The Federal Register

Special Exemption From Requirements of the Clean Air Act for the Territory of United States Virgin Islands

Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing approval of a petition, from the Governor of the Virgin Islands (US VI), which seeks an exemption of the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 165(a) requirement to obtain a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit to construct prior to construction of a new gas turbine at the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (VIWAPA) St. Thomas facility. This exemption allows for construction, but not operation, of Unit 23 prior to issuance of a final PSD permit.

Cyprodinil; Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance

Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT

This regulation extends the time-limited tolerances for residues of cyprodinil, 4cyclopropyl6methylNphenyl2
pyrimidinamine in or on onion, dry bulb; onion, green; and strawberry. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). The tolerance will expire on December 31, 2004.

Fluroxypyr; Pesticide Tolerance

Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of fluroxypyr in or on field corn, sweet corn, sorghum, range and pasture grass. Dow AgroSciences LLC requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).

Special Exemption From Requirements of the Clean Air Act for the Territory of United States Virgin Islands

Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a July 21, 2003, petition (petition), from the Governor of the Virgin Islands (US VI), which seeks an exemption of the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 165(a) requirement to obtain a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit to construct prior to commencing construction of a new gas turbine, Unit 23, at the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority's (VIWAPA's) St. Thomas facility. This exemption will allow for the construction, but not the operation, of Unit 23 prior to issuance of a final PSD permit.

In the same separate part of this Federal Register, EPA is also approving the petition as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this action as noncontroversial and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final rule.

If EPA receives no adverse comments, EPA will not take further action on this proposed rule. If EPA receives adverse co

Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit DuPont Dow Elastomers, L.L.C.

Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT

This notice announces that the EPA Administrator has denied the petition to object to a State operating permit issued by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) for the chloroprene plant at DuPont Dow Chemical Company in La Place, Louisiana. Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act (Act), the petitioner may seek judicial review of this petition response in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Any petition must be filed within 60 days of the date this notice appears in the Federal Register, pursuant to section 307(d) of the Act.

California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Within the Scope Requests; Opportunity for Public Hearing

Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has notified EPA that it has approved amendments to its regulations establishing certification requirements and procedures for heavyduty diesel engines and vehicles. The amendments require heavyduty engines and vehicles (except urban buses) to meet a new mandatory oxides of nitrogen (NOX) standard in 1998 and subsequent model years and establish optional NOX standards beginning with the 1995 model year. CARB's amendments also provide a new definition of useful life for these vehicles and require new information within California's motor vehicle emission control label. CARB requests that EPA confirm CARB's finding that its amendments are withinthescope of previous waivers issued by EPA under section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act (Act), 42 U.S.C. 7543(b), including a waiver of Federal preemption for California's heavyduty diesel powered engines and vehicles, which EPA approved on March 4, 1988.

CARB has also notified EPA that it ha

Notice of Meeting of the EPA's Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC)

Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463, notice is hereby given that the next meeting of the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) will be held January 1415, 2004 at the Hotel Washington, Washington, DC. The CHPAC was created to advise the Environmental Protection Agency on science, regulations, and other issues relating to children's environmental health.

Meetings of the Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List Classification Process Work Group of the National Drinking

Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Under section 10(a)(2) of Public Law 92-423, ``The Federal Advisory Committee Act,'' notice is hereby given of the forthcoming meetings of the Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List (CCL) Classification Process Work Group of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC), established under the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.).

Clothianidin; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on

Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT

This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.

National Recommended Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health

Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Pursuant to section 304(a) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of updated national recommended water quality criteria for the protection of human health for the following fifteen pollutants: chlorobenzene; cyanide; 1,2dichlorobenzene; 1,4dichlorobenzene; 1,1
dichloroethylene; 1,3
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dichloropropene; endrin; ethylbenzene; hexachlorocyclopentadiene; lindane; thallium; toluene; 1,2transdichloroethylene; 1,2,4 trichlorobenzene; and vinyl chloride.

The criteria are based on EPA's 2000 methodology for deriving human health water quality criteria and supercede criteria for these chemicals that the Agency published before this notice.

EPA's recommended section 304(a) water quality criteria are guidance to States and authorized Tribes in adopting water quality standards for protecting human health. They are also a scientific basis for developing controls of discharges or releases of pollutants. They are guidance to EPA f

Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan for 2004/2005

Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Today's notice presents and invites comment on EPA's preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan for 2004/2005. Under the Clean Water Act (CWA), EPA establishes technologybased national regulations, termed ``effluent guidelines,'' to reduce pollutant discharges from industrial facilities to waters of the United States. Section 304(m) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires EPA to publish an Effluent Guidelines Program Plan every two years. Today's notice has three purposes. First, it presents the results of EPA's annual review of the effluent guidelines that EPA has promulgated under CWA section 304(b). Second, it solicits public comment on the preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan. Third, it describes and solicits comment on the analytical framework that EPA has employed to date in performing the annual review for 2003 and in developing today's preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan. EPA had articulated an early form of this evolving analytical framework in the draft Strategy for N

Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge; Final Agency Response to the National Research Council Report on

Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is publishing the results of its review of regulations under the Clean Water Act (CWA) governing the use and disposal of sewage sludge. The Clean Water Act requires that EPA review the sewage sludge regulations for the purpose of identifying additional toxic pollutants and promulgating regulations for such pollutants consistent with the requirements. As part of this review, EPA commissioned the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academy of Sciences to independently review the technical basis of the chemical and microbial regulations applicable to sewage sludge that is applied to land. In July 2002, the NRC published a report entitled ``Biosolids Applied to Land: Advancing Standards and Practices'' in response to the EPA's request.

In April 2003 EPA announced and requested public comments on a preliminary strategy explaining how EPA planned to respond to the NRC report recommendations. Today, the Agency is announcing its final respo

Notice of Availability of Draft Aquatic Life Criteria Document for Copper and Request for Scientific Views

Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT

This notice informs the public about the availability of a draft document containing updated aquatic life criteria for copper and requests scientific views. The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires EPA to develop and publish, and, from time to time, revise criteria for water quality that accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge. EPA's recommended water quality criteria provide guidance for States and authorized Tribes to establish water quality standards under the CWA to protect human health and aquatic life.

Notice of Availability of Draft Aquatic Life Criteria Document for Diazinon and Request for Scientific Views

Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT

This action notifies the public about the availability of a draft aquatic life criteria document for diazinon and requests scientific views. The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and publish, and from time to time revise, criteria for water accurately reflecting the latest scientific knowledge. When final, these criteria will provide EPA's
recommendations to States and authorized Tribes as they establish their water quality standards as State or Tribal law or regulation. At this time the Agency is not making a final recommendation, rather the Agency is requesting scientific views on the draft document.