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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Office of Land and Emergency Management</NAME>
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            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Improving Recycling and Management of Renewable Energy Wastes: Universal Waste Regulations for Solar Panels and Lithium Batteries</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[EPA is proposing to add hazardous waste solar panels to the universal waste regulations found at 40 CFR 273. This regulatory action is being taken in response to a rulemaking petition submitted by a coalition of industry associations affiliated with the electric power industry. This change in the RCRA regulations, once finalized, should benefit the wide variety of establishments generating and managing solar panel waste by providing a clear, practical system for handling discarded solar panels. The streamlined universal waste regulations are expected to (1) ease regulatory burdens on generators of solar panel waste, (2) promote the collection and recycling of solar panels, and (3) encourage the development of municipal and commercial programs to reduce the quantity of these wastes going to municipal solid waste management.

Within the same rulemaking package, EPA is proposing universal waste standards specially tailored for lithium batteries, separate from the existing general battery universal waste category. This change in the RCRA regulations would benefit those generating and managing waste lithium batteries by improving the safety standards and reducing fires from end-of-life lithium batteries, while continuing to promote recycling.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>Undetermined</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>40 CFR 273</CFR>
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        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 6922</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 6925</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 6937</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 6930</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 6924</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 6923</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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                <DLINE_DESC></DLINE_DESC>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/00/2025</TTBL_DATE>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2026</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>Local</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Tribal</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>Undetermined</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>Undetermined</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
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            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>221114</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Solar Electric Power Generation</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>238210</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>334413</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>33591</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Battery Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>562112</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Hazardous Waste Collection</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>562920</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Materials Recovery Facilities</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
        </NAICS_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Phoebe</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>O&apos;Connor</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2050</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Land and Emergency Management</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OLEM</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 566-1451</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>oconnor.phoebe@epa.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Main Code 5304T,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
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