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SUMMARY: The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as amended, authorizes the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant approval to any State to operate its underground storage tank program in the State in lieu of the federal program. The regulation codifies EPA's decision to approve State programs and incorporates by reference those provisions of the State statutes and regulations that will be subject to EPA's inspection and enforcement authorities under sections 9005 and 9006 of RCRA subtitle I and other applicable statutory and regulatory provisions. This rule codifies the prior approval of Oregon's underground storage tank program and incorporates by reference appropriate provisions of state statutes and regulations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This regulation is effective June 29, 2012, unless EPA publishes a prior Federal Register document withdrawing this direct final rule. All comments on the codification of Oregon's underground storage tank program must be received by the close of business May 30, 2012. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the regulations is approved by the Director of the Federal Register, as of June 29, 2012, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R10-UST-2011-0097, by one of the following methods:
* http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
* Email: [email protected].
* Mail: Katherine Griffith, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Mail Stop: OCE-082, Seattle, WA 98101.
* Comments received by EPA may be inspected in the public docket online and in the EPA Region 10 Library, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R10-UST-2011-0097. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or email. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an "anonymous access" system,...