80 FR 68490 - Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 214 (November 5, 2015)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is announcing an extension to the comment period for the proposed rule on improvements to the generator regulations published in the Federal Register on September 25, 2015. EPA is proposing to revise the hazardous waste generator regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to improve compliance and thereby enhance protection of human health and the environment. Specifically, EPA proposes to revise certain components of the hazardous waste generator regulatory program; address gaps in the regulations; provide greater flexibility for hazardous waste generators to manage their hazardous waste in a cost-effective and protective manner; reorganize the hazardous waste regulations to make them more user-friendly and thus improve their usability by the regulated community; and make technical corrections and conforming changes to address inadvertent errors, remove obsolete references to programs that no longer exist, and improve the readability of the regulations. The comment period is being extended to December 24, 2015.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 214 (Thursday, November 5, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 68490-68491]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28099]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2012-0121; FRL-9936-51-OSWER]
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Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is 
announcing an extension to the comment period for the proposed rule on 
improvements to the generator regulations published in the Federal 
Register on September 25, 2015. EPA is proposing to revise the 
hazardous waste generator regulations under the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (RCRA) to improve compliance and thereby enhance 
protection of human health and the environment. Specifically, EPA 
proposes to revise certain components of the hazardous waste generator 
regulatory program; address gaps in the regulations; provide greater 
flexibility for hazardous waste generators to manage their hazardous 
waste in a cost-effective and protective manner; reorganize the 
hazardous waste regulations to make them more user-friendly and thus 
improve their usability by the regulated community; and make technical 
corrections and conforming changes to address inadvertent errors, 
remove obsolete references to programs that no longer exist, and 
improve the readability of the regulations. The comment period is being 
extended to December 24, 2015.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule published September 25, 2015 (80 
FR 57918) must be received on or before December 24, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2012-0121, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. 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://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more detailed information on 
specific

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aspects of this rulemaking, contact Jim O'Leary, Office of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery, Materials Recovery and Waste Management 
Division, MC 5304P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, (703) 308-8827, ([email protected]) or 
Kathy Lett, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, Materials 
Recovery and Waste Management Division, MC 5304P, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, at 
(703) 605-0761 ([email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    This document extends the public comment period established in the 
Federal Register for 30 days. In that Federal Register notice, EPA 
proposed revising and reorganizing the regulations for generators of 
hazardous waste. The purpose of these proposed revisions is to make the 
rules easier to understand, facilitate better compliance, provide 
greater flexibility in how hazardous waste is managed, and improve 
environmental protection by closing important gaps in the regulations. 
Several requests were received from potential commenters to extend the 
comment period to allow greater time to comment. EPA is hereby 
extending the comment period, which was set to end on November 24, 
2015, to December 24, 2015. Please note that late comments on this rule 
making 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: October 22, 2015.
Barnes Johnson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, Office of Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response.
[FR Doc. 2015-28099 Filed 11-4-15; 8:45 am]
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