Action Initiation List – June 2011

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) June 2011 Action Initiation List (as of 6/28/2011)The following actions were initiated by EPA this month. Explanations of which EPA actions are includeeach 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

But, they will not provide updates on the actions listed herein. Updates on priority rulemakings are avaRulemaking Gateway (www.epa.gov/rulemaking/). 

If one of the rules on this AIL is in the Rulemaking Gateway, a link to the rule's profile is included in th

all rules – those that are in the Gateway and those that are not – you may obtain updates twice a yea

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, which is accessible from these Web sites: 

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

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

• Regulations.gov 

(http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=UnifiedAgenda&agency=EPA&p

To assist you in tracking actions’ progress, the RINs in the table below are also displayed in the SemiaAgenda and the Rulemaking Gateway. 
Action Initiation List – June 2011

RIN Action Title Stage Contact Abstract 

2060-AR04 Protection of 

Stratospheric Ozone: Adjustments to the Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, Import, and Export for 2013-2019 

NPRM Luke Hall-Jordan 

202-343-9591 Hall-Jordan.Luke@epa.gov 

In 2009, EPA finalized a rule allocating hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) allothe 2010-2014 control periods (74 FR allowance holders challenged how EPthe baselines for HCFC-22 and HCFCU.S. Court of Appeals for the District o

Circuit. The Court vacated the rule in premanded it to EPA. This rulemaking rthe Court's decision with respect to the control periods, and for the first time aHCFC allowances for the next stepdowunder the Montreal Protocol in 2015-2

2060-AR05 Federal 

Implementation Plan and Revisions to Regional Haze Provisions Governing Alternative to Source-Specific Best Available Retrofit Technology Determinations 

NPRM Martha Keating 

919-541-9407 Keating.Martha@epa.gov 

This action will revise provisions in the Haze Rule to allow certain states to vosubstitute requirements of a regional cprogram for source-specific Best AvaiTechnology (BART) determinations. T

also finalize a Federal Implementation this alternative approach to immediateso that the Agency can meet its litigatiagreement deadlines to finalize Regiorequirements for these states. The focaction is to present results of an air quanalysis that assesses whether emissachieved through implementation of a and trade program in certain states regreater improvements in visibility at Cthan presumptive source-by-source BAaction is urgent since final Agency actnumber of state Regional Haze implemplans depends on finalization of this FImplementation Plan and Regional Harevisions. 
Action Initiation List – June 2011

RIN Action Title Stage Contact Abstract 

 2060-AR06 Air Quality 

Designations for the 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

Direct 

Final 

Douglas Solomon 919-541-4132 Solomon.Douglas@epa.gov 

This final action will establish initiadesignations for all areas of the Uunder the revised 2010 NO2 NatioAir Quality Standards (NAAQS). Dattainment, nonattainment, or uncbased on air quality monitoring darelevant information pertaining to tin the affected area, including whecontributes to a violation of the stanearby area. EPA is required to minitial designations no later than 2 January 22, 2010 promulgation of NAAQS. 

 2060-AR07 Addition of New 

Fuel Pathways Under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) Program 

Direct 

Final 

Vincent Camobreco 202-564-9043 Camobreco.Vincent@epa.gov 

This action will amend Table 1 to § the RFS2 regulations to include adpathways and assigns each pathwIt allows producers or importers of under these pathways to generate Identification Numbers under the pproviding that the fuel meets the orequirements for renewable fuel. Toutlines EPA’s lifecycle greenhousevaluation, specified in Clean Air A211(o), as amended by EISA for spathways including: biofuels producamolina oil, biofuels produced frotypes of energy grasses, and renegasoline produced from residue ancellulosic feedstocks. This action apathways to the table of approved pathways. 
Action Initiation List – June 2011

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

EPA’s Regulatory Policy Officer. In rare instances, an action will not appear on an AIL before it appears in the Agenda. Alspost immediately. You can access a given month's list roughly 15 days after the close of the month (e.g., the April 2008 AI

May 15th). 

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 co

Services Administration, to identify each regulatory action listed in our Semiannual Regulatory Agenda and Annual Regul

included in the headings of our rules when they are published in the Federal Register to make it easier for you to track our 

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 th

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. The second part (e.g., AG37) is an alpha-numeric code automatically genRIN. 

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

the end when it is published as a final rule (or other action) in the Federal Register. For example, the Notice of Proposed Rannounces 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 

Gateway (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

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

less" and 2) "more than 12 months." These options give you some idea of how quickly we expect to complete an action.