Action To Ensure Authority To Implement Title V Permitting Programs Under the Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule
The final greenhouse gas (GHG) Tailoring Rule includes a step-
bystep implementation strategy for issuing Federallyenforceable
permits to the largest, most environmentally significant sources
beginning January 2, 2011. In this action, EPA is finalizing its
proposed rulemaking to narrow EPA's previous approval of State title V
operating permit programs that apply (or may apply) to GHGemitting
sources. Specifically, in this final rule, EPA is narrowing its
previous approval of certain State permitting thresholds for GHG
emissions so that only sources that equal or exceed the GHG thresholds
established in the final Tailoring Rule would be covered as major
sources by the Federallyapproved programs in the affected States. By
raising the GHG thresholds that apply title V permitting to major
sources in the affected States, this final rule will reduce the number
of sources that will be issued Federallyenforceable title V permits
and thereby significantly reduce permitting burdens for permitting
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Limitation of Approval of Prevention of Significant Deterioration Provisions Concerning Greenhouse Gas
This action is another in a series of steps EPA is taking to
implement the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program for
greenhouse gas (GHG)emitting sources. EPA is finalizing its proposed
rulemaking to narrow its previous approval of State Implementation Plan
(SIP) PSD programs in 24 states that apply to GHGemitting sources.
Specifically, EPA is withdrawing its previous approval of those
programs to the extent they apply PSD to GHGemitting sources below the
thresholds in the final Tailoring Rule, which EPA promulgated by
Federal Register notice dated June 3, 2010. Having narrowed its prior
approval, EPA asks that each affected state withdraw from EPA
consideration the part of its SIP that is no longer approved. The
states for whose SIPs EPA is narrowing approval are: Alabama,
California, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North
Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Tenness
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Determinations Concerning Need for Error Correction, Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval, and Federal
EPA is correcting its previous full approval of Texas's Clean
Air Act (CAA) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program to
be a partial approval and partial disapproval. The state did not
address, or provide adequate legal authority for, the program's
application to all pollutants that would become newly subject to
regulation in the future, including nonNational Ambient Air Quality
Standard (NAAQS) pollutants, among them greenhouse gases (GHGs).
Further, EPA is promulgating a federal implementation plan (FIP), as
required following the partial disapproval, to establish a PSD
permitting program in Texas for GHGemitting sources. EPA is taking
this action through interim final rulemaking, effective upon
publication, to ensure the availability of a permitting authority
EPAin Texas for GHGemitting sources when they become subject to PSD
on January 2, 2011. This will allow those sources to proceed with plans
to construct or expand. This rule will expire on April 30, 2011. EPA is
also propos
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Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act
Section 406(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) as amended by the
Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act
authorizes EPA to award program development and implementation grants
to eligible states, territories, tribes, and local governments to
support microbiological monitoring and public notification of the
potential for exposure to diseasecausing microorganisms in coastal
recreation waters, including the Great Lakes. EPA encourages coastal
and Great Lakes states and tribes that have received BEACH Act grants
in the past to apply for 2011 BEACH Act grants to implement effective
coastal recreation water monitoring and public notification programs
(``implementation grants''). EPA also encourages eligible tribes that
have not previously received BEACH Act grants to apply for 2011 BEACH
Act grants to develop effective and comprehensive coastal recreation
water monitoring and public notification programs (``development
grants'').
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Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations,
voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of
the products listed in Tables 1A and 1B of Unit II., pursuant to
section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows two Notices of
Receipt of Requests from the respective registrants listed in Table 2
of Unit II. The notice dated August 25, 2010, pertains to the
fenoxycarb product registrations and the notice dated August 18, 2010,
pertains to the propetamphos product registrations. In those notices,
EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the
cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive comments within
the 30day comment periods that would merit its further review of these
requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency
did not receive any comments on the notice for fenoxycarb or
propetamphos and neither request was withdrawn. Accordingly, EPA
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Proposed Settlement Agreement
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, 42
U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement
agreement to address lawsuits filed by the following groups of
Petitioners: (1) The States of New York, California, Connecticut,
Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island,
Vermont, and Washington, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the
District of Columbia, and the City of New York (collectively ``State
Petitioners''); and (2) Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club,
and Environmental Integrity Project (collectively ``Environmental
Petitioners''). State and Environmental Petitioners filed their
lawsuits in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit, which were consolidated under the lead case American
Petroleum Institute, et al. v. EPA, No. 081277 (DC Cir.). Petitioners
filed petitions for review of EPA's final rule entitled ``Standards of
Performance for Petroleum Refineries,'' published at 73 FR 35838 (June
24, 2
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Seven Brazilian Bird Species as Endangered Throughout Their
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine
endangered status for the following seven Brazilian bird species and
subspecies (collectively referred to as ``species'' for purposes of
this rule) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act)
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.): Blackhooded antwren (Formicivora
erythronotos), Brazilian merganser (Mergus octosetaceus), cherry
throated tanager (Nemosia rourei), fringebacked fireeye (Pyriglena
atra), Kaempfer's todytyrant (Hemitriccus kaempferi), Margaretta's
hermit hummingbird (Phaethornis malaris margarettae), and southeastern
rufousvented groundcuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi dulcis).
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The Secretary of the Interior designates the site located at
117 South Hervey Street, Hope, Arkansas 71801, as the ``President
William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site.''
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Commercial Lease for the Cape Wind Energy Project
Pursuant to its authority under the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (``OCSLA''), 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq., as amended; and the
Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer
Continental Shelf Rules, 30 CFR part 285 (``Rule''), BOEMRE has issued
a Commercial Lease (``Lease'') for an area of approximately 46 square
miles on the OCS in Nantucket Sound off the coast of Cape Cod,
Massachusetts. This NOA is being published to announce the availability
of the Lease in accordance with the requirements of 30 CFR 285.231. The
Lease is for the Cape Wind Energy Project (``Project'') which grants
Cape Wind Associates, LLC, (``CWA'') the exclusive right to conduct
certain activities within the leased area, subject to the terms and
conditions of the Lease, and applicable laws and regulations. The Lease
requires CWA to pay $88,278 in annual rent prior to production, and a
two to seven percent operating fee rate following the start of
production during the 33year lease (a 5year site ass
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Hydropower Resource Assessment at Existing Reclamation Facilities--Draft Report
The Bureau of Reclamation is reopening the review period for
the HRA for another 30 days from the date of publication of this
Notice. The notice of availability of the HRA was published in the
Federal Register on November 4, 2010 (75 FR 67993). The public review
period was originally to end on December 6, 2010.
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Texas Regulatory Program
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
(OSM), are approving an amendment to the Texas regulatory program
(Texas program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Texas proposed revisions to its regulations regarding annual permit fees. Texas revised its
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program at its own initiative to improve operational efficiency. The fee changes encourage mining companies to more quickly reclaim lands and request bond release, thereby fulfilling SMCRA's purpose of assuring the reclamation of mined land as quickly as possible.
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program at its own initiative to improve operational efficiency. The fee changes encourage mining companies to more quickly reclaim lands and request bond release, thereby fulfilling SMCRA's purpose of assuring the reclamation of mined land as quickly as possible.
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Montana Regulatory Program
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
(OSMRE) is approving an amendment to the Montana regulatory program
(the ``Montana program'') under the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (``SMCRA'' or ``the Act''). Montana is
proposing the addition of guidelines regarding normal husbandry
practices to improve operational efficiency and to ensure that the
husbandry practices used by the permittee during the period of
responsibility for revegetation success and bond liability are normal
husbandry practices within the region for unmined lands.
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North Dakota Regulatory Program
We are approving an amendment to the North Dakota regulatory
program (the ``North Dakota program'') under the Surface Mining Control
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (``SMCRA'' or ``the Act''). North Dakota
proposes revisions to rules and statutes that will allow the
revegetation responsibility period to be reduced from ten years to five
years for lands eligible for remining. North Dakota intends to revise
its program to be consistent with the corresponding Federal regulations
and to improve operational efficiency.
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Renewal of Approved Information Collection
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for a 3year renewal of OMB Control Number 10040042 under the
Paperwork Reduction Act. This control number covers paperwork
requirements in 43 CFR part 4700, which pertain to the protection,
management, and control of wild freeroaming horses and burros.
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Call for Information: Information on Inputs to Emission Equations Under the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases
EPA is publishing this call for information and public comment
to solicit certain additional information pertaining to reporting of
inputs to emission equations under the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas
Reporting Rule. In response to EPA's July 7, 2010 proposed
confidentiality determinations for data required under the reporting
rule, EPA received several comments that warrant indepth evaluation of
potential harm to businesses from possible public availability of some
of this data. The information and comment solicited by this notice will
assist EPA as we consider a longterm approach that will balance data
quality and transparency with the reporting businesses' need to protect
sensitive business information.
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Revisions to Lead Ambient Air Monitoring Requirements
The EPA issued a final rule on November 12, 2008, (effective
date January 12, 2009) that revised the primary and secondary National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for lead and associated
monitoring requirements. On December 30, 2009, EPA proposed revisions
to the lead monitoring requirements. This action promulgates revisions
to the monitoring requirements pertaining to where State and local
monitoring agencies (``monitoring agencies'') would be required to
conduct lead monitoring.
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Change to the Reporting Date for Certain Data Elements Required Under the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule
EPA is proposing to defer the reporting date of certain data
elements that are inputs to emission equations under the Mandatory
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule for three years. In response to EPA's
July 7, 2010 proposed confidentiality determinations for data required
under the reporting rule, EPA received several comments raising
concerns that warrant further consideration before EPA issues final
confidentiality determinations for data elements that are inputs to
emission equations for direct emitters. To allow time for EPA to
consider these comments and other information concerning these data
elements before they are reported to EPA, when they may become publicly
available, EPA is proposing to defer direct emitter reporting of inputs
to emission equations for calendar years through 2012 until March 31,
2014. This proposal would not change any other requirements of the
reporting rule.
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Access by EPA Contractors to Information Claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) Submitted Under the Clean
EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) plans to
authorize various contractors to access information which will be
submitted to EPA under the Clean Air Act that may be claimed as, or may
be determined to be, confidential business information (CBI).
Contractor access to this information, which is related to the
Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Rule, 40 CFR Part 98, subparts
A, LL and MM, will begin January 6, 2011.
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Interim Final Regulation Deferring the Reporting Date for Certain Data Elements Required Under the Mandatory Reporting
EPA is promulgating this interim final rule to defer until
August 31, 2011 the reporting deadline for year 2010 data elements that
are inputs to emission equations under the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas
Reporting Rule. In response to EPA's July 7, 2010 proposed
confidentiality determinations for data required under the reporting
rule, EPA received several comments raising concerns that warrant
further consideration before EPA issues final confidentiality
determinations for data elements that are inputs to emission equations
for direct emitters. To allow time for EPA to consider these comments
and other information concerning these data elements before they are
reported to EPA, EPA is deferring direct emitter reporting of the data
elements in the inputs to emission equations data category until August
31, 2011, while concurrently publishing both a proposed notice and
comment rulemaking to defer the reporting date for these inputs and a
call for information to assist EPA in its deliberations on this
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