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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,
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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).
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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:
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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).
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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
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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.
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"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.
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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*
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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
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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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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.
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