[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 26]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR281.61]

[Page 545-546]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
                           AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 281_APPROVAL OF STATE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAMS--Table 
of Contents
 
           Subpart F_Withdrawal of Approval of State Programs
 
Sec. 281.61  Procedures for withdrawal of approval of state programs.

    (a) The following procedures apply when a state with an approved 
program voluntarily transfers to EPA those program responsibilities 
required by federal law.

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    (1) The state must give EPA notice of the proposed transfer, and 
submit, at least 90 days before the transfer, a plan for the orderly 
transfer of all relevant program information necessary for EPA to 
administer the program.
    (2) Within 30 days of receiving the state's transfer plan, EPA must 
evaluate the plan and identify any additional information needed by the 
federal government for program administration.
    (3) At least 30 days before the transfer is to occur, EPA must 
publish notice of the transfer in the Federal Register; in enough of the 
largest newspapers in the state to attract statewide attention; and to 
persons on appropriate state mailing lists.
    (b) When EPA begins proceedings to determine whether to withdraw 
approval of a state program (either on its own initiative or in response 
to a petition from an interested person), withdrawal proceedings must be 
conducted in accordance with procedures set out in 40 CFR 271.23 (b) and 
(c), except for Sec. 271.23(b)(8)(iii) to the extent that it deviates 
from requirements under Sec. 281.60.