EPA gave notice of and seeks comment on certain issues in a draft guidance document titled, “Draft Guidance on the Preparation of State Implementation Plan Provisions that Address the Nonattainment Area Contingency Measure Requirements for Ozone and Particulate Matter.”
FWS initiated five-year status reviews under the ESA for 133 species in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, California, Nevada, Hawaii, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as well as Canada and Palau, and requested submission of any new scientific and commercial data that has become available since the last review of the species.
SIP Approval: Michigan (revisions for attaining the 2010 one-hour sulfur dioxide primary NAAQS for the Detroit nonattainment area).
SIP Proposal: Michigan (revisions for attaining the one-hour sulfur dioxide primary NAAQS for the Detroit nonattainment area).
SIP Approval: Virginia (second maintenance plan for maintaining the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS in the Richmond-Petersburg area).
SIP Proposal: Wisconsin (revisions to air emissions reporting requirements and an infrastructure requirement for the 2012 fine particulate matter and 2015 ozone NAAQS).
SIP Proposal: North Carolina (revisions to the fugitive dust emissions rule).
EPA Region 8 gave notice of a prospective lessee agreement between the United States, the state of South Dakota, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, and Agnico Eagle Limited (collectively “Agnico”), providing that Agnico will perform a reuse assessment, including surface and subsurface sampling, and pay at least $2.5 million annually to cover the cost of water treatment and site operations for the duration of the agreement at the Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Site in Lawrence County, South Dakota.
The DOE Grid Deployment Office gave notice of availability of guidance for the hydroelectric efficiency improvement incentives as authorized through the Energy Policy Act of 2005, amended by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.
SIP Approval: Alaska (revisions updating adoption by reference date for federal regulations).