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. , .............. , VoL 48. No, 23 , Wednelday, February 2. 1983 , Rule, and Reaulat10Dl ~ lAndmark dfttpatiOD may nbmit a autbortad undu SectiOD 3008 of RCRA COIDIII8DtI on the State'. lA appli~tiOD appeu to the DINctDr, NPS. ciurtDa the to apProve State huardouI wute aDd EPA'. nspouea. deaipatiOD procell ettblr npportIDa or pI'OIl'IJDI to operate in lieu of the After detailed review of the ftnal New oppoeiq·the delipat1aa. Such appeaIJ Federal pI'OInID in their juriJdict1OD1. Jeney lA appli~tioa. EPA traDlmitted Two typal of State proarama approvu. COlDIIUIDtI to DEP OIl JUDe 1. 191Z. 'I1leM received by the DtNctar before the ltudy of the property or before itl He autbortzed UDder RCRA: "FIDal COlDIIUIDtI requnted additioDi and I11bmiuioa to the NatiOD.I Pule S)'Iteal AutboriutiOD" II a permaneDt approvu- reviatODI to the Proaram Delcripticm. AdvilorJ Board wiD be CODIidentd by wbicb may be sranted to Statel whOM Attorney GeDera!'. StatemeDt. the Dinctor, the Advitory Board aDd the _Pf'OINIDI He MequivUeDt" to aDd M~raDdum of A&reemeDt ad Sec;:retarJ, u appropriate. iD the MCODIiIteDt" with the Federal proaram AuthorisatiOD Plan portIoDI of the lA ~tion proc:etI. . .. . aDd provide adequata WOl'C8ID8Dt appli~ticm. includiq the State'l (d) No perIOD IbaU-be CODIidend tD'1DtarIm AudlortzaUOD"U·. t&mpotat) .. haardou-woteftPlatiou. Oa have exbauted admiDiltrattv. NIUCileI approval for Stata whieb mf&bt DOt December 1" 1982, the State I11bmitted wttb ~ to faihn to delipate a· . . meet the requirement. 01 FIDal ammdm8DtI to the above meDtioned property a Naticma1 Hiltoric LaDdmark AuthorisatiOD but who.. proarama are porticma 01 the lA appli~tiOD. UDtil be or the baa complied with • at leat MlUbltaDtially equivalat" to the The major iuue raited by EPA Federal prosrua. RCRA ~templatu CODceiDed the confldmtiality of procedllN8 Nt forth in tbia MGtIaa. \ftO"'...,... .......WII . . . . . ~ . that Statu receiviqlllterim iDformatiODobtaiDed by iD8pectio~ au. caa. ..... .. AutborisatiOD willllM the IDterIm New Jeney law may re.trict the State'. AuthoriatiOD period to-make the . ability to 11M confldeDttU information cUD" ill their replatiODI aad Ntu... collected ciuriaa iDlpeCtiODI in EN"-nROIIUENTAL PIIIOTI DeCI.,.". to qaa1lly for PIaal enforcement proc:eedinp or in court. AGENCY ., • Autborisatioa.; aad to Ihue neb iDformation with EPA. OIl Ma,18. i9ao. EPA publilHd the D~ ..tiafled thia area of concem by . ftnt pbue of th. Federal buardou - amendiq the Attomey General'l watte prosram replatiODI (40 CPR Parte Statemat IO·U to commit the State to zeo..aa aDd _) iDcludiq pideUa.. for rely upoa RCRA Sic:tion 3OO'1(a) to gtiment • autbortsint State haurdoua wote iUppOl't itl iDIpect10n authority. A. a .. Program; ~ I ......... proaram UDder Sect10n 3001 (40 CPR mult oflUCh reUace on Section Put 123J. TheM pideliDee Nt forth the 3OO'1{a), Section 3007(b) of RCRA would • •Im BnvironmeDta1 Protacdon requinmeDtI for Ihterim Authorization aovem the 11M of iDformation gained A.-:y (EPA), Reatoa II.. aad the procedllN8 wbich EPA will . throuah iDIpect10D&. ThUl, there would ACTIOIC GnIdiDa of phue I iDt8rbn . follow iD ac:ttaa OD State appUcatiODIlor be DO UDIlcceptable reatrictiona upon .the authorizatiOll to State huudcruI . . . . InWtm Authorisation. They a1ao 11M of iDformationobtained through propam. pNVide tbat !PAd srant 1DWiDt-. iDlpectioa Authorisation in two major pbuee . The miDOr commente in EPA'I JUDe 1, The State of New Janey baa (Pbue I and-Awe II): corretpODCiiq to 1_ letter were _ addre...d by DEP applied for Interim Authorisation of itl the two major . . . . of tile Federal in ill December 11, 1982 IUbmi..ion. The buardou waite PfOFUl under Subtitle propua. . fullowtq sUllUlWize. the mOlt C of the Reeource CODMrvatiOD aad,. On JanuAry 11, 191Z. the Staat of New si&nifl~t of the.. commentl and the Recovery Act (RCRA) of 19'18; u Janey IUbmitted to EPA itl c:omplete State'. respoDMl! . ameDded. and EPA JUidelbm for the appli~tion for Awe IlIlterim . (1) A Deputy Attomey General liped approval of State huardou wute Authoriatlon (lA appli~tion), III the the Attomey Generai'I Statement in lieu Prosr&JDl (40 CPR Put 123. Subpart Fl. February 11. 1982 FedInl ....... (41 of the Attorney General. Under 40 CFR EPA bu reviewed New reraey' • . FR 8Z8I);EPA 1UlD0000ced the 123,12S. thia certifi~tion mUlt be made buardou wa.te PfOFUl and hu availabWty for p"UbUc-NView of the New by the Attorney General. III .. letter determiDed that the PfOFUl ia Janey appUcaticm. EPA a1ao indicated dated AUIIlIt 18. 191Z. the A..ittant 8ub.tmtially equivu.nt to the Fedinl that a pubUc IMUms would be held OD Attorney General demoDitrated that the program. EPA II hereby srantiD8 Pbue I March Zt. with the public record Deputy had the authority to perform this Interim AuthorizatiOD to New Janey to open UDtil March 31, 1982. At the·public duty for the Attomey General. operate a bazardoua wote proaram iD heartq. the New Janey Department of (2) New Jeney'. Itatutory definition of lieu of Phaae I of the Federal huardouI Bavironmental Protection (DBP) made "iOlid wate" exclude. from regulation. waite program in itl jQNdictton. indutriu . . .ap treated at publiclyavailable copie. of draft ameadmeate to ......:TI'n DAft: F.brau, 2. 1983. itl huardOUI wute replatiODI whieb owned treatment worke (POTWs) fIOIII .....,... .a.-aTIGII CCMfTACT: werel11bMquatly propoMd in the devoted exc1ulively to the treatment of Oeborah Craig. Solid Wute 8nDch. AIr October 18. 1982 State R.ter. Thete lndutriu wa.te•• Thi. exclUlion il not and Wa.te Manqemat Diviaion. U.s. aad other amendmeate were initially provided for under the RCRA definition. Environmata1 ProtectiOD AsencY, reqU81ted by EPA when it collUD8lltad DEP ..tiaified thi. area of concern by RegiOD II. 28 Federal Plaza. New Yolk. OD a euUer draft version of the State'. amenclin& the Protram Oelcription to New York 10Z18, 21%/2&1-11. . fA appli~tion. OIl May 10-1982, DEP include a ciemODItration that no exilting reqU8lted that EPA delay ma1dJl8 a final PO'IW. in the State treated exclusively determination on the Stat.'. lA indutrtal wutn. Therefore, the LBackpauDd appl1catiOD UDtil after the State had a ltatutOry exemption could not be opportunity to IOUcit public commmt on utilized by any exi.ting POTWI. Subtitle C of RCRA. requ.iret EPA to e.tablilh a compreheDlive Federal the repiatOl'J amendmente requ..ted (3) Purauat to 40 CFR 123.127. the by EPA. EPA sranted OEP'I requ..t. State mut identify those statutory and PfOIr&.ID to aSlure the aafe manqement of buardou wa.te. Once a Feder.I Pretented below in Section U of thia rqulatory chanp. needed to make the notice i. a l}'Ilop.1I of the public State program equivalent to the Federal PfOFUl it e.tablilbed. EPA i. ...... w....... Au............ "_"IIY: 1_