Proposed Rule2025-18056
Hawaii: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference
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Published
September 18, 2025
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
On March 7, 2022, the State of Hawaii (Hawaii or State) received Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) final approval of revisions to its Underground Storage Tank Program (UST Program) under subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Pursuant to RCRA, the EPA is proposing to amend its final approval of the Hawaii UST Program to clarify the statutory provisions that are part of the approved UST Program and identify some additional statutory provisions that are broader in scope and not part of the approved UST Program. This action also proposes to codify the EPA's approval of Hawaii's revised UST Program and to incorporate by reference the State statutes and regulations that the EPA has determined meet the requirements for approval.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 179 (Thursday, September 18, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 45017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18056]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 281 and 282
[EPA-R09-UST-2025-0035; FRL-12586-01-R9]
Hawaii: 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: On March 7, 2022, the State of Hawaii (Hawaii or State)
received Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) final approval of
revisions to its Underground Storage Tank Program (UST Program) under
subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Pursuant to RCRA, the EPA is proposing to amend its final approval of
the Hawaii UST Program to clarify the statutory provisions that are
part of the approved UST Program and identify some additional statutory
provisions that are broader in scope and not part of the approved UST
Program. This action also proposes to codify the EPA's approval of
Hawaii's revised UST Program and to incorporate by reference the State
statutes and regulations that the EPA has determined meet the
requirements for approval.
DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before
October 20, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-
UST-2025-0035, by either 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> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#75161a06061a1b5b181c161d141019351005145b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="53303c20203c3d7d3e3a303b32363f133623327d343c25">[email protected]</span></a>. Include the Docket ID No.
EPA-R09-UST-2025-0035 in the subject line of the message.
Instructions: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-R09-UST-2025-0035, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. The EPA may publish any comment received
to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information for which 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). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general
guidance on making effective comments, please visit: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>.
The EPA encourages electronic submittals and lists all publicly
available docket materials electronically at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. If you are unable to make electronic submittals or
require alternative access to docket materials, please contact Michael
Cosson, the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
provision below. The index of the docket and all publicly available
docket materials for this action are available for review at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please also contact Michael Cosson if you need assistance in a
language other than English or if you are a person with disabilities
who needs a reasonable accommodation at no cost to you. For further
information on EPA Docket Center services, please visit us online at
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Cosson, RCRA Branch, Land,
Chemicals, and Redevelopment Division, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105;
Phone number: (415) 972-3652; Email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#81e2eef2f2eeefafece8e2e9e0e4edc1e4f1e0afe6eef7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a69657979656424676369626b6f664a6f7a6b246d657c">[email protected]</span></a>.
Please contact Michael Cosson by phone or email for further
information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information, see the direct
final rule published in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this
Federal Register.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Parts 281 and 282
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Hazardous substances, Incorporation by reference, Petroleum, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, State program approval, Underground
storage tanks.
Authority: This document is issued under the authority of
sections 2002(a), 7004(b), 9004, 9005, and 9006 of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6974(b), 6991c, 6911d,
and 6911e.
Michael Martucci,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 9.
[FR Doc. 2025-18056 Filed 9-17-25; 8:45 am]
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