[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 28, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 53576-53577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19987]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 271

[EPA-R09-RCRA-2021-0431; FRL-8828-03-R9]


Arizona: Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management 
Program Revisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed action/decision/authorization.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
authorize changes to Arizona's hazardous waste program under the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). These changes were 
outlined in an application to the EPA and correspond to certain Federal 
rules promulgated between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2020. The EPA 
reviewed Arizona's application and has determined that these changes 
satisfy all requirements needed to qualify for final authorization. 
Therefore, in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal 
Register, we are authorizing Arizona for these changes as a direct 
final authorization without a prior proposed action. If we receive no 
adverse comment, we will not take further action on this proposed 
authorization.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 28, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-R09-RCRA-2021-0431, at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments 
cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. EPA may publish any 
comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 
Multimedia submissions (audio, video,

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etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is 
considered the official comment and should include discussion of all 
points you wish to make. EPA will generally not consider comments or 
comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on 
the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). The https://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 https://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. If EPA 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, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or 
viruses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sorcha Vaughan, 
[email protected], 415-947-4217.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document proposes to take action on 
Arizona's changes to its hazardous waste management program under the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended. We have 
published a direct final action authorizing these changes in the 
``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register because we 
view this as a noncontroversial action and anticipate no adverse 
comment. We have explained our reasons for this action in the preamble 
to the direct final authorization.
    If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action 
on this proposed rulemaking. If we receive adverse comment, we will 
withdraw the direct final authorization and it will not take effect. We 
would then address all public comments in a subsequent final action and 
base any further decision on the authorization of the state program 
changes after considering all comments received during the comment 
period.
    We do not intend to institute a second comment period on this 
action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time. 
For further information, please see the information provided in the 
ADDRESSES section of this document.

    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: September 1, 2021.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2021-19987 Filed 9-27-21; 8:45 am]
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