[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 62647-62648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25582]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 258

[FRL-7392-1]
RIN 2050-AE91


Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Location Restrictions for Airport 
Safety

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: Because EPA received adverse comment, we are withdrawing the 
direct final rule for Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Location 
Restrictions for Airport Safety. We published the direct final rule on 
July 11, 2002 (67 FR 45915)

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to amend the location restriction requirements in the criteria for 
municipal solid waste landfills in order to incorporate new landfill 
siting requirements enacted in the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment 
and Reform Act for the 21st Century. We stated in that Federal Register 
document that if we received adverse comment by August 12, 2002, we 
would publish a timely notice of withdrawal in the Federal Register. We 
subsequently received adverse comment on that direct final rule. We 
will address those comments in a subsequent final action based on the 
parallel proposal also published on July 11, 2002 (67 FR 45948). As 
stated in the parallel proposal, we will not institute a second comment 
period on this action. Although EPA is issuing this withdrawal of its 
direct final rule, the new siting requirements enacted in the Wendell 
H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century 
continue to remain in effect.

DATES: As of October 8, 2002, EPA withdraws the direct final rule 
published at 67 FR 45915, on July 11, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Moorcones, Office of Solid Waste 
and Emergency Response, Office of Solid Waste, Municipal and Industrial 
Solid Waste Division (mail code 5305W), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency Headquarters (EPA HQ), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone: 540-338-1348; e-mail: 
<[email protected].

    Dated: October 2, 2002.
Christine Todd Whitman,
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
[FR Doc. 02-25582 Filed 10-7-02; 8:45 am]
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