United States Office Of Policy EPA 230-Z-98-002
Environmental Protection (2136) Reprinted-Federal Register
Agency November 9, 1998
yEPA Environmental Protection Agency
October 1998 Agenda Of
Regulatory And Deregulatory
Actions And Regulatory Plan
-------
-------
S2348 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Ch. I
[FRL-6161-5]
October 1998 Agenda of Regulatory
and Deregulatory Actions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) publishes the Semiannual
Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory
Actions to update the public about our:
• Regulations currently under
development,
• Reviews of existing regulations, and
• Rulemakings completed or canceled
since the last Agenda.
EPA believes that, if the people affected
by rules participate in developing them,
we will wind up with rules that are
clearer, less burdensome, and more
effective.
ADDRESSES TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA
MAILING LIST: If you would like to receive
copies of future Agendas, please serui a
. note with your mailing address
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62349
EPA
Area Designations for Air Quality
Planning Purposes.
• Under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act:
Actions regarding pesticide tolerances
and food additive regulations;
decision documents defining and
establishing registration standards;
decision documents and termination
decisions for the Rebuttable
Presumption Against Registration
process; and data call-in requests
made under section 3(c)(2)(B).
• Under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act: Authorization of State
solid waste management plans;
hazardous waste delisting petitions.
• Under the Clean Water Act: State
Water Quality Standards; Deletions
from the section 307(a) list of toxic
pollutants; Suspensions of toxic
testing requirements under the
National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES);
Delegations of NPDES authority to
States.
• Under the Safe Drinking Water Act:
Actions on State underground
injection control programs.
The Office of Management and Budget
has exempted most of these actions from
the Executive Order 12866 review
procedures. There is no legal
significance to the omission of an item
from the Agenda.
How the Agenda Is Organized and the
Relationship Between the Regulatory
Agenda and Regulatory Plan
In accordance with E.0.12866, we
publish the EPA Agenda of Regulatory
and Deregulatory Actions in April and
October of each year as part of the
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory
and Deregulatory Actions. Also, in
accordance with E.0.12866, we publish
the Regulatory Plan as part of the
October Agenda. Entries in the Plan
contain all of the information that is
included in the Agenda entries, as well
as some additional information on risks,
costs, and benefits. Rules included in
the Plan are the most significant rules
that we expect to publish between
October 1,1998, and September 30,
1999. The Agenda contains information
on actions that are less significant than
the rules that are covered in the Plan.
The Agenda also includes a list of rules
that we will publish after September 30,
1999.
We have organized both the Agenda
and the Plan:
• First, by the law that would authorize
a particular regulation;
• Second, by the current stage of
development (proposal, final, etc.);
and
• Third, by the section number of the
statute which requires or authorizes
the rule.
The following 13 sections deal with
12 laws that EPA administers and a
thirteenth broader section called
"General" that includes cross-cutting
actions, such as general acquisition
rules and rules authorized by multiple
statutes:
1. General
2. The Clean Air Act (CAA)
3. The Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
4. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
5. The Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA)
6. The Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act
(EPCRA)
7. The Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA)
8. The Oil Pollution Act (OPA)
9. The Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act [Superfund] (CERCLA)
10. The Clean Water Act (CWA)
11. The Safe Drinking Water Act
(SDWA)
12. The Marine Protection, Research,
and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA)
13. The Shore Protection Act (SPA)
In each of these 13 sections there are
up to five headings covering the
following stages of rulemaking:
1. Prerulemakings—Prerulemaking
actions are intended to determine
whether EPA should initiate
rulemaking. Prerulemakings may
include anything that influences or
leads to rulemaking, such as advance
notices of proposed rulemaking
(ANPRMs), significant studies or
analyses of the possible need for
regulatory action, requests for public
comment on the need for regulatory
action, or important preregulatory
policy proposals. Finally, we also
announce our intent to review certain
existing regulations under section 610
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act in
this section of the Agenda.
2. Proposed Rules—This section
includes EPA rulemaking actions that
are within a year of proposal
(publication of Notices of Proposed
Rulemakings (NPRMs)).
3. Final Rules—This section includes
rules that are within a year of final
promulgation.
4. Long-Term Actions—This section
includes prerulemakings, proposed,
and final rules with expected
publication dates beyond the next 12
months.
5. Completed Actions—This section
contains actions that have been
promulgated and published in the
Federal Register since publication of
the April 1998 Agenda. It also
includes actions that we are no longer
considering. If an action appears in
the completed section, it will not
appear in future Agendas unless we
decide to initiate action again, in
which case it will appear as a new
entry. EPA also announces the results
of our Regultory Flexibility Act
section 610 reviews in this section of
the Agenda.
Agenda Entries
Agenda entries include the following
information, where applicable:
Sequence Number. This indicates where
the entry appears in the Agenda.
Title: Titles for new entries (those that
haven't appeared in previous Agendas)
are preceded by a bullet ("•"). The
notation "Section 610 Review" follows
the title if we are reviewing the rule as
part of our periodic review of existing
rules under section 610 of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.
610).
Priority. Entries are placed into one of
five categories described below.
Economically Significant: As defined
in Executive Order 12866, a
rulemaking 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 are
an EPA priority and rules that EPA
anticipates will be reviewed by the
Office of Management and Budget
under E.0.12866 because they are
likely to:
• create a serious inconsistency or
otherwise interfere with an action
taken or planned by another agency;
• materially alter the budgetary
impact of entitlements, grants, user
fees, or loan programs or the rights
or obligations of recipients; or
-------
62350 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA
• raise novel legal or policy issues.
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.
Also, if we believe that a rule may be
"major" as denned in section 804 of the
congressional review provisions of the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act (SBREFA) (5 U.S.C. 804;
Pub.L. 104-121) because it is likely to
result in an annual effect on the
economy of $100 million or more or
meets other criteria specified in this
law, we indicate this under the
"Priority" heading with the statement
"Major under 5 U.S.C. 801".
Legal Authority. The sections of the
United States Code (U.S.C.), Public Law
(P.L.), Executive Order (E.O.), or
common name of the law that
authorizes the regulatory action.
CFR Citation: The sections of the Code
of Federal Regulations that 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 a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, a Final Action, or some
other action.
Abstract: A brief description of the
problem the regulation will address.
Timetable: The dates (and citations) that
documents for this action were
published in the Federal Register and,
where possible, a projected date for the
next step. Projected publication dates
frequently change during the course of
a rule development. The projections in
the Agenda are our best estimates as of
the date we submit the Agenda for
publication. If a date appears in this
section as 00/00/00, the date of the
action is currently undetermined.
"Undetermined" indicates we are very
uncertain about the date of completion
of the action we will take next. Dates in
2000 or later are printed in the same
form as other dates, using the last two
digits of the year.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Indicates whether EPA has
prepared or anticipates that it will be
preparing a regulatory flexibility
analysis under section 603 or 604 of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act. Generally,
such an analysis is required for
proposed or final rules that EPA
believes may have a significant impact
on a substantial number of small
entities.
Small Entities Affected: Indicates which
small entities (businesses, governmental
jurisdictions, or organizations), if any,
may be affected by the rule.
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.
Unfunded Mandates: Section 202 of the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
requires an assessment of anticipated
costs and benefits if a rule includes a
mandate that may result in expenditures
of more than $100 million in any 1 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 in
this section.
Agency Contact: The name, address,
phone number, and e-mail address, if
available, of a person who is
knowledgeable about the regulation.
SAN Number. A code number that EPA
uses to identify and track rulemakings.
RIN: The Regulatory Identifier Number
is a code number that OMB uses to
identify and track rulemakings.
Plan Entries
The Plan, which includes a Statement
of Regulatory Priorities and information
about the most significant actions that
we will publish between October 1,
1998, and September 30,1999, is
published in part 2 of today's Federal
Register. Plan entries include all of the
Agenda data fields described above,
plus up to five other types of
information: Statement of Need,
Summary of the Legal Basis,
Alternatives, Anticipated Costs and
Benefits, and a discussion of Risks.
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, among other items
specified in the RFA, identify the extent
to which small entities will be subject
to the rule's requirements and describe
any significant alternatives to the rule
which accomplish the objectives of
applicable statutes and which minimize
any significant economic impacts on
small entities. We have listed in the first
index at the end of the Agenda all rules
under development that we expect will
require a Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis.
In the "Small Entities Affected"
section, we say whether we expect the
action will have an impact on small
entities that is less than a significant
impact on a substantial number of small
entities. All of the actions so identified
are listed in the second index at the end
of the Agenda.
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. We undertake these reviews to
decide whether we should continue the
rule unchanged, amend it, or withdraw
it. We encourage small entities to
provide comments.on the need to
change these rules, as these comments
will factor into the Agency's
determination to continue or amend the
rules. In the "Prerule" sections of this
Agenda, we report on two ongoing and
one new 610 reviews. These entries
have "Section 610 Review" after the
title of the action. We also report on the
status of nine previously initiated
section 610 reviews in the "Completed
Actions" sections of the Agenda. One
rule previously identified as needing a
610 review, Importation of
Nonconforming Vehicles, upon closer \
inspection turned out not to require one.
Dated: September 4,1998.
David Gardiner,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62351
EPA
Sequence
Number
3374
3375
3376
3377
3378
3379
3380
3381
3382
3383
3384
3385
3386
3387
3388
General — Proposed Rule Stage
Title
SAN No. 4056 Utilization of Small, Minority and Women's Business Enterprises in Procurement Under Assist-
ance Agreements
SAN No. 4180 Rewriting of EPA Regulations Implementing the Freedom of Information Act
SAN No. 3736 Revision to 40 CFR 35 Subpart A and Promulgation of Performance Partnership (State) Grant
Regulation (Reg Plan Seq. No. 98)
SAN No. 4128 Revision to 40 CFR 35 Subpart A and Promulgation of Performance Partnership (Tribal) Grant
Rule (Reg Plan Seq. No. 99)
SAN No. 4184 Contracting by Negotiation
SAN No. 4186 EPAAR Coverage on Contractor Performance Evaluations
SAN No. 4187 EPAAR Coverage on Local Hiring and Training
SAN No. 4188 Service Contracting — Avoiding Improper Personal Services Relationships
SAN No. 4191 Revision to EPAAR 1552.211-73, Level of Effort
SAN No. 3580 Incorporation of Class Deviation Into EPAAR
SAN No. 3629 EPA Mentor-Protege Program
SAN No. 3876 Incrementally Funding Fixed Price Contracts
SAN No. 3874 Revision of EPA Acquisition Regulations for Quality Systems for Environmental Programs
SAN No. 3817 Implementation of Changes to 40 CFR Part 32
SAN No. 3807 Consolidation of Good Laboratory Practice Standards (GLPS) Regulations Currently Under TSCA
and FIFRA Into One Rule ;
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2Q20-AA39
2020-AA40
2030-AA55
2Q30-AA56
2030-AA59
2030-AA61
2030-AA62
2030-AA63
2030-AA64
2030-AA37
2030-AA40
2030-AA50
2030-AA51
2030-AA48
2020-AA26
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
General—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3389
3390
3391
3392
3393
3394
SAN No. 4185
SAN No. 4183
SAN No. 3671
SAN No. 2662
SAN No. 3240
SAN No. 3933
Title
Electronic Funds Transfer
Agency Protest Solicitation Notification
Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment
Amendments to Part 22 Consolidated Procedural Rules
Public Information and Confidentiality Regulations
Environmental Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental Activities in Antarctica
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2030-AA57
2030-AA58
2080-AA06
2020-AA1 3
2020-AA21
2020-AA34
General—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
3395
Title
SAN No. 2939 Regulations Governing Awards Under Section 1 13(f) of the Clean Air Act .'.
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2020-AA31
General—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3396
3397
3398
3399
SAN No. 4021
SAN No. 41 89
SAN No. 3624
SAN No. 3854
Title
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Educational Programs Receiving Federal Assistance
Quick-Closeout Procedures
Guidelines for Neurotoxicity Risk Assessment
Value Engineering
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2020-AA36
2030-AA60
2080-AA08
2030-AA49
-------
62352 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Prerule Stage
Sequence
Number
°.4nn
3401
3402
Title
SAN No. 4120 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, Import
SAN No. 4136 Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources; New Residential Wood Heaters (Section
610 Review)
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AH25
2060-AH67
2060-AI05
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3403
3404
3405
^4nfi
^4fY7
**4DR
3409
°,4in
3411
3419
3413
3414
3415
3416
3417
341R
3419
349(1
049-1
3499
3AO3
3424
349"i
3426
3427
3428
3429
3430
3431
3439
3433
Title
SAN No. 4159 Redefinition of Glycol Ethers Listed as HAPs Under the Clean Air Act, and Hazardous Sub-
SAN No. 4043 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From 2004 and Later Model Year Highway Heavy-Duty Die-
SAN No 4148 Conformity Pilot
SAN No 3263 Performance Warranty and Inspection/Maintenance Test Procedures
SAN No 3380 NSPS° Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry - Wastewater
SAN No. 3407 Method 301: Field Validation of Pollution Measurement Methods for Various Media; Revisions
SAN No 3549 NESHAP' Petroleum Refineries - FCC Units Reformers and Sulfur Plants
SAN No. 3553 Implementation of Ozone and Particulate Matter (PM) National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) and Regional Haze Regulations (Reg Plan Seq. No. 100)
SAN No 3516 Comprehensive Radiation Waste Management Regulation
SAN No. 3569 Federal Implementation Plan To Control Emissions From -Two Power Stations Located on Navajo
SAN No. 3637 Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) To Control Emissions From Sources Located on the Fort Hall
SAN No. 3568 Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada (Reg Plan Seq. No.
101)
SAN No. 3744 Amendment to Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources; Monitoring Requirements
(PS-1)
SAN No. 3748 Consolidated Federal Air Rule for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (Reg
Plan Seq No 102)
SAN No 3917 Transportation Conformity Rule Amendment' Clarification of Trading Provisions
SAN No 3975 Review of Minor New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country
SAN No 3977 Revisions to Clarify the Permit Content Requirements for State Operating Permits
SAN No. 4046 Revisions to New Source Review (NSR) Regulations to Implement the New National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone
SAN No 4022 NESHAP' Coke Ovens' Pushing Quenching and Battery Stacks
SAN No. 4067 Acid Rain Program: Determination on Section 75.7 (EPA Study of Bias Test) and Section 75.8
SAN No. 4106 Final Rule To Amend the National Emission Standards for Magnetic Tape Manufacturing Oper-
SAN No. 4103 NESHAP: Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
SAN No. 4119 Performance Specification 16 - Specifications and Test Procedures for Predictive Emission Mon-
SAN No. 4096 Federal Implementation Plans To Reduce the Regional Transport of Ozone in the Eastern United
SAN No. 4095 Findings of Significant Contribution and Ruiemaking on Section 126 Petitions for Purposes of Re-
SAN No 4082 Wet-formed Fiberglass Mat Production NESHAP ...
SAN Mo. 4003 Technical Chanae to Dose Methodoloav for 40 CFR 191. Suboart A
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AI08
2060-AI12
2060-AI14
2060-AE20
2060-AE22
2060-AE94
2060-AFOO
2060-AF28
2060-AF34
2060-AF41
2060-AF42
2060-AF84
2060-AG14
2060-AG22
2060-AG28
2060-AG50
2060-AH15
2060-AH31
2060-AH34
2060-AH37
2060-AH46
2060-AH53
2060-AH55
2060-AH64
2060-AH71
2060-AH81
2060-AH84
2060-AH87
2060-AH88
2060-AH89
2060-AH90
-------
EPA
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62353
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Proposed Rule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3434
3435
3436
3437
3438
3439
3440
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
SAN No. 4073 Revisions to the Pollutant Standards Index and Significant Harm Level Programs for Ozone and
Particulate Matter
SAN No. 4070 General Conformity Regulations; Revisions
SAN No. 3893 Review of Operating Permits Issued by Indian Tribes
SAN No. 4077 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration on the 610 Nonessential Products Ban
SAN No. 3951 Control of Emissions From New Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines At or Below 19 Kilowatts, Minor
Amendments to the Phase I Emission Standards
SAN No. 4129 Notice of Temporary Stay, Notice of Proposed Compliance Extension; Equivalency Determination-
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Halogenated Solvent
SAN No. 4078 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From New Marine Diesel Engines at or above 37 Kilowatts ..
SAN No. 4211 Tier II Light-Duty Vehicle, Light-Duty Truck, and Heavy-Duty Gasoline Vehicle Emission Stand-
ards and Gasoline Sulfur Standards (Reg Plan Seq. No. 103)
SAN No. 1002 NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Review and Implementation) (Reg Plan Seq. No. 104)
SAN No. 3470 Revision of Appendix W to 40 CFR Part 51
SAN No. 3228 NESHAP for the Manufacturing of Amino and Phenolic Resins (Polymers and Resins Group III) ...
SAN No. 3078 NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry
SAN No. 3378 NESHAP: Acrylic/Modacrylic Fibers Manufacturing
SAN No. 3465 NESHAP: Polycarbonates Production
SAN No. 3377 NESHAP: Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW)
SAN No. 3550 NESHAP: Manufacturing of Nutritional Yeast ,
SAN No. 3551 Amendments to General Provisions Subpart A and B for 40 CFR 63
SAN No. 3821 NESHAP: Ethylene Processes
SAN No. 3829 Revisions to the Regulation for Approval of State Programs and Delegation of Federal Authorities
112(1)
SAN No. 3651 NESHAP: Lime Manufacturing
SAN No. 3901 Generic MACT for Source Categories (Acrylic Modacrylic Fibers, Polycarbonates, Hydrogen Fluo-
ride, and Acetal Resins)
SAN No. 3902 NESHAP: Semiconductor Production
SAN No. 3654 NESHAP: Hydrogen Fluoride Production '.
SAN No. 2841 NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating Amendment .,
SAN No. 3959 National Strategy for Urban Area Sources of Toxic Air Emissions
SAN No. 3973 NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam Fabrication Operations
SAN No. 3939 NESHAP: Group I Polymers and Resins and Group IV Polymers and Resins and Group IV Poly-
mers and Resins
SAN No. 3479 Amendments to Parts 51, 52, 63, 70 and 71 Regarding the Provisions for Determining Potential
To Emit
SAN No. 3979 Review of Federal Test Procedures for Emissions From Motor Vehicles; Test Procedure Adjust-
ments to Fuel Economy and Emission Test Results
SAN No. 3091 Specification of Substantially Similar Definition for Diesel Fuels
SAN No. 3673 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration of Section 608 Sales Restriction
SAN No. 3983 Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air Conditioners: Standards for Equipment That Recovers and Recy-
cles Refrigerants Other Than CFC-12 and HFC-134a
SAN No. 3640 Supplemental Rule To Require Certain Products Made With HCFCs To Bear Warning Label
2060-AH92
2060-AH93
2060-AH98
2060-AH99
2060-AI02
2060-AI04
2060-AI17
2060-AI23
2060-AA61
2060-AF01
2060-AE36
2060-AE77
2060-AF06
2060-AF09
2060-AF26
2060-AF30
2060-AF31
2060-AG53
2060-AG60
2060-AG72
2060-AG91
2060-AG93
2060-AG94
2060-AH08
2060-AH21
2060-AH42
2060-AH47
2060-AI01
2060-AH38
2060-AD77
2060-AG20
2060-AH29
2060-AF93
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3467
3468
3469
3470
3471
3472
3473
Title
SAN No. 4115 NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating Amendment
SAN No. 3898 1998 Revision of Acid Rain Allowance Allocations
SAN No. 3259 New Source Review (NSR) Reform (Reg Plan Seq. No. 126)
SAN No. 3082 NESHAP: Ferroalloy Production
SAN No. 3573 Acid Rain Program: Deletion of Certain Units
SAN No. 3412 Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70) (Reg Plan Seq. No. 127)
SAN No. 2915 Methods for Measurement of Visible Emissions - Addition of Methods 203A, 203B, and 203C to
Appendix M of Part 51
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2Q60-AH69
2Q60-AG86
2060-AE1 1
2Q60-AF29
2060-AF46
2060-AF70
2060-AF83
-------
62354 Federal Register /Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Final Rule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3474
3475
3476
3477
3478
3479
3480
3481
3482 .
3483
3484
3485
3486
3487
3488
3489
3490
3491
3492
3493
3494
3495
3496
3497
3498
3499
3500
3501
3502
3503
3504
3505
3506
3507
3508
3509
3510
3511
3512
3513
3514
3515
3516
3517
3518
SAN No.
SAN No. 3750
SAN No. 3808
SAN No. 3835
SAN No. 3900
SAN No. 3643 Sales Volume Limit Provisions for Small-Volume Manufacture Certification for Clean Fuel and
Conventional Vehicle Conversions and Related Provisions ,
SAN No. 3741 Service Information Availability
Amendments to Part 60, Part 61, and Part 63 and Addition of Method 14A to Part 60
Regulation Review/Burden Reduction
Acid Rain Program: Continuous Emission Monitoring (CEM) Rule Revisions
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon Proficiency Programs Rule
Addition of Method 207 to Appendix M of 40 CFR Part 51 - Method for Measuring Isocyanates in
Stationary Source Emissions
SAN No. 3868 Federal Operating Permits Program in Indian Country
SAN No. 3913 Revision to the Light-Duty Vehicle Emission Compliance Procedure
SAN No. 3945 Finding of Significant Contribution and Rulemaking for Certain States in the Ozone Transport As-
sessment Group (OTAG) Region for Purposes of Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone
SAN No. 3958 Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203)
SAN No. 4030 Expanded Definitions for Alternative-Fueled Vehicles and Engines Meeting Low-Emission Vehicle
Exhaust Emission Standards
SAN No. 4052 Revisions to the Permits and Sulfur Dioxide Allowance System Regulations Under Title IV of the
Clean Air Act
SAN No. 4126 NESHAP: Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations, Amendments
SAN No. 4123 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Category: Pulp and Paper
Production; Amendments to the Promulgated Rule
SAN No. 4076 Supplemental Rulemaking for Certain States in the Ozone Transport Assessment Group Region
for Purposes of Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone
SAN No. 4125 Electric Arc Furnace NSPS Amendment
SAN No. 4108 NESHAP: Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations; Final Rule—Settlement Agreement; and
NESHAP for Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations for Technical Amendments
SAN No. 4130 Acid Rain Program: Proposed Revision of Test Method 1, 2, and 2F for Measuring Volumetric
Flow in Stacks • >•
SAN No. 4165 Optional Certification Streamlining Procedures for LDVs, LDTs, and HDEs
SAN No. 3740 Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments: Flexibility and Streamlining
SAN No. 3105 Amendments—Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guidelines: Pulp and Paper (Reg Plan Seq. No.
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Industry :
NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production and Natural Gas Transmission and Storage
NESHAP: Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing
NESHAP: Steel Pickling, HC1 Process •
NESHAP: Phosphate Fertilizers Production
NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelting •
NESHAP: Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing Industry
NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
NESHAP: Polyether Polyols Production
NESHAP: Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (Production of Agricultural Chemicals)
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production
NESHAP: Primary Lead Smelters
NESHAP: Radon Emissions From Phosphogypsum Stacks
NESHAP: Aerospace Technical Amendments
NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production and NESHAP: Natural Gas Transmission and Storage ,
Amendments to Proposed Rule •
SAN No. 2937 Field Citation Program
Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline, Individual Baseline Fuel Adjustments ....
Transportation Conformity Rule Amendment and Solicitation for Participation in the Pilot Program
National VOC Emission Standards for Automobile Refinish Coatings
VOC Regulation for Architectural Coatings (Reg Plan Seq. No. 129)
National VOC Emission Standards for Consumer Products (Reg Plan Seq. No. 130)
Reduction of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions From Coatings Used in the Aero-
space, Wood Furniture, and Shipbuilding Industries Under Clean Air Act Section 183(e)
SAN No. 3645 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From Highway Heavy-Duty Engines and Diesel Engines
(Reg Plan Seq. No. 131)
SAN No. 2665 Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles; Amendments to Regulations
SAN No. 3461
SAN No. 3229
SAN No. 3303
SAN No. 3345
SAN No. 3304
SAN No. 3340
SAN No. 3123
SAN No. 3079
SAN No. 3408
SAN No. 3450
SAN No. 3338
SAN No. 3467
SAN No. 2547
SAN No. 3836
SAN No. 4162
SAN No. 3604
SAN No. 3610
SAN No. 3281
SAN No. 3351
SAN No. 3658
SAN No. 3828
2060-AF87
2060-AG13
2060-AG21
2060-AG30
2060-AG46
2060-AG64
2060-AG88
2060-AG90
2060-AH05
2060-AH10
2060-AH23
2060-AH52
2060-AH60
2060-AH66
2060-AH74
2060-AH91
2060-AH95
2060-AH96
2060-AH97
2060-AI15
2060-AI16
2060-AD03
2060-AE08
2060-AE34
2060-AE40
2060-AE41
2060-AE44
2060-AE46
2060-AE75
2060-AE78
2060-AE81
2060-AE84
2060-AE86
2060-AE97
2060-AF04
2060-AG65
2060-AI13
2020-AA32
2060-AG80
2060-AG79
2060-AE35
2060-AE55
2060-AF62
2060-AG59
2060-AF76
2060-AI03
-------
EPA
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62355
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Final Rule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3520
3521
3522
3523
3524
3525
3526
3527
Title
SAN No. 3843 Revision to the Covered Areas Provision for Reformulated Gasoline .
SAN No. 3842 Applicability of On-Highway Heavy-Duty Certified Engines for Use in Nonroad Heavy-Duty Vehi-
cles and Equipment; Amendment
SAN No. 3361 Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines At or Below 19 Kilowatts (25 Horsepower) (Phase 2) (Reg Plan
Seq. No. 132)
SAN No. 3352 NSPS: Nitrogen Oxide Emissions From Fossil-Fuel Fired Steam Generating Units— Revision
SAN No. 3556 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Supplemental Rule Regarding a Recycling Standard Under
Section 608
SAN No. 3560 Refrigerant Recycling Rule Amendment To Include Substitute Refrigerants
SAN No. 3525 Update of the Substitutes List Under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program
SAN No. 3792 Technical Amendments to Hazardous Waste TSDF & Hazardous Waste Generators: Organic Air
Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface Impoundments & Containers
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AG77
2060-AG78
2060-AE29
2060-AE56
2060-AF36
2060-AF37
2060-AG12
•2060-AG44
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
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3528
3529
3530
3531
3532
3533
3534
3535
3536
3537
3538
3539
3540
3541
3542
3543
3544
3545
3546
3547
3548
3549
3550
3551
3552
3553
3554
3555
3556
3557
3558
3559
3560
3561
3562
3563
3564
3565
SAN No. 4105 NESHAP: Carbon Black Production
SAN No. 4110 Alumina Processing NESHAP .'"
SAN No. 4154 Control of Emissions From Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines Rated Over 19 kW
SAN No. 3341 NESHAP: Cyanide Chemical Manufacturing
SAN No. 3346 NESHAP: Integrated Iron and Steel ""'.
SAN No. 3649 Amendments to Method 24 (Water-Based Coatings)
SAN No. 3820 NESHAP: Plywood and Particleboard Manufacturing
SAN No. 3922 Revised Permit Revision Procedures for the Federal Operating Permits Program
SAN No. 3970 NESHAP: Miscellaneous Cellulose Production
SAN No. 3969 NESHAP: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills !.""].'""!
SAN No. 4045 Rulemaking To Modify the List of Source Categories From Which Fugitive Emissions Are Consid-
ered in Major Source Determinations
SAN No. 4111 NESHAP: Fumed Silica Production Z.'Z"
SAN No. 4102 NESHAP: Taconite Iron Ore Processing
SAN No. 4104 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Hydrochloric Acid Production ....
SAN No. 4116 NESHAP: Ammonium Sulphate Production (Caprolactam By-Product)
SAN No. 4107 NESHAP: Asphalt/Coal Tar Application on Metal Pipes '."".
SAN No. 4113 NESHAP: Clay Products Manufacturing ".""'.
SAN No. 4112 NESHAP: Hydrogen Chloride Production !!!'."".""!
SAN No. 4114 NESHAP: Polyvinyl Chloride Production I."!"""""."!!!"
SAN No. 4098 NESHAP: Uranium Hexafluoride Production ".'.".".
SAN No. 3656 NESHAP/NSPS: Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine
SAN No. 3657 NESHAP/NSPS: Combustion Turbine
SAN No. 3343 NESHAP: Iron Foundries and Steel Foundries '"."".
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 NESHAP: Paint Stripping Operations
SAN No. 3747 NESHAP: Boat Manufacturing ""'.'."".'.'.'.
SAN No. 3749 NESHAP: Tire Manufacturing
SAN No. 3754 Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaners Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard
SAN No. 3823 Large Appliance (Surface Coating) NESHAP/VOC Reductions
SAN No. 3655 NESHAP: Asphalt Roofing and Processing
SAN No. 3652 NESHAP: Refractories Manufacturing "!"!!""""!
SAN No. 3837 NESHAP: Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters
SAN No. 3872 Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking - ICCR Project
SAN No. 3899 NESHAP: Friction Products Manufacturing """."".
SAN No. 3906 NESHAP: Metal Can (Surface Coating) Industry !!!.!!""!!!!!!!!!!
SAN No. 3905 NESHAP: Metal Coil (Surface Coating) Industry
2060-AH68
2060-AH70
2060-AI11
2060-AE45
2060-AE48
2060-AF72
2060-AG52
2060-AG92
2060-AH11
2060-AH13
2060-AH58
2060-AH72
2060-AH73
2060-AH75
2060-AH77
2060-AH78
2060-AH79
2060-AH80
2060-AH82
2060-AH83
2060-AG63
2060-AG67
2060-AE43
2060-AE79
2060-AE82
2060-AE85
2060-AG26
2060-AG27
2060-AG29
2060-AG34
2060-AG54
2060-AG66
2060-AG68
2060-AG69
2060-AG84
2060-AG87
2060-AG96
2060-AG97
-------
62356 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Long-Term Actions (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3566
3567
3568
3569
3570
3571
3572
3573
3574
3575
3576
3577
3578
3579
3580
3581
3582
3583
3584
3585
Title
QAM Mn "vano MP9HAP- Fnhrir Printinn Onatinn and Dveina
SAN No. 3907 Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Manufacturing (Surface Coating) NESHAP/VOC Reductions
QAM Mn **Qftfl DffQPt 1 ithnnranhir Printinn National VOC Rule
SAN No 3968 NESHAP' Site Remediation •
SAN No 3967 NESHAP' Spandex Production .
SAN No 3962 NESHAP' Manufacture of Carbon Black
SAN No 3903 NESHAP' Vegetable Oil Production
SAN No 3972 NESHAP' Rocket Engine Test Firing/Engine Test Facilities
QAM Mn W71 KIFQHAP- Ornnnir Linuid Distribution
SAN No. 3613 NSPS: New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for Industrial and Commer-
SAN No. 3751 NSPS: New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for Other Solid Waste In-
SAN No. 3919 Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality: Permit Application Review Procedures for
CAM Mr* iftoK MPQHAPA/np RoHnrtinnc MiQppllanpnii^ Mptsl Parte and Products (Surface Coatina)
SAN No. 3139 Location of Selective Enforcement Audits of Foreign Manufactured Vehicles and Engines; Amend-
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AG98
2060-AG99
2060-AHOO
2060-AH03
2060-AH12
2060-AH14
2060-AH17
2060-AH19
2060-AH22
2060-AH35
2060-AH41
2060-AF91
2060-AG31
2060-AH01
2060-AG55
2060-AG56
2060-AG57
2060-AG58
2060-AH02
2060-AD90
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3586
3587
3588
3589
3590
3591
3592
3593
3594
3595
3596
3597
3598
3599
3600
3601
3602
3603
3604
3605
3606
3607
SAN No. 4042 Clean Fuel Fleet Program; Rule Amendment
SAN No. 4140 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Halon Recycling and Recovery Equipment Certification
SAN No. 4151 Industrial Process Cooling Tower NESHAP Amendment
SAN No. 4038 Federal Implementation Plan for a Fifteen Percent Reduction in Volatile Organic Compounds in
the District of Columbia
SAN No. 2961 Locomotive Emission Standards
SAN No. 3638 Revision of EPA's Radiological Emergency Response Plan
SAN No. 3598 Amendment of Enhanced Inspection/Maintenance Performance Standard
SAN No. 3810 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration of Petition Criteria and Incorporation of Mon-
treal Protocol Decisions
SAN No. 3812 Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Scrap Metal from Nuclear Facilities
SAN No. 3873 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Compliance Certification Rulemaking
SAN No. 3911 Tier II (Phase II) Study to Assess Further Reductions in Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty
Trucks Tailpipe Emission Standards
SAN No. 3912 Emission Regulations for 1978 and Later New Motorcycles— Proposed Changes to the Definition
of Weight Limitations for Motorcycles
SAN No. 3982 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Control of Methyl Bromide Emissions Through Use of Tarps ...
SAN No. 3943 Revision of Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds - Exclusion of Methyl Acetate
SAN No. 3978 Revisions to Service Information Availability Requirements
SAN No. 3915 Control of Emissions: Technical Amendments for Non-Road Compression Ignition Engines
SAN No. 3981 Revisions for Opting Into the Acid Rain Program
SAN No. 3984 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Manufacture of Halon Blends, Intentional Release of Halons,
Technician Training and Disposal of Halon and Halon-Containing Equipment
SAN No. 3916 Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Program Regulations Amendment
SAN No. 4078 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From New Marine Diesel Engines at or Above 37 Kilowatts ..
SAN No. 4035 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Interpretation of Methyl Bromide Labeling Requirements
SAN No. 4032 Transportation Conformity for Transitional Ozone Areas
2060-AH56
2060-AI07
2060-AI10
2060-AH51
2060-AD33
2060-AF85
2060-AG07
2060-AG48
2060-AG51
2060-AG85
2060-AH04
2060-AH06
2060-AH26
2060-AH27
2060-AH28
2060-AH33
2060-AH36
2060-AH44
2060-AH45
2060-AH50
2060-AH54
2060-AH59
-------
EPA
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62357
Clean Air Act (CAA)—Completed Actions (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3608
3609
3610
3611
3612
3613
3614
3615
3616
3617
3618
3619
3620
3621
3622
3623
Title
SAN No. 4033 Inspection/Maintenance (I/M) Program Requirement - On-Board Diagnostic Checks; Amendment
to the Final Rule
SAN No. 4127 Alternative Flare Specifications for Hydrogen Fueled Flares
SAN No. 3168 NESHAP: Petroleum Refineries - Amendments to Final Rule
SAN No. 4197 Lead Phasedown (Section 610 Review)
SAN No. 4199 NSPS for Industrial Surface Coating: Metal Coils (Section 610 Review)
SAN No. 4200 NSPS for Industrial Surface Coating: Metal Furniture (Section 610 Review)
SAN No. 4198 NSPS for Industrial Surface Coating: Large Appliances (Section 610 Review)
SAN No. 4137 Arizona FIP: Moderate Area PM-10 Plan for Phoenix
SAN No. 4150 Amendments to Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
SAN No. 3451 NESHAP: Pharmaceuticals Production
SAN No. 3469 NESHAP: Manufacture of Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde
SAN No. 3791 Revision of List of Categories of Sources and Schedule for Standards Under Section 1 12 of the
Clean Air Act
SAN No. 2965 NESHAP: Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations; Technical Corrections and Clarifications
SAN No. 3960 Specific Pollutants: List of Categories Emitting Seven Specified Hazardous Air Pollutants
SAN No. 3660 Open-Market Trading Guidance
SAN No. 3300 Revised Carbon Monoxide (CO) Standard for Class I and II Nonhandheld New Nonroad Phase I
Small Spark-Ignited Engines
Regulation
Identifier
Number
PnRO-AHRO
2060-AH94
2060-AIOO
2060-AI18
2060-AI19
2060-AI20
2060-AI21
2060-AI22
2060-AI09
2060-AE83
2060-AE99
pnfin-Afi49
2060-AG95
2060-AH20
2Q60-AF60
2060-AG81
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3624
Sequence
Number
3625
Sequence
Number
3626
Title
SAN No. 4054 Radiation Waste Management Regulation
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)— Long-Term Actions
Title
SAN No. 3602 Protective Action Guidance for Drinking Water
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)— Prerule Stage
Title
SAN No. 4170 Pesticides; Procedures for Registration Review Program
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AH63
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2060-AF39
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AD29
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3627
3628
3629
3630
3631
3632
3633
3634
3635
Title
SAN No. 4175 Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment Program (Reg Plan Seq. No. 105)
SAN No. 4143 Endocrine Disrupter Screening and Testing Program (Reg Plan Seq. No. 106)
SAN No. 3890 Tolerances for Pesticide Emergency Exemptions
SAN No. 3735 The 10-Acre Limitation for Pesticide Small-Scale Field Testing
SAN No. 3892 Antimicrobial Pesticide Products; Other Pesticide Regulatory Changes
SAN No. 4026 Exemption of Certain Pesticide Substances From FIFRA Requirements
SAN No. 4027 Pesticides; Tolerance Processing Fees
SAN No. 2687 Data Requirements for Pesticide Registration (Revision)
SAN No. 1640 WPS; Pesticide Worker Protection Standards; Pesticide Hazard Communication
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AD24
2070-AD26
2070-AD15
2070-AC99
2070-AD14
2070-AD21
2070-AD23
2070-AC12
2070-AC34
-------
62358 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)—Proposed Rule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3636 SAN No. 4173 Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Registrations 2070-AD30
3637 SAN No. 2659 Pesticide Management and Disposal: Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment 2070-AB95
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)—Final Rule Stage
T~~ Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
3638 SAN No. 3731 WPS; Pesticide Worker Protection Standard; Glove Amendment 2070-AC93
3639 SAN No. 2684 Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides Under FIFRA and FFDCA 2070-AC02
3640 SAN No. 3222 Ground Water and Pesticide Management Plan (Reg Plan Seq. No. 133) 2070-AC46
3641 SAN No. 3432 Pesticide Management and Disposal | 2020-AA33
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)—Long-Term Actions
I ~~ Regulation
Sequence . Title Identifier
Number Number
3642 SAN No. 2720 Policy or Procedures for Notification to the Agency of Stored Pesticides With Cancelled or Sus-
pended Registration •""•"•••"•"•"•"•""""•••^^
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)—Completed Actions
I ~ Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
3643 SAN No. 2444 Pesticide Tolerances; Portion of Food Commodities To Be Analyzed for Pesticide Residues 2070-AC45
3644 SAN No. 4025 Exemption of Certain Inert Ingredients From the Definition of Pesticide Chemical Residue Under
FFDCA 2070-AD20
3645 SAN No. 3135 Pesticide Flammability Labeling Requirements for Total Release Foggers 2070-AC60
3646 SAN No. 2371 Restricted Use Criteria for Pesticides in Groundwater 2070-AB60
3647 SAN No. 3636 Pesticide Labeling Claims 2070-AC85
3648 SAN No. 2725 FIFRA Books and Records of Pesticide Production and Distribution (Revision) 2020-AA28
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Proposed Rule Stage
I " ~~ Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
3649 SAN No. 4176 Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative (Reg Plan Seq. No. 107) 2070-AD25
3650 SAN No. 4174 TSCA Section 4 Enforceable Consent Agreement for Certain Oxygenated Fuel Additives 2070-AD28
3651 SAN No. 2425 TRI; Responses to Petitions Received To Add or Delete .Chemicals From the Toxic Release In-
ventory 2070-ACOO
3652 SAN No. 3148 Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Revisions 2070-AC51
3653 SAN No. 3301 TSCA Inventory Update Rule Amendments (Reg Plan Seq. No. 108) 2070-AC61
3654 SAN No. 3244 Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Training, Accreditation, and Certification Rule and Model State
Plan Rule , 2070-AC64
3655 SAN No. 3508 Lead; TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of Lead-Based Paint Debris 2070-AC72
3656 SAN No. 3243 Lead; Rulemakings Under TSCA Section 402, Lead-Based Paint Activities (Reg Plan Seq. No.
109j ; 2070-AD06
3657 SAN No. 3990 Multi-Chemical Test Rule; High Production Volume Chemicals 2070-AD16
3658 SAN No. 3494 Test Rules; Generic Entry for Proposed Decisions 2070-AB07
3659 SAN No. 2563 Test Rule; ATSDR Substances • 2070-AB79
-------
EPA
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62359
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Proposed Rule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3660
3661
3662
3663
3664
3665
3666
3667
3668
Title
SAN No. 2865 Multi-Chemical Test Rule; Children's Health
SAN No. 3882 Test Rule for Certain Metals
SAN No. 1923 Follow-Up Rules on Existing Chemicals
SAN- No. 3894 TSCA Biotechnology Follow-Up Rules
SAN No. 3047 Asbestos; Amendments to the Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Rule, Model Accredita-
tion Plan, and Worker Protection Rule (Reg Plan Seq. No. 110)
SAN No. 2249 Asbestos Worker Protection Rule; Amendments
SAN No. 4179 PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyl; Use Authorizations (Reg Plan Seq. No. 111)
SAN No. 3557 Lead-Based Paint Activities; Training and Certification for Renovation and Remodeling
SAN No. 4172 Lead-Based Paint; Notification of Commencement of Abatement Activities
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC27
2070-AD10
2070-AA58
2Q70-AD1 3
2070-AC62
2070-AC66
2070-AD27
2070-AC83
2070-AD31
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
3669
3670
3671
3672
3673
3674
3675
3676
3677
3678
3679
3680
3681
3682
3683
Title
SAN No. 3243 Lead; TSCA Section 403; Identification of Dangerous Levels of Lead (Reg Plan Seq. No. 134) ....
SAN No. 3480 Development of Guidance as Mandated by Executive Order 12873, Section 503 on Environ-
mentally Preferable Products
SAN No. 3493 Test Rules; Generic Entry for Final Decisions
SAN No. 3487 Test Rule; Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)
SAN No. 1976 Follow-Up Rules on Non-5(e) New Chemical Substances
SAN No. 3495 Chemical-Specific Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) To Extend Provisions of Section 5(e) Or-
ders
SAN No. 2150 PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyls; Exemptions From the Prohibitions against Manufacturing, Proc-
essing, and Distribution in Commerce
SAN No. 3528 Refractory Ceramic Fibers; Significant New Use Rules on National Program Chemicals
SAN No. 3021 PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Transformer Reclassification Rule
SAN No. 2178 TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rules
SAN No. 1139 TSCA Section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting Rules
SAN No. 2779 Use of Acrylamide for Grouting
SAN No. 31 18 TSCA Section 8(e) Policy; Notice of Clarification
SAN No. 3559 Notice of TSCA Section 4 Reimbursement Period and TSCA Section 12(b) Export Notification Pe-
riod Sunset Dates for TSCA Section 4 Substances
SAN No. 3881 Lead-Based Paint; Fees for Accreditation and Certification Activities
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC63
2070-AC78
2070-AB94
2070-AC76
2070-AA59
2070-AB27
2070-AB20
2070-AC37
2070-AC39
2070-AB08
2070-AB 1 1
2070-AC17
2070-AC80
2070-AC84
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)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3684
3685
3686
SAN No. 3877 TRI; Data Expansion Amendments; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Community Right-to-
Know
SAN No. 2245 Test Rules; Negotiated Consent Order and Test Rule Procedures
SAN No. 3252 Lead; Regulatory Investigation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) To Reduce Lead
(Pb) Consumption and Use
2070-AD08
2070-AB30
2070-AC21
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3687
3688
Title
SAN No. 4202 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Disposal Amendments (Section 610 Review)
SAN No. 4203 Asbestos Worker Protection Rule (Section 610 Review)
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AD32
2070-AD33
-------
62360 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 218 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—Completed Actions (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3689
3690
3691
3692
3693
3694
3695
Title
SAN No. 4204 Amendments to the Asbestos Containing Materials in Schools Rule (Section 610 Rule)
SAN No. 4205 Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan (Section 610 Review)
SAN No. 3242 Lead-Based Paint; Disclosure Requirements at Renovation of Target Housing
SAN No. 2146 Regulatory Investigation of Formaldehyde
SAN No. 2844 Regulatory Investigation of Dioxin in Pulp and Paper Mill Sludge
SAN No. 2878 PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Disposal Amendments
SAN No. 3834 TSCA Section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Model Reporting Rule Amendments
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AD34
2070-AD35
2070-AC65
2070-AB14
2070-AC05
2070-AD04
2070-AD17
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3696
3697
3698
3699
3700
Title
SAN No. 2847 TRI; Pollution Prevention Act Information Requirements (Reg Plan Seq. No. 112)
SAN No. 3007 TRI; Chemical Expansion; Finalization of Deferred Chemicals (Reg Plan Seq. No. 113)
SAN No. 3880 TRI; Reporting Threshold Amendment; Toxic Chemicals Release Reporting; Community Right-to-
Know (Reg Plan Seq. No. 114)
SAN No. 4015 TRI; Review of Chemicals on the Original TRI List (Reg Plan Seq. No. 115)
SAN No. 4023 TRI; Addition of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production to the Toxic Release Inventory (Reg
Plan Sea. No. 116)
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2070-AC24
2070-AC47
2070-AD09
2070-AD18
2070-AD19
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3701
3702
Title
SAN No. 4163 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Programs; Amendments to Hazardous
Chemical Reporting Thresholds for Gasoline and Diesel Fuel at Retail Gas Stations
SAN No. 4029 Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air
Act, Section 1 1 2(r)(7): Amendment
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE58
2050-AE46
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
3703
3704
3705
Title
SAN No. 3215 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act: Amendments and Streamlining Rule
SAN No. 3994 Modification of the Extremely Hazardous Substance (EHS) List
SAN No. 3993 Modification of Threshold Planning Quantity for Isophorone Diisocyanate
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE17
2050-AE42
2050-AE43
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Prerule Stage
Sequence
Number
3706
3707
3708
3709
3710
3711
Title
SAN No. 4017 Hazardous Waste Storage and Disposal Regulation Related to Low Level Mixed Waste; Pro-
posed Modifications (Reg Plan Seq. No. 97)
SAN No. 4093 Reinventing the Land Disposal Restrictions Program
SAN No. 4094 Land Disposal Restrictions; Potential Revisions for Mercury Listed and Characteristic Wastes;
ANPRM
SAN No. 3886 Review of Toxicity Characteristic Level for Silver Under the Resource Conservation Recovery Act
(RCRA)
SAN No. 4084 RCRA Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden Reduction; ANPRM
SAN No. 4090 RCRA Appendix VIII Streamlining: ANPRM
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE45
2050-AE53
2050-AE54
2050-AE37
2050-AE50
2050-AE55
-------
EPA
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62361
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Prerule Stage (Continued)
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3712 | SAN No. 3201 Regulatory Determination on Remaining Wastes From the Combustion of Fossil Fuels 2050-AD91
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Proposed Rule Stage
_ Regulation
Sequence Tit|e Identifier
Number Number
3713 SAN No. 4091 Modifications to RCRA Rules Associated With Solvent-Contaminated Shop Towels and Wipers .... 2050-AE51
3714 SAN No. 4092 Glass-to-Glass Recycling of Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs): Changes to Hazardous Waste Regula-
tions 2050-AE52
3715 SAN No. 4028 Standardized Permit for RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Facilities (Reg Plan Seq. No.
117) 2050-AE44
3716 SAN No. 3147 Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation (Reg Plan Seq. No. 118) 2050-AE21
3717 SAN No. 3989 Removal of Requirement To Use SW-846 Methods (Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste:
Physical/Chemical Methods) 2050-AE41
3718 SAN No. 2872 Modifications to the Definition of Solid Waste and Regulations of Hazardous Waste Recycling:
General 2050-AD18
3719 SAN No. 3151 Chlorinated Aliphatics Listing Determination 2050-AD85
3720 SAN No. 3066 Listing Determination of Wastes Generated During the Manufacture of Azo, Anthraquinone, and
Triarylmethane Dyes and Pigments 2050-AD80
3721 SAN No. 3545 Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products Containing Recovered
Materials 2050-AE23
3722 I SAN No. 3856 Management of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD) (Reg Plan Seq. No. 119) | 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
Cnn..nnnn Regulation
NhXS2? Title Identifier
Number Number
3723 SAN No. 3333 Revised Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities (Reg Plan Seq. No. 135) 2050-AE01
3724 SAN No. 3888 Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act; Codification of Waste Manage-
ment Provisions 2050-AE39
3725 SAN No. 4088 Recycled Used Oil Containing PCBs 2050-AE47
3726 SAN No. 3042 Hazardous Waste Management System: Post-Closure Requirements 2050-AD55
3727 SAN No. 3134 Spent Solvents Listing Determination 2050-AD84
3728 SAN No. 3237 Hazardous Waste Management System; Modification of the Hazardous Waste Program; Mercury-
Containing Lamps 2050-AD93
3729 SAN No. 2982 Hazardous Remediation Waste Management Requirements (Commonly Referred to as Hazard-
ous Waste Identification Rule for Contaminated Media or HWIR-Media) 2050-AE22
3730 SAN No. 2647 RCRA Subtitle C Financial Test Criteria (Revision) 2050-AC71
3731 SAN No. 2751 RCRA Subtitle D Solid Waste Facilities; State Permit Program— Determination of Adequacy
(State Implementation Rule) [ 2050-AD03
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
I
Number Number
3732 SAN No. 3428 Hazardous Waste Management System: Slag Residues Derived From High Temperature Metals
Recovery (HTMR) Treatment of KO61, KO62 and F0006 Wastes 2050-AE15
3733 SAN No. 3668 Hazardous Waste Identification; Recycled Used Oil Management Standards 2050-AE28
3734 SAN No. 3805 Paint Manufacturing Wastes Listing: Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and
Listing of Hazardous Waste 2050-AE32
-------
62362 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Long-Term Actions (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3735
3736
3737
3738
3739
Title
SAN No. 4083 Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Inorganic Chemical Industry Wastes; and CERCLA
Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities
SAN No. 4158 Interim Emergency Rule Revising Land Disposal Restriction Treatment Standards for Aluminum
Potliners — K088 Waste *
SAN No. 3328 Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR): Identification and Listing of Hazardous Wastes
SAN No. 3189 Final Determination of the Applicability of the Toxicity Characteristic Rule to Underground Storage
Tanks Contaminated Media and Debris
SAN No. 2390 Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) at Hazardous Waste Manage-
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE49
2050-AE59
2050-AE07
2050-AD69
2050-AB80
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3740
3741
3742
3743
3744
3745
3746
Sequence
Number
3747
Sequence
Number
3748
Title
SAN No. 3050 Deletion of Saccharin From the List of Hazardous Wastes Under RCRA and the List of Hazard-
SAN No. 4134 Final Rule on Land Disposal Restrictions for First Third Scheduled Wastes (Section 610 Review)
SAN No. 4139 Technical Standards and Corrective Action Requirements for Owners and Operators of Under-
SAN No 3065 Listing Determination for Hazardous Wastes — Organobromines Chemical Industry
SAN No. 3064 Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste: Petroleum Refining Process Wastes; Land Dis-
posal Restrictions for Newly Identified Wastes' and CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation
SAN No. 3366 Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV: Treatment Standards for Metal Wastes and Mineral Proc-
SAN No. 3433 Underground Storage Tanks Containing Hazardous Substances— Financial Responsibility Re-
Oil Pollution Act (OPA)— Final Rule Stage
Title
SAN No 2634 Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation: Revisions
Oil Pollution Act (OPA) — Completed Actions
Title
SAN No 3425 Facility Response Planning for Delegated Offshore Facilities
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AD45
2050-AE56
2050-AE57
2050-AD79
2050-AD88
2050-AE05
2050-AC15
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AC62
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE18
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3749
3750
3751
3752
Title
SAN No. 3885 Streamlining the Preauthorization Mixed Funding for Application and Implementation of Claims
Against Superfund
SAN No 3806 Grants for Technical Assistance Rule Reform — 40 CFR Part 35 Subpart M
SAN No 3423 Reportable Quantity Adjustments for Carbamates
SAN No 3439 National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites' Proposed and Final Rules
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE38
2050-AE33
2050-AE12
2050-AD75
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62363
EPA
Comprehensive Environmental Response
Sequence
Number
3753
, Compensation and Liability Act — Final Rule Stage
Title
SAN No. 4075 Revocation of Caprolactam's Desig
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Sequence
Number
3754
nation as a Hazardous Substance Under CERCLA
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE48
Compensation and Liability Act — Long-Term Actions
m
SAN No. 2394 Reporting
Exemptions for Federally
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
8sr
3755
Permitted Releases of Hazardous Substances
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AB82
Compensation and Liability Act — Completed Actions
Title
SAN No. 3424 Reportable Quantity Adjustment for
Radon-222
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2050-AE20
Clean Water Act (CWA)— Prerule Stage
Number
3756
Title
SAN No. 4133 Effluent Guidelines and Standards
Placer Mine Subcateoorv (Section 610 Review) ..
for the Ore Mining and Dressing Point Source Category, Gold
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AD13
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Proposed Rule Stage
»S8
3757
3758
3759
3760
3761
3762
3763
3764
3765
3766
3767
3768
3769
3770
3771
m
SAN No. 4145 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program Regulations -Revisions
SAN No. 4086 Revisions to Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Cat-
eaorv
°a"'j •-'
SAN No. 2805 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
SAN No. 3767 Reformatting of Effluent Guidelines and Standards in 40 CFR Parts 405 through 471
SAN No. 3804 Streamlining 301 (h) Waiver Renewal Requirements
SAN No. 3833 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Iron and Steel Manufacturing Point Source Category
SAN No. 3702 Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under the Clean Water
Act
SAN No. 3444 Best Technology Available (BTA) for Cooling Water Intake Structures Under Section 316(b) of the
Clean Water Act (Reg Plan Seq. No. 120)
SAN No. 3234 Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Application Requirements and Form 2C — Wastewater Dis-
charge Information (Reg Plan Seq. No. 121)
SAN No. 3663 Streamlining the General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution
(Reg Plan Seq. No. 122)
SAN No. 3999 Revisions to NPDES Requirements for Compliance Reporting and Collection System Discharges
SAN No. 4051 Establishment of Electronic Reporting for NPDES Permittees
SAN No. 2804 Clean Water Act Definition of the Waters of the United States
SAN No. 4207 Amendments to Round I Final Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal Rule — Phase Two
SAN No. 4047 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Cryptosporidium and Giardia Under the Safe Drinking Water
and Clean Water Acts
Number
2040-AD22
2040-AD14
2040-AB78
2040-AC79
2040-AC89
2040-AC90
2040-AC75
2040-AC34
2040-AC26
2040-AC58
2040-AD02
2040-AD1 1
2040-AB74
2040-AC53
2040-AD08
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
-------
62364 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3772 SAN No. 4195 Water Quality Standards for Alabama 2040-AD25
3773 SAN No. 4193 Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants; States'
Compliance—Revision of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Criteria 2040-AD27
3774 SAN No. 3762 NPDES Streamlining Rule—Round II (Reg Plan Seq. No. 136) 2040-AC70
3775 SAN No. 4039 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category; Incentives
Amendment • 2040-AD05
3776 SAN No. 3504 Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants for the State of California 2040-AC44
3777 SAN No. 3617 Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act 2040-AC63
3778 SAN No. 3701 Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Cyanide Under the Clean Water Act 2040-AC76
3779 SAN No. 3714 Increased Method Flexibility for Test Procedures Approved for Clean Water Act Compliance Mon-
itoring Under 40 CFR Part 136 2040-AC92
3780 SAN No. 3713 Performance Based Measurement System (PBMS) Procedures and Guidance for Test Proce-
dures at 40 CFR Part 136 2040-AC93
3781 SAN No. 3155 Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Metals, Anions, and
Volatile Organics Under the Clean Water Act, Phase One 2040-AC95
3782 SAN No. 4048 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Mercury Under the Clean Water Act 2040-AD07
3783 SAN No. 3209 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Industrial Laundries Point Source Category (Reg Plan
Seq. No. 137) 2040-AB97
3784 SAN No. 3925 Uniform National Discharge Standards for Armed Forces Vessels - Phase I 2040-AC96
3785 SAN No. 2501 NPDES Wastewater Permit Application Forms and Regulatory Revisions for Municipal Discharges
and Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal (Reg Plan Seq. No. 138) 2040-AB39
3786 SAN No. 3785 NPDES Comprehensive Stormwater Phase II Regulations (Reg Plan Seq. No. 139) 2040-AC82
3787 SAN No. 3288 Comparison of Dredged Material to Reference Sediment 2040-AC14
3788 SAN No. 3497 Amendments to Round I Final Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal Rule—Phase One 2040-AC29
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
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3789
3790
3791
3792
3793
3794
3795
3796
3797
3798
3799
3800
3801
3802
3803
3804
SAN No. 4153 Effluent Limitations, Guidelines, and Standards for the Feedlots Point Source Category, Swine
and Poultry Subcategories, and NPDES Regulation for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
SAN No. 4167 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Feedlots Point Source Category, Dairy and
Beef Cattle Subcategories
SAN No. 4168 Revisions to Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Coal Mining Point Source Category
SAN No. 3661 Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants; States'
Compliance
SAN No. 3921 Selenium Criterion Maximum Concentration for Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes Sys-
tem
SAN No. 2806 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery Category, Phases 1 and
2
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Transportation Equipment Cleaning Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Landfills
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Industrial Waste Combustors
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category, Phase II
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp,-Paper, and Paperboard Category; Monitoring
SAN No. 3204
SAN No. 3489
SAN No. 4041
SAN No. 4050
SAN No. 4192
Amendment ..
SAN No. 3662 Water Quality Standards Regulation—Revision
SAN No. 3618 Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Pollutants 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. 4089 Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Metals, Anions, and
Volatile Organics Under the Clean Water Act, Phase Two
SAN No. 3786 NPDES Streamlining Rule—Round III
2040-AD19
2040-AD21
2040-AD24
2040-AC55
2040-AC97
2040-AB79
2040-AB98
2040-AC23
2040-AD03
2040-AD10
2040-AD23
2040-AC56
2040-AC54
2040-AD09
2040-AD12
2040-AC84
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62365
EPA
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Long-Term Actions (Continued)
Sequence
Number
3805
Title
SAN No 3488 Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge (Round II)
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AC25
Clean Water Act (CWA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
3806
3807
3808
3809
3810
Title
SAN No 4124 1998 Effluent Guidelines Plan
SAN No 1427 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
SAN No. 3995 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pesticide Chemicals Manufacturing Amendment;
SAN No 3700 Streamlining Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and Management Regulations
SAN No 3788 Streamlining the State Sewage Sludge Management Regulations
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AD16
2040-AA13
2040-AD01
2040-AC65
2040-AC87
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3811
3812
3813
3R14
Title
SAN No 4131 Drinking Water Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Program
SAN No 2281 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Radon (Reg Plan Seq. No. 123)
SAN No 2340 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations' Ground Water Rule (Reg Plan Seq. No. 124)
SAN No. 4009 Public Water Svstem Public Notification Peculation (Red Plan Sea. No. 1251
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AD15
2040-AA94
2040-AA97
2040-AD06
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
3815
3816
3817
3818
3819
3820
Title
SAN No. 4044 National Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Regulations: Analytical Methods for Certain Pes-
ticides and Microbial Contaminants
SAN No. 2772 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Stage I Disinfectant/Disinfection By-Products Rule
(Reg Plan Seq. No. 140)
SAN No 3440 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper
SAN No 3563 Reformatting of Drinking Water Regulations
SAN No. 2304 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
(Reg Plan Seq. No. 141)
SAN No. 2778 Manaaement of Class V Injection Wells Under Part C of the Safe Drinkina Water Act
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AD04
2040-AB82
2040-AC27
2040-AC41
2040-AC91
2040-AB83
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
3821
3822
3823
3824
3825
3826
3827
3828
Title
SAN No. 4146 Filter Backwash Recycling Regulation
SAN No. 4147 Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
SAN No. 4152 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Regulations
SAN No. 2807 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Arsenic
SAN No. 3176 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Sulfate
SAN No. 3238 National Primary Drinking Water Standards for Aldicarb
SAN No. 3992 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Radium, Uranium, Alpha, Beta and Photon Emitters
SAN No. 3761 Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring Requirements
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AD17
2040-AD18
2040-AD20
2040-AB75
2040-AC07
2040-AC13
2040-AC98
2040-AC73
-------
&23&§ Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—Completed Actions
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
3829
3830
3831
3832
3833
SAN No. 4040 Revision of Existing Variances and Exemptions Regulation To Comply With Requirements of the
Safe Drinking Water Act
SAN No. 3996 Revisions to State Primacy Requirements To Implement Federal Drinking Water Regulations
SAN No. 3726 National Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Regulations: Analytic Methods for Organic, Inor-
ganic and Microbiological Contaminants and Pesticides
SAN No. 3947 Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report Regulations
SAN No. 3936 Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply System Program: Citizen Collection Action; Notice of
Complaint Seeking Review of Penalty Order
2020-AA37
2040-ADOO
2040-AC77
2040-AC99
2020-AA35
Marine Protection Research and Sanctuary Act (MPRSA)—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
Number
tivu.
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
2040-AB62
Shore Protection Act (SPA)—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
Number
Title
Regulation
Identifier
Number
SAN No. 2820 Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b) Regulations
2040-AB85
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
Proposed Rule Stage
3374. UTILIZATION OF SMALL,
MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS
ENTERPRISES IN PROCUREMENT
UNDER ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: PL 101-507; PL 102-
389; PL 101-549 sec 1001; 42 USC
9605(f); PL 100-590; EO 12432; EO
12138; EO 11625
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 33
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The regulation will codify
revisions to the Agency's program for
the utilization of Small, Minority and
Women's Business Enterprises in
procurements under assistance
agreements (i.e., grants and cooperative
agreements awarded by EPA as well as
grants and cooperative agreements
awarded by other agencies under
interagency agreements with EPA). The
revisions are necessary to ensure
consistency with the Supreme Court's
decision in Adarand Constructors, Inc.
v. Pena, 115 S.Ct. 2097 (1995), and
were identified as part of the
Administration's recent review of
affirmative action programs. They
include: 1) placing greater emphasis on
requiring assistance agreement
recipients to submit documentation
supporting proposed fair share
procurement objectives for Minority
Business Enterprises (MBEs) and
Women's Business Enterprises (WBEs)
based on the availability of qualified
MBEs and WBEs in the relevant
geographic market; 2) authorizing or
requiring recipients and their prime
contractors to take reasonable
race/gender-conscious measures (e.g.
bidding credits) in the event that
race/gender-neutral efforts prove
inadequate to meet fair share objectives;
and 3) administering statutory
MBE/WBE objectives as a national goal,
allowing smaller or larger fair share
objectives for particular grants or
cooperative agreements based on the
availability standard.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4056
Agency Contact: Mark Gordon,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization, 1230, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8886
Fax: 202 401-1080
Rebecca Neer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization,
1230, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 280-4841
RIN: 2020-AA39
NPRM
Final Action
09/00/99
12/00/00
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62367
EPA—GENERAL
Proposed Rule Stage
3375. • REWRITING OF EPA
REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 552
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 2
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This document sets forth
proposed revisions to the Agency's
regulations under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA). The FOIA
regulations have been streamlined and
condensed, in accordance with the
principles of the National Performance
Review, with more "user-friendly"
language wherever possible. These
revisions also reflect the principles
established by President Clinton and
Attorney General Reno in their FOIA
Policy Memoranda of October 4,1993.
Additionally, the regulations have been
updated to reflect developments in the
case law and to include updated cost
figures to be used in calculating and
charging fees. These proposed revisions
also contain new provisions
implementing the Electronic Freedom
of Information Act Amendments of
1996. These revisions will simplify and
expedite responses to FOIA requests.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John Heinz,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, 2377, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-5460
Fax: 202 260-0020
Email: heinz.john@epa.gov
Alan Margolis, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of
Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, 2377
Phone: 202 260-5459
RIN: 2020-AA40
3376. REVISION TO 40 CFR 35
SUBPART A AND PROMULGATION OF
PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP
(STATE) GRANT REGULATION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
98 in Part II of this issue of the Federal
Register.
RIN: 2030-AA55
3377. REVISION TO 40 CFR 35
SUBPART A AND PROMULGATION OF
PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP
(TRIBAL) GRANT RULE
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
99 in Part II of this issue of the Federal
Register.
RIN: 2030-AA56
3378. • CONTRACTING BY
NEGOTIATION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 sec 205(c);
63 Stat 390 as amended
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1503; 48 CFR
1515; 48 CFR 1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule is being
promulgated to redesignate EPAAR
subparts and sections for structural
conformance with the FAR part 15
rewrite as published on September 30,
1997, and EPA implemented on
December 19, 1997. The EPAAR is in
substantive compliance, but requires
extensive redesignation for structural
conformance to the FAR. Also, EPAAR
1515 is of critical importance to the
effective and efficient accomplishment
of EPA acquisitions. The substance of
EPAAR 1515 was published previously
for public comment.
Timetable:
Additional Information: SAN No. 4180 Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/98
Final Action 02/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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. 4184
Agency Contact: Louise Senzel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources
Management, 3802R, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4367
Fax: 202 565-2551
Email: senzel.louise@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2030-AA59
3379. • EPAAR COVERAGE ON
CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE
EVALUATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 Sec 205(c);
63 Stat 390 as amended
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1509; 48 CFR
1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will establish a
solicitation provision and contract
clause in the EPA Acquisition
Regulation to be used when evaluating
contractor performance. The rule
provides a uniform method for
determining and recording the
effectiveness of contractors in meeting
contractual obligations. It also provides
a systematic approach for identifying
and maintaining records of contractors'
performance histories. This rule will
satisfy the Federal Acquisition
Regulation requirements pertaining to
the establishment of a past performance
evaluation system.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
09/16/98 63 FR 49530
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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. 4186
Agency Contact: Frances Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources
Management, 3802R, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Fax: 202 565-2475
Email: smith.frances@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2030-AA61
-------
62368 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 /Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
Proposed Rule Stage
EPA—GENERAL
3380. • EPAAR COVERAGE ON
LOCAL HIRING AND TRAINING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 sec 205(c);
63 Stat 390 as amended
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1526; 48 CFR
1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will amend the EPA
Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to
include part 1526, Other
Socioeconomic Programs, and to revise
part 1552, Solicitation Provisions and
Contract Clauses. The purpose is to
provide an incentive for prime
contractors to utilize local hiring and
provide training to local hires in
specific geographical locations where
contractual requirements will be
performed and to support economic
development in areas where
underemployment is high and jobs are
scarce.
Timetable:
Abstract: This rule is being
promulgated to amend the EPAAR to
highlight the proper relationship
between the Government and its
contractors in nonpersonal services
contracts. The Agency recognizes that
regardless of the express terms of its
contracts, if a contract is administered
improperly, an improper personal
services relationship may be the result.
Accordingly, the Agency will use this
rule to state the manner in which
nonpersonal services contracts must be
administered to avoid creating an
improper employer-employee
relationship.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/98
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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. 4187
Agency Contact: Frances Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources
Management, 3802R, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Fax: 202 565-2475
Email: smith.frances@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2030-AA62
3381. • SERVICE CONTRACTING—
AVOIDING IMPROPER PERSONAL
SERVICES RELATIONSHIPS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 sec 205(c);
63 Stat 390 as amended
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1537; 48 CFR
1552
Legal Deadline: None
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
11/00/98
04/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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. 4188
Agency Contact: Louise Senzel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources
Management, 3802R, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4367
Fax: 202 565-2551
Email: senzel.louise@epamail.epa.gov Action
RIN: 2030-AA63
3382. • REVISION TO EPAAR
1552.211-73, LEVEL OF EFFORT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 Sec 205(c);
63 Stat 390 as amended
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will revise EPAAR
1552.211-73, Level of Effort, to define
more concisely the services being
acquired, and to more accurately reflect
the relationship between services
provided and fee payments.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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. 4191
Agency Contact: Larry Wyborski,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources
Management, 3802R, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4369
Fax: 202 565-2551
Email: wyborski.larry@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2030-AA64
3383. INCORPORATION OF CLASS
DEVIATION INTO EPAAR
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486(c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1537; 48 CFR
1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Agency has approved a
number of class deviations (e.g. changes
to reporting requirements and monthly
progress reports) to the EPAAR since
its promulgation in April 1994. This
proposed rule would incorporate most
of the class deviations to the EPAAR.
Timetable:
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/98
02/00/99
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/98
02/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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 Resources
Management, 3802R, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Fax: 202 565-2475
RIN: 2030-AA37
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62369
EPA—GENERAL Proposed Rule Stage
3384. 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
Final Action
01/00/99
03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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
Agency Contact: Frances Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources
Management, 3802R, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4368
Fax: 202 565-2475
RIN: 2030-AA40
3385. INCREMENTALLY FUNDING
FIXED PRICE CONTRACTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 40 USC 486 (c)
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1532
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed rule will add
subpart 1532.7, Contract Funding, to
the Environmental Protection Agency's
Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR). It also
will revise part 1552 of the EPAAR to
include a clause for incrementally
funding fixed price contracts.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3876
Agency Contact: Frances Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources
Management, 3802R, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 260 564-4368
Fax: 202 565-2475
RIN: 2030-AA50
3386. 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
rulemaking, 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
Final Action
12/00/98
03/00/99
NPRM 01/00/99
Final Action 03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
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 Resources
Management, 3802R, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4356
Fax: 202 565-2475
RIN: 2030-AA51
3387. IMPLEMENTATION OF
CHANGES TO 40 CFR PART 32
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: EO 12549; EO 12689
and FASA
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 32
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Periodically OMB amends the
Governmentwide 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
-------
62370 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda.
Proposed Rule Stage
EPA—GENERAL
32.110 to reduce EPA exposure to such
consequences.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/00/99
Final Action 10/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3817
This is an assistance-related statutory
requirement. There is no paperwork
burden associated with this action.
Agency Contact: Robert Meunier,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources
Management, 3901R, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-5399
Fax: 202 565-2469
R1N: 2030-AA48
3388. 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. EPA
believes it will be able to address the
differences of those programs without
duplicating the entire GLP standard in
two places.
This action is intended to consolidate
EPA's GLPS into one rule. Program-
specific requirements will be addressed
in either separate sections of the
consolidated rule, or in separate rules
as is determined appropriate. This
action is not intended to change the
requirements, applicability, or
enforceability of GLPS with respect to
any statute.
EPA has received comments from
stakeholders regarding the
understandability of many aspects of
the GLPS, and over the years has issued
numerous clarifications. EPA believes
that some clarifications, if included
directly in the rule, would make the
rule easier to understand and enhance
compliance. Therefore, EPA intends to
include such clarifications where
appropriate in this rulemaking. Finally,
in the interest of maintaining
consistency between EPA's and Food
and Drug Administration's regulations,
EPA will determine any modifications
that have occurred to the FDA GLP rule
and consider incorporation of such
changes into the EPA rule. This action
will serve to reduce the total regulatory
text in the Code of Federal Regulations
by an estimated 10 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
11/00/98
07/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3807
Agency Contact: David Stangel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, 2225A, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4162
Fax: 202 564-0028
RIN: 2020-AA26
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
Final Rule Stage
3389. • ELECTRONIC FUNDS
TRANSFER
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 Sec 205(c);
63 Stat 390 as amended
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1532.11
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule complies with the
revised Federal Acquisition Regulations
(FAR) coverage regarding
implementation of the Debt Collection
Improvement Act. Because the revised
FAR offers choices in implementation,
each agency must communicate with its
vendor community its choices. This
rule will let our vendor community
know that EPA will require the use of
FAR Clause 52.232-34, Payment by
Electronic Funds Transfer (Non-CCR),
as prescribed in FAR 32.1105(a)(2).
Within the Clause, under (c) "the
payment office" shall be inserted as the
prescribed designated office. Further
inserted shall be that the required EFT
information shall be provided "no later
than 15 days prior to submission of the
first request for payment."
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Rule 02/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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. 4185
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62371
EPA-GENERAL
Fjna| Ru|e
Agency Contact: Sheila Ames,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources
Management, 3802R, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4354
Fax: 202 565-2552
Email: ames.sheila@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2030-AA57
3390. • AGENCY PROTEST
SOLICITATION NOTIFICATION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 Sec. 205(c);
63 Stat 390 as amended
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1533; 48 CFR
1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will establish a
solicitation notice regarding Agency
protests in the EPA Acquisition
Regulation. All solicitations currently
contain a notice on how to protest an
acquisition to the Agency. This
notification is to he published in the
EPAAR, since it affects parties outside
the Agency.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Rule 03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles 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. 4183
Agency Contact: Linda Avellar,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources
Management, 3802R, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4356
Fax: 202 565-2551
Email: avellar.Unda@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2030-AA58
3391. GUIDELINES FOR CARCINOGEN
RISK ASSESSMENT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: Not applicable
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Agency will use these
guidelines to evaluate suspect
carcinogens in line with the policies
and procedures established in the
statutes administered by the EPA.
These guidelines revise and replace
EPA Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk
Assessment published at 51 FR 33992,
September 24,1986. These guidelines
provide EPA staff and decision-makers
with the directions and perspectives
necessary to develop and use risk
assessments. The guidelines also
provide the general public with basic
information about the Agency's
approaches to risk assessment.
To develop guidelines the Agency must
find a balance between consistency and
innovation. Consistent risk assessments
provide consistent bases to support
regulatory decision-making. On the
other hand, innovation is necessary so
the Agency will base its decisions on
current scientific thinking. In balancing
these and other science policies, the
Agency relies on input from the general
scientific community through
established scientific peer review
processes. The guidelines incorporate
basic principles and science policies
based on evaluation of the currently
available information. The revisions
place increased emphasis on the role
of carcinogenic mechanisms in risk
assessment and clearer explication of
underlying assumptions in risk
assessment.
These guidelines will have minimal to
no impact on small businesses or State,
local, and tribal governments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Reproposed 04/23/96 61 FR 17960
Guidelines
Implementation Policy 06/25/96 61 FR 32799
Final Guidelines 06/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3671
Agency Contact: William Wood,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Research and Development,
8103, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-3358
RIN: 2080-AA06
3392. AMENDMENTS TO PART 22
CONSOLIDATED PROCEDURAL
RULES
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
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 has proposed
(February 25, 1998) 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
02/25/98 63 FR 9465
12/00/98
NPRM
Final Action
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2662
Agency Contact: Scott Garrison,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, 2248A, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4047
RIN: 2020-AA13
3393. 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
-------
62372 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
Final Rule Stage
EPA—GENERAL
11/23/94 59 FR 60446
10/00/98
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
Final Action
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3240
Agency Contact: Alan Margolis,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, 2379, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-5459
RIN: 2020-AA21
3394. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ASSESSMENT OF
NONGOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN
ANTARCTICA
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 2401 et seq
as amended, 16 USC 2403a; PL 104-
227
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 8
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, October 2, 1998, See
additional information.
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to develop regulations for: (1) the
environmental impact assessment of
nongovernmental activities, including
tourism, for which the United States is
required to give advance notice under
paragraph 5 of Article VII of the
Antarctic Treaty and (2) coordination
of the review of information regarding
environmental impact assessment
received by the United States from
other parties under the Protocol on
Environmental Protection. The Office of
Federal Activities (OECA/OFA) will use
the decisionmaking process of the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) to analyze the environmental
setting; the types of nongovernmental
activities, including tourism, to be
addressed by the regulations; their
potential for impact; and the
alternatives available under rulemaking
for environmental impact assessments
for nongovernmental activities. An
interim final rule, 40 CFR part 8,
promulgated April 30, 1997, and on
July 15,1998 extended through the
2000-2001 austral summer, will be
replaced by a final rule. The interim
final rule was effective immediately so
that the U.S. could ratify the Protocol
and implement its obligations under
the Protocol as soon as it entered into
force. These rules are being developed
in coordination with other Federal
agencies with specific interests in and
expertise with Antarctica including the
Department of State, National Science
Foundation, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Coast Guard, Marine Mammal
Commission, Department of Justice, and
the Council on Environmental Quality.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule 04/30/97 62 FR 23538
Extension of Effective 04/15/98 63 FR 18323
Date Interim Rule
Final Action 09/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3933
Legal Description: The Interim Final
Rule, effective 7/14/98, through the
year 2000-2001 austral summer.
Agency Contact: Joseph Montgomery,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, 2252A, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-7157
Fax: 202 564-0072
Email:
montgomery.joseph@epamail.epa.gov
Katherine Biggs, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of
Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, 2252A
Phone: 202 564-7144
Fax: 202 564-0072
Email: biggs.katherine@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2020-AA34
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
Long-Term Actions
3395. REGULATIONS GOVERNING
AWARDS UNDER SECTION 113(F) OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 65
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/03/94 59 FR 22795
00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Gary Secrest
Phone: 202 564-8661
RIN: 2020-AA31
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62373
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
General
Completed Actions
3396. NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE
BASIS OF SEX IN EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS RECEIVING FEDERAL
ASSISTANCE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR F
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn- Merged 08/25/98
IntoRIN1190-AA28
oftheDept.of
Justice.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Ann Goode
Phone: 202 260-4581
RIN: 2020-AA36
3397. • QUICK-CLOSEOUT
PROCEDURES
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301, sec 205(c);
63 Stat 390, as amended
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1542; 48 CFR
1552
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will eliminate
EPAAR coverage which duplicates FAR
coverage; it will also make several
administrative changes to EPAAR
1552.209-71 (Organizational Conflicts
of Interest), EPAAR 1552.216-74
(Payment of Fee), and EPAAR
1552.211.70 (Reports of Work). The
administrative changes involve adding
an Alternate I to 1552.209-71, revising
the OMB clearance expiration date to
1552.211-70, and revising the cite
reference to 1552.212-70.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
09/03/98 63 FR 46898
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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. 4189
Agency Contact: Paul Schaffer,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Administration and Resources
Management, 3802R, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4366
Fax: 202 565-2551
Email: schaffer.paul@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2030-AA60
3398. GUIDELINES FOR
NEUROTOXICITY RISK ASSESSMENT
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: None
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Guidelines - 05/14/98 63 FR 26926
Completed in
February, 1998
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William Wood
Phone: 202 564-3358
RIN: 2080-AA08
3399. VALUE ENGINEERING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1548; 48 CFR
1552
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - The 08/12/98
Agency plans no
further action.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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.
Agency Contact: Paul Schaffer
Phone: 202 564-4366
Fax: 202 565-2552
RIN: 2030-AA49
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Prerule Stage
3400. CONSOLIDATED EMISSION
REPORTING RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 74lo(a)(2)
CFR Citation: 12 CFR 120.2(d)(4); 40
CFR 51.321 to 51.323
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Three sections of the Clean
Air Act and its amendments require
State agencies to report emission
estimates to EPA. Some of these
sections contain obsolete wording,
inconsistent instructions, and duplicate
reporting requirements. This rule will
consolidate the requirements into one
area, eliminate obsolete wording,
eliminate duplicate reporting
requirements, and provide options for
collecting and reporting data. There
will be no impact on small businesses.
State agencies will continue to report
the same or reduced amounts of data
to EPA. The rule will provide for
flexibility in collecting and reporting
data. There will be no affect on local
agencies.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
10/00/98
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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
-------
62374 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Prerule Stage
Phone: 919 514-0875
Fax: 919 541-0684
Email: bromberg.steve@epaanail.epa.gov
BIN: 2060-AH25
3401. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
ALLOWANCE SYSTEM FOR
CONTROLLING HCFC PRODUCTION,
IMPORT AND EXPORT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82.8
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will begin with
development of an ANPRM which will
outline a variety of options under
which the Stratospheric Protection
Division could develop and implement
an allowance distribution system for
HCFCs, and request comment on which
options would be most appropriate.
SPD currently oversees an allowance
allocation system for the class I ozone-
depleting substances. A class II
allowance distribution system had not
been required, because of the early
estimates that the U.S. would not reach
its HCFC production and consumption
cap imposed by the Montreal Protocol
in the near future. As people phase out
of class I substances, the demand for
HCFCs has increased, as has the
production and importation to meet
that demand. As a consequence, EPA
is exploring potential options for an
allowance distribution system that
would ensure that the U.S. does not
violate its HCFC cap under the
Montreal Protocol.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4120
Additional deadline: Montreal Protocol.
The Protocol requires compliance with
a formulary cap of all Parties'
consumption of HCFCs.
Agency Contact: Ben DeAngelo,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9295
Fax: 202 565-2093
Email: deangelo.ben@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH67
3402. STANDARDS OF
PERFORMANCE FOR NEW
STATIONARY SOURCES; NEW
RESIDENTIAL WOOD HEATERS
(SECTION 610 REVIEW)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 5 USC 610; Clean Air
Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On February 26,1988, EPA
promulgated standards of performance
limiting emissions of particulate matter
(PM) from new residential wood
heaters. Wood heaters were determined
to cause, or contribute significantly to,
air pollution which may reasonably be
anticipated to endanger public health
or welfare. EPA performed a Regulatory
Flexibility Analysis for this rule and
determined that it would have a
significant impact on a substantial
number of small entities.
should be amended or rescinded, to
minimize adverse economic impacts on
small entities. EPA will consider, and
solicits comment on, the following
factors: (1) the continued need for the
rule; (2) the nature of complaints or
comments received concerning the rule;
(3) the complexity of the rule; (4) the
extent to which the rule overlaps,
duplicates, or conflicts with other
Federal, State, or local government
rules; and (5) the degree to which
technology, economic conditions, or
other factors have changed in the area
affected by the rule.
This rule is also being separately
reviewed as part of a process to reduce
unnecessary recordkeeping and
reporting requirements. (See RIN 2060-
AG30)
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/98
04/00/99
11/00/99
EPA is initiating a review of this rule
under section 610 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act to determine if the rule
should be continued without change, or RIN: 2060-AI05
Complete Review 03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4136
Agency Contact: Richard Colyer,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5262
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: colyer.rick@epa.gov
Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: wyatt.susan@epa.gov
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3403. • REDEFINITION OF GLYCOL
ETHERS LISTED AS HAPS UNDER
THE CLEAN AIR ACT, AND
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES UNDER
CERCLA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq;
42 USC 9602; 33 USC 1321 and 1361
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 (Revision); 40
CFR 302 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed action will
redefine the glycol ethers category of
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)
regulated under the Clean Air Act and
hazardous substances under the
Comprehensive Emergency Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act. The
new definition will omit specific
compounds of high molecular weight
used as surfactants by the soap and
detergent industry. These compounds
have low volatility, so only minor
amounts are emitted during
manufacture and use of soaps and
detergents. The compounds also have
low toxicity, so the small amounts that
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62375
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
are released are extremely unlikely to
cause any harm to health or the
environment. The proposal will reduce
the burden of environmental
regulations on soap and detergent
manufacturers, and will have no
adverse environmental impact.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/98
01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Sectors Affected: 325611 Soap and
Other Detergent Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 4159
Development, implementation, and
enforcement of emission standards by
Federal and State government for the
soap and detergent industry will he
somewhat simplified by the omission
of compounds of high molecular weight
and low volatility.
Agency Contact: Dr. Roy L. Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-15, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5362
Fax: 919 541-5362
Email: smith.roy@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AI08
3404. • CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF
AIR POLLUTION FROM 2004 AND
LATER MODEL YEAR HIGHWAY
HEAVY-DUTY DIESEL ENGINES
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7601;
42 USC 7521
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86; 40 CFR 88
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: 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.
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4043
Agency Contact: Glenn W. Passavant,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, EPCD, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 734 214-4408
Email:
passavant.glenn@epamail.epa.gov
Christopher Lieske, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
EPCD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4584
Fax: 313 741-7816
Email:
lieske.christopher@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AI12
3405. • CONFORMITY PILOT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401; 42 USC
7671g
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 93
Legal Deadline: None
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 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4148
Agency Contact: Meg Patulski,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 734 214-4842
Fax: 734 214-4531
Email: patulski.meg@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AI14
3406. PERFORMANCE WARRANTY
AND INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
TEST PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7541; 42 USC
7601
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 85
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action establishes a new
short test procedure for use in I/M
programs required by the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990. Vehicles that are
tested and failed using this procedure
and that meet eligibility requirements
established by the act would be eligible
for free warranty repair from the
manufacturers.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
01/00/99
08/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3263
Agency Contact: Eugene Tierney,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 734 214-4456
RIN: 2060-AE20
3407. INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
RECALL REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7511(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.
-------
62376 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No, 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/00/99
12/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3262
Agency Contact: Eugene Tierney,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 734 214-4456
RIN: 2060-AE22
3408. 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
(First)
Supplemental NPRM 10/00/98
(Second)
Final Action 04/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3380
Agency Contact: Mary Kissell,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4516
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: kissell.mary@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE94
3409. METHOD 301: FIELD
VALIDATION OF POLLUTION
MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR
VARIOUS MEDIA; REVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
as amended by PL 101-549; 42 USC
7410 et seq as amended by PL 101-
549
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: After promulgation of
Method 301, questions were raised
about the statistical calculations and
the procedure for determining the
quality of the data. This rule will
clarify those rule provisions.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
NPRM 12/00/98
Final 01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3407
Agency Contact: Gary McAlister,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-19, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1062
RIN: 2060-AFOO
3410. NESHAP: PETROLEUM
REFINERIES - FCC UNITS,
REFORMERS AND SULFUR PLANTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
as amended by PL 101-549 104 Stat.
2399
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15,1997.
Abstract: Title III of the Clean Air Act
amendments of 1990 requires EPA to
develop 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.
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/98
05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum
Refineries
Additional Information: SAN No. 3549
Agency Contact: Bob Lucas,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0884
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: lucas.bob@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AF28
3411. IMPLEMENTATION OF OZONE
AND PARTICULATE MATTER (PM)
NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
STANDARDS (NAAQS) AND
REGIONAL HAZE REGULATIONS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
100 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AF34
3412. COMPREHENSIVE RADIATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT REGULATION
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2011 to 2296;
5 USC app 1; 15 USC 2601 to 2671
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proper management (i.e.,
storage, treatment and disposal) of
radioactive wastes depends on a
number of factors. These include the
type and quantity of waste, the
availability of storage, treatment and
disposal facilities, and the cost of
management of these wastes. Another
rulemaking, EPA's radiation site
cleanup rule, will be concerned with
the cleanup standards for sites
contaminated with radioactivity. As
contaminated sites are cleaned up, a
tremendous quantity of radiation
contaminated waste, including mixed
waste, will be generated. The Agency
intends that the comprehensive
radiation waste management rule will
promote consistent, protective, and
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62377
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
cost-effective management of such
wastes at Federal facilities.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/98
10/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3516
Agency Contact: Albert Colli,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6602J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9300
RIN: 2060-AF41
3413. FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN TO CONTROL EMISSIONS
FROM TWO POWER STATIONS
LOCATED ON NAVAJO NATION
LANDS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1740
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA proposes to federalize
standards from the Arizona and New
Mexico State Implementation Plans
(SIPS) applicable to the 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
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3569
Agency Contact: Kenneth Bigos,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Region IX, San
Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415 744-1240
RIN: 2060-AF42
3414. 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
Final Action
01/00/99
07/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3637
Agency Contact: Steve Body,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Region 10, Seattle, WA
98101
Phone: 206 553-0782
RIN: 2060-AF84
3415. ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION
PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR
YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
101 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AG14
3416. AMENDMENT TO STANDARDS
OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW
STATIONARY SOURCES;
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS (PS-1)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 407
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action proposes to
clarify and update requirements for
source owners and operators who must
install and use continuous stack or duct
opacity monitoring equipment. This
action also proposes amendments
regarding design and performance
validation requirements for continuous
opacity monitoring system (COMS)
equipment in appendix B, PS-1. These
amendments to subpart A and PS-1 will
not change the affected facilities'
applicable emission standards or
requirement to monitor. The
amendments will: (1) clarify owner and
operator and monitor vender
obligations, (2) reaffirm and update
COMS design and performance
requirements, and (3) provide EPA and
affected facilities with equipment
assurances for carrying out effective
monitoring. The specifications shall
apply to all COMS's installed or
replaced after the date of promulgation.
Following promulgation, a source
owner, operator, or manufacturer will
be subject to these performance
specifications if installing a new
COMS, relocating a COMS, replacing a
COMS, recertifying a COMS that has
undergone substantial refurbishing, or
has been specifically required to
recertify the COMS with these
revisions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/24/94 59 FR 60585
Supplemental NPRM 10/00/98
Final Action 03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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
3417. CONSOLIDATED FEDERAL AIR
RULE FOR THE SYNTHETIC ORGANIC
CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRY
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
102 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AG28
3418. NSPS: SEWAGE SLUDGE
INCINERATORS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
-------
62378 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7626
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: Section 129 of the Clean Air
Act, as amended November 1990,
requires the Administrator to establish
new source performance standards and
emission guidelines for new and
existing solid waste incineration units
including units that incinerate
municipal sewage sludge. The
standards and guidelines are to specify
numerical emission limitations for the
following substances: particulate matter
(total and fine), opacity (as
appropriate), sulfur dioxide, hydrogen
chloride, oxides of nitrogen, carbon
monoxide, lead, cadmium, mercury,
and dioxins and dibenzofurans. In
addition, the standards and guidelines
are to include requirements for
emissions and parameter monitoring
and provisions for operator training and
certification.
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Date
01/14/97
08/00/99
08/00/00
FR Cite
62 FR 1868
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Sectors Affected: 22132 Sewage
Treatment Facilities
Additional Information: SAN No. 3819
Agency Contact: Eugene Grumpier,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0881
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: crumpler.eugene@epa.gov
Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Traingle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
RIN: 2060-AG50
3419. STORAGE TANK RULE
REVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 (Revision); 40
CFR 61 (Revision); 40 CFR 63
(Revision); 40 CFR 264 (Revision); 40
CFR 265 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to revise storage tank air regulations in
several parts of title 40 of the CFR.
Such revisions include rule corrections,
the addition of test methods, and the
elimination of some recordkeeping
requirements.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State
Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum
Refineries; 32511 Petrochemical
Manufacturing; 325193 Ethyl Alcohol
Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 3966
Agency Contact: Mark Morris,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5416
RIN: 2060-AH15
3420. TRANSPORTATION
CONFORMITY RULE AMENDMENT:
CLARIFICATION OF TRADING
PROVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671
Clean Air Act sec 176(c)
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. The Open Market
Trading Guidance provides guidance to
states for establishing a method to
quantify emissions reductions (called
discrete emissions reductions or DERs)
that can be traded among parties and
how such trading should occur. This
action will amend the transportation
conformity rule to clarify how
emissions trading could be reconciled
in the conformity process.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3917
Agency Contact: Laura Voss,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 734 214-4858
Fax: 734 214-4531
Email: voss.laura@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH31
3421. STREAMLINED EVAPORATIVE
TEST PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521(m)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will streamline
the test procedure used to establish
compliance with evaporative emission
requirements for light duty vehicles
and trucks. The current test procedure
requires both two and three day 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:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3910
Agency Contact: Lynn Sohacki,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 734 214-4851
RIN: 2060-AH34
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62379
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
3422. REVIEW OF MINOR 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. 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 other source
requirements.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Rnal Action
Date
07/00/99
07/00/00
FR Cite
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Local,
Tribal, Federal
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
3423. 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 permit 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
NPRM 01/00/99
Final Action 11/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal
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
3424. REVISIONS TO NEW SOURCE
REVIEW (NSR) REGULATIONS TO
IMPLEMENT THE NEW NATIONAL
AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
(NAAQS) FOR OZONE
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.160 to 51.166;
40 CFR 52.21; 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-
166 and 52.21 and 52.24, respectively.
The proposed regulations implement
preconstruction permit requirements for
new and modified major stationary
sources locating in areas that do not
meet the new, 8-hour NAAQS for
ozone, but do meet the 1-hour ozone
standard. The rules are intended to
implement the major NSR provisions in
a flexible, common sense, cost-effective,
and non-burdensome manner by
allowing States with these
nonattainment areas to make minimal
changes to their existing major
preconstructed permit programs in their
State implementation plans. 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:
FR Cite Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/98
Final Action 05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4046
Agency Contact: David Solomon,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-12, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5375
RIN: 2060-AH53
3425. NESHAP: COKE OVENS:
PUSHING, QUENCHING, AND
BATTERY STACKS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
-------
62380 . Federal Register / Vol, 63, No, 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
Abstract: There are currently 25 active
domestic coke plants, 20 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 hi 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.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final
05/00/99
05/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 324199 All Other
Petroleum and Coal Products
Manufacturing; 331111 Iron and Steel
Mills
Additional Information: SAN No. 4022
Agency Contact: Lula Melton,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2910
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: melton.lula@epa.gov
Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NG 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
RIN: 2060-AH55
3426. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
DETERMINATION ON SECTION 75.7
(EPA STUDY OF BIAS TEST) AND
SECTION 75.8 (RELATIVE ACCURACY
AND AVAILABILITY ANALYSIS)
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 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 Continuous
Emission Monitoring (CEM) regulation
at 40 CFR part 75. Since the rule was
promulgated, the 263 Phase I and 783
Phase II utility units have already
begun to comply with this regulation
by installing and completing
certification testing by the January 1,
1995 statutory deadline.
As part of the original acid rain
rulemaking and subsequent settlements
with industry and environment groups,
the Agency agreed to undertake field
studies and analyze performance data
to determine if current bias test
requirement should be tightened
(environmental group request). The
regulatory requirements that were
originally at issue have been shown to
be workable and effective and are now
generally accepted as integral parts of
the acid rain regulations. In particular,
through the field tests and analysis of
3 years' worth of performance test data,
the Agency is in a position to allay
industry's concern that the bias test is
arbitrary and environmentalists'
concern that the relative accuracy test
and availability trigger condition are
insufficiently stringent.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Notice of Proposed
Determinations
NPRM
05/21/98 63 FR 28195
04/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Sectors Affected: 221111 Hydroelectric
Power Generation
Additional Information: SAN No. 4067
Agency Contact: Elliot Lieberman,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6204J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9136
Fax: 202 564-2141
Email:
lieberman.elliot@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH64
3427. FINAL RULE TO AMEND THE
NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS
FOR MAGNETIC TAPE
MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.703(c)(4); 40
CFR 63.705
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The EPA is amending the
promulgated emission standards for
Magnetic Tape Manufacturing to
include an additional compliance
option for facilities that choose to
control then: coatings operation to a
hazardous air pollutant (HAP)
reduction efficiency greater than 95%
by weight. In the currently promulgated
standard, compliance options are
provided whereby a facility operator
may choose to control HAP emissions
from all coating operations by an
overall HAP control efficiency of at
least 97%, 98% or 98%, in lieu of
controlling 10,15, or 20 HAP solvent
storage tanks, respectively. This
amendment would provide a further
option that a facility operator
controlling the coating operations by
one of those higher control efficiencies
could choose to leave uncontrolled
certain combinations of storage tanks
and/or pieces of mix preparation
equipment.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/98
Final 12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysts
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4106
Agency Contact: Michele Aston,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2363
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: aston.michele@epa.gov
Gail Lacy, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Reserach Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5261
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: lacy.gail@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH71
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62381
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
3428. NESHAP: ORGANIC
HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
FROM THE SYNTHETIC ORGANIC
CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRY (SOCMI) & OTHER
PROCESSES SUBJECT TO THE
NEGOTIATED REGULATION FOR
EQUIPMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.100 to 63.152
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The actions will amend the
HON that was first promulgated on
April 22,1994, to clarify applicability
of process vent requirements. The
changes to the rule will clarify the
EPA's intent regarding the meaning of
the term process vent and address the
way these provisions are to be
implemented through the permit rule.
The need for this action became
apparent recently when it was learned
that industry was interpreting the
definition more narrowly than we
intended, and thus, not identifying all
process vents subject to the HON.
These amendments will clarify the rule
to ensure consistent interpretations of
the term process vent while preserving
the intended applicability of the
requirements. These clarifications will
not increase or lower or otherwise
affect emissions or environmental
protection. Additionally, the actions
may clarify additional sections of the
HON and correct any typographical
errors noted. These actions may contain
guidance as well as amended rule
language.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
12/00/98
06/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4103
Agency Contact: Jan Meyer,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5254
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: meyer.jan@epa.gov
Trish Koman, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC27711
Phone: 919 541-4120
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: koman.trish@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH81
3429. PERFORMANCE
SPECIFICATION 16 - SPECIFICATIONS
AND TEST PROCEDURES FOR
PREDICTIVE EMISSION MONITORING
SYSTEMS IN STATIONARY SOURCES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section
111
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Performance Specification 16
is being proposed to provide
performance criteria for predictive
emission monitoring systems.
Predictive systems represent a new
technology that uses process
information or parameters to predict
pollutant emissions instead of directly
measuring them. The Agency is
allowing their use in recently-
promulgated rules and they are being
considered by a number of regulated
facilities. The specification lists the
requirements for acceptable systems
that are met by passing tests that
compare the monitoring system with
standardized methods and audit gases
to determine system accuracy and
stability. Performance Specification 16
will primarily apply to facilities whose
emissions can be predicted from
process parameters such as combustion
processes (including gas turbines and
internal combustion engines).
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Sectors Affected: 33241 Power Boiler
and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing;
333611 Turbine and Turbine Generator
Set Unit Manufacturing; 336399 All
Other Motor Vehicle Parts
Manufacturing; 333618 Other Engine
Equipment Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 4119
Agency Contact: Foston Curtis,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-19, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1063
William H. Lamason, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
MD-19
Phone: 919 541-5374
RIN: 2060-AH84
3430. FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION
PLANS TO REDUCE THE REGIONAL
TRANSPORT OF OZONE IN THE
EASTERN UNITED STATES;
PROPOSED RULES
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52; 40 CFR 97;
40 CFR 98
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, See additional
information.
Abstract: This action proposes to
require emissions decreases in 22 States
and the District of Columbia. The
intended effect is to reduce the
transport of ozone (smog) pollution and
one of its main precursors—emissions
of nitrogen oxides (NOx)—across State
boundaries in the eastern half of the
United States. The emission sources
affected by this action are in the Ozone
Transport Assessment Group (OTAG)
Region.
On November 7, 1997, EPA proposed
to find that the transport of ozone from
certain States in the OTAG region (the
37 eastern most States and the District
of Columbia) contribute significantly to
nonattainment of the ozone national
ambient air quality standards (NAAQS),
or interfere with maintenance of the
NAAQS, in downwind States. Further,
EPA proposed the appropriate levels of
NOx emissions that each of the affected
States will be required to achieve. That
proposal allows States 12 months to
develop, adopt, and submit revisions to
their State implementation plans (SIPs)
in response to the final rulemaking.
The Administrator is required to
promulgate a Federal implementation
plan (FIP) within 2 years of: (1) finding
that a State has failed to make a
required submittal or (2) finding that
a submittal is not complete or (3)
disapproving a SIP submittal. Although
the Clean Air Act allows EPA up to
2 years after the finding to promulgate
a FIP, EPA intends to expedite the FIP
-------
62382 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
promulgation to help assure that the
downwind States realize the air quality
benefits of regional NOx reductions as
soon as practicable. Therefore, EPA is
proposing FIPs at the same time as final
action is taken on the November 7,
1997, proposal. Furthermore, EPA
intends to make a finding and
promulgate a FIP immediately after the
SIP submittal due date for each upwind
State that fails to submit a SIP.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/98
Final Action 12/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Local,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4096
Agency Contact: Doug Grano,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-15, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3292
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: grano.doug@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH87
3431. FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTION AND RULEMAKING
ON SECTION 126 PETITIONS FOR
PURPOSES OF REDUCING
INTERSTATE OZONE TRANSPORT
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7426
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52; 40 CFR 75;
40 CFR 97
Legal Deadline:
Other, Statutory, April 30,1998, See
additional information.
Abstract: In August 1997, eight
northeastern States (Connecticut,
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania,
and Vermont) submitted individual
petitions to EPA under section 126 of
the Clean Air Act. Each petition
requests that EPA make a finding that
certain major stationary sources in
upwind States contribute significantly
to ozone nonattainment problems in the
petitioning State. The petitions target
sources in the eastern half of the
United States. If EPA grants the
requested findings, EPA must establish
Federal emission control requirements
for the affected sources. Sources would
have to comply with the emissions
limits within three years from the
finding. These sources may also
subjected to State-adopted emission
limitations and control schedules in
response to a separate EPA rulemaking
action on regional ozone transport that
EPA proposed in October 1997. In this
related action, EPA made a proposed
finding that emissions from 22 eastern
States and the District of Columbia
significantly contribute to
nonattainment problems in downwind
States. EPA proposed that these States
and DC must revise their State
implementation plans to include
provisions that will reduce State-wide
nitrogen oxide emissions (an ozone
precursor) to a specified level. Because
this ozone transport rulemaking
overlaps considerably with the section
126 petition process, EPA believes it
is important to coordinate the two
actions as much as possible. On
December 17,1997, EPA signed a
memorandum of agreement with the
eight petitioning States concerning the
schedule for EPA action on the
petitions. The agreement provides EPA
with additional time beyond the
statutory deadline for analyzing the
technical merits of the petitions and
carrying out the rulemaking process.
The agreement is designed to ensure
that EPA will take timely action on the
petitions while recognizing that EPA is
simultaneously examining ozone
transport through a State-based process.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
04/30/98 63 FR 24058
10/00/98
04/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Local,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 221112 Fossil Fuel
Electric Power Generation
Additional Information: SAN No. 4095
Legal Deadline continued:
Memorandum of Agreement: The
section 126 petitions request EPA to
establish emission limitations and
compliance schedules for groups of
stationary sources that may also be
subject to emissions limitations in State
implementation plans submitted in
response to an ozone transport
rulemaking that EPA proposed in
October 1997. The Clean Air Act
establishes deadlines for taking final
action on section 126 petitions.
However EPA has negotiated and
signed a memorandum of agreement
with the petitioning States on a
schedule for taking action on the
petitions which goes beyond the
statutory timeframe. The memorandum
of agreement is designed to ensure that
EPA will take timely action on the
petitions while recognizing that EPA is
simultaneously examining regional
ozone transport in a separate
rulemaking. The memorandum of
agreement requires EPA to meet the
following schedule:
ANPRM: publish in Federal Register by
April 30, 1998.
NPRM: publish in Federal Register by
September 30, 1998.
Final action by April 30, 1999.
The petitioning States have sued EPA
for missing the statutory deadline for
action and they intend to submit to the
court a proposed consent decree that
incorporates the terms of the
memorandum of agreement.
Agency Contact: Carla Oldham,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-15, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3347
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: oldham.carla@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH88
3432. WET-FORMED FIBERGLASS
MAT PRODUCTION NESHAP
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:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The CAA required the EPA
to publish an initial list of all categories
of major and area sources of hazardous
air pollutants (HAPs) listed in section
112(b) of the CAA and to establish and
meet dates for promulgation of
emission standards for each of the
listed categories of HAP emissions
sources. The wet-formed fiberglass mat
production industry is not included in
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62383
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
the initial list of categories for
standards development but information
available to the Administrator suggests
that the industry is a major source of
HAP emissions and, as such, emission
standards shall be developed for this
industry. The standards are to be
technology-based and are to require the
maximum degree of reduction
determined to be achievable by the
Administrator. The EPA has
determined that the wet-formed
fiberglass mat production industry may
be reasonably expected to emit one of
the pollutants listed in section 112(b)
of the CAA. The purpose of this action
is to include the industry in the source
category list and to pursue a regulatory
development program such that
emission standards may be proposed
and promulgated for this industry.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
12/00/98
12/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 4082
Agency Contact: Juan Santiago,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1084
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: santiago.juan@epa.gov
Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
RIN: 2060-AH89
3433. TECHNICAL CHANGE TO DOSE
METHODOLOGY FOR 40 CFR 191,
SUBPART A
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: Atomic Energy Act of
1954; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of
1970; Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 191(A)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action is a technical
change to the dose methodology for
subpart A, Environmental Standards for
Management and Storage, of 40 CFR
191, Environmental Radiation
Protection Standards for the
Management and Disposal of Spent
Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and
Transuranic Radioactive Wastes. The
current methodology is outdated. The
new method, which would be
employed as a result of this action, is
consistent with recent radiation
protection standards as well as Federal
Guidance reports issued by EPA. No
significant impacts from this action are
anticipated.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/98
12/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 4003
Agency Contact: Ray Clark,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6602J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 233-9198
Fax: 202 233-9629
RIN: 2060-AH90
3434. REVISIONS TO THE
POLLUTANT STANDARDS INDEX AND
SIGNIFICANT HARM LEVEL
PROGRAMS FOR OZONE AND
PARTICULATE MATTER
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulation will update
the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) and
the Significant Harm Level (SHL)
Programs to reflect revisions to the
NAAQS for ozone and particulate
matter. The PSI program is codified in
section 58.50 and appendix G to part
58, and the SHL program is codified
in sections 51.150 to 51.153 and
appendix L to part 51, of the CFR. Also
included in this regulatory package is
the deletion of the last sentence in
section 51.115(e) of the CFR.
Section 58.50 and appendix G to part
58 require that States report to the
public an air quality index, the
Pollutant Standards Index, which
translates ambient concentrations of
five of the criteria pollutants to a
uniform, numerical index, ranging from
0 to 500. The scale of the PSI is based
on human health effects information.
Revisions will be made to the ambient
concentrations which specify the
breakpoints between the PSI categories
(i.e., the good, moderate, unhealthful,
very unhealthful, and hazardous
categories) and associated example
health advisories.
Sections 51.150-51.153 of the CFR
require that States have contingency
plans to prevent air pollution
emergency episodes from reaching the
significant harm level. Appendix L
provides example guidance to the
States on appropriate courses of action
that should be taken at each stage of
the episode (i.e., alert, warning and
emergency) to ensure the SHL is not
reached.
Section 51.115(e) reads: In developing
an ozone control strategy for a
particular area, background ozone
concentrations and ozone transported
into an area must be considered. States
may assume that the ozone standard
will be attained in the upwind areas.
Because of the increase in knowledge
about transport and because of action
taken in the NOx State Implementation
Plan (SIP) call, the second sentence of
this section is now inconsistent with
the current requirements for SIP
development and needs to be removed.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/98
03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4073
Agency Contact: Susan Stone,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-15, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1146
Fax: 919 541-0237
Email: stone.susan@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH92
3435. GENERAL CONFORMITY
REGULATIONS; REVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671
-------
62384 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA CAA Proposed Rule Stage
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.850 to 860;
40 CFR 93.150 to 160
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 176(c)of the Clean
Air Act prohibits Federal entities fix i •*
taking actions which do not conform
to the State implementation plan (SIP)
for the attainment and maintenance of
the national ambient air quality
standards (NAAQS). In November 1993,
EPA promulgated two sets of
regulations to implement section
176(c). First, on November 24, EPA
promulgated the Transportation
Conformity Regulations to establish the
criteria and procedures for determining
that transportation plans, programs, and
projects which are funded under title
23 U.S.C. or the Federal Transit Act
conform with the SIP. Then, on
November 30, EPA promulgated
regulations, know as the General
Conformity Regulations, to ensure that
other Federal actions also conformed to
the SIPs. Since 1993, EPA has amended
the transportation conformity rule three
times in response to stakeholders'
requests. The EPA is working on a
separate revision to address
transportation conformity in
transitional areas which will be final
by December 1998. The EPA has not
reviewed or revised the General
Conformity Regulations since their
1993 promulgation. Several Federal
agencies have identified concerns over
the implementation of the General
Conformity Regulations, including the
requirements for areas designated
nonattainment for the newly
promulgated NAAQS. In conjunction
with an ad hoc work group of
representatives from several Federal
agencies, EPA will review the
implementation of the General
Conformity Regulations. The EPA will
then propose and promulgate any
appropriate revision to those
regulations.
Timetable:
and Radiation, MD-15, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5350
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email: stonefield.dave@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2060-AH93
3436. REVIEW OF OPERATING
PERMITS ISSUED BY INDIAN TRIBES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7661 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 70.4
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The current regulation that
sets forth minimum standards for State
operating permits programs does not
require that citizens be allowed to
appeal permit decisions made by tribal
permitting authorities. The proposed
rule would require that tribes allow for
judicial review or that they develop
alternative options for citizen recourse.
The benefit of the proposed action is
that citizens would be able to hold
those responsible for issuing permits
accountable for their actions. There is
no anticipated impact on small
businesses. Tribal governments that
develop operating permits programs
will need to provide citizens an
opportunity to challenge permitting
actions in order to obtain EPA approval
^pf their permits programs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/99
12/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4070
Agency Contact: David H. Stonefield,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/98
03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Tribal,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3893
Agency Contact: Candace Carraway,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-12, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3189
Fax: 919 541-5509
RIN: 2060-AH98
3437. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
RECONSIDERATION ON THE 610
NONESSENTIAL PRODUCTS BAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC
7601; 42 USC 7671 to 7671(q)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82(C)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would propose to
extend the current class I and class II
bans on the sale and distribution of
nonessential uses of ozone-depleting
substances where sufficient substitutes
are already readily available. As part
of the initial 1993 rulemaking, EPA
banned the use of ozone-depleting
substances in aerosols, pressurized
dispensers, and foams where
substitutes were available. Since that
rulemaking was issued, the phaseout of
production and consumption of class I
substances has become effective and
the Significant New Alternatives Policy
(SNAP) Program under section 612 has
been promulgated. The phaseout of
newly manufactured class I substances
and the identification of new
acceptable substitutes for both class I
and class n applications provide
compelling reasons to reconsider the
initial decisions regarding both
product-specific exemptions and the
decision to limit the ban's effect on
major sectors that traditionally used
ozone-depleting substances. Most
domestic manufacturers have already
incorporated the non-ozone-depleting
substances in their products. The
continued availability and use of
ozone-depleting substances in parts and
products manufactured abroad, which
are sold or incorporated into larger
products that are then sold into
interstate commerce in the United
States, negatively affects the
competitiveness of domestic
manufacturers who use substitute
substances in their production.
Therefore, it is appropriate to
reconsider the applicability of the class
I ban to both specific products and
product categories. Amending these
requirements would limit the potential
use of ozone-depleting substances in
applications where substitutes are
available and thus, further protect the
stratospheric ozone layer.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62385
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
10/00/98
04/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4077
Agency Contact: Cindy Newberg,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9729
Fax: 202 564-2096
RIN: 2060-AH99
3438. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM
NEW NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION
ENGINES AT OR BELOW 19
KILOWATTS, MINOR AMENDMENTS
TO THE PHASE I EMISSION
STANDARDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7547; 42 USC
7601(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 90
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This direct final rule revises
the existing new nonroad Phase 1 small
spark-ignited (SI) engine regulations.
Although no adverse comments are
anticipated, EPA will simultaneously
propose this action.
Subsequent to the July 3,1995, Federal
Register publication of the Phase 1
small spark-ignited (SI) engine final
rule, several typographical errors and
incorrect figure references have been
identified. In addition, corrections need
to be made to a handful of minor test
procedure issues. Representatives of the
small SI engine industry have been
requesting that EPA make these
corrections to the final Phase 1 small
SI engine rulemaking in order that they
may certify their 1997 model year
engines without making unnecessary
alternative test procedure
demonstrations. In addition,
finalization of this Phase 1 amendment
package will decrease the complexity
of the development of court-ordered
Phase 2 regulations.
Timetable:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 336399 All Other
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 3951
Agency Contact: Paul Machiele,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, EPCD, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 734 214-4264
RIN: 2060-AI02
3439. NOTICE OF TEMPORARY STAY,
NOTICE OF PROPOSED COMPLIANCE
EXTENSION; EQUIVALENCY
DETERMINATION-NATIONAL
EMISSION STANDARDS FOR
HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS:
HALOGENATED SOLVENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Halogenated solvent cleaning
emissions include: 1,1,1
trichloroethane, perchloroethylene,
methylene chloride, trichloroethylene,
carbon tetrachloride, and chloroform.
This rule was promulgated on
December 2,1994 and codified at 40
CFR part 63, subpart T. This action will
announce a temporary 3-month stay for
good cause and a proposed compliance
extension for continuous web cleaning
machines. This action will also amend
the final halogenated solvent cleaning
NESHAP to include equivalency
determinations for different control
equipment for batch vapor cleaners to
those required by the rule. These
equivalency determinations have been
requested by a halogenated solvent
cleaning machine manufacturer.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
06/00/99
NPRM
Final Rule
Correction Notice
Correction Notice
NPRM-Equivalency
Determination
Notice - Temporary
Stay
NPRM - Equivalency
Determination,
Batch Cleaners
11/29/93 58 FR 62566
12/02/94 59 FR 61801
12/30/94 59 FR 67750
06/05/95 60 FR 29484
05/05/98 63 FR 24765
05/05/98 63 FR 24749
10/00/98
Final Rule- 10/00/98
Compliance
Extension
NPRM - Equivalency 03/00/99
Determination,
Continuous Web
Cleaners
Final Rule- 03/00/99
Equivalency
Determination,
Batch Cleaners
Final Rule- 03/00/99
Equivalency
Determination,
Continuous Web
Cleaners
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Sectors Affected: 332 Fabricated Metal
Product Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 4129
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: ahnodovar.paul@epa.gov
Trish Koman, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4120
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: koman.trish@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AI04
3440. • CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF
AIR POLLUTION FROM NEW MARINE
DIESEL ENGINES AT OR ABOVE 37
KILOWATTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7547(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 89
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, November 25, 1998,
Consent Decree.
Final, Judicial, November 26, 1999,
Consent Decree.
Abstract: The ANPRM notifies and
invites comments from the public on
EPA's plans to propose stringent
standards for control of emissions of
oxides of nitrogen, hydrocarbons, and
particulate matter from diesel marine
engines at or above 37 kilowatts. The
ANPRM contains a broad outline of
-------
62386 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
Proposed Rule Stage
EPA—CAA
EPA's plans for defining a national
emission control program for these
engines, including engine categories to
be covered, emission standard levels
being considered, and potential
compliance programs. Results of a
Nonroad Engine and Vehicle Emission
Study conducted by EPA indicated the
need for regulation of categories or
classes of new nonroad engines and
vehicles that are significant
contributors to ozone or CO in NAAQS
nonattainment areas. Such a finding led
to control of emissions from various
nonroad sources. This action outlines
a strategy to control emissions from one
nonroad source: diesel marine engines.
If the emission control program
discussed in the ANPRM is
implemented, EPA would expect to see
NOx and PM reductions comparable to
their land-based counterparts on a per
engine basis, for marine engines which
are derivatives of land-based engines.
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Date FR Cite
05/22/98 63 FR 28309
11/00/98
11/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 336399 All Other
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing;
335312 Motor and Generator
Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 4078
This was previously listed as RIN 2060-
AH65.
Agency Contact: Alan Stout,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4805
Paul Machiele, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 313 668-4264
RIN: 2060-AI17
3441. • TIER II LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLE,
LIGHT-DUTY TRUCK, AND HEAVY-
DUTY GASOLINE VEHICLE EMISSION
STANDARDS AND GASOLINE
SULFUR STANDARDS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
103 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AI23
3442. NAAQS: SULFUR DIOXIDE
(REVIEW AND IMPLEMENTATION)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
104 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AA61
3443. 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 (e); Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990 sec 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 Guideline on Air
Quality Models, published as appendix
W to 40 CFR part 51. 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:
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
3444. NESHAP FOR THE
MANUFACTURING OF AMINO AND
PHENOLIC RESINS (POLYMERS AND
RESINS GROUP III)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Title III of the amended
Clean Air Act requires development of
emission standards for all major
sources, and selected area sources,
emitting any of the 188 hazardous air
pollutants identified in section 112(b)
of the Act. Amino, and phenelic resins
productions have been listed as
categories of major sources based on
documented emissions of phenol
and/or formaldehyde. The purpose of
the NESHAP for the Manufacturing of
Amino and Phenolic Resins (Polymers
and Resins Group IE) project is to
initiate the regulatory process for
sources engaged in the production of
amino, and phenolic resins, and to
ultimately develop a NESHAP based on
candidate Maximum Achievable
Control Technology.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/98
Final Action 09/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal .
NPRM 10/00/98
Final Action 05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 325211 Plastics
Material and Resin Manufacturing
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
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: schaefer.john@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE36
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62387
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
3445. NESHAP: SECONDARY
ALUMINUM INDUSTRY
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857 et seq;
44 USC 350 et seq; 5 USC 605; EO
12866
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15,1997.
Abstract: The Act requires EPA to
publish an initial list of all categories
of major and area sources of the
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed
in section 112(b) of the Act, to
promulgate a schedule establishing a
date for the promulgation of emission
standards for each of the listed
categories of HAP emission sources,
and develop emission standards for
each source of HAPs such that the
schedule is met. The standards are to
be technology-based and are to require
the maximum degree of emission
reduction determined to be achievable
by the Administrator. The Agency has
determined that the secondary
aluminum industry may reasonably be
anticipated to emit several of the 189
HAPs listed in section 112(b) of the
Act. As a consequence, the source
category is included on the initial list
of HAP emitting categories and is on
the list of categories scheduled for
standards promulgation within seven
years of enactment of the Act. The
purpose of this action is to pursue a
regulatory development program that
would help to ensure that emission
standards may be proposed and
promulgated.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/98
10/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3078
Agency Contact: Juan Santiago,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1084
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: santiago.juan@epa.gov
Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
RIN: 2060-AE77
3446. 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
10/00/98
05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
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
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: wayne.tony@epa.gov
Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
TDD: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: wyatt.susan@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AF06
3447. NESHAP: POLYCARBONATES
PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant
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:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/98
05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: morris.mark@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AF09
3448. 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
H2(n)(3)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1995.
Abstract: This rule will specify
maximum achievable control
technology for publicly owned
treatment works (POTW), also known
as sewage/wastewater treatment plants,
or water reclamation facilities.
Hazardous air pollutant emissions from
the headworks, primary and secondary
treatment, solids handling, and other
operations will be considered in
developing the rule.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/00/98
Final Action 05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
-------
62388 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 3377
Agency Contact: Bob Lucas,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0884
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: lucas.bob@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AF26
3449. NESHAP: MANUFACTURING OF
NUTRITIONAL YEAST
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
(d)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory, November 14, 2000.
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 set maximum emission
limits of acetaldehyde, which will be
achievable by improved process control
to reduce formation of this by-product.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Phone: 919 541-2363
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: aston.michele@epa.gov
Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: wyatt.susan
RIN: 2060-AF30
3450. AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL
PROVISIONS SUBPART A AND B FOR
40 CFR 63
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 101-549; 42 USC
7401 Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1; 40 CFR
63.51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The General Provisions
(subpart A) were promulgated on
March 16, 1994 (59 FR 12408). The
General Provisions create the technical
and administrative framework and
establish general procedures and
criteria for implementing MACT
standards. On May 16, 1994, six
litigants filed petitions for EPA to
review certain provisions of the General
Provisions. Subpart B, the procedures
for implementing section 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:
NPRM 10/00/98
Final Action 09/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Sectors Affected: 311999 All Other
Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 3550
Agency Contact: Michele Aston,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: wyatt.susan@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AF31
3451. NESHAP: ETHYLENE
PROCESSES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Final, Statutory, November 20, 2000.
Abstract: Title IH of the Clean Air Act
requires development of emission
standards for all major sources emitting
any of the 188 hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs) identified in section 112(b) of
the CAA. Ethylene Processes is listed
as a category of major sources based
on process knowledge emissions of
benzene and butadiene. This action
will explore alternatives controlling the
release of HAPs from the following
process areas located at ethylene
process facilities: process streams,
storage, equipment leaks and other
fugitive sources, and wastewater
operations. There are no anticipated
impacts on small businesses.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/98
05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3551
Agency Contact: James Szykman,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2452
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: szykman.jim@epa.gov
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
05/00/99
06/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Sectors Affected: 325193 Ethyl
Alcohol Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 3821
Agency Contact: Warren Johnsonjr.,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5124
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: johnson.warren@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG53
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62389
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
3452. REVISIONS TO THE
REGULATION FOR APPROVAL OF
STATE PROGRAMS AND
DELEGATION OF FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES 112(L)
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 sec
112(1)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63(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 he addressed include:
alternative work practice standards;
alternative monitoring, recordkeeping,
and reporting; alternative test method
approval process; equivalency by
permits; and mechanisms and
requirements for approval of State air
toxics programs. Additionally, the
Partial Approval and Delegable
Authorities rulemakings will be added
to this rulemaking. The Partial
Approval language will provide
flexibility to States by allowing States
to accept delegation of parts of
standards. This will allow them to
implement and enforce these provisions
on a smaller scale. The delegable
authorities rulemaking will clarify what
authorities EPA has delegated to States
when the part 63, subpart A, general
provisions have been delegated. Due to
a lack of clear guidance, the EPA
Regions have not been consistent in the
delegation of general provisions to
States.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/98
07/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3829
Agency Contact: Tom Driscoll,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-12, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5135
Fax: 919 541-5509
RIN: 2060-AG60
3453. NESHAP: LIME
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 Clean
Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: Title HI of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 requires the EPA
to develop emission standards for each
major source category of hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs). 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 the EPA. The
EPA has determined that some lime
manufacturing plants may be major
sources for one or more HAPs. As a
consequence, a regulation (emission
standards) is being developed for the
lime manufacturing industry.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 08/00/99
Final Action 09/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3651
Agency Contact: Joseph Wood,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5446
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: wood.joseph@epa.gov
Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
RIN: 2060-AG72
3454. GENERIC MACT FOR SOURCE
CATEGORIES (ACRYLIC
MODACRYLIC FIBERS,
POLYCARBONATES, HYDROGEN
FLUORIDE, AND ACETAL RESINS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 five). 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 Cite
NPRM 10/00/98
Final Action 05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3901
Agency Contact: David Markwordt,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
-------
62390 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9,1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
Phone: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: markwordt.david@epa.gov
Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: wyatt.susan@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG91
3455. NESHAP: SEMICONDUCTOR
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This rule will either establish
MACT {maximum available control
technology) for semiconductor
production facilities. There are
currently 6 major sources that would
be affected by the NESHAP. This action
will result in little or no additional
emission reduction but will establish a
Federal MACT level for large facilities.
It is anticipated that no major sources
subject to the rule at time of
promulgation.
3456. NESHAP: HYDROGEN
FLUORIDE PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: This rule will establish
maximum achievable control
technology (MACT) for hydrogen
fluoride (HF) production facilities. The
rule will affect one HF production
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. The rule is
being proposed as part of the so-called
generic MACT rule.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
07/00/99
09/00/00
FR Cite
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3902
Agency Contact: Tony Wayne,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5439
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: wayne.tony@epa.gov
Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: wyatt.susan@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG93
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/98
05/00/99
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
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3654
Agency Contact: Rick Colyer,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5262
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: colyer.rick@epa.gov
Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674 ,
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: wyatt.susan@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG94
3457. 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
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
12/00/98
06/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 2841
Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5289
Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
RIN: 2060-AH08
3458. NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR
URBAN AREA SOURCES OF TOXIC
AIR EMISSIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 74l2(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.
Final, Judicial, August 31, 1998.
Abstract: Congress directed EPA in the
1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act
to study the nature and magnitude of
air toxic emissions, exposures and risks
in U.S. cities. This was in response to
growing evidence that an urban soup
existed that was causing cancer and
other effects, and which may not
adequately be addressed by the MACT
program on major sources. The 1990
Amendments call for EPA to appraise
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62391
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
the sources and pollutants which
contribute most to the urban soup
phenomenon, and to publish a national
strategy by 1995 that summarizes these
findings and identifies actions to
mitigate the problem. This strategy will
contain (1) general and specific
recommendations for additional
research, (2) an accounting of actions
and measures undertaken by the EPA
and state and local agencies that reduce
emissions of the hazardous substances
of particular concern, and (3) a call for
additional measures needed to
complete sufficient mitigation of the
problem. This action is not considered
deregulatory. This action has no direct
impacts on small businesses; however,
as the strategy is subsequently
implemented through later actions and
specific rules, some small businesses
may be regulated as a consequence of
carrying out the regulatory
recommendations in the strategy.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Announcement 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: No
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3959
Agency Contact: Laura 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
3459. NESHAP: FLEXIBLE
POLYURETHANE FOAM
FABRICATION OPERATIONS
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 Clean
Air Act Amendments of 1990, section
112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA)
requires development of emission
standards for sources emitting any of
the hazardous air pollutants HAP listed
in section 112(b) of the CAA. Flexible
Polyurethane Foam Fabrication
Operations is listed as a category of
major sources based on documented
emissions of the following HAP:
methylene chloride, trichlorethane,
hydrogen cyanide, and hydrogen
chloride. This source category covers
emissions from various polyurethane
foam bonding operations, including
foam gluing and flame lamination. This
action will explore alternatives 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.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final
07/00/99
09/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 326299 All Other
Rubber Product Manufacturing; 326199
All Other Plastics Product
Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 3973
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
Email: svendsgaard.david@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH42
3460. NESHAP: 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
10/00/98
07/00/99
61 FR 59849
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 325211 Plastics
Material and Resin Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 3939
Agency Contact: Robert Rosensteel,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5608
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: rosensteel.robert@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH47
3461. AMENDMENTS TO PARTS 51,
52, 63, 70 AND 71 REGARDING THE
PROVISIONS FOR DETERMINING
POTENTIAL TO EMIT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
-------
§2392 Federal Register / Vol, 63, No, 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action proposes to
amend regulations already established
to implement the new Federal air toxics
program under section 112, including
the General Provisions, the Federal
operating permit program under title V,
and the major source preconstruction
programs under parts C and D of title
I.
The proposed rule will address issues
related to the determination of a
stationary source's potential to emit in
response to three court decisions.
This action resulted from splitting of
RINs 2060-AC98 and 2060-AC63.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/98
Final Rule 12/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3479
Agency Contact: Karen Blanchard,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-12, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5503
RIN: 2060-AI01
3462. 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:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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: 743 214-4412
RIN: 2060-AH38
3463. 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
Air Act sec 211(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 Clean
Air Act (CAA), with respect to diesel
fuel and fuel additives. The
prohibitions of section 21lCf)(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
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
12/00/98
12/00/99
ANPRM 05/30/91 56 FR 24362
NPRM 10/00/98
Final Action 02/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities 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: 734 214-4507
RIN: 2060-AD77
3464. 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 82(F)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The rule will include the
reconsideration of the sales restriction
as it relates to split systems. The
Agency was petitioned to reconsider
the part of the sales restriction that
included the sale of pre-charged split
systems. It restricted such sales to
certified technicians. Since then, EPA
stayed that portion of the sales
restriction in response to the petition.
This rule will include the
determination of the Agency related to
the reconsideration. It addresses
environmental problems of ozone
depletion resulting from emissions of
chlorofluorocarbons,
hydrochlorofmorocarbons, 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. This action has no impact on
small business and State, local, and
tribal governments.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/98
01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3673
This action is combined with RIN 2060-
AG47, SAN 3809.
Agency Contact: Vera Au,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-2216
Fax: 202 565-2093
RIN: 2060-AG20
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62393
EPA—CAA
Proposed Rule Stage
3465. SERVICING OF MOTOR
VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONERS:
STANDARDS FOR EQUIPMENT THAT
RECOVERS AND RECYCLES
REFRIGERANTS OTHER THAN CFC-12
AND HFC-134A
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82(B) (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule serves to amend the
regulations initially promulgated on
July 14,1992, under section 609 of the
CAA. Specifically, this rule fulfills the
statutory mandate set forth in section
609 requiring the Administrator to
promulgate regulations for the proper
recycling in motor vehicle air
conditioners (MVACs) of any
refrigerants that substitute for CFC-12.
Specifically, section 609 requires EPA
to establish standards for refrigerant
recycling equipment and for the proper
use of such equipment. This rule will
provide flexibility for service
technicians to meet section 609
requirements, because in addition to
using equipment that recovers and
recycles CFC-12 and HFC-134a
refrigerants, technicians will now be
permitted to use equipment that
recovers and recycles other substitute
refrigerants listed as acceptable under
EPA's SNAP program.
This rule will affect, although not
adversely affect, those small entities
such as independent repair shops,
service station, truck fleet shops,
collision repair shops, new car and
truck dealers, car and truck rental
shops, and radiator repair shops that
choose to service vehicles that contain
refrigerants other than CFC-12 or HFC-
134a that are listed as acceptable under
EPA's SNAP program. Specifically, it
will allow them to use equipment to
recycle these refrigerants.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 01/00/99
Final Action 08/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3983
Agency Contact: Christine Dibble,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9147
Email: dibble.christine@.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH29
3466. 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 82(F)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Friends of the Earth
submitted and withdrew a petition to
expand EPA's labeling requirements to
include products containing or
manufactured with HCFCs. EPA
anticipates that 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
Final Action
08/00/99
08/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3640
Agency Contact: Sue Stendebach,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9117
TDD: 202 565-2906
Fax: 202 233-9665
Email: stendebach.sue@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AF93
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Final Rule Stage
3467. NESHAP: CHROMIUM
ELECTROPLATING AMENDMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Since the promulgation of the
chromium electroplating NESHAP we
have been informed of several sources
that are experiencing difficulty in
complying with the concentration limit
for new sources even though they have
installed and operate composite mesh
pad scrubber technology similar or
identical to that used as the basis for
the MACT emission limit. These
sources operate new state-of-the-art
plating tanks not encountered dining
rule development which feature
enclosing hoods that completely cover
the surface of the plating tank. This
covered tank design allows for effective
capture and ventilation at substantially
lower exhaust air flow rates than
otherwise encountered with more
conventional exterior hooding.
Although these sources exceed the new
source standard concentration limit of
0.015 mg/dscm, actual mass rate
emissions are more than 50 percent
lower than would otherwise be
achieved with more conventional
hooding and higher ventilation rates.
The chromium electroplating standard
will be amended to include this
alternative type of control system.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Direct Final Rule
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Sectors Affected: 332813
Electroplating, Plating, Polishing,
Anodizing and Coloring
Additional Information: SAN No. 4115
Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5289
Fax: 919 541-5600
-------
62394 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
Email: mulrine.phil@epa.gov
Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
RIN: 2060-AH69
3468.1998 REVISION OF ACID RAIN
ALLOWANCE ALLOCATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7651 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 73
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, June 1, 1998.
Abstract: Title IV of the Clean Air Act
directs the EPA to establish an acid
rain program to reduce adverse effects
of acidic deposition. The centerpiece of
this control program is allocation of
allowances, or authorizations to emit
SO2, that are distributed by the
Administrator in limited quantities to
utility units and must be held by all
affected units to cover their SO2
emissions. In 1993, EPA finalized 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:
Fax: 202 565-2139
RIN: 2060-AG86
Action
Date FR Cite
3469. NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR)
REFORM
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
126 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AE11
3470. 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 ERA 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:
NPRM 01/07/98 63FR714
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 221111 Hydroelectric
Power Generation; 221119 Other
Electric Power Generation; 221121
Electric Bulk Power Transmission and
Control; 221122 Electric Power
Distribution
Additional Information: SAN No. 3898
Agency Contact: Kathy Barylski,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6204J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9074
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
08/04/98 63 FR 41508
04/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3082
Agency Contact: Conrad Chin,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1512
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: chin.conrad@epa.gov
Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
RIN: 2060-AF29
3471. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
DELETION OF CERTAIN UNITS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7651 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 73.10
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Acid Rain Program
requires affected utility units to hold
allowances sufficient to cover
emissions of SO2, have an Acid Rain
Permit under part 72, and meet
appropriate monitoring requirements
under part 75. Many affected units are
listed in 40 CFR 73.10 tables 2 and 3.
In the process of implementing the
Acid Rain Program, EPA has learned
that several units listed in the tables
should not be affected by the Acid Rain
Program requirements. This action
would delete specific named units from
the tables.
Timetable;
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/27/96 61 FR 68340
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 221111 Hydroelectric
Power Generation
Additional Information: SAN No. 3573
This rule is linked to Revision of Acid
Rain Allowance Allocation Rule, RIN
2060-AG86.
Agency Contact: Kathy Barylski,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6204J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9074
Fax: 202 565-2139
Email: barylski.kathy@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AF46
3472. OPERATING PERMITS:
REVISIONS (PART 70)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
127 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AF70
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62395
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
3473. METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT
OF VISIBLE EMISSIONS - ADDITION
OF METHODS 203A, 203B, AND 203C
TO APPENDIX M OF PART 51
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 740l(b)(l); 42
USC 7410; 42 USC 7470 to 7479; 42
USC 7501 to 7508; 42 USC 7601(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking adds Test
Methods 203A, 203B, and 203C to 40
CFR part 51, appendix M (entitled '
Example Test Methods for State
Implementation Plans). These methods
describe procedures for estimating the
opacity of visible emissions. States
have requested that EPA promulgate
these methods so that they can use
them in State Implementation Plans in
enforcing visible emissions regulations
from Stationary Sources.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/22/93 58 FR 61639
03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2915
Agency Contact: Frederick Thompson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-19, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2707
RIN: 2060-AF83
3474. 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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/03/96 61 FR140
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3643
Agency Contact: Clifford Tyree,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 313 668-4310
RIN: 2060-AF87
3475. SERVICE INFORMATION
AVAILABILITY
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521(m)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will require
manufacturers of automobiles to
provide necessary information needed
to make use of emission control
diagnostic systems as well as that
needed to make emission-related
diagnosis and repairs by any person
engaged in the repairing or servicing
of motor vehicles or motor vehicle
engines. This will allow independent
service repair garages, individual
owners, parts manufacturers, etc., to
have access to emission control
information to better service
automobiles and ensure clean air
compliance requirements.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Rule 04/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3741
Agency Contact: David Dickinson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9296
Email:
dickinson.david@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG13
3476. AMENDMENTS TO PART 60,
PART 61, AND PART 63 AND
ADDITION OF METHOD 14A TO PART
60
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401; 42 USC
7410 to 7412; 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.
Performance specification 15 is also
being proposed in this rulemaking.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/27/97 62 FR 45369
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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
3477. 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
-------
6239G Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9. 1998 I Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 407
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On March 16,1995, President
Clinton issued a report entitled,
Reinventing Environmental Regulation,
that identified 25 initiatives to improve
the current regulatory system. This
action is part of the regulatory review
process to reduce unnecessary
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements. Existing rules are being
reviewed for excess and/or duplicative
requirements. The Agency will publish
a list of those regulations that will be
revised or amended to reduce
unnecessary recordkeeping and
reporting requirements.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
09/11/96 61 FR 47840
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3750
Agency Contact: David Markwprdt,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0837
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: markwordt.david@epa.gov
Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: wyatt.susan@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG30
3478. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
CONTINUOUS EMISSION
MONITORING (CEM) RULE REVISIONS
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 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 CEM regulation at
40 CFR part 75. Since the rule was
promulgated, the 263 Phase I and 783
Phase II 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 on-going 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 CEM
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
CEM 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 have gained
from 1993 to the present. Industry
views this action as positive because
it provides industry with more
implementation flexibility.
Timetable;
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 05/21/98 63 FR 28032
Final Action 04/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3808
Agency Contact: Monika Chandra,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6204J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9781
Fax: 202 565-2141
Email:
chandra.monika@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG46
3479. 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; 40 CFR 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 year 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 97) operating costs.
The annual fees will also reflect
changes in the proficiency programs,
participation, inflation, etc. In the
calculation of the annual fees, the
Agency will take into consideration the
impact of the fourth year of fee
collection on the radon industry.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Sectors Affected: 23511 Plumbing,
Heating and Air-Conditioning
Contractors
Additional Information: SAN No. 3835
Agency Contact: James Long,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6604J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9433
Fax: 202 565-2038
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62397
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
Email: long.james@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2060-AG64
3480. ADDITION OF METHOD 207 TO
APPENDIX M OF 40 CFR PART 51 -
METHOD FOR MEASURING
ISOCYANATES IN STATIONARY
SOURCE EMISSIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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
already exist. It should benefit State
governments by providing them with a
validated test procedure for measuring
the emissions of isocyanate
compounds.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/08/97 62 FR 64532
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: No
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
RIN: 2060-AG88
3481. FEDERAL OPERATING PERMITS
PROGRAM IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 766la(d)(3)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 71.4
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Recognizing its trust
responsibilities to Indian tribes, EPA
plans to exercise its regulatory
authority to issue permits to sources of
air pollution in Indian country where
sources are not regulated by Indian
tribes. The Federal operating permits
program for stationary air sources
should extend to all of Indian country,
but the regulation that created the
program inadvertently created a
regulatory gap. A change in regulations
is needed to assure that each major
source in Indian country is subject to
either a State, tribal, or Federal permit
program.
The regulatory change would create a
level playing field for industry. Also,
the regulatory change would assure that
EPA can regulate sources that create air
pollution problems in Indian country
or that are located in Indian country
and generate air pollution problems for
other areas.
There are no anticipated impacts on
small businesses or State or local
governments. The regulatory change
would eliminate a burden on tribal
governments. They would not need to
demonstrate their jurisdiction over an
area in order for EPA to administer a
permit program for the area.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/21/97 62 FR 13748
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3868
Agency Contact: Candace Carraway,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-12, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3189
Fax: 919 541-5509
RIN: 2060-AG90
3482. REVISION TO THE LIGHT-DUTY
VEHICLE EMISSION COMPLIANCE
PROCEDURE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this NPRM
is to propose changes to the emissions
compliance procedures for light-duty
vehicles. These proposed changes will
streamline the current process
beginning with model year 2000. These
proposed changes will improve in-use
emissions with a potential decrease in
the net burden on auto manufacturers.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/15/98 63 FR 39653
01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3913
Agency Contact: Linda Hormes,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 734 214-4502
RIN: 2060-AH05
3483. FINDING OF SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTION AND RULEMAKING
FOR CERTAIN STATES IN THE
OZONE TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
GROUP (OTAG) REGION FOR
PURPOSES OF REDUCING REGIONAL
TRANSPORT OF OZONE
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410(a)(2)(D);
42 USC 7410(k)(5)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 52(a)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Ozone and ozone precursors
are transported across the northeastern
United States. The Ozone Transport
Assessment Group (OTAG) was formed
in 1995 to document the amount and
extent of this transport and to develop
control recommendations. The OTAG
was a collaborative process conducted
by the affected States. This action
builds on the work of the OTAG.
Controls are intended to reduce the
-------
62398 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
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. This action
proposed to find that 22 States and DC
in the OTAG Region significantly
contribute to nonattainment of the
ozone NAAQS or interferes with
maintenance of the NAAQS. EPA
proposed appropriate levels of NOx
emissions that each of the affected
States will be required to achieve.
Timetable:
Timetable:
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Action
Notice of Intent 01/10/97 62 FR 1422
NPRM 10/10/97 62 FR 60318
NPRM Supplemental 05/18/98 63 FR 25902
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3945
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
3484. ADDITION OF OPACITY
METHOD TO APPENDIX M OF 40 CFR
PART 51 (METHOD 203)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking proposes to
add a method, Method 203, for the
measurement of opacity from stationary
sources, to appendix M (Example Test
Methods for State Implementation
Plans) in 40 CFR part 51. This action
provides States with an instrumental
test method which can be used in
determining, on a continuous basis,
compliance with stationary source
opacity emission limitations.
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/07/92 57 FR 46114
05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3958
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-AH23
3485. EXPANDED DEFINITIONS FOR
ALTERNATIVE-FUELED VEHICLES
AND ENGINES MEETING LOW-
EMISSION VEHICLE EXHAUST
EMISSION STANDARDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2001; 15 USC
2002; 15 USC 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
after-market conversion entities. This
action will, for vehicles and engines
meeting 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 of the
Executive Order 13031.
Action
Date
FR Cite
07/20/98 63 FR 38767
07/00/99
NPRM
Final Action
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4030
Agency Contact: Clifford Tyree,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, AAVP, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 734 214-4310
Email: tyree.clifford@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH52
3486. 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
7651 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 72; 40 CFR 73
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking would
amend 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 a limited
number of allowances to be 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
Final Action
08/03/98 63 FR 41357
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 221122 Electric
Power Distribution; 221121 Electric
Bulk Power Transmission and Control
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62399
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
Additional Information: SAN No. 4052
Agency Contact: Donna Deneen,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6204J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9089
Fax: 202 565-2141
Email: deneen.donna@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2060-AH60
3487. NESHAP: WOOD FURNITURE
MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS,
AMENDMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, June 18,1998,
Proposed amendments based on
settlement agreements.
Final, Judicial, December 18,1998,
Final amendments based on settlement
agreements.
Abstract: This action will amend the
final Wood Furniture Manufacturing
Operations NESHAP which was
promulgated on December 7,1995 (60
PR 62930). This action will address
litigation issues, as well as propose
resolution to these issues as agreed
with the litigants.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/24/98 63 FR 34336
01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 337122
Nonupholstered Wood Household
Furniture Manufacturing; 337121
Upholstered Household Furniture
Manufacturing; 337127 Institutional
Furniture Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 4126
Agency Contact: Paul Almodsvar,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0283
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: ahnodovar.paul@epa.gov
Trish Koman, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4021
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: koman.trish@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH66
3488. NATIONAL EMISSION
STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS FOR SOURCE
CATEGORY: PULP AND PAPER
PRODUCTION; AMENDMENTS TO THE
PROMULGATED RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.440 to 63.459
(Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to clarify sections of the promulgated
pulp and paper industry maximum
achievable control technology (MACT)
standards where commenters have
indicated that the wording is confusing.
This action will also correct any
typographical errors noted. This action
will contain guidance and amended
rule language.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Correction Notice 10/00/98
Direct Final Rule 10/00/98
Amendment
Final Rule- 10/00/98
Interpretations and
Technical
Amendment
Final Action- 01/00/99
Interpretations and
Technical
Amendment
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4123
Agency Contact: Penny Lassiter,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: lassiter.penny@epa.gov
Stephen Shedd, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
MD-13, Research Triangle Park, NC
27711
Phone: 919 541-5397
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: shedd.steve@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH74
3489. SUPPLEMENTAL RULEMAKING
FOR CERTAIN STATES IN THE
OZONE TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
GROUP REGION FOR PURPOSES OF
REDUCING REGIONAL TRANSPORT
OF OZONE
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 74lO(a)(2)(D);
42 USC 7410(k)(5)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51(G); 40 CFR
51; 40 CFR 52(A); 40 CFR 76; 40 CFR
96
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On October 10,1997, the
Administrator signed a proposed rule
making a finding of significant
contribution and assigning Statewide
NOx emission budgets to 22 States and
the District of Columbia for purposes
of reducing regional transport of ozone.
The Agency has several follow-up items
resulting from discussions with OMB
and management within EPA that need
to be proposed as part of the effort to
reduce transport. This supplemental
proposal includes the rule language for
the NOx emission budgets, a model
cap-and-trade rule, air quality analyses
of the proposed emission budgets,
emissions reporting requirements, a
discussion of the interaction with the
title IV NOx rule, and alternative
approaches to the proposed emission
budgets.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Supplemental NPRM 05/11/98 63 FR 25902
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Sectors Affected: 336111 Automobile
Manufacturing; 336112 Light Truck and
Utility Vehicle Manufacturing; 33612
Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 4076
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
-------
62400 Federal Register./ Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
Email: scavo.kimber@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2060-AH91
3490. ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE NSPS
AMENDMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Not yet determined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The NSPS currently requires
monitoring of the furnace pressure by
installing a pressure sensor in the
furnace or in the duct connected to the
furnace. Maintaining an operating
pressure sensor under these conditions
of extreme temperatures is difficult.
The NSPS will be amended to allow
daily observations of visible emissions
from the shop in conjunction with
monitoring of primary and secondary
emission control system parameters, in
lieu of monitoring internal furnace
pressure. This amendment was
recommended by the iron and steel
common sense initiative.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Direct Final Rule 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4125
Agency Contact: Kevin Cavender,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2364
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: cavender.kevin@epa.gov
Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
RIN: 2060-AH95
3491. NESHAP: OFF-SITE WASTE AND
RECOVERY OPERATIONS; FINAL
RULE—SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT;
AND NESHAP FOR OFF-SITE WASTE
AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS FOR
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS
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 63
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The actions will amend the
Off-site Waste and Recovery Operations
rule that was promulgated on July 1,
1996, based on the settlement
agreement with the Chemical
Manufacturers Association, the
Hazardous Waste Management
Association, and the Environment a
Technology Council. The changes to
the rule will clarify the EPA's intent
and do not increase or lower or
otherwise affect emissions or
environmental protection. Additionally,
the actions will clarify sections of the
promulgated off-site waste and recovery
operations regulation and correct any
typographical errors noted. These
actions will contain guidance and
amended rule language.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Direct Final Rule 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum
Refineries; 325412 Pharmaceutical
Preparation Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 4108
Agency Contact: Elaine Manning,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5499
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: manning.elaine@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH96
3492. ACID RAIN PROGRAM:
PROPOSED REVISION OF TEST
METHOD 1, 2, AND 2F FOR
MEASURING VOLUMETRIC FLOW IN
STACKS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401; 42 USC
7411; 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7416; 42
USC 7429; 42 USC 7601
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 60,
app A "Test Methods 1 and 2"; 40 CFR
75
Legal Deadline:
Other, Statutory, December 31,1998,
Voluntary.
Abstract: EPA Test Methods are
Agency-approved procedures used by
test teams to accurately determine
emissions .om sources; e.g., power
plants. Tiie proposed revisions to Test
Methods 1, 2, and 2F will improve the
accuracy of the determination of
volumetric flow measurements in
utility stacks. These revisions will
affect electric utilities and other sources
covered by EPA's Acid Rain Program
and possibly by other air quality
control regulations; e.g., New Source
Performance Standards, Prevention of
Significant Deterioration, and State
emission limits. Currently, the Test
Methods do not allow yaw or pitch
angles or wall effects to be considered
in calculating volumetric flow. In the
Acid Rain Program and in other
programs requiring reporting of mass
emission rates, e.g., Ibs SO2/hour, not
allowing these parameters in the
calculation of volumetric flow may
cause overreporting of pollutant
emissions in some situations. The Test
Method revisions are also expected to
help reduce such overreporting as well
as the disparity between stack-
measured power plant heat rate and
combustion-calculated heat rate. Heat
rate is important to power plants
because it affects, e.g., electric rates,
and limitations on plant operations in
State permits.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Direct Final Rule
01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4130
Agency Contact: John Schakenbach,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6204J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9158
Elliot Lieberman, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9136
RIN: 2060-AH97
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62401
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
3493. • OPTIONAL CERTIFICATION
STREAMLINING PROCEDURES FOR
LDVS, LOTS, AND HDES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2001; 15 USC
2002; 15 USC 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
after-market conversion entities that
meet Clean-Fuel Vehicle requirements.
Timetable:
conformity rule was promulgated in
November of 1993, in response to
CAAA concerns. Conformity ensures
that transportation planning does not
(a) produce new air quality violations,
(b) worsen existing violations, and (c)
delay timely attainment of the NAAQS.
This rulemaking is the third in a series
of amendments to the original
transportation conformity rule. This
rulemaking will streamline the original
rule to simplify the conformity process
in response to conformity stakeholder
concerns. Flexibility will be added for
rural nonattainment areas. Difficulties
associated with the build/no-build test
and adding transportation projects to
plans will be resolved, and non-Federal
projects will have additional flexibility
through these amendments.
Action
Date FR Cite Timetable:
NPRM 07/20/98 63 FR 38767
Final Action 01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4165
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-AI15
3494. • TRANSPORTATION
CONFORMITY RULE AMENDMENTS:
FLEXIBILITY AND STREAMLINING
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521(a); Clean
Air Act sec 176(c)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 93
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Clean Air Act
Amendments (CAAA) of 1990
recognized that transportation planning
and air quality planning must be
coordinated towards achieving the
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS). The transportation
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/09/96 61 FR 36112
11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3740
This rule was previously listed as RIN
2060-AG16.
Agency Contact: Kathryn Sargeant,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 734 214-4441
RIN: 2060-AI16
3495. AMENDMENTS—INTEGRATED
NESHAP AND EFFLUENT
GUIDELINES: PULP AND PAPER
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
128 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AD03
3496. NESHAP: MINERAL WOOL
PRODUCTION INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/08/97 62 FR 25370
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3461
Agency Contact: Mary Johnson,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5025
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: johnson.mary@epa.gov
Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
RIN: 2060-AE08
3497. NESHAP: OIL AND NATURAL
GAS PRODUCTION AND NATURAL
GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs) known to be emitted from oil
-------
62402 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
and gas production, storage, and
transmission facilities include benzene,
toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylene
isomers (collectively referred to as
BTEX), along with 2,2,4-
trimetiiylpentane and n-hexane.
Potential HAP emission sources are
glycol dehydrator reboilers (stand-alone
and co-located); condensate storage
vessels; and equipment leaks at natural
gas processing plants.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/06/98 63 FR 6288
05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3229
Agency Contact: Greg Nizich,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3078
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: nizich.greg@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE34
3498. 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 15,1997,
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 so
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 that
would ensure that emission standards
may be proposed and promulgated for
this industry.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
12/27/96 61 FR 68430
10/00/98
NPRM
Final Action
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3303
Agency Contact: David Painter,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5515
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: painter.david@epa.gov
Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
RIN: 2060-AE40
3499. 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, 1997.
Abstract: Hydrochloric acid (HC1) and
chlorine are among the pollutants listed
as hazardous air pollutants in section
112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended
in November of 1990. Steel pickling
processes that use HCl solution and
HCl regeneration processes have been
identified by the EPA as potentially
significant sources of HCl and chlorine
air emissions and, as such, a source
category for which national emission
standards may be warranted.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
09/18/97 62 FR 49052
12/00/98
NPRM
Final Action
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3345
Agency Contact: James Maysilles,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-3265
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: maysilles.james@epa.gov
Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Resarch Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
RIN: 2060-AE41
3500. 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, 1997,
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
Abstract: EPA is required to publish
an initial list of all categories of major
and area sources of the hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs) listed in section
112(b) of the CAAA and, to establish
dates for the promulgation of emission
standards for each of the listed
categories of HAP emission sources and
develop emission standards for each
source of HAPs so 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 that would
ensure that emission standards may be
proposed and promulgated for this
industry.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/27/96 61 FR 68430
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3304
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62403
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
Agency Contact: David Painter,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5515
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: painter.david@epa.gov
Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
RIN: 2060-AE44
3501. 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 Clean Air Act.
The industry is comprised of seven
smelters located in four states. All have
extensive control systems for oxides of
sulfur and HAPs. However, fugitive
emissions may cause several smelters
to exceed major source levels.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Rnal Action
04/20/98 63 FR 19582
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3340
Agency Contact: Eugene Grumpier,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0881
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: crumpler.eugene@epa.gov
Al Verveart, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Reseach Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
RIN: 2060-AE46
3502. NESHAP: WOOL FIBERGLASS
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1857 et seq;
44 USC 350 et seq; 4 USC 605; EO
12866
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15,1997.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA), as
amended in 1990, requires the EPA to
(1) publish an initial list of all
categories of major and area sources of
the hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)
listed in Section 112(b) of the CAA, (2)
promulgate a schedule establishing a
date for the promulgation of emissions
standards for each of the listed
categories of HAPs emission sources,
and (3) develop emission standards for
each source of HAPs. These standards
are to be technology-based and are to
require the maximum degree of
emission reduction determined to be
achievable by the Administrator. The
Agency has determined that the wool
fiberglass manufacturing industry may
reasonably be anticipated to emit
several of the 189 HAPs listed in
section 112(b) of the CAA. As a
consequence, a regulatory development
program is being pursued for the wool
fiberglass manufacturing industry to
promulgate emission standards.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/31/97 62 FR 15228
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Sectors Affected: 32742 Gypsum and
Gypsum Product Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 3123
Agency Contact: William Neuffer,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5435
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: neuffer.william@epa.gov
Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
RIN: 2060-AE75
3503. NESHAP: PORTLAND CEMENT
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Other Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
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
Final Action
03/24/98 63 FR 14182
05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Sectors Affected: 32731 Cement
Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 3079
Agency Contact: Joseph Wood,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5446
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: wood.joseph@epa.gov
Jim Crowder, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5596
RIN: 2060-AE78
-------
62404 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA Final Rule Stage
3504. NESHAP: POLYETHER
POLYOLS 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, 1997.
Abstract: Title IH of the CAA requires
development of emission standards for
all major sources emitting any of the
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)
identified in section 112(b) of the CAA.
Polyether Polyol Production is listed as
a category of major sources based on
documented emissions of propylene
oxide and ethylene oxide. This action
will regulate the release of HAPs from
the following process areas located at
polyether polyol manufacturing
facilities: process vents (e.g., reactors),
storage, equipment leaks and other
fugitive sources, and wastewater •
operations.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Correction Notice
Final Action
Date
09/04/97
10/20/97
02/00/99
FR Cite
62 FR 46804
62 FR 54410
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
(tai) Production; 9) Sodium
Pentachlorophenate Production; 10)
Tordon (tm) Acid Production.
On November 10,1997, the EPA
proposed 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 188 listed hazardous
air pollutants was also included. A
variety of HAPs are emitted including,
toluene, methyl chloride, methanol,
chlorinated compounds, etc.
Timetable:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3408
Agency Contact: David Svendsgaard,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2380
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: svendsgaard.david@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE81
3505. NESHAP: PESTICIDE ACTIVE
INGREDIENT PRODUCTION
(PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL
CHEMICALS)
Priority: Other Significant
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
Action
Date
FR Cite
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.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Correction Notice
Final Action
NPRM 11/10/97 62 FR 60565
Final Rule 03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3450
Agency Contact: Lalit Banker,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5420
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: banker.lalit@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE84
3506. NESHAP: FLEXIBLE
POLYURETHANE FOAM PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15,1997.
Abstract: Title HI of the amended
Clean Air Act (CAA) requires
development of emission standards for
all major sources, and selected area
sources, emitting any of the hazardous
air pollutants (HAP) identified in
section 112(b) of the CAA. Flexible
Polyurethane Foam Production is listed
as a category of major sources based
on documented emissions of methylene
12/27/96 61 FR 68406
02/03/97 62 FR 05074
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 32615 Urethane and
Other Foam Product (except
Polystyrene) Manufacturing
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
Email: svendsgaard.david@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE86
3507. NESHAP: PRIMARY LEAD
SMELTERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec li2
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15,1997,
Statutory Section 112 of the CAA.
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.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62405
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/17/98 63 FR 19200
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Sectors Affected: 331419 Primary
Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous
Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)
Additional Information: SAN No. 3467
Agency Contact: Kevin Cavender,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
"Mangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2364
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: cavender.kevin@epa.gov
Al Vervaert, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5602
RIN: 2060-AE97
3508. NESHAP: 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
Shosphogypsum for research and
evelopment 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
NPRM 05/08/96 61 FR 20775
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2547
Agency Contact: Martin Offutt,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6602J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9766
RIN: 2060-AF04
3509. NESHAP: AEROSPACE
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS
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 September of 1995.
Afterwards, EPA discovered a few
problems with the rule and needed to
publish the Control Techniques
Guideline (CTG) for this industry. This
final rule (63 FR 15006) corrected these
problems and announced the final CTG.
An additional set of amendments was
proposed (63 FR 15034) at the same
time, which addressed issues with
General Aviation.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
10/29/96 61 FR 55842
03/27/98 63 FR 15034
03/27/98 63 FR 15006
NPRM
NPRM Technical
Correction
Final Action Control
Techniques
Guideline (CTG)
Final Action Technical 10/00/98
Correction
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 336411 Aircraft
Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 3836
Agency Contact: Barbara Driscoll,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-0164
Fax: 919 541-0942
RIN: 2060-AG65
3510. • NESHAP: OIL AND NATURAL
GAS PRODUCTION AND NESHAP:
NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION AND
STORAGE , AMENDMENTS TO
PROPOSED RULE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 15, 1997.
Abstract: Hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs) known to be emitted from oil
and gas production, storage, and
transmission facilities include benzene,
toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylene
isomers (collectively referred to as
BTEX), along with 2,2,4-
trimethylpentane and n-hexane.
Potential HAP emission sources are
glycol dehydrator reboilers (stand-alone
and co-located); condensate storage
vessels; and equipment leaks at natural
gas processing plants.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/02/98 63 FR 6288
05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 4162
Agency Contact: Stephen Shedd,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5397
Email: shedd.steve@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AI13
3511. 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 give EPA the authority to
issue on-the-spot field citations for
minor violations of the Clean Air Act,
with penalties of up to $5,000 per day
of violation. Section 113(d) of the Act
requires the field citation program to
be implemented through regulations
which provide the informal hearing
procedures. These hearing procedures
are not required to be as rigorous as
those imposed by the Administrative
Procedures Act (APA), but nevertheless
must provide due process. Agency
guidance providing appropriate
penalties for specific minor violations
will be prepared for EPA employees
and made available to the regulated
community. Training on the issuance
of field citations will also be
developed.
-------
62406 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA— CAA
Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/03/94 59 FR 22776
Final Action 03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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: 202 564-8661
RIN: 2020-AA32
3512. STANDARDS FOR
REFORMULATED AND
CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE,
INDIVIDUAL BASELINE FUEL
ADJUSTMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414 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
antidumping 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; and (3)
having extremely low baseline values
for sulfur and olefins. Refiners must
meet specific criteria in order to order
to qualify for one or more of these
adjustments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
08/04/95 60 FR 40009
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3604
Agency Contact: Christine Brunner,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 734 214-4287
RIN: 2060-AG80
3513. TRANSPORTATION
CONFORMITY RULE AMENDMENT
AND SOLICITATION FOR
PARTICIPATION IN THE 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
Final Action
07/09/96 61 FR 35994
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3610
Agency Contact: Meg Patulski,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 734 214-4842
Fax: 734 214-4531
Email: patulski.meg@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG79
3514. NATIONAL VOC EMISSION
STANDARDS FOR AUTOMOBILE
REFINISH COATINGS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 sec 183 (e)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, August 15,1998.
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
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62407
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
topcoats, each consisting of several
different types. The proposed rule
divides automobile refinish coatings
into 6 categories, and contains VOC
content limits for each category.
Automobile refinish coatings are used
by body shops and by do-it-yourselfers.
However, the proposed rule does not
directly affect these small businesses.
Rather, the rule would apply to coating
manufacturers and importers, and
would limit the VOC content of
coatings that are produced for sale in
the United States.
Timetable;
Action Date FR Cite ..
NPRM 04/30/96 61 FR 19005
Supplemental NPRM 12/30/97 62 FR 67784
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles 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
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: morris.mark@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE35
3515. VOC REGULATION FOR
ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
129 in Part n of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AE55
3516. NATIONAL VOC EMISSION
STANDARDS FOR CONSUMER
PRODUCTS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
130 in Part E of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AF62
3517. 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: None
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
substantially 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.
Data recently gathered for the
development of National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for these industries will be
used to maximize resources and avoid
duplication of data gathering efforts.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
08/22/97 62 FR 44672
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3828
Agency Contact: Daniel Brown,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5305
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: brown.dan@epa.gov
Trish Koman, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4021
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: koman.trish@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG59
3518. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF
AIR POLLUTION FROM HIGHWAY
HEAVY-DUTY ENGINES AND DIESEL
ENGINES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
131 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AF76
3519. IMPORTATION OF
NONCONFORMING VEHICLES;
AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7522 Clean
Air Act sec 203; 42 USC 7525 Clean
Air Act sec 206; 42 USC 7541 Clean
Air Act sec 207; 42 USC 7542 Clean
Air Act sec 208; 42 USC 7601 Clean
Air Act sec 301; 42 USC 7550 Clean
Air Act sec 216
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 85
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend the
regulations in 40 CFR part 85, subpart
P to allow entry into the U.S. of
vehicles which are originally sold in
Canada and which are identical to their
U.S. counterparts, without obtaining a
certificate of conformity from EPA. This
action is in response to a petition for
review of import rules. The final rule
also will address certain other issues
in part 85, subpart P and subpart R,
including: 1) formalizing a longstanding
EPA policy regarding die importation
of owned vehicles that are proven to
be identical to a vehicle certified for
sale in the U.S., 2) establishing new
emission standards applicable to
imported nonconforming vehicles, 3)
clarifying the regulatory language that
concerns exclusions and exemptions
from meeting Federal emission
requirements, and 4) providing several
minor clarifications to the existing
regulations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/24/94 59 FR 13912
Supplemental NPRM 02/12/96 61 FR 5840
Final Action 11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2665
Agency Contact: Len Lazarus,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
-------
62408 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
and Radiation, 6405J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9281
BIN: 2060-AI03
3520. REVISION TO THE COVERED
AREAS PROVISION FOR
REFORMULATED GASOLINE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
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).
The RFG regulations also include a
provision which allows a State, upon
petition by the Governor, to have other
areas designated as nonattainment for
ozone included as covered areas under
the Federal RFG program (the opt-in
provision).
This action will expand the opt-in
provision to include areas that formerly
were in nonattainment for ozone as
well as areas presently in
nonattainment for ozone. This action
will give States the flexibility to use
the RFG program in their maintenance
plans and as contingency measures for
those areas that have been redesignated
to attainment status but are in need of
ozone controls to maintain that status.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Phone: 202 564-9674
RIN: 2060-AG77
NPRM 03/26/97 62 FR 25074
Final Rule 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 3843
Agency Contact: Karen Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC
20460
3521. APPLICABILITY OF ON-
HIGHWAY HEAVY-DUTY CERTIFIED
ENGINES FOR USE IN NONROAD
HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES AND
EQUIPMENT; 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: 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 on specialty
vehicles and equipment that have
historically elected to use cleaner on-
highway heavy-duty engines.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3842
Agency Contact: John Guy, •
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6403J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9276
RIN: 2060-AG78
3522. NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION
ENGINES AT OR BELOW 19
KILOWATTS (25 HORSEPOWER)
(PHASE 2)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
132 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2060-AE29
3523. 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:
Final, Judicial, September 3,1998,
Deadlines may be revised.
Abstract: The current NSPS for electric
utility and nonutility steam generating
units were promulgated in 1979 and
1986, respectively. A major feature of
the NSPS is NOx control through the
use of low NOx burners or 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
emissions. The proposed revisions are
based on the performance of selective
catalytic reduction(SCR).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/09/97 62 FR 36948
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 221112 Fossil Fuel
Electric Power Generation
Additional Information: SAN No. 3352
Agency Contact: James Eddinger,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5426
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: eddinger.jim@epa.gov
Doug Bell, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5568
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: bell.doug@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE56
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62409
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
3524. 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
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82(F)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will amend the
recordkeeping aspects of the technician
certification program, clarify aspects of
a sales restriction, and adopt an
updated version of ARI standard 740.
The rule will also clarify the distinction
between major and non-major repairs
and amend several definitions
including small appliances. The rule
also addresses the transfers of
unreclaimed refrigerant between
majority-owned and majority-controlled
subsidiaries.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM1
NPRM
Final Action
02/29/96 61 FR 7858
11/01/96 61 FR 56493
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3556
Additional SANs 3895, 3896
This rule will be a reproposal. This rule
will address a potential adoption of a
more flexible method for cleaning
refrigerants for refrigerant transferred
between appliances with different
ownership with a potential adoption of
a 3rd party certification program for
labs.
Agency Contact: Michael Forlini,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9475
Fax: 202 564-9665
RIN: 2060-AF36
3525. REFRIGERANT RECYCLING
RULE AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE
SUBSTITUTE REFRIGERANTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 101-54; 42 USC
7671(g) Clean Air Act sec 608; 42 USC
7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82(F)
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 venting prohibition.
Requirements would parallel those of
the current section 608 regulations,
expanding applicability, where
appropriate, to substitute refrigerants.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/11/98 63 FR 32044
04/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3560
Agency Contact: Deborah Ottinger,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9149
Fax: 202 565-2093
RIN: 2060-AF37
3526. UPDATE OF THE SUBSTITUTES
LIST UNDER THE SIGNIFICANT NEW
ALTERNATIVES POLICY (SNAP)
PROGRAM
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC
7601; 42 USC 7671k Clean Air Act sec
612
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 9; 40 CFR 82
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 612 of the Clean Air
Act requires EPA to identify
alternatives to Class I and II ozone
depleting substances and to publish
lists of acceptable and unacceptable
substitutes. Producers of substitutes
must notify EPA at least 90 days before
alternatives are introduced into
interstate commerce. Unlike acceptable
alternatives (see Notices), substitutes
which are deemed by EPA to be
unacceptable or acceptable subject to
use restrictions must go through notice
and comment rulemaking. Substitute
lists are updated intermittently
depending on the volume of
notifications.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Rule
Notice 1
NPRM1
Notice 2
Final Rule
Notice 3
NPRM 2
Notice 4
Final Rule
NPRM 3
Notices
Final Rule
Notice 6
NPRM 4
Notice 7
NPRM
Notices
Notice 9
Final Rule
01/16/92
05/12/93
03/18/94
08/26/94
09/26/94
01/13/95
06/13/95
07/28/95
10/02/95
02/08/96
05/22/96
05/22/96
09/05/96
10/16/96
03/10/97
05/21/97
06/03/97
02/03/98
02/24/98
05/22/98
10/00/98
57 FR 1984
58 FR 28094
59 FR 13044
59 FR 44240
59 FR 491 08
60 FR 331 8
60 FR 31 092
60 FR 38729
60 FR 51 383
61 FR 4736
61 FR 25585
61 FR 25604
61 FR 4701 2
61 FR 54030
62 FR 10700
62 FR 27874
62 FR 30275
63 FR 5491
63 FR 91 51
63 FR 28251
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3525
(Generic SAN)
Agency Contact: Melissa Payne,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9738
Fax: 202 565-2096
RIN: 2060-AG12
3527. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO
HAZARDOUS WASTE TSDF &
HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATORS:
ORGANIC AIR EMISSION STANDARDS
FOR TANKS, SURFACE
IMPOUNDMENTS & 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;
40 CFR 270
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These standards were
promulgated on December 6, 1994, and
were effective on December 6,1996.
-------
62410 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Final Rule Stage
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 amended the final
rule on 11/25/96 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 semiannual rather
than annual. An additional amendment
was promulgated 12/8/97 to clarify the
intent and effect of a few amendment
provisions which were not clear in the
11/25/96 amendment notice. EPA had
been considering an additional
amendment to show facilities to vent
emissions from tank enclosures to non-
combustion devices. After reviewing
relevant information, EPA has decided
to not add such a provision. EPA will
publish an amendment to correct minor
wording errors, in the early fall of 1998.
Timetable:
Action
Data
FR Cite
NPRM
Technical
Amendments
Final
Technical
Amendments
Technical Amendment 10/00/98
08/14/95 60 FR 41870
02/09/96 61 FR 4903
11/25/96 61 FR 59931
12/08/97 62 FR 64636
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3792
Agency Contact: Michele Aston,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2363
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: aston.michele@epa.gov
Susan Wyatt, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-13,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: wyatt.susan@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG44
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Long-Term Actions
3528. NESHAP: CARBON BLACK
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John Schaefer
Phone: 919 541-0296
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: schaefer.john@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH68
3529. ALUMINA PROCESSING
NESHAP
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Agency Contact: Juan Santiago
Phone: 919 541-1084
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: santiago.juan@epa.gov
Jim Crowder
Phone: 919 541-5596
FR Cite R|N: 2060-AH70
NPRM 05/00/01
Final Action 05/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
3530. • CONTROL OF EMISSIONS
FROM NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION
ENGINES RATED OVER 19 KW
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 767lq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 94
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, September 30, 2000.
Final, Judicial, December 31, 2001.
Abstract: Emissions from large spark-
ignition engines are currently
unregulated. EPA and GARB are
cooperating in an effort to set emission
standards for these engines to
substantially reduce their contribution
to the emission inventory.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/99
12/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 333924 Industrial
Truck, Tractor, Trailer and Stacker
Machinery Manufacturing; 42183
Industrial Machinery and Equipment
Wholesalers; 335312 Motor and
Generator Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 4154
Agency Contact: Alan Stout,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, EPCD, Ann Arbor, MI
48105
Phone: 734 214-4805
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: stout.alan@epamail.epa.gov
Don Kopinski, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
EPCD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4229
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email:
kopinski.donald@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AIll
3531. NESHAP: CYANIDE CHEMICAL
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62411
EPA—CAA
Long-Term Actions
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Keith Barnett
Phone: 919 541-5605
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: barnett.keith@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE45
3532. NESHAP: INTEGRATED IRON
AND STEEL
Priority: Economically Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine
Phone: 919 541-5289
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: mukine.phil@epa.gov
Al Vervaert
Phone: 919 541-5602
RIN: 2060-AE48
3533. AMENDMENTS TO METHOD 24
(WATER-BASED COATINGS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
10/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Candace Sorrell
Phone: 919 541-1064
RIN: 2060-AF72
3534. NESHAP: PLYWOOD AND
PARTICLEBOARD MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Penny Lassiter
Phone: 919 541-5396
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: lassiter.penny@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG52
3535. REVISED PERMIT REVISION
PROCEDURES FOR THE FEDERAL
OPERATING PERMITS PROGRAM
Priority: Other Significant
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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 71.1
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/00/00
Final Action 09/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Scott Voorhees
Phone: 919 541-5348
Fax: 919 541-5509
RIN: 2060-AG92
3536. NESHAP: MISCELLANEOUS
CELLULOSE PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: William Schrock
Phone: 919 541-5032
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: schrock.williani@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AHll
3537. NESHAP: MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE LANDFILLS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Agency Contact: Michele Laur
Phone: 919 541-2421
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: laur.michele@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH13
3538. RULEMAKING TO MODIFY THE
LIST OF SOURCE CATEGORIES
FROM WHICH FUGITIVE EMISSIONS
ARE CONSIDERED IN MAJOR
SOURCE DETERMINATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 52;
40 CFR 70; 40 CFR 71
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/00/00
02/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Steve Hitte
Phone: 919 541-0886
Fax: 919 541-5509
RIN: 2060-AH58
3539. NESHAP: FUMED SILICA
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
-------
62412 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Long-Term Actions
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
05/00/01
05/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jeff Telander
Phone: 919 541-5427
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: telander.jeff@epa.gov
Jim Crowder
Phone: 919 541-5596
RIN: 2060-AH72
3540. NESHAP: TACONITE IRON ORE
PROCESSING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/00
Final Rule 03/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Conrad Chin
Phone: 919 541-1512
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: chin.conrad@epa.gov
Al Vervaert
Phone: 919 541-5602
RIN: 2060-AH73
3541. NATIONAL EMISSION
STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS FOR THE
HYDROCHLORIC ACID PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/00/01
05/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Joseph Wood
Phone: 919 541-5446
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: wood.joe@epamail.epa.gov
Jim Crowder
Phone: 919 541-5596
RIN: 2060-AH75
3542. NESHAP: AMMONIUM
SULPHATE PRODUCTION
(CAPROLACTAM BY-PRODUCT)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
05/00/01
05/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Jeff Telander
Phone: 919 541-5427
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: telander.jeff@epa.gov
Jim Crowder
Phone: 919 541-5596
RIN: 2060-AH77
3543. NESHAP: ASPHALT/COAL TAR
APPLICATION ON METAL PIPES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/00/01
05/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Bill Neuffer
Phone: 919 541-5435
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: neuffer.bill@epamail.epa.gov
Jim Crowder
Phone: 919 541-5596
RIN: 2060-AH78
3544. NESHAP: CLAY PRODUCTS
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/00
12/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Bill Neuffer
Phone: 919 541-5435
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: neuffer.bill@epamail.epa.gov
Jim Crowder
Phone: 919 541-5596
RIN: 2060-AH79
3545. NESHAP: HYDROGEN
CHLORIDE PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/00
Final Rule 11/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Kenneth Durkee
Phone: 919 541-5425
Joseph Wood
Phone: 919 541-5446
RIN: 2060-AH80
3546. NESHAP: POLYVINYL
CHLORIDE PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Warren Johnsonjr.
Phone: 919 541-5124
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: johnson.warren@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH82
3547. NESHAP: URANIUM
HEXAFLUORIDE PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
FR Cite Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
05/00/01
05/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62413
EPA—CAA
Long-Term Actions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: David Painter
Phone: 919 541-5515
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: painter.david@epa.gov
Jim Crowder
Phone: 919 541-5596
BIN: 2060-AH83
3548. NESHAP/NSPS:
RECIPROCATING INTERNAL
COMBUSTION ENGINE
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Agency Contact: Amanda Agnew
Phone: 919 541-5268
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: agnew.amanda@epa.gov
Doug Bell
Phone: 919 541-5568
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: bell.doug@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG63
3549. NESHAP/NSPS: COMBUSTION
TURBINE
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
CFR Citation: 44 CFR 60
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Sims Roy
Phone: 919 541-5263
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: roy.sims@epa.gov
Doug Bell
Phone: 919 541-5568
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: bell.doug@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG67
3550. NESHAP: IRON FOUNDRIES
AND STEEL FOUNDRIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: James Maysilles
Phone: 919 541-3265
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: maysilles.james@epa.gov
Al Vervaert
Phone: 919 541-5602
RIN: 2060-AE43
3551. NESHAP: REINFORCED
PLASTIC COMPOSITES PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Madeleine Strum
Phone: 919 541-2383
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: strum.madeleine@epa.gov
Trish Koman
Phone: 919 541-4120
Fax: 919 541-4689
Email: koman.trish@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE79
3552. NESHAP: MISCELLANEOUS
ORGANIC CHEMICAL PRODUCTION
AND PROCESSES
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Randy McDonald
Phone: 919 541-5402
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: mcdonald.randy@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE82
3553. NESHAP: CHLORINE
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Final 11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Iliam Rosario
Phone: 919 541-5308
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: rosario.illiam@epa.gov
Al Vervaert
Phone: 919 541-5602
RIN: 2060-AE85
3554. NESHAP: PAINT STRIPPING
OPERATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Steve Fruh
Phone: 919 541-2837
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: rruh.steve@epa.gov
Carolyn Wigington
Phone: 919 541-5376
Fax: 919 541-0072
Email: wigington.carolyn@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG26
-------
62414 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA CAA Long-Term Actions
3555. NESHAP: BOAT
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/99
12/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Madeleine Strum
Phone: 919 541-2383
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: strum.madeleine@epa.gov
Trish Koman
Phone: 919 541-4120
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: koman.trish@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG27
3556. NESHAP: TIRE
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Tony Wayne
Phone: 919 541-5439
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: wayne.tony@epa.gov
Susan Wyatt
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: wyatt.susan@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG29
3557. PETROLEUM SOLVENT DRY
CLEANERS MAXIMUM ACHIEVABLE
CONTROL TECHNOLOGY (MACT)
STANDARD
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: James Szykman
Phone: 919 541-2452
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: szykman.jim@epa.gov
Susan Wyatt
Phone: 919 541-5674
Fax: 919 541-0942
Email: wyatt.susan@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG34
3558. LARGE APPLIANCE (SURFACE
COATING) NESHAP/VOC
REDUCTIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 59
Timetable:
Agency Contact: Juan Santiago
Phone: 919 541-1084
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: santiago.juan@epa.gov
Jim Crowder
Phone: 919 541-5596
RIN: 2060-AG66
3560. NESHAP: REFRACTORIES
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Action
Date
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal
Agency Contact: Mohamed Serageldin
Phone: 919 541-2379
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email:
serageldin.mohamed@epamail.epa.gov
Trish Koman
Phone: 919 541-4120
RIN: 2060-AG54
3559. NESHAP: ASPHALT ROOFING
AND PROCESSING
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/00
12/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Susan Zapata
Phone: 919 541-5167
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: zapata.susan@epa.gov
Jim Crowder
Phone: 919 541-5596
FR Cite RIN: 2060-AG68
3561. NESHAP: INDUSTRIAL,
COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL
BOILERS AND PROCESS HEATERS
Priority: Economically Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
11/00/99
11/00/00
NPRM 10/00/99
Interim Final Rule 10/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: James Eddinger
Phone: 919 541-5426
Fax: 919 541-5450
Doug Bell
Phone: 919 541-5568
RIN: 2060-AG69
3562. INDUSTRIAL COMBUSTION
COORDINATED RULEMAKING - ICCR
PROJECT
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62415
EPA—CAA
Long-Term Actions
Timetable:
Action
Data FR Cite
NPRM
Rnal
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Fred Porter
Phone: 919 541-5251
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: porter.fred@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG84
3563. NESHAP: FRICTION PRODUCTS
MANUFACTURING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/00
12/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Susan Zapata
Phone: 919 541-5167
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: zapata.susan@epa.gov
Jim Crowder
Phone: 919 541-5596
RIN: 2060-AG87
3564. NESHAP: METAL CAN
(SURFACE COATING) INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Gail Lacy
Phone: 919 541-5261
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: lacy.gail@epamail.epa.gov
Trish Koman
Phone: 919 541-4120
RIN: 2060-AG96
3565. NESHAP: METAL COIL
(SURFACE COATING) INDUSTRY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Gail Lacy
Phone: 919 541-5261
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: lacy.gail@epamail.epa.gov
Trish Koman
Phone: 919 541-4120
RIN: 2060-AG97
3566. NESHAP: FABRIC PRINTING,
COATING AND DYEING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Paul Almodsvar
Phone: 919 541-0283
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email:
ahnodovar.paul@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG98
3567. AUTOMOBILE AND LIGHT-DUTY
TRUCK MANUFACTURING (SURFACE
COATING) NESHAP/VOC
REDUCTIONS
Priority: Economically Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 59
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Dave Salman
Phone: 919 541-0859
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: sahnan.dave@epamail.epa.gov
Trish Koman
Phone: 919 541-4120
RIN: 2060-AG99
3568. OFFSET LITHOGRAPHIC
PRINTING NATIONAL VOC RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/00/00
03/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Daniel Brown
Phone: 919 541-5305
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: brown.dan@epa.gov
Trish Koman
Phone: 919 541-4021
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: koman.trish@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AHOO
3569. NESHAP: PRIMARY
MAGNESIUM REFINING
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Iliam Rosario
Phone: 919 541-5308
Fax: 919 541-5600
Email: rosario.iliam@epa.gov
Al Vervaert
Phone: 919 541-5602
RIN: 2060-AH03
3570. NESHAP: SITE REMEDIATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
-------
62416 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Long-Term Actions
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
01/00/00
03/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Bob Lucas
Phone: 919 541-0884
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: lucas.bob@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH12
3571. NESHAP: SPANDEX
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Mary Kissell
Phone: 919 541-4516
Fax: 919 541-0246
K.C. Hustvedt
Phone: 919 541-5395
RIN: 2060-AH14
3572. NESHAP: LEATHER TANNING
AND FINISHING OPERATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: William Schrock
Phone: 919 541-5032
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: schrock.william@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH17
3573. NESHAP: MANUFACTURE OF
CARBON BLACK
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/00/99
Final Action 11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: John Schaefer
Phone: 919 541-0296
Fax: 919 541-3470
RIN: 2060-AH19
3574. NESHAP: VEGETABLE OIL
PRODUCTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: James Durham
Phone: 919 541-5672
Fax: 919 541-0246
K.C. Hustvedt
Phone: 919 541-5395
RIN: 2060-AH22
3575. NESHAP: ROCKET ENGINE
TEST FIRING/ENGINE TEST
FACILITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: George F. Smith
Phone: 919 541-1549
Fax: 919 541-5450
Doug Bell
Phone: 919 541-5568
RIN: 2060-AH35
3576. NESHAP: ORGANIC LIQUID
DISTRIBUTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/00/00
05/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Stephen Shedd
Phone: 919 541-5397
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: shedd.steve@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH41
3577. NSPS: NEW SOURCE
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND
EMISSION GUIDELINES FOR
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL
WASTE INCINERATORS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
ANPRM Comment
Period End
NPRM
Final Action
12/28/94 59 FR 66850
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Richard Grume
Phone: 919 541-5294
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: crume.richard@epa.gov
Doug Bell
Phone: 919 541-5568
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: bell.doug@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AF91
3578. NSPS: NEW SOURCE
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND
EMISSION GUIDELINES FOR OTHER
SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62417
EPA—CAA
Long-Term Actions
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Date FR Cite
12/28/94 59 FR 66850
1 1/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: Richard Grume
Phone: 919 541-5294
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: crume.richard@epa.gov
Doug Bell
Phone: 918 541-5568
Fax: 919 541-5450
Email: hell doug@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG31
3579. 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR sec 51.166; 40
CFR sec 52.21
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Rule
Date
05/16/97
10/00/99
10/00/00
FR Cite
62 FR 271 58
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: David LaRoche
Phone: 202 260-7652
Fax: 202 260-8509
Email: laroche.david@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH01
3580. METAL FURNITURE (SURFACE
COATINGS) NESHAP/VOC
REDUCTIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 59
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal
Agency Contact: Mohamed Serageldin
Phone: 919 541-2379
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email:
serageldin.mohamed@epamail.epa.gov
Trish Koman
Phone: 919 541-4120
RIN: 2060-AG55
3581. NESHAP/VOC REDUCTIONS
MISCELLANEOUS METAL PARTS AND
PRODUCTS (SURFACE COATING)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 59
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
03/00/00
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Bruce Moore
Phone: 919 541-5460
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: moore.bruce@epa.gov
Trish Koman
Phone: 919 541-4021
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: koman.trish@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG56
3582. PLASTIC PARTS (SURFACE
COATING) NESHAP/VOC
REDUCTIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59; 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/00
Final Action 11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Ellen Ducey
Phone: 919 541-5408
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: ducey.ellen@epa.gov
Trish Koman
Phone: 919 541-4021
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: koman.trish@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG57
3583. PAPER AND OTHER WEB
COATING REDUCTIONS NESHAP/
VOC RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 59
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Daniel Brown
Phone: 919 541-5305
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: brown.dan@epa.gov
Trish Koman
Phone: 919 541-4120
RIN: 2060-AG58
3584. WOOD BUILDING PRODUCTS
(SURFACE COATING) NESHAP/VOC
REDUCTIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Paul Almodovar
Phone: 919 541-0283
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: ahnodovar.paul@epa.gov
Trish Koman
Phone: 919 541-4021
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: koman.trish@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH02
-------
62418 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA CAA Long-Term Actions
3585. LOCATION OF SELECTIVE
ENFORCEMENT AUDITS OF FOREIGN
MANUFACTURED VEHICLES AND
ENGINES; AMENDMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86G (Revision);
40 CFR 86K (Revision)
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
12/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Richard Gezelle
Phone: 202 564-9267
RIN: 2060-AD90
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Completed Actions
3586. CLEAN FUEL FLEET PROGRAM;
RULE AMENDMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 88
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final 04/23/98 63 FR 20103
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sally Newstead
Phone: 734 214-4474
Email: newstead.sally@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH56
3587. • PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: HALON
RECYCLING AND RECOVERY
EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 40 CFR 82
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, The settlement
agreement requires signature by
7/31/98.
Abstract: This action regards a
potential need to, in the interest of
reducing unnecessary emissions of
halons (a group of Class I ozone
depleting substances), require the
certification of halon recycling and
recovery equipment and allowing halon
removal only through the use of
certified equipment. This proposed
action is in response to a lawsuit filed
by the Sierra Club. In a consent decree
between EPA and the Sierra Club
(notice of which was published on
September 17, 1996, in the Federal
Register at 61 FR 48950) the Agency
agreed to, among other things, by May
29, 1998 either (1) issue a proposed
rule requiring the certification of
recycling and recovery equipment for
halons and allowing the removal of
halons only through use of certified
equipment; or (2) issue a direct final
determination that no such rule is
either necessary or appropriate under
section 608(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act.
If EPA issues a proposed rule under
(1) or receives adverse comment on the
direct final determination under (2), the
Administrator shall take final action no
later than January 29, 1999.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
08/11/98 63 FR 42791
08/11/98 63 FR 42728
Proposed
Determination
Direct Final
Determination
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4140
Agency Contact: Lisa Chang,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9742
Fax: 202 565-2096
Email: chang.lisa@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AI07
3588. • INDUSTRIAL PROCESS
COOLING TOWER NESHAP
AMENDMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 (Revision)
Legal Deadline:
Other, Statutory, June 13,1998,
Settlement Agreement.
Abstract: As the result of a settlement
agreement with Libbey-Owens-Ford
Company, the Industrial Process
Cooling Tower NESHAP is being
amended to allow facilities to maintain
records indicating chromium-based
water treatment chemicals are no longer
used as an alternative means of
demonstrating compliance.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Rule 07/23/98 63 FR 39517
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal
Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum
Refineries
Additional Information: SAN No. 4151
Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5289
RIN: 2060-AI10
3589. FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN FOR A FIFTEEN PERCENT
REDUCTION IN VOLATILE ORGANIC
COMPOUNDS IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52
Completed: •.
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - D.C. has 08/24/98
issued final rules.
Therefore no F1P is
required
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Sally Brooks
Phone: 215 814-2056
RIN: 2060-AH51
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62419
EPA—CAA
Completed Actions
3590. LOCOMOTIVE EMISSION
STANDARDS
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 92
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
04/16/98 63 FR 18977 Reason
Final Rule
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Charles Moulis
Phone: 734 214-4826
RIN: 2060-AD33
3591. REVISION OF ERA'S
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY
RESPONSE PLAN
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - The 08/25/98
Agency plans no
further regulatory
action.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Craig Conklin
Phone: 202 564-9222
RIN: 2060-AF85
3592. AMENDMENT OF ENHANCED
INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51(s)
Completed:
3593. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
RECONSIDERATION OF PETITION
CRITERIA AND INCORPORATION OF
MONTREAL PROTOCOL DECISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Completed:
Date
FR Cite
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Rule 02/10/98 63 FR 6645
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Eugene Tiemey
Phone: 734 214-4456
RIN: 2060-AG07
Direct Final Rule 08/04/98 63 FR 41625
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Tom Land
Phone: 202 564-9185
Fax: 202 565-2093
Email: land.tom@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG48
3594. ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION
PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR
SCRAP METAL FROM NUCLEAR
FACILITIES
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-The 08/25/98
Agency plans no
further action on this
rule.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: John Karhnak
Phone: 202 564-9280
Fax: 202 565-2042
Email: karhnak.john@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG51
3595. WASTE ISOLATION PILOT
PLANT (WIPP) COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATION RULEMAKING
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 194
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 05/18/98 63 FR 27353
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Mary Kruger
Phone: 202 564-9310
RIN: 2060-AG85
3596. TIER II (PHASE II) STUDY TO
ASSESS FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN
LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLES AND LIGHT-
DUTY TRUCKS TAILPIPE EMISSION
STANDARDS
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - Merged 10/20/98
Into RIN 2060-AI23,
SAN No. 4211.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Karl Simon
Phone: 202 260-3623
Fax: 202 260-6011
RIN: 2060-AH04
3597. EMISSION REGULATIONS FOR
1978 AND LATER NEW
MOTORCYCLES—PROPOSED
CHANGES TO THE DEFINITION OF
WEIGHT LIMITATIONS FOR
MOTORCYCLES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 03/11/98 63 FR 11847
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Linda Hormes
Phone: 734 214-4502
Fax: 313 741-7869
Email: lamitola.frank@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH06
3598. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: CONTROL
OF METHYL BROMIDE EMISSIONS
THROUGH USE OF TARPS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
-------
62420 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA Completed Actions
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final 02/05/98 63 FR 6008
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Carol Weisner
Phone: 202 564-9193
Fax: 202 565-2096
Email: weisner.carol@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH26
3599. REVISION OF DEFINITION OF
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -
EXCLUSION OF METHYL ACETATE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.100(s)
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
04/09/98 63 FR 17331
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: William L. Johnson
Phone: 919 541-5245
Fax: 919 541-0824
Email:
johnson.william@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH27
3600. REVISIONS TO SERVICE
INFORMATION AVAILABILITY
REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 9; 40 CFR 86
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
3601. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS:
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS FOR NON-
ROAD COMPRESSION IGNITION
ENGINES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 89
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Merged With RIN 08/20/98
2060-AF76, SAN
3645
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Gregory Orehowsky
Phone: 202 233-9292
Fax: 202 233-9596
RIN: 2060-AH33
3602. REVISIONS FOR OPTING INTO
THE ACID RAIN PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 74.4
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Agency Contact: Lisa Chang
Phone: 202 564-9742
Fax: 202 565-2096
Email: chang.lisa@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH44
3604. URBAN BUS
RETROFIT/REBUILD PROGRAM
REGULATIONS AMENDMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 85 (O)
Completed:
Withdrawn-The 08/04/98
Agency plans no
further action.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Cheryl Adelman
Phone: 313 668-4434
Fax: 313 741-7869
RIN: 2060-AH28
Final Action 04/16/98 63 FR 18837
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Kathy Barylski
Phone: 202 564-9074
Fax: 202 564-2139
Email: barylski.kathy@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH36
3603. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
MANUFACTURE OF HALON BLENDS,
INTENTIONAL RELEASE OF HALONS,
TECHNICIAN TRAINING AND
DISPOSAL OF HALON AND HALON-
CONTAINING EQUIPMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Reason
Final Action 03/05/98 63 FR 11084
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 03/26/98 63 FR 14626
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Tom Strieker
Phone: 202 564-9322
RIN: 2060-AH45
3605. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF
AIR POLLUTION FROM NEW MARINE
DIESEL ENGINES AT OR ABOVE 37
KILOWATTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 89
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Merged With RIN 08/11 /98
2060-AF76
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Alan Stout
Phone: 313 741-7805
Fax: 313 741-7816
Paul Machiele
Phone: 313 668-4264
RIN: 2060-AH50
3606. PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE:
INTERPRETATION OF METHYL
BROMIDE LABELING REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Notice of Clarification 05/15/98 63 FR 26983
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
-------
EPA—CAA
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62421
Completed Actions
Small Entitles Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Carol Weisner
Phone: 202 564-9193
Fax: 202 564-2096
Email: weisner.carol@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH54
3607. TRANSPORTATION
CONFORMITY FOR TRANSITIONAL
OZONE AREAS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 93
Completed;
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-The 08/04/98
Agency plans no
further action.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Kathryn Sargeant
Phone: 313 668-4441
Fax: 313 668-4531
Email:
sargeant.kathryn@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH59
3608. INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE
(I/M) PROGRAM REQUIREMENT - ON-
BOARD DIAGNOSTIC CHECKS;
AMENDMENT TO THE FINAL RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 85
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Rule 04/27/98 63 FR 24429
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Buddy Polovick
Phone: 734 214-3928
Email:
polovick.buddy@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH62
3609. ALTERNATIVE FLARE
SPECIFICATIONS FOR HYDROGEN
FUELED FLARES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60.18 (Revision);
40 CFR 63.11 (Revision
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Rule 05/04/98 63 FR 24436
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Robert Rosensteel
Phone: 919 541-5608
RIN: 2060-AH94
3610. NESHAP: PETROLEUM
REFINERIES - AMENDMENTS TO
FINAL 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.640; 40 CFR
63.641; 40 CFR 63.644; 40 CFR 63.645;
40 CFR 63.648; 40 CFR 63.654
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Rule 06/09/98 63 FR 31358
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: James Durham
Phone: 919 541-5672
Fax: 919 541-0246
Email: durham.jim@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AIOO
3611. • LEAD PHASEDOWN (SECTION
610 REVIEW)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In 1996, as part of a program
to reduce regulatory burden, EPA
promulgated a final rule to reduce the
recordkeeping and reporting burden of
the Lead Phasedown rule (61 FR 3872,
2/2/96). Subsequently, in the April 25,
1997 issue of the Regulatory Agenda
(62 FR 22297), EPA announced the
review of this rule under Section 610
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and
solicited public comment on whether
additional changes to that rule would
further reduce impacts on small entities
while still accomplishing the objectives
of the statute authorizing the rule. No
public comments were received, and
EPA has not found additional changes
that would benefit small entities
beyond those announced in the 1995
rule cited above. EPA has also
determined that this rule continues to
be necessary to maintain the ban on
lead in gasoline under the Clean Air
Act. Therefore, EPA intends to continue
the Lead Phasedown rule in its present
form and with this notice, EPA hereby
concludes its section 610 review of this
rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
End Review-Decision 08/28/98
to leave rule
unchanged at this
time.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4197
Agency Contact: Thomas Eagles,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6103, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-5585
RIN: 2060-AI18
3612. • NSPS FOR INDUSTRIAL
SURFACE COATING: METAL COILS
(SECTION 610 REVIEW)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In 1996, as part of a program
to reduce regulatory burden, EPA
promulgated a final rule to reduce the
recordkeeping and reporting burden of
the Metal Coils rule (61 FR 47840,
9/11/96). Subsequently, in the April 25,
1997 issue of the Regulatory Agenda
(62 FR 22297), EPA announced the
review of this rule under Section 610
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and
solicited public comment on whether
additional changes to that rule would
further reduce impacts on small entities
while still accomplishing the objectives
of the statute authorizing the rule. No
-------
62422 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA CAA Completed Actions
public comments were received, and
EPA has not found additional changes
that would benefit small entities
beyond those announced in the 1996
rule cited above. EPA has also
determined that this rule continues to
be necessary to reduce emissions of
smog-causing volatile organic
compounds as required by the Clean
Air Act. Therefore, EPA intends to
continue the Metal Coils rule in its
present form and with this notice, EPA
hereby concludes its section 610 review
of this rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
determined that this rule continues to
be necessary to reduce emissions of
smog-causing volatile organic
compounds as required by the Clean
Air Act. Therefore EPA intends to
continue the Metal Furniture rule in its
present form, and with this notice EPA
hereby concludes its section 610 review
of this rule.
Timetable:
Action
End Review - Decision 08/28/98
to leave rule
unchanged at this
time
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4199
Agency Contact: Thomas Eagles,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6103, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-5585
RIN: 2060-AI19
3613. • NSPS FOR INDUSTRIAL
SURFACE COATING: METAL
FURNITURE (SECTION 610 REVIEW)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In 1996, as part of a program
to reduce regulatory burden, EPA
promulgated a final rule to reduce the
recordkeeping and reporting burden of
the Metal Furniture rule (61 FR 47840,
9/11/96). Subsequently, in the April 25,
1997 issue of the Regulatory Agenda
(62 FR 22297), EPA announced the
review of this rule under section 610
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and
solicited public comment on whether
additional changes to that rule would
further reduce impacts on small entities
while still accomplishing the objectives
of the statute authorizing the rule. No
public comments were received, and
EPA has not found additional changes
that would benefit small entities
beyond those announced in the 1996
rule cited above. EPA has also
Date
FR Cite
continue the Large Appliances rule in
its present form, and with this notice,
EPA hereby concludes its section 610
review of this rule.
Timetable:
Action
End Review - Decision 08/28/98
To Leave Rule
Unchanged at This
Time
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4200
Agency Contact: Thomas Eagles,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6103, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-5585
RIN: 2060-AI20
3614. • NSPS FOR INDUSTRIAL
SURFACE COATING: LARGE
APPLIANCES (SECTION 610 REVIEW)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In 1996, as part of a program
to reduce regulatory burden, EPA
promulgated a final rule to reduce the
recordkeeping and reporting burden of
the Large Appliances rule (61 FR
47840, 9/11/96). Subsequently, in the
April 25, 1997 issue of the Regulatory
Agenda (62 FR 22297), EPA announced
the review of this rule under section
610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act,
and solicited public comment on
whether additional changes to that rule
would further reduce impacts on small
entities while still accomplishing the
objectives of the statute authorizing the
rule. No public comments were
received, and EPA has not found
additional changes that would benefit
small entities beyond those announced
in the 1996 rule cited above. EPA has
also determined that this rule continues
to be necessary to reduce emissions of
smog-causing volatile organic
compounds as required by the Clean
Air Act. Therefore, EPA intends to
Date
FR Cite
End Review -Decision 08/28/98
To Leave Rule
Unchanged at This
Time
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4198
Agency Contact: Thomas Eagles,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6103, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-5585
RIN: 2060-AI21
3615. • ARIZONA FIP: MODERATE
AREA PM-10 PLAN FOR PHOENIX
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52.123; 40 CFR
52.124; 40 CFR 52.127; 40 CFR 52.128
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, March
20, 1998. Final, Judicial, July 18, 1998.
Abstract: EPA promulgated a Federal
implementation plan (FIP) to address
the moderate area PM-10 requirements
for the Phoenix PM-10 nonattainment
area. Specifically, for both the annual
and 24-hour PM-10 standards, EPA is
promulgating a demonstration that
reasonably available control measures
(RACM) will be implemented as soon
as possible, a demonstration that it is
impracticable for the area to attain the
standards by the statutory attainment
deadline, and a demonstration that
reasonable further progress (RFP) is
being met.
As part of the FIP, EPA is promulgating
a fugitive dust rule to control PM-10
emissions from vacant lots, unpaved
parking lots, and unpaved roads, and
is also promulgating an enforceable
commitment to ensure that RACM for
agricultural sources will be proposed
by September 1999, finalized by April
2000, and implemented by June 2000.
In addition, EPA made its disapproval
of the Arizona moderate area plan's
RACM, RFP, and impracticability
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62423
EPA—CAA
Completed Actions
demonstrations final, because those
demonstrations do not adequately
address the Act's moderate area PM-10
requirements.
EPA recently established a new
standard for PM-2.5 and also revised
the PM-10 standards; however, this
action does not address those
standards.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/01/98 63 FR 15920
08/03/98 63 FR 41325
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4137
Agency Contact: Doris Lo,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation
Phone: 415 744-1287
RIN: 2060-AI22
3616. • AMENDMENTS TO MUNICIPAL
SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411 Clean
Air Act sec 111
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this action is
to develop standards for regulating non-
methane organic compounds (NMOC)
emissions from new and modified
municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills
under Section lll(b). Section lll(d)
requires States to develop emission
standards for existing landfills based on
EPA guidelines. The intended effect of
the standards and guidelines is to
require certain municipal solid waste
landfills to control emissions to the
level achievable by the best
demonstrated system of continuous
emission reduction, considering costs,
nonair quality health, and
environmental and energy impacts.
EPA has worked with landfill owners
and operators, including local
governments and private owners, to
produce a regulation based on
common-sense techniques, providing
maximum flexibility for owners and
operators, and achieving the desired
emissions reductions in the most cost-
effective way. The rule focuses on only
the largest sources of emissions,
thereby avoiding regulation of small
landfills where controls would be
inefficient and onerous. The rule also
provides complete flexibility to design
a control system based on the
particular, site-specific conditions at
each landfill.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/16/98 63 FR 32783
Direct Final Rule 06/16/98 63 FR 32743
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 4150
Agency Contact: Martha Smith,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, MD-13, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-2421
RIN: 2060-AI09
3617. NESHAP: PHARMACEUTICALS
PRODUCTION
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63(G)
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 09/21/98 63 FR 50280
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Randy McDonald
Phone: 919 541-5402
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: mcdonald.randy@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE83
3618. NESHAP: MANUFACTURE OF
TETRAHYDROBENZALDEHYDE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63(F); 40 CFR
63(G); 49 CFR 63(H)
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 05/12/98 63 FR 26078
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: John Schaefer
Phone: 919 541-0296
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: schaefer.john@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE99
3619. REVISION OF LIST OF
CATEGORIES OF SOURCES AND
SCHEDULE FOR STANDARDS UNDER
SECTION 112 OF THE CLEAN AIR
ACT
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Notice of Revision- 02/12/98 63 FR 07155
Second Notice
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: David Svendsgaard
Phone: 919 541-2380
Fax: 919 541-3470
RIN: 2060-AG42
3620. NESHAP: WOOD FURNITURE
MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS;
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND
CLARIFICATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63(JJ)
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Rule 06/09/97 62 FR 31361
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Paul Almodovar
Phone: 919 541-0283
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: ahnodovar.paul@epa.gov
Trish Koman
Phone: 919 541-4021
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: koman.trish@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG95
3621. SPECIFIC POLLUTANTS: LIST
OF CATEGORIES EMITTING SEVEN
SPECIFIED HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
-------
62424 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CAA
Completed Actions
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 04/10/98 63 FR 17338
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Laurel Driver
Phone: 919 541-2859
Fax: 919 541-7690
RIN: 2060-AH20
3622. OPEN-MARKET TRADING
GUIDANCE
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will eliminate
existing text in the CFR.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51
Completed:
Reason
Date FR Cite
Withdrawn-Included 08/07/98
in EPA's Incentive
Program Guidance-
Due in Spring
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Nancy Mayer
Phone: 919 541-5390
Fax: 919 541-0839
RIN: 2060-AF60
3623. REVISED CARBON MONOXIDE
(CO) STANDARD FOR CLASS I AND II
NONHANDHELD NEW NONROAD
PHASE I SMALL SPARK-IGNITED
ENGINES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 90
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 11/13/97 62 FR 58300
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Cheryl Caffrey
Phone: 734 214-4849
RIN: 2060-AG81
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3624. RADIATION WASTE
MANAGEMENT REGULATION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: Atomic Energy Act of
1954; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of
1970; Waste Policy Act of 1982
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 193
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action is directed to the
disposal of low-activity radioactive
wastes in disposal facilities that meet
the 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. These
wastes are anticipated to arise in the
commercial sector from various
sources. 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 03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4054
Agency Contact: Mary Kruger,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation, 6602J, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-9310
Fax: 202 565-2062
Email: kruger.mary@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AH63
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
Long-Term Actions
3625. PROTECTIVE ACTION
GUIDANCE FOR DRINKING WATER
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 41 CFR 351
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Notice of Availability 04/00/00
Notice of Submission 04/00/00
toFRPCCfor
Endorsement
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Charles Blue
Phone: 202 564-9488
RIN: 2060-AF39
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62425
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Prerule Stage
3626. • PESTICIDES; PROCEDURES
FOR REGISTRATION REVIEW
PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136a(g)
CFR Citation: Not yet determined'
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Agency is establishing
procedures to implement section 3(g) of
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) which
provides for periodic review of
pesticide registrations. The goal of
these regulations is to review a
pesticide's registration every 15 years.
However, pesticides cannot be canceled
as a result of registration review. For
cancellations, EPA must continue to
follow the procedures specified in
FIFRA section 6. EPA will use
authority in FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) to
require submission of data needed for
registration review. FIFRA sections
3(c)(l), 3(c)(2)(B) and 3(c)(2)(D) will
apply to data submission,
compensation and exemption for data
required for registration review.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4170
Agency Contact: Vivian Prunier,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-9341
Fax: 703 308-5884
Email: prunier.vivian@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: .2070-AD29
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3627. • PESTICIDE TOLERANCE
REASSESSMENT PROGRAM
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
105 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AD24
3628. • ENDOCRINE D1SRUPTOR
SCREENING AND TESTING PROGRAM
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
106 in Part H of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AD26
3629. TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE
EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 21 USC 346a
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 176
Legal Deadline:
Other, Statutory, Statutory.
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 die Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Food
Quality Protection Act, EPA must
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
NPRM 11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and
Other Agricultural Chemical
Manufacturing
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
3630. THE 10-ACRE LIMITATION FOR
PESTICIDE SMALL-SCALE FIELD
TESTING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 7 USC I36c
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 172
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA will propose a
modification to its pesticide
experimental use permit (EUP)
regulations that will permit field testing
of new pesticides or existing pesticides
for new uses on a greater number of
acres without an experimental use
permit. Currently such testing is
limited to 10 acres cumulative total per
pesticide under a presumption that this
limited testing poses no adverse effects,
and therefore does not warrant the
Agency's oversight under the EUP
program. This action would reduce
burdens on pesticide producers who
currently must obtain an experimental
use permit for greater than 10 acres
testing. Little impact would be
expected on small businesses, because
they rarely engage in pesticide field
testing of new chemicals or new uses.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3735
Agency Contact: Jim Tompkins,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7505C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-5697
Fax: 703 308-1825
-------
62426 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—FIFRA
Proposed Rule Stage
Email:
tompkins.jam.es@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC99
3631. ANTIMICROBIAL PESTICIDE
PRODUCTS; OTHER PESTICIDE
REGULATORY CHANGES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 7 USC I36a(h); 7 USC
136w
3632. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN
PESTICIDE SUBSTANCES FROM
FIFRA REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: FIFRA 25(b)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.25(g)(l)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152; 40 CFR 156 Legal Deadline: None
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, and expansion of the
current notification procedures. This
regulation will also implement some
general provisions of FIFRA pertaining
to all pesticides, including labeling
requirements and notification
procedures.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final
Date
10/00/98
04/00/99
FR Cite
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3892
Agency Contact: Jean Frane,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-5944
Email: frane.jean@epaniail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD14
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
these substances is not necessary to
prevent unreasonable adverse effects on
the 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:
Action
Date ' FR Cite
NPRM
09/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and
Other Agricultural Chemical
Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 4026
Agency Contact: Sheryl 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
3633. PESTICIDES; TOLERANCE
PROCESSING FEES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 21 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 1983 (the last time a cost analysis
was conducted), factors such as
expanded data requirements, changes
in risk assessment methods,
improvements hi 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. This proposed rule
will adjust the fee structure and fee
amounts for tolerance actions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
11/00/98
06/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Sectors Affected: 32532 Pesticide and
Other Agricultural Chemical
Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 4027
Agency Contact: Carol Peterson,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-6598
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: peterson.carol@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD23
3634. DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR
PESTICIDE REGISTRATION
(REVISION)
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
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62427
EPA—FIFRA
Proposed Rule Stage
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 7 USC I36a to I36y
CFR Citation: 40 CFR158
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA will update the data
requirements specifically necessary for
the Agency to evaluate the registrability
of pesticide products. The revisions
will clarify all data requirements to
reflect current practice. Procedural and
explanatory sections of the current
regulations will be amended to make
them consistent with the revised data
requirements and new use indexing.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 40 CFR 158 05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2687
Agency Contact: Paul Parsons,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-9073
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: parsons.paul@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC12
3635. WPS; PESTICIDE WORKER
PROTECTION STANDARDS;
PESTICIDE HAZARD
COMMUNICATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136w; 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. During 1998, EPA plans to
hold discussions on options with
various stakeholders.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 08/21/92 57 FR 38167
NPRM 08/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 1640
Agency Contact: Jeanne Keying,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-3240
Fax: 703 308-2962
Email: heying.jeanne@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC34
3636. • DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR
ANTIMICROBIAL REGISTRATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136a to I36y
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 158
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA will update and revise
its pesticide data requirements for
antimicrobial products. The data
requirements specify the data that is
required for EPA to evaluate the
registrability of a pesticide product.
The revisions will clarify all data
requirements to reflect current practice.
Procedural and explanatory sections of
the current regulations will be amended
to make them consistent with the
revised data requirements and new use
indexing.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM - 40 CFR 158, 02/00/99
subpartW
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4173
Agency Contact: Paul Parsons,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-9073
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: parsons.paul@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD30
3637. PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT AND
DISPOSAL: STANDARDS FOR
PESTICIDE CONTAINERS AND
CONTAINMENT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136q FIFRA sec
19; 7 USC 136a FIFRA sec 3; 7 USC
136w FIFRA sec 25
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 165; 40 CFR 156
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, December 24,1991.
Abstract: The 1988 amendments to
FIFRA section 19 significantly
expanded and strengthened EPA's
authority to regulate the management
of pesticides and their containers,
including storage, transportation and
disposal. As proposed, this rule would
establish standards for removal of
pesticides from containers and for
rinsing containers; facilitate the safe
use, refill, reuse, and disposal of
pesticide containers by establishing
standards for container design, labeling
and refilling; and establish
requirements for containment of
stationary bulk containers and for
containment of pesticide dispensing
areas.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM-Container 02/11/94 59 FR 6712
Design & Residue
Removal & Bulk
Containment
Supplemental NPRM 11/00/98
Final Action 11/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2659
-------
62428 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—FIFRA
Proposed Rule Stage
Agency Contact: Nancy Fitz,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-7385
Email: fitz.nancy@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB95
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Final Rule Stage
3638. WPS; PESTICIDE WORKER
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 136w
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, and provide Regulatory
Agenda entries when actions are
planned.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final
09/09/97 62 FR 47544
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3731
Agency Contact: John R. MacDonald,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7506C, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-7370
Fax: 703 308-2962
Email:
macdonald.john@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC93
3639. REGULATION OF PLANT-
PRODUCED PESTICIDES UNDER
FIFRA AND FFDCA
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136 et seq; 21
USC 346a et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.20; 40 CFR
174
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Substances that plants
produce to protect themselves against
pests are pesticides under FIFRA. The
Agency designates these substances,
along with the genetic material
necessary to produce them, plant-
pesticides. This rulemaking will
exempt several categories of plant-
pesticides from FIFRA and FFDCA
regulations; confirms that plants used
as biological control agents are exempt
from regulation under FIFRA, and
establishes a new part in title 40 of the
CFR, part 174, which consolidates
regulations specific for plant-pesticides
in one part of the CFR. The proposed
consolidation is expected to benefit the
public by providing greater focus,
enhanced clarity and ease of use. These
actions will reduce burden on both the
regulated community and EPA.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 11/23/94 59 FR 60496
Supplemental NPRM 07/22/96 61 FR 37891
Supplemental NPRM 05/16/97 62 FR 27132
Final Rule 12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities 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: 703 308-8712
Email: andersen.janet@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC02
3640. GROUND WATER AND
PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
133 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AC46
3641. 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 canceled
pesticides for disposal.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 05/05/93 58 FR 26856
Final 12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62429
EPA—FIFRA
Final Rule Stage
Assurance, 2225A, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 564-4162
RIN: 2020-AA33
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Long-Term Actions
3642. POLICY OR PROCEDURES FOR
NOTIFICATION TO THE AGENCY OF
STORED PESTICIDES WITH
CANCELLED OR SUSPENDED
REGISTRATION
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR168
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
03/28/91 56 FR 13042
00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: David Stangel
Phone: 202 569-4162
RIN: 2020-AA29
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Completed Actions
3643. PESTICIDE TOLERANCES;
PORTION OF FOOD COMMODITIES
TO BE ANALYZED FOR PESTICIDE
RESIDUES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 180
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - The 07/24/98
Agency plans no
further action at this
time.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jean Frane
Phone: 703 305-5944
RIN: 2070-AC45
3644. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN INERT
INGREDIENTS FROM THE DEFINITION
OF PESTICIDE CHEMICAL RESIDUE
UNDER FFDCA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 180
Completed:
Fax: 703 308-7026
Email: torla.robert@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD20
3645. PESTICIDE FLAMMABILITY
LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR
TOTAL RELEASE FOGGERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 156.10
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Rule 02/23/98 63 FR 9078
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jim Downing
Phone: 703 308-9071
Fax: 703 305-5884
Email: downing.jim@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC60
3646. RESTRICTED USE CRITERIA
FOR PESTICIDES IN GROUNDWATER
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 152.170
Completed:
Reason
Date FR Cite Reason
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Rule 03/04/98 63 FR 10718
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Robert Torla
Phone: 703 308-8098
Withdrawn-The 07/24/98
Agency Plans To Do
This As a
Nonregulatory
Action.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joe Hogue
Phone: 703 308-9072
Email: hogue.joe@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB60
3647. PESTICIDE LABELING CLAIMS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 156.10
Completed:
Reason Date FR Cite
Withdrawn - No 07/24/98
Further Regulatory
Action Is Planned.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Melissa Chun
Phone: 703 305-4027
Email: chun.melissa@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC85
3648. FIFRA BOOKS AND RECORDS
OF PESTICIDE PRODUCTION AND
DISTRIBUTION (REVISION)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 169
-------
62430 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—FIFRA
Completed Actions
Completed:
Reason
Withdrawn - The
Agency plans no
further action.
Date
FR Cite
08/25/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3649. • CHEMICAL RIGHT-TO-KNOW
INITIATIVE
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
107 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AD25
3650. • TSCA SECTION 4
ENFORCEABLE CONSENT
AGREEMENT FOR CERTAIN
OXYGENATED FUEL ADDITIVES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603; 15 USC
2611; 15 USC 2625
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790; 40 CFR 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Methyl tertiary butyl ether
(MTBE) alcohol is commonly found at
concentrations above the current EPA
draft lifetime health advisory for
drinking water at many point source-
gasoline release sites. MTBE is
significantly more persistent than
benzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene and
xylenes (BTEX) in the subsurface.
Releases of fuel oxygenates occur
during manufacture, distribution,
storage, and use, particularly from
point sources such as underground
storage tanks, pipelines and refueling
facilities. The Toxic Release Inventory
(TRI) estimates that MTBE releases in
the United States exceeded 3.3 million
pounds in 1994. EPA has not
established water quality criteria for
fuel oxygenates for protection of
freshwater or marine aquatic life. The
American Petroleum Institute (API) has
recently completed a search and
evaluation of extant literature on the
acute and chronic toxicity of
oxygenates for aquatic organisms and
has provided the results to EPA. From
the data gaps identified through that
effort, testing to fill critical needs is>
expected to be conducted within a year
of the API submission. Current actions
should provide an appropriate basis for
later determining whether additional
effects testing or research is needed.
Most of the testing and research on the
toxicity of oxygenates has been
concerned with the effects of inhaled
MTBE in laboratory and human
volunteers. Virtually no information
exists on the effects of ingested
oxygenates on humans, with the
notable exception of the extensive
database on the health effects of
ingested alcohol. The lack of a more
substantial health effects database has
made it difficult to develop a final
drinking water Health Advisory or
derive an oral Reference Dose (RfD) for
MTBE and other oxygenates. Further
subchronic and chronic data are
necessary to develop a final Health
Advisory. This action, which would
reflect a cooperative effort between EPA
and Industry to develop a testing
program, would serve as a mechanism
to develop the needed data.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Notice To Solicit 10/00/98
Interested Parties
Notice Announcing 04/00/99
EGA
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4174
Agency Contact: Charles M. Auer,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3749
Fax: 202 260-8168
Email: auer.charles@epamail.epa.gov
J. Michael Davies, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances, MD-52, Washington, DC
20460 ,
Phone: 919 541-4162
RIN: 2070-AD28
3651. TRI; RESPONSES TO PETITIONS
RECEIVED TO ADD OR DELETE
CHEMICALS FROM THE TOXIC
RELEASE INVENTORY
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 42 USC 11013 EPCRA
sec 313
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline:
Other, Statutory, Agency must respond
to the petition within 180 days of
receipt.
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
Notice-DBNPA 10/27/95 60 FR 54949
(Request To Delete)
Response-Dioxin& 05/07/97 62 FR 24887
Dioxin-Like
Compounds
(Furans & PCBs)
(Req. To Add)
Notice of Denial 01/23/98 63 FR 3566
-Phosphoric Acid
(Request To Delete)
Notice of Denial 03/30/98 63 FR 15195
-Methyl Ethyl
Ketone (MEK)
(Request To Delete)
Response-Acetonitrile 10/00/98
(Request to Delete)
Response-Chromite 10/00/98
Ore (Request To
Delete)
Response-Methyl 10/00/98
Isobutyl Ketone
(MIBK) (Request To
Delete)
Final Response 11 /00/98
-DBNPA (Request
To Delete)
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62431
EPA—TSCA
Proposed Rule Stage
Action
Date FR Cite
Reponse-Di(2- 12/00/98
ethylhexyl)
Phthalate (DEHP)
(Request To Delete)
Response-Alloys- 03/00/99
Chrominum & Nickel
& and Copper Alloys
(Req. To Modify)
Final Response 09/00/99
-DIoxIn & Dloxin-
Llke Compounds
(Furans &
PCBs)(Req.To
Add)
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 2425
Statutory 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
3652. ASBESTOS MODEL
ACCREDITATION PLAN REVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
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
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
upcoming notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) will improve
harmony with the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration's regulations
and provide clarifications.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Interim Final Rule
NPRM
Date
05/13/92
02/03/94
06/00/99
FR Cite
57 FR 20438
59 FR 5236
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
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
3653. TSCA INVENTORY UPDATE
RULE AMENDMENTS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
108 in Part n of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AC61
3654. LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES
RULES; TRAINING, ACCREDITATION,
AND CERTIFICATION RULE AND
MODEL STATE PLAN RULE
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: PL 102-550 sec 402;
PL 102-550 sec 404; 15 USC 2603
TSCA title IV
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, April 28, 1994.
Abstract: The Residential Lead-based
Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992
mandates EPA to promulgate
regulations governing lead-based paint
activities to ensure that individuals
engaged in such activities are properly
trained, that training programs are
accredited, and that contractors
engaged in such activities are certified.
In addition, EPA must promulgate a
Model State program which may be
adopted by any State which seeks to
administer and enforce a State Program.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 1 (Residential) 09/02/94 59 FR 45872
Final Action 1 08/29/96 61 FR 45778
(Residential)
Interim Final Rule- 08/04/98 63 FR 41430
Minor Amendment
to Grant Provisions
NPRM 2 (Buildings & 09/00/99
Structures)
Final Action 2 09/00/01
(Buildings &
Structures)
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3244
Agency Contact: Ellie Clark,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3402
Email: clark.ellie@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC64
3655. LEAD; TSCA REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE DISPOSAL OF LEAD-BASED
PAINT DEBRIS
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
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)
-------
62432 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—TSCA
Proposed Rule Stage
hazardous waste regulations. Other
Federal agencies (Department of
Housing and Urban Development,
Department of Health and Human
Services) and several States and
advocacy groups have expressed
concern that the costs associated with
the disposal of large volume
architectural components (e.g., doors
and windows) may interfere with
abatement activities. EPA's Office of
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances and the Office of Solid
Waste have initiated a joint rulemaking
to address the disposal of these
architectural components. This
rulemaking would develop disposal
standards for these components under
the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) title IV, (the definition of
abatement under TSCA title IV, section
401(1)(B), includes disposal). The
TSCA regulations would establish
appropriate disposal standards for LBP
architectural components and identify
recycling and incineration activities
that would be controlled or prohibited.
To minimize duplication of waste
management requirements, EPA is
developing a companion RCRA rule to
suspend temporarily hazardous waste
management regulations applicable to
lead-based paint debris which will be
subject to the new TSCA standards.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/98
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3508
This SAN and RIN includes RCRA
companion rule: Temporary Suspension
of Toxicity Characteristic Rule for
Specified Lead-Based Paint Debris.
Agency Contact: Ellie Clark,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3402
Email: clark.elhe@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC72
3656. LEAD; RULEMAKINGS UNDER
TSCA SECTION 402, LEAD-BASED
PAINT ACTIVITIES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
109 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AD06
3657. MULTI-CHEMICAL TEST RULE;
HIGH PRODUCTION VOLUME
CHEMICALS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action is related to Vice
President Gore's challenge to industry
on the eve of Earth Day, April 21, 1998,
to come forward quickly with needed
test data on high production volume
(HPV) chemicals. This challenge
encompasses approximately 3,000
chemicals which are manufactured
(including imported) in the aggregate at
more than 1 million pounds on an
annual basis. The data needed on these
chemicals are: acute toxicity, repeat
dose toxicity, developmental and
reproductive toxicity; mutagenicity;
ecotoxicity and environmental fate.
This rule will require testing and
recordkeeping requirements for those
chemicals for which industry does not
voluntarily agree to provide testing in
a timely manner. The action is part of
the Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative,
which is described in the Regulatory
Plan.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 03/00/99
Final Action 12/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum
Refineries
Additional Information: SAN No. 3990
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1830
Fax: 202 260-1096
Email: kover.frank@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD16
3658. TEST RULES; GENERIC ENTRY
FOR PROPOSED DECISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA
4
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 799
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory.
NPRM must be published within one
year of ITC designation.
Abstract: EPA is proposing to require
testing, or will obtain testing through
negotiated enforceable consent
agreements (EGAs) or publish a notice
which provides the reasons for not
doing so. These chemicals have been
designated for priority testing
consideration by the ITC, recommended
for testing consideration (for which the
12-month statutory requirement does
not apply), or they have been identified
for testing consideration by other EPA
program offices and through EPA
review processes.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM-ITC II 12/00/98
Chemicals (ITC List
28)
NPRM-OSHA 12/00/98
Chemicals with
Insuf. Skin
Absorption Data
(ITC List 32)
NPRM-OSHA 12/00/98
Chemicals with No
Skin Absorption
Data (ITC List 31)
NPRM-OSHA 12/00/98
Chemicals with No
Skin Absorption
Data (ITC List 35)
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3494
NPRM must be published within one
year of ITC designation.
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@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB07
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62433
EPA—TSCA
Proposed Rule Stage
3659. TEST RULE; ATSDR
SUBSTANCES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA
4; 42 USC 9604(i) 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 03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2563
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Fax: 202 260-1096
Email: kover.frank@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB79
3660. MULTI-CHEMICAL TEST RULE;
CHILDREN'S HEALTH
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA
4
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: A multi-chemical test rule
will propose the testing of chemicals
to which the general population,
including children, have potentially
high exposure. The chemical selection
criteria will include high production
volume, indoor air pollutant present in
consumer products, presence with high
frequency in consumer products, TRI
chemical with annual release to
environment of more than 1 million
pounds, pesticide inert, unregulated
drinking water contaminant, presence
in breast milk, and nominations from
other government agencies. The test
battery will include acute and
subchronic toxicity, developmental
neurotoxicity, 2-generation
reproductive toxicity, mutagenicity,
oncogenicity, and pharmacokinetics.
This Children's Health test rule will
focus on chemicals with a high
potential for exposure; future test rules
may also consider chemicals with
suggestive, but not fully characterized,
evidence of toxicity. The purpose of
this and future Children's Health test
rules is to improve our understanding
of the risks posed to children's health
by chemicals to which they may be
exposed in the home, school, and the
environment.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
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
3661. TEST RULE FOR CERTAIN
METALS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA
4; 15 USC 2611; 15 USC 2625; 42 USC
9604(i) CERCLA
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 certain metals (beryllium, chromium,
manganese, mercury, nickel, and
selenium) 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(1).
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.
The metals listed here, including
cadmium, are also hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs) under the Clean Air
Act (CAA) section 112. Data from this
-------
62434 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—TSCA Proposed Rule Stage
action would also be used to
implement several provisions of section
112 of the CAA, including determining
risks remaining after the application of
technology based on standards under
section 112(d) of the CAA, estimating
the risks associated with accidental
releases, and determining whether or
not substances should be removed from
the CAA section (b)(l) list of HAPs
(delisting).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3882
Agency Contact: Frank Kover,
Environmental Protection Agency, '
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8130
Fax: 202 260-1096
Email: kover.frank@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD10
3662. 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:
05/12/93 58 FR 27980
08/30/95 60 FR 45119
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM-2&4-
Pentanedione
SNUR
09/37/89 54 FR 39548
NPRM-Chloranil
NPRM - Benzidine-
Based Chemical
Substances
Final Action -
Benzidine-Based
Chemical
Substances
NPRM-Certain
Chemical
Substances No
Longer in
Production SNUR
NPRM - Heavy Metal-
Based Pigments in
Aerosol Spray
Paints SNUR
Final Action - Final
Chloranil SNUR
NPRM - Amendment
to Benzidine-Based
Chemical
Substances SNUR
NPRM-Flame-
Retardant
Chemicals
NPRM-
Methylcyclopentane
SNUR
NPRM -o-Tolidine & o-
Dianisidine-Based
Dyes (Benzidine
Congener Dyes)
NPRM-p-
Aminophenol &
Bromochloro-
methane 8{a)
Chemical-Specific
Rule
NPRM-2 & 4-
Pentanedione
SNUR (Reproposal)
NPRM-2-
Ethoxyethanol&2-
Methoxyethanol &
2-Methoxyethanol
Acetate
Final Action -
Amendment to
Benzidine-Based
Chemical
Substances SNUR
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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
10/07/96 61 FR 52287
10/00/98
10/00/98
10/00/98
12/00/98
12/00/98
12/00/98
12/00/98
12/00/98
05/00/99
05/00/99
05/00/99
Email: leczynski.barbara@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AA58
3663. TSCA BIOTECHNOLOGY
FOLLOW-UP RULES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604 TSCA
5(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 720; 40 CFR 725
(Revision)
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 actions:
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
indicated in its 1994 proposed
biotechnology regulations that it may
reconsider its interpretation of "new"
microorganism in a later rulemaking,
based on the more current state of
scientific knowledge about the manner
in which genetic material is exchanged
among microorganisms in the
environment. 2) TSCA Oversight'of
Transgenic Plants. Certain transgenic
plants which express products or
which are used for purposes subject to
EPA jurisdiction under TSCA may be
used for commercial purposes in the
United States without oversight by
EPA. Such uses include: plants used
as intermediates to produce industrial
grade oils; and plants used for
phytoremediation (clean-up of
contaminated soils). Section 5 of TSCA
requires that new chemical substances
be reviewed by the Agency prior to
their introduction into commerce. In its
proposed rule, 59 FR 45526 (September
1, 1994), EPA stated that it was
reserving jurisdiction over certain
transgenic plants and animals: "Plants
and animals could also be chemical
substances under TSCA....EPA is
reserving authority under TSCA to
screen transgenic plants and animals in
the future as needed," 59 FR 45526,
45527 (September 1, 1994). This action
will address whether EPA should
exercise jurisdiction under TCSA over
products produced by transgenic
plants, and/or certain plants.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62435
EPA—TSCA
Proposed Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Policy Statement (2) 01/00/99
TSCA Plants
Oversight Policy
NPRM(1)lntergeneric 06/00/99
Scope of Oversight
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Sectors Affected: 212393 Other ,
Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral
Mining; 32551 Paint and Coating
Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 3894
Agency Contact: David Giamporcaro,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6362
Email: giamporcaro.david@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD13
3664. ASBESTOS; AMENDMENTS TO
THE ASBESTOS-CONTAINING
MATERIALS IN SCHOOLS RULE,
MODEL ACCREDITATION PLAN, AND
WORKER PROTECTION RULE
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
110 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AC62
3665. ASBESTOS WORKER
PROTECTION RULE; AMENDMENTS
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 2604 TSCA
sec 6
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 763
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing to amend
the Asbestos Abatement Projects,
Worker Protection Rule (WPR), by
incorporating certain revisions to the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) asbestos
workplace standards issued since EPA's
WPR was promulgated in 1987. The
proposal would generally extend the
coverage provided under the OSHA
Asbestos Standard for Construction to
State and local government employees
who are not covered by OSHA or EPA-
approved State plans. It would also
extend coverage provided under
OSHA's Asbestos Standard for general
industry for brake and clutch repair to
such employees, and would clarify that
they include prisoners and students
employed by the State and/or local
government. EPA also proposes to
delegate authority to grant or deny
State exclusions under the WPR to EPA
Regional Administrators and to add
compliance and enforcement
requirements for State exclusions. In
addition, EPA is proposing to amend
the Asbestos-Containing Materials in
Schools Rule by relocating certain
worker protection provisions in the
WPR. EPA plans to further update this
rule to make it consistent with the most
recent OSHA rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM(1)
NPRM (2)
11/01/94 59 FR 54746
06/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2249
Agency Contact: Cindy Fraleigh,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3933
Email: fraleigh.cindy@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC66
3666. • PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYL; USE AUTHORIZATIONS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
Ill in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AD27
3667. LEAD-BASED PAINT
ACTIVITIES; TRAINING AND
CERTIFICATION FOR RENOVATION
AND REMODELING
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: PL 102-550 Sec
402(c)(3)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, October 31, 1996.
Abstract: Under section 402(c)(2) of
TSCA title IV, EPA is currently
conducting a study of the extent to
which persons engaged in renovation
and remodeling activities in target
housing are exposed to lead in the
conduct of such activities or disturb
lead and create a lead-based paint
hazard. EPA must use the results of this
study and consult with interested
parties to determine which categories
of renovation and remodeling activities
require training and certification. EPA
must then revise the training and
certification regulations originally
developed for individuals performing
lead-based paint abatement under
section 402(c)(a) of TSCA title IV to
apply them to the renovation and
remodeling categories. If EPA
determines that any category does not
require certification, EPA must publish
an explanation of the basis for that
determination.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
09/00/99
09/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3557
Agency Contact: Ellie Clark,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3402
Email: clark.ellie@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC83
-------
62436 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA TSCA Proposed Rule Stage
3668. • LEAD-BASED PAINT;
NOTIFICATION OF COMMENCEMENT
OF ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: PL 102-550; 15 USC
2603 TSCA 4
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Section 402 of TSCA directs
EPA to establish regulations containing
standards for performing lead-based
paint activities, one of the standards
EPA developed, codified at 40 CFR
section 745.227 (e)(4) requires
notification to EPA of the
commencement of lead-based paint
abatement activities in a residential
dwelling or child-occupied facility or
as a result of a Federal State, or local
order.
This rule establishes requirements for
the notification of commencement of
lead-based paint abatement activities.
These provisions include uniform
procedures to notify the Agency of
routine and emergency lead-based paint
abatement activities. The rule will also
prohibit lead-based paint abatement
activities from starting on any date
other than the one contained in the
notification. This information is
necessary to provide enforcement
personnel with information for
compliance activities and to prioritize
inspections.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/00/98
08/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4172
This action has been split off from the
action "Fees for Accreditation and
Certification of Lead-Based Paint
Activities." (SAN 3881; 2070-ADll).
Agency Contact: Ellie Clark,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3402
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: clark.ellie@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD31
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Final Rule Stage
3669. LEAD; TSCA SECTION 403;
IDENTIFICATION OF DANGEROUS
LEVELS OF LEAD
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
134 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AC63
3670. DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE
AS MANDATED BY EXECUTIVE
ORDER 12873, SECTION 503 ON
ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE
PRODUCTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: EO 12873
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: As mandated by Executive
Order 12873, OPPTS is developing
guidance to direct Federal agencies in
their procurement of Environmentally
Preferable Products.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/29/95 60 FR 50722
Final Action 01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Procurement: This is a procurement-
related action for which there is a
statutory requirement. There is no
paperwork burden associated with this
action.
Additional Information: SAN No. 3480
Agency Contact: Eun-Sook Goidel,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7409, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3296
Email: goidel.eun-
sook@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC78
3671. TEST RULES; GENERIC ENTRY
FOR FINAL DECISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA
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
been designated for priority testing
consideration by the ITC or
recommended for testing consideration
(for which the 12-month statutory
requirement does not apply). The list
also includes chemicals or categories of
chemicals which have been identified
for testing consideration by other
Federal or other EPA offices through
EPA review processes.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
ANPRM-Aryl 12/29/83 48 FR 57452
Phosphates (ITC
List 2)
NPRM-Brominated 06/25/91 56 FR 29140
Flame Retardants
NPRM-Aryl 01/17/92 57 FR 2138
Phosphates (ITC
List 2)
Final Rule (EGA)-Aryl 10/00/98
Phosphates (ITC
List 2)
Final Rule (EGA) - 10/00/98
DiBasic Esters
(CPSC)
Final Rule-ITC II 10/00/98
Chemicals (ITC List
28)
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62437
EPA—TSCA
Final Rule Stage
Email: kover.frank@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB94
3672. TEST RULE; HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS (HAPS)
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA
4; 42 USC 7412 CAA 112; 42 USC 7403
CAA103
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 789 to 795
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing health
effects testing under TSCA section 4 in
support of programs and activities
required under section 112 of the Clean
Air Act (CAA), governing Hazardous
Air Pollutants (HAPs). Section 112 of
the CAA directs EPA to determine the
risk to health and the environment
remaining after application of a
technology-based standard to major and
area sources. Section 112 also sets forth
a mechanism for revising and
modifying the statutory list of 189
HAPs under section 112(b), and
requirements for an accidental release
control program. These data will also
be important for the right-to-know
program given the large release of these
chemicals to the atmosphere. In order
to implement these and other programs
and requirements under section 112,
EPA must identify the health and
environment effects of potential
concern from exposure to HAPs,
ascertain the minimum data needed to
adequately characterize those health
and environmental effects, and assess
the risks posed by HAPs. In addition,
under section 103(d), EPA is required
to conduct a research program on the
short- and long-term effects of air
pollutants on human health, ascertain
the minimum data needed to
adequately characterize those health
and environmental effects, and assess
the risks posed by HAPs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 06/26/96 61 FR 33178
Supplemental NPRM 12/24/97 62 FR 67466
Supplemental NPRM 04/21/98 63 FR 19694
Final 03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3487
Agency Contact: Richard Leukroth,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0321
Email: leukroth.rich@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC76
3673. FOLLOW-UP RULES ON NON-
5(E) NEW CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604 TSCA
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
be regulated individually by notice and
comment rulemaking and are listed
below.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM-Alkyl& 06/11/86 51 FR21199
Sulfonic Acid &
Ammonium Salt (84-
1056)
NPRM-1- 12/08/87 52 FR 46496
Decanimine-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 08/13/97 62 FR 43297
Chemical
Substances (95-
1584,96-1674/75,
and 97-267)
Final Action-Certain 10/00/98
Chemical
Substances (95-
1584,96-1674/75,
and 97-267)
Final Action-Alkyl& 02/00/99
Sulfonic Acid &
Ammonium Salt (84-
1056)
Final Action- 02/00/99
Aluminum Cross-
linked Sodium
Carboxy-
methylcellulose
Final Action - 02/00/99
Diphenyl-2&4&6-
Trimethylbenzol
Phosphine Oxide
(87-586)
Final Action -1 - 02/00/99
Decanimine-N-
Decyl-N-Methyl-N-
Oxide (86-566)
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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
3674. CHEMICAL-SPECIFIC
SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULES
(SNURS) TO EXTEND PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 5(E) ORDERS
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604 TSCA
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 (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
-------
62438 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—TSCA
Final Rule Stage
05/27/93 58 FR 30744
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 Date FR Cite
NPRM-Batch SNUR:
84-660/-704&84-
105/-106/-107&85-
433
NPRM-Aromatic
Amino Ether (P90-
1840)
NPRM-Alkenyl Ether
of Alkanetriol
Polymer (93-458)
NPRM-Organotin
Lithium Compound
(93-1119)
NPRM-Certain
Chemical
Substances (91 -
1299/95-166791-
129891-1297)
NPRM -Butanamide 2
2'-(3'3-dichloro)1
1'-biphenyl44'-diyl)
bisazob
NPRM-Substituted
Phenol (89-1125
L91-87P92-4192-
51194-1527 etc.)
Final-Organotin
Lithium Compound
(93-1119)
Final - Alkenyl Ether of
Alkanetriol Polymer
(93-458)
Final -Aromatic Amino
Ether (P90-1840)
Final-Batch SNUR:
84-660/-704 & 84-
105/-106/-107&85-
433
Final-Certain
Chemical
Substances (91 -
1299/95-166791-
129891-1297)
Action
Date
FR Cite
06/06/94
12/19/94
06/07/95
06/26/97
59 FR 29255
59 FR 65289
60 FR 30050
62 FR 34421
06/26/97 62 FR 34424
06/26/97 62 FR 34427
02/25/98 63 FR 9449
12/00/98
12/00/98
12/00/98
12/00/98
Final -Butanamide 2 12/00/98
2'-(3'3-dichloro)1
1'-biphenyl44'-diyl)
bisazob
Final -Substituted 12/00/98
Phenol (89-1125
L91-87P92-4192-
51194-1527 etc.)
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3495
. Agency Contact: James Alwood,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7405, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1857
Email: alwood.james@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB27
3675. RGBS; POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS; EXEMPTIONS FROM THE
PROHIBITIONS AGAINST
MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING,
AND DISTRIBUTION IN COMMERCE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605 TSCA
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.
Timetable:
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 2150
Agency Contact: Peter Gimlin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3933
Fax: 202 260-1724
Email: gimlin.peter@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB20
3676. REFRACTORY CERAMIC
FIBERS; SIGNIFICANT NEW USE
RULES ON NATIONAL PROGRAM
CHEMICALS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604 TSCA
5; 15 USC 2605 TSCA 6
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 704; 40 CFR 721
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA has instituted a program
to monitor the commercial
development of existing chemicals of
concern and/or to gather information to
support risk assessments on such
chemicals. As these chemicals are
identified, EPA will initiate
rulemakings under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) sections
5 and/or 8 to require reporting by the
manufacturers, importers and/or
processors of these chemicals. Proposed
rules may be published on at least the
chemicals listed on the timetable
below.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM (1)-Group I
NPRM (2)-Group II
Final Action - Group I
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
12/06/94 59 FR 62875
06/00/99
06/00/99
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM-Refractory 03/21/94 59 FR 13294
Ceramic Fiber
Final Action- 09/00/99
Refractory Ceramic
Fiber
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3528
Agency Contact: Peter Gimlin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3933
Email: gimlin.peter@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC37
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62439
EPA—TSCA
Final Rule Stage
3677. PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS (PCBS) TRANSFORMER
RECLASSIFICATION RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605 TSCA
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
NPRM 11/18/93 58 FR 60970
Final Action 12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3021
Agency Contact: Tom Simons,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3933
Email: simons.tom@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC39
3678. TSCA SECTION 8(A)
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT
INFORMATION RULES
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607(a) TSCA
sec 8(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 712
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These rules add chemicals to
the list of chemicals and designated
mixtures subject to the requirements of
the Toxic Substances Control Act
section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment
Information Rule (40 CFR part 712).
These chemicals have been identified
by the Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics, other EPA offices, and
other Federal agencies, as well as
recommended for testing consideration
by the Interagency Testing Committee.
Manufacturers and importers are
required to submit exposure-related
data (EPA Form No. 7710-35) on the
chemicals. These data will be used to
monitor the levels of production,
import and/or processing of these
substances and the avenues of human
and environmental exposure to these
substances. These data will also
support risk assessment and test rule
decisions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action-37th ITC 02/28/96 61 FR 7421
Ust
Final Action-38th ITC 10/29/96 61 FR 55871
List
Final Action-38th ITC 12/11/96 61 FR 65186
List-Stay
Final Action-38th ITC 01/07/98 63FR684
List - Stay/Technical
Amendments
Final Action - 38th ITC 10/00/98
List-Revocation
Final Action - 39th ITC 10/00/98
List
Final Action-41st ITC 10/00/98
List
Final Action - 42nd ITC 12/00/98
List
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
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@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB08
3679. TSCA SECTION 8(D) HEALTH
AND SAFETY DATA REPORTING
RULES
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 15 USC 260 7(d) TSCA
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
10/29/96 61 FR 55871
12/11/96 61 FR 65186
01/07/98 63FR684
10/00/98
Final-38th ITC List
Final-38th ITC List -
Stay
Final-38th ITC List -
Stay/Technical
Amendment
Final-38th ITC List-
Revocation
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
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@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-ABll
3680. USE OF ACRYLAMIDE FOR
GROUTING
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605 TSCA
sec 6; TSCA sec 8
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 has reviewed the
-------
62440 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—TSCA
Final Rule Stage
comments and expects to promulgate
the final rule in fall 1998.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
10/02/91 56 FR 49863
02/28/96 61 FR 7454
NPRM
Notice Reopening
Record for
Comments on
Durability of NMA
Final Action 01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
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
3681. TSCA SECTION 8(E) POLICY;
NOTICE OF CLARIFICATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607(e) TSCA
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
07/13/93 58 FR 37735
12/00/98
NPRM
Final Rule
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3118
Agency Contact: Richard Hefter,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7403, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3470
Email: hefter.richard@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC80
3682. NOTICE OF TSCA SECTION 4
REIMBURSEMENT PERIOD AND TSCA
SECTION 12(B) EXPORT
NOTIFICATION PERIOD SUNSET
DATES FOR TSCA SECTION 4
SUBSTANCES
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA
sec 4; 15 USC 2611 TSCA 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);
and (3) the end of the period during
which export notification requirements
under TSCA section 12(b) are triggered.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles 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@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC84
3683. LEAD-BASED PAINT; FEES FOR
ACCREDITATION AND
CERTIFICATION ACTIVITIES
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: PL 102-550; 15 USC
2603 TSCA 4
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline:
Other, Statutory, August 31,1998, See
additional information.
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
rule, 40 CFR part 745, Lead
Requirements for Lead-Based Paint
Activities in Target Housing and Child-
Occupied Facilities, which published
on August 28,1996. The fee schedule
will establish a framework for States to
process applications for training
providers of lead-based paint training
courses and for certification of workers
engaged in lead-based paint activities
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62441
EPA—TSCA
Final Rule Stage
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 (LBP) 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. The "Notification of
Commencement of Lead-Based Paint
Abatement Activities" portion has been
split off as a separate rule.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 09/02/98 63 FR 46734
Direct Final Rule 09/02/98 63 FR 46668
Withdraw Direct Final 10/16/98 63 FR 55547
Rule
Final Action 12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3881
Legal Deadlines continued: Applicants
start submitting applications for which
fee is required by statute. Need Fees
schedule in place in order to enable
applicants to comply.
Agency Contact: Ellie Clark,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7404, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3402
Fax: 202 260-0770
Email: clark.ellie@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD11
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act
Long-Term Actions
3684. TRI; 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 EPCRA;
42 USC 11023; 42 USC 11048; 42 USC
11076
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The original Toxics Release
Inventory (TRI) required reporting from
manufacturing facilities on the releases
and other waste management activities
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 be considered for
incorporation into the TRI database.
The additional data elements included
for consideration include: quantity
brought on site; quantity produced on
site; quantity consumed on site;
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. Because
of competing priorities, this project is
currently on-hold. No activities are
planned for 1999.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
NPRM
10/01/96 61 FR 51322
12/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3877
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); 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: Susan Hazen,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7408, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1024
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: hazen.susan@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD08
-------
62442 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—TSCA
Long-Term Actions
3685. TEST RULES; 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Interim Final Rule
Interim Final Rule
Interim Final Rule -
Technical
Modification
NPRM
05/17/85 50 FR 20652
06/30/86 51 FR 23706
09/01/89 54 FR 36311
09/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Frank Kover
Phone: 202 260-8130
Email: kover.frank@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB30
3686. LEAD; 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
NPRM Proposed Ban 03/09/94 59 FR 11122
of Fishing Sinkers
Final Action Fishing 12/00/00
Sinkers
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Ellie Clark
Phone: 202 260-3402
Email: clark.ellie@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC21
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Completed Actions
3687. • POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS (PCBS) DISPOSAL
AMENDMENTS (SECTION 610
REVIEW)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605(e)TSCA
sec 6(e)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In the April 25,1997, issue
of the Regulatory Agenda (62 FR
22297), EPA announced the review of
the requirements for Polychlorinated
Biphenyls (PCBs) Disposal (see RIN
2070-AD04) under section 610 of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act, and solicited
public comment on whether additional
changes to that rule would further
reduce impacts on small entities while
still accomplishing the objectives of the
statute authorizing the rule. We did not
receive any comments in response to
this request. On June 29, 1998, (63 FR
35384) EPA issued the final PCB
Disposal Amendments which are
anticipated to provide significant cost
savings to the regulated community
including small entities. EPA has also
determined that this rule continues to
be necessary to provide options for the
safe disposal of PCB and to protect
human health and the environment
from potential unreasonable risks
associated with exposure to PCBs as
required by the Toxic Substances
Control Act. With this notice, EPA
hereby concludes its section 610 review
of this rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
End Review 06/29/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4202
Agency Contact: Sandy Zavolta,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7503W, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2303
RIN: 2070-AD32
3688. • ASBESTOS WORKER
PROTECTION RULE (SECTION 610
REVIEW)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604 TSCA
sec 6
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 763
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In the April 25,1997, issue
of the Regulatory Agenda (62 FR
22297), EPA announced the review of
the Asbestos Worker Protection Rule
(see RIN 2070-AC66), the Amendments
to the Asbestos Containing Materials in
Schools Rule (see RIN 2070-AC62), and
the Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan
(see RIN 2070-AC51) under section 610
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and
solicited public comment on whether
additional changes to these rules would
further reduce impacts on small entities
while still accomplishing the objectives
of the statute authorizing the rule. We
received a few comments on the rules
and EPA intends to propose
streamlining amendments for these
actions. Each action is identified
separately in the Regulatory Agency.
EPA also determined that this rule
continues to be necessary to protect
human health and the environment
from potential unreasonable risks
associated with exposure to asbestos.
With this notice, EPA hereby concludes
its section 610 review of these rules.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
End Review
09/02/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4203
Agency Contact: Sandy Zavolta,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7503W, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2303
RIN: 2070-AD33
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62443
EPA—TSCA
Completed Actions
3689. • AMENDMENTS TO THE
ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIALS
IN SCHOOLS RULE (SECTION 610
RULE)
Priority: Info./Admin./Otlier
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605 TSCA
sec 6; 15 USC 2607 TSCA sec8; 15 USC
2647 TSCA sec 7
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 763
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In the April 25,1997, issue
of the Regulatory Agenda (62 FR
22297), EPA announced the review of
the Asbestos Worker Protection Rule
(see RIN 2070-AC66), the Amendments
to the Asbestos Containing Materials in
Schools Rule (see RIN 2070-AC62), and
the Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan
(see RIN 2070-AC51) under section 610
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and
solicited public comment on whether
additional changes to these rules would
further reduce impacts on small entities
while still accomplishing the objectives
of the statute authorizing the rule. We
received a few public comments on the
rules and EPA intends to propose
streamlining amendments for these
actions. Each action is identified
separately in the Regulatory Agency.
EPA also determined that this rule
continues to be necessary to protect
human health and the environment
from potential unreasonable risks
associated with exposure to asbestos.
With this notice, EPA hereby concludes
its section 610 review of these rules.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
End Review 09/02/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4204
Agency Contact: Sandy Zavolta,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7503W, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2303
RIN: 2070-AD34
3690. • ASBESTOS MODEL
ACCREDITATION PLAN (SECTION 610
REVIEW)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2646 TSCA
sec 6
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 763
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In the April 25,1997, issue
of the Regulatory Agenda (62 FR
22297), EPA announced the review of
the Asbestos Worker Protection Rule
(see RIN 2070-AC66), the Amendments
to the Asbestos Containing Materials in
Schools Rule (see RIN 2070-AC62), and
the Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan
(see RIN 2070-AC51) under section 610
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and
solicited public comment on whether
additional changes to these rules would
further reduce impacts on small entities
while still accomplishing the objectives
of the statute authorizing the rule. We
received a few comments on the rules
and EPA intends to propose
streamlining amendments for these
actions. Each action is identified
separately in the Regulatory Agency.
EPA also determined that this rule
continues to be necessary to protect
human health and the environment
from potential unreasonable risks
associated with exposure to asbestos.
With this notice, EPA hereby concludes
its section 610 review of these rules.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
End Review 09/02/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4205
Agency Contact: Sandy Zavolta,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7503W, Washington,
DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2303
RIN: 2070-AD35
3691. LEAD-BASED PAINT;
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS AT
RENOVATION OF TARGET HOUSING
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745; 24 CFR 35
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 06/01/98 63 FR 29908
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Ellie Clark
Phone: 202 260-3402
Email: clark.ellie@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC65
3692. REGULATORY INVESTIGATION
OF FORMALDEHYDE
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 765
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn - No further 08/14/98
regulatory action.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Frank Kover
Phone: 202 260-2134
Email: kover.frank@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AB14
3693. REGULATORY INVESTIGATION
OF DIOXIN IN PULP AND PAPER MILL
SLUDGE
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 744
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-No further 08/10/98
regulatory action
planned.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Barbara Leczynski
Phone: 202 260-1864
Email: leczynski.barbara@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC05
3694. PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS (PCBS) DISPOSAL
AMENDMENTS
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 761
-------
52444 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—TSCA
Completed Actions
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action-PCB 06/29/98 63 FR 35384
Disposal Provisions
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Tony Baney
Phone: 202 260-3933
Email: baney.tony@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD04
3695. TSCA SECTION 8(D) HEALTH
AND SAFETY DATA MODEL
REPORTING RULE AMENDMENTS
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 716
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Rule
04/01/98 63 FR 15765
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Keith Cronin
Phone: 202 260-8157
Fax: 202 260-1096
Email: cronin.keith@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD17
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3696. TRI; POLLUTION PREVENTION
ACT INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
112 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AC24
3697. TRI; CHEMICAL EXPANSION;
FINALIZATION OF DEFERRED
CHEMICALS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq, No.
113 in Part n of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN; 2070-AC47
3698. TRI; REPORTING THRESHOLD
AMENDMENT; TOXIC CHEMICALS
RELEASE REPORTING; COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
114 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
BIN: 2070-AD09
3699. TRI; REVIEW OF CHEMICALS
ON THE ORIGINAL TRI LIST
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
115 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AD18
3700. TRI; ADDITION OF OIL AND GAS
EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION TO
THE TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
116 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2070-AD19
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
Final Rule Stage
3701. • EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW
PROGRAMS; AMENDMENTS TO
HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL REPORTING
THRESHOLDS FOR GASOLINE AND
DIESEL FUEL AT RETAIL GAS
STATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: PL 99-499
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 370
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On June 8,1998, EPA
proposed a series of modifications to
section 302 through 312 of EPCRA.
These proposed modifications included
raising the threshold for gasoline and
diesel fuel at retail gas stations when
stored entirely underground, and in
compliance with Underground Storage
Tank Regulation; raising the threshold
under sections 311 and 312 for sand,
gravel, rock salt and other chemicals
that pose minimal risk and minimal
hazards to the community; revising
existing regulations to put them in a
Plain English format; and providing
other regulatory changes and draft
guidance. However, in this rule, the
Agency is finalizing only the new
thresholds for gasoline and diesel fuel
at retail gas stations when stored
entirely underground, and in
compliance with Underground Storage
Tank Regulation. The other proposals
will be finalized in a separate, later
rulemaking.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
06/08/98 63 FR 31268
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4163
Agency Contact: Vanessa Rodriguez,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7913
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62445
EPA—EPCRA
Final Rule Stage
Meg Victor, Environmental Protection
Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, 5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1379
RIN: 2050-AE58
3702. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE
PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS: RISK
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS UNDER
THE CLEAN AIR ACT, SECTION
112(R)(7): AMENDMENT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 74l2(r); 42
USC 7601(a)(l)
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 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
public to improve accident prevention
and emergency response practices at
the local level.
EPA proposed the following
modifications to the RMP final rule: (1)
clarify how Confidential Business
Information (CBI) should be submitted
to EPA; (2) add 4 required and 5
optional 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 Action
04/17/98 63 FR 19216
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
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
John Ferris, Environmental Protection
Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, 5104, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-4043
RIN: 2050-AE46
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
Long-Term Actions
3703. EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT:
AMENDMENTS AND STREAMLINING
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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 355; 40 CFR 370
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/08/98 63 FR 31268
12/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal
Agency Contact: Vanessa Rodriguez
Phone: 202 260-7913
Meg Victor
Phone: 202 260-1379
RIN: 2050-AE17
3704. 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 355
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Agency Contact: John Ferris
Phone: 202 260-4043
Fax: 202 260-0927
RIN: 2050-AE42
3705. MODIFICATION OF THRESHOLD
PLANNING QUANTITY FOR
ISOPHORONE DIISOCYANATE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 355
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Final Action
00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John Ferris
Phone: 202 260-4043
Fax: 202 260-0927
RIN: 2050-AE43
-------
62446 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Prerule Stage
3706. HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE
AND DISPOSAL REGULATION
RELATED TO LOW LEVEL MIXED
WASTE; PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
97 in Part II of this issue of the Federal
Register.
RIN: 2050-AE45
3707. REINVENTING THE LAND
DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS 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 6905; 42 USC
6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6924
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 268
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Land Disposal
Restrictions (LDR) program was
established to minimize threats posed
by the land disposal of untreated
hazardous wastes. The program has
been in place for a number of years
and now regulates all but the most
recently listed hazardous wastes. The
Agency is now examining the LDR
program, exploring past
accomplishments, current issues, and
future possibilities. The goals of the
examination are to make the LDR
program cheaper, smarter, cleaner, and
more flexible. The Agency will develop
an Advance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (ANPRM) to present initial
thinking and the results of some
activities taken as part of the ongoing
LDR Reinvention Project so that the
public will have an opportunity to
comment. A proposed and final rule
will follow.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
01/00/99
01/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical
Manufacturing; 331 Primary Metal
Manufacturing; 2122 Metal Ore Mining;
32411 Petroleum Refineries
Agency Contact: Sue Slotnick,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8462
RIN: 2050-AE53
3708. LAND DISPOSAL
RESTRICTIONS; POTENTIAL
REVISIONS FOR MERCURY LISTED
AND CHARACTERISTIC WASTES;
ANPRM
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC
6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6924
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 268
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This Advance Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) will
solicit data and comments on treatment
data that the Agency has gathered on
the treatment of mercury wastes. Some
forms of mercury wastes are now
required to be treated by either
incineration or retorting. Both of these
forms of treatment have the potential
to emit mercury via air emissions. Also,
some information suggests that certain
waste types which are required to be
retorted are not amenable to that form
of treatment. There also is a shrinking
demand for mercury, which brings up
concerns about requiring recovery of
mercury wastes. The data and
information gathered by this ANPRM
process are intended to be used to
propose revised treatment standards for
some forms of mercury hazardous
wastes in a future rulemaking.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
ANPRM
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 3353 Electrical
Equipment Manufacturing; 325181
Alkalies and Chlorine Manufacturing;
32551 Paint and Coating
Manufacturing; 3254 Pharmaceutical
and Medicine Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 4094
Agency Contact: Mary Cunningham,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8453
Fax: 703 308-8466
3709. REVIEW OF TOXICITY
CHARACTERISTIC LEVEL FOR
SILVER UNDER THE RESOURCE
CONSERVATION RECOVERY ACT
(RCRA)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC
6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922;
42 USC 6938
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 268
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action initiates a
technical review of the possible risks
associated with management of silver-
bearing wastes, which is being
conducted in response to petitions
submitted to the Agency to delete the
toxicity characteristic level for silver.
EPA will address all potential pathways
for risks from silver-bearing wastes,
including possible ecological effects.
Silver is on the toxicity characteristic
list because it was a regulated drinking
water contaminant. In January 1991, the
Agency deleted the primary drinking
water maximum contaminant level
(MCL) for silver because the Agency
concluded that silver causes no adverse
human health effects. The petitioners,
users of silver materials and silver
waste generators, petitioned the Agency
to delete silver from the TC list on the
basis of the Agency's conclusions
regarding silver toxicity to humans in
deleting the MCL.
The Agency believes that before a
decision can be made to delete or
modify the toxicity characteristic level
for silver, a more complete assessment
of risks posed by management of silver-
bearing wastes must be conducted,
including a review of possible
ecological risks.
Pending the outcome of this review, the
Agency may revise or delete the TC
level for silver, if warranted.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Additional Information: SAN No. 4093 RIN: 2050-AE54
Initial Study Complete 06/30/97
Peer Review Expected 10/00/98
Completion Date
Final Study 12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 3886
Agency Contact: Jan Young,
Environmental Protection Agency,
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62447
EPA—RCRA
Prerule Stage
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5307W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-1568
RIN: 2050-AE37
3710. RCRA REPORTING AND
RECORDKEEPING BURDEN
REDUCTION; ANPRM
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 104-13; 42 USC
6907; 42 USC 6912(a); 42 USC 6921
to 6927; 42 USC 6930; 42 USC 6934;
42 USC 6935; 42 USC 6937 to 6939;
42 USC 6944; 42 USC 6949a; 42 USC
6974
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: To comply with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, EPA must
reduce the information collection
burden associated with the reporting
and recordkeeping requirements
imposed on the regulated community
by the Agency's regulatory programs.
Information Collection Requests (ICRs)
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget provide a measure of the
reporting and recordkeeping
requirements associated with a
particular regulation. The Office of
Solid Waste (OSW) is conducting a
review of RCRA ICRs and developing
options for reducing the associated
burden. OSW will solicit comment on
these ideas in either an Advance Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking or a proposed
rulemaking.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
04/00/99
10/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 323 Printing and
Related Support Activities; 324
Petroleum and Coal Products
Manufacturing; 325 Chemical
Manufacturing; 326 Plastics and Rubber
Products Manufacturing; 331 Primary
Metal Manufacturing; 332 Fabricated
Metal Product Manufacturing; 334
Computer and Electronic Product
Manufacturing; 562 Waste Management
and Remediation Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 4084
Agency Contact: Laurie Solomon,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5302W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8443
Robert Burchard, Environmental
Protection Agency, Solid Waste and
Emergency Response, 5302W,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8450
RIN: 2050-AE50
3711. RCRA APPENDIX VIII
STREAMLINING; ANPRM
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 6905; 42 USC
6912(a); 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922;
42 USC 6938
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will propose to
modify the list of chemicals found in
Appendix Vm of 40 CFR part 261 by:
(1) adding new chemicals which have
been found to be toxic to humans
and/or wildlife when they are managed
in commerce, stockpiled, or discarded,
and (2) deleting those chemicals for
which the potential for exposure no
longer exists, or for which analytical
methods do not exist.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 4090
Agency Contact: Dr. Monica A. Barron,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5307W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0483
Fax: 703 308-0509
Email: barron.monica@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2050-AE55
3712. REGULATORY DETERMINATION
ON REMAINING WASTES FROM THE
COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUELS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6921(b)(3)(C);
RCRA sec 3001(b)(3)(C)
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, April 1, 1999, The
Agency is seeking a 6 month extension
to the legal deadline.
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 in the Federal
Register on August 9, 1993. The Agency
also determined that for the remaining
fossil-fuel combustion wastes,
additional data collection is necessary
to make a Regulatory Determination on
these wastes and a Final Regulatory
Determination will be made by April
1,1999. These remaining wastes
include: (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 a six-month extension to the
legal deadline for the Phase II
regulatory determination.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Notice of Availability
Regulatory
Determination
(Phase I Four Fossil
Fuel Wastes)
Regulatory 04/00/99
Determination
(Phase II Remaining
Wastes)
02/12/93 58 FR 8273
08/09/93 58 FR 42466
-------
62448 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—RCRA
Prerule Stage
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3201
Agency Contact: Dennis Ruddy,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8430
RIN: 2050-AD91
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3713. MODIFICATIONS TO RCRA
RULES ASSOCIATED WITH SOLVENT-
CONTAMINATED SHOP TOWELS AND
WIPERS
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
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 273
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would modify
RCRA rules that impact the
management of solvent-contaminated
shop towels and wipers. Solvent
contaminated shop towels and wipers
are used throughout industry for
equipment cleaning and other related
facility operations. Many times the
spent shop towels and wipers are a
hazardous waste because the solvent
used is either a characteristic or listed
solvent. An examination of industry
use and management practices reveals
that many facilities may use only small
amounts of solvent on their disposable
wipers, and use small numbers of
wipers daily — suggesting that these
materials, particularly if listed solvents
are being used, may pose little or no
risk to human health and the
environment if disposed in municipal
landfills. Similarly, situations exist
where both disposable wipers and
reusable shop towels are not being
managed according to prescribed
Federal and States rules and policies.
Problems with this issue have persisted
since the late 1980s.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Sectors Affected: 323 Printing and
Related Support Activities; 325
Chemical Manufacturing; 332
Fabricated Metal Product
Manufacturing; 333 Machinery
Manufacturing; 334 Computer and
Electronic Product Manufacturing; 336
Transportation Equipment
Manufacturing; 337 Furniture and
Related Product Manufacturing; 441
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; 811
Repair and Maintenance; 812 Personal
and Laundry Services
Additional Information: SAN No. 4091
Agency Contact: Jim O'Leary,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8827
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email: oleary.jim@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2050-AE51
3714. GLASS-TO-GLASS RECYCLING
OF CATHODE RAY TUBES (CRTS):
CHANGES TO HAZARDOUS WASTE
REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6912(a); 42
USC 6921; 42 USC 6922; 42 USC 6923;
42 USC 6924; 42 USC 6925
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will revise the
existing Federal hazardous waste
regulations to remove unnecessary
regulatory barriers to glass-to-glass
recycling of Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs).
A CRT is the main component of a
television or computer monitor. A CRT
is made largely of specialized glasses,
some of which contain lead to protect
the user from X-rays inside the CRT.
Due to the lead, when they are
disposed of or reclaimed, some CRTs
are hazardous wastes under the Federal
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA) regulations. Glass-to-glass
recycling involves the return of used
CRT glass to manufacturing of new
CRTs.
This action is planned in response to
a June 9,1998 recommendation on CRT
recycling from the Common Sense
Initiative (CSI) to the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA). CSI is a
consensus-based process for developing
cleaner, cheaper, smarter environmental
improvements that includes
representatives of: industry;
environmental groups; community
groups; environmental justice groups;
labor; and, Federal, State, local, and
tribal governments. The
recommendation involves minimizing
RCRA requirements for glass-to-glass
recycling while retaining appropriate
controls to ensure protection of human
health and the environment. The goal
of the recommendation is to facilitate
an increase in glass-to-glass recycling,
thereby minimizing disposal of lead,
increasing resource recovery, and
enhancing protection of human health
and the environment. The
recommendation was developed by the
Workgroup on Overcoming Barriers to
Pollution Prevention, Product
Stewardship, and Recycling of the
Computers and Electronics CSI
Subcommittee. The Workgroup's
process for developing the
recommendation on CRT recycling
included information gathering,
analysis, and discussion to reach
consensus. The Workgroup started
evaluating CRT recycling in general,
and then agreed to limit the first phase
of the project to glass-to-glass recycling.
Other recycling processes will be
evaluated in subsequent phases.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62449
EPA—RCRA
Proposed Rule Stage
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 334411 Electron
Tube Manufacturing
Additional Information: SAN No. 4092
Agency Contact: Charlotte Mooney,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-7025
Fax: 703 308-0514
Email:
mooney.charlotte@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2050-AE52
3715. STANDARDIZED PERMIT FOR
RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
117 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AE44
3716. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFEST
REGULATION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
118 in Part H of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AE21
3717. 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; 42 USC 9601(37); 42 USC 9614(c)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 258; 40 CFR 260;
40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
40 CFR 266; 40 CFR 270; 40 CFR 279
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 accelerated its review process
for new methods by eliminating several
unnecessary internal review steps, and
by streamlining the internal approval
process for each new method. However,
there are currently 32 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 12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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: 703 308-0511
Email: lesnik.bany@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2050-AE41
3718. 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
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 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 partially to concerns that
they are overly complex, difficult to
understand, and that they pose a barrier
to safe hazardous waste recycling.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2872
Agency Contact: Charlotte Mooney,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-7025
RIN: 2050-AD18
3719. CHLORINATED ALIPHATICS
LISTING DETERMINATION
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:
NPRM, Judicial, July 31, 1999.
Final, Judicial, September 30, 2000.
Abstract: This action addresses the
potential risks posed by wastes from
the production of chlorinated
aliphatics, and determines whether
these wastes should be listed as
hazardous wastes under RCRA to
control any potentially unacceptable
risks. Any wastes newly listed as
hazardous also will be added to the
CERCLA list of hazardous substances.
This action will be implemented by
EPA and States authorized under
RCRA. Impacts on local governments
-------
62450 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—RCRA
Proposed Rule Stage
are not expected, and small business
impacts are undetermined.
Timetable:
plaintiffs in EDF v. Browner, Civil
Action No. 89-0598 D.D.C.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3151
Agency Contact: Wanda Levine,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0438
RIN: 2050-AD85
3720. 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, November 1,1998, Dyes
I Notice of Data Availability.
NPRM, Judicial, March 31, 1999, Dyes
II (deferred wastes). Deadline for Dyes
II final rule is 03/31/00.
Final, Judicial, November 1,1999, Dyes
I.
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 potentially unacceptable
risks. If listed under RCRA, these
wastes would also be added to the
CERCLA list of hazardous substances.
This action will be implemented by
EPA and States authorized under
RCRA. Impacts on local governments
are not expected, and small business
impacts are undetermined at this time.
Three waste streams (filter aids,
triarylmethane, and anthraquinone) are
subject to separate deadlines for
proposed and final action (Dyes II
rulemaking). The deadlines are based
on recent settlement discussions with
NPRM Dyes I 12/22/94 59 FR 66072
Notice Dyes I (Notice 11/00/98
of Data Availability)
NPRM Dyes II 03/00/99
(Deferred Wastes)
Final Action Dyes I 11 /00/99
Final Action Dyes II 03/00/00
(Deferred Wastes)
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3066
Agency Contact: Katharine Fredriksen,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8285
RIN: 2050-AD80
3721. REVISIONS TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE GUIDELINE FOR
PROCUREMENT OF PRODUCTS
CONTAINING RECOVERED
MATERIALS
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 69l2(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
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. Government
procurement of EPA-designated items
containing recovered materials fosters
markets for those materials and,
thereby, closes the recycling loop. On
May 1, 1995, under the authority of
RCRA and in compliance with
Executive Order (E.O.) 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 E.O.
requires EPA to update the CPG and
issue RMANs annually. On November
13, 1997, EPA issued the first update
to the CPG (CPG2), in which 12
additional items were designated;
additional recommendations are
discussed in RMAN II. The new actions
would: (1) propose the second update
to the CPG (CPG3), including
recommendations in RMANs, and (2)
propose the third update to the CPG
(CPG4). In addition, EPA will issue a
revision to the Paper Products RMAN
to incorporate E.O. 12873 requirements
to buy printing and writing grade
papers with 30% post-consumer
content starting 12/31/98. EPA will also
revise its RMAN I to include
recommendations for purchasing
recycled content carpet and plastic batt
building insulation.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Notice-Paper 06/08/98 63 FR 31214
Products Recovered
Materials Advisory
Notice
Notice-Recovered 06/08/98 63 FR 31217
Materials Advisory
Notice I Update
NPRM(CPGS) 08/26/98 63 FR 45558
NPRM (CPG4) 12/00/98
Final (CPG3) 12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3545
Agency Contact: Terry Grist,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-7257
RIN: 2050-AE23
3722. MANAGEMENT OF CEMENT
KILN DUST (CKD)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
119 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2050-AE34
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62451
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Final Rule Stage
3723. 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
3724. MERCURY-CONTAINING AND
RECHARGEABLE BATTERY
MANAGEMENT ACT; CODIFICATION
OF WASTE MANAGEMENT
PROVISIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 14303
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 273
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 or the equivalent
requirements of an approved state
program, 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 and to implement and
enforce collection, storage, and
transport requirements identical to
those included in the universal waste
rule if the standards are approved by
the EPA Administrator.
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
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 Rule 01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 3888
Agency Contact: Bryan Groce,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8750
Fax: 703 308-0522
RIN: 2050-AE39
3725. RECYCLED USED OIL
CONTAINING PCBS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9601(37); 42
USC 9614(c); 42 USC 6905; 42 USC
6912(a); 42 USC 6921 to 6927; 42 USC
6930; 42 USC 6934; 42 USC 6974
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 279
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The direct final rule,
published May 6,1998, eliminates
errors and clarifies ambiguities in the
used oil management standards.
Specifically, the rule clarifies (1) when
used oil contaminated with
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is
regulated under the used oil
management standards and when it is
not, (2) that the requirements
applicable to releases of used oil apply
in States that are not authorized for the
RCRA base program, (3) that mixtures
of conditionally exempt small quantity
generator (CESQG) wastes and used oil
are subject to the used oil management
standards irrespective of how that
mixture is to be recycled, and (4) that
the initial marketer of used oil that
meets the used oil fuel specification
need only keep a record of a shipment
of used oil to the facility to which the
initial marketer delivers the used oil.
This rule also amends three incorrect
references to the pre-1992 used oil
specifications in the provisions which
address hazardous waste fuel produced
from, or oil reclaimed from, oil bearing
hazardous wastes from petroleum
refining operations.
EPA received relevant adverse
comments on three of the amendments
included in the May 6,1998 direct final
rule: the amendments to 40 CFR
261.5(j) (mixtures of conditionally
exempt small quantity generator waste
and used oil), 40 CFR 279.10(i)
(applicability of the used oil •
management standards to used oil
contaminated with polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs)), and 40 CFR
279.74(b) (recordkeeping requirements
for marketers of used oil that meets the
used oil fuel specification). On July 14,
1998, the Agency removed these three
amendments and reinstated the
regulatory text that existed prior to the
May 6, 1998 direct final rule. EPA will
promulgate a final rule addressing the
comments received and finalizing the
three amendments, as appropriate.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
05/06/98 63 FR 25006
05/06/98 63 FR 24963
07/14/98 63 FR 37780
NPRM
Direct Final Rule
Removal of Three
Amendments
Final Rule 11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 4088
Agency Contact: Tom Rinehart,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-4309
RIN: 2050-AE47
3726. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: POST-
CLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
-------
62452 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
RCRA Final Rule Stage
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 sec 3005
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
40 CFR 270; 40 CFR 124
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Under the current RCRA
regulations, a facility that needs post-
closure care must obtain a permit. In
many cases, the post-closure permit is
an appropriate mechanism for the
regulatory agency to use to address the
environmental needs at the facility. In
other cases, however, a permit may not
be appropriate. And, in some cases, the
facility's post-closure care needs may
have already been addressed through
other legal mechanisms, such as
enforcement actions or Superfund
actions. In these cases, subsequent
issuance of a post-closure permit would
not provide any environmental benefit,
although, under the current regulations,
it is still required. This rule would
remove the requirements to issue a
permit to address post-closure care in
all cases. A permit would remain an
option, but EPA Regions and
authorized States would be able to use
other mechanisms as well, depending
on the circumstances at the facility.
Timetable:
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, October 31,1998.
Abstract: This action addresses the
potential human health and
environmental risks posed by certain
used solvents and wastes from their
use, and determines whether or not
these wastes should be listed as
hazardous wastes under RCRA. If listed
under RCRA these wastes would also
be added to the CERCLA list of
hazardous substances. The spent
solvents currently under this listing
determination are: cumene, phenol,
isophorone, acetonitrile, fufural,
epichlorohydrin, methyl chloride,
ethylene dibromide, benzyl chloride, p-
dichlorobenzene, 2-methoxyethanol, 2-
ethoxyethanol, 2-ethoxyethanol acetate,
and cyclohexanol. On August 14, 1996,
the Agency proposed not to list these
spent solvents.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
NPRM 06/08/94 59 FR 55778
Final Action 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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
3727. SPENT SOLVENTS LISTING
DETERMINATION
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
Date
FR Cite
a streamlined regulatory structure
under RCRA. The rule would have
positive impacts on small businesses
and State, local and tribal governments
interested in collecting and managing
lamps.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM 08/14/96 61 FR 42318
Final 10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3134
Agency Contact: Ron Josephson,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-0442
RIN: 2050-AD84
3728. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;
MODIFICATION OF THE HAZARDOUS
WASTE PROGRAM; MERCURY-
CONTAINING LAMPS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905; 42 USC
6912; 42 USC 6921; 42 USC 6922; 42
USC 6923; 42 USC 6930; 42 USC 6938
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 273
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This final rulemaking
addresses the management of spent
mercury-containing lamps. The
rulemaking is based on data which
indicate that mercury-containing lamps
may be safely managed outside of the
full subtitle C requirements of the
RCRA hazardous waste system, using
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/27/94 59 FR 38288
Final 11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3237
Agency Contact: Marilyn Goode,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5304W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8800
RIN: 2050-AD93
3729. HAZARDOUS REMEDIATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
REQUIREMENTS (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 6905 Resource
Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) sec
1006; 42 USC 6906 RCRA sec 1007; 42
USC 6912 RCRA sec 2002; 42 USC
6912(a) RCRA sec 2002(a); 42 USC 6921
RCRA sec 3001; 42 USC 6922 RCRA
sec 3002; 42 USC 6923 RCRA sec 3003;
42 USC 6924 RCRA sec 3004; 42 USC
6925 RCRA sec 3005; 42 USC 6926
RCRA sec 3006; 42 USC 6927 RCRA
sec 3007; 42 USC 6935 RCRA sec 3014;
42 USC 6936 RCRA sec 3015; 42 USC
6937 RCRA sec 3016; 42 USC 6974
RCRA sec 7004
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 268;
40 CFR 270; 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
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62453
EPA—RCRA
Final Rule Stage
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)
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 finalization 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 by leaving the CAMU
regulations in place, rather than
withdrawing these regulations as
proposed. Targeted elements EPA plans
to include are: 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. EPA is also
planning to include streamlined
procedures for state authorization of
minor or routine RCRA rules. EPA is
withdrawing 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
requirements. The Agency has finalized
the alternative land disposal restriction
treatment standards for hazardous
contaminated soil as part of the Land
Disposal Restrictions Phase IV
rulemaking (63 FR 28556, May 26,
1998).
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
NPRM Withdrawn
NPRM
Final
Date
05/20/92
10/30/92
04/29/96
10/00/98
FR Cite
57 FR 21 450
57 FR 49280
61 FR 18780
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2982
Agency Contact: Carolyn Hoskinson,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5303W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8626
RIN: 2050-AE22
3730. RCRA SUBTITLE C FINANCIAL
TEST CRITERIA (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: 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 be able to cover their financial
obligations for liability and closure
costs of hazardous waste treatment,
storage and disposal facilities. A
bankrupt firm may be unable to afford
the proper closure of a facility which
would require the government to incur
response costs at the facility. The rule
would also qualify owners and
operators of RCRA Treatment, Storage,
and Disposal Facilities which must
currently use more expensive ways,
such as surety bonds or letters of credit,
of demonstrating financial assurance, to
use the less expensive corporate
financial responsibility test for more of
their obligations. The combined savings
from screening out riskier firms and
making the test more available to viable
firms would be approximately $19
million annually in public and private
costs. These regulatory amendments
would have no effect on local or tribal
governments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
10/12/94 59 FR 51523
11/00/98
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
07/01/91 56 FR 30201
NPRM
Notice of Data
Availability
Final Action 10/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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
3731. 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-
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.
-------
62454 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
RCRA Fina' Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
FR Cite
01/26/96 61 FR2584
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Karen Rudek,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5306W, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-1682
Additional Information: SAN No. 2751 RIN: 2050-AD03
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Long-Term Actions
3732. HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: SLAG
RESIDUES DERIVED FROM HIGH
TEMPERATURE METALS RECOVERY
(HTMR) TREATMENT OF KO61, KO62
AND F0006 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
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Narendra Chaudhari
Phone: 703 308-0454
RIN: 2050-AE15
3733. HAZARDOUS WASTE
IDENTIFICATION; RECYCLED USED
OIL MANAGEMENT STANDARDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 279
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Timetable:
NPRM 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Tom Rinehart
Phone: 703 308-4309
RIN: 2050-AE28
3734. 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 271;
40 CFR 302
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
02/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Gate Jenkins
Phone: 703 308-0453
Fax: 703 308-0514
RIN: 2050-AE32
3735. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING
OF HAZARDOUS WASTE; INORGANIC
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY WASTES; AND
CERCLA HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE
DESIGNATION AND REPORTABLE
QUANTITIES
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 263;
40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265; 40 CFR 268;
40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/00/00
08/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Anthony Carrell
Phone: 703 308-0458
Fax: 703 308-0522
Email: carrell.anthony@epamail.epa.gov
Max Diaz
Phone: 703 308-0439
RIN: 2050-AE49
3736. • INTERIM EMERGENCY RULE
REVISING LAND DISPOSAL
RESTRICTION TREATMENT
STANDARDS FOR ALUMINUM
POTLINERS—K088 WASTE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6924, RCRA
3004m
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 271
Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial,
September 24, 1998.
Interim Final Rule
Abstract: EPA is promulgating
treatment standards for spent potliners
from primary aluminum reduction
(EPA hazardous waste: K088) under its
Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR)
program. The purpose of the LDR
program, authorized by the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA),
is to minimize threats to human health
and the environment due to land
disposal of hazardous wastes. As a
result of this rule, spent potliners will
be prohibited from land disposal unless
the wastes have been treated in
compliance with the numerical
standards contained in the rule. These
treatment standards are necessary to
minimize threats to human health and
the environment from exposure to
hazardous constituents which may
potentially leach from landfills to
groundwater.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
09/24/98 63 FR 51254
12/00/99
Interim Final Rule
Final Action
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4158
Agency Contact: Elaine Eby,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5302W, Washington, DC 20460
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62455
EPA—RCRA
Long-Term Actions
Phone: 703 308-8449
BIN: 2050-AE59
3737. HAZARDOUS WASTE
IDENTIFICATION RULE (HWIR):
IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF
HAZARDOUS 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.
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Tracy Atagi
Phone: 703 308-8672
RIN: 2050-AE07
3738. FINAL DETERMINATION OF THE
APPLICABILITY OF THE TOXICITY
CHARACTERISTIC RULE TO
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS,
CONTAMINATED MEDIA, AND DEBRIS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261
Timetable:
ur« uiianon: su UJPK ZBU; iu ut K 261;
40 CFR 262; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 268
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
NPRM Withdrawn
NPRM Reproposal
NPRM Reproposal
Final
Date FR Cite
05/20/92 57 FR 21 450
10/30/92 57 FR 49280
12/21/95 60 FR 66344
10/00/99
04/00/01
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM 02/12/93 58 FR 8504
Final 12/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Aaencv Contact: Sammv Ne
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Phone: 703 603-9900
RIN: 2050-AD69
3739. 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
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
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 12/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Hugh Davis
Phone: 703 308-8633
RIN: 2050-AB80
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Completed Actions
3740. DELETION OF SACCHARIN
FROM THE LIST OF HAZARDOUS
WASTES UNDER RCRA AND THE
LIST OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
UNDER CERCLA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR
302.4
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-No 08/18/98
regulatory action Is
planned at this time.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Wanda Levine
Phone: 703 308-0438
RIN: 2050-AD45
3741. FINAL RULE ON LAND
DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS FOR FIRST
THIRD SCHEDULED WASTES
(SECTION 610 REVIEW)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
40 CFR 266; 40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 271
Completed:
Reason
Date FR Cite
End Review-Decision 08/17/98
To Leave Rule
Unchanged
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Rhonda Minnick
Phone: 703 308-8771
RIN: 2050-AE56
3742. TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND
CORRECTIVE ACTION
REQUIREMENTS FOR OWNERS AND
OPERATORS OF UNDERGROUND
STORAGE TANKS (SECTION 610
REVIEW)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 280
Completed:
Reason
Date FR Cite
End Review - Decision 09/23/98
To Leave Rule
Unchanged at This
Time
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sammy Ng
Phone: 703 603-9900
RIN: 2050-AE57
-------
52456 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—RCRA
Completed Actions
3743. LISTING DETERMINATION FOR
HAZARDOUS WASTES—
ORGANOBROMINES CHEMICAL
INDUSTRY
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 148; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 302
Completed:
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 148; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 266; 40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 271;
40 CFR 302
Completed:
Reason
Date FR Cite
Final Action
08/06/98 63 FR 42110
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Final Action
05/04/98 63 FR 24595 Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Anthony Carrell
Phone: 703 308-0458
RIN: 2050-AD79
3744. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING
OF HAZARDOUS WASTE:
PETROLEUM REFINING PROCESS
WASTES; LAND DISPOSAL
RESTRICTIONS FOR NEWLY
IDENTIFIED WASTES; AND CERCLA
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE
DESIGNATION
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.
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Maximo Diaz, Jr.
Phone: 703 308-0439
RIN: 2050-AD88
3745. LAND DISPOSAL
RESTRICTIONS PHASE IV:
TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR
METAL WASTES AND MINERAL
PROCESSING WASTES; MINERAL
PROCESSING SECONDARY
MATERIALS AND BEVILL EXCLUSION
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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 148; 40 CFR 261;
40 CFR 266; 40 CFR 268; 40 CFR 271
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action-(Mineral 05/26/98 63 FR 28556
Processing and
Characteristic Metal
Wastes)
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Agency Contact: Sue Slotnick
Phone: 703 308-8462
RIN: 2050-AE05
3746. UNDERGROUND STORAGE
TANKS CONTAINING HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES—FINANCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 280
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-The 08/21/98
Agency does not
plan any further
action
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Mark Barolo
Phone: 703 603-7141
RIN: 2050-AC15
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Oil Pollution Act (OPA)
Final Rule Stage
3747. OIL POLLUTION PREVENTION
REGULATION: REVISIONS
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 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 and
on February 17,1993, the Agency
proposed further clarifications and
technical changes to the spill
prevention regulations. This action
supplements the 1991 and 1993
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
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 10/22/91 56 FR 54612
NPRM 02/17/93 58 FR 8824
Supplemental NPRM 12/02/97 62 FR 63812
Final 09/00/99
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62457
EPA—OPA
Final Rule Stage
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2634
Agency Contact: Hugo Fleischman,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5203G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8769
RIN: 2050-AC62
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Oil Pollution Act (OPA)
Completed Actions
3748. FACILITY RESPONSE
PLANNING FOR DELEGATED
OFFSHORE FACILITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR112
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-No further 08/18/98
regulatory action is
planned at this time.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dana Stalcup
Phone: 703 603-8735
RIN: 2050-AE18
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
Proposed Rule Stage
3749. STREAMLINING THE
PREAUTHORIZATION MIXED
FUNDING FOR APPLICATION AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF CLAIMS
AGAINST SUPERFUND
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9601
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 307
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Current regulations at 40 CFR
part 307 provide for the
preauthorization of claims against the
Superfund in instances where the
Agency makes a determination that
mixed funding is appropriate. This
process has been labeled by many
stakeholders as overly burdensome. The
Agency has reviewed the current
process in order to identify areas in
which burdens may be lessened and
requirements may be streamlined. As a
result, the Agency is considering a
proposal 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
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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
3750. GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE RULE REFORMED 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 are intended to simplify the
application and administrative
processes. The new 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.
In addition, the new rule would
eliminate the 20 percent ceiling for
administrative costs of a grant so that
re'cipients do not need to differentiate
between programmatic and
administrative cost. The Agency is also
proposing to eliminate the distinction
between sole and multiple applicants
under the rule, since both must meet
identical criteria. The requirement that
the applicant demonstrate that there is
an actual or potential health threat
-------
62458 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CERCLA
Proposed Rule Stage
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
diat 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 a new
provision that allows communities to
receive cash advances of up to $5,000.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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
3751. REPORTABLE QUANTITY
ADJUSTMENTS FOR CARBAMATES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaMng 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
11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3423
Agency Contact: Frank Avvisato,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5202G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-8949
RIN: 2050-AE12
3752. 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
EPA to include sites on the NPL with
known or threatened hazardous
substance releases and to delete sites
that have been cleaned up.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 24
Final 20
NPRM 25
Final 21
Final (Tex-Tin Corp.)
NPRM 26
Final 22
NPRM 27
Final 23
03/06/98 63 FR 11 340
03/06/98 63 FR 11 332
07/28/98 63 FR 40247
07/28/98 63 FR 401 82
09/18/98 63 FR 49855
09/29/98 63 FR 51 882
09/29/98 63 FR 51 848
01/00/99
01/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
Final Rule Stage
3753. REVOCATION OF
CAPROLACTAM'S DESIGNATION AS
A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE UNDER
CERCLA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 9602 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 302.4
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of this
rulemaking is to give notice that
caprolactam is no longer a designated
CERCLA hazardous substance. When
the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 112
listed caprolactam as a hazardous air
pollutant, caprolactam became
designated as a CERCLA hazardous
substance under section 101(14) and 40
CFR 302.4(a). In response to a petition
filed by Allied Signal, Inc., BASF
Corporation, and DSM Chemicals North
America, the Agency made a
determination pursuant to CAA section
112(b)(3)(C) that there are adequate data
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62459
EPA—CERCLA
Final Rule Stage
on the health and environmental effects
of caprolactam to determine that
emissions, ambient concentrations,
bioaccumulation, or deposition of the
compound may not be reasonably
anticipated to cause adverse human
health or environmental effects.
Caprolactam is no longer listed as a
CAA section 112 hazardous air
pollutant and also does not appear in
any regulations designating as
hazardous substances referred to in
section 101(14) of CERCLA (exclusive
of section 101(14)(B)). In this
regulation, the Agency is revoking
caprolactam's designation as a
hazardous substance under CERCLA.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Rule
11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4075
Agency Contact: Lynn M. Beasley,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
5204G, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 603-9086
RIN: 2050-AE48
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
Long-Term Actions
3754. REPORTING EXEMPTIONS FOR
FEDERALLY PERMITTED RELEASES
OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 117; 40 CFR 302;
40 CFR 355
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/19/88 53 FR 27268
Supplemental Notice 07/11/89 54 FR 29306
Final Action 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Lynn Beasley
Phone: 703 603-9086
RIN: 2050-AB82
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
Completed Actions
3755. REPORTAPLE QUANTITY
ADJUSTMENT FQR RADON-222
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 302
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn-No 08/18/98
regulatory action is
planned at this time.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Lynn Beasley
Phone: 703 603-9086
RIN: 2050-AE20
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Prerule Stage
3756. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE ORE MINING
AND DRESSING POINT SOURCE
CATEGORY, GOLD PLACER MINE
SUBCATEGORY (SECTION 610
REVIEW)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 5 USC 610
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 440
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On May 24,1988, EPA issued
final effluent guidelines for the Gold
Placer Mine Subcategory (40 CFR part
440)under the authority of sections 301;
304(b), (c), and (e); 306; 307; and 501
of the Clean Water Act. In the 1988
promulgation notice, EPA noted that
the effluent limitations were
economically achievable for facilities of
all sizes. Due to the large number of
small entities covered by the final rule
and EPA's concern about the economic
impact on the small facilities, the final
rule included a request for comments
concerning the impact on small mines.
After evaluating all of the comments
and data submitted during this
comment period, the Agency reaffirmed
the conclusions regarding economic
achievability. In January 1989, EPA
published a notice of the Agency's
response to the comments and the
Agency's conclusion not to modify the
final rule.
This new action is a review of the final
rule as required by section 610 of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act. The purpose
of the review is to determine whether
the Placer Mine effluent guidelines
should be continued without change, or
should be amended or rescinded, to
minimize economic impacts on small
entities while still complying with the
provisions of the Clean Water Act. In
reviewing this final rule to minimize
any significant economic impacts, EPA
will consider the following factors: (1)
the continued need for the rule; (2) the
nature of complaints or comments
received concerning the rule; (3) the
complexity of the rule; (4) the extent
to which the rule overlaps, duplicates
or conflicts with other Federal, State,
or local government rules; and (5) the
degree to which technology, economic
-------
62460 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9. 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CWA
Prerule Stage
conditions, or other factors have
changed in the area affected by the
rule. EPA invites public comment on
the rule.
EPA continues to view the effluent
guidelines for the Gold Placer Mine
Subcategory as a necessary component
of the comprehensive program to
restore and maintain the quality of our
Nation's waters. Unless and until the
Agency modifies the rule, the
discharges described in 40 CFR 440.140
remain subject to the final rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Complete Review 03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: 212221 Gold Ore
Muiing
Additional Information: SAN No. 4133
Agency Contact: Ron Kirby,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7168
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: kirby.ronald@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD13
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3757. • TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY
LOAD (TMDL) PROGRAM
REGULATIONS REVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1313
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 130.7
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Office of Water will be
proposing changes to the existing
regulations for implementing the Total
Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program
under the Clean Water Act. The TMDL
program is a key component of
watershed management. It requires
States to identify water quality-limited
segments still in need of TMDLs for
these waters. EPA is required to
approve or disapprove State lists and
TMDLs, and to establish lists of waters
and TMDLs when it disapproves the
State action.
In 1996, EPA convened a Federal
Advisory Committee to provide
comprehensive recommendations for
improving the TMDL program, with a
particular emphasis on the following
issues: listing waters needing TMDLs;
criteria for EPA approval of TMDLs;
State and Federal program oversight;
and science and tools for TMDL
development. On July 28, 1998 the
Committee submitted its
recommendations to the EPA
Administrator in the spring of 1998.
EPA will carefully consider the
Committee's recommendations and
then propose changes to the existing
TMDL program regulations. The
ultimate purpose of these changes is to
improve water quality by providing
States with clear direction regarding
listing of impaired waterbodies and the
development of TMDLs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
04/00/99
11/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4145
Agency Contact: Hazel Groman,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4305F, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7074
Fax: 202 260-7024
RIN: 2040-AD22
3758. REVISIONS TO EFFLUENT
GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR
THE OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION
POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33JLTSC 1311; 33 USC
1314; 33 USC 1316; 33 USC 1317; 33
USC 1318; 33 USC 1361
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 435
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, December 31, 1998.
Final, judicial, December 31, 2000.
Abstract: This regulatory action will
establish effluent limitations for the use
of synthetic-based drilling fluids (SBF).
Oil and Gas Extraction is covered by
existing effluent guidelines at 40 CFR
part 435. However, the SBFs are a new
technology not addressed in the
guidelines, and applying the existing
regulations which were developed for
water-based and oil-based drilling
fluids is not appropriate. The use of
SBFs presents an opportunity for
environmental gain. On a drilling
performance basis, SBFs replace oil-
based drilling fluids, but unlike oil-
based drilling fluids, SBFs are free of
aromatic hydrocarbon priority
pollutants, exhibit greatly reduced
toxicity, biodegrade relatively rapidly,
and do not bioaccumulate. Compared
to water-based drilling fluids, SBFs
have reduced aquatic toxicity and
lower discharge volumes resulting in
lower toxic metals discharge. To realize
the potential environmental gain, new
guidelines specific to the SBFs are
necessary to minimize the wastestream
volume and control potential
contaminants, toxicity, biodegradation,
and bioaccumulation.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/98
12/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Sectors Affected: 211111 Crude
Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
Additional Information: SAN No. 4086
Agency Contact: Joseph M. Daly,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7186
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: daly.joseph@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD14
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62461
EPA—CWA
Proposed Rule Stage
3759. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE CENTRALIZED
WASTE TREATMENT INDUSTRY
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 33 USC I3ll 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:
Final, Judicial, August 15, 1999.
Abstract: Centralized Waste Treatment
(CWT) facilities receive hazardous and
non-hazardous waste from off-site for
treatment or recovery (excluding
solvent recovery). EPA is developing
effluent limitations based on Best
Available Technology (BAT), Best
Practicable Control Technology (BPT),
New Source Performance Standards
(NSPS), Pretreatment Standards for
Existing Sources (PSES), and
Pretreatment Standards for New
Sources (PSNS). This rule was formerly
titled Waste Treatment, Phase I.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 01/27/95 60 FR 5464
Reproposal 11/00/98
Final 08/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2805
Agency Contact: Jan Matuszko,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9126
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: matuszko.jan@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AB78
3760. 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; 33 USC
1313 Clean Water Act sec 101; 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
(Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action would
reformat 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 03/00/99
Final Action 11/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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
3761. STREAMLINING 301 (H) WAIVER
RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 CWA sec
301; 33 USC
CFR Citation: 40 CFR I25(g)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing an
amendment to the regulations
contained in 40 CFR part 125, subpart
G. These regulations implement Section
301(h) of the Clean Water Act, 33 USC
section 1311(h). Section 301(h)
provides publicly owned treatment
works (POTWs) discharging to marine
waters an opportunity to obtain a
modification of secondary treatment
requirements if they demonstrate to
EPA that they comply with a number
of criteria aimed at protecting the
marine environment. This proposal is
designed to streamline the renewal
process for POTWs with 301(h)
modified permits. The action would
eliminate unnecessary paperwork. It
would specify 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
Final
08/00/99
02/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 3804
Agency Contact: John Lishmar,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4504F, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1952
Fax: 202 260-9920
RIN: 2040-AC89
3762. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR IRON AND STEEL
MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE
CATEGORY
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
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 1362 Clean
Water Act sec 502
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 420
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, December 31, 1998.
Final, Judicial, December 31, 2000, EPA
plans to file an unopposed motion to
extend these deadlines.
Abstract: EPA will propose
amendments to the effluent limitations
-------
62462 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CWA
Proposed Rule Stage
guidelines for the Iron and Steel
Manufacturing Point Source Category to
reflect significant industry changes .
related to consolidation and
modernization within the U.S.
steelmaking industry as well as
advances in manufacturing
technologies, in process pollution
prevention, water conservation
practices, and end-of-pipe wastewater
treatment. EPA is negotiating an
extension to the judicial deadline for
this rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
12/00/98
12/00/00
technology-based permitting needs, and
because 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.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3833
Agency Contact: George Jett,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7151
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: jett.george@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC90
3763. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF TRACE METALS
UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 13l4(h) Clean
Water Act sec 304(h); 33 USC 1361(a)
Clean Water Act sec 501
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action would
propose to amend the Guidelines
Establishing Test Procedures for the
Analysis of Pollutants under 40 CFR
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.
Because the methods currently
approved under 40 CFR 136 were
designed to support primarily
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
12/00/98
12/00/00
FR Cite
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC75
3764. BEST TECHNOLOGY
AVAILABLE (BTA) FOR COOLING
WATER INTAKE STRUCTURES
UNDER SECTION 316(B) OF THE
CLEAN WATER ACT
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
120 in Part H of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AC34
3765. REVISION OF NPDES
INDUSTRIAL PERMIT APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS AND FORM 2C—
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE
INFORMATION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
121 in Part n of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AC26
3766. STREAMLINING THE GENERAL
PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS FOR
EXISTING AND NEW SOURCES OF
POLLUTION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
122 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AC58
3767. REVISIONS TO NPDES
REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLIANCE
REPORTING AND COLLECTION
SYSTEM DISCHARGES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 Clean
Water Act sec 301; 33 USC 1318 Clean
Water Act sec 308; 33 USC 1342 Clean
Water Act sec 402; 33 USC 1361 Clean
Water Act sec 501(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122.41
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EPA is proposing revisions to
the NPDES regulations. The proposed
revisions would 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 U.S. EPA to
provide recommendations for
improving NPDES program
implementation efforts which address
sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) and
sanitary sewer operation, management,
and maintenance. The proposed
revisions would address combined
sewers as well as separate sanitary
sewers in order to avoid confusion
among the regulatory community.
Failures in sewer collection systems
can result in discharges of wastewater
containing raw sewage to surface
waters. Pathogens and other pollutants
in these discharges can create
significant health and environmental
risks. The SSO FACA Subcommittee
identified inconsistent application of
several key NPDES provisions to SSOs
as a major implementation problem.
There is substantial agreement among
the SSO FACA Subcommittee that EPA
should modify the NPDES regulations
to clarify how noncompliance reporting
and prohibition/defense provisions
apply to dischargers to waters of the
U.S. from a sanitary sewer collection
system.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
04/00/99
12/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62463
EPA—CWA
Proposed Rule Stage
Small Entitles 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@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD02
3768. 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: EPA is proposing changes to
its NPDES regulations to allow reports
and other information to be submitted
electronically. When EPA promulgated
the current NPDES regulations, the
Agency did not anticipate the need or
technologies for electronic reporting.
Consequently, the current regulations
do not specifically address use of
electronic reporting technologies. The
proposed rule would establish criteria
for electronic reporting and a specific
process and conditions for electronic
reporting of discharge monitoring
reports (DMR) to EPA that are intended
to achieve reliable and secure
electronic reporting in the NPDES
program. The proposal addresses
electronic signature, certification, and
record keeping requirements that
permittees would follow when
submitting forms to EPA electronically.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 02/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
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-AD11
3769. CLEAN WATER ACT DEFINITION
OF THE WATERS OF THE UNITED
STATES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1361; 33 USC
1362; Clean Water Act sec 501; Clean
Water Act sec 502
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 232
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This joint action by EPA and
Department of Army (Army) likely will
address two aspects of the regulatory
definition of waters of the United States
under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
First, the proposal would clarify CWA
jurisdiction over isolated waters and
wetlands, the use, degradation, or
destruction of which would or could
affect interstate commerce. This would
include addressing the issues raised
with regard to such waters by the May
1998 decision of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
in U.S. v. Wilson, 133 F.3d 251.
Second, the proposal would clarify
what specific categories of artificial
waters created out of dry land are
generally not considered to be waters
of the United States and, therefore, not
subject to permit requirements. The
proposal would appropriately reflect
existing agency guidance interpreting
the regulatory definition of waters of
the United States as is currently
applied to CWA regulatory programs.
The purpose of this action is to update
and clarify regulatory definitions in
light of existing guidance and program
developments.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
05/00/99
05/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information: SAN No. 2804
Agency Contact: John Goodin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4502F, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9910
RIN: 2040-AB74
3770. 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 and small
governmental jurisdictions. EPA
expects that these changes will increase
flexibility and thus reduce the
regulatory burden.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/00/99
03/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4207
Agency Contact: Alan B. Rubin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4304, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7589
RIN: 2040-AC53
3771. TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM
AND GIARDIA UNDER THE SAFE
DRINKING WATER AND CLEAN
WATER ACTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq
Clean Water Act sec 304 (h); 33 USC
1314(h) Clean Water Act sec 501 (a);
-------
62464 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CWA
Proposed Rule Stage
33 USC 1361 SDWA1401; 42 USC 300f
SDWA sec 1412; 42 USC 300g-l SDWA
sec 1413; 42 USC 300g-2 SDWA sec
1414; 42 USC 300g-3 SDWA sec 1415;
42 USC 300g-4 SDWA sec 1416; 42
USC 300g-5 SDWA sec 1445; 42 USC
300J-4 SDWA sec 1450; 42 USC 300j-
9
CFR Citation: 40 CFR136; 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
136 and the analytical methods under
40 CFR 141 to approve EPA Method
1622 for the detection of
Cryptosporidium and Giardia in
ambient waters and finished drinking
water by nitration of a 10-L sample in
laboratory, separation of target
organisms from other debris using
immunomagnetic separation, and
detection of the organisms using
immunofluorescence assay and
differential interference contrast
microscopy and confirmation
examination of the organisms using
vital dye stains. This method would be
used by public water systems to collect
occurrence and treatment data to
characterize Cryptosporidium and
Giardia in drinking water articulated in
a National Primary Drinking Water
Regulation. EPA expects that EPA
Method 1622 would increase recovery
and would provide better precision
than the method included in an earlier
EPA rulemaking that collected
occurrence data on these contaminants,
thus providing for more reliable data.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/98
12/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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
Email: telliard.william@epa.gov
Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental
Protection Agency, Water, 4303,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1639
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: gomez-
taylor.maria@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD08
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Final Rule Stage
3772. • WATER QUALITY
STANDARDS FOR ALABAMA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1313; CWA
303
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, June 3,1998, EPA is
required to promulgate rule 90 days
after proposal.
Abstract: Under the CWA, States have
primary authority in developing water
quality standards for waters within
their jurisdiction. EPA maintains
oversight authority in that States must
submit their water quality standards to
EPA for review and approval or
disapproval. If a State's water quality
standards are not consistent with the
requirements of the CWA and its
supporting regulations, and are
subsequently disapproved by EPA, the
State must revise the disapproved water
quality standards. If the State does not
revise the disapproved water quality
standards, the CWA authorizes the EPA
Administrator to promulgate Federal
water quality standards to supersede
those disapproved provisions in the
water quality standards.
On March 5, 1998, EPA proposed water
quality standards applicable to nine
stream segments to replace those
provisions in Alabama's water quality
standards that were disapproved in
1986 and hi 1991. Specifically, EPA
proposed use designations consistent
with those specified in section 101(a)
of the CWA to replace the State's
assigned Agricultural and Industrial
Water Supply use. The effect of the
proposed standards is to replace the
State-adopted water quality criteria,
which protect only for fish survival,
with water quality criteria based on
protection of propagation of fish,
aquatic life, and wildlife.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/05/98 63 FR 10799
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4195
Agency Contact: Fritz Wagener,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404 562-9267
RIN: 2040-AD25
3773. • WATER QUALITY
STANDARDS; ESTABLISHMENT OF
NUMERIC CRITERIA FOR PRIORITY
TOXIC POLLUTANTS; STATES'
COMPLIANCE—REVISION OF
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
(PCBS) CRITERIA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
Legal Deadline:
Other, Judicial, September 27, 1999,
Settlement Agreement for publication
of final rule.
Abstract: EPA is revising the rule
promulgated on December 22, 1992,
(National Toxics Rule or NTR) that
established water quality criteria for
twelve States and the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico, that has not
adopted sufficient chemical-specific
numeric criteria for toxic pollutants
necessary to comply with the Clean
Water Act. Among the criteria
promulgated in the NTR were human
health criteria for polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs). EPA has proposed
and taken comments on revisions to the
human health criteria for PCBs in the
NTR, based on the Agency's
reassessment of the cancer potency of
PCBs.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62465
EPA—CWA
Final Rule Stage
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/02/98 63 FR 16182
Final Action 09/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: SAN No. 4193
Agency Contact: Cindy Roberts,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4304, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2787
RIN: 2040-AD27
3774. NPDES STREAMLINING RULE-
ROUND II
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
136 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AC70
3775. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE PULP, PAPER,
AND PAPERBOARD CATEGORY;
INCENTIVES AMENDMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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; 33 USC 1318 Clean
Water Act sec 308
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 430
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This amendment would
require those mills that choose to enroll
in the Voluntary Advanced Technology
Incentives Program in 40 CFR 430.24(b)
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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/15/98 63 FR 18795
Final Action 11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities 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@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD05
3776. ESTABLISHMENT OF NUMERIC
CRITERIA FOR PRIORITY TOXIC
POLLUTANTS FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1313 CWA
303
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 3,1997,
EPA is required to promulgate 90 days
after proposal.
Abstract: Several municipal entities
and one industry in California sued the
California State Water Resources
Control Board (SWRCB) in State court
over whether the SWRCB's water
quality control plans for inland surface
waters and enclosed bays and estuaries
were adopted in compliance with
authorizing State law. The court issued
its final decision in March 1994; the
Court agreed with the plaintiffs and
found that the plans could not remain
in effect. The SWRCB was ordered to
rescind its plans which contain the
State's numeric criteria for priority
toxic pollutants. In the absence of State
criteria, the Clean Water Act requires
the Administrator to promulgate water
quality criteria for priority toxic
pollutants where EPA has issued
section 304(a) criteria guidance when
the discharge of such pollutants could
reasonably be expected to interfere with
the State's designated uses.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
08/05/97 62 FR 42160
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3504
Agency Contact: Matt Mitchell,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, Region IX, San Francisco, CA
94105
Phone: 415 744-2007
RIN: 2040-AC44
3777. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
OIL AND GREASE TEST
PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS
OF POLLUTANTS 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 regulation will amend
the Guidelines establishing Test
Procedures for the Analysis of
Pollutants under section 304(h) of the
Clean Water Act to replace existing
gravimetric test procedures for the
conventional pollutants, Oil and Grease
(40 CFR 401.16) with EPA Method 1664
consistent with the Chlorofluorocarbon
(CFG) phaseout requirements of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
Method 1664 uses normal hexane (n-
hexane) as the extraction solvent in
place of l,l,2-trichloro-l,2, 2-
trifluoroethane (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.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Notice of Data
Availability
Final Action
01/23/96
10/02/97
11/00/98
61 FR 1730
62 FR 51 621
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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: telliard.william@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC63
-------
62466 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CWA Final Rule Sta9e
3778. 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
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action would
amend the Guidelines Establishing Test
Procedures for the Analysis of
Pollutants under 40 CFR Part 136 to
approve new procedures for the
analysis of cyanide under the Clean
Water Act.
"Cyanides" is a toxic pollutant as
defined in the Clean Water Act section
307 and "total cyanide" is a priority
pollutant listed at 40 CFR part 423,
appendix A. The term total cyanide
refers to all forms of cyanide, including
those forms that are readily bioavailable
such as free and weakly bound cyanide
and those forms that are less
bioavailable because the cyanide is
strongly bound to a metal ion. EPA
Method 335.1, Cyanides Amenable to
Chlorination (CATC), is currently
approved for the measurement of free
and weakly complexed forms of
cyanides. EPA Methods 335.2 and
335.3 are currently approved for
measurement of total cyanides.
EPA Methods 335.1 and 335.3 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 cost of
cyanide measurements, EPA proposed
new test procedures for the
determination of cyanides.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/07/98 63 FR 36809
05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities 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@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC76
3779. 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 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
highlight the flexibility already
contained in the 600 and 1600 series
of EPA Methods that are currently
approved for Clean Water Act
compliance monitoring under 40 CFR
part 136, "Guidelines Establishing Test
Procedures for the Analysis of
Pollutants." These methods typically
contain a statement that "In recognition
of advances that are occurring in
analytical technology, and to allow the
analyst to overcome sample matrix
interferences, the analyst is permitted
certain options to improve separations
or lower the costs of measurements.
These options include alternate
extraction, concentration, cleanup
procedures, and changes in columns
and detectors ...." The methods further
require the analyst to demonstrate that
the method modifications will not
adversely affect the quality of data by
generating quality control results that
meet the specifications contained in the
method. Despite this stated flexibility,
the Agency has found that many
NPDES and pretreatment 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 EPA's position regarding its
application. This action will also
extend this flexibility to other methods
currently approved under 40 CFR part
136. The purpose of extending this
flexibility to other 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 Rule 03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: telliard.william@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC92
3780. PERFORMANCE BASED
MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (PBMS)
PROCEDURES AND GUIDANCE FOR
TEST PROCEDURES AT 40 CFR PART
136
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 will
establish the use of performance- based
measurement procedures and guidance
for incorporation of third party-
developed test methods for use in
Clean Water Act compliance
monitoring under 40 CFR part 136,
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Pollutants. The new
procedures would include guidance
concerning the format, content, QA/QC,
and data validation requirements for
methods submitted for consideration.
This regulatory action would also
describe increased program guidance in
the form of a clearinghouse, technical
bulletins, and/or guidance documents
geared towards clarifying technical and
policy issues associated with the use
of test methods approved for use in the
program.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
03/28/97 62 FR 14975
12/00/98
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62467
EPA—CWA
Final Rule Stage
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC93
3781. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF MISCELLANEOUS
METALS, ANIONS, AND VOLATILE
ORGANICS UNDER THE CLEAN
WATER ACT, PHASE ONE
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 CFR136
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action will
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,
unions, 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 will
approve test procedures to be used in
measuring this group of compounds
under the NPDES Program unless the
Regional Administrator approves an
alternative procedure. EPA plans to
segment the rulemaking into two
phases to accommodate different
amounts of data for the long list of
compounds.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 10/18/95 60 FR 53988
Final Action 11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
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@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC95
3782. TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF MERCURY UNDER THE
CLEAN WATER ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq
Clean Water Act sec 304 (h); 33 USC
1314(h) Clean Water Act sec 501 (a);
33 USC 1361(a)
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, February 18,1999,
Judicial settlement Agreement in NDRC
v EPA- No. 92-1415 (D.C. Cir.).
Abstract: This regulatory action would
amend the "Guidelines Establishing
Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Pollutants" under 40 CFR 136 to
approve EPA Method 1631 for the
determination of mercury at EPA's
recommended 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. Because the methods
currently approved under 40 CFR part
136 were designed primarily to support
technology-based permitting needs, and
because these technology-based levels
are as much as two orders of magnitude
higher than water quality-based criteria
for metals, approval of new EPA test
procedures is necessary.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
05/26/98 63 FR 28867
03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: SAN No. 4048
Agency Contact: William A. Telliard,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: telliard.william@epa.gov
Maria Gomez-Taylor, Environmental
Protection Agency, Water, 4303,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1639
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: gomez-
taylor.maria@epeunail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD07
3783. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL
LAUNDRIES POINT SOURCE
CATEGORY
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
137 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AB97
3784. UNIFORM NATIONAL
DISCHARGE STANDARDS FOR
ARMED FORCES VESSELS - PHASE I
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Clean Water Act sec
312(n) as amended
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 139
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, February 10,1998.
Abstract: Section 312 of the CWA, as
amended by the 1996 Defense
Authorization Act, requires EPA and
the Department of Defense, 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 specify which
discharges require regulation, which
-------
62468 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
Final Rule Stage
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
devices for those discharges that
require regulation. This regulation
applies only to vessels of the armed
forces, and therefore will have no
impact on small businesses. State
governments will be involved in the
rulemaking process as this rule may
impact State standards, if any exist, by
taking precedence over those standards
for vessels of the armed forces. The
uniform national standards proposed by
this action will regulate those liquid
vessel discharges that would have
adverse impacts on the marine
environment. If there is new
information that suggests the standard
should be changed, a State may submit
a petition for review to EPA and DoD
concerning any standard promulgated
under this action.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
08/25/98 63 FR 45297
04/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3925
Agency Contact: Elizabeth Beiring,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4504F, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8484
RIN: 2040-AC96
3786. NPDES COMPREHENSIVE
STORMWATER PHASE II
REGULATIONS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
139 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AC82
3787. COMPARISON OF DREDGED
MATERIAL TO REFERENCE
SEDIMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1344 Clean
Water Act sec 404
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 230
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would revise the
testing provisions of the Clean Water
Act section 404(b)(l) Guidelines to
provide for comparisons between
dredged material proposed for
discharge and reference sediment.
Reference sediment would be defined
as sediment that reflects conditions at
the disposal site had no dredged
material disposal ever occurred there.
Because the disposal site itself is
currently used as the point of
comparison, this action would make a
technical improvement in assessing
cumulative impacts and help make
dredged material testing under section
404 more consistent with that
conducted for ocean disposal, which
currently employs a reference sediment
approach. This action is not expected
to have a significant impact on state,
local, or tribal governments or small
business, as the action will be limited
to Corps projects and permit
applications for which dredged material
testing is necessary, and because the
effect of the action will be limited to
changing the location of an otherwise
collected sample.
Timetable:
Phone: 202 260-9910
RIN: 2040-AC14
3788. 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
adverse impact on State, local, or tribal
government or small businesses
because no additional requirements are
being imposed.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
3785. NPDES WASTEWATER PERMIT
APPLICATION FORMS AND
REGULATORY REVISIONS FOR
MUNICIPAL DISCHARGES AND
SEWAGE SLUDGE USE OR DISPOSAL
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
138 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AB39
NPRM
Final Action
01/04/95 60FR419
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3288
Agency Contact: John Goodin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4502F, Washington, DC 20460
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/25/95 60 FR 54771
11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3497
Agency Contact: Alan B. Rubin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4304, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7589
RIN: 2040-AC29
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62469
Long-Term Actions
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
3789. • EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS,
GUIDELINES, AND STANDARDS FOR
THE FEEDLOTS POINT SOURCE
CATEGORY, SWINE AND POULTRY
SUBCATEGORIES, AND NPDES
REGULATION FOR CONCENTRATED
ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311; 33 USC
1314; 33 USC 1316; 33 USC 1317; 33
USC 1318; 33 USC 1361
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 412; 40 CFR
122.23
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, December 31,1999,
Effluent Guideline.
Final, Judicial, December 31, 2001,
Effluent Guideline.
Abstract: Feedlot operations are
covered by existing effluent guidelines
at 40 CFR part 412 and concentrated
animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are
covered by regulations at 40 CFR part
122.23. This action will revise the
existing regulations for two of the
effluent guidelines subcategories to
address swine and poultry operations
and the NPDES regulation for
concentrated animal feeding operations.
The existing regulations, which require
the largest confined animal feeding
operations to achieve zero discharge of
wastes to surface waters except for
certain storm related discharges, have
not been sufficient to resolve water
quality impairment from feedlot
operations. Swine and poultry
operations have been identified as
substantial contributors of nutrients in
surface waters that have severe anoxia
(low levels of dissolved oxygen) and
problem algae blooms.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 12/00/99
Final Action 12/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 11221 Hog and Pig
Farming; 11232 Broilers and Other
Meat Type Chicken Production; 11231
Chicken Egg Production; 112112 Cattle
Feedlots
Additional Information: SAN No. 4153
Agency Contact: Jan Goodwin,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7152
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: goodwin.janet@epamail.epa.gov
Roberta Parry, Environmental
Protection Agency, Water, 4303,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2879
Fax: 202 260-1460
Email: parry.roberta@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD19
3790. • EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR
THE FEEDLOTS POINT SOURCE
CATEGORY, DAIRY AND BEEF
CATTLE SUBCATEGORIES
Priority: Other Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1211; 33 USC
1214; 33 USC 1317; 33 USC 1318; 33
USC 1361
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 412
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, December 31, 2000.
Final, judicial, December 31, 2002.
Abstract: Feedlot operations are
covered by existing effluent guidelines
at 40 CFR part 412. This new regulatory
action will revise the existing
regulations for two of the subcategories-
-dairy and beef cattle operations. The
existing regulations, which require the
largest confined animal feeding
operations to achieve zero discharge of
wastes to surface waters except for
certain storm related discharges, have
not been sufficient to resolve water
quality impairment from feedlot
operations. Beef and dairy cattle
operations represent a large segment of
the feedlot industry and have been
identified as substantial contributors of
nutrients in surface waters that have
severe anoxia (low levels of dissolved
oxygen) and affect drinking water
sources in the western and central
regions of the country.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/00
12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4167
Agency Contact: Ron Jordan,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7115
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: jordan.ronald@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD21
3791. • REVISIONS TO EFFLUENT
GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR
THE COAL MINING POINT SOURCE
CATEGORY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311; 33 USC
1314; 33 USC 1316; 33 USC 1317; 33
USC 1361
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 434
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, December 31, 1999.
Final, Judicial, December 31, 2001.
Abstract: Coal mining discharges are
covered by existing effluent guidelines
at 40 CFR part 434. This new regulatory
action will revise the existing
regulations to address two new
subcategories: coal remining and
Western coal mining. The existing
regulations do not cover remining
operations, which, when appropriately
planned and regulated, will improve
effluent quality from abandoned mine
lands while reclaiming them and
prevent disturbance of unexploited
lands. Advances in treatment
technologies and Best Management
Practices pertinent to coal mines in the
arid West show promise of being more
protective of water quality.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/99
12/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4168
Agency Contact: Joe Vitalis,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7172
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: vitalis.joseph@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD24
-------
62470 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—CWA
Long-Term Actions
3792. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS;
ESTABLISHMENT OF NUMERIC
CRITERIA FOR PRIORITY TOXIC
POLLUTANTS; STATES' COMPLIANCE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
Timetable:
Action
Interim Final
Final Action
Date FR Cite
05/04/95 60 FR 22229
00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Cindy Roberts
Phone: 202 260-2787
RIN: 2040-AC55
3793. SELENIUM CRITERION
MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION FOR
WATER QUALITY GUIDANCE FOR
THE GREAT LAKES SYSTEM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 132
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Date
11/14/96
12/16/96
00/00/00
FR Cite
61 FR 58444
61 FR 66007
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Mark Morris
Phone: 202 260-0312
RIN: 2040-AC97
3794. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE METAL
PRODUCTS AND MACHINERY
CATEGORY, PHASES 1 AND 2
Priority: Economically Significant.
Major under 5 USC 801.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 438
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM (Consolidated 10/00/00
Phase 1 and 2)
Final 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Steven Geil
Phone: 202 260-9817
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: geil.steve@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AB79
3795. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
CLEANING CATEGORY
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 442
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/25/98 63 FR 34685
06/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: John Tinger
Phone: 202 260-4992
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: tinger.john@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AB98
3796. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR LANDFILLS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 445
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/06/98 63 FR 6425
11/00/99
NPRM (Phase 1)
05/30/95 60 FR 28210
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Mike Ebner
Phone: 202 260-5397
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: ebner.michael@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC23
3797. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR INDUSTRIAL
WASTE COMBUSTORS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 444
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
02/06/98 63 FR 6391
11/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Samantha Hopkins
Phone: 202 260-7149
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: hopkins.samantha@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD03
3798. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE PULP, PAPER,
AND PAPERBOARD CATEGORY,
PHASE II
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 430
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
12/17/93 58 FR 66078
02/00/00
NPRM
Final Action
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: J. Troy Swackhammer
Phone: 202 260-7128
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: swackhammer.j-troy@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD10
3799. • EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE PULP, PAPER,
AND PAPERBOARD CATEGORY;
MONITORING AMENDMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62471
EPA—CWA
Long-Term Actions
Water Act sec 307; 33 USC 1361 Clean
Water Act sec 501; 33 USC 1318 Clean
Water Act sec 308
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 430
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This amendment would
provide for a certification in lieu of
monitoring for one pollutant,
chloroform, for mills using certain
processes, which are specified.
Basically, this amendment would apply
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
Final Action
04/15/98 63 FR 18796
00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 4192
Agency Contact: Donald Anderson,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4303, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7189
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: anderson.donaldf@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD23
3800. 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
07/07/98 63 FR 36741
01/00/00
01/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Robert Wood
Phone: 202 260-9536
RIN: 2040-AC56
3801. 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 Action
00/00/00
00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC54
3802. TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF CO-PLANAR AND
MONO-ORTHO-SUBSTITUTED
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
(PCBS) UNDER THE CLEAN WATER
ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136; 40 CFR 503
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
00/00/00
00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William A. Telliard
Phone: 202 260-7134
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: telliard.william@epa.gov
Maria Gomez-Taylor
Phone: 202 260-1639
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: gomez-
taylor.maria@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD09
3803. GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE
ANALYSIS OF MISCELLANEOUS
METALS, ANIONS, AND VOLATILE
ORGANICS UNDER THE CLEAN
WATER ACT, PHASE TWO
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
10/18/95 60 FR 53988
00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD12
3804. 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.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123;
40 CFR 124
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Thomas Charlton
Phone: 202 260-6960
Fax: 202 260-1460
RIN: 2040-AC84
-------
62472 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 I Unified Agenda
EPA—CWA
Long-Term Actions
3805. STANDARDS FOR THE USE OR
DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE
(ROUND II)
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 503
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Final Action
Date
FR Cite
12/00/99
12/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Alan B. Rubin
Phone: 202 260-7589
RIN: 2040-AC25
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Completed Actions
3806.1998 EFFLUENT GUIDELINES
PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 09/04/98 63 FR 47285
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Eric Strassler
Phone: 202 260-7150
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: strassler.eric@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD16
3807. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE
PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING
CATEGORY
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 439
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 09/21/98 63 FR 50387
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Frank Hund
Phone: 202 260-7182
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: hund.frank@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AA13
3808. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE PESTICIDE
CHEMICALS MANUFACTURING
AMENDMENT; PRETREATMENT
STANDARDS; NEW AND EXISTING
SOURCES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 455
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Rule 07/22/98 63 FR 39439
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Shari Zuskin
Phone: 202 260-7130
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: zuskin.shari@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD01
3809. 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
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Withdrawn- 08/25/98
Superseded by RIN
2040-AD22.SAN
No. 4145.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Amy Josin
Phone: 202 260-7058
RIN: 2040-AC65
3810. STREAMLINING THE STATE
SEWAGE SLUDGE MANAGEMENT
REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 501
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 08/24/98 63 FR 45113
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Wendy Bell
Phone: 202 260-9534
RIN: 2040-AC87
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62473
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Proposed Rule Stage
3811. DRINKING WATER
UNREGULATED CONTAMINANT
MONITORING PROGRAM
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 43 USC 300(f) et seq;
PL 104-182
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141.35(a) to (d);
40 CFR 141.40(a) to (n)
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory, August 6,1999, See
Additional Information.
Abstract: The Unregulated
Contaminant Regulation is required by
the Safe Drinking Water Act as
amended in 1996. Under these
amendments EPA is required to publish
a list of not more than 30 unregulated
contaminants which public water
supply systems are to monitor to
determine, on a national basis, the
location, concentration and related
information regarding the occurrence of
these contaminants and their potential
for migrating to sources of public
drinking water. The Amendments
further require EPA to issue regulations
which establish criteria for listing
contaminants and for carrying out the
Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring
Program.
The results of the unregulated
contaminant monitoring data are to be
used by the Agency in determining
which contaminants pose the greatest
risks to human health and, if necessary,
in setting priorities for their regulation.
Conversely, contaminants that
otentially pose risk to human health
iut are not found in drinking water
supplies may be removed from
consideration for regulation under the
Safe Drinking Water Act.
P
bi
The requirement to monitor for
unregulated contaminants was first
established by the 1986 Amendments
to the Safe Drinking Water Act. Under
the 1986 Amendments, the Agency
required by regulation as many as 48
contaminants to be monitored. In
addition, only public water systems
serving 500 persons or fewer were
exempt from monitoring provided that
they made their facilities available for
the States to monitor. Furthermore,
repeat monitoring was required every
5 years.
The 1996 Amendments reduce the
burden upon public water systems in
several ways. First, the Amendments
limit the number of contaminants that
can be on the unregulated contaminant
monitoring list to 30 or fewer. Second,
instead of requiring all systems to
monitor for unregulated contaminants,
the amendments require that only a
representative sample of systems
serving 10,000 persons monitor. The
SDWA Amendments authorize the
States to develop the representative
sample monitoring plans. Finally, the
SDWA Amendments authorize EPA to
pay for the reasonable cost of sample
analysis for the small public water
systems if funds are appropriated.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
12/00/98
08/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply
and Irrigation Systems
Additional Information: SAN No. 4131
Legal Description: Statutory deadline
for list of 30 or fewer unregulated
contaminants to be issued.
Agency Contact: Charles Job,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7084
Fax: 202 260-3762
Yvette Selby, Environmental Protection
Agency, Water, 4607, Washington, DC
20460
Phone: 202 260-4050
Fax: 202 260-3762
RIN: 2040-AD15
3812. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: RADON
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
123 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AA94
3813. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: GROUND
WATER RULE
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
124 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AA97
3814. PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REGULATION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
125 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AD06
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Final Rule Stage
3815. NATIONAL PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY DRINKING WATER
REGULATIONS: ANALYTICAL
METHODS FOR CERTAIN PESTICIDES
AND MICROBIAL 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 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
-------
62474 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 /Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—SDWA
Final Rule Stage
withdraw approval of selected outdated
methods.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/31/98 63 FR 41133
Final Action 08/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities 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: Jeanne Campbell,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4603, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7770
RIN: 2040-AD04
3816. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: STAGE I
DISINFECTANT/DISINFECTION BY-
PRODUCTS RULE
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
140 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AB82
3817. 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 may experience a
minor increase in costs as a result of
these revisions. Many local and tribal
governments and small businesses that
operate public water systems should
experience a small decrease in annual
costs.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 04/12/96 61 FR 16348
NOA 04/22/98 63 FR 20038
NOA . 08/18/98 63 FR 44214
Final Action 12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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
3818. 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 Rule 06/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Governmental
Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 3563
Agency Contact: Carl Kessler,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4603, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3995
RIN: 2040-AC41
3819. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: INTERIM
ENHANCED SURFACE WATER
TREATMENT RULE
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No.
141 in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 2040-AC91
3820. MANAGEMENT OF CLASS V
INJECTION WELLS UNDER PART C
OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300h Safe
Drinking Water Act 1421 to 1425
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 144; 40 CFR 145;
40 CFR 146
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, July 18,1998.
Final, Statutory, August 30, 1999.
Abstract: The EPA proposed changes
to the Class V Underground Injection
Control (UIC) regulations that would
add new requirements for three
categories of Class V wells that pose
a high risk when located in ground
water-based source water protection
areas being delineated by States under
the 1996 Amendments to the Safe
Drinking Water Act (SDWA). EPA
proposed these new requirements to
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62475
EPA—SDWA
Final Rule Stage
address three categories of wells that
it has identified as posing a high risk
of ground water contamination based
on available information. Class V wells
that would be impacted by the
proposed regulation include motor
vehicle waste disposal wells, industrial
waste disposal wells, and cesspools in
ground water-based source water
protection areas. Targeting the
requirements to those wells will
achieve substantial protection of
underground sources of drinking water.
Timetable;
Action Date PR Cite
NPRM
Reproposal
Final
08/28/95 60 FR 44652
07/29/98 63 FR 40585
08/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes
Small Entitles Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: SAN No. 2778
Agency Contact: Robin Delehanty,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4606, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1993
RIN: 2040-AB83
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Long-Term Actions
3821. • FILTER BACKWASH
RECYCLING REGULATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Safe Drinking Water
Act
3822. • LONG TERM 1 ENHANCED
SURFACE WATER TREATMENT RULE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Safe Drinking Water
Act
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The regulation will control
the recycle, or reintroduction, of filter
backwash and other waste water
streams into the influent (untreated
source waters entering the treatment
plant) of public utilities. The regulation
is required by the 1996 amendments to
the Safe Drinking Water Act. The
regulation is necessary to protect
against outbreaks of waterborne
microbial disease that can occur during
normal treatment plant operation,
operational upsets, or times of poor
source water quality. The regulation
will provide another barrier to prevent
occurrence of microbial pathogens in
finished drinking water supplies.
Systems of all sizes, including package
plants, will be covered by the
regulation. Conventional, direct, and in-
line filtration plants, as well as
absorption clarification plants, will be
covered by the final rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 4146
Agency Contact: William Hamele,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2584
RIN: 2040-AD17
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The 1996 amendments to the
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
require the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) to establish National
Primary Drinking Water Regulations for
contaminants that may have an adverse
public health effect and that present a
meaningful opportunity for health risk
reduction. The Agency's goal in the
Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule (LT1ESWTR) is to
reduce the risk from microbial
contaminants in public surface water
systems that serve 10,000 people or
less. In order to accomplish this, the
rule will focus on turbidity reduction
through filtration optimization, and
continued microbial protection through
the disinfection benchmark (i.e. a
measurement of current Giardia
inactivation). In November 1998, EPA
will promulgate an Interim Enhanced
Surface Water Treatment Rule
(IESWTR) , which focuses on these
same public health goals and is
applicable to public surface water
systems serving greater than 10,000
people. Also, like the IESWTR, the
LT1ESWTR will reflect the
fundamental principle that new
standards for control of disinfection
byproducts (i.e. compliance with the
Stage 1 DBF rule) must not result in
significant increases in microbial risk.
To develop the LTlESWTR, EPA will
use the template of the Interim
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment
Rule (IESWTR) as a starting point. EPA
will then determine if the unit costs
and principles for reduction in
turbidity used to develop the IESWTR
will be appropriate for the LTlESWTR.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 4147
Agency Contact: Valerie Blank,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4607, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-8376
Email: blank.valerie@epa.gov
Steve Potts, Environmental Protection
Agency, Water
Phone: 202 260-5015
Email: potts.steve@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD18
3823. • DRINKING WATER STATE
REVOLVING FUND REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300 et seq
SDWA 1452 (g)(3)
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act
(SDWA) Amendments of 1996 (Pub. L.
104-182) authorize a Drinking Water
State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) to assist
public water systems in financing the
costs of infrastructure needed to
achieve or maintain compliance with
SDWA requirements and to further the
public health objectives of the Act.
Section 1452(a)(l) authorizes the
Administrator of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
to award capitalization grants to States,
which in turn provide low cost loans
-------
62476 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
EPA—SDWA
Long-Term Actions
and other types of assistance to eligible
systems. A State determines the portion
of the funds from the capitalization
grant to conduct set-aside activities and
the remaining grant monies are
deposited into the project Fund to
finance infrastructure projects.
Each State has considerable flexibility,
with minimum Federal requirements
imposed, to determine the design of its
DWSRF program and to direct funding
toward its most pressing compliance
and public health needs. This
regulation is intended to codify the
DWSRF Final Guidelines published in
February, 1997 which explain: what
States must do to receive a DWSRF
capitalization grant; what States may do
with Federal capitalization grant funds;
what States may do with funds the law
intends for activities other than project
construction (set-asides); and the roles
of both the States and EPA in managing
and administering the program-
The DWSRF program helps to ensure
that the nation's drinking water
supplies remain safe and affordable,
that drinking water systems that receive
funding are properly operated and
maintained, and that permanent
institutions exist in each State to
provide financial support for drinking
water needs.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule
Final Action
11/00/99
00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 4152
Agency Contact: Kimberley Roy,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4606, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2794
Fax: 202 260-4656
Email: roy.kimberley@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AD20
3824. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: ARSENIC
Priority: Other Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Plan Arsenic Study
NPRM
Final Action
12/24/96 61 FR 67800
01/00/00
01/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
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
3825. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: SULFATE
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/20/94 59 FR 65578
00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: James Taft
Phone: 202 260-5519
RIN: 2040-AC07
3826. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER STANDARDS FOR ALDICARB
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
00/00/00
00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
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
3827. 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
ANPRM
NPRM
Final Action
Date
09/30/86
07/18/91
11/00/00
FR Cite
51 FR 34836
56 FR 33050
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: David Huber
Phone: 202 260-9566
RIN: 2040-AC98
3828. STREAMLINING DRINKING
WATER MONITORING
REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This
rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in
the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline
requirements.
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
Noticeof Review
NPRM
Date FR Cite
07/03/97 62 FR 36099
07/30/98 63 FR 40709
00/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Ed Thomas
Phone: 202 260-0910
Fax: 202 260-4656
RIN: 2040-AC73
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda 62477
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Completed Actions
3829. REVISION OF EXISTING
VARIANCES AND EXEMPTIONS
REGULATION TO COMPLY WITH
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SAFE
DRINKING WATER ACT
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 08/14/98 63 FR 43833
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Andrew J. Hudock
Phone: 202 564-6032
Fax: 202 564-0024
RIN: 2020-AA37
3830. 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 141.2;
40 CFR 142.2
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Final Action 04/28/98 63 FR 23362
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entitles Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State,
Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Jennifer Melch
Phone: 202 260-7035
Fax: 202 260-0732
RIN: 2040-ADOO
3831. NATIONAL PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY DRINKING WATER
REGULATIONS: ANALYTIC METHODS
FOR ORGANIC, INORGANIC AND
MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS
AND PESTICIDES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 143
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Rule 09/03/98 63 FR 47097
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Jitendra Saxena
Phone: 202 260-9579
RIN: 2040-AC77
3832. DRINKING WATER CONSUMER
CONFIDENCE REPORT
REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141; 40 CFR
142.10; 40 CFR 142.16; 40 CFR 142.72;
40 CFR 142.78
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Francoise Brasier
Phone: 202 260-5668
Fax: 202 260-0732
Email: brasier.francoise@epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC99
3833. SAFE DRINKING WATER
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
PROGRAM: CITIZEN COLLECTION
ACTION; NOTICE OF COMPLAINT
SEEKING REVIEW OF PENALTY
ORDER
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 135
Completed:
Reason
Date
FR Cite
Direct Final Rule
09/08/98 63 FR 48075
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: David Drelich
Phone: 202 564-2949
Final Action
08/19/98 63 FR 44512 RIN: 2020-AA35
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Marine Protection Research and Sanctuary Act (MPRSA)
Long-Term Actions
3834. REVISIONS TO OCEAN
DUMPING REGULATIONS FOR
DREDGED MATERIAL
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Major status under 5 USC 801 is
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:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: David Redford
Phone: 202 260-9179
Action
Date
FR Cite RIN: 2040-AB62
NPRM
00/00/00
-------
62478 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / Unified Agenda
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Shore Protection Act (SPA)
Final Rule Stage
3835. SHORE PROTECTION ACT,
SECTION 4103(B) REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 2601 Shore
Protection Act of 1988; PL 100-688 sec
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
02/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses,
Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State,
Local
Additional Information: SAN No. 2820
Agency Contact: Deborah Lebow,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water, 4504F, Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-6419
RIN: 2040-AB85
[FR Doc. 98-25581 Filed 11-06-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-F
-------
-------
Monday
November 9, 1998
r i =
i
Part II Highlights of EPA's
Regulatory Plan
for 1998
Environmental
Protection Agency
-------
61340 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
Stronger Partnerships with States and
Industry
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. In addition, by
providing better public access to
environmental data, as discussed above,
EPA is working to empower citizens so
that they can be informed participants
in environmental decisionmaking
processes at national, State, or local
levels.
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 32 States.
NEPPS is designed to give States greater
flexibility to direct resources where they
are needed most, based on
environmental conditions and program
needs, and to tailor EPA's oversight and
technical assistance to each State's
particular situation. As part of the
partnership effort, EPA and States are
collaborating in the development of core
performance measures that should
strengthen EPA's ability to measure
environmental progress over the long
term. The core measures include a mix
of activity and environmental measures
and will be refined over time,
particularly to increase the focus on
environmental results as environmental
indicators become more available. In
another move to strengthen State/EPA
partnerships, in March 1998, EPA and
the States approved a formal agreement
on how to manage testing of innovative
environmental management strategies
within the current regulatory
framework.
To strengthen the relationship
between the 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 carries
out the Small Business 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.
More Compliance Assistance
Once EPA establishes public health
and environmental protection rules, the
Agency must ensure that businesses and
otters 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 has established five
centers for five sectors: Printed wiring
board manufacturing, auto service and
repair, printing, agriculture, and metal
finishing. Before the year is over,
centers for another four sectors will
have opened: Transportation, local
government, chemical manufacturing,
and paints and coatings.
EPA is also offering to reduce or
eliminate penalties for violations if
small businesses establish programs to
detect, publicly disclose, and fix
problems—if the violation does not
involve criminal activity or a serious
risk to pubh'c 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. As of June 1998, 247
companies had voluntarily disclosed
violations at more than 760 facilities.
Streamlining Regulatory and
Paperwork Burdens
The Agency continues to examine
existing environmental regulations and
paperwork 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 line-by-line reviews 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 paperwork burden associated
with requirements in effect on January
1,1995. By September 30,1995, EPA
had achieved six million hours in
reductions from this baseline. Following
reauthorization of the Paperwork
Reduction Act starting in October 1995,
EPA revised its goal while reaffirming
its commitment to the reduction of
paperwork burdens. In the Information
Streamlining Plan of April 1997, EPA
projected an additional 26 million hours
of reductions during the 3-year period
from October 1,1995, through
September 30,1998, and EPA is on
target to meet this goal. Reductions
during this period will be offset by the
addition of approximately 30 million
burden hours from new regulations and
upward revisions of previous burden
estimates. More than two-thirds of this
offset is due to strengthening of the
community right-to-know initiative.
EPA is creating several opportunities
for regulatory and paperwork
streamlining. For example, under the
umbrella of its Reinventing
Environmental Information (REI)
initiative, the Agency is working in
partnership with the States to develop 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
regulated facilities time and money,
help bring about quicker decisions on
permitting and compliance actions,
improve data accuracy, and create better
access to information for the public.
In the area of clean water regulation,
an innovative streamlining policy
allows facilities to significantly cut
routine water quality monitoring and
reporting, as long as they achieve and
maintain strong compliance records. In
pesticide regulation, a new self-
certification procedure allows pesticide
registrants to make limited changes to
their product registration with a simple
notification to the Agency rather than
filing an application for a formal
amendment to registration.
Highlights of EPA's Regulatory Plan for
1998
EPA's regulatory plan for 1998 reflects
the Agency's continuing commitment to
create new environmental protection
strategies that better protect public
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61341
health and the environment at lower
cost. Here are some of the highlights
from each program office:
Office of Air and Radiation Highlights
EPA is committed to taking advantage
of the flexibility granted by the Clean
Air Act that enables companies, States,
and communities to meet clean air goals
with innovative, low-cost approaches.
The Office of Air and Radiation
continues to reinvent major 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 increased protection for public
health and the environment, EPA is
also pursuing an implementation
strategy that gives States and industry
flexibility with which they can meet
these air quality goals. The
implementation strategy:
- Respects agreements already reached
by communities and businesses and
does not disrupt current progress
toward improving air quality;
- Recognizes the need to adopt
regional approaches toward
addressing air pollution and finds
that the most cost-effective
mechanism for doing so is an
emissions trading plan for utilities;
- Gives areas that adopt these regional
control measures a "transitional"
status and allows EPA to devise an
approach that eliminates
unnecessarily burdensome planning
and pollution reduction
requirements;
- Provides ample 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 for facilities to 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. An example of
this new approach is the issuance this
July of a final rule significantly
reducing emissions of air toxics from
the pharmaceutical production
industry. In this industry, companies
frequently change their operations as
their products change. In order to
avoid costly, time-consuming revision
of air pollution permits every time a
plant changes its production process,
the facility will be allowed to choose
from a menu of permit options
already pre-approved by the
permitting authority and reviewed by
EPA and the public.
• EPA will continue its program to
reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides,
hydrocarbons, and particulate matter
from engines that power both
highway and "off-highway vehicles"
(called "nonroad" engines). A
landmark rule on highway engines
was issued in final form last
November, and a related final rule
covering nonroad engines will be
released this fall. The Agency brought
together potentially affected
industries, States, regional air
management organizations, and
public health and environmental
interest groups to participate in the
development of these rules. This
outreach effort included the
conducting of a small-business panel
review of the nonroad proposal under
the Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA),
which yielded a number of
recommendations for burden relief,
which EPA accepted and incorporated
into the proposal.
• 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.
• From discussions with affected
industries, EPA has learned that many
companies find it difficult to know
what we expect 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, EPA will propose a rule
intended to consolidate and
synchronize all Federal air regulations
that apply to the synthetic organic
chemical manufacturing industry. If
this pilot program proves successful,
we will expand it to cover other
industries.
Office of Water Highlights
• In February 1998, a team of nine
Federal agencies released the Clean
Water Action Plan in response to
direction from the President and Vice
President to revitalize the work that
had started in 1972 with the passage
of the original Clean Water Act. The
Clean Water Action Plan was
conceived as an innovative way to
focus many existing Federal programs
on the most important remaining
problems affecting our water
resources. The main theme behind the
Plan is to coordinate the activities of
nine key Federal agencies to better
support; provide technical,
educational, and financial assistance;
and participate in locally led
watershed restoration and protection
efforts. The plan contains more than
100 action items that focus efforts on:
- Assessing the health of all
watersheds and establishing
restoration priorities,
- Reducing public health threats from
fish and shellfish, beaches, and
drinking water sources,
- Improving private and public
stewardship of natural resources,
- Strengthening polluted runoff
controls,
- Restoring and protecting wetlands
and coastal waters, and
- Making water quality information
more accessible to the public.
In addition, the Plan seeks to better
coordinate our watershed restoration
and preservation efforts with our efforts
to provide safe drinking water to all
Americans.
• On August 6,1996, President Clinton
signed the Safe Drinking Water Act
Amendments of 1996. The
amendments are bringing substantial
changes to the national drinking water
program for EPA, States, and water
utilities and will provide greater
protection and information for the 240
million Americans served by public
water systems. To carry out the 1996
amendments EPA is: Working with
stakeholders to develop a new
program to protect water sources;
helping the States implement a
billion-dollar drinking water State
revolving fund; and developing
regulations that will protect human
health by ensuring the chemical
integrity of drinking water and
notifying the public when that
integrity may be compromised. Below
are several regulatory actions required
by the 1996 amendments:
- Disinfectant/Disinfection By-
Products Rule and the Interim
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment
Rule together address the tradeoffs
between pathogens and disinfection
byproducts.
- The Ground Water Rule will
establish a framework to identify,
public water systems that use only
ground water sources and are
vulnerable to microbial
contamination. This rule will also
-------
61342 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
develop risk control strategies for
these water systems that will
include but not be limited to
disinfection.
- The National Primary Drinking
Water Rule for Radon will reduce
the risk of radon to public health,
both from ingestion via drinking
water and inhalation of radon
discharged through normal
household water use, such as
showering. This rule will also
address additional requirements of
the 1996 Amendments that require
EPA to withdraw our 1991 proposal
and to include work with the
National Academy of Sciences to do
an assessment of risk and an
assessment of health risk reduction
benefits associated with various
mitigation methods of reducing
radon in indoor air. It would also
require EPA to develop an
alternative maximum contaminant
level (MCL) in certain cases.
- Revisions to the Public Water
System Public Notification
Regulation will tailor the frequency
and content of public notices about
lapses in drinking water integrity to
the relative risks to public health.
This will teach consumers, at their
option, to make timely choices
about the risk to them from
drinking water.
• To provide more regulatory flexibility,
EPA is streamlining two of its water-
related programs: National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permits and the pretreatment
program. The following are highlights
of efforts underway.
- In the NPDES permits program (part
122), EPA is removing outdated
requirements; streamlining permit
application, modification, and
appeal procedures; and reducing
monitoring and reporting
requirements. For example, EPA
continues to consolidate and revise
industrial and municipal permit
application forms and streamline
the application process.
- Through proposed changes to the
existing regulations (proposal
planned for fall 1998), EPA will
streamline various provisions of the
General Pretreatment Regulations
for Existing and New Sources of
Pollution codified at 40 CFR part
403 to improve the regulatory
programs' effectiveness while
maintaining or improving the
programs' focus on protection of
public health and the environment.
The goal of this initiative is to
provide greater flexibility, reduce
burden, and achieve greater
environmental results at less cost.
To this end, EPA is committed to
streamlining the National
Pretreatment Program to reduce the
burden of technical and
administrative requirements that
affect industrial users and Publicly
Owned Treatment Work (POTW)
and State Control Authorities. In
addition to this streamlining effort,
EPA recently published a Federal
Register notice 0une 23,1998; 63
FR 34170) requesting proposals
from POTWs interested in
implementing alternative local
pretreatment programs. EPA is not
proposing a change to the
regulations at this time. Instead, in
response to the findings of
stakeholder studies regarding
measures of performance, EPA is
requesting POTWs interested in
carrying out environmental
performance-based programs to
submit Project XL proposals
explaining how they would change
their pretreatment program.
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances Highlights
• 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 gives communities
information on releases to air, water,
and land for approximately 600 toxic
chemicals and on other waste
management activities for these
chemicals, such as treatment and
recycling. Armed with this
information, communities can better
understand the nature of toxic
releases at the local level, assess risk,
and decide local priorities. The
Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative has
three key components, each of which
EPA is implementing rapidly. These
are: Baseline toxicity testing for 3,000
widely used commercial chemicals;
additional health effects testing for
chemicals to which children are
disproportionately exposed; and the
listing and lowering of reporting
thresholds for persistent,
bioaccumulative, toxic chemicals
reported to TRI.
• For chemicals that are highly toxic at
very low dose levels, persist for
extended periods in the environment,
and/or hioaccumulate through the
food chain, EPA is evaluating under
TRI whether to lower the reporting
threshold amount—the amount of a
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
to make them less burdensome for
regulated entities. The Agency is also
simplifying its annual reports to make
them easier to understand.
• The 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. EPA is engaged in an
intensive implementation effort,
including developing new
regulations, guidance, and programs.
One such effort is the Endocrine
Disrupter Screening and Testing
Program. EPA established an advisory
committee to consider human health
and ecological effects; estrogenic,
androgenic, anti-estrogenic, anti-
androgenic, and thyroid effects of
pesticides, industrial chemicals, and
drinking water contaminants. Another
is the Pesticide Tolerance
Reassessment Program that looks at
aggregate and cumulative exposures
to pesticides and emphasizes the
protection of infants and children.
• Childhood lead poisoning is a
pervasive problem, with almost a
million young children with more
than 10 ug/dl of lead, which is the
Center for Disease Control's level of
concern, in their blood. Elevated
blood-lead levels can lead to reduced
intelligence and neuro-behavioral
problems in young children, and can
cause other health problems in
children and adults. EPA is working
on a final regulation to replace the
existing interim guidance that
identifies lead-based paint, lead-
contaminated dust, and lead-
contaminated soil hazards. We are
also working on rules to address lead
risks from renovation and remodeling
activities and to address the disposal
of lead-based paint debris.
• Currently, we require chemical
manufacturers to report the names of
the chemicals they produce, the
quantity produced, and the locations
of manufacturing facilities. EPA plans
to propose expanding the TSCA
Inventory to include information on
public exposure to the chemicals and
how the chemicals are used (e.g., in
manufacturing processes). This allows
EPA and others to identify chemicals
of highest concern so that the Agency
can set goals for chemical assessment,
risk management, and prevention
programs. The action will also
encourage pollution prevention by
identifying safer chemical substitutes.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61343
• EPA is working on proposals to clarify
and reduce the burden of the
Asbestos-Containing Materials Rules
and to harmonize them with the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration's asbestos rules.
• Because certain pesticides have high
groundwater contamination potential,
EPA is considering a requirement for
EPA-approved Pesticide Management
Plans (PMP) for these pesticides. A
PMP is a State's or Tribe's
commitment to EPA and the public to
manage the use of a certain pesticide
in a way that avoids unreasonable
risks to groundwater that would
otherwise warrant cancellation of the
use.
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response Highlights
The 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 regulation 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
listed hazardous waste. Certain
regulations are overly broad in that
they apply regardless of the
concentrations of the listed wastes or
the 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.
• 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
dioxuis, mercury, and other
hazardous air pollutants.
• The Agency is revising the RCRA
Hazardous Waste Manifest system
because of how much paperwork
burden is associated with the
manifest. Reduction in paperwork
burden is part of the Administration's
Regulatory Reinvention goal of cutting
Government "red tape." The Agency
wants to standardize the manifest
program across the States by
introducing a truly uniform manifest
tracking form. The chief goal of the
manifest system is to facilitate the safe
transportation of offsite shipments of
hazardous waste to appropriate RCRA
management facilities.
• EPA is considering regulatory changes
to the RCRA hazardous waste storage
and disposal requirements for low-
level mixed waste (LIMW). EPA will
determine whether the disposal of
LLMW in facilities designed to
address radiological hazards, which
are licensed by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRG) (but
are not self-regulated), will provide
adequate protection of human health
and the environment with respect to
chemical hazards.
• Over the past 2 years, the Agency has
worked with stakeholders from State
agencies, industry, and the
environmental community to develop
recommendations to improve the
Agency's permitting programs. These
stakeholders concluded that
permitting activities should be
commensurate with the complexity of
the activity and that permit programs
should be flexible enough to allow
streamlined procedures for routine
permitting activities. The stakeholders
recommended that regulations be
developed to allow "standardized
permits" for on-site storage and non-
thermal treatment of hazardous waste
in tanks, containers, and containment
buildings. As a result of this
recommendation, the Agency is
proposing to revise the RCRA
regulations to allow this type of
permit.
Office of Administration and Resources
Management Highlights
• In 1995, EPA and States agreed to
develop and carry out the National
Environmental Performance
Partnership System (NEPPS) to:
Promote joint planning and priority
setting by EPA and the States; give
States greater flexibility to direct
resources where they need them most;
foster use of integrated and innovative
strategies for solving water, air, and
waste problems; achieve a better
balance in the use of environmental
indicators and traditional activity
measures for managing programs; and
improve public understanding of
environmental conditions and the
strategies being used to address them.
• The Agency is working to change our
grant rules to promote State-EPA
collaboration, provide opportunities
for innovation and reduce paperwork
while ensuring sound fiscal
management and accountability for
environmental performance
consistent with NEPPS. These
changes will help build more effective
State-EPA partnerships and improve
environmental conditions by giving
States increased flexibility to direct
resources where they need them most
to address environmental and public
health needs.
• We are also developing a Performance
Partnership Grant Rule for Indian
Tribes. This program would provide
more flexibility to Tribes to spend
their resources on their top priorities
and to achieve administrative savings.
It would accomplish this by letting
Tribes apply for and administer one
environmental program grant instead
of many separate grants.
Summary
hi developing all of these actions,
EPA is committed to flexible, cost-
effective regulatory programs that offer
increased protections for public health
and the environment. EPA welcomes
suggestions from the public to help the
Agency in this effort.
EPA
PRERULE STAGE
97. HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE
AND DISPOSAL REGULATION
RELATED TO LOW LEVEL MIXED
WASTE; PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS
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
USC 6926
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 261.4; 40 CFR 262.34
-------
61344 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, October 31,1999.
Abstract:
EPA is considering a regulatory
exemption from the RCRA 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 which are licensed
by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRG) will provide adequate protection
of human health and the environment
with respect to chemical hazards. If the
Agency decides that such disposal is
protective, EPA will propose that for
the purposes of disposal these wastes
be conditionally exempted from the
RCRA subtitle C disposal requirements.
EPA is formulating the scope and form
of the exemption, and will propose the
action in the regulatory proposal.
Commercial LLMW is regulated under
multiple authorities: by RCRA, as
implemented by EPA or authorized
States for chemically hazardous
constituents, and by the Atomic Energy
Act (AEA) for radiological constituents
of mixed waste, as implemented by
either NRG or its agreement States.
Commercial mixed waste generators,
particularly nuclear power plants, have
raised the concern that AEA and RCRA
requirements for mixed waste overlap,
and are potentially inconsistent, costly,
and unnecessary. Nuclear power plants
contend that NRG regulations covering
design, licensing and operation of low
level radioactive waste disposal
facilities offer human health and
environmental protection similar to that
required by EPA requirements
governing chemical hazards under
RCRA regulations. Furthermore, there is
a serious shortage of disposal capacity
for LLMW. The waste acceptance
criteria of the very few facilities having
both a RCRA permit and an NRG
license severely limit the activity levels
of radionuclides they can dispose. EPA
is also considering alternatives to
current EPA regulations applicable to
mixed waste storage. NRG regulations
also apply to 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
wastes. Through this rulemaking action,
EPA seeks to explore regulatory
alternatives that could provide
regulatory relief for LLMW from
hazardous waste storage requirements
while waste is subject to NRG
regulations and licensing conditions.
Statement of Need:
An Advance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (ANPRM) is needed to
gather both preliminary comments to
EPA's approach for regulatory relief
using contingent management, and also
voluntary data to be used in the
regulatory impact assessment. The
Proposed Rulemaking is needed due to:
the lack of mixed waste treatment and
disposal facilities nationwide; industry
concerns regarding the potential for
duplication under EPA and NRG
regulatory requirements; and follow
through on comments relating to mixed
waste management received from
industry on the Hazardous Waste
Identification Rule proposal of
December 1995, and the mixed waste
storage guidance of August 1995.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
The Proposed Rulemaking is required
by the settlement agreement reached
with the Edison Electric Institute, and
other litigants and intervenors, in April
1997.
Alternatives:
EPA is considering a number of
alternatives including 1) use of
Hazardous Waste Identification Rule
(HWIR) health based exit levels for
chemical constituents in conjunction
with NRG disposal requirements; 2)
applicability of HWIR exit
concentration levels and associated
requirements for chemical constituents;
3) conditional exemption for stored
mixed waste subject to NRG regulatory
requirements; and 4) allowing storage-
for-decay as provided by NRG for some
mixed wastes to limit worker exposure
to radionuclides.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Cost-benefit information is not
available; it will be developed as part
of the economic analysis for the
proposed rulemaking.
Risks:
This rule would maintain current levels
of risk protection for alternatives 1
through 3. For alternative 4, there
would be a reduction in risk due to
reduced exposure of workers to
radionuclides mixed with hazardous
wastes.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 4017
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
Nancy Hunt
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
5303W
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8762
Fax: 703 308-8638
Email: hunt.nancy@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2050-AE45
EPA
PROPOSED RULE STAGE
Timetable:
Action
ANPRM
NPRM
Final
Date
11/00/98
10/00/99
04/00/01
FR Cite
98. REVISION TO 40 CFR 35 SUBPART
A AND PROMULGATION OF
PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP
(STATE) GRANT REGULATION
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
PL 104-134; PL 105-65
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 35
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
This proposed regulation: (1) updates,
clarifies, and streamlines requirements
governing environmental program
grants; (2) establishes requirements for
the new Performance Partnership Grant
(PPG) program; and (3) establishes
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61345
requirements for grant programs that
began after the original rule was
published. (A regulation governing
environmental program grants to Indian
tribes and tribal consortia is published
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal
Register.)
Statement of Need:
Since EPA was formed in 1970, State
capacity and responsibility for
implementing environmental and
public health protection programs has
grown steadily. Until 1996, State and
interstate agencies could receive EPA
assistance in carrying out their
environmental programs only through a
variety of categorical environmental
grants, such as grants for water
pollution control, air pollution control,
and hazardous substance control.
Meanwhile, environmental problems
and their solutions have grown more
complex and solutions to these
complex problems often crossed EPA
program lines. In light of this
complexity, State and EPA leaders
recognized that continued
environmental progress could be best
achieved if EPA and States worked
together more effectively as partners
and environmental programs were
made more flexible in terms of their
coverage.
In response, EPA asked Congress for
new authority that would provide that
needed flexibility. In 1996, Congress
authorized the award of Performance
Partnership Grants (PPGs), in which
State and interstate agencies can choose
to combine two or more environmental
program grants.
This proposed rule will implement the
PPG program which promotes State-
EPA collaboration; provides
opportunities for innovation; and
reduces paperwork. EPA expects the
rule will foster joint planning and
priority-setting by explicitly requiring
that State priorities and needs be
considered, along with national and
Regional guidance, in negotiating grant
work plans, consistent with the
National Environmental Performance
Partnership System (NEPPS). Under
this rule, a State can choose to organize
its grant work plans in accord with
environmental goals and objectives or
in other new ways rather than using
categories pre-defined by EPA. The
length of a grant budget period will be
negotiable. These opportunities
afforded by the PPG program and this
rule are available to all States.
This rule accommodates all potential
variations in how EPA and individual
States work to build partnerships. The
rule also minimizes duplicative effort
by allowing for multiple uses of
information or processes wherever
appropriate. The regulation advances
ongoing efforts to build more effective
State-EPA partnerships and to improve
environmental conditions by providing
States with increased flexibility to
direct resources where they are needed
most to address environmental and
public health needs.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
Not required by law or court order.
Alternatives:
EPA can continue to award PPGs under
guidance prepared by the agency and
announced in the Federal Register.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The rule does not result in any new
costs. It is expected to allow cost and
administrative savings for States by
reducing the amount of grant
paperwork and by simplifying
accounting requirements that do not
require recipients to account for
expenditures in accordance with their
original funding sources. With PPGs,
recipients can negotiate work plans
with EPA that direct Federal funds
where the recipients need them most
to address environmental and public
health problems. Recipients can also try
new multi-media approaches and
initiatives, such as children's health
protection programs, multi-media
inspections, compliance assistance
programs, and ecosystem management,
that were difficult to fund under
traditional categorical grants.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
01/00/99
04/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3736
Agency Contact:
Scott McMoran
Environmental Protection Agency
Administration and Resources
Management
3903R
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5376
RIN: 2030-AA55
EPA
99. REVISION TO 40 CFR 35 SUBPART
A AND PROMULGATION OF
PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP
(TRIBAL) GRANT 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:
PL 104-134; PL 105-65
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 35
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
This proposed regulation will: (1)
update, clarify, and streamline
requirements governing environmental
program grants; (2) establish
requirements for the new Performance
Partnership Grant (PPG) program; and
(3) establish requirements for grant
programs that were developed after the
original rule was published. (EPA is
also issuing a regulation governing
environmental program grants to State
and Interstate agencies.)
Statement of Need:
This regulation provides a tribal-
specific subpart which is intended to
be easy to use; optimizes the
administration of tribal assistance
programs through increased flexibility;
and removes procedural impediments
to effective environmental programs for
Indian tribes.
Since EPA was formed in 1970, tribal
capacity and responsibility for
implementing environmental and
public health protection programs has
grown steadily. Until 1996, tribes and
Intertribal Consortia could receive EPA
assistance in carrying out their
environmental programs only through a
-------
61346 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
variety of categorical environmental
grants, such as grants for water
pollution control, air pollution control,
and safe drinking water. During that
time, environmental problems and their
solutions grew more complex and
solutions to those complex problems
often crossed EPA program lines. In
light of this complexity, tribal and EPA
leaders recognized that continued
environmental progress could be best
achieved if EPA and the tribes worked
together more effectively as partners
and environmental programs were
made more flexible in terms of their
coverage.
In response, EPA asked Congress for
new authority that would provide that
needed flexibility. In 1996, Congress
authorized the award of Performance
Partnership Grants (PPGs), in which
tribes and Intertribal Consortia can
choose to combine two or more
environmental program grants.
This proposed rule will implement the
PPG program which promotes tribal-
EPA collaboration; provides
opportunities for innovation; and
reduces paperwork. EPA expects the
rule will foster joint planning and
priority-setting by explicitly requiring
that tribal priorities and needs be
considered, along with national and
regional guidance, in negotiating grant
work plans, consistent with the
National Environmental Performance
Partnership System (NEPPS). Under
this rule, a tribe can choose to organize
its grant work plans in accord with
environmental goals and objectives or
in other new ways rather than using
categories pre-defined by EPA. The
length of a grant budget period will be
negotiable. These opportunities
afforded by the PPG program and this
rule are available to all tribes which
receive grants under more than one
EPA environmental program.
This rule accommodates all potential
variations in how EPA and individual
tribes work to build partnerships. The
rule is also minimizes duplicative effort
by allowing for multiple uses of
information or processes wherever
appropriate. The regulation advances
ongoing efforts to build more effective
tribal-EPA partnerships and to improve
environmental conditions by providing
tribes with increased flexibility to
direct resources where they are needed
most to address environmental and
public health needs.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
Not required by law or court order.
Alternatives:
EPA can continue to award PPGs under
guidance prepared by the agency and
announced in the Federal Register.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The rule does not result in any new
costs. It is expected to achieve cost and
administrative savings for tribes by
reducing the amount of grant
paperwork and by simplifying
accounting requirements that do not
require recipients to account for
expenditures in accordance with their
original funding sources. With PPGs,
recipients can negotiate work plans
with EPA that direct Federal funds
where the recipients need them most
to address environmental and public
health problems. Recipients can also try
new multi-media approaches and
initiatives, such as children's health
protection programs, multi-media
inspections, compliance assistance
programs, and ecosystem management,
that were difficult to fund under
traditional categorical grants.
Risks:
There are no known risks.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Rule
01/00/99
04/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 4128
Agency Contact:
Maureen Ross
Environmental Protection Agency
Administration and Resources
Management
3903R
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-5356
RIN: 2030-AA56
EPA
100. IMPLEMENTATION OF OZONE
AND PARTICULATE MATTER (PM)
NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
STANDARDS (NAAQS) AND
REGIONAL HAZE REGULATIONS
Priority:
Other Significant
Legal Authority:
PL 95-95; PL 101-549
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 81
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
EPA recently issued new, updated air
quality standards for ozone (62 FR
38856) and particulate matter (PM) (62
FR 38652). Pursuant to President
Clinton's implementation strategy as
outlined in a memorandum to EPA
Administrator Carol Browner, EPA is
developing guidance and rules for
sensibly and cost-effectively meeting
the new standards. To help develop the
guidance and rules, EPA, between
September 1995 and December 1997,
sought significant stakeholder
involvement through a committee
established under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. Consistent with the
schedule outlined in a memorandum
from President Clinton dated July 16,
1997, EPA will publish guidance and
rules by the end of 1998 designed to
give States, local governments, and
businesses 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 (62
FR 60318, November 7, 1997). 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.
hi order to help areas covered by EPA's
regional plan avoid burdensome
measures associated with
noncompliance, EPA will create a new
transitional classification. Areas that
attain the 1-hour standard but not the
new 8-hour standard as of the time EPA
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61347
promulgates designations for the 8-hour
standard could obtain this new
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 the reductions that
will be achieved through the regional
control strategy, and will come into
attainment earlier than otherwise
required, EPA will exercise its
discretion under the law to eliminate
unnecessary local planning
requirements for such areas. 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, (cont)
Statement of Need:
Development of programs for ozone and
PM are necessary to implement any
revised NAAQS under title 1 of the
Clean Air Act.
Alternatives:
This entry comprises the set of actions
the Agency plans to take to implement
the new ozone and fine particulate
standards. The major alternative facing
the Agency was whether to implement
the standards strictly on a state-by-state
basis, as has been the norm in the past,
or to take Federal action to address the
fact that emissions from one State affect
the ability of other States to achieve
the standards. The Agency chose the
latter course, embodied in the NOx
Regional Strategy described above. The
other major set of alternatives involved
various possible strategies for
infrastructure design, such as the
designations of nonattainment areas
and the requirements that will apply
to them. The major issues in this area
were settled by the July 1997 issuance
of a Presidential Directive setting out
a flexible implementation policy, the
elements of which are summarized in
the abstract above.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
EPA is in the process of preparing a
regulatory impact analysis (RIA) for
implementing new ozone and PM
NAAQS, as well as a regional haze
reduction program. The RIA will be
available at the time the
implementation strategy is proposed in
the Federal Register. The current
schedule calls for publication of the
notice of proposed rulemaking on
Phase I of the implementation strategy
in mid-1997.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
62 FR 60318
06/05/98 63 FR 31013
ANPRM 12/13/96 61 FR 65764
Notice Proposed 12/13/96 61 FR 65752
Policy
NPRM Regional Haze 07/31/97 62 FR 41138
Notice Review 10/23/97 62 FR 55201
Schedule for PM2.5
Standard
NPRM NOx Regional 11/07/97
Strategy SIP Call
Final Rule Areas
Meeting 1-hour
Ozone Standard
Final Rule Additional 07/22/98 63 FR 39432
Areas Meeting 1-
hour Ozone
Standard
NPRM NSR for 10/00/98
Transitional Areas
NPRM 172e 10/00/98
Antibacksliding for
PM10
Final Rule NOx 10/00/98
Regional Strategy
SIP Call
Final Rule Regional 10/00/98
Haze
Initial Guidance 10/00/98
Implementation
Planning
Final Guidance 12/00/98
Implementation
Planning
Final Rule 172e 12/00/98
Antibacksliding for
PM10
Final Rule NSR for 05/00/99
Transitional Areas
Final Rule Conformity 06/00/99
for Transitional
Areas
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
No
Government Levels Affected:
State
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3553
ABSTRACT CONT: In a final rule
promulgated on June 5, 1998, EPA
identified areas that have air quality
meeting the 1-hour air ozone standard
and revoked that standard for those
areas (63 FR 31013, June 5,1998). A
subsequent final rule for additional
ozone areas attaining the 1-hour
standard was promulgated on July 22,
1998 (63 FR 39432).
For PM10, EPA revised the set of
standards that had existed since 1987.
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 PM10 NAAQS
(progress which also provides benefits
for PM2.5) and protection of public
health. To ensure that this goal is met,
the pre-existing PM10 NAAQS will
continue to apply until certain critical
actions by 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 existing standards remain
in effect until EPA has completed a
section 172(e) rulemaking to prevent
backsliding. EPA will propose this
rulemaking in the spring of 1998. For
areas attaining the pre-existing PM10
NAAQS, EPA will retain that standard
until the State submits and 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, EPA will
take action so that the pre-existing
PM10 standard no longer applies. In
addition, 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 closed on
December 5,1997. EPA plans to
promulgate the regional haze
rulemaking in the fall of 1998.
Agency Contact:
Denise Gerth
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
MD-15
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5550
RIN: 2060-AF34
EPA
101. 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:
NPRM, Statutory, August 1, 1996.
-------
61348 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
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-
benefit analysis), cannot be determined
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 Rule
10/00/98
03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
No
Government Levels Affected:
Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3568
Agency Contact:
Ray Clark
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
6602J
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 564-9198
Fax: 202 565-9500
Email: clark.ray@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG14
EPA
102. CONSOLIDATED FEDERAL AIR
RULE FOR THE SYNTHETIC ORGANIC
CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRY
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 61; 40 CFR 63
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
Over the past 25 years, EPA has issued
a series of national air regulations,
many of which affect the same facility.
Some facilities are now subject to five
or six national rules, sometimes
affecting the same emission points.
Each rule has emission control
requirements as well as monitoring,
recordkeeping, 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.
All existing Federal air rules applicable
to an industry sector will be reviewed
to determine whether their 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 may be expanded
to air rules for other industry sectors.
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
NPRM
Final Rule
Date
10/00/98
05/00/99
FR Cite
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61349
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
No
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3748
Agency Contact:
Rick Colyer
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
MD-13
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5262
Fax: 919 541-3470
Email: colyer.rick@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AG28
EPA
103. • TIER II LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLE,
LIGHT-DUTY TRUCK, AND HEAVY-
DUTY GASOLINE VEHICLE EMISSION
STANDARDS AND GASOLINE
SULFUR STANDARDS
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 7521
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 86 (revision)
Legal Deadline:
Other, Statutory, December 31,1999,
Determine need - tech. feasibility and
cost effectiveness of more stringent
standards.
Abstract:
EPA is mandated by the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 to study whether
or not further reductions in emissions
from light-duty vehicles and light-duty
trucks should be required through
lowering tailpipe emissions standards.
EPA submitted a report to Congress on
July 31, 1998. The report determined
that there was a need for further
reductions in emissions and that cost-
effective technology is available to meet
more stringent standards. This
rulemaking will propose the next
generation of emission standards for
light-duty vehicles, light-duty trucks,
and gasoline heavy-duty vehicles. The
primary focus of this action will be
reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides
and non-methane hydrocarbons,
pollutants which contribute to ozone
pollution. Highway vehicles are
significant contributors to ozone
pollution, though tighter standards will
also have additional air quality
benefits. The light-duty vehicle and
light-duty truck standards cannot go
into effect before the 2004 model year,
as per Clean Air Act requirements. EPA
is also planning on addressing more
stringent standards for heavy-duty
gasoline engines, effective no earlier
than model year 2007, in this
rulemaking since many of the
technologies used to achieve better
emissions performance of light-duty
trucks could also be used to reduce
emissions from heavy-duty gasoline
engines. The rulemaking will also
propose limitations on the sulfur
content of gasoline available
nationwide. Sulfur has a detrimental
impact on catalyst performance and
could be a limiting factor in the
introduction of advanced technologies
on motor vehicles.
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. This rulemaking will
address additional national control
measures to reduce emissions,
including emissions of nitrogen oxides
and hydrocarbons, from new motor
vehicles, heavy-duty gasoline-powered
trucks, and sulfur levels in gasoline in
order to protect the public health and
welfare. There are also additional
benefits associated with new controls
on these emission sources.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
New motor vehicle controls, effective
no earlier than model year 2004, are
authorized under section 202 of the
Clean Air Act. Controls on heavy-duty
engines and gasoline sulfur levels are
also done under the authority of the
Clean Air Act.
Alternatives:
Various control programs will be
analyzed.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The costs and benefits associated with
this rule will be evaluated.
Risks:
The risks have not been determined at
this time.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
01/00/99
12/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
Undetermined
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Sectors Affected:
32411 Petroleum Refineries; 336111
Automobile Manufacturing; 33612
Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing; 4227
Petroleum and Petroleum Products
Wholesalers
Additional Information:
SAN No. 4211
Agency Contact:
Tad Wysor
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4332
Fax: 734 214-4816
Email: wysor.tad@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AI23
EPA
104. 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
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, November 1, 1994.
Final, Judicial, April 22, 1996.
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
-------
61350 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
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. In July
1996, the American Lung Association
and the Environmental Defense Fund
petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the D.G. Circuit for a judicial review
of EPA's decision not to establish a
new 5-minute NAAQS. On January 30,
1998, the court found that EPA did not
adequately explain its decision and
remanded the case so EPA could
explain its rationale more fully. EPA
published a schedule for responding to
the remand in the May 5,1998 Federal
Register. The schedule calls for a final
response to the remand by December
2000. Any final action on the
intervention level program would occur
no sooner than December 2000.
Statement of Need:
Brief exposures to elevated
concentrations of sulfur dioxide cause
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 additional 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.
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
NPRM NAAQS
Review
NPRM NAAQS
Implementation
(part 51)
Final Rule NAAQS
Review
NPRM Revised
NAAQS
Implementation
(part 51)
Notice Schedule for
Response to
NAAQS Remand
NPRM Response to
NAAQS Remand
Final Response to
NAAQS Remand
Final Rule NAAQS
Implementation
(Part 51)
11/15/94 59 FR 58958
03/07/95 60 FR 12492
05/22/96 61 FR 25566
01/02/97 62FR210
05/05/98 63 FR 24782
10/00/98
12/00/00
01/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
No
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 1002
Agency Contact:
Susan Stone (Review)
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
MD-15
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-1146
Eric Crump (Implementation)
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
MD-15
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-4719
RIN: 2060-AA61
EPA
105. • PESTICIDE TOLERANCE
REASSESSMENT PROGRAM
Priority:
Other Significant. Major status under 5
USC 801 is undetermined.
Legal Authority:
21 USC 346a(q)
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 180; 40 CFR 185; 40 CFR 186
Legal Deadline:
Other, Statutory, August 3, 1999, See
additional information.
Abstract:
EPA will reassess pesticide tolerances
and exemptions for raw and processed
foods established prior to August 3,
1996, to determine whether they meet
the "reasonable certainty of no harm"
standard of the Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). FFDCA sec.
408(q), as amended by the Food Quality
Protection Act, requires that EPA
conduct this reassessment on a phased
10-year schedule. Based on its
reassessment, EPA will take a series of
regulatory actions to modify or revoke
tolerances that do not meet the
reasonable certainty of no harm
standard.
Statement of Need:
The Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic
Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food
Quality Protection Act of 1996, requires
EPA to reassess all pesticide tolerances
and exemptions established before
August 3, 1996. EPA is to reassess
tolerances to determine whether they
meet the statutory "reasonable certainty
of no harm" standard of FFDCA sec
408(b). That standard requires that a
pesticide tolerance may be established
or remain in effect only if the tolerance
is "safe". "Safe" means that there is
a reasonable certainty that no harm will
result from aggregate exposure to the
pesticide chemical residue, based upon
all anticipated dietary exposures and
all other exposures for which there is
reliable information. The statute
emphasizes the protection of infants
and children in determining the safety
of a pesticide tolerance, and requires
that EPA evaluate the cumulative risks
of all pesticides having a common
mode of action.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
The tolerance reassessment program is
mandated by FFDCA sec. 408(q).
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61351
Alternatives:
EPA is required to take action to ensure
that all existing tolerances meet the
safety standard. If tolerances must be
modified or revoked, EPA will consider
a variety of factors in determining
which tolerances should be modified or
revoked. These factors are yet to be
determined, but could include public
health considerations, minor use
considerations, lack of available
alternatives, or level of risks to infants
and children, to workers, or to the
environment.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Analysis of costs will be conducted as
part of an economic analysis of the
revocation/modification actions
proposed. The FFDCA allows EPA to
consider benefits only in a very limited
manner in determining whether to
retain or modify a pesticide tolerance.
Risks:
Actions taken as a result of the
tolerance reassessment program will
ensure that dietary exposures to
pesticides, taking into account
aggregate exposure from food, water
and non-occupational sources, and
considering the cumulative effects of
substances having a common mode of
toxicity, will be safe. A series of
regulatory actions will be issued over
10 years.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
Notice 10/00/98
(Outline/Schedule
of Policies)
Proposed Policies 11 /00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 4175
EPA is required to complete
reassessments on a phased schedule of:
33% by August 3, 1999, 66% by August
3, 2002, and 100% by August 3, 2006.
Agency Contact:
Lois Rossi
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7508W
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8000
Joseph Nevola
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7508W
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8037
Email: nevola.joseph@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD24
EPA
106. • ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR
SCREENING AND TESTING PROGRAM
Priority:
Other Significant
Legal Authority:
21 USC 346A (P) FQPA; 7 USC 136
FIFRA; 15 USC 2603 TSCA; 42 USC
30QJ-17 SDWA
CFR Citation:
Not yet determined
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Statutory, August 3,1998.
Other, Statutory, August 3, 1998, See
additional information.
Abstract:
The Food Quality Protection Act
(FQPA) requires EPA to screen
pesticides for estrogenic effects on
human health. The Safe Drinking Water
Act authorizes EPA to screen chemicals
found in drinking water sources in
similar manner. The FQPA mandates
that EPA propose the screening
program by August 1998, implement it
by August 1999 and report to Congress
in August 2000. EPA established the
Endocrine Disrupter Screening and
Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC)
in October 1996, to provide advice and
counsel to the agency in implementing
the screening and testing program.
EDSTAC was comprised of 43 members
representing industry, government,
environmental and public health
groups, labor, academia, and other
interested stakeholders. EPA was
represented on EDSTAC by OPPTS,
ORD and ODW. EDSTAC has held its
final meeting in June 1998. The
Committee considered human health
and ecological effects; estrogenic,
androgenic, anti-estrogenic, anti-
androgenic and thyroid effects in its
deliberations and extended its scope to
include industrial chemicals, drinking
water contaminants and important
mixtures as well as pesticides. EDSTAC
will submit its final report to EPA in
August 1998. EPA will propose its
screening and testing strategy in August
1998 and will propose a more detailed
implementation plan for public
comment in fall of 1998.
Statement of Need:
The Endocrine Disrupter Screening and
Testing Program fulfills the statutory
mandate to screen pesticides and
drinking water contaminants for their
potential to disrupt the endocrine
system and adversely affect human
health. This program is also needed to
identify commercial chemicals that may
affect human health and wildlife via
disruption of their endocrine systems.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
The mandate to screen pesticides for
estrogenic effects that may affect
human health is in the Food Quality
Protection Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(p)).
Discretionary authority to test drinking
water contaminants is in the Safe
Drinking Water Act as amended in
1996 (42 U.S.C. 300J-17). General
authority to test chemicals and
pesticides is in TSCA (15 U.S.C. 2603)
and FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136) respectively.
Alternatives:
There is no alternative to leadership of
the Federal government on this issue
to ensure that pesticides, commercial
chemicals and contaminants are
screened and tested for endocrine
disruption potential. A limited amount
of testing may be conducted
voluntarily, but this will fall far short
of the systematic screening which is
necessary to protect public health and
the environment and ensure the public
that all important substances have been
adequately evaluated.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
It is too early to project the costs and
benefits of this program accurately.
However, as a rough estimate, the
screening battery is estimated to cost
$200,000 per chemical. It is too early
to determine how many chemicals will
be screened in Tier 1 much less tested
in Tier 2. It is also too early to tell
the benefits on how many chemicals
will be identified that are endocrine
disrupters and their exposure reduced
either by formal risks management or
by voluntary exposure reduction or
product substitution.
-------
61352 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
Risks:
Evidence is continuing to mount that
wildlife and humans may be at risk
from exposure to chemicals operating
through a endocrine mediated pathway.
Preliminary studies show decreases on
IQ tests and increases in aggression and
hyperactivity in children. Severe
malformations of the genitals of boys
has increased steadily over the last two
decades. Although increases in cancers
of endocrine sensitive tissues have been
reported, no link has been made to
show that chemicals are the cause.
Wildlife effects have been more
thoroughly documented. Abnormalities
in birds, marine mammals, fish and
shellfish have been documented in the
U.S., Europe, Japan, Canada, and
Australia which have been linked to
specific chemical exposures. Evidence
is sufficient for the U.S. to proceed on
a two track strategy: research on the
basic science regarding endocrine
disruption and screening to identify
which chemicals are capable of
interacting with the endocrine system.
The combination of research and test
data developed by this program will
enable EPA to take action to reduce
chemical risks.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Notice (Outline Of 08/11/98 63 FR 42852
Screening Program)
Notice (Proposed 12/00/98
Screening Strategy)
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Government Levels Affected:
Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 4143
Deadlines continued: Proposed
Screening Program 08/03/98,
Implement Screening Program
08/03/99, Report to Congress 08/03/00.
Agency Contact:
Gary Timm
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7405
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1859
Email: timm.gary@epa.gov
Anthony Maciorowski
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7405
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3048
Email:
maciorowski.anthony@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD26
EPA
107. • CHEMICAL RIGHT-TO-KNOW
INITIATIVE
Priority:
Other Significant
Legal Authority:
15 USC 4 TSCA; 15 USC 5 TSCA; 15
USC 8 TSCA; 7 USC 136 FIFRA; 42
USC 313 EPCRA
CFR Citation:
Not yet determined
Legal Deadline:
Other, Judicial, December 31, 1999,
Final Actions must be completed by
12/31/99.
Abstract:
The Chemical RTK Initiative was
announced by Vice President Gore on
EPA's Earth Day 1998 in response to
the finding that most commercial
chemicals have very little, if any,
toxicity information on which to make
sound judgments about potential risks.
There are three key components to this
initiative, each of which is being
rapidly implemented by EPA. These
are: baseline toxicity testing for 3,000
widely used commercial chemicals;
additional health effects testing for
chemicals to which children are
disproportionately exposed; and the
listing and lowering thresholds for
persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic
chemicals reported to TRI. This
Initiative will involve several separate
activities, with any regulatory related
actions included as separate entries in
the Regulatory Agenda. This entry will
not appear in the Agenda, but the
Agenda items are listed below.
Statement of Need:
The Chemical Right to Know Initiative
grew out of the finding of an EPA study
that there is very little reliable
information on the health and
environmental effects of even the most
widely used commercial chemicals.
Less than 7 percent of the 3,000 high
production volume chemicals have a
full set of baseline testing information,
while almost 50 percent have no
information whatsoever. The Chemical
Right to Know Initiative is designed to
close these information gaps, and to
make new information available to the
public. This initiative was requested by
Vice President Gore.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
To the extent that rulemaking is
required to implement the chemical
Right-to-Know Initiative, EPA will
utilize the testing authorities available
under TSCA and the chemical reporting
authorities of EPCRA. section 313 (the
Toxics Release Inventory).
Alternatives:
The Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative
will rely on a combination of
partnership programs and rule-writing
to accomplish its goals. For instance,
an HPV Challenge Program will ask
industry to voluntarily conduct testing
on high production volume chemicals,
while an HPV test rule would act as
a backstop to require testing of those
chemicals for which no company
stepped forward to volunteer.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The benefits of the Chemical Right-to-
Know Initiative are substantial, as no
one in the environmental community
— whether in industry, government, or
the public - can make reasoned risk
management decisions in the absence
of reliable health and environmental
information. The cost of the baseline
testing is well-established, and runs
about $200,000 per chemical for a full
set of tests. More detailed testing, as
envisioned for the Children's Health
testing portion of this initiative, is more
expensive, but has not yet been costed
out.
Risks:
None
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action -
Presidential
Deadline for Final
Actions
01/00/99
12/00/99
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61353
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information:
SAN No. 4176
This Initiative includes the following
Regulatory Agenda activities: TRI's
Reporting Threshold Rule (SAN 3880;
RIN 2070-AD09); Test Rule; Multi-
Chemicals Test Rule for High
Production Volume Chemicals (SAN
3990; RIN 2070-AD16); Multi-
Chemicals Test Rule for Developmental
and Reproductive Toxicity (SAN 2865;
RIN 2070-AC27).
Agency Contact:
Dave Sarokin
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7408
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3810
Email: sarokin.dave@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD25
EPA
108. 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 exposure-related
information and the industrial and
consumer end uses of chemicals they
produce or import. 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;
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
the programs' 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 ensure public
involvement in the TSCA Inventory
Update Rule Amendments Project.
Statement of Need:
There are more than 75,000 chemicals
in commerce listed on the TSCA
Inventory. EPA faces the challenge of
sorting through these chemicals to
identify the ones of most concern, then
taking the appropriate steps to mitigate
unreasonable risks of those chemicals.
The current IUR collects some key data,
such as production volume, used to
identify the chemicals of most concern.
However, other exposure-related
information is essential to more
accurately identify the chemicals with
the greater risk potential. Information
on how a chemical is manufactured,
processed, and used is needed to
determine possible exposure routes and
scenarios of these chemicals. This
action will propose to modify the
inventory update process to collect the
exposure-related data necessary for an
effective TSCA Inventory Screening
program; the information will be
collected in a format that makes the
information easy to use to screen
thousands of chemicals.
In addition to the addition of exposure-
related information, EPA will consider
other amendments to the IUR. These
include removing the inorganic
chemical exemption; providing the
information to better assess and manage
risks of inorganic chemicals; improving
the linkage of IUR data to other data
sources to enhance the data's
usefulness; and altering confidential
business information (CBI) claim
procedures to reduce the frequency of
CBI claims, allowing the public greater
access to relevant data on toxic
chemicals.
A national report will make data
collected via the amended IUR publicly
available. This report will not contain
any information claimed to be
confidential.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
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 identifying those of highest
concern; establishing priorities and
goals for its chemical assessment, risk
management and prevention programs
and monitoring their progress;
identifying potentially safer substitute
chemicals for uses of potential concern;
and enhancing the effectiveness of
chemical risk communication efforts.
Risks:
This action will secure data on
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
02/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3301
-------
61354 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
Agency Contact:
Susan Krueger
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7406
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-1713
Email: krueger.susan@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC61
EPA
109. LEAD; RULEMAKINGS UNDER
TSCA SECTION 402, LEAD-BASED
PAINT ACTIVITIES
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major status
under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.
Legal Authority:
15 USC 2683
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, April 28,1994,
(Sections 402(a) - 404).
Other, Statutory, October 28,1996,
Section 402(c)(3)).
Abstract:
The Residential Lead-Based Hazard
Reduction Act of 1992 (title X)
amended TSCA by adding a new Title
IV. TSCA section 402, Lead-Based Paint
Activities Training and Certification
directs EPA to promulgate a number of
regulations intended to address the
nation's need for a qualified and
properly trained workforce to assist in
the prevention, detection, and
elimination of hazards associated with
lead-based paint. EPA is required to
promulgate (a) regulations governing
lead-based paint activities to ensure
that individuals engaged in such
activities are properly trained, that
training programs are accredited, and
that contractors engaged in such
activities are certified (section 402(a);
(b) a Model State program which may
be adopted by any State which seeks
to administer and enforce a State
Program for the requirements
established under TSCA section 402
(section 404); (c) a rule addressing lead
risks from renovation and remodeling
activities or state why no regulation is
necessary (section 402(c)(3)); and (d) a
rule establishing a fee schedule for the
lead-based paint training, certification,
and accreditation activities addressed
in the rules developed under TSCA
section 402 (section 402(a)(3)).
Additionally, in response to other
Federal agencies and several States and
advocacy groups who were concerned
that the high costs of disposing of lead-
based paint debris as a RCRA
hazardous waste were discouraging
residential lead abatements, EPA is
using its authority under TSCA section
402(a) to address the disposal of lead-
based paint debris that will result from
the lead-based paint activities regulated
under TSCA section 402. To minimize
duplication of waste management
requirements, EPA is developing a
companion RCRA rule to suspend
temporarily hazardous waste
management regulations (i.e., Toxicity
Characteristic Rule) applicable to lead-
based paint debris which will be
subject to the new TSCA standards.
These rules are listed separately in the
Regulatory Agenda.
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. 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
continues to be a significant source of
childhood lead poisoning. These rules
will help ensure that individuals and
firms conducting lead-based paint
activities will do so in a way that
safeguards the environment and
protects the health of building
occupants, especially children under 6
years old.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
These regulations are mandated by
TSCA section 402.
Alternatives:
Alternatives to each of the mandated
activities will be analyzed.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
For the section 402(a)/404 (Residential)
rule, the costs have been provided in
the final economic impact analysis that
was prepared in conjunction with the
final rule. For the remainder of the
section 402 rules, costs will be
estimated in the draft economic impact
analyses that will be prepared for the
proposed rules. Since benefits depend
on private sector implementation of
certain lead hazard abatement activities
which are not mandated by any of
these rules, benefits will be difficult to
quantify.
Risks:
These rules are aimed at reducing the
prevalence and severity of lead
poisoning, particularly in children.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM Sections
402(a) and 404
(Residential)
Final Rule Sections
402(a) and 404
(Residential)
NPRM Section
402(a)(3)
Direct Final Rule
Withdraw Direct Final
Rule
NPRM Section 404(h)
NPRM Section 402(a)
(Debris)
Final Rule Sections
402(a)(3)/404(h)
NPRM Section 402(a)
(Buildings &
Structures)
NPRM Section 402(c)
(Remodeling &
Renovation)
Final Rule Section
402(a) (Debris)
Final Rule Section
402(a) (Buildings &
Structures)
Final Rule Section
402(c) (Remodeling
& Renovation)
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3243
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules:
Training, Accreditation and
Certification Rule and Model State Plan
Rule (sections 402 and 404)(SAN 3244;
RIN 2070-AC64); Lead-Based Paint
Activities, Training, and Certification:
Renovation and Remodeling (section
402(c)(3))(SAN 3557; RIN 2070-AC83);
Lead Fee Rule for Lead-Based Paint
Activities Training and Certification
(section 402(a)(3)) (SAN 3881; RIN
2070-ADll); Lead-Based Paint:
Notification of Commencement of
Abatement Activities (section 404(h))
(SAN 4172; RIN 2070-AD31); Lead:
TSCA Requirements for the Disposal of
Lead-Based Paint Debris (section
402 (a)) and Temporary Suspension of
09/02/94 59 FR 45872
08/29/96 61 FR 45778
09/02/98 63 FR 46734
09/02/98 63 FR 46668
10/16/98 63 FR 55547
10/00/98
11/00/98
08/00/99
09/00/99
09/00/99
11/00/00
09/00/01
09/00/01
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61355
Toxicity Characteristic Rule for
Specified Lead-Based Paint Debris
(RCRA sections 1006(b)(l) and
2002)(SAN 3508; RIN 2070-AC72).
Agency Contact:
Ellie Clark
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7404
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3402
Email: clark.ellie@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD06
EPA
110. ASBESTOS; AMENDMENTS TO
THE ASBESTOS-CONTAINING
MATERIALS IN SCHOOLS RULE,
MODEL ACCREDITATION PLAN, AND
WORKER PROTECTION 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:
15 USC 2605 TSCA sec 6; 15 USC 2607
TSCA sec 8; 15 USC 2647 TSCA 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. As a part of this effort, the
Agency is also developing proposals to
amend the Asbestos Model
Accreditation Plan (RIN 2070-AC51)
and the Asbestos Worker Protection
Rule (RIN: 2070-AC66). These activities
are already included in the Regulatory
Agenda as separate items, but have
been combined for the purposes of
highlighting this reinvention activity in
the Regulatory Plan for FY 1999.
Statement of Need:
EPA has become aware of several
inconsistencies between the TSCA
asbestos regulations and the OSHA
Construction Standard for Asbestos.
This rulemaking will resolve most of
the inconsistencies while improving the
clarity of the existing regulation and
reducing burdens.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
TSCA section 203 requires EPA to
promulgate regulations on the proper
management of asbestos-containing
materials in school buildings. TSCA
section 206 requires EPA to establish
a model accreditation plan for
professionals who wish to conduct
asbestos inspection and abatement
activities in schools or public or
commercial buildings. TSCA section 6
permits EPA to regulate activities
which pose an unreasonable risk of
injury to human health or the
environment.
Alternatives:
EPA will be proposing several
alternatives for the protection of state
and local government workers who
disturb asbestos-containing material.
EPA will also be providing state
program administrators with additional
flexibility in designing and
implementing appropriate state asbestos
programs.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
EPA believes that the costs imposed by
increased stringency in worker
protection requirements will be
insignificant, while upgrading
protection to levels comparable to that
offered the private sector by the
existing OSHA regulations. In addition,
EPA will be reducing the recordkeeping
requirements on schools, which should
result in some cost savings.
Risks:
This rulemaking will further reduce
risks to state and local government
workers who disturb asbestos. The
health risks for general building
occupants, including school children,
will not change as a direct result of
this rulemaking.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
06/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3047
Please also see Regulatory Agenda
entries for the Asbestos Model
Accreditation Plan Revisions (SAN
3148; RIN 2070-AC51) and the Asbestos
Worker Protection Rule Amendments
(SAN 2249; RIN 2070-AC66).
Agency Contact:
Cindy Fraleigh
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7404
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3933
Email: fraleigh.cindy@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC62
EPA
111. • PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYL; USE AUTHORIZATIONS
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
15 USC 2605(e) TSCA sec 6(e)
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 761
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
The notice of proposed rulemaking that
published on December 6,1994,
covered the manufacture (including
import), processing, distribution in
commerce, export use, disposal, and
marking of PCBs. On June 29, 1998,
EPA issued a final rule involving the
disposal related provisions. The other
provisions, regarding use authorizations
and imports, will be addressed in
separate actions.
Statement of Need:
This rulemaking is the result of the first
comprehensive review of the PCB
regulations in the 19-year history of the
program. The Agency has become
aware of a number of instances where
-------
61356 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
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 as PCB-contaminated
environmental media. In addition, the
relaxation of certain administrative
requirements should increase the speed
of remediation of contaminated sites
and accelerate the removal from use of
PCBs. EPA projects minimal
implementation costs and is reviewing
comments which highlight areas for
additional cost savings over the
proposal.
Risks:
The EPA estimates that millions of tons
of PCB-contaminated environmental
media will be remediated under this
rule, thus preventing large quantities of
this long-lived, bioaccumulating
chemical from entering the food chain.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 06/10/91 56 FR 26738
NPRM 12/06/94 59 FR 62788
Final 1 PCB Disposal 06/29/98 63 FR 35384
Provisions
Supplemental NPRM 02/00/99
Use Authorizations
- Data Availability
Final 2 Use 08/00/99
Authorizations
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 4179
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-AD27
EPA
112. TRI; POLLUTION PREVENTION
ACT INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 11013 Pollution Prevention Act
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline:
None
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
Chemical 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.
Since 1991 covered facilities have been
providing this information to EPA in
section 8A, Source Reduction and
Recycling Activities, of EPA 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
EPA Form R. In this action, EPA will
amend certain aspects of the September
25, 1991, proposed rule.
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 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(b) of the Pollution
Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA) (Pub. L.
101-508) requires the addition of
several data elements to the Toxic
Chemical 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).
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.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Flan 61357
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 their
community.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 09/25/91 56 FR 48475
Supplemental NPRM 03/00/99
Final Action 06/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2847
Affected Sectors Include:
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:
Maria 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
Sara Hisel McCoy
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7408
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7937
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: hisel-mccoy.sara@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC24
EPA
113. TRI; CHEMICAL EXPANSION;
FINALIZATION OF DEFERRED
CHEMICALS
Priority:
Other Significant
Legal Authority:
42 USC 11013; 42 USC 11023; 42 USC
11048; 42 USC 11076; EPCRA 313
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
On November 30, 1994, EPA added 286
chemicals and chemical categories to
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 this 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 of 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 additional 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/SAN 3007.
Sixteen of these chemicals are from a
list of hazardous air pollutants subject
to requirements of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, and one was
considered for addition due to its
extreme aquatic toxicity. Of these 17
chemicals nine were included in the
proposed rule.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
EPCRA section 313(d) authorizes EPA
to add or delete chemicals from the TRI
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
-------
61358 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
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
reduce risks potentially associated with
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
01/12/94 59 FR 1788
11/30/94 59 FR 61432
NPRM
Final - Finalizes
Listing of 286
Chemicals and
Chemical
Categories
Supplemental NPRM 06/00/99
Deferred Chemicals
Final Action Deferred 12/00/00
Chemicals
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entitles Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3007
Includes SIC codes: 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:
Maria J. Doa
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7408
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9592
Email: doa.maria@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC47
EPA
114. TRI; REPORTING THRESHOLD
AMENDMENT; TOXIC CHEMICALS
RELEASE REPORTING; COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
Legal Authority:
EPCRA 313; 42 USC 11013; 42 USC
11023; 42 USC 11048; 42 USC 11076
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 an analysis to
determine which chemicals present the
specific problems described above, and
to determine what the altered threshold
value(s) should be.
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 because of the current reporting
thresholds, TRI does not collect release
and transfer data on small quantities
of chemicals that may persist and
bioaccumulate in the environment.
Even small releases of such chemicals
can have significant impacts on human
health and the environment. Congress
gave EPA the authority to adjust
reporting thresholds, because it
recognized that this might be necessary
in order to address the American
public's 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
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61359
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 potential risks.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
11/00/98
09/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3880
OTHER DEADLINE: Presidential
Initiative with Final Rule in place and
effective by 12/31/99. AFFECTED
SECTORS: 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:
Maria 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-AD09
EPA
115. TRI; REVIEW OF CHEMICALS ON
THE 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
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 372
Legal Deadline:
None
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.
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
Final Rule
07/00/99
12/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 4015
AFFECTED SECTORS: 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).
-------
61360 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
Agency Contact:
Daniel R. Bushman
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7408
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3882
Fax: 202 401-8142
Email: bushman.daniel@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AD18
EPA
116. TRI; ADDITION OF OIL AND GAS
EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION TO
THE TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
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 facilities whose primary
economic activity was classified as
manufacturing. 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 began additional
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 generally not publicly
available in the manner provided by
EPCRA section 313. 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 Action
09/00/99
12/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
Yes
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Sectors Affected:
211111 Crude Petroleum and Natural
Gas Extraction
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:
Tim 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
EPA
117. STANDARDIZED PERMIT FOR
RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
-------
"Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61361
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 267; 40 CFR 270
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
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.
Statement of Need:
The Agency convened a special task
force in 1994 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), spent two years working
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 with 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 must obtain
site-specific "individual" 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 15 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 believes that thermal treatment
and land disposal activities continue to
warrant "individual" permits,
prescribing unit-specific conditions.
However, the Agency believes that
some accommodation can be made for
hazardous waste management practices
in standardized units such as tanks,
container storage areas, and
containment buildings. The Agency's
Permit Improvement Team tentatively
recommended, among other things, that
regulations be developed to allow
"standardized permits" for on-site
storage and non-thermal treatment of
hazardous waste in tanks, containers,
and containment buildings. The Agency
is proposing to revise the RCRA
regulations to allow this type of permit.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
Facilities that manage hazardous waste
are required under RCRA to obtain a
permit and carry out corrective action
as necessary (see: RCRA Section 3004,
3005, 3008 and 3010). EPA has
discretion under these statutory
provisions to apply different permitting
procedures to different types of
facilities, as EPA is proposing to do
here. No aspect of this streamlining
action is required by court order.
Alternatives:
Several significant alternatives or
options that have been considered
concern the scope of the rule and
corrective action alternatives. The
scope of the proposed rule is expected
to be limited to facilities that generate
waste and manage it on-site. The
Agency considered, however, and plans
to ask for comment on, whether
coverage of the rule should be
expanded to facilities that generate
waste at operations in more than one
location and want to manage the waste
at one location. The Agency also plans
to ask for comment on the option of
allowing a facility's RCRA corrective
action activities to be postponed if
corrective action is being carried out
under an approved State remedial
program.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The following cost/benefit information
is based on preliminary estimates and
is being provided for informational
purposes only; it is subject to change.
The RCRA standardized permit
proposal is an optional rule designed
to streamline the regulatory burden to
EPA/States as well as to private sector
facilities covered by the rule, by
reducing the amount of information
collected, submitted and reviewed for
permit actions (i.e. new permit
applications, permit modifications, and
permit renewals). Because the rule
proposes to streamline existing RCRA
regulation, rather than add new RCRA
regulation, implementation of the rule
by the EPA and by States with EPA-
authorized permitting programs is
expected to result in economic benefits
in the form of national cost savings
from reducing both government and
private sector resources required for the
RCRA permit process. Based on a
preliminary economic analysis, the EPA
estimates that the potential average
annual cost savings to eligible facilities
resulting from implementation of this
rule, will range from approximately
$1,000 to $4,600 per permit action,
depending on the type of permit and
the type of treatment and storage
equipment. The expected national cost
savings benefit to the private sector for
RCRA permitting is between $4.2 and
$8.8 million annually. In addition, this
rule is expected to produce an average
annual cost savings benefit for
streamlined EPA/State administrative
review of $2.0 million, representing a
total annual national cost savings
benefit of $6.2 to $10.8 million.
Potential cost savings benefits are
incremental to the average annual cost
associated with the current RCRA
permitting program. Compared to the
magnitude of potential benefits, the
costs to EPA/States of implementing
the standardized permit option are
considered minimal, and therefore have
not been estimated by the EPA.
Risks:
A description of risks is not applicable
to the rule. The purpose of this rule
is to streamline existing RCRA permit
application and issuance procedures.
Since facilities covered by this rule are
currently already required to obtain
RCRA permits, this rule will have
minimal effects on incremental risk
reduction.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
12/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
-------
61362 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
Sectors Affected:
3251 Basic Chemical Manufacturing;
325211 Plastics Material and Resin
Manufacturing; 32551 Paint and
Coating Manufacturing; 3252 Resin,
Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and
Synthetic Fibers and Filaments
Manufacturing; 32411 Petroleum
Refineries; 32532 Pesticide and Other
Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing;
332813 Electroplating, Plating,
Polishing, Anodizing and Coloring
Additional Information:
SAN No. 4028
Agency Contact:
Vernon Myers
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
5303W
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8660
Fax: 703 308-8609
RIN: 2050-AE44
EPA
118. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFEST
REGULATION
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 6922 Resource Conservation
Recovery Act sec 3002; 42 USC 6923
Resource Conservation Recovery Act
sec 3003; 42 USC 6926 Resource
Conservation Recovery Act sec 3006
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 262;
40 CFR 263; 40 CFR 264; 40 CFR 265;
40 CFR 270; 40 CFR 271
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
The Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest
(Form 8700-22) is a multi-copy form
used to identify the quantity,
composition, origin, routing, and
destination of hazardous waste during
its transportation. The manifest
system's reliance on paper results in
significant paperwork and cost burden
to waste handlers and States who
collect manifest information. The
Agency intends to pursue an optional
approach to redesign the manifest
system so that it utilizes automated
technologies to increase access to
manifest related information, and to
facilitate the manifest process,
including the form's preparation,
transmission, and recordkeeping,
thereby lessening the total burden on
waste handlers and States.
Statement of Need:
The Agency is revising the RCRA
manifest system because of the amount/
of paperwork burden associated with
the manifest. Reduction in paperwork
burden is part of the Administration's
Regulatory Reinvention goal of cutting
government "red tape." The Agency
wants to standardize the manifest
program across the States by
introducing a truly uniform manifest
tracking form. The chief goal of the
manifest system is to facilitate the safe
transportation of offsite shipments of
hazardous waste to appropriate RCRA
management facilities. Furthermore, the
manifest promotes accountability
throughout the generation,
transportation, and disposal cycle of a
hazardous waste shipment; and the
manifest also provides essential hazard
information to handlers and emergency
responders.
Alternatives:
The Agency has looked at three
alternatives to revising the manifest
system. The first alternative is to revise
and standardize the manifest form
itself. The second alternative is to
introduce the option of automated
technologies (electronic commerce) to
reduce paperwork and make the
manifest system more efficient. The
third alternative is to develop
alternative requirements for certain
types of hazardous waste handlers
which will reduce some of the
paperwork burden. The Agency has
chosen to combine the three
alternatives into one cohesive package
which will preserve the positive
features of the current manifest system
(maintaining the necessary controls to
protect human health and the
environment) and at the same time
substantially reducing the burden on
industry.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The overall costs of this action should
be minimal to the regulated industry
since the new Federal manifest system
should reduce the overall number of
elements on the manifest form.
Additionally, uniformity in data
required across the U.S. will benefit the
transportation industry by reducing the
burden associated with obtaining
various State requirements for wastes
traveling through multiple States. Other
hazardous waste handlers will benefit
from having the option to use
automation to complete, send, receive,
and store manifest information. Some
States may have to modify their data
systems in response to his action. The
Agency is currently conducting an
analysis to determine the costs and
benefits of the rule.
Risks:
This rule reduces the burden of the
manifest on the public without
reducing protectiveness to the public.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
No
Government Levels Affected:
State, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3147
Agency Contact:
Ann Codrington
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
5304W
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8825
Rich Lashier
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
5304W
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8796
RIN: 2050-AE21
EPA
119. MANAGEMENT OF CEMENT KILN
DUST (CKD)
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.
-------
¥edexal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61363
Legal Authority:
42 USC 6912(a) Resource Conservation
Recovery Act sec 2002(a); 42 USC
6921 (a) Resource Conservation
Recovery Act sec 3001(a)
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 259; 40 CFR 261; 40 CFR 264;
40 CFR 266
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
CKD is a high volume material by-
product of the cement manufacturing
process. While it contains potentially
hazardous constituents such as lead,
cadmium and chromium, it has been
exempted since November 1980 from
hazardous waste regulation under
RCRA Subtitle C by the Bevill
Amendment, which modified Section
3001 of RCRA to exempt certain special
wastes until further studies could be
completed and any applicable
regulations were promulgated. In
December 1993, EPA submitted a
Report to Congress with its findings on
the nature and management practices
associated with CKD. This was
followed in January 1995 by an EPA
regulatory determination published in
the Federal Register (60 FR 7366,
2/7/95), which concluded that
additional control of CKD is warranted.
In the regulatory determination EPA
committed to develop additional
tailored regulations under RCRA
Subtitle C and, if necessary, the Clean
Air Act. As part of its regulatory
development effort, the Office of Solid
Waste within EPA's Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response has
initiated further studies and has held
informal discussions with stakeholders
interested in regulations under RCRA
Subtitle C for the management of CKD.
The proposed regulations will be
tailored to protect human health and
the environment while 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 exemption 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
exemption 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 posts 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
11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
No
Government Levels Affected:
State, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3856
Agency Contact:
William Schoenborn
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
5306W
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 308-8483
RIN: 2050-AE34
EPA
120. 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.
Legal Authority:
33 USC 1311 CWA sec 301; 33 USC
1316 CWA sec 306; 33 USC 1326 CWA
sec 316; 33 USC 1361 CWA sec 501
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 125; 40 CFR 401
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, July 2, 1999.
Final, Judicial, August 13, 2001.
Abstract:
EPA is developing regulations to
minimize the adverse environmental
impact of cooling water intake
structures (e.g., to minimize the impact
on aquatic organisms).
Statement of Need:
State implementation of section 316(b)
of the Clean Water Act has been
inconsistent, in several instances
allowing significant impacts on aquatic
ecosystems. Literally tons of fish and
other aquatic organisms are cropped
annually as a result of inadequate
controls of cooling water intake.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
This action is required under consent
decree in settlement of Cronin, et al.
v. Reilly, 93 Civ. 0314 (ACS) (U.S.D.C.,
Southern District of New York, October
10, 1995).
Alternatives:
Regulatory options are being developed
at this time.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Undetermined.
-------
61364 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
Risks:
Undetermined.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
07/00/99
08/00/01
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
Undetermined
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3444
Agency Contact:
Deborah Nagle
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4203
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2656
RIN: 2040-AC34
EPA
121. REVISION OF NPDES
INDUSTRIAL PERMIT APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS AND FORM 2C—
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE
INFORMATION
Priority:
Other Significant. Major status under 5
USC 801 is undetermined.
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
33 USC 1342 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 in order to obtain a permit.
The existing industrial application form
has not been revised since 1984 and
needs to be updated to reflect statutory
and regulatory changes in the NPDES
program, advances in analytical
methods and an increased emphasis on
toxic control. The purpose of this
action is to revise and consolidate
existing application forms and
requirements for industries, and to
streamline the permit application
process for these facilities. The Agency
seeks to establish a unified process that
minimizes the need for additional
information from applicants while
providing permit writers the necessary
information, including toxics data, to
ensure that permits adequately address
concerns of permittees and
environmental protection. The Agency
will seek to allow the use of existing
data to the extent possible and to avoid
unnecessary reporting. The Agency is
also considering how to utilize
electronic data submission. Although
these forms will increase the burden on
permittees not already required to
provide these data, many other
permittees are already required to
submit the data. The Agency is
reviewing ways to minimize the need
for information from small dischargers,
including tribal facilities. EPA will also
seek to minimize and reduce the
burden on States through
improvements to the application forms.
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
sections 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, thereby reducing
redundant reporting and reducing
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
socioeconomic 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
writer's 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 benefiting 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 EPA can protect
the environment and human health.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/98
09/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3234
Agency Contact:
Greg Gwaltney
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4203
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9532
RIN: 2040-AC26
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 6:1365
EPA
122. 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 1342 Clean Water Act sec 402j;
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 1 percent to 10 percent of
the total annual burden. The principal
benefit is to provide POTWs and
industrial users with additional
flexibility in conducting their
pretreatment program activities.
Risks:
None known.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/00/98
09/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
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
Email: smith.jeff@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2040-AC58
EPA
123. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: RADON
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 300 Safe Drinking Water Act
sec 1412
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline:
Other, Statutory, February 6, 1999,
Publish radon health risk reduction and
cost analysis.
NPRM, Statutory, August 6, 1999.
Final, Statutory, August 6, 2000.
Abstract:
Radon in drinking water increases risk
to public health, both from inhalation
of radon discharged through normal
household water use, such as
showering, and from ingestion of water.
In 1991, EPA estimated that radon in
public drinking water supplies causes
about 192 avoidable cancer cases each
year. EPA does not currently regulate
radon in drinking water. On July 18,
1991, EPA proposed a Maximum
Contaminant Level (MCL) for radon in
drinking water at 300 pCi/L, to address
radon in public water supplies (systems
serving over 25 individuals or with
greater than 15 service connections).
EPA withdrew the proposed radon
regulation on August 6, 1997 (62 FR
42221). This rule will impact small
entities, including small public water
supplies and municipalities. Tribal
governments will be affected if they
provide water through systems meeting
the definition of public water supply.
States with primacy will implement the
final regulation, and will be asked to
assist EPA in developing guidelines for
multi-media mitigation programs.
The 1996 Amendments to the Safe
Drinking Water Act add new radon
requirements. Congress directed EPA
to: (1) Withdraw the 1991 proposed
rule; (2) Work with the National
Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct
a risk assessment for radon in drinking
water and an assessment of the health
risk reduction benefits associated with
various mitigation methods of reducing
radon in indoor air; (3) Publish a radon
health risk reduction and cost analysis
for possible radon MCLs for public
comment, by February 1999; (4)
Propose MCL Goal and National
Primary Drinking Water Regulation
(NPDWR) for radon by August 1999;
and (5) Publish MCL Goal and Final
NPDWR for radon, by August 2000.
Pursuant to 1412 (b)(13) of SDWA, EPA
promulgates an MCL more stringent
than necessary to reduce the
contribution to radon in indoor air from
drinking water to a concentration that
is equivalent to the national average
concentration of radon in outdoor air,
the Agency must establish an
alternative MCL. The level of the
alternative MCL is linked to average
outdoor radon levels. If an alternative
MCL is established, EPA must publish
guidelines for States to develop
multimedia radon mitigation programs.
If EPA approves a State multimedia
mitigation program, public water
supply systems within the State may
comply with the alternative MCL. EPA
shall evaluate multimedia radon
mitigation programs every 5 years.
Statement of Need:
Radon in drinking water increases risk
to public health, both from inhalation
of radon discharged through normal
water use, such as showering, and from
ingestion of water.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
Pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water
Act, as amended in 1996, section
-------
61366 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
1412(b)(13), EPA is required to: (1)
Withdraw the 1991 proposed radon in
drinking water rule; (2) Work with the
National Academy of Sciences to
conduct a risk assessment for radon hi
drinking water and an assessment of
the health risk reduction benefits
associated with various mitigation
methods of reducing radon in indoor
air; (3) Publish a radon health risk
reduction and cost analysis for possible
radon Maximum Contaminant Levels
(MCLs) for public comment, by
February 1999; (4) Propose an MCL
Goal and National Primary Drinking
Water Regulation (NPDWR) for radon
by August 1999; and (5) Publish an
MCL Goal and Final NPDWR for radon
by August 2000.
In addition, if EPA promulgates an
MCL more stringent than necessary to
reduce the contribution to radon in
indoor air from drinking water to a
concentration that is equivalent to the
national average concentration of radon
in outdoor air, the Agency must
establish an alternative MCL (AMCL).
The AMCL is to be set at a level which
would result in a contribution of radon
from drinking water to radon levels in
indoor air equivalent to the national
average concentration of radon in
outdoor air. If an alternative MCL is
established, EPA must publish
guidelines for States to develop
multimedia radon mitigation programs.
EPA shall approve State multimedia
mitigation programs if they are
expected to achieve equivalent or
greater health risk reduction benefits
than would be achieved through
compliance with the MCL. If EPA
approves a State multimedia mitigation
program, public water supply systems
within the State may comply with the
AMCL. If a State does not have an
approved multimedia mitigation
program, any public water system may
submit a program for approval by EPA
according to the same criteria,
conditions, and approval process that
would apply to a State program. EPA
shall evaluate multimedia mitigation
programs every 5 years.
Alternatives:
EPA will consider a range of MCL
options for radon in drinking water in
the Health Risk Reduction and Cost
Analysis (HRRCA) (to be published by
February 1999). EPA will also develop
guidelines for a State or public water
system to develop a multimedia
mitigation program in order for it to
comply with the AMCL. The National
Academy of Sciences will provide
information on key factors (the water
to air transfer factor and the national
average outdoor radon level) that EPA
will use in setting the AMCL.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
EPA is currently developing estimates
of the anticipated costs and benefits.
Among other things, we will be
evaluating the unit risk information
(with the input of the National
Academy of Sciences), the occurrence
of radon in public water systems, the
unit costs of various types of radon in
water treatment systems, the
characterization of the flows associated
with "model" systems, the number of
systems in various size categories, the
costs and benefits associated with the
health effects of radon, and models for
integrating much of these data. Most of
this information and supporting
calculations are expected to be
available by the time the Health Risk
Reduction and Cost Analysis is
published (February 1999).
Risks:
In accordance with the Safe Drinking
Water Act, the National Academy of
Sciences (NAS) is conducting a risk
assessment for radon in drinking water
and will be producing a consensus
report by August 1998. The NAS report,
which is expected to include the unit
risk (risk per pCi/L) associated with
exposure to radon in drinking water,
will be used along with other available
information to develop a national risk
estimate for radon in drinking; water.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
ANPRM 09/30/86 51 FR 34836
NPRM 07/18/91 56 FR 33050
Withdrawal of NPRM 08/06/97 62 FR 42221
Notice 02/00/99
Reproposal 08/00/99
Final 08/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
Yes
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2281
Agency Contact:
Sylvia Malm
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4607
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0417
RIN: 2040-AA94
EPA
124. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: GROUND
WATER RULE
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 300 Safe Drinking Water Act
sec 1412
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, May 31, 2002.
Abstract:
The Safe Drinking Water Act as
amended in 1996 directs EPA to
promulgate regulations requiring
disinfection "as necessary" for ground
water systems. The intention is to
reduce microbial contamination risk
from public water systems relying on
ground water. To determine if
treatment is necessary, the rule will
establish a framework to identify public
water supplies vulnerable to microbial
contamination and to develop and
implement risk control strategies
including but not limited to
disinfection. Development and
implementation of the rule will involve
local, tribal, State and Federal
governments. The structure of the draft
rule is a series of barriers to microbial
contamination. The proposed barriers
are source water protection and
vulnerability assessment; assessment
and maintenance of the well, treatment
facility and distribution system;
disinfection where necessary; and
monitoring.
Statement of Need:
Public water systems (PWSs) that use
ground water as their sole source of
water, as opposed to surface water
PWSs, are not federally regulated as to
treatment for microorganisms. There is
data that indicates that a number of
ground water PWSs are contaminated
with microorganisms of fecal origin that
can and have caused illness.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 613&7
Summary of the Legal Basis:
Section 1412tb)(l)(A) of the Safe
Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requires
EPA to establish National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations for
contaminants that may have an adverse
public health effect and that present a
meaningful opportunity for health risk
reduction. This general provision is
supplemented with an additional
requirement under section 1412(b)(8)
that EPA also develop regulations
specifying the use of disinfectants for
ground water systems as necessary.
Alternatives:
Not available at this time.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Not available at this time.
Risks:
Not available at this time.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
03/00/99
11/00/00
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
Yes
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2340
Agency Contact:
Tracy Bone
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4607
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2954
BIN: 2040-AA97
EPA
125. PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM PUBLIC
NOTIFICATION REGULATION
Priority:
Other Significant
Reinventing Government:
This rulemaking is part of the
Reinventing Government effort. It will
revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, or streamline
requirements.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 300f et seq
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 141.32; 40 CFR 142.14; 40 CFR
142.15; 40 CFR 142.16
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
This action revises an existing
regulation to incorporate the new
public notification provisions in section
1414(c) of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
The basic requirement for public water
systems with violations of drinking
water standards to give public
notification is not changed by the 1996
SDWA 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 certain drinking water
regulations occurs (including MCL,
treatment technique, and
monitoring/reporting requ; ments); (2)
a variance or exemption to .hose
regulations is in place or the conditions
of the variance or exemption 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.
States are required to adopt this rule
to retain primacy under 40 CFR section
142.10.
The 1996 amendments significantly
revise the public notification
requirements. The amendments: (1)
require notice within 24 hours for
violations posing a serious public
health risk from short term exposure
and give EPA discretion to set the
timing of the notification for all other
violations; (2) give EPA discretion to
set the mediod of delivery of the ,
notices as long as the public notice
reaches all persons served; (3) establish
a specific requirement for EPA
consultation with the States in issuing
revised regulations; (4) allow the
primary States to prescribe alternative
notification requirements by rule with
respect to the form and content of the
notice. One other new requirement —
for public water systems to prepare an
annual consumer confidence report —
is being implemented under a separate
regulatory action.
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.
Statement of Need:
The public notification rule is being
revised to incorporate the legislative
changes contained in the 1996 SDWA
amendments under sections 1414(c)(l)
and (2). The new provisions require
EPA to tailor the frequency and content
of the public notice to the relative risks
to public health and otherwise
streamline the process currently in
place. The statute requires EPA to
promulgate regulations, after
consultation with the states, to
implement this section.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
The 1996 SDWA amendments require
EPA to promulgate public notification
regulations to implement new sections
1414(c)(l) and (2). There is no statutory
deadline.
Alternatives:
Within the statutory obligation to issue
revised public notification regulations,
EPA is developing regulatory options
that balance the need to protect public
health with the need to provide
flexibility in local implementation and
a reduced reporting burden. Options
are being considered related to the
frequency of notices for violations not
posing a risk to health from short term
exposure, how best to ensure that
notices reach all persons served, what
the notice should contain to be most
effective, and how the public notice
provisions could be integrated into the
parallel requirement for an annual
consumer confidence report.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Not available at this time.
Risks:
The public notification regulations
require water systems to notify all
persons served of any violation of
drinking water standards. Consumers
not notified of violations may put
themselves at risk from drinking the
water and otherwise will be unable to
make informed choices about whether
to continue drinking the water. Risks
are largest when the violation is for a
contaminant that poses a risk from
short-term exposure or for
subpopulations vulnerable to the
contaminants in the drinking water.
Compliance with the public notification
rule allows consumers, at their option,
-------
61368 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
to make timely choices about the risk
from their drinking water. Public
notification is one of several Federal
barriers protecting consumers from
exposure to harmful contaminants from
their drinking water.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
12/00/98
08/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entitles Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 4009
Agency Contact:
Carl Reeverts
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4606
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7273
Fax: 202 260-4656
Email: reeverts.carl@epamail.epa.gov
BIN: 2040-AD06
EPA
FINAL RULE STAGE
126. 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
(NSR) regulations, which govern the
preconstruction air quality review and
permitting programs that are
implemented by States and the Federal
Government for new and modified
major stationary sources of air
pollution. This rulemaking 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:
In August 1992, EPA voluntarily
initiated a comprehensive effort to
reform the NSR process. This effort was
initiated to examine complaints from
the regulated community that the
current regulatory scheme is too
complex, needlessly delays projects,
and unduly restricts source flexibility.
Currently there are no applicable
statutory or judicial deadlines for the
NSR reform rulemaking effort. The goal
of this effort is to address industries'
concerns without sacrificing the
environmental benefits embodied in the
present approach; that is, protecting
and improving local air quality, and
stimulating pollution prevention and
advances in control technologies.
In 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 three outstanding
settlement agreements: CMA Exhibit B,
Top-down BACT, and the applicability
test for modifications at utilities
("WEPCO"). The pending settlement on
WEPCO will impose a judicial deadline
on the rulemaking.
Alternatives:
The Subcommittee discussed numerous
options for implementing NSR reform.
However, EPA's primary focus has been
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. On July 24,1998, EPA issued
another Federal Register Notice seeking
comment on revised alternatives for
two applicability provisions.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
From a cost perspective, this
rulemaking represents a decrease in
applications and recordkeeping costs to
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
61369
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. In 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 Action
07/23/96 61 FR 38249
05/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Government Levels Affected:
State
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
RIN: 2060-AE11
EPA
127. 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 51
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
In response to litigation on the part 70
regulations, to provide more effective
implementation of part 70, and to
address comments provided in
response to notices of proposed
rulemaking, parts 51 and 70 are being
revised. In part, the changes include
the following: streamlined procedures
for revising stationary-source operating
permits issued by State and local
permitting authorities 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 allow more
streamlined procedures for revising
many operating permits. These
revisions reflect the principles
articulated in the President's and the
Vice President's March 16, 1995 report
Reinventing Environmental Regulation.
That report established as goals for
environmental regulation the building
of partnerships between EPA and State
and local agencies, minimizing costs,
providing flexibility in implementing
programs, tailoring solutions to the
problem, and shifting responsibility to
State and local programs.
Alternatives:
The Clean Air Act requires that EPA
develop regulations which set
minimum standards for State operating-
permit programs. In response to
concerns expressed in comments on the
draft final rulemaking, the EPA talked
with representatives from State and
local permitting authorities, industry
and environmental groups to hear their
implementation concerns, and then
asked for public comments on a revised
draft final rule. This action will
incorporate many of those comments
and 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 Action
09/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Government Levels Affected:
State
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3412
Agency Contact:
Roger Powell
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
MD-15
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5331
RIN: 2060-AF70
EPA
128. AMENDMENTS—INTEGRATED
NESHAP AND EFFLUENT
GUIDELINES: PULP AND PAPER
Priority:
Economically Significant
-------
61370
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
Legal Authority:
42 USC 7412 Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 sec 112; 42 USC
7414 Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990 sec 114; 42 USC 7601 Clean Air
Act Amendments of 1990 sec 301; 33
USC 1314 Clean Water Act sec 304; 33
USC 1316 Clean Water Act sec 306-308;
33 USC 1317; 33 USC 1318; 33 USC
1361 Clean Water Act sec 301; Clean
Water Act sec 501
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 430
Legal Deadline:
None
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. On April 15,1998, the EPA
promulgated signed an integrated
regulation for the pulp and paper
industry that includes both effluent
guidelines and air emission standards
to control the release of pollutants to
both the water and the air. At the same
time, the EPA proposed MACT
standards for the chemical recovery
combustion sources. The regulations
were developed jointly to provide
greater protection to human health and
title environment, to promote the
concept of pollution prevention, and to
enable the industry to more effectively
plan compliance via a multimedia
approach.
Next Steps will be to issue final
effluent guidelines for Phase II and
Phase HI mills. Phase II will address
the effluent from mills not covered in
the Final Phase I effluent guidelines
(except dissolving grade mills) plus
will set limits for reserved parameters
for chemical oxygen demand (COD) and
chloroform at Phase I mills. Phase III
will set final effluent limits for
dissolving grade mills.
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 limits surface water
discharges of toxic, conventional, and
nonconventional pollutants and
emissions of hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs) from pulp and paper mills. The
NESHAP limits 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
promulgated 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 promulgated integrated air and
water rules comprise effluent
guidelines for pulp and paper mills and
MACT standards for the
noncombustion sources at all kraft,
soda, sulfite, and semi-chemical pulp
and paper mills. At the same time these
standards were promulgated, the
Agency proposed MACT standards for
the kraft, soda, sulfite, and semi-
chemical mills. For the rulemaking
components that have been
promulgated and proposed, the Agency
estimated total annualized costs of $277
million (1995 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 155,000 tons per year. An
estimated reduction in volatile organic
compound emissions of 485,000 tons
per year; a reduction in total reduced
sulfur emissions of 165,000 tons per
year; and a reduction in particulate
matter emissions of 26,000 tons per
year are also projected to occur as a
result of the promulgated and proposed
rules. Projected reductions in
^chloroform and chlorinated phenolics
effluent discharges are approximately
100 tons per year; adsorbable organic
halides (AOX) reductions of 31,000
tons per year are projected. Dioxins and
furan effluent levels will be reduced to
12 grams nationally. Ultimately all
dioxin fish consumption advisories
associated with the 96 bleached paper
grade mills will be eliminated. Some
categories of the benefits can be
expressed in monetary terms; they are
in the range of $730 million to $1,500
million.
The Agency has received public
comments on the proposed MACT
standard for chemical recovery
combustion sources and is in the
process of developing the promulgation
rule.
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.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM NESHAP
Phase III -
Nonchemical and
Other Mills
NPRM NESHAP
Phase II -
Combustion
Sources
Final NESHAP
Phases I and III
and Effluent
Guidelines Phase I
Final NESHAP Phase 04/00/99
II - Combustion
Sources
Final Effluent 02/00/00
Guidelines Phase II
Final All NESHAP 08/00/00
Phases
Final Effluent 08/00/00
Guidelines Phase
III - Dissolving
Grade
03/08/96 61 FR 9383
04/15/98 63 FR 18754
04/15/98 63 FR 18504
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61371
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3105
(Air), SAN No. 2712 (Water), SAN No.
4050 (Water Phase II),
ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTACT: Jeff
Telander (NESHAP Phase II -
Combustion Sources)
ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTACT:
Elaine Manning (NESHAP Phase m -
Nonchemical and other Pulp and Paper
Mills)
See also RIN 2040-AB53
Agency Contact:
Penny Lassiter
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
MD-13
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5396
Donald F. Anderson
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
4303
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7189
RIN: 2060-AD03
EPA
129. 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, Judicial, August 15,1998.
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 rule will impose an estimated cost
of $28 million per year for coating
manufacturers and would reduce VOC
emissions from architectural coatings
by an estimated 113,500 tons per year.
VOC emissions 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 Rule
06/25/96 61 FR 32729
10/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
Yes
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3351
Agency Contact:
Ellen Ducey
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
MD-13
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone: 919 541-5408
Fax: 919 541-5689
Email: ducey.ellen@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AE55
EPA
130. NATIONAL VOC EMISSION
STANDARDS FOR CONSUMER
PRODUCTS
Priority:
Other Significant
Legal Authority:
42 USC 7401 et seq
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 59
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, August 15,1998.
Abstract:
This regulation will reduce volatile
organic compound (VOC) emissions
from 24 types of consumer products
-------
61372 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
which are currently regulated by
California and several other States. The
EPA is working with consumer product
manufacturers and other stakeholders
to ensure that this rule is based on the
best possible understanding of the
industry and that it affords the
flexibility to achieve the necessary
emission reductions in the most
sensible, cost-effective ways.
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 Air Act. The consumer products
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 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
are based on product reformulation, a
pollution prevention method.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The rule would impose an estimated
cost of $27 million per year for
consumer product manufacturers and
would reduce VOC emissions from the
products by an estimated 90,000 tons
per year. VOC emissions are a main
component hi 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
10/00/98
61 FR 14531
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal
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@epa.gov
RIN: 2060-AF62
EPA
131. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF AIR
POLLUTION FROM HIGHWAY HEAVY-
DUTY ENGINES AND DIESEL
ENGINES
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
Legal Authority:
Clean Air Act sec 202(a), sec 211(c),
sec 213(a), sec 301(a)
CFR Citation:
Not yet determined
Legal Deadline:
Final, Judicial, August 29,1997.
Abstract:
The primary focus of this action will
be reducing emissions of nitrogen
oxides (NOx), non-methane
hydrocarbon (NMHC), and particulate
matter (PM) from diesel and gasoline
fueled engines used in highway trucks
and buses and in nonroad equipment
and vehicles. Nitrogen oxides are a
significant contributor to urban ozone
pollution (smog), acid rain, and
particulate pollution. Particulates,
including those emitted directly and
secondary particulates formed in the
atmosphere, have been associated with
increased death and illness rates as
well as impaired visibility. 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, as well as nonroad diesel
engines. In 1999, the Agency will
complete a technical review to
determine whether the highway
standards should be adjusted further.
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.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
Clean Air Act sec 202(a), Clean Air Act
sec 211(c), Clean Air Act sec 213(a),
Clean Air Act sec 301(a)
Alternatives:
EPA will consider alternatives for this
rule as part of the notices of proposed
rulemaking (NPRMs) planned for this
initiative.
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61373
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
By 2020, the proposed standards will
reduce NOx by 50 percent, VOC by 15
percent, and particulate matter by 20
percent, compared with emissions
under current standards. The cost-
effectiveness will be about $300 per ton
for VOC and NOx, and about $1500 per
ton for particulate matter.
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
ANPRM
NPRM Highway
ANPRM Nonroad
NPRM Nonroad
Date FR Cite
08/30/95 60 FR 45580
06/27/96 61 FR 33421
01/02/97 62FR200
09/24/97 62 FR 501 52
Final Action Highway 10/21/97 62 FR 54694
Final Action Nonroad 10/00/98
NPRM Technical 12/00/98
Review
Final Action Technical 12/00/99
Review
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Undetermined
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3645
The rule on Nonroad Diesel Engines
will be published separately under
RIN# 2060-AH50 (SAN 4014).
Agency Contact:
Tad Wysor
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
NFEVL
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 214-4332
RIN: 2060-AF76
EPA
132. NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION
ENGINES AT OR BELOW 19
KILOWATTS (25 HORSEPOWER)
(PHASE 2)
Priority:
Other Significant. Major under 5 USC
801.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 7547 Clean Air Act sec 213
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 90
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
This action will establish the second
phase of emissions standards for new
nonroad spark-ignition engines at or
below 19 kilowatts (25 horsepower), as
required by section 213(a)(3) of the
Clean Air Act as Amended. The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
had been developing the second phase
of small-engine regulations through a
negotiated rulemaking, with
representation by engine manufacturers,
equipment manufacturers, emissions
control manufacturers, equipment
dealers, environment and public health
interests, and State air programs. The
negotiations came to an end on
February 16,1996 with no consensus
reached. EPA will now develop the
rulemaking through other means.
The affected engines are used hi lawn,
garden, and utility equipment, such as
lawnmowers, string trimmers, chain
saws, and small pumps and generators.
The first phase was established July 3,
1995 (60 FR 34582), effective for the
1997 model year, and was very similar
to the tier 1 small-engine regulations
developed by California for the same
engines. Regulated pollutants are
hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and
oxides of nitrogen.
Statement of Need:
Nonroad engines contribute
significantly to total ozone precursor
and CO emissions in areas that have
failed to attain the National ambient air
quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone
and CO. Requirements for emissions
reductions will help many areas
achieve the NAAQS. The second phase
will include additional controls not
achievable in the time frame of the first
phase, which are necessary for
continued attainment of NAAQS.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
Clean Air Act section 213
Alternatives:
Regulation of this category of engines
was split into two phases on the
recommendation of the regulated
industry, in order to obtain some early
reductions quickly while providing
sufficient lead-time to develop and
implement an appropriate second
phase. The regulatory negotiation
committee was convened for the second
phase to ensure that all possible
options for achieving appropriate
emissions reductions from this sector
were considered.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
The regulatory negotiation committee is
developing the rule, including setting
of emissions standards levels, based on
a cost/benefit analysis that considers
cost per ton of emissions reduced as
well as cost per engine. Until that
process is complete, the specific costs
and benefits are unknown. The benefits
of phase 1 were a 32 percent reduction
in hydrocarbons and a 7 percent
reduction in carbon monoxide from
these engines, at a cost of $266 per ton
of hydrocarbons reduced.
Risks:
Over 89 million small engines
contribute to unhealthy ozone and
carbon monoxide levels in nearly 100
cities across the country. An estimated
6.8 million tons of air pollution are
generated from lawn and garden
equipment each year. Carbon monoxide
is an odorless, colorless poisonous gas.
Hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen
contribute to the formation of ground-
level ozone, which is a noxious
pollutant that impairs lung functioning
and is a key ingredient in smog.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
03/27/97 62 FR 14740
01/27/98 63 FR 3950
ANPRM
NPRM Hand-held
engines
NPRM Non-hand-held 01/27/98 63 FR 3950
engines
Final Action Hand- 12/00/98
held engines
Final Action Non- 12/00/98
hand-held engines
-------
61374 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entitles Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3361
Agency Contact:
Betsy McCabe
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
NFEVL
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734 241-4344
RIN: 2060-AE29
EPA
133. GROUND WATER AND
PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
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
Pesticide Management Plans (PMPs) as
a new regulatory requirement for
certain pesticides. Absent an EPA-
approved Plan specifying risk-reduction
measures, use of the chemical would
be prohibited. The rule would also
specify procedures and deadlines for
development, approval and
modification of plans.
Statement of Need:
EPA proposed to make specific
pesticides subject to the provisions of
EPA-approved Pesticide Management
Plans (PMPs) because of their strong
ground-water contamination potential.
The rule will establish PMPs as an
"other regulatory restriction" and
define the minimum requirements and
procedures for developing, approving
and managing PMPs. Upon
promulgation of this rule, the labels of
the designated pesticides will be
changed to require use in confonnance
with EPA-approved PMPs, and to
prohibit sale and use in States or
Indian Country without such approved
Plans (after a period allowed for
development and EPA review of these
Plans). A PMP is a State's or tribe'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 that 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 the 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 PMPs. Federal
Program Costs are those of
administering ground-water protection
activities, such as the review of State
or tribal proposals. State Program Costs
entail both capital and annual costs.
Registrant and 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, State and
tribal 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
(sometimes 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. Because
the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
requires that EPA consider drinking
water as part of dietary exposure, the
Agency is analyzing implications for
this regulation.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
06/26/96
04/00/99
61 FR 33259
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
Yes
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61375
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3222
Effective Date will be 3 years after
promulgation.
Agency Contact:
Arthur-Jean B. Williams
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7506C
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703 305-5239
Email: williams.arty@epamail.epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC46
EPA
134. LEAD; TSCA SECTION 403;
IDENTIFICATION OF DANGEROUS
LEVELS OF LEAD
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
Legal Authority:
15 USC 2683
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 745
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, May 26, 1998.
Other, Statutory, May 26,1998, Consent
Decree: NPRM signed.
Abstract:
The Residential Lead-Based Paint
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (title X)
amended TSCA by adding a new title
IV. TSCA section 403 requires EPA to
promulgate regulations that identify
lead-based paint hazards, lead-
contaminated dust and lead-
contaminated soil for the purposes of
TSCA title IV as well as for the entire
Title X. EPA developed an interim
guidance document in July 1994, to
provide public and private decision-
makers with guidance on identifying
and prioritizing lead-based paint
hazards for control. This interim
guidance, which was subsequently
published in 1995 (60 FR 47248,
9/11/95), will continue to serve as
EPA's official policy until the final
TSCA section 403 rule is promulgated.
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. This regulation is a focal
point of the Federal lead program and
supports the implementation of
regulations already promulgated (e.g.,
lead hazard disclosure in real estate
transactions) as well as others under
development (e.g., worker training and
certification). By supporting the
implementation of the national lead
program, this rule would help prevent
lead poisoning in children under the
age of six.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
This action is mandated by TSCA
section 403.
Alternatives:
Alternatives were discussed in the
proposed rule. Alternatives will be
further considered as part of the
proposed rule's comment review.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Although this action doesn't require
any action, the costs associated with
the establishment of these levels were
estimated in a draft economic impact
analysis that was 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. During its review of the
NPRM under EO 12866, OMB
attributed the potential impact of all of
the lead regulations to this rule and
determined that this action should be
classified as economically significant.
Risks:
This rule is aimed at reducing the
prevalence and severity of lead
poisoning, particularly in children.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Notice Comment
Extension
Notice Comment
Extension
Final Action
Date
06/03/98
07/22/98
10/01/98
09/00/99
FR Cite
63 FR 30301
63 FR 39262
63 FR 52662
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
Yes
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3243
Agency Contact:
Ellie Clark
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances
7404
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-3402
Email: clark.ellie@epa.gov
RIN: 2070-AC63
EPA
135. REVISED STANDARDS FOR
HAZARDOUS WASTE COMBUSTION
FACILITIES
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
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
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, February 1999.
Settlement agreements: industrial
furnaces and incinerators. See
Additional Information.
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.
Statement of Need:
Under the Clean Air Act (CAA)
Amendments of 1990, EPA is required
to establish National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAPs) for most hazardous waste
combustors (HWCs) (i.e., incinerators,
cement kilns, boilers, and some types
-------
61376 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
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
Agency plans to consider the cost-
effectiveness of emission limits more
stringent than the minimum limits
mandated by the statute. Further, the
Agency plans to evaluate approaches to
reduce emissions of hazardous air
pollutants by improving good operating
practices (e.g., controlling the way in
which problematic materials such as
toxic metals are introduced into the
combustor).
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
EPA's analysis of the recommended
standards for the final rule indicate that
some combustion facilities may
experience a substantial change in the
per ton cost of burning waste, but that
this change is likely to have a limited
impact on the overall combustion
market. 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, meaning 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.
Approximately 15 combustion facilities
may stop burning hazardous wastes as
a result of the planned maximum
achievable control technology (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 final recommended standards.
Risks:
EPA has estimated that hazardous
waste incinerators and hazardous-waste
burning cement and lightweight
aggregate kilns currently emit (1997
base year) a total of 40g toxicity
equivalent (TEQ) of TCDD and TCDF
(isomers of dioxin) per year. Therefore,
hazardous waste burning sources
represent about 1.5 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 approximately 12g
TEQ per year at the recommended
standard. These reductions would
result in decreases to approximately 0.4
percent of total estimated
anthropogenic U.S. emissions. EPA
expects that reductions in dioxin
emissions 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
6Mg of mercury per year. Based on
these estimates, hazardous waste-
burning sources represent about 4.4
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 2.3Mg per year at
the current floor levels. These
reductions would result in reductions
of total anthropogenic U.S. emissions
to approximately 1.6 percent. EPA
expects that reductions in emissions
from mercury-emitting sources will
help reduce mercury levels in fish over
time.
Timetable:
Action
Date FR Cite
NPRM Cement Kilns 04/19/96 61 FR 17358
& Lightweight
Aggregate Kilns &
Incinerators
Final MACT Fast- 06/19/98 63 FR 33782
Track
Final Cement Kilns & 02/00/99
LWAKs &
Incinerators
NPRM Boilers & 12/00/99
Other Industrial
Furnaces
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3333
On October 25,1993, the Agency
reached a settlement agreement with
the following parties: Citizens for a Safe
Environment; Saucon Association for a
Viable Environment, Inc.; Citizens
Aware and United for a Safe
Environment; Clean Water Fund of
North Carolina; Natural Resources
Defense Council; Sierra Club, Inc.;
Hazardous Waste Treatment Council;
and National Solid Wastes Management
Association. In summary, that
agreement requires:
Notice and comment rulemaking on air
emission standards for hazardous waste
(HW) incinerators and HW-burning
cement kilns and lightweight kilns by
September 20, 1995;
Final rulemaking for HW incinerators
and HW-burning kilns by December 15,
1996;
Notice and comment rulemaking on air
emission standards for HW-burning
boilers and other industrial furnaces by
December 15, 1998; and
Final rulemaking for HW-burning
boilers and industrial furnaces by
December 15,1999.
The Agency's current schedule is
significantly behind that outlined in the
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61377
settlement agreement. The Agency has
had informal discussions with the
petitioners concerning the present
schedule.
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. 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 65268
03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3762
Agency Contact:
Howard Rubin
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4203
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-2051
Fax: 202 260-1460
RIN: 2040-AC70
EPA
137. EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND
STANDARDS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL
LAUNDRIES POINT SOURCE
CATEGORY
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
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:
Final, Judicial, June 30,1999.
Abstract:
EPA is developing pretreatment
standards for industrial laundries
(facilities that launder industrial textile
items, such as shop and printer towels,
mops, mats). These standards include
limitations on toxic and
nonconventional pollutants, and are
anticipated to reduce the annual
discharge of pollutants to waters of the
United States by 5 million pounds.
Statement of Need:
Control of wastewater discharge by
local authorities has been inconsistent,
hi some cases encouraging facilities to
shift processing of the most
contaminated items to localities with
the least stringent requirements and
allowing the unnecessary discharge of
pollution that could be economically
eliminated by the industry.
Summary of the Legal Basis:
This action is required under consent
decree in settlement of NRDC et al v.
Browner (D.D.C. Civ. No. 89-2980,
January 31,1992, as modified).
Alternatives:
Options considered in the proposed
rule included a small facility exclusion
(based on pounds of production);
limitations applying to the treatment of
all facility wastewaters or only those
from the laundering of heavily
contaminated items based on
performance of the following
technology options in addition to
gravity settling, screening, equalization,
pH adjustment, sludge dewatering, and
pollution prevention: chemical
emulsion breaking of wastewater from
the washing of heavily contaminated
-------
61V;78 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
Industrial items, chemical precipitation
technology, dissolved air flotation
technology; and a "no regulation"
option.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Estimated post-tax compliance costs
incurred by industry based upon the
proposal are $93.9 million annually.
Estimated social costs of the proposal
are $139.4 million per year; estimated
monetized benefits are $2.9 to $10.6
million per year. Additional benefits
that could not be monetized include
reduced noncancer health effects, and
reduced POTW operating and
maintenance costs.
Risks:
Regulation expected to result in the
avoidance of no more than 1 cancer
case a year and eliminate excursions
of ambient water quality criteria for the
protection of human health on 7 river
reaches.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final Action
12/17/97 62 FR 66182
06/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
Yes
Small Entitles Affected:
Businesses
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Federal
Sectors Affected:
812332 Industrial Launderers; 812331
Linen Supply
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3209
Agency Contact:
Marta Jordan
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4303
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-0817
Fax: 202 260-7185
Email: jordan.marta@epamail.epa.gov
RIM: 2040-AB97
EPA
138. 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(q)
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
The purpose of this action is to revise
and consolidate existing application
forms and requirements for Publicly
Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) and
other Treatment Works Treating
Domestic Sewage (TWTDS), and to
streamline the application process for
these facilities. The Agency seeks to
establish a unified process that
minimizes the need for additional
information from applicants while
providing permit writers the necessary
information, including toxics data, to
ensure that permits adequately address
concerns of permittees and
environmental protection. The Agency
seeks to allow the use of existing data
and to avoid unnecessary reporting.
The Agency is also considering how to
utilize electronic data submission.
Although these forms will increase the
burden on permittees not already
required to 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:
Section 402(a) of the CWA, as
amended, authorizes the EPA to issue
permits for the discharge of any
pollutant or combination of pollutants.
The content of the application forms
2A (standard form A) and 2S (short
form A) is derived from the
requirements in proposed sections
122.21(j) and 122.21(q). Currently
POTWs submit these forms (based on
size) for wastewater discharges and the
interim sewage sludge application form
for sludge discharges. EPA has not
revised the wastewater 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
sewage 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 sections 122.21(j) and
122.21(q) and forms 2A and 2S to
provide permit writers with sufficient
data to develop appropriate permit
limitations that will he 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:
hi 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 was also evaluated
for various levels of data collection, hi
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 will be eliminated in the
final rule.
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
EPA can protect the environment and
public health with appropriate limits
and necessary conditions in the
permits.
-------
Tederal Hegister / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan 61379
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
Final
12/06/95 60 FR 62545
11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
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
RIN: 2040-AB39
EPA
139. NPDES COMPREHENSIVE
STORMWATER PHASE II
REGULATIONS
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
Legal Authority:
33 USC 1311 Clean Water Act see 301;
33 USC 1318 Clean Water Act see 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
Legal Deadline:
NPRM, Judicial, December 15,1997.
Final, Judicial, March 1,1999.
Abstract:
EPA proposed changes to the
stormwater regulations for the
remaining unregulated dischargers that
require regulation. Also known as
Phase II dischargers, these sources
potentially could have included 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 n
rules under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA). This FACA
subcommittee is assisting in the
development of the rule. Currently, all
Phase II dischargers are required to
have stormwater permits by 2001. EPA
proposed to limit the universe of
designated Phase II sources and
proposed 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
otherwise applicable permit
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
less than 100,000 and construction sites
that result in the disturbance of less
than 5 acres of land cause water quality
use 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 sec. 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,
966 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 sec. 402(p)(6) by September 1,
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
stormwater regulations are being
developed with significant input from
the FACA subcommittee. Alternative
options, as well as successive drafts of
the 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:
EPA estimated that the proposed rule
would result in a mean annual cost of
$511 million, with expected mean
annual monetized benefits from
implementation of the requirements of
$310 million. EPA also estimated that
the "no exposure" waiver for Phase I
industrial facilities would result in
minimum annual cost savings of $88
million. EPA is in the process of
revising these estimates as the Agency
develops the final rule.
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
01/09/98 63 FR 1535
03/00/99
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 3785
Agency Contact:
George Utting
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4203
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-9530
Fax: 202 260-1460
RIN: 2040-AC82
-------
61380 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
EPA
140. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: STAGE I
DISINFECTANT/DISINFECTION BY-
PRODUCTS RULE
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 300 Safe Drinking Water Act
sec 1412
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 30,1998.
Abstract:
The 1996 SDWA amendments require
EPA to promulgate an Interim
Enhanced Surface Water-Treatment
Rule (BESWTR) 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 issued a
Notice of Data Availability (NODA) for
public comment in the fall of 1997 as
part of this schedule. The NODA
detailed the recommendations made by
the DBF Advisory Committee
(established under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA)) on a number
of key elements in the rule. The Agency
issued another NODA in March 1998
that detailed EPA's analysis of new
health effects research and possible
regulatory applications.
Statement of Need:
EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB),
an independent panel established by
Congress, cited drinking water
contamination as one of the highest
ranking environmental risks as recently
as 1990. The SAB reported that
microbiological contaminants (e.g.,
bacteria, protozoa, viruses) are likely
the greatest remaining health risk
management challenge for drinking
water suppliers. Therefore, utilities
usually apply some form of
contaminant control. Disinfection is
one important and widespread practice
used to meet the public health goal of
providing safe water to the public.
Over 200 million people in the United
States are served by public water
systems that apply a disinfectant (e.g.,
chlorine) to water in order to provide
protection against microbial
contaminants. While these disinfectants
are effective in controlling many
harmful microorganisms, they combine
with organic matter in the water and
form DBFs, some of which may pose
health risks. Some of these byproducts,
including those that are the subject of
this rule (total trihalomethanes-TTHMs-
and haloacetic acids-HAAs), are
potentially associated with health risks,
such as cancer, and reproductive and
developmental effects. Therefore, EPA
believes, that the Stage 1 DBR is
needed for protection of public health
from exposure to DBFs and meeting the
requirements of the 1996 SDWA.
Alternatives:
The central requirement of regulatory
analyses under Executive Order 12866
is to perform an analysis of net benefits
and to consider the regulatory
alternatives in light of a criterion of
maximizing net benefits. The
preliminary regulatory analysis focused
on two options, Option 1 and Option
A. Option 1 proposed a total
trihalomethane (TTHM) maximum
contaminant level (MCL) of 80 and a
total haloacetic acid (HAA) MCL of 60
for large water systems (and a simple
TTHM standard of 100 for small
systems). Option A called for the use
of precursor removal technology to
reduce the level of total organic carbon
(TOG). Alternative levels of TOG were
considered, ranging from 4.0 to 0.5.
After additional analysis, two
additional options, or hybrids (Option
A), were added to the mix: the 80/60/4
and 80/60/5 options represented an
attempt to merge concepts of TOG
removal and MCLs of 80 for TTHM and
60 for HAAs. These also represented
the first detailed considerations of a
staged approach to DBF regulation.
Option 1 (100/80/60) and the two
hybrids under Option A (80/60/4 and
80/60/5) were carried forward after a
review of the reductions in exposure
and a comparison of national costs
arising from the options. Option 1
would have required treatment changes
in 45 percent of plants, whereas the
80/60/4 option would have required
changes in 56 percent of plants and the
80/60/5 option would require changes
in 43 percent of plants.
National cost estimates developed at
the time indicated that total capital cost
of the three Stage 1 options ranged
from $3.7 billion for the Option 1 to
$8 to $9 billion for Option A. The small
(serving populations of less than
10,000) systems share of the national
capital cost of the Stage 1 options
ranged from $0.8 billion for Option 1
to $3.1 to $3.2 billion for Option A.
Reduced exposure to TOG was
considerable in Option A hybrids but
not present in Option 1. The major cost
difference between Option 1 and the
Option A hybrids stems from the
requirement to reduce TOG.
The DBF Committee convened in 1997
to review assumptions and new data
and to lay the groundwork for the
promulgation of the final rule in
November of 1998. Costs were modified
based on new unit costs estimates and
revised assumptions about the
compliance forecast.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
Cost-benefit data is under development.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM 07/29/94 59 FR 38668
Notice Notice of Data 11/03/97 62 FR 59387
Availability
Notice Notice of Data 03/31/98 63 FR 15674
Availability
Final Action 11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
Yes
Small Entities Affected:
Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected:
State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information:
SAN No. 2772
Agency Contact:
Thomas Grubbs
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4607
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202 260-7270
RIN: 2040-AB82
-------
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan. 61381
EPA
141. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING
WATER REGULATIONS: INTERIM
ENHANCED SURFACE WATER
TREATMENT RULE
Priority:
Economically Significant. Major under
5 USC 801.
Legal Authority:
42 USC 300 Safe Drinking Water Act
sec 1412
CFR Citation:
40 CFR 141; 40 CFR 142
Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, November 30, 1998.
Abstract:
The 1996 SDWA amendments require
EPA to promulgate an Interim
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment
Rule (IESWTR) 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 issued a
Notice of Data Availability (NODA) for
public comment in the fall of 1997 as
part of this schedule. The DBF
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 related to the two rules. On
July 15,1997, the committee formally
reached consensus and signed an
agreement that includes
recommendations, also included in the
11/97 NODA, to EPA on a number of
key rule elements.
Statement of Need:
EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB),
an independent panel established by
Congress, cited drinking water
contamination as one of the highest
ranking environmental risks as recently
as 1990. The SAB reported that
microbiological contaminants (e.g.,
bacteria, protozoa, viruses) are likely
the greatest remaining health risk
management challenge for drinking
water suppliers. Therefore, utilities
usually apply some form of
contaminant control. Disinfection is
one important and widespread practice
used to meet the public health goal of
providing safe water to the public.
Disinfection, however, may pose risks
of its own. Disinfectants and their
byproducts are associated with
potential health risks that include
cancer and reproductive and
developmental effects. EPA has
identified ways to significantly lessen
the potential risks associated with
microbial contaminants without
increasing the use and potential risks
posed by disinfectants at reasonable
costs and minimal burden. To
implement these changes, EPA is
publishing a final Interim Enhanced
Surface Water Treatment Rule
(IESWTR) as mandated by Congress in
the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Amendments of 1996.
The primary goal of the IESWTR is to
improve public health by increasing the
level of protection from exposure to
Cryptosporidium and other pathogens
in drinking water supplies. The SDWA
requires the setting of drinking water
standards at contaminant levels
designed to avoid adverse effects on
health while allowing for a margin of
safety. The rule is expected to reduce
the level of Cryptosporidium and other
pathogen contamination in finished
drinking water supplies through
improvements in filtration at water
systems. The rule is also expected to
provide a larger margin of safety,
particularly by reducing the likelihood
of the occurrence of Cryptosporidium
outbreaks.
Alternatives:
Because Cryptosporidium is
particularly resistant to inactivation
using chlorine, physical removal by
filtration is extremely important in
controlling this organism. Filtration
requirements under the Surface Water
Treatment Rule (SWTR) mandate
achieving a 0.5 Nephelometric
Turbidity Units (NTU) for combined
filter effluent (CFE) in 95 percent of
monthly samples, with levels never
exceeding 5 NTU. To improve filtration
performance, EPA considered
alternative tightened turbidity levels
and monitoring of individual filtration
performance. The final IESWTR
includes revised filtration requirements,
individual filter monitoring,
disinfection benchmarking
requirements intended to prevent
significant decreases in existing
microbial protection while systems
comply with the Stage 1
Disinfectant/Disinfection Byproducts
Rule, a sanitary survey requirement, a
requirement to cover all new finished
water reservoirs, and the rule adds
Cryptosporidium to the watershed
control requirements for unfiltered
systems as well as the definition of
ground water under the direct influence
of surface water.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits:
As reflected in the November 1997
Interim Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule Notice of Data
Availability, EPA estimated that the
national capital and annualized costs
(amortized capital and annual operating
costs) of possible IESWTR provisions
(based on a 10 percent interest rate)
would be $730 million and $312
million, respectively. These figures
include costs associated with improved
treatment, turbidity monitoring, a
disinfection benchmark, and sanitary
surveys. Mean estimated benefits of the
provisions range from $244.8 million to
$844.2 million, depending upon varied
baseline and improved Cryptosporidium
removal assumptions with
corresponding reduced cases of
cryptosporidiosis illness ranging from
136,000 to 469,000. EPA is currently
revising these estimates as part of a
final Regulatory Impact Analysis that
will be published this fall when the
final IESWTR is promulgated.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM
Notice of Data
Availability
Final Action
Date FR Cite
07/29/94 59 FR 38832
11/03/97 62 FR 59485
11/00/98
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required:
No
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
BILLING CODE 6560-50-F
-------
61382 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 1998 / The Regulatory Plan
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION (EEOC)
Statement of Regulatory and
Deregulatory Priorities
The Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) enforces six
statutes prohibiting discrimination in
employment. Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, as amended,
prohibits employment discrimination
on the basis of race, color, sex, religion,
or national origin. The Equal Pay Act of
1963, as amended, prohibits the
payment of different wages to women
and men working in the same
establishment, performing equal work
that requires equal skill, effort, and
responsibility under similar working
conditions, unless the pay differential is
based on factor(s) other than sex. The
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
of 1967, as amended (ADEA), prohibits
employment discrimination on the basis
of age against people age 40 and older.
Title I of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended
(ADA), prohibits employment
discrimination against qualified
individuals with disabilities. Sections
501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, as amended, prohibit Federal
agencies from discriminating in
employment against qualified
individuals with disabilities and require
agencies to accommodate the special
needs of persons with disabilities. The
Government Employee Rights Act of
1991 extends protections against
employment discrimination to certain
employees who were not previously
covered.
The mission of the Agency is to
ensure equality of opportunity by
vigorously enforcing Federal legislation
prohibiting discrimination in
employment. Enforcement is
accomplished through investigation,
conciliation, alternative methods of
dispute resolution, litigation,
coordination, and regulation, as well as
by education, policy research, and
technical assistance. In pursuing its
mission of eradicating discrimination in
the workplace, the Commission intends
that its enforcement be certain and
predictable and that its remedies be
preventive and remedial in scope.
One important step toward these ends
is to make sure that employees,
employers, and union representatives
understand their rights and obligations
under the Federal laws prohibiting
employment discrimination. In
accordance with the President's national
regulatory principles, EEOC develops
regulations necessary to inform
employees and employers of their rights
and obligations under the statutes it
enforces. EEOC further educates the
public on an ongoing and proactive
basis through interpretive guidelines,
policy documents, management
directives, and other public guidance
programs.
EEOC is currently considering one
significant action of a regulatory nature,
which has been published for public
comment.
The Commission proposes to amend
29 CFR part 1614 to change the Federal
sector complaint process. The proposed
changes are designed to correct the
perception of unfairness or inefficiency
in the Federal sector complaint process.
In addition, the proposed changes
accomplish the National Performance
Review goals of removing unnecessary
layers of review and delegating
decisionmaking authority to front-line
employees.
(Consistent with section 4(c) of
Executive Order 12866, this statement
was reviewed and approved by the
Chairman of the Agency. The statement
has not been reviewed or approved by
the other members of the Commission.)
EEOC
FINAL RULE STAGE
142. FEDERAL SECTOR EQUAL
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
PROCEDURES
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 2000e-16; 29 USC 206(d); 29
USC 633a; 29 USC 791; 29 USC 794a
CFR Citation:
29 CFR 1614
Legal Deadline:
None
Abstract:
Commission staff has reviewed part
1614 to assess its effectiveness and
conformity with National Performance
Review principles. As a result, several
changes are being proposed to
streamline the process and eliminate
unnecessary layers of review.
Statement of Need:
The Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC or Commission) is
proposing to revise the Federal sector
complaints process to increase its
overall efficiency and integrity. Two
specific goals are to motivate agencies
to take early corrective action and
encourage individuals to fully utilize
the administrative process.
As part of an ongoing effort to evaluate
and improve the effectiveness of the
EEOC's operations, former Chairman
Gilbert F. Casellas established the
Federal Sector Workgroup to review the
Federal sector equal employment
opportunity process. The Workgroup,
composed of representatives from
offices throughout the Commission,
evaluated the Commission's
administrative processes governing its
enforcement responsibilities in the
Federal sector and developed
recommendations to improve its
effectiveness. In addition the review
sought to implement the goals of Vice
President Gore's National Performance
Review (NPR), including eliminating
unnecessary layers of review,
delegating decisionmaking authority to
front-line employees, developing
partnership between management and
labor, seeking stakeholder input when
making decisions, and measuring
performance by results.
The Federal Sector Workgroup issued
a report entitled "The Federal Sector
EEO Process...Recommendations for
Change" in May 1997. The report
contained numerous recommendations
for changing the Federal sector
complaint process, including changes
to the part 1614 regulations, changes
to EEOC's Management Directive 110
which contains additional guidance
and instructions on the Federal
complaint process, and changes to
EEOC's internal procedures. The
Commission proposes to amend part
1614 to implement the regulatory
recommendations. The proposed
changes address the continuing
perception of unfairness and
inefficiency in the Federal sector
complaint process, hi addition, the
proposals accomplish the National
Performance Review goals of removing
unnecessary layers of review and
delegating decisionmaking authority to
front-line employees.
EEOC spent over a year and a half in
the development of this NPRM. During
that time period, EEOC consulted
-------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY INDEX TO ENTRIES FOR WHICH A
REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED
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 publication for which agencies believe that
the Act may require a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis because the rule is likely to 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.
Seq.
No.
116
123
124
129
133
134
137
140
3430
3431
3482
3605
3635
3652
Small Businesses
Title
EPA
TRI; Addition of Oil and Gas Exploration
and Production to the Toxic Release In-
ventory
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radon
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Ground Water Rule
VOC Regulation for Architectural Coatings
Ground Water and Pesticide Management
Plan
Lead; TSCA Section 403; Identification of
Dangerous Levels of Lead
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Industrial Laundries Point Source Cat-
egory
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Stage I Disinfectant/Disinfection
By-Products Rule
Federal Implementation Plans To Reduce
the Regional Transport of Ozone in the
Eastern United States; Proposed Rules
Findings of Significant Contribution and
Rulemaking on Section 126 Petitions for
Purposes of Reducing Interstate Ozone
Transport
Revision to the Light-Duty Vehicle Emis-
sion Compliance Procedure
Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From
New Marine Diesel Engines at or Above
37 Kilowatts
WPS; Pesticide Worker Protection Stand-
ards; Pesticide Hazard Communication
Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Revi-
sions
Seq.
No.
3654
3655
3686
3789
3795
3820
Title
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Lead; TSCA Requirements for the Dis-
posal of Lead-Based Paint Debris
Lead; Regulatory Investigation Under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
To Reduce Lead (Pb) Consumption and
Use
Effluent Limitations, Guidelines, and
Standards for the Feedlots Point Source
Category, Swine and Poultry Subcat-
egories, and NPDES Regulation for
Concentrated Animal Feeding Oper-
ations
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Transportation Equipment Cleaning Cat-
egory
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Small Governmental Jurisdictions
Seq.
No.
116
123
124
133
134
Title
EPA
TRI; Addition of Oil and Gas Exploration
and Production to the Toxic Release In-
ventory
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radon
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Ground Water Rule
Ground Water and Pesticide Management
Plan
Lead; TSCA Section 403; Identification of
Dangerous Levels of Lead
Seq.
No.
140
3430
3431
3652
3654
3655
3665
Seq.
No.
123
124
134
3654
3655
Title
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Stage I Disinfectant/Disinfection
By-Products Rule
Federal Implementation Plans To Reduce
the Regional Transport of Ozone in the
Eastern United States; Proposed Rules
Findings of Significant Contribution and
Rulemaking on Section 126 Petitions for
Purposes of Reducing Interstate Ozone
Transport
Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Revi-
sions
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Lead; TSCA Requirements for the Dis-
posal of Lead-Based Paint Debris
Asbestos Worker Protection Rule; Amend-
ments
Small Organizations
Title
EPA
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radon
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Ground Water Rule
Lead; TSCA Section 403; Identification of
Dangerous Levels of Lead
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Lead; TSCA Requirements for the Dis-
posal of Lead-Based Paint Debris
-------
-------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY INDEX TO ENTRIES THAT MAY AFFECT
SMALL ENTITIES WHEN A REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ANALYSIS IS NOT REQUIRED
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. Some agencies have chosen to identify additional regulatory actions that may have some
impact on small entities even though a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis may not be required.
The following index lists the regulatory actions in this publication for which agencies have chosen
to indicate that some impact on small entities is likely even though a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis may
not be required. 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.
105
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
120
121
122
125
128
130
131
132
135
136
138
139
Title
EPA
Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment Pro-
gram
Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative
TSCA Inventory Update Rule Amend-
ments
Lead; Rulemakings Under TSCA Section
402, Lead-Based Paint Activities
Asbestos; Amendments to the Asbestos-
Containing Materials in Schools Rule,
Model Accreditation Plan, and Worker
Protection Rule
PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyl; Use Au-
thorizations
TRI; Pollution Prevention Act Information
Requirements
TRI; Chemical Expansion; Finalization of
Deferred Chemicals
TRI; Reporting Threshold Amendment;
Toxic Chemicals Release Reporting;
Community Right-to-Know
TRI; Review of Chemicals on the Original
TRI List
Best Technology Available (BTA) for Cool-
ing Water Intake Structures Under Sec-
tion 316(b) of the Clean Water Act
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Requirements and Form 2C--
Wastewater Discharge Information
Streamlining the General Pretreatment
Regulations fo.r Existing and New
Sources of Pollution
Public Water System Public Notification
, Regulation
Amendments-Integrated NESHAP and Ef-
fluent Guidelines: Pulp and Paper
National VOC Emission Standards for
Consumer Products
Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From
Highway Heavy-Duty Engines and Die-
sel Engines
Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines At or
Below 19 Kilowatts (25 Horsepower)
(Phase 2)
Revised Standards for Hazardous Waste
Combustion Facilities
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
NPDES Comprehensive Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
3374
3375
3378
3379
3381
3382
3384
3386
3389
3390
3393
3394
3396
3399
3406
3407
3408
3410
3422
3424
3428
3432
3437
3438
Title
Seq.
No.
Utilization of Small, Minority and Women's
Business Enterprises in Procurement
Under Assistance Agreements
Rewriting of EPA Regulations Implement-
ing the Freedom of Information Act
Contracting by Negotiation
EPAAR Coverage on Contractor Perform-
ance Evaluations
Service Contracting-Avoiding Improper
Personal Services Relationships
Revision to EPAAR 1552.211-73, Level of
Effort
EPA Mentor-Protege Program
Revision of EPA Acquisition Regulations
for Quality Systems for Environmental
Programs
Electronic Funds Transfer
Agency Protest Solicitation Notification
Public Information and Confidentiality
Regulations
Environmental Impact Assessment of Non-
governmental Activities in Antarctica
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in
Educational Programs Receiving Fed-
eral Assistance
Value Engineering
Performance Warranty and
Inspection/Maintenance Test Proce-
dures
Inspection/Maintenance Recall Require-
ments
NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Man-
ufacturing Industry - Wastewater
NESHAP: Petroleum Refineries - FCC
Units, Reformers and Sulfur Plants
Review of Minor New Sources and Modi-
fications in Indian Country
Revisions to New Source Review (NSR)
Regulations to Implement the New Na-
tional Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) for Ozone
NESHAP: Organic Hazardous Air Pollut-
ants From the Synthetic Organic Chemi-
cal Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) &
Other Processes Subject to the Nego-
tiated Regulation for Equipment
Wet-formed Fiberglass Mat Production
NESHAP
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Recon-
sideration on the 610 Nonessential
Products Ban
Control of Emissions From New Nonroad
Spark-Ignition Engines At or Below 19
Kilowatts, Minor Amendments to the
Phase I Emission Standards
3439
3440
3450
3452
3453
3454
3457
3459
3463
3465
3467
3479
3486
3496
3497
3500
3503
3504
3506
3507
3510
3512
3514
Title
Notice of Temporary Stay, Notice of Pro-
posed Compliance Extension; Equiva-
lency Determination-National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:
Halogenated Solvent
Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From
New Marine Diesel Engines at or above
37 Kilowatts
Amendments to General Provisions Sub-
part A and B for 40 CFR 63
Revisions to the Regulation for Approval
of State Programs and Delegation of
Federal Authorities 112(1)
NESHAP: Lime Manufacturing
Generic MACT for Source Categories
(Acrylic Modacrylic Fibers,
Polycarbonates, Hydrogen Fluoride, and
Acetal Resins)
NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating
Amendment
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Fabrication Operations
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 HFC-134a
NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating
Amendment
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
Proficiency Programs Rule
Revisions to the Permits and Sulfur Diox-
ide Allowance System Regulations
Under Title IV of the Clean Air Act
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
try
NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production
and Natural Gas Transmission and Stor-
age
NESHAP: Phosphate Fertilizers Produc-
tion
NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
NESHAP: Polyether Polyols Production
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
NESHAP: Primary Lead Smelters
NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production
and NESHAP: Natural Gas Trans-
mission and Storage , Amendments to
Proposed Rule
Standards for Reformulated and Conven-
tional Gasoline, Individual Baseline Fuel
Adjustments
National VOC Emission Standards for
Automobile Refinish Coatings
-------
Smalt Businesses—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3517
3534
3548
3557
3558
3562
3563
3566
3567
3574
3580
3581
3582
3583
3584
3587
3600
3603
3610
3617
3620
3634
3636
3637
3638
3639
3641
3645
3648
3660
3661
3663
3667
3668
3672
Title
Reduction of Volatile Organic Compound
(VOC) Emissions From Coatings Used
In tha Aerospace, Wood Furniture, and
Shipbuilding Industries Under Clean Air
Act Section 183(e)
NESHAP: Plywood and Particleboard
Manufacturing
NESHAP/NSPS: Reciprocating Internal
Combustion Engine
Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaners Maximum
Achievable Control Technology (MACT)
Standard
Large Appliance (Surface Coating)
NESHAP/VOC Reductions
Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rule-
making - ICCR Project
NESHAP: Friction Products Manufacturing
NESHAP: Fabric Printing, Coating and
Dyeing
Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Manu-
facturing (Surface Coating)
NESHAP/VOC Reductions
NESHAP: Vegetable Oil Production
Metal Furniture (Surface Coatings)
NESHAP/VOC Reductions
NESHAP/VOC Reductions Miscellaneous
Metal Parts and Products (Surface
Coating)
Plastic Parts (Surface Coating)
NESHAP/VOC Reductions
Paper and Other Web Coating Reductions
NESHAP/ VOC Rule
Wood Building Products (Surface Coating)
NESHAP/VOC Reductions
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Halon
Recycling and Recovery Equipment
Certification
Revisions to Service Information Availabil-
ity Requirements
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Manu-
facture of Halon Blends, Intentional Re-
lease of Halons, Technician Training
and Disposal of Halon and Halon-Con-
taining Equipment
NESHAP: Petroleum Refineries - Amend-
ments to Rnal Rule
NESHAP: Pharmaceuticals Production
NESHAP: Wood Furniture Manufacturing
Operations; Technical Corrections and
Clarifications
Data Requirements for Pesticide Registra-
tion (Revision)
Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Reg-
istrations
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
WPS; Pesticide Worker Protection Stand-
ard; Glove Amendment
Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides
Under FIFRA and FFDCA
Pesticide Management and Disposal
Pesticide Flammability Labeling Require-
ments for Total Release Foggers
FIFRA Books and Records of Pesticide
Production and Distribution (Revision)
Multi-Chemical Test Rule; Children's
Health
Test Rule for Certain Metals
TSCA Biotechnology Follow-Up Rules
Lead-Based Paint Activities; Training and
Certification for Renovation and Remod-
eling
Lead-Based Paint; Notification of Com-
mencement of Abatement Activities
Test Rule; Hazardous Air Pollutants
(HAPs)
3675
3676
3678
3679
3680
3681
3682
3683
3684
3691
3694
3695
3702
3744
3745
3759
3763
3770
3771
3775
3777
3778
3779
3780
3781
3782
Title
Seq.
No.
PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyls; Exemp-
tions From the Prohibitions against
Manufacturing, Processing, and Dis-
tribution in Commerce
Refractory Ceramic Fibers; Significant
New Use Rules on National Program
Chemicals
TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assess-
ment Information Rules
TSCA Section 8(d) Health and Safety
Data Reporting Rules
Use of Acrylamide for Grouting
TSCA Section 8(e) Policy; Notice of Clari-
fication
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; Fees for Accreditation
and Certification Activities
TRI; Data Expansion Amendments; Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Right-to-Know
Lead-Based Paint; Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Disposal Amendments
TSCA Section 8(d) Health and Safety
Data Model Reporting Rule Amend-
ments
Accidental Release Prevention Require-
ments: Risk Management Programs
Under the Clean Air Act, Section
112(r)(7): Amendment
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste: Petroleum Refining Process
Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for
Newly Identified Wastes; and CERCLA
Hazardous Substance Designation
Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV:
Treatment Standards for Metal Wastes
and Mineral Processing wastes; Mineral
Processing Secondary Materials and
Bevill Exclusion Issues
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under
the Clean Water Act
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule -Phase
Two
Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Cryptosporidium and Giardia Under the
Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water
Acts
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category;
Incentives Amendment
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Cyanide Under the
Clean Water Act
Increased Method Flexibility for Test Pro-
cedures Approved for Clean Water Act
Compliance Monitoring Under 40 CFR
Part 136
Performance Based Measurement System
(PBMS) Procedures and Guidance for
Test Procedures at 40 CFR Part 136
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act, Phase One
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Mer-
cury Under the Clean Water Act
3788
3790
3791
3794
3796
3798
3799
3801
3802
3803
3804
3811
3815
3817
3823
3824
3825
3826
3827
3828
3829
3831
3832
3833
3835
Title
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule-Phase
One
Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Stand-
ards for the Feedlots Point Source Cat-
egory, Dairy and Beef Cattle Subcat-
egories
Revisions to Effluent Guidelines and
Standards for the Coal Mining Point
Source Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for'the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phases 1 and 2
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for
Landfills
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category,
Phase II
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category;
Monitoring Amendment
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures for
the Analysis of Pollutants 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
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act, Phase Two
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
Drinking Water Unregulated Contaminant
Monitoring Program
National Primary and Secondary Drinking
Water Regulations: Analytical Methods
for Certain Pesticides and Microbial
Contaminants
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Reg-
ulations
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
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
Revision of Existing Variances and Ex-
emptions Regulation To Comply With
Requirements of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
National Primary and Secondary Drinking
Water Regulations: Analytic Methods for
Organic, Inorganic and Microbiological
Contaminants and Pesticides
Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
port Regulations
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking Re-
view of Penalty Order
Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b)
Regulations
-------
Small Governmental Jurisdictions
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
98
99
107
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
122
125
136
138
139
3374
3375
3396
3409
3418
3423
3436
3443
3448
3479
3486
3494
3537
3548
3562
3637
3667
Title
EPA
Revision to 40 CFR 35 Subpart A and
Promulgation of Performance Partner-
ship (State) Grant Regulation
Revision to 40 CFR 35 Subpart A and
Promulgation of Performance Partner-
ship (Tribal) Grant Rule
Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative
Lead; Rulemakings Under TSCA Section
402, Lead-Based Paint Activities
Asbestos; Amendments to the Asbestos-
Containing Materials in Schools Rule,
Model Accreditation Plan, and Worker
Protection Rule
PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyl; Use Au-
thorizations
TRI; Pollution Prevention Act Information
Requirements
TRI; Chemical Expansion; Finalization of
Deferred Chemicals
TRI; Reporting Threshold Amendment;
Toxic Chemicals Release Reporting;
Community Right-to-Know
TRI; Review of Chemicals on the Original
TRI List
Streamlining the General Pretreatment
Regulations for Existing and New
Sources of Pollution
Public Water System Public Notification
Regulation
NPDES Streamlining Rule ~ Round II
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
NPDES Comprehensive Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
Utilization of Small, Minority and Women's
Business Enterprises in Procurement
Under Assistance Agreements
Rewriting of EPA Regulations Implement-
ing the Freedom of Information Act
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in
Educational Programs Receiving Fed-
eral Assistance
Method 301: Field Validation of Pollution
Measurement Methods for Various
Media; Revisions
NSPS: Sewage Sludge Incinerators
Revisions to Clarify the Permit Content
Requirements for State Operating Per-
mits
Review of Operating Permits Issued by In-
dian Tribes
Revision of Appendix W to 40 CFR Part
51
NESHAP: Publicly Owned Treatment
Works (POTW)
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
Proficiency Programs Rule
Revisions to the Permits and Sulfur Diox-
ide Allowance System Regulations
Under Title IV of the Clean Air Act
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ments: Flexibility and Streamlining
NESHAP: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
NESHAP/NSPS: Reciprocating Internal
Combustion Engine
Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rule-
making - ICCR Project
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Lead-Based Paint Activities; Training and
Certification for Renovation and Remod-
eling
3668
3683
3684
3691
3694
3761
3763
3767
3770
3771
3777
3778
3779
3780
3781
3782
3788
3794
3797
3801
3802
3803
3804
3811
3815
3817
3818
3823
3824
Title
Seq.
No.
Lead-Based Paint; Notification of Com-
mencement of Abatement Activities
Lead-Based Paint; Fees for Accreditation
and Certification Activities
TRI; Data Expansion Amendments; Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Right-to-Know
Lead-Based Paint; Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Disposal Amendments
Streamlining 301 (h) Waiver Renewal Re-
quirements
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under
the Clean Water Act
Revisions to NPDES Requirements for
Compliance Reporting and Collection
System Discharges
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule -Phase
Two
Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Cryptosporidium and Giardia Under the
Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water
Acts
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Cyanide Under the
Clean Water Act
Increased Method Flexibility for Test Pro-
cedures Approved for Clean Water Act
Compliance Monitoring Under 40 CFR
Part 136
Performance Based Measurement System
(PBMS) Procedures and Guidance for
Test Procedures at 40 CFR Part 136
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act, Phase One
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Mer-
cury Under the Clean Water Act
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule-Phase
One
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phases 1 and 2
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for In-
dustrial Waste Combustors
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxicity West Coast Test Procedures for
the Analysis of Pollutants 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
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act, Phase Two
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
Drinking Water Unregulated Contaminant
Monitoring Program
National Primary and Secondary Drinking
Water Regulations: Analytical Methods
for Certain Pesticides and Microbial
Contaminants
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper
Reformatting of Drinking Water Regula-
tions
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Reg-
ulations
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
3825
3826
3827
3828
3829
3831
3832
3833
3835
Title
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
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
Revision of Existing Variances and Ex-
emptions Regulation To Comply With
Requirements of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
National Primary and Secondary Drinking
Water Regulations: Analytic Methods for
Organic, Inorganic and Microbiological
Contaminants and Pesticides
Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
port Regulations
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking Re-
view of Penalty Order
Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b)
Regulations
Small Organizations
Seq.
No.
98
99
109
125
136
139
3374
3375
3394
3396
3479
3663
3667
3668
3683
3691
3763
3771
3777
Title
EPA
Revision to 40 CFR 35 Subpart A and
Promulgation of Performance Partner-
ship (State) Grant Regulation
Revision to 40 CFR 35 Subpart A and
Promulgation of Performance Partner-
ship (Tribal) Grant Rule
Lead; Rulemakings Under TSCA Section
402, Lead-Based Paint Activities
Public Water System Public Notification
Regulation
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II
NPDES Comprehensive Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
Utilization of Small, Minority and Women's
Business Enterprises in Procurement
Under Assistance Agreements
Rewriting of EPA Regulations Implement-
ing the Freedom of Information Act
Environmental Impact Assessment of Non-
governmental Activities in Antarctica
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in
Educational Programs Receiving Fed-
eral Assistance
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
Proficiency Programs Rule
TSCA Biotechnology Follow-Up Rules
Lead-Based Paint Activities; Training and
Certification for Renovation and Remod-
eling
Lead-Based Paint; Notification of Com-
mencement of Abatement Activities
Lead-Based Paint; Fees for Accreditation
and Certification Activities
Lead-Based Paint; Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under
the Clean Water Act
Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Cryptosporidium and Giardia Under the
Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water
Acts
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
-------
Small Organizations—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Soq,
No,
3778
3779
3780
3781
3782
3801
Title
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
lor the Analysis of Cyanide Under the
Clean Water Act
Increased Method flexibility for Test Pro-
cedures Approved for Clean Water Act
Compliance Monitoring Under 40 CFR
Part 136
Performance Based Measurement System
(PBMS) Procedures and Guidance for
Test Procedures at 40 CFR Part 136
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
lor the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act, Phase One
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Mer-
cury Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Whole Effluent
Toxteity West Coast Test Procedures for
the Analysis of Pollutants Under the
Clean Water Act
3802
3803
3811
3815
3817
3823
3824
3825
Title
Seq.
No.
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Co-
Planar and Mono-Ortho-Substituted Pol-
ychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Under
the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act, Phase Two
Drinking Water Unregulated Contaminant
Monitoring Program
National Primary and Secondary Drinking
Water Regulations: Analytical Methods
for Certain Pesticides and Microbial
Contaminants
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Reg-
ulations
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Arsenic
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Sulfate
3826
3827
3828
3829
3831
3832
3833
Title
National Primary Drinking Water Stand-
ards for Aldicarb
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radium, Uranium, Alpha, Beta
and Photon Emitters
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
Revision of Existing Variances and Ex-
emptions Regulation To Comply With
Requirements of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
National Primary and Secondary Drinking
Water Regulations: Analytic Methods for
Organic, Inorganic and Microbiological
Contaminants and Pesticides
Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
port Regulations
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking Re-
view of Penalty Order
-------
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.
97
98
100
102
103
104
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
Title
EPA
Hazardous Waste Storage and Disposal
Regulation Related to Low Level Mixed
Waste; Proposed Modifications
Revision to 40 CFR 35 Subpart A and
Promulgation of Performance Partner-
ship (State) Grant Regulation
Implementation of Ozone and Paniculate
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
Tier II Light-Duty Vehicle, Light-Duty
Truck, and Heavy-Duty Gasoline Vehi-
cle Emission Standards and Gasoline
Sulfur Standards
NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Review and Im-
plementation)
Lead; Rulemakings Under TSCA Section
402, Lead-Based Paint Activities
Asbestos; Amendments to the Asbestos-
Containing Materials in Schools Rule,
Model Accreditation Plan, and Worker
Protection Rule
PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyl; Use Au-
thorizations
TRI; Pollution Prevention Act Information
Requirements
TRI; Chemical Expansion; Finalization of
Deferred Chemicals
TRI; Reporting Threshold Amendment;
Toxic Chemicals Release Reporting;
Community Right-to-Know
TRI; Review of Chemicals on the Original
TRI List
TRI; Addition of Oil and Gas Exploration
and Production to the Toxic Release In-
ventory
Standardized Permit for RCRA Hazardous
Waste Management Facilities
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
Management of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD)
Best Technology Available (BTA) for Cool-
ing Water Intake Structures Under Sec-
tion 316(b) of the Clean Water Act
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Requirements and Form 2C--
Wastewater Discharge Information
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
3374
3396
3400
3403
3406
3408
Title
Seq.
No.
Streamlining the General Pretreatment
Regulations for Existing and New
Sources of Pollution
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radon
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Ground Water Rule
Public Water System Public Notification
Regulation
New Source Review (NSR) Reform
Operating Permits: Revisions (Part 70)
Amendments-Integrated NESHAP and Ef-
fluent Guidelines: Pulp and Paper
VOC Regulation for Architectural Coatings
National VOC Emission Standards for
Consumer Products
Ground Water and Pesticide Management
Plan
Lead; TSCA Section 403; Identification of
Dangerous Levels of Lead
Revised Standards for Hazardous Waste
Combustion Facilities
NPDES Streamlining Rule -- Round II
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Industrial Laundries Point Source Cat-
egory
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
NPDES Comprehensive Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Stage I Disinfectant/Disinfection
By-Products Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Interim Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule
Utilization of Small, Minority and Women's
Business Enterprises in Procurement
Under Assistance Agreements
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in
Educational Programs Receiving Fed-
eral Assistance
Consolidated Emission Reporting Rule
Redefinition of Glycol Ethers Listed as
HAPs Under the Clean Air Act, and
Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA
Performance Warranty and
Inspection/Maintenance Test Proce-
dures
NSPS: Synthetic Organic Chemicals Man-
ufacturing Industry - Wastewater
3409
3418
3419
3423
3424
3425
3428
3429
3432
3434
3435
3439
3443
3445
3446
3448
3449
3450
3452
3453
3455
3456
3457
Title
Method 301: Field Validation of Pollution
Measurement Methods for Various
Media; Revisions
NSPS: Sewage Sludge Incinerators
Storage Tank Rule Revisions
Revisions to Clarify the Permit Content
Requirements for State Operating Per-
mits
Revisions to New Source Review (NSR)
Regulations to Implement the New Na-
tional Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) for Ozone
NESHAP: Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quench-
ing, and Battery Stacks
NESHAP: Organic Hazardous Air Pollut-
ants From the Synthetic Organic Chemi-
cal Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) &
Other Processes Subject to the Nego-
tiated Regulation for Equipment
Performance Specification 16 - Specifica-
tions and Test Procedures for Predictive
Emission Monitoring Systems in Station-
ary Sources
Wet-formed Fiberglass Mat Production
NESHAP
Revisions to the Pollutant Standards Index
and Significant Harm Level Programs
for Ozone and Paniculate Matter
General Conformity Regulations; Revi-
sions
Notice of Temporary Stay, Notice of Pro-
posed Compliance Extension; Equiva-
lency Determination-National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:
Halogenated Solvent
Revision of Appendix W to 40 CFR Part
51
NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Industry
NESHAP: Acrylic/Modacrylic Fibers Manu-
facturing
NESHAP: Publicly Owned Treatment
Works (POTW)
NESHAP: Manufacturing of Nutritional
Yeast
Amendments to General Provisions Sub-
part A and B for 40 CFR 63
Revisions to the Regulation for Approval
of State Programs and Delegation of
Federal Authorities 112(1)
NESHAP: Lime Manufacturing
NESHAP: Semiconductor Production
NESHAP: Hydrogen Fluoride Production
NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating
Amendment
-------
8
State Government—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3459
3460
3465
3467
3470
3479
3483
3484
3486
3488
3489
3490
3491
3492
3494
3496
3497
3498
3499
3500
3501
3502
3503
3504
3506
3507
3510
3513
3514
3517
3520
3525
Title
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Fabrication Operations •
NESHAP: Group I Polymers and Resins
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 HFC-134a
NESHAP: Chromium Electroplating
Amendment
NESHAP: Ferroalloy Production
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
Proficiency Programs Rule
Finding of Significant Contribution and
Rulemaking for Certain States in the
Ozone Transport Assessment Group
(OTAG) Region for Purposes of Reduc-
ing Regional Transport of Ozone
Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M
of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203)
Revisions to the Permits and Sulfur Diox-
ide Allowance System Regulations
Under Title IV of the Clean Air Act
National Emission Standards for Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants for Source Category:
Pulp and Paper Production; Amend-
ments to the Promulgated Rule
Supplemental Rulemaking for Certain
States in the Ozone Transport Assess-
ment Group Region for Purposes of Re-
ducing Regional Transport of Ozone
Electric Arc Furnace NSPS Amendment
NESHAP: Off-Site Waste and Recovery
Operations; Rnal Rule-Settlement
Agreament; and NESHAP for Off-Site
Waste and Recovery Operations for
Technical Amendments
Add Rain Program: Proposed Revision of
Test Method 1, 2, and 2F for Measuring
Volumetric Flow in Stacks
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ments: Flexibility and Streamlining
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
try
NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production
and Natural Gas Transmission and Stor-
age
NESHAP: Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing
NESHAP: Steel Pickling, HC1 Process
NESHAP: Phosphate Fertilizers Produc-
tion
NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelting
NESHAP: Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing
Industry
NESHAP: Portland Cement Manufacturing
NESHAP: Polyether Polyols Production
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
NESHAP: Primary Lead Smelters
NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production
and NESHAP: Natural Gas Trans-
mission and Storage , Amendments to
Proposed Rule
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ment and Solicitation for Participation in
the Pilot Program
National VOC Emission Standards for
Automobile Reflnish Coatings
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)
Revision to the Covered Areas Provision
for Reformulated Gasoline
Refrigerant Recycling Rule Amendment
To Include Substitute Refrigerants
3526
3529
3531
3532
3534
3536
3537
3538
3541
3542
3543
3544
3545
3546
3547
3548
3550
3551
3553
3554
3556
3557
3558
3559
3562
3565
3566
3567
3568
3571
3572
3573
3574
3576
3579
3580
3581
3582
3583
3588
3589
Title
Seq.
No.
Update of the Substitutes List Under the
Significant New Alternatives Policy
(SNAP) Program
Alumina Processing NESHAP
NESHAP: Cyanide Chemical Manufactur-
ing
NESHAP: Integrated Iron and Steel
NESHAP: Plywood and Particleboard
Manufacturing
NESHAP: Miscellaneous Cellulose Pro-
duction
NESHAP: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Rulemaking To Modify the List of Source
Categories From Which Fugitive Emis-
sions Are Considered in Major Source
Determinations
National Emission Standards for Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants for the Hydrochloric
Acid Production
NESHAP: Ammonium Sulphate Produc-
tion (Caprolactam By-Product)
NESHAP: Asphalt/Coal Tar Application on
Metal Pipes
NESHAP: Clay Products Manufacturing
NESHAP: Hydrogen Chloride Production
NESHAP: Polyvinyi Chloride Production
NESHAP: Uranium Hexafluoride Produc-
tion
NESHAP/NSPS: Reciprocating Internal
Combustion Engine
NESHAP: Iron Foundries and Steel
Foundries
NESHAP: Reinforced Plastic Composites
Production
NESHAP: Chlorine Production
NESHAP: Paint Stripping Operations
NESHAP: Tire Manufacturing
Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaners Maximum
Achievable Control Technology (MACT)
Standard
Large Appliance (Surface Coating)
NESHAP/VOC Reductions
NESHAP: Asphalt Roofing and Processing
Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rule-
making - ICCR Project
NESHAP: Metal Coil (Surface Coating) In-
dustry
NESHAP: Fabric Printing, Coating and
Dyeing
Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Manu-
facturing (Surface Coating)
NESHAP/VOC Reductions
Offset Lithographic Printing National VOC
Rule
NESHAP: Spandex Production
NESHAP: Leather Tanning and Finishing
Operations
NESHAP: Manufacture of Carbon Black
NESHAP: Vegetable Oil Production
NESHAP: Organic Liquid Distribution
Prevention of Significant Deterioration of
Air Quality: Permit Application Review
Procedures for Non-Federal Class I
Areas
Metal Furniture (Surface Coatings)
NESHAP/VOC Reductions
NESHAP/VOC Reductions Miscellaneous
Metal Parts and Products (Surface
Coating)
Plastic Parts (Surface Coating)
NESHAP/VOC Reductions
Paper and Other Web Coating Reductions
NESHAP/ VOC Rule
Industrial Process Cooling Tower
NESHAP Amendment
Federal Implementation Plan for a Fifteen
Percent Reduction in Volatile Organic
Compounds in the District of Columbia
3594
3599
3607
3609
3610
3616
3618
3622
3629
3630
3635
3637
3639
3641
3642
3652
3654
3655
3665
3667
3668
3680
3683
3684
3691
3694
3701
3702
3703
3710
3713
3714
3717
Title
Environmental Radiation Protection Stand-
ards for Scrap Metal from Nuclear Fa-
cilities
Revision of Definition of Volatile Organic
Compounds - Exclusion of Methyl Ace-
tate
Transportation Conformity for Transitional
Ozone Areas
Alternative Flare Specifications for Hydro-
gen Fueled Flares
NESHAP: Petroleum Refineries - Amend-
ments to Final Rule
Amendments to Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills
NESHAP: Manufacture of
Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde
Open-Market Trading Guidance
Tolerances for Pesticide Emergency Ex-
emptions
The 10-Acre Limitation for Pesticide
Small-Scale Field Testing
WPS; Pesticide Worker Protection Stand-
ards; Pesticide Hazard Communication
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides
Under FIFRA and FFDCA
Pesticide Management and Disposal
Policy or Procedures for Notification to the
Agency of Stored Pesticides With Can-
celled or Suspended Registration
Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Revi-
sions
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
Ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Lead; TSCA Requirements for the Dis-
posal of Lead-Based Paint Debris
Asbestos Worker Protection Rule; Amend-
ments
Lead-Based Paint Activities; Training and
Certification for Renovation and Remod-
eling
Lead-Based Paint; Notification of Com-
mencement of Abatement Activities
Use of Acrylamide for Grouting
Lead-Based Paint; Fees for Accreditation
and Certification Activities
TRI; Data Expansion Amendments; Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Right-to-Know
Lead-Based Paint; Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Disposal Amendments
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Programs; Amendments
to Hazardous Chemical Reporting
Thresholds for Gasoline and Diesel Fuel
at Retail Gas Stations
Accidental Release Prevention Require-
ments: Risk Management Programs
Under the Clean Air Act, Section
112(r)(7): Amendment
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act: Amendments and
Streamlining Rule
RCRA Reporting and Recordkeeping Bur-
den Reduction; ANPRM
Modifications to RCRA Rules Associated
With Solvent-Contaminated Shop Tow-
els and Wipers
Glass-to-Glass Recycling of Cathode Ray
Tubes (CRTs): Changes to Hazardous
Waste Regulations
Removal of Requirement To Use SW-846
Methods (Test Methods for Evaluating
Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Meth-
ods)
-------
State Government—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3718
3719
3720
3721
3724
3725
3727
3728
3729
3731
3733
3734
3735
3737
3739
3743
3744
3745
3747
3750
3751
3752
3757
3758
3759
Title
Modifications to the Definition of Solid
Waste and Regulations of Hazardous
Waste Recycling: General
Chlorinated Aliphatics Listing Determina-
tion
Listing Determination of Wastes Gen-
erated During the Manufacture of Azo,
Anthraquinone, and Triarylmethane
Dyes and Pigments
Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline
for Procurement of Products Containing
Recovered Materials
Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable
Battery Management Act; Codification of
Waste Management Provisions
Recycled Used Oil Containing PCBs
Spent Solvents Listing Determination
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Modification of the Hazardous Waste
Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
Hazardous Remediation Waste Manage-
ment Requirements (Commonly Re-
ferred to as Hazardous Waste Identifica-
tion Rule for Contaminated Media or
HWIR-Media)
RCRA Subtitle D Solid Waste Facilities;
State Permit Program - Determination
of Adequacy (State Implementation
Rule)
Hazardous Waste Identification; Recycled
Used Oil Management Standards
Paint Manufacturing Wastes Listing: Haz-
ardous Waste Management System:
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste; Inorganic Chemical Industry
Wastes; and CERCLA Hazardous Sub-
stance Designation and Reportable
Quantities
Hazardous Waste Identification Rule
(HWIR): Identification and Listing of
Hazardous Wastes
Corrective Action for Solid Waste Manage-
ment Units (SWMUs) at Hazardous
Waste Management Facilities
Listing Determination for Hazardous
Wastes-Organobromines Chemical In-
dustry
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste: Petroleum Refining Process
Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for
Newly Identified Wastes; and CERCLA
Hazardous Substance Designation
Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV:
Treatment Standards for Metal Wastes
and Mineral Processing wastes; Mineral
Processing Secondary Materials and
Bevill Exclusion Issues
Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation: Revi-
sions
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
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Pro-
gram Regulations Revisions
Revisions to Effluent Guidelines and
Standards for the Oil and Gas Extrac-
tion Point Source Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
3762
3763
3767
3770
3771
3772
3773
3775
3776
3777
3778
3779
3780
3781
3784
3788
3789
3790
3791
3792
3793
3794
3795
3796
3797
Title
Seq.
No.
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Iron
and Steel Manufacturing Point Source
Category
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under
the Clean Water Act
Revisions to NPDES Requirements for
Compliance Reporting and Collection
System Discharges
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule -Phase
Two
Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Cryptosporidium and Giardia Under the
Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water
Acts
Water Quality Standards for Alabama
Water Quality Standards; Establishment of
Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollut-
ants; States' Compliance -- Revision of
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Cri-
teria
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category;
Incentives Amendment
Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
ority Toxic Pollutants for the State of
California
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Cyanide Under the
Clean Water Act
Increased Method Flexibility for Test Pro-
cedures Approved for Clean Water Act
Compliance Monitoring Under 40 CFR
Part 136
Performance Based Measurement System
(PBMS) Procedures and Guidance for
Test Procedures at 40 CFR Part 136
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act, Phase One
Uniform National Discharge Standards for
Armed Forces Vessels - Phase I
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule-Phase
One
Effluent Limitations, Guidelines, and
Standards for the Feedlots Point Source
Category, Swine and Poultry Subcat-
egories, and NPDES Regulation for
Concentrated Animal Feeding Oper-
ations
Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Stand-
ards for the Feedlots Point Source Cat-
egory, Dairy and Beef Cattle Subcat-
egories
Revisions to Effluent Guidelines and
Standards for the Coal Mining Point
Source Category
Water Quality Standards; Establishment of
Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollut-
ants; States' Compliance
Selenium Criterion Maximum Concentra-
tion for Water Quality Guidance for the
Great Lakes System
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phases 1 and 2
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
3798
3799
3800
3801
3803
3804
3805
3807
3808
3809
3810
3811
3815
3817
3818
3820
3823
3824
3825
3826
3827
3828
3829
3830
3831
3832
3833
3835
Title
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category,
Phase II
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category;
Monitoring Amendment
Water Quality Standards Regulation - Re-
vision
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 Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act, Phase Two
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sew-
age Sludge (Round II)
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pesticide Chemicals Manufacturing
Amendment; Pretreatment Standards;
New and Existing Sources
Streamlining Revisions to the Water Qual-
ity Planning and Management Regula-
tions
Streamlining the State Sewage Sludge
Management Regulations
Drinking Water Unregulated Contaminant
Monitoring Program
National Primary and Secondary Drinking
Water Regulations: Analytical Methods
for Certain Pesticides and Microbial
Contaminants
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper
Reformatting of Drinking Water Regula-
tions
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Reg-
ulations
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
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
Revision of Existing Variances and Ex-
emptions Regulation To Comply With
Requirements of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Revisions to State Primacy Requirements
To Implement Federal Drinking Water
Regulations
National Primary and Secondary Drinking
Water Regulations: Analytic Methods for
Organic, Inorganic and Microbiological
Contaminants and Pesticides
Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
port Regulations
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking Re-
view of Penalty Order
Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b)
Regulations
-------
10
Local Government
Seq.
No.
Soq
No,
98
103
104
109
110
111
120
121
122
123
124
125
128
129
130
133
134
136
137
138
139
140
141
3374
3396
3403
3406
3418
3422
Title
EPA
Revision to 40 CFR 35 Subpart A and
Promulgation of Performance Partner-
ship (State) Grant Regulation
Tier II Light-Duty Vehicle, Light-Duty
Truck, and Heavy-Duty Gasoline Vehi-
cle Emission Standards and Gasoline
Sulfur Standards
NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Review and Im-
plementation)
Lead; Rulemakings Under TSCA Section
402, Lead-Based Paint Activities
Asbestos; Amendments to the Asbestos-
Containing Materials in Schools Rule,
Model Accreditation Plan, and Worker
Protection Rule
PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyl; Use Au-
thorizations
Best Technology Available (BTA) for Cool-
Ing Water Intake Structures Under Sec-
tion 316(b) of the Clean Water Act
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Requirements and Form 2C--
Wastewater Discharge Information
Streamlining the General Pretreatment
Regulations for Existing and New
Sources of Pollution
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radon
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Ground Water Rule
Public Water System Public Notification
Regulation
Amendments-Integrated NESHAP and Ef-
fluent Guidelines: Pulp and Paper
VOC Regulation for Architectural Coatings
National VOC Emission Standards for
Consumer Products
Ground Water and Pesticide Management
Plan
Lead; TSCA Section 403; Identification of
Dangerous Levels of Lead
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Industrial Laundries Point Source Cat-
egory
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
NPDES Comprehensive Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Stage I Disinfectant/Disinfection
By-Products Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Interim Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule
Utilization of Small, Minority and Women's
Business Enterprises in Procurement
Under Assistance Agreements
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in
Educational Programs Receiving Fed-
eral Assistance
Redefinition of Glycol Ethers Listed as
HAPs Under the Clean Air Act, and
Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA
Performance Warranty and
Inspection/Maintenance Test Proce-
dures
NSPS: Sewage Sludge Incinerators
Review of Minor New Sources and Modi-
fications in Indian Country
3424
3428
3430
3431
3434
3448
3453
3459
3460
3465
3479
3483
3484
3486
3488
3489
3490
3491
3492
3494
3496
3501
3502
3504
3506
3513
3529
3531
3534
3536
Title
Seq.
No.
Revisions to New Source Review (NSR)
Regulations to Implement the New Na-
tional Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) for Ozone
NESHAP: Organic Hazardous Air Pollut-
ants From the Synthetic Organic Chemi-
cal Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) &
Other Processes Subject to the Nego-
tiated Regulation for Equipment
Federal Implementation Plans To Reduce
the Regional Transport of Ozone in the
Eastern United States; Proposed Rules
Findings of Significant Contribution and
Rulemaking on Section 126 Petitions for
Purposes of Reducing Interstate Ozone
Transport
Revisions to the Pollutant Standards Index
and Significant Harm Level Programs
for Ozone and Particulate Matter
NESHAP: Publicly Owned Treatment
Works (POTW)
NESHAP: Lime Manufacturing
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Fabrication Operations
NESHAP: Group I Polymers and Resins
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 HFC-134a
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
Proficiency Programs Rule
Finding of Significant Contribution and
Rulemaking for Certain States in the
Ozone Transport Assessment Group
(OTAG) Region for Purposes of Reduc-
ing Regional Transport of Ozone
Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M
of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203)
Revisions to the Permits and Sulfur Diox-
ide Allowance System Regulations
Under Title IV of the Clean Air Act
National Emission Standards for Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants for Source Category:
Pulp and Paper Production; Amend-
ments to the Promulgated Rule
Supplemental Rulemaking for Certain
States in the Ozone Transport Assess-
ment Group Region for Purposes of Re-
ducing Regional Transport of Ozone
Electric Arc Furnace NSPS Amendment
NESHAP: Off-Site Waste and Recovery
Operations; Final Rule-Settlement
Agreement; and NESHAP for Off-Site
Waste and Recovery Operations for
Technical Amendments
Acid Rain Program: Proposed Revision of
Test Method 1, 2, and 2F for Measuring
Volumetric Flow in Stacks
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ments: Flexibility and Streamlining
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
try
NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelting
NESHAP: Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing
Industry
NESHAP: Polyether Polyols Production
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ment and Solicitation for Participation in
the Pilot Program
Alumina Processing NESHAP
NESHAP: Cyanide Chemical Manufactur-
ing
NESHAP: Plywood and Particleboard
Manufacturing
NESHAP: Miscellaneous Cellulose Pro-
duction
3537
3538
3541
3543
3544
3548
3550
3572
3576
3589
3607
3609
3610
3616
3622
3637
3652
3655
3665
3667
3680
3683
3691
3694
3701
3702
3703
3714
3717
3721
3724
3728
Title
NESHAP: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Rulemaking To Modify the List of Source
Categories From Which Fugitive Emis-
sions Are Considered in Major Source
Determinations
National Emission Standards for Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants for the Hydrochloric
Acid Production
NESHAP: Asphalt/Coal Tar Application on
Metal Pipes
NESHAP: Clay Products Manufacturing
NESHAP/NSPS: Reciprocating Internal
Combustion Engine
NESHAP: Iron Foundries and Steel
Foundries
NESHAP: Leather Tanning and Finishing
Operations
NESHAP: Organic Liquid Distribution
Federal Implementation Plan for a Fifteen
Percent Reduction in Volatile Organic
Compounds in the District of Columbia
Transportation Conformity for Transitional
Ozone Areas
Alternative Flare Specifications for Hydro-
gen Fueled Flares
NESHAP: Petroleum Refineries - Amend-
ments to Final Rule
Amendments to Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills
Open-Market Trading Guidance
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Revi-
sions
Lead; TSCA Requirements for the Dis-
posal of Lead-Based Paint Debris
Asbestos Worker Protection Rule; Amend-
ments
Lead-Based Paint Activities; Training and
Certification for Renovation and Remod-
eling
Use of Acrylamide for Grouting
Lead-Based Paint; Fees for Accreditation
and Certification Activities
Lead-Based Paint; Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Disposal Amendments
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Programs; Amendments
to Hazardous Chemical Reporting
Thresholds for Gasoline and Diesel Fuel
at Retail Gas Stations
Accidental Release Prevention Require-
ments: Risk Management Programs
Under the Clean Air Act, Section
112(r)(7): Amendment
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act: Amendments and
Streamlining Rule
Glass-to-Glass Recycling of Cathode Ray
Tubes (CRTs): Changes to Hazardous
Waste Regulations
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
Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable
Battery Management Act; Codification of
Waste Management Provisions
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Modification of the Hazardous Waste
Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
-------
11
Local Government—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3735
3743
3744
3747
3750
3751
3752
3759
3762
3763
3767
3770
3771
3772
3775
3776
3777
3778
3779
3780
3781
3788
3789
3790
Title
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste; Inorganic Chemical Industry
Wastes; and CERCLA Hazardous Sub-
stance Designation and Reportable
Quantities
Listing Determination for Hazardous
Wastes-Organobromines Chemical In-
dustry
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste: Petroleum Refining Process
Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for
Newly Identified Wastes; and CERCLA
Hazardous Substance Designation
Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation: Revi-
sions
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
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Iron
and Steel Manufacturing Point Source
Category
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under
the Clean Water Act
Revisions to NPDES Requirements for
Compliance Reporting and Collection
System Discharges
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule -Phase
Two
Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Cryptosporidium and Giardia Under the
Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water
Acts
Water Quality Standards for Alabama
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category;
Incentives Amendment
Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
ority Toxic Pollutants for the State of
California
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Cyanide Under the
Clean Water Act
Increased Method Flexibility for Test Pro-
cedures Approved for Clean Water Act
Compliance Monitoring Under 40 CFR
Part 136
Performance Based Measurement System
(PBMS) Procedures and Guidance for
Test Procedures at 40 CFR Part 136
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act, Phase One
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule-Phase
One
Effluent Limitations, Guidelines, and
Standards for the Feedlots Point Source
Category, Swine and Poultry Subcat-
egories, and NPDES Regulation for
Concentrated Animal Feeding Oper-
ations
Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Stand-
ards for the Feedlots Point Source Cat-
egory, Dairy and Beef Cattle Subcat-
egories
3791
3794
3795
3796
3797
3798
3799
3800
3801
3803
3804
3805
3807
3810
3811
3815
3817
3818
3820
3821
3822
3823
3824
3825
3826
3827
3828
3829
3831
3832
3833
Title
Seq.
No.
Revisions to Effluent Guidelines and
Standards for the Coal Mining Point
Source Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phases 1 and 2
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
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category,
Phase II
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category;
Monitoring Amendment
Water Quality Standards Regulation - Re-
vision
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 Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act, Phase Two
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sew-
age Sludge (Round II)
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
Streamlining the State Sewage Sludge
Management Regulations
Drinking Water Unregulated Contaminant
Monitoring Program
National Primary and Secondary Drinking
Water Regulations: Analytical Methods
for Certain Pesticides and Microbial
Contaminants
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper
Reformatting of Drinking Water Regula-
tions
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Filter Backwash Recycling Regulation
Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Reg-
ulations
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
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
Revision of Existing Variances and Ex-
emptions Regulation To Comply With
Requirements of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
National Primary and Secondary Drinking
Water Regulations: Analytic Methods for
Organic, Inorganic and Microbiological
Contaminants and Pesticides
Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
port Regulations
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking Re-
view of Penalty Order
3835
Title
Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b)
Regulations
Seq.
No.
99
103
109
110
111
118
121
122
123
124
125
130
133
134
136
138
139
140
141
3374
3396
3422
3423
3424
3430
3434
Tribal Government
Title
EPA
Revision to 40 CFR 35 Subpart A and
Promulgation of Performance Partner-
ship (Tribal) Grant Rule
Tier II Light-Duty Vehicle, Light-Duty
Truck, and Heavy-Duty Gasoline Vehi-
cle Emission Standards and Gasoline
Sulfur Standards
Lead; Rulemakings Under TSCA Section
402, Lead-Based Paint Activities
Asbestos; Amendments to the Asbestos-
Containing Materials in Schools Rule,
Model Accreditation Plan, and Worker
Protection Rule
PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyl; Use Au-
thorizations
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Requirements and Form 2C--
Wastewater Discharge Information
Streamlining the General Pretreatment
Regulations for Existing and New
Sources of Pollution
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radon
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Ground Water Rule
Public Water System Public Notification
Regulation
National VOC Emission Standards for
Consumer Products
Ground Water and Pesticide Management
Plan
Lead; TSCA Section 403; Identification of
Dangerous Levels of Lead
NPDES Streamlining Rule ~ Round II
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
NPDES Comprehensive Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Stage I Disinfectant/Disinfection
By-Products Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Interim Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule
Utilization of Small, Minority and Women's
Business Enterprises in Procurement
Under Assistance Agreements
Nondiscrimination oh the Basis of Sex in
Educational Programs Receiving Fed-
eral Assistance
Review of Minor New Sources and Modi-
fications in Indian Country
Revisions to Clarify the Permit Content
Requirements for State Operating Per-
mits
Revisions to New Source Review (NSR)
Regulations to Implement the New Na-
tional Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) for Ozone
Federal Implementation Plans To Reduce
the Regional Transport of Ozone in the
Eastern United States; Proposed Rules
Revisions to the Pollutant Standards Index
and Significant Harm Level Programs
for Ozone and Paniculate Matter
-------
12
Tribal Government—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3436
3459
3460
3465
3479
3483
3484
3489
3490
3492
3494
3504
3506
3529
3536
3537
3538
3541
3543
3544
3548
3558
3572
3576
3579
3580
3588
3589
3609
3622
3630
3635
3652
3654
Title
Review of Operating Permits Issued by In-
dian Tribes
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Fabrication Operations
NESHAP: Group I Polymers and Resins
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 HFC-l34a
Amendment to the User Fees for Radon
Proficiency Programs Rule
Finding ol Significant Contribution and
Rulemaklng for Certain States in the
Ozone Transport Assessment Group
(OTAG) Region for Purposes of Reduc-
ing Regional Transport of Ozone
Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M
of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203)
Supplemental Rulemaking for Certain
States in the Ozone Transport Assess-
ment Group Region for Purposes of Re-
ducing Regional Transport of Ozone
Electric Arc Furnace NSPS Amendment
Add Rain Program: Proposed Revision of
Test Method 1, 2, and 2F for Measuring
Volumetric Flow in Stacks
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ments: Flexibility and Streamlining
NESHAP: Polyether Polyols Production
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
Alumina Processing NESHAP
NESHAP: Miscellaneous Cellulose Pro-
duction
NESHAP: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Rulemaking To Modify the List of Source
Categories From Which Fugitive Emis-
sions Are Considered in Major Source
Determinations
National Emission Standards for Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants for the Hydrochloric
Acid Production
NESHAP: Asphalt/Coal Tar Application on
Metal Pipes
NESHAP: Clay Products Manufacturing
NESHAP/NSPS: Reciprocating Internal
Combustion Engine
Large Appliance (Surface Coating)
NESHAP/VOC Reductions
NESHAP: Leather Tanning and Finishing
Operations
NESHAP: Organic Liquid Distribution
Prevention of Significant Deterioration of
Air Quality: Permit Application Review
Procedures for Non-Federal Class I
Areas
Metal Furniture (Surface Coatings)
NESHAP/VOC Reductions
Industrial Process Cooling Tower
NESHAP Amendment
Federal Implementation Plan for a Fifteen
Percent Reduction in Volatile Organic
Compounds in the District of Columbia
Alternative Flare Specifications for Hydro-
gen Fueled Flares
Open-Market Trading Guidance
The 10-Acre Limitation for Pesticide
Small-Scale Field Testing
WPS; Pesticide Worker Protection Stand-
ards; Pesticide Hazard Communication
Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Revi-
sions
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
Ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
3655
3665
3667
3668
3683
3691
3694
3701
3702
3703
3710
3714
3717
3718
3719
3720
3727
3728
3734
3735
3744
3750
3757
3763
3770
3771
3777
Title
Seq.
No.
Lead; TSCA Requirements for the Dis-
posal of Lead-Based Paint Debris
Asbestos Worker Protection Rule; Amend-
ments
Lead-Based Paint Activities; Training and
Certification for Renovation and Remod-
eling
Lead-Based Paint; Notification of Com-
mencement of Abatement Activities
Lead-Based Paint; Fees for Accreditation
and Certification Activities
Lead-Based Paint; Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Disposal Amendments
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Programs; Amendments
to Hazardous Chemical Reporting
Thresholds for Gasoline and Diesel Fuel
at Retail Gas Stations
Accidental Release Prevention Require-
ments: Risk Management Programs
Under the Clean Air Act, Section
112(r)(7): Amendment
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act: Amendments and
Streamlining Rule
RCRA Reporting and Recordkeeping Bur-
den Reduction; ANPRM
Glass-to-Glass Recycling of Cathode Ray
Tubes (CRTs): Changes to Hazardous
Waste Regulations
Removal of Requirement To Use SW-846
Methods (Test Methods for Evaluating
Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Meth-
ods)
Modifications to the Definition of Solid
Waste and Regulations of Hazardous
Waste Recycling: General
Chlorinated Aliphatics Listing Determina-
tion
Listing Determination of Wastes Gen-
erated During the Manufacture of Azo,
Anthraquinone, and Triarylmethane
Dyes and Pigments
Spent Solvents Listing Determination
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Modification of the Hazardous Waste
Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
Paint Manufacturing Wastes Listing: Haz-
ardous Waste Management System:
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste; Inorganic Chemical Industry
Wastes; and CERCLA Hazardous Sub-
stance Designation and Reportable
Quantities
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste: Petroleum Refining Process
Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for
Newly Identified Wastes; and CERCLA
Hazardous Substance Designation
Grants for Technical Assistance Rule Re-
form-40 CFR Part 35 Subpart M
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Pro-
gram Regulations Revisions
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under
the Clean Water Act
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule -Phase
Two
Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Cryptosporidium and Giardia Under the
Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water
Acts
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
3778
3779
3780
3781
3788
3789
3790
3791
3798
3801
3803
3804
3809
3810
3811
3815
3817
3818
3820
3824
3825
3826
3827
3828
3829
3830
Title
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Cyanide Under the
Clean Water Act
Increased Method Flexibility for Test Pro-
cedures Approved for Clean Water Act
Compliance Monitoring Under 40 CFR
Part 136
Performance Based Measurement System
(PBMS) Procedures and Guidance for
Test Procedures at 40 CFR Part 136
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organlcs
Under the Clean Water Act, Phase One
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule-Phase
One
Effluent Limitations, Guidelines, and
Standards for the Feedlots Point Source
Category, Swine and Poultry Subcat-
egories, and NPDES Regulation for
Concentrated Animal Feeding Oper-
ations
Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Stand-
ards for the Feedlots Point Source Cat-
egory, Dairy and Beef Cattle Subcat-
egories
Revisions to Effluent Guidelines and
Standards for the Coal Mining Point
Source Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category,
Phase II
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 Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act, Phase Two
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
Streamlining Revisions to the Water Qual-
ity Planning and Management Regula-
tions
Streamlining the State Sewage Sludge
Management Regulations
Drinking Water Unregulated Contaminant
Monitoring Program
National Primary and Secondary Drinking
Water Regulations: Analytical Methods
for Certain Pesticides and Microbial
Contaminants
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper
Reformatting of Drinking Water Regula-
tions
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
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
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
Revision of Existing Variances and Ex-
emptions Regulation To Comply With
Requirements of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Revisions to State Primacy Requirements
To Implement Federal Drinking Water
Regulations
-------
13
Tribal Government—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3831
3832
3833
Title
Seq.
No.
97
98
99
101
102
103
104
105
106
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
National Primary and Secondary Drinking
Water Regulations: Analytic Methods for
Organic, Inorganic and Microbiological
Contaminants and Pesticides
Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
port Regulations
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking Re-
view of Penalty Order
Federal Government
Title
EPA
Hazardous Waste Storage and Disposal
Regulation Related to Low Level Mixed
Waste; Proposed Modifications
Revision to 40 CFR 35 Subpart A and
Promulgation of Performance Partner-
ship (State) Grant Regulation
Revision to 40 CFR 35 Subpart A and
Promulgation of Performance Partner-
ship (Tribal) Grant Rule
Environmental Radiation Protection Stand-
ards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Consolidated Federal Air Rule for the Syn-
thetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
Industry
Tier II Light-Duty Vehicle, Light-Duty
Truck, and Heavy-Duty Gasoline Vehi-
cle Emission Standards and (gasoline
Sulfur Standards
NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Review and Im-
plementation)
Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment Pro-
gram
Endocrine Disrupter Screening and Test-
ing Program
TSCA Inventory Update Rule Apjend-
ments
Lead; Rulemakings Under TSCA Section
402, Lead-Based Paint Activities
Asbestos; Amendments to the Asbestos-
Containing Materials in Schools Rule,
Model Accreditation Plan, and Worker
Protection Rule
PCBs; Polychlorinated Biphenyl; Use Au-
thorizations
TRI; Pollution Prevention Act Information
Requirements
TRI; Chemical Expansion; Finalization of
Deferred Chemicals
TRI; Reporting Threshold Amendment;
Toxic Chemicals Release Reporting;
Community Right-to-Know
TRI; Review of Chemicals on the Original
TRI List
TRI; Addition of Oil and Gas Exploration
and Production to the Toxic Release In-
ventory
Standardized Permit for RCRA Hazardous
Waste Management Facilities
Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation
Management of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD)
Best Technology Available (BTA) for Cool-
ing Water Intake Structures Under Sec-
tion 316(b) of the Clean Water Act
Revision of NPDES Industrial Permit Ap-
plication Requirements and Form 2C--
Wastewater Discharge Information
Streamlining the General Pretreatment
Regulations for Existing and New
Sources of Pollution
123
124
125
128
132
133
134
* 136
137
138
139
140
141
3374
3.392
3396
3406
3407
3414
3422
3424
3425
3426
3428
3430
3431
3434
3435
3436
Title
Seq.
No.
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Radon
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Ground Water Rule
Public Water System Public Notification
Regulation
Amendments-Integrated NESHAP and Ef-
fluent Guidelines: Pulp and Paper
Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines At or
Below 19 Kilowatts (25 Horsepower)
(Phase 2)
Ground Water and Pesticide Management
Plan
Lead; TSCA Section 403; Identification of
Dangerous Levels of Lead
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round II
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Industrial Laundries Point Source Cat-
egory
NPDES Wastewater Permit Application
Forms and Regulatory Revisions for
Municipal Discharges and Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal
NPDES Comprehensive Stormwater
Phase II Regulations
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Stage I Disinfectant/Disinfection
By-Products Rule
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions: Interim Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule
Utilization of Small, Minority and Women's
Business Enterprises in Procurement
Under Assistance Agreements
Amendments to Part 22 Consolidated Pro-
cedural Rules
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in
Educational Programs Receiving Fed-
eral Assistance
Performance Warranty and
Inspection/Maintenance Test Proce-
dures
Inspection/Maintenance Recall Require-
ments
Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) To
Control Emissions From Sources Lo-
cated on the Fort Hall Indian Reserva-
tion
Review of Minor New Sources and Modi-
fications in Indian Country
Revisions to New Source Review (NSR)
Regulations to Implement the New Na-
tional Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) for Ozone
NESHAP: Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quench-
ing, and Battery Stacks
Acid Rain Program: Determination on Sec-
tion 75.7 (EPA Study of Bias Test) and
Section 75.8 (Relative Accuracy and
Availability Analysis)
NESHAP: Organic Hazardous Air Pollut-
ants From the Synthetic Organic Chemi-
cal Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) &
Other Processes Subject to the Nego-
tiated Regulation for Equipment
Federal Implementation Plans To Reduce
the Regional Transport of Ozone in the
Eastern United States; Proposed Rules
Findings of Significant Contribution and
Rulemaking on Section 126 Petitions for
Purposes of Reducing Interstate Ozone
Transport
Revisions to the Pollutant Standards Index
and Significant Harm Level Programs
for Ozone and Particulate Matter
General Conformity Regulations; Revi-
sions
Review of Operating Permits Issued by In-
dian Tribes
3443
3453
3459
3460
3465
3466
3478
3484
3486
3488
3490
3492
3494
3496
3498
3500
3501
3502
3504
3506
3511
3513
3514
3519
3525
3526
3531
3534
3536
3538
3541
3542
3543
3544
3547
3550
3572
Title
Revision of Appendix W to 40 CFR Part
51
NESHAP: Lime Manufacturing
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Fabrication Operations
NESHAP: Group I Polymers and Resins
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 HFC-134a
Supplemental Rule To Require Certain
Products Made With HCFCs To Bear
Warning Label
Acid Rain Program: Continuous Emission
Monitoring (CEM) Rule Revisions
Addition of Opacity Method to Appendix M
of 40 CFR Part 51 (Method 203)
Revisions to the Permits and Sulfur Diox-
ide Allowance System Regulations
Under Title IV of the Clean Air Act
National Emission Standards for Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants for Source Category:
Pulp and Paper Production; Amend-
ments to the Promulgated Rule
Electric Arc Furnace NSPS Amendment
Acid Rain Program: Proposed Revision of
Test Method 1, 2, and 2F for Measuring
Volumetric Flow in Stacks
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ments: Flexibility and Streamlining
NESHAP: Mineral Wool Production Indus-
try
NESHAP: Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing
NESHAP: Phosphate Fertilizers Produc-
tion
NESHAP: Primary Copper Smelting
NESHAP: Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing
Industry
NESHAP: Polyether Polyols Production
NESHAP: Flexible Polyurethane Foam
Production
Field Citation Program
Transportation Conformity Rule Amend-
ment and Solicitation for Participation in
the Pilot Program
National VOC Emission Standards for
Automobile Refinish Coatings
Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles;
Amendments to Regulations
Refrigerant Recycling Rule Amendment
To Include Substitute Refrigerants
Update of the Substitutes List Under the
Significant New Alternatives Policy
(SNAP) Program
NESHAP: Cyanide Chemical Manufactur-
ing
NESHAP: Plywood and Particleboard
Manufacturing
NESHAP: Miscellaneous Cellulose Pro-
duction
Rulemaking To Modify the List of Source
Categories From Which Fugitive Emis-
sions Are Considered in Major Source
Determinations
National Emission Standards for Hazard-
ous Air Pollutants for the Hydrochloric
Acid Production
NESHAP: Ammonium Sulphate Produc-
tion (Caprolactam By-Product)
NESHAP: Asphalt/Coal Tar Application on
Metal Pipes
NESHAP: Clay Products Manufacturing
NESHAP: Uranium Hexafluoride Produc-
tion
NESHAP: Iron Foundries and Steel
Foundries
NESHAP: Leather Tanning and Finishing
Operations
-------
14
Federal Government—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq,
No,
3576
3579
3589
3590
3594
3595
3605
3607
3609
3610
3622
3624
3626
3629
3631
3632
3633
3635
3636
3637
3639
3641
3642
3644
3648
3652
3654
3655
3663
3667
3668
3670
3683
3684
3691
3694
Title
NESHAP: Organic Liquid Distribution
Prevanlion of Significant Deterioration of
Air Quality: Permit Application Review
Procedures for Non-Federal Class I
Areas
Federal Implementation Plan for a Fifteen
Percent Reduction in Volatile Organic
Compounds in the District of Columbia
Locomotive Emission Standards
Environmental Radiation Protection Stand-
ards for Scrap Metal from Nuclear Fa-
cilities
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Compli-
ance Certification Rulemaking
Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From
New Marine Diesel Engines at or Above
37 Kilowatts
Transportation Conformity for Transitional
Ozone Areas
Alternative Flare Specifications for Hydro-
gen Fueled Flares
NESHAP: Petroleum Refineries - Amend-
ments to Final Rule
Open-Market Trading Guidance
Radiation Waste Management Regulation
Pesticides; Procedures for Registration
Review Program
Tolerances for Pesticide Emergency Ex-
emptions
Antimicrobial Pesticide Products; Other
Pesticide Regulatory Changes
Exemption of Certain Pesticide Sub-
stances From FIFRA Requirements
Pesticides; Tolerance Processing Fees
WPS; Pesticide Worker Protection Stand-
ards; Pesticide Hazard Communication
Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Reg-
istrations
Pesticide Management and Disposal:
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment
Regulation of Plant-Produced Pesticides
Under FIFRA and FFDCA
Pesticide Management and Disposal
Policy or Procedures for Notification to the
Agency of Stored Pesticides With Can-
celled or Suspended Registration
Exemption of Certain Inert Ingredients
From the Definition of Pesticide Chemi-
cal Residue Under FFDCA
FIFRA Books and Records of Pesticide
Production and Distribution (Revision)
Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Revi-
sions
Lead-Based Paint Activities Rules; Train-
Ing, Accreditation, and Certification Rule
and Model State Plan Rule
Lead; TSCA Requirements for the Dis-
posal of Lead-Based Paint Debris
TSCA Biotechnology Follow-Up Rules
Lead-Based Paint Activities; Training and
Certification for Renovation and Remod-
eling
Lead-Based Paint; Notification of Com-
mencement of Abatement Activities
Development of Guidance as Mandated
by Executive Order 12873, Section 503
on Environmentally Preferable Products
Lead-Based Paint; Fees for Accreditation
and Certification Activities
TRI; Data Expansion Amendments; Toxic
Chemical Release Reporting; Commu-
nity Rlght-to-Know
Load-Based Paint; Disclosure Require-
ments at Renovation of Target Housing
PCBs; Poiychtorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Disposal Amendments
3702
3710
3714
3717
3718
3719
3720
3721
3727
3728
3729
3734
3735
3737
3739
3743
3744
3745
3747
3750
3751
3752
3757
3758
3759
Title
Seq.
No.
Accidental Release Prevention Require-
ments: Risk Management Programs
Under the Clean Air Act, Section
112(r)(7): Amendment
RCRA Reporting and Recordkeeping Bur-
den Reduction; ANPRM
Glass-to-Glass Recycling of Cathode Ray
Tubes (CRTs): Changes to Hazardous
Waste Regulations
Removal of Requirement To Use SW-846
Methods (Test Methods for Evaluating
Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Meth-
ods)
Modifications to the Definition of Solid
Waste and Regulations of Hazardous
Waste Recycling: General
Chlorinated Aliphatics Listing Determina-
tion
Listing Determination of Wastes Gen-
erated During the Manufacture of Azo,
Anthraquinone, and Triarylmethane
Dyes and Pigments
Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline
for Procurement of Products Containing
Recovered Materials
Spent Solvents Listing Determination
Hazardous Waste Management System;
Modification of the Hazardous Waste
Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps
Hazardous Remediation Waste Manage-
ment Requirements (Commonly Re-
ferred to as Hazardous Waste Identifica-
tion Rule for Contaminated Media or
HWIR-Media)
Paint Manufacturing Wastes Listing: Haz-
ardous Waste Management System:
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste; Inorganic Chemical Industry
Wastes; and CERCLA Hazardous Sub-
stance Designation and Reportable
Quantities
Hazardous Waste Identification Rule
(HWIR): Identification and Listing of
Hazardous Wastes
Corrective Action for Solid Waste Manage-
ment Units (SWMUs) at Hazardous
Waste Management Facilities
Listing Determination for Hazardous
Wastes—Organobromines Chemical In-
dustry
Identification and Listing of Hazardous
Waste: Petroleum Refining Process
Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for
Newly Identified Wastes; and CERCLA
Hazardous Substance Designation
Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV:
Treatment Standards for Metal Wastes
and Mineral Processing wastes; Mineral
Processing Secondary Materials and
Bevill Exclusion Issues
Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation: Revi-
sions
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
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Pro-
gram Regulations Revisions
Revisions to Effluent Guidelines and
Standards for the Oil and Gas Extrac-
tion Point Source Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Centralized Waste Treatment Industry
3762
3763
3767
3770
3771
3772
3775
3776
3777
3778
3779
3780
3781
3784
3787
3788
3789
3790
3791
3794
3795
3796
3797
3798
3799
3800
Title
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Iron
and Steel Manufacturing Point Source
Category
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under
the Clean Water Act
Revisions to NPDES Requirements for
Compliance Reporting and Collection
System Discharges
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule -Phase
Two
Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Cryptosporidium and Giardla Under the
Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water
Acts
Water Quality Standards for Alabama
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category;
Incentives Amendment
Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Pri-
ority Toxic Pollutants for the State of
California
Guidelines Establishing Oil and Grease
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pol-
lutants Under the Clean Water Act
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Cyanide Under the
Clean Water Act
Increased Method Flexibility for Test Pro-
cedures Approved for Clean Water Act
Compliance Monitoring Under 40 CFR
Part 136
Performance Based Measurement System
(PBMS) Procedures and Guidance for
Test Procedures at 40 CFR Part 136
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act, Phase One
Uniform National Discharge Standards for
Armed Forces Vessels - Phase I
Comparison of Dredged Material to Ref-
erence Sediment
Amendments to Round I Final Sewage
Sludge Use or Disposal Rule-Phase
One
Effluent Limitations, Guidelines, and
Standards for the Feedlots Point Source
Category, Swine and Poultry Subcat-
egories, and NPDES Regulation for
Concentrated Animal Feeding Oper-
ations
Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Stand-
ards for the Feedlots Point Source Cat-
egory, Dairy and Beef Cattle Subcat-
egories
Revisions to Effluent Guidelines and
Standards for the Coal Mining Point
Source Category
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery Cat-
egory, Phases 1 and 2
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
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category,
Phase II
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category;
Monitoring Amendment
Water Quality Standards Regulation - Re-
vision
-------
15
Federal Government—Cont.
Seq.
No.
Seq.
No.
3801
3803
3804
3805
3807
3809
3810
Title
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 Miscellaneous Met-
als, Anions, and Volatile Organics
Under the Clean Water Act, Phase Two
NPDES Streamlining Rule - Round III
Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sew-
age Sludge (Round II)
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Category
Streamlining Revisions to the Water Qual-
ity Planning and Management Regula-
tions
Streamlining the State Sewage Sludge
Management Regulations
3811
3815
3817
3818
3820
3824
3825
3826
3827
Title
Seq.
No.
Drinking Water Unregulated Contaminant
Monitoring Program
National Primary and Secondary Drinking
Water Regulations: Analytical Methods
for Certain Pesticides and Microbial
Contaminants
National Primary Drinking Water Regula-
tions for Lead and Copper
Reformatting of Drinking Water Regula-
tions
Management of Class V Injection Wells
Under Part C of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
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
3828
3829
3830
3831
3832
3833
3834
Title
Streamlining Drinking Water Monitoring
Requirements
Revision of Existing Variances and Ex-
emptions Regulation To Comply With
Requirements of the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Revisions to State Primacy Requirements
To Implement Federal Drinking Water
Regulations
National Primary and Secondary Drinking
Water Regulations: Analytic Methods for
Organic, Inorganic and Microbiological
Contaminants and Pesticides
Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Re-
port Regulations
Safe Drinking Water Public Water Supply
System Program: Citizen Collection Ac-
tion; Notice of Complaint Seeking Re-
view of Penalty Order
Revisions to Ocean Dumping Regulations
for Dredged Material
-------
-------
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 for which agencies included this designation. The Se-
quence 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.
3402
3611
3612
3613
Title
EPA
Standards of Performance for New Sta-
tionary Sources; New Residential Wood
Heaters (Section 610 Review)
Lead Phasedown (Section 610 Review)
NSPS for Industrial Surface Coating:
Metal Coils (Section 610 Review)
NSPS for Industrial Surface Coating:
Metal Furniture (Section 610 Review)
Seq.
No.
3614
3687
3688
3690
Title
Seq.
No.
NSPS for Industrial Surface Coating:
Large Appliances (Section 610 Review)
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Dis-
posal Amendments (Section 610 Re-
view)
Asbestos Worker Protection Rule (Section
610 Review)
Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan (Sec-
tion 610 Review)
3741
3742
3756
Title
Final Rule on Land Disposal Restrictions
for First Third Scheduled Wastes (Sec-
tion 610 Review)
Technical Standards and Corrective Action
Requirements for Owners and Opera-
tors of Underground Storage Tanks
(Section 610 Review)
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the
Ore Mining and Dressing Point Source
Category, Gold Placer Mine Sub-
category (Section 610 Review)
17
-------
-------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SUBJECT INDEX
Seq. No.
A
Acquisition regulations:
See Government procurement
Additives:
See Fuel additives
Administrative practice and procedure:
See also Environmental impact statements
Freedom of information
EPA 3641, 3642
EPA State operating permits 3423
Agriculture:
See also Foods
Pesticides and pests
Ozone depletion 3598
Worker protection standards 3635, 3638
Air pollution control:
See also Motor vehicle pollution
Acid rain 3426, 3471, 3478
Allowance allocations 3468
Acid Rain Program 3602
Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing 3446
Aerospace industry 3509, 3517
Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities 3509
Agricultural chemicals 3505
Air quality modeling 3443
Air quality resources:
Class I area designations 3579
Air quality standards 104
Air storage tanks 3419
Aluminum industry 3445
Asphalt roofing and processing 3559
Awards 3395
Baker's yeast manufacturing industry 3449
Boat manufacturing industry 3555
Boilers 3561
Caprolactam 3753
Carbon monoxide 3623
Chemicals 102,3552,3553
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) 3465
Chromium emissions 3457, 3560
Clean Air Act 3435, 3480, 3496, 3524, 3525, 3577, 3619
Clean fuel fleet vehicles 3586
Consumer products 130
Copper smelters 3501
Cyanide chemical manufacturing 3531
Dioxin emission measurement 3409
District of Columbia VOC control measures 3589
Dry cleaners 3557
Electric arc furnaces 3490
Electric utility steam generating facilities 3523
Emission control diagnostic systems 3475, 3621
Emission standards 3422, 3459, 3482, 3536, 3537, 3570, 3571,
3572, 3596, 3597
Coke ovens 3425
Halogenated solvents 3439
Hydrogen fluoride production 3456
Non-road spark-ignition engines 3438
Potential to emit 3461
Semiconductor facilities 3455
Emissions monitoring 3421, 3462, 3608
Emissions monitoring program 3416, 3458, 3476, 3478, 3484,
3574
Emissions reporting 3400
Emissions standards:
New marine engines 3440
Non-road spark-ignition engines 3530
Emissions trades 3420, 3622
Seq. No.
Air pollution control—Continued
Etnylene processing 3451
Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry 3566
Federal implementation plan for Phoenix, AZ 3615
Ferroalloy industry 3470
Fugitive emissions 3538
Gas turbines 3549
General provisions amendments 3450
Glycol ethers 3403
Halons 3587, 3603
Hazardous air pollutants 128, 132, 3445, 3446, 3447, 3451,
3453, 3458, 3459, 3460, 3483, 3497, 3502, 3503, 3504,
3505, 3506, 3507, 3509, 3517, 3527, 3534, 3536, 3537,
3548, 3549, 3551, 3552, 3553, 3554, 3555, 3556, 3557,
3558, 3559, 3560, 3561, 3562, 3570, 3571, 3572, 3573,
3574, 3575, 3576, 3580, 3581, 3582, 3583, 3603, 3617,
3618, 3619, 3672
Hazardous air pollutants source categories 3454, 3575, 3619,
3621
Hazardous waste combustion facilities 135
Hazardous waste TDSF and generator sites 3527
HCFC allowance distribution system 3401
Hydrogen fueled flares 3609
Indian reservations 3414
Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking 3562
Industrial surface coating:
Large appliances 3614
Metal coils 3612
Metal furniture 3613
Inspection/maintenance programs 3407, 3608
Internal combustion engines 3548
Iron and steel industry 3532, 3550
Large appliance coating industry 3558
Lead 3611
Lead smelters 3507
Lime manufacturing industry 3453
Locomotive emissions 3590
MACT standards 3454, 3455, 3456, 3459, 3536, 3537, 3570,
3571, 3573, 3576
Measurement regulation 3409
Metal parts and products coating industry 3564, 3565, 3580,
3581
Mineral wool production industry standards 3496
Municipal landfills 3537
National Strategy for Urban Area Sources of Toxic Air
Emissions 3458
Navajo nation lands 3413
NESHAP:
Alumina processing 3529
Ammonium sulphate production 3542
Asphalt/coal tar application 3543
Carbon black 3528,3573
Cellulose production 3536
Chromium electroplating 3467
Chromium emissions 3457
Clay products manufacturing 3544
Elastomers 3460
Fabric printing, coating and dyeing industry 3566
Fumed silica production 3539
Hydrochloric acid production 3541
Hydrogen chloride production 3545
Iron and steel industry 3540
Leather tanning 3572
Magnetic tape manufacturing 3427
Metal parts and products coating industry 3564, 3565
Metal pipes 3543
Natural gas production 3510
Non-metallic minerals processing 3569
19
-------
20
Seq. No.
Air pollution control—Continued
NESHAP—Continued
Off-site waste and recovery operations 3491
Oil production 3510
Organic liquids 3576
Petroleum refineries 3610
Polyurethane foam production 3459
Polyyinyl chloride production 3546
Predictive emission monitoring 3429
Pulp and paper production 3488
Site remediation 3570
Spandex 3571
Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry 3428
Thermoplastics 3460
Uranium hexafluoride production 3547
Vegetable oil production 3574
Wet-formed fiberglass mat production 3432
Wood furniture industry. 3487, 3620
New source performance standards 3562, 3578
New source review 126
New stationary sources 3416, 3422
Non-metallic minerals processing 3569
Non-road compression ignition engines 3601
Nonhandheld engines 3623
Opacity measurement of emissions 3473, 3484
Operating permits 127, 3535
Indian reservations 3481
Operating permits programs 3436
Ozone 100, 130, 3464, 3517, 3520, 3524, 3525, 3526, 3558,
3580, 3581, 3582, 3583, 3593, 3622
Ozone and ozone precursors:
Attainment and nonattainment areas 3483
National ambient air quality standards 3424, 3607
Pollutant standards index 3434
Significant harm level programs 3434
Transport 3430, 3431, 3483, 3489
Paint stripper users 3554
Paper, film and foil coating industry 3583
Particulates 100
PCB manufacturing 3675
Penalties for violations 3511
Petroleum refineries 3410, 3497, 3610
Pharmaceuticals industry 3617
Phosphate fertilizer production 3500
Phosphogypsum stacks 3508
Phosphoric acid manufacturing 3498
Plastic composites manufacturing 3551
Plastic parts industry 3582
Plywood and particle board manufacturing 3534
Polycarbonates 3447
Polyether polyol production 3504
Polymers and resins 3444
Polyurethane foam production 3506
Portland cement manufacturing 3503
Power plants 3492
Process heaters 3561
Publically owned treatment works study 3448
Pulp and paper mills 128
Radon.... 3479, 3508
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements 3477, 3593
Residential wood heaters 3402
Sewage sludge incinerators 3418
Shipbuilding industry 3517
Solid waste incinerators 3578
State Implementation plans 100,126, 3413, 3452, 3513, 3622
Steel pickling processes 3499
Stratospheric ozone protection 3401, 3437, 3587, 3606
Sulfur dioxide 3486
Sulfur oxides 104, 3471
Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing 3408
Test rules, 3492
Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing 3618
Tiro manufacturing 3556
Transportation conformity for transitional ozone areas 3607
Seq. No.
Air pollution control—Continued
Transportation Conformity Pilot Program 3405, 3494
Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Program 3604
Volatile organic compounds 129, 130, 3408, 3514, 3517, 3558,
3567, 3568, 3580, 3581, 3582, 3583, 3584, 3589, 3599,
3622
Waste incinerators performance standards 3577
Wood furniture industry 3517, 3584, 3620
Wool fiberglass manufacturing industry 3502
Aircraft:
Rocket engines 3575
Airplanes:
See Aircraft
Airworthiness directives and standards:
See Aircraft
Antidumping:
Reformulated gasoline program requirements 3512
Appeal procedures:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Appliances:
See Household appliances
Asbestos:
Model accreditation plan 3652
Authority delegations:
EPA revisions 3452
Automobiles:
See Motor vehicles
B
Balloons:
See Aircraft
Bankruptcy:
RCRA financial responsibility 3730
Buildings:
Asbestos 3652
Buses:
See also Motor vehicles
EPA Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Program 3604
Business and industry 3794
See also specific industries
Bankruptcy
Confidential business information
Labeling
Acrylic/modacrylic fiber manufacturing:
Air pollution control 3446
Aerospace industry:
Air pollution control 3509, 3517
Aluminum industry:
Air pollution control 3445
Asphalt roofing and processing industry:
Air pollution control 3559
Baker's yeast manufacturing:
Air pollution control 3449
Boat manufacturing industry:
Air pollution control 3555
Cellulose manufacturing 3536
Cement manufacturing:
Air pollution control 3503
Chemicals:
Air pollution control 3408, 3505, 3552, 3553
Control of PMNs 3674
Hazardous wastes listing 3719, 3720, 3727
Manufacture 102, 108, 3562, 3662, 3673, 3678, 3679
Pollution standards 3675
Polychlorinated biphenyls ill
Dry cleaning:
Air pollution control 3557
Effluent guidelines 137
Effluent guidelines 137, 3762, 3794, 3795, 3796
EPA operating permits 127
Ethylene processing:
Air pollution control 3451
Ferroalloy industry:
Air pollution control 3470
-------
21
Seq. No.
Business and industry—Continued
Friction products 3563
Industrial disposal wells 3820
Industrial laundries:
Effluent guidelines 137
Iron manufacturing:
Effluent guidelines 3762
Large appliance coating industry:
Air pollution control 3558
Leather tanning and finishing 3572
Lime manufacturing industry:
Air pollution control 3453
Manufacturing 3562
Metal parts and products coating industry:
Air pollution control 3580, 3581
Metal products and machinery:
Effluent guidelines 3794
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Air pollution control 3475, 3567
Clean fuel fleet vehicles 3586
Consumer information 3600
Emission standards 132, 3482, 3596, 3597
Sales volume limit provisions 3474
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits
121
Paint manufacturing:
Hazardous waste management 3734
Paper, film and foil coating industry:
Air pollution control 3583
Pharmaceuticals:
Air pollution control 3617
Pollution standards 3807
Plastic parts industry:
Air pollution control 3582
Plywood and particle board manufacturing:
Air pollution control 3534
Polyether polyol production:
Air pollution control 3504
Polyurethane foam production 3459
Air pollution control 3506
Printing/publishing 3568
Pulp, paper and paperboard 128
Spandex 3571
Steel manufacturing:
Effluent guidelines 3762
Tetrahydrobenzaldehyde manufacturing:
Air pollution control 3618
Tires 3573
Manufacture 3556
Transportation equipment cleaning:
Effluent guidelines 3795
Vegetable oil production 3574
Wood furniture industry:
Air pollution control 3517
Wool fiberglass manufacturing:
Air pollution control 3502
Cancer:
See also specific hazardous substances
Carcinogen risk assessment 3391
Charter buses:
See Buses
Motor vehicles
Chemicals:
See also specific chemicals
Hazardous substances
Pesticides and pests
Acrylamide 3680
Air pollution control 102, 3408
Arsenic in drinking water 3824
Assessment information rule 3678
Chemical inventory reporting 3703
Chromium-based water treatment chemicals 3588
Seq. No.
Chemicals—Continued
Drinking water regulations.... 3826
Endocrine Disrupter Screening and Testing Program 106
Formaldehyde > 3692
Health and safety reporting rule 3679
High-production-volume (HPV) chemicals 3657
Neurotoxicity risk assessment 3398
New use rules for PMNs •. 3674
Ozone depleting 3598
Refrigerant recycling 3465, 3524, 3525
Sales restrictions 3464
Substitutes 3526
Polychlorinated biphenyls Ill, 3675, 3687, 3773
Polymers and resins 3460
Right-to-Know initiative 107
Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) 3657
Test rules 3658, 3660, 3671, 3676, 3682
Toxic substances 3651, 3662, 3711
Toxic substances in new chemicals 3673
Toxicity profiles 3659
Toxics Release Inventory 112, 113
Use inventory rule 108
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 3801
Waste deposit prevention 3835
Confidential business information:
EPA regulations 3393
Consumer protection:
See also Labeling
Lead-based paint > 109, 134, 3668
Water supply 3832
Continental shelf:
Offshore structures:
Oil spill prevention and response 3748
Contracts:
See Government contracts
Copper:
Drinking water regulations 3817
Corporations:
See Business and industry
Crude oil:
See Petroleum
Dangerous cargo:
See Hazardous materials transportation
Debarment and suspension:
EPA changes 3387
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
-------
22
Seq. No.
Electric power plants:
Emissions. 3492
Electric utilities:
Steam generating facilities 3523
Electronic funds transfers:
Federal agency disbursements 3389
Energy:
See also Fuel economy
Natural gas
Petroleum
Alternative fuels 3485
Fluorescent lamps exemption from Hazardous Waste
Management 3728
Wastes from fossil fuel combustion 3712
Environmental impact statements:
Antarctic impact assessment 3394
Environmental protection:
See also Air pollution control
Environmental impact statements
Pesticides and pests
Waste treatment and disposal
Water pollution control
Antarctic Treaty 3394
Chemicals 108, 3657, 3660, 3676
Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR 3383
Coastal waste deposit prevention 3835
Content requirements for state operating permits 3423
EPA acquisition regulations 3387
Grant programs 98
Pesticides 3634
Protocol on Environmental Protection 3394
Equal educational opportunity:
Federally assisted education programs 3396
Estuaries:
See Coastal zone
Ex parte communications:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Exports:
Chemicals 3682
FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation):
See Government procurement
Farmers:
See Agriculture
Federal acquisition regulations:
See Government procurement
Federal aid programs:
See Technical assistance
Federal-State relations:
See Intergovernmental relations
Fines and penalties:
See Penalties
Flammable materials:
Pesticide foggers 3645
Foods:
See also specific foods
Pesticide residues 105, 3643, 3644
Foreign relations:
See also specific countries
Foreign trade
Treaties
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD) 3657
Foreign trade:
See also Exports
Imports
Motor vehicles 3585
Freedom of information:
See also Confidential business information
Chemical inventory reporting !3703
Electronic Freedom of Information Act 3375
EPA 3375
Fuel:
See Energy
Seq. No.
Fuel additives:
Oxygenated 3650
Fuel economy:
Light trucks and light duty vehicles 3462
Gas exploration:
See Oil and gas exploration
Gas utilities:
See Natural gas
Government contracts:
See also Government procurement
Contractors:
Local hiring and training 3380
Performance evaluations 3379
Debarment and suspension 3387
EPA acquisition regulations 3387
EPA Mentor-Protege Program 3384
EPA protest solicitation notification 3390
Negotiation 3378
Penalty payments 3392
Quick-closeout procedures 3397
Government procurement:
See also Government contracts
Acquisition regulations:
EPA protest solicitation notification 3390
Quality of environmental data 3386
Value engineering 3399
Contractors:
Local hiring and training 3380
Performance evaluations 3379
Contracts:
Incrementally funding fixed price contracts 3385
Negotiation 3378
Personal services 3331
Environmentally preferable products 3670
Level of effort 3382
Protests 3390
Quick-closeout procedures 3397
Recycled products 3721
Small, minority, and women's business utilization 3374
Grant programs-environmental protection:
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund 3823
EPA technical assistance grants 3750
Performance Partnership Grants 98, 99
H
Hazardous materials transportation:
Hazardous Waste Manifest rule 118
Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries 3724
Hazardous substances:
See also Flammable materials
Hazardous materials transportation
Hazardous waste
Air pollutants 128, 132, 3410, 3418, 3444, 3445, 3446, 3447,
3448, 3449, 3451, 3453, 3454, 3457, 3458, 3459, 3460,
3468, 3470, 3483, 3496, 3497, 3498, 3499, 3500, 3501,
3502, 3503, 3504, 3505, 3506, 3507, 3509, 3517, 3527,
3531, 3532, 3534, 3536, 3537, 3548, 3549, 3550, 3551,
3552, 3554, 3555, 3556, 3557, 3558, 3559, 3560, 3561,
3562, 3563, 3564, 3565, 3566, 3567, 3569, 3570, 3571,
3572, 3573, 3574, 3576, 3578, 3580, 3581, 3582, 3583,
3584, 3603, 3617, 3618, 3619, 3621, 3672
Asbestos 110, 3652, 3665, 3688, 3689, 3690
Caprolactam 3753
Carbon monoxide 3623
Carcinogen risk assessment 3391
Chemical test rules 3671, 3672, 3682
Chemicals 3651, 3659, 3684
Chromium 3550
Drinking water regulations 3831
Environmentally preferable products guidelines 3670
Extremely Hazardous Substances List 3702, 3704, 3705
Federally permitted releases 3754
-------
23
Seq. No.
Hazardous substances—Continued
Formaldehyde 3692
Glycol ethers 3403
Isocyanates 3480, 3702, 3705
Lead 109, 134, 3507, 3654, 3667, 3668, 3683, 3691, 3817
Mercury-containing and rechargeable batteries 3724
Metals 3661
Method 24 amendment 3533
Microorganisms 3663
Neurotoxicity risk assessment 3398
Nitrogen oxides 131
Ozone and ozone precursors 3483, 3622
Ozone depleting substances 3598
Pesticides 3629, 3631, 3637, 3646, 3685
EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations 3388
Field testing 3630
Labeling program '. 3647
Produced by transgenic plants 3639
Worker protection standards . 3638
Polychlorinated biphenyls 3677, 3694
Radon 123, 3479, 3508, 3755
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements 3681
Saccharin 3740
Sulfur oxides 104
Surface coatings 3533
Toxic Release Inventory:
Chemicals 113, 114, 115, 116, 3684
Toxicological profiles:
Metals 3661
Toxics Release Inventory:
Chemicals 112
Underground storage tanks 3701, 3742, 3746
Water pollution control. 3763, 3776, 3778
Hazardous waste:
Carbamates 3751
Cathode ray tubes 3714
Cement kiln dust 119
Cleanups , 3729,3750
Dioxin/furan contaminated sludge 3693
Disposal facilities:
Combustion facilities 135
Low level mixed waste 97
Radioactive waste 3595, 3624
Effluent limitation guidelines 3759
Groundwater contamination 3570, 3820
Identification and listing 3729, 3733, 3734, 3735, 3737
Land disposal:
Post-closure requirements 3726
Restrictions 3708, 3732, 3736, 3741, 3745
Lead 3655
Manifest regulations , 118
Mercury 3708
Mineral processing wastes 3745
Organobromines 3743
Paint manufacturing 3734
Permit program 117
Petroleum refining process 3744
Polychlorinated biphenyls 3694, 3725
Radioactive waste:
Dose methodology 3433
Recycling of scrap metals 3594
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 3595
Waste management rules 3412
Yucca Mountain, NV 101
Recycled used oil 3725, 3733
Recycling ,..3714, 3718
Saccharin 3740
Silver-bearing waste 3709
Solid waste 3718
Solvents 3713, 3727
Spent solvents 3733
Technical standards for corrective action for cleanup 3739
Toxic waste site 3659
Toxicity characteristic metals 3745
Seq. No.
Hazardous waste—Continued
Toxicity characteristic rule 3738
Treatment and disposal:
Fluorescent lamps 3728
Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities and generators
3527
Triarylmethane dye and pigments 3720
Uncontrolled sites on the NPL 3752
Wood preserving wastes '. 3745
Health records:
Health and Safety Data Model Reporting 3695
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 3558
Housing:
Lead-based paint 3655, 3691
Housing assistance payments:
See Housing
I
Imports:
See also Antidumping
Chemicals 3662, 3678, 3679
Control of PMN chemicals 3674
Motor vehicles 3519
Ozone-depleting substances 3593
Indians-lands:
Air pollution control implementation 3413, 3414, 3481, 3579
EPA new source reviews 3422
Municipal solid waste landfills 3731
Water pollution control requirements 3827
Indians-tribal government:
Operating permits programs 3436
Performance Partnership Grants 99
Industrial safety:
See Occupational safety and health
Industry:
See Business and industry
Infants and children:
Lead poisoning 109, 134, 3668, 3683
Sulfate in drinking water 3825
Information:
See Confidential business information
Freedom of information
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Insecticides:
See Pesticides and pests
Intergovernmental relations:
Air pollution control implementation...100, 126, 127, 3413, 3452,
3513, 3622
EPA effluent guidelines and standards 3760
EPA Hazardous Waste Manifest rule 118
EPA State implementation plans (SIPs) 3423, 3483, 3484
EPA State sewage sludge management 3810
EPA water monitoring requirements 3828
EPA water quality standards 3763, 3809
EPA water regulations streamlining 3804
EPA-California water quality standards 3776
Nuclear accident protection 3625
Performance Partnership Grants 98, 99
Water supply 3827, 3830, 3832
International agreements:
See Treaties
International trade:
See Foreign trade
Investigations:
Investigating and remediating releases at RCRA facilities
3739
-------
24
Seq. No.
Labeling:
HCFCs 3466
Methyl bromide 3606
Pesticides 3637, 3645, 3647
Laboratories:
EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations 3388
Land:
See Indians-lands
Law:
See also Administrative practice and procedure
Suits against Federal agencies 3833
Third party suits:
Underground storage of hazardous materials 3746
Lead poisoning:
Hazard abatement 109
Paint 109, 134, 3654, 3655, 3667, 3668, 3683, 3691
Reducing lead consumption and use 3686
M
Marine engineering:
See Vessels
Marine pollution:
See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
Criteria for water quality 3793
Medical records:
See Health records
Metals:
See also specific metals
Emission standards for ferroalloy industry 3470
EPA trace metal analysis 3763
High temperature metal recovery residues 3732
Radiation protection standards for scrap metals 3594
Mines:
Water pollution control 3791
Mobile offshore drilling units:
See Vessels
Motor vehicle pollution:
After-market conversion entities certification 3493
Emissions control 131
Emissions from refinishing coatings 3514
Emissions standards 103,132, 3404, 3463
Emissions testing 3585
Gasoline:
Reformulated 3512, 3520
Imported vehicles emissions standards 3519
Inspection/maintenance programs 3406, 3592
Low emission vehicles program 3485
Nitrogen oxides 131
Non-road diesel engines 3605
On-highway heavy-duty certified engines in nonroad heavy-
duty vehicles and equipment 3521
Original equipment manufacturers certification 3493
Particulate matter standards 131
Motor vehicles:
See also Buses
Fuel economy
Air conditioning system 3465
Alternatively fueled vehicles 3485
Clean fuel fleet vehicles 3586
Imports 3519
Light trucks 3421
Sales volume limit provisions 3474
Motorcycles:
See Motor vehicles
N
National defense contracts:
See Government contracts
Government procurement
Natural gas:
See also Oil and gas exploration
Reformulated gasoline 3512, 3520, 3623
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
Emissions
Nuclear safety:
See Radiation protection
Occupational safety and health:
Agricultural pesticides
Formaldehyde exposure
Ocean dumping:
See Water pollution control
Ocean resources:
See Marine resources
Offshore structures:
See Continental shelf
Oil and gas exploration:
Addition to Toxic Release Inventory..
Oil pollution:
Oil spill response
Prevention
Outer continental shelf:
See Continental shelf
Seq. No.
3492
,.3635
,.3692
..116
,.3748
.3747
Paint:
See Lead poisoning
Paperwork requirements:
See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Parachutes:
See Aircraft
Penalties:
Air pollution control 3511
EPA 3833
Pesticides and pests:
Antimicrobial pesticides 3629, 3631, 3636
Canceled or suspended 3641, 3642
Data requirements 3634
Disposal and storage guidelines 3637, 3641, 3642
Effluent guidelines and standards 3808
Endocrine Disrupter Screening and Testing Program 106
Field testing 3630
FIFRA exemptions 3632
Groundwater protection 133, 3646
Labeling requirements:
Flammability 3645
Permitted statements i....3647
Negotiated consent/procedural test rule 3685
Pesticide tolerance reassessment program 105
Production and distribution records 3648
Registration review program 3626
Residue in agricultural products 3643, 3644
Emergency exemptions 3629
Scientific research 3388
Storage and disposal 3637, 3641, 3642
Tolerance fees 3633
Transgenic plants 3639
Worker protection standards 3635, 3638
Petroleum:
See also Fuel additives
Oil and gas exploration
Oil pollution
Air pollution from petroleum solvent dry cleaners 3557
Air pollution from production facilities 3497
Refineries 3410, 3610
Refining process wastes 3744
Thresholds for gas and diesel at retail gas stations 3701
Toxicity characteristic rule ..3738
Underground storage tanks 3742
Plastics materials and synthetics:
Air pollution control regulations 3551
Pollution:
See Environmental protection
Power resources:
See Energy
-------
25
Seq. No.
Practice and procedure:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Procurement:
See Government procurement
Public health:
See also Waste treatment and disposal
Air pollution effects 3672
Carcinogen risk assessment 3391
Toxic Substances Control Act 3695
Water contamination 106, 124, 140, 3822
Public utilities:
See Electric utilities
Natural gas
Water supply
Radiation protection:
Dose methodology 3433
Drinking water 3625
Radiological Emergency Response Plan 3591
Scrap metal standards 3594
Yucca Mountain, NV 101
Radioactive waste:
See Hazardous waste
Railroads:
Locomotive emissions 3590
Rates and fares:
See Natural gas
Railroads
Record retention:
See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Records:
See Freedom of information
Health records
Reporting a^-' .ov,ordkeeping requirements
Recycling:
Cathode ray tubes 3714
Government purchase of recovered materials 3721
Hazardous waste 3718
Refrigerant 3465, 3524, 3525
Scrap metal 3594
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
Carbamates 3751
Chemical inventory reporting 108, 3703
EPA 3383, 3477
EPA emissions reporting requirements 3400
Hazardous material releases 3754
Hazardous substances 3681
Information collection requests 3710
NPDES permittee reporting 3768
Ozone-depleting substances importation 3593
Pesticides 3388, 3642, 3648
Radon 3755
RCRA 3710
Toxic chemical test rules 3682
Toxic Release Inventory 114, 115, 116
Toxic Substances Control Act 3695
Toxics Release Inventory 112, 113
Water systems 3832
Water treatment chemicals 3588
Research:
Biotechnology 3663
EPA consolidation of GLPS regulations 3388
Rockets:
See Aircraft
Rodenticides:
See Pesticides and pests
Rotorcraft:
See Aircraft
Sanitation:
See Public health
Waste treatment and disposal
Seq. No.
School integration:
See Equal educational opportunity
Schools:
Asbestos 110, 3665, 3688, 3689, 3690
Asbestos model accreditation plan 3652
Seaplanes:
See Aircraft
Segregation in education:
See Equal educational opportunity
Sewage disposal:
Incinerator emissions standards ....3418
Sewer collection systems 3767
Sludge use and disposal 3770, 3788, 3805
Sex discrimination:
Federally assisted programs 3396
Shipbuilding industry:
Air pollution control 3517
Shipping:
See Railrc '-
Ships:
See Vessels
Solid waste disposal:
See Waste treatment and disposal
State-Federal relations:
See Intergovernmental relations
Superfund:
Claims application streamlining 3749
Grants for technical assistance 3750
Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates 3751
Synthetics:
See Plastics materials and synthetics
Technical assistance:
Environmental Protection Agency grants 3750
Toxic substances:
See Hazardous substances
Transportation:
See also Railroads
Vessels
Air pollution control conformity ....3513
Conformity for transitional ozone areas 3607
Environmental review 3420
Transportation Conformity Pilot Program 3405, 3494
Treaties:
Antarctic Treaty 3394
Montreal Protocol 3593
Trucks:
See Motor vehicles
,.3784
Vessels:
Armed forces vessels:
Uniform national discharge standards
W
Waste treatment- and disposal:
See also Hazardous waste
Recycling
Sewage disposal
Armed forces vessels 3784
Chromium-based water treatment chemicals 3588
Effluent guidelines 3759, 3775, 3796, 3797, 3798
Financial test criteria 3730
Fossil fuel combustion wastes 3712
Iron and steel manufacturing 3762
Land disposal:
Restrictions 3707, 3732, 3741, 3745
Metal machinery and equipment wastewater 3794
Mineral processing wastes 3745
Ocean dumping 3834
Permit applications 121, 138
Radioactive waste 101
Recoverable metals criteria 3792
-------
26
Seq. No.
Waste treatment and disposal—Continued
Sewor grouting 3680
Shore Protection Act 3835
Solid waste disposal:
Hazardous waste recycling 3718
Landfills and incinerators 3578, 3796
Municipal landfills 3537, 3616
Physical/chemical evaluation methods 3717
Technical standards for corrective action 3739
State programs 3731
Streamlining regulations 136
Toxic Release Inventory 3684
Toxicity characteristic metals 3745
Underground storage tanks:
Toxicity characteristic rule 3738
Uniform national discharge standards 3784
Wood preserving wastes 3745
Water pollution control:
See also Oil pollution
Waste treatment and disposal
Biological test methods 3801
Clean Water Act 3761, 3763, 3769, 3777, 3778, 3787, 3792,
3801,3809
Test procedures 3779, 3780, 3781, 3803
Cyanide criteria 3778
Effluent guidelines:
Animal feeding operations 3789, 3790
Coal mining 3791
Effluent Guidelines Plan for 1998 3806
Industrial waste combustors 3797
Industrial wastewater 137, 3794
Iron and steel manufacturing 3762
Landfills and incinerators 3796
Mining 3756
Oil and gas extraction 3758
Pharmaceuticals 3807
Pulp, paper and paperboard 128, 3775, 3798, 3799
Regulations reformatting 3760
Transportation equipment cleaning 3795
Great Lakes 3793
Marine pollution:
Ocean dumping 3834
NPDES permits 3767, 3804
NPDES permittee reporting 3768
Oil and grease test procedures 3777
Permit applications 121, 138
Pretreatment regulations 122, 3808
Publicly owned treatment works renewal process 3761
Seq. No.
Water pollution control—Continued
Radon 123
Recoverable metals criteria 3792
Sewer collection systems 3767
Sludge management programs 3719, 3788, 3805, 3810
Stormwater runoff 139
Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants 3771, 3782, 3802
Total maximum daily loads 3757, 3809
Trace metals criteria 3763
Water quality standards 3773, 3776, 3779, 3780, 3781, 3800,
3809
Alabama 3772
Criteria for acute aquatic life 3793
Water resources:
See also Water supply
Best technology available for cooling water intake
structures 120
Water supply:
Carcinogen risk assessment 3391
Drinking water 3833
Aldicarb and atrazine 3826
Analyzing regulated drinking water contaminants 3831
Arsenic 3824
Consumer confidence reports 3832
Contaminant level goals (MCLGs) 3827
Contaminants 123, 3625, 3815, 3822
Copper 3817
Disinfectants 124, 140, 141
Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program 106
Filter backwash recycling 3821
Injection wells 3820
Lead 3817
Monitoring requirements 3828
Oxygenated fuel additives 3650
Public notification requirements 125
Radionuclides 3827
Regulations reformatting 3818
Safe Drinking Water Act 3829, 3830
State revolving fund 3823
Sulfate 3825
Surface water treatment rule 141
Unregulated contaminant monitoring program 3811
Groundwater protection 133, 3646
Water transportation:
See Vessels
Wetlands:
See Coastal zone
------- |