Revisions to Guidelines for the Storage and Collection of Residential, Commercial, and Institutional Solid Waste

Résumé

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to revise Guidelines for the Storage and Collection of Residential, Commercial, and Institutional Solid Waste through incorporation by reference of new voluntary consensus standards from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). We are proposing this revision in response to a petition for rulemaking submitted by the Waste Equipment Technology Association requesting the Agency to update the references to ANSI standards. This proposed revision would assure that the Guidelines include references to the most current national safety standards. In the final rules Section of today's Federal Register, we are promulgating this amendment as a final rule without a prior proposal because we view this as a noncontroversial action that encourages the use of voluntary consensus standards. Thus, we anticipate no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the amendment is set forth in the preamble to the accompanying direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to this action, we plan no further action regarding this proposed rule as the accompanying direct final rule will be effective. If we receive relevant adverse com