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—		SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
SUBJECT: RCRA/Superfund Hotline Monthly Status Report - June 1983
Itoll Free - 800-424-9346
Wash DC/FTS 382-3000
FROM: Carolyn Barley, Project Officer
Office of Solid Waste (382-5235)	A
Barbara Hostage, Project offioer^M^^^^"1^^
Office of Emergency and Remedial Response (382-7917)
TO:	Addressees (see last page)
General
The Hotline staff responded to approximately 3,153 calls in June.
Approximately 79% of the callers asked specific questions on RCRA or CERCLA
regulations, and 41% asked general regulatory questions or requested publications.
Technical questions on RCRA totaled 1,489; technical questions on CERCLA totaled
906; and document requests totaled 758.
Most Frequently Asked Questions
Are releases of hazardous substances to a publicly owned treatment works subject
to notification under Section 103(a) of CERCLA?
Section 111(g) of CERCLA requires a newspaper notification to accompany the
telephone notification requirements of Section 103(a). What information must
this newspaper notice include?
If my facility is in a State with Phase I interim authorization and the State
calls Part B of my permit application, do I send my application to the State or
. to EPA?
Does my waste or a specific chemical which I want to dispose of meet the definition
of a hazardous waste?
When will the Uhiform Hazardous Waste Manifest be promulgated?
Specific questions on pezmitting facilities.
What liability does a generator of hazardous waste have for wastes delivered to
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Which mixture rule should be used to compute a reportable release of a mixture
of CERCLA hazardous substances?
Are PCBs considered hazardous wastes? When are PCBs regulated under RCRA?
If I report a release of a hazardous substance under Section 103(a)taf CERCLA,
am I liable under any other section of CERCLA?
What parts of the RCRA permit application must be certified by a professional
engineer?
How would the new definition of solid waste affect my waste and waste treatment
process?
Questions/Answers - RCRA
Question: The preamble to the February 25, 1982, regulations on reduction of
free liquids in containers states that the act of adding absorbent
material to hazardous waste in a container is exempt frcm the require-
ments of the hazardous waste management regulations if the absorbent
is added "... at the time the waste is first placed in the container."
If I transfer a hazardous waste frcm one container to another container
and at the same time add an absorbent material to the waste, is my
act of placing the waste in the second container and adding an absor-
bent covered by this exemption?
Answer: The February 25, 19 82, regulation was intended to reduce the amount of
free liquids in containerized wastes by allowing anyone to add absor-
bent material to the waste at the time the waste is first placed in the
container. Thus, a hazardous waste can be transferred from one con-
tainer to another container and absorbent material added at the tine
of transfer and this activity not be subject to the permit require-
ments for treatment under 40 CFR 264.1(g)(10) and 270.1(c)(2)(vii).
Source: Fred Lindsey, Dov Vfeitnan
RESOLUTION OF ISSUES - CERCLA
ISSUE:	Do the listings of hazardous substances under Section 101(14) of CERCLA
stand by themselves, or are they dependent upon the applicability
of the various statutes cited in Section 101(14) for their listing?
Resolution: The CERCLA designations of various substances as hazardous stand by
themselves. This means that a canmerical chemical product listed
under RCRA (40 CFR 261.33) does not have to be a hazardous waste
first before a release of an RQ of that substance is reportable.
Similarly, a release of a substance listed under the Clean Water Act
(40 CFR 117.3) does not have to be released into navigable waters in
order to be designated a hazardous substance under CERCLA.
Source: Jack Kooyoanjian, Susan Schmedes
Other Items of Interest
Section 104(i) of CERCLA establishes the Agency for Toxic Substances and
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in May 1983 (48 FR 22640), and its Administrator reports to the Assistant Secretary
of Health, Department of Health and Hunan Services. The purpose of the ATSER is
to investigate, monitor, test, and gather information on illnesses apd diseases
which may be attributed to exposure to releases of hazardous substanoes. For
further information on this new agency, contact William Hosking, Associate
Director, ATSER (404-452-4111).
Source: Ef. \fernon Houk, Assistant Adninistrator, AXSDR
As a result of the May 25, 1983 FR notice (NPRM on Superfund Notification
Requirements and Reportable Quantity Adjustments and ANPRM on the Designation of
Additional Hazardous Substances Uhder CERCLA), the number of calls for CERCIA-
related questions increased substantially this month. A list of these questions
will appear in next month's report.
The Interim Standards Operating Safety Guides (CERCLA sites clean-up) has been
published and is available fran Tan Sell, ORD (FTS or 513-684-7537). This manual
reflects experience which EPA personnel have gained in responding to environmental
incidents involving hazardous substanoes and provides guidance on health and safety
precautions for response personnel.
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES
June 13 - North Carolina requests 90-day extension of deadline for filing
Phase II, Canponent C authorization under Part 271.
June 21 - Kentucky requests extension of filing deadline for Phase II,
Canponent C and Final Authorization under Part 271.
June 24 - Oklahoma granted Interim Authorization for Phase II, Canponent C.
-	internal Revenue Service issues notice of proposed rulemaking
relating to the collection of taxes on hazardous wastes, petroleun
and certain chemicals under the Hazardous Substance Response Revenue
Act. These taxes provide funds for the Superfund and the Post-
Closure Liability Trust Fund. A public hearing will be held on
September 1, 1983.
Jme 29 - Connecticut granted Interim Authorization for Phrase II, Canponents
A, B, and C.
June 30 - Extension of application data (to 7-21-83) for Emergency and
Remedial Response Inventory System funds.
-	Correction notice for Deconsolidated Permit Regulations which were
published on April 1, 1983.

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ADDRESSEES
John Skinner, WH-562
Mike Cook, WH-562
Eileen Claussen, WH-562
John Lehman, WH-565
Fred Lindsey, WH-565
Bruce Weddle, WH-563
Lee Daneker, WH-562
Stephen Lingle, WH-565
Alan Corson, WH-565
Ken Shuster, WH-565
Dale Ruhter, WH-565
William Sanjour, WH-563
Truett DeQeare, WH-563
Stew Levy, WH-563
John Thompson, WH-563
George Garland, WH-562
William Hedeman, WH-548
Elaine Stanley, WH-548
Kenneth Biglane, WH-548-A
Lee Herwig, A-107
Henry Van Cleave, WH-548-B
Russ Wyer, WH-548-E i
Bill Hanson, WH-548 -Ex
Mary Ann Froehlich, WH-548-D
Carol Law son, A-107
Marc Jones, PM-220
John Palmisano, PM-223
Sam Napolitano, PM-220
Gene Lucero, WH-527
Frank Biras, WH-527
Lee Herwig, A-107
Tbny Montrane, WH-527
Pete Rosenberg, WH-527
Mike Kosakowski, WH-527
Barbara Elkus, WH-527
Tbny Baney (Hotline)
Beverly Spotswood (Hotline)
Susan Moreland (ASTSWMO)
Hazardous Waste Division Directors, Regions I-X

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