Regulatory Development and Retrospective Review Tracker
Addition of Subsurface Component to the Hazard Ranking System (HRS)
a.k.a. Subsurface Intrusion HRS Revision (Hazard Ranking System - Vapor Intrusion)
RIN: 2050-AG67 (What's this?)
Docket No.: EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-1086 (What's this?)
Current Phase: Pre-Proposal (What's this?)
Abstract:
The Hazard Ranking System (HRS), required by the Superfund statute, is the primary mechanism used by EPA to assess the relative threat associated with actual or potential releases of hazardous substances. As a matter of Agency policy, those sites that score 28.50 or greater under the HRS are eligible for inclusion on the National Priorities List (NPL).
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| Initiated | 01/06/2011 |
| NPRM: Sent to OMB for Regulatory Review | 02/03/2012 |
| NPRM: Published in FR | 08/2013 (projected) |
Children's Health
This rule is likely to address an adverse impact on childhood lifestages, including prenatal (via exposure to women of childbearing age). The potential adverse impacts are expected to be due to exposure (i.e., children and/or women of childbearing age are more likely to be highly exposed than other lifestages).
Environmental Justice
This rulemaking involves a topic that is likely to be of particular interest to or have particular impact upon minority, low-income, tribal, and/or other vulnerable populations because:
- This topic is likely to present an opportunity to address an existing disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations.
- This topic is likely to result in the collection of information or data that could be used to assess potential impacts on the health or environmental conditions of vulnerable populations.
- This topic is likely to affect the availability of information to vulnerable populations.
Federal Government - other agencies
Likely to be involved in the implementation of this rule.
Local Governments
Likely to be involved in the implementation of this rule.
Small governments are:
- Likely to be involved in the implementation of this rule.
State Governments
Likely to be involved in the implementation of this rule.
Tribal Governments
Likely to be involved in the implementation of this rule.
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- NPRM - This stage of the rulemaking underwent review.
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Citation
40 CFR 300
Legal Authority
42 USC 9601 et.seq.
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