🌱EPA Receives Pesticide Petition for Residue Regulation Changes
This document announces the Agency's receipt of an initial filing of a pesticide petition requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
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Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is hereby issuing an order for the cancellations of the pesticide product registrations identified in this document. EPA previously announced its receipt of and requested comment on requests to voluntarily cancel the product registrations listed in table 1 of unit II. and announced its intent to cancel the product registrations listed in table 3 of unit III. With the issuance of this cancelation order, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registrations have been cancelled only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.
Learn More💧Federal Water Quality Standards Withdrawal
The Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA or agency) is withdrawing the proposed rule entitled "Federal Baseline Water Quality Standards for Indian Reservations," which published in the Federal Register on May 5, 2023. The EPA is electing to withdraw and not finalize the proposed rule at this time. Instead, the EPA intends to focus the agency's resources on engaging with Tribes to support Tribes' efforts to seek authority to administer their own water quality standards (WQS) program under the Clean Water Act's provision for eligible Tribes to be treated in a similar manner as states (TAS). The EPA will continue to work closely with, and offer support to, Tribes that are interested in pursuing TAS to administer a WQS program and developing their own WQS under the Clean Water Act.
Learn More🌱EPA Decision on California Off-Road Diesel Pollution Control Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") is providing notice of its decision granting the California Air Resources Board's ("CARB's") request for an authorization of amendments to its In-Use Off-Road Diesel Fueled Fleets ("2022 Off-Road Fleets Amendments") regulations. EPA's decision was issued under the authority of section 209 of the Clean Air Act ("CAA" or "Act").
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve the state implementation plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Alaska (Alaska or the State) on December 4, 2024, to address Clean Air Act requirements for the 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) national ambient air quality standards in the Fairbanks North Star Borough Serious PM<INF>2.5</INF> nonattainment area. Alaska's submission includes SIP revisions to meet nonattainment planning requirements for emissions inventories, modeling and sulfur dioxide precursor demonstration for major stationary sources, control measures, attainment projections and progress to attainment and associated motor vehicle emissions budgets, and contingency measures. The EPA is also starting the adequacy process for the budgets.
Learn More⚖️EPA Draft Risk Evaluation for DCHP Under TSCA - Comment Deadline March 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is announcing the availability of and seeking public comment on a draft risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for Dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) (1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1,2- dicyclohexyl ester) (CASRN 84-61-7). The purpose of risk evaluations under TSCA is to determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, without consideration of costs or other non-risk factors, including unreasonable risk to potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations identified as relevant to the risk evaluation by EPA, under the conditions of use. EPA has used the best available science to prepare this draft risk evaluation and to preliminarily determine that DCHP poses unreasonable risk to human health.
Learn More🌱EPA Announces Revised Grant Program Templates for Businesses
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit a revised information collection request (ICR), "Transportation and Climate Division (TCD) Grant Programs ICR" (EPA ICR No. 2793.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0754) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a revision of ICR No. 2793.01, which is currently approved through April 30, 2027. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request, Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(b) Reporting Requirements for TSCA Inventory Notifications (EPA ICR Number 2565.05 and OMB Control Number 2070-0201), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through January 31, 2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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