EPA seeks public comment on proposed federal implementation plan supplements to the Interstate Transport Rule for fine PM and ozone.

The USDA seeks public comment on the proposed implementation of the Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program, which provides grants to establish community forests.

EPA repealed the grandfather provision for fine particulate matter (PM) under the PSD permit program.

NMFS announces that the annual harvest guideline for the 
commercial lobster fishery in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) 
for calendar year 2011 is established at zero lobsters.

FWS removed the Maguire daisy from the list of endangered and threatened plants under the ESA.

SIP Proposal: California (VOC emissions for the Antelope Valley air quality management district and the Placer County, Santa Barbara, and Ventura County air pollution control districts; see above for direct final rule)

EPA denied in part petitions to reconsider NESHAPs and new source performance standards (NSPS) for the Portland cement industry and denied requests for a stay.

EPA granted a petition submitted by Owosso Graphic Arts Inc. in Owosso, Michigan, to exclude from the list of hazardous waste up to 244 cubic yards of wastewater treatment sludge per year.

SIP Proposal: Maryland (VOC emissions; see above for direct final rule)

This action approves a modification to Alaska's approved 
Municipal Solid Waste Landfill (MSWLF) permit program. The approved 
modification allows the State to issue Research, Development, and 
Demonstration (RD&D) permits to owners and operators of MSWLFs in 
accordance with its State law. On March 22, 2004, EPA issued final 
regulations allowing RD&D permits to be issued to certain MSWLFs by 
approved States. On September 7, 2010, the State of Alaska submitted an 
application to EPA Region 10 seeking Federal approval of its RD&D 
requirements. After thorough review, EPA Region 10 has determined that 
Alaska's RD&D permit requirements are adequate through this direct 
final action.