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                RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA
                                                       AUG 2 1 1996
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    Hotline Questions & Answers
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    Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
     and Liability Act (CERCLA)	   3
    Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know (EPCRA)	   3
    New Publications

    Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)	   5
    Underground Storage Tanks	   6
    Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
     and Liability Act (CERCLA)	   6
    Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know (EPCRA)	   7
    Clean Air Act §112(r)	   7

    Federal Registers

    Final Rules	   9
    Proposed Rules	  10
    Notices	  11
    Call Analyses

    Caller Profiles	 17
    Hotline Topics	 23
                       RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA
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This report is prepared and submitted in support of Contract No. 68-W6-0016.

                  Judi Kane, Project Officer
                  Sheretta Dixon, Alternate Project Officer
                  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                  Washington, DC 20460
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                       HOTLINE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
                  RCRA
 1.  Land Disposal Units and Loss of
    Interim Status

    When EPA promulgated the initial RCRA
 hazardous waste regulations in 1980, certain
 existing land disposal facilities (LDFs) (e.g.,
facilities with landfills, surface impoundments,
 and waste piles) were managing wastes which
 became hazardous waste under the new
 regulations. These facilities were allowed
 under RCRA to continue to manage those
 wastes prior to obtaining a full RCRA permit
 if they obtained "interim status. "  When a
facility obtains interim status,  the owner or
 operator must notify EPA of the types and
 amounts of waste they will be handling and
 what waste management activities they will be
 conducting,  and submit a part A permit
 application providing basic facility
 information (§270.70(a)). As EPA expanded
 the scope of RCRA by promulgating new
 hazardous waste listings and characteristics,
facilities previously not subject to RCRA
 become subject and are required to obtain
 interim status. When do these LDFs lose
 interim status and become subject to the
 requirements to obtain a full permit for
 compliance with the standards for permitted
 hazardous waste facilities ?

    When LDFs lose interim status varies
 depending upon when the unit obtained
 interim status.  LDFs which obtained interim
 status prior to November 8, 1984, lost interim
 status on November 8, 1985, unless the owner
or operator submitted a Part B application for
a permit prior to November 8, 1985, and the
owner/operator certified compliance with all
applicable groundwater monitoring and
financial responsibility requirements
(§270.73(c)). (In contrast to the part A
application's basic facility information, the
part B application provides EPA the details
necessary to draft the facility's operating
permit.)

   LDFs that obtain interim status after
November 8, 1984, lose interim status twelve
months after the effective date of the statutory
or regulatory change which subjects them to
permitting requirements, again unless the
owner or operator submits a part B application
prior to the twelve-month deadline, and the
owner/operator certifies compliance with all
applicable groundwater monitoring and
financial responsibility requirements
(§270.73(d)). LDFs that have obtained
interim status may make changes at the
facility (for example, to manage hazardous
wastes they did not previously identify in their
Part A application) (§§270.72(a)(l)-(3).  LDFs
that have been  granted authority to operate
under these provisions similarly will lose their
interim status twelve months from the
effective date of the requirement, unless the
owner or operator certifies that the unit is in
compliance with all applicable groundwater
monitoring and financial  responsibility
requirements (§270.73(e)).

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 Hotline Questions & Answers
                                  April 1998
2.  Universal Waste Transfer Facility
    Storage Time Limit

    The universal waste management
standards of 40 CFR Part 273, Subpart D,
outline the streamlined provisions for
transporters of hazardous waste batteries,
pesticides, and thermostats classified as
universal waste.  During the normal course of
transportation, transporters of universal waste
are allowed to temporarily hold waste
shipments at transfer facilities for ten days
(§273.53).  Section 273.6 defines a transfer
facility as any transportation-related facility
such as a loading dock, parking area, or
storage area where a transporter can store
universal waste.  If the transporter exceeds the
ten-day storage time period at a transfer
facility, with what additional regulations  is the
transporter required to comply?

    If a transporter stores universal waste at a
transfer facility for more than ten days, the
transporter would meet the definition of a
universal waste handler, and would be required
to comply with the universal waste handler
regulations under Part 273, Subparts B and C
(60 FR 25501; May 11, 1995). The definition
of a universal waste handler includes facilities
that receive universal waste from other
handlers, provided they do not impermissibly
treat, dispose, or recycle universal wastes.  As
a universal waste handler, the transporter may
need to comply with additional notification,
labeling/marking, employee training, and
tracking requirements. The transporter
normally would not be required to obtain a
permit for storage, however, unless the transfer
facility becomes a destination facility, as
defined in §273.6.
3.  Battery  Management  Activities  in
    Containment Buildings

    On August 18, 1992 (57 FR 37194), EPA
promulgated regulations in 40 CFR for the
storage and treatment of hazardous waste in
containment buildings. The regulations
contain separate design and operating
standards, depending on whether hazardous
wastes managed in the containment building
contain free liquids. Free liquids are defined
as liquids which readily separate from the
solid portion of a waste under ambient
temperature and pressure (§260.10). If
hazardous wastes containing free liquids are
managed in a containment building, the owner
or operator must install a secondary
containment system with a liquid collection
and removal system (§§264/265.1101(b)).
Would management of hazardous waste
batteries in a containment building require the
owner or operator to provide the unit with a
secondary containment system ?

    The owner or operator would need to
provide the containment building with a
secondary containment system if the batteries
contain free liquids or if they are treated with
free liquids. The presence of free liquids can
be determined by conducting the Paint Filter
Test (SW-846 Method 9095),  a visual
examination,  or other  appropriate means  (57
FR 37214; August 18, 1992).  Therefore, an
owner or operator managing hazardous waste
batteries in a  containment building may
conduct a visual examination to prove that the
batteries do not contain free liquids (e.g., they
are intact, sealed, etc.). However, an owner or
operator managing batteries in a containment
building in a  manner that will release free
liquids, such  as removal of electrolyte, will be
required to provide the unit with a secondary
containment system and a liquid collection and
removal  system.

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April 1998
                  Hotline Questions & Answers
                CERCLA
 4.  CERCLA §103(c) Lasting Provision

    In 1998, buried drums containing CERCLA
 hazardous substances are discovered at a non-
 RCRA facility. Does the CERCLA §103(c)
 requirement to notify EPA of non-regulated
 TSDFs apply in this scenario?

    Discovery triggers  notification obligations
 under CERCLA §103(c).  Section 103(c) of
 CERCLA provides that within 180 days after
 the enactment of CERCLA, any person who
 owns or operates, who at the time of disposal
 owned or operated, or who accepted hazardous
 substances  for transport and selected a facility
 at which hazardous substances, as defined in
 CERCLA §101(14)(C) (i.e., RCRA wastes),
 have been stored, treated, or disposed must
 notify EPA of the existence of those facilities
 unless the facility was  permitted or accorded
 interim status under RCRA.  Persons who
 identify sites after June 9, 1981, are still
 required to  notify EPA of the existence of
 those sites,  as the §103(c) provisions are not
 limited to sites identified by the June 9, 1981,
 statutory deadline.
   If the facility had on site at any one time
during 1997 at least 10,000 Ibs. of a hazardous
chemical, or at least 500 Ibs. or the threshold
planning quantity (TPQ) of an extremely
hazardous substance (EHS), whichever is
lower, the owner/operator must complete and
submit a Tier I or Tier II hazardous chemical
inventory report form to the SERC, Local
Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), and
the fire department by March 1, 1998  (40 CFR
§§370.20(b)(2), 370.25(a)).
                 EPCRA
5.  Closed Facilities and Hazardous
    Chemical Inventory Reporting

    A facility storing hazardous chemicals on
site permanently ceases operations in 1997
and notifies the State Emergency Response
Commission (SERC). Since the facility will no
longer be in operation on March 1, 1998, must
the owner/operator of the closed facility submit
a Tier I or Tier II hazardous chemical
inventory report form for 1997 by that date?

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                  RCRA
TITLE: Entiendo Los Reglamentos Sobre
Residues Peligrosas: Manual Para Empresas
Pequenas Actualizacion en 1996
(Understanding the Hazardous Waste Rules: A
Handbook for Small Business - 1996 Update)
AVAILABILITY:  Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-K-95-001s

This Spanish-language document describes the
RCRA hazardous waste rules and how they
apply to small businesses.

TITLE: Questions and Answers about Full-
Cost Accounting
AVAILABILITY:  Hotline/Internet
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-F-98-003
URL: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/
muncpl/fullcost/pubs.htm

This brochure describes how full-cost
accounting works and can benefit communities
that use it. The document provides  a
description of how the program integrates all
of the costs associated with municipal solid
waste disposal in order to better assess real
disposal costs.

TITLE: Puzzled About Recycling's Value?
Look Beyond the Bin
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-F-98-008

This brochure gives a big-picture view of
recycling. It provides information about jobs
created by recycling activities, recycled
material markets, and the environmental
impacts of these activities.

TITLE: WasteWi$e Update:  Closing the
Loop
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530 N 97 008

This update provides information about how to
start a buy-recycled program.  It discusses
moving beyond paper products and provides

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New Publications
                                 April 1998
examples of communities and businesses with
such programs.

TITLE: Buy-Recycled Resource Listing
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-N-97-008a

This pamphlet lists over 40 documents and
several web pages pertaining to buying
recycled materials.

TITLE: Compost—New Applications for an
Age-Old Technology
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-F 97-047

A pamphlet containing a set of five fact sheets
pertaining to innovative uses of compost.
They include information about bioremediation
and pollution prevention; erosion control and
landscaping; disease control; soils
contaminated with explosives; and
reforestation, wetlands restoration and habitat
revitalization.

TITLE: Hard Rock Mining CD-ROM
Program
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-C-97-005

This multi-media presentation describes the
mining industry's methods, wastes, and
environmental concerns.

TITLE: Solid Waste Publications (CD-ROM)
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-C-97-006

This CD-ROM contains approximately 100
OSW documents in their entirety. These
documents provide information on how to
reduce, reuse, and recycle trash and properly
manage different forms of solid and hazardous
waste.
                  UST
TITLE: Catalog of EPA Materials on
Underground Storage Tanks
AVAILABILITY: Hotline/Internet
EPA ORDER NUMBER: EPA510-B 98-001
URL: http://www.epa.gov/OUST/pubs/
index.htm

This catalog lists resources related to the
underground storage tank (UST) program, and
briefly describes their content and availability.

TITLE: Underground Storage Tank Program:
Regional and State Contacts
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NUMBER: EPA510-F 98-014

This document lists Regional and state UST
and leaking underground storage tank (LUST)
trust fund program contacts and includes
Internet addresses for program offices.
               CERCLA
TITLE: Guidance for Implementing
Superfund Reform Initiative 9a: Risk Sharing
AVAILABILITY: Internet
NTIS ORDER NO.: NA
URL: http://www.clu-in.com/oswerdir.htm

This guidance supports an initiative in which
EPA agrees to share the risk of implementing
innovative remediation technologies which
have the potential to improve performance and
reduce costs. This new initiative is intended to
remove barriers to implementation of
innovative approaches to Superfund site
cleanup.

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April 1998
                            New Publications
TITLE: Denver Radium Superfund Site:
Denver, Colorado
AVAILABILITY: NTIS/Internet
NTIS ORDER NO.: PB98-963 212
URL: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/oerr/
accomp/redevel/denver/denver.htm

This fact sheet addresses a particular radium-
contaminated site that demonstrates how
EPA's Superfund program has returned the
land to economic usability. This portion of the
Denver radium site has become a major
commercial business establishment providing
jobs, income, and other short and long-term
economic benefits. The fact sheet provides the
reader with a site description and a list of
environmental benefits to the site.

TITLE: Chisman Creek: York County,
Virginia
AVAILABILITY: NTIS
NTIS ORDER NO.: PB98-963 211
URL: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/oerr/
accomp/redevel/chisman.htm

This fact sheet addresses cleanup of the
Chisman Creek Superfund site, a former fly
ash disposal area in York County, VA. This
site demonstrates how EPA's Superfund
program has returned land to recreational
usability.

TITLE: Fort Devens Site: Devens,
Massachusetts
AVAILABILITY: NTIS
NTIS ORDER NO.: PB98-963 213
URL: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/oerr/
accomp/redevel/devens.htm

This fact sheet addresses cleanup of the Fort
Devens Superfund site, a former  Army base in
Middlesex and Worcester Counties,
Massachusetts.  This fact sheet describes the
cleanup performed and the redevelopment
underway at Fort Devens.
TITLE Old Works/East Anaconda Smelter:
Anaconda, Montana
AVAILABILITY: NTIS
NTIS ORDER NO.: PB98-963 215
URL: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/oerr/
accomp/redevel/anaconda.htm

This factsheet addresses cleanup of the Old
Works/East Anaconda Smelter, a former
copper smelting facility located in Anaconda,
Montana. This site demonstrates how EPA's
Superfund program has returned land to
recreational usability.  This fact sheet describes
the cleanup performed and the redevelopment
underway at the site.
                EPCRA
TITLE: Integrated Contingency Plan ("One
Plan") Guidance
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA550-F-98-015

This factsheet summarizes the National
Response Team's (NRT) Integrated
Contingency Plan (ICP) Guidance. The
document describes the history of the plan as
well as the purpose behind the development of
the ICP Guidance.
             CAA§112(r)
TITLE: Basic Awareness Factsheet for Small
Business: Clean Air Act Section 112(r):
Prevention of Accidental Releases
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA550-F-98-004

This factsheet was written for a non-technical
audience and provides a brief overview of the
Risk Management Plan (RMP) requirements
under the CAA §112(r). Topics include
applicability, RMP requirements, and interface
with other laws. The document also includes a
listing of sources for further information.

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New Publications
                              April 1998
TITLE: EPA's Risk Management Program:
How Does It Affect Operators of Ammonia
Refrigeration Systems?
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA550-F-98-006

This document provides information for
operators of ammonia refrigeration systems on
EPA's chemical accident prevention rule.

TITLE: EPA's Risk Management Program:
How Does It Affect POTWs?
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA550-F-98-007

This document provides information for
publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) on
EPA's chemical accident prevention rule.

TITLE: EPA's Risk Management Program:
How Does It Affect Propane Retailers and
Users?
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA550-F-98-008
TITLE: EPA's Risk Management Program:
How Does It Affect Operators of Water
Treatment Systems?
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA550-F-98-010

This document provides information for
operators  of water treatment systems on EPA's
chemical accident prevention rule.

TITLE: EPA's Risk Management Program:
How Does It Affect Chemical Distributors?
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA550 F-98 011

This document provides information for
chemical distributors on EPA's chemical
accident prevention rule.
This document provides information for
propane retailers and users on EPA's chemical
accident prevention rule.

TITLE: EPA's Risk Management Program:
How Does It Affect Chemical Warehouses?
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA550-F-98-009

This document provides information for
chemical warehouses on EPA's chemical
accident prevention rule.

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                              FEDERAL REGISTERS
 You may order copies of all major RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA Federal Registers by calling the Hotline.
                  RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA National Toll-Free No.:  (800) 424-9346
                  Local: (703)412-9810    TDD National Toll-Free No.: (800) 553-7672

                                  Electronic Availability
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 EPA Federal Registers are organized by date on the World Wide Web (starting from October 1994).

 Go to: http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr

 For RCRA/UST and selected CERCLA Federal Registers, choose: Federal Register (FR) - Waste.
 For selected EPCRA Federal Registers, choose: Federal Register (FR) - Toxic Release Inventory.
            FINAL RULES
RCRA
"Financial Assurance Mechanisms for
 Owners and Operators of Municipal
 Solid Waste Landfill Facilities"
 April 10, 1998 (63 FR 17706)

 EPA amended the financial assurance
regulations under RCRA for owners and
operators of municipal solid waste landfills
(MSWLFs). This rule added two financial
assurance mechanisms to those currently
available: a financial test for use by private
owners and operators, and a corporate
guarantee that allows companies to guarantee
the costs for another owner or operator.  The
regulation is effective on April 10, 1998.
"New Mexico: Final Authorization and
 Incorporation by Reference of State
 Hazardous Waste Management
 Program"
 April 28, 1998 (63 FR 23221)

 EPA decided, subject to public review and
comment, that New Mexico's hazardous waste
management program revisions satisfy the
requirements necessary to qualify for final
authorization. Final approval will take effect
July 13, 1998, unless adverse written
comments are received. Comments on New
Mexico's revisions must be received on or
before May 28, 1998.

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  Federal Registers
                                April 1998
  "Oklahoma: Final Authorization and
   Incorporation by Reference of State
   Hazardous Waste Management
   Program"
   April 30, 1998 (63 FR 23673)

   EPA decided, subject to public review and
  comment, that Oklahoma's hazardous waste
  management program revisions satisfy the
  requirements necessary to qualify for final
  authorization. Final approval will be effective
  July 14, 1998 unless adverse comments are
  received.  Comments must be received on or
  before June 1, 1998.

  CERCLA

  "National Priorities List, Notice of
   Partial Deletion; Celanese
   Corporation Shelby Fiber Operations
   Superfund Site"
   April 17, 1998 (63 FR 19192)

   EPA announced the deletion of portions of
  the Celanese Corporation Shelby Fiber
  Operations Superfund Site, located in North
  Carolina, from the National Priorities List.
  EPA published its intent to delete the portions
  of the  site on February 9, 1998 (63 FR 6508).
  EPA and the State of North Carolina have
  determined that no further response action by
  responsible parties is appropriate for the
  portions of the site.

  "National Priorities List, Notice of
   Deletion; Coalinga Asbestos Mine
   Site"
   April 24,1998 (63 FR 20322)

   EPA announced the deletion of the Coalinga
  Asbestos Mine Site, located in California,
  from the National  Priorities List. EPA
  published its intent to delete the site on
  November 19, 1997 (62 FR 61715). EPA and
  the State of California have determined that no
further response action by responsible parties
is appropriate for the site.

EPCRA

"Deletion of Certain Chemicals; Toxic
 Chemical Release Reporting;
 Community Right-to-Know"
 April 22,1998 (63 FR 19838)

 EPA announced the deletion of
dimethyldichlorosilane, trimethylchlorosilane,
methyltrichlorosilane, 2,6-dimethylphenol
(DMP), and 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1.3-diol
(Bronopol) from the list of chemicals subject
to reporting under §313 of EPCRA and §6607
of the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA). This
action is the result of a January 12, 1998 court
order and is effective immediately.
         PROPOSED RULES
RCRA
"Hazardous Waste Management
 System; Identification and Listing of
 Hazardous Waste; Proposed
 Exclusion"
 April 15,1998 (63 FR 18354)

 EPA proposed to grant a petition submitted
by Kokoku Steel Cord Corporation in
Scottsburg, Indiana, to exclude certain solid
wastes generated by its wastewater treatment
plant from the lists of hazardous wastes.
Comments must be received on or before
June 1, 1998.
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April 1998
                          Federal Registers
"Hazardous Waste Management
 Program: Final Authorization and
 Incorporation by Reference of State
 Hazardous Waste Management
 Program for New Mexico"
 April 28, 1998 (63 FR 23256)

 EPA announced the proposal to incorporate
by reference revisions to New Mexico's
hazardous waste program. Comments on the
proposal must be received on or before
May 28, 1998.

"Hazardous Waste Management
 Program: Final Authorization and
 Incorporation by Reference of State
 Hazardous Waste Management
 Program for Oklahoma"
 April 30, 1998 (63 FR 23710)

 EPA announced its proposal to incorporate
by reference revisions to Oklahoma's
hazardous waste program. Comments on the
proposal must be received on or before June 1,
1998.

CERCLA

"National Priorities List; Berlin and
 Farro Liquid Incineration Site"
 April 3,  1998 (63 FR 16465)

 Notice of Intent to Delete

"National Priorities List; Beulah Landfill
 Site"
 April 24, 1998 (63 FR 20361)

 Notice of Intent to Delete

"National Priorities List; Pine Bend
 Sanitary Landfill Site"
 April 28, 1998 (63 FR 23256)

 Notice of Intent to Delete
CAA

"Accidental Release Prevention
 Requirements: Risk Management
 Programs Under Clean Air Act Section
 112(r)(7); Amendments"
 April 17, 1998 (63 FR 19216)

 EPA proposed amendments to the RMP
regulations published on June 20, 1996 (61 FR
31688). The amendments include the adoption
of a new industrial classification system, the
addition of new data elements, the
establishment of procedures for protecting
confidential business information (CBI), and
clarification of certain other items. The
amendments address the submission of RMP
information to EPA and not the means by
which the public could access the information.
              NOTICES
RCRA
"Agency Information Collection
 Activities - Proposed Collection;
 Comment  Request; Survey of the
 Inorganic Chemicals Industry"
 Aprils, 1998 (63 FR 17170)

 EPA announced that it will submit the
following Information Collection Request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget  (OMB): Survey of the Inorganic
Chemicals Industry. Comments must be
submitted on or before June 8, 1998.
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  Federal Registers
                              April 1998
                                     NOTICES
  "Extension of the Policy on
   Enforcement of RCRA Section 3004(j)
   Storage Prohibition at Facilities
   Generating Mixed Radioactive/
   Hazardous Waste"
   April 9, 1998 (63 FR 17414)

   EPA announced an interim extension of its
  policy (61 FR 18588; April 26, 1998) on the
  civil enforcement of the storage prohibition in
  §3004(j) of RCRA at facilities that generate
  mixed waste. This action extends the April
  1996 policy until October 31, 1998, and
  becomes effective on April 21, 1998.

  "Agency Information Collection
   Activities: Submissions for OMB
   Review; Comment Request; Facility
   Ground-Water Monitoring
   Requirements"
   April 15, 1998 (63  FR 18402)

   EPA announced that the following ICR was
  forwarded to OMB for review and approval:
  Facility Ground-Water Monitoring
  Requirements. Comments on the ICR must be
  received on or before May 15, 1998.

  "Underground Injection Control
   Program; Hazardous Waste Land
   Disposal Restrictions"
   April 15, 1998 (63  FR 18406)

   EPA announced a notice of approval for a
  case-by-case extension of the effective date of
  land disposal restrictions (LDR) for the
  DuPont Sabine River Works Facility. The
  effective date was extended from April 8,
  1998, to April 8, 2000. This extension became
  effective on April 7, 1998.
"Removal of Direct Final Rule for XL
 Project at Osi Specialties, Inc.,
 Sistersville, WV"
 April 22, 1998 (63 FR 19837)

 EPA removed amendments to RCRA added
by the direct final rule "Project XL Site-
Specific Rulemaking for Osi Specialties, Inc.,
Sistersville, West Virginia" (63 FR 11124;
March 6, 1998). EPA received enough
relevant adverse comments to the rule to
withdraw it. The withdrawal is effective
April 22, 1998.

"Notice of Public Hearing  on Proposed
 Rule XL Projects at Osi Specialties,
 Inc., Sistersville, WV"
 April 22,1998 (63 FR 19877)

 EPA announced a public hearing that will
take place on April 28,  1998, to address
adverse comments received on the March 6,
1998 (63 FR 11124) final rule  amending
RCRA for the Sistersville plant.

"Transfer of Confidential Business
 Information to Contractors"
 April 22, 1998 (63 FR 19916)

 EPA announced that it will transfer CBI to a
contractor. The CBI will directly relate to
RCRA and EPA's activities to support and
implement hazardous and solid waste
regulations.

"Request for Comment on Proposed
 Statement of Policy Regarding Spent
 Antifreeze"
 April 23,1998 (63 FR 20817)

 EPA requested comment on a proposed
statement of policy announcing their findings
that antifreeze rarely exhibits the toxicity
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                         Federal Registers
                                  NOTICES
characteristic. EPA provided the data and
information supporting this finding.
Comments on the proposed statement must be
received on or before June 22, 1998.

"Underground Injection Control
  Program, Hazardous Waste Disposal
  Injection Restrictions Petition for
  Exemption- Class I Hazardous Waste
  Injection Parke-Davis Division,
  Warner-Lambert Company of  Morris
  Plains, NJ, Holland, Ml Plant"
  April 30, 1998 (63 FR 23786)

  EPA granted an exemption from LDR for
Parke-Davis Division, Warner-Lambert
Company, of Morris Plains, New Jersey, for its
Class I injection wells located in Holland,
Michigan.

CERCLA

"Public Meeting of the Inter-Tribal
  Council on Hanford Health Projects
  (ICHHP) in Association With the
  Meeting of the Citizens Advisory
  Committee on Public Health Service
  (PHS) Activities and Research at
  Department of Energy (DOE) Sites;
  Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee
  (HHES)"
  Aprils,  1998 (63 FR 17182)

  The Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Centers for
Disease Control  and Prevention (CDC)
announced a meeting to address issues that are
unique to tribal involvement with the HHES.
The ICHHP will work with the HHES to
provide input on American Indian health
effects at the Hanford, Washington, DOE site.
"Citizens Advisory Committee on
 Public Health Service Activities and
 Research at Department of Energy
 (DOE) Sites: Hanford Health Effects
 Subcommittee (HHES)"
 Aprils, 1998 (63 FR 17182)

 ATSDR and the CDC announced a meeting
to address the responsibilities of the HHES at
the Hanford, Washington, DOE site.

"Release of Feasibility Study/Proposed
 Plan (FS/PP) for Cleanup of
 Radiological Contamination at the St.
 Louis Downtown Site (SLDS) for
 Public Review"
 April 20,1998 (63 F_E 19476)

 Notice of availability

"Citizens Advisory Committee on
 Public Health Service Activities and
 Research at Department of Energy
 (DOE) Sites: Savannah River Site
 Health Effects Subcommittee (SRS)"
 April 22, 1998 (63 FR 19925)

 ATSDR and the CDC announced a meeting
to address the responsibilities of the SRS at the
Savannah River DOE site.

EPCRA

"Emergency Planning and  Community
 Right-to-Know; Notice of Public
 Meeting"
 April 6, 1998 (63 F_R 16754)

 EPA will hold a public meeting to discuss the
Agency's proposal to add dioxins and dioxin-
like compounds to the list of chemicals subject
to reporting under §313 of EPCRA.
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  Federal Registers
                             April 1998
                                   NOTICES
  Settlements and Consent Decrees

  "Proposed De Minimis Settlement;
   Palmerton Zinc Superfund Site"
   April 1, 1998(63 FB 15843)

  "Proposed Administrative Settlement; Del
   Norte County Pesticide Storage Area
   Superfund Site"
   April 2, 1998 (63 FB16257)

  "Consent Decree; United States v.
   Champion Chemicals, Inc."
   Aprils, 1998 (63 FB16572)

  "Consent Decree; United States v. Trinity
   Industries, Inc., et al."
   Aprils, 1998 (63 FB16573)

  "Proposed Settlement; Sixty-One Industrial
   Park Site"
   April 7, 1998 (63 FB17005)

  "Consent Decree; United States v. Ace
   Tank Co"
   Aprils, 1998 (63 FB17212)

  "Consent Decree; United States v. William
   Davis, et al."
   Aprils, 1998 (63 £B17212)

  "Consent Decree and Stipulated
   Amendment; United States v. Lockheed
   Martin Corporation, et al."
   Aprils, 1998 (63 EB 17213)

  "Consent Decree; United States v. Marvin
   E. Prochnow, et al."
   Aprils, 1998 (63 FB17213)
"Proposed Administrative Settlement;
 XXKem Site"
 April 10, 1998 (63 FR 17858)

"Consent Decree; United States v. City of
 Aberdeen, Mississippi; and Board of
 Supervisors of Monroe  County,
 Mississippi'
 April 10, 1998 (63 FB 17889)

"Consent Decree; United States v. The
 Dow Chemical Company, et al."
 April 10, 1998 (63 liB 17889)

"Proposed Settlement and Covenant not to
 Sue; Ferex Corporation"
 April 10, 1998 (63 EB 17889)

"Consent Decree; United States v.
 Lancaster Battery Company, et al."
 April 10, 1998 (63 FB17890)

"Consent Decree; United States v. Nassau
 Metals Corp."
 April 10, 1998 (63 F_B17891)

"Consent Decree; United States et al. v.
 Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc."
 April 10, 1998 (63 FB17891)

"Proposed Administrative Settlement;
 Odessa Drum Site"
 April 14, 1998 (63 FB 18195)

"Consent Decree; United States v. Borden
 Chemicals and Plastics Operating
 Limited Partnership, et al"
 April 16, 1998 (63 FR 18935)
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April 1998                                                         Federal Registers
                                  NOTICES
"Consent Decree; United States v.
 Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
 ("MMSD")"
 April 16, 1998(63 £E 18935)

"Consent Decree; United States v. Ray
 McCune, et al."
 April 16, 1998 (63 FB18935)

"Consent Decree; United States v.
 Northwest Development Co."
 April 21, 1998 (63 FR 19749)

"Proposed Administrative Settlement;
 Queen Street Dump Site"
 April 27, 1998 (63 £B 20631)

"Consent Decree; United States v. Certain
 Teed Corporation, et al."
 April 27, 1998 (63 FR 20650)

"Consent Decree; United States v.
 Monsanto."
 April 29, 1998 (63 F_B 23473)

"Consent Decree; United States and State
 of Connecticut v. Town of Southington, et
 al."
 April 29, 1998 (63 £B 23473)
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                           CALL ANALYSES
This month, the Hotline responded to a total of 21,126 questions and document requests.
                              CALLER PROFILE
                              RCRA/UST Hotline
          Regulated Community
          Citizens
          State & Local Government
          Native Americans
          Federal Agencies
          Educational Institutions
          EPA
          Media
          Interest Groups
          Congress
          International
          Other
          Referrals*
          Transfers to EPCRA/Superfund Hotline*
          Document Retrieval Line*
          Message Retrieval Line*

          TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLERS
3,218
 411
 237
   6
 122
 141
 137
   11
   87
   0
   7
   0
   68
 400
 198
 421

5,464
* No caller profile data available.
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  Call Analyses
                                April 1998
              Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act/
                                  Superfund Hotline
   Manufacturers

     Food/Tobacco                      35
     Textiles                            21
     Apparel                             4
     Lumber & Wood                    37
     Furniture                           10
     Paper                               2
     Printing & Publishing                 5
     Chemicals                         112
     Petroleum & Coal                    3
     Rubber and Plastics                  31
     Leather                             5
     Stone, Clay & Glass                 22
     Primary Metals                     17
     Fabricated Metals                   89
     Machinery (Excluding Electrical)       5
     Electrical & Electronic Equipment     18
     Transportation Equipment            24
     Instruments                         32
     Misc. Manufacturing               204
     Subtotal                           676
Consultants/Engineers
Attorneys
Citizens
Public Interest Groups
Educational Institutions
EPA
Federal Agencies
GOCOs
Congress
State Officials/SERC
Local Officials/LEPCs
Fire Departments
Hospitals/Laboratories
Trade Associations
Union/Labor
Farmers
Distributors
Insurance Companies
Media/Press
Native Americans
International
Other
Referrals*
Transfers to RCRA/UST Hotline*
Document Retrieval Line*
Message Retrieval Line*
1
,843
366
237
 69
 71
 91
 76
 26
  12
 57
 59
 23
 59
 44
   0
   5
 67
  12
 24
   1
   2
 111
 139
 138
   0
 198
   * No caller profile data available.
                                              TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLERS    3,730
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April 1998
                                     Call Analyses
                                HOTLINE TOPICS
 RCRA
 RCRA GENERAL
 SUBTITLE C
 Hazardous Waste Id. - General
  Characteristics
  Listings
  Mixture Rule
  Denved-From
  Contained-In Policy
  Sampling
1,460

1.118
 8131
 698
 156
   85
 190
   48
 Solid and Hazardous Waste Exclusions 4971
 Radioactive Mixed Waste
 Delisting Petitions
 Definition of Solid Waste/Hazardous
  Waste Recycling
 Large Quantity Generators
 Small Quantity Generators
 CESQGs
 Transporters
 Exports/Imports
 TSDFs
  General Facility Standards
  Unit Standards
  Air Emissions
 Combustion - General
  BIFs
  Incinerators
  Draft Strategy
 Waste Minimization
 LDR
  Applicability
  Notifications/Certification
  Treatment Standards
 Permits and Permitting
 State Programs
 Financial Assurance
 Closure/Post-Closure
 Corrective Action
 Enforcement
 Hazardous Waste Data
 Test Methods
 Indian Lands
 Used Oil Standards
 Military Munitions
 OTHER WASTES
 Ash
 Bevill Amendment (Mining Waste)
 Medical Wastes
 Oil and Gas
  23
  16

 4171
 7871
 2591
  142
  148
  62

 3801
 3871
  193
  66
  64
  43
  12
  35

 4761
  134
 3181
  170
 1351
  82
  107
 2481
  148
  100
 1291
  10
 2681
  29

   4
  32
 1531
  23
                                          SUBTITLE D
                                          Household Hazardous Wastes
                                          Subtitle D - General
                                           Technical  Standards
                                           Industrial Wastes
                                           Municipal Wastes
                                           Indian Lands
                                           Financial Assurance
                                          Solid Waste Recycling/Markets -
                                           General
                                           Aluminum
                                           Batteries
                                           Glass
                                           Paper
                                           Plastics
                                           Tires
                                           Used Oil
                                          Composting
                                          Procurement
                                          Source Reduction/Pollution Prevention
                                          Grants and Financing
    62
  1301
    25
    20
   671
     3
     8

  3591
     3
     6
     0
     4
    18
     5
    31
    17
    43
   691
    15
                                          TOTAL QUESTIONS
                                          * Includes 3,138 RCRA document requests.
11,550*
                                          UST

                                          General/Misc.
                                          Applicability/Definitions
                                          Regulated Substances
                                          Closure
                                          1998 Deadline
                                          Standards for New Tank Systems
                                          Tank Standards and Upgrading
                                          Replacing/Closing
                                          Release Detection
                                          Reporting Requirements
                                          Operating Requirements
                                          Corrective Action for USTs
                                          Financial Responsibility
                                          Enforcement
                                          State Programs
                                          Private Sector
                                          Indian Lands
                                          MTBE
                                          LUST General/Miscellaneous
                                           RBCA
                                           Technologies
                                           Solvency/Cost Controls

	                       TOTAL QUESTIONS
 , TT . .  .  „  ...     .,                        * Includes 563 UST document requests.
 1 Hot topics for this month                                               M
 1 Topics are calculated as the summation of all questions received by the Hotline. A single call may result in
  multiple questions.
   225
   235
    46
    46
   231
    63
  1001
    74
  1321
    23
    15
    25
   591
    37
    54
     1
     0
    23
     5
     0
     1
     0

 1,395*
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   Call Analyses
                                      April 1998
   EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
   COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW

   General:
    General Title III Questions             332
    Trade Secrets                         11
    Enforcement                         65
    Liability/Citizen Suits                   3
    Training                             11
    Chemical-Specific Information          88

   Emergency Planning (§§301-303):
    General                              71
    Notification Requirements              89
    SERC/LEPC Issues                    78
    EHSs/TPQs                       1021
    Risk Communication/
     Hazards Analysis                     34
    Exemptions                           1
   Emergency Release Notification (§304):
    General                              63
    Notification Requirements              48
    Reportable Quantities                  56
    CERCLA § 103 vs. SARA §304         38
    ARIP/AHEDB/ERNS                  24
    Exemptions                           6
   Hazardous Chemical Reporting
   (§§311-312):
    General                             211
    MSDS Reporting Requirements        114
    Tier I/II Requirements                268
    Thresholds                          109
    Hazard Categories                      5
    Mixtures Reporting                    31
    Exemptions                          52
   Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (§313):
    General
    AFR
    Reporting Requirements
    Thresholds
    Form R Completion
    Supplier Notification
    NOTEs/NOSEs/NONs
    Voluntary Revisions
    Pollution Prevention 33/50
    Public Access to Data
    TRI Database
    Petitions
    TRI Expansion
 489
no1
5961
 254
5691
  43
  21
  67
  15
1471
 110
  12
1871
        Exemptions                          89
       Special Topics:
          CAA§ 112 General                 217
          RMPs                           411'
          List of Regulated Substances         221
        Federal  Facilities Executive Order         2

       TOTAL  QUESTIONS               5,470
       *Includes 1,002 Emergency Planning and Community
       Right-to-Know document requests
SUPERFUND

General/Mi sc.                        329
Access & Information Gathering         40
Administrative Improvements
 General                            1021
 Environmental Justice/Brownfields   861
 SACM/Presumptive Remedies          18
 Soil Screening Levels                291
Administrative Record                   8
ARARs                              58
CERCLIS                            49
Citizen Suits                           1
Claims Against Fund                    6
Clean-Up Costs                        21
Clean-Up Standards                    38
Community Involvement                39
Contract Lab Program (CLP)            10
Contractor Indemnification               3
Contracts                              5
Definitions                           25
Enforcement                          76
Federal Facilities                       17
Hazardous Substances                  96
HRS                                 18
Liability                             104
Local Gov't Reimbursement     .         0
Natural Resource Damages              15
NCP                                 49
Notification                          114
NPL                                124
Off Site Rule                          23
OSHA                               24
PA/SI                               23
PRPs                                40
RD/RA                              31
Reauthorization                       24
   1 Hot topics for this month
   1 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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April 1998                                                                   Call Analyses


 Remedial                              84
 Removal                               89
 RI/FS                                  63
 Risk Assess./Health Effects           1241
 ROD                                  58
 RQ                                  1351
 Settlements                             89
 SITE Program                          13
 State Participation                       14
 State Program                          35
 TAGs                                  15
 Taxes                                  11

 Special Topics
  Oil Pollution Act                      132
  SPCC Regulations                   2341
  Lead Contamination                     0
 TOTAL QUESTIONS               2,711*
 *Includes 499 Superfund document requests.
 TOTAL HOTLINE QUESTIONS
 AND DOCUMENT REQUESTS:    21,126
 1 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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