Recent Environmental Protection Agency regulations affecting small businesses
Page 2 of 5 • Last updated April 24, 2026
70 Environmental Protection Agency regulations have been published in the past 30 days, covering rule changes, notices, and final actions affecting small businesses.
- Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (26-2)April 24, 2026 • Impact: none
EPA issues Significant New Use Rules under TSCA requiring 90-day advance notification before manufacturing or processing specified chemical substances for designated new uses.
- Response to Petition To Change Regulation of Phosphogypsum Under RCRAApril 24, 2026
The EPA proposes to deny a petition seeking hazardous waste regulation of phosphogypsum and related wastewater under RCRA, maintaining the 1991 Bevill exemption while accepting public comment on the decision.
- Air Plan Approval; Virginia; Revision to the Regulatory Definition of Volatile Organic CompoundApril 23, 2026 • Impact: low
EPA approves Virginia's state implementation plan revision to align the regulatory definition of volatile organic compounds with federal standards in the Virginia Administrative Code.
- Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Construction Permits RequiredApril 23, 2026 • Impact: medium
EPA approves Missouri's updated air construction permit regulations for stationary and portable sources, including revised fees and administrative changes to maintain National Ambient Air Quality Standards compliance.
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Request for Contractor Access to TSCA Confidential Business information (CBI)April 23, 2026
EPA seeks OMB approval for an extension of its information collection request for contractor access to TSCA confidential business information; public comments due 30 days from this notice, with current approval expiring April 30, 2026.
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Submission of Protocols and Study Reports for Environmental Research Involving Human Subjects (Renewal)April 23, 2026
EPA seeks OMB approval to renew its information collection requirement for environmental research protocols and human-subject study reports (ICR 2195.07), with a 30-day public comment period extending the previous July 23, 2025 deadline.
- Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; CorrectionApril 23, 2026
EPA corrects docket number for hazardous waste exclusion petition by WRB Refining LP in Borger, Texas, and extends public comment period to May 20, 2026.
- Finding of Failure To Attain and Reclassification of Tribal Portions of the Greater Connecticut Ozone Nonattainment Area as Serious for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality StandardsApril 23, 2026
EPA reclassifies the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and Mohegan Indian Tribe portions of the Greater Connecticut area to Serious nonattainment under 2015 ozone standards due to failure to attain by the required deadline.
- Air Plan Approval; Michigan; 2015 Ozone Moderate Reasonably Available Control TechnologyApril 23, 2026 • Impact: low
EPA reopens 30-day comment period on Michigan's 2015 ozone moderate reasonably available control technology air plan after initial deadline of March 30, 2026.
- Utah; Uinta Basin; 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard; Reconsideration and Repeal of Finding of Failure To Attain and Reclassification to a Moderate Nonattainment Area; Extension of the Attainment Date and Determination of Attainment by the Marginal Attainment DateApril 23, 2026 • Impact: low
EPA proposes to repeal its December 16, 2024 denial of Utah and the Ute Indian Tribe's request for a one-year extension of the attainment deadline for the Uinta Basin ozone nonattainment area, instead granting the extension to August 3, 2023 based o…
- Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Emissions During Petroleum Liquid Storage, Loading, and TransferApril 23, 2026
EPA proposes approval of Missouri's revised air quality rule for petroleum storage and transfer emissions in the St. Louis area, streamlining vapor recovery permitting requirements for gasoline facilities.
- Kentucky; Approval and Promulgation of State Plan for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Control of Emissions From Existing Municipal Solid Waste LandfillsApril 23, 2026
Kentucky's State Plan for controlling emissions from existing municipal solid waste landfills establishes emission limits, monitoring, and reporting requirements for facilities that commenced construction before July 17, 2014.
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Application for Reimbursement to Local Governments for Emergency Response to Hazardous Substance Releases Under CERCLA Sec. 123April 23, 2026
EPA is extending its information collection request for local government reimbursements under CERCLA Section 123 for hazardous substance emergency response; public comments due within 60 days.
- Forty-Ninth Update of the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance DocketApril 23, 2026
EPA's Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket adds two federal facilities managing hazardous waste or contaminated sites under CERCLA requirements.
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Notification of Substantial Risk of Injury to Health and the Environment Under TSCA Section 8(e) (Renewal)April 23, 2026 • Impact: medium
EPA seeks OMB approval to renew its TSCA Section 8(e) information collection requirement for notifying the agency of substantial health and environmental risks; an additional 30-day public comment period is now open.