[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-976]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5677-3]
CERCLA 104 (c)(9) Capacity Assurance Planning: National Capacity
Assessment Report
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Section 104(c)(9) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) requires States to assure that
adequate capacity exists to manage hazardous wastes generated in their
State for 20 years before EPA can provide any Superfund Remedial Action
Trust funds to the State. Under a program the Agency has implemented to
help States fulfill this statutory mandate, States submit Capacity
Assurance Plans (CAPs) as the basis for their assurance. On May 1,
1994, States submitted CAPs to EPA pursuant to the May 1993 Guidance
for Capacity Assurance Planning, OSWER Directive 9010.02. On November
3, 1994, the Agency made available for comment a draft of the National
Capacity Assessment Report, in which the Agency made a proposed
determination that there existed adequate national capacity, and which
presented the Agency's analysis of State data. Based on the information
contained in the CAPs, internal Agency studies, and comments received
on the draft Assessment Report, the Agency is today finalizing the
determination that there exists adequate national capacity in all CAP
management categories. Therefore, as with the proposed determination,
all States continue to be eligible to receive Superfund Trust funds.
The Agency will continue to collect and evaluate additional data to
ensure that the requirements of CERCLA 104 (c)(9) are satisfied. At
this time, the Agency does not anticipate the need to conduct another
CAP for the next few years. The National Capacity Assessment Report,
which describes the entire CAP process, is available for public review
in the RCRA Docket. The information collection activities that occurred
for the Capacity Assurance Planning process were approved by the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB Control Number 2050-0099.
ADDRESSES: Supporting materials are available for viewing in the RCRA
Information Center (RIC), located at Crystal Gateway I, First Floor,
1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia. Docket number F-94-
CAGA-FFFFF. The RIC is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding federal holidays. To review docket materials, the
public must make an appointment by calling (703) 603-9230. The public
may copy a maximum of 100 pages from any regulatory docket at no
charge. Additional copies cost $.15/page.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, contact the
RCRA Hotline at 1-800-424-9346 or TDD 1-800-553-7672 (hearing
impaired). In the Washington metropolitan area, call 703-412-9610 or
TDD 703-412-3323.
For information on specific aspects of the Report, contact Robert
Burchard, Office of Solid Waste (5302W), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, (703) 308-8450.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For a paper copy of the National Capacity
Assessment Report, please contact the National Technical Information
Service (NTIS) at 1-703-487-4650. The document number is PB95-209672
(EPA530-R-95-016). The Report is also available in electronic format on
the Internet. Follow these instructions to access the report: WWW:
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer; Gopher: gopher.epa.gov; Dial-up: (919)
558-0335.
If you are using the gopher or direct dialup method, once you are
connected to the EPA Public Access Server, look for this report in the
directory EPA Offices and Regions/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response (OSWER)/Office of Solid Waste (RCRA)/Subtitle C--Hazardous
Waste/Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs).
FTP: ftp.epa.gov.
Login: anonymous.
Password: Your Internet address.
Files are located in /pub/gopher/OSWRCRA.
Elliott P. Laws,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-976 Filed 1-14-97; 8:45 am]
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