Proposed Rule2023-19014
Used Drum Management and Reconditioning; Extension of Comment Period
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Published
September 5, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA) is extending the comment period for the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), "Used Drum Management and Reconditioning". The EPA published this ANRPM in the Federal Register on August 11, 2023, and the public comment period was scheduled to end on September 25, 2023. However, the EPA has received several requests for additional time to develop and submit comments on the ANPRM. In response to the requests for additional time, the EPA is extending the comment period through November 22, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 60609-60610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19014]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268 and 270
[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0320; FRL: 10001-02-OLEM]
RIN 2050-AH29
Used Drum Management and Reconditioning; Extension of Comment
Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment
period.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA) is
extending the comment period for the Advance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (ANPRM), ``Used Drum Management and Reconditioning''. The
EPA published this ANRPM in the Federal Register on August 11, 2023,
and the public comment period was scheduled to end on September 25,
2023. However, the EPA has received several requests for additional
time to develop and submit comments on the ANPRM. In response to the
requests for additional time, the EPA is extending the comment period
through November 22, 2023.
DATES: The comment period for the ANPRM published August 11, 2023, at
88 FR 54537, is extended. Comments must be received on or before
November 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES:
Comments. You may send comments on the ANPRM, identified by Docket
ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0320, by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
<bullet> Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery Docket, Mail Code
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
<bullet> Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA Docket Center, WJC West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004.
The Docket Center's hours of operations are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.,
Monday-Friday (except Federal Holidays).
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received may be posted without change
to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any
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personal information provided. For detailed instructions on sending
comments see the ``instructions'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kaitlin Franssen, Materials Recovery
and Waste Management Division, Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery (MC 5303P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-0487;
email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#185e6a79766b6b7d76365379716c747176587d6879367f776e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="410733202f3232242f6f0a2028352d282f012431206f262e37">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Instructions: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0320, at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), or the other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once
submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not
submit to EPA's docket at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> any information
you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), Proprietary
Business Information (PBI), or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you
wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web,
cloud, or other file sharing system). Please visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a> for additional submission methods; the
full EPA public comment policy; information about CBI, PBI, or
multimedia submissions; and general guidance on making effective
comments.
Summary: On August 11, 2023, the EPA published the Used Drum
Management and Reconditioning Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to
solicit information and request comments to assist in the potential
development of non-regulatory and regulatory options that would ensure
the proper management of used industrial containers that held hazardous
chemicals or hazardous waste, up to and including the drum
reconditioning process. Options could include revising the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations or other, non-
regulatory options. This ANPRM does not propose any regulatory
requirements or change any existing regulatory requirements.
The ANPRM's comment period was scheduled to end on September 25,
2023. Since publication, EPA has received several requests to extend
that comment period to allow for additional time to develop comments on
the ANPRM. After considering the requests for additional time, the EPA
has decided to extend the comment period through November 22, 2023.
Dated: August 23, 2023.
Carolyn Hoskinson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2023-19014 Filed 9-1-23; 8:45 am]
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