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human health impacts or environmental
effects from exposure to the pesticides
discussed in this document, compared
to the general population.
II. What action is the agency taking?
EPA is announcing receipt of a
pesticide petition filed under section
408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a,
requesting the establishment or
modification of regulations in 40 CFR
part 174 or part 180 for residues of
pesticide chemicals in or on various
food commodities. The Agency is taking
public comment on the request before
responding to the petitioner. EPA is not
proposing any particular action at this
time. EPA has determined that the
pesticide petition described in this
document contains data or information
prescribed in FFDCA section 408(d)(2);
however, EPA has not fully evaluated
the sufficiency of the submitted data at
this time or whether the data supports
granting of the pesticide petition. After
considering the public comments, EPA
intends to evaluate whether and what
action may be warranted. Additional
data may be needed before EPA can
make a final determination on this
pesticide petition.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a
summary of the petition that is the
subject of this document, prepared by
the petitioner, is included in a docket
EPA has created for this rulemaking.
The docket for this petition is available
on-line at https://www.regulations.gov.
As specified in FFDCA section
408(d)(3), (21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3)), EPA is
publishing notice of the petition so that
the public has an opportunity to
comment on this request for the
establishment or modification of
regulations for residues of pesticides in
or on food commodities. Further
information on the petition may be
obtained through the petition summary
referenced in this unit.
Notice of the Agency’s receipt of the
following petition was previously
announced in the Federal Register of
August 11, 2010 (75 FR 48667) (FRL–
8840–6), however, the petition
document was not made available in the
docket. Therefore, EPA is republishing
notice of the petition so that the public
has an opportunity to comment on this
request for the establishment or
modification of regulations for residues
of pesticides in or on food commodities.
PP 0F7734. Syngenta Crop Protection,
Inc., P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC
27410, proposes to establish a tolerance
in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the
insecticide thiamethoxam, (3-[(2-chloro5-thiazolyl) methyl]tetrahydro-5-methylN-nitro-4H-1,3,5-oxadiazin-4-imine) and
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its metabolite [N-(2-chloro-thiazol-5ylmethyl)-N′-methyl-N′-nitroguanidine],
in or on food commodities/feed
commodities (other than those covered
by a higher tolerance as a result of use
on growing crops) in food/feed handling
establishments at 0.01 part per million
(ppm). Syngenta Crop Protection has
submitted practical analytical
methodology for detecting and
measuring levels of thiamethoxam in or
on raw agricultural commodities. This
method is based on crop specific
cleanup procedures and determination
by liquid chromatography with either
ultraviolet (UV) or mass spectrometry
(MS) detections. The limit of detection
(LOD) for each analyte of this method is
1.25 nanogram (ng) injected for samples
analyzed by UV and 0.25 ng injected for
samples analyzed by MS, and the limit
of quantification (LOQ) is 0.005 ppm for
milk and juices, and 0.01 ppm for all
other substrates.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection,
Agricultural commodities, Feed
additives, Food additives, Pesticides
and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: June 7, 2011.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 262
[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2001–0032; FRL–9321–7]
Hazardous Waste Manifest Printing
Specifications Correction Rule
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing a minor
change to the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous
waste manifest regulations that affects
those entities that print the hazardous
waste manifest form in accordance with
EPA’s specifications. Specifically, this
action proposes to amend the current
printing specification regulation to
indicate that red ink, as well as other
distinct colors, or other methods to
distinguish the copy distribution
notations from the rest of the printed
form and data entries are permissible.
This proposed change would afford
authorized manifest form printers
SUMMARY:
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greater flexibility in complying with the
Federal hazardous waste manifest
printing specifications.
DATES: Written comments must be
received by July 22, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
RCRA–2001–0032 by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: RCRA docket@EPA.gov and
groce.bryan@epa.gov or
lashier.rich@epa.gov. Attention Docket
ID No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2001–0032.
• Fax: (202) 566–9744. Attention
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2001–
0032.
• Mail: RCRA Docket (28221T), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. Attention
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2001–
0032. Please include a total of two
copies of your comments.
• Hand Delivery: Please deliver two
copies to the EPA Docket Center, EPA
West Building, Room 3334, 1301
Connecticut Ave., NW., Washington,
DC. 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–RCRA–2001–
0032. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and 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
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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: All documents in the docket
are within 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 HQ–Docket Center, Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–RCRA–2001–0032, EPA West
Building, 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. A reasonable fee may be
charged for copying docket materials.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
more information on this rulemaking,
contact Bryan Groce or Richard LaShier,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery (MC: 5304P), 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460; Phone for Bryan Groce: (703)
308–8750, Phone for Richard LaShier:
(703) 308- 8796; or e-mail:
groce.bryan@epa.gov, or
lashier.rich@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
anticipate no adverse comment. We
have explained our reasons for this
proposed action in the preamble to the
Direct Final rule. If we receive no
adverse comment on this minor change
we are publishing today, we will not
take further action on this proposed
rule. If, however, we receive adverse
comment, we will publish a timely
withdrawal in the Federal Register to
notify the public that the regulatory
amendment in the Direct Final rule will
not take effect, and the reasons for such
a withdrawal. If the Direct Final rule in
the Rules and Regulations section of this
Federal Register is withdrawn, all
comments will be addressed in a
subsequent final action on the proposed
rule. We do not intend to institute a
second comment period on this action.
Any parties interested in commenting
must do so at this time.
The regulatory text for this proposal is
identical to that for the Direct Final rule
published in the Rules and Regulations
section of this Federal Register. For
further information, please see the
information provided in the ADDRESSES
section of this Federal Register.
I. Why is EPA issuing this proposed
rule?
EPA is proposing a minor amendment
that would change the Federal printing
specifications applicable to those
entities that print the hazardous waste
manifest form. This proposed rule
would change only the printing
specification in 40 CFR 262.21(f)(4) that
currently requires that certain copy
distribution notations appearing in the
margins of the form must be printed
only in red ink. In the ‘‘Rules and
Regulations’’ section of this Federal
Register, EPA is making this change as
a Direct Final rule without a prior
proposed rule, because we view this as
a non-controversial action and
A. Regulatory Flexibility Act.
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
generally requires an agency 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 rule on small entities, a small
entity is defined as: (1) A small business
as defined by the Small Business
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II. Does this action apply to me?
Entities potentially affected by this
action are the hazardous waste manifest
printers subject to 40 CFR 262.21(f) of
the RCRA hazardous waste regulations.
States are not affected by the changes to
the printing specifications unless they
should opt to print manifests. No states
are currently printing these forms.
III. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
For a complete discussion of all the
administrative requirements applicable
to this action, see the discussion in the
‘‘Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews’’ section to the preamble for the
Direct Final rule that is published in the
Rules and Regulations section of this
Federal Register.
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Administration’s (SBA) 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
impacts of today’s Direct Final rule on
small entities, I certify that this
proposed rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. This action
proposes only a minor change to the
manifest printing specifications, and the
effect of this proposed change would
make it easier for printers to comply
with the manifest printing specification
by providing additional options.
Therefore, this proposed rule would not
impose any new burden or costs on
printers or users of the manifest,
including printers and users who are
small entities as defined by the RFA.
Since the rule would not have any
significant adverse economic impact on
small entities, the RFA does not require
EPA to perform a regulatory flexibility
analysis.
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: June 15, 2011.
Mathy Stanislaus,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste
& Emergency Response.
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Programs
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Affirmative Action and
Nondiscrimination Obligations of
Contractors and Subcontractors
Regarding Protected Veterans
Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
and extension of comment period.
AGENCY:
On April 26, 2011, the Office
of Federal Contract Compliance
Programs (OFCCP) published a Federal
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Register notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM). This NPRM proposes revising
regulations implementing the
affirmative action provisions of the
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment
Assistance Act of 1974, as amended.
This document extends the comment
period for the proposed rule for fourteen
(14) days. If you have already
commented on the proposed rule you do
not need to resubmit your comment.
OFCCP will consider all comments
received from the date of publication of
the proposed rule through the close of
the extended comment period.
DATES: The comment period for the
NPRM published on April 26, 2011 (76
FR 23358), scheduled to close on
June 27, 2011, is extended until
July 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by RIN 1250–AA00, by any of
the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: (202) 693–1304 (for comments
of six pages or fewer).
• Mail: Debra A. Carr, Director,
Division of Policy, Planning, and
Program Development, Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs, Room
C–3325, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Debra A. Carr, Director, Division of
Policy, Planning, and Program
Development, Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs, Room C–3325,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April
26, 2011, OFCCP published a proposed
rule entitled ‘‘Affirmative Action and
Nondiscrimination Obligations of
Contractors and Subcontractors
Regarding Protected Veterans’’ (76 FR
23358). OFCCP was to receive
comments on this NPRM on or before
June 27, 2011.
Various organizations submitted
requests to extend the comment period
by an additional sixty (60) days or more.
We considered these requests and
determined that it is appropriate to
provide an additional 14-day period for
comment on the proposed regulation.
We are, therefore, extending the
comment period until Monday, July 11,
2011.
Extension of Comment Period
OFCCP determined that the public
could use additional time to review the
potential impact of the proposed
requirements. Therefore, to allow the
public sufficient time to review and
comment on the NPRM, OFCCP is
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extending the comment period until
July 11, 2011.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of
June 2011.
Patricia Shiu,
Director, Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs.
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SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
44 CFR Part 67
[Docket ID FEMA–2011–0002; Internal
Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1198]
Proposed Flood Elevation
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
Comments are requested on
the proposed Base (1% annual-chance)
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed
BFE modifications for the communities
listed in the table below. The purpose
of this proposed rule is to seek general
information and comment regarding the
proposed regulatory flood elevations for
the reach described by the downstream
and upstream locations in the table
below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are
a part of the floodplain management
measures that the community is
required either to adopt or to show
evidence of having in effect in order to
qualify or remain qualified for
participation in the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition,
these elevations, once finalized, will be
used by insurance agents and others to
calculate appropriate flood insurance
premium rates for new buildings and
the contents in those buildings.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted
on or before September 20, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The corresponding
preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map
(FIRM) for the proposed BFEs for each
community is available for inspection at
the community’s map repository. The
respective addresses are listed in the
table below.
You may submit comments, identified
by Docket No. FEMA–B–1198, to Luis
Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering
Management Branch, Federal Insurance
and Mitigation Administration, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472,
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 262
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2001-0032; FRL-9321-7]
Hazardous Waste Manifest Printing Specifications Correction Rule
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a minor
change to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous
waste manifest regulations that affects those entities that print the
hazardous waste manifest form in accordance with EPA's specifications.
Specifically, this action proposes to amend the current printing
specification regulation to indicate that red ink, as well as other
distinct colors, or other methods to distinguish the copy distribution
notations from the rest of the printed form and data entries are
permissible. This proposed change would afford authorized manifest form
printers
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greater flexibility in complying with the Federal hazardous waste
manifest printing specifications.
DATES: Written comments must be received by July 22, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2001-0032 by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov: follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: RCRA docket@EPA.gov and groce.bryan@epa.gov or
lashier.rich@epa.gov. Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2001-0032.
Fax: (202) 566-9744. Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2001-0032.
Mail: RCRA Docket (28221T), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Attention
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2001-0032. Please include a total of two
copies of your comments.
Hand Delivery: Please deliver two copies to the EPA Docket
Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Connecticut Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. 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-RCRA-
2001-0032. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and 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/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket are within 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 HQ-Docket Center,
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2001-0032, EPA West Building, 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. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying docket materials.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information on this
rulemaking, contact Bryan Groce or Richard LaShier, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (MC:
5304P), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; Phone for
Bryan Groce: (703) 308-8750, Phone for Richard LaShier: (703) 308-
8796; or e-mail: groce.bryan@epa.gov, or lashier.rich@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Why is EPA issuing this proposed rule?
EPA is proposing a minor amendment that would change the Federal
printing specifications applicable to those entities that print the
hazardous waste manifest form. This proposed rule would change only the
printing specification in 40 CFR 262.21(f)(4) that currently requires
that certain copy distribution notations appearing in the margins of
the form must be printed only in red ink. In the ``Rules and
Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, EPA is making this
change as a Direct Final rule without a prior proposed rule, because we
view this as a non-controversial action and anticipate no adverse
comment. We have explained our reasons for this proposed action in the
preamble to the Direct Final rule. If we receive no adverse comment on
this minor change we are publishing today, we will not take further
action on this proposed rule. If, however, we receive adverse comment,
we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register to notify
the public that the regulatory amendment in the Direct Final rule will
not take effect, and the reasons for such a withdrawal. If the Direct
Final rule in the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal
Register is withdrawn, all comments will be addressed in a subsequent
final action on the proposed rule. We do not intend to institute a
second comment period on this action. Any parties interested in
commenting must do so at this time.
The regulatory text for this proposal is identical to that for the
Direct Final rule published in the Rules and Regulations section of
this Federal Register. For further information, please see the
information provided in the ADDRESSES section of this Federal Register.
II. Does this action apply to me?
Entities potentially affected by this action are the hazardous
waste manifest printers subject to 40 CFR 262.21(f) of the RCRA
hazardous waste regulations. States are not affected by the changes to
the printing specifications unless they should opt to print manifests.
No states are currently printing these forms.
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
For a complete discussion of all the administrative requirements
applicable to this action, see the discussion in the ``Statutory and
Executive Order Reviews'' section to the preamble for the Direct Final
rule that is published 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
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 rule on small
entities, a small entity is defined as: (1) A small business as defined
by the Small Business
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Administration's (SBA) 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 impacts of today's Direct Final rule
on small entities, I certify that this proposed rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
This action proposes only a minor change to the manifest printing
specifications, and the effect of this proposed change would make it
easier for printers to comply with the manifest printing specification
by providing additional options. Therefore, this proposed rule would
not impose any new burden or costs on printers or users of the
manifest, including printers and users who are small entities as
defined by the RFA. Since the rule would not have any significant
adverse economic impact on small entities, the RFA does not require EPA
to perform a regulatory flexibility analysis.
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: June 15, 2011.
Mathy Stanislaus,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste & Emergency Response.
[FR Doc. 2011-15645 Filed 6-21-11; 8:45 am]
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