[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43361-43362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21751]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 261

[FRL-6144-3]
RIN 2050-AD88


Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of 
Hazardous Waste; Petroleum Refining Process Wastes; and Land Disposal 
Restrictions for Newly Identified Hazardous Wastes; Notice of Data 
Availability; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of data availability and request for comment; extension 
of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On July 15, 1998, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA or Agency) published in the Federal Register a notice of data 
availability (NODA) and request for comment on the specific issue of 
using gasification technologies to recycle oil-bearing hazardous 
secondary materials from the petroleum refining industry (63 FR 38139). 
The Agency received two written requests that the comment period be 
extended. In order to address the concerns of these individuals, the 
Agency is extending the comment period an additional sixty days. The 
purpose of this notice is to extend the comment period to October 13, 
1998. The Agency is extending the comment period only with respect to 
the data and information described in the document published on July 
15, 1998 (63 FR 38139).

DATES: Comments will be accepted on or before October 13, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Commenters must send an original and two copies of their 
comments referencing docket number F-98-PR2A-FFFFF to: RCRA Docket 
Information Center, Office of Solid Waste (5305G), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Headquarters (EPA, HQ), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, 
D.C. 20426. Hand deliveries of comments should be made to the 
Arlington, VA, address listed below. Comments may also be submitted 
electronically by sending electronic mail through the Internet to: 
[email protected]. Comments in electronic format should also 
be identified by the docket number F-98-PR2A-FFFFF. All electronic 
comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special 
characters and any form of encryption. If comments are not submitted 
electronically, EPA is asking prospective commenters to voluntarily 
submit one additional copy of their comments 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. This will allow EPA to convert the comments 
into one of the word processing formats utilized by the Agency. Please 
use mailing envelopes designed to physically protect the submitted 
diskettes. EPA emphasizes that submission of comments on diskettes is 
not mandatory, nor will it result in any advantage or disadvantage to 
any commenter. Commenters should not submit electronically any 
confidential business information (CBI). An original and two copies of 
CBI must be submitted under separate cover to: RCRA CBI Document 
Control Officer, Office of Solid Waste (5305W), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, 
SW, Washington, D.C. 20460. Public comments and supporting materials 
are available for viewing in the RCRA Information Center (RIC), located 
at Crystal Gateway I, First Floor, 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, VA. The RIC is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding federal holidays. To review docket materials, it is 
recommended that the public make an appointment by calling (703) 603-
9230. The public may copy a maximum of 100 pages from any regulatory 
docket at no charge. Additional copies cost $0.15/page. For information 
on accessing paper and/or electronic copies of the document, see the 
Supplementary Information section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, contact the 
RCRA Hotline at (800) 424-9346 or TDD (800) 553-7672 (hearing 
impaired). In the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, call (703) 412-
9810 or TDD (703) 412-3323. For information on specific aspects of the 
document published July 15, 1998 (63 FR 38139), contact Maximo Diaz, 
Jr. or Ross Elliott, Office of Solid Waste (5304W), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460. [E-mail

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addresses and telephone numbers: D[email protected], (703) 308-
0439; [email protected], (703) 308-8748].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The index to the docket is available on the 
Internet. Follow these instructions to access the information 
electronically:

www.http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/hazwaste.htm#id
FTP: ftp.epa.gov
Login: anonymous
Password: your Internet address
Files are located in/pub/epaoswer

    The official record for this action will be kept in paper form, and 
will be maintained at the address in ADDRESSES at the beginning of this 
document. EPA will transfer all comments received electronically into 
paper form and place them in the official record, which will also 
include all comments submitted directly in writing. The official record 
is the paper record. EPA responses to comments, whether the comments 
are written or electronic, will be in a document in the Federal 
Register or in a separate response to comments document placed in the 
official record for this rulemaking at the same time this document is 
published in the Federal Register.
    EPA will not immediately reply to commenters electronically other 
than to seek clarification of electronic comments that may be garbled 
in transmission or during conversion to paper form, as discussed above.

    Dated: August 6, 1998.
Matthew Hale,
Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 98-21751 Filed 8-12-98; 8:45 am]
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