Proposed Rule2025-17520
Minnesota: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference
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Published
September 11, 2025
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
Pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965, as amended (commonly known as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the State of Minnesota's Underground Storage Tank (UST) program submitted by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. This action also proposes to codify EPA's approval of Minnesota's state program and incorporate by reference those provisions of Minnesota's regulations that EPA has determined meet the requirements for approval. The provisions will be subject to EPA's inspection and enforcement authorities under RCRA Subtitle I and other applicable statutory and regulatory provisions.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 174 (Thursday, September 11, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43987-43988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17520]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 282
[EPA-R05-UST-2023-0631; FRL 12762-01-R5]
Minnesota: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank
Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965, as amended
(commonly known as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)),
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
revisions to the State of Minnesota's Underground Storage Tank (UST)
program submitted by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. This
action also proposes to codify EPA's approval of Minnesota's state
program and incorporate by reference those provisions of Minnesota's
regulations that EPA has determined meet the requirements for approval.
The provisions will be subject to EPA's inspection and enforcement
authorities under RCRA Subtitle I and other applicable statutory and
regulatory provisions.
DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before
October 14, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by EPA-R05-UST-2023-0631, by one
of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow
the
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on-line instructions for submitting comments.
2. Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99ebfceaedf8f0f7f6b7f4f8ebf2d9fce9f8b7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87f5e2f4f3e6eee9e8a9eae6f5ecc7e2f7e6a9e0e8f1">[email protected]</span></a>.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R05-UST-
2023-0631. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be available online at
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or email. The Federal <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>
website is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means the EPA will not
know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to the EPA
without going through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, your email address
will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that
is placed in the public docket and made available on the internet. If
you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in the body of your comment. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties, and cannot
contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters,
any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. EPA
encourages electronic submittals, but if you are unable to submit
electronically, please reach out to the EPA contact person listed in
the document for assistance. You can review and copy the documents that
form the basis for this proposed action and associated publicly
available materials through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Restaino, Remediation Branch,
Land, Chemical, and Redevelopment Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 W Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois
60604; (312) 886-0394; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cbb9aeb8bfaaa2a5a4e5a6aab9a08baebbaae5aca4bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4a6b1a7a0b5bdbabbfab9b5a6bf94b1a4b5fab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has explained the reasons for this
action in the preamble to the direct final rule. For additional
information, see the direct final rule published in the ``Rules and
Regulations'' section of this issue of the Federal Register.
Authority: This proposed rule is issued under the authority of
sections 2002(a), 7004(b), and 9004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act,
as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912, 6991c, 6991d, and 6991e.
Dated: August 26, 2025.
Anne Vogel,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2025-17520 Filed 9-10-25; 8:45 am]
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