EPA proposes to revise regulations that allow for the open burning and detonation (OB/OD) of waste explosives. This allowance or "variance" to the prohibition on the open burning of hazardous waste was established at a time when there were no alternatives for the safe treatment of waste explosives. However, recent findings from the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and the EPA have identified safe alternatives which are potentially applicable to treat some energetic/explosive waste streams. Because there may be safe alternatives available and in use today that capture and treat emissions prior to release, regulations would be revised to describe specified procedures for the existing requirements to evaluate and implement alternative treatment technologies. These proposed revisions would reduce OB/OD of waste explosives and increase control of air emissions through improved implementation of existing requirements that facilities must evaluate and use safe and available alternative technologies in lieu of OB/OD. Comments must be received on or before 20 May 2024. POC is Sasha Lucas-Gerhard (email: gerhard.sasha@epa.gov, phone: (202) 566–0346). (Federal Register 20 March 2024 [Proposed Rule] Pages 19952-20030).

The questions and answers on this webpage are intended to help the acquisition workforce, contractors, and other stakeholders and interested parties understand the purpose of, and planned implementation approach to, the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul initiative. The FAQs provide information on the following topics: General RFO Initiative; FAR Deviation Process & Model Deviation Text; Non-regulatory Guidance; Impact on Vendors/Industry; Transition to the New Streamlined FAR: Timing and Implementation Coordination; Agency-Specific Actions and Implementation; and Testing and Feedback.

Executive Order 14275, titled Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement, the Federal government is undertaking the first-ever comprehensive overhaul of the FAR. Led by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council), this initiative will return the FAR to its statutory roots, rewritten in plain language, and remove most non-statutory rules. In addition, non-regulatory buying guides will provide practical strategies grounded in common sense while remaining outside the FAR. The FAR Council is issuing model deviation guidance to kickstart FAR streamlining. The guidance, which will be released on a rolling basis by FAR part, will be adopted by agencies until the FAR is formally revised through rulemaking.

The R.I. Air National Guard, 143rd Airlift Wing, has agreed to pay a $39,400 penalty to settle EPA claims that it violated air pollution laws at this facility where it spray paints aircraft parts. As part of the settlement, R.I. Air National Guard also agreed to meet more stringent emissions limits for volatile organic compounds (VOCs), to use coating practices that minimize emissions, to cap its annual VOC emissions, and to apply for state air permit. EPA alleged that the R.I. Air National Guard violated air pollution laws by failing to apply for a required New Source Review permit in 2001 before installing a paint spray booth and before buying four spray guns. EPA also alleged that it also violated air pollution laws for coating of metal parts and products by failing to comply with specific certification and recordkeeping requirements.

Biography of Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, U.S. Surgeon General

Biography of Richard Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chairman, U.S. Green Building Council

Biography of Rick Khan, Program Manager, Federal Energy Management Program, U.S. Department of Energy

Identify bicycling routes and avoid roads that are not meant for cycling.

The International Risk Governance Council (IRGC) is conducted a project to address the need for adequate risk governance approaches at the national and international levels in the development of nanotechnology and nanoscale products. As a result, the project team developed a generic global framework for the risk governance of nanotechnology.

Identifying risks associated with climate change and managing them to reduce their impacts is essential. Climate Ready Estuaries has resources and tools to help users identify, analyze, prioritize and reduce their climate change risks.

Risk-based water reuse management continues to gain traction throughout the U.S. This presentation will introduce the recent EPA report Risk-Based Framework for Developing Microbial Treatment Targets for Water Reuse, which describes the conceptual framework underpinning these approaches and provides a detailed discussion of current scientific assumptions for conducting the associated quantitative microbial risk assessments (QMRA). In addition to enabling calculation of new fit-for-purpose water treatment levels, it includes computed pathogen log reduction targets (LRTs) across a variety of municipal and onsite reuse configurations. Implementation considerations, key sources of uncertainty, and future research needs are also identified with an emphasis on removal crediting processes.

RMP*Comp is an electronic tool used to perform the off-site consequence analysis required under the Risk Management Program rule published by the EPA on July 20, 1996, which implements Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act. Previously, EPA has referred to this tool as RMP Calculator or RMP Assistant.

This site will become available in 2009 for the submission of Risk Management Plans.

Available as of 13 March 2009, EPA requests that all facilities use this free method for online submissions of Risk Management Plans (RMP).

This EPA tool is used for online Risk Management Plan reporting.

Robert Cox, Director of Engineering and Technical Services Division, Pentagon

Biography of Robert L. Sandoli, Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) sustainable development grantmaking endeavors to support environmental stewardship that is ecologically based, economically sound, socially just, culturally appropriate, and consistent with intergenerational equity. The Fund encourages government, business, and civil society to work collaboratively on environmental conservation and to make it an integral part of all development planning and activity. Recognizing the global nature of many environmental problems, the Fund also promotes international cooperation in addressing these challenges. Awards range from $25,000 to $300,000. A preliminary letter of inquiry is recommended.

This document, dated June 2011, is a primer on more than a dozen approaches for ensuring that wetlands and beaches can migrate inland, as people remove buildings, roads, and other structures from land as it becomes submerged. These approaches are known as "rolling easements."

The Roof Savings Calculator was developed as an industry-consensus roof savings calculator for commercial and residential buildings using whole-building energy simulations. It is built upon the DOE-2.1E engine for fast energy simulation and integrates AtticSim for advanced modeling of modern attic and cool roofing technologies. An annual simulation of hour-by-hour performance is calculated for the building properties provided based on weather data for the selected location. Annual energy savings reported are based upon heating and cooling loads and thus this calculator is only relevant to buildings with a heating and/or cooling unit.

The Rooting Resilience Program will provide funding and technical assistance to community-based projects that build resilience and enhance communities' abilities to plan and carry out forestry projects. This opportunity is available for projects located in federally designated disadvantaged communities, including urban, suburban, and rural communities in the United States and its territories. Special priority will be given to community-led groups that are seeking federal funding for the first time. Funding for this project is provided by the Inflation Reduction Act and the USDA Forest Service, Urban and Community Forestry Program. USDA and River Network are equal opportunity providers and employers.

This EPA tool for wastewater and drinking water utilities uses brief videos to guide users through the process of building their own unique Roadmap to Resilience. The RtoR presents five stops along the "Route" (Assess, Plan, Train, Respond, and Recover) where utility personnel learn what it means for their utility to be resilient, and what tools and resources are available for their utility to become resilient.

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A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue certain regulations relating to the taking of double-crested cormorants at aquaculture facilities. (Congressional Record 2 April 2025 [Senate] Pages S2139-S2140)

A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue a final rule removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. (Congressional Record 4 April 2025 [Senate] Pages S2363-S2364)

A bill to improve the environmental review process for highway projects through the use of interactive, digital, cloud-based platforms and digital twins (Congressional Record 10 April 2025 [Senate] Pages S2560-S2563)

A bill to prohibit Federal agencies from authorizing or facilitating commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the Executive Economic Zone except in accordance with a Federal statute authorizing such action. (Congressional Record 30 April 2025 [Senate] Pages S2714-S2715)

A bill to prohibit Federal agencies from considering, in taking any action, the social cost of carbon, the social cost of methane, the social cost of nitrous oxide, or the social cost of any other greenhouse gas. (Congressional Record 1 May 2025 [Senate] Pages S2736-S2738)

A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit certain activities involving prohibited primate species. (Congressional Record 5 May 2025 [Senate] Pages S2755-S2756)

A bill to remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie-chicken from the authority of that Act. (Congressional Record 21 January 2025 [Senate] Page S280)

A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit State standards relating to the control of emissions from existing locomotives and engines used in locomotives. (Congressional Record 15 May 2025 [Senate] Pages S2951-S2952)

A bill to extend the customs waters of the United States from 12 nautical miles to 24 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States, consistent with Presidential Proclamation 7219. (Congressional Record: 23 January 2025 [Senate] Pages S334-S335)

A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify the Methane Emissions Reduction Program. (Congressional Record 11 February 2025 [Senate] Pages S859-S860)

A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify Reid Vapor Pressure requirements and to provide for the return of certain retired credits. (Congressional Record 13 February 2025 [Senate] Pages S970-S972)

A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exclude prior converted cropland from the definition of "navigable waters". (Congressional Record 27 February 2025 [Senate] Pages S1428-S1429)

A bill to repeal certain executive orders. (Congressional Record 4 March 2025 [Senate] Page S1496)

A bill to prohibit the enforcement of a rule with respect to emissions, to amend the Clean Air Act to ensure that tailpipe regulations do not limit the availability of new motor vehicles. [Congressional Record 12 March 2025 [Senate] Pages S1703-S1705]

A bill to repeal a rule of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to multi-pollutant emissions standards, to amend the Clean Air Act to ensure that tailpipe regulations do not limit the availability of new motor vehicles.

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