[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3738-3739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01297]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 282

[EPA-R04-UST-2020-0696; FRL: 9057-01-R4]


Commonwealth of Kentucky: Codification and Incorporation by 
Reference of Approved State Underground Storage Tank Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as 
amended, authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant 
approval to states to operate their underground storage tank (UST) 
programs in lieu of the Federal program. The Commonwealth of Kentucky 
(Commonwealth or State) applied to the EPA for final approval to its 
UST Program on October 7, 2019, and on September 16, 2020, the EPA 
published a final determination and approval of the Commonwealth's UST 
Program. This action proposes to codify the EPA's prior approval of the 
Commonwealth's UST Program and to incorporate by reference approved 
provisions of the Commonwealth's statutes and regulations.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before 
February 24, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov 
(our

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preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Include the Docket ID No. EPA-
R04-UST-2020-0696 in the subject line of the message.
    Instructions: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-R04-UST-2020-0696, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from 
https://www.regulations.gov. The 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, 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. The 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). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment 
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general 
guidance on making effective comments, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
    Out of an abundance of caution for members of the public and our 
staff, the public's access to the EPA Region 4 Offices is by 
appointment only to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19. We 
encourage the public to submit comments via https://www.regulations.gov 
or via email. The EPA encourages electronic comment submittals, but if 
you are unable to submit electronically or need other assistance, 
please contact Ben Singh, the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT provision below. The index to the docket for this 
action is available electronically at https://www.regulations.gov. The 
documents that form the basis of this codification and associated 
publicly available docket materials are available for review on the 
https://www.regulations.gov website. The EPA encourages electronic 
reviewing of these documents, but if you are unable to review these 
documents electronically, please contact Ben Singh to schedule an 
appointment to view the documents at the Region 4 Offices. Interested 
persons wanting to examine these documents should make an appointment 
at least two weeks in advance. The EPA Region 4 requires all visitors 
to adhere to the COVID-19 protocol. Please contact Ben Singh for the 
COVID-19 protocol requirements prior to your appointment.
    Please also contact Ben Singh if you need assistance in a language 
other than English or if you are a person with disabilities who needs a 
reasonable accommodation at no cost to you. For further information on 
the EPA Docket Center services and the current status, please visit us 
online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    The EPA continues to carefully and continuously monitor information 
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, local area health 
departments, and our Federal partners so that we can respond rapidly as 
conditions change regarding COVID-19.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Singh, RCRA Programs and Cleanup 
Branch, Land, Chemicals and Redevelopment Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street 
SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960; Phone number: (404) 562-8922, email 
address: [email protected]. Please contact Ben Singh by phone or email 
for further information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information, see the direct 
final rule published in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this 
issue of the Federal Register.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 282

    Administrative practice and procedure, Environmental protection, 
Hazardous substances, Incorporation by reference, Petroleum, Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements, State program approval, and Underground 
storage tanks.


    Authority:  This action is issued under the authority of 
sections 2002(a), 7004(b), 9004, 9005 and 9006 of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6974(b), 6991c, 6991d, 
and 6991e.

    Dated: January 18, 2022.
Daniel Blackman,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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