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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 260

[FRL-4889-7]

 

Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of 
Hazardous Wastes; Wastes From Wood Surface Protection; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains corrections to the final regulation (FRL-
4804-9) which was published Tuesday, January 4, 1994 (``Hazardous Waste 
Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Wastes; 
Wastes from Wood Surface Protection; Final Rule'', 59 FR 458). This 
notice corrects inaccurate references in that Final Rule to the EPA 
Publication SW-846, ``Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, 
Physical/Chemical Methods''.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 2, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Kirkland at (202) 260-4761, Office 
of Solid Waste (Mailcode 5304), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The final regulation that is the subject of this correction 
(January 4, 1994, 59 FR 458) amended the hazardous waste regulations by 
adding the sodium and potassium salts of pentachlorophenol and 
tetrachlorophenol to appendix VIII of 40 CFR part 261. The final 
regulations also amended EPA Publication SW-846, ``Test Methods for 
Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods,'' by adding Method 
4010 to the Third Edition of SW-846 as Update IIA. SW-846 contains the 
analytical and test methods that EPA has evaluated and found to be 
among those acceptable for testing under Subtitle C of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as amended. The Agency 
added Method 4010 to SW-846 as an appropriate method, in general, for 
testing for the presence of the sodium and potassium salts of 
pentachlorophenol and tetrachlorophenol which, as noted above, were 
added by the final rule to appendix VIII of 40 CFR part 261.
    In the final regulation of January 4, 1994 (59 FR 458), the Agency 
amended 40 CFR 260.11(a) to incorporate by reference both Update IIA 
(Method 4010) and Update II of SW-846; and to indicate that these 
updates are available from the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). 
These amendments to 40 CFR 260.11 contain two technical errors: (1) 
Update II of SW-846 is still being developed by EPA and was not 
promulgated by the final regulations of January 4, 1994, or by any 
other regulation to date, and is not available from GPO; and (2) Update 
IIA (Method 4010), although promulgated by the January 4, 1994 rule, is 
also not available from the GPO.

Need for Correction

    As published, the final regulations of January 4, 1994 were in 
advertent error with respect to the incorporation by reference of 
Update II of SW-846, Third Edition, into the hazardous waste 
regulations at 40 CFR 260.11(a). The regulations were also in 
inadvertent error with respect to the availability of Updates II and 
IIA from the U.S. Government Printing Office. These errors, therefore, 
need correction. Because this action is a technical correction, prior 
notice and opportunity for comment is unnecessary, and good cause 
exists for this change to take effect immediately (see 5 U.S.C. 
553(6)). Accordingly, the Agency is not seeking any comments based on 
today's notice.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on January 4, 1994 of the final 
regulation, 59 FR 458, ``Hazardous Waste Management System; 
Identification and Listing of Hazardous Wastes; Wastes from Wood 
Surface Protection; Final Rule'' (FRL-4804-9), which was the subject of 
FR Doc. 93-32032, is corrected. Specifically, on page 468, in the third 
column, Sec. 260.11(a) is corrected to read as follows:


Sec. 260.11  References [corrected].

    (a) * * *
    ``Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical 
Methods,'' EPA Publication SW-846 [Third Edition (November, 1986), as 
amended by Updates I and IIA]. The Third Edition of SW-846 and Update I 
(document number 955-001-00000-1) are available from the Superintendent 
of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, 
(202) 783-3238; and Update IIA is available from the Office of Solid 
Waste (Mailcode 5304), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20460 or by calling the Methods Information Communication Exchange 
(MICE) Service at (703) 821-4789. Copies may be inspected at the 
Library, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
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    Dated: May 17, 1994.
Elliott P. Laws,
Assistant Administrator.
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