[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31406-31407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14938]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 148, 261, 266, 268, and 271

[FRL-5837-8]
RIN 2050-AE05


Land Disposal Restrictions: Extension of Comment Period on Land 
Disposal Restrictions, Phase IV, Second Supplemental Proposal on 
Treatment Standards for Metal Wastes and Mineral Processing Wastes, 
Mineral Processing and Bevill Exclusion Issues, and the Use of 
Hazardous Waste as Fill

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule: extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is extending the public comment period on the Second 
Supplemental Phase IV proposal (62 FR 26041, May 12, 1997) for 30 days 
beyond the original 60-day comment period.

DATES: Public comments must be submitted to EPA by August 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: To submit comments, the public must send an original and two 
copies to Docket Number F-97-2P4P-FFFFF, located at the RCRA Docket. 
The mailing address is: RCRA Information Center (5305G), Office of 
Solid Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters, 401 M 
Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460. Hand deliveries of comments 
should be made to the RCRA Information Center at Crystal Gateway 1, 
1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, First Floor, Arlington, Virginia. The 
phone number is (703) 603-9230. Commenters must place Docket Number F-
97-2P4P-FFFFF on their comments.
    In an effort to reduce unnecessary paper use, EPA is asking 
prospective commenters to voluntarily submit one copy of their 
comments, in addition to the paper copy, in either of two electronic 
methods: diskettes or the Internet. Commenters can send their comments 
to the RCRA Information Center on labeled personal computer diskettes 
in ASCII (TEXT) format or a word processing format that can be 
converted to ASCII (TEXT). It is essential to specify on the disk label 
the word processing software and version/edition as well as the 
commenter's name. Please use mailing envelopes designed to physically 
protect the submitted diskettes. To send copies by Internet, address 
them to: [email protected]. All comments sent by Internet 
must be ASCII files, avoiding the use of special characters and any 
form of encryption. Comments in electronic format should also be 
identified by the docket number F-97-2P4P-FFFFF.
    Commenters should not submit electronically any confidential 
business information (CBI). EPA emphasizes that submission of comments 
electronically is not mandatory, nor will it result in any advantage or 
disadvantage to any commenter. For further information on the 
electronic submission of diskettes, contact Sue Slotnick at the Waste 
Treatment Branch, (703) 308-8462, or Rhonda Minnick at (703) 308-8771.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information or to order 
paper copies of this Federal Register document, contact the RCRA 
Hotline Monday through Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. EST, toll 
free at (800) 424-9346; or (703) 412-9810 from Government phones or if 
in the Washington, D.C. local calling area; or (800) 553-7672 for the 
hearing impaired. Questions can also be directed to the Waste Treatment 
Branch (5302W), Office of Solid Waste (OSW), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M Street S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460, phone 
(703) 308-8434; or call Sue Slotnick, Waste Treatment Branch staff, 
(703) 308-8462.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 22, 1995, EPA proposed the Phase 
IV Land Disposal Restrictions rule (60 FR 43654) containing proposed 
treatment standards for newly listed and characteristic wastes, among 
other issues. In the first supplemental proposal (61 FR 2338, January 
25, 1996), EPA proposed treatment standards and changes to the 
definition of solid waste for mineral processing materials. Some of the 
provisions from these two notices were promulgated in a final rule 
entitled ``Land Disposal Restrictions--Phase IV: Treatment Standards 
for Wood Preserving Wastes, Paperwork Reduction and Streamlining, 
Exemptions from RCRA for Certain Processed Materials; and Miscellaneous 
Hazardous Waste Provisions'' (62 FR 25997 May 12, 1997). For other 
issues raised in the original and first supplemental proposals--metal 
wastes, mineral processing wastes, and Bevill issues--EPA has presented 
new options, discussed in the Second Supplemental Proposed Rule (62 FR 
26041, May 12, 1997).
    The National Mining Association, ASARCO Incorporated, and the 
Environmental Defense Fund have requested that EPA extend the comment 
period for the Second Supplemental Proposal, citing the need for more 
time

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to thoroughly analyze the new options and background information. In 
today's notice, EPA is extending the comment period by 30 days. The 
comment period will close on August 12, 1997.

    Dated: May 29, 1997.
Elizabeth Cotsworth,
Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 97-14938 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
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