EPA530-R-99-012J
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       MONTHLY HOTLINE REPORT
                        October 1999

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                      HOTLINE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
                 RCRA
1.  Manifesting Hazardous Waste
    Shipments Between Treatment,
    Storage, and Disposal Facilities

    A permitted treatment, storage, and
disposal facility (TSDF) receives a manifested
shipment of hazardous waste from a
generator.  The owner and operator of the
TSDF partially treats the waste before
sending it off site for continued treatment. Are
the owner and operator of the TSDF
responsible for initiating a new manifest to
accompany, or should the original manifest
accompany the shipment?

    The owner and operator of a TSDF who
initiates a shipment of hazardous waste must
comply with the requirements in 40 CFR Part
262 (see,  e.g., §§264/265.71(c)). Therefore,
the owner and operator of a TSDF that sends
waste off site for continued treatment must
prepare a new manifest for that waste, and
must also comply with the requirements for
exception reporting found in §262.42.  After
receiving the waste and signing the manifest,
the TSDF, which will conduct further
treatment, must send a signed copy of the
manifest to the original TSDF.
 2.  Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR)
    Treatment Standards and Disposal
    Options for Contaminated Soil

    The alternative land disposal restrictions
 (LDR) soil treatment standards in 40 CFR
 §268.49 require that all constituents subject to
 treatment (i.e., §248.48 underlying hazardous
 constituents (UHCs), except fluoride,
 selenium, sulfides, vanadium, and zinc, that
 are reasonably expected to be present in any
 given volume of contaminated soil at
 concentrations greater than 10 times the
 universal treatment standard (UTS)) be
 treated to a 90 percent reduction capped at 10
 times the UTS level. Soils that exhibit a
 toxicity characteristic may be treated to meet
 this alternative standard, yet still exhibit a
 characteristic of hazardous waste (i.e., a
 hazardous constituent is above the toxicity
 characteristic level).  Can a facility land
 dispose this soil, without further treatment, in
 a Subtitle C or D facility?

   If a hazardous contaminated soil exhibits a
 toxicity characteristic when it is generated,
 then once this soil:

   •   meets LDR treatment requirements,
       AND
   •   is decharacterized,

 the soil may be disposed in a Subtitle D
 landfill or placed back on the land.  If,
 however, a hazardous contaminated soil
exhibits a toxicity characteristic when it is
generated and this soil:

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                              October 1999
   •   meets LDR treatment requirements,
       BUT
   •   is not decharacterized (i.e., key
       constituents are still above TC level),

then the soil must be disposed in a Subtitle C
landfill.

   Consider the following scenario:  A soil
exhibits the toxicity characteristic for lead
when generated. The initial concentration of
lead in the soil is 40 mg/L TCLP, and there are
no UHCs present at the point of generation.
When the owners and operators of the facility
apply the Phase IV alternative soil treatment
standards, they have two options:

   •   OPTION 1: 90 percent reduction (40
       mg/L TCLP * 0.10 = 4 mg/L TCLP)
   •   OPTION 2: 10 * UTS (10 * 0.75 mg/L
       TCLP = 7.5 mg/L TCLP)

   If facility chooses OPTION 2 (7.5 mg/L
TCLP), then while the soil meets LDR
treatment requirements (10 * UTS), it is still
characteristic for lead, as 7.5 mg/L TCLP is
greater than 5.0 mg/L TCLP.  In this situation,
the owners and operators must dispose the soil
in a Subtitle C facility. If the owners and
operators want to dispose the soil in a Subtitle
D facility (or place it back on the land), then
they must treat the lead to  5.0 mg/L TCLP or
less.

   In addition, the soil treatment standards
mandate that all ignitable,  reactive, and
corrosive soils must be treated to remove the
characteristic, and for all hazardous
constituents before land disposal
(§268.49(c)(2)).  For example, a facility
generating an ignitable soil that is also
characteristic for lead (i.e., D001 and D008)
must deactivate the soil so it is no longer
ignitable, and treat the lead and any other
constituents subject to treatment to 90 percent
reduction capped at 10 times the UTS level
before the soil can be disposed in either a
Subtitle C or a Subtitle D facility. To be
eligible for disposal in a Subtitle D facility, the
soil must no longer exhibit any characteristic
of hazardous waste.

    Finally, the alternative soil treatment
standards are not automatically effective in all
states since these treatment options are less
stringent than the waste-specific treatment
standards (63 FR 28635; May 26,1998).
                CERCLA
3.  Information Requests Under
    CERCLA §104(e)

    Based on information provided by the
owner of a Super/and site, EPA determines
that a transport company may have
contributed to the site's contamination.  The
transportation company has both current and
former employees who may have information
relevant to this determination. How may EPA
request information about the company's
involvement at the site from these employees?

    Under CERCLA §104(e), EPA may
request information from any person who has
or may  have information relevant to a
particular site or a party's ability to pay for or
to perform a cleanup. This  is called an
information request letter.  An information
request letter typically seeks the following
types of information: relationship of the
recipient to the site; business records (e.g.,
manifests, invoices, and record books);
environmental monitoring reports or data;
descriptions and amounts of hazardous
substances transported to the site; descriptions
and amounts of hazardous substances stored,
treated, or disposed of at the site; arrangements
made to transport waste material to the site; the

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names of any transporters used in connection
with the site; and information relating to ability
to pay for or perform cleanup.

    If an information request is not answered
promptly, truthfully, and in writing by the
recipient, EPA may either issue a unilateral
administrative order to comply or refer the
matter to the Department of Justice. If the
matter is referred to the Department of Justice,
a lawsuit may be filed in order to compel
compliance. CERCLA authorizes the courts to
assess a civil penalty of $27,500 for each day
any person unreasonably fails to comply with
an information request. Failure to comply with
a court order may result in imprisonment and
additional penalties.

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                  RCRA
TITLE: WasteWise Update: Recovering
Organic Wastes — Giving Back to Mother
Nature
PUBLICATION DATE: September 1999
AVAILABILITY: Hotline/Internet
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-N-99-007
URL: http://www.epa.gov/wastewise/pub.htm

This issue highlights a number of organic
waste diversion and recovery options
implemented by WasteWise partners,
including composting, vermicomposting,
mulching and chipping, grasscycling, and
donation.  This edition provides basic
information on the science of composting and
tips on getting started with organics recovery.
The newsletter also lists EPA and non-EPA
publications related to composting.
TITLE: WasteWise: Fifth Year Progress
Report
PUBLICATION DATE: August 1999
AVAILABILITY: Hotline/Internet
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-R-99-035
URL: http://www.epa.gov/wastewise/
pub_b.htm

This progress report provides an update on the
accomplishments of the WasteWise program.
The report includes an overview of the total
waste reduction results achieved by the
WasteWise program, describes the benefits of
the membership, and presents profiles of the
1999 WasteWise Award Winners.

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New Publications
                            October 1999
TITLE: Municipal Solid Waste Source
Reduction: A Snapshot of State Initiatives
PUBLICATION DATE: December 1998
AVAILABILITY: Hotline
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-R-98-017

This report provides an overview of innovative
and successful state initiatives that encourage
municipal solid waste source reduction. The
successful initiatives discussed in the
document include source reduction planning
through goal setting and research, state in-
house programs, residential programs,
commercial programs, and support for local
governments.  The report also lists publications
and resources related to source reduction.

TITLE: Characterization of Municipal Solid
Waste in the United States: 1998 Update;
Executive Summary
PUBLICATION DATE: September 1999
AVAILABILITY: Hotline/Internet
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-S-99-021
URL: http ://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/
muncpl/msw98.htm

The summary contains a brief overview of the
1998 report, Characterization of Municipal
Solid Waste in the United States, and its
methodology.  It also provides readers with
statistics on the waste generation and
reclamation rates within the United States.

TITLE: Characterization of Municipal Solid
Waste in the United States: 1998 Update
PUBLICATION DATE: September 1999
AVAILABILITY: Hotline/Internet
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-R-99-021
URL: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/
muncpl/ms w98. htm

This report provides information on the
recycling rates of individual materials in the
United  States during 1998.  It also discusses
the waste management practices currently used
by municipalities, and includes a copy of the
Executive Summary. EPA530-S-99-021.
                  UST
TITLE: Ordering Information on
Underground Storage Tanks
PUBLICATION DATE: October 1999
AVAILABILITY: NSCEP-UST/Internet
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA510-F-99-004
URL: http://www.epa.gov/swerustl/pubs/
index.htm

This document updates two previous flyers
(Free Publications About UST Requirements
& Ordering Information on Underground
Storage Tanks) and condenses them into one
flyer for ordering information on underground
storage tanks. The flyer lists popular
documents published by the Office of
Underground Storage Tanks as well as videos
that illustrate certain UST requirements.
               CERCLA
TITLE: Reuse of CERCLA Landfill and
Containment Sites
PUBLICATION DATE: September 1999
AVAILABILITY: Internet
EPA ORDER NUMBER: EPA540-F-99-015,
OSWER 9375.3-05P, PB99-963 319
URL: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/
resources/presump/index.htm

This fact sheet is part of the Superfund
Redevelopment Initiative. The fact sheet
illustrates how the reuse of property has been
accomplished successfully under the existing
program at several sites.  The fact sheet also
describes design considerations that were
creatively implemented at sites, identifies
techniques to facilitate land use, and discusses
potential reuse limitations.

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October 1999
                            New Publications
TITLE: NRT Fact Sheet: Biorcmediation in
Oil Spill Response
PUBLICATION DATE: N/A
AVAILABILITY: Internet only
ORDER NO: N/A
URL: http://www.epa.gov/oilspill/what.htm

The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide on
scene coordinators and other decision-makers
with the latest information on evolving
technologies that may be applicable for use in
responding to an oil spill. Bioremediation is
one technique that may be useful to remove
spilled oil under certain geographic and
climatic conditions. For the purposes of this
effort, bioremediation is defined to include the
use of nutrients to enhance the activity of
indigenous organisms and/or the addition of
naturally-occurring non-indigenous
microorganisms.

TITLE: Issuance of Final Guidance:
Ecological Risk Assessment and Risk
Management Principles for Superfund Sites
PUBLICATION DATE: October 1999
AVAILABILITY: Internet
ORDER NO.: OSWER 9285.7-28P
URL: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/
programs/risk/tooleco. htm#GG

This document supplements Ecological Risk
Assessment Guidance for Superfund:
Processing for Designing and Conducting
Ecological Risk Assessments. EPA540-R-97-
006. This guidance is intended to help
Superfund risk managers make ecological risk
management decisions that are based on sound
science, consistent across EPA regions, and
present a characterization of site risks that is
transparent to the public. It provides risk
managers with six principals and questions and
^answers to consider; when making ecological -
 .,-''--  -  -*' ^.-j-^Kr -:•••-(,.- *-::..••    -.ii,^ »•--..,. ,-
nsk management decisions.

TITLE: The Brownfields Economic
Redevelopment Initiative: Proposal Guidelines
for Brownfields Assessment Demonstration
Pilots
PUBLICATION DATE: October 1999
AVAILABILITY: Internet
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA500-F-99-288
URL: http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/
applicathtm

This document outlines the contents of the
proposals for the Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilots for 2000.  The deadline
for new proposals for the 2000 assessment
pilots is February 16, 2000.

TITLE: Brownfields — Workforce
Development
PUBLICATION DATE: September 1999
AVAILABILITY: Internet
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA500-F-99-287
URL: http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/
job.htm

This fact sheet describes the Brownfields Job
Training and Development Demonstration
Pilot Program and the various partnerships
between EPA and other federal agencies to
foster workforce development in communities
impacted by brownfields.

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New Publications
                              October 1999
           CERCLA/EPCRA
TITLE: Final Enforcement Response Policy
for Sections 304, 311 and 312 of the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-
Know Act and Section 103 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act
PUBLICATION DATE: September 1999
AVAILABILITY: Internet
ORDER NUMBER: N/A
URL: http://es.epa.gov/oeca/ore/tped/
toxpest.html

This policy calculates penalties for
administrative complaints and determines the
minimum acceptable settlement amount in
civil judicial cases. It supersedes the
January 8, 1998 version.
             CAA§112(r)
TITLE: Community Safety Awards Program:
Lake County, Indiana LEPC
PUBLICATION DATE: October 1999
AVAILABILITY: Hotline/Internet
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA550-F-99-014
URL: http://www.epa.gov/ceppo/p-small.htm

This fact sheet showcases the Community
Safety Awards Program implemented by Lake
County, Indiana Local Emergency Planning
Committee. The function of the program is to
recognize achievements by industry and
municipalities in reducing risks to the public
from chemical accidents.
TITLE: Mentoring Program Enhances Safety
Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania  .,,-. ,r   ;.   •<
PUBLICATION DATE: September 1999
AVAILABILITY: Hotline/Internet
EPA ORDER NO.: EPA550-F-99-009
URL: http://www.epa.gov/ceppo/p-small.htm

This fact sheet is intended to assist
stakeholders identify tools and funding sources
for accident preparedness and prevention
initiatives. The fact sheet profiles a mentoring
program initiated by Lehigh Valley/Industry
Mutual Aid group.  The purpose of the group is
to strengthen the safety performance of new
businesses and provide them with necessary
compliance information related to
environmental, health, and safety regulations.

TITLE: Chemical  Safety Information, Site
Security and Fuels  Regulatory Relief Act:
Public Meetings and Other Notifications
PUBLICATION DATE: October 1999
AVAILABILITY: Hotline/Internet
EPA ORDER NO.: N/A
URL: http://www.epa.gov/swercepp/ap-
fabr.htm

This fact sheet summarizes the public meeting/
summary provisions under Clean Air Act
§ 112(r). Included in the document is
information on deadlines for complying with
these provisions as well as information on
certifying to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation that your facility has met the new
public meeting requirements.

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            FINAL RULES
RCRA
"Washington: Final Authorization of
 State Hazardous Waste Management
 Program Revision"
 October 12,1999 (64 FR 55142)

 EPA authorized revisions to Washington's
hazardous waste program.  The final
authorization will become effective
January 11, 2000, unless adverse comments
are received.

"Massachusetts: Final Authorization of
 State Hazardous Waste Management
 Program Revision"
 October 12,1999 (64 FR 55153)

 EPA authorized revisions to Massachusetts's
hazardous waste program.  The final
authorization will become effective
October 12, 1999.

"Georgia: Final Authorization of State
 Hazardous Waste Management
 Program Revision"
 October 14, 1999 (64 FR 55629)

 EPA authorized revisions to Georgia's
hazardous waste program. The final
authorization will become effective
December  13, 1999, unless adverse comments
are received.

"Vermont: Final Authorization of State
 Hazardous Waste Management
 Program Revision"
 October 18, 1999 (64 FR 56174)

 EPA authorized revisions to Vermont's
hazardous waste program. The final
authorization will become effective
November  23, 1999, unless adverse comments
are received.

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  Federal Registers
                          October 1999
                                  FINAL RULES
  "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"
   October 20,1999 (64 FR 56469)

   EPA corrected two minor typographical
  errors and one omission in the May 11, 1999
  rule which made technical amendments
  correcting the Land Disposal Restrictions
  (LDR) Phase IV final rule. EPA also
  corrected three other errors that were
  discovered after the publication of the
  May 11, 1999 amendment. The rule is
  effective October 20, 1999.

  CERCLA

  "National Priorities List; 62nd Street
   Super-fund Site"
   October 1,1999 (64 EH 53213)

   Notice of Deletion

  "National Priorities List; Meal's Dump
   Superfund Site"
   October 4,1999 (64 FR  53629)

   Notice of Deletion

  "National Priorities List for
   Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites"
   October 22,1999 (64 FR 56966)

   This rule adds 10 new sites to the NPL: 9
  sites to the General Superfund Section of the
  NPL and one site to the Federal Facilities
  Section of the NPL.
EPCRA

"Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic
 (PBT) Chemicals; Lowering of
 Reporting Thresholds for Certain PBT
 Chemicals; Addition of Certain PBT
 Chemicals; Community Right-to-
 Know Toxic Chemical Reporting"
 October 29,1999 (64 FR 58666)

 EPA is lowering the reporting thresholds for
certain persistent bioaccumulative toxic (PBT)
chemicals that are subject to reporting under
EPCRA §313 and §6607 of the Pollution
Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA). EPA is also
adding a category of dioxin and dioxin-like
compounds to the EPCRA §313 list of toxic
chemicals and establishing a 0.1 gram
reporting threshold for the category.  In
addition, EPA is adding certain other PBT
chemicals to the EPCRA §313 list of toxic
chemicals and establishing lower reporting
thresholds for these chemicals. EPA is
removing the fume or dust qualifier from
vanadium and adding all forms of vanadium
with the exception of vanadium when
contained in alloys. EPA is also adding
vanadium compounds to the EPCRA §313 list
of toxic chemicals. However, EPA is not
lowering the reporting thresholds for either
vanadium or vanadium compounds.
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                          Federal Registers
         PROPOSED RULES
 RCRA
 "Rhode Island: Determination of
  Adequacy for the State's Municipal
  Solid Waste Permit Program"
  October 5,1999 (64 FR 53976)

  EPA proposed to issue a determination of
 adequacy for Rhode Island's municipal solid
 waste landfill (MSWLF) permit program.
 Comments must be received on or before
 November 4, 1999.

 "Washington: Final Authorization of
  State Hazardous Waste Management
  Program Revisions"
  October 12,1999 (64 FR  55222)

  EPA proposed to grant final authorization to
 the hazardous waste program revisions
 submitted by Washington. Comments must be
 received on or before November 12, 1999.

 "Hazardous Waste Management
  System; Proposed Exclusion for
  Identifying and Listing Hazardous
  Waste"
  October 13,1999 (64 FR  55443)

  EPA proposed to grant a petition submitted
 by General Motors Corporation, Lansing Car
 Assembly — Body Plant (GM) in Lansing,
 Michigan, to exclude (or "delist") certain solid
 wastes generated by its wastewater treatment
 plant from the lists of hazardous wastes
 contained in Subpart D of Part 261.
                  ^
  Program Revision"                 r -
  October 14,1999 (64 FR 55629)

  EPA proposed to codify revisions to
Georgia's authorized hazardous waste program
in 40 CFR Part 272.  EPA codified Georgia's
hazardous waste program as an immediate
final rule elsewhere in this Federal Register. If
EPA receives adverse comments on the
immediate final rule, EPA will withdraw it.
EPA will then address public comments in a
later final rule based  on this proposal.

"Hazardous Waste Management
  System; Proposed Exclusion for
  Identifying and Listing Hazardous
  Waste; Proposed Exclusion"
  October 15,1999 (64 FR 55880)

  EPA proposed to grant a petition submitted
by Rhodia, Incorporated Houston, to exclude
(or "delist") certain filter-cake sludge
generated at its Houston, Harris County,
Texas, facility from the lists of hazardous
wastes contained in 40 CFR §§261.24, 261.31,
and 261.32. Comments must be received by
November 29, 1999.

CERCLA

"National Priorities List for
  Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites,
  Proposed Rule No. 30"
  October 22,1999 (64 FR 56992)

 This proposed rule proposes to add 9 new
sites to the NPL. All of the sites are being
proposed to the General Superfund Section of
the NPL. This proposed rule proposes to add 9
new sites to the NPL. All of the sites are being
proposed to the General Superfund Section of
the NPL.
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  Federal Registers
                           October 1999
                 NOTICES
  RCRA
  "Interagency Project to Clean Up Open
    Dumps on Tribal Lands; Request for
    Proposal"
    October 4,1999 (64 FR 53675)

    The National Tribal Solid Waste Interagency
  Workgroup solicited proposals for its Tribal
  Open Dump Cleanup Project for FY2000. For
  consideration, pre-proposals must be received
  no later than November 19, 1999, and full
  proposals must be received by February 25,
  2000.

  "Guam: Determination of Adequacy for
    the State's Municipal Solid Waste
    Permit Program"
    October 5,1999 (64 FR 54013)

    EPA issued a notice of tentative
  determination of adequacy for Guam's
  municipal solid waste landfill (MSWLF)
  permit program. Comments must be received
  on or before November 1, 1999.

  "Corrective Action for Solid  Waste
    Management Units at Hazardous
    Waste Management Facilities"
    October 7,1999 (64 FR 54604)

    EPA announced its decision to withdraw
  most provisions of the Notice of Proposed
  Rulemaking (NPRM) for corrective action for
  solid waste management units (SWMUs) at
  hazardous waste management facilities
  published on July 27, 1990, otherwise know as
  the 1990 Subpart S proposal. EPA plans to
  withdraw most of the proposed rule because
  EPA has determined that such regulations are
  not necessary to carry out the Agency's duties
  under  §§3004(u) and (v).
"Peer Reviews Associated with the £^f
 Guide for Industrial Waste  -  *«#.£*$'
 Management"
 October 8,1999 (64 FR 54889)

 EPA announced the availability of peer
reviews on the models for the Guide for
Industrial Waste Management made by
independent experts. EPA also announced
public comments for this publication must be
received on or before December 13, 1999.

"Agency Information Collection
 Activities:  Submission for OMB
 Review;  Comment Request; General
 Hazardous Waste Facility Standards"
 October 15,1999 (64  FR 55910)

 EPA announced that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) General Hazardous
Waste Facility Standards, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Control
Number 2050-0120 has been forwarded to
OMB for review and approval. Comments
must be received on or before November 15,
1999.

"Identification and Listing of Hazardous
 Waste"
 October 19,1999 (64 £R 56256)

 EPA corrected 40 CFR Part 261, Appendix
IX, Table 1 by removing the entry for
"Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lackawanna,
New York" and correctly added it to Table 2 of
Appendix IX preceding "BF Goodrich
Intermediates Company, Incorporated."
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October 1999
                          Federal Registers
                                   NOTICES
"Presidential Determination on
 Classified Information Concerning the
 Air Force's Operating Location Near
 Groom's Lake, Nevada"
 October 26,1999 (64 FR 57633)

 EPA announced the President of the United
States exempted the U.S. Air Force's operating
location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from any
federal, state, interstate, or local provision
respecting control and abatement of solid
waste or hazardous waste disposal that would
require the disclosure of classified information
to any unauthorized persons.

"EPA Standards for the Management of
 Cement  Kiln Dust; Request for
 Comments"
 October 28,1999 (64 FR 58022)

 EPA extended the comment period for the
cement kiln dust proposed rule (64 FR 45632;
August 20, 1999). The public comment period
for this proposed rule was supposed to end on
November  18, 1999. EPA extended the period
to February 17, 2000.

CERCLA

"Carolina Creosoting Site; Notice to
 Rescind Federal Register Notice Dated
 September 9,1999"
 October 1,1999 (64 FR 53389)

 On September 9, 1999 (64 FR 49014), EPA
published a Notice of Proposed Settlement for
response costs incurred by EPA  at the Carolina
Creosoting Site located in Leland, North
Carolina. The purpose of this notice is to
rescind the  September 9, 1999, notice.
"Availability of Draft Toxicological
  Profiles"
  October 15,1999 (64 FR 55943)

  This notice announces the availability of the
13th set of lexicological profiles prepared by
ATSDR and comments pursuant to CERCLA
§104(i)(3).

"Draft Partial Restoration Plan and
  Environmental Assessment
  Addressing Injuries to Migratory Birds
  and Threatened and Endangered
  Species at the Tar Creek Superfund
  Site, Ottawa County, OK"
  October 15,1999 (64 FR 55955)

  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service proposes
to protect habitat for the endangered gray bat,
threatened Ozark cavefish and bald eagle, and
migratory birds through acquisition of land in
fee or easement, or management agreements
with land owners. Such alternatives will
provide partial compensation to the public for
injuries to these trust resources from releases
of hazardous chemicals from mining activities
at the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Ottawa
County, OK.

"Comprehensive Environmental
  Response, Compensation and  Liability
  Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section
  104; National Brownfields Assessment
  Pilots"
  October 19,1999 (64 FR 56346)

  EPA will begin to accept proposals for the
National Brownfields Assessment Pilots on
October 19, 1999. EPA expects to select up to
50 additional National Brownfields
Assessment Pilots by April 2000. The
deadline for new proposals for the 2000
assessment pilots is February 16, 2000.
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   Federal Registers
                          October 1999
                                    NOTICES
  Proposals must be post-marked or sent to EPA
  via registered or tracked mail by the stated
  deadline.

  "Notice of the Revised Priority List of
   Hazardous Substances That Will Be
   the Subject of lexicological Profiles"
   October 21,1999 (64 £R 56792)

   EPA provided notice that the ATSDR and
  EPA have developed and are making available
  a revised CERCLA priority list of 275
  hazardous substances, based on the most recent
  information available to the agencies.

  "Notice of the Revised Priority List of
   Hazardous Substances That Will Be
   the Subject of Toxicological Profiles;
   Correction"
   October  29,1999 (64 FR 58416)

   This notice corrects errors found in the notice
  dated October 21,1999 (64 FR 56792).

  EPCRA

  "Lead and Lead Compounds; Lowering
   of Reporting Thresholds; Community
   Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical
   Release  Reporting; Extension of
   Comment Period"
   October  29,1999 (64 EB 58370)

   On August 3, 1999, EPA issued a proposed
  rule to lower the reporting thresholds for lead
  and lead compounds which  are subject to
  reporting under EPCRA §313 and §6607 of the
  Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA). In an
  effort to ensure adequate opportunities for
  input from all affected parties, including small
  businesses, EPA is extending the comment
  period on this proposal until December 16,
  1999.
CAA

"Clean Air Advisory Committee:
 Accident Prevention Subcommittee
 Meeting"
 October 14,1999 (64 FR 55710)

 The Accident Prevention Subcommittee of
the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee will
hold a public meeting on November 5, 1999
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

CONSENT DECREES AND
SETTLEMENTS

"Consent Decree; United States v. Cape
 Chem Corporation, et al."
 October 1, 1999 (64 FR 53414)

"Consent Decree; United States v. Witco
 Corporation and the Pyrites Company
 October 1, 1999 (64 FR 53415)

"Proposed Purchaser Agreement; Boyles
 Galvanizing Site"
 October 5, 1999 (64 FR 54014)

"Consent Decree; United States v. Eagle-
 Picher Industries, Inc. and Exide
 Corporation"
 October 7, 1999 (64 FR 54642)

"Consent Decree; United States v. Eagle-
 Picher Industries, Inc. and Exide
 Corporatiotf
 October 7, 1999 (64 FR 54642)

"Consent Decree; United States and the
 State of New Hampshire  v. City of
 Somersworth, et al."
 October 7, 1999 (64 FR 54643)
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October 1999
                                                                Federal Registers
                                  NOTICES
 "Proposed Administrative Settlement;
  Continental Chemical Corporation
  Superfund Site"
  October 8, 1999 (64 FR 54890)

 "Proposed Administrative Settlement;
  Aerovox Incorporated"
  October 13, 1999 (64 FR 55473)

 "Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed
  Administrative Settlement; Bell Atlantic
  Companies"
  October 13, 1999 (64 FR 55474)

 "Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed
  Administrative Settlement; MCI
  WorldCom"
  October 13, 1999 (64 FB 55475)

 "Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed
  Administrative Settlement; US WEST
  Communications"
  October 13, 1999 (64 FR 55476)

 "Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed
  Administrative Settlement; Western
  Wireless Corporation and VoiceStream
  Wireless Corporation"
  October 13, 1999 (64 FB 55477)

 "Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed
  Administrative Settlement; Paging
  Network Inc."
  October 13, 1999 (64 FR 55478)

 "Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed
  Administrative Settlement; BellSouth
  Corporation"
  October 13, 1999 (64 FR 55478)
"Proposed Prospective Purchaser
 Agreement; Wellington Neighborhood
 Property"
 October 14, 1999 (64 FR 55721)

"Consent Decree; United States v. Akzo
 Nobel A.B."
 October 14, 1999 (64 FR 55747)

"Consent Decree; United States v. Brown
 Co.etal."
 October 14, 1999 (64 FR 55748)

"Consent Decree; United States v. Richard
 Mottolo, K.J. Quinn & Co., Inc., et al."
 October 14, 1999 (64 FR 55748)

"Proposed Administrative Settlement; Sun
 Laboratories Superfund Site"
 October 15, 1999 (64 FR 55923)

"Supplemental Consent Decree; United
 States v. Akzo Nobel A.B."
 October 26, 1999 (64 FR 57652)

"Consent Decree; United States v.
 ASARCO Inc., et al."
 October 26, 1999 (64 FR 57652)

"Consent Decree; United States v. Bay
 Chemical Company,  et al."
 October 26, 1999 (64 FR 57653)

"Consent Decree; United States v.
 General Battery Corporation, et al."
 October 26, 1999 (64 FR 57653)

"Consent Decree; United States v.
 General Electric Company"
 October 26, 1999 (64 FR 57654)
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  Federal Registers                                                    October 1999
                                    NOTICES
  "Consent Decree; United States v. City of
   Seattle"
   October 26, 1999 (64 FR 57654)

  "Proposed Administrative Order on
   Consent; Pulverizing Services Superfund
   Site"
   October 27, 1999 (64 FR 57885)

  "Proposed Administrative Settlement;
   Culbertson Plastics Drum Site"
   October 29, 1999 (64 FR 58405)

  "Proposed De Minimis Settlement;
   Operating Industries, Inc. Landfill
   Superfund Site"
   October 29, 1999 (64 FR 58406)

  "Proposed Prospective Purchaser
   Agreement; San Gabriel Valley
   Superfund Site"
   October 29, 1999 (64 FR 58406)
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                            CALL ANALYSES
This month, the Hotline responded to a total of 14,830 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*
          Mailed Document Requests*

          TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLERS
2,216
  248
  112
    3
   55
  126
   83
    5
  101
    1
    0
  242
  340
  143
   21
  108
    9

3,813
* No caller profile dala available.
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   Call Analyses
                              October 1999
               Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act/
                                  Superfund Hotline
   Manufacturers

     Food/Tobacco                       14
     Textiles                              3
     Apparel                              1
     Lumber & Wood                      4
     Furniture                            3
     Paper                               5
     Printing & Publishing                  8
     Chemicals                         135
     Petroleum & Coal                    18
     Rubber and Plastics                  10
     Leather                              1
     Stone, Clay & Glass                   7
     Primary Metals                      39
     Fabricated Metals                    34
     Machinery (Excluding Electrical)        5
     Electrical & Electronic Equipment       1
     Transportation Equipment              5
     Instruments                           1
     Misc. Manufacturing                 36
     Metal Mining                         5
     Coal Mining                          3
     Electricity Generating                  9
     RCRA Subtitle C                     20
     Solvent Recovery                     1
     Petroleum Bulk Storage                7
     Chemical Distributor                 10
     Propane Retailer                     26
     POTW                             24

   Subtotal                            435
Consultants/Engineers               1,667
Attorneys                             95
Citizens                             102
Public Interest Groups                  58
Educational Institutions                 26
EPA                                 49
Federal Agencies                      35
GOCOs                               3
Congress      •                        1
State Officials/SERC                   25
Local Officials/LEPCs                   1
Fire Departments                       4
Hospitals/Laboratories                   4
Trade Associations                      1
Union/Labor                           1
Farmers                               1
Distributors                           23
Insurance Companies                    1
Media/Press                            3
Native Americans                       1
International                           1
Other                               331
Referrals*                           165
Transfers to RCRA/UST Hotline*       118
Document Retrieval Line*               0
Message Retrieval Line*               126
TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLERS  3,277
    No caller profile data available.
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October 1999
                                    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
  BEFs
  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
 661

 768
 465
 533
  67
  23
 144
  14
 3001
  19
  31

 507
5581
 135
 146
  92
  39

 151
 263
  83
  95
  21
  31
   6
  19

 173
  74
 246
 197
  92
  27
  83
3061
 158
  61
  50
   0
 170
  12

   0
  13
 133
  19
SUBTITLED                       ;,n
Household Hazardous Wastes           136
Subtitle D - General                    229
 Technical Standards                   23
 Industrial Wastes                     147
 Municipal Wastes                     49
 Indian Lands                           0
 Financial Assurance                    5
Solid Waste Recycling/Markets -
 General                             373
 Aluminum                            0
 Batteries                             13
 Glass                                 1
 Paper                                10
 Plastics                              21
 Tires                                 16
 Used Oil                             11
Composting                           17
Procurement                           56
Source Reduction/Pollution Prevention    79
Grants and Financing                    6

TOTAL QUESTIONS              8,177*
* Includes 2,703 RCRA document requests.


UST

General/Misc.                          95
Applicability/Definitions             1161
Regulated Substances                   13
Closure                               20
1998 Deadline                          10
Standards for New Tank Systems         14
Tank Standards and Upgrading           10
Replacing/Closing                      14
Release Detection                     231
Reporting Requirements                  8
Operating Requirements                  6
Corrective Action for USTs              39
Financial Responsibility                  8
Enforcement                         241
State Programs                          4
Private Sector                           0
Indian Lands                            0
MTBE                                 9
LUST General/Miscellaneous             3
 RBCA                                0
 Technologies                           0
 Solvency/Cost Controls                  0

TOTAL QUESTIONS                416*
* Includes 125 UST document requests.
  1 Hot topics for this month
  11 Topics are calculated as the summation of all questions received by the Hotline. A single call may result in
   multiple questions.
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   Call Analyses
                                      October 1999
   EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
   COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW

   General:
    General Title HI Questions            308
    Trade Secrets                         4
    Enforcement                       941
    Liability/Citizen Suits                  2
    Training                              5
    Chemical-Specific Information          33
    Federal Facilities Executive Order       12

   Emergency Planning (§§301-303):
    General                             54
    Notification Requirements              13
    SERC/LEPC Issues                    12
    EHSsflPQs                          41
    Risk Communication/
     Hazards Analysis                     0
    Exemptions                           2
   Emergency Release Notification (§304):
    General                             68
    Notification Requirements              58
    Reportable Quantities                 52
    CERCLA § 103 vs. SARA §304         31
    ARIP/AHEDB/ERNS                  0
    Exemptions                          18
   Hazardous Chemical Reporting
   (§§311-312)
    General                            116
    MSDS Reporting Requirements         81
    Tier I/U Requirements                162
    Thresholds                           54
    Hazard Categories                     7
    Mixtures Reporting                    13
    Exemptions                          36
   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
    Exemptions
  319
   19
 4001
 1431
1,0021
    6
  107
  225
    7
   31
   20
    1
   18
  481
          General Duty                      4-, 36
          RMP General                       369
          Regulated Substances/Thresholds     1941
          Exemptions                          77
          Process Identification                  52
          Program Levels                       15
          Offsite Consequence Analysis        1921
          Accident History                        1
          Prevention Program                     7
          Emergency Response Program            9
          Management Program                   2
          RMP Submission                    711
          Access to RMP Data                  831
          Risk Communication                  49
          State Implementation                    7
          RMP Enforcement                    53
         TOTAL QUESTIONS               4,839
         *Includes 556 Emergency Planning and Community
         Right-to-Know document requests.
SUPERFUND

General/Misc.                        201
Access & Information Gathering          9
Administrative Improvement
 General                              19
 Environmental Justice/Brownfields       74
 S ACM/Presumptive Remedies           5
 Soil Screening Levels                   12
Administrative Record                   6
ARARs                               41
CERCLIS                             84
Citizen Suits                           0
Claims Against Fund                    6
Clean-Up Costs                         37
Clean-Up Standards                     48
Community Involvement                 5
Contract Lab Program (CLP)             9
Contractor Indemnification               0
Contracts                              3
Definitions                            12
Enforcement                           64
Federal Facilities                       9
Hazardous Substances                   79
HRS                                  3
Liability                              58
Local Gov't Reimbursement              0
20
   1 (lot topics for this month
   11 Topics arc calculated as the summation of all questions received by the Hotline. A single call may result in
     multiple questions.

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October 1999
                                                                         Call Analyses
 Natural Resource Damages
 NCP
 Notification
 NPL
 Off Site Rule
 OSHA
 PA/SI
 PRPs
 RD/RA
 Reauthorization
 Remedial
 Removal
 RI/FS
 Risk Assess./Health Effects
 ROD
 RQ
 Settlements
 SITE Program
 State Participation
 State Program
 TAGs
 Taxes

 Special Topics
  Oil Pollution Act
  SPCC Regulations

 TOTAL QUESTIONS
 *Includes 443 Superfund document requests.
                                       9
                                      18
                                    1011
                                     631
                                       4
                                       0
                                       8
                                      12
                                      16
                                       3
                                      25
                                       2
                                      23
                                      34
                                      31
                                     921
                                      41
                                       0
                                       0
                                       4
                                       0
                                       1
                                      13
                                    1141

                                   1,398*
rOTAL HOTLINE QUESTIONS
     DOCUMENT REQUESTS:
                                  14,830
 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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