82_FR_49739 82 FR 49533 - Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste

82 FR 49533 - Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 206 (October 26, 2017)

Page Range49533-49539
FR Document2017-23239

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a petition submitted by ExxonMobil Oil Corporation Beaumont Refinery (ExxonMobil) to exclude from hazardous waste control (or delist) a certain solid waste. This final rule responds to the petition submitted by ExxonMobil to have the secondary impoundment basin (SIB) solids excluded, or delisted from the definition of a hazardous waste. The SIB solids are listed as F037 (primary oil/water/solids separation sludge); and F038 (secondary oil/water/solids separation sludge). After careful analysis and evaluation of comments submitted by the public, the EPA has concluded that the petitioned wastes are not hazardous waste when disposed of in Subtitle D landfills. This exclusion applies to the surface impoundment solids generated at ExxonMobil's Beaumont, Texas facility. Accordingly, this final rule excludes the petitioned waste from the requirements of hazardous waste regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when disposed of in Subtitle D landfills but imposes testing conditions to ensure that the future-generated wastes remain qualified for delisting.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 261

[EPA-R06-RCRA-2017-0153; SW-FRL-9969-73-Region 6]


Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of 
Hazardous Waste

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a 
petition submitted by ExxonMobil Oil Corporation Beaumont Refinery 
(ExxonMobil) to exclude from hazardous waste control (or delist) a 
certain solid waste. This final rule responds to the petition submitted 
by ExxonMobil to have the secondary impoundment basin (SIB) solids 
excluded, or delisted from the definition of a hazardous waste. The SIB 
solids are listed as F037 (primary oil/water/solids separation sludge); 
and F038 (secondary oil/water/solids separation sludge).
    After careful analysis and evaluation of comments submitted by the 
public, the EPA has concluded that the petitioned wastes are not 
hazardous waste when disposed of in Subtitle D landfills. This 
exclusion applies to the surface impoundment solids generated at 
ExxonMobil's Beaumont, Texas facility. Accordingly, this final rule 
excludes the petitioned waste from the requirements of hazardous waste 
regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 
when disposed of in Subtitle D landfills but imposes testing conditions 
to ensure that the future-generated wastes remain qualified for 
delisting.

DATES: Effective October 26, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under 
Docket ID No. EPA-R06-RCRA-2017-0153. All documents in the docket are 
listed on the http://www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in 
the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or 
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain 
other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the 
Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. 
Publicly available docket materials are available electronically 
through http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information regarding 
the ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery petition, contact Michelle Peace at 
214-665-7430 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information in this section is organized 
as follows:

I. Overview Information
    A. What action is EPA finalizing?
    B. Why is EPA approving this delisting?
    C. What are the limits of this exclusion?
    D. How will Beaumont Refinery manage the waste if it is 
delisted?
    E. When is the final delisting exclusion effective?
    F. How does this final rule affect states?
II. Background
    A. What is a ``delisting''?
    B. What regulations allow facilities to delist a waste?
    C. What information must the generator supply?

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III. EPA's Evaluation of the Waste Data
    A. What waste and how much did Beaumont Refinery petition EPA to 
delist?
    B. How did Beaumont Refinery sample and analyze the waste data 
in this petition?
IV. Public Comments Received on the Proposed Exclusion
    A. Who submitted comments on the proposed rule?
    B. Comments and Responses
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. Overview Information

A. What action is EPA finalizing?

    The EPA is finalizing:
    (1) The decision to grant ExxonMobil's Beaumont Refinery's petition 
to have its surface impoundment basin solids excluded, or delisted, 
from the definition of a hazardous waste, subject to certain continued 
verification and monitoring conditions; and
    (2) to use the Delisting Risk Assessment Software to evaluate the 
potential impact of the petitioned waste on human health and the 
environment. The Agency used this model to predict the concentration of 
hazardous constituents released from the petitioned waste, once it is 
disposed.
    After evaluating the petition, EPA proposed rule, on May 31, 2017, 
to exclude the ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery waste from the lists of 
hazardous wastes under Sec. Sec.  261.31 and 261.32. The comments 
received on this rulemaking will be addressed as part of this decision.

B. Why is EPA approving this delisting?

    ExxonMobil's petition requests an exclusion from the F037 and F038 
waste listings pursuant to 40 CFR 260.20 and 260.22. ExxonMobil does 
not believe that the petitioned waste meets the criteria for which EPA 
listed it. ExxonMobil also believes no additional constituents or 
factors could cause the waste to be hazardous. EPA's review of this 
petition included consideration of the original listing criteria and 
the additional factors required by the Hazardous and Solid Waste 
Amendments of 1984 (HSWA). See section 3001(f) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 
6921(f), and 40 CFR 260.22 (d)(1)-(4) (hereinafter, all sectional 
references are to 40 CFR unless otherwise indicated). In making the 
initial delisting determination, EPA evaluated the petitioned waste 
against the listing criteria and factors cited in Sec. Sec.  
261.11(a)(2) and (a)(3). Based on this review, EPA agrees with the 
petitioner that the waste is non-hazardous with respect to the original 
listing criteria. If EPA had found, based on this review, that the 
waste remained hazardous based on the factors for which the waste was 
originally listed, EPA would have proposed to deny the petition. EPA 
evaluated the waste with respect to other factors or criteria to assess 
whether there is a reasonable basis to believe that such additional 
factors could cause the waste to be hazardous. EPA considered whether 
the waste is acutely toxic, the concentration of the constituents in 
the waste, their tendency to migrate and to bioaccumulate, their 
persistence in the environment once released from the waste, plausible 
and specific types of management of the petitioned waste, the 
quantities of waste generated, and waste variability. EPA believes that 
the petitioned waste does not meet the listing criteria and thus should 
not be a listed waste. EPA's proposed decision to delist waste from 
ExxonMobil is based on the information submitted in support of this 
rule, including descriptions of the wastes and analytical data from the 
Beaumont, Texas facility.

C. What are the limits of this exclusion?

    This exclusion applies to the waste described in the petition only 
if the requirements described in Table 1 of part 261, Appendix IX, and 
the conditions contained herein are satisfied. The one-time exclusion 
applies to 400,000 cubic yards of surface impoundment basin solids.

D. How will Beaumont Refinery manage the waste if it is delisted?

    Storage containers with SIB solids will be transported to an 
authorized solid waste landfill (e.g. RCRA Subtitle D landfill, 
commercial/industrial solid waste landfill, etc.) for disposal.

E. When is the final delisting exclusion effective?

    This rule is effective October 26, 2017. The Hazardous and Solid 
Waste Amendments of 1984 amended Section 3010 of RCRA to allow rules to 
become effective in less than six months when the regulated community 
does not need the six-month period to come into compliance. That is the 
case here because this rule reduces, rather than increases, the 
existing requirements for persons generating hazardous wastes. These 
reasons also provide a basis for making this rule effective 
immediately, upon publication, under the Administrative Procedure Act, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d).

F. How does this final rule affect states?

    Because EPA is issuing this exclusion under the Federal RCRA 
delisting program, only states subject to Federal RCRA delisting 
provisions would be affected. This would exclude two categories of 
States: States having a dual system that includes Federal RCRA 
requirements and their own requirements, and States who have received 
our authorization to make their own delisting decisions.
    Here are the details: We allow states to impose their own non-RCRA 
regulatory requirements that are more stringent than EPA's, under 
section 3009 of RCRA. These more stringent requirements may include a 
provision that prohibits a Federally issued exclusion from taking 
effect in the State. Because a dual system (that is, both Federal 
(RCRA) and State (non-RCRA) programs) may regulate a petitioner's 
waste, we urge petitioners to contact the State regulatory authority to 
establish the status of their wastes under the State law.
    EPA has also authorized some States (for example, Louisiana, 
Georgia, Illinois) to administer a delisting program in place of the 
Federal program, that is, to make State delisting decisions. Therefore, 
this exclusion does not apply in those authorized States. If Beaumont 
Refinery transports the petitioned waste to or manages the waste in any 
State with delisting authorization, Beaumont Refinery must obtain 
delisting authorization from that State before they can manage the 
waste as nonhazardous in the State.

II. Background

A. What is a delisting?

    A delisting petition is a request from a generator to EPA or 
another agency with jurisdiction to exclude from the list of hazardous 
wastes, wastes the generator does not consider hazardous under RCRA.

B. What regulations allow facilities to delist a waste?

    Under 40 CFR 260.20 and 260.22, facilities may petition the EPA to 
remove their wastes from hazardous waste control by excluding them from 
the lists of hazardous wastes contained in Sec. Sec.  261.31 and 
261.32. Specifically, Sec.  260.20 allows any person to petition the 
Administrator to modify or revoke any provision of Parts 260 through 
266, 268 and 273 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
Section 260.22 provides generators the opportunity to petition the 
Administrator to exclude a waste on a ``generator-specific'' basis from 
the hazardous waste lists.

C. What information must the generator supply?

    Petitioners must provide sufficient information to EPA to allow the 
EPA to

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determine that the waste to be excluded does not meet any of the 
criteria under which the waste was listed as a hazardous waste. In 
addition, the Administrator must determine, where he/she has a 
reasonable basis to believe that factors (including additional 
constituents) other than those for which the waste was listed could 
cause the waste to be a hazardous waste, that such factors do not 
warrant retaining the waste as a hazardous waste.

III. EPA's Evaluation of the Waste Data

A. What waste and how much did Beaumont Refinery petition EPA to 
delist?

    In August 2016, ExxonMobil petitioned EPA to exclude from the lists 
of hazardous wastes contained in Sec. Sec.  261.31 and 261.32, SIB 
solids (F037, F038) generated from its facility located in Beaumont, 
Texas. The waste falls under the classification of listed waste 
pursuant to Sec. Sec.  261.31 and 261.32. Specifically, in its 
petition, ExxonMobil requested that EPA grant a one-time exclusion for 
400,000 cubic yards of SIB solids.
    The 40 CFR part 261 Appendix VII hazardous constituents which are 
the basis for listing can be found in Table 1.

  Table 1--EPA Waste Codes for Surface Impoundment Basin Solids and the
                            Basis for Listing
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             Waste code                       Basis for listing
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F037...............................  Benzene, benzo(a)pyrene, chrysene,
                                      lead, chromium.
F038...............................  Benzene, benzo(a)pyrene, chrysene,
                                      lead, chromium.
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B. How did Beaumont Refinery sample and analyze the waste data in this 
petition?

    To support its petition, ExxonMobil submitted:
    (1) Historical information on waste generation and management 
practices; and
    (2) analytical results from thirty-nine samples for total and TCLP 
concentrations of compounds of concern (COC)s;

                      Table 2--Analytical Results/Maximum Allowable Delisting Concentration
            [Secondary Impoundment Basin (SIB) Solids ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery, Beaumont, Texas]
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                                                                Maximum total     Maximum TCLP     Maximum TCLP
                         Constituent                            concentration    concentration   delisting level
                                                                   (mg/kg)           (mg/L)           (mg/L)
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Antimony.....................................................             4.84            0.023             .109
Arsenic......................................................             33.6            0.077             .424
Barium.......................................................              455             1.47               36
Beryllium....................................................             1.38           <0.002              2.0
Cadmium......................................................             2.05           <0.002             0.09
Chromium.....................................................              697            0.205             2.27
Cobalt.......................................................             19.4           0.0371            0.214
Lead.........................................................              400            0.656            0.702
Mercury......................................................             3.61         0.000049            0.068
Nickel.......................................................             68.2            0.152             13.5
Selenium.....................................................             28.7           0.0177            0.890
Silver.......................................................             1.23            0.002              5.0
Vanadium.....................................................             90.7           0.0815             3.77
Zinc.........................................................            2,470             5.43              197
2,4 Dimethylphenol...........................................             0.97           0.0018             11.3
2-Methylphenol...............................................            <0.71         <.000033             28.9
3-Methylphenol...............................................            <0.64            0.002             28.9
4-Methylphenol...............................................            <0.64          0.00047             2.89
Acenaphthene.................................................              1.7          0.00091             10.6
Anthracene...................................................              2.9          0.00019             25.9
Benz(a)anthracene............................................              7.2         0.000034             0.07
Benz(a)pyrene................................................                5         <0.00003             26.3
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate...................................               34           0.0002          106,000
Chrysene.....................................................               19         0.000048             7.01
Di-n-butyl phthalate.........................................             0.66           0.0013             24.6
Fluoranthene.................................................              2.1         0.000078             2.46
Fluorene.....................................................              4.9           0.0016             4.91
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene.......................................              2.6        <0.000051               73
Naphthalene..................................................               26             0.02           0.0327
Phenol.......................................................            <0.71          0.00025              173
Pyrene.......................................................              N/A          0.00019             4.45
Benzene......................................................              1.1           <0.004            0.077
Xylenes, total...............................................               53             0.18             9.56
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Notes: These levels represent the highest constituent concentration found in any one sample and does not
  necessarily represent the specific level found in one sample.


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IV. Public Comments Received on the Proposed Exclusion

A. Who submitted comments on the proposed rule?

    The EPA received four anonymous public comments on the May 31, 
2017, proposed rule via regulations.gov. EPA also received comments 
from the facility regarding the conditions and nomenclature on Table 1. 
The comments and responses are addressed below.

B. Comments and Responses

    Comment 1. ``Exxon Mobil requests that language found on Pages 
24929, 24931, and 24932 be revised to reflect that the SIB solids are 
delisted upon final publication in the Federal Register. The text in 
Section IV (Next Steps), Items A.(2) and A.(3) is currently structured 
such that additional testing would have to be performed to verify that 
delisting limits are met. Items (2), (3), and (4) of Table 1 (Pages 
24931 and 34932) also reflect these requirements. This language appears 
to be a ``holdover'' associated with another delisting petition 
request. Our sampling program included collection of over 30 samples to 
support the delisting petition request. As such, we believe we have 
already completed a rigorous sampling program in support of this 
request. Also, we would note in several locations that the petition 
volume is listed as ``400,000 wet'' cubic yards. The SIB solids will 
contain water upon removal from the pond. However, they will be 
dewatered (e.g. filtration, addition of cement, etc.) to pass the paint 
filter test prior to disposal. As such, we suggest removing the word 
wet in reference to the delisted volume.''
    Response 1. The language found in Table 1 of the exclusion has been 
revised to remove all conditional exclusion language. The request for 
the delisting is a one-time exclusion which is conditioned on proper 
disposal of up to 400,000 cubic yards of SIB solids and contains the 
data submittals, reopener and disposal notification clauses for all 
delisting exclusions. The conditions were included in the proposed rule 
in error. All references regarding the wet solids have been removed 
because the waste will not be disposed of in this manner. The reference 
to wet solids was in regards to the volume of solids as generated 
during the removal.
    Comment 2. ``Excuse me? ExxonMobile wants to dump their waste into 
the landfills where it can pollute our ground water? NO. Absolutely 
NOT. These waste products are toxic to the environment and need to stay 
listed as hazardous. We don't want this stuff seeping into our 
groundwater for our kids to drink. ExxonMobile needs to spend the money 
on research to break down this waste sludge into something that doesn't 
hurt the environment. They must not be allowed to put it in dumps or 
store it somewhere. There probably are some kind of bacteria that will 
break this stuff down into something useful or non toxic. This stuff 
should NOT end up in our ground water. If you cannot do something 
positive with this waste, the process whereby this waste is produced 
MUST BE STOPPED. We need to move away from fossil fuel use and towards 
renewable energy and sustainable products.''
    Response 2. The Delisting Program requires extensive waste sampling 
and a risk assessment is performed to assess a wastes potential harm to 
human health and the environment. The program is designed to insure 
that the wastes which are deemed excluded will not be managed in a 
manner to harm human health or the environment. This waste will be 
managed in a Subtitle D industrial waste landfill as solid waste to 
prevent releases to groundwater and air pathways.
    Comment 3. ``The EPA should feel obligated to ensure that there are 
no possible adverse effects to humans or the environment by approving 
the petition from ExxonMobile. The EPA should conduct their own 
investigation, take their own samples, and perform data analysis to 
confirm that there are no discrepancies between their findings and 
those provided by the Beaumont facility. In the list of constituents 
provided by ExxonMobile, there are known human carcinogens such as 
arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, nickel, and benzene, along with 
other harmful constituents such as lead and mercury. The EPA should 
conduct an environmental impact assessment before approving this 
petition.''
    Response 3. The requirements of the Federal regulations defined in 
40 CFR part 260.20, and 260.22, describe the process by which wastes 
may be removed from the list of hazardous waste. In addition to 
extensive quality assurance and quality control data for the samples 
taken, EPA performs a risk assessment using the Delisting Risk 
Assessment Software to ensure that our decision is protective of human 
health and the environment. The constituent concentrations found in the 
surface impoundment basin solids are below the concentrations that 
would pose harm to human health and the environment.
    Comment 4. ``Although the tests that have been run by ExxonMobil's 
Delisting Risk Assessment Software (DRAS) to provide scientific 
reasoning to the EPA for the delisting of SIB solids, I believe that 
more research must be conducted by the EPA itself. Employees of this 
agency should especially check the individual components of the SIB 
solids and test for even greater possibilities than those proposed by 
the DRAS; the DRAS was not said to take into account the effects that 
chemical exposure would produce on surrounding populations or even 
employees themselves if buildups were to occur. Risk assessment should 
be issued for each individual chemical compound by the EPA. Assuming 
the EPA would like to work rather quickly on this issue considering 
ExxonMobil's insistence that the SIB solids are non-hazardous, benefits 
would include reduced regulation on the industry, as well as, one less 
responsibility for the EPA. However, closer examination needs to occur, 
especially since this test has only been conducted for Beaumont, 
Texas.''
    Response 4. A waste is eligible for delisting only if that waste, 
as generated at a particular facility, does not meet any of the 
criteria under which the waste was listed as a hazardous waste. In 
addition, the waste may not contain any other Appendix VIII 
constituents that would cause the waste to be hazardous. RCRA Sec.  
3001(f) and 40 CFR 260.22. A delisting is only intended to address a 
specific waste stream generated at a specific site. The risk analysis 
is conducted specifically for each chemical constituent of the waste 
stream. If any constituent concentration exceeds the delisting limit, 
the entire waste stream remains hazardous.
    The delisting risk analysis performed using the Delisting Risk 
Assessment Software evaluates the worst case scenario for the 
petitioned waste and risk pathways are evaluated. All chemical 
constituents detected in the waste are individually assessed for their 
impact on human health and the environment.
    Comment 5. ``I believe there should be a thorough health 
examination of all employees in the facility who work directly with the 
waste proposed for delisting. Some of these chemicals can build-up in 
the system over time and if any de-regulations are to occur they need 
science based evidence to prove the decision would not pose a human 
safety issue. If the decision would not prove to have a high economical 
impact, I do not see any reason it should be considered, especially 
when the decision is for only a single site.''
    Response 5. A waste is eligible for delisting only if that waste, 
as generated

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at a particular facility, does not meet any of the criteria under which 
the waste was listed as a hazardous waste. In addition, the waste may 
not contain any other Appendix VIII constituents that would cause the 
waste to be hazardous. RCRA Sec.  3001(f) and 40 CFR 260.22. A 
delisting is only intended to address a specific waste stream generated 
at a specific site. Since individual waste streams may vary depending 
on raw materials, industrial processes, and other factors, it may be 
appropriate not to list a specific waste from a specific site. 
Therefore, while a waste described in the regulations or resulting from 
the operation of the mixture or derived-from rules generally is 
hazardous, a specific waste from an individual facility may not be 
hazardous. For this reason, 40 CFR 260.20 and 260.22 provide an 
exclusion procedure, called delisting, which allows persons to prove 
that EPA should not regulate a specific waste from a particular 
generating facility as a hazardous waste. A risk assessment of the 
petitioned waste is completed and a part of the decision factors in 
issuing an exclusion. Specific health examinations and worker 
protection is covered by the facility operating plans and overseen by 
OSHA. Worker safety during the management of this waste to avoid 
contact with this material are covered by the Health and Safety plans 
of the petitioner.

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review'' (58 
FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this rule is not of general applicability 
and therefore, is not a regulatory action subject to review by the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 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.) because it applies to a 
particular facility only. Because this rule is of particular 
applicability relating to a particular facility, it is not subject to 
the regulatory flexibility provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), or to sections 202, 204, and 205 of the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (Pub. L. 104-4). Because 
this rule will affect only a particular facility, it will not 
significantly or uniquely affect small governments, as specified in 
section 203 of UMRA. Because this rule will affect only a particular 
facility, this proposed rule does not have federalism implications. It 
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, ``Federalism'', (64 
FR 43255, August 10, 1999). Thus, Executive Order 13132 does not apply 
to this rule.
    Similarly, because this rule will affect only a particular 
facility, this proposed rule does not have tribal implications, as 
specified in Executive Order 13175, ``Consultation and Coordination 
with Indian Tribal Governments'' (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). Thus, 
Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this rule. This rule also is 
not subject to Executive Order 13045, ``Protection of Children from 
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 
1997), because it is not economically significant as defined in 
Executive Order 12866, and because the Agency does not have reason to 
believe the environmental health or safety risks addressed by this 
action present a disproportionate risk to children. The basis for this 
belief is that the Agency used DRAS, which considers health and safety 
risks to children, to calculate the maximum allowable concentrations 
for this rule. 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. 
This rule does not involve technical standards; 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, ``Civil Justice Reform'', (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.
    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, 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. Section 804 exempts from section 801 the following types of 
rules: (1) Rules of particular applicability; (2) rules relating to 
agency management or personnel; and (3) rules of agency organization, 
procedure, or practice that do not substantially affect the rights or 
obligations of non-agency parties (5 U.S.C. 804(3)). EPA is not 
required to submit a rule report regarding today's action under section 
801 because this is a rule of particular applicability. Executive Order 
(E.O.) 12898 (59 FR 7629 (Feb. 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.
    EPA has determined that this proposed rule will not have 
disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental 
effects on minority or low-income populations because it does not 
affect the level of protection provided to human health or the 
environment. The Agency's risk assessment did not identify risks from 
management of this material in an authorized, solid waste landfill 
(e.g. RCRA Subtitle D landfill, commercial/industrial solid waste 
landfill, etc.). Therefore, EPA believes that any populations in 
proximity of the landfills used by this facility should not be 
adversely affected by common waste management practices for this 
delisted waste.

Lists of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 261

    Environmental protection, Hazardous waste, Recycling, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Authority: Sec. 3001(f) RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921(f).

    Dated: October 4, 2017.
Wren Stenger,
Director, Multimedia Division, Region 6.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR part 261 is amended 
as follows:

PART 261--IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE

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1. The authority citation for part 261 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6921, 6922, and 6938.


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2. In Table 1--Wastes Excluded From Non-Specific Sources in Appendix IX 
to Part 261, add the following waste stream in alphabetical order by 
facility to read as follows:

Appendix IX to Part 261--Waste Excluded Under Sec. Sec.  260.20 and 
260.22

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                               Table 1--Wastes Excluded From Non-Specific Sources
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           Facility                      Address                             Waste description
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                                                  * * * * * * *
ExxonMobil....................  Beaumont, TX.............  Secondary Impoundment Basin Solids (SIB) (EPA
                                                            Hazardous Waste Numbers F037 and F038) generated at
                                                            a maximum rate of 400,000 cubic yards.
                                                           (1) Delisting Levels: All concentrations for those
                                                            constituents must not exceed the maximum allowable
                                                            concentrations in mg/l specified in this paragraph.
                                                           Surface Impoundment Basin Solids. Leachable
                                                            Concentrations (mg/l): Antimony--0.109; Arsenic--
                                                            0.424; Barium--36; Beryllium--2.0; Cadmium--0.09;
                                                            Chromium--2.27; Cobalt--0.214; Lead--0.702; Mercury--
                                                            0.068; Nickel--13.5; Selenium--0.890; Silver--5.0;
                                                            Vanadium--3.77; Zinc--197; 2,4 Dimethylphenol--11.3;
                                                            2-Methylphenol--28.9; 3-Methylphenol--28.9; 4-
                                                            Methylphenol--2.89; Acenaphthene--10.6; Anthracene---
                                                            25.9; Benz(a)anthracene--0.07; Benz(a)pyrene--26.3;
                                                            Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate--106,000; Chrysene--
                                                            7.01; Di-n-butyl phthalate--24.6; Fluoranthene--
                                                            2.46; Fluorene--4.91; Indeno(1,2,3-cd) pyrene--73;
                                                            Naphthalene--0.0327; Phenol--173; Pyrene--4.45;
                                                            Benzene--0.077; Xylenes, total--9.56
                                                           (2) Reopener
                                                           (A) If, any time after disposal of the delisted waste
                                                            ExxonMobil possesses or is otherwise made aware of
                                                            any environmental data (including but not limited to
                                                            underflow water data or ground water monitoring
                                                            data) or any other data relevant to the delisted
                                                            waste indicating that any constituent identified for
                                                            the delisting verification testing is at level
                                                            higher than the delisting level allowed by the
                                                            Division Director in granting the petition, then the
                                                            facility must report the data, in writing, to the
                                                            Division Director within 10 days of first possessing
                                                            or being made aware of that data.
                                                           (B) If verification testing (and retest, if
                                                            applicable) of the waste does not meet the delisting
                                                            requirements in paragraph 1, ExxonMobil must report
                                                            the data, in writing, to the Division Director
                                                            within 10 days of first possessing or being made
                                                            aware of that data.
                                                           (C) If ExxonMobil fails to submit the information
                                                            described in paragraphs (2),(3)(A) or (3)(B) or if
                                                            any other information is received from any source,
                                                            the Division Director will make a preliminary
                                                            determination as to whether the reported information
                                                            requires EPA action to protect human health and/or
                                                            the environment. Further action may include
                                                            suspending, or revoking the exclusion, or other
                                                            appropriate response necessary to protect human
                                                            health and the environment.
                                                           (D) If the Division Director determines that the
                                                            reported information requires action by EPA, the
                                                            Division Director will notify the facility in
                                                            writing of the actions the Division Director
                                                            believes are necessary to protect human health and
                                                            the environment. The notice shall include a
                                                            statement of the proposed action and a statement
                                                            providing the facility with an opportunity to
                                                            present information as to why the proposed EPA
                                                            action is not necessary. The facility shall have 10
                                                            days from receipt of the Division Director's notice
                                                            to present such information.
                                                           (E) Following the receipt of information from the
                                                            facility described in paragraph (3)(D) or (if no
                                                            information is presented under paragraph (3)(D)) the
                                                            initial receipt of information described in
                                                            paragraphs (2), (3)(A) or (3)(B), the Division
                                                            Director will issue a final written determination
                                                            describing EPA actions that are necessary to protect
                                                            human health and/or the environment. Any required
                                                            action described in the Division Director's
                                                            determination shall become effective immediately,
                                                            unless the Division Director provides otherwise.
                                                           (3) Notification Requirements:
                                                           ExxonMobil must do the following before transporting
                                                            the delisted waste. Failure to provide this
                                                            notification will result in a violation of the
                                                            delisting petition and a possible revocation of the
                                                            decision.
                                                           (A) Provide a one-time written notification to any
                                                            state Regulatory Agency to which or through which it
                                                            will transport the delisted waste described above
                                                            for disposal, 60 days before beginning such
                                                            activities.
                                                           (B) For onsite disposal, a notice should be submitted
                                                            to the State to notify the State that disposal of
                                                            the delisted materials has begun.
                                                           (C) Update one-time written notification, if it ships
                                                            the delisted waste into a different disposal
                                                            facility.
                                                           (D) Failure to provide this notification will result
                                                            in a violation of the delisting exclusion and a
                                                            possible revocation of the decision.
 
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                                             TABLE 1 TO SUBPART VVV OF PART 63—APPLICABILITY OF 40 CFR PART 63 GENERAL PROVISIONS TO SUBPART VVV—
                                                                                            Continued
                                               General provisions                 Applicable to subpart VVV                                                                Explanation
                                                  reference

                                             § 63.12   ......................   Yes   ..........................................   State authority and designation.
                                             § 63.13   ......................   Yes   ..........................................   Addresses of State air pollution control agencies and EPA Regional Offices.
                                             § 63.14   ......................   Yes   ..........................................   Incorporation by reference.
                                             § 63.15   ......................   Yes   ..........................................   Availability of information and confidentiality.


                                                                                TABLE 2 TO SUBPART VVV OF PART 63—COMPLIANCE DATES AND REQUIREMENTS
                                             If the construction/reconstruction                                                                                                            And the owner or operator must
                                                                                                     Then the owner or operator must comply with
                                             date is                                                                                                                                       achieve compliance

                                             Group 1 POTW:
                                             (1) After December 27, 2016 ..........                  (i) New source requirements in §§ 63.1583(b); 63.1586(b) or (c); and                  Upon initial startup.
                                                                                                         63.1588 through 63.1591.
                                             (2) After December 1, 1998 but on                       (i) New source requirements in § 63.1583(b) but instead of complying                  Upon initial startup through Octo-
                                               or before December 27, 2016.                              with both requirements (industrial user(s) NESHAP and the POTW                      ber 26, 2020.
                                                                                                         standards in §§ 63.1586(b) or (c)), you must comply with the most
                                                                                                         stringent requirement1.
                                                                                                     (ii) New source requirements in §§ 63.1586(b) or (c); and 63.1588                     On or before October 26, 2020.
                                                                                                         through 63.1591.
                                             (3) On or before December 1, 1998                       (i) Existing source requirements in §§ 63.1583(a) .................................   By the compliance date specified
                                                                                                                                                                                             in the other applicable NESHAP.
                                                                                                     (ii) Existing source requirements in §§ 63.1588 through 63.1591 .........             On or before October 26, 2018.
                                             Group 2 POTW:
                                             (4) After December 27, 2016 ..........                  (i) New source requirements in §§ 63.1586(b) or (c); and 63.1588                      Upon initial startup.
                                                                                                        through 63.1591.
                                             (5) After December 1, 1998 but on                       (i) New source requirements in § 63.1586(b) or (c)1 .............................     Upon initial startup through Octo-
                                               or before December 27, 2016.                                                                                                                  ber 26, 2020.
                                                                                                     (ii) New source requirements in §§ 63.1586(b) or (c); and 63.1588                     On or before October 26, 2020.
                                                                                                         through 63.1591.
                                             (6) On or before December 1, 1998                       (i) Existing source requirements in §§ 63.1586(a); and 63.1591(a) ......              On or before October 26, 2018.
                                                1 Note:This represents the new source requirements in the original 1999 NESHAP, which are applicable until October 26, 2020. Between Oc-
                                             tober 26, 2017 and October 26, 2020, you must transition to the new requirements in Table 2 (2)(ii) and (5)(ii) for Group 1 and Group 2 POTW,
                                             respectively.


                                             [FR Doc. 2017–23067 Filed 10–25–17; 8:45 am]                             listed as F037 (primary oil/water/solids                Certain other material, such as
                                             BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                                   separation sludge); and F038 (secondary                 copyrighted material, is not placed on
                                                                                                                      oil/water/solids separation sludge).                    the Internet and will be publicly
                                                                                                                         After careful analysis and evaluation                available only in hard copy form.
                                             ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                                 of comments submitted by the public,                    Publicly available docket materials are
                                             AGENCY                                                                   the EPA has concluded that the                          available electronically through http://
                                                                                                                      petitioned wastes are not hazardous                     www.regulations.gov.
                                             40 CFR Part 261                                                          waste when disposed of in Subtitle D                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                             [EPA–R06–RCRA–2017–0153; SW–FRL–                                         landfills. This exclusion applies to the                technical information regarding the
                                             9969–73–Region 6]                                                        surface impoundment solids generated                    ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery
                                                                                                                      at ExxonMobil’s Beaumont, Texas                         petition, contact Michelle Peace at 214–
                                             Hazardous Waste Management                                               facility. Accordingly, this final rule                  665–7430 or by email at
                                             System; Identification and Listing of                                    excludes the petitioned waste from the                  peace.michelle@epa.gov.
                                             Hazardous Waste                                                          requirements of hazardous waste
                                                                                                                                                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                                                                                      regulations under the Resource
                                             AGENCY:  Environmental Protection                                                                                                information in this section is organized
                                                                                                                      Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
                                             Agency (EPA).                                                                                                                    as follows:
                                                                                                                      when disposed of in Subtitle D landfills
                                             ACTION: Final rule.                                                                                                              I. Overview Information
                                                                                                                      but imposes testing conditions to ensure
                                                                                                                      that the future-generated wastes remain                    A. What action is EPA finalizing?
                                             SUMMARY:   The Environmental Protection                                                                                             B. Why is EPA approving this delisting?
                                             Agency (EPA) is granting a petition                                      qualified for delisting.
                                                                                                                                                                                 C. What are the limits of this exclusion?
                                             submitted by ExxonMobil Oil                                              DATES: Effective October 26, 2017.                         D. How will Beaumont Refinery manage
                                             Corporation Beaumont Refinery                                            ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a                         the waste if it is delisted?
                                             (ExxonMobil) to exclude from                                             docket for this action under Docket ID                     E. When is the final delisting exclusion
                                                                                                                                                                                   effective?
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                                             hazardous waste control (or delist) a                                    No. EPA–R06–RCRA–2017–0153. All
                                             certain solid waste. This final rule                                     documents in the docket are listed on                      F. How does this final rule affect states?
                                             responds to the petition submitted by                                                                                            II. Background
                                                                                                                      the http://www.regulations.gov Web
                                                                                                                                                                                 A. What is a ‘‘delisting’’?
                                             ExxonMobil to have the secondary                                         site. Although listed in the index, some                   B. What regulations allow facilities to
                                             impoundment basin (SIB) solids                                           information is not publicly available,                       delist a waste?
                                             excluded, or delisted from the definition                                e.g., CBI or other information whose                       C. What information must the generator
                                             of a hazardous waste. The SIB solids are                                 disclosure is restricted by statute.                         supply?



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                                             III. EPA’s Evaluation of the Waste Data                 based on the factors for which the waste              affected. This would exclude two
                                                A. What waste and how much did                       was originally listed, EPA would have                 categories of States: States having a dual
                                                   Beaumont Refinery petition EPA to                 proposed to deny the petition. EPA                    system that includes Federal RCRA
                                                   delist?
                                                B. How did Beaumont Refinery sample and
                                                                                                     evaluated the waste with respect to                   requirements and their own
                                                   analyze the waste data in this petition?          other factors or criteria to assess                   requirements, and States who have
                                             IV. Public Comments Received on the                     whether there is a reasonable basis to                received our authorization to make their
                                                   Proposed Exclusion                                believe that such additional factors                  own delisting decisions.
                                                A. Who submitted comments on the                     could cause the waste to be hazardous.                   Here are the details: We allow states
                                                   proposed rule?                                    EPA considered whether the waste is                   to impose their own non-RCRA
                                                B. Comments and Responses                            acutely toxic, the concentration of the               regulatory requirements that are more
                                             V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
                                                                                                     constituents in the waste, their tendency             stringent than EPA’s, under section
                                             I. Overview Information                                 to migrate and to bioaccumulate, their                3009 of RCRA. These more stringent
                                                                                                     persistence in the environment once                   requirements may include a provision
                                             A. What action is EPA finalizing?                                                                             that prohibits a Federally issued
                                                                                                     released from the waste, plausible and
                                               The EPA is finalizing:                                specific types of management of the                   exclusion from taking effect in the State.
                                               (1) The decision to grant                             petitioned waste, the quantities of waste             Because a dual system (that is, both
                                             ExxonMobil’s Beaumont Refinery’s                        generated, and waste variability. EPA                 Federal (RCRA) and State (non-RCRA)
                                             petition to have its surface                            believes that the petitioned waste does               programs) may regulate a petitioner’s
                                             impoundment basin solids excluded, or                   not meet the listing criteria and thus                waste, we urge petitioners to contact the
                                             delisted, from the definition of a                      should not be a listed waste. EPA’s                   State regulatory authority to establish
                                             hazardous waste, subject to certain                     proposed decision to delist waste from                the status of their wastes under the State
                                             continued verification and monitoring                   ExxonMobil is based on the information                law.
                                             conditions; and                                         submitted in support of this rule,                       EPA has also authorized some States
                                               (2) to use the Delisting Risk                         including descriptions of the wastes and              (for example, Louisiana, Georgia,
                                             Assessment Software to evaluate the                     analytical data from the Beaumont,                    Illinois) to administer a delisting
                                             potential impact of the petitioned waste                Texas facility.                                       program in place of the Federal
                                             on human health and the environment.                                                                          program, that is, to make State delisting
                                             The Agency used this model to predict                   C. What are the limits of this exclusion?
                                                                                                                                                           decisions. Therefore, this exclusion
                                             the concentration of hazardous                            This exclusion applies to the waste                 does not apply in those authorized
                                             constituents released from the                          described in the petition only if the                 States. If Beaumont Refinery transports
                                             petitioned waste, once it is disposed.                  requirements described in Table 1 of                  the petitioned waste to or manages the
                                               After evaluating the petition, EPA                    part 261, Appendix IX, and the                        waste in any State with delisting
                                             proposed rule, on May 31, 2017, to                      conditions contained herein are                       authorization, Beaumont Refinery must
                                             exclude the ExxonMobil Beaumont                         satisfied. The one-time exclusion                     obtain delisting authorization from that
                                             Refinery waste from the lists of                        applies to 400,000 cubic yards of surface             State before they can manage the waste
                                             hazardous wastes under §§ 261.31 and                    impoundment basin solids.
                                             261.32. The comments received on this                                                                         as nonhazardous in the State.
                                             rulemaking will be addressed as part of                 D. How will Beaumont Refinery manage                  II. Background
                                             this decision.                                          the waste if it is delisted?
                                                                                                                                                           A. What is a delisting?
                                             B. Why is EPA approving this delisting?                   Storage containers with SIB solids
                                                                                                     will be transported to an authorized                    A delisting petition is a request from
                                                ExxonMobil’s petition requests an                    solid waste landfill (e.g. RCRA Subtitle              a generator to EPA or another agency
                                             exclusion from the F037 and F038 waste                  D landfill, commercial/industrial solid               with jurisdiction to exclude from the list
                                             listings pursuant to 40 CFR 260.20 and                  waste landfill, etc.) for disposal.                   of hazardous wastes, wastes the
                                             260.22. ExxonMobil does not believe                                                                           generator does not consider hazardous
                                             that the petitioned waste meets the                     E. When is the final delisting exclusion              under RCRA.
                                             criteria for which EPA listed it.                       effective?
                                             ExxonMobil also believes no additional                                                                        B. What regulations allow facilities to
                                                                                                        This rule is effective October 26,
                                             constituents or factors could cause the                                                                       delist a waste?
                                                                                                     2017. The Hazardous and Solid Waste
                                             waste to be hazardous. EPA’s review of                  Amendments of 1984 amended Section                       Under 40 CFR 260.20 and 260.22,
                                             this petition included consideration of                 3010 of RCRA to allow rules to become                 facilities may petition the EPA to
                                             the original listing criteria and the                   effective in less than six months when                remove their wastes from hazardous
                                             additional factors required by the                      the regulated community does not need                 waste control by excluding them from
                                             Hazardous and Solid Waste                               the six-month period to come into                     the lists of hazardous wastes contained
                                             Amendments of 1984 (HSWA). See                          compliance. That is the case here                     in §§ 261.31 and 261.32. Specifically,
                                             section 3001(f) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C.                      because this rule reduces, rather than                § 260.20 allows any person to petition
                                             6921(f), and 40 CFR 260.22 (d)(1)–(4)                   increases, the existing requirements for              the Administrator to modify or revoke
                                             (hereinafter, all sectional references are              persons generating hazardous wastes.                  any provision of Parts 260 through 266,
                                             to 40 CFR unless otherwise indicated).                  These reasons also provide a basis for                268 and 273 of Title 40 of the Code of
                                             In making the initial delisting                         making this rule effective immediately,               Federal Regulations. Section 260.22
                                             determination, EPA evaluated the                        upon publication, under the                           provides generators the opportunity to
                                             petitioned waste against the listing                    Administrative Procedure Act, pursuant                petition the Administrator to exclude a
                                             criteria and factors cited in
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                                                                                                     to 5 U.S.C. 553(d).                                   waste on a ‘‘generator-specific’’ basis
                                             §§ 261.11(a)(2) and (a)(3). Based on this                                                                     from the hazardous waste lists.
                                             review, EPA agrees with the petitioner                  F. How does this final rule affect states?
                                             that the waste is non-hazardous with                      Because EPA is issuing this exclusion               C. What information must the generator
                                             respect to the original listing criteria. If            under the Federal RCRA delisting                      supply?
                                             EPA had found, based on this review,                    program, only states subject to Federal                 Petitioners must provide sufficient
                                             that the waste remained hazardous                       RCRA delisting provisions would be                    information to EPA to allow the EPA to


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                                             determine that the waste to be excluded                                      in Beaumont, Texas. The waste falls                                     B. How did Beaumont Refinery sample
                                             does not meet any of the criteria under                                      under the classification of listed waste                                and analyze the waste data in this
                                             which the waste was listed as a                                              pursuant to §§ 261.31 and 261.32.                                       petition?
                                             hazardous waste. In addition, the                                            Specifically, in its petition, ExxonMobil
                                             Administrator must determine, where                                          requested that EPA grant a one-time                                       To support its petition, ExxonMobil
                                             he/she has a reasonable basis to believe                                     exclusion for 400,000 cubic yards of SIB                                submitted:
                                             that factors (including additional                                           solids.                                                                   (1) Historical information on waste
                                             constituents) other than those for which                                        The 40 CFR part 261 Appendix VII                                     generation and management practices;
                                             the waste was listed could cause the                                         hazardous constituents which are the                                    and
                                             waste to be a hazardous waste, that such                                     basis for listing can be found in Table
                                             factors do not warrant retaining the                                         1.                                                                        (2) analytical results from thirty-nine
                                             waste as a hazardous waste.                                                                                                                          samples for total and TCLP
                                                                                                                             TABLE 1—EPA WASTE CODES FOR                                          concentrations of compounds of
                                             III. EPA’s Evaluation of the Waste Data
                                                                                                                             SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT BASIN SOL-                                       concern (COC)s;
                                             A. What waste and how much did                                                  IDS AND THE BASIS FOR LISTING
                                             Beaumont Refinery petition EPA to
                                             delist?                                                                       Waste code                          Basis for listing
                                               In August 2016, ExxonMobil
                                             petitioned EPA to exclude from the lists                                     F037 ...........        Benzene, benzo(a)pyrene,
                                                                                                                                                    chrysene, lead, chromium.
                                             of hazardous wastes contained in
                                                                                                                          F038 ...........        Benzene, benzo(a)pyrene,
                                             §§ 261.31 and 261.32, SIB solids (F037,                                                                chrysene, lead, chromium.
                                             F038) generated from its facility located

                                                                                 TABLE 2—ANALYTICAL RESULTS/MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DELISTING CONCENTRATION
                                                                                   [Secondary Impoundment Basin (SIB) Solids ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery, Beaumont, Texas]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Maximum
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Maximum
                                                                                                                                                                                             Maximum total                       TCLP
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  TCLP
                                                                                                          Constituent                                                                        concentration                      delisting
                                                                                                                                                                                                              concentration
                                                                                                                                                                                               (mg/kg)                            level
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 (mg/L)          (mg/L)

                                             Antimony ................................................................................................................................                4.84             0.023             .109
                                             Arsenic ...................................................................................................................................              33.6             0.077            .424
                                             Barium ....................................................................................................................................               455               1.47               36
                                             Beryllium ................................................................................................................................               1.38           <0.002                2.0
                                             Cadmium ................................................................................................................................                 2.05           <0.002              0.09
                                             Chromium ..............................................................................................................................                   697             0.205             2.27
                                             Cobalt .....................................................................................................................................             19.4            0.0371           0.214
                                             Lead .......................................................................................................................................              400             0.656           0.702
                                             Mercury ..................................................................................................................................               3.61         0.000049            0.068
                                             Nickel .....................................................................................................................................             68.2             0.152            13.5
                                             Selenium ................................................................................................................................                28.7            0.0177           0.890
                                             Silver ......................................................................................................................................            1.23             0.002               5.0
                                             Vanadium ...............................................................................................................................                 90.7            0.0815             3.77
                                             Zinc ........................................................................................................................................           2,470               5.43             197
                                             2,4 Dimethylphenol ................................................................................................................                      0.97            0.0018            11.3
                                             2-Methylphenol ......................................................................................................................                   <0.71         <.000033             28.9
                                             3-Methylphenol ......................................................................................................................                   <0.64             0.002            28.9
                                             4-Methylphenol ......................................................................................................................                   <0.64          0.00047             2.89
                                             Acenaphthene ........................................................................................................................                      1.7         0.00091             10.6
                                             Anthracene .............................................................................................................................                   2.9         0.00019              25.9
                                             Benz(a)anthracene ................................................................................................................                         7.2        0.000034             0.07
                                             Benz(a)pyrene .......................................................................................................................                        5        <0.00003             26.3
                                             Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ......................................................................................................                           34           0.0002         106,000
                                             Chrysene ................................................................................................................................                   19        0.000048              7.01
                                             Di-n-butyl phthalate ................................................................................................................                    0.66            0.0013            24.6
                                             Fluoranthene ..........................................................................................................................                    2.1        0.000078             2.46
                                             Fluorene .................................................................................................................................                 4.9           0.0016            4.91
                                             Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene ..........................................................................................................                          2.6       <0.000051                 73
                                             Naphthalene ...........................................................................................................................                     26             0.02          0.0327
                                             Phenol ....................................................................................................................................             <0.71          0.00025               173
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                                             Pyrene ....................................................................................................................................               N/A          0.00019             4.45
                                             Benzene .................................................................................................................................                  1.1          <0.004            0.077
                                             Xylenes, total .........................................................................................................................                   53               0.18            9.56
                                               Notes: These levels represent the highest constituent concentration found in any one sample and does not necessarily represent the specific
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                                             IV. Public Comments Received on the                     seeping into our groundwater for our                  Delisting Risk Assessment Software
                                             Proposed Exclusion                                      kids to drink. ExxonMobile needs to                   (DRAS) to provide scientific reasoning
                                                                                                     spend the money on research to break                  to the EPA for the delisting of SIB
                                             A. Who submitted comments on the
                                                                                                     down this waste sludge into something                 solids, I believe that more research must
                                             proposed rule?
                                                                                                     that doesn’t hurt the environment. They               be conducted by the EPA itself.
                                               The EPA received four anonymous                       must not be allowed to put it in dumps                Employees of this agency should
                                             public comments on the May 31, 2017,                    or store it somewhere. There probably                 especially check the individual
                                             proposed rule via regulations.gov. EPA                  are some kind of bacteria that will break             components of the SIB solids and test
                                             also received comments from the facility                this stuff down into something useful or              for even greater possibilities than those
                                             regarding the conditions and                            non toxic. This stuff should NOT end                  proposed by the DRAS; the DRAS was
                                             nomenclature on Table 1. The                            up in our ground water. If you cannot                 not said to take into account the effects
                                             comments and responses are addressed                    do something positive with this waste,                that chemical exposure would produce
                                             below.                                                  the process whereby this waste is                     on surrounding populations or even
                                             B. Comments and Responses                               produced MUST BE STOPPED. We need                     employees themselves if buildups were
                                                                                                     to move away from fossil fuel use and                 to occur. Risk assessment should be
                                                Comment 1. ‘‘Exxon Mobil requests                    towards renewable energy and                          issued for each individual chemical
                                             that language found on Pages 24929,                     sustainable products.’’                               compound by the EPA. Assuming the
                                             24931, and 24932 be revised to reflect                     Response 2. The Delisting Program                  EPA would like to work rather quickly
                                             that the SIB solids are delisted upon                   requires extensive waste sampling and a               on this issue considering ExxonMobil’s
                                             final publication in the Federal                        risk assessment is performed to assess a              insistence that the SIB solids are non-
                                             Register. The text in Section IV (Next                  wastes potential harm to human health                 hazardous, benefits would include
                                             Steps), Items A.(2) and A.(3) is currently              and the environment. The program is                   reduced regulation on the industry, as
                                             structured such that additional testing                 designed to insure that the wastes                    well as, one less responsibility for the
                                             would have to be performed to verify                    which are deemed excluded will not be                 EPA. However, closer examination
                                             that delisting limits are met. Items (2),               managed in a manner to harm human                     needs to occur, especially since this test
                                             (3), and (4) of Table 1 (Pages 24931 and                health or the environment. This waste                 has only been conducted for Beaumont,
                                             34932) also reflect these requirements.                 will be managed in a Subtitle D                       Texas.’’
                                             This language appears to be a                           industrial waste landfill as solid waste                 Response 4. A waste is eligible for
                                             ‘‘holdover’’ associated with another                    to prevent releases to groundwater and                delisting only if that waste, as generated
                                             delisting petition request. Our sampling                air pathways.                                         at a particular facility, does not meet
                                             program included collection of over 30                     Comment 3. ‘‘The EPA should feel                   any of the criteria under which the
                                             samples to support the delisting petition               obligated to ensure that there are no                 waste was listed as a hazardous waste.
                                             request. As such, we believe we have                    possible adverse effects to humans or                 In addition, the waste may not contain
                                             already completed a rigorous sampling                   the environment by approving the                      any other Appendix VIII constituents
                                             program in support of this request. Also,               petition from ExxonMobile. The EPA                    that would cause the waste to be
                                             we would note in several locations that                 should conduct their own investigation,               hazardous. RCRA § 3001(f) and 40 CFR
                                             the petition volume is listed as ‘‘400,000              take their own samples, and perform                   260.22. A delisting is only intended to
                                             wet’’ cubic yards. The SIB solids will                  data analysis to confirm that there are               address a specific waste stream
                                             contain water upon removal from the                     no discrepancies between their findings               generated at a specific site. The risk
                                             pond. However, they will be dewatered                   and those provided by the Beaumont                    analysis is conducted specifically for
                                             (e.g. filtration, addition of cement, etc.)             facility. In the list of constituents                 each chemical constituent of the waste
                                             to pass the paint filter test prior to                  provided by ExxonMobile, there are                    stream. If any constituent concentration
                                             disposal. As such, we suggest removing                  known human carcinogens such as                       exceeds the delisting limit, the entire
                                             the word wet in reference to the delisted               arsenic, beryllium, cadmium,                          waste stream remains hazardous.
                                             volume.’’                                               chromium, nickel, and benzene, along                     The delisting risk analysis performed
                                                Response 1. The language found in                    with other harmful constituents such as               using the Delisting Risk Assessment
                                             Table 1 of the exclusion has been                       lead and mercury. The EPA should                      Software evaluates the worst case
                                             revised to remove all conditional                       conduct an environmental impact                       scenario for the petitioned waste and
                                             exclusion language. The request for the                 assessment before approving this                      risk pathways are evaluated. All
                                             delisting is a one-time exclusion which                 petition.’’                                           chemical constituents detected in the
                                             is conditioned on proper disposal of up                    Response 3. The requirements of the                waste are individually assessed for their
                                             to 400,000 cubic yards of SIB solids and                Federal regulations defined in 40 CFR                 impact on human health and the
                                             contains the data submittals, reopener                  part 260.20, and 260.22, describe the                 environment.
                                             and disposal notification clauses for all               process by which wastes may be                           Comment 5. ‘‘I believe there should be
                                             delisting exclusions. The conditions                    removed from the list of hazardous                    a thorough health examination of all
                                             were included in the proposed rule in                   waste. In addition to extensive quality               employees in the facility who work
                                             error. All references regarding the wet                 assurance and quality control data for                directly with the waste proposed for
                                             solids have been removed because the                    the samples taken, EPA performs a risk                delisting. Some of these chemicals can
                                             waste will not be disposed of in this                   assessment using the Delisting Risk                   build-up in the system over time and if
                                             manner. The reference to wet solids was                 Assessment Software to ensure that our                any de-regulations are to occur they
                                             in regards to the volume of solids as                   decision is protective of human health                need science based evidence to prove
                                             generated during the removal.                           and the environment. The constituent                  the decision would not pose a human
                                                Comment 2. ‘‘Excuse me?
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                                                                                                     concentrations found in the surface                   safety issue. If the decision would not
                                             ExxonMobile wants to dump their waste                   impoundment basin solids are below                    prove to have a high economical impact,
                                             into the landfills where it can pollute                 the concentrations that would pose                    I do not see any reason it should be
                                             our ground water? NO. Absolutely NOT.                   harm to human health and the                          considered, especially when the
                                             These waste products are toxic to the                   environment.                                          decision is for only a single site.’’
                                             environment and need to stay listed as                     Comment 4. ‘‘Although the tests that                  Response 5. A waste is eligible for
                                             hazardous. We don’t want this stuff                     have been run by ExxonMobil’s                         delisting only if that waste, as generated


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                                             at a particular facility, does not meet                 government and the States, or on the                  parties (5 U.S.C. 804(3)). EPA is not
                                             any of the criteria under which the                     distribution of power and                             required to submit a rule report
                                             waste was listed as a hazardous waste.                  responsibilities among the various                    regarding today’s action under section
                                             In addition, the waste may not contain                  levels of government, as specified in                 801 because this is a rule of particular
                                             any other Appendix VIII constituents                    Executive Order 13132, ‘‘Federalism’’,                applicability. Executive Order (E.O.)
                                             that would cause the waste to be                        (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999). Thus,                 12898 (59 FR 7629 (Feb. 16, 1994))
                                             hazardous. RCRA § 3001(f) and 40 CFR                    Executive Order 13132 does not apply                  establishes Federal executive policy on
                                             260.22. A delisting is only intended to                 to this rule.                                         environmental justice. Its main
                                             address a specific waste stream                            Similarly, because this rule will affect           provision directs Federal agencies, to
                                             generated at a specific site. Since                     only a particular facility, this proposed             the greatest extent practicable and
                                             individual waste streams may vary                       rule does not have tribal implications,               permitted by law, to make
                                             depending on raw materials, industrial                  as specified in Executive Order 13175,                environmental justice part of their
                                             processes, and other factors, it may be                 ‘‘Consultation and Coordination with                  mission by identifying and addressing,
                                             appropriate not to list a specific waste                Indian Tribal Governments’’ (65 FR                    as appropriate, disproportionately high
                                             from a specific site. Therefore, while a                67249, November 9, 2000). Thus,                       and adverse human health or
                                             waste described in the regulations or                   Executive Order 13175 does not apply                  environmental effects of their programs,
                                             resulting from the operation of the                     to this rule. This rule also is not subject           policies, and activities on minority
                                             mixture or derived-from rules generally                 to Executive Order 13045, ‘‘Protection of             populations and low-income
                                             is hazardous, a specific waste from an                  Children from Environmental Health                    populations in the United States.
                                             individual facility may not be                          Risks and Safety Risks’’ (62 FR 19885,                  EPA has determined that this
                                             hazardous. For this reason, 40 CFR                      April 23, 1997), because it is not                    proposed rule will not have
                                             260.20 and 260.22 provide an exclusion                  economically significant as defined in                disproportionately high and adverse
                                             procedure, called delisting, which                      Executive Order 12866, and because the                human health or environmental effects
                                             allows persons to prove that EPA should                 Agency does not have reason to believe                on minority or low-income populations
                                             not regulate a specific waste from a                    the environmental health or safety risks              because it does not affect the level of
                                             particular generating facility as a                     addressed by this action present a                    protection provided to human health or
                                             hazardous waste. A risk assessment of                   disproportionate risk to children. The                the environment. The Agency’s risk
                                             the petitioned waste is completed and a                 basis for this belief is that the Agency              assessment did not identify risks from
                                             part of the decision factors in issuing an              used DRAS, which considers health and                 management of this material in an
                                             exclusion. Specific health examinations                 safety risks to children, to calculate the
                                                                                                                                                           authorized, solid waste landfill (e.g.
                                             and worker protection is covered by the                 maximum allowable concentrations for
                                                                                                                                                           RCRA Subtitle D landfill, commercial/
                                             facility operating plans and overseen by                this rule. This rule is not subject to
                                                                                                                                                           industrial solid waste landfill, etc.).
                                             OSHA. Worker safety during the                          Executive Order 13211, ‘‘Actions
                                                                                                                                                           Therefore, EPA believes that any
                                             management of this waste to avoid                       Concerning Regulations That
                                                                                                                                                           populations in proximity of the landfills
                                             contact with this material are covered                  Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
                                                                                                                                                           used by this facility should not be
                                             by the Health and Safety plans of the                   Distribution, or Use’’ (66 FR 28355 (May
                                                                                                                                                           adversely affected by common waste
                                             petitioner.                                             22, 2001)), because it is not a significant
                                                                                                                                                           management practices for this delisted
                                                                                                     regulatory action under Executive Order
                                             V. Statutory and Executive Order                                                                              waste.
                                                                                                     12866. This rule does not involve
                                             Reviews                                                 technical standards; thus, the                        Lists of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 261
                                                Under Executive Order 12866,                         requirements of section 12(d) of the
                                             ‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review’’ (58                  National Technology Transfer and                        Environmental protection, Hazardous
                                             FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this rule is                Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C.                    waste, Recycling, Reporting and
                                             not of general applicability and                        272 note) do not apply. As required by                recordkeeping requirements.
                                             therefore, is not a regulatory action                   section 3 of Executive Order 12988,                     Authority: Sec. 3001(f) RCRA, 42 U.S.C.
                                             subject to review by the Office of                      ‘‘Civil Justice Reform’’, (61 FR 4729,                6921(f).
                                             Management and Budget (OMB). This                       February 7, 1996), in issuing this rule,                Dated: October 4, 2017.
                                             rule does not impose an information                     EPA has taken the necessary steps to                  Wren Stenger,
                                             collection burden under the provisions                  eliminate drafting errors and ambiguity,              Director, Multimedia Division, Region 6.
                                             of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995                  minimize potential litigation, and
                                             (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) because it                     provide a clear legal standard for                      For the reasons set out in the
                                             applies to a particular facility only.                  affected conduct.                                     preamble, 40 CFR part 261 is amended
                                             Because this rule is of particular                         The Congressional Review Act, 5                    as follows:
                                             applicability relating to a particular                  U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
                                             facility, it is not subject to the regulatory           Business Regulatory Enforcement                       PART 261—IDENTIFICATION AND
                                             flexibility provisions of the Regulatory                Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides              LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
                                             Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), or              that before a rule may take effect, the
                                             to sections 202, 204, and 205 of the                    agency promulgating the rule must                     ■ 1. The authority citation for part 261
                                             Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995                    submit a rule report which includes a                 continues to read as follows:
                                             (UMRA) (Pub. L. 104–4). Because this                    copy of the rule to each House of the                   Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6921,
                                             rule will affect only a particular facility,            Congress and to the Comptroller General               6922, and 6938.
                                             it will not significantly or uniquely                   of the United States. Section 804
                                                                                                                                                           ■ 2. In Table 1—Wastes Excluded From
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                                             affect small governments, as specified in               exempts from section 801 the following
                                                                                                                                                           Non-Specific Sources in Appendix IX to
                                             section 203 of UMRA. Because this rule                  types of rules: (1) Rules of particular
                                                                                                                                                           Part 261, add the following waste stream
                                             will affect only a particular facility, this            applicability; (2) rules relating to agency
                                                                                                                                                           in alphabetical order by facility to read
                                             proposed rule does not have federalism                  management or personnel; and (3) rules
                                                                                                                                                           as follows:
                                             implications. It will not have substantial              of agency organization, procedure, or
                                             direct effects on the States, on the                    practice that do not substantially affect             Appendix IX to Part 261—Waste
                                             relationship between the national                       the rights or obligations of non-agency               Excluded Under §§ 260.20 and 260.22


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                                                                                      TABLE 1—WASTES EXCLUDED FROM NON-SPECIFIC SOURCES
                                                   Facility                  Address                                                                  Waste description


                                                    *                       *                           *                       *                      *                     *                    *
                                             ExxonMobil ........   Beaumont, TX ..................   Secondary Impoundment Basin Solids (SIB) (EPA Hazardous Waste Numbers F037 and F038)
                                                                                                       generated at a maximum rate of 400,000 cubic yards.
                                                                                                     (1) Delisting Levels: All concentrations for those constituents must not exceed the maximum al-
                                                                                                       lowable concentrations in mg/l specified in this paragraph.
                                                                                                     Surface Impoundment Basin Solids. Leachable Concentrations (mg/l): Antimony—0.109; Ar-
                                                                                                       senic—0.424; Barium—36; Beryllium—2.0; Cadmium—0.09; Chromium—2.27; Cobalt—0.214;
                                                                                                       Lead—0.702; Mercury—0.068; Nickel—13.5; Selenium—0.890; Silver—5.0; Vanadium—3.77;
                                                                                                       Zinc—197; 2,4 Dimethylphenol—11.3; 2-Methylphenol—28.9; 3-Methylphenol—28.9; 4-Methyl-
                                                                                                       phenol—2.89;         Acenaphthene—10.6;           Anthracene-—25.9;        Benz(a)anthracene—0.07;
                                                                                                       Benz(a)pyrene—26.3; Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate—106,000; Chrysene—7.01; Di-n-butyl
                                                                                                       phthalate—24.6; Fluoranthene—2.46; Fluorene—4.91; Indeno(1,2,3-cd) pyrene—73; Naph-
                                                                                                       thalene—0.0327; Phenol—173; Pyrene—4.45; Benzene—0.077; Xylenes, total—9.56
                                                                                                     (2) Reopener
                                                                                                     (A) If, any time after disposal of the delisted waste ExxonMobil possesses or is otherwise made
                                                                                                       aware of any environmental data (including but not limited to underflow water data or ground
                                                                                                       water monitoring data) or any other data relevant to the delisted waste indicating that any con-
                                                                                                       stituent identified for the delisting verification testing is at level higher than the delisting level
                                                                                                       allowed by the Division Director in granting the petition, then the facility must report the data,
                                                                                                       in writing, to the Division Director within 10 days of first possessing or being made aware of
                                                                                                       that data.
                                                                                                     (B) If verification testing (and retest, if applicable) of the waste does not meet the delisting re-
                                                                                                       quirements in paragraph 1, ExxonMobil must report the data, in writing, to the Division Direc-
                                                                                                       tor within 10 days of first possessing or being made aware of that data.
                                                                                                     (C) If ExxonMobil fails to submit the information described in paragraphs (2),(3)(A) or (3)(B) or if
                                                                                                       any other information is received from any source, the Division Director will make a prelimi-
                                                                                                       nary determination as to whether the reported information requires EPA action to protect
                                                                                                       human health and/or the environment. Further action may include suspending, or revoking the
                                                                                                       exclusion, or other appropriate response necessary to protect human health and the environ-
                                                                                                       ment.
                                                                                                     (D) If the Division Director determines that the reported information requires action by EPA, the
                                                                                                       Division Director will notify the facility in writing of the actions the Division Director believes
                                                                                                       are necessary to protect human health and the environment. The notice shall include a state-
                                                                                                       ment of the proposed action and a statement providing the facility with an opportunity to
                                                                                                       present information as to why the proposed EPA action is not necessary. The facility shall
                                                                                                       have 10 days from receipt of the Division Director’s notice to present such information.
                                                                                                     (E) Following the receipt of information from the facility described in paragraph (3)(D) or (if no in-
                                                                                                       formation is presented under paragraph (3)(D)) the initial receipt of information described in
                                                                                                       paragraphs (2), (3)(A) or (3)(B), the Division Director will issue a final written determination de-
                                                                                                       scribing EPA actions that are necessary to protect human health and/or the environment. Any
                                                                                                       required action described in the Division Director’s determination shall become effective imme-
                                                                                                       diately, unless the Division Director provides otherwise.
                                                                                                     (3) Notification Requirements:
                                                                                                     ExxonMobil must do the following before transporting the delisted waste. Failure to provide this
                                                                                                       notification will result in a violation of the delisting petition and a possible revocation of the de-
                                                                                                       cision.
                                                                                                     (A) Provide a one-time written notification to any state Regulatory Agency to which or through
                                                                                                       which it will transport the delisted waste described above for disposal, 60 days before begin-
                                                                                                       ning such activities.
                                                                                                     (B) For onsite disposal, a notice should be submitted to the State to notify the State that dis-
                                                                                                       posal of the delisted materials has begun.
                                                                                                     (C) Update one-time written notification, if it ships the delisted waste into a different disposal fa-
                                                                                                       cility.
                                                                                                     (D) Failure to provide this notification will result in a violation of the delisting exclusion and a
                                                                                                       possible revocation of the decision.

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                                             DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                                 the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands                     48460; October 18, 2017). The 2017
                                                                                                                    management area to be harvested.                        flathead sole, rock sole, and yellowfin
                                             National Oceanic and Atmospheric                                       DATES: Effective October 26, 2017                       sole CDQ ABC reserves are 6,018 mt,
                                             Administration                                                         through December 31, 2017.                              11,286 mt and 11,434 mt as established
                                                                                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        by the final 2017 and 2018 harvest
                                             50 CFR Part 679                                                        Steve Whitney, 907–586–7228.                            specifications for groundfish in the
                                                                                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS                         BSAI (82 FR 11826, February 27, 2017)
                                             [Docket No. 161020985–7181–02]                                                                                                 and revised by flatfish exchange (82 FR
                                                                                                                    manages the groundfish fishery in the
                                                                                                                    Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands                         48460; October 18, 2017).
                                             RIN 0648–XF767                                                                                                                    The Yukon Delta Fisheries
                                                                                                                    management area (BSAI) according to
                                                                                                                    the Fishery Management Plan for                         Development Association has requested
                                             Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
                                                                                                                    Groundfish of the Bering Sea and                        that NMFS exchange 60 mt of flathead
                                             Zone Off Alaska; Exchange of Flatfish
                                                                                                                    Aleutian Islands Management Area                        sole CDQ reserves and 145 mt of rock
                                             in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
                                                                                                                    (FMP) prepared by the North Pacific                     sole CDQ reserves for 205 mt of
                                             Management Area
                                                                                                                    Fishery Management Council under                        yellowfin sole CDQ ABC reserves under
                                             AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                                     authority of the Magnuson-Stevens                       § 679.31(d). Therefore, in accordance
                                             Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                                   Fishery Conservation and Management                     with § 679.31(d), NMFS exchanges 60
                                             Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                                     Act. Regulations governing fishing by                   mt of flathead sole CDQ reserves and
                                             Commerce.                                                              U.S. vessels in accordance with the FMP                 145 mt of rock sole CDQ reserves for 205
                                             ACTION: Temporary rule; reallocation.                                  appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600                  mt of yellowfin sole CDQ ABC reserves
                                                                                                                    and 50 CFR part 679.                                    in the BSAI. This action also decreases
                                             SUMMARY:   NMFS is exchanging unused                                     The 2017 flathead sole, rock sole, and                and increases the TACs and CDQ ABC
                                             flathead sole and rock sole Community                                  yellowfin sole CDQ reserves specified in                reserves by the corresponding amounts.
                                             Development Quota (CDQ) for yellowfin                                  the BSAI are 1,288 metric tons (mt),                    Tables 11 and 13 of the final 2017 and
                                             sole CDQ acceptable biological catch                                   5,310 mt, and 16,472 mt as established                  2018 harvest specifications for
                                             (ABC) reserves in the Bering Sea and                                   by the final 2017 and 2018 harvest                      groundfish in the BSAI (82 FR 11826,
                                             Aleutian Islands management area. This                                 specifications for groundfish in the                    February 27, 2017), and revised by
                                             action is necessary to allow the 2017                                  BSAI (82 FR 11826, February 27, 2017)                   flatfish exchange (82 FR 48460; October
                                             total allowable catch of yellowfin sole in                             and revised by flatfish exchange (82 FR                 18, 2017) are further revised as follows:

                                              TABLE 11—FINAL 2017 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA (CDQ) RESERVES, INCIDENTAL CATCH AMOUNTS (ICAS), AND
                                                 AMENDMENT 80 ALLOCATIONS OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS PACIFIC OCEAN PERCH, AND BSAI FLATHEAD SOLE, ROCK
                                                 SOLE, AND YELLOWFIN SOLE TACS
                                                                                                                                [Amounts are in metric tons]

                                                                                                                                Pacific ocean perch                       Flathead sole       Rock sole      Yellowfin sole

                                                                       Sector                                     Eastern              Central             Western
                                                                                                                  Aleutian             Aleutian            Aleutian           BSAI              BSAI             BSAI
                                                                                                                   district             district            district

                                             TAC ..........................................................                7,900             7,000                9,000          14,176            47,225          154,199
                                             CDQ .........................................................                   845               749                  963           1,228             5,165           16,677
                                             ICA ...........................................................                 100                60                   10           4,000             5,000            4,500
                                             BSAI trawl limited access ........................                              695               619                  161               0                 0           18,151
                                             Amendment 80 .........................................                        6,259             5,572                7,866           8,949            37,060          114,871
                                             Alaska Groundfish Cooperative ...............                                 3,319             2,954                4,171             918             9,168           45,638
                                             Alaska Seafood Cooperative ...................                                2,940             2,617                3,695           8,031            27,893           69,233
                                                Note: Sector apportionments may not total precisely due to rounding.

                                                   TABLE 13—FINAL 2017 AND 2018 ABC SURPLUS,COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA (CDQ) ABC RESERVES, AND
                                                       AMENDMENT 80 ABC RESERVES IN THE BSAI FOR FLATHEAD SOLE, ROCK SOLE, AND YELLOWFIN SOLE
                                                                                                                                [Amounts are in metric tons]

                                                                                                                    2017                 2017                2017             2018              2018              2018
                                                                       Sector                                   Flathead sole          Rock sole        Yellowfin sole    Flathead sole       Rock sole      Yellowfin sole

                                             ABC ..........................................................               68,278          155,100               260,800          66,164          143,100           250,800
                                             TAC ..........................................................               14,176           47,225               154,199          14,500           47,100           154,000
                                             ABC surplus .............................................                    54,102          107,875               106,601          51,664           96,000            96,800
                                             ABC reserve .............................................                    54,102          107,875               106,601          51,664           96,000            96,800
                                             CDQ ABC reserve ...................................                           6,078           11,431                11,229           5,528           10,272            10,358
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                                             Amendment 80 ABC reserve ...................                                 48,024           96,444                95,372          46,136           85,728            86,442
                                             Alaska Groundfish Cooperative for
                                               2017 1 ...................................................                  4,926            23,857               37,891               n/a              n/a              n/a
                                             Alaska Seafood Cooperative for 2017 1 ..                                     43,098            72,587               57,481               n/a              n/a              n/a
                                               1 The 2018 allocations for Amendment 80 species between Amendment 80 cooperatives and the Amendment 80 limited access sector will not
                                             be known until eligible participants apply for participation in the program by November 1, 2017.



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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionRules and Regulations
ActionFinal rule.
DatesEffective October 26, 2017.
ContactFor technical information regarding the ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery petition, contact Michelle Peace at 214-665-7430 or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 49533 
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