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Part II: Environmental Protection Agency,
Published: 2008-10-30
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is publishing a
final rule that revises the definition of solid waste to exclude
certain hazardous secondary materials from regulation under Subtitle C
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The purpose of
this final rule is to encourage safe, environmentally sound recycling
and resource
PROPOSED RULES: West Virginia; Revised Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for the Parkersburg 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Area,
Published: 2008-10-30
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision submitted by the State of West Virginia for the purpose of
amending the 8hour ozone maintenance plan for the Parkersburg area.
This revision amends the maintenance plans' 2009 and 2018 motor vehicle
emissions budgets (MVEBs) by reallocating a portion of the plans'
safety margins
NOTICES: Approval of a Petition for Exemption from Hazardous Waste Disposal Injection Restrictions to AK Steel Corp., Middletown, OH,
Published: 2008-10-30
Notice is hereby given by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) that an exemption to the land disposal
restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA)
to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) has been granted
to AK Steel Corporation (AK Steel) of Middletown, Ohio, for two Class I
injection
NOTICES: Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook,
Published: 2008-10-30
EPA is announcing the availability of a final report titled,
``ChildSpecific Exposure Factors Handbook'' (EPA/600/R06/096F), which
was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA)
within EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD). This report
updates a 2002 interim final version of the handbook. It provides
updated
NOTICES: Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, PA,
Published: 2008-10-30
Pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA), the EPA Administrator
signed an order, dated June 20, 2007, denying a petition to object to a
state operating permit proposed to be issued by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to Reliant Energy Mid
Atlantic Power Holdings, LLC, for its Portland Generating Station in
Northampton
NOTICES: In Support of the Summary Information in the Integrated Risk Information System; Correction,
Published: 2008-10-29
EPA announced on October 16, 2008 (73 FR 61416), that the
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will convene an independent panel of
experts and organize and conduct a review of the draft document titled,
``Toxicological Review of Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene): In
Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information
System
NOTICES: Ethylene Oxide; Preliminary Determination to Terminate Special Review,
Published: 2008-10-29
This notice announces EPA's preliminary determination to
terminate the Special Review of ethylene oxide (ETO). On January 27,
1978, EPA initiated Special Review based on developmental toxicity,
mutagenicity, and neurotoxic effects in workers (43 FR 3801). In the
early 1980s, the carcinogenicity of ETO became of concern and was added
to the Special
NOTICES: Nicotine; Notice of Receipt of Request to Voluntarily Cancel a Pesticide Registration,
Published: 2008-10-29
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. EPA is issuing a
notice of receipt of a request by the registrant to voluntarily cancel
its registration for a product containing the pesticide nicotine. The
request would terminate nicotine use on greenhousegrown ornamentals.
The
NOTICES: Conditional Approval,
Published: 2008-10-29
This notice announces Agency approval of an application
submitted by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., to conditionally register the
pesticide product VipCot containing new active ingredients not included
in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of
section 3(c)(7)(C) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA),
NOTICES: Pesticide Product Registration Approval,
Published: 2008-10-29
This notice announces Agency approval of an application to
register the pesticide product Bedoukian e,e9,11Tetradecdienyl
Acetate Technical Pheromone] containing an active ingredient not
included in any previously registered products pursuant to the
provisions of section 3(c)(5) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA),
NOTICES: Pesticide Products; Registration Applications,
Published: 2008-10-29
This notice announces receipt of applications to register
pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in
any currently registered products pursuant to the provisions of section
3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), as amended.
NOTICES: Pesticide Products; Registration Applications,
Published: 2008-10-29
This notice announces receipt of applications to register
pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in
any currently registered products pursuant to the provisions of section
3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), as amended.
NOTICES: Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations,
Published: 2008-10-29
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a
notice of receipt of request for amendments by registrants to delete
uses in certain pesticide registrations. Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA
provides that a registrant of a pesticide product may at any time
request that any
NOTICES: Sulfluramid Registration Review Final Decision; Availability,
Published: 2008-10-29
This notice announces the availability of EPA's final
registration review decision for the pesticide case sulfluramid.
Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pesticide registrations
to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory
standard for registration, that is, that the pesticide can perform its
intended function
NOTICES: Triclosan; Reregistration Eligibility Decision; Availability,
Published: 2008-10-29
This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide triclosan, and opens a
public comment period on this document. The Agency's risk assessments
and other related documents also are available in the triclosan Docket.
Triclosan is regulated by both the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Food and Drug
RULES: Illinois,
Published: 2008-10-29
EPA is approving a request submitted by the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) on January 24, 2008, to revise
the Illinois State Implementation Plan (SIP) for volatile organic
compounds (VOC). The approval revises the Illinois SIP by updating
information regarding the packaging production facility of Cromwell
Phoenix, Incorporated,
RULES: Virginia; Movement of Richmond and Hampton Roads 8-Hour Ozone Areas from the Nonattainment Area List to the Maintenance Area List,
Published: 2008-10-29
EPA is taking direct final action to approve a revision to the
Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision moves the
Richmond and Hampton Roads 8Hour Ozone Nonattainment Areas from the
nonattainment areas list to the maintenance areas list. EPA is
approving this revision to move the Richmond and Hampton Roads 8Hour
Ozone Nonattainment
RULES: Carbaryl; Order Denying NRDC's Petition to Revoke Tolerances,
Published: 2008-10-29
In this Order, EPA denies a petition requesting that EPA
revoke all pesticide tolerances for carbaryl under section 408(d) of
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). The petition was
filed on January 10, 2005, by the Natural Resources Defense Council
(NRDC).
RULES: Pesticide Management and Disposal; Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment,
Published: 2008-10-29
With this final rule, EPA is amending the pesticide container
and containment regulations, which provide for the safe storage and
disposal of pesticides as a means of protecting human health and the
environment pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This final rule extends the labeling
compliance date from
RULES: Pyrimethanil,
Published: 2008-10-29
This regulation amends the tolerances in the 40 CFR 180.518
for residues of the fungicide, pyrimethanil, 4,6dimethylNphenyl2
pyrimidinamine, in or on pome fruit crop group 11, establishes
tolerances for the residues of pyrimethanil in or on apple wet pomace, and amends the tolerances for residues of pyrimethanil
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RULES: Final Authorization of Initiated Changes and Incorporation by Reference of Hazardous Waste Management Program,
Published: 2008-10-29
During a review of Texas' regulations, the EPA identified a
variety of Stateinitiated changes to its hazardous waste program under
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). We have determined
that these changes are minor and satisfy all requirements needed to
qualify for Final authorization and are authorizing the Stateinitiated
changes
PROPOSED RULES: Illinois,
Published: 2008-10-29
EPA is proposing to approve a request submitted by the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) on January 24, 2008, to
revise the Illinois State Implementation Plan (SIP) for volatile
organic compounds (VOC). The proposed approval revises the Illinois SIP
by updating information regarding the packaging production facility of
PROPOSED RULES: Virginia; Movement of Richmond and Hampton Roads 8-Hour Ozone Areas from the Nonattainment Area List to the Maintenance Area List,
Published: 2008-10-29
EPA is proposing to approve the State Implementation Plan
(SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia for the
purpose of moving the Richmond and the Hampton Roads 8Hour Ozone
Nonattainment Areas from the nonattainment areas list to the
maintenance areas list. In the Final Rules section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the
PROPOSED RULES: Final Authorization of State-initiated Changes and Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste Management Program,
Published: 2008-10-29
During a review of Texas' regulations, EPA identified a
variety of Stateinitiated changes to Texas' hazardous waste program
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (RCRA),
for which the State had not previously sought authorization. EPA
proposes to authorize the State for the program changes. In addition,
EPA proposes to
NOTICES: NESHAP for Coke Oven Batteries (Renewal),
Published: 2008-10-29
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. [[Page 64315]]
3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes
