🌍EPA Proposes Approval of Ohio's Ozone Regulation Revisions
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) Chapters 3745-21 and 3745-110 into the Ohio State Implementation Plan (SIP). The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency ("Ohio" or "Ohio EPA") submitted these revisions on March 30, 2022, and supplemented the submittal on February 1, 2023, and August 28, 2023. EPA is proposing to approve parts of OAC Chapters 3745-21 and 3745-110 as satisfying some of the Moderate Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) and Nitrogen Oxide (NO<INF>x</INF>) RACT requirements for the Cleveland, OH nonattainment area (Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Summit counties) under the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard ("NAAQS" or "standard"). Finally, EPA is proposing to approve OAC rule 3745-15-03, submitted by Ohio on February 9, 2023, and supplemented on December 1, 2023, and December 30, 2024.
Learn More🏗️FAA Notice on Land Use Change at Greene County Airport, OH
The FAA is considering a proposal to change 4.044 acres of airport land from aeronautical use to non-aeronautical use and to authorize the sale of airport property located at Greene County/Lewis A. Jackson Regional Airport. The aforementioned land is not needed for aeronautical use. The future use of the property is for a municipal fire station. The land is located in the southwest part of the airport adjacent to N. Valley Road. There are no impacts to the airport by allowing the Greene County Regional Airport Authority to dispose of the property.
Learn More💧Proposed Consent Decree on Clean Water Act Violations and Business Impact
The Department of Justice has lodged a proposed Consent Decree in a case regarding the alleged violations of the Clean Water Act by Tyson L. Friskney. The decree aims to resolve allegations of unlawful pollutant discharges and includes requirements for injunctive relief and environmental mitigation measures. Written comments on this decree are being accepted from the public.
Learn More🏛️Department of Energy
This notice announces an in-person meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Portsmouth. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
Learn More🗣️Notice of Ohio Advisory Committee Public Meeting on Civil Rights
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, that the Ohio Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a public meeting via Zoom. The purpose of this meeting is to debrief on testimony received from panel briefings I-III and determine the next course of action.
Learn More🛢️Eastern Gas Transmission Application Notice and Public Participation Details
The Department of Energy has issued a notice regarding Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage's application for the Appalachian Reliability Project, highlighting necessary construction and regulatory requirements. The notice includes provisions for public comments, protests, and motions to intervene, aiming to foster stakeholder involvement in the project's evaluation and approval process.
Learn More🏭EPA Proposes New Emissions Limits for Carmeuse Lime in Ohio
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve the addition of Director's Final Findings and Orders (DFFOs) issued by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) to Carmeuse Lime, Inc. into the Ohio State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the 2010 sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The DFFOs establish a new emissions limit for SO<INF>2</INF> emissions from the combined lime kiln stack that receives and emits SO<INF>2</INF> emissions from two rotary lime kilns at the Carmeuse Lime Maple Grove Facility in Seneca County, Ohio.
Learn More💧EPA Reissues Vickery Environmental’s Land-Ban Exemption Notice
Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that an exemption to the land disposal restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) has been granted to Vickery Environmental, Inc. (VEI) of Vickery, Ohio for five Class I injection wells located in Vickery, Ohio. As required by Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, VEI has demonstrated, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of hazardous constituents out of the injection zone or into an underground source of drinking water (USDW) for at least 10,000 years. This final decision allows the continued underground injection by VEI of only those hazardous wastes designated by the codes in Table 1 through its five Class I hazardous waste injection wells identified as #2, #4, #5, #6, and #8. This decision constitutes a final EPA action for which there is no administrative appeal.
Learn More✈️Amendment of VOR Federal Airways in Zanesville, OH
This action amends Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airways V-38, V-133, and V-144; and revokes VOR Federal Airway V-214. The FAA is taking this action due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Zanesville, OH (ZZV), VOR/ Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) navigational aid (NAVAID). The Zanesville VOR is being decommissioned in support of the FAA's VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) program.
Learn More🚧OSHA Variance for Compressed Air Work at Cleveland Tunnel Project
In this notice, OSHA announces the application of McNally Tunneling Corp./ASI Marine (McNally/ASI Marine) for a permanent variance and interim order from provisions of the OSHA standard that regulates work in compressed air environments, presents the agency's preliminary finding on McNally/ASI Marine's application and announces the grant of an interim order. OSHA invites the public to submit comments on the variance application to assist the agency in determining whether to grant the applicant a permanent variance based on the conditions specified in this application.
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