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EPA/OLEM RIN: 2050-AG61 Publication ID: Spring 2017 
Title: Financial Responsibility Requirements Under CERCLA Section 108(b) for Classes of Facilities in the Hardrock Mining Industry 
Abstract:

Section 108(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, establishes certain authorities concerning financial responsibility requirements. The Agency has identified classes of facilities within the hardrock mining industry as those for which financial responsibility requirements will be first developed. The EPA intends to include requirements for financial responsibility, as well as notification and implementation.

 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: Private Sector 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 320   
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Judicial  Court Order: NPRM  12/01/2016 
Final  Judicial  Court Order: Final  12/01/2017 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice  07/28/2009  74 FR 37213   
NPRM  01/11/2017  82 FR 3388   
NPRM Comment Period Extended  03/02/2017  82 FR 12333   
NPRM Comment Period End  03/13/2017 
NPRM Comment Period Extended End  07/11/2017 
Final Rule  12/00/2017 
Additional Information: Docket #:EPA-HQ-SFUND-2015-0781. Split from RIN 2050-AG56.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-financial-responsibility   Public Comment URL: https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-financial-responsibility  
Sectors Affected: 212 Mining (except Oil and Gas); 331 Primary Metal Manufacturing 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Barbara Foster
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Land and Emergency Management
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 566-0382
Email: foster.barbara@epa.gov

Scott Palmer
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Land and Emergency Management
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5305P,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:703 308-8621
Email: palmer.scott@epa.gov