Standards for the Management of Coal Combustion Residuals Generated by Commercial Electric Power Producers

Children's Health
This rule is likely to address an adverse impact on childhood lifestages, including prenatal (via exposure to women of childbearing age). The potential adverse impacts are expected to be due to exposure (i.e., children and/or women of childbearing age are more likely to be highly exposed than other lifestages).

Environmental Justice
This rulemaking involves a topic that is likely to be of particular interest to or have particular impact upon minority, low-income, tribal, and/or other vulnerable populations because:

• This topic is likely to impact the health of vulnerable populations.
• This topic is likely to impact the environmental conditions of vulnerable populations.
• This topic is likely to affect the availability of information to vulnerable populations.

Federal Government - other agencies
Likely to be regulated by this rule.

Federalism
This rulemaking is likely to have federalism implications, as defined by E.O. 13132.

Local Governments
Likely to be regulated by this rule.

• Likely to have any adverse economic impact on:
• small businesses
• small governments

In addition, small governments are:

• Likely to be regulated by this rule.

State Governments
Likely to be regulated by this rule.
Likely to be involved in the implementation of this rule.

Tribal Governments
Likely to be involved in the implementation of this rule.

Unfunded Mandates
This action may place unfunded mandates on state, local, and/or tribal governments and on the private sector. It is subject to Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.

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Some of EPA's rulemakings undergo regulatory review (What's this?), as prescribed by Executive Order 12866 and coordinated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The following list describes which of this rulemaking's stages have completed review and published in the Federal Register, if any, and provides links to the review documents where available. Consult the "Timeline" section of this Web page for the dates of each review.

• NODA-2 - No Information Available.

• NODA - This stage of the rulemaking underwent review.

• NPRM - This stage of the rulemaking underwent review. Click on the following link(s) to see how the rule changed as a result of review:
  • Document initiating review
  • Documentation of changes made during review

• NODA-1 - This stage of the rulemaking did not undergo review.

• NODA - This stage of the rulemaking did not undergo review.

• NODA4 - This stage of the rulemaking underwent review.

Federal Register Citations

• NPRM: 75 FR 35128
• Public Meeting: 75 FR 41121
• NPRM Comment Period Extension: 75 FR 51434
• NODA: 75 FR 64974
• NODA: 76 FR 63252

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Citation
40 CFR 257;40 CFR 261;40 CFR 264;40 CFR 265;40 CFR 268;40 CFR 271;40 CFR 302

Legal Authority
42 USC 6905;42 USC 6906;42 USC 6907(a)(3);42 USC 6912;42 USC 6912(a);42 USC 6912(a)(1);42 USC 6921;42 USC 6922;42 USC 6923;42 USC 6924;42 USC 6925;42 USC 6925(j);42 USC 6935;42 USC 6936;42 USC 6937;42 USC 6944(a);42 USC 6949a(c);33 USC 1345(d);33 USC 1345(e)