<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Good morning all,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The proposed rule is now live in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">Federal Register</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and open for a 60-day public comment period. Here are links to the web-version and official print version of the proposal:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-05088" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-05088</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-20/pdf/2024-05088.pdf" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-20/pdf/2024-05088.pdf</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">You may leave a comment on the proposal through the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://regulations.gov/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">regulations.gov</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>site during the 60-day public comment period ending May 20, 2024:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.regulations.gov/document/EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0397-0001" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.regulations.gov/document/EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0397-0001</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">In addition, we will be hosting a public webinar to discuss the proposal on Thursday, April 18<sup class="">th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at 1:00PM EDT. We ask that you register at:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.epa.gov/remedytech/forms/registration-revisions-standards-open-burningopen-detonation-waste-explosives" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.epa.gov/remedytech/forms/registration-revisions-standards-open-burningopen-detonation-waste-explosives</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Paul Diss<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">US Environmental Protection Agency<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Office of Land and Emergency Management<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Program Implementation and Information Division<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Permits Branch<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class="">From:</span></b><span class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Diss, Paul (he/him/his)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, March 12, 2024 1:09 PM<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Gerhard, Sasha <<a href="mailto:Gerhard.Sasha@epa.gov" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Gerhard.Sasha@epa.gov</a>>; Kohler, Amanda <<a href="mailto:Kohler.Amanda@epa.gov" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Kohler.Amanda@epa.gov</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>EPA to Publish NPRM: Revisions to the Standards for OB/OD of Waste Explosives<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Good afternoon,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The EPA will publish a proposed rule to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">Federal Register</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to revise the standards for open burning and open detonation of waste explosives. We will send another notice when the proposal is published and the 60 day public comment period begins.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class="">Title:</i></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Revisions to Standards for the Open Burning/Open Detonation of Waste Explosives<b class=""><i class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class="">Summary:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b>The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) proposes to revise regulations that allow for the open burning and detonation (OB/OD) of waste explosives. This allowance or “variance” to the prohibition on the open burning of hazardous waste was established at a time when there were no alternatives for the safe treatment of waste explosives. However, recent findings from the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and the EPA have identified safe alternatives which are potentially applicable to treat some energetic/explosive waste streams. Because there may be safe alternatives available and in use today that capture and treat emissions prior to release, regulations would be revised to describe specified procedures for the existing requirements to evaluate and implement alternative treatment technologies. Today’s proposed revisions would reduce OB/OD of waste explosives and increase control of air emissions through improved implementation of existing requirements that facilities must evaluate and use safe and available alternative technologies in lieu of OB/OD.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">You can access a pre-publication version of and press release about the proposed rule:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.epa.gov/hwpermitting/revisions-standards-open-burning-open-detonation-waste-explosives" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.epa.gov/hwpermitting/revisions-standards-open-burning-open-detonation-waste-explosives</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-latest-action-better-protect-communities" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-latest-action-better-protect-communities</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Paul Diss<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">US Environmental Protection Agency<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Office of Land and Emergency Management<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Program Implementation and Information Division<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Permits Branch</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">
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