[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43309-43310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19594]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 312
[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2016-0786; FRL-9967-47-OLEM]
RIN 2050-AG94
Amendment to Standards and Practices for All Appropriate
Inquiries Under CERCLA
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: On June 20, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA or the agency) took direct final action to amend the All
Appropriate Inquiries Rule to reference ASTM International's E2247-16
``Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I
Environmental Site Assessment Process for Forestland or Rural
Property'' and allow for its use to satisfy the statutory requirements
for conducting all appropriate inquiries under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). The
direct final rule was scheduled to be effective on September 18, 2017,
unless EPA received adverse written comment. Because EPA received
adverse comment, we are withdrawing the direct final rule for the
Amendment to Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries
published on June 20, 2017.
DATES: The direct final rule published on June 20, 2017 at 82 FR 28009
is withdrawn effective September 15, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Overmeyer, Office of
Brownfields and Land Revitalization (5105T), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0002, 202-566-2774, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because EPA received adverse comment, we are
withdrawing the direct final rule for the Amendment to Standards and
Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries published on June 20, 2017 (82
FR 28009). We stated in that direct final rule that if we received
adverse comment by July 20, 2017, the direct final rule would not take
effect and we would publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal
Register. We subsequently received adverse comment on that direct final
rule. We addressed the comments received in the final action, which is
published in the ``Final Rules'' section of this Federal Register. As
stated in the direct final rule and the parallel proposed rule, we will
not institute a second comment period on the parallel proposed rule
published on June 20, 2017 (82 FR 28040).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 312
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Superfund.
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Dated: August 31, 2017.
Barry N. Breen,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Land and Emergency
Management.
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Accordingly, EPA withdraws the amendment to 40 CFR 312.11(a), published
in the Federal Register on June 20, 2017 (82 FR 28009), as of September
15, 2017.
[FR Doc. 2017-19594 Filed 9-14-17; 8:45 am]
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