Meg McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US 

01/17/2007 03:04 PM	To

	tdecrappeo@cogr.edu

	cc

	

	bcc

	Patricia Mercer/DC/USEPA/US@EPA; Kristin Fitzgerald/DC/USEPA/US@EPA;
James 

Michael/DC/USEPA/US@EPA

	Subject

	Follow-up Question on COGR's Comment

	

	

Anthony P. DeCrappeo

Council on Governmental Relations

1200 New York Avenue, N.W.

Suite 750

Washington, DC  20005

Dear Mr. DeCrappeo:

 Thank you for your comments on EPA’s Proposed Rule: Subpart
K—Standards 

Applicable to Academic Laboratories (71 Federal Register 29712) on
behalf 

of the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR).

 In response to COGR’s comments (Docket Number 

EPA-HQ-RCRA-2003-0012-0129.1), EPA has a few follow-up questions.  On
page 

1 of COGR’s comments, you recommend that the scope of the academic 

laboratories rule be expanded to “non-production, non-diagnostic 

laboratories.”  EPA is very interested in any information and data
that 

COGR can provide to help define “non-production, non-diagnostic 

laboratory.”  For example, any information or data describing these 

laboratories, their activities and their hazardous waste generation 

patterns would be beneficial to EPA in its development of the final
rule.  

What type of activities do these laboratories conduct?  Do their 

activities differ day-to-day or are they fairly routine and/or 

repetitive?  What types of hazardous wastes are generated at these 

laboratories?  In what amounts are these wastes generated?  EPA would
find 

it helpful if you could provide any answers, explanations or data
relating 

to any of the above questions.  In addition, EPA would appreciate a
timely 

response to allow us to incorporate any information you may provide into


the decision-making process, as appropriate.  Please provide a response
by 

February 16, 2007.  If you are unable to provide a response by then, 

please contact us to let us know if and when you could provide a timely 

response.  

Any supporting information you provide to EPA will be made publicly 

available in the docket for the rulemaking, unless the information is 

claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI).  Therefore, if you 

submit any information that you claim as CBI, clearly mark all of the 

information that you claim to be CBI.  Information so marked will not be


disclosed, except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part


2.  Please do not fax any information claimed as CBI.  For additional 

information on how to submit CBI, refer to page 29713, of the May 23, 

2006, Federal Register, proposed rule for academic laboratories, or 

contact LaShan Haynes, the Office of Solid Waste CBI contact, at (703) 

605-0516, Haynes.LaShan@epa.gov.

Again, thank you for your comments on the proposed standards for
academic 

laboratories.  Please direct any questions or response to this letter to


any member of EPA’s labs team:  

Patricia Mercer, (703) 308-8408, Mercer.Patricia@epa.gov

Meg McCarthy, (703) 308-8653, McCarthy.Meg@epa.gov

Kristin Fitzgerald, (703) 308-8286, Fitzgerald.Kristin@epa.gov

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Meg McCarthy

US Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Solid Waste

Hazardous Waste Identification Division

703-308-8653

mccarthy.meg@epa.gov

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