{"description":"Documents matching 'land disposal facilities accepting such'","count":3770,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=land+disposal+facilities+accepting+such&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Integrated Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations that govern the land disposal of low-level radioactive waste to expand regulatory coverage to include certain transuranic wastes. The rule also introduces a new risk-informed framework for low-level waste disposal in which sites can develop waste acceptance criteria based on site-specific characteristics rather than using prescriptive limits. The proposed rule would allow for a graded approach: facilities that do not plan to accept significant quantities of long-lived radionuclides or Greater-Than-Class C waste will only need to meet a streamlined set of requirements, while those managing these waste streams must conduct technical assessments to ensure long- term safety. The proposed rule would also introduce new options for disposal of higher concentrations of waste, providing new alternatives for safe low-level waste management. These innovations support public health and environmental protection, as well as safe disposal of low- level radioactive waste, encourage operational efficiency, and offer greater flexibility for both current and future disposal facilities. In addition, the NRC is issuing draft implementing guidance for public comment.","document_number":"2026-13302","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/01/2026-13302/integrated-low-level-radioactive-waste-disposal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-01/pdf/2026-13302.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13302.pdf?1782823519","publication_date":"2026-07-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"appropriate for <span class=\"match\">land</span> <span class=\"match\">disposal</span>. However, the NRC's current regulations in part 61 are insufficiently flexible to accommodate <span class=\"match\">land</span> <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of those waste streams, absent a special finding from the Commission. This rule would modernize the NRC's regulations by permitting <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of these waste streams in <span class=\"match\">land</span> <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> <span class=\"match\">facilities</span>, provided the applicant makes an appropriate safety case. This modernization will not only provide greater flexibility for addressing existing GTCC waste streams but would also widen the scope of <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> options for waste"},{"title":"U.S. Ecology Nevada, Inc. High Mercury Subcategory Wastes Land Disposal Restrictions Variance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting, with conditions, U.S. Ecology Nevada Inc.'s (USE) petition for a site- specific treatability variance (SSTV) from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) treatment standards. USE's petition is for a variance from the existing treatment and disposal standard for elemental mercury waste generated from retorting high mercury waste as prescribed by the LDR technology-based standard of RMERC. The petition demonstrated that the LDR standard for placing elemental mercury waste generated from RMERC back into commerce for reuse is inappropriate and the alternative treatment variance proposed by USE is sufficient to minimize threats to human health and the environment posed by land disposal of the waste. Under the approved SSTV, the existing LDR treatment standard of RMERC will continue to apply to high mercury hazardous wastes, but the elemental mercury generated from this process will be treated and land disposed subject to specified conditions at both Bethlehem Apparatus's facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and USE's Beatty, Nevada, subtitle C treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facility where the treated mercury wastes will be disposed in a designated RCRA subtitle C compliant monofill.","document_number":"2026-12927","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/26/2026-12927/us-ecology-nevada-inc-high-mercury-subcategory-wastes-land-disposal-restrictions-variance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-26/pdf/2026-12927.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12927.pdf?1782391516","publication_date":"2026-06-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"sufficient to minimize threats to human health and the environment posed by <span class=\"match\">land</span> <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of the waste. Under the approved SSTV, the existing LDR treatment standard of RMERC will continue to apply to high mercury hazardous wastes, but the elemental mercury generated from this process will be treated and <span class=\"match\">land</span> disposed subject to specified conditions at both Bethlehem Apparatus's facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and USE's Beatty, Nevada, subtitle C treatment, storage, and <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> (TSD) facility where the treated mercury wastes will be disposed in a"},{"title":"US Ecology Nevada, Inc. High Mercury Subcategory Wastes Land Disposal Restrictions Variance","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant, with conditions, US Ecology Nevada Inc.'s (USE) petition for a site-specific treatability variance from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) treatment standards. USE's petition is for treatment and disposal of elemental mercury waste generated from retorting high mercury waste in accordance with the LDR technology-based standard of RMERC. The EPA believes that the petition demonstrates that the LDR standard for placing elemental mercury generated from RMERC back into commerce for reuse is inappropriate and the treatment variance is sufficient to minimize threats to human health and the environment posed by land disposal of the waste. If the variance is granted, the existing LDR treatment standard of RMERC will continue to apply to high mercury hazardous wastes, but the elemental mercury generated from this process will be treated and land disposed subject to specified conditions at both Bethlehem Apparatus in Hellertown, Pennsylvania and USE's Beatty, Nevada, Subtitle C treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facility where treated mercury wastes will be disposed in a designated monofill.","document_number":"2026-02346","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/06/2026-02346/us-ecology-nevada-inc-high-mercury-subcategory-wastes-land-disposal-restrictions-variance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-06/pdf/2026-02346.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02346.pdf?1770299113","publication_date":"2026-02-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"treatment standard that prohibits <span class=\"match\">land</span> <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of elemental mercury. \n \n Currently there are international treatment and <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> options for the <span class=\"match\">land</span> <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of elemental mercury that appear to address the concerns with <span class=\"match\">land</span> <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> that the Agency identified. Because of the international <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> options, some domestic companies, such as Bethlehem \n \n Apparatus, do treat elemental mercury for export and <span class=\"match\">disposal</span>.\n \n On January 16, 2025, DOE published a request for information regarding treatment and <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of elemental mercury (90 FR 4728)"},{"title":"No-Migration Variance From Land Disposal Restrictions for Clean Harbors Grassy Mountain, Utah","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant, with conditions, no-migration variances for four categories/ groups of wastes, containing up to 250 temporary disposal units (\"put piles\") at any one time, from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) standards at Clean Harbors' Grassy Mountain (Clean Harbors) commercial treatment, storage and disposal facility (TSDF) in Tooele County, UT. These variances will allow Clean Harbors to temporarily store treated hazardous wastes that are awaiting LDR compliance verification in put piles within their Subtitle C (hazardous waste) landfill. The petitioner demonstrated, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from the disposal units for as long as the wastes remain hazardous. Additionally, once LDR compliance is verified, the put piles will be disposed within the onsite RCRA hazardous waste Landfill area and will be subject to the conditions set out in the Compliance Monitoring Plan section of this document.","document_number":"2025-24134","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/31/2025-24134/no-migration-variance-from-land-disposal-restrictions-for-clean-harbors-grassy-mountain-utah","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-31/pdf/2025-24134.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24134.pdf?1767102322","publication_date":"2025-12-31","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"to allow <span class=\"match\">land</span> <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> within a particular <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> unit, of specific prohibited waste when it has been demonstrated, “to a reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from the <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> unit . . . for as long as the wastes remain hazardous.” \n 2 \n \n It must be demonstrated, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that hazardous constituents will not exceed Agency-approved human health-based levels (or environmentally protective levels, if they are appropriate) beyond the boundary of the <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> unit.\n 3"},{"title":"No-Migration Variance From Land Disposal Restrictions for Clean Harbors Lone Mountain, Oklahoma","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant, with conditions, no-migration variances for nine categories/ groups of wastes, containing up to a combined 100 temporary disposal units (\"put piles\") at any one time, from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) standards at Clean Harbors' Lone Mountain (Clean Harbors) commercial treatment, storage and disposal facility (TSDF) in Waynoka, Oklahoma. These variances will allow Clean Harbors to temporarily store treated hazardous wastes that are awaiting LDR compliance verification in put piles within its Subtitle C (hazardous waste) landfill. The petitioner demonstrated, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from the put piles for as long as the wastes remain hazardous. Additionally, once LDR compliance is verified, the put piles will be disposed within the onsite RCRA hazardous waste landfill area and will be subject to the conditions set out in the Compliance Monitoring Plan section of this document.","document_number":"2025-22553","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/11/2025-22553/no-migration-variance-from-land-disposal-restrictions-for-clean-harbors-lone-mountain-oklahoma","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-11/pdf/2025-22553.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22553.pdf?1765374330","publication_date":"2025-12-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"to allow <span class=\"match\">land</span> <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> within a particular <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> unit of specific prohibited waste when it has been demonstrated, “to a reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from the <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> unit . . . for as long as the wastes remain hazardous.” \n 2 \n \n It must be demonstrated, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that hazardous constituents will not exceed Agency-approved human health-based levels (or environmentally protective levels, if they are appropriate) beyond the boundary of the <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> unit.\n 3"},{"title":"Direct Sale of the Reversionary Interest in a Recreation and Public Purposes Act Patent of Public Land in Jean, NV (NVNV105861510, Legacy N-101356)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Vegas Field Office (LVFO) has determined that the reversionary interest held by the United States in a 480-acre parcel of land previously patented under the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act in Jean, Nevada, is acceptable for direct sale (without competition) to the State of Nevada (State), pursuant to section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA). Selling the reversionary interest would allow the State to repurpose the lands for economic development through the construction of commercial facilities and potential future leases to private commercial enterprises. The appraised fair market value (FMV) of the reversionary interest is $50,600,000.","document_number":"2026-04724","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/11/2026-04724/direct-sale-of-the-reversionary-interest-in-a-recreation-and-public-purposes-act-patent-of-public","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-11/pdf/2026-04724.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04724.pdf?1773146708","publication_date":"2026-03-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Land Management","name":"Land Management Bureau","id":275,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/land-management-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/275","parent_id":253,"slug":"land-management-bureau"}],"excerpts":"a 480-acre parcel of <span class=\"match\">land</span> located in Jean, Nevada, which the State acquired in 1979 under the authority of the R&amp;PP Act. The State is authorized to use the <span class=\"match\">land</span> for an undeveloped buffer around private <span class=\"match\">land</span> where the Jean Prison Facility, a minimum-custody correctional facility, is currently in operation. The patent was issued on December 13, 1979, under patent number 27-80-0056, and specifies that if the patentee or any successor in interest attempts to transfer title to or control over the <span class=\"match\">land</span> to another or the <span class=\"match\">land</span> is devoted to a use other"},{"title":"ProTechnics, A Division of Core Laboratories LP; Alternate Disposal Method for Well Logging Sand-Outs or Well Logging Returns Containing Residual Amounts of NRC-Licensed Materials; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) and accompanying environmental assessment (EA) for an alternate waste disposal method request from ProTechnics, a division of Core Laboratories LP (ProTechnics), for the disposal of well logging sand-outs or well logging returns containing residual amounts of NRC-licensed materials into Class I disposal wells in North Slope, Alaska. Based on the analysis in the EA, the NRC staff has concluded that there would be no significant impacts to the environment from ProTechnics' proposed exemption request and therefore, a FONSI is appropriate.","document_number":"2025-11510","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/24/2025-11510/protechnics-a-division-of-core-laboratories-lp-alternate-disposal-method-for-well-logging-sand-outs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-24/pdf/2025-11510.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11510.pdf?1750682707","publication_date":"2025-06-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"waste <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> wells in North Slope, Alaska. These Class I wells have been approved under permits issued by the EPA to <span class=\"match\">accept</span> this type of waste since EPA has jurisdiction for these wells in Alaska. The radioactive tracer materials would be in the patented Zero-Wash bead form. This method of <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> would be used as an alternative to existing methods of <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> authorized by the NRC in the current license issued to ProTechnics. \n If approved, ProTechnics' 10 CFR 20.2002 alternate waste <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> method authorization for use of Class I <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> wells"},{"title":"Issuance of a General Permit for Ocean Disposal of Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Carcasses","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is re-issuing a general permit under the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) to authorize the transport of marine mammal and sea turtle carcasses from the United States and disposal of marine mammal and sea turtle carcasses in ocean waters. Permit re-issuance is necessary because the most recent permit expired on January 4, 2024. The EPA has not made substantive changes to the content of the recently expired general permit, though it has revised the scope and eligibility provisions, and general permittees will be able to resume permitted deposition of marine mammal carcasses in ocean waters pursuant to the re-issued permit terms.","document_number":"2025-13268","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/16/2025-13268/issuance-of-a-general-permit-for-ocean-disposal-of-marine-mammal-and-sea-turtle-carcasses","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-16/pdf/2025-13268.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13268.pdf?1752583510","publication_date":"2025-07-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"by-product (\n e.g., \n tallow and grease). <span class=\"match\">Disposal</span> via rendering exposes the carcass to high heat to eliminate pathogens and prevent the spread of diseases. However, if a carcass contains euthanasia drugs some <span class=\"match\">facilities</span> may not be able to <span class=\"match\">accept</span> or process the carcasses depending on the drug. <span class=\"match\">Disposal</span> via rendering requires preplanning and coordination with the rendering facility to fully understand its policies for <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of animals that were chemically euthanized. Rendering may be very expensive. Rendering <span class=\"match\">facilities</span> are not commonly found in all areas"},{"title":"Department of Energy Hanford Mixed Radioactive Waste Land Disposal Restrictions Variance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a treatment variance, requested by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in an August 1, 2023, petition, from the Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) treatment standards for approximately 2,000 gallons of mixed hazardous low-activity radioactive waste from DOE's Test Bed Initiative (TBI) for the Hanford Site in Washington State. The petition requested approval for DOE to treat the TBI waste to the LDR technology standard of stabilization (STABL) with verification of meeting LDR concentration-based and Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure- based standards as applicable for the relevant waste codes.","document_number":"2024-08937","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/01/2024-08937/department-of-energy-hanford-mixed-radioactive-waste-land-disposal-restrictions-variance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-01/pdf/2024-08937.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08937.pdf?1714481122","publication_date":"2024-05-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":" List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 268 \n Environmental protection, Hazardous waste, Mixed waste and variances. \n \n \n Barry N. Breen, \n Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of <span class=\"match\">Land</span> and Emergency Management. \n \n For the reasons set out in the preamble, title 40, chapter I of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows: \n \n PART 268—<span class=\"match\">LAND</span> <span class=\"match\">DISPOSAL</span> RESTRICTIONS \n \n \n 1. The authority citation for part 268 continues to read as follows: \n \n Authority: \n 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6921, and 6924. \n \n \n \n 2. In § 268.44, the table in paragraph"},{"title":"Request for Information Regarding Treatment and Disposal of Elemental Mercury","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center and Office of Environmental Management are currently in the acquisition planning and regulatory planning stages for a potential future treatment and disposal (T&D) acquisition activity and fee rulemaking activities for elemental mercury waste. This planning supports DOE's efforts to implement the requirements of the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008, as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. DOE's Office of Environmental Management is issuing this RFI for the purpose of conducting market research in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). This RFI is also being issued to potentially support a future rulemaking action that would establish a fee to provide long- term management and storage of elemental mercury. No contract solicitation is available through this RFI.","document_number":"2025-01034","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-01034/request-for-information-regarding-treatment-and-disposal-of-elemental-mercury","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-16/pdf/2025-01034.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-01034.pdf?1736948754","publication_date":"2025-01-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. \n \n DOE is aware that <span class=\"match\">Land</span> <span class=\"match\">Disposal</span> Restrictions (LDRs) described in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6901 \n et seq. \n ) (RCRA) at 40 CFR part 268, subpart D—Treatment Standards, do not currently include an approved treatment standard for non-radioactively contaminated elemental mercury waste that provides an LDR-compliant waste form acceptable for shallow <span class=\"match\">land</span> <span class=\"match\">disposal</span>. However, a treatment and <span class=\"match\">land</span> <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> path for non-radioactively contaminated elemental mercury would be"},{"title":"Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Legacy/CCRMU Amendments","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing several revisions to the existing federal CCR regulations, including exempting CCR dewatering structures and modifying the legacy coal combustion residual (CCR) surface impoundment and CCR management unit provisions. Additionally, EPA is proposing to establish a new compliance pathway that allows for site-specific considerations during permitting regarding the groundwater monitoring points of compliance, the cleanup levels for corrective action, the appropriate closure requirements, closure timeframes, and allowing CCR extraction for beneficial use during the post-closure care period. The Agency is also proposing to revise the definition of beneficial use by eliminating the requirement for an environmental demonstration for the non-roadway use of more than 12,400 tons of unencapsulated CCR on land, as well as proposing a definition of CCR storage pile, and proposing to exclude specific beneficial uses from federal CCR regulations. Lastly, EPA is providing notice that EPA will reopen the public comment period for the Federal CCR permit program proposed rule, published on February 20, 2020, for a period of 30 days in a future separate action.","document_number":"2026-07061","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/13/2026-07061/hazardous-and-solid-waste-management-system-disposal-of-coal-combustion-residuals-from-electric","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-13/pdf/2026-07061.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07061.pdf?1775825113","publication_date":"2026-04-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"provided certain criteria are met. This approach is also similar to current regulations governing other solid waste <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> <span class=\"match\">facilities</span>.\n 34 \n \n \n \n \n 34 \n  Solid waste <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> <span class=\"match\">facilities</span> (40 CFR part 257, subpart A, Classification of Solid Waste <span class=\"match\">Disposal</span> <span class=\"match\">Facilities</span> and Practices), VSQGs (40 CFR part 257, subpart B, <span class=\"match\">Disposal</span> Standards for the Receipt of Very Small Quantity Generator Wastes at Non-Municipal Non-Hazardous Waste <span class=\"match\">Disposal</span> Units) and MSWLFs (40 CFR part 258, Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills).\n \n \n In developing this proposal"},{"title":"Approval and Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Louisiana; Control of Emissions From Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units","type":"Rule","abstract":"Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is notifying the public that we have received a CAA section 111(d)/129 negative declaration from Louisiana for existing incinerators subject to the Other Solid Waste Incineration units (OSWI) Emission Guidelines (EG). This negative declaration certifies that existing incinerators subject to the OSWI EG and the requirements of sections 111(d) and 129 of the CAA do not exist within specified jurisdictions in Louisiana. The EPA is accepting the negative declaration and amending the agency regulations in accordance with the requirements of the CAA.","document_number":"2026-12895","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/26/2026-12895/approval-and-promulgation-of-state-air-quality-plans-for-designated-facilities-and-pollutants","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-26/pdf/2026-12895.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12895.pdf?1782391511","publication_date":"2026-06-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"practice and procedure, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Waste treatment and <span class=\"match\">disposal</span>. \n \n \n Dated: June 11, 2026. \n Walter Mason, \n Regional Administrator, Region 6. \n \n For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Environmental Protection Agency amends 40 CFR part 62 as follows: \n \n PART 62—APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF STATE PLANS FOR DESIGNATED <span class=\"match\">FACILITIES</span> AND POLLUTANTS \n \n \n 1. The authority citation for part 62 continues to read as follows: \n \n Authority: \n \n 42 U.S.C. 7401 \n et seq. "},{"title":"Issuance of a General Permit for Ocean Disposal of Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Carcasses","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to re- issue a general permit under the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) to authorize the transport of marine mammal and sea turtle carcasses from the United States and disposal of marine mammal and sea turtle carcasses in ocean waters. Permit authorization is available for any officer, employee, agent, department, agency, or instrumentality of Tribal, Federal, state, or local unit of government, as well as any Marine Life Health and Stranding Response Program (MLHSRP) Stranding Agreement Holder, and any Alaska Native, who already may take a marine mammal or sea turtle under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and/or Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). In 2017, the EPA issued a general permit for the ocean disposal of marine mammal carcasses to streamline MPRSA authorization and reduce burdens associated with case-by-case permitting. Permit re-issuance is necessary because the most recent permit expired on January 4, 2024. The EPA is not proposing substantive changes to the content of the recently expired general permit. The EPA invites public comment on all aspects of this proposed general permit.","document_number":"2024-23035","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/08/2024-23035/issuance-of-a-general-permit-for-ocean-disposal-of-marine-mammal-and-sea-turtle-carcasses","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-08/pdf/2024-23035.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23035.pdf?1728305119","publication_date":"2024-10-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"tallow and grease). <span class=\"match\">Disposal</span> via rendering exposes the carcass to high heat to eliminate \n \n pathogens and prevent the spread of diseases. However, if a carcass contains euthanasia drugs some <span class=\"match\">facilities</span> may not be able to <span class=\"match\">accept</span> or process the carcasses depending on the drug. <span class=\"match\">Disposal</span> via rendering requires preplanning and consultation with the rendering facility to fully understand its policies for <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of animals that were chemically euthanized (\n e.g., \n pentobarbital). Rendering may be very expensive. Rendering <span class=\"match\">facilities</span> are not commonly found"},{"title":"Department of Energy Hanford Mixed Radioactive Waste Land Disposal Restrictions Variance","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant a treatability variance from the Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) treatment standards for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for approximately 2,000 gallons of mixed low-activity waste from the Hanford Site in Washington State. The petitioner demonstrated that treatment of the waste to the specified standard is technically inappropriate, and the treatment variance is sufficient to minimize threats to human health and the environment posed by land disposal of the waste. If the variance is granted, the waste will be stabilized subject to specified conditions, and disposed at EnergySolutions in Clive, Utah and/or Waste Control Specialists in Andrews County, Texas. The variance would allow DOE, Washington, and EPA to evaluate the regulatory pathways by which separation, pretreatment, stabilization, and offsite disposal could be implemented for other Hanford mixed low-activity waste.","document_number":"2023-26123","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/28/2023-26123/department-of-energy-hanford-mixed-radioactive-waste-land-disposal-restrictions-variance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-28/pdf/2023-26123.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-26123.pdf?1701092764","publication_date":"2023-11-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"33 \n  The geology underlying the IDF differs from the geology underlying these two <span class=\"match\">facilities</span> in certain respects, see Section II.C page 14 below.\n \n \n \n Second, because the pre-treated LAW will still contain radionuclides, EPA notes that <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> must be in accordance with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) performance objectives at 10 CFR part 61, subpart C for <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of LLW. The performance objective requirements for licensed MLLW <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> <span class=\"match\">facilities</span> in the Texas Administrative Code and the Utah Administrative Code mirror and are comparable"},{"title":"Approval and Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Oklahoma; Control of Emissions From Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units, Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator Units, and Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units","type":"Rule","abstract":"Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is notifying the public that we have received CAA section 111(d)/129 negative declarations from Oklahoma for existing incinerators subject to the Other Solid Waste Incineration units (OSWI), Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator units (HMIWI), and Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units (CISWI) Emission Guidelines (EG). These negative declarations certify that existing incinerators subject to the OSWI, HMIWI, and CISWI EG and the requirements of sections 111(d) and 129 of the CAA do not exist within specified jurisdictions in Oklahoma. The EPA is accepting these negative declarations and amending agency regulations in accordance with the requirements of the CAA.","document_number":"2026-12896","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/26/2026-12896/approval-and-promulgation-of-state-air-quality-plans-for-designated-facilities-and-pollutants","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-26/pdf/2026-12896.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12896.pdf?1782391512","publication_date":"2026-06-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"declarations and Oklahoma's handling and categorization of <span class=\"match\">facilities</span> under the NSPS and EG, including which <span class=\"match\">facilities</span> would be subject to exemptions or negative declarations under these rules. The commenter also provided some background on the Reworld facility as well as the public notice process and status for the facility's proposed permit revision. \n \n Response: \n EPA notes the commenter's concern regarding the proposed permit revision for Reworld which would allow the facility to <span class=\"match\">accept</span> and burn additional RMW. EPA also notes that ODEQ has historically"},{"title":"Notice of Realty Action: Non-Competitive (Direct) Land Sale in Eddy County, New Mexico","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carlsbad Field Office is proposing a non-competitive direct sale of 199.89 acres of public land in Eddy County, New Mexico, to the county. The purpose of the sale is for the county to build a light industrial, commercial, and retail activity area. The sale would be subject to the applicable provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as amended, and BLM land sale regulations. The sale would be for no less than the appraised fair market value of $1.3 million.","document_number":"2024-27986","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/29/2024-27986/notice-of-realty-action-non-competitive-direct-land-sale-in-eddy-county-new-mexico","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-29/pdf/2024-27986.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27986.pdf?1732715141","publication_date":"2024-11-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Land Management","name":"Land Management Bureau","id":275,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/land-management-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/275","parent_id":253,"slug":"land-management-bureau"}],"excerpts":"the <span class=\"match\">land</span> from all forms of appropriation under the public <span class=\"match\">land</span> laws, including the mining laws, except for the sale provisions of FLPMA. Until completion of the sale, the BLM will no longer <span class=\"match\">accept</span> <span class=\"match\">land</span> use applications affecting this public <span class=\"match\">land</span>. The segregative effect will terminate upon issuance of a patent, publication in the \n Federal Register \n of termination of the segregation, or on November 30, 2026, unless extended by the BLM New Mexico State Director in accordance with 43 CFR 2711.1-2(d) prior to the termination date.\n \n The <span class=\"match\">land</span> is not"},{"title":"Wyoming Regulatory Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving an amendment to the Wyoming regulatory program (hereinafter, the Wyoming Program or Program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). On its own initiative, the Wyoming Land Quality Division (LQD), in response to State legislative changes enacted in 2020, proposed rules to its Program that facilitate the disposal of inert decommissioned wind turbine blades and towers as backfill in end walls or the final pit voids in surface coal mining operations. In addition, Wyoming has updated Chapter 2 of its Coal Rules, titled \"Permit Application Requirements for Surface Coal Mining Operations,\" to provide consistency with the Wyoming Secretary of State's Rules on Rules, as well as correct grammatical errors.","document_number":"2025-00198","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/13/2025-00198/wyoming-regulatory-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-13/pdf/2025-00198.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00198.pdf?1736516723","publication_date":"2025-01-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement","name":"Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office","id":480,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/surface-mining-reclamation-and-enforcement-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/480","parent_id":253,"slug":"surface-mining-reclamation-and-enforcement-office"}],"excerpts":"delegated the lead role in overseeing the <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of non-hazardous waste, and the generator of waste is ultimately responsible for determining whether the waste qualifies as non-hazardous. The EPA explained that, if wind turbine blades and towers \n \n are appropriately characterized as non-hazardous waste and no other waste is <span class=\"match\">accepted</span> at these wind turbine <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> <span class=\"match\">facilities</span>, then such <span class=\"match\">facilities</span> would be subject to 40 CFR part 257, subpart A, entitled “Classification of Solid Waste <span class=\"match\">Disposal</span> <span class=\"match\">Facilities</span> and Practices.”\n \n As explained in more detail"},{"title":"Approval of Replacement Waste Panels 11 and 12 at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, or the Agency) has approved the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE, or the Department) planned change request to dispose of defense transuranic (TRU) waste in replacement panels 11 and 12 in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). This decision is based on a thorough review of information submitted by DOE, independent technical analyses, and public comments. EPA found that DOE demonstrated that the use of two replacement waste panels to replace lost waste disposal volume in panels 1, 7, and 9, would provide a reasonable expectation of the WIPP remaining in compliance with the 10,000-year release limits set by the \"Environmental Standards for the Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and Transuranic Radioactive Wastes\" at 40 CFR part 191.","document_number":"2025-15741","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/19/2025-15741/approval-of-replacement-waste-panels-11-and-12-at-the-waste-isolation-pilot-plant","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-19/pdf/2025-15741.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15741.pdf?1755521116","publication_date":"2025-08-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a transuranic (TRU) radioactive waste <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> system developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that is located near Carlsbad in southeastern New Mexico. TRU radioactive waste is emplaced about 650 meters (2,150 feet) underground in an ancient layer of salt that will eventually “creep,” encapsulate, and isolate the waste from the surrounding environment. The 1992 WIPP <span class=\"match\">Land</span> Withdrawal Act (Pub. L. 102-579) (LWA) limits radioactive waste <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> in the WIPP to TRU radioactive wastes generated by defense-related"},{"title":"Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Extension of an Alternative Closure Requirement Deadline","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing to extend, by three years, one compliance deadline applicable to certain coal combustion residuals (CCR) surface impoundments operating pursuant to the alternative closure requirements. Specifically, EPA is extending the deadline for owners and operators to complete closure of their unlined CCR surface impoundments larger than 40 acres from October 17, 2028, to October 17, 2031. This deadline extension will promote electric grid reliability by allowing a subset of coal-fired power producers to continue to operate beyond their currently scheduled retirement date.","document_number":"2025-21597","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21597/hazardous-and-solid-waste-management-system-disposal-of-coal-combustion-residuals-from-electric","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/pdf/2025-21597.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21597.pdf?1764164746","publication_date":"2025-11-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"extreme weather conditions are likely to cause a shortfall in area reserves. Eight of the 11 <span class=\"match\">facilities</span> fall within an elevated-risk area. Normal-risk areas are expected to have sufficient resources under a broad range of assessed conditions. The remaining three <span class=\"match\">facilities</span> fall within a normal-risk area. \n \n The 2024 LTRA provides a risk summary for the areas categorized with an elevated risk.\n 14 \n \n The risks for the MISO area (5 of the 11 <span class=\"match\">facilities</span>) were summarized as “Uncertainty around new resource additions and existing generator retirements"},{"title":"Ohio Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving an amendment to the Ohio Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Plan (Ohio Plan or Plan) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Ohio proposed to amend its existing plan to reflect statutory, regulatory, policy, procedural, and organizational changes made since it was originally approved in 1982. Ohio also submitted relevant statutory provisions amended by the State legislature in 2016, as well as draft statutory revisions regarding what land and water resources are eligible for Federal grant funds and other proposed amendments for consistency with SMCRA, for OSMRE's review and consideration.","document_number":"2024-22327","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/30/2024-22327/ohio-abandoned-mine-land-reclamation-plan","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-30/pdf/2024-22327.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-22327.pdf?1727441136","publication_date":"2024-09-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement","name":"Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office","id":480,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/surface-mining-reclamation-and-enforcement-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/480","parent_id":253,"slug":"surface-mining-reclamation-and-enforcement-office"}],"excerpts":"consistent with the requirements of 30 CFR 884.13(a)(3)(iii). \n Part VIII, Policy for <span class=\"match\">Land</span> Acquisition, Management, and Disposition, describes the acquisition, management, and <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of lands and waters adversely affected by past coal mining practices. Specifically, if it has been determined by both Ohio and us that acquisition of <span class=\"match\">land</span> is required for successful reclamation, the State will comply with 30 CFR part 879 regarding the acquisition, management, and <span class=\"match\">disposal</span> of the lands and waters. This section is consistent with the requirements of 30 CFR"}]}