[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6650-6651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3253]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6300-7]
Notice of Final Decision To Grant Waste Management of Ohio, 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: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of final decision on a request 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 Waste Management of Ohio, Inc. (WMO) of Oakbrook,
Illinois. This modification allows WMO to inject two (2) RCRA-regulated
hazardous wastes which will be banned from land disposal on November 4,
1998, as a result of regulations promulgated in the Federal Register
(FR) on May 4, 1998 (63 FR 24596) and subsequently corrected on June
29, 1998 (63 FR 35147), into four Class I injection wells at the
Vickery, Ohio facility. As required by 40 CFR Part 148, WMO has
demonstrated, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be
no migration of hazardous constituents from the injection zone utilized
by WMO's waste disposal facility located near Vickery, Ohio, for as
long as the newly exempted waste remains hazardous. This decision
constitutes a final Agency action for which there is no administrative
appeal.
BACKGROUND: Chemical Waste Management (CWM), the parent company of WMO,
submitted a petition for an exemption from the restrictions on land
disposal of hazardous wastes on January 19, 1988. Revised documents
were received on December 4, 1989, and several supplemental submittals
were subsequently made. The exemption was granted on August 7, 1990. On
September 12, 1994, CWM submitted a petition to modify the exemption to
include wastes bearing 23 additional RCRA wastes codes. Region 5
reviewed documents supporting the request and granted the modification
of the exemption on May 16, 1995. A notice of the modification appeared
on June 5, 1995, at 60 FR 29592 et seq. On April 9, 1996, CWM submitted
a petition to again modify the exemption to allow 91 additional RCRA
waste codes. Region 5 reviewed documents supporting the request and
granted the modification on the exemption on June 24, 1996. A notice of
the modification appeared on July 15, 1996, at 61 FR 36880 et seq.
Again on May 13, 1997, CWM submitted a request to add 11 waste codes to
the list. Region 5 reviewed the evidence submitted by CWM and granted
the request. Notice of the approval appeared on August 12, 1997 (63 FR
43109).
On August 28, 1998, in response to the Land Disposal Restrictions
Rule published in the Federal Register at 63 FR 24596 et seq. on May 4,
1998, which set a ban date of November 4, 1998, for a number of
hazardous waste codes, WMO submitted a request to add two (2)
additional RCRA waste codes, K140 and U408, to its exemption. The
diffusion rate of the underlying chemical, 2,4,6-Tribromophenol (2,4,6-
TBP), represented by the codes to be banned has not yet been considered
by Region 5. Therefore, WMO has submitted information demonstrating
that 2,4,6-TBP will not diffuse so rapidly as the chloride ion.
The newly-promulgated rule bans codes K140 and U408 from deep
injection after November 4, 1998, unless WMO makes a no-migration
demonstration. WMO made a no-migration demonstration in 1990. After
careful review of the material submitted, the USEPA has determined, as
required by 40 CFR 148.20(f), that there is a reasonable degree of
certainty that waste streams containing 2,4,6-TBP will behave
hydraulically and chemically like wastes for which WMO was granted its
original exemption and will not migrate from the injection zone in
hazardous concentrations within 10,000 years. The injection zone is the
Mt. Simon Sandstone and the Rome, Conasauga, Kerbel, and Knox
Formations. The confining zone is comprised of the Wells Creek and
Black River Formations.
As a result of this action, WMO may continue to inject wastes
bearing the codes K140 and U408 after wastes denoted by these codes are
banned from land disposal on November 4, 1998. These waste codes are
added to the waste codes which have been previously exempted. The
current listing of all codes approved for injection follows.
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List of Approved RCRA Waste Codes for Injection
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D001....... F009 K033 K112 P022 P082 P204 U052 U107 U158 U214 U386
D002....... F010 K034 K113 P023 P084 P205 U053 U108 U159 U215 U387
D003....... F011 K035 K114 P024 P085 U001 U055 U109 U160 U216 U389
D004....... F012 K036 K115 P026 P087 U002 U056 U110 U161 U217 U390
D005....... F019 K037 K116 P027 P088 U003 U057 U111 U162 U218 U391
D006....... F020 K038 K117 P028 P089 U004 U058 U112 U163 U219 U392
D007....... F021 K039 K118 P029 P092 U005 U059 U113 U164 U220 U393
D008....... F022 K040 K123 P030 P093 U006 U060 U114 U165 U221 U394
D009....... F023 K041 K124 P031 P094 U007 U061 U115 U166 U222 U395
D010....... F024 K042 K125 P033 P095 U008 U062 U116 U167 U223 U396
D011....... F025 K043 K126 P034 P096 U009 U063 U117 U168 U225 U400
D012....... F026 K044 K131 P036 P097 U010 U064 U118 U169 U226 U401
D013....... F027 K045 K132 P037 P098 U011 U066 U119 U170 U227 U402
D014....... F028 K046 K136 P038 P099 U012 U067 U120 U171 U228 U403
D015....... F032 K047 K140 P039 P101 U014 U068 U121 U172 U234 U404
D016....... F034 K048 K141 P040 P102 U015 U069 U122 U173 U235 U407
D017....... F035 K049 K142 P041 P103 U016 U070 U123 U174 U236 U408
D018....... F037 K050 K143 P042 P104 U017 U071 U124 U176 U237 U409
D019....... F038 K051 K144 P043 P105 U018 U072 U125 U177 U238 U410
D020....... F039 K052 K145 P044 P106 U019 U073 U126 U178 U239 U411
D021....... K001 K060 K147 P045 P108 U020 U074 U127 U179 U240
D022....... K002 K061 K148 P046 P109 U021 U075 U128 U180 U243
D023....... K003 K062 K149 P047 P110 U022 U076 U129 U181 U244
D024....... K004 K069 K150 P048 P111 U023 U077 U130 U182 U246
D025....... K005 K071 K151 P049 P112 U024 U078 U131 U183 U247
D026....... K006 K073 K156 P050 P113 U025 U079 U132 U184 U248
D027....... K007 K083 K157 P051 P114 U026 U080 U133 U185 U249
D028....... K008 K084 K158 P054 P115 U027 U081 U134 U186 U271
D029....... K009 K085 K159 P056 P116 U028 U082 U135 U187 U277
D030....... K010 K086 K160 P057 P118 U029 U083 U136 U188 U278
D031....... K011 K087 K161 P058 P119 U030 U084 U137 U189 U279
D032....... K013 K088 P001 P059 P120 U031 U085 U138 U190 U280
D033....... K014 K093 P002 P060 P121 U032 U086 U139 U191 U328
D034....... K015 K094 P003 P062 P122 U033 U087 U140 U192 U353
D035....... K016 K095 P004 P063 P123 U034 U088 U141 U193 U359
D036....... K017 K096 P005 P064 P127 U035 U089 U142 U194 U364
D037....... K018 K097 P006 P065 P128 U036 U090 U143 U196 U365
D038....... K019 K098 P007 P066 P185 U037 U091 U144 U197 U366
D039....... K020 K099 P008 P067 P188 U038 U092 U145 U200 U367
D040....... K021 K100 P009 P068 P189 U039 U093 U146 U201 U372
D041....... K022 K101 P010 P069 P190 U041 U094 U147 U202 U373
D042....... K023 K102 P011 P070 P191 U042 U095 U148 U203 U375
D043....... K024 K103 P012 P071 P192 U043 U096 U149 U204 U376
F001....... K025 K104 P013 P072 P194 U044 U097 U150 U205 U377
F002....... K026 K105 P014 P073 P196 U045 U098 U151 U206 U378
F003....... K027 K106 P015 P074 P197 U046 U099 U152 U207 U379
F004....... K028 K107 P016 P075 P198 U047 U101 U153 U208 U381
F005....... K029 K108 P017 P076 P199 U048 U102 U154 U209 U382
F006....... K030 K109 P018 P077 P201 U049 U103 U155 U210 U383
F007....... K031 K110 P020 P078 P202 U050 U105 U156 U211 U384
F008....... K032 K111 P021 P081 P203 U051 U106 U157 U213 U385
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CONDITIONS: General conditions of this exemption are found at 40
CFR Part 148. The exemption granted to WMO on August 7, 1990, included
a number of specific conditions. Conditions numbered (1), (2), (3),
(4), and (9) remain in force. Monitoring under condition 5, which
called for construction and operation of a deep monitoring well, will
continue through the life of the facility. Conditions numbered (5),
(6), (7), and (8) have been satisfied. The results of the work carried
out under these conditions confirms that the model used to simulate
fluid movement within the injection zone for the next 10,000 years is
valid and results of the simulation bound the region of the injection
zone within which the waste will be contained.
DATES: This action is effective as of January 28, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harlan Gerrish, Lead Petition
Reviewer, USEPA, 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.
Tinka G. Hyde,
Acting Director, Water Division.
[FR Doc. 99-3253 Filed 2-9-99; 8:45 am]
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