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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided not to create a rule to regulate lead in wheel-balancing weights under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This decision follows a citizen petition from 2009 asking for such regulation and a subsequent mandamus petition in 2023. After reviewing data and conducting analyses, the EPA found the potential risks to human health and the environment from lead wheel weights to be low. Instead, the agency will consider these materials as part of a broader evaluation of lead and lead compounds, which are identified for future prioritization actions.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued corrections to a previously published final rule about ozone measurement standards. The original rule updated the value for measuring ozone in the air but contained errors about when certain monitoring agencies should fully implement this change. Now, the EPA clarifies that full implementation by state, local, and Tribal monitoring agencies should be completed by December 31, 2026, rather than January 1, 2026. These updates do not change the rule's substance, so the EPA concluded that the corrections don't require public comments.

The Yuba County Water Agency has submitted an application for a water quality certification to the California State Water Resources Control Board for a project related to the Clean Water Act. The certification request was submitted on December 30, 2024, and the Water Board has one year to act on it, until December 30, 2025. If the Water Board does not act within this period, the request for certification will be considered waived according to the Clean Water Act. This notification was issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved updates to air quality management rules in California's South Coast and Ventura County areas. These changes regulate the emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from industrial adhesives to meet Clean Air Act requirements. The EPA's decision comes after a public comment period, where the proposed changes received supportive feedback. These rules are now officially part of California's State Implementation Plan, aimed at improving air quality by reducing harmful emissions.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has given Illinois the final go-ahead to make changes to its hazardous waste program as per the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). These changes relate to rules published in a proposed rule on July 30, 2020, which had received public support and no negative feedback. This decision confirms that Illinois' updated rules are just as strong and reliable as federal standards. The authorization is effective from February 9, 2021, and does not impose any new requirements beyond what the state law already has in place.

The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (Vermont DEC) received a request from Green Mountain Power Corporation for water quality certification as part of a project on January 22, 2021. According to federal regulations, they have one year to act on this request, with the deadline to act being January 22, 2022. If Vermont DEC does not respond by this date, they will waive their authority to certify the project under the Clean Water Act. This information was communicated to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on January 25, 2021.