2050-AE81 201004 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2050 Solid Waste and Emergency Response SWER 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Standards for the Management of Coal Combustion Residuals Generated by Commercial Electric Power Producers This action is for the development of regulations for coal combustion residuals (formerly coal combustion waste). The regulations will apply to the management of coal combustion residuals that are generated by steam electric power generators, i.e., electric utilities and independent power producers. This action results from EPA's regulatory determination for fossil fuel combustion wastes (see 65 FR 32214, May 22, 2000), which concluded that waste management regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) are appropriate for certain coal combustion residuals (wastes). The intended benefits of this action will be to prevent contamination or damage to ground waters and surface waters, thereby avoiding risk to human health and the environment, including ecological risks. The Agency issued on August 29, 2007, a Notice of Data Availability (NODA) announcing the availability for public inspection and comment of new information and data on the management of coal combustion residuals that the Agency will consider in deciding next steps in this effort. The comment period for this NODA closed on February 11, 2008. EPA is currently preparing a proposed rule for the regulation of coal combustion residuals. Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes Undetermined 40 CFR 261 40 CFR 264 40 CFR 268 40 CFR 271 40 CFR 302 42 USC 6912(a) 42 USC 6921 42 USC 6924 42 USC 6925(j) Yes NODA 08/29/2007 72 FR 49714 NPRM 04/00/2010 SAN No. 4470; EPA publication information: NODA - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WASTE/2007/August/Day-29/f17138.pdf. Undetermined No Federal Local State Tribal Undetermined 221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation No No Alexander Livnat 2050 Solid Waste and Emergency Response SWER 703 308-7251 703 605-0595 Livnat.Alexander@epa.gov 5304P, Washington DC 20460 Steve Souders 2050 Solid Waste and Emergency Response SWER 703 308-8431 703 605-0595 souders.steve@epa.gov 5304P, Washington DC 20460