[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 27, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 22126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08762]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 271

[EPA-R04-RCRA-2021-0229; FRL-10021-98-Region 4]


Georgia: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management 
Program Revisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
authorize changes to Georgia's hazardous waste program under the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). These changes were 
outlined in an application to the EPA and correspond to certain Federal 
rules promulgated between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2020. The EPA 
reviewed Georgia's application and has determined that these changes 
satisfy all requirements needed to qualify for final authorization. 
Therefore, in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal 
Register, we are authorizing Georgia for these changes as a direct 
final rule without a prior proposed rule. If we receive no adverse 
comment, we will not take further action on this proposed rule.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 27, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
RCRA-2021-0229, at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or removed from www.regulations.gov. The EPA may publish any 
comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically 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. The 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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
    The EPA encourages electronic submittals, but if you are unable to 
submit electronically or need other assistance, please contact Kelly 
Adams, the contact listed in the

 provision below. Please also contact Kelly Adams if you need 
assistance in a language other than English or if you are a person with 
    disabilities who needs a reasonable accommodation at no cost to you.
All documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov 
index. Publicly available docket materials are available electronically 
in www.regulations.gov. For alternative access to docket materials, 
please contact Kelly Adams, the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT provision below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Adams; RCRA Programs and Cleanup 
Branch; Land, Chemicals and Redevelopment Division; U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency; Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street SW, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960; telephone number: (404) 562-8431; fax 
number: (404) 562-9964; email address: adams.kelly@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document proposes to take action on 
Georgia's changes to its hazardous waste management program under the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended. We have 
published a direct final rule authorizing these changes in the ``Rules 
and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register because we view this 
as a noncontroversial action and anticipate no adverse comment. We have 
explained our reasons for this action in the preamble to the direct 
final rule.
    If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action 
on this proposed rule. If we receive adverse comment, we will withdraw 
the direct final rule and it will not take effect. We would then 
address all public comments in a subsequent final rule and base any 
further decision on the authorization of the State program changes 
after considering all comments received during the comment period.
    We do not intend to institute a second comment period on this 
action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time. 
For further information, please see the information provided in the 
ADDRESSES section of this document.

    Dated: April 20, 2021.
John Blevins,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2021-08762 Filed 4-26-21; 8:45 am]
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