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NUREG–1297, ‘‘Peer Review for HighLevel Nuclear Waste Repositories,’’ 

which establishes guidelines for the 

conduct of a peer review exercise. DOE 

conducted no peer reviews for inclusion 

in CRA–2019. 

H. Individual and Groundwater 

Protection Requirements 

Sections 194.51 through 194.55 

implement the individual protection 

requirements of 40 CFR 191.15 and the 

groundwater protection requirements of 

subpart C of 40 CFR part 191. 

Assessment of the likelihood that the 

WIPP will meet the individual dose 

limits and radionuclide concentration 

limits for groundwater is conducted 

through a process known as compliance 

assessment. Compliance assessment 

uses methods similar to those of 

performance assessment (for the 

containment requirements in 40 CFR 

191.13 and appendix A) and can be 

considered a ‘‘subset’’ of performance 

assessment since it considers only 

natural (undisturbed) conditions and 

past or near-future human activities 

(such as existing boreholes) but does not 

include the long-term future human 

activities that are addressed in 

performance assessment. 

In this CRA, DOE updated the data for 

groundwater quantity determination to 

define an underground source of 

drinking water for purposes of 

calculating groundwater concentrations 

and doses. DOE used 2016 U.S. Bureau 

of Census data to update the average 

number of persons per household to 

2.51 and used 2013 data from the New 

Mexico Office of the State Engineer to 

update the average household water 

consumption to 272 gallons per person 

per day. DOE concluded that the subcriterion of 5 gallons per minute rate of 

production from a well continued to 

accurately define an underground 

source of drinking water. 

The updates made by DOE in CRA– 

2019 did not significantly impact the 

conclusions regarding the groundwater 

standard in the 1996 CCA. DOE did not 

change the criteria for making 

underground source of drinking water 

determinations. For the CRA–2019 

evaluation, the maximum potential dose 

remained below the CCA calculated 

value, and DOE concluded that 

continued compliance with the 

individual protection standard is 

maintained. EPA found that DOE is in 

continued compliance with 40 CFR 

194.51 through 194.55 requirements. 

VII. What is EPA’s role in future WIPP 

activities? 

EPA’s regulatory role at the WIPP 

does not end with this recertification 

decision. The Agency’s future WIPP 

activities include recertifications every 

five years (the next scheduled to be 

submitted by DOE in March 2024), 

review of DOE reports on conditions 

and activities at the WIPP, assessment of 

waste characterization, quality 

assurance programs at waste generator 

sites, announced and unannounced 

inspections of the WIPP and other 

facilities and, if necessary, modification, 

revocation or suspension of the 

certification. 

Although not required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act, the WIPP 

LWA, or the WIPP Compliance Criteria, 

the EPA intends to continue to make all 

inspection or audit reports and annual 

reports and other significant documents 

on conditions and activities at the 

WIPP, as well as formal 

communications between the two 

agencies available in the public docket. 

Jonathan Edwards, 

Director, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air. 

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40 CFR Part 271 

[EPA–R09–RCRA–2021–0628; FRL–FRL– 

9760–02–R9] 

Hawaii: Final Authorization of State 

Hazardous Waste Management 

Program Revisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking direct final 

action on the authorization of Hawaii’s 

changes to its hazardous waste program 

under the Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act (RCRA). These changes 

correspond to certain Federal rules 

promulgated between July 1, 2016, and 

June 30, 2020, (also known as RCRA 

Clusters XXV to XXVIII) and for 

authorization of state-initiated changes 

that are equivalent to or more stringent 

than the Federal program. We have 

determined that these changes satisfy all 

requirements needed for final 

authorization. 

DATES: This authorization is effective on 

July 5, 2022 without further notice, 

unless the EPA receives adverse 

comment by June 2, 2022. If the EPA 

receives adverse comment, we will 

publish a timely withdrawal in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that the authorization will not take 

effect. 

ADDRESSES: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy. You may also view 

Hawaii’s application by contacting the 

Hawaii Department of Health Solid and 

Hazardous Waste Branch at (808) 586– 

4226, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m. 

Instructions: Submit your comments 

to EPA, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–R09–RCRA–2021–0628, at https:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

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. 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). The https:// 

www.regulations.gov website 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 email comment directly 

to EPA without going through https://

www.regulations.gov, your email 

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. 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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dani 

Allen-Williams, AllenWilliams.dani@

epa.gov, 415–972–3800. 

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A. Why is the EPA using a direct final 

authorization? 

The EPA is publishing this 

authorization without a prior proposal 

because we view this as a 

noncontroversial action and anticipate 

no adverse comment. This action is a 

routine program change. However, in 

the ‘‘Proposed Rules’’ section of this 

issue of the Federal Register, we are 

publishing a separate document that 

will serve as the proposed rulemaking 

allowing the public an opportunity to 

comment. We will not institute a second 

comment period on this action. Any 

parties interested in commenting must 

do so at this time. For further 

information about commenting on this 

authorization, see the ADDRESSES

section of this document. 

If the EPA receives adverse comment, 

we will publish a timely withdrawal in 

the Federal Register informing the 

public that this direct final 

authorization will not take effect. We 

will address all public comments in a 

subsequent final authorization and base 

any further decision on the 

authorization of the state program 

changes after considering all comments 

received during the comment period. 

B. 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 40 

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 Hawaii, including the 

issuance of new permits implementing 

those requirements, until the State is 

granted authorization to do so. 

C. What decisions has the EPA made in 

this authorization? 

Hawaii submitted a complete program 

revision application dated October 15th, 

2021, seeking authorization of changes 

to its hazardous waste program 

corresponding to certain Federal rules 

promulgated between July 1, 2016, and 

June 30, 2020, plus state-initiated 

changes discussed in Section G below. 

The EPA concludes that Hawaii’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 

proposes to grant Hawaii final 

authorization to operate its hazardous 

waste program with the changes 

described in the authorization 

application, and as outlined below in 

section F of this document. 

Hawaii has responsibility for 

permitting treatment, storage, and 

disposal facilities within its borders 

(except in Indian country) 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. 

D. What is the effect of this 

authorization decision? 

The effect of this decision is that the 

changes described in Hawaii’s 

authorization application will become 

part of the authorized State hazardous 

waste program and will therefore be 

federally enforceable. Hawaii 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 Hawaii are already effective 

under State law and are not changed by 

this action. 

E. What has Hawaii previously been 

authorized for? 

Hawaii initially received final 

authorization on November 13th, 2001, 

(66 FR 55115) to implement its base 

hazardous waste management program. 

Hawaii received authorization for 

revisions to its program on August 28, 

2018 (83 FR 43772). 

F. What changes is the EPA authorizing 

with this action? 

Hawaii submitted a final complete 

program revision application to EPA 

dated October 15th, 2021, seeking 

authorization of changes to its 

hazardous waste program that 

correspond to certain Federal rules 

promulgated between July 1, 2016, and 

June 30, 2020, (also known as RCRA 

Clusters XXV to XXVIII) and for 

authorization of state-initiated changes 

that are equivalent to or more stringent 

than the Federal program. EPA proposes 

to determine, subject to receipt of 

written comments that oppose this 

action, that Hawaii’s hazardous waste 

program revisions are equivalent to, 

consistent with, and no less stringent 

than the Federal program, and therefore 

satisfy all the requirements necessary to 

qualify for authorization. Hawaii 

incorporates by reference the Federal 

RCRA regulations in effect as of July 1, 

2020, in Hawaii Administrative Rules 

(HAR) Chapters 11–260.1 to 11–279.1 

(effective June 07, 2021). The applicable 

Federal rules and analogous State rules 

are identified in the table below. 

Federal hazardous waste requirements Analogous State authority 

40 CFR parts 260–266, 268, 270, 273, 279, effective July 1, 2020.Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) chapters 11–260.1–266.1, 11–268.1, 11–270.1, 11–273.1, 

11–279.1, effective June 07, 2021. 

40 CFR Part 124 subparts A and B effective 

July 1, 2020.

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G. Where are the revised State rules 

different than the Federal rules? 

Under RCRA section 3009, the EPA 

may not authorize state rules that are 

less stringent than the Federal program. 

Any state rules that are less stringent do 

not supplant the Federal regulations. 

State rules that are broader in scope 

than the Federal program requirements 

are allowed but do not become part of 

the enforceable Federal program. State 

rules that are equivalent to or more 

stringent than the Federal program may 

be authorized, in which case they are 

enforceable by the EPA. 

This section does not discuss the 

program differences previously 

published in Hawaii’s previous program 

authorization in 2018, at 83 FR 43772 

(Aug. 28, 2018). Areas identified in the 

2018 program authorization as more 

stringent or broader in scope than the 

Federal program have been carried 

forward into the new regulations as 

amendments or additions to the 

incorporation by reference of the 

Federal regulations. This section 

discusses new State requirements that 

are equivalent to or more stringent than 

the Federal program and thus 

authorized. 

1. Solar Panel Universal Waste 

The state has added ‘‘solar panels’’ to 

chapter HAR 11–273.1, as a category of 

universal waste and defined waste 

management and labeling/marking 

requirements for this type of universal 

waste. Many different types of solar 

panels may be toxicity characteristic 

hazardous waste due to the presence 

and concentration of one or more metals 

or metalloids (e.g., arsenic, cadmium, 

chromium, copper, lead, selenium, 

silver). The state also determined that 

solar panels (as defined in chapters 

HAR 11–260.1 and 11–273.1) as a 

category meet the criteria of 40 CFR 

273.81. EPA allows authorized states to 

create regulations for state-only 

universal wastes provided that these 

criteria are met for the waste or waste 

category, including the key 

requirements that universal waste 

management is sufficiently protective of 

human health and the environment and 

that regulation as universal waste 

increases the likelihood of similar 

unregulated wastes (such as Very Small 

Quantity Generators (VSQG) or 

household wastes) being diverted from 

non-hazardous to hazardous waste 

management systems. The state 

regulations defining solar panels and 

associated management standards were 

crafted based on comparable universal 

waste regulations proposed and/or 

codified by other authorized state 

hazardous waste programs. 

2. Removal of Electronic Nicotine 

Delivery Systems (ENDS) From the 

Definition of Pharmaceutical 

EPA’s ‘‘Management Standards for 

Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals and 

Amendment to the P075 Listing for 

Nicotine’’ rule (84 FR 5816 (Feb. 22, 

2019)) establishes streamlined standards 

for handling hazardous waste 

pharmaceuticals to better fit the 

operations of the healthcare sector while 

maintaining protection of human health 

and the environment. In the Federal 

rule, the definition ‘‘pharmaceutical’’ 

includes ‘‘any electronic nicotine 

delivery system (e.g., electronic cigarette 

or vaping pen); or any liquid nicotine (eliquid) packaged for retail sale for use in 

electronic nicotine delivery systems 

(e.g., pre-filled cartridges or vials).’’ This 

inclusion of electronic nicotine delivery 

systems (ENDS), including e-liquids, in 

the definition ‘‘pharmaceutical’’ also 

means that retailers of ENDS are 

included in the Federal definition 

‘‘healthcare facility.’’ The State has 

adopted definitions that separate ENDS 

from pharmaceuticals and ENDS 

retailers from healthcare facilities. The 

management standards for handling 

these wastes remain the same as those 

in the Federal rules, making the State 

rule functionally equivalent. 

3. Emergency Telephone Numbers 

The State allows the use of emergency 

telephone numbers (which may be a 

work cell phone) in lieu of home 

addresses and phone numbers for 

emergency coordinators in contingency 

plans for Treatment, Storage, and 

Disposal Facilities in 40 CFR 264.52(d), 

as incorporated and amended in chapter 

HAR 11–264.1. This is consistent with 

the change made to contingency plans 

for generators as part of EPA’s Generator 

Improvements Rule. 

4. Regulatory Clarifications 

a. Applicability of SolventContaminated Wipes Exclusions 

A reference to the definition of 

solvent-contaminated wipes (in 40 CFR 

260.10, as incorporated and amended in 

chapter HAR 11–260.1,) is added to 40 

CFR 261.4(a)(26) and (b)(18), as 

incorporated and amended in chapter 

HAR 11–261.1, to clarify the scope of 

these conditional exclusions. 

b. Generator Improvement Rule CrossReferences 

Remaining cross-references to 40 CFR 

261.5 and 262.34, sections that were 

removed by the Generator 

Improvements Rule, have been 

corrected throughout the State rules. 

c. Pharmaceuticals Waste Codes for 

Manifests 

The State rules allow healthcare 

facilities to use either the four-character 

code ‘‘PHRM’’ or the word/code 

‘‘PHARMS’’ in block 13 of the uniform 

hazardous waste manifest (40 CFR 

266.508, as incorporated and amended 

in chapter HAR 11–266.1). The Federal 

rules currently require ‘‘PHARMS,’’ but 

data system limitations have led EPA to 

issue guidance allowing the use of 

either code. 

d. References to 40 CFR Parts 271 and 

272 

40 CFR part 271 contains the 

requirements for state program 

authorization and some state programs 

are codified in 40 CFR part 272. The 

State regulations do not incorporate or 

contain equivalents to 40 CFR parts 271 

and 272, so the State has removed crossreferences to these parts from chapters 

HAR 11–260.1 to 11–273.1. 

e. Applicable Rules for Non-Hazardous 

Contents Drained From Aerosol Cans 

The State has changed ‘‘or’’ to ‘‘and’’ 

in ‘‘applicable Federal, State, and local 

solid waste regulations’’ in 40 CFR 

273.13(e)(4)(vi) and 273.33(e)(4)(vi), as 

incorporated and amended in chapter 

HAR 11–273.1. This clarifies the Federal 

intent that all applicable solid waste 

regulations apply to the non-hazardous 

contents drained from universal waste 

aerosol cans. 

H. Who handles permits after the 

authorization takes effect? 

Hawaii will continue to issue permits 

for all the provisions for which it is 

authorized and will administer the 

permits it issues. Section 3006(g)(1) of 

RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6926(g)(1), gives EPA 

the authority to issue or deny permits or 

parts of permits for requirements for 

which the State is not authorized. 

Therefore, whenever EPA adopts 

standards under HSWA for activities or 

wastes not currently covered by the 

authorized program, EPA may process 

RCRA permits in Hawaii for the new or 

revised HSWA standards until Hawaii 

has received final authorization for such 

new or revised HSWA standards. 

1. What is codification and is the EPA 

codifying Hawaii’s hazardous waste 

program as authorized in this 

authorization? 

Codification is the process of placing 

citations and references to the state’s 

statutes and regulations that comprise 

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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 Hawaii’s revisions at 

this time. However, the EPA reserves 

the ability to amend 40 CFR part 272, 

subpart L, for the authorization of 

Hawaii’s program changes at a later 

date. 

J. 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. 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 

described in the Unfunded Mandates 

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 

a 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) do not apply. As required by 

section 3 of Executive Order 12988 (61 

FR 4729, February 7, 1996), in issuing 

this authorization, 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), as amended by 

Executive Order 14008 (86 FR 7619, 

February 1, 2021), 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. 

Because this action authorizes preexisting state rules that 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 authorization is not subject 

to Executive Order 12898. 

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). 

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). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 271 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Confidential business information, 

Hazardous waste, Hazardous waste 

transportation, Intergovernmental 

relations, Penalties, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: April 25, 2022. 

Martha Guzman Aceves, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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47 CFR Part 20 

[GN Docket No. 13–111; FCC 21–82; FR ID 

84137] 

Promoting Technological Solutions To 

Combat Contraband Wireless Device 

Use in Correctional Facilities 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved the information collection 

requirements under OMB Control 

Number 3060–1299 associated with the 

Commission’s rules adopted in the 

Second Report and Order, FCC 21–82, 

governing the disabling of contraband 

wireless devices detected in correctional 

facilities upon satisfaction of certain 

criteria, and the advance notice of 

certain wireless provider network 

changes to promote and maintain 

contraband interdiction system 

effectiveness, and that compliance with 


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