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Federal Register | Hazardous Waste Technical Corrections and Clarifications Rule
40 CFR Parts 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 268 and 270
[EPA-RCRA-2008-0678; FRL-9127-9]
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is taking Direct Final action on a number of technical changes that correct or clarify several parts of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste regulations that relate to hazardous waste identification, manifesting, the hazardous waste generator requirements, standards for owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities, standards for the management of specific types of hazardous waste and specific types of hazardous waste management facilities, the land disposal restrictions program, and the hazardous waste permit program. These changes correct existing errors in the hazardous waste regulations that have occurred over time in numerous final rules published in theFederal Register, such as typographical errors, incorrect or outdated citations, and omissions. Some of the corrections are necessary to make conforming changes to all appropriate parts of the RCRA hazardous waste regulations for new rules that have since been promulgated. In addition, these changes clarify existing parts of the hazardous waste regulatory program and update references to Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations that have changed since the publication of various RCRA hazardous waste final rules.
DATES: This Direct Final Rule is effective on June 16, 2010 without further notice unless EPA receives adverse comments by May 3, 2010. If adverse comment is received, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of the Direct Final rule in theFederal Registerinforming the public that the rule will not take effect.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information on this rulemaking, contact Jim O'Leary, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (MC:5304P), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: (703) 308-8827; or e-mail:oleary.jim@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Why Is EPA Using a Direct Final Rule?
EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because we view this as a non-controversial action and anticipate no adverse comment. However, in the “Proposed Rules” section of today'sFederal Registerpublication, we are publishing a separate document that will serve as the proposed rule to adopt the provisions in this Direct Final rule if adverse comments are filed. 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 rule, see theADDRESSESsection of this document.
If we receive adverse comment on any individual correction, we will publish a timely withdrawal in theFederal Registerto notify the public about a specific paragraph or amendment in the Direct Final rule that will not take effect.
1.Tips for Preparing Your Comments.When submitting comments, remember to:
• Explain why you disagree, suggest alternatives, and substitute language for your requested changes.
• Explain your views as clearly as possible.
IV. Acronyms Acronym Definition CFR United States Code of Federal Regulations. EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency. HSWA Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments. OMB Office of Management and Budget. RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. U.S.C. United States Code. V. Preamble A. What Is the Legal Authority for This Direct Final Rule?
In the process of publishing numerous final rules in theFederal Register, typographical errors, incorrect or outdated citations, and omissions have occurred. Similarly, the Agency has sometimes failed to make conforming changes to all appropriate parts of the RCRA hazardous wasteregulations when new rules were promulgated. These inadvertent errors and oversights have sometimes resulted in confusion and inefficiency on the part of the regulated community and Federal and State regulators implementing the hazardous waste regulatory program.
This rule addresses these problems by correcting the RCRA hazardous waste management regulations—specifically the general requirements under 40 CFR part 260, the hazardous waste identification requirements under 40 CFR part 261, the manifesting and hazardous waste generator requirements under 40 CFR part 262, the hazardous waste transporter requirements under 40 CFR part 263, the related manifesting and emergency preparedness requirements under 40 CFR parts 264 and 265, the requirements for recycling of hazardous wastes in a manner constituting disposal under 40 CFR part 266, the land disposal restrictions requirements under 40 part 268, and the hazardous waste permit program requirements under 40 CFR part 270. Several re-designation and format corrections are also included for severalparagraphs in the permitting and interim status requirements under 40 CFR parts 264 and 265.
Today's Direct Final rule is similar to the Final rule published on July 14, 2006. See 71 FR 40254, Parts 260, 261et al.Hazardous Waste and Used Oil; Corrections to Errors in the Code of Federal Regulations; Final rule. EPA continues to review its regulations for additional technical corrections or errors and will address any such edits in forthcoming rules.
C. Description of Direct Final Amendments to Parts 260-266, 268 and 270 1. Corrections to 40 CFR Part 260 (Hazardous Waste Management System: General)
a. 40 CFR 260.10: In 40 CFR part 260, EPA is amending 40 CFR 260.10 to correct the date cited in the definition of “New hazardous waste management facilityornew facility.”The date is changed from “October 21, 1976” to “November 19, 1980.” This date refers to the date a facility began operation, or for which construction commenced.
Several commenters pointed out what they perceived as a serious fault inSection 3005(e) of RCRA, which is that the Section limits interim status toowners and operators of facilities “in existence” on or before October 21,1976. The statute requires that, in order to operate legally, facilities which havecome into existence after October 21, 1976, must obtain a permit by theeffective date of the Section 3005 regulations (i.e.,within 180 days afterthe promulgation date of the regulations). Because it is unlikely thatpermits can be issued within 180 days for all facilities not “in-existence” byOctober 21, 1976, the commenters felt that the language of the statute wasunfair to the owners and operators of these facilities.
“EPA agrees that the language of the statute as it now stands would make the RCRA program unworkable. However, the language of RCRA is clear and EPAhas had no alternative but to follow it in the regulations. As the preamble to thePart 122 regulations discusses, EPA expects that amendments to RCRA nowin conference will be passed shortly and will cure this problem.”(45 FR 33068, May 19, 1980)
Therefore, EPA is amending § 260.10 to make this conforming change by revising the date “October 21, 1976” to read “November 19, 1980.” More specifically, the regulatory citation will read as follows:
“New hazardous waste management facilityornew facility”means a facility which began operation, or for which construction commenced after November 19, 1980.”
Note that the definition at § 260.10 for “Existing hazardous waste management facility” includes the correct date (i.e.,November 19, 1980), which further supports this conforming change.
a. 40 CFR 261.1(c)(10): In 40 CFR part 261, EPA is amending this paragraph to correct a citation error by revising “§ 261.4(a)(13)” to read “§ 261.4(a)(14)” in the parenthetical note at the end of paragraph (c)(10). 40 CFR 261.1(c)(10) defines “Processed scrap metal.” As part of this definition, the parenthetical note at the end of the paragraph states:
“(Note:shredded circuit boards being sent for recycling are not considered processed scrap metal. They are covered under the exclusion from the definition of solid waste for shredded circuit boards being recycled (§ 261.4(a)(13)).”
However, § 261.4(a)(13) relates to excluded scrap metal, not shredded circuit boards. The correct citation for shredded circuit boards being recycled is found at § 261.4(a)(14). Thus, we are correcting this incorrect citation.
b. 40 CFR 261.2(c), Table 1: In 40 CFR part 261, EPA is amending § 261.2(c), Table 1 by removing the phrase, “Scrap metal other than excluded scrap metal (see 261.1(c)(9))” and replacing it with “Scrap metal that is not excluded under § 261.4(a)(13).” This change more concisely describes scrap metal that is subject to the RCRA Subtitle C regulations, namely regulated scrap metal. This phrase also is consistent with paragraph 40 CFR 261.6(a)(3)(ii) related to the requirements for regulated scrap metal.
c. 40 CFR 261. 4(a)(17)(vi): In 40 CFR part 261, EPA is amending § 261.4(a)(17)(vi) to correct a citation error by revising the citation “paragraph (a)(7)” to read “paragraph (b)(7).”
The reference to “paragraph (a)(7),” which relates to spent sulfuric acid, was incorrectly revised in the final rule published in 67 FR 11254 (March 13, 2002) and should have properly referred to paragraph (b)(7). Thus, we are correcting this incorrect citation.
d. 40 CFR 261.5(e)(1): In 40 CFR part 261, EPA is amending this paragraph to read, “A total of one kilogram of acute hazardous wastes listed in §§ 261.31 or 261.33(e).”
This change removes a reference to acute hazardous wastes listed under “§ 261.32,” because currently, there are no acute hazardous wastes listed in § 261.32.
e. 40 CFR 261.5(e)(2): In 40 CFR part 261, EPA is amending this paragraph to remove the reference to acute hazardous wastes listed under “§ 261.32,” because, as noted previously, there are no acute hazardous wastes listed in § 261.32.
EPA is also amending the parenthetical comment at the end of § 261.5(e)(2) to correct the term “generators of greater than 1,000 kg” to read “generators of 1,000 kg or greater” and to eliminate the redundant term “non-acutely.”
Specifically, § 261.5(e) addresses those amounts of acute hazardous waste that are subject to full regulation under 40 CFR parts 262-268, 270, and 124, and the notification requirements of Section 3010 of RCRA. At the end of § 261.5(e)(2) is a comment which reads:
This comment describes full regulation as regulations applicable to generators of greater than 1,000 kg of non-acutely hazardous waste in a calendar month (a large quantity generator), but 40 CFR 262.34(d) lists conditions for facilities who generate greater than 100 kg but less than 1,000 kg of hazardous waste in a calendar month (e.g.,a small quantity generator). Therefore, facilities that generate exactly 1,000 kg are not included in either range. At 40 CFR 262.34(g) and (h), we state that generators who generate 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste per month and generators that generate greater than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste per calendar month (as this quantity relates to generators of wastewater treatment sludges from electroplating operations (EPA Hazardous Waste No. F006)) are subject to the same regulatory standards. Likewise, at 40 CFR 262.34(j), we state that generators who generate 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste per calendar month and generators that generate greater than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste per calendar month (as this quantity relates to members of the Performance Track program) are subject to the same regulatory standards.1 Therefore, our intent always has been to regulate facilities generating exactly 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste in a calendar month the same as those generators who generate greater than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste in a calendar month (i.e.,large quantity generators) rather than the requirements for facilities generating greater than 100 kilograms in a calendar month, but less than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste in a calendar month, (i.e.,small quantity generators). Clarifying the parenthetical comment at the end of § 261.5(e)(2) resolves the inconsistency that exists between this comment and §§ 262.34(d), 262.34(g), 262.34(h) and 262.34(j).
1EPA terminated the Performance Track Program on May 14, 2009 (74 FR 22741) and thus the program's incentives, including the hazardous waste incentives, are no longer available. EPA plans to take steps to rescind the final rules that enabled these incentives.
This paragraph currently refers to “in quantities of less than 100 kilograms of hazardous waste” which is inconsistent with 40 CFR 261.5 (a) which describes a conditionally exempt small quantity generator as one who generates no more than 100 kilograms of hazardous waste in a calendar month (i.e.,100 kilograms or less). Thus, this change makes 40 CFR 261.5(g) consistent with 40 CFR 261.5(a).
h. 40 CFR 261.5(g)(2): In 40 CFR part 261, EPA is amending this paragraph to read, “The conditionally exempt small quantity generator may accumulate hazardous waste on-site. If he accumulates at any time more than a total of 1,000 kilograms of his hazardous wastes, all of those accumulated wastes are subject to regulation under the special provisions of part 262 applicable to generators of greater than 100 kg and less than 1000 kg of hazardous waste in a calendar month as well as the requirements of parts 263 through 268, and parts 270 and 124 of this chapter, and the applicable notification requirements of section 3010 of RCRA. The time period of § 262.34(d) for accumulation of wastes on-site begins for a conditionally exempt small quantity generator when the accumulated wastes exceed 1000 kilograms;”
This change clarifies the amount of hazardous wastes a generator can generate in a calendar month and still be classified as a small quantity generator;e.g.,greater than 100 kilograms but less than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste in a calendar month. Similarly, this change is consistent with paragraphs § 262.34(d)-(f).2
2The Agency is also adding part 267 to this CFR section,i.e.,§ 261.5(g). See discussion later in the preamble for the basis of this change.
i. 40 CFR 261.6(a)(2): In 40 CFR part 261, EPA is making a conforming change to add “268” to § 261.6(a)(2) so that it reads “* * * and all applicable provisions in parts 268, 270, and 124 of this chapter.” This change is necessary to be clear that the requirements of part 268 are applicable to the subject of this provision (recycled wastes regulated under part 266). An examination of § 261.6(a)(3) clearly shows that the Agency was aware that Part 268 is applicable to recycled wastes. Thus, the failure to cite part 268 in paragraph (a)(2) was an oversight. A December 20, 1989 memo from EPA Headquarters to EPA Region 1 (RCRA Online 11482), a copy of which is included in today's docket, explained this oversight and the need to correct this error in a future rulemaking.
j. 40 CFR 261.6(a)(2)(ii): In 40 CFR part 261, EPA is amending § 261.6(a)(2)(ii) to read “Hazardous waste burned (as defined in section 266.100(a)) in boilers and industrial furnaces that are not regulated under subpart O of part 264 or 265 of this chapter (40 CFR part 266, subpart H).”
Specifically, § 261.6(a)(2) indicates which subparts of part 266 govern the management of certain recycled materials. Paragraph § 261.6(a)(2)(ii) currently indicates that hazardous waste burned for energy recovery in boilers and industrial furnaces is covered under Subpart H of part 266. Prior to 1991, hazardous waste burned for energy recovery was subject to Subpart D of part 266, and § 261.6(a)(2)(ii) specifically referred to Subpart D. In1991, the boiler and industrial furnace rule expanded the scope of the part 266 boiler and industrial furnace regulations to address burning for both energy recovery and materials recovery, and the Subpart D regulations were replaced with regulations under Subpart H of part 266. The 1991 rule amended the reference in § 261.6(a)(2)(ii) from subpart D to subpart H of part 266, but inadvertently omitted the parallel conforming change to the text of (a)(2)(ii) to reflect the expanded scope of the regulations, which now cover both burning for energy recovery and burning for material recovery. This amendment makes that conforming change.
k. 40 CFR 261.7(a)(1), (a)(2), (b)(1) and (b)(3): In 40 CFR part 261, EPA is making conforming changes to §§ 261.7(a)(1) and (a)(2) to add “part 266.”
Specifically, an examination of theFederal Registerfrom 1980 to the present reveals that §§ 261.7(a)(1) and (a)(2) have been amended several times to include additional parts to the list of applicable regulations as the RCRA regulatory program evolved. As examples, paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of § 261.7 were amended in 1983 (48 FR 14294) to remove part 122 and substitute part 270; were amended in 1986 to include part 268 (the Land Disposal Restrictions program) (51 FR 40637); and were amended again in 2005 to incorporate part 267 (the Standardized Permit program) (70 FR 53453). However, references to part 266, which addresses Standards for the Management of Specific Hazardous Wastes and Specific Types of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities, were not added when part 266 was promulgated. Because part 266 is one of the parts applicable to the wastes discussed in § 261.7, it should have been added to the lists of applicable parts. The Agency is now correcting this oversight.
In this section, EPA is also amending paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(3) to remove the reference to acute hazardous wastes listed in “§ 261.32,” because currently, there are no acute hazardous wastes listed in § 261.32.
m. 40 CFR 261.30(d). In 40 CFR part 261, EPA is amending this paragraph to read, “The following hazardous wastes listed in § 261.31 are subject to the exclusion limits for acutely hazardous wastes established in § 261.5: EPA Hazardous Wastes Nos. F020, F021, F022, F023, F026 and F027.”
The existing paragraph indicates that acutely hazardous wastes are listed in § 261.31 and § 261.32. However, because there are no acute hazardous wastes currently listed in § 261.32, we are removing the reference to § 261.32.
n. 40 CFR 261.31: In 40 CFR part 261, EPA is amending the listing for EPA Hazardous Waste No. F037 by correcting the phrase “* * * oil cooling wastewaters” to read “* * * oily cooling wastewaters.” It is clear from the 1990 and 1998Federal Registernotices promulgating and subsequently revising this listing that the correct phrase is “oily cooling wastewaters” (55 FR 46396 and 63 FR 42185, respectively). This phrase is also consistent with the listing description of F037 and F038 in the table in 40 CFR 268.40 and Table 302.4—List of Hazardous Substances and Reportable Quantities.
p. 40 CFR 261.32: In 40 CFR part 261, EPA is amending the table in this section to remove the section headings that have no waste codes included: “Primary Copper:”, “Primary Lead:”, “Primary Zinc:”; and “Ferroalloys:”.
r. Part 261, APPENDIX VII: In 40 CFR part 261, EPA is amending this section to remove the entries “K064,” “K065,” “K066,” “K090,” and “K091.” In the final rule published in 64 FR 56470 (October 20, 1999), see also 63 FR 28599-29600, May 26, 1998, EPA removed these K-listed wastes from § 261.32, but failed to make the necessary conforming changes in Appendix VII of part 261. This amendment makes that conforming change.
In 40 CFR part 262, EPA is amending the following sections in order to clarify regulatory citations and address incorrect citations: Sections 262.10, 262.11, 262.23,3 262.34, 262.41, 262.42 and 262.60.4
3Discussed under section V.C.10.
4 Note:The changes at 40 CFR 262.10, 262.11 and 262.41 refer to the conforming change to include part 267.
a. 40 CFR 262.34(a): In 40 CFR part 262, EPA is amending this paragraph by revising 40 CFR 262.34(a) to read, “A generator who generates 1,000 kilograms or greater of hazardous waste in a calendar month, or greater than 1 kg of acute hazardous waste listed in §§ 261.31 or 261.33(e) in a calendar month, may accumulate hazardous waste on-site for 90 days or less without a permit or without having interim status, provided that:”
Specifically, the current language in 40 CFR 262.34(a) fails to clarify that this paragraph applies to large quantity generators only—that is, generators who generate 1,000 kilograms or greater of hazardous waste in a calendar month, or greater than 1 kg of acute hazardous waste listed in §§ 261.31 or 261.33(e) in a calendar month. Small quantity generators can accumulate hazardous waste on site for 180 days (or 270 daysif he must transport his waste or offer his waste for transportation over a distance of 200 miles or more) or less without a permit or without having interim status.
This amendment is necessary because this sentence stating the requirements for large quantity generators closing their waste accumulation units is incorrectly and awkwardly found after 40 CFR 262.34 (a)(1)(iv)(B), when it should be elsewhere in the regulation. That is, this section of the regulations has no relationship to the closure requirements, but instead addresses the documentation needed by a large quantity generator accumulating hazardous waste in containment buildings to demonstrate that the unit has been emptied at least once every 90 days. Thus, requirements for large quantity generators closing their 90-day waste accumulation units should properly be located in another portion of this regulation. EPA has expressed this same intent in a Hotline document in the December 1998 Hotline Monthly Report entitled, Generator Closure Requirements, a copy of which is included in today's docket. (Also see RCRA Online 14321.5 )
5RCRA Online is an electronic database of selected letters, memoranda, questions and answers, publications, and other outreach materials, written by EPA's Office of Solid Waste (now the Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery) since 1980.
c. 40 CFR 262.34(a)(2)—as related to Marking:In 40 CFR part 262, EPA is amending this paragraph by revising 40 CFR 262.34(a)(2) to read “each container and tank” instead of “each container.”
Specifically, § 262.34(a)(3) makes clear that displaying the words “Hazardous Waste” is required for both containers and tanks accumulating waste, but the words “and tank” were inadvertently omitted from the text of § 262.34(a)(2) which discusses displaying the accumulation start date. In the preamble to the March 24, 1986Federal Register(51 FR 10146 and 51 FR 10160), EPA makes clear that under 40 CFR 262.34 both containers and tanks must be marked with accumulation start dates. EPA also explained that both containers and tanks must be marked with accumulation start dates in the June 2003 RCRA Call Center Monthly Report, a copy of which is included in today's docket. This amendment corrects this omission.
e. 40 CFR 262.34(b): Consistent with the changes being made in section 262.34(a) of today's Direct Final rule, EPA is amending 40 CFR 262.34 by revising the first sentence of 40 CFR 262.34(b) to read, “A generator of 1,000 kilograms or greater of hazardous waste in a calendar month, or greater than 1 kg of acute hazardous waste listed in §§ 261.31 or 261.33(e) in a calendar month, who accumulates hazardous waste or acute hazardous waste for more than 90 days is an operator of a storage facility and is subject to the requirements of 40 CFR parts 264, 265 and 267 and the permit requirements of 40 CFR 270 unless he has been granted an extension to the 90-day period.” (See discussion in section V.3.a regarding paragraph 262.34(a) for explanation of change.)
f. 40 CFR 262.34(c)(1): EPA is amending 40 CFR 262.34 by revising 40 CFR 262.34(c)(1) to read: “A generator may accumulate as much as 55 gallons of hazardous waste or one quart of acutely hazardous waste listed in § 261.31 or § 261.33(e) in containers at or near any point of generation where wastes initially accumulate which is under the control of the operator of the process generating the waste, without a permit or interim status and without complying with paragraphs (a) or (d) of this section provided he:”
This revision clarifies that the satellite accumulation provisions for large quantity generators also are applicable to small quantity generators, and that this provision applies to acutely hazardous wastes listed under § 261.31 as well. As currently constructed, the regulatory citations at 40 CFR 262.34 associated with satellite accumulation are only found under the requirements for large quantity generators, or paragraph (a). The preamble to the final rule promulgating this provision published in the March 24, 1986Federal Registermakes clear that the satellite accumulation provisions also are applicable to small quantity generators. The regulatory text omitted the appropriate reference to implement this intent. See 51 FR 10162. In addition, other EPA documents state that the satellite accumulation provisions apply to small quantity generators as well. See, for example, Memorandum from Robert Springer, Director Office of Solid Waste to Regions 1-10,Frequently Asked Questions about Satellite Accumulation Areas,March 17, 2004 (RO 14703), a copy of which is included in today's docket.
With respect to including acutely hazardous wastes listed under § 261.31, when the dioxin listings for acutelyhazardous wastes listed under § 261.31 were promulgated in 1985 (see 50 FR 2000), we failed to make conforming changes to the satellite accumulation regulations found at 40 CFR 262.34 (c)(1) and (c)(2) which were promulgated in 1984. This amendment corrects this omission.
g. 40 CFR 262.34(c)(2): EPA is amending 40 CFR 262.34 by revising 40 CFR 262.34(c)(2) to read: “A generator who accumulates either hazardous waste or acutely hazardous waste listed in § 261.31 or § 261.33(e) in excess of the amounts listed in paragraph (c)(1) of this section at or near any point of generation must, with respect to that amount of excess waste, comply within three days with paragraph (a) of this section or other applicable provisions of this chapter.
h. 40 CFR 262.42(a)(1), (a)(2), and (c)—Exception Reporting: In 40 CFR part 262, EPA is amending both 40 CFR 262.42(a)(1) and (a)(2) to read, “A generator of 1,000 kilograms or greater of hazardous waste in a calendar month, or greater than1 kg of acute hazardous waste listed in §§ 261.31 or 261.33(e) in a calendar month * * *” Also, EPA is adding paragraph (c) to this section to require a generator to comply with this provision when a designated facility re-ships a generator's hazardous waste shipment of rejected loads or container residues to an alternate facility for further hazardous waste management. This correction is discussed in Section V.C.10 below, along with other corrections and clarifications to the hazardous waste manifest regulations.
Specifically, the current language in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) at 40 CFR 262.42 incorrectly describes the exception reporting requirements as applying only to generators of “greater than 1000 kilograms of hazardous waste” in a calendar month, when it should properly address such requirements for large quantity generators (i.e.,those generators generating 1,000 kilograms or greater of hazardous waste or greater than 1 kg of acute hazardous waste listed in § 261.31 or § 261.33(e) in a calendar month). These amendments are further supported by the language in paragraphs § 262.34(d), § 262.34(g), § 262.34(h) and § 262.34(j) cited under 40 CFR 261.5(e).
i. 40 CFR 262.60(b)—Imports of Hazardous Waste: In 40 CFR part 262, EPA is amending 40 CFR 262.60(b) to replace “§ 262.20 (a)” with “§ 262.20.”
Specifically, paragraph 262.60(b) incorrectly states that “when importing hazardous waste, a person must meet all the requirements of § 262.20(a) for the manifest except that * * *” However § 262.20(a) is only one component of the hazardous waste manifest requirements that facilities must meet in either transporting or importing hazardous wastes. To comply with this requirement only, and no other, would be a violation of the hazardous waste manifest requirements. EPA made this error in the original import regulations (see 51 FR 28685, August 8, 1986) and is now amending this section to reflect the Agency's intent.
In 40 CFR part 264, EPA is amending the following sections in order to include correct citations, clarify regulatory requirements that are either cited elsewhere inFederal Registernotices or documents published in RCRA Online, and incorporate conforming changes: Sections 264.52, 264.56, 264.72,6 264.314, 264.316, and 264.552.
6Discussed under Section V.C.10.
a. 40 CFR 264.52—Content of contingency plan: EPA is amending § 264.52(b) by removing the phrase “or part 1510 of chapter V,” since part 1510 of chapter V no longer exists.
b. 40 CFR 264.56—Emergency Procedures: Consistent with the change being made in 40 CFR 264.52, EPA is amending § 264.56(d)(2) by removing the parenthetical phrase “(in the applicable regional contingency plan under part 1510 of this title),” since this provision no longer exists.
c. 40 CFR 264.314(d) and 264.316(b): The Burden Reduction Rule (71 FR 16906, April 4, 2006) deleted the obsolete paragraph (a) in § 264.314 and moved up the rest of the paragraphs in that section. Thus, paragraphs (b) through (f) were re-designated paragraphs (a) through (e). In doing this, the Burden Reduction Rule failed to update the cross-references in paragraph 264.314(d) from “(e)(1)” to “(d)(1)” and “(e)(2)” to “(d)(2),” and failed to update the cross-reference in § 264.316(b) from “§ 264.314(e)” to “§ 264.314(d)”. Today's rule corrects these errors.
d. 40 CFR 264.552(a)(3): As discussed under 40 CFR 264.314 (section V.4.c), the Burden Reduction Rule (71 FR 16906, April 4, 2006) deleted the obsolete paragraph 264.314(a) and moved up the rest of the paragraphs in that section. Thus, paragraphs (b) through (f) were re-designated paragraphs (a) through (e). In doing this, the Burden Reduction Rule failed to update the cross-references in § 264.552 to these re-designated paragraphs. Today's rule corrects this as follows: Paragraph 264.552(a)(3)(ii) revises the citation “§ 264.314(d)” to read “§ 264.314(c)”; paragraph 264.552(a)(3)(iii) revises the citation “§ 264.314(f)” to read “§ 264.314(e)”; and paragraph 264.552(a)(3)(iv) revises the citation “§ 264.314(c)” to read “§ 264.314(b)” and “§ 264.314(e)” to read “§ 264.314(d).”
e. 40 CFR 264.552(e)(4)(iv)(F): Today's rule revises the citation in § 264.552(e)(4)(iv)(F) from “260.11(a)(11)” to read “260.11(c)(3)(v).” The Corrective Action Management Units (CAMUs) final rule (67 FR 3025, January 22, 2002), in § 264.552(e)(4)(iv)(F), provided for a variance from the “Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure” (TCLP), SW846 Method 1311, and incorrectly cited “40 CFR 260.11(11)” for Method 1311. This reference was an improper citation format. It should have read “40 CFR 260.11(a)(11).” EPA then significantly reorganized and revised 40 CFR 260.11 (70 FR 34538, June 14, 2005), without making the corresponding revision to the citation in § 264.552(e)(4)(iv)(F). However, the June 14, 2005 revision (at 70 FR 34560) also added a new § 260.11(c)(3)(v) referencing Method 1311. The EPA CFR Corrections rule (71 FR 40273, July 14, 2006) corrected the original § 264.552(e)(4)(iv)(F) citation to read “40 CFR 260.11(a)(11),” the paragraph that in 2002 correctly referred to SW846, which includes Method 1311. But, because of the June 14, 2005 revisions, the correct citation in the July 14, 2006 CFR corrections rule should have been “§ 260.11(c)(3)(v).”
In 40 CFR part 265, EPA is amending the following sections in order to include correct citations, clarify particular regulatory requirements that are either cited elsewhere inFederal Registernotices or documents published in RCRA Online, and incorporate conforming changes:Sections 265.52, 265.56, 265.72,7 265.314 and 265.316.
7Discussed under Section V.C.10.
a. 40 CFR 265.52—Content of contingency plan: EPA is amending § 265.52(b) by removing the phrase “or part 1510 of chapter V,” since part 1510 of chapter V no longer exists.
b. 40 CFR 265.56—Emergency Procedures: Consistent with the change being made in 40 CFR 265.52, EPA is amending § 265.56(d)(2) by removing the parenthetical phrase “(in the applicable regional contingency plan under part 1510 of this title),” since the provision no longer exists.
c. 40 CFR 265.314(e) and 265.316(b): As discussed under the sections on 40 CFR 264.314 and 264.316 above (section V.4.c), today's rule corrects some errors made in the Burden Reduction Rule (71 FR 16912, April 4, 2006) in 40 CFR 264.314(e) and 264.316(b). We are also making the same corrections to the corresponding part 265 provisions, which are identical in language to the part 264 provisions. Specifically, the 2006 Burden Reduction Rule deleted obsolete paragraph (a) in § 265.314 and moved up the rest of the paragraphs in that section. Thus, paragraphs (b) through (g) became re-designated as paragraphs (a) through (f). In doing this, the Burden Reduction Rule failed to update the cross-references in paragraph 265.314(e) from “(f)(1)” to “(e)(1)” and “(f)(2)” to “(e)(2),” and failed to update the cross-reference in § 265.316(b) from “§ 265.314(f)” to “§ 265.314(e).” Today's rule corrects these errors.
40 CFR 266.20—Subpart C—Recyclable Materials Used in a Manner Constituting Disposal: EPA is amending § 266.20(b) by adding at the end of this paragraph the phrase, “and the recycler complies with § 268.7(b)(6).”
Specifically, when EPA promulgated § 268.7(b)(6), the Agency failed to make the conforming change at § 266.20(b) to clarify that the recycler must comply with the one-time certification requirement described at § 268.7(b)(4) for the initial shipment of the waste, and a one-time notification under paragraph § 268.7(b)(3). This correction addresses this oversight.
—§ 261.5(b), (e) and (f)(2), and (g)(2) —§ 261.6(a)(3), (c)(1) and (d) —§ 261.7(a)(2) —§ 261.30(c) —§ 262.10(f), (j)(1) and (k). —§ 262.11(d) —§ 262.34(b), (f), and (i) —§ 262.41(b) —§ 263.12 —§ 266.22, 266.70(d), 266.80(b), 266.101(c)(1) and (c)(2) 8. Corrections to Part 268 (Land Disposal Restrictions)
In 40 CFR 268.40, EPA is also amending the table, Treatment Standards for Hazardous Wastes, for the waste codes K156, K157 and K158 by reinserting the parenthetical sentence, “(This listing does not apply to wastes generated from the manufacture of 3-iodo-2-propynyl n-butylcarbamate.)” As a result of the November 1, 1996, ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit inDithiocarbamate Task Forcev.EPA,EPA added to the 40 CFR 268.40 table “Treatment Standards for Hazardous Wastes,” at the end of the “Waste description * * *” column for the entries for K156, K157, and K158, the parenthetical sentence “(This listing does not apply to wastes generated from the manufacture of 3-iodo-2-propynyl n-butylcarbamate).” (See 62FR32979, June 17, 1997.) This same parenthetical sentence was also added by the June 17, 1997Federal Registernotice under the entries for K156, K157, and K158 in the following two tables: 40 CFR 261.32 Listed hazardous wastes from specific sources and 40 CFR Table 302.4 List of Hazardous Substances and Reportable Quantities (62 FR 32977 and 32980, respectively). This parenthetical sentence still exists in these latter two tables, but was inadvertently deleted from the § 268.40 table under all three entries (K156-158) by 63 FR 28706-8, May 26, 1998. The purpose of this section of theFederal Register,as discussed in the preamble at 63 FR 28623, was to modify the entry in the § 268.40 table for U108; there was no mention of any revisions to the entries for K156-158. Yet when this table was recreated to reflect the U108 revision, the parenthetical sentence at the end of K156-158 was inadvertently deleted.
b. 40 CFR 268.48: At 59 FR 48103, September 19, 1994, EPA added § 268.48 and a table containing Universal Treatment Standards, including treatment standard entries in the table for “bis(2-Ethylhexyl)phthalate” and for “Hexachloropropylene.” The entries for these two chemicals appear in the 1995-1998 Code of Federal Regulations. They also appear in this same table in the 1998 Phase IV Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) Final Rule (63 FR 28744, May 26, 1998). By mistake, these entries do not appear in the same table in the 1999 Code of Federal Regulations, or in any CFR since then. There are no FR notices removing these entries. EPA is today restoring these two entries as they first appeared in 1994, and continued unchanged through 1998.
40 CFR 270.4(a): Today's rule restores the following sentence at the end of § 270.4(a): “However, a permit may be modified, revoked and reissued, or terminated during its term for cause as set forth in §§ 270.41 and 270.43, or the permit may be modified upon the request of the permittee as set forth in § 270.42.” (except that today's rule deletes the introductory word “However,”). The first part of this sentence was promulgated on April 1, 1983 (48 FR 14232). EPA attempted to add the last phrase of this sentence on September 28, 1988 (53 FR 37935), but was not able tobecause EPA had inadvertently deleted the first part of this sentence December 1, 1987 (52 FR 45799). In order to reinstate the missing sentence, EPA is today re-designating the introductory text of paragraph (a) as (a)(1); re-designating paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3) and (a)(4) as paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii), (a)(1)(iii) and (a)(1)(iv), respectively; and reinstating the missing sentence in a new paragraph (a)(2).
The current exception reporting requirements in 40 CFR § 262.42 require a generator to file an exception report when a copy of that signed original manifest is not received from the designated facility within the specified time frame. EPA also intended to include, but inadvertently omitted in the 2005 final manifest rule, exception reporting for hazardous waste shipments forwarded to an alternate facility by a designated facility using a new manifest (following the procedures of CFR 264.72(e)(1)-(6)). Specifically, EPA intended to require the generator to comply with the exception reporting requirements of 40 CFR 262.42 (a) or (b) when a designated facility forwards rejected wastes or container residues to an alternate facility using a new manifest. Today's rule corrects this inadvertent omission.
When a designated facility forwards to an alternate facility shipments of rejected loads or container residues under a new manifest, it is important for the designated facility alsoto send the generator a copy of the new manifest indicating the date on which the shipment was accepted by the initial transporter that is transporting the rejected hazardous waste or container residues to the alternate facility. Otherwise, the generator cannot reasonably determine that the alternate facility received the shipment in the appropriate time frame in order to fulfill its various obligations under the manifest regulations. EPA intended to include, but inadvertently omitted, this requirement in the manifest rule. Today's rule corrects this inadvertent omission.
This approach provides the most straightforward facility-to-generator tracking of waste shipments and was explained in the preamble to the May 22, 2001, proposed rule (66 FR 28240). In response to requests for clarification of this issue from the regulated community and State waste management officials, EPA's Office of Solid Waste (OSW) issued a memorandum (May 14, 2007) from Matt Hale, OSW Office Director, to the Regional Waste Division Directors and RCRA Enforcement Managers acknowledging this error and recommending that manifests should beconsidered compliant if, in cases of rejected wastes and container residues, designated facilities entered their own information in Item 5 of the new manifest. In addition, the memo indicated that EPA would correct this error in the future. A copy of this memo is in the Docket for this rulemaking.
Table 1—Manifest Related Omissions and Inaccuracies Corrected in Today's Direct Final Rule Citation Action in today's
Summary of added or corrected provision Type of shipment affected (RW&CR =
rejected waste and container residues)
262.23(f) Add new paragraph (f) Generator (recipient of shipment) must:
—sign/complete the manifest.
—provide a copy of the completed manifest to transporter.
—send a copy of the completed manifest to the Designated Facility (originator of shipment).
—keep a copy of completed manifest.
RW&CR returned from Designated Facility to Generator using a new or an original manifest. 262.42(c) Add new paragraph (c) Generator must file an exception report if a copy of the signed new manifest is not received from the alternate facility within a specified time frame RW&CR forwarded from Designated Facility to Alternate Facility using a new manifest. 264.72(e)(6) and 265.72 (e)(6) Add new provision to existing paragraph (6) Designated Facility must send copy of new manifest to the Generator RW&CR forwarded from Designated Facility to Alternate Facility using a new manifest. 264.72(f)(1) and 265.72 (f)(1) Correct paragraph (1) Designated Facility must enter its own information in Box 5 of the manifest RW&CR returned from Designated Facility to Generator using a new manifest. 264.72(f)(7) and 265.72 (f)(7) Correct references in paragraph (7) Designated Facility using original manifest need not comply with new paragraph (8) RW&CR returned from Designated Facility to Generator using the original manifest. 264.72(f)(8) and 265.72 (f)(8)