Oregon: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision, 918-922 [2010-13]
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40 CFR Part 271
[EPA–R10–RCRA–2009–0766; FRL–9098–6]
Oregon: Final Authorization of State
Hazardous Waste Management
Program Revision
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: Oregon has applied to EPA for
final authorization of certain changes to
its hazardous waste management
program under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, as
amended (RCRA). On November 18,
2009, EPA published a proposed rule to
authorize the changes and opened a
public comment period under Docket ID
No. EPA–R10–RCRA–2009–0766. The
comment period closed on December
18, 2009. EPA has decided that the
revisions to the Oregon hazardous waste
management program satisfy all of the
requirements necessary to qualify for
final authorization and EPA is
authorizing these revisions to Oregon’s
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authorized hazardous waste
management program in this final rule.
DATES: Effective Date: Final
authorization for the revisions to the
hazardous waste management program
in Oregon shall be effective at 1 p.m.
EST on January 7, 2010.
ADDRESSES: EPA established a docket
for this action under Docket ID No.
EPA–R10–RCRA–2009–0766. All
documents in the docket are available
electronically on the Web site https://
www.regulations.gov. A hard copy of the
authorization application is also
available for viewing, during normal
business hours, at the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
Region 10, Office of Air Waste and
Toxics, 1200 Sixth Avenue., Suite 900,
Seattle, Washington 98101, contact Nina
Kocourek at (206) 553–6502; or at the
Oregon Department of Environmental
Quality, 811 SW Sixth, Portland, Oregon
97204, contact Scott Latham at (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:
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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
management program that is equivalent
to and consistent with the Federal
program. States are required to have
enforcement authority which is
adequate to enforce compliance with the
requirements of the hazardous waste
management program. Under section
3009, States are not allowed to impose
any requirements which are less
stringent than the Federal program.
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 Rule?
EPA has made a final determination
that Oregon’s application to revise its
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authorized program meets all of the
statutory and regulatory requirements
established by RCRA. Therefore, we are
granting Oregon final authorization to
operate its hazardous waste
management 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 Is the Effect of This
Authorization Decision?
The effect of this action is that 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 has
enforcement responsibilities under its
State hazardous waste management
program for violations of its currently
authorized program and will have
enforcement responsibilities for the
revisions which are the subject of this
final rule. EPA continues to have
independent enforcement 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,
including State program requirements
that are authorized by EPA and any
applicable Federally-issued statutes and
regulations; suspend, terminate, modify
or revoke permits; and
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• Take enforcement actions regardless
of whether the State has taken its own
actions.
This action approving these revisions
will not impose additional requirements
on the regulated community because the
regulations for which Oregon’s program
is being authorized are already effective
under State law.
D. What Were the Comments on EPA’s
Proposed Rule?
On November 18, 2009 (74 FR 59497),
EPA published a proposed rule to grant
authorization of changes to Oregon’s
hazardous waste management program
subject to public comment. The public
comment period opened November 18,
2009 and ended on December 18, 2009.
The Agency did not receive any
comments on the proposed rule.
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 Authorizing
With This Action?
EPA is authorizing revisions to
Oregon’s authorized hazardous waste
management program described in
Oregon’s official program revision
application, submitted to EPA on
October 15, 2009 and deemed complete
by EPA on October 23, 2009. EPA has
determined that Oregon’s hazardous
waste management program revisions,
as described in the State’s authorization
revision application dated October 15,
2009 satisfy the requirements necessary
to qualify for final authorization. The
following table identifies those
equivalent and more stringent State
regulatory analogues to the Federal
regulations which will be authorized
with this action. The referenced
analogous State authorities were legally
adopted and effective as of June 25,
2009.
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Analogous State authority
(Oregon administrative rules
(OAR 340–* * *)
Description of Federal requirements
CL1
Federal Register reference
Land Disposal Restrictions: Treatment Variance for Radioactively Contaminated Batteries, CL 201.
NESHAP: Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste
Combustors-Corrections, CL 202.
Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of hazardous Waste; Used Oil Management Standards, CL 203.
NESHAP: Surface Coating of Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks, CL
205.
Non-wastewaters from Dyes and Pigments, CL 206 ..................................
Non-wastewaters from Dyes and Pigments Correction, CL 206.1 .............
Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest, CL 207 2 ...........................................
Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest Correction, CL 207.1.3 ......................
Methods Innovation; SW–846, CL 208 .......................................................
Methods Innovation; SW–846 Correction, CL 208.1 ...................................
Mercury Containing Equipment, CL 209 .....................................................
Headworks Exemption, CL 211 ...................................................................
NESHAP: Phase I Final Replacement Standards, CL 212 .........................
Burden Reduction Rule, CL 213 3 ...............................................................
67 FR 62618, 11/21/2002 ...........
¥100–0002.
67 FR 77687, 12/19/2002 ...........
¥100–0002.
68 FR 44659, 7/30/2003 .............
¥100–0002.
69 FR 22601, 4/26/2004 .............
¥100–0002.
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70
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
71
CFR Corrections Rule 1, CL 214 ................................................................
CRT Exclusion, CL 215 ...............................................................................
71 FR 40254, 7/14/2006 .............
71 FR 42928, 7/28/2006 .............
¥100–0002.
¥100–0002.
¥100–0002.
¥100–0002.
¥100–0002.
¥100–0002.
¥100–0002.
¥100–0002.
¥100–0002.
¥100–0002;
¥104–0021(1), (2) and (3);
¥105–0140(1), (2), (3), (4)
and (5).
¥100–0002.
¥100–0002.
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FR
FR
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FR
FR
FR
FR
9138, 2/24/2005 ...............
35032, 6/13/2005 .............
10776, 3/4/2005 ...............
35034, 6/16/2005 .............
34538, 6/14/2005 .............
44150, 8/1/2005 ...............
45508, 8/5/2005 ...............
57769, 10/4/2005 .............
59402, 10/12/2005 ...........
16862, 4/4/2006 ...............
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
https://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–34–102–0060) 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 discussion in Section G of this rule.
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G. Where Are the Revised State Rules
Different From the Federal Rules?
This section discusses differences
between Oregon’s authorized revisions
and the Federal regulations. EPA has
made a final determination 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
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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,
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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.
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
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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.
I. What Is Codification and Is EPA
Codifying Oregon’s Hazardous Waste
Management Program as Authorized in
This Rule?
Codification is the process of placing
the State’s statutes and regulations that
comprise the State’s authorized
hazardous waste management 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 Does This Action Affect Indian
Country (18 U.S.C. 1151) in Oregon?
EPA’s decision to authorize the
Oregon hazardous waste management
program does not include any land that
is, or becomes after the date of this
authorization ‘‘Indian Country,’’ as
defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151. This
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 retains
jurisdiction over ‘‘Indian Country’’ as
defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151, and EPA will
continue to implement and administer
the RCRA program on these lands.
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K. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
This final rule revises the State of
Oregon’s authorized hazardous waste
management program pursuant to
section 3006 of RCRA and imposes no
requirements other than those currently
imposed by State law. This final 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,
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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 final 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 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
final 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
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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 final 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’’
https://www.deq.state.or.us/about/eqc/
agendas/2009/
2009juneEQCagenda.htm. I certify that
this final rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities because the
final 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.
4. Unfunded Mandates Reform
This action contains no Federal
mandates under the provisions of 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
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of the UMRA generally requires EPA to
identify and consider a reasonable
number of regulatory alternatives and
adopt the least costly, most costeffective 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
action 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 action
contains no regulatory requirements that
might significantly or uniquely affect
small government entities. Therefore,
today’s action is not subject to the
requirements of sections 202 and 203 of
the UMRA.
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5. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This final 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 final rule authorizes preexisting State rules. Therefore,
Executive Order 13132 does not apply
to this final rule.
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
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ensure ‘‘meaningful and timely input by
tribal officials in the development of
regulatory policies that have tribal
implications.’’ This final rule does not
have tribal implications, as specified in
Executive Order 13175 because EPA
retains its authority over Indian
Country. Therefore, Executive Order
13175 does not apply to this final rule.
7. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
and Safety Risks
EPA interprets Executive Order 13045
(62 FR 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 Executive
Order has the potential to influence the
regulation. This action is not subject to
Executive Order 13045 because it
approves a state program.
8. Executive Order 13211: Actions That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use
This final 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, section 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 final
rulemaking does not involve technical
standards. Therefore, EPA will not be
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 12898 (59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994) establishes federal
executive policy on environmental
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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 final rule will
not have disproportionately high and
adverse human health or environmental
effects on minority or low-income
populations. This final rule does not
affect the level of protection provided to
human health or the environment
because this rule authorizes 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 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: December 23, 2009.
Michelle L. Pirzadeh,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.
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49 CFR Part 830
Notification and Reporting of Aircraft
Accidents or Incidents and Overdue
Aircraft, and Preservation of Aircraft
Wreckage, Mail, Cargo, and Records
AGENCY: National Transportation Safety
Board (NTSB).
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: The NTSB is amending its
regulations concerning notification and
reporting requirements regarding
aircraft accidents or incidents. In
particular, the NTSB is adding
regulations to require operators to report
certain incidents to the NTSB. The
NTSB is also amending existing
regulations to provide clarity and ensure
that the appropriate means for notifying
the NTSB of a reportable incident is
listed correctly in the regulation.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 271
[EPA-R10-RCRA-2009-0766; FRL-9098-6]
Oregon: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management
Program Revision
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: Oregon has applied to EPA for final authorization of certain
changes to its hazardous waste management program under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (RCRA). On November 18, 2009,
EPA published a proposed rule to authorize the changes and opened a
public comment period under Docket ID No. EPA-R10-RCRA-2009-0766. The
comment period closed on December 18, 2009. EPA has decided that the
revisions to the Oregon hazardous waste management program satisfy all
of the requirements necessary to qualify for final authorization and
EPA is authorizing these revisions to Oregon's
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authorized hazardous waste management program in this final rule.
DATES: Effective Date: Final authorization for the revisions to the
hazardous waste management program in Oregon shall be effective at 1
p.m. EST on January 7, 2010.
ADDRESSES: EPA established a docket for this action under Docket ID No.
EPA-R10-RCRA-2009-0766. All documents in the docket are available
electronically on the Web site https://www.regulations.gov. A hard copy
of the authorization application is also available for viewing, during
normal business hours, at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 10, Office of Air Waste and Toxics, 1200 Sixth Avenue., Suite
900, Seattle, Washington 98101, contact Nina Kocourek at (206) 553-
6502; or at the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, 811 SW
Sixth, Portland, Oregon 97204, contact Scott Latham at (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
management program that is equivalent to and consistent with the
Federal program. States are required to have enforcement authority
which is adequate to enforce compliance with the requirements of the
hazardous waste management program. Under section 3009, States are not
allowed to impose any requirements which are less stringent than the
Federal program. 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 Rule?
EPA has made a final determination that Oregon's application to
revise its authorized program meets all of the statutory and regulatory
requirements established by RCRA. Therefore, we are granting Oregon
final authorization to operate its hazardous waste management 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 Is the Effect of This Authorization Decision?
The effect of this action is that 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 has enforcement responsibilities under its State
hazardous waste management program for violations of its currently
authorized program and will have enforcement responsibilities for the
revisions which are the subject of this final rule. EPA continues to
have independent enforcement 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, including State program
requirements that are authorized by EPA and any applicable Federally-
issued statutes and regulations; suspend, terminate, modify or revoke
permits; and
Take enforcement actions regardless of whether the State
has taken its own actions.
This action approving these revisions will not impose additional
requirements on the regulated community because the regulations for
which Oregon's program is being authorized are already effective under
State law.
D. What Were the Comments on EPA's Proposed Rule?
On November 18, 2009 (74 FR 59497), EPA published a proposed rule
to grant authorization of changes to Oregon's hazardous waste
management program subject to public comment. The public comment period
opened November 18, 2009 and ended on December 18, 2009. The Agency did
not receive any comments on the proposed rule.
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 Authorizing With This Action?
EPA is authorizing revisions to Oregon's authorized hazardous waste
management program described in Oregon's official program revision
application, submitted to EPA on October 15, 2009 and deemed complete
by EPA on October 23, 2009. EPA has determined that Oregon's hazardous
waste management program revisions, as described in the State's
authorization revision application dated October 15, 2009 satisfy the
requirements necessary to qualify for final authorization. The
following table identifies those equivalent and more stringent State
regulatory analogues to the Federal regulations which will be
authorized with this action. 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 67 FR 77687, 12/19/2002................. -100-0002.
Hazardous 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.
Non-wastewaters from Dyes 70 FR 9138, 2/24/2005................... -100-0002.
and Pigments, CL 206.
Non-wastewaters from Dyes 70 FR 35032, 6/13/2005.................. -100-0002.
and Pigments Correction, CL
206.1.
Uniform Hazardous Waste 70 FR 10776, 3/4/2005................... -100-0002.
Manifest, CL 207 \2\.
Uniform Hazardous Waste 70 FR 35034, 6/16/2005.................. -100-0002.
Manifest Correction, CL
207.1.\3\.
Methods Innovation; SW-846, 70 FR 34538, 6/14/2005.................. -100-0002.
CL 208.
Methods Innovation; SW-846 70 FR 44150, 8/1/2005................... -100-0002.
Correction, CL 208.1.
Mercury Containing 70 FR 45508, 8/5/2005................... -100-0002.
Equipment, CL 209.
Headworks Exemption, CL 211. 70 FR 57769, 10/4/2005.................. -100-0002.
NESHAP: Phase I Final 70 FR 59402, 10/12/2005................. -100-0002.
Replacement Standards, CL
212.
Burden Reduction Rule, CL 71 FR 16862, 4/4/2006................... -100-0002;
213 \3\. -104-0021(1), (2) and (3); -105-0140(1),
(2), (3), (4) and (5).
CFR Corrections Rule 1, CL 71 FR 40254, 7/14/2006.................. -100-0002.
214.
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 https://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-34-102-0060) 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 discussion in Section G of this rule.
G. Where Are the Revised State Rules Different From the Federal Rules?
This section discusses differences between Oregon's authorized
revisions and the Federal regulations. EPA has made a final
determination 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.
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
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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.
I. What Is Codification and Is EPA Codifying Oregon's Hazardous Waste
Management Program as Authorized in This Rule?
Codification is the process of placing the State's statutes and
regulations that comprise the State's authorized hazardous waste
management 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 Does This Action Affect Indian Country (18 U.S.C. 1151) in
Oregon?
EPA's decision to authorize the Oregon hazardous waste management
program does not include any land that is, or becomes after the date of
this authorization ``Indian Country,'' as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151.
This 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
retains jurisdiction over ``Indian Country'' as defined in 18 U.S.C.
1151, and EPA will continue to implement and administer the RCRA
program on these lands.
K. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
This final rule revises the State of Oregon's authorized hazardous
waste management program pursuant to section 3006 of RCRA and imposes
no requirements other than those currently imposed by State law. This
final 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 final 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 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 final 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 final 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'' https://www.deq.state.or.us/about/eqc/agendas/2009/2009juneEQCagenda.htm. I certify that this final rule
will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities because the final 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.
4. Unfunded Mandates Reform
This action contains no Federal mandates under the provisions of
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
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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 action 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 action contains no
regulatory requirements that might significantly or uniquely affect
small government entities. Therefore, today's action is not subject to
the requirements of sections 202 and 203 of the UMRA.
5. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This final 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
final rule authorizes pre-existing State rules. Therefore, Executive
Order 13132 does not apply to this final rule.
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 final rule does not have
tribal implications, as specified in Executive Order 13175 because EPA
retains its authority over Indian Country. Therefore, Executive Order
13175 does not apply to this final rule.
7. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health and Safety Risks
EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 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 Executive Order has the potential to influence the regulation. This
action is not subject to Executive Order 13045 because it approves a
state program.
8. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy
Supply, Distribution, or Use
This final 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, section 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 final
rulemaking does not involve technical standards. Therefore, EPA will
not be 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 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 final
rule will not have disproportionately high and adverse human health or
environmental effects on minority or low-income populations. This final
rule does not affect the level of protection provided to human health
or the environment because this rule authorizes 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 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: December 23, 2009.
Michelle L. Pirzadeh,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.
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