PART  124   SUBPART A  - GENERAL  REQUIREMENTS
                                                DOC:  9521.04(83)
 Key Words:     Public  Participation

 Regulations:   40 CFR  124.10(c)

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Summary:
Permitting Issues Raised at the May 12th Branch Chiefs Meeting:
Notifying Congressional Delegations of Pending Permit Actions

Regional Solid Waste Branch Chiefs, Regions I-X

Steve Levy, Chief, Permits Branch, State Programs and
Resource Recovery

See Miscellaneous [9560.06(83) Issue #3]

5-26-83
     Congressional delegations are  to be informed of all  permitting  actions  in
their districts.  Therefore', each Region and each Phase II Authorized  State
should add Steve Levy's address (Office of Solid Waste (WH-563),  U.S.  Environ-
mental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 20406) to their mailing lists  pre-
pared under §124.10(c).

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INACTIVE LJu«u -JlSPOb/tL  g>ACILI f lelij
     A second issue raised at  tne Teetinq  concerns  land  disposal
cacilities wnicn tne kegion celieves  stopped  accepting  wastes
ad of January 26, 1933  (tne effective date or  the  new *>art  2*54
atandarcs) .  A numoer of sucn  facilities were  identified in tne
Agency's recent response to Congressman ?iorio's  request for
infonaation on RCRA implementation.   The purpose  of  tne  closure
regulations, of course, 3.4 to  navw owners  ana  operators  *no navo
race wed their last volume of  waata sucnit closure  ^-lans (and,
; i: a^wlicaolrf i ^ost-ciosure plans) and ^cve towarc  closure  ^y
tr.e uata <3 ;.x nontns artsr wastes were last received  (e.^
3y July 26, 19^3, in -aany instances).
     If, r.owever, t.*ie Hefjion has  not  received  notice of intent
to clos« crom tne owner or operator  in  the  situation discussed
aoove , wnat actions sr.culc J«  taeriod
of uncertain regulatory status and posaioie evasion cf tne new
Part 264 requirements oeeauae  of  facility inaction.

              SOTIPICATIOCiS
     I nave been airectsd to  assume  the  res^-onsioilt/ :or
notifying affected Congressional delegations  of  all permitting
actions in tneir districts.   In ordar  to do tnis,  we agreed
tnat eacn region would add ay naae and  address  to  their nailing
lists prepared unaar  124.10(c) and nav»  eacn  ^nase II ( cr final)
authorizes stata in their region also  ado my  name  ana acdress to
their mailing lists.  My adaress should  o« listed  as follow?:

               Steven Lev/
               Office ot solid Waste (WH-S63)
               U.S. 2nvironm«ntal  Protection  Agency
               Washington, D.C. 20460

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