Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 214 / Thursday, November 5, 2015 / Proposed Rules 68491 

aspects of this rulemaking, contact Jim 

O’Leary, Office of Resource 

Conservation and Recovery, Materials 

Recovery and Waste Management 

Division, MC 5304P, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, (703) 

308–8827, (oleary.jim@epa.gov) or 

Kathy Lett, Office of Resource 

Conservation and Recovery, Materials 

Recovery and Waste Management 

Division, MC 5304P, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, at 

(703) 605–0761 (lett.kathy@epa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

This document extends the public 

comment period established in the 

Federal Register for 30 days. In that 

Federal Register notice, EPA proposed 

revising and reorganizing the 

regulations for generators of hazardous 

waste. The purpose of these proposed 

revisions is to make the rules easier to 

understand, facilitate better compliance, 

provide greater flexibility in how 

hazardous waste is managed, and 

improve environmental protection by 

closing important gaps in the 

regulations. Several requests were 

received from potential commenters to 

extend the comment period to allow 

greater time to comment. EPA is hereby 

extending the comment period, which 

was set to end on November 24, 2015, 

to December 24, 2015. Please note that 

late comments on this rule making may 

not be considered. 

To submit comments or access the 

docket, please follow the detailed 

instructions as provided under 

ADDRESSES. If you have questions, 

consult the individuals listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: October 22, 2015. 

Barnes Johnson, 

Director, Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery, Office of Solid Waste and 

Emergency Response. 

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40 CFR Parts 261, 262, 266, 268, and 

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[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2007–0932; FRL–9936–49– 

OSWER] 

RIN 2050–AG39 

Management Standards for Hazardous 

Waste Pharmaceuticals 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or the Agency) is 

announcing an extension to the 

comment period for the proposed rule 

on the management and disposal of 

hazardous waste pharmaceuticals 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 25, 2015. EPA is proposing 

new hazardous waste pharmaceutical 

regulations under the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 

to improve compliance and thereby 

enhance protection of human health and 

the environment. Specifically, EPA 

proposed to revise the regulations to 

improve the management and disposal 

of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and 

tailor them to address the specific issues 

that hospitals, pharmacies and other 

healthcare-related facilities face. The 

revisions are also intended to clarify the 

regulation of the reverse distribution 

mechanism used by healthcare facilities 

for the management of unused and/or 

expired pharmaceuticals. The comment 

period is being extended to December 

24, 2015. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule 

published September 25, 2015 (80 FR 

58014) must be received on or before 

December 24, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2007–0932, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or withdrawn. The EPA may 

publish any comment received to its 

public docket. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, 

etc.) must be accompanied by a written 

comment. The written comment is 

considered the official comment and 

should include discussion of all points 

you wish to make. The EPA will 

generally not consider comments or 

comment contents located outside of the 

primary submission (i.e. on the web, 

cloud, or other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more detailed information on specific 

aspects of this rulemaking, contact 

Kristin Fitzgerald, Office of Resource 

Conservation and Recovery (5304P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 703–308– 

8286; email address: fitzgerald.kristin@

epa.gov or Joshua Smeraldi, Office of 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

(5304P), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 703–308–0441; email address: 

smeraldi.josh@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document extends the public comment 

period established in the Federal 

Register for 30 days. In that Federal 

Register notice, EPA proposed new 

regulations for the management of 

hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. The 

purpose of this proposed regulation is to 

improve the management and disposal 

of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and 

tailor them to address the specific issues 

that hospitals, pharmacies and other 

healthcare-related facilities face. The 

revisions are also intended to clarify the 

regulation of the reverse distribution 

mechanism used by healthcare facilities 

for the management of unused and/or 

expired pharmaceuticals. Several 

requests were received from potential 

commenters to extend the comment 

period to allow greater time to 

comment. EPA is hereby extending the 

comment period, which was set to end 

on November 24, 2015, to December 24, 

2015. Please note that late comments on 

this rule making may not be considered. 

To submit comments or access the 

docket, please follow the detailed 

instructions as provided under 

ADDRESSES. If you have questions, 

consult the individuals listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: October 22, 2015. 

Barnes Johnson, 

Director, Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery, Office of Solid Waste and 

Emergency Response. 

[FR Doc. 2015–28100 Filed 11–4–15; 8:45 am] 

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