EPA530-R-00-003d
PB2000-104 951
RCRA, SUPERFUND & EPCRA HOTLINE MONTHLY REPORT
April 2000
2. Immobilized Debris and Subtitle D Landfills
Under the land disposal restrictions (LDR) in 40 CFR Part 268, hazardous debris must
either be treated to meet the LDR treatment standardfor the listed or characteristic waste which
contaminates it, or be treated by a specific technology appropriate for the debris and
contaminant type (57 FR 37221; August 18, 1992). The latter includes a variety of extraction,
destruction, and immobilization technologies described in Table 1 of Section 268.45. Hazardous
debris which is treated by an extraction or destruction technology and is no longer characteristic
can be sent to a Subtitle D landfill (Section 268.45(c)). Can debris which exhibits a
characteristic of hazardous waste, and is then treated using an immobilization technology, also
be sent to a Subtitle D landfill?
Immobilized hazardous debris which still exhibits characteristics cannot be sent to a Subtitle
D landfill. Characteristic debris that has been treated using an immobilization technology and no
longer exhibits a characteristic of hazardous waste may be disposed in a nonhazardous waste
landfill (Memo, Shapiro to Deitchman; June 23, 1994).
On the other hand, debris contaminated with a listed hazardous waste and treated using an
immobilization technology must always be managed in a Subtitle C landfill unless the owner and
operator gets a site-specific determination from the EPA Regional Administrator (Section
268.45(c)).
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