EPA530-R-93-004t- PB93-922 006 MONTHLY HOTLINE REPORT June 1993 RCRA/SF/OUST and EPCRA * Hotline Questions and Answers Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 1 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) 4 New Publications Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 7 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) 8 Other 9 1H| Federal Registers Final Rules 11 Proposed Rules 12 Notices i 12 Call Analyses Calls Answered 19 Caller Profiles 21 Hotline Topics 3 RCRA/SF/OUST National ToM-Free No.: 800-424-9346 TDD National Toil-Free No.: 800-553-7672 EPCRA National Toil-Free No.: 800-535-0202 This report» prepared and submitted in support of Contract No. 68-WO-0039. EPA Project Officer: Carie VanHook Jasperse. (202) 260-7388 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington. DC 20460 Printed on Recycled Paper ------- HOTLINE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RCRA 1. Sample Holding Times and Validity of Analytical Results When characterizing waste as hazardous or nonhazardous under RCRA Subtitle C, §262.11 provides that a generator has the option of either applying knowledge of the hazardous characteristics of the waste or testing the waste. If the generator chooses to test a waste to determine if it exhibits the toxicity characteristic under 40 CFR §26124, the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure • Method 1311 (TCLP) must be used to generate a waste extract. This extract is then analyzed for the 39 constituents listed in Table 1 of §261 24. To ensure that accurate results are obtained, there are specific quality control measures for the extraction and analysis procedures, including limits on the amount of time samples can be held during testing. When these sample holding times are exceeded, can the results of constituent analysis on a TCLP extract still be used to determine if a waste exhibits the toxicity characteristic? When sample holding times are exceeded, TCLP analytical results will be considered the minimum amount that could leach from the waste; an identical sample analyzed within the prescribed holding times might yield higher concentrations of toxicity characteristic constituents (Part 261, Appendix n, §8.4). EPA's manufll Test Methods Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Methods (SW-846, Second Edition) defines sample holding time as the storage time allowed between field collection of a sample and completion of analysis in a laboratory. Specific maximum holding times are set for quality assurance and quality control purposes. Certain constituents in waste, such as volatile organic compounds, can degrade or volatilize over time. When constituents in a sample are lost through these natural chemical processes, analytical measurements become inaccurate. To limit sample degradation, maximum holding times are developed based on the propensity of the waste constituents to degrade or volatilize. General guidelines for sample holding times are presented in Volume 1, Chapters 2,3, and 4 of SW-846, and additional method-specific requirements may appear in the individual test methods themselves. Outlined in section 8.4 of Method 131 l(Part 261, Appendix IT), maximum TCLP sample holding .times range from a total of 28 days for volatiles to 360 days for metals. These overall time frames are further broken down, specifying the length of time allowed for each step in the analytical process. For example, volatile samples are allowed 14 days for leachate extraction and another 14 days for constituent analysis, while die breakdown for semivolatiles allows 14 days for leachate extraction, 7 days for extract preparation, and 40 days for constituent analysis. When sample holding times are exceeded, measurements may be inaccurate and the TCLP analysis may be invalid or inconclusive. When analysis is conducted after a sample holding time is exceeded, however, the results may still have limited applicability. Because some constituents are lost through volatilization ------- Hotline Question* and Answers June 1993 or degradation while awaiting testing, constituent concentrations in expired samples will be lower than if the sample were fresh. If a sample exceeds a recommended holding time and analysis demonstrates that concentrations are above the regulatory threshold for one or more constituents, then these concentrations can be treated as minimum values and the waste is hazardous for the toxicity characteristic. No further testing is required If , on the other hand, a sample exceeds a recommended holding time and analysis demonstrates that concentrations are below the regulatory threshold for one or more constituents, further testing may be necessary to demonstrate that the waste is nonhazardous. If the generator chooses to conduct further testing, additional samples would be required to ensure accurate measurement of constituents and to provide a definitive waste determination under RCRA Subtitle C. 2. Containment Buildings at Permitted and Interim Status Facilities EPA recently promulgated regulations for containment buildings, a new type of hazardous waste management unit used for treatment and storage of hazardous wastes. What procedures must permitted and interim status facilities follow when adding containment buildings? On August 18,1992, EPA promulgated a rule defining and establishing management standards for a new type of unit called a containment building (57 £& 37194; August 18,1992). A facility operating under a RCRA permit may seek to add containment buildings to its permitted operations in two situations ~ it may seek to convert existing units (e.g., enclosed waste piles) to containment buildings, or it may seek to construct new containment buildings. With respect to the first situation, EPA believes that many facilities will convert their existing enclosed waste piles to containment buildings (57 FR 37218). This will require a Class 2 modification (57 £R 37218; 40 CFR §270.42, Appendix I, Item 1,6). Construction to implement Class 2 changes generally may commence 60 days after submission of the permit modification request (§270.42(b)(8)). If the Agency does not respond within 90 days (or 120 days if the Agency requests an extension), the facility is automatically authorized to conduct the requested activity for 180 days., During this time, the facility is required to comply with applicable Part 265 standards in conducting the activity (§270.42(bX6)(iii)). The construction of new containment buildings requires a Class 2 or 3 permit modification, depending on whether the addition of the buildings increases the facility's containment building storage or treatment capacity by more than 25 percent (57 £R 37281; §270.42, Appendix I, Item M, 1). Class 3 modifications are required at facilities with no existing containment building capacity. Class 3 permit modifications require formal EPA approval; there is no deadline for Agency action and no provision for automatic authorization in the absence of an Agency decision (53 ER 37919). Permitted facilities may apply for a temporary authorization under §270.42(e). A temporary authorization may be granted for up to 180 days and may be reissued for an additional 180 days provided that the facility has submitted a request for a permit modification. Requests for temporary authorization must demonstrate compliance with Part 264 standards and also meet the criteria in §270.42(e) for approval. ------- June 1993 Hotline Questions and Answers A facility operating under interim status may add new treatment processes or additional treatment or storage capacity, such as containment buildings, by using existing procedures for changes during interim status under §§270.72(a)(2) and (a)(3). The facility must submit a revised Part A permit application and a justification explaining the need for the change, which must be approved by EPA before implementing any construction. According to §270.72(b), changes generally may not be made if they amount to reconstruction of the hazardous waste management facility. The Agency considers the facility "reconstructed" if the capital investment for the changes to the facility exceed 50 percent of the capital cost of a comparable, entirely new hazardous waste management facility (57 ER 37242). The reconstruction limit does not apply, however, if the changes are made in order to treat or store in tanks, containers, or containment buildings provided that the changes are made solely to comply with Part 268 (§270.72(b)(6)). Containment buildings are not considered newly regulated units. In the August 18, 1992, Federal Register. EPA simply reclassified existing units, which may have been classified as indoof waste piles or certain miscellaneous units, as containment buildings in order to facilitate treatment of hazardous debris and other wastes. The procedural provisions for newly regulated units are thus not applicable to owners and operators of facilities that want to construct containment buildings. For instance, §§270.42(g) and 270.72(a)(6), which allow continued management of hazardous wastes in newly regulated units without prior Agency action, cannot be used to add containment buildings to a facility. Likewise, facilities that do not currently manage hazardous waste and want to begin managing hazardous waste in containment buildings or to construct containment buildings for the management of hazardous waste may not gain interim status. The facility must first obtain a RCRA permit before any construction or waste management activities may begin (57 ER 36241-36242). Generators also may add containment buildings for accumulating and treating hazardous wastes. Under §262.34, generators may accumulate or treat hazardous waste in on-site tanks or containers for up to 90 days without a permit as long as the applicable Part 265, Subpart I (for containers) or Subpart J (for tanks) standards are followed. The August 18,1992, Federal Register also applied this provision to containment buildings. The units must be in compliance with Part 265, Subpart DD standards, and with certain recordkeeping requirements. 3. Closure Timetable Following Termination of Interim Status According to 40 tfjl §270.73(g), interim status terminates on November 8,1992, for any facility, other than a land disposal or incinerator facility, that achieved interim status prior to November 8,1984, unless the facility's owner or operator submitted a RCRA Pan B permit application by November 8, 1988. A hazardous waste tank storage facility has operated under interim status since 1982, but the facility's owner I operator failed to submit a Pan B permit application prior to the 1988 deadline. Assuming the facility does not have an approved closure plan, what deadlines must the owner I operator meet in submitting a closure plan and conducting closure activities in accordance with Pan 265, Subpart G, following the loss of interim status in November 1992? ------- Hotline Questions and Answers June 1993 Because the owner/operator failed to submit a Part B permit application prior to November 8,1988, die tank storage facility loses interim status on November 8,1992 (§270.73(g)). Section 265.112(d)(3) requires the owner/operator to submit a closure plan to the Regional Administrator no later than 15 days after termination of interim status, except when a permit is issued simultaneously. Accordingly, the owner/operator of the tank storage facility was required to submit a closure plan no later than November 23,1992. Assuming the facility's closure plan is approved after November 8,1992, the date of approval of the closure plan triggers the series of deadlines for subsequent activities. Within 90 days following approval of the closure plan, the owner/operator of the tank storage facility must treat, remove from the facility, or dispose of on-site all hazardous wastes in accordance with the approved closure plan (§265.113(a)). Similarly, within 180 days following approval of the closure plan the owner/operator must complete closure activities in accordance with the approved closure plan (§265.113(b)). The Regional Administrator may approve longer time periods if the owner/operator makes certain demonstrations, specified in §§265.113(a)( 1) and 265.113(aX2) for treatment, removal, or disposal of hazardous wastes and in §§265.113(b)(l) and 265.113(b)(2) for completion of closure activities. After final closure of the tank storage facility is complete, the owner/operator has up to 60 days to submit a certification of closure to the Regional Administrator (§265.115). This document, signed by both die owner/ operator and an independent registered professional engineer, certifies that the facility has been closed in accordance with the specifications of the approved closure plan. Within 60 days after receiving a satisfactory certification of closure, the Regional Administrator will notify the owner/operator in writing that he/she is no longer subject to financial assurance requirements for final closure (§265.143(h)). 4. Unused Formulations of Agent Orange During the Vietnam War an estimated 44 million pounds of the herbicide Agent Orange were formulated for use as a defoliant. Currently there are several United States military posts in possession of unused formulations of this herbicide. Upon disposal, would the herbicide Agent Orange be regulated as a hazardous waste under RCRA Subtitle C? Unused formulations of Agent Orange would meet the F027 hazardous waste listing when disposed of. The active herbicidal components of Agent Orange are equal quantities of 2,4,-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T), which are both derived from the synthesis of chlorophtnols and chlorophenoxy compounds. The listing description of F027 includes discarded unused formulations containing compounds derived from tri-, tetra-, or pentachlorophenol. Since Agent Orange contains a compound derived from the synthesis of trichkxophenol (i.e., 2,4,5-T), it is appropriately classified as F027 upon disposal. CERCLA 5. State Authority in Selecting the Remedy at State-lead Superf und Sites CERCLA §121(f) provides for "substantial and meaningfuT' involvement by each state in the initiation, development, and selection of remedial actions to be undertaken at ------- June 1993 Hotline Questions and Answers Superfund sites in that state. In addition, CERCLA §104(d)(l) provides for states to assume the lead at Fund-financed sites through Cooperative Agreements. The lead agency is responsible for preparing the Record of Decision (ROD) and other primary documents. If a state is designated as the lead agency at a Fund-financed site and there is controversy over the remedy, does the final authority over remedy selection rest with EPA or the state agency? EPA retains final decision-making authority in selecting the remedy at Fund- financed sites even when the state is the lead agency. Before a state may proceed with a Fund-financed response action, EPA must first concur with and adopt the ROD. Pursuant to 40 CFR §300.515(e)(2)(ii), unless EPA's Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response or Regional Administrator concurs in writing with a state- prepared ROD, EPA is not deemed to have approved the state decision and the remedy may not be initiated. According to the preamble to the National Contingency Plan (NCP), "EPA believes that, although Congress contemplated an increased role for states in the remedial process through the enactment of CERCLA §121(f), it should retain primary responsibility for die federal Superfund program." In addition, the NCP notes that retaining authority for final remedy selection within EPA (rather than dispersing it among the 50 states and EPA) furthers the goal for consistent implementation of remedies at sites (55 ER 8666,8783). ------- NEW PUBLICATIONS HOW TO ORDER NT1S Publication* are available by calling (703) 487-4650, or writing NTIS. 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. Use the NTIS Order Number listed under the document EPA Publications are available through the Hotline. UM the EPA Order Number listed under the document RCRA/SF/OUST 1 -800-424-9346 EPCRA/Title III 1 -800-535-0202 local 703-412-9810 local 703-412-9877 RCRA TITLE: "Used Dry Cell Batteries: Is A Collection Program Right for Your Community?" AVAILABILITY: Hotline EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-K-92-006 This handbook is designed to assist communities in deciding whether establishing a program to collect used dry cell batteries would be beneficial. It addresses the creation and management of a collection program and provides examples of existing collection programs and state legislation. Issues such as public education, program costs, and program effectiveness are also addressed. The handbook includes statistics dating back to 1975 on the contribution of batteries to the municipal solid wastestream and describes future trends in the quantity of batteries in the municipal solid wastestream. The handbook Lists reference materials and recyclers of dry cell batteries in the United States. TITLE: "Household Hazardous Waste: Steps to Safe Management" AVAILABILITY: Hotline EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-F-92-031 This pamphet presents safe management practices for household hazardous wastes such as cleaning solutions, paints, pesticides, car batteries, and motor oil that can be potential risks to humans and the environment It also provides an introduction to issues such as source reduction, recycling, and possible hazards of improper handling. Additionally, the pamphlet lists reference documents that are available through EPA which address the household hazardous waste issue. TITLE: "Markets for Recovered Aluminum" AVAILABILITY: NTIS NTIS ORDER NO.: PB93-170 132 This document presents a general overview of the recycling market for aluminum. Aimed at the general public, it addresses factors such as growth and trends in the aluminum market, government policies, supply and demand for scrap aluminum, and information about initiatives to increase aluminum recycling. The document includes statistics from 1970 to 1990, and lists useful reference materials regarding the aluminum market ------- New Publications June 1993 TITLE: "Summary of Markets for Recovered Aluminum" AVAILABILITY: Hotline EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-SW-90-072B This booklet summarizes EPA's Markets For Recovered Aluminum. It descibes factors affecting the current supply and demand for recovered aluminum, and provides information on future market trends. CERCLA TITLE: "Quality Assurance for Superfund Environmental Data Collection Activities" AVAILABILITY: NTIS NTIS ORDER NO.: PB93-963273 This fact sheet provides Superfund program participants with an overview of Superfund quality assurance requirements for data collection activities. The information in the fact sheet is pertinent to all Superfund site managers, including remedial project managers (RPMs), site assessment managers (S AMs), and on-scene coordinators (OSCs). TITLE: "Further Direction on Implementing the Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model (SACM)" AVAILABILITY: NTIS NTIS ORDER NO.: PB93-963 291 This memorandum provides a summary of progress to date in implementing SACM. Additionally, the memorandum provides an overview of goals and strategies for the full implementation of SACM in the 1994 fiscal year. TITLE: "Ensuring the Adequacy of Cost Shan: Provision in Superfund Contracts" AVAILABILITY: NTIS NTIS ORDER NO.: PB93-963336 This memorandum requests Regional offices to re-examine existing Superfund State Contracts (SSCs) for Fund-financed remedial actions to verify that they adequately reflect incurred and projected remedial action costs. The memorandum provides a general overview of the subject, and includes an attached statement given by Administrator Browner to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on the subject of contracts management TITLE: "Response Action Contractor Final Indemnification Guidelines" AVAILABILITY: NTIS NTIS ORDER NO.: PB93-963290 This intermittent bulletin issued by the Superfund Revitalization Office provides an update on current indemnification issues and resolutions. Specifically, this bulletin announces the establishment of an indemnification hotline that will address issues, questions, and concerns regarding response action contractor indemnification. TITLE: "Superfund At Work: Hazardous Waste Cleanup Efforts Nationwide (French Limited)" AVAILABILITY: NTIS NTIS ORDER NO.: PB93-963609 The "Superfund at Work" bulletin series profiles hazardous waste sites nationwide. This issue provides an overview of the cleanup at the French Limited Site in Harris, Texas. ------- June 1993 New Publications TITLE: "Superfund at Work: Hazardous Waste Cleanup Efforts Nationwide (Old Midland Products)" AVAILABILITY: NTIS NTIS ORDER NO.: PB93-963608 The "Superfund at Work" bulletin series profiles hazardous waste sites nationwide. This issue provides an overview of the cleanup at the Old Midland Products Site in Yell, Arkansas. TITLE: "Superfund Administrative Improvements: Final Report" AVAILABILITY: NTIS NTIS ORDER NO.: PB93-963295 On June 22,1993, Deputy Administrator Robert Sussman announced an agenda for making further improvements to the Superfund program. These administrative improvements are designed to enhance enforcement fairness, cleanup effectiveness, public involvement, state rules, and reduce transaction costs. This report outlines these administrative improvements and establishes target dates for completion of these initiatives. April 1993 May 1993 June 1993 PB93-922 404 530-R-93-004d PB93-922 405 530-R-93-004e PB93-922 406 530-R-93-004f The reports contain questions that required EPA resolution or were frequently asked, publications availability, Federal Register summaries, and Hotline call statistics. OTHER TITLE: "Monthly Hotline Report" AVAILABILITY: NTIS NTIS ORDER NO.: See below Yearly Subscription PB93-922400 530-R-93-004 January 1993 February 1993 March 1993 PB93-922401 530-R-93-004a PB93-922402 530-R-93-004b PB93-922403 530-R-93-004c ------- FINAL RULES RCRA "Wisconsin; Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions'* June 2,1993 (58 EB 31344) Tliis final rule affirmed EPA's earlier decision (57 EB 15029; April 24,1992) to authorize Wisconsin's revised hazardous waste program. Final authorization for these revisions will be effective August 2,1993, unless EPA publishes a prior action withdrawing this man^ji^tf. final note. Comments must be received by July 2,1993. " North Carolina; Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions" June 3,1993 (58 EB 31474) This action concced the list of authorities published on April 27,1992 (57 EB 15255). That rule incorrectly authorized North Carolina for §§3005(JX 3004(dX 3004(qX2XAX and 3004(rX2) and (3) of HSWA. These sections were deauthorized with this action. This rule is effective June 3,1993. "PotycWorinated BJphenyb (PCBs) and Use of Waste Oil; Correction" June 8,1993 (58 EB 32060) This final ruk corrected the technical aUKIUQKE iment to the Toxic Substances Control Act PCB regulations pubHshed on March 23,1993 (58 ER 15435). This conection is effective March 23,1993. "Virginia; Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions" June 14,1993 (58 EB 32855) EPA intends to approve Virginia's hazardous waste program revisions. Final authorization for these revisions will be effective August 13,1993, unless EPA publishes a prior action withdrawing this immediate final rule. Comments must be received by July 14,1993. " Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste, Recycled Used OB; Correction" June 17,1993 (58 EB 33341) EPA corrected errors in the regulations published on May 3,1993 (58 EB 26420). In that notice, EPA inadvertently amended several sections of Pan 279 dealing with the notification requirements for used oil handlers. This action corrected the error by restoring die original language. RCRA/CERCLA "OMB Approval Numbers Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)" June 25,1993 (58 EB 34369) EPA published a table of current information collection request (ICR) control numbers for various regulations under RCRA and CERCLA as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act The table lists the section numbers or parts with repoding and reconflceeping requirements, and then- current OMB con&ol numbers. 11 ------- Federal Registers June 1993 CERCLA/EPCRA "Reportabte Quantity (RQ) Adjustments for Lead Metal, Lead Compounds, Lead- Containing Hazardous Wastes, and Methyl Isocyanate" June 30,1993 (58 EB 35314) EPA promulgated RQ adjustments for 30 hazardous substances. Adjusted RQs were proposed for these hazardous substances on May 8,1992 (57 £R 20014). These hazardous substances include lead metal, 12 lead compounds, 15 wastestreams listed under RCRA, RCRA characteristic wastes that fail the TCLP far lead, and methyl isocyanate. EPCRA 'Technical Amendments to OMB Approval Numbers" June 23,1993 (58 EB 34198) To consolidate the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers issued under the Paperwork Reduction Act, EPA published technical amendments to various EPA regulations with infonnatwncolkctkwieqijirements. This rule affected §372 of EPCRA, with die OMB control number now listed as 2070-0093. PROPOSED RULES CERCLA "National Priorities Ust (NPL); Proposal to Add17Sttes" June 23,1993 (58 EB 34018) EPA proposed to add 17 sites to the NFL; 7 in the general Superfund section and 10 in the federal facilities section. This proposal increases the number of proposed sites to 71, and the total number of final and proposed sites to 1,270. Comments must be submitted on or before July 23,1993, for the South Weymouth Materials Technology Laboratory and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Sites. Comments must be submitted on or before August 23,1993, for all other sites in this proposal EPCRA 'Toxic Chemtaals; Barium SuKate" June 11,1993 (58 EB 32622) EPA proposed to exempt barium sulfate from the reporting requirements under the category "barium compounds" on the list of toxic chemicals under §313 of EPCRA. Comments must be submitted on or before August 10,1993. NOTICES RCRA "Categories and Regulatory Schedule for Air Emissions from Other Solid Waste Incinerators" June 2,1993 (58 EB 31358) This notice announced the availability of a list of types of incinerators to be included under die category of other solid waste incinerators and a regulatory schedule for these units, as required by §129 of the Clean Air Act Amendments. Comments must be received on or before July 2,1993. 12 ------- June 1993 Federal Registers NOTICES •Vermont; Aufcorbation of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions" June 7,1993 (58 EB 31911) EPA reopened the comment period for the immediate final rule concerning final authorization of the Stale of Vermont's hazardous waste management program revisions published on May 3,1993 (58 £R 26242). Final authorization for Vermont will be effective August 6,1993, unless EPA publishes a prior action withdrawing die May 3,1993, rule. Comments must be received on or before July 7,1993. "Science Advisory Board; Meeting" June 11.1993 (58 FR 32673) The Ecological Processes and Effects Committee of the EPA Science Advisory Board will meet on June 21-23,1993, in Alexandria, Virginia, to evaluate the ecological risk assessment in the RCRA Corrective Action Regulatory Impact Analysis. "Open Meeting on the Definition of SoOd Waste and Hazardous Waste Recycling" June 14,1993 (58 EB 32881) EPA win conduct a public meeting on revising the regulatory definition of sotid waste under RCRA on July 7-8,1993, in Washington, DC "EnvhonmeiUal Economics Advisory Comrnjttee(EEAC); Open Meeting" June 18,1993 (58 EB 33631) EPA gave notice that EEACwfll meet on July 13,1993, in Washington, DQ lo review the economic methodologies noted in the draft document Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) for the phial I^ilemaking on Corrective Action for SnKH Wajfrt Management Units. The meeting is open to the public. "New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfills" June 21,1993 (58 EB 33790) EPA announced the availability of additional data pursuant to new source performance standards and emissions guidelines proposed on May 30,1991 (56 EB 24468). These standards and guidelines required by §§11 l(b) and (d) of the dean Air Act apply to municipal sotid waste landfills Comments must be received on or before July 21,1993. "California; Adequacy Determination of State Municipal Solid Waste Program" June 29,1993 (58 EB 34797) EPA made a tentative detennination that certain portions of California's Municipal Solid Waste T anrifill (MSWIF) permit program anp jyfrypmti* <" ensure compliance with die revised MS WLF criteria. Comments must be received on or before August 24,1993. s "Extension of Comment Period; Wood Surface Protection Waste (F033)" June 30,1993 (58 EB 34977) EPA extended the comment period for the proposed nile to list certain hazardous wastes from the use of chlorophenolic formulations in the wood surface protection industry as P033 (58 EB 25706; April 27,1993). Comments must now be received on or before July 14,1993. RCRA/CERCLA "Agency ^formation Collection Activities Under OMB Review" June 2,1993 (58 EB 31383) This notice announced the Office of Management and Budget's responses to EPA clearance requests. 13 ------- Federal Registers June 1993 NOTICES Several clearance requests were addressed, including defendants to itimburse the United States the RCRA Part A Hazardous Waste Permit $13 mfllkn for costs incuned at the Swope Site. ApplkaiMnfbrmandtne>ifotificaiionofHazanfcus Comments will be received far a period of 30 days Waste Activity form. from the date of this notice. "Proposed Consent Decree; Pacific Coast Pipeline Site" June 4, 1993 (58 EB 31755) A proposed Consent Decree in ilciffii Texaco. Ire.. was lodged with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on May 24, 1993, pursuant to §§106 and 107 of CERCLAand§7003ofRCRA Under this Consent Decree, future EPA oversight costs incurred at die Pacific Coast Pipeline Site will be recovered Comments will be received for 30 days from Ac date of this notice. "Science Advisory Board (SAB); Environmental Engineering Committee (EEC) Meeting" June 8, 1993 (58 EB 321 22) The EECs MMSOILS Model Review Subcommittee wOl meet on June 29- July 1, 1993, in Washington, DC, to discuss EPA's computer model, MMSOILS. MMSOILS figures prominently in the RCRA corrective action regulatory impact analysis and the Superfund Groundwater Strategic Plan. CERCLA "Proposed Consent Decree; Swope OH and Chemical Site" June 1,1993 (58 EB 31219) A proposed Consent Decree in yjfflcd_Sja|Kv. was lodged with the U.S. District 'Proposed Administrative Settlement; Mexam Trucking Removal Site, Catexfco, CaWomia" June 4,1993 (58 EB 31712) EPA entered into a settlement requiring settling parties to pay $14,835 in response costs for the Mexam Trucking Removal Site. Comments must be submitted on or before July 6,1993. "Proposed Settlement Agreement; Delaware Sand and Gravel Site" June 4,1993 (58 EB 31754) A settlement agreement in In TC fiFf Tnrftistrjeji ID£, was lodged with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court far the District of Delaware on May 25,1993. The settlement agreement requires the defendant to pay $50,000. Comments witt-be received for a period of 30 days from the date of this notice. "Proposed Amended Consent Decree; Algoma Municipal Landfill Site" June 9,1993 (58 EB 32364) A proposed amended Consent Decree in Ujuffid States v. (Itvnf Algnma.etaL. waslnHgfdfin June 3,1993, with the US. District Court for the Hasten District of Wisconsin. The amended Consent Decree requires the setting patties to perfonn and finance the final remedy in die Record of Decision for the Algoma Site. Comments will be received for a period of 30 days from the date of this notice. Court for die District of New Jeraey on May 19, 1993. The Consent Decree requires 14 ------- June 1993 Federal Registers NOTICES "Proposed Consent Decree; Stringfeflow Site, Riverside, California" June 10, 1993 (58 EB 32548) A proposed Consent Deoee in !JnjlEd_ J J3. StringfeDow. Jr. et al. was lodged with the U.S. District Cburt for the Centi^ District cf^ onMay28, 1993. The Consent Decree requites General Sted and Wire Company, Inc., to transfer to the United States and the Stale of California all of the funds in a special settlement account ($2,848,500 plus interest). Comments win be received for 30 days from the date of this notice. "National Advisory Council for Environmental Poflcy and Technology (NACEPT); Superfund Evaluation Committee Meeting" June 11, 1993 (58 EB 32671) The Superfund Evaluation Committee of NACEPT will meet on several days in the months of June-September 1993 to review the cuwent performance of the Superfund program and identify possible improvements. "Disclosure of Confidential Business Information (CBI)" June 14, 1993 (58 EB 32943) EPA gave notice that CBI submitted to EPA Region 9 under CERCLA § 104 wfll be disclosed to its contractor, Science Applications International Corporation. Affected patties have 10 wodting days from the date of this notice to submit comments. "Proposed Settlements; M.T. Richards, Inc." June 16,1993 (58 EB 33272) Pursuant to §1220X1) of CERCLA, EPA gave notice of two proposed administrative settlements concerning the M.T. Richards Superfund Site of QossvilJe, Illinois. The agreement was approved by the Department of Justice on June 2,1993, and is subject to review by the public. Comments must be provided on or before July 16,1993. • "Access to Confidential Business Information (CBI)" June 18,1993 (58 £B 33629) EPA authorized Ronson Management Corporatkn of Springfield, Virginia, for access to information that w^submitied to EPA under §104 of CERCLA andmaybedetominedtDDeCBL EPA began transferring the data five working days from the date of this notice. "Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR); Meeting" June 18,1993 (58 EB 33634) ATSDR announced a meeting to take place on July 27 - July 29,1993, in Boston, Massachusetts. The meeting will address the ATSDR Public Health Assessment process as it applies to Department of Defense sits. 15 ------- Federal Registers June 1993 NOTICES 'VVgency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (AT8DR) PubOc Health June 21,1993 (58 EB 33821) ATSDR released a list of health assessments for completed and proposed Superfund sites and a list of Superfund sites far which ATSDR has prepared a public health assessment in response to a request from the public. These are quarterly announcements tor the period January - March 1993, pursuant to §104(0 of GERCLA. "Proposed Administrative Settlement; Sunbelt Site" June 23,1993 (58 EB 34047) In accordance with §122(0(1) of CERCLA, EPA provided notice of a proposed administrative cost recovery settlement concerning the Sunbelt Sile in Texas. Notice of this settlement was published previously on May 5,1993 (58 ER 26783), but only listed 31 of the 33 respondents who are required to pay. Comments on this proposal must be received on or before July 23,1993. "Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR); Environmental Health Education Activities" June 29,1993 (58 EB 34806) ATSDR announced the availability of fiscal year 1993 fuwk for state departments of health and state departments of environment to educate health professionals and communities on issues related to human exposure to hazardous substances in the environment Applications must be submitled on or before July 31,1993. "Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR); Health Services biltiativesN June 29,1993 (58 EB 34809) ATSDR announced the availability of fiscal year 1993 funds for a grant program to conduct health studies based on immune function disorders. Applications must be submitted on or before July 24,1993. EPCRA 'Toxic Chemical Rolooso Reporting; Technical Amendment" June 9,1993 (58 EB 32304) EPA corrected three errors in the list of toxic chemicals published on February 16,1988 (53 ER 4309). Two of the corrections are for typographical errors for the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry numbers for freon-113 and di (20- ethylhexyOphthalate. The third correction is to replace the listing for methylenetis(phenylisocyanaie) (MBI) with methyienebis(phenylisocyanate) (MDI). "Clean Air Act (CAA); Hydrogen Fluoride Study- June 17,1993 (58 EB 33441) EPA gave notice of a public meeting to present and discuss die preliminary findings of a study of die uses and hazards of hydrogen fluoride as required under §112(nX6)ofCAA. The meeting will take place at EPA on July 12,1993. Those who wish to attend must register by July 7,1993. 16 ------- Jun* 1993 Federal Registers NOTICES "Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review" June 18,1993 (58 EB 33628) EPA gave notice that die Accidental Release Infatuation Program (ARIP) has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget far review and comment ARIP coflects data on the causes of chemical accidents and points to steps that could be taken by industrial facilities to prevent accidental releases. Comments on this notice must be submitted on or before July 19,1993. "Chromium, Nickel, end Copper in Stainless Steel, Brass, and Bronze" June 29,1993 (58 EB 34738) EPA denied three petitions to exempt the reporting of chromium, nickel, and copper when contained in stainless steel, brass, bronze, and other alloys from the list of toxic chemicals subject to §313 of EPGRA. Comments on this notice must be received on or before August 30,1993. 17 ------- CALL ANALYSES CALLS ANSWERED BY HOTLINE June Daily Volume* 700 y 600 •• i * 500 •• 400 •• 300 •• I. 200 •• 100 • • Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know RCRA/SROUSr H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 30 Year to Date* RCRA/SF/OUST January February March April May June Month 11,299 10,688 11,996 10,493 10,035 10,977 Cumulative 21,987 33,983 44,476 54,511 64,488 EMERGENCY PLA COMMUNITY RK3H January February March April May June Month 2,772 4,167 3,772 3,282 4,946 9,026 NNING AND |T-TO.KNOW Cumulative 6,939 10,711 13,993 18,939 27,965 •AD calls answered by the Call Management System or the Document Retrieval Line - The documents featured were the "Green Advertising Claims Brochure," The Catalog of Hazardous and Solid Waste Pubttcations," "Statement on Incineration." "Hazardous Debris Case-by-Case Variance Notice," "Criteria for Solid Waste Disposal Facilities," "Safer Disposal for Solid Waste," and the "Proposed Regulations Regarding Municipal Solid Waste Landfills." 19 ------- CaN Analyses June 1993 CALLS ANSWERED BY TYPE June Daily Volume* 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 30 Year to Date* January February March April May June Questions Month 9,392 11,213 10,771 10,697 10.857 16,286 Cumulative 20,805 31,376 42.073 52.930 69,216 January February March April May June Documents Month 3,652 3,431 4,706 4,034 4,124 4,807 Cumulative 7.083 11,789 15,823 19,947 24,754 January February March April May June g%~* — •- neterrr Month 1,339 1,679 1.378 1,088 893 801 H* Cumulative 3,018 4,396 5.484 6,377 7,178 * All calls answered by die Call Management System or the Message Retrieval Line. A single call may include multiple questions combined with document requests and referrals. 20 ------- June 1993 CaM Analyses CALLS ANSWERED BY PROGRAM AREA June 1993* *Bas«d on 21,093 requests and excludes 801 referrals made from both Hotlines. Includes the Message Retrieval Line. Year to Date* January February March April May June RCRA Month 63% (8,230) 60% (8.805) 58% (9.043) 61% (8,945) -53% (7:992) 43% (9,129) Cumulative 62% (17.035) 60% (26.078) 60% (35,023) 59% (43.015) 56% (52,144) Superfund Month 15% (1.999) 11% (1.570) 14% (2.150) 13% (1348) 11% (1.583) 10% (2,020) Cumulative 13% (3.569) 13% (5.719) 13% (7,567) 13% (9.150) 12% (11,170) OUST Month 4% (502) 3% (484) 4% (623) 3% (506) 3% (415) 2% (456) Cumulative 3% (986) 4% (1.609) 4% (2,115) 3% (2.530) 3% (2.986) EMMfQMtcy PunninQ • CocnnHJnft Month 18% (2,313) 26% (3.785) 24% (3.661) 23% (3,432) 33% (4.991) 45% (9.488) ninni*w^f\now Cumulative 22% 16.0981 23% (9.759) 23% (13.191) 25% (18,182) 29% (27,670) 21 ------- CaN Analyses June 1993 CALLER PROFILE RCRA/SF/OUST Hotline Regulated Community 7,627 Citizens 651 State & Local Gov't/Native American 396 Federal Agencies 90 Educational Institutions 129 EPA 140 Other 19 Media 28 Interest Groups 41 Congress 5 Referrals 525 International 16 Document Retrieval Line* 1,310 TOTAL 10,977 State/Local Govt/ Native American 4% Federal Agencies 1% Regulated Community 79% ' Mb caBcr profile dau •vailabte. 22 ------- June 1993 CaN Analyses Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Hotline Manufacturer Food/Tobacco 478 Textiles 118 Apparel 58 Lumber & Wood 111 Furniture 146 Paper 190 Printing & Publishing 132 Chemicals 1,107 Petroleum & Coal 219 Rubber and Plastics 321 Leather 32 Stone, Clay & Glass 172 Primary Metals 361 Fabricated Metals 696 Machinery (Excluding Electrical) 205 Electrical&Electronic Equipment 336 Transportation Equipment 261 Instruments 124 Misc. Manufacturing 194 Not Able to Determine 115 Subtotal 5,376 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 Fanners Federal Agencies Union/Labor Media/Press Distributors Native Americans Laboratories Misc. Referrals International TOTAL 1,633 435 272 63 83 84 8 29 94 15 78 38 29 18 77 2 39 62 7 75 217 276 16 9,026 All Others 12% Consultants/ Engineers * 19% 23 ------- CaN Analyses June 1993 HOTLINE TOPICS RCRA Special Wastes Ash 9 Mining Wastes, Bevill 27 Medical Wastes 108 Oil and Gas 9 Subtitle C (General) 343 Hazardous Waste Id. (General) 1,438' Toxicity Characteristic 236 Wood Preserving 18 Listing of Used Oil 81 Huff 5 Radioactive Mixed Waste 42 Delisting Petitions 45 Hazardous Waste Recycling 210 Generators 639' Small Quantity Generators 253 Transportation/Transporters 115 TSDFs General 268 TSDFs Siting Facilities 16 TSDFs Capacity 131" TSDFs Treatment 1731 TSDFs Burning 146 TSDFs Storage 1471 TSDFs Disposal 95 Land Disposal Restrictions 5791 Permits and Permitting 186 Corrective Action 214 Financial Liability/Enforcement 112 Test Methods 130 Health Effects 25 Waste MinTPollution Prevention 103 State Programs 134 Hazardous Waste Data 97 Household Hazardous Waste 194 Subtitle D (General) 653U Siting Facilities 34 Combustion 341" Industrial Waste 10 Composting 6 Source Reduction/Poll. Prev. 45s Grants & Financing 6 Procurement (General) 21 Building Insulation 3 Cement & Products with Fly Ash 4 Paper & Paper Products Re-refined Lubricating Oil Retread Tires Solid Waste Recycling (General) Aluminum Batteries Glass Paper Plastics Tires Used Oil Markets (General) Aluminum Batteries Compost Glass Paper Plastics Tires Used Oil RCRA General TOTAL * Includes 2,471 RCRA document requests. 12 5 5 2331 7 35 6 8 17 14 225 6 3 8 0 8 2 3 15 9 1,026s 9,129* SUPERFUND General/Misc. Access & Information Gathering Administrative Record ARARs CERCLIS Citizen Suits Claims Against Fund Clean-Up Costs Qean-Up Standards Community Relations Contract Lab Program (CLP) Contractor Indemnification Contracts Definitions Enforcement Federal Facilities Hazardous Substances HRS 206 27 12 76 104 8 17 25 46 18 22 5 15 22 64 22 88 45 1 Hot topics for this Booth. Includes 59 document retrieval* for the "Hazardous Debrfc Ca*e-»j-Case Variance Notice" Includes 303 requests for "Criteria lor Sottd Waste Disposal Facilities" awl "Safer Disposal for SoHd Waste," IS requests tor the "Proposed Regulations Regarding Municipal Solid Waste Laodfflk." 'Includes 322 docuatent retrievals lor the "Statement on Incineration" Includes 33 document retrievals for the "Green Advertising Claims Brochure" Includes 578 document retrievals for the "Catalog of Hazardous and SoUd Waste PubUcations" >«ifuUt«H - th, •••«Hn« at «n tf^Oamm m^iv«d hy th» HotDn* A single call may result in multiple 24 ------- June 1993 Call Analyses Liability 91 Local Gov't Reimbursement 17 Natural Resource Damages 3 NCP 22 Notification 51 NPL 1961 Off Site Policy 26 OSHA 6 PA/SI 29 PRPs 29 RD/RA 14 Reauthorization 13 Remedial 64 Removal 49 RI/FS 47 Risk Assess./Health Effects 61 ROD 44 RQ 1711 SACM 26 Settlements 38 SITE Program 23 State Participation 4 State Program 15 TAGs 7 Taxes 11 Tide m/Right-to-Know 87 Special Topics Oil Pollution Act 26 SPCC Regulations 28 TOTAL 2,020* * Includes 581 Superfund document requests. OUST General/Misc. 92 Applicability/Definitions 63 Regulated Substances 22 Standards for New Tank Systems 15 Tank Standards and Upgrading 19 Operating Requirements 13 Release Detection 50 Release Reporting & Investigation 10 Corrective Action for USTs 27 Out-of-Service/Closure 43 Financial Responsibility 53 State Programs 19 Liability/Enforcement 16 LUST Trust Fund 14 TOTAL ' 456* Includes 148 OUST document requests. EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW Tide m General 202 §301-3 Emergency Planning General 46 SERCs/LEPC 20 Notification 10 Mixtures 8 Extremely Hazardous Substances 18 fielisting EHS 2 Exemptions 3 §304: General 40 Notification Requirements 44 Reportable Quantities 42 RQs vs. TPQs 15 Transportation 0 Exemptions 4 §311/312: General 75 MSDS Reporting Requirements 34 Tier l/U Regulations 88 Thresholds 27 OSHA Expansion 1 Hazard Categories 3 Mixtures 0 Exemptions •- 23 §313: General 586 Form R 5069 Thresholds 750 Phase I 486 Phase H 198 Phase ffl 15 Pollution Prevention 538 NONs/NOTEs 125 Petitions 103 Health Effects 9 Database 131 Exemptions 479 Training: General 2 §305 Training Grants 0 §305 Emergency Systems Review 0 § 126 (SARA) Training Regulations 1 1 Hot topics for thfc north. • Topics are calculated as them •raUple questions. atioa of all questions received by the Hotline. A single call may result in 25 ------- Ca* Analyses June 1993 General: Trade Secrets 12 CEPP Interim Guide 0 Enforcement 264 Chemical Profile 4 Liability 9 NRT-1 0 Hazard Analysis 1 TOTAL 9,48? Risk Communication 0 Title HI Workshops 0 Includes 1,607 Emergency Planning Community Information Management 0 Right-To-Know document requests. Prevention ARIP 0 Other 1 TOTAL HOTLINE QUESTIONS, DOCUMENT REQUESTS AND REFERRALS: 21394 • Topics are calculated as the summation of all questions received by fee Hotline. A single cafl may result in multiple 26 ------- LIST OF ADDRESSEES: EdAbrams,OS-332 Jennifer Anderson, EPA-Reg. 7 Kate Anderson, OS-520 Irene Atney-Yurdin, DOE- NY Beth Behrens, EPA-NEIC 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 Sonia Chambers, EPA-Reg. 5 Richard Clarizio, EPA-Reg. 5 Jerry Clifford, EPA-Reg. 9 Bill Cosgrove, EPA-Reg. 4 Clinton Cox, EPA-Alabama Becky Cuthbertson, OS-320W Jeffery Denit, OS-300 Director, RED, LE-134S Dave Eberly, 53-03W Chris Elias, CA DepL of Health Terry Escarda, CA DepL of Health John Ferris, OS-120 Austine Frawley, EPA-Reg. 1 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 Rich Guimond, OS-100 Beth Hall, WH-550E Jim Hayden, DEC-Alaska Betty Hollowell, DOE-TX Mark Horwitz, Reg. 5 Hinton Howard, EPA-Reg. 5 Henry Hudson, EPA-Reg. 4 Susan Hutcherson, EPA-Reg. 10 Tom Jacobs, EPA-Reg. 5 Harriet L. Jones, EPA-Reg. 7 Tim Jones, OS-301 Gary Jonesi, LE-134S Ron Josephson, OS-333 Miles Kahn, 6603-J Robert Kayser, OS-333 Jeff Kelly, OS-520 Carolyn Kenmore, 5203-G PaulKewin,CA-EPA Mitch Kidwell, OS-332 Bob Kievit, EPA- Olympia, WA William Kline, OS-322W Robert Knox,OS-130 Walter Kovalick, OS-110 Joan Lee, LA DEQ Henry Longest, OS-100 JimLoomis, FLERC Julia Lebee, EPA-Reg. 4 Tom Lueders, EPA-Reg. 5 Andrea McLaughlin, OS-5203G Chet McLaughlin, EPA-Reg. 7 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 Tamara Mount, Hotline Beverly Negri, EPA-Reg. 6 Roger Nelson, TS-794 Susan OTCeefe, LE-134S Susan Offerdal, OFFE ChaePak, EPA-Reg. 10 Robert Pagett, Kentucky 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 Ramirez, DOE JohnRiley,OS-210 Barbara Roth, OS-305 Debbie Rutherford, OS-420WF William Sanjour, OS-330 Sam Sasnett, TS-779 Tim Schoepke, TS-793 Karen Shanahan, OS-120 Jay Stlberman, US Coast Guard Captain Smyser, Airforce Stergios Spanos, NH DES Elaine Stanley, OS-500 Kathie Stein, LE-134S Charles Stevens, EPA-Reg. 8 Heather Stockard, DEC-Alaska Kathy Teemer, Hotline Beverly Thomas, OS-420WF Jim Thompson, OS-520 Linda Thompson, LE-134S Steve Toipk, 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 OSW 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 ------- |