
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 115 (Friday, June 14, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 35837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13847]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 271

[EPA-R04-RCRA-2012-0173; FRL-9822-9]


North Carolina: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste 
Management Program Revisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: North Carolina has applied to EPA for final authorization of 
changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (RCRA). These changes correspond to certain Federal 
rules promulgated between July 1, 2004, and June 30, 2008 (also known 
as RCRA Clusters XV through XVIII). With this proposed rule, EPA is 
proposing to grant final authorization to North Carolina for these 
changes. Along with this proposed rule, EPA is publishing an immediate 
final rule in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of today's Federal 
Register pursuant to which EPA is authorizing these changes. EPA did 
not issue a proposed rule before today because EPA believes this action 
is not controversial and does not expect comments that oppose it. EPA 
has explained the reasons for this authorization in the immediate final 
rule. Unless EPA receives written comments that oppose this 
authorization during the comment period, the immediate final rule in 
today's Federal Register will become effective on the date it 
establishes, and EPA will not take further action on this proposal. If 
EPA receives comments that oppose this action, EPA will withdraw the 
immediate final rule and it will not take effect. EPA will then respond 
to public comments in a later final rule based on this proposed rule. 
You may not have another opportunity to comment on these State program 
changes. If you want to comment on this action, you must do so at this 
time.

DATES: Send your written comments by July 15, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
RCRA-2012-0173, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: gleaton.gwen@epa.gov
     Fax: (404) 562-9964 (prior to faxing, please notify the 
EPA contact listed below)
     Mail: Send written comments to Gwendolyn Gleaton, Permits 
and State Programs Section, RCRA Programs and Materials Management 
Branch, RCRA Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta 
Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Gwendolyn Gleaton, Permits and 
State Programs Section, RCRA Programs and Materials Management Branch, 
RCRA Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta Federal 
Center, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Such 
deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office's normal hours 
of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R04-RCRA-
2012-0173. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
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 www.regulations.gov or email. The 
www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means 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 EPA without going through 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, 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 EPA cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, 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. (For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center 
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm).
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov, or in hard copy. You may view and copy North 
Carolina's application at the EPA, Region 4, RCRA Division, Atlanta 
Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960.
    You may also view and copy North Carolina's application from 8:00 
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the North Carolina Department of Environment and 
Natural Resources, 217 West Jones Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 
27603; telephone number (919) 707-8219. Interested persons wanting to 
examine these documents should make an appointment with the office at 
least a week in advance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gwendolyn Gleaton, Permits and State 
Programs Section, RCRA Programs and Materials Management Branch, RCRA 
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta Federal Center, 
61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960; telephone number: 
(404) 562-8500; fax number: (404) 562-9964; email address: 
gleaton.gwen@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information, please see the 
immediate final rule published in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section 
of this Federal Register.

    Dated: May 16, 2013.
Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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