United States            Solid Waste and
                    Environmental Protection      Emergency Response          EPA 530-F-93-006
                    Agency                (OS-305)                  April 1993

                    Office of Solid Waste
x°/EPA        Environmental
                    Fact Sheet
                    WOOD SURFACE
                    PROTECTION WASTES
                    PROPOSED AS HAZARDOUS

                    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to list as
                    "hazardous" certain wastes from wood surface protection operations that
                    use protectant containing a concentration of pentachlorophenate greater
                    than 0.1 parts per million (ppm). EPA is requesting public comment on the
                    proposal.
         Background

            Freshly cut lumber is often treated with a surface protectant in
         order to temporarily prevent saps tain. Some protectant formulations
         used in the lumber industry contain chlorophenolic chemicals. These
         particular formulations and the wastes generated by their use in the
         surface protection of lumber contain dioxin and furan impurities. In
         the past, chlorophenolic formulations were used quite extensively to
         protect lumber. In January 1992, production of chlorophenolics ceased
         and current use is diminishing.

            The 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments require EPA to
         determine whether to designate, or "list," these and other wastes as
         hazardous, thereby subjecting them to the waste management regula-
         tions under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

         Action

            EPA has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to list as
         hazardous those wastes from wood surface protection operations whose
         protectant formulations have a concentration of pentachlorophenate
         greater than 0.1 ppm. This proposed listing includes wastes from
         plants that presently use non-chlorophenolic formulations, but whose
         formulations have been contaminated by previous chorophenolic use.

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                    United States            Solid Waste and
                    Environmental Protection      Emergency Response          EPA 530-F-93-006
                    Agency                (OS-305)                  April 1993

                    Office of Solid Waste
v°/EPA         Environmental
                     Fact Sheet
                    WOOD SURFACE
                    PROTECTION WASTES
                    PROPOSED AS HAZARDOUS

                    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to list as
                    "hazardous" certain wastes from wood surface protection operations that
                    use protectant containing a concentration of pentachlorophenate greater
                    than 0.1 parts per million (ppm). EPA is requesting public comment on the
                    proposal.
         Background

            Freshly cut lumber is often treated with a surface protectant in
         order to temporarily prevent saps tain. Some protectant formulations
         used in the lumber industry contain chlorophenolic chemicals. These
         particular formulations and the wastes generated by their use in the
         surface protection of lumber contain dioxLn and furan impurities. In
         the past, chlorophenolic formulations were used quite extensively to
         protect lumber. In January 1992, production of chlorophenolics ceased
         and current use is diminishing.

            The 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments require EPA to
         determine whether to designate, or "list," these and other wastes as
         hazardous, thereby subjecting them to the waste management regula-
         tions under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

         Action

            EPA has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to list as
         hazardous those wastes from wood surface protection operations whose
         protectant formulations have a concentration of pentachlorophenate
         greater than 0.1 ppm. This proposed listing includes wastes from
         plants that presently use non-chlorophenolic formulations, but whose
         formulations have been contaminated by previous chorophenolic use.

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