[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 7, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 34579-34580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12185]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 271

[EPA-R05-RCRA-2021-0374; FRL-9898-01-R5]


Illinois: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management 
Program Revisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final authorization.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting Illinois 
final authorization for changes to its hazardous waste program under 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The Agency published 
a Proposed Rule on February 1, 2022 and provided for public comment. No 
comments were received on the proposed revisions. No further 
opportunity for comment will be provided.

DATES: This final authorization is effective June 7, 2022.

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under 
Docket ID No. EPA-R05-RCRA-2021-0374. All documents in the docket are 
listed on the http://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in 
the index, some

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information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet and will be 
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket 
materials are available electronically through http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norberto Gonzalez, U.S. EPA, Region 5, 
Land and Chemicals Branch, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Mail Code LL-17J, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604, email: [email protected], phone number 
(312) 353-1612.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. What changes to Illinois hazardous waste program is EPA authorizing 
with this action?

    On May 25, 2021, Illinois submitted a complete program revision 
application seeking authorization of changes to its hazardous waste 
program in accordance with 40 CFR 271.21. EPA now makes a final 
decision that Illinois's hazardous waste program revisions that are 
being authorized are equivalent to, consistent with, and no less 
stringent than the Federal program, and therefore satisfy all the 
requirements necessary to qualify for final authorization. For a list 
of State rules being authorized with this Final Authorization, please 
see the Proposed Rule published in the February 1, 2022, Federal 
Register at Illinois: Proposed Authorization of State Hazardous Waste 
Management Program Revision (87 FR 5450, February 1, 2022).

B. What is codification and is EPA codifying the Illinois hazardous 
waste program as authorized in this rule?

    Codification is the process of placing citations and references to 
the State's statutes and regulations that comprise the State's 
authorized hazardous waste program into the Code of Federal 
Regulations. EPA does this by adding those citations and references to 
the authorized State rules in 40 CFR part 272. EPA is not codifying the 
authorization of Illinois's revisions at this time. However, EPA 
reserves the ability to amend 40 CFR part 272, subpart O for the 
authorization of Illinois's program changes at a later date.

C. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    This final authorization revises Illinois's authorized hazardous 
waste management program pursuant to Section 3006 of RCRA and imposes 
no requirements other than those currently imposed by State law. For 
further information on how this authorization complies with applicable 
executive orders and statutory provisions, please see the Proposed Rule 
published in the Federal Register at Illinois: Proposed Authorization 
of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision (87 FR 5450, 
February 1, 2022). The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., 
as added by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 
1996, generally provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency 
promulgating the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy 
of the rule, to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller 
General of the United States. EPA will submit a report containing this 
document and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. 
House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United 
States prior to publication in the Federal Register. A major rule 
cannot take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal 
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 
804(2). This final action will be effective June 7, 2022.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 271

    Environmental protection, administrative practice and procedure, 
confidential business information, hazardous waste, hazardous waste 
transportation, Indian lands, intergovernmental relations, penalties, 
reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Authority: This action is issued under the authority of sections 
2002(a), 3006, and 7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6926, and 6974(b).

    Dated: May 31, 2022.
Debra Shore,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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