Tuesday September 6, 2011
Final Rules
- Revisions and Additions to Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Label; Correction. 40 CFR Part 86 [EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0865; FRL–9459–8; NHTSA–2010–0087]. Final rule. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation published a final rule regarding labeling of cars and trucks
with fuel economy and environmental information in the Federal Register on
July 6, 2011 (76 FR 39478). An error in the amendatory instruction for § 86.1867–12 inadvertently calls for the removal of paragraph (a)(3)(iv)(A) of that
section. This rule revises the amendatory language for consistency with the regulatory text. DATES: Effective on September 6, 2011. - TSCA Inventory Update Reporting Modifications; Chemical Data Reporting.
40 CFR Parts 704, 710, and 711 [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2009–0187; FRL–8872–9]. Final rule. In rule document 2011–19922, appearing on pages 50816–50879 in the issue of Tuesday, August 16, 2011, a technical error resulted in incorrect
section numbers appearing throughout the regulatory text. The regulatory text
is being republished below in its entirety.
Proposed Rules
- Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Placer County Air Pollution Control District. 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA–R09–OAR–2011–0536; FRL–9459–9]. Proposed rule. EPA is proposing a limited approval and limited disapproval of revisions to the Placer County Air Pollution Control District (PCAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These
revisions concern oxides of nitrogen (NOX) emissions from biomass fuel-fired
boilers. We are proposing action on a local rule that regulates these emission
sources under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). We
are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.
DATES: Any comments must arrive by October 6, 2011.
Notices
- Aquatic Ecosystems, Water Quality, and Global Change: Challenges of Conducting Multi-Stressor Vulnerability Assessments—Release of Final Report. [FRL–9459–7]. Notice. EPA is releasing a final report entitled, Aquatic Ecosystems, Water Quality, and Global Change: Challenges of Conducting Multi-stressor Vulnerability Assessments, (EPA/600/R–11/011F). The document was
prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office of Research and Development. This report investigates the issues and challenges associated with identifying, calculating, and mapping indicators of
the relative vulnerability of water quality and aquatic ecosystems across the United States to the potential impacts of global change. Using a large set of environmental indicators drawn from scientific literature and data, this final report explores the conceptual and practical challenges associated with using such indicators to assess the resilience of ecosystems and human systems to a variety of existing stresses and mal-adaptations. DATES: The report was posted publicly on August 26, 2011. - Two Proposed CERCLA Administrative Settlement Agreements for Long-Term
Access at the Bountiful/Woods Cross 5th South PCE Plume NPL Site, Davis County, UT. [FRL–9459–6]. Notice. In accordance with section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as
amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), notice is hereby given of two proposed Administrative Settlement Agreements for long-term access at the
Bountiful/Woods Cross 5th South PCE Plume Site. The PCE plume extends in
area through the Cities of Bountiful, West Bountiful and Woods Cross in Davis County, Utah. The proposed Settlement Agreements are with Davis County and Security Investment Ltd. (hereinafter jointly referred to as ‘‘settling parties’’). The Settlement Agreements require the settling parties to provide the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Utah Department of Environmental Quality with long-term access (estimated to be approximately 60 years) for the construction, operation and maintenance of the PCE plume pump
and treat infrastructure. In exchange, the settling parties’ potential CERCLA civil
liability at their respective properties will be resolved. The Settlement Agreements include an EPA covenant not to sue the settling parties pursuant
to sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607. For thirty (30)
days following the date of publication of this notice, the United States will
receive written comments relating to either or both of the Settlement Agreements. The United States will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the Settlement Agreements if comments
received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the Settlement
Agreements are inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The United States’ response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the Davis County Library, South Branch, 725 South Main Street, in Bountiful, UT 84010–6326. (801) 294– 4054. DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 6, 2011.