Forty-Third Update of the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket, 24793-24796 [2023-08255]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 78 / Monday, April 24, 2023 / Notices ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 copy of the proposed settlement agreement. The official public docket is available for public viewing at the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center, 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 OEI Docket is (202) 566–1752. The electronic version of the public docket for this action contains a copy of the proposed settlement agreement and is available through https:// www.regulations.gov. You may use https://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, key in the appropriate docket identification number then select ‘‘search.’’ B. How and to whom do I submit comments? Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2023– 0247 via https://www.regulations.gov. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from this docket. EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit to EPA’s docket at https:// www.regulations.gov any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https:// www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets. For additional information about submitting information identified as CBI, please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing address, and an email address or other contact information in VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:50 Apr 21, 2023 Jkt 259001 the body of your comment. This ensures that you can be identified as the submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further information on the substance of your comment. Any identifying or contact information provided in the body of a comment will be included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket and made available in EPA’s electronic public docket. 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. Use of the https:// www.regulations.gov website to submit comments to EPA electronically is EPA’s preferred method for receiving comments. We strongly encourage you to send your comments electronically to ensure that they are received prior to the close of the comment period. The electronic public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity, email address, or other contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period will be marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA does not plan to consider these late comments. Steven M. Neugeboren, Associate General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2023–08606 Filed 4–21–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–10866–01–OLEM] Forty-Third Update of the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Since 1988, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has maintained a Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket (‘‘Docket’’) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). CERCLA requires EPA to establish a Docket that contains certain information reported to EPA by Federal facilities that manage hazardous waste or from which a reportable quantity of hazardous substances has been released. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 24793 This notice identifies the Federal facilities not previously listed on the Docket and identifies Federal facilities reported to EPA since the last update on October 24, 2022. In addition to the list of additions to the Docket, this notice includes a section with revisions of the previous Docket list and a section of Federal facilities that are to be deleted from the Docket. Thus, the revisions in this update include one addition, zero deletions, and zero corrections to the Docket since the previous update. DATES: This list is current as of March 27, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Electronic versions of the Docket and more information on its implementation can be obtained at https://www.epa.gov/ fedfac/federal-agency-hazardous-wastecompliance-docket by clicking on the link for Cleanups at Federal Facilities or by contacting Jonathan Tso (Tso.Jonathan@epa.gov), Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Coordinator, Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office. Additional information on the Docket and a complete list of Docket sites can be obtained at: https://www.epa.gov/ fedfac/federal-agency-hazardous-wastecompliance-docket-1. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 Introduction Regional Docket Coordinators Revisions of the Previous Docket Process for Compiling the Updated Docket 5.0 Facilities Not Included 6.0 Facility NPL Status Reporting, Including NFRAP Status 7.0 Information Contained on Docket Listing 1.0 Introduction Section 120(c) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9620(c), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), requires EPA to establish the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket. The Docket contains information on Federal facilities that manage hazardous waste and such information is submitted by Federal agencies to EPA under sections 3005, 3010, and 3016 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6925, 6930, and 6937. Additionally, the Docket contains information on Federal facilities with a reportable quantity of hazardous substances that has been released and such information is submitted by Federal agencies to EPA under section 103 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9603. Specifically, RCRA section 3005 establishes a permitting system for E:\FR\FM\24APN1.SGM 24APN1 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 24794 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 78 / Monday, April 24, 2023 / Notices certain hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities; RCRA section 3010 requires waste generators, transporters and TSD facilities to notify EPA of their hazardous waste activities; and RCRA section 3016 requires Federal agencies to submit biennially to EPA an inventory of their Federal hazardous waste facilities. CERCLA section 103(a) requires the owner or operator of a vessel or onshore or offshore facility to notify the National Response Center (NRC) of any spill or other release of a hazardous substance that equals or exceeds a reportable quantity (RQ), as defined by CERCLA section 101. Additionally, CERCLA section 103(c) requires facilities that have ‘‘stored, treated, or disposed of’’ hazardous wastes and where there is ‘‘known, suspected, or likely releases’’ of hazardous substances to report their activities to EPA. CERCLA section 120(d) requires EPA to take steps to assure that a Preliminary Assessment (PA) be completed for those sites identified in the Docket and that the evaluation and listing of sites with a PA be completed within a reasonable time frame. The PA is designed to provide information for EPA to consider when evaluating the site for potential response action or inclusion on the National Priorities List (NPL). The Docket serves three major purposes: (1) To identify all Federal facilities that must be evaluated to determine whether they pose a threat to human health and the environment sufficient to warrant inclusion on the National Priorities List (NPL); (2) to compile and maintain the information submitted to EPA on such facilities under the provisions listed in section 120(c) of CERCLA; and (3) to provide a mechanism to make the information available to the public. Previous Docket updates are available at https:// www.epa.gov/fedfac/previous-federalagency-hazardous-waste-compliancedocket-updates. This notice provides some background information on the Docket. Additional information on the Docket requirements and implementation are found in the Docket Reference Manual, Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket found at https:// www.epa.gov/fedfac/docket-referencemanual-federal-agency-hazardouswaste-compliance-docket-interim-final or obtained by calling the Regional Docket Coordinators listed below. This notice also provides changes to the list of sites included on the Docket in three areas: (1) Additions, (2) Deletions, and (3) Corrections. Specifically, additions are newly identified Federal facilities VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:50 Apr 21, 2023 Jkt 259001 that have been reported to EPA since the last update and now are included on the Docket; the deletions section lists Federal facilities that EPA is deleting from the Docket.1 The information submitted to EPA on each Federal facility is maintained in the Docket repository located in the EPA Regional office of the Region in which the Federal facility is located; for a description of the information required under those provisions, see 53 FR 4280 (February 12, 1988). Each repository contains the documents submitted to EPA under the reporting provisions and correspondence relevant to the reporting provisions for each Federal facility. In prior updates, information was also provided regarding No Further Remedial Action Planned (NFRAP) status changes. However, information on NFRAP and NPL status is no longer being provided separately in the Docket update as it is now available at: https:// www.epa.gov/fedfacts/federal-facilitycleanup-sites-searchable-list or by contacting the EPA HQ Docket Coordinator at the address provided in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. 2.0 Regional Docket Coordinators Contact the following Docket Coordinators for information on Regional Docket repositories: • US EPA Region 1. Alyssa Sierra (HBS), 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Mail Code: 01–5, Boston MA 02109– 3912, (617) 918–1603. • US EPA Region 2. Cathy Moyik (ERRD), 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007–1866, (212) 637–4339. • US EPA Region 3. Joseph Vitello (3SD12), 1600 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 814– 3354. • US EPA Region 3. Dawn Fulsher (3SD12), 1600 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 814– 3270. • US EPA Region 4. Alayna Famble (9T25), 61 Forsyth St. SW, Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 562–8444. • US EPA Region 5. David Brauner (SR–6J), 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886–1526. • US EPA Region 6. Philip Ofosu (6SF–RA), 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202–2733, (214) 665–3178. • US EPA Region 7. Todd H Davis (SUPRERSB), 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219, (913) 551–7749. • US EPA Region 8. Ryan Dunham (EPR–F), 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO 80202, (303) 312–6627. 1 See section 3.2 for the criteria for being deleted from the Docket. PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 • US EPA Region 9. Leslie Ramirez (SFD–6–1), 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 972–3978. • US EPA Region 10. Ken Marcy, Oregon Operations Office, 805 SW Broadway, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97205, (503) 326–3269. 3.0 Revisions of the Previous Docket This section includes a discussion of the additions, deletions and corrections to the list of Docket facilities since the previous Docket update. 3.1 Additions These Federal facilities are being added primarily because of new information obtained by EPA (for example, recent reporting of a facility pursuant to RCRA sections 3005, 3010, or 3016 or CERCLA section 103). CERCLA section 120, as amended by the Defense Authorization Act of 1997, specifies that EPA take steps to assure that a Preliminary Assessment (PA) be completed within a reasonable time frame for those Federal facilities that are included on the Docket. Among other things, the PA is designed to provide information for EPA to consider when evaluating the site for potential response action or listing on the NPL. This notice includes one addition. 3.2 Deletions There are no statutory or regulatory provisions that address deletion of a facility from the Docket. However, if a facility is incorrectly included on the Docket, it may be deleted from the Docket. The criteria EPA uses in deleting sites from the Docket include: a facility for which there was an incorrect report submitted for hazardous waste activity under RCRA (e.g., 40 CFR 262.44); a facility that was not Federally-owned or operated at the time of the listing; a facility included more than once (i.e., redundant listings); or when multiple facilities are combined under one listing. (See Docket Codes (Reasons for Deletion of Facilities) for a more refined list of the criteria EPA uses for deleting sites from the Docket.) Facilities being deleted no longer will be subject to the requirements of CERCLA section 120(d). This notice includes zero deletions. 3.3 Corrections Changes necessary to correct the previous Docket are identified by both EPA and Federal agencies. The corrections section may include changes in addresses or spelling, and corrections of the recorded name and ownership of a Federal facility. In addition, changes in the names of Federal facilities may be made to establish consistency in the E:\FR\FM\24APN1.SGM 24APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 78 / Monday, April 24, 2023 / Notices Docket or between the Superfund Enterprise Management System (SEMS) and the Docket. For the Federal facility for which a correction is entered, the original entry is as it appeared in previous Docket updates. The corrected update is shown directly below, for easy comparison. This notice includes zero corrections. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 4.0 Process for Compiling the Updated Docket In compiling the newly reported Federal facilities for the update being published in this notice, EPA extracted the names, addresses, and identification numbers of facilities from four EPA databases—the WebEOC, the Biennial Inventory of Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Activities, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information System (RCRAInfo), and SEMS—that contain information about Federal facilities submitted under the four provisions listed in CERCLA section 120(c). EPA assures the quality of the information on the Docket by conducting extensive evaluation of the current Docket list and contacts the other Federal Agency (OFA) with the information obtained from the databases identified above to determine which Federal facilities were, in fact, newly reported and qualified for inclusion on the update. EPA is also striving to correct errors for Federal facilities that were previously reported. For example, state-owned or privately-owned facilities that are not operated by the Federal government may have been included. Such problems are sometimes caused by procedures historically used to report and track Federal facilities data. Representatives of Federal agencies are asked to contact the EPA HQ Docket Coordinator at the address provided in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice if revisions of this update information are necessary. 5.0 Facilities Not Included Certain categories of facilities may not be included on the Docket, such as: (1) Federal facilities formerly owned by a Federal agency that at the time of consideration was not Federally-owned or operated; (2) Federal facilities that are small quantity generators (SQGs) that have not, more than once per calendar year, generated more than 1,000 kg of hazardous waste in any single month; (3) Federal facilities that are very small quantity generators (VSQGs) that have never generated more than 100 kg of hazardous waste in any month; (4) Federal facilities that are solely hazardous waste transportation VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:50 Apr 21, 2023 Jkt 259001 facilities, as reported under RCRA section 3010; and (5) Federal facilities that have mixed mine or mill site ownership. An EPA policy issued in June 2003 provided guidance for a site-by-site evaluation as to whether ‘‘mixed ownership’’ mine or mill sites, typically created as a result of activities conducted pursuant to the General Mining Law of 1872 and never reported under section 103(a) of CERCLA, should be included on the Docket. For purposes of that policy, mixed ownership mine or mill sites are those located partially on private land and partially on public land. This policy is found at https:// www.epa.gov/fedfac/policy-listingmixed-ownership-mine-or-mill-sitescreated-result-general-mining-law-1872. The policy of not including these facilities may change; facilities now omitted may be added at some point if EPA determines that they should be included. 6.0 Facility NPL Status Reporting, Including NFRAP Status EPA tracks the NPL status of Federal facilities listed on the Docket. An updated list of the NPL status of all Docket facilities, as well as their NFRAP status, is available at https:// www.epa.gov/fedfacts/federal-facilitycleanup-sites-searchable-list or by contacting the EPA HQ Docket Coordinator at the address provided in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. In prior updates, information regarding NFRAP status changes was provided separately. 7.0 Information Contained on Docket Listing The information is provided in three tables. The first table is a list of additional Federal facilities that are being added to the Docket. The second table is a list of Federal facilities that are being deleted from the Docket. The third table is for corrections. The Federal facilities listed in each table are organized by the date reported. Under each heading is listed the name and address of the facility, the Federal agency responsible for the facility, the statutory provision(s) under which the facility was reported to EPA, and a code.2 The statutory provisions under which a Federal facility is reported are listed in a column titled ‘‘Reporting Mechanism.’’ Applicable mechanisms are listed for each Federal facility: for example, Sections 3005, 3010, 3016, 2 Each Federal facility listed in the update has been assigned a code that indicates a specific reason for the addition or deletion. The code precedes this list. PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 24795 103(c), or Other. ‘‘Other’’ has been added as a reporting mechanism to indicate those Federal facilities that otherwise have been identified to have releases or threat of releases of hazardous substances. The National Contingency Plan at 40 CFR 300.405 addresses discovery or notification, outlines what constitutes discovery of a hazardous substance release, and states that a release may be discovered in several ways, including: (1) A report submitted in accordance with section 103(a) of CERCLA, i.e., reportable quantities codified at 40 CFR 302; (2) a report submitted to EPA in accordance with section 103(c) of CERCLA; (3) investigation by government authorities conducted in accordance with section 104(e) of CERCLA or other statutory authority; (4) notification of a release by a Federal or State permit holder when required by its permit; (5) inventory or survey efforts or random or incidental observation reported by government agencies or the public; (6) submission of a citizen petition to EPA or the appropriate Federal facility requesting a preliminary assessment, in accordance with section 105(d) of CERCLA; (7) a report submitted in accordance with section 311(b)(5) of the Clean Water Act; and (8) other sources. As a policy matter, EPA generally believes it is appropriate for Federal facilities identified through the CERCLA discovery and notification process to be included on the Docket. The complete list of Federal facilities that now make up the Docket and the NPL and NFRAP status are available to interested parties and can be obtained at https://www.epa.gov/fedfacts/federalfacility-cleanup-sites-searchable-list or by contacting the EPA HQ Docket Coordinator at the address provided in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. As of the date of this notice, the total number of Federal facilities that appear on the Docket is 2,392. Gregory Gervais, Director, Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office, Office of Land and Emergency Management. 7.1 Docket Codes/Reasons for Deletion of Facilities • Code 1. Small-Quantity Generator and Very Small Quantity Generator. Show citation box. • Code 2. Never Federally Owned and/or Operated. • Code 3. Formerly Federally Owned and/or Operated but not at time of listing. • Code 4. No Hazardous Waste Generated. E:\FR\FM\24APN1.SGM 24APN1 24796 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 78 / Monday, April 24, 2023 / Notices • Code 5. (This code is no longer used.) • Code 6. Redundant Listing/Site on Facility. • Code 7. Combining Sites Into One Facility/Entries Combined. • Code 8. Does Not Fit Facility Definition. 7.2 Docket Codes/Reasons for Addition of Facilities • Code 15. Small-Quantity Generator with either a RCRA 3016 or CERCLA 103 Reporting Mechanism. • Code 16. One Entry Being Split Into Two (or more)/Federal Agency Responsibility Being Split. • Code 16A. NPL site that is part of a Facility already listed on the Docket. • Code 17. New Information Obtained Showing That Facility Should Be Included. • Code 18. Facility Was a Site on a Facility That Was Disbanded; Now a Separate Facility. • Code 19. Sites Were Combined Into One Facility. • Code 19A. New Currently Federally Owned and/or Operated Facility Site. 7.3 Docket Codes/Types of Corrections of Information About Facilities • Code 20. Reporting Provisions Change. • Code 20A. Typo Correction/Name Change/Address Change. • Code 21. Changing Responsible Federal Agency. (If applicable, new responsible Federal agency submits proof of previously performed PA, which is subject to approval by EPA.) • Code 22. Changing Responsible Federal Agency and Facility Name. (If applicable, new responsible Federal Agency submits proof of previously performed PA, which is subject to approval by EPA.) • Code 24. Reporting Mechanism Determined To Be Not Applicable After Review of Regional Files. FEDERAL AGENCY HAZARDOUS WASTE COMPLIANCE DOCKET UPDATE #43—ADDITIONS Facility name Address USPS SEATTLE BULK MAIL CTR. City 34301 9TH AVE S .......................... State FEDERAL WAY. Agency Reporting mechanism Code UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. RCRA 3010 17 Zip code WA 98003 Date UPDATE #43 FEDERAL AGENCY HAZARDOUS WASTE COMPLIANCE DOCKET UPDATE #43—DELETIONS Facility name Address City State Zip code Reporting mechanism Agency Code Date I. FEDERAL AGENCY HAZARDOUS WASTE COMPLIANCE DOCKET UPDATE #43—CORRECTIONS Facility name Address City BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION [OMB No. 3064–0127] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection Renewal; Comment Request Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). ACTION: Notice and request for comment. AGENCY: The FDIC, as part of its obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the renewal of the existing information collection described below (OMB Control No. 3064–0127). ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:50 Apr 21, 2023 Jkt 259001 Zip code Comments must be submitted on or before June 23, 2023. 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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 78 (Monday, April 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10866-01-OLEM]


Forty-Third Update of the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste 
Compliance Docket

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Since 1988, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has 
maintained a Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket 
(``Docket'') under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). CERCLA requires EPA to 
establish a Docket that contains certain information reported to EPA by 
Federal facilities that manage hazardous waste or from which a 
reportable quantity of hazardous substances has been released. This 
notice identifies the Federal facilities not previously listed on the 
Docket and identifies Federal facilities reported to EPA since the last 
update on October 24, 2022. In addition to the list of additions to the 
Docket, this notice includes a section with revisions of the previous 
Docket list and a section of Federal facilities that are to be deleted 
from the Docket. Thus, the revisions in this update include one 
addition, zero deletions, and zero corrections to the Docket since the 
previous update.

DATES: This list is current as of March 27, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Electronic versions of the Docket and 
more information on its implementation can be obtained at https://www.epa.gov/fedfac/federal-agency-hazardous-waste-compliance-docket by 
clicking on the link for Cleanups at Federal Facilities or by 
contacting Jonathan Tso ([email protected]), Federal Agency 
Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Coordinator, Federal Facilities 
Restoration and Reuse Office. Additional information on the Docket and 
a complete list of Docket sites can be obtained at: https://www.epa.gov/fedfac/federal-agency-hazardous-waste-compliance-docket-1.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction
2.0 Regional Docket Coordinators
3.0 Revisions of the Previous Docket
4.0 Process for Compiling the Updated Docket
5.0 Facilities Not Included
6.0 Facility NPL Status Reporting, Including NFRAP Status
7.0 Information Contained on Docket Listing

1.0 Introduction

    Section 120(c) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9620(c), as amended by the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), requires 
EPA to establish the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket. 
The Docket contains information on Federal facilities that manage 
hazardous waste and such information is submitted by Federal agencies 
to EPA under sections 3005, 3010, and 3016 of the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6925, 6930, and 6937. Additionally, 
the Docket contains information on Federal facilities with a reportable 
quantity of hazardous substances that has been released and such 
information is submitted by Federal agencies to EPA under section 103 
of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9603. Specifically, RCRA section 3005 establishes 
a permitting system for

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certain hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) 
facilities; RCRA section 3010 requires waste generators, transporters 
and TSD facilities to notify EPA of their hazardous waste activities; 
and RCRA section 3016 requires Federal agencies to submit biennially to 
EPA an inventory of their Federal hazardous waste facilities. CERCLA 
section 103(a) requires the owner or operator of a vessel or onshore or 
offshore facility to notify the National Response Center (NRC) of any 
spill or other release of a hazardous substance that equals or exceeds 
a reportable quantity (RQ), as defined by CERCLA section 101. 
Additionally, CERCLA section 103(c) requires facilities that have 
``stored, treated, or disposed of'' hazardous wastes and where there is 
``known, suspected, or likely releases'' of hazardous substances to 
report their activities to EPA.
    CERCLA section 120(d) requires EPA to take steps to assure that a 
Preliminary Assessment (PA) be completed for those sites identified in 
the Docket and that the evaluation and listing of sites with a PA be 
completed within a reasonable time frame. The PA is designed to provide 
information for EPA to consider when evaluating the site for potential 
response action or inclusion on the National Priorities List (NPL).
    The Docket serves three major purposes: (1) To identify all Federal 
facilities that must be evaluated to determine whether they pose a 
threat to human health and the environment sufficient to warrant 
inclusion on the National Priorities List (NPL); (2) to compile and 
maintain the information submitted to EPA on such facilities under the 
provisions listed in section 120(c) of CERCLA; and (3) to provide a 
mechanism to make the information available to the public. Previous 
Docket updates are available at https://www.epa.gov/fedfac/previous-federal-agency-hazardous-waste-compliance-docket-updates.
    This notice provides some background information on the Docket. 
Additional information on the Docket requirements and implementation 
are found in the Docket Reference Manual, Federal Agency Hazardous 
Waste Compliance Docket found at https://www.epa.gov/fedfac/docket-reference-manual-federal-agency-hazardous-waste-compliance-docket-interim-final or obtained by calling the Regional Docket Coordinators 
listed below. This notice also provides changes to the list of sites 
included on the Docket in three areas: (1) Additions, (2) Deletions, 
and (3) Corrections. Specifically, additions are newly identified 
Federal facilities that have been reported to EPA since the last update 
and now are included on the Docket; the deletions section lists Federal 
facilities that EPA is deleting from the Docket.\1\ The information 
submitted to EPA on each Federal facility is maintained in the Docket 
repository located in the EPA Regional office of the Region in which 
the Federal facility is located; for a description of the information 
required under those provisions, see 53 FR 4280 (February 12, 1988). 
Each repository contains the documents submitted to EPA under the 
reporting provisions and correspondence relevant to the reporting 
provisions for each Federal facility.
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    \1\ See section 3.2 for the criteria for being deleted from the 
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    In prior updates, information was also provided regarding No 
Further Remedial Action Planned (NFRAP) status changes. However, 
information on NFRAP and NPL status is no longer being provided 
separately in the Docket update as it is now available at: https://www.epa.gov/fedfacts/federal-facility-cleanup-sites-searchable-list or 
by contacting the EPA HQ Docket Coordinator at the address provided in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.

2.0 Regional Docket Coordinators

    Contact the following Docket Coordinators for information on 
Regional Docket repositories:
     US EPA Region 1. Alyssa Sierra (HBS), 5 Post Office 
Square, Suite 100, Mail Code: 01-5, Boston MA 02109-3912, (617) 918-
1603.
     US EPA Region 2. Cathy Moyik (ERRD), 290 Broadway, New 
York, NY 10007-1866, (212) 637-4339.
     US EPA Region 3. Joseph Vitello (3SD12), 1600 John F. 
Kennedy Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 814-3354.
     US EPA Region 3. Dawn Fulsher (3SD12), 1600 John F. 
Kennedy Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 814-3270.
     US EPA Region 4. Alayna Famble (9T25), 61 Forsyth St. SW, 
Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 562-8444.
     US EPA Region 5. David Brauner (SR-6J), 77 W. Jackson 
Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886-1526.
     US EPA Region 6. Philip Ofosu (6SF-RA), 1445 Ross Avenue, 
Dallas, TX 75202-2733, (214) 665-3178.
     US EPA Region 7. Todd H Davis (SUPRERSB), 11201 Renner 
Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219, (913) 551-7749.
     US EPA Region 8. Ryan Dunham (EPR-F), 1595 Wynkoop Street, 
Denver, CO 80202, (303) 312-6627.
     US EPA Region 9. Leslie Ramirez (SFD-6-1), 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 972-3978.
     US EPA Region 10. Ken Marcy, Oregon Operations Office, 805 
SW Broadway, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97205, (503) 326-3269.

3.0 Revisions of the Previous Docket

    This section includes a discussion of the additions, deletions and 
corrections to the list of Docket facilities since the previous Docket 
update.

3.1 Additions

    These Federal facilities are being added primarily because of new 
information obtained by EPA (for example, recent reporting of a 
facility pursuant to RCRA sections 3005, 3010, or 3016 or CERCLA 
section 103). CERCLA section 120, as amended by the Defense 
Authorization Act of 1997, specifies that EPA take steps to assure that 
a Preliminary Assessment (PA) be completed within a reasonable time 
frame for those Federal facilities that are included on the Docket. 
Among other things, the PA is designed to provide information for EPA 
to consider when evaluating the site for potential response action or 
listing on the NPL. This notice includes one addition.

3.2 Deletions

    There are no statutory or regulatory provisions that address 
deletion of a facility from the Docket. However, if a facility is 
incorrectly included on the Docket, it may be deleted from the Docket. 
The criteria EPA uses in deleting sites from the Docket include: a 
facility for which there was an incorrect report submitted for 
hazardous waste activity under RCRA (e.g., 40 CFR 262.44); a facility 
that was not Federally-owned or operated at the time of the listing; a 
facility included more than once (i.e., redundant listings); or when 
multiple facilities are combined under one listing. (See Docket Codes 
(Reasons for Deletion of Facilities) for a more refined list of the 
criteria EPA uses for deleting sites from the Docket.) Facilities being 
deleted no longer will be subject to the requirements of CERCLA section 
120(d). This notice includes zero deletions.

3.3 Corrections

    Changes necessary to correct the previous Docket are identified by 
both EPA and Federal agencies. The corrections section may include 
changes in addresses or spelling, and corrections of the recorded name 
and ownership of a Federal facility. In addition, changes in the names 
of Federal facilities may be made to establish consistency in the

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Docket or between the Superfund Enterprise Management System (SEMS) and 
the Docket. For the Federal facility for which a correction is entered, 
the original entry is as it appeared in previous Docket updates. The 
corrected update is shown directly below, for easy comparison. This 
notice includes zero corrections.

4.0 Process for Compiling the Updated Docket

    In compiling the newly reported Federal facilities for the update 
being published in this notice, EPA extracted the names, addresses, and 
identification numbers of facilities from four EPA databases--the 
WebEOC, the Biennial Inventory of Federal Agency Hazardous Waste 
Activities, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information 
System (RCRAInfo), and SEMS--that contain information about Federal 
facilities submitted under the four provisions listed in CERCLA section 
120(c).
    EPA assures the quality of the information on the Docket by 
conducting extensive evaluation of the current Docket list and contacts 
the other Federal Agency (OFA) with the information obtained from the 
databases identified above to determine which Federal facilities were, 
in fact, newly reported and qualified for inclusion on the update. EPA 
is also striving to correct errors for Federal facilities that were 
previously reported. For example, state-owned or privately-owned 
facilities that are not operated by the Federal government may have 
been included. Such problems are sometimes caused by procedures 
historically used to report and track Federal facilities data. 
Representatives of Federal agencies are asked to contact the EPA HQ 
Docket Coordinator at the address provided in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice if revisions of this update 
information are necessary.

5.0 Facilities Not Included

    Certain categories of facilities may not be included on the Docket, 
such as: (1) Federal facilities formerly owned by a Federal agency that 
at the time of consideration was not Federally-owned or operated; (2) 
Federal facilities that are small quantity generators (SQGs) that have 
not, more than once per calendar year, generated more than 1,000 kg of 
hazardous waste in any single month; (3) Federal facilities that are 
very small quantity generators (VSQGs) that have never generated more 
than 100 kg of hazardous waste in any month; (4) Federal facilities 
that are solely hazardous waste transportation facilities, as reported 
under RCRA section 3010; and (5) Federal facilities that have mixed 
mine or mill site ownership.
    An EPA policy issued in June 2003 provided guidance for a site-by-
site evaluation as to whether ``mixed ownership'' mine or mill sites, 
typically created as a result of activities conducted pursuant to the 
General Mining Law of 1872 and never reported under section 103(a) of 
CERCLA, should be included on the Docket. For purposes of that policy, 
mixed ownership mine or mill sites are those located partially on 
private land and partially on public land. This policy is found at 
https://www.epa.gov/fedfac/policy-listing-mixed-ownership-mine-or-mill-sites-created-result-general-mining-law-1872. The policy of not 
including these facilities may change; facilities now omitted may be 
added at some point if EPA determines that they should be included.

6.0 Facility NPL Status Reporting, Including NFRAP Status

    EPA tracks the NPL status of Federal facilities listed on the 
Docket. An updated list of the NPL status of all Docket facilities, as 
well as their NFRAP status, is available at https://www.epa.gov/fedfacts/federal-facility-cleanup-sites-searchable-list or by 
contacting the EPA HQ Docket Coordinator at the address provided in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. In prior 
updates, information regarding NFRAP status changes was provided 
separately.

7.0 Information Contained on Docket Listing

    The information is provided in three tables. The first table is a 
list of additional Federal facilities that are being added to the 
Docket. The second table is a list of Federal facilities that are being 
deleted from the Docket. The third table is for corrections.
    The Federal facilities listed in each table are organized by the 
date reported. Under each heading is listed the name and address of the 
facility, the Federal agency responsible for the facility, the 
statutory provision(s) under which the facility was reported to EPA, 
and a code.\2\
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    \2\ Each Federal facility listed in the update has been assigned 
a code that indicates a specific reason for the addition or 
deletion. The code precedes this list.
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    The statutory provisions under which a Federal facility is reported 
are listed in a column titled ``Reporting Mechanism.'' Applicable 
mechanisms are listed for each Federal facility: for example, Sections 
3005, 3010, 3016, 103(c), or Other. ``Other'' has been added as a 
reporting mechanism to indicate those Federal facilities that otherwise 
have been identified to have releases or threat of releases of 
hazardous substances. The National Contingency Plan at 40 CFR 300.405 
addresses discovery or notification, outlines what constitutes 
discovery of a hazardous substance release, and states that a release 
may be discovered in several ways, including: (1) A report submitted in 
accordance with section 103(a) of CERCLA, i.e., reportable quantities 
codified at 40 CFR 302; (2) a report submitted to EPA in accordance 
with section 103(c) of CERCLA; (3) investigation by government 
authorities conducted in accordance with section 104(e) of CERCLA or 
other statutory authority; (4) notification of a release by a Federal 
or State permit holder when required by its permit; (5) inventory or 
survey efforts or random or incidental observation reported by 
government agencies or the public; (6) submission of a citizen petition 
to EPA or the appropriate Federal facility requesting a preliminary 
assessment, in accordance with section 105(d) of CERCLA; (7) a report 
submitted in accordance with section 311(b)(5) of the Clean Water Act; 
and (8) other sources. As a policy matter, EPA generally believes it is 
appropriate for Federal facilities identified through the CERCLA 
discovery and notification process to be included on the Docket.
    The complete list of Federal facilities that now make up the Docket 
and the NPL and NFRAP status are available to interested parties and 
can be obtained at https://www.epa.gov/fedfacts/federal-facility-cleanup-sites-searchable-list or by contacting the EPA HQ Docket 
Coordinator at the address provided in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this notice. As of the date of this notice, the 
total number of Federal facilities that appear on the Docket is 2,392.

Gregory Gervais,
Director, Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office, Office of 
Land and Emergency Management.

7.1 Docket Codes/Reasons for Deletion of Facilities

     Code 1. Small-Quantity Generator and Very Small Quantity 
Generator. Show citation box.
     Code 2. Never Federally Owned and/or Operated.
     Code 3. Formerly Federally Owned and/or Operated but not 
at time of listing.
     Code 4. No Hazardous Waste Generated.

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     Code 5. (This code is no longer used.)
     Code 6. Redundant Listing/Site on Facility.
     Code 7. Combining Sites Into One Facility/Entries 
Combined.
     Code 8. Does Not Fit Facility Definition.

7.2 Docket Codes/Reasons for Addition of Facilities

     Code 15. Small-Quantity Generator with either a RCRA 3016 
or CERCLA 103 Reporting Mechanism.
     Code 16. One Entry Being Split Into Two (or more)/Federal 
Agency Responsibility Being Split.
     Code 16A. NPL site that is part of a Facility already 
listed on the Docket.
     Code 17. New Information Obtained Showing That Facility 
Should Be Included.
     Code 18. Facility Was a Site on a Facility That Was 
Disbanded; Now a Separate Facility.
     Code 19. Sites Were Combined Into One Facility.
     Code 19A. New Currently Federally Owned and/or Operated 
Facility Site.

7.3 Docket Codes/Types of Corrections of Information About Facilities

     Code 20. Reporting Provisions Change.
     Code 20A. Typo Correction/Name Change/Address Change.
     Code 21. Changing Responsible Federal Agency. (If 
applicable, new responsible Federal agency submits proof of previously 
performed PA, which is subject to approval by EPA.)
     Code 22. Changing Responsible Federal Agency and Facility 
Name. (If applicable, new responsible Federal Agency submits proof of 
previously performed PA, which is subject to approval by EPA.)
     Code 24. Reporting Mechanism Determined To Be Not 
Applicable After Review of Regional Files.

                                         Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Update #43--Additions
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         Facility name               Address              City            State     Zip code        Agency          mechanism      Code        Date
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USPS SEATTLE BULK MAIL CTR....  34301 9TH AVE S..  FEDERAL WAY.......  WA              98003  UNITED STATES      RCRA 3010......     17  UPDATE #43
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                                        Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Update #43--Corrections
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         Facility name               Address              City            State     Zip code        Agency          mechanism      Code        Date
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[FR Doc. 2023-08255 Filed 4-21-23; 8:45 am]
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