[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 1081-1082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24241]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 281 and 282

[EPA-R06-UST-2018-0701; FRL-10014-71-Region 6]


Arkansas: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank 
Program Revisions and Incorporation by Reference

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA 
or Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve revisions to the State of Arkansas's Underground Storage Tank 
(UST) program submitted by the State. This action is based on EPA's 
determination that these revisions satisfy all requirements needed for 
program approval. This action also proposes to codify EPA's approval of 
Arkansas's state program and to incorporate by reference those 
provisions of the State regulations that we have determined meet the 
requirements for approval. The provisions will be subject to EPA's 
inspection and enforcement authorities under sections 9005 and 9006 of 
RCRA subtitle I and other applicable statutory and regulatory 
provisions.

DATES: Send written comments by February 8, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit any comments, identified by EPA-R06-UST-2018-0701, by 
one of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    2. Email: lincoln.audray@epa.gov.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R06-UST-
2018-0701. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be available online at 
https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through https://www.regulations.gov, or email. The Federal https://www.regulations.gov 
website 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 https://www.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 
codification at the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1201 Elm

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Street, Suite #500, Dallas, Texas 75270. This facility is open from 
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding Federal 
holidays and facility closures due to COVID-19. We recommend that you 
telephone Audray Lincoln, Environmental Protection Specialist at (214) 
665-2239, before visiting the Region 6 office. Interested persons 
wanting to examine these documents should make an appointment with the 
office at least two weeks in advance. The documents are also available 
in the docket for this rulemaking at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Audray Lincoln, Region 6, Project 
Officer, LUST Prevention/Corrective Action Section (LCRPU), Land 
Chemical and Redevelopment Division, EPA Region 6, 1201 Elm Street, 
Suite #500, Dallas, Texas 75270, phone number (214) 665-2239, email 
address lincoln.audray@epa.gov. Out of an abundance of caution for 
members of the public and our staff, the EPA Region 6 office will be 
closed to the public to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19. We 
encourage the public to submit comments via https://www.regulations.gov, as there will be a delay in processing mail and no 
courier or hand deliveries will be accepted. Please call or email the 
contact listed above if you need alternative access to material indexed 
but not provided in the docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the final rules section of this Federal 
Register, the EPA is approving the State's UST program submittal as a 
direct rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a 
noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. A 
detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final 
rule. If no relevant adverse comments are received in response to this 
action, no further activity is contemplated. If the EPA receives 
relevant adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn, and 
all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final 
rule based on this proposed rule. The EPA will not institute a second 
comment period. Any parties interested in commenting on this action 
should do so at this time. For additional information, see the direct 
final rule published in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this 
Federal Register.

    Authority: This proposed rule is issued under the authority of 
Sections 2002(a), 9004, and 7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 
as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912, 6991c, 6991d, and 6991e.

    Dated: October 27, 2020.
Kenley McQueen,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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