SIP Proposal: North Carolina (correction of erroneous incorporation of cross-references related to permitting rules).

EPA granted the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services the authority to implement and enforce the state’s amended Asbestos Disposal Site Rule in place of the national emission standard for asbestos provisions for inactive waste disposal sites. 

NMFS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the Gulf of Alaska Chinook salmon as a threatened or endangered species under the ESA, and to designate critical habitat concurrent with the listing, finding that listing may be warranted and commencing a status review. 

EPA revised the Consumer Confidence Report Rule in accordance with America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to require states, territories, and tribes with primary enforcement responsibility to report compliance monitoring data for all national primary drinking water regulations to the Agency.  

SIP Proposal: New York (revisions to meet requirements for the 2008 and 2015 ozone NAAQS for the Sylvamo Ticonderoga Mill).

EPA announced that the limited maintenance plan for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) for the New Jersey portion of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NNJ-NY-CT, and Philadelphia-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE, PM2.5 maintenance areas is adequate for transportation conformity purposes.

FWS determined endangered species status for the dunes sagebrush lizard under the ESA. 

SIP Proposal: Georgia (clarifying requirements for gasoline transport vehicles). 

SIP Proposal: Pennsylvania (partial approval of certain clarifying amendments and partial disapproval of control technique guidelines and control of volatile organic compounds emissions from industrial cleaning solvents). 

EPA finalized amendments to the new source performance standards for the synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry and amendments to NESHAPs for hazardous organics and Group I and II polymers and resins industries.