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PW: bnaweb22 -----Original Message----- From: "BNA Highlights" <bhighlig@bna.com<@ENRON Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 11:20 PM To: BNA Highlights Subject: Nov. 27 -- BNA, Inc. Daily Environment Report ______________________________ DAILY ENVIRONMENT REPORT Highlights & Table of Contents November 27, 2001 ______________________________ ISSN 1521-9402 Registered Web subscribers can access the full text of these articles by using the URL link supplied. Information about becoming a subscriber or signing up for a FREE Web trial is available at http://web.bna.com or call BNA Customer Relations at 1-800-372-1033, Mon. - Fri. 8:30 am - 7:00 pm (ET). __________ HIGHLIGHTS __________ EPA DELAYS PLAN TO STREAMLINE REGULATIONS FOR TREATING WASTEWATER A final rule to streamline regulations governing the wastewater pretreatment program will be delayed until 2003 to allow EPA time to obtain and review additional information pertaining to the regulation, according to the director of the EPA Office of Wastewater Management. He says that in addition to needing more information on the question of acidity, the agency has had to divert resources away from the rulemaking to other areas. EPA proposed changes to its national pretreatment program in July 1999 to provide some regulatory relief to industrial users and the publicly owned treatment works into which they discharge wastewater. . . . Page A-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9r2m4_ QUICK ACTION SET FOR PROPOSED HAZMAT TRANSPORT LOADING, UNLOADING RULE Despite industry opposition, the Department of Transportation intends to move "as expeditiously as possible" on a proposed rule clarifying hazardous materials transportation regulations on loading, unloading, and storage. In a notice slated for publication today, the department's Research and Special Programs Administration extends until Feb. 1, the comment period on the proposed rule. Citing security concerns in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes, hazardous materials industry groups asked DOT to withdraw the proposed rule, arguing that the proposal poses security problems. . . . Page A-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9q1t5_ FUGITIVE EMISSIONS NOT COUNTED TO DETERMINE MAJOR AIR POLLUTION SOURCES EPA no longer will count certain fugitive emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, and other air pollutants considered nontoxic in determining whether a facility is a "major source" of air pollution subject to state operating permit programs. Fugitive emissions are those that are not emitted from smoke stacks, process vents or storage tanks. EPA says fugitive emissions of toxic air pollutants will still be counted to determine whether they are major sources. The decision will allow EPA to grant full approval to Arizona and New York for their operating permit programs. . . . Page A-3 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9p5c8_ REPORTING GUIDANCE PUBLISHED FOR MONITORING UNREGULATED CONTAMINANTS EPA issues reporting guidance for drinking water systems to submit to the agency the results of monitoring, surveys, and other assessments of unregulated contaminants. The guidance includes schedules for monitoring based on the size of a drinking water system, on the source of the water, and on the likelihood of finding unregulated contaminants. It also contains guidelines for sampling and procedures for entering data into EPA's national database. The data, required under the 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act, will be used to determine whether EPA will study further or develop regulations for a list of contaminants developed in 1999. . . . Page A-6 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9q1d4_ FORMER EPA OFFICIAL NAMED TO SOLID WASTE, EMERGENCY RESPONSE POST EPA names a former senior agency official to the post of associate assistant administrator for solid waste and emergency response. Thomas Dunne is appointed to the position in the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, where he will work under Marianne Lamont Horinko, the assistant administrator for that office. . . . Page A-7 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9u3x5_ SENATE DEMOCRATS FINISHING ENERGY LEGISLATION FOR INTRODUCTION THIS WEEK The Democratic authors of a comprehensive energy package that may include contentious vehicle fuel efficiency standards and measures for greenhouse gas reductions expect Senate Majority Leader Daschle to introduce the legislation as early as Thursday. Meanwhile, Senate Republican leaders are threatening to attach their own energy bill to every piece of legislation that reaches the Senate floor. . . . Page A-3 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9r0y3_ FBI ALERT ASKS OIL, GAS COMPANIES FOR EXTRA PRECAUTIONS AGAINST TERRORISM The FBI asks the nation's oil and gas companies to be on heightened alert for possible retaliatory terrorist attacks. Terry Boss, vice president for environment and safety with the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, confirms receiving the FBI alert and forwarding it to members. Attorney General Ashcroft refers to an "uncorroborated report of undetermined reliability about natural gas" received "maybe 10 days or close to two weeks ago." . . . Page A-2 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9q5j8_ __________ STATE NEWS __________ OREGON: The petroleum underground storage tank program is shifting its focus from conversions of old tanks to the inspection of new tanks, according to Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality. In operation since 1985, the program is responsible for the closing of some 26,000 underground tanks. Currently, the department holds permits for 6,077 tanks. About 300 underground tanks still need to be removed, says the director of the state program. With the conversion and decommissioning of older tanks nearly completed, the department will now emphasize the safe operation of new tanks. . . . Page A-4 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9h3f2_ MINNESOTA: An alfalfa-processing plant remains closed almost two weeks after the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ordered it shut because of its alleged failure to meet the legal limits for dust. The plant, which is owned by the Minnesota Valley Alfalfa Producers in Priam, could be operating again within days, according to the cooperative's general manager. He says the plant is in the process of being upgraded to enable it to meet the standards. . . . Page A-4 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y7j3v9_ _________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS _________________ NEWS AIR POLLUTION Fugitive NOx, SO2 emissions no longer counted in determination of major sources . . . Page A-3 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9p5c8_ DRINKING WATER EPA publishes reporting guidance for monitoring unregulated contaminants . . . Page A-6 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9q1d4_ ENERGY Senate Democrats finishing legislation to present to majority leader, aides say . . . Page A-3 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9r0y3_ EPA Former senior agency official named to solid waste, emergency response post . . . Page A-7 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9u3x5_ HAZARDOUS WASTE Postal Service response to anthrax poses no 'imminent danger,' court finds . . . Page A-5 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y8k3p3_ HAZMAT TRANSPORT DOT announces plans to act quickly on proposed loading, unloading rule . . . Page A-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9q1t5_ MINNESOTA State closes alfalfa-processing plant over alleged air quality standard violations . . . Page A-4 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y7j3v9_ PESTICIDES French industry launches plan to collect, dispose of dangerous waste . . . Page A-5 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9j0g1_ PIPELINE SAFETY FBI alert asks oil, gas companies to take extra precautions against terrorism . . . Page A-2 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9q5j8_ STORAGE TANKS Oregon shifts emphasis to inspection of new tanks . . . Page A-4 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9h3f2_ WATER POLLUTION Final pretreatment streamlining rule to be delayed until 2003, EPA officials say . . . Page A-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9r2m4_ IN BRIEF EPA seeking comments on POPs technical document . . . Page A-7 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9q2u4_ Iowa company, chief executive enter guilty pleas . . . Page A-7 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y1p5j4_ Dioxin meeting scheduled for March in Vietnam . . . Page A-7 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9m0n6_ Rats, mice not protected by animal welfare law . . . Page A-8 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9q5p4_ Vietnamese research said relevant to U.S. . . . Page A-7 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9m0n9_ ________ CALENDAR ________ CONGRESS Legislative calendar . . . Page C-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9w4y3_ PRESIDENT President's calendar . . . Page C-2 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9w5e8_ _________________ REGULATORY AGENDA _________________ COMMENT DEADLINES Due dates for comments on pending rules . . . Page D-3 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9b4e7_ NOV. 27 FEDERAL REGISTER Entries from today's table of contents . . . Page D-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9h3z9_ NOV. 28 FEDERAL REGISTER Previous day's entries with page citations . . . Page D-2 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9b2n8_ ______________________ LOBBYING REGISTRATIONS ______________________ LOBBYISTS Registrations filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act . . . Page E-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y9q4x2_ ______________ TABLE OF CASES ______________ United States v. Rockingham-Lunex Co. (D.C. Iowa) . . . Page A-7 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y1p5j4_ United States v. Schmidt (D.C. Iowa) . . . Page A-7 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y1p5j4_ Smith v. Potter (S.D.N.Y.) . . . Page A-5 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4y8k3p3_ ___________________________________________________________ Daily Environment Report (ISSN 1521-9402) Highlights are published daily by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1231 25th St., NW, Washington, DC 20037. 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