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Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Nevada; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning

Mon, Dec 15 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Nevada; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning

Mon, Dec 15 2003 11:00:00 GMT

On October 27, 2003, the State of Nevada requested EPA to redesignate the Lake Tahoe Nevada ``not classified'' carbon monoxide (CO) nonattainment area to attainment for the CO National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and submitted a CO maintenance plan for the area as a revision to the Nevada State Implementation Plan (SIP). In this action, EPA is proposing to approve the redesignation request and the maintenance plan. EPA is also proposing to find that the maintenance plan is adequate for conformity purposes under the limited maintenance plan policy. In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the State's redesignation request and SIP revision, involving the maintenance plan, as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views the redesignation and SIP revision as noncontroversial and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received i

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Jersey; Motor Vehicle Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance

Mon, Dec 15 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for New Jersey's enhanced inspection and maintenance (I/M) program. New Jersey has made several amendments to its I/M rules to comply with EPA regulations and to improve performance of the program and has requested that the SIP be revised to include these changes. Chief among the amendments EPA is proposing to approve is New Jersey's OnBoard Diagnostic (OBD) program. EPA is proposing to approve New Jersey's latest I/M rule changes. The intended effect of this action is to maintain consistency between the Stateadopted rules and the federally approved SIP.

Pre-Manufacture Review Reporting and Exemption Requirements for New Chemical Substances and Significant New Use

Mon, Dec 15 2003 11:00:00 GMT

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) EPA is seeking public comment and information on the following Information Collection Request (ICR): PreManufacture Review Reporting and Exemption Requirements for New Chemical Substances and Significant New Use Reporting Requirements for Chemical Substances (EPA ICR No. 0574.12, OMB Control No. 20700012). This ICR involves a collection activity that is currently approved and scheduled to expire on July 31, 2004. The information collected
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under this ICR helps EPA evaluate the health and environmental effects of new chemical substances before manufacture or importation of such substances begin. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection activity and its expected burden and costs. Before submitting this ICR to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval under the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the collection.

Chemical-Specific Rules, Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a); Request for Comment on Renewal of Information

Mon, Dec 15 2003 11:00:00 GMT

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) EPA is seeking public comment and information on the following Information Collection Request (ICR): ChemicalSpecific Rules, Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a) (EPA ICR No. 1198.07, OMB Control No. 20700067). This ICR involves a collection activity that is currently approved and scheduled to expire on April 30, 2004. The information collected under this ICR helps EPA evaluate the potential for adverse human health and environmental effects caused by the manufacture, importation, processing, use or disposal of identified chemical substances and mixtures. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection activity and its expected burden and costs. Before submitting this ICR to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval under the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the collection.

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping

Mon, Dec 15 2003 11:00:00 GMT

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 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. This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2003. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

Interagency Project To Clean Up Open Dumps on Tribal Lands: Request for Proposals

Mon, Dec 15 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The Tribal Solid Waste Interagency Workgroup (Workgroup) is soliciting proposals for its sixth year of the Tribal Open Dump Cleanup Project (Cleanup Project). Since FY99, the Workgroup has funded approximately $9 million in projects. In FY03, the Interagency Workgroup made approximately $2.1 million available to fully or partially fund 26 selected projects. A similar amount of funding is projected for FY04. The Cleanup Project is part of a federal effort to help tribes comprehensively address their solid waste needs. The purpose of the Cleanup Project is to assist with closing or upgrading tribal highthreat waste disposal sites and providing alternative disposal and integrated solid waste management.

The Workgroup was established in April 1998 to coordinate federal assistance to tribes in bringing their waste disposal sites into compliance with the municipal solid waste landfill criteria (40 CFR part 258). Current Workgroup members include representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protect

Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket

Mon, Dec 15 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Section 120(c) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket. The docket is to contain certain information about Federal facilities that manage hazardous waste or from which hazardous substances have been or may be released. (As defined by CERCLA section 101(22), a release is any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment.) CERCLA requires that the docket be updated every six months, as new facilities are reported to EPA by Federal agencies. The following list identifies the Federal facilities to be included in this eighteenth update of the docket and includes facilities not previously listed on the docket and reported to EPA since the last update of the do