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        <RIN>2050-AE94</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200110</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <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>Definition of Solid Waste; Codification of Mineral Processing Vacature (Classification of Battery Recyclers v. EPA) and Discussion of Future Proposed Rulemaking</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) a material must first be a solid waste to be a hazardous waste. EPA's framework for determining whether a material is a solid waste is based on what the material is and how it is used. The 1998 Phase IV Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) rule purported to expand EPA's jurisdiction over certain types of mineral processing hazardous secondary materials stored on the land prior to being reclaimed in production processes. The Association of Battery Recyclers v. U.S. EPA decision (208 F.3d 1047 (D.C. cir. 2000)) vacated a portion of the 1998 Phase IV LDR rule at 40 CFR 261.2(c)(3) and vacated the Phase IV LDR rule insofar as it provides for the use of the Toxicity Characteristic Leachating Procedure (TCLP) to determine whether manufactured gas plant waste exhibits the characteristic of toxicity. The intent of this rulemaking is to codify changes directed in the vacatures and make conforming changes to the regulations to ensure clarity. EPA will aslo discuss a future proposed rulemaking to modify the rules governing hazardous waste recycling (e.g., the definition of solid waste).]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time 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 261.2(c)(3)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 261.4(a)(17)</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6903(27) RCRA Section 1004(27)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2001</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>SAN No. 4615</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Ingrid</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Rosencrantz</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2050</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Land and Emergency Management</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OLEM</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>703 605-0709</PHONE>
                <FAX>703 308-0522</FAX>
                <EMAIL>Rosencrantz.Ingrid@epamail.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>
        <PROCUREMENT>Not Procurement Related</PROCUREMENT>
        <REINVENT_GOVT>No</REINVENT_GOVT>
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