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## Febr uary 201 3 Ac tion Initiation List (as of 3 / 27 /201 3 )

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

National Emission
Standards for Hazardous

Air Pollutant Emissions for Primary Lead Processing:

Residual Risk and Technology Review and

National Emissions
Standards for Hazardous

Air Pollutants from Secondary Lead Smelting:

Residual Risk and Technology Review;

Reconsiderations NPRM Natha n Topham

919

- 541

- 0483 Topham.Nathan@epa.gov This action addresses a reconsideration petition received on the 2011 final rule for residual risk and technology review of the primary lead processors national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants. The EPA agreed to reconsider limited aspects o f the final rule.

Additionally, this action addresses reconsideration petitions received on the 2012 final rule for residual risk and technology review of the secondary lead smelters national emission standards fo r hazardous air pollutants. EPA agreed to reconsider limited aspects of the final rule. 12 months

or less

Oil and Natural Gas

Sector: Reconsideration of

Certain Provisions of New

Source Performance

Standards NPRM Bruce Moore

919 541

- 5460 Moore.Bruce@epa.gov This action will involve addressing issues concerning storage vessel applicability and compliance dates raised by petitioners following the final rule published on August 16, 2012. Storage vessels affected by this action are located primarily at oil and natural gas upstream operat ions. 12 months

or less

Guidelines Establishing

Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants

Under the Clean Water Act; Analysis and Sampling Procedures NPRM Jan Matuszko

202

- 566

- 1035 Matuszko.Jan@epa.gov This regulatory action would amend "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants" at 40 CFR Part 136 to approve test procedures (analytical methods) for use by testing laboratories for water monitoring. These test procedures are u sed to implement the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program unless an alternate procedure is approved by a Regional Administrator. The regulation would also revise, clarify, and correct errors and ambiguities in existing methods and the wa ter monitoring regulations. 12 months

or less

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Publication

Date

Renewable Fuel 2014
Volume Standards NPRM David Korotney

734

- 214

- 4507 Korotney.David@epa.gov In response to the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA), which amended the Clean Air Act Section 211(o), EPA finalized the RFS2 program regulations. The new provisions also require EPA to promulgate regulations that specify the annual statutory volume requirements for renewa ble fuels, including cellulosic biofuel, biomass

based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel that must be used in transportation fuel annually. In the case of the cellulosic biofuel standard, the Act specifically requires that the standard be set based on the volume projected to be available during the following year. If the volumes are lower than those specified under the Act, then EPA may

also lower the advanced biofuel and total renewable fuel standards each year accordingly. Further, the Ac t requires the Administrator to promulgate rules establishing the applicable volumes of biomass

- based diesel for 2013 and beyond and to do so no later than 14 months before the year for which such applicable volume will apply. This action will also propose and finalize the 2014 biomass based diesel (BBD) volume along with all the 2014 standards. This regulatory action will establish, as required, the annual statutory volume requirements for the RFS2 fuel categories (cellulosic, biomass

- based diesel, advance d biofuel, and renewable fuel) that apply to all gasoline and diesel produced or imported in 2014 and set, at min imum, the 2014 BBD requirement. Entities potentially affected by this final rule are those involved with the production, distribution, and sale of transportation fuels, including gasoline and diesel fuel or renewable fuels such as ethanol and

biodiesel. 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 th e 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 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
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 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.