EPA540-R-09-003
Superfund, TRI, EPCRA, RMP & Oil
Information Center Monthly Report
March 2008
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This report is prepared and submitted in support of Contract No. EP-W-06-018.
Crystal Gatson, Project Officer
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20460
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TRI
TITLE: Toxic Chemical Release Inventory
Reporting Forms and Instructions, Revised
2007 Version
PUBLICATION DATE: March 2008
EPA ORDER No.: EPA260-K-07-001
AVAILABILITY: Internet
URL: http://www.epa.gov/tri/report/
This document provides guidance on the
completion and submission of the TRI Form
R and Form A. In addition to copies of the
required forms, the document contains
information on recent changes to the TRI
reporting requirements and references to
additional sources of reporting assistance.
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FEDERAL REGISTERS
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FINAL RULES
CERCLA
"National Priorities List, Final Rule"
March 19, 2008 (73 FR 14719)
EPA added 12 sites to the General
Superfund Section of the National Priorities
List (NPL). The effective date of this
rulemaking is April 18, 2008.
PROPOSED RULES
CERCLA
"National Priorities List, Proposed
Rule No. 48"
March 19, 2008 (73 FR 14742)
EPA proposed to add six new sites to the
General Superfund Section of the NPL.
Comments must be received by May 19,
2008.
TRI
"Community Right-to-Know;
Corrections and 2007 Updates to the
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS)
Reporting Codes; Proposed Rule;
Request for Public Comments"
March 6, 2008 (73 FR 12045)
EPA proposed to update the list of North
American Industry Classification System
(NAICS) codes subject to reporting under
TRI to reflect the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) 2007 NAICS revision. EPA
also proposed to make corrections to the list
of NAICS codes subject to reporting under
TRI that was published on June 6, 2006 (71
FR 32464) in the final rule adopting NAICS
for TRI reporting and to correct a
longstanding typographical error in the
regulatory text. Comments must be received
by April 7, 2008.
NOTICES
CERCLA
"Notice of the Revised Priority List of
Hazardous Substances That Will Be
the Subject of Toxicological
Profiles"
March 6, 2008 (73 FR 12178)
The Agency for Toxic Substances Registry
(ATSDR) announced the availability of a
revised CERCLA Priority List of 275
Hazardous Substances, which includes
substances that have been determined to be
of greatest public health concern to persons
at or near NPL sites.
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March 2008
Federal Registers
"Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and
Liability Act (CERCLA) or
Superfund, Brownfields
Amendments, Section 104(k); Notice
of Revisions to FY2009 Guidelines
for Brownfields Assessment,
Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund
Grants"
March 24, 2008 (73 FR 15522)
EPA announced the availability of revised
Brownfields Grant Proposal Guidelines for
fiscal year 2009 grants and has solicited
comments on those revisions. The major
changes to the guidelines for the three types
of grants (brownfields assessment, revolving
loan fund, and cleanup grants) include: three
separate booklets for each of the grant types;
assessment coalitions which allow eligible
entities of three or more to request up to $1
million for hazardous substance or
petroleum (or combined) community-wide
assessments; community notification is a
threshold criterion; ranking criteria are four
sections: community need, project
feasibility, community engagement and
project benefits; community-based
organization letters of support are required;
and a Phase II report must be completed at
the time of application for a cleanup grant.
Comments must be received by April 7,
2008.
TRI
"Acetonitrile Petition; Community
Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical
Release Reporting; Notice of Data
Availability"
March 7, 2008 (73 FR 12410)
EPA announced the availability of two
documents for public comment, TRI
Technical Review of Acetonitrile and
Acetonitrile External Peer Review Charge.
that were developed in response to a petition
to remove acetonitrile from the list of
chemicals subject to reporting under TRI.
Comments must be received by April 7,
2008.
CROSS-PROGRAM
"Agencies Information Collection
Activities OMB Responses"
March 17, 2008 (73 FR 14244)
This document announced OMB responses
to Agency Clearance requests, in
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). Specifically,
Information Collection Request (ICR)
Number 1363.15, "Toxic Chemical Release
Reporting (Form R) (Renewal)" was
approved on March 2, 2008. This ICR,
OMB Control Number 2070-0093, expires
March 31,2011. Additionally, ICR Number
1704.09, "Toxic Chemical Release
Reporting, Alternate Threshold for Low
Annual Reportable Amounts (Form A)
(Renewal)" was approved on March 2, 2008.
This ICR, OMB Control Number 2070-
0143, expires March 31,2011. On February
14, 2008, OMB filed comment on ICR
Number 0328.14, "Revisions to the Spill
Prevention, Control and Countermeasure
(SPCC) Plans Rule (Proposed Rule)."
SETTLEMENTS AND CONSENT
DECREE NOTICES
"Proposed Consent Decree; United
States v. Bayer CropScience Inc. et al."
March 4, 2008 (73 FR 11680)
"Proposed Settlement Agreement;
Delilah Road Landfill Superfund Site"
March 5, 2008 (73 FR 11915)
"Proposed Consent Decree; United
States v. Reynolds Metals Company,
et al"
March 11, 2008 (73 FR 13010)
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Federal Registers
March 2008
"Proposed Consent Decree
Modification; United States v. Ruetgers
Organics Corporation"
March 11, 2008 (73 FR 13010)
"Proposed Settlement Agreement;
SEMO Mining District Sites"
March 13, 2008 (73 FR 13569)
"Proposed Consent Decree; United
States, v. NCR Corp. and Allfirst
Financial Center, National Association"
March 13, 2008 (73 FR 13569)
"Proposed Consent Decree; United
States et al. v. Kure Shipping S.A., et
al."
"Proposed Settlement Agreement; Libby
Asbestos Site"
March 17, 2008 (73 FR 14270)
"Proposed Settlement Agreement;
Chemcentral Midwest Corporation
Facility"
March 18, 2008 (73 FR 14467)
"Proposed Consent Decree; United
States v. City of Jacksonville, Florida"
March 18, 2008 (73 FR 14488)
"Proposed Settlement Agreement;
Barker Hughesville (Block P) Site"
March 18, 2008 (73 FR 14489)
March 14, 2008 (73 FR 13921)	"Proposed Settlement Agreement;
Curtis Bay Site"
"Consent Decree Modification; State of	March 20, 2008 (73 FR 15007)
Colorado v. ASARCO Incorporated et
al"
March 17,2008 (73 FR 14269)
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