[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 19, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 20934-20935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9795]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 261

[FRN-6581-7]
RIN 2050-AE07


Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR); Extension of Public 
Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of the public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the 
comment period on an exemption from hazardous waste management 
discussed in the proposed Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR) 
Federal Register document published on November 19, 1999 (64 FR 63382). 
To ensure we consider your comments on the November 19, 1999 Federal 
Register discussion of the concentration-based HWIR exemption and the 
possible revisions to the Land Disposal Restriction (LDR) treatment 
standards (64 FR 63382, Sections V-XX and Sections XXI-XVI, as 
applicable, of the preamble), they must be postmarked on or before 
August 15, 2000.
    Please note that today's document does not re-open the comment 
period on the revisions to the mixture and derived-from rules that were 
proposed in the November 19, 1999 HWIR proposed rule (64 FR 63382, 
Sections I-IV, Sections XXI-XVI (as applicable) of the preamble and the 
proposed regulatory language amending 40 CFR part 261). That comment 
period ended February 17, 2000.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Commenters must send an original and two copies of their 
comments referencing docket number F-1999-WH2P-FFFFF to: (1) if using 
regular US Postal Service mail: RCRA Docket Information Center, Office 
of Solid Waste (5305G), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
Headquarters (EPA, HQ), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20460-0002, or (2) if using special delivery, such as overnight express 
service: RCRA Docket Information Center (RIC), Crystal Gateway One, 
1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, First Floor, Arlington, VA 22202. 
Comments may also be submitted electronically through the Internet to: 
[email protected]. Comments in electronic format should also be 
identified by the docket number F-1999-WH2P-FFFFF and must be submitted 
as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of 
encryption.
    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, 
DC 20460-0002.
    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. The index and some supporting 
materials are available electronically. See the Supplementary 
Information section for information on accessing them.

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, DC, metropolitan area, call 703-412-9810 or TDD 703-
412-3323.
    For information on specific aspects of notice, contact Tracy Atagi, 
Office of Solid Waste 5304W, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
Headquarters (EPA, HQ), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20460-0002, (703) 308-8672, [email protected]; for specific 
information on the risk modeling system, contact David Cozzie, Office 
of Solid Waste 5307W, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460-0002, (703) 308-0479, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice and other material associated 
with this action can be electronically accessed on the Internet at 
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/hwirwste/index.htm.
    The official record for this rulemaking will be kept in paper form. 
Accordingly,

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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 
record maintained at the address in ADDRESSES at the beginning of this 
document.
    We will respond to submitted comments, whether written or 
electronic, in a notice in the Federal Register or in a response to 
comments document placed in the official record for this rulemaking. We 
will not immediately reply to electronically submitted comments other 
than to seek clarification of comments that may be garbled in 
transmission or during conversion to paper form, as discussed above.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 261

    Environmental protection, Hazardous waste, Recycling, Waste 
treatment and disposal.

    Dated: April 5, 2000.
Elizabeth A. Cotsworth,
Director, Office of Solid Waste.
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