EPA Final Rule: Transportation Conformity Rule Restructuring Amendments [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Revocation of TSCA Section 4 Testing Requirements: Certain High Production Volume Chemical Substances [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Electronic Reporting of Toxics Release Inventory Data [PDF]

EPA Notice: General Permits for Stormwater Discharges from Construction Activities: Final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System [PDF]

EPA Notice: PCBs Bulk Product v. Remediation Waste [PDF]

OSHA Final Rule: Revising Standards Referenced in the Acetylene Standard [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Cadmium in Construction Standard [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Cadmium in General Industry Standard [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: New Source Performance Standards Review [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews [PDF]

EPA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone; Critical Use Exemption from the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide [PDF]

EPA Notice: NPDES General Permits; Proposed Reissuances: Facilities Related to Oil and Gas Extraction in the Territorial Seas of Texas  [PDF]

EPA Notice: Application for Reimbursement to Local Governments for Emergency Response to Hazardous Substance Releases [PDF]

EPA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Continuous Release Reporting Regulations under CERCLA [PDF]

EPA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:  NESHAP for Pulp and Paper Production [PDF]

EPA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Chemical Recovery Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda, Sulfite, and Stand-Alone Semichemical Pulp Mills [PDF]

EPA Notice: Highlights of the Exposure Factors Handbook; 2011 Update Release of Final Report [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:Bloodborne Pathogens Standard  [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Standard on Commercial Diving Operations   [PDF]

PHMSA Notice: Special Permit Applications [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Significant New Alternatives Policy Program [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases: Electronics Manufacturing and Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Technical Revisions; Extension of Public Comment Period [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Pesticide Tolerances: Isopyrazam [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Pesticide Tolerances: Prothioconazole [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Vehicle-Mounted Elevating and Rotating Work Platforms (Aerial Lifts) [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Cotton Dust Standard [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Meetings: Preventing Occupational Hearing Loss [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases: Changes to Provisions for Electronics Manufacturing to Provide Flexibility [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases:  Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems; Revisions to Best Available Monitoring Method Provisions [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: 2011 Critical Use Exemption from the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulfur: Extension of Comment Period [PDF]

OSHA Proposed Rule: Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements: NAICS Update and Reporting Revisions [PDF]

PHMSA Notice: Clarification on Division 1.1 Fireworks Approvals Policy [PDF]

Each day, we review the Federal Register to keep up-to-date on what’s happening down in DC. Although this review doesn’t capture all activity, it will provide an overview of some of the bigger things that the EPA, OSHA and others are working on.

NOTICE: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Coke Oven Emissions Standard

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-22/pdf/2011-21373.pdf

PROPOSED RULE: Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-23/pdf/2011-19899.pdf

PROPOSED RULE: Energy Conservation Program:  Standards for fluorescent Lamp Ballasts

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-24/pdf/2011-21636.pdf

NOTICE: Pesticide Emergency Exemptions: Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-24/pdf/2011-21374.pdf

RULE: Change to Reporting Date for Certain Data Elements Required under Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-25/pdf/2011-21727.pdf

Proposed Rule:   Definition of Solid Waste – extension of comment period

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-26/pdf/2011-21931.pdf

Proposed Rule: Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews – Announcement of Public Hearing

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-26/pdf/2011-21726.pdf

Rules: Pesticide Tolerances: Tetraconazole

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-29/pdf/2011-21947.pdf

Notice:  Intent to Suspend Certain Pesticide Registrations

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-29/pdf/2011-21990.pdf

Notice: EPA Seeking Input Materials Measurement: Municipal Solid Waste, Recycling, and Source Reduction Measurement in the U.S.

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-30/pdf/2011-22137.pdf

Notice: Safety Notice: Transportation of DOT Special Permit Packages in Commerce

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-30/pdf/2011-22110.pdf

Rule: Review of National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Carbon Monoxide

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-31/pdf/2011-21359.pdf

Notice: Requests for Nominations: Experts for Science Advisory Board’s Animal Feeding Operation Emission Review Panel

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-09-01/pdf/2011-22438.pdf

Each day, we review the Federal Register to keep up-to-date on what’s happening down in DC. Although this review doesn’t capture all activity, it will provide an overview of some of the bigger things that the EPA, OSHA and others are working on.

Final Rule: TSCA Inventory Update Reporting Modifications; Chemical Data Reporting
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-16/pdf/2011-19922.pdf

Final Rule: Pesticide Tolerances; Fluoxastrobin
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-17/pdf/2011-20835.pdf

 
Final Rule: Pesticide Tolerances; Metconazole
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-17/pdf/2011-20841.pdf

 
Final Rule: Pesticide Tolerances; Thiamethoxam
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-17/pdf/2011-20839.pdf

 
Notice: Guidance for Industry; Availability: Residual Drug in Transdermal and Related Drug Delivery Systems
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-17/pdf/2011-20852.pdf

 
Proposed Rule: Hazardous Materials: Incorporating Rail Special Permits into Hazardous Materials Regulations
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-17/pdf/2011-20852.pdf

Each day, we review the Federal Register to keep up-to-date on what’s happening down in DC. Although this review doesn’t capture all activity, it will provide an overview of some of the bigger things that the EPA, OSHA and others are working on

Final Rule: Federal Implementation Plans: Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone and Correction of SIP Approvals
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-08/pdf/2011-17600.pdf

Proposed Rule: Hazardous Chemical Reporting: Revisions to the Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms (Tier I and Tier II)
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-08/pdf/2011-19900.pdf

Final Rule: Change of Address for EPA Region 1 Office
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-11/pdf/2011-20035.pdf

Proposed Rule: Hazardous Materials Regulations; Compatibility with the International Atomic Energy Agency Regulations
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-12/pdf/2011-19872.pdf

Facilities in certain manufacturing, mining, utilities and other sectors who have more than ten full time employees, and that manufacture greater than 25,000 pounds of a TRI-listed chemical or otherwise use greater than 10,000 pounds of a listed chemical in a given year are required to provide the EPA with an accounting of how those chemicals have been managed by July 1 of each year. [Thresholds are lower for Persistent, Bioaccumulative, Toxic chemicals (PBTs.]

TRI reporting is a requirement under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986, and the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) of 1990. A goal of TRI reporting is to ensure that citizens and communities have the information that they need about the chemicals being used, stored, managed and treated in their communities so that they can make informed decisions about preparedness and emergency response needs.

The TRI database currently contains information on over 650 chemicals that are used or managed by more than 23,000 industries. In addition to information about the chemicals themselves, information on the recycling, energy recovery or disposal of those chemicals is also available.

For more information on TRI reporting, or for help with filing, visit http://www.epa.gov/tri/index.htm