Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule, the Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule, and the Definition of Solid Waste Rule; Technical Corrections

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR Parts 261, 262, and 266 [EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0081; FRL 8687-03-OLEM] RIN 2050-AH23 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Partial withdrawal of direct final rule. SUMMARY: Because the EPA received adverse comment on eight amendments in the direct final rule published on August 9, 2023, we are withdrawing amendments to specific provisions through correction to the direct final rule. DATES: This correction is effective December 7, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Knieser, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, (MC: 5304T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-0516, ( knieser.brian@epa.gov ) or Kathy Lett, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, (MC: 5304T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-0517, ( lett.kathy@epa.gov ). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because the EPA received adverse comment on specific amendments, through this correction, we are withdrawing only those specific amendments from the direct final rule, Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule, the Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule, and the Definition of Solid Waste Rule; Technical Corrections, published on August 9, 2023 ( 88 FR 54086 ). We stated in that direct final rule that if we received adverse comment by the close of the comment period on October 10, 2023, the specific amendments in the direct final rule t…