Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 19 / Friday, January 30, 2009 / Proposed Rules 5633 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 260, 261, 264, 265, 268, 

270 and 273 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2007–0932; FRL–8769–7] 

RIN 2050–AG39 

Amendment to the Universal Waste 

Rule: Addition of Pharmaceuticals; 

Extension of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the 

extension of the comment period until 

March 4, 2009, on the proposed rule 

entitled, Amendment to the Universal 

Waste Rule: Addition of 

Pharmaceuticals published on 

December 2, 2008. The Agency is 

soliciting comments as described in that 

document on the proposed addition of 

hazardous pharmaceutical wastes to the 

federal universal waste program. 

DATES: The comment period for this 

proposed rule is extended from the 

original closing date of February 2, 

2009, to March 4, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2007–0932, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: rcra-docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. 

• Mail: RCRA Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. In addition, 

please mail a copy of your comments on 

the information collection provisions to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for 

EPA, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA West Building, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2007– 

0932. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available on-line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov {or e-mail}. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

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, 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 EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, 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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: 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., 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 in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the RCRA 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 RCRA Docket is (202) 

566–0270. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Lauer, Office of Resource Conservation 

and Recovery (5304P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (703) 308–7418; fax 

number: (703) 605–0595; e-mail address 

lauer.lisa@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is 

extending the comment period by 30 

days in response to requests from the 

Northeast Waste Management Officials’ 

Association, Waste Management, 

Pharmecology® Associates, LLC, 

Healthcare Distribution Management 

Association, Clean Harbors 

Environmental Services and the 

Environmental Technology Council for 

more time to submit comments on the 

proposed rule, which was published in 

the Federal Register on December 2, 

2008 (73 FR 73520). Therefore, the 

public comment period will now close 

on March 4, 2009. 

This notice has been developed by the 

Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery. EPA’s Office of Solid Waste 

was recently renamed the Office of 

Resource Conservation and Recovery. 

For further information, please see: 

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/ 

basicinfo.htm. 

List of Subjects 

40 CFR Part 260 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Confidential business information, 

Hazardous waste, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

40 CFR Part 261 

Environmental protection, Hazardous 

waste, Recycling, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

40 CFR Part 264 

Environmental protection, Hazardous 

waste, Packaging and containers, 

Security measures, Surety bonds. 

40 CFR Part 265 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Hazardous waste 

insurance, Packaging and containers, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures, Surety 

bonds, Water supply. 

40 CFR Part 268 

Environmental protection, Hazardous 

waste, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

40 CFR Part 270 

Environmental protection, Hazardous 

materials transportation, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

40 CFR Part 273 

Environmental protection, Hazardous 

materials transportation, Hazardous 

waste. 

Dated: January 26, 2009. 

Matt Hale, 

Director, Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery. 

[FR Doc. E9–2035 Filed 1–29–09; 8:45 am] 

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