EPA530-R-92-014K
PB92-922411
MONTHLY HOTLINE REPORT
November 1992
RCRA/SF/OUST and
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Hotline Questions and Answers
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 1
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act 2
New Publications
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Call Analyses
Calls Answered 17
Caller Profiles 20
Hotline Topics 22
RCRA/SF/OUST Hotline
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This report is prepared and submitted in support of Contract No. 68-WO-0039.
EPA Project Officer: Barbara Roth (202) 260-2858
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HOTLINE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RCRA
1. Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
Criteria
On October 9,1991, EPA issued a final
rule establishing minimum national standards
for municipal solid waste landfills (MSWLFs).
Most provisions of the rule will be effective
October 9,1993 (56 ER 51017). All MSWLF
units that receive waste after October 9,1991
(the date the rule was published), but stop
receiving waste prior to the effective date must
still meet certain final cover requirements at
closure. If a landfill consists of three cells, and
two of the cells closed before October 9,1991,
is the entire landfill subject to the new final
cover requirements or just the one cell that
received waste after the date of publication?
The new final cover requirements only
apply to the third cell that continued to receive
waste after the publication date of the final rule
for MSWLFs. The regulations state that the
new final cover standards apply to MSWLF
units receiving waste after October 9,1991 (40
CFR §258.1). Each landfill cell constitutes a
separate MSWLF unit The two cells (units)
which stopped receiving waste before
publication of the final rule are not subject to
the new final cover requirements or any other
Pan 258 requirement. The cell that continued
to receive waste between the publication date
in 1991 and the effective date in 1993 is
subject only to the final cover requirements of
40 CFR §258.60(a). In addition to the new
final cover standards, all Part 258 requirements
will apply to the third MSWLF unit if it
continues to receive waste after October 9,
1993. Note that states may have more
stringent requirements regarding final cover,
closure requirements, and solid waste facilities
in general.
2. Reclaimed Commercial Products:
Regulatory Status
The owner of a facility collects used
railroad ties that were treated with a wood
preservative containing creosote. When the
owner has accumulated a sufficient amount of
railroad ties he bakes them to draw out the
creosote. Once this process is complete, the
reclaimed creosote can be used as a wood
preservative without further processing. A
drum of this creosote leaked into the soil.
How is the resulting contaminated soil
regulated upon disposal?
The creosote-contaminated soil must be
managed as U051. The recovered creosote
formulation is classified as a product because
the creosote has been reclaimed from the
railroad ties and requires no additional
processing before it can be beneficially used
(40CFR261.3(c)(2)). Upon leaking into the
soil, the creosote is classified as a solid waste
pursuant to §261.2(b). The generator must
then determine whether this solid waste is a
hazardous waste. Sections 261.33(e) and (f)
designate certain commercial chemical
products as hazardous wastes when discarded.
Specifically, §261.33(d) defines commercial
chemical product in part as any commercial or
technical grade of a product, or any
formulation in which the listed chemical is the
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sole active ingredient. Assuming the
reclaimed creosote is the only chemically
active component for the function of the wood
preservative (i.e., the sole active ingredient),
and the discarded material meets the definition
of a solid waste per §261.2(b), the discarded
creosote is classified as UOS1. Since the soil is
contaminated with U051, it is subject to
regulation as a hazardous waste in accordance
with EPA's "contained-in" policy, which
requires all media (i.e., debris, soil,
groundwater, sediment) that contain listed
hazardous wastes to be managed as listed
hazardous wastes. The soil, therefore, would
have to be handled as a hazardous waste
(U051) until it is decontaminated or until the
hazardous waste is delisted (see, for example,
56 EE 24444,24456; May 30,1991).
3. Beryllium Dust (P015); Applicability
Beryllium is listed in 40 CFR §261J3(e)
as an acutely hazardous waste (P015). Does
the P01S listing apply to all forms of unused
beryllium that are discarded?
The hazardous waste listing P015 applies
only to unused commercial chemical product
beryllium dust that is discarded (see
§261.33(d) for a definition of commercial
chemical product). On May 19,1980,
beryllium dust was listed in an interim final
rule as an acutely hazardous waste in 40 CFR
§261.33(e) because of its acute toxicity to
humans when inhaled (45 EE 33084). The
listing was finalized on November 25,1980
(45 Efc 78532). In the April 22,1988, federal
Register, which made technical corrections to
the list of commercial chemical products in
§§261.33(e) and (f), the word "dust" was
inadvertently omitted from the listing (53 ER.
13382). Despite this omission, the
applicability of the listing remains unchanged
The April 22, 1988, Federal Register was
intended only to amend certain typographical
errors in the hazardous waste lists. EPA never
proposed to change the listing from "beryllium
dust" to "beryllium" and does not intend the
listing to apply to beryllium. Therefore,
despite this typographical error in 40 CFR
§261.33(e), the scope of the listing remains
unchanged, and the hazardous waste code
P015 applies only to beryllium dust.
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW
4. Supplier Notification Under
EPCRA§313
Chemicals are routinely added to or
deleted from the existing EPCRA §313 list of
toxic chemicals. When must I begin providing
a supplier notification (40 CFR §372.45) for a
newly added chemical? What about
chemicals that were covered for calendar
years 1987 and 1988?
For a chemical added on or after January 1
and before December 1 of any calendar year,
supplier notifications are to be provided with
the first shipment of the chemical in the
following calendar year and every year
thereafter. For example, a chemical added on
April 1,1991, requires a notification
beginning with the first shipment of the
chemical in the 1992 calendar year.
For a chemical added on or after
December 1 of any calendar year and before
January 1 of the next calendar year, supplier
notifications are to be provided with the first
shipment of the chemical in the year following
the next calendar year and every year
thereafter. For example, a chemical added on
December 10,1991, requires a notification
beginning with the first shipment of the
chemical in the 1993 calendar year.
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Supplier notifications were not required to
be made during calendar years 1987 or 1988.
The first notifications were made with the first
shipment of a toxic chemical in the 1989
calendar year. All chemicals subject to the
Form R reporting requirements on January 1,
1989, were subject to the supplier notification
requirements.
Once a chemical is deleted, supplier
notification is no longer required.
5. Wastepile Releases Under
EPCRA§313
A facility continually places material
containing a toxic chemical on the land in a
pile during a calendar year. The facility is
intending to have the pile hauled off-site
during the next calendar year. Must the
facility report the toxic chemical in the pile as
released to land for the calendar year in
which it places the material in the pile?
(In the following answer, it is assumed
that the material is being transferred off-site
for the purpose of disposal, treatment, energy
recovery, or recycling.)
Material that is added to a pile during a
calendar year does not have to be reported, for
that calendar year, as a release to land if the
pile was used only for temporary storage.
EPA will consider that the pile was used for
temporary storage if the facility routinely
made off-site transfers of material from the
pile during that calendar year. The facility
should be able to demonstrate that they
conducted such routine transfers.
If a facility did not make such routine
transfers during a calendar year in which
material was added to the pile, EPA will
consider that the pile was for disposal, and the
quantity of toxic chemical placed on the pile
during that calendar year and present at the
end of that year must be reported as a release
to land, regardless of the facility's intention to
transfer the material off-site in an ensuing
year. If, in an ensuring year, such material is
transferred off-site, the movement would be
counted as a transfer off-site even though this
entails double counting.
6. Chlorine Added to Pool Water:
Form R Reporting
A facility maintains a swimming pool on
the facility site for recreational use by the
facility employees. Chlorine is used to treat
the swimming pool water. Is the chlorine so
utilized by the facility subject to threshold and
release calculations under EPCRA §313?
No. The chlorine used to treat the
swimming pool water is exempt from
threshold and release calculations under the
exemption found at 40 CFR §372.38(c)(2) for
use of products for routine janitorial or facility
grounds maintenance.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS
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Specialist at 1-800-424-9346. Be sure to include the EPA Order Number (if any) listed under the document.
RCRA
TITLE: "Environmental Fact Sheet:
Municipal Solid Waste Prevention in Federal
Agencies"
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: 530-F-92-016
This fact sheet describes the ample municipal
solid waste reduction opportunities existing in
Federal agencies. Source reduction is the
design, manufacture, purchase, or use of
materials or products to reduce their amount
or toxicity before they enter the wastestream.
TITLE: "Environmental Fact Sheet: EPA
Issues Final Rule Regarding Liquids in
Hazardous Waste Landfills"
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: 530-F-92-030
This fact sheet discusses the final regulations
that (1) minimize the disposal of
containerized liquid hazardous waste in
landfills, (2) minimize the presence of free
liquids in containerized hazardous waste to be
disposed of in landfills, and (3) prohibit the
disposal in landfills of liquids that have been
absorbed in materials that biodegrade or that
release liquids when compressed, as might
occur during routine landfill operations.
TITLE: "Environmental Fact Sheet: Wastes
Generated During the Manufacture of
Chlorinated Toluenes Listed as Hazardous"
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: 530-F-92-028
This fact sheet describes three new hazardous
wastestreams generated during the production
of chlorinated toluenes. The newly listed
wastes are K149, K150, and K151, and are
listed for toxicity, carcinogenicity, and/or
mutagenicity.
TITLE: "Environmental Fact Sheet: Final
Modifications to the Wood Preserving
Regulations"
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: 530-F-92-029
On December 6,1990, EPA published a final
rule listing three categories of wood
preserving wastes as "hazardous." This fact
sheet outlines modifications to that rule, which
subjected the management of these wastes to
regulations under RCRA and established
standards for managing hazardous wastes on
drip pads, a containment and collection system
commonly used in the wood preserving
industry.
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CERCLA
TITLE: "Regional Guide: Issuing Site-
Specific Treatability Variances for
Contaminated Soils and Debris from Land
Disposal Restrictions (LDR)"
AVAILABILITY: NTIS
NTIS ORDER NO.: PB92-963 284
This document describes what type of land
disposal restrictions (LDR) variance authority
has been delegated to the Regions and why.
Additionally, information is provided on
regulatory requirements and procedures for
granting site-specific treatability variances
under RCRA.
TITLE: "Conducting Treatability Studies
Under RCRA"
AVAILABILITY: NTIS
NTIS ORDER NO.: PB92-963 501
This document provides an overview of
conducting treatability studies under RCRA,
including the treatability studies exemption
rule, research development and demonstration
permits, Subpart X permits, and corrective
action at Superfund sites. A table in the
document lists those states authorized to
implement the different treatability studies
rules.
TITLE: "ARARs Fact Sheet: Compliance
with the Clean Air Act and Associate Air
Quality Requirements"
AVAILABILITY: NTIS
NTIS ORDER NO.: PB92-963 282
This fact sheet provides updated guidance on
compliance with the Clean Air Act, as
amended November 1990 (42 US£ §§7401 et
seq.) and related air quality rules under other
environmental statutes. It also addresses
developing applicable or relevant and
appropriate requirements (ARARs) policies and
identifying and complying with ARARs at
specific sites.
TITLE: "Superfund Qualified Disadvantaged
Business Utilization in State Reponse"
AVAILABILITY: NTIS
NTIS ORDER NO.: PB92-963 283
This fact sheet concentrates on disadvantaged
business enterprise use in cases where states are
managing the cleanup of National Priority List
(NPL) sites. It introduces the Superfund
process, focuses on disadvantaged business
enterprise participation and involvement in
state Superfund programs, provides a regulatory
context for contracting practices, and offers
addtional information sources.
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FEDERAL REGISTERS
FINAL RULES
RCRA
"Hazardous Waste Management;
Liquids in Landfills"
November 18,1992 (57 EB 54452)
This final rule prohibits the disposal in
hazardous waste landfills of liquids that have
been sorbed in materials that biodegrade or that
release liquids when compressed. This rule is
effective May 18,1993.
"Arizona; Final Authorization of State
Hazardous Waste Management
Program Revisions"
November 23,1992 (57 EB 54932)
Arizona received final authorization for
revisions to its hazardous waste program,
including mixed waste and corrective action.
This final authorization is effective January 23,
1993, unless EPA publishes a prior Federal
Register action withdrawing this immediate
final rule. Comments must be received by
December 23,1992.
"Identification and Listing of
Hazardous Waste; Toxicity
Characteristic Revision"
November 24,1992 (57 EB 55114)
EPA amended its regulations for testing
conducted to evaluate a solid waste for the
toxicity characteristic. Specifically, this rule
removes the quality assurance requirement
found in Method 1311, the Toxicity
Characteristic Leaching Procedure, for
correcting measured values for analytical bias.
This rule is effective November 24, 1992.
"Georgia; Final Authorization of
Revisions to State Hazardous Waste
Management Program"
November 25,1992 (57 EB 55466)
Georgia received final authorization for
revisions to its hazardous waste program.
This final authorization will be effective
January 25,1993, unless EPA publishes a
prior Federal Register action withdrawing this
immediate final rule. Comments must be
received by December 28,1992.
CERCLA
"Citizen Suits Under §310 of CERCLA"
November 23,1992 (57 EB 55038)
This final rule prescribes the manner in
which notice of citizen suits is to be provided
as required by §310 of CERCLA. This final
rule is effective January 22,1993.
Copies of RCRA Federal Registers are available through the Hotline by calling a Document Specialist at
1-800-424-9346.
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PROPOSED RULE
CERCLA
"Administrative Reporting Exemptions
for Certain Radionuclide Releases"
November 30,1992 (57 £B 56726)
This proposed rule requests comments on
certain administrative exemptions from the
notification requirements under §103 of
CERCLA. Proposed exemptions include
releases of naturally occurring radionuclides
from large generally undisturbed land
holdings. Comments must be submitted on or
before January 29,1993.
NOTICES
RCRA
"Availability of Handbook of RCRA
Ground-Water Monitoring
Constituents"
November 5,1992 (57 EB 52773)
EPA announced the availability of a
reference handbook entitled Handbook of
Ground-Water Monitoring Constituents:
Chemical and Physical Properties. This
document provides specific chemical and
physical properties and SW-846 analytical
methods for the constituents listed in 40 CFR
Part 264, Appendix DC.
"Proposed Consent Decree for B&L
Corporation"
November 5,1992 (57 EB 52795)
On October 28,1992, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. B&L Corporation
was lodged with the U.S. District Court for the
District of New Jersey. The proposed Consent
Decree settles the United States' claims that
the defendant violated various provisions of
RCRA. Comments must be submitted by
December 5, 1992.
"Proposed Consent Decree for L&L Oil
Service, Inc."
November 5,1992 (57 £B 52796)
A proposed Consent Decree in United States v.
L&L Oil Service. Inc.. was lodged with the U.S.
District Court for the District of New Jersey on
October 28,1992. The proposed Consent
Decree settles the United States' claims that L&L
Oil Service, Inc., violated various provisions of
RCRA. Comments must be submitted by
December 5,1992.
"Rhode Island; Approval of State
Underground Storage Tank Program"
November 13,1992 (57 EB 53870)
EPA intends to grant final approval to Rhode
Island to operate its underground storage tank
program in lieu of the Federal program. A
public hearing is scheduled for December 10,
1992. All comments must be received by
December 10,1992.
"Open Meeting of the Negotiated
Rulemaking Advisory Committee for the
Hazardous Waste Manifest Rule"
November 17,1992 (57 EB 54203)
EPA announced the establishment of an
advisory committee to negotiate a rule outlining
a uniform national hazardous waste manifest.
The committee will meet on December 15-16,
1992, in Washington, DC.
Copies of RCRA federal Registers are available through the Hotline by calling a Document Specialist at
1-800-424-9346.
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NOTICES
"Agency Information Collection Activities
Under OMB Review"
November 18,1992 (57 EB 54392)
This notice announced the Office of
Management and Budget's responses to various
EPA Paperwork Reduction Act clearance
requests, including a request to clear the 1991
Hazardous Waste Report.
"Establishment and Open Meeting of the
Dialogue Committee on Phosphoric
Acid Production Wastes"
November 24,1992 (57 EB 55253)
EPA gave notice of the establishment of the
Phosphoric Acid Production Waste Advisory
Committee. This Committee will assist EPA in
performing its duties as set out in the Toxic
Substances Control Act and RCRA. The
Committee's first meeting will be held on
December 9,1992, in Washington, DC.
"Environmental Economics Advisory
Committee; Open Meeting"
November 30,1992 (57 EB 56582)
The Environmental Economics Advisory
Committee will meet on December 18,1992, in
Washington, DC. The main purpose of the
meeting is to review a draft study titled Methods
for Measuring Non-Use Values: A Contingent
Valuation Study of Groundwater Cleanup for
EPA's Office of Solid Waste.
CERCLA
"Proposed Consent Decree for Shell Oil
Company"
November 3,1992 (57 EB 49720)
A proposed Consent Decree in United States v.
Shell Oil Company was lodged with the U.S.
District Court for the District of Colorado on
Copies of RCRA Federal Registers are available through the Hotline by calling a Document Specialist at
1-800-424-9346.
October 5,1992. The proposed Consent Decree
incorporates a Settlement Agreement previously
executed by the parties, with an effective date of
February 17,1989. Comments must be received
by December 3,1992.
"Proposed Consent Decree for the
Golden Strip Septic Tank Site"
November 5,1992 (57 EB 52794)
A proposed Consent Decree in United States v.
pASF Corporation, et al.. was lodged on
October 27,1992, with the U.S. District Court
for the District of South Carolina, Greenville
Division. The Consent Decree requires the
defendants to implement the remedial action
EPA selected for the Golden Strip Septic Tank
Site in Simpsonville, South Carolina. Comments
must be submitted by December 5,1992.
"Operating Industries, Inc., Site;
Proposed Administrative Settlement"
November 6,1992 (57 EB 53191)
This notice corrected a notice of proposed
administrative settlement published on
October 20,1992 (57 ER 47856).
"Availability of Guidance Documents for
the Management of Contaminated
Patients"
November 12,1992 (57 EB 53752)
This notice announced the availability of two
guidance documents for the management of
contaminated patients. These documents are
available at no charge by mail through the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry.
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NOTICES
Union Scrap Metal Site in Minneapolis,
Minnesota; Three Proposed Consent
Decrees"
November 12, 1992 (57 EB 53781)
Three proposed Consent Decrees in
States v. Union Scrap Iron & Metal, et al..
were lodged with the U.S. District Court for
the District of Minnesota on November 5,
1992. These Consent Decrees require 59
potentially responsible parties to pay the
United States $1,422,200 of its unreimbursed
response costs at the Union Scrap Metal Site.
Comments must be submitted by
December 12, 1992.
"Ella Warehouse Drums Site; Proposed
Settlement"
November 13, 1992 (57 EB 53898)
EPA has agreed to settle claims for past
response costs at the Ella Warehouse Drums
Site in Houston, Texas, with North Loop West
Industrial Park and its partners. Comments
must be submitted by December 13, 1992.
"Proposed Consent Decree for the
Newport Dump Site, Wilder, Kentucky"
November 13, 1992 (57 EB 53931)
On October 29, 1992, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. City of Newport.
etal.. was lodged with the U.S. District Court
for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The
proposed Consent Decree requires settling
defendants to pay $2,400,000 in past costs
incurred by EPA at the Newport Dump Site.
Comments must be submitted by
December 13, 1992.
"Proposed Consent Decree for the
Newport Dump Site, Wilder, Kentucky"
November 13,1992 (57 EB 53931)
A proposed Consent Decree in United States v.
City of Newport, et al.. was lodged with the U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of
Kentucky on October 29,1992. The Consent
Decree requires the City of Newport to pay
$100,000 in past costs incurred by EPA at the
Newport Dump Site. Comments must be
submitted by December 13,1992.
"Proposed Consent Decree for the
Western Processing Site in Kent,
Washington"
November 13,1992 (57 EB 53932)
A proposed Consent Decree in United States v.
Western Processing Company, et al.. was lodged
with the U.S. District Court for the Western
District of Washington on October 7,1992. This
proposed Consent Decree requires settling
parties to pay $3,636,955 in satisfaction of the
United States' claims against them for response
cost incurred in connection with the Western
Processing Site. Comments must be submitted
by December 13,1992.
"Announcement of Final Priority Data
Needs for 38 Priority Hazardous
Substances"
November 16,1992 (57 EB 54150)
This notice announced the final priority data
needs for 38 priority hazardous substances,
identified by the Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry.
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Federal Registers
NOTICES
"Revised Procedures for Conducting
Voluntary Research"
November 16,1992 (57 F_B 54160)
This notice announced the revised procedures
for volunteering to conduct research as part of
the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry's Substance-Specific Applied
Research Program. Public comments will be
accepted throughout EPA's involvement with
the voluntary research.
"Proposed Administrative Order on
Consent; Lowry Landfill Site,
Arapahoe County, Colorado"
November 18,1992 (57 EB 54404)
The terms of an Administrative Order on
Consent have been agreed to by various parties
concerning the Lowry Landfill Site. The
proposed Administrative Order on Consent
requires 22 potentially responsible parties to
pay $633,790 to resolve their liability to EPA
related to response actions taken or to be taken
at the site. Comments must be submitted by
December 18,1992.
"Proposed Consent Decree for
Montrose Chemical Corporation of
California, et al."
November 19,1992 (57 EB 54608)
On November 5,1992, a proposed Consent
Decree in partial settlement of United States v.
Montrose Chemical Corporation of California.
etal.. was lodged with the U.S. District Court
for the Central District of California. Under
the terms of the settlement, settling
government agencies will pay $42.3 million
for natural resource damages and $3.5 million
for response costs at the Montrose Chemical
Corporation Site in Los Angeles County,
California. Comments must be submitted by
December 19,1992.
"H. Brown Site in Walker, Michigan;
Proposed Settlement"
November 20,1992 (57 EB 54790)
EPA proposed to settle with parties for
remediation of the H. Brown Site who are
responsible for less, than 0.1 percent of the total
volume of waste sent to the site between 1962
and 1981. These 139 parties will pay a total of
$642,814 in settlement payments. Comments
must be provided on or before
December 21,1992.
"Proposed Consent Decree for the Fibers
Public Supply Wells Site in Guayama,
Puerto Rico"
November 20,1992 (57 £R 54857)
A proposed Consent Decree in United States v.
Anaquest Caribe. Inc.: Phillips Petroleum
Company: American Home Products. Inc.: and
Chevron Chemical Company was lodged on
October 30,1992, with the U.S. District Court
for the District of Puerto Rico. The proposed
Consent Decree requires the defendants to
reimburse the United States $437,000.
Comments must be submitted by
December 20,1992.
"Demonstration Program for State Health
Departments to Conduct Health
Consultations and Public Health
Assessment Activities"
November 25,1992 (57 EB 55540)
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry announced the anticipated availability
of FY 1993 funds for a cooperative agreement
program for state health departments to build
capacity to conduct health consultations. The
application form for the funds must be submitted
by December 31,1992.
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NOTICES
"Proposed Consent Decree for the Sol
Lynn/Industrial Transformer Company
Site in Houston, Texas"
November 25,1992 (57 £B 55570)
A proposed Second Modified Consent Decree
in United States v. Gulf States Utilities
Company was lodged on November 12,1992,
with the U.S. District Court for the Houston
Division of the Southern District of Texas.
The Consent Decree requires the defendant to
remove contaminated soil with concentrations
more than 25 parts per million PCBs from the
site. Comments must be submitted by
December 16,1992.
"Proposed Consent Decree for Moreco
Energy, Inc."
November 25,1992 (57 EB 55571)
A proposed Settlement Agreement and
Stipulated Order in In re Moreco Energy. Inc..
was lodged on November 16,1992, with the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern
District of Illinois, Eastern Division. Under
the Agreement, settling parties will pay the
United States a total of $875,000. Comments
must be submitted by December 15,1992.
"BFI-Rockingham Landfill Site,
Rockingham, Vermont; Proposed
Administrative Settlement"
November 27,1992 (57 EB 56340)
EPA proposed to enter into a settlement
intended to resolve the liability under
CERCLA of Disposal Specialists, Inc., and
Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc.,
for costs incurred by EPA in conducting
response actions at the BFI-Rockingham
Landfill Site. Comments must be submitted on
or before December 28,1992.
"Proposed Settlement Agreement for
National Gypsum Company"
November 27,1992 (57 EB 56374)
A proposed settlement agreement regarding
National Gypsum Company is being lodged
with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the
Northern District of Texas. The settlement
addresses the Salford Quarry Site in
Pennsylvania and the Millington Asbestos
Dump Site in New Jersey. Comments must be
received by December 7,1992.
RCRA/CERCLA
"EPA Semiannual Regulatory Agenda"
November 3,1992 (57 EB 52024)
EPA's semiannual regulatory agenda serves
as a semiannual summary of current and
projected rulemakings, reviews of existing
regulations, and EPA actions completed since
the previous agenda.
"Environmental Requirements on Local
Governments and Small Communities;
Public Meeting"
November 6,1992 (57 EB 53110)
On November 19-20,1992, EPA will meet
with local and state officials, public interest
groups, and environmental groups to discuss
environmental requirements for local
governments and small communities.
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November 1992
Federal Registers
NOTICES
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW
"Administrative Reporting Exemptions
for Certain Radionucllde
Releases"
November 30,1992 (57 EB 56726)
This proposed rule provides notice of, and
requests comments on, certain administrative
exemptions from the notification requirements
under § 103 of GERCLA and §304 of EPCRA
for releases of certain radionuclides.
Comments must be submitted on or before
January 29,1993.
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CALL ANALYSES
CALLS ANSWERED BY HOTLINE
November Daily Volume*
Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know
6 9 10 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 27 30
Year to Date*
RCRA/SF/OUST
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Month
11,534
11,476
12,333
11,062
13,586
11,837
11,049
10,770
11,147
11,887
10,361
Cumulative
23,010
35,343
46,425
60.011
71,848
82,897
93,667
104,814
116,701
127,062
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Month
3,583
4,943
3,159
3,012
4.131
9,505
5,710
6,409
2,736
2,388
2.073
Cumulative
8,526
11,685
14,697
18,828
28,333
34,043
40,452
43.188
45,576
47,649
•All calls answered by the Call Management System or the Document Retrieval Line - The documents featured were
The Consumer's Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste" and "Green Advertising Gaims."
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Call Analyses
November 1992
CALLS ANSWERED BY TYPE
November Dally Volume*
600
500
9 10 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 27 30
Year to Date*
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Questions
Month
11,930
12.338
11.755
10,734
12,885
17.092
13,062
13,884
10,398
9,159
8,422
Cumulative
24.268
36,023
46.757
59.642
76,734
89,796
103,680
114,078
123,237
131,659
Documents
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Month
4,276
3.822
4,152
3.899
5.625
4,802
3,981
4,075
3,144
4,454
3.770
Cumulative
8.098
12.250
16.149
21.774
26,576
30,557
34,632
37,776
42,230
46,000
Referrals
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Month
1,505
1.831
1.390
1.144
1.396
1,535
1,795
1,783
1,484
1,523
1..565
Cumulative
3.336
4,726
5,870
7.266
8.801
10,596
12.379
13,863
15,386
16,951
* All calls answered by the Call Management System or the Message Retrieval Line. A single call may include multiple
questions combined with document requests and referrals.
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November 1992
Call Analyses
CALLS ANSWERED BY PROGRAM AREA
November 1992*
'Based on 12.192 requests and excludes 1,565 referrals made from both Hotlines. Includes the Message Retrieval
Line.
Year to Date**
January
February
March
April
May
June
Jury
August
September
October
Novofnbdf
RCRA
Month
60%
(9,564)
55%
(8.860)
66%
(10,410)
61%
(8.913)
66%
(12.134)
45%
(9.878)
54%
(9.210)
50%
(8.992)
63%
(8.525)
66%
(9.035)
67%
(8.142)
Cumulative
57%
(18.424)
60%
(28,834)
60%
(37.747)
62%
(49.881)
57%
(59.759)
57%
(68.969)
56%
(77.961)
57%
(86.486)
58%
(95.521)
58%
(103,663)
Superiund
Month
12%
(2,065)
11%
(1.823)
10%
(1.638)
13%
(1.957)
8%
(1.555)
8%
(1.773)
9%
(1.446)
10%
(1.715)
12%
(1.680)
12%
(1.610)
13%
(1.559)
Cumulative
12%
(3.888)
12%
(5.526)
12%
(7.483)
11%
(9.038)
11%
(10.811)
10%
(12,257)
10%
(13,972)
10%
(15,652)
10%
(17.262)
11%
(18.821)
OUST
Month
4%
(640)
3%
(483)
3%
(488)
5%
(665)
3%
(551)
2%
(452)
2%
(383)
3%
(563)
4%
(537)
4%
(560)
3%
(420)
Cumulative
3%
(1.123)
3%
(1,611)
4%
(2.276)
3%
(2.827)
3%
(3,279)
3%
(3.662)
3%
(4.225)
3%
(4.762)
3%
(5.322)
3%
(5.742)
EnwrgMM
Community
Month
24%
(3.937)
31%
(14.994)
21%
(3.371)
21%
(3.098)
23%
(4.270)
45%
(9.791)
35%
(6.004)
37%
(6.689)
21%
(2.800)
18%
(2.408)
17%
(2.071)
sy Planning A
Rlflht-to-Know
Cumulative
28%
(8.931)
25%
(12,302)
24%
(15.400)
24%
(19.670)
29%
(29,461)
30%
(35.465)
30%
(42.154)
30%
(44.954)
29%
(47.362)
28%
(49.433)
Based on 177,659 requests and excludes 16,951 referrals made from both Hotlines.
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Call Analyses
November 1992
CALLER PROFILE
RCRA/SF/OUST Hotline
Regulated Community 7,102
Citizens 630
State & Local Gov't/Native American 205
Federal Agencies 158
Educational Institutions 144
EPA 127
Other 79
Media 10
Interest Groups 23
Congress 6
Referrals 1,246
International 9
Document Retrieval Line* 622
TOTAL
10361
State/Local GcVt/
Native American
2%
Federal Agencies
2%
All Others
5%
Citizens
7%
Regulated
Community
84%
* No caller profile data available.
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November 1992
Call Analyses
Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Hotline
Manufacturer
Food/Tobacco 28
Textiles 12
Apparel 2
Lumber & Wood 6
Furniture 7
Paper 13
Printing & Publishing 22
Chemicals 202
Petroleum & Coal 37
Rubber and Plastics 24
Leather 1
Stone, Clay & Glass 12
Primary Metals 22
Fabricated Metals 68
Machinery (Excluding Electrical) 12
Electrical&Electronic Equipment 25
Transportation Equipment 16
Instruments 8
Misc. Manufacturing 25
Not Able to Determine 39
Subtotal 581
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
Union/Labor
Media/Press
Distributors
Native Americans
Laboratories
Misc.
Referrals
International
TOTAL
433
104
187
11
17
37
0
8
41
75
44
38
26
1
36
2
11
0
3
9
90
319
0
2,073
Citizens
11%
Attorneys
6%
Consultants/
Engineers
25%
All Others
25%
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Call Analyses
November 1992
HOTLINE TOPICS
RCRA
Special Wastes
Ash 10
Mining Wastes, Bevill 21
Medical Wastes 99*
Oil and Gas 16
Subtitle C (General) 311
Hazardous Waste Id. (General 1,306*
Toxicity Characteristic 86
Wood Preserving 39
Listing of Used Oil 121*
Fluff 0
Radioactive Mixed Waste 42
Delisting Petitions 18
Hazardous Waste Recycling 107
Generators 467
Small Quantity Generators 196
Transportation/Transporters 90
TSDFs General 245
TSDFs Siting Facilities 14
TSDFs Capacity 18
TSDFs Treatment 86
TSDFs Burning 72
TSDFs Storage 60
TSDFs Disposal 43
Land Disposal Restrictions 655*
Permits and Permitting 120
Corrective Action 183
Financial Liability/Enforcement 98
Test Methods 103
Health Effects 12
Waste Min. Pollution Prevention 33
State Programs 64
Hazardous Waste Data 42
Household Hazardous Waste 138
Subtitle D (General) 185
Siting Facilities 83
Combustion 24
Industrial Waste 9
Composting 16
Source Reduction/Poll. Prev. 8
Grants & Financing 6
Procurement (General) 13
Building Insulation 0
Cement & Products with Fly Ash 7
Paper & Paper Products 4
Re-refined Lubricating Oil 5
Retread Tires 1
Solid Waste Recycling (General) 886**
Aluminum 14
Batteries 33
Glass 10
Paper 21
Plastics 16
Tires 37
Used Oil 248
Markets (General) 14
Aluminum 1
Batteries 2
Compost 0
Glass 4
Paper 2
Plastics 1
Tires 26
Used Oil 20
RCRA General 1,531*
TOTAL 8,142l
1 Includes 2,393 RCRA document requests.
SUPERFUND
General/Misc. 201
Access & Information Gathering 11
Administrative Record 1
Allocations from Fund 7
ARARs 55
CERCLIS 81
Citizen Suits 9
Clean-Up Costs 26
Clean-Up Standards 41
Community Relations 27
Contract Lab Program (CLP) 18
Contractor Indemnification 4
Contracts 10
Definitions 4
Emergency Response 7
Enforcement 28
Exposure Assess./Risk Assess. 20
Federal Facilities 17
Fund Balancing 2
Grants 10
Hazardous Substances 83*
Health/Toxics 7
HRS 27
* Hot topics for this month.
••Includes 622 Document Retrievals.
•Topics are calculated as the summation of all questions received by the Hotline. A single call may result In multiple
22 questions.
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November 1992
Call Analyses
Liability
Mandatory Schedules
Natural Resource Damages
NBARs
NCP
Notification
NPL
Off Site Policy
On Site Policy
OSHA
PA/SI
PRPs
Public Participation
RCRA Interface
RD/RA
Remedial
Removal
Response
RI/FS
ROD
RQ
SARA Interface
Settlements
SITE Program
State Participation
State Program
Taxes
Tide m/Right-to-Know
TOTAL
2Includes 593 Superfund document requests.
OUST
General/Misc. 91
Applicability/Definitions 73
Regulated Substances 23
Standards for New Tank Systems 13
Tank Standards and Upgrading 13
Operating Requirements 7
Release Detection 45
Release Reporting & Investigation 18
Corrective Action for USTs 33
Out-of-Service/Closure 29
Financial Responsibility 43
State Programs 12
Liability/Enforcement 8
LUST Trust Fund 12
73*
1
4
0
33
25
200*
11
7
9
16
23
2
19
11
58
20
12
44
31
167*
4
16
25
4
5
7
36
TOTAL
3 Includes 209 OUST document requests.
4203
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW
Title IH General 468
§301-3 Emergency Planning
General 153
SERCs/LEPC 6
Notification 9
Mixtures 6
Extremely Hazardous Substances 24
Delisting EHS 0
Exemptions 6
§304:
General 45
Notification Requirements 29
Reportable Quantities 57
RQs vs. TPQs 19
Transportation 3
Exemptions 13
§311/312:
General 127
MSDS Reporting Requirements 12
Tier I/II Regulations 71
Thresholds 73
OSHA Expansion 5
Hazard Categories 1
Mixtures 4
Exemptions 48
§313:
General 371
Form R 213
Thresholds 90
Phase I 41
Phase H 30
Phase m 0
Pollution Prevention 13
NONs/NOTEs 17
Petitions 22
Health Effects 4
Database 72
Exemptions 66
Training:
General 61
§305 Training Grants 0
§305 Emergency Systems Review 0
§ 126 (SARA) Training Regulations 0
• Hot topics for this month.
• Topics are calculated as the summation of all questions received by the Hotline. A single call may result in
multiple questions.
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Call Analyses
November 1992
General:
CEPP Interim Guide
Chemical Profile
NRT-1
Hazard Analysis
Risk Communication
Title IE Workshops
Information Management
Prevention ARIP
Other
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
7
Trade Secrets
Enforcement
Liability
TOTAL
7
13
2
2,071^
4 Includes 575 Emergency Planning Community
Right-To-Know document requests.
TOTAL HOTLINE QUESTIONS,
DOCUMENT REQUESTS AND
REFERRALS:
13,757
24
• Topics are calculated as the summation of all questions received by the Hotline. A single call may result in multiple
questions.
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LTST OF ADDRESSEES:
Ed Abrams, 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 Burns, 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-320W
Elaine Davies, OS-120
Jeffery Denit, OS-300
Lynn DePont, OS-400WF
Director, RED, LE-134S
DaveEberly,53-03W
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
Jim Hayden, DEC-Alaska
Betty Hollowell, DOE-TX
Hinton Howard, EPA-Reg. 5
Henry Hudson, EPA-Reg. 4
Susan Hutcherson, EPA-Reg. 10
Tom Jacobs, EPA-Reg. 5
Carol Jacobson OS-5203G
Harriet L. Jones, EPA-Reg. 7
Kathy Jones, OS-210
Tim Jones, OS-301
Gary Jonesi, LE-134S
Ron Josephson, OS-333
Tony Jover, OS-120
Robert Kayser, OS-333
Jeff Kelly, OS-520
Mitch Kidwell, OS-332
Bob Kievit, EPA- Olympia, WA
William Kline, OS-322W
Robert Knox, OS-130
Dan Kovacks, Hotline
Walter Kovalick, OS-110
Judy Lebowich, WH-550E
Henry Longest, OS-100
JimLoomis, FLERC
Sylvia Lowrance, OS-300
Julia Lebee, EPA-Reg. 4
Tom Lueders, EPA-Reg. 5
James Makris, OS-120
Andrea McLaughlin, OS-5203G
Chet McLaughlin, EPA-Reg. 7
Dorothy McManus, OS-120
Tami McNamara, TS-779
Scott McPhilamy, EPA-Reg. 3
Kim Mercer, EPA-Reg. 9
Margaret Meares, EPA-Reg. 4
Charlotte Mooney, OS-332
Robert Morby, EPA-Reg. 7
Beverly Negri, EPA-Reg. 6
Susan OXeefe, LE-134S
ChaePak, EPA-Reg. 10
Wendy Porman, DOI
Myra Perez, EPA-Houston
Mark Phillips, EPA-Reg. 3
Dan Powell, OS-HOW
Steve Provant, EPA-Boise, ID
Jim Radle, Jr., EPA-Reg. 9
John Riley, OS-210
Barbara Roth, OS-305
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
Kathie Stein, LE-134S
Heather Stockard, DEC-Alaska
Kathy Teemer, Hotline
Beverly Thomas, OS420WF
Jim Thompson, OS-520
Linda Thompson, LE-134S
Robert Thompson, A-104
Steve Torok, EPA-Juneau, AK
Harriett Tregoning, PM-220
Betti VanEpps, 5201-G
Carie VanHook, OS-305
David Van Slyke,LE-134S
Barbara Wagner, EPA-Reg. 8
David Watson, PM-214F
Howard Wilson, PM-273
Denise Wright, OS -332
Mia Zmud, OS-301
Mark Horwitz, Reg. 5
John Ramirez.DOE
Captain Smyser, Airforce
Carolyn Kenmore, 5203-G
OS W Division Directors
OSW Deputy Division Directors
OSW Branch Chiefs
Hazardous Waste Management Division Directors,
Regions I-X
Hazardous Waste Management Branch Chiefs, Regions I-X
Regional Counsel, Regions I-X
Regional Libraries, Regions I-X
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