[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 56834-56839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28490]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 271

[FRL-6166-5]


North Carolina; Final Authorization of Revisions to State 
Hazardous Waste Management Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Immediate final rule.

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SUMMARY: North Carolina has applied for Final authorization of the 
revision to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (RCRA). North Carolina's revision consists of 
provisions promulgated between July 1, 1994 and June 30 1995. The EPA 
has reviewed North Carolina's application and determined that its 
hazardous waste program revision satisfies all of the requirements 
necessary to qualify for Final authorization. Unless adverse written 
comments are received during the review and comment period provided, 
EPA's decision to authorize North Carolina's hazardous waste program 
revision will take effect as provided below.

DATES: This Final authorization for North Carolina will become 
effective without further notice on December 22, 1998, if EPA receives 
no adverse comment on this document.
    Should EPA receive such comments EPA will withdraw this rule before 
its effective date by publishing a withdrawal in the Federal Register. 
Any comments on North Carolina's program revision application must be 
filed by November 23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the North Carolina program revision application 
and the materials which EPA used in evaluating the revision are 
available for inspection and copying during normal business hours at 
the following addresses: North Carolina Department of Environment, 
Health and Natural Resources, P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 
29201, (919) 733-2178; and EPA Region 4, Library, U.S. EPA Region 4, 
The Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303; (404) 347-4216. Send written comments to Narindar Kumar, 
Chief, RCRA Programs Branch, Waste Management Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, The Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 
61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, GA 30303-3104; (404) 562-8440.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Narindar Kumar, Chief, RCRA Programs 
Branch, Waste Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, The Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW 
Atlanta, GA 30303-3104; (404) 562-8440.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

    States with final authorization under Section 3006(b) of the RCRA, 
42 U.S.C. 6926(b), have a continuing obligation to maintain a hazardous 
waste program that is equivalent to, consistent with, and no less 
stringent than the Federal hazardous waste program. As the Federal 
hazardous waste program changes, the States must revise their programs 
and apply for authorization of the revisions. Revisions to State 
hazardous waste programs may be necessary when Federal or State 
statutory or regulatory authority is modified or when certain other 
changes occur. Most commonly, States must revise their programs because 
of changes to EPA's regulations in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Parts 124, 260 through 266, 268, 270, 273 and 279.

B. North Carolina

    North Carolina initially received final authorization for its base 
RCRA program effective on December 31, 1984. North Carolina most 
recently received authorization for revisions to its program on June 
24, 1996, (61 FR 18284).
    On August 7, 1997, North Carolina submitted a final, complete 
program revision application for RCRA Cluster V, seeking authorization 
of its program revision in accordance with 40 CFR 271.21. The EPA 
reviewed North Carolina's application, and now makes an immediate final 
decision, subject to receipt of adverse written comment, that North 
Carolina's hazardous waste program revision satisfies all of the 
requirements necessary to qualify for final authorization. 
Consequently, EPA intends to grant Final Authorization for the program 
modifications contained in North Carolina's program revision 
application.
    The public may submit written comments on EPA's final decision 
until November 23, 1998. Copies of North Carolina's application for 
program revision are available for inspection and copying at the 
locations indicated in the ADDRESSES section of this document.
    If EPA does not receive adverse written comment pertaining to North 
Carolina's program revision by the end of the comment period, the 
authorization of North Carolina's revision will become effective on 
December 22, 1998. If the Agency does receive adverse written comment, 
it will publish a document withdrawing this immediate final rule before 
its effective date. EPA will then address the comments in a later final 
rule based on the companion document appearing in the Proposed Rules 
section of today's Federal Register. EPA may not provide additional 
opportunity for comment. Any parties interested in commenting should do 
so at this time.
    North Carolina is today seeking authority to administer the 
following Federal requirements promulgated between July 1, 1994, 
through June 30, 1995.

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                                                    FR
      Checklist          Federal requirement   promulgation      HSWA or FR reference         State authority
                                                   date
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135..................  Recovered Oil                7/28/94  59 FR 38536                  NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        Exclusion.                                                         294(c)(1).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(15).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  150B-21.6.
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0106(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0111(e).
136..................  Removal of Conditional       8/24/94  59 FR 43396                  NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        Exemption.                                                         294(c)(7).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(15).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(h)(2).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  150B-21.6.
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0111(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0112(c).

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137..................  Universal Treatment          9/19/94  59 FR 47982                  NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        Standards and                1/3/94  60 FR 242                     294(c)(1).
                        Treatment Standards                                               NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        for Organic                                                        294(c)(7).
                        Characteristic Wastes                                             NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        and Newly Listed                                                   294(c)(15).
                        Wastes.                                                           NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(h)(2).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  150B-21.6.
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0103(b).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0106(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0111(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0111(e).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0111(f).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0109(b).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0110(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0112(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0112(b).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0112(c).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0112(e).
139..................  Testing and Monitoring       1/13/95  60 FR 3089                   NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        Activities Amendment                                               294(c)(1).
                        I.                                                                NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(1)(a).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(15).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  150B-21.6.
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0106(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0111(e).
140..................  Carbamate Production          2/9/95  60 FR 7824                   NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        Identification and          4/17/95  60 FR 19165                   294(c)(1).
                        Listing of Hazardous        5/12/95  60 FR 25619                  NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        Waste.                                                             294(c)(1)(a).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(15).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  150B-21.6/
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0106(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0106(e).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0106(d).
141..................  Testing and Monitoring        4/4/95  60 FR 17001                  NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        Activities Amendment                                               294(c)(1).
                        II.                                                               NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(1)(a).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(15).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  150B-21.6.
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0101(e).
142A.................  Universal Waste Rule:        5/11/95  60 FR 25492                  NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        General Provisions.                                                294(c)(1).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(2)-(7).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(11)-(12).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(14)-(15).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(d).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(h)(2).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-18.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-19.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-20.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-303.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  150B-21.6.
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0102(b).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0106(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0107(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0109(b).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0110(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0112(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0113(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0119(a)-
                                                                                           (f).

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142B.................  Universal Waste Rule:        5/11/95  60 FR 25492                  NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        Specific Provisions                                                294(c)(1).
                        for Batteries.                                                    NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(2)-(7).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(11)-(12).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(14)-(15).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(d).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(h)(2).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-18.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-19.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-20.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-303.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  150B-21.6.
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0102(b).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0106(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0109(b).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0110(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0111(d).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0112(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0113(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0119(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0119(b).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0119(c).
142C.................  Universal Waste Rule:        5/11/95  60 FR 25492                  NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        Specific Provisions                                                294(c)(1).
                        for Pesticides.                                                   NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(2)-(7).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(11)-(12).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(14)-(15).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(d).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(h)(2).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-18.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-19.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-20.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-303.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  150B-21.6.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  143-441.
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0102(b).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0106(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0109(b).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0110(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0112(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0113(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0119(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0119(b).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0119(c).
                                                                                          2 NCAC 9L .0600.
142D.................  Universal Waste Rule:        5/11/95  60 FR 25492                  NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        Specific Provisions                                                294(c)(1).
                        for Thermostats.                                                  NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(2)-(7).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(11)-(12).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(14)-(15).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(d).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(h)(2).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-18.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-19.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-20.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-303.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  150B-21.6.
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0102(b).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0106(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0109(b).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0110(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0112(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0113(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0119(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0119(b).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0119(c).

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142E.................  Universal Waste Rule:        5/11/95  60 FR 25492                  NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        Petition Provisions                                                294(c)(1).
                        to Add a New                                                      NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        Universal Waste.                                                   294(c)(2)-(7).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(11)-(12).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(14)-(15).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(d).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-18.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-19.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-20.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-303.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  150B-21.6.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  150B-20.
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0103(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0103(b).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0119(g)
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0101.
144..................  Removal of Legally           6/29/95  60 FR 33915                  NCGS Sec.  130A-
                        Obsolete Rules.                                                    294(c)(1).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(1a).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(7).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(c)(14)-(15).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-
                                                                                           294(h)(2).
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-17.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-18.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-19.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-20.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-23.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-303.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  130A-304.
                                                                                          NCGS Sec.  150B-21.6.
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0106(d).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0111(e).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0113(a).
                                                                                          15A NCAC 13A .0113(b).
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    EPA shall administer any RCRA hazardous waste permits, or portions 
of permits that contain conditions based upon the Federal program 
provisions for which the State is applying for authorization and which 
were issued by EPA prior to the effective date of this authorization. 
EPA will suspend issuance of any further permits under the provisions 
for which the State is being authorized on the effective date of this 
authorization.
    The State of North Carolina's Hazardous Waste Management Program is 
not being authorized to operate in Indian Country.

C. Decision

    I conclude that North Carolina's application for program revision 
authorization meets all of the statutory and regulatory requirements 
established by RCRA. Accordingly, EPA grants North Carolina Final 
Authorization to operate its hazardous waste program as revised. North 
Carolina now has responsibility for permitting treatment, storage, and 
disposal facilities within its borders (except in Indian country) and 
for carrying out the aspects of the RCRA program described in its 
revised program application, subject to the limitations of the HSWA. 
North Carolina also has primary enforcement responsibilities, although 
EPA retains the right to conduct inspections under section 3007 of 
RCRA, and to take enforcement actions under sections 3008, 3013 and 
7003 of RCRA.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), P.L. 
104-4, establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the 
effects of certain regulatory actions on State, local, and tribal 
governments and the private sector. Under sections 202 and 205 of the 
UMRA, EPA generally must prepare a written statement of economic and 
regulatory alternatives analyses for proposed and final rules with 
Federal mandates, as defined by the UMRA, that may result in 
expenditures to State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, 
or to the private sector, of $100 million or more in any one year. EPA 
has determined that section 202 and 205 requirements do not apply to 
today's action because this rule does not contain a Federal mandate 
that may result in annual expenditures of $100 million or more for 
State, local, and/or tribal governments in the aggregate, or the 
private sector. Costs to State, local and/or tribal governments already 
exist under the North Carolina's program, and today's action does not 
impose any additional obligations on regulated entities. In fact, EPA's 
approval of State programs generally may reduce, not increase, 
compliance costs for the private sector. Further, as it applies to the 
State, this action does not impose a Federal intergovernmental mandate 
because UMRA does not include duties arising from participation in a 
voluntary federal program.
    The requirements of section 203 of UMRA also do not apply to 
today's action. Before EPA establishes any regulatory requirements that 
may significantly or uniquely affect small governments, including 
tribal governments, section 203 of the UMRA requires EPA to develop a 
small government agency plan. This rule contains no regulatory 
requirements that might significantly or uniquely affect small 
governments. Although small governments may be hazardous waste 
generators, transporters, or own and/or operate TSDFs, they are already 
subject to the regulatory requirements under the existing State laws 
that are being authorized by EPA, and, thus, are not subject to any 
additional significant or unique requirements by virtue of this program 
approval.

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Certification Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act

    Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., 
as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 
1996), whenever an agency is required to publish a notice of rulemaking 
for any proposed or final rule, it must prepare and make available for 
public comment a regulatory flexibility analysis that describes the 
effect of the rule on small entities (i.e., small businesses, small 
organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions). This analysis is 
unnecessary, however, if the agency's administrator certifies that the 
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities.
    The EPA has determined that this authorization will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 
Such small entities which are hazardous waste generators, transporters, 
or which own and/or operate TSDFs are already subject to the regulatory 
requirements under the existing State laws that are now being 
authorized by EPA. The EPA's authorization does not impose any 
significant additional burdens on these small entities. This is because 
EPA's authorization would simply result in an administrative change, 
rather than a change in the substantive requirements imposed on these 
small entities.
    Pursuant to the provision at 5 U.S.C. 605(b), the Agency hereby 
certifies that this authorization will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities. This authorization 
approves regulatory requirements under existing State law to which 
small entities are already subject. It does not impose any new burdens 
on small entities. This rule, therefore, does not require a regulatory 
flexibility analysis.

Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. The EPA submitted a report containing this rule and 
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 
Representatives and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
to publication of the rule in today's Federal Register. This rule is 
not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

Compliance With Executive Order 12866

    The Office of Management and Budget has exempted this rule from the 
requirements of Executive Order 12866.

Compliance With Executive Order 12875

    Under Executive Order 12875, EPA may not issue a regulation that is 
not required by statute and that creates a mandate upon a State, local 
or tribal government, unless the Federal government provides the funds 
necessary to pay the direct compliance costs incurred by those 
governments, or EPA consults with those governments. If EPA complies 
with consulting, Executive Order 12875 requires EPA to provide to the 
Office of Management and Budget a description of the extent of EPA's 
prior consultation with representatives of affected State, local and 
tribal governments, the nature of their concerns, copies of any written 
communications from the governments, and a statement supporting the 
need to issue the regulation. In addition, Executive Order 12875 
requires EPA to develop an effective process permitting elected 
officials and other representatives of State, local and tribal 
governments to provide meaningful and timely input in the development 
of regulatory proposals containing significant unfunded mandates.
    This rule does not create a mandate on State, local or tribal 
governments. The rule does not impose any enforceable duties on these 
entities. The State administers its hazardous waste program 
voluntarily, and any duties on other State, local or tribal 
governmental entities arise from that program, not from this today's 
action. Accordingly, the requirements of Executive Order 12875 do not 
apply to this rule.

Compliance With Executive Order 13045

    Executive Order 13045 applies to any rule that the Office of 
Management and Budget determines is economically significant as defined 
under Executive Order 12866, and that EPA determines that the 
environmental health or safety risk addressed by the rule has a 
disproportionate effect on children. If the regulatory action meets 
both criteria, the Agency must evaluate the environmental health or 
safety effects of the planned rule on children and explain why the 
planned regulation is preferable to other potentially effective and 
reasonably feasible alternatives considered by the Agency.
    The Agency has determined that the final rule is not a covered 
regulatory action as defined in the Executive Order because it is not 
economically significant and does not address environmental health and 
safety risks. As such, the final rule is not subject to the 
requirements of Executive Order 13045.

Compliance With Executive Order 13084

    Under Executive Order 13084, EPA may not issue a regulation that is 
not required by statute, that significantly or uniquely affects the 
communities of Indian tribal governments, and that imposes substantial 
direct compliance costs on those communities, unless the Federal 
government provides the funds necessary to pay the direct compliance 
costs incurred by the tribal governments, or EPA consults with those 
governments. If EPA complies with consulting, Executive Order 13084 
requires EPA to provide to the Office of Management and Budget, in a 
separately identified section of the preamble to the rule, a 
description of the extent of EPA's prior consultation with 
representatives of affected tribal governments, a summary of the nature 
of their concerns, and a statement supporting the need to issue the 
regulation. In addition, Executive Order 13084 requires EPA to develop 
an effective process permitting elected officials and other 
representatives of Indian tribal governments ``to provide meaningful 
and timely input in the development of regulatory policies on matters 
that significantly or uniquely affect their communities.''
    This rule is not subject to E.O. 13084 because it does not 
significantly or uniquely affect the communities of Indian tribal 
governments. North Carolina is not authorized to implement the RCRA 
hazardous waste program in Indian country. This action has no effect on 
the hazardous waste program that EPA implements in the Indian country 
within the State.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., Federal 
agencies must consider the paperwork burden imposed by any information 
request contained in a proposed rule or a final rule. This rule will 
not impose any information requirements upon the regulated community.

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National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act

    Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement 
Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law No. 104-113, Sec. 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 
note) directs EPA to use voluntary consensus standards in its 
regulatory activities unless to do so would be inconsistent with 
applicable law or otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards 
are technical standards (e.g., materials specifications, test methods, 
sampling procedures, and business practices) that are developed or 
adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies. The NTTAA directs EPA 
to provide Congress, through OMB, explanations when the Agency decides 
not to use available and applicable voluntary consensus standards.
    This action does not involve technical standards. Therefore, EPA 
did not consider the use of any voluntary consensus standards.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 271

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Confidential business information, Hazardous waste, Hazardous waste 
transportation, Incorporation by reference, Indian lands, 
Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, Reporting and record keeping 
requirements, Water pollution control, Water supply.

    Authority: This notice is issued under the authority of Sections 
2002(a), 3006 and 7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act as amended 
42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6926, 6974(b).

    Dated: August 27, 1998.
Michael V. Peyton,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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