[October 31,2005 (Volume 70, Number 209)] [Unified Agenda] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [frwais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID: f:ua051024.wais] [Page 65206-65357] Environmental Protection Agency ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Part XXIV ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda [[Page 65206]] ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) _______________________________________________________________________ ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) 40 CFR Ch. I FRL 7971-7 Fall 2005 Regulatory Agenda AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. _______________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes the semiannual regulatory agenda to update the public about: Regulations and major policies currently under development, Reviews of existing regulations and major policies, and Rule and major policymakings completed or canceled since the last Agenda. TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA MAILING LIST: If you would like to subscribe, please send an e-mail with your name and address to: ncepimal@one.net, or call 800-490-9198. There is no charge for single copies of the agenda. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions or comments about a particular action, please get in touch with the agency contact listed in each agenda entry. If you have general questions about or suggestions for improving the agenda or questions about EPA's decisionmaking process, please contact: Phil Schwartz (1803A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; phone: (202) 564-6564; e-mail: schwartz.philip@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents A. What Are EPA's Regulatory Goals and What Key Principles, Statutes, and Executive Orders Inform Our Rule and Policymaking Process? B. How Can You Be Involved in EPA's Rule and Policy Making Process? C. What Actions Are Included in the Agenda and What is the Relationship between the Agenda and Regulatory Plan? D. How Is the Agenda Organized? E. What Information Is in Agenda Entries? F. How Can You Find Out More About EPA Rulemakings? G. What Special Attention Do We Give to the Impacts of Rules on Small Businesses, Small Governments, and Small Nonprofit Organizations? H. Thank You for Collaborating with Us A. What Are EPA's Regulatory Goals and What Key Principles, Statutes, and Executive Orders Inform Our Rule and Policymaking Process? Our primary objective is to protect human health and the environment. To achieve this objective and ensure that our decisions are cost-effective and fully protective, we conduct high quality scientific, economic, and policy analyses. These analyses are planned and initiated at early stages in the regulatory development process, so that Agency decision makers are well informed of the qualitative and quantitative benefits and costs as they select among alternative approaches. It is also important that we continue to apply new and improved methods to protect the environment, such as: Building flexibility into regulations from the very beginning, creating strong partnerships with the regulated community, vigorously engaging in public outreach and involvement, and using effective nonregulatory approaches. Research, testing and adoption of new environmental protection methods are also a central tenet in environmental problem solving. The integration of all these elements via a well managed regulatory development process and a strong commitment to innovative solutions will ensure that we all benefit from significant environmental improvements that are fair, efficient, and protective. Our overall success is measured by our effectiveness in protecting human health and the environment. For a more expansive discussion of our regulatory philosophy and priorities please see our new Statement of Priorities in the FY 2006 Regulatory Plan (www.epa.gov/regagenda). Besides the fundamental environmental laws authorizing EPA actions such as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, there are legal requirements that apply to the issuance of regulations that are generally contained in the Administrative Procedure Act, the Regulatory Flexibility Act as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act, the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act, and the Congressional Review Act. We also must meet a number of requirements contained in Executive Orders. Of particular significance for EPA rulemakings are Executive Orders 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review; 58 FR 51735; October 4, 1993), 12898 (Environmental Justice; 59 FR 7629; February 16, 1994), 13045 (Children's Health Protection; 62 FR 19885; April 23, 1997), 13132 (Federalism; 64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999), 13175 (Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments; 65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), and 13211 (Energy; 66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001). You can find information on these laws and Executive Orders through links from www.epa.gov/regagenda. B. How Can You Be Involved in EPA's Rule and Policy Making Process? You can make your voice heard by getting in touch with the contact person provided in each Agenda entry. We urge you to participate as early in the process as possible. You may also participate by commenting on proposed rules that we publish in the Federal Register. To be most effective, comments should contain information and data that support your position, and you also should explain why we should incorporate your suggestion in the rule or non-regulatory action. You can be particularly helpful and persuasive if you provide examples to illustrate your concerns and offer specific alternatives. We believe our actions will be more cost-effective and protective if our development process includes stakeholders working with us to identify the most practical and effective solutions to problems and we stress this point most strongly in all of our training programs for rule and policy developers. Democracy gives real power to individual citizens, but with that power comes responsibility. We urge you to become involved in EPA's rule and policymaking process. C. What Actions Are Included in the Agenda and What Is the Relationship Between the Agenda and Regulatory Plan? EPA includes regulations and certain major policy documents in the Agenda. We generally do not include minor amendments or the following categories of actions: Administrative actions such as delegations of authority, changes of address or phone numbers. [[Page 65207]] Under the Clean Air Act: Revisions to State Implementation Plans; Equivalent Methods for Ambient Air Quality Monitoring; Deletions from the New Source Performance Standards source categories list; Delegations of Authority to States; Area Designations for Air Quality Planning Purposes. Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: Decision documents defining and establishing registration standards; decision documents and termination decisions for the Special Review Registration process; and data call-in requests made under section 3(c)(2)(B). Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Actions regarding pesticide tolerances and food additive regulations, including the tolerance reassessment process. 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. There is no legal significance to the omission of an item from the Agenda. The Regulatory Plan, which is required by EO 12866, is published along with the fall edition of the Regulatory Agenda. The Plan includes a limited number of EPA actions, typically 20-45, which will be published during the current fiscal year and which are the centerpieces of our regulatory priorities. Plan entries include all of the information included in Agenda entries described in section E, below, as well as additional information about alternatives, the need for a Federal solution, costs, benefits, and risks. EPA's and other agencies' Regulatory Plans are published together in part 2 of the Federal Register on the same day that the Regulatory Agenda is published. To save money we do not include detailed information on actions that are included in the Plan in the Regulatory Agenda itself; rather, we cross-reference the Plan entries. To Find the Regulatory Plan: EPA's FY06 Regulatory Plan is located in part 2 of this issue of the Federal Register. Within a day or two of publication, on- line versions will be located at http://www.epa.gov/REGAGENDA and at http://ciir.cs.umass.edu/ua/Fall2005/regplan/ENVIRONMENTAL-- PROTECTION--AGENCY--(EPA).html D. How is the Agenda Organized? We have organized the Agenda: First, into fourteen divisions based on the law that would authorize a particular action. These divisions are: 1. General, which includes cross-cutting actions, such as rules authorized by multiple statutes and general acquisition rules 2. The Clean Air Act (CAA) 3. The Atomic Energy Act (AEA) 4. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 5. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) 6. The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 7. The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) 8. Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act 9. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 10. The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) 11. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Superfund (CERCLA) 12. The Clean Water Act (CWA) 13. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 14. The Shore Protection Act (SPA) Second, by the current stage of development. The stages are: 1. Prerulemaking - Prerulemaking actions are generally 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, announcement of reviews of existing regulations required under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, requests for public comment on the need for regulatory action, or important preregulatory policy proposals. 2. Proposed Rule - This section includes EPA rulemaking actions that are within a year of proposal (publication of Notices of Proposed Rulemakings (NPRMs)). 3. Final Rule - This section includes rules that will be issued as a final rule within a year. 4. Long-Term Action - This section includes rulemakings for which the next scheduled regulatory action is after October 2006. 5. Completed Action - This section contains actions that have been promulgated and published in the Federal Register since publication of the spring 2005 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 Regulatory Flexibility Act section 610 reviews in this section of the Agenda. Third, by the Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) that is assigned when an action first appears in the Agenda. The RIN has two parts: The first part corresponds to the lead subagency within EPA (e.g.2040 stands for the Office of Water, 2060 for the Office of Air and Radiation); the second part corresponds to the order in which actions were added to the agenda. E. What Information is in 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 have not 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. OMB reviews all significant rules including both of the first two categories, [[Page 65208]] ``economically significant'' and ``other significant.'' Economically Significant: Under Executive Order 12866, a rulemaking action that may have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or 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 for other reasons. This category includes rules that may: 1. Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another agency; 2. Materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients; or 3. Raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles in Executive Order 12866. 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 recurring application of a regulatory program in the Code of Federal Regulations (e.g., certain State Implementation Plans, National Priority List updates, Significant New Use Rules, State Hazardous Waste Management Program actions, and Tolerance exemptions). If an action that would normally be classified Routine and Frequent is reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget under E.O. 12866, then we would classify the action as either ``Economically Significant'' or ``Other Significant.'' Informational/Administrative/Other: An action that is primarily informational or pertains to an action outside the scope of EO 12866. Also, if we believe that a rule may be ``major'' as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801, et seq.) 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 would 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 action 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 developing an action. The projections in the agenda are our best estimates as of the date we submit the agenda for publication. For some entries, the timetable indicates that the date of the next action is ``to be determined.'' 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 (RFA). Generally, such an analysis is required for proposed or final rules subject to the RFA that EPA believes may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Small Entities Affected: Indicates whether we expect the rule to have any effect on small businesses, small governments, or small nonprofit organizations. Government Levels Affected: Indicates whether we expect the rule to have any effect on levels of government and, if so, whether the governments are State, local, tribal, or Federal. Federalism Implications: Indicates whether the action is expected to have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. Unfunded Mandates: Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act generally 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 one year by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector. If we expect to exceed this $100 million threshold, we note it in this section. Energy Impacts: Indicates whether the action is a significant energy action under Executive Order 13211. Agency Contact: The name, address, phone number, and e-mail address, if available, of a person who is knowledgeable about the regulation. SAN Number: An identification number that EPA uses to track rulemakings and other actions under development. URLs: For some of our actions we include the Internet addresses for: Reading copies of rulemaking documents; submitting comments on proposals; and getting more information about the rulemaking and the program of which it is a part. (Note: To submit comments on proposals, you can go to our electronic docket which is at: http://docket.epa.gov/ edkpub/index.jsp. Once there, to get into the edocket for a particular rule you will need the edocket identification number. We include this number in the additional information section of Agenda entries that have already been proposed. EDOCKET, EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, will be replaced by an enhanced Federal-wide electronic docket management and comment system located at www.regulations.gov. When that occurs, you should be redirected to that site to access the docket and submit comments. Follow the on-line instructions to access this docket and submit comments. RIN: The Regulatory Identifier Number is used by OMB to identify and track rulemakings. The first four digits of the RIN stand for the EPA office with lead responsibility for developing the action. F. How Can You Find Out More About EPA Rulemakings? 1. Public Dockets When EPA publishes either an advance notice of proposed rulemaking or a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register, the Agency may establish an official docket to accumulate materials throughout the development process for that rulemaking. The official docket serves as the repository for the collection of [[Page 65209]] documents or information related to a particular agency action or activity. EPA most commonly uses dockets for rulemaking actions, but dockets may also be used for Regulatory Flexibility Act section 610 reviews of rules with significant impacts on a substantial number of small entities and various non-rulemaking activities, such as Federal Register documents seeking public comments on draft guidance, policy statements, information collection requests under the Paperwork Reduction Act, and other non-rule activities. 2. EPA Websites Some of the actions listed in the Agenda include a URL that provides additional information. 3. Regulatory Agenda Databases and Search Engines If you have access to the Internet you can use databases and their accompanying search engines developed by the EPA and the Regulatory Information Service Center (RISC) at the General Services Administration to help you locate actions that are of interest to you. The EPA Regulatory Agenda search engine is located at www.epa.gov/regAgenda. We thoroughly update this database each spring and fall and we partially update it several other times during the year. RISC's searchable databases are at http:// ciir.cs.umass.edu/ua/. 4. Agenda Indexes There are five indexes that provide: a. A list of the existing rules that we are reviewing under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act b. A list of actions that may have a significant impact on a substantial number of small businesses, small governments, or small non-profit organizations c. A list of actions that may have some impact on some small businesses, small governments, or small non-profit organizations but which may either have less than a significant impact or affect fewer than a substantial number of them d. A list of actions that may affect State, local, or tribal governments e. A list of actions that may have federalism implications as defined in Executive Order 13132 There is a sixth appendix included in the Unified Regulatory Agenda, a subject matter index. This index is not included in EPA's Agenda reprints for reasons of costs and because of the availability of the search engines described in no. 3, immediately above. 5. Listservers If you want to get automatic e-mails about areas of particular interest, we maintain 12 collections including: a. Air b. Water c. Wastes and emergency response d. Pesticides e. Toxic substances f. Right-to-know and toxic release inventory g. Environmental impacts h. Endangered species i. Meetings j. The Science Advisory Board k. Daily full-text notices with page numbers, and l. General information. For more information and to subscribe via our FR Web site, visit: http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/subscribe.htm. If you have e-mail without full Internet access, please send an e-mail to envsubset@epa.gov to request instructions for subscribing to the EPA Federal Register listservers. G. What Special Attention Do We Give to the Impacts of Rules on Small Businesses, Small Governments, and Small Nonprofit Organizations? For each of our rulemakings we consider whether there will be any adverse impact on any small entity. We attempt to fit the regulatory requirements, to the extent feasible, to the scale of the businesses, organizations, and governmental jurisdictions subject to the regulation. Under RFA/SBREFA, the Agency must prepare a formal analysis of the potential negative impacts on small entities, convene a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel (proposed rule stage), and prepare a Small Entity Compliance Guide (final rule stage) unless the Agency certifies a rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. For more detailed information about the Agency's policy and practice with respect to implementing RFA/SBREFA, please visit the RFA/SBREFA website at http://www.epa.gov/sbrefa/. See Index B at the end of the Agenda, ``Index to Environmental Protection Agency Entries for which a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Is Required'' for a list of these rules. See Index C for a list of the rules that may affect small entities, but which we do not expect will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of them. The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) section 610 requires that an agency review, within 10 years of promulgation, each rule that has or will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (SISNOSE). There is one rule for which we are conducting a section 610 review this year, 2050-AG26; Docket No. OAR-2005-0166; Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act, Section 112(r) (7) (Section 610 Review). We undertake section 610 reviews to decide whether we should continue the rule unchanged, amend it, or withdraw it. We announce our forthcoming section 610 reviews in the ``Prerule'' section of the Agenda. We encourage small entities to provide comments on the need to change this rule. We will consider all of your comments as we decide whether to continue, amend, or withdraw this rule. We particularly encourage comments by small entities about how this rule could be made clearer, more effective, or remove conflicting or overlapping requirements with other Federal or State regulations. EPA has established an official public docket for each of our 610 Reviews. The official public docket is the collection of materials that is available for public viewing at the docket facility. An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA's electronic public docket and comment system as described below. You may use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/ edocket to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the appropriate docket ID number. Certain types of information will not be placed in EPA's electronic public docket. Information claimed as confidential business information (CBI) and other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute, which is not included in the official public docket, will not be available for public viewing in EPA's electronic public docket. EPA's policy is that copyrighted material will [[Page 65210]] not be placed in EPA's electronic public docket but will be available only in printed, paper form in the official public docket. To the extent feasible, publicly available docket materials will be made available in EPA's electronic public docket. Although not all docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available docket materials through the docket facility identified above. EPA intends to work towards providing electronic access to all of the publicly available docket materials through EPA's electronic public docket. Unless otherwise indicated, please direct your comments to the identified Docket ID number for the specific 610 Review item. For these 610 Reviews, please DO NOT submit CBI or information that is otherwise protected by statute. You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or through hand delivery/courier using one of the following methods: 1. Electronically. If you submit an electronic comment as prescribed below, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing address, and an e-mail address or other contact information in the body of your comment. Also include this contact information on the outside of any disk or CD ROM you submit, and in any cover letter accompanying the disk or CD ROM. This ensures that you can be identified as the submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further information on the substance of your comment. EPA's policy is that EPA will not edit your comment, and any identifying or contact information provided in the body of a comment will be included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. i. Agency Website. Your use of EPA's electronic public docket to submit comments to EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving comments. Go directly to EPA Dockets at http://epa.gov/edocket, and follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once in the system, select ``search,'' and then key in the appropriate Docket ID number. The system is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your identity, e-mail address, or other contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. Note that EPA Dockets will be replaced by an enhanced Federal-wide electronic docket management and comment system located at www.regulations.gov. When that occurs, you should be redirected to that site to access the docket and submit comments. Follow the on-line instructions to access the relevant docket and submit comments. ii. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit comments on a disk or CD ROM that you mail to the mailing address identified below. These electronic submissions will be accepted in MS Word, WordPerfect or ASCII file format. Avoid the use of special characters and any form of encryption. iii. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. 2. By Mail. Send your comments, identified by the appropriate Docket ID number, to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC, 20460 3. By Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver your comments, identified by the appropriate Docket ID number, to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1742. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation as identified below. For public commenters, it is important to note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or on paper, will be made available for public viewing in EPA's electronic public docket as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is placed in EPA's electronic public docket. The entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Public comments submitted on computer disks that are mailed or delivered to the docket will be transferred to EPA's electronic public docket. Public comments that are mailed or delivered to the docket will be scanned and placed in EPA's electronic public docket. Where practical, physical objects will be photographed, and the photograph will be placed in EPA's electronic public docket along with a brief description written by the docket staff. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late comments. For these actions, please DO NOT submit CBI or information that is otherwise protected by statute. H. Thank You for Collaborating with Us Finally, we would like to thank those of you who choose to join with us in solving the complex issues involved in protecting human health and the environment. Collaborative efforts such as EPA's open rulemaking process are a proven tool for solving the environmental problems we face and the Regulatory Agenda is an important part of that process. Dated: October 18, 2005. Louise P. Wise, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation. GENERAL--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3012 SAN No. 4292 Proposed Revision to EPA's Implementing NEPA Regulations................. 2020-AA42 [[Page 65211]] 3013 SAN No. 4319 Revisions to Acquisition Regulation Concerning Conflict of Interest...... 2030-AA67 3014 SAN No. 4904 Security Requirements for Toxic Substances Control Act Confidential 2030-AA88 Business Information Access for Contractors........................................... 3015 SAN No. 4903 Award Term Contracting................................................... 2030-AA89 3016 SAN No. 4931 Accessibility Standards for Contract Deliverables (508).................. 2030-AA90 3017 SAN No. 4964 Amendment of the Standards for Radioactive Waste Disposal in Yucca 2060-AN15 Mountain, Nevada (Reg Plan Seq No. 108)............................................... 3018 SAN No. 4836 Project XL Site Specific Rulemaking for the NASA White Sands Test 2090-AA35 Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico (Phases III-VI).................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. GENERAL--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3019 SAN No. 3580 Incorporation of Class Deviations Into EPAAR............................. 2030-AA37 3020 SAN No. 4056 Utilization of Small, Minority and Women's Business Enterprises in 2020-AA39 Procurement Under Assistance Agreements............................................... 3021 SAN No. 4270 Cross-Media Electronic Reporting (ER) and Recordkeeping Rule (CROMERRR).. 2025-AA07 3022 SAN No. 4693 Privacy Act Regulations (Revised)........................................ 2025-AA13 3023 SAN No. 4813 Miscellaneous Revisions to EPAAR Clauses................................. 2030-AA84 3024 SAN No. 3671 Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment................................ 2080-AA06 3025 SAN No. 4536 Project XL Site Specific Rulemaking for NASA White Sands Test Facility 2090-AA27 Electronic Reporting in Las Cruces, New Mexico (Phases I-II).......................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL--Long-Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3026 SAN No. 3240 Public Information and Confidentiality Regulations....................... 2025-AA02 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL--Completed Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3027 SAN No. 4925 Technical Amendments to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human 2080-AA11 Subjects.............................................................................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Prerule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3028 SAN No. 5018 Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs 2050-AG26 Under the Clean Air Act, Section 112(r)(7) (Section 610 Review)....................... 3029 SAN No. 4759 Revision to Policy on Control of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)........ 2060-AK75 3030 SAN No. 4856 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Amendments to the Section 608 Leak 2060-AM09 Repair Regulations.................................................................... 3031 SAN No. 5009 Advance Notice for Information on Determining the Emissions Reductions 2060-AN42 Achieved From Limiting the VOC Content of Architectural Coatings...................... 3032 SAN No. 5020 Action on Petition To List Diesel Exhaust as a Hazardous Air Pollutant... 2060-AN49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 65212]] CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3033 SAN No. 4255 Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate 2060-AI44 Matter (Reg Plan Seq No. 100)......................................................... 3034 SAN No. 4531 Evaluation of Updated Test Procedures for the Certification of Gasoline 2060-AJ61 Deposit Control Additives............................................................. 3035 SAN No. 3649 Amendments to Method 24 (Water-Based Coatings)........................... 2060-AF72 3036 SAN No. 4070 General Conformity Regulations; Revisions................................ 2060-AH93 3037 SAN No. 3975 Review of New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country................ 2060-AH37 3038 SAN No. 4752 Clean Air Fine Particle Implementation Rule (Reg Plan Seq No. 102)....... 2060-AK74 3039 SAN No. 4119 Performance Specification 16--Specifications and Test Procedures for 2060-AH84 Predictive Emission Monitoring Systems in Stationary Sources.......................... 3040 SAN No. 4478 Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources: Municipal Solid 2060-AJ41 Waste Landfills: Amendment............................................................ 3041 SAN No. 4585 Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry NESHAP: Amendment To Implement 2060-AJ78 Court Remand.......................................................................... 3042 SAN No. 4654 NESHAP: Ethylene Oxide for Sterilization Facilities--Residual Risk 2060-AK09 Standards............................................................................. 3043 SAN No. 4655 NESHAP: Gasoline Distribution (Stage I) Residual Risk and MACT Standards 2060-AK10 Review................................................................................ 3044 SAN No. 4660 NESHAP: Industrial Process Cooling Towers Residual Risk Standards........ 2060-AK16 3045 SAN No. 4662 NESHAP: Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaning Facilities Residual Risk Standards 2060-AK18 3046 SAN No. 4668 NESHAP: Halogenated Solvent Cleaning--Residual Risk Standards............ 2060-AK22 3047 SAN No. 4669 NESHAP: Magnetic Tape Manufacturing Operations Residual Risk Standard.... 2060-AK23 3048 SAN No. 4659 NESHAP: Hazardous Organic NESHAP (HON) Residual Risk Standards........... 2060-AK14 3049 SAN No. 4309 National VOC Emission Standards for Consumer Products; Amendments........ 2060-AI62 3050 SAN No. 4748 Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources (Reg Plan Seq No. 2060-AK70 101).................................................................................. 3051 SAN No. 4599 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes for Ozone- 2060-AK26 Depleting Substances: N-Propyl Bromide................................................ 3052 SAN No. 4697 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Adjusting Allowances for Class I 2060-AK45 Substances for Export to Article 5 Countries.......................................... 3053 SAN No. 4542 Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for the Billings/Laurel, Montana Sulfur 2008-AA00 Dioxide (SO2) Area.................................................................... 3054 SAN No. 4421 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Regulations: Revisions.................... 2060-AJ25 3055 SAN No. 4570 Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles and Engines: Alternative Low- 2060-AJ72 Sulfur Highway Diesel Fuel Transition Program for Alaska.............................. 3056 SAN No. 4584 Performance Specifications for Continuous Parameter Monitoring Systems... 2060-AJ86 3057 SAN No. 4633 Performance-Based Measurement System for Fuels: Criteria for Self- 2060-AK03 Qualifying Alternative Test Methods; Description of Optional Statistical Quality Control Measures...................................................................... 3058 SAN No. 4758 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Modifications to Standards and 2060-AK77 Requirements for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline Including Butane Blenders and Attest Engagements.................................................................... 3059 SAN No. 4793 Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New 2060-AL75 Source Review (NSR): Allowables Plantwide Applicability Limit (PAL), Aggregation, and Debottlenecking (Reg Plan Seq No. 103)................................................ 3060 SAN No. 4796 Section 126 Rule: Withdrawal of Findings for Sources in Michigan......... 2060-AL83 3061 SAN No. 4804 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone; Allowance System for Controlling HCFC 2060-AL90 Production, Import and Export; Correction............................................. 3062 SAN No. 4809 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: On-Board 2060-AL92 Diagnostic Requirements for Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles Above 14,000 Pounds and In- Use, Not-To-Exceed Emission Standard Test............................................. 3063 SAN No. 4829 5-Year Review of MACT Standards for Large MWC............................ 2060-AL97 3064 SAN No. 4830 Alternative Work Practice for Leak Detection and Repair.................. 2060-AL98 3065 SAN No. 4871 Control of Emissions From New Locomotives and New Marine Diesel Engines 2060-AM06 Less Than 30 Liters Per Cylinder (Reg Plan Seq No. 104)............................... 3066 SAN No. 4846 NESHAP: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills--Amendments...................... 2060-AM08 3067 SAN No. 4859 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Ethylene Oxide Hospital Sterilization..... 2060-AM14 3068 SAN No. 4849 Petition To Delist a Hazardous Air Pollutant From Section 112 of the 2060-AM20 Clean Air Act: Methyl Isobutyl Ketone (MIBK).......................................... 3069 SAN No. 4848 NESHAP: Total Facility Low Risk Determination (TFLRD) for Residual Risk.. 2060-AM22 3070 SAN No. 4867 NESHAP: Hydrochloric Acid Production Amendments.......................... 2060-AM25 3071 SAN No. 4853 Requirements for Transmix Processing and Blending Under the Reformulated 2060-AM27 Gasoline and Gasoline Sulfur Rules.................................................... 3072 SAN No. 4864 NESHAP: Surface Coating of Metal Cans--Technical Amendments.............. 2060-AM28 3073 SAN No. 4866 NESHAP: Site Remediation; Amendments..................................... 2060-AM30 3074 SAN No. 4880 Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles and New Motor Vehicle 2060-AM32 Engines: Amendments to Evaporative Emissions Regulations and Technical Amendments..... [[Page 65213]] 3075 SAN No. 4882 Control of Emissions from Spark-Ignition Engines and Fuel Systems from 2060-AM34 Marine Vessels and Small Equipment (Reg Plan Seq No. 105)............................. 3076 SAN No. 4891 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous 2060-AM43 Organic Chemical Manufacturing; Amendments............................................ 3077 SAN No. 4885 Flexible Air Permit Rule................................................. 2060-AM45 3078 SAN No. 4905 National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Architectural 2060-AM47 Coatings--Amendments.................................................................. 3079 SAN No. 4899 Control of Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel Lubricity: Notice of Proposed 2060-AM48 Rulemaking............................................................................ 3080 SAN No. 4916 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone; Refrigerant Recycling; Certification 2060-AM49 of Recovery and Recovery/Recycling Equipment Intended for Use With Substitute Refrigerants.......................................................................... 3081 SAN No. 4918 Protection of the Stratospheric Ozone: Alternatives for the Motor Vehicle 2060-AM54 Air Conditioning Sector Under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program.. 3082 SAN No. 4901 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Modifications to the Technician 2060-AM55 Certification Requirements Under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act..................... 3083 SAN No. 4676 Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New 2060-AM62 Source Review (NSR): Routine Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement (RMRR); Maintenance and Repair Amendments................................................................. 3084 SAN No. 4908 NESHAP: General Provisions--Amendments................................... 2060-AM75 3085 SAN No. 4909 NESHAP: Integrated Iron and Steel; Amendments............................ 2060-AM76 3086 SAN No. 4910 NESHAP: Organic Liquid Distribution--Amendments.......................... 2060-AM77 3087 SAN No. 4915 Standards of Performance for Stationary Spark Ignited Internal Combustion 2060-AM81 Engines............................................................................... 3088 SAN No. 4926 NESHAP: Defense Land Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment................. 2060-AM84 3089 SAN No. 4927 NESHAP: Iron and Steel Foundries; Amendments............................. 2060-AM85 3090 SAN No. 4940 Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New 2060-AM91 Source Review (NSR): Reconsideration of Inclusion of Fugitive Emissions............... 3091 SAN No. 4941 Amendments to Compliance Certification Requirements for State and Federal 2060-AM92 Operating Permits Programs; Correction................................................ 3092 SAN No. 4699 Implementing Periodic Monitoring in Federal and State Operating Permit 2060-AN00 Programs (Reg Plan Seq No. 106)....................................................... 3093 SAN No. 4757 Component Durability Procedures for New Light Duty Vehicles, Light Duty 2060-AN01 Trucks and Heavy Duty Vehicles........................................................ 3094 SAN No. 4955 NESHAP: Plastic Parts and Products (Surface Coating)--Area Source Rule... 2060-AN08 3095 SAN No. 4958 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Surface Coating 2060-AN10 of Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks; Amendments...................................... 3096 SAN No. 4959 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes for Ozone- 2060-AN11 Depleting Substances in Foam Blowing.................................................. 3097 SAN No. 4960 Response to Petition of Reconsideration for Findings of Significant 2060-AN12 Contribution and Rulemaking for Georgia for Purposes of Reducing Ozone Interstate Transport............................................................................. 3098 SAN No. 4962 Fuel Economy Labeling of Motor Vehicles: Revisions to Improve Calculation 2060-AN14 of Fuel Economy Estimates (Reg Plan Seq No. 107)...................................... 3099 SAN No. 4969 Revisions to the Continuous Emissions Monitoring Rule for the Acid Rain 2060-AN16 Program and the NOx Budget Trading Program............................................ 3100 SAN No. 4972 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2006 Critical Use Exemption Rule 2060-AN18 From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide................................................... 3101 SAN No. 4951 Revisions to Air Emissions Reporting Requirements........................ 2060-AN20 3102 SAN No. 4978 NESHAP: Autobody Refinishing--Area Source Rule........................... 2060-AN21 3103 SAN No. 5008 Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone (Reg Plan 2060-AN24 Seq No. 109).......................................................................... 3104 SAN No. 4625 Implementation Rule for 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS: Reconsideration; Overwhelming 2060-AN26 Transport Classification.............................................................. 3105 SAN No. 4794 Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source 2060-AN28 Review: Alternative Applicability Test for Electric Generating Units (Reg Plan Seq No. 110).................................................................................. 3106 SAN No. 4986 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Essential Use Allowances 2060-AN29 for Calendar Year 2006................................................................ 3107 SAN No. 4991 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Revision to Listing of Carbon Dioxide 2060-AN30 Total Flooding Fire Extinguishing Systems Restricting Use to Only Unoccupied Areas.... 3108 SAN No. 4987 Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boiler and Process Heater 2060-AN32 NESHAP, Amendment..................................................................... 3109 SAN No. 4988 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Polyvinyl 2060-AN33 Chloride and Copolymers Production, Amendments........................................ 3110 SAN No. 5010 Air Quality: Revision to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds-- 2060-AN34 Exclusion of HFE-7300................................................................. 3111 SAN No. 4910 NESHAP: Organic Liquid Distribution (Non-Gasoline); Amendments........... 2060-AN37 3112 SAN No. 4989 NESHAP: Secondary Aluminum Production - Amendments....................... 2060-AN38 3113 SAN No. 4993 Optional Chassis Certification for Diesel Vehicles....................... 2060-AN39 [[Page 65214]] 3114 SAN No. 4998 Air Quality Data Affected by Exceptional, Natural, and International 2060-AN40 Events................................................................................ 3115 SAN No. 5011 Federal Plan Requirements for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units 2060-AN43 Constructed On or Before December 9, 2004............................................. 3116 SAN No. 5024 Renewable Fuel Standards Requirements for 2006 (Reg Plan Seq No. 111).... 2060-AN51 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3117 SAN No. 4768 Amendment to Subparts H and I for Emissions of Radionuclides Other Than 2060-AK81 Radon From DOE Facilities............................................................. 3118 SAN No. 3470 Revision to the Guideline on Air Quality Models (Appendix W to 40 CFR 2060-AK60 Part 51): Adoption of a Preferred General Purpose (Flat and Complex Terrain) Dispersion Model and Other Revisions.................................................. 3119 SAN No. 3751 NSPS and Emission Guidelines for Other Solid Waste Incinerators.......... 2060-AG31 3120 SAN No. 2915 Methods for Measurement of Visible Emissions--Addition of Methods 203A, 2060-AF83 203B, and 203C to Appendix M of Part 51............................................... 3121 SAN No. 3900 Addition of Method 207 to Appendix M of 40 CFR Part 51 Method for 2060-AG88 Measuring Isocyanates in Stationary Source Emissions.................................. 3122 SAN No. 3380 NSPS: SOCMI--Wastewater and Amendment to Appendix C of Part 63 and 2060-AE94 Appendix J of Part 60................................................................. 3123 SAN No. 3958 Amendments to Standard of Performance for New Stationary Sources; 2060-AH23 Monitoring Requirements (40 CFR Part 60, Appendix F, Procedure 3)..................... 3124 SAN No. 4161 Update of Continuous Instrumental Test Methods........................... 2060-AK61 3125 SAN No. 4310 NESHAP: Printing and Publishing Industry; Amendments..................... 2060-AI66 3126 SAN No. 4313 Petitions To Delist Hazardous Air Pollutants: MEK........................ 2060-AI72 3127 SAN No. 4713 NESHAP for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants; Amendments................. 2060-AK50 3128 SAN No. 4719 NESHAP: General Provisions; Amendments for Pollution Prevention 2060-AK54 Alternative Compliance Requirements................................................... 3129 SAN No. 4689 Section 126 Rule Withdrawal Provision.................................... 2060-AK41 3130 SAN No. 3910 Streamlined Evaporative Test Procedures.................................. 2060-AH34 3131 SAN No. 4604 Modification of the Anti-Dumping Baseline Date Cut-Off Limit for Data 2060-AJ82 Used in Development of an Individual Baseline......................................... 3132 SAN No. 4757 Emissions Durability Procedures for New Light-Duty Vehicles and Light- 2060-AK76 Duty Trucks........................................................................... 3133 SAN No. 4631 Adoption of the Amended International NOx Standard for Aircraft Engines.. 2060-AK01 3134 SAN No. 4632 Modification of Anti-dumping Baselines for Gasoline Produced or Imported 2060-AK02 for Use in Hawaii, Alaska, and the U.S. Territories................................... 3135 SAN No. 4634 Regulation of Fuel and Fuel Additives: Extension of California 2060-AK04 Enforcement Exemptions for Reformulated Gasoline to California Phase 3 Gasoline....... 3136 SAN No. 4557 Amendments to the Requirements on Variability in the Composition of 2060-AK62 Additives Certified Under the Gasoline Deposit Control Program........................ 3137 SAN No. 4706 Anti-Dumping Baseline Recalculation for Downstream Oxygenate Addition.... 2060-AK69 3138 SAN No. 4854 Amendments to Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program Requirements To 2060-AM21 Address New 8-Hour Ozone Standard..................................................... 3139 SAN No. 4857 Fire Suppression and Explosion Protection Listing Under SNAP............. 2060-AM24 3140 SAN No. 4868 Exemption of Certain Area Sources From Federal and State Operating Permit 2060-AM31 Programs.............................................................................. 3141 SAN No. 4881 Prevention of Significant Deterioration for Nitrogen Oxides.............. 2060-AM33 3142 SAN No. 4895 Regulation of Fuel and Fuel Additives: Gasoline and Diesel Test Methods.. 2060-AM42 3143 SAN No. 4900 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Import Petitioning Requirements for 2060-AM46 Halon-1301 Aircraft Fire Extinguishing Vessels........................................ 3144 SAN No. 4894 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Extension of the Laboratory and 2060-AM56 Analytical Use Exemption for Essential Class I Ozone Depleting Substances............. 3145 SAN No. 3259 Nonattainment Major New Source Review (NSR).............................. 2060-AM59 3146 SAN No. 4890 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous 2060-AM72 Coating Manufacturing; Amendment...................................................... 3147 SAN No. 4911 NESHAP: Plywood and Composite Wood Products; Amendments.................. 2060-AM78 3148 SAN No. 4912 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Stationary Combustion 2060-AM79 Turbines.............................................................................. [[Page 65215]] 3149 SAN No. 4913 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Electric Utility Steam 2060-AM80 Generating Units and Industrial and Commercial Boilers................................ 3150 SAN No. 4914 Standards of Performance for Stationary Compression Ignition Internal 2060-AM82 Combustion Engines.................................................................... 3151 SAN No. 4930 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Refiner and Importer Quality 2060-AM88 Assurance Requirements for Downstream Oxygenate Blending.............................. 3152 SAN No. 4934 Part 63 General Provisions--Response to Petition To Reconsider........... 2060-AM89 3153 SAN No. 4937 NESHAP for Refractory Products Manufacturing--Amendments................. 2060-AM90 3154 SAN No. 4325 NESHAP: Brick and Structural Clay Products Manufacturing; Reconsideration 2060-AM94 3155 SAN No. 4794 Inclusion of Delaware and New Jersey in the Clean Air Interstate Rule 2060-AM95 (Reg Plan Seq No. 119)................................................................ 3156 SAN No. 3837 NESHAP: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process 2060-AM97 Heaters; Reconsideration Notice....................................................... 3157 SAN No. 4943 Revision to the Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds--Removal of VOC 2060-AM98 Exemptions for California's Aerosol Coatings Reactivity-Based Regulation.............. 3158 SAN No. 4956 Rule on Section 126 Petition from NC to Reduce Interstate Transport of 2060-AM99 Fine PM and O3; FIPs to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine PM & O3; Revisions to CAIR Rule; Revisions to Acid Rain Program (Reg Plan Seq No. 120)........................... 3159 SAN No. 4811 PM 2.5 and PM 10 Hot-Spot Analyses in Transportation Conformity Rule 2060-AN02 Amendments............................................................................ 3160 SAN No. 4911 NESHAP: Plywood and Composite Wood Products; List of Hazardous Air 2060-AN05 Pollutants, Lesser Quantity Designations, Source Category List; Reconsideration....... 3161 SAN No. 4970 Small Municipal Waste Combustor New Source Performance Standards and 2060-AN17 Emission Guidelines Amendments........................................................ 3162 Regional Haze Regulations; Revisions to Provisions Governing Alternative to Source- 2060-AN22 Specific Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) Determinations (Reg Plan Seq No. 121).................................................................................. 3163 SAN No. 4625 Implementation Rule for 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS - Phase 2 (Reg Plan Seq No. 2060-AN23 122).................................................................................. 3164 SAN No. 4994 Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incinerators NSPS and EG: 2060-AN31 Definitions........................................................................... 3165 SAN No. 5001 Revisions to Motor Vehicle Diesel Fuel Sulfur Transition Provisions...... 2060-AN41 3166 SAN No. 5017 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Amending Requirements To Import Used 2060-AN48 Ozone-Depleting Substances for Destruction in the U.S................................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Long-Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3167 SAN No. 4315 Source-Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Navajo Generating 2009-AA00 Station; Navajo Nation................................................................ 3168 SAN No. 3569 Source-Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Navajo Generating 2009-AA01 Station; Four Corners Power Plant..................................................... 3169 SAN No. 4695 NESHAP: Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations Residual Risk Standard.... 2060-AK68 3170 SAN No. 4607 Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs 2050-AE95 Under the Clean Air Act, Section 112(r)(7); Availability of Information to the Public; Technical Amendment................................................................... 3171 SAN No. 4619 Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs 2050-AE96 Under the Clean Air Act, Section 112(r)(3); Revisions to the List of Substances....... 3172 SAN No. 4266 Review National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Carbon Monoxide........ 2060-AI43 3173 SAN No. 1002 NAAQS: Sulfur Dioxide (Response to Remand)............................... 2060-AA61 3174 SAN No. 3939 NESHAP: Group I Polymers and Resins and Group IV Polymers and Resins-- 2060-AH47 Amendments............................................................................ 3175 SAN No. 3919 Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality: Permit 2060-AH01 Application Review Procedures for Non-Federal Class I Areas........................... 3176 SAN No. 4653 NESHAP: Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework Facilities Residual Risk 2060-AK08 Standards............................................................................. 3177 SAN No. 4657 NESHAP: Group II Polymers and Resins--Residual Risk Standards............ 2060-AK13 3178 SAN No. 4661 NESHAP: National Emission Standards for Marine Tank Vessel Loading 2060-AK17 Operations--Residual Risk Standard.................................................... 3179 SAN No. 4665 NESHAP: Secondary Lead Smelting Residual Risk Standards.................. 2060-AK19 3180 SAN No. 4666 NESHAP: Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Surface Coating--Residual Risk 2060-AK20 Standards............................................................................. 3181 SAN No. 4667 NESHAP: Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations--Residual Risk Standards. 2060-AK21 3182 SAN No. 4664 NESHAP: Printing and Publishing Industry--Residual Risk Standards........ 2060-AK24 3183 SAN No. 4663 NESHAP: Petroleum Refineries--Residual Risk Standards.................... 2060-AK25 [[Page 65216]] 3184 SAN No. 4750 National Emission Standards for Chromium Emissions From Hard and 2060-AK72 Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks--Residual Risk Standards............................................................................. 3185 SAN No. 4751 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Stationary 2060-AK73 Combustion Turbines-Petition To Delist................................................ 3186 SAN No. 4782 Petition To Delist Hazardous Air Pollutant : 4,4'-Methylene Diphenyl 2060-AK84 Diisocyanate.......................................................................... 3187 SAN No. 4656 NESHAP: Group I Polymers and Resins--Residual Risk Standards............. 2060-AK12 3188 SAN No. 4658 NESHAP: Group IV Polymers and Resins--Residual Risk Standards............ 2060-AK15 3189 SAN 4383. Interstate Ozone Transport: Rulemaking on Section 126 Petitions From the 2060-AI99 District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey.............................. 3190 SAN No. 2665 Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles; Amendments to Regulations......... 2060-AI03 3191 SAN No. 4700 Selection of Sequence of Mandatory Sanctions To Be Applied Pursuant to 2060-AK46 Section 502 of the Clean Air Act...................................................... 3192 SAN No. 3263 Performance Warranty and Inspection/Maintenance Test Procedures.......... 2060-AE20 3193 SAN No. 3262 Inspection/Maintenance Recall Requirements............................... 2060-AE22 3194 SAN No. 3917 Transportation Conformity Rule Amendment: Clarification of Trading 2060-AH31 Provisions............................................................................ 3195 SAN No. 4348 Inspection/Maintenance Program Requirements for Federal Facilities; 2060-AI97 Amendment............................................................................. 3196 SAN No. 4722 California Gasoline Technical Correction................................. 2060-AK56 3197 SAN No. 4783 Voluntary Superior Monitoring............................................ 2060-AK85 3198 SAN No. 4797 Lifting the Stay of the Eight-Hour Portion of the Findings of Significant 2060-AL84 Contribution and Rulemaking for Purposes of Reducing Interstate Ozone Transport (``NOx SIP Call'')........................................................................... 3199 SAN 4798. Deferral of Effective Date of Nonattainment Designations for 8-hour Ozone 2060-AL85 National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Early Action Compact Areas................. 3200 SAN No. 4799 Consideration of Industry Petition To Remove the two-piece Can 2060-AL86 Subcategory From the Clean Air Act Hazardous Air Pollutant Source Category List....... 3201 SAN No. 4810 NESHAP: Ferroalloys Production: Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese 2060-AL93 Residual Risk Standards............................................................... 3202 SAN No. 4819 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Process for Exempting Emergency Uses 2060-AL94 of Methyl Bromide..................................................................... 3203 SAN No. 4825 Mineral Wool Production Residual Risk Standard........................... 2060-AL96 3204 SAN No. 4831 NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production: Residual Risk Standards 2060-AL99 3205 SAN No. 4832 NESHAP: Pharmaceuticals Production: Residual Risk Standards.............. 2060-AM00 3206 SAN No. 4861 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Paint Stripping........................... 2060-AM07 3207 SAN No. 4873 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Glass Manufacturing Industry.............. 2060-AM12 3208 SAN No. 4860 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Acrylic/ Modacrylic Fiber (AMF) Production 2060-AM13 3209 SAN No. 4851 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Restriction on the Sales of Pre- 2060-AM15 Charged Split Systems................................................................. 3210 SAN No. 4875 NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production Facilities--Area Source Rule...... 2060-AM16 3211 SAN No. 4847 NESHAP: Oil and Natural Gas Production Residual Risk Standards........... 2060-AM18 3212 SAN No. 4874 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Industrial Inorganic Chemicals 2060-AM19 Manufacturing......................................................................... 3213 SAN No. 4865 Strategy for Addressing Air Emissions From Animal Feeding Operations..... 2060-AM26 3214 SAN No. 4879 Area Source National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 2060-AM36 (NESHAP) for Iron and Steel Foundries................................................. 3215 SAN No. 4886 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Plating and Polishing..................... 2060-AM37 3216 SAN No. 4884 Area Source National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 2060-AM44 (NESHAP) for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers........................ 3217 SAN No. 4906 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Clay Ceramics Industry.................... 2060-AM53 3218 SAN No. 4699 Request for Comments on Potentially Inadequate Monitoring in Clean Air 2060-AM63 Applicable Requirements and on Methods To Improve Such Monitoring..................... 3219 SAN No. 4887 Area Source NESHAP for Primary Nonferrous Metals--Zn, Cd, Be............. 2060-AM69 3220 SAN No. 4888 Area Source NESHAP for Secondary Nonferrous Metals....................... 2060-AM70 3221 SAN No. 4889 NESHAP for Stainless and Nonstainless Steel Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) 2060-AM71 Manufacturing......................................................................... 3222 SAN No. 4907 NESHAP: Gasoline Distribution Stage I--Area Source Standards............. 2060-AM74 3223 SAN No. 4929 NESHAP: Taconite Iron Ore Processing; Amendments......................... 2060-AM87 3224 SAN No. 4866 NESHAP: Site Remediation Amendments--Response to Litigation.............. 2060-AN36 3225 SAN No. 5012 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing........... 2060-AN44 3226 SAN No. 5013 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Primary and Secondary Copper.............. 2060-AN45 3227 SAN No. 5015 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Chemical Preparations Industry............ 2060-AN46 3228 SAN No. 5016 NESHAP: Area Source Standards--Paint and Allied Products................. 2060-AN47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 65217]] CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)--Completed Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3229 SAN No. 4625 Implementation Rule for 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS - Phase 1..................... 2060-AJ99 3230 SAN No. 4571 Clean Air Mercury Rule--Electric Utility Steam Generating Unit MACT...... 2060-AJ65 3231 SAN No. 4763 NESHAP: Ethylene Processes; Amendments................................... 2060-AK80 3232 SAN No. 4391 Rescinding Finding That Preexisting PM10 Standards Are No Longer 2060-AJ05 Applicable in Northern Ada County/Boise, Idaho........................................ 3233 SAN No. 4450 Clean Air Visibility Rule................................................ 2060-AJ31 3234 SAN No. 4621 Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources: Default Baseline 2060-AJ97 Revision.............................................................................. 3235 SAN No. 4794 Clean Air Interstate Rule (Formerly Titled: Interstate Air Quality Rule). 2060-AL76 3236 SAN No. 4808 Amendments to the NESHAP for Cellulose Products Manufacturing............ 2060-AL91 3237 SAN No. 4840 Clean Air Fine Particle Designations..................................... 2060-AM04 3238 SAN No. 4855 NESHAP: Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing--Amendments. 2060-AM10 3239 SAN No. 4845 Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: In-Use, Not-To-Exceed 2060-AM17 Emission Standard Testing for Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines and Vehicles.................. 3240 SAN No. 4863 NESHAP: Reinforced Plastic Composites--Amendments........................ 2060-AM23 3241 SAN No. 4883 Test Procedures for Testing Highway and Nonroad Engines and Omnibus 2060-AM35 Technical Amendments.................................................................. 3242 SAN No. 4893 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Essential Use Allowances 2060-AM50 for Calendar Year 2005................................................................ 3243 SAN No. 4892 National Emission Standards for Pharmaceuticals Production; Amendments... 2060-AM52 3244 SAN No. 4676 Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New 2060-AM58 Source Review (NSR): Routine Maintenance, Repair and Replacement (RMRR) Equipment Replacement Provision (ERP); Reconsideration.......................................... 3245 SAN No. 4919 NESHAP: Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks; Amendments... 2060-AM83 3246 SAN No. 4933 Federal Implementation Plans To Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine 2060-AM93 Particulate Matter and Ozone.......................................................... 3247 SAN No. 4811 Transportation Conformity Amendments for the New PM 2.5 NAAQS Standards 2060-AN03 and PM 2.5 Precursors................................................................. 3248 SAN No. 4839 Extension of the Deferred Effective Date of Nonattainment Designations 2060-AN04 for 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS for Early Action Compact Areas................................. 3249 SAN No. 4952 Stay of the Findings of Significant Contribution and Rulemaking for 2060-AN06 Georgia for Purposes of Reducing Ozone Interstate Transport........................... 3250 SAN No. 4954 Finding of Failure To Submit Section 110(a) SIP Requirements............. 2060-AN07 3251 SAN No. 4957 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous 2060-AN09 Organic Chemical Manufacturing--Amendments............................................ 3252 SAN No. 4961 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Process for Exempting Critical Uses of 2060-AN13 Methyl Bromide for the 2005 Supplemental Request...................................... 3253 SAN No. 4973 Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From Diesel Engines and Fuels; 2060-AN19 Amendments to the Nonroad and Highway Diesel Fuel Regulations......................... 3254 SAN No. 4625 Implementation Rule for 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS: Reconsideration of NSR Anti- 2060-AN25 Backsliding Provisions................................................................ 3255 SAN No. 4625 Implementation Rule for 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS; Final Identification of Ozone 2060-AN27 Areas for Which the 1-Hour Standard Has Been Revoked and Technical Corrections to Phase 1 Rule.......................................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATOMIC ENERGY ACT (AEA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3256 SAN No. 4054 Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for the Disposal of Low- 2060-AH63 Activity Mixed Radioactive Waste...................................................... 3257 SAN No. 4003 Technical Change to Dose Methodology for 40 CFR Part 190, Subpart B, and 2060-AH90 40 CFR 191, Subpart A................................................................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3258 SAN No. 4596 Pesticides; Data Requirements for Biochemical and Microbial Products..... 2070-AD51 [[Page 65218]] 3259 SAN No. 4602 Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIPs); Exemption for Those Based on Viral 2070-AD49 Coat Protein Genes.................................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3260 SAN No. 4175 Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment Program................................. 2070-AD24 3261 SAN No. 4610 Protections for Test Subjects in Human Research (Reg Plan Seq No. 126)... 2070-AD57 3262 SAN No. 2659 Pesticide Management and Disposal; Standards for Pesticide Containers and 2070-AB95 Containment........................................................................... 3263 SAN No. 3222 Groundwater and Pesticide Management Plan Rule........................... 2070-AC46 3264 SAN No. 4170 Pesticides; Procedures for the Registration Review Program (Reg Plan Seq 2070-AD29 No. 124).............................................................................. 3265 SAN No. 4216 Pesticides; Emergency Exemption Process Revisions (Reg Plan Seq No. 125). 2070-AD36 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3266 SAN No. 2687 Pesticides; Data Requirements for Conventional Chemicals................. 2070-AC12 3267 SAN No. 4173 Pesticides; Data Requirements for Antimicrobials......................... 2070-AD30 3268 SAN No. 4728 Endocrine Disrupter Screening Program (EDSP); Implementing the Screening 2070-AD61 and Testing Phase..................................................................... 3269 SAN No. 4027 Pesticides; Tolerance Processing Fees.................................... 2070-AJ23 3270 SAN No. 4611 Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIPs); Exemption for Those Derived 2070-AD55 Through Genetic Engineering From Sexually Compatible Plants........................... 3271 SAN No. 4612 Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIPs); Exemption for PIPs That Act by 2070-AD56 Primarily Affecting the Plant......................................................... 3272 SAN No. 4618 Revision of Procedural Rules for Hearings on Cancellations, Suspensions, 2020-AA44 Changes in Classifications, and Denials of Pesticide Registrations.................... 3273 SAN No. 3892 Pesticides; Registration Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticide 2070-AD14 Products.............................................................................. 3274 SAN No. 5007 Pesticides; Competency Standards for Occupational Users.................. 2070-AJ20 3275 SAN No. 5006 Pesticides; Agricultural Worker Protection Standard Revisions............ 2070-AJ22 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)--Completed Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3276 SAN No. 4727 Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP); Chemical Selection Approach 2070-AD59 for Initial Round of Screening........................................................ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Prerule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3277 SAN No. 3493 Future Testing for Existing Chemicals (Overview Entry)................... 2070-AB94 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 65219]] TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3278 SAN No. 3557 Lead-Based Paint Activities; Amendments for Renovation, Repair and 2070-AC83 Painting (Reg Plan Seq No. 112)....................................................... 3279 SAN No. 2150 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Exemptions From the Prohibitions 2070-AB20 Against Manufacturing, Processing, and Distribution in Commerce....................... 3280 SAN No. 4635 Amendment to the Premanufacture Notification Exemptions; Revisions of 2070-AD58 Exemptions for Polymers............................................................... 3281 SAN No. 2563 Test Rule; Certain Chemicals on the ATSDR Priority List of Hazardous 2070-AB79 Substances............................................................................ 3282 SAN No. 4983 Significant New Use Rule (SNUR); Mercury Switches in Motor Vehicles...... 2070-AJ19 3283 SAN No. 4512 Significant New Use Rule (SNUR); Selected Flame Retardant Chemical 2070-AD48 Substances for Use in Residential Upholstered Furniture............................... 3284 SAN No. 4858 Notification of Chemical Exports Under TSCA Section 12(b) (Reg Plan Seq 2070-AJ01 No. 113).............................................................................. 3285 SAN No. 4878 TSCA Inventory Nomenclature for Enzymes and Proteins..................... 2070-AJ04 3286 SAN No. 2150 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Exemption Request From U.S. Maritime 2070-AJ05 Administration (MARAD)................................................................ 3287 SAN No. 4953 Lead-Based Paint; Pre-Renovation Lead Education Rule..................... 2070-AJ14 3288 SAN No. 4975 Effects of Transfers of Ownership on Obligations Under Section 5 of TSCA. 2070-AJ15 3289 SAN No. 4974 Significant New Use Rule, Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonates (PFAS)............... 2070-AJ18 3290 SAN No. 4984 Clarification on Guidance for Activated Phosphors........................ 2070-AJ21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3291 SAN No. 3252 Lead Fishing Sinkers; Response to Citizens Petition and Proposed Ban..... 2070-AC21 3292 SAN No. 3990 Test Rule; Testing of Certain High Production Volume (HPV) Chemicals (Reg 2070-AD16 Plan Seq No. 123)..................................................................... 3293 SAN No. 2178 TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rules............... 2070-AB08 3294 SAN No. 1139 TSCA Section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting Rules................. 2070-AB11 3295 SAN No. 3301 TSCA Inventory Update Rule Revisions..................................... 2070-AD63 3296 SAN No. 4176 Voluntary High Production Volume (HPV) Chemical Challenge Program........ 2070-AD25 3297 SAN No. 4870 Significant New Use Rule (SNUR); Certain Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers 2070-AJ02 (PBDEs)............................................................................... 3298 SAN No. 3493 Testing Agreement for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA)...................... 2070-AJ06 3299 SAN No. 3493 Testing Agreement for Diethanolamine..................................... 2070-AJ09 3300 SAN No. 3493 Testing Agreement for Hydrogen Fluoride.................................. 2070-AJ10 3301 SAN No. 3493 Testing Agreement for Phthalic Anhydride................................. 2070-AJ11 3302 SAN No. 4942 Significant New Use Rule for Glycol Ethers............................... 2070-AJ12 3303 SAN No. 3493 Testing Agreement for Maleic Anhydride................................... 2070-AJ13 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3304 SAN No. 3148 Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Revisions.............................. 2070-AC51 3305 SAN No. 4376 Lead-Based Paint Activities; Bridges and Structures; Training, 2070-AC64 Accreditation, and Certification Rule and Model State Plan Rule....................... 3306 SAN No. 4597 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Disposal of PCBs; Implementation Issues 2070-AD52 3307 SAN No. 1976 Significant New Use Rules (SNURs); Follow-Up Rules on Non-5(e) New 2070-AA59 Chemical Substances................................................................... 3308 SAN No. 3495 Significant New Use Rule (SNUR); Chemical-Specific SNURs To Extend 2070-AB27 Provisions of Section 5(e) Orders..................................................... 3309 SAN No. 4876 Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP)................. 2070-AC27 3310 SAN No. 3487 Test Rule; Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)............................... 2070-AC76 3311 SAN No. 3882 Test Rule; Certain Metals................................................ 2070-AD10 3312 SAN No. 4174 Testing Agreement for Certain Oxygenated Fuel Additives.................. 2070-AD28 3313 SAN No. 4395 Test Rule; Multiple Substance Rule for the Testing of Developmental and 2070-AD44 Reproductive Toxicity................................................................. 3314 SAN No. 1923 Follow-Up Rules on Existing Chemicals.................................... 2070-AA58 [[Page 65220]] 3315 SAN No. 3528 Significant New Use Rule (SNUR); Refractory Ceramic Fibers (RCFs)........ 2070-AC37 3316 SAN No. 4598 TSCA Policy Statement on Oversight of Transgenic Organisms (Including 2070-AD53 Plants)............................................................................... 3317 SAN No. 4777 Lead-Based Paint; Amendments to Requirements for Disclosure of Known Lead- 2070-AD64 Based Paint or Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Target Housing............................. 3318 SAN No. 3493 Testing Agreement for Aryl Phosphates (ITC List 2)....................... 2070-AJ07 3319 SAN No. 3493 Test Rule; Brominated Flame Retardants (BFRs)............................ 2070-AJ08 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT--TO--KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3320 SAN No. 4753 Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: Modification to the 2050-AF08 Threshold Planning Quantity Methodology for the Extremely Hazardous Substances That Are Solids in Solution................................................................ 3321 SAN No. 4896 Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Burden Reduction Rule (Reg Plan Seq 2025-AA14 No. 118).............................................................................. 3322 SAN No. 2425 TRI; Response to Petition To Delete Chromium, Antimony, Titanate From the 2025-AA16 Metal Compound Categories Listed on the Toxics Release Inventory...................... 3323 SAN No. 2425 TRI; Response to Petition To Delete Acetonitrile From the Toxics Release 2025-AA19 Inventory List of Toxic Chemicals..................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3324 SAN No. 4595 Rulemaking To Change Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Reporting Requirements 2025-AA10 From Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes to North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Codes................................................... 3325 SAN No. 4692 Addition of Toxicity Equivalency (TEQ) Reporting and Quantity Data for 2025-AA12 Individual Members of the Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds Category Under EPCRA, Section 313........................................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT--TO--KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Long-Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3326 SAN No. 3215 Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: Amendments and 2050-AE17 Streamlining Rule..................................................................... 3327 SAN No. 4616 Clarify TRI Reporting Obligations Under EPCRA Section 313 for the Metal 2025-AA11 Mining Activities of Extraction and Beneficiation..................................... 3328 SAN No. 2425 TRI; Response to Petition To Add Diisononyl Phthalate to the Toxics 2025-AA17 Release Inventory List of Toxic Chemicals............................................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT--TO--KNOW ACT (EPCRA)--Completed Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3329 SAN No. 4938 TRI Reporting Forms Modification Rule.................................... 2025-AA15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 65221]] RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Prerule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3330 SAN No. 4743 Land Disposal Restrictions: Determination of Equivalent Treatment for 2050-AF12 Macroencapsulation of Radioactive Lead Solids; Definition of Macroencapsulation....... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3331 SAN No. 4470 Standards for the Management of Coal Combustion Wastes Generated by 2050-AE81 Commercial Electric Power Producers................................................... 3332 SAN No. 4651 Increase Metals Reclamation From F006 Waste Streams...................... 2050-AE97 3333 SAN No. 4606 Revisions for Transboundary Shipments of Hazardous Waste for Recovery 2050-AE93 Within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...................... 3334 SAN No. 4834 Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of 2050-AG15 Hazardous Waste (F019 Listing Amendment in Wastewater Treatment Sludges From Zinc Phosphating Processes in Automotive Assembly Plants).................................. 3335 SAN No. 4920 Rulemaking To Streamline Laboratory Waste Management in Academic and 2050-AG18 Research Laboratories................................................................. 3336 SAN No. 4977 Expanding the Comparable Fuels Exclusion Under RCRA (Reg Plan Seq No. 2050-AG24 117).................................................................................. 3337 SAN No. 5019 Criteria for Safe and Environmentally Protective Use of Granular Mine 2050-AG27 Tailings.............................................................................. 3338 SAN No. 4828 RCRA Incentives for Performance Track Members............................ 2090-AA34 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3339 SAN No. 3545 Revisions to the Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products 2050-AE23 Containing Recovered Materials........................................................ 3340 SAN No. 4084 RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative (Reg Plan Seq No. 127).................. 2050-AE50 3341 SAN No. 4411 Regulation of Hazardous Oil-Bearing Secondary Materials From Petroleum 2050-AE78 Refining Industry and Other Hazardous Secondary Materials Processed in a Gasification System To Produce Synthesis Gas....................................................... 3342 SAN No. 4091 Modifications to RCRA Rules Associated With Solvent-Contaminated 2050-AE51 Industrial Wipes...................................................................... 3343 SAN No. 4092 Recycling of Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs): Changes to Hazardous Waste 2050-AE52 Regulations........................................................................... 3344 SAN No. 4670 Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste (Reg Plan Seq No. 128)........ 2050-AE98 3345 SAN No. 4565 Project XL Site-Specific Rulemaking for the IBM Semiconductor 2090-AA29 Manufacturing Facility in Hopewell Junction, New York................................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Long-Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3346 SAN No. 3856 Management of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD)..................................... 2050-AE34 3347 SAN No. 4469 Standards for the Management of Coal Combustion Wastes--Non-Power 2050-AE83 Producers and Minefilling............................................................. 3348 SAN No. 4230 Revisions to Solid Waste Landfill Criteria--Leachate Recirculation on 2050-AE67 Alternative Liners.................................................................... 3349 SAN No. 4735 RCRA Smarter Waste Reporting............................................. 2050-AF01 3350 SAN No. 4701 E-Cycling Pilot Project for Region 3 States (ECOS); Streamlining RCRA 2003-AA00 Regulations To Encourage Reuse, Recycling, and Recovery of Electronic Equipment....... 3351 SAN No. 3189 Final Determination of the Applicability of the Toxicity Characteristic 2050-AD69 Rule to Petroleum Contaminated Media and Debris From Underground Storage Tanks........ 3352 SAN No. 4824 Hazardous Waste Generator Program Evaluation............................. 2050-AG25 3353 SAN No. 2647 RCRA Subtitle C Financial Test Criteria (Revision)....................... 2050-AC71 [[Page 65222]] 3354 SAN No. 4778 Revisions of the Lead-Acid Battery Export Notification and Consent 2050-AF06 Requirements.......................................................................... 3355 SAN No. 3147 Hazardous Waste Manifest Revisions--Standards and Procedures for 2050-AG20 Electronic Manifests.................................................................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)--Completed Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3356 SAN No. 4028 Standardized Permit for RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Facilities....... 2050-AE44 3357 SAN No. 3989 Methods Innovation Rule.................................................. 2050-AE41 3358 SAN No. 3147 Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation...................................... 2050-AE21 3359 SAN No. 4501 Revision of Wastewater Treatment Exemptions for Hazardous Waste Mixtures. 2050-AE84 3360 SAN No. 3333 NESHAPS: Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste 2050-AE01 Combustors (Phase I Final Replacement Standards and Phase II)......................... 3361 SAN No. 4092 Hazardous Waste Management System; Modification of the Hazardous Waste 2050-AG21 Program: Mercury-Containing Equipment................................................. 3362 SAN No. 4439 Project XL -- Ortho-McNeil Pilot Project Allowing On-Site Treatment of 2090-AA14 Low-Level Mixed Wastes Without RCRA Permit............................................ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OIL POLLUTION ACT (OPA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3363 SAN No. 2634 Revisions to the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) 2050-AG16 Rule, 40 CFR Part 112 (Reg Plan Seq No. 115).......................................... 3364 SAN No. 2634 Regulatory Actions Associated with the Notices of Data Availability on 2050-AG23 the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule, 40 CFR Part 112 (Reg Plan Seq No. 116)..................................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3365 SAN No. 3439 National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites: Proposed 2050-AD75 and Final Rules....................................................................... 3366 SAN No. 4736 Administrative Reporting Exemption for Certain Air Releases of NOx (Reg 2050-AF02 Plan Seq No. 114)..................................................................... 3367 SAN No. 4971 National Contingency Plan Revisions To Align With the National Response 2050-AG22 Plan.................................................................................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3368 SAN No. 3423 Reportable Quantity Adjustments for Carbamates and Carbamate-Related 2050-AE12 Hazardous Waste Streams; Reportable Quantity Adjustment for Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing Process Waste (K178).................................................... 3369 SAN No. 4739 Standards and Practices for Conducting All Appropriate Inquiries......... 2050-AF04 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 65223]] COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT--Long-Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3370 SAN No. 4201 Criteria for the Designation of Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA Section 2050-AE63 102(a)................................................................................ 3371 SAN No. 4737 Correction of Errors and Adjustment of CERCLA Reportable Quantities...... 2050-AF03 3372 SAN No. 4177 Revise 40 CFR Part 35 Subpart O: Cooperative Agreements and Superfund 2050-AE62 State Contracts for Superfund Response Actions........................................ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3373 SAN No. 4526 Revisions to the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution 2050-AE87 Contingency Plan; Subpart J Product Schedule Listing Requirements..................... 3374 SAN No. 4357 Uniform National Discharge Standards for Vessels of the Armed Forces-- 2040-AD39 Phase II.............................................................................. 3375 SAN No. 4746 Regulations for Gray and Black Water Discharges From Cruise Ships 2040-AD89 Operating in Certain Alaskan Waters................................................... 3376 SAN No. 4965 2006 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan.................................... 2040-AE76 3377 SAN No. 4996 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Rule............................... 2040-AE80 3378 SAN No. 4979 Oil and Gas Phase II Storm Water Permit Requirements..................... 2040-AE81 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3379 SAN No. 4540 Test Procedures: New and Updated Test Procedures for the Analysis of 2040-AD71 Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act...................... 3380 SAN No. 4543 Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact From Cooling Water Intake 2040-AD70 Structures at Existing Facilities Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, Phase 3 3381 SAN No. 4950 Test Procedures for the Analysis of E. coli, Enterococci, Fecal 2040-AE68 Coliforms, and Salmonella Under the Clean Water Act................................... 3382 SAN No. 4947 Effluent Guidelines for the Iron and Steel Manufacturing Point Source 2040-AE78 Category (Revision)................................................................... 3383 SAN No. 4995 Rulemaking on Direct Application of Pesticides to Waters of the United 2040-AE79 States in Compliance With FIFRA....................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Long-Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3384 SAN No. 4370 Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard 2040-AD49 Point Source Category, Dissolving Kraft and Dissolving Sulfite Subcategories (Phase III).................................................................................. 3385 SAN No. 3702 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Trace Metals Under the Clean Water 2040-AC75 Act................................................................................... 3386 SAN No. 3714 Test Procedures: Increased Method Flexibility for Test Procedures 2040-AC92 Approved for Clean Water Act Compliance Monitoring.................................... 3387 SAN No. 3713 Test Procedures: Performance-Based Measurement System (PBMS) Procedures 2040-AC93 and Guidance for Clean Water Act Test Procedures...................................... 3388 SAN No. 4049 Test Procedures for the Analysis of Co-Planar and Mono-Ortho-Substituted 2040-AD09 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Under the Clean Water Act............................ 3389 SAN No. 3786 NPDES Applications Revisions............................................. 2040-AC84 3390 SAN No. 3999 NPDES Permit Requirements for Municipal Sanitary and Combined Sewer 2040-AD02 Collection Systems, Municipal Satellite Collection Systems, Sanitary Sewer Overflows, and Peak Excess Flow Treatment Facilities............................................. 3391 SAN No. 4690 Policy Regarding National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit 2040-AD87 Requirements for Municipal Wastewater Treatment During Wet Weather Conditions......... 3392 SAN No. 4822 Effluent Guidelines and Standards: Recodification of Various Effluent 2040-AE61 Guidelines............................................................................ 3393 SAN No. 4948 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for Airport Deicing 2040-AE69 Operations............................................................................ 3394 SAN No. 4949 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for Drinking Water Supply 2040-AE74 and Treatment......................................................................... [[Page 65224]] 3395 SAN No. 4967 New/Revised Ambient Water Quality Criteria (AWQC) for Recreational Waters 2040-AE77 3396 SAN No. 4980 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Vinyl Chloride and 2040-AE82 Chlor-Alkali Point Source Categories.................................................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)--Completed Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3397 SAN No. 3663 Streamlining the General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New 2040-AC58 Sources of Pollution.................................................................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3398 SAN No. 4770 Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation for Public Water Systems 2040-AD93 Revisions............................................................................. 3399 SAN No. 4821 Drinking Water: Regulatory Determinations Regarding Contaminants on the 2040-AE60 Second Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List...................................... 3400 SAN No. 4981 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Short- 2040-AE83 Term Regulatory Revisions and Clarifications.......................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3401 SAN No. 2340 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Ground Water Rule (Reg Plan 2040-AA97 Seq No. 129).......................................................................... 3402 SAN No. 4341 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface 2040-AD37 Water Treatment Rule (Reg Plan Seq No. 130)........................................... 3403 SAN No. 4342 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Stage 2 Disinfection 2040-AD38 Byproducts Rule (Reg Plan Seq No. 131)................................................ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3404 SAN No. 2281 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Radon....................... 2040-AA94 3405 SAN No. 3238 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Aldicarb.................... 2040-AC13 3406 SAN No. 4404 National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations (NSDWR): Methyl Tertiary 2040-AD54 Butyl Ether (MTBE) and Technical Corrections to the NSDWR............................. 3407 SAN No. 4775 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Revisions to the Total 2040-AD94 Coliform Monitoring and Analytical Requirements and Additional Distribution System Requirements.......................................................................... 3408 SAN No. 4745 Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 3.............................. 2040-AD99 3409 SAN No. 4236 Underground Injection Control: Update of State Programs.................. 2040-AD40 3410 SAN No. 4966 Drinking Water Regulations for Aircraft Public Water System.............. 2040-AE84 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 65225]] SHORE PROTECTION ACT (SPA)--Long-Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3411 SAN No. 2820 Shore Protection Act, Section 4103(b) Regulations........................ 2040-AB85 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Stage General _______________________________________________________________________ 3012. PROPOSED REVISION TO EPA'S IMPLEMENTING NEPA REGULATIONS Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 4321 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 6 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The proposed revision is necessary to clarify and update EPA's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation. The revision would clarify Agency responsibilities for congressionally funded special appropriation projects and EPA-funded grant programs. The revision would clarify public involvement procedures and organization responsibilities. The proposal would revise the list of actions which are categorically excluded from analyses. The revision is also needed to incorporate a number of Executive orders and other cross-cutting requirements into the NEPA process. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 02/00/06 Final Action- 08/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 4292 Agency Contact: Katherine Biggs, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 2252A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-7144 Fax: 202 564-0070 Email: biggs.katherine@epamail.epa.gov Robert Hargrove, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, DEPP-SPMMP, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-0000 Fax: 202 564-0070 Email: hargrove.robert@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2020-AA42 _______________________________________________________________________ 3013. REVISIONS TO ACQUISITION REGULATION CONCERNING CONFLICT OF INTEREST Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The purpose of this rule is to revise the Agency's conflict of interest (COI) acquisition regulations. The specific revisions involve more stringent requirements for submission of relevant information from Agency contractors and potential contractors regarding their relationships with parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and sister companies. Current Agency regulations do not require the submission of this level of information. Receipt and evaluation of this information is critical in order for the Agency to decide whether or not COI situations exist and how they are to be handled. This revised rule will also codify several COI clauses that have been developed since the issuance of the previous rule in 1994. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 12/00/05 Final Action- 03/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4319 Sectors Affected: 5413 Architectural, Engineering and Related Services; 54162 Environmental Consulting Services; 5416 Management, Scientific and Technical Consulting Services; 5417 Scientific Research and Development Services; 562 Waste Management and Remediation Services Agency Contact: Daniel Humphries, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-4377 Fax: 202 565-2552 Email: humphries.daniel@epamail.epa.gov Cal McWhirter, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-4379 Fax: 202 565-2552 Email: mcwhirter.cal@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2030-AA67 _______________________________________________________________________ 3014. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION ACCESS FOR CONTRACTORS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 5 USC 301 sec 205 (c); 63 Stat 390, as amended; 40 USC 486 (c); 41 USC 418b CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1552; 48 CFR 1535 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Current security requirements for Toxic Substances Contract Act Confidential Business Information (TSCA CBI) access for contractors are implemented in three Environmental Protection Agency contract clauses, 1552.235-75, 1552.235-76, and 1552.235-78. Security requirements for the Government and contractors have been updated in a 2003 TSCA CBI Protection Manual. This rulemaking will implement the new TSCA CBI requirements into the three EPAAR clauses cited above. [[Page 65226]] Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/00/06 Final Action- 05/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN No. 4904; Agency Contact: Linda Clement, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and Resources Management, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-4356 Fax: 202 565-2552 Email: clement.linda@epamail.epa.gov Harry Lewis, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and Resources Management, 7407, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-8642 Email: lewis.harry@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2030-AA88 _______________________________________________________________________ 3015. AWARD TERM CONTRACTING Priority: Info./Admin./Other Legal Authority: 41 USC 418(b; 5 USC 301, sec 205(c); 63 Stat 390, as amended CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1516 and 1552 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend the EPA Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to add guidance on the use of award-term contracts. The guidance is necessary for contracting officers seeking to include award-term provisions in contracts. This guidance will establish a solicitation provision and contract clause in the EPAAR. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 11/00/05 Final Action- 08/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4903; Agency Contact: Ed Chambers, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and Resources Management, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-4376 Email: chambers.ed@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2030-AA89 _______________________________________________________________________ 3016. ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR CONTRACT DELIVERABLES (508) Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 5 USC 301, sec 205(c); 41 USC 418(b) CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1511; 48 CFR 1552 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action will amend the Environmental Protection Agency Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to require contractors to identify applicable accessibility (508) standards in contract deliverables. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 12/00/05 Final Action- 03/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4931 Agency Contact: Ed Chambers, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and Resources Management, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-4376 Email: chambers.ed@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2030-AA90 _______________________________________________________________________ 3017. AMENDMENT OF THE STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL IN YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 108 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AN15 _______________________________________________________________________ 3018. PROJECT XL SITE SPECIFIC RULEMAKING FOR THE NASA WHITE SANDS TEST FACILITY IN LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO (PHASES III-VI) Priority: Info./Admin./Other Legal Authority: 33 USC 2701 to 2761; 42 USC 300(f) to 300(j) to 26; 42 USC 6901 to 6992(k) CFR Citation: 40 CFR NYD Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The United States Environmental Protection Agency has entered into a Final Project Agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico that would modify the reporting requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The rule will allow the facility to submit regulatory reports and permit information electronically rather than on paper to the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Solid Waste Bureau, Hazardous Waste Bureau, Groundwater Bureau, and Air Quality Bureau. Doing so will significantly reduce its regulatory reporting costs and enhance the State's ability to analyze and manage the facility's regulatory and permit information. The electronic reporting involves six phases that will transition NASA from submitting data on a CD-ROM to utilizing the Internet to transmit data to NMED. This rule covers Phases III-VI of the project, the previous NASA White Sands Test Facility Final Rule covered Phases I-II. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 02/00/06 Final Action- 04/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4836 Agency Contact: Adam Levitan, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator, 1807T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 566-1466 Fax: 202 566-2210 Email: levitan.adam@epamail.epa.gov Gerald Filbin, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator, 1807T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 566-2182 Fax: 202 566-2211 Email: filbin.gerald@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2090-AA35 [[Page 65227]] _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Final Rule Stage General _______________________________________________________________________ 3019. INCORPORATION OF CLASS DEVIATIONS 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: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None 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 Email: smith.frances@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2030-AA37 _______________________________________________________________________ 3020. 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; 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 Clinton Administration's 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 ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 07/24/03 68 FR 43824 Final Action- 05/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4056; Agency Contact: Kimberly Patrick, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 1230, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-5386 Fax: 202 501-0139 Email: patrick.kimberly@epamail.epa.gov Jeanette Brown, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, 1230A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-4100 Fax: 202 501-0756 Email: brown.jeanettel@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2020-AA39 _______________________________________________________________________ 3021. CROSS-MEDIA ELECTRONIC REPORTING (ER) AND RECORDKEEPING RULE (CROMERRR) Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: PL 104-13; PL 105-277 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 3 (New); 40 CFR 9 (Revision) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: As proposed, the Cross-Media Electronic Reporting (ER) and Recordkeeping Rule (CROMERRR) was intended to provide a uniform legal framework for paperless electronic reporting and recordkeeping, including electronic signature/certification, across EPA's environmental compliance programs. Based on public comment, however, EPA now plans to focus on finalizing the electronic reporting components of proposed CROMERRR, and to defer further action on the electronic recordkeeping components until a later time. Under current plans, the final electronic reporting (ER) rule will address electronic reporting by companies regulated under all of EPA's programs: Air, water, pesticides, toxic substances, wastes, and emergency response. The final rule would remove existing regulatory obstacles to electronic reporting, and it would set requirements for companies choosing to report electronically. In addition, the rule would set the conditions for allowing electronic reporting under State, tribal or local environmental programs that operate under EPA authorization. The final ER rule is intended to make electronic reporting as simple, efficient, and cost-effective as possible for regulated companies, while ensuring that a transition from paper to electronic reporting does not compromise EPA's compliance and enforcement programs. Consequently, the Agency's strategy is to impose as few specific requirements as possible, and to keep those requirements neutral with respect to technology, so the rule will pose no obstacles to adopting new technologies as they emerge. To ensure that authorized programs at the State, tribal, and local levels meet EPA's electronic reporting goals, the final ER rule would specify a set of criteria that these programs must satisfy as they initiate electronic reporting. In response to public comments, EPA is also planning to include provisions for a streamlined process for EPA to review and approve authorized program [[Page 65228]] revisions or modifications to allow electronic reporting. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 08/31/01 66 FR 46162 Final Action 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4270; Formerly listed as RIN 2020-AA41. Agency Contact: Evi Huffer, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, 2823T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 566-1697 Fax: 202 260-9322 Email: huffer.evi@epamail.epa.gov David Schwarz, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, 2823T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 566-1704 Fax: 202 566-1684 Email: schwarz.david@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2025-AA07 _______________________________________________________________________ 3022. PRIVACY ACT REGULATIONS (REVISED) Priority: Info./Admin./Other Legal Authority: 5 USC 552a CFR Citation: 40 CFR 16 (revised) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action proposed to revise the Privacy Act regulation to exempt new systems and systems currently claiming to be exempt from the Act. Other revisions are generally minor and include revising the access provision so that a copy of a record can be obtained without a personal inspection; changing the time limit for appeals of denials from 10 days to 30 days; changing the process for accessing Privacy Act records and contesting Privacy Act records from the system manager to the Freedom of Information Office; and referring appeals from denials of system of records maintained by the Office of Inspector General to that office for decision. The proposed rule does not have implications on small businesses nor State/local/tribal government. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 09/14/04 69 FR 55377 Final Action- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN No. 4693 Agency Contact: Judy Hutt, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, 2822-T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 566-1668 Fax: 202 566-1639 Email: hutt.judy@epamail.epa.gov Deborah Williams, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, 2822-T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 566-1659 Fax: 202 566-1648 Email: williams.deborah@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2025-AA13 _______________________________________________________________________ 3023. MISCELLANEOUS REVISIONS TO EPAAR CLAUSES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; sec (c), 63 Stat 390, as amended; 40 USC 486 (c); 41 USC 418(b) CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1515; 48 CFR 1535; 48 CFR 1552 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule includes administrative changes to various EPAAR clauses, such as address changes and points of contact. Nothing substantive will be affected. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4813 Agency Contact: Dan Humphries, Environmental Protection Agency, Administration and Resources Management, 3802R, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-4377 Email: humphries.daniel@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2030-AA84 _______________________________________________________________________ 3024. GUIDELINES FOR CARCINOGEN RISK ASSESSMENT Priority: Info./Admin./Other Legal Authority: Not applicable CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined Legal Deadline: None Abstract: In 9/86 EPA issued risk assessment guidelines relating to five areas: Carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, chemical mixtures, developmental toxicants, and estimating exposures. EPA publishes, and periodically updates/revises, a series of guidelines whose purpose is to assist risk assessors in evaluating the risks of environmental hazards. The guidelines were developed to promote high technical quality and Agency-wide consistency in the human health risk assessment process. The Agency began revising the 1986 guidelines in light of significant scientific advances in our understanding of the processes of carcinogenesis and the modes of actions of disease at the cellular level. The revision of these guidelines is in keeping with the Agency's original intent when it issued the first risk assessment guidelines in 1986. The guidelines were meant to be dynamic, flexible documents that would evolve to reflect the current state of the science and risk assessment practices. EPA released draft final guidelines in March 2003 for public comment, along with a new draft supplemental guidance document entitled, Supplemental Guidance for Assessing Cancer Susceptibility Resulting from Early-life Exposure to Carcinogens, to address early-life exposure issues. (Prior to the 2003 release, guidance on early life exposure issues was incorporated into the cancer guideline document. Early-life exposures issues were moved into a separate document anticipating that updates on the science will be necessary sooner than issues entailed in the draft final cancer guidelines.) The Supplemental Guidance document was peer reviewed by the SAB in May 2003. The final documents will be made available for review by the Science Policy Council and other governmental agencies prior to being submitted for Final Agency Closure. Revisions are being made to the documents based on comments [[Page 65229]] received, balanced against input received during prior SAB reviews and prior public comment periods. The workgroups finalizing the Guidelines represent the major program offices and regional offices. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Final Action- 10/00/05 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 Email: wood.bill@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2080-AA06 _______________________________________________________________________ 3025. PROJECT XL SITE SPECIFIC RULEMAKING FOR NASA WHITE SANDS TEST FACILITY ELECTRONIC REPORTING IN LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO (PHASES I-II) Priority: Info./Admin./Other Legal Authority: Safe Drinking Water Act; 42 USC 300f to 300J-26; Solid Waste Disposal Act; 42 USC 6901 to 6992k CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into an XL (Excellence and Leadership) Final Project Agreement (FPA) with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) in Las Cruces, NM to implement a project that would modify reporting requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Clean Air Act (CAA). The purpose of this NASA WSTF Electronic Reporting site-specific rule is to enable the NASA WSTF to electronically submit compliance reports and permit information to the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) in lieu of submitting paper reports. The rule will set forth guidelines to ensure that the information submitted by NASA WSTF to NMED is accurate by outlining procedures for data authentication, use of electronic signature and encryption processes. This rule will address Phases I and II of the project covering reporting requirements under RCRA and the SDWA. A second and subsequent rule will address Phases III-VI of the project covering additional reporting requirements under the CWA and CAA. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/31/01 66 FR 55050 Final Action- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4536 Agency Contact: Kristina Heinemann, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator, 1807T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 566-2183 Fax: 202 566-2220 Email: heinemann.kristina@epamail.epa.gov Gerald Filbin, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator, 1807T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 566-2182 Fax: 202 566-2211 Email: filbin.gerald@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2090-AA27 _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Long-Term Actions General _______________________________________________________________________ 3026. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY REGULATIONS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 15 USC 2005; 15 USC 2601 et seq; 21 USC 346; 33 USC 1251 et seq; 33 USC 1414; 42 USC 11001 et seq; 42 USC 300(f) et seq; 42 USC 4912; 42 USC 6901 et seq; 42 USC 7401 et seq; 42 USC 9601 et seq; 5 USC 552; 7 USC 136 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 2; 40 CFR 57; 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 123; 40 CFR 145; 40 CFR 233; 40 CFR 260; 40 CFR 270; 40 CFR 271; 40 CFR 281; 40 CFR 350; 40 CFR 403; 40 CFR 85; 40 CFR 86 Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, August 31, 2000, Proposed rule to eliminate the special treatment of CBI substantiations. Abstract: EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, provide procedures for handling and disclosing information claimed as confidential business information (CBI). Although the current regulations have succeeded in protecting CBI, changes in Agency workload, practice, and statutory authority have made it difficult to handle CBI activities as expeditiously as desired. EPA is examining its CBI regulations to determine whether changes are needed to make them more efficient and effective. Provision 40 CFR 2.205(c), which automatically protects CBI substantiations claimed as confidential, is being examined individually and as part of the CBI regulations as a whole. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 1- 11/23/94 59 FR 60446 NPRM 2- 10/25/99 64 FR 57421 NPRM 3- 12/21/99 64 FR 71366 NPRM 4- 08/30/00 65 FR 52684 ANPRM- 12/21/00 65 FR 80394 Final Action- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN No. 3240; Agency Contact: Sara Hisel-McCoy, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, 2822-T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 566-1649 Fax: 202 566-1639 Email: hisel-mccoy.sara@epamail.epa.gov Joe Sierra, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, 2822-T, Washington, DC 20460 [[Page 65230]] Phone: 202-566-1683 Fax: 202 566-1639 Email: sierra.joe@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2025-AA02 _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Completed Actions General _______________________________________________________________________ 3027. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL POLICY FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS Priority: Info./Admin./Other CFR Citation: 40 CFR 26 Completed: ________________________________________________________________________ Reason Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Final Action - Common Rule with HHS- 06/23/05 70 FR 36325 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Agency Contact: Dennis Utterback Phone: 202 564-6638 Fax: 202 565-2911 Email: utterback.dennis@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2080-AA11 _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Prerule Stage Clean Air Act (CAA) _______________________________________________________________________ 3028. [bull] ACCIDENTAL RELEASE PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS: RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT, SECTION 112(R)(7) (SECTION 610 REVIEW) Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412(r) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 68 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The Agency promulgated the Accidental Release Prevention Requirements on June 20, 1996 (61 FR 31668). The regulations apply to all stationary sources with processes that contain more than a threshold quantity of a regulated substance. Processes are divided into three categories based on the potential for offsite consequences associated with a worst-case accidental release; accident history; or compliance with the prevention requirements under OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM). Processes that have no potential impact on the public in the case of an accidental release have minimal requirements. For other processes, sources must implement a risk management program that includes more detailed requirements for hazard assessment, prevention, and emergency response. Processes in industry categories with a history of accidental releases and processes already complying with OSHA's PSM are subject to prevention program requirements that are virtually identical to parallel elements of the OSHA standard. All other processes are subject to streamlined prevention requirements. All sources must prepare a risk management plan based on the risk management programs established at the source. The sources submit the plan to EPA. The first submission was on June 20, 1999. Some sources re-submitted their plans or revised their plans after the first submission. The second submission was due on June 20, 2004. There are approximately 15,000 sources subject to the accidental release prevention regulations. This new entry in the Regulatory Agenda announces that EPA will review this regulation pursuant to section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 610). EPA solicits comments on the following factors: (1) The continued need for the rule; (2) the nature of complaints or comments received concerning the rule from the public since promulgation; (3) the complexity of the rule; (4) the extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates or conflicts with other Federal rule, and to the extent feasible, with State and local governmental rules; and (5) the length of time since the rule has been evaluated or the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors have changed in the area affected by the rule. In the Agency's view, there is a continued need for the rule because it calls on sources to reduce the probability and adverse consequences of accidental releases of substances that have the potential to cause immediate harm to public health and the environment, and stimulates dialogue between industry and the public to improve accident prevention and emergency response practices. The Agency has received few complaints about this rule from small businesses. The Agency has developed many guidance documents to help small entities comply with the rule. Efforts were made to minimize the burden and complexity of the rule by taking a tiered approach. In other words, entities with complex processes have to follow more rigorous requirements and those with simple processes follow only some of the requirements. EPA believes that there is no conflict or overlap between this rule and any other rule except for OSHA's PSM rule as indicated above. This is the first time the rule has been evaluated under the RFA section 610. EPA has established a public docket for this effort, Docket No. OAR-2005- 0166 at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Begin Review- 10/00/05 End Comment Period- 01/00/06 End Review- 04/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 5018; Agency Contact: Sicy Jacob, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5104A, Washington, DC 20004 Phone: 202 564-8019 Fax: 202 564-2625 [[Page 65231]] Email: jacob.sicy@epa.gov Vanessa Rodriguez, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5104A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-7913 Fax: 202 564-2625 Email: rodriquez.vanessa@epa.gov RIN: 2050-AG26 _______________________________________________________________________ 3029. REVISION TO POLICY ON CONTROL OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC) Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671q CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.100(s) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA is considering the proposal of revisions to its policy on control of volatile organic compounds (VOC), including the use of photochemical reactivity in controlling VOCs. As a first step, an ANPRM may be issued soliciting public comment on various policy options. Subsequent steps could range from taking no further action to publishing a policy statement in the Federal Register. The ANPRM is to announce that EPA is considering revision of its VOC policy which appeared in the July 8, 1977 Federal Register (42 FR 35314) under the title ``Recommended Policy on Control of Volatile Organic Compounds.'' That policy statement gave a broad description about how EPA would approach VOC control. This policy also said that we would be exempting certain organic compounds from control in volatile organic compound regulations (to meet ozone ambient air quality limits) due to these compounds having very low ozone forming potential. A list of exempt compounds was later codified in the definition of VOC at 40 CFR 51.100(s) which was adopted on February 3, 1992 (57 FR 3941) for use in State Implementation Plans. The ANPRM will ask for public comments on various approaches EPA may use in the future to take photochemical reactivity into account in controlling VOCs. The ANPRM could lead to a policy statement, such as the 1977 policy statement, which would give a broad outline of the new approach EPA would take in the future. This would not be a rulemaking, but the revised policy could lead to new rules being adopted still further in the future. (Any such rules would be separately noticed in the Regulatory Agenda.) For example, the ANPRM could eventually lead to a revision of the definition of VOC at 40 CFR 51.100(s). Alternatively, EPA may go directly to a proposed revision of policy. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Guidance- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4759; Agency Contact: William L. Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5245 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: johnson.williaml@epa.gov Terry Keating, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6103A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-1174 Fax: 202 564-1554 Email: keating.terry@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK75 _______________________________________________________________________ 3030. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: AMENDMENTS TO THE SECTION 608 LEAK REPAIR REGULATIONS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 to 7671q CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82, subpart F Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rulemaking will propose changes and amendments to the refrigerant leak repair regulations (40 CFR 82, subpart F) promulgated under section 608 of the Clean Air Act. The goal of the regulations is to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by promulgating regulations that reduce the use and emissions of ozone-depleting refrigerants to the lowest achievable level. This proposal will clarify the leak repair regulations by requiring that owners and operators of comfort cooling, commercial refrigeration, and industrial process refrigeration appliances that have ozone-depleting charges greater than 50 pounds calculate leak rates, verify all repairs, and document repair efforts. This rulemaking will provide further clarity by adding definitions and discussing compliance scenarios. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ ANPRM- 10/00/05 NPRM- 04/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN No. 4856; Agency Contact: Julius Banks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9870 Fax: 202 343-2338 Email: banks.julius@epamail.epa.gov Nancy Smagin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205- J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9126 Fax: 202 343-2337 Email: smagin.nancy@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM09 _______________________________________________________________________ 3031. [bull] ADVANCE NOTICE FOR INFORMATION ON DETERMINING THE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ACHIEVED FROM LIMITING THE VOC CONTENT OF ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: CAAA sec 110 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA will issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to discuss and take comment on approaches for calculating emission reductions from the national architectural and Industrial maintenance (AIM) coating rule and other architectural rules. Review of the comments received could result in a rule or policy guidance on calculation methodology. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ ANPRM- 08/31/05 70 FR 51694 ANPRM Comment Period End- 10/17/05 Notice 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No [[Page 65232]] Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 5009; Agency Contact: David Sanders, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-02, Reseach Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3356 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: sanders.dave@epa.gov Marcia Spink, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 3AP20, Philadelphia, PA 19103 Phone: 215 814-2104 Fax: 215 814-2124 Email: spink.marcia@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN42 _______________________________________________________________________ 3032. [bull] ACTION ON PETITION TO LIST DIESEL EXHAUST AS A HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, February 11, 2005. NPRM, Judicial, June 12, 2006, Tentative deadline for proposal, under negotiation. Final, Judicial, May 1, 2007, Tentative, under negotiation. Abstract: EPA received a petition from Environmental Defense to list Diesel Exhaust as a Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP). Upon initially reviewing the petition, we have decided the petition needs to be reviewed and evaluated by a Workgroup to make a final determination on how to proceed. Our initial review indicates that the petition meets the CAAA requirements for listing as a HAP, namely that (1) It is an air pollutant, and (2) emissions, ambient concentrations, bioaccumulation, or deposition of the substance must be known to cause or reasonably anticipated to cause adverse effects to human health or the environment. The petition is based primarily on human health effects, and relies heavily on the EPA's Health Assessment Document for Diesel Engine Exhaust (2002), which shows that exposure to diesel exhaust leads cancerous and non-cancerous effects. In addition, the National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) concludes that diesel exhaust is among the air pollutants that pose the greatest risk to human health and that the ambient concentration of diesel exhaust exceeds EPA's non- cancer reference concentration in multiple urban areas across the U.S. This activity may be considered precedent-setting, as a pollutant has not been added to the HAP list to date. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ ANPRM- 03/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State Additional Information: SAN No. 5020; Agency Contact: Anne Rea, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-0053 Fax: 919 541-0840 Email: rea.anne@epamail.epa.gov Scott Jenkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-1167 Fax: 919 541-0840 Email: jenkins.scott@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN49 _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Stage Clean Air Act (CAA) _______________________________________________________________________ 3033. REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR PARTICULATE MATTER Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 100 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AI44 _______________________________________________________________________ 3034. EVALUATION OF UPDATED TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF GASOLINE DEPOSIT CONTROL ADDITIVES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: CAA 211 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: All gasoline must contain additives to control the formation of deposits in the fuel supply system and engine of motor vehicles. If uncontrolled, such deposits can result in a significant increase in motor vehicle emissions. This action will propose that updated test procedures be adopted for the certification of gasoline deposit control additives regarding their ability to control fuel injector and intake valve deposits. The adoption of the updated procedures will ensure that the gasoline deposit control program continues to ensure an adequate level of deposit control, thereby preventing an increase in motor vehicle emissions. The updated test procedures require less time to perform and are less costly. Therefore, the adoption of the proposed procedures will reduce the burden on industry of complying with the gasoline deposit control program. The proposed action will not impact small businesses, or state, local, or tribal governments. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Final Action- 08/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4531; Agency Contact: Jeff Herzog, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, ASD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4227 Fax: 734 214-4816 Email: herzog.jeff@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AJ61 _______________________________________________________________________ 3035. AMENDMENTS TO METHOD 24 (WATER-BASED COATINGS) Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, June 15, 2001. Abstract: The determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) content of a surface coating by reference Method [[Page 65233]] 24 involves determination of its water content and calculation of its VOC content as the difference of the two measurements (volatile content minus water content). Method 24 is inherently less precise for water- based coatings than it is for solvent-based coatings and the imprecision increases as water content increases. This action will amend Method 24 by adding a direct measurement procedure for measuring VOC content of water-based coatings, thereby improving the method's precision. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Final Action- 03/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 3649 Agency Contact: Candace Sorrell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D205-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-1064 Fax: 919 541-1039 Email: sorrell.candace@epamail.epa.gov Conniesue Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D205-02, D205-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-7774 Email: oldham.conniesue@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AF72 _______________________________________________________________________ 3036. GENERAL CONFORMITY REGULATIONS; REVISIONS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.850 to 51.860; 40 CFR 93.150 to 93.160 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act prohibits Federal entities from 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, known as the General Conformity Regulations, to ensure that other Federal actions also conformed to the SIPs. 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: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/00/06 Final Action- 10/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4070; Agency Contact: Dave Stonefield, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5350 Fax: 919-541-0824 Email: stonefield.dave@epa.gov Tom Coda, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3037 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: coda.tom@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AH93 _______________________________________________________________________ 3037. REVIEW OF NEW SOURCES AND MODIFICATIONS IN INDIAN COUNTRY Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 49 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: As required by the Clean Air Act's New Source Review (NSR) provisions, the EPA is proposing Federal regulations governing preconstruction permitting of minor stationary sources and major stationary sources of air pollution in nonattainment areas in Indian country. Pursuant to the Tribal Air Rule, eligible Indian tribes may receive EPA authorization to develop and implement such programs. The Federal NSR permitting programs would be effective throughout Indian country and would be implemented by EPA if eligible Indian Tribes do not elect, or do not receive authorization, to manage such programs. The proposed Federal NSR rule would require sources in Indian country, with certain exceptions, to obtain a permit prior to construction if they are: (1) New minor sources, (2) existing minor sources undergoing modification, (3) new major sources in nonattainment areas in Indian country, or (4) existing major sources in nonattainment areas in Indian country undergoing minor modification. The proposed rule also would allow new or existing stationary sources of regulated NSR pollutants and HAPs to accept enforceable limits on their production capacity or hours of operation in order to be considered minor sources and avoid being subject to other Clean Air Act requirements such as the title V operating permits program. These rules would not impose any mandates on tribal governments to implement NSR permitting programs. Tribal governments may be affected, however, insofar as they own or operate sources that must obtain a permit from the EPA under the final Federal permitting program regulations. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/00/06 Final Action- 10/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions Government Levels Affected: Federal, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 3975 Agency Contact: Raj Rao, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 [[Page 65234]] Phone: 919 541-5344 Fax: 919 541-5509 Email: rao.raj@epamail.epa.gov Lynn Hutchinson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5795 Fax: 919 541-5509 Email: hutchinson.lynn@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AH37 _______________________________________________________________________ 3038. CLEAN AIR FINE PARTICLE IMPLEMENTATION RULE Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 102 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AK74 _______________________________________________________________________ 3039. PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION 16--SPECIFICATIONS AND TEST PROCEDURES FOR PREDICTIVE EMISSION MONITORING SYSTEMS IN STATIONARY SOURCES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411 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- 08/08/05 70 FR 45608 NPRM Comment Period End- 10/07/05 Final Action- 06/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: State Additional Information: SAN No. 4119 Sectors Affected: 336399 All Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing; 333618 Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing; 33241 Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing; 333611 Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Unit Manufacturing Agency Contact: Foston Curtis, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-1063 Email: curtis.foston@epamail.epa.gov Conniesue Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D205-02, D205-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-7774 Email: oldham.conniesue@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AH84 _______________________________________________________________________ 3040. STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS: AMENDMENT 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 60.750; 40 CFR 60.751; 40 CFR 60.752(b)(2)(iii)(B); 40 CFR 60.752(b)(2)(iii)(C); 40 CFR 60.752(b)(2)(iii)(D); 40 CFR 60758 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action will amend the existing regulation entitled Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, subpart WWW of 40 CFR Part 60, promulgated on March 12, 1996. The amendment is being undertaken in response to requests to clarify our intent regarding what constitutes an adequate landfill gas treatment system. This action also clarifies our intent to exempt from control landfill gas that is treated/upgraded. Furthermore, it clarifies who is responsible for control of untreated landfill gas that is sold. This action is necessary to clarify our intent regarding the issues discussed above. It will improve implementation and compliance with this regulation. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Proposed Amdmt- 05/23/02 67 FR 36476 Supplemental NPRM- 10/00/05 Final Action- 10/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4478; Sectors Affected: 562212 Solid Waste Landfill Agency Contact: Martha Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2421 Fax: 919 541-0246 Email: smith.martha@epamail.epa.gov Kent Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5395 Fax: 919 541-0246 Email: hustvedt.ken@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AJ41 _______________________________________________________________________ 3041. PORTLAND CEMENT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY NESHAP: AMENDMENT TO IMPLEMENT COURT REMAND Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1340 to 63.1359 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry NESHAP was promulgated June 14, 1999, and has been codified in 40 Code of Federal Regulations 63, Subpart LLL. The Sierra Club and the National Lime Association petitioned the court to review Subpart LLL, while the American Portland Cement Alliance (APCA) opted to negotiate a settlement agreement. On December 15, 2000, a panel of the D.C. Circuit issued its opinion in National Lime Ass'n v. EPA. The Court remanded the three standards for which we established floors of no control (hydrogen chloride [HCl], total hydrocarbon [THC], and mercury [Hg]). The Court found that we committed [[Page 65235]] error in not considering other means of control, in particular, control of HAPs in raw materials and in fossil fuels. The Court also remanded that we consider setting beyond-the-floor standards for HAP metals, for which particulate matter (PM) is a surrogate. This action will consist of amendments to respond to the court remand. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Final Action- 06/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4585; Sectors Affected: 32731 Cement Manufacturing Agency Contact: Keith Barnett, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5605 Fax: 919 541-5600 Email: barnett.keith@epamail.epa.gov David Cozzie, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504- 05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5356 Email: cozzie.david@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AJ78 _______________________________________________________________________ 3042. NESHAP: ETHYLENE OXIDE FOR STERILIZATION FACILITIES--RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 6, 2002. Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source category under section 112(d) of the CAA codified in 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart O. This source category covers ethylene oxide commercial sterilizers. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. We have completed the risk assessment, received Work Group comments, completed Options Selection, completed Final Agency Review, and submitted the package to OMB on June 10, 2005. The assessment results show cancer incidence less than 1. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4654; Sectors Affected: 3254 Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing; 311942 Spice and Extract Manufacturing Agency Contact: David Markwordt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-0837 Fax: 919 541-0942 Email: markwordt.david@epamail.epa.gov Laura McKelvey, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5497 Fax: 919 541-0942 Email: mckelvey.laura@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK09 _______________________________________________________________________ 3043. NESHAP: GASOLINE DISTRIBUTION (STAGE I) RESIDUAL RISK AND MACT STANDARDS REVIEW Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, March 31, 2006. Abstract: On December 14, 1994, we promulgated National Emission Standards for Gasoline Distribution Facilities (Bulk Gasoline Terminals and Pipeline Breakout Stations) (59 FR 64318). The national emission standards limit and control hazardous air pollutants (HAP) that are known or suspected to cause cancer or have other serious health or environmental effects. Section 112(f)(2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) directs EPA to assess the risk remaining (residual risk) after the application of national emission standards controls. Also, CAA section 112(d)(6) requires us to review and revise the national emission standards as necessary by taking into account developments in practices, processes, and control technologies. The proposal will announce a decision and request public comments on the residual risk assessment and technology review for the national emission standards. To meet a consent deadline, EPA must promulgate this decision by March 31, 2006. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4655, EDocket No. OAR-2004-0019; Agency Contact: Steve Shedd, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5397 Fax: 919 685-3195 Email: shedd.steve@epamail.epa.gov Kent Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5395 Fax: 919 541-0246 Email: hustvedt.ken@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK10 _______________________________________________________________________ 3044. NESHAP: INDUSTRIAL PROCESS COOLING TOWERS RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, September 30, 2002. Abstract: A national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for industrial process cooling towers (IPCT) was previously promulgated under Section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act. That standard effectively bans the use of chromium-based water treatment chemicals in IPCT used to remove heat from chemical or industrial processes. The Clean Air Act Section 112(f) requires us to assess within 8 years of promulgation of a NESHAP the remaining risk to the public and to develop additional more stringent standards if such standards are needed to protect the public health with an [[Page 65236]] ample margin of safety. This action is to examine the remaining risk from IPCT and, if warranted, to develop new risk based standards. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4660; Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5289 Email: mulrine.phil@epamail.epa.gov Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439- 02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2837 Fax: 919 541-3207 Email: fruh.steve@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK16 _______________________________________________________________________ 3045. NESHAP: PERCHLOROETHYLENE DRY CLEANING FACILITIES RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, April 28, 2006, court ordered deadline for final rule. Abstract: EPA developed technology-based emission standards for this source category under section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act. The current action, required by Section 112(f) of the Clean Air Act, is to assess residual risks and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. Approximately 27,000 perchloroethylene (perc) dry cleaning facilities are in existence. Fifteen of these facilities are major sources (use > 2100 gallons of perc per year), subject to MACT requirements under the technology-based NESHAP requirements. The remaining facilities are area sources (use <2100 gallons of perc per year) subject to GACT requirements under the NESHAP. The peer reviewed risk assessment revealed risk from major source dry cleaning facilities in excess of 100 in a million, therefore, EPA is currently assessing options to reduce risk from these facilities. EPA has agreed with litigants to a deadline of April 28, 2006 for completion of this effort. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Final Action- 05/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 4662; Sectors Affected: 81232 Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin- Operated) Agency Contact: Rhea Jones, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2940 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: jones.rhea@epamail.epa.gov Elaine Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5499 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: manning.elaine@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK18 _______________________________________________________________________ 3046. NESHAP: HALOGENATED SOLVENT CLEANING--RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 2, 2002. Final, Judicial, December 31, 2006. Abstract: The Halogenated Solvent Cleaning NESHAP limits emissions of HAP from solvent cleaning machines that use any of the following halogenated solvents: methylene chloride, perchloroethylene, trichloroethylene, 1,1,1, - trichloroethane, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, or any combination of these solvents in a total concentration greater than 5 percent by weight. Each individual solvent cleaning machine is an affected source. The Halogenated Solvent Cleaning NESHAP was projected to reduce nationwide emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from halogenated solvent cleaning machines by 85,300 tons per year, or 63 percent of the 1991 baseline emissions of 140,525 tons/year. On December 3, 1999, the rule was amended by adding compliance options for continuous web cleaning machines. Continuous web cleaning machines are considered a subset of in-line cleaning machines and are defined as: ``a solvent cleaning machine in which parts such as film, coils, wire, and metal strips are cleaned at speeds typically in excess of 11 feet per minute. Parts are generally uncoiled, cleaned such that the same part is simultaneously entering and exiting the solvent application area of the solvent cleaning machine, and then recoiled or cut.`` This action is required by the CAA to assess residual risk and develop standards as necessary to provide an ample margin of safety. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/00/06 Final Action- 01/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Federal Federalism: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 4668; Sectors Affected: 335999 All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing; 332999 All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; 336999 All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; 337124 Metal Household Furniture Manufacturing; 332116 Metal Stamping; 339 Miscellaneous Manufacturing; 336 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Agency Contact: Lynn Dail, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C-539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2363 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: dail.lynn@epamail.epa.gov Elaine Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5499 Fax: 919 541-5689 [[Page 65237]] Email: manning.elaine@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK22 _______________________________________________________________________ 3047. NESHAP: MAGNETIC TAPE MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS RESIDUAL RISK STANDARD Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 15, 2002, Court ordered deadline for final rule. Other, Judicial, March 31, 2006. Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source category under section 112(d) of the CAA. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. The facilities covered by the 112(d) standard and under investigation in the project are Magnetic Tape coatings facilities that manufacture audio and video recording and computer information storage, and emit major source levels of air toxics. The magnetic tape coating process entails a mixture of magnetic (metal) particles, resins, and solvents applied to either a plastic film or paper. The HAP used in this industry include methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK), toluene, toluene diisocyanate, ethylene glycol, methanol, xylenes, chromium, cobalt, ethylbenzene, and acetaldehyde. The most common HAP solvents are MEK (68 percent) and toluene (29 percent). The non-HAP solvents used in this industry include cyclohexanone, acetone, and isopropyl alcohol (IPA). The magnetic particles are combinations of iron, chrome, and cobalt. Particulate HAP emissions can result from handling of materials, cleaning of process equipment, and adding dry media to mix tanks during coating mix preparation. New processes for manufacturing magnetic tape products have been developed by at least one company in recent years. There are a total of six facilities manufacturing magnetic tape in the nation. Half of these are located in the State of Alabama. The residual risk analyses performed for this source category and the final determination to develop and promulgate additional standards for the source category is dependent on certain policy decisions. The EPA modeled each of the six facilities with magnetic tape manufacturing source category emission sources and found no facilities with a cancer risk at or above 1 in 1 million. The EPA also found the maximum noncancer risks from these facilities to be significantly below 0.2. The EPA believes that these six facilities constitute all of the emissions from this source category and that the assessment is likely to overestimate rather than underestimate risks. Therefore, EPA has determined that this source category currently presents an acceptable level of cancer and noncancer risks and provides an ample margin of safety. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4669; Sectors Affected: 334613 Magnetic and Optical Recording Media Manufacturing; 33461 Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media Agency Contact: Lynn Dail, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C-539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2363 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: dail.lynn@epamail.epa.gov Elaine Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5499 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: manning.elaine@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK23 _______________________________________________________________________ 3048. NESHAP: HAZARDOUS ORGANIC NESHAP (HON) RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, April 22, 2003. Final, Judicial, December 30, 2006, court ordered deadline for final rule. Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source category under section 112(d) of the CAA. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. This rule will cover the major sources of air emissions within the synthetic organic chemical industry. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/00/06 Final Action- 12/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4659 Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing Agency Contact: Randy McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5402 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: mcdonald.randy@epa.gov Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park , NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5335 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: dunkins.robin@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK14 _______________________________________________________________________ 3049. NATIONAL VOC EMISSION STANDARDS FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS; AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7511b CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Amendments to the consumer products rule are being proposed to clarify and correct the rule. There are no new categories being regulated nor are any limits being lowered. Several definitions are being updated to provide more clarity. The variance process is being streamlined. A correction is being made to the address for Region 3. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/00/06 Final Action- 10/00/06 [[Page 65238]] Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4309 Sectors Affected: 32599 All Other Chemical Product Manufacturing Agency Contact: Bruce Moore, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5460 Fax: 919 541-0072 Email: moore.bruce@epamail.epa.gov Penny Lassiter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5396 Fax: 919 541-0072 Email: lassiter.penny@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AI62 _______________________________________________________________________ 3050. CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FROM MOBILE SOURCES Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 101 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AK70 _______________________________________________________________________ 3051. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: LISTING OF SUBSTITUTES FOR OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES: N-PROPYL BROMIDE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671 to 7671q CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule would list whether n-propylbromide (nPB) is an acceptable substitute for class I and class II ozone depleting substances used as solvents for general metals, precision, and electronics cleaning, as well as in aerosol solvent and adhesives end uses. This could provide another alternative to solvents with higher ozone depletion potential that industry is interested in using. The rule also would propose specific conditions on the use of nPB as a solvent. These might include limiting the specific applications in which it may be used to those with low emissions and requiring exposure limits consistent with industry practices. This will ensure that nPB is used in a manner that is safe and environmentally protective. OSHA does not currently regulate nPB. EPA would revise our ruling to adopt whatever OSHA requires if OSHA later regulates the use of nPB. If finalized as proposed, this rule would be consistent with most existing industry practices and would impose little or no burden on industry. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 06/03/03 68 FR 33283 NPRM Correction- 10/02/03 68 FR 56809 Supplemental NPRM- 12/00/05 Final Action- 12/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4599; Split from RIN 2060-AJ58. The previous ANPRM was under SAN No. 3525. Sectors Affected: 334 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; 332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; 337 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; 333 Machinery Manufacturing; 331 Primary Metal Manufacturing; 336 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; 32615 Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing Agency Contact: Margaret Sheppard, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9163 Fax: 202 343-2338 Email: sheppard.margaret@epamail.epa.gov Karen Thundiyil, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9464 Fax: 202 343-2342 Email: thundiyil.karen@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK26 _______________________________________________________________________ 3052. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: ADJUSTING ALLOWANCES FOR CLASS I SUBSTANCES FOR EXPORT TO ARTICLE 5 COUNTRIES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671 to 7671q CFR Citation: 40 CFR Part 82 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action reinforces the economic incentives related to the transition of Article 5 countries to ozone-depleting substance alternatives. Currently, Article 5 allowances are determined as a percentage of total production allowances assigned to U.S. companies for Class I ozone-depleting substances. In accordance with the Beijing Amendments of the Montreal Protocol, this action establishes Article 5 allowances independently of total production allowances. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4697 Agency Contact: Hodayah Finman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205 J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9246 Fax: 202 565-2079 Email: finman.hodayah@epamail.epa.gov; hodayah finman/dc/usepa/ us@epamail.epa.gov 2008--aa00 Ross Brennan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9226 Fax: 202 343-2338 Email: brennan.ross@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK45 _______________________________________________________________________ 3053. FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (FIP) FOR THE BILLINGS/LAUREL, MONTANA SULFUR DIOXIDE (SO2) AREA Priority: Info./Admin./Other Legal Authority: 12 USC 1701 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52 [[Page 65239]] Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The State of Montana submitted a sulfur dioxide (SO2) State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the Billings/Laurel, Montana area. On 5/ 2/02 and 5/22/03 we partially and limitedly approved and partially and limitedly disapproved Montana's SO2 SIP for Billings/Laurel. EPA intends to propose a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) to cover those parts of the State's plan we disapproved. EPA's FIP will assure that the Billings/Laurel area will attain and maintain the SO2 NAAQS. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Federalism: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 4542 Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries Agency Contact: Laurie Ostrand, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office Denver, 8P-AR, Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303 312-6437 Fax: 303 312-6064 Email: ostrand.laurie@epamail.epa.gov Cynthia Cody, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office Denver, 8P-AR, Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303 312-6228 Fax: 303 312-6064 Email: cody.cynthia@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2008-AA00 _______________________________________________________________________ 3054. AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING REGULATIONS: REVISIONS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50 (Revision); 40 CFR 53 (Revision); 40 CFR 58 (Revision) Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, September 27, 2005, Relevant areas of the PM monitoring methods and network are tied to the consent decree for the PM NAAQS. NPRM, Judicial, December 20, 2005, Relevant areas of the PM monitoring methods and network are tied to the consent decree for the PM NAAQS. Abstract: Air pollution control authorities use air quality data to determine compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards and in subsequent work to develop air pollution mitigation strategies. The data come primarily from ambient air monitoring stations run by State and local agencies, although Federal, tribal, and industrial organizations also run stations. The design of the monitoring networks is regulated under 40 CFR 58. This rule was originally written in 1979 and several revisions have been made in the intervening years. Air pollution control authorities have improved their parts of the network in response to changes in air quality, advances in the understanding of the movements and health effects of air pollutants, and developments in air pollution measurement technology. EPA has also cooperated with air pollution control authorities to improve the networks, but we have not revised the applicable regulations comprehensively. The proposed revisions would remove real or perceived constraints on redeploying air monitoring stations; more accurately reflect the roles of EPA and other control authorities in designing, reviewing, and modifying networks; bring provisions related to quality assurance up to date; and recognize technological changes. The current regulations require States to develop plans to deploy air monitoring networks. States generally develop new plans only when new monitoring is needed, such as for a new NAAQS. The regulations need to be revised to reflect the roles of EPA and the State and local agencies. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/00/06 Final Action- 10/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4421; Sectors Affected: 92411 Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management; 334519 Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing URL For Public Comments: oar-2004-0018 Agency Contact: Tim Hanley, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-4417 Fax: 919 541-1903 Email: hanley.tim@epamail.epa.gov Michael Papp, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339- 02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2408 Fax: 919 541-1903 Email: papp.michael@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AJ25 _______________________________________________________________________ 3055. CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM MOTOR VEHICLES AND ENGINES: ALTERNATIVE LOW-SULFUR HIGHWAY DIESEL FUEL TRANSITION PROGRAM FOR ALASKA Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 7601(a); 42 USC 7625- 1 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 69 and 80 (Revision) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action will carry out a flexibility provision for Alaska that was included in EPA's heavy-duty diesel rule, which was promulgated on January 18, 2001. That rule established more stringent national emission standards for heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines for the 2007 model year, and a technology-enabling sulfur limit of 15 ppm for highway diesel fuel beginning in 2006. In that rule, EPA recognized Alaska's unique geographical, meteorological, air quality, and economic factors and provided Alaska an opportunity to develop its own plan to transition to low-sulfur highway diesel fuel, as an alternative to the national transition program. Our goal in offering this flexibility is to transition Alaska into the low-sulfur fuel program in a manner that minimizes costs, while ensuring that the new vehicles and engines receive the low-sulfur fuel they need. As stated in the Federal Register notice for the diesel rule, if Alaska submits an alternative plan by April 1, 2002, and if EPA determines that it provides a reasonable alternative, EPA intends to initiate rulemaking and, [[Page 65240]] within one year from the date of Alaska's submittal, promulgate a final rule to incorporate the alternative plan. A stakeholder process to develop options is already underway in Alaska, and the State informed EPA that it intends to submit an alternative transition plan in late 2001 or early 2002. This action will be in response to that anticipated submittal. We are also adding a related re-proposal to implement nationwide diesel fuel content standards for nonroad, locomotive and marine engines as it applies to Alaska's rural areas. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 4570; Sectors Affected: 336112 Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing Agency Contact: David Korotney, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6407, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4507 Fax: 734 214-4050 Email: korotney.david@epamail.epa.gov Paul Machiele, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Ann Arbor , MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4264 Fax: 734 214-4816 Email: machiele.paul@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AJ72 _______________________________________________________________________ 3056. PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONTINUOUS PARAMETER MONITORING SYSTEMS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 app B; 40 CFR 60 app F Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action proposes Performance Specification 17 (PS-17), Quality Assurance (QA) Procedure 4, and amendments to Appendix F, QA Procedure 1. Performance Specification 17 and QA Procedure 4 apply to continuous parameter monitoring systems (CPMS). Many of the rules promulgated under 40 CFR part 63 require owners and operators of affected emission units to install and operate CPMS to monitor various parameters, such as temperature, pressure, flow rate, and pH, associated with the operation and performance of emission control devices. However, few, if any, of those rules specify complete procedures for ensuring the quality of the data measured by CPMS. The proposed PS-17 establishes procedures and other requirements that will ensure that those CPMS are properly selected, installed, and placed into operation. The proposed QA Procedure 4 specifies procedures that will ensure that those CPMS provide quality data on an ongoing basis. Both PS-17 and QA Procedure 4 will help to ensure compliance with emission limitations established under 40 CFR part 63. Procedure 1 of Appendix F currently addresses QA procedures for continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) that measure a single pollutant. The proposed amendments to QA Procedure 1 broadens the procedure to address the unique requirements of CEMS that are used for monitoring multiple pollutants. Because several of the regulations promulgated under 40 CFR part 63 require multiple pollutant CEMS, these amendments are needed to ensure those CEMS are operated in a manner that ensures the quality of the emission data collected. This action is not expected to have any impacts on small entities or State, local, or tribal governments. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4584; Sectors Affected: 31-33 Manufacturing; 21 Mining; 486 Pipeline Transportation; 562213 Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators; 562212 Solid Waste Landfill; 22 Utilities Agency Contact: Barrett Parker, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, EN-341W, D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5635 Fax: 919 541-1039 Email: parker.barrett@epamail.epa.gov Fred Thompson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2707 Email: thompson.fred@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AJ86 _______________________________________________________________________ 3057. PERFORMANCE-BASED MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR FUELS: CRITERIA FOR SELF- QUALIFYING ALTERNATIVE TEST METHODS; DESCRIPTION OF OPTIONAL STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Transportation fuels (like gasoline and diesel fuel) are regulated by EPA under the Clean Air Act to control the emissions that result when they are burned in engines, and also to protect engines' emission control equipment. Fuels regulations require measurement of various of the fuels' properties, and prescribe ``designated'' analytical methods for that purpose. This regulation is intended to provide a way for regulated parties to self-qualify alternatives to the designated measurement methods that may be cheaper, quicker, simpler, more amenable to automation, or otherwise preferable. The regulation will also prescribe a minimum level of statistical quality control for all fuels test methods, designated or alternative. The regulations should quicken the adoption of new measurement technologies by removing the need for multiple method-specific rule-makings, but to do so in a way that will not degrade the performance of the overall measurement system. Introduction of statistical quality control for all methods should improve measurement precision and accuracy in actual practice across all methods. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 11/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4633 [[Page 65241]] Sectors Affected: 324199 All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 54199 All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services; 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing; 42271 Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals; 48691 Pipeline Transportation of Refined Agency Contact: John Holley, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9305 Fax: 202 233-9557 Email: holley.john@epamail.epa.gov Joe Sopata, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9034 Fax: 202 343-2802 Email: sopata.joe@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK03 _______________________________________________________________________ 3058. REGULATION OF FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES: MODIFICATIONS TO STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR REFORMULATED AND CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE INCLUDING BUTANE BLENDERS AND ATTEST ENGAGEMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7454(c); 42 USC 7454(k); 42 USC 7601 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Through the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Congress mandated that EPA promulgate regulations for reformulated and conventional gasoline. The purpose of this mandate was to reduce vehicle emissions of toxic and ozone-forming compounds. EPA published the regulations on February 16, 1994. On July 11, 1997, EPA published a proposed rule that included various minor adjustments to the 1994 rule. The emissions benefits achieved from the reformulated gasoline and conventional gasoline programs would not be reduced by the proposed changes. On December 31, 1997, EPA finalized many of the proposed changes. This rule would finalize certain other of the remaining changes that were not included in the December 31, 1997 final rule. These changes make minor adjustments to the structure of the reformulated gasoline and conventional gasoline programs, correct technical errors, and codify guidance previously issued by the Agency. This rule also makes several minor technical corrections to the reformulated gasoline rule which were not included in the aforementioned July 11, 1997 proposal, and makes minor technical corrections to the gasoline sulfur rule. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM Original- 07/11/97 62 FR 37338 Final (Partial)- 12/31/97 62 FR 68196 NPRM- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4758 Sectors Affected: 42271 Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals; 32411 Petroleum Refineries Agency Contact: Marilyn Bennett, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9624 Fax: 202 343-2803 Email: bennett.marilyn@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK77 _______________________________________________________________________ 3059. PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION (PSD) AND NONATTAINMENT NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR): ALLOWABLES PLANTWIDE APPLICABILITY LIMIT (PAL), AGGREGATION, AND DEBOTTLENECKING Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 103 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AL75 _______________________________________________________________________ 3060. SECTION 126 RULE: WITHDRAWAL OF FINDINGS FOR SOURCES IN MICHIGAN Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52.34 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA coordinated the Section 126 Rule with another rule known as the NOx State implementation plan (SIP) Call, because both rules address ozone transport in the Eastern half of the United States. EPA established a mechanism in the Section 126 Rule whereby the rule would be withdrawn for sources in a State if the State submitted, and EPA approved, a SIP that complied with the NOx SIP Call. This was a practical way to address the overlap between the two rules and avoid having sources be subject to two sets of potentially different NOx transport control requirements. As the result of court actions, the compliance dates for the Section 126 Rule and the NOx SIP Call have been delayed and the NOx SIP Call has been divided into two phases. Therefore, in a separate action, EPA proposed to revise the Section 126 Rule withdrawal provision so that it will continue to operate under these new circumstances. Under that proposal, where a State submits a NOx SIP that meets only Phase 1 of the NOx SIP Call, EPA would need to make a determination that the SIP controls the total group of Section 126 sources to the same stringency as the Section 126 Rule would before the Section 126 Rule could be withdrawn. In this current action, EPA is proposing that the Michigan Phase I SIP meets the proposed revised Section 126 Rule withdrawal criteria, and therefore, if EPA finalizes the withdrawal criteria as proposed, EPA would withdraw the Section 126 Rule for sources in Michigan. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local Additional Information: SAN No. 4796; Agency Contact: Carla Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3347 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: oldham.carla@epamail.epa.gov Doug Grano, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539- 02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3292 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: grano.doug@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AL83 [[Page 65242]] _______________________________________________________________________ 3061. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; ALLOWANCE SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING HCFC PRODUCTION, IMPORT AND EXPORT; CORRECTION Priority: Info./Admin./Other Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 (Revision) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Although an allowance allocation system for controlling hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) production, import, and export was established with publication of the final rule on January 21, 2003 (SAN 4120, RIN 2060-AH67), several issues associated with that system have arisen that need to be amended for clarity and consistency. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4804 Agency Contact: Cindy Newberg, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9729 Fax: 202 343-2337 Email: newberg.cindy@epamail.epa.gov Tom Land, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9185 Fax: 202 565-2155 Email: land.tom@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AL90 _______________________________________________________________________ 3062. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF AIR POLLUTION FROM NEW MOTOR VEHICLES: ON- BOARD DIAGNOSTIC REQUIREMENTS FOR HEAVY-DUTY ENGINES AND VEHICLES ABOVE 14,000 POUNDS AND IN-USE, NOT-TO-EXCEED EMISSION STANDARD TEST Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671q CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA is proposing to establish On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) requirements for Heavy-Duty On-Highway and Non-Road vehicles and engines greater than 14,000 pounds gross vehicle weight. This action will also propose to require manufacturers of these vehicles and engines to make available emissions-related service information to after-market service providers. OBD systems are intended to monitor the performance of emission controls on these vehicles and engines to ensure proper functionality and compliance with emissions standards. This notice also proposes a manufacturer run in use testing program for heavy-duty engines and vehicles to assess compliance with the applicable not-to-exceed standards beginning in 2007. This portion of the notice has a court-ordered date for May 2004 and final May 2005 as a result of a settlement between EPA, ARB, and Engine Manufacturers. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 11/00/05 Final Action- 03/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4809; Agency Contact: Todd Sherwood, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4405 Fax: 734 214-4053 Email: sherwood.todd@epamail.epa.gov Holly Pugliese, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4288 Fax: 734 214-4053 Email: pugliese.holly@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AL92 _______________________________________________________________________ 3063. 5-YEAR REVIEW OF MACT STANDARDS FOR LARGE MWC Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq. CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, April 28, 2006. Abstract: Under section 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), EPA is required to adopt and implement maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards for both new and existing large municipal waste combustion units (MWC). Those MACT standards have been adopted and fully implemented with all retrofits completed. Section 129(a)(5)of the CAA requires EPA to review and, if necessary, revise those standards every 5 years. This rulemaking addresses those requirements and is the first 5-year review of the MACT standards. Implementation of these MACT standards has been highly effective and has reduced dioxin/furan emissions by more than 99 percent since 1990 and mercury emissions by more than 95 percent since 1990. Similar reductions have occurred for other CAA section 129 pollutants. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 11/00/05 Final Action- 05/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 4829; Agency Contact: Walt Stevenson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5264 Fax: 919 541-5264 Email: stevenson.walt@epamail.epa.gov Brian Shrager, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-7689 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: shrager.brian@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AL97 _______________________________________________________________________ 3064. ALTERNATIVE WORK PRACTICE FOR LEAK DETECTION AND REPAIR Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60; 40 CFR 61; 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 65 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule would amend existing regulations controlling [[Page 65243]] emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and hazardous air pollutants (HAP)under the Clean Air Act. These regulations are codified at 40 CFR Part 60, 61, 63, and 65. These regulations require periodic leak detection and repair (LDAR) of pumps, valves, and connectors. The current work practice requires each pump, valve, and connector to be individually monitored for leaks. Facilities have had LDAR programs in place for over 20 years and view them as burdensome because they are labor intensive. Newer image-based monitoring technology is being developed which will detect leaks at a reduced costs because of the ability to monitor multiple components at one time. This rule would amend the existing regulations to enable the plant operators to use the new technology. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 04/00/06 Final Action- 04/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4830; Agency Contact: David Markwordt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-0837 Fax: 919 541-0942 Email: markwordt.david@epamail.epa.gov Laura McKelvey, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5497 Fax: 919 541-0942 Email: mckelvey.laura@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AL98 _______________________________________________________________________ 3065. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM NEW LOCOMOTIVES AND NEW MARINE DIESEL ENGINES LESS THAN 30 LITERS PER CYLINDER Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 104 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AM06 _______________________________________________________________________ 3066. NESHAP: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS--AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1960; 40 CFR 63.1975; 40 CFR 63.1980 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action will address issues concerning the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, that was published on January 16, 2003. We will revise the startup, shutdown, and malfunction provisions promulgated in the rule in response to requests for more flexibility. We will clarify that the moisture balance calculations should be calculated on a wet weight basis as a response to requests about the intent of the promulgated rule. We will correct errors in the compliance dates for the rule. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 11/00/05 Final Action- 10/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: Local, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4846; Agency Contact: Martha Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2421 Fax: 919 541-0246 Email: smith.martha@epamail.epa.gov Kent Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5395 Fax: 919 541-0246 Email: hustvedt.ken@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM08 _______________________________________________________________________ 3067. NESHAP: AREA SOURCE STANDARDS--ETHYLENE OXIDE HOSPITAL STERILIZATION Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 30, 2000. Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires the EPA to list source categories that contribute to the emissions of 30 listed (or area source) HAPs, and that are, or will be, subject to standards under section 112 of the Act. Sterilization processes use ethylene oxide which is one of the 30 listed HAPs. Hospital sterilization is a major source of ethylene oxide relative to other area source categories considered for listing. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/00/06 Final Action- 01/00/08 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Federal, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4859 Agency Contact: David Markwordt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-0837 Fax: 919 541-0942 Email: markwordt.david@epamail.epa.gov Laura McKelvey, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5497 Fax: 919 541-0942 Email: mckelvey.laura@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM14 _______________________________________________________________________ 3068. PETITION TO DELIST A HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT FROM SECTION 112 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT: METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE (MIBK) Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The Ketones Panel of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) has petitioned the Agency to remove methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) from the Clean Air Act (CAA) hazardous air pollutant (HAP) list. The ACC originally submitted the petition in April of 1997. EPA suspended review of the petition pending the completion of 2-generation reproductive effects study. That study is now complete. On [[Page 65244]] October 17, 2003, the ACC submitted an addendum to the 1997 petition which includes: The results of the 2-generation reproductive effects study, a presentation of the updated EPA IRIS file for MIBK, updated air dispersion modeling, and an analysis of potential transformation products. Based on this new submission, the ACC requests that EPA reopen its review of the MIBK petition. Since the last submittal by the petitioner, a 2-year MIBK bioassay by the National Toxicology Program has been completed, but the results report has not been published. The schedule for the delisting petition is tied to a report on the results of the bioassay. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Notice- 07/19/04 69 FR 42954 NPRM- 08/00/06 Final Action- 07/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4849 Agency Contact: Mark Morris, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5416 Fax: 919 541-0840 Email: morris.mark@epamail.epa.gov Dave Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404- 01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5368 Fax: 919 541-0840 Email: guinnup.dave@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM20 _______________________________________________________________________ 3069. NESHAP: TOTAL FACILITY LOW RISK DETERMINATION (TFLRD) FOR RESIDUAL RISK Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Section 112(f) of the Clean Air Act requires that we assess residual risk remaining after MACT and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. Many facilities have numerous MACT standards that they are subject to. This action will provide a procedure for facilities to assess risk, and if a facility-wide low risk determination can be shown, to avoid applicable residual risk standards. The evaluation will be made on a facility-wide HAP emissions basis. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 06/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 4848 Agency Contact: Scott Jenkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-1167 Fax: 919 541-0840 Email: jenkins.scott@epamail.epa.gov David Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5368 Email: guinnup.david@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM22 _______________________________________________________________________ 3070. NESHAP: HYDROCHLORIC ACID PRODUCTION AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 (revision) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: On April 17, 2003, EPA promulgated national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the Hydrochloric Acid Production industry. Subsequent to promulgation, EPA received a number of concerns and issues from the industry related to technical corrections, definitions, and applicability matters. The EPA is amenable to making many of the suggested corrections but believes that proposal of the changes is necessary. In addition, the OSWER would like to include the storage and transfer operations at sources subject to their HCl production rule to the subpart NNNNN rule which would also require proposal. The amendments are expected to have little or no impact on the plants now covered by the HCl production rule. No adverse economic impacts are expected. The total nationwide capital and annual costs associated with the amendments are negligible. No price impacts are projected. No significant impacts on a substantial number of small entities are expected. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 08/24/05 70 FR 49530 NPRM Comment Period End- 10/24/05 Final Action- 05/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4867, EDocket No. OAR-2002-0057 Agency Contact: Bill Maxwell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5430 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: maxwell.bill@epamail.epa.gov Robert J. Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-1045 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: wayland.robertj@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM25 _______________________________________________________________________ 3071. REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSMIX PROCESSING AND BLENDING UNDER THE REFORMULATED GASOLINE AND GASOLINE SULFUR RULES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545 (c) and (k) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule codifies existing guidance for transmix processors and blenders in the reformulated gasoline regulations. Transmix is a mixture of gasoline and distillate produced by pipelines - transmix processors distill the transmix into separate gasoline and distillate products, and transmix blenders blend small amounts of transmix into gasoline. The rule also establishes gasoline sulfur standards for transmix processors and blenders that are consistent with the sulfur standards [[Page 65245]] for other entities downstream of refineries, such as pipelines and terminals, in the gasoline distribution system. The rule will provide operational flexibility for transmix processors and blenders without causing any adverse environmental impacts. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4853; Agency Contact: Chris McKenna, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9037 Fax: 240 363-8260 Email: mckenna.chris@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM27 _______________________________________________________________________ 3072. NESHAP: SURFACE COATING OF METAL CANS--TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS Priority: Info./Admin./Other Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: National emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for metal can surface coating operations located at major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) were promulgated on 11/13/ 2003 (68 FR 64432). The final standards implement section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) by requiring these operations to meet HAP emission standards reflecting the application of the maximum achievable control technology (MACT). The final rule will protect air quality and promote public health by reducing emissions of HAP from facilities in the metal can surface coating source category. This action would provide technical amendments and clarify monitoring provisions in the surface coating of metal cans final rule. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 11/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4864 Agency Contact: Paul Almodovar, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-0283 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: almodovar.paul@epamail.epa.gov Elaine Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5499 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: manning.elaine@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM28 _______________________________________________________________________ 3073. NESHAP: SITE REMEDIATION; AMENDMENTS Priority: Routine and Frequent Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The Site Remediation regulation was promulgated on October 8, 2003. This action will revise language in the final rule to correct errors or language that doesn't reflect our intent. Specifically, we will revise language specifying where the concentration for remediation material management units (RMMU) is measured from point of extraction to point of treatment as proposed in the original rule. We will also clarify that facilities with current site remediations can use the 1 Mg HAP exemption if they currently meet that level. We will also clarify that facilities meeting equipment leak standards for part 61 or other part 63 standards are exempt from those provisions in 63 subpart GGGGG. Some grammatical things and incorrect section references will be fixed too. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 02/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4866; Agency Contact: Greg Nizich, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3078 Fax: 919 541-3207 Email: nizich.greg@epa.gov Kent Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5395 Fax: 919 541-0246 Email: hustvedt.ken@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM30 _______________________________________________________________________ 3074. CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM NEW MOTOR VEHICLES AND NEW MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES: AMENDMENTS TO EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS REGULATIONS AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 9; 40 CFR 86 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action includes technical amendments to several portions of certification requirements and test procedures applicable to light- duty vehicles, light duty trucks, and heavy-duty vehicles. These amendments include minor revisions to clarify regulations. These amendments also include revisions to the evaporative compliance procedures, which are intended to reduce the certification burden associated with conducting 2-day, 3-day, and ORVR procedures without affecting the level of stringency, ref. EPA guidance letter CCD-02-20, December 31, 2002; (Subject: Request for Comments on Potential Evaporative Regulation Changes; Evaporative Guidance for Certification and In-use Testing). Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Final Action- 06/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4880 Agency Contact: Julia Rege, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4614 Fax: 734 214-4053 [[Page 65246]] Email: rege.julia@epamail.epa.gov Lynn Sohacki, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4851 Fax: 734 214-4053 Email: sohacki.lynn@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM32 _______________________________________________________________________ 3075. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES AND FUEL SYSTEMS FROM MARINE VESSELS AND SMALL EQUIPMENT Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 105 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AM34 _______________________________________________________________________ 3076. NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS: MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING; AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: A final rule for this source category was published on November 10, 2003. Several parties petitioned the rule and this action will address issues raised by the petitioners. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 03/00/06 Final Action- 10/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4891 Agency Contact: Randy McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5402 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: mcdonald.randy@epa.gov Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park , NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5335 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: dunkins.robin@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM43 _______________________________________________________________________ 3077. FLEXIBLE AIR PERMIT RULE Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act Title V CFR Citation: 40 CFR 70 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA is conducting a flexible permits rulemaking based on what it has learned from its field experiences. The term ``flexible permit'' is used to describe air permits with conditions designed to reduce the administrative ``friction'' -- costs, time, delay, uncertainty, and risk -- experienced by sources and permitting authorities when implementing a permit or making changes under the permit. This is typically accomplished by authorizing a source to make certain types of changes (e.g., additional equipment and/or modifications to a source's method of operation, equipment, raw materials, emission factors, or monitoring parameters) without requiring further review and/or approval provided the source meets specific criteria outlined in its permit. While the chosen solution will depend on individual State permitting rules and requirements, such techniques typically include descriptions of changes or categories of changes authorized to occur under the approved permit terms, one or more emissions caps to safeguard NAAQS and/or to assure certain requirements are not applicable, procedures for testing pollution control device performance and updating emissions factors or parameter values without requiring the permit to be amended or re-opened, streamlining of redundant requirements by applying the most stringent applicable requirement, and provisions to encourage pollution prevention. Flexible permitting has the potential to benefit a wide variety of types of facilities that are regulated under the CAA's Title V operating permits program. Among the benefits flexible permits are anticipated to provide are: improved knowledge of a facility's emissions for the entire site; improved public understanding of a facility's activities over an extended period of time; increased certainty and flexibility to make changes in response to the market; and no less environmental protection (i.e., often more occurs from the use of emissions caps and the increased use of pollution prevention practices). Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 03/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4885; Agency Contact: Dave Dellarco, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, OEA-095, Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: 206 553-4978 Fax: 206 553-0119 Email: dellarco.dave@epa.gov Stacey Coburn, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6103A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-2569 Fax: 202 564-1554 Email: coburn.stacey@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM45 _______________________________________________________________________ 3078. NATIONAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSION STANDARDS FOR ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS--AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59 subpart D Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action would amend the national volatile organic compound emission standards for architectural coatings by adding new coating categories for certain coating chemistries which did not exist when the original rule was promulgated. We are reviewing new data from one architectural coating manufacturer and after this review, we will determine if these amendments are necessary. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 04/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4905 Agency Contact: David Salman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 [[Page 65247]] Phone: 919 541-0859 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: salman.dave@epa.gov Elaine Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5499 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: manning.elaine@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM47 _______________________________________________________________________ 3079. CONTROL OF ULTRA LOW SULFUR DIESEL FUEL LUBRICITY: NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671q CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action proposes to establish a new lubricity quality requirement for ultra low sulfur diesel fuel used in diesel engines. This requirement will seek to eliminate the incidence of emissions non- compliance due to premature wear of fuel injection equipment caused by inadequate fuel lubricity levels. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 04/00/06 Final Action- 04/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4899; Agency Contact: Chris Laroo, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4937 Fax: 734 214-4055 Email: laroo.chris@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM48 _______________________________________________________________________ 3080. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; REFRIGERANT RECYCLING; CERTIFICATION OF RECOVERY AND RECOVERY/RECYCLING EQUIPMENT INTENDED FOR USE WITH SUBSTITUTE REFRIGERANTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule would amend the rule on refrigerant recycling equipment intended for use with Substitute Refrigerants. This amendment would clarify how the requirements of Clean Air Act Section 608 extend to refrigerant recovery and/or recycling equipment intended for use with substitutes for CFC and HCFC refrigerants. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 02/00/06 Final Action- 07/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4916; Agency Contact: Julius Banks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9870 Fax: 202 343-2338 Email: banks.julius@epamail.epa.gov Nancy Smagin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205- J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9126 Fax: 202 343-2337 Email: smagin.nancy@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM49 _______________________________________________________________________ 3081. PROTECTION OF THE STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: ALTERNATIVES FOR THE MOTOR VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING SECTOR UNDER THE SIGNIFICANT NEW ALTERNATIVES POLICY (SNAP) PROGRAM Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671k CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82.180 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rulemaking will list two new alternatives to ozone depleting substances in the motor vehicle air conditioning sector and outline the conditions necessary for their safe use. These new alternatives have better energy efficiency and lower impacts on the environment than currently available systems. By approving these systems under SNAP, EPA will provide additional choices to the automotive industry which, if adopted would reduce the impact of motor vehicle air conditioners on the global environment. The automotive industry, if they chose to adopt these technologies, would be required to comply with the conditions necessary to deploy these systems in a safe manner. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4918 Agency Contact: Karen Thundiyil, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9464 Fax: 202 343-2342 Email: thundiyil.karen@epamail.epa.gov Dave Godwin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9324 Fax: 202 343-2363 Email: godwin.dave@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM54 _______________________________________________________________________ 3082. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: MODIFICATIONS TO THE TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION 608 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671 to 7671q CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA is amending appendix D to subpart F of 40 CFR Part 82-- Standards for Becoming a Certifying Program for Technicians. The Refrigerant Recycling Regulations governing standards for certifying programs for technicians were promulgated under section 608 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (May 1994; 59 FR 28660). These regulations were amended in November 9, 1994 (59 FR 559120), to clarify the scope of the technician certification requirements and to provide a limited exemption from certification requirements for apprentices. Today's [[Page 65248]] amendment to the regulation will provide specific requirements for programs applying to become certifying organizations, will specify reporting and recordkeeping requirements in order to enhance implementation of the program, and will define other administrative components of the program to improve accountability. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 05/00/06 Final Action- 03/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4901; Agency Contact: Nancy Smagin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205-J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9126 Fax: 202 343-2337 Email: smagin.nancy@epamail.epa.gov Julius Banks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9870 Fax: 202 343-2338 Email: banks.julius@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM55 _______________________________________________________________________ 3083. PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION (PSD) AND NONATTAINMENT NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR): ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND REPLACEMENT (RMRR); MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR AMENDMENTS Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.165; 40 CFR 51.166.; 40 CFR 52.21 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rulemaking is a follow up to SAN 4676, which is a final rule that specifies categories of equipment replacement activities that would qualify as ``routine maintenance, repair, and replacement'' (RMRR) under the Clean Air Act's New Source Review (NSR) Program (40 CFR parts 51 and 52). SAN 4676's final action -- referred to as the ``equipment replacement provision'' (ERP) -- was promulgated in the Federal Register on 10/27/03 (68 FR 61248). The action summarized here, SAN 4676.3, when finalized, will establish a regulatory definition for maintenance and repair activities (that are not equipment replacements) that qualify for the RMRR Exclusion from Major NSR. We previously proposed options for this SAN in our RMRR proposal on 12/31/02 (67 FR 80920). However, this action will propose and take comments on an additional approach. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 09/00/06 Final Action 09/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Federalism: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 4676.3; Split from RIN A2060. Split from RIN A2060. Split from RIN 2060-AK28 Agency Contact: Jabeen Akhtar, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9313 Fax: 202 564-2155 Email: akhtar.jabeen@epamail.epa.gov Lynn Hutchinson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5795 Fax: 919 541-5509 Email: hutchinson.lynn@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM62 _______________________________________________________________________ 3084. NESHAP: GENERAL PROVISIONS--AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The proposed amendments would revise and codify EPA's policy on when a major source can become an area source, and thus become not subject to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for major sources. EPA is reconsidering the policy, established in May 16, 1995, memorandum, which allows sources to attain area source status prior to the source's first substantive compliance date of an applicable NESHAP for major sources. No source would be subject to the requirements unless they voluntarily decided to implement them. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 02/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4908 Agency Contact: Rick Colyer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5262 Fax: 919 541-5600 Email: colyer.rick@epamail.epa.gov David Cozzie, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504- 05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5356 Email: cozzie.david@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM75 _______________________________________________________________________ 3085. NESHAP: INTEGRATED IRON AND STEEL; AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Other, Judicial, September 23, 2005, 113(g) notice established proposal deadline. Abstract: The EPA promulgated National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for integrated iron and steel facilities on May 20, 2003. The EPA was subsequently petitioned by industry and EarthJustice concerning several issues. The EPA has engaged in negotiations with both industry and EarthJustice concerning the issues and is issuing these amendments to address the concerns. The amendments clarify several sections of the rule and provide clearer and consistent directions on complying with the standards. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 08/30/05 70 FR 51306 [[Page 65249]] NPRM Comment Period End- 10/31/05 Final Action- 09/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4909; Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5289 Email: mulrine.phil@epamail.epa.gov Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439- 02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2837 Fax: 919 541-3207 Email: fruh.steve@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM76 _______________________________________________________________________ 3086. NESHAP: ORGANIC LIQUID DISTRIBUTION--AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Two amendments will be written in which requests for reconsideration will be addressed. End users have always been covered by the rule. It has always been our intention to cover distribution of organic liquids wherever it might take place. This will be clarified in the first amendment. Recordkeeping requirements will also be reduced. Typographical and cross-referencing errors will be corrected and control requirement oversights will be corrected. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4910; Agency Contact: Martha Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2421 Fax: 919 541-0246 Email: smith.martha@epamail.epa.gov Kent Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5395 Fax: 919 541-0246 Email: hustvedt.ken@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM77 _______________________________________________________________________ 3087. STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR STATIONARY SPARK IGNITED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 111 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This project is to develop New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for stationary reciprocating internal combustion spark ignited engines. This includes two stroke lean burn (2SLB) engines, four stroke lean burn (4SLB) engines, and four stroke rich burn (4SRB) engines. These standards are being developed under section 111 of the CAA to require the application of the best system of emission reduction taking into account the cost of achieving emission reductions and environmental and energy impacts. The pollutants that will be addressed in this rulemaking are PM, NOx, SO2, and CO. The project is on a litigated schedule to propose by May 06 and to promulgate by December 07. Information gathering began in early April 04 and will result in the development of regulatory packages to propose and promulgate an NSPS standard. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 06/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions Government Levels Affected: Local, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4915 Agency Contact: Sims Roy, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5263 Email: roy.sims@epamail.epa.gov Jaime Pagan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439- 01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5340 Email: pagan.jaime@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM81 _______________________________________________________________________ 3088. NESHAP: DEFENSE LAND SYSTEMS AND MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This regulation will control emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from surface coating operations performed on-site at installations owned or operated by the Armed Forces of the United States (including the Coast Guard and the National Guard of any such state) or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the surface coating of military munitions manufactured by or for the Armed Forces of the United States (including the Coast Guard and the National Guard of any such state). Aerospace and shipbuilding surface coating operations at these installations were originally covered by the already-promulgated MACT standards for aerospace manufacturing and rework and shipbuilding and ship repair. However, other recently- promulgated surface coating MACT standards were also expected to address other surface coating operations at these installations (e.g., miscellaneous metal parts and products, plastic parts and products, etc.). Following proposal of these standards EPA received comments indicating that a separate standard for defense operations is a better approach. Accordingly, this rulemaking will address all surface coating activities at these installations which do not meet the applicability criteria of either the Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework or Shipbuilding and Ship Repair MACT standards. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 05/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN No. 4926; [[Page 65250]] Agency Contact: Kim Teal, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5580 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: teal.kim@epa.gov Elaine Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5499 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: manning.elaine@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM84 _______________________________________________________________________ 3089. NESHAP: IRON AND STEEL FOUNDRIES; AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The EPA promulgated National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for iron and steel foundries on April 22, 2004. EPA was subsequently petitioned by industry concerning several issues. EPA has engaged in negotiations with industry concerning these issues and is issuing these amendments to address the concerns. The amendments clarify several sections of the rule and provide clearer and more consistent directions on complying with the standards. The amendments are being promulgated in two groups, denoted by ``1'' and ``2'' in the schedule below. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Final Action 1- 05/20/05 70 FR 29400 NPRM 2- 02/00/06 Final Action 2- 12/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: None Federalism: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 4927 Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5289 Email: mulrine.phil@epamail.epa.gov Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439- 02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2837 Fax: 919 541-3207 Email: fruh.steve@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM85 _______________________________________________________________________ 3090. PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION (PSD) AND NONATTAINMENT NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR): RECONSIDERATION OF INCLUSION OF FUGITIVE EMISSIONS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act Title I CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 and 52 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: On July 11, 2003, EPA received a petition for reconsideration on behalf of Newmont USA Limited, dba Newmont Mining Corporation (``Newmont'') that stated that the December 31, 2002 (67 FR 80185) final rule included fugitive emissions for the purposes of determining whether a facility had undergone a major modification for the first time. The EPA is announcing their reconsideration of this issue arising from our final rules of December 31, 2002. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 02/00/06 Final Action- 12/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4940; Agency Contact: Pam Long, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-0641 Fax: 919 541-5509 Email: long.pam@epamail.epa.gov Lynn Hutchinson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5795 Fax: 919 541-5509 Email: hutchinson.lynn@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM91 _______________________________________________________________________ 3091. AMENDMENTS TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE AND FEDERAL OPERATING PERMITS PROGRAMS; CORRECTION Priority: Info./Admin./Other Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414a; 42 USC 7661 to 7661f CFR Citation: 40 CFR 70.6 (correction); 40 CFR 71.6 (correction) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Amendments to the compliance certification requirements for State and Federal operating permits were published in the Federal Register on June 27, 2003 (SAN 4671). The amendatory language of the final rules contained an editing error; a sentence was removed from the rules. This error could be misleading and needs to be clarified. Today's action corrects this error by inserting the missing sentence back into the rules. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Direct Final Action- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4941, EDocket No. OAR-2002-0062 Agency Contact: Grecia Castro, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD 304-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-1351 Fax: 919 541-5509 Email: castro.grecia@epamail.epa.gov Juan Santiago, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD C304-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-1084 Fax: 919 541-5509 Email: santiago.juan@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM92 _______________________________________________________________________ 3092. IMPLEMENTING PERIODIC MONITORING IN FEDERAL AND STATE OPERATING PERMIT PROGRAMS Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 106 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AN00 [[Page 65251]] _______________________________________________________________________ 3093. COMPONENT DURABILITY PROCEDURES FOR NEW LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES, LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS AND HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: On October 22, 2002 the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated durability provisions that automotive manufacturers used to demonstrate that the emissions of their vehicles would comply with emission standards for the useful lives of those vehicles. The Court also required EPA to issue new regulations. This action fulfills the mandate. The new durability regulations will include options that a manufacturer may choose from to age pre-production vehicles to determine the rate of emission deterioration over the vehicle's useful life. The options will include a prescribed fixed driving cycle and a prescribed bench aging cycle that are used to age prototype vehicles or emission control components to the equivalent of the useful life period of the vehicle in a manner that replicates the aging that the vehicle or components would see in actual use. This rule does not change the Federal emission standards or the test procedures used to quantify emissions. Although there is no court-ordered deadline, this is a court-ordered action. During the comment period of the NPRM the Agency received a comment from the Afton Chemical Corporation (formally known as Ethyl Corporation) suggesting that EPA did not address the component durability portion of the new vehicle emission certification process and should establish a procedure for rulemaking requesting comment on whether our current component durability process is appropriate or if we should revise the process to include a limited amount of testing. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Supplemental NPRM- 11/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4757.1; Split from RIN 2060-AK76. Agency Contact: Linda Hormes, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4502 Fax: 734 214-4053 Email: hormes.linda@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN01 _______________________________________________________________________ 3094. NESHAP: PLASTIC PARTS AND PRODUCTS (SURFACE COATING)--AREA SOURCE RULE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: These standards are being developed under the Clean Air Act, Section 112(k). Under section 112(k), EPA developed a national strategy to address air-toxic pollution from ``area'' sources, which are sources that emit hazardous air pollutants (HAP) below the major source level of 10 tons/year of a single HAP or 25 tons/year of all HAP. As part of that strategy, several area-source categories were listed for regulation. Plastic parts and products was listed as one of those categories, and these standards will establish requirements to control pollution from facilities engaged in the surface coating of plastic parts and products. Plastic parts and products surface coating facilities are known to emit cadmium compounds, chromium compounds, lead compounds, manganese compounds, and nickel compounds. In 2004, EPA promulgated national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for major sources engaged in the surface coating of plastic parts and products NESHAP. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 06/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4955; Agency Contact: Kim Teal, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5580 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: teal.kim@epa.gov Elaine Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5499 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: manning.elaine@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN08 _______________________________________________________________________ 3095. NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS: SURFACE COATING OF AUTOMOBILES AND LIGHT-DUTY TRUCKS; AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 subpart IIII Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action will amend the final National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the surface coating of automobiles and light-duty trucks. These amendments will clarify the interaction between this rule and the NESHAP for surface coating of plastic parts and products. These amendments also will improve the rule by clarifying specific provisions and correcting errors in the original printing of the final rule and announce the availability of a revised version of the Protocol for Determining the Daily Volatile Organic Compound Emission Rate of Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Topcoat Operations. The original final rule was published in the Federal Register on April 26, 2004. (69 FR 22602). The rule affects the surface coating of automobile and light-duty truck bodies and body parts for use in new vehicles at facilities that are major sources of hazardous air pollutants. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 02/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4958 Agency Contact: David Salman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-0859 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: salman.dave@epa.gov [[Page 65252]] Elaine Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 20460 Phone: 919 541-5499 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: manning.elaine@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN10 _______________________________________________________________________ 3096. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: LISTING OF SUBSTITUTES FOR OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES IN FOAM BLOWING Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 612 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA is initiating this rulemaking in response to a DC Circuit action. In July 2004, the DC Circuit Court vacated a portion of an SNAP Final Rule published on July 22, 2002 (67 FR 47703). This rule responds to that vacature and would rule on the use of HCFC-22 and -142b as substitutes for HCFC-141b in foam blowing. This rule will address effects of stratospheric ozone depletion and health and environmental impacts of substitutes for ozone-depleting substances. The ultimate impact will be to reduce skin cancer, cataracts, and other adverse impacts of ozone depletion. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 11/00/05 Final Action- 04/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4959 Agency Contact: Suzanne Kocchi, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9387 Email: kocchi.suzanne@epamail.epa.gov Jeff Cohen, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9005 Fax: 202 343-2363 Email: cohen.jeff@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN11 _______________________________________________________________________ 3097. RESPONSE TO PETITION OF RECONSIDERATION FOR FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION AND RULEMAKING FOR GEORGIA FOR PURPOSES OF REDUCING OZONE INTERSTATE TRANSPORT Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act Title I CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 78; 40 CFR 97 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: In this action, EPA is responding to a petition for reconsideration of a final rule we issued under Section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) related to the interstate transport of nitrogen oxides (NOx). On April 21, 2004, EPA issued a final rule that required the State of Georgia to submit SIP revisions that prohibit specified amounts of NOx emissions-one of the precursors to ozone (smog) pollution-for the purposes of reducing NOx and ozone transport across state boundaries in the eastern half of the United States. Subsequently, the Georgia Coalition for Sound Environmental Policy (GCSEP) filed a petition for reconsideration requesting that EPA reconsider the inclusion of the state of Georgia in the rule and also requested a stay of the applicability of the requirements as to the state of Georgia. In response to that petition, EPA proposed to stay the effectiveness of the 2004 rule on 3/1/05 (70 FR 9897), and is undertaking the rulemaking described here to address the issues raised by the petitioners. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Final Action- 01/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Federalism: This action may have federalism implications as defined in EO 13132. Additional Information: SAN No. 4960 Agency Contact: Jan King, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5665 Email: king.jan@epa.gov Winifred Okoye, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 2344A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-5446 Email: okoye.winifred@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN12 _______________________________________________________________________ 3098. FUEL ECONOMY LABELING OF MOTOR VEHICLES: REVISIONS TO IMPROVE CALCULATION OF FUEL ECONOMY ESTIMATES Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 107 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AN14 _______________________________________________________________________ 3099. REVISIONS TO THE CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS MONITORING RULE FOR THE ACID RAIN PROGRAM AND THE NOX BUDGET TRADING PROGRAM Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act CFR Citation: 40 CFR 75 (Revision) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule would modify the existing requirements for sources affected by the Acid Rain Program, and the NOx Budget Trading Program. The Acid Rain Continuous Emission Monitoring (CEM) rule would be revised to improve implementation by making improvements to the monitoring and reporting process that will benefit both EPA and the facilities affected by the rule. These amendments will have no environmental impacts, and are expected to reduce the ongoing costs and burden associated with reporting emissions under the current rule by instituting a revised reporting procedure that will reduce the redundancy that currently exists with the existing procedures. Specifically, as part of its reengineering efforts, EPA is replacing the existing record type dependant reporting format to an XML data reporting format that takes advantage of technological advances in data management. This fundamental change is expected to reduce the costs of programming data collection systems at the affected facilities and should provide EPA with the flexibility to better adapt its systems to unique data configurations, which are not currently easily (or properly) adaptable by the current reporting structure. EPA expects to reduce the cost and burden associated with resubmittals of data [[Page 65253]] reports due to errors identified after the submittals are made. This action also attempts to clarify, simplify, and enhance certain sections in the CEM rule to make it easier for sources to understand and comply with the regulation. Examples include: providing a mechanism for a source to utilize the concept of long-term cold storage; clarifying that only one monitoring methodology should be specified at any time; and modifying the quality assurance timing requirements for ozone season only reporters. These amendments need to be finalized prior to the planned implementation date of January 1, 2007. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 11/00/05 Final Action- 10/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4969 Agency Contact: Matthew Boze, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6204J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9211 Fax: 202 343-9211 Email: boze.matthew@epamail.epa.gov Beth Murray, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6204J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9211 Fax: 202 343-9211 Email: murray.beth@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN16 _______________________________________________________________________ 3100. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: THE 2006 CRITICAL USE EXEMPTION RULE FROM THE PHASEOUT OF METHYL BROMIDE Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act Title VI CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: With this action, EPA would amend section 82.8 of 40 CFR Part 82, Subpart A, entitled ``Grant of essential use allowances and critical use allowances'' for the chemical methyl bromide. Methyl bromide is an ozone-depleting substance. Specifically, the rule lists uses that qualify for the critical use exemption in 2006, and the amount of additional methyl bromide that may be produced or imported for those uses in 2006. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4972 Agency Contact: Marta Montoro, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205 J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9321 Fax: 202 343-2338 Email: montoro.marta@epamail.epa.gov Hodayah Finman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205 J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9246 Fax: 202 565-2079 Email: finman.hodayah@epamail.epa.gov; hodayah finman/dc/usepa/ us@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN18 _______________________________________________________________________ 3101. REVISIONS TO AIR EMISSIONS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51, subpart A Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action seeks to combine and consolidate air emission reporting requirements from three regulations. The three regulations are the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), the Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (CERR) and the NOX SIP Call. Each of these regulations has associated emissions reporting requirements. The purpose of this action is to resolve differences in the reporting requirements in the three regulations so that the regulated community will have a single location in the Code of Federal Regulations that details air emission reporting requirements. For example, the CERR and the NOX SIP Call use similar but not identical terminology to describe what data must be reported to EPA. The proposed rule would resolve these differences. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 11/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Local, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4951 Agency Contact: Bill Kuykendal, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D205-01, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 919 541-5372 Fax: 919 541-0684 Email: kuykendal.bill@epa.gov Phil Lorang, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D205- 01, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 919 541-5463 Fax: 919 541-0684 Email: lorang.phil@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN20 _______________________________________________________________________ 3102. NESHAP: AUTOBODY REFINISHING--AREA SOURCE RULE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: These standards are being developed under the Clean Air Act, Section 112(k). Under section 112(k), EPA developed a national strategy to address air-toxic pollution from ``area'' sources, which are sources that emit hazardous air pollutants (HAP) below the major source level of 10 tons/year of a single HAP or 25 tons/year of all HAP. As part of that strategy, several area-source categories were listed for regulation. Autobody Refinishing was listed as one of those categories, and these standards will establish requirements to control pollution from facilities engaged in autobody refinishing. Autobody refinishing facilities are known to emit benzene, cadmium compounds, chromium compounds, lead compounds, manganese compounds, and nickel compounds. In 2004, EPA promulgated national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for major sources engaged in the surface coating of assembled on-road vehicles as a subcategory of the plastic parts and products NESHAP. [[Page 65254]] Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 07/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4978 Agency Contact: Kim Teal, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5580 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: teal.kim@epa.gov Elaine Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5499 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: manning.elaine@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN21 _______________________________________________________________________ 3103. [bull] REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR OZONE Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 109 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AN24 _______________________________________________________________________ 3104. [bull] IMPLEMENTATION RULE FOR 8-HOUR OZONE NAAQS: RECONSIDERATION; OVERWHELMING TRANSPORT CLASSIFICATION Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7408; 42 USC 7410; 42 USC 7501 to 7511f; 42 USC 7601(a)(1) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 50; 40 CFR 81 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule was issued as a result of EPA's Reconsideration of the Phase 1 Rule to Implement the 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS as requested by EarthJustice. Specifically, this rule will address the Overwhelming Transport Classification. The Phase 1 Rule provided specific requirements for State and local air pollution control agencies and Tribes to prepare State implementation plans (SIPs) and Tribal Implementation Plans (TIPs) under the 8-hour national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for ozone, published by EPA on July 18, 1997. The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires EPA to set ambient air quality standards and requires States to submit SIPs to implement those standards. The 1997 standards were challenged in court, but in February 2001, the Supreme Court determined that EPA has authority to implement a revised ozone standard, but ruled that EPA must reconsider its implementation plan for moving from the 1-hour standard to the revised standard. The Supreme Court identified conflicts between different parts of the CAA related to implementation of a revised NAAQS, provided some direction to EPA for resolving the conflicts, and left it to EPA to develop a reasonable approach for implementation. Thus, the Phase 1 Rule addressed the requirements of the CAA and the Supreme Court's ruling. . Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Final Action- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4625.4; Split from RIN 2060-AJ99. Agency Contact: John Silvasi, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5666 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: silvasi.john@epa.gov Denise Gerth, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539- 02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5550 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: gerth.denise@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN26 _______________________________________________________________________ 3105. [bull] PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION AND NONATTAINMENT NEW SOURCE REVIEW: ALTERNATIVE APPLICABILITY TEST FOR ELECTRIC GENERATING UNITS Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 110 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AN28 _______________________________________________________________________ 3106. [bull] PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: ALLOCATION OF ESSENTIAL USE ALLOWANCES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2006 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671 to 7671q CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82.8(a) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule will allocate essential use allowances for import and production of class I controlled substances for calendar year 2005. Essential use allowances enable a company to obtain ozone depleting substances as an exemption to the regulatory ban on production and import of these chemicals, which took effect on January 1, 1996. EPA allocates essential use allowances for exempted production and import of a specific quantity of chlorofluorocarbons solely for use in medically essential asthma inhalers. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Final Action- 01/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4986 Agency Contact: Scott Monroe, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9712 Fax: 202 343-2363 Email: monroe.scott@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN29 [[Page 65255]] _______________________________________________________________________ 3107. [bull] PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: REVISION TO LISTING OF CARBON DIOXIDE TOTAL FLOODING FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS RESTRICTING USE TO ONLY UNOCCUPIED AREAS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671 to 7671q CFR Citation: 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. 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. Independent of any petitions or notifications received, EPA may also initiate updates to the substitute lists based on new data on either additional substitutes or on characteristics of substitutes previously reviewed. Based on new information on the continued and growing use of carbon dioxide total flooding fire extinguishing systems, EPA is revising its listing of carbon dioxide as an acceptable total flooding substitute for ozone-depleting halons to acceptable subject to narrowed use limits. Use would be limited to unoccupied areas where personnel could not be exposed to lethal concentration of the agent. Recent changes to national fire protection industry standards reflect need to improve personnel safety requirements for carbon dioxide systems by limiting its applications. Carbon dioxide total flooding fire extinguishing systems are used in some industrial applications such as automobile paint rooms and in marine applications such as machinery spaces. Restricted use limits on carbon dioxide total flooding systems supports the use of substitutes that are not potentially lethal to personnel that could be exposed. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/00/06 Final Action- 09/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4991 Agency Contact: Bella Maranion, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9749 Fax: 202 343-2363 Email: maranion.bella@epa.gov Jeff Cohen, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9005 Fax: 202 343-2363 Email: cohen.jeff@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN30 _______________________________________________________________________ 3108. [bull] INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL BOILER AND PROCESS HEATER NESHAP, AMENDMENT Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.7480 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: On September 13, 2004, national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for industrial, commercial and institutional boilers, and process heaters were promulgated. Following promulgation, EPA received a petition for reconsideration filed by the General Electric Company. The petitioner claim that the proposal did not provide sufficient information on the emission averaging provision added in the final rule upon which to provide meaningful comment. The petitioner requests reconsideration or clarification that the rule allows for consolidated testing of commonly vented boilers. This rulemaking will address that petition. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4987 Agency Contact: Jim Eddinger, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5426 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: eddinger.jim@epa.gov Robert Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-1045 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: wayland.robertj@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN32 _______________________________________________________________________ 3109. [bull] NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS: POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AND COPOLYMERS PRODUCTION, AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 4701 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.210 - 17 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action re-proposes the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers. These standards were proposed on December 8, 2000 (65 FR 76958) and originally promulgated on July 10, 2002 (67 FR 45886) but are expected to be vacated. As of the date of the tiering application, the actual vacatur has not yet occurred. This action assures continuity of the parts of the standard that were upheld by the court in the event of expected vacatur, and precludes implications of CAA section 112(j) which is triggered when the EPA does not have a standard for a source category subject to 112(d) promulgated. This action also recognizes that one component of these standards, regarding the use of vinyl chloride as a surrogate for all other HAP, was not upheld by the court and warrants further study. This action also recognizes that these MACT standards are effective in the absence of this one component for the purposes of 112(j), and this component will be addressed in a separate subsequent rulemaking. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Final Action- 02/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No [[Page 65256]] Government Levels Affected: Federal, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4988, EDocket No. OAR-2002-0037 Agency Contact: Warren Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5124 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: johnson.warren@epa.gov Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park , NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5335 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: dunkins.robin@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN33 _______________________________________________________________________ 3110. [bull] AIR QUALITY: REVISION TO DEFINITION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS--EXCLUSION OF HFE-7300 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act Title I CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.100(s) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This is a deregulatory action to exclude HFE-7300 from the list of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on the basis that, as a precursor, this compound makes a negligible contribution to the formation of tropospheric ozone. This compound has potential for use as a refrigerant because it also is not a stratospheric ozone depleter. This action will remove the necessity to control HFE-7300 as a VOC in State Implementation Plans for attaining the ozone standard. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Final Action- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 5010 Agency Contact: Dave Sanders, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3356 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: sanders.dave@epa.gov William L. Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5245 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: johnson.williaml@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN34 _______________________________________________________________________ 3111. [bull] NESHAP: ORGANIC LIQUID DISTRIBUTION (NON-GASOLINE); AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Amendment in response to Petition for Reconsideration of the final rule. It will address control of air emissions from wastewater at OLD facilities. The petitioner who requested that wastewater be controlled was the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council (PWSRCAC). The facility of concern for PWSRCAC is the Valdez Marine terminal operated by the Alyeska trans Alaska pipeline company. Their specific concern is the ballast water treatment facility. Both Alyeska and PWSRCAC have been testing at the Marine terminal to determine the functionality of the existing system. This amendment will also deal with wastewater emissions from tank draw downs and maintenance which occur at Valdez and other OLD facilities. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 05/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4910.1; Split from RIN 2060-AM77. Agency Contact: Martha Smith, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2421 Fax: 919 541-0246 Email: smith.martha@epamail.epa.gov Kent Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5395 Fax: 919 541-0246 Email: hustvedt.ken@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN37 _______________________________________________________________________ 3112. [bull] NESHAP: SECONDARY ALUMINUM PRODUCTION - AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1500 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This technical amendment will correct a punctuation error in the existing Secondary Aluminum NESHAP (40 CFR 63.1500). Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/05 Direct Final Action- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4989; Agency Contact: Rick Colyer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5262 Fax: 919 541-5600 Email: colyer.rick@epamail.epa.gov David Cozzie, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504- 05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5356 Email: cozzie.david@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN38 _______________________________________________________________________ 3113. [bull] OPTIONAL CHASSIS CERTIFICATION FOR DIESEL VEHICLES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601(a) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86.1863-07 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Prior to the heavy-duty 2007 rulemaking (HD 2007), we have required that crankcase emissions be controlled only on naturally aspirated diesel engines. We made an exception for turbocharged heavy- duty diesel [[Page 65257]] engines in the past because of concerns regarding fouling that could occur from diesel PM and engine oil, which are included in the crankcase emissions, when routing the crankcase blow-by into the turbocharger and aftercooler. However, this was an environmentally significant exception since most heavy-duty diesel trucks use turbocharged engines, and a single engine can emit over 100 pounds of NOx, NMHC, and PM from the crankcase over its lifetime. Therefore, given the availability of technologies to control crankcase emissions and the significant environmental benefit for eliminating those emissions, we set new requirements for crankcase emissions in the HD 2007 rulemaking. Those provisions require that heavy-duty diesel engines either close the crankcase or account for any crankcase emissions within the total compliance limits of the tailpipe emissions standard. This requirement had the unintended consequence of confusing which crankcase provisions should apply to these heavy-duty diesel engines, those of Subpart S or the newly defined diesel provisions of. It was our intention that these vehicles meet the newly defined requirements of closed crankcase provisions just as other heavy-duty diesel engines must. Therefore, we are finalizing a change to the HD 2007 that explicitly defines the crankcase provisions applicable for heavy-duty chassis certified diesel engines under 14,000 pounds as those provisions defined under CFR section 86.007-11. There is no environmental impact. This represents a cost savings to the manufacturers of highway heavy duty diesel engines. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 11/00/05 Final Action- 04/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4993; Agency Contact: Zuimdie Guerra, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 734 214-4387 Fax: 734 214-4816 Email: guerra.zuimdie@epa.gov Cleophas Jackson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 734 214-4824 Fax: 734 214-4816 Email: jackson.cleophas@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN39 _______________________________________________________________________ 3114. [bull] AIR QUALITY DATA AFFECTED BY EXCEPTIONAL, NATURAL, AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act title I CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This regulation would codify EPA policy concerning how to address air quality data that has been identified as being affected by exceptional, natural, or international events. The rulemaking provides guidance to States, local, and tribal air quality agencies on how to address the air quality and public health impacts caused by these types of events. EPA is developing this rule to better address situations where data resulting from uncontrollable, natural, or exceptional events--for example forest fires, structural fires, high wind, volcanic or seismic activities--may require special consideration. In some cases, it may be appropriate to exclude data from such events from regulatory consideration because they could result in inappropriate air quality values being compared with the level of the affected air quality standard. In other cases it may be appropriate to retain the data for comparison with the level of the affected standard and then allow EPA time to formulate the appropriate regulatory response. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 12/00/05 Final Action- 12/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4998 Agency Contact: Larry Wallace, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-15, C-504-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-0906 Fax: 919 541-5489 Email: wallace.larry@epa.gov Eric Ginsburg, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C- 304-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-0877 Fax: 919 541-4511 Email: ginsburg.eric@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN40 _______________________________________________________________________ 3115. [bull] FEDERAL PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR OTHER SOLID WASTE INCINERATION UNITS CONSTRUCTED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 9, 2004 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: CAA sec 129 and 111(d) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 62 (New) Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 31, 2007, Section 129(b)(3) of CAA - 2 Years after promulgation of underlying emission guidelines is deadline for this action. Other, Statutory, December 31, 2008, Section 129(e)(1) of CAA - 3 Years after promulgation of underlying emission guidelines is Hammer Date for Permit Applications. Abstract: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set emission guidelines under sections 111 and 129 for existing incinerators categorized as other solid waste incinerators (OSWI), a catch-all grouping for those classes of incinerators not directly named in the Act. Under court order, EPA published proposed regulations for OSWI on December 9, 2004 and is under a judicial requirement to establish final regulations for OSWI by November 30, 2005. In accordance with section 129, any State with affected sources must submit a State plan by one year after publication of the final rule describing how the State will implement the emission guidelines for existing CISWI. Section 129 also requires the Administrator to develop and implement a Federal plan for existing CISWI units located in any State which has not submitted an approvable plan within 2 years of promulgation of the emissions guidelines. In this OSWI Federal plan rulemaking, EPA becomes the implementing authority in those instances where the State or local [[Page 65258]] agency has failed to submit a plan or a plan has not yet been approved. Therefore, consistent with section 129(b)(3) of the Act, this rulemaking would impose a Federal plan that applies to OSWI in any State, tribe or locale that has not submitted an approvable plan within the time allotted. This action makes no changes to the requirements in the November 2005 rule, and is intended to fulfill EPA's duty under section 129(b)(3) to promulgate a Federal plan as a gap-filling measure until the State fulfills its statutory obligations. When the State submits an approvable State Plan, the Federal plan will no longer apply to units in that State. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 07/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State Additional Information: SAN No. 5011; Agency Contact: David Painter, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, E 143-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Phone: 919 541-5515 Fax: 919 541-2664 Email: painter.david@epa.gov Karen Blanchard, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, E 143-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Phone: 919 541-5503 Fax: 919 541-2664 Email: blanchard.karen@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN43 _______________________________________________________________________ 3116. [bull] RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS FOR 2006 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 111 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AN51 _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Final Rule Stage Clean Air Act (CAA) _______________________________________________________________________ 3117. AMENDMENT TO SUBPARTS H AND I FOR EMISSIONS OF RADIONUCLIDES OTHER THAN RADON FROM DOE FACILITIES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: PL 95-95; CAAA 112(g) or (q) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 61 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Subparts H and I of 40 CFR Part 61 establish standards under the Clean Air Act for emissions of radionuclides other than radon from Department of Energy (DOE) and other non-DOE federal facilities. Under subparts H and I, regulated entities currently determine compliance with the emission standards by utilizing the approved computer models CAP88 and AIRDOS-PC or any other procedures for which EPA has granted prior approval. Since promulgation of Subparts H and I, EPA has developed an additional model, GENII-NESHAPS, which is suitable for regulated entities to use to determine compliance, in addition to the currently-approved models mentioned above. The model was developed to incorporate the internal dosimetry models recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and the radiological risk estimating procedures of Federal Guidance Report 13 into updated versions of existing environmental pathway analysis models. The model was developed under the direction of OAR's Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, in consultation with OAR's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS). Also, GENII-NESHAPs has undergone Science Advisory Board (SAB) review. In this direct final rule, EPA is updating Subparts H and I to include GENII-NESHAPS as an approved compliance model. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action- 01/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4768 Agency Contact: Behram Shroff, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6608J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9773 Fax: 202 343-9707 Email: shroff.behram@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK81 _______________________________________________________________________ 3118. REVISION TO THE GUIDELINE ON AIR QUALITY MODELS (APPENDIX W TO 40 CFR PART 51): ADOPTION OF A PREFERRED GENERAL PURPOSE (FLAT AND COMPLEX TERRAIN) DISPERSION MODEL AND OTHER REVISIONS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7410, CAAA 110(a)(2); CAAA 165(e); CAAA 172(a); CAAA 172(c); 42 USC 7601 CAAA 301(a)(1); CAAA 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 would revise the Guideline on Air Quality Models, published as appendix W to 40 CFR part 51. The Guideline provides EPA- recommended models for use in predicting ambient concentrations of pollutants for programs ranging from Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) to State Implementation Plans (SIPs) for controlling air pollution sources. The Guideline fulfills a Clean Air Act mandate for EPA to specify models for air management purposes. This revision would enhance the Guideline by incorporating a new, general- purpose dispersion model called AERMOD, which would replace the existing Industrial Source Complex (ISC3) model in many air-quality assessments, including those involving complex terrain. An earlier version of the AERMOD revision was previously [[Page 65259]] proposed (65 FR 21505, 4/21/2000; see SAN 3470), but not promulgated. In response to public comments received on the April 2000 proposal, we integrated the PRIME downwash algorithm and made other incidental modifications, creating AERMOD(02222). On September 8, 2003, we issued a Notice of Data Availability (NDA) to announce the AERMOD revisions, and to reveal new performance data. Public comments taken for 30 days have now been summarized and Agency responses have been developed that support the intended action. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 04/21/00 65 FR 21505 Notice of Data Availability- 09/08/03 68 FR 52934 Final Action- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 3470.1; Split from RIN 2060-AF01. Agency Contact: Tyler Fox, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5562 Email: fox.tyler@epamail.epa.gov Mark Evangelista, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2803 Email: evangelista.mark@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK60 _______________________________________________________________________ 3119. NSPS AND EMISSION GUIDELINES FOR OTHER SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7509 CAA 129 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, November 30, 2004. Final, Judicial, November 30, 2005. Abstract: Section 129 of the Clean Air Act requires the EPA to promulgate New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for new sources and Emission Guidelines (EG) for existing sources for solid waste incinerators. On November 30, 2004, EPA proposed rules to reduce emissions from the category of incinerators known as ``other solid waste incinerators'' (OSWI). OSWI consists of two classes of incinerators: (1) Institutional waste incinerators and (2) very small municipal waste combustors. Institutional waste incinerators are located at institutions (e.g., public or private school; college or university; church or civic organization; fire or police department; town, city, county, State or Federal government; etc.) which burn waste generated at that institution. Very small municipal waste combustors are incinerators which burn less than 35 tons per day of municipal solid waste. Municipal solid waste is nonhazardous solid waste or refuse collected from residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial sources. Emission standards were proposed for the following nine air pollutants: particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, lead, cadmium, mercury, and dioxins. Opacity limits were also proposed. EPA must promulgate standards by November 30, 2005. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Notice- 08/28/00 65 FR 52058 Prop. Stds & Guidance- 11/09/00 65 FR 67357 NPRM- 12/09/04 69 FR 71472 Final Action- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions Government Levels Affected: Local, State Additional Information: SAN No. 3751 Agency Contact: Mary Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5025 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: johnson.mary@epamail.epa.gov Brian Shrager, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-7689 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: shrager.brian@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AG31 _______________________________________________________________________ 3120. 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 7401(b)(1); 42 USC 7410; 42 USC 7470 to 7479; 42 USC 7501 to 7508; 42 USC 7601(a) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rulemaking adds Test Methods 203A, 203B, and 203C to 40 CFR part 51, appendix M (entitled Example Test Methods for State Implementation Plans). These methods describe procedures for estimating the opacity of visible emissions. States have requested that EPA promulgate these methods so that they can use them in State Implementation Plans in enforcing visible emissions regulations from Stationary Sources. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 11/22/93 58 FR 61640 Final Action- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 2915 Agency Contact: Solomon Ricks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5242 Fax: 919 541-1039 Email: ricks.solomon@epamail.epa.gov Fred Thompson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2707 Email: thompson.fred@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AF83 _______________________________________________________________________ 3121. 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 [[Page 65260]] 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- 12/08/97 62 FR 64532 Final Action- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 3900 Agency Contact: Gary McAlister, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-1062 Fax: 919 541-1039 Email: mcalister.gary@epamail.epa.gov Conniesue Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D205-02, D205-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-7774 Email: oldham.conniesue@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AG88 _______________________________________________________________________ 3122. NSPS: SOCMI--WASTEWATER AND AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX C OF PART 63 AND APPENDIX J OF PART 60 Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 - SOCMI Wastewater NSPS and app J; 40 CFR 63 - app C to part 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: These standards are based on a combination of control techniques that require removal or destruction of volatile organic compounds from wastewater at synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry plants. Designated chemical process units, i.e., process lines or process units, would be subject to the rule. Constructed, reconstructed, or modified designated chemical process units would be required to apply appropriate controls to affected wastewater tanks, surface impoundments, containers, individual drain systems, and oil and water separators, and to treat process wastewater to remove or destroy the volatile organic compounds. On September 12, 1994, EPA proposed Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources: Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) Wastewater (40 CFR part 60, subpart YYY). On October 11, 1995, the EPA issued a supplemental proposal, which clarified and revised the previously proposed rule. On December 9, 1998, EPA published a supplement to the proposed rule that consisted of revised definitions, alternative test procedures, and clarifications of requirements, and that proposed to add appendix J to 40 CFR part 60. The final rule will encompass the clarifications and revisions to subpart YYY and appendix J that will reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC). VOC, when emitted into the ambient air, are precursors to the formation of tropospheric ozone. A wide variety of acute and chronic respiratory health effects and welfare (agricultural, ecosystem) effects have been attributed to concentrations of ozone commonly measured in the ambient air throughout the U.S. In conjunction with the rule development for the NSPS, amendments to appendix C to part 63 were proposed on June 30, 2004. On June 30, 2004, amendments to Appendix C to part 63 were proposed (69 FR 39383). See http:// www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/nsps/socww/socwwpg.html for more information. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM (NSPS)- 09/12/94 59 FR 46780 Supplemental NPRM 1- 10/11/95 60 FR 52889 Supplemental NPRM 2- 12/09/98 63 FR 67988 NPRM Amdmt- 06/30/04 69 FR 39383 Final Action- 01/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 3380 Sectors Affected: 3251 Basic Chemical Manufacturing Agency Contact: Mary Kissell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-4516 Fax: 919 685-3219 Email: kissell.mary@epa.gov Kent Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5395 Fax: 919 541-0246 Email: hustvedt.ken@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AE94 _______________________________________________________________________ 3123. AMENDMENTS TO STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES; MONITORING REQUIREMENTS (40 CFR PART 60, APPENDIX F, PROCEDURE 3) Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, June 15, 2001. 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. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM1- 10/07/92 57 FR 46114 Supplemental NPRM- 05/08/03 68 FR 24692 Final Action- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No [[Page 65261]] Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 3958 Agency Contact: Solomon Ricks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5242 Fax: 919 541-1039 Email: ricks.solomon@epamail.epa.gov Fred Thompson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2707 Email: thompson.fred@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AH23 _______________________________________________________________________ 3124. UPDATE OF CONTINUOUS INSTRUMENTAL TEST METHODS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7411 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Methods 3A, 6C, 7E, 10, and 20 of 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A are instrumental methods that are being revised to make their performance criteria consistent. Analyzer calibration error tests and sampling system bias tests now required in Methods 3A, 6C, and 7E are being added to Methods 10 and 20. Inconsistent acceptance criteria for other performance tests and calibration gas quality are also being made uniform. Performance criteria currently determined based on the instrument span is being revised to an emission limit basis. This change will fix the acceptance limits for all source tests on the applicable emission limit and not on a span value that sources have some discretion in choosing. These revisions were proposed on August 27, 1997 in an announcement entitled ``Amendments for Testing and Monitoring Provisions.'' They were considered not significant at that time. The public did not feel that the preamble to the rule provided adequate notice of the changes being made to the methods. The commenters requested a reproposal of these revision to the instrumental methods to allow for adequate public review. Methods 7F and 7G are new methods that measure nitrogen oxides electrochemically. These methods are being proposed in response to requests made by vendors/sources. These methods will add flexibility to the testing provisions currently in place and will not add requirements or affect the stringency of the underlying emission standards. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/10/03 68 FR 58838 Final Action- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN No. 4161 Agency Contact: Foston Curtis, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-19, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-1063 Email: curtis.foston@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK61 _______________________________________________________________________ 3125. NESHAP: PRINTING AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY; AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 1994. Abstract: Since publication of the final Printing and Publishing NESHAP, we have discovered several minor errors. This action will correct those errors and clarify some of the rule language. The main change will be to correct the instructions for determining HAP content of inks and other materials from formulation data. No substantive changes will be made to the stringency of the rule. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action- 11/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4310 Agency Contact: Dave Salman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-0859 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: salman.dave@epamail.epa.gov Elaine Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5499 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: manning.elaine@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AI66 _______________________________________________________________________ 3126. PETITIONS TO DELIST HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS: MEK Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: ``Clean Air Act sec 112(b)(3)'' CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, February 28, 2000. Abstract: The Agency has received a petition to remove methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) from the list of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) under Section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act. The Agency must review the petitions and either grant or deny the petition within 18 months of the date the complete petition was received. If the Agency grants a petition, a notice of proposed rulemaking will be published in the Federal Register, allowing the opportunity for public comment. If the Agency denies a petition, a notice of denial will be published in the Federal Register providing an explanation for such denial. If the Agency grants a petition and ultimately removes the pollutant from the HAP list then sources emitting such pollutants would not be required to meet MACT emissions standards for the pollutant. If on the other hand, the Agency denies the petition, then MACT standards would be issued as currently planned under Section 112(c) and 112(d) of the Clean Air Act for sources emitting such pollutants. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Final Action- 01/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4313 Agency Contact: Kelly Rimer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 [[Page 65262]] Phone: 919 541-2962 Email: rimer.kelly@epamail.epa.gov Dave Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404- 01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5368 Fax: 919 541-0840 Email: guinnup.dave@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AI72 _______________________________________________________________________ 3127. NESHAP FOR PRIMARY ALUMINUM REDUCTION PLANTS; AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The NESHAP for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants was promulgated in 1997 (40 CFR part 63, subpart LL). The amendments described here would revise the emission limit for polycyclic organic matter applicable to one subcategory of source based on newly available data more representative of performance from the top five performing sources. The proposed amendments would also clarify language on compliance dates and add specific provisions for startup of new or reconstructed affected sources and affected sources that restart after being idled for long periods of time. More time would be allowed due to the nature of the process operation, depending on the type of source. No additional costs or information collection requirements would be incurred as a result of the amendments. There also are no significant policy issues. State agency and industry representatives concur with the changes, which will improve implementation of the 1997 rule. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 03/17/03 68 FR 12645 Final Action- 11/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4713 Agency Contact: Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2837 Fax: 919 541-3207 Email: fruh.steve@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK50 _______________________________________________________________________ 3128. NESHAP: GENERAL PROVISIONS; AMENDMENTS FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.2; 40 CFR 63.17; 40 CFR 63.18 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: We are amending the part 63 General Provisions to allow facilities that are subject to a maximum achievable control technology (MACT) Subpart to discontinue unnecessary requirements if, through pollution prevention measures, they achieve and can demonstrate continued hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emission reductions equivalent to or better than the MACT level of control. We are promulgating these amendments to encourage and promote pollution prevention, which is our strategy of first choice in reducing HAP emissions. We expect these amendments to result in no additional burden for sources and air pollution control agencies. This effort is the product of discussions with State and local air pollution control officials. There also are no significant policy issues. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 05/15/03 68 FR 26249 Final Action- 02/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4719; Agency Contact: Rick Colyer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5262 Fax: 919 541-5600 Email: colyer.rick@epamail.epa.gov David Cozzie, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504- 05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5356 Email: cozzie.david@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK54 _______________________________________________________________________ 3129. SECTION 126 RULE WITHDRAWAL PROVISION Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7426 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA is proposing to revise one narrow aspect of the Section 126 Rule, which was promulgated January 18, 2000. That rule requires certain sources located in the eastern United States to reduce their NOx emissions for purposes of reducing ozone transport. EPA coordinated the Section 126 Rule with a related ozone transport rule, known as the NOx State implementation plan call (NOx SIP Call), which also addresses ozone transport in the eastern United States. The EPA established the same compliance date for both rules, May 1, 2003. The EPA included a provision in the Section 126 Rule which provided that where a State adopted, and EPA approved, a SIP controlling transport under the NOx SIP Call, and with a May 1, 2003 compliance date, EPA would withdraw the Section 126 requirements for sources in that State. This was a practical way to address the overlap between the two rules and avoid having sources be subject to two sets of potentially different NOx transport control requirements. As the result of court actions, the compliance dates for the Section 126 Rule and the NOx SIP Call have both been delayed until May 31, 2004. In addition, the NOx SIP Call has been divided into two phases. Therefore, it is necessary to revise the Section 126 Rule withdrawal provision so that it will continue to operate under these new circumstances. This action also proposes to withdraw the Section 126 Rule in States that meet the proposed revised criteria. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 04/04/03 68 FR 16644 Final Action- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4689 [[Page 65263]] Agency Contact: Carla Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3347 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: oldham.carla@epamail.epa.gov Doug Grano, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539- 02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3292 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: grano.doug@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK41 _______________________________________________________________________ 3130. 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-loss 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 decrease in environmental benefits. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Rule- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 3910; Agency Contact: David Good, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734-214-4450 Email: good.david@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AH34 _______________________________________________________________________ 3131. MODIFICATION OF THE ANTI-DUMPING BASELINE DATE CUT-OFF LIMIT FOR DATA USED IN DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL BASELINE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7521(1); 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 7601(a) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.91(b)(1)(i); 40 CFR 80.93(a) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: ``Dumping'' refers to the practice whereby refiners making clean fuels for certain markets (such as reformulated gasoline for clean-air purposes) take the pollutants removed from the clean fuels and ``dump'' them into other fuels they are producing for other markets. This, if allowed, would make those other fuels even dirtier than before, and so the Clean Air Act prohibits this practice. EPA has existing ``anti-dumping'' rules on the books that codify this Clean Air Act prohibition. This regulation is a minor technical amendment to those existing regulations. It would amend a portion of those regulations to allow the use of data collected after January 1, 1995 in the development of baselines, and it would establish a cut-off date of January 1, 2002 for the submission of all individual baselines under the anti-dumping program. This date is the same as that allowed for foreign refineries seeking a unique individual baseline under the anti- dumping program. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4604 Agency Contact: Patrice Simms, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 2344, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-5593 Fax: 202 564-5603 Email: simms.patrice@epamail.epa.gov Christine Brunner, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 4206, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4287 Fax: 734 214-4051 Email: brunner.christine@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AJ82 _______________________________________________________________________ 3132. EMISSIONS DURABILITY PROCEDURES FOR NEW LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLES AND LIGHT-DUTY TRUCKS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7521 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 86 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: On October 22, 2002 the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated durability provisions that automotive manufacturers used to demonstrate that the emissions of their vehicles would comply with emission standards for the useful lives of those vehicles. The Court also required EPA to issue new regulations. This action fulfills the mandate. The new durability regulations will include options that a manufacturer may choose from to age pre-production vehicles to determine the rate of emission deterioration over the vehicle's useful life. The options will include a prescribed fixed driving cycle and a prescribed bench aging cycle that are used to age prototype vehicles or emission control components to the equivalent of the useful life period of the vehicle in a manner that replicates the aging that the vehicle or components would see in actual use. This rule does not change the Federal emission standards or the test procedures used to quantify emissions. Although there is no court-ordered deadline, this is a court-ordered action. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 04/02/04 69 FR 17532 Final Action- 11/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4757; Sectors Affected: 3361 Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Agency Contact: Linda Hormes, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4502 Fax: 734 214-4053 [[Page 65264]] Email: hormes.linda@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK76 _______________________________________________________________________ 3133. ADOPTION OF THE AMENDED INTERNATIONAL NOX STANDARD FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINES Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq; 42 USC 7571-7572; 5 USC 552(a) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 87.1; 40 CFR 87.21; 40 CFR 87.64; 40 CFR 87.71; 40 CFR 87.10; 40 CFR 87.31(b); 40 CFR 87.82; 40 CFR 87.89 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The purpose of this final rulemaking is to amend the existing United States regulations governing the exhaust emissions from new commercial aircraft gas turbine engines. The amendment will codify into United States law the recently amended voluntary NOx emission standard of the United Nation's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), thus bringing the United States emission standards into alignment with the internationally adopted standards. This NOx standard was adopted at the ICAO/Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) 4 meeting in 1998. The implementation of the standard is to begin in January 2004. Further, this amendment will establish consistency between U.S. and international requirements and test procedures. This action is necessary to ensure that domestic commercial aircraft meet international standards and the public can be assured that they are receiving the air quality benefits of the international standards. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 09/30/03 68 FR 56226 Final Action- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN No. 4631; Sectors Affected: 33641 Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing; 336412 Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing; 3336 Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing; 336413 Other Aircraft Part and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing Agency Contact: Bryan Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6407, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4832 Fax: 734 214-4018 Email: manning.bryan@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK01 _______________________________________________________________________ 3134. MODIFICATION OF ANTI-DUMPING BASELINES FOR GASOLINE PRODUCED OR IMPORTED FOR USE IN HAWAII, ALASKA, AND THE U.S. TERRITORIES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 7601(a) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80 (Revision) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: ``Dumping'' refers to the practice whereby refiners making clean fuels for certain markets (such as reformulated gasoline for clean-air purposes) take the pollutants removed from the clean fuels and ``dump'' them into other fuels they are producing for other markets. This, if allowed, would make those other fuels even dirtier than before, and so the Clean Air Act prohibits this practice. EPA has existing ``anti-dumping'' rules on the books that codify this Clean Air Act prohibition. This action proposes to allow refiners and importers of conventional gasoline produced or imported for use in Hawaii, Alaska, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to petition EPA to modify their baselines to use the most appropriate seasonal baseline and Complex Model for purposes of compliance with the RFG program's anti-dumping requirements. Specifically, this action would allow refiners and importers to petition EPA to use the summer Complex Model for all anti-dumping baseline and compliance determinations for conventional gasoline produced or imported for use in Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This action would allow refiners and importers to petition EPA to use the winter Complex Model for all anti-dumping baseline and compliance purposes in Alaska. We are proposing this action to address certain inconsistencies in the RFG program's anti-dumping provisions which may have significant unintended negative impacts on refiners and importers. Today's proposed actions would not compromise the environmental goals of the RFG program, or result in any environmental degradation. Today's proposed actions would not have any negative impact on small businesses or State/local/tribal governments. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/04/05 70 FR 646 Final Action- 11/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4632 Agency Contact: Marilyn Bennett, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9624 Fax: 202 343-2803 Email: bennett.marilyn@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK02 _______________________________________________________________________ 3135. REGULATION OF FUEL AND FUEL ADDITIVES: EXTENSION OF CALIFORNIA ENFORCEMENT EXEMPTIONS FOR REFORMULATED GASOLINE TO CALIFORNIA PHASE 3 GASOLINE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 7601(a) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.81 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA is proposing to exempt refiners, importers, and blenders of gasoline subject to the State of California's reformulated gasoline regulations from certain enforcement provisions in the Federal reformulated (RFG) regulations. Certain exemptions under the Federal RFG program already apply to California Phase 2 gasoline, but additional exemptions are necessary to cover Phase 3 gasoline. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 08/11/04 69 FR 48827 Final Action- 11/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None [[Page 65265]] Additional Information: SAN No. 4634 Sectors Affected: 32511 Petrochemical Manufacturing; 32411 Petroleum Refineries Agency Contact: Anne-Marie Pastorkovich, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9623 Email: pastorkovich.anne-marie@epamail.epa.gov Dave Kortum, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9022 Fax: 202 343-2802 Email: kortum.dave@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK04 _______________________________________________________________________ 3136. AMENDMENTS TO THE REQUIREMENTS ON VARIABILITY IN THE COMPOSITION OF ADDITIVES CERTIFIED UNDER THE GASOLINE DEPOSIT CONTROL PROGRAM Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 7601(a) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80 Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, May 30, 2001, Settlement Agreement with American Chemistry Council in 8/2000 requires publication of NPRM ``as expeditiously as practicable.''. Abstract: A Direct Final Rule (DFRM) and parallel Notice of Proposed Rule (NPRM) was published on November 5, 2001 in response to a settlement agreement reached with the American Chemical Council (ACC) regarding their litigation on the Gasoline Deposit Control Additive Rule. This litigation pertained to the information that manufacturers must provide on additive composition at the time of certification. Adverse comments were received on two of the four amendments. A partial withdrawal notice was published on January 24, 2002 which withdrew the amendments on which we received adverse comments. In this action, we plan to finalize the provisions that were withdrawn. The provisions we plan to finalize are based on an ACC consensus position, which reduces the burden on manufacturers in demonstrating compliance with limits on the compositional variability of the deposit control additives, while maintaining the emissions control benefits of the gasoline deposit control program. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action 1- 11/05/01 66 FR 55885 Final Action 2- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4557.1; Split from RIN 2060-AJ69. Action is consistent with Settlement Agreement signed with American Chemistry Council in January 2000, which became final in August, 2000 (no comments were received in the public notice and comment). ACC v. EPA, D.C. Cir. No. 94-1778 (consol). Sectors Affected: 325998 All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product Manufacturing Agency Contact: Jeff Herzog, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, ASD, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4227 Fax: 734 214-4816 Email: herzog.jeff@epamail.epa.gov Andrea Medici, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, ARLO/PTSLO, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-5634 Fax: 202 564-5653 Email: medici.andrea@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK62 _______________________________________________________________________ 3137. ANTI-DUMPING BASELINE RECALCULATION FOR DOWNSTREAM OXYGENATE ADDITION Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 7601(a) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.91 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule would allow a refiner who added oxygenate after sampling and just before shipment to exclude that oxygenate from its anti-dumping baseline determination. This exclusion of oxygenate is already allowed for a refinery's gasoline to which oxygenate was added outside of the refinery gate. This rule will have limited application, and could provide relief to small refiners. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action- 11/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4706; Agency Contact: Christine Brunner, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 4206, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4287 Fax: 734 214-4051 Email: brunner.christine@epamail.epa.gov Patrice Simms, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 2344, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 564-5593 Fax: 202 564-5603 Email: simms.patrice@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK69 _______________________________________________________________________ 3138. AMENDMENTS TO VEHICLE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS TO ADDRESS NEW 8-HOUR OZONE STANDARD Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This final rule amends the current vehicle inspection and maintenance (I/M) rule to establish deadlines for areas newly required to begin I/M testing as a result of their classification under the 8- hour ozone standard. Specifically, the amendments will address: The deadline for submitting I/M State Implementation Plans (SIPs) for those new areas; the deadline for the new program start-up; and the model year coverage and evaluation timeframes associated with new programs that will potentially be required as part of EPA's implementation of the 8-hour ozone standard. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/06/05 70 FR 1314 Final Action- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No [[Page 65266]] Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: State Additional Information: SAN No. 4854; Agency Contact: Dave Sosnowski, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4823 Fax: 734 214-4906 Email: sosnowski.dave@epamail.epa.gov Joe Pedelty, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4410 Email: pedelty.joe@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM21 _______________________________________________________________________ 3139. FIRE SUPPRESSION AND EXPLOSION PROTECTION LISTING UNDER SNAP Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671 to 7671q CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This direct final rule updates the current SNAP list of acceptable alternatives for ozone-depleting substances in the fire suppression and explosion protection sector. The revisions to the SNAP lists will be done through a ``direct final'' rulemaking because we view them as non-controversial and anticipate no adverse comment. In this direct final rule, we are introducing new substitutes giving businesses and users additional flexibility in safely transitioning away from ozone-depleting halons in the fire protection sector. This action does not place any significant burden on users but provides new halon substitutes while continuing to protect human health and the environment. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action- 02/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4857 Agency Contact: Bella Maranion, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9749 Fax: 202 343-2363 Email: maranion.bella@epa.gov Karen Thundiyil, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9464 Fax: 202 343-2342 Email: thundiyil.karen@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM24 _______________________________________________________________________ 3140. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN AREA SOURCES FROM FEDERAL AND STATE OPERATING PERMIT PROGRAMS Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 502 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 70; 40 CFR 71; 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action implements the Agency's decision on whether to require title V permits for six area (nonmajor) sources subject to air toxic requirements under Clean Air Act. The affected source categories are: dry cleaners, halogenated solvent degreasers, chrome plating, ethylene oxide sterilizers, secondary lead, and secondary aluminum. Under the Act, these sources are subject to operating permit programs; however, EPA may exempt them from such programs if it finds that permitting would be impracticable, infeasible or unnecessarily burdensome on the sources. This action makes these findings for all categories except secondary lead. Secondary lead would remain subject to permitting because few area sources are affected and most have already been permitted. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 03/25/05 70 FR 15250 Final Action- 11/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Federalism: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 4868, EDocket No. OAR-2004-0010; Agency Contact: Jeff Herring, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C304-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3195 Fax: 919 541-5509 Email: herring.jeff@epamail.epa.gov Ray Vogel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C304-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3153 Fax: 919 541-5509 Email: vogel.ray@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM31 _______________________________________________________________________ 3141. PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION FOR NITROGEN OXIDES Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 52 Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, February 14, 2005, Proposal signed 02/ 14/2005: Published: 70 FR 8880, 02/23/2005. 60-day comment period, ending 04/25/2005. Final, Judicial, September 30, 2005, Signature. Abstract: Section 166 of the Clean Air Act authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to establish regulations to prevent significant deterioration of air quality due to emissions of nitrogen oxides. On October 17, 1988, EPA promulgated regulations which included maximum allowable increases in ambient nitrogen dioxide concentrations (NO2 increments) allowed in an area above the baseline concentration. Following promulgation, the Environmental Defense (formerly the Environmental Defense Fund) filed a petition asking the Court to order EPA to remand the regulations and to impose an immediate deadline of two years for promulgating new regulations. In 1990, the Court did not impose a deadline but remanded the case for EPA to develop an interpretation of Section 166 that considered the statutory provisions contained in subsections (c) and (d), and if necessary to take new evidence and modify the regulations. In July 2003, EarthJustice, on behalf of Environment Defense, asked the Court to put EPA on an enforceable schedule to issue new regulations under the original court remand. Consequently, EPA agreed to a 2-year schedule for promulgating such regulations by September 30, 2005. At a minimum, the regulations will provide EPA's interpretation of the statutory requirements for developing adequate [[Page 65267]] increments to prevent significant deterioration for nitrogen oxides. Based on our interpretation, we will consider the need for revising the existing increments for nitrogen dioxide, including both an annual and short-term averaging period, and the regulation of other nitrogen oxide compounds other than nitrogen dioxide. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 02/23/05 70 FR 8880 Final Action- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4881, EDocket No. http://www.epa.gov/ edocket, OAR-2004-0013; Agency Contact: Dan Deroeck, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5593 Fax: 919 541-5509 Email: deroeck.dan@epamail.epa.gov Lisa Sutton, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339- 03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3450 Fax: 919 541-5509 Email: sutton.lisa@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM33 _______________________________________________________________________ 3142. REGULATION OF FUEL AND FUEL ADDITIVES: GASOLINE AND DIESEL TEST METHODS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 7601(a) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.46(a)(1); 40 CFR 80.46(a)(2); 40 CFR 80.46(f)(3)(i); 40 CFR 80.46(g)(2)(i); 40 CFR 80.580(a)(2)(i); 40 CFR 80.580(a)(3)(ii) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Fuel manufacturers of gasoline and diesel fuel are required to measure certain properties in order to demonstrate compliance with our motor vehicle fuels programs at 40 CFR part 80. This rule promulgates test method changes which are approved under the jurisdiction of the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM). Except as specified below, the American Petroleum Institute (API) recently recommended these test method changes to the Agency. The Agency has evaluated these recommended test methods changes, agrees with them, and believes they are based on good science. Furthermore, they would provide additional flexibility to the regulated parties. Specifically, the following changes would occur by this action: 1) Update ASTM analytical test methods, ASTM D 2622, ASTM D 3120, ASTM D 5453, ASTM D 1319 and ASTM D 4815 to their most recent ASTM version, 2) update the regulations to refer to analytical test method ASTM D 6920- 03 in our regulations, rather than ASTM D 6428-99, 3) change the designated test method for measuring sulfur in butane to ASTM D 6667- 01, and continuing to allow ASTM D 3246-96 as an alternative test method for measuring sulfur in butane until the Agency promulgates a performance-based test method approach, 4) upon petition to the Agency by X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc., allow an additional alternative test method for measuring sulfur in gasoline, ASTM D 7039-04, and 5) remove the September 1, 2004, sunset provisions for the alternative analytical test methods, ASTM D 1319, which measures aromatics in RFG and CG, and ASTM D 4815, which measures oxygenate content in RFG and CG. These alternative test methods will be continued to be allowed to be used until the Agency promulgates a performance-based test method approach for qualifying alternative analytical test methods. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action- 11/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4895; Agency Contact: Joe Sopata, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9034 Fax: 202 343-2802 Email: sopata.joe@epamail.epa.gov Dave Kortum, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9022 Fax: 202 343-2802 Email: kortum.dave@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM42 _______________________________________________________________________ 3143. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: IMPORT PETITIONING REQUIREMENTS FOR HALON-1301 AIRCRAFT FIRE EXTINGUISHING VESSELS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule will provide an exemption under the import petitioning requirements for used ozone-depleting substances. The petitioning requirements outline the information that importers must submit to the Administrator at least forty working days before a shipment is to leave the foreign port of export. This rule will reduce the administrative burden of anyone petitioning to import aircraft fire extinguishing spherical pressure vessels containing halon-1301 (``halon bottles'') for hydrostatic testing in the United States. The rule would require importers to adhere to all import petitioning requirements but would require one petition to be submitted annually for all shipments rather than submission of a petition for each individual shipment forty working days prior to export. Halon bottles are individual bottles containing halon-1301 that are connected to a larger fire suppression system within an aircraft. The halon bottles are brought into the United States for hydrostatic testing in which the halon is removed, the bottles are tested to ensure durability and effectiveness, and the same amount or more of halon is replaced back in the bottles and exported once again. The halon bottles must be routinely tested under Federal Aviation Administration and United States Department of Transportation regulations. The exemption to minimize the import petitioning requirements is being initiated because the bottles are not being imported for the eventual use or resale of the halon contained in the bottles and because hydrostatic testing of the bottles is required under FAA and DOT regulations. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action- 11/00/05 [[Page 65268]] Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN No. 4900; Agency Contact: Hodayah Finman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205 J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9246 Fax: 202 565-2079 Email: finman.hodayah@epamail.epa.gov; hodayah finman/dc/usepa/ us@epamail.epa.gov Ross Brennan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9226 Fax: 202 343-2338 Email: brennan.ross@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM46 _______________________________________________________________________ 3144. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: EXTENSION OF THE LABORATORY AND ANALYTICAL USE EXEMPTION FOR ESSENTIAL CLASS I OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7601; 42 USC 7671 to 7671q CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule extends the period of applicability of an existing exemption to the ban on import and production of class I ozone depleting substances (ODSs), authorized by the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and consistent with the Clean Air Act Amendments. The exemption applies to production and import of ODSs for essential laboratory and analytical uses as defined by the Montreal Protocol. The Montreal Protocol has permitted this exemption since 1994. At the 2003 Meeting of the Parties, the Parties took Decision XV/8, which extended the period of the exemption through December 31, 2007. EPA is updating its regulations to incorporate Decision XV/8. The rule also proposes to make typographical changes to its regulations for the essential use program. Earlier rules published by EPA shifted the paragraph order but did not update all of the references to deleted paragraphs. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 05/13/05 70 FR 25726 NPRM Comment Period End- 07/12/05 Final Action- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4894; Agency Contact: Scott Monroe, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9712 Fax: 202 343-2363 Email: monroe.scott@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM56 _______________________________________________________________________ 3145. NONATTAINMENT MAJOR NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR) Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51, app S Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action will promulgate changes to regulations that govern NSR permitting of major stationary sources in nonattainment areas where there is no approved SIP. Appendix S of 40 CFR part 51 contains the permitting program for major stationary sources in nonattainment areas in transition periods before approval of a SIP to implement part D of title I. This action will revise appendix S to conform it to the changes made to regulations at 40 CFR 51.165 for SIP programs for nonattainment major NSR (67 FR 80816; December 31, 2002). It will cover Baseline Emissions Determination, Actual-to- Future- Actual Methodology, Plantwide Applicability Limitations. The action will also cover Clean Units and Pollution Control Projects to the extent they are covered in the NSR base program as affected by recent court decisions. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Final Action- 11/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 3259.2; Split from RIN 2060-AE11. See also SAN 4390 Agency Contact: Janet McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-1450 Fax: 919 541-5509 Email: mcdonald.janet@epamail.epa.gov Lynn Hutchinson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C339-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5795 Fax: 919 541-5509 Email: hutchinson.lynn@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM59 _______________________________________________________________________ 3146. NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS: MISCELLANEOUS COATING MANUFACTURING; AMENDMENT Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 (Revision) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The final rule was published on December 11, 2003. These minor amendments clarify the requirements for process vessels and include several technical corrections. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 05/13/05 70 FR 25684 Direct Final Action- 05/13/05 70 FR 25676 Withdrawal Notice- 07/06/05 70 FR 38780 Final Action- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4890; Agency Contact: Randy McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5402 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: mcdonald.randy@epa.gov Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park , NC 27711 [[Page 65269]] Phone: 919 541-5335 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: dunkins.robin@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM72 _______________________________________________________________________ 3147. NESHAP: PLYWOOD AND COMPOSITE WOOD PRODUCTS; AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This amendment will make technical corrections, clarify intent, and propose changes to the testing requirements for risk assessments. Changes to the testing requirements would reduce costs of testing and address hard-to-test process units. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 07/29/05 70 FR 43826 NPRM Comment Period End- 09/12/05 Final Action- 09/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4911; Agency Contact: Mary Kissell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-4516 Fax: 919 685-3219 Email: kissell.mary@epa.gov K.C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5395 Fax: 919-541-0246 Email: hustvedt.ken@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM78 _______________________________________________________________________ 3148. NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (NSPS) FOR STATIONARY COMBUSTION TURBINES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: CAA 111 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, February 9, 2005, Must propose revision to NSPS. Final, Judicial, February 9, 2006, Must promulgate final rule. Abstract: Stationary combustion turbines emit varying amount of air pollutants. These emissions have effects on both human health and the environment. New source performance standards set the minimum level of control for criteria pollutants (maximum emission rate) for new emission sources. These standards help to assure that new sources of pollution do not release excessive amounts of pollution to the atmosphere. This action is necessary since the Clean Air Act requires these standards to be reviewed periodically. The Environmental Protection Agency intends to review and, if appropriate, revise the new source performance standards for combustion turbines. New combustion turbines will be affected by this action. This action will ensure that the standards properly account for presently economically available pollution prevention and pollution control technologies. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 02/18/05 70 FR 8314 Final Action- 03/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4912; Agency Contact: Jaime Pagan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5340 Email: pagan.jaime@epamail.epa.gov Christian Fellner, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-4003 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: fellner.christian@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM79 _______________________________________________________________________ 3149. NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (NSPS) FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY STEAM GENERATING UNITS AND INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BOILERS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: CAA 111 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, February 9, 2005, Under consent with Sierra Club and Our Children's Earth Foundation must propose amendments to the NSPS standards. Final, Judicial, February 9, 2006, Under consent with Sierra Club and Our Children's Earth Foundation must promulgate amendments to the NSPS standards. Abstract: Electric utility steam generating units and industrial and commercial boilers emit varying amount of air pollutants. These emissions have effects on both human health and the environment. New source performance standards set the minimum level of control for criteria pollutants (maximum emission rate) for new emission sources. These standards help to assure that new sources of pollution do not release excessive amounts of pollution to the atmosphere. This action is necessary since the Clean Air Act requires these standards to be reviewed periodically. The Environmental Protection Agency intends to amend the new source performance standards for electric utility steam generating units and industrial and commercial boilers. New utility steam generating units (40 CFR part 60, subpart Da) and industrial and commercial boilers (40 CFR part 60, subparts Db and Dc) will be affected by this action. This action will ensure that the standards properly account for presently economically available pollution prevention and pollution control technologies. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 02/28/05 70 FR 9706 Final Action- 03/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4913, EDocket No. OAR-2005-0031; Agency Contact: Christian Fellner, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-4003 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: fellner.christian@epamail.epa.gov Bill Maxwell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439- 01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 [[Page 65270]] Phone: 919 541-5430 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: maxwell.bill@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM80 _______________________________________________________________________ 3150. STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR STATIONARY COMPRESSION IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 111 CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, June 29, 2005, court ordered deadline. Final, Judicial, June 29, 2006, court ordered deadline. Abstract: This project is to develop New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for stationary reciprocating internal combustion compression ignition (diesel) engines. These standards are being developed under section 111 of the CAA to require the application of the best system of emission reduction taking into account the cost of achieving emission reductions and environmental and energy impacts. The pollutants that will be addressed in this rulemaking are PM, NOx, SO2, and CO. The project is on a tight litigated schedule to be promulgated by June 2006. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 07/11/05 70 FR 39870 NPRM Comment Period End- 09/09/05 Final Action- 07/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions Government Levels Affected: Local, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4914; Agency Contact: Sims Roy, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5263 Email: roy.sims@epamail.epa.gov Jaime Pagan, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439- 01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5340 Email: pagan.jaime@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM82 _______________________________________________________________________ 3151. REGULATION OF FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES: REFINER AND IMPORTER QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR DOWNSTREAM OXYGENATE BLENDING Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545(c) and (k) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule would amend the reformulated gasoline regulations to allow refiners and importers of ``reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending,'' or RBOB, to use an alternative method of fulfilling the regulatory requirement to conduct quality assurance sampling and testing at downstream oxygenate blending facilities. This alternative method would consist of a comprehensive program of quality assurance sampling and testing calculated to achieve the same objectives as the current regulatory quality assurance requirement; i.e., to ensure that all facilities that blend oxygenate with RBOB in a given reformulated gasoline area are blending the required amounts of oxygenate. The program would be carried out by an independent association funded by an industry consortium. The program would be conducted pursuant to a survey plan, approved by EPA. This action will not have any adverse environmental impact. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action- 11/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4930; Agency Contact: Marilyn Bennett, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9624 Fax: 202 343-2803 Email: bennett.marilyn@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM88 _______________________________________________________________________ 3152. PART 63 GENERAL PROVISIONS--RESPONSE TO PETITION TO RECONSIDER Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This notice will propose a response to the Natural Resource Defense Council's petition to reconsider certain aspects of the May 30, 2003 amendments to the part 63 General Provisions. The primary issue is public access to startup, shutdown, and malfunction plans. At this point it is not known if there will be any regulatory revisions. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 07/29/05 70 FR 43992 NPRM Comment Period End- 09/12/05 Final Action- 07/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4934; Agency Contact: Rick Colyer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5262 Fax: 919 541-5600 Email: colyer.rick@epamail.epa.gov David Cozzie, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504- 05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5356 Email: cozzie.david@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM89 _______________________________________________________________________ 3153. NESHAP FOR REFRACTORY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING--AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: PL 91-190, sec 203 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for new and existing refractory products manufacturing facilities, were promulgated on April 16, 2003, under section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). These amendments clarify the testing and monitoring requirements of the NESHAP, bring the NESHAP into consistency with recent changes to the General Provisions to part 63, and make certain technical corrections to the rule. [[Page 65271]] We view the revisions as noncontroversial and anticipate no significant adverse comments. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4937; Agency Contact: Susan Fairchild, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C-504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5167 Fax: 919 541-5600 Email: fairchild.susan@epamail.epa.gov David Cozzie, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504- 05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5356 Email: cozzie.david@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM90 _______________________________________________________________________ 3154. NESHAP: BRICK AND STRUCTURAL CLAY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING; RECONSIDERATION Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: On May 16, 2003, national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for new and existing sources at brick and structural clay products (BSCP) manufacturing facilities were promulgated (the final rule). Subsequently, the Administrator received a petition for reconsideration of the final rule. The petition was granted with respect to one issue arising from the final rule. The reconsideration issue involves the petitioner's claim that the MACT floors (and MACT standards based on the floors) at promulgation were set using a different control technology than the control technologies upon which the proposed standards were based and that EPA did not provide adequate opportunity for public comment on the revised MACT floors. Because the proposed MACT floors and standards were changed in response to comments received on the proposed rule, reconsideration provides an opportunity for public comment on the floors and standards reflected in the final rule. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of Reconsideration- 04/22/05 70 FR 21094 Final Action- 11/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4325.1; Split from RIN 2060-AJ91. Sectors Affected: 327121 Brick and Structural Clay Tile Manufacturing; 327123 Other Structural Clay Product Manufacturing Agency Contact: Mary Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5025 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: johnson.mary@epamail.epa.gov Robert J. Wayland, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-1045 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: wayland.robertj@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM94 _______________________________________________________________________ 3155. INCLUSION OF DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY IN THE CLEAN AIR INTERSTATE RULE Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 119 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AM95 _______________________________________________________________________ 3156. NESHAP: INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL BOILERS AND PROCESS HEATERS; RECONSIDERATION NOTICE Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: On September 13, 2004, EPA promulgated national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters. The final rule (subpart DDDDD) contains health-based compliance alternatives based on authority under sections 112(d)(4) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The methodology and criteria for affected sources to use in demonstrating that they are eligible for the compliance alternatives were promulgated in Appendix A to subpart DDDDD. Affected sources demonstrating that they are eligible for the health-based compliance alternatives are not required to demonstrate compliance with the hydrogen chloride (HCl) emission limit and/or may demonstrate compliance with the total selected metals (TSM) emission limit based on the sum of emissions for seven metals by excluding manganese emissions. Following promulgation of the final rule, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) filed a petition for reconsideration. The petition requested reconsideration of seven aspects of the final rule. With the exception of the petitioners' issue with adoption of numerous ``no control'' standards in subpart DDDDD, all of the petitioners' issues relate to the health-based compliance alternatives in the final rule. The petitioners stated that reconsideration of the issues is appropriate because the issues could not have been practicably raised during the public comment period. The petition for reconsideration also requested a stay of the effectiveness of the health-based compliance alternatives. In response to granting the petition, we are requesting comment on the approach used to demonstrate eligibility for the health-based compliance alternatives, as outlined in Appendix A of the final rule, and on an issue related to the inclusion of manganese in the health-based compliance alternative provisions. We are not requesting comments on any other provisions of the final rule. The petitioners also requested that we stay the effectiveness of the health-based compliance provisions of the final rule, pending reconsideration of those provisions. We are not granting that request. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Reconsideration Notice- 06/27/05 70 FR 36907 Final Action- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No [[Page 65272]] Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local Additional Information: SAN No. 3837.1; Split from RIN 2060-AG69 Agency Contact: Jim Eddinger, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5426 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: eddinger.jim@epa.gov Bill Maxwell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439- 01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5430 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: maxwell.bill@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM97 _______________________________________________________________________ 3157. REVISION TO THE DEFINITION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS--REMOVAL OF VOC EXEMPTIONS FOR CALIFORNIA'S AEROSOL COATINGS REACTIVITY-BASED REGULATION Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 110 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action would revise EPA's definition of VOCs so that compounds which were previously identified as negligibly reactive and exempt from EPA's regulatory definitions of VOCs will count towards a product's reactivity-based VOC limit for the purpose of California's aerosol coating regulation. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/07/05 70 FR 1640 Final Action- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: State Additional Information: SAN No. 4943, EDocket No. OAR-2003-0200; Agency Contact: Stanley Tong, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, AIR4, San Francisco, CA 94105 Phone: 415 947-4122 Fax: 415 947-3579 Email: tong.stanley@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM98 _______________________________________________________________________ 3158. RULE ON SECTION 126 PETITION FROM NC TO REDUCE INTERSTATE TRANSPORT OF FINE PM AND O3; FIPS TO REDUCE INTERSTATE TRANSPORT OF FINE PM & O3; REVISIONS TO CAIR RULE; REVISIONS TO ACID RAIN PROGRAM Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 120 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AM99 _______________________________________________________________________ 3159. PM 2.5 AND PM 10 HOT-SPOT ANALYSES IN TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY RULE AMENDMENTS Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671q CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 and 93 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action would promulgate a supplemental NPRM that was proposed under the SAN number 4811, which is an amendment to the existing transportation conformity rule. The transportation conformity rule ensures that transportation planning is consistent with a state's plans for achieving the air quality standards. The SAN 4811 amendments to the existing transportation conformity rule are necessary as a result of the new 8-hour ozone and PM2.5 air quality standards. The main issues that will be addressed in these amendments are the regional emissions tests that apply before new SIPs are submitted and which particulate matter provisions of the rule apply to PM2.5. The current action, SAN 4811.1, will promulgate the aforementioned SAN 4811 supplemental NPRM. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Supplemental NPRM- 12/13/04 69 FR 72140 Final Action- 04/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4811.1; Split from RIN 2060-AL73. 2060- AI56 was merged into this action May 2004 Agency Contact: Rudolph Kapichak, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4574 Fax: 734 214-4052 Email: kapichak.rudolph@epamail.epa.gov Laura Berry, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4858 Fax: 734 214-4052 Email: berry.laura@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN02 _______________________________________________________________________ 3160. NESHAP: PLYWOOD AND COMPOSITE WOOD PRODUCTS; LIST OF HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS, LESSER QUANTITY DESIGNATIONS, SOURCE CATEGORY LIST; RECONSIDERATION Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This notice for reconsideration re-opens the comment period for the risk provisions and start-up, shutdown, and malfunction provisions. The notice is in response to a petition for reconsideration EPA received from NRDC and EIP. The notice references relevant portions of the final rule and preamble. The notice was published on 07/29/2005. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Reconsideration Notice- 07/29/05 70 FR 44012 Final Action- 02/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4911.1; Split from RIN 2060-AM78. Agency Contact: Mary Kissell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-4516 Fax: 919 685-3219 Email: kissell.mary@epa.gov K.C. Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 [[Page 65273]] Phone: 919 541-5395 Fax: 919-541-0246 Email: hustvedt.ken@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN05 _______________________________________________________________________ 3161. SMALL MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND EMISSION GUIDELINES AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: CAA sec 111 and 129 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 subparts AAAA and BBBB, 40 CFR 62 s Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule would amend the final (Dec. 2000) small municipal waste combustors (MWC) new source performance standards (NSPS), emission guidelines (EG), and Federal 111(d) plan. The small MWC rule regulates owners and operators of small MWC, which are MWC units with capacities between 35 tons per day (tpd) and 250 tpd. The amendments will not change the response (the types of emission controls that will be used) of the facilities to the rule, but will provide clarification and correction. Specifically, the amendments will include: (1) Fixing typographical errors created by the Office of the Federal Register; (2) approval of State operator training programs for MWC operators in the State of Minnesota (this was previously done for MWC operators in the States of Maryland and Connecticut); (3) addressing carbon monoxide (CO) emission limits during MWC malfunctions (this same provision was already added to large MWC standards in a previous rulemaking); (4) revising a CO limit for one type of MWC and a NOx limit for another type of MWC; and (5) removing one voluntary consensus standard, ASTM D- 6522, which is not an appropriate test method for this industry. These changes need to be made to address compliance issues for this rule prior to the December 6, 2005, compliance date. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action- 12/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4970; Agency Contact: Brian Shrager, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-7689 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: shrager.brian@epamail.epa.gov Walt Stevenson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5264 Fax: 919 541-5264 Email: stevenson.walt@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN17 _______________________________________________________________________ 3162. [bull] REGIONAL HAZE REGULATIONS; REVISIONS TO PROVISIONS GOVERNING ALTERNATIVE TO SOURCE-SPECIFIC BEST AVAILABLE RETROFIT TECHNOLOGY (BART) DETERMINATIONS Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 121 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AN22 _______________________________________________________________________ 3163. [bull] IMPLEMENTATION RULE FOR 8-HOUR OZONE NAAQS - PHASE 2 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 122 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 2060-AN23 _______________________________________________________________________ 3164. [bull] COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS NSPS AND EG: DEFINITIONS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: CAA sec 111 and 129 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 2060-AF-91 Legal Deadline: Other, Judicial, September 14, 2005, Oral commitment to litigants to take final action on definitional issue. Abstract: In response to the petition for reconsideration related to the definitions of ``solid waste'' and ``commercial and industrial solid waste'' in the promulgated NSPS and EG for commercial and industrial solid waste incineration (CISWI) units, EPA published a notice soliciting comments on the definitions on February 17, 2004 (69 FR 7390). This action will present our decisions with regard to these definitions and the related definition of ``commercial and industrial solid waste incineration unit.'' These final definitions will be effective following a future action that will revise the CISWI NSPS and EG in response to the voluntary remand of the rules that was granted by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on September 6, 2001. This action is consistent with earlier agency actions on the related source category of Industrial Boilers and Process Heaters. This action will provide definitions that will be used, at the completion of a future action, to regulate owners and operators of CISWI Units. The rules will limit emissions of the following pollutants: particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, lead, mercury, cadmium, hydrogen chloride, and dioxin. The rules also will include requirements for siting of new sources, operator training, monitoring, and emissions testing. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Final Action- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4994; Agency Contact: Brian Shrager, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-7689 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: shrager.brian@epamail.epa.gov Mary Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439- 01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5025 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: johnson.mary@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN31 _______________________________________________________________________ 3165. [bull] REVISIONS TO MOTOR VEHICLE DIESEL FUEL SULFUR TRANSITION PROVISIONS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545(c) and 7545(i) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80 Legal Deadline: None [[Page 65274]] Abstract: The highway diesel fuel sulfur rule, issued in 2001, becomes effective in June of 2006. The fuel industry has raised concerns that the required nationwide transition from higher sulfur to ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuel may require a limited amount of additional time. This action will provide 45 additional days for the transition to be completed while ensuring that ULSD will be available exclusively when new diesel engines are introduced. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action- 10/00/05 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 5001; 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 Paul Machiele, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Ann Arbor , MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4264 Fax: 734 214-4816 Email: machiele.paul@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN41 _______________________________________________________________________ 3166. [bull] PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: AMENDING REQUIREMENTS TO IMPORT USED OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES FOR DESTRUCTION IN THE U.S. Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This regulation will streamline the process for importing used ozone-depleting substances for destruction in the U.S. This will further reduce the amount of substances that could otherwise harm the ozone layer. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action- 04/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN No. 5017; Agency Contact: Kirsten Cappel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9556 Fax: 202 343-2338 Email: cappel.kirsten@epamail.epa.gov Julius Banks, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9870 Fax: 202 343-2338 Email: banks.julius@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AN48 _______________________________________________________________________ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Long-Term Actions Clean Air Act (CAA) _______________________________________________________________________ 3167. SOURCE-SPECIFIC FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR NAVAJO GENERATING STATION; NAVAJO NATION Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined CFR Citation: 49 CFR 123 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. 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- 09/08/99 64 FR 48725 Notice- 01/26/00 65 FR 4244 Reproposal- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4315; Formerly listed as RIN 2060-AI79 Agency Contact: Doug McDaniel, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office San Francisco, AIR5, San Francisco, CA 94105 Phone: 415-947-4106 Fax: 415-947-3579 Email: mcdaniel.doug@epamail.epa.gov Colleen McKaughan, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office San Francisco, AIR1, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 520-498-0118 Fax: 520-498-1333 Email: mckaughan.colleen@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2009-AA00 _______________________________________________________________________ 3168. SOURCE-SPECIFIC FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR NAVAJO GENERATING STATION; FOUR CORNERS POWER PLANT 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 Four Corners Plant. 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 ________________________________________________________________________ Reproposal - To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Federalism: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 3569; NPRM- http://www.epa.gov/ fedrgstr/EPA-; AIR/1999/September/Day-08 /a23277.htm.; Formerly listed as RIN 2060-AF42 Agency Contact: Doug McDaniel, Environmental Protection Agency, [[Page 65275]] Regional Office San Francisco, AIR5, San Francisco, CA 94105 Phone: 415-947-4106 Fax: 415-947-3579 Email: mcdaniel.doug@epamail.epa.gov Colleen McKaughan, Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Office San Francisco, AIR1, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 520-498-0118 Fax: 520-498-1333 Email: mckaughan.colleen@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2009-AA01 _______________________________________________________________________ 3169. NESHAP: OFF-SITE WASTE AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS RESIDUAL RISK STANDARD Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, July 1, 2004. Abstract: EPA developed technology-based emissions standards (``MACT'' standards] for this source category under section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act, codified in 40 CFR part 63, subpart DD. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the Clean Air Act, is to assess residual risks after compliance with subpart DD, and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 04/00/07 Final Action- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4695; Sectors Affected: 56221 Waste Treatment and Disposal Agency Contact: Greg Nizich, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3078 Fax: 919 541-3207 Email: nizich.greg@epa.gov Kent Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5395 Fax: 919 541-0246 Email: hustvedt.ken@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK68 _______________________________________________________________________ 3170. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS: RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT, SECTION 112(R)(7); AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC; TECHNICAL AMENDMENT Priority: Info./Admin./Other Legal Authority: CAA 112(r) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 68.210 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Section 112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and its implementing regulations at 40 CFR Part 68 require certain stationary sources to report an Off-site Consequence Analysis (OCA), including a worst-case release scenario, in a Risk Management Plan (RMP) that is to be made available to the public. In response to concerns that posting OCA information on the Internet might increase the risk of terrorist and other criminal activities, on August 5, 1999 the Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act (CSISSFRRA) was enacted. The Act requires the President to promulgate regulations governing the distribution of the OCA sections of RMPs that, in the opinion of the President, would minimize the likelihood of accidental releases and the risk of terrorist and other criminal activities associated with posting this information. The President delegated his rulemaking authority to the Attorney General and the Administrator of EPA, who jointly promulgated the required regulations at 40 CFR Part 1400. The part 1400 regulations restrict the public's access to the OCA sections of RMPs in certain ways. As currently drafted, however, section 68.210(a) of part 68 states that RMPs are available to the public under CAA section 114, which makes information collected under the CAA, including RMPs in their entirety, available to the public, except for confidential business information. EPA is therefore revising 40 CFR Section 68.210(a) to reflect the August 2000 rulemaking. The revision will state that OCA data is made available to the public under the provisions of 40 CFR part 1400. This revision is not meant to regulate any new entities. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Final Action- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4607; Agency Contact: Sicy Jacob, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5104A, Washington, DC 20004 Phone: 202 564-8019 Fax: 202 564-2625 Email: jacob.sicy@epa.gov RIN: 2050-AE95 _______________________________________________________________________ 3171. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS: RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT, SECTION 112(R)(3); REVISIONS TO THE LIST OF SUBSTANCES Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: CAA 112(r) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 68.130 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The list of substances subject to the Chemical Accident Prevention requirements at 40 CFR part 68 was promulgated on January 31, 1994. The Clean Air Act states that the list may be revised from time to time by EPA's own motion or by petition and shall be reviewed at least every 5 years. Since the January 1994 final list rule, EPA has modified the listing for hydrochloric acid; deleted a category of explosive chemicals; exempted flammable substances in gasoline used as fuel and in naturally occurring hydrocarbon mixtures prior to initial processing; and excluded flammable substances used as a fuel or held for sale as a fuel at a retail facility. In fulfillment of the statute's five-year review requirement, EPA has conducted a thorough review of the list. Based on that review, EPA is proposing additions, deletions and modifications to the list of substances. Deletions are based on EPA's review of the chemical toxicity, physical property, production/use quantity and accident history of currently listed substances and new information or erroneous data that impacts the basis of the chemical's listing. Other toxic and flammable chemicals are proposed to be added [[Page 65276]] because they meet the criteria for listing a toxic or flammable substance. In addition, EPA proposes to revise the reporting threshold and toxic endpoints of several toxic substances based on updated toxicity information. Facilities (such as chemical manufacturers, processors, and users), with more than the threshold quantity of a listed substance in a process, are required to develop a Risk Management Program and submit a Risk Management Plan to EPA. The proposed changes to the list will ensure that facilities are properly managing risks of the most acutely toxic and flammable chemicals that could have an adverse impact on the facility and surrounding community in event of an accidental release. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4619; Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 32411 Petroleum Refineries Agency Contact: Kathy Franklin, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5104A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202-564-7987 Fax: 202 564-2625 Email: franklin.kathy@epamail.epa.gov Sicy Jacob, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5104A, Washington, DC 20004 Phone: 202 564-8019 Fax: 202 564-2625 Email: jacob.sicy@epa.gov RIN: 2050-AE96 _______________________________________________________________________ 3172. REVIEW NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR CARBON MONOXIDE Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7409 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, May 31, 2001, Clean Air Act requires reviews every five years. Abstract: Review of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for carbon monoxide (CO) every 5 years is mandated by the Clean Air Act. This review assesses the available scientific data about the health and environmental effects of CO and translates the science into terms that can be used in making recommendations about whether or how the standards should be changed. The last review of the CO NAAQS was completed in 1994 with a final decision that revisions were not appropriate at that time. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/00/08 Final Action- 11/00/08 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 4266; Agency Contact: Dave Mckee, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919-541-5288 Fax: 919 541-0237 Email: mckee.dave@epa.gov Harvey Richmond, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919-541-5271 Fax: 919 541-0237 Email: richmond.harvey@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AI43 _______________________________________________________________________ 3173. NAAQS: SULFUR DIOXIDE (RESPONSE TO REMAND) Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7409 ``CAA 109'' CFR Citation: 40 CFR 50.4; 40 CFR 50.5 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: On November 15, 1994, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed not to revise the existing 24-hour and annual primary standards. The EPA sought public comment on the need to adopt additional regulatory measures to address the health risk to asthmatic individuals posed by short-term peak sulfur dioxide exposure. On March 7, 1995, EPA proposed implementation strategies for reducing short-term high concentrations of sulfur dioxide emissions in the ambient air. On May 22, 1996, EPA published its final decision not to revise the primary sulfur dioxide NAAQS. The notice stated that EPA would shortly propose a new implementation strategy to assist States in addressing short-term peaks of sulfur dioxide. The new implementation strategy - the Intervention Level Program - was proposed on January 2, 1997. In July 1996, the American Lung Association and the Environmental Defense Fund petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. 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. Since that notice, EPA has continued to work on the proposed response to the remand by reviewing additional SO2 air quality information. EPA published an informational notice in the Federal Register on January 9, 2001 (66 R 1665). EPA conducted monitoring to evaluate sources of SO2 peaks and is currently analyzing these data.. The results of this project will inform the response to the remand. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM NAAQS Review- 11/15/94 59 FR 58958 NPRM NAAQS implementation- 03/07/95 60 FR 12492 Final NAAQS Review- 05/22/96 61 FR 25566 NPRM rev. NAAQS impl- 01/02/97 62 FR 210 Notice resp to remand- 05/05/98 63 FR 24782 NPRM- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 1002; Agency Contact: Dave Mckee, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919-541-5288 Fax: 919 541-0237 Email: mckee.dave@epa.gov [[Page 65277]] Susan Stone, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539- 01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919-541-1146 Email: stone.susan@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AA61 _______________________________________________________________________ 3174. NESHAP: GROUP I POLYMERS AND RESINS AND GROUP IV POLYMERS AND RESINS--AMENDMENTS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.480 to 63.506 (Revision); 40 CFR 63.1310 to 63.1335 (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 ANPRM 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. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ ANPRM- 11/25/96 61 FR 59849 Direct Final-pet jud rev- 03/09/99 64 FR 11536 NPRM-pet jud rev- 03/09/99 64 FR 11555 Direct Final-comp ext- 05/07/99 64 FR 24511 Direct Final-pet rec equip leaks- 06/08/99 64 FR 30406 NPRM 2- 06/08/99 64 FR 30453 NPRM 3- 06/08/99 64 FR 30456 Direct Final-stay notice- 06/30/99 64 FR 35023 NPRM-stay notice- 06/30/99 64 FR 35107 Direct Final00- 08/29/00 65 FR 52319 NPRM00- 08/29/00 65 FR 52392 Direct Final 4- 10/26/00 65 FR 64161 Final Action01- 02/23/01 66 FR 11233 Direct Final Comp.- 02/26/01 66 FR 11543 NPRM Compliance01- 02/26/01 66 FR 1550 Final 1- 07/16/01 66 FR 36924 Final 2- 08/06/01 66 FR 40903 NPRM- 10/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 3939; Sectors Affected: 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing Agency Contact: Bob Rosensteel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5608 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: rosensteel.bob@epa.gov Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park , NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5335 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: dunkins.robin@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AH47 _______________________________________________________________________ 3175. PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION OF AIR QUALITY: PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR NON-FEDERAL CLASS I AREAS Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7670-7479 ``CAA 160-169'' CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.166; 40 CFR 52.21 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Under the Clean Air Act's prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) program, a State or tribe may redesignate their lands as class I areas to provide enhanced protection for their air quality resources. This rule will clarify the PSD permit review procedures for new and modified major stationary sources near these non-Federal class I areas. EPA seeks to develop clarifying PSD permit application procedures that are effective, efficient, and equitable. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ ANPRM- 05/16/97 62 FR 27158 NPRM- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 3919; Agency Contact: Darrel Harmon, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6101A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202-564-7416 Fax: 202 501-1153 Email: harmon.darrel@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AH01 _______________________________________________________________________ 3176. NESHAP: AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING AND REWORK FACILITIES RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, September 30, 2003. Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR part 63, subpart GG. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks from the same source category, and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 12/00/07 Final Action- 12/00/08 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Additional Information: SAN No. 4653; Sectors Affected: 33641 Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing [[Page 65278]] Agency Contact: Bob Rosensteel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5608 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: rosensteel.bob@epa.gov Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park , NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5335 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: dunkins.robin@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK08 _______________________________________________________________________ 3177. NESHAP: GROUP II POLYMERS AND RESINS--RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, March 8, 2003. Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source category under section 112(d) of the CAA. This source category covers certain chemical process units used to manufacture products. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks from this same source category, and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 12/00/08 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4657; Sectors Affected: 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing Agency Contact: Randy McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5402 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: mcdonald.randy@epa.gov Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park , NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5335 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: dunkins.robin@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK13 _______________________________________________________________________ 3178. NESHAP: NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR MARINE TANK VESSEL LOADING OPERATIONS--RESIDUAL RISK STANDARD Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, September 19, 2003, Final Action. Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR part 63, subpart Y. This source category covers tanks or ships that contain gasoline, crude oil, or HAPs in bulk. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks from this same source category, and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/00/08 Final Action- 01/00/09 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4661; Sectors Affected: 483 Water Transportation Agency Contact: David Markwordt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-0837 Fax: 919 541-0942 Email: markwordt.david@epamail.epa.gov Laura McKelvey, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5497 Fax: 919 541-0942 Email: mckelvey.laura@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK17 _______________________________________________________________________ 3179. NESHAP: SECONDARY LEAD SMELTING RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, June 23, 2003. Abstract: National emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for secondary lead smelting were promulgated on June 23, 1995 under Clean Air Act Section 112(d). The standards establish emission limitations and work practice standards for all new and existing secondary lead smelters that produce refined lead from lead scrap, mainly lead acid batteries. Clean Air Act Section 112(f) requires us to assess within 8 years of promulgation of a NESHAP the remaining risk to the public and to develop additional more stringent standards if such standards are needed to protect the public health with an ample margin of safety. This action is to examine the remaining risk from secondary lead smelters and to develop new risk based standards, if warranted. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/00/08 Final Action- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4665; Sectors Affected: 331492 Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Agency Contact: Iliam Rosario, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5308 Fax: 919 541-5450 Email: rosario.iliam@epamail.epa.gov Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439- 02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2837 Fax: 919 541-3207 Email: fruh.steve@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK19 [[Page 65279]] _______________________________________________________________________ 3180. NESHAP: SHIPBUILDING AND SHIP REPAIR SURFACE COATING--RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 31, 2003. Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart II. This source category covers air-toxic emissions from the painting (and associated cleaning), welding, and sandblasting of ships under construction or repair at major sources. Shipbuilding and ship repair operations means any building, repair, repainting, converting, or alteration of ships. A ``ship'' any marine or freshwater vessel used for military or commercial operations, including self-propelled vessels, and navigational aids (buoys). The term shipyard applies to any facility that performs construction or repair of ships, or self identifies its SIC Codes as 3731 (and National Security SIC Code), with no regard to physical location or type of operation. A 1987 study showed that 14 out of 590 establishments (2.4 percent) accounted for about 66 percent of the industry value shipments. We estimate that there are 52 potential major source facilities today. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks from this same source category, and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. We completed a preliminary assessment ``Residual Risk (RR) Test'' using readily available information from 10 representative, high emitting, facilities in December 2002. A relatively simple health protective analysis was performed to assess the emission's potential to produce chronic cancer and non-cancer risks and acute non-cancer risks to humans via the inhalation pathway. The results of the RR test showed that we ``do not'' have sufficient data to remove the shipbuilding source category from consideration for a residual risk rule. Seven out of the 10 modeled shipyards either had cancer risk > 1.00 E-6 or chronic hazard index (HI) = 0.2. The results were presented to the Work Group, EPA management, and the appropriate stakeholders. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 12/00/06 Final Action- 12/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Federal, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4666; Sectors Affected: 336611 Ship Building and Repairing Agency Contact: Mohamed Serageldin, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2379 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: serageldin.mohamed@epamail.epa.gov Elaine Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5499 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: manning.elaine@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK20 _______________________________________________________________________ 3181. NESHAP: WOOD FURNITURE MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS--RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 7, 2003. Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR part 63, subpart JJ. This source category covers air-toxic emissions from wood- furniture manufacturing, including wood finishing, gluing, and painting. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks from this same source category, and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 05/00/07 Final Action- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4667; Sectors Affected: 337 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; 337211 Wood Office Furniture Manufacturing Agency Contact: Lynn Dail, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C-539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2363 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: dail.lynn@epamail.epa.gov Elaine Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5499 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: manning.elaine@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK21 _______________________________________________________________________ 3182. NESHAP: PRINTING AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY--RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, May 30, 2004. Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR part 63, subpart KK. This source category covers air-toxic emissions from many activities located at printing and publishing facilities--primarily the printing process itself, plus affiliated equipment such as cleaning, ink and solvent mixing, chemical storage, and solvent recovery. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks from this same source category, and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 07/00/07 Final Action- 07/00/08 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 4664; [[Page 65280]] Sectors Affected: 322221 Coated and Laminated Packaging Paper and Plastics Film Manufacturing; 322222 Coated and Laminated Paper Manufacturing; 323112 Commercial Flexographic Printing; 323111 Commercial Gravure Printing; 322212 Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing; 322225 Laminated Aluminum Foil Manufacturing for Flexible Packaging Uses; 323119 Other Commercial Printing; 322223 Plastics, Foil, and Coated Paper Bag Manufacturing Agency Contact: Dave Salman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-0859 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: salman.dave@epamail.epa.gov Elaine Manning, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5499 Fax: 919 541-5689 Email: manning.elaine@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK24 _______________________________________________________________________ 3183. NESHAP: PETROLEUM REFINERIES--RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, August 31, 2003. Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CC. This source category covers air-toxic emissions from equipment at petroleum refineries, such as process vents, storage vessels, and valve leaks. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks from this same source category, and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 07/00/07 Final Action- 07/00/08 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4663; Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries Agency Contact: Bob Lucas, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-0884 Fax: 919 541-0246 Email: lucas.bob@epamail.epa.gov Kent Hustvedt, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5395 Fax: 919 541-0246 Email: hustvedt.ken@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK25 _______________________________________________________________________ 3184. NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR CHROMIUM EMISSIONS FROM HARD AND DECORATIVE CHROMIUM ELECTROPLATING AND CHROMIUM ANODIZING TANKS-- RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, January 25, 2003. Abstract: A national emission standard for chromium emissions from hard and decorative chromium electroplating and chromium anodizing tanks was previously promulgated under Section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act. That standard set emission limits for chromium emissions from hard and decorative chromium electroplating and chromium anodizing tanks. The Clean Air Act Section 112(f) requires us to assess within 8 years of promulgation of a NESHAP the remaining risk to the public and to develop additional more stringent standards if such standards are needed to protect the public health with an ample margin of safety. This action is to examine the remaining risk from hard and decorative chromium electroplating and chromium anodizing tanks and, if warranted, to develop new risk based standards. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 03/00/07 Final Action- 05/00/08 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Federal, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4750; Agency Contact: Phil Mulrine, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5289 Email: mulrine.phil@epamail.epa.gov Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439- 02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2837 Fax: 919 541-3207 Email: fruh.steve@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK72 _______________________________________________________________________ 3185. NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR STATIONARY COMBUSTION TURBINES-PETITION TO DELIST Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The Agency has received a petition to remove the Gas Turbines source category from the list of hazardous air pollutant sources under Section 112(c) of the Clean Air Act. The Agency must review the petition and either grant or deny the petition within 12 months of the date the complete petition is received. If the Agency grants the petition, a notice of proposed rulemaking will be published in the FR, allowing the opportunity for public comment. If the Agency denies the petition, a notice of denial will be published in the FR providing an explanation of the denial. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM -- Delisting- 04/07/04 69 FR 18327 NPRM-STAY- 04/07/04 69 FR 18338 Final Action - STAY- 08/18/04 69 FR 51184 Final Action - Delisting- 06/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4751; [[Page 65281]] Sectors Affected: 3336 Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing; 221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation Agency Contact: Kelly Rimer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2962 Email: rimer.kelly@epamail.epa.gov Dave Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404- 01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5368 Fax: 919 541-0840 Email: guinnup.dave@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK73 _______________________________________________________________________ 3186. PETITION TO DELIST HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT : 4,4'-METHYLENE DIPHENYL DIISOCYANATE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires EPA to regulate 188 compounds that are listed as air toxics, also known as hazardous air pollutants. Air toxics are those pollutants known, or suspected, to cause cancer and other human health problems. The law allows EPA to consider petitions to modify the list, by adding or removing substances. Individuals seeking to remove a substance must demonstrate that there are adequate data to determine that emissions, outdoor concentrations, bioaccumulation, or atmospheric deposition of the substance may not reasonably be anticipated to damage human health or the environment. The Agency received a petition to remove 4,4'-Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (MDI) from the American Chemistry Council on December 26, 2002. Once EPA receives a petition, it conducts two reviews: a completeness review, to determine whether there is sufficient information on which to base a decision; and a technical review, to evaluate the merits of the petition. The EPA also requests and considers information from the public. After a comprehensive technical review of both the petition and the information received from the public to determine whether the petition satisfies the requirements of the CAA, the review team is required to make a recommendation to the Administrator on whether to grant the petition. If the Administrator decides to grant a petition, a proposed rule is published in the Federal Register which proposes a modification of the HAP list and presents the reasoning for doing so. The proposed rule is open to public comment and public hearing and all additional substantive information received during the public's involvement is evaluated prior to the decision on the issuance of a final rule. However, if the Administrator decides to deny a petition, a notice setting forth an explanation of the reasons for denial is published instead. A notice of denial constitutes final Agency action of nationwide scope and applicability, and is subject to judicial review as provided in the CAA. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of Complete Petition- 05/26/05 70 FR 30407 NPRM- 11/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 4782; Agency Contact: Scott Jenkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-1167 Fax: 919 541-0840 Email: jenkins.scott@epamail.epa.gov Dave Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404- 01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5368 Fax: 919 541-0840 Email: guinnup.dave@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK84 _______________________________________________________________________ 3187. NESHAP: GROUP I POLYMERS AND RESINS--RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, September 6, 2004. Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR part 63, subpart U. This source category covers process units used to manufacture elastomer products from raw materials. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks from this same source category, and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/07 Final Action- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4656; Sectors Affected: 325212 Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing Agency Contact: Bob Rosensteel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5608 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: rosensteel.bob@epa.gov Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park , NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5335 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: dunkins.robin@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK12 _______________________________________________________________________ 3188. NESHAP: GROUP IV POLYMERS AND RESINS--RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, September 12, 2004. Abstract: EPA developed technology-based standards for this source category under section 112(d) of the CAA, codified in 40 CFR part 63, subpart JJJ. This source category covers chemical process units used to manufacture thermoplastic products from raw materials. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the CAA, is to assess residual risks from this same source category, and develop additional [[Page 65282]] emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/07 Final Action- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4658; Sectors Affected: 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing Agency Contact: Bob Rosensteel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5608 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: rosensteel.bob@epa.gov Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park , NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5335 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: dunkins.robin@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK15 _______________________________________________________________________ 3189. INTERSTATE OZONE TRANSPORT: RULEMAKING ON SECTION 126 PETITIONS FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, AND NEW JERSEY Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7426 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52; 40 CFR 97 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 14, 1999, The rulemaking includes action on four separate petitions. See Additional Information. Abstract: In April through July 1999, three Northeastern States (New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware) and the District of Columbia submitted individual petitions to EPA in accordance with section 126 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). Each petition specifically requests that EPA make a finding that nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions from certain stationary sources in other States significantly contribute to ozone nonattainment and maintenance problems with respect to the 1-hour and 8-hour ozone standards in the petitioning State. If EPA makes such a finding of significant contribution, EPA is authorized to establish Federal emissions limits for the sources. The petitions rely on the analyses from EPA's NOx SIP call. The sources targeted by the petitions are large electricity generating units and large non-electricity generating units, as defined in EPA's NOx SIP call. The EPA took rulemaking action on similar petitions from eight other Northeastern States that were submitted in 1997. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Federalism: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN 4383. There is a different statutory deadline associated with each petition based on the date of receipt by EPA: New Jersey - 12/14/99, Maryland - 01/01/00, Delaware - 02/10/00, District of Columbia - 03/07/00 Agency Contact: Carla Oldham, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3347 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: oldham.carla@epamail.epa.gov David Cole, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-15, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5565 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: cole.david@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AI99 _______________________________________________________________________ 3190. IMPORTATION OF NONCONFORMING VEHICLES; AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7522 ``CAA 203''; 42 USC 7525 ``CAA 206''; 42 USC 7541 ``CAA 207''; 42 USC 7542 ``CAA 208''; 42 USC 7601 ``CAA 301''; 42 USC 7522 ``CAA 203''; 42 USC 7550 ``CAA 216''; 42 USC 7601 ``CAA 301'' CFR Citation: 40 CFR 85 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This action will amend the regulations in 40 CFR part 85, subpart P to allow entry into the United States 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 long-standing EPA policy regarding the importation of owned vehicles that are proven to be identical to a vehicle certified for sale in the United States (2) establishing new emission standards applicable to imported nonconforming vehicles; (3) clarifying the regulatory language that concerns exclusions and exemptions from meeting Federal emission requirements; and (4) providing several minor clarifications to the existing regulations. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 03/24/94 59 FR 13912 Final Action- 05/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 2665; Agency Contact: Bob Doyal, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6405J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9258 RIN: 2060-AI03 _______________________________________________________________________ 3191. SELECTION OF SEQUENCE OF MANDATORY SANCTIONS TO BE APPLIED PURSUANT TO SECTION 502 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7661a(d); 42 USC 7661a(g); 42 USC 7661a(i) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 70 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule would establish the order of sanctions for operating permits program deficiencies under the mandatory sanctions provisions of title V of the Clean Air Act. This rule would stipulate that an emission offset sanction applies first and a highway funding sanction six months later. Sanction application under section 502 of the Clean Air Act is automatic under the timeframes prescribed once EPA [[Page 65283]] selects the sanction order; EPA's only discretion concerns the ordering of sanctions as discussed above. Thus, the only relevant potential impact is the effect of applying, as a general matter, the emission offset sanction six months before the highway sanction. The EPA does not believe this will have a significant impact given the short period of time the offset sanction will apply before the highway sanction would apply when States fail to correct title V deficiencies. Moreover, EPA also believes that, in the event applying the highway sanction is not necessary six months following the offset sanction, because the State has corrected the deficiency prompting the finding, applying the offset sanction first eliminates the need for EPA and other agencies to bear the greater administrative and implementation burden of having to effectuate the highway sanction. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4700; Agency Contact: Scott Voorhees, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C304-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5348 Fax: 919 541-5509 Email: voorhees.scott@epamail.epa.gov Ray Vogel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C304-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3153 Fax: 919 541-5509 Email: vogel.ray@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK46 _______________________________________________________________________ 3192. 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- 12/00/06 Final Action- 01/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 3263; Agency Contact: David Sosnowski, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734-214-4823 Email: sosnowski.david@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AE20 _______________________________________________________________________ 3193. 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. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/06 Final Action- 05/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 3262; Agency Contact: David Sosnowski, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734-214-4823 Email: sosnowski.david@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AE22 _______________________________________________________________________ 3194. TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY RULE AMENDMENT: CLARIFICATION OF TRADING PROVISIONS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 to 7671 ``CAA 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- 11/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 3917; Agency Contact: Angela Spickard, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734-214-4238 Email: spickard.angela@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AH31 _______________________________________________________________________ 3195. INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL FACILITIES; AMENDMENT Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 23 USC 101; 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51 (Revision); 40 CFR 93 (New) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has had oversight and policy development authority for Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) programs since the [[Page 65284]] passage of the Clean Air Act (CAA) in 1970. The 1977 amendments to the CAA mandated I/M for certain areas with long-term air quality problems and the 1990 amendments set forth standards for implementation of I/M programs. EPA used the statutory requirements of the Act, including I/M requirements for Federal facilities, to promulgate regulations which States would use in the development of their I/M State Implementation Plans (SIPs). Those rule requirements effectively gave States certain authorities over the Federal government. The Department of Justice has now ruled that Federal sovereign immunity was not fully waived under the CAA for those requirements and EPA should amend its rule to remove the requirement that States include those elements in their SIPs. EPA is proposing to: (1) Amend the Federal facilities I/M requirements by removing that section; (2) correct existing I/M SIP approval actions which include these elements; (3) establish new Federal facilities I/M program requirements which Federal facilities in I/M program areas must meet in order to comply with the Act; and (4) designate for each State which section of the Act Federal agencies must comply with based on how that State promulgated its I/M regulations. These changes will have minimal to no impact on the States as no new requirements are being created. The States are under no obligation, legal or otherwise, to modify existing SIPs meeting the previously applicable requirements as a result of this action, nor will emissions reduction credit be affected. However, the changes will clarify for affected Federal facilities what they must do to meet the CAA requirements by establishing new regulations per those requirements. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 12/00/06 Final Action- 12/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4348; Agency Contact: Buddy Polovick, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6406, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734-214-4928 Fax: 734 214-4052 Email: polovick.buddy@epamail.epa.gov Sara Schneeberg, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202-564-5592 Email: schneeberg.sara@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AI97 _______________________________________________________________________ 3196. CALIFORNIA GASOLINE TECHNICAL CORRECTION Priority: Info./Admin./Other Legal Authority: 42 USC 7414; 42 USC 7521(1); 42 USC 7545; 42 USC 7601(a) CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80.81(a) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: This rule corrects final regulations, which were published in the Federal Register on March 29, 2001 (66 FR 17230). The corrected regulatory provision restores the definition of California gasoline as used in the enforcement exemptions for California gasoline under the regulation of fuels and fuel additives. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Direct Final Action- 10/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4722; Agency Contact: Christine Brunner, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 4206, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734 214-4287 Fax: 734 214-4051 Email: brunner.christine@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK56 _______________________________________________________________________ 3197. VOLUNTARY SUPERIOR MONITORING Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 to 61; 40 CFR 63; 40 CFR 70; 40 CFR 71 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The Voluntary Superior Monitoring (VSM) project has been revised from a regulatory to non-regulatory effort. Initially, the VSM project was designed to provide incentives to industry to induce them to conduct better or ``superior'' emissions monitoring than what is required through regulation and permitting. We had planned to revise the parts 60, 61, and 63 general provisions to allow sources an option to install and operate better emissions monitoring (than what is regulatorily required) in return for incentives. This approach was deemed unworkable; therefore we revised the goals of the VSM project to aim for identifying opportunities for better or superior monitoring in new rulemakings. Thus, the focus of VSM now is to work with EPA regulation writers to find rules that would benefit from voluntary upgrades of emissions monitoring. For example, we have inserted language in an upcoming rule that allows states to receive SIP credits for requiring sources to install better emissions monitors. This is a ``win-win'' situation. Sources install the superior monitors, find problems sooner, correct them quicker, and emit less pollutants. This measure can save sources money in maintenance of control devices while emitting less pollutants. Additionally, this measure is much less expensive, but just as effective, than other control measures. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Additional Information: SAN No. 4783; Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; 337 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; 333 Machinery Manufacturing; 327 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; 322 Paper Manufacturing; 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 326 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; 331 Primary Metal Manufacturing; 323 Printing and Related Support Activities; 336 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; 221 Utilities; 321 Wood Product Manufacturing Agency Contact: Tom Driscoll, Environmental Protection Agency, Air [[Page 65285]] and Radiation, D205-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5135 Fax: 919 541-0516 Email: driscoll.tom@epamail.epa.gov Barrett Parker, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, EN- 341W, D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5635 Fax: 919 541-1039 Email: parker.barrett@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AK85 _______________________________________________________________________ 3198. LIFTING THE STAY OF THE EIGHT-HOUR PORTION OF THE FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION AND RULEMAKING FOR PURPOSES OF REDUCING INTERSTATE OZONE TRANSPORT (``NOX SIP CALL'') Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.121 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: In the Nitrogen Oxides State Implementation Plan Call (NOx SIP Call)(63 FR 57356, October 27, 1998), EPA found that emissions of NOx from 22 States and the District of Columbia (hereinafter referred to as `23 States') significantly contribute to downwind areas' nonattainment of the 1-hour ozone NAAQS. EPA also separately found that NOx emissions from the same 23 States significantly contribute to downwind nonattainment of the 8-hour ozone NAAQS. Subsequently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) remanded the 8-hour ozone NAAQS. [American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. EPA, 175 F.3d 1027 on rehearing 195 F.3d 4 (D.C. Cir. 1999).] EPA stayed the 8-hour basis of the NOx SIP Call rule on September 18, 2000 (65 FR 56245) based on the uncertainty created by the D.C. Circuit's decision. EPA has now completed the actions necessary to address the aforementioned remand, and therefore is now conducting rulemaking to lift the stay. EPA is proposing to lift the stay of our findings in the NOx SIP Call contained in 40 CFR sec 51.121(a)(2), related to the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). This action does not create any new requirements; it merely reinstitutes a requirement of the NOx SIP Call that had previously been stayed. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: State, Local Additional Information: SAN No. 4797; Agency Contact: Jan King, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5665 Email: king.jan@epa.gov Doug Grano, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539- 02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3292 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: grano.doug@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AL84 _______________________________________________________________________ 3199. DEFERRAL OF EFFECTIVE DATE OF NONATTAINMENT DESIGNATIONS FOR 8- HOUR OZONE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR EARLY ACTION COMPACT AREAS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7407; 42 USC 7601 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 81 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA is proposing to defer the effective date of nonattainment air quality designations for ``Early Action Compact Areas'' that are violating the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard, but have agreed to reduce ground-level ozone pollution earlier than the Clean Air Act requires. This proposal establishes the first of three dates by which EPA would defer the effective date of nonattainment designations for any of these areas that continues to meet all compact milestones. In a separate action, EPA will designate these areas ``nonattainment'' by April 15, 2004; however, as long as Early Action Compact areas meet agreed-upon milestones, the impact of nonattainment designation for the 8-hour ozone standard will be deferred until September 30, 2005. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 12/16/03 68 FR 70108 Final Action To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Local, State Additional Information: SAN 4798. This action has been merged with SAN 4839. All further action will be under SAN 4839. SAN 4798 is hereby withdrawn. Agency Contact: David Cole, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, MD-15, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5565 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: cole.david@epa.gov Valerie Broadwell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-3310 Fax: 919 541-0824 Email: broadwell.valerie@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AL85 _______________________________________________________________________ 3200. CONSIDERATION OF INDUSTRY PETITION TO REMOVE THE TWO-PIECE CAN SUBCATEGORY FROM THE CLEAN AIR ACT HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT SOURCE CATEGORY LIST Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 CFR 63 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The Agency has received a petition to remove the 2-piece Can subcategory from the Metal Can Surface Coating source category, which is on the list of hazardous air pollutant source categories under Section 112(c) of the Clean Air Act. The Agency must review the petition and either grant or deny the petition within 12 months of the date the complete petition is received. If the Agency grants the petition, a notice of proposed rulemaking will be published in the FR, allowing the opportunity for public comment. If the Agency denies the petition, a notice of denial will be published in the FR providing an [[Page 65286]] explanation of the denial. The Can Manufactures Association submitted the petition on November 4, 1996, and provided additional materials through April 4, 1999. At that time we determined the petition was complete. A final decision on the merits of the petition has been delayed due to outstanding toxicological issues regarding 2 pollutants (formaldehyde and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (EGBE)), and due to a technically weak ecological assessment prepared by the petitioner. Issues with formaldehyde and EGBE should be resolved soon and we are still awaiting an updated ecological assessment from the petitioner. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4799; Agency Contact: Kelly Rimer, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-2962 Email: rimer.kelly@epamail.epa.gov Dave Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404- 01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5368 Fax: 919 541-0840 Email: guinnup.dave@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AL86 _______________________________________________________________________ 3201. NESHAP: FERROALLOYS PRODUCTION: FERROMANGANESE AND SILICOMANGANESE RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, May 20, 2007. Abstract: EPA previously promulgated technology-based emission standards for this source category under section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the Clean Air Act, is to assess residual risks remaining after the 112(d) standards take effect, and develop additional emission standard, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4810; Agency Contact: Margaret Sieffert, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C439-02, Chicago, IL 60604 Phone: 312 353-1151 Email: sieffert.margaret@epamail.epa.gov Dave Guinnup, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C404- 01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5368 Fax: 919 541-0840 Email: guinnup.dave@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AL93 _______________________________________________________________________ 3202. PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE: PROCESS FOR EXEMPTING EMERGENCY USES OF METHYL BROMIDE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: PL 105-277, sec 764 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Under the Clean Air Act and the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer, this rule will seek to create an exemption for emergency uses of methyl bromide, an ozone depleting substance, after the phase-out date of 2005. This exemption will be limited to no more than 20 metric tons per emergency event. This is a deregulatory action that will decrease burden on producers, importers, distributors and applicators of methyl bromide as well as end-users of methyl bromide who are growers and owners of stored food products while still achieving the environmental objectives of the program. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 10/00/06 Final Action- 01/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4819; Agency Contact: Hodayah Finman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205 J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9246 Fax: 202 565-2079 Email: finman.hodayah@epamail.epa.gov; hodayah finman/dc/usepa/ us@epamail.epa.gov Marta Montoro, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6205 J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202 343-9321 Fax: 202 343-2338 Email: montoro.marta@epamail.epa.gov RIN: 2060-AL94 _______________________________________________________________________ 3203. MINERAL WOOL PRODUCTION RESIDUAL RISK STANDARD Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: PL 91-190, sec 203; 42 USC 7401 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63.1175 to 63.1199 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: Section 112(f)(2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) directs us to assess the risk remaining (residual risk) after the application of control technology standards under section 112(d) (MACT). The EPA is to promulgate more stringent standards for a category or subcategory of sources subject to MACT standards under section 112(d) if promulgation of such standards is necessary to protect public health with an ample margin of safety or to prevent (taking into consideration various factors) adverse environmental effects. In particular, the CAA specifies the cancer risk of concern for setting more stringent standards. The CAA states that if the MACT standards do not reduce lifetime excess cancer risk to the individual most exposed to emissions. . . to less than one in one million, the Administrator shall promulgate standards under this subsection for such source categories. The standards to be promulgated under this subsection must provide an ample margin of safety to protect public health in accordance with this section [[Page 65287]] (as in effect before the date of enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990), unless the Administrator determines that a more stringent standard is necessary to prevent, taking into consideration costs, energy, safety, and other relevant factors, an adverse environmental impact. Section 112(f)(2)(B) expressly preserves EPA's interpretation of an ample margin of safety developed in the 1989 benzene NESHAP final rule. EPA will review the mineral wool production MACT standard and conduct analyses to determine whether the residual risk warrants further regulation. The CAA requires that the residual risk rules be promulgated (if necessary) within eight years [nine for the two-year bin standards] after the promulgation of the associated MACT standard. The MACT rule for the mineral wool production source category was promulgated on June 1, 1999. Therefore, the statutory deadline for promulgating a residual risk rule (if necessary) for this source category is June 1, 2007. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 06/00/07 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: None Additional Information: SAN No. 4825; Legal: Legislative deadline for the residual risk rule is 8 years after promulgation of that source category's MACT rule. Agency Contact: Susan Fairchild, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C-504-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5167 Fax: 919 541-5600 Email: fairchild.susan@epamail.epa.gov David Cozzie, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504- 05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5356 Email: cozzie.david@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AL96 _______________________________________________________________________ 3204. NESHAP FOR FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAM PRODUCTION: RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: EPA promulgated technology-based emission standards for this source category in 1998 under section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act. These standards are codified at 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart III. The current action, required by section 112(f) of the Clean Air Act, is to assess residual risks that remain once that standard becomes effective, and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 08/00/07 Final Action- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 4831; Agency Contact: Maria Noell, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5607 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: noell.maria@epamail.epa.gov Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park , NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5335 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: dunkins.robin@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AL99 _______________________________________________________________________ 3205. NESHAP: PHARMACEUTICALS PRODUCTION: RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, October 21, 2010, Residual risk standards if necessary, otherwise, finding of no residual risk. Abstract: EPA promulgated technology-based emission standards for this source category in 1998 under Section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act. These standards are codified at 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart FFF. The current action, required by Section 112(f) of the Clean Air Act, is to assess residual risk that remains once that rule becomes effective, and develop additional emission standards, as necessary, to provide an ample margin of safety. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 02/00/08 Final Action- To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses Government Levels Affected: Federal, State Additional Information: SAN No. 4832; Agency Contact: Randy McDonald, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5402 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: mcdonald.randy@epa.gov Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park , NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5335 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: dunkins.robin@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM00 _______________________________________________________________________ 3206. NESHAP: AREA SOURCE STANDARDS--PAINT STRIPPING Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 42 USC 7412 CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, December 15, 2005. Final, Statutory, December 15, 2006. Abstract: This regulation is being pursued under the Clean Air Act, Section 112(k). Under section 112(k), EPA developed a national strategy to address air-toxic pollution from ``area'' sources, which are sources consisting of several smaller pollution sources grouped within urban areas. As part of that strategy, several area-source categories were listed for possible regulation. Paint stripping area sources was listed as one of those categories, [[Page 65288]] and this rulemaking will address measures to control pollution from the paint-stripping category. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM- 01/00/07 Final Rule- 01/00/08 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: Undetermined Additional Information: SAN No. 4861; Agency Contact: Bob Rosensteel, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5608 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: rosensteel.bob@epa.gov Robin Dunkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C504-04, Research Triangle Park , NC 27711 Phone: 919 541-5335 Fax: 919 541-3470 Email: dunkins.robin@epa.gov RIN: 2060-AM07 _______________________________________________________________________ 3207. NESHAP: AREA SOURCE STANDARDS--GLASS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: The Clean Air Act (42 USC 7401 to 7626) CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 15, 2000. Abstract: Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) outlines the statutory requirements for the EPA's stationary source air toxics program. This component includes the development of maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards and generally available control technology (GACT) standards under section 112(d), the area source program developed under section 112(k), residual risk standards under 112(f), and other standards to regulate emissions of air toxics from specific sources. The section 112(k) area source strategy addresses area source contributions of air toxic substances. With the finalization of the Integrated Urban Air Toxics Strategy in July of 1999, the EPA introduced and outlined its ``risk based'' air toxics program, which includes both regulatory and non-regulatory programs and actions. Section 112(k) requires the development of standards for area sources which account for 90% of the emissions in urban areas of the 33 urban hazardous air pollutants (HAP) listed in the Integrated Urban Air Toxics Strategy. The Integrated Urban Air Toxics Strategy lists the goals of the EPA's air toxics program, which are as follows: (1) Reduce the incidence of cancer attributable to exposure to hazardous air pollutants by 75% nationally; (2) reduce national non-cancer risks substantially; and (3) address risks which are disproportionately posed on specific sub-populations and geographic areas. In order to accomplish these goals, the EPA has integrated it's air toxics program into four components. The first component is source specific regulatory programs. These area source standards can require control levels which are equivalent to either MACT or GACT, as defined in section 112. The processes involved in glass manufacturing include raw material storage, handling and mixing, high temperature (usually furnace) melting, forming, coating, and other processes specific to particular products. The hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emitted from glass manufacturing includes lead, arsenic, mercury, cobalt, nickel, chromium, hydrogen fluoride, hydrochloric acid, glycol ethers, methyl ethyl ketone, xylene, 1,2,4-trimethyl benzene, n-butyl alcohol, toluene, methyl isobutyl ketone, m-xylene, 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane, methanol, selenium, styrene, sec-butyl alcohol, manganese, antimony, barium, chlorine, phenol and formaldehyde. In 1986, EPA promulgated the NESHAP for Inorganic Arsenic Emissions From Glass Manufacturing Plants. Since that time, EPA has re-evaluated both the carcinogenicity assessment (4/ 10/1998) and the oral RfD assessment (02/01/1993) for arsenic. In reference to the regulations addressing area sources, section 112(c)(3) states, ``such regulations shall be promulgated not later than 10 years after such date of enactment'' (CAA). Approximately 150 facilities currently operate in the US producing containers, flat glass, industrial glass fiber and specialty glass. The specialty glass subcategory includes lighting, lead crystal, art glass, opthalmic lenses, tableware, optical glass fiber, and technical glass components and products. Two small businesses exist in the source category, both of which manufacture containers. It is unknown at this time whether these facilities will be affected by the rule (i.e., whether they use toxic raw materials in the furnace or coatings processes). Glass manufacturers use toxic raw materials in the furnace or in coating operations to impart specific properties to the final product. About 1500 tons per year of HAP are released into the ambient air by glass manufacturing plants. Toxic emission sources include raw material storage, furnace and melting operations and coating processes. Air pollution control devices are generally available for toxic emission points within the glass manufacturing industry. It is anticipated at this time that glass manufacturers not using toxics would not be subject t