[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 10, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32852-32853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14422]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 271 and 272

[EPA-R06-RCRA-2016-0549; FRL-9993-44-Region 6]


Texas: Proposed Authorization of State-Initiated Changes and 
Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste Management Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On October 24, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
published a proposed rule and provided for a thirty-day public comment 
period. The public comment period closed on November 23, 2018 and EPA 
received three comments. The purpose of this document is to reopen the 
comment period for an additional 30 days. This extension of the comment 
period is provided to allow the public additional time to provide 
comment on the October 24, 2018 proposed rule. All comments submitted 
during the original comment period as well those submitted during this 
extension of the comment period will be accepted and considered.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received by August 9, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected] or [email protected].
     Fax: (214) 665-6762 (prior to faxing, please notify Alima 
Patterson at (214) 665-8533).
     Mail: Alima Patterson, Regional Authorization/Codification 
Coordinator, RCRA Permit Section (LCR-RP), Land, Chemicals and 
Redevelopment Division, EPA Region 6, 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500, 
Dallas, Texas 75270.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver your comments to Alima 
Patterson, Regional Authorization/Codification Coordinator, RCRA Permit 
Section (LCR-RP), Land, Chemicals and Redevelopment Division, EPA 
Region 6, 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500, Dallas, Texas 75270
    Instructions: EPA must receive your comments by August 9, 2019. 
Direct your comments to Docket ID Number EPA-R06-RCRA-2016-0549. The 
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change and may be made available online at http:/
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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 the 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 the EPA without going through 
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, 
the 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 the EPA cannot read your comment due to technical 
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the 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 the EPA's public 
docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-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 may view and copy 
the documents that form the basis for this authorization and 
codification and associated publicly available materials from 8:30 a.m. 
to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at the following location: EPA, Region 
6, 1201 Elm Street Suite 500, Dallas, Texas 75270, contact: Alima 
Patterson, phone number: (214) 665-8533. Interested persons wanting to 
examine these documents in person should contact Ms. Patterson to make 
an appointment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Jones, Office of Regional 
Counsel (ORC), (214) 665-3184 and Email address [email protected]; 
or Alima Patterson, Regional Authorization/Codification Coordinator, 
Permit Section (LCR-RP), Land, Chemical and Redevelopment (214) 665-
8533 and Email address [email protected]; EPA Region 6, 1201 
Elms, Suite 500, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 24, 2018 (83 FR 53595), the EPA 
published a Proposed Rule to approve state-initiated changes and 
incorporation by reference of the State of Texas hazardous waste 
program under (RCRA). EPA is reopening the comment period due to a 
comment noting the public needed additional time to comment and that 
some items were not in the docket on www.regulations.gov. EPA has now 
put these documents into the docket identified by Docket ID EPA-R06-
RCRA-2016-0549 at www.regulations.gov and provided this additional 
comment period.

List of Subjects

40 CFR Part 271

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Confidential business information, Hazardous waste, transportation, 
Indian lands, Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

40 CFR Part 272

    Environmental protection, Hazardous materials transportation, 
Hazardous waste, Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental 
relations, Water pollution control, Water supply.

    Authority: This document 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, 6974(b).

    Dated: June 28, 2019.
David Gray,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2019-14422 Filed 7-9-19; 8:45 am]
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