[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 226 (Monday, November 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65929-65930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29319]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[RCRA-2003-0023; FRL-7590-8]


Hazardous Waste Management System: Petroleum Refining Process 
Wastes; Identification of Characteristically Hazardous Self-Heating 
Solids; Land Disposal Restrictions: Treatment Standards for Spent 
Hydrorefining Catalyst (K172) Hazardous Waste--Extension of Comment 
Period; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Extension of comment period; correction.

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SUMMARY: On October 20, 2003 (68 FR 59935) EPA published a notice of 
data availability (NODA) to make available to the public certain 
analytical data pertaining to spent hydrorefining catalyst from 
petroleum refining operations (K172). The original comment period was 
to expire on December 4, 2003; today's notice extends the comment 
period to January 18, 2004. In addition, in the ADDRESSES section of 
the October 20, 2003 NODA, EPA made an inadvertent reference to a 
``treatability study'' and ``peer review documents.'' EPA is correcting 
this by indicating today that there is no ``treatability study'' or 
``peer review documents'' related to this NODA.

DATES: Submit comments on or before January 18, 2004. Comments 
postmarked after this date will be marked ``late'' and may not be 
considered.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, by 
facsimile, or through hand delivery/courier. Follow the detailed 
instructions as provided in section I of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of

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the October 20, 2003 Federal Register document.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment 
period established in the Federal Register issued on October 20, 2003 
(68 FR 59935). In that document, EPA published a notice of data 
availability (NODA) to make available to the public certain analytical 
data pertaining to the polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) content of spent 
hydrorefining catalyst from petroleum refining operations (K172). The 
data were originally submitted by the Vanadium Producers and Reclaimers 
Association (VPRA), formerly known as The Ferroalloys Association 
(TFA), in a petition requesting EPA to amend the land disposal 
restriction (LDR) treatment standards for the K172 listed waste. The 
VPRA petition also asserted that K171 and K172 wastes are often being 
landfilled without being decharacterized for their ignitability/
reactivity potential. In the October 20, 2003 NODA, EPA provided 
information supporting the petitioner's assertions and requested 
comment and submittal of any additional relevant documentation, but 
only on the analytical data for K172 and information supporting VPRA's 
concerns about characteristically hazardous solids. EPA is hereby 
extending the comment period, which was set to end on December 4, 2003 
to January 18, 2004.
    To submit comments, or access the official public docket, please 
follow the detailed instructions as provided in Section I of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the October 20, 2003 Federal 
Register document. If you have questions, contact Ross Elliott at (703) 
308-8748, [email protected], or write him at the Office of Solid 
Waste, Mail Code 5304W, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.

    Dated: November 7, 2003.
Matt Hale,
Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 03-29319 Filed 11-21-03; 8:45 am]
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