82 FR 35924 - Health and Environmental Protection Standards for Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 147 (August 2, 2017)

Page Range		35924-35925
FR Document		2017-16170

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a reopening of the public comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) requesting public comment and information on revisions to the EPA's ``Health and Environmental Protection Standards for Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings.''

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 35924-35925]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16170]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 192

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0788; FRL-9965-50-OAR]
RIN 2060-AP43


Health and Environmental Protection Standards for Uranium and 
Thorium Mill Tailings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 
reopening of the public comment period for the Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NPRM) requesting public comment and information on 
revisions to the EPA's ``Health and Environmental Protection Standards 
for Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings.''

DATES: The comment period for the NPRM, published January 19, 2017 (82 
FR 4408), is reopened. Written comments must be received on or before 
October 16, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2012-0788, at https://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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ingrid Rosencrantz, EPA Office of 
Radiation and Indoor Air, (202) 343-9286, rosencrantz.ingrid@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA published the NPRM on January 19,

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2017, in the Federal Register (82 FR 7400), which included a request 
for comments on or before July 18, 2017. The purpose of this document 
is to reopen that comment period.

A. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for the EPA?

    1. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
     Identify the rulemaking by docket number, subject heading, 
Federal Register date and page number.
     Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives 
and substitute language for your requested changes.
     Describe any assumptions and provide any technical 
information and/or data that you used.
     If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how 
you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow it to be 
reproduced.
     Illustrate your concerns with specific examples and 
suggest alternatives.
     Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the 
use of profanity or personal threats.
     Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period 
deadline identified.

B. How can I get copies of this document, the proposed rule and other 
related information?

    The EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0788. The EPA has also developed a Web site for the 
NPRM at: https://www.epa.gov/radiation/40-cfr-part-192-proposed-rulemaking-and-background-documents. Please refer to the original 
Federal Register NPRM for detailed information on accessing information 
related to the document.
    In response to requests for an extension, we are reopening the 
public comment period for this NPRM through October 16, 2017. This 
action will provide the public additional time to provide comment on 
updating this standard.

    Dated: July 26, 2017.
Jonathan D. Edwards,
Director, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air.
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forwarding the adopted version to CARB under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
for approval and submittal to the EPA U.S.C. 601 et seq.); AGENCY
as a revision to the California SIP. • Does not contain any unfunded
The five California air districts have 40 CFR Part 192
mandate or significantly or uniquely
implemented their PAMS networks as affect small governments, as described [EPA–HQ–OAR–2012–0788; FRL–9965–50–
required in 40 CFR part 58. Each in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act OAR]
relevant air district also includes a
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); RIN 2060–AP43
provision to meet quality assurance
requirements as contained in 40 CFR • Does not have federalism
implications as specified in Executive Health and Environmental Protection
part 58, appendix A and a provision to Standards for Uranium and Thorium
assure that the PAMS monitors will Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
Mill Tailings
meet monitoring methodology 1999);
requirements contained in 40 CFR part • Is not an economically significant AGENCY: Environmental Protection
58, appendix C. Lastly, the air districts regulatory action based on health or Agency (EPA).
provided assurance that the PAMS safety risks subject to Executive Order ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of
network within their respective 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); comment period.
jurisdictions will be phased in over a
period of not more than five years as • Is not a significant regulatory action SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental
required in 40 CFR 58.44. subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing
As such, we conclude that the PAMS 28355, May 22, 2001); a reopening of the public comment
SIP revision submitted by CARB on • Is not subject to requirements of period for the Notice of Proposed
November 10, 1993, meets the relevant section 12(d) of the National Rulemaking (NPRM) requesting public
statutory and regulatory requirements, comment and information on revisions
Technology Transfer and Advancement
and we propose to approve it as part of to the EPA’s ‘‘Health and Environmental
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
the California SIP. Protection Standards for Uranium and
application of those requirements would Thorium Mill Tailings.’’
III. Proposed Action and Request for be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act;
DATES: The comment period for the
Public Comment and
NPRM, published January 19, 2017 (82
Under CAA section 110(k)(3) and for • Does not provide the EPA with the FR 4408), is reopened. Written
the reasons discussed above, the EPA discretionary authority to address, as comments must be received on or before
proposes to approve the California appropriate, disproportionate human October 16, 2017.
PAMS SIP revision submitted on health or environmental effects, using ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
November 10, 1993, for six ozone practicable and legally permissible identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
nonattainment areas in California. We methods, under Executive Order 12898 OAR–2012–0788, at https://
will accept comments from the public (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
on the proposed approval for the next In addition, the SIP is not approved instructions for submitting comments.
30 days. to apply on any Indian reservation land Once submitted, comments cannot be
or in any other area where the EPA or edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order The EPA may publish any comment
Reviews an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of received to its public docket. Do not
Under the Clean Air Act, the submit electronically any information
Indian country, the proposed action
Administrator is required to approve a you consider to be Confidential
does not have tribal implications and
SIP submission that complies with the Business Information (CBI) or other
will not impose substantial direct costs information whose disclosure is
provisions of the Act and applicable
on tribal governments or preempt tribal restricted by statute. Multimedia
federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k);
40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP law as specified by Executive Order submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
submissions, the EPA’s role is to 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). accompanied by a written comment.
approve state choices, provided that List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 The written comment is considered the
they meet the criteria of the Clean Air official comment and should include
Act. Accordingly, this proposed action Environmental protection, Air discussion of all points you wish to
merely approves a state plan as meeting pollution control, Incorporation by make. The EPA will generally not
federal requirements and does not reference, Intergovernmental relations, consider comments or comment
impose additional requirements beyond Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and contents located outside of the primary
those imposed by state law. For that recordkeeping requirements, Volatile submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or
reason, this proposed action: organic compounds. other file sharing system). For
• Is not a significant regulatory action Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
additional submission methods, the full
subject to review by the Office of EPA public comment policy,
Management and Budget under Dated: July 14, 2017. information about CBI or multimedia
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, Deborah Jordan, submissions, and general guidance on
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. making effective comments, please visit
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January 21, 2011); [FR Doc. 2017–16276 Filed 8–1–17; 8:45 am]
https://www.epa.gov/dockets/
• Does not impose an information BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
commenting-epa-dockets.
collection burden under the provisions FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 Ingrid Rosencrantz, EPA Office of
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); Radiation and Indoor Air, (202) 343–
• Is certified as not having a 9286, rosencrantz.ingrid@epa.gov.
significant economic impact on a SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA
substantial number of small entities published the NPRM on January 19,

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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		Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.
Dates		The comment period for the NPRM, published January 19, 2017 (82 FR 4408), is reopened. Written comments must be received on or before October 16, 2017.
Contact		Ingrid Rosencrantz, EPA Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, (202) 343-9286, [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 35924
RIN Number		2060-AP43