[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8196-8197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4009]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5967-9]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

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Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the EPA is giving notice of the sixth 
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 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 sixth meeting will be to continue discussion of issues related to 
the development of such guidance. Issues to be discussed will include 
ground-water modeling/risk results (i.e., leachate concentration 
threshold values for the Tier I national approach for the four types of 
management units), development of a screening tool to evaluate the need 
for air emission controls, and waste characterization. In addition, 
presentations will be made to the Focus Group concerning the 
development of the landfill neural net software (i.e., the tool to be 
used by facility managers for the Tier II site-specific adjustments) 
and the latest draft of the CD-ROM being developed for this project. 
There will be an opportunity for limited public comment at the end of 
each day of the meeting.

DATES: The committee will meet on March 18 and 19, 1998, from 9:00 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m. on March 18, and from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on March 19.

ADDRESSES: The location of the meeting is the Sheraton Washington 
Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road at Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 
20008. The phone number is 202-328-2000. 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 $0.15/page. The material to be discussed at the 
March Focus Group meeting will be available for viewing in the above 
docket on and after March 4, 1998. 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 703-412-9810 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 or e-
mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is available on the Internet. 
Follow these instructions to access electronically:

WWW: http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/
FTP: ftp.epa.gov
Login: anonymous
Password: your Internet address
File is located in /pub/epaoswer

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, surface-water, and air protection, liner designs, public 
participation, waste reduction, 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 have 
been made available through the docket at the RCRA Information Center, 
including minutes of the previous 5 Focus Group meetings, which were 
held on April 11-12, 1996, September 11-12, 1996, February 19-20, 1997, 
May 20-21, 1997, and October 8-9, 1997.

    Dated: February 6, 1998.
Matthew Hale,
Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.
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