[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 23]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR271.24]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
                   CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                           AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 271--REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTHORIZATION OF STATE HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart A--Requirements for Final Authorization
 
Sec. 271.24  Interim authorization under section 3006(g) of RCRA.

    (a) Any State which is applying for or has been granted final 
authorization pursuant to section 3006(b) of RCRA may submit to the 
Administrator evidence that its program contains (or has been amended to 
include) any requirement which is substantially equivalent to a 
requirement identified in Sec. 271.1(j) of this part. Such a State may 
request interim authorization under section 3006(g) of RCRA to carry out 
the State requirement in lieu of the Administrator carrying out the 
Federal requirement.
    (b) The applications shall be governed by the procedures for program 
revisions in Sec. 271.21(b) of this part.
    (c) Interim authorization pursuant to this section expires on 
January 1, 2003, except that interim authorization for the revised 
Corrective Action Management Unit rule (except 40 CFR 264.555) 
promulgated on January 22, 2002 and cited in Table 1 in Sec. 271.1 
expires on August 30, 2004 if the State has not submitted an application 
for final authorization.

[57 FR 60132, Dec. 18, 1992, as amended at 67 FR 3029, Jan. 22, 2002]