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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 272
[EPA–R06–2012–0471; FRL–9701–7]
Oklahoma: Incorporation by Reference
of Approved State Hazardous Waste
Management Program
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
AGENCY:
The Solid Waste Disposal Act,
as amended, commonly referred to as
the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA), allows the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
to authorize States to operate their
hazardous waste management programs
in lieu of the Federal program. The EPA
uses the regulations entitled ‘‘Approved
State Hazardous Waste Management
Programs’’ to provide notice of the
authorization status of State programs
and to incorporate by reference those
provisions of the State statutes and
regulations that will be subject to the
EPA’s inspection and enforcement. The
rule codifies in the regulations the prior
approval of Oklahoma’s hazardous
waste management program and
incorporates by reference authorized
provisions of the State’s statutes and
regulations.
DATES: This regulation is effective
October 9, 2012, unless the EPA
receives adverse written comment on
this regulation by the close of business
September 6, 2012. If the EPA receives
such comments, it will publish a timely
withdrawal of this direct final rule in
the Federal Register informing the
public that this rule will not take effect.
SUMMARY:
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The Director of the Federal Register
approves this incorporation by reference
as of October 9, 2012 in accordance with
5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments by
one of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
2. Email: patterson.alima@epa.gov or
banks.julia@epa.gov.
3. Mail: Alima Patterson, Region 6,
Regional Authorization Coordinator, or
Julia Banks, Codification Coordinator,
State/Tribal Oversight Section (6PD–O),
Multimedia Planning and Permitting
Division, EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross
Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733.
4. Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver
your comments to Alima Patterson,
Region 6, Regional Authorization
Coordinator, State/Tribal Oversight
Section (6PD–O), Multimedia Planning
and Permitting Division, EPA Region 6,
1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–
2733.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–R06–RCRA–2012–
0471. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change, including
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 email. The
Federal https://www.regulations.gov Web
site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system,
which means the EPA will not know
your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an email
comment directly to the EPA without
going through https://
www.regulations.gov, your email
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, the 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 the EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties, and cannot
contact you for clarification, the 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.
You can view and copy the
documents that form the basis for this
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codification and associated publicly
available materials from 8:30 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at the
following location: EPA Region 6, 1445
Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas, 75202–
2733, phone number (214) 665–8533 or
(214) 665–8178. Interested persons
wanting to examine these documents
should make an appointment with the
office at least two weeks in advance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alima Patterson, Region 6 Regional
Authorization Coordinator or Julia
Banks, Codification Coordinator, State/
Tribal Oversight Section (6PD–O),
Multimedia Planning and Permitting
Division, EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross
Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733,
phone numbers: (214) 665–8533 or (214)
665–8178, email address:
patterson.alima@epa.gov or
banks.julia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. What is codification?
Codification is the process of placing
a State’s statutes and regulations that
comprise the State’s authorized
hazardous waste management program
into the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR). Section 3006(b) of RCRA, as
amended, allows the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) to authorize
State hazardous waste management
programs to operate in lieu of the
Federal hazardous waste management
regulatory program. The EPA codifies its
authorization of State programs in 40
CFR part 272 and incorporates by
reference State statutes and regulations
that the EPA will enforce under sections
3007 and 3008 of RCRA and any other
applicable statutory provisions.
The incorporation by reference of
State authorized programs in the CFR
should substantially enhance the
public’s ability to discern the current
status of the authorized State program
and State requirements that can be
Federally enforced. This effort provides
clear notice to the public of the scope
of the authorized program in each State.
B. What is the history of the
authorization and codification of
Oklahoma’s hazardous waste
management program?
Oklahoma initially received Final
authorization effective January 10, 1985,
(49 FR 50362) to implement its Base
Hazardous Waste Management program.
Subsequently, the EPA approved
additional program revision
applications effective on June 18, 1990
(55 FR 14280), November 27, 1990 (55
FR 39274), June 3, 1991 (56 FR 13411),
November 19, 1991 (56 FR 47675),
November 29, 1993 (58 FR 50854),
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December 21, 1994 (59 FR 51116), April
27, 1995 (60 FR 2699), March 14, 1997
(62 FR 12100), July 14, 1998 (63 FR
23673), November 23, 1998 (63 FR
50528), February 8, 1999 (63 FR 67800),
March 30, 2000 (65 FR 16528), July 10,
2000 (65 FR 29981) March 5, 2001 (66
FR 28), June 9, 2003 (68 FR 17308),
April 6, 2009 (74 FR 5994), May 6, 2011
(76 FR 18927), and May 14, 2012 (77 FR
15273). The EPA first incorporated by
reference Oklahoma’s hazardous waste
program effective December 13, 1993
(58 FR 52679), and updated the
incorporation by reference effective July
14, 1998 (63 FR 23673), October 25,
1999 (64 FR 46567), October 27, 2003
(68 FR 51488), August 27, 2010 (75 FR
36546), and July 16, 2012 (77 FR 29231).
In this document, the EPA is revising
Subpart LL of 40 CFR part 272 to
include the recent authorization
revision actions effective May 6, 2011
(76 FR 18927) and May 14, 2012 (77 FR
15273).
C. What codification decisions have we
made in this rule?
The purpose of this Federal Register
document is to codify Oklahoma’s base
hazardous waste management program
and its revisions through RCRA Cluster
XX. The EPA provided notices and
opportunity for comments on the
Agency’s decisions to authorize the
Oklahoma program, and the EPA is not
now reopening the decisions, nor
requesting comments, on the Oklahoma
authorizations as published in the
Federal Register notices specified in
Section B of this document.
This document incorporates by
reference Oklahoma’s hazardous waste
statutes and regulations and clarifies
which of these provisions are included
in the authorized and Federally
enforceable program. By codifying
Oklahoma’s authorized program and by
amending the Code of Federal
Regulations, the public will be more
easily able to discern the status of
Federally approved requirements of the
Oklahoma hazardous waste
management program.
The EPA is incorporating by reference
the Oklahoma authorized hazardous
waste program in subpart LL of 40 CFR
part 272. Section 272.1851 incorporates
by reference Oklahoma’s authorized
hazardous waste statutes and
regulations. Section 272.1851 also
references the statutory provisions
(including procedural and enforcement
provisions) which provide the legal
basis for the State’s implementation of
the hazardous waste management
program, the Memorandum of
Agreement, the Attorney General’s
Statements and the Program
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of the hazardous waste management
program under Subtitle C of RCRA.
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D. What is the effect of Oklahoma’s
codification on enforcement?
The EPA retains its authority under
statutory provisions, including but not
limited to, RCRA sections 3007, 3008,
3013 and 7003, and other applicable
statutory and regulatory provisions to
undertake inspections and enforcement
actions and to issue orders in authorized
States. With respect to these actions, the
EPA will rely on Federal sanctions,
Federal inspection authorities, and
Federal procedures rather than any
authorized State analogues to these
provisions. Therefore, the EPA is not
incorporating by reference such
particular, approved Oklahoma
procedural and enforcement authorities.
Section 272.1851(c)(2) of 40 CFR lists
the statutory provisions which provide
the legal basis for the State’s
implementation of the hazardous waste
management program, as well as those
procedural and enforcement authorities
that are part of the State’s approved
program, but these are not incorporated
by reference.
E. What State provisions are not part of
the codification?
The public needs to be aware that
some provisions of Oklahoma’s
hazardous waste management program
are not part of the Federally authorized
State program. These non-authorized
provisions include:
(1) Provisions that are not part of the
RCRA subtitle C program because they
are ‘‘broader in scope’’ than RCRA
subtitle C (see 40 CFR 271.1(i));
(2) Federal rules for which Oklahoma
is not authorized, but which have been
incorporated into the State regulations
because of the way the State adopted
Federal regulations by reference.
State provisions that are ‘‘broader in
scope’’ than the Federal program are not
part of the RCRA authorized program
and the EPA will not enforce them.
Therefore, they are not incorporated by
reference in 40 CFR part 272. For
reference and clarity, 40 CFR
272.1851(c)(3) lists the Oklahoma
regulatory provisions which are
‘‘broader in scope’’ than the Federal
program and which are not part of the
authorized program being incorporated
by reference. ‘‘Broader in scope’’
provisions cannot be enforced by the
EPA; the State, however, may enforce
such provisions under State law.
Oklahoma has adopted but is not
authorized for the Federal rules
published in the Federal Register on
October 5, 1990 (55 FR 40834); February
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1, 1991 (56 FR 3978); February 13, 1991
(56 FR 5910); April 2, 1991 (56 FR
13406); May 1, 1991 (56 FR 19951);
December 23, 1991 (56 FR 66365); June
29, 1995 (60 FR 33912), May 26, 1998
(63 FR 28556), June 14, 2005 (70 FR
34538), August 1, 2005 (70 FR 44150);
December 19, 2008 (73 FR 77954); and
June 15, 2010 (75 FR 33712). Therefore,
these Federal amendments included in
Oklahoma’s adoption by reference at
252:205–3–2(b) through 252:205–3–2(m)
of the Oklahoma Administrative Code,
are not part of the State’s authorized
program and are not part of the
incorporation by reference addressed by
this Federal Register document.
With respect to any requirement
pursuant to the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA) for
which the State has not yet been
authorized, the EPA will continue to
enforce the Federal HSWA standards
until the State is authorized for these
provisions.
F. What will be the effect of Federal
HSWA requirements on the
codification?
The EPA is not amending 40 CFR part
272 to include HSWA requirements and
prohibitions that are implemented by
the EPA. Section 3006(g) of RCRA
provides that any HSWA requirement or
prohibition (including implementing
regulations) takes effect in authorized
and not authorized States at the same
time. A HSWA requirement or
prohibition supersedes any less
stringent or inconsistent State provision
which may have been previously
authorized by the EPA (50 FR 28702,
July 15, 1985). The EPA has the
authority to implement HSWA
requirements in all States, including
authorized States, until the States
become authorized for such requirement
or prohibition. Authorized States are
required to revise their programs to
adopt the HSWA requirements and
prohibitions, and then to seek
authorization for those revisions
pursuant to 40 CFR part 271.
Instead of amending the 40 CFR part
272 every time a new HSWA provision
takes effect under the authority of RCRA
section 3006(g), the EPA will wait until
the State receives authorization for its
analog to the new HSWA provision
before amending the State’s 40 CFR part
272 incorporation by reference. Until
then, persons wanting to know whether
a HSWA requirement or prohibition is
in effect should refer to 40 CFR 271.1(j),
as amended, which lists each such
provision.
Some existing State requirements may
be similar to the HSWA requirement
implemented by the EPA. However,
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until the EPA authorizes those State
requirements, the EPA can only enforce
the HSWA requirements and not the
State analogs. The EPA will not codify
those State requirements until the State
receives authorization for those
requirements.
G. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) has exempted this action from
the requirements of Executive Order
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993),
and therefore this action is not subject
to review by OMB. This rule
incorporates by reference Oklahoma’s
authorized hazardous waste
management regulations and imposes
no additional requirements beyond
those imposed by State law.
Accordingly, I certify that this action
will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities under the Regulatory Flexibility
Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because this
rule merely incorporates by reference
certain existing State hazardous waste
management program requirements
which the EPA already approved under
40 CFR part 271, and with which
regulated entities must already comply,
it does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4).
This action 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 the various
levels of government, as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255,
August 10, 1999), because it merely
incorporates by reference existing
authorized State hazardous waste
management program requirements
without altering the relationship or the
distribution of power and
responsibilities established by RCRA.
This action also does not have Tribal
implications within the meaning of
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249,
November 6, 2000).
This action also is not subject to
Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885,
April 23, 1997), because it is not
economically significant and it does not
make decisions based on environmental
health or safety risks. This 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 under Executive Order
12866.
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The requirements being codified are
the result of Oklahoma’s voluntary
participation in the EPA’s State program
authorization process under RCRA
Subtitle C. Thus, the requirements of
section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not
apply. As required by section 3 of
Executive Order 12988 (61 FR 4729,
February 7, 1996), in issuing this rule,
the EPA has taken the necessary steps
to eliminate drafting errors and
ambiguity, minimize potential litigation,
and provide a clear legal standard for
affected conduct. The EPA has complied
with Executive Order 12630 (53 FR
8859, March 15, 1988) by examining the
takings implications of the rule in
accordance with the ‘‘Attorney
General’s Supplemental Guidelines for
the Evaluation of Risk and Avoidance of
Unanticipated Takings’’ issued under
the executive order. This rule does not
impose an information collection
burden under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
The Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as amended by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report, which includes a
copy of the rule, to each House of the
Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. The EPA will
submit a report containing this
document and other required
information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S.
House of Representatives, and the
Comptroller General of the United
States prior to publication in the
Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is
published in the Federal Register. This
action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined
by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
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).
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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 272
Environmental protection,
Administrative practice and procedure,
Confidential business information,
Hazardous waste, Hazardous waste
transportation, Incorporation by
reference, Indian lands,
Intergovernmental relations, Penalties,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Water pollution control,
Water supply.
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Dated: July 5, 2012.
Samuel Coleman,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region
6.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, 40 CFR part 272 is amended
as follows:
PART 272—APPROVED STATE
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMS
1. The authority citation for part 272
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: Sections 2002(a), 3006, and
7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as
amended by the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a),
6926, and 6974(b).
2. Revise § 272.1851 to read as
follows:
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§ 272.1851 Oklahoma State-administered
program: Final authorization.
(a) Pursuant to section 3006(b) of
RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6926(b), the EPA
granted Oklahoma final authorization
for the following elements as submitted
to EPA in Oklahoma’s base program
application for final authorization
which was approved by EPA effective
on January 10, 1985. Subsequent
program revision applications were
approved effective on June 18, 1990,
November 27, 1990, June 3, 1991,
November 19, 1991, November 29, 1993,
December 21, 1994, April 27, 1995,
March 14, 1997, July 14, 1998 and
November 23, 1998, February 8, 1999,
March 30, 2000, July 10, 2000, March 5,
2001, June 9, 2003, April 6, 2009, May
6, 2011, and May 14, 2012.
(b) The State of Oklahoma has
primary responsibility for enforcing its
hazardous waste management program.
However, EPA retains the authority to
exercise its inspection and enforcement
authorities in accordance with sections
3007, 3008, 3013, 7003 of RCRA, 42
U.S.C. 6927, 6928, 6934, 6973, and any
other applicable statutory and
regulatory provisions, regardless of
whether the State has taken its own
actions, as well as in accordance with
other statutory and regulatory
provisions.
(c) State Statutes and Regulations. (1)
The Oklahoma statutes and regulations
cited in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this
section are incorporated by reference as
part of the hazardous waste
management program under subtitle C
of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq. The
Director of the Federal Register
approves this incorporation by reference
in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and
1 CFR part 51. You may obtain copies
of the Oklahoma regulations that are
incorporated by reference in this
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paragraph from the State’s Office of
Administrative Rules, Secretary of State,
P.O. Box 53390, Oklahoma City, OK
73152–3390; Phone number: 405–521–
4911; Web site: www.sos.state.ok.us/
oar/oar_welcome.htm. The statutes are
available from West Publishing
Company, 610 Opperman Drive, P.O.
Box 64526, St. Paul, Minnesota 55164–
0526; Phone: 1–800–328–4880; Web
site: https://west.thomson.com. You may
inspect a copy at EPA Region 6, 1445
Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202
(Phone number (214) 665–8533), or at
the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). For
information on the availability of this
material at NARA, call 202–741–6030,
or go to: https://www.archives.gov/
federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
(i) The binder entitled ‘‘EPAApproved Oklahoma Statutory and
Regulatory Requirements Applicable to
the Hazardous Waste Management
Program’’, May, 2012. Only those
provisions that have been authorized by
EPA are incorporated by reference.
These provisions are listed in Appendix
A to Part 272.
(ii) [Reserved]
(2) The following provisions provide
the legal basis for the State’s
implementation of the hazardous waste
management program, but they are not
being incorporated by reference and do
not replace Federal authorities:
(i) Oklahoma Environmental Crimes
Act, as amended through July 1, 2010,
21 Oklahoma Statutes (O.S.), Sections
1230.1 et seq.
(ii) Oklahoma Open Meetings Act, as
amended through July 1, 2010, 25
Oklahoma Statutes (O.S.), Sections 301
et seq.
(iii) Oklahoma Statutes, Title 27A,
‘‘Environment and Natural Resources’’,
as amended through July 1, 2010:
Chapter 1, ‘‘Oklahoma Environmental
Quality Act’’, Sections 1–1–101 et seq.;
Chapter 2, ‘‘Oklahoma Environmental
Quality Code’’, Sections 2–2–101, 2–2–
104, 2–2–201, 2–3–101(F)(1), 2–3–104,
2–3–202, 2–3–501, 2–3–502, 2–3–503,
2–3–504; ‘‘Oklahoma Hazardous Waste
Management Act’’, Sections 2–7–102, 2–
7–104, 2–7–105 (except 2–7–105(27), 2–
7–105(29) and 2–7–105(34)), 2–7–106,
2–7–107, 2–7–108(B)(2), 2–7–109, 2–7–
110(A), 2–7–111(C)(2)(b) and (c), 2–7–
111(C)(3), 2–7–113.1, 2–7–115, 2–7–
116(A), 2–7–116(G), 2–7–116(H)(1), 2–
7–117, 2–7–123, 2–7–126, 2–7–129, 2–
7–130, 2–7–131, 2–7–132, and 2–7–133;
‘‘Oklahoma Uniform Environmental
Permitting Act’’, Sections 2–14–101 et
seq.
(iv) Oklahoma Open Records Act, as
amended through July 1, 2010, 51
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24A.1 et seq.
(v) Oklahoma Administrative
Procedures Act, as amended through
July 1, 2010, 75 Oklahoma Statutes
(O.S.), Sections 250 et seq.
(vi) The Oklahoma Administrative
Code (OAC), Title 252, Chapter 205,
Hazardous Waste Management, effective
July 1, 2011: Subchapter 1, Sections
252:205–1–1(b), 252:205–1–3(a) and (b),
252:205–1–4(a)–(d); Subchapter 3,
Sections 252:205–3–2(a) introductory
paragraph, 252:205–3–2(a)(1) and
252:205–3–2(a)(3); Subchapter 11,
Section 252:205–11–3.
(3) The following statutory and
regulatory provisions are broader in
scope than the Federal program, are not
part of the authorized program, and are
not incorporated by reference:
(i) Oklahoma Hazardous Waste
Management Act, as amended, 27A
Oklahoma Statutes (O.S.) as amended
through July 1, 2010, Sections 2–7–119,
2–7–120, 2–7–121, 2–7–121.1 and 2–7–
134.
(ii) The Oklahoma Administrative
Code (OAC), Title 252, Chapter 205,
effective July 1, 2011: Subchapter 1,
Sections 252:205–1–1(c)(2) and (3),
252:205–1–2 ‘‘RRSIA’’. 252:205–1–2
‘‘Reuse’’, 252:205–1–2 ‘‘Speculative
accumulation’’, 252:205–1–2 ‘‘Transfer
facility’’, 252:205–1–2 ‘‘Transfer
station’’, 252:205–1–4(e); Subchapter 5,
Section 252:205–5–1(4), Subchapter 15;
Subchapter 17; Subchapter 21;
Subchapter 23; and 252:205 Appendices
B, C and D.
(4) Unauthorized State Amendments.
The State’s adoption of the Federal rules
listed in the following table is not
approved by the EPA and are; therefore,
not enforceable:
Federal
Register
reference
Federal requirement
Toxicity Characteristics; Hydrocarbon Recovery Operations ....................................................................................
Toxicity Characteristics; Chlorofluorocarbon Refrigerants .........................................................................................
Administrative Stay for K069 Listing ..........................................................................................................................
Amendments to Interim Status Standards for Downgradient Ground-water Monitoring Well Locations ..................
Removal of Legally Obsolete Rules ..........................................................................................................................
Mineral Processing Secondary Materials Exclusion.—Amendments to 40 CFR ......................................................
Methods Innovation: SW–846 ....................................................................................................................................
erowe on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with RULES
Expansion of RCRA Comparable Fuel Exclusion .....................................................................................................
(5) Memorandum of Agreement. The
Memorandum of Agreement between
EPA Region 6 and the State of
Oklahoma, signed by the EPA Regional
Administrator on March 11, 2011, is
referenced as part of the authorized
hazardous waste management program
under subtitle C of RCRA, 42 U.S.C.
6921, et seq.
(6) Statement of Legal Authority.
‘‘Attorney General’s Statement for Final
Authorization’’, signed by the Attorney
General of Oklahoma January 20, 1984
and revisions, supplements, and
addenda to that Statement dated January
14, 1988 (as amended July 20, 1989);
December 22, 1988 (as amended June 7,
1989 and August 13, 1990); November
20, 1989; November 16, 1990; November
6, 1992; June 24, 1994; December 8,
1994; March 4, 1996; April 15, 1997;
February 6, 1998, December 2, 1998,
October 15, 1999, May 31, 2000, October
15, 2001, June 27, 2003, March 1, 2005,
July 12, 2005, July 03, 2006, August 25,
2008, March 26, 2010, October 11, 2010,
and October 31, 2011 are referenced as
part of the authorized hazardous waste
management program under subtitle C
of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.
(7) Program Description. The Program
Description and any other materials
submitted as supplements thereto are
referenced as part of the authorized
hazardous waste management program
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under subtitle C of RCRA, 42 U.S.C.
6921 et seq.
3. Appendix A to part 272 is amended
by revising the listing for ‘‘Oklahoma’’
to read as follows:
Appendix A to Part 272—State
Requirements
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The statutory provisions include:
Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management
Act, as amended, 27A Oklahoma Statute
(O.S.) 2011 Replacement Volume, Sections
2–7–103, 2–7–108(A), 2–7–108(B)(1), 2–7–
108(B)(3), 2–7–108(C), 2–7–110(B), 2–7–
110(C), 2–7–111(A), 2–7–111(B), 2–7–
111(C)(1), 2–7–111(C)(2)(a), 2–7–111(D), 2–7–
111(E), 2–7–112, 2–7–116(B) through 2–7–
116(F), 2–7–116(H)(2), 2–7–118, 2–7–124, 2–
7–125, 2–7–127, and 2–10–301(G), as
published by West Publishing Company, 610
Opperman Drive, P.O. Box 64526, St. Paul,
Minnesota 55164–0526; Phone: 1–800–328–
4880; Web site: https://west.thomson.com.
The regulatory provisions include:
The Oklahoma Administrative Code
(OAC), Title 252, Chapter 205, effective July
1, 2011: Subchapter 1, Sections 252:205–1–
1(a), 252:205–1–1(c) introductory paragraph,
252:205–1–1(c)(1), 252:205–1–2 introductory
paragraph, 252:205–1–2 ‘‘OHWMA’’,
252:205–1–2 ‘‘Post-closure permit’’, 252:205–
1–3(c); Subchapter 3, Sections 252:205–3–1,
252:205–3–2(a)(2), 252:205–3–2(b)–(n),
252:205–3–4, 252:205–3–5 and 252:205–3–6;
Subchapter 5, Sections 252:205–5–1 (except
252:205–5–1(4)), 252:205–5–2 through
252:205–5–5; Subchapter 7, Sections
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252:205–7–2 and 252:205–7–4 (except the
phrase ‘‘or in accordance with 252:205–15–
1(d)); Subchapter 9, Sections 252:205–9–1
through 252:205–9–4; Subchapter 11,
Sections 252:205–11–1(a) (except the word
‘‘recycling’’), 252:205–11–1(b)–(e), and
252:205–11–2; and Subchapter 13, Sections
252:205–13–1(a)–(e), as published by the
State’s Office of Administrative Rules,
Secretary of State, P.O. Box 53390, Oklahoma
City, OK 73152–3390; Phone number: 405–
521–4911; Web site: www.sos.state.ok.us/oar/
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 272
[EPA-R06-2012-0471; FRL-9701-7]
Oklahoma: Incorporation by Reference of Approved State Hazardous
Waste Management Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, commonly referred to
as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), allows the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to authorize States to operate
their hazardous waste management programs in lieu of the Federal
program. The EPA uses the regulations entitled ``Approved State
Hazardous Waste Management Programs'' to provide notice of the
authorization status of State programs and to incorporate by reference
those provisions of the State statutes and regulations that will be
subject to the EPA's inspection and enforcement. The rule codifies in
the regulations the prior approval of Oklahoma's hazardous waste
management program and incorporates by reference authorized provisions
of the State's statutes and regulations.
DATES: This regulation is effective October 9, 2012, unless the EPA
receives adverse written comment on this regulation by the close of
business September 6, 2012. If the EPA receives such comments, it will
publish a timely withdrawal of this direct final rule in the Federal
Register informing the public that this rule will not take effect.
[[Page 46965]]
The Director of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by
reference as of October 9, 2012 in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and
1 CFR part 51.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments by one of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
2. Email: patterson.alima@epa.gov or banks.julia@epa.gov.
3. Mail: Alima Patterson, Region 6, Regional Authorization
Coordinator, or Julia Banks, Codification Coordinator, State/Tribal
Oversight Section (6PD-O), Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division,
EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.
4. Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver your comments to Alima
Patterson, Region 6, Regional Authorization Coordinator, State/Tribal
Oversight Section (6PD-O), Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division,
EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R06-RCRA-
2012-0471. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change, including 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 email. The Federal https://www.regulations.gov
Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means the EPA will
not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in
the body of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to the
EPA without going through https://www.regulations.gov, your email
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, the 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 the EPA cannot read
your comment due to technical difficulties, and cannot contact you for
clarification, the 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.
You can view and copy the documents that form the basis for this
codification and associated publicly available materials from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at the following location: EPA
Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas, 75202-2733, phone number
(214) 665-8533 or (214) 665-8178. Interested persons wanting to examine
these documents should make an appointment with the office at least two
weeks in advance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alima Patterson, Region 6 Regional
Authorization Coordinator or Julia Banks, Codification Coordinator,
State/Tribal Oversight Section (6PD-O), Multimedia Planning and
Permitting Division, EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas
75202-2733, phone numbers: (214) 665-8533 or (214) 665-8178, email
address: patterson.alima@epa.gov or banks.julia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. What is codification?
Codification is the process of placing a State's statutes and
regulations that comprise the State's authorized hazardous waste
management program into the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Section
3006(b) of RCRA, as amended, allows the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) to authorize State hazardous waste management programs to operate
in lieu of the Federal hazardous waste management regulatory program.
The EPA codifies its authorization of State programs in 40 CFR part 272
and incorporates by reference State statutes and regulations that the
EPA will enforce under sections 3007 and 3008 of RCRA and any other
applicable statutory provisions.
The incorporation by reference of State authorized programs in the
CFR should substantially enhance the public's ability to discern the
current status of the authorized State program and State requirements
that can be Federally enforced. This effort provides clear notice to
the public of the scope of the authorized program in each State.
B. What is the history of the authorization and codification of
Oklahoma's hazardous waste management program?
Oklahoma initially received Final authorization effective January
10, 1985, (49 FR 50362) to implement its Base Hazardous Waste
Management program. Subsequently, the EPA approved additional program
revision applications effective on June 18, 1990 (55 FR 14280),
November 27, 1990 (55 FR 39274), June 3, 1991 (56 FR 13411), November
19, 1991 (56 FR 47675), November 29, 1993 (58 FR 50854), December 21,
1994 (59 FR 51116), April 27, 1995 (60 FR 2699), March 14, 1997 (62 FR
12100), July 14, 1998 (63 FR 23673), November 23, 1998 (63 FR 50528),
February 8, 1999 (63 FR 67800), March 30, 2000 (65 FR 16528), July 10,
2000 (65 FR 29981) March 5, 2001 (66 FR 28), June 9, 2003 (68 FR
17308), April 6, 2009 (74 FR 5994), May 6, 2011 (76 FR 18927), and May
14, 2012 (77 FR 15273). The EPA first incorporated by reference
Oklahoma's hazardous waste program effective December 13, 1993 (58 FR
52679), and updated the incorporation by reference effective July 14,
1998 (63 FR 23673), October 25, 1999 (64 FR 46567), October 27, 2003
(68 FR 51488), August 27, 2010 (75 FR 36546), and July 16, 2012 (77 FR
29231). In this document, the EPA is revising Subpart LL of 40 CFR part
272 to include the recent authorization revision actions effective May
6, 2011 (76 FR 18927) and May 14, 2012 (77 FR 15273).
C. What codification decisions have we made in this rule?
The purpose of this Federal Register document is to codify
Oklahoma's base hazardous waste management program and its revisions
through RCRA Cluster XX. The EPA provided notices and opportunity for
comments on the Agency's decisions to authorize the Oklahoma program,
and the EPA is not now reopening the decisions, nor requesting
comments, on the Oklahoma authorizations as published in the Federal
Register notices specified in Section B of this document.
This document incorporates by reference Oklahoma's hazardous waste
statutes and regulations and clarifies which of these provisions are
included in the authorized and Federally enforceable program. By
codifying Oklahoma's authorized program and by amending the Code of
Federal Regulations, the public will be more easily able to discern the
status of Federally approved requirements of the Oklahoma hazardous
waste management program.
The EPA is incorporating by reference the Oklahoma authorized
hazardous waste program in subpart LL of 40 CFR part 272. Section
272.1851 incorporates by reference Oklahoma's authorized hazardous
waste statutes and regulations. Section 272.1851 also references the
statutory provisions (including procedural and enforcement provisions)
which provide the legal basis for the State's implementation of the
hazardous waste management program, the Memorandum of Agreement, the
Attorney General's Statements and the Program
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Description, which are approved as part of the hazardous waste
management program under Subtitle C of RCRA.
D. What is the effect of Oklahoma's codification on enforcement?
The EPA retains its authority under statutory provisions, including
but not limited to, RCRA sections 3007, 3008, 3013 and 7003, and other
applicable statutory and regulatory provisions to undertake inspections
and enforcement actions and to issue orders in authorized States. With
respect to these actions, the EPA will rely on Federal sanctions,
Federal inspection authorities, and Federal procedures rather than any
authorized State analogues to these provisions. Therefore, the EPA is
not incorporating by reference such particular, approved Oklahoma
procedural and enforcement authorities. Section 272.1851(c)(2) of 40
CFR lists the statutory provisions which provide the legal basis for
the State's implementation of the hazardous waste management program,
as well as those procedural and enforcement authorities that are part
of the State's approved program, but these are not incorporated by
reference.
E. What State provisions are not part of the codification?
The public needs to be aware that some provisions of Oklahoma's
hazardous waste management program are not part of the Federally
authorized State program. These non-authorized provisions include:
(1) Provisions that are not part of the RCRA subtitle C program
because they are ``broader in scope'' than RCRA subtitle C (see 40 CFR
271.1(i));
(2) Federal rules for which Oklahoma is not authorized, but which
have been incorporated into the State regulations because of the way
the State adopted Federal regulations by reference.
State provisions that are ``broader in scope'' than the Federal
program are not part of the RCRA authorized program and the EPA will
not enforce them. Therefore, they are not incorporated by reference in
40 CFR part 272. For reference and clarity, 40 CFR 272.1851(c)(3) lists
the Oklahoma regulatory provisions which are ``broader in scope'' than
the Federal program and which are not part of the authorized program
being incorporated by reference. ``Broader in scope'' provisions cannot
be enforced by the EPA; the State, however, may enforce such provisions
under State law.
Oklahoma has adopted but is not authorized for the Federal rules
published in the Federal Register on October 5, 1990 (55 FR 40834);
February 1, 1991 (56 FR 3978); February 13, 1991 (56 FR 5910); April 2,
1991 (56 FR 13406); May 1, 1991 (56 FR 19951); December 23, 1991 (56 FR
66365); June 29, 1995 (60 FR 33912), May 26, 1998 (63 FR 28556), June
14, 2005 (70 FR 34538), August 1, 2005 (70 FR 44150); December 19, 2008
(73 FR 77954); and June 15, 2010 (75 FR 33712). Therefore, these
Federal amendments included in Oklahoma's adoption by reference at
252:205-3-2(b) through 252:205-3-2(m) of the Oklahoma Administrative
Code, are not part of the State's authorized program and are not part
of the incorporation by reference addressed by this Federal Register
document.
With respect to any requirement pursuant to the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA) for which the State has not yet been
authorized, the EPA will continue to enforce the Federal HSWA standards
until the State is authorized for these provisions.
F. What will be the effect of Federal HSWA requirements on the
codification?
The EPA is not amending 40 CFR part 272 to include HSWA
requirements and prohibitions that are implemented by the EPA. Section
3006(g) of RCRA provides that any HSWA requirement or prohibition
(including implementing regulations) takes effect in authorized and not
authorized States at the same time. A HSWA requirement or prohibition
supersedes any less stringent or inconsistent State provision which may
have been previously authorized by the EPA (50 FR 28702, July 15,
1985). The EPA has the authority to implement HSWA requirements in all
States, including authorized States, until the States become authorized
for such requirement or prohibition. Authorized States are required to
revise their programs to adopt the HSWA requirements and prohibitions,
and then to seek authorization for those revisions pursuant to 40 CFR
part 271.
Instead of amending the 40 CFR part 272 every time a new HSWA
provision takes effect under the authority of RCRA section 3006(g), the
EPA will wait until the State receives authorization for its analog to
the new HSWA provision before amending the State's 40 CFR part 272
incorporation by reference. Until then, persons wanting to know whether
a HSWA requirement or prohibition is in effect should refer to 40 CFR
271.1(j), as amended, which lists each such provision.
Some existing State requirements may be similar to the HSWA
requirement implemented by the EPA. However, until the EPA authorizes
those State requirements, the EPA can only enforce the HSWA
requirements and not the State analogs. The EPA will not codify those
State requirements until the State receives authorization for those
requirements.
G. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted this action
from the requirements of Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4,
1993), and therefore this action is not subject to review by OMB. This
rule incorporates by reference Oklahoma's authorized hazardous waste
management regulations and imposes no additional requirements beyond
those imposed by State law. Accordingly, I certify that this action
will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.). Because this rule merely incorporates by reference certain
existing State hazardous waste management program requirements which
the EPA already approved under 40 CFR part 271, and with which
regulated entities must already comply, it does not contain any
unfunded mandate or significantly or uniquely affect small governments,
as described in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-
4).
This action 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 the various
levels of government, as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR
43255, August 10, 1999), because it merely incorporates by reference
existing authorized State hazardous waste management program
requirements without altering the relationship or the distribution of
power and responsibilities established by RCRA. This action also does
not have Tribal implications within the meaning of Executive Order
13175 (65 FR 67249, November 6, 2000).
This action also is not subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997), because it is not economically significant and
it does not make decisions based on environmental health or safety
risks. This 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 under Executive Order 12866.
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The requirements being codified are the result of Oklahoma's
voluntary participation in the EPA's State program authorization
process under RCRA Subtitle C. Thus, the requirements of section 12(d)
of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15
U.S.C. 272 note) do not apply. As required by section 3 of Executive
Order 12988 (61 FR 4729, February 7, 1996), in issuing this rule, the
EPA has taken the necessary steps to eliminate drafting errors and
ambiguity, minimize potential litigation, and provide a clear legal
standard for affected conduct. The EPA has complied with Executive
Order 12630 (53 FR 8859, March 15, 1988) by examining the takings
implications of the rule in accordance with the ``Attorney General's
Supplemental Guidelines for the Evaluation of Risk and Avoidance of
Unanticipated Takings'' issued under the executive order. This rule
does not impose an information collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as amended by
the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996,
generally provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency
promulgating the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy
of the rule, to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller
General of the United States. The EPA will submit a report containing
this document and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the
U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the
United States prior to publication in the Federal Register. A major
rule cannot take effect until 60 days after it is published in the
Federal Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5
U.S.C. 804(2).
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).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 272
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Confidential business information, Hazardous waste, Hazardous waste
transportation, Incorporation by reference, Indian lands,
Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Water pollution control, Water supply.
Dated: July 5, 2012.
Samuel Coleman,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 6.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 40 CFR part 272 is
amended as follows:
PART 272--APPROVED STATE HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
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1. The authority citation for part 272 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Sections 2002(a), 3006, and 7004(b) of the Solid
Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6926, and 6974(b).
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2. Revise Sec. 272.1851 to read as follows:
Sec. 272.1851 Oklahoma State-administered program: Final
authorization.
(a) Pursuant to section 3006(b) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6926(b), the EPA
granted Oklahoma final authorization for the following elements as
submitted to EPA in Oklahoma's base program application for final
authorization which was approved by EPA effective on January 10, 1985.
Subsequent program revision applications were approved effective on
June 18, 1990, November 27, 1990, June 3, 1991, November 19, 1991,
November 29, 1993, December 21, 1994, April 27, 1995, March 14, 1997,
July 14, 1998 and November 23, 1998, February 8, 1999, March 30, 2000,
July 10, 2000, March 5, 2001, June 9, 2003, April 6, 2009, May 6, 2011,
and May 14, 2012.
(b) The State of Oklahoma has primary responsibility for enforcing
its hazardous waste management program. However, EPA retains the
authority to exercise its inspection and enforcement authorities in
accordance with sections 3007, 3008, 3013, 7003 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C.
6927, 6928, 6934, 6973, and any other applicable statutory and
regulatory provisions, regardless of whether the State has taken its
own actions, as well as in accordance with other statutory and
regulatory provisions.
(c) State Statutes and Regulations. (1) The Oklahoma statutes and
regulations cited in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section are
incorporated by reference as part of the hazardous waste management
program under subtitle C of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq. The Director
of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. You may obtain
copies of the Oklahoma regulations that are incorporated by reference
in this paragraph from the State's Office of Administrative Rules,
Secretary of State, P.O. Box 53390, Oklahoma City, OK 73152-3390; Phone
number: 405-521-4911; Web site: www.sos.state.ok.us/oar/oar_welcome.htm. The statutes are available from West Publishing Company,
610 Opperman Drive, P.O. Box 64526, St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0526;
Phone: 1-800-328-4880; Web site: https://west.thomson.com. You may
inspect a copy at EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202
(Phone number (214) 665-8533), or at the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this
material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
(i) The binder entitled ``EPA-Approved Oklahoma Statutory and
Regulatory Requirements Applicable to the Hazardous Waste Management
Program'', May, 2012. Only those provisions that have been authorized
by EPA are incorporated by reference. These provisions are listed in
Appendix A to Part 272.
(ii) [Reserved]
(2) The following provisions provide the legal basis for the
State's implementation of the hazardous waste management program, but
they are not being incorporated by reference and do not replace Federal
authorities:
(i) Oklahoma Environmental Crimes Act, as amended through July 1,
2010, 21 Oklahoma Statutes (O.S.), Sections 1230.1 et seq.
(ii) Oklahoma Open Meetings Act, as amended through July 1, 2010,
25 Oklahoma Statutes (O.S.), Sections 301 et seq.
(iii) Oklahoma Statutes, Title 27A, ``Environment and Natural
Resources'', as amended through July 1, 2010: Chapter 1, ``Oklahoma
Environmental Quality Act'', Sections 1-1-101 et seq.; Chapter 2,
``Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code'', Sections 2-2-101, 2-2-104, 2-
2-201, 2-3-101(F)(1), 2-3-104, 2-3-202, 2-3-501, 2-3-502, 2-3-503, 2-3-
504; ``Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act'', Sections 2-7-102, 2-
7-104, 2-7-105 (except 2-7-105(27), 2-7-105(29) and 2-7-105(34)), 2-7-
106, 2-7-107, 2-7-108(B)(2), 2-7-109, 2-7-110(A), 2-7-111(C)(2)(b) and
(c), 2-7-111(C)(3), 2-7-113.1, 2-7-115, 2-7-116(A), 2-7-116(G), 2-7-
116(H)(1), 2-7-117, 2-7-123, 2-7-126, 2-7-129, 2-7-130, 2-7-131, 2-7-
132, and 2-7-133; ``Oklahoma Uniform Environmental Permitting Act'',
Sections 2-14-101 et seq.
(iv) Oklahoma Open Records Act, as amended through July 1, 2010, 51
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Oklahoma Statutes (O.S.), Sections 24A.1 et seq.
(v) Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act, as amended through July
1, 2010, 75 Oklahoma Statutes (O.S.), Sections 250 et seq.
(vi) The Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC), Title 252, Chapter
205, Hazardous Waste Management, effective July 1, 2011: Subchapter 1,
Sections 252:205-1-1(b), 252:205-1-3(a) and (b), 252:205-1-4(a)-(d);
Subchapter 3, Sections 252:205-3-2(a) introductory paragraph, 252:205-
3-2(a)(1) and 252:205-3-2(a)(3); Subchapter 11, Section 252:205-11-3.
(3) The following statutory and regulatory provisions are broader
in scope than the Federal program, are not part of the authorized
program, and are not incorporated by reference:
(i) Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act, as amended, 27A
Oklahoma Statutes (O.S.) as amended through July 1, 2010, Sections 2-7-
119, 2-7-120, 2-7-121, 2-7-121.1 and 2-7-134.
(ii) The Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC), Title 252, Chapter
205, effective July 1, 2011: Subchapter 1, Sections 252:205-1-1(c)(2)
and (3), 252:205-1-2 ``RRSIA''. 252:205-1-2 ``Reuse'', 252:205-1-2
``Speculative accumulation'', 252:205-1-2 ``Transfer facility'',
252:205-1-2 ``Transfer station'', 252:205-1-4(e); Subchapter 5, Section
252:205-5-1(4), Subchapter 15; Subchapter 17; Subchapter 21; Subchapter
23; and 252:205 Appendices B, C and D.
(4) Unauthorized State Amendments. The State's adoption of the
Federal rules listed in the following table is not approved by the EPA
and are; therefore, not enforceable:
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Federal Register Publication
Federal requirement reference date
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Toxicity Characteristics; 55 FR 40834.......... 10/5/90
Hydrocarbon Recovery Operations.
56 FR 3978........... 2/1/91
56 FR 13406.......... 4/2/91
Toxicity Characteristics; 56 FR 5910........... 2/13/91
Chlorofluorocarbon Refrigerants.
Administrative Stay for K069 56 FR 19951.......... 5/1/91
Listing.
Amendments to Interim Status 56 FR 66365.......... 12/23/91
Standards for Downgradient
Ground-water Monitoring Well
Locations.
Removal of Legally Obsolete Rules 60 FR 33912.......... 6/29/95
Mineral Processing Secondary 63 FR 28556.......... 5/26/98
Materials Exclusion.--Amendments
to 40 CFR.
Methods Innovation: SW-846....... 70 FR 34538.......... 6/14/05
70 FR 44150.......... 8/1/05
Expansion of RCRA Comparable Fuel 73 FR 77954.......... 12/19/08
Exclusion.
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(5) Memorandum of Agreement. The Memorandum of Agreement between
EPA Region 6 and the State of Oklahoma, signed by the EPA Regional
Administrator on March 11, 2011, is referenced as part of the
authorized hazardous waste management program under subtitle C of RCRA,
42 U.S.C. 6921, et seq.
(6) Statement of Legal Authority. ``Attorney General's Statement
for Final Authorization'', signed by the Attorney General of Oklahoma
January 20, 1984 and revisions, supplements, and addenda to that
Statement dated January 14, 1988 (as amended July 20, 1989); December
22, 1988 (as amended June 7, 1989 and August 13, 1990); November 20,
1989; November 16, 1990; November 6, 1992; June 24, 1994; December 8,
1994; March 4, 1996; April 15, 1997; February 6, 1998, December 2,
1998, October 15, 1999, May 31, 2000, October 15, 2001, June 27, 2003,
March 1, 2005, July 12, 2005, July 03, 2006, August 25, 2008, March 26,
2010, October 11, 2010, and October 31, 2011 are referenced as part of
the authorized hazardous waste management program under subtitle C of
RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.
(7) Program Description. The Program Description and any other
materials submitted as supplements thereto are referenced as part of
the authorized hazardous waste management program under subtitle C of
RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.
3. Appendix A to part 272 is amended by revising the listing for
``Oklahoma'' to read as follows:
Appendix A to Part 272--State Requirements
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Oklahoma
The statutory provisions include:
Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act, as amended, 27A
Oklahoma Statute (O.S.) 2011 Replacement Volume, Sections 2-7-103,
2-7-108(A), 2-7-108(B)(1), 2-7-108(B)(3), 2-7-108(C), 2-7-110(B), 2-
7-110(C), 2-7-111(A), 2-7-111(B), 2-7-111(C)(1), 2-7-111(C)(2)(a),
2-7-111(D), 2-7-111(E), 2-7-112, 2-7-116(B) through 2-7-116(F), 2-7-
116(H)(2), 2-7-118, 2-7-124, 2-7-125, 2-7-127, and 2-10-301(G), as
published by West Publishing Company, 610 Opperman Drive, P.O. Box
64526, St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0526; Phone: 1-800-328-4880; Web
site: https://west.thomson.com.
The regulatory provisions include:
The Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC), Title 252, Chapter 205,
effective July 1, 2011: Subchapter 1, Sections 252:205-1-1(a),
252:205-1-1(c) introductory paragraph, 252:205-1-1(c)(1), 252:205-1-
2 introductory paragraph, 252:205-1-2 ``OHWMA'', 252:205-1-2 ``Post-
closure permit'', 252:205-1-3(c); Subchapter 3, Sections 252:205-3-
1, 252:205-3-2(a)(2), 252:205-3-2(b)-(n), 252:205-3-4, 252:205-3-5
and 252:205-3-6; Subchapter 5, Sections 252:205-5-1 (except 252:205-
5-1(4)), 252:205-5-2 through 252:205-5-5; Subchapter 7, Sections
252:205-7-2 and 252:205-7-4 (except the phrase ``or in accordance
with 252:205-15-1(d)); Subchapter 9, Sections 252:205-9-1 through
252:205-9-4; Subchapter 11, Sections 252:205-11-1(a) (except the
word ``recycling''), 252:205-11-1(b)-(e), and 252:205-11-2; and
Subchapter 13, Sections 252:205-13-1(a)-(e), as published by the
State's Office of Administrative Rules, Secretary of State, P.O. Box
53390, Oklahoma City, OK 73152-3390; Phone number: 405-521-4911; Web
site: www.sos.state.ok.us/oar/oar_welcome.htm.
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