United States Solid Waste and
Environmental Protection Emergency Response EPA530-F-92-028
Agency (OS-305) October 1992
Office of Solid Waste
&EPA Environmental
Fact Sheet
WASTES GENERATED DURING THE
MANUFACTURE OF CHLORINATED
TOLUENES LISTED AS HAZARDOUS
BACKGROUND
The Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 1984
mandated the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine
whether or not wastes generated during the manufacture of chlorinated
aromatics should be listed as hazardous. With the promulgation of this
rule, the requirement mandated by HSWA for the chlorinated aromatic
industry is completed.
ACTION
This rulemaking lists as hazardous three waste streams generated from
the production of chlorinated toluenes. The wastes contain hazardous
constituents which are chronic systemic toxicants and/or carcinogenic
and mutagenic. They also are typically present in high concentrations,
and are mobile and persistent. This proposal sets the reportable
quantity (RQ) at 10 pounds, and adds the following wastes to the
hazardous substances list under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
K149 Distillation or fractionation bottoms from the production
of alpha- (or methyl-) chlorinated toluenes, ring-
chlorinated toluenes, benzyl chlorides, and compounds
with mixtures of these functional groups. (Still bottoms
from the distillation of benzyl chloride are not included.)
K150 Organic residuals from the spent chlorine gas and hydro-
chloric acid recovery processes associated with the
production of alpha (or methyl-) chlorinated toluenes,
ring-chlorinated toluenes, benzyl chlorides, and com-
pounds with mixtures of these functional groups. (Spent
carbon adsorbent is not included.)
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United States Solid Waste and
Environmental Protection Emergency Response EPA530-F-92-028
Agency (OS-305) October 1992
Office of Solid Waste
SEPA Environmental
Fact Sheet
WASTES GENERATED DURING THE
MANUFACTURE OF CHLORINATED
TOLUENES LISTED AS HAZARDOUS
BACKGROUND
The Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 1984
mandated the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine
whether or not wastes generated during the manufacture of chlorinated
aromatics should be listed as hazardous. With the promulgation of this
rule, the requirement mandated by HSWA for the chlorinated aromatic
industry is completed.
ACTION
This rulemaking lists as hazardous three waste streams generated from
the production of chlorinated toluenes. The wastes contain hazardous
constituents which are chronic systemic toxicants and/or carcinogenic
and mutagenic. They also are typically present in high concentrations,
and are mobile and persistent. This proposal sets the reportable
quantity (RQ) at 10 pounds, and adds the following wastes to the
hazardous substances list under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
K149 Distillation or fractionation bottoms from the production
of alpha- (or methyl-) chlorinated toluenes, ring-
chlorinated toluenes, benzyl chlorides, and compounds
with mixtures of these functional groups. (Still bottoms
from the distillation of benzyl chloride are not included.)
K150 Organic residuals from the spent chlorine gas and hydro-
chloric acid recovery processes associated with the
production of alpha (or methyl-) chlorinated toluenes,
ring-chlorinated toluenes, benzyl chlorides, and com-
pounds with mixtures of these functional groups. (Spent
carbon adsorbent is not included.)
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