This regulatory update from Environmental Asset Services provides information on regulations that took effect or were proposed between December 1-31, 2017 across various areas including air, hazardous waste, threatened species, and water quality. Key highlights include the EPA withdrawing a rule on composite wood products and denying a petition to regulate animal feeding operations under the Clean Air Act. The document aims to help clients comply with evolving environmental, health, and safety policies.

1. Environmental Asset Services (EAS)/ Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS)
Update Period: December 1 – December 31, 2017
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U.S. Regulatory Updates — December
EAS/EHS tracks emerging local, regional and national regulations related to
environmental, health, and safety issues. The purpose of these updates is to
communicate changes in a timely manner so we can help clients systematically
anticipate and comply with evolving EHS policy decisions. This regulatory update
does not include all changes for a monthly period, but provides general highlights
on regulations of most interest or impact. The specific requirements for each
facility will vary.
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Regulatory Area Affected Entities Regulation Name Description
Air Composite wood product
manufacturing
82 FR 57874
Voluntary Consensus Standards
Update; Formaldehyde
Emission Standards for
Composite Wood Products;
Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule
40 U.S. Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 770
Direct Final Rule; Withdrawal 12/8/17
The United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is withdrawing the direct final rule to
update the voluntary consensus standards for
composite wood product formaldehyde standards
published in the Federal Register on 10/25/17,
after receiving adverse comments. The EPA did
not receive adverse comments on the proposed
rule amendments that were also published in the
Federal Register on 10/25/17, and will proceed
with a final rule based on the proposed rule after
considering all public comments.
Effective date is 12/8/17.
Air Facilities with concentrated
animal feeding operations
82 FR 60940
Denial of Petition to List
Concentrated Animal Feeding
Operations Under Clean Air Act
40 CFR Part 60
Notice of Final Action Denying Petition for
Rulemaking 12/26/17
The EPA has denied the petition request to list
concentrated animal feeding operations under the
Clean Air Act Section 111(b)(1)(A) and to
promulgate standards of performance Under
Clean Air Act Sections 111(b)(1)(B) and 111(d).
Effective date is 12/26/17.
Air Facilities that manufacture
wool fiberglass
82 FR 60873
National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for Wool Fiberglass
Manufacturing; Rotary Spin
Lines Technology Review and
Revision of Flame Attenuation
Lines Standards
40 CFR Part 63 Subpart NNN
Final Rule 12/26/17
The EPA completed the risk and technology review
for the Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing source
category NESHAP and included the following
actions:
• Readopts the existing emission limits for
formaldehyde emission limits
• Establishes methanol emission limits
• Establishes a work practice standard for phenol
emissions from bonded rotary spin lines
• Revises the emission standards promulgated on
7/29/15 for flame attenuation lines.
Effective date is 12/26/17.

2. 2
Regulatory Area Affected Entities Regulation Name Description
Air
(Refrigerants)
Facilities that manufacture
refrigerators, freezers, and
other refrigerating or freezing
equipment
82 FR 58122
Protection of Stratospheric
Ozone: Revision to References
for Refrigeration and Air
Conditioning Sector to
Incorporate Latest Edition of
Certain Industry, Consensus-
Based Standards
40 CFR Part 82
Direct Final Rule 12/11/17
The EPA is modifying the use conditions required
for three flammable refrigerants: isobutane
(R-600a), propane (R-290), and R-441A in new
household refrigerators, freezers, and
combination refrigerators and freezers under the
Significant New Alternatives Policy program. The
modification reflects the incorporation by
reference of an updated standard from
Underwriters Laboratories.
Comments are due by 1/25/18. Effective date is
3/12/18 (if no adverse comments are received).
Air
(Refrigerants)
Facilities that distribute or
sell small cans of refrigerant
for use in motor vehicle air
conditioning (MVAC)
82 FR 60890
Protection of Stratospheric
Ozone: Refrigerant
Management Regulations for
Small Cans of Motor Vehicle
Refrigerant
40 CFR Part 82
Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule 12/26/17
The EPA is withdrawing the direct final rule
“Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Refrigerant
Management Regulations for Small Cans of Motor
Vehicle Refrigerant” after receiving adverse
comments on the direct final rule published in the
Federal Register on 9/28/17.
Effective date is 12/26/17.
Air
(Refrigerants)
Facilities that distribute or
sell small cans of refrigerant
for use in MVAC
82 FR 61180
Protection of Stratospheric
Ozone: Refrigerant
Management Regulations for
Small Cans of Motor Vehicle
Refrigerant
40 CFR Part 82
Final Rule 12/27/17
The EPA is finalizing its proposal to correct the
editing oversight to clarify that those small cans
manufactured or imported before 1/1/18 may
continue to be sold to persons that are not
certified as technicians.
Effective date is 12/27/17.
Air
(Greenhouse
Gas [GHG])
Electric Generating Units
(EGUs)
82 FR 61507
State Guidelines for GHG
Emissions from Existing EGUs
40 CFR Part 60
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
12/28/17
The EPA is considering proposing emission
guidelines to limit GHG emissions from existing
EGUs and requesting information on systems of
emission reductions that are applicable at or to an
existing EGU, information compliance measures,
and information on state planning requirements
under the Clean Air Act.
Comments are due by 2/26/18.
Hazardous
Waste
Federal facilities whose
hazardous wastes may pose a
threat to public health or
welfare and the environment
82 FR 57976
Thirty-Second Update of the
Federal Agency Hazardous
Waste Compliance Docket
Notice 12/8/17
The EPA has announced its latest update to the
Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance
Docket ("Docket"). The Docket is used to identify
Federal facilities that should be evaluated to
determine if they pose a threat to public health or
welfare and the environment.
The revisions in this update include 21 additions,
10 deletions, and 7 corrections to the Docket since
the previous update.
List is current as of 11/10/17.
Natural
Resources
(Threatened
and
Endangered
Species)
Activities that disturb or
impact the natural
environment
82 FR 61230
Endangered and Threatened
Wildlife and Plants; Listing the
Yangtze Sturgeon as an
Endangered Species
Proposed Rule 12/27/17
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is
proposing amendments to the Endangered
Species Act by adding the Yangtze Sturgeon as an
Endangered Species.

3. 3
Regulatory Area Affected Entities Regulation Name Description
50 CFR Part 17 Comments are due by 2/26/18.
Oil and Gas Oil and gas hydraulic
fracturing on Federal and
Indian Lands
82 FR 61924
Oil and Gas; Hydraulic
Fracturing on Federal and
Indian Lands; Rescission of a
2015 Rule
43 CFR Part 3160
Final Rule 12/29/17
The Bureau of Land Management is rescinding the
“Oil and Gas; Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and
Indian Land” (2015 Rule) published in the Federal
Register on 3/26/15. In accordance with the
March 2017 “Promoting Energy Independence and
Economic Growth” Executive Order, the Bureau of
Land Management reviewed this rule and
determined that it imposes administrative
burdens and compliance costs that are not
justified.
Effective date is 12/29/17.
Spill Response Facilities using the National
Preparedness and Response
Exercise Program (PREP)
Guidelines for required spill
response facility drills and
exercises
82 FR 60693
2016 National PREP Guidelines
33 CFR Part 155
Notice of Availability 12/22/17
The United States Coast Guard is requesting
comments for revisions to the 2016 National PREP
Guidelines that are now available. Proposed
changes include:
• A “Record of Changes” Log
• Revisions to the Remote Assessment and
Consultation drill frequency
• Revisions to the Incident Management Team
exercises for offshore facilities
• Revisions to alternate response times for
unannounced exercises for nontransportation-
related facilities by the EPA.
Comments are due by 1/22/18.
Renewable
Fuels
Sorghum oil distillers for
renewable fuels
82 FR 61205
Proposed Rule; Renewable Fuel
Standard (RFS) Program; Grain
Sorghum Oil Pathway
40 CFR Part 80
Proposed Rule 12/27/17
The EPA is proposing to amend the RFS program
regulations to define the term “distillers sorghum
oil” and add approved pathways for sorghum
distillers.
Comments are due by 1/26/18.
Toxic Release
Inventory (TRI)
Facilities that manufacture,
process, or use a toxic
chemical listed on the TRI
82 FR 60906
Community Right-To-Know;
Adopting North American
Industry Classification System
(NAICS) Codes for TRI
Reporting; Final Rule
40 CFR Part 372
Final Rule 12/26/17
The EPA is finalizing the TRI Rule to update the list
of NAICS codes subject to the reporting under TRI,
to reflect the Office of Management and Budget
2017 NAICS code revision. This final rule addresses
the comments made on EPA’s proposed
rulemaking previously published in the Federal
Register for this action on 8/17/17.
Effective date is 1/1/18.
Water Quality Oil and gas extraction
discharge sources in the
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
of the Gulf of Mexico
82 FR 61293
Notice of Final National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) General Permit
for the Eastern Portion of the
OCS of the Gulf of Mexico
(GEG460000); Availability of
Finding of No Significant Impact
Notice of Reissuance of NPDES General Permit
12/27/17
The EPA is reissuing the NPDES general permit for
the OCS of the Gulf of Mexico (General Permit
No. GEG460000) for discharge sources in the
Offshore subcategory of the Oil and Gas Extraction
Point Source category.
Effective date is 1/20/18.

4. 4
Regulatory Area Affected Entities Regulation Name Description
Waste Importers and exporters of
hazardous waste
82 FR 60894
Confidentiality Determinations
for Hazardous Waste Export
and Import Documents
40 CFR Parts 260, 261, and 262
Final Rule 12/26/17
The EPA is amending existing regulations for
confidentiality determination such that no person
can assert confidential business information
claims for documents related to the export,
import, and transit of hazardous waste and export
of excluded cathode ray tubes.
Effective date is 6/26/18.
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