{"description":"Documents matching 'compliance disposal wastewater processors industrial'","count":1405,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=compliance+disposal+wastewater+processors+industrial&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Trichloroethylene; Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Compliance Date Extension","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is taking interim final action on the Regulation of Trichloroethylene (TCE) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to revise certain compliance deadlines finalized in 2024. Specifically, EPA is amending the prohibition compliance date for the use of TCE as a processing aid in the manufacture of nuclear fuel, with corresponding changes to the compliance dates for the manufacturing, processing and distribution in commerce of TCE to support such use, to a prohibition on September 15, 2028. EPA is also amending the prohibition compliance date for the disposal of TCE to wastewater by processors of TCE and processors and industrial and commercial users of TCE as a processing aid, to begin on December 18, 2026. EPA is also amending the compliance deadline for downstream notification, and the text required to be present in Safety Data Sheets, to accurately reflect the new prohibition compliance deadline for TCE used as a processing aid in the manufacture of nuclear fuel. EPA is amending this compliance deadline to allow for 90 days after the publication of the final rule for manufacturers, processors, and distributors in commerce of TCE to make such a change. These revisions are necessary to address new information presented to EPA about inadvertent oversights in the original rulemaking and serious concerns that the facilities at issue will be unable to comply with the relevant requirements by the existing deadlines. EPA is requesting comments on all aspects of this interim final rule and will consider all comments received in determining whether amendments to this rule are appropriate after the conclusion of the comment period.","document_number":"2025-17948","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/17/2025-17948/trichloroethylene-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca-compliance-date-extension","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-17/pdf/2025-17948.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17948.pdf?1757967310","publication_date":"2025-09-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"15, 2025. \n 2. <span class=\"match\">Disposal</span> of TCE to <span class=\"match\">Wastewater</span> by Chemical <span class=\"match\">Processors</span> \n EPA is also amending the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> deadline for the prohibition on <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of TCE to <span class=\"match\">wastewater</span> from September 15, 2025, to December 18, 2026, for <span class=\"match\">processors</span> of TCE as a reactant/intermediate and <span class=\"match\">processors</span> and <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> and commercial users of TCE as a <span class=\"match\">processing</span> aid (and <span class=\"match\">processing</span> for such use) in: <span class=\"match\">process</span> solvent used in battery manufacture; <span class=\"match\">process</span> solvent used in polymer fiber spinning, fluoroelastomer manufacture and Alcantara manufacture; extraction solvent used in"},{"title":"No-Migration Variance From Land Disposal Restrictions for Clean Harbors Grassy Mountain, Utah","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant, with conditions, no-migration variances for four categories/ groups of wastes, containing up to 250 temporary disposal units (\"put piles\") at any one time, from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) standards at Clean Harbors' Grassy Mountain (Clean Harbors) commercial treatment, storage and disposal facility (TSDF) in Tooele County, UT. These variances will allow Clean Harbors to temporarily store treated hazardous wastes that are awaiting LDR compliance verification in put piles within their Subtitle C (hazardous waste) landfill. The petitioner demonstrated, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from the disposal units for as long as the wastes remain hazardous. Additionally, once LDR compliance is verified, the put piles will be disposed within the onsite RCRA hazardous waste Landfill area and will be subject to the conditions set out in the Compliance Monitoring Plan section of this document.","document_number":"2025-24134","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/31/2025-24134/no-migration-variance-from-land-disposal-restrictions-for-clean-harbors-grassy-mountain-utah","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-31/pdf/2025-24134.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24134.pdf?1767102322","publication_date":"2025-12-31","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"variances for four categories/groups of wastes, containing up to 250 temporary <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> units (“put piles”) at any one time, from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Land <span class=\"match\">Disposal</span> Restrictions (LDR) standards at Clean Harbors' Grassy Mountain (Clean Harbors) commercial treatment, storage and <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> facility (TSDF) in Tooele County, UT. These variances will allow Clean Harbors to temporarily store treated hazardous wastes that are awaiting LDR <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> verification in put piles within their Subtitle C (hazardous waste) landfill."},{"title":"Methylene Chloride; Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Compliance Date Extension","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is finalizing an extension to the compliance dates applicable to certain entities subject to the regulation of methylene chloride promulgated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Specifically, EPA is finalizing an 18-month extension of the Workplace Chemical Protection Program (WCPP) and associated recordkeeping compliance dates for industrial or commercial laboratories that are not owned or operated by Federal agencies or contractors acting on behalf of the Federal government. Under this final rule, all non-Federal laboratories will share the same compliance dates with Federal and Federally contracted laboratories. EPA is finalizing an extension of the compliance dates for associated laboratory activities detailed in this final rule to avoid disruption of important functions of non-Federal laboratories such as the use of environmental monitoring methods needed for cleanup sites and wastewater treatment, as well as activities associated with university laboratories or law enforcement laboratories.","document_number":"2025-19881","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/13/2025-19881/methylene-chloride-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca-compliance-date-extension","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-13/pdf/2025-19881.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19881.pdf?1762955113","publication_date":"2025-11-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"for non-Federally owned or operated <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> or commercial laboratories by an additional 18 months. This amendment aligns the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates for non-Federally owned or operated <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> or commercial laboratories with the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates established in the 2024 risk management rule for Federal agencies and their contractors (Ref. 2). Specifically, this final rule extends three <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates for non-Federally owned or operated <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> or commercial laboratories. For initial monitoring, the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date is extended from May 5, 2025,"},{"title":"US Ecology Nevada, Inc. High Mercury Subcategory Wastes Land Disposal Restrictions Variance","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant, with conditions, US Ecology Nevada Inc.'s (USE) petition for a site-specific treatability variance from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) treatment standards. USE's petition is for treatment and disposal of elemental mercury waste generated from retorting high mercury waste in accordance with the LDR technology-based standard of RMERC. The EPA believes that the petition demonstrates that the LDR standard for placing elemental mercury generated from RMERC back into commerce for reuse is inappropriate and the treatment variance is sufficient to minimize threats to human health and the environment posed by land disposal of the waste. If the variance is granted, the existing LDR treatment standard of RMERC will continue to apply to high mercury hazardous wastes, but the elemental mercury generated from this process will be treated and land disposed subject to specified conditions at both Bethlehem Apparatus in Hellertown, Pennsylvania and USE's Beatty, Nevada, Subtitle C treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facility where treated mercury wastes will be disposed in a designated monofill.","document_number":"2026-02346","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/06/2026-02346/us-ecology-nevada-inc-high-mercury-subcategory-wastes-land-disposal-restrictions-variance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-06/pdf/2026-02346.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02346.pdf?1770299113","publication_date":"2026-02-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"treatment standard that prohibits land <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of elemental mercury. \n \n Currently there are international treatment and <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> options for the land <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of elemental mercury that appear to address the concerns with land <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> that the Agency identified. Because of the international <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> options, some domestic companies, such as Bethlehem \n \n Apparatus, do treat elemental mercury for export and <span class=\"match\">disposal</span>.\n \n On January 16, 2025, DOE published a request for information regarding treatment and <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of elemental mercury (90 FR 4728) indicating"},{"title":"Methylene Chloride; Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Compliance Date Extensions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to extend the compliance date applicable to certain entities subject to the regulation of methylene chloride recently promulgated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Specifically, EPA is proposing to extend by 18 months the Workplace Chemical Protection Program (WCPP) and the associated recordkeeping compliance dates for laboratories that are not owned or operated by agencies or Federal contractors acting on behalf of the Federal government. Under this proposal, all laboratories, whether federal or not, would have the same compliance dates, which would be aligned with current compliance dates for Federal agencies and Federal contractors. EPA is proposing to extend the compliance dates for associated laboratory activities detailed in this proposal to avoid disruption of important functions such as the use of environmental monitoring methods needed for cleanup sites and wastewater treatment, as well as activities associated with university laboratories. The use of environmental monitoring methods, a common function of non-federal laboratories, is important to EPA's mission to ensure that the air is safe to breathe, water is safe for drinking or recreating, and disposal activities protect the environment.","document_number":"2025-09421","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/27/2025-09421/methylene-chloride-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca-compliance-date-extensions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-27/pdf/2025-09421.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09421.pdf?1748004316","publication_date":"2025-05-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"extend the WCPP <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates for the <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> or commercial use of \n \n methylene chloride as a laboratory chemical, established in the May 2024 final rule (Ref. 1), for an additional 18 months to match the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates for Federal agencies and their contractors. Specifically, for laboratories not owned or operated by Federal agencies, or Federal contractors acting on behalf of the Federal government, this proposal would extend the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date for initial monitoring from May 5, 2025 to November 9, 2026, the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date for establishing"},{"title":"Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Legacy/CCRMU Amendments","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing several revisions to the existing federal CCR regulations, including exempting CCR dewatering structures and modifying the legacy coal combustion residual (CCR) surface impoundment and CCR management unit provisions. Additionally, EPA is proposing to establish a new compliance pathway that allows for site-specific considerations during permitting regarding the groundwater monitoring points of compliance, the cleanup levels for corrective action, the appropriate closure requirements, closure timeframes, and allowing CCR extraction for beneficial use during the post-closure care period. The Agency is also proposing to revise the definition of beneficial use by eliminating the requirement for an environmental demonstration for the non-roadway use of more than 12,400 tons of unencapsulated CCR on land, as well as proposing a definition of CCR storage pile, and proposing to exclude specific beneficial uses from federal CCR regulations. Lastly, EPA is providing notice that EPA will reopen the public comment period for the Federal CCR permit program proposed rule, published on February 20, 2020, for a period of 30 days in a future separate action.","document_number":"2026-07061","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/13/2026-07061/hazardous-and-solid-waste-management-system-disposal-of-coal-combustion-residuals-from-electric","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-13/pdf/2026-07061.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07061.pdf?1775825113","publication_date":"2026-04-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"the permit authority to establish alternative points of <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> for groundwater monitoring and corrective action of no more than 150 meters from the waste boundary, provided certain criteria are met. This approach is also similar to current regulations governing other solid waste <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> facilities.\n 34 \n \n \n \n \n 34 \n  Solid waste <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> facilities (40 CFR part 257, subpart A, Classification of Solid Waste <span class=\"match\">Disposal</span> Facilities and Practices), VSQGs (40 CFR part 257, subpart B, <span class=\"match\">Disposal</span> Standards for the Receipt of Very Small Quantity Generator"},{"title":"Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is finalizing a rule to address the unreasonable risk of injury to health presented by trichloroethylene (TCE) under its conditions of use. TSCA requires that EPA address by rule any unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment identified in a TSCA risk evaluation and apply requirements to the extent necessary so that the chemical no longer presents unreasonable risk. EPA's final rule will, among other things, prevent serious illness associated with uncontrolled exposures to the chemical by preventing consumer access to the chemical, restricting the industrial and commercial use of the chemical while also allowing for a reasonable transition period with interim worker protections in place where an industrial and commercial use of the chemical is being prohibited, and provide time-limited exemptions for critical or essential uses of TCE for which no technically and economically feasible safer alternatives are available.","document_number":"2024-29274","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/17/2024-29274/trichloroethylene-tce-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-17/pdf/2024-29274.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29274.pdf?1734356718","publication_date":"2024-12-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"regarding <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of TCE or TCE-containing products after the effective date prohibiting the <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> and commercial use and <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of TCE to <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> pre-treatment, <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> treatment, or publicly owned treatment works. The final rule includes a staggered <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> timeline throughout the supply chain to allow for much of the TCE to be used before <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> is necessary. However, some unused product may need to be disposed of as hazardous waste. Since there is no reliable way of estimating the volume of this waste, the additional <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> costs"},{"title":"C.I. Pigment Violet 29 (PV29); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to address the unreasonable risk of injury to human health presented by C.I. Pigment Violet 29 (CASRN 81-33-4, also known as PV29), under its conditions of use as documented in EPA's January 2021 Risk Evaluation for PV29 and the September 2022 Revised Risk Determination for PV29 prepared under TSCA. TSCA requires that EPA address by rule any unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment identified in a TSCA risk evaluation and apply requirements to the extent necessary so the chemical no longer presents unreasonable risk. To address the identified unreasonable risk, EPA is proposing requirements to protect workers from the unreasonable risk of PV29 during manufacturing and processing, certain industrial and commercial uses of the chemical, and disposal, while also allowing for a reasonable transition period prior to enforcement of said requirements.","document_number":"2024-30931","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2024-30931/ci-pigment-violet-29-pv29-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2024-30931.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30931.pdf?1736775916","publication_date":"2025-01-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"(including import), <span class=\"match\">processing</span>, and some <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> and commercial conditions of use. Five downstream conditions of use that contribute to the unreasonable risk of injury to health of PV29—<span class=\"match\">processing</span>: recycling; <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> and commercial use: paints and coatings—automobile (original equipment manufacturing and refinishing); <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> and commercial use: paints and coatings—coatings and basecoats; <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> and commercial use: merchant ink for commercial printing; and <span class=\"match\">disposal</span>—involve the use or breakdown, in the case of recycling and <span class=\"match\">disposal</span>, of products"},{"title":"National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 2026 Issuance of the Multi-Sector General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated With Industrial Activity","type":"Notice","abstract":"All 10 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regions are proposing for public comment the 2026 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit for stormwater discharges associated with industrial activity, also referred to as the \"2026 Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP)\" or the \"proposed permit.\" The proposed permit once finalized will replace the EPA's existing MSGP that expires on February 28, 2026. The EPA proposes to issue this permit for five (5) years. Once finalized, this permit will be available in areas where the EPA is the NPDES permitting authority. The EPA solicits comment on all aspects of the proposed general permit and seeks public comment on specific requests for information as described in of this document. The public is encouraged to read the proposed permit fact sheet to better understand the proposed permit requirements. The proposed permit and fact sheet can be found at https://www.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater-discharges-industrial-activities.","document_number":"2024-29402","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/13/2024-29402/national-pollutant-discharge-elimination-system-npdes-2026-issuance-of-the-multi-sector-general","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-13/pdf/2024-29402.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29402.pdf?1734011146","publication_date":"2024-12-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"implications as specified in Executive Order 13175. It will neither impose substantial direct <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> costs on federally recognized Tribal governments, nor preempt Tribal law. The EPA directly implements the NPDES Program, including the 2026 MSGP when finalized, in Indian country (except in Maine); therefore, in <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the EPA Policy on Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribes, the Agency consulted with Tribal officials early in the <span class=\"match\">process</span> to provide Tribes an opportunity to provide meaningful and timely input into the development"},{"title":"Carbon Tetrachloride (CTC); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or \"Agency\") is finalizing a rule to address the unreasonable risk of injury to health presented by carbon tetrachloride (CTC) under its conditions of use. TSCA requires that EPA address by rule any unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment identified in a TSCA risk evaluation and apply requirements to the extent necessary so that the chemical no longer presents unreasonable risk. EPA's final rule will establish workplace safety requirements for most conditions of use, including the condition of use related to the making of low Global Warming Potential (GWP) hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs); prohibit the manufacture (including import), processing, distribution in commerce, and industrial/ commercial use of CTC for conditions of use where information indicates use of CTC has ceased; and establish recordkeeping and downstream notification requirements. The use of CTC in low GWP HFOs is particularly important in the Agency's efforts to support the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 (AIM Act) and the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which was ratified on October 26, 2022.","document_number":"2024-29517","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/18/2024-29517/carbon-tetrachloride-ctc-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-18/pdf/2024-29517.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29517.pdf?1734443142","publication_date":"2024-12-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":" manufacturing, and <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> and commercial use as an <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> <span class=\"match\">processing</span> aid in the manufacture of petrochemicals-derived products. In addition, EPA requested comment on whether the Agency should require a WCPP or prescriptive controls, including respirators and dermal PPE, for any of the conditions of use EPA proposed to prohibit. \n EPA is finalizing a WCPP for incorporation into formulation, mixtures, or reaction products in vinyl chloride manufacturing and the <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> and commercial use as an <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> <span class=\"match\">processing</span> aid in the manufacture"},{"title":"Approval and Promulgation of Delegation of Authority for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Washington; Southwest Clean Air Agency","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving delegation of authority to the Southwest Clean Air Agency (SWCAA) for implementing and enforcing the Federal plan requirements for several categories of incineration units, specifically hospital/medical/ infectious waste incineration units, commercial and industrial solid waste incineration units, small municipal solid waste combustion units, and sewage sludge incineration units. The Federal plan addresses the implementation and enforcement of emission limits and other control requirements for designated air pollutants. On March 27, 2023, and March 28, 2023, respectively, the EPA Region 10 Regional Administrator and the Executive Director of SWCAA signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) concerning delegation of authority of the Federal plan to SWCAA, which became effective upon signature. The geographic area covered by this MOA comprises the counties of Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Skamania, and Wahkiakum in the State of Washington, except in Indian country. This document informs the public of the MOA, provides a copy of the signed document, and amends regulatory text in accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA).","document_number":"2026-05712","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/24/2026-05712/approval-and-promulgation-of-delegation-of-authority-for-designated-facilities-and-pollutants","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-24/pdf/2026-05712.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05712.pdf?1774269913","publication_date":"2026-03-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"plan pursuant to 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ce: \n Emission Guidelines and <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> Times for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators \n (HMIWI);\n \n \n • Subpart III: \n Federal Plan Requirements for Commercial and <span class=\"match\">Industrial</span> Solid Waste Incineration Units that Commenced Construction on or before November 30, 1999, \n in lieu of the requirement to submit a State plan pursuant to 40 CFR part 60, subpart DDDD: \n Emissions Guidelines and <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> Times for Commercial and <span class=\"match\">Industrial</span> Solid Waste Incineration Units \n (CISWI);\n \n \n • Subpart JJJ: \n Federal"},{"title":"Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Deadline Extensions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA or Agency) is finalizing a Clean Water Act (CWA) rule to extend deadlines promulgated in the 2024 \"Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category\" (2024 rule), update the 2024 rule's transfer provisions to allow facilities to switch between compliance alternatives, and create authority for alternative applicability dates and paperwork submission dates, based on site-specific factors.","document_number":"2025-24102","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/31/2025-24102/effluent-limitations-guidelines-and-standards-for-the-steam-electric-power-generating-point-source","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-31/pdf/2025-24102.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24102.pdf?1767102318","publication_date":"2025-12-31","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"generation. If the IRP <span class=\"match\">process</span> or capacity auctions indicate that future needs may not be met, these EGUs may need to back out of previous retirement decisions. However, the plant may have combined <span class=\"match\">wastewaters</span>, such as combined FGD <span class=\"match\">wastewaters</span> from a joint FGD unit that treats flue gas from the entire plant. In the case that the plant was properly developing a treatment system that could treat <span class=\"match\">wastewater</span> from the EGUs it had intended to continue operating, the continued operation of one or more additional EGU(s) could lead to more <span class=\"match\">wastewater</span> than the system"},{"title":"Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (25-1.5e)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"EPA is proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for certain chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs) and are also subject to an Order issued by EPA pursuant to TSCA. The SNURs require persons who intend to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) or process any of these chemical substances for an activity that is proposed as a significant new use by this rulemaking to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing that activity. The required notification initiates EPA's evaluation of the conditions of that use for that chemical substance. In addition, the manufacture or processing for the significant new use may not commence until EPA has conducted a review of the required notification, made an appropriate determination regarding that notification, and taken such actions as required by that determination.","document_number":"2025-19755","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/03/2025-19755/significant-new-use-rules-on-certain-chemical-substances-25-15e","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-03/pdf/2025-19755.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19755.pdf?1761914707","publication_date":"2025-11-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"manufacturer or <span class=\"match\">processor</span> may ask EPA to identify the confidential significant new use subject to the SNUR. The manufacturer or <span class=\"match\">processor</span> must show that it has a \n bona fide \n intent to manufacture or <span class=\"match\">process</span> the chemical substance. If EPA concludes that the person has shown a \n bona fide \n intent to manufacture or <span class=\"match\">process</span> the chemical substance, EPA will identify the confidential significant new use to that person. Since most of the chemical identities of the chemical substances subject to these SNURs are also CBI, manufacturers and <span class=\"match\">processors</span> can combine"},{"title":"Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (25-3.5e)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"EPA is proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for certain chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs) and are also subject to an Order issued by EPA pursuant to TSCA. The SNURs require persons who intend to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) or process any of these chemical substances for an activity that is proposed as a significant new use by this rulemaking to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing that activity. The required notification initiates EPA's evaluation of the conditions of that use for that chemical substance. In addition, the manufacture or processing for the significant new use may not commence until EPA has conducted a review of the required notification, made an appropriate determination regarding that notification, and taken such actions as required by that determination.","document_number":"2026-11319","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/05/2026-11319/significant-new-use-rules-on-certain-chemical-substances-25-35e","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-05/pdf/2026-11319.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11319.pdf?1780577115","publication_date":"2026-06-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"manufacturer or <span class=\"match\">processor</span> may ask EPA to identify the confidential significant new use subject to the SNUR. The manufacturer or <span class=\"match\">processor</span> must show that it has a \n bona fide \n intent to manufacture or <span class=\"match\">process</span> the chemical substance. If EPA concludes that the person has shown a \n bona fide \n intent to manufacture or <span class=\"match\">process</span> the chemical substance, EPA will identify the confidential significant new use to that person. Since most of the chemical identities of the chemical substances subject to these SNURs are also CBI, manufacturers and <span class=\"match\">processors</span> can combine"},{"title":"Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (24-5.5e)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"EPA is proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for certain chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs) and are also subject to an Order issued by EPA pursuant to TSCA. The SNURs require persons who intend to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) or process any of these chemical substances for an activity that is proposed as a significant new use by this rulemaking to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing that activity. The required notification initiates EPA's evaluation of the conditions of that use for that chemical substance. In addition, the manufacture or processing for the significant new use may not commence until EPA has conducted a review of the required notification, made an appropriate determination regarding that notification, and taken such actions as required by that determination.","document_number":"2025-19756","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/03/2025-19756/significant-new-use-rules-on-certain-chemical-substances-24-55e","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-03/pdf/2025-19756.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19756.pdf?1761914707","publication_date":"2025-11-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"manufacturer or <span class=\"match\">processor</span> may ask EPA to identify the confidential significant new use subject to the SNUR. The manufacturer or <span class=\"match\">processor</span> must show that it has a \n bona fide \n intent to manufacture or <span class=\"match\">process</span> the chemical substance. If EPA concludes that the person has shown a \n bona fide \n intent to manufacture or <span class=\"match\">process</span> the chemical substance, EPA will identify the confidential significant new use to that person. Since most of the chemical identities of the chemical substances subject to these SNURs are also CBI, manufacturers and <span class=\"match\">processors</span> can combine"},{"title":"Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Deadline Extensions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA or Agency) is proposing a Clean Water Act (CWA) rule to extend deadlines, promulgated in the 2024 \"Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category\" (2024 rule), update the transfer provisions to allow facilities to switch between compliance alternatives, and create authority for an alternative applicability dates and paperwork submission dates, based on site-specific factors. The EPA is also seeking comment on several issues relevant to a separate, future rulemaking on the underlying standards.","document_number":"2025-19268","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/02/2025-19268/effluent-limitations-guidelines-and-standards-for-the-steam-electric-power-generating-point-source","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-02/pdf/2025-19268.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19268.pdf?1759322719","publication_date":"2025-10-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"generation. If the IRP <span class=\"match\">process</span> or capacity auctions indicate that future needs may not be met, these EGUs may need to back out of previous retirement decisions. However, the plant may have combined <span class=\"match\">wastewaters</span>, such as combined FGD <span class=\"match\">wastewaters</span> from a joint FGD unit that treats flue gas from the entire plant. In the case that the plant was properly developing a treatment system that could treat <span class=\"match\">wastewater</span> from the EGUs it had intended to continue operating, the continued operation of one or more additional EGU(s) could lead to more <span class=\"match\">wastewater</span> than the system"},{"title":"Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Unmanaged Combustion Residual Leachate","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing a Clean Water Act (CWA) regulation to revise the technology- based effluent limitations guidelines and standards (ELGs) promulgated in the 2024 \"Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category\" (2024 ELG). This proposed regulation for the steam electric power generating point source category applies to unmanaged combustion residual leachate (CRL) at existing sources and is estimated to reduce costs by $446 to $1,090 million dollars annually at a 3 percent discount rate.","document_number":"2026-09895","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/18/2026-09895/effluent-limitations-guidelines-and-standards-for-the-steam-electric-power-generating-point-source","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-18/pdf/2026-09895.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09895.pdf?1778849123","publication_date":"2026-05-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"section provides a description of how CRL and other <span class=\"match\">wastewaters</span> are generated at a coal-fired power plant. \n When a fossil-fuel plant combusts coal, the plant uses a <span class=\"match\">process</span> called flue gas desulfurization (FGD) to remove sulfur dioxide from the exhaust gases. Whether the flue gas desulfurization <span class=\"match\">process</span> is wet or dry, lime or limestone is used to neutralize the acidic gases. The flue gas desulfurization <span class=\"match\">process</span> produces gypsum as a byproduct and generates <span class=\"match\">wastewater</span>. The pollutants in this <span class=\"match\">wastewater</span> vary primarily depending on the coal used as the"},{"title":"Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is finalizing a Clean Water Act regulation to revise the technology-based effluent limitations guidelines and standards (ELGs) for the steam electric power generating point source category applicable to flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater, bottom ash (BA) transport water and legacy wastewater at existing sources, and combustion residual leachate (CRL) at new and existing sources. Last updated in 2015 and 2020, this regulation is estimated to cost an additional $536 million to $1.1 billion dollars annually in social costs and reduce pollutant discharges by an additional approximately 660 to 672 million pounds per year.","document_number":"2024-09185","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/09/2024-09185/supplemental-effluent-limitations-guidelines-and-standards-for-the-steam-electric-power-generating","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-09/pdf/2024-09185.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09185.pdf?1715172314","publication_date":"2024-05-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"to the impoundment.\n \n 4. Legacy <span class=\"match\">Wastewater</span> \n \n Legacy <span class=\"match\">wastewater</span> can be composed of FGD <span class=\"match\">wastewater</span>, BA transport water, FA transport water, CRL, gasification <span class=\"match\">wastewater</span> and/or FGMC <span class=\"match\">wastewater</span> generated before the “as soon as possible” date that more stringent effluent limitations from the 2015 or 2020 rules would apply. Discharges of legacy <span class=\"match\">wastewater</span> may occur through an intermediary source (\n e.g., \n a tank or surface impoundment) or directly into a surface waterbody, with the vast majority of legacy <span class=\"match\">wastewater</span> currently contained in surface impoundments"},{"title":"Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant an exclusion from the list of hazardous waste to WRB Refining LP (Petitioner) located in Borger, Texas. This action responds to a petition to exclude (or delist) up to 700 cubic yards per year of F037 (petroleum refinery sludge) solids to be removed from stormwater storage tanks for a continuous delisting. If EPA approves the petition for delisting, the waste will be disposed of in a Subtitle D landfill. EPA is proposing to grant the petition based on an evaluation of waste- specific information provided by the Petitioner.","document_number":"2026-05876","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/26/2026-05876/hazardous-waste-management-system-identification-and-listing-of-hazardous-waste","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-26/pdf/2026-05876.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05876.pdf?1774442722","publication_date":"2026-03-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"from operation of the <span class=\"match\">wastewater</span> treatment system at the Facility. Petitioners explain that to the extent possible, hydrocarbons present in refinery <span class=\"match\">wastewaters</span> from various sources (\n e.g., \n crude oil, API separator sludge, DAF float, etc.) are recovered through a “slop system,” which has the purpose of oil recovery.\n \n Oily waste streams are routed to the storage tanks from collection system piping and/or smaller tanks for recovery. The recovered oil is further <span class=\"match\">processed</span> within the refinery, and the separated <span class=\"match\">wastewaters</span> are routed to downstream"},{"title":"Perchloroethylene (PCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is finalizing a rule to address the unreasonable risk of injury to health presented by perchloroethylene (PCE) under its conditions of use. TSCA requires that EPA address by rule any unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment identified in a TSCA risk evaluation and apply requirements to the extent necessary so that the chemical no longer presents unreasonable risk. EPA's final rule will, among other things, prevent serious illness associated with uncontrolled exposures to the chemical by preventing consumer access to the chemical, restricting the industrial and commercial use of the chemical while also allowing for a reasonable transition period where the industrial and commercial use of the chemical is being prohibited, providing a time-limited exemption for a critical or essential use of PCE for which no technically and economically feasible safer alternative is available, and protecting workers from the unreasonable risk of PCE while on the job.","document_number":"2024-30117","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/18/2024-30117/perchloroethylene-pce-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-18/pdf/2024-30117.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30117.pdf?1734443180","publication_date":"2024-12-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"prohibited. Therefore, in this final rule, WCPP applies to <span class=\"match\">processing</span> PCE for uses that are not prohibited. \n b. <span class=\"match\">Industrial</span> and Commercial Use of PCE as a <span class=\"match\">Processing</span> Aid \n EPA is finalizing a WCPP for <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> and commercial use of PCE as a <span class=\"match\">processing</span> aid in pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural manufacturing, as included in the primary alternative regulatory action of the 2023 PCE proposal rule. While EPA proposed to prohibit the <span class=\"match\">industrial</span> and commercial use of PCE as a <span class=\"match\">processing</span> aid in pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural manufacturing"}]}