[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 42 (Friday, March 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10620-10621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4265]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[RCRA-2005-0001; FRL-7880-2]


Modification of the RCRA, Superfund & EPCRA Call Center; Public 
Information Distribution

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) is 
today announcing significant changes to the operation of the RCRA, 
Superfund & EPCRA Call Center (Call Center). The Call Center will 
terminate support of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 
and Underground Storage Tanks (UST) programs at close of business on 
Thursday, March 31, 2005. Individuals seeking information on the RCRA 
and UST programs after that date will be directed to EPA's 
Headquarters' and Regional Offices' Web sites for these programs, and 
other sources as described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
    The Call Center will continue as before to respond to public 
inquiries about the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund), including the Small Business 
Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (SBLRBRA, or 
Brownfields); the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act 
(EPCRA), including the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program; the 
Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III; the Clean 
Air Act (CAA) Section 112(r); and the Oil Pollution Control Act (OPA). 
Call Center access will remain unchanged for these programs.

DATES: The Call Center will terminate all support of the RCRA and OUST 
programs at close of business on Thursday, March 31, 2005.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this notice under Docket ID 
RCRA-2005-0001. Written

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correspondence concerning this notice can be forwarded in hard copy to 
the OSWER Docket (5305T), EPA Docket Center, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460, or electronically via EDOCKET. Follow the 
instructions provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Maid, Project Officer, at 
[email protected], at 703-308-8029, or at Office of Solid Waste 
(5305W), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RCRA, Superfund and EPCRA Call Center 
has provided program information to callers on a wide variety of topics 
created under the authorities of the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (RCRA), which includes the Underground Storage Tank (UST) program; 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (CERCLA, or Superfund); the Emergency Planning and Community Right-
to-Know Act (EPCRA); the Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act 
(SARA) Title III; the Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 112(r); and the Oil 
Pollution Control Act (OPA).
    As of April 1, 2005, RCRA program information will only be 
available to the public through the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/osw. 
The Call Center will no longer answer any RCRA questions.
    To make it easier for people to find sources of RCRA information, 
the Office of Solid Waste (OSW) has compiled a complete list of phone 
numbers and waste program Web sites maintained by EPA Regional offices 
and state environmental agencies to help users locate site-specific 
information on RCRA facilities within their states. This compilation is 
found at http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/comments.htm.
    The site also provides links to the RCRA OnLine database (a 
searchable compilation of OSW memos and guidance documents) and to an 
on-line order form (http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/publicat.htm) for 
OSW publications. OSW publications may also be ordered by calling the 
National Service Center for Environmental Publications toll-free at 
800-490-9198.
    The OSW Web site also includes a link to a database of Frequently 
Asked Questions (FAQs) that will allow any user to search for RCRA 
information from a comprehensive set of FAQs. If the existing FAQs do 
not respond to the user's request, the user can use the system to 
transmit the question to OSW for resolution.
    Similarly, as of April 1, 2005, callers will no longer be able to 
receive information about EPA's UST program through the Call Center. 
For information about the UST program and leaking UST program, see 
EPA's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/oust/ for general information 
about the Federal tank program; answers to frequently asked questions; 
laws, regulations, and policy guidance about the tank program; 
publications and compliance help for states as well as tank owners and 
operators; and links to regional, state, local, and tribal tank 
programs. To order publications developed by EPA's Office of 
Underground Storage Tanks, please call EPA's toll-free number for its 
publications distribution center at 800-490-9198.
    EPA has established an official public docket for this action under 
Docket ID No. RCRA-2005-0001. The official public docket is the 
collection of materials that is available for public viewing at the EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA West Building, Room 
B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 
Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the EPA Docket 
Center reading room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the 
OSWER Docket is (202) 566-0272.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available through 
EDOCKET. You may use EDOCKET at http://www.epa.gov/edocket to submit or 
view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the 
official docket, and to access those documents in the public docket 
that are available electronically. Publicly available docket materials 
that are not available electronically may be viewed at the docket 
facility identified above. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then 
key in the appropriate docket identification number.

    Dated: February 24, 2005.
Thomas P. Dunne,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response.
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