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Amendment to the Universal Waste Rule: Addition of Pharmaceuticals; Extension of Comment Period

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[Federal Register: January 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 19)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 5633]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr30ja09-17]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 260, 261, 264, 265, 268, 270 and 273
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0932; FRL-8769-7]
RIN 2050-AG39

Amendment to the Universal Waste Rule: Addition of
Pharmaceuticals; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the extension of the comment period until
March 4, 2009, on the proposed rule entitled, Amendment to the
Universal Waste Rule: Addition of Pharmaceuticals published on December
2, 2008. The Agency is soliciting comments as described in that
document on the proposed addition of hazardous pharmaceutical wastes to
the federal universal waste program.

DATES: The comment period for this proposed rule is extended from the
original closing date of February 2, 2009, to March 4, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2007-0932, by one of the following methods:
    • http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions
for submitting comments.
    • E-mail: rcra-docket@epa.gov.
    • Fax: 202-566-9744.
    • Mail: RCRA Docket, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. In
addition, please mail a copy of your comments on the information
collection provisions to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for
EPA, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    • Hand Delivery: EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Such deliveries are
only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2007-0932. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available on-line
at http://www.regulations.gov, 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 http://
www.regulations.gov {or e-mail{time} . The http://www.regulations.gov
Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not
know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA
without going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 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 and with
any disk or CD-ROM you submit. 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. For additional information about EPA's public
docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at 
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the RCRA Docket, EPA/
DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC.
The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the
RCRA Docket is (202) 566-0270.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Lauer, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery (5304P), Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:
(703) 308-7418; fax number: (703) 605-0595; e-mail address
lauer.lisa@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is extending the comment period by 30
days in response to requests from the Northeast Waste Management
Officials' Association, Waste Management, Pharmecology®
Associates, LLC, Healthcare Distribution Management Association, Clean
Harbors Environmental Services and the Environmental Technology Council
for more time to submit comments on the proposed rule, which was
published in the Federal Register on December 2, 2008 (73 FR 73520).
Therefore, the public comment period will now close on March 4, 2009.
    This notice has been developed by the Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery. EPA's Office of Solid Waste was recently
renamed the Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery. For further
information, please see: http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/basicinfo.htm.

List of Subjects

40 CFR Part 260

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Confidential business information, Hazardous waste, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.

40 CFR Part 261

    Environmental protection, Hazardous waste, Recycling, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.

40 CFR Part 264

    Environmental protection, Hazardous waste, Packaging and
containers, Security measures, Surety bonds.

40 CFR Part 265

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Hazardous waste
insurance, Packaging and containers, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Security measures, Surety bonds, Water supply.

40 CFR Part 268

    Environmental protection, Hazardous waste, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.

40 CFR Part 270

    Environmental protection, Hazardous materials transportation,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

40 CFR Part 273

    Environmental protection, Hazardous materials transportation,
Hazardous waste.

    Dated: January 26, 2009.
Matt Hale,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
[FR Doc. E9-2035 Filed 1-29-09; 8:45 am]
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