August 1, 2018  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

FR 83 37444-37446 40 CFR Parts 302 and 355

Vacatur Response—CERCLA/EPCRA Administrative Reporting Exemption for Air Releases of Hazardous Substances From Animal Waste at Farms; FARM Act Amendments to CERCLA Release Notification Requirements

Final Rule

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-08-01/pdf/2018-16379.pdf   

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is removing regulatory provisions associated with the administrative reporting exemption under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, and under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to- Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986. These revisions implement the vacatur of the CERCLA and EPCRA administrative reporting exemption regulations ordered by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit). This rule also incorporates CERCLA revisions enacted by the Fair Agricultural Reporting Method (FARM) Act.

DATES: This final rule is effective on

August 1, 2018.