1986 NATIONAL SCREENING SURVEY OF HAZARDOUS
WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, DISPOSAL, AND RECYCLING
FACILITIES
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
FOR TSDR FACILITIES ACTIVE IN 1985
OFFICE OF POLICY, PLANNING, AND INFORMATION
OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE
U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, DC 20460
DECEMBER 1986
PREPARED BY
CENTER FOR ECONOMICS RESEARCH
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA 27709
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INTRODUCTION
This report summarizes the results of the 1986 National
Screening Survey of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, Disposal,
and Recycling facilities. The Office of Solid Waste (OSW) of
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted this
screening survey as part of an extensive effort to improve OSW's
data on hazardous waste facilities.
The primary objective of the 1986 National Screening Survey
was to collect sufficient data from every treatment, storage,
disposal, and recycling (TSDR) facility in the country so that
EPA could select a statistically valid sample of TSDR facilities
for a detailed followup survey. Additional goals included the
following:
Determine the current addresses and contacts for the
nation's TSDR facilities.
0 Estimate the total quantities of hazardous waste managed
at TSDR facilities during 1985. .
0 Identify hazardous waste TSDR processes, their commercial
availability, and the general waste types managed at each
TSDR facility.
OSW conducted this survey for use in regulatory decision
making. We have not attempted to inspect facilities to verify
information. However, we did conduct extensive follow-up to
clarify and resolve inconsistent responses. We continue to
revise the survey database as we get better information.
FINDINGS
There were approximately 3,0-00 TSDR facilities that
identified themselves as active in 1985. This is somewhat fewer
than the number (4,500-5,000) of active facilities in OSW's
Hazardous Waste Data Management System (HWDMS). This difference
is due to several factors, including:
0 Some facilities have closed, particularly land disposal
facilities that were required to submit permit applications
and certifications that they were in compliance with ground-
water monitoring and financial assurance certifications by
November 8, 1985.
0 Some facilities are generators rather than TSDR facilities.
0 Some facilities do not actually handle hazardous waste, or
the waste they handle has been delisted.
0 Some facilities have ceased managing hazardous waste, but
have not gone through formal closure.
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Approximately 430 facilities indicate they are still placing
hazardous waste in their land disposal units. This is fewer than
those who have formally applied to continue land disposal operations
(around 525 facilities), but generally agrees with the number OSW
expects to pursue final permits.
Facilities reported that they manage 247 million metric tons
of hazardous waste in units regulated under RCRA. This differs
from previous estimates. OSWs last major survey of treatment,
storage, and disposal facilities was conducted in 1982. Using
that survey, we estimated that a total of 264 million metric tons
of hazardous waste was managed in regulated units at treatment,
storage, and disposal facilities in 1981. The National Screening
Survey estimate of 247 million metric tons should not be compared
to the 1981 estimate.There have been major changes in how hazardous
waste is generated and managed since 1981. In addition, the ques-
tions asked and individuals responding have changed.
Treatment, Storage, Disposal, and Recycling Facilities reported
that they manage an additional 322 million metric tons of hazardous
waste in units that are exempt from RCRA permitting requirements.
The majority of this waste is wastewater treated in tanks that are
regulated under the Clean Water Act; however, it does include some
waste going to solvent recovery and reuse as fuel. There is no
estimate for this quantity of waste managed in exempt units from
the 1981 survey because facilities were specifically asked to
exclude this quantity from their estimates. Thus, we can not draw
conclusions as to whether the quantities of hazardous waste are
increasing or decreasing from this survey.
The National Screening Survey should provide us with better
estimates than previous data collection efforts because it is
more current and it is based on a census rather than a sample of
facilities.
QUESTIONS ASKED
Appendix A includes a copy of the screening survey. Question
1 asks for the current facility operating status; Questions 2
through 5 ask for various types of hazardous waste quantities;
and, Question 6 asks for process and waste type information. All
TSDR facilities were also asked to indicate in Question 6 whether
or not they offered each hazardous waste management process on a
commercial basis.
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RESULTS PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT
The data in Tables 1 through 13 are based only on treatment,
storage, disposal, and recycling facilities that were active during
1985. Consequently, some facilities are included because they
operated in 1985 even though they have since closed.
All the waste quantities shown are for hazardous waste only.
Respondents were asked to categorize various types of hazardous
waste in the following ways:
0 We asked respondents to report wastes that are hazardous
under Federal and State regulations separately. Some
States have declared additional wastes (not hazardous under
Federal regulations) to be hazardous in that State. Unless
designated as "Hazardous under State regulations" or "Hazardous
under Federal regulations", all quantities reported here
include both types of hazardous waste.
0 We requested data on both RCRA permitted units and units
not permitted under RCRA used to manage hazardous waste.
"RCRA permitted units" include those for which a RCRA permit
is required (although they may have interim status currently).
"Units not permitted under RCRA" include those managing hazar-
dous waste but not subject to RCRA permitting requirements
such as wastewater treatment in tanks (subject to regulation
under the Clean Water Act), solvent recovery, and reuse of
waste as fuel.
0 We asked facilities to designate whether each process
was commercially available. For purposes of the screening
survey, "commercially available" means the service is provided
for a fee or other remuneration to firms under a different
ownership than the TSDR facility. Commercial hazardous waste
treatment, disposal, storage, or recycling does not have to
be the primary activity at a facility for an operation or
unit to be considered "commercially available". All facilities
fall into one of three groups:
1. All processes are commercially available but the
facility may also generate hazardous waste onsite.
2. No processes are commercially available; handles
no waste commercially.
3. Some processes are commercially available and some
are not. The facility also generates hazardous waste
onsite.
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LIST OF TABLES
1- Quantity of Hazardous Waste Managed by Active Facilities
During 1985
2. Quantity of Hazardous Waste Managed by Active Facilities
During 1985, by EPA Region
3. Quantity of Hazardous Waste Managed by Active Facilities
During 1985, by Commercial Availability of Processes
4. Quantity of Hazardous Waste Managed by Active Facilities
During 1985, by Type of Process
5. Number of Active Facilities During 1985, by EPA Region
6. Number of Active Facilities During 1985, by Type of
Technology
7. Distribution of Active Facilities by Quantity Managed in
RCRA Permitted Units During 1985
8. Number of Active Facilities During 1985 With Treatment
Processes
9. Number of Active Facilities During 1985 With Storage
Processes
10. Number of Active Facilities During 1985 With Land Disposal
Processes
11. Number of Active Facilities During 1985 With Recycling
Processes
12. Quantity of Hazardous Waste Managed During 1985 by the
50 Largest Active Facilities Using RCRA Permitted Units
13. Quantity of Hazardous Waste Managed During 1985 by Active
Facilities at Which All Processes are Commercially Available
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TABLE 1. QUANTITY OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGED
BY ACTIVE FACILITIES DURING 1985
MILLION METRIC TONS (MMT)
UNITS EXEMPT FROM RCRA
REGULATION RCRA PERMITTED UNITS PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS
HAZARDOUS UNDER STATE 4 92
REGULATIONS
HAZARDOUS UNDER FEDERAL 243 230
REGULATIONS
TOTAL 247 322
]-These units include wastewater treatment in tanks which is
regulated under the Clean Water Act, solvent recovery, and
reuse of waste as fuel. The majority of this waste is
wastewater
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TABLE 2. QUANTITY OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGED BY
ACTIVE FACILITIES DURING 1985, BY EPA REGION
MILLION METRIC TONS
EPA REGION
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TOTAL
RCRA PERMITTED UNITS
2
45
15
55
61
58
2
1
4
1
247
UNITS EXEMPT FROM RCRA
PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS 1
5
20
56
24
68
91
4
3
39
10
322
NOTE: Quantities may not sum to total due to rounding.
iThese units include wastewater treatment in tanks which is
regulated under the Clean Water Act, solvent recovery, and
reuse of waste as fuel. The majority of this waste is
wastewater
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TABLE 3. QUANTITY OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGED
BY ACTIVE FACILITIES DURING 1985, BY COMMERICAL
AVAILABILITY OF PROCESSES
MILLION METRIC TONS (MMT)
UNITS EXEMPT FROM RCRA
TYPE OF FACILITY RCRA PERMITTED UNITS PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS
ALL FACILITIES 247 322
FACILITIES WITH AT 57 10
LEAST ONE COMMERCIAL
PROCESS
FACILITIES WHERE ALL
PROCESS OFFERED
COMMERCIALLY
FACILITIES WITH NO 190 313
COMMERCIAL PROCESSES
iThese units include wastewater treatment in tanks which is
regulated under the Clean Water Act, solvent recovery, and
reuse of waste as fuel. The majority of this waste is
wastewater
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TABLE 4. QUANTITY OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGED
BY ACTIVE FACILITIES DURING 1985, BY TYPE OF PROCESS
MILLION METRIC TONS (MMT)
HAZARDOUS UNDER FEDERAL HAZARDOUS UNDER STATE
PROCESS REGULATIONS REGULATIONS
TREATED
STORED
DISPOSED
TREATED IN UNITS
205
99
32
182
3
1
1
85
EXEMPT FROM RCRA
PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS
RECYCLED IN UNITS 43 14
EXEMPT FROM RCRA
PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS
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TABLE 5. NUMBER OF ACTIVE FACILITIES DURING 1985, BY EPA
REGION
EPA REGION
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TOTAL
TOTAL FACILITIES
207
343
271
432
756
388
147
84
260
71
2959
COMMERCIAL FACILITIES
40
50
46
90
148
51
27
8
54
14
528
NOTE: COMMERCIAL FACILITIES INCLUDE THOSE WITH AT LEAST ONE COMMERCIAL TREATMENT,
DISPOSAL, STORAGE OR RECOVERY PROCESS
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TABLE 6. NUMBER OF ACTIVE FACILITIES DURING 1985, BY TYPE
OF TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
TREATMENT
STORAGE
LAND DISPOSAL
RECYCLING
ALL FACILITIES
1,596
2,585
433
846
COMMERCIAL FACILITIES
205
400
58
220
NOTErl. SOME FACILITIES MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE PROCESS.
2. WE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SURVEY RESULTS AND HWDMS
MOST OF THE DIFFERENCES IS DUE TO FACILITIES DISCONTINUING OPERATIONS.
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TABLE 7. DISTRIBUTION OF ACTIVE FACILITIES BY QUANTITY
MANAGED IN RCRA PERMITTED UNITS DURING 1985
NUMBER OF ACTIVE
QUANTITY MANAGED FACILITIES
<100 MT/YR 1,080
100-1000 MT/YR 878
>1000-2SO,000 MT/YR 916
>2SO,OOO.SOO,000 MT/YR 30
>500,000-1,000,000 MT/YR 26
>1,000,000-5,000,000 MT/YR 23
>S,000,000 MT/YR 6
TOTAL 2959
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TABLE 8. NUMBER OF ACTIVE FACILITIES DURING 1985 WITH
TREATMENT PROCESSES
PROCESS
INCINERATION
BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER
TREATMENT
STEAM STRIPPING
OTHER WASTEWATER
TREATMENT
SOLIDIFICATION
TREATMENT
IMPOUNDMENT
OTHER TREATMENT
ALL FACILITIES
189
150
45
948
211
149
556
COMMERCIAL FACILITIES
181
16
11
86
84
. 15
106
NOTE: SOME FACILITIES HAVE MORE THAN ONE PROCESS.
1May include some planned incinerators.
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TABLE 9. NUMBER OF ACTIVE FACILITIES DURING 1985 WITH
STORAGE PROCESSES
PROCESS ALL FACILITIES COMMERCIAL FACILITIES
STORAGE IMPOUNDMENT 222 178
WASTE PILE 55 12
OTHER STORAGE 2,585 400
(CONTAINER & TANK)
NOTE: SOME FACILITIES MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE PROCESS
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TABLE 10. NUMBER OF ACTIVE FACILITIES DURING 1985 WITH
LAND DISPOSAL PROCESSES
PROCESS
UNDERGROUND INJECTION
DISPOSAL IMPOUNDMENT
LANDFILL
LAND TREATMENT
WASTEPJLE
STORAGE IMPOUNDMENT
TREATMENT IMPOUNDMENT
ALL FACILITIES
79
49
101
.71
56
222
149
COMMERCIAL FACILITIES
11
10
33
5
12
17
15
NOTE: SOME FACILITIES MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE PROCESS.
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TABLE 11. NUMBER OF ACTIVE FACILITIES DURING 1985 WITH
RECYCLING PROCESSES
PROCESS ALL FACILITIES COMMERCIAL FACILITIES
SOLVENT RECOVERY 447 131
REUSE AS FUEL 279 47
OTHER RECYCLING 327 104
NOTE: SOME FACILITIES MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE PROCESS.
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TABLE 12. QUANTITY OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGED DURING
1985 BY THE 50 LARGEST ACTIVE FACILITIES USING RCRA
PERMITTED UNITS
MILLION METRIC TONS (MMT)
TOP 100 FACILITIES
REGULATED VOLUME
TOP 10
2nd DECILE
3rd DECILE
4th DECILE
5th DECILE
TOTALALL
OTHER FACILITIES
158 MMT
27 MMT
14 MMT
9 MMT
7 MMT
32 MMT
TOTAL-ALL FACILITIES
247 MMT
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TABLE 13.-QUANTITY OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGED DURING
1985 BY ACTIVE FACILITIES AT WHICH ALL PROCESSES ARE
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE
MILLION METRIC TONS (MMT)
FACILITIES ALL FACILITIES COMMERCIAL FACILITIES
RCRA PERMITTED 247 MMT 7 MMT
UNITS
UNITS EXEMPT FROM 322 MMT 3 MMT
RCRA PERMITTING
REQUIREMENTS
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APPENDIX A
SCREENING SURVEY
1986 National Screening Survey of TSDR Facilities
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OMB * 2050-0055
Expires January 31. 1988
1986 Rational Screening Survey of Hazardous Waste
Treatment, Storage, Disposal, and Recycling Facilities
Introduction
The Office of Solid Waste (OSW) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting a survey of U.S. hazardous
waste treatment, storage, disposal, and recycling facilities. EPA has retamed the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) as us survey
contractor. Section 3007 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requires your participation in this survey. Please
complete and return this questionnaire booklet within 30 days of receiving it.
This survey is being conducted to gather information on the nation's capacity to treat, store, dispose, and recycle hazardous waste.
This information will be used to assess the availability of alternatives to land disposal for the waste types scheduled for uocom-
ing land disposal restrictions under the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA). The survey results will also
support analyses of future regulatory actions.
EPA is conducting this survey in two parts— a screening survey of all hazardous waste treatment, storage, disposal, and recycl-
ing facilities (both onsite and commercial) and a detailed survey of a sample of these facilities. This is the first part, the screening
survey questionnaire.
We have identified the facility listed on the label below as a hazardous waste treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling facility for
purposes of this-survey. We would therefore like this facility to provide the information requested in the brief questionnaire on the
following pages. . .
What Is This Screening Survey Questionnaire?
This screening survey questionnaire asks for information that will be used to identify and characterize hazardous waste facilities
and to determine the size and composition of the sample for the detailed survey. Your timely and accurate responses to this ques-
tionnaire will help us reduce the number of facilities required to respond to the detailed questionnaire. *
Who Should Complete the Questionnaire?
This questionnaire should be completed by the person who is most knowledgeable of the hazardous waste treatment, storage.
disposal, and recycling operations at this facility. All facilities receiving this questionnaire should complete and return it. Even
if operations have temporarily or permanently ceased or if no hazardous waste is treated, stored, disposed, or recycled at this
facility, we need your response indicating that this is the case in order to update our records and to get a clearer picture of hazardous
waste facilities in the United States.
How Do I Complete the Questionnaire?
This screening questionnaire booklet contains seven questions. The instructions contain all the information, including definitions
of key terms, that you may need to answer the questions. When you have completed the questionnaire and signed and dated the
Certification Statement at the end. enclose the questionnaire booklet in the p re-addressed, postage-paid envelope, and drop it
in the mail. If you did not receive— or have misplaced— the postage-paid envelope, call the RTI SURVEY HELPLINE
(1-800-334-8571) between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern standard time (EST) and ask for Hall Ashmore.
What If I Manage Hazardous Waste Facilities at More Than One Location?
If you manage hazardous waste treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling facilities at more than one location, you must conciete
a screening questionnaire for each of them. Please make sure you have received a questionnaire for each facility you manage.
If you have received the wrong number of questionnaires— either too many or too few—call the RTI SURVEY HELPLINE
(1-800-334-8571) between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. EST and ask for Hall Ashmore.
What If This Facility Does Not Treat, Store. Dispose, or Recycle Hazardous Waste?
Even if this facility no longer treats, stores, disposes, or recycles hazardous waste, or never has. please complete and -et'jr,-! :^s
questionnaire. The questionnaire instructions explain which questions to answer: the information you provide on >our status as
a facility that does not treat, store, dispose, or recycle hazardous waste is important for our analyses.
This questionnaire applies only to the facility listed on
this label. Refer to this label for questions on potential p
future survey-related contacts.
facility laoel here)
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Definitions
The following. oWWBfcw ha* been developed for this survey and apply throughout this questionnaire.
IMPORTANT NOTE Treatment, storage, and disposal in surface impoundments and storage in waste piles are
among the operations that will be prohibited by the land disposal restrictions under HSWA. For tfws survey, however,
report quantities of hazardous waste treated, stored, or disposed in surface impoundments or stored in waste
piles under the appropriate treatment, storage, or disposal categories. Do not report them all under disposal.
Commercially Available Any hazardous waste treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling operation or unit is
considered "commercially available" if it is generally offered to other parties NOT UNDER THE SAME OWNER-
SHIP as this facility. Commercially available operations or units are usually offered for a fee or other remuner-
ation. However, commercially available operations or units INOLUOE those used to recycle (reuse, reclaim,
or recover) hazardous waste that has been purchased. Any operation or unit offered ONLY to other parties UN-
DER THE SAME OWNERSHIP as this facility is NOT considered commercially available. Commercial hazardous
waste treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling does not have to be the primary activity at a facility for an operation
or unit to be considered "commercially available."
Disposal Injecting, dumping, or placing of hazardous waste into or onto any land. For this survey, report only
on the following disposal operations: landfills, disposal surface impoundments, land treatment, and injection
wells.
Hazardous Waste Any waste, including wastewater, defined as hazardous by any federal or state regulation.
Hazardous Waste Operations Activities conducted in onsite hazardous waste units to treat, store, dispose.
or recycle hazardous waste. DOES NOT INCLUDE shipping waste offsite for treatment, storage, disposal, or
recycling at another facility. i
RCRA The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976—the federal statute that regulates the treatment.
storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. Some states have RCRA statutes as well.
Recycling Any reuse, reclamation, or recovery activity conducted in a unit exempt from RCRA permitting re-
quirements to recover material or energy resources from hazardous waste. NOTE: For this survey, some ac-
tivities that you may commonly call "recycling" should be reported as "treatment" if they are conducted in units
regulated under RCRA. See the IMPORTANT NOTE on the top of page 5 for a list of the recycling operations
that we would like you to report as exempt from RCRA permitting requirements.
Storage The holding of hazardous waste for a temporary period, at the end of which it is treated, disposed,
recycled, or stored elsewhere. For this survey, we want you to report two kinds of activities as storage of hazardous
waste: (1) the accumulation of hazardous waste in tanks or containers under the federal RCRA 90-day rule
and (2) other hazardous waste storage under RCRA. In addition, waste piles are considered storage units.
Treatment Any activity designed to change the character or composition of any hazardous waste so as to render
it nonhazardous or less hazardous; safer to transport, store, or dispose: amenable for recovery; or reduced
in volume. Include quantities of hazardous waste incinerated as treatment in units regulated under RCRA. For
this survey, we ask you to report two types of treatment: (1) that conducted in units regulated under RCRA and
(2) that conducted in units exempt from RCRA permitting requirements. See the .IMPORTANT NOTE at the
top of page 5 for a list of treatment units that we would like you to report as exempt from RCRA permitting re-
quirements.
Units Exempt From RCRA Permitting Requirements Hazardous waste treatment or recycling operations
that do not require permits under RCRA. See the IMPORTANT NOTE at the top of page 5 for a list of opera-
tions that we would like you to report as exempt from RCRA permitting requirements. NOTE: Any storage con-
ducted prior to an exempt process is regulated and should be reported as such.
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"CDA If you need help, call the RTI Survey Helpline (1-800-334-8571) between
O CITH 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern standard time (EST). Ask for Hall Ashmore.
Questionnaire
IMPORTANT: Read the definitions of key terms provided on the previous page. Also, read all the instruc-
tions (in italics) for each question before answering the question.
1. Which of the following best describes tht status of the hazardous waste operations at this facility?
CIRCLE THE ONE CODE that test describes the current status of hazardous waste operations at this facility. Circle 01 even if ooerations
at this facility have temporarily ceased due to seasonal fluctuations or other reasons. Circle 05 fa) it this facility has not treatea. stored.
disposed, or recycled hazardous waste since November 19, 1980. when hazardous waste became regulated under RCRA. or
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2 How much wntt defined M haardou* by federal or state regulations wtw TREATED, STORED. OR DISPOSED onette at this f»
' Itv during 1985 In units REGULATED UNDER RCRA? Whit percentage of that waste quantity we* waste defined M hazardo
by federal RCRA regulations? (Enter« wasre quantity in ertber tons or gallons, circle the appropriate unit of measure, and *»*. » p
centage.)
fleport here tfie 7ODU. quantity of waste defined as hazardous oy federal or sta» regulars foot entenrt one or more of this facility's tre
mont, storage or disposal units REGULATED UNDER RCRA during 1985. REPORT ONUf ONCE any quantity of hazardous waste ti
entered morn than one (ype of operation. For example, hazardous waste mar was both treated and stored should ba reported only ONf,
Similarly, hazardous waste that was treated mora than onca should ba reported only ONCE. Enter zsro it no federal or stata hazards
waste was treated, stored, or disposad in units REGULATED UNDER RCRA onsita at this facility during 1985.
TOTAL quantity of federal or state hazardous waste
TREATED, STORED, OR DISPOSED onsita during 1985
in units REGULATED UNDER RCRA
(If none, enter zero.)
Units of manure
(Circle one.)
Tons Gallons
Percentage of waste deflnad
as hazardous by
federal RCRA regulations
(If none, enter zero.)
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3. How much waste defined as hazardous by federal or state regulations waa (a) TREATED, (b) STORED, or (c) DISPOSED cms
at this facility during 1985 in units REGULATED UNDER RCRA? (As indicated in the answer space below, report (i) the quantity accu
ulated in tanks or containers under the federal RCRA 90-day rule and (hi the quantity stored in other units REGULATED. UNDER RCP
In addition, what percentage of each of these 1985 waste quantities was waste defined as hazardous by federal RCRA regu
lions? (Enter the waste quantities in either tons or gallons, circle the appropriate unit of measure, and enter (he percentages.)
Report here the quantities of waste defined as hazardous by federal or state regulations that entered this facility's treatment units,
units, or disposal units REGULATED UNDER RCRA during 1985. Enter a zero quantity for any type of hazardous waste operation not ons
REPORT ALL HAZARDOUS WASTE THAT ENTERED TREATMENT. STORAGE. OR DISPOSAL OPERATIONS, whether or not it prevtOL
or subsequently entered another of those operations. For example, hazardous waste that was both treated and disposed onsita ar?
facility during 1985 in units REGULATED UNDER RCRA should be reported TWICE— both in (a) "Treated onsite" and in (c) "Disoosed
site." However, hazardous waste that entered more than one type of unit under a single type of hazardous waste operation should Oe repor
only ONCE. For example, hazardous waste that was treated twice— e.g., incineration followed by solidification of residuals— should
reported only ONCE, in (a) "Treated on site."
Type of hazardous
waste operation
Quantity of federal or state
hazardous waste TREATED, STORED,
OR DISPOSED onsite during 1985
in units REGULATED UNDER RCRA
(If none, enter zero.)
Units of measure
(Circle one.)
Tons Gallons
Percentage of waste
defined as hazardous
by federal
RCRA regulations
(if none, enter zero.)
a. TREATED onsite
b. STORED onsite
i. Federal RCRA
90-day rule
ii. Other RCRA-regulated
storage
c. DISPOSED onsite
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Read this before answering Questions 4 and 5.
Report quantities of hazardous waste treated or recycled in the tallowing units as exempt from RCRA permitting
requirements:
• TREATMENT
- Elementary neutralization . „, , ,
— Wastewater treatment in tanks that are regulated under the Clean Water Act.
• RECYCLING
— Solvent recovery (distillation, fractionation. steam stripping)
— Reuse of hazardous waste as fuel in boilers and industrial furnaces (NOTE: Incineration is treatment in a RCRA-
regulated unit.)
— Any recycling operation that does NOT involve putting hazardous waste onto land.
DO NOT report the following quantities of hazardous waste as exempt from RCRA permitting requirements:
— Any hazardous waste quantities that are exempt for other reasons. DO NOT REPORT these waste quantities any-
where on this questionnaire. .:
— Any hazardous waste quantity treated or recycled in units exempt from RCRA if it was previously TREATED m a
unit that is regulated under RCRA.
— Any hazardous waste treated or recycled in a totally enclosed treatment facility—a unit directly connected to an in-
dustrial production process and from which there is no release of hazardous waste into the environment during
treatment.
— Any quantity of nonhazardous waste. 00 NOT REPORT nonhazardous waste anywhere on this questionnaire.
NOTE: Storage before recycling is a regulated activity and should be reported as such.
4. How much wastt defined as hazardous by federal or state regulations was TREATED OR RECYCLED onsite at this facility dur-
ing 1985 in units EXEMPT FROM RCRA? What percentage of that waste quantity was waste defined as hazardous by federal RCRA
regulations? (Enter a waste quantity m either tons or gallons, circle the appropriate unit of measure, and enter a percentage.)
Report here the TOTAL quantity of waste defined as hazardous by federal or state regulations that entered one or more of this facility's treat-
ment or recycling units EXEMPT FROM RCRA during T935. REPORT ONLY ONCE any quantity of hazardous waste that entered more rftarf
one typ9 of operation. For example, hazardous waste that was both treated and recycled shouid be reported only ONCE. Similarly. Hazardous
waste that was treated more than once should be reported only ONCE. Enter zero if no federal or state hazardous waste was TREATED
OR RECYCLED in units EXEMPT FROM RCRA onsite at this facility during 1985.
TOTAL quantity of federal or state hazardous waste
TREATED OR RECYCLED onsite during 1985 in
units EXEMPT FROM RCRA
(If none, enter zero.)
Units of measure
(Circle one.)
Tons Gallons
Percentage of waste defined
as hazardous by
federal RCRA regulations
(If none, enter zero i
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5. How much waste defined as hazardous under federal or state regulations was (a) TREATED or (b) RECYCLED onsite at this facil-
ity during 1985 in units EXEMPT FROM RCRA? In addition, what percentage of each of those 1985 waste quantities was waste
defined as hazardous by federal RCRA regulations? (Enter the waste quantities in either tons or gallons, circie rre aco.'conate ^nu
of measure, and enter the percentages.)
Report here the individual quantities of waste defined as hazardous by federal or state regulations that entered this facility s .-earr-ent units
or recycling units EXEMPT FROM RCRA during 1985. Enter a zero quantity for any type of hazardous waste ooeration ^ot :ns,;e.
REPORTALLHAZAROOUSWASTETHATENTERED TREATMENTOR RECYCLING OPERATIONS, whether or not it owousiy or subse-
quently entered ffte otfier fyp« of operation. Fcr example, hazardous waste that was both treated and recycled onsite at:."/ s '3c:iity curing
7935 in units EXEMPT FROM RCRA should be reported TWICE—both m (a) "Treated onsite" and in (o) "Recycled onsite.' However -azarzous
waste that entered more than one unit under a single type of hazardous waste operation should be reoorted oniy CNCs. ~:r **ampie.
hazardous waste that underwent both cyanide destruction and lime precipitation snoula oe reoorred only ONCE, in1 at" ~r°3;e '
Quantity of federal or state
hazardous waste TREATED OR
RECYLED onsite during 1985 in
units EXEMPT FROM RCRA
Units of measure
(Circle one)
Percentage of waste
defined as hazardous
by federal
waste operation (If none, enter zero.) Tons Gallons
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6 Indicate the types of hazardous waste treatment, storage, disposal, and recycling units that are onsite at this facility and the
' types of hazardous waste that can be treated, stored, disposed, or recycled with each.
- CirclecodasQl thmugh 09 in the fint row (a) of the matrix to indica» the types of hazardous waste that cannot to treated, stored.
disposed, or recycled in any type of unit onsite at this facility.
- Oooosite each tyoaothazardous waste unit listed down the left-hand side ofthe matrix (rows b through q). circle codes 01 through
natoindicai* thatvMS of hazardous waste that can to treated, stored, disposed, or recycled in each type of unit that is onsite.
thathasapa^ofintefirn status (where necessary), and that is operational at this facility.
— for each fyps> at un* circle 09 it there is no unit onsite af this facility, if it is not permitted or interim status (where necessary), or
ifitisnotoperationat.
— Circle either 10 (YES) or 11 (NO) for each type of onsite unit to indicate whether or not this facility's units are "commercially available."
/VOTE See the definition of "commercially available/' on page 2. In addition, "operational" units should include those that are temporarily
not operational due to repairs, maintenance, or low demand.
Type of hazardous
waste unit
a. No waste of this type can
be treated, stored.
disposed, or recycled at
this facility
Treatment Operations
b. Liquids incineration
c. Solids incineration . .
d. Wastewater treatment1
I. Biological treatment
ii. Steam stripping5
iii. Other '. . .
e. Solidification"
f. Treatment impoundment
g. Other treatment* ....
Storage Operations
h. Storage impoundment
i. Waste pile
|. Other storage .
Disposal Operations
k. Underground injection
1. Disposal impoundment
m. Landfill
n. Land treatment
Recycling Operations
o. Solvent recovery** ....
p. Reuse as fuel
q. Other recycling
Which of the following types of RCRA-hazardous
treated, stored, disposed, or recycled onsite at
each type of hazardous waste unit?* (Circle
Acidic
corrosives
(pH < 2)
01
01 ,
. . 01
. '. 01
. . 01
01
. . 01
. . 01
01
. . 01
01
01
01 .
01
01 ...
01 .
... 01
... 01
... 01
Metals
. 02
02 .
02
02 .
02 .
. 02 .
02
02 .
02
02 .
02 .
02 .
02 .
02 .*
02 .
02 .
02 .
02 .
02
Cyanides Solvents
03
03
. 03 .
. 03 . .
03
03
. 03 . . . .
. 03 ....
03
. 03 .
. 03 ..
. . 03
03 .
. 03 . . . .
03
03
03
03
03
04 .
04 .
04
04
04 .
04
04 .
04
04
04
04
04 .
04
04
04
04
04 .
04
04 .
PCBs
05
05
05
. 05
05
05
05
05
05
05
. 05
05
05
05
05
05
05
05
05
waste currently are
this facility using
all that apply.)
Other
halo- Other
genated hazardous
Oioxins organics waste
06
06,
06
06
. 06
06
06
. 06
06
06
06
. 06
06
. 06
. 06
06
06
06
06
. . 07 .
. . . 07 . .
. . 07
.... 07 . . .
.... 07 ...
07
. . . 07 ...
. . 07 ...
.... 07
. 07 . .
07 ...
... 07 ...
07 . .
07
07
07
07
07
07
. 08 ..
08 . .
08 . .
«
. 08 .'
08 ..
. 08 ...
. 08 ...
. 08 ...
. 08 ...
. 08 ...
. 08 .
. 08 .
08
08
08
08
08
08
No
units of
this type
onsite
Are onsite
units of
this type
commer-
cially
available?
Yes No
. t
09 ' | '0 11
09 i 'Q 11
I
. . 09
. 09
09
... 09
. 09
09
. . 09
'0' n
10 11
10 11 *
. 10 11
10 11
'0 11
••Q TT
... 09 j '0 11
C9 i '0 11
!
09 ' '0 n
C9 : '0 M
C9 . '0 n
09 ; '0 •'
09 '0 'i
09 -0 'i
08 09 '0 M
• These compounds exist in most wastes at very iow concentrations. Provide information on them oasedon what each treatment 3;:-ac,e. r.sccsa
and recycling unit onsite at this 'acuity -s 'typically" designed to take.
f if this facility's wastewater treatment system includes a treatment impoundment, also circle ail the appiicaoie codes ocGCS.;e :--?a:~9^r -
pounoment."
§ For this survey, "steam stripping" as a treatment operation is the removal of organic contaminants from a waste using 2\-°c: :r - - -ec: :c-:a
steam for the primary purpose of complying with puoiidy owned treatment works iPOTW) or National Pollutant Discharge Ehmm 3T.
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