[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 85 (Monday, May 4, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 24453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11558]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 271
[FRL-5982-1]
Technical Correction to Heading of Federal Register Publication
Announcing Final Authorization of Revisions to Arizona Hazardous Waste
Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Technical correction.
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SUMMARY: On March 7, 1997 (62 FR 10464), EPA published an immediate
final rule concerning authorization of revisions to Arizona's hazardous
waste management program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA). The title to the Federal Register publication announcing
the rule mistakenly referred to Nevada instead of Arizona. The purpose
of this document is to correct this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This correction is effective on May 4, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lisa McClain-Vanderpool, U.S. EPA Region IX (WST-3) 75 Hawthorne
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, telephone: (415) 744-2086.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.
553(b)(B)) provides that when an agency for good cause finds that
notice and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest, an agency may issue a rule without providing
notice and an opportunity for public comment. EPA has determined that
there is good cause for making today's technical correction final
without prior proposal and opportunity for comment because (1) the
correction creates no new regulatory requirements, and (2) interested
persons have already been put on notice of the error by a March 21,
1997, Federal Register publication (62 FR 13540) correcting the error
and extending the effective date of the March 7, 1997, rule (the March
21, 1997 rule did not take effect, however, because EPA did not submit
the rule to Congress as required by section 801 of the Congressional
Review Act). For the same reasons, EPA finds that good cause exists to
provide for an immediate effective date of this correction pursuant to
5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1) and 802.
II. Administrative Requirements
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and is therefore not
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. In addition,
this action does not impose any enforceable duty or contain any
unfunded mandate as describe in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995 (Pub. L. 104-4), or require prior consultation with State
officials as specified by Executive Order 12875 (58 FR 58093, October
18, 1993), or involve special consideration of environmental justice
issues as required by Executive Order 12808 (59 FR 7629, February 16,
1994). Because this action is not subject to notice-and-comment
requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act or any other
statute, it is not subject to the regulatory flexibility provisions of
the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). EPA's compliance
with these statutes and Executive Orders for the underlying rule is
discussed in the March 7, 1997, Federal Register document.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), as added by the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, 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
General Accounting Office; however, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 808(2),
this technical correction is effective on May 4, 1998. This correction
is not a ``major rule'' as defined in 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
This rule only corrects the title to the March 21, 1997, Federal
Register publication; it does not amend any substantive requirements
contained in the rule. Under these circumstances, it is EPA's view
that, to the extent it is available, any judicial review would be
limited to this correction.
Dated: April 22, 1998.
Carol Browner,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-11558 Filed 5-1-98; 8:45 am]
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