Hazardous waste program authorizations: Vermont; correction,

[Federal Register: October 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 200)]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 271

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Vermont: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Immediate final rule, correction.

SUMMARY: On September 24, 1999 (64 FR 51702), EPA published an immediate final rule authorizing revisions to Vermont's hazardous waste management program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Vermont sought authorization for and EPA made a decision to authorize Vermont for all the Land Disposal Regulations incorporated under the Consolidated Checklists for Land Disposal Restrictions listed at (64 FR 51705 and 51706). However, we inadvertently omitted listing the rules listed under Checklist 137 as part of the Consolidated Checklist. The purpose of this document is to correct this error.

DATES: The immediate final rule published in September 24, 1999 (64 FR 51702), as corrected by this document, will be effective November 23, 1999, unless EPA receives adverse comments by October 25, 1999. If EPA receives such comments, EPA will publish a timely document withdrawing the rule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geri Mannion, EPA Region I, One Congress Street, Suite 1100 (CHW), Boston, MA 02114-2023; Phone Number: (617) 918-1648.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Technical Correction

   On September 24, 1999, EPA published an immediate final rule authorizing revisions to Vermont's hazardous waste management program under RCRA. In listing the rules for which Vermont seeks authorization, we inadvertently omitted Checklist 137 as part of the Consolidated Checklist for Land Disposal Restrictions. The title and Federal Register information for Checklist 137 is: Universal Treatment Standards and Treatment Standards for Organic Toxicity Characteristic Wastes and Newly Listed Wastes; 59 FR 47982-48110, September 19, 1994 as amended at 60 FR 242-302, January 3, 1995. The Vermont regulations cited at 64 FR 51705 include authority to implement Checklist 137.

2. Administrative Requirements

   Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Agency certifies that the rule as amended by this correction will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, because it does not impose any new burdens on small entities. The rule simply authorizes requirements to which small entities are already subject under State law.

   The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4) does not apply to this action because it does not contain a Federal mandate that will result in annual expenditures of $100 million or more for State, local, and/or tribal governments in the aggregate, or the private sector, and because it does not impose any significant or unique impact on small governments as described in UMRA. This action also does not require prior consultation with State, local, and tribal government officials as specified by Executive Order 12875 (58 FR 58093, October 28, 1993) or Executive Order 13084 (63 FR 27655, May 10, 1998) because it does not impose any enforceable duties on these entities or have a significant or unique impact on tribal communities. This action does not have a substantial direct effect on States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government, as specified in Executive Order 12612 (52 FR 41685, October 30, 1987) because this action affects only one State and it pertains to the State's proposal to be authorized for updated requirements in the hazardous waste program that the state has voluntarily chosen to operate. This action also is not subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) because it is not economically significant. The Office of Management and Budget has exempted this action from the requirements of Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993). The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) does not apply to this action because it does not involve technical standards. This action does not impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

   EPA's compliance with these statutes and Executive Orders for the underlying rule is discussed in the September 24, 1999 Federal Register document.

   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 rule 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 of the rule 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 correction, together with the rule it amends, will be effective November 23, 1999.

   Dated: October 4, 1999. John P. DeVillars, Regional Administrator, Region I.

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