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relationship or the distribution of power 

and responsibilities established in the 

Clean Air Act. Thus, Executive Order 

13132 does not apply to this action. 

F. Executive Order 13175, Coordination 

With Indian Tribal Governments 

This action does not have tribal 

implications, as specified in Executive 

Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 

2000), because the SIP revisions that the 

EPA is proposing to approve and 

disapprove would not apply on any 

Indian reservation land or in any other 

area where the EPA or an Indian tribe 

has demonstrated that a tribe has 

jurisdiction, and the EPA notes that it 

will not impose substantial direct costs 

on tribal governments or preempt tribal 

law. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does 

not apply to this action. 

G. Executive Order 13045, Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks 

The EPA interprets Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) as 

applying only to those regulatory 

actions that concern health or safety 

risks, such that the analysis required 

under section 5–501 of the Executive 

Order has the potential to influence the 

regulation. This action is not subject to 

Executive Order 13045 because it is not 

an economically significant regulatory 

action based on health or safety risks 

subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 

19885, April 23, 1997). This proposed 

SIP revision under section 110 and 

subchapter I, part D of the Clean Air Act 

will not in-and-of itself create any new 

regulations but simply approves and 

disapproves the removal of certain State 

requirements from the SIP. 

H. Executive Order 13211, Actions That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

This proposed rule is not subject to 

Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, 

May 22, 2001) because it is not a 

significant regulatory action under 

Executive Order 12866. 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (‘‘NTTAA’’), Public Law 

104–113, 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note) 

directs the EPA to use voluntary 

consensus standards in its regulatory 

activities unless to do so would be 

inconsistent with applicable law or 

otherwise impractical. Voluntary 

consensus standards are technical 

standards (e.g., materials specifications, 

test methods, sampling procedures, and 

business practices) that are developed or 

adopted by voluntary consensus 

standards bodies. NTTAA directs the 

EPA to provide Congress, through OMB, 

explanations when the Agency decides 

not to use available and applicable 

voluntary consensus standards. 

The EPA believes that this action is 

not subject to requirements of Section 

12(d) of NTTAA because application of 

those requirements would be 

inconsistent with the Clean Air Act. 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Population 

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. 

The EPA lacks the discretionary 

authority to address environmental 

justice in this rulemaking. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur dioxide, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: October 19, 2015. 

Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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40 CFR Parts 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 

265, 268, 270, 273, and 279 

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OSWER] 

RIN 2050–AG70 

Hazardous Waste Generator 

Improvements 

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 improvements to the generator 

regulations published in the Federal 

Register on September 25, 2015. EPA is 

proposing to revise the hazardous waste 

generator regulations under the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA) to improve compliance and 

thereby enhance protection of human 

health and the environment. 

Specifically, EPA proposes to revise 

certain components of the hazardous 

waste generator regulatory program; 

address gaps in the regulations; provide 

greater flexibility for hazardous waste 

generators to manage their hazardous 

waste in a cost-effective and protective 

manner; reorganize the hazardous waste 

regulations to make them more userfriendly and thus improve their 

usability by the regulated community; 

and make technical corrections and 

conforming changes to address 

inadvertent errors, remove obsolete 

references to programs that no longer 

exist, and improve the readability of the 

regulations. The comment period is 

being extended to December 24, 2015. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule 

published September 25, 2015 (80 FR 

57918) must be received on or before 

December 24, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2012–0121, 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. 

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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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273 

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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. 

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