Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste: Carbon Dioxide (CO2, 55846-55847 [2011-23156]

Download as PDF 55846 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 175 / Friday, September 9, 2011 / Proposed Rules The EPA believes that this proposed action is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of NTTAA because application of those requirements would be inconsistent with the CAA. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Population RIN 2050–AG60 Executive Order (EO) 12898 (59 FR 7629 (Feb. 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 lacks the discretionary authority to address environmental justice in this proposed rule. In reviewing SIP submittals, EPA’s role is to approve or disapprove State choices, based on the criteria of the CAA. This action merely proposes to approve certain State requirements submitted for inclusion in the SIP under CAA section 110 and subchapter I, part D and to disapprove others, and will not in and of itself create any new requirements. Accordingly, it does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under Executive Order 12898. List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Dated: August 31, 2011. Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, Region IX. [FR Doc. 2011–23151 Filed 9–8–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:55 Sep 08, 2011 Jkt 223001 40 CFR Parts 260 and 261 [EPA–HQ–RCRA–2010–0695; FRL–9461–8] Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Streams in Geologic Sequestration Activities Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Technical correction. AGENCY: On August 8, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register to revise the regulations for hazardous waste management under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to conditionally exclude carbon dioxide (CO2) streams that are hazardous from the definition of hazardous waste, provided these hazardous CO2 streams meet certain conditions. This correction is necessary because EPA published incorrect burden estimates in the Section VII.B. of the preamble to the proposed rule. However, EPA notes that the correct burden estimates were in the Information Collection Request (ICR) document prepared by EPA, submitted for approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act, and placed into the docket for the August 8, 2011 proposed rule. DATES: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on the information collection provisions must be received by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on or before October 11, 2011. ADDRESSES: Send comments to OMB at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. In addition, send comments to EPA, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2010–0695, by one of the following methods: • https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: rcra-docket@epa.gov. • Fax: 202–566–9744. • Mail: RCRA Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please include a total of two copies. In addition, please mail a copy of your comments on the information collection provisions to the SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC 20503. • Hand Delivery: Deliver two copies of your comments to EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 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–RCRA–2010– 0695. 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/epahome/dockets.htm. 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:// E:\FR\FM\09SEP1.SGM 09SEP1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 175 / Friday, September 9, 2011 / Proposed Rules 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: Lyn Luben, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (5305P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703–308–0508; fax number: 703–308–7903; e-mail address: luben.lyn@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 8, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) published a proposed rule to revise the regulations for hazardous waste management under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to conditionally exclude carbon dioxide (CO2) streams that are hazardous from the definition of hazardous waste, provided these hazardous CO2 streams meet certain conditions. 76 FR 48073. Today’s correction notice is necessary because EPA published incorrect burden estimates in the preamble to the proposed rule. See Section VII.B. of the preamble (Paperwork Reduction Act). 76 FR at 48090–91. EPA notes, however, that the correct burden estimates were in the Information Collection Request (ICR) document prepared by EPA, submitted for approval to the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., and placed into the docket for the August 8, 2011 proposed rule (EPA–HQ–RCRA–2010–0695). The ICR was assigned EPA ICR number 2421.01. The statement in the preamble referenced above, which begins with ‘‘EPA estimates * * *’’ in the first full paragraph of the first column on page 48091, should read as follows: ‘‘EPA estimates the total annual burden to respondents under the new paperwork requirements to be 27 hours and $2,287. However, EPA also estimates an annual burden savings under the existing RCRA subtitle C paperwork requirements of 103 hours and $8,497. Thus, this would result in a net annual savings of 76 hours and $6,210. The bottom-line burden savings over three years is estimated to be 228 hours and $18,630.’’ The remainder of this paragraph is unchanged. The public is invited to comment on this technical correction notice and/or VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:55 Sep 08, 2011 Jkt 223001 the supporting ICR document (EPA ICR number 2421.01). The public docket for this rule (EPA–HQ–RCRA–2010–0695) includes the full ICR document. Please submit any comments related to this technical correction notice and/or the full ICR document to both EPA and OMB. EPA is allowing for comments on this technical correction notice and/or the supporting ICR document to be submitted up to 30 days after the publication of this technical correction notice in the Federal Register (see DATES section above), but is not changing the October 7, 2011 deadline for any non-ICR related comments on the August 8, 2011 proposed rule. The final rule will respond to any comments on the information collection requirements contained in this technical correction notice. List of Subjects 40 CFR Part 260 Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, Hazardous waste, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. 40 CFR Part 261 Environmental protection, Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Recycling. Dated: September 2, 2011. Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. [FR Doc. 2011–23156 Filed 9–8–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 46 CFR Parts 2, 15, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, and 144 [Docket No. USCG–2006–24412] RIN 1625–AB06 Inspection of Towing Vessels Coast Guard, DHS. Notice of public meetings; request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: The Coast Guard announces a series of public meetings to receive comments on a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled ‘‘Inspection of Towing Vessels’’ that was published in the Federal Register on August 11, 2011. As stated in that document, the regulations proposed in the NPRM would establish safety regulations governing the inspection, standards, and safety management systems of towing SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 55847 vessels. The proposal includes provisions covering: Specific electrical and machinery requirements for new and existing towing vessels, the use and approval of third-party auditors and surveyors, and procedures for obtaining Certificates of Inspection. Without making a specific proposal in the NPRM regarding potential requirements for hours of service or crew endurance management for mariners aboard towing vessels, the Coast Guard also welcomes comments on these two important issues, which are discussed in the NPRM. Public meetings will be held on the following dates to provide an opportunity for oral comments: • Tuesday, October 18, 2011, in Newport News, VA, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.; • Monday, October 24, 2011, in St. Louis, MO, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.; • Wednesday, October 26, 2011, in New Orleans, LA, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.; • Wednesday, November 16, 2011, in Seattle, WA, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Written comments and related material may also be submitted to Coast Guard personnel specified at those meetings for inclusion in the official docket for this rulemaking. The comment period for the NPRM closes on December 9, 2011. All comments and related material submitted after the meeting must either be submitted to our online docket via https:// www.regulations.gov on or before December 9, 2011, or reach the Docket Management Facility by that date. ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be held at the following locations: • Tuesday, October 18, 2011—Point Plaza Suites at City Center, 950 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News, VA 23601. • Monday, October 24, 2011— Crowne Plaza (Downtown), 200 N. Fourth Street, St. Louis, MO 63102. • Wednesday, October 26, 2011— Crowne Plaza (New Orleans-Airport), 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, LA 70062. • Wednesday, November 16, 2011— Hotel 1000, 1000 First Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104. Live Webcasts (audio and video) of the four public meetings will also be broadcast online. The Web site for viewing those Webcasts can be found at https://www.Towingvesselregs.us. The Webcasts will only enable those using this feature to view the proceedings—it will not allow them to make remarks to those participating in the meetings in person. As long as they are received by December 9, 2011, you may submit written comments identified by docket DATES: E:\FR\FM\09SEP1.SGM 09SEP1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 175 (Friday, September 9, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 55846-55847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23156]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 260 and 261

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2010-0695; FRL-9461-8]
RIN 2050-AG60


Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of 
Hazardous Waste: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Streams in Geologic Sequestration 
Activities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Technical correction.

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SUMMARY: On August 8, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA or the Agency) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register 
to revise the regulations for hazardous waste management under the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to conditionally exclude 
carbon dioxide (CO2) streams that are hazardous from the 
definition of hazardous waste, provided these hazardous CO2 
streams meet certain conditions. This correction is necessary because 
EPA published incorrect burden estimates in the Section VII.B. of the 
preamble to the proposed rule. However, EPA notes that the correct 
burden estimates were in the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
document prepared by EPA, submitted for approval to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act, and 
placed into the docket for the August 8, 2011 proposed rule.

DATES: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on the information 
collection provisions must be received by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) on or before October 11, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to OMB at the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. In 
addition, send comments to EPA, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2010-0695, by one of the following methods:
     https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions 
for submitting comments.
     E-mail: rcra-docket@epa.gov.
     Fax: 202-566-9744.
     Mail: RCRA Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Please include a total of two copies. In addition, please mail a copy 
of your comments on the information collection provisions to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Attn: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC 20503.
     Hand Delivery: Deliver two copies of your comments to EPA 
West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 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-RCRA-
2010-0695. 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/epahome/dockets.htm.
    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://

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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: Lyn Luben, Office of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery (5305P), Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 
703-308-0508; fax number: 703-308-7903; e-mail address: 
luben.lyn@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    On August 8, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or 
the Agency) published a proposed rule to revise the regulations for 
hazardous waste management under the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (RCRA) to conditionally exclude carbon dioxide (CO2) 
streams that are hazardous from the definition of hazardous waste, 
provided these hazardous CO2 streams meet certain 
conditions. 76 FR 48073. Today's correction notice is necessary because 
EPA published incorrect burden estimates in the preamble to the 
proposed rule. See Section VII.B. of the preamble (Paperwork Reduction 
Act). 76 FR at 48090-91. EPA notes, however, that the correct burden 
estimates were in the Information Collection Request (ICR) document 
prepared by EPA, submitted for approval to the Office of Management and 
Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., and 
placed into the docket for the August 8, 2011 proposed rule (EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2010-0695). The ICR was assigned EPA ICR number 2421.01. The 
statement in the preamble referenced above, which begins with ``EPA 
estimates * * *'' in the first full paragraph of the first column on 
page 48091, should read as follows:
    ``EPA estimates the total annual burden to respondents under the 
new paperwork requirements to be 27 hours and $2,287. However, EPA also 
estimates an annual burden savings under the existing RCRA subtitle C 
paperwork requirements of 103 hours and $8,497. Thus, this would result 
in a net annual savings of 76 hours and $6,210. The bottom-line burden 
savings over three years is estimated to be 228 hours and $18,630.'' 
The remainder of this paragraph is unchanged.
    The public is invited to comment on this technical correction 
notice and/or the supporting ICR document (EPA ICR number 2421.01). The 
public docket for this rule (EPA-HQ-RCRA-2010-0695) includes the full 
ICR document. Please submit any comments related to this technical 
correction notice and/or the full ICR document to both EPA and OMB. EPA 
is allowing for comments on this technical correction notice and/or the 
supporting ICR document to be submitted up to 30 days after the 
publication of this technical correction notice in the Federal Register 
(see DATES section above), but is not changing the October 7, 2011 
deadline for any non-ICR related comments on the August 8, 2011 
proposed rule. The final rule will respond to any comments on the 
information collection requirements contained in this technical 
correction notice.

List of Subjects

40 CFR Part 260

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Hazardous waste, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

40 CFR Part 261

    Environmental protection, Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Recycling.

    Dated: September 2, 2011.
Mathy Stanislaus,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
[FR Doc. 2011-23156 Filed 9-8-11; 8:45 am]
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