Summary for State Program Advisory Nineteen

SPA 19 covers the period July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1998, and includes this summary plus three attachments.  The first attachment, Attachment A, contains new Revision Checklists 160-168 and their corresponding summaries.  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, a RCRA Cluster VIII-specific Model Revision Attorney General's Statement, and the Map of Revision Checklist Materials.  This is the first time a cluster specific model Attorney General’s Statement has been included in a SPA.  This model includes only those entries specific to RCRA Cluster VIII.  Attachment C includes the updated (through June 30, 1998) special consolidated checklists for the Air Emissions, Land Disposal Restrictions, Boilers and Industrial Furnaces, Toxicity Characteristic, Wood Preserving, the Bevill Exclusion for Mining Wastes, Recycled Used Oil Management Standards Consolidated Checklist, and Treatability Studies Consolidated Checklist.

The following points briefly highlight the content of SPA 19.  These points are organized by topic.

Checklists

	New

	•	This SPA provides nine new checklists (numbers 160 through 168), covering regulatory changes for the period July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1998.    All of the checklists in SPA 19 are in RCRA Cluster VIII.  Revision Checklists 160, 161, 162, 163, and 165 contain only HSWA provisions; Checklists 164 and 166 contain only non-HSWA provisions.  Revision Checklist 167 has been divided into Revision Checklist A-F and which contain HSWA and non-HSWA provisions.

	Existing

	•	No changes to existing checklists are included in SPA 19.

Cluster Information

	•	SPA 19 delineates timeframes by which States must obtain authorization for RCRA Cluster VIII.  The due date is July 1, 1999 (July 1, 2000 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.