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DIRECTIVE NUMBER: 9444.04(85)
TITLE: Guidance on the Management of Dioxin Wastes
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Rule on Dioxin Wastes
Guidance on the Management of Dioxin Wastes
Regional Administrators
Lee M. Thomas
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EPA's dioxin ruling imposes special requirements and restrictions on
management of dioxin wastes at TSDFs and revokes current procedures established
under the Toxic Substances Control Act's ŁTSCA) "Vertac Rule," which allows
case-by-case approval of proposals to treat or dispose of dioxin wastes.
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9444.04 (85)
| UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
f WASHINGTON. DC. 20460
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APR 10 1985
MEMORANDUM, THS AOMINISTBATOB
TO: Regional Administrators
SUBJECT: Disposal of Dioxin Wastes
EPA's rule listing dioxin wastes as hazardous under RCRA
becomes effective July 14, 1985. It imposes special requirements
and restrictions on nanagement of dioxin wastes at treatment,
storage and disposal facilities. The new rule will revoke the
current procedures in place under the TSCA "Vertac Rule", which
allows case-by-case approval of proposals to treat or dispose
of dioxin wastes. EPA must move rapidly to assure that approved
capacity is available to manage the newly listed wastes properly.
I ask that you and your staff take the initiative and
work within your Region to ensure adequate capacity for managing '
dioxin wastes. You should, for example, identify those facilities ;
that can manage dioxin wastes well, and encourage them to apply
for necessary Federal, State and local permits. You should
also work closely with them to expedite their applications and
support their applications with the public and State and local
governments by emphasizing the need for capacity and our confi-
dence in the technologies mandated in our regulations.
At the national level, we are taking a number of actions
to implement this policy. We have provided in the regulations
an accelerated approval process, called certification, for
interim status incinerators and other thermal treatment units.
We are preparing guidance to help expedite certification and
permitting of dioxin facilities. We are working with industrial
and State associations to encourage the private sector to
respond with needed waste management capacity. Finally, we
stand ready to provide expedited technical assistance and
Headquarters reviews.
Your support for my policy is critical to the proper
management of dioxin wastes.
Please contact Michael Cook, Dioxin Management Coordinator,
(FTS 382-5864) for assistance in interpreting and implementing
this guidance.
Lee M. Thomas
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