81 FR 37565 - Hazardous Waste Management System; Tentative Denial of Petition To Revise the RCRA Corrosivity Hazardous Characteristic

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 112 (June 10, 2016)

Page Range		37565-37565
FR Document		2016-13793

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.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 112 (Friday, June 10, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
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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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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Proposed Rules
Action		Extension of comment period.
Dates		Comments must be received on or before December 7, 2016.
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
FR Citation		81 FR 37565