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 2008_register executive 2010-09-23 article Part V Proposed Rules D09002ee1c8080676 D09002ee1c80807a3 United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This rule proposes to amend certain existing regulations promulgated under the hazardous waste provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regarding the export and import of hazardous wastes from and into the United States. Specifically, we are proposing to modify: The requirements to implement the OECD framework concerning the transboundary movement of hazardous waste among countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), including reducing the number of control levels, exempting qualifying shipments sent for laboratory analyses from certain paperwork requirements, requiring recovery facilities to submit a certificate of recovery, adding provisions for the return or re- export of wastes subject to the Amber control procedures, and clarifying certain existing provisions that were identified as potentially ambiguous to the regulated community; the regulations regarding the management of spent lead-acid batteries being reclaimed to require appropriate notice and consent for those batteries intended for reclamation in a foreign country; the exception reporting requirements for hazardous waste exports to specify that all exception reports submitted to EPA be sent to the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance's Office of Federal Activities in Washington, DC rather than to the Administrator; and the hazardous waste import requirements such that U.S. importers would give the initial transporter a copy of the EPA-provided documentation confirming EPA's consent to the import when they provide the RCRA hazardous waste manifest, and that the documentation would be submitted by the U.S. receiving facility to EPA along with the RCRA hazardous waste manifest within thirty days of import shipment delivery. Finally, separate from this proposed rule, EPA is publishing in http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/ hazard/international/oecd-slab-rule.htm a draft guidance document on how U.S. receiving facilities may request EPA to identify them as pre- approved facilities to receive hazardous waste from OECD Member countries. 73 FR 58388 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-10-06/E8-22536 E8-22536 fr06oc08-24 RIN 2050-AE93 6560-50-P EPA-HQ-RCRA-2005-0018 FRL-8720-3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-10-06/E8-22536 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-10-06/html/E8-22536.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-10-06/pdf/E8-22536.pdf Environmental Protection Exports Hazardous Materials Transportation Hazardous Waste Imports International Organizations Labeling Packaging and Containers Recycling Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Spent Lead-Acid Batteries Waste Treatment and Disposal Administrative Practice and Procedure Intergovernmental Relations Penalties 29 p. 58388 58416 73 FR 58388 Title 40 Part 262 40 CFR Part 262 Title 40 Part 264 40 CFR Part 264 Title 40 Part 265 40 CFR Part 265 Title 40 Part 266 40 CFR Part 266 Title 40 Part 271 40 CFR Part 271 RIN 2050-AE93 Revisions to: The Requirements for Transboundary Shipments of Wastes Between OECD Countries, the Requirements for Export Shipments of Spent Lead-Acid Batteries, the Requirements on Submitting Exception Reports for Export Shipments of Hazardous Wastes, and the Requirements for Imports of Hazardous Wastes; Federal Register Vol. 73, Issue PRORULE E8-22536 V ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2008-11-05 EPA-HQ-RCRA-2005-0018 FRL-8720-3 6560-50-P E8-22536 Proposed rule.

This rule proposes to amend certain existing regulations promulgated under the hazardous waste provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regarding the export and import of hazardous wastes from and into the United States. Specifically, we are proposing to modify: The requirements to implement the OECD framework concerning the transboundary movement of hazardous waste among countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), including reducing the number of control levels, exempting qualifying shipments sent for laboratory analyses from certain paperwork requirements, requiring recovery facilities to submit a certificate of recovery, adding provisions for the return or re- export of wastes subject to the Amber control procedures, and clarifying certain existing provisions that were identified as potentially ambiguous to the regulated community; the regulations regarding the management of spent lead-acid batteries being reclaimed to require appropriate notice and consent for those batteries intended for reclamation in a foreign country; the exception reporting requirements for hazardous waste exports to specify that all exception reports submitted to EPA be sent to the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance's Office of Federal Activities in Washington, DC rather than to the Administrator; and the hazardous waste import requirements such that U.S. importers would give the initial transporter a copy of the EPA-provided documentation confirming EPA's consent to the import when they provide the RCRA hazardous waste manifest, and that the documentation would be submitted by the U.S. receiving facility to EPA along with the RCRA hazardous waste manifest within thirty days of import shipment delivery. Finally, separate from this proposed rule, EPA is publishing in http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/ hazard/international/oecd-slab-rule.htm a draft guidance document on how U.S. receiving facilities may request EPA to identify them as pre- approved facilities to receive hazardous waste from OECD Member countries.

Comments must be received on or before December 5, 2008. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on the information collection provisions must be received by OMB on or before November 5, 2008. Laura Coughlan, Hazardous Waste Identification Division, Office of Solid Waste (5304P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-0005; fax number: (703) 308-0514; e-mail: coughlan.laura@epa.gov. Environmental Protection Exports Hazardous Materials Transportation Hazardous Waste Imports International Organizations Labeling Packaging and Containers Recycling Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Spent Lead-Acid Batteries Waste Treatment and Disposal Administrative Practice and Procedure Intergovernmental Relations Penalties Requirements for Transboundary Shipments of Wastes Between OECD Countries, Requirements for Export Shipments of Spent Lead-Acid Batteries, etc., coughlan.laura@epa.gov rcra-docket@epa.gov http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html http://www.basel.int http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/hazard/international/oecd-slab-rule.htm http://www.oecd.org/env/waste/ http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/ http://www.regulations.gov Vol. 73, no. 194 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2008-10-06 continuing daily deposited born digital 428 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-10-06 P0b002ee1809b295e 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr06oc08 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-10-06 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-10-06/pdf/FR-2008-10-06.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-10-06/xml/FR-2008-10-06.xml fdlp 58019 58434 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-05 FR-2008-10-06 machine generated eng FR FR-2008-10-06 73 194