[Federal Register: January 6, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 3)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 531-532]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 261
[SW-FRL-7435-3]
Reopening of Comment Period for Proposed Exclusion for
Identifying and Listing Hazardous Waste and A Determination of
Equivalent Treatment; Proposed Rule
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, also, `the Agency'
or `we') is reopening the period for submitting public comments on our
previous proposal to approve two petitions submitted by the University
of California--E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (or LBNL).
The Agency initially announced this proposed decision in the July 31,
2002 Federal Register (67 FR 49649). The first petition requested EPA
to grant a one-time, generator-specific exclusion
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(or `delisting') of certain LBNL treatment residues from the list of
RCRA hazardous waste. The second petition requested EPA to grant a
``determination of equivalent treatment'' (DET) for a catalytic
chemical oxidation (CCO) technology that LBNL used to treat their
original mixed waste.
For the first petition, EPA reviewed all of the waste-specific
information provided by LBNL and determined that the petitioned waste
(tritiated water with no detectable organic chemical constituents) was
non-hazardous. For the second petition, EPA reviewed all of the
specific CCO treatment information provided by LBNL and determined that
the CCO treatment was equivalent to combustion.
EPA received a written request for an informal public hearing.
Exercising the discretion set forth in the rules for rulemaking
petitions, EPA has granted the request and will hold a public hearing.
The purpose of the hearing will be to hear oral comments on our
tentative decision.
DATES: The public hearing will be held on January 23, 2003 at 7 p.m.
EPA is reopening the public comment period and we will accept public
comments on these proposed decisions until February 6, 2003. We will
stamp comments postmarked after the close of the comment period as
``late.'' These ``late'' comments may not be considered in formulating
a final decisions.
ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the North Berkeley Senior
Center at 1901 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, California. Please send two
copies of your comments to Rich Vaille, Associate Director, Waste
Management Division (WST-1), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
The RCRA regulatory docket for this proposed rule is located at the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Records Center, 75 Hawthorne
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, and is available for viewing from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. The
docket contains the petition, all information submitted by the
petitioner, and all information used by EPA to evaluate the petition.
Call the EPA Region 9 RCRA Record Center at (415) 947-4596 for
appointments. The public may copy material from the regulatory docket
at $0.15 per page.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, contact the
RCRA Hotline at 800-424-9346. For technical information on specific
aspects of these petitions, contact Cheryl Nelson at the address above
or at 415-972-3291, e-mail address: nelson.cheryl@epa.gov.
Dated: December 20, 2002.
Richard Vaille,
Acting Director, Waste Management Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 03-174 Filed 1-3-03; 8:45 am]
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