[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-976]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5677-3]


CERCLA 104 (c)(9) Capacity Assurance Planning: National Capacity 
Assessment Report

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Section 104(c)(9) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) requires States to assure that 
adequate capacity exists to manage hazardous wastes generated in their 
State for 20 years before EPA can provide any Superfund Remedial Action 
Trust funds to the State. Under a program the Agency has implemented to 
help States fulfill this statutory mandate, States submit Capacity 
Assurance Plans (CAPs) as the basis for their assurance. On May 1, 
1994, States submitted CAPs to EPA pursuant to the May 1993 Guidance 
for Capacity Assurance Planning, OSWER Directive 9010.02. On November 
3, 1994, the Agency made available for comment a draft of the National 
Capacity Assessment Report, in which the Agency made a proposed 
determination that there existed adequate national capacity, and which 
presented the Agency's analysis of State data. Based on the information 
contained in the CAPs, internal Agency studies, and comments received 
on the draft Assessment Report, the Agency is today finalizing the 
determination that there exists adequate national capacity in all CAP 
management categories. Therefore, as with the proposed determination, 
all States continue to be eligible to receive Superfund Trust funds.
    The Agency will continue to collect and evaluate additional data to 
ensure that the requirements of CERCLA 104 (c)(9) are satisfied. At 
this time, the Agency does not anticipate the need to conduct another 
CAP for the next few years. The National Capacity Assessment Report, 
which describes the entire CAP process, is available for public review 
in the RCRA Docket. The information collection activities that occurred 
for the Capacity Assurance Planning process were approved by the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB Control Number 2050-0099.

ADDRESSES: Supporting materials are available for viewing in the RCRA 
Information Center (RIC), located at Crystal Gateway I, First Floor, 
1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia. Docket number F-94-
CAGA-FFFFF. The RIC is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding federal holidays. To review docket materials, the 
public must make an appointment by calling (703) 603-9230. The public 
may copy a maximum of 100 pages from any regulatory docket at no 
charge. Additional copies cost $.15/page.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, contact the 
RCRA Hotline at 1-800-424-9346 or TDD 1-800-553-7672 (hearing 
impaired). In the Washington metropolitan area, call 703-412-9610 or 
TDD 703-412-3323.
    For information on specific aspects of the Report, contact Robert 
Burchard, Office of Solid Waste (5302W), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, (703) 308-8450.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For a paper copy of the National Capacity 
Assessment Report, please contact the National Technical Information 
Service (NTIS) at 1-703-487-4650. The document number is PB95-209672 
(EPA530-R-95-016). The Report is also available in electronic format on 
the Internet. Follow these instructions to access the report: WWW: 
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer; Gopher: gopher.epa.gov; Dial-up: (919) 
558-0335.
    If you are using the gopher or direct dialup method, once you are 
connected to the EPA Public Access Server, look for this report in the 
directory EPA Offices and Regions/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response (OSWER)/Office of Solid Waste (RCRA)/Subtitle C--Hazardous 
Waste/Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs).
    FTP: ftp.epa.gov.
    Login: anonymous.
    Password: Your Internet address.
    Files are located in /pub/gopher/OSWRCRA.

Elliott P. Laws,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-976 Filed 1-14-97; 8:45 am]
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