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RIN: 2050-AG18

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Rulemaking to Streamline Laboratory Waste Management in Academic and Research Laboratories
Abstract: The College and University Laboratory rulemaking is focusing on the ways to make the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act a better fit for the laboratory setting and to improve reuse, recycling, and the overall management of chemicals in the laboratory settings. EPA recognizes the unique aspects of academic laboratories compared with large manufacturing processes. For example, academic laboratories generate small amounts of many different wastes while large manufacturing processes tend to generate large amounts of a few wastes. Our goal is to improve the program to better protect human health and the environment, through standards that are harmonious with the way academic laboratories operate. Our aim is to improve compliance, not by relaxing the standards, but by providing greater flexibility in managing laboratory hazardous wastes; thereby, creating opportunities for more efficient and effective management of these wastes.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 262
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6922

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	05/23/2006	71 FR 29712
Final Action	12/00/2008

Additional Information: SAN No. 4920; EPA publication information: NPRM - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WASTE/2006/May/Day-23/f4654.htm; No legal deadline.; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2003-0012
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Sectors Affected: 6112 Junior Colleges; 6113 Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Patricia Mercer Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response 5304P, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:703 308-8408 Fax:703 308-0522 Email: mercer.patricia@epa.gov Kristin Fitzgerald Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5304P, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:703 308-8286 Fax:703 308-0514 Email: fitzgerald.kristin@epa.gov