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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 271 and 272 

[EPA–R06–2012–0411; FRL–9694–7] 

Louisiana: Final Authorization of StateInitiated Changes and Incorporation by 

Reference of Approved State 

Hazardous Waste Management 

Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: During a review of 

Louisiana’s regulations, the EPA 

identified a variety of State-initiated 

changes to its hazardous waste program 

under the Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act (RCRA). We have 

determined that these changes are minor 

and satisfy all requirements needed to 

qualify for Final authorization and are 

authorizing the State-initiated changes 

through this direct Final action. In 

addition, this document corrects 

technical errors made in the May 20, 

2009, Federal Register authorization 

document for Louisiana. 

The Solid Waste Disposal Act, as 

amended, commonly referred to as the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA), allows the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) to authorize 

States to operate their hazardous waste 

management programs in lieu of the 

Federal program. The EPA uses the 

regulations entitled ‘‘Approved State 

Hazardous Waste Management 

Programs’’ to provide notice of the 

authorization status of State programs 

and to incorporate by reference those 

provisions of the State statutes and 

regulations that will be subject to the 

EPA’s inspection and enforcement. The 

rule codifies in the regulations the prior 

approval of Louisiana’s hazardous waste 

management program and incorporates 

by reference authorized provisions of 

the State’s statutes and regulations. 

DATES: This regulation is effective 

September 11, 2012, unless the EPA 

receives adverse written comment on 

this regulation by the close of business 

August 13, 2012. If the EPA receives 

such comments, it will publish a timely 

withdrawal of this direct final rule in 

the Federal Register informing the 

public that this rule will not take effect. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approves this incorporation by reference 

as of September 11, 2012 in accordance 

with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments by 

one of the following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: patterson.alima@epa.gov or 

banks.julia@epa.gov. 

3. Mail: Alima Patterson, Region 6, 

Regional Authorization Coordinator, or 

Julia Banks, Codification Coordinator, 

State/Tribal Oversight Section (6PD–O), 

Multimedia Planning and Permitting 

Division, EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross 

Avenue Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. 

4. Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver 

your comments to Alima Patterson, 

Region 6, Regional Authorization 

Coordinator, or Julia Banks, Codification 

Coordinator, State/Tribal Oversight 

Section (6PD–O), Multimedia Planning 

and Permitting Division, EPA Region 6, 

1445 Ross Avenue Dallas, Texas 75202– 

2733. 

Instructions: Do not submit 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected through 

regulations.gov, or email. The Federal 

regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means the EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to the EPA without 

going through regulations.gov, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, the EPA recommends that 

you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If the EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties, 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

the EPA may not be able to consider 

your comment. Electronic files should 

avoid the use of special characters, any 

form of encryption, and be free of any 

defects or viruses. 

You can view and copy the 

documents that form the basis for this 

codification and associated publicly 

available materials from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at the 

following location: EPA Region 6, 1445 

Ross Avenue Dallas, Texas, 75202–2733, 

phone number (214) 665–8533 or (214) 

665–8178. Interested persons wanting to 

examine these documents should make 

an appointment with the office at least 

two weeks in advance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alima Patterson, Region 6 Regional 

Authorization Coordinator, or Julia 

Banks, Codification Coordinator, State/ 

Tribal Oversight Section (6PD–O), 

Multimedia Planning and Permitting 

Division, (214) 665–8533 or (214) 665– 

8178, EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue 

Dallas, Texas 75202–2733, and email 

address patterson.alima@epa.gov or 

banks.julia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Authorization of State-Initiated 

Changes 

A. Why are revisions to State programs 

necessary? 

States which have received Final 

authorization from the EPA under RCRA 

section 3006(b), 42 U.S.C. 6926(b), must 

maintain a hazardous waste program 

that is equivalent to, consistent with, 

and no less stringent than the Federal 

hazardous waste program. As the 

Federal program changes, the States 

must change their programs and ask the 

EPA to authorize the changes. Changes 

to State hazardous waste programs may 

be necessary when Federal or State 

statutory or regulatory authority is 

modified or when certain other changes 

occur. Most commonly, States must 

change their programs because of 

changes to the EPA’s regulations in 40 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 

124, 260 through 268, 270, 273 and 279. 

States can also initiate their own 

changes to their hazardous waste 

program and these changes must then be 

authorized. 

B. What decisions have we made in this 

rule? 

We conclude that Louisiana’s 

revisions to its authorized program meet 

all of the statutory and regulatory 

requirements established by RCRA. We 

found that the State-initiated changes 

make Louisiana’s rules more clear or 

conform more closely to the Federal 

equivalents and are so minor in nature 

that a formal application is unnecessary. 

Therefore, we grant Louisiana final 

authorization to operate its hazardous 

waste program with the changes 

described in the table at Section G 

below. Louisiana has responsibility for 

permitting Treatment, Storage, and 

Disposal Facilities (TSDFs) within its 

borders (except in Indian Country) and 

for carrying out all authorized aspects of 

the RCRA program, subject to the 

limitations of the Hazardous and Solid 

Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA). 

New Federal requirements and 

prohibitions imposed by Federal 

regulations that EPA promulgates under 

the authority of HSWA take effect in 

authorized States before they are 

authorized for the requirements. Thus, 

the EPA will implement those 

requirements and prohibitions in 

Louisiana, including issuing permits, 

until the State is granted authorization 

to do so. 


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C. What is the effect of this 

authorization decision? 

The effect of this decision is that a 

facility in Louisiana subject to RCRA 

will now have to comply with the 

authorized State requirements instead of 

the equivalent Federal requirements in 

order to comply with RCRA. Louisiana 

has enforcement responsibilities under 

its State hazardous waste program for 

violations of such program, but the EPA 

retains its authority under RCRA 

sections 3007, 3008, 3013, and 7003, 

which include, among others, authority 

to: 

• Do inspections, and require 

monitoring, tests, analyses, or reports; 

• Enforce RCRA requirements and 

suspend or revoke permits; and 

• Take enforcement actions regardless 

of whether the State has taken its own 

actions. 

This action does not impose 

additional requirements on the 

regulated community because the 

statutes and regulations for which 

Louisiana is being authorized by this 

direct final action are already effective 

and are not changed by this action. 

D. Why wasn’t there a proposed rule 

before this rule? 

The EPA did not publish a proposal 

before this rule because we view this as 

a routine program change and do not 

expect comments that oppose this 

approval. We are providing an 

opportunity for public comment now. In 

addition to this rule, in the Proposed 

Rules section of this Federal Register 

we are publishing a separate document 

that proposes to authorize the State 

program changes. 

E. What happens if EPA receives 

comments that oppose this action? 

If the EPA receives comments that 

oppose this authorization or the 

incorporation-by-reference of the State 

program, we will withdraw this rule by 

publishing a timely document in the 

Federal Register before the rule 

becomes effective. The EPA will base 

any further decision on the 

authorization of the State program 

changes, or the incorporation-byreference, on the proposal mentioned in 

the previous paragraph. We will then 

address all public comments in a later 

final rule. If you want to comment on 

this authorization and incorporation-byreference, you must do so at this time. 

If we receive comments that oppose 

only the authorization of a particular 

change to the State hazardous waste 

program or the incorporation-byreference of the State program, we may 

withdraw only that part of this rule, but 

the authorization of the program 

changes or the incorporation-byreference of the State program that the 

comments do not oppose will become 

effective on the date specified above. 

The Federal Register withdrawal 

document will specify which part of the 

authorization or incorporation-byreference of the State program will 

become effective and which part is 

being withdrawn. 

F. For what has Louisiana previously 

been authorized? 

The State of Louisiana initially 

received final authorization on January 

24, 1985, effective February 7, 1985 (see 

50 FR 3348), to implement its Base 

Hazardous Waste Management Program. 

Louisiana received authorization for 

revisions to its program effective 

January 29, 1990 (54 FR 48889), October 

25, 1991 (56 FR 41958) as corrected 

October 15, 1991 (56 FR 51762); January 

23, 1995 (59 FR 55368) as corrected 

April 11, 1995 (60 FR 18360); March 8, 

1995 (59 FR 66200); January 2, 1996 (60 

FR 53704 and 60 FR 53707); June 11, 

1996 (61 FR 13777), March 16, 1998 (62 

FR 67572), December 22, 1998 (63 FR 

56830), October 25, 1999 (64 FR 46302), 

November 1, 1999 (64 FR 48099), April 

28, 2000 (65 FR 10411), March 5, 2001 

(66 FR 23), February 9, 2004 (68 FR 

68526), August 9, 2005 (70 FR 33852), 

January 12, 2007 (71 FR 66118), October 

15, 2007 (72 FR 45905), July 20, 2009 

(74 FR 23645), October 4, 2010 (75 FR 

47223), and August 23, 2011 (76 FR 

37021). 

G. What changes are we authorizing 

with this action? 

The State has made amendments to 

the provisions listed in the following 

table. These amendments clarify the 

State’s regulations and make the State’s 

regulations more internally consistent. 

The State’s laws and regulations, as 

amended by these provisions, provide 

authority which remains equivalent to 

and no less stringent than the Federal 

laws and regulations. These Stateinitiated changes satisfy the 

requirements of 40 CFR 271.21(a). We 

are granting Louisiana final 

authorization to carry out the following 

provisions of the State’s program in lieu 

of the Federal program. These 

provisions are analogous to the 

indicated RCRA statutory provisions or 

RCRA regulations found at 40 CFR as of 

July 1, 2008. The Louisiana provisions 

are from the Louisiana Administrative 

Code (LAC), Title 33, Part V effective 

December 31, 2009 (except as noted 

below). 

State citation (LAC 33:V) Federal analog (40 CFR) 

State analogs to 40 CFR Part 260 provisions 

(Hazardous waste management system: General) 

105.I.1 ....................................................................................................... 260.21(a). 

105.I.2.c .................................................................................................... 260.21(b)(3). 

105.O.1 intro .......................................................................................... 260.30 intro. 

109 Toxic Waste .................................................................................... 260.10 related; No Federal analog. 

109 Corrosive Waste ............................................................................. 260.10 related, No Federal analog. 

109 Ignitable Waste ............................................................................... 260.10 related; No Federal analog. 

109 Incompatible Waste ........................................................................ 260.10 ‘‘incompatible waste’’. 

109 Reactive Waste ............................................................................... 260.10 related; No Federal analog. 

109 SPOC .............................................................................................. No Federal analog. 

State analogs to 40 CFR Part 261 provisions 

(Identification and listing of hazardous waste) 

105.D.2.l intro ......................................................................................... 261.4(b)(11) intro. 

3105. Table 1 (Chapter 31, Table 1) ....................................................... 261 App. VIII. 

4137 (Repealed) ....................................................................................... 261.6(a)(2) (Duplicate analog in state’s regulations). 

4999, Appendix E ..................................................................................... 261 Appendix IX. 


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State citation (LAC 33:V) Federal analog (40 CFR) 

State analogs to 40 CFR Part 262 provisions 

(Standards applicable to generators of hazardous waste) 

1107.A.9 and .A.10 (Removed) ................................................................ 262 Appendix (2004 CFR). 

1107.A.8 ................................................................................................... 262.20(f). 

1107.B ...................................................................................................... 262 Appendix, I related. 

1109.D ...................................................................................................... 262.33. 

1901.D ...................................................................................................... 262.34(a)(1)(ii) related. 

State analogs to 40 CFR Part 263 provisions 

(Standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste) 

105.J.2 ...................................................................................................... 263.30(c)(2) related; No Federal analog. 

1315.E & .F .............................................................................................. 263.30(c)–(d). 

1319.C (Repealed) ................................................................................. 263 related; No Federal analog.

State analogs to 40 CFR Part 264 provisions 

(Standards for owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities) 

1509.B intro (Removed) ......................................................................... 264.15(b) related; No Federal analog. 

1513.B.1 ................................................................................................... 264.52(a). 

1516.C.5 & .C.6 ........................................................................................ 264.72(e) & (f). 

1517.E (Removed) ................................................................................... 264.17 related: No federal analog. 

1519.D ...................................................................................................... 264.13 related; No Federal analog. 

1529.B.12 ................................................................................................. 264.73(b)(10). 

1529.B.13–.16 .......................................................................................... 264.73(b)(11)–(14). 

1529.B.17 & .18 ........................................................................................ 264.73(b)(15) & (16). 

1529.B.19 ................................................................................................. 264.73(b)(9). 

1529.E.1 ................................................................................................... 264.77(a). 

1709.E ...................................................................................................... 264.1033(e). 

1711.B.1 ................................................................................................... 264.1034(b)(1). 

1711.C.1.a ................................................................................................ 264.1034(c)(1). 

1741.B.1 ................................................................................................... 264.1063(b)(1). 

1901.A ...................................................................................................... 264.190(a). 

1905.H ...................................................................................................... 264.192 related; No Federal analog. 

1907.G.3 and .G.4 .................................................................................... 264.193(g)(3) and (g)(4). 

1915.D ...................................................................................................... 264.197 related; No Federal analog. 

2101.D ...................................................................................................... 264.170 related; No Federal analog. 

2303.K ...................................................................................................... 264.251 related; No Federal analog. 

2311.A.1 & .2 ............................................................................................ 264.256(a)&(b). 

2503.K.1.k—K.1.m .................................................................................... 264.301 related; No Federal analog. 

2703.I & J ................................................................................................. 264.273 related; No Federal analog. 

2903.I ........................................................................................................ 264.221(c) related; No Federal analog. 

3207.B ...................................................................................................... 264.603 related; No Federal analog. 

3105.B.1 ................................................................................................... 264.340(b)(1). 

3105.C ...................................................................................................... 264.340(c). 

3111.A.4 ................................................................................................... 264.343(c). 

3207.C (except .C.2) ................................................................................ 264.603 related; No Federal analog. 

3315.K ...................................................................................................... 264.97 related; No Federal analog. 

3325 and Table 4 ..................................................................................... 264, Appendix IX. 

3715.F.8 .................................................................................................... 264.147(f) related; No Federal analog. 

3719.A ...................................................................................................... 264.151(a). 

State analogs to 40 CFR Part 265 provisions 

(Interim standards for owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities) 

4339 .......................................................................................................... 265.51. 

4357.B.6 ................................................................................................... 265.73(b)(4). 

4357.B.10 ................................................................................................. 265.73(b)(8). 

4365.A ...................................................................................................... 265.77(a). 

4367.D ...................................................................................................... 265.90(e). 

4393.C ...................................................................................................... 265.119(c). 

4395 .......................................................................................................... 265.120. 

4437.E.2 ................................................................................................... 265.193(e)(2). 

4437.G.3.b ................................................................................................ 265.193(g)(3)(ii). 

4437.G.3.c ................................................................................................ 265.193(g)(3)(iii). 

4437.I.3 and .I.4 ....................................................................................... 265.193(i)(3) and (i)(4). 

4459 .......................................................................................................... 265.229. 

4501.B.1 and B.2 ...................................................................................... 265.310(a)(1) (July 1, 1993). 

4512.D intro. and D.1 ............................................................................. 265.301(d) intro. and (d)(1). 

State analogs to 40 CFR Part 266 provisions 

(Standards for the management of specific hazardous wastes and specific types of hazardous waste management facilities) 

3001.D.3.a intro ........................................................................................ 266.100(d)(3)(i) intro.


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State citation (LAC 33:V) Federal analog (40 CFR) 

3001.G.1.b ................................................................................................ 266.100(g)(2). 

3007.C.1.h ................................................................................................ 266.103(c)(1)(viii). 

3013.B.3 ................................................................................................... 266.106(b)(3). 

3023.E ...................................................................................................... 266.111(e). 

3025.B.2.b ................................................................................................ 266.112(b)(2)(ii). 

3099, Appendix A ..................................................................................... Part 266, Appendix I/Table I–A—Table I–E. 

3099, Appendices B–I .............................................................................. Part 266, Appendices II–IX. 

3099, Appendices J–L .............................................................................. Part 266, Appendices XI–XIII.

State analogs to 40 CFR Part 268 provisions 

(Land disposal restrictions) 

2230.B (except .B.2) ................................................................................. 268.45(b) (except (b)(2)).

2246.E intro .............................................................................................. 268.7(d) intro. 

2247.C intro .............................................................................................. 268.7(b)(4) intro. 

2299.Table 10 ........................................................................................... 268.44(o)/Table 1. 

State analogs to 40 CFR Part 270 provisions 

(The hazardous waste permit program) 

303.Q ........................................................................................................ 270.10(k). 

305.D.2.f ................................................................................................... 270.60(c)(3)(vi). 

305.D.2.g .................................................................................................. 270.60(c) related; No Federal analog. 

321.C.3.a.iv ............................................................................................... 270.42(c)(1)(iv). 

321.C.10 intro ......................................................................................... 270.42(j) intro. 

519.A ........................................................................................................ 270.14(a). 

529.A.2 ..................................................................................................... 270.19(a)(2). 

529.A.4 ..................................................................................................... 270.19(a)(4). 

State analogs to 40 CFR Part 270 provisions 

(Recycled used oil) 

4003.B.1.a ................................................................................................ 279.10(b)(1)(i). 

4003.B.2.c ................................................................................................. 279.10(b)(2)(iii). 

H. Who handles permits after the 

authorization takes effect? 

This authorization does not affect the 

status of State permits and those permits 

issued by the EPA because no new 

substantive requirements are a part of 

these revisions. 

I. How does this action affect Indian 

Country (18 U.S.C. 1151) in Louisiana? 

Louisiana is not authorized to carry 

out its Hazardous Waste Program in 

Indian Country within the State. This 

authority remains with EPA. Therefore, 

this action has no effect in Indian 

Country. 

II. Technical Corrections 

The following technical corrections 

are made to the May 20, 2009 Louisiana 

authorization Federal Register 

document. The corrections being made 

address additions or corrections to the 

list of citations for checklist entries that 

was included in the published Federal 

Register document and are presented in 

order of the checklist number, followed 

by a brief description of the correction 

being made. 

A. Corrections to the 5/20/09 Federal 

Register (74 FR 23645; Effective 

7/20/09) 

1. For Checklist 208, the following 

corrections should be made: 

a. The citation ‘‘100.B.6–7’’ is 

corrected to read ‘‘110.B.5–7’’. 

b. The citation ‘‘100.C.3.aa’’ is 

corrected to read ‘‘110.C.3.aa’’ 

c. The citation ‘‘4727.A.c.i–v’’ is 

corrected to read ‘‘4727.A.3.c.i–v’’. 

2. For Checklist 214, the following 

corrections should be made: 

a. The citation ‘‘2245.C.1.b.’’ is 

corrected to read ‘‘2245.C.2’’. 

b. The citation ‘‘2515.E.2’’ is corrected 

to read ‘‘2515.D.’’. 

c. The citation ‘‘4903.B.b.i–iv’’ is 

corrected to read ‘‘4903.B.3.b.i–iv’’. 

d. The citation ‘‘4901.D.1.a.iii(d)’’ is 

corrected to read ‘‘4909.D.1.a.iii(d)’’. 

e. The citation ‘‘4901.Table 7’’ is 

corrected to read ‘‘4909.Table 7’’. 

III. Incorporation-by-Reference 

A. What is codification? 

Codification is the process of placing 

a State’s statutes and regulations that 

comprise the State’s authorized 

hazardous waste management program 

into the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR). Section 3006(b) of RCRA, as 

amended, allows the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) to authorize 

State hazardous waste management 

programs to operate in lieu of the 

Federal hazardous waste management 

regulatory program. The EPA codifies its 

authorization of State programs in 40 

CFR part 272 and incorporates by 

reference State statutes and regulations 

that the EPA will enforce under sections 

3007 and 3008 of RCRA and any other 

applicable statutory provisions. 

The incorporation by reference of 

State authorized programs in the CFR 

should substantially enhance the 

public’s ability to discern the current 

status of the authorized State program 

and State requirements that can be 

Federally enforced. This effort provides 

clear notice to the public of the scope 

of the authorized program in each State. 

B. What is the history of codification of 

Louisiana’s hazardous waste 

management program? 

The EPA incorporated by reference 

Louisiana’s then authorized hazardous 

waste management program effective 

March 16, 1998 (62 FR 67578), and 

October 4, 2010 (75 FR 47223). 

In this document, the EPA is revising 

Subpart T of 40 CFR part 272 to include 

the authorization revision actions 

effective July 20, 2009 (74 FR 23645) 

and August 23, 2011 (76 FR 37021. 


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C. What codification decisions have we 

made in this rule? 

The purpose of this Federal Register 

document is to codify Louisiana’s base 

hazardous waste management program 

and its revisions to that program. The 

EPA provided notices and opportunity 

for comments on the Agency’s decisions 

to authorize the Louisiana program, and 

the EPA is not now reopening the 

decisions, nor requesting comments, on 

the Louisiana authorizations as 

published in the Federal Register 

notices specified in Section I.F of this 

document. 

This document incorporates by 

reference Louisiana’s hazardous waste 

statutes and regulations and clarifies 

which of these provisions are included 

in the authorized and Federally 

enforceable program. By codifying 

Louisiana’s authorized program and by 

amending the Code of Federal 

Regulations, the public will be more 

easily able to discern the status of 

Federally approved requirements of the 

Louisiana hazardous waste management 

program. 

The EPA is incorporating by reference 

the Louisiana authorized hazardous 

waste management program in subpart 

T of 40 CFR part 272. Section 272.951 

incorporates by reference Louisiana’s 

authorized hazardous waste statutes and 

regulations. Section 272.951 also 

references the statutory provisions 

(including procedural and enforcement 

provisions) which provide the legal 

basis for the State’s implementation of 

the hazardous waste management 

program, the Memorandum of 

Agreement, the Attorney General’s 

Statements and the Program 

Description, which are approved as part 

of the hazardous waste management 

program under Subtitle C of RCRA. 

D. What is the effect of Louisiana’s 

codification on enforcement? 

The EPA retains its authority under 

statutory provisions, including but not 

limited to, RCRA sections 3007, 3008, 

3013 and 7003, and other applicable 

statutory and regulatory provisions to 

undertake inspections and enforcement 

actions and to issue orders in authorized 

States. With respect to these actions, the 

EPA will rely on Federal sanctions, 

Federal inspection authorities, and 

Federal procedures rather than any 

authorized State analogues to these 

provisions. Therefore, the EPA is not 

incorporating by reference such 

particular, approved Louisiana 

procedural and enforcement authorities. 

Section 272.951(c)(2) of 40 CFR lists the 

statutory provisions which provide the 

legal basis for the State’s 

implementation of the hazardous waste 

management program, as well as those 

procedural and enforcement authorities 

that are part of the State’s approved 

program, but these are not incorporated 

by reference. 

E. What state provisions are not part of 

the codification? 

The public needs to be aware that 

some provisions of Louisiana’s 

hazardous waste management program 

are not part of the Federally authorized 

State program. These non-authorized 

provisions include: 

(1) Provisions that are not part of the 

RCRA subtitle C program because they 

are ‘‘broader in scope’’ than RCRA 

subtitle C (see 40 CFR 271.1(i)); 

(2) Federal rules adopted by Louisiana 

but for which the State is not 

authorized; 

(3) Unauthorized amendments to 

authorized State provisions; and 

(4) Other new unauthorized State 

requirements. 

State provisions that are ‘‘broader in 

scope’’ than the Federal program are not 

part of the RCRA authorized program 

and the EPA will not enforce them. 

Therefore, they are not incorporated by 

reference in 40 CFR part 272. For 

reference and clarity, 40 CFR 

272.951(c)(3) lists the Louisiana 

regulatory provisions which are 

‘‘broader in scope’’ than the Federal 

program and which are not part of the 

authorized program being incorporated 

by reference. ‘‘Broader in scope’’ 

provisions cannot be enforced by the 

EPA; the State, however, may enforce 

such provisions under State law. 

Additionally, Louisiana’s hazardous 

waste regulations include amendments 

which have not been authorized by the 

EPA. Since the EPA cannot enforce a 

State’s requirements which have not 

been reviewed and authorized in 

accordance with RCRA section 3006 and 

40 CFR part 271, it is important to be 

precise in delineating the scope of a 

State’s authorized hazardous waste 

program. Regulatory provisions that 

have not been authorized by the EPA 

include amendments to previously 

authorized State regulations as well as 

certain Federal rules and new State 

requirements. 

Federal rules Louisiana has adopted 

but is not authorized for include those 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 8, 1986 (51 FR 28664); December 

1, 1987 (52 FR 45788); and April 12, 

1996 (61 FR 16290). In those instances 

where Louisiana has made unauthorized 

amendments to previously authorized 

sections of State code, the EPA is 

identifying in 40 CFR 272.951(c)(4) any 

regulations which, while adopted by the 

State and incorporated by reference, 

include language not authorized by the 

EPA. Those unauthorized portions of 

the State regulations are not Federally 

enforceable. Thus, notwithstanding the 

language in Louisiana hazardous waste 

regulations incorporated by reference at 

40 CFR 272.951(c)(1), the EPA will only 

enforce those portions of the State 

regulations that are actually authorized 

by the EPA. For the convenience of the 

regulated community, the actual State 

regulatory text authorized by the EPA 

for the citations listed at 272.951(c)(4) 

(i.e., without the unauthorized 

amendments) is compiled as a separate 

document, Addendum to the EPA 

Approved Louisiana Regulatory 

Requirements Applicable to the 

Hazardous Waste Management 

Program, August 2011. This document 

is available from EPA Region 6, Sixth 

Floor, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 

75202–2733, Phone number: (214) 665– 

8533, and also Louisiana Department of 

Environmental Quality, 602 N. Fifth 

Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70884– 

2178, phone number (225) 219–3559. 

State regulations that are not 

incorporated by reference in this rule at 

40 CFR 272.951(c)(1), or that are not 

listed in 40 CFR 272.951(c)(2) (‘‘legal 

basis for the State’s implementation of 

the hazardous waste management 

program’’), 40 CFR 272.951(c)(3) 

(‘‘broader in scope’’) or 40 CFR 

272.951(c)(4) (‘‘unauthorized state 

amendments’’), are considered new 

unauthorized State requirements. These 

requirements are not Federally 

enforceable. 

With respect to any requirement 

pursuant to the Hazardous and Solid 

Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA) for 

which the State has not yet been 

authorized, the EPA will continue to 

enforce the Federal HSWA standards 

until the State is authorized for these 

provisions. 

F. What will be the effect of federal 

HSWA requirements on the 

codification? 

The EPA is not amending 40 CFR part 

272 to include HSWA requirements and 

prohibitions that are implemented by 

the EPA. Section 3006(g) of RCRA 

provides that any HSWA requirement or 

prohibition (including implementing 

regulations) takes effect in authorized 

and not authorized States at the same 

time. A HSWA requirement or 

prohibition supersedes any less 

stringent or inconsistent State provision 

which may have been previously 

authorized by the EPA (50 FR 28702, 

July 15, 1985). The EPA has the 

authority to implement HSWA 

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authorized States, until the States 

become authorized for such requirement 

or prohibition. Authorized States are 

required to revise their programs to 

adopt the HSWA requirements and 

prohibitions, and then to seek 

authorization for those revisions 

pursuant to 40 CFR part 271. 

Instead of amending the 40 CFR part 

272 every time a new HSWA provision 

takes effect under the authority of RCRA 

section 3006(g), the EPA will wait until 

the State receives authorization for its 

analog to the new HSWA provision 

before amending the State’s 40 CFR part 

272 incorporation by reference. Until 

then, persons wanting to know whether 

a HSWA requirement or prohibition is 

in effect should refer to 40 CFR 271.1(j), 

as amended, which lists each such 

provision. 

Some existing State requirements may 

be similar to the HSWA requirement 

implemented by the EPA. However, 

until the EPA authorizes those State 

requirements, the EPA can only enforce 

the HSWA requirements and not the 

State analogs. The EPA will not codify 

those State requirements until the State 

receives authorization for those 

requirements. 

Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) has exempted this action from 

the requirements of Executive Order 

12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), 

and therefore this action is not subject 

to review by OMB. This rule 

incorporates by reference Louisiana’s 

authorized hazardous waste 

management regulations and imposes 

no additional requirements beyond 

those imposed by State law. 

Accordingly, I certify that this action 

will not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities under the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because this 

rule merely incorporates by reference 

certain existing State hazardous waste 

management program requirements 

which the EPA already approved under 

40 CFR part 271, and with which 

regulated entities must already comply, 

it does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4). 

This action will not have substantial 

direct effects on the States, on the 

relationship between the national 

government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government, as specified in 

Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, 

August 10, 1999), because it merely 

incorporates by reference existing 

authorized State hazardous waste 

management program requirements 

without altering the relationship or the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities established by RCRA. 

This action also does not have Tribal 

implications within the meaning of 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 6, 2000). 

This action also is not subject to 

Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, 

April 23, 1997), because it is not 

economically significant and it does not 

make decisions based on environmental 

health or safety risks. This rule is not 

subject to Executive Order 13211, 

‘‘Actions Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use’’ (66 FR 28355, May 

22, 2001), because it is not a significant 

regulatory action under Executive Order 

12866. 

The requirements being codified are 

the result of Louisiana’s voluntary 

participation in the EPA’s State program 

authorization process under RCRA 

Subtitle C. Thus, the requirements of 

section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not 

apply. As required by section 3 of 

Executive Order 12988 (61 FR 4729, 

February 7, 1996), in issuing this rule, 

the 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 EPA has complied 

with Executive Order 12630 (53 FR 

8859, March 15, 1988) by examining the 

takings implications of the rule in 

accordance with the ‘‘Attorney 

General’s Supplemental Guidelines for 

the Evaluation of Risk and Avoidance of 

Unanticipated Takings’’ issued under 

the executive order. This rule does not 

impose an information collection 

burden under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

The Congressional Review Act, 

5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as amended 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. The EPA will 

submit a report containing this 

document and other required 

information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. 

House of Representatives, and the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication in the 

Federal Register. A major rule cannot 

take effect until 60 days after it is 

published in the Federal Register. This 

action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined 

by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). This action will be 

effective September 11, 2012. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Parts 271 and 

272 

Environmental Protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Confidential business information, 

Hazardous waste, Hazardous waste 

transportation, Incorporation by 

reference, Indian lands, 

Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Water pollution control, 

Water supply. 

Authority: This action is issued under the 

authority of Sections 2002(a), 3006 and 

7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6926, 6974(b). 

Dated: June 15, 2012. 

Samuel Coleman, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, under the authority at 42 

U.S.C. 6912(a), 6926, and 6974(b), EPA 

is granting final authorization under 

part 271 to the State of Louisiana for 

revisions to its hazardous waste 

program under the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act and is 

amending 40 CFR part 272 as follows. 

PART 272—APPROVED STATE 

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 

PROGRAMS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 272 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Sections 2002(a), 3006, and 

7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as 

amended by the Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 

6926, and 6974(b). 

■ 2. Revise § 272.951 to read as follows: 

§ 272.951 Louisiana state-administered 

Program: Final authorization. 

(a) Pursuant to section 3006(b) of 

RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6926(b), the EPA 

granted Louisiana final authorization for 

the following elements as submitted to 

EPA in Louisiana’s base program 

application for final authorization 

which was approved by EPA effective 

on February 7, 1985. Subsequent 

program revision applications were 

approved effective on January 29, 1990, 

October 25, 1991 as corrected October 

15, 1991; January 23, 1995 as corrected 

April 11, 1995; March 8, 1995; January 

2, 1996; June 11, 1996, March 16, 1998, 

December 22, 1998, October 25, 1999, 

November 1, 1999, April 28, 2000, 

March 5, 2001, February 9, 2004, August 

9, 2005, January 12, 2007, October 15, 

2007, July 20, 2009, October 4, 2010, 


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August 23, 2011, and September 11, 

2012. 

(b) The State of Louisiana has primary 

responsibility for enforcing its 

hazardous waste management program. 

However, EPA retains the authority to 

exercise its inspection and enforcement 

authorities in accordance with sections 

3007, 3008, 3013, 7003 of RCRA, 42 

U.S.C. 6927, 6928, 6934, 6973, and any 

other applicable statutory and 

regulatory provisions, regardless of 

whether the State has taken its own 

actions, as well as in accordance with 

other statutory and regulatory 

provisions. 

(c) State Statutes and Regulations. (1) 

The Louisiana statutes and regulations 

cited in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this 

section are incorporated by reference as 

part of the hazardous waste 

management program under subtitle C 

of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq. The 

Director of the Federal Register 

approves this incorporation by reference 

in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 

1 CFR part 51. You may obtain copies 

of the Louisiana regulations that are 

incorporated by reference in this 

paragraph from the Office of the State 

Register, P.O. Box 94095, Baton Rouge, 

LA 70804–9095; Phone number: (225) 

342–5015; Web site: http:// 

doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/lac.htm. The 

statutes are available from West 

Publishing Company, 610 Opperman 

Drive, P.O. Box 64526, St. Paul, 

Minnesota 55164 0526; Phone: 1–800– 

328–4880; Web site: http:// 

west.thomson.com. You may inspect a 

copy at EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202 (Phone 

number (214) 665–8533), or at the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For 

information on the availability of this 

material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, 

or go to: http://www.archives.gov/ 

federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html. 

(i) The binder entitled ‘‘EPA 

Approved Louisiana Statutory and 

Regulatory Requirements Applicable to 

the Hazardous Waste Management 

Program’’, dated August 2011. 

(ii) [Reserved] 

(2) The following provisions provide 

the legal basis for the State’s 

implementation of the hazardous waste 

management program, but they are not 

being incorporated by reference and do 

not replace Federal authorities: 

(i) Louisiana Statutes Annotated, 

Revised Statutes, 2000 Main Volume 

(effective August 15, 1999), Volume 

17B, Subtitle II of Title 30, Louisiana 

Environmental Quality Act, 2000: 

Chapter 1, Sections 2002, 2013, 2014.2, 

2020, 2021, 2022.1(B), 2023, 2024; 

Chapter 2, Sections 2026 through 2029, 

2033.A–D; Chapter 2–A, Section 2050.8; 

Chapter 9, Sections 2172, 2174, 2175, 

2181, 2183.1.B, 2183.2, 2184.B, 2187, 

2188.A and C, 2189.A and B, 2190.A– 

D, 2191.A–C, 2192, 2193, 2196, 2199, 

2200, 2203.B and C, 2204.A(2), A(3) and 

B; Chapter 13, Sections 2294(6), 2295.C; 

Chapter 16, Section 2369. 

(ii) Louisiana Statutes Annotated, 

Revised Statutes, 2010 (effective August 

15, 2009) Cumulative Annual Pocket 

Part, Volume 17B, Subtitle II of Title 30, 

Louisiana Environmental Quality Act: 

Chapter 2, 2011.A(1), 2011.B and C, 

2011.D (except 2011.D(4), (10)–(12), 

(16), (19), (20), (23) and (25)), 2011.E– 

G, 2012, 2014.A (except 2014.A.3), 

2017, 2019.A–C, 2022.A (except the first 

sentence of 2022.A(1)), 2022.B and .C, 

2025 (except 2025.D, .F(3), .H and .K); 

Chapter 3, Sections 2054.B(1), 

2054.B(2)(a); Chapter 9, Sections 

2180.A–C, 2183.C, and .F–.H, 2186.A–C; 

Chapter 18, Section 2417.A. 

(iii) Louisiana Administrative Code, 

Title 33, Part I, Office of The Secretary 

Part I, Subpart 1: Departmental 

Administrative Procedures: Chapter 5, 

Sections 501 through 511, effective 

October 20, 2005; Chapter 7, Section 

705, effective October 20, 2006; Chapter 

19, Sections 1901 through 1909, 

effective October 20, 2005; Chapter 23, 

Sections 2303 through 2309, effective 

October 20, 2009. 

(iv) Louisiana Administrative Code, 

Title 33, Part V, Hazardous Waste and 

Hazardous Materials, Louisiana 

Hazardous Waste Regulations, revised 

as of December 31, 2009: Chapter 1, 

Sections 101, 107.A.–C; Chapter 3, 

Sections 301, 311.A, 311.C, 315 

introductory paragraph, 323.B.3; 

323.B.4.d and e; Chapter 5, Section, 503; 

Chapter 7, Sections 703, 705, 707, 709 

through 721; and Chapter 22, Sections 

2201.A, 2201.E, 2201.F. 

(3) The following statutory and 

regulatory provisions are broader in 

scope than the Federal program, are not 

part of the authorized program, and are 

not incorporated by reference: 

(i) Louisiana Statutes Annotated, 

Revised Statutes, 2000 Main Volume 

(effective August 15, 1999), Volume 

17B, Subtitle II of Title 30, Louisiana 

Environmental Quality Act, 2000: 

Chapter 9, Sections 2178 and 2197. 

(ii) Louisiana Statutes Annotated, 

Revised Statutes, 2010 (effective August 

15, 2009) Cumulative Annual Pocket 

Part, Volume 17B, Subtitle II of Title 30, 

Louisiana Environmental Quality Act: 

Chapter 2, Sections 2014.B and D. 

(iii) Louisiana Administrative Code, 

Title 33, Part I, Office of The Secretary 

Part I, Subpart 1: Departmental 

Administrative Procedures: Chapter 19, 

Section 1911, effective October 20, 

2009. 

(iv) Louisiana Administrative Code, 

Title 33, Part V, Hazardous Waste And 

Hazardous Materials, Louisiana 

Hazardous Waste Regulations, revised 

as of December 31, 2010: Chapter 1, 

Section, 108.G.5; Chapter 3, Section 

327; Chapter 11, Sections 1101.G and 

1109.E.7.f ; Chapter 13, Section 1313; 

Chapter 51. 

(4) Unauthorized State Amendments. 

(i) Louisiana has adopted but is not 

authorized to implement the HSWA 

rules that are listed in the Table in lieu 

of the EPA. The EPA will enforce the 

Federal HSWA standards for which 

Louisiana is not authorized until the 

State receives specific authorization 

from EPA. 

Federal requirement Federal Register 

reference Publication date 

Exports of Hazardous Waste (HSWA) ............................................................................................ 51 FR 28664 ............. August 8, 1986. 

HSWA Codification Rule 2: Post-Closure Permits (HSWA) ............................................................ 52 FR 45788 ............. December 1, 1987. 

Imports and Exports of Hazardous Waste: Implementation of OECD Council Decision (HSWA) 61 FR 16290 ............. April 12, 1996. 

(ii)(A) The following authorized 

provisions of the Louisiana regulations 

include amendments published in the 

Louisiana Register that are not approved 

by EPA. Such unauthorized 

amendments are not part of the State’s 

authorized program and are, therefore, 

not Federally enforceable. Thus, 

notwithstanding the language in the 

Louisiana hazardous waste regulations 

incorporated by reference at paragraph 

(c)(1)(i) of this section, EPA will enforce 

the State provisions that are actually 

authorized by EPA. The effective dates 

of the State’s authorized provisions are 

listed in the following Table. 


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State provision 

Effective date of 

authorized 

provision 

LAC 1111.B.1.c ................. March 20, 1984. 

LAC 1113 ........................... March 20, 1984. 

LAC 4407.A.12 .................. March 20, 1984. 

(B) The actual State regulatory text 

authorized by EPA (i.e., without the 

unauthorized amendments) is available 

as a separate document, Addendum to 

the EPA-Approved Louisiana Regulatory 

and Statutory Requirements Applicable 

to the Hazardous Waste Management 

Program, August, 2011. Copies of the 

document can be obtained from U.S. 

EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, 

Dallas, TX 75202 also Louisiana 

Department of Environmental Quality, 

602 N. Fifth Street, Baton Rouge, 

Louisiana 70884–2178. 

(5) Memorandum of Agreement. The 

Memorandum of Agreement between 

EPA Region 6 and the State of 

Louisiana, signed by the EPA Regional 

Administrator on June 8, 2011 is 

referenced as part of the authorized 

hazardous waste management program 

under subtitle C of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 

6921 et seq. 

(6) Statement of Legal Authority. 

‘‘Attorney General’s Statement for Final 

Authorization’’, signed by the Attorney 

General of Louisiana on December, 13, 

1996 and revisions, supplements and 

addenda to that Statement dated January 

13, 1998, January 13, 1999, January 27, 

1999, August 19, 1999, August 29, 2000, 

October 17, 2001, February 25, 2003, 

October 20, 2004, December 19, 2005, 

September 5, 2006, October 9, 2008, and 

January 14, 2010 are referenced as part 

of the authorized hazardous waste 

management program under subtitle C 

of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq. 

(7) Program Description. The Program 

Description and any other materials 

submitted as supplements thereto are 

referenced as part of the authorized 

hazardous waste management program 

under subtitle C of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 

6921 et seq. 

■ 3. Appendix A to part 272 is amended 

by revising the listing for ‘‘Louisiana’’ to 

read as follows: 

Appendix A to Part 272—State 

Requirements 

* * * * * 

Louisiana 

The statutory provisions include: 

Louisiana Statutes Annotated, Revised 

Statutes, 2000 Main Volume (effective 

August 15, 1999), Volume 17B, Subtitle II of 

Title 30, Louisiana Environmental Quality 

Act, 2000: Chapter 2, Section 2022.1(A); 

Chapter 8, Section 2153(1); Chapter 9, 

Sections 2173 (except 2173(9)), 2183.1.A, 

2184.A, 2188.B, 2189.C, 2202, 2203.A, 

2204.A(1) and C; Chapter 13, Sections 2295.A 

and .B. 

Louisiana Statutes Annotated, Revised 

Statutes, 2010 (effective August 15, 2009) 

Cumulative Annual Pocket Part, Volume 17B, 

Subtitle II of Title 30, Louisiana 

Environmental Quality Act: Chapter 1, 

Sections 2003, 2004 introductory paragraph, 

2004(2)–(4), 2004(7)–(10), 2004(13), 2004(14) 

(except 2004(14)(b)–(d)), 2004(15), 2004(18); 

Chapter 2, Section 2022.A(1), first sentence; 

Chapter 9, Sections 2183.A, B, D, E, and I; 

Chapter 18, Section 2417.E(5). 

Copies of the Louisiana statutes that are 

incorporated by reference are available from 

published by West Publishing Company, 610 

Opperman Drive, P.O. Box 64526, St. Paul, 

Minnesota 55164–0526; Phone: 1–800–328– 

4880; Web site: http://west.thomson.com. 

The regulatory provisions include: 

Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 33, 

Part V, Hazardous Waste and Hazardous 

Materials, Louisiana Hazardous Waste 

Regulations, Part V, Subpart 1: Department 

Of Environmental Quality—Hazardous 

Waste, revised as of December 31, 2009 

(unless otherwise specified): 

Chapter 1—General Provisions And 

Definitions, Sections 103, 105, 108 (except 

G.5), 109 (except ‘‘Competent Authorities’’, 

‘‘Concerned Countries’’, the two occurrences 

of ‘‘Consignee’’, ‘‘Country of Transit’’, ‘‘EPA 

Acknowledgement of Consent’’, ‘‘Exporting 

Country’’, ‘‘Importing Country’’, ‘‘Notifier’’, 

‘‘Organization for Economic Cooperation and 

Development (OECD) Area’’, ‘‘Primary 

Exporter’’, ‘‘Receiving Country’’, 

‘‘Recognized Trader’’, ‘‘Recovery Facility’’, 

‘‘Recovery Operations’’, ‘‘Transfrontier 

Movement’’, ‘‘Transit Country’’), 110 (except 

110.D.2, .E.2, .F.2, .G.1 and .G.2), 111; 

Chapter 3—General Conditions for Transfer 

Storage and Disposal Facility Permits, 

Sections 303, 305 (except 305.F and 305.G), 

307, 309, 311 (except 311.A and .C), 313, 

315.A–.D, 317, 319, 321.A (except the phrase 

‘‘in accordance with LAC 33.I.Chapter 15’’), 

321.B and .C, 322 (except 322.D.1.g), 323 

(except 323.B.3, .B.4.d and .B.4.e), 325, 329; 

Chapter 5—Permit Application Contents, 

Sections 501, 505 through 516, 517 (except 

the following phrases in 517.V: ‘‘or 2271, or 

a determination made under LAC 

33:V.2273,’’ and, ‘‘or a determination’’), 519 

through 528, 529 (except 529.E), 530 through 

536, 537 (except 537.B.2.f and .B.2.l), 540 

through 699; 

Chapter 7—Administrative Procedures for 

Treatment Storage and Disposal Facility 

Permits, Sections 701, 706, 708; 

Chapter 11—Generators, Sections 1101 

(except 1101.B and .G), 1103, 1105, 1107 

(except 1107.D.5), 1109 (except 1109.E.3 and 

.E.7.f), 1111.A, 1111.B.1 introductory 

paragraph (except the phrase ‘‘to a treatment, 

storage, or disposal facility within the United 

States’’), 1111.B.1.a.–.c, 1111.B.1.d (except 

the phrase ‘‘within the United States’’), 

1111.B.1.e (except the phrase ‘‘within the 

United States’’), 1111.B.1.f–.h, 1111.B.2 

(except the phrase ‘‘for a period of at least 

three years from the date of the report’’ and 

the third and fourth sentences), 1111.C–.E, 

1113, 1121, 1199 Appendix A; 

Chapter 13—Transporters, Sections 1301 

(except 1301.F), 1303, 1305, 1307.A 

introductory paragraph (except the third 

sentence), 1307.B, 1307.C (except the last 

sentence), 1307.D, 1307.E (except the phrase 

‘‘and, for exports, an EPA Acknowledgment 

of Consent’’ at .E.2), 1307.F (except the 

phrase ‘‘and, for exports, an EPA 

Acknowledgment of Consent’’ at 1307.F.2), 

1307.G (except .1307.G.4), 1307.H, 1309, 

1311, 1315 through 1323; 

Chapter 15—Treatment, Storage and 

Disposal Facilities, Sections 1501 (except 

1501.C.3), 1503 through 1515, 1516 (except 

1516.B.4), 1517 through 1529, 1531 (except 

1531.B), 1533, 1535; 

Chapter 17—Air Emission Standards, 

Sections 1701 through 1799, Appendix 

Table 1; 

Chapter 18—Containment Buildings, 

Sections 1801, 1802, 1803, (except 1803.B.2); 

Chapter 19—Tanks, Sections 1901 through 

1907, 1909 (except 1909.D), 1911 through 

1921; 

Chapter 20—Integration With Maximum 

Achievable Control Technology (MACT), 

Section 2001; 

Chapter 21—Containers, Sections 2101 

through 2119; 

Chapter 22—Prohibitions on Land 

Disposal, Sections 2201.B–.D, 2201.G (except 

2201.G.3), 2201.H, 2201.I, 2203.A (except 

‘‘Cone of Influence,’’ ‘‘Confining Zone,’’ 

‘‘Formation,’’ ‘‘Injection Interval,’’ ‘‘Injection 

Zone,’’ ‘‘Mechanical Integrity,’’ 

‘‘Transmissive Fault or Fracture,’’ 

‘‘Treatment,’’ ‘‘Underground Source of 

Drinking Water’’), 2203.B, 2205, (except the 

phrase ‘‘or a determination under LAC 

33:V.2273,’’ in 2205.D), 2207, 2208, 2209 

(except the phrase ‘‘or a determination under 

LAC 33:V.2273,’’ in 2209.D.1), 2211, 2213, 

2215, 2216 (except the phrase ‘‘or 2271’’ in 

2216.E.2), 2218 (except the phrase ‘‘or 2271’’ 

in 2218.B.2), 2219, 2221.D–.F, 2223, 2227 

(except 2227.B), 2230, 2231.G–.M, 2233, 

2236, 2237, 2245 (except 2245.J and .K), 

2246, 2247 (except 2247.G and .H), 2299 

Appendix (except 2299 Tables 4 and 12); 

Chapter 23—Waste Piles, Sections 2301 

through 2313, 2315 (except the word ‘‘either’’ 

at the end of the introductory paragraph, the 

word ‘‘or’’ at the end of 2315.B.1, and .B.2), 

2317; 

Chapter 24—Hazardous Waste Munitions 

and Explosives Storage, Sections 2401 

through 2405; 

Chapter 25—Landfills, Sections 2501 

through 2523; 

Chapter 26—Corrective Action 

Management Units and Temporary Units, 

Sections 2601 through 2607; 

Chapter 27—Land Treatment, Sections 

2701 through 2723; 

Chapter 28—Drip Pads, Sections 2801 

through 2807, 2809 (except the word ‘‘either’’ 

at the end of 2809.B introductory paragraph, 

the word ‘‘or’’ at the end of 2809.B.1, and 

.B.2); 

Chapter 29—Surface Impoundments, 

Sections 2901 through 2909, 2911 (except the 

word ‘‘either’’ at end of 2911.B introductory 

paragraph and 2911.B.1), 2913 through 2919; 

Chapter 30—Hazardous Waste Burned in 

Boilers and Industrial Furnaces, Sections 

3001 through 3007, 3009 (except 3009.F), 

3011 through 3025, 3099 Appendices A 

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Chapter 31—Incinerators, Sections 3101 

through 3121; 

Chapter 32—Miscellaneous Units, Sections 

3201, 3203, 3205, 3207 (except 3207.C.2); 

Chapter 33—Groundwater Protection, 

Sections 3301 through 3321, 3322 (except 

3322.D), 3323, 3325; 

Chapter 35—Closure and Post-Closure, 

Sections 3501 through 3505, 3507 (except 

3507.B), 3509 through 3519, 3521 (except 

3521.A.3), 3523 through 3527; 

Chapter 37—Financial Requirements 3701, 

3703, 3705 (except the last sentence in 

3705.D), 3707 through 3719; 

Chapter 38—Universal Wastes, Sections 

3801 through 3811, 3813, (except ‘‘Mercurycontaining Lamp’’), 3815 through 3833, 3835 

(except the phrase ‘‘other than to those OECD 

countries * * * requirements of LAC 

33:V.Chapter 11.Subchapter B),’’), 3837 

through 3855, 3857 (except the phrase ‘‘other 

than to those OECD countries * * * 

requirements of LAC 33:V.Chapter 

11.Subchapter B),’’), 3859 through 3869, 

3871.A introductory paragraph (except the 

phrase ‘‘other than to those OECD countries 

* * * requirements of LAC 33:V.Chapter 

11.Subchapter B’’), 3871.A.1–.2, 3873 

through 3877, 3879 (except 3879.B), 3881, 

3883; 

Chapter 40—Used Oil, Sections 4001 

through 4093; 

Chapter 41—Recyclable Materials, Sections 

4101, 4105 (except 4105.A.1.a.i and ii, 

4105.A.4), 4139, 4141, 4143 (except the word 

‘‘and’’ at end of 4143.B.4, 4143.B.5), 4145; 

Chapter 42—Conditional Exemption for 

Low-Level Mixed Waste Storage and 

Disposal, Sections 4201 through 4243; 

Chapter 43—Interim Status, Sections 

4301.A, 4301.B (June 1995), 4301.B, 4301.C 

(June 1995), 4301.C –.I, 4302 through 4371, 

4373 (except the last two sentences ‘‘The 

administrative authority * * * as 

demonstrated in accordance with LAC 

33:I.Chapter 13.’’ in 4373.K.1), 4375, 4377, 

4379 (except 4379.B), 4381 through 4387, 

4389 (except 4389.C), 4391 through 4397, 

4399 (except 4399.A.6.i), 4401 through 4413, 

4417 through 4456, 4457.A (except 

4457.A.2), 4457.B (except the phrase: ‘‘If the 

owner or operator * * * he must’’ in the 

introductory paragraph), 4457.C, 4459 

through 4474, 4475 (except the word ‘‘either’’ 

at the end of 4475.B introductory paragraph, 

the word ‘‘or’’ at the end of 4475.B.1, and 

4475.B.2); 4476 through 4499, 4501 (except 

4501.D.3), 4502 through 4703, 4705 (except 

the word ‘‘either’’ at the end of 4705.B 

introductory paragraph, the word ‘‘or’’ at the 

end of 4705.B.1, and 4705.B.2); 4707 through 

4739; 

Chapter 49—Lists of Hazardous Wastes, 

Sections 4901, 4903, 4907, 4909, 4911 

through 4915, 4999 Appendices C through E; 

Chapter 53—Military Munitions 5301 

through 5311; 

Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 33, 

Part VII, Solid Waste, as amended through 

June 20, 2000; Sections 301.B.1, 315.N, 

521.H. 

Copies of the Louisiana Administrative 

Code as published by the Office of the State 

Register, P.O. Box 94095, Baton Rouge, LA 

70804–9095; Phone: (225) 342–5015; Web 

site: http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/lac.htm. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 370 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2010–0763; FRL–9674–1] 

RIN 2050–AG64 

Hazardous Chemical Reporting: 

Revisions to the Emergency and 

Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms 

(Tier I and Tier II) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) 

is adding some new data elements and 

revising some existing data elements on 

the Emergency and Hazardous Chemical 

Inventory Forms (Tier I and Tier II) 

under Section 312 of the Emergency 

Planning and Community Right-toKnow Act (EPCRA). State and local 

implementing agencies requested that 

EPA add the new data elements since 

the additional information would be 

useful to develop or modify their 

community emergency response plans. 

EPA is also revising some existing data 

elements in the chemical reporting 

section of the Tier II inventory form to 

make reporting easier for facilities and 

make the form more user-friendly for 

state and local officials. 

DATES: This rule becomes effective on 

January 1, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–SFUND–2010–0763. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the http://www.regulations.gov index. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically http://www.

regulations.gov/ or in hard copy at the 

Superfund Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC. The Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the Superfund Docket is 

(202) 566–0276. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sicy 

Jacob, Office of Emergency 

Management, Mail Code 5104A, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0002; telephone number: 

(202) 564–8019; fax number: (202) 564– 

2625; email address: jacob.sicy@epa.

gov. You may also contact the 

Superfund, TRI, EPCRA, RMP and Oil 

Information Center at (800) 424–9346 or 

(703) 412–9810 (in the Washington, DC 

metropolitan area). The 

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf 

(TDD) number is (800) 553–7672 or 

(703) 412–3323 (in the Washington, DC 

metropolitan area). You may wish to 

visit the Office of Emergency 

Management (OEM) Internet Web site at 

www.epa.gov/emergencies/content/

epcra. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Here are 

the contents of today’s preamble. 

I. General Information 

A. Who is affected by this final rule? 

B. What is the statutory authority for this 

final rule? 

C. What is the background for this final 

rule? 

D. Summary of Proposed Rule 

II. Summary of This Action 

III. Response to Comments on the Proposed 

Rule 

A. General Comments Supporting the 

Proposed Rule 

B. Suggestions for Finalizing Changes to 

the Tier I and Tier II Inventory Forms 

C. General Comments Opposing the 

Proposed Rule 

D. Comments on Specific Data Elements 

Proposed for the Tier I and Tier II 

Inventory Forms 

1. Latitude and Longitude 

2. Number of Full-Time Employees 

3. Number of Occupants 

4. Facility Phone Number 

5. Applicability of EPCRA Section 302 and 

Clean Air Act Section 112(r) 

6. Identification Numbers Under the Toxic 

Release Inventory and Risk Management 

Program 

7. Facility’s Parent Company Contact 

Information 

8. Parent Company Email Address 

9. Facility Emergency Coordinator 

10. Tier I and Tier II Information Contacts 

11. Email Addresses of Owner or Operator 

and of Emergency Contacts 

12. Range Codes and Ranges for Reporting 

Maximum Amount and Average Daily 

Amount 

IV. Revisions Specific to the Tier II Inventory 

Form 

A. Chemical Information—Pure Chemical 

and Mixtures 

B. Storage Types and Conditions 

V. Additional Concerns and Suggestions 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 


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