[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24444-24445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11632]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5821-6]


Open Meeting of the Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste Stakeholders 
Focus Group

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting of the Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste 
Stakeholders Focus Group.

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SUMMARY: As required by section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), EPA is giving notice of the fourth 
meeting of the Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste Policy Dialogue 
Committee, also known as the Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste 
Stakeholders Focus Group. The purpose of this committee is to advise 
EPA and ASTSWMO (the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste 
Management Officials) in developing voluntary guidance for the 
management of industrial non-hazardous waste in landfills, waste piles, 
surface impoundments, and land application units. The Focus Group will 
facilitate the exchange of information and ideas among the interested 
parties relating to the development of such guidance. The purpose of 
the fourth meeting will be to continue discussion of issues related to 
development of such guidance. The agenda will mostly include a 
discussion of 2 levels of ground-water risk methodology (in addition to 
site-specific analysis) that can be used by the facility manger of a 
new industrial non-hazardous waste unit in considering whether and what 
type of liner system may be appropriate for the unit. One of these 2 
levels of risk assessment methodology is a waste-specific national 
approach. The other is a rough location adjustment to the national 
approach, where an artificial neural network is used to allow 
modification of certain key factors. There will be an opportunity for 
limited public comment at the end of each day of the meeting.

DATES: The committee will meet on May 20 and 21, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m. on May 20, and from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on May 21.

ADDRESSES: The location of the meeting is the St. James Hotel, 950 24th 
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037. The phone

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number is 202-457-0500. The seating capacity of the room is 
approximately 60 people, and seating will be on a first-come basis. 
Supporting materials are available for viewing at Docket # F-96-INHA-
FFFFF in the RCRA Information Center (RIC), located at Crystal Gateway 
One, 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, First Floor, Arlington, VA. The RIC 
is open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
federal holidays. To review docket materials, the public must make an 
appointment by calling (703) 603-9230. The public may copy a maximum of 
100 pages from any regulatory docket at no charge. Additional copies 
cost $.15/page. For general information, contact the RCRA Hotline at 1-
800-424-9346 or TDD 1-800-553-7672 (hearing impaired). In the 
Washington metropolitan area, call 703-412-9610 or TDD 703-412-3323.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons needing further information on 
the committee should contact Paul Cassidy, Municipal and Industrial 
Solid Waste Division, Office of Solid Waste, at (703) 308-7281.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    EPA and ASTSWMO have formed a State/EPA Steering Committee to 
jointly develop voluntary facility guidance for the management of 
industrial nonhazardous waste in land-based disposal units. The purpose 
of the guidance document is to provide a guide to facility managers so 
that they can provide safe industrial waste management. The guidance 
document will address such topics as appropriate controls for ground-
water protection, liner designs, air emissions, run-on/run-off, public 
participation, daily operating practices, monitoring and corrective 
action, and closure and post-closure considerations.
    The State/EPA Steering Committee has convened this Stakeholders 
Focus Group to obtain recommendations from individuals who are members 
of a broad spectrum of public interest groups and affected industries. 
All recommendations from Focus Group participants will be forwarded to 
the State/EPA Steering Committee for consideration, as the 
Stakeholders' Focus Group will not strive for consensus. The State/EPA 
Steering Committee will also provide an opportunity for public comment 
on the draft guidance document.
    Copies of the minutes of all Stakeholder Focus Group meetings will 
be made available through the docket at the RCRA Information Center, 
including minutes of the first three Focus Group meeting, which were 
held on April 11-12, 1996, September 11-12, 1996 and February 19-20, 
1997.

    Dated: April 21, 1997.
Elizabeth Cotsworth,
Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 97-11632 Filed 5-2-97; 8:45 am]
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