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  • 2021-02544 — Approval and Promulgation of State Plans (Negative Declarations) for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: Maine and Rhode Island
    Type:Proposed Rule
    Citation:86 FR 9043
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve "negative declarations" for Maine and Rhode Island. This means that these states have certified they have no existing municipal solid waste landfill facilities needing to comply with certain emission guidelines. The proposal is considered noncontroversial, and if no negative comments are received by March 15, 2021, it will be finalized without further action. Comments can be submitted online or by email, but the EPA cannot accept confidential information electronically.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA is saying that Maine and Rhode Island don’t need to worry about a trash rule because they checked and found out they don’t have any really big garbage dumps that break the rule.

  • 2021-02543 — Approval and Promulgation of State Plans (Negative Declarations) for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: Maine and Rhode Island
    Type:Rule
    Citation:86 FR 9021
    Reading Time:about 11 minutes

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the states of Maine and Rhode Island's declarations that they have no existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills required to comply with certain federal emissions guidelines. These negative declarations allow the states to bypass creating specific state plans to control emissions from such landfills, as outlined in the Clean Air Act. The EPA considers this a straightforward decision and does not expect any objections, but if any adverse comments are received by March 15, 2021, the rule may be reconsidered. If no comments are received, the rule will become effective on April 12, 2021.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA is saying that Maine and Rhode Island don't have any trash dumps that need to follow special rules about pollution right now, so they don't have to make a plan for this. If no one complains about this by March 15, 2021, everything will go ahead as planned on April 12, 2021.