks.edward@epamail.epa.gov
                   RIN: 2070-AC17

                   3310. 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; Toxic
                   Substances Control Act sec 6(e)
                   CFR Citation:  40  CFR 761
                   Legal Deadline: None
                   Abstract: This rule would relax the
                   regulatory requirements for
                   reclassifying PCB transformers to a
                   lower regulatory status by modifying
                   the current reclassification
                   requirements of 50 degree centigrade
                   temperature and 90-day testing. Results
                   of a preliminary analysis indicate that
                   many transformers never reach the
                   required temperature, but still reduce
                   PCB concentrations and that safety
                   risks to employees and to the general
                   public occur in mandating the
                   continued adherence to the current
                   regulations.
                   Timetable:
 Action
                     Date
                             FR Cite
                                       Action
                                                          Date     FR Cite
 NPRM
 Final
                   10/02/91  56 FR 49863
                   05/00/98
                    NPRM             11/18/93 58 FR 60970
                    Final               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
                    RIN: 2070-AC39
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                                                       Final  Rule Stage
 3311. POLYCHLORINATED
 BIPHENYLS (RGBS) DISPOSAL
 AMENDMENTS (SECTION 610
 REVIEW)
 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
 129 in Part H of this issue of the
 Federal Register.
 RIN: 2070-AD04

 3312. SECTION 8{A) PRELIMINARY
 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION RULES
 Priority: Routine and Frequent
 Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607a; Toxic
 Substances Control Act sec 8(a)
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 712
 Legal Deadline: None
 Abstract: Those rules add chemicals to
 tho list of chemicals and designated
 mixtures subject to the requirements of
 tho Toxic Substances Control Act
 Section 8[a) Preliminary Assessment
 Information Rule (40 CFR part 712).
 Those 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 Intoragency 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
Final 37th ITC List
Final 38th ITC List
Final 41 sJITC List
Final 39th ITC List
Final 40lh ITC List
Date
02/28/96
10/29/96
02/00/98
00/00/00
00/00/00
FR Cite
61 FR 7421
61 FR 55871
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2178.
Agency Contact: David R. Williams,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3468
Email: williams.daver@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB08
 3313. SECTION 8(D) HEALTH AND
 SAFETY DATA REPORTING RULES
 Priority: Routine and Frequent
 Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607(d); Toxic
 Substances Control Act sec 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 35th ITC List
 Final 37th ITC List
 Final 38th ITC List
 Final 41st ITC List
 Final 39th ITC List
 Final 40th ITC List
07/05/95  60 FR 34879
02/28/96  61 FR7421
10/29/96  61 FR 55871
02/00/98
00/00/00
00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 1139.
Agency Contact: David R. Williams,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3468
Email: williams.daver@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-ABll


3314. 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); Toxic
Substances Control Act sec 8(e)
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
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:
                                                                           Action
                                                                                              Date
                                               FR Cite
                                                                           NPRM
                                                                           Final
                                     07/13/93 58 FR 37735
                                     12/00/97
                   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@ep£imail.epa.gov

                   RIN: 2070-AC80
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                                                                       Final  Rule Stage
3315. 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./Ot±ier

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; Toxic
Substances Control Act sec 2; 15 USC
2611; Toxic Substances Control Act sec
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.
                                    Timetable:
                                    Action
                                                      Date
                                                              FR Cite
                                    Final              06/00/98
                                    Small Entities Affected: Businesses
                                    Government Levels Affected: None
                                    Additional Information: SAN No. 3559.
                                    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-AC84
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control  Act (TSCA)
                                                                      Long-Term Actions
3316. FACILITY IDENTIFICATION
INITIATIVE

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: Not yet determined

Timetable:
                   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
 3317. LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES
 RULES; TRAINING, ACCREDITATION,
 AND CERTIFICATION RULE AND
 MODEL STATE PLAN RULE

 Priority: Economically Significant

 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
                   Action
                                     Date
                                             FR Cite
NPRM(1)          09/02/94 59 FR 45872
Final (1)           08/29/96 61 FR 45778
NPRM (2)          12/00/98
Final (2)           12/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor
Phone: 202 260-1777
Email: cantor.doreen@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC64


3318. DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE
AS MANDATED BY EXECUTIVE
ORDER 12873, SECTION 503 ON
ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE
PRODUCTS
Priority: Other Significant
Timetable:
                   Action
                                      Date
                                              FR Cite
                   NPRM            09/29/95 60 FR 50722
                   Final             00/00/00
                   Small Entities 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
                                                       3319. TEST RULE FOR CERTAIN
                                                       METALS
                                                       Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                                                       Unfunded Mandates: This action may
                                                       affect the private sector under
                                                       PL 104-4.
                                                       CFR Citation: 40 CFR 795 to 799
                                                       Timetable:
                                                                         Action
                                                                                            Date
                                                                                  FR Cite
NPRM            10/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Robert W. Jones
Phone: 202 260-8150
Fax: 202 260-1096
Email: jones.robert@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD10


3320. REGULATORY INVESTIGATION
UNDER THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES
CONTROL ACT (TSCA) TO REDUCE
LEAD (PB) CONSUMPTION AND USE
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 721; 40 CFR 750;
40 CFR 745
Timetable:
                                     Action
                                                       Date
                                                               FR Cite
                                     ANPRM
                                                      05/13/91 56 FR 22096
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 EPA—TSCA
                                                                   Long-Term Actions
 Action
Date    FR Cite    Timetable:
 NPRM Proposed Ban 03/09/94 59 FR 11122
  ol Fishing Sinkers
 Final Fishing Sinkers  12/00/98
 Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
 Government Levels Affected:
 Undetermined
 Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor
 Phone: 202 260-1777
 Email: cantor.doreen@epamail.epa.gov
 BIN: 2070-AC21


 3321. REGULATORY INVESTIGATION
 OF FORMALDEHYDE
 Priority: Info./Admin./Other
 Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 765
 Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Section 9(d) Notice   03/19/84 49 FR 21870
  Termination for
  Apparel Workers
ANPRM           05/23/84 49 FR 21870
Pear Review NotSca   08/08/96 61 FR 41411
  Indoor Air Exposure
  Pilot Study
NPHM            00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: George Semeniuk
Phone: 202  260-2134
Email:
8omeniiik.george@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB14


3322. PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA
FOR TERMINATION OF
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
(PCBS) DISPOSAL PERMITS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761
                  Action
                            Date
FR Cite
                  NPRM            11/02/90 55 FR 46470
                  Final             12/00/98
                  Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
                  Government Levels Affected: None
                  Agency Contact: Tony Baney
                  Phone: 202 260-3933
                  Email: baney.tony@epamail.epa.gov
                  RIN: 2070-AB81


                  3323. REGULATORY INVESTIGATION
                  OF DIOXIN IN PULP AND PAPER MILL
                  SLUDGE
                  Priority: Other Significant
                  CFR Citation: 40 CFR 744
                  Timetable:
                                    Action
                                   Date
                                   FR Cite
                                  05/10/91 56 FR 21802
                                  12/14/92
          NPRM
          Response letter to
           EDF&NWF
          Final             00/00/00
          Small Entitles Affected: None
          Government Levels Affected: None
          Agency Contact: Barbara Leczynski
          Phone: 202 260-1864
          Email:
          leczynski.barbara@epamail.epa.gov
          RIN: 2070-AC05


          3324. SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULES
          ON NATIONAL PROGRAM
          CHEMICALS; ASBESTOS, LEAD, AND
          REFRACTORY CERAMIC FIBERS
          Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
          CFR Citation: 40 CFR 704; 40 CFR 721
          Timetable:
                 Action
                           Date
PR Cite
                 NPRM Refractory
                   Ceramic Fiber
                          03/21/94 59 FR 13294
                                                                       Action
                                                                       Date
                                                                       FR Cite
                                             ANPRM Lead
                                             NPRM Asbestos
                                             NPRM Lead
                                             Final Refractory
                                               Ceramic Fiber
                           09/28/94 59 FR 49484
                           12/00/98
                           12/00/98
                           09/00/99
                                             Small Entitles Affected: Businesses

                                             Government Levels Affected:
                                             Undetermined

                                             Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor
                                             (LEAD)
                                             Phone: 202 260-1777
                                             Email: cantor.doreen@epamail.epa.gov
                                             Tony Baney (ASBESTOS, RCF)
                                             Phone: 202 260-3933
                                             Email: baney.tony@epamail.epa.gov

                                             RIN: 2070-AC37
          3325. LEAD-BASED PAINT
          ACTIVITIES, TRAINING, AND
          CERTIFICATION: RENOVATION AND
          REMODELING

          Priority: Economically Significant.
          Major status under 5 USC 801 is
          undetermined.

          Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

          CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745

          Timetable:
                                                     Action
                            Date
                          FR Cite
                                                     NPRM
                                                     Final
                          12/00/98
                          12/00/99
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined

Agency Contact: Doreen Cantor
Phone: 202 260-1777
Email: cantor.doreen@epamail.epa.gov

RIN: 2070-AC83
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxtc Substances Control Act (TSCA)
                                                                   Completed Actions
3326. 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 State, local or tribal governments.

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372
                 Completed!
                 Reason
                           Date
FR Cite
                 Final             05/01/97 62 FR 23834

                 Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
                 Governmental Jurisdictions
                 Government Levels Affected: State,
                 Federal
                 Agency Contact: Susan B. Hazen
                 Phone: 202 260-1024
TDD: 800 553-7672
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: hazen.susan@epamail.epa.gov
Tim Crawford
Phone:202260-1715
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: crawford.tim@epamail.epa.gov

RIN: 2070-AC71
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    	TSCA                                                                           Completed Actions
3327. DELETION OF ISOPROPYL
ALCOHOL; TOXIC CHEMICAL
RELEASE REPORTING; COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
Priority: Routine and Frequent
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 372.65
Completed:	
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 150 to 189; 40
CFR 372; 40 CFR 700 to 799
Completed:
Reason
                   Date
                           FR Cite
Agency Contact: Frank Kover
Phone: 202 260-8130
Email: kover.frank@epamail.epa.gov

   : 2070-AC36
 Reason
                   Date
                           FR Cite
 Withdrawn-The      09/12/97
  Agency plans no
  further action
 Small Entities Affected: None
 Government Levels Affected; None
 Agency Contact: Susan B. Hazen
 Phone:  202 260-1024
 Email: hazen.susan@epamail.epa.gov
 RIN: 2070-AC77

 3328. OPPT GENERIC REINVENTION
 EVALUATIONS
 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.
Direct Final Line-by-  06/19/95 60 FR 32094
  Line Review
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Angela Hofmann
Phone: 202 260-2922
Fax: 202 26O-0951
Email:
hofmann.angela@epamail.epa.gov
Pat Johnson
Phone: 202 260-2893
Fax: 202 260-0951
Email:
johnson.patricia@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC97

3329. MULTICHEMICAL ENDPOINT
TEST RULE; CHEMICAL FATE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 799.5055
Completed:	
3330. 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 700; 40 CFR 720;
40 CFR 721; 40 CFR 725
Completed:	
Reason
                   Date
FR Cite
 Final Action
                  04/11/97 62 FR 17970
 Reason
                   Date
                           FR Cite
 Withdrawn-The      09/12/97
  Agency plans no
  further action.
 Small Entities Affected: None
 Government Levels Affected: None
 Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
 Governmental Jurisdictions,
 Organizations
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Local, Federal
 Agency Contact: David Giamporcaro
 Phone: 202 260-6362
 Email: '                          .
 giamporcaro.david@epamail.epa.gov

 RIN: 2070-AB61
 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
 Clean  Water Act (CWA)
                                                          Prerule Stage
 3331. 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; Clean
 Water Act sec 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.
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 EPA—CWA                                                                                 Prerule  Stage
 Timetable:
 Action
 Date
FR Cite
 ANPRM
 NPRM
 Final
12/00/97
12/00/98
12/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Rob Wood,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4305, Washington, DC 20460
Phone:  202 260-9536
          Additional Information: SAN No. 3662.  RIN- 2040-AC56
 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
 Clean Water Act (CWA)
                                                                     Proposed Rule Stage
 3332. REVISIONS TO NPDES
 REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLIANCE
 REPORTING AND COLLECTION
 SYSTEM DISCHARGES
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
 Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122.41
 Legal Deadline: None
 Abstract: USEPA is proposing revisions
 to tho NPDES regulations. The
 proposed revisions will clarify 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 so wage 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 sower collection system.
                   Timetable:
                   Action
                                      Date
                                    FR Cite
                   NPRM            08/00/98
                   Final             08/00/99
                   Small Entities Affected: Governmental
                   Jurisdictions
                   Government Levels Affected: State,
                   Local, Federal
                   Additional Information: SAN No. 3999.
                   Agency Contact: Sharie Centilla,
                   Environmental Protection Agency,
                   Water, 4203, Washington, DC 20460
                   Phone: 202 260-6052
                   Fax: 202 260-1460
                   Email: centilla.sharie@epamail.epa.gov
                   RIN: 2040-AD02
                   3333. • TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
                   ANALYSIS OF MERCURY UNDER THE
                   CLEAN WATER ACT
                   Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                   Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq;
                   33 USC 1314(h); 33 USC 1361(a); PL
                   92-500; PL 95-217; 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
                   amend the "Guidelines Establishing
                   Test Procedures for the Analysis of
                   Pollutants" under 40 CFR Part 136 to
                   approve Method 1631 for the
                   determination of mercury at EPA's
                   water quality criteria levels.  This
                   method is necessary for the
                   implementation of water  quality-based
                   permits under the National Pollutant
                   Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
                   of the Clean Water Act. 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.
                                    Timetable:
                                              Action
                                                                Date
                                                               FR Cite
                                              NPRM
                                              Final
                                                     01/00/98
                                                     08/00/98
                                              Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
                                              Governmental Jurisdictions,
                                              Organizations
                                              Government Levels Affected: State,
                                              Local, Tribal, Federal
                                              Additional Information: SAN No. 4048.
                                              Agency Contact: William A. Telliard,
                                              Environmental Protection Agency,
                                              Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
                                              Phone: 202 260-7134

                                              Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental
                                              Protection Agency, Water, 4303,
                                              Washington, DC 20460
                                              Phone: 202 260-1639
                                              RIN: 2040-AD07
                                              3334. • TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
                                              ANALYSIS OF CO-PLANAR AND
                                              MONO-ORTHO-SUBSTITUTED
                                              POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
                                              (PCBS) UNDER THE CLEAN WATER
                                              ACT
                                              Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                                              Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq;
                                              33 USC 1314(h); 33 USC 1361(a); PL
                                              92-500; PL 95-217; PL 100-4.
                                              CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136; 40 CFR
                                              122.21; 40 CFR 122.41; 40 CFR 122.44;
                                              40 CFR 123.25; 40 CFR 503
                                              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 EPA Method 1668
                                              for the congener-specific determination
                                              of co-planar and mono-ortho-
                                              substituted polychlorinated biphenyls
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(PCBs). This method is necessary for
the implementation of water quality-
based permits under the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) of the Clean Water Act. Water
quality-based effluent limits in NPDES
permits are necessary when technology-
based controls do not allow a particular
water body to meet the state's
designated water quality standard. At
present there is no EPA analytical
method for determination of these PCBs
in waste waters at the levels of concern
for these water quality standards
purposes.  Therefore, approval of a new
EPA test procedure is necessary.
Timetable:
Action
                   Date
                           FR Cite
NPRM             03/00/98
Final              03/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4049.
Agency Contact: William A. Telliard,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134

Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental
Protection Agency, Water, 4303,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1639
RIN: 2040-AD09


3335. 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; Clean
Water Act sec 101; 33 USC 1345; Clean
Water Act sec 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 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             05/00/98
Final              05/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3497.
Agency Contact: Robert M.
Southworth, Environmental Protection
Agency, Water, 4304, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-7157
RIN: 2040-AC53


3336. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE CENTRALIZED
WASTE TREATMENT INDUSTRY
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311;  Clean
Water Act sec 301; 33 USC 1314; Clean
Water Act sec 304; 33 USC 1316; Clean
Water Act sec 306; 33 USC 1317; Clean
Water Act sec 307; 33 USC 1361; Clean
Water Act sec 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:
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
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


3337. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL
LAUNDRIES POINT SOURCE
CATEGORY
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311; Clean
Water Act sec 301; 33 USC 1317; Clean
Water Act sec 307; 33 USC 1314; Clean
Water Act sec 304; 33 USC 1361; Clean
Water Act sec 501; 33 USC 1316; Clean
Water Act sec 306; 33 USC 1318; Clean
Water Act sec 308
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 441
Legal Deadline:
NPRM,  Judicial, November 7, 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. An unopposed motion to extend
the NPRM deadline to November 7,
1997 was granted in August 1997.
Timetable:
 Action
                    Date
                            FR Cite
 NPRM            01/27/95 60 FR 5464
 Reproposal         03/00/98
 Final              08/00/99
 Small Entities Affected: Businesses
 Action
                   Date
FR Cite
 NPRM             11/00/97
 Final              06/00/99
 Small Entities Affected: Businesses
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Local, Federal
 Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
 Analysis
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3209.
 Agency Contact: Susan Burris,
 Environmental Protection Agency,
 Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
 Phone:  202 260-5379
 Fax: 202 260-7185
 Email: burris.susan@epamail.epa.gov
 RIN: 2040-AB97
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 3338. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
 STANDARDS FOR THE
 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
 CLEANING CATEGORY
 Priority: Other Significant
 Legal Authority: 33 USC1311; Clean
 Water Act sec 301; 33 USC 1317; Clean
 Water Act sec 307; 33 USC 1314; Clean
 Water Act sec 304; 33 USC 1361; Clean
 \Vator Act see 501; 33 USC 1316; Clean
 Water Act sec 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, tank barges, closed-top hopper
 trucks, closed-top hopper rail cars, and
 closed-top hopper barges.
 Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM             01/00/98
Final              02/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
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: matthews.gina@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AB98

3339. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR LANDFILLS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311; Clean
Water Act sec 301; 33 USC 1314; Clean
Water Act sec 304; 33 USC 1316; Clean
Water Act sec 306; 33 USC 1317; Clean
Water Act sec 307; 33 USC 1361; Clean
Water Act sec 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 445
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, November 30,1997.
Final, Judicial, November 30,1999.
Abstract: EPA is developing effluent
guidelines and standards for landfills
                  regulated under Subtitle C or Subtitle
                  D of the Resource Conservation and
                  Recovery Act (RCRA) which discharge
                  directly to surface waters, and landfills
                  regulated under Subtitle C of RCRA
                  which discharge indirectly to Publicly
                  Owned Treatment Works (POTW). The
                  proposal would not apply to
                  wastewater discharges of contaminated
                  groundwater. This proposal would not
                  apply to discharges of wastewater
                  associated with landfills operated in
                  conjunction with other industrial or
                  commercial operations which only
                  receive waste from off-site facilities
                  under the same corporate structure
                  (intra-company facility) and/or receive
                  waste generated on-site (captive
                  facility) so long as the landfill
                  wastewater is commingled for treatment
                  with other process wastewaters. This
                  rule was formerly titled Waste
                  Treatment Industry, Phase II and
                  Effluent Guidelines and Standards for
                  Landfills and Incinerators.
                  Timetable:
                                     Action
                                                        Date
                                             FR Cite
                  NPRM             11/00/97
                  Final              11/00/99
                  Small Entities Affected: Businesses
                  Government Levels Affected: State,
                  Local, Federal
                  Additional Information: SAN No. 3489.
                  Agency Contact: John Tinger,
                  Environmental Protection Agency,
                  Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
                  Phone: 202 260-4992
                  Fax: 202 260-7185
                  Email: tinger.john@epamail.epa.gov
                  RIN: 2040-AC23


                  3340.  NPDES STREAMLINING RULE-
                  ROUND III
                  Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
                  115 in Part n of this issue of the
                  Federal Register.
                  RIN: 2040-AC84
                  3341. STREAMLINING 301 (H) WAIVER
                  RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS
                  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                  Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311; Clean
                  Water Act sec 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 ,pbtain 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            04/00/98
                                               Final              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


                                               3342. • EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
                                               STANDARDS FOR INDUSTRIAL
                                               WASTE COMBUSTORS
                                               Priority:  Other Significant
                                               Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311; Clean
                                               Water Act sec 301; 33 USC 1314; Clean
                                               Water Act sec 304; 33 USC 1316; Clean
                                               Water Act sec 306; 33 USC 1317; Clean
                                               Water Act sec 307; 33 USC 1361; Clean
                                               Water Act sec 501
                                               CFR Citation: 40 CFR 444
                                               Legal Deadline:
                                               NPRM, Judicial, November 30, 1997.
                                               Final, judicial, November 30, 1999.
                                               Abstract: EPA is developing effluent
                                               guidelines and standards for .   • •
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commercial industrial waste
combustion facilities. Hazardous waste
incinerators, boilers, industrial furnaces
and non-hazardous waste incinerators
are all examples of facilities included
in the scope of the project. The
proposal would apply only to
commercial industrial waste
combustors and not to sewage sludge
incinerators, medical waste
incinerators, municipal waste
combustors or other solid waste
combustprs. Furthermore, EPA is not
including within the scope of the
proposal industrial waste combustors
that burn only wastes received from off-
site facilities within the same corporate
ownership (intra-company wastes) or
industrial waste combustors that only
burn  wastes generated on-site. This rule
has appeared in previous editions of
the Regulatory Agenda with other titles:
Waste Treatment Industry, Phase II, and
Landfills and Incinerators.
Timetable:
                                    Voluntary Advanced Technology
                                    Incentives Program to submit a plan
                                    (called a "Milestone Plan") specifying
                                    research, construction, and other
                                    activities leading to achievement of the
                                    advanced technology effluent limits,
                                    with accompanying dates for achieving
                                    these milestones. This proposed rule
                                    also provides for a certification in lieu
                                    of monitoring for one pollutant,
                                    chloroform, for mills using certain
                                    processes, which are specified in this
                                    proposal. Basically, this proposal
                                    applies to elemental chlorine-free mills,
                                    allowing them to submit a certification
                                    based on process changes and
                                    operational controls to demonstrate
                                    compliance with the chloroform
                                    limitation.
                                    Timetable:
 Action
                    Date
                           FR Cite
 NPRM            11/00/97
 Final              11/00/99
 Small Entities Affected: None
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Local, Federal
 Additional Information: SAN No. 4041.
 (Formerly part of SAN 3489, RIN 2040-
 AC23)
 Agency Contact: Samantha Hopkins,
 Environmental Protection Agency,
 Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
 Phone: 202 260-7149
 Fax: 202 260-7185
 Email:
 hopkins.samantha@epamail.epa.gov
 RIN: 2040-AD03

 3343. • AMENDMENT TO EFFLUENT
 LIMITATIONS GUIDELINES AND
 STANDARDS FOR THE PULP, PAPER,
 AND PAPERBOARD CATEGORY
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311; Clean
                                     Action
                   33 USC 1314; Clean
                   33 USC 1316; Clean
                   33 USC 1317; Clean
                   33 USC 1361; Clean
Water Act sec 301
Water Act sec 304
Water Act sec 306
Water Act sec 307
Water Act sec 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 430; 40 CFR 431
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposal requires those
mills that choose to enroll in the
                                                       Date
                           FR Cite
                                     NPRM
                                     Final Action
                 10/00/97
                 01/00/98
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4039.
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-AD05


3344. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF TRACE METALS
UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314(h); Clean
Water Act sec 304(h); 33 USC 1361(a);
Clean Water Act sec 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
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             02/00/98
 Final              04/00/99
 Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
 Governmental Jurisdictions,
 Organizations
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Local, Tribal, Federal
 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

 3345. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
 TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
 ANALYSIS OF CYANIDE UNDER THE
 CLEAN WATER ACT
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314(h); Clean
 Water Act sec 304(h); 33 USC 1361(a);
 Clean Water Act sec 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
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 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 arc readily bioavailable such as
 froo 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
 complexcd 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,
 now 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:
Action
 Date     FR Cite
NPRM
Final
10/00/97
10/00/98
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
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
                    3346. REFORMATTING OF EFFLUENT
                    GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS IN 40
                    CFR PARTS 405 THROUGH 471

                    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: 33 USC 1251; Clean
                    Water Act sec 303; 33 USC 1311; Clean
                    Water Act sec 301; 33 USC 1314; Clean
                    Water Act sec 304; 33 USC 1316; Clean
                    Water Act sec 306; 33 USC 1317; Clean
                    Water Act sec 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
                    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
Final
02/00/98
02/00/99
Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3767.

Agency Contact: Hugh Wise,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7177
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: wise.hugh@epamail.epa.gov

RIN: 2040-AC79
 3347. STREAMLINING THE GENERAL
 PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS FOR
 EXISTING AND NEW SOURCES OF
 POLLUTION
 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
 116 in Part II of this issue of the
 Federal Register.
 RIN: 2040-AC58


 3348. UNIFORM NATIONAL
 DISCHARGE STANDARDS FOR
 ARMED FORCES VESSELS
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 Legal Authority: Clean Water Act sec
 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
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marine environment. If there is new
information that suggests the standard
should he changed, a State may petition
for review any standard promulgated
under this action.

Timetable:
Action
                   Date
                           FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/98
08/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 3925.
                   Agency Contact: Deborah Lehow,
                   Environmental Protection Agency,
                   Water, 4504-F, Washington, DC 20460
                   Phone: 202 260-6419
                   RIN: 2040-AC96
3349. REVISION OF NPDES
INDUSTRIAL PERMIT APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS AND FORM 2C—
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE
INFORMATION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
117 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AC26
3350. COMPREHENSIVE NPDES
STORMWATER PHASE II
REGULATIONS

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
118 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.

RIN: 2040-AC82
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
                                                                          Final Rule Stage
3351. AMENDMENT TO THE
PESTICIDE CHEMICALS
MANUFACTURING EFFLUENT
LIMITATIONS GUIDELINES;
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS; NEW
AND EXISTING 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 limitations for new and
existing facilities manufacturing  •
pendamethalin to slightly less stringent
limitations.

Timetable:
 Action
                   Date
          FR Cite
 Direct Final         12/00/97

 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, Washington, DC 20460
 Phone: 202 260-7130
 Fax: 202 260-7185
 Email: zuskin.shari@epamail.epa.gov

 RIN: 2040-AD01
3352. • ESTABLISHMENT OF
ELECTRONIC REPORTING FOR
NPDES PERMITTEES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: CWA 301; CWA
304(i); CWA 308; CWA 402; CWA 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122.22; 40 CFR
122.41(k); 40 CFR 122.41(j); 40 CFR
122.41(1); 40 CFR 122.63.
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would identify
requirements for NPDES permittees that
elect to submit NPDES Discharge
Monitoring Reports Electronically,
including requirements for the use of
personal identification numbers (PESTs)
or other mechanisms as electronic
signatures, recordkeeping, Terms and
Conditions Agreements, and
certifications. The rule will make
incorporation of electronic reporting
requirements into an NPDES permit a
minor permit modification. This rule
will enable implementation of
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) for
NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports
(DMRs). The Agency has developed and
piloted an EDI process for DMRs based
on its September 4, 1996 interim final
policy for accepting filing of
environmental reports via EDI. This
action will not require the use of
electronic reporting.
Timetable:	
Action             Date    FR Cite
Direct Final         03/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4051.
Agency Contact: Robin Danesi,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4203, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2991
Fax: 202 260-1460
RIN: 2040-ADll


3353. 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; Clean
Water Act sec 101; 33 USC 1345; Clean
Water Act sec 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
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 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
 10/25/95 60 FR 54771
 12/00/97
 Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
 Governmental Jurisdictions
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Local, Federal
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3497.
 Agency Contact: Robert M.
 Southworth, Environmental Protection
 Agency, Water, 4304, Washington, DC
 20460
 Phono: 202 260-7157
 RIN: 2040-AC29

 3354. ESTABLISHMENT OF NUMERIC
 CRITERIA FOR PRIORITY TOXIC
 POLLUTANTS FOR THE STATE OF
 CALIFORNIA
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 Legal Authority: 33 USC1313/CWA
 303
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
 Legal Deadline: None
 Abstract:  Several municipal entities
 and ono 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
 tho Administrator to promulgate water
 quality criteria for priority toxic
 pollutants where EPA has issued
 section 304(a) criteria guidance when
 tho discharge of such pollutants could
 reasonably be expected to interfere with
 tho State's designated uses.
Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3504.
Agency Contact: Diane Frankel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, Region IX, San Francisco, CA
94105
Phone: 415 744-2Q04
RIN: 2040-AC44
                    3355. STREAMLINING THE STATE
                    SEWAGE SLUDGE MANAGEMENT
                    REGULATIONS
                    Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
                    130 in Part n of this issue of the
                    Federal Register.
                    RIN: 2040-AC87


                    3356. 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); PL
                    92-500 76 Stat 816; PL 95-217 91 Stat
                    1567; PL 100-4 100 Stat 7
                    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.
NPRM
Final Actfon
08/05/97 62 FR 42160
11/00/97
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final
Date FR Cite
03/28/97 62 FR 14975
03/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations              .

Government Levels Affected: State,,
Local, Tribal, 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

RIN: 2040-AC93


3357. SELENIUM CRITERION
MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION FOR
WATER QUALITY GUIDANCE FOR
THE GREAT LAKES SYSTEM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC  1268; Clean
Water Act sec 118

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 132

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This nilemaking 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              06/00/98

                                     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:202260-0312             •
                                     RIN: 2040-AC97
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3358. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE
PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING
CATEGORY
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311; Clean
Water Act sec 301; 33 USC 1314; Clean
Water Act sec 304; 33 USC 1316; Clean
Water Act sec 306; 33 USC 1317; Clean
Water Act sec 307; 33 USC 1361; Clean
Water Act sec 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 439
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, February 28, 1995.
Final, Judicial, April 30, 1998.
Abstract: EPA is developing revised
effluent limitation guidelines and
standards for the pharmaceutical
manufacturing industry, including
limitations on toxic and non-
conventional volatile organic
pollutants. EPA intends to promulgate
this rule concurrently with air emission
standards. See separate entry for
"NESHAP: Pharmaceuticals
Production" (RIN 2060-AE83).
Timetable:
 Action
                   Date
                           FR Cite
 NPRM(NSPS)       10/27/83 48 FR 49832
 NPRM             05/02/95 60 FR 21592
 Final              04/00/98
 Small Entities Affected; None
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Local, Federal
 Additional Information: SAN No. 1427.
 Agency Contact: Frank Hund,
 Environmental Protection Agency,
 Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
 Phone: 202 260-7182
 Fax: 202 260-7185
 Email: hund.frank@epamail.epa.gov
 RIN: 2040-AA13


 3359. NPDES STREAMLINING RULE-
 ROUND II
 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
 131 in Part n of this issue of the
 Federal Register.
 RIN: 2040-AC70


 3360. 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; Clean
Water Act sec 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.
Timetable:
Water Act sec 304; 33 USC 1316; Clean
Water Act sec 306
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 440
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is withdrawing the
previously proposed rule published in
the Federal Register on February 12,
1996 (61 FR 5364). The proposed rule
would have amended the applicability
of certain effluent limitations
guidelines and new source performance
standards governing mines with froth-
flotation mills to the Alaska-Juneau (A-
J) gold mine project near Juneau,
Alaska.  Specifically, EPA proposed to
exempt  dewatered tailing produced by
the proposed A-J mine and mill from
effluent guidelines based on best
practicable control technology (BPT)
and best available control technology
economically achievable (BAT), and
from new source performance standards
(NSPS) that appear at 40 CFR part 440,
subpart J. EPA also proposed adding a
definition of "dewatered tailings"  to 40
CFR part 440, subpart L. On January
14,1997, Echo Bay Mines announced
that the company would end the
development of the A-J mine project.
EPA has concluded that in light of the
closure  of the A-J mine project this
exemption  is not longer necessary and
thus EPA plans to withdraw the
proposed rule.
Timetable:	
Action             Date    FR  Cite
 Action
                   Date
                           FR Cite
 Interim Final        05/04/95 60 FR 22229
 Final              12/00/97
 Small Entitles Affected: None
 Government Levels Affected: State
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3661.
 Agency Contact: Cindy Roberts,
 Environmental Protection Agency,
 Water, 4203, Washington, DC 20460
 Phone: 202 260-2787
 RIN:  2040-AC55


 3361, WITHDRAWAL OF PROPOSED
 AMENDMENT TO EFFLUENT
 GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR
 ORE MINING AND DRESSING POINT
 SOURCE CATEGORY, NEW SOURCE
 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
 Priority: Info./Admin./Other
 Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311; Clean
 Water Act sec 301; 33 USC 1314; Clean
 NPRM             02/12/96 61 FR 5364
 Withdrawal         10/00/97
 Small Entities Affected: None
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Local, Tribal, Federal
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3722.
 Agency Contact: Ronald G. Kirby,
 Environmental Protection Agency,
 Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
 Phone: 202 260-7168
 Fax: 202 260-7185
 Email: kirby.ron@epamail.epa.gov
 RIN: 2040-AC74


 3362. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
 OIL AND GREASE TEST
 PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS
 OF POLLUTANTS UNDER THE CLEAN
 WATER  ACT
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 Legal Authority: 33 USC 1316(h); Clean
 Water Act sec 304(h); 33 USC 1361(a);
 Clean Water Act sec 501(a)
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CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136; 40 CFR
122.21; 40 GFR 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 Chlorofluorocarhon
(CFG) phasoout requirements of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
Method 1664 uses normal hexane (n-
hoxano) as the extraction solvent in
place of l,l,2-trichloro-l,2, 2-
trfiluoroethane (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
Ffnal
01/23/96 61 FR 1730
03/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, 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: tolliard.william@epamail.epa.gov

FUN: 2040-AC63
 3363. 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); 33 USC 1361(a); PL
 92-500 76 Stat 816; PL 95-217 91 Stat
 1567; PL 100-4 100 Stat 7

 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 currendy 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
                                                         Direct Final
                                                                 01/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3714.
Agency Contact: William A. Telliard,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: telliard.william@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC92


3364.  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 1314(h); Clean
Water Act sec 304(h); 33 USC 1361(a);
Clean Water Act sec 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
                                                                 10/18/95  60 FR 53988
                                                                 11/00/97
                                                                           Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
                                                                           Governmental Jurisdictions,
                                                                           Organizations
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Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, 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
BIN: 2040-AC95


3365.  CLARIFICATION OF THE
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
STATES WANTING TO DESIGNATE
DRINKING WATER INTAKE ZONES,
THEREBY PROHIBITING THE
DISCHARGE OF VESSEL SEWAGE
WITHIN THOSE ZONES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1322; Clean
Water Act sec 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 direct
impact on small businesses and would
only affect those State's choosing to
request designation of no discharge
zones. The amendment will not directly
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 water
supply systems should benefit from
improved water quality near their
drinking water intakes.

Timetable:
Action
 Date
                           FR Cite
NPRM
Final
10/16/96 61 FR 54013
12/00/97
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
3366. NPDES WASTEWATER PERMIT
APPLICATION FORMS AND
REGULATORY REVISIONS FOR
MUNICIPAL DISCHARGES AND
SEWAGE SLUDGE USE OR DISPOSAL

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
132 in Part n of this issue of the
Federal Register.

RIN: 2040-AB39


3367. 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
with the vessel transportation and
shore side handling of these wastes
would be affected by this 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 this regulation as proposed would
have a minimal economic impact. This
regulation will result in reduction of
municipal and commercial wastes
deposited  in coastal waters.

Timetable:
                    Action
                                      Date     FR Cite
                    NPRM
                    Final
                 08/30/94 59 FR 44798
                 12/00/97
                    Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
                    Governmental Jurisdictions

                    Government Levels Affected: State,
                    Local
                    Additional Information: SAN No. 2820.

                    Agency Contact: Deb Lebow,
                    Environmental Protection Agency,
                    Water, 4504F, Washington, DC 20460
                    Phone: 202 260-6419

                    RIN:  2040-AB85
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Clean Water Act (CWA)
                                                                    Long-Term Actions
3368. • EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR
THE PULP, PAPER, AND
PAPERBOARD CATEGORY, PHASE II
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC1311/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
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In the Pulp and Paper Phase
n effort, EPA intends to revise existing
Best Practicable Technology (BPT), Best
Conventional Pollutant Control
Technology (BCT), Best Available
Technology (BAT), New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS),
Pretreatment Standards for Existing and
Now Sources (PSES) for 8 of the 12
Bubcatogories for this industrial
category: Unbleached Kraft; Semi-
Chemical; Mechanical Pulp; Non-Wood
Chemical Pulp; Secondary Fiber Deink;
Secondary Fiber Non-Deink; Fine and
Lightweight Papers from Purchased
Pulp; and Tissue, Filter, Non-Woven,
and Paporboard from Purchased Pulp.
Guidelines and standards for these 8
subcategories were proposed as part of
the Phase I Pulp and Paper Rule (also
known as the "Cluster Rule") in
December of 1993 but were withdrawn
from the Phase I Rule after Public
comment The Agency intends to
develop these revised effluent
limitations in close coordination with
the Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, which shortly will
promulgate, as part of the "Cluster
Rule", maximum achievable control
technology (MACT) standards that limit
air emissions under the Clean Air Act
(CAA).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM            12/17/93 58 FR 66078
Final             02/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 4050.
Agency Contact: J. Troy
Swackhammer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Water, 4303,
Washington, DC  20480
Phone: 202 260-7128
                 Fax: 202 260-7185
                 Email: swackhammer.j-
                 troy@epamail.epa.gov
                 RIN: 2040-AD10
                 3369. 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 CFR 136
                 Timetable:
                 Action
                           Date    FR Cite
                  NPRM
                  Final
                          04/00/99
                          04/00/00
                 Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
                 Governmental Jurisdictions,
                 Organizations
                 Government Levels Affected: State,
                 Local, Tribal, Federal
                 Agency Contact: William Telliard
                 Phone: 202 260-7134
                 Fax: 202 260-7185
                 Email: telliard.william@epamail.epa.gov
                 RIN: 2040-AC54


                 3370. 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            12/00/99
Final             12/00/01
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Robert M. Southworth
Phone: 202 260-7157
RIN: 2040-AC25


3371. 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 60 FR 28210
                                   NPRM (consolidated  10/00/00
                                     Phase 1 and 2)
                                   Final     .       . 12/00/02
                                   Small Entitles 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


                                   3372. 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            07/00/99
Final              08/00/01
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Deborah Nagle
Phone: 202 260-2656
RIN:  2040-AC34


3373. 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
                                                               Date
                          FR Cite
                                                     NPRM            12/00/98
                                                     Final         .    12/00/00
                                                     Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
                                                     Government Levels Affected: State,
                                                     Local, Federal
                                                     Agency Contact: George M. Jett
                                                     Phone: 202 260-7151
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                                                                   Long-Term Actions
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: jett.george@epamail.epa.gov

RIN: 2040-AC90


3374. STREAMLINING REVISIONS TO
THE WATER QUALITY PLANNING
AND MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.                  •

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 130

Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
07/00/99
12/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal

Agency Contact: Amy Sosin
Phone: 202 260-7058

RIN: 2040-AC65
                  3375. 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             00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Hazel Groman
Phone: 202 260-8798
RIN:  2040-AB74


3376. COMPARISON OF DREDGED
MATERIAL TO REFERENCE
SEDIMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR  Citation: 40 CFR 230
Timetable: ,
                   Action
                           Date
                         FR Cite
                   NPRM            01/04/95 60 FR 419
                   Final     ,v       00/00/00
                   Small Entities Affected: None
                   Government Levels Affected: Federal
                                            Agency Contact: John Goodin
                                            Phone: 202 260-9910

                                            RIN: 2040-AC14
                                   3377. 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
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
3378. 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.

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 430; 40 CFR 431

Completed:                   "
Reason
 Date
FR Cite
Merged Into RIN 2060- 10/14/97
  ADOS

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal     '

Agency Contact: Donald Anderson
Phone: 202 260-7189
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email:
anderson.donaldf@epamail.epa.gov

RIN: 2040-AB53


3379. 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 403.18
Completed:
                   Reason
                                    Date
                                            FR Cite
                                                      Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

                                                      Government Levels Affected: State,
                                                      Local, Tribal, Federal

                                                      Agency Contact: Jeff Smith
                                                      Phone: 202 260-5586

                                                      RIN: 2040-AC57
                                   3380. 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

                                   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
                   Final Action
                          07/17/97 62. FR 38405
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                                                                     Completed Actions
Completed:
Reason
 Date
FR Cite
Rnal Action
09/15/97 62 FR 48393
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: William A. Telliard
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: telliard.william@epamail.epa.gov

BIN: 2040-AC64
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  AGENCY (EPA)
Atomic Energy Act  (AEA)
                                                                    Proposed Rule Stage
3381. • DISPOSAL OF LOW-ACTIVITY
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Atomic Energy Act of
1954; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of
1970; Waste Policy Act of 1982
CFR Citation: 40 CFR193
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action is directed to the
disposal of low-activity radioactive
wastes in disposal facilities that meet
tho design requirements for RCRA-C
disposal cells. The wastes to be
disposed of in these cells are intended
to be mixed wastes, consisting of a
chemically hazardous component and
low levels of radioactivity, and other
wastes with low-activity radionuclide
                   contents. These wastes are anticipated
                   to arise in the commercial sector and
                   as a product of operations and clean-
                   up activities in the DOE facilities
                   complex. The rule is intended to
                   increase disposal options  for these
                   wastes and offer a streamline regulatory
                   process which melds hazardous
                   chemical protection and radioactivity
                   protection requirements while
                   protecting public health and safety. The
                   rule is "permissive" in the sense that
                   the disposal method proposed is not a
                   mandated disposal method,  but rather
                   an alternative to existing disposal
                   methods. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
                   Commission is anticipated to be the
                   implementing Agency for the
                   application of this rule.
                                              Timetable:
                                              Action
                                                      Date
                          FR Cite
                                              NPRM
                                                     05/00/98
                                              Small Entities Affected: None

                                              Government Levels Affected: Federal

                                              Additional Information: SAN No. 4054.

                                              Agency Contact: Kenneth Czyscinski,
                                              Environmental Protection Agency, Air
                                              and Radiation, 6602J, Washington, DC
                                              20460
                                              Phone: 202 233-9227
                                              Fax: 202 233-9629
                                              Email: czyscinski.kenneth®
                                              epamail.epa.gov

                                              RIN: 2060-AH63
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  AGENCY (EPA)
Atomic Energy Act  (AEA)
                                                                         Final Rule Stage
3382. FEDERAL RADIATION
PROTECTION GUIDANCE FOR
EXPOSURE OF THE GENERAL
PUBLIC
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2021(h);
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 sec 274(h);
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970
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
ANPRM
NPRM
Final
Date FR Cite
06/18/86 51 FR 22264
12/23/94 59 FR 6641 4
12/00/97
                   Small Entities Affected: None
                                              Government Levels Affected: Federal

                                              Additional Information: SAN No. 3321.

                                              (SAN was 2073)

                                              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
3383. PROTECTIVE ACTION
GUIDANCE FOR DRINKING WATER

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 41 CFR 351
                   Timetable:
                   Action
                            Date
                          FR Cite
                   Notice - Submission to 00/00/00
                     FRPCCfor
                     Endorsement
                   Notice of Availability  00/00/00
Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Charles Blue
Phone: 202 233-9488

RIN: 2060-AF39
                                    Small Entities Affected: None
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Atomic Energy Act  (AEA)
                                                                                         Completed Actions
                                     Reason
3384. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  Completed:
AGENCY RADIATION SITE CLEANUP
REGULATION
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 196
                   Date
FR Cite
                                     Withdrawn-The     08/25/97
                                       Agency plans no
                                       further action
                                     Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal

Agency Contact: John M. Karhnak
Phone: 202 233-9237

RIN: 2060-AB31
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
                                                                                       Proposed  Rule Stage
3385. • REVISION OF EXISTING
VARIANCES AND EXEMPTIONS
REGULATION TO COMPLY WITH
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SAFE
DRINKING WATER ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 12 USC 1701 et seq;
PL 104-182
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline:
Other,  Statutory, August 6, 1998.
Abstract: This action will revise the
existing regulations which address the
issuance and availability of variances
and exemptions under the Safe
Drinking Water Act. A section
specifically addressing variances for
small public water systems is included
in the revisions. We anticipate that the
revisions will be viewed as having
beneficial impacts on small systems.
Timetable:
Action
                   Date     FR Cite
NPRM
Final
                 02/00/98
                 08/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4040.
Agency Contact: Andrew J. Hudock,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, 2243A, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-6032
Fax: 202 564-0024
RIN: 2020-AA37

3386. DRINKING WATER CONSUMER
CONFIDENCE REPORT
REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300g-3c
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. The
reports are a compilation of information
obtained  to comply with other
requirements under the SDWA.

Timetable:
                                     Action
                   Date     FR Cite
                                     NPRM
                                     Final
                  12/00/97
                  08/00/98
                                     Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
                                     Governmental Jurisdictions,
                                     Organizations

                                     Government Levels Affected: State,
                                     Local, Tribal, Federal
                                     Additional Information: SAN No. 3947.

                                     Agency Contact: Francoise M. Brasier,
                                     Environmental Protection Agency,
                                     Water, 4606, Washington, DC 20460
                                     Phone: 202 260-5668
                                     Fax: 202 260-0732
                                     Email: brasier.francoise@epamail.gov

                                     RIN: 2040-AC99
          3387. • PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM
          PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REGULATION
          Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
          Reinventing Government: This
          ralemaking is part of the Reinventing
          Government effort. It will revise text in
          the CFR to reduce burden or
          duplication, or streamline
          requirements.
          Legal Authority: 12 USC 1701 et seq;
          PL 104-182
          CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141.32; 40 CFR
          142.16
          Legal Deadline: None
          Abstract: This action revises an
          existing regulation to incorporate the
          new public notification provisions in
          section 114 (a) of the Safe Drinking
          Water Act Amendments of 1996. The
          basic public notification requirement is
          not changed by the 1996 amendments.
          A Public Water System is required
          under section 1414(c) of the SDWA to
          provide notification to its customers
          whenever: (1) a violation of any
          drinking water regulation occurs
          (including MCL, treatment technique,
          and monitoring/reporting
          requirements); (2) a variance or
          exemption (V&E) to those regulations is
          in place or the conditions of the V&E
          are violated; or (3) results from
          unregulated contaminant monitoring
          required under section 1445 of the
          SDWA are received. The Administrator
          is required under this statute to
          prescribe by regulation the manner,
          frequency, form, and content for giving
          notice.  The existing regulation  is in 40
          CFR section 141.32 and States are
          required to adopt this rule to retain
          primacy under section 142.10,  subpart
          B.
          The  1996 amendments significantly
          revise the public notification
          requirements. The amendments: (1)
          alter the timing of the notification for
          certain violations; (2) establish a
          specific requirement for EPA
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consultation with the States in issuing
revised regulations; (3) allow the State
to prescribe alternative notification
requirements by rule with respect to
tho form and content of the notice; and
(4) add a new requirement for the State
to prepare an annual report on
violations  and for EPA to prepare a
follow on report summarizing States'
reports and public notices submitted by
Indian Tribes. One other new
requirement ~ for public water systems
to prepare an annual consumer
confidence report — is being
implemented under a separate
regulatory action. (Continued in
"Additional Information").
Timetable:	
Action              Date     PR Cite
NPRM
Final
09/00/98
09/00/99
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected; State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4009.
(Continued from the "Abstract")The
benefits of the revised public
notification regulations will be to
streamline the existing requirements,
provide quicker and more effective
notification of violations that have a
"serious adverse effect," and better
Inform the customers of public water
systems of the quality of their drinking
water and the risk to their health, the
risk to their health.
Agency Contact: Carl B. Reeverts,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4604, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7273
Fax: 202 260-4656
Email: reeverts.carl@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD06


3388. • TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM
AND GIARDIA UNDER THE SAFE
DRINKING WATER AND CLEAN
WATER ACTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC1251 et seq;
33 USC 1314(h); 33 USC 1361a; PL  92-
500; PL 95-217;  PL 100-4; 42 USC 300f;
42 USC 300g-l;  42 USC 300g-2; 42 USC
300g-3; 42 USC  300g-4; 42 USC 300g-
5; 42 USC 300g-6; 42 USC 300J-4; 42
USC 300J-9
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136; 40 CFR
122.21; 40 CFR 122.41; 40 CFR 122.44;
40 CFR 123.25; 40 CFR 141
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 and the analytical methods
under 40 CFR Part 141 to approve EPA
Method 1622 for the detection of
Cryptosporidium and Giardia in
ambient waters and finished drinking
water by filtration of a 10-L sample in
laboratory, separation of target
organisms from other debris using
immunomagnetic separation or flow
cytometry, and detection of the
organisms using direct
immunofluorescence assay and
confirmation examination of the
organisms using vital dye stains.
Timetable:
                   Action
                   Date     FR Cite
                   NPRM
                   Final
                 04/00/98
                 04/00/99
                   Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
                   Governmental Jurisdictions,
                   Organizations
                   Government Levels Affected: State,
                   Local, Tribal, Federal
                   Additional Information: SAN No. 4047.
                   Agency Contact: William A. Telliard,
                   Environmental Protection Agency,
                   Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
                   Phone: 202 260-7134
                   Fax: 202 260-7185

                   Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental
                   Protection Agency, Water, 4303,
                   Washington, DC 20460
                   Phone: 202 260-1639
                   RIN: 2040-AD08
                   3389. • ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR
                   REGULATED DRINKING WATER
                   CONTAMINANTS: TOTAL
                   COLIFORMS, E. COLI, AND ACID
                   HERBICIDES
                   Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                   Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f; Safe
                   Drinking Water Act sec 1401; 42 USC
                   300g-l; Safe Drinking Water Act sec
                   1412
                   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 for total
 coliforms, E. coli, and acid herbicides.
 At the same time, the Agency will
 withdraw approval of selected outdated
 methods.

 Timetable:
                                                        Action
                                                       Date
                           FR Cite
 NPRM
 Final
11/00/97
10/00/98
                                     Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
                                     Governmental Jurisdictions,
                                     Organizations
                                     Government Levels Affected: State,
                                     Local, Tribal, Federal
                                     Additional Information: SAN No. 4044.
                                     This regulation was split from RIN
                                     2040-AC77,  SAN 3726.
                                     Agency Contact: Dr. Jitendra Saxena,
                                     Environmental Protection Agency,  .
                                     Water, 4603, Washington, DC 20460
                                     Phone: 202 260-9579
                                     RIN: 2040-AD04


                                     3390. MANAGEMENT OF CLASS V
                                     INJECTION WELLS UNDER  PART C
                                     OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
                                     Regulatory Plan: This entry  is Seq. Mo.
                                     119 in Part II of this issue of the
                                     Federal Register.
                                     RIN: 2040-AB83


                                     3391. 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
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duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC SOOj-4; Safe
Drinking Water Act sec 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
                    ANPRM
                    NPRM
                    Final
                           07/03/97 62 FR 36099
                           12/00/97
                           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
3392. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS FOR LEAD
AND COPPER
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300g-l; Safe
Drinking Water Act sec 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
copper 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.
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
Final
04/12/96  61 FR 16348
03/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations

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

RIN: 2040-AC27
3393. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: STAGE I
DISINFECTANT/DISINFECTION
BYPRODUCTS RULE
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
133 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AB82


3394. 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; Safe
Drinking Water Act sec 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
                                     12/00/97
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Small Entitles 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
BIN: 2040-AC41
3395. ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR
REGULATED DRINKING WATER
CONTAMINANTS: ORGANIC,
INORGANIC AND MICROBIOLOGICAL
CONTAMINANTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f; Safe
Drinking Water Act sec 1401; 42 USC
300g-l; Safe Drinking Water Act sec
1412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR141; 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 newer versions of existing
                  methods for organic, inorganic and
                  microbiological contaminants. At the
                  same tune, the Agency will withdraw
                  approval of selected outdated methods.
                                              Timetable:
                                              Action
                                                      Date
                                                                        FR Cite
                                              Direct Final        11/00/97
                                              Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
                                              Governmental Jurisdictions,
                                              Organizations
                                              Government Levels Affected: State,
                                              Local, Tribal, 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

                                              3396. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
                                              WATER REGULATIONS: INTERIM
                                              ENHANCED SURFACE WATER
                                              TREATMENT RULE
                                              Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
                                              134 in Part II of this issue of the
                                              Federal Register.
                                              RIN: 2040-AC91
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
                                                                     Long-Term Actions
3397. REVISIONS TO STATE PRIMACY
REQUIREMENTS TO IMPLEMENT
FEDERAL DRINKING WATER
REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 142.10; 40 CFR
142.11; 40 CFR 142.12; 40 CFR 142.15
Timetable:
                  Timetable:
                                              Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final         08/00/99
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Jennifer Melch
Phone: 202 260-7035
Fax: 202 260-0732
RIN: 2040-ADOO

3398.  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
                  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: 202 260-0417

RIN: 2040-AA94
                  3399. 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
                                                      Action
                                                                Date
                                                              FR Cite
                                    NPRM
                                    Final
                 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

3400. 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
Timetable:
                                             Action
                                                      Date
                          FR Cite
                                             Arsenic Study Plan
                                             NPRM
                                             Final
                                                     12/24/96 61 FR 67800
                                                     01/00/00
                                                     01/00/01
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EPA—SDWA                                                                          Long-Term Actions
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Irene Dooley
Phone: 202 260-9531
Fax: 202 260-3762
Email: dooley.irene@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AB75

3401. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: SULFATE
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable:
Action
                   Date
         FR Cite
NPRM
Final
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
                   3402. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
                   WATER STANDARDS FOR ALDICARB
                   Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                   CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
                   Timetable:
                   Action
                                     Date
                          FR Cite
NPRM            00/00/00
Final              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
                                    3403. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
                                    WATER REGULATIONS: RADIUM,
                                    URANIUM, ALPHA, BETA AND
                                    PHOTON EMITTERS

                                    Priority: Other Significant

                                    CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142

                                    Timetable:	
                                    Action              Date    FR Cite
                                    ANPRM
                                    NPRM
                                    Final
                 09/30/86 51 FR 34836
                 07/18/91 56 FR 33050
                 11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal

Agency Contact: Dave Huber
Phone: 202 260-9566

RIN: 2040-AC98
 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)	
                                                                       Completed Actions
 3404. UNDERGROUND INJECTION      Completed:
 CONTROL PROGRAM STREAMLINING
 RULE
                   Reason
                                      Date     FR Cite
 Priority: Other Significant

 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 144; 40 CFR 146
                   Withdrawn-No      08/22/97
                     Further Action
                     Planned.
                   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
 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
                                                                            Prerule Stage
 3405. REGULATORY DETERMINATION
 ON REMAINING WASTES FROM THE
 COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUELS
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921(b)(3)(C);
 Resource Conservation Recovery Act
 sec 3001(b)(3)(C)
 Legal Deadline:
 Final, Judicial, April  1,1998.
 Abstract: On December 1,1992, the
 Agency determined that additional
 study of four large-volume wastes — fly
 ash, bottom ash, boiler slag and flue
 gas emission control wastes — from the
 combustion of coal by electric utility
 power plants was not necessary. A
 Final Regulatory Determination on
 these •wastes was signed on August 2,
                    1993 and published hi the Federal
                    Register on August 9,1993. The Agency
                    also determined that for the remaining
                    fossil-fuel combustion wastes,
                    additional data collection is necessary
                    to make a Regulatory Determination on
                    these wastes and a final regulatory
                    determination will be made by April
                    1,1998. The phrase remaining wastes
                    refers to (1) fly ash, bottom ash, boiler
                    slag, and flue gas emission control
                    wastes from the combustion of coal by
                    electric utility power plants when such
                    wastes are mixed with, co-disposed, co-
                    treated, or otherwise co-managed with
                    other wastes generated in conjunction
                    with the combustion of coal or other
                    fossil fuels, and (2) any other wastes
                    subject to section 8002(n) of RCRA
                                     other than those subject to the August
                                     1993 regulatory determination
                                     referenced above. The Agency is
                                     seeking an extension to the legal
                                     deadline for the current regulatory
                                     determination.

                                     Timetable:
                                     Action
                                                       Date
                                                               FR Cite
                                     Notice of Availability   02/12/93 58 FR 8273
                                     Regulatory         08/09/93 58 FR 42466
                                      Determination
                                      (Phase I Four Fossil
                                      Fuel Wastes)
                                     Regulatory         04/00/98
                                      Determination
                                      (Phase II Remaining
                                      Wastes)

                                     Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
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                                                                           Prerule Stage
 Government Levels Affected:
 Undetermined

 Additional Information: SAN No. 3201.
                   Agency Contact: Dennis Ruddy,
                   Environmental Protection Agency,
                   Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
                   5302W, Washington, DC 20460
                                               Phone: 703 308-8430

                                               RIN: 2050-AD91
 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
                                                                    Proposed  Rule Stage
 3406. 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; Clean
 Water Act sec 311(j)(l)(C)
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 112
 Legal Deadline: None
 Abstract: Following a major inland oil
 spill with substantial environmental
 Impacts (i.e., Ashland Oil in Floreffe,
 PA, in January 1988), an interagency
 task force 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 reach waters of the 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
 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
 the threat of discharging oil to waters
 of the United States.
 Timetable:
Action
Data
FR Cite
NPRM            10/22/91 56FR54612
Supplemanlal NPRM  11/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2634.
Agency Contacts Hugo Fleischman,
Environmental Protection Agency,
                   Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
                   (5203G), Washington, DC 20460
                   Phone: 703 603-8769
                   RIN: 2050-AC62
 3407. REMOVAL OF REQUIREMENT
 TO USE SW-846 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)(I) 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 more cheaply, faster and, in some
                                               cases, more accurately.
                                               Timetable:
                                                       Action
                                                                         Date
                                                                         FR Cite
NPRM            12/00/97
Small Entitles 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

3408. • STANDARDIZED PERMIT FOR
RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
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; 42 USC
6912; 42 USC 6924; 42 USC 6925; 42
USC 6927; 42 USC 6939; 42 USC 6974
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 124; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 270
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Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Agency, in 1994,
convened a special task force to look
at permitting activities throughout its
different programs and to make specific
recommendations to improve these
permitting programs. This task force,
known as the Permits Improvement
Team (PIT), worked with stakeholders
from the Agency, state permitting
agencies, industry, and the
environmental community.  The PIT
stakeholders mentioned, among other
things, that permitting activities should
be commensurate wilt the complexity
of the activity. The stakeholders felt
that current Agency permitting
programs were not flexible  enough to
allow streamlined procedures for
routine permitting activities.
Currently, facilities that store, treat, or
dispose of hazardous waste obtain site-
specific permits prescribing conditions
for each "unit" (e.g. tank, container
area, etc.) in which hazardous waste is
managed. Experience gained by the
Agency and states over the past fifteen
years has shown that not all waste
management activities are at the same
level of complexity. Some activities,
such as thermal treatment or land
disposal of hazardous waste are more
complex than storage of hazardous
waste. The Agency feels that thermal
treatment and land disposal activities
continue to warrant individual permits,
prescribing unit-specific conditions.
However, the Agency feels that some
accommodation can made for
hazardous  waste management practices
in standardized units such as tanks,
container storage areas, and
containment buildings. These types of
units are relatively simple and
straightforward when compared to site-
specific issues that arise at landfills and
operating issues that are common at
thermal treatment units. The PIT
tentatively recommended, among other
things, that regulations be developed to
allow "general permits" for on-site
storage and treatment of hazardous
waste in tanks, containers, and
containment buildings, (cont)
Timetable:
Action
                   Date    FR Cite
NPRM             06/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 281 Industrial
Inorganic Chemicals; 282 Plastics
Materials and Synthetic Resins,
Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Other
Manmade Fibers, Except Glass; 285
Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels,
and Allied Products; 286 Industrial
Organic Chemicals
Additional Information: SAN No. 4028.
ABSTRACT CONT: This rulemaking
will allow a type of general permit,
called a "standardized permit", for
facilities that generate waste and
routinely manage the waste on-site in
tanks, containers, and containment
buildings. Under the standardized
permit, facility owners and operators
would certify compliance with generic
design and operating conditions set on
a national basis. The permitting agency
would review the certifications
submitted by the facility owners or
operators. The permitting agency would
also be able to impose additional site-
specific terms and conditions for
corrective action or other purposes, as
called for by RCRA. Ensuring
compliance with the standardized
permit's terms and conditions would
occur during inspection of the facility
after the permit has been issued.

Agency Contact: Vernon B. Myers,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5303W, Washington, DC, 20460
Phone: 703 308-8660
Fax: 703  308-8609

BIN: 2050-AE44


3409. MODIFICATIONS TO THE
DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE AND
REGULATIONS OF HAZARDOUS
WASTE RECYCLING: GENERAL

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
120 in Part n of this issue of the
Federal Register.

RlN: 2050-AD18


3410. MANAGEMENT OF CEMENT
KILN DUST (CKD)

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
121 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.

RlN:  2050-AE34
 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
                                                        Final Rule Stage
 3411. MERCURY-CONTAINING AND
 RECHARGEABLE BATTERY
 MANAGEMENT ACT; CODIFICATION
 OF WASTE MANAGEMENT
 PROVISIONS
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 Legal Authority: PL  104-142
 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 —
 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
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 EPA—RCRA                                                                              Final  Rule Stage
 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    FR Cite
 Direct Final         12/00/97
 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
 3412. HAZARDOUS WASTE
 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: POST-
 CLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
 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: 42  USC 6926;
 Resource Conservation Recovery Act
 sec 3006; 42 USC 6912[a); Resource
 Conservation Recovery Act sec 2002(a);
 42 USC 6924; Resource Conservation
 Recovery Act sec 3004; 42 USC 6925;
 Resource Conservation Recovery Act
 sac 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
bo appropriate. And, in some cases, the
 facility's post-closure care needs may
havo already boon 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.
Timetable:
                  Action
                                     Date
                           FR Cite
                  NPRM             11/08/94 59 FR 55778
                  Final              12/00/97
                  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


                  3413. LISTING DETERMINATION FOR
                  HAZARDOUS WASTES—
                  ORGANOBROMINES CHEMICAL
                  INDUSTRY
                  Priority: Other Significant
                  Legal Authority: 42 USC 6922;
                  Resource Conservation Recovery Act
                  sec 3001; 42 USC 9602; Superfund
                  (CERCLA) sec 102; 33 USC 1361;
                  Superfund (CERCLA) sec 311
                  CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264;
                  40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302
                  Legal Deadline:
                  Final, Judicial, April 15,1998.
                  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.
                  Timetable:
                  Action
                                    Date
                          FR Cite
                  NPRM             05/11/94 59 FR 24530
                  Final              04/00/98
                  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
 3414. 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;
 Resource Conservation Recovery Act
 sec 1008; 42 USC 6912(a); Resource
 Conservation Recovery Act sec 2002(a);
 42 USC 6944; Resource Conservation
 Recovery Act sec 4004; 42 USC 6945(c);
 Resource Conservation Recovery Act
 sec 4005 (c); 42 USC 6949a; Resource
 Conservation Recovery Act sec 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. On October
 12, 1994, EPA proposed to add a
 corporate financial test to the financial
 assurance mechanisms currently
 available to owners and operators of
 RCRA Subtitle D MSWLFs.  In the
 proposal, EPA estimated 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 governments.
Timetable:
                                    Action
                                                       Date
                           FR Cite
                                    NPRM             10/12/94 59 FR 51523
                                    Final              02/00/98
                                    Small Entities Affected: None
                                    Government Levels Affected: None
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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


3415. LISTING DETERMINATION OF
WASTES GENERATED DURING THE
MANUFACTURE OF AZO,
ANTHRAQUINONE, AND
TRIARYLMETHANE DYES AND
PIGMENTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921;
Resource Conservation Recovery Act
sec 3001; 42 USC 9602; Superfund
(CERCLA) sec 102
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline:
Other, Judicial, December 15, 1997,
Notice of Data Availability.
Final, Judicial, February 15,1999.
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.  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 final rule is based on recent
settlement discussions with plaintiffs in
EOF v. Browner, Civil Action No. 89-
0598 D.D.C.
Timetable:	
Action             Date     FR Cite
 NPRM             12/22/94 59 FR 66072
NODA (Notice of Data 12/00/97
  Availability)
 Final             02/00/99
 Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
 Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3066.
'Agency Contact: Robert Kayser,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-7304
RIN: 2050-AD80
3416. 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;:
Resource Conservation Recovery Act
sec 3001; 42 USC 9602; Superfund
(CERCLA) sec 102
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 265; 40  CFR 271; 40 CFR 302
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, May 29, 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 04/08/97 62 FR 16747
  Availability                 \
 Final              05/00/98
 Small Entities Affected: Businesses
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Tribal, Federal             i
 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
3417. REVISED STANDARDS FOR
HAZARDOUS WASTE COMBUSTION
FACILITIES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
135 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AE01


3418. 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;
Resource Conservation Recovery Act
sec 1006; 42 USC 6912(a); Resource
Conservation Recovery Act sec 2002(a);
42 USC 6921; Resource Conservation
Recovery Act sec 3001; 42 USC 6924;
Resource Conservation Recovery Act
sec 3004
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 148; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 266; 40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 271
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, April 15,1998, Mineral
Processing and Characteristic 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. This rulemaking
establishes treatment standards for
characteristic mineral processing
wastes, wood preserving wastes, and
TC metal wastes. It also addresses
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
 Supplemental NPRM  01/25/96  61 FR 2338
 Final (Wood        05/12/97  62 FR 25998
   Preserving Wastes)
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                                                                       Final Rule Stage
 Action
Date
PR Cite
 Supplemental NPRM  05/12/97 62 FR 26041
  (Mineral Processing
  and Characteristic
  Metal Wastes)
 Final (Mineral       04/00/98
  Processing and
  Characteristic Metal
  Wastes)
 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,
 5302W, Washington, DC 20460
 Phone: 703 308-8462
 RIN: 2050-AE05


 3419. REQUIREMENTS FOR
 MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS
 CONTAMINATED MEDIA COMMONLY
 REFERRED TO AS HAZARDOUS
 WASTE IDENTIFICATION RULE FOR
 CONTAMINATED MEDIA OR  HWIR-
 MEDIA
 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
 136 in Part II  of this issue of the
 Federal Register.
 RIN: 2050-AE22


 3420. RCRA SUBTITLE C FINANCIAL
 TEST CRITERIA (REVISION)
 Priority: Suhstantive, 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 6905;
 Resource Conservation Recovery Act
 sec 1006; 42 USC 6912[a); Resource
 Conservation Recovery Act sec 2002(a);
 42 USC 6924; Resource Conservation
 Recovery Act  sec 3004; 42 USC 6925;
 Resource Conservation Recovery Act
 sec 3005; 42 USC 6926; Resource
 Conservation Recovery Act sec 3006
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
 40 CFR 280; 40 CFR 761
 Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The revised financial
responsibility test is intended to
improve the current test in predicting
which firms will enter bankruptcy and
not bo 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            07/01/91 56 FR 30201
                  NPRM            10/12/94 59 FR 51523
                  Final              08/00/98
                  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


                  3421. RCRA SUBTITLE D SOLID
                  WASTE FACILITIES; STATE PERMIT
                  PROGRAM—DETERMINATION OF
                  ADEQUACY (STATE
                  IMPLEMENTATION RULE)
                  Priority: Other Significant
                  Reinventing Government: This
                  rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
                  Government effort. It will  revise text in
                  the CFR to reduce burden or
                  duplication, or streamline
                  requirements.
                  Legal Authority: 42 USC 6945;
                  Resource Conservation Recovery Act
                  sec 4005; 42 USC 6912; Resource
                  Conservation Recovery Act sec 2002
                  CFR Citation: 40 CFR 239
                  Legal Deadline: None
                  Abstract: This rule will establish
                  criteria and procedures for EPA to use
to determine whether State municipal
solid waste (MSW) landfill permit
programs and State permit programs
relating to non-municipal, non-
hazardous waste disposal units that
receive conditionally exempt small
quantity generator (CESQG) waste are
adequate to ensure compliance with the
federal revised criteria in 40 CFR parts
258 and 257, subpart B, respectively.
While the federal revised criteria apply
to all MSW landfills and non-     • .  -i
municipal, non-hazardous waste  •
disposal units receiving CESQG waste,
States with permit-programs deemed
adequate under this rule can provide
some flexibility on certain requirements
to owners and operators who meet the
revised criteria's performance
standards. In providing this flexibility,'
this action 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            01/26/96 61 FR 2584
                                              Final             11/00/97
                                              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:703308-1682
                                              RIN: 2050-AD03


                                              3422. 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);
                                              Resource Conservation Recovery Act
                                              sec 6002 (e)
                                              CFR Citation: 40  CFR 247
                                              Legal Deadline: None
                                              Abstract: RCRA section 6002 requires
                                              EPA to issue guidelines which
                                              designate items that are or can be made
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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
                                                                          Action
                                                                                             Date
                                              FR Cite
Final (CPG2)       11/00/97
NPRM (CPG3)      12/00/97
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
NPRM (CPG2)
11/07/96 61 FR 57748   BIN: 2050-AE23
ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
                                                     Long-Term Actions
3423. • PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS
TO HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE
AND DISPOSAL REGULATION
RELATED TO LOW LEVEL MIXED
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; 42 USC
6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922;
42 USC 6924; 42 USG 6926
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261.4; 40 CFR
262.34
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, October 31,1999.
Final, Judicial, April 30, 2001.
Abstract: EPA is considering a
regulatory exclusion from the
hazardous waste disposal requirements
for low level mixed waste (LLMW).
EPA will determine whether the
disposal of LLMW in facilities designed
to address radiological hazards under
the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) will
provide adequate protection of human
health and the environment from  the
chemical hazards of LLMW. If the
Agency decides that such disposal is
protective, EPA will propose that for
the purposes of disposal these wastes
be excluded from being identified and
regulated as hazardous waste. EPA is
formulating the scope and form of the
exclusion and will propose the action
in the regulatory proposal.
Currently LLMW is regulated under
multiple authorities: by RCRA, as
implemented by EPA or authorized
States for chemically hazardous
constituents, and the AEA for  i
radiological constituents of mixed
waste implemented by either the
Department of Energy (DOE) for waste
generated by DOE or the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRG) or its
agreement States for all other mixed
waste. Commercial mixed waste
generators, particularly nuclear power
plants, have raised the concern that
AEA and RCRA requirements for mixed
waste overlap, are potentially
inconsistent, costly, and potentially
unnecessary. DOE has similar concerns.
Nuclear power plants contend that low
level radioactive waste disposal
facilities designed and licensed
pursuant to the AEA offer human
health and environmental protection
similar  to that required by RCRA for
chemical hazards. See Additional
Information.
Timetable:	
Action	    Date     FR Cite
NPRM             10/00/99
Final      .       04/00/01
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
                            i
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 4017.
Abstract continued: DOE has made a
similar contention for the disposal of
certain  LLMW that DOE would treat
using vitrification and immobilization
                    technologies. Furthermore, there is a
                    serious shortage of disposal capacity for
                    LLMW. The only LLMW disposal
                    facility having both a RCRA permit and
                    an AEA license does not accept much
                    of the LLMW being generated by DOE
                    or the commercial sector.

                    EPA is also considering alternatives to
                    current EPA regulations applicable to
                    mixed waste storage. NRG regulations
                    also apply to the storage of commercial
                    mixed waste. Current RCRA regulation
                    prohibits indefinite storage of waste
                    containing hazardous constituents,
                    despite the lack of treatment technology
                    or disposal capacity for some mixed
                    waste.

                    Through this rulemaking action, EPA
                    seeks .to explore regulatory alternatives
                    that could provide regulatory relief for
                    LLMW from hazardous waste disposal
                    and storage requirements, while
                    ensuring protection of human health
                    and the environment.

                    Agency Contact: Rajani Joglekar,
                    Environmental Protection Agency,
                    Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
                    5304W, Washington, DC, 20460
                    Phone: 703 308-8806
                    Fax: 703 308-7903
                    Email: joglekar.rajani@epamail.epa.gov
                    Adam Klinger, Environmental
                    Protection Agency, Solid Waste and
                    Emergency Response, 5304W,
                    Washington, DC, 20460
                    Phone: 703 308-3267
                    Fax: 703 308-0514
                    Email: klinger.adam@epamail.epa.gov

                    RIN: 2050-AE45
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                                                                   Long-Term Actions
 3424. FACILITY RESPONSE
 PLANNING FOR DELEGATED
 OFFSHORE FACILITIES
 Priority: Other Significant
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 112
 Timetable:
 Action
  Date
 FR Cite
 NPRM            00/00/00
 Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Local, Tribal, Federal
 Agency Contact: Bobbie Lively-Diebold
 Phono: 703 356-8774
 RIN: 2050-AE18

 3425. STANDARDS FOR THE
 MANAGEMENT AND USE OF SLAG
 RESIDUES DERIVED FROM HIGH
 TEMPERATURE METALS RECOVERY
 (HTMR) TREATMENT OF KO61, KO62
 AND FOODS WASTES
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 266
 Timetable:
 Action
 Date
FR Cite
 NPRM
 Final
12/29/94 59 FR 67256
00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Narendra K.
Chaudhari
Phono: 703 308-0454
RIN: 2050-AE15

3426. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM:
IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF
HAZARDOUS WASTE; RECYCLED
USED OIL MANAGEMENT
STANDARDS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 279
Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
NPRM            12/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Tom Rinehart
Phono: 703 308-4309
RIN: 2050-AE28
 3427. 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
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 271;
 40 CFR 302
 Timetable:
                                                      Action
                                                                       Date
                                                                      FR Cite
 NPRM Withdrawn    10/30/92 57 FR 49280
 NPRM Reproposal   12/21/95 60 FR 66344
 NPRM Reproposal   10/00/99
 Final             04/00/01

 Small Entities Affected: Businesses

 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Federal

 Agency Contact: William A. Collins, Jr.
 Phone: 703 308-8748
                   Action
                            Date    FR Cite    R'N: 2050-AE07
 NPRM            02/00/00
 Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Tribal, Federal
 Agency Contact: Dr. Gate Jenkins
 Phone: 703 308-0453
 Fax: 703 308-0514
 RIN: 2050-AE32


 3428. REVIEW OF TOXICITY
 CHARACTERISTIC LEVEL FOR
 SILVER UNDER THE RESOURCE
 CONSERVATION RECOVERY ACT
 (RCRA)
 Priority: Info./Admin./Other
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 268
 Timetable:
                  Action
                           Date
                                            FR Cite
Pre-Rule           00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Tamara Irvin
Phone: 703 308-8807
Fax: 703 308-0522
RIN: 2050-AE37


3429. 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 268
Timetable:
                  Action
                                    Date
                                   FR Cite
                                                     3430. SPENT SOLVENTS LISTING
                                                     DETERMINATION

                                                     Priority: Other Significant

                                                     CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264;
                                                     40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302

                                                     Timetable:
                                                     Action
                                                              Date
                                                                               FR Cite
                                                     NPRM
                                                     Final
                                                             08/14/96 61 FR 42318
                                                             10/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal

Agency Contact: Ron Josephson
Phone: 703 308-0442

RIN: 2050-AD84
                                                     3431. CHLORINATED ALIPHATICS
                                                     LISTING DETERMINATION

                                                     Priority: Other Significant

                                                     CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264;
                                                     40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302

                                                     Timetable:
                                                     Action
                                                              Date
                                                                              FR Cite
                                   NPRM
                                                   05/20/92 57 FR 21450
NPRM           07/00/99

Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal

Agency Contact: Wanda Levine
Phone: 703 308-0438

RIN: 2050-AD85


3432. FINAL DETERMINATION OF THE
APPLICABILITY OF THE TOXICITY
CHARACTERISTIC RULE TO
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS,
CONTAMINATED MEDIA, AND DEBRIS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261
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EPA—RCRA
                                                          Long-Term Actions
Timetable:
Action
                  Date
                          FR Cite
NPRM            02/12/93 58 FR 8504
Final             12/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John Heffelfinger
Phone: 703 603-7157
RIN: 2050-AD69


3433. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;
MODIFICATION OF THE HAZARDOUS
WASTE PROGRAM; MERCURY-
CONTAINING LAMPS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261
Timetable:'
         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:
                                                                       Timetable:
                                                                       Action
                                                                                         Date
                                                                                                 FR Cite
         Action
                           Date
                                   FR Cite
          NPRM
                          10/00/98
Action
                  Date
FR Cite
 NPRM            07/27/94 59 FR 38288
 Final             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

 3434. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFEST
 REGULATION
 Priority: Other Significant
 Reinventing Government: This
 rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Ann Codrington
Phone: 703 308-8825
Rich Lashier
Phone: 703 308-8796
RIN: 2050-AE21             ;


3435. 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 270
NPRM            07/27/90 55 FR 30798
Final Rule (Phase I)   02/16/93 58 FR 8658
ANPRM           05/01/96 61 FR 19432
Final              12/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal

Agency Contact: Hugh Davis
Phone: 703 308-8633

RIN: 2050-AB80
3436. 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
 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act  (RCRA)
                                                            Completed Actions
 3437. FLEXIBILITY IN MANAGEMENT
 CRITERIA FOR SMALL MUNICIPAL
 SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS

 Priority: Other Significant

 Reinventing Government: This
 rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
 Government effort. It will revise text in
 the CFR to reduce burden or
 duplication, or streamline
 requirements.

 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258

 Completed:
 Reason
                   Date
                           FR Cite
 Direct Final-Flexibility 07/29/97 62 FR 40708
   forMSWLFs
          Small Entities Affected: Governmental
          Jurisdictions
          Government Levels Affected: State,
          Local, Tribal
          Agency Contact: Allen Geswein
          Phone: 703 308-7261
          RIN: 2050-AE24
          3438. NEW AND REVISED TESTING
          METHODS APPROVED FOR RCRA
          SUBTITLE C, HAZARDOUS WASTE
          TESTING MANUAL, SW-846, THIRD
          EDITION, UPDATE IV
          Priority: Info./Admin./Other
          CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261;
          40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
          40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 270
                                    Completed:
                                    Reason
                                                      Date
                                                              FR Cite
                                    Withdrawn-No      10/03/97
                                      Further Regulatory
                                      Action Planned

                                    Small Entities Affected: None

                                    Government Levels Affected: State,
                                    Tribal, Federal

                                    Agency Contact: Kim Kirkland
                                    Phone:  703 308-0490

                                    RIN: 2050-AE25
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 3439. 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
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261;
 40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
 40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 270
 Completed:
 Reason
  Date
FR Cite
 Final Action        06/13/97 62 FR 32452

 Small Entities Affected: None

 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Tribal, Federal

 Agency Contact: Kim Kirkland
Phone: 703 308-0490

RIN: 2050-AE14
 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
 Clean Air Act (CAA)
                                                         Prerule Stage
3440. CONSOLIDATED EMISSION
REPORTING RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 74io(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
stato 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
10/00/97
12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: SAN No. 3986.

Agency Contact: Steven Bromberg,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-14, Research
Triangle Park.NC 27711  .
Phone: 919514-1000
Fax: 919 541-0684  ,
Email:
bromberg.steve@epamaile.epa.gov.

RIN: 2060-AH25
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
                                                 Proposed Rule Stage
3441. STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
CALLS FOR CERTAIN STATES IN THE
OZONE TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
GROUP (OTAG) FOR PURPOSES OF
REDUCING REGIONAL TRANSPORT
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.
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
                                    Action
                                                      Date
                          FR Cite
                   NPRM
                   Final
                          10/00/97
                          09/00/98
                                    Notice of Intent
                 01/10/97 62 FR 1422
                   Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
                   Government Levels Affected: State,
                   Local, Tribal, Federal

                   Additional Information: SAN No. 3945.
                   Active litigation on ozone
                   nonattainment 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
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3442. 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
are need 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             10/00/97
Small Entities 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
Phone: 202 233-9292
Fax: 202 233-9596
RIN:- 2060-AH33


3443. STREAMLINED EVAPORATIVE
TEST PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40,CFR 86 (Revision)   i
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 tow and three day diurnal
emission tests; as well as running lost
testing, the revisions will delete the
three day requirement and add
flexibilities for running loss
compliance. This will enable
manufacturers to save significant
resources without any loss in
environmental benefits,    •••-;•'•      ;
Timetable:
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


3444. REVIEW OF DEFINITION OF
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS-
EXCLUSION OF
CHLOROBROMOMETHANE
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  7401 et seq
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.
Some available data suggest
classification as "negligibly reactive".
However, additional technical review is
underway. EPA plans to make a
decision after this technical review is
completed.
Timetable:
 Action
                   Date
                            FR Cite
 NPRM            10/00/97
 Small Entities Affected: None
 Government Levels Affected: None
 Action
                   Date
FR Cite
 NPRM             03/00/98
 Final              09/00/98
 Small Entities Affected: None
 Government Levels Affected: State
 Sectors Affected: 286 Industrial
 Organic Chemicals
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3944.
 Agency Contact: Robert L. Stallings,
 Environmental Protection Agency, Air
 and Radiation, MD-15, Research
 Triangle Park, NC 27711
 Phone: 919 541-7649
 RIN: 2060-AH39


 3445. 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 short-
         coming in one of the two compliance
         options of the urban bust
         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            10/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3916.
Agency Contact: Tom Strieker,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6403J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9322
Fax: 202 233-9596
RIN: 2060-AH45


3446. • REVISIONS TO NEW SOURCE
REVIEW (NSR) REGULATIONS TO
IMPLEMENT THE NEW NATIONAL
AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
(NAAQS) FOR OZONE AND
PARTICULATE MATTER
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.160 to  165;
40 CFR 52.24
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires
that construction permit programs for
new or modified major stationary
sources of air pollution be established
for areas not attaining the NAAQS.
Regulations setting forth requirements
for State and Federal permitting
programs are found at 40 CFR 51.160-
165 and 52.21, respectively.
The proposed regulations implement
preconstruction permit requirements for
new or modified major stationary
sources locating in areas that do not
meet the new NAAQS for ozone or
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 particulate. Likewise, States with these
 nonattaining areas must revise their
 state plans and submit the changes to
 EPA for approval. The rules are
 intended to implement the major NSR
 provisions in a flexible, common sense,
 cost-effective, and non-burdensome
 manner. The EPA will continue to work
 with other Federal agencies, State and
 local governments, small businesses,
 industry, and environmental and public
 health groups to develop the
 requirements.

 Timetable:
                    Timetable:
                    Action
 Action
 Date
FR Cite
 NPRM
 Final
03/00/98
12/00/98
 Small Entitles Affected: Businesses

 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Local, Tribal, Federal

 Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
 Analysis

 Additional Information: SAN No. 4046.

 Agency Contact: David Solomon,
 Environmental Protection Agency, Air
 and Radiation, MD -12, Research
 Triangle Park, NC 27711
 Phono: 919 541-5375

 RIN: 2060-AH53
3447. • PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
INTERPRETATION OF METHYL
BROMIDE LABELING REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: CAA 602; 604; 611

Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, December 15,1997,
Consent decree with Natural Resources
Defense Council (NRDC).

Abstract: This action would clarify
EPA's interpretation, made by
regulation promulgated in 1993,
regarding the application of the ozone-
depleting substances labeling rule, also
promulgated in 1993, to foodstuffs
manufactured with mediyl bromide, as
defined in 40 CFR 82.104(o). The
interpretation would clarify that
products manufactured with methyl
bromide will be subject to labeling
requirements on the same basis as all
other products, except that raw food
commodities grown for the fresh food
market will continue to be categorically
exempt from any labeling requirement.
                             Date    FR Cite
 NPRM            12/00/97
 Small Entities Affected: None
 Government Levels Affected: None
 Additional Information: SAN No. 4035.
 It is OAR's interpretation that this
 clarification will not result in practical
 changes to the existing application of
 the labeling rule to foodstuffs
 manufactured with methyl bromide
 since existing exclusions from the
 definition of "manufactured with"
 under the labeling rule apply to most
 post-harvest uses of methyl bromide on
 foodstuffs.
 Agency Contact: Carol Weisner,
 Environmental Protection Agency, Air
 and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
 20460
 Phone: 202 233-9193
 Fax: 202 233-9577
 Email: weisner.carol@epamail.epa.gov
 RIN: 2060-AH54


 3448. • CLEAN FUEL FLEET
 PROGRAM; RULE AMENDMENT
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410; 42 USC
 7586
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 88'301-93
 Legal Deadline: None
 Abstract: The Clean Air Act
 Amendments (CAAA) of 1990
 mandated the implementation of a fuel-
 neutral Clean Fuel Fleet Program
 (CFFP) beginning in Model Year
 98(MY98) for those nonattainment areas
 designated as serious, severe or extreme
 or with a design value above 16.0 ppm
 for carbon monoxide. The act, however,
 specifically prohibits the
 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
 from requiring vehicle manufacturers to
 produce clean fuel fleet vehicles (CFV).
 We believe that Congress governing
 vision is establishing the CFF
 provisions was to encourage the
 alternative fuel market and provide
 states an incentive to promote the use
 of CFV's in centrally-fueled fleets.
While EPA believes these congressional
goals are both worthwhile and
attainable, we realize that there may be
a shortage of CFV's to meet the current
needs of some fleets in the covered
areas and that MY98 may not be an
achievable start date for all areas. This
action will extend the program
                                      implementation deadline from the
                                      current MY98 until MY99.
                                      Timetable:
                                                         Action
                                                                            Date
                                                                          FR Cite
 NPRM            10/00/97
 Direct Final         10/00/97
 Small Entities Affected: None
 Government Levels Affected: None
 Sectors Affected: 351 Engines and
 Turbines
 Additional Information: SAN No. 4042.
 Agency Contact: Sally Newstead,
 Environmental Protection Agency, Air
 and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
 Phone:  313 668-4474
 Fax: 313 668-4497
 Email: newstead.sally@epamail.epa.gov
 RIN: 2060-AH56


 3449. • REGULATION OF FUELS AND
 FUEL ADDITIVES:  PROPOSED MINOR
 REVISIONS TO SELECTED
 RECORDKEEPING AND
 ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS UNDER
 THE REGULATION OF DEPOSIT
 CONTROL GASOLINE ADDITIVES
 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: Sections  114 of the
 Clean Air Act as amended; 42 USC
 7545 (c) and (k)
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.170 (f)(7)
 Legal Deadline: None
 Abstract: Under the current regulations
 on the certification of gasoline deposit
 control additives (detergents),
 information on the oxygenate content
 of the gasoline must be included in the
 required product transfer documents
 (PTDs).  Since publication of the
 detergent certification final rule, EPA
 has learned that compliance with this
 requirement would result in
 unnecessary disruption to the gasoline
 distribution system. EPA exercised its
 enforcement discretion and announced
by letter to industry that it would
temporarily not enforce the PTD
 oxygenate identification requirement
pending resolution of the issue through
a rulemaking or until September 3,
1997, whichever occurrence came first.
In this notice, EPA is proposing to
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remove this requirement. A party who
wants to use a detergent additive that
is restricted in use with respect to
oxygenates would be responsible for
determining the oxygenate content of
the gasoline involved. This proposal
would continue to ensure that
detergents with, oxygenate restrictions
are used in compliance with such
restrictions, and would avoid the
unnecessary disruption to the gasoline
distribution system which would occur
under the current regulations. For
certain transfers of base gasoline, EPA
is also proposing to  allow the use of
product codes in lieu of regulatory
warning language concerning
applicable limitations on the sale and
use of such gasolines. These proposals
are expected to provide industry
additional flexibility resulting in
reduced compliance costs, while
ensuring the proper use of use-
restricted detergents and base gasoline.
There are no new information
collection requirements accompanying
these proposed changes. These
proposals will not affect the air quality
benefits from EPA's detergent additive
program.

Timetable:
Action
                    Date
                            FR Cite
Final Rule Detergent  07/05/96 61 FR 35309
  Certification
  Program  .
NPRM Amendments  10/00/97
  to Detergent
  Certification
  Program
Final Rule          06/00/98
  Amendments to
  Detergent
  Certification
  Program

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 4010.

Agency Contact: Jeff Herzog,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
48105
Phone:  313 668-4227
Fax: 313 741-7869
Email: herzog.jeff@epamail.epa.gov

RIN: 2060-AH57
3450. • RULEMAKING TO MODIFY
THE LIST OF SOURCE CATEGORIES
FROM WHICH FUGITIVE EMISSIONS
ARE CONSIDERED IN MAJOR
SOURCE DETERMINATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 302(j) of the Clean Air
Act                          ;
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 52;
40 CFR 70; 40 CFR 71
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking will expand
the list of source categories for which
fugitive emissions are to be considered
in major source determinations under
the New Source Review (Prevention of
Significant Deterioration and
Nonattainment New Source Review)
and title V programs. As provided by
302(j) of the Act, EPA adopted rules
on August  7, 1980 that require, for
specific source categories, the inclusion
of fugitive emissions when determining
if a stationary source is a major source.
In the preamble to the 1980
rulemaking, the EPA limited the scope
of the last category to categories which
were being regulated under sections
111 or 112 as of the effective date of
the rulemaking, i.e., August 7, 1980.
EPA indicated that at the time of any
future ruleinaking proposing to regulate
additional  categories of sources under
sections 111 or 112, the EPA would
conduct a parallel rulemaking under
section 302(j) to state that fugitive
emissions from sources within these
source categories needed to be
considered in determining whether the
sources were major stationary sources.
EPA did not conduct these parallel
rulemakings as intended and is now
conducting a rulemaking pursuant to
section 302(j) to address the source
categories which became subject to
section 111 and 112  standards after
August 7, 1980.
Timetable:
 Action
Date    FR Cite
 NPRM            08/00/98
 Final              12/00/99
 Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Local, Tribal, Federal
 Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
 Analysis
 Additional Information: SAN No. 4045.
                  Agency Contact: Joanna C. Swanson,
                  Environmental Protection Agency, Air
                  and Radiation, MD-12, RTF, NC 27711
                  Phone: 919 541-5282
                  Fax: 919 541-5509

                  Steve Hitte, Environmental Protection
                  Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-12,
                  RTF, NC 27711
                  Phone: 919 541-0886

                  RIN: 2060-AH58


                  3451. • TRANSPORTATION
                  CONFORMITY FOR TRANSITIONAL
                  OZONE AREAS

                  Priority: Other Significant

                  Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671q

                  CFR Citation: 40 CFR part 93

                  Legal Deadline: None

                  Abstract: As promised by the White
                  House directive on implementing the
                  revised national ambient air quality
                  standards (NAAQS), this rule will
                  establish a less burdensome conformity
                  process for ozone areas that qualify for
                  the new transitional classification.

                  Transportation conformity is the Clean
                  Air Act requirement for federally
                  funded or approved transportation
                  plans,  programs, and projects to
                  conform to the purpose of the SIP (i.e.,
                  not cause or contribute to any new
                  violations; worsen  existing violations;
                  or delay timely attainment).

                  Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final
Date
04/00/98
12/00/98
FR Cite

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 4032.

Agency Contact: Kathryn Sargeant,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 668-4441
Fax: 313 668-4531
Email:
sargeajit.kathryn@epamail.epa.gov

RIN: 2060-AH59
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 3452. • REVISIONS TO THE PERMITS
 AND SULFUR DIOXIDE ALLOWANCE
 SYSTEM REGULATIONS UNDER
 TITLE IV OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 Legal Authority: 42 USC 7601; 42 USC
 7851 et soq
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 72; 40 CFR 73
 Legal Deadline: None
 Abstract: This rulemaking would
 amond certain provisions in the Permits
 and Sulfur Dioxide Allowance Rules
 under title IV of the Clean Air Act to
 improve the operation of the Allowance
 Tracking System and the allowance
 market. The revisions are proposed in
 light of the Agency's experience in
 implementing the acid rain rules (first
 promulgated in 1993) and would result
 in a small extension of the allowance
 transfer deadline, allowing allowances
 to he held for a unit outside the unit's
 account, and  the deletion of one of the
 signature requirements on allowance
 transfer requests.
 Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM             12/00/97
Final              10/00/98
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 4052.
Agency Contact: Donna Deneen,
Environmental Protection Agency, Ah-
and Radiation, 6204J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 703 233-9089
Email: deneen.donna@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH60

3453. • MINOR AMENDMENTS TO
INSPECTION  MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS;
AMENDMENTS TO THE FINAL RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et soq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, August 30,1997, Per
settlement with Pennsylvania.
Final, Judicial, December 15,1997, Per
settlement with Pennsylvania.
Abstract: This rulemaking action is
required by a court-ordered settlement
agreement to resolve an ongoing
controversy between EPA and the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
concerning proper evaluation
techniques for enhanced inspection
maintenance programs. The agreement
stipulates that the rulemaking action
shall: 1) amend the I/M program
evaluation requirements to remove the
current requirement to conduct mass
based transient emission testing
(METT) on 0.1% of the subject fleet,
2) create a new evaluation requirement
that would require states to conduct
program evaluation testing on a
minimum of 0.1% of subject vehicles
using scientifically sound evaluation
methodology capable of providing
accurate information about the overall
program effectiveness of an I/M
program, 3) delete the condition on
PA's interim I/M approval that requires
submission of METT regulations by
February 27, 1998, and 4) impose a
new  condition on PA's interim I/M
approved that will require PA to submit
program evaluation regulations
requiring an approved alternative
scientifically sound evaluation
methodology as required by the
amendment.
Timetable:
                  Action
                             Date     FR Cite
                  NPRM             10/00/97
                  Final              12/00/97
                  Small Entitles Affected: None
                  Government Levels Affected: None
                  Additional Information: SAN No. 4034.
                  Levels of government affected: The
                  action simply removes  a data collection
                  and evaluation requirement, thereby
                  reducing a programmatic burden on the
                  states. In states which are no,t using
                  METT as their I/M program test type,
                  the action precludes the state from
                  having to invest in METT equipment
                  for program evaluation purposes.
                  As a result of the rulemaking action
                  it will be necessary to amend the
                  interim approval notices of a number
                  of individual National Highway Act
                  states, in addition to Pennsylvania's.
                  The METT requirement was raised as
                  a condition in certain notices and must
                  be changed to reflect the new
                  requirements per the amendment
                  described in the abstract. In order to
                  streamline Agency efforts, rather than
                  have each individual region do a
                  separate notice for each applicable
                  state, this rulemaking will amend those
                                                       notices in toto and will include court-
                                                       ordered changes to the deadlines by
                                                       which these new requirements must be
                                                       met.

                                                       Agency Contact: Tracey Bradish,
                                                       Environmental Protection Agency, Air.
                                                       and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
                                                       Phone: 313  668-4239
                                                       Fax: 313 668-4497
                                                       Email: bradish.tracey@epamail.epa.gov

                                                       RIN: 2060-AH61
3454. • I/M PROGRAM
REQUIREMENT—ON-BOARD
DIAGNOSTIC CHECKS; AMENDMENT
TO THE FINAL RULE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7511a; 42
USC 7521; 42 USC 7541; 42 USC 7601

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 85

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires
On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) checks as
a regular part of enhanced I/M
programs. The OBD system is a series
of sensors and monitors throughout the
emissions control (and other) systems
of 1996 and newer cars and trucks. It
alerts the driver if there are any failures
which increase emissions beyond
acceptable levels. Any reoccurring
failures will continually light the
malfunction indicator light and compel
the owner to take the vehicle in for
diagnosis and applicable service.
However, there is insufficient data on
the effectiveness of this new
technology. The Agency must
determine how effective OBD is at
reducing emissions so that an
appropriate level of credit can be
accorded towards meeting the
performance standard. This action will
extend the implementation deadline for
OBD test requirements from the current
date of January 1,1998 by 2 to 4 years
so that the necessary data can be
collected.

Timetable:
                                               Action
                                                       Date
                           FR Cite
                                               NPRM
                                               Direct Final
                                                      10/00/97
                                                      10/00/97
                                               Small Entitles Affected: None
                                               Government Levels Affected: None
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Additional Information: SAN No. 4033.
OBD is envisioned to eventually
replace tailpipe testing all together. As
the implementation of tailpipe and
evaporative testing continue to be
challenged by political forces  and some
technical problems, an accurate
assessment of OBD's effectiveness is
essential to the future of I/M.  Delaying
the implementation of OBD testing will
not have an adverse impact on
emissions reductions, not only because
OBD-equipped vehicles are the newest
and by far the cleanest but also because
OBD equipped vehicles would still be
subject to I/M tailpipe testing in
applicable areas.
Agency Contact: Buddy Polovick,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 741-7928
Fax: 313 668-4497
Email:
polovick.buddy@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH62


3455. WASTE ISOLATION PILOT
PLANT (WIPP) COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATION RULEMAKING
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
122 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
 RIN: 2060-AG85


3456. PERFORMANCE WARRANTY
 AND INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
TEST PROCEDURES
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 Legal Authority: 42 USC 7541; 42 USC
 7601
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40  CFR 85
 Legal Deadline: None
 Abstract: This action establishes a new
 short test procedure for use in I/M
 programs required by the Clean Air Act
 Amendments of 1990. Vehicles that are
 tested and failed using this procedure
 and that meet eligibility requirements
 established by the act would be  eligible
 for free warranty repair from the
 manufacturers.
 Timetable:
         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


         3457.  INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
         RECALL REQUIREMENTS
         Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
         Legal Authority: 42 USC 75ll(A)(2)(b);
         42 USC 7511(A)(2)[b)(2)
         CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
         Legal Deadline: None
         Abstract: This action specifies
         requirements for enhanced I/M
         programs to establish a program to
         ensure compliance with recall notices.
         This is pursuant to the Clean Air Act
         Amendments of 1990.
         Timetable:
 Action
                    Date
FR Cite
 NPRM             10/00/97
 Final Action         01/00/98
 Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Local, Federal
         Action
                            Date
                                    FR Cite
NPRM            10/00/97   :
Final Action         01/00/98
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             ;


3458. 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            01/00/98
Final             01/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 291 Petroleum
Refining
Additional Information: SAN No. 3549.
Agency Contact: Bob Lucas,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919541-0884
RIN: 2060-AF28

3459. NESHAP: FERROALLOY
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857 et seq;
44 USC 350 et seq; 5 USC 605; EO
12866
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory, November 15,1997.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act, as
amended November 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 two
plants in the ferroalloy production
industry are major sources for one or
more hazardous air pollutants. As a
 consequence, production facilities are
 among the HAP-emitting source
 categories selected for regulation.
 Timetable:
                                               Action
                                                                 Date
                            FR Cite
 NPRM            10/00/97
 Final Action        04/00/98
 Small Entities Affected: None
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Local, Federal
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3082.
 Agency Contact: Conrad Chin,
 Environmental Protection Agency, Air
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 and Radiation, Industrial Studies
 Branch (MD-13), Research Triangle
 Park, NC 27711
 Phono: 919 541-1512

 RIN: 2060-AF29
 3460. IMPLEMENTATION OF OZONE
 AND PARTICULATE MATTER (PM)
 NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
 STANDARDS (NAAQS) AND
 REGIONAL HAZE REGULATIONS

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
 123 in Part n of this issue of the
 Federal Register.

 RIN: 2060-AF34
 3461. FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION
 PLAN TO CONTROL EMISSIONS
 FROM TWO POWER STATIONS
 LOCATED ON NAVAJO NATION
 LANDS

 Priority: Other Significant

 Legal Authority: 42 USC1740

 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60

 Legal Deadline: None

 Abstract: EPA proposes to federalize
 standards from the Arizona and New
 Mexico State Implementation Plans
 (SIPS) applicable to the Navajo
 generating station and the Four Corners
 Plant, respectively. Where necessary,
 EPA's proposed emission standards
 modify the standards extracted from the
 States' regulatory programs to ensure
 comprehensive emission control and
 Federal consistency.

 Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
NPRM
10/00/97
Small Entitles 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
Phono: 415 744-1240

RIN: 2060-AF42
                    3462. 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:
                    NPRM, Judicial, September 30, 1997.
                    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             10/00/97
 Final Action         01/00/98
 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


 3463. 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). Mediod 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
                                                      11/00/97
                                                      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


 3464. 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: Not yet determined

 Legal Deadline: None

 Abstract: EPA will propose federal
 rulemaking for sources located on the
 Reservation 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            01/00/98

                                                        Small Entities Affected: None

                                                        Government Levels Affected: Federal

                                                        Additional Information: SAN No. 3637.

                                                        Agency Contact: Steve Body (AT-082),
                                                        Environmental Protection Agency, Air
                                                        and Radiation, Region 10 1200 Sixth
                                                        Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
                                                        Phone: 206 553-0782

                                                        RIN: 2060-AF84
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3465. REVISION OF EPA'S
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY
RESPONSE PLAN

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: PL 96-295 Sec 304; EO
12777

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
the National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
(NCP). This revision incorporates recent
changes to the FRERP and NCP, and
many other policy updates. In short,
this revision ensures that EPA
maintains a comprehensive strategy to
provide organized, effective assistance
to State and local governments in the
event of a radiological emergency.

Timetable:
          3466. 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 51S   :
          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:
                                                                           Timetable:
                                     Action
                                                        Date
                           FR Cite
 Action
                    Date
FR Cite
 Revise Radiological   12/00/97
  Emergency
  Response Plan
 Notice of Availability   01 /00/98

 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
          Action
                             Date
                                     FR Cite
NPRM             10/00/97  ,
Final              01/00/98
Small Entities 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
Phone: 313 668-4456
RIN: 2060-AG07


3467. AMENDMENTS TO PART 60,
PART 61, AND PART 63
Priority: Substantive,  Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401; 42 USC
7410-12; 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7416
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 61;
40 CFR 63
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.
NPRM            10/00/97
Final Action        05/00/98
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


3468. 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-
volume samplers at each location; 2)
sample for 48 instead of 24 hours; 3)
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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
Data
FR Cite
NPRM             10/00/97
Final Action         05/00/98
Small Entitles 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, NG 27711
Phone: 919 541-5520
Fax: 919 541-1903
BIN: 2060-AG23

3469. CONSOLIDATED FEDERAL AIR
RULE FOR THE SYNTHETIC ORGANIC
CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRY
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
124 in Part n of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AG28

3470. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
CONTINUOUS EMISSION
MONITORING RULE REVISIONS FOR
TECHNICAL ISSUES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates:  Undetermined
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: 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 n utility units have already
begun to comply with this regulation
by installing and completing
certification testing by the January 1,
1995 statutory deadline.
As a result of ongoing internal and
external assessment of the Acid Rain
Program monitoring and reporting
requirements, EPA, State environmental
agencies, and affected utilities have
identified areas of the part 75 GEM
regulations which would benefit from
revision or clarification. Many of the
suggested revisions will add increased
flexibility to the utility industry in
implementing and complying with the
requirements of part 75. Other revisions
will clarify existing provisions in an
effort to make the regulation more
understandable. Still other revisions
will provide increased quality
assurance of the Acid Rain Program
GEM data. These issues include
allowing reduced monitoring and
reporting requirements for low emitting
units, more effective and economical
quality assurance requirements, greater
flexibility for fuel sampling and fuel
flowmeter testing procedures under
appendix D, clarification of span/range
equipment specifications, greater
flexibility for monitoring controlled
emissions, and greater flexibility for
using backup monitors during
malfunction of the primary monitor.
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:
3471. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC 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
Notice of Stay
Proposed Extension
NPRM
Direct Final
Date
01/31/96
01/31/96
10/00/97
10/00/97
FR Cite
61 FR3316
61 FR 3361
                                                       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


                                                       3472. ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION
                                                       PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR
                                                       SCRAP METAL FROM NUCLEAR
                                                       FACILITIES
                  Action
                             Date     FR Cite    Priority: Other Significant
                  NPRM             01/00/98
                  Final Action         12/00/98
                  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:
                  macedonia.jennifer@epamail.epa.gov
                  RIN: 2060-AG46
                                               Legal Authority: 42 USC 2011 et seq
                                               Legal Deadline: None
                                               Abstract: EPA is considering
                                               developing standards that apply to the
                                               recycling of scrap metal that is salvaged
                                               from nuclear facilities which use
                                               radioactive materials. One of EPA's
                                               goals is setting recycling standards
                                               would be to ensure that scrap metal
                                               from a nuclear facility can be recycled
                                               and used safely regardless of how the
                                               metal is handled, processed or is
                                               ultimately used in recycled products.
                                               The Agency recognizes that, under the
                                               existing Federal regulatory framework,
                                               scrap metal is currently being recycled
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after being salvaged from nuclear
facilities such as those within the
Department of Energy's nuclear
weapons complex. These regulations '
would replace the existing multi-agency
regulatory framework with one health-
based set of protective standards;
establish a more definite health basis
for regulation of metals recycling; and
correct the regulatory gaps in the
existing framework.
The regulated entities affected by these
regulations would be facilities licensed
by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRG) to use radioactive materials and
federal facilities that use radioactive
materials, such  as those of the
Department of Energy and the
Department of Defense, in particular at
facilities undergoing environmental
clean-up and restoration. These
regulations would affect these facilities
only with respect to the transfer of
scrap  metal within their control to
possession of 1) parties not licensed by
the NRC or an Agreement State; and
2) Federal facilities not authorized to
use or possess radioactive materials.
These regulations would not restrict the
subsequent use of scrap metal once this
transfer has occurred.'The Agency
wishes to emphasize that the need to
demonstrate compliance with these
regulations would rest entirely on the
NRC-licensed facility or Federal
facility, and not on the persons
receiving scrap metal for the purposes
of recycling it.
Timetable:
Action
 Date     FR Cite
NPRM
Final
07/00/98
07/00/99
Small Entitles Affected: None
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
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3812.
ABSTRACT CONT: (3) potentially
reduce mining and processing of virgin
ore and the accompanying
environmental consequences by making
metal scrap available to industry.
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


                    3473. REVISION OF PSI (PART 58
                    APPENDIX G)
                    Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                    Legal Authority: 42 USC 7403; 42 USC
                    7410; 42 USC 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.      j
                    Timetable:
                    Action
                   Date
FR Cite
                    NPRM
                    Final
                  07/00/98
                  00/00/00
Small Entitles 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
RIN: 2060-AG62


3474.  1998 REVISION OF ACID RAIN
ALLOWANCE ALLOCATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect the private sector under
PL 104-4.                   ;
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 the
                                     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
                                     the acid rain program requirements and
                                     does not affect small businesses or
                                     government entities.
                                     Timetable:
                                     Action
                             Date
                           FR Cite
NPRM      -       10/00/97
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


3475. 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
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 listed certain
isocyanate compounds as hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs). The Agency does
not have any published test methods
that would measure air emissions of
these isocyanate compounds  from
stationary sources. This action would
add a validated test method to measure
isocyanate emissions to appendix M of
part 51. Test methods in part 51  can
be adopted by any State for use in any
regulation that requires the
measurement of any of the isocyanate
compounds on the HAP list. This
action would not impose any new
regulatory requirements that do not
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already exist. It should benefit State
governments by providing them with a
validated test procedure for measuring
tho emissions of isocyanate
compounds.

Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/97
03/00/98
Small Entitles 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
Phone: 919 541-1062
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: mcalister.gary@epamail.epa.gov

BIN: 2060-AG88

3476. REVISION TO THE LIGHT-DUTY
VEHICLE EMISSION COMPLIANCE
PROCEDURE

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: Clean Air Act

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
omissions with a potential decrease in
the net burden on auto manufacturers.

Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
10/00/97
03/00/98
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3913.

Agency Contact: Christi Pokier,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 741-7808
Fax: 313 741-7869
Email: pouier.christi@epamail.epa.gov.

RIN: 2060-AH05
3477. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: CONTROL
OF METHYL BROMIDE EMISSIONS
THROUGH USE OF TARPS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671g/Clean
Air Act section 608
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Legal Deadline:
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
                           12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3982.
OAR has proposed that this be
considered non-significant under E.O.
12866 because annual compliance costs
would be less than $25 million.
Although the cost of installing tarps
once per growing season on all affected
acreage in the U. S. would be
significant, the net annual compliance
cost would be less than $25 million
because of (1) reduced chemical costs
attributable to reduced emissions of
methyl bromide, and (2) the value of
preventing skin cancer fatalities caused
by ozone depletion.
Agency Contact: Carol Weisner,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9193
Fax: 202 233-9665
Email: weisner.carol@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH26


3478.  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)
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.
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:
                                                        Action
                                                                 Date
                           FR Cite
NPRM            10/00/97
Small Entities 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
Phone: 919 541-5245
RIN: 2060-AH27


3479. REVISIONS TO SERVICE
INFORMATION AVAILABILITY
REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 9; 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Since publication of the final
rule 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
                                                         NPRM   ,         10/00/97
                                                         Final              02/00/98
                                                         Small Entities Affected: Businesses
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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
Arhor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4434
Fax: 313 741-7869

BIN: 2060-AH28


3480. 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.
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 hi the opt-in
program and clarify the existing
regulations.

Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
 NPRM
 Final
10/00/97
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
                    3481. REVIEW OF NEW SOURCES
                    AND MODIFICATIONS IN INDIAN
                    COUNTRY
                    Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                    Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
                    CFR 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 extend 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 be 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            03/00/98
Final             03/00/99
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Local,
Tribal, Federal
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3975.
Agency Contact: Lynn Hutchinson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-12, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5795
Fax: 919 541-5509
RIN: 2060-AH37


3482. 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
                                                the permit content requirements for
                                                state operating permits programs to
                                                clarify EPA's existing regulations and
                                                policy that require all applicable
                                                requirements to be included in title V
                                                operating permits. This action will also
                                                require a few approved State programs
                                                that are inconsistent with this policy,
                                                and that EPA did not identify  as such
                                                during program approval actions, to be
                                                revised. In addition, this action will
                                                take comment on allowing an
                                                exemption from permit content
                                                requirements for insignificant  activities
                                                that are subject to certain applicable
                                                requirements that 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 that it will  clarify
                                                existing permit content requirements.
                                                There is no anticipated impact on small
                                                businesses as this rulemaking  only
                                                clarifies  existing requirements and
                                                takes comment on exemptions that 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
                                                          Final
                                                                 02/00/98
                                                                 09/00/98
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


3483. ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION
PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR
YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
125 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AG14
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 3484. AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
 SURVEILLANCE: CHANGES TO
 ACCOMMODATE REVISED OZONE
 NAAQS & IMPLEMENTATION
 STRATEGIES
 Priority: Other Significant
 Legal Authority: 42 USC 7403; 42 use
 7410; 42 USC 7511a; 42 USC 7619
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 58
 Legal Deadline: None
 Abstract: This regulatory action will
 rovisa the ambient air monitoring
 regulation contained in 40 CFR 58 tq
 accommodate the revised ozone
 National Ambient Air Quality Standard
 (NAAQS). The final 8-hour ozone
 NAAQS was published in the Federal
 Register on July 18,1997. It is now
 necessary to review and to provide
 minor revisions to the existing ozone
 monitoring network requirements.
 These revisions will include ozone
 monitoring seasons for use with the
 new ozone NAAQS, and other
 monitoring program adjustments as
 appropriate for a revised ozone
 NAAQS.
 Timetable:
Action
Date    FR Cite
NPRM             04/00/98
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.leD@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 20BO-AH30

3485. NEXT REVISION OF APPENDIX
W TO 40 CFR PART 51
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 sec 110(a)(2);
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 sec
165(o); Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990 soc 172(a); Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 sec 172(c); Clean
Air Act Amendments of 1990 sec
301(a)(l); Clean Air Act Amendments
of 1990 sec 320
                  CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.112; 40 CFR
                  51.160; 40 CFR 51.166; 40 CFR 52.21
                  Legal Deadline: None
                  Abstract: This action 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 appendix W with
                  new and/or improved techniques.
                  Timetable:
                  Action
                   Date
FR Cite
NPRM             12/00/97
Final              06/00/98
Small Entities 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, MD-14, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0832
RIN: 2060-AF01


3486. INTEGRATED NESHAP AND
EFFLUENT GUIDELINES: PULP AND
PAPER
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
126 in Part n  of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AD03


3487. 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 phenolic
                                     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 in) project
                                     is to initiate the regulatory process, for
                                     sources engaged in the production of
                                     amino, acetal, and phenolic resins, and
                                     to ultimately develop a NESHAP based
                                     on candidate Maximum Achievable
                                     Control Technology. This standard is a
                                     7-year standard, required to be
                                     promulgated by November 1997.

                                     Timetable:
                                                       Action
                                                        Date
                                     FR Cite
                                                       NPRM
                                                       Final
                           11/00/97
                           01/00/99
          Small Entities Affected: None

          Government Levels Affected: None

          Sectors Affected: 282 Plastics
          Materials and Synthetic Resins,
          Synthetic Rubber, Cellulbsic and Other
          Mamnade 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: 919 541-0296

          RIN: 2060-AE36
                                                       3488. NESHAP: STEEL PICKLING, HC1
                                                       PROCESS

                                                       Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

                                                       Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
                                                       Amendments of 1990 sec 112    •;

                                                       CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

                                                       Legal Deadline:
                                                       Final, Statutory, .November 15,1997j

                                                       Abstract: Hydrochloric acid (HCl) and
                                                       chlorine are among the pollutants listed
                                                       as hazardous  air pollutants in section
                                                       112 of the Clean Air Act, as' amended
                                                       in November  of 1990. Steel pickling
                                                       processes that use HCl solution and
                                                       HCl regeneration processes have been
                                                       identified by the EPA as potentially '
                                                       significant sources of HCl and chlorine
                                                       air emissions  and, as such, a source
                                                       category for which national emission
                                                       standards may be warranted.
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Timetable:
Action
                   Date
FR Cite
NPRM             10/00/97
Final              04/00/98
Small Entitles 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:919541-3265
RIN: 2060-AE41


3489. NESHAP: PRIMARY COPPER
SMELTING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15,1997.
Abstract: The primary copper smelting
industry is known to emit a number
of the hazardous air pollutants listed
in section 112 of the Glean Air Act,
as amended November 1990. Most
smelters have extensive control systems
for oxides of sulfur and HAPs.
However, fugitive emissions may cause
several smelters to exceed major source
levels.
Timetable:
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15,1997.
Abstract: The Act requires EPA to
publish an initial list of all categories
of major and area sources of the
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed
in section 112(b) of the Act, to
promulgate a schedule establishing a
date for the promulgation of emission
standards for each of the listed
categories of HAP emission sources,
and develop emission standards for
each source of HAPs such that the
schedule is met. The standards are to
be technology based and are to require
the maximum degree of emission
reduction determined to be achievable
by the Administrator. The Agency has
determined that the secondary
aluminum industry may reasonably be
anticipated to .emit several of the 189
HAPs listed in Section 112(b) of the
Act. As a consequence,  the source
category is  included on the initial list
of HAP emitting categories and is on
the list of categories scheduled for
standards promulgation within seven
years of enactment of the Act. The
purpose of this action is to pursue a
regulatory development program such
that emission standards may be
proposed and promulgated according to
the mandated schedule.
Timetable:
 Action
                    Date     FR Cite
 NPRM            10/00/97
 Final             04/00/98
 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
 RIN: 2060-AE46


 3490. 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
           Action
                             Date
                                      FR Cite
           NPRM            01/00/98
           Final              01/00/99
           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

           3491. 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 III of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 requires the EPA
to develop emission standards for each
major source category of hazardous air
pollutants. The standards are to be
technology-based and are to require the
maximum degree of emission reduction
determined to be achievable by the
Administrator of EPA. The EPA has
determined that most plants in the
Portland cement manufacturing
industry source category are major
sources of hazardous air pollutants. A
regulation (emission standards) is being
developed for the Portland cement
manufacturing industry. Cement kilns
which burn RCRA hazardous waste are
subject to a separate rule that has been
proposed by the EPA Office of Solid
Waste.

Timetable:	        .  	
Action  	     Date    FR Cite
NPRM             10/00/97
Final Action         09/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 324 Cement,
Hydraulic
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


3492. NESHAP: POLYETHER
 POLYOLS PRODUCTION
 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 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 regulate the release of
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 HAPs from the following process areas
 located at polyether polyol
 manufacturing facilities: process vents
 (e.g. reactors), storage, equipment leaks
 and other fugitive sources, and
 wastcwatcr operations.
 Timetable;	
 Action              Date     FR Cite
 NPRM            09/04/97  62 FR 46804
 Final              08/00/98
 Small Entitles 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, OAQPS (MD-13),
 Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
 Phono: 919 541-2380
 Fax: 919 541-3470
 RIN: 20BO-AE81
3493. NESHAP: PHARMACEUTICALS
PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant Major status
undor 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63GGG
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15,1997.
Abstract: This regulation would control
omissions 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
now and existing facilities.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM             10/00197
Final              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
3494. 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 sec 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)
Captafol Production; 5) Captan
Production; 6) Chloroneb Production; 7)
Chlorothalonil Production; 8) Dacthal
(tin) Production; 9) Sodium
Pentachlorophenate Production; 10)
Tordon (tm) Acid Production.
The EPA will propose to develop
standards for all pesticide active
ingredient producers including the 10
categories listed above. Any other
pesticide active ingredient production
plant which produces or uses any of
the 189 listed hazardous air pollutants
will also be included. A variety of
HAPs are emitted including, toluene,
formaldehyde, methanol, chlorinated
compounds, etc.
Timetable:
Action              Date     FR Cite
NPRM             10/00/97
Final Action         08/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
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
Phone: 919 541-5420
RIN: 2060-AE84


3495. NESHAP: PRIMARY LEAD
SMELTERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
                                                CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
                                                Legal Deadline:
                                                Final, Statutory, November 15, 1997.
                                                Abstract: Primary lead smelters are a
                                                major source category of hazardous air
                                                pollutants. Potential emissions include
                                                compounds of lead, and other metallic
                                                HAPs as well as organic HAPs.
                                                Emission standards would establish
                                                maximum achievable control
                                                technology requirements for affected
                                                process units and fugitive dust sources.
                                                This industry is comprised of two
                                                companies which operate  three
                                                smelters in two states.
                                                Timetable:
                                                        Action
                                                                  Date
                           FR Cite
                                                        NPRM            11/00/97
                                                        Final              03/00/98
                                                        Small Entities Affected: None
                                                        Government Levels Affected: State,
                                                        Local, Federal
                                                        Sectors Affected: 333 Primary
                                                        Smelling 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


                                                        3496. NESHAP: MANUFACTURE OF
                                                        TETRAHYDROBENZALDEHYDE
                                                        Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                                                        Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
                                                        Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec
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
                                                       NPRM
                                                       Final
                                                                 10/00/97
                                                                 11/00/97
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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
3497. NESHAP:
ACRYLIC/MODACRYLIC FIBERS
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 sec 112 (d)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1997.
Abstract: This NESHAP will control
hazardous air pollutant emissions from
existing and new facilities that
manufacture or produce as an interim
process acrylic or modacrylic fibers.
Principal pollutants identified are vinyl
acetate and acrylonitrile. The majority
of emissions occur during the
polymerization reaction and spinning
process. There are only three major
sources in the United States that will
be affected by this regulation.
Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
10/00/97
10/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
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
3498. NESHAP: POLYCARBONATES
PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
                    Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401; Clean
                    Air Act sec 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.
                    Timetable:
                                               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
                                               3500. NESHAP: BAKER'S YEAST
                                               MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
                                               Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                                               Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
                                               (d)
                    Action
                                      Date     FR Cite    CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
                    NPRM
                    Final
                            10/00/97
                            10/00/98
                    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            ;

                    3499. NESHAP: PUBLICLY OWNED
                    TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
                    Priority: Other Significant
                    Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
                    Amendments of 1990 sec 112(e)(5);
                    Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 sec
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            11/00/97
                    Final              11/00/98
                    Small Entities Affected: None
                    Government Levels Affected: Local
                                     Legal Deadline:
                                     Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
                                     Abstract: Section 112 of the Act
                                     requires major sources of hazardous air
                                     pollutants to achieve a maximum
                                     degree of emission reduction based on
                                     the maximum achievable control
                                     technology (MACT). This regulatory
                                     action will establish this level of
                                     control for both new and existing
                                     sources in the baker's yeast
                                     manufacturing industry. This industry
                                     is currently comprised of 11 sources of
                                     5 different manufacturers located in 8
                                     different states. The only known HAP
                                     emission from this source is
                                     acetaldehyde. It is produced as a by-
                                     product during the  fermentation
                                     process. It is likely  that regulatory
                                     options will be based on improved
                                     process control to reduce formation of
                                     this by-product.
                                     Timetable:
                                                                           Action
                                                                            Date
                                                                                                      FR Cite
                                               NPRM
                                               Final Action
06/00/98
06/00/99
                                               Small Entities Affected: None
                                               Government Levels Affected: State,
                                               Federal
                                               Sectors Affected: 209 Miscellaneous
                                               Food Preparations and Kindred
                                               Products
                                               Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
                                               Analysis
                                               Additional Information: SAN No. 3550.
                                               Agency Contact: Tony Wayne,
                                               Environmental Protection Agency, Air
                                               and Radiation, MD-13, Research
                                               Triangle Park, NC 27711
                                               Phone: 919 541-5439
                                               RIN: 2060-AF30
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3501. 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
roviow certain provisions of the General
Provisions, subpart B, the procedures
for implementing section 112(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:
Action
Date    FR Cite
NPRM             10/00/97
Flnai Action         03/00/98
Small Entitles 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

3502. REVISIONS TO THE
REGULATION FOR APPROVAL OF
STATE PROGRAMS AND
DELEGATION OF FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES
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: Clean Air Act sec
112(1)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63, subpart E
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
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 some
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.
Timetable:
                  Action
                   Date
                                             FR Cite
                  NPRM             01/00/98,
                  Final Action         12/00/98
                  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


                  3503. GENERIC MACT FOR SOURCE
                  CATEGORIES WITH FEW SOURCES
                  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                  Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
                  Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 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. To do this, EPA needs
                                                       to develop a generic MACT standard
                                                       for these source categories. This
                                                       reinvention to the MACT standards
                                                       development process will allow for
                                                       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
                                                       be small, nationally.
                                                       The MACT program addresses
                                                       hazardous air pollutants. This action
                                                       will only affect major sources of these
                                                       HAPs.
                                                       Timetable:
                                                       Action
                   Date
                                                                                  FR Cita
                                                       NPRM   ,
                                                       Final Action
                 12/00/97
                 12/00/98,
Small Entities 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
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0942
RIN: 2060-AG91
                                     3504. 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 one HF production
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facility, which is currently well-
Controlled, This action will result in
little or no additional emission
reduction, but will establish a federal
MACT level for this plant.
Timetable:
Action
bate
FR Cite
 NPRM             10/00/97  ,
 Final Action    ,    ,10/00/98
 Small Entitles 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:919541-5262
 Fax: 919 541-0942
 Email: colyer.rick@epamail.epa.gov
 BIN: 2060-AG94


 3505: OFFSET LITHOGRAPHIC
 PRINTING NATIONAL VOC RULE
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 etseq
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59
 Legal Deadline: None
 Abstract: This action will result in the
 reduction of volatile organic compound
 (VOC) emissions from offset
 lithographic printing.
 Timetable:
 Action
Date     FR Cite
 NPRM            03/00/98
 Final Action         03/00/99
 Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Local, Federal
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3908.
 Agency Contact: Dave Salman,
 Environmental Protection Agency,. Air
 and Radiation, MD-13, Research
 Triangle Park, NC 27711
 Phone: 919 541-0859
 Fax: 919 541-5689
 Email: salman.dave@epamail.epa.gov
 RIN: 2060-AHOO


 3506. 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
                   Final
                   NPRM
                            08/11/97
                            12/00/97
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 die 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 die 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 die regulatory
recommendations  in the strategy.
Timetable:
          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, Washington, DC 20460
          Phone: 919 541-5289
          RIN: 2060-AH08


          3507. NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR
          URBAN AREA SOURCES OF TOXIC
          AIR EMISSIONS
          Priority: Otiier Significant
          Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412(k); Clean
          Air Act sec 112(k); 42 USC 7412(c)(3);
          Clean Air Act sec 112(c)(3)
          CFR Citation: Not yet determined
          Legal Deadline:
          Final, Statutory, November 15, 1995.
          NPRM, Judicial, April 30, 1998.
          Final, Judicial, December 18, 1998.
          Abstract: Congress directed EPA, in die
          1090 Amendments to die 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
                                                        Action
                                                                  Date
                                                                 FR Cite
                                     Announcement of    04/00/98
                                       Availability
                                     Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
                                     Government Levels Affected:
                                     Undetermined
                                     Additional Information: SAN No. 3959.
                                     Agency Contact: Laurel McKelvey,
                                     Environmental Protection Agency, Air
                                     and Radiation, MD-15, Research
                                     Triangle Park, NC 27711
                                     Phone: 919 541-5497
                                     Fax: 919 541-7690
                                     RIN: 2060-AH21


                                     3508. NESHAP: FLEXIBLE
                                     POLYURETHANE FOAM
                                     FABRICATION OPERATIONS
                                     Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                                     Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
                                     Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
                                     Amendments of 1990, section 112
                                     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 die CAA. Flexible
                                     Polyurethane Foam Fabrication
                                     Operations is listed as a category of
                                     major sources based on documented
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omissions of the following HAP:
mothylone chloride, trichlorethane,
hydrogen cyanide, and hydrogen
chloride. This source category covers
omissions 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.
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
Analysts: 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
BIN: 2060-AH42

3509. 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
resins) and thermoplastics (Group IV
polymers and resins) (RINs 2060-AD56
and 2060-AE37), many of the
provisions contained in the Hazardous
Organic NESHAP (HON) were
referenced directly by these polymers
and resins regulations due to
similarities in processes, emission
characteristics, and control
technologies. On January 17, 1997 the
EPA promulgated changes to the HON
to remove ambiguity, to clearly convey
EPA intent, and to make the rule easier
to understand and implement in
response to industry petitions. It is
necessary to make parallel changes to
the polymers and resins NESHAP,
otherwise inconsistencies will exist for
NESHAPs regulating similar source
categories. An ANPR, was published in
the Federal Register on 11/25/96 (61 FR
59849), to explain the nature of changes
planned.

Subsequently, six litigants have
petitioned for review of the elastomers
and thermoplastics regulations. Four
companies have petitioned EPA to
reconsider specific provisions in the
thermoplastics regulation. Revisions
will be proposed to parallel HON
changes and to resolve petitioners
issues. There are no impacts
anticipated for small businesses or
State/local/tribal governments.

Timetable:
Action
 Date     FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
Final
11/25/96 61 FR 59849
01/00/98
11/00/98
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
                    3510. 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 sec  160; Clean Air Act
                    sec 161; Clean Air Act sec 162; Clean
                    Air Act sec 163; Clean Air Act sec 164;
                    Clean Air Act sec  165; Clean Air Act
                    sec 166; Clean Air Act sec 167; Clean
                    Air Act sec 168; Clean Air Act sec 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.
                    Timetable:
                                     Action
                                      Date    FR Cite
ANPRM           05/16/97 62 FR 27158
NPRM            10/00/97
Final Action        10/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
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


3511. 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
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Abstract: This action would approve
the conformity procedures developed
by an area that has been selected to
participate in 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 program (see "Transportation
Conformity Rule Amendment and
Solicitation for Participation in the
Conformity Pilot Program").
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM             10/00/97
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


3512. 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
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 emissions from the use of these
                  coatings in ozone nonattainment areas.
                  This rulemaking will be conducted in
                  accordance with statutory requirements
                  for VOC emission 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
Final Action
10/00/97
08/00/98
                  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. 3828.
                  Agency Contact: Daniel Brown,
                  Environmental Protection Agency, Air
                  and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-13),
                  Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
                  Phone: 919 541-5305       '.
                  Fax: 919 541-5689
                  Email: brown.dan@epamail.epa.gov
                  RIN: 2060-AG59
                   3513. 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. Presentiy,
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            10/00/97

                                                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
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3514. 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 Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3979.
Agency Contact: R. W. Nash,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, VPCD, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 668-4412
RIN: 2060-AH38

3515. SPECIFICATION OF
SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR
DEFINITION FOR DIESEL FUELS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545; Clean
AirActsec211(f)
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 Glean
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
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
ANPRM           05/30/91  56 FR 24362
NPRM            10/00/97
Final             03/00/98
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3091.
Agency Contact: David Korotney,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 668-4507
RIN: 2060-AD77


3516. AMENDMENT TO THE
REFRIGERANT  RECYCLING RULE TO
INCLUDE ALL REFRIGERANTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 101-54; Clean Air
Act sec 608; 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82F
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15,1995.
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.
Timetable:
                                     Fax: 202 233-9577

                                     RIN: 2060-AF37
                  Action
                   Date     FR Cite    Timetable:
3517. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
RECONSIDERATION OF SECTION 608
SALES RESTRICTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq;
Clean Air Act sec 608
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82F
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.
                  NPRM             10/00/97
                  Final              04/00/98
                  Small Entitles Affected: None
                  Government Levels Affected: State,
                  Federal
                  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
                                     Action
                             Date
                           FR Cite
                                     NPRM            10/00/97
                                     Final              07/00/98 ,
                                     Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
                                     Government Levels Affected: None
                                     Sectors Affected: 358 Refrigeration and
                                     Service Industry Machinery; 52
                                     Building Materials, Hardware, Garden
                                     Supply, and Mobile Home Dealers
                                     Additional Information: SAN No. 3673.
                                     This action is combined with RIN 2060-
                                     AG47, SAN 3809.
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Agency Contact: Sue Stendebach,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9117
Fax: 202 233-9665

RIN: 2060-AG20


3518. SERVICING OF MOTOR
VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONERS:
STANDARDS FOR EQUIPMENT THAT
RECOVERS AND RECYCLES
REFRIGERANTS OTHER THAN CFC-12
ANDHCF-134A

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USCA 7671

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82B (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 atmosplhere, 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-i34a
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
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.gbv
RIN: 2060-AH29


3519. SUPPLEMENTAL RULE TO
REQUIRE CERTAIN PRODUCTS MADE
WITH HCFCS TO BEAR WARNING
LABEL
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq;
Clean Air Act sec 611
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82F
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             06/00/98
 Final        ,      06/00/99   :
 Small Entities Affected: None
 Government Levels Affected: Federal
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3640.
 Agency Contact: Sue Stendebach,
 Environmental Protection Agency, Air
 and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
 20460
 Phone: 202 233-9117
 Fax: 202 233-9665                 .
 RIN: 2060-AF93
3520. • FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN FOR A FIFTEEN PERCENT
REDUCTION IN VOLATILE ORGANIC
COMPOUNDS IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA        ,
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, January 18, 1996, See
Additional Information.
Other, Statutory, May 31,1998, Consent
decree requires signature of NPRM by
5/31/98.
Other, Judicial, December 31, 1998,
Consent decree requires signature of
final by 12/31/98.
Abstract: EPA will propose federal
rulemaking for sources within the
District of Columbia to correct any
shortfall in volatile organic compound
(VOC) control measures needed to
achieve a fifteen percent reduction in
VOC emissions. Title I of the Clean Air
Act (CAA) requires moderate and  worse
ozone nonattainment areas to have an
implementation plan to achieve a
fifteen percent reduction in VOC
emissions. Clean Air Act specifies that
federal implementation plans are to be
promulgated two year s after a EPA
makes a finding that a State failed to
submit a required element. On January
18, 1994, EPA made a finding that the
District of Columbia failed to submit
the required plan to achieve a fifteen
percent reduction of volatile organic
compounds. VOC reduction measures
may affect mobile sources, stationary
sources and area sources within the
District of Columbia.
Timetable:
                   Action
                                     Date     FR Cite
                   NPRM
                   Final
                  06/00/98
                  01/00/99
                   Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
                   Government Levels Affected: State,
                   Local, Tribal, Federal
                   Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
                   Analysis
                   Additional Information: SAN No. 4038.
                   Clean Air Act specifies that federal
                   implementation plans are to be
                   promulgated two year s after a EPA
                   makes a finding that a State failed to
                   submit a required element. On January
                   18, 1994, EPA made a finding that the
                   District of Columbia failed to submit
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the required plan to achieve a fifteen
percent reduction of volatile organic
compounds. EPA did not promulgate
the required federal implementation
plan by the statutory deadline. On June
18,1996 suit was filed to require EPA
to promulgate the required federal
                  implementation plan. A consent decree
                  was entered with the Court on
                  December 21,1996 that requires
                  signature of the NPRM by May 30, 1998
                  and signature of the final rulemaking
                  by December 31,1998.
                                              Agency Contact: Sally Brooks,
                                              Environmental Protection Agency, Air
                                              and Radiation, 3ATOO, Philadelphia,
                                              PA 19107
                                              Phone: 215 566-2056

                                              RIN: 2060-AH51
 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY  (EPA)
 Clean Air Act (CAA)
                                                                        Final Rule Stage
3521. • EXPANDED ENGINE FAMILY
DEFINITIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE
FUELED VEHICLES AND ENGINES
MEETING LOW-EMISSION (LEV)
EXHAUST EMISSION STANDARDS,
FEE EXEMPTION, AND RELATED
PROVISIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USG 2001; 15 USC
2002; 15 USG 2003; 15 USC 2005; 15
USC 2006; 15 USC 213; 42 USC 7521;
42 USC 7522; 42 USC 7524; 42 USC
7525; 42 USC 7541; 42 USC 7542; 42
USC 7549; 42 USC 7550; 42 USC 7552

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86; 40 CFR 88

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action will ease the
burden of certification for both Original
Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and
aftormarkot conversion entities. This
action will, for vehicles and engines
mooting LEV emission standards,
broaden the definition of the term
"dedicated fuel system," broaden the
criteria for engine families, and provide
an exemption from certification fees.
This action is not a deregulatory action.
This action will provide another means
for small business to remain active
entities in supplying alternatively
fueled vehicles to the market place. The
above three changes are intended to
reduce the cost of complying with the
requirements of certification and, small
business will benefit from these
changes. This action will enhance the
ability for the regulated industry to
provide alternatively fueled vehicles to
the consumer in support the Executive
Order 13031.

Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Dfrect Final         10/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4030.
                  Agency Contact: Clifford Tyree,
                  Environmental Protection Agency, Air
                  and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
                  Phone: 313 668-4310
                  Fax: 313 741-7869
                  Email: tyree.clifford@epa.gov
                  RIN: 2060-AH52


                  3522. COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE
                  MONITORING RULE (PREVIOUSLY
                  ENHANCED MONITORING PROGRAM)
                  Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
                  137 in Part n of this issue of the •
                  Federal Register.
                  RIN: 2060-AD18
                  3523. 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:
                  Action
                            Date
                          FR Cite
NPRM            02/11/97 62 FR 6366
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


                                              3524. NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSRJ
                                              REFORM
                                              Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
                                              138 in Part n of this issue of the
                                              Federal Register.
                                              RIN: 2060-AEll


                                              3525. 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              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
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Phone: 919 541-4516
BIN: 2060-AE94
          Timetable:
3526. 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:
Final, Judicial, September 30, 1997.
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
          Action
NPRM             12/27/96 61 FR 68340
Final Action         10/00/97
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


3527. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
DELETION OF CERTAIN UNITS
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 thp Acid Rain
Program requirements. This  action
would delete specific named units from
the tables.
                            Date
                           FR Cite
NPRM            12/27/96 61 FR 68340
Final             10/00/97
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
Phone: 202 233-9074
RIN: 2060-AF46


3528. 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; 42 USC
7651g
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 72
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, September 30, 1997.
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        10/00/97
          Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
          Governmental Jurisdictions
          Government Levels Affected: Local
          Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services
          Additional Information: SAN No. 3574.
          Agency Contact: Dwight C. Alpern,
          Environmental Protection Agency, Air
          and Radiation, 6204J, Washington, DC
          20460
          Phone: 202 233-9151
          RIN: 2060-AF47


          3529. CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION
          FROM AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT
          ENGINES; EMISSION STANDARDS
          AND TEST PROCEDURES
          Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
          Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 231
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 87
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action proposes to
establish CO and NOx standards for
aircraft gas turbine engines with equal
to or greater than 26.7 kilonewtons
rated thrust. These standards, which
most of the, affected engines are already
achieving, will be added to current
federal aircraft engine standards for HC
emission so as to align federal
standards with the standards
established by the international
community.
Timetable:	
Action	   Date     FR Cite
NPRM   '05/08/97 62 FR 25368
Direct Final         05/08/97 62 FR 25356
Final Action        02/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3576.
Agency Contact: Bryan Manning,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 741-7832
RIN: 2060-AF50


3530. OPERATING PERMITS:
REVISIONS (PART 70)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
139 in Part n of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AF70


3531. 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
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thorn in State Implementation Plans in
enforcing visible emissions regulations
from Stationary Sources.
Timetable:	
Action              Date     FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/22/93  51 FR 61639
02/00/98
Smalt Entitles Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2915.

Agency Contact: Frederick J.
Thompson, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-19,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2707
BIN: 2060-AF83

3532. SALES VOLUME LIMIT
PROVISIONS FOR SMALL-VOLUME
MANUFACTURE CERTIFICATION FOR
CLEAN FUEL AND CONVENTIONAL
VEHICLE CONVERSIONS AND
RELATED PROVISIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 202;
Clean Air Act sec 203; Clean Air Act
sec 247; Clean Air Act sec 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
Final Action
01/03/96 61 FR 140
10/00/97
Small Entitles Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: SAN No. 3643.

Agency Contact: Cliff Tyree,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 668-4310
RIN: 2060-AF87
          3533. 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: (1) 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
          COM3, relocating a COMS, replacing a
          COM3, recertifying a COMS that has
          undergone substantial refurbishing, or
          has been specifically required to
          recertify the COMS with these
          revisions.

          Timetable:
                                     Action
                                      Date
                                    FR Cite
          NPRM
          Final Action
11/24/94 59 FR 60585
03/00/98
                   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
                   3534. REGULATION REVIEW/BURDEN
                   REDUCTION
                   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 Act sec 407
                   Legal Deadline: None
                   Abstract: On March 16,1995, President
                   Clinton issued a report entitled,
                   Reinventing Environmental Regulation,
                   that identified 25 initiatives to improve
                   the current regulatory system. This
                   action is part of the regulatory review
                   process to reduce unnecessary
                   recordkeeping and reporting
                   requirements. Existing rules are being
                   reviewed for excess and/or duplicative
                   requirements. The Agency will publish
                   a list of those regulations that will be
                   revised or amended to reduce
                   unnecessary recordkeeping and
                   reporting requirements.
                   Timetable:
                                                        Action
                                      Date
                           FR Cite
NPRM            09/11/96  61 FR 47840
Final              10/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3750.
Agency Contact: Dave Markwordt,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0942
RIN: 2060-AG30


3535. TRANSITIONAL LOCK-IN
PROCEDURES FOR PHASE II
REFORMULATED GASOLINE (RFG)
PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 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 n RFG. States will be required
to announce by July 1997 whether their
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voluntary opt-in area(s) will remain in
the RFC 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 n while providing incentives to
industry to supply Phase n RFC which
provides environmental and health
benefits (e.g., Phase n RFC reduces
NOx, a precursor to ozone).
Timetable:
participation, inflation, etc. In the
calculation of the annual fees, the
Agency will take into consideration the
impact of the third year of fee
collection on the radon industry.
Timetable:	    '
Action              Date    FR Cite
 Action
                    Date
                            FR Cite
 NPRM            03/28/97 62 FR 15077
 Final Action         10/00/97
 Small Entities Affected: None
 Government Levels Affected: None
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3845.
 Agency Contact: Christine Hawk,
 Environmental Protection Agency, Air
 and Radiation, (6406J), Washington, DC
 20460
 Phone: 202 233-9672
 Fax:  202 233-9557
 BIN: 2060-AG43

 3536. AMENDMENT TO THE USER
 FEES FOR RADON PROFICIENCY
 PROGRAMS RULE
 Priority: Other Significant
 Legal Authority: 15 USC 2661 to 2665
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 195 and 700
 (revision)
 Legal Deadline: None
 Abstract: The User Fees for Radon
 Proficiency Programs Final Rule
 established fees in 1994 that EPA will
 collect annually to support its
 voluntary Radon Proficiency Programs.
 The rule requires individuals and
 organizations applying to or
 participating in the Radon Proficiency
 Program (RPP) to pay annual fees. The
 final rule states that EPA shall adjust
 the fees over the next two years to a
 level that will ultimately be sufficient
 to recover the full annual costs of the
 program. Through this technical
 amendment, EPA will revise its fee
 schedule to collect a larger percentage
 of its annual (FY 96) operating costs. .
 The annual fees will also reflect
 changes in the proficiency programs,
Final Action
                  06/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Sectors Affected: 152 General Building
Contractors-Residential Buildings; 171
Plumbing, Heating and Air-
Conditioning; 382 Laboratory
Apparatus and Analytical, Optical,
Measuring, and Controlling
Instruments; 873 Research,
Development, and Testing Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 3835.
Agency Contact: James W. Long,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6604J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9433
Fax: 202 233-9652
Email: long.james@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG64

3537. REVISION TO DEFINITION OF
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
 (VOC)—EXCLUSION OF 16
COMPOUNDS
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
 Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 767lq
 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
10/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
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

3538. FEDERAL OPERATING PERMITS
PROGRAM IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7661a(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.
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 Timetable:
 Action
                    Date
 FR Cite
 NPRM            03/21/97 62 FR 13748
 Final Action        11/00/97
 Small Entitles Affected: None
 Government Levels Affected: None
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3868.
 Change needed prior to default effective
 dato of programs in the Indian country
 sot by 40 CFR 71.
 Agency  Contact: Candace Carraway,
 Environmental Protection Agency, Air
 and Radiation, MD-12, Research
 Triangle Park, NC 27711
 Phono: 919 541-3189
 Fax: 919 541-5509
 BIN; 206Q-AG90	

 3539. TIER II (PHASE II) STUDY TO
 ASSESS FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN
 LOV AND LOT 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; Clean Air
 Act soc 203(i)
 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 omissions 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
 moot the  more stringent standards, and
 whether further reductions in emissions
 will bo needed and cost effective taking
 into consideration alternative means of
 attaining  or maintaining national
 ambient air quality standards.
 Timetable:
Action
                   Date
FR Cite
Final             11/00/97
Small Entitles 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

 3540. 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: Not yet determined
 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:
          Action
                             Date    FR Cite
           NPRM
           Final Action
                  06/02/97 62 FR 30291
                  10/00/97
 Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
 Government Levels Affected: None
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3912.
 Agency Contact: Frank Lamitola,
 Environmental Protection Agency, Air
 and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
 48105
 Phone: 313 668-4479
 Fax: 313 741-7869
 Email: lamitola.frank@epamail.epa.gov
 RIN: 2060-AH06

 3541. 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, June 30,1997.
 Abstract: This rule is in response to
 a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club. EPA
 and the Sierra Club have reached a
 consent decree that contains provisions
for the agency to propose rules banning
the sale of halon blend and relative to
 the 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            07/07/97 62 FR 36428
 Final              07/00/98
 Small Entities Affected: Businesses
 Government Levels Affected: None
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3984.
 Agency Contact: Sue Stendebach,
 Environmental Protection Agency, Air
 and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
 20460
 Phone: 202 233-9117
 RIN: 2060-AH44


 3542. INDIAN TRIBES: AIR QUALITY
 PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
 Priority: Other Significant
 Legal Authority: 42 USC 7405; Clean
 Air Act sec 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             12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3087.
Agency Contact: David R. LaRoche,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6102, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-7652
RIN: 2060-AF79
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3543. NAAQS: SULFUR DIOXIDE
(REVIEW AND IMPLEMENTATION)

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
140 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.

RIN: 2060-AA61


3544. 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
emission reduction determined to be
achievable by the Administrator. The
Agency has determined that the
mineral wool production  industry emits
several of the 188 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:
                   3545. NESHAP: PHOSPHORIC ACID
                   MANUFACTURING
                   Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                   Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
                   Amendments of 1990 sec 112
                   CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
                   Legal Deadline:
                   Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000,
                   Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
                   Abstract: The CAAA required EPA to
                   publish an initial list of all categories
                   of major and area sources of the
                   hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed
                   in section 112(b) of the CAAA and, to
                   establish dates for the promulgation of
                   emission standards for each of the
                   listed categories of HAP emission
                   sources and develop emission
                   standards for each source of HAPs such
                   that the schedule is met. The standards
                   are to be technology-based and are to
                   require the maximum degree of
                   emission reduction determined to be
                   achievable by the Administrator. The
                   Agency has determined that the
                   phosphoric acid manufacturing
                   industry emits several of the  189 HAPs
                   listed in section 112(b) of the CAAA.
                   The purpose of this action is to pursue
                   a regulatory development program such
                   that emission standards may be
                   proposed and promulgated according to
                   the mandated schedule.
                   Timetable:
 Action
                    Date
          FR Cite
 NPRM
 Final Action
05/08/97  62 FR 25370
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
 RIN: 2060-AE08
                                     Abstract: EPA is required to publish
                                     an initial list of all categories of major
                                     and area sources of the hazardous air
                                     pollutants (HAPs) listed in section
                                     112(b) of the CAAA and, to establish
                                     dates for the promulgation of emission
                                     standards for each of the listed
                                     categories of HAP emission sources and
                                     develop emission standards for each
                                     source of HAPs such that the schedule
                                     is met. The standards are to be
                                     technology-based and are to require the
                                     maximum degree of emission reduction
                                     determined  to be achievable by the
                                     Administrator. The Agency has
                                     determined  that the phosphate fertilizer
                                     production industry emits  several of
                                     the  189 HAPs listed in section 112(b)
                                     of the CAAA. The purpose of this
                                     action is to pursue a regulatory
                                     development program such that
                                     emission standards may be proposed
                                     and promulgated according to the
                                     mandated schedule.
                                     Timetable:
                    Action
                                      Date
                                               FR Cite
                                     12/27/96 61 FR 68430
                                     02/00/98
NPRM
Final
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3303.
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


3546. 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 1990.
                                     Action
                                                        Date     FR Cite
NPRM            12/27/96 61 FR 68430
Final             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


3547. 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
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 each source of HAPs. These standards
 ate to bo technology-based and are to
 require tho maximum degree of
 omission reduction determined to be
 achievable by the Administrator. The
 Agency has determined that the wool
 fiberglass manufacturing industry may
 reasonably bo anticipated to emit
 several of the 189 HAPs listed in
 section 112(b) of the CAA. As a
 consequence, a regulatory development
 program is being pursued for the wool
 fiberglass manufacturing industry to
 promulgate emission standards within
 7 years of enactment of the CAA
 amendments.
 Timetable:
                    Timetable:
                                               Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
 NPRM
 Final
03/31/97 62 FR 15228
03/00/98
Small Entitles 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
R1N: 2060-AE75
3548. NESHAP: PRIMARY ALUMINUM
PLANTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC1857 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15,1997.
Abstract: Title HI 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 the
maximum degree of emission reduction
determined to be achievable by the
Administrator of EPA. The EPA has
determined diat plants in the Primary
Aluminum industry are 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.
                    Action
                             Date
                            FR Cite    Action
 NPRM             09/26/96 61 FR 50585
 Final              10/00/97
 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


 3549. NESHAP: FLEXIBLE
 POLYURETHANE FOAM PRODUCTION
 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 m of the amended
 Clean Air Act  (CAA) requires  '
 development of emission standards for .
 all major sources, and selected area
 sources, emitting any of the 189
 hazardous air pollutants (HAP)
 identified in section 112(b) of the CAA.
 Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production
 has been listed as a category of major
 sources based on documented
 emissions of methylene chloride and
 2,4-toluene diisocyanate. This action
 will regulate the release of HAP from
 the following emission sources located
 at slabstock, rebond, 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.
                   Date
FR Cite
NPRM         '    12/27/96 61 FR 68406
Correction Notice     02/03/97 62 FR 05074
Final              11/00/97
Small Entities 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
RIN: 2060-AE86


3550. NATIONAL EMISSION
STANDARD FOR RADON EMISSIONS
FROM PHOSPHOGYPSUM STACKS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401; Clean
Air Act sec 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 final rule
which may increase the limit and '
reduce the certification requirements
for that use.                         •
Timetable:
                                                         Action
                                                                  Date
                           FR Cite
                                                         NPRM Notice of
                                                          Reconsideration
                                                         Final
                                                                05/08/96 61 FR 20775
                                                                10/00/97
                                               Small Entities Affected: None
                                               Government Levels Affected:
                                               Undetermined
                                               Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
                                               Analysis
                                               Additional Information: SAN No. 2547.
                                               Agency Contact: Martin Offit,
                                               Environmental Protection Agency, Air
                                               and Radiation, 6602J, Washington, DC
                                               20460
                                               Phone: 202 233-9766
                                               RIN: 2060-AF04
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3551. 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: mfo./Admin./Other
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
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:
Action
                   Date
                           FR Cite
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
05/12/97 62 FR 25877
11/00/97
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, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2380
Fax: 919 541-3470
RIN: 2060-AG42

3552. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO
AEROSPACE NESHAP
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 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. An
 additional set of amendments will be
 proposed at the same time which will
 address issues with General Aviation.
 Timetable:
3553. 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
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.
This action revises the definition of
wood furniture in the NESHAP to
exclude foam seat cushions not made
at wood furniture manufacturing
facilities. The revisions clarify the
applicability of the final rule to
eliminate potential overlapping
requirements with other NESHAPs
(direct final/proposal).
Timetable:
 Action
                    Date
                            FR Cite
 NPRM             10/29/96 61. FR 55842
 Final Action   ,      10/00/97
 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
                     Action
                                        Date
                                                FR Cite
                     NPRM             06/09/97 62 FR 31405
                     Interim Final        10/00/97
                     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


                     3554. NESHAP: SECONDARY LEAD
                     SMELTER AMENDMENT
                     Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                     Legal Authority: 42 USC 7402 et seq;
                     Clean Air Act sec 112
                     CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 subpart X
                     Legal Deadline: None
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 Abstract: Final standards under section
 112{d) for hazardous air pollutants
 omissions from new and existing lead
 smelters (40 CFR 63, Subpart X) were
 promulgated on June 23,1995 and
 revised on June 13,1997.
 This action amends these national
 emission standards for hazardous air
 pollutants (NESHAP) for new and
 existing secondary lead smelters.
 Changes to the NESHAP are being
 made to address comments received in
 petitions to reconsider sent to the EPA
 following promulgation of the final
 rule. Though minor, these changes
 affect several aspects of die final rule
 including applicability of the THC limit
 for collocated blast and reverberatory
 furnaces, minimum baghouse standard
 operating procedures (SOP)
 requirements, and bag leak detection
 systems specifications and
 requirements. Several minor changes
 are also being made to clarify the intent
 of the rule.
 The action will not result in increased
 burden, on industry, nor will  it result
 in decreased environmental benefits.
 Timetable:
Action
Date    FR Cite
 NPRM             06/13/97 62 FR 32266
 Direct Final         06/13/97 62 FR 32266
 Final Action         12/00/97
 Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
 Government Levels Affected: State
 Sectors Affected: 334 Secondary
 Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous
 Motals
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3193.
 Agency Contact: Kevin Cavender,
 Environmental Protection Agency, Air
 and Radiation, MD-13, Research
 Triangle Park, NC 27711
 Phone:919541-2364
 Fax: 919 541-5600
 Email: cavender.kevin@epamail.epa.gov
 BIN: 2060-AH07
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 74i2(c)(6);
Clean Air Act sec 112(c)(6)
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, June 11,1997.
Final, Judicial, December 19,1997.
                   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
                   (2,3,7,8-TCDF), and  2,3,7,8-
                   tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (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
                                    06/11/97  62 FR 33625
Announcement of
  Availability
Final              12/00/97
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, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2859
Fax: 919 541-7690
RIN: 2060-AH20


3556. 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\JSC 7414; Clean
Air Act sec 114; 42 USC 7545(c); Clean
Air Act sec 211(c); 42 USC 7601; Clean
Air Act sec 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
 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:
                                                        Action
                                                                          Date
                           FR Cite
NPRM             08/04/95 60 FR 40009
Final Action         10/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3604.
Agency Contact: Christine M. Brunner,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 668-4287
Fax: 313 741-7869
RIN: 2060-AG80


3557. 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 Act sec 114;
Clean Air Act sec 211; Clean Air Act
sec 301(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing to amend
the RFG regulations to eliminate
separate treatment for a category of
gasoline used in averaging. EPA does
not believe the category is necessary
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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              10/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3948.
Agency Contact: Anne-Marie Cooney
Pastorkovich, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406J,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9013
Fax: 202 233-9557
Email: pastorkovich.anne-
marie@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH43


3558. 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;
Clean Air Act sec 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 the conformity rule.
The main objective of the pilot program
is to offer State and local air and
transportation agencies the flexibility to
identify the conformity procedures that
work best for their area. This action
will enable EPA to test out innovative
methods of streamlining the conformity
regulation's requirements while
ensuring that 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.
Timetable:	.__	
Action              Date     .FR Cite
NPRM             07/09/96 61 FR 35994
Final Action         10/00/97
Small Entities 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, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 741-7842
Fax: 313  668-4531
Email: patulski.meg@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG79


3559. 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
the criteria described in the consumer
and commercial product study (March
1995), and category listing (March
1995), EPA has determined that VOC
emissions from automobile refinish
coatings should be regulated.
Automobile refinish coatings can be
generally classified as primers and
topcoats, each consisting of several
different types. The proposed rule
divides automobile refinish coatings
into 6 categories, and contains VOC
content limits for each category.
Automobile refinish coatings are used
by body shops and by do-it-yourselfers.
However, the proposed rule does not
directly affect these small businesses.
Rather, the rule would apply to  coating
manufacturers and importers, and
would limit the VOC content of
coatings that are produced for sale in
the United States.

Timetable:
                                                        Action
                                                                          Date
                           FR Cite
                                                        NPRM
                                                        Final
                 04/30/96 61 FR 19005
                 01/00/98
                                                        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
                                                        3560. VOC REGULATION FOR
                                                        ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS

                                                        Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
                                                        141 in Part II of this issue of the
                                                        Federal Register.

                                                        RIN: 2060-AE55
                                                        3561. NATIONAL VOC EMISSION
                                                        STANDARDS FOR CONSUMER
                                                        PRODUCTS

                                                        Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
                                                        142 in Part II of this issue of the
                                                        Federal Register.

                                                        RIN: 2060-AF62
                                                        3562. OPEN-MARKET TRADING
                                                        GUIDANCE

                                                        Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
                                                        143 in Part II of this issue of the
                                                        Federal Register.

                                                        RIN: 2060-AF60
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3563. 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 7521; Clean
Air Act soc 201
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 90
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This direct final rule revises
tho existing new nonroad Phase I small
spark-ignited (SI) engine regulations.
Brlggs and Stratton Corporation
submitted a petition to the
Administrator on March 4,1996, asking
tho Agency to reconsider the existing
regulation and to either allow the use
of oxygenated certification fuels with
tho current CO standard or revise the
existing carbon monoxide (CO)
omission standard for class I and n
nonhandhold engines. Briggs and
Stratton argues that the majority of
nonhandhold engines sold in the
United States can not meet the current
CO standard when tested on the
monoxygonated 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,
nonroformulated gasoline) as the test
fuol. In fact, Briggs and Stratton had
used California's Phase n Reformulated
Gasoline (RFC) 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
omissions from these engines,
 §arttcularly CO, and Briggs and
 tratton had used California's Phase n
Reformulated Gasoline (RFC) 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 tho omissions from these engines,
 §articularly CO, and Briggs and
 tratton had used California's Phase n
Reformulated Gasoline (RFC) 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 tho emissions from these engines,
particularly CO, and Briggs and
Stratton had used California's Phase n
Reformulated Gasoline (RFC) in the
testing, but had not informed EPA of
this before tho rule was finalized. The
uso of an oxygenated fuel has an effect
on tho emissions from these engines,
particularly CO, and Briggs and
Stratton had used California's Phase n
Reformulated Gasoline (RFC) 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

Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
07/03/96  61 FR 34778
10/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis

Additional Information: SAN No. 3300.

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
nonhandheld 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.

Agency Contact: Laurel Home,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 741-7803
Fax: 313 741-7816

RIN: 2060-AG81
3564. VOLUNTARY STANDARDS FOR
LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLES (NATIONAL 49
STATE LOW-EMISSION VEHICLES
PROGRAM)

Regulatory Plan: This entry is.Seq. No.
144 in Part n of this issue of the
Federal Register.

RIN: 2060-AF75
3565. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF
AIR POLLUTION FROM HIGHWAY
HEAVY-DUTY ENGINES AND DIESEL
ENGINES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
145 in Part II of this issue of .the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AF76


3566. 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; Clean
Air Act sec 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-RFG (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
                   NPRM
                   Final
                           07/11/97  62 FR 37338
                           10/00/97
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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


3567. 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 biirning 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 RFC 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:
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


3568. 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; 42 USC
7522; 42 USC 7523; 42 USC 7524; 42
USC 7525; 42 USC 7541; 42 USC 7542;
42 USC 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.
Timetable:
 Action
                   Date
FR Cite
 Action
                    Date
                            FR Cite
 Direct Final Action    10/00/97
 Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
 NPRM             11/12/96 61 FR 58102
 Final Action         10/00/97
 Small Entities Affected: Businesses
 Government Levels Affected: None
 Additional Information: SAN No. 3842.
 Agency Contact: John Guy,
 Environmental Protection Agency, Air
 and Radiation, (6403J), Washington, DC
 20460
 Phone: 202 233-9276
 Fax: 202 233-9596
 RIN: 2060-AG78
         3569. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
         AIR REGULATIONS DELEGATION
         REMAND
         Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
         Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
         Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 328
         CFR Citation: 40 CFR 55
         Legal Deadline: None
         Abstract: The EPA promulgated the
         Outer Continental Shelf (DCS) 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
         DCS 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 FR 25173
Final Action        10/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
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


3570. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
AIR REGULATIONS OFFSET REMAND
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 328
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 55
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The EPA promulgated the
Outer Continental Shelf (DCS) Air
Regulations on September 4, 1992. As
a result of a challenge, the court
vacated the special offset provision
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which EPA had included in the DCS
regulations and remanded that issue to
EPA for reconsideration. The interim
final rulo revised the DCS regulations
to require that new or modified DCS
sources moot the same offset
requirements as imposed in the
corresponding onshore area. The final
action is to respond to public comment
on tho interim final rule. As a result
some OCS sources may be required to
obtain additional offset credits.

Timetable:
                    Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule
Final Action
05/20/96  61 FR 25149
10/00/97
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
Phono: 919 541-5350

RIN: 2060-AG40
3571. NSPS: NITROGEN OXIDE
EMISSIONS FROM FOSSIL-FUEL
FIRED STEAM GENERATING UNITS-
REVISION

Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments  of 1990 sec 407(c)

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60.40

Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, July 1,1997.
Final, Judicial, September 3,1998,
Deadlines may bo revised.

Abstract: The current NSPS for electric
utility and nonutility steam generating
units were promulgated in 1979 and
1986, respectively. A major feature of
tho NSPS is NOx control through the
use of low NOx burners or overtired
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
omissions.
                    Action
                             Date
                           FR Cite
NPRM             07/09/97 62 FR 36948
Final Action         09/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 491 Electric Services;
20 Food and Kindred Products
Analysis: Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
Additional Information: SAN No. 3352.
Agency Contact: James A. Eddinger,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, OAQPS (MD-13),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5426
Fax: 919 541-5450
RIN: 2060-AE56
                                      3572. AMENDMENT TO THE MVAC
                                      RULE TO INCLUDE ALL
                                      REFRIGERANTS
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


3573. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
SUPPLEMENTAL RULE REGARDING
A RECYCLING STANDARD UNDER
SECTION 608
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq;
Clean Air Act sec 608
                                      Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant      CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82F
                    Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq;
                    Clean Air Act sec 609, tide VI
                    CFR Citation: 42 CFR 82 subpart B
                    Legal Deadline:
                    Final, Statutory, November 15, 1994.
                    Abstract: This action would facilitate
                    fulfillment of two statutory
                    requirements; the extension of the  no-
                    venting prohibition to all refrigerants
                    under section 608 and the section 609
                    requirement that the term refrigerant,
                    after November 15,1995, include
                    substitute refrigerants. The action
                    would extend the applicable current
                    requirements of the motor vehicle air-
                    conditioning rule to the substitute
                    refrigerants. This would require
                    recovery and recycling of these
                    refrigerants, in addition to the class I
                    and class II refrigerants already covered
                    under the MVAC rule. It would also
                    require approved recycling equipment
                    and specific certifications of equipment
                    and technicians. The MVAC refrigerant
                    definition was expanded to cover all
                    refrigerants, beginning November 15,
                    1995, according to sections 608 and 609
                    of the Clean Air Act.
                    Timetable:
                   Action
                                      Date
                                               FR Cite
                    NPRM             03/06/96  61 FR 9014
                    Final              10/00/97
                    Small Entities Affected: None
                                               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 that 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               10/00/97
                                               Small Entities Affected: None
                                               Government Levels Affected: None
                                               Additional Information: SAN No. 3556.
                                               Additional SANs 3895, 3896
                                               The current rule sunsets the
                                               reclamation standard after May 15,
                                               1995. Industry is requesting a change
                                               to that sunset, which would require a
                                               final rule by that 5/15/95 date.
                                               Agency Contact: Michael Forlini,
                                               Environmental Protection Agency, Air
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and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9475
Fax: 202 233-9665
RIN: 2060-AF36
3574. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO
HAZARDOUS WASTE TSDF AND HAZ.
WASTE GENERATORS: ORGANIC AIR
EMISSION STNDS. FOR TANKS,
SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS AND
CONTAINERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Resource Conservation
Recovery Act sec 3002; Resource
Conservation Recovery Act sec 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 with less burdensome
                 standards. The EPA has amended the
                 final rule to include several revised
                 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  11 /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
 3575. NESHAP FOR MISCELLANEOUS
 CELLULOSE PRODUCTION
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
 Timetable:
 Action
                   Date
                           FR Cite
 NPRM             00/00/00
 Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Local, Tribal, Federal
 Agency Contact: Bill Schrock
 Phone: 919 541-5032
 Fax: 919 541-3470
 RIN: 2060-AHll


 3576. NESHAP FOR MUNICIPAL
 SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS
 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
 Timetable:
 Action
Date
                           FR Cite
 NPRM            00/00/00
 Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
 Government Levels Affected: State,
 Local, Tribal, Federal
 Agency Contact: Martha Smith
                  Phone: 919 541-2421
                  RIN: 2060-AH13
                  3577. TRANSPORTATION
                  CONFORMITY RULE AMENDMENT:
                  CLARIFICATION OF TRADING
                  PROVISIONS
                  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
                  Major status under 5 USC 801 is
                  undetermined.
                  CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 93
                  Timetable:
                  Action
                                    Date
                                            FR Cite
NPRM            00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Laura Voss
Phone: 313 741-7858
Fax: 313 668-4531
Email: voss.laura@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH31


3578. • NATIONAL EMISSION
STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS FOR COKE OVENS:
PUSHING, QUENCHING, AND
BATTERY STACKS
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2020.

Abstract: There are currently 27 active
domestic coke plants, 22 of which are
furnace coke plants and 5 of which are
foundry coke plants. Coke oven
batteries used to produce metallurgical
coke at these plants emit hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs), such as, coke oven
emissions  and polycylic organic matter
listed in section 112 of the Clean Air
Act (CAA).

This action will establish a National
Emission Standard for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for three specific
operations associated with coke  ovens,
namely pushing, quenching, and
battery stacks. This NESHAP is
scheduled for promulgation by
November 15, 2000.

Timetable:
                                                                         Action
                                                                        Date
                           FR Cite
                                                      NPRM
                                                      Final
                  05/00/99
                  05/00/00
                                                      Small Entities Affected: None

                                                      Government Levels Affected: State,
                                                      Federal
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Sectors Affected: 331 Steel Works,
Blast Furnaces, and Rolling and
Finishing Mills

Additional information: SAN No. 4022.

Agency Contact: Alfred (Al) Vervaert,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
Fax: 919 541-5600

RIN: 2060-AH55
3578. METHOD 301: FIELD
VALIDATION OF POLLUTION
MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR
VARIOUS MEDIA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
12/00/98
01/00/99
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal

Agency Contact: Gary McAlister
Phono: 919 541-1062

RIN; 2080-AFOO
3580. RADIATION WASTE
MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS

Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/98
10/00/99
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Al Colli
Phone: 202 233-9445
RIN: 2060-AF41

3581. 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 Entitles 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


                   3582.  RADIONUCLIDE DOSE
                   METHODOLOGY UPDATE
                   Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                   CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141
                   Timetable:
                   Action
                            Date
                          FR Cite
                                    Final Action
                                    10/00/98
Small Entitles Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: John Karhnak
Phone: 202 233-9761
Fax: 202 233-9650
Email: karhnak.jogn@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG49


3583. 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
Timetable:
                   Action
                            Date
                          FR Cite
                   ANPRM           01/14/97 61 FR 1868
                   NPRM            05/00/99
                   Final              05/00/00
                   Small Entitles 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
3584. NESHAP FOR PLYWOOD AND
PARTICLE BOARD MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
                                              Action
                                                      Date
                          FR Cite
NPRM            11/00/99
Final             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


3585. 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 71.1
Timetable:
                                                                        Action
                                                                         Date
                                                                        FR Cite
NPRM            10/00/98
Final Action         05/00/99
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Scott Voorhees
Phone: 919 541-5348
Fax: 919 541-5509
RIN: 2060-AG92


3586. STORAGE TANK RULE
REVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 (Revision); 40
CFR 61 (Revision); 40 CFR 63
(Revision); 40 CFR 264 (Revision); 40
CFR 265 (Revision)

Timetable:
                                              Action
                                                      Date
                          FR Cite
                                              NPRM            00/00/00
                                              Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
                                              Government Levels Affected: State,
                                              Local, Tribal, Federal
                                              Agency Contact: Mark Morris
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Phone: 919 541-5416
BIN: 2060-AH15
3587. ADDITION OF OPACITY
METHOD TO APPENDIX M OF 40 CFR
PART 51  (METHOD 203)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Timetable:
Action
Date
                          FR Cite
NPRM            10/07/92 57 FR 46114
Final             10/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Solomon O. Ricks
Phone: 919 541-5242
Fax: 919 541-1039
RIN: 2060-AH23


3588. NESHAP/NSPS: INTERNAL
COMBUSTION ENGINE
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
 NPRM            11/00/99
 Final             11/00/00
 Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
 Governmental Jurisdictions
 Government Levels Affected: Local,
 Tribal
 Agency Contact: Amanda Agnew
 Phone: 919 541-5268
 Fax: 919 541-5450
 RIN: 2060-AG63


 3589. 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            05/00/99
 Final Action        11/00/00
 Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
 Government Levels Affected:
 Undetermined
                  Agency Contact: Sims Roy
                  Phone: 919 541-5263
                  Fax: 919-541-5450
                  RIN: 2060-AG67
                  3590. NESHAP: OIL AND NATURAL
                  GAS PRODUCTION
                  Priority: Other Significant
                  CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
                  Timetable:
                                    Action
                                                      Date
                                            FR Cite
                  NPRM
                  Final Action
                          05/00/99
                          05/00/00
                  Small Entities Affected: Businesses
                  Government Levels Affected:
                  Undetermined
                  Agency Contact: Martha Smith
                  Phone: 919 541-2421
                  RIN: 2060-AE34

                  3591. NESHAP—IRON FOUNDRIES
                  AND STEEL FOUNDRIES
                  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
                  Major status under 5 USC 801 is
                  undetermined.
                  CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
                  Timetable:
FR Cite    Action
                                                      Date
                                            FR Cite
                  NPRM            11/00/99
                  Final              11/00/00
                  Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
                  Government Levels Affected: State,
                  Local, Federal
                  Agency Contact: James H. Maysilles
                  Phone: 919 541-3265
                  RIN:  2060-AE43


                  3592. NESHAP—CYANIDE CHEMICAL
                  MANUFACTURING
                  Priority: Other Significant
                  CFR  Citation: 40 CFR 63
                  Timetable:
                  Action
                                    Date
                                    FR Cite
          NPRM             11/00/99
          Final              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
                                             3593. 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 Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal

Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine
Phone:  919 541-5289
RIN: 2060-AE48
                                             3594. NESHAP: REINFORCED
                                             PLASTIC COMPOSITES PRODUCTION

                                             Priority: Other Significant
                                             CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

                                             Timetable:
                                             Action
                                                               Date
                          FR Cite
                                             NPRM
                                             Final
                 12/00/98
                 02/00/00
Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Madeleine Strum
Phone: 919 541-2383
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email:
strum.madeleine@epamail.epa.gov

RIN: 2060-AE79


3595. 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
                                                      Final
                 11/00/99
                 11/00/00
                                                      Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

                                                      Government Levels Affected: None

                                                      Agency Contact: Randy McDonald
                                                      Phone: 919 541-5402

                                                      RIN: 2060-AE82
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3596. NESHAP: CHLORINE
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
11/00/99
11/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Iliam D. Rosario
Phono: 919 541-5308
RIN: 2060-AE85
3597. 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             11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Steve Fruh
Phone: 919 541-2837
Fax: 919 541-0942
RIN: 20GO-AG26

3598. 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
Final
12/00/99
12/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Madeleine Strum
Phono: 919 541-2383
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email:
strum.madeleine@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG27


3599. 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: None
                   Government Levels Affected: State,
                   Federal
                   Agency Contact: Tony Wayne
                   Phone: 919 541-5439
                   Fax: 919 541-0942
                   RIN: 2060-AG29
3600. NESHAP FOR AEROSOL CAN
FILLING FACILITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
                   Action
                            Date
                          FR Cite
                   NPRM            11/00/98
                   Final              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


                   3601. 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
          Agency Contact: Jim Szykman
          Phone: 919 541-2452
                                                       Fax: 919 541-0942
                                                       RIN: 2060-AG34
3602. NESHAP FOR ETHYLENE
PROCESSES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Timetable:
                                                       Action
                                                                Date
                          FR Cite
NPRM            11/00/98
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.warren@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG53


3603. 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             11/00/99
                                    Final              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


                                    3604. ASPHALT ROOFING AND
                                    PROCESSING NESHAP
                                    Priority:  Other Significant
                                    CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
                                    Timetable:
                                    Action
                                                                Date
                          FR Cite
                                                       NPRM
                                                       Interim Final Rule
                                                     11/00/99
                                                     00/00/00
                                                       Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
                                                       Government Levels Affected: State,
                                                       Local
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                                                                    Long-Term Actions
Agency Contact: Juan E. Santiago
Phone: 919 541-1084
BIN: 2060-AG66
3605. NESHAP REFRACTORIES
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
                  Date
        FR Cite
NPRM            05/00/99
Final             11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Susan Zapata
Phone: 919 541-5167
RIN: 2060-AG68


3606. 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             11/00/00
NPRM            00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: James Eddinger
Phone: 919 541-5426
Fax: 919 541-5450
RIN: 2060-AG69


3607. 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
3608. INDUSTRIAL COMBUSTION
COORDINATED RULEMAKING—ICCR
PROJECT
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect the private sector under
PL 104-4.
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Timetable:
                  Action
                                    Date
                                            FR Cite
                  NPRM
                  Final
                 11/00/99
                 11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Fred Porter
Phone: 919 541-5251
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: porter.fred@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG84


3609.  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
                  Final
                 05/00/99
                 11/00/00
                  Small Entities Affected: Businesses
                  Government Levels Affected: None
                  Agency Contact: Susan Zapata
                  Phone:  919 541-5167
                  Fax: 919 541-5600
                  Email: zapata.susan@epamail.epa.gov
                  RIN: 2060-AG87


                  3610. NESHAP: SEMICONDUCTOR
                  PRODUCTION
                  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                  Unfunded Mandates: This action may
                  affect the private sector under
                  PL 104-4.
                  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: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Tony Wayne
Phone: 919 541-5439
Fax: 919 541-0942
RIN:  2060-AG93


3611. NESHAP: METAL CAN
(SURFACE COATING) INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
                                                      Action
                  Date
FR Cite
NPRM            11/00/99
Final             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

3612. NESHAP: METAL COIL
(SURFACE COATING) INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
                                                      Action
                  Date
FR Cite
NPRM            11/00/99
Final             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


3613. NESHAP: FABRIC PRINTING,
COATING AND DYEING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
                                    Action
                   Date
                                                               FR Cite
                                     NPRM
                                     Final Action
                 11/00/99
                 11/00/00
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Small Entitles 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
BIN: 2060-AG98

3614. AUTOMOBILE AND LIGHT-DUTY
TRUCK MANUFACTURING
INTEGRATED RULE DEVELOPMENT
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USG 801.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 59
Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Small Entitles 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

3615.  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             05/00/00
Small Entitles 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

3616. NESHAP FOR SITE
REMEDIATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
                   Timetable:
                   Action
                                     Date
                                    FR Cite
                   NPRM             11/00/99
                   Final              11/00/00
                   Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
                   Government Levels Affected:
                   Undetermined
                   Agency Contact: Bob Lucas
                   Phone: 919 541-0884
                   Fax: 919 541-0246
                   RIN: 2060-AH12

                   3617. NESHAP: SPANDEX
                   PRODUCTION
                   Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                   CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
                   Timetable:
                                    Action
                                                      Date
                                                              FR Cite
          NPRM            00/00/00
          Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
          Government Levels Affected: State,
          Local, Tribal, Federal
          Agency Contact: Mary Tom Kissell
          Phone: 919 541-4516
          Fax: 919 541-0246
          RIN: 2060-AH14

          3618. NESHAP FOR LEATHER
          TANNING AND FINISHING
          OPERATIONS
          Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
          CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
          Timetable:
                   Action
                                     Date
                                             FR Cite
          ANPRM           00/00/00
          Small Entities Affected: None
          Government Levels Affected: State,
          Local, Tribal, Federal
          Agency Contact: William Schrock
          Phone: 919 541-5032
          Fax: 919 541-3076
          RIN: 2060-AH17

          3619. NESHAP FOR CELLULOSE
          PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
          Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
          CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
          Timetable:
                   Action
                            Date
FR Cite
                   ANPRM           00/00/00
                   Small Entities Affected: None
         Government Levels Affected: State,
         Local, Federal
         Agency Contact: William Schrock
         Phone: 919 541-5032
         Fax: 919 541-3076
         RIN: 2060-AH18

         3620. NESHAP FOR THE
         MANUFACTURE OF CARBON BLACK
         Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
         CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
         Timetable:
                                             Action
                                                               Date
                                                                       FR Cite
                                             NPRM
                                             Final
                          11/00/99
                          11/00/00
         Small Entities Affected: None
         Government Levels Affected: State,
         Federal
         Agency Contact: John Schaefer
         Phone: 919 541-0296
         Fax: 919 541-3470
         RIN: 2060-AH19

         3621. NESHAP: VEGETABLE OIL
         PRODUCTION
         Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
         Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
         Timetable:
                                                       Action
                                                                         Date
                                   FR Cite
          NPRM            11/00/99
          Final             11/00/00
          Small Entities Affected: Businesses
          Government Levels Affected: State,
          Local, Federal
          Agency Contact: James F. Durham
          Phone: 919 541-5672
          Fax: 919 541-0246
          RIN: 2060-AH22

          3622. ROCKET ENGINE TEST
          FIRING/ENGINE TEST FACILITIES
          Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
          Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
          CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
          Timetable:
                                                       Action
                            Date
                                                                                 FR Cite
NPRM            00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: George F. Smith
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                                                                   Long-Term Actions
Phone: 919 541-1549
Fax: 919 541-5450

RIN: 2060-AH35
3623. NESHAP FOR ORGANIC LIQUID
DISTRIBUTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
 Date
PR Cite
NPRM           07/00/99
Final             11/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Stephen A. Shedd
Phone: 919 541-5397
Fax: 919 541-0246
RIN: 2060-AH41


3624. 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
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Timetable:
Action
 Date
FR Cite
ANPRM Comment    12/28/94 59 FR 66850
  Period End
NPRM            11/00/99
Final Action         11/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Richard Grume
Phone: 919 541-5294
Fax: 919 541-5450
RIN: 2060-AF91


3625. 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
                  Action
                           Date
                         FR Cite
                   NPRM
                   Final
                          12/00/99
                          12/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined              ;

Agency Contact: Richard Grume
Phone: 919 541-5294
Fax: 919 541-5450

RIN: 2060-AG31
                  3626. 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
                          11/00/99
                          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
                   3627. FLATWOOD PANELING
                   (SURFACE COATING) INTEGRATED
                   RULE               .

                   Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

                   Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

                   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
3628. 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
                                                      Final
                                                             11/00/99
                                                             11/00/00
                                             Small Entitles 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
3629. 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'
                                                      Final
                                                             11/00/99
                                                             11/00/00
ANPRM
12/28/94 59 FR 66850   RIN: 2060-AH02
                                             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
                                   3630. 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
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Timetable:
Action
                  Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
                 11/00/99
                 11/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Daniel Brown
Phono: 919 541-5303
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: brown.dan@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG58

3631.  NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION
ENGINES AT OR BELOW 19
KILOWATTS (25 HORSEPOWER)
{PHASE 2)
Priority: Other Significant. Major under
S USC 801.
CFR Citation:  40 CFR 90
Timetable:
Action
                  Date
FR Cite
                                    Action
                                                      Date
          NPRM Hand-held    12/00/98
           engines
          NPRM Non-hand-held 12/00/98
           engines
          Final Hand-held     12/00/99
           engines
          Small Entities Affected: Businesses
          Government Levels Affected: Federal
          Agency Contact: Betsy McCabe
          Phone: 313 668-4344
          RIN: 2060-AE29
                                    3632. UPDATE OF THE
                                    ACCEPTABILITY LIST UNDER THE
                                    SIGNIFICANT NEW ALTERNATIVES
                                    POLICY (SNAP) PROGRAM
                                    Priority: Other Significant
                                    CFR Citation: 40 CFR 9; 40 CFR 82
                                    Timetable:
                                    Action
                                                      Date
                                    FR Cite
ANPRM
                 03/27/97 62 FR 14740
          ANPRM
          NPRM
                 01/16/92 57 FR 1984
                 05/12/93 58 FR 28094
                                    FR Cite    Action
                                                      Date
                          FR Cite
Final Rule
Notice-1
NPRM-1
Notice -2
Final Rule
Notice -3
NPRM -2
Notice - 4
NPRM -3
Final Rule
Notice - 5
Final 3
Notice -6
NPRM -4
Next Action
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 25604
05/22/96 61 FR 25585
09/05/96 61 FR47012
10/16/96 61 FR 54030
03/10/97 62 FR 10700
05/21/97 62 FR 27874
Undetermined
Small Entitles Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal

Agency Contact: Carol Weisner
Phone: 202 233-9193
Fax: 202 233-9665

RIN: 2060-AG12
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
                                                                                      Completed Actions
3633. REQUIREMENTS FOR
DESIGNATION OF REFERENCE AND
EQUIVALENT METHODS FOR PM 2.5
AND AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
SURVEILLANCE PARTICULATE
MATTER
Priority: Other Significant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Completed:
Reason
                  Date
FR Cite
                 12/13/96 61 FR 65780
                 03/26/97
NPRM
Incorporated Into RIN
  2060-AE66
Small Entitles Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John Haines
Phone: 919 541-5533
RIN: 2060-AH09

3634. • INDIVIDUAL FOREIGN
REFINERY BASELINE
REQUIREMENTS FOR
REFORMULATED GAS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 211
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule revises the
requirements for imported conventional
gasoline. The Agency has revised the
rules for conventional gasoline (59 FR
7716, February 16, 1994) to allow a
foreign refiner to choose to petition
EPA to establish an individual baseline
reflecting the quality and quantity of
gasoline produced at a foreign refinery
in 1990 that was shipped to the United
States. The foreign refiner is required
to meet the same requirements relating
to the establishement and use of
individual refinery baslines as are met
by domestic refiners. This final action
also includes additional requirements
that address issues that are unique to
refiners.

Timetable:
                                    Action
                            Date
                          FR Cite
                                    NPRM
                                    Final Action
                          05/06/97  62 FR 24776
                          08/28/97  62 FR 45533
                                    Small Entities Affected: None
                                    Government Levels Affected: None

                                    Additional Information: SAN No. 3524.
                                                                       Agency Contact: Karen Smith,
                                                                       Environmental Protection Agency; Air
                                                                       and Radiation, 5404D
                                                                       Phone: 202 233-9674
                                                                       RIN: 2060-AH48
3635. NAAQS: PARTICULATE MATTER
(REVIEW)
Priority: Economically Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50.6
Completed:
                                                                       Reason
                                                               Date
                          FR Cite
Final Action         07/18/97 62 FR 38652
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John Haines
Phone: 919 541-5533
RIN:  2060-AE66


3636. ADDITION OF METHODS 204,
204A - 204F FOR MEASUREMENT OF
VOC EMISSIONS FROM STATIONARY
SOURCES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR  Citation: 40 CFR 51
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                                                                    Completed Actions
Completed:
Reason
                  Date
                          FR Cite
Final Action         06/16/97 62 FR 32500

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal

Agency Contact: Candace Sorrell
Phone: 919 541-1064

RIN: 2060-AF02


3637. FOURIER TRANSFORM
INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FTIR)
EXTRACTIVE TEST METHOD—SELF-
VALIDATING PROCEDURE AND GEM
PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  40 CFR 63 app A; 40
CFR 60 app F

Completed:
Reason
                  Date
                          FR Cite
Withdrawn-The
  Agency plans no
  further action
08/26/97
Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Rima Dishakjian
Phone: 919 541-0443

RIN: 2060-AG08


3638. 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.

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 93

Completed:      	
Reason
  Date
                          FR Cite
Final Action
08/15/97 62 FR 43780
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal

Agency Contact: Kathryn Sargeant
Phone: 313 668-4441

RIN: 2060-AG16
                   3639. 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
                   Completed:         	
                   Reason
                  Date
                                             FR Cite
Withdrawn-The     08/26/97
  Agency plans no
  further action on this
  rule
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Eugene Casey
Phone: 202 233-9194
RIN: 2060-AG41


3640.  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
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 191
Completed:   	
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Ted Creekmore
Phone:  919 541-5699
Fax: 919 541-0824
RIN: 2060-AG89


3642. ADDITION OF METHOD 14A TO
40 CFR PART 60, APPENDIX A
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation:  12 CFR 120.2(d)(4); 40
CFR 63
Completed:                	
                   Reason
                                     Date
                          FR Cite
Publication of       02/28/97 62 FR 09188
  Guidance
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Betsy Forinash
Phone: 202 233-9233
Fax: 202 233-9626
Email: forinash.betsy@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG74


3641. STATE IMPLEMENTATION
PLANS; MILESTONE COMPLIANCE
DEMONSTRATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: This action may
affect State, local or tribal governments.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Completed:
                   Reason
                                     Date
                           FR Cite
                   Withdrawn- No further 08/25/97
                     action will be taken
                     on this regulation.
                                                       Reason
                                                                         Date
                          FR Cite
Withdrawn-The      08/26/97
  Agency plans no
  further action.
  Combined into
  2060-AE76.
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Terry Harrison
Phone: 919 541-5233
Fax: 919 541-1039
Email: harrison.terry@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH24


3643.  NAAQS: OZONE (REVIEW)
Priority: Economically Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50.9
Completed:
                                                       Reason
                                                                         Date
                          FR Cite
Final Action        07/18/97 62 FR 38856
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: John Haines
Phone: 919 541-5533
RIN: 2060-AE57


3644.
HOSPITAUMEDICAUINFECTIOUS
WASTE INCINERATORS
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 60
Completed:                     	
                                    Reason
                                                      Date
                                                              FR Cite
                                    Final Action
                 09/15/97  62 FR 48348
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EPA—CAA                                                                           Completed  Actions
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Rick Copland
Phono: 919 541-5265
Fax: 919 541-5450
BIN: 2060-AC62


3645. REVISION TO NSPS:
NONMETALLIC MINERALS
PROCESSING
Priority: Routine and Frequent
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.
CFR Citation: 40 GFR 60
Completed;	
                   Small Entities Affected: None
                   Government Levels Affected: State,
                   Local, Federal
                   Agency Contact: Bill Neuffer
                   Phone: 919 541-5435
                   Fax: 919 541-5600
                   RIN: 2060-AG33


                   3646. NSPS REVISIONS FOR
                   PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY:
                   GRANULAR TRIPLE
                   SUPERPHOSPHATE STORAGE
                   FACILITIES
                   Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                   CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 subpart X
                   Completed:  	
                                              Phone: 919 541-5515
                                              Fax: 919 541-5600   ;

                                              RIN: 2060-AH16
                                              3647. AMENDMENTS TO PARTS 51,
                                              52, 63, 70 AND 71 REGARDING THE
                                              PROVISIONS FOR DETERMINING
                                              POTENTIAL TO EMIT

                                              Priority: Other Significant

                                              CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63

                                              Completed:            	
                                             •Reason
                                                      Date
                                                                        FR Cite
                   Reason
                                     Date
                                    FR Cite
Reason
 Date
FR Cite
Final Action
06/09/97 62 FR 31351
Direct Final         04/15/97 61 FR 18277
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: David Painter
Withdrawn EPA is    08/25/97
  withdrawing this ruje
  and will instead
  issue guidance.             .

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Tim Smith
Phone:919541-4718

RIN: 2060-AE63                .
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Superfund  (CERCLA)
                                                                    Proposed Rule Stage
3648. 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
tho CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9601
CFR Citation: 40 GFR 307
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Current regulations at 40 CFR
part 307 provide for the
proauthorlzation 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
                           12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3885.
Agency Contact: Seth 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         ,


3649. 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
the 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; 40
CFR 355 app B        ']'
Legal Deadline: None
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                                                                   Proposed Rule Stage
Abstract: EPA has received a petition
to remove Phosmet from the extremely
hazardous substance. (EHS) list under
the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act
(EPCRA). This rulemaking will address
the petitioner's claims.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM       .      12/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3994.
Agency Contact: John Ferris,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid'Waste and Emergency Response,
5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4043
Fax: 202 260-0927
RIN: 2050-AE42


3650. 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);
Superfund (CERCLA)  sec 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. This
proposed rule also includes two new
provisions that allow  for communities
to receive cash advances of up to
$5,000 and that permit communities to
use up to $1,000 for site-related
training.
Timetable:
                  Action
                             Date
                           FR Cite
                   NPRM             11/00/97
                   Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
                   Organizations
                   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


                   3651. 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 102(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 the RQ level
or greater.
Timetable:
                                                        Action
                                                                  Date
                                                                FR Cite
                                               NPRM  :           11/00/97
                                               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


                                               3652. NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST
                                               FOR UNCONTROLLED HAZARDOUS
                                               WASTE SITES: PROPOSED AND
                                               FINAL RULES
                                               Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                                               Legal Authority: 42 USC 9605;
                                               Superfund (CERCLA) sec 105
                                               CFR Citation: 40 CFR 300.425
                                               Legal Deadline: None
                                               Abstract: This action proposes to revise
                                               the sites included on the National
                                               Priorities List (NPL) of uncontrolled
                                               waste sites in the National Contingency
                                               Plan (NCP). CERCLA requires that the
                                               Agency revise the NPL at least
                                               annually. Periodic revisions will allow
                                               lEPA to include,sites on the NPL with
                                               known or threatened hazardous
                                               substance releases and to delete sites
                                               that have been cleaned up.
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EPA—CERCLA                                                                      Proposed Rule  Stage
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM Proposal 17
Final 13
NPRM Proposal 18
RnaI14
Final (Southern
Shipbuilding)
Final 15
NPRM Proposal 19
NPRM Proposal 20
Final 16
NPRM Proposal 21
Final 17
NPRM Proposal 22
Final 18
NPRM Proposal 23
Final! 9
NPRM 24
Final 20
08/23/94
12/16/94
02/13/95
04/25/95
05/26/95
09/29/95
10/02/95
06/17/96
06/17/96
12/23/96
12/23/96
04/01/97
04/01/97
09/25/97
09/25/97
01/00/98
01/00/98
59 FR 4331 4
59 FR 65206
60 FR 821 2
60 FR 20330
60 FR 27896
60 FR 50435
60 FR 51 390
61 FR 30575
61 FR 30510
61 FR 67678
61 FR 67656
62 FR 15594
62 FR 15572
62 FR 50450
62 FR 50442


Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3439.
Agency Contact: Terry Keidan,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5204G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8852
RIN: 2050-AD75

3653. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE
PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS: RISK
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS UNDER
THE CLEAN AIR ACT, SECTION
112(R)(7): AMENDMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USG 7412(r); 42
USC 7601(a)(l); 42 USC 7661 to 7661f
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 68
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Clean Air Act section
112(r) required EPA to publish
regulations focusing on the prevention
of chemical accidents, building on the
chemical safety work begun under the
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). On June
20,1996, EPA published the final rule
for Risk Management Programs. An
estimated 66,000 facilities are subject
to this regulation based on the quantity
of regulated substances they have on-
site. These facilities will be required to
implement a Risk Management facilities
will be required to implement a Risk
Management Program and submit a
summary of the program (the risk
management plan, or RMP) to a central
location specified by EPA. The RMP
data will assist State and local
government entities responsible for
chemical emergency preparedness and
prevention. It will also be useful to
environmental and community
organizations and the public in
understanding the chemical risks in
their communities. EPA will use the
RMP data to set priorities, target
resources, and measure the success of
the Risk Management Program in
accordance with the Government
Performance and Results  Act (GPRA).
In addition, EPA hopes the availability
of this information will stimulate a
dialogue between industry and the
practices at the local level.
We expect to propose the following
modifications to the RMP final rule: (1)
Clarify how Confidential Business
Information (CBI) should be submitted
to EPA; (2) Add 2  required and 4
voluntary data elements to the previous
requirements; and (3) Replace Standard
Industrial Classification (SIC) codes
with the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
Timetable:
                  Action
                                     Date
                                     FR Cite
                   NPRM
                   Final
                            11/00/97
                            05/00/98
                  Small Entities Affected: Businesses
                  Government Levels Affected: State,
                  Local, Tribal, Federal
                  Sectors Affected: 261 Pulp Mills; 281
                  Industrial Inorganic Chemicals; 282
                  Plastics Materials and Synthetic Resins,
                  Synthetic Rubber, Cellulosic and Other
                  Manmade Fibers, Except Glass
Additional Information: SAN No. 4029.

Agency Contact: Sicy Jacob,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7249
Fax: 202 260-0927
Email: jacob.sicey@epamail.epa.gov

RIN: 2050-AE46


3654. AMENDMENTS TO THE
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT,
SECTIONS 302 THROUGH 312

Priority: Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication,  or streamline .
requirements.

Legal Authority: PL 99-499
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 355; 40 CFR 370

Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposal 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             02/00/98
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,
(5104), Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4043
RIN: 2050-AE17
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ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Superfund  (CERCLA)
                                                                          Final  Rule Stage
3655. 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 (TPQ) 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: None
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


3656. AMENDMENTS TO THE LIST OF
REGULATED SUBSTANCES AND
THRESHOLDS FOR ACCIDENTAL
RELEASE PREVENTION-
MODIFICATIONS
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: On April 15, 1996 (61 FR
16598), the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) proposed 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 proposed 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 were proposed for
exemption under the threshold quantity
determinations. Modifications to the
definition of stationary source were
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
proposed to clarify that 40 CFR part
68 does not apply to facilities located
on the Outer Continental Shelf. This
rule will finalize the proposed changes.
EPA believes these changes will better
focus on the high hazard/high risk
substances and operations covered
under the Risk Management Program
rule for accidental release prevention.
In addition, in August 1997, EPA took
final action in vacating the listing and
related thresholds for hydrochloric acid
solutions with less than 37%
concentrations of hydrogen chloride.
Together, these changes will reduce the
number of stationary sources subject to
the requirements of the risk
management program rule and decrease
the burden on the regulated
community.

Timetable:
                  Action
                             Date
                           FR Cite
                  NPRM
                  Final HCI solutions
                  Final Action
                            04/15/96 61 FR 16598
                            08/25/97 62 FR 45130
                            12/00/97
                  Small Entities Affected: None

                  Government Levels Affected: None

                  Additional Information: SAN No. 3787.

                  Agency Contact: Vanessa Rodriguez,
                  Environmental Protection Agency,
                  Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
                  (5104), Washington, DC 20460
                  Phone: 202 260-7913
                  Fax: 202 260-0927

                  RIN: 2050-AE35
3657. REVISION OF THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT REIMBURSEMENT
REGULATION
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 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.
The 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 than
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
their ability to protect human health
and the environment.
Timetable:
                                               Action
                                                        Date
                           FR Cite
                                               Interim Final         10/00/97
                                               Small Entities Affected: Governmental
                                               Jurisdictions
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EPA—CERCLA
                                                                      Final  Rule Stage
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

3658. 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 USG 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 a&ects the
requirement in Superfund and the
Emergency Planning and Community
                  Right-to-Know Act that facilities
                  immediately report to State, local and
                  federal authorities the release of a
                  hazardous substances in an amount that
                  equals or exceeds a reportable quantity.
                  In 1989, the Environmental Protection
                  Agency (EPA) set reportable quantities
                  for radionuclides (a category of
                  hazardous substances) by regulation.  In
                  that same rule, EPA also established
                  four exemptions to the general
                  reporting requirement, to exclude from
                  it certain releases of naturally occurring
                  radionuclides for which the
                  government does not need reports.
                  These exemptions are for releases from:
                  (1) large land holdings; (2) disturbances
                  of land for purposes other than mining;
                  (3) the dumping of coal and coal ash
                  at utility and industrial facilities with
                  coal-fired boilers; and (4) coal and ash
                  piles at those facilities.
                  Later, a court ruled that the Agency had
                  promulgated the four exemptions
                  without giving the public 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 threat to human health
                                    and the environment.

                                    Timetable:
                                    Action
                            Date
                          FR Cite
                                    NPRM             11/30/92 57 FR 56726
                                    Supplemental Notice  08/04/95 60 FR 40042
                                    Final Action         10/00/97

                                    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
                                    Phone: 703 603-9086
                                    RIN: 2050-AD46
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Superfund (CERCLA)
                                                                     Long-Term Actions
3659. 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             00/00/00

Small Entitles Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lynn Beasley
Phone: 703 603-9086

RIN: 2050-AB82
3660. DELETION OF SACCHARIN
FROM THE LIST OF HAZARDOUS
WASTES UNDER RCRA AND THE
LIST OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
UNDER CERCLA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will eliminate
existing text in the CFR.

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261.33(f); 40 CFR
261; 40 CFR 302.4

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
          3661. 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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
                                                                    Proposed  Rule Stage
3662. • NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE
BASIS OF SEX IN EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS RECEIVING FEDERAL
ASSISTANCE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 7 subpart F
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The President Plans to
invigorate enforcement of title DC of the
Education Amendments to the 1972
Civil Rights Act in federally assisted
educational programs, and to issue an
Executive Order that will expand
prohibition of discrimination on the
basis of sex, race, color, and national
origin in federally conducted education
programs. This is part of a common
rule being developed by the
Department of Justice.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM       ,    , 10/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal.
Additional Information: SAN No. 4021.
Agency Contact: Rosezella Canty-
Letsome, Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Enforcement and, >
Compliance Assurance, 1205,
Washington DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4567
RIN: 2020-AA36
3663. IMPLEMENTATION OF
CHANGES TO 40 CFR PART 32 AS A
RESULT OF THE FEDERAL
ACQUISITION STREAMLINING, ACT
(FAS A)
Priority: Info./Admm./Other
Legal Authority: EO 12549; EO 12689
and 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 the rule were recommended by
various agencies. In December, 1996,
OMB declined to implement the
changes at this time due to differences
with some agencies about some changes
unrelated to those occasioned by FASA.
Among other things, FASA replaced the
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.       •    •   •
Timetable:
                  Action
                             Date
                           FR Cite
                  NPRM            05/00/98
                  Final Action        09/00/98
                  Small Entities Affected: None
                  Government Levels Affected: None
                  Procurement: This is a procurement-
                  related action for which there is no
                  statutory requirement. There is no
                  paperwork burden associated with this
                  action.
                  Additional Information:  SAN No. 3817.
                  Agency Contact: Robert F. Meunier,
                  Environmental Protection Agency,
                  Administration and Resource
                  Management, (3901F), Washington, DC
                  20460
                  Phone: 202 260-8030
                  Fax: 202 260-9575
                  RIN: 2030-AA48


                  3664. INCORPORATION OF CLASS
                  DEVIATION INTO EPAAR
                  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                  Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
                  CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1506; 48 CFR
                  1537; 48 CFR 1552
                  Legal Deadline: None
                                                       Abstract: The Agency has approved a
                                                       number of class deviations (e.g. changes
                                                       to reporting requirements and monthly
                                                       progress reports) to the EPAAR since
                                                       its promulgation in April 1994. This
                                                       proposed rule would incorporate most
                                                       of the class deviations to the EPAAR.
                                                       Timetable:
                                                       Action
                                                                 Date
                           FR Cite
                                                       NPRM
                                                       Final Action
                                                                10/00/97
                                                                02/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is a
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information:  SAN No. 3580.
Agency Contact: Frances Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, 3802F, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Fax: 202 260-1203
RIN: 2030-AA37
3665. 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             04/00/98
                                               Final Action         08/00/98
                                               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. 3629.
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                                                                  Proposed Rule Stage
Agency Contact: Frances Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, 3802F, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Fax: 202 260-1203
BIN: 2030-AA40

3666. 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 fc)
CFR Citation: 48 GFR1532
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed rule will add
subpart 1532.7, Contract Funding, to
tho 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            10/00/97
Final Action        02/00/98
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
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. 3876.
Agency Contact: Frances Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resource
Management, 3802F, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 260 564-4368
Fax: 202 260-1203
RIN: 2030-AA50

3667. 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:
                  Action
                                     Date     FR Cite
NPRM            10/00/97
Final Action        03/00/98
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: 202 564-4356
Fax: 202 260-1203
RIN: 2030-AA51


3668. AGENCY IMPLEMENTATION OF
FEDERAL ACQUISITION
STREAMLINING ACT (FASA)
CHANGES TO TRUTH IN
NEGOTIATIONS ACT (TINA)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 40 USC 390; EPA
Acquisition Regulation sec 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:
                                              Action              Date     FR Cite
                                              NPRM             12/00/97
                                              Final              04/00/98
                                              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: 202 564-4369
                                              Fax: 202 260-1203
                                              RIN: 2030-AA47
3669. VALUE ENGINEERING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c); EPA
Acquisition Regulation sec 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.
Timetable:
                                                       Action
                                                                 Date
                           FR Cite
                                                       NPRM
                                                       Final
                                                                10/00/97
                                                                02/00/98
                                                       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,
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EPA—GENERAL
                                                                  Proposed Rule  Stage
Administration and Resource
Management, 3802F, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4366
Fax: 202 260-1203

RIN: 2030-AA49
3670. 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 the procedural rules used in
administrative hearings and practice.
These amendments will include
technical  corrections as well as
substantive amendments. The proposed
substantive amendments pertain to the
handling and use of Confidential
Business Information, burdens of  proof,
motion practice, cross appeals, and
more.

Timetable:
 Action
Date
FR Cite
 NPRM            11/00/97

 Small Entities Affected: None

 Government Levels Affected: Federal

 Additional Information: SAN No. 2662.

 Agency Contact: Scott Garrison,
 Environmental Protection Agency,
 Office of Enforcement and Compliance
 Assurance, (2201A), Washington, DC
 20460
 Phone:  202 564-4047

 RIN: 2020-AA13
3671. CONSOLIDATION OF GOOD
LABORATORY PRACTICE
STANDARDS (GLPS) REGULATIONS
CURRENTLY UNDER TSCA AND
FIFRA INTO ONE RULE
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 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
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
                                                       Final Action
                                                                10/00/97
                                                                06/00/98
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


3672. SAFE DRINKING WATER
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
PROGRAM: CITIZEN COLLECTION
ACTION; NOTICE OF COMPLAINT
SEEKING REVIEW OF PENALTY
ORDER
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Safe Drinking Water
Act sec 1447; Safe Drinking Water Act
sec 1449

CFR Citation: 40 CFR 135

Legal Deadline: None

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.
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                                                                                      Proposed  Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
                   Date
FR Cite
NPRM             12/00/97
Small Entitles 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

BIN: 2020-AA35
ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
                                                                                            Final Rule Stage
3373. • COMMON RULEMAKING ON
ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS
FOR GRANTEES TO REFLECT
SINGLE AUDIT ACT AMENDMENTS

Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 7 USC 135 et seq; is
USC 2601 et seq; 33 USC 1251 et seq;
42 USC 241; 42 USC 242(b); 42 USC
243; 42 USC 246; 42 USC 300f; 42 USC
300J-1; 42 USC 300J-2; 42 USC 300j-
3; 42 USC 1857 et seq; 42 USC 7401
et soq; 42 USC 6901 et seq; 42 USC
9601 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 30.26; 40 CFR
31.26
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is participating in the
Grants Management Common
Rulomaking along with the Office of
Management and Budget and other
Federal Agencies. This rulemaking
codifies for EPA the requirements of
the Single Audit Act Amendments of
1906 and the revised and re-titled OMB
Circular A-133, "Audits of State, Local
Governments, and Non-Frofit
Organizations."
Timetable:
Action
                   Date
FR Cite
                  08/29/97 62 FR 45937
                  09/29/97

                  10/28/97
Interim Final Rule
Interim Rnal Rule
  Effective
Interim Rnal Rule
  Comment Period
  End
Small Entitles Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions, Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4037.
Tha interim final rule would result in
some savings to organizations
administering grants and subgrants
primarily due to the increase in the
threshold that triggers an audit
requirement.
                                     Agency Contact: Peggy Anthony,
                                     Environmental Protection Agency,
                                     Administration and Resource
                                     Management, 3903R, Washington, DC
                                     20460
                                     Phone: 202 564-5364

                                     RIN: 2030-AA54
3674. PROPOSED GUIDELINES FOR
ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Guidelines for Ecological
Risk Assessment are intended to guide
Agency evaluations of ecological risks
in line  with the policies and
procedures established in the statutes
administered by EPA. These Guidelines
set forth principles and procedures to
guide EPA scientists in the conduct of
Agency risk assessments and to inform
Agency decision makers and the public
about these procedures. In particular,
the Guidelines expand  on the general
ecological risk assessment process
described in the Agency report
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     11/00/97,
                                     Small Entitles Affected: None
                                     Government Levels Affected: None
                                     Additional Information: SAN No. 3670.
                                               Agency Contact: William P. Wood,
                                               Environmental Protection Agency,
                                               Office of Research and Development,
                                               Risk Assessment Forum (8101),
                                               Washington, DC 20460
                                               Phone: 202 260-6743
                                               RIN: 2080-AA07
3675. GUIDELINES FOR
NEUROTOXICITY RISK ASSESSMENT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These proposed Guidelines
for Neurotoxicity Risk Assessment
(hereafter Guidelines) are intended to
guide Agency evaluatibn of suspect
neurotoxicants in line with the policies
and procedures established in the
statutes administered by the EPA.
These Guidelines set forth principles
and procedures to guide EPA scientists
in the conduct of Agency risk
assessments and to  inform Agency
decision makers and the public about
these procedures. In particular, the
Guidelines emphasize that risk
assessments will be conducted on a
case-by-case basis, giving full
consideration to all relevant scientific
information. This case-by-case
approach means that Agency experts
study scientific information on each
chemical under review and use the
most scientifically appropriate
interpretation to assess risk. The
Guidelines also stress that this
information will be fully presented in
Agency risk assessment documents, and
that Agency scientists will identify the
strengths and weaknesses of each
assessment by describing uncertainties,
assumptions, and limitations, as well as
the scientific basis and rationale for
each assessment.
Timetable:
                                               Action
                                                        Date
                           FR Cite
                                               NPRM Guidelines
                                               Final Guidelines
                                                      10/04/96 61 FR 52032
                                                      11/00/97
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EPA—GENERAL
                                                                         Final Rule Stage
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


3676. FIELD CITATION PROGRAM

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 7413(d); Clean
Air Act sec 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
he implemented through regulations
which provide the informal hearing
procedures. These hearing procedures
are not required to he as rigorous as
those imposed by the Administrative
Procedure Act (APA), hut 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
Final
05/03/94 59 FR 22776
02/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: SAN No. 2937.

Agency Contact: Gary Secrest,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, 2242A, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-8661

RIN: 2020-AA32
                   3677. UPDATE PROCEDURES FOR
                   MAKING PROFIT/FEE
                   DETERMINATIONS
                   Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
                   Legal Authority: 40 USC 390; EPA
                   Acquisition Regulation sec 205(c)
                   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
                    NPRM
                    Final
                 05/21/97 62 FR 27712
                 10/00/97
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: 202 564-4369
Fax: 202 260-1203
RIN: 2030-AA53


3678. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND
CONFIDENTIALITY REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive,  Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC  552; 7 USC 136
et seq; 33 USC 1251 et seq; 42 USC
300f et seq; 42 USC 6901 et seq; 42
USC 7401 et seq; 42 USC 9601 et seq;
42 USC 11001 et seq; 15 USC 2601 et
seq; 42 USC 4912; 33  USC 1414; 21
USC 346; 15 USC 2005
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 2; 40 CFR 57;
40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 145;
40 CFR 233; 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 270;
40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 281; 40 CFR 350;
40 CFR 403; 40 CFR 85; 40 CFR 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:
                                     Action
                   Date     FR Cite
NPRM             11/23/94 59 FR 60446
Final              11/00/97
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, 2379, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-5469
RIN: 2020-AA21


3679. PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT AND
DISPOSAL
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 165
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action develops
procedures for mandatory and
voluntary recall actions under section
19(b) of FIFRA and would establish
criteria for acceptable storage and
disposal plans which registrants may
submit to this Agency to become
eligible for reimbursement of storage
costs. This action establishes
procedures for indemnification of
owners of suspended and cancelled
pesticides for disposal.
Timetable:
                                                         Action
                   Date
FR Cite
                                                         NPRM            05/05/93 58 FR 26856
                                                         Final              06/00/98
                                                         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
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          Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 209  / Wednesday, October  29, 1997  / Unified Agenda    58195
EPA—GENERAL
                                                                    Final  Rule Stage
Assurance, 2225A, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4162
                 BIN: 2020-AA33
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
                                                                   Long-Term Actions
3680. GUIDELINES FOR CARCINOGEN
RISK ASSESSMENT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Timetable:
                 Timetable:
                                             Timetable:
                 Action
                           Date
FR Cite    Action
                 NPRM
                 Final
                          02/10/93 58 FR 7870
                          00/00/00
Action
Roproposed        04/23/96 61 FR 17960
  Guidelines
Implementation Policy 06/25/96 61 FR 32799
Final Guidelines      12/00/98
Small Entitles Affected: Hone
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William P. Wood
Phono: 202 260-6743
RIN: 2080-AA06
3681. REGULATIONS GOVERNING
AWARDS UNDER SECTION 113(F) OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 65
Timetable:
Date     FR Cite   Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Action
Date
NPRM            05/03/94 59 FR 22795
Final              00/00/00
Small Entitles Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Gary Secrest
Phone:  202 564-8661
RIN:  2020-AA31

3682. REGULATIONS GOVERNING
PRIOR  NOTICE OF CITIZEN SUITS
BROUGHT UNDER SECTION 304 OF
THE  CLEAN AIR ACT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR  Citation: 40 CFR 54
                 Government Levels Affected:
                 Undetermined

                 Agency Contact: Rhonda Maddox
                 Phone: 202 564-7026
                 Jerry MacLaughlin
                 Phone: 202 564-6947

                 RIN: 2020-AA30
                 3683. POLICY OR PROCEDURES FOR
                 NOTIFICATION TO THE AGENCY OF
                 STORED PESTICIDES WITH
                 CANCELLED OR SUSPENDED
                 REGISTRATION

                 Priority: Other Significant
                 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 168

                 Timetable:
FR Cite    Actlon
                                                     Date
                                           FR Cite
                 NPRM
                 Final
                          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
                 3684. FIFRA BOOKS AND RECORDS
                 OF PESTICIDE PRODUCTION AND
                 DISTRIBUTION (REVISION)

                 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

                 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 169
Date
FR Cite
          NPRM            00/00/00

          Small Entities Affected: Businesses

          Government Levels Affected: Federal

          Agency Contact: Steve Howie
          Phone: 703 308-8383
          Email: howie.steven@epamail.epa.gov

          RIN: 2020-AA28


          3685. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
          ASSESSMENT OF
          NONGOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN
          ANTARCTICA

          Priority: Other Significant

          Timetable:
                                             Action
                                                              Date
                                   FR Cite
                                             Interim Final Rule
                                             Final
                          04/30/97 62 FR 25537
                          10/00/98
          Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
          Organizations

          Government Levels Affected: None

          Agency Contact: Joe Montgomery
          Phone: 202 564-7157
          Fax: 202 564-0072
          Email:
          montgomery.joseph@epamail.epa.gov
          Katherine Biggs
          Phone: 202 564-7144
          Fax: 202 564-0072
          Email: biggs.katherine@epamail.epa.gov

          RIN: 2020-AA34
          [FR Doc. 97-26067 Filed 10-28-97; 8:45 am]
          BILLING CODE 6565-50-F
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      ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY INDEX JO  ENTRIES THAT MAY AFFECT
                                                      SMALL ENTITIES

     The  Regulatory Flexibility Act (5  U.S.C. 601) requires that agencies  publish  regulatory agendas identifying
those rules that may have  a significant  economic impact on a  substantial number  of small entities.  Agencies
meet that requirement  by  including  the information  in their submissions  for  The Regulatory Plan and  the
Unified Agenda.
     The   following  index  lists  the  regulatory  actions  in  this  joint  publication  that  agencies  believe may
have such effects  on small businesses, small governmental jurisdictions, or small organizations. The  Sequence
Number  (Seq.  No.) of the  entry identifies the location of the  entry  in  this edition. For further  information,
see the Regulatory Information  Service Center's  Introduction to The Regulatory Plan and the  Unified Agenda
in Part II of this issue.
            Small Businesses
                                       Seq.
                                       No.
 Seq.
 No.
  107
  108
  109
  110

  111
  112
  113
  114
  115
  116
  117
  118
  119
  123
  126
  127
  128
  129
  131
  132
   133
   134
               Title
                      EPA
Reporting Threshold Amendment;  Toxic
  Chemicals Release Reporting; Commu-
  nity Right-to-Know
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI): Review of
  Chemicals on Original TRI List
TRI Chemical  Expansion;  Finalization  of
  Deferred Chemicals
TSCA  Inventory Update  Rule  Amend-
  ments
Data  Expansion   Amendments;   Toxic
  Chemical  Release Reporting; Commu-
  nity Right-to-Know
TRI; Addition of Oil and Gas Exploration
  and Production to the Toxic Release In-
  ventory
TRI; Pollution Prevention Act Information
  Requirements
Selected  Rulemakings  for Abating Lead
  Hazards
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
Streamlining  the  General  Pretreatment
  Regulations  for  Existing   and  New
  Sources of Pollution
Revision of  NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
  plication Requirements and Form 2C -
  Wastewater Discharge Information
Comprehensive   NPDES   Stormwater
  Phase II Regulations
Management of Class V  Injection Wells
  Under  Part C  of  the  Safe  Drinking
  Water Act
Implementation of Ozone and Particulate
  Matter (PM) National Ambient Air Qual-
  ity Standards (NAAQS) and Regional
  Haze Regulations
Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guide-
  lines: Pulp and Paper
Pesticides; Self-Certification
Pesticides and Ground Water State Man-
.  agement Plan Regulation
Polychlorinated Biphenyls  (PCBs) Dis-
  posal Amendments (Section 610  Re-
  view)
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II
NPDES  Wastewater  Permit  Application
  Forms and Regulatory Revisions  for
  Municipal  Discharges  and  Sewage
  Sludge Use or Disposal
National  Primary Drinking Water  Regula-
  tions: Stage I  Disinfectant/Disinfection
  Byproducts Rule
National  Primary Drinking Water  Regula-
  tions: Interim Enhanced Surface Water
  Treatment Rule
 135

 136
 141
 142

3258
3259

3260

3261

3262

3263



3265

3266

3269

3272
3274
3275



3276

3277
3278

3279

3286



3289

3291

•3293
3301




3303

3304
                                                                  Title
                                             Seq.
                                             No.
Revised Standards for Hazardous Waste
  Combustion Facilities
Requirements for Management of Hazard-
  ous Contaminated  Media Commonly
  Referred to as Hazardous Waste Identi-
  fication Rule for Contaminated Media or
  HWiR-Media
VOC Regulation for Architectural Coatings
National  VOC Emission  Standards  for
  Consumer Products
Tolerance Processing Fees; Tolerances
  and Exemption  From  Tolerances  for
  Pesticide Chemicals
Antimicrobial  Pesticide  Registration Re-
  form
Pesticide Data Requirements for Registra-
  tion (Revision)
Pesticide  Worker  Protection Standards;
  Pesticide Hazard Communication
Pesticide Worker Protection Standard  Ex-
  ceptions
Pesticides Worker Protection Standards;
  Scope and Clarification of the Excep-
  tions Process
Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides
  Under FIFRA and FFDCA
Pesticide  Flammability Labeling  Require-
  ments for Total Release Foggers
Modifications to Pesticide Worker Protec-
  tion Standard-Glove Amendment
Endangered Species Protection Program
Pesticide Labeling Claims
Pesticide  Management  and  Disposal:
  Standards for Pesticide Containers and
  Containment
Child-Resistant  Packaging  Regulations
  (Revision)
Pesticide Export Policy
Cross-Contamination of  Pesticide Prod-
  ucts
Reporting Requirements  for Risk/Benefit
  Information (Revision)
TRI: Responses to Petitions Received To
  Add  or Delete Chemicals  From  the
  Toxic Release Inventory
Lead-Based  Paint  Disclosure  Require-
  ments at Renovation of Target Housing
Lead; TSCA Requirements for the  Dis-
  posal of Lead-Based Paint Debris
TSCA Biotechnology Follow-up Rules
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Exemp-
  tions  From the  Prohibitions  Against
  Manufacturing,'  Processing,  and  Dis-
  tribution in Commerce
Revised  Asbestos  Model Accreditation
  Plan (Section 610 Review)
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
  Materials  in Schools Rule (Section 610
  Review)
3305

3306

3309
3315




3317


3320


,3324


3326
                                                                                          3328
                                                                                          3330
 3333

 3334




 3336

 3337



 3338



 3339

 3343



 3344



 3345



 3353



 3356



 3362
                                                                                                               Title
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
Use of Acrylamide for Grouting
Notice of TSCA Section 4 Reimbursement
  Period and TSCA Section 12(b) Export
  Notification  Period  Sunset  Dates for
  TSCA Section 4 Substances
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train- •
  Ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
  and Model State Plan Rule
Regulatory Investigation Under  the Toxic
  Substances Control  Act (TSCA) To Re-
  duce Lead (Pb) Consumption and Use
Significant New  Use  Rules on National
  Program Chemicals;  Asbestos,  Lead,
  and Refractory Ceramic Fibers
Facility  Coverage   Amendment;  Toxic
  Chemical Release  Reporting; Commu-
  nity Right-To-Know
OPPT Generic Reinvention Evaluations
Rulemaking Concerning Certain Mlcrobial
  Products  (Biotechnology) Under  the
  Toxic Substances Control Act  (TSCA)
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Mer-
  cury  Under the Clean Water Act
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Co-
  Planar and Mono-Ortho-Substituted Pol-
  ychlorinated Biphenyls  (PCBs) Under
  the Clean Water Act
Effluent-Guidelines and  Standards for the
  Centralized Waste Treatment  Industry
Effluent Guidelines and  Standards for the
  Industrial Laundries Point Source Cat-
  egory
Effluent Guidelines and  Standards for the
  Transportation Equipment Cleaning Cat-
  egory
Effluent  Guidelines   and  Standards  for
  Landfills
Amendment to Effluent Limitations Guide-
  lines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper,
  and Paperboard Category
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
  for the Analysis of  Trace Metals Under
  the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
  for the Analysis of Cyanide  Under the
  Clean Water Act
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
Guidelines  Establishing  Oil and Grease
  Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
  lutants Under the Clean Water Act
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          Small Businesses—Cont.
                                            Seq.
                                             No.
 Seq
  No.
 3363



 3364



 3367

 3368


 3369



 3371


 3378

 3380



 3385



 3383

 3387

 3388



 3383


 3391

 3392

 3395


 3398

 3339

 3400

 3401

 3402

 3403


 3404

 3408

3412

3418


3418
                  Title
 Increasod Method Flexibility for Test Pro-
   cedures Approved for Clean Water Act
   Compliance  Monitoring Under 40  CFR
   Part 136
 Guidelines  Establishing  Test  Procedures
   for the Analysis of Miscellaneous  Met-
   als,  Anions,  and  Volatile  Organlcs
   Under lira Clean Water Act
 Show Protection Act,  Section  4l03(b)
   Regulations
 Ellhient Limitations Guidelines and Stand-
   ards for  the Pulp, Paper, and  Paper-
   board Category, Phase II
 Guidelines  Establishing Whole  Effluent
   ToxfcSty West Coast Test Procedures for
   the Analysis of  Pollutants  Under  the
   Clean Water Act
 Effluent Guidelines and Standards  for the
   Motal   Products  and  Machinery  Cat-
   egory, Phases I and 2
 Effluent Guidelines and Standards  for the
   Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category
 Guidelines  Establishing Test  Procedures
   for  the Analysis  of  2,3,7,8-Substituled
   Dfroozo-P-DloxIns and Dibenzo Furans
   Under the Clean Water Act
 Revision  of Existing Variances  and Ex-
   emptions Regulation to Comply with Re-
   quirements of the  Safe Drinking Water
   Act
 Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
   port Regulations
 Public Water  System  Public  Notification
   Regulation
 Test   Procedures  for   the  Analysis  of
   Cryptosporkiium and Glardla Under the
   Safe Drinking Water and  Clean Water
   Acts
 Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
   Water Contaminants: Total Conforms, E.
   coll, and Acid Herbicides
 Streamlining Drinking  Water  Monitoring
   Requirements
 National Primary  Drinking Water Regula-
   tions for Lead and Copper
 Analytical  Methods for Regulated prinking
   Water Contaminants: Organic, Inorganic
   and Microbiological Contaminants
 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: Sullato
 National Primary  Drinking Water Stand-
   ards for Akitearb
 National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
   tions: Radium,  Uranium,  Alpha, Beta
   and Photon Emitters
 Underground Injection  Control Program
   Streamlining Rule
 Revisions  to the Oil  Pollution  Prevention
   Regulation
 Hazardous Waste Management  System:
   Post-Closure Requirements
 den'.ilicalion 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
 3426




 3429


 3433
 3434
 3435
 3436


 3446





 3449





 3452


 3476

 3479

 3481

 3491
 3493
 3501

 3502


 3503

 3508

 3512





 3515

 3518




 3526


 3528




 3536

 3539


 3541


3544

3546

3549
                                                                         Title
                                                  Seq.
                                                   No.
 Hazardous Waste  Management System:
   Identification and  Listing of Hazardous
   Waste; Recycled Used Oil Management
   Standards
 Identification  and Listing  of  Hazardous
   Wastes: Hazardous Waste Identification
   Rule (HWIR); Waste
 Hazardous Waste  Management System;
   Modification  of  the  Hazardous  Waste
   Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
 Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
 Corrective Action for Solid Waste Manage-
   ment  Units  (SWMUs) at  Hazardous
   Waste Management Facilities
 Underground  Storage  Tanks  Containing
   Hazardous  Substances-Financial  Re-
   sponsibility Requirements
 Revisions  to New Source Review  (NSR)
   Regulations to Implement the New Na-
   tional  Ambient  Air  Quality Standards
   (NAAQS) for Ozone  and  Paniculate
   Matter
 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel  Additives:
   Proposed Minor Revisions  to  Selected
   Recordkeeping and Enforcement Provi-
   sions Under the Regulation of Deposit
   Control Gasoline Additives
 Revisions to the Permits  and  Sulfur Diox-
   ide   Allowance   System   Regulations
   under Title IV of the Clean Air Act
 Revision to the  Light-Duty Vehicle Emis-
   sion Compliance Procedure
 Revisions to Service Information Availabil-
   ity Requirements
 Review of New Sources and Modifications
   in Indian Country
 NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
 NESHAP: Pharmaceuticals Production
 Amendments to Subpart  A and B for 40
   CFR 63
 Revisions to the Regulation for Approval
   of State Programs and  Delegation of
   Federal Authorities
 Generic MACT for Source Categories with
   Few Sources
 NESHAP:  Flexible   Polyurethane  Foam
   Fabrication Operations
 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
 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
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
  Proficiency Programs Rule
Tier  II (Phase II) Study to Assess Further
  Reductions in  LOV and  LOT  Tailpipe
  Emission Standards
Ban the Sale of Halon Blends and the In-
  tentional  Release  of  Halons During
  Testing and Training
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
  try
NESHAP:  Phosphate Fertilizers Produc-
  tion
NESHAP:   Flexible  Polyurethane  Foam
  Production
 3551



 3553


 3554

 3559


 3568
 3581
 3588

 3590
 3603

 3608

 3609
 3613

 3621
 3626

 3627

 3628

 3629



 3630
3631



3642

3644

3649

3650

3653




3654



3662



3664

3665
3666

3667
3669
3672
                                                                                                  3677

                                                                                                  3679
                                                                                                  3684
                                                                                                                          Title
 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
 Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations
   NESHAP:  Technical Corrections  and
   Clarifications
 NESHAP:   Secondary  Lead  Smelter
   Amendment
 National   Volatile  Organic   Compound
   Emission Standards for Automobile Re-
   finish Coatings
 Amendment  Concerning  Applicability  of
   On  Highway Heavy-Duty Certified En-
   gines for Use  in Nonroad  Heavy-Duty
   Vehicles and Equipment
 Service Information Availability
 NESHAP/NSPS: Internal Combustion En-
   gine
 NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production
 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
 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
 Nonroad  Spark-Ignition Engines  at  or
   Below 19  Kilowatts  (25 Horsepower)
   (Phase 2)
 Addition of Method  14A to 40 CFR Part
   60, Appendix A
 Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Inciner-
   ators  '
 Modification of  the  Extremely Hazardous
   Substance (EHS) List
 Grants for Technical Assistance Rule Re-
   form~40 CFR Part 35 Subpart M
 Accidental  Release  Prevention Require-
   ments:  Risk  Management  Programs
   Under  the  Clean  Air   Act,  Section
   112(r)(7): Amendment
 Amendments  to the Emergency Planning
   and  Community  Right-To-Know  Act,
   Sections 302 Through 312
 Nondiscrimination  on the Basis of Sex in
   Educational  Programs Receiving Fed-
   eral Assistance
 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
Value Engineering
Safe Drinking  Water Public Water Supply
  System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
  tion;  Notice of Complaint Seeking Re-
  view of Penalty Order
Update Procedures for  Making  Profit/Fee
  Determinations
 'esticide Management and Disposal
FIFRA  Books and Records of Pesticide
  Production and Distribution (Revision)
-------
        Small Businesses—Cont.
                                          Seq.
                                           No.
Seq.
No.
3685
Title
Environmental Impact Assessment of Non-
governmental Activities in Antarctica
   Small Governmental Jurisdictions
Seq.
No.
 107


 108

 111


 112


 113

 114

 115
 116


 118

 119


 123



  128

  131
  132
  139
 3258
 327
 3275
 3290

 3303

 3304


 3306

 331'


 332


 333
                Title
                       EPA
 ieportlng  Threshold  Amendment; Toxic
  Chemicals Release Reporting; Commu-
  nity Right-to-Know
"oxlcs Release Inventory (TRI): Review of
  Chemicals on Original TRI List
Data  Expansion   Amendments;  Toxic
  Chemical  Release  Reporting; Commu-
  nity Right-to-Know
 •Rl; Addition of Oil and Gas  Exploration
  and Production to the Toxic Release In-
  ventory
TRI; Pollution  Prevention Act  Information
  Requirements
Selected Rulemakings  for Abating Lead
  Hazards
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
Streamlining  the   General  Pretreatment
  Regulations  for  Existing  and   New
  Sources of Pollution
Comprehensive    NPDES    Stormwater
  Phase II Regulations
Management of  Class  V Injection Wells
  Under Part C  of the  Safe  Drinking
  Water Act
 mplementation of  Ozone and  Particulate
  Matter (PM) National Ambient Air Qual-
  ity Standards  (NAAQS)  and Regional
  Haze Regulations
 Pesticides and Ground Water State Man-
  agement Plan Regulation
 NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II
 NPDES  Wastewater  Permit   Application
  Forms  and Regulatory  Revisions  for
  Municipal  Discharges  and  Sewage
  Sludge Use or Disposal
 National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
  tions;  Stage I  Disinfectant/Disinfection
   Byproducts Rule
 National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
  tions; Interim Enhanced Surface Water
  Treatment Rule
 Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
 Tolerance   Processing  Fees;  Tolerances
   and  Exemption  From  Tolerances  for
   Pesticide Chemicals
 Endangered Species Protection Program
 Pesticide   Management  and  Disposal;
   Standards for Pesticide Containers and
   Containment
 Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
   tection Rule (Section 610 Review)
 Revised  Asbestos  Model  Accreditation
   Plan (Section 610 Review)
 Amendments to  the Asbestos-Containing
   Materials In Schools Rule (Section  610
   Review)
 Lead Fee Rule  for Lead-Based Paint Ac-
   tivities Training and Certification
 Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
   ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
   and Model State Plan Rule
 Facility   Coverage  Amendment;  Toxic
   Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
    nity Right-To-Know
 Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microbial
    Products  (Biotechnology)   Under  the
   Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
3332



3333

3334




3341

3344


3345


3353



3354



3356


3362



3363




 3364




 3367

 3369




 3380




 3385




 3386

 338'

 3388




 338!


 339

 339

 339



 339

  339

  340

  340

  340
                                                                        Title
                                                 Seq.
                                                  No.
 evisions  to  NPDES  Requirements  for
  Compliance  Reporting  and Collection
  System Discharges
 est  Procedures for the Analysis of Mer-
  cury Under the Clean Water Act
 est  Procedures for the Analysis of Co-
  Planar and Mono-Ortho-Substituted Pol-
  ychlorinated  Biphenyls  (PCBs)  Under
  the Clean Water Act
 treamlining 301 (h) Waiver Renewal Re-
  quirements
Guidelines  Establishing Test Procedures
  for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under
  the Clean Water Act
Guidelines. Establishing Test Procedures
  for the Analysis of Cyanide Under the
  Clean Water Act
Amendments  to  Round I Final Sewage
  Sludge  Use or  Disposal  Rule-Phase
  One
Establishment  of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
  ority Toxic Pollutants for the State of
  California
Streamlined Procedures and Guidance for
  Approving Test  Procedures  Under 40
  CFR Part 136
Guidelines Establishing Oil  and  Grease
  Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
  lutants Under the Clean Water Act
 ncreased Method Flexibility for Test Pro-
  cedures  Approved for Clean Water Act
  Compliance Monitoring Under 40 CFR
  Part 136
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
  for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
  als,   Anions,  and   Volatile  Organics
  Under the Clean Water Act
 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
 Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
  for the  Analysis of  2,3,7,8-Substituted
   Dibenzo-P-Dioxins arid Dlbenzo Furans
   Under the Clean Water Act
 Revision  of  Existing Variances  and Ex-
   emptions Regulation  to Comply with Re-
   quirements  of the Safe Drinking Water
   Act
 Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
   port Regulations
 Public  Water System  Public  Notification
   Regulation
 Test  Procedures for  the Analysis  of
   Cryptosporidlum and Glardia Under the
   Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water
   Acts
 Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
   Water Contaminants: Total Conforms, E.
   coll, and Acid Herbicides
  Streamlining  Drinking  Water Monitoring
   Requirements
  National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
   tions for Lead and Copper
  Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
   Water Contaminants: Organic,  Inorganic
   and Microbiological Contaminants
  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: Sulfate
  National  Primary Drinking Water  Stand-
   ards for Aldicarb
3403


3406

3422


3436


3437

3452


3482


3526


3528




3536

3582
3583
3588

3608

 3638

 3644

 3654


 3657

 3662


 3671




 367!
                                                                                                                         Title
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
  tions:  Radium,  Uranium,  Alpha,  Beta
  and Photon Emitters
Revisions to the Oil  Pollution Prevention
  Regulation
 Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline
  for Procurement of  Products Containing
  Recovered Materials
Underground  Storage Tanks Containing
  Hazardous  Substances-Financial  Re-
  sponsibility Requirements
Flexibility  in   Management  Criteria  for
  Small Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Revisions to the Permits and Sulfur Diox-
  ide  Allowance  System  Regulations
  under Title IV of the Clean Air Act
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
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
  Proficiency Programs Rule
 Radionuclide Dose Methodology Update
 NSPS for Sewage Sludge Incinerators
 NESHAP/NSPS: Internal Combustion En-
  gine
 Industrial  Combustion Coordinated Rule-
  making-ICCR Project
 Transportation  Conformity  Rule  Amend-
  ments: Flexibility and Streamlining
 Hospital/Medical/lnfectious Waste  Inciner-
  ators
 Amendments to the  Emergency Planning
  and  Community  Right-To-Know  Act,
  Sections 302 Through 312
 Revision of the Local Government Reim-
  bursement Regulation
 Nondiscriminatlon on the Basis of Sex in
   Educational  Programs Receiving Fed-
   eral Assistance
 Safe Drinking Water Public  Water Supply
   System  Program:  Citizen Collection  Ac-
   tion; Notice  of Complaint Seeking  Re-
   view of Penalty Order
 Common  Rulemaking on  Administrative
   Requirements for Grantees to Reflect
   Single Audit Act Amendments
            Small Organizations
                                                                                                   Seq.
                                                                                                    No.
   114

   118

   131
   133


   134


  3260

  3289

  3291

  3293
                         Title
                         EPA
  Selected Rulemakings for Abating Lead
    Hazards
  Comprehensive    NPDES    Stormwater
    Phase II  Regulations
  NPDES Streamlining Rule ~ Round II
  National Primary Drinking  Water Regula-
    tions:  Stage I Disinfectant/Disinfection
    Byproducts Rule
  National Primary Drinking  Water Regula-
    tions: Interim Enhanced Surface Water
    Treatment Rule
  Pesticide Data Requirements for Registra-
    tion (Revision)
  Lead-Based   Paint  Disclosure  Require-
    ments at Renovation of Target Housing
  Lead; TSCA  Requirements  for  the  Dis-
    posal of  Lead-Based Paint Debris
  TSCA Biotechnology Follow-up Rules
-------
        Small Organizations—Cont.
                                            Seq.
                                            No.
 Sao.
 No!
3306

3317


3330


3333

3334



3344


3345


33S6


3362


3363
                 Title
Lead Foa Rule for Lead-Based Paint Ac-
  tivities Training and Certification
Load-Basad Paint Activities Rules; Train-
  big, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
  and Model State Plan Rule
Rulomaking Concerning Certain Mlcrobial
  Products  (Biotechnology)  Under  the
  Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Tost Procedures for  the Analysis of Mer-
  cury Under lha Clean Water Act
Tost Procedures (or the  Analysis of Co-
  Pfanar and Mono-Ortho-Substituted Pol-
  ychlorinated  Biphenyis  (PCBs)  Under
  tha Clean Water Act
Guktollnos  Establishing Test  Procedures
  (or the Analysis of Trace Metals  Under
  the Clean Water Act
GukJollrms  Establishing Test  Procedures
  (or the Analysis of Cyanide Under the
  Clean Water Act
Streamlined Procedures and Guidance (or
  Approving Test Procedures Under 40
  CFR Part 136
Guidelines  Establishing OH and Grease
  Test Procedures (or the Analysis of Pol-
  lutants Under the Clean Water Act
Increased Method Flexibility (or Test Pro-
  cedures Approved  for Clean Water Act
  Compliance Monitoring  Under 40 CFR
  Part 136
 3364




 3369




 3380




 3385




 3386

 3387

 3388




3389



3391

3392

3395



3398
                        Title
                                            Seq.
                                            No.
 Guidelines Establishing  Test Procedures
  for the  Analysis of  Miscellaneous Met-
  als,   Anlons,  and  Volatile  Organics
  Under the Clean Water Act
 Guidelines  Establishing  Whole  Effluent
  Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures for
  the Analysis of Pollutants 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
 Revision of Existing Variances and Ex-
  emptions Regulation to Comply with Re-
  quirements of the Safe Drinking  Water
  Act
 Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
  port Regulations
 Public Water  System Public Notification
  Regulation
 Test  Procedures  for  the  Analysis  of
  Ctyptosporidium and Giardia Under the
  Safe  Drinking Water and Clean  Water
  Acts
 Analytical  Methods for Regulated Drinking
  Water Contaminants: Total Coliforms, E.
  coli, and Acid Herbicides
 Streamlining  Drinking  Water Monitoring
  Requirements
 National Primary Drinking Water  Regula-
  tions for Lead and Copper
Analytical  Methods for Regulated Drinking
  Water Contaminants: Organic, Inorganic
  and Microbiological Contaminants
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
  tions:  Radon
 3399

 3400


 3401

 3402


 3403
3434
3436
3536


3650


3662



3672




3673



3677


3685
                                                                                                                           Title
National  Primary  Drinking Water Regula-
  tions: Groundwater Disinfection
National  Primary  Drinking Water Regula-
  tions: Arsenic
National  Primary  Drinking Water Regula-
  tions: Sulfate
National  Primary  Drinking Water Stand-
  ards for Aldicarb
National  Primary  Drinking Water Regula-
  tions:  Radium,  Uranium,  Alpha,  Beta
  and Photon Emitters
Hazardous Waste  Manifest Regulation
Underground  Storage Tanks Containing
  Hazardous   Substances-Financial  Re-
  sponsibility Requirements
Amendment to the User  Fees for Radon
  Proficiency Programs Rule
Grants for Technical Assistance  Rule Re-
  form~40 CFR Part 35 Subpart  M
Nondiscrimination  on  the  Basis of Sex in
  Educational  Programs  Receiving  Fed-
  eral Assistance
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
  System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
  tion;  Notice  of Complaint Seeking  Re-
  view of Penalty Order
Common   Rulemaking on Administrative
  Requirements for Grantees to  Reflect
  Single Audit Act  Amendments
Update Procedures for Making Profit/Fee
  Determinations
Environmental Impact Assessment of Non-
  governmental Activities in Antarctica
-------
      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 Regulatory Plan  and the Unified  Agenda  information on whether their
regulatory actions have  an effect  on various levels of government.
     The  following  index  lists  the  regulatory  actions in  this  joint  publication   that agencies  believe may
have effects  on State,  local, tribal,  or  Federal levels of government.  The  Sequence  Number  (Seq. No.)  of
the  entry  identifies  the  location  of the  entry  in  this edition. For  further information,  see  the  Regulatory
Information  Service Center's Introduction  to  The Regulatory Plan  and  the  Unified Agenda  in  Part  II  of
this issue.
           State Government
                                            Seq.
                                             No.
 Seq.
 No.
  108
  109
  112
  113

  114

  115
  116
  117
  118
  119
  120
  123
  124
  126

  127
  128

  129
  130

  131
  132
               Title
                     EPA
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI): Review of
  Chemicals on Original TRI List
TRI Chemical Expansion;  Finalization of
  Deferred Chemicals
TRI; Addition of Oil and Gas Exploration
  and Production to the Toxic Release In-
  ventory
TRI;  Pollution Prevention Act Information
  Requirements
Selected Rulemakings  for Abating  Lead
  Hazards
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
Streamlining the  General   Pretreatment
  Regulations  for  Existing  and  New
  Sources of Pollution
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
  plication Requirements and Form 2C -
  Wastewater Discharge Information
Comprehensive    NPDES    Stormwater
  Phase II Regulations
Management of Class  V  Injection Wells
  Under Part  C  of the  Safe Drinking
  Water Act
Modifications  to the Definition of  Solid
  Waste and Regulations of Hazardous
  Waste Recycling: General
Implementation of  Ozone and  Particulate
  Matter (PM) National  Ambient Air  Qual-
  ity Standards (NAAQS)  and Regional
  Haze Regulations
Consolidated Federal Air Rule for the Syn-
  thetic Organic Chemical  Manufacturing
  Industry
Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guide-
  lines: Pulp and Paper
Pesticides; Self-Certification
Pesticides and Ground Water State Man-
  agement Plan Regulation
Polychlorinated  Biphenyls  . (PCBs)  Dis-
  posal  Amendments  (Section 610 Re-
  view)
Streamlining the  State Sewage Sludge
  Management Regulations
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II  ,
NPDES Wastewater  Permit Application
  Forms  and  Regulatory  Revisions for
  Municipal  Discharges   and  Sewage
  Sludge Use or Disposal
 133


 134


 135

 136
 138
 139
 140

 141
 142

 143
 144
3258


3261

3265

3267

3270

3272
3273

3275


3278

3289

3290

3291

3303

3304
                                                           Title
                                           Seq.
                                            No.
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
  tions: Stage I  Disinfectant/Disinfection
  Byproducts Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
  tions: Interim Enhanced  Surface Water
  Treatment Rule
Revised Standards for Hazardous Waste
  Combustion Facilities
Requirements for Management of Hazard-
  ous Contaminated  Media  Commonly
  Referred to as Hazardous Waste Identi-
  fication Rule for Contaminated Media or
  HWIR-Media
New Source Review (NSR) Reform
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Review and Im-
  plementation)
VOC Regulation for Architectural Coatings
National VOC  Emission  Standards for
  Consumer Products
Open-Market Trading Guidance
Voluntary Standards for Light-Duty Vehi-
  cles (National 49 State  Low-Emission
  Vehicles Program)
Tolerance  Processing  Fees;  Tolerances
  and  Exemption From Tolerances for
  Pesticide Chemicals
Pesticide  Worker Protection   Standards;
  Pesticide Hazard Communication
Regulation of Plant-Produced  Pesticides
  Under FIFRA and FFDCA
Restricted Use  Criteria for Pesticides in
  Groundwater
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
Cross-Contamination of Pesticide Prod-
  ucts '
Lead-Based  Paint Disclosure Require-
  ments at Renovation of Target Housing
Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
  tection Rule (Section 610 Review)
Lead; TSCA Requirements for the  Dis-
  posal of Lead-Based Paint Debris
Revised  Asbestos Model  Accreditation
  Plan (Section 610 Review)
Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing
  Materials in Schools  Rule (Section 610
  Review)
                                                                                        3306
                                                                                        3309
                                                                                        3317
                                                                                        3326
                                            3328
                                            3330
3331

3332


3333

3334



3335


3336

3337


3338


3339

3342

3343


3344


3345


3348

3351
                                                                                                      Title
Lead Fee Rule for Lead-Based Paint Ac-
  tivities Training and Certification
Use of Acrylamide for Grouting
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
  ing, Accreditation, and Certification'Rule
  and Model State Plan Rule
Facility   Coverage  Amendment;  Toxic
  Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
  nity Right-To-Know
OPPT Generic Reinvention Evaluations
Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microbial
  Products  (Biotechnology) Under  the
  Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Water Quality Standards Regulation ~ Re-
  vision
Revisions to  NPDES  Requirements for
  Compliance  Reporting  and  Collection
  System Discharges
Test Procedures for the Analysis  of Mer-
  cury Under the Clean Water Act
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Co-
  Planar and Mono-Ortho-Substituted Pol-
  ychlorinated  Biphenyls  (PCBs)  Under
  the Clean Water Act
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  Point Source Cat-
  egory
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
  Transportation Equipment Cleaning Cat-
  egory
Effluent  Guidelines and  Standards for
  Landfills
Effluent  Guidelines and Standards for In-
  dustrial Waste Combustors
Amendment to Effluent Limitations Guide-
  lines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper,
  and Paperboard Category
Guidelines Establishing  Test Procedures
  for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under
  the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing  Test Procedures
  for the Analysis of Cyanide Under the
  Clean Water Act
Uniform  National Discharge Standards for
  Armed Forces Vessels
Amendment to the Pesticide  Chemicals
  Manufacturing    Effluent   Limitations
  Guidelines;  Pretreatment   Standards;
  New and Existing Sources
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6
        State Government—Cont.
 Seq.
  No.
                       Tills
      Amendments to Round I  Final  Sewage
        Studga  Usa  or  Disposal  Rule-Phase
        Ona
      Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
        ority Toxic Pollutants for the State of
        California
      Streamlined  Procedures and Guidance for
        Approving Test  Procedures  Under 40
        CFR Part 138
      Selenium  Criterion Maximum  Concentra-
        tion (or  Water Quality Guidance for the
        Great Lakes System
      Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
        Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
      Water Quality Standards; Establishment of
        Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollut-
        ants; Slates' Compliance
      Withdrawal of Proposed Amendment to
        Effluent  Guidelines and  Standards for
        Ora Mining and  Dressing Point Source
        Category,  New  Source  Performance
        Standards
      Guldelir.es Establishing Oil and  Grease
        Tost Procedures  for the Analysts of Pol-
        lutants Under the Clean Water Act
      Increased  Method Flexibility for Test Pro-
        cedures Approved lor Clean  Water Act
        Compliance Monitoring Under 40 CFR
        Part 136
      Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
        for the Analysis  ol Miscellaneous Met-
        als,  Anions,  and  Volatile  Organlcs
        Under the Clean Water Act
      Clarification  of  the Application Require-
        ments (or  States Wanting to  Designate
        Drinking Water Intake Zones, Thereby
        Prohibiting  the   Discharge  of  Vessel
        Sewaga  Within Those Zones
      Shore  Protection   Act,  Section  4103(b)
        Regulations
      Effluent Limitations  Guidelines and Stand-
        ards  for tha Pulp, Paper, and Paper-
        board Category, Phase II
      Guidelines  Establishing Whole  Effluent
        Toxteity West Coast Test Procedures for
        ttw  Analysis  of  Pollutants  Under  the
        Clean Water Act
      Standards  lor the Use or Disposal  of Sew-
        aga Sludge (Round II)
      Effluent Guidelines  and  Standards lor  the
        Metal  Products   and Machinery  Cat-
        egory, Phases 1 and 2
      Effluent Guidelines and Standards lor Iron
        and Steel  Manufacturing Point  Source
        Category
      Streamlining Revisions to the Water Qual-
        ity Planning and  Management Regula-
        tions
      Effluent Guidelines  and  Standards lor the
        Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category
      Streamlined  Procedures lor Developing
        and  Maintaining  Approved  Publicly
        Owned Treatment Works  Pretreatment
        Programs
      Guidelines  Establishing  Test Procedures
        for tha Analysis  of 2,3,7,8-Substituted
        Dibenzo-P-DioxIns and Dibenzo Furans
        Under tha Clean Water Act
      Environmental Protection Agency Radi-
        ation Sita Cleanup Regulation
      Revision of Existing Variances and  Ex-
        emptions Regulation to Comply with Re-
        quirements of  the Sale Drinking Water
        Act
      Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
        port Regulations
 3387

 3388




 3389


 3391

 3392

 3394

 3395


 3397


 3398

 3399

 3400

 3401

 3402

 3403


 3404

 3406

 3407




 3408

 3413


 3415




 3416


 3418





 3421




 3422


3423


3424

3426




3427
                  Title
  Seq.
  No.
 Public Water System  Public  Notification
   Regulation
 Test  Procedures  for  the  Analysis  of
   Cryptosporidium and Giardia Under .the
   Safe Drinking Water  and  Clean Water
   Acts
 Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
   Water Contaminants: Total Coliforms, E.
   coil, and Acid Herbicides
 Streamlining  Drinking  Water  Monitoring
   Requirements
 National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
   tions for Lead and Copper
 Reformatting of Drinking Water Regula-
   tions
 Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
   Water Contaminants: Organic, Inorganic
   and Microbiological Contaminants
 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: Sulfate   ,
 National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
   ards lor Aidicarb
 National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
   tions:  Radium, Uranium,  Alpha,  Beta
   and Photon Emitters
 Underground Injection   Control Program
   Streamlining Rule
 Revisions to  the Oil  Pollution  Prevention
   Regulation
 Removal of Requirement to Use SW-846
   Methods (Test Methods for  Evaluating
   Solid Waste:  Physical/Chemical  Meth-
   ods)
 Standardized Permit for RCRA Hazardous
   Waste Management Facilities
 Listing   Determination   for   Hazardous
   Wastes-Organobromines  Chemical In-
   dustry
 Listing  Determination  of  Wastes  Gen-
   erated During  the Manufacture of Azo,
   Anthraquinone,   and  Triarylmettiane
   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
 RCRA Subtitle  D Solid  Waste  Facilities;
   State Permit Program - Determination
  of  Adequacy  (State  Implementation
   Rule)
 Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline
  lor Procurement of  Products Containing
   Recovered Materials
 Proposed   Modifications  to   Hazardous
  Waste Storage and Disposal Regulation
  Related to Low Level Mixed Waste
Facility Response Planning for  Delegated
  Offshore Facilities
Hazardous  Waste  Management System:
  Identification and Listing of Hazardous
  Waste; Recycled Used Oil Management
  Standards
 Paint Manufacturing Wastes Listing: Haz-
  ardous Waste  Management  System:
  Identification and Listing of Hazardous
  Waste
                                                                                                  3429
 3430
 3431

 3433
 3434
 3435
 3437

 3438




 3439
 3440
 3441
 3444


 3446





 3450




, 3451

 3452


 3456
 3459
 3468
 3472
 3478
 3482
 3484
 3485

 3488
 3489
 3490
 3491
 3495
 3496

 3497

 3500

 3501
                                                                                                                         Title
 Identification and Listing of. Hazardous
   Wastes: Hazardous Waste Identification
   Rule (HWIR); Waste
 Spent Solvents Listing Determination
 Chlorinated Aliphatics  Listing  Determina-
   tion
 Hazardous  Waste Management System;
   Modification of the  Hazardous Waste
   Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
 Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
 Corrective Action for Solid Waste Manage-
   ment  Units  (SWMUs) at  Hazardous
   Waste Management Facilities
 Flexibility  in  Management  Criteria  for
   Small Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
 New and  Revised Testing Methods Ap-
   proved for RCRA Subtitle C,  Hazardous
   Waste Testing Manual, SW-846,  Third
   Edition, Update IV
 New and  Revised Testing Methods Ap-
   proved for RCRA Subtitle C, in Test
   Methods  lor  Evaluating  Solid  Waste,
   Physical/Chemical  Methods  (SW-846),
   Third Edition, Update III
 Consolidated Emission Reporting Rule
 State Implementation  Plan Calls for Cer-
   tain States in  the Ozone Transport As-
   sessment Group (OTAG) for Purposes
   of Reducing Regional Transport Ozone
 Review of Definition of  Volatile Organic
   Compounds-Exclusion              of
   Chlorobromomethane
 Revisions to New Source Review (NSR)
   Regulations to Implement the New Na-
   tional  Ambient Air Quality  Standards
   (NAAQS) lor  Ozone  and  Particulate
   Matte
 Rulemaking To Modify the List of Source
   Categories From Which Fugitive Emis-
   sions Are Considered  in Major  Source
   Determinations
 Transportation Conformity for Transitional
   Ozone Areas
 Revisions to the Permits  and Sulfur Diox-
   ide   Allowance  System  Regulations
   under Title IV ol the Clean Air Act
 Performance       Warranty       and
   Inspection/Maintenance   Test.  Proce-
   dures
 NESHAP: Ferroalloy Production
 Ambient Air Quality Surveillance, Recen-
   sion of NAMS  Ambient  Air Quality Mon-
   itoring Requirements tor Lead
 Environmental Radiation Protection Stand-
   ards lor Scrap Metal Irom  Nuclear Fa-
   cilities
 Review ol 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 ol Appendix W to 40  CFR
   Part 51
 NESHAP: Steel Pickling, HC1 Process
 NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelting
 NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry
 NESHAP: Portland Cement Manulacturing
 NESHAP: Primary Lead Smelters
 NESHAP:        Manufacture         ol
  Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde
 NESHAP: Acrylic/Modacrylic Fibers Manu-
  facturing
 NESHAP: Baker's Yeast Manufacturing In-
  dustry
Amendments to Subpart A and  B for 40
  CFR 63
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        State Government—Cont.
                                          Seq.
                                          No.
Seq.
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3505

3506

3508

3509


3510




3512





3516

3518




3520


3525

3534
3536

3537


3544

3545
3546

3547

3548
 3549

 3551




 3554

 3558




 3559


 3569

 3570

 3572

 357!

 357I

 357£


 357!


 358
                Title
Revisions to the Regulation for Approval
  of  State  Programs and  Delegation of
  Federal Authorities
Offset Lithographic Printing National VOC
  Rule
NESHAP:    Chromium    Electroplating
  Amendment
NESHAP:   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
Prevention  of Significant Deterioration of
  Air Quality: Permit Application  Review
  Procedures for  non-Federal  Class  I
  Areas
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,
Federal Implementation Plan for a Fifteen
  Percent  Reduction in  Volatile  Organic
  Compounds in the District of Columbia
NSPS: Synthetip Organic Chemicals Man-
  ufacturing Industry-Wastewater
Regulation Review/Burden Reduction
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
  Proficiency Programs Rule
Revision to Definition  of Volatile  Organic
  Compounds  (VOC)--Exclusion  of  16
  Compounds
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
  try                        .       .
NESHAP: Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing
NESHAP:  Phosphate  Fertilizers  Produc-
  tion
NESHAP: Wool Fiberglass  Manufacturing
  Industry
NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
NESHAP:  Flexible Polyurethane Foam
  Production
 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
 NESHAP:   Secondary   Lead  Smelter
  Amendment
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
 Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations
   Delegation Remand
 Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations
   Offset Remand
 Amendment to the MVAC Rule To Include
   All Refrigerants
 NESHAP for Miscellaneous Cellulose Pro-
   duction
 NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Land-
   fills
 National  Emission Standards for Hazard-
   ous  Air Pollutants  for  Coke Ovens:
   Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks
 Method 301: Field Validation of Pollution
   Measurement   Methods  for  Various
   Media
 Radionuclide Dose Methodology Update
3583
3584

3586
3587

3591

3592

3593
3596
3599
3603

3604
3607
3610.
3612

3613

3614

3617
3618

3619

3620

3621
3623
3626

3628

3629


3630
 3632



 3636



 3638

 3641

 3642

 3643
 3644

 3645

 3646



 3650

 3651

 3652



 3653




 3654



 365:
                                                                       Title
                                                Seq.
                                                 No.
MSPS for Sewage Sludge Incinerators
MESHAP for Plywood and Particle Board
  Manufacturing
 itorage Tank Rule Revisions
Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M
  of 40 CFR Part.51 (Method 203)
MESHAP--lron   Foundries   and   Steel
  Foundries
*JESHAP-Cyanide Chemical Manufactur-
  ing
MESHAP: Integrated Iron and Steel
NESHAP: Chlorine Production
MESHAP for Tire Manufacturing
Large Appliance Coatings Integrated Reg-
  ulation
Asphalt Roofing and Processing NESHAP
MESHAP: Lime Manufacturing
NESHAP: Semiconductor Production
MESHAP: Metal Coil (Surface Coating) In-
  dustry
NESHAP:   Fabric  Printing,  Coating  and
  Dyeing         • .   -
Automobile and Light-Duty Truck  Manu-
  facturing  Integrated Rule Development
NESHAP: Spandex Production
NESHAP for Leather Tanning and Finish-
  ing Operations
NESHAP  for Cellulose Production  Cat-
  egories '  • ,
NESHAP for the Manufacture of Carbon
  Black
NESHAP: Vegetable Oil Production
 MESHAP for Organic Liquid Distribution
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)
Integrated  Rule for Paper, and other Web
  Coating   and  Coatings:  MACT  for
  NESHAP; and BAG for National  VOC
  Rule
Update of the Acceptability List Under the
  Significant  New   Alternatives   Policy
  (SNAP) Program
Addition of Methods 204, 204A - 204F for
  Measurement of VOC Emissions From
  Stationary Sources
 Transportation  Conformity Rule Amend-
  ments: Flexibility and Streamlining
 State Implementation Plans;   Milestone
  Compliance Demonstration
 Addition of Method  14A to 40  CFR Part
  60, Appendix A
 NAAQS: Ozone (Review)
 Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Inciner-
   ators
 Revision to NSPS: Nonmetallic Minerals
   Processing
 NSPS  Revisions  for  Phosphate Fertilizer
   Industry: Granular   Triple  Superphos-
   phate Storage Facilities
 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
 Accidental  Release  Prevention Require-
   ments:  Risk Management   Programs
   Under   the  Clean  Air  Act,  Section
   112(r)(7): Amendment
 Amendments to the Emergency Planning
   and Community  Right-To-Know  Act,
   Sections 302 Through 312
 Administrative  Reporting Exemptions for
   Certain  Radionuclide Releases
3662


3672




3673


3679
                                                                                                                       Title
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in
  Educational Programs Receiving  Fed-
  eral Assistance
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
  System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
  tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking  Re-
  view of Penalty Order
Common Rulemaking  on  Administrative
  Requirements for Grantees  to  Reflect
  Single Audit Act Amendments
Pesticide Management  and Disposal
            Local Government
Seq.
 No.
  114

  115
  116
  117
  118
  119
  123
  126

  128
                                                  129
  130

  131
  132
  133
  134
  138
  139
  141
  142

  143
 3261

 3267

 327;
 3275
 3289
 3290
 3291
  3303
                 Title
                       EPA
Selected Rulemakings for Abating  Lead
  Hazards
NPDES Streamlining Rule ~ Round 111
Streamlining  the  General  Pretreatment
  Regulations  for  Existing   and  New
  Sources of Pollution
Revision of  NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
  plication Requirements and Form  2C -
  Wastewater Discharge Information
Comprehensive   NPDES   Stormwater
  Phase II Regulations
Management of  Class V Injection  Wells
  Under Part C of the  Safe Drinking
  Water Act
Implementation of Ozone and Paniculate
  Matter (PM) National Ambient Air Qual-
  ity  Standards  (NAAQS) and  Regional
  Haze Regulations
Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guide-
  lines: Pulp and Paper
Pesticides and Ground Water State Man-
  agement Plan Regulation
Polychlorinated  Biphenyls  (PCBs)  Dis-
  posal  Amendments  (Section 610 Re-
  view)
Streamlining the State  Sewage Sludge
  Management Regulations
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II
NPDES  Wastewater  Permit Application
  Forms  and Regulatory Revisions  for
  Municipal  Discharges  and   Sewage
  Sludge Use or Disposal
 National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
  tions:  Stage I Disinfectant/Disinfection
  Byproducts Rule
 National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
  tions:  Interim Enhanced Surface  Water
  Treatment Rule
 New Source Review (NSR) Reform
 Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
 VOC Regulation for Architectural Coatings
 National  VOC  Emission  Standards  for
   Consumer Products
 Open-Market Trading Guidance
 Pesticide Worker Protection  Standards;
   Pesticide Hazard Communication
 Restricted Use  Criteria  for  Pesticides in
   Groundwater
 Endangered Species Protection Program
 Pesticide   Management   and  Disposal:
   Standards for Pesticide Containers  and
   Containment
 Lead-Based  Paint Disclosure  Require-
   ments at Renovation of Target Housing
 Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
   tection Rule (Section 610 Review)
 Lead; TSCA  Requirements for the  Dis-
   posal of Lead-Based Paint Debris
 Revised  Asbestos  Model  Accreditation
   Plan (Section 610 Review)
-------
 8
         Local Government—Cont.
                                            Seq.
                                            No.
 Seq.
  No.
 3304
 3306

 3309
 3317
 3320
 3330
 3331

 3332


 3333

 3334



 3335


 3336

 3337


 3338


 3339

 3342

 3343


 3344


 3345


 3353


 3354


 3356


 3358

 3361




 3362


 3363



3364



3367
                  Title
 Amendments  to the Asbestos-Containing
   Materials In Schools Rule (Section 610
   Rsvlow)
 Lead Foo Rule for Lead-Based Paint Ac-
   Uvillos Training and Certification
 Use of Acrylamlde for Grouting
 Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
   Ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
   and Model State Plan Rule
 OPPT Generic Reinvention Evaluations
 Rulemaklng Concerning Certain Microblal
   Products  (Biotechnology)  Under  the
   Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
 Water Quality  Standards Regulation - Re-
   vision
 Revisions to  NPDES  Requirements for
   Compliance Reporting and Collection
   System Discharges
 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Mer-
   cury Under the Clean Water Act
 Test Procedures for the  Analysis of  Co-
   Planar and Mono-Ortho-Subslituted Pol-
   ychtorfna'.od Biphenyls (PCBs)  Under
   the Clean Water Act
 Amendments  to Round  I  Rnal  Sewage
   Sludgo  Use or Disposal Rule-Phase
   Two
 Ellluont Guidelines and Standards for the
   Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
   Industrial  Laundries Point Source Cat-
   egory
 Ellluont Guidelines and Standards for the
   Transportation Equipment Cleaning Cat-
   egory
 Ellkjont  Guidelines  and Standards  for
   Landfills
 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for In-
   dustrial  Waste Combustors
 Amendment to Effluent Limitations Guide-
   linos and Standards for the Pulp, Paper,
   and Paperboard Category
 Guidelines Establishing Test  Procedures
   for tha Analysis of Trace  Metals Under
   U» Clean Water Act
 Guidelines Establishing Test  Procedures
   for the  Analysis  of Cyanide  Under the
   Clean Water Act
 Amendments to  Round I Final Sewage
   Sludge  Use or  Disposal Rule-Phase
   One
 Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
   ority Toxic Pollutants for the State  of
   California
 Streamlined  Procedures and Guidance for
   Approving Test Procedures  Under 40
   CFR Part 136
 Ellluont Guidelines and Standards for the
   Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
 Withdrawal ol  Proposed  Amendment to
   Effluent  Guidelines and Standards  for
   Ore Mining and Dressing  Point Source
   Category,  New  Source  Performance
   Standards
 Guidelines Establishing OH  and  Grease
  Test Procedures for the  Analysis of Pol-
  lutants Under the Clean Water Act
 ncroased  Method Flexibility  for Test Pro-
  cedures  Approved for Clean Water Act
  Compliance Monitoring  Under 40 CFR
  Part 136
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
  for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
  als,  Antons,  and  Volatile  Organlcs
  Under the Clean Water Act
Shore  Protection  Act,  Section 4t03(b)
  Regulations
 3368



 3369




 3370

 3371



 3373



 3378

 3379




 3380




 3385




 3386

 3387

 3388




 3389


 3391

 3392

 3394

 3395


 3398

 3399

 3400

 3401

 3402

 3403


 3406

 3407




 3422


3424

3433


3436
                        Title
                                            Seq.
                                            No.
 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Stand- .
   ards for the Pulp,  Paper,  and Paper-
   board Category, Phase II
 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
   Metal Products  and  Machinery  Cat-
   egory, Phases I and 2
 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Iron
   and Steel  Manufacturing Point Source
   Category
 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
   Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category
 Streamlined  Procedures  for  Developing
   and  Maintaining  Approved   Publicly
   Owned Treatment Works Pretreatment
   Programs
 Guidelines  Establishing Test  Procedures
   for the Analysis  of 2,3,7,8-Substituted
   Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and  Dibenzo Furans
   Under the Clean Water Act
 Revision of  Existing Variances  and Ex-
   emptions Regulation to Comply with Re-
   quirements of the Safe  Drinking Water
   Act
 Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
   port Regulations
 Public Water System Public  Notification
   Regulation
 Test  Procedures' for  the Analysis  of
   Cryptosporidium and Giardia Under the
   Safe  Drinking Water and Clean Water
   Acts
 Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
   Water Contaminants: Total Coliforms, E.
   coli, and Acid Herbicides
 Streamlining  Drinking Water  Monitoring
   Requirements
 National Primary Drinking  Water Regula-
   tions for Lead and Copper
 Reformatting  of Drinking  Water Regula-
   tions
 Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
   Water Contaminants: Organic,  Inorganic
   and Microbiological Contaminants
 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: Sulfate
 National  Primary  Drinking Water Stand-
   ards for AJdicarb
 National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
  tions: Radium,  Uranium, Alpha,   Beta
  and Photon Emitters
 Revisions to the Oil 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
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
 3437

 3441



 3446




 3450



 3451

 3452


 3456
 3459
 3468
 3481

 3482


 3484


 3485

 3488
 3489
 3490
 3491
 3495
 3499

 3501

 3502


 3505

 3506

 3508

 3509


 3518




 3520


 3525

 3526


 3528




3536

3544

3547
                                                                                                                          Title
 Flexibility  in   Management  Criteria  for
   Small Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
 State  Implementation Plan Calls for Cer-
   tain States In the Ozone Transport As-
   sessment Group  (OTAG) for Purposes
   of Reducing Regional Transport Ozone
 Revisions to New Source Review  (NSR)
   Regulations to Implement the New Na-
   tional  Ambient Air  Quality Standards
   (NAAQS) for  Ozone  and  Particulate
   Matte
 Rulemaking To Modify the List of Source
   Categories From  Which Fugitive Emis-
   sions  Are Considered in Major Source
   Determinations
 Transportation Conformity  for Transitional
   Ozone Areas
 Revisions to the Permits and  Sulfur Diox-
   ide   Allowance  System   Regulations
   under Title IV of the Clean Air Act
 Performance       Warranty       and
   Inspection/Maintenance  Test   Proce-
   dures
 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
 NESHAP: Steel Pickling, HC1 Process
 NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelting
 NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry
 NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
 NESHAP: Primary Lead Smelters
 NESHAP:  Publicly  Owned   Treatment
   Works (POTW)
 Amendments to  Subpart A and B for 40
   CFR 63
 Revisions to the  Regulation for Approval
   of State Programs  and Delegation  of
   Federal Authorities
 Offset Lithographic Printing National VOC
   Rule
 NESHAP:   Chromium    Electroplating
   Amendment
 NESHAP:  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
 Servicing  of  Motor Vehicle  Air Condi-
   tioners: Standards  for Equipment that
   Recovers  and  Recycles Refrigerants
   Other Than CFC-12 and HCF-134a
 Federal Implementation Plan for a Fifteen
   Percent Reduction  in Volatile Organic
  Compounds in the District of Columbia
 NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Man-
  ufacturing Industry-Wastewater
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
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
  Proficiency Programs Rule
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
  try
NESHAP: Wool Fiberglass  Manufacturing
  Industry
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        Local Government—Cont.
                                          Seq.
                                           No.
Seq.
 No.
3548
3549

3551
3558




3569

3570

3575

3576

3579


3582
3583
3584

3586
3587

 3588

 3591

 3592

 3593
 3596
 3603

 3604
 3607
 3612

 3613

 3614

 3617
 3618

 3619

 3621
 3623
 3626

 3628

• 3629


 3636


 3638

  3644

  364!

  365

  365

  365
                Title
 iESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
"4ESHAP:  Flexible  Polyurethane  Foam
  Production
tevision  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
 'ransportation  Conformity  Rule  Amend-
  ment and Solicitation for Participation in
  the Transportation Conformity Pilot Pro-
  gram
Outer Continental Shelf  Air  Regulations
  Delegation Remand
Outer Continental Shelf  Air  Regulations
  Offset Remand
MESHAP for Miscellaneous Cellulose Pro- ,
  duction
IESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Land-
  fills
Method  301: Field Validation of  Pollution
  Measurement  Methods  for   Various
  Media
Radionuclide Dose Methodology Update
NSPS for Sewage Sludge Incinerators
NESHAP for Plywood and Particle Board
  Manufacturing
Storage Tank Rule Revisions
Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M
  of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203)
NESHAP/NSPS: Internal Combustion En-
  gine
NESHAP-lron   Foundries  and   Steel
  Foundries
NESHAP-Cyanide Chemical Manufactur-
  ing
NESHAP: Integrated Iron and Steel
 NESHAP: Chlorine Production
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
 NESHAP: Spandex Production
 NESHAP for Leather Tanning and Finish-
  ing Operations
 NESHAP for  Cellulose  Production Cat-
  egories
 NESHAP: Vegetable Oil  Production
 NESHAP for Organic Liquid Distribution
 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)
 Addition of Methods 204, 204A - 204F for
   Measurement of VOC Emissions  From
   Stationary Sources
 Transportation  Conformity Rule Amend-
   ments: Flexibility and Streamlining
 Hospital/Medical/lnfectious Waste Inciner-
   ators
 Revision to  NSPS: Nonmetallic Minerals
   Processing  '
 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
3653



3654


3657

3658

3662


3672



3673
                                                                        Title
                                                 Seq.
                                                 No.
Accidental Release  Prevention  Require-
  ments:  Risk  Management  Programs
  Under  the  Clean  Air  Act,  Section
  112(r)(7): Amendment
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
Nondiscrimination  on the Basis of Sex in
  Educational  Programs Receiving  Fed-
  eral Assistance
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
  System Program:  Citizen Collection Ac-
  tion; Notice  of  Complaint Seeking Re-
  view of Penalty Order
Common  Rulemaking  on  Administrative
  Requirements for Grantees  to  Reflect
  Single Audit Act Amendments
            Tribal Government
 Seq.
 No.
  114

  115
  116
  117


  118

  119



  120


  123




  128

  129



  130

  131
  132




  133



  134
   139
   142

   143
  3261

  3270

  327
  3273
                 Title
                        EPA
 Selected  Rulemakings for Abating Lead
   Hazards
 NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round ill
 Streamlining  the  General   Pretreatment
   Regulations  for  Existing  and  New
   Sources of Pollution
 Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit  Ap-
   plication Requirements and Form 2C -
   Wastewater Discharge Information
 Comprehensive    NPDES    Stormwater
   Phase II Regulations
 Management of Class V Injection Wells
   Under  Part  C  of  the Safe  Drinking
   Water Act
 Modifications  to  the  Definition  of Solid
   Waste  and Regulations of Hazardous
   Waste Recycling: General
 Implementation of Ozone and Particulate
   Matter  (PM) National Ambient Air Qual-
   ity Standards (NAAQS) and  Regional
   Haze Regulations
 Pesticides and Ground Water State Man-
   agement Plan Regulation
 Polychlorinated  Biphenyls   (PCBs)   Dis-
   posal  Amendments (Section  610  Re-
   view)
 Streamlining the  State  Sewage Sludge
   Management Regulations
 NPDES Streamlining Rule -  Round II
 NPDES  Wastewater  Permit  Application
   Forms and  Regulatory  Revisions for
   Municipal   Discharges  and   Sewage
   Sludge Use or Disposal
 National  Primary Drinking Water Regula-
   tions:  Stage  I  Disinfectant/Disinfection
   Byproducts Rule
 National  Primary Drinking Water Regula-
   tions: Interim Enhanced Surface Water
   Treatment Rule
 Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
 National  VOC  Emission Standards for
   Consumer Products
 Open-Market Trading Guidance
 Pesticide Worker  Protection  Standards;
    Pesticide Hazard Communication
 Tolerances for Pesticide Emergency Ex-
    emptions
 Endangered Species Protection Program
 The  10-Acre  Limitation   for  Pesticide
    Small-Scale Field Testing
3289

3290

3303

3304


3306

3317
3328
3333

3334
 3344



 3345



 3356



 3361





 3362



 3363




 3364




 3369




 3374



 3379




 3380




 3385




 3386

 3387

 338!




 338


 339

 339
                                                                                                                        Title
 ead-Based  Paint  Disclosure  Require-
  ments at Renovation of Target Housing
 mendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
  tection Rule (Section 610 Review)
 :evised  Asbestos  Model Accreditation
  Plan (Section 610 Review)
 Amendments to the  Asbestos-Containing
  Materials in Schools Rule (Section 610
  Review)
 ead Fee  Rule for Lead-Based Paint Ac-
  tivities Training and Certification
 .ead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
  ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
  .and Model State Plan Rule
OPPT Generic Reinvention Evaluations
Test Procedures for the Analysis  of Mer-
  cury Under the Clean Water Act
Test Procedures  for the Analysis of Co-
  Planar and Mono-Ortho-Substituted Pol-
  ychlorinated  Biphenyls  (PCBs)  Under
  the Clean Water Act
  iUidelines  Establishing Test Procedures
  for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under
  the Clean Water Act
  iuidelines  Establishing Test Procedures
  for the Analysis of Cyanide Under the
  Clean Water Act
 Streamlined Procedures and Guidance for
  Approving Test Procedures  Under 40
  CFR Part 136
 Withdrawal of Proposed  Amendment  to
  Effluent Guidelines and Standards for
  Ore Mining and Dressing Point Source
  Category,   New  Source  Performance
  Standards
 Guidelines Establishing  Oil and Grease
  Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
  lutants Under the Clean Water Act
 Increased Method Flexibility for Test Pro-
  cedures Approved for Clean Water Act
  Compliance Monitoring Under 40  CFR
  Part 136
 Guidelines Establishing  Test  Procedures
  for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
  als,  Anions,  and  Volatile  Organics
  Under the Clean Water Act
 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
 Streamlined  Procedures for  Developing
  and   Maintaining  Approved  Publicly
   Owned Treatment Works  Pretreatment
   Programs
 Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
   for  the Analysis  of  2,3,7,8-Substituted
   Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and Dibenzo Furans
   Under the Clean Water Act
 Revision  of  Existing Variances  and Ex-
   emptions Regulation to Comply with Re-
   quirements of the Safe Drinking Water
   Act
  Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
   port Regulations
  Public Water System  Public  Notification
   Regulation
 Test   Procedures for  the  Analysis  of
   Cryptosporidium and Giardia Under the
   Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water
   Acts
  Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
   Water Contaminants: Total Conforms, E.
   coli, and Acid Herbicides
  Streamlining  Drinking  Water Monitoring
   Requirements
  National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
   tions for Lead and Copper
-------
  10
          Tribal Government—Cont.
                                            Seq
                                             No.
  No,
  33 JM

  339


  339


  339S

  3399

  3400

  3401

  3402

  3403


  3404

  340;



 3413


 3415



 3416


 3424

 3427
 3430
 3431

 3433
 3434
 3437

 3438
3439
3441
3446
34 SO
3481
                         Title
  Reformatting of Drinking Water  Regula-
   tions
  Analytical Methods for Regulated  Drinking
   Water Contaminants: Organic, Inorganic
   and MScrobtotogteal Contaminants
  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: Sulfate
  National Primary  Drinking Water  Stand-
   ards for AWicarb
  National Primary Drinking Water  Regula-
   tions: Radium,  Uranium,  Alpha, Beta
   and Photon Emitters
 Underground Injection  Control Program
   Streamlining Rule
 Removal of  Requirement to Use SW-846
   Methods (Test Methods for Evaluating
   Solid Waste:  Physical/Chemical Meth-
   ods)
 Listing  Determination   for   Hazardous
   Wastes-Organobromtnes Chemical  In-
   dustry
 Listing  Determination  of Wastes Gen-
   orated During the Manufacture  of Azo,
   Anthraquinone,   and   Triarytmethane
   Dyes and Pigments
 Identification  and  Listing of  Hazardous
   Waste:  Petroleum  Refining Process
   Wastes
 Facility Response Planning for Delegated
   Offshore Facilities
 Paint Manufacturing Wastes Listing: Haz-
   ardous  Waste  Management System:
   Identification and Listing of Hazardous
   Waste
 Spent Solvents Listing Determination
 ChfOffnalod Aliphatics Listing  Determina-
   tion
 Hazardous Waste  Management System;
   Modification of the Hazardous  Waste
   Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
 •lazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
 Flexibility  hi   Management  Criteria  for
   Small Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
 Now  and Revised Testing Methods Ap-
   proved tof RCRA Subtitle C, Hazardous
   Waste Tasting Manual, SW-846, Third
   Edition, Update IV
  ew  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
State  Implementation Plan Calls for Cer-
  tain States  in the  Ozone Transport As-
  sessment Group  (OTAG) for Purposes
  ol Reducing Regional Transport Ozone
Revisions to  New Source Review  (NSR)
  Regulations to  Implement the New Na-
  tional Ambient Atr  Quality  Standards
  (NAAQS) for  Ozone  and  Partlculate
  Matte
Rulomaking To Modify the List of Source
  Categories  From  Which Fugitive  Emis-
  sions Are Considered In Major Source
  Determinations
 Review of New Sources and Modifications
  In Indian Country
                                                   3482
 3502
 3508
 3509
 3510
 3518
 3520
 3536

 354;

 3548
 3551
 3570

 3575

 3576

 3586
 3587

 3588

 3603

 3617
 3618

 3623
 3626


 3638

 3644

3650

3653
                                                 3654
                                                 3657
                                                 3662
                                                 3672
                                                 3673
                                                                         Title
                                                                                                              Federal Government
  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  .
  NESHAP:  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
  Prevention of Significant Deterioration  of
    Air Quality: Permit Application  Review
    Procedures  for  non-Federal  Class  I
    Areas
  Servicing  of Motor Vehicle Air  Condi-
    tioners:  Standards for Equipment  that
    Recovers  and  Recycles Refrigerants
    Other Than CFC-12 and HCF-134a
  Federal Implementation Plan for a Fifteen
    Percent Reduction in Volatile Organic
   Compounds in the District of Columbia
 Amendment  to the  User Fees for Radon
    Proficiency Programs Rule
 Indian Tribes: Air  Quality  Planning  and
   Management
 NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
 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
 Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations
   Offset Remand
 NESHAP for Miscellaneous Cellulose Pro-
   duction
 NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Land-
   fills
 Storage Tank Rule Revisions
 Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M
   of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203)
 NESHAP/NSPS: Internal Combustion  En-
   gine
 Large Appliance Coatings Integrated Reg-
   ulation
 NESHAP: Spandex Production
 NESHAP for Leather Tanning and  Finish-
   Ing Operations
 vlESHAP for Organic Liquid Distribution
 Yletal Furniture Coatings Integrated Regu-
   lation
 Transportation Conformity  Rule Amend-
   ments: Flexibility and Streamlining
 Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Inciner-
   ators
 Grants for Technical Assistance Rule Re-
   form~40 CFR Part 35 Subpart M
 Accidental  Release  Prevention  Require-
   ments:  Risk Management  Programs
   Under  the  Clean  Air  Act,  Section
   112(r)(7): Amendment
 Amendments  to the  Emergency  Planning
  and  Community  Right-To-Know Act,
  Sections 302 Through 312
 Revision of the Local Government  Reim-
  bursement Regulation
 ^indiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in
  Educational  Programs Receiving Fed-
  eral Assistance
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
  System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
  tion; Notice  of Complaint  Seeking Re-
  view of Penalty Order
Common  Rulemaking  on Administrative
  Requirements for  Grantees to Reflect
  Single Audit Act Amendments
                                                                                             Seq
                                                                                             No.
                                                   107
                                                   108
                                                   109
                                                   110

                                                   111
                                                   112
 113

 114

 115
 116
                                                  117
 118

 119
 120
 122
 123
                                                                                                   124
 125

T26

 127
 128

 129
                                                                                                   130
                                                                                                   131
                                                                                                   132
                                                                                                   133
                                                                                                   134
                                                                                                   136
                                                 138
                                                 139
                                                 143
                                                                                                                          Title
                                                                                                                          EPA
  Reporting Threshold Amendment;  Toxic
   Chemicals Release Reporting; Commu-
   nity Right-to-Know
  Toxics Release Inventory (TRI): Review of
   Chemicals on Original TRI List
  TRI  Chemical  Expansion;  Finalization  of
   Deferred Chemicals
  TSCA  Inventory  Update  Rule Amend-
   ments
  Data   Expansion  Amendments;   Toxic
   Chemical Release  Reporting; Commu-
   nity Right-to-Know
  TRI; Addition of  Oil and Gas  Exploration
   and Production to the Toxic Release In-
   ventory
  TRI; Pollution  Prevention Act  Information
   Requirements
  Selected  Rulemakings for  Abating  Lead
   Hazards
  NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
  Streamlining the. General  Pretreatment
   Regulations,  for  Existing   and  New
   Sources of Pollution
  Revision  of NPDES Industrial  Permit Ap-
   plication Requirements and Form 2C  -
   Wastewater Discharge Information
 Comprehensive   NPDES    Stormwater
   Phase II Regulations  ,
 Management of Class V Injection Wells
   Under  Part  C  of  the  Safe  Drinking
   Water Act
 Modifications to  the  Definition of Solid
   Waste  and  Regulations  of  Hazardous
   Waste Recycling: General
 Waste Isolation  Pilot Plant (WIPP) Compli-
   ance Certification Rulemaking
 Implementation  of Ozone and  Particulate
   Matter (PM) National Ambient, Air Qual-
   ity  Standards (NAAQS)  and Regional
   Haze Regulations
 Consolidated Federal Air Rule for the Syn-
   thetic Organic Chemical  Manufacturing
   Industry
 Environmental Radiation Protection Stand-
   ards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
 Integrated  NESHAP and Effluent  Guide-
   lines: Pulp and Paper
 Pesticides; Self-Certification
 3esticides and Ground Water State Man-
   agement Plan Regulation
 Polychlorinated  Biphenyls   (PCBs)  Dis-
   posal Amendments  (Section 610 Re-
   view)
 Streamlining the  State  Sewage Sludge
   Management Regulations
 JPDES Streamlining Rule -  Round II
 NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
   Forms and  Regulatory  Revisions  for
   Municipal  Discharges  and   Sewage
   Sludge Use or Disposal
 National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
  tions:  Stage  I  Disinfectant/Disinfection
  Byproducts Rule '
 National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
  tions:  Interim  Enhanced Surface Water
  Treatment Rule
 tequirements for Management of Hazard-
  ous  Contaminated  Media Commonly
  Referred to as Hazardous  Waste Identi-
  fication Rule for  Contaminated Media or
  HWIR-Media
 view Source Review (NSR) Reform
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
Open-Market Trading Guidance
-------
       Federal Government—Cont.
                          Seq.
                           No.
Seq.
 No.
Title
 144  Voluntary Standards for Light-Duty Vehi-
      ' cles (National 49 State  Low-Emission
        Vehicles Program)
3256  Exemption  of  Certain  Inert  Ingredients
        from the Definition of Pesticide Chemi-
        cal Residue under FFDCA
3257  Exemption  of  Certain  Pesticide  Sub-
        stances from FIFRA Requirements
3258  Tolerance  Processing  Fees;  tolerances
        and Exemption  From Tolerances  for
        Pesticide Chemicals
3259  Antimicrobial  Pesticide Registration  Re-
        form
3261   Pesticide  Worker  Protection  Standards;
       ' Pesticide Hazard Communication
3265   Regulation  of  Plant-Produced  Pesticides
         Under FIFRA and FFDCA
3267   Restricted Use Criteria for Pesticides in
         Groundwater
3270   Tolerances for Pesticide Emergency  Ex-
         emptions
3272   Endangered Species Protection Program
3275   Pesticide   Management  and   Disposal:
         Standards for Pesticide Containers and
         Containment
3278  Cross-Contamination   of Pesticide  Prod-
         ucts         ,     :
3279  Reporting Requirements for  Risk/Benefit
        ' Information (Revision)
3289  Lead-Based  Paint Disclosure  Require-
         ments at Renovation of Target Housing
 3291   Lead; TSCA  Requirements for  the Dis-
         posal of Lead-Based Paint Debris
 3293  TSCA Biotechnology Follow-up Rules
 3303  Revised  Asbestos Model  Accreditation
         Plan (Section 610 Review)
 3304  Amendments  to the Asbestos-Containing
         Materials in Schools Rule (Section 610
         Review)
 3306  Lead Fee Rule for Lead-Based Paint Ac-
         tivities Training and  Certification
 3312  Section' 8(a)  Preliminary Assessment In-
         formation Rules
 3317  Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
          ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
          and Model State Plan Rule
 3318   Development of'Guidance as Mandated
          by Executive Order 12873, Section 503
          on Environmentally  Preferable Products
 3326   Facility   Coverage   Amendment; . Toxic
          Chemical  Release  Reporting; Commu-
          nity Right-To-Know
 3328   OPPT Generic Reinvention Evaluations
 3330   Rulemaking Concerning Certain Microbial
          Products  (Biotechnology)   Under  the
          Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
 3331   Water Quality Standards Regulation - Re-
          vision                            .
 3332  Revisions  to  NPDES  Requirements for
          Compliance Reporting   and Collection
          System Discharges
 3333  Test Procedures  for  the Analysis of Mer-
          cury Under the Clean Water Act
  3334  Test Procedures for the  Analysis of Co-
          Planar and Mono-Ortho-Substituted Pol-
          ychlorinated  Biphenyls  (PCBs) Under
          the Clean Water Act
  3335  Amendments  to  Round  I Final Sewage
          Sludge Use or Disposal  Rule-Phase
          Two
  3336  Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
        *  Centralized Waste  Treatment Industry
  3337  Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
          Industrial Laundries Point Source Cat-
          egory
  3338  Effluent  Guidelines and Standards for the
          Transportation Equipment Cleaning Cat-
          egory
                                                                         Title
                                                  Seq.
                                                  No.
3339  Effluent  Guidelines  and  Standards-  for     3381
        Landfills
3342  Effluent Guidelines and Standards for, In-
        dustrial Waste Combustors
3343  Amendment to Effluent Limitations Guide-
        lines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper,
        and Paperbbard Category
3344  Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
        for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under
        the Clean Water Act
3345  Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
        for the Analysis of Cyanide Under  the
        Clean Water Act
3348   Uniform National Discharge Standards for
        Armed Forces Vessels
3353   Amendments  to  Round I  Final Sewage
         Sludge Use or  Disposal  Rule-Phase
         One                         ;
3354   Establishment of Numeric Criteria for  Pri-
         ority Toxic  Pollutants for the State of
       /California
3356   Streamlined Procedures and Guidance for
         Approving  Test Procedures  Under 40
         CFR Part 136
3358  Effluent Guidelines and Standards lor the
         Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
3361   Withdrawal of Proposed Amendment to
         Effluent Guidelines  and Standards for
         Ore Mining and Dressing Point Source
         Category,  New  Source  Performance
         Standards
 3362  Guidelines  Establishing Oil  and Grease
         Test Procedures for the Analysis! of  Pol-
         lutants Under the Clean Water Act
 3363  Increased Method Flexibility for Test  Pro-
         cedures Approved for Clean Water Act
         Compliance Monitoring Under 40 CFR
         Part 136
 3364  Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
         for the Analysis of Miscellaneous  Met-
         als,  Anions,  and  Volatile  Qrganics
         Under the Clean Water Act
 3365  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
 3368   Effluent Limitations  Guidelines and  Stand-
          ards for the  Pulp,  Paper, and  Paper-
          board Category, Phase II
 3369   Guidelines   Establishing Whole  Effluent
          Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures for
          the Analysis  of  Pollutants  Under the
          Clean Water Act
 3370   Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sew-
          age Sludge (Round II)
 3371   Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
          Metal  Products  and Machinery  Cat-
          egory, Phases I and 2
 3373  Effluent Guidelines and Standards  for Iron
          and  Steel  Manufacturing  Point  Source
          Category
  3374  Streamlining Revisions to the Water Qual-
          ity Planning  and  Management Regula-
         . tions
  3376  Comparison of Dredged Material  to Ref-
          erence Sediment
  3377  Revisions to Ocean Dumping Regulations
          for Dredged Material
  3378  Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
          Pulp, Paper,  and Paperpoard Category
  3379  Streamlined  Procedures for Developing
          and  Maintaining   Approved   Publicly
          Owned Treatment Works Pretreatment
          Programs
  3380  Guidelines  Establishing Test Procedures
          for the Analysis of 2,3,7,8-Substituted
           Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and Dibenzo Furans
           Under the Clean Water Act
                                                                                                                          Title
                                                                                                   3382
                                                                            3384
                                                                            3385
                                                                            3386
                                                                            3387
                                                                            3388
                                                                            3389
                                                                            3391
                                                                            3392
                                                                             3394

                                                                             3395
                                                                             3397
                                                                             3398
                                                                             3399
                                                                             3400
                                                                             3401
                                                                             3402
                                                                             3403
                                                                             3404

                                                                             3406
                                                                             3407
                                                                             3408

                                                                             3413
                                                                              3415
                                                                              3416
                                                                              3418
                                                                              3422
                                                                              3423
                                                                              3424
Disposal   of  Low-Activity  Radioactive
  Wastes
Federal Radiation Protection Guidance for
  Exposure of the General Public
Environmental  Protection  Agency  Radi-
  ation Site Cleanup Regulation
Revision  of  Existing Variances and  Ex-
  emptions Regulation to Comply with Re-
  quirements of  the Safe Drinking Water
  Act
Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
  port Regulations
Public Water System Public Notification
  Regulation
Test  Procedures  for the  Analysis  of
  Cryptosporidium and Giardia Under the
  Safe Drinking  Water and  Clean Water
  Acts
Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
  Water Contaminants: Total Conforms, E.
  coli, and Acid Herbicides
Streamlining Drinking Water  Monitoring
  Requirements
National  Primary Drinking Water Regula-
  tions for Lead  and Copper
Reformatting of  Drinking  Water Regula-
  tions
Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking
  Water Contaminants: Organic, Inorganic
, and Microbiological  Contaminants
 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: Sulfate
 National  Primary Drinking Water  Stand-
   ards for Aldicarb
 National  Primary Drinking Water Regula-
   tions:   Radium, Uranium,  Alpha,  Beta
   and Photon Emitters
 Underground Injection  Control  Program
   Streamlining Rule
 Revisions to the Oil  Pollution Prevention
   Regulation
 Removal of Requirement to Use SW-846
   Methods (Test Methods for Evaluating
   Solid  Waste:  Physical/Chemical  Meth-
   ods)
 Standardized Permit  for RCRA Hazardous
   Waste Management Facilities
 Listing   Determination   for  Hazardous
   Wastes-Organobromines Chemical  In-
   dustry
 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
  Revisions  to the Comprehensive Guideline
    for Procurement of Products Containing
   , Recovered Materials
  Proposed   Modifications   to  Hazardous
    Waste Storage and Disposal Regulation
    Related to Low Level Mixed Waste .
  Facility Response Planning for Delegated
    Offshore Facilities
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  12
         Federal Government—Cont.
                                            Seq
                                            No.
  Seq
  NO
  342
  3421
  343<
  343

  3433
 3434
 3435
 3438



 3439




 3441



 3440




 3450



 3451

 3452


 3456


 3457

 3459
 34G4



 3468


 3470


 3472


 3481

 3482


 3484


 3485

3488
3489
3490
3491
3495
                  Title
  Paint Manufacturing Wastes Listing: Haz-
   ardous  Waste  Management  System:
   Idomifcalton and  Listing of Hazardous
   Waste
  Identification  and Listing  of  Hazardous
   Wastes: Hazardous Waste Identification
   Rule (HWIR); Waste
  Spent Solvents Listing Determination
  CWoortalod Aliphatics  Listing  Determina-
   tion
  Hazardous  Waste Management  System;
   Modification  of  the  Hazardous Waste
   Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
  Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
  Corrective Action for Solid Waste Manage-
   ment  Units  (SWMUs) at  Hazardous
   Waste Management Facilities
  New and Revised Testing Methods  Ap-
   proved for RCRA Subtitle C, Hazardous
   Waste Testing Manual, SW-846, Third
   Edition, Update IV
  Now 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
 Stale Implementation Plan Calls for Cer-
   tain States In the Ozone  Transport As-
   sessment Group (OTAG) for Purposes
   oJ Reducing Regional Transport Ozone
 Revisions to New Source Review (NSR)
   Regulations to Implement the New  Na-
   tional  Ambient Air Quality  Standards
   (NAAQS)  for Ozone  and  Particulate
   Matte
 Ru'emaking To Modify the List of Source
   Categories From Which Fugitive Emis-
   sions Are Considered in  Major Source
   Determinations
 Transportation Conformity for Transitional
   Ozone Areas
 Revisions to the Permits and Sulfur Diox-
   ide  Allowance  System  Regulations
   under Title IV of the Clean Air Act
 Performance       Warranty        and
   Inspection/Maintenance  Test  Proce-
   dures
 nspectton/Malntenance   Recall Require-
   ments
 >JESHAP; Ferroalloy Production
 Federal  Implementation  Plan  (FIP)  To
   Control Emissions  From  Sources  Lo-
   cated on the  Fort Hall Indian Reserva-
   tion
Amblant  Air Quality Surveillance, Recen-
   sion of NAMS Ambient Air Quality Mon-
   itoring Requirements for Lead
Acid Rain Program: Continuous Emission
   Monitoring Rule Revisions for Technical
   Issues
Environmental Radiation Protection Stand-
  ards for Scrap Metal  from Nuclear Fa-
  dttes
 loview 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
  10   Accommodate   Revised   Ozone
  NAAQS & Implementation Strategies
 tort Revision of Appendix W to 40 CFR
  Part 51
^JESHAP: Steel Pickling. HC1 Process
 iESHAP: Primary Copper Smelting
 IESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry
  ESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
 "ESHAP: Primary Lead Smelters
  349I

  349'

  350C

  350

  3502



  3505

  3506

  3508

  3509



  3510




  3512





  3516

 3518




 3519



 3520
 3523
 3525

 3534
 3544

 3545
 3546

 3547

 3548
 3549

 3551
3558



3559


3569

3570

3572

3575

3576

3578
                                                                         Title
                                                  Seq
                                                  No.
  NESHAP:        Manufacture        of
   Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde
  NESHAP: Acrylic/Modacrylic Fibers Manu-
   facturing
  NESHAP: Baker's Yeast Manufacturing In-
   dustry
  Amendments to Subpart A and B for 40
   CFR 63
  Revisions to the Regulation for Approval
   of State Programs and  Delegation of
   Federal Authorities
  Offset Lithographic Printing National VOC
   Rule
  NESHAP:    Chromium    Electroplating
   Amendment
  NESHAP: 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
  Prevention of Significant Deterioration of
   Air Quality: Permit Application  Review
   Procedures  for  non-Federal  Class  I
   Areas
  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
 Supplemental  Rule To  Require  Certain
   Products Made  With HCFCs To Bear
   Warning Label
 Federal Implementation Plan for a  Fifteen
   Percent  Reduction in  Volatile Organic
   Compounds in the District of Columbia
 Locomotive Emission Standards
 NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Man-
   ufacturing Industry-Wastewater
 Regulation Review/Burden Reduction
 NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
   try
 MESHAP: Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing
 NESHAP:  Phosphate  Fertilizers Produc-
   tion
 NESHAP: Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing
   Industry
 NESHAP: Primary Aluminum Plants
 NESHAP:  Flexible  Polyurethane  Foam
   Production
 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
  'ransportation Conformity  Rule  Amend-
   ment and Solicitation for Participation in
   the Transportation Conformity Pilot Pro-
   gram
 Mational   Volatile   Organic   Compound
   Emission Standards for Automobile Re-
  finish Coatings
Outer Continental Shelf  Air Regulations
  Delegation Remand
Outer Continental Shelf  Air Regulations
  Offset Remand
Amendment to the MVAC Rule To Include
  All Refrigerants
VIESHAP for Miscellaneous Cellulose Pro-
  duction
IESHAP for Municipal  Solid  Waste  Land-
  fills
National  Emission Standards for Hazard-
  ous Air  Pollutants for Coke  Ovens:
  Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks
                                                                                            357E
  3582
  3583
  3584

  3586
  3587

  3591

  359;

  3593
  3596
  3599
  360;
  3608

  3610
  3612

  3613

  3614

  3617
 3618

 3619

 3620

 3621
 3623
 3630
 3631



 3632



 3636



 3638

 3642

 3644

 3645

 3646



 3650

 3651

 3652



 3653




3654



3657

3658
                                                                                                                         Title
  Method 301:  Field Validation of Pollution
   Measurement   Methods  for   Various
   Media
  Radionuclide Dose Methodology Update
  NSPS for Sewage Sludge Incinerators
  NESHAP for Plywood and Particle Board
   Manufacturing
  Storage Tank Rule Revisions
  Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M
   of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203)
  NESHAP-lron  Foundries   and  Steel
   Foundries
  NESHAP-Cyanide Chemical  Manufactur-
   ing
  NESHAP: Integrated Iron and Steel
  NESHAP: Chlorine Production
  NESHAP for Tire Manufacturing
  NESHAP: Lime Manufacturing
  Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rule-
   making-ICCR Project
  NESHAP: Semiconductor Production
  NESHAP: Metal Coil (Surface  Coating)  In-
   dustry
  NESHAP: Fabric  Printing, Coating and
   Dyeing
 Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Manu-
   facturing Integrated Rule Development
  NESHAP: Spandex Production
 NESHAP for Leather Tanning  and Finish-
   ing Operations
 NESHAP for  Cellulose  Production Cat-
   egories
 NESHAP for the Manufacture of Carbon
   Black
 NESHAP: Vegetable Oil Production
 NESHAP for Organic Liquid Distribution
 Integrated Rule for Paper, and other Web
   Coating  and  Coatings:  MACT  for
   NESHAP; and BAC for National VOC
   Rule
 Nonroad  Spark-Ignition  Engines  at   or
   Below  19  Kilowatts  (25 Horsepower)
   (Phase 2)
 Update of the Acceptability List Under the
   Significant   New  Alternatives  Policy
   (SNAP) Program
 Addition of Methods 204, 204A - 204F for
   Measurement of  VOC  Emissions From
   Stationary Sources
 Transportation Conformity  Rule Amend-
   ments: Flexibility  and Streamlining
 Addition of Method 14A  to 40 CFR Part
   60, Appendix A
 Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste  Inciner-
   ators
 Revision  to NSPS: Nonmetallic  Minerals
   Processing
 NSPS  Revisions for  Phosphate  Fertilizer
   Industry: Granular Triple  Superphos-
   phate Storage Facilities
 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
Accidental Release Prevention Require-
  ments:   Risk   Management  Programs
  Under  the   Clean Air  Act,  Section
  112(r)(7): Amendment
Amendments to the Emergency Planning
  and  Community   Right-To-Know Act,
  Sections 302 Through 312
Revision of the  Local Government  Reim-
  bursement Regulation
 Wministrative  Reporting  Exemptions for
  Certain Radionuclide Releases
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                                                                                                                                          13
Seq.
 No.
3662


3670

3672




3673


3676
       Federal Government—Cont.
                Title
Nondiscrimination on the  Basis of Sex in
  Educational Programs  Receiving  Fed-
  eral Assistance
Amendments to Part 22 Consolidated Pro-
  cedural Rules
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
  System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
  tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking  Re-
  view of Penalty Order
Common Rulemaking  on  Administrative
  Requirements for Grantees to Reflect
  Single Audit Act Amendments
Field Citation Program
Seq.
No.
3678
3679
3684
Title
Public Information and Confidentiality
Regulations
Pesticide Management and Disposal
FIFRA Books and Records of Pesticide
Production and Distribution (Revision)
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 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY INDEX TO ENTRIES SUBJECT TO 610 REVIEW
    Section 610(c)  of  the  Regulatory  Flexibility Act  (5  U.S.C. 601)  requires each agency to  have a  plan
for the periodic review of  its rules that have significant  economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities. Each agency  must publish annually  in the  Federal Register a  list  of  the  rules that it  plans to
review in  the  next  year. Some agencies use  The Regulatory Plan and  the Unified  Agenda to fulfill this
requirement. Those agencies indicate such entries by appending "(Section 610 Review)"  to the titles.
    The following index lists the regulatory actions in  this  joint publication for which agencies  included
this  designation.  The  Sequence  Number  (Seq. No.)  of the entry identifies the location of the  entry in this
edition. For further information, see the Regulatory Information Service Center's Introduction to The Regulatory
Plan and the Unified Agenda in Part II of this issue.
Seq.
 No.
 129


3290

3303
            Title
                 EPA
Polychlorinated  Biphenyls (PCBs)  Dis-
 posal Amendments (Section 610 Re-
 view)
Amendments to the Asbestos Worker Pro-
 tection Rule (Section 610 Review)
Revised Asbestos  Model Accreditation
 Plan (Section 610 Review)
Seq.
No.
3304
Title
Amendments
Materials in
Review)
to the Asbestos-Containing
Schools Rule (Section 610
                                                                                                      15
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                     ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION AGENCY SUBJECT INDEX
                                                     Seq. No.
Accounting:
  Audits of state and local governments and non-pront
      institutions	3673
Acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Additives:
  See Fuel additives
Administrative practice and procedure:
  See also Environmental impact statements
          Freedom  of information
  EPA	3679, 3683
  EPA State  operating permits	3482
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    Environmental Protection Agency	131, 3526
Agriculture:
  See also Foods
          Pesticides and pests
  Ozone depletion	3477
  Worker protection standards	3261, 3262, 3263, 3269
Air pollution control:
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Acid rain	3462, 3470, 3526, 3527, 3528, 3639
    Allowance  allocations	3474
  Acid Rain Program	348°
  Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing	3497
  Aerosol can production	3600
  Aerospace industry	,•	3512, 3552
  Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities	3552
  Agricultural chemicals	3494
  Air quality modeling	3485
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations	3510
  Air quality standards	140, 3468, 3633, 3635, 3643
  Air storage tanks	3586
  Aircraft and aircraft engines	3529
  Aluminum industry	3490, 3548
  Appeals regulations	3526
  Asphalt roofing and processing	3604
  Awards	3681
   Baker's yeast manufacturing industry	3500
   Boat manufacturing industry	3598
   Boilers	3606
   Capture efficiency guidelines	3636
   Carbon monoxide	3529- 3563
   Chemicals	124,3595,3596
   Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)	3518
   Chromium emissions	3506, 3605
   Citizen suit regulation	3682
   Clean Air Act	135, 3475, 3516, 3528, 3542, 3544, 3551, 3572,
                                   3573, 3624, 3641, 3647, 3682
   Clean fuel fleet vehicles	3448
   Consumer products	,..142
   Copper smelters	3489
   Cyanide chemical manufacturing	3592
   Diesel refineries	3462
   Dioxin emission  measurement	3579
   District of Columbia VOC  control measures	3520
   Dry cleaners	3601
   Electric utility steam  generating facilities	3571
   Emission control diagnostic systems	3555, 3581
   Emission standards	3476, 3481, 3508, 3539, 3540, 3575, 3576,
                                              3616, 3617, 3618
     Coke ovens	3578
     Determining compliance	3642
     Hydrogen fluoride  production	•.	3504
     Semiconductor facilities	•	3610
                                                    Seq. No.

Air pollution control—Continued
  Emissions monitoring	3443, 3454, 3514
  Emissions monitoring program	3467, 3470, 3507, 3533, 3587,
                                                  3621,3637
  Emissions reporting	344°
  Emissions trades	143> 3577
  Ethylene processing	*	3602
  Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry	3613
  Ferroalloy industry	if.	3459
  Fuel and fuel additives	3557
  Fugitive emissions	3450
  Gas turbines	3589
  General provisions amendments	3501
  Generic test procedutes	3637
  Halons	3541
  Hazardous air pollutants	126, 3298, 3441, 3473, 3490, 3491,
             3492, 3493, 3494, 3495, 3496, 3497, 3498, 3507, 3508,
             3509, 3512, 3541, 3547, 3548, 3549, 3551, 3552, 3574,
             3575, 3576, 3584, 3588, 3589, 3590, 3594, 3595, 3596,
             3597, 3598, 3599, 3600, 3601, 3602, 3603, 3604, 3605,
             3606, 3607, 3608, 3616, 3617, 3618, 3619, 3620, 3621,
             3622, 3623, 3626, 3628, 3629, 3630, 3631, 3644, 3647
  Hazardous  air pollutants source categories	3503, 3551, 3555,
                                                       3622
  Hazardous  waste combustion facilities..	135
  Hazardous  waste TDSF and generator sites	3574
  Indian reservations	3464
  Indian tribes treatment	5542
  Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking	3608
  Inspection/maintenance programs	3453, 3454, 3457, 3466
  Internal combustion engines	3588
  Iron and steel industry	3591, 3593
  Large appliance coating industry	3603
   Lead......	•	3468
   Lead smelters..:	3495> 3554
   Lime manufacturing industry	3607
   Locomotive emissions	3523
   MACT standards	3503, 3504, 3508, 3575, 3576, 3610, 3616,
                                   3617, 3619, 3620, 3623, 3642
   Measurement regulation	3579, 3636
   Medical waste incinerators	3644
   Metal parts and products coating industry	3611, 3612, 3626,
        ;                                                3628
   Mineral wool production industry standards	3544
   Monitoring	137
   Municipal landfills	3576
   National Strategy for Urban Area Sources of Toxic Air
       Emissions	3507
   Navajo nation lands	3461
   NESHAP:
     Carbon black	3620
     Cellulose production	.....3575, 3619
     Chromium emissions	3506
     Elastomers	3509
     Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry	3613
     Lead smelters	,	3554
     Leather  tanning	3618
     Metal parts and products coating industry	3611, 3612
     Non-metallic minerals processing	3615
     Organic liquids	3623
     Polyurethane foam production	3508
     Site remediation	3616
     Spandex	3617
     Thermoplastics	3509
     Vegetable oil production	3621
     Wood furniture industry	3553
   New source performance standards	3608, 3625, 3644, 3645,
                                                        3646
                                                                                                                          17
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 18
                                                       Seq. No.
 Air pollution control—Continued
   Now sourco review	138.
   Now stationary sources	3481, 3533
   Nitrogen oxides	3529
   Non-metallic minerals processing	3615, 3645
   Non-road compression ignition engines	3442
   Nonhnndheld engines	3563
   Opacity measurement of emissions	3531, 3587
   Operating permits	139, 3585
     Indian reservations	3538
   Outer continental shelf.	3569, 3570
   Ozono....l23, 142,143, 3471, 3473, 3512, 3516, 3517, 3535, 3537,
              3566, 3567, 3572, 3573, 3603, 3626, 3628, 3629, 3630,
                                                    3632, 3643
   Ozono and  ozone precursors:
     Attainment and nonattainment areas	3441
     National ambient air quality standards	3446, 3451
     National ambient air quality surveillance (NAAQS)	.....3484
     Transport	3441
   Paint stripper users.....	3597
   Paper, film  and foil coating industry	3630
   Particulato matter standards	3473, 3633, 3635
   PCB manufacturing	3301
   Penalties for violations	3676
   Petroleum refineries	3458, 3590
   Pharmaceuticals industry	3493
   Phosphate fertilizer production	3546
   Phosphogypsum stacks	3550
   Phosphoric acid manufacturing	3545
   Plastic composites manufacturing	3594
   Plastic parts industry	3629
   Plywood and particle board manufacturing	3584
   Polycarbonates	3498
   Polyethor polyol production	3492
   Polymers and rosins	3487
   Polyurothanc foam production	3549
   Portland cement manufacturing	3491
   Process heaters	3606
   Publically owned treatment works study	3499
   Pulp and paper mills	126
   Radioactive waste	3640
   Radionuclidcs	3582
   Radon	3536, 3550
   Reporting and recordkeeping requirements	3471, 3534
   Sowago sludge incinerators	3583
   Shipbuilding industry	3512
   Solid waste incinerators	3625
   Stato implementation plans	123,138,143, 3461, 3502, 3535,
                                   3537, 3558, 3569, 3638, 3641
   Stool pickling processes	3488
   Stratospheric ozone protection	3447
   Sulfur dioxide	3452
   Sulfur oxides	140, 3527
   Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing	3525
   Test rules.	3329
   Totrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing	3496
   Tiro manufacturing	3599
   Transportation conformity for transitional ozone areas	3451
   Transportation Conformity Pilot Program	3511
   Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Program	3445
   Volatile organic compounds	141,143, 3444, 3478, 3505, 3512,
            3520, 3525, 3537, 3559, 3603, 3614, 3626, 3627, 3628,
                                         3629, 3630, 3636, 3641
   Wasto incinerators performance standards	3624
   Wood furniture  industry	3512, 3553, 3627
  Wool fiberglass  manufacturing industry	3547
Aircraft:
  Emission standards and test procedures	3529
  Rockot Engines	3622
Airplanes:
  Sec Aircraft
Airworthiness  directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Antidumping:
  Reformulated gasoline program requirements	3556
                                                      Seq. No.
                                                        ..3303
                                                        ,.3502
Appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Appliances:
  See Household appliances
Asbestos:
  Model accreditation plan	
Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  EPA revisions	
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
                              B
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bankruptcy:
  RCRA financial responsibility	3420
Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Asbestos	3303
Buses:
  See also Motor vehicles
  EPA Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Program	.'	3445
Business and industry	3371
  See also specific industries
          Accounting
          Bankruptcy
          Confidential business information
          Labeling
          Packaging and containers
  Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing:
    Air pollution control	....3497
  Aerospace industry:
    Air pollution control	,	3512, 3552
  Aluminum industry	3642
    Air pollution control	3490, 3548
  Asphalt roofing and processing industry:
    Air pollution control....	3604
  Baker's yeast manufacturing:
    Air pollution control	3500
  Boat manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control	3598
  Cellulose manufacturing	3575, 3619
  Cement manufacturing:
    Air pollution control	3491
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control	3494, 3525, 3595, 3596
    Control of PMNs	3308
    Hazardous wastes listing	3413, 3415, 3430, 3431
    Manufacture	110, 124, 3299, 3300, 3312, 3313, 3608
    Pollution standards	3301
  Dry cleaning:
    Air pollution control	3601
    Effluent guidelines	3337
  Effluent guidelines	3337, 3338, 3339, 3371, 3373
  EPA operating permits	139
  Ethylene processing:
    Air pollution control	3602
  Ferroalloy industry:
    Air pollution control	3459
  Fertilizers	>;	3646
  Friction products	3609
  Granular triple superphosphate (GTSP)	3646
  Industrial disposal wells	119
  Industrial laundries:
   Effluent guidelines	..3337
  Iron manufacturing:
   Effluent guidelines	3373
  Large appliance coating industry:
   Air pollution control	.3603
  Leather tanning and finishing	3618
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                                                                                                                             19
                                                       Seq. No.

Business and industry—Continued
  Lime manufacturing industry:
    Air pollution control	3607
  Manufacturing	3608
  Metal parts and products coating industry:
    Air pollution control....,	3626, 3628
  Metal products and machinery:  •
    Effluent guidelines	3371
  Mineral processing:
    Air pollution control	3645
  Motor vehicle manufacturing:
    Air pollution control	3581, 3614
   . Clean fuel fleet vehicles	3448
    Consumer information	3479
    Emission standards	144, 3476, 3539, 3540, 3631
    Sales volume limit provisions	3532
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits
      	„	117
  Paint manufacturing:
    Hazardous waste management	'.	3427
  Paper, film and foil coating industry:
    Air pollution control	3630
  Pharmaceuticals:
    Air pollution control	3493
    Pollution standards	3358
  Plastic parts industry:
    Air pollution control	.,	3629
  Plywood and particle board manufacturing:
    Air pollution control	3584
  Polyether polyol production:
    Air pollution control	,	•	3492
  Polyurethane foam production	3508
    Air pollution control	•	3549
  Printing/publishing	3505
  Pulp, paper and paperboard	126, 3378
  Spandex	3617
  Steel manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines	3373
  Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing:
    Air pollution control	:	3496
  Tires	•	3620
    Manufacture	•	•	3599
  Transportation equipment cleaning:
    Effluent guidelines	....3338
  Vegetable oil production	3621
  Wood furniture industry:
    Air pollution control	3512
  Wool fiberglass manufacturing:
    Air pollution control	3547
 Cancer:
   See also specific hazardous substances
   Carcinogen risk assessment	3680
 Charter buses:
   See Buses
       Motor vehicles
 Chemicals:
   See also specific chemicals
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
   Acrylamide	3309
   Air pollution control	124, 3525
   Arsenic in drinking water	,	3400
   Assessment information rule	•	3312
   Chemical inventory reporting	3654
   Drinking water regulations	3402
   Formaldehyde	•	3321
   Health and safety reporting rule	3313
   High-production-volume (HPV) chemicals	3294
   New use rules for PMNs	3308
   Ozone depleting	3477
     Refrigerant recycling	3516, 3518, 3572, 3573
     Sales restrictions	3517
         1  .. '                        '     '    .         Seq. No.

Chemicals—Continued
    Substitutes	3632
  Polychlorinated biphenyls	3301
  Polymers and resins	3509
  Screening Information Data Set (SIDS)	3294
  Test rules	3295, 3297, 3307, 3315, 3324, 3329
  Toxic substances	.'	3286, 3299  .
  Toxic substances in new chemicals	3300
  Toxicity profiles	3296
  Toxics Release Inventory	109
  Use inventory rule	HO
Children:
  See Infants and children
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Coal mines:
  See Mines
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
  Biological test methods for pollutants	3369
  Waste deposit prevention	3367
Confidential business information:
  EPA regulations	3678
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
  Lead-based paint..	,	•••	3288
  Water supply	•	3386
Containers:
  See  Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Air pollution control	3569, 3570
  Offshore structures:
    Oil spill prevention and response...	3424
Contracts:
  See Government contracts
Cooperative agreements:
  See Grant programs
Copper:
  Drinking water regulations	3392
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
 Desegregation in education:
   See Equal educational opportunity
 Discrimination in education:
   See Equal educational opportunity
 Diseases:
   See specific diseases
 Drinking water:
   See Water supply
 Ecology:'
   See Environmental protection
 Electric utilities:
   Steam generating facilities	
 Endangered and threatened species:
   Pesticide labeling program	
..3663
,..3571

,..3272
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 20
                                                       Seq. No.
 Energy:
   See also Fuel economy
           Natural gas
           Petroleum
   Alternative fuels	3521
   Fluorescent lamps exemption from Hazardous Waste
       Management	3433
   Wastes from fossil fuel combustion	3405
 Environmental impact statements:
   Antarctic impact assessment	3685
 Environmental protection:
   See also Air pollution control
           Environmental impact statements
           Pesticides and pests
           Waste treatment and disposal
           Water pollution control
   Antarctic Treaty	3685
   Biotechnology risk assessment	3330
   Chemicals	110, 3294, 3297, 3324, 3329
   Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR	3664
   Coastal waste deposit prevention	3367
   Content requirements for state operating permits	3482
   Ecological risk assessment	3674
   EPA acquisition regulations	3663, 3668
   Monitoring	137
   Pesticides	3260
   Protocol on Environmental Protection	3685
 Equal educational opportunity:
   Federally assisted education programs	3662
 Estuaries:
   See Coastal zone
 Exparto communications:
   See Administrative practice and procedure
 Explosives:
   See also Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous substances
   Deletion from regulated substance list	3656
 Exports:
   Chemicals	3315
   Pesticides	3277
FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation):
  Sea Government procurement
Farmers:
  See Agriculture
Federal acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Federal aid programs:
  See Grant programs
      Technical assistance
Federal buildings and facilities:
  Uniform identification information	3316
Federal-State relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Fines and penalties:
  See Penalties
Flammable materials:
  Exemption from regulated substance list	3656
  Pesticide foggers	.3266
Foods:
  See also specific foods
  Pesticide residues	,	3256, 3271
Foreign relations:
  See also specific countries
          Foreign trade
          Treaties
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
      (OECD)	3294
Foreign trade:
  See also Exports
          Imports
  Motor vehicles	3513
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
                                                      Seq. No.
 Freedom of information—Continued
   Chemical inventory reporting	3654
   Toxics Release Inventory reporting	3326, 3327
 Fuel:
   See Energy
 Fuel additives:
   Reporting and recordkeeping requirements	3449
 Fuel economy:
   Light trucks and light duty vehicles	3514

                              G
 Gas exploration:
   See Oil and gas exploration
 Gas utilities:
   See Natural gas
 Gasoline:
   See also Fuel economy
   Additives	3449
   Diesel refineries	3462
   Reformulated	3557, 3634
 Government buildings:
   See Federal buildings and facilities
 Government contracts:
   See also Government procurement
   Cost or pricing data	.3668
   Debarment and suspension	....3663
   EPA acquisition regulations	3663, 3668
   EPA Mentor-Protege Program	3665
   Penalty payments	3670
   Profit/fee determinations	3677
 Government procurement:
   See also Government contracts
   Acquisition regulations:
    Quality of environmental data	3667
    Value engineering	3669
   Contracts:
    Incrementally funding fixed price contracts	3666
  Environmentally preferable products	3318
   Recycled products	3422
 Grant programs:
   Single Audit Act Amendments	3673
 Grant programs-environmental protection:
  EPA technical  assistance grants	3650

                             H
Hazardous materials transportation:
  Hazardous Waste Manifest rule	3434
  Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries	3411
  Stationary source definition	3656
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
          Flammable materials
          Hazardous materials transportation
          Hazardous waste
          Radioactive materials
  Air pollutants	126, 3298, 3441, 3458, 3459, 3473, 3474,
            3488, 3489, 3490, 3491, 3492, 3493, 3494, 3495,
            3497, 3498, 3499, 3500, 3503, 3506, 3507, 3508,
            3512, 3541, 3544, 3545, 3546, 3547, 3548, 3549,
            3552, 3554, 3555, 3574, 3575, 3576, 3583, 3584,
            3589, 3590, 3591, 3592, 3593, 3594, 3595, 3597,
            3599, 3600, 3601, 3602, 3603, 3604, 3605, 3606,
            3608, 3609, 3611, 3612, 3613, 3614, 3615, 3616,
            3618, 3619, 3620, 3621, 3623, 3625, 3626, 3627,
                        3629, 3630, 3631, 3633, 3635, 3644,
  Asbestos	.3290, 3303,
  Carbon monoxide	3529,
  Carcinogen risk assessment	;	
  Chemical test rules	3298, 3307,
  Chemicals	107, 108, 111, 112, 3286,
  Chromium	
  Drinking water regulations	
  Environmentally preferable products guidelines	
  Extremely Hazardous Substances List	3423, 3649, 3653,
3487,
3496,
3509,
3551,
3588,
3598,
3607,
3617,
3628,
3647
3304
3563
.3680
3315
3296
.3605
.3395
.3318
3655
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                                                      Seq. No.

Hazardous substances—Continued
  Federally permitted releases	3659
  Formaldehyde	4	•	3321
  Isocyanates....	3475,  36.53, 3655
  Lead	114, 3288, 3289, 3306, 3317, 3325,  3392, 3495
  Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries	3411
  Metals	:	3319
  Method 24 amendment	3463
  Microbial products (biotechnology)	3330
  Microorganisms	•	3293
  Neurotoxicity risk assessment	3675
  Nitrogen oxides	,...145, 3529
  Ozone and ozone precursors	143, 3441
  Ozone depleting substances	3477
  Pesticides	3259, 3267, 3270, 3275, 3279, 3302
    Cross-contamination reporting	3278
    EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations	3671
    Exportation	3277
    Field testing	3273
    Labeling program	3272, 3274
    Produced by transgenic plants	3265
    Regulatory review	3328
    Self-certification	•	;-127
    Worker protection  standards	3262, 3263, 3269
  Polychlorinated biphenyls	129, 3310, 3322
  Radionuclides	3384, 3398, 3582, 3658
  Radon	3536, 3550, 3661
  Regulatory review	,	3328
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements	3314
  Saccharin	3660
  Sulfur oxides	140
  Surface coatings	3463
  Toxic Release Inventory:
    Chemicals	107,108, 111, 112
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals	3319
  Toxics Release Inventory	109, 3326, 3327
  Underground storage tanks	3436
  Water pollution control	3344, 3345, 3354
 Hazardous waste:
  Carbamates	3651
  Cement kiln dust	•	121
  Cleanups	136, 3650
  Dioxin/furan contaminated sludge	3323
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities	135
    Radioactive waste	122, 3381
  Effluent limitation guidelines	3336
  Groundwater contamination	119, 3616
  Identification and  listing	136, 3426, 3427, 3429
  Land disposal:
    Post-closure requirements	3412
    Restrictions	3418,3425
  Lead	3291
  Manifest regulation	3434
  Medical waste	3644
   Mineral processing wastes	3418
   Organobromines	3413
   Paint manufacturing	3427
   Permit program	3408
   Petroleum refining process	3416
   Polychlorinated biphenyls	129, 3322
   Radioactive  waste:
     Recycling of scrap metals	3472
     Waste Isolation  Pilot Plant	122, 3640
     Waste management rules	3580
     Yucca Mountain, NV	125
   Recycled used oil	3426
   Recycling	12°
   Saccharin...	3660
   Silver-bearing waste	3428
   Solid waste	:	120
   Solvents	3430
   Spent solvents	3426
                                                       Seq. No.

 Hazardous waste—Continued
   Technical standards for corrective action for cleanup	3435
   Testing methods	3438
   Toxic waste site	3296
   Toxicity characteristic metals	3418
   Toxicity characteristic rule	3432
   Treatment and disposal:
     Fluorescent lamps	343,3
   Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities and generators
       	;	3574
   Triarylmethane dye and pigments	3415
   Uncontrolled sites on the NPL	3652
   Wood preserving wastes	3418
 Health facilities:
   Incineration of medical waste	3644
 Health records:
   Health and Safety Data Model Reporting	3305
 Hearing and appeal procedures:
   See Administrative practice and procedure
 Helicopters:
   See Aircraft
 Herbicides:
   See Pesticides and pests
 Household appliances:
   Surface'coating of large appliance products and parts	3603
 Housing:
.   Lead-based paint	3289, 3291
 Housing assistance payments:
   See Housing

                                I

 Imports:
   See also Antidumping
   Chemicals	3299,3312,3313
   Control' of PMN chemicals	3308
   Ozone-depleting substances	3471
 Indians-lands:
   Air pollution control implementation	3461, 3464, 3510, 3538
   EPA new source reviews	3481
   Municipal solid waste landfills	3421
   Water pollution control requirements	3403
 Indians-tribal government:
   Air quality planning and management	3542
   EPA emergency response reimbursement	3657
 Industrial safety:
   See  Occupational safety and health
 Industry:
   See  Business and industry
 Infants and children:
   Lead poisoning	114, 3288, 3306
   Sulfate in  drinking water	3401
 Information:
   See  Confidential business information
        Freedom  of information
        Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
 Insecticides:
   See  Pesticides and pests
 Intergovernmental relations:
   See also Grant programs
   Air pollution control implementation	123, 138, 139, 143, 144,
              3461, 3468, 3502, 3535, 3537, 3558, 3569, 3638, 3641,
                                                          3647
   EPA effluent guidelines and standards	3346
   EPA emergency response reimbursement	3657
   EPA Hazardous Waste Manifest rule	3434
   EPA permit regulations	131
   EPA State implementation plans (SIPs)	3441, 3482, 3511, 3587
   EPA State sewage sludge management	130
   EPA water monitoring requirements	3391
    EPA water quality standards	3344, 3374
    EPA water regulations streamlining	115
    EPA well  operation regulation	3404
    EPA-California water quality standards	3354
    Nuclear accident protection	3383
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 22
                                                        Seq. No.
 Intergovernmental relations—Continued
   Water supply.	3386, 3397, 3403
 International agreements:
   See Treaties
 International trade:
   See Foreign trade
 Investigations:
   Investigating and remediating releases at RCRA facilities
       	3435
 Labeling:
   See also Packaging and containers
   HCFCs	3519
   Methyl bromide	:	3447
   Pesticides.	3266, 3272, 3274, 3275
 Laboratories:
   EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations	3671
 Land:
   See Indians-lands
 Law:
   See also Administrative practice and procedure
   Suits against Federal agencies	3672, 3682
   Third parly suits:
     Underground storage of hazardous materials	3436
 Lead poisoning:
   Hazard abatement	114
   Paint	114, 3288, 3289, 3291, 3306, 3317, 3325
   Reducing lead consumption and use	3320

                               M
 Marino engineering:
   See Vessels
 Marino pollution:
   See water pollution control
 Marino resources:
   Criteria for xvater quality	3357
 Medical facilities:
   See Health facilities
 Medical records:
   See Health records
 Medical research:
   Neurotoxlcity risk assessment	3675
 Metals:
   See also specific metals
   Ambient lead levels	3468
   Emission standards for ferroalloy industry	:.3459
   EPA trace metal analysis	3344
   High temperature metal recovery residues	3425
   Radiation protection standards for scrap metals	3472
 Military installations:
   See Federal buildings and facilities
 Minos:
   Water pollution control	3361
 Mobile offshore drilling units:
   See Vessels
 Motor vehicle pollution:
   Emissions control	145
   Emissions from refinishing coatings	3559
   Emissions standards	3515, 3631
   Emissions testing	3513
   Gasoline:
    Reformulated	3535, 3556, 3566, 3567, 3634
   Inspection/maintenance programs	3456
   Low emission vehicles program	144, 3521
  Nitrogen oxides	145
  On-highway heavy-duty certified engines in nonroad heavy-
      duty vehicles and equipment	.....3568
  Particulato matter standards	145
Motor vehicles:
  See also Buses
          Fuel economy
  Air conditioning system	3518, 3572
  Alternatively fueled vehicles	..3521
                                                        Seq. No.
 Motor vehicles—Continued
   Clean fuel fleet vehicles	'.	........3448
   Light trucks	.•	,	'.	i.3443
   Sales volume limit provisions	.......3532
 Motorcycles:
   See Motor vehicles

                               N
 National defense contracts:
   See Government contracts                .
       Government procurement
 Natural gas:                 '
   See also Oil and gas exploration
   Motor vehicle fuel	145
   Reformulated gasoline	3535, 3556, 3563, 3566, 3567
 Nuclear safety:
   See Radiation protection
Occupational safety and health:
  Agricultural pesticides	,.,	,..	3261
  Formaldehyde exposure	3321
Ocean dumping:
  See Water pollution control
Ocean resources:
  See Marine resources
Offshore structures:
  See Continental shelf
Oil and gas exploration:                         •  .   -    •
  Addition to Toxic Release Inventory	112
Oil pollution:       ,                        .  , ,  ',',-..
  Oil spill response	,	3424
  Prevention	3406
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Child-resistant	3276
Paint:                                            .    !_'
  See Lead poisoning
Paperwork requirements:
  See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Parachutes:                                       ,  ,
  See Aircraft
Penalties:
  Air pollution control	3676
  EPA	3672
Pesticides and pests:
  Antimicrobial pesticides	3259, 3270
  Canceled or suspended	3679, 3683
  Child-resistant packaging	!	3276
  Cross-contamination reporting	3278
  Data requirements	.,	3260
  Disposal and storage guidelines	....3275
  Effluent guidelines and standards	.....3351
  Exportation	,	3277
  Field testing	.....3273
  FIFRA exemptions..	3257
  Groundwater protection	.....128, 3267
  Labeling requirements:
    Endangered species protection	.'.	3272
    Flammability	'.	3266
    Permitted statements	3274
  Negotiated consent/procedural test rule	3302
  Production and  distribution records	.3684
  Regulatory review	3328
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements....	;	.3279
  Residue in agricultural products	3256, 3271
    Emergency exemptions	3270
  Scientific research	3671
  Self-certification	,	127
  Storage and disposal	.,	3679, 3683
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                                                       Seq. No.

Pesticides and pests—Continued
  Tolerance fees	3258
  Transgenic plants	3265
  Worker protection standards	3261, 3262, 3263, 3269
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
          Gasoline
          Oil and gas exploration
          Oil pollution
  Air pollution from petroleum solvent dry cleaners	..3601
  Air pollution from production facilities	3590
  Refineries	3458
  Refining process wastes	3416
  Toxicity characteristic rule	3432
Plastics materials and synthetics:
  Air pollution control regulations	3594
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	3298
  Carcinogen risk assessment	3680
  Radiation protection	3382
  Toxic Substances Control Act	3305
  Water contamination effects	....3399
Public utilities:
  See Electric utilities
      Natural gas
      Water supply
 Radiation protection:
   See also Radioactive materials
   Drinking water	3383, 3582
   General public	3382
   Radiological Emergency Response Plan	3465
   Scrap metal standards	3472
   Waste Isolation Pilot Plant	3640
   Yucca Mountain, NV	125
 Radioactive materials:
   See also Radiation protection
   Waste disposal	3384
 Radioactive waste:
   See Hazardous waste
 Railroads:
   Locomotive emissions	3523
 Rates and fares:
   See Natural gas
       Railroads
 Record retention:
   See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
 Records:
   See Freedom of information
       Health records
       Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
 Recycling:
   Government purchase of recovered materials	3422
   Hazardous waste	:	120
   Refrigerant	3516, 3518, 3572, 3573
   Scrap metal	-3472
 Reporting  and recordkeeping requirements:
   Carbamates	:	••	3651
   Chemical inventory reporting	107, 108, 110, 112, 3654
   Environmental monitoring	'.	>137
   Environmental Protection Agency	3404, 3534, 3664
   EPA emissions reporting requirements	:	3440
                                                       Seq. No.

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements—Continued
  EPA key identifiers reporting	3316
  Fuels and fuel additives	3449
  Hazardous material releases	3659
  Hazardous substances	3314, 3328
  NPDES permittee reporting	3352
  Ozone-depleting substances importation	3471
  Pesticides	127, 3278, 3279, 3328, 3671, 3683, 3684
  Pollution prevention actions in Toxic Release Inventory
      	;	.;	113
  Radionuclides	3658
  Radon	3661
  Toxic chemical test rules	3315
  Toxic Substances Control Act	3305
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting	109, 3326, 3327
  Water systems	3386
Research:,
  See also Medical research
  Biotechnology	3293,3330
  EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations	3671
Rockets:  '
  See  Aircraft
Rodenticides:
  See  Pesticides and pests
Rotorcraft;
  See  Aircraft
Sanitation:
  See  Public health
       Waste treatment and disposal                  •   "
School integration:                 •
  See  Equal educational opportunity
Schools:                               -
  Asbestos	3290, 3304
  Asbestos model accreditation plan	3303
Science and technology:
  Neurotoxicity risk assessment.	3675
Seaplanes:
  See  Aircraft
Segregation in education:
  See  Equal educational opportunity
Sewage disposal:
  Incinerator emissions monitoring..	3372
  Incinerator emissions standards	3583
  Sewer collection  systems	3332
  Sludge use and disposal	3335, 3353, 3370
  Vessels	3365
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs	3662
Shipbuilding industry:
  Air pollution control	3512
Shipping:
  See  Railroads
Ships:
  See  Vessels
Solid waste disposal:
  See  Waste treatment and disposal
State-Federal relations:
  See  Intergovernmental relations
Subsidies:
  See  Grant programs
Superfund:
  Claims Application streamlining	3648
  Grants for technical assistance	3650
  Radiation site cleanup	3384
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates	3651
 Synthetics:
  See Plastics materials and synthetics
 Technical assistance:
   Environmental Protection Agency grants.,
 Technology:
   See Science and technology
,.3650
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                                                       Seq. No.
Toxic substances:
   See Hazardous substances
Transportation:
   Sea also Railroads
          Vessels
   Air pollution control conformity	3558, 3638
   Conformity for transitional ozone areas	3451
   Environmental review	3577
   Transportation Conformity Pilot Program	3511
Treaties:
   Antarctic Treaty	3685
   Montreal Protocol	3471
Trucks:
   See Motor vehicles
Vessels:
  Armed forces vessels:
    Uniform national discharge standards	3348
  Sewage discharge	3365

                              W
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
          Recycling
          Sewage disposal
  Armed forces vessels	3348
  Disposal facilities:
    Residual radioactivity after cleanup	3384
  Effluent guidelines	3336, 3339, 3342, 3343, 3361, 3368
  Financial test criteria	3420
  Fossil fuel combustion wastes	3405
  Iron and steel manufacturing	3373
  Land disposal:
    Financial responsibility	3414
    Groundwater monitoring	3437
    Restrictions	3418, 3425
  Metal machinery and equipment wastewater	3371
  Mineral processing wastes	3418
  Ocean dumping	3377
  Permit applications	.'....117,132
  Radioactive waste	125
  Recoverable metals criteria	3360
  Sower grouting	3309
  Shore Protection Act	3367
  Solid waste disposal:
    Hazardous waste recycling	120
    Landfills and incinerators	3339, 3625
    Municipal landfills	3576
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods	3407, 3439
    Technical standards for corrective action	3435
                    	3421
              [Inventory	...."	'.	Ill
  Toxicity characteristic metals	.*.	3418
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule	3432
  Uniform national discharge standards	3348
  Wood preserving wastes	3418
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
          Waste treatment and disposal
  Biological test methods	3369
  Clean Water Act	3341, 3344, 3345, 3360, 3362, 3369, 3374,
                                              3375, 3376, 3380
    Test procedures	3356, 3363, 3364
State programs.
Toxic Release Ii
                                                       Seq. No.

Water pollution control—Continued
  Cyanide criteria	;	3345
  Effluent guidelines:
    Industrial waste combustors	3342
    Industrial wastewater	3337, 3371
    Iron and steel manufacturing	3373
    Landfills and incinerators	3339
    Ore mining	3361
    Pharmaceuticals	3358
    Pulp, paper and paperboard	126, 3343, 3368, 3378
    Regulations reformatting	,	3346
    Transportation equipment cleaning	3338
  Great Lakes	3357
  Marine pollution:
    Ocean dumping	3377
  NPDES permits	115, 3332
  NPDES permittee reporting	3352
  Oil and grease test procedures	3362
  Permit applications	117
  Permit regulations streamlining	131
  Pretreatment regulations	.....116, 3351
  Publicly owned treatment works pretreatment program	3379
  Publicly owned treatment works renewal process	3341
  Radionuclides	3398
  Recoverable metals criteria	.*..-	3360
  Sewage sludge incinerator emissions	,3372
  Sewer collection systems	3332
  Sludge management programs	130, 3353, 3370, 3431
  Stormwater runoff	,	118
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants ....3333, 3334, 3380,
                                                         3388
  Total  maximum daily loads	3374
  Trace metals criteria	3344
  Waste disposal permit applications	1.132
  Water quality standards	3331, 3354, 3356, 3363, 3364, 3374
    Criteria for acute aquatic life	3357
Water supply:
  Carcinogen risk assessment	3680
  Drinking water	3672
    Aldicarb and atrazine	3402
    Analyzing regulated drinking water contaminants...	3395
    Arsenic....	3400
    Consumer Confidence Reports	3386
    Contaminant level goals (MCLGs)	3403
    Contaminants	133, 134, 3383, 3389, 3398
    Copper	3392
    Disinfectants	3399
    Injection wells	119, 3404
    Intake zones	3365
    Lead	3392
    Monitoring requirements	3391
    Public notification requirements	3387
    Radionuclides	3403, 3582
    Regulations reformatting	3394
    Safe Drinking Water Act..:	3385, 3397
    Sulfate	3401
    Surface water treatment rule	134
  Ecological risk assessment	3674
  Groundwater protection	128, 3267
Water transportation:
  See Vessels
Wetlands:
  See Coastal zone
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