[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20971-20973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10418]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7160-7]


Notice of Final Decision To Grant Vickery Environmental, 
Incorporated 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 (EPA).

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 Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA or Agency) that a 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 Vickery Environmental, Inc. (VEI) of Vickery, Ohio. 
This modification allows VEI to continue to inject three (3) RCRA-
regulated hazardous wastes which will be banned from land disposal on 
May 20, 2002, as a result of regulations promulgated in the Federal 
Register (FR) on November 20, 2001 (66 FR 58258), into four Class I 
injection wells at the Vickery, Ohio, facility. As required by 40 CFR 
part 148, VEI has demonstrated, to a reasonable degree of certainty, 
that there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from the 
injection zone utilized by VEI's waste disposal facility located near 
Vickery, Ohio, for as long as the newly-exempted wastes remain 
hazardous. This decision constitutes a final Agency action for which 
there is no administrative appeal.

DATES: This action is effective as of May 20, 2002.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Chemical Waste Management (CWM), the predecessor of VEI, 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 October 13, 1997, CWM notified the EPA that the name of the 
operator of the Vickery facility would become Waste Management of Ohio 
(WMO). This change was acknowledged by EPA through a letter added to 
the Administrative Record on November 10, 1997. On August 28, 1998, WMO 
requested that two additional wastes codes be approved for injection. 
Notice of the approval appeared on December 10, 1998 (63 FR 68284). In 
the same year, on November 5, 1998, WMO submitted a petition to exempt 
four additional waste codes. Approval of this petition appeared on 
February 10, 1999 (64 FR 6650). On January 24, 2000, Waste Management 
of Ohio informed EPA of a corporate reorganization and subsequent name 
change from Waste Management of Ohio to Vickery Environmental, Inc. 
This change was acknowledged by EPA through a letter added to the 
Administrative Record on

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March 9, 2000. On March 20, 2001, VEI requested that two wastes, 
designated as K174 and K175, be added to the list of wastes exempted 
for injection at VEI. This request was approved on May 23, 2001, and 
notice of the request appeared in the Federal Register on April 25, 
2001 (66 FR 28464-28466).
    The rule promulgated on November 20, 2001, bans K176, K177, and 
K178 from injection after May 20, 2002, unless VEI's exemption is 
modified to allow injection of those wastes. As K-coded wastes, the 
codes represent a number of chemicals, all of which have already been 
approved for injection at Vickery under other waste codes. After review 
of the material submitted, the EPA has determined, as required by 40 
CFR 148.20(f), that there is a reasonable degree of certainty that the 
hazardous constituents contained in the wastes bearing the codes to be 
banned will behave hydraulically and chemically like wastes for which 
VEI 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.

             List of RCRA Waste Codes Approved for Injection
 
 
 
D001   F010   K035  K115  P016  P076  P201  U050  U106  U158  U215  U389
D002   F011   K036  K116  P017  P077  P202  U051  U107  U159  U216  U390
D003   F012   K037  K117  P018  P078  P203  U052  U108  U160  U217  U391
D004   F019   K038  K118  P020  P081  P204  U053  U109  U161  U218  U392
D005   F020   K039  K123  P021  P082  P205  U055  U110  U162  U219  U393
D006   F021   K040  K124  P022  P084  U001  U056  U111  U163  U220  U394
D007   F022   K041  K125  P023  P085  U002  U057  U112  U164  U221  U395
D008   F023   K042  K126  P024  P087  U003  U058  U113  U165  U222  U396
D009   F024   K043  K131  P026  P088  U004  U059  U114  U166  U223  U400
D010   F025   K044  K132  P027  P089  U005  U060  U115  U167  U225  U401
D011   F026   K045  K136  P028  P092  U006  U061  U116  U168  U226  U402
D012   F027   K046  K140  P029  P093  U007  U062  U117  U169  U227  U403
D013   F028   K047  K141  P030  P094  U008  U063  U118  U170  U228  U404
D014   F032   K048  K142  P031  P095  U009  U064  U119  U171  U234  U407
D015   F034   K049  K143  P033  P096  U010  U066  U120  U172  U235  U408
D016   F035   K050  K144  P034  P097  U011  U067  U121  U173  U236  U409
D017   F037   K051  K145  P036  P098  U012  U068  U122  U174  U237  U410
D018   F038   K052  K147  P037  P099  U014  U069  U123  U176  U238  U411
D019   F039   K060  K148  P038  P101  U015  U070  U124  U177  U239
D020   K001   K061  K149  P039  P102  U016  U071  U125  U178  U240
D021   K002   K062  K150  P040  P103  U017  U072  U126  U179  U243
D022   K003   K069  K151  P041  P104  U018  U073  U127  U180  U244
D023   K004   K071  K156  P042  P105  U019  U074  U128  U181  U246
D024   K005   K073  K157  P043  P106  U020  U075  U129  U182  U247
D025   K006   K083  K158  P044  P108  U021  U076  U130  U183  U248
D026   K007   K084  K159  P045  P109  U022  U077  U131  U184  U249
D027   K008   K085  K160  P046  P110  U023  U078  U132  U185  U271
D028   K009   K086  K161  P047  P111  U024  U079  U133  U186  U277
D029   K010   K087  K169  P048  P112  U025  U080  U134  U187  U278
D030   K011   K088  K170  P049  P113  U026  U081  U135  U188  U279
D031   K013   K093  K171  P050  P114  U027  U082  U136  U189  U280
D032   K014   K094  K172  P051  P115  U028  U083  U137  U190  U328
D033   K015   K095  K174  P054  P116  U029  U084  U138  U191  U353
D034   K016   K096  K175  P056  P118  U030  U085  U139  U192  U359
D035   K017   K097  K176  P057  P119  U031  U086  U140  U193  U364
D036   K018   K098  K177  P058  P120  U032  U087  U141  U194  U365
D037   K019   K099  K178  P059  P121  U033  U088  U142  U196  U366
D038   K020   K100  P001  P060  P122  U034  U089  U143  U197  U367
D039   K021   K101  P002  P062  P123  U035  U090  U144  U200  U372
D040   K022   K102  P003  P063  P127  U036  U091  U145  U201  U373
D041   K023   K103  P004  P064  P128  U037  U092  U146  U202  U375
D042   K024   K104  P005  P065  P185  U038  U093  U147  U203  U376
D043   K025   K105  P006  P066  P188  U039  U094  U148  U204  U377
F001   K026   K106  P007  P067  P189  U041  U095  U149  U205  U378
F002   K027   K107  P008  P068  P190  U042  U096  U150  U206  U379
F003   K028   K108  P009  P069  P191  U043  U097  U151  U207  U381
F004   K029   K109  P010  P070  P192  U044  U098  U152  U208  U382
F005   K030   K110  P011  P071  P194  U045  U099  U153  U209  U383
F006   K031   K111  P012  P072  P196  U046  U101  U154  U210  U384
F007   K032   K112  P013  P073  P197  U047  U102  U155  U211  U385
F008   K033   K113  P014  P074  P198  U048  U103  U156  U213  U386
F009   K034   K114  P015  P075  P199  U049  U105  U157  U214  U387
 

II. Conditions

    General conditions of this exemption are found at 40 CFR part 148. 
The exemption granted to VEI on August 7, 1990, included a number of 
specific conditions. Conditions numbered (1), (2), (3), (4), and (9) 
remain in force. Construction of a monitoring well required under 
condition 5 has been completed, and the required monitoring will 
continue through the life of the facility. Conditions numbered (6), 
(7), and (8) have been fully satisfied. The results of the work carried 
out under

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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.

Timothy C. Henry,
Acting Director, Water Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 02-10418 Filed 4-26-02; 8:45 am]
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