[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 83 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 23786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11509]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6005-9]


Underground Injection Control Program, Hazardous Waste Disposal 
Injection Restrictions Petition for Exemption--Class I Hazardous Waste 
Injection Parke-Davis Division, Warner-Lambert Company of Morris 
Plains, NJ, Holland, MI Plant

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of final decision on petition.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (USEPA) that an exemption to the land disposal 
restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) 
to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) has been granted 
to Parke-Davis Division, Warner-Lambert Company, of Morris Plains, New 
Jersey, for its Class I injection wells located in Holland, Michigan. 
As required by 40 CFR Part 148, Parke-Davis has demonstrated, with a 
reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of 
hazardous constituents from the injection zone for as long as the waste 
remains hazardous. This final decision allows the continued underground 
injection by Parke-Davis of the specific restricted hazardous wastes 
identified below exclusively into the Class I hazardous waste injection 
wells at the Holland facility specifically identified as Wells Numbers 
3, 4 and 5. This decision constitutes final USEPA action for which 
there is no Administrative Appeal.

D001, D002, D004, D005, D006, D007, D008, D009, D010, D011, D018, D019, 
D021, D022, D035, D038, D040, D043, F002, F003, F005, P030, P095, P102, 
U002, U003, U004, U012, U019, U029, U037, U043, U044, U048, U056, U057, 
U080, U112, U122, U147, U151, U154, U159, U188, U190, U196, U210, U211, 
U213, U220, U228, U239, U404

    One code, U404, was inadvertently omitted from the draft list of 
codes and has been added.
    Background: Parke-Davis submitted a petition for exemption from the 
land disposal restrictions on hazardous waste on June 10, 1991. USEPA 
personnel reviewed all data pertaining to the petition, including, but 
not limited to, well construction, regional and local geology, seismic 
activity, penetrations of the confining zone and the computer model. 
The USEPA has determined that the geological setting at the site and 
the construction and operation of the well are adequate to prevent 
fluid migration out of the injection zone within 10,000 years, as 
required under 40 CFR part 148. The zone which will contain the 
hazardous constituents, the injection zone, at this site is the 
Munising and Trempeleau Formations between the depths of 4452 and 6027 
feet below ground level. Injection is permitted into the Mt. Simon 
Member of the Munising Formation between the depths of 5080 and 6027 
feet. The immediate confining zone is the Prairie du Chien Group at a 
depth between 3929 and 4452 feet. The confining zone is separated from 
the lowermost underground source of drinking water (at a depth of 240 
feet) by a sequence of permeable and less permeable sedimentary rocks, 
which provide additional protection from fluid migration into drinking 
water sources. A fact sheet containing a more complete summary of the 
of the final decision is available from the USEPA Region 5 office.
    A public notice was issued on March 2, 1998, pursuant to 40 CFR 
124.10. A public hearing was scheduled for April 1, 1998, in Holland, 
Michigan but was canceled due to lack of public interest. The public 
comment period ended on April 1, 1998. No comments were received.
    Conditions: As a condition of this exemption, Parke-Davis must meet 
the following conditions:
    (1) The monthly average injection rate is limited to 100 gallons 
per minute per well.
    (2) Injection shall occur only into the Mt. Simon Sandstone Member 
of the Munising Formation between the depths of 5080 and 6027 feet.
    (3) Parke-Davis must be in full compliance with all conditions of 
its permits. Other conditions relating to the exemption may be found in 
40 CFR 148.23 and 148.24.

DATE: This action is effective as of April 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Roy, Lead Petition Reviewer, 
USEPA, Region 5, telephone (312) 886-6556, electronic mail 
[email protected]. Copies of the petition and all pertinent 
information relating to it 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.
Rebecca Harvey,
Acting Director, Water Division.
[FR Doc. 98-11509 Filed 4-29-98; 8:45 am]
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