United States Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5305) EPA530-S-95-005 March 1995 &EPA Executive Summary The Preliminary Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report (Based on 1993 Data) Reeyelcid/Recyelable Printed on paper that contains at least 20 percent posteon sumer fiber. ^ ------- ------- Executive Summary EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with the States,1 biennially collects information regarding the generation, management, and final disposition of hazardous wastes regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as amended. The purpose of this preliminary repoit is to communicate the findings of EPA's 1993 Biennial Reporting System (BRS) data collection efforts to the public, government agencies, and the regulated community,2 as well as to allow an assessment of the quality and completeness of the data submissions on which the report is based. (For further discussion of data quality and completeness see page ES-7). The preliminary report consists of five documents (a "State Summary Analysis" will be included in the final report) : o Executive Summary—an overview of national hazardous waste generation and management practices; o National Analysis-a detailed look at waste handling practices in the EPA regions, the states and at the largest facilities in the nation, including quantities of generation, management, shipments and receipts, and interstate imports and exports, as well as counts of generators and managers; o State Detail Analysis-a detailed look at each state's waste handling practices, including overall totals for generation, management, and shipments and receipts, as well as totals for the largest fifty facilities; o List of Large Quantity Generators—identifies every hazardous waste generator in the United States that reported itself to be a large quantity generator in 1993; and o List of Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities-identifies every hazardous waste manager in the United States that reported itself to be a treatment, storage or disposal facility in 1993. 'The term "state" includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Navajo Nation, the Trust Territories, and the Virgin Islands, in addition to the 50 United States. 'While BRS respondents have submitted Confidential Business Information (CBI) pursuant to 40 CFR 260.2(b). none of these data have been included in this preliminary report. i ES-1 ------- Preliminary Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report: Based on 1993 Data RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATION In 19.93, 22,615 large quantity generators produced 235 million tons of hazardous wastes regulated by RCRA-3 This is.a decrease of 811 generators and 70 million tons of waste compared to 1991. As identified in Exhibit. 1, the largest hazardous waste generating states were Texas (67 million tons). New York (45 million tons), Louisiana (32 million tons), and Michigan (21 million tons). Together, these states accounted for 70% of the national total. In comparing 1993 data with those of earlier reports, it is Important to note that many new wastes were captured by RCRA in 1990 with the promulgation of the Toxicity Characteristic (TC) Rule. The TC Rule added 25 new hazardous waste codes (D018-D043) and required more stringent analytical tests for the presence of toxic constituents in waste. These codes captured, at a minimum, 76 million tons of wastes that were not regulated before 1990. An additional 41 million tons were described by DO 18-D043 mixed with other waste codes. This suggests that the new toxicity characteristic wastes captured between 76 and 117 million tons of wastes that were not included in the 1989 Biennial Report, but were included in the 1993 report. Hazardous waste generators are included in "The Preliminary Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report" if they identified themselves as large quantity generators. The following are the federal criteria for being a large quantity generator: o The generator generated in any single month 1,000 kg (2,200 Ibs. or 1.1 tons) or more of RCRA hazardous waste; or o The generator generated in any single month, or accumulated at any time, 1 kg (2.2 Ibs) of RCRA acute hazardous waste; or o The generator generated, or accumulated, at any time more than 100 kg (220 Ibs) of spill cleanup material contaminated with RCRA acute hazardous waste. 'This quantity only includes waste managed in treatment units subject to RCRA permitting standards or transportation regulations. Hazardous waste .managed in units exempt from RCRA permitting standards, such as treatment systems permitted by the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), is not included in this report. ES-2 ------- Executive Summary According to these criteria, a generator that reports more than 13.2 tons (12 months x 1.1 tons) of annual hazardous waste generation must be a large quantity generator, because the generator must have generated at least 1.1 tons in at least one month. A generator that reports less than 13.2 tons in a year may not be a large quantity generator, because they may have generated less than 1.1 tons in every month. Of the 22,615 generators that identified themselves as large quantity generators, there are 13,473 generators that generated more than 13.2 tons in 1993,7,570 that generated between 1.1 and 13.2 tons, and 1,572 that generated less than 1.1 tons. i ' It is important to note that the large quantity generators identified in this report have been included on the basis of the best available and most current information provided electronically to the EPA by the States. Both the EPA and the States have made significant efforts to ensure the accuracy of these data. However, the large quantity generator counts may include some generators that met lower, state-defined thresholds for large quantity generators. The EPA and the States endeavor to control for variation iin state programs, but it is not always possible to distinguish generators that the federal threshold determines to be large quantity generators from generators that a state threshold determines to be large quantity generators. The EPA and the States also endeavor to ensure that only federally regulated wastes are counted in the determination of federal large quantity generators, but the large quantity generator counts may include generators that, when determining whether they were large quantity generators, counted wastes regulated only by their states or wastes that are exempt from federal regulation. RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT In 1993, 3,792 treatment, storage, or disposal facilities (TSDs) subject to RCRA permitting standards managed 211 million tons of hazardous waste. This represents a 70 facility decrease in the number of TSDs and an 84 million ton decrease in the amount of waste managed as compared to 1991. As identified in Exhibit 2, the states managing the largest quantities of hazardous wastes were Texas (58 million tons), Nlew York (45 million tons), Louisiana (31 million tons), and Michigan (21 million tons). Togiether, these states accounted for 73% of the national management total. ES-3 ------- Preliminary Biennial. RCRA Hazardous Waste Report: Based on 1993 Data The majority (69:7%) of the national total was managed in aqueous treatment units. Ninety-seven (97) million tons were managed in aqueous organic treatment units, 7 million tons in aqueous inorganic treatment units, and 43 million tons in both inorganic and organic aqueous treatment units., .: . • Land disposal accounts for 12.6% of the management total. Nationwide, 24 million tons of hazardous wastes were disposed in underground injection wells, 1.6 million tons were disposed in landfills, 275 thousand tons were managed in surface impoundments, and 159 thousand tons were managed by land treatment (land farming). Recovery operations account for 1.6% of the national management total. Facilities reported that 858 thousand tons were managed in. solvent recovery units, 1.3 million tons were managed in fuel blending units, 756 thousand tons were managed in metals recovery units, and 501 thousand tons were recovered by other methods such as acid regeneration, waste oil recovery, and non-solvent organic recovery. Thermal treatment accounts for 1.7% of the national management total. A total of, 1.8 million tons were incinerated, while facilities reused 1.8 million tons as fuel in boilers or industrial furnaces. , RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE SHIPMENTS AND RECEIPTS In 1993, 22,665 shippers reported shipping a total of 20 million tons of hazardous waste, of which 7 million tons were shipped interstate. The states that shipped (in or out of state) the largest quantities of wastes were Michigan (4.2 million tons), Texas (4.1 million tons), and Utah (2.4 million tons). The states that received the, largest quantities of waste (from in or out of state) were Texas (1..3. million tons), California (981 thousand tons), and Ohio (846 thousand tons). The largest importers were Pennsylvania.(419 thousand tons), Ohio (418 thousand tons), and Indiana (340 thousand tons). The largest exporters were Michigan (1.5 mijlion tons), California (1.2 million tons), and Texas (318 thousand tons); ES-4 ------- Executive Summafv Exhibit 1 Quantity of RCRA Hazardou* Waste Generated, and Number of'Hazardou* Watte Generators, by State; 1993 JSTATP - O IM 1 B ALABAMA ALASKA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA GEORGIA GUAM HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NAVAJO NATION NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA PUERTO RICO RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS TRUST TERRITORY UTAH VERMONT VIRGIN ISLANDS VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING HAZARDOUS WASTE QUANTITY . RANK 26 49 42 24 . 6 35 19 43 50 25 21 29 •'. 18 5 14 39 10 32 3 12 33 40 4 9 13 28 44 53 41 45 38 22 37 2 31 27 15 20 16 7 30 47 36 52 34 1 48 11 46 51 23 8 54 17 > ,' TOTAL • TONS GENERATED 672,333 5,520 46,681 794,801 7,995,598 358,220 1,163,083 25,075 4,626 710,483 921,076 NO DATA 492,494 1,255,849 12,492,414 1,751,572 158,908 3,144,665 398,258 31,683,346 2,418,472 386,618 109,716 21,013,620 5,993,221 1,882,053 528,458 11,271 245 90,471 10,759' 175,227 856,310 176,432 45,471,076 447,718 594,815 1,726,025 1,145,722 1,392,194 7,065,761 480,265 8,223 310,367 , 767 369,348 66,747,138 6,045 2,874,915 8,337 2,049 , 851,848 6,926,406 NO DATA 0 , 1,316,689 235,473,584 PERCENTAGE 0.3 •. 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.4 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 RECEIVED 0.2 0.5 5.3 0.7 i 0.1 1.3 0.2 13.5 1.0 0.2 O.O 8.9 2.5 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 .0.1 19.3 , 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.6 3.0 , 0.2 , 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 28.3 0.0 1.2 r 0.0 . 0.0 0.4 2.9 RECEIVED • o.o 0.6 100.0 ' HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATORS RANK ' 25 41 26 31 3 34 16 42 50 18 16 FROM 46 43 6 1O 27 24 15 22 33 12 13 8 23 30 19 43 51 37 38 32 1 43 2 - 11 49 4 28 29 7 • 35 40 20 48 ;14 - 5 52 36 38 53 21 9 FROM 54 47 NUME1ER OF GENERATORS •• 292 76 224 162 1 ,784 130 438 71 15 412 438 STATE 40 59 1.237 683 196 297 : 472 347 149 559 527 778 300 1 63 399 * ' -, 59.: 9 96 32 1 53 2,468 ' .. S9 2,033 623 16 1,518 192 136 1,139 109 77 387 -\ 24 517 1 ,298 3 107 32 2 3 79 723 STATE O- 26 : , 22,615 PERCENTAGE " 1.3 -.'. 0.3 1.0 0.7 7.8 0.6 1.9 0.3 ., 0.1 1.8 1.9 0.2 0.3 5.5 3.0 0.9 1.3 2.1 1.5. 0.7 2.5 2.3 , 3.4 - 1.3 0.7 1.8 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.7 1O.9 0.3 9.0,, 2.8 ? 0.1 ; 6.7 0.8 0.8 ; '5.0, O.5 ; 0.3 .1.7-! : :. 0.1. - , 2.3 5.7 „ 0.0 0.5 0.4 ,0.0 1 .7 3,2 _ '.. b.o..' 0.1 V 100.0 Note: Columns may not sum due to rounding. ES-5 ------- Preliminary Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report: Based on 1993 Data Exhibit 2 Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed and Number of TSDc, by State, 1993 STATE ALABAMA ALASKA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA GEORGIA GUAM HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NAVAJO NATION NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA PUERTO RICO RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS TRUST TERRITORY UTAH VERMONT VIRGIN ISLANDS VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE QUANTITY' RANK 24 51 39 13 3 26 36 43 52 31 17 47 18 5 11 29 10 27 3 46 38 40 4 9 12 22 44 52 37 34 41 19 28 2 25 20 13 14 21 6 30 49 15 52 23 1 42 32 45 SO 35 7 33 48 TOTAL TONS MANAGED 349,005 56 26.359 804,914 6,242,406 306,727 75,239 1.861 0 113,159 825,522 NO DATA 612 935,049 11.349.555 1.972,197 130,002 3,202,245 222,471 31,452,957 911 31,791 9,794 20,516,890 6,015,307 1,901,716 516,407 1,695 0 45,458 82.601 9,354 657,728 165.976 44,510,329 336,975 593.349 1,697.197 1,156,392 568.633 7,280,356 122,036 126 1,104,523 0 424,970 57,820,904 5,808 103,546 1,120 90 81.625 6,770,554 NO DATA 94,955 520 210,639,971 PERCENTAGE O.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 ' 3.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 RECEIVED 0.0 0.4 5.4 0.9 0.1 1.5 0.1 14.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.7 2.9 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 21.1 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.3 3.5 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.2 27.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.2 RECEIVED 0.0 0.0 100.O TSD FACILITIES RANK 20 39 30 34 4 29 18 45 52 15 17 FROM 48 43 7 9 26 18 23 16 22 3 30 8 20 35 10 43 54 36 47 38 2 37 11 14 45 6 25 40 11 23 40 33 50 28 5 51 30 42 52 13 1 FROM 27 49 NUMBER 50 12 27 24 244 28 54 8 1 72 58 STATE 6 9 133 103 34 54 42 67 45 285 27 132 50 22 88 9 0 19 7 13 397 16 81 73 8 136 40 11 81 42 11 25 3 30 233 2 27 10 1 74 731 STATE 32 5 3,792 PERCENTAGE 1.3 0.3 0.7 0.6 6.4 0.7 1.4 0.2 0.0 1.9 1.5 0.2 0.2 3.5 2.7 0.9 1.4 1.1 1.8 1.2 7.5 0.7 3.5 1.3 0.6 2.3 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 10.5 0.4 2.1 1.9 0.2 3.6 1.1 0.3 2.1 1.1 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.8 6.1 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.0 2.0 19.3 0.8 0.1 100.0 'Quantity managed only by storage is excluded. Note: Columns may not sum due to rounding. ES-6 ------- Executive Summary DATA QUALITY AND COMPLETENESS The data presented in this report have been provided by States to their respective EPA regional offices. In some cases; data were also collected by EPA Regional offices. • When the data were transmitted to EPA Headquarters, the state or region that collected the data provided an indication of how complete the'data.were-for.each state that was being transmitted. Exhibit 3 lists the current level of completion for each state according to one of the four categories described below. 1. State believes data submission is complete. State has indicated that it provided all required data for ail handlers that were required to file the 1993 Biennial Report, including all LQGs and TSDs in the state. (Please note that sites claiming confidential business information have been ; excluded from all volumes of this report.) '••.;''. '. I . 2. State believes data submission is incomplete. ! ' State has indicated that its data omitted handlers that were required to file the 1993 Biennial Report. Data for these states will probably change when a full submission is received for the state. 3. No data received from state. . State has not provided any data to EPAr • i." • 4. Data translation error has occurred. The data submitted appear to contain a systematic data error. ES-7 ------- Preliminary Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report: Based on 1993 Data Exhlbh 3 Statu* of Stata data •ubmisfion*, 1993 STATE ALABAMA ALASKA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA GEORGIA GUAM HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NAVAJO NATION NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA PUERTO RICO RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS TRUST TERRITORY UTAH VERMONT VIRGIN ISLANDS VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING STATUS OF STATE DATA SUBMISSION STATE BELIEVES DATA SUBMISSION IS COMPLETE. STATE BELIEVES DATA SUBMISSION IS COMPLETE. STATE BELIEVES DATA SUBMISSION IS COMPLETE. STATE BELIEVES DATA SUBMISSION IS COMPLETE. STATE BELIEVES DATA SUBMISSION IS INCOMPLETE. STATE BELIEVES DATA SUBMISSION IS INCOMPLETE. 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STATE BELIEVES DATA SUBMISSION IS COMPLETE. STATE BELIEVES DATA SUBMISSION IS COMPLETE. STATE BELIEVES DATA SUBMISSION IS COMPLETE. NO DATA RECEIVED FROM STATE. DATA TRANSLATION ERROR HAS OCCURRED. STATE BELIEVES DATA SUBMISSION IS COMPLETE. ES-8 ------- ------- ------- |