EPA530-R-98-005e
                                                    SUB-9224-98-005
      MONTHLY HOTLINE REPORTRECEIV
                         May 1998                ;
                                                 i       AUG 2 } 199
               RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECT
I AGENCY
                                                                   (-5
    Hotline Questions & Answers

    Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)	   1
    Underground Storage Tanks (UST)	   2
    Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know (EPCRA)	   3




    New Publications

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


    Federal Registers

    Final Rules	   9
    Proposed Rules	  11
    Notices	  12


    Call Analyses

    Caller Profiles	  17
    Hotline Topics	.'	  19
                      RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA
                   National Toll-Free No.: 800-424-9346
                         Local: 703-412-9810
                TDD National Toll-Free No.: 800-553-7672
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
        Printed on
      Recycled Paper

-------
                   MONTHLY HOTLINE  REPORT
                                   AVAILABILITY
Electronic Availability

The Monthly Hotline Report Questions and
Answers are also available for downloading at
no charge from the CLU-IN bulletin board via
modem at (301) 589-8366 or telnet at clu-
in.epa.gov. After registering, select Directory
8 from the file submenu. CLU-IN also has the
Monthly Hotline Reports available via the
World Wide Web (WWW) at
ftp://clu-in.com/download/hotline/

The complete text of the 1991 (November and
December only), 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,
1996, 1997, and 1998 Monthly Hotline
Reports may be accessed via the WWW. Go
to the Hotline Home Page at
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hotline/
and select "Monthly Hotline Reports."

The Hotline maintains an electronic mailing
list named HOTLINEJ3SWER.  Subscribers
will have Hotline announcements and Monthly
Hotline Reports e-mailed to them as they are
released, at no charge.
• To subscribe to the Hotline electronic
  mailing list send an e-mail to:
  listserver@unixmail.rtpnc.epa.gov
  Subject:  SUBSCRIBE TO LISTSERVERS
  Message: SUBSCRIBE
  HOTLINE_OSWER your first name your
  last name
  For example, SUBSCRIBE
  HOTLINE_OSWER JOHN SMITH
• To receive the Help file with useful
  commands for users send an e-mail to:
  Listserver@unixmail.rtpnc.epa.gov
  Subject: HELP
  Message: HELP
National Technical Information Service
(NTIS)

The Monthly Hotline Report can be ordered
through NTIS at (703) 487-4650. The NTIS
order numbers are as follows:

Yearly Subscription   SUB-9224-98-000

January 1998        SUB-9224-98-001

February 1998       SUB-9224-98-002
March 1998
April 1998

May 1998
RCRA Docket
SUB-9224-98-003
SUB-9224-98-004
SUB-9224-98-005
EPA and state personnel can order the Monthly
Hotline Report from the RCRA Docket at
(703) 603-9230. The order number for the 1998
yearly subscription is EPA530-R-98-005.

-------
                      HOTLINE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
                  RCRA
1. Criteria for Meeting the Small, Arid,
   and Remote Municipal Solid Waste
   Landfill Exclusion

   The municipal solid waste landfill
(MSWLF) criteria at 40 CFR i .in 258 provide
an exemption from the design standards and
groundwater monitoring requirements for
landfills which are small and located in arid
or remote areas (§258.1(f)( 1)). In addition to
meeting other criteria, a landfill must dispose
of less than 20 tons of solid waste daily, based
on an annual average, in order to take
advantage of this exemption (§258.1(f)(l)).
Does the quantity of waste "disposed of
include the  amount accepted at the facility for
recycling or incineration ?

   No.  When determining whether a landfill
meets the criteria for the small, arid, or remote
landfill exemption, it is the amount of solid
waste that is actually placed on the land (e.g.,
buried), not the amount received, that counts
toward the 20 tons per day average. The
small, arid, or remote landfill criteria do not
limit the amount of waste a facility may
accept on site for recycling or incineration.
Therefore, as long as a facility does not bury
or place within the MSWLF 20 tons or more
of waste daily, based on an annual average,
they  can accept more than 20 tons per day for
recycling or incineration and still qualify for
the exemption.
2. Universal Waste Handler
   Recordkeeping Requirements

   RCRA regulates handlers of universal
waste differently based on the total amount of
universal waste generated or accumulated at
any one time. A large quantity handler of
universal waste is defined in 40 CFR §273.6
as a handler that accumulates 5,000 kg or
more of universal waste at their location at
any time. In contrast, a small quantity
handler of universal waste is a facility which
accumulates less than 5,000 kg  of universal
waste at any one time.  Are large or small
quantity handlers of universal waste required
to keep records tracking their universal waste
shipments ?

   Large quantity handlers of universal waste
must track their universal waste shipments in
accordance with the recordkeeping
requirements under §273.39; small quantity
handlers are not required to keep records of
universal waste shipments (§273.19). The
large quantity handler provisions require basic
recordkeeping that tracks all universal waste
shipments received and/or sent off-site from
the facility.  Records indicating receipt and/or
shipment of universal waste must include the
name and address of the originating facility or
facility to which a universal waste was sent,
the quantity of each type of universal waste
received or sent, and the date of receipt or
transport of universal waste.  These records
must be retained for a period of at least three
years from the date the universal waste was
either received or transported from the facility
(§279.39(c)). The universal waste regulations
do not require a specific recordkeeping form,

-------
Hotline Questions & Answers
                                   May 1998
but any standard business record such as a log,
invoice, manifest, or bill of lading will
generally be sufficient (§273.39(a), see also 60
FR 25530; May 11, 1995). Handlers should
check with their state and/or implementing
agency regarding potentially more stringent
state regulations.

3.  Containment Buildings Certification

    Forty CFR Parts 264 and 265, Subpart
DD, contain standards for hazardous waste
containment buildings. EPA promulgated
standards for containment buildings  in the
August 18, 1992, Federal Register (5, ££
37194) to provide generators and treatment or
storage facilities with a new management unit
for bulky hazardous waste not amenable to
accumulation, storage, or treatment in
containers or tanks. Can a containment
building be prefabricated by a manufacturer
and used by another facility, or must the unit
be built at the facility where it will be used?

    A containment building can be
prefabricated and used by another facility.
Owners and/or operators of containment
buildings must comply with specific  design
and operating standards, yet they are not
required to build the containment building at
the facility where it will  be used.  However,
the design standards require certification by a
qualified registered professional engineer
(§§264/265.1101(c)(2)). This certification
states that the building has been designed in
compliance with standards specified  in §§2647
265.1101. If the building is prefabricated  off-
site, the manufacturer or the owner and/or
operator must obtain certification by a
qualified registered professional engineer that
the containment building meets design
standards. The engineer's certification must be
placed in the owner and/or operator's operating
record, or kept with on-site files required for
generators, who are not required to maintain
operating records.
4.
                  UST
Federally Owned Underground
Storage Tanks
   RCRA Subtitle I contains provisions
applicable to owners and operators of
underground storage tanks (UST) holding an
accumulation of regulated substances, and
requires EPA to develop regulations to
implement these statutory provisions. On
September 22, 1988, EPA promulgated the
technical requirements that regulated USTs
must meet at 40 CFR Part 280 (53 FR 37082).
Federal facilities own and/or operate a
number of UST systems throughout the United
States. Are these federally owned or operated
USTs subject to the UST requirements at 40
CFR Part 280?

   RCRA §9007 makes federally owned or
operated USTs holding regulated substances
subject to all federal, state, interstate, and local
requirements applicable to such tanks
including the Part 280 requirements.  Section
280.10(a) applies the requirements of Part 280
to all owners and operators of tanks meeting
the definition of underground storage tank in
§280.12,  except those specifically excluded.
Section 280.12 defines owner as any person
who owns an UST system in use on November
8, 1984, or brought into use after that date for
storage, use, or dispensing of regulated
substances.  For UST systems in use before
November 8, 1984, but no longer in use on that
date, owner is defined as any person who
owned such UST system immediately before
the discontinuation of its use (§280.12).
Alternatively, operator is defined as any person
in control of, or having responsibility for, the
daily operation of the UST system (§280.12).

-------
 May 1998
                  Hotline Questions & Answers
The applicability of the UST requirements to
federally owned and/or operated USTs is based
on the word "person" used to define both
owner and operator. Person is defined to mean
"an individual, trust, firm, joint stock
company. Federal Agency, corporation, state,
municipality, commission, political
subdivision of a state, or any intrastate body.
[Consistent with RCRA §9007,] 'Person' also
includes a consortium, a joint venture, a
commercial entity, and the United States
Government" (§280.12). Thus, any tank
meeting the definition  of UST in §280.12 that
is owned or operated by the  federal
government is subject to the Part 280
requirements. Tanks owned or operated by
federal government entities, however, whose
debts and liabilities are the debts and liabilities
of the United States, would not be subject to
the financial responsibility requirements in
Part 280, Subpart H (§280.90(c)).
result of a chemical reaction" (29 CFR
§1910.1200(c)). Alloys meet this definition
and are therefore considered mixtures. Thus,
owners/operators may report the hazardous
chemicals in an alloy by component or for the
alloy as a whole.
                 EPCRA
5.  Alloys and EPCRA §§311/312
    Mixtures Reporting

    The owner/operator of a facility subject to
MSDS and hazardous chemical inventory
reporting (40 CFR §§370.21 and 370.25)
under EPCRA §§311 and 312 has two options
for reporting hazardous chemicals in a
mixture.  She may provide the required
information either on each hazardous chemical
component in the mixture, or on the mixture as
a whole (§370.28(a)).  The term "mixture" is
not specifically defined under Part 370. Are
alloys considered  mixtures for the purposes of
Part 370?

    Yes.  For the purposes of Part  370, EPA
uses OSHA's regulatory definition of mixture:
"any combination  of two or more chemicals, if
the combination is not, in  whole or in part, the

-------
                        NEW  PUBLICATIONS
      HOW TO ORDER
        NTIS Publications 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. Use the EPA Order Number listed under the document
                  RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA National Toll-Free No.:  (800) 424-9346
                  Local: (703)412-9810    TDD National Toll-Free No.: (800) 553-7672
  EPA's fax-on-demand service distributes selected publications noted by a "fax-on-demand" number. To order
  these documents, from your fax machine dial (202) 651-2060 (for OSW documents), (202) 651-2061 (for CEPPO
  documents), and (202) 651-2062 (for OERR documents), and follow the instructions provided by the voice prompt,
          using the fax-on-demand number noted. Please call the Hotline for detailed instructions on
                                using the fax-on-demand service.
                      EPA Publications Available on the Internet
  You may access certain documents electronically by using this server:
       World Wide Web (WWW): http://www.epa.gov
       Documents on the WWW server may be located by using the on-line search functions.

  Note: As of March 31, 1997, materials previously available from the Gopher server (gopher.epa.gov) will be
  archived and henceforth available via the Internet solely on the World Wide  Web server.
                  RCRA
TITLE: Manual de Participacion Publica de la
RCRA
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-R-96-007s

This document is the Spanish version of the
RCRA Public Participation Manual, which
describes the requirements for public
involvement during the RCRA permitting
process.

TITLE: Environmental Fact Sheet: Two New
Hazardous Waste Codes Added from
Organobromide Production
AVAILABILITY: Hotline/Internet
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-F-98-007
URL: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/
id/organobr/index.htm

This fact sheet discusses the addition of two
waste codes to the hazardous waste lists:
K140, floor sweepings, off-specification
product, and spent filter media from the
production of 2,4,6-tribromophenol; and U408,
off-specification 2,4,6-tribromophenol
products.

TITLE: WasteWi$e Update: Building Supplier
Partnerships
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-N-98-003

This update focuses on establishing waste
partnerships between suppliers and purchasing
companies. There are also articles that
highlight specific businesses' success in this
arena and other available resources.

TITLE: An Analysis of Composting as an
Environmental Remediation Technology
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-R-98-008

This document describes the many uses of
composting as a site remediation technique.
The book describes remediation of soils,

-------
New Publications
                                 May 1998
biofilters for contaminated air and wastewater
streams, and uses for reclamation of
brovvnfields and mining sites.

TITLE: Native American Network (Spring
1998)
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-N-98-004

This issue of the quarterly newsletter provides
information about the National Tribal
Environmental Council's national forum and
EPA's upcoming forum on recycling
measurement.  It also  contains information on
the Nunagpet/Chugachmiut Environmental
Consortium and an update on the Tribal
Association on Solid Waste and Emergency
Response (TASWER).
               CERCLA
TITLE: Implementation of Risk Assessment
Guidance for Superfund (RAGS), Volume 1-
Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part D,
Standardized Planning, Reporting and Review
of Superfund Risk Assessments) (Interim)
AVAILABILITY: NTIS
NTIS ORDER NO.: PB98-963 302

The purpose of this memorandum is to issue
RAGS Volume 1, Part D, and to request that
Regional Superfund National Managers assure
that this guidance is implemented in all risk
assessment planning and development
effective January 1,  1998.
                EPCRA
TITLE: AFR Approved Vendors for
Reporting Year 1997
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: N/A

This list provides the names, addresses, and
phone numbers for eight companies approved
by EPA to act as vendors for the Toxic Release
Inventory (TRI) software for reporting year
1997.

TITLE: Regulatory Reinvention: Proposed
EPCRA §§302-312 Revisions
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA550-F-98-005

This fact sheet outlines EPA's proposed
changes under EPCRA §§302-312. The goal
of the changes is to eliminate the reporting of
information not considered useful to the
community and simplify reporting under
§§311 and 312 without compromising the
community's right to know.
             CAA§112(r)
TITLE: RMP Implementation: Product
Development
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: N/A

EPA is developing a variety of products to
assist stakeholders to understand, implement,
and comply with the accidental release
prevention provisions of §112(r) of the CAA.
This table provides information on such
products, including anticipated completion
date and status of work.

-------
May 1998                                                              New Publications

TITLE: EPA Chemical Accident Investigation
Report, Powell Duffryn Terminals, Inc.,
Savannah, Georgia
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA550-R-98-003

This report presents the findings of the EPA
and OSHA on their investigation into an April
10, 1995, chemical accident at Powell Duffryn
Terminals, Inc., a commercial bulk liquid
chemical storage and transfer facility located in
Savannah, Georgia.

TITLE: Risk Management Plan Data
Elements
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: N/A

This document outlines the elements necessary
for developing a Risk Management Plan under
the risk management program rule.

TITLE: Risk Management Plan Data
Elements, Instructions
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: N/A

This document provides instructions for
developing a Risk Management Plan under the
risk management program rule.

TITLE: Funding Sources for Implementing
the Risk Management Program
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA550-F-98-016

This fact sheet discusses federal and state
funding options available to states and other
entities implementing the new Risk
Management Plan regulations. Descriptions of
four states' experiences in Risk Management
Plan funding are examined.

-------
                             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
    Federal Registers from October 1994 to the present related to the Hotline's program areas are accessible via
                     EPA's Public Access Servers. The servers are accessible at:
                             World Wide Web: http://www.epa.gov
                                     FTP: ftp.epa.gov

 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
"Technical Correction to Heading of
 Federal Register Publication
 Announcing Final Authorization of
 Revisions to Arizona Hazardous
 Waste Program"
 May 4, 1998 (63 FR 24453)

 EPA announced a correction in the title of a
March 7,  1997, Federal Register (62 FR
10464). The title mistakenly referred to
Nevada instead of Arizona.  The correction is
effective on May 4, 1998.
"Technical Amendments to District of
 Columbia; Final Approval of State
 Underground Storage Tank Program;
 Correction of Effective Date under
 Congressional Review Act (CRA)"
 May 4, 1998 (63 FR 24453)

 EPA announced a correction in the effective
date of a rule published July 9, 1997, (62 FR
36698) announcing a final determination on
the District of Columbia's application for
program approval of its underground storage
tank (UST) program. This final rule changes
the effective date from August 8, 1997, to
May 4, 1998, in order to be consistent with the
Congressional Review Act (CRA).

-------
  Federal Registers
                                May 1998
                                  FINAL RULES
  "Organobromine Production Wastes;
   Identification and Listing of
   Hazardous Waste; Land Disposal
   Restrictions; Listing of CERCLA
   Hazardous Substances, Reportable
   Quantities; Final Rule"
   May 4, 1998 (63 EB 24595)

   EPA added two new hazardous waste codes
  to its current list of hazardous wastes found in
  40 CFR Part 261.  The first, K140, is floor
  sweepings, off-specification product, and
  spent filter media from the production of
  2,4,6-tribromophenol.  The second, 2,4,6-
  tribromophenol, is being added to the Part
  261, Appendix VIII, list of hazardous
  constituents, as well as to the list of
  commercial chemical products as U408. In
  addition, EPA is modifying the land disposal
  restrictions (LDR) treatment standards by
  adding these new wastes. The rule also added
  U408 and K140 to the list of CERCLA
  hazardous substances found in 40 CFR §302.4
  and adjusted the reportable quantities (RQ) to
  100 pounds. The rule is effective
  November 4, 1998.

  "Hazardous Waste Management
   System; Identification and Listing of
   Hazardous Waste; Recycled Used Oil
   Management Standards"
   May 6, 1998  (63 FR 24963)

   EPA clarified several used oil-releated
  issues, including used oil contaminated with
  polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), the
  requirements applicable to releases of used oil,
  mixtures of conditionally exempt small
  quantity generator (CESQG) wastes and used
  oil, and marketers' recordkeeping
  requirements. The rule is effective July 6,
  1998, unless EPA is notified by May 20, 1998,
that any person intends to submit relevant
adverse comment and that comment is
received on or before June 5, 1998.

"Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV:
 Final Rule Promulgating Treatment
 Standards for Metal Wastes and
 Mineral Processing Wastes; Mineral
 Processing Secondary Materials and
 Bevill Exclusion Issues; Treatment
 Standards for Hazardous Soils, and
 Exclusion of Recycled Wood
 Preserving Wastewaters; Final Rule"
 May 26,1998 (63 FR 28555)

 EPA promulgated LDR standards for metal-
bearing wastes, including toxicity
characteristic metal wastes,  and hazardous
wastes from mineral processing. The rule also
revises universal treatment standards for
twelve metal constituents. In addition, the
rule amends the LDR treatment standards for
soil contaminated with hazardous waste.
Finally, the rule excludes from the definition
of solid waste certain shredded circuit boards
in recycling operations, and certain materials
reused in wood preserving operations.  The
final rule is effective August 24, 1998.

CERCLA

"National Priorities List, Notice of
 Deletion; Pomona Oaks Residential
 Well Site"
 May 7, 1998 (63  FR 25169)

 EPA announced the deletion of the Pomona
Oaks Residential Well Site, located in New
Jersey, from the National Priorities List
(NPL). EPA published its intent to delete the
site on July 15, 1996 (61 FR 36858). EPA
and the State of New Jersey have determined
10

-------
May 1998
                           Federal Registers
that no further response action by responsible
parties is appropriate for the site.

"National Priorities List, Notice of
 Deletion; National Lead Industries/
 Terracorp/Golden Auto Parts
 Superfund Site"
 May 21, 1998 (63 FR 27855)

 EPA announced the deletion of the National
Lead Industries/Terracorp/Golden Auto Parts
Superfund Site, located in Minnesota, from the
NPL.  EPA published its intent to delete the
site on April 3, 1998 (63 FR 16465). EPA and
the State of Minnesota have determined that no
further response action by responsible parties
is appropriate for the site.

"National Priorities List, Notice of
 Deletion; H & K Sales Superfund Site"
 May 21, 1998 (63 FR 27855)

 EPA announced the deletion of the H & K
Sales Superfund Site,  located in Michigan,
from the NPL. EPA published its intent to
delete the site on March 30, 1998 (63 FR
15125). EPA and the  State of Michigan have
determined that no further response action by
responsible parties is appropriate for the site.
         PROPOSED RULES
RCRA
"Reopening of Public Comment Period
 for Proposed Revisions of the
 Consolidated Rules of Practice
 Governing the Administrative
 Assessment of Civil Penalties,
 Issuance of Compliance or Corrective
 Action Orders, and the Revocation,
 Termination, or Suspension of
 Permits"
 May 6,1998 (63 FR 25006)

 EPA reopened the comment period for the
proposed rule entitled "Consolidated Rules of
Practice Governing the Administrative
Assessment of Civil Penalties, Issuance of
Compliance or Corrective Action Orders, and
the Revocation, Termination, or Suspension of
Permits."  Written comments must now be
received on or before June 5, 1998.

"Hazardous Waste Management
 System; Identification and Listing of
 Hazardous Waste; Recycled Used Oil
 Management Standards"
 May 6,1998 (63 FR 25006)

 EPA proposed to eliminate errors and clarify
ambiguities in the used oil management
standards.  A parallel rule reflecting the
ambiguities was published in the final rules
section of this Federal Register. Comments on
the proposed rule must be received on or
before June 5, 1998, and notice of intent to file
adverse comments must be received on or
before May 20, 1998.
                                                                                11

-------
 Federal Registers
                              May 1998
  "Hazardous Waste Management
   System; Identification and Listing of
   Hazardous Waste; Proposed
   Exclusion"
   May 11, 1998 (63 FR 25797)

   EPA proposed to grant a petition submitted
  by Occidental Chemical Corporation to
  exclude or delist certain solid wastes generated
  at its Ingleside, Texas, facility from the lists of
  hazardous waste.  EPA requested comments on
  the proposal, and comments must be received
  on or before June 25, 1998.

  CERCLA

  "National Priorities List; Operable Units
   100-IU-1 and 100-IU-3 of the Hanford
   100 Area Superfund Site"
   May 22, 1998 (63 FR 28317)

   Notice of Intent to Delete

  "National Priorities List; Novaco
   Industries Superfund Site"
   May 27, 1998 (63 FR 28961)

   Notice of Intent to Delete
                NOTICES
  RCRA

  "Agency Information Collection
   Activities: Submission for OMB
   Review; Comment Request;
   Identification, Listing and Rulemaking
   Petitions"
   May 4, 1998 (63 FJB 24541)

   EPA announced that the following
  information collection request (ICR) has been
  submitted to the Office of Management and
  Budget (OMB) for review and approval:
Identification, Listing and Rulemaking
Petitions.  Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before June 3, 1998.

"Notice of Intent to Reform
 Implementation of RCRA-Related
 Methods and Monitoring and Notice of
 Availability for Draft Update IVA of
 SW-846"
 May8, 1998 (63 FR 25430)

 EPA announced its intent to reform
implementation  of RCRA-related monitoring
by formally adopting a performance-based
measurement system (PBMS), by improving
public outreach  and communication, and by
improving availability and distribution of the
EPA-approved test methods manual. EPA also
announced the availability of, and requests
comments on, "Draft Update IVA" to  the third
edition of SW-846. Comments must be
received on or before June 22, 1998.

"Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
 Community; Tentative Approval of an
 Alternative Liner System  Design and
 Use of Alternative Daily Cover Material
 for the  Salt River Municipal Solid
 Waste Landfill"
 May 8,  1998  (63 FR 25476)

 EPA announced a tentative determination on
the application of the Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community for approval of
an alternative liner system design and use of
alternative daily cover material for the Salt
River Municipal Solid Waste Landfill, as well
as a public hearing and public comment period.
12

-------
May 1998
                          Federal Registers
                                   NOTICES
"Opportunity to Comment on
 Documents Used by the Department of
 Energy to Certify the Rocky Flats
 Environmental Technology Site to
 Ship Transuranic Waste to WIPP, as
 Required in: Criteria for the
 Certification and Re-certification of the
 Waste Isolation Pilot Plan's
 Compliance with the Disposal
 Regulations: Certification Decision."
 May 11,1998 (63 FR 27901)

 EPA announced the availability of, and
solicited public comments on, the Department
of Energy documents used to certify the Rocky
Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS)
to ship transuranic radioactive waste to the
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
Comments must be received on or before
June 22, 1998.

"Underground Injection Control
 Program; Hazardous Waste Injection
 Restrictions; Petition for Exemption -
 Class  I Hazardous Waste Injection;
 Great  Lakes Chemical Corporation"
 May 22,1998 (63 FR 28382)

 EPA announced that a site-specific
exemption from LDR was granted to Great
Lakes Chemical Corporation (GLCC), for two
Class I injection wells located at El Dorado,
Arkansas. The action is effective May 13,
1998.
"Changes to May 8,1998, Federal
 Register Notice Regarding Salt River
 Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
 Tentative Approval; Address
 Correction to Public Hearing Location;
 Date Changes to Public Hearing and
 Public Comment Period"
 May 27,1998 (63 FR 29011)

 EPA corrected the public hearing location
address, as well as the dates for the public
comment period and public hearing, for the
tentative approval of the Salt River Municipal
Solid Waste Landfill.

CERCLA

"Notice of Publication of Guidelines for
 Ecological Risk Assessment"
 May 14, 1998 (63 FR 26846)

 EPA announced the publication of Guidelines
for Ecological Risk Assessment. The
guidelines expand upon and replace the
February 1992 publication Framework for
Ecological Risk Assessment and will help
improve the quality of ecological risk
assessments at EPA while increasing the
consistency of assessments among the
Agency's program offices and Regions.

"Agency Information Collection
 Activities: Submission for OMB
 Review; Comment Request;
 Superfund Site Evaluation and Hazard
 Ranking  System"
 May 22, 1998 (63 FR 28380)

 EPA announced that the following ICR has
been submitted to OMB for review and
approval: Superfund Site Evaluation and
Hazard Ranking System. Comments on the
                                                                              13

-------
  Federal Registers
                               May 1998
                                     NOTICES
  ICR must be received on or before June 22,
  1998.

  EPCRA

  "Public Meetings on the Toxic Release
   Inventory Reporting Form"
   May 26, 1998 (63 FR 28509)

   EPA will hold approximately nine meetings
  to solicit comments relating to the TRI
  reporting Form R.  The purpose of the
  meetings is to obtain comments on ways to
  streamline reporting and ease access to
  available information.  This notice announces
  two upcoming meetings in Atlanta, Georgia,
  and Kansas City, Missouri.

  Cross-Program

  "Final EPA Supplemental
   Environmental Projects Policy Issued"
   May5, 1998 (63 FR 24796)

   EPA issued a revised, final EPA   •
  Supplemental Environmental Projects Policy
  that supersedes the May 1995 Interim Revised
  Supplemental Environmental Projects Policy.
  In the final policy, EPA refined and clarified
  the May 1995 policy based on experience
  gained in implementing the interim policy.
  The new policy will better assist EPA in
  exercising its enforcement discretion to
  establish appropriate settlement penalties and
  supplemental environmental projects (SEPs)
  that secure substantial improvements to public
  health and the environment.  EPA will
  implement this policy  effective May 1, 1998.
"Contaminated Sediment Management
 Strategy"
 May 6, 1998 (63 FR 25037)

 EPA announced the availability of the
Contaminated Sediment Management Strategy,
an Agency workplan issued in support of
EPA's regulatory and policy initiatives.  The
strategy does not propose new regulation and
is Agency guidance only.

"Agency Information Collection
 Activities: Proposed Collection;
 Comment Request; Audit Policy
 Customer Satisfaction Survey"
 May 11,1998 (63 FR 25855)

 EPA announced its intent to submit the
following proposed ICR to OMB: Audit Policy
Customer Satisfaction Survey.  Comments on
the ICR must be received on or before July 10,
1998.

"Extension of Period of Submission of
 Section 111(d) Plans for Existing
 Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
 Landfills"
 May 21,1998 (63 FR 27959)

 EPA extended the submission deadline for
§11 l(d) Plans for MSW landfills in the states
of Arkansas and Oklahoma and for
Chattanooga-Hamilton County, Tennessee.
Plans are now due on or before July 31,  1998.

Consent Decrees

"Consent Decree; United States v.
 American Recovery Company, et a/."
 May 13, 1998 (63 FR 26627)
14

-------
May 1998                                                        Federal Registers
                                  NOTICES
"Consent Decree; United States v. Foxley
 Cattle Co., et al"
 May 13, 1998 (63 FR 26628)

"Consent Decree; United States v. Po
 Corporation"
 May 14, 1998 (63 FR 26825)

"Consent Decree; United States v. W.R.
 Grace & Co.-Conn."
 May 19, 1998 (63 FR 27586)

"Consent Decree; United States v. William
 Davis, et al."
 May 26, 1998 (63 FR 28522)

"Amendment to Administrative Settlement;
 Herriman  Residential Soils Removal
 Action Site"
 May 28, 1998 (63 FR 29213)
                                                                           15

-------
                            CALL  ANALYSES
This month, the Hotline responded to a total of 23,869 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
3,178
  365
  153
    5
   76
   97
  135
   13
   61
    3
    9
    0
  382
  243
  147
  460

5,327
 No caller profile data available
                                                                              17

-------
  Call Analyses
                                 May 1998
              Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act/
                                  Superfund Hotline
   Manufacturers

    Food/Tobacco                       35
    Textiles                             8
    Apparel                             7
    Lumber & Wood                     1
    Furniture                            6
    Paper                               8
    Printing & Publishing                12
    Chemicals                          97
    Petroleum & Coal                   39
    Rubber and Plastics                  12
    Leather                             7
    Stone, Clay & Glass                 13
    Primary Metals                      21
    Fabricated Metals                   35
    Machinery (Excluding Electrical)      14
    Electrical & Electronic Equipment      0
    Transportation Equipment            35
    Instruments                          6
    Misc. Manufacturing                455
    Subtotal                           811
Consultants/Engineers               2,014
Attorneys                             83
Citizens                              97
Public Inf ~-est Groups                  22
Education^ Institutions                 31
EPA                                 48
Federal Agencies                     369
GOCOs                              42
Congress                              6
State Officials/SERC                    3
Local Officials/LEPCs                  18
Fire Departments                       0
Hospitals/Laboratories                   9
Trade Associations                      9
Union/Labor                           3
Farmers                               0
Distributors                            3
Insurance Companies                    6
Media/Press                           4
Native Americans                      7
International                           0
Other                                 0
Referrals*                           187
Transfers to RCRA/UST Hotline*       179
Document Retrieval Line*               0
Message Retrieval Line*               209
   * No caller profile data available
                                              TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLERS    4,160
18

-------
May 1998
                                     Call Analyses
                                 HOTLINE TOPICS
 RCRA
 RCRA GENERAL
 SUBTITLE C
 Hazardous Waste Id. - General
  Characteristics
  Listings
  Mixture Rule
  Derived-From
  Contained-In Policy
  Sampling
 Solid and Hazardous Waste Exclusions
 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
1,164

1,306
 917
 870
 138
  84
 266
  57
 446
  31
  22

 4551
 819
 210
 129
 196
  63

 326
 328
 183
  74
  69
  64
  20
  52

 70S1
 150
 4271
 194
 172
  47
 124
 254
 409
  91
 168
   5
 298
  43

  16
 441
 146
  39
                                           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

                                           TOTAL QUESTIONS
                                           * Includes 3,058 RCRA document requests.
   120
   111
    26
    16
    97
     2
    10

   240
     8
    10
     0
     9
     6
    17
    45
    21
    74
    51
     6

12,490*
                                           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
 ,„.,,..                         * Includes 498 UST document requests.
 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.
   234
   244
    80
    76
  1781
    65
   811
    58
   110
    18
    10
    35
    48
    82
    45
     1
     2
    16
    14
     3
     1
     1

 1,402*
                                                                                    19

-------
  Call Analyses
                                        May 1998.
  EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
  COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW

  General:
   General Title III Questions
   Trade Secrets
   Enforcement
   Liability/Citizen Suits
   Training
   Chemical-Specific Information
  324
   11
 6501
   11
   15
  158
  Emergency Planning (§§301-303):
   General                              80
   Notification Requirements              24
   SERC/LEPC Issues                    47
   EHSs/TPQs                         641
   Risk Communication/
     Hazards Analysis                     26
   Exemptions                            4
  Emergency Release Notification (§304):
   General                              57
   Notification Requirements              42
   Reportable Quantities                  50
   CERCLA§103vs. SARA §304          73
   ARIP/AHEDB/ERNS                   0
   Exemptions                           30
  Hazardous Chemical Reporting
  (§§311-312):
   General                             200
   MSDS Reporting Requirements          92
   Tier I/II Requirements                 230
   Thresholds                           85
   Hazard Categories                     20
   Mixtures Reporting                    13
   Exemptions                           36
  Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (§313):
    General
    APR
    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
 7101
 3391
 8591
  377
1,505'
   21
    3
   30
   19
  101
   21
   13
   79
 Exemptions                         220
Special Topics:
   CAA§ 112 General                 261
   RMPs                            385
   List of Regulated Substances         182
 Federal Facilities Executive Order        9

TOTAL QUESTIONS               7,476
*Includes 1,331 Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know document requests
SUPERFUND

General/Misc.                        208
Access & Information Gathering        107
Administrative Improvements
 General                             21
 Environmental Justice/Brownfields      57
 SACM/Presumptive Remedies          22
 Soil Screening Levels                  44
Administrative Record                    9
ARARs                              53
CERCLIS                            93
Citizen Suits                          12
Claims Against Fund                     8
Clean-Up Costs                        25
Clean-Up Standards                    70
Community Involvement                28
Contract Lab Program (CLP)            10
Contractor Indemnification                3
Contracts                               9
Definitions                           45
Enforcement                        3871
Federal Facilities                        9
Hazardous Substances                 111
HRS                                   5
Liability                            100
Local Gov't Reimbursement               0
Natural Resource Damages              19
NCP                                 31
Notification                           88
NPL                                104
Off Site Rule                         24
OSHA                                 6
PA/SI                               17
PRPs                                40
RD/RA                              28
Reauthorization                          7
20
   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.

-------
May 1998                                                                   Call Analyses


 Remedial                             691
 Removal                               35
 RI/FS                                  22
 Risk Assess./Health Effects              79
 ROD                                  48
 RQ                                   140
 Settlements                             39
 SITE Program                           7
 State Participation                        6
 State Program                          13
 TAGs   "                               6
 Taxes                                   4

 Special Topics
   Oil Pollution Act                       70
   SPCC Regulations                    163
   Lead  Contamination                     0
 TOTAL QUESTIONS               2,501*
 *Includes 521 Supert'und document requests.
 TOTAL HOTLINE QUESTIONS
 AND DOCUMENT REQUESTS:    23,869
 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.

                                                                                     21

-------