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 2018_register executive 2018-07-28 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7e3b8db D09002ee1c7e3ba90 United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency On April 17, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) promulgated national minimum criteria for existing and new coal combustion residuals (CCR) landfills and existing and new CCR surface impoundments. In March 2018, EPA proposed a number of revisions to the 2015 CCR rule and requested comment on additional issues. In this rulemaking EPA is acting to finalize certain revisions to those criteria. First, EPA is adopting two alternative performance standards that either Participating State Directors in states with approved CCR permit programs (participating states) or EPA where EPA is the permitting authority may apply to owners and operators of CCR units. Second, EPA is revising groundwater protection standards (GWPS) for four constituents which do not have an established Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL). Finally, the Agency is extending the deadline by which facilities must cease the placement of waste in CCR units closing for cause in two situations: Where the facility has detected a statistically significant increase above a GWPS from an unlined surface impoundment; and where the unit is unable to comply with the aquifer location restriction. Provisions from the proposed rule that are not addressed in this rule will be addressed in a subsequent action. 83 FR 36435 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-07-30/2018-16262 2018-16262 fr30jy18-13 RIN 2050-AG88 6560-50-P EPA-HQ-OLEM-2017-0286 FRL-9981-18-OLEM https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-07-30/2018-16262 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-07-30/html/2018-16262.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-07-30/pdf/2018-16262.pdf Environmental Protection Beneficial Use Coal Combustion Products Coal Combustion Residuals Coal Combustion Waste Disposal Hazardous Waste Landfill Surface Impoundment 22 p. 36435 36456 83 FR 36435 Title 40 Part 257 40 CFR Part 257 RIN 2050-AG88 Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Amendments to the National Minimum Criteria (Phase One, Part One); Federal Register Vol. 83, Issue RULE 2018-16262 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2018-08-29 EPA-HQ-OLEM-2017-0286 FRL-9981-18-OLEM 6560-50-P 2018-16262 Final rule.

On April 17, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) promulgated national minimum criteria for existing and new coal combustion residuals (CCR) landfills and existing and new CCR surface impoundments. In March 2018, EPA proposed a number of revisions to the 2015 CCR rule and requested comment on additional issues. In this rulemaking EPA is acting to finalize certain revisions to those criteria. First, EPA is adopting two alternative performance standards that either Participating State Directors in states with approved CCR permit programs (participating states) or EPA where EPA is the permitting authority may apply to owners and operators of CCR units. Second, EPA is revising groundwater protection standards (GWPS) for four constituents which do not have an established Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL). Finally, the Agency is extending the deadline by which facilities must cease the placement of waste in CCR units closing for cause in two situations: Where the facility has detected a statistically significant increase above a GWPS from an unlined surface impoundment; and where the unit is unable to comply with the aquifer location restriction. Provisions from the proposed rule that are not addressed in this rule will be addressed in a subsequent action.

This final rule is effective on August 29, 2018. For information concerning this final rule, contact Kirsten Hillyer, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, Environmental Protection Agency, 5304P, Washington, DC 20460; Environmental Protection Beneficial Use Coal Combustion Products Coal Combustion Residuals Coal Combustion Waste Disposal Hazardous Waste Landfill Surface Impoundment Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities; Amendments to National Minimum Criteria (Phase One, Part One) , hillyer.kirsten@epa.gov https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/risk/recordisplay.cfm?deid=199243 https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/risk/recordisplay.cfm?deid=23162 https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/risk/recordisplay.cfm?deid=236252 https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyNET.exe/91015CKS.TXT?ZyActionD=ZyDocument&Client=EPA&Index=2000+Thru+2005&Docs=&Query=&Time=&EndTime=&SearchMethod=1&TocRestrict=n&Toc=&TocEntry=&QField=&QFieldYear=&QFieldMonth=&QFieldDay=&IntQFieldOp=0&ExtQFieldOp=0&XmlQuery=&File=D%3A%5Czyfiles%5CIndex%20Data%5C00thru05%5CTxt%5C00000030%5C91015CKS.txt&User=ANONYMOUS&Password=anonymous&SortMethod=h%7C-&MaximumDocuments=1&FuzzyDegree=0&ImageQuality=r75g8/r75g8/x150y150g16/i425&Display=hpfr&DefSeekPage=x&SearchBack=ZyActionL&Back=ZyActionS&BackDesc=Results%20page&MaximumPages=1&ZyEntry=1&SeekPage=x&ZyPURL https://www.epa.gov/coalash https://www.epa.gov/iris/reference-dose-rfd-description-and-use-health-risk-assessments https://www.epa.gov/risk/guidelines-carcinogen-risk-assessment https://www.epa.gov/risk/regional-screening-levels-rsls https://www.epa.gov/risk/risk-assessment-guidance-superfund-rags-part-b https://www.epa.gov/risk/update-standard-default-exposure-factors https://www.regulations.gov Vol. 83, no. 146 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2018-07-30 continuing daily deposited born digital 334 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-07-30 P0b002ee19b99e385 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr30jy18 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-07-30 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-07-30/pdf/FR-2018-07-30.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-07-30/xml/FR-2018-07-30.xml fdlp 36399 36722 DGPO 2018-07-28 2024-06-01 FR-2018-07-30 machine generated eng FR FR-2018-07-30 83 146