Federal Register
Vol. 73, No. 188
Friday, September 26, 2008
Vol. 73, No. 188
Friday, September 26, 2008
There are 2 announcements in this issue
1. AIR - FR/Reconsideration & Stay of effective date. Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries
2. HAZ/Nuclear - ROD. DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration. Record of Decision: Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
CODES USED: THE FOLLOWING CODES ARE USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT & ISSUE AREA.
REPORTING FORMAT: ISSUE CODE - TYPE CODE. AGENCY. ANNOUNCEMENT.
ISSUE CODES: AIR - Air; ALL - Cross-Media, ecosystems, Env. Justice; CLIMATE - Climate Change, Global Warming; DRINK - Drinking Water, SDWA, Underground Injection; ENERGY - Energy; GLAKES - Great Lakes; HAZ - Hazardous Waste, RCRA, HSWA, DOT/RSPA, Some Nuclear (NRC); LAND - Land Use, Forests; P2 - Pollution Prevention, Sustainability, Recycling, Pjt. XL; REMED - Remediation, Brownfields, Superfund; TANKS - AST, UST; TOXICS = Toxics, TRI, TSCA, Pesticides, Risks, RTK; TRANSPORT - Transportation; SOLID - Solid Waste, RCRA Subtitle D; WATER - Surface Water, NPS, NPDES, Wetlands; WILDLIFE = Wildlife, Biodiversity, Endangered Species.
TYPE CODES: ANPR - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; FR - Final Rule; FRD - Direct final rule; FRI - Interim final rule; ICR - Information Collection Request; ND - Notice of data, information, reports, etc. availability; NF - Notice of Fuding Opportunity; NM - Notice of Meeting; NS - Notice of administrative/court settlement; PR - Proposed Rule; ROD - Record of decision.
ANNOUNCEMENT 1
Subject: AIR - FR/Reconsideration & Stay of effective date. Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries
[Federal Register: September 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 188)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 55751-55752]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 60
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0011; FRL-8721-5]
RIN 2060-AN72
Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; reconsideration and stay of effective date.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This action grants Petitioners' request for reconsideration
and Petitioners' request for a stay until December 25, 2008 for certain
specific provisions in the newly promulgated standards of performance
for new, modified, or reconstructed process units at petroleum
refineries. The effective date for the final rule promulgating
amendments to the current standards of performance for petroleum
refineries has not changed and remains June 24, 2008.
DATES: Effective September 26, 2008, in Title 40 CFR part 60, subpart
Ja, Sec. 60.100a(c), the definition of ``flare'' in Sec. 60.101a, and
Sec. Sec. 60.102a(g), 60.107a(d), and 60.107a(e) are stayed until
December 25, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert B. Lucas, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division,
Coatings and Chemicals Group (E143-01), Environmental Protection
Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone number: (919) 541-
0884; fax number: (919) 541-0246; e-mail address: lucas.bob@epa.gov.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 55751-55752]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 60
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0011; FRL-8721-5]
RIN 2060-AN72
Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; reconsideration and stay of effective date.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This action grants Petitioners' request for reconsideration
and Petitioners' request for a stay until December 25, 2008 for certain
specific provisions in the newly promulgated standards of performance
for new, modified, or reconstructed process units at petroleum
refineries. The effective date for the final rule promulgating
amendments to the current standards of performance for petroleum
refineries has not changed and remains June 24, 2008.
DATES: Effective September 26, 2008, in Title 40 CFR part 60, subpart
Ja, Sec. 60.100a(c), the definition of ``flare'' in Sec. 60.101a, and
Sec. Sec. 60.102a(g), 60.107a(d), and 60.107a(e) are stayed until
December 25, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert B. Lucas, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division,
Coatings and Chemicals Group (E143-01), Environmental Protection
Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone number: (919) 541-
0884; fax number: (919) 541-0246; e-mail address: lucas.bob@epa.gov.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: HAZ/Nuclear - ROD. DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration. Record of Decision: Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
[Federal Register: September 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 188)]
[Notices]
[Page 55833-55840]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
National Nuclear Security Administration
Record of Decision: Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for
Continued Operation of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
AGENCY: Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration.
ACTION: Record of decision.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing this Record of Decision
(ROD) for the continued operation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory
(LANL) in Los Alamos, New Mexico. This ROD is based on information and
analyses contained in the Final Site-Wide Environmental Impact
Statement for the Continued Operation of Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, DOE/EIS-0380 (Final SWEIS or 2008
SWEIS) issued on May 16, 2008; comments on the SWEIS; and other
factors, including costs, security considerations and the missions of
NNSA.
In the 2008 SWEIS, NNSA assessed three alternatives for the
continued operation of LANL: (1) No Action, (2) Reduced Operations, and
(3) Expanded Operations. The No Action Alternative analyzed in this
SWEIS consists of NNSA and LANL continuing to implement earlier
decisions based on previous National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
reviews, including the 1999 LANL SWEIS (DOE/EIS-0238) and its ROD (64
FR 50797, Sept. 20, 1999). The 2008 SWEIS identified the Expanded
Operations Alternative as NNSA's Preferred Alternative. The SWEIS
includes a classified appendix that assesses the potential
environmental impacts of a representative set of credible terrorist scenarios.
Because NNSA is continuing to evaluate significant technical and
national security issues that could affect the operation and missions
of LANL, NNSA is making only a few decisions at this time regarding the
continued operation of the laboratory. NNSA will not make any decisions
regarding nuclear weapons production and other actions analyzed in the
Complex Transformation Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (DOE/EIS-0236-S4) (Complex Transformation SPEIS or SPEIS)
prior to the completion of the SPEIS. However, NNSA must make some
decisions now regarding LANL to support the safe and successful
execution of the laboratory's current missions. It is likely that NNSA
will issue other RODs regarding the continued operation of LANL based
on the 2008 SWEIS, the SPEIS and other NEPA analyses.
NNSA has decided to continue to implement the No Action Alternative
with the addition of some elements of the Expanded Operations
Alternative. These elements include increases in operation of some
existing facilities and new facility projects needed for ongoing
programs and protection of workers and the environment. For the most
part, NNSA will continue the missions conducted at LANL at current
levels at this time. NNSA will also continue to implement actions
necessary to comply with the March 2005 Compliance Order on Consent
(Consent Order), which requires investigation and remediation of
environmental contamination at LANL. NNSA will not change pit
production at LANL at this time; the 1999 ROD set pit production at
LANL at 20 per year.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the 2008
LANL SWEIS or this ROD, or to receive a copy of this SWEIS or ROD,
contact: Ms. Elizabeth Withers, Document Manager, U.S. Department of
Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Service Center, Post
Office Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM 87185, (505) 845-4984. Questions about
the SWEIS, ROD and other issues regarding the Los Alamos Site Office's
NEPA compliance program may also be addressed to Mr. George J. Rael,
Assistant Manager Environmental Operations, NEPA Compliance Officer,
U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration,
Los Alamos Site Office, 3747 West Jemez Road, Los Alamos, NM 87544. Mr.
Rael may be contacted by telephone at (505) 665-0308, or by e-mail at:
LASO.SWEIS@doeal.gov. For information on the DOE NEPA process, contact:
Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
(GC-20), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-4600, or leave a message at (800) 472-
2756. Additional information regarding DOE NEPA activities and access
to many DOE NEPA documents are available on the Internet through the
DOE NEPA Web site at: http://www.gc.energy.gov/nepa/.
[Notices]
[Page 55833-55840]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
National Nuclear Security Administration
Record of Decision: Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for
Continued Operation of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
AGENCY: Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration.
ACTION: Record of decision.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing this Record of Decision
(ROD) for the continued operation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory
(LANL) in Los Alamos, New Mexico. This ROD is based on information and
analyses contained in the Final Site-Wide Environmental Impact
Statement for the Continued Operation of Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, DOE/EIS-0380 (Final SWEIS or 2008
SWEIS) issued on May 16, 2008; comments on the SWEIS; and other
factors, including costs, security considerations and the missions of
NNSA.
In the 2008 SWEIS, NNSA assessed three alternatives for the
continued operation of LANL: (1) No Action, (2) Reduced Operations, and
(3) Expanded Operations. The No Action Alternative analyzed in this
SWEIS consists of NNSA and LANL continuing to implement earlier
decisions based on previous National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
reviews, including the 1999 LANL SWEIS (DOE/EIS-0238) and its ROD (64
FR 50797, Sept. 20, 1999). The 2008 SWEIS identified the Expanded
Operations Alternative as NNSA's Preferred Alternative. The SWEIS
includes a classified appendix that assesses the potential
environmental impacts of a representative set of credible terrorist scenarios.
Because NNSA is continuing to evaluate significant technical and
national security issues that could affect the operation and missions
of LANL, NNSA is making only a few decisions at this time regarding the
continued operation of the laboratory. NNSA will not make any decisions
regarding nuclear weapons production and other actions analyzed in the
Complex Transformation Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (DOE/EIS-0236-S4) (Complex Transformation SPEIS or SPEIS)
prior to the completion of the SPEIS. However, NNSA must make some
decisions now regarding LANL to support the safe and successful
execution of the laboratory's current missions. It is likely that NNSA
will issue other RODs regarding the continued operation of LANL based
on the 2008 SWEIS, the SPEIS and other NEPA analyses.
NNSA has decided to continue to implement the No Action Alternative
with the addition of some elements of the Expanded Operations
Alternative. These elements include increases in operation of some
existing facilities and new facility projects needed for ongoing
programs and protection of workers and the environment. For the most
part, NNSA will continue the missions conducted at LANL at current
levels at this time. NNSA will also continue to implement actions
necessary to comply with the March 2005 Compliance Order on Consent
(Consent Order), which requires investigation and remediation of
environmental contamination at LANL. NNSA will not change pit
production at LANL at this time; the 1999 ROD set pit production at
LANL at 20 per year.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the 2008
LANL SWEIS or this ROD, or to receive a copy of this SWEIS or ROD,
contact: Ms. Elizabeth Withers, Document Manager, U.S. Department of
Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Service Center, Post
Office Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM 87185, (505) 845-4984. Questions about
the SWEIS, ROD and other issues regarding the Los Alamos Site Office's
NEPA compliance program may also be addressed to Mr. George J. Rael,
Assistant Manager Environmental Operations, NEPA Compliance Officer,
U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration,
Los Alamos Site Office, 3747 West Jemez Road, Los Alamos, NM 87544. Mr.
Rael may be contacted by telephone at (505) 665-0308, or by e-mail at:
LASO.SWEIS@doeal.gov. For information on the DOE NEPA process, contact:
Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
(GC-20), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-4600, or leave a message at (800) 472-
2756. Additional information regarding DOE NEPA activities and access
to many DOE NEPA documents are available on the Internet through the
DOE NEPA Web site at: http://www.gc.energy.gov/nepa/.
