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## March 201 4 Ac tion Initiation List (as of 5/21 /201 4 )

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.e pa.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 R egulatory 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.reg ulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=UnifiedAgenda&agency=EPA&pubperiod=200710)

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Action Title Stage Contact Abstract Projected

Publication

Date

National Emissions Standards

for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Secondary Lead Smelting NPRM Nathan Topham

919

- 541

- 0483 Topham.Nathan@epa.gov This action addresses reconsideration petitions filed by environmental and industry groups following the January 5, 2012 residual risk and technology reviews for secondary lead smelters. The EPA agreed to r econsider limited aspects of the final rule. 12 months

or less

Fee Schedule for Electronic

Hazardous Waste Manifest NPRM Rich LaShier

703

- 308

- 8796 Lashier.Rich@epa.gov This action will establish a program of fees that will be imposed on users of

the e

- manifest system and will announce the user fee schedule for manifest related activities, including activities associated with collection and processing of paper manifests submitted to EPA. This action also will announce the date upon which EPA will be ready to transmit and receive manifests through the national e

- Manifest system and will announce the date upon which the user community must comply with the new e

- Manifest regulation. More than

12 months

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Action Title Stage Contact Abstract Projected

Publication

Date Uniform National Discharge

Standards for Vessels of the

Armed Forces

- Phase II

– Batch Two (UNDS) NPRM Katherine Weiler

202

- 566

- 1280 Weiler.Katherine@epa.gov In 1996 the Clean Water Act was amended to create section 312(n), "Uniform National Discharge Standards (UNDS) for Vessels of the Armed Forces." Section 312(n) directs EPA and DOD to establish national discharge standards for discharges incidental to the n ormal operation of a vessel of the Armed Forces. These national standards will preempt State discharge standards for these vessels though States will be able to enforce

the uniform national standards.

EPA and DOD jointly promulgated Phase I of these regu lations, 40 CFR part 1700, on May 10, 1999 (64 FR 25126). Phase I concluded that 25 out of 39 discharges from Armed Forces vessels would require EPA and DoD to jointly establish performance standards by regulation (Phase II) for which

it is "reasonable and practicable" to require a "marine pollution control device." Some of these discharges have the potential to introduce oil or other organics into receiving waters (such as bilge water); some have the potential to introduce copper or other metals (such as h ull coating leachate); and some have the potential to introduce aquatic nuisance species (such as ballast water).

Phase II of these regulations will establish performance standards to control the 25 discharges in two separate rulemakings. EPA and DoD publ ished the

UNDS Phase II

– Batch One Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on February 3, 2014; the comment period closed on April 4, 2014. Batch One included the following 11 discharges: aqueous film forming foam, chain locker effluent, distillation and reverse osmosis brine, elevator pit effluent, gas
turbine water wash, non

- oily machinery wastewater, photographic laboratory drains, seawater cooling overboard discharge, seawater piping biofouling prevention, small boat engine wet exhaust, and well deck discharge s.

Phase II

– Batch Two (current Action) will include performance standards for the following 14 discharges: catapult water brake tank & post

- launch retraction exhaust, clean ballast, compensated fuel ballast, controllable pitch propeller hydraulic fluid, deck runoff, dirty ballast, firemain systems, graywater, hull coating leachate, motor gasoline compensating discharge,

sonar dome discha rge, submarine bilgewater, surface vessel bilgewater/oil

water separator, and underwater ship husbandry. 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 20 days after the close of the month (e.g.,

the April 201 4 AIL will post sometime around May 20 th).



# 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 (or other act ion) 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

Rulemak ing (NPRM) stage announces a proposed rule or proposed mod ification 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 Act



## 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.