United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1998_register executive 2010-09-24 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1be002c73 D09002ee1be002d63 United States Final Rule originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Environmental Protection Agency today is issuing a final rule that will reduce reporting burdens under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. Reducing reporting burdens is one of the goals of the President's government-wide regulatory reform initiatives. Through this rule, EPA will broaden existing reporting exemptions for releases of naturally occurring radionuclides to include releases that result from: land disturbance incidental to extraction activities, except that which occurs at uranium, phosphate, tin, zircon, hafnium, vanadium, and rare earth mines; and coal and coal ash piles at all sites. Eliminating needless reporting burdens on persons responsible for certain mine sites and coal and coal ash piles will also allow EPA to better focus its resources on the most serious releases, resulting in more effective protection of public health and welfare and the environment. 63 FR 13460 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1998-03-19/98-4822 98-4822 fr19mr98-14 RIN 2050-AD46 6560-50-P FRL-5970-8 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1998-03-19/98-4822 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998-03-19/html/98-4822.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998-03-19/pdf/98-4822.pdf 16 p. 13460 13475 63 FR 13460 Title 40 Part 302 40 CFR Part 302 Title 40 Part 355 40 CFR Part 355 RIN 2050-AD46 Administrative Reporting Exemptions for Certain Radionuclide Releases; Federal Register Vol. 63, Issue RULE 98-4822 II Final Rule ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FRL-5970-8 6560-50-P 98-4822 Final rule.

The Environmental Protection Agency today is issuing a final rule that will reduce reporting burdens under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. Reducing reporting burdens is one of the goals of the President's government-wide regulatory reform initiatives. Through this rule, EPA will broaden existing reporting exemptions for releases of naturally occurring radionuclides to include releases that result from: land disturbance incidental to extraction activities, except that which occurs at uranium, phosphate, tin, zircon, hafnium, vanadium, and rare earth mines; and coal and coal ash piles at all sites. Eliminating needless reporting burdens on persons responsible for certain mine sites and coal and coal ash piles will also allow EPA to better focus its resources on the most serious releases, resulting in more effective protection of public health and welfare and the environment.

April 20, 1998. The RCRA/UST, Superfund, and EPCRA Hotline at 800/424-9346 (in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, contact 703/412-9810). The Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) Hotline number is 800/553-7672 (in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, contact 703/486-3323); or the Office of Emergency and Remedial Response (5202G), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460 (contact Elizabeth Zeller 703/603-8744). Vol. 63, no. 53 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1998-03-19 continuing daily deposited born digital 163 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1998-03-19 P0b002ee180a65ecb 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr19mr98 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1998-03-19 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998-03-19/pdf/FR-1998-03-19.pdf fdlp 13329 13480 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1998-03-19 machine generated eng FR FR-1998-03-19 63 53