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We have analyzed this rule under
Commandant Instruction M16475.lD
and Department of Homeland Security
Management Directive 5100.1, which
guides the Coast Guard in complying
with the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–
4370f), and have concluded that there
are no factors in this case that would
limit the use of a categorical exclusion
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prohibited except as specifically
authorized by the Captain of the Port or
a Captain of the Port Representative.
The general requirements of § 165.23
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(2) Persons or vessels requiring entry
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Port, or his Representative, unless the
Captain of the Port previously
announced via Marine Safety Radio
Broadcast on VHF Marine Band Radio
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the public of changes in the status of
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Thursday from January 25, 2008 through
February 28, 2008.
Dated: January 23, 2008.
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the Port, North Carolina.
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107–295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department of
Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1
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Safety Zone: Trent River between New
Bern and James City, North Carolina.
(a) Regulated area: The following area
is a safety zone: waters of the Trent
River, from the Norfolk Southern
Railroad Bridge and Union Point New
Bern, NC to the U.S. Route 17 Highway
Bridge at James City, NC, latitude 35°06′
N, longitude 77°02′ W. All coordinates
reference Datum NAD 1983.
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Representative any Coast Guard
commissioned, warrant, or petty officer
who has been authorized by the Captain
of the Port to act on his behalf.
(c) Regulations: (1) In accordance with
the general regulations in § 165.23 of
this part, entry into this zone is
prohibited unless authorized by the
Captain of the Port or a Captain of the
Port Representative. All vessel
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 239 and 258
[EPA–R07–RCRA–2006–0878; FRL–8523–2]
Adequacy of Nebraska Municipal Solid
Waste Landfill Program
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This action approves
Nebraska’s Research, Development and
Demonstration (RD&D) permit program
and updates to the approved Municipal
Solid Waste Landfill Permit (MSWLP)
program. On March 22, 2004, the EPA
issued final regulations allowing RD&D
permits to be issued to certain
municipal solid waste landfills by
approved States. On September 27,
2006, Nebraska submitted an
application to the EPA seeking Federal
approval of its RD&D requirements and
to update Federal approval of its
MSWLP Program. On November 16,
2006, the EPA published direct final
and proposed rules to approve the
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application on January 16, 2007, if
adverse comment was not received. EPA
received adverse comment and
withdrew the direct final rule on
January 16, 2007. This action addresses
the comment and approves the Nebraska
application.
DATES: This final determination is
effective January 31, 2008.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–R07–RCRA–2006–0878. All
documents in the docket are listed on
the https://www.regulations.gov web site.
Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
i.e., CBI or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on
the Internet and will be publicly
available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically through
https://www.regulations.gov or in hard
copy at the Environmental Protection
Agency, Solid Waste/Pollution
Prevention Branch, 901 North 5th
Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. The
Regional Office’s official hours of
business are Monday through Friday,
8:00 to 4:30 excluding Federal holidays.
The interested persons wanting to
examine these documents should make
an appointment with the office at least
24 hours in advance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chilton McLaughlin, EPA Region 7,
Solid Waste/Pollution Prevention
Branch, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas
City, Kansas 66101, telephone (913)
551–7666, or by e-mail at
mclaughlin.chilton@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
On March 22, 2004, the EPA issued
final regulations allowing RD&D permits
to be issued at certain municipal solid
waste landfills (69 FR 13242). This new
provision may only be implemented by
an approved State. While States are not
required to seek approval for this new
provision, those States that are
interested in providing RD&D permits to
municipal solid waste landfills must
seek approval from EPA before issuing
such permits. The current request is for
approval to issue RD&D permits.
Nebraska received partial approval for
40 CFR part 258 provisions on October
5, 1993 (58 FR 51819). The provision
that it received partial approval for did
not include requirements for
groundwater monitoring at small, arid
landfills as required by an opinion by
the United States Court of Appeals on
February 12, 1992, which instructed
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EPA to require groundwater monitoring
at all landfills. The updated State rules
impose groundwater monitoring at
small, arid landfills. The current request
also incorporates the August 7, 1995,
rule (60 FR 40105) which modifies the
financial assurance criteria; September
25, 1996, rule (61 FR 50413) which
relates to groundwater exemptions of
small, arid, remote landfills; November
27, 1996, rule (61 FR 60328 at 60337)
which adds financial mechanisms for
local governments; and April 10, 1998,
rule (63 FR 17706 at 17729) which adds
a financial test and corporate guarantee
to financial assurance mechanisms.
Approval procedures for new provisions
of 40 CFR part 258 are outlined in 40
CFR 239.12.
On September 27, 2006, Nebraska
submitted an application to the EPA
seeking Federal approval of its RD&D
requirements and to update Federal
approval of its MSWLP Program. On
November 16, 2006, the EPA published
direct final and proposed rules (71 FR
66686 and 71 FR 66722, respectively) to
approve the application on January 16,
2007, if adverse comment was not
received. EPA received adverse
comment and withdrew the direct final
rule on January 16, 2007 (72 FR 1670).
B. Response to Comment
The comment was from the
GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN).
The GRRN objected to Nebraska’s effort
to implement an RD&D permit program
alleging that the underlying RD&D
violates the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) and the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The
commenter objected to what it claims
are inadequacies in the underlying
RD&D rule, namely, an allegedly
unlimited number of permits and an
allegedly unlimited program duration.
EPA is proceeding with its approval
of the Nebraska program. First, it should
be noted that the timeframe within
which challenges to the Federal
underlying RD&D rule may be filed has
expired. (See 42 U.S.C. 6976, petitions
challenging a RCRA regulation must be
filed within 90 days of promulgation.)
The GRRN has challenged the rule
before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
D.C. Circuit, which found that GRRN
did not have standing to challenge the
rule (GrassRoots Recycling Network v.
EPA, No. 04–1196 (D.C. Cir.)).
Moreover, EPA does not intend to
reopen the underlying RD&D rule in its
approval of state programs. The issue
before the Agency in this action is
whether Nebraska’s submitted RD&D
program is adequate under RCRA and
EPA’s Subtitle D regulations, but the
comment is addressed to the underlying
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Federal program. Thus, the comment
does not change EPA’s decision to
approve Nebraska’s submitted RD&D
program.
C. Decision
After a thorough review, EPA Region
7 determined that Nebraska’s RD&D
provisions and the updated rules for its
Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Permit
Program (the August 7, 1995, rule (60
FR 40105) which modifies the financial
assurance criteria; September 25, 1996,
rule (61 FR 50413) which relates to
groundwater exemptions of small, arid,
remote landfills; November 27, 1996,
rule (61 FR 60328, at 60337) which adds
financial mechanisms for local
governments; and April 10, 1998, rule
(63 FR 17706, at 17729) which adds a
financial test and corporate guarantee to
financial assurance mechanisms) as
defined under Nebraska Title 132—
Integrated Solid Waste effective March
7, 2006, are adequate to ensure
compliance with the Federal criteria as
defined at 40 CFR 258.1, 258.4, 258.70,
258.74, and 258.75.
D. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
This action approves State solid waste
requirements pursuant to Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Section 4005 and imposes no Federal
requirements. Therefore, this rule
complies with applicable executive
orders and statutory provisions as
follows:
1. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning Review—The Office of
Management and Budget has exempted
this action from its review under
Executive Order (EO) 12866;
2. Paperwork Reduction Act—This
action does not impose an information
collection burden under the Paperwork
Reduction Act;
3. Regulatory Flexibility Act—After
considering the economic impacts of
today’s action on small entities under
the Regulatory Flexibility Act, I certify
that this action will not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities;
4. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act—
Because this action approves preexisting requirements under State law
and does not impose any additional
enforceable duty beyond that required
by State law, this action does not
contain any unfunded mandate, or
significantly or uniquely affect small
governments, as described in the
Unfunded Mandates Act;
5. Executive Order 13132:
Federalism—EO 13132 does not apply
to this action because this action will
not have federalism implications (i.e.,
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there are no substantial direct effects on
States, on the relationship between the
national government and States, or on
the distribution of power and
responsibilities between Federal and
State governments);
6. Executive Order 13175:
Consultation and Coordination with
Indian Tribal Governments—EO 13175
does not apply to this action because it
will not have tribal implications (i.e.,
there are no substantial direct effects on
one or more Indian tribes, on the
relationship between the Federal
government and Indian tribes, or on the
distribution of power and
responsibilities between the Federal
government and Indian tribes);
7. Executive Order 13045: Protection
of Children from Environmental Health
and Safety Risks—This action is not
subject to EO 13045 because it is not
economically significant and is not
based on health or safety risks;
8. Executive Order 13211: Actions
that Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use—This action is not
subject to EO 13211 because it is not a
significant regulatory action as defined
in EO 12866;
9. National Technology Transfer
Advancement Act—EPA approves State
programs so long as the State programs
meet the criteria delineated in RCRA. It
would be inconsistent with applicable
law for EPA, in its review of a State
program, to require the use of any
particular voluntary consensus standard
in place of another standard that meets
RCRA requirements. Thus, section 12(d)
of the National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act does not apply to this
action;
10. Congressional Review Act—EPA
will submit a report containing this
action and other information required
by the Congressional Review Act (5
U.S.C. 801 et seq.) 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.
List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 239
Environmental protection,
Administrative practice and procedure,
Intergovernmental relations, Waste
treatment and disposal.
40 CFR Part 258
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Waste treatment disposal,
Water pollution control.
Authority: This action is issued under the
authority of section 2002, 4005 and 4010(c)
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended,
42 U.S.C. 6912, 6945 and 6949(a).
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Dated: January 18, 2008.
John B. Askew,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
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AGENCY
40 CFR Part 271
[EPA–R01–RCRA–2007–1171; FRL–8521–8]
Massachusetts: Final Authorization of
State Hazardous Waste Management
Program Revisions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Immediate final rule.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts has applied to EPA for
final authorization of certain changes to
its hazardous waste program under the
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA). EPA has determined that
these changes satisfy all requirements
needed to qualify for final authorization
and is authorizing the State’s changes
through this immediate final action.
DATES: This final authorization will
become effective on March 31, 2008
unless EPA receives adverse written
comment by March 3, 2008. If EPA
receives such comment, it will publish
a timely withdrawal of this immediate
final rule in the Federal Register and
inform the public that this authorization
will not take immediate effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R01–
RCRA–2007–1171, by one of the
following methods:
• www.regulations.gov: Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: biscaia.robin@epa.gov.
• Fax: (617) 918–0642, to the
attention of Robin Biscaia.
• Mail: Robin Biscaia, Hazardous
Waste Unit, EPA New England—Region
1, One Congress Street, Suite 1100
(CHW), Boston, MA 02114–2023.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver
your comments to: Robin Biscaia,
Hazardous Waste Unit, Office of
Ecosystem Protection, EPA New
England—Region 1, One Congress
Street, 11th Floor, (CHW), Boston, MA
02114–2023. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the Office’s normal
hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Identify your comments
as relating to Docket ID No. EPA–R01–
RCRA–2007–1171. EPA’s policy is that
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all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and
may be made available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or claimed to be other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit
information that you consider to be CBI
or otherwise protected through
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The
www.regulations.gov Web site 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
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, 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 https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: EPA has established a docket
for this action under Docket ID No.
EPA–R01–RCRA–2007–1171. All
documents in the docket are listed on
the www.regulations.gov Web site.
Although it may be listed in the index,
some information might not be publicly
available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on
the Internet and will be publicly
available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically through
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the following two locations: (i)
Massachusetts Department of
Environmental Protection, Business
Compliance Division, One Winter
Street—8th Floor, Boston, MA 02108,
business hours Monday through Friday
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., tel: (617) 556–1096;
and (ii) EPA Region I Library, One
Congress Street—11th Floor, Boston,
MA 02114–2023, by appointment only,
(617) 918–1990.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robin Biscaia, Hazardous Waste Unit,
EPA New England—Region 1, One
Congress Street, Suite 1100 (CHW),
Boston, MA 02114–2023; telephone
number: (617) 918–1642; fax number:
(617) 918–0642, e-mail address:
biscaia.robin@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 in 40 Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 124,
260 through 266, 268, 270, 273 and 279.
B. What Decisions Have We Made in
This Rule?
We have concluded that
Massachusetts’s application to revise its
authorized program meets all of the
statutory and regulatory requirements
established by RCRA. Therefore, we
grant Massachusetts final authorization
to operate its hazardous waste program
with the changes described in the
authorization application. The
Massachusetts Department of
Environmental Protection (MassDEP)
has responsibility for permitting
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal
Facilities (TSDFs) within its borders and
for carrying out the aspects of the RCRA
program covered by 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 take effect in authorized States
before they are authorized for the
requirements. Thus, EPA will
implement any such requirements and
prohibitions in Massachusetts,
including issuing permits, until the
State is granted authorization to do so.
C. What Is the Effect of This
Authorization Decision?
The effect of this decision is that a
facility in Massachusetts subject to
RCRA will now have to comply with the
authorized State requirements instead of
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 239 and 258
[EPA-R07-RCRA-2006-0878; FRL-8523-2]
Adequacy of Nebraska Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This action approves Nebraska's Research, Development and
Demonstration (RD&D) permit program and updates to the approved
Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Permit (MSWLP) program. On March 22,
2004, the EPA issued final regulations allowing RD&D permits to be
issued to certain municipal solid waste landfills by approved States.
On September 27, 2006, Nebraska submitted an application to the EPA
seeking Federal approval of its RD&D requirements and to update Federal
approval of its MSWLP Program. On November 16, 2006, the EPA published
direct final and proposed rules to approve the application on January
16, 2007, if adverse comment was not received. EPA received adverse
comment and withdrew the direct final rule on January 16, 2007. This
action addresses the comment and approves the Nebraska application.
DATES: This final determination is effective January 31, 2008.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-R07-RCRA-2006-0878. All documents in the docket are listed on
the https://www.regulations.gov web site. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly
available docket materials are available either electronically through
https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Environmental
Protection Agency, Solid Waste/Pollution Prevention Branch, 901 North
5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. The Regional Office's official
hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:00 to 4:30 excluding
Federal holidays. The interested persons wanting to examine these
documents should make an appointment with the office at least 24 hours
in advance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chilton McLaughlin, EPA Region 7,
Solid Waste/Pollution Prevention Branch, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas
City, Kansas 66101, telephone (913) 551-7666, or by e-mail at
mclaughlin.chilton@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
On March 22, 2004, the EPA issued final regulations allowing RD&D
permits to be issued at certain municipal solid waste landfills (69 FR
13242). This new provision may only be implemented by an approved
State. While States are not required to seek approval for this new
provision, those States that are interested in providing RD&D permits
to municipal solid waste landfills must seek approval from EPA before
issuing such permits. The current request is for approval to issue RD&D
permits. Nebraska received partial approval for 40 CFR part 258
provisions on October 5, 1993 (58 FR 51819). The provision that it
received partial approval for did not include requirements for
groundwater monitoring at small, arid landfills as required by an
opinion by the United States Court of Appeals on February 12, 1992,
which instructed
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EPA to require groundwater monitoring at all landfills. The updated
State rules impose groundwater monitoring at small, arid landfills. The
current request also incorporates the August 7, 1995, rule (60 FR
40105) which modifies the financial assurance criteria; September 25,
1996, rule (61 FR 50413) which relates to groundwater exemptions of
small, arid, remote landfills; November 27, 1996, rule (61 FR 60328 at
60337) which adds financial mechanisms for local governments; and April
10, 1998, rule (63 FR 17706 at 17729) which adds a financial test and
corporate guarantee to financial assurance mechanisms. Approval
procedures for new provisions of 40 CFR part 258 are outlined in 40 CFR
239.12.
On September 27, 2006, Nebraska submitted an application to the EPA
seeking Federal approval of its RD&D requirements and to update Federal
approval of its MSWLP Program. On November 16, 2006, the EPA published
direct final and proposed rules (71 FR 66686 and 71 FR 66722,
respectively) to approve the application on January 16, 2007, if
adverse comment was not received. EPA received adverse comment and
withdrew the direct final rule on January 16, 2007 (72 FR 1670).
B. Response to Comment
The comment was from the GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN). The
GRRN objected to Nebraska's effort to implement an RD&D permit program
alleging that the underlying RD&D violates the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA). The commenter objected to what it claims are inadequacies in
the underlying RD&D rule, namely, an allegedly unlimited number of
permits and an allegedly unlimited program duration.
EPA is proceeding with its approval of the Nebraska program. First,
it should be noted that the timeframe within which challenges to the
Federal underlying RD&D rule may be filed has expired. (See 42 U.S.C.
6976, petitions challenging a RCRA regulation must be filed within 90
days of promulgation.) The GRRN has challenged the rule before the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which found that GRRN did not
have standing to challenge the rule (GrassRoots Recycling Network v.
EPA, No. 04-1196 (D.C. Cir.)).
Moreover, EPA does not intend to reopen the underlying RD&D rule in
its approval of state programs. The issue before the Agency in this
action is whether Nebraska's submitted RD&D program is adequate under
RCRA and EPA's Subtitle D regulations, but the comment is addressed to
the underlying Federal program. Thus, the comment does not change EPA's
decision to approve Nebraska's submitted RD&D program.
C. Decision
After a thorough review, EPA Region 7 determined that Nebraska's
RD&D provisions and the updated rules for its Municipal Solid Waste
Landfill Permit Program (the August 7, 1995, rule (60 FR 40105) which
modifies the financial assurance criteria; September 25, 1996, rule (61
FR 50413) which relates to groundwater exemptions of small, arid,
remote landfills; November 27, 1996, rule (61 FR 60328, at 60337) which
adds financial mechanisms for local governments; and April 10, 1998,
rule (63 FR 17706, at 17729) which adds a financial test and corporate
guarantee to financial assurance mechanisms) as defined under Nebraska
Title 132--Integrated Solid Waste effective March 7, 2006, are adequate
to ensure compliance with the Federal criteria as defined at 40 CFR
258.1, 258.4, 258.70, 258.74, and 258.75.
D. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
This action approves State solid waste requirements pursuant to
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Section 4005 and imposes
no Federal requirements. Therefore, this rule complies with applicable
executive orders and statutory provisions as follows:
1. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning Review--The Office of
Management and Budget has exempted this action from its review under
Executive Order (EO) 12866;
2. Paperwork Reduction Act--This action does not impose an
information collection burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act;
3. Regulatory Flexibility Act--After considering the economic
impacts of today's action on small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, I certify that this action will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities;
4. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act--Because this action approves pre-
existing requirements under State law and does not impose any
additional enforceable duty beyond that required by State law, this
action does not contain any unfunded mandate, or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Act;
5. Executive Order 13132: Federalism--EO 13132 does not apply to
this action because this action will not have federalism implications
(i.e., there are no substantial direct effects on States, on the
relationship between the national government and States, or on the
distribution of power and responsibilities between Federal and State
governments);
6. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination with Indian
Tribal Governments--EO 13175 does not apply to this action because it
will not have tribal implications (i.e., there are no substantial
direct effects on one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship
between the Federal government and Indian tribes, or on the
distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal
government and Indian tribes);
7. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children from Environmental
Health and Safety Risks--This action is not subject to EO 13045 because
it is not economically significant and is not based on health or safety
risks;
8. Executive Order 13211: Actions that Significantly Affect Energy
Supply, Distribution, or Use--This action is not subject to EO 13211
because it is not a significant regulatory action as defined in EO
12866;
9. National Technology Transfer Advancement Act--EPA approves State
programs so long as the State programs meet the criteria delineated in
RCRA. It would be inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, in its
review of a State program, to require the use of any particular
voluntary consensus standard in place of another standard that meets
RCRA requirements. Thus, section 12(d) of the National Technology
Transfer and Advancement Act does not apply to this action;
10. Congressional Review Act--EPA will submit a report containing
this action and other information required by the Congressional Review
Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) 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.
List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 239
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Intergovernmental relations, Waste treatment and disposal.
40 CFR Part 258
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Waste treatment disposal,
Water pollution control.
Authority: This action is issued under the authority of section
2002, 4005 and 4010(c) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended,
42 U.S.C. 6912, 6945 and 6949(a).
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Dated: January 18, 2008.
John B. Askew,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
[FR Doc. E8-1786 Filed 1-30-08; 8:45 am]
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