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Thursday, September 14, 2000 Part II Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR Part 148 et al. Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste: Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Identified Wastes; and CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities; Proposed Rule VerDate 11<MAY>2000 20:03 Sep 13, 2000 Jkt 190000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4717 Sfmt 4717 E:\FR\FM\14SEP2.SGM pfrm12 PsN: 14SEP2 55684 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 179 / Thursday, September 14, 2000 / Proposed Rules ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION made to RCRA Information Center, to: RCRA CBI Document Control Officer, AGENCY Crystal Gateway I, First Floor, 1235 Office of Solid Waste (5305W), U.S. Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 40 CFR Parts 148, 261, 268, 271, and You also may submit comments Washington, D.C. 20460. Any CBI data 302 electronically by sending electronic should be specifically and clearly [SWH±FRL±6864±5] mail through the Internet to: marked. In addition, please submit a [email protected]. You non-CBI version of your comments for RIN 2050±AE49 should identify comments in electronic inclusion in the public record. format with the docket number F±2000± Supporting documents in the docket Hazardous Waste Management ICMP±FFFFF. You must submit all System; Identification and Listing of for this proposal are also available in electronic comments as an ASCII (text) electronic format on the Internet: <http:/ Hazardous Waste: Inorganic Chemical file, avoiding the use of special Manufacturing Wastes; Land Disposal /www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/ characters and any form of encryption. inorchem/pr2000.htm>. Restrictions for Newly Identified Address requests for a hearing to Mr. Wastes; and CERCLA Hazardous We will keep the official record for David Bussard at: Office of Solid Waste, this action in paper form. Accordingly, Substance Designation and Reportable Hazardous Waste Identification Division Quantities we will transfer all comments received (5304W), U.S. Environmental Protection electronically into paper form and place AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, them in the official record, which also Agency. NW, Washington, D.C. 20460, (703) will include all comments submitted ACTION: Proposed rule. 308±8880. directly in writing. The official record is FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the paper record maintained at the SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection general information, contact the RCRA/ RCRA Information Center, also referred Agency (EPA) proposes to amend the Superfund Hotline at (800) 424±9346 or to as the Docket. regulations for hazardous waste TDD (800) 553±7672 (hearing impaired). Our responses to comments, whether management under the Resource In the Washington, D.C., metropolitan the comments are written or electronic, Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) area, call (703) 920±9810 or TDD (703) will be in a notice in the Federal by listing as hazardous three wastes 412±3323. For specific aspects of the Register or in a response to comments generated from inorganic chemical rule, contact Ms. Gwen DiPietro, Office document placed in the official record manufacturing processes. We also of Solid Waste (5304W), U.S. for this rulemaking. We will not propose not to list as hazardous various Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 immediately reply to commenters other process wastes. This action Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, electronically other than to seek proposes to add the toxic constituents D.C., 20460. [E-mail addressee and clarification of electronic comments that found in the wastes to the list of telephone number: may be corrupted in transmission or constituents that serves as the basis for [email protected] (703±308± during conversion to paper form, as classifying wastes as hazardous, and to 8285).] For technical information on the discussed above. establish treatment standards for the CERCLA aspects of this rule, contact wastes. Ms. Lynn Beasley, Office of Emergency You may view public comments and The effect of this proposed regulation and Remedial Response, Analytical supporting materials in the RCRA would be to subject the wastes to Operations and Data Quality Center Information Center (RIC), located at stringent management and treatment (5204G), U.S. Environmental Protection Crystal Gateway I, First Floor, 1235 standards under Subtitle C of RCRA. Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. Additionally, this action proposes to NW, Washington, D.C. 20460, [E-mail The RIC is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., designate the wastes proposed for listing address and telephone number: Monday through Friday, excluding as hazardous substances subject to the [email protected] (703±603±9086).] federal holidays. To review docket Comprehensive Environmental materials, we recommend that you make SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you do an appointment by calling 703±603± Response, Compensation, and Liability not submit comments electronically, we Act (CERCLA) and to adjust the one- 9230. You may copy a maximum of 100 ask you to voluntarily submit one pages from any regulatory docket at no pound statutory reportable quantities additional copy of your comments on (RQs) for some of these substances. charge. Additional copies cost $0.15/ labeled personal computer diskettes in page. DATES: EPA will accept public ASCII (text) format or a word processing comments on this proposed rule until format that can be converted to ASCII Customer Service November 13, 2000. Comments (text). It is essential to specify on the postmarked after this date will be How Can I Influence EPA's Thinking on disk label the word processing software This Proposed Rule? marked ``late'' and may not be and version/edition as well as your considered. Any person may request a name. This will allow us to convert the In developing this proposal, we tried public hearing on this proposal by filing comments into one of the word to address the concerns of all our a request with Mr. David Bussard by processing formats we utilize. Please stakeholders. Your comments will help September 28, 2000. use mailing envelopes designed to us improve this rule. We invite you to ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment on physically protect the submitted provide your comments on all data, this proposed rule, you must send an diskettes. We emphasize that assumptions and methodologies used to original and two copies of the comments submission of comments on diskettes is support our proposal, your views on referencing docket number F±2000± not mandatory nor will it result in any options we have proposed, your ideas ICMP±FFFFF to: RCRA Information advantage or disadvantage to any on new approaches we have not Center, Office of Solid Waste (5305G), commenter. considered, any new data you may have, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency You should not submit electronically your views on how this rule may affect Headquarters, 1200 Pennsylvania any confidential business information you, and other relevant information. Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20460. (CBI). You must submit an original and Your comments must be submitted by Hand deliveries of comments should be two copies of CBI under separate cover the deadline in this proposal. Your VerDate 11<MAY>2000 20:03 Sep 13, 2000 Jkt 190000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\14SEP2.SGM pfrm12 PsN: 14SEP2 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 179 / Thursday, September 14, 2000 / Proposed Rules 55685 comments will be most effective if you 4. Evaluation of Secondary Materials A. Applicability of Rule in Authorized follow the suggestions below: E. Description of Risk Assessment States • Explain your views as clearly as Approaches B. Effect on State Authorizations possible and provide a summary of the 1. What risk thresholds were used? VII. Designation of Inorganic Chemical reasoning you used to arrive at your 2. What leaching procedures were used? Wastes under the Comprehensive conclusions. Provide examples to 3. How were wastes screened to determine Environmental Response, Compensation, if further assessment was needed? and Liability Act (CERCLA) illustrate your views wherever possible. • 4. How was the groundwater pathway A. Reporting Requirements Provide solid technical data to evaluated? B. Basis for Proposed RQ Adjustment support your views. • 5. How was the surface water pathway VIII. Administrative Assessments If you estimate potential costs, evaluated? A. Executive Order 12866 explain how you arrived at your 6. What are the limitations and 1. Methodology Section estimate. uncertainties of the assessment? 2. Results • Tell us which parts of this proposal F. Sector-specific Listing Determination B. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), as you support, as well as which parts you Rationales amended by the Small Business disagree with. 1. Antimony oxide Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of • Offer specific alternatives. 2. Barium carbonate 1996 (SBREFA), 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. • Reference your comments to 3. Boric acid C. Paperwork Reduction Act specific sections of the proposal by 4. Cadmium pigments D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act using section titles or page numbers of 5. Inorganic hydrogen cyanide E. Executive Order 12898: Environmental the preamble or the regulatory citations. 6. Phenyl mercuric acetate Justice • Clearly label any CBI submitted as 7. Phosphoric acid from the dry process F. Executive Order 13045 : Protection of 8. Phosphorus pentasulfide Children From Environmental