[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 15, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 31637-31638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12458]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 271

[EPA-R09-RCRA-2021-0047; FRL-10024-12-Region 9]


Nevada: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management 
Program Revisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting Nevada 
final authorization for changes to its hazardous waste program under 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The Agency published 
a Proposed Rule on April 5, 2021, and sought public comment. No 
comments were received on the proposed revisions. No further 
opportunity for comment will be provided.

DATES: This final authorization is effective June 15, 2021.

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under 
Docket ID No. EPA-R09-RCRA-2021-0047. 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 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: Sorcha Vaughan, 
[email protected], 415-947-4217.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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

    On January 8, 2021, Nevada submitted a complete program revision 
application seeking authorization of changes to its hazardous waste 
program in accordance with 40 CFR 271.21. The EPA now makes a final 
decision that Nevada'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 of 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 April 5, 2021, Federal Register at 86 FR 17572.

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

    Codification is the process of placing citations and references to 
a state's statutes and regulations that comprise a 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 Nevada's revisions at this time. However, the EPA 
reserves the ability to amend 40 CFR part 272, subpart DD for the 
authorization of Nevada's program changes.

C. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    This final authorization revises Nevada's authorized hazardous 
waste management program pursuant to Section 3006 of RCRA and imposes 
no

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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 April 5, 2021, Federal Register at 86 FR 17572. 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 June 15, 2021.

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: June 1, 2021.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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