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## Octo ber 2012 Ac tion Initiation List (as of 1 2 / 13 /201 2 )

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The following actions were initiated by EPA this month. Explanations of which EPA actions are included on this list and of ea ch 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/ail.html. But, they will not provide updates on the actions listed herein. Updates on priority rulemakings are available from EPA's Regulatory Development and Retrospective Review Tracker (RegDaRRT) on www.ep a.gov/rulemaking/.

If one of the rules on this AIL is in RegDaRRT, a link to the rule's profile i s included in the table below. For all rules

– those that are in RegDaRRT and those that are not

– you may obtain updates twice a year in EPA’s Semiannual Re gulatory Agenda, which is

accessible from these Web sites:

• EPA’s Laws, Regulations, Guidance and Dockets (http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/search/regagenda.html)

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

• Regulations.gov (http://www.regu lations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=UnifiedAgenda&agency=EPA&pubperiod=200710)

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Publication

Date

Reconsideration of the Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers National

Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants NPRM Andrea Siefers

919

- 541

- 1185 Siefers.Andrea@epa.gov This action is in response to four petitions for reconsideration

that were received for the Polyvinyl Chloride ( PVC ) National

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants rulemaking that was finalized in April 2012. The petitions identify notice and

comment issues as well as several technical co nsistency issues

with the rule. The April 2012 final rule was issued in response to a 2008 settlement agreement with Sierra Club, Mossville

Environmental Action Now , and Louisiana Environmental Action

Network to replace the vacated PVC Maximum Achievable Control Technology ( MACT ) rule. T his settlement did not include reconsideration of the existing 2007 PVC area source Generally Available Control Technology (GACT) rule. However, we decided to voluntarily review and revise the 2007 area source rule in conjunction with developing the major source MACT standard. Both industry and environmental petitioners have petitioned for reconsideration of the GACT analysis due to

notice and comment. 12 months or

less

Effluent Limitations

Guidelines and Standards

for the Construction and Development Point Source Category NPRM Jesse Pritts

202

- 566

- 1038 Pritts.Jesse@epa.gov This action will address revisions to the effluent guidelines and standards for the construction and development (C&D) point source category 40 CFR 450. The C&D rule was issued on December 1, 2009 and became effective on February 1, 2010. This action would revise several of the non

numeric portions of the rule in response to litigation 12 months or

less

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# 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 approved for commencement by
EPA's Regulatory Policy Officer. In rare instances, an action will not appear on an AIL before it appears in t he Agenda . Also, keep in mind that AILs will not

post immediately. You can access a given month's list roughly 15 days after the close of the month (e.g., the April 2011 AIL will post sometime around
May 15th).



# What Does Each Column in the AIL Me an?

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 (or other acti on) is 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 of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) stage
announces a proposed rule or proposed modification to an existing rule. In the AILs, the following acronyms are used:

• 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 Ac t



## Contact: Provides the name, phone, and email address for the EPA staff person assigned to this rule. Additionally, if a rule is in EPA 's 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 difficult to predict a firm publication date when we have just started working on an action. Therefore, we insert one of two options in the "Projected Publication Date" column : 1) "12 months or less" and 2) "more than 12 months." These options give you some idea of how quickly we expect to complete an action.