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EPA/SWER RIN: 2050-AE22 Publication ID: Fall 1998 
Title: Hazardous Remediation Waste Management Requirements (Commonly Referred to as Hazardous Waste Identification Rule for Contaminated Media or HWIR-Media) 
Abstract: The Agency's goal for the HWIR-media proposal was to provide significant relief from administrative and substantive obstacles for the management of remediation wastes, so that states and EPA could base waste management decisions on actual site conditions and waste characteristics, according to their professional judgment instead of strict national requirements that are not uniformly appropriate at all cleanup sites. The Agency wanted to reduce the overlap between RCRA and the Clean Water Act (CWA) or Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) for dredging operations, and EPA was considering withdrawing the regulations for Corrective Action Management Units (CAMUs). Finally, an additional goal was to streamline state authorization. ^PThe Agency has decided on the general framework for finalization of the HWIR-media rule. The Agency plans to promulgate only targeted elements of the proposal rather than go forward with a more comprehensive approach. EPA plans to complement the targeted elements by leaving the CAMU regulations in place, rather than withdrawing these regulations as proposed. Targeted elements EPA plans to include are: streamlined permitting for cleanup sites that would eliminate the requirements for facility-wide corrective action at cleanup-only sites; options for remediation piles that resolve issues raised in the public comments; and a RCRA exclusion for dredged materials managed under CWA or MPRSA permits. EPA is also planning to include streamlined procedures for state authorization of minor or routine RCRA rules. EPA is withdrawing the portions of the proposal which would have distinguished between lower- and higher-risk contaminated media and would have given regulatory agencies the flexibility to exempt lower-risk contaminated media from RCRA requirements. The Agency has finalized the alternative land disposal restriction treatment standards for hazardous contaminated soil as part of the Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV rulemaking (63 FR 28556, May 26, 1998). 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260    40 CFR 261    40 CFR 264    40 CFR 265    40 CFR 268    40 CFR 270    40 CFR 271   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6905 Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) sec 1006    42 USC 6906 RCRA sec 1007    42 USC 6912 RCRA sec 2002    42 USC 6912(a) RCRA sec 2002(a)    42 USC 6921 RCRA sec 3001    42 USC 6922 RCRA sec 3002    42 USC 6923 RCRA sec 3003    42 USC 6924 RCRA sec 3004    42 USC 6925 RCRA sec 3005    42 USC 6926 RCRA sec 3006    42 USC 6927 RCRA sec 3007    42 USC 6935 RCRA sec 3014    42 USC 6936 RCRA sec 3015    42 USC 6937 RCRA sec 3016    42 USC 6974 RCRA sec 7004   
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/20/1992  57 FR 21450   
NPRM Withdrawn  10/30/1992  57 FR 49280   
NPRM  04/29/1996  61 FR 18780   
Final  10/00/1998    
Additional Information: SAN No. 2982
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, State 
Small Entities Affected: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
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