Summary for State Program Advisory Fifteen

This SPA covers the period July 1, 1993 through June 30, 1994, and includes this summary plus three attachments.  The first attachment, Attachment A, contains new Revision Checklists 125-134 and their corresponding summaries and FR articles.  Attachment B contains updates to the State Authorization Manual (SAM), including Tables G-1 and G-2, the Checklist Linkage Table, the Model Revision Attorney General's Statement, and a revised Revision Checklist 49.  Attachment C includes the updated (through June 30, 1994) consolidated checklists for the Land Disposal Restrictions, Boilers and Industrial Furnaces, Toxicity Characteristic, Wood Preserving, and the Bevill Exclusion for Mining Wastes.  Attachment C also contains two new consolidated checklists:  1) Recycled Used Oil Management Standards Consolidated Checklist, which consolidates the requirements of Revision Checklists 112, 122 and 130, and 2) Treatability Studies Consolidated Checklist, which consolidates the requirements of Revision Checklists 49 and 129.

The following points briefly highlight the content of SPA 15.  These points are organized by topic.

Checklists

	New

	!	This SPA provides ten new checklists (Numbers 125 through 134) covering regulatory changes for the period July 1, 1993 through June 30, 1994.  All checklists are in RCRA Cluster IV.  Revision Checklists 125, 126 and 130 contain both HSWA and Non-HSWA provisions, Checklist 127 contains HSWA provisions, and Checklists 128, 129, 131, 132, 133 and 134 contain only non-HSWA provisions.

	Existing

!	A new prenote was added to Revision Checklist 49 that explains the relationship of this checklist to Revision Checklist 129.  This note also states that, while Revision Checklist 49 is optional, EPA strongly encourages States to adopt the provisions addressed by it.  These provisions help facilitate evaluating remediation alternatives for CERCLA clean-ups and for the RCRA Corrective Action Program.  The rule addressed by Revision Checklist 49 also will speed research and development for treatment alternatives to land disposal and waste minimization, recycling and reuse.

Cluster Information

	!	SPA 15 delineates timeframes by which States must obtain authorization for RCRA Cluster IV.  The due date is July 1, 1995 (July 1, 1996 if a State statutory change is necessary).  For further information on the Cluster Rule, see September 26, 1986 (51 FR 33712).

SAM

	!	This SPA provides updated Tables G-1 and G-2, a Model Revision Attorney General's Statement, and a Checklist Linkage Table to insert into the SAM.