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    <RIN_INFO>
        <RIN>2050-AG60</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201210</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>Hazardous Waste Management Systems: Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Streams in Geological Sequestration Activities</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[On July 25, 2008, EPA published a proposed rule under the Safe Drinking Water Act Underground Injection Control Program to create a new class of injection wells (Class VI) for geological sequestration (GS) of carbon dioxide (CO2). In response to that proposal, EPA received numerous comments asking for clarification on how the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste requirements apply to CO2 streams. EPA is considering a rule that would conditionally exclude from the RCRA requirements CO2 streams that otherwise meet the definition of hazardous waste, in order to facilitate implementation of GS, while protecting human health and the environment.]]></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 to 261</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6912</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6921 to 29</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6934</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>Yes</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <RPLAN_INFO>
            <STMT_OF_NEED><![CDATA[The development of the proposed rule was the result of numerous outside stakeholder comments seeking clarity on the applicability of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste regulations to carbon dioxide (CO2) streams to be geologically sequestered in Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI wells. These comments, received in response to a separate proposed rulemaking establishing new UIC Class VI permitting standards, were from industry, trade groups, State and local representatives, environmental interest groups, and concerned citizens. In addition, on February 3, 2010, President Obama established an Interagency Task Force on CCS composed of 14 Executive Departments and Federal Agencies. The Task Force, co-chaired by the Department of Energy and EPA, was charged with proposing a plan to overcome the barriers to the widespread, cost-effective deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) within ten years, with a goal of bringing five to ten commercial demonstration projects online by 2016. One of the Task Force recommendations was that EPA propose and finalize a rulemaking to clarify the applicability of RCRA to CCS activities.]]></STMT_OF_NEED>
            <LEGAL_BASIS><![CDATA[42 U.S.C. 6912, 42 U.S.C. 6921-29, and 42 U.S.C. 6934 provide the legal authority for this rule.]]></LEGAL_BASIS>
            <COSTS_AND_BENEFITS><![CDATA[Due to the high level of uncertainty regarding the percent of CO2 that may be generated as RCRA hazardous waste and the uncertainty regarding the actual number of facilities potentially affected over the projected 50 year period, EPA's best estimate for the impacts of the proposed rule ranges from a low-end annualized net savings of $7.3 million (7% discount rate) to the high-end annualized net savings of $44.9 million (3% discount rate).]]></COSTS_AND_BENEFITS>
            <RISKS><![CDATA[EPA stated in the proposal its belief that the management of CO2 streams in accordance with the proposed conditions and thus excluded from RCRA would not present a substantial risk to human health or the environment and, therefore, additional regulation pursuant to RCRA's hazardous waste regulations is unnecessary.]]></RISKS>
        </RPLAN_INFO>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/08/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 48073</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/09/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 55846</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/00/2013</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>Docket #:EPA-HQ-RCRA-2010-0695. NPRM - http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail; D=EPA-HQ-RCRA-2010-0695-0001; Notice - http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA-HQ-RCRA-2010-0695-0054</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Tribal</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/industrial/geo-sequester/index.htm</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <NAICS_LIST>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>211111</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
        </NAICS_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Ross</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Elliott</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2050</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Land and Emergency Management</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OLEM</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>703 308-8748</PHONE>
                <FAX>703 308-0514</FAX>
                <EMAIL>elliott.ross@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5304P,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Melissa</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Kaps</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2050</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Land and Emergency Management</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OLEM</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>703 308-6787</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>kaps.melissa@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5304P,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
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