[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 78 (Thursday, April 22, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21754-21760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9138]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 261

[SW-FRL-7651-4]


Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of 
Hazardous Waste; Final Exclusion

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a 
petition submitted by OxyVinyls, LP (OxyVinyls) to exclude (or delist) 
a certain liquid waste generated by its Houston, TX Deer Park VCM Plant 
from the lists of hazardous wastes. This final rule responds to the 
petition submitted by OxyVinyls to delist K017, K019, and K020 
Incinerator Offgas Treatment Scrubber Water generated from treating and 
neutralizing gasses generated in the firebox during the incineration 
process.
    After careful analysis and use of the Delisting Risk Assessment 
Software (DRAS) EPA has concluded the petitioned waste is not hazardous 
waste. This exclusion applies to 919,990 cubic yards per year of the 
Incinerator Offgas Treatment Scrubber Water. Accordingly, this final 
rule excludes the petitioned waste from the requirements of hazardous 
waste regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(RCRA) when disposed of in accordance with TPDES regulations.

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DATES: Effective Date: April 22, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The public docket for this final rule is located at the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 
Texas 75202, and is available for viewing in the EPA Freedom of 
Information Act review room on the 7th floor from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. Call (214) 665-6444 
for appointments. The reference number for this docket is [F-02-TX-
OXYVINYLS]. The public may copy material from any regulatory docket at 
no cost for the first 100 pages and at a cost of $0.15 per page for 
additional copies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Banipal, Section Chief of the 
Corrective Action and Waste Minimization Section, Multimedia Planning 
and Permitting Division (6PD-C), Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 
Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202. For technical information concerning 
this notice, contact James A. Harris, Jr., U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202, at (214) 665-
8302.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information in this section is organized 
as follows:

I. Overview Information
    A. What rule is EPA finalizing?
    B. Why is EPA approving this delisting?
    C. What are the limits of this exclusion?
    D. How will OxyVinyls manage the waste if it is delisted?
    E. When is the final delisting exclusion effective?
    F. How does this final rule affect states?
II. Background
    A. What is a delisting?
    B. What regulations allow facilities to delist a waste?
    C. What information must the generator supply?
III. EPA's Evaluation of the Waste Information and Data
    A. What waste did OxyVinyls petition EPA to delist?
    B. How much waste did OxyVinyls propose to delist?
    C. How did OxyVinyls sample and analyze the waste data in this 
petition?
IV. Public Comments Received on the proposed exclusion
    A. Who submitted comments on the proposed rule?

I. Overview Information

A. What Action Is EPA Finalizing?

    After evaluating the petition, EPA proposed, on October 1, 2003 to 
exclude the OxyVinyls waste from the lists of hazardous waste under 
Sec. Sec.  261.31 and 261.32 (see 65 FR 75897). EPA is finalizing:
    (1) The decision to grant OxyVinyls' delisting petition to have its 
Incinerator Offgas Treatment Scrubber Water generated from treating and 
neutralizing gasses generated in the firebox during the incineration 
process subject to certain continued verification and monitoring 
conditions.

B. Why Is EPA Approving This Delisting?

    OxyVinyls' petition requests a delisting from the K017, K019, and 
K020, waste listings under 40 CFR 260.20 and 260.22. OxyVinyls does not 
believe that the petitioned waste meets the criteria for which EPA 
listed it, primarily because the Off-gas Scrubber Waste Water could be 
considered ``derived from'' a listed waste that has been incinerated to 
destroy the hazardous constituents of the listed waste. OxyVinyls also 
believes no additional constituents or factors could cause the waste to 
be hazardous. EPA's review of this petition included consideration of 
the original listing criteria, and the additional factors required by 
the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA). See section 
3001(f) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921(f), and 40 CFR 260.22 (d)(1)-(4) 
(hereinafter all sectional references are to 40 CFR unless otherwise 
indicated). In making the final delisting determination, EPA evaluated 
the petitioned waste against the listing criteria and factors cited in 
Sec.  261.11(a)(2) and (a)(3). Based on this review, EPA agrees with 
the petitioner that the waste is nonhazardous with respect to the 
original listing criteria. (If EPA had found, based on this review, 
that the waste remained hazardous based on the factors for which the 
waste was originally listed, EPA would have proposed to deny the 
petition.) EPA evaluated the waste with respect to other factors or 
criteria to assess whether there is a reasonable basis to believe that 
such additional factors could cause the waste to be hazardous. EPA 
considered whether the waste is acutely toxic, the concentration of the 
constituents in the waste, their tendency to migrate and to 
bioaccumulate, their persistence in the environment once released from 
the waste, plausible and specific types of management of the petitioned 
waste, the quantities of waste generated, and waste variability. EPA 
believes that the petitioned waste does not meet the listing criteria 
and thus should not be a listed waste. EPA's final decision to delist 
waste from OxyVinyls' facility is based on the information submitted in 
support of this rule, including descriptions of the wastes and 
analytical data from the Deer Park, TX, facility.

C. What Are the Limits of This Exclusion?

    This exclusion applies to the waste described in the petition only 
if the requirements described in 40 CFR part 261, appendix IX, table 2 
and the conditions contained herein are satisfied.

D. How Will OxyVinyls Manage the Waste if It Is Delisted?

    The delisted waste stream will continue to be piped and disposed of 
at Shell's TPDES-permitted system.

E. When Is the Final Delisting Exclusion Effective?

    This rule is effective April 22, 2004. The Hazardous and Solid 
Waste Amendments of 1984 amended section 3010 of RCRA, 42 USCA 
6930(b)(1), allow rules to become effective in less than six months 
after the rule is published when the regulated community does not need 
the six-month period to come into compliance. That is the case here 
because this rule reduces, rather than increases, the existing 
requirements for persons generating hazardous waste. This reduction in 
existing requirements also provides a basis for making this rule 
effective immediately, upon publication, under the Administrative 
Procedure Act, pursuant to 5 USCA 553(d).

F. How Does This Final Rule Affect States?

    Because EPA is issuing this exclusion under the Federal RCRA 
delisting program, only states subject to Federal RCRA delisting 
provisions would be affected. This would exclude states which have 
received authorization from EPA to make their own delisting decisions.
    EPA allows states to impose their own non-RCRA regulatory 
requirements that are more stringent than EPA's, under section 3009 of 
RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6929. These more stringent requirements may include a 
provision that prohibits a Federally issued exclusion from taking 
effect in the state. Because a dual system (that is, both Federal 
(RCRA) and State (non-RCRA) programs) may regulate a petitioner's 
waste, EPA urges petitioners to contact the State regulatory authority 
to establish the status of their wastes under the State law.
    EPA has also authorized some States (for example, Louisiana, 
Oklahoma, Georgia, Illinois) to administer an RCRA delisting program in 
place of the Federal program, that is, to make State delisting 
decisions. Therefore, this exclusion does not apply in those authorized 
States unless that State makes the rule part of its authorized program. 
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OxyVinyls transports the petitioned waste to or manages the waste in 
any state with delisting authorization, OxyVinyls must obtain delisting 
authorization from that state before it can manage the waste as 
nonhazardous in the State.

II. Background

A. What Is a Delisting Petition?

    A delisting petition is a request from a generator to EPA or 
another agency with jurisdiction to exclude or delist, from the RCRA 
list of hazardous waste, waste the generator believes should not be 
considered hazardous under RCRA.

B. What Regulations Allow Facilities To Delist a Waste?

    Under 40 CFR 260.20 and 260.22, facilities may petition EPA to 
remove their wastes from hazardous waste regulation by excluding them 
from the lists of hazardous wastes contained in Sec. Sec.  261.31 and 
261.32. Specifically, Sec.  260.20 allows any person to petition the 
Administrator to modify or revoke any provision of parts 260 through 
265 and 268 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Section 
260.22 provides generators the opportunity to petition the 
Administrator to exclude a waste from a particular generating facility 
from the hazardous waste lists.

C. What Information Must the Generator Supply?

    Petitioners must provide sufficient information to EPA to allow EPA 
to determine that the waste to be excluded does not meet any of the 
criteria under which the waste was listed as a hazardous waste. In 
addition, the Administrator must determine, where he/she has a 
reasonable basis to believe that factors (including additional 
constituents) other than those for which the waste was listed could 
cause the waste to be a hazardous waste and that such factors do not 
warrant retaining the waste as a hazardous waste.

III. EPA's Evaluation of the Waste Information and Data

A. What Waste Did OxyVinyls Petition EPA To Delist?

    On October 11, 2002, OxyVinyls petitioned EPA to exclude from the 
lists of hazardous waste contained in Sec.  261.32, Incinerator Offgas 
Treatment Scrubber Water generated from its facility located in Deer 
Park, Texas. The waste falls under the classification of listed waste 
under Sec.  261.30.

B. How Much Waste Did OxyVinyls Propose To Delist?

    Specifically, in its petition, OxyVinyls requested that EPA grant a 
standard exclusion for 919,990 cubic yards per year of the Incinerator 
Offgas Treatment Scrubber Water.

C. How Did OxyVinyls Sample and Analyze the Waste Data in This 
Petition?

    To support its petition, OxyVinyls submitted:
    (1) Historical information on past waste generation and management 
practices;
    (2) Results of the total constituent list for 40 CFR Part 264 
Appendix IX volatiles, semivolatiles, metals, pesticides, herbicides, 
dioxins and PCBs;
    (3) Analytical constituents of concern for K017, K019 and K020
    (4) Results from total oil and grease analyses
    (5) Multiple pH testing for the petitioned waste.

IV. Public Comments Received on the Proposed Exclusion

A. Who Submitted Comments on the Proposed Rule?

    No comments were received on the Proposed Rule.

V. Regulatory Impact

    Under Executive Order 12866, EPA must conduct an ``assessment of 
the potential costs and benefits'' for all ``significant'' regulatory 
actions.
    The proposal to grant an exclusion is not significant, since its 
effect, if promulgated, would be to reduce the overall costs and 
economic impact of EPA's hazardous waste management regulations. This 
reduction would be achieved by excluding waste generated at a specific 
facility from EPA's lists of hazardous wastes, thus enabling a facility 
to manage its waste as nonhazardous.
    Because there is no additional impact from this proposed rule, this 
proposal would not be a significant regulation, and no cost/benefit 
assessment is required. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has 
also exempted this rule from the requirement for OMB review under 
section (6) of Executive Order 12866.

VI. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, whenever an 
agency is required to publish a general notice of rulemaking for any 
proposed or final rule, it must prepare and make available for public 
comment a regulatory flexibility analysis which describes the impact of 
the rule on small entities (that is, small businesses, small 
organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions). No regulatory 
flexibility analysis is required, however, if the Administrator or 
delegated representative certifies that the rule will not have any 
impact on small entities.
    This rule, if promulgated, will not have an adverse economic impact 
on small entities since its effect would be to reduce the overall costs 
of EPA's hazardous waste regulations and would be limited to one 
facility. Accordingly, EPA hereby certifies that this proposed 
regulation, if promulgated, will not have a significant economic impact 
on a substantial number of small entities. This regulation, therefore, 
does not require a regulatory flexibility analysis.

VII. Paperwork Reduction Act

    Information collection and record-keeping requirements associated 
with this proposed rule have been approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1980 (Pub. L. 96-511, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and have been assigned 
OMB Control Number 2050-0053.

VIII. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    Under section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(UMRA), Public Law 104-4, which was signed into law on March 22, 1995, 
EPA generally must prepare a written statement for rules with Federal 
mandates that may result in estimated costs to State, local, and tribal 
governments in the aggregate, or to the private sector, of $100 million 
or more in any one year.
    When such a statement is required for EPA rules, under section 205 
of the UMRA EPA must identify and consider alternatives, including the 
least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative that 
achieves the objectives of the rule. EPA must select that alternative, 
unless the Administrator explains in the final rule why it was not 
selected or it is inconsistent with law.
    Before EPA establishes regulatory requirements that may 
significantly or uniquely affect small governments, including tribal 
governments, it must develop under section 203 of the UMRA a small 
government agency plan. The plan must provide for notifying potentially 
affected small governments, giving them meaningful and timely input in 
the development of EPA regulatory proposals with significant Federal 
intergovernmental mandates, and informing, educating, and advising

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them on compliance with the regulatory requirements.
    The UMRA generally defines a Federal mandate for regulatory 
purposes as one that imposes an enforceable duty upon State, local, or 
tribal governments or the private sector.
    EPA finds that this delisting decision is deregulatory in nature 
and does not impose any enforceable duty on any State, local, or tribal 
governments or the private sector. In addition, the proposed delisting 
decision does not establish any regulatory requirements for small 
governments and so does not require a small government agency plan 
under UMRA section 203.

IX. Executive Order 13045

    The Executive Order 13045 is entitled ``Protection of Children from 
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 
1997). This order applies to any rule that EPA determines (1) is 
economically significant as defined under Executive Order 12866, and 
(2) the environmental health or safety risk addressed by the rule has a 
disproportionate effect on children. If the regulatory action meets 
both criteria, EPA must evaluate the environmental health or safety 
effects of the planned rule on children, and explain why the planned 
regulation is preferable to other potentially effective and reasonably 
feasible alternatives considered by EPA. This proposed rule is not 
subject to E.O. 13045 because this is not an economically significant 
regulatory action as defined by Executive Order 12866.

X. Executive Order 13084

    Because this action does not involve any requirements that affect 
Indian Tribes, the requirements of section 3(b) of Executive Order 
13084 do not apply.
    Under Executive Order 13084, EPA may not issue a regulation that is 
not required by statute, that significantly affects or uniquely affects 
the communities of Indian tribal governments, and that imposes 
substantial direct compliance costs on those communities, unless the 
Federal government provides the funds necessary to pay the direct 
compliance costs incurred by the tribal governments.
    If the mandate is unfunded, EPA must provide to the Office 
Management and Budget, in a separately identified section of the 
preamble to the rule, a description of the extent of EPA's prior 
consultation with representatives of affected tribal governments, a 
summary of the nature of their concerns, and a statement supporting the 
need to issue the regulation.
    In addition, Executive Order 13084 requires EPA to develop an 
effective process permitting elected and other representatives of 
Indian tribal governments to have ``meaningful and timely input'' in 
the development of regulatory policies on matters that significantly or 
uniquely affect their communities of Indian tribal governments. This 
action does not involve or impose any requirements that affect Indian 
Tribes. Accordingly, the requirements of section 3(b) of Executive 
Order 13084 do not apply to this rule.

XI. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act

    Under section 12(d) if the National Technology Transfer and 
Advancement Act, EPA is directed to use voluntary consensus standards 
in its regulatory activities unless to do so would be inconsistent with 
applicable law or otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards 
are technical standards (e.g., materials specifications, test methods, 
sampling procedures, business practices, etc.) developed or adopted by 
voluntary consensus standard bodies. Where available and potentially 
applicable voluntary consensus standards are not used by EPA, the Act 
requires that EPA to provide Congress, through the OMB, an explanation 
of the reasons for not using such standards.
    This rule does not establish any new technical standards and thus, 
EPA has no need to consider the use of voluntary consensus standards in 
developing this final rule.

XII. Executive Order 13132 Federalism

    Executive Order 13132, entitled ``Federalism'' (64 FR 43255, August 
10, 1999) requires EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure 
``meaningful and timely input by State and local officials in the 
development of regulatory policies that have federalism implications.'' 
``Policies that have federalism implications'' is defined in the 
Executive Order to include regulations that have ``substantial direct 
effects on the States, on the relationship between the national 
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government.''
    Under section 6 of Executive Order 13132, EPA may not issue a 
regulation that has federalism implications, that impose substantial 
direct compliance costs, and that is not required by statute, unless 
the Federal government provides the funds necessary to pay the direct 
compliance costs incurred by State and local governments, or EPA 
consults with State and local officials early in the process of 
developing the proposed regulation. EPA also may not issue a regulation 
that has federalism implications and that preempts State law unless EPA 
consults with State and local officials early in the process of 
developing the proposed regulation.
    This action does not have federalism implications. It will not have 
a substantial direct effect on States, on the relationship between the 
national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government, as specified 
in Executive Order 13132, because it affects only one facility.

Lists of Subjects in 40 CFR part 261

    Environmental protection, Hazardous Waste, Recycling, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Authority: Sec. 3001(f) RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921(f).

    Dated: April 7, 2004.
Carl E. Edlund,
Director, Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division, Region 6.

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For the reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR part 261 is proposed to 
be amended as follows:

PART 261--IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE

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1. The authority citation for Part 261 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6921, 6922, and 6938.

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2. In Table 1 of appendix IX of part 261 add the following waste stream 
in alphabetical order by facility to read as follows:

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Appendix IX to Part 261--Waste Excluded Under Sec. Sec.  260.20 and 
260.22

                               Table 1.--Waste Excluded From Non-Specific Sources
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            Facility                         Address                             Waste description
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                                                  * * * * * * *
OxyVinyls, L.P.................  Deer Park, TX..................  Incinerator Offgas Scrubber Water (EPA
                                                                   Hazardous Waste Nos. K017, K019 and K020)
                                                                   generated at a maximum annual rate of 919,990
                                                                   cubic yards per calendar year after April 22,
                                                                   2004, and disposed in accordance with the
                                                                   TPDES permit.
                                                                  For the exclusion to be valid, OxyVinyls must
                                                                   implement a testing program that meets the
                                                                   following Paragraphs:
                                                                  (1) Delisting Levels: All total concentrations
                                                                   for those constituents must not exceed the
                                                                   following levels (mg/kg) in the incinerator
                                                                   offgas scrubber water.
                                                                  Incinerator offgas treatment scrubber water
                                                                   (i) Inorganic Constituents Antimony-0.0204;
                                                                   Arsenic-0.385; Barium-2.92; Beryllium-0.166;
                                                                   Cadmium-0.0225; Chromium-5.0; Cobalt-13.14;
                                                                   Copper-418.00; Lead-5.0; Nickel-1.13; Mercury-
                                                                   0.0111; Vanadium-0.838; Zinc-2.61
                                                                  (ii) Organic Constituents Acetone-1.46;
                                                                   Bromoform-0.481; Bromomethane-8.2;
                                                                   Bromodichloromethane-0.0719; Chloroform-
                                                                   0.683; Dibromochloromethane-0.057;
                                                                   Iodomethane-0.19; Methylene Chloride-0.029;
                                                                   2,3,7,8-TCDD equivalents as TEQ-0.0000926
                                                                  (2) Waste Management:
                                                                  (A) OxyVinyls must manage as hazardous all
                                                                   incinerator offgas treatment scrubber water
                                                                   generated, until it has completed initial
                                                                   verification testing described in Paragraph's
                                                                   (3)(A) and (B), as appropriate, and valid
                                                                   analyses show that paragraph (1) is
                                                                   satisfied.
                                                                  (B) Levels of constituents measured in the
                                                                   samples of the incinerator offgas treatment
                                                                   scrubber water that do not exceed the levels
                                                                   set forth in Paragraph (1) are non-hazardous.
                                                                   OxyVinyls can manage and dispose the non-
                                                                   hazardous incinerator offgas treatment
                                                                   scrubber water according to all applicable
                                                                   solid waste regulations.
                                                                  (C) If constituent levels in a sample exceed
                                                                   any of the delisting levels set in Paragraph
                                                                   (1), OxyVinyls must collect one additional
                                                                   sample and perform expedited analyses to
                                                                   confirm if the constituent exceeds the
                                                                   delisting level. If this sample confirms the
                                                                   exceedance, OxyVinyls must, from that point
                                                                   forward, treat the waste as hazardous until
                                                                   it is demonstrated that the waste again meets
                                                                   the levels set in Paragraph (1). OxyVinyls
                                                                   must notify EPA of the exceedance and
                                                                   resampling analytical results prior to
                                                                   disposing of the waste.
                                                                  (D) If the waste exceeds the levels in
                                                                   paragraph (1) OxyVinyls must manage and
                                                                   dispose of the waste generated under Subtitle
                                                                   C of RCRA from the time that it becomes aware
                                                                   of any exceedance.
                                                                  (E) Upon completion of the Verification
                                                                   Testing described in Paragraph's 3(A) and (B)
                                                                   as appropriate and the transmittal of the
                                                                   results to EPA, and if the testing results
                                                                   meet the requirements of Paragraph (1),
                                                                   OxyVinyls may proceed to manage its
                                                                   incinerator offgas treatment scrubber water
                                                                   as non-hazardous waste. If Subsequent
                                                                   Verification Testing indicates an exceedance
                                                                   of the Delisting Levels in Paragraph (1),
                                                                   OxyVinyls must manage the incinerator offgas
                                                                   treatment scrubber water as a hazardous waste
                                                                   until two consecutive quarterly testing
                                                                   samples show levels below the Delisting
                                                                   Levels.
                                                                  (3) Verification Testing Requirements:
                                                                   OxyVinyls must perform sample collection and
                                                                   analyses, including quality control
                                                                   procedures, according to SW-846
                                                                   methodologies. If EPA judges the process to
                                                                   be effective under the operating conditions
                                                                   used during the initial verification testing,
                                                                   OxyVinyls may replace the testing required in
                                                                   Paragraph (3)(A) with the testing required in
                                                                   Paragraph (3)(B). OxyVinyls must continue to
                                                                   test as specified in Paragraph (3)(A) until
                                                                   and unless notified by EPA in writing that
                                                                   testing in Paragraph (3)(A) may be replaced
                                                                   by Paragraph (3)(B).
                                                                  (A) Initial Verification Testing: After EPA
                                                                   grants the final exclusion, OxyVinyls must do
                                                                   the following:
                                                                  (i) Within 60 days of this exclusion becoming
                                                                   final, collect four samples, before disposal,
                                                                   of the incinerator offgas treatment scrubber
                                                                   water.
                                                                  (ii) The samples are to be analyzed and
                                                                   compared against the delisting levels in
                                                                   Paragraph (1)
                                                                  (iii) Within sixty (60) days after this
                                                                   exclusion becomes final, OxyVinyls will
                                                                   report initial verification analytical test
                                                                   data, including analytical quality control
                                                                   information for the first thirty (30) days of
                                                                   operation after this exclusion becomes final
                                                                   of the incinerator offgas treatment scrubber
                                                                   water. If levels of constituents measured in
                                                                   the samples of the incinerator offgas
                                                                   treatment scrubber water that do not exceed
                                                                   the levels set forth in Paragraph (1) and are
                                                                   also non-hazardous in two consecutive
                                                                   quarters after the first thirty (30) days of
                                                                   operation after this exclusion, OxyVinyls can
                                                                   manage and dispose of the incinerator offgas
                                                                   treatment scrubber water according to all
                                                                   applicable solid waste regulations after
                                                                   reporting the analytical results to EPA.
                                                                  (B) Subsequent Verification Testing: Following
                                                                   written notification by EPA, OxyVinyls may
                                                                   substitute the testing conditions in
                                                                   Paragraph (3)(B) for (3)(A). OxyVinyls must
                                                                   continue to monitor operating conditions, and
                                                                   analyze representative samples for each
                                                                   quarter of operation during the first year of
                                                                   waste generation. The samples must represent
                                                                   the waste generated during the quarter. After
                                                                   the first year of analytical sampling
                                                                   verification sampling can be performed on a
                                                                   single annual composite sample of the
                                                                   incinerator offgas treatment scrubber water.
                                                                   The results are to be compared to the
                                                                   delisting levels in Condition (1).

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                                                                  (C) Termination of Testing: (i) After the
                                                                   first year of quarterly testing, if the
                                                                   Delisting Levels in Paragraph (1) are being
                                                                   met, OxyVinyls may then request that EPA stop
                                                                   requiring quarterly testing. After EPA
                                                                   notifies OxyVinyls in writing, the company
                                                                   may end quarterly testing.
                                                                  (ii) Following cancellation of the quarterly
                                                                   testing, OxyVinyls must continue to test a
                                                                   representative sample for all constituents
                                                                   listed in Paragraph (1) annually.
                                                                  (4) Changes in Operating Conditions: If
                                                                   OxyVinyls significantly changes the process
                                                                   described in its petition or starts any
                                                                   processes that generate(s) the waste that may
                                                                   or could significantly affect the composition
                                                                   or type of waste generated as established
                                                                   under Paragraph (1) (by illustration, but not
                                                                   limitation, changes in equipment or operating
                                                                   conditions of the treatment process), it must
                                                                   notify EPA in writing; OxyVinyls may no
                                                                   longer handle the wastes generated from the
                                                                   new process as nonhazardous until the wastes
                                                                   meet the delisting levels set in Paragraph
                                                                   (1) and it has received written approval to
                                                                   do so from EPA.
                                                                  (5) Data Submittals: OxyVinyls must submit the
                                                                   information described below. If OxyVinyls
                                                                   fails to submit the required data within the
                                                                   specified time or maintain the required
                                                                   records on-site for the specified time, EPA,
                                                                   at its discretion, will consider this
                                                                   sufficient basis to reopen the exclusion as
                                                                   described in Paragraph 6. OxyVinyls must:
                                                                  (A) Submit the data obtained through Paragraph
                                                                   3 to the Section Chief, EPA Region 6
                                                                   Corrective Action and Waste Minimization
                                                                   Section, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas
                                                                   75202-2733, Mail Code, (6PD-C) within the
                                                                   time specified.
                                                                  (B) Compile records of operating conditions
                                                                   and analytical data from Paragraph (3),
                                                                   summarized, and maintained on-site for a
                                                                   minimum of five years.
                                                                  (C) Furnish these records and data when EPA or
                                                                   the State of Texas request them for
                                                                   inspection.
                                                                  (D) Send along with all data a signed copy of
                                                                   the following certification statement, to
                                                                   attest to the truth and accuracy of the data
                                                                   submitted:
                                                                  Under civil and criminal penalty of law for
                                                                   the making or submission of false or
                                                                   fraudulent statements or representations
                                                                   (pursuant to the applicable provisions of the
                                                                   Federal Code, which include, but may not be
                                                                   limited to, 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 42 U.S.C.
                                                                   6928), I certify that the information
                                                                   contained in or accompanying this document is
                                                                   true, accurate and complete.
                                                                  As to the (those) identified section(s) of
                                                                   this document for which I cannot personally
                                                                   verify its (their) truth and accuracy, I
                                                                   certify as the company official having
                                                                   supervisory responsibility for the persons
                                                                   who, acting under my direct instructions,
                                                                   made the verification that this information
                                                                   is true, accurate and complete.
                                                                  If any of this information is determined by
                                                                   EPA in its sole discretion to be false,
                                                                   inaccurate or incomplete, and upon conveyance
                                                                   of this fact to the company, I recognize and
                                                                   agree that this exclusion of waste will be
                                                                   void as if it never had effect or to the
                                                                   extent directed by EPA and that the company
                                                                   will be liable for any actions taken in
                                                                   contravention of the company's RCRA and
                                                                   CERCLA obligations premised upon the
                                                                   company's reliance on the void exclusion.
                                                                  (6) Reopener
                                                                  (A) If, anytime after disposal of the delisted
                                                                   waste OxyVinyls possesses or is otherwise
                                                                   made aware of any environmental data
                                                                   (including but not limited to leachate data
                                                                   or groundwater monitoring data) or any other
                                                                   data relevant to the delisted waste
                                                                   indicating that any constituent identified
                                                                   for the delisting verification testing is at
                                                                   a level higher than the delisting level
                                                                   allowed by the Regional Administrator or his
                                                                   delegate in granting the petition, then the
                                                                   facility must report the data, in writing, to
                                                                   the Regional Administrator or his delegate
                                                                   within 10 days of first possessing or being
                                                                   made aware of that data.
                                                                  (B) If the annual testing of the waste does
                                                                   not meet the delisting requirements in
                                                                   Paragraph 1, OxyVinyls must report the data,
                                                                   in writing, to the Regional Administrator or
                                                                   his delegate within 10 days of first
                                                                   possessing or being made aware of that data.
                                                                  (C) If OxyVinyls fails to submit the
                                                                   information described in paragraphs (5),
                                                                   (6)(A) or (6)(B) or if any other information
                                                                   is received from any source, the Regional
                                                                   Administrator or his delegate will make a
                                                                   preliminary determination as to whether the
                                                                   reported information requires EPA action to
                                                                   protect human health or the environment.
                                                                   Further action may include suspending, or
                                                                   revoking the exclusion, or other appropriate
                                                                   response necessary to protect human health
                                                                   and the environment.
                                                                  (D) If the Regional Administrator or his
                                                                   delegate determines that the reported
                                                                   information does require action by EPA's
                                                                   Regional Administrator or his delegate will
                                                                   notify the facility in writing of the actions
                                                                   the Regional Administrator or his delegate
                                                                   believes are necessary to protect human
                                                                   health and the environment. The notice shall
                                                                   include a statement of the proposed action
                                                                   and a statement providing the facility with
                                                                   an opportunity to present information as to
                                                                   why the proposed EPA action is not necessary.
                                                                   The facility shall have 10 days from the date
                                                                   of the Regional Administrator or his
                                                                   delegate's notice to present such
                                                                   information.
                                                                  (E) Following the receipt of information from
                                                                   the facility described in paragraph (6)(D) or
                                                                   (if no information is presented under
                                                                   paragraph (6)(D)) the initial receipt of
                                                                   information described in paragraphs (5),
                                                                   (6)(A) or (6)(B), the Regional Administrator
                                                                   or his delegate will issue a final written
                                                                   determination describing EPA actions that are
                                                                   necessary to protect human health or the
                                                                   environment. Any required action described in
                                                                   the Regional Administrator or his delegate's
                                                                   determination shall become effective
                                                                   immediately, unless the Regional
                                                                   Administrator or his delegate provides
                                                                   otherwise.
                                                                  (7) Notification Requirements:

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                                                                  OxyVinyls must do the following before
                                                                   transporting the delisted waste. Failure to
                                                                   provide this notification will result in a
                                                                   violation of the delisting petition and a
                                                                   possible revocation of the decision.
                                                                  (A) Provide a one-time written notification to
                                                                   any State Regulatory Agency to which or
                                                                   through which it will transport the delisted
                                                                   waste described above for disposal, 60 days
                                                                   before beginning such activities.
                                                                  (B) Update the one-time written notification
                                                                   if it ships the delisted waste into a
                                                                   different disposal facility.
                                                                  (C) Failure to provide this notification will
                                                                   result in a violation of the delisting
                                                                   variance and a possible revocation of the
                                                                   decision.
 
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[FR Doc. 04-9138 Filed 4-21-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P