[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 37565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13793]
[[Page 37565]]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 261
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2016-0040; FRL-9947-60-OLEM]
Hazardous Waste Management System; Tentative Denial of Petition
To Revise the RCRA Corrosivity Hazardous Characteristic
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is
extending the comment period on the tentative denial of a petition to
revise the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrosivity
hazardous waste characteristic regulation, published in the Federal
Register on April 11, 2016. EPA is tentatively denying the rulemaking
petition because the materials submitted in support of the petition
fail to demonstrate that the requested regulatory revisions are
warranted, as further explained in the tentative denial. The Agency's
review of additional materials it identified as relevant to the
petition similarly did not demonstrate that any change to the
corrosivity characteristic regulation is warranted at this time. The
comment period is being extended to December 7, 2016.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 7, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2016-0040, at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot
be edited or removed from 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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Helms, Materials Recovery and
Waste Management Division, Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery, (5304P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-308-8855; email
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment
period on the tentative denial of a petition to revise the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrosivity hazardous waste
characteristic regulation, published in the Federal Register on April
11, 2016 (81 FR 21295). In that Federal Register notice, the Agency
tentatively denied petitioners' requests that the Agency make two
changes to the current RCRA corrosivity characteristic regulation: (1)
Revise the regulatory value for defining waste as corrosive from the
current value of pH 12.5, to pH 11.5; and (2) expand the scope of the
RCRA corrosivity definition to include nonaqueous wastes in addition to
the aqueous wastes currently regulated. Petitioner-Public Employees for
Environmental Responsibility (``PEER'') has requested that the Agency
extend the public comment period to allow additional time to evaluate
the record supporting the tentative denial. EPA is hereby extending the
comment period, which was set to end on June 10, 2016, to December 7,
2016. Late comments on this tentative denial may not be considered.
To submit comments or access the docket, please follow the detailed
instructions as provided under ADDRESSES. If you have questions,
consult the individuals listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: June 3, 2016.
Barnes Johnson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response.
[FR Doc. 2016-13793 Filed 6-9-16; 8:45 am]
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