[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 225 (Friday, November 20, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 74265-74266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24950]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 271

[EPA-R04-RCRA-2020-0402; FRL-10016-11-Region 4]


South Carolina: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste 
Management Program Revisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is granting South Carolina 
final authorization for changes to its hazardous waste program under 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The Agency published 
a Proposed Rule on September 11, 2020 and provided for public comment. 
The Agency received one comment in support of authorizing the South 
Carolina program changes. This comment can be reviewed in the docket 
for this action under Docket ID No. EPA-R04-RCRA-2020-0402. No further 
opportunity for comment will be provided.

DATES: This final authorization is effective November 20, 2020.

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under 
Docket ID No. EPA-R04-RCRA-2020-0402. All documents in the docket are 
listed on the http://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in 
the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as 
copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet and will be 
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket 
materials are available electronically through http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leah Davis, RCRA Programs and Cleanup 
Branch, LCR Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta 
Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960; 
telephone number: (404) 562-8562; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. What changes to South Carolina's hazardous waste program is EPA 
authorizing with this action?

    South Carolina submitted a complete program revision application, 
dated April 8, 2020, seeking authorization of changes to its hazardous 
waste program in accordance with 40 CFR 271.21. The EPA now makes a 
final decision that South Carolina's hazardous waste program revisions 
that are being authorized are equivalent to, consistent with, and no 
less stringent than the Federal program, and therefore satisfy all the 
requirements necessary to qualify for final authorization. For a list 
of State rules being authorized with this final authorization, please 
see the Proposed Rule published in the September 11, 2020 Federal 
Register at 85 FR 56200.

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B. What is codification and is the EPA codifying South Carolina's 
hazardous waste program as authorized in this rule?

    Codification is the process of placing citations and references to 
the State's statutes and regulations that comprise the State's 
authorized hazardous waste program into the Code of Federal 
Regulations. The EPA does this by adding those citations and references 
to the authorized State rules in 40 CFR part 272. The EPA is not 
codifying the authorization of South Carolina's revisions at this time. 
However, the EPA reserves the ability to amend 40 CFR part 272, subpart 
PP, for the authorization of South Carolina's program changes at a 
later date.

C. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    This final authorization revises South Carolina's authorized 
hazardous waste management program pursuant to Section 3006 of RCRA and 
imposes no requirements other than those currently imposed by State 
law. For further information on how this authorization complies with 
applicable executive orders and statutory provisions, please see the 
Proposed Rule published in the September 11, 2020 Federal Register at 
85 FR 56200. 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. The 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 final action will be effective November 20, 2020.

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: November 2, 2020.
Mary Walker,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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