[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34426]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6213-1]
Notice of Data Availability of Draft RCRA Waste Minimization PBT
Chemical List
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Data Availability (NODA); Extension of Comment
Period.
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SUMMARY: EPA is extending the public comment period on the Notice of
Data Availability of the draft RCRA Waste Minimization PBT Chemical
list (63 FR 60332, November 9, 1998) to February 16, 1998.
DATES: The comment period is extended until Feburary 16, 1998.
ADDRESSES: To submit comments, the public must send an original and two
copies to Docket Number F-98-MMLP-FFFFF, located at the RCRA Docket.
The mailing address is: RCRA Information Center (5305G), Office of
Solid Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters, 401 M
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. Hand deliveries of comments should be
made to the RCRA Information Center at Crystal Gateway 1, 1235
Jefferson Davis Highway, First Floor, Arlington, Virginia. The phone
number is (703) 603-9230. Commenters must place Docket Number F-98-
MMLP-FFFFF on their comments. Commenters can send their comments to the
RCRA Information Center on labeled personal computer diskettes in ASCII
(TEXT) format or a word processing format that can be converted to
ASCII (TEXT). It is essential to specify on the disk label the word
processing software and version/edition as well as the commenter's
name. Please use mailing envelopes designed to physically protect the
submitted diskettes. To send copies by Internet, address them to: docket@epamail.epa.gov. All comments sent by Internet must be ASCII
files, avoiding the use of special characters and any form of
encryption. Comments in electronic format should also be identified by
the docket number. Commenters should not submit electronically any
confidential business information (CBI). EPA emphasizes that submission
of comments electronically is not mandatory, nor will it result in any
advantage or disadvantage to any commenter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For general information or to order paper
copies of this Federal Register document, contact the RCRA Hotline
Monday through Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. EST, toll free at
(800) 424-9346; or (703) 412-9810 from Government phones or if in the
Washington, DC local calling area; or (800) 553-7672 for the hearing
impaired. Questions can also be directed to the Waste Minimization
Branch (5302W), Office of Solid Waste (OSW), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460, phone (703)
308-8402; or contact E. Newman Smith of the Waste Minimization Branch
at (703) 308-8757.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In today's notice, EPA is extending the
comment period in its November 9, 1998 NODA (63 FR 60332) which
requested comment on a draft list of 53 persistent, bioaccumulative,
and toxic (PBT) chemicals (and chemical categories) found in hazardous
wastes regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA). The NODA of November 9, 1998 requested comment on the RCRA
Waste Minimization PBT Chemical List (also referred to as the RCRA PBT
List) and on the methodology used to develop the list. EPA received
several requests to extend the comment deadline for various reasons.
EPA is extending the comment period to February 16, 1999. Copies of
extension requests can be found in the docket for this notice.
Dated: December 15, 1998.
Elizabeth Cotsworth,
Acting Director Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 98-34426 Filed 12-28-98; 8:45 am]
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