Solid Waste Programs; Management Guidelines for Beverage Containers and Resource Recovery Facilities Guidelines; Removal of Obsolete Guidelines

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is removing from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) two guidelines pertaining to solid waste management which are obsolete. The activities addressed in these 1976 guidelines have been included in numerous state and local statutes and regulations and other Federal rules, or have been superseded by such Presidential actions as Executive Order 12873, ``Federal Acquisition, Recycling, and Waste Prevention.'' Deleting these guidelines from the CFR will have no measurable impact on solid waste management. In the proposed rules section of today's Federal Register, EPA is proposing to withdraw Parts 244 and 245 from Title 40 of the CFR. The accompanying proposal incorporates the contents of this direct final rule. If adverse comments are received on that notice of proposed rulemaking, EPA will withdraw the direct final rule and address the comments received in a subsequent final rule. No additional opportunity for public comment will be provided.