[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 18499-18500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08429]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 272

[EPA-R02-RCRA-2018-0034; FRL-9974-05--Region 2]


New York: 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 revise 
the codification of New York's authorized hazardous waste program which 
is set forth in the regulations entitled ``Approved State Hazardous 
Waste Management Programs''. EPA will incorporate by reference into the 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) those provisions of the State 
regulations that are authorized and that EPA will enforce under the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended and commonly referred to as the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

DATES: Send your written comments by May 29, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R02-
RCRA-2018-0034, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected].
     Fax: (212) 637-4437.
     Mail: Send written comments to Nidal Azzam, Base Program 
Management Section Chief, Hazardous Waste Programs Branch, Clean Air 
and Sustainability Division, EPA, Region 2, 290 Broadway, 22nd Floor, 
New York, NY 10007.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver your comments to Nidal 
Azzam, Base Program Management Section Chief, Hazardous Waste Programs 
Branch, Clean Air and Sustainability Division, 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-
2018-0034. 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 email. The Federal http://www.regulations.gov 
website 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 http://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 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

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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/dockets).
    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 inspect a copy 
of the records related to this codification effort at EPA Region 2 by 
appointment only. To make an appointment please call (212) 637-3703.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nidal Azzam, Base Program Management 
Section Chief, Hazardous Waste Programs Branch, Clean Air and 
Sustainability Division, EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, 22nd floor, New 
York, NY 10007; telephone number: (212) 637-3748; fax number: (212) 
637-4437; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of 
this Federal Register, the EPA is codifying and incorporating by 
reference the State's hazardous waste program as a direct final rule. 
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. Unless we get written comments which oppose this incorporation by 
reference during the comment period, the direct final rule will become 
effective on the date indicated, and we will not take further action on 
this proposal. If we get comments that oppose these actions, we will 
withdraw the direct final rule and it will not take effect. We will 
then respond to public comments in a later final rule based on this 
proposal. You may not have another opportunity for comment. If you want 
to comment on this action, you must do so at this time.
    For additional information, please see the direct final rule 
published in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal 
Register.

    Dated: December 27, 2017.
Peter D. Lopez,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.

    Editorial Note:  This document was received for publication by 
the Office of the Federal Register on April 18, 2018.

[FR Doc. 2018-08429 Filed 4-26-18; 8:45 am]
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