[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 37261-37262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15268]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 272

[EPA-R06-RCRA-2013-0461; FRL 9911-75-Region 6]


Oklahoma: Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste 
Management Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to codify 
in the regulations entitled ``Approved State Hazardous Waste Management 
Programs'', Oklahoma's authorized hazardous waste program. The EPA will 
incorporate by reference into the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
those provisions of the State regulations that are authorized and that 
the EPA will enforce under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, commonly 
referred to as the Resource Conversation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

DATES: Send written comments by July 31, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Alima Patterson, Region 6 Regional 
Authorization Coordinator, or Julia Banks Codification Coordinator, 
State/Tribal Oversight Section (6PD-O), Multimedia Planning and 
Permitting Division, EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 
75202-2733, Phone number: (214) 665-8533 or (214) 665-8178. You may 
also submit comments electronically or through hand delivery/courier; 
please follow the detailed instructions in the ADDRESSES section of the 
immediate final rule which is located in the Rules section of this 
Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alima Patterson, (214) 665-8533.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of 
this Federal Register (FR), the EPA is codifying and incorporating by 
reference the State's hazardous waste program as direct final rule. The 
EPA did not make a proposal prior to the direct final rule because we 
believe these actions are not controversial and do not expect comments 
that oppose them. We have explained the reasons for this codification 
and incorporation by reference in the preamble to the direct final 
rule. Therefore, the purpose of this FR document is to codify 
Oklahoma's base hazardous waste management program and its program 
revisions through RCRA Cluster XXI (see 78 FR 32161) May 29, 2013. The 
EPA provided notices and opportunity for comments on the Agency's 
decisions to authorize the Oklahoma program, and the EPA is not now 
reopening the decisions, nor requesting comments, on the Oklahoma 
authorizations as published in the FR notices specified in Section B of 
the direct final rule FR document.
    This document incorporates by reference Oklahoma's hazardous waste 
statutes and regulations and clarifies which of these provisions are 
included in the authorized and federally enforceable program. By 
codifying Oklahoma's authorized program and by amending the Code of 
Federal Regulations, the public will be more easily able to discern the 
status of federally approved requirements of the Oklahoma hazardous 
waste management program.


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    Dated: May 22, 2014.
Ron Curry,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2014-15268 Filed 6-30-14; 8:45 am]
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