[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34426]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6213-1]


Notice of Data Availability of Draft RCRA Waste Minimization PBT 
Chemical List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Data Availability (NODA); Extension of Comment 
Period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is extending the public comment period on the Notice of 
Data Availability of the draft RCRA Waste Minimization PBT Chemical 
list (63 FR 60332, November 9, 1998) to February 16, 1998.

DATES: The comment period is extended until Feburary 16, 1998.

ADDRESSES: To submit comments, the public must send an original and two 
copies to Docket Number F-98-MMLP-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, SW, Washington, DC 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-98-
MMLP-FFFFF on their comments. 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: rcra-
[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. 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: 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, DC local calling area; or (800) 553-7672 for the hearing 
impaired. Questions can also be directed to the Waste Minimization 
Branch (5302W), Office of Solid Waste (OSW), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460, phone (703) 
308-8402; or contact E. Newman Smith of the Waste Minimization Branch 
at (703) 308-8757.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In today's notice, EPA is extending the 
comment period in its November 9, 1998 NODA (63 FR 60332) which 
requested comment on a draft list of 53 persistent, bioaccumulative, 
and toxic (PBT) chemicals (and chemical categories) found in hazardous 
wastes regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(RCRA). The NODA of November 9, 1998 requested comment on the RCRA 
Waste Minimization PBT Chemical List (also referred to as the RCRA PBT 
List) and on the methodology used to develop the list. EPA received 
several requests to extend the comment deadline for various reasons. 
EPA is extending the comment period to February 16, 1999. Copies of 
extension requests can be found in the docket for this notice.

    Dated: December 15, 1998.
Elizabeth Cotsworth,
Acting Director Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 98-34426 Filed 12-28-98; 8:45 am]
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