
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 73368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25303]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 272

[EPA-R06-RCRA-2014-0791; FRL-9951-73-Region 6]


Oklahoma: Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste 
Management Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to codify 
in the regulations entitled ``Approved State Hazardous Waste Management 
Programs'', Oklahoma's authorized hazardous waste program. The EPA will 
incorporate by reference into the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
those provisions of the State regulations that are authorized and that 
the EPA will enforce under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, commonly 
referred to as the Resource Conversation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

DATES: Send written comments by November 25, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit any comments identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R06-
RCRA-2014-0791, by one of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    2. Email: patterson.alima@epa.gov or banks.julia@epa.gov.
    3. Mail: Alima Patterson, Region 6, Regional Authorization 
Coordinator, or Julia Banks, Codification Coordinator, Permit Section 
(RPM), Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division, EPA Region 6, 1445 
Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.
    4. Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver your comments to Alima 
Patterson, Region 6, Regional Authorization Coordinator, or Julia 
Banks, Codification Coordinator, Permit Section RPM), Multimedia 
Planning and Permitting Division, EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, 
Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.
    Instructions: Do not submit information that you consider to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or otherwise protected through 
regulations.gov, or email. Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-
R06-RCRA-2014-0791. The Federal regulations.gov Web site is an 
``anonymous access'' system, which means the EPA will not know your 
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of 
your comment. If you send an email comment directly to the EPA without 
going through regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically 
captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the 
public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an 
electronic comment, the EPA recommends that you include your name and 
other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk 
or CD-ROM you submit. If the EPA cannot read your comment due to 
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the 
EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should 
avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be 
free of any defects or viruses. You can view and copy the documents 
that form the basis for this authorization and codification and 
associated publicly available materials from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday 
through Friday at the following location: EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross 
Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, phone number: (214) 665-8533 or (214) 
665-8178. Interested persons wanting to examine these documents should 
make an appointment with the office at least two weeks in advance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alima Patterson, Region 6, Regional 
Authorization Coordinator or Julia Banks, Codification Coordinator, 
Permit Section (RPM), Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division, EPA 
Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, Phone number: 
(214) 665-8533 or (214) 665-8178, and Email address: 
patterson.alima@epa.gov or banks.julia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of 
this Federal Register (FR), the EPA is codifying and incorporating by 
reference the State's hazardous waste program as direct final rule. The 
EPA did not make a proposal prior to the direct final rule because we 
believe these actions are not controversial and do not expect comments 
that oppose them. We have explained the reasons for this codification 
and incorporation by reference in the preamble to the direct final 
rule. Therefore, the purpose of this FR document is to codify 
Oklahoma's base hazardous waste management program and its program 
revisions through RCRA Cluster XXI (see 78 FR 32161) May 29, 2013. The 
EPA provided notices and opportunity for comments on the Agency's 
decisions to authorize the Oklahoma program, and the EPA is not now 
reopening the decisions, nor requesting comments, on the Oklahoma 
authorizations as published in the FR notices specified in Section B of 
the direct final rule FR document.
    This document incorporates by reference Oklahoma's hazardous waste 
statutes and regulations and clarifies which of these provisions are 
included in the authorized and federally enforceable program. By 
codifying Oklahoma's authorized program and by amending the Code of 
Federal Regulations, the public will be more easily able to discern the 
status of federally approved requirements of the Oklahoma hazardous 
waste management program.

    Dated: August 1, 2016.
 Ron Curry,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2016-25303 Filed 10-24-16; 8:45 am]
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