[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 1, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31386-31387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15546]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 271

[EPA-R02-RCRA-2009-0346; FRL-8916-6]


New York: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management 
Program Revisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: New York State has applied to EPA for final authorization of 
changes to its hazardous waste program under the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act, as amended, commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA proposes to grant final authorization to New 
York for these changes, with limited exceptions, which are described in 
the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register notice. 
In that section, EPA is authorizing the changes by an immediate final 
rule. EPA did not make a proposal prior to the immediate final rule 
because we believe this action is not controversial and do not expect 
comments that oppose it. We have explained the reasons for this 
authorization in the preamble to the immediate final rule. Unless we 
receive written comments which oppose this authorization during the 
comment period, the immediate final rule will become effective on the 
date it establishes, and we will not take further action on this 
proposal. If we receive comments that oppose this action, we will 
either withdraw the immediate final rule, or the portion of the 
immediate final rule that is the subject of the comments. Only the 
remaining portion of the rule will take effect. We will then respond to 
those public comments opposing this authorization in a second final 
authorization notice. This second final notice may or may not include 
changes based on comments received during the public notice comment 
period. You may not have another opportunity for comment. If you want 
to comment on this action, you must do so at this time.

DATES: Send your written comments by July 31, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R02-
RCRA-2009-0346 by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Fax: (212) 637-4437.
     Mail: Send written comments to Michael Infurna, Division 
of Environmental Planning and Protection, EPA, Region 2, 290 Broadway, 
22nd Floor, New York, NY 10007.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver your comments to Michael 
Infurna, Division of Environmental Planning and

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Protection, EPA, Region 2, 290 Broadway, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 
10007. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office's 
normal hours of operation. The public is advised to call in advance to 
verify the business hours. Special arrangements should be made for 
deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R02-RCRA-
2009-0346. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available on line 
at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov, or e-mail. The Federal http://www.regulations.gov 
Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not 
know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the 
body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA 
without going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address 
will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that 
is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If 
you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your 
name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with 
any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to 
technical difficulties, and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA 
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid 
the use of special characters or any form of encryption, and be free of 
any defects or viruses. (For additional information about EPA's public 
docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm).
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy. You can view and copy 
New York's application during business hours at the following 
addresses: EPA Region 2 Library, 290 Broadway, 16th Floor, New York, NY 
10007, Phone number: (212) 637-3185; or New York State Department of 
Environmental Conservation, Division of Solid and Hazardous Materials, 
625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7250, Phone number: (518) 402-8730. The 
public is advised to call in advance to verify the business hours of 
the above locations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Infurna, Division of 
Environmental Planning and Protection, EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, 22nd 
Floor, New York, NY 10007; telephone number (212) 637-4177; fax number: 
(212) 637-4377; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information, please see the 
immediate final rule published in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section 
of this Federal Register.

    Dated: May 19, 2009.
George Pavlou,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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