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B. International Residue Limits 

In making its tolerance decisions, EPA 

seeks to harmonize U.S. tolerances with 

international standards whenever 

possible, consistent with U.S. food 

safety standards and agricultural 

practices. EPA considers the 

international maximum residue limits 

(MRLs) established by the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission (Codex), as 

required by FFDCA section 408(b)(4). 

The Codex Alimentarius is a joint 

United Nations Food and Agriculture 

Organization/World Health 

Organization food standards program, 

and it is recognized as an international 

food safety standards-setting 

organization in trade agreements to 

which the United States is a party. EPA 

may establish a tolerance that is 

different from a Codex MRL; however, 

FFDCA section 408(b)(4) requires that 

EPA explain the reasons for departing 

from the Codex level. Tolerances/ 

maximum residue limits (MRLs) to 

support uses of mefenoxam in Canada 

are established for residues of 

metalaxyl, including metabolites that 

can be converted to the 2,6–DMA 

moiety, each expressed as metalaxyl 

equivalents. However, no MRLs are 

established for palm fruit in Codex and 

Canada; thus, harmonization is not an 

issue for this commodity. 

C. Response to Comments 

Three comments were received in 

response to the notice of filing. One 

comment was received from an 

anonymous commenter applauding the 

government’s process to petition for 

new uses. The other two comments 

were criticizing chemicals that are not 

relevant to this action. 

V. Conclusion 

Therefore, tolerances are established 

for residues of mefenoxam [methyl N- 

(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N- 

(methoxyacetyl)-D-alaninate], in or on 

palm, oil at 0.02 ppm. 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

This action establishes tolerances 

under FFDCA section 408(d) in 

response to a petition submitted to the 

Agency. The Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) has exempted these types 

of actions from review under Executive 

Order 12866, entitled ‘‘Regulatory 

Planning and Review’’ (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993). Because this action 

has been exempted from review under 

Executive Order 12866, this action is 

not subject to Executive Order 13211, 

entitled ‘‘Actions Concerning 

Regulations That Significantly Affect 

Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use’’ (66 

FR 28355, May 22, 2001), or Executive 

Order 13045, entitled ‘‘Protection of 

Children from Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks’’ (62 FR 19885, 

April 23, 1997). This action does not 

contain any information collections 

subject to OMB approval under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), nor does it require 

any special considerations under 

Executive Order 12898, entitled 

‘‘Federal Actions to Address 

Environmental Justice in Minority 

Populations and Low-Income 

Populations’’ (59 FR 7629, February 16, 

1994). 

Since tolerances and exemptions that 

are established on the basis of a petition 

under FFDCA section 408(d), such as 

the tolerance in this final rule, do not 

require the issuance of a proposed rule, 

the requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et 

seq.), do not apply. 

This action directly regulates growers, 

food processors, food handlers, and food 

retailers, not States or Tribes, nor does 

this action alter the relationships or 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities established by Congress 

in the preemption provisions of FFDCA 

section 408(n)(4). As such, the Agency 

has determined that this action will not 

have a substantial direct effect on States 

or Tribal governments, on the 

relationship between the National 

Government and the States or Tribal 

governments, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government or between 

the Federal Government and Indian 

tribes. Thus, the Agency has determined 

that Executive Order 13132, entitled 

‘‘Federalism’’ (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999), and Executive Order 13175, 

entitled ‘‘Consultation and Coordination 

with Indian Tribal Governments’’ (65 FR 

67249, November 9, 2000), do not apply 

to this action. In addition, this action 

does not impose any enforceable duty or 

contain any unfunded mandate as 

described under title II of the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) (2 U.S.C. 

1501 et seq.). 

This action does not involve any 

technical standards that would require 

Agency consideration of voluntary 

consensus standards pursuant to section 

12(d) of the National Technology 

Transfer and Advancement Act 

(NTTAA) (15 U.S.C. 272 note). 

VII. Congressional Review Act 

Pursuant to the Congressional Review 

Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), EPA will 

submit a report containing this rule 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 of the rule in the Federal 

Register. This action is not a ‘‘major 

rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides 

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: October 23, 2024. 

Charles Smith, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

Therefore, for the reasons stated in the 

preamble, EPA is amending 40 CFR 

chapter I as follows: 

PART 180—TOLERANCES AND 

EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDE 

CHEMICAL RESIDUES IN FOOD 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 180 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371. 

■ 2. In § 180.546, amend table 1 to 

paragraph (a) by adding, in alphabetical 

order, an entry for ‘‘Palm, oil’’ to read 

as follows: 

§ 180.546 Mefenoxam; tolerances for 

residues. 

(a) * * * 

TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (a) 

Commodity Parts per 

million 

* * * * * 

Palm, oil 1 .................................... 0.02 

* * * * * 

1There is no U.S. registration as of November 4, 2024. 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 271 

[EPA–R04–RCRA–2024–0116; FRL–11972– 

04–R4] 

North Carolina: Final Authorization of 

State Hazardous Waste Management 

Program Revisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final action. 

SUMMARY: On June 26, 2023, North 

Carolina submitted to the 


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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

a complete program revision application 

seeking authorization of changes to its 

hazardous waste program under the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA), as amended. On July 15, 

2024, the EPA published both a direct 

final action granting North Carolina 

final authorization for revisions to its 

federally authorized hazardous waste 

program, along with a companion 

proposed rule announcing the EPA’s 

proposal to grant such final 

authorization. The EPA received two 

comments during the public comment 

period. On September 11, 2024, the EPA 

published a withdrawal of the direct 

final action so it could respond to the 

comments before the action went into 

effect. Today’s action responds to 

comments and publishes the EPA’s final 

determination granting North Carolina 

authorization of its hazardous waste 

program revisions. 

DATES: This final authorization will 

become effective on November 4, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leah Davis; RCRA Programs and 

Cleanup Branch; Land, Chemicals and 

Redevelopment Division; U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency; 

Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth 

Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960; 

telephone number: (404) 562–8562; fax 

number: (404) 562–9964; email address: 

davis.leah@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Why are revisions to State programs 

necessary? 

States that 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 

program. As the Federal program 

changes, States must change their 

programs and ask the EPA to authorize 

the changes. Changes to State 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 title 

40 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR), parts 124, 260 through 268, 270, 

273, and 279. 

New Federal requirements and 

prohibitions imposed by Federal 

regulations that the EPA promulgates 

pursuant to the Hazardous and Solid 

Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA) 

take effect in authorized States at the 

same time they take effect in 

unauthorized States. Thus, the EPA will 

implement those requirements and 

prohibitions in North Carolina, 

including the issuance of new permits 

implementing those requirements, until 

the State is granted authorization to do 

so. 

II. What is the background for this final 

action? 

On June 26, 2023, North Carolina 

submitted to the EPA a complete 

program revision application seeking 

authorization of changes to North 

Carolina’s hazardous waste program 

under the Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended. On 

July 15, 2024, the EPA published both 

a direct final action (89 FR 57364) 

granting North Carolina final 

authorization for revisions to its 

federally authorized hazardous waste 

program, along with a companion 

proposed rule (89 FR 57381) 

announcing the EPA’s proposal to grant 

such final authorization. The EPA 

announced in both notices that the 

direct final action and the proposed rule 

were subject to a thirty-day public 

comment period. The EPA stated in 

both documents that if it received 

adverse public comment, it would 

withdraw the direct final action, base 

any further decision on the 

authorization of the State’s program 

changes on the proposed rule, and 

address all public comments in a later 

final action. The public comment period 

ended on August 14, 2024. The EPA 

received two comments during the 

public comment period. On September 

11, 2024, the EPA published a 

withdrawal of the direct final action (89 

FR 73592) so it could respond to the 

comments before the action went into 

effect. 

Today’s action responds to the 

comments the EPA received and 

publishes the EPA’s final determination 

granting North Carolina authorization of 

revisions to its hazardous waste 

program. The issues raised by the 

commenters are summarized and 

responded to in section III below. No 

further opportunity for comment will be 

provided. 

III. What comments were received on 

North Carolina’s proposed 

authorization and how is the EPA 

responding to these comments? 

During the public comment period for 

the direct final action and proposed 

rule, the EPA received two comments. 

The comments are provided in the 

docket for this action. See Docket ID No. 

EPA–R04–RCRA–2024–0116 at 

www.regulations.gov. A summary of the 

comments and the EPA’s responses are 

provided below. 

Comment: The first comment is 

general in nature. The commenter does 

not oppose or support the EPA’s 

authorization of revisions to the North 

Carolina hazardous waste program; 

rather, the commenter states that 

revisions to the State hazardous waste 

program must be no less stringent than 

the Federal program. 

Response: As discussed in the EPA’s 

direct final action, the EPA has 

reviewed all of the North Carolina 

hazardous waste program revisions 

submitted in its June 26, 2023 

application, and has determined that 

they are equivalent to, consistent with, 

and no less stringent than the Federal 

program, which is the statutory standard 

set forth in RCRA section 3006(b), 42 

U.S.C. 6926(b). The EPA has also 

concluded that some provisions of 

North Carolina’s revised program are 

more stringent than the Federal 

program. These more stringent 

requirements will also become part of 

the federally enforceable RCRA program 

in North Carolina. Therefore, the EPA 

has determined that there is no basis to 

withdraw or deny authorization of the 

State program revisions based on this 

comment. 

Comment: The second comment 

relates to a discrete provision of North 

Carolina law. Specifically, the 

commenter objects to 15A NCAC 13A 

.0108(c), which requires a transporter to 

submit to the North Carolina 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(DEQ) a letter describing a significant 

manifest discrepancy and to make 

attempts to reconcile it with a copy of 

the manifest or shipping paper at issue. 

The commenter states that the generator 

should have to provide the letter to DEQ 

addressing the discrepancy instead of 

shifting the burden to the transporter. 

Response: As discussed in the EPA’s 

direct final action, the revisions for 

which the State is seeking authorization 

are already effective and enforceable as 

a matter of State law, including this 

particular provision. The effect of the 

EPA’s authorization decision is to make 

these changes part of the federally 

authorized State hazardous waste 

program and therefore federally 

enforceable. This action does not 

impose additional requirements on the 

regulated community because the 

regulations, including 15A NCAC 13A 

.0108(c), for which the EPA is 

authorizing North Carolina are already 

effective under State law and are not 

changed by the EPA’s authorization 

decision. Therefore, the EPA has 

determined that there is no basis to 

withdraw or deny authorization of this 

provision based on this comment. 


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1A ‘‘cluster’’ is a grouping of hazardous waste 

rules that the EPA promulgates from July 1st of one 

year to June 30th of the following year. 2A ‘‘checklist’’ is developed by the EPA for each 

Federal rule amending the RCRA regulations. The 

checklists document the changes made by each 

Federal rule and are presented and numbered in 

chronological order by date of promulgation. 3Although the State requested authorization for 

Checklists 221 and 224 in its program revision 

application, the EPA is not authorizing North 

Carolina for these two checklists because they 

correspond to Federal rules that have been vacated. 

This vacatur was documented in Checklist 234. The 

EPA previously authorized North Carolina for 

Checklist 234 on October 10, 2019 (84 FR 54516). 

IV. What decisions has the EPA made 

in this action? 

North Carolina submitted a complete 

program revision application, dated 

June 26, 2023, seeking authorization of 

changes to its hazardous waste program 

corresponding to certain Federal rules 

promulgated between October 27, 1987, 

and October 1, 2021 (including HSWA 

Cluster 1 II (Checklists 2 39.1, 50.1, and 

66.1), RCRA Cluster IV (Checklist 

126.1), RCRA Cluster VI (Checklist 152), 

RCRA Cluster VIII (Checklist 167C.1), 

RCRA Cluster XIX (Checklists 219 and 

221 3), RCRA Cluster XX (Checklist 243), 

RCRA Cluster XXVII (Checklists 240 

and 241), RCRA Cluster XXVIII 

(Checklist 242), RCRA Cluster XXIX 

(Checklist 243), and Cluster XXX 

(Checklist 244)). The EPA concludes 

that North Carolina’s application to 

revise its authorized program meets all 

of the statutory and regulatory 

requirements established under RCRA, 

as set forth in RCRA section 3006(b), 42 

U.S.C. 6926(b), and 40 CFR part 271. 

Therefore, the EPA grants North 

Carolina final authorization to operate 

its hazardous waste program with the 

changes described in the program 

revision application, and as outlined 

below in Section VI of this document. 

North Carolina has responsibility for 

permitting treatment, storage, and 

disposal facilities within its borders 

(except in Indian country, as defined at 

18 U.S.C. 1151) and for carrying out the 

aspects of the RCRA program described 

in its program revision application, 

subject to the limitations of HSWA, as 

discussed above. 

V. What is the effect of this 

authorization decision? 

The effect of this decision is that the 

changes described in North Carolina’s 

program revision application will 

become part of the authorized State 

hazardous waste program and will 

therefore be federally enforceable. North 

Carolina will continue to have primary 

enforcement authority and 

responsibility for its State hazardous 

waste program. The EPA will maintain 

its authorities under RCRA sections 

3007, 3008, 3013, and 7003, including 

its authority to: 

• Conduct inspections, and require 

monitoring, tests, analyses, and reports; 

• Enforce RCRA requirements, 

including authorized State program 

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 

regulations for which the EPA is 

authorizing North Carolina are already 

effective under State law and are not 

changed by this action. 

VI. What changes is the EPA 

authorizing with this action? 

The EPA has determined that the 

North Carolina hazardous waste 

program revisions included in its June 

26, 2023 application are equivalent to, 

consistent with, and no less stringent 

than the Federal program, and therefore 

satisfy all of the requirements necessary 

to qualify for final authorization. 

Therefore, the EPA grants final 

authorization to North Carolina for the 

following program changes: 

Description of Federal requirement Federal Register 

date and page Analogous state authority 1

Checklist 39.1,2 California List Waste 

Restrictions.

52 FR 41295, 10/27/1987 ... 15 NCAC 13A .0101(e). 

Checklist 50.1,2 Land Disposal Restrictions for First Third Scheduled 

Wastes.

54 FR 8264, 2/27/1989 ....... 15A NCAC 13A .0112(b). 

Checklist 66.1,2 Land Disposal Restrictions; Corrections to the First 

Third Scheduled Wastes.

55 FR 23935, 6/13/1990 ..... 15A NCAC 13A .0112(a). 

Checklist 126.1,2 Testing and Monitoring Activities.59 FR 47980, 9/19/1994 ..... 15A NCAC 13A .0112(a). 

Checklist 152,3 Imports and Exports 

of Hazardous Waste: Implementation of OECD Council Decision.

61 FR 16290, 4/12/1996 ..... 15A NCAC 13A .0102(b); 15A NCAC 13A .0106(a); 15A NCAC 13A 

.0107(a) and (f); 15A NCAC 13A .0108(a)–(d), 15A NCAC 13A .0109(c) 

and (f); 15A NCAC 13A .0110(b) and (e); 15A NCAC 13A .0111(b); 

15A NCAC 13A .0119(b), (c), (d) and (f). 

Checklist 167C.1,2 Land Disposal 

Restrictions Phase IV—Corrections.

63 FR 31266, 6/8/1998 ....... 15A NCAC 13A .0112(f). 

Checklist 219,4 Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste, as amended 

by Checklist 233 (2015 and 2018).

73 FR 64668, 10/30/2008 ... 15A NCAC 13A .0102(b); 15A NCAC 13A .0103(c); 15A NCAC 13A 

.0106(a) and (f); 15A NCAC 13A .0113(g). 

Checklist 240, Safe Management of 

Recalled Airbags.

83 FR 61552, 11/30/2018 ... 15A NCAC 13A .0102(b); 15A NCAC 13A .0106(a); 15A NCAC 13A 

.0107(a). 

Checklist 241, Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals and Amendment to the 

P075 Listing for Nicotine.

84 FR 5816, 2/22/2019 ....... 15A NCAC 13A .0106(a) and (d); 15A NCAC 13A .0107(a); 15A NCAC 

13A .0109(b); 15A NCAC 13A .0110(a); 15A NCAC 13A .0111(g); 15A 

NCAC 13A .0112(a) and (e); 15A NCAC 13A .0113(a); 15A NCAC 13A 

.0119(g) and (g)(1). 

Checklist 242, Universal Waste Regulations: Addition of Aerosol Cans.84 FR 67202, 12/9/2019 ..... 15A NCAC 13A .0102(b); 15A NCAC 13A .0106(a); 15A NCAC 13A 

.0109(b); 15A NCAC 13A .0110(a); 15A NCAC 13A .0112(a); 15A 

NCAC 13A .0113(a); 15A NCAC 13A .0119(a)–(c). 

Checklist 243, Modernizing Ignitable 

Liquids Determinations.

85 FR 40594, 7/7/2020 ....... 15A NCAC 13A .0101(e); 15A NCAC 13A .0106(c) and (m). 


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Description of Federal requirement Federal Register 

date and page Analogous state authority 1

Checklist 244, Canada Import Export 

Recovery and Disposal Code 

Changes.

86 FR 54381, 10/1/2021 ..... 15A NCAC 13A .0107(f); 15A NCAC 13A .0109(c); 15A NCAC 13A 

.0110(b). 

Notes 

1The North Carolina regulatory citations are from the North Carolina Administrative Code (NCAC), effective August 6, 2020. 

2 Checklists 39.1, 50.1, 66.1, 126.1, and 167C.1 amended the underlying Federal rules. North Carolina properly adopted the required changes 

made by the underlying Federal rules and was previously authorized for those changes 3 Most of the provisions contained in Checklist 152 were amended or removed by subsequent checklists, for which the EPA has previously authorized North Carolina. 4The EPA authorized North Carolina for Checklist 233, Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste, Response to Vacatur of Certain Provisions 

of the Definition of Solid Waste Rule, on October 10, 2019 (84 FR 54516). Checklist 233 included certain provisions from Checklist 219, the 

2008 Federal Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste Rule, as amended on January 13, 2015, and May 30, 2018. For clarity and completeness, the EPA is authorizing Checklist 219, as amended by Checklist 233. 

VII. Where are the revised State rules 

different than the Federal rules? 

When revised State rules differ from 

the Federal rules in the RCRA State 

authorization process, the EPA 

determines whether the State rules are 

equivalent to, more stringent than, or 

broader in scope than the Federal 

program. Pursuant to RCRA section 

3009, 42 U.S.C. 6929, State programs 

may contain requirements that are more 

stringent than the Federal regulations. 

Such more stringent requirements can 

be federally authorized and, once 

authorized, become federally 

enforceable. Although the statute does 

not prevent States from adopting 

regulations that are broader in scope 

than the Federal program, States cannot 

receive Federal authorization for such 

regulations, and they are not federally 

enforceable. There are no State 

requirements in the program revisions 

listed in the table above that are 

considered to be broader in scope than 

the Federal requirements. The EPA has 

determined that certain regulations 

included in North Carolina’s program 

revisions listed in the table above are 

more stringent than the Federal 

program. These more stringent 

requirements will become part of the 

federally enforceable RCRA program in 

North Carolina when authorized. 

North Carolina’s program is more 

stringent at 15A NCAC 13A .0108(c) and 

(d), insofar as these provisions require 

transporters to reconcile significant 

manifest discrepancies with the waste 

generator. 

North Carolina’s program is more 

stringent at 15A NCAC 13A .0111(b), 

insofar as these provisions require offsite recycling facilities that receive 

materials described in 40 CFR 266.70(a) 

to label containers and tanks holding 

recyclable materials with the words 

‘‘Recyclable Material.’’ 

It should be noted that States cannot 

receive authorization for certain Federal 

regulatory functions involving 

international shipments (i.e., import and 

export provisions) such as those 

associated with the Canada Import 

Export Recovery and Disposal Code 

Changes Rule (Checklist 244) and the 

Imports and Exports of Hazardous 

Waste: Implementation of OECD 

Council Decision Rule (Checklist 152). 

Although North Carolina has adopted 

these rules to maintain its equivalency 

with the Federal program, it has 

appropriately maintained the Federal 

references. See 15A NCAC 13A .0101(b). 

VIII. Who handles permits after the 

authorization takes effect? 

North Carolina will issue permits for 

all the provisions for which it is 

authorized and will administer the 

permits it issues. The EPA will continue 

to administer any RCRA hazardous 

waste permits or portions of permits 

that the EPA issued prior to the effective 

date of authorization until they expire 

or are terminated. The EPA will not 

issue any new permits or new portions 

of permits for the provisions listed in 

the table above after the effective date of 

the final authorization. The EPA will 

continue to implement, and issue 

permits for HSWA requirements for 

which North Carolina is not yet 

authorized. The EPA has the authority 

to enforce State-issued permits after the 

State is authorized. 

IX. How does today’s action affect 

Indian Country in North Carolina? 

North Carolina is not authorized to 

carry out its hazardous waste program 

in Indian country within the State, 

which includes the Indian lands 

associated with the Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians. Therefore, this action 

has no effect on Indian country. The 

EPA retains jurisdiction over Indian 

country and will continue to implement 

and administer the RCRA program on 

these lands. 

X. What is codification and is the EPA 

codifying North Carolina’s hazardous 

waste program as authorized in this 

action? 

Codification is the process of placing 

citations and references to the State’s 

statutes and regulations that comprise 

the State’s authorized hazardous waste 

program into the Code of Federal 

Regulations. The EPA does this by 

adding those citations and references to 

the authorized State rules in 40 CFR 

part 272. The EPA is not codifying the 

authorization of North Carolina’s 

revisions at this time. However, the EPA 

reserves the ability to amend 40 CFR 

part 272, subpart II, for the 

authorization of North Carolina’s 

program changes at a later date. 

XI. 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 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 

2011). This action authorizes State 

requirements for the purpose of RCRA 

section 3006 and imposes no additional 

requirements beyond those imposed by 

State law. Therefore, this action is not 

subject to review by OMB. This action 

is not an Executive Order 14094 (88 FR 

21879, April 11, 2023) regulatory action 

because actions such as the 

authorization of North Carolina’s 

revised hazardous waste program under 

RCRA are exempted under Executive 

Order 12866. 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 action authorizes 

pre-existing requirements under State 

law and does not impose any additional 

enforceable duty beyond that required 

by State law, it does not contain any 

unfunded mandate or significantly or 

uniquely affect small governments, as 

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Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531– 

1538). For the same reason, this action 

also does not significantly or uniquely 

affect the communities of Tribal 

governments, as specified by Executive 

Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 

2000). 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 

authorizes State requirements as part of 

the State RCRA hazardous waste 

program without altering the 

relationship or the distribution of power 

and responsibilities established by 

RCRA. 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 action 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. 

Under RCRA section 3006(b), the EPA 

grants a State’s application for 

authorization as long as the State meets 

the criteria required by RCRA. It would 

thus be inconsistent with applicable law 

for the EPA, when it reviews a State 

authorization application, to require the 

use of any particular voluntary 

consensus standard in place of another 

standard that otherwise satisfies the 

requirements of RCRA. 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 action, 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 

this action 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 action does not impose an 

information collection burden under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

‘‘Burden’’ is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). 

Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, 

February 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. 

Executive Order 14096 (88 FR 25251, 

April 26, 2023) directs the Federal 

government to build upon and 

strengthen its commitment to deliver 

environmental justice to all 

communities across America through an 

approach that is informed by scientific 

research, high-quality data, and 

measuring Federal engagement with 

communities with environmental justice 

concerns. Because this action authorizes 

pre-existing State rules which are at 

least equivalent to, and no less stringent 

than existing Federal requirements, and 

imposes no additional requirements 

beyond those imposed by State law, and 

there are no anticipated significant 

adverse human health or environmental 

effects, this action is not subject to 

Executive Orders 12898 and 14096. 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added 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 final action will 

be effective November 4, 2024. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 271 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Confidential business information, 

Hazardous waste, Hazardous waste 

transportation, Indian lands, 

Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

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, and 

6974(b). 

Dated: October 16, 2024. 

Jeaneanne Gettle, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25602 Filed 11–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 54 

[WC Docket Nos. 22–238, 11–42, 21–450; 

FCC 23–96; FR ID 258272] 

Supporting Survivors of Domestic and 

Sexual Violence; Lifeline and Link Up 

Reform Modernization 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; correcting 

amendments. 

SUMMARY: On December 5, 2023, the 

Federal Communications Commission 

(Commission) revised Commission 

rules. That item showed the 

Commission’s adoption of new rules to 

implement the Safe Connections Act of 

2022. When published in the Federal 

Register, however, an additional change 

was made that was different from the 

item adopted by the Commission. This 

correction reverts the language of the 

rule to the language as adopted by the 

Commission. 

DATES: Effective on November 4, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicholas Page, Nicholas.Page@fcc.gov, 

Telecommunications Access Policy 

Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 

(202) 418–7400 or TTY: (202) 418–0484. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

summary corrects the rules published 

December 5, 2023, 88 FR 84406 (FR Doc. 

2023–25835). Accordingly, paragraph 

(s), which was added to § 54.400 in the 

first column on page 84446, is corrected 

to remove ‘and’ at the end of paragraph 

(s)(3). Compliance with these rules 

began upon announcement in the 

Federal Register (89 FR 70119, August 

29, 2024) (FR Doc. 2024–18938). 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 54 

Communications, Communication 

common carriers, Privacy, 

Telecommunications, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Accordingly, 47 CFR part 54 is 

corrected by making the following 

correcting amendments: 

PART 54—UNIVERSAL SERVICE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 54 

continues to read as follows: 


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