United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
vvEPA
DIRECTIVE NUMBER:
TITLE:
9432.05(84)
Definition of Treatment as Defined in 40 CFR
Section 260.10 Subpart B - Definitions
11-6-84
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EFFECTIVE DATE: u_6_84
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EPA Report Collection
Regional Center for Environmental Information
U.S. EPA Region HI
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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PART 260 SUBPART B - DEFINITIONS
DOC: 9432.05(84)
Key Words:
Regulations
Subject: .
Treatment
40 CFR 260.10
Definition of Treatment as Defined in 40 CFR §260.10 Subpart B -
Definitions
Addressee: James Scarbrough, Chief, Residuals Management Branch, Region IV
Originator: John H. Skinner, Director, Office of Solid Waste
Source Doc: #9432.05(84)
Date: 11-6-84
Summary:
The definition of treatment is made up of two parts:
1) The change in the waste's character affected by treatment.
2) The purpose of the change. Purposes include: to neutralize, to recover
energy or material resources, to render such waste non-hazardous,
safer to transport, store, or dispose; amenable for recovery, amenable
for storage, or reduced in volume.
To be considered treatment, facility processes must serve one of the
purposes listed in No. 2 above when changing the waste's character.
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SUBJECT: Definition of Treatment; Application to
Great Lakes Carbon Corp*
FROM: John H. Skinner, Director
Office of Solid Waste (WH-562)
TO: Jartes Scarbrough, Chief
Residuals Manacement Branch
EPA Region IV
We have reviewed and interpreted the definition of treatment
as defined in 40 CFR 260.10, Subpart B - Definitions. The defini-
tion is made up of two parts: the change in the waste's character
effected by treatment and the purpose of the change. Based on this
definition, the process proposed by Great Lakes Carbon Corporation
(GLCC) does not constitute treatment. GLCC's plan to add water to
the cyanide contained in dissolvable plastic bags will change the
physical character of the cyanide waste. However, the purpose of
this change is to facilitate disposal. The change will not make
the waste safer to dispose* None of those purposes Listed in the
definition, that is to neutralize; to recover energy or material
resources; to render such waste non-hazardous or less hazardous,
safer to transport, store, or dispose; or amenable for recovery,
amenable for storage, or reduced in volume, apply to the process
proposed by GLCC*
If you "have any questions, please contact Mr. Thema3 Baugh of
the Waste Treatment Branch at PTS 382-2550.
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