[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 46178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21940]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 281

[FRL 6427-3]


North Carolina; Approval of State Underground Storage Tank 
Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative determination on application of State of 
North Carolina for final approval, public hearing and public comment 
period--correction.

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SUMMARY: The State of North Carolina has applied for approval of its 
underground storage tank program for petroleum and hazardous substances 
under subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reviewed the North Carolina 
application and has made the tentative decision that the North Carolina 
underground storage tank program for petroleum and hazardous substances 
satisfies all of the requirements necessary to qualify for approval. 
The Federal Register document announcing EPA's tentative decision and 
requesting public comment was published in August 10, 1999 (64 FR 
43336-43338). In that Federal Register document the date for EPA to 
determine if there is sufficient interest to hold a public hearing, and 
for the public to contact EPA to find out if a public hearing would be 
held, was incorrectly listed. The correct information should read: EPA 
will determine by September 10, 1999, whether there is sufficient 
interest to hold the public hearing. Anyone who wishes to learn whether 
or not the public hearing on the State's application has been canceled 
should telephone the contact listed under the heading FOR FURTHER 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.


DATES: Written comments on the North Carolina program approval 
application, as well as requests to present oral testimony, must be 
received by the close of business September 9, 1999. A public hearing 
is scheduled for September 13, 1999, unless insufficient public 
interest is expressed in holding a hearing. EPA reserves the right to 
cancel the public hearing if sufficient public interest is not 
communicated to EPA in writing by September 9, 1999. EPA will determine 
by September 10, 1999, whether there is significant interest to hold 
the public hearing. The State of North Carolina will participate in the 
public hearing held by EPA on this subject.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to Mr. John K. Mason, Chief 
of Underground Storage Tank Section, U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth 
Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, telephone (404) 562-9277. Copies of 
the North Carolina approval application are available for inspection 
and copying during the hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the following 
addresses: North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural 
Resources, Underground Storage Tank Section, 2728 Capital Boulevard, 
Parker-Lincoln Building, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604, Phone: (919) 
733-8486; U.S. EPA Docket Clerk, Office of Underground Storage Tanks, 
1235 Jefferson Davis Highway-1rst Floor, Arlington, Virginia 22202, 
Phone: (703) 603-9231; and, U.S. EPA Region 4, Underground Storage Tank 
Section, Atlanta Federal Center, 15th Floor, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Phone: (404) 562-9277.
    Unless insufficient public interest is expressed, EPA will hold a 
public hearing on the State of North Carolina's application for program 
approval on September 13, 1999, at 7:00 pm at the North Carolina 
Department of Environment and Natural Resources Archedale Building, 
Ground Floor Hearing Room, 512 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North 
Carolina 27604-1148. Anyone who wishes to learn whether or not the 
public hearing on the State's application has been cancelled should 
telephone the following contacts on or after September 10, 1999: Mr. 
John K. Mason, Chief, Underground Storage Tank Section, US EPA Region 
4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Phone: (404) 562-
9277; or Mr. Burrie Boshoff, Chief, Underground Storage Tank Section, 
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Post 
Office Box 29578, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0578, Phone: (919) 733-
8486.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John K. Mason, Chief, Underground 
Storage Tank Section, U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303, phone: (404) 562-9277.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 281

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Hazardous materials, State program approval, Underground storage tanks.

    Authority: This document is issued under the authority of 
section 9004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act as amended 42 U.S.C. 
6912(a), 6926, 6974(b).

    Dated: August 13, 1999.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administsrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 99-21940 Filed 8-23-99; 8:45 am]
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