81 FR 15440 - Nevada: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 56 (March 23, 2016)

Nevada has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for final authorization of changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA has determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed to qualify for final authorization, and is authorizing the State's changes through this direct final rule. In the ``Proposed Rules'' section of today's Federal Register, EPA is also publishing a separate document that serves as the proposal to authorize these changes. EPA believes this action is not controversial and does not expect comments that oppose it. Unless EPA receives written comments that oppose this authorization during the comment period, the decision to authorize Nevada's changes to its hazardous waste program will take effect. If EPA receives comments that oppose this action, EPA will publish a document in the Federal Register withdrawing today's direct final rule before it takes effect, and the separate document in today's ``Proposed Rules'' section of this Federal Register will serve as the proposal to authorize the changes.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06434]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 271

[EPA-R09-RCRA-2015-0822; FRL-9943-99-Region 9]


Nevada: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management 
Program Revisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: Nevada has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) for final authorization of changes to its hazardous waste program 
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA has 
determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed to 
qualify for final authorization, and is authorizing the State's changes 
through this direct final rule. In the ``Proposed Rules'' section of 
today's Federal Register, EPA is also publishing a separate document 
that serves as the proposal to authorize these changes. EPA believes 
this action is not controversial and does not expect comments that 
oppose it. Unless EPA receives written comments that oppose this 
authorization during the comment period, the decision to authorize 
Nevada's changes to its hazardous waste program will take effect. If 
EPA receives comments that oppose this action, EPA will publish a 
document in the Federal Register withdrawing today's direct

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final rule before it takes effect, and the separate document in today's 
``Proposed Rules'' section of this Federal Register will serve as the 
proposal to authorize the changes.

DATES: This final authorization will become effective on June 6, 2016 
unless EPA receives adverse written comment by May 9, 2016. If EPA 
receives such comment, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of this 
direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform the public that 
this authorization will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-
RCRA-2015-0822 at www.regulations.gov[email protected]">www.regulations.gov[email protected]. 
For comments submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. For either manner of 
submission, 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, please contact the person identified in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. For 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.
    Instructions: EPA must receive your comments by May 9, 2016. Direct 
your comments to Docket ID Number EPA-R09-RCRA-2015-0822.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Publicly available docket materials are 
available either electronically in www.regulations.gov, or in hard 
copy.
    You can view and copy Nevada's application and associated publicly 
available materials at the EPA Region 9 Library-Information Center, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, Phone: 415-947-4406, during 
business hours from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday 
through Thursday; or at the Nevada Department of Conservation and 
Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Protection, 901 So. 
Stewart Street, Ste. 4001, Carson City, NV 89701, Phone number: 775-
687-4670, during business hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through 
Friday. Interested persons wanting to examine these documents should 
make an appointment with the relevant office at least 24 hours in 
advance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Amaro, [email protected], 
415-972-3364, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street (LND-1-1), San 
Francisco, CA 94105.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Why are revisions to state programs necessary?

    States that have received final authorization from EPA under RCRA 
section 3006(b), 42 U.S.C. 6926(b), must maintain a hazardous waste 
program that is equivalent to, consistent with, and no less stringent 
than the federal program. As the federal program changes, states must 
change their programs and ask EPA to authorize the changes. Changes to 
state programs may be necessary when federal or state statutory or 
regulatory authority is modified or when certain other changes occur. 
Most commonly, states must change their programs because of changes to 
EPA's regulations in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 124, 
260 through 268, 270, 273, and 279.
    New federal requirements and prohibitions imposed by federal 
regulations that EPA promulgates pursuant to the Hazardous and Solid 
Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA) take effect in authorized states at the 
same time that they take effect in unauthorized states. Thus, EPA will 
implement those requirements and prohibitions in Nevada, including the 
issuance of new permits implementing those requirements, until the 
State is granted authorization to do so.

B. What decisions has EPA made in this rule?

    On November 25, 2015, and December 28, 2015, Nevada submitted final 
complete program revision applications seeking authorization of changes 
to its hazardous waste program that correspond to certain federal rules 
promulgated between July 1, 2005, and June 30, 2008, (also known as 
RCRA Clusters XVI through XVIII). EPA concludes that Nevada's 
application to revise its authorized program meets all of the statutory 
and regulatory requirements established by RCRA, as set forth in RCRA 
section 3006(b), 42 U.S.C. 6926(b), and 40 CFR part 271. Therefore, EPA 
grants Nevada final authorization to operate as part of its hazardous 
waste program the changes listed below in Section G of this document, 
as further described in the authorization application.
    Nevada has responsibility for permitting treatment, storage, and 
disposal facilities within its borders (except in Indian country) and 
for carrying out the aspects of the RCRA program described in its 
revised program application, subject to the limitations of HSWA, as 
discussed above.

C. What is the effect of today's authorization decision?

    The effect of this decision is that the changes described in 
Nevada's authorization application will become part of the authorized 
state hazardous waste program, and therefore will be federally 
enforceable. Nevada will continue to have primary enforcement authority 
and responsibility for its state hazardous waste program. EPA retains 
its authorities under RCRA sections 3007, 3008, 3013, and 7003, 
including its authority to:
     Conduct inspections, and require monitoring, tests, 
analyses or reports;
     Enforce RCRA requirements, including authorized state 
program requirements, and suspend or revoke permits; and
     Take enforcement actions regardless of whether the state 
has taken its own actions.
    This action does not impose additional requirements on the 
regulated community because the regulations for which Nevada is being 
authorized by today's action are already effective, and are not changed 
by today's action.

D. Why wasn't there a proposed rule before today's rule?

    Along with this direct final rule, EPA is publishing a separate 
document in the ``Proposed Rules'' section of today's Federal Register 
that serves as the proposal to authorize these state program changes. 
EPA did not publish a proposal before today's rule because EPA views 
this as a routine program change and does not expect comments that 
oppose this approval. EPA is providing an opportunity for public 
comment now, as described in Section E of this document.

E. What happens if EPA receives comments that oppose this action?

    If EPA receives comments that oppose this authorization, EPA will 
withdraw today's direct final rule by publishing a document in the 
Federal Register before

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this rule becomes effective. EPA will base any further decision on the 
authorization of the state program changes on the proposal mentioned in 
the previous section, after considering all comments received during 
the comment period. EPA will then address all such comments in a later 
final rule. You may not have another opportunity to comment. If you 
want to comment on this authorization, you must do so at this time.
    If EPA receives comments that oppose only the authorization of a 
particular change to the state hazardous waste program, EPA will 
withdraw that part of this rule but the authorization of the program 
changes that the comments do not oppose will become effective on the 
date specified above. The Federal Register withdrawal document will 
specify which part of the authorization will become effective, and 
which part is being withdrawn.

F. What has Nevada previously been authorized for?

    Nevada initially received final authorization on August 19, 1985, 
effective November 1, 1985 (50 FR 42181) to implement the RCRA 
hazardous waste management program. Nevada has since received 
authorization for all revisions except for 40 CFR 260.22 and the final 
rule published on April 12, 1989 (61 FR 16289) addressing Imports and 
Exports of Hazardous Waste. EPA granted authorization for changes to 
Nevada's program on the following dates: April 29, 1992, effective June 
29, 1992 (57 FR 18083); May 27, 1994 and June 23, 1994 (corrections), 
effective July 26, 1994 (59 FR 27472 and 59 FR 32489); April 11, 1995, 
effective June 12, 1995 (60 FR 18358); June 24, 1996, effective August 
23, 1996 (61 FR 32345); January 29, 1999, effective March 30, 1999 (64 
FR 4596), June 12, 2002, effective August 12, 2002 (67 FR 40229); and 
February 26, 2009, effective April 27, 2009 (74 FR 8757).

G. What changes is EPA authorizing with today's action?

    On November 25 and December 28, 2015, Nevada submitted final 
complete program revision applications, seeking authorization of those 
changes in accordance with 40 CFR 271.21. EPA now makes an immediate 
final decision, subject to receipt of written comments that oppose this 
action, that Nevada's hazardous waste program revisions are equivalent 
to, consistent with, and no less stringent than the federal program, 
and therefore satisfy all of the requirements necessary to qualify for 
final authorization. Accordingly, EPA grants Nevada final authorization 
for the following program changes:

1. Program Revision Changes for Federal Rules

    Nevada adopts by reference the federal RCRA regulations in effect 
as of July 1, 2008, at Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 444.8632, as 
modified by NAC 444.86325, 444.8633, and 444.8634, as adopted in LCB 
File R137-07, effective January 30, 2008, LCB File R015-08, effective 
April 17, 2008, and LCB File R153-08, effective April 23, 2009. The 
federal requirements for which the State is being authorized are as 
follows:
RCRA Cluster XVI (Federal Rules Published From July 1, 2005, to June 
30, 2006)
 Adopted by Nevada as Indicated in LCB File R137-07, Effective 
January 30, 2008
 Mercury Containing Equipment Final Rule (70 FR 45508, August 
5, 2005) (Checklist 209)
 Standardized Permit Final Rule (70 FR 53420, September 8, 
2005) (Checklist 210)
 Revision of Wastewater Treatment Exemptions for Hazardous 
Waste Mixtures (Headworks Exemption) Final Rule (70 FR 57769, October 
4, 2005) (Checklist 211)
 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
Final Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste 
Combustors (Phase I Final Replacement Standards and Phase II) Final 
Rule (70 FR 59402, October 12, 2005) (Checklist 212)
 Burden Reduction Initiative Final Rule (71 FR 16862, April 4, 
2006) (Checklist 213)
RCRA Cluster XVII (Federal Rules Published From July 1, 2006, to June 
30, 2007)
 Adopted by Nevada as indicated in LCB File R15-08, effective 
April 17, 2008
 Corrections to Errors in the CFR Final Rule (71 FR 40254, July 
14, 2006) (Checklist 214)
 Cathode Ray Tubes Final Rule (71 FR 42928, July 28, 2006) 
(Checklist 215)
RCRA Cluster XVIII (Federal Rules Published From July 1, 2007, to June 
30, 2008)
 Adopted by Nevada as Indicated in LCB File R153-08, Effective 
April 23, 2009
 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors Amendments (73 FR 18970, April 
8, 2008) (Checklist 217)
 Amendment to Hazardous Waste Code F019 Final Rule (73 FR 
31756, June 4, 2008) (Checklist 218)

2. Miscellaneous Changes

    During the review of Nevada's regulations, EPA identified several 
changes that Nevada had made to provisions EPA had previously 
authorized, as well as a number of state provisions that have never 
been authorized. In its program revision applications described in 
Section G., Nevada also addressed state-initiated changes. These 
miscellaneous changes, which are listed following this paragraph, 
generally (1) update the CFR reference dates to conform to the State's 
adoption of the federal regulations and (2) update addresses. EPA has 
evaluated the changes addressed in this section and has determined that 
the State's authorized hazardous waste program, as amended by these 
provisions, remains equivalent to, consistent with, and no less 
stringent than the federal RCRA program for which the State is 
authorized.
    NAC, as amended effective April 23, 2009, sections 444.8427, 
444.84275, 444.850, 444.86325, 444.8633, 444.8688, 444.8741, and 
444.980.
    Additionally, EPA is authorizing Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) 
459.501 and NRS 459.502. While these statutes are not new, EPA had not 
previously approved these sections as part of the State's authorized 
program because the sections require soil and water sample analyses and 
hazardous waste characterizations to be performed by a certified 
laboratory, but previously there were no regulations governing 
certification of laboratories. Nevada submitted LCB File R061-04, 
effective October 7, 2004, in its final complete program application, 
in which Nevada adopted regulations at NAC 459.96902-.9699 governing 
certification of laboratories. Because these regulations are now in 
place, EPA is authorizing NRS 459.501 and NRS 459.502.

H. Where are the revised state rules different from the federal rules?

    One of the changes made to federal rules was for 40 CFR 
279.10(b)(2), made by the July 14, 2006, final rule for Corrections to 
Errors in the Code of Federal Regulations (71 FR 40254; Checklist 214). 
As specified in NAC 444.86325(1)(k), Nevada has not adopted or 
incorporated by reference the provisions in 40 CFR 279.10(b)(2), which 
specify the applicability of the 40 CFR part 279 used oil requirements 
to mixtures of used oil and characteristic hazardous waste, and 
therefore no changes needed to be made to Nevada's

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regulations to correct the errors in 40 CFR 279.10(b)(2). NAC 444.8681 
codifies the Nevada regulations for mixing of used oil with hazardous 
waste or products, which are more stringent than those found in the 
federal regulations in 40 CFR 279.10(b).
    As discussed in Section G.2. above, NAC 459.96902-.9699 are new 
regulations governing certification of laboratories that analyze soil 
and water samples and characterize hazardous waste, adopted by LCB File 
R061-04, effective October 7, 2004. The regulations were promulgated 
pursuant to NRS 459.500, which is already a part of the State's 
authorized program. The regulations themselves are broader in scope 
than the federal RCRA program because the federal program does not 
regulate certification of laboratories, and therefore the regulations 
are not federally enforceable. However, because Nevada has now put 
these regulations in place, EPA is authorizing NRS 459.501 and NRS 
459.502. These provisions require soil and water sample analyses and 
hazardous waste characterizations to be performed by a certified 
laboratory. Because the federal program does not address where to send 
samples for analysis, Nevada's provisions are more stringent than the 
federal RCRA program for which the State is authorized.
    NAC 444.84555, which was previously identified as broader in scope 
and therefore not part of the authorized program, has been updated to 
reflect an address change. NAC 444.9452, which is part of the State's 
regulations governing facilities that manage waste containing 
polychlorinated biphenyls, a program previously identified as broader 
in scope due to the requirement to obtain a RCRA permit prior to the 
commencement of construction, has been updated to reflect a date 
change. These provisions continue to be broader in scope and EPA is not 
authorizing them in this revision package.
    EPA cannot delegate the federal requirements in 40 CFR 261.39(a)(5) 
and 261.41 contained in the Cathode Ray Tubes Rule set forth in 71 FR 
42928, July 28, 2006. While Nevada adopted these requirements by 
reference in NAC 444.8632, EPA will continue to implement these 
requirements.
    There is an outstanding issue in the revised Nevada program that 
will not be authorized at this time. Nevada's program revisions include 
bringing its spent antifreeze recycling program up to date. As 
discussed in greater detail in the February 26, 2009, Federal Register 
(74 FR 8759), EPA is not authorizing the spent antifreeze recycling 
program because it may be less stringent than the federal program.
    After Nevada adopted the ``Regulation of Oil-Bearing Hazardous 
Secondary Materials From the Petroleum Refining Industry Processed in a 
Gasification System to Produce Synthesis Gas'' Final Rule (73 FR 57, 
January 2, 2008) (``Gasification Rule'') at NAC 444.8632, the United 
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (``D.C. 
Circuit'') vacated the Gasification Rule in Sierra Club v. EPA, 755 
F.3d 968 (D.C. Cir. 2014). EPA gave notice of the vacatur of the 
Gasification Rule at 80 FR 18777 (April 8, 2015) and explained that it 
amended 40 CFR 260.10 by removing the definition of ``Gasification,'' 
and revised 40 CFR 261.4(a)(12)(i) by removing gasification from the 
list of specific petroleum refining processes into which oil-bearing 
hazardous secondary materials may be inserted. The vacatur of the 
Gasification Rule and amendment of the federal regulations make 
Nevada's program less stringent than the federal program, and therefore 
EPA is not authorizing Nevada's program with respect to the 
Gasification Rule (Checklist 216).
    EPA also gave notice at 80 FR 18777 of the removal of the 
provisions at 40 CFR 261.4(a)(16) and 40 CFR 261.38 related to 
comparable fuels due to the D.C. Circuit's vacatur of the ``Hazardous 
Waste Combustors Revised Standards'' Final Rule (63 FR 33782, June 19, 
1998) in Natural Res. Def. Council v. EPA, 755 F.3d 1010 (D.C. Cir. 
2014). This rule was previously adopted and approved as part of 
Nevada's authorized program, but in light of the vacatur, EPA no longer 
considers these provisions to be part of Nevada's federally authorized 
program.
    Other than the differences discussed above, Nevada incorporates by 
reference the remaining federal rules listed in Section G; therefore, 
there are no significant differences between the remaining federal 
rules and the revised state rules being authorized today.

I. Who handles permits after the authorization takes effect?

    Nevada will issue permits for all the provisions for which it is 
authorized and will administer the permits it issues. Section 
3006(g)(1) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6926(g)(1), gives EPA the authority to 
issue or deny permits or parts of permits for requirements for which 
the State is not authorized. Therefore, whenever EPA adopts standards 
under HSWA for activities or wastes not currently covered by the 
authorized program, EPA may process RCRA permits in Nevada for the new 
or revised HSWA standards until Nevada has received final authorization 
for such new or revised HSWA standards. EPA and Nevada have agreed to a 
joint permitting process for facilities covered by both the authorized 
program and standards under HSWA for which the State is not yet 
authorized, and for handling existing EPA permits after the State 
receives authorization.

J. How does today's action affect Indian country (18 U.S.C. 1151) in 
Nevada?

    Nevada is not authorized to carry out its hazardous waste program 
in Indian country within the State, which includes the Confederated 
Tribes of the Goshute Reservation; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe; Ely 
Shoshone Tribe; Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes; Fort Mohave 
Indian Tribe; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians; Lovelock Paiute Tribe; 
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon 
Reservation and Colony; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe; Reno-Sparks Indian 
Colony; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Reservation; Summit Lake 
Paiute Tribe; Te-Moak Tribes of Western Shoshone Indians; Walker River 
Paiute Tribe; Washoe Tribe; Winnemucca Indian Colony; Yerington Paiute 
Tribe; and the Yomba Shoshone Tribe. Therefore, this action has no 
effect on Indian country. EPA retains jurisdiction over Indian country 
and will continue to implement and administer the RCRA program on these 
lands.

K. What is codification and is EPA codifying Nevada's hazardous waste 
program as authorized in this rule?

    Codification is the process of placing the state's statutes and 
regulations that comprise the state's authorized hazardous waste 
program into the Code of Federal Regulations. EPA does this by 
referencing the authorized state rules in 40 CFR part 272. EPA is not 
codifying the authorization of Nevada's changes at this time. However, 
EPA reserves the amendment of 40 CFR part 272, subpart DD for this 
authorization of Nevada's program changes until a later date.

L. Administrative Requirements

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted this action 
from the requirements of Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 
4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011). Therefore this 
action is not subject to review by OMB. This action authorizes state 
requirements for the purpose of RCRA section 3006 and imposes no 
additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law. Accordingly, 
I certify that this action will not have a significant economic impact 
on a substantial number of small

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entities under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 
Because this action authorizes pre-existing requirements under state 
law and does not impose any additional enforceable duty beyond that 
required by state law, it does not contain any unfunded mandate or 
significantly or uniquely affect small governments, as described in the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538). For the same 
reason, this action also does not significantly or uniquely affect the 
communities of tribal governments, as specified by Executive Order 
13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This action will not have 
substantial direct effects on the states, on the relationship between 
the national government and the states, or on the distribution of power 
and responsibilities among the various levels of government, as 
specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999), 
because it merely authorizes state requirements as part of the state 
RCRA hazardous waste program without altering the relationship or the 
distribution of power and responsibilities established by RCRA. This 
action also is not subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 
23, 1997), because it is not economically significant and it does not 
make decisions based on environmental health or safety risks. This rule 
is not subject to Executive Order 13211, ``Actions Concerning 
Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or 
Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001) because it is not a significant 
regulatory action under Executive Order 12866.
    Under RCRA section 3006(b), EPA grants a state's application for 
authorization as long as the state meets the criteria required by RCRA. 
It would thus be inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, when it 
reviews a state authorization application, to require the use of any 
particular voluntary consensus standard in place of another standard 
that otherwise satisfies the requirements of RCRA. Thus, the 
requirements of section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and 
Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not apply. As required 
by section 3 of Executive Order 12988 (61 FR 4729, February 7, 1996), 
in issuing this rule, EPA has taken the necessary steps to eliminate 
drafting errors and ambiguity, minimize potential litigation, and 
provide a clear legal standard for affected conduct. EPA has complied 
with Executive Order 12630 (53 FR 8859, March 15, 1988) by examining 
the takings implications of the rule in accordance with the ``Attorney 
General's Supplemental Guidelines for the Evaluation of Risk and 
Avoidance of Unanticipated Takings'' issued under the executive order. 
This rule does not impose an information collection burden under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.). ``Burden'' is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). Executive Order 12898 
(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994) establishes federal executive policy on 
environmental justice. Its main provision directs federal agencies, to 
the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law, to make 
environmental justice part of their mission by identifying and 
addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human 
health or environmental effects of their programs, policies, and 
activities on minority populations and low-income populations in the 
United States. Because this rule authorizes pre-existing state rules 
which are at least equivalent to, and no less stringent than existing 
federal requirements, and imposes no additional requirements beyond 
those imposed by state law, and there are no anticipated significant 
adverse human health or environmental effects, the rule is not subject 
to Executive Order 12898.
    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801-808, generally provides 
that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating the rule 
must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, to each 
House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the United 
States. EPA will submit a report containing this document and other 
required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
to publication in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot take effect 
until 60 days after it is published in the Federal Register. This 
action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). However, 
this action will be effective June 6, 2016 because it is a direct final 
rule.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 271

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Confidential business information, Hazardous waste, Hazardous waste 
transportation, Indian lands, Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Authority: This action is issued under the authority of sections 
2002(a), 3006, and 7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6926, and 6974(b).

    Dated: March 9, 2016.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region 9.
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