Land Division Permits Office • June 2016 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA S4105 866-EPA-WEST • www.epa.gov/region9 v»EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Pacific Southwest / Region 9 Serving Arizona, California, HaiMii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands and 148 Tribes Community Information Fact Sheet for the Evoqua Water Technologies LLC Fact ity Near Parker, Arizona (Formerly Siemens, US Filter, and Westates I 2523 Mutahar St., Parker, AZ 85344) Facility Description Evoqua Water Technologies LLC (Evoqua) operates a carbon regeneration facility located on the Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) reservation near Parker, Arizona. Evoqua's process involves treating spent carbon in a regeneration furnace to purify it and make it available for reuse as a commercial product. The carbon Evoqua receives has been used to remove contaminants from air emissions and contaminated water. Annually, Evoqua receives over 5,000 tons of spent carbon from 30 - 35 states across the United States. About 11% of this spent carbon is considered hazardous waste and is regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Photo of facility Map of facility RCRA Regulatory History Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), EPA is responsible for permitting facilities that manage RCRA-regulated hazardous wastes on tribal lands. Starting in 1991, EPA required new carbon regenera- tion furnaces to obtain hazardous waste permits. Like Evoqua (then known as US Filter/Westates), several facilities were already operating or had begun construction on carbon regeneration furnaces. These pre-existing facilities operate under "interim status" regulations while applying for a RCRA hazardous waste permit. The first part of the permit application for the Evoqua Parker facility was submitted to EPA in 1995. There have been several sets of comments and requests for information from EPA that Evoqua addressed. As a result, several revisions to the permit application have been submitted by Evoqua to EPA. ------- Current Status Evoqua certified the latest application submittal on March 17, 2016. CRIT, the beneficial landowner of the tribal land where the facility is located, is a co-applicant on the permit application. On April 8, 2016, the CRIT Tribal Council passed a resolution to endorse their December 2009 signature on the permit application. Two co-applicants' signatures made the application complete. The application was submitted on April 25, 2016, and was effective May 9, 2016. After EPA staff reviews the complete permit application, EPA will announce a tentative decision on whether to issue or deny the permit and will open a 45-day public comment period. The complete application is available online at the link shown below. Copies can also be found at the locations indicated below. Please note that earlier documents, including on EPA's website, may still use previous facility names such as Siemens, US Filter, and Westates. Community Involvement EPA would like to hear from you during the 45-day public comment period that will be announced at a future date. A second fact sheet will be mailed out announcing the start of the public comment period and other pertinent information. During this period, EPA will hold a public meeting in Parker, Arizona. At the public meeting, general information will be provided about the facility. At the close of the informational public meet- ing, EPA will open a formal hearing during which the public may present comments regarding the tentative decision directly to EPA officials. Public comments may be submitted to the Agency during the entire 45-day comment period. The complete application is currently available to the general public for review or copying and can be found at the following locations: Colorado River Indian Tribes Public Library Parker Public Library 26600 Mohave Rd. 1001 South Navajo Avenue Parker, AZ 85344 Parker, AZ 85344 (928) 669-1332 (928) 669-2622 For further information: You can find a complete electronic copy of the permit application and more information on the Evoqua Parker facility at EPA's website: www.epa.gov/region9/waste/evoqua Information, opinions, inquiries, and requests to be added to EPA's mailing list regarding this RCRA application may be directed throughout the application review process to the EPA RCRA Project Manager: "Mike" Mahfouz Zabaneh, P.E., Environmental Engineer/Project Manager Phone:(415) 972-3348 Fax: (415) 947-3533 zabaneh.mahfouz@epa.gov Mailing address: US EPA Region 9, LND-4-2 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105 For media inquiries, please contact: Mar got Perez-Sullivan Phone: (415) 947-4149 perezsullivan.margot@epa.gov To communicate with the permit applicants, please contact: Monte McCue, Plant Manager Evoqua Water Technologies, L.L.C. 2523 Mutahar St. Parker, Arizona 85344 Phone: (928) 669-5758 Ext 17 Fax: (928) 669-5775 monte.mccue@evoqua.com www.evoqua.com Wilfred Nabahe, Director Environmental Protection Office Colorado River Indian Tribes 26600 Mohave Road Parker, AZ 85344-7737 Phone: (928) 662-4336 Fax: (928) 662-4337 epo@crit-nsn.gov ------- |