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Congressional Record publishes “EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” on Jan. 26, 2004

Volume 150, No. 5 covering the of the 108th Congress (2003 - 2004) was published by the Congressional Record.

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“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S245-S247 on Jan. 26, 2004.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated:

EC-5911. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Delaware; MOBILE6-Based Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for the Delaware Portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton 1-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area'' (FRL#7593-5) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5912. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; Oxides of Nitrogen Regulations'' (FRL#7598-6) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5913. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Utah; State Implementation Plan Corrections'' (FRL#7593-2) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5914. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Control of Emissions and Volatile Organic Compounds from Consumer Products'' (FRL#7596-4) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5915. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Control of Emissions From Existing Commercial/Industrial Solid Waste Incinerator Units; Nevada''

(FRL#7595-5) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5916. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Approval of Revision of 34 Clean Air Act Title V operating Permits Programs'' (FRL#7589-8) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5917. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Interim Final Determination to Stay and Defer Sanctions, South Coast Air Quality Management District'' (FRL#7594-2) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5919. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Delegation of Authority to New Mexico'' (FRL#7598-8) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5920. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valled Unified Air Pollution Control District'' (FRL#7597-4) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5921. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District'' (FRL#7588-7) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5922. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District'' (FRL#7593-9) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5923. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District'' (FRL#7590-7) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5924. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Nevada; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Lake Tahoe, Nevada Area'' (FRL#7595-3) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5925. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Interim Final Determination to Stay Sanctions, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District'' (FRL#7590-6) received on December 15, 2004; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5926. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Emission Standards for Benzene Waste Operations; Final Rule; Amendments'' (FRL#7594-3) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5927. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Chemical Recovery Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda, Sulfite, and Stand-Alone Semichemical Pulp Mills'' (FRL#7594-8) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5928. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for 2005 and 2007 Using MOBILE6.2 for the Connecticut Portion of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Nonattainment Area and for 2007 for the Greater Connecticut Nonattainment Area'' (FRL#) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5929. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Notice of Request for Initial Proposals (IPs) for Projects to be Funded from the Water Quality Cooperative Agreement Allocation (CFDA 66.643--Water Quality Cooperative Agreements)'' received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5930. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Significant New Uses of Certain Chemical Substances'' (FRL#7307-3) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5931. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standard of Performance for Bulk Gasoline Terminals and National Emission Standards for Gasoline Distribution Facilities (Bulk Gasoline Terminals and Pipeline Breakout Stations)'' (FRL#7599-9) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5932. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Memphis-Shelby County Revised Format for Materials Being Incorporated by Reference'' (FRL#7596-6) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5933. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for Kentucky: Permit Provisions for Jefferson County, Kentucky; Partial Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule'' (FRL#7600-4) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5934. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Delegation of National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories; State of California'' (FRL#7600-5) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5935. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Prevention of Significant Deterioration'' (FRL#7601-5) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5936. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Effluent Limitations Guidelines, Pretreatment Standards, and New Source Performance Standards for the Centralized Waste Treatment Point Source Category'' (FRL#7601-3) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5937. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to the Regional Haze Rule to Correct Mobile Source Provisions in Optional Program for Nine Western States and Eligible Indian Tribes Within that Geographic Area'' (FRL#7601-4) received on December 15, 2003; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5938. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of South Dakota; Regulations for State Facilities in Rapid City'' (FRL#7606-6) received on January 20, 2004; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5939. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: Tennessee: Nitrogen Oxides Budget and Allowance Trading Program'' (FRL#7612-2) received on January 20, 2004; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5940. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Clean Air Act Full Approval of the Title V Operating Permit Program for Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District in California'' (FRL#7611-2) received on January 20, 2004; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5941. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities; New York'' (FRL#7610-5) received on January 20, 2004; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5942. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled

``Pennsylvania: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision'' (FRL#7609-6) received on January 20, 2004; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5943. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revision to the California State Implementation Plan, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District'' (FRL#7600-7) received on January 20, 2004; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5944. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to Clarify the Scope of Certain Monitoring Requirements for Federal and State Operating Permits Program'' (FRL#7612-5) received on January 20, 2004; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5945. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District'' (FRL#7609-2) received on January 20, 2004; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5946. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revocation of Significant New Uses of Certain Chemical Substances''

(FRL#7320-1) received on January 20, 2004; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5947. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendments to Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources; Monitoring Requirements'' (FRL#7604-9) received on January 15, 2004; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5948. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Operating Permits Program; San Diego County Air Pollution Control District'' (FRL#7603-1) received on January 15, 2004; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5949. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Control of Emissions from Highway Motorcycles; Final Rule'' (FRL#7604-8) received on January 5, 2004; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-5950. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley Unified, Ventura, Santa Barbara Counties, and Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control Districts and Yolo Solana, Bay Area, and Mojave Desert Air Quality Management Districts''

(FRL#7598-1) received on January 5, 2004; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 150, No. 5