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Energy Conservation Program: Proposed Determination of Air Cleaners as a Covered Consumer Product: Notification of proposed determination and request for comment - The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") has tentatively determined that air cleaners qualify as a covered product under Part A of Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ("EPCA"), as amended. DOE has tentatively determined that coverage of air cleaners is necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of EPCA, and that the average U.S. household energy use for air cleaners is likely to exceed 100 kilowatt-hours per year.

National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings Amendments: roposed rule - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend the National Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings, which establishes reactivity-based emission standards for the aerosol coatings category (aerosol spray paints) under the Clean Air Act (CAA) . In this action, the EPA is proposing to update coating category product-weighted reactivity limits for aerosol coatings categories; add new compounds and reactivity factors (RFs); update existing reactivity values; revise the default RF; amend the thresholds for compounds regulated by this document; and add electronic reporting provisions.

Acceptability of ASME Code Section III, Division 5, High Temperature Reactors: Draft regulatory guide; draft NUREG; request for comment - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1380 (proposed Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide [RG] 1.87), "Acceptability of ASME Code Section III, Division 5, 'High Temperature Reactors'" and accompanying draft NUREG-2245, "Technical Review of the 2017 Edition of ASME Section III, Division 5, 'High Temperature Reactors,'" that documents the NRC staff's review of the 2017 Edition of ASME Section III, Division 5, certain portions of the 2019 Edition, and associated Code Cases N-861 and N-862. (...)

Expanded Polystyrene Foam Container: Proposed Rule Making, Hearing Scheduled - Implementation of the expanded polystyrene foam container and loose fill packaging ban in Environmental Conservation Law, art. 27, Title 30.

Medium and Heavy Duty Zero Emission Truck Sales: Proposed rule - Provides for annual zero emission medium and heavy duty truck sales requirements for specified model years. Provides for volumes, operations, and locations. The purpose of the amendment is to revise the existing low emission vehicle (LEV) program to incorporate California's Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) medium- and heavy-duty zero emission vehicle (ZEV) standards. The Department is amending Sections 218-1.1, Applicability; 218-2.1, Prohibitions; 218-4.1, ZEV percentages; and adding a new 218-4.2, Large Entity Reporting Requirement. The remaining Sections in Part 218 are unchanged.

Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Fans and Blowers:Request for information - The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") is undertaking the preliminary stages of a rulemaking to consider potential test procedures for fans and blowers, including air circulating fan heads. Through this request for information ("RFI"), DOE seeks data and information regarding issues pertinent to whether new test procedures would accurately and fully comply with the requirement that a test procedure measures energy use during a representative average use cycle for the equipment without being unduly burdensome to conduct. (...)

Health and Safety Data Reporting; Addition of 20 High-Priority Substances and 30 Organohalogen Flame Retardants; Extension of Submission Deadline: EPA is amending the deadline for reporting pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Health and Safety Data Reporting rule, which requires manufacturers (including importers) of 50 specified chemical substances to report certain lists and copies of unpublished health and safety studies to EPA. Specifically, EPA will be amending the deadline from 27 September 2021 to 1 December 2021 for 20 of the 50 chemical substances and to 25 January 2022 for 30 of the 50 chemical substances. (...)

Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (21-1.F): EPA is proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs) . The chemical substances received "not likely to present an unreasonable risk" determinations under TSCA. The SNURs require persons who intend to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) or process any of these chemical substances for an activity that is proposed as a significant new use by this rule to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing that activity. (...)

Addition of Certain Chemicals; Community Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting: In response to a petition filed under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), EPA is proposing to add 12 chemicals to the list of toxic chemicals subject to the reporting requirements under EPCRA and the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) . EPA believes that each of the 12 chemicals meets the EPCRA criteria. In addition, based on the available bioaccumulation and persistence data, EPA believes that one chemical should be classified as a persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemical and designated as a chemical of special concern with a 100-pound reporting threshold.

Updates to Marine Engineering Standards: Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Coast Guard proposes to incorporate by reference updated marine engineering standards and eliminate outdated or unnecessarily prescriptive regulations in Title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) subchapter F. This proposed rule is part of a continuing effort for regulatory reform that increases compliance options for the regulated public while providing a cost savings to the regulated public and the U.S. government.