[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 29 (Friday, February 12, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 7159-7160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3527]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 745

[OPPTS-62160A; FRL-6061-2]
RIN 2070-AC72


 Lead: Management and Disposal of Lead-Based Paint Debris; 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is extending the comment period on a proposed rule that 
would provide new standards for the management and disposal of lead-
based paint (LBP) debris. EPA has received a request for the extension 
of the comment period to ensure that all parties have sufficient 
opportunity to submit their comments, the Agency will continue to 
accept comments until April 2, 1999.

DATES: Comments are due on or before April 2, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Each written comment must bear the docket control number 
OPPTS-62160A. All comments should be sent in triplicate to: OPPT 
Document Control Officer (7407), Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Rm. G-099, 
East Tower, Washington, DC 20460.
    Written comments and data may also be submitted electronically to: 
[email protected]. Follow the instructions in Unit II. of this 
document. No Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be 
submitted through e-mail.
    All written comments which contain information claimed as CBI must 
be clearly marked as such. Three copies, sanitized of any comments 
containing information claimed as CBI, must also be submitted and will 
be placed in the public record for this rulemaking. Persons submitting 
information, any portion of which they believe is entitled to treatment 
as CBI by EPA, must assert a business confidentiality claim in 
accordance with 40 CFR 2.203(b) for each such portion. This claim must 
be made at the time that the information is submitted to EPA. If a 
submitter does not assert a confidentiality claim at the time of 
submission, EPA will consider this as a waiver of any confidentiality 
claim and the information may be made available to the public by EPA 
without further notice to the submitter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General information: National Lead 
Information Center's Clearinghouse, 1-800-424-LEAD (5323). For TSCA 
technical and policy questions: Tova Spector, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics (7404), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M 
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 260-3467; e-mail 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

 I. Background

    In the  Federal Register of December 18, 1998 (63 FR 70190) (FRL-
5784-3), EPA published a proposed rule under sections 402 and 404 of 
the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Title IV of TSCA provides for 
new standards for the management and disposal of lead-based paint 
debris. Section 402 of TSCA (15 U.S.C. 2682) governing lead-based paint 
activities. Section 404 of TSCA (15 U.S.C. 2684) requires that any 
State that seeks to administer and enforce the requirements established 
by the Agency under section 402 of TSCA must submit to the 
Administrator a request for authorization of such a program. 
Simultaneously, EPA published a proposed rule suspending the toxicity 
characteristic for lead-based paint under the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (RCRA) (63 FR 70232) (FRL-5783-7). In both documents, EPA 
provided a 60-day comment period and two public meetings. In response 
to requests by interested parties, EPA is extending the comment period 
by 45 days for the TSCA proposed rule. Comments must now be received by 
April 2, 1999. Elsewhere in today's Federal Register, EPA is extending 
the comment period for the proposed RCRA rule suspending the toxicity 
characteristic for lead-based paint.

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 Comments on that proposal must be received by April 2, 1999.

II. Public Record and Electronic Submissions

    The official record for this rulemaking, as well as the public 
version, has been established for this rulemaking under docket control 
number OPPTS-62160A (including comments and data submitted 
electronically as described in this unit). A public version of this 
record, including printed, paper versions of electronic comments, which 
does not include any information claimed as CBI, is available for 
inspection from 12 noon to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. The official rulemaking record is located in the TSCA 
Nonconfidential Information Center, Rm. NE-B607, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC. Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:

    [email protected].

    Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the 
use of special characters and any form of encryption. Comments and data 
will also be accepted on disks in WordPerfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file 
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by 
the docket control number OPPTS-62160A. Electronic comments on this 
proposed rule may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 745

    Environmental protection, Hazardous substances, Lead-based paint, 
Lead poisoning, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: February 4, 1999.
William H. Sanders III,
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 99-3527 Filed 2-11-99; 8:45 am]
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