[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 211 (Thursday, October 31, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 86758-86759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25370]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 262

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0609; FRL-7308-04-OLEM]
RIN 2050-AH12


Integrating e-Manifest With Hazardous Waste Exports and Other 
Manifest-Related Reports, PCB Manifest Amendments, and Technical 
Corrections; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or (the Agency) is 
making four minor corrections to a final rule that appeared in the 
Federal Register on July 26, 2024. The final rule related to regulatory 
changes to incorporate export manifests and other manifest-related 
reports (i.e., Discrepancy, Exception, and Unmanifested Waste Reports) 
into e-Manifest as well as other changes related to manifests, 
including for polychlorinated biphenyls under the Toxic Substances 
Control Act.

DATES: This final rule is effective on January 22, 2025.

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under 
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0609. All documents in the docket are 
listed on the https://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in 
the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or 
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain 
other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the 
internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. 
Publicly available docket materials are available electronically 
through https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Groce, Program Implementation 
and Information Division, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, 
Environmental Protection Agency; (202) 566-0339; email address: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b3d4c1dcd0d69dd1c1cad2ddf3d6c3d29dd4dcc5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f295809d9197dc90808b939cb2978293dc959d84">[email protected]</span></a> or David Graham, Program Implementation and 
Information Division, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, 
Environmental Protection Agency; (202) 566-2847; email address: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e38491828b828ecd8782958a87a3869382cd848c95"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fe8fdeee7eee2a1ebeef9e6ebcfeaffeea1e8e0f9">[email protected]</span></a>. In addition, please refer to EPA's e-Manifest web 
page for further information: www.epa.gov/e-manifest.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action corrects four minor errors to 
certain regulatory amendments established in the July 26, 2024, final 
rule (89 FR 60692) for 40 CFR 262.21, 262.42, and 262.83.
    With respect to the regulatory amendments at Sec.  262.21, the July 
26 final rule established revised printing specification requirements 
at Sec.  262.21(f)(6) and (7) for the new four-copy paper manifest (EPA 
Form 8700-22) and continuation sheet (EPA Form 8700-22A) forms. Section 
262.21(f)(6) describes the revised copy distribution requirements to be 
printed on each copy of the new four-copy manifest (EPA-Form 8700-22) 
and continuation sheet (EPA Form 8700-22A). Section 262.21(f)(7) 
describes the revised printing specifications for printing the 
appropriate manifest instructions on the back of the form copies. 
Although, EPA finalized the manifest forms themselves by revising the 
wording of the distribution scheme in the bottom right margins of the 
forms and by moving the instructions on the reverse side of Page 2 
(``Designated Facility to Generator'' copy) to the reverse side of Page 
1 (top copy) of the manifest forms, EPA inadvertently did not make 
these conforming changes in the regulatory text at Sec.  262.21(f)(6) 
and (7). This includes adding two instances of ``U.S.'' to the Page 1 
(top copy) text and making changes for use of capitalization in Pages 
1-4. To correct these errors, this action revises paragraph Sec.  
262.21(f)(6) so that the words indicating copy distribution exactly 
match the words shown at the bottom right margin of each copy of the 
new four-copy manifest forms. Similarly, and in addition, this action 
corrects Sec.  262.21(f)(7) to match the language on the new four-copy 
manifest form--i.e., to require that commercial printers authorized by 
EPA to produce the manifest forms print the instructions for designated 
facilities and

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hazardous waste exporters on the reverse side of the top copy of the 
manifest forms instead of the reverse side of Page 2. This includes 
changing the title of the manifest instructions for the top copy of 
Manifest Form 8700-22 and 8700-22A from ``Instructions for Treatment, 
Storage, and Disposal Facilities'' to ``Instructions for Exporters or 
Owners and Operators of Receiving Facilities Designated on the 
Manifest.''
    With respect to the errors in Sec. Sec.  262.42 and 262.83, this 
action corrects errors to certain instructions in part 262 which 
established regulatory revisions and additions, or both, to the 
hazardous waste exception reporting requirements at Sec.  262.42 and to 
the requirements for export shipments of hazardous waste at Sec.  
262.83. The corrections to Sec. Sec.  262.42 and 262.83 are necessary 
to ensure that certain regulatory amendments established in the July 26 
final rule under part 262 are codified accurately and correctly in 
title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
    The EPA is not providing a public comment opportunity prior to 
promulgation of today's technical corrections to Sec. Sec.  
262.21(f)(6) and (7), 262.42, and 262.83, nor is the EPA issuing a 
direct final rulemaking. That is because such public comment is 
unnecessary under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) of the Administrative Procedure 
Act (APA). The corrections established in this action today are very 
minor and non-substantive technical corrections to regulations; thus, 
the corrections would not substantively alter the regulations 
established in the final rule in a way that would be of interest to the 
regulated community or the public. Therefore, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B) of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the EPA finds good 
cause to promulgate these technical corrections without notice and 
comment because it would be unnecessary.

Corrections

    In FR Doc. 2024-14694 appearing at 89 FR 60692 in the Federal 
Register of Friday, July 26, 2024, the following corrections are made:


Sec.  262.21   [Corrected]

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1. On page 60725, in the third column, in Sec.  262.21:
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a. Paragraph (f)(6)(i)) is corrected to read: ``(i) Page 1 (top copy): 
``U.S. Designated Facility or U.S. Exporter to the EPA's e-Manifest 
System'';'';
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b. Paragraph (f)(6)(ii) is corrected to read: ``(ii) Page 2: 
``Designated Facility to Generator'';'';
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c. Paragraph (f)(6)(iii), is corrected to read: ``(iii) Page 3: 
``Transporter Copy''; and'';
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d. Paragraph (f)(6)(iv), is corrected to read: ``(iv) Page 4 (bottom 
copy): ``Generator's Initial Copy''.'';
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e. Paragraph (f)(7)(i)(C) is corrected to read: ``(C) The 
``Instructions for Exporters or Owners and Operators of Receiving 
Facilities Designated on the Manifest'' on Top Copy (Page 1).'';
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f. Paragraph (f)(7)(ii)(C) is corrected to read: ``(C) The 
``Instructions for Exporters or Owners and Operators of Receiving 
Facilities Designated on the Manifest'' on Top Copy (Page 1).''.


Sec.  262.42   [Corrected]

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2. On page 60726, in the first column instruction 11.d. is corrected to 
read: ``d. Revising paragraph (c)(2) and adding paragraph (d).''.


 Sec.  262.83  [Corrected]

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3. On page 60726, in the second column, instruction 12.a. is corrected 
to read: ``a. Revising the introductory text of paragraph (a)(6), 
paragraphs (b)(1)(i) through (iv), and (b)(3);''.

Barry N. Breen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Land and Emergency 
Management.
[FR Doc. 2024-25370 Filed 10-30-24; 8:45 am]
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