This page provides access to a listing of some of the recent additions and new materials made available on the EPA Web site within the past six weeks.
October 30, 2008
New from the Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds:
Atmospheric Mercury Deposition Project for Watershed Planning - The Atmospheric Mercury Deposition Project for Watershed Planning contains the results of a fine, 12-km grid cell modeling analysis for the lower 48 States. In this project, roughly 300 of the top mercury emitters in the US were "tagged" in order to allow source attribution analysis for individual areas of concern, such as waterbodies, watersheds, or catchments.
October 28, 2008
New from the Office of Pesticide Programs:
Pesticide reregistration chemical Web page for carbaryl updated - Links to Federal Register notices and an amended Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) has been added.
Pesticide reregistration chemical Web page for ethylene oxide (ETO) updated - A link to a Federal Register notice has been added.
October 27, 2008
October 24, 2008
2007 Progress Report: Vehicle and Engine Compliance Activities - Specifically, this report summarizes vehicle and engine compliance program data we collected in 2007. These data include test results from model year (MY) 2007 certification activities plus other types of compliance reports and test results produced during calendar year 2007. Sales data presented in this report are based on MY 2006 sales because MY 2007 sales data were not yet available at the time of publication. National emissions inventory data are also for 2006, as those were the most recent data at the time of publication (Office of Transportation and Air Quality).
October 22, 2008
Costs Claimed under EPA Grants XP96909501 and XP97963701 Awarded to the Washoe County Department of Water Resources, Nevada (PDF) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General is reviewing Special Appropriation Act Project (SAAP) grants to identify issues warranting further analysis. We selected Washoe County Department of Water Resources (grantee) for one of these reviews. A 27 pp, 504KB Adobe Acrobat PDF document from the Office of Inspector General.
October 20, 2008
NESHAP Reconsideration Final Rule - This rule announces the final action regarding the eight issues for which EPA granted reconsideration and addresses comments received in response to the September 2007 notice (Office of Solid Waste).
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October 3, 2008
Pre-publication of the October 2008 Preliminary Regulatory Determination for Perchlorate posted - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducted extensive review of scientific data related to the health effects of exposure to perchlorate from drinking water and other sources and found that in over 99% of public drinking water systems, perchlorate was not at levels of public health concern (Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water).
Notice: IRIS Toxicological Review of Ethylene Glycol Mono-Butyl Ether (EGBE): Listening Session Announcement - EPA is announcing a listening session to be held on Friday, October 10, 2008, for the external review draft document entitled, "Toxicological Review of Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether (EGBE): In Support of Summaiy Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)" (Integrated Risk Information System Program).
Publication: BASINS 4.0 Climate Assessment Tool (CAT): Supporting Documentation and Users Manual - EPA is releasing the external review draft report titled, “BASINS 4.0 Climate Assessment Tool (CAT): Supporting Documentation and Users Manual” for a 30-day public review and comment period. The deadline for comments is November 3, 2008 (National Center for Environmental Assessment).
New from the Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds:
Cover Memo: Elements of Mercury TMDLs Where Mercury Loadings are Predominantly from Air Deposition (PDF) - The document (also referred to as a “checklist”) includes considerations when addressing TMDL elements on different geographic scales, such as waterbody, regional, and multi-state. A 2 pp, 13K Adobe Acrobat PDF document.
September 30, 2008
New from the Office of Inspector General:
Report: A Region 5 Penalty Reduction Was Unjustified and Undocumented (PDF) - We conducted this review in response to a complaint alleging that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Region 5 Regional Counsel arbitrarily reduced a civil penalty against Minnesota Metal Finishing,Inc. (MMF), without justification. A 30 pp, 243K Adobe Acrobat PDF document.
A new Summary for Propionaldehyde and accompanying Toxicological Review (PDF) (78 pp, 496K) have been added to the IRIS Web site (Integrated Risk Information System Program).
September 29, 2008
EPA Has Initiated Strategic Planning for Priority Enforcement Areas, but Key Elements Still Needed (PDF) - We undertook this review to determine how well the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) planned to ensure success in its enforcement priority areas. We reviewed current priority area strategies for air toxics, combined sewer overflow, and mineral processing. A 40 pp, 403K Adobe Acrobat PDF document from the Office of Inspector General.
September 24, 2008
New from the Office of Inspector General:
Report: Management of EPA Headquarters Internet Protocol Addresses Needs Improvement (PDF) - The Office of Inspector General contracted with Williams, Adley & Company, LLP to conduct the annual audit of the U.S. Environ-mental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act. Williams, Adley & Company, LLP conducted network vulnerability testing of the Agency’s local area network located at the EPA’s Head-quarters in Washington, DC. A 1 pp, 56K Adobe Acrobat PDF document.
EPA begins rolling out nearly $50 million in funding for clean diesel projects, starting with $3.4 million in grants to help small trucking firms lower fuel costs and carbon footprints (Office of Transportation and Air Quality).
Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act (PRIA 2) of 2009 & 2010 - This web page provides information on updated fees for pesticide registration applications (Office of Pesticide Programs).