[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 54 (Friday, March 20, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14847-14852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06512]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 271
[EPA-R04-RCRA-2014-0712; FRL-9924-83-Region-4]
Tennessee: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste
Management Program Revisions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: Tennessee has applied to the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) for final authorization of changes to its
hazardous waste program
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under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA has
determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed to
qualify for final authorization, and is authorizing the State's changes
through this direct final rule. In the ``Proposed Rules'' section of
this issue of the Federal Register, EPA is also publishing a separate
document that serves as the proposal to authorize these changes. EPA
believes this action is not controversial and does not expect comments
that oppose it. Unless EPA receives written comments that oppose this
authorization during the comment period, the decision to authorize
Tennessee's changes to its hazardous waste program will take effect. If
EPA receives comments that oppose this action, EPA will publish a
document in the Federal Register withdrawing this direct final rule
before it takes effect, and the separate document published in the
``Proposed Rules'' section of this issue of the Federal Register will
serve as the proposal to authorize the changes.
DATES: This final authorization will become effective on May 19, 2015
unless EPA receives adverse written comment by April 20, 2015. If EPA
receives such comment, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of this
direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform the public that
this authorization will not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
RCRA-2014-0712, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Email: [email protected].
Fax: (404) 562-9964 (prior to faxing, please notify the
EPA contact listed below).
Mail: Send written comments to Carlos E. Merizalde, RCRA
Corrective Action and Permitting Section, RCRA Cleanup and Brownfields
Branch, Resource Conservation and Restoration Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth
Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver your comments to Carlos
E. Merizalde, RCRA Corrective Action and Permitting Section, RCRA
Cleanup and Brownfields Branch, Resource Conservation and Restoration
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta Federal Center,
61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Such deliveries are
only accepted during the Regional Office's normal hours of operation,
and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
Instructions: EPA must receive your comments by April 20, 2015.
Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R04-RCRA-2014-0712. EPA's
policy is that all comments received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be made available online at
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 www.regulations.gov or email. The
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 email comment
directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your email
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public docket and made publicly 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, 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 www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm).
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
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 www.regulations.gov, or in hard copy.
You may view and copy Tennessee's applications and associated
publicly available materials from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the following
locations: EPA, Region 4, Resource Conservation and Restoration
Division, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta,
Georgia 30303-8960; telephone number: (404) 562-8512; and the Tennessee
Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Solid Waste
Management, William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower, 312 Rosa L. Parks
Avenue, 14th Floor, Nashville, Tennessee; telephone number: (615) 532-
0825. Interested persons wanting to examine these documents should make
an appointment with the office at least a week in advance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carlos E. Merizalde, RCRA Corrective
Action and Permitting Section, RCRA Cleanup and Brownfields Branch,
Resource Conservation and Restoration Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960; telephone number: (404) 562-8606; fax
number: (404) 562-9964; email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Why are revisions to state programs necessary?
States which have received final authorization from EPA under RCRA
section 3006(b), 42 U.S.C. 6926(b), must maintain a hazardous waste
program that is equivalent to, consistent with, and no less stringent
than the Federal program. As the Federal program changes, States must
change their programs and ask EPA to authorize the changes. Changes to
State programs may be necessary when Federal or State statutory or
regulatory authority is modified or when certain other changes occur.
Most commonly, States must change their programs because of changes to
EPA's regulations in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 124,
260 through 268, 270, 273, and 279.
New Federal requirements and prohibitions imposed by Federal
regulations that EPA promulgates pursuant to the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA) take effect in authorized States at the
same time that they take effect in unauthorized States. Thus, EPA will
implement those requirements and prohibitions in Tennessee, including
the issuance of new permits implementing those requirements, until the
State is granted authorization to do so.
B. What decisions has EPA made in this rule?
On March 9, 2010 and January 15, 2013, Tennessee submitted final
complete program revision applications seeking authorization of changes
to its hazardous waste program that correspond to certain Federal rules
promulgated between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2006 (also known as RCRA
Clusters XV and XVI). Tennessee
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supplemented these applications on September 16, 2014. EPA concludes
that Tennessee's applications to revise its authorized program meet all
of the statutory and regulatory requirements established by RCRA, as
set forth in RCRA section 3006(b), 42 U.S.C. 6926(b), and 40 CFR part
271. Therefore, EPA grants Tennessee final authorization to operate its
hazardous waste program with the changes described in the authorization
applications, and as outlined below in Section G of this document.
Tennessee has responsibility for permitting treatment, storage, and
disposal facilities within its borders and for carrying out the aspects
of the RCRA program described in its revised program applications,
subject to the limitations of HSWA, as discussed above.
C. What is the effect of this authorization decision?
The effect of this decision is that the changes described in
Tennessee's authorization applications will become part of the
authorized State hazardous waste program, and will therefore be
federally enforceable. Tennessee will continue to have primary
enforcement authority and responsibility for its State hazardous waste
program. EPA retains its authorities under RCRA sections 3007, 3008,
3013, and 7003, including its authority to:
Conduct inspections, and require monitoring, tests,
analyses, or reports;
Enforce RCRA requirements, including authorized State
program requirements, and suspend or revoke permits; and
Take enforcement actions regardless of whether the State
has taken its own actions.
This action does not impose additional requirements on the
regulated community because the regulations for which Tennessee is
being authorized by this action are already effective and enforceable
requirements under State law, and are not changed by this action.
D. Why wasn't there a proposed rule before this rule?
Along with this direct final rule, EPA is publishing a separate
document in the ``Proposed Rules'' section of this issue of the Federal
Register that serves as the proposal to authorize these State program
changes. EPA did not publish a proposed rule before today because EPA
views this as a routine program change and does not expect comments
that oppose this approval. EPA is providing an opportunity for public
comment now, as described in Section E of this document.
E. What happens if EPA receives comments that oppose this action?
If EPA receives comments that oppose this authorization, EPA will
withdraw this direct final rule by publishing a document in the Federal
Register before the rule becomes effective. EPA will base any further
decision on the authorization of the State program changes on the
proposed rule mentioned in the previous section, after considering all
comments received during the comment period, and will address all such
comments in a later final rule. You may not have another opportunity to
comment on these State program changes. If you want to comment on this
authorization, you must do so at this time.
If EPA receives comments that oppose only the authorization of a
particular change to the State hazardous waste program, EPA will
withdraw that part of this direct final rule, but the authorization of
the program changes that the comments do not oppose will become
effective on the date specified above. The Federal Register withdrawal
document will specify which part of the authorization will become
effective, and which part is being withdrawn.
F. What has Tennessee previously been authorized for?
Tennessee initially received final authorization on January 22,
1985, effective February 5, 1985 (50 FR 2820), to implement a RCRA
hazardous waste management program. EPA granted authorization for
changes to Tennessee's program on the following dates: June 12, 1987,
effective August 11, 1987 (52 FR 22443); June 1, 1992, effective July
31, 1992 (57 FR 23063); May 8, 1995, effective July 7, 1995 (60 FR
22524); August 24, 1995, effective October 23, 1995 (60 FR 43979); May
23, 1996, effective July 22, 1996 (61 FR 25796); January 30, 1998,
effective March 31, 1998 (63 FR 4587); September 15, 1999, effective
November 15, 1999 (64 FR 49998); October 26, 2000, effective December
26, 2000 (65 FR 64161); December 26, 2001, effective February 25, 2002
(66 FR 66342); April 11, 2003, effective June 10, 2003 (68 FR 17748);
March 14, 2005, effective May 13, 2005 (70 FR 12416); May 11, 2006,
effective July 10, 2006 (71 FR 27405); and October 5, 2012, effective
December 4, 2012 (77 FR 60919).
G. What changes is EPA authorizing with this action?
On March 9, 2010 and January 15, 2013, Tennessee submitted final
complete program revision applications seeking authorization of its
changes in accordance with 40 CFR 271.21. Tennessee supplemented these
applications on September 16, 2014. EPA now makes an immediate final
decision, subject to receipt of written comments that oppose this
action, that Tennessee's hazardous waste program revisions are
equivalent to, consistent with, and no less stringent than the Federal
program, and therefore satisfy all of the requirements necessary to
qualify for final authorization. Therefore, EPA grants Tennessee final
authorization for the following program changes:
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Description of federal requirement Federal Register date and page Analogous State Authority 1 2
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206--Nonwastewaters from Dyes and 70 FR 9138 02/24/05 and 70 FR Tennessee Revised Code:
Pigments. 35032 06/16/05. 0400-12-01-.02(1)(d)2(xii)(I)-(V);
0400-12-01-.02(4)(c)1-4;
0400-12-01-.02(5) (App. VII & VIII);
0400-12-01-.10(2)(k)-(t);
0400-12-01-.10(3)(a) (Table of Treatment
Standards for Hazardous Waste); and
.10(3)(i)1 (Universal Treatment
Standards Table)
Checklist 207--Uniform Hazardous Waste 70 FR 10776 03/04/05 and 70 FR Tennessee Revised Code:
Manifest Rule. 35034 06/16/05. 0400-12-01-.01(2)(a);
0400-12-01-.02(1)(g)2(i)(III)I-II;
0400-12-01-.03(3)(a)1(i)-(ii);
.03(3)(b)1(a)-(m); .03(3)(h)1-2;
0400-12-01-.03(4)(c)2; .03(4)(d);
.03(4)(e)16(i)-(ii);
0400-12-01-.03(7)(e)3 & 5;
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0400-12-01-.03(8)(a)3-5;
0400-12-01-.03(13)(a) (App.);
0400-12-01-.04(3)(a)1-3 & 7(i)-(iv);
.04(3)(b)2(i)-(ii);
0400-12-01-.06(5)(a)1-2; .06(5)(b)1(i)-
(iii); .06(5)(b)2(iv); .06(5)(b)5;
.06(5)(c)1-5; .06(5)(c)6(i)-(vii);
.06(5)(c)7; .06(5)(g)1-2;
0400-12-01-.05(5)(a)1-2; .05(5)(b)1(i)-
(iii); .05(5)(b)2(iv); .05(5)(b)5;
.05(5)(c)1-5; .05(5)(c)6(i)-(vii);
.05(5)(c)7; and .05(5)(g)1-2.
208--Methods Innovation Rule and SW- 70 FR 34538 06/14/05 and 70 FR Tennessee Revised Code:
846 Final Update IIIB. 44150 08/01/05. 0400-12-01-.01(2)(b)1-2;
0400-12-01-02(1)(c)1(ii)(V);
0400-12-01-.02(3)(b)1(i); .02(3)(c)1(i)-
(ii);
0400-12-01-.02(4)(f)2(ii)(III);
0400-12-01-02(5) (App. I-III);
0400-12-01-.06(10)(a)1;
0400-12-01-.06(14)(o)2;
0400-12-01-.06(30)(e)3(i)(II) & (IV);
.06(30)(e)4(i)(III); .06(30)(e)6;
0400-12-01-.06(31)(n)4(ii);
0400-12-01-.06(57)(i) (App. IX);
0400-12-01-.05(10)(a)1;
0400-12-01-.05(14)(o)3;
0400-12-01-.05(27)(e)3(i)(II) & (IV);
.05(27)(e)4(i)(III); .05(27)(e)6;
0400-12-01-.05(28)(n)4(ii);
0400-12-01-.05(29)(b);
.05(29)(e)1(iii)(II)III;
.05(29)(e)1(iii)(III);
.05(29)(e)2(iii)(II)III;
.05(29)(e)2(iii)(III);
.05(29)(e)3(iii)(I);
0400-12-01-.09(8)(a)4(i)(II);
.09(8)(a)7(ii); .09(8)(c)2(i);
.09(8)(g)1; .09(8)(m)2(i);
.09(8)(m)2(ii)(I);
0400-12-01-.09(30) (App. IX);
0400-12-01-.10(3)(a)2; .10(3)(a) (Table
of Treatment Standards for Hazardous
Waste), footnote 7; .10(3)(i)1
(Universal Treatment Standards Table),
footnote 4;
0400-12-01-.07(5)(b)5(iii)(I)III-IV;
.07(5)(b)8(i)(II)II.B;
0400-12-01-.07(1)(e)2(ii)(I)III-IV;
.07(1)(j)3(ii)(I)-II);
0400-12-01-.11(2)(a)2(i)(II);
0400-12-01-.11(5)(e)3;
0400-12-01-.11(6)(d)3; and
0400-12-01-.11(7)(d)3.
209--Universal Waste Rule: Specific 70 FR 45508 08/05/05.......... Tennessee Revised Code:
Provisions for Mercury Containing 0400-12-01-.01(2)(a);
Equipment. 0400-12-01-.02(1)(j);
0400-12-01-.06(1)(b)2(x);
0400-12-01-.05(1)(b)2(xii);
0400-12-01-.10(1)(a)6;
0400-12-01-.07(1)(b)4(ix);
0400-12-01-.12(1)(a); .12(1)(a)1(iii);
.12(1)(f)1-3; .12(1)(b);
0400-12-01-.12(2)(d)3(i)-(iv);
.12(2)(e)4(i)-(ii);
0400-12-01-.12(3)(c)2(iv)-(v);
.12(3)(d)3(i)-(iv); and .12(3)(e)4(i)-
(ii).
211--Wastewater Treatment Exemptions 70 FR 57769 10/04/05.......... Tennessee Revised Code:
for Hazardous Waste Mixtures 0400-12-01-.02(1)(c)1(ii)(IV)I-II;
(``Headworks exemptions''). .02(1)(c)1(ii)(IV)IV; and
.02(1)(c)1(ii)(IV)VI-VII.
213--Burden Reduction Initiative...... 71 FR 16862 04/04/06.......... Tennessee Revised Code:
0400-12-01-.01(4)(b)2(ii-vii);
0400-12-01-.02(1)(d)1(ix)(III)V;
.02(1)(d)6(ix);
0400-12-01-.06(2)(f)2(iv)-(v);
.06(2)(g)1(iv);
0400-12-01-.06(4)(c)2; .06(4)(g)9;
0400-12-01-.06(5)(d)2; .06(5)(d)2(i)-
(ii), (vi), (viii), (x) & (xviii)-
(xix);
0400-12-01-.06(6)(i)4; .06(6)(i)7(ii)-
(iii); .06(6)(j)6-7; .06(6)(k)7;
0400-12-01-.06(7)(d)5(v); .06(7)(f) &
(k);
0400-12-01-.06(8)(d)4(i); .06(8)(f)4(i);
.06(8)(n)5;
0400-12-01-.06(9)(e);
0400-12-01-.06(10)(b)1;
.06(10)(b)2(v)(II); .06(10)(c)1-2;
.06(10)(d)1(i)-(ii); .06(10)(d)9(ii);
.06(10)(f)2-8; .06(10)(g)6;
0400-12-01-.06(12)(b)3;
0400-12-01-.06(13)(k)2;
0400-12-01-.06(14)(o)1-5;
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0400-12-01-.06(15)(d)1(ii); .06(15)(h)4;
0400-12-01-.06(22)(e)3(ii);
0400-12-01-.06(26)(b)1-3;
.06(26)(d)1(iv)(II); .06(26)(d)7;
.06(26)(e)1;
0400-12-01-.06(31)(l)2(i)-(ii);
.06(31)(m)1;
0400-12-01-.06(33)(a); .06(33)(b)3(ii);
0400-12-01-.05(2)(f)2(iv);
.05(2)(g)1(iv);
0400-12-01-.05(4)(c)2; .05(4)(g)9;
0400-12-01-.05(5)(d)2(i)-(ii), (vi)-
(viii) & (xv);
0400-12-01-.05(6)(a)4(i) & (iii);
.05(6)(d)4(ii) & (v);
0400-12-01-.05(7)(d)5(v); .05(7)(f);
.05(7)(k);
0400-12-01-.05(8)(d)3(i); .05(8)(f)3(i);
.05(8)(n)5;
0400-12-01-.05(9)(e);
0400-12-01-.05(10)(b)1;
.05(10)(b)2(v)(II); .05(10)(c)1 & 2;
.05(10)(d)1(i)-(ii); .05(10)(d)9(ii);
.05(10)(f)1-7; .05(10)(g)6; .05(10)(l)3-
8;
0400-12-01-.05(11)(b)1; .05(11)(e)1;
0400-12-01-.05(12)(j)1;
0400-12-01-.05(13)(k)5;
0400-12-01-.05(14)(b)1; .05(14)(d)1;
.05(14)(o)1-6;
0400-12-01-.05(23)(b)1-3;
.05(23)(d)1(iv)(II); .05(23)(d)7;
.05(23)(e)1;
0400-12-01-.05(28)(l)2(i)-(ii);
.05(28)(m)1;
0400-12-01-.05(30)(a); .05(30)(b)3(ii);
0400-12-01-.09(8)(c)5(x); .09(8)(d)4 &
11;
0400-12-01-.10(1)(g)1(i)-(ii);
.10(1)(g)2(vi); .10(1)(i)1 & 4;
0400-12-01-.07(5); .07(5)(b)2(i);
.07(5)(b)12(iii)(XV); and
0400-12-01-.07(10)(o).
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\1\ The Tennessee provisions for RCRA Cluster XV (Checklists 206, 207, and 208) and Cluster XVI (Checklists 209,
211, and 213) are from the Tennessee Hazardous Waste Management Regulations, Chapter 0400-12-01, effective
November 5, 2013.
\2\ Chapter 1200-01-11 was renumbered as Chapter 0400-12-01, effective September 17, 2012. The chapter title,
``Hazardous Waste Management,'' remained the same and the contents of the chapter did not change as a result
of the renumbering.
H. Where are the revised State rules different from the Federal rules?
We consider Tennessee Hazardous Waste Management Regulations 0400-
12-01-.05(5)(d)2 and -.06(5)(d)2 to be more stringent than the Federal
counterparts at 40 CFR 265.73(b) and 264.73(b) because the State
requires owners and operators of interim status and permitted
treatment, storage, and disposal facilities to maintain information in
the facility's operating record on site for no less than five (5)
years. The Federal requirements at 40 CFR 265.73(b) and 264.73(b)
require that owners and operators of the same types of facilities
maintain such records for no less than three (3) years. These five-year
document retention requirements are part of the Tennessee authorized
program and are federally enforceable.
I. Who handles permits after the authorization takes effect?
Tennessee will issue permits for all the provisions for which it is
authorized and will administer the permits it issues. EPA will continue
to administer any RCRA hazardous waste permits or portions of permits
which EPA issued prior to the effective date of this authorization
until they expire or are terminated. EPA will not issue any more
permits or new portions of permits for the provisions listed in the
Table above after the effective date of this authorization. EPA will
continue to implement and issue permits for HSWA requirements for which
Tennessee is not authorized.
J. What is codification and is EPA codifying Tennessee's hazardous
waste program as authorized in this rule?
Codification is the process of placing the State's statutes and
regulations that comprise the State's authorized hazardous waste
program into the Code of Federal Regulations. EPA does this by
referencing the authorized State rules in 40 CFR part 272. EPA is not
codifying the authorization of Tennessee's changes at this time.
However, EPA reserves the amendment of 40 CFR part 272, subpart RR, for
the authorization of Tennessee's program changes at a later date.
K. Administrative Requirements
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted this action
from the requirements of Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4,
1993), and therefore this action is not subject to review by OMB. This
action authorizes State requirements for the purpose of RCRA 3006 and
imposes no additional requirements beyond those imposed by State law.
Accordingly, I certify that this action will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because this action
authorizes pre-existing requirements under State law and does not
impose any additional enforceable duty beyond that required by State
law, it does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4). For the same reason, this
action also does not significantly or uniquely affect the communities
of Tribal governments, as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR
67249, November 9, 2000). This action will not have substantial direct
effects on the States, on the relationship between the national
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government, as specified
in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999), because it
merely authorizes State requirements as part of the State RCRA
hazardous waste program without altering the relationship or the
distribution of power and responsibilities established by RCRA. This
action also is not subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April
23, 1997), because it is not economically significant and it does not
make decisions based on environmental
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health or safety risks. This rule is not subject to Executive Order
13211, ``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect
Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001)
because it is not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order
12866.
Under RCRA section 3006(b), EPA grants a State's application for
authorization as long as the State meets the criteria required by RCRA.
It would thus be inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, when it
reviews a State authorization application, to require the use of any
particular voluntary consensus standard in place of another standard
that otherwise satisfies the requirements of RCRA. Thus, the
requirements of section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not apply. As required
by section 3 of Executive Order 12988 (61 FR 4729, February 7, 1996),
in issuing this rule, EPA has taken the necessary steps to eliminate
drafting errors and ambiguity, minimize potential litigation, and
provide a clear legal standard for affected conduct. EPA has complied
with Executive Order 12630 (53 FR 8859, March 15, 1988) by examining
the takings implications of the rule in accordance with the ``Attorney
General's Supplemental Guidelines for the Evaluation of Risk and
Avoidance of Unanticipated Takings'' issued under the executive order.
This rule does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this document and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot take effect
until 60 days after it is published in the Federal Register. This
action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). This
action will be effective May 19, 2015, unless objections to this
authorization are received.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 271
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Confidential business information, Hazardous waste, Hazardous waste
transportation, Indian lands, Intergovernmental relations, Penalties,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Authority: This action is issued under the authority of sections
2002(a), 3006, and 7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6926, and 6974(b).
Dated: March 2, 2015.
Heather McTeer Toney,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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