Notice2023-00500
Public Comment on EPA's National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives for Fiscal Years 2024-2027
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January 12, 2023
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting public comment and recommendations on the National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (NECIs) for fiscal years 2024-2027 (formerly called "National Compliance Initiatives"). The EPA focuses enforcement and compliance resources on the most serious and widespread environmental problems by developing and implementing national program initiatives. The initiatives currently underway, modifications to these existing initiatives, as well as potential new initiatives under consideration are described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document, with additional descriptions and data on the current initiatives available on our website: http://www.epa.gov/enforcement/ national-compliance-initiatives.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2022-0981; FRL-10417-01-OECA]
Public Comment on EPA's National Enforcement and Compliance
Initiatives for Fiscal Years 2024-2027
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting public
comment and recommendations on the National Enforcement and Compliance
Initiatives (NECIs) for fiscal years 2024-2027 (formerly called
``National Compliance Initiatives''). The EPA focuses enforcement and
compliance resources on the most serious and widespread environmental
problems by developing and implementing national program initiatives.
The initiatives currently underway, modifications to these existing
initiatives, as well as potential new initiatives under consideration
are described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this
document, with additional descriptions and data on the current
initiatives available on our website: <a href="http://www.epa.gov/enforcement/national-compliance-initiatives">http://www.epa.gov/enforcement/national-compliance-initiatives</a>.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OECA-2022-0981 by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
<bullet> Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center, OECA, Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460.
<bullet> Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA Docket Center, WJC West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004.
The Docket Center's hours of operations are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.,
Monday-Friday (except Federal Holidays).
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received may be posted without change
to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>, including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the ``Public Participation''
heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele McKeever, Chief, National
Planning and Measures Branch, Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, Mail Code: M2221A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-
3688; fax number: 202-564-0027; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#214c424a44445744530f4c484249444d44614451400f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0568666e60607360772b686c666d606960456075642b626a73">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' and
``our'' refer to the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Written Comments
II. What are EPA's National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives?
III. On what is the EPA requesting comment?
IV. What are the current FY 2020-2023 National Compliance
Initiatives?
V. What are the potential initiatives under consideration for FY
2024-2027?
A. Existing Initiatives
B. Proposed NECIs
C. Public Comments
VI. Can the deadline for comments be extended?
I. Written Comments
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-2022-
0981, at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method), or the
other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The EPA may
publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit to
EPA's docket at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> any information you
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), Proprietary
Business Information (PBI),
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or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a
written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment
and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA
will generally not consider comments or comment contents located
outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other
file sharing system). Please visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a> for additional submission methods; the full EPA
public comment policy; information about CBI, PBI, or multimedia
submissions; and general guidance on making effective comments.
II. What are EPA's National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives?
EPA selects national initiatives every four years to focus
resources on serious and widespread environmental problems where
federal enforcement can make a difference. The primary objective of
these initiatives is to protect human health and the environment by
holding polluters accountable and compelling regulated entities to
return to compliance. While formal enforcement remains the key tool to
address serious environmental problems and significant violations, as
well as create general deterrence, EPA also uses a variety of
compliance assurance tools to achieve this objective. To reflect this
comprehensive approach, EPA has changed the name from National
Compliance Initiatives to National Enforcement and Compliance
Initiatives (NECIs).
In selecting initiatives for the FY 2024-2027 cycle, EPA will use
the following three criteria to evaluate the existing and proposed new
initiatives: (1) the need to address serious and widespread
environmental issues and significant violations impacting human health
and the environment, particularly in overburdened and vulnerable
communities; (2) areas where federal enforcement can help ensure
national consistency, promote a level playing field, and achieve
compliance; and (3) alignment with the Agency's Strategic Plan.
EPA aims to align all existing and proposed NECIs with two
overarching Strategic Plan goals: Goal 1: Tackle the Climate Crisis and
Goal 2: Take Decisive Action to Advance Environmental Justice.
Specifically, EPA has incorporated climate resiliency considerations
where appropriate in the current initiatives, and as discussed below,
we are proposing a new NECI that would focus specifically on mitigating
climate change by reducing non-compliance with applicable requirements,
such as the Clean Air Act and American Innovation and Manufacturing
Act. Promoting environmental justice, on the other hand, is not
specific to any one program or statute; it is a core principle of all
of our enforcement and compliance work. Therefore, rather than
proposing a separate Environmental Justice NECI, we have fully
incorporated environmental justice considerations into every existing
and proposed NECI as we seek to reduce environmental harm in vulnerable
and overburdened communities.
III. On what is the EPA requesting comment?
The EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance is
soliciting public comment and recommendations on the NECIs to be
undertaken by EPA over the four-year period of fiscal years 2024-2027.
Specifically, EPA is collecting comment on which of the current
national initiatives should continue into the FY 2024-2027 cycle, as is
or modified, or be returned to the standard or ``core'' enforcement
program at the end of FY 2023. Initiatives returned to the core program
will continue to be addressed by enforcement and compliance assurance
measures as appropriate. In addition, the EPA specifically invites
comment on two potential new NECIs and two other areas under
consideration for further evaluation as potential NECIs. The public
also is invited to propose other areas for consideration as a NECI.
This notice is an agency planning document and does not impose any
legally binding requirements on any outside parties.
IV. What are the current FY 2020-2023 National Compliance Initiatives?
EPA has six initiatives underway from the FY 2020-2023 cycle. These
initiatives are:
Creating Cleaner Air for Communities by Reducing Excess Emissions
of Harmful Pollutants. This initiative, started in FY 2020, addresses
the adverse health and environmental effects from exceedances of the
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone to which
sources of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) contribute, as well as
health impacts on communities from emissions of hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs). People living in non-attainment areas or in
communities that are near sources of HAPs may face significant risks to
their health and environment. Sources emitting VOCs may contribute to
non-attainment or may adversely affect the attainment status of an
area. VOCs are a key component in the formation of ground-level ozone
(a constituent of photochemical smog) and secondary organic aerosols,
both of which may impact ecosystems and can cause adverse health
effects. HAPs are pollutants that are known or suspected to cause
cancer or other serious health effects.
Stopping Aftermarket Defeat Devices for Vehicles and Engines. This
initiative, begun in FY 2020, focuses on stopping the manufacture,
sale, and installation of defeat devices on vehicles and engines used
on public roads as well as on nonroad vehicles and engines. Numerous
companies manufacture and sell hardware and software specifically
designed to defeat required emissions controls on vehicles and engines.
Illegally-modified vehicles and engines contribute substantial excess
pollution that harms public health and impedes efforts to attain air
quality standards. EPA estimates that emissions increase significantly
when emissions controls are fully deleted. For example, if the
emissions controls are deleted from a diesel truck, NO<INF>X</INF>
increases by ~310%, NMHC increases by ~1,140%, CO increases by ~120%
and PM increases by ~40%.
Reducing Hazardous Air Emissions from Hazardous Waste Facilities.
The Agency began this initiative in 2017 with the goal of ensuring that
treatment, storage, and disposal facilities and large quantity
generators, many of which are in vulnerable or overburdened
communities, comply with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
requirements to control organic air emissions. Widespread air emissions
are associated with the improper management of hazardous waste. These
emissions can include constituents known or suspected to cause cancer,
birth defects, or that seriously impact the environment. In addition,
leaks from these facilities can contribute to nonattainment with the
NAAQS for ozone.
Reducing Risks of Accidental Releases at Industrial and Chemical
Facilities. This initiative, which began in 2016, seeks to decrease the
likelihood of chemical accidents and ensure that thousands of
facilities nationwide, many of which are in vulnerable or overburdened
communities, comply with section 112(r) of the CAA and the Chemical
Accident Prevention regulations, also known as the Risk Management
Program. EPA regulates facilities that manufacture, use, store, or
otherwise handle a listed chemical in a process at or above an
established
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threshold quantity. A broader statutory obligation under CAA section
112(r)(1), the General Duty Clause (GDC), applies to all stationary
sources with regulated substances or other extremely hazardous
substances, regardless of the quantity of chemical involved.
Catastrophic accidents at these facilities--historically about 150 each
year--can result in fatalities and serious injuries, evacuations, and
harm to human health and the environment.
Reducing Significant Non-Compliance in the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program. This initiative, which
began in FY 2020, undertaken in collaboration with the NPDES states,
seeks to reduce the number of facilities in significant non-compliance
(SNC) with their NPDES permits. Compliance with NPDES permits is
critical to protecting our nation's waters. Improving surface water
quality protects public health and reduces potential pollution impacts
on drinking water supplies, aquatic life and public enjoyment of
fishable and swimmable waters. SNC-level violations can include
effluent limit exceedances, failure to submit required monitoring
reports, and failure to meet schedule requirements. These SNC-level
effluent violations pose a significant threat to public health and the
environment, resulting in higher and more harmful concentrations of
bacteria, disease-causing pathogens, and high amounts of other
pollutants, such as sediment, oil and grease, chemicals, nutrients, and
metals.
Reducing Non-Compliance with Drinking Water Standards at Community
Water Systems. This initiative, which began in FY 2020, seeks to ensure
that the approximately 50,000 regulated drinking water systems that
serve water to residents year-round, referred to as Community Water
Systems (CWSs), comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act. In FY 2018,
40% of the nation's CWSs violated at least one drinking water standard.
In addition, there were monitoring and reporting violations at more
than 30% of CWSs, and health-based violations at 7% of CWSs. The EPA
works with states, tribes, territories, local governments, and the
regulated community to ensure delivery of safe water to communities by
carrying out shared responsibilities and creating a more effective
drinking water enforcement program nationally.
Additional information on these initiatives is available online at:
<a href="http://www.epa.gov/enforcement/national-compliance-initiatives">http://www.epa.gov/enforcement/national-compliance-initiatives</a>.
V. What are the potential initiatives under consideration for FY 2024-
2027?
A. Existing Initiatives
For the six current initiatives from the FY 2020-2023 cycle, EPA is
soliciting input on whether we should continue, modify, or conclude the
initiative and return it to the ``core'' or standard enforcement
program. As noted above, initiatives returned to the core enforcement
program will continue to be addressed by the Agency even though they
are no longer national initiatives. The EPA is planning to continue the
following four existing initiatives into the FY 2024-2027 cycle:
1. Creating Cleaner Air for Communities by Reducing Excess
Emissions of Harmful Pollutants. The EPA plans to continue this
initiative for the FY 2024-2027 cycle, with a focus on processes for
which widespread noncompliance continues to be identified: flares,
storage tanks, wastewater treatment, and incineration/combustion. In
addition, continuing this initiative can further the EPA Strategic Plan
goals of advancing environmental justice and addressing climate change
by prioritizing inspections at sources impacting vulnerable or
pollution-burdened communities and by achieving pollutant reductions
with the co-benefit of reducing emissions of methane which contributes
to climate change. For example, FY 2021 enforcement actions resulted in
a reduction of approximately 6.7 million pounds of VOCs and HAPs and
over 15.7 million pounds of methane reduced.
2. Reducing Risks of Accidental Releases at Industrial and Chemical
Facilities. The EPA plans to continue this initiative for the FY 2024-
2027 cycle because EPA has found that many regulated facilities still
are not adequately managing the risks they pose or ensuring the safety
of their facilities to protect surrounding communities. The EPA plans
to continue this initiative with a focus on enforcement responses to
catastrophic accidents and integrating the Strategic Plan goals of
advancing environmental justice and addressing climate change by
increasing inspections in vulnerable and overburdened areas, such as
fenceline communities, and considering vulnerability of facilities to
natural hazards and climate change as criteria when selecting
facilities for inspection. In addition, the GDC requirements cannot be
delegated to states, tribes, or territories, and while RMP regulations
may be delegated, EPA remains the sole enforcement authority in all but
nine states.
3. Reducing Significant Non-Compliance in the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program. EPA plans to continue
this initiative for the FY 2024-2027 cycle, with a focus on assuring
the worst effluent violators are addressed and on reducing the effluent
violation component of the SNC rate (during the FY 2020-2023 cycle of
this initiative, EPA and the states together cut the national SNC rate
in half, to 9.0%, focused on reducing missing data and improving data
quality; however, a large number of facilities continue to have
effluent violations). While focusing on addressing the worst effluent
SNC violators, the initiative would be expanded to include municipal
permittees that are covered under a general permit, as unlawful
discharges from facilities with a general permit can cause significant
adverse impacts to communities, particularly overburdened communities.
Approximately 30% of facilities with SNC-level effluent violations are
located in communities with potential environmental justice concerns.
In addition, this initiative proposes to seek remedies in enforcement
actions to advance climate resiliency, where appropriate. Therefore,
this initiative can further the Strategic Plan goals of advancing
environmental justice and addressing climate change. There are
approximately 46,000 major and minor individually NPDES-permitted
facilities in the country. Providing coordinated, national leadership
under a national initiative enables EPA and the states to work together
to achieve progress on reducing SNC-level effluent violations.
4. Reducing Non-Compliance with Drinking Water Standards at
Community Water Systems. EPA plans to continue this initiative for the
FY 2024-2027 cycle because while EPA, working with the states, has made
considerable progress in improving Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
compliance, further improvement in compliance is needed. In FY 2022,
EPA conducted 140 inspections at community water systems serving more
than 3 million users. Enforcement actions by EPA and states,
territories, and tribes with primacy that reduced the risks of
potential drinking water violations for 900,000 people. In the last
year, however, nearly 22.5 million people still consumed water provided
by a CWS with at least one health-based violation. The most common
health-based violations are violations of the Lead and Copper Rule, the
Disinfection Byproducts Rule, and the Ground Water Rule. Therefore, the
EPA plans to
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continue this initiative with a focus on these rules. In addition, this
initiative can further the EPA Strategic Plan goals of advancing
environmental justice and addressing climate change. Specifically,
opportunities to advance environmental justice are extensive as
overburdened communities, including those in Indian country, often face
SDWA compliance challenges. This initiative would seek to increase the
number of inspections at systems serving overburdened communities and
ensuring that communities know about health-based violations and steps
to take to protect their health. In addition, the initiative would
consider climate change resiliency by ensuring compliance with SDWA
section 1433, which requires CWSs serving more than 3,300 people to
develop risk and resilience assessments and emergency response plans
which must include the risks posed by climate change and natural
hazards on the infrastructure of the system.
The EPA proposes to return the following two current initiatives to
the standard ``core'' enforcement program:
1. Reducing Toxic Air Emissions from Hazardous Waste Facilities.
This initiative succeeded in significantly raising the visibility and
awareness of the RCRA organic air emissions standards among both
regulators and the regulated community. The Agency began this
initiative in 2017, and has concluded 362 addressing actions, including
101 enforcement cases, and has prevented the release of over 120
million pounds of total air pollutants to the environment. Almost all
of these pollutant reductions were from facilities located in
overburdened communities, providing a direct environmental benefit to
nearby populations. In addition to taking enforcement actions against
hazardous waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs) and
Large Quantity Generators to compel compliance, EPA also worked with
states and industry to provide training with the goal of improving
compliance going forward. EPA will continue efforts to build state
capacity in this program. Accordingly, the Agency proposes to return
work in this area to the core program at the end of FY 2023.
2. Stopping Aftermarket Defeat Devices for Vehicles and Engines.
Since the inception of the NCI in FY 2020, EPA has resolved
approximately 130 cases, addressing over 460,000 violations. In FY 2022
alone, EPA concluded 41 cases with over $19 million in civil penalties.
The Agency has made significant progress on this initiative, addressed
serious violations through enforcement actions reducing pollution and
improving air quality, and raised awareness of the concerns.
Accordingly, the Agency proposes to return work in this area to the
core program in at the end of FY 2023.
B. New NECIs
The EPA specifically invites comment on two potential new NECIs and
two other areas under consideration for further evaluation as potential
NECIs. As noted above, we have developed the proposed NECIs in
alignment with the EPA Strategic Plan's emphasis on tackling the
climate crisis and promoting environmental justice. We therefore are
proposing a new NECI focused on climate change mitigation, while
seeking opportunities to enhance climate resiliency in other NECIs,
where appropriate. Promoting environmental justice, on the other hand,
is a core element of all enforcement and compliance work and we are
incorporating those considerations in every NECI--existing ones that we
propose to retain as well as proposed new initiatives--as we seek to
reduce public health impacts and environmental harm in vulnerable and
overburdened communities.
The two potential new NECIs are described as follows:
1. Mitigating Climate Change. A potential climate NECI would seek
to combat climate change through a focus on reducing non-compliance
with the illegal import, production, use, and sale of
hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) pursuant to the American Innovation and
Manufacturing Act of 2020 (AIM Act); excess emissions from sources
within certain industrial sectors, including municipal solid waste
landfills and oil and natural gas production facilities; as well as
non-compliance with other requirements such as mobile source, fuels,
and methane regulations. Climate change poses substantial risk to
public health and safety, water resources, agriculture, infrastructure,
and ecosystems. Addressing climate change using EPA's available
compliance and enforcement tools is critical to EPA's mission of
protecting human health and the environment, particularly protecting
populations that may be especially vulnerable to the effects of climate
change, including those in overburdened, underserved, and economically
distressed communities. Although EPA has sought to incorporate climate
considerations in the current initiatives, with a particular focus on
climate resiliency, this NECI would focus on achieving the Agency's
climate mitigation goals in order to reduce climate disruption and the
increases in global temperatures that are likely to occur without
enforcement of the Agency's climate mitigation regulations.
2. Addressing PFAS Contamination. A potential PFAS NECI would focus
on implementing the commitments to action made in EPA's 2021-2024 Per-
and Poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Strategic Roadmap (<a href="https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-10/pfas-roadmap_final-508.pdf">https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-10/pfas-roadmap_final-508.pdf</a>).
In the Roadmap, EPA committed to holding polluters and other
responsible parties accountable for their actions, ensuring that they
assume responsibility for characterization and remediation efforts and
prevent future releases of PFAS. Many communities and ecosystems are
exposed to PFAS in drinking water, surface water, groundwater, soils,
sediment, air, and through product exposures. Exposure to PFAS can lead
to adverse human health effects and has been identified as an urgent
public health and environmental issue facing communities across the
nation. Current peer-reviewed scientific studies have shown that
exposure to certain levels of PFAS may lead to reproductive effects
such as decreased fertility, developmental effects or delays in
children, and increased risk of some cancers, including prostate,
kidney, and testicular cancers. A PFAS NECI initially would focus on
identifying the extent of PFAS exposures that pose a threat to human
health and the environment and pursuing responsible parties for those
exposures. Where appropriate, EPA would work with its State partners on
this initiative and seek to supplement PFAS enforcement work already
performed by many State regulators. To the extent that PFAS cleanup
efforts occur under CERCLA, EPA will develop a CERCLA enforcement
discretion and contribution protection settlement policy regarding PFAS
contamination. For example, EPA intends to focus enforcement efforts on
PFAS manufacturers whose actions result in the release of significant
amounts of PFAS into the environment, and on federal facilities that
may be a significant source of PFAS contamination. EPA does not intend
to pursue entities where equitable factors do not support assigning
CERCLA responsibility.
The EPA also seeks comment on two additional areas for further
consideration for possible development as NECIs. Both topics are
significant enforcement priorities for the Agency but resource
constraints limit the number of NECIs that the Agency can pursue:
1. Reducing Exposure to Lead. The EPA has existing efforts to
tackle lead contamination in all environmental
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media. Exposure to lead is one of the country's most pressing
environmental and human health concerns. Americans can be exposed to
lead via lead-based paint, drinking water, soil, and air emissions.
Ongoing exposures to lead in the environment present a health risk to
many people nationwide, especially in communities overburdened by
pollution, which are disproportionately communities of color and low-
income communities. Some of these exposures result from non-compliance
with laws designed to reduce or eliminate exposure and enforcement can
play a key role in addressing this non-compliance. EPA's Lead Strategy
(<a href="https://www.epa.gov/lead/final-strategy-reduce-lead-exposures-and-disparities-us-communities">https://www.epa.gov/lead/final-strategy-reduce-lead-exposures-and-disparities-us-communities</a>, at Objective E) sets forth a comprehensive
strategy to implement its wide range of authorities to address
noncompliance, obtain cleanups, deter future violations, and mitigate
harm using available resources. EPA seeks comment on whether, in
addition to the existing Lead strategy, we should identify our lead
enforcement commitments as a new NECI.
2. Addressing Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR). EPA has on-going
efforts to address noncompliance with RCRA regulations for the safe
disposal of CCRs, commonly known as coal ash, from coal-fired power
plants. There are approximately 300 CCR facilities nationwide,
comprised of 772 CCR units (239 CCR landfills and 533 CCR surface
impoundments). However, these facilities are not evenly distributed
throughout the country; approximately 45% are located in eight states
(IA, IL, KY, MI, MO, NC, and TX). Most CCR impoundments and landfills
are unlined, allowing metals and other contaminants to leach into
groundwater. The impact or harm to human health and environment from
CCR noncompliance is significant and can occur through direct exposure
to impoundment wastewater or consumption of contaminated drinking
water. EPA seeks comment on the idea of a CCR-focused NECI to reduce
noncompliance in this sector.
C. Public Comments
The EPA will consider all comments to these proposals as it moves
forward in the decision-making process. Additionally, the public is
invited to propose any other areas for consideration as NECIs.
Information in support of this Notice of Public Comment is available
online at: <a href="http://www.epa.gov/enforcement/national-compliance-initiatives">http://www.epa.gov/enforcement/national-compliance-initiatives</a>.
VI. Can the deadline for comments be extended?
EPA must receive public comments on potential NECIs by March 13,
2023 in order to complete consideration of public comment, issue a
selection memo, and begin development of implementation strategies
prior to the beginning of the FY 2023-2027 cycle.
Lawrence E. Starfield,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance.
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