extending comment draft Waste Minimztn PBT Chemical list

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[Federal Register: December 29, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 249)] [Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Data Availability of Draft RCRA Waste Minimization PBT Chemical List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Data Availability (NODA); Extension of Comment Period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is extending the public comment period on the Notice of Data
Availability of the draft RCRA Waste Minimization PBT Chemical list (63 FR
60332, November 9, 1998) to February 16, 1998.

DATES: The comment period is extended until Feburary 16, 1998.

ADDRESSES: To submit comments, the public must send an original and two
copies to Docket Number F-98-MMLP-FFFFF, located at the RCRA Docket. The
mailing address is: RCRA Information Center (5305G), Office of Solid Waste,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters, 401 M Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20460. Hand deliveries of comments should be made to the
RCRA Information Center at Crystal Gateway 1, 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway,
First Floor, Arlington, Virginia. The phone number is (703) 603-9230.
Commenters must place Docket Number F-98- MMLP-FFFFF on their comments.
Commenters can send their comments to the RCRA Information Center on
labeled personal computer diskettes in ASCII (TEXT) format or a word
processing format that can be converted to ASCII (TEXT). It is essential to
specify on the disk label the word processing software and version/edition
as well as the commenter's name. Please use mailing envelopes designed to
physically protect the submitted diskettes. To send copies by Internet,
address them to: rcra- docket@epamail.epa.gov. All comments sent by
Internet must be ASCII files, avoiding the use of special characters and
any form of encryption. Comments in electronic format should also be
identified by the docket number. Commenters should not submit
electronically any confidential business information (CBI). EPA emphasizes
that submission of comments electronically is not mandatory, nor will it
result in any advantage or disadvantage to any commenter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For general information or to order paper copies
of this Federal Register document, contact the RCRA Hotline Monday through
Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. EST, toll free at (800) 424-9346; or
(703) 412-9810 from Government phones or if in the Washington, DC local
calling area; or (800) 553-7672 for the hearing impaired. Questions can
also be directed to the Waste Minimization Branch (5302W), Office of Solid
Waste (OSW), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW,
Washington, DC 20460, phone (703) 308-8402; or contact E. Newman Smith of
the Waste Minimization Branch at (703) 308-8757.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In today's notice, EPA is extending the comment
period in its November 9, 1998 NODA (63 FR 60332) which requested comment
on a draft list of 53 persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT)
chemicals (and chemical categories) found in hazardous wastes regulated
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The NODA of
November 9, 1998 requested comment on the RCRA Waste Minimization PBT
Chemical List (also referred to as the RCRA PBT List) and on the
methodology used to develop the list. EPA received several requests to
extend the comment deadline for various reasons. EPA is extending the
comment period to February 16, 1999. Copies of extension requests can be
found in the docket for this notice.

Dated: December 15, 1998.
Elizabeth Cotsworth,
Acting Director Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 98-34426 Filed 12-28-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P

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