{"description":"Documents matching 'specific plant design supply installation'","count":4656,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=specific+plant+design+supply+installation&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain: Connected Vehicles","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule, published by the Department of Commerce's (Department) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), sets forth regulations and procedures to address undue or unacceptable risks to national security and U.S. persons posed by classes of transactions involving information and communications technology and services (ICTS) that are designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of certain foreign adversaries and that are integral to connected vehicles as defined herein.","document_number":"2025-00592","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00592/securing-the-information-and-communications-technology-and-services-supply-chain-connected-vehicles","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-16/pdf/2025-00592.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00592.pdf?1736862326","publication_date":"2025-01-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"Services <span class=\"match\">Supply</span> Chain, \n 87 FR 29645 (May 13, 2022); \n Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services <span class=\"match\">Supply</span> Chain, \n 88 FR 30635 (May 11, 2023); \n Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services <span class=\"match\">Supply</span> Chain, \n 89 FR 40353 (May 9, 2024).\n \n \n Specifically, the President identified the “unrestricted acquisition or use in the United States of ICTS <span class=\"match\">designed</span>, developed, manufactured, or <span class=\"match\">supplied</span> by persons"},{"title":"Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation; Exemption","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued an exemption to Tennessee Valley Authority permitting Watts Bar Nuclear Plant to load five of the model 37 multi-purpose canisters (MPC) with continuous basket shims beginning July 2024 in the HI-STORM Flood/Wind MPC Storage System at its Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 independent spent fuel storage installation in a storage condition where the terms, conditions, and specifications in the Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, Amendment No. 0, Revision No. 1 are not met.","document_number":"2024-08769","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/24/2024-08769/tennessee-valley-authority-watts-bar-nuclear-plant-units-1-and-2-independent-spent-fuel-storage","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-24/pdf/2024-08769.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08769.pdf?1713876329","publication_date":"2024-04-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"approval of the CBS variant <span class=\"match\">design</span>, such a process will not be completed in time to inform decisions for this near-term loading campaign. Therefore, TVA submitted this exemption request in order to allow for future loading of five MPC-37-CBS beginning in July 2024 at the WBN ISFSI. This exemption is limited to the use of MPC-37-CBS in the HI-STORM FW MPC Storage System only for the <span class=\"match\">specific</span> near-term planned loading of five canisters using the MPC-37-CBS variant basket <span class=\"match\">design</span>. \n III. Discussion \n Pursuant to 10 CFR 72.7, “<span class=\"match\">Specific</span> exemptions,” the Commission"},{"title":"Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Review and Renewal of Eligibility for Application-Specific Allowances","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing, pursuant to the statutory framework established in the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 (AIM Act), the eligibility of six applications to continue to receive priority access to allowances to produce or import hydrofluorocarbons. In this final rule, EPA establishes the framework for how EPA interprets the statutory criteria for assessing whether to renew the eligibility of applications to receive application-specific allowances and sets out determinations to renew or not renew each of the six applications that currently receive application-specific allowances. EPA is also finalizing revisions to the Technology Transitions regulations relevant to the specific applications under review, a procedural process for submitting a petition to designate a new application as eligible for priority access to allowances, the methodology used to allocate allowances to application-specific allowance holders for calendar years 2026 and beyond, and limited revisions to existing regulations. In addition, EPA is authorizing an entity to produce regulated substances for export. Lastly, EPA is finalizing certain regulatory confidentiality determinations for newly reported information.","document_number":"2025-16357","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/26/2025-16357/phasedown-of-hydrofluorocarbons-review-and-renewal-of-eligibility-for-application-specific","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-26/pdf/2025-16357.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16357.pdf?1756125933","publication_date":"2025-08-26","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":"ASAs are being expended to assess if <span class=\"match\">supply</span> of that HFC is insufficient. EPA proposed to assess insufficient <span class=\"match\">supply</span> on an application-wide basis. In other words, if the <span class=\"match\">supply</span> of at least one of the HFCs evaluated is insufficient to accommodate the application, EPA proposed to consider the criterion met for the application. \n EPA discussed in the proposed rule that in assessing <span class=\"match\">supply</span>, the Agency would also consider relevant restrictions, if any, on the type of HFC or supplier of HFCs that would further limit <span class=\"match\">supply</span> to a particular application. For"},{"title":"New Caledonia Gas Plant Environmental Impact Statement","type":"Notice","abstract":"Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has decided to adopt the Preferred Alternative identified in its Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS; Document ID EISX-455-00-000-1734008442) for the construction of the New Caledonia Gas (NCG) Plant. TVA's Preferred Alternative, Alternative B, involves the construction and operation of an approximately 500 megawatts (MW), dual fuel, simple cycle, frame combustion turbine (CT) facility on the NCG Plant property. Alternative B will achieve the purpose and need to support continued load growth within TVA's seven-state service territory in a way that is consistent with the recommendations in the 2019 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The CTs are needed to provide dispatchable generation capacity to ensure that TVA can reliably meet required year- round generation, maximum capacity system demands, planning reserve margin targets, and comply with a primary objective under the TVA Act that power be sold at rates as low as feasible. The addition of CT units to the fleet supports meeting the growing demand for electricity and enhances system flexibility to integrate distributed resources and renewables such as solar generation. As the amount of solar generation in the TVA generation portfolio continues to increase, flexibility of the remainder of the fleet becomes even more important.","document_number":"2025-03405","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/04/2025-03405/new-caledonia-gas-plant-environmental-impact-statement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-04/pdf/2025-03405.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03405.pdf?1741009508","publication_date":"2025-03-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY","name":"Tennessee Valley Authority","id":486,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/tennessee-valley-authority","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/486","parent_id":null,"slug":"tennessee-valley-authority"}],"excerpts":"Preferred Alternative identified in its Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS; Document ID EISX-455-00-000-1734008442) for the construction of the New Caledonia Gas (NCG) <span class=\"match\">Plant</span>. TVA's Preferred Alternative, Alternative B, involves the construction and operation of an approximately 500 megawatts (MW), dual fuel, simple cycle, frame combustion turbine (CT) facility on the NCG <span class=\"match\">Plant</span> property. \n Alternative B will achieve the purpose and need to support continued load growth within TVA's seven-state service territory in a way that is consistent with the"},{"title":"Air Plan Approval; OR; Lane County Permitting Rule Revisions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to approve the June 26, 2024, submitted revisions to the Oregon State Implementation Plan (SIP) applicable in Lane County, Oregon. The changes update the local stationary source permitting regulations to align with existing State regulations. The revisions eliminate generic plant site emission limits in favor of source-specific and source- category specific limits, update construction notification requirements, clarify the use of modeling and monitoring for compliance assurance, and streamline the permit application process.","document_number":"2025-17055","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/05/2025-17055/air-plan-approval-or-lane-county-permitting-rule-revisions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-05/pdf/2025-17055.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17055.pdf?1756989916","publication_date":"2025-09-05","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":"revisions to the Oregon State Implementation Plan (SIP) applicable in Lane County, Oregon. The changes update the local stationary source permitting regulations to align with existing State regulations. The revisions eliminate generic <span class=\"match\">plant</span> site emission limits in favor of source-<span class=\"match\">specific</span> and source-category <span class=\"match\">specific</span> limits, update construction notification requirements, clarify the use of modeling and monitoring for compliance assurance, and streamline the permit application process. \n \n \n DATES: \n Comments must be received on or before October 6"},{"title":"Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for an exemption request submitted by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) that would permit Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) to load five new 37 multi-purpose canisters (MPC) with continuous basket shims (CBS) beginning July 2024 in the HI-STORM Flood/Wind (FW) MPC Storage System at its Watts Bar Units 1 and 2 independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) in a storage condition where the terms, conditions, and specifications in the Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1032, Amendment No. 0, Revision No. 1 are not met.","document_number":"2024-08180","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/17/2024-08180/tennessee-valley-authority-watts-bar-nuclear-plant-units-1-and-2-independent-spent-fuel-storage","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-17/pdf/2024-08180.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08180.pdf?1713271529","publication_date":"2024-04-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) that entails the use of impact analyses of previous EAs to bound the impacts of a proposed action where appropriate. The Holtec HI-STORM FW MPC Storage System is <span class=\"match\">designed</span> to mitigate the effects of <span class=\"match\">design</span> basis accidents that could occur during storage. Considering the <span class=\"match\">specific</span> <span class=\"match\">design</span> requirements for the accident conditions, the <span class=\"match\">design</span> of the cask would prevent loss of containment, shielding, and criticality control. If there is no loss of containment, shielding, or criticality control, the environmental impacts would not"},{"title":"Palisades SMR, LLC; Pioneer Units 1 and 2; Phased Construction Permit Application; Limited Work Authorization; Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announces its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with a phased construction permit (CP) application, including a request for a limited work authorization submitted by SMR, LLC on behalf of Palisades SMR, LLC (Palisades SMR), for a dual-unit SMR-300 plant, Pioneer Units 1 and 2, at the Palisades Energy Center in Covert, Michigan. The NRC is initiating a 30-day public scoping period to gather input on the scope of the EIS and invites public comments to identify potential alternatives, environmental concerns, relevant information and analysis, and specific issues to be addressed in the EIS. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is a cooperating agency, while the NRC will be the lead Federal agency.","document_number":"2026-11915","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/15/2026-11915/palisades-smr-llc-pioneer-units-1-and-2-phased-construction-permit-application-limited-work","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-15/pdf/2026-11915.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11915.pdf?1781268307","publication_date":"2026-06-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"the NRC's decision on whether to issue an LWA and CP to the applicant for the proposed dual-unit SMR-300 <span class=\"match\">plant</span>, Pioneer Units 1 and 2. The proposed Federal action would authorize, in sequence, <span class=\"match\">specific</span> phases of the <span class=\"match\">plant's</span> construction. Issuance of an LWA under 10 CFR 50.10(d) would allow limited NRC authorized construction activities to begin prior to the issuance of the CP, including soil improvement within the excavation and <span class=\"match\">installation</span> of certain foundations. Issuance of the CP would authorize full construction of the two SMR-300 units. The"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for 22 Species in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Territory of Guam","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for 9 animal species and 13 plant species from the Mariana Islands (the U.S. Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands) under the Endangered Species Act (Act). In total across both the Territory and Commonwealth, approximately 59,886 acres (24,235 hectares) on the islands of Aguiguan, Alamagan, Asunci[oacute]n, Guam (including the island of Cocos), Pagan, Rota, Saipan, Sarigan, and Tinian fall within the boundaries of the proposed critical habitat designation. We also announce the availability of an economic analysis of the proposed designation of critical habitat for these species.","document_number":"2026-05678","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/24/2026-05678/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-designation-of-critical-habitat-for-22-species-in-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-24/pdf/2026-05678.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05678.pdf?1774269916","publication_date":"2026-03-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"birds and fruit bats (Gawel et al. 2018, p. 8). Habitats free from invasive pests are required for seed survival. Seed survival can be reduced by these factors: rats eat <span class=\"match\">plants</span> and seeds (possibly dispersing seeds as well); ungulates eat and crush <span class=\"match\">plants</span> and prevent regeneration; snakes remove <span class=\"match\">plant</span>-pollinating and seed-dispersing birds; and invasive <span class=\"match\">plants</span> outcompete native <span class=\"match\">plants</span> and overgrow native vegetation communities. \n (10) Heritiera longipetiolata PBFs \n \n a. \n Heritiera longipetiolata PBF 1: \n Closed-canopy native limestone forests where"},{"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":"approach.\n \n \n \n In addition to the information that longer timeframes may be needed for at least some <span class=\"match\">plants</span>, <span class=\"match\">supply</span>-chain disruptions risk further delays in these timelines, which were already problematic for compliance. While the EPA agrees in part with comments that <span class=\"match\">supply</span>-chain issues are not wholly “new” concerns, the Agency has identified disruption in <span class=\"match\">supply</span> chains as an issue ever since the 2020 rule (85 FR 64683). The fact that <span class=\"match\">supply</span>-chain issues continue to linger, and that these issues continue to result in delays in the ultimate timeframes"},{"title":"Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations by adding a risk-informed, performance-based, and technology-inclusive regulatory framework for commercial nuclear plants in response to the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA). The current application and licensing requirements were primarily developed to address license requests concerning light water- cooled reactors and operational requirements for those types of reactors. This final rule responds to NEIMA by creating an alternative, technology-inclusive regulatory framework to accommodate licensing of future commercial nuclear plants, including advanced reactor designs that may not employ light-water technology.","document_number":"2026-06048","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/30/2026-06048/risk-informed-technology-inclusive-regulatory-framework-for-advanced-reactors","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-30/pdf/2026-06048.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06048.pdf?1774615514","publication_date":"2026-03-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"in §§ 53.425 and 53.430 for <span class=\"match\">design</span> features and functional <span class=\"match\">design</span> criteria to support radiation protection activities have parallels in existing regulations such as § 50.34(a) and (b)(3), which require in part that the means be provided for meeting the requirements of part 20 and General <span class=\"match\">Design</span> Criterion 60, 61, 63, and 64 in appendix A to part 50, which provide radiation protection related <span class=\"match\">design</span> criteria. \n Section 53.440 addresses various <span class=\"match\">design</span> requirements that warrant <span class=\"match\">specific</span> mention to ensure that the <span class=\"match\">design</span> features required by § 53.400"},{"title":"Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Licensing of New Nuclear Reactors","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations that govern the NRC's environmental reviews of new nuclear reactor applications under the National Environmental Policy Act. The rulemaking codifies the generic findings of the NRC's Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Licensing of New Nuclear Reactors. The Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Licensing of New Nuclear Reactors uses a technology-neutral framework and a set of plant and site parameters to determine which potential environmental impacts would be common to the construction, operation, and decommissioning of many new nuclear reactors, and thus appropriate for a generic analysis, and which potential environmental impacts would be unique, and thus require a project-specific analysis. The NRC is also issuing revision 4 to regulatory guide 4.2, \"Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Stations,\" and COL-ISG-030, \"Environmental Considerations Associated with New Nuclear Reactor Applications that Reference the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (NUREG-2249).\" This rulemaking is separate from NRC's comprehensive review and reform of its regulations, including those governing environmental review, in accordance with Executive Order (E.O.) 14300, \"Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.\"","document_number":"2026-08015","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/24/2026-08015/generic-environmental-impact-statement-for-licensing-of-new-nuclear-reactors","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-24/pdf/2026-08015.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08015.pdf?1776948316","publication_date":"2026-04-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"discharges require consideration of project-<span class=\"match\">specific</span> information, a project-<span class=\"match\">specific</span> assessment should be performed in the supplemental environmental impact statement. \n \n \n \n Groundwater Quality Degradation Due to <span class=\"match\">Plant</span> Discharges \n 1 \n SMALL \n The <span class=\"match\">plant</span> is outside the recharge area for any EPA-designated SSA, or any aquifer designated to have special protections by a State, Tribal, or regional authority. The <span class=\"match\">plant</span> is outside the wellhead protection area or designated contributing area for any public water <span class=\"match\">supply</span> well. There are no planned discharges"},{"title":"Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Review and Renewal of Eligibility for Application-Specific Allowances","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is undertaking this rulemaking to assess the eligibility of six applications to receive priority access to allowances allocated pursuant to the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020. This rulemaking proposes the framework for how EPA will assess whether to renew the eligibility of applications to receive application-specific allowances; decisions to renew or not renew each of the six applications that currently receive application-specific allowances; revisions to the Technology Transitions regulations as relevant to the specific applications under review; a procedural process for submitting a petition to designate a new application as eligible for priority access to allowances; narrow revisions to the methodology used to allocate allowances to application-specific allowance holders for calendar years 2026 and beyond; and limited revisions to existing regulations. EPA is also proposing to authorize an entity to produce regulated substances for export. Lastly, EPA is proposing certain confidentiality determinations for newly reported information if this rulemaking is finalized as proposed.","document_number":"2024-20602","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/16/2024-20602/phasedown-of-hydrofluorocarbons-review-and-renewal-of-eligibility-for-application-specific","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-16/pdf/2024-20602.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-20602.pdf?1726231521","publication_date":"2024-09-16","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":"Technically Achievable Substitutes \n 2. <span class=\"match\">Supply</span> \n 3. What is EPA proposing regarding eligibility for application-<span class=\"match\">specific</span> allowances? \n F. Mission-Critical Military End Uses \n 1. Availability of Safe and Technically Achievable Substitutes \n 2. <span class=\"match\">Supply</span> \n 3. What is EPA proposing regarding eligibility for application-<span class=\"match\">specific</span> allowances? \n G. Onboard Aerospace Fire Suppression \n 1. Availability of Safe and Technically Achievable Substitutes \n 2. <span class=\"match\">Supply</span> \n 3. What is EPA proposing regarding eligibility for application-<span class=\"match\">specific</span> allowances? \n VI. What are the proposed"},{"title":"Kingston Fossil Plant Retirement Environmental Impact Statement","type":"Notice","abstract":"Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has made a decision to adopt the Preferred Alternative identified in its Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the retirement of the Kingston Fossil Plant (KIF). The Notice of Availability (NOA) for the Kingston Retirement Final EIS was published in the Federal Register on February 23, 2024. TVA's Preferred Alternative, Alternative A, involves the retirement of KIF, decommissioning and demolition of KIF's nine coal-fired units, and the construction and operation of facilities to replace the retired generation that include a single natural gas-fired combined cycle (CC) plant, 16 dual-fuel aeroderivative combustion turbines (aero CTs) and a new switchyard (hereafter the CC/aero CT Plant), a 3 to 4 megawatt (MW) solar site, a 100 MW lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS), and new transmission line infrastructure. Alternative A also involves the Ridgeline Expansion Project, consisting of a new 122-mile natural gas pipeline, compressor station, and metering and regulation facilities to be constructed, owned, and operated by East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC (ETNG). Alternative A will achieve the purpose and need to have firm, dispatchable replacement generation to meet capacity system demands, particularly peak load events, by the end of 2027 when KIF is retired. Alternative A will also facilitate the integration of additional solar and battery storage resources elsewhere on TVA's system, which is part of TVA's overall asset planning that includes the deployment and installation of up to 10,000 MW of solar by 2035.","document_number":"2024-07411","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/08/2024-07411/kingston-fossil-plant-retirement-environmental-impact-statement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-08/pdf/2024-07411.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07411.pdf?1712321137","publication_date":"2024-04-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY","name":"Tennessee Valley Authority","id":486,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/tennessee-valley-authority","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/486","parent_id":null,"slug":"tennessee-valley-authority"}],"excerpts":"construction and operation of a natural gas-fueled CC <span class=\"match\">plant</span> combined with 16 dual-fueled aero CTs, a 3 to 4 MW solar site, a 100 MW BESS, and a new 161-kilovolt switchyard on the Kingston Reservation. The CC/aero CT <span class=\"match\">Plant</span> and associated Alternative A components would occupy approximately 505 acres of the Kingston Reservation and in the East Tennessee region.\n \n Off-site transmission upgrades needed for initiating operations of the new gas <span class=\"match\">plant</span> would be completed during construction of the CC/aero CT <span class=\"match\">Plant</span>. These upgrades would be required to support resiliency"},{"title":"Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Reconsideration of Certain Regulatory Requirements Promulgated Under the Technology Transitions Provisions of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing changes to regulations promulgated under the Technology Transitions section of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020, which authorizes the Administrator to restrict the use of particular hydrofluorocarbons in the sectors and subsectors in which they are used. This proposal addresses administrative petitions and other requests from companies and trade associations across a number of subsectors, including refrigerated transport--intermodal containers, industrial process refrigeration and chillers for industrial process refrigeration used in semiconductor manufacturing, retail food refrigeration systems for remote condensing units and supermarkets, cold storage warehouses, refrigerated laboratory centrifuges, laboratory shakers, and condensing units in residential and light commercial air conditioning and heat pumps. This action proposes to allow previously manufactured and imported residential and light commercial air conditioning and heat pump equipment to continue to be installed. The Agency is also seeking advance comment on potential actions to address supply chain issues for a refrigerant blend.","document_number":"2025-19438","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/03/2025-19438/phasedown-of-hydrofluorocarbons-reconsideration-of-certain-regulatory-requirements-promulgated-under","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-03/pdf/2025-19438.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19438.pdf?1759409112","publication_date":"2025-10-03","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":"central <span class=\"match\">plant</span> systems. Central <span class=\"match\">plants</span> are custom-built refrigeration systems that are typically used in large, refrigerated warehouses with cooling capacities that range from 20 to 5,000 kW. Central <span class=\"match\">plant</span> systems deliver cool air to the refrigerated space through evaporators, which are typically suspended from the ceiling in the refrigerated space. The evaporators are connected through a piping network to multiple compressors located in a central machine room, and a condenser, which is typically mounted outside near the compressors. Central <span class=\"match\">plant</span> systems"},{"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":"electric power <span class=\"match\">plant</span> retirements. Utilities and trade associations have also pointed out that the availability of zero-discharge technologies can be dependent on <span class=\"match\">plant</span>-<span class=\"match\">specific</span> characteristics that are unrelated to the technology itself (\n e.g., \n the <span class=\"match\">plant</span> is located in a geographic area with a hot, arid climate that allows for increased evaporation to meet zero-discharge limits, or the <span class=\"match\">plant</span> uses a particular type \n \n of fuel). For example, a June 18, 2025 letter to the Agency from UWAG describes that, based on its analysis, most of the <span class=\"match\">plants</span> the Agency"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for the rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), a bumble bee historically known to occur broadly across the eastern United States and portions of Canada, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, we are designating approximately 1,534,951 acres (621,172 hectares) of occupied critical habitat in 14 units across 33 counties in 6 States.","document_number":"2026-10846","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/01/2026-10846/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-designation-of-critical-habitat-for-the-rusty-patched","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-01/pdf/2026-10846.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10846.pdf?1780058718","publication_date":"2026-06-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"activities that could ameliorate these threats include, but are not limited to: management techniques to enhance floral resources or reduce invasive <span class=\"match\">plants</span> or both, such as <span class=\"match\">planting</span> or seeding to increase the abundance and diversity of native wildflowers (although we acknowledge that non-native floral resources play a role in the rusty patched bumble bee diet), removing and controlling invasive <span class=\"match\">plants</span>, using prescribed fire, and mowing; use of best management practices for managed bees to reduce or eliminate competition for resources; and use of forestry"},{"title":"Special Conditions: BETA Technologies Inc. Model H500A Electric Engines","type":"Rule","abstract":"These special conditions are issued for BETA Technologies Inc. (BETA) Model H500A electric engines that operate using electrical technology installed on the aircraft, for use as an aircraft engine. These engines will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards applicable to aircraft engines. This design feature is the use of an electric motor, motor controller, and high-voltage systems as the primary source of propulsion for an aircraft. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.","document_number":"2024-29490","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/17/2024-29490/special-conditions-beta-technologies-inc-model-h500a-electric-engines","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-17/pdf/2024-29490.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29490.pdf?1734356720","publication_date":"2024-12-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Aviation Administration","name":"Federal Aviation Administration","id":159,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-aviation-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/159","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-aviation-administration"}],"excerpts":"\n Special condition no. 33(d) requires the engine electrical system to be <span class=\"match\">designed</span> such that the loss, malfunction, or interruption of the electrical power source, or power conditions that exceed <span class=\"match\">design</span> limits, will not result in a hazardous engine effect. \n Special condition no. 33(e) requires BETA to identify and declare, in the engine <span class=\"match\">installation</span> manual, the characteristics of any electrical power <span class=\"match\">supplied</span> from the aircraft to the engine, or electrical power <span class=\"match\">supplied</span> from the engine to the aircraft via energy regeneration, and any other characteristics"},{"title":"Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this action, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to repeal all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants. The EPA is proposing that the Clean Air Act (CAA) requires it to make a finding that GHG emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution, as a predicate to regulating GHG emissions from those plants. The EPA is further proposing to make a finding that GHG emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution. The EPA is also proposing, as an alternative, to repeal a narrower set of requirements that includes the emission guidelines for existing fossil fuel-fired steam generating units, the carbon capture and sequestration/storage (CCS)-based standards for coal-fired steam generating units undertaking a large modification, and the CCS-based standards for new base load stationary combustion turbines.","document_number":"2025-10991","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/17/2025-10991/repeal-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-standards-for-fossil-fuel-fired-electric-generating-units","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-17/pdf/2025-10991.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-10991.pdf?1750077915","publication_date":"2025-06-17","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":"brought on by the Agency's novel attempts to regulate GHG emissions from fossil fuel-fired power <span class=\"match\">plants</span> under CAA section 111. The EPA attempted to restrict GHG emissions from power <span class=\"match\">plants</span> for the first time in 2015, when it issued both new source performance standards for new power <span class=\"match\">plants</span> (the 2015 NSPS) \n 1 \n \n and emission guidelines for existing power <span class=\"match\">plants</span> (the Clean Power Plan (CPP)).\n 2 \n \n Despite in effect listing fossil fuel-fired power <span class=\"match\">plants</span> as a new source category for the purpose of regulating GHG emissions, the EPA interpreted CAA section"},{"title":"National Environmental Policy Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting the interim final rule (IFR) published on July 3, 2025, with minor changes, as final. The IFR revised departmental regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and removed various USDA agency regulations for implementing NEPA. The IFR was in response to the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) rescission of its NEPA implementing regulations (which USDA's NEPA regulations were designed to supplement), statutory changes to NEPA, executive orders, and case law. In the IFR, USDA provided a 30-day comment period for the public to review and make comments. This final rule addresses public comments and adopts as final the IFR, with certain substantive changes as explained herein.","document_number":"2026-06537","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/03/2026-06537/national-environmental-policy-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-03/pdf/2026-06537.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06537.pdf?1775133916","publication_date":"2026-04-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"}],"excerpts":"grass strip establishment; \n (viii) Cover crop and green manure crop <span class=\"match\">planting</span>; \n (ix) Critical area <span class=\"match\">planting</span>; \n (x) Firebreak <span class=\"match\">installation</span>; \n (xi) Grass, forbs, or legume <span class=\"match\">planting</span>; \n (xii) Heavy use area protection; \n (xiii) <span class=\"match\">Installation</span> and maintenance of field borders or field strips; \n (xiv) Pasture, range, and hayland <span class=\"match\">planting</span>; \n (xv) Seeding of shrubs; \n (xvi) Seedling shrub <span class=\"match\">planting</span>; \n (xvii) Site preparation; \n (xviii) Strip cropping; \n (xix) Wildlife food plot <span class=\"match\">planting</span>; and \n \n (xx) Windbreak and shelterbelt establishment.\n \n \n (15) (USDA-15c-FSA)"},{"title":"National Environmental Policy Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule modifies the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and removes various USDA agency regulations for implementing NEPA. USDA is taking this action in response to the Council on Environmental Quality's rescission of its NEPA implementing regulations (which USDA's NEPA regulations were designed to supplement), statutory changes to NEPA, executive orders, and case law. Comments are voluntarily requested on this action to inform USDA's decision-making.","document_number":"2025-12326","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/03/2025-12326/national-environmental-policy-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-03/pdf/2025-12326.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12326.pdf?1751394610","publication_date":"2025-07-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"}],"excerpts":"grass strip establishment; \n (viii) Cover crop and green manure crop <span class=\"match\">planting</span>; \n (ix) Critical area <span class=\"match\">planting</span>; \n (x) Firebreak <span class=\"match\">installation</span>; \n (xi) Grass, forbs, or legume <span class=\"match\">planting</span>; \n (xii) Heavy use area protection; \n (xiii) <span class=\"match\">Installation</span> and maintenance of field borders or field strips; \n (xiv) Pasture, range, and hayland <span class=\"match\">planting</span>; \n (xv) Seeding of shrubs; \n (xvi) Seedling shrub <span class=\"match\">planting</span>; \n (xvii) Site preparation; \n (xviii) Strip cropping; \n (xix) Wildlife food plot <span class=\"match\">planting</span>; and \n (xx) Windbreak and shelterbelt establishment. \n (15) (USDA-15c-FSA)"}]}