♻️Proposed Authorization of California Hazardous Waste Management Changes
California has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for final authorization of changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended. The EPA has reviewed California's application and has determined, subject to public comment, that these changes satisfy all requirements needed to qualify for final authorization. Therefore, in the "Rules and Regulations" section of this Federal Register, we are authorizing California for these changes as a final action without a prior proposed rulemaking. If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action on this proposed rule.
Learn More🌬️Proposed Revisions to Mojave Desert Air Quality Regulations
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District (MDAQMD or "District") portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern amended or rescinded prohibitory and administrative rules that regulate air pollutants under the Clean Air Act (CAA or "Act"). We are proposing to rescind numerous requirements from the District's portion of the California SIP because the requirements can be replaced by more current requirements. We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.
Learn More📜NAGPRA Compliance Notice
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Diego State University (SDSU) has amended a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal Register on December 18, 2000. This notice amends the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations with cultural affiliation.
Learn More♻️California's Hazardous Waste Program Revisions and Business Compliance
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to authorize changes California has made to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended. The Agency has reviewed California's application for authorization of these changes and determined that the changes satisfy all requirements.
Learn More🎨Notice of Intended Repatriation of Cultural Items in California
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Stanislaus and East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) intend to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
Learn More🔋Public Comment on Phillips 66 Foreign Trade Zone Application
The Department of Commerce invites public comments on Phillips 66 Company's application for production authority within Foreign Trade Zone 3E in Rodeo, California. This application includes new evidence seeking approval to utilize foreign status feedstock for renewable fuels. Interested parties can submit their inputs until October 8, 2025, with rebuttals allowed until October 23, 2025.
Learn More🌫️EPA Approves California's Regional Haze Plan
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the regional haze state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by California on August 9, 2022 (hereinafter the "2022 California Regional Haze Plan" or "the Plan"), under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the EPA's Regional Haze Rule (RHR) for the program's second implementation period. The Plan addresses the requirement that states must periodically revise their long-term strategies for making reasonable progress towards the national goal of preventing any future, and remedying any existing, anthropogenic impairment of visibility, including regional haze, in mandatory Class I Federal areas. The Plan also addresses other applicable requirements for the second implementation period of the regional haze program. The EPA is taking this action pursuant to CAA sections 110 and 169A.
Learn More🌍Extension of Coachella Valley Ozone Attainment Date to 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing a one- year extension of the "Extreme" attainment date from June 15, 2024 to June 15, 2025, for the 1997 ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) to the Riverside County (Coachella Valley), California ozone nonattainment area ("Coachella Valley"). The EPA is also taking final action on the exceptional event request submitted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on October 11, 2024. This action is based on the EPA's concurrence on the exceptional events demonstration, which removed from the design value (DV) calculation the wildfire-influenced data recorded at the Palm Springs--Fire Station monitor (AQS Site ID #060655001) on July 14-15, 2023, and the extension request submitted by the State of California.
Learn More🌍Business Implications of California's Carbon Monoxide SIP Revision
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve a revision to the California state implementation plan (SIP) that removes carbon monoxide (CO) contingency measures and monitoring requirements from the maintenance plan for three CO maintenance areas: Chico Urbanized Area, Modesto Urbanized Area, and Stockton Urbanized Area. We are approving the revision under the Clean Air Act (CAA or "Act").
Learn More🌬️Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program Revisions in California
With this direct final rule, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating approval of revisions to the Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program (title V) of the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District (SDCAPCD or "District") in California. The EPA is taking this final action in accordance with federal regulations and the Clean Air Act (CAA or "Act").
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