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    <RIN_INFO>
        <RIN>2050-AE01</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>199510</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>2050</CODE>
            <NAME>Solid Waste and Emergency Response</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>SWER</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>2000</CODE>
            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EPA</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Revised Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) strategy for hazardous waste minimization and combustion and a judicial settlement agreement commit EPA to upgrade its standards for burning hazardous waste in incinerators, boilers, and industrial furnaces. These standards would be applicable during the construction and operation of these combustion facilities.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Economically Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>40 CFR 60</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 61</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 260</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 261</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 264</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 265</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 266</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 270</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC /RCRA 3004(a)(q)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>RCRA 3005(a), CAAA section 112</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>Yes</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <RPLAN_INFO>
            <STMT_OF_NEED><![CDATA[Under the Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 1990, EPA is required to establish National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) for most hazardous waste combustors (HWCs) (i.e., incinerators, cement kilns, boilers, and some types of smelting furnaces). In addition, under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), EPA is required to establish standards for all HWCs as necessary to ensure protection of human health and the environment. EPA is concerned that its current RCRA standards for HWCs may not be adequately protective given that there are no emission standards for chlorinated dioxins and furans and that there have been advances both in risk assessment and control technologies since promulgation of the current standards. ^PConsequently, the Agency plans to establish new emissions standards for HWCs under joint CAA and RCRA. This will avoid duplicative Agency effort and piecemeal regulation of the hazardous waste management industry.]]></STMT_OF_NEED>
            <ALTERNATIVES><![CDATA[Under provisions of the CAA, the Agency plans to consider the cost-effectiveness of emission limits more stringent than the minimum limits mandated by the statute. Further, the Agency plans to evaluate approaches to reduce emissions of hazardous air pollutants by improving good operating practices (e.g., controlling the way in which problematic materials such as toxic metals are introduced into the combustor).]]></ALTERNATIVES>
            <COSTS_AND_BENEFITS><![CDATA[The cost and benefit analyses are currently undergoing internal Agency review.]]></COSTS_AND_BENEFITS>
            <RISKS><![CDATA[The risk analyses for this rulemaking are undergoing internal Agency review.]]></RISKS>
        </RPLAN_INFO>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Industrial Furnaces and Incinerators</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/00/1995</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/1996</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM - Boilers</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/00/1998</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/1999</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>SAN No. 3333.</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Undetermined</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Undetermined</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Larry</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Denyer</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2050</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Land and Emergency Management</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OLEM</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>703 308-8770</PHONE>
                <FAX>703 308-0522</FAX>
                <EMAIL>denyer.larry@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>5304W,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
        <REINVENT_GOVT>No</REINVENT_GOVT>
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