[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 190 (Monday, October 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51476-51477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24450]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5309-4]


Notice of Final Decision To Grant BP Chemicals, Inc. a 
Modification of an Exemption From the Land Disposal Restrictions of the 
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 Regarding Injection of 
Hazardous Wastes

AGENCY: United States Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Final Decision on a Request by BP Chemicals, Inc., of 
Cleveland, Ohio, to Modify an Exemption from the Hazardous and Solid 
Waste Amendments of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (USEPA or Agency) that modification of an exemption 
to the land disposal restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid 
Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 
has been granted to BP Chemicals, Inc. (BPCI) of Cleveland, Ohio. As 
required by 40 CFR Part 148, BPCI has demonstrated, to a reasonable 
degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of hazardous 
constituents from the injection zone utilized by BPCI's facility 
located at Lima, Ohio, for as long as the waste remains hazardous. This 
modification allows BPCI to inject additional RCRA-regulated hazardous 
wastes, identified by codes: P030, P069, P101, P120, U007, U056, U149, 
U191, U219, and D035 through four waste disposal wells (WDWs) at the 
facility at Lima, Ohio. This decision constitutes a final Agency action 
for which there is no administrative appeal.

BACKGROUND: On May 7, 1992, based on information submitted, the U.S. 
EPA granted BPCI an exemption from the land disposal restrictions of 
the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments. On July 10, 1994, BPCI 
requested guidance in adding additional waste streams which might be 
considered RCRA regulated wastes. On January 30, 1995, BPCI submitted a 
petition to modify the exemption to include wastes bearing ten 
additional wastes codes.
    After careful review of the material submitted, the U.S. EPA has 
determined, as required by 40 CFR 148.20(f), that there is a reasonable 
degree of certainty that waste streams containing constituents 
designated by these codes will behave hydraulically and chemically 
similarly to wastes for which BPCI was granted an exemption, and will 
not migrate from the injection zone within 10,000 years. The injection 
zone is the Middle Run and Mt. Simon Sandstones and the Eau Claire 
Formation. The confining zone is comprised of that part of the Knox 
Dolomite between 2,100 and 2,430 feet in depth. A fact sheet containing 
a summary of the original decision now being modified was published in 
the Federal Register on March 12, 1992, at 57 FR 8753 et seq. The fact 
sheet for this modification was published in the Federal Register on 
July 24, 1995, at 60 FR 37892 et seq.
    A public notice of the proposed decision was issued on July 28, 
1995, and a public meeting was held in Lima, Ohio, on August 29, 1995. 
The public comment period expired on September 21, 1995. A number of 
comments were received and all comments have been considered in 
reaching this final decision. A responsiveness summary has been mailed 
to all commenters and included as part of the Administrative Record 
relating to this decision.
    As a result of this action and the May 7, 1992, exemption, BPCI may 
inject wastes bearing the following codes:

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Ignitability..................................................  D001    
Corrosivity...................................................  D002    
Cyanides......................................................  D003    
Arsenic.......................................................  D004    
Barium........................................................  D005    
Cadmium.......................................................  D006    
Total chromium................................................  D007    
Lead..........................................................  D008    
Mercury.......................................................  D009    
Selenium......................................................  D010    
Silver........................................................  D011    
Multi-source leachate.........................................  F039    
Bottom stream from the wastewater stripper in the production    K011    
 of acrylonitrile.                                                      
Bottom stream from the acetonitrile column in the production    K013    
 of acrylonitrile.                                                      
Acetonitrile purification column. Bottom stream from the        K014    
 acetonitrile purification column in the production of                  
 acrylonitrile.                                                         
Acrolein......................................................  P003    
Allyl alcohol.................................................  P005    
Cyanide salts.................................................  P030    
Hydrogen cyanide..............................................  P063    
Acetone cyanohydrin...........................................  P069    
Potassium cyanide.............................................  P098    
Propionitrile.................................................  P101    
Sodium cyanide................................................  P106    
Vanadium pentoxide............................................  P120    
Acetaldehyde..................................................  U001    
Acetone.......................................................  U002    
Acetonitrile..................................................  U003    
Acrylamide....................................................  U007    

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Acrylic acid..................................................  U008    
Acrylonitrile.................................................  U009    
Benzene.......................................................  U019    
Chloroform....................................................  U044    
Crotonaldehyde................................................  U053    
Cyclohexane...................................................  U056    
Cyclohexanone.................................................  U057    
Methylene chloride............................................  U080    
Formaldehyde..................................................  U122    
Formic acid...................................................  U123    
Furan.........................................................  U124    
Furfural......................................................  U125    
Lindane.......................................................  U129    
Isobutyl alcohol..............................................  U140    
Maleic anhydride..............................................  U147    
Malononitrile.................................................  U149    
Mercury.......................................................  U151    
Methacrylonitrile.............................................  U152    
Methanol......................................................  U154    
Methyl ethyl ketone...........................................  U159    
Methyl isobutyl ketone........................................  U161    
Nitrobenzene..................................................  U169    
Phenol........................................................  U188    
2-Methyl pyridine.............................................  U191    
Pyridine......................................................  U196    
Carbon tetrachloride..........................................  U211    
Tetrohydrofuran...............................................  U213    
Thiourea......................................................  U219    
Toluene.......................................................  U220    
Xylene........................................................  U239    
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    BPCI may continue to inject wastes containing methyl ethyl ketone 
designated as D035 as well as wastes containing benzene, carbon 
tetrachloride, and pyridine bearing the waste codes D018, D019, and 
D038, respectively, which were considered in the original demonstration 
of no migration, after those codes are banned from land disposal if the 
demonstrations of no migration for those codes meet the standards 
promulgated in the final applicable land ban rule.

CONDITIONS: General conditions of this exemption are found at 40 CFR 
Part 148. The exemption granted to BPCI on May 7, 1992 included a 
number of conditions. The conditions numbered (1), (2), (3), (5), and 
(6) remain in force. The condition numbered (4) has been satisfied.

DATES: This action is effective as of September 22, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harlan Gerrish, Lead Petition 
Reviewer, U.S. EPA, Region 5, telephone (312) 886-2939. Copies of the 
petition and all pertinent information relating thereto are on file and 
are part of the Administrative Record. It is recommended that you 
contact the lead reviewer prior to reviewing the Administrative Record.
Edward P. Watters,
Acting Director, Water Division.
[FR Doc. 95-24450 Filed 9-29-95; 8:45 am]
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