[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 158 (Thursday, August 17, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 39101-39102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17412]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 372

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0197; FRL-9964-76]
RIN 2070-AK32


Community Right-To-Know; Adopting 2017 North American Industry 
Classification System (NAICS) Codes for Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) 
Reporting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to update the list of North American Industry 
Classification System (NAICS) codes subject to reporting under the 
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) to reflect the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) 2017 NAICS code revision. As a result of this proposal, 
facilities would be required to use 2017 NAICS codes when reporting to 
TRI beginning with TRI reporting forms that are due on July 1, 2018, 
covering releases and other waste management quantities for the 2017 
calendar year. EPA is also modifying the list of exceptions and 
limitations associated with NAICS codes in the CFR for TRI reporting 
purposes by deleting the descriptive text. EPA believes that the 
proposed amendments are non-controversial and does not expect to 
receive any adverse comments. Therefore, in addition to this Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking, in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of 
today's Federal Register, EPA is promulgating the 2017 NAICS code 
update as a direct final rule. For more information on this proposal, 
please refer to the direct final rule.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 18, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2007-0197, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit 
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute.
     Mail: Document Control Office (7407M), Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand 
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the 
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
    Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along 
with more information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    For technical information contact: Stephanie Griffin, Toxics 
Release Inventory Program Division, Mailcode 7410M, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(202) 564-1463; email address: [email protected].
    For general information contact: The Emergency Planning and 
Community Right-to-Know Information Center; telephone number: (800) 
424-9346, TDD (800) 553-7672; Web site: https://www.epa.gov/home/epa-hotlines.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information about the proposed 
update to TRI's covered NAICS codes, please see the information 
provided in the direct final action, with the same title, that is 
located in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this issue of the 
Federal Register. To comment on this proposed rule, and by extension 
the direct final rule, you must reference docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-
2007-0197 in one of the manners described above in the ADDRESSES 
section.

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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 372

    Environmental protection, Community right-to-know, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Toxic chemicals.

    Dated: August 7, 2017.
Wendy Cleland-Hamnett,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-17412 Filed 8-16-17; 8:45 am]
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