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Section 108(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, establishes certain authorities concerning financial responsibility requirements. The Agency has identified classes of facilities within the chemical manufacturing industry; the petroleum and coal products manufacturing industry, which primarily includes refineries and not coal mines; and the electric power generation, transmission, and distribution industry as those for which it plans to develop, as necessary, proposed financial responsibility requirements. On December 1, 2016, the Agency made a determination to proceed with rulemakings for the chemical manufacturing; petroleum and coal products manufacturing; and the electric power generation, transmission, and distribution industries. That determination notice was published in the Federal Register on January 11, 2017. This entry covers the determination notice. The Agency will provide information in the Regulatory Agenda on the three identified classes of facilities when the timeframe for these actions are closer to their court deadlines.

Overall Description of Deadline: 12/01/2016 - Notice Signature