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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 106479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31216]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0174; FRL 12525-01-OLEM]

Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management 
Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Safer Communities by Chemical 
Accident Prevention; Final Action on Petition for Reconsideration

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final action denying petition for reconsideration.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received a 
petition for reconsideration of the final revisions to the Accidental 
Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the 
Clean Air Act; Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention, 
published in the Federal Register on March 11, 2024. The agency is 
providing notice that it is denying the petition for reconsideration. 
The basis for EPA's action is set out fully in a letter addressed to 
the petitioner, available in the rulemaking docket.

DATES: December 30, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristina Guarino, United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency 
Management, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (Mail Code 5104A), Washington, DC 
20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1235; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    A copy of this Federal Register notice, the petition for 
reconsideration, and the letter describing the full basis for this 
action are available in the rulemaking docket (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OLEM-2022-0174). Publicly available docket materials are available 
electronically through www.regulations.gov. In addition, following 
signature, an electronic copy of this final action and the letter will 
be available on the internet at https://www.epa.gov/rmp/risk-management-program-safer-communities-chemical-accident-prevention-final-rule. Publicly available docket materials are available either 
electronically at https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the 
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, William Jefferson 
Clinton West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone 
number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744. For further 
information on EPA Docket Center services and the current status, 
please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. Judicial Review

    Section 307(b)(1) of the CAA indicates which Federal Courts of 
Appeal have venue for petitions of review of final actions by the EPA. 
This section provides, in part, that ``a petition for review of action 
of the Administrator in promulgating . . . any standard of performance 
or requirement under section [111] of [the CAA],'' or any other 
``nationally applicable'' final action, ``may be filed only in the 
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.'' The EPA 
has determined that its action denying the petition for reconsideration 
is nationally applicable for purposes of CAA section 307(b)(1) because 
the action directly relates to the Risk Management Program regulations 
promulgated under CAA section 112(r), which are nationally applicable 
requirements. Thus, any petition for review of the final letter denying 
the petition for reconsideration must be filed in the Court of Appeals 
for the District of Columbia Circuit on or before February 28, 2025.

Michael S. Regan,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2024-31216 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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