[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 188 (Friday, October 1, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54381-54386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21417]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 262, 264 and 265
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2015-0147; FRL 8562-01-OLEM]
Conforming Changes to Canada-Specific Hazardous Waste Import-
Export Recovery and Disposal Operation Codes
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is
making conforming changes to regulations related to twelve hazardous
waste import-export recovery and disposal operations used in hazardous
waste export and import notices submitted to EPA by U.S. exporters and
importers, and in movement documents that accompany export and import
shipments. The changes to regulations related to these twelve recovery
and disposal operations are needed to reflect changes to regulations
related to Canadian import-export recovery and disposal operations that
Canada promulgated in the Canada Gazette Part II on March 17, 2021 and
that become effective in Canada on October 31, 2021. Additionally, as
the changes in today's rule are being made solely to conform to
Canada's regulatory changes to Canada-specific operation codes and
descriptions, this is a final rulemaking and no public comment is being
solicited.
DATES: This rule is effective on October 31, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Coughlan, Materials Recovery and
Waste Management Division, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery
(5304P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-0005; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Why is EPA issuing a final rule?
Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(3)(B), provides that when an agency for good cause finds that
notice and public procedures are impracticable, unnecessary, or
contrary to the public interest, the agency may
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issue a final rule without providing notice and an opportunity for
public comment.
The EPA is issuing this final rule solely because Environment and
Climate Change Canada's revisions to its import-export recovery and
disposal code numbers and descriptions become effective on October 31,
2021. The EPA must revise twelve of its import-export recovery and
disposal code numbers and descriptions in 40 CFR 262.81 to reflect the
revised Canadian regulatory definitions so that export and import
notices and subsequent movement documents exchanged between Canada and
the United States on or after October 31, 2021, do not contain
conflicting information. Consequently, the EPA has determined that
there is good cause for making the conforming changes in this final
rule without prior proposal and opportunity for comment, because notice
and public comment would have no impact on the need to parallel as
closely as possible the Canadian regulatory revisions that triggered
this final rule.
With respect to the effective date, EPA finds that it has good
cause for the October 31, 2021 effective date under section 553(d) of
the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 553(d), and section
3010(b) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6930(b). EPA has good cause because this
rule must be effective on October 31, 2021 to match the effective date
for the Canadian regulatory changes. The purpose of section 553(d) of
the APA is to ``give affected parties a reasonable time to adjust their
behavior before the final rule takes effect.'' Omnipoint Corp. v. FCC,
78 F.3d 620, 630 (D.C. Cir. 1996); see also United States v.
Gavrilovic, 551 F.2d 1099, 1104 (8th Cir. 1977) (quoting legislative
history). Notwithstanding this purpose, section 553(d) authorizes an
Agency to establish an effective date for a rule that is sooner than 30
days from its publication, ``as otherwise provided by the agency for
good cause found and published with the rule.'' Similarly, whether the
regulated community needs a period of time to come into compliance is
relevant to the application of RCRA section 3010(b).
With respect to the effective date, U.S. exporters and U.S.
importers will have sufficient time to comply with this rule. They must
use EPA's Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS) to create and
submit their notices to the Agency, and WIETS will reflect the changes
in the recovery and disposal operation lists for exporters and
importers to use in notices submitted to EPA on or after October 31,
2021, so the regulated community will not need to change how they use
the system. As explained above, EPA has good cause for this effective
date because this rule must be effective on October 31, 2021 in order
to match the effective date for the Canadian regulatory changes. For
these reasons, the EPA has concluded that the regulated community will
have sufficient time to comply with this rule and that good cause
exists for making the changes in this final rule effective October 31,
2021.
General Information
A. List of Acronyms Used in This Action
Acronym Meaning
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
FR Federal Register
HSWA Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
ICR Information Collection Request
NAICS North American Industrial Classification System
NTTAA National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
OLEM Office of Land and Emergency Management
OMB Office of Management and Budget
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RFA Regulatory Flexibility Act
UMRA Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
WIETS Waste Import Export Tracking System
B. Does this action apply to me?
These revisions to the regulations related to twelve recovery and
disposal codes used by exporters and importers in this action generally
affect two groups: (1) All persons who export or import (or arrange for
the export or import of) hazardous waste for recycling or disposal,
including those hazardous wastes subject to the alternate management
standards for (a) universal waste for recycling or disposal, (b) spent
lead-acid batteries (SLABs) being shipped for reclamation, (c)
industrial ethyl alcohol being shipped for reclamation, (d) hazardous
waste samples of more than 25 kilograms being shipped for waste
characterization or treatability studies, and (e) hazardous recyclable
materials being shipped for precious metal recovery; and (2) all
persons who export or arrange for the export of conditionally excluded
cathode ray tubes being shipped for recycling or conditionally excluded
hazardous secondary materials being shipped for recycling. Potentially
affected entities may include, but are not limited to:
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NAICS code NAICS description
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211............................. Oil and Gas Extraction.
212............................. Mining (except Oil and Gas).
213............................. Support Activities for Mining.
311............................. Food Manufacturing.
324............................. Petroleum and Coal Products
Manufacturing.
325............................. Chemical Manufacturing.
326............................. Plastics and Rubber Products
Manufacturing.
327............................. Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Manufacturing.
331............................. Primary Metal Manufacturing.
332............................. Fabricated Metal Product
Manufacturing.
333............................. Machinery Manufacturing.
334............................. Computer and Electronic Product
Manufacturing.
335............................. Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and
Component Manufacturing.
336............................. Transportation Equipment
Manufacturing.
339............................. Miscellaneous Manufacturing.
423............................. Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods.
424............................. Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable
Goods.
441............................. Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers.
562............................. Waste Management and Remediation
Services.
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This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide for readers regarding entities likely to be regulated by this
action. This table lists the types of entities that EPA is now aware
could potentially be regulated by this action. Other types of entities
not listed in the table could also be regulated. If you have any
questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular
entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
C. How can I get additional information, including copies of this
document or other related information?
To obtain electronic copies of this document and other related
information that are available electronically, please visit
www.epa.gov/hwgenerators.
II. Background
A. What action is the Agency taking?
This action makes conforming changes to regulations related to
twelve (12) hazardous waste import-export recovery and disposal
operations used in hazardous waste export and import notices submitted
to EPA by U.S. exporters and importers, and in movement documents that
must accompany such shipments. Changes in these regulations related to
twelve recovery and disposal operations are needed to reflect changes
to regulations related to Canadian import-export recovery and disposal
operations that Canada promulgated in the Canada Gazette Part II on
March 17, 2021 (``Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and
Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations,'' Canada Gazette Part II,
volume 155, number 6, pp. 324-543) and that will become effective on
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October 31, 2021. The changes to the regulations related to the twelve
import-export disposal and recovery operations will ensure that the
disposal and recovery operation codes listed in U.S export notices
proposing exports to Canada facilities and subsequent movement
documents will continue to reflect the accurate Canadian code numbers
and description of the operations, enabling matching to the information
listed in the Canadian import notices and movement documents.
The current and revised regulatory text for the twelve affected
disposal and recovery operations are as follows:
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Current regulatory definition Revised regulatory definition
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(13) D13 Blending or mixing, prior to (13) D13 Interim blending or
any of operations D1 through D12. mixing, before an operation
that bears any of the disposal
operations D1 to D12.
(14) D14 Repackaging, prior to any of (14) D14 Interim repackaging,
operations D1 through D13. before an operation that bears
any of the disposal operations
D1 to D12.
(15) D15 (or DC17 for transboundary (15) D15 Interim storage,
movements with Canada only) Interim before an operation that bears
Storage, prior to any of operations D1 any of the disposal operations
through D12. D1 to D12.
(16) DC15 Release, including the (16) DC1 Release, including the
venting of compressed or liquified venting of compressed or
gases, or treatment, other than by any liquified gases, or treatment,
of operations D1 to D12 (for other than by any of disposal
transboundary movements with Canada operation codes D1 to D12.
only). (for transboundary movements
with Canada only).
(17) DC16 Testing of a new technology (17) DC2 Testing of a new
to dispose of a hazardous waste (for technology to dispose of a
transboundary movements with Canada hazardous waste (for
only). transboundary movements with
Canada only).
(11) R11 Uses of residual materials (11) R11 Use of residual
obtained from any of the operations materials obtained from any of
numbered R1 through R10 or RC14 (for the recovery operation codes
transboundary shipments with Canada numbered R1 through R10 or
only). RC1.
(12) R12 Exchange of wastes for (12) R12 Interim exchange of
submission to any of the operations wastes before recycling using
numbered R1 through R11 or RC14 (for any of the recovery operation
transboundary shipments with Canada codes numbered R1 through R11
only). or RC1.
(13) R13 Accumulation of material (13) R13 Interim accumulation
intended for any operation numbered R1 of wastes before recycling
through R12 or RC14 (for transboundary using any of the recovery
shipments with Canada only). operation codes numbered R1
through R11 or RC1.
(14) RC14 Recovery or regeneration of a (14) RC1 Recovery or
substance or use or re-use of a regeneration of a substance or
recyclable material, other than by any use or re-use of a recyclable
of operations R1 to R10 (for material, other than by any of
transboundary shipments with Canada operations R1 to R10 (for
only). transboundary shipments with
Canada only).
(15) RC15 Testing of a new technology (15) RC2 Testing of a new
to recycle a hazardous recyclable technology to recycle a
material (for transboundary shipments hazardous recyclable material
with Canada only). (for transboundary shipments
with Canada only).
(16) RC16 Interim storage prior to any (16) RC3 Interim storage prior
of operations R1 to R11 or RC14 (for to any of operations R1 to R11
transboundary shipments with Canada or RC1 (for transboundary
only). shipments with Canada only).
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These revised codes and descriptions will be automatically
available for exporters and importers to use in EPA's WIETS on October
31, 2021 when they create export or import notices to submit to EPA.
Exporters and importers shipping hazardous waste between the U.S. and
Canada generally comply with the movement document requirements in 40
CFR 262.83(d) and 40 CFR 262.84(d) respectively, by relying on the use
of a Canadian movement document that will be required to reflect the
modified recovery and disposal operation code numbers for consents
issued by either the EPA or Environment and Climate Change Canada based
on notices submitted on or after October 31, 2021 due to the Canadian
regulatory revisions.
B. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action?
The EPA is issuing this document under its authority in sections
1002, 2002(a), 3001-3004, and 3017 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as
amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and as
amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et
seq., 6912, 6921-6924, and 6938.
III. State Authorization
A. Applicability of Rules in Authorized States
Under section 3006 of RCRA, EPA may authorize qualified States to
administer their own hazardous waste programs in lieu of the federal
program within the State. Following authorization, EPA retains
enforcement authority under sections 3008, 3013, and 7003 of RCRA,
although authorized States have primary enforcement responsibility. The
standards and requirements for State authorization are found at 40 CFR
part 271.
Prior to enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of
1984 (HSWA), a State with final RCRA authorization administered its
hazardous waste program entirely in lieu of EPA administering the
federal program in that State. The federal requirements no longer
applied in the authorized State, and EPA could not issue permits for
any facilities in that State, since only the State was authorized to
issue RCRA permits. When new, more stringent federal requirements were
promulgated, the State was obligated to enact equivalent authorities
within specified time frames. However, the new federal requirements did
not take effect in an authorized State until the State adopted the
federal requirements as State law.
In contrast, under RCRA section 3006(g) (42 U.S.C. 6926(g)), which
was added by HSWA, new requirements and prohibitions imposed under HSWA
authority take effect in authorized States at the same time that they
take effect in unauthorized States. The EPA is directed by the statute
to implement these requirements and prohibitions in authorized States,
including the issuance of permits, until the State is granted
authorization to do so. While States must still adopt HSWA related
provisions as State law to retain final authorization, EPA implements
the HSWA provisions in authorized States until the States do so.
Authorized States are required to modify their programs only when
EPA enacts federal requirements that are more stringent or broader in
scope than existing federal requirements. RCRA section 3009 allows the
States to impose standards more stringent than those in the federal
program (see also 40 CFR 271.1). Therefore, authorized States may, but
are not required to, adopt federal regulations, both HSWA and non HSWA,
that are considered less
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stringent than previous federal regulations.
B. Effect on State Authorization
Because of the federal government's special role in matters of
foreign policy, EPA does not authorize States to administer Federal
import/export functions in any section of the RCRA hazardous waste
regulations. This approach of having Federal, rather than State,
administering of the import/export functions promotes national
coordination, uniformity and the expeditious transmission of
information between the United States and foreign countries.
Although States do not receive authorization to administer the
Federal government's import/export functions in 40 CFR part 262 subpart
H, or the import/export relation functions in any other section of the
RCRA hazardous waste regulations, State programs are still required to
adopt the provisions in this rule to maintain their equivalency with
the Federal program (see 40 CFR 271.10(e)). The States that have
already adopted 40 CFR part 262 subpart H, 40 CFR part 264, and 40 CFR
part 265 must adopt the revisions to those provisions in this final
rule. When a State adopts the import/export provisions in this final
rule, they must not replace Federal or international references or
terms with State references or terms.
The provisions of this rule will take effect in all States on the
effective date of the rule, since these import and export requirements
will be administered by the Federal government as a foreign policy
matter and will not be administered by States.
IV. Do any of the statutory and Executive Order reviews apply to this
action?
This final rule changes the regulations related to code numbers and
descriptions for twelve hazardous waste import-export recovery and
disposal operations used in hazardous waste export and import notices
and subsequent movement documents to reflect changes to regulations
related to Canadian import-export recovery and disposal operations that
Canada promulgated in the Canada Gazette Part II on March 17, 2021 and
that become effective on October 31, 2021. This action is not a
``significant regulatory action'' and is therefore not subject to OMB
review under Executive Order 12866, entitled ``Regulatory Planning and
Review'' (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993). Additionally, this action is
not a significant regulatory action and does not impose any new
information collection burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
changes made to the regulations because of this action merely revise
certain recovery and disposal operations that are listed in export and
import notices and related movement documents. They impose no new
reporting requirements on regulated parties. Because this action is not
subject to notice and comment requirements under the Administrative
Procedure Act or any other statute, it is not subject to the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or Sections 202 and 205 of the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1999 (UMRA) (Pub. L. 104-4). In
addition, this action does not significantly or uniquely affect small
governments. This action does not create new binding legal requirements
that substantially and directly affect Tribes under Executive Order
13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This action does not have
significant Federalism implications under Executive Order 13132 (64 FR
43255, August 10, 1999). Because this final rule has been exempted from
review under Executive Order 12866, this final rule is not subject to
Executive Order 13211, entitled ``Actions Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001) or Executive Order 13045, entitled ``Protection of
Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks'' (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997). This final rule does not contain any new
information collections subject to OMB approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., nor does it require any
special considerations under Executive Order 12898, entitled ``Federal
Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations'' (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). This action
does not involve technical standards; thus, the requirements of Section
12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995
(15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not apply.
The Congressional Review Act (CRA), 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., generally
provides that before certain actions may take effect, the agency
promulgating the action must submit a report, which includes a copy of
the action, to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller
General of the United States. This final action is subject to the CRA,
and the EPA will submit a rule report to each House of Congress and to
the Comptroller General of the United States. This action is not a
``major rule'' as defined by U.S.C. 804(2).
List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 262
Environmental protection, Exports, Hazardous materials
transportation, Hazardous waste, Imports, Labeling, Packaging and
containers, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
40 CFR Part 264
Environmental protection, Hazardous waste, Imports, Packaging and
containers, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
40 CFR Part 265
Environmental protection, Hazardous waste, Imports, Packaging and
containers, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: September 28, 2021.
Barry N. Breen,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Land and Emergency
Management.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, EPA amends title 40,
chapter 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:
PART 262--STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
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1. The authority citation for part 262 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C 6906, 6912, 6922-6925, 6937, 6938 and
6939g.
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2. Amend Sec. 262.81 by:
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a. In the definition of ``Disposal operations'' revising paragraphs
(13) through (17); and
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b. In the definition of``Recovery operations'', revising paragraphs
(11) through (16).
The revisions read as follows:
Sec. 262.81 Definitions.
* * * * *
Disposal operations * * *
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(13) D13 Interim blending or mixing, before an operation that bears
any of the disposal operations D1 to D12.
(14) D14 Interim repackaging, before an operation that bears any of
the disposal operations D1 to D12.
(15) D15 Interim storage, before an operation that bears any of the
disposal operations D1 to D12.
(16) DC1 Release, including the venting of compressed or liquified
gases, or treatment, other than by any of disposal operation codes D1
to D12. (for transboundary movements with Canada only).
(17) DC2 Testing of a new technology to dispose of a hazardous
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waste (for transboundary movements with Canada only).
* * * * *
Recovery operations * * *
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(11) R11 Use of residual materials obtained from any of the
recovery operation codes numbered R1 through R10 or RC1.
(12) R12 Interim exchange of wastes before recycling using any of
the recovery operation codes numbered R1 through R11 or RC1.
(13) R13 Interim accumulation of wastes before recycling using any
of the recovery operation codes numbered R1 through R11 or RC1.
(14) RC1 Recovery or regeneration of a substance or use or re-use
of a recyclable material, other than by any of operations R1 to R10
(for transboundary shipments with Canada only).
(15) RC2 Testing of a new technology to recycle a hazardous
recyclable material (for transboundary shipments with Canada only).
(16) RC3 Interim storage prior to any of operations R1 to R11 or
RC1 (for transboundary shipments with Canada only).
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3. Amend Sec. 262.83 by revising paragraphs (b)(3) and (f)(6) to read
as follows:
Sec. 262.83 Exports of hazardous waste.
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(b) * * *
(3) Notifications listing interim recycling operations or interim
disposal operations. If the foreign receiving facility listed in
paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section will engage in any of the interim
recovery operations R12 or R13 or interim disposal operations D13
through D15, or in the case of transboundary movements with Canada, any
of the interim recovery operations R12, R13, or RC3, or interim
disposal operations D13 to D14, or D15, the notification submitted
according to paragraph (b)(1) of this section must also include the
final foreign recovery or disposal facility name, address, telephone,
fax numbers, email address, technologies employed, and which of the
applicable recovery or disposal operations R1 through R11 and D1
through D12, or in the case of transboundary movements with Canada,
which of the applicable recovery or disposal operations R1 through R11,
RC1 to RC2, D1 through D12, and DC1 to DC2 will be employed at the
final foreign recovery or disposal facility. The recovery and disposal
operations in this paragraph are defined in Sec. 262.81.
* * * * *
(f) * * *
(6) Contracts must specify that the foreign importer or the foreign
receiving facility that performed interim recycling operations R12,
R13, or RC3, or interim disposal operations D13 through D15, (recovery
and disposal operations defined in 40 CFR 262.81) as appropriate, will:
(i) Provide the notification required in paragraph (f)(3)(ii) of
this section prior to any re-export of the hazardous wastes to a final
foreign recovery or disposal facility in a third country; and
(ii) Promptly send copies of the confirmation of recovery or
disposal that it receives from the final foreign recovery or disposal
facility within one year of shipment delivery to the final foreign
recovery or disposal facility that performed one of recovery operations
R1 through R11, or RC1, or one of disposal operations D1 through D12,
DC1 or DC2 to the competent authority of the country of import. For
contracts that will be in effect on or after the electronic import-
export reporting compliance date, the contracts must additionally
specify that the foreign facility send copies to EPA at the same time
using the allowable method listed in paragraph (b)(1) of this section
on or after that date.
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4. Amend Sec. 262.84 by revising paragraphs (b)(2), (f)(5), (g)(2),
(h)(2)(iii) to read as follows:
Sec. 262.84 Imports of hazardous waste.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(2) Notifications listing interim recycling operations or interim
disposal operations. If the receiving facility listed in paragraph
(b)(1)(ii) of this section will engage in any of the interim recovery
operations R12, R13, or RC3 or interim disposal operations D13 through
D15, the notification submitted according to paragraph (b)(1) of this
section must also include the final recovery or disposal facility name,
address, telephone, fax numbers, email address, technologies employed,
and which of the applicable recovery or disposal operations R1 through
R11, RC1, and D1 through D12, will be employed at the final recovery or
disposal facility. The recovery and disposal operations in this
paragraph are defined in Sec. 262.81.
* * * * *
(f) * * *
(5) Contracts must specify that the importer or the receiving
facility that performed interim recycling operations R12, R13, or RC3,
or interim disposal operations D13 through D15, as appropriate, will
provide the notification required in Sec. 262.83(b)(7) prior to the
re-export of hazardous wastes. The recovery and disposal operations in
this paragraph are defined in Sec. 262.81.
* * * * *
(g) * * *
(2) If the receiving facility performed any of recovery operations
R12, R13, or RC3, or disposal operations D13 through D15, the receiving
facility shall promptly send copies of the confirmation of recovery or
disposal that it receives from the final recovery or disposal facility
within one year of shipment delivery to the final recovery or disposal
facility that performed one of recovery operations R1 through R11, or
RC1 to RC2, or one of disposal operations D1 through D12, or DC1 to
DC2, to the competent authority of the country of export, and for
confirmations received on or after the electronic import-export
reporting compliance date, to EPA electronically using EPA's Waste
Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system. The
recovery and disposal operations in this paragraph are defined in Sec.
262.81.
* * * * *
(h) * * *
(2) * * *
(iii) For the receiving facility that performed any of recovery
operations R12, R13, or RC3, or disposal operations D13 through D15
(recovery and disposal operations defined in Sec. 262.81), a copy of
each confirmation of recovery or disposal that the final recovery or
disposal facility sent to it for at least three (3) years from the date
that the final recovery or disposal facility completed processing the
waste shipment; and
* * * * *
PART 264--STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
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5. The authority citation for part 264 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6924, and 6925.
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6. Revise Sec. 264.12(a)(4)(ii) to read as follows:
Sec. 264.12 Required notices.
(a) * * *
(4) * * *
(ii) If the facility performed any of recovery operations R12, R13,
or RC3, or disposal operations D13 through D15, promptly send copies of
the confirmation of recovery or disposal
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that it receives from the final recovery or disposal facility within
one year of shipment delivery to the final recovery or disposal
facility that performed one of recovery operations R1 through R11, or
RC1, or one of disposal operations D1 through D12, or DC1 to DC2, to
the competent authority of the country of export that controls the
shipment as an export of hazardous waste, and on or after the
electronic import-export reporting compliance date, to EPA
electronically using EPA's Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS),
or its successor system. The recovery and disposal operations in this
paragraph are defined in 40 CFR 262.81.
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PART 265--INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF
HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
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7. The authority citation for part 265 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6906, 6912, 6922, 6923, 6924, 6925,
6935, 6936, and 6937.
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8. Revise Sec. 265.12(a)(4)(ii) to read as follows:
Sec. 265.12 Required notices.
(a) * * *
(4) * * *
(ii) If the facility performed any of recovery operations R12, R13,
or RC3, or disposal operations D13 through D15, promptly send copies of
the confirmation of recovery or disposal that it receives from the
final recovery or disposal facility within one year of shipment
delivery to the final recovery or disposal facility that performed one
of recovery operations R1 through R11, or RC1, or one of disposal
operations D1 through D12, or DC1 to DC2, to the competent authority of
the country of export that controls the shipment as an export of
hazardous waste, and on or after the electronic import-export reporting
compliance date, to EPA electronically using EPA's Waste Import Export
Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system. The recovery and
disposal operations in this paragraph are defined in 40 CFR 262.81.
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