Pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq. (``RCRA''), and the regulations thereunder, the State of New Jersey (the ``State'') applied for final authorization of its hazardous waste program adopted in October 1996. On May 11, 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 (``EPA'') published a proposed rule (64 FR 25258), proposing to approve and authorize the State's hazardous waste program, subject to public comment. Today's action authorizes the State's hazardous waste program as proposed, since there were no public comments submitted.