[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 531-532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-174]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 261

[SW-FRL-7435-3]


Reopening of Comment Period for Proposed Exclusion for 
Identifying and Listing Hazardous Waste and A Determination of 
Equivalent Treatment; Proposed Rule

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, also, `the Agency' 
or `we') is reopening the period for submitting public comments on our 
previous proposal to approve two petitions submitted by the University 
of California--E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (or LBNL). 
The Agency initially announced this proposed decision in the July 31, 
2002 Federal Register (67 FR 49649). The first petition requested EPA 
to grant a one-time, generator-specific exclusion

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(or `delisting') of certain LBNL treatment residues from the list of 
RCRA hazardous waste. The second petition requested EPA to grant a 
``determination of equivalent treatment'' (DET) for a catalytic 
chemical oxidation (CCO) technology that LBNL used to treat their 
original mixed waste.
    For the first petition, EPA reviewed all of the waste-specific 
information provided by LBNL and determined that the petitioned waste 
(tritiated water with no detectable organic chemical constituents) was 
non-hazardous. For the second petition, EPA reviewed all of the 
specific CCO treatment information provided by LBNL and determined that 
the CCO treatment was equivalent to combustion.
    EPA received a written request for an informal public hearing. 
Exercising the discretion set forth in the rules for rulemaking 
petitions, EPA has granted the request and will hold a public hearing. 
The purpose of the hearing will be to hear oral comments on our 
tentative decision.

DATES: The public hearing will be held on January 23, 2003 at 7 p.m. 
EPA is reopening the public comment period and we will accept public 
comments on these proposed decisions until February 6, 2003. We will 
stamp comments postmarked after the close of the comment period as 
``late.'' These ``late'' comments may not be considered in formulating 
a final decisions.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the North Berkeley Senior 
Center at 1901 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, California. Please send two 
copies of your comments to Rich Vaille, Associate Director, Waste 
Management Division (WST-1), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
    The RCRA regulatory docket for this proposed rule is located at the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Records Center, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, and is available for viewing from 9 
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. The 
docket contains the petition, all information submitted by the 
petitioner, and all information used by EPA to evaluate the petition. 
Call the EPA Region 9 RCRA Record Center at (415) 947-4596 for 
appointments. The public may copy material from the regulatory docket 
at $0.15 per page.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, contact the 
RCRA Hotline at 800-424-9346. For technical information on specific 
aspects of these petitions, contact Cheryl Nelson at the address above 
or at 415-972-3291, e-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: December 20, 2002.
Richard Vaille,
Acting Director, Waste Management Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 03-174 Filed 1-3-03; 8:45 am]
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