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    <RIN_INFO>
        <RIN>2050-AE07</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>199610</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</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>Identification and Listing of Hazardous Wastes: Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR); Waste</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[Under the current Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) mixture and derived from rules, some low-risk wastes are currently regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) hazardous waste regulations. To address this problem, this deregulatory action will make modifications to the mixture and derived from rules, and establish new criteria that would exempt certain low-risk wastes from the hazardous waste regulations. In developing the proposal, EPA has considered the views of all members of a Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) committee. Because this action is deregulatory, it is not expected to have adverse impacts on small business. The cost savings for small quantity generators is less certain and depends on the degree to which they aggregate their wastes and work cooperatively with each other to cost-effectively gain exemption. This action will be implemented by EPA and authorized States.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>40 CFR 260</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 261</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 262</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 264</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 268</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6905/1006</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6912(a)/RCRA 2002(a)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6921/RCRA 3001</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6922/RCRA 3002</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6926/RCRA 3006</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Judicial</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Final</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>02/13/1997</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC> See additional information. See additional information. (Mineral Processing and Characteristic Metal Wastes). (Wood Preserving Wastes). (Mineral Processing and Characteristic Metal Wastes).</DLINE_DESC>
            </LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
        </LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>Yes</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <RPLAN_INFO>
            <STMT_OF_NEED><![CDATA[EPA has proposed to amend its regulations under RCRA for hazardous waste identification. The amendment would establish exemption criteria for low-risk listed hazardous wastes, waste mixtures, and derivatives. ^PUnder the amendment, low-risk listed hazardous wastes, waste mixtures, and derivatives meeting the exemption criteria would no longer be subject to hazardous waste management requirements under subtitle C of RCRA. ^PThe provisions of the final rule will reflect a balancing of the Agency's informational needs for oversight and enforcement with the practical resource considerations of the generator. This rule would reduce the demand on scarce subtitle C landfill capacity and would not increase risk to humans or the environment, because the exempt waste would be low-risk and not warrant management under subtitle C. This rule will also promote pollution prevention, waste minimization, and development of innovative waste treatment technology. ^PThis notice will also contain the Agency's response to a petition for rulemaking submitted by the Chemical Manufacturers Association.]]></STMT_OF_NEED>
            <ALTERNATIVES><![CDATA[A variety of alternatives for establishing the exemption criteria and the implementation requirements were identified by a FACA committee co-chaired by EPA and the States. EPA is forging a strong partnership with the States in the interest of our co-regulator, co-implementor roles. The proposal included a basic exit option and requested comment on contingent management alternatives.]]></ALTERNATIVES>
            <COSTS_AND_BENEFITS><![CDATA[The proposal estimated that 64 million tons of wastewater and 0.40 million tons of non-wastewaters would be exempted, providing annual cost savings to industry of approximately $75 million. Additional options examined in the proposal could vary these volumes estimates upwards, providing industry annual cost savings of $99-245 million.]]></COSTS_AND_BENEFITS>
            <RISKS><![CDATA[This rule would maintain current levels of risk protection.]]></RISKS>
        </RPLAN_INFO>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/20/1992</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>57 FR 21450</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Withdrawn</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/30/1992</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>57 FR 49280</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Reproposal</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/21/1995</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>60 FR 66344</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/00/1997</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>SAN No. 3328. ^PReinventing Government: The rule was highlighted as one of the top regulatory reform initiatives in the President&apos;s March 16, 1995 report, &quot;Reinventing Environmental Regulations.&quot;</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Yes</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>Businesses</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>William</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Collins</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>A.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <SUFFIX>Jr.</SUFFIX>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2050</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Land and Emergency Management</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OLEM</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>703 308-8748</PHONE>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>5304W,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
        <REINVENT_GOVT>Revising Text to Reduce Burden or Duplication, or Streamline Requirements</REINVENT_GOVT>
    </RIN_INFO>
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