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EPA/OLEM RIN: 2050-AG93 Publication ID: Spring 2017 
Title: ●Modernizing Ignitable Liquids Determinations 
Abstract: The EPA is proposing to update the flash point test methods for the determination of characteristically ignitable hazardous waste along with other minor changes. The currently required test methods refer to outdated standards developed by American Society for Testing and Materials (since renamed ASTM International) and require instrumentation that is no longer readily commercially available. In addition, the standards require the use of mercury thermometers. The proposed update to the flash point test methods will allow for the use of commercially available instrumentation and will no longer require mercury thermometers. The EPA will also propose that the requirements for mercury thermometers be removed from the SW-846 Compendium sampling methods. In addition, a proposed revision to modify the alcohol exclusion for ignitable aqueous alcohols would specifically list beverage alcohols with less than 24% alcohol content and latex paints as excluded from being ignitable hazardous waste. This will supersede guidance on the definitions of the terms "aqueous" and "alcohol" for the aqueous alcohol exclusion, possibly resulting in less excluded material. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261   
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6912    42 U.S.C. 6921(a) "RCRA 3001(a)"   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
None       
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/00/2018 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Federal, State 
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined  Federalism: Undetermined 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Daniel Fagnant
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Land and Emergency Management
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5304P,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:703 308-0319
Email: fagnant.daniel@epa.gov

Melissa Kaps
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Land and Emergency Management
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5304P,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:703 308-6787
Email: kaps.melissa@epa.gov