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TITLE: if Federal/RCRA Permits to Authoi
St.; v ) CFR 124.10 '
APPROVAL DATE:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
ORIGINATING OFFICE
IS FINAL
DRAFT
STATUS:
.proval
.-.-OSWER approval
omment
In r>ment or circulating
REFERENCE (Other dOCUm«nU): headquarters
DIRECTIVE DIRECTIVE
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PART 271 SUBPART A - FINAL AUTHORIZATION
DOC: 9541.05(84)
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Regulations:
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Summary:
Authorized States, RCRA Permits
40 CFR 124.10(e), 124.10(c)(l)(i)-(iv), 270.43, 271.8(b)(6)
Transfer of Federal RCRA Permits to Authorized States and
Compliance with 40 CFR 124.10(e)
Hazardous Waste Branch Chiefs, Regions I-X
Truett V. DeGeare, Chief, State Program Branch
09541.05(84)
6-13-84
Final authorization is not contingent upon the State assuming permit
responsibility for RCRA permits issued by EPA, nor is it cause for termination
of an EPA-issued permit. EPA-issued permits remain in effect until terminated-
under 40 CFR 240.43 for cause (e.g., noncompliance by the permittee) or trans-.
ferred by agreement between the permittee and EPA as provided in §271.8(b)(6).»
(See also §124.5(d).) Eventually, once the State has authority, it must issue
a State RCRA permit or assume responsibility for administering the Federal RCRA
permit. However, it does not need to do so immediately as a condition of
receiving final authorization.
States with Phase II or final authorization must comply with 40 CFR
124.lO(e) which requires a copy of the fact sheet or statement of basis, the
permit application and the draft permit to be mailed to all persons identified
in §124.10(c)(l)(i)-(iv).
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13 JUN 1984
9541.05 (84)
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affected State- under 5124.10(c) (1) ( ill). The Adi-inistrator
remanded the watter to the Pegional Administrator for the
limited purpose of reopening the public comment period.
Please observe this requirement and rewind States with
Phase II or final authorization to comply with it as well.
If you have any question* on these issues, pleas? call Debo
wolpe at 382-222?.
Deborah
Attachment
cci Bruce Weddle
Ftate Programs Branch
Gail Cooper, OCC
Pusan Schn»edes
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RCRA Section 3QQ5(a) applies. That is, owners and operators of
facilities tnat treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste can
legally do so only when tney have a RCRA perm::. Also, 3CRA
Section 30Q5(e) applies, allowing qualified facil::ias to continue
to operate under federal "interim status", vihen the state receives
interim authorization different results occur in each of tne fi/e
situations as described below.
1) A facility nas neithe" a sta,te permit nor 2 fede"2i
RCRA permit (but dees have federal interim status)
This situation is very straightforward. The state nust
eventually issue tne facility a st2te RI3.A oe^-i:. jf
tou-se, oe'ore tne 5:2:2 zzi'.i na.-e :2:2'"2t -";232 I
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anc o^oceclures tT2t ^er2 eventually a u t - : r i z e ! . r 3- w e / e r ,
unae- t n e s e c'. rcu stances t 'n 2 - e ^o-"c 32 / e r y i : t ". e .-223:":
to 'a is sue tr. e per-ni: :n :r.e near *ut'ure, anc :'T2 3:2:2
c o u 1 a plan :3 reissue tne p e 'T. i : 2: t -. e e n 2 of t". e c u r r e ". :
perT.i: : s 'n o " a: so ra e ctner convsnien: :-~e.
2} A facility nas a fecera' :. ZK- :e; : :-t :ses
not have a state : e "n t *
In this situation the 5:2:2 can 2SSJ.T12 "es:cns'3'':ty
-or tne administration o - tne SC^A ce-r:: ; f i: ias
explicit autnonty allowing it to c:rec:]y JC.T : n ste"
and enforce oer-n: ts issuec iy the feier** g3 /e -n^en:.
As an alternati/2, tne stat2 can issue 2 3C3.A oer-:t ::
tne facility. Where the state '33-es a 3 33 A 32 -Tt, ED-
snoula sugges: to trie f e-ie" 21 :er~. 'ttee tnat ".-.2 3er~. :ttae
snoul: ac-ee to :n2 ter- ; nat 1 3 n 3f tne fece-al :2'"r, it.
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causes for : =ri ; .1 2: 31 in -C CFR '22.15 '3 3 resent.
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A facility has both a federal RCRA
perm: and a state perm:
This situation Is a CO.TIOI na: i on of cases (2) and (3)
above. The state -us: eventually ^ssua i'state RCRA*
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making legislative or regulatory changes to incoroora-a in -h«ir
legislation (or in tneir regulations, if tneir legislative aVno-
ity is already broad enough to allow it) a provision al lowing "tnei
to summarily transform federal RCSA permits into s->-« JK.RA pa-rr-s
That is, the state would want to be able, througn some va""y s'--i«
procedure, to issue state RCRA permits incorporating all"-*!- -a--*
and conditions of the federal permits. ----- -o
DECISION
s:ata parrni: was issued jointly ^-CT a ""a 13 :aenf:j'
3C3A permit. [n sucn a case, when E3A raca-/as 'tha"statars 233": :-
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^ tnereoy negating the neea for issuiice o - 2 st2ta x:?,i.
sr.-^. -?A-i33-ea °,CRA oe^mits cannot act-ally :e ta-m*natac
itn:ut tne agree-iient of tne permittee unless or* -- -7a /-ajjle
or tsrnination in 10 C'R 122.15 13 cresent.
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