Unft«d State
Emrtronrmntal Protection
Agancy
Off k» of Solid Wat*
RaaponM
Washington . DC 20460
Environmental
Fact Sheet
EPA/530-SW-90-013
January 1990
FINAL RULE TO IDENTIFY THE
STATUS OF TWENTY MINERAL
PROCESSING WASTES
CONDITIONALLY RETAINED
WITHIN THE BEVILL AMENDMENT
BACKGROUND
amended ** Resource Conservation and Recovery
(RCRA) to temporarily exclude wastes from the extraction
co
benefication (e.g.. crushing and sizing), and pros
and refining) of ores and minerals frorn hazardous waste iS
Known as the Bevlll Amendment this exclusion Is
jvlthdrew this proposal because It believed
taadequate. THIS withdrawal led to a lawsu
Defense Food and the Hazardous Waste Treatmen :
claimed that the Bevlll exclusion should
Pr0ce88to« — that
WaSteS)' fa Jufy 1988' *"» ""^ determined
Were dearly hazardous and ordered EPA to Uat
" EPAdWsoonAugust31. 1988.
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On September 1. 1989 (54 ffi 36592). EPA m^e thfcrtSa^ Id re
°
the exclusion to the September 1. 1989.^Se E?A pr
SJSS?,?"" ? *' I*8*8 fr"11 ** Bevm Delusion and to
f £ * 1S Wastes wlthta *« Delusion. EPA also proposed a
" " to
over its
ACTION
iS1!6 d?™^? *' rB§uII» rf EPA'S ^Plication of the hlgh-
and low-hazard criteria contained to the Seotember i IQ«Q
rule to the 20 conditionally retained mineral Pro<52n£wa^e>s
removing five wastes from the BevlD exclusion. andts^S'
8ub8«lu«t regulatory determination to
? ^ Whether "S"18*100 «nder RCRA Subtitle C Is war-
£±Li2? Att^hmP~al to modify the RCRA Sub-
oomH e cty" to dartfy te« requirements for
completing hazardous waste
h e
theyare not regulated as hazardous. Tills final rule finatfeM the
proposed change to the definition of "designated facEtr ^^
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RESULTS
JE111?"1 processln8 wastes Identified In this rule as exemot as
on their regulatory status In January 1991. Operators^ far« Zf ?£»
generate mtaeral processing wastelLrt havebe^ «™otS tfm t?e
BevUl exclusion must determine whether their wastes exhibit on™ or
more ^characteristics of hazardous waste. Ifso. theyha^to comptywith
the technical and administrative requirements of RCRA SubtldeC
CONTACT
For further Information or to order a
7 30n ™
h^nL^' ^ J116 na00nal ^'fr*5 number 800) 424-9346 for
hearing Impaired. It is TDD (800) 553-7672. In Washington DC the
number is (202) 382-3000. or TDD (202) 475-9652
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ATTACHMENT 1
Mineral Processing Wastes
Removed from the Bevill Exclusion
1. Sulfate processing waste acids from titanium dioxide production-
2. Furnace off-gas solids from elemental phosphoruTproduction
3. Sulfate processing waste solids from titaniJm dioxid^produrtion-
* dust/siudge fr°m on-
5. Process wastewater from primary lead production.
Mineral Processing Wastes
Retained In the Berffl Exclusion
1. Gasifler ash from coal gasification-
2. Process wastewater from coal gasification;
3. Slag tailings from primary copper processing;
4. Calcium sulfate wastewater treatment plant sludge
irom primary copper processing-
5. Fluorogypsum from hydrofluoric acid production-
6. Process wastewater from hydrofluoric acid production-
13' rf^J0/^!?"1^™306 and open hearth ft^ace air poUution control
carbon steel Production; P°uuuon control
"ild§ fr°m atamum ^chloride
15. Slag from primary zinc processing.
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