Summary for State Program Advisory Twenty-one

SPA 21 covers the period July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000, and includes this summary plus three attachments.  The first attachment, Attachment A, contains new Revision Checklists 181-187 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 X-specific Model Revision Attorney General's Statement, and the Map of Revision Checklist Materials.  Attachment C includes the updated (through June 30, 2000) special consolidated checklists for the Air Emissions, Land Disposal Restrictions, Boilers and Industrial Furnaces, Toxicity Characteristic, Wood Preserving, Bevill Exclusion for Mining Wastes, Recycled Used Oil Management Standards, and Treatability Studies Consolidated Checklists.

The following points briefly highlight the content of SPA 21.  These points are organized by topic.

Checklists

	New

	•	This SPA provides seven new checklists (numbers 181 through 187), covering regulatory changes for the period July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000.    All of the checklists in SPA 21 are in RCRA Cluster X.  Revision Checklists 185 and 187 contain only HSWA provisions; Checklists 181 and 184 contain only non-HSWA provisions; and Checklists 182 and 183 contain both HSWA and Non-HSWA provisions.

•	abRevision Checklist 186 modifies EPA’s procedures for terminating RCRA permits.  EPA does not require State programs to have equivalent procedure for appeals in their authorized programs.  As such, this rule is not applicable to State Programs and will not be issued as a checklist to be used by States.  EPA will not authorize States for this rule.	

	Existing

	•	Updates have been made to previous documents as follows:
•	abRevision Checklist 157 revised to reflect as optional the provisions identified as less stringent;
•	abRevision Checklist 157 Summary AG entries revised to reflect optional provisions;
•	abRevision Checklists 167B and 167C revised to add entries inadvertently omitted and to reflect optional provisions identified in Revision Checklist 157;
•	abRevision Checklist 167D revised to indicate that the Checklist has been withdrawn;
•	abRevision Checklist 167A-F Summary revised to reflect withdrawal of Revision Checklist 167D.   The AG entries related to Revision Checklist 157 optional provisions were revised to reflect conditionally optional status;
•	abRevision Checklist 169 revised to add a second prenote encouraging States to adopt the technical corrections addressed by Revision Checklist 187;
•	abRevision Checklist 179 revised to reflect the change in minor rule guidance and to identify provisions affected by the withdrawal of Revision Checklist 167D;
•	abRevision Checklist 179 Summary revised to reflect linkage to additional prior Revision Checklists, related changes to revisions to Revision Checklists 167B and 167C, and the withdrawal of Revision Checklist 167D; and
•	abRevision Checklist 180 Summary was revised to reflect the change in minor rule guidance.

Cluster Information

	•	SPA 21 delineates timeframes by which States must obtain authorization for RCRA Cluster X.  The due date is July 1, 2001 (July 1, 2002 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, a RCRA Cluster X-specific Model Revision AG Statement, and a Checklist Linkage Table to insert into the SAM.