### Action Initiation List

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## August 2011 Action Initiation List (as of 9 /

2 0 /2011)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The following actions wer e initiated by EPA this month. Explanations of which EPA actions are included on this list and of each 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 ( Reg DaRRT ) on www.epa.gov/rulemaking/

.

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

– those that are in Reg DaRRT and those that are not

– you may obtain updates twice a year in EPA’s Semian nual Regulatory 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.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=UnifiedAgenda&agency=EPA&pubperiod=200710 )

To assist you in tracking actions’ progress, the RINs in the table below are also displayed in the Semiannual Regulatory Agen da and Reg DaRRT

.

### Action Initiation List

– August 2011 Page 2 of 6 RIN Action Title Stage Contact Abstract Projected

Publication

Date

2060

- AR11 Federal Plan Requirements for Hospital/Medical/I

nfectious Waste

Incinerators
Constructed On

or Before December 1,

2008 NPRM Amy Hambrick

919

- 541

- 0964 Hambrick.Amy@epa.gov On October 6, 2009, EPA adopted amendments to the September 15, 1997, new source performance standards (NSPS) and emissions guidelines (EG) for hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators (HM IWI). The amendments were developed in response to the March 2, 1999, remand of the 1997 HMIWI regulations by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the Court), which requested further explanation of EPA’s reasoning in determining the minimum regulatory “floors” for new and existing HMIWI. Sections 111 and 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) require states with existing HMIWI subject to the EG to submit plans to EPA that implement and enforce the EG. State plans to implement the EG adopt ed on September 15, 1997, are already in place, and revised or new state plans to implement the amended EG adopted on October 6, 2009, are currently undergoing EPA review. The deadline for states to submit revised/new state plans to EPA

for review was Octo ber 6, 2010. If a state with existing HMIWI does not submit an approvable plan within 2 years after promulgation of the EG, sections 111(d) and 129 of the CAA require EPA to develop, implement, and enforce a federal plan for HMIWI in the state. The EPA ado pted a HMIWI federal plan on August 15, 2000, to implement the September 15, 1997, EG. This action will propose amendments to the HMIWI federal plan to implement the amended EG adopted on October 6, 2009, for those states that do not have an approved revis ed/new state plan in place by October 6, 2011. 12 months or

less

2060

- AR13 National Emission
Standards for

Hazardous Air

Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and

Institutional

Boilers and Process Heaters; Proposed

Reconsideration NPRM Brian Shrager

919 541

- 7689 Shrager.Brian@epa.gov

Follow this rule on Reg DaRRT On March 2 1, 2011, EPA issued a final rule establishing standards for emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from boilers and process heaters located at major sources of HAP. EPA also issued on March 21, 2011 a Notice of Reconsideration listing issues that addi tional opportunity for public review and comment should be provided. Subsequently, we received more than 25 petitions to reconsider, clarify, and amend certain provisions of the final rule. This action will propose the amendments after we analyze the infor mation submitted in the petitions. 12 months or

less

### Action Initiation List

– August 2011 Page 3 of 6 RIN Action Title Stage Contact Abstract Projected

Publication

Date

2060

- AR14 National

Emission
Standards for

Hazardous Air

Pollutants for

Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and

Institutional Boilers;

Reconsideration and Proposed

Rule

Amendments Direct Final Jim Eddinger

919 541

- 5426 Eddinger.Jim@epa.gov On March 21, 2011, EPA issued a final rule establishing standards for emissions of hazardous air pollutants from

boilers located at area sources. EPA also issued on March 21, 2011 a Notice of Reconsideration listing four issues for which additional opportu nity for public review and comment should be obtained. Subsequently, we received petitions to reconsider and clarify and amend certain applicability and implementation provisions of the final rule. This action will proposed the amendments after we analyze the information submitted in the petitions. 12 months

or more

2060

- AR15 Standards of

Performance for New Stationary

Sources and

Emission
Guidelines for Existing Sources:

Commercial and

Industrial Solid

Waste Incineration Units;

Reconsideration

& Proposed Rule

Amendments NPRM Toni Jones

919 541

- 0316 Jones.Toni@epa.gov

Follow this rule on Reg DaRRT On March 21, 2011, EPA issued a final rule establishing new source performance standards and emission guidelines for commercial and industrial solid waste incineration units. EPA also issued on March 21, 2011 a

Notice of Reconsideration listing issues that additional opportunity for public review and comment should be obtained. Subsequently, we received more than 15 petitions to reconsider, clarify, and amend certain provisions of the final rule. This action will propose the amendments af ter we analyze the information submitted in the petitions. 12 months

or less

### Action Initiation List

– August 2011 Page 4 of 6 RIN Action Title Stage Contact Abstract Projected

Publication

Date

2060

- AR16 National Emission
Standards for

Hazardous Air

Pollutants: Area
Source Standards for Prepared

Feeds Manufacturing

— Amendments NPRM Jan King

919 541

- 5665 King.Jan@epa.gov Section 112(k) of the Clean Air Act requires the development of standards for area sources that account for 90 percent of the e missions in urban areas of the 30 urban hazardous air pollutants (HAP) listed in the Integrated Urban Air Toxics Strategy. The Integrated Urban Air Toxics Strategy lists prepared feeds manufacturing as an area source category. EPA issued national emission standards for control of HAP for the Prepared Feeds Manufacturing area source category on January 5, 2010 (75 FR 522). In determining Generally Available Control Technology (GACT), EPA assumed that the vast majority of prepared

feeds manufacturers were alr eady meeting the cyclone design efficiency standard promulgated in the final rule. In light of issues raised by industry with regard to the certification requirements associated with the design efficiency standard, this action is to revise the rule to clar ify, consistent with the rulemaking record and preamble of the final rule, that GACT for larger sources is the equipment practice of using a cyclone. This action will also clarify certain management practices in 63.11621(a)(1) and 63.11621(d). 12 months

o r less

2060

- AR17 Air Quality Designations for

the 2008 Lead

National Ambient Air Quality

Standards:
Second Round Direct Final Rhonda Wright

919 541

- 1087 Wright.Rhonda@epa.gov This final rule will establish air quality designations for

certain areas in the US that in 2010 received deferred designations due to pending collection and review of additional data from recent deployed monitors for the 2008 lead (Pb) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

EPA i s required to make the final initial designations no later than two years from the October 15, 2008 promulgation of the revised NAAQS. However, if the

Administrator has insufficient information to make these designations, the EPA has the authority to exten d the designation process by up to one year. Because data from existing monitors indicated violations of the standard, and began collecting data from new monitors that began operation in January 2010, EPA is issuing this second rule to designate those def erred areas as meeting or not meet the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 12 months

or less

### Action Initiation List

– August 2011 Page 5 of 6 RIN Action Title Stage Contact Abstract Projected

Publication

Date

2070

- AJ91 Significant New

Use Rule for

Toluene Diisocyanates (TDI) NPRM Katherine Sleasman

202

- 564

- 7716 Sleasman.Katherine@epa.gov EPA is proposing a significant new use rule (SNUR) under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) designating the use of uncured TDI and its related polyisocyanat es in a consumer product as a new use

. This action would require persons who intend to manufacture, import, or process the chemical substance for the designated significant new uses to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing such manufacture, import, or processing. The required notification would provide EPA with the opportunity to evaluate the intended use and, if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity before it occurs. 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 the Agenda . Also, keep in mind that AILs will not post immediately.
You can access a given month's list roughly 15 days after the clos e of the month (e.g., an April AIL w ould post sometime around May 15 th ).



# What Does Each Column in the AIL Mean?

RIN: RIN stands for "Regulation Identifier Number." A RIN is assigned by the Regulatory Information Service Center , a component of the U.S. General Services

Administration, to identify each regulatory action listed in our Semiannual Regulatory Agenda and Annual Regulatory Plans . Also, RINs are included in the headings
of our rules when they are published in the Federal Register to make it easier for you to track our actions. An example of an EPA RIN is 2050

- AG37. It is composed
of two parts. The first part (i.e., 2050) identifies which office within EPA is in charge of the action. In this case, it is the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response. The second part (e.g., AG37) is an alpha

- numeric code automatically generated as rules are assigned a RIN.



## 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 action) 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 propo sed 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 Act ion

• Interim Final

– Interim Final Action

• Final

– Final Action

• Section 610 Review

– Agency Review under Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act



## C ontact: Provides the name, phone, and email address for the EPA staff person assigned to this rule. Additionally, if a rule is in EPA's Reg DaRRT

( 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 "P rojected 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.