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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 264, 265, 270, and 271

[FRL-4891-3]

 

Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) at 
Hazardous Waste Management Facilities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of data availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
availability of a revised draft Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) 
prepared by the Agency for the proposed Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (RCRA) requirements for corrective action for solid waste 
management units at hazardous waste management facilities. The 
information includes data in support of the proposed Subpart S rule 
relating to corrective action, published on July 27, 1990, and the 
final rule for Corrective Action Management Units (CAMUs) and Temporary 
Units (TUs), promulgated on February 16, 1993.

DATES: Comments on this report must be submitted on or before July 18, 
1994.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the report may be obtained by calling or visiting 
the RCRA Information Center. The RCRA Information Center is located in 
Room M2616 at EPA Headquarters and is available for viewing from 9 a.m. 
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. Requests 
for obtaining the document by telephone may be made by calling (202) 
260-9327. Copies cost $0.15 per page.
    Comments on the data in the document must be submitted to the 
docket clerk at the following address: U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, RCRA Information Center (5305), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20460. One original and two copies of comments must be sent and 
identified by regulatory docket reference number (F-94-CA2A-FFFFF). In 
order not to be considered ``late'', comments must be postmarked on or 
before July 18, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, contact the 
RCRA/Superfund Hotline, Office of Solid Waste, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, telephone 
(800) 424-9346; in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area the number is 
(703) 412-9810, TDD (703) 412-3323. For technical information regarding 
the Regulatory Impact Analysis, contact Linda Martin (Mail Code 5305), 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20460, telephone (202) 260-0062.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. July 27, 1990 Proposal

    On July 27, 1990 EPA proposed a comprehensive rule (Subpart S) 
specifying corrective action requirements for facilities regulated 
under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 
(55 FR 30798). The proposed rule was developed to replace the existing 
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) rules with a detailed 
regulatory program for implementing corrective action. A Regulatory 
Impact Analysis (RIA) to estimate the costs and benefits of the Subpart 
S proposed rule was developed to support the proposed rule. In that 
proposal, the EPA explained that it would continue to refine its 
estimates. As indicated in that proposal, the EPA is making available 
this revised draft RIA, and the Agency will take public comments, as 
well as comments received from EPA's Science Advisory Board (November 
1993) into account in making its decision on how to proceed with the 
final Subpart S rulemaking.
    This Subpart S RIA includes supporting data regarding studies 
conducted by EPA concerning the use of CAMUs in RCRA corrective 
actions. EPA used these supporting data in a recent rulemaking 
authorizing the establishment of CAMUs (58 FR 8658, February 16, 1993). 
Although the CAMU rulemaking included a separate RIA and a summary 
report, some commenters requested additional information on the data 
supporting that analysis. EPA believes the summary report provided 
sufficient detail for purposes of the CAMU rulemaking; however, because 
the results of the CAMU RIA will be important for regulatory options 
analysis in the final Subpart S RIA, a more detailed breakdown of the 
CAMU data is included in this first installation of data.
    Additionally, the data made available through this notice may be 
relevant to a related RCRA rulemaking initiative, known as the 
Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR) for contaminated media, 
which is intended to result in amended RCRA rules for the management of 
contaminated media. Comments on the data made available in today's 
notice may assist the Agency in assessing how the CAMU rule may relate 
to this new rulemaking initiative.

II. Description of Available Data

    Included in the RCRA Docket for review are:

--Draft Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Final Rulemaking on 
Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units: Proposed 
Methodology for Analysis (with APPENDICES), March 1993;
--CAMU Analysis Expert Panel Outputs summarizing remedy selection;
--``Supplementary Data for Corrective Action Management Units (CAMU): 
Facility characteristics'' (Table 1);
--``Supplementary Data for Corrective Action Management Units (CAMU): 
SWMU characteristics'' (Table 2); and,
--``Overview of SAB Comments and Recommendations on the Proposed RIA 
for the RCRA Corrective Action Rule,'' November 1993. (Compilation of 
six reports).

    Dated: May 18, 1994.
Elliott P. Laws,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
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