Technical Corrections to the Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste; Alternative Requirements for Hazardous Waste Determination and Accumulation of Unwanted Material at Laboratories Owned by Colleges and Universities and Other Eligible Academic Entities Formally Affiliated With Colleges and Universities, 79328-79329 [2010-31744]
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Judith Wong,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 262
[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2003–0012; FRL–9240–6]
Technical Corrections to the Standards
Applicable to Generators of Hazardous
Waste; Alternative Requirements for
Hazardous Waste Determination and
Accumulation of Unwanted Material at
Laboratories Owned by Colleges and
Universities and Other Eligible
Academic Entities Formally Affiliated
With Colleges and Universities
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
EPA is proposing six
technical corrections to an alternative
set of hazardous waste generator
requirements known as the ‘‘Academic
Laboratories rule’’ or ‘‘Subpart K’’ which
is applicable to laboratories owned by
eligible academic entities. These
changes correct errors published in the
Academic Laboratories Final rule,
including omissions and redundancies,
as well as remove an obsolete reference
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to the Performance Track program
which has been terminated. These
technical corrections will improve the
clarity of the Academic Laboratories
rule.
Written comments must be
received by January 19, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
RCRA–2003–0012 by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: rcra-docket@epa.gov.
• Fax: 202–566–9794.
• Mail: RCRA Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
• Hand Delivery: EPA West Building,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket’s normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–2003–0012.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through https://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The
https://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 https://
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
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about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA
Docket Center homepage at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
will be publicly available only in hard
copy. Publicly available docket
materials are available either
electronically in https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the RCRA Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Public Reading Room is
(202) 566–1744, and the telephone
number for the RCRA Docket is (202)
566–0270.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristin Fitzgerald, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery, (5304P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460; (703) 308–8286;
Fitzgerald.Kristin@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Why is EPA issuing this proposed
rule?
EPA is proposing six technical
corrections that clarify the Academic
Laboratories rule. In the ‘‘Rules and
Regulations’’ section of today’s Federal
Register, EPA is making these technical
corrections as a Direct Final rule
without a prior Proposed rule because
we view this as a noncontroversial
action and anticipate no adverse
comment. We have explained our
reasons for this action in the preamble
to the Direct Final rule. If we receive no
adverse comment on any of the
individual changes we are promulgating
today, we will not take further action on
this Proposed rule. If, however, we
receive such comment, we will publish
a timely withdrawal in the Federal
Register to notify the public that those
technical corrections of the Direct Final
rule for which the Agency received
adverse comment will not take effect,
and the reason for such withdrawal. We
do not intend to institute a second
comment period on this action. Any
parties interested in commenting must
do so at this time. For further
information, please see the information
provided in the ADDRESSES section of
this document.
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II. Does this action apply to me?
This rule proposes to amend subpart
K of 40 CFR part 262. Entities
potentially affected by this action are
any of the following which generate
hazardous waste in laboratories: (1)
Colleges and universities; (2) non-profit
research institutes that are either owned
by or have a formal written affiliation
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agreement with a college or university;
and (3) teaching hospitals that are either
owned by or have a formal written
affiliation agreement with a college or
university.
NAICS CODES OF ENTITIES POTENTIALLY AFFECTED BY THIS PROPOSED RULE
NAICS codes
Description of NAICS code
Colleges and Universities:
6112, 61121, 611210 ........................................................................
6113, 61131, 611310 ........................................................................
6115, 61151 ......................................................................................
611519 ...............................................................................................
61161, 611610 ..................................................................................
Teaching Hospitals:
54194, 541940 ..................................................................................
622 .....................................................................................................
6221, 62211, 622110 ........................................................................
6222, 62221, 622210 ........................................................................
6223, 62231, 622310 ........................................................................
Non-profit Research Institutes:
5417, 54171, 541710 ........................................................................
54172, 541720 ..................................................................................
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III. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
For a complete discussion of all the
administrative requirements applicable
to this action, see the Direct Final rule
in the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of
this Federal Register.
A. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
generally requires an agency to prepare
a regulatory flexibility analysis of any
rule subject to the notice and comment
rulemaking requirements under the
Administrative Procedure Act or any
other statute unless the agency certifies
that the rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. Small entities
include small businesses, small
organizations, and small governmental
jurisdictions.
For purposes of assessing the impacts
of today’s proposed rule on small
entities, small entity is defined as: (1) A
small business as defined by the Small
Business Administrations’ 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-forprofit enterprise which is independently
owned and operated and is not
dominant in its field.
After considering the economic
impact of today’s Proposed Rule on
small entities, I certify that this action
will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities. This action does not create any
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Junior Colleges.
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools.
Technical and Trade Schools.
Other Technical and Trade Schools.
Fine Arts Schools.
Veterinary Services (Animal Hospitals).
Hospitals.
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals.
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals.
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life
Sciences.
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
new regulatory requirements, but rather
makes technical corrections to subpart K
of the hazardous waste generator
regulations. Although this Proposed rule
will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities, EPA nonetheless has tried to
reduce the impact of this Proposed rule
on small entities.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 262
Environmental protection, Exports,
Hazardous materials transportation,
Hazardous waste, Imports, Labeling,
Packaging and containers, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: December 13, 2010.
Mathy Stanislaus,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste
and Emergency Response.
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Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on
Designation of Medically Underserved
Populations and Health Professional
Shortage Areas; Notice of Meeting
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Negotiated Rulemaking
Committee meeting.
AGENCY:
In accordance with section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), notice
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is hereby given of the following meeting
of the Negotiated Rulemaking
Committee on Designation of Medically
Underserved Populations and Health
Professional Shortage Areas.
DATES: Meetings will be held on January
18, 2011, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; January 19,
2011, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and January 20,
2011, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Meetings will be held at the
Radisson Hotel Reagan National Airport,
2020 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, Virginia 22202, (703) 920–
8600.
For
more information, please contact Nicole
Patterson, Office of Shortage
Designation, Bureau of Health
Professions, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Room 9A–18,
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone
(301) 443–9027, E-mail:
npatterson@hrsa.gov or visit https://
www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/
shortage/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Status: The meeting will be open to
the public.
Purpose: The purpose of the
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on
Designation of Medically Underserved
Populations and Health Professional
Shortage Areas is to establish a
comprehensive methodology and
criteria for Designation of Medically
Underserved Populations and Primary
Care Health Professional Shortage
Areas, using a Negotiated Rulemaking
(NR) process. It is hoped that use of the
NR process will yield a consensus
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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 2010)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 262
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2003-0012; FRL-9240-6]
Technical Corrections to the Standards Applicable to Generators
of Hazardous Waste; Alternative Requirements for Hazardous Waste
Determination and Accumulation of Unwanted Material at Laboratories
Owned by Colleges and Universities and Other Eligible Academic Entities
Formally Affiliated With Colleges and Universities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing six technical corrections to an alternative
set of hazardous waste generator requirements known as the ``Academic
Laboratories rule'' or ``Subpart K'' which is applicable to
laboratories owned by eligible academic entities. These changes correct
errors published in the Academic Laboratories Final rule, including
omissions and redundancies, as well as remove an obsolete reference to
the Performance Track program which has been terminated. These
technical corrections will improve the clarity of the Academic
Laboratories rule.
DATES: Written comments must be received by January 19, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2003-0012 by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: rcra-docket@epa.gov.
Fax: 202-566-9794.
Mail: RCRA Docket, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-2003-
0012. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in
the public docket without change and may be made available online at
https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through https://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The https://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 https://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/dockets.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the RCRA Docket, EPA/
DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC.
The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the
RCRA Docket is (202) 566-0270.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristin Fitzgerald, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery, (5304P), Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; (703) 308-8286;
Fitzgerald.Kristin@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Why is EPA issuing this proposed rule?
EPA is proposing six technical corrections that clarify the
Academic Laboratories rule. In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of
today's Federal Register, EPA is making these technical corrections as
a Direct Final rule without a prior Proposed rule because we view this
as a noncontroversial action and anticipate no adverse comment. We have
explained our reasons for this action in the preamble to the Direct
Final rule. If we receive no adverse comment on any of the individual
changes we are promulgating today, we will not take further action on
this Proposed rule. If, however, we receive such comment, we will
publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register to notify the
public that those technical corrections of the Direct Final rule for
which the Agency received adverse comment will not take effect, and the
reason for such withdrawal. We do not intend to institute a second
comment period on this action. Any parties interested in commenting
must do so at this time. For further information, please see the
information provided in the ADDRESSES section of this document.
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II. Does this action apply to me?
This rule proposes to amend subpart K of 40 CFR part 262. Entities
potentially affected by this action are any of the following which
generate hazardous waste in laboratories: (1) Colleges and
universities; (2) non-profit research institutes that are either owned
by or have a formal written affiliation agreement with a college or
university; and (3) teaching hospitals that are either owned by or have
a formal written affiliation agreement with a college or university.
NAICS Codes of Entities Potentially Affected by This Proposed Rule
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAICS codes Description of NAICS code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Colleges and Universities:
6112, 61121, 611210................ Junior Colleges.
6113, 61131, 611310................ Colleges, Universities, and
Professional Schools.
6115, 61151........................ Technical and Trade Schools.
611519............................. Other Technical and Trade
Schools.
61161, 611610...................... Fine Arts Schools.
Teaching Hospitals:
54194, 541940...................... Veterinary Services (Animal
Hospitals).
622................................ Hospitals.
6221, 62211, 622110................ General Medical and Surgical
Hospitals.
6222, 62221, 622210................ Psychiatric and Substance Abuse
Hospitals.
6223, 62231, 622310................ Specialty (except Psychiatric
and Substance Abuse)
Hospitals.
Non-profit Research Institutes:
5417, 54171, 541710................ Research and Development in the
Physical, Engineering, and
Life Sciences.
54172, 541720...................... Research and Development in the
Social Sciences and
Humanities.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
For a complete discussion of all the administrative requirements
applicable to this action, see the Direct Final rule in the ``Rules and
Regulations'' section of this Federal Register.
A. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires an agency
to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to the
notice and comment rulemaking requirements under the Administrative
Procedure Act or any other statute unless the agency certifies that the
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. Small entities include small businesses,
small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions.
For purposes of assessing the impacts of today's proposed rule on
small entities, small entity is defined as: (1) A small business as
defined by the Small Business Administrations' 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.
After considering the economic impact of today's Proposed Rule on
small entities, I certify that this action will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. This action
does not create any new regulatory requirements, but rather makes
technical corrections to subpart K of the hazardous waste generator
regulations. Although this Proposed rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, EPA
nonetheless has tried to reduce the impact of this Proposed rule on
small entities.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 262
Environmental protection, Exports, Hazardous materials
transportation, Hazardous waste, Imports, Labeling, Packaging and
containers, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: December 13, 2010.
Mathy Stanislaus,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
[FR Doc. 2010-31744 Filed 12-17-10; 8:45 am]
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