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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2013–0063; FRL–9782–5]
Announcement of Requirements
Gathering Meetings for the Electronic
Manifest (e-Manifest) System
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
EPA’s Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) is
holding public meetings in Arlington,
Virginia; Chicago, Illinois; and Denver,
Colorado to discuss and obtain public
input from stakeholders on a national
electronic manifest (‘‘e-Manifest’’)
system to capture information regarding
the shipment of hazardous waste from
the time it leaves the generator facility
where it was produced, until it reaches
the off-site waste management facility
that will store, treat, or dispose of the
SUMMARY:
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hazardous waste. Specifically, the
purpose of these meetings is to engage
the states, industry, communities, nongovernmental organizations, and other
stakeholders on what expectations and
technical requirements EPA should
consider as the agency begins the
planning stage of the e-Manifest system
development process. EPA envisions
that e-Manifest will facilitate the
electronic transmittal of manifests
throughout the hazardous waste
shipping process, including enabling
better transparency by sharing data with
the public at appropriate stages. Each
meeting will be approximately one and
one-half days. In order to meet the goals
of the meetings, we encourage meeting
participants from a variety of
professional backgrounds to attend,
such as state governmental staff,
hazardous waste handlers (generators,
transporters, waste management firms)
staff, and each of their information
technology (IT) staff. EPA will use
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stakeholder input gathered during these
meetings to finalize e-Manifest
requirements and prepare for eventual
system development.
EPA will conduct three face-toface public meetings. The dates and
locations for each meeting are as
follows:
• February 25–26, 2013: Arlington,
Virginia, EPA Headquarters, One
Potomac Yard, 2777 S. Crystal Drive,
Arlington, VA 22202.
• March 14–15, 2013: Chicago,
Illinois, EPA Region 5, Ralph Metcalfe
Federal Building, 77 West Jackson
Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604–3590.
• March 21–22, 2013: Denver,
Colorado, EPA Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop
Street, Denver, CO 80202–1129.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristen Gunthardt, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery, Program
Implementation and Information
Division (5303P), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460,
telephone number: (703) 347–8955;
email address:
gunthardt.kristen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
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A. Does this action apply to me?
While the meeting is open to the
public in general, the identified topics
may be of particular interest to technical
staff that manage or work directly with
manifest data and processes as well as
staff that have specialized
understanding of the manifest program
and business process. Potentially
interested parties may include but are
not limited to: IT staff personnel
supporting hazardous waste generators,
hazardous waste treatment, storage and
disposal facilities (TSDFs), and
hazardous waste transporters for their
respective companies; Federal, State
and local environmental and
transportation regulators and IT staff;
enforcement personnel; nongovernmental organizations; and trade
associations dealing with hazardous
waste transportation issues. People with
specific technical expertise, such as
computer system specialists,
information officers, IT managers and
others are encouraged to attend. If you
have any questions regarding the
applicability of this meeting to a
particular entity, organization or
occupational discipline, consult the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
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B. How may I participate in this
meeting?
For security purposes, all persons
wishing to attend the meetings must
register in advance of each meeting.
Please visit the following Web site for
information on how to register: https://
www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/
transportation/manifest/e-man.htm.
Access to the meeting for nonregistered attendees may be denied by
EPA building security or by limited
seating capacity. When registering,
please provide your name, affiliation,
mailing address, telephone number, and
email address if you have one. A valid
photo ID will be required to gain access
to the EPA meeting rooms. Any person
needing special accessibility
accommodations at this meeting should
inform the contact person above when
registering. Space for the meetings may
be limited; therefore, potential
participants are encouraged to attend
only one of the three meetings.
C. How can I get copies of this
document and other related
information?
Docket: EPA has established a docket
for this action under Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–RCRA–2013–0063. Publicly
available docket materials are available
either electronically through
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) Docket in the EPA
Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center 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.
II. Historical Background on e-Manifest
Project
For more than a decade, EPA, states,
industry, and other stakeholders have
sought to transform the hazardous waste
manifest system from its current paperbased approach to one that takes greater
advantage of electronic information
technologies. On May 22, 2001, EPA
published a notice of proposed
rulemaking that, among other things,
proposed revisions to the Federal
manifest program aimed at adopting an
electronic manifesting approach that
would allow waste shipments to be
tracked electronically, thereby
mitigating the burdens and
inefficiencies associated with the use of
paper manifest forms (66 FR 28240).
Although comments generally
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supported an electronic tracking
scheme, several significant issues were
raised that necessitated further analysis
and stakeholder outreach prior to
adopting a final e-Manifest regulation.
As a result, EPA’s ORCR held a twoday public meeting on May 19–20, 2004
to discuss and obtain public input on
how best to proceed with the e-Manifest
project. During the meeting,
stakeholders—including States and the
hazardous waste management
industry—expressed a strong interest in
a uniform national approach to
developing an e-Manifest system that
would consistently and securely
generate and process electronic
manifests. Moreover, members of
industry who use the manifest indicated
that they would be willing to help pay
the costs of such a system, perhaps
through the assessment of reasonable
service fees or by a similar ‘‘user pays’’
approach.
In April 2006, EPA published a
follow-up notice to request comment on
its preferred approach for electronically
completing and transmitting manifests
through a national, centralized eManifest system (71 FR 19842). The
public notice also explained that EPA
intended to establish and maintain an eManifest system by imposing service
fees as a means to fund an information
technology contract to build and operate
the e-Manifest system. Finally, the
notice explained that EPA’s ability to
proceed with the development of the
national e-Manifest system was
contingent upon the enactment of new
legislation. This legislation would
establish EPA’s authority to enter into a
contract with one or more IT vendors
and would provide that the contract
would be funded by the e-Manifest
service fees. EPA would use these fees
for payment of e-Manifest system costs.
On November 19 and 20, 2008, EPA’s
ORCR held a two-day public meeting in
Arlington, VA to begin discussions with
state and industry representatives
concerning the goals, requirements, and
criteria needed for the development of
an IT system that would support the eManifest and would provide effective
implementation of the hazardous waste
manifest program. Following the 2008
public meeting, EPA’s ORCR held a
series of webinars with participants to
discuss various topics addressed during
the public meeting but which required
further input. The webinars took place
between April and June of 2009.
On October 5, 2012, the Hazardous
Waste Electronic Manifest
Establishment Act (‘‘the Act’’) was
signed into law by the President. The
Act authorizes EPA to establish and
implement an electronic manifest (e-
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Manifest) system in partnership with
industry and states by 2015. The Act
also requires EPA to adopt an e-Manifest
regulation authorizing e-Manifests that
are created and transmitted through the
use of the e-Manifest system by October
5, 2013. The e-Manifests will be deemed
as the legal equivalent to Uniform
Hazardous Waste Paper Manifest Form
and Continuation Sheet (EPA Form
8700–22 and 8700–22a). The scope of eManifest will extend to all federally and
state regulated wastes that require a
manifest; use of e-Manifest, however, is
optional to users. Although the Act
states use of e-Manifest is optional, the
Act authorizes EPA to collect eManifests and paper manifests in the
system. Therefore, EPA intends to
collect all manifests, both electronic and
paper formats, in the system. For further
information regarding the Hazardous
Waste Electronic Manifest Act and the
e-Manifest project in general, please
refer to the following EPA Web site:
https://www.epa.gov/epawaste/hazard/
transportation/manifest/e-man.htm.
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III. Current Activities on e-Manifest
Project
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EPA hereby issues in this notice a
cancellation order granting the
requested cancellations. Any
distribution, sale, or use of the products
subject to this cancellation order is
permitted only in accordance with the
terms of this order, including any
existing stocks provisions.
DATES: The cancellations are effective
February 20, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
W. Pates, Jr., Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (703) 308–8195; email address:
pates.john@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–1017; FRL–9377–2]
This action is directed to the public
in general, and may be of interest to a
wide range of stakeholders including
environmental, human health, and
agricultural advocates; the chemical
industry; pesticide users; and members
of the public interested in the sale,
distribution, or use of pesticides. Since
others also may be interested, the
Agency has not attempted to describe all
the specific entities that may be affected
by this action.
Product Cancellation Order for Certain
Pesticide Registrations
B. How can I get copies of this document
and other related information?
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
The docket for this action, identified
by docket identification (ID) number
EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–1017, is available
at https://www.regulations.gov or at the
Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the
Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West
Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001. 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 OPP
Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review
the visitor instructions and additional
information about the docket available
at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Dated: February 5, 2013.
Suzanne Rudzinski,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery.
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Pursuant to the Act, EPA has begun
its initial planning phase to begin the
development and ultimately the
deployment of the e-Manifest system by
2015. The purpose of the three face-toface requirements gathering meetings is
to continue with efforts conducted
during previous public meetings and
webinars by engaging stakeholders on
current expectations and technical
requirements for the e-Manifest system.
The goals of the meetings will be to
obtain input from future users as to their
needs and the capability of the IT
system to address performance
standards for the success of an eManifest system. Additionally, EPA will
be gathering input from stakeholders on
what technical requirements or tools the
agency should consider to ensure that it
also establishes an IT reporting system
that will enhance access to the data
(including to states and the general
public).
The topics of discussions at these
meetings will cover the following
functional requirements:
• e-Manifest workflow, including
mobile field component and handler
submission;
• e-Manifest business rule processing;
• Electronic signature (e-signature)
and Cross-Media Electronic Reporting
Regulation (CROMERR) conformance;
• Paper manifest processing;
• Data access and reporting;
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• State data consumption and
interaction;
• Data QA; and
• User administration and security.
EPA is currently determining the
actual format and agenda for the
meetings. It anticipates that each of the
meetings will have a similar agenda,
which will further our intent to provide
multiple opportunities for stakeholder
participation. Therefore, it is only
necessary for participants to attend one
of the three meetings.
All up to date information, including
advanced copies of meeting materials
and meeting logistics, is available on
our Web site: https://www.epa.gov/osw/
hazard/transportation/manifest/eman.htm.
EPA will use stakeholder input
gathered during these meetings to
finalize the e-Manifest requirements and
prepare for eventual system
development.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
AGENCY:
This notice announces EPA’s
order for the cancellations, voluntarily
requested by the registrants and
accepted by the Agency, of the products
listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This
cancellation order follows a December
5, 2012 Federal Register Notice of
Receipt of Requests from the registrants
listed in Table 2 of Unit II. to
voluntarily cancel these product
registrations. In the December 5, 2012
notice, EPA indicated that it would
issue an order implementing the
cancellations, unless the Agency
received substantive comments within
the 30 day comment period that would
merit its further review of these
requests, or unless the registrants
withdrew their requests. The Agency
did not receive any comments on the
notice. Further, the registrants did not
withdraw their requests. Accordingly,
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II. What action is the agency taking?
This notice announces the
cancellation, as requested by registrants,
of 41 products registered under FIFRA
section 3. These registrations are listed
in sequence by registration number in
Table 1 of this unit.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2013-0063; FRL-9782-5]
Announcement of Requirements Gathering Meetings for the
Electronic Manifest (e-Manifest) System
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: EPA's Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) is
holding public meetings in Arlington, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois; and
Denver, Colorado to discuss and obtain public input from stakeholders
on a national electronic manifest (``e-Manifest'') system to capture
information regarding the shipment of hazardous waste from the time it
leaves the generator facility where it was produced, until it reaches
the off-site waste management facility that will store, treat, or
dispose of the hazardous waste. Specifically, the purpose of these
meetings is to engage the states, industry, communities, non-
governmental organizations, and other stakeholders on what expectations
and technical requirements EPA should consider as the agency begins the
planning stage of the e-Manifest system development process. EPA
envisions that e-Manifest will facilitate the electronic transmittal of
manifests throughout the hazardous waste shipping process, including
enabling better transparency by sharing data with the public at
appropriate stages. Each meeting will be approximately one and one-half
days. In order to meet the goals of the meetings, we encourage meeting
participants from a variety of professional backgrounds to attend, such
as state governmental staff, hazardous waste handlers (generators,
transporters, waste management firms) staff, and each of their
information technology (IT) staff. EPA will use
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stakeholder input gathered during these meetings to finalize e-Manifest
requirements and prepare for eventual system development.
DATES: EPA will conduct three face-to-face public meetings. The dates
and locations for each meeting are as follows:
February 25-26, 2013: Arlington, Virginia, EPA
Headquarters, One Potomac Yard, 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA
22202.
March 14-15, 2013: Chicago, Illinois, EPA Region 5, Ralph
Metcalfe Federal Building, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604-
3590.
March 21-22, 2013: Denver, Colorado, EPA Region 8, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO 80202-1129.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Gunthardt, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery, Program Implementation and Information
Division (5303P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, telephone number: (703) 347-8955;
email address: gunthardt.kristen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
While the meeting is open to the public in general, the identified
topics may be of particular interest to technical staff that manage or
work directly with manifest data and processes as well as staff that
have specialized understanding of the manifest program and business
process. Potentially interested parties may include but are not limited
to: IT staff personnel supporting hazardous waste generators, hazardous
waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs), and hazardous
waste transporters for their respective companies; Federal, State and
local environmental and transportation regulators and IT staff;
enforcement personnel; non-governmental organizations; and trade
associations dealing with hazardous waste transportation issues. People
with specific technical expertise, such as computer system specialists,
information officers, IT managers and others are encouraged to attend.
If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this meeting
to a particular entity, organization or occupational discipline,
consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How may I participate in this meeting?
For security purposes, all persons wishing to attend the meetings
must register in advance of each meeting. Please visit the following
Web site for information on how to register: https://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/transportation/manifest/e-man.htm.
Access to the meeting for non-registered attendees may be denied by
EPA building security or by limited seating capacity. When registering,
please provide your name, affiliation, mailing address, telephone
number, and email address if you have one. A valid photo ID will be
required to gain access to the EPA meeting rooms. Any person needing
special accessibility accommodations at this meeting should inform the
contact person above when registering. Space for the meetings may be
limited; therefore, potential participants are encouraged to attend
only one of the three meetings.
C. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
Docket: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket
ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2013-0063. Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard
copy at the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Docket in the
EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center 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.
II. Historical Background on e-Manifest Project
For more than a decade, EPA, states, industry, and other
stakeholders have sought to transform the hazardous waste manifest
system from its current paper-based approach to one that takes greater
advantage of electronic information technologies. On May 22, 2001, EPA
published a notice of proposed rulemaking that, among other things,
proposed revisions to the Federal manifest program aimed at adopting an
electronic manifesting approach that would allow waste shipments to be
tracked electronically, thereby mitigating the burdens and
inefficiencies associated with the use of paper manifest forms (66 FR
28240). Although comments generally supported an electronic tracking
scheme, several significant issues were raised that necessitated
further analysis and stakeholder outreach prior to adopting a final e-
Manifest regulation.
As a result, EPA's ORCR held a two-day public meeting on May 19-20,
2004 to discuss and obtain public input on how best to proceed with the
e-Manifest project. During the meeting, stakeholders--including States
and the hazardous waste management industry--expressed a strong
interest in a uniform national approach to developing an e-Manifest
system that would consistently and securely generate and process
electronic manifests. Moreover, members of industry who use the
manifest indicated that they would be willing to help pay the costs of
such a system, perhaps through the assessment of reasonable service
fees or by a similar ``user pays'' approach.
In April 2006, EPA published a follow-up notice to request comment
on its preferred approach for electronically completing and
transmitting manifests through a national, centralized e-Manifest
system (71 FR 19842). The public notice also explained that EPA
intended to establish and maintain an e-Manifest system by imposing
service fees as a means to fund an information technology contract to
build and operate the e-Manifest system. Finally, the notice explained
that EPA's ability to proceed with the development of the national e-
Manifest system was contingent upon the enactment of new legislation.
This legislation would establish EPA's authority to enter into a
contract with one or more IT vendors and would provide that the
contract would be funded by the e-Manifest service fees. EPA would use
these fees for payment of e-Manifest system costs.
On November 19 and 20, 2008, EPA's ORCR held a two-day public
meeting in Arlington, VA to begin discussions with state and industry
representatives concerning the goals, requirements, and criteria needed
for the development of an IT system that would support the e-Manifest
and would provide effective implementation of the hazardous waste
manifest program. Following the 2008 public meeting, EPA's ORCR held a
series of webinars with participants to discuss various topics
addressed during the public meeting but which required further input.
The webinars took place between April and June of 2009.
On October 5, 2012, the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest
Establishment Act (``the Act'') was signed into law by the President.
The Act authorizes EPA to establish and implement an electronic
manifest (e-
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Manifest) system in partnership with industry and states by 2015. The
Act also requires EPA to adopt an e-Manifest regulation authorizing e-
Manifests that are created and transmitted through the use of the e-
Manifest system by October 5, 2013. The e-Manifests will be deemed as
the legal equivalent to Uniform Hazardous Waste Paper Manifest Form and
Continuation Sheet (EPA Form 8700-22 and 8700-22a). The scope of e-
Manifest will extend to all federally and state regulated wastes that
require a manifest; use of e-Manifest, however, is optional to users.
Although the Act states use of e-Manifest is optional, the Act
authorizes EPA to collect e-Manifests and paper manifests in the
system. Therefore, EPA intends to collect all manifests, both
electronic and paper formats, in the system. For further information
regarding the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Act and the e-
Manifest project in general, please refer to the following EPA Web
site: https://www.epa.gov/epawaste/hazard/transportation/manifest/e-man.htm.
III. Current Activities on e-Manifest Project
Pursuant to the Act, EPA has begun its initial planning phase to
begin the development and ultimately the deployment of the e-Manifest
system by 2015. The purpose of the three face-to-face requirements
gathering meetings is to continue with efforts conducted during
previous public meetings and webinars by engaging stakeholders on
current expectations and technical requirements for the e-Manifest
system. The goals of the meetings will be to obtain input from future
users as to their needs and the capability of the IT system to address
performance standards for the success of an e-Manifest system.
Additionally, EPA will be gathering input from stakeholders on what
technical requirements or tools the agency should consider to ensure
that it also establishes an IT reporting system that will enhance
access to the data (including to states and the general public).
The topics of discussions at these meetings will cover the
following functional requirements:
e-Manifest workflow, including mobile field component and
handler submission;
e-Manifest business rule processing;
Electronic signature (e-signature) and Cross-Media
Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR) conformance;
Paper manifest processing;
Data access and reporting;
State data consumption and interaction;
Data QA; and
User administration and security.
EPA is currently determining the actual format and agenda for the
meetings. It anticipates that each of the meetings will have a similar
agenda, which will further our intent to provide multiple opportunities
for stakeholder participation. Therefore, it is only necessary for
participants to attend one of the three meetings.
All up to date information, including advanced copies of meeting
materials and meeting logistics, is available on our Web site: https://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/transportation/manifest/e-man.htm.
EPA will use stakeholder input gathered during these meetings to
finalize the e-Manifest requirements and prepare for eventual system
development.
Dated: February 5, 2013.
Suzanne Rudzinski,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2013-03838 Filed 2-19-13; 8:45 am]
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