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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Ch. I 

[FRL 9752–01–OA; EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0 

Spring 2022 Unified Agenda of 

Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) publishes the Semiannual 

Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory 

Actions online at https://

www.reginfo.gov to periodically update 

the public. This document contains 

information about: 

• Regulations in the Semiannual 

Agenda that are under development, 

completed, or canceled since the last 

agenda; and 

• Reviews of regulations with small 

business impacts under Section 610 of 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions or comments about 

a particular action, please get in touch 

with the agency contact listed in each 

agenda entry. If you have general 

questions about the Semiannual 

Agenda, please contact: Caryn 

Muellerleile (muellerleile.caryn@

epa.gov; 202–564–2855). 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

A. EPA’s Regulatory Information 

B. What key statutes and executive orders 

guide EPA’s rule and policymaking 

process? 

C. How can you be involved in EPA’s rule 

and policymaking process? 

II. Semiannual Agenda of Regulatory and 

Deregulatory Actions 

A. What actions are included in the eAgenda and the Regulatory Flexibility 

Agenda? 

B. How is the e-Agenda organized? 

C. What Information is in the Regulatory 

Flexibility Agenda and the e-Agenda? 

D. What tools are available for mining 

regulatory agenda data and for finding 

more about EPA rules and policies? 

III. Review of Regulations Under Section 610 

of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 

A. Reviews of Rules With Significant 

Impacts on a Substantial Number of 

Small Entities 

B. What other special attention does EPA 

give to the impacts of rules on small 

businesses, small governments, and 

small nonprofit organizations? 

IV. Thank You for Collaborating With Us 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

EPA is committed to a regulatory 

strategy that effectively achieves the 

Agency’s mission of protecting human 

health and the environment. EPA 

publishes the Semiannual Agenda of 

Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions to 

update the public about regulatory 

activity undertaken in support of this 

mission. In the Semiannual Agenda, 

EPA provides notice of our plans to 

review, propose, and issue regulations. 

EPA is committed to environmental 

protection that benefits all communities 

and encourages public participation and 

meaningful engagement in our 

regulatory activities and processes. 

Additionally, EPA’s Semiannual 

Agenda includes information about 

rules that may have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities, and review of 

those regulations under the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act as amended. 

In this document, EPA explains in 

greater detail the types of actions and 

information available in the Semiannual 

Agenda and actions that are currently 

undergoing review specifically for 

impacts on small entities. 

A. EPA’s Regulatory Information 

‘‘E-Agenda,’’ ‘‘online regulatory 

agenda,’’ and ‘‘semiannual regulatory 

agenda’’ all refer to the same 

comprehensive collection of 

information that, until 2007, was 

published in the Federal Register. 

Currently, this information is only 

available through an online database at 

https://www.reginfo.gov/. 

‘‘Regulatory Flexibility Agenda’’ 

refers to a document that contains 

information about regulations that may 

have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. We 

continue to publish this document in 

the Federal Register pursuant to the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980. This 

document is available at https:// 

www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/fr. 

‘‘Unified Regulatory Agenda’’ refers to 

the collection of all agencies’ agendas 

with an introduction prepared by the 

Regulatory Information Service Center 

facilitated by the U.S. General Services 

Administration. 

‘‘Regulatory Agenda Preamble’’ refers 

to the document you are reading now. 

It appears as part of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Agenda and introduces both 

EPA’s Regulatory Flexibility Agenda 

and the e-Agenda. 

‘‘Section 610 Review’’ as required by 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act means a 

periodic review within ten years of 

promulgating a final rule that has or 

may have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small 

entities. EPA maintains a list of these 

actions at https://www.epa.gov/reg-flex/ 

section-610-reviews. EPA is completing 

one Section 610 review in spring 2022. 

B. What key statutes and executive 

orders guide EPA’s rule and 

policymaking process? 

Several environmental laws authorize 

EPA’s actions, including but not limited 

to: 

• Clean Air Act (CAA), 

• Clean Water Act (CWA), 

• Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA, or Superfund), 

• Emergency Planning and 

Community Right-to-Know Act 

(EPCRA), 

• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 

• Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act (RCRA), 

• Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 

and 

• Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA). 

EPA must comply not only with 

environmental laws, but also with 

administrative legal requirements that 

apply to the issuance of regulations, 

such as the Administrative Procedure 

Act (APA), the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act (RFA) as amended by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act (SBREFA), the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the 

National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act (NTTAA), and the 

Congressional Review Act (CRA). 

EPA also meets a number of 

requirements contained in numerous 

Executive Orders: 12866, ‘‘Regulatory 

Planning and Review’’ (58 FR 51735, 

Oct. 4, 1993), as supplemented by 

Executive Order 13563, ‘‘Improving 

Regulation and Regulatory Review’’ (76 

FR 3821, Jan. 21, 2011); 12898, 

‘‘Environmental Justice’’ (59 FR 7629, 

Feb. 16, 1994); 13045, ‘‘Children’s 

Health Protection’’ (62 FR 19885, Apr. 

23, 1997); 13132, ‘‘Federalism’’ (64 FR 

43255, Aug. 10, 1999); 13175, 

‘‘Consultation and Coordination with 

Indian Tribal Governments’’ (65 FR 

67249, Nov. 9, 2000); 13211, ‘‘Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use’’ (66 FR 28355, May 

22, 2001). 

C. How can you be involved in EPA’s 

rule and policymaking process? 

You can make your voice heard by 

getting in touch with the contact person 

provided in each agenda entry. EPA 

encourages you to participate as early in 

the process as possible. You may also 

participate by commenting on proposed 


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rules published in the Federal Register 

(FR). 

Instructions on how to submit your 

comments through https://

www.regulations.gov are provided in 

each Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPRM). To be most effective, 

comments should contain information 

and data that support your position, and 

you also should explain why EPA 

should incorporate your suggestion in 

the rule or other type of action. You can 

be particularly helpful and persuasive if 

you provide examples to illustrate your 

concerns and offer specific alternative(s) 

to what has been proposed by EPA. 

EPA believes its actions will be more 

cost effective and protective if the 

development process includes 

stakeholders working with us to help 

identify the most practical and effective 

solutions to environmental problems. 

EPA encourages you to become involved 

in its rule- and policymaking processes. 

For more information about EPA’s 

efforts to increase transparency, 

participation, and collaboration in EPA 

activities, please visit https://

www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/getinvolved-epa-regulations. 

II. Semiannual Agenda of Regulatory 

and Deregulatory Actions 

A. What actions are included in the eAgenda and the Regulatory Flexibility 

Agenda? 

EPA includes regulations in the eAgenda. However, there is no legal 

significance to the omission of an item 

from the agenda, and EPA generally 

does not include the following 

categories of actions: 

• Administrative actions such as 

delegations of authority, changes of 

address, or phone numbers. 

• Under the CAA: Revisions to state 

implementation plans; equivalent 

methods for ambient air quality 

monitoring; deletions from the new 

source performance standards source 

categories list; delegations of authority 

to states; area designations for air 

quality planning purposes. 

• Under FIFRA: Registration-related 

decisions, actions affecting the status of 

currently registered pesticides, and data 

call-ins. 

• Under the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act: Actions regarding 

pesticide tolerances and food additive 

regulations. 

• Under TSCA: Licensing actions and 

new chemical actions. 

• Under RCRA: Authorization of State 

solid waste management plans and 

hazardous waste delisting petitions. 

• Under the CWA: State Water 

Quality Standards, deletions from the 

section 307(a) list of toxic pollutants, 

suspensions of toxic testing 

requirements under the National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES), and delegations of NPDES 

authority to States. 

• Under SDWA: Actions on State 

underground injection control 

programs. 

Meanwhile, the Regulatory Flexibility 

Agenda includes: 

• Actions likely to have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

• Rules the Agency has identified for 

periodic review under section 610 of the 

RFA. 

EPA is announcing the completion of 

one review in this Agenda. 

B. How Is the e-Agenda organized? 

Online, you can choose how to sort 

the agenda entries by specifying the 

characteristics of the entries of interest 

in the desired individual data fields of 

the e-Agenda at https://

www.reginfo.gov. You can sort based on 

the following characteristics: EPA 

subagency (such as Office of Water), 

stage of rulemaking as described in the 

following paragraphs, alphabetically by 

title, or the Regulation Identifier 

Number (RIN), which is assigned 

sequentially when an action is added to 

the agenda. 

Each entry in the Agenda is associated 

with one of five rulemaking stages. The 

rulemaking stages are: 

1. Pre-rule Stage—EPA’s pre-rule 

actions generally are intended to 

determine whether the agency should 

initiate rulemaking. Pre-rulemakings 

may include anything that influences or 

leads to rulemaking; this would include 

Advance Notices of Proposed 

Rulemaking (ANPRMs), studies or 

analyses of the possible need for 

regulatory action. 

2. Proposed Rule Stage—Proposed 

rulemaking actions include EPA’s 

Notice of Proposed Rulemakings 

(NPRMs); these proposals are scheduled 

to publish in the Federal Register 

within the next year. 

3. Final Rule Stage—Final rulemaking 

actions are those actions that EPA is 

scheduled to finalize and publish in the 

Federal Register within the next year. 

4. Long-Term Actions—This section 

includes rulemakings for which the next 

scheduled regulatory action (such as 

publication of a NPRM or final rule) is 

twelve or more months into the future. 

We urge you to explore becoming 

involved even if an action is listed in 

the Long-Term category. 

5. Completed Actions—EPA’s 

completed actions are those that have 

been promulgated and published in the 

Federal Register since publication of 

the fall 2021 Agenda. This category also 

includes actions that EPA is no longer 

considering and has elected to 

‘‘withdraw’’ and the results of any RFA 

section 610 reviews. 

C. What Information is in the Regulatory 

Flexibility Agenda and the e-Agenda? 

The Regulatory Flexibility Agenda 

entries include only the nine categories 

of information that are required by the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 and 

by Federal Register Agenda printing 

requirements: Sequence Number, RIN, 

Title, Description, Statutory Authority, 

Section 610 Review, if applicable, 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required, Schedule and Contact Person. 

Note that the electronic version of the 

Agenda (E-Agenda) replicates each of 

these actions with more extensive 

information, described below. 

E-Agenda entries include: 

Title: a brief description of the subject 

of the regulation. The notation ’’Section 

610 Review’’ follows the title if we are 

reviewing the rule as part of our 

periodic review of existing rules under 

section 610 of the RFA (5 U.S.C. 610). 

Priority: Each entry is placed into one 

of the five following categories: 

a. Economically Significant: Under 

Executive Order 12866, a rulemaking 

that may have an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more, or 

adversely affect in a material way the 

economy, a sector of the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

State, local, or tribal governments or 

communities. 

b. Other Significant: A rulemaking 

that is not economically significant but 

is considered significant for other 

reasons. This category includes rules 

that may: 

1. Create a serious inconsistency or 

otherwise interfere with an action taken 

or planned by another agency. 

2. Materially alter the budgetary 

impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, 

or loan programs, or the rights and 

obligations of recipients; or 

3. Raise novel legal or policy issues 

arising out of legal mandates, the 

President’s priorities, or the principles 

in Executive Order 12866. 

c. Substantive, Nonsignificant: A 

rulemaking that has substantive impacts 

but is not Significant, Routine and 

Frequent, or Informational/ 

Administrative/Other. 

d. Routine and Frequent: A 

rulemaking that is a specific case of a 

recurring application of a regulatory 

program in the Code of Federal 

Regulations. If an action that would 

normally be classified Routine and 


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Frequent is reviewed by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

Executive Order 12866, then we would 

classify the action as either 

‘‘Economically Significant’’ or ‘‘Other 

Significant.’’ 

e. Informational/Administrative/ 

Other: An action that is primarily 

informational or pertains to an action 

outside the scope of Executive Order 

12866. 

Major: A rule is ‘‘major’’ under 5 

U.S.C. 801 (Pub. L. 104–121) if it has 

resulted or is likely to result in an 

annual effect on the economy of $100 

million or more or meets other criteria 

specified in the Congressional Review 

Act. 

Unfunded Mandates: Whether the 

rule is covered by section 202 of the 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–4). The Act requires that, 

before issuing an NPRM likely to result 

in a mandate that may result in 

expenditures by State, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector of more than $100 million 

in 1 year, the agency prepare a written 

statement on federal mandates 

addressing costs, benefits, and 

intergovernmental consultation. 

Legal Authority: The sections of the 

United States Code (U.S.C.), Public Law 

(Pub. L.), Executive Order (E.O.), or 

common name of the law that 

authorizes the regulatory action. 

CFR Citation: The sections of the 

Code of Federal Regulations that would 

be affected by the action. 

Legal Deadline: An indication of 

whether the rule is subject to a statutory 

or judicial deadline, the date of that 

deadline, and whether the deadline 

pertains to a NPRM, a Final Action, or 

some other action. 

Abstract: A brief description of the 

problem the action will address. 

Timetable: The dates and citations (if 

available) for all past steps and a 

projected date for at least the next step 

for the regulatory action. A date 

displayed in the form 05/00/23 means 

the agency is predicting the month and 

year the action will take place but not 

the day it will occur. For some entries, 

the timetable indicates that the date of 

the next action is ‘‘to be determined.’’ 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Indicates whether EPA has 

prepared or anticipates preparing a 

regulatory flexibility analysis under 

section 603 or 604 of the RFA. 

Generally, such an analysis is required 

for proposed or final rules subject to the 

RFA that EPA believes may have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

Small Entities Affected: Indicates 

whether the rule is anticipated to have 

any effect on small businesses, small 

governments, or small nonprofit 

organizations. 

Government Levels Affected: Indicates 

whether the rule may have any effect on 

levels of government and, if so, whether 

the affected governments are State, 

local, tribal, or Federal. 

Federalism Implications: Indicates 

whether the action is expected to have 

substantial direct effects on the States, 

on the relationship between the 

National Government and the States, or 

on the distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. 

Energy Impacts: Indicates whether the 

action is a significant energy action 

under Executive Order 13211. 

Sectors Affected: Indicates the main 

economic sectors regulated by the 

action. The regulated parties are 

identified by their North American 

Industry Classification System (NAICS) 

codes. These codes were created by the 

Census Bureau for collecting, analyzing, 

and publishing statistical data on the 

U.S. economy. There are more than 

1,000 NAICS codes for sectors in 

agriculture, mining, manufacturing, 

services, and public administration. 

International Trade Impacts: Indicates 

whether the action is likely to have 

international trade or investment effects, 

or otherwise be of international interest. 

Agency Contact: The name, address, 

phone number, and email address, if 

available, of a person who is 

knowledgeable about the regulation. 

Additional Information: Other 

information about the action including 

docket information. 

URLs: For some actions, the internet 

addresses are included for reading 

copies of rulemaking documents, 

submitting comments on proposals, and 

getting more information about the 

rulemaking and the program of which it 

is a part. 

RIN: The Regulation Identifier 

Number is used by OMB to identify and 

track rulemakings. The first four digits 

of the RIN correspond to the EPA office 

with lead responsibility for developing 

the action. 

D. What tools are available for mining 

regulatory agenda data and for finding 

more about EPA rules and policies? 

1. Federal Regulatory Dashboard 

The https://www.reginfo.gov 

searchable database maintained by the 

Regulatory Information Service Center 

and OMB’s Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), allows users 

to view the Regulatory Agenda database 

(https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

eAgendaMain), with options for 

searching, displaying, and data 

transmission. 

2. Subject Matter EPA Websites 

Some actions listed in the Agenda 

include a URL for an EPA-maintained 

website that provides additional 

information about the action. 

3. Public Dockets 

When EPA publishes either an 

Advance Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (ANPRM) or a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the 

Federal Register, the Agency typically 

establishes a docket to accumulate 

materials developed throughout the 

development process for that 

rulemaking. The docket serves as the 

repository for the collection of 

documents or information related to that 

Agency’s action or activity. EPA uses 

dockets primarily for rulemaking 

actions, but dockets may also be used 

for section 610 reviews and for various 

non-rulemaking activities, such as 

Federal Register documents seeking 

public comments on draft guidance, 

policy statements, information 

collection requests under the PRA, and 

other non-rule activities. Docket 

information should be in that action’s 

agenda entry. All of EPA’s public 

dockets can be located at https://

www.regulations.gov. EPA particularly 

welcomes feedback on rulemakings 

from communities likely to be affected 

by these actions. 

III. Review of Regulations Under 

Section 610 of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act 

A. Reviews of Rules With Significant 

Impacts on a Substantial Number of 

Small Entities 

Section 610 of the RFA requires that 

an agency review, within 10 years of 

promulgation, each rule that has or will 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

Currently, EPA is announcing the 

completion of one Section 610 review. 


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Review title RIN Docket ID # Status 

Section 610 Review of National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coal-and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units.2060–AV08 EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0152 .... Completed. 

EPA established a public docket for 

this Section 610 review. While 

comments for the completed review are 

no longer accepted, submitted 

comments and the final report can be 

viewed at https://www.regulations.gov/, 

docket EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0152. 

B. What other special attention does 

EPA give to the impacts of rules on 

small businesses, small governments, 

and small nonprofit organizations? 

For each of EPA’s rulemakings, 

consideration is given to whether there 

will be any adverse impact on any small 

entity. EPA attempts to fit the regulatory 

requirements, to the extent feasible, to 

the scale of the businesses, 

organizations, and governmental 

jurisdictions subject to the regulation. 

Under the RFA as amended by 

SBREFA, the Agency must prepare a 

formal analysis of the potential negative 

impacts on small entities, convene a 

Small Business Advocacy Review Panel 

(proposed rule stage), and prepare a 

Small Entity Compliance Guide (final 

rule stage) unless the Agency certifies a 

rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. For more 

detailed information about the Agency’s 

policy and practice with respect to 

implementing the RFA/SBREFA, please 

visit EPA’s RFA/SBREFA website at 

https://www.epa.gov/reg-flex. 

IV. Thank You for Collaborating With 

Us 

Finally, we would like to thank those 

of you who choose to join with us in 

making progress on the complex issues 

involved in protecting human health 

and the environment. Collaborative 

efforts such as EPA’s open rulemaking 

process are valuable tools for addressing 

the problems we face, and the regulatory 

agenda plays an important role in that 

process. 

Victoria Arroyo, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Policy. 

10—CLEAN AIR ACT—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

189 .................... National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Commercial Sterilization and 

Fumigation Operations.

2060–AU37 

190 .................... Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for 

Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review.

2060–AV16 

191 .................... Revisions to the Air Emission Reporting Requirements (AERR) .................................................................... 2060–AV41 

10—CLEAN AIR ACT—COMPLETED ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

192 .................... Section 610 Review of National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coal-and Oil-Fired 

Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (Completion of a Section 610 Review).

2060–AV08 

35—TSCA—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

193 .................... Methylene Chloride; Rulemaking Under TSCA Section 6(a) .......................................................................... 2070–AK70 

194 .................... 1-Bromopropane; Rulemaking Under TSCA Section 6(a) ............................................................................... 2070–AK73 

195 .................... Trichloroethylene; Rulemaking Under TSCA Section 6(a) .............................................................................. 2070–AK83 

196 .................... Perchloroethylene; Rulemaking Under TSCA Section 6(a) ............................................................................. 2070–AK84 

197 .................... N-Methylpyrrolidone; Rulemaking Under TSCA Section 6(a) ......................................................................... 2070–AK85 

35—TSCA—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

198 .................... Cyclic Aliphatic Bromide Cluster (HBCD); Rulemaking Under TSCA Section 6(a) ........................................ 2070–AK71 

199 .................... C.I. Pigment Violet 29; Rulemaking Under TSCA Section 6(a) ...................................................................... 2070–AK87 


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY (EPA) 

10—Clean Air Act 

Proposed Rule Stage 

189. National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene 

Oxide Commercial Sterilization and 

Fumigation Operations [2060–AU37] 

Legal Authority: secs. 112 and 

307(d)(7)(B) of the CAA as amended (42 

U.S.C. 7412 and 7607(d)(7)(B)). This 

action is also subject to section 307(d) 

of the CAA (42 U.S.C. 7607(d)); 42 

U.S.C. 7401 

Abstract: In December 1994, pursuant 

to section 112(d) of the CAA, EPA 

promulgated the National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(NESHAP) for Ethylene Oxide 

Commercial Sterilization and 

Fumigation Operations (59 FR 62585). 

The NESHAP established standards for 

both major and area sources. EPA 

completed a residual risk and 

technology review for the NESHAP in 

2006 and, at that time, concluded that 

no revisions to the standards were 

necessary. In this action, EPA will 

conduct the second technology review 

for the NESHAP and assess potential 

updates to the rule. To aid in this effort, 

EPA issued an advance notice of 

proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that 

solicited comment from stakeholders 

and undertook a Small Business 

Advocacy Review (SBAR) panel, which 

is needed when there is the potential for 

significant economic impacts to small 

businesses from any regulatory actions 

being considered. EPA is also planning 

to undertake community outreach as 

part of the development of this action. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

ANPRM ............... 12/12/19 84 FR 67889 

NPRM .................. 08/00/22 

Final Rule ............ 10/00/23 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Jon Witt, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Air and Radiation, 109 T.W. 

Alexander Drive, Mail Code E143–05, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, 

Phone: 919 541–5645, Email: witt.jon@

epa.gov. 

Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, 

E143–01, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 

Phone: 919 541–2837, Email: 

fruh.steve@epa.gov. 

RIN: 2060–AU37 

190. Standards of Performance for New, 

Reconstructed, and Modified Sources 

and Emissions Guidelines for Existing 

Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector 

Climate Review [2060–AV16] 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7411 

Abstract: On January 20, 2021, 

President Joe Biden issued an Executive 

Order titled ‘‘Protecting Public Health 

and the Environment and Restoring 

Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis,’’ 

which directs the EPA to take certain 

actions by September 2021 to reduce 

methane and volatile organic compound 

(VOC) emissions in the oil and natural 

gas sector. Specifically, the Executive 

Order directs the EPA to review the new 

source performance standards (NSPS) 

issued in 2020 for the oil and gas sector 

and, as appropriate and consistent with 

applicable law, consider publishing for 

notice and comment a proposed rule 

suspending, revising, or rescinding the 

NSPS. The Executive Order further 

directs the EPA to consider proposing: 

(1) new regulations to establish 

comprehensive NSPS for methane and 

VOC emissions and (2) new regulations 

to establish emission guidelines for 

methane emissions from existing 

operations in the oil and gas sector, 

including from the exploration and 

production, transmission, processing, 

and storage segments. The purpose of 

this action is to review the existing 

NSPS and propose new standards as 

necessary to meet the directives set forth 

in the Executive Order, as well as to 

propose new emission guidelines for 

existing sources in the oil and gas 

sector. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 11/15/21 86 FR 63110 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/14/22 

Supplemental 

NPRM.

10/00/22 

Final Rule ............ 05/00/23 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Karen Marsh, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Air and Radiation, 109 T.W. 

Alexander Drive, Mail Code E143–01, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 

Phone: 919 541–1065, Email: 

marsh.karen@epa.gov. 

Steve Fruh, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, 109 

T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code E143– 

01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 

Phone: 919 541–2837, Email: 

fruh.steve@epa.gov. 

RIN: 2060–AV16 

191. Revisions to the Air Emission 

Reporting Requirements (AERR) [2060– 

AV41] 

Legal Authority: Clean Air Act 

Abstract: This action proposes 

revisions to the existing Air Emissions 

Reporting Requirements (AERR) rule 

last revised on February 19, 2015 (80 FR 

8787), and may include major revisions. 

The EPA is considering how to improve 

the quality and completeness of 

hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions 

from stationary sources and all pollutant 

emissions from prescribed fires. Further, 

the EPA is considering how best to 

quantify emissions from intermittent 

sources such as backup generators; how 

to obtain data from permitted facilities 

in Indian Country when a Tribe is not 

required to report emissions data; and 

how to address known data gaps, 

streamline processes, and improve data 

quality, documentation, and 

transparency for nonpoint and mobile 

sources. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 03/00/23 

Final Rule ............ 10/00/24 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Marc Houyoux, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Air and Radiation, C339–02, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 

Phone: 919 541–3649, Fax: 919 541– 

0684, Email: houyoux.marc@epa.gov. 

RIN: 2060–AV41 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY (EPA) 

10—Clean Air Act 

Completed Actions 

192. Section 610 Review of National 

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 

Pollutants for Coal- and Oil-Fired 

Electric Utility Steam Generating Units 

(Completion of a Section 610 Review) 

[2060–AV08] 

Legal Authority: secs. 112 and 

307(d)(7)(B) of the CAA as amended (42 

U.S.C. 7412 and 7607(d)(7)(B)). This 

action is also subject to sec. 307(d) of 

the CAA (42 U.S.C. 7607(d)) 

Abstract: On February 16, 2012, EPA 

promulgated National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

for Coal- and Oil-fired Electric Utility 

Steam Generating Units (77 FR 9304). 

The rule (40 CFR part 63, subpart 

UUUUU), commonly referred to as the 

Mercury and Air Toxics Standards 


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(MATS), includes standards to control 

hazardous air pollutant emissions from 

new and existing coal- and oil-fired 

electric utility steam generating units 

located at both major and area sources 

of hazardous air pollutant emissions. 

This entry in the regulatory agenda 

announces that EPA has reviewed the 

MATS action pursuant to section 610 of 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

610) to determine if the provisions that 

could affect small entities should be 

continued without change or should be 

rescinded or amended to minimize 

adverse economic impacts on small 

entities. As part of the review, EPA 

solicited comments on the following 

factors: (1) The continued need for the 

rule; (2) the nature of complaints or 

comments received concerning the rule; 

(3) the complexity of the rule; (4) the 

extent to which the rule overlaps, 

duplicates, or conflicts with other 

Federal, State, or local government 

rules; and (5) the degree to which the 

technology, economic conditions or 

other factors have changed in the area 

affected by the rule. No comments were 

received. EPA has concluded that the 

rule does not need to be amended at this 

time and has addressed the review 

factors in a report. The report is 

available in Docket EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2021–0152, which can be accessed at 

www.regulations.gov. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Final Rule ............ 02/16/12 77 FR 9303 

Begin Review ...... 07/30/21 86 FR 41276 

End Review ......... 04/08/22 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: No. 

Agency Contact: Melanie King, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Air and Radiation, 109 T.W. 

Alexander Drive, Mail Code D243–01, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 

Phone: 919 541–2469, Email: 

king.melanie@epa.gov. 

Nick Hutson, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Air and 

Radiation, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, 

Mail Code D243–01, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27711, Phone: 919 541–2968, 

Fax: 919 541–4991, Email: hutson.nick@

epa.gov. 

RIN: 2060–AV08 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY (EPA) 

35—TSCA 

Proposed Rule Stage 

193. Methylene Chloride; Rulemaking 

Under TSCA Section 6(A) [2070–AK70] 

Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605 Toxic 

Substances Control Act 

Abstract: Section 6 of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 

EPA to address unreasonable risks of 

injury to health or the environment that 

the Administrator has determined are 

presented by a chemical substance 

under the conditions of use. Following 

a risk evaluation for methylene chloride 

carried out under the authority of TSCA 

section 6, EPA initiated rulemaking to 

address unreasonable risks of injury to 

health identified in the final risk 

evaluation. EPA’s risk evaluation for 

methylene chloride, describing the 

conditions of use and presenting EPA’s 

determinations of unreasonable risk, is 

in docket EPA–HQ–OPPT–2019–0437, 

with additional information in docket 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0742. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 02/00/23 

Final Rule ............ 08/00/24 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Ingrid Feustel, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention, Mail Code 7405M, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460, Phone: 202 564–3199, Email: 

feustel.ingrid@epa.gov. 

Joel Wolf, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Chemical Safety and 

Pollution Prevention, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 

7405M, Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 

202 564–0432, Email: wolf.joel@epa.gov. 

RIN: 2070–AK70 

194. 1-Bromopropane; Rulemaking 

Under TSCA Section 6(A) [2070–AK73] 

Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605 Toxic 

Substances Control Act 

Abstract: Section 6 of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 

EPA to address unreasonable risks of 

injury to health or the environment that 

the Administrator has determined are 

presented by a chemical substance 

under the conditions of use. Following 

a risk evaluation for 1-bromopropane 

carried out under the authority of TSCA 

section 6, EPA initiated rulemaking to 

address unreasonable risks of injury to 

health identified in the final risk 

evaluation. EPA’s risk evaluation for 1- 

bromopropane, describing the 

conditions of use and presenting EPA’s 

determinations of unreasonable risk, is 

in docket EPA–HQ–OPPT–2019–0235, 

with additional information in docket 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0741. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 05/00/23 

Final Rule ............ 08/00/24 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Amy Shuman, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 

564–2978, Email: shuman.amy@

epa.gov. 

Joel Wolf, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Chemical Safety and 

Pollution Prevention, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 

7405M, Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 

202 564–0432, Email: wolf.joel@epa.gov. 

RIN: 2070–AK73 

195. Trichloroethylene; Rulemaking 

Under TSCA Section 6(A) [2070–AK83] 

Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605 Toxic 

Substances Control Act 

Abstract: Section 6 of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 

EPA to address unreasonable risks of 

injury to health or the environment that 

the Administrator has determined are 

presented by a chemical substance 

under the conditions of use. Following 

a risk evaluation for trichloroethylene 

(TCE) carried out under the authority of 

TSCA section 6, EPA initiated 

rulemaking to address unreasonable 

risks of injury to health identified in the 

final risk evaluation. EPA’s risk 

evaluation for TCE, describing the 

conditions of use and presenting EPA’s 

determinations of unreasonable risk, is 

in docket EPA–HQ–OPPT–2019–0500, 

with additional information in docket 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0737. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 03/00/23 

Final Rule ............ 08/00/24 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Katelan McNamara, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 

564–4361, Email: mcnamara.katelan@

epa.gov. 


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Joel Wolf, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Chemical Safety and 

Pollution Prevention, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 

7405M, Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 

202 564–0432, Email: wolf.joel@epa.gov. 

RIN: 2070–AK83 

196. Perchloroethylene; Rulemaking 

Under TSCA Section 6(A) [2070–AK84] 

Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605 Toxic 

Substances Control Act 

Abstract: Section 6 of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 

EPA to address unreasonable risks of 

injury to health or the environment that 

the Administrator has determined are 

presented by a chemical substance 

under the conditions of use. Following 

a risk evaluation for perchloroethylene 

(PCE) carried out under the authority of 

TSCA section 6, EPA initiated 

rulemaking to address unreasonable 

risks of injury to health identified in the 

final risk evaluation. EPA’s risk 

evaluation for PCE, describing the 

conditions of use and presenting EPA’s 

determinations of unreasonable risk, is 

in docket EPA–HQ–OPPT–2019–0502, 

with additional information in docket 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0732. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 02/00/23 

Final Rule ............ 08/00/24 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Kelly Summers, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Mail Code 7405M, Washington, DC 

20460, Phone: 202 564–2201, Email: 

summers.kelly@epa.gov. 

Joel Wolf, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Chemical Safety and 

Pollution Prevention, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 

7405M, Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 

202 564–0432, Email: wolf.joel@epa.gov. 

RIN: 2070–AK84 

197. N-Methylpyrrolidone; Rulemaking 

Under TSCA Section 6(A) [2070–AK85] 

Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605 Toxic 

Substances Control Act 

Abstract: Section 6 of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 

EPA to address unreasonable risks of 

injury to health or the environment that 

the Administrator has determined are 

presented by a chemical substance 

under the conditions of use. Following 

a risk evaluation for nmethylpyrrolidone (NMP) carried out 

under the authority of TSCA section 6, 

EPA initiated rulemaking to address 

unreasonable risks of injury to health 

identified in the final risk evaluation. 

EPA’s risk evaluation for NMP, 

describing the conditions of use and 

presenting EPA’s determinations of 

unreasonable risk, is in docket EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2019–0236, with additional 

information in docket EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2016–0743. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 05/00/23 

Final Rule ............ 08/00/24 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Joel Wolf, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Mail Code 7405M, Washington, DC 

20460, Phone: 202 564–0432, Email: 

wolf.joel@epa.gov. 

Clara Hull, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Chemical Safety and 

Pollution Prevention, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 

7405M, Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 

202 564–3954, Email: hull.clara@

epa.gov. 

RIN: 2070–AK85 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY (EPA) 

35—TSCA 

Long-Term Actions 

198. Cyclic Aliphatic Bromide Cluster 

(HBCD); Rulemaking Under TSCA 

Section 6(A) [2070–AK71] 

Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605 Toxic 

Substances Control Act 

Abstract: Section 6 of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 

EPA to address unreasonable risks of 

injury to health or the environment that 

the Administrator has determined are 

presented by a chemical substance 

under the conditions of use. Following 

a risk evaluation for cyclic aliphatic 

bromide cluster (HBCD) carried out 

under the authority of the TSCA section 

6, EPA initiated rulemaking to address 

unreasonable risks of injury to health 

and the environment identified in the 

final risk evaluation. EPA’s risk 

evaluation for HBCD, describing the 

conditions of use and presenting EPA’s 

determinations of unreasonable risk, is 

in docket EPA–HQ–OPPT–2019–0237, 

with additional information in docket 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0735. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 07/00/23 

Final Rule ............ 07/00/24 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Alie Muneer, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 

564–6369, Email: muneer.alie@epa.gov. 

Ana Corado, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention, Mail 

Code 7408M, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460, 

Phone: 202 564–0140, Email: 

corado.ana@epa.gov. 

RIN: 2070–AK71 

199. C.I. Pigment Violet 29; Rulemaking 

Under TSCA Section 6(A) [2070–AK87] 

Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605 Toxic 

Substances Control Act 

Abstract: Section 6 of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 

EPA to address unreasonable risks of 

injury to health or the environment that 

the Administrator has determined are 

presented by a chemical substance 

under the conditions of use. Following 

a risk evaluation carried out for C.I. 

Pigment Violet 29 under the authority of 

TSCA section 6, EPA initiated 

rulemaking to address unreasonable 

risks of injury to health identified in the 

final risk evaluation. EPA’s risk 

evaluation for C.I. Pigment Violet 29, 

describing the conditions of use and 

presenting EPA’s determinations of 

unreasonable risk, is in docket EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2018–0604, with additional 

information in docket EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2016–0725. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 07/00/23 

Final Rule ............ 08/00/24 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Todd Coleman, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Mail Code 7404T, Washington, DC 

20460, Phone: 202 564–1208, Email: 

coleman.todd@epa.gov. 


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Robert Courtnage, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 

7404T, Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 

202 566–1081, Email: courtnage.robert@

epa.gov. 

RIN: 2070–AK87 

[FR Doc. 2022–14612 Filed 8–5–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 


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