Document ID: EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0086-1026
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Financial Responsibility Requirements Under CERCLA: Facilities in the Chemical Manufacturing Industry; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2020-04-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 75 (Friday, April 17, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 21366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07983]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 320

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0086; FRL-10008-23-OLEM]
RIN 2050-AH05

Financial Responsibility Requirements Under CERCLA Section 108(b) 
for Facilities in the Chemical Manufacturing Industry; Extension of 
Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the 
comment period for the proposed rule entitled ``Financial 
Responsibility Requirements under CERCLA Section 108(b) for Classes of 
Facilities in the Chemical Manufacturing Industry.'' This proposal was 
published on February 21, 2020, and the public comment period was 
scheduled to end on April 21, 2020. However, a number of public 
interest groups have requested additional time to develop and submit 
comments on the proposal. In response to the request for additional 
time, EPA is extending the comment period through May 6, 2020.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 6, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ- 
SFUND-2019-0086, at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 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. 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://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information on this document, 
contact Charlotte Mooney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Resource Conservation and Recovery, Mail Code 5303P, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone (703) 308-7025 or 
(email) mooney.charlotte@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 21, 2020, EPA published in the 
Federal Register a proposal to not impose financial responsibility 
requirements for facilities in the Chemical Manufacturing industry 
under Section 108(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Section 108(b) addresses the 
promulgation of regulations that require classes of facilities to 
establish and maintain evidence of financial responsibility consistent 
with the degree and duration of risk associated with the production, 
transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous 
substances.
    The comment period for the proposed rule was scheduled to end on 
April 21, 2020. Since publication, EPA has received a request from 
several public interest groups to extend that comment period to allow 
for additional time to develop comments on the proposed rule due to 
general disruptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
    After considering this request for additional time, EPA has decided 
to extend the comment period until May 6, 2020.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 320

    Environmental protection, Financial responsibility, Hazardous 
substances, Chemicals.

    Dated: April 10, 2020.
Peter Wright,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Land and Emergency Management.
[FR Doc. 2020-07983 Filed 4-16-20; 8:45 am]
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