United States           Solid Waste and
                   Environmental Protection     Emergency Response         EPA/530-SW-91-033
                   Agency              (OS-305)                September 1991

                   Office of Solid Waste
x°/EPA        Environmental
                   Fact  Sheet
                   PROPOSAL WILL LIST WASTES
                   GENERATED DURING THE
                   MANUFACTURE OF CHLORINATED
                   TOLUENES 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. Upon promulgation of this
       rule, the requirement mandated by HSWA for the chlorinated aromatic
       industry will be completed.

       ACTION
       This rulemaking proposes to list 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 will add 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.)

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   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.)

   K151    Wastewater treatment sludges generated during the
            treatment of wastewaters from the production of alpha-
            (or methyl-) chlorinated toluenes, ring-chlorinated
            toluenes, benzyl chlorides, and compounds with  mixtures
            of these functional groups. (Neutralization and biological
            sludges are not included.)

The Agency is soliciting public comment on this proposal for 60 days
following publication in the Federal Register.

CONTACT

For more information or to receive a copy of the Federal Register
notice, please contact the RCRA Hotline, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to
7:30 p.m., EST. The national toll-free number is (800)424-9346; for
the hearing impaired, it is TDD (800) 553-7672. In Washington, DC,
the number is (202) 382-3000 or TDD (202) 475-9652.

Copies of documents applicable to this proposal may be  obtained by
writing: RCRA Information Center (RIC), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency,  Office of Solid Waste (OS-305), 401 M Street SW,
Washington, DC 20460.

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