EPA finalized facility response plan requirements for worst case discharges of CWA hazardous substances for onshore non-transportation-related facilities that could reasonably be expected to cause substantial harm to the environment by discharging a CWA hazardous substance into or on the navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or exclusive economic zone. 

EPA finalized amendments to NESHAPs for integrated iron and steel manufacturing facilities. 

EPA proposed to promulgate a CWA chronic aquatic life ambient water quality criterion for waters under the state of Idaho’s jurisdiction to protect aquatic life from exposure to harmful concentrations or levels of total mercury.

EPA proposed to revise the existing secondary sulfur dioxide NAAQS, to retain the existing secondary standards for nitrogen oxides and particulate matter, and to revise the data handling requirements for the proposed secondary sulfur oxide NAAQS.

SIP Proposal: Iowa (revisions to definitions, references to federal rules, and methods and procedures for performance test/stack test and continuous monitoring system). 

EPA announced an opportunity for public input on ENERGY STAR product specification development activities. 

SIP Approval: New Hampshire (amendments to motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program regulation).

EPA proposed revisions to the preconstruction permitting regulations that apply to modifications at existing major stationary sources in the new source review program under the CAA. 

EPA updated the regulatory framework governing the management and protection of environmental, fish and wildlife, other surface resources, and special areas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

NOAA and EPA seek comment on the agencies’ proposed finding that Alabama has satisfied each of the conditions the agencies included as part of their 1998 approval of Alabama’s coastal nonpoint pollution control program.