Highlights
- EPA finalizes rule to amend compliance dates for the SPCC rule, including farms and all other regulated facilities.
- EPA proposes rule to exempt certain milk containers and associated piping and appurtenances from the SPCC rule.
- EPA finalizes rule to provide an administrative reporting exemption for releases to the air from animal waste at farms of any hazardous substance at or above the reportable quantity for those hazardous substances.
- Nationwide Survey of Local Emergency Planning Committees (PDF) (47 pp, 9.9 MB, About PDF). This report summarizes the results of the April 2008 survey.
- EPA finalizes amendments to the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule to provide increased clarity, to tailor requirements to particular industry sectors, and to streamline requirements for the regulated community.
- EPA revises the definition of "navigable waters" in the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule to comply with a court decision.
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