SBAR Panel: CERCLA 108(b) Hard Rock Mining Financial Assurance Proposed Rule

Key Dates and Documents for this SBAR Panel

• Convening Date: 08/24/2016
• Conclusion Date: 12/01/2016
• Executive Summary of the Panel Report: Summary for Administrator Gina McCarthy, December 2016
• Small Business Advocacy Review Panel Report on EPA's Planned Proposed Rule "Financial Responsibility Requirements For the Hardrock Mining Industry under CERCLA § 108(b)"
• Appendix B to the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel Report: Written Comments Submitted by Small Entity Representatives (pages 1-171)
• Appendix B to the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel Report: Written Comments Submitted by Small Entity Representatives (pages 172-420)
• Small Entity Compliance Guide: not applicable because final action was a decision to not regulate

About the Rule

• Title: Financial Responsibility Requirements under CERCLA Section 108(b) for Classes of Facilities in the Hardrock Mining Industry
• RIN: 2050-AG61
• Docket No.: EPA-HQ-SFUND-2015-0781
• Publication Date for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM): 01/11/2017 (82 FR 3388)
• Publication Date for Final Action - announced decision to not issue final regulations: 02/21/2018 (83 FR 7556)

For more information on this rule see the EPA webpage Final Action: Financial Responsibility Requirements Under CERCLA Section 108(b) For Classes of Facilities in the Hardrock Mining Industry.