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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a notice about the availability of several Environmental Impact Statements (EISs). These statements cover projects like the Hillsboro Solar Project in Alabama, the Grain Belt Express Transmission Project in Kansas, a fishery management plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery in the South Atlantic, and a mine boundary revision in Illinois. The EPA is sharing its comments on these statements, which are available for public viewing online. Each project has a different comment or review period deadline, which ends in early March or mid-February 2025.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a new rule regarding California's Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the second implementation period. The EPA plans to partially approve and partially disapprove the SIP submitted by California. While the plan addresses some standards, such as monitoring and emission inventories, it falls short in areas like setting proper long-term strategies and progress goals related to visibility improvement. This proposed rule opens a discussion about the elements of the SIP that meet federal requirements and those that need further improvement.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve updates to Oregon’s Smoke Management Plan, which is part of the state's State Implementation Plan (SIP) for air quality. The revisions, submitted in 2014 and 2019, aim to control smoke emissions from prescribed burning, ensuring they meet Clean Air Act standards. These changes involve incorporating more recent data and methods to manage smoke, protecting public health and air quality without increasing fire authorizations. The EPA has determined that these updates comply with national air quality standards and improve upon previous smoke management rules.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to West Virginia's state implementation plan (SIP), which updates the state's incorporation of the EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and related monitoring methods. These changes span updates made between June 2018 and June 2019, including new reference methods for measuring air pollutants like sulfur oxides, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide. This proposal is made under the Clean Air Act, and the EPA is inviting public comment on this update, although they are not seeking input on the specific levels of NAAQS already established in prior proposals.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it has received new applications to register pesticide products featuring active ingredients not used in any existing products. This notice complies with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and invites the public to comment on these applications by January 6, 2025. The document lists several new active ingredients and their proposed uses, including a herbicide for soybeans and an insecticide/nematicide for seed treatment.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to approve Utah's request to redesignate the Logan, Utah-Idaho area to meet the air quality standards for PM2.5, a type of fine particulate matter. This decision follows Utah's demonstration that the area has achieved the required air quality standards through permanent and enforceable emission reductions. The approval would involve updates to the Utah State Implementation Plan (SIP), which includes various local air quality control measures. The plan also outlines continued monitoring to ensure air quality is maintained and sets contingency measures if air quality standards are exceeded in the future.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking an extension for an information collection request related to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for marine tank vessel loading operations. These standards apply to facilities loading vessels with petroleum or gasoline that exceed specific hazardous air pollutant emissions thresholds. The public has an additional 30 days to comment on this proposed extension, which requires affected entities to respond initially, semiannually, and annually. There are no changes to the estimated burdens or costs as compared to previous assessments since regulations and industry growth have remained stable.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend the information collection related to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Surface Coating of Metal Cans. This request is part of a routine process required to ensure compliance with air quality standards. The EPA is inviting public comments on this proposal until March 31, 2025. The information collected is crucial for verifying that facilities using significant quantities of surface coatings comply with air pollution regulations.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its final risk evaluation for 1,4-dioxane under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This evaluation is used to determine if the chemical poses an unreasonable risk to health or the environment, considering its various uses. The EPA found that some uses of 1,4-dioxane do pose such a risk, necessitating regulatory action to manage these risks, while other uses do not. The evaluation and related documents are available for public access.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to reject revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) aimed at meeting the ozone standards set in 2008 for Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (HGB) areas. These revisions, submitted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality between 2015 and 2020, failed to show that these areas could achieve the required air quality standards by their respective deadlines, leading to their reclassification as more severe nonattainment areas. Consequently, the EPA is proposing to disapprove the related emissions control strategies and budgets associated with these submissions. This decision aligns with federal regulations that mandate EPA action on SIP submissions that have not been withdrawn.