Action Initiation List – April 2015 

April 2015 Action Initiation List (as of 6/15/2015) 

 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) The following actions were initiated by EPA this month. Explanations of which EPA actions are included on th

element of the table can be found at the end of this document. The two most recent Action Initiation Lists (AILs) can always be found at: http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/search

will not provide updates on the actions listed herein. Updates on priority rulemakings are available from EPA's 

Development and Retrospective Review Tracker (RegDaRRT) on www.epa.gov/rulemaking/. For all rules – those that are in RegDaRRT and those that are not – you may obtain updates twice a year in E

Regulatory Agenda, which is accessible from these Web sites: • EPA’s Laws, Regulations, Guidance and Dockets (http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/search/regagenda.htm

• RegInfo.gov (http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain) • Regulations.gov 

(http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=UnifiedAgenda&agency=EPA&pubperi
Action Initiation List – April 2015 

Action Title Stage Contact Abstract 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Title V Permitting for Greenhouse Gases: Establishment of a Significant Emission Rate for Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the PSD Program & Revisions to the Tailoring Rule Provisions for PSD and Title V Permitting 

NPRM Joseph Mangino 

919-541-9778 

 Mangino.Joseph@epa.gov 

The EPA is taking this action to propose a GreenhoSignificant Emission Rate (SER) under the PreventDeterioration (PSD) air permitting program and proprevisions to the provisions of the Prevention of SignDeterioration (PSD) and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tproposed GHG SER would establish an appropriate below which Best Available Control Technology (BAfor a source’s GHG emissions. The Tailoring Rule rus to revise certain GHG permitting regulatory provinclude the PSD GHG Plantwide Applicability Limits also implement a recent Court of Appeals for the Didecision that ordered, among other things, that the regulations under review be vacated to the extent thstationary source to obtain a title V permit solely beemits or has the potential to emit GHG above the athresholds. 

Municipal Separate Storm Sewer General Permit Remand Rule 

NPRM Greg Schaner 

 202-564-0721  Schaner.Greg@epa.gov 

EPA’s Phase II stormwater regulations detail, amonthe nation’s 6700 small municipal separate storm seobtain authorization to discharge. This action will prmodifications to the regulations for municipal separato address a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the N(EDC v. EPA, 2003). The provisions that are the suinclude requirements affecting the use of general pe
Action Initiation List – April 2015 

What EPA Actions Appear on the AILs? Generally, AILs include those actions that 1) will appear in upcoming Semiannual Regulatory Agenda and 2) have been ap

commencement by EPA’s Regulatory Policy Officer. In rare instances, an action will not appear on an AIL before it appears 

Also, keep in mind that AILs will not post immediately. You can access a given month's list roughly 20 days after the close the April 2014 AIL will post sometime around May 20th). 

What Does Each Column in the AIL Mean? Title: Self-explanatory.

Stage: The stage of an action describes where we are in the rule writing process, from the very beginning when a rule (o

just an idea to the end when it is published as a final rule (or other action) in the Federal Register. For example, the Notice Rulemaking (NPRM) stage announces a proposed rule or proposed modification to an existing rule. In the AILs, the followiused: • ANPRM - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking • NPRM - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking • Supplemental - Supplemental NPRM • Direct Final - Direct Final Action • Interim Final - Interim Final Action • Final - Final Action • Section 610 Review - Agency Review under Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Contact: Provides the name, phone, and email address for the EPA staff person assigned to this rule. Additionally, if a 

RegDaRRT (www.epa.gov/rulemaking/), then a link to the rule's profile will be provided in this column. 

Abstract: A brief summary of the action and its purpose. Projected Publication Date: Since many variables affect how long it takes to write a rule or other action, it is diffi

publication date when we have just started working on an action. Therefore, we insert one of two options in the "Projected 

column: 1) "12 months or less" and 2) "more than 12 months." These options give you some idea of how quickly we expec

action.