Document ID: EPA-R10-RCRA-2009-0766-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Oregon: Proposed Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision
Posted Date: 2009-11-18T05:00Z

[Federal Register: November 18, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 221)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 59497-59501]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 271

[EPA-R-10-RCRA-2009-0766; FRL-8977-2]

 
Oregon: Proposed Authorization of State Hazardous Waste 
Management Program Revision

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: Oregon has applied to EPA for final authorization of certain 
changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act, as amended (RCRA). EPA has reviewed Oregon's 
application and has preliminarily determined that these changes satisfy 
all requirements needed to qualify for final authorization, and is 
proposing to authorize the State's changes.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received by December 18, 
2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R10-
RCRA-2009-0766, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: Kocourek.Nina@epa.gov.
     Mail: Nina Kocourek, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 10, Office of Air, Waste & Toxics (AWT-122), 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Suite 900, Seattle, Washington 98101.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R10-RCRA-
2009-0766. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://
www.regulations.gov, or e-mail. The http://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 e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 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 and with any 
disk or CD-ROM you submit. 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 or any form of encryption, and be free of 
any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public 
docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/
epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://
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whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard

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copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either 
electronically in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy during 
normal business hours at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 10, Office of Air, Waste & Toxics, Mailstop AWT-122, 1200 Sixth 
Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, Washington 98101, contact: Nina Kocourek, 
phone number: (206) 553-6502; or the Oregon Department of Environmental 
Quality, 811 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Oregon, 97204, contact: Scott 
Latham, phone number: (503) 229-5953.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nina Kocourek, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 10, Office of Air, Waste & Toxics (AWT-122), 
1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, Washington 98101, phone number: 
(206) 553-6502, e-mail: kocourek.nina@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Why Are Revisions to State Programs Necessary?

    States which have received final authorization from 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 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 
EPA's regulations codified in Title 40 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) parts 124, 260 through 268, 270, 273, and 279.

B. What Decisions Have We Made in This Proposed Rule?

    EPA has preliminarily determined that Oregon's application to 
revise its authorized program meets all of the statutory and regulatory 
requirements established by RCRA. Therefore, we are proposing to grant 
Oregon final authorization to operate its hazardous waste program with 
the changes described in the authorization application. Oregon will 
have responsibility for permitting Treatment, Storage, and Disposal 
Facilities (TSDFs) within its borders, except in Indian country (18 
U.S.C. 1151), and for carrying out the aspects of the RCRA program 
described in its revised program application, subject to the 
limitations of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA). 
New Federal requirements and prohibitions imposed by Federal 
regulations that EPA promulgates under the authority of HSWA, and which 
are not less stringent than existing requirements, take effect in 
authorized States before the States are authorized for the 
requirements. Thus, EPA will implement those requirements and 
prohibitions in Oregon, including issuing permits, until the State is 
granted authorization to do so.

C. What Will Be the Effect if Oregon Is Authorized for These Changes?

    If Oregon is authorized for these changes, a facility in Oregon 
subject to RCRA will have to comply with the authorized State 
requirements in lieu of the corresponding Federal requirements in order 
to comply with RCRA. Additionally, such persons will have to comply 
with any applicable Federal requirements, such as, for example, HSWA 
regulations issued by EPA for which the State has not received 
authorization, and RCRA requirements that are not supplanted by 
authorized State-issued requirements. Oregon continues to have 
enforcement responsibilities under its State hazardous waste management 
program for violations of this program, but EPA retains its authority 
under RCRA sections 3007, 3008, 3013, and 7003, which includes, among 
others, the authority to:
     Conduct inspections; require monitoring, tests, analyses, 
or reports;
     Enforce RCRA requirements; suspend, terminate, modify or 
revoke permits; and
     Take enforcement actions regardless of whether the State 
has taken its own actions.
    The action to approve these revisions would not impose additional 
requirements on the regulated community because the regulations for 
which Oregon will be authorized are already effective under State law 
and are not changed by the act of authorization.

D. What Happens if EPA Receives Comments on This Action?

    If EPA receives comments on this action, we will address those 
comments in a later final rule. You may not have another opportunity to 
comment. If you want to comment on this authorization, you must do so 
at this time.

E. What Has Oregon Previously Been Authorized for?

    Oregon initially received final authorization on January 30, 1986, 
effective January 31, 1986 (51 FR 3779), to implement the RCRA 
hazardous waste management program. EPA granted authorization for 
changes to Oregon's program on March 30, 1990, effective on May 29, 
1990 (55 FR 11909); August 5, 1994, effective October 4, 1994 (59 FR 
39967); June 16, 1995, effective August 15, 1995 (60 FR 31642); October 
10, 1995, effective December 7, 1995 (60 FR 52629); September 10, 2002, 
effective September 10, 2002 (67 FR 57337); and June 26, 2006 effective 
June 26, 2006 (71 FR 36216) .

F. What Changes Are We Proposing?

    EPA is proposing to authorize revisions to Oregon's authorized 
program described in Oregon's official program revision application, 
submitted to EPA on October 21, 2009 and deemed complete by EPA on 
October 26, 2009. EPA has made a preliminary determination that 
Oregon's hazardous waste program revisions, as described in this 
proposed rule, satisfy the requirements necessary to qualify for final 
authorization. The following table identifies equivalent and more 
stringent State regulatory analogues to the Federal regulations for 
those regulatory revisions for which Oregon is seeking authorization. 
The referenced analogous State authorities were legally adopted and 
effective as of June 25, 2009.

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      Description of Federal                                                 Analogous state authority (Oregon
       requirements CL \1\               Federal Register  reference       Administrative Rules (OAR 340-* * * )
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Land Disposal Restrictions:        67 FR 62618, 11/21/2002...............  -100-0002.
 Treatment Variance for
 Radioactively Contaminated
 Batteries, CL 201.
NESHAP: Standards for Hazardous    67 FR 77687, 12/19/2002...............  -100-0002.
 Air Pollutants for Hazardous
 Waste Combustors--Corrections,
 CL 202.
Hazardous Waste Management         68 FR 44659, 7/30/2003................  -100-0002.
 System; Identification and
 Listing of Hazardous Waste; Used
 Oil Management Standards, CL 203.
NESHAP: Surface Coating of         69 FR 22601, 4/26/2004................  -100-0002.
 Automobiles and Light-Duty
 Trucks, CL 205.

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Non-wastewaters from Dyes and      70 FR 9138, 2/24/2005.................  -100-0002.
 Pigments, CL 206.
Non-wastewaters from Dyes and      70 FR 35032, 6/13/2005................  -100-0002.
 Pigments Correction, CL 206.1.
Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest,  70 FR 10776, 3/4/2005.................  -100-0002.
 CL 207 \2\.
Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest   70 FR 35034, 6/16/2005................  -100-0002.
 Correction, CL 207.1 \3\.
Methods Innovation; SW-846, CL     70 FR 34538, 6/14/2005................  -100-0002.
 208.
Methods Innovation; SW-846         70 FR 44150, 8/1/2005.................  -100-0002.
 Correction, CL 208.1.
Mercury Containing Equipment, CL   70 FR 45508, 8/5/2005.................  -100-0002.
 209.
Headworks Exemption, CL 211......  70 FR 57769, 10/4/2005................  -100-0002.
NESHAP: Phase I Final Replacement  70 FR 59402, 10/12/2005...............  -100-0002.
 Standards, CL 212.
Burden Reduction Rule, CL 213 \3\  71 FR 16862, 4/4/2006.................  -100-0002; -104-0021(1), (2) and (3);
                                                                            -105-0140(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5).
CFR Corrections Rule 1, CL 214...  71 FR 40254, 7/14/2006................  -100-0002.
CRT Exclusion, CL 215............  71 FR 42928, 7/28/2006................  -100-0002.
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\1\ CL (Checklist) is a document that addresses the specific changes made to the Federal regulations by one or
  more related final rules published in the Federal Register. EPA develops these checklists as tools to assist
  States in developing their authorization application and in documenting specific State regulations analogous
  to the Federal regulations. For more information see EPA's RCRA State Authorization Web page at http://
  www.epa.gov/epawaste/osw/laws-regs/state/index.htm.
\2\ Concurrent with the incorporation by reference of this rule package on June 18, 2009, the Environmental
  Quality Commission repealed a State-only hazardous waste manifest rule (OAR 340-102-0060) that had previously
  been authorized by EPA. The State took this action to avoid any potential conflict with the Federal Uniform
  Hazardous Waste Manifest Rules (CL 207 and 207.1) which are incorporated by reference into Oregon's hazardous
  waste rules and effective State law as of June 25, 2009.
\3\ State rule contains some more stringent provisions. For identification of the more stringent State
  provisions refer to the authorization revision application and the Attorney General's statement for this
  proposed rule, as well as see discussion below in Section G of this rule.

G. Where Are the Revised State Rules Different From the Federal Rules?

    This section discusses differences between the revisions Oregon 
proposed to its authorized program and the Federal regulations. EPA's 
preliminary determination is that the State does have more stringent 
requirements related to the Federal Burden Reduction Rule (70 FR 16862, 
April 4, 2006).
    In 1999, EPA initiated a new Federal program, National 
Environmental Performance Track. This was a voluntary program designed 
to recognize facilities that had a sustained record of compliance and 
implemented high quality environmental management systems. EPA provided 
exclusive regulatory and administrative benefits to the Performance 
Track member facilities. The State of Oregon did not participate in the 
Federal National Environmental Performance Track Program. In May 2009, 
EPA terminated the Federal National Performance Track Program (74 FR 
22742, May 14, 2009); therefore there are no current Federal 
Performance Track member facilities. However, EPA did not remove the 
Federal rules applicable to the Performance Track member facilities 
from its regulations, and if EPA's Performance Track Program were 
reinstated these Federal rules would continue to be applicable to 
future member facilities.
    The State incorporated by reference the Federal Burden Reduction 
Rule (70 FR 16862, April 4, 2006), which included special allowances to 
lower priorities on routine inspections for Performance Track member 
facilities. The State also adopted rules which deleted those portions 
of the rule that referenced Federal Performance Track member 
facilities. The effect of deleting those references is that the State's 
rules do not allow any special or administrative benefits for 
Performance Track member facilities. Therefore, the State's rules found 
at OAR 340-104-0021(1), (2) and (3); OAR 340-105-0140(1), (2), (3), (4) 
and (5) are more stringent than those corresponding Federal 
counterparts found at 40 CFR 264.15(b)(4) and (5); 40 CFR 264.174; 40 
CFR 264.195(e)(1); 40 CFR 265.15(b)(4) and (5); 40 CFR 265.174; 40 CFR 
265.195(d); and 40 CFR 265.201(e).

H. Who Handles Permits After the Authorization Takes Effect?

    Oregon will continue to issue permits for all the provisions for 
which it is authorized and administer the permits it issues. If EPA 
issued permits prior to authorizing Oregon for these revisions, these 
permits would continue in force until the effective date of the State's 
issuance or denial of a State hazardous waste permit, at which time EPA 
would modify the existing EPA permit to expire at an earlier date, 
terminate the existing EPA permit for cause, or allow the existing EPA 
permit to otherwise expire by its terms, except for those facilities 
located in Indian Country. EPA will not issue new permits or new 
portions of permits for provisions for which Oregon is authorized after 
the effective date of this authorization. EPA will continue to 
implement and issue permits for HSWA requirements for which Oregon is 
not yet authorized.

I. What Is Codification and Is EPA Codifying Oregon's Hazardous Waste 
Program as Authorized in This Proposed Rule?

    Codification is the process of placing the State's statutes and 
regulations that comprise the State's authorized hazardous waste 
program into the Code of Federal Regulations. This is done by 
referencing the authorized State rules in 40 CFR part 272. EPA is 
reserving the amendment of 40 CFR part 272, Subpart MM for codification 
to a later date.

J. How Would Authorizing Oregon for These Revisions Affect Indian 
Country (18 U.S.C. 1151) in Oregon?

    Oregon is not authorized to carry out its hazardous waste program 
in Indian country, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151. Indian country 
includes: (1) All lands within the exterior boundaries of Indian 
reservations within or abutting the State of Oregon; (2) Any land held 
in trust by the U.S. for an Indian tribe; and (3) Any other land, 
whether on or off an Indian reservation, that qualifies as Indian 
country. Therefore, this action has no effect on Indian country. EPA 
will continue to implement and administer the RCRA program on these 
lands.

K. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    This proposed rule seeks to revise the State of Oregon's authorized 
hazardous waste program pursuant to section 3006

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of RCRA and imposes no requirements other than those currently imposed 
by State law. This proposed rule complies with applicable executive 
orders and statutory provisions as follows:

1. Executive Order 12866

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), the 
Agency must determine whether the regulatory action is ``significant'', 
and therefore subject to OMB review and the requirements of the 
Executive Order. The Executive Order defines ``significant regulatory 
action'' as one that is likely to result in a rule that may: (1) Have 
an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more, or adversely 
affect in a material way, the economy, a sector of the economy, 
productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or 
safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or communities; (2) 
create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action 
taken or planned by another agency; (3) materially alter the budgetary 
impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs, or the 
rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or (4) raise novel legal 
or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's 
priorities, or the principles set forth in the Executive Order. EPA has 
determined that this proposed rule is not a ``significant regulatory 
action'' under the terms of Executive Order 12866 and is therefore not 
subject to OMB review.

2. Paperwork Reduction Act

    This proposed action does not impose an information collection 
burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq., because this proposed rule does not establish or modify 
any information or recordkeeping requirements for the regulated 
community and only seeks to authorize the pre-existing requirements 
under State law and imposes no additional requirements beyond those 
imposed by State law.
    Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources 
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or 
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time 
needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize 
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and 
verifying information, processing, and maintaining information, and 
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to 
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; 
train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; 
search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; 
and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations in Title 40 of the CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.

3. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires Federal 
agencies to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule 
subject to notice and comment rulemaking requirements under the 
Administrative Procedure Act or any other statute unless the agency 
certifies that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on 
a substantial number of small entities. Small entities include small 
businesses, small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions. 
For purposes of assessing the impacts of today's proposed rule on small 
entities, small entity is defined as: (1) A small business defined by 
the Small Business Administration's size regulations at 13 CFR 121.201; 
(2) a small governmental jurisdiction that is a government of a city, 
county, town, school district, or special district with a population of 
less than 50,000; and (3) a small organization that is any not-for-
profit enterprise which is independently owned and operated and is not 
dominant in its field. As part of the State's rule development process, 
the State of Oregon prepared a ``Department of Environmental Quality 
(DEQ) Chapter 340, Proposed Rulemaking Statement of Need and Fiscal and 
Economic Impact'' which included an analysis on impacts to small 
businesses. The State concluded that there are no economic or fiscal 
impacts resulting from DEQ's proposed rulemaking. See the Oregon 
Environmental Quality Commission Agenda, dated June 19, 2009, Action 
Item N--Hazardous Waste Omnibus Rulemaking, Attachment E, for the DEQ 
``Impact to Small Business Analysis'' http://www.deq.state.or.us/about/
eqc/agendas/2009/2009juneEQCagenda.htm. I certify that this proposed 
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities because the proposed rule will only have the 
effect of authorizing pre-existing requirements under State law and 
imposes no additional requirements beyond those imposed by State law. 
EPA continues to be interested in the potential impacts of the proposed 
rule on small entities and welcomes comments on issues related to such 
impacts.

4. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) of 1995 (Pub. 
L. 104-4) establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the 
effects of their regulatory actions on State, local, and tribal 
governments and the private sector. Under section 202 of the UMRA, EPA 
generally must prepare a written statement, including a cost-benefit 
analysis, for proposed and final rules with ``Federal mandates'' that 
may result in expenditures and final rules with ``Federal mandates'' 
that may result in expenditures to State, local, and tribal 
governments, in the aggregate, or to the private sector, of $100 
million or more in any one year. Before promulgating an EPA rule for 
which a written statement is needed section 205 of the UMRA generally 
requires EPA to identify and consider a reasonable number of regulatory 
alternatives and adopt the least costly, most cost-effective or least 
burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of the rule. The 
provisions of section 205 do not apply when they are inconsistent with 
applicable law. Moreover, section 205 allows EPA to adopt an 
alternative other than the least costly, most cost-effective, or least 
burdensome alternative if the Administrator publishes with the rule an 
explanation why the alternative was not adopted. Before EPA establishes 
any regulatory requirements that may significantly or uniquely affect 
small governments, including tribal governments, it must have developed 
under section 203 of the UMRA a small government agency plan. The plan 
must provide for notifying potentially affected small governments, 
enabling officials of affected small governments to have meaningful and 
timely input in the development of EPA regulatory proposals with 
significant Federal intergovernmental mandates, and informing, 
educating, and advising small governments on compliance with the 
regulatory requirements. Today's proposed rule contains no Federal 
mandates (under the regulatory provisions of Title II of the UMRA) for 
State, local, or tribal governments or the private sector. It imposes 
no new enforceable duty on any State, local or tribal governments or 
the private sector. Similarly, EPA has also determined that this 
proposed rule contains no regulatory requirements that might 
significantly or uniquely affect small government entities. Thus, 
today's proposed rule is not subject to the

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requirements of sections 202 and 203 of the UMRA.

5. Executive Order 13132: Federalism

    This proposed rule does not have federalism implications. It 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 various levels of government, as 
specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999). This 
rule proposes to authorize pre-existing State rules. Thus, Executive 
Order 13132 does not apply to this proposed rule. In the spirit of 
Executive Order 13132, and consistent with EPA policy to promote 
communications between EPA and State and local governments, EPA 
specifically solicits comment on this proposed rule from State and 
local officials.

6. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian 
Tribal Governments

    Executive Order 13175, entitled ``Consultation and Coordination 
with Indian Tribal Governments'' (59 FR 22951, November 9, 2000), 
requires EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure ``meaningful 
and timely input by tribal officials in the development of regulatory 
policies that have tribal implications.'' This proposed rule does not 
have tribal implications, as specified in Executive Order 13175 because 
EPA retains its authority over Indian Country. Thus, Executive Order 
13175 does not apply to this proposed rule. EPA specifically solicits 
additional comment on this proposed rule from tribal officials.

7. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental 
Health and Safety Risks

    EPA interprets EO 13045 (62 F.R. 19885, April 23, 1997) as applying 
only to those regulatory actions that concern health or safety risks, 
such that the analysis required under section 5-501 of the EO has the 
potential to influence the regulation. This action is not subject to EO 
13045 because it approves a State program.

8. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy 
Supply, Distribution, or Use

    This proposed rule 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'' as defined under Executive 
Order 12866.

9. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act

    Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement 
Act of 1995 (``NTTAA''), Public Law 104-113, 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272), 
directs EPA to use voluntary consensus standards in its regulatory 
activities unless to do so would be inconsistent with applicable law or 
otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards are technical 
standards (e.g., materials specifications, test methods, sampling 
procedures, and business practices) that are developed or adopted by 
voluntary consensus bodies. The NTTAA directs EPA to provide Congress, 
through OMB, explanations when the Agency decides not to use available 
and applicable voluntary consensus standards. This proposed rulemaking 
does not involve technical standards. Therefore, EPA is not considering 
the use of any voluntary consensus standards.

10. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental 
Justice in Minority Populations and Low Income Populations

    Executive Order (EO) 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. EPA has 
determined that this proposed rule will not have disproportionately 
high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority or 
low-income populations. This proposed rule does not affect the level of 
protection provided to human health or the environment because this 
rule proposes to authorize pre-existing State rules which are 
equivalent to, and no less stringent than existing Federal 
requirements.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 271

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Confidential business information, Hazardous materials transportation, 
Hazardous waste, Indians--lands, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Authority: This proposed 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, 6974(b).

    Dated: October 27, 2009.
Michelle L. Pirzadeh,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.
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