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The article offers information on the issuance of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule that adds the category of lead and lead compounds to the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976 (TSCA) Section 8(d)-model HsSDR rule in the U.S. Such a move was requested by the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) in its 60th report. The new rule obliged manufacturers including importers of consumer products intended for use by children to report certain unpublished health and safety data to the EPA.

The article announces on the locations named by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for PM 2.5. It notes on a 30-day public comment period that opened in August 2008 on its appointments for areas to be assigned as out of compliance with EPA's 24-hour fine particle standards. Moreover, it informs about the activities on the public comment period.

This article examines the new rules on low-sulfur diesel fuels published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. in May 2006. The newest addition to the agency's compliment of rules affecting the diesel fuel industry was motivated by the need for additional changes to the regulations. The rules mandate the use of lower-sulfur fuels in diesel engines beginning in 2006 for highway diesel, and 2007 for nonroad diesel fuel. Refiners and importers are required to produce highway diesel fuel meeting a 15-ppm maximum requirement starting in June 2006.

The article reports on the release by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of its National Priority Chemicals Trends Report. The report made an analysis of 23 out of 31 priority chemicals present in industrial waste. The report said that the use of priority chemicals declined in waste by almost 6% since 2001. It also made an evaluation of the improvement in the reduction of the presence of 23 priority chemicals in waste from 2001 and 2003. Finally, the report furnished an evaluation of the trends foreseen in managing 23 priority chemicals from 1999 and 2003.

The article focuses on the redefinition of solid waste by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulation. The rule establishes an exclusion which streamlines management requirements for hazardous secondary materials reclaimed under the generator's control and those which are transferred for legitimate reclamation. Its final rule contains significant provision in determining legitimate recycling.

The article reports on the development of a new product to keep up with prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) and new source review (NSR) regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The product was developed by the joint forces of RTP Environmental Associations and Citation Technologies. It covers over 1,000 documents and 13,300 pages of NSR and PSD policy documents and related materials issued since 1974.

The article reports on the proposed revisions made by the EPA (Environmental Protection Authority) to the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for lead. The proposal seeks to improve the existing lead monitoring network which requires monitors to be located near large sources of lead emissions an in urban areas with more than one million people. The proposal may serve as a precursor of other things to come with regard to EPA's treatment of non-threshold criteria pollutants as lead is an important criteria air pollutant.

The article offers information on the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The document is issued twice a year which contains EPA regulations, existing policy initiatives and policies completed/cancelled in the previous agenda. The author expresses that the agenda condense and organize the information into useful, accessible resource. She adds that the agenda are organized according to pre-rulemaking, proposed rulemaking, final rulemaking and long-term rulemaking so that people may be aware of the policies and actions developed by EPA.

The article presents the issuance of the final amendments to the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plan requirements, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in December 2006. Such changes include the alternative compliance option for qualified facilities, revised definition for oil-filled operational equipment, and the exemption from the SPCC rule for certain motive power containers. Meanwhile, the EPA has requested comment on extending the date of the preparation or amendment of the SPCC plans for implementation. Such proposal will allow the facility in operation to make further revisions in 2007 to the SPCC rule.

This article reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed alternative generator requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act applicable to college and university laboratories. The proposal is developed to provide a flexible and protective set of regulations that address the specific nature of hazardous waste generation in college and university laboratories. This proposal is extensive and offers several flexible bold approaches to manage the generation of hazardous waste at college and university laboratories.