[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 60609-60610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19014]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268 and 270

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0320; FRL: 10001-02-OLEM]
RIN 2050-AH29


Used Drum Management and Reconditioning; Extension of Comment 
Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA) is 
extending the comment period for the Advance Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (ANPRM), ``Used Drum Management and Reconditioning''. The 
EPA published this ANRPM in the Federal Register on August 11, 2023, 
and the public comment period was scheduled to end on September 25, 
2023. However, the EPA has received several requests for additional 
time to develop and submit comments on the ANPRM. In response to the 
requests for additional time, the EPA is extending the comment period 
through November 22, 2023.

DATES: The comment period for the ANPRM published August 11, 2023, at 
88 FR 54537, is extended. Comments must be received on or before 
November 22, 2023.

ADDRESSES: 
    Comments. You may send comments on the ANPRM, identified by Docket 
ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0320, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/ 
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket 
Center, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery Docket, Mail Code 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA Docket Center, WJC West 
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. 
The Docket Center's hours of operations are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 
Monday-Friday (except Federal Holidays).
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID 
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received may be posted without change 
to https://www.regulations.gov, including any

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personal information provided. For detailed instructions on sending 
comments see the ``instructions'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kaitlin Franssen, Materials Recovery 
and Waste Management Division, Office of Resource Conservation and 
Recovery (MC 5303P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-0487; 
email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Instructions: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0320, at https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), or the other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once 
submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The 
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not 
submit to EPA's docket at https://www.regulations.gov any information 
you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), Proprietary 
Business Information (PBI), 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). Please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets for additional submission methods; the 
full EPA public comment policy; information about CBI, PBI, or 
multimedia submissions; and general guidance on making effective 
comments.
    Summary: On August 11, 2023, the EPA published the Used Drum 
Management and Reconditioning Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to 
solicit information and request comments to assist in the potential 
development of non-regulatory and regulatory options that would ensure 
the proper management of used industrial containers that held hazardous 
chemicals or hazardous waste, up to and including the drum 
reconditioning process. Options could include revising the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations or other, non-
regulatory options. This ANPRM does not propose any regulatory 
requirements or change any existing regulatory requirements.
    The ANPRM's comment period was scheduled to end on September 25, 
2023. Since publication, EPA has received several requests to extend 
that comment period to allow for additional time to develop comments on 
the ANPRM. After considering the requests for additional time, the EPA 
has decided to extend the comment period through November 22, 2023.

    Dated: August 23, 2023.
Carolyn Hoskinson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2023-19014 Filed 9-1-23; 8:45 am]
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