EPA530-R-92-014b
                                                  PB92-922 402
     MONTHLY HOTLINE REPORT
                     February 1992

                  RCRA/SF/OUST and      RECEIVED
   Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know •
                                               nuu ft a flOS=
   Hotline Questions and Answers

         Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)	  1
         Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know	  2




   New Publications

         Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)	  4
         Comprehensive Environmental Response,
         Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)	  4





   Federal Registers

         Final Rules	  5
         Proposed Rules	  5
         Notices	  6
   Call Analyser

         Calls Answered	".	   8
         Caller Profiles	  11
         Hotline Topics	  13
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     HOTLINE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RCRA
1. Speculative Accumulation
   Calculation

   In March 1991, a facility generated 200 kg
of sludge that exhibited the toxicity
characteristic (TC)for lead (D008).  The
operator of the facility placed these materials
in storage to await reclamation of lead.  At
that time, the facility was not accumulating
any other recyclable materials. Since the
sludge will be reclaimed, it is not considered a
solid waste while stored prior to reclamation
(40 CFR §261.2(c)(3)).  On December 31,
1991, the facility still had not recycled any of
this material. Is the sludge accumulated
speculatively under §261.1(c)(8), since 75
percent was  not recycled in the year, and
therefore subject to management as a solid
and hazardous waste?

   No, th^.sludge would)
speculatively. Alth
before being recycledrjl
speculatively if the p
show that (1) the material is potentially
recyclable and has a feasible means of being
recycled, and (2) during the calendar year
(commencing on January 1) the amount of
material that is recycled or sent for recycling
equals at least 75 percent of the amount of that
material accumulated at the beginning of the
period (§26l.l(c)(8)).  A facility owner/
operator must show that he or she has recycled
75 percent of the material in storage on
January 1 of that year. "Under this provision,
the amount of material turned over in a year is
                  lated
                   ttcan
 critical, not the total amount accumulated at
 the end of the year" (48 ER 14490; April 4,
 1983).  For the above facility, the amount of
 material in storage on January 1, 1991, was
 zero, so on December 31,1991, the operator
 does not have to show that any amount was
 recycled during the calendar year.  On
 January 1,1992, however, 200 kg of D008
 sludge are in storage. Thus, the facility must
 be able to show that 75 percent of this
 material, or 150 kg, has been recycled or sent
 for recycling by December 31, 1992. If the
 operator cannot demonstrate this 75 percent
 recycling rate, the sludge remaining in storage
 is 'said to be accumulated speculatively and
 becomes subject to regulation as a solid waste.
 Because it exhibits a characteristic, the
 generator must begin to handle the material as
 a hazardous waste. The Agency notes that
 "this approach could allow essentially a free
 year to accumulate where a generator starts a
 year with little or no waste" (48 FR 14490;
i April 4,1983). The period of one calendar
. year .starting on January i was selected,
 however, to facilitate^enforcement and achieve
 uniformity (50 ER 635; January 4,1985).

    In making the above calculation, the 75
 percent requirement applies to all materials of
 the same class being recycled in the same
 way. If this facility also generated a by-
 product that exhibited the TC for chromium
 (D007) and reclaimed it, the owner/operator
 would make a separate speculative
 accumulation calculation for  this by-product
 (50 ER 635-6; January 4,1985).

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Hotline Questions and Answers
                                                                         February 1992
   The RCRA regulations provide that certain
materials, which would otherwise be
considered hazardous waste, will not be
regulated as solid waste (and therefore
hazardous waste) when they are reclaimed
(§261.2(c)(3)). The requirement that materials
accumulated speculatively be regulated as
solid waste was intended to prevent abuse of
this exemption. It is only applicable to certain
situations, including the reclamation of
characteristic sludges and by-products,
materials used or reused as ingredients,
commercial product substitutes, black liquor,
sulfuric acid, and precious metals reclamation.
The rule is not  applicable to spent materials
being reclaimed, listed sludges being
reclaimed, or listed by-products being
reclaimed, because these materials are already
considered solid wastes when awaiting
recycling (50 ER635; January 4,1985). It
also does not apply to commercial chemical
products that are stored prior to reclamation,
because, by definition, these materials are not
regulated as solid wastes until they are
abandoned or intended for discard (48 FR
14489; April 4,1983).

2.  Medical Waste Tracking Act
    Demonstration Program

    What is the status of the Medical Waste
Tracking Act demonstration program, laid out
in 40 CFR Part 259?

    In response to the Medical Waste Tracking
Act of 1988 (which amended RCRA by
adding Subtitle J), EPA established a two-
year demonstration program to track medical
waste.  The program began June 22, 1989. and
ended June 22, 1991. Five States participated
in the program: Connecticut, New Jersey,
New York, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island.
The program has expired and only some of the
Federal recordkeeping regulations are
currently in effect.
    Section 11008 of RCRA required EPA to
submit to Congress two interim reports and a
final report on medical waste management and
the demonstration program. The first and
second interim reports were submitted in May
1990 and December 1990. The first interim
report summarized information that was then
available from the tracking program and
outlined an agenda for additional research on
each of the 12 specific areas concerning
medical waste that were identified in the Act.
The second interim report provided a research
update and forecast on each of these subject
areas. The third and final report will
summarize all the information gathered,
evaluate the success of the demonstration
program, and outline options for managing
medical waste. The final report is currently
under Agency review and completion is
expected late in 1992. After EPA submits the
final report, Congress will review the results of
the two-year program and determine the most
appropriate course of action for medical waste
management
     EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
     COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW
3. Threshold Determination Under
   Section 313

   A facility covered under §313 of the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-
Know Act manufactures and repairs airplanes.
Prior to beginning any repair work, any fuel
remaining in the airplane's fuel tanks is
emptied by service personnel at the facility.
After the repairs are completed, the airplane is
refueled with fuel removed from the airplane's
fuel tanks and/or new fuel. Should the owner/
operator of the manufacturing and repair
facility consider the toxic chemicals present in
the fuel when making §313 threshold and
release calculations?

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February 1992
                Hotline Questions and Answers
    Yes.  For purposes of §313 threshold and
release calculations, the toxic chemicals
present in the fuel would be considered to be
processed because they are being further
distributed in commerce. Thus, the toxic
chemicals present in the fuel are subject to the
25,000 Ib processing threshold.

4.  Pesticides Toward TPQ Under
    SARA Section 302
            ' "     , - i -

    SARA §302 requires owners and operators
of facilities that have extremely hazardous
substances (EHS's) present above the
threshold planning quantity (TPQ) to
participate in emergency planning (40 CFR
§355.30)., If a facility has a pesticide sprayed
on its grounds, without fast being stored at the
facility, must the amount ofEHS present in the
pesticide that has been applied be counted
towards t
    Under SARA §302, an owner or operator
must identify any EHS's that are present at the
facility and, for each EHS, determine the
amount present If the amount present equals
or exceeds, t^E^i^Q^jhsn the facility is
subject to emergency planning requirements.
In this specific example, the facility would not
count the amount of EHS  present in the soil
toward the'EHS's TPO because it is not
present in a contained structure. The
definition of facility (40 CFR.&55.20)
includes  all buildings, equipment, structures,
and other stationary items that are located on a
single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites
and which are owned or operated by the same
person. This includes man-made structures in
which chemicals are purposefully placed or
removed through human means such that it
functions as a containment structure for
human use.  Once it is applied, the residual
pesticide does not have to be applied toward
the threshold determination. It can be
considered no longer "present at the facility."
This does not, however, exempt the owner or
operator from emergency planning
requirements for EHS's present above their
TPQ at the facility, such as any EHS in a
pesticide that is brought on-site prior to
application, stored, or present anywhere else
at the facility.

5.  Release Reporting of Process-
    Generated Dusts

    A facility subject to §313 of the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
processes items containing listed §313 toxic
chemicals. During processing, dusts are
released to air withing the facility and some of
this dust settles out within the facility (on
rafters.,, equipment, floors and in adjacent
rooms). If a processing threshold is met, how
would the facility report the releases of the
toxic chemicals present in the dust on the
Form R in section 5?

    The facility must account for the amount
of the toxic chemical released to various
environmental media.  Reporting of releases is
based on the entire calendar year.  If during
the year an amount in dusts that settle out are
collected and disposed of, then this would be
reported as an amount disposed of on-site or
off-site in the appropriate section of Form R
(e.g., if the dusts are sent off-site for disposal
they would be reported in Part n, Section 6.2).
Any amount of toxic chemical in dusts that
remain airborne would be reported as a
fugitive release. Amounts released that settle
out on facility structures or equipment that are
not collected and disposed of should be
reported in Section 5.5.4 of Form R as a
release to land on-site.

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                 RCRA
TITLE:  "EPA Fact Sheet: EPA Issues
Interim Final Regulations on the 'Mixture' and
•Derived-From' Rules"
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA/530-F-92-002

On May 19,1980, EPA published the final
rules governing the management of hazardous
waste.  As part of these rules, EPA defined
"hazardous wastes" to include waste resulting
from mixing or otherwise managing hazardous
waste.  These rules are known, respectively as
the "mixture" and "derived-from rules."
                CERCLA
TITLE:  "Estimating Potential for Occurrence
of Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquids (DNAPL)
at Superfund Sites"
AVAILABILITY: NTIS
NTIS ORDER NO.: PB92-963 338

Sites affected by DNAPL may require a
different conceptual framework to develop
effective characterization and remedial actions.
This fact sheet describes the approach used m
developing a guide for estimating the potential
for DNAPL occurrences and to help site
personnel determine if DNAPL-based
characterization strategies should be employed
at a particular site.
TITLE:  "CERCLA Reporting Requirements
for Releases of Ethylene Glycol from Airplane
De-Icing Operations"
AVAILABILITY:  NTIS
NTIS ORDER NO.: PB92-963 402

This directive provides EPA's interpretation of
reporting requirements under CERCLA §103(a)
for ethylene glycol releases that occur in
connection with airplane de-icing operations.
Specifically, this directive sets forth the
Agency's position on the applicability of the
Federally permitted release exemption and the
continuous release reporting regulation to de-
icing operations involving releases of ethylene
glycol.
                                                            OTHER
TITLE": "Monthly Hotline Report"
AVAILABILITY:  NTIS
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Yearly subscription:
January 1992:
February 1992:
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The reports contain questions that required EPA
resolution or were frequently asked, publications
availability, Federal Register summaries, and
call statistics.

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                             FEDERAL REGISTERS
            FINAL RULES
         PROPOSED RULES
RCRA

"Final Authorization of Florida's State
 Hazardous Waste Management Program
 Revisions"
 February 7,1992 (57 EB 4738)

   EPA intends to approve Florida's hazardous
waste program revisions. Florida revised its
hazardous waste program for rules promulgated
between Jury 1,1987, and June 30,1988, also
known as non-HSWA Ouster IV. Comments
must be received by March 9,1992.

"Final Authorization of Florida's State
 Hazardous Waste Management Program
 Revisions"
 February 7,1992 (57 EB 4730)

   EPA intends to approve Florida's hazardous
waste program revisions promulgated between
July  1,1988, and June 30,1989, otherwise known
as non-HSWA Ouster V. Comments must be
received by close of business March 6,1992.
RCRA
"Timing of Surface Impoundment
 Retrofitting Under the Land Disposal
 Restrictions"
 February 4,1992 (57 EB 4170)

   This proposal clarifies the deadline by which
surface impoundments receiving wastes that are
newly identified or listed as hazardous must be
brought into compliance with the minimum
technological requirements (MTR) established in
RCRA §3004(oXlXA). The proposal would give
all surface impoundments up to four years from the
date of compliance to comply with the MTRs.

CERCLA

"National Priorities List for Uncontrolled
 Hazardous Waste Sites, Proposed Rule
 No. 12"
 February 7,1992 (57 EB 4824)

   EPA is proposing to add 30 new sites to the
NPL, 6 of which are Federal facility sites.

'Improved Pump-and-Treat Processes for
 Remediation of Superfund Sites"
 February 14,1992 (57 £B 5453)

    EPA is soliciting proposals for research leading
to practical methods for enhancing the effectiveness
of pump-and-treai systems intended for use at
Superfund sites.
 Copies of RCRA Federal Registers are available through the Hotline by calling a Document Specialist at
 1-800-424-9346.

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 February 1992
                              Federal Registers
                                       NOTICES
 RCRA

 " Final Authorization of Florida's State
  Hazardous Waste Management Program
  Revisions"
  February 7,1992 (57 EB 4371)

    EPA intends to approve Florida's hazardous
 waste program revisions for rules promulgated
 between July 1,1986, and June 30,1987, otherwise
 known as non-HSWA Ouster H under RCRA.
 Comments must be received by close of business
 March 6,1992.

 "Proposed Consent Decree for Un'rted
  States v. Indiana Wood Treating. Inc."
  February 18,1992 (57 EB 5911)

    EPA gives notice of a proposed Consent
 Decree in United States v. Indiana Wood Treating.
 Inc.. lodged with the United States District Court
 for the Southern District of Indiana.

 "Woodpreserving: Standards and Interim
  Status Standards for Owners and
  Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment,
  Storage and Disposal Facilities"
  February 18,1992 (57 EB 5859)

    EPA is announcing an administrative stay of
 the requirements for drip pad coatings, sealers, or
 covers for existing drip pads at woodpreserving
 plants. The effect of the stay is to extend the
' effective date of coating, sealer, or cover
 requirements for existing drip pads until
 October 30,1991
"Land Disposal Restrictions: Potential
 TreatrrwrtStarxlardsforNevvlylderrtlfted
 and Listed Wastes and Contaminated
 Soil; Extension of Comment Period"
 February 25,1992 (57 EB 6487)

   This notice extends the comment period for
three groups of wastes covered in the advance
notice of proposed rulemaking that was published
in the October 24,1991. Federal Register, which
dealt with newly identified and listed wastes and
contaminated soil The comment period is
extended until April 27,1992.

"Notice of Coke Oven Batteries Advisory
 Committee Meetings"
 February 28,1992 (57 EB 6830)

   The National Emission Standards for Coke
Oven Batteries Advisory Committee will meet
again in Washington, D.C., on March 16-17 and
April 21-22, The Committee will meet at  the
Quality Hotel Capitol Hill, 425 New Jersey
Avenue, N.W., 20001, (202) 638-1616.

CERCLA

"Procedure for Conducting Voluntary
 Research"
 February 7,1992 (57 EB 4758)

   This notice announces the procedure for
volunteering to conduct research as part of the
ATSDR Substance-Specific Applied Research
Program authorized by CERCLA. The voluntary
research will be conducted by the private sector to
fill priority data needs for hazardous substances that
ore the subject of ATSDR profiles.  Comments will
N: Accepted throughout the Agency's involvement
A i ± voluntary research.
 Copies of RCRA Federal Registers are available through the Hotline by calling a Document Specialist at
 1-800-424-9346.

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Federal Registers
                             February 1992
                                     NOTICES
"Proposed Consent Decree for United
 Slates v. Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp..
 February 10, 1992 (57 EB 4889)
   A proposed Consent Decree in UnimL
Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. was lodged with the
United States District Court of the Eastern District
of Wisconsin. Comments will be received for a
period of 30 days.

"National OH and Hazardous Substances
 Pollution Contingency Ran; NPL"
 February 14, 1 992 (57 EB 5410)

   EPA gives notice of its intent to delete several
sites from die NFL. Region IV announces its intent
to delete the Lees Lane Landfill

"Superfund Program; Settlement Policy on
 the Performance Risk Assessments at
 Superfund Sites"
 February 20, 1 992 (57 EB 6116)

   EPA has decided to undertake an evaluation of
a settlement policy under which the Agency would
not enter into consent orders or decrees where
potentially responsible parties (PRPs) would
perform the risk assessment component of the
Remedial mvestigation/Feasability Study (RI/FS).
Comments will be accepted until March 23, 1992.

"Proposed Consent Decree for United
 States v. WHco Corp."
  February 25, 1992 (57 EB 6527)
    A proposed Consent Decree in Uniics
 WitcoCorp. was lodged with the United States
 District Court for the District of Delaware.
 Comments will be received for 30 days.
"Superior Electric Finishes Site; Proposed
 Settlement"
 February 27,1992 (57 EB 6720)

   Under §122(h) of CERCLA, EPA agreed to settle
claims for response costs at the Superior Electro
Finishes Site in Winston Salem, North
Carolina, with Superior Electro Finishes, Inc. EPA
win accept public comments for 30 days.

OUST

"Approval of Maine's State Underground
 Storage Tank Program"
 February 24,1992 (57 EB 6302)
    EPA has determined that Maine's UST program
sarifies all of the requirements for final approval
Comments will be received until
March 25,1992.

EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNfTY
RIGHT-TOKNOW

"Notice of Intent to Suspend Certain Pesticide
  Registrations"
  February 20,1992 (57 EB 6111)

    This notice is issued as a result of failure to
comply with the terms of Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) §(3(cX2XB).
The suspension of the registration of each product is
listed in Attachment L

"Corrections of Amended Cancellation Order
  of Ethyl Parathion"
  February 20,1992 (57 EB 6168)

    EPA is now making corrections to the amended
cancellation order of ethyl parathion pesticide products
 (57 EB 3500, January 29,1992). The Agency
discovered that four products were mistakenly omitted
 from the tables listing products for which use has been
extended until Jury 31,1992.

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                             CALL ANALYSES
                          CALLS ANSWERED BY HOTLINE
                              February Daily Volume*
                  Emergency Planning and
                  Community Right-to-Know
                      -\	1	»-
                                    -\	h
                                          -I
                                                                          111.476]
                                                                    Grand Total
1	1
        3   4  5  6   7  10  11  12  13  14  15  19  20 21 24  25 26  27 28
                                   Year to Date*
RCRA/SF/OUST
January
February
Month
11,534
11,476
Cumulative

23010
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW
January
February
Month
3,583
4,943
Cumulative

8,526
* All calls answered by the Call Management System.
** Peak on RCRA/SF/OUST Hotline due to promulgation of interim final rule continuing the "mixture'' and "derived from" rules.
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February 1992
                                                            Call Analyses
                         CALLS ANSWERED BY TYPE
                            February Daily Volume*
 1400
 1200  +

 1000

  800  -•

  600  --
V"^—
                                        Questions**
                                                               112,338
                                     Documents
           I	1	1	1
                     I	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
       3  4   5  6  7  10  11  12  13  14 15  19 20  21  24 25  26 27  28 Grand Total
                                 Year to Date*

January
February
Questions
Month
11,930
12,338
Cumulative

24,268

January
February
Documents
Month
4.276
3822
Cumulative

8,098
Referrals
January
February
Month
1,505
1,831
Cumulative

3,336
 * All calk answered by the Call Management System. A single call may result in multiple questions combined with document
  requests and referrals.
 ** Peak in questions due to promulgation of interim final rule continuing the "mixture" and "derived from" rules.

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Call Analyses
February 1992
                      CALLS ANSWERED BY PROGRAM AREA
                                    February 1992*
 Based on 16,160 questions posed and excludes 1,831 referrals made from both Hotlines
                                   Year to Date*
 ** Based on 32,366 questions posed and exdudes 3,336 referrals made from both Hotlines
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February 1992
                               Call Analyses
                              CALLER PROFILE
                            RCRA/SF/OUST Hotline
                    Regulated Community                   7,403
                    Citizens                                849
                    State & Local Gov't/fclative American        363
                    Federal Agencies                         215
                    Educational Institutions                    244
                    EPA                                  151
                    Other                                  125
                    Media                                  38
                    Interest Groups                          119
                    Congress                                 0
                    Referrals                              1,269
                    International                             19

                    TOTAL                             10,795
                 State/Local Gov't/
                  Native American
                      4%
Federal
Agencies
   2%
    Citizens
      9%
                                                Regulated
                                               Community
                                                                             n

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Call Analyses
                                       February 1992
                             Emergency Planning and
                        Community Rlght-to-Know Hotline
   Manufacturer
    Food/Tobacco                  221
    Textiles                        35
    Apparel                        10
    Lumber & Wood                27
    Furniture                        2
    Paper                          28
    Printing & Publishing            54
    Chemicals                     484
    Petroleum & Coal              156
    Rubber and Plastics              99
    Leather                         4
    Stone, Clay & Glass              61
    Primary Metals                 126
    Fabricated Metals              225
    Machinery (Excluding Electrical)   72
    Electrical&Electronic Equipment  131
    Transportation Equipment         94
    Instruments                     21
    Misc. Manufacturing            132
    Not Able to Determine          127

    Subtotal                    2,109
         Consultants/Engineers
         Attorneys
         Citizens
         All Others
          Trade Associations
          Public Interest Groups
          Universities/Academia
          Insurance Companies
          Hospitals
          State Agencies/SERC
          Fire Departments
          EPA
          Local Officials
          LEPC
          Farmers
          Federal Agencies
          Media/Press
          Union/Labor
          Distributors
          Indians
          Laboratories
          Misc.
         Referrals
         International

         TOTAL
  556
  144
  224

   19
   22
  142
    0
  138
  121
   29
   46
   44
   54
    0
   48
   26
    1
  132
    0
   60
  418
  562
    3

4398
                     Citizen*
                      5%
Attorney*
   3%
  Consultant*/
  Engineer*
     13%
                                 All Others
                                   30%
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February 1992
                                             Call Analyses
                               HOTLINE TOPICS
 RCRA
 General/Misc.
 Special Wastes
  Ash
  Bevill
  Medical
  Oil and Gas
 Subtitle C Wastes
 Hazardous Waste
 Identification General
 Toxicity Characteristic
  Wood Preserving
  Used Oil
  Fluff
 Mixed Waste
 Delisting & Petitions
 Hazardous Waste Recycling
 Generators
 Small Quantity Generators
 Transporters
 Treatment, Storage & .Disposal
 Facilities
  General Facility Standards
  Siting
  Capacity
 Treatment              , ;  .
  Burning
 Storage
 Disposal
 Land Disposal Restrictions
 Permits & Interim Status
 Corrective Action
 Financial Assurance
 Liability/Enforcement
 Test Methods         •••—-•
 Health Effects
 Pollution Prevention/Waste Min,
 State Programs             ,,
 Hazardous Waste Data
 Subtitle D Wastes
 Household Hazardous Waste
 Subtitle D Facilities
 General Facility Standards
  Siting
  Combustion
 Industrial Wastes
 Composting
 Source Reduction
 Grants & Financing
  Procurement
  General
  531*

    0
   14
   59
    2
2,791**
  166
   41
  101
    1
   28
   24
  173
  560*
  141
   73
  257
    4
    2
  120
  121
   93
   54
  403*
  104
  140
    0
   69
   93
    0
   89
   33
    2

   76

   78
    3
    1
    0
    1
    0
    2

    0
 Building Insulation                 0
 Cement & Products with Fly Ash     0
 Paper & Paper Products             0
 Re-refined Lubricating Oil          0
 Retread Tires                      0
Solid Waste Recycling
 General                        149
 Aluminum                        3
 Batteries                          7
 Glass                            2
 Paper                            3
 Plastics                         20
 Tires                           12
 Used Oil                  '     133
Markets
 General                         41
 Aluminum                        1
 Batteries        .                  2
 Compost                          9
 Glass                            2
 Paper                            2
 Plastics                         13
 Tires                           15
Used Oil                          6
Document Requests             1,989

TOTAL                      8,860

SUPERFUND

General/Miss.                     70
Access & Information Gathering     46
Administrative Record               9
Allocations from Pund'              6
ARARs         -                 49
CERCLIS                       92*
Citizen Suits                      11
Clean-Up Costs                     7
Clean-Up Standards                13
Community Relations              13
Contract Lab Program (CLP)         9
Contractor Indemnification           9
Contracts                          2
Definitions                       12
Emergency Response                5
Enforcement                      14
Exposure Assess./Risk Assess.       13
Federal Facilities                   7
Fund Balancing                     6
Grants                            3
   * Hot topics for this month.    •• Includes 1419 questions on the " mixture" and "derived from" rules.
   • Topics are calculated as the summation of all questions received by the Hotline. A stack call may result In multiple
     questions.
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Call Analyses
                                                                  February 1992
Hazardous Substances             79
Health/Toxics                     9
HRS                            28
Liability                         52
Mandatory Schedules               0
Natural Resource Damages          3
NBARs                          6
NCP                            32
Notification                      44
NPL                          166*
Off Site Policy                   10
On Site Policy                    6
OSHA                           0
PA/SI                           25
PRPs                           22
Public Participation                4
RCRA Interface                  10
RD/RA                          9
Remedial                        39
Removal                        15
Response                        14
RI/FS                           28
ROD                           27
RQ                           114*
SARA Interface                  16
Settlements                      31
SITE Program                   15
State Participation                  2
State Program                    0
Taxes                            5
Title m/Right-to-Know            48
Document Requests              568

TOTAL                      1,823
OUST

General/Misc.
Applicability/Definitions
Regulated Substances
Standards for New Tank Systems
Tank Standards and Upgrading
Operating Requirements
Release Detection
Release Reporting & Investigation
Corrective Action for USTs
Out-of-Service/Closure
Financial Responsibility
State Programs
Liability/Enforcement
LUST Trust Fund
Document Requests

TOTAL
                             36
                             88
                             11
                              7
                             19
                              8
                             30
                              6
                             22
                             28
                             64
                             14
                              8
                              0
                            142

                            483
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW

Title IE General                  184

§301-3 Emergency Planning
 General                        71
 SERCs/LEPC                   28
 Notification                     12
 Mixtures                        6
 Extremely Hazardous Substances   71
 Delisting EHS                    5
 Exemptions                     10

§304:
 General                  -      51
 Notification Requirements         33
 Reportable Quantities             32
 RQs vs. TPQs                   14
 Transportation  .-iu!                9
 Exemptions                     17

§311/312:
 General                     548*
 MSDS Reporting Requirements   132
 Tier I/H Regulations            740*
 Thresholds                    306*
 OSHA Expansion                21
 Hazard Categories               71
 Mixtures                       80
 Exemptions                    189

§313:
 General                      339*
 Form R                       263
 Thresholds                     75
 Phase I                        30
 Phase H                       36
 Phase m                        0
 Pollution Prevention             52*
 NONs/NOTEs                 205*
 Petitions                       32
 Health Effects                   18
 Database                       26
 Exemptions                     54

Training:
 General                         9
 § 305 Training Grants              0
 §305 Emergency Systems Review   0
 § 126 (SARA) Training Regulations  0
 14
* Hot topics for this month.
I Topics arc calculated as the summation of all questions received by the Hotline. A single call may result In multiple
  questions.

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February 1992
                                          Call Analyses
General:
  CEPP Interim Guide
  Chemical Profile
  NRT-1
  Hazard Analysis
  Risk Communication
  Tide IH Workshops
  Information Management
  Prevention ARIP
  Other
      0
      3
      0
      3
      1
      0
      0
      0
     73
Trade Secrets
Enforcement
Liability
Document Requests

TOTAL
    8
   13
    1
1,123

4,994
TOTAL HOTLINE QUESTIONS,
DOCUMENT REQUESTS AND
REFERRALS:                  17,991
                                                           ;> -H -"•
     Topks are calculated as the J
     queitioBS.
utfcM of all questkws received by tfee Hottlne. A slnglt cafl may result In multiple
                                                    15

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LIST OF ADDRESSEES:
EdAbrams,OS-332
Jennifer Anderson, EPA-Reg. 7
Kate Anderson, OS-520
Irene Atney-Yurdin, DOE-NY
Beth Behrens, EPA-NEIC
Kathy Bishop, OS-210
John Bosky, EPA-Kansas City
Brett Bowhan, DOE-Idaho
Susan Bromm, OS-500
Rick Brandes, OS-330
Karen Brown, A-149C
Nancy Browne, OS-520
Kathy Bruneske, OS-305
Karen Burgan, OS-110
Heather Bums, Hotline.
Diane Buxbaum, EPA-Reg. 2
Sabrina Callihan, DOE
Carol Carbone, EPA-Reg. 1
Sonia Chambers, EPA-Reg. 5
Richard Clarizio, EPA-Reg. 5
Don R. Clay, OS-100
Jerry Clifford, EPA-Reg. 9
Bill Cosgrove, EPA-Reg. 4
Clinton Cox, EPA-Alabama
Becky Cuthbertson, OS-332
Elaine Davies, OS-100
Jeffery Denit, OS-300
Lynn DePont, OS-305
Director, RED, LE-134S
Dave Eberly, OS-343
Chris Elias, CA DepL of Health
Terry Escarda,  CA DepL of Health
Lisa Friedman, LE-132S
John Gilbert, EPA-Cinn.
Diane Glass, Kelly AFB, TX
Alan Goodman, EPA-Portland, OR
Kristin Goschen, EPA-Reg. 8
John Gorman, EPA-Reg. 2
Cheryl Graham, LE-132S
Betty Hollowell, DOE-TX
Hinton Howard, EPA-Reg. 5
Henry Hudson, EPA-Reg. 4
Susan Hutcherson, EPA-Reg. 10
Harriet L. Jones, EPA-Reg. 7
Kathy Jones, OS-210
GaryJonesi,LE-134S
Ron Josephson, OS-333
Tony Jover, OS-120
Robert Kayser, OS-333
Mitch Kidwell, OS-332
Bob Kievit, EPA- Olympia, WA
Jerry Killiane, GAO
William Kline, OS-322W
Robert Knox,OS-130
Dan Kovacks, Hotline
Walter Kovalick, OS-110
Henry Longest, OS-100
JimLoomis, FLERC
Sylvia Lowrance, OS-300
Tom Lueders, EPA-Reg. 5
James Makris, OS-120
Andrea McLaughlin, OS-220W
Chet McLaughlin, EPA-Reg. 7
Dorothy McManus, OS-120
Tami McNamara, TS-779
Scott McPhilamy, EPA-Reg. 3
Kim Mercer, EPA-Reg. 9
Margaret Mereas, EPA-Reg. 4
Charlotte Mooney, OS-332
Robert Morby, EPA-Reg. 7
Beverly Negri, EPA-Reg. 6
Susan O'Keefe,LE-134S
ChaePak, EPA-Reg. 10
Myra Perez, EPA-Houston
Mark Phillips, EPA-Reg. 3
Dan Powell, OS-HOW
Steve Provant, EPA-Boise, ID
Jim Radle, Jr., EPA-Reg. 9
Carl Reeverts, WH-550E
John Riley, OS-210
Barbara Roth, OS-305
DaleRuhter,OS-341
Debbie Rutherford, OS-420WF
William Sanjour, OS-330
Sam Sasnett, TS-779
Tim Schoepke, TS-793
Jay Silberman,  US Coast Guard
Stergios Spanos, NH DES
Elaine Stanley, OS-500
KathieStein,LE-134S
Beverly Thomas, OS^420WF
Christine Thomas, Hotline
Jim Thompson, OS-520
Linda Thompson, LE-134S
Robert Thompson, A-104
Steve Torok, EPA-Juneau, AK
Harriett Tregoning, PM-220
Betti VanEpps, OS-240
David Van Slyke, LE-134S
Barbara Wagner, EPA-Reg. 8
David Watson, PM-214F
Howard Wilson, PM-273
Denise Wright, OS -332
Tish Zimmerman, OS-220
                   OSW Division Directors
                   OSW Deputy Division Directors
                   OSW Branch Chiefs
                   Hazardous Waste Ma:- ::c:r,ent Division Directors,
                    Regions I-X
                   Hazardous Waste Man.uerr.eni Brunch Chiefs, Regions I-X
                   Regional Counsel, Regions I-X
                   Regional Libraries, Regions I-X

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