[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 44496-44505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15329]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 261

[SW-FRL-7946-8]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing its proposed 
action to grant a petition submitted by the United States Department of 
Energy, Richland Operations Office (Energy) to exclude (or `delist') 
from regulation as listed hazardous waste certain mixed waste 
(`petitioned waste') following treatment at the 200 Area Effluent 
Treatment Site (200 Area ETF) on the Hanford Facility, Richland, 
Washington. This action conditionally grants the exclusion based on an 
evaluation of waste stream-specific and treatment process information 
provided by Energy. Wastes meeting the conditions of this exclusion are 
exempt from the requirements of hazardous waste regulations under the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 as amended. In 
finalizing this action, EPA has concluded that Energy's petitioned 
waste does not meet any of the criteria under which the wastes were 
originally listed, and that there is no reasonable basis to believe 
other factors exist which could cause the waste to be hazardous.

DATES: This final rule is effective on September 2, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The RCRA regulatory docket for this final rule is maintained 
by EPA, Region 10. You may examine docket materials at the EPA Region 
10 library, 1200 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 553-1289, during 
the hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
Federal holidays. Copies of key docket documents are available for 
review at the following Hanford Site Public Information Repository 
locations:
University of Washington, Suzzallo Library, Government Publications 
Division, Box 352900, Seattle, WA 98195-2900. (206) 543-4664. Contact: 
Eleanor Chase, [email protected], (206) 543-4664.
Gonzaga University, Foley Center, East 502 Boone, Spokane, WA 99258-
0001. (509) 323-5806. Contact: Connie Scarppelli, 
[email protected].
Portland State University, Branford Price Millar Library, 934 SW 
Harrison, Portland, OR 97207-1151. (503) 725-3690. Contact: Michael 
Bowman, [email protected].
U.S. DOE Public Reading Room, Washington State University-TC, CIC Room 
101L, 2770 University Drive, Richland, WA 99352. (509) 372-7443. 
Contact: Janice Parthree, [email protected].

    Copies of material in the regulatory docket can be obtained by 
contacting the Hanford Site Administrative Record via mail, phone, fax, 
or e-mail:
    Address: Hanford Site Administrative Record, PO Box 1000, MSIN H6-
08, 2440 Stevens Center Place, Richland, WA 99352. (509) 376-2530. E-
mail: [email protected].
    The docket contains the petition, and all information used by EPA 
to evaluate the petition including public comments received by EPA and 
comment responses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning this 
document, contact Dave Bartus, Office of Air, Waste and Toxics (OAWT), 
EPA, Region 10, 1200 6th Avenue, MS AWT-127, Seattle, WA 98101, 
telephone (206) 553-2804, or via e-mail at [email protected].

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

I. Overview Information
    A. What Rule is EPA Finalizing?
    B. Why is EPA Finalizing the Proposed Exclusion?
    C. What Are the Limits of This Exclusion?
    D. When Is the Final Rule Effective
II. Background
    A. What is a Delisting Petition?
    B. What Regulations Allow Wastes to be Delisted?
    C. What Information Must the Generator Supply for a Delisting 
Petition?
    D. How Will This Action Affect States?
III. EPA's Evaluation of the Waste Information for 200 Area ETF 
Treated Effluent
    What waste did Energy petition EPA to delist?
IV. Public Comments Received on the Proposed Rule
    A. Department of Energy Comments
    B. Individual Commenter
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
    A. Executive Order 12866
    B. Paperwork Reduction Act
    C. Regulatory Flexibility
    D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
    E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
    F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination with 
Indian Tribal Governments
    G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children from 
Environmental Health and Safety Risks
    H. Executive Order 13211: Actions that Significantly Affect 
Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
    I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
    J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions to Address 
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low Income 
Populations
    K. Congressional Review Act

I. Overview Information

A. What Rule Is EPA Finalizing?

    After evaluating Energy's petition and supplemental information 
provided by Energy, EPA proposed on July 15, 2004 (69 FR 42395), to 
exclude the petitioned mixed \1\ wastes managed or generated by the 200 
Area ETF on the Hanford Facility in Richland, Washington. The action 
relates to treated liquid effluents

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produced by the 200 Area ETF, which were first delisted in June 1995. 
See 60 FR 6054, February 1, 1995. EPA's final exclusion modifies this 
existing delisting by increasing the annual quantity of waste delisted 
to conform to the expected full treatment capacity of the 200 Area ETF 
and by expanding the list of hazardous waste numbers and F039 
constituents for which 200 Area ETF treated effluent is delisted. 
Changes relating to waste numbers for which 200 Area ETF treated 
effluent is excluded include expanding the list of constituents 
associated with hazardous waste number F039 (multisource leachate), 
from the current F001 to F005 constituents to all constituents for 
which F039 waste is listed,\2\ adding certain wastewater forms of U- 
and P-listed wastes, and certain additional F-listed waste numbers. 
These additional U-, P- and F-listed waste numbers are those whose 
chemical constituents are included in the list of hazardous 
constituents for which F039 was listed (see 40 CFR part 261, appendix 
VII). This latter addition is intended to accommodate possible 
management of U-, P- and F-listed wastewaters from spill cleanup or 
decontamination associated with management of these wastes at the 
Central Waste Complex (CWC) or other storage facilities. These spill 
cleanup wastes include exactly the same constituents that will 
eventually contribute to F039 when the source wastes are land disposed, 
so today's analysis of expanding the 200 Area ETF treated effluent to 
include F039 applies equally to the wastewater forms of the same 
chemical constituents in their U-, P- and F-listed waste forms.
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    \1\ Mixed waste is defined as waste that contains both hazardous 
waste subject to the requirements of Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 as amended, and source, special nuclear, 
or by-product material subject to the requirements of the Atomic 
Energy Act (AEA) (see 42 United States Code (U.S.C.) 6903 (41), 
added by the Federal Facility Compliance Act (FFCA) of 1992).
    \2\ As noted in the proposed rule, this final rule is not 
modifying the list of constituents for which F039 multiscource 
leachate is listed. At the time of the original delisting, DOE-RLS 
did not expect to manage F039 wastes at the 200 Area ETF from 
sources other than F001-F005 wastes. Therefore, the original 200 
Area ETF delisting excluded only F039 wastes from F001-F005 sources.
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    The effect of these changes is to allow the 200 Area ETF to fulfill 
an expanded role in supporting Hanford Facility cleanup actions beyond 
those activities considered in the 1995 delisting rulemaking. In 
particular, these changes will allow the 200 Area ETF to treat mixed 
wastewaters from a number of additional sources beyond 242-A Evaporator 
process condensate (PC) upon which the original delisting was based.

B. Why Is EPA Finalizing the Proposed Exclusion?

    We believe that the petitioned waste should be conditionally 
delisted because the waste, when managed in accordance with today's 
final conditions, do not meet the criteria for which the wastes 
originally were listed and the waste do not contain other constituents 
or factors that could cause the waste stream to be a hazardous waste or 
warrant retaining the waste as a hazardous waste. Our final decision to 
delist the petitioned waste is based on information submitted by 
Energy, including the description of the wastewaters managed by the ETF 
and their original generating sources, the ETF treatment processes, and 
the analytical data characterizing performance of the 200 Area ETF.
    In reviewing this petition, we considered the original listing 
criteria and the additional factors required by the Hazardous and Solid 
Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 1984. See 42 U.S.C. 6921(f), and 40 CFR 
260.22. These factors include: (1) Whether the waste are considered 
acutely toxic; (2) the toxicity of the constituents; (3) the 
concentration of the constituents in the waste; (4) the tendency of the 
hazardous constituents to migrate and to bio-accumulate; (5) 
persistence of the constituents in the environment once released from 
the waste; (6) plausible and specific types of management of the 
petitioned waste; (7) the quantity of waste produced; and (8) 
variability of the waste. We also evaluated the petitioned waste 
against the listing criteria at 40 CFR 261.11(a)(1), (2) and (3) and 
factors required by 40 CFR 260.22(a)(2). EPA finds the petitioned 
wastes do not meet the listing criteria and determined that none of the 
factors listed above warrant retaining the petitioned wastes as 
hazardous.

C. What Are the Limits of This Exclusion?

    This exclusion applies to certain 200 Area ETF treated effluents 
identified in today's final rule, provided the conditions contained 
herein are satisfied.

D. When Is the Final Rule Effective?

    The effective date of today's action is September 2, 2005. RCRA 
Section 3010(b)(1), 42 U.S.C. 6930(b)(1), allows rules to become 
effective in less than six months when the regulated community does not 
need the six-month period to come into compliance with the new 
regulatory requirements. In the proposed rule preamble, EPA noted that 
the rule, if finalized, would reduce existing regulatory requirements, 
so that a six-month period was not necessary for Energy to come into 
compliance. EPA further noted that, if finalized, the proposal would be 
effective immediately upon final publication, and that a later date 
would impose unnecessary hardship and expense on the petitioner.
    After further reflection and consideration of Energy's comments, 
EPA continues to believe that a full six month period is not necessary 
to achieve full compliance with this rule. EPA recognizes, however, 
that the revised exclusion will contain somewhat different conditions 
than the original exclusion rule. Even though today's final rule 
provides relief from RCRA regulatory requirements for significantly 
more wastes than was previously the case, Energy must still demonstrate 
compliance with the new conditions of the new exclusion, even for 
wastes currently being processed in compliance with the existing 
exclusion. One example of such a condition is preparation of a waste 
processing strategy. To ensure Energy has adequate opportunity to 
update its internal procedures and produce documentation required by 
the new exclusion conditions, EPA is delaying the effective date of the 
final rule to 30 days after publication.

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 Wastes To Be Delisted?

    Under 40 CFR 260.20 and 260.22, facilities may petition the EPA to 
remove their wastes from hazardous waste regulation by excluding them 
from the lists of hazardous wastes contained in 40 CFR 261.31 and 
261.32. Specifically, 40 CFR 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. 40 CFR 
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 for a Delisting Petition?

    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 
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that factors (including additional constituents) other than those for 
which the waste was listed could cause the waste to be a hazardous 
waste, that such factors do not warrant retaining the waste as a 
hazardous waste.

D. How Will This Action Affect States?

    This final rule is issued under the federal (RCRA) delisting 
authority found at 40 CFR 260.22. Some states are authorized to 
administer a delisting program in lieu of the federal program, i.e., to 
make their own delisting decision. Therefore, this rule does not apply 
under RCRA in those authorized states. For states not authorized to 
administer a delisting program in lieu of the federal program (as is 
the case with the State of Washington as of the date of today's final 
rule), today's rule will become effective with respect to the federal 
(RCRA) program. Energy will, however, have to comply with any 
additional applicable state requirements.
    States are allowed to impose regulatory requirements that are more 
stringent than EPA's, pursuant to section 3009 of RCRA. These more 
stringent requirements may include a provision that prohibits a 
federally-issued exclusion from taking effect in a state. Because a 
petitioner's waste may be regulated under a dual system, (i.e., both 
federal and state programs), petitioners are urged to contact state 
regulatory authorities to determine the current status of their wastes 
under the state laws.

III. EPA's Evaluation of the Waste Information for 200 Area ETF Treated 
Effluent

What Waste Did Energy Petition EPA To Delist?

    The original delisting action considered treatment of only one 
waste stream, process condensate from the 242-A Evaporator (242-A 
Evaporator PC). Since promulgation of the original delisting, the 
operating mission of the 200 Area ETF has expanded considerably. 
Currently, the operating capacity of the 200 Area ETF provides 
treatment of 242-A Evaporator PC, treatment of Hanford Site 
contaminated groundwater from various pump-and-treat systems, and a 
variety of other wastewaters generated from waste management and 
cleanup activities at Hanford.
    As discussed in section 3.0 of Energy's November 2001 petition, the 
mission of the 200 Area ETF is to treat wastewater generated on the 
Hanford Facility from cleanup activities including multisource leachate 
from operation of hazardous/mixed waste landfills, and other hazardous 
wastewaters from a variety of sources including analytical laboratory 
operations, research and development studies, waste treatment 
processes, environmental restoration and deactivation projects, and 
other waste management activities. Based on this change in the 200 Area 
ETF mission, Energy petitioned EPA to modify the existing delisting 
applicable to treated liquid effluent from the 200 Area ETF by 
increasing the effluent volume limit to 210 million liters per year, 
and to conditionally exclude treated effluents from treatment by the 
200 Area ETF of certain liquid Hanford wastes with hazardous waste 
numbers identified at 40 CFR 261.31 and 261.33 as F001-F005, F039, and 
all U- and P-listed substances and selected additional F-listed waste 
numbers whose associated compounds appear in the listing definition of 
F039. Under the current delisting, the liquid effluent volume is 
limited to approximately 86 million liters per year, and delisted only 
for F001-F005 waste numbers and F039 waste constituents from F001 
through F005 waste numbers.
    The November 2001 delisting petition explains that wastes bearing 
numbers P029, P030, P098, P106, P120, and U123, as well as other U- and 
P-listed numbers corresponding to F039 constituents, are currently 
managed, or may be managed in the future, as part of Hanford cleanup 
operations. Wastes bearing these waste numbers are intended for future 
disposal in the mixed waste landfill (Low-Level Burial Grounds (LLBG)). 
These wastes, therefore, eventually will contribute to generation of 
F039 multisource leachate from this unit, and are specifically 
considered in the analysis of F039 constituents in Energy's delisting 
petition (refer to Appendix B of the November 2001 delisting petition). 
Energy believes that wastewaters bearing these waste numbers could be 
generated from activities such as spill cleanup or equipment 
decontamination, and such wastewaters could be managed best at the 200 
Area ETF. Energy's petition did not propose to manage the discarded 
commercial chemical products in the 200 Area ETF, but only wastewaters 
from spill cleanup or equipment decontamination.
    To ensure that the commercial chemical compounds themselves are not 
inappropriately managed at the 200 Area ETF, EPA's proposal limited the 
wastes that could be managed by the 200 Area ETF to only those influent 
wastewaters bearing less than 1.0 weight percent of any hazardous 
constituent. These wastewaters would also bear the same U- and P-listed 
numbers by virtue of the 'derived from' rule discussed in Section I.A 
of the proposed rule. Because the hazardous constituents from these U- 
and P-listed wastes are already included in the analysis of 200 Area 
ETF performance for treatment of F039, EPA is not proposing any 
separate analysis specific to U- and P-listed numbers. EPA's proposal 
to include these U- and P-listed waste numbers is intended to include 
influent wastewaters that might be generated from management of wastes 
currently stored in CWC, as well as such wastewaters managed elsewhere 
at Hanford or which may be generated in the future.
    As discussed below in section IV, comments from Energy clarified 
Energy's intent in the November 29, 2001 petition to include a number 
of other F-listed waste numbers among those considered in the requested 
exclusion.

IV. Public Comments Received on the Proposed Rule

    EPA received comments on the proposed rule from the applicant and 
from an individual commenter. Individual comments and EPA's response 
may be found in the response to comments document, which has been 
included in the docket for this final rulemaking. A summary of key 
comments and changes, if any, to the proposed rule, appear below.
    In addition to changes made in response to public comments, EPA is 
also making changes to the proposed rule necessary to conform to the 
Methods Innovation Rule, 70 FR 34538, June 14, 2005. Details of these 
changes and EPA's rationale for them can also be found in the response 
to comments document.

A. Department of Energy Comments

    Comments from the Department of Energy focused on the proposed 
regulatory language and explanatory preamble text. One of Energy's 
comments questioned the addition of a number of conditions in the 
proposed exclusion which do not appear in the current exclusion, 
stating that EPA had not provided an explanation for the additional 
conditions. Energy presented as a basis for its comment statements in 
the proposed rule generally noting EPA's perspective that the 200 Area 
ETF is a robust, well-designed and well-operated wastewater treatment 
unit. While EPA affirms its statements regarding the robust nature of 
the facility, EPA fundamentally disagrees with Energy's comment. As 
noted in the

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proposal preamble and in EPA's response to comments, a key objective of 
the revised 200 Area ETF ``upfront'' delisting is to accommodate 
treatment of a wide range of waste streams not considered in the 
original exclusion, many of which have not yet been generated or 
characterized. Since Energy could not reasonably provide detailed 
characterization of wastes streams that have yet to be generated, EPA 
proposed a waste acceptance framework based on an engineering 
evaluation of waste streams. This model provides a degree of confidence 
that treatment in the 200 Area ETF will meet delisting exclusion limits 
to the same degree of confidence as if detailed waste stream 
characterization were available, while avoiding the need to frequently 
revise the delisting rule itself. As a result, EPA finds that the 
additional conditions noted in Energy's comments are not only fully 
justified, but absolutely essential to achieving the degree of 
flexibility requested by Energy in their delisting petition, given the 
lack of complete waste characterization information.
    Another of Energy's comments provided clarification of Energy's 
intent to expand the suite of waste numbers covered by the proposed 
exclusion. Essentially, Energy provided a defensible argument that a 
number of additional F-listed waste numbers should be addressed by the 
exclusion. EPA agrees with this comment in part, but is limiting the 
additional F-listed waste numbers to those with a reasonable nexus to 
wastes expected to be managed by the 200 Area ETF. See the first 
paragraph of the regulatory exclusion language finalized today, 
appearing below in Table 2 in Appendix IX of 40 CFR part 261.
    Energy requested relief from the proposed exclusion condition 
relating to recording of treated effluent conductivity, contending that 
doing so would be without basis and a burden. EPA disagrees, since both 
measuring and recording of treated effluent provides important 
documentation confirming performance of the 200 Area ETF. This 
measurement also provides a basis, in part, for EPA's decision to relax 
the verification sampling frequency for treated effluent from every 
10th verification tank, as in the original exclusion, to every 15th 
verification tank. Given the extended interval between full 
verification sampling, measuring and recording of treated effluent 
conductivity provide a simple but effective indicator or 200 Area ETF 
performance with regard to inorganic treatment efficiency. Therefore, 
EPA is retaining the recording condition as proposed.
    Energy requested relief from the condition generally limiting 
disposal of treated effluent at the State Authorized Land Disposal 
Site, or SALDS. Energy's comment is based on jurisdictional grounds, 
and Energy's belief that treated effluent ``is essentially 
demineralized water.'' As described in Section III.C of the proposed 
rule preamble, the condition in question is established on the grounds 
that EPA evaluated the risk of treated effluent only with respect to a 
groundwater ingestion pathway, consistent with the approach taken by 
EPA in the original exclusion. The requirement to generally dispose of 
treated effluent at SALDS is intended to ensure exposure pathways other 
than groundwater do not occur without EPA analysis of potential risks 
from such pathways. EPA is retaining this condition as proposed, noting 
that the proposed and final rules do provide flexibility with respect 
to disposal practices through Condition 7 of the exclusion rule. Energy 
also requested deletion of Condition 7, on the basis that no non-
radiological considerations warrant the condition, and that Energy is 
already engaged in various reuse activities using treated effluent. EPA 
is retaining Condition 7, since it relates directly to the scope of 
EPA's analysis of treated effluent risks, and since it provides 
flexibility for exactly the reuse practices noted in the comment.
    Energy raised issues concerning reporting of environmental data, 
including groundwater data, to EPA in Condition (4)(a) of the proposed 
rule. Energy requested deletion of this condition on the grounds of 
being vague, and if retained, reconsideration of the requirement to 
report certain data within a ten-day period. EPA does not agree that 
the proposed condition is vague--in fact, EPA specifically crafted the 
condition to be specific in its scope. Although EPA did not propose 
explicit environmental or groundwater monitoring requirements as a 
condition of the proposed exclusion, EPA continues to believe that 
information that may otherwise become available to Energy relating to 
performance deficiencies of the 200 Area ETF (or any treatment facility 
subject to a delisting exclusion, for that matter) should be timely 
made available to EPA for consideration. EPA needs to ensure its 
ability to timely obtain and consider data that may indicate adverse 
environmental impacts of activities subject to the exclusion. 
Therefore, EPA is retaining the environmental data submission condition 
as defensible and implementable.
    Finally, Energy requested modification to condition 4(b) relating 
to notification to EPA of changes to the 200 Area ETF. EPA accepted 
this comment in part, and has added clarifying language to more clearly 
define facility changes subject to this reporting requirement. See 
condition (4)(b).
    Energy also provided a number of comments on preamble language in 
the proposed rule. In general, EPA notes these comments, and where 
appropriate, provides a clarifying analysis in the response to comments 
document to assist in implementing the regulatory exclusion conditions 
themselves. EPA has also provided an expanded discussion in the 
response to comments document of the relationship between exclusion 
conditions and Land Disposal Restriction treatment standards to assist 
Energy and the public in understanding this nexus, noting that the 
delisting exclusion rule does not impose nor demonstrate compliance 
with LDR treatment standards.

B. Individual Commenter

    One individual provided a number of detailed comments. A number of 
these comments applied to Energy's November 29, 2001 petition document, 
rather than EPA's proposed rule. EPA has noted these comments, but 
finds that they were appropriately addressed in the proposal itself. 
One comment, however raised a valid point about a technical issue 
relating to how inorganic treatment/removal efficiencies were presented 
in Energy's petition. Energy's petition presented historical data in 
terms of maximum removal efficiencies. In some cases, data exists for 
some waste streams indicating removal efficiencies less than the 
maximum. While EPA does not believe that these differences would 
require significant change in the exclusion from what EPA proposed, EPA 
is never the less updating exclusion conditions to better relate 
removal efficiencies referenced by Condition (1)(a)(i) for purposes of 
establishing waste treatment strategies to actual or measured 
performance of the 200 Area ETF. More specifically, EPA is requiring 
Energy to adopt a more conservative approach to use of existing removal 
efficiency data that are applied to influent waste streams other than 
from which they were generated. In addition, EPA is defining more 
explicit methodology for Energy to update these removal efficiency data 
as it gains additional processing experience with new influent waste 
streams. See exclusion conditions 1(a)(ii) and 1(b). EPA expects that 
this change will not alter actual operations of the 200 Area

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ETF, but it will provide a more defensible basis for the engineering 
demonstrations that Energy must make under terms of the final 
exclusion.

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

A. Executive Order 12866

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), the 
Agency must determine whether the regulatory action is ``significant'', 
and therefore subject to OMB review and the requirements of the 
Executive Order. The Order defines ``significant regulatory action'' as 
one that is likely to result in a rule that may: (1) Have an annual 
effect on the economy of $100 million or more, or adversely affect in a 
material way, the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, 
competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or State, 
local or tribal governments or communities; (2) create a serious 
inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by 
another agency; (3) materially alter the budgetary impact of 
entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs, or the rights and 
obligations of recipients thereof; or (4) raise novel legal or policy 
issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or 
the principles set forth in the Executive Order. It has been determined 
that today's final rule is not a ``significant regulatory action'' 
under the terms of Executive Order 12866, since its effect is to reduce 
the overall costs and economic impact of EPA's hazardous waste 
management regulations. This reduction is 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 non-hazardous. 
Therefore, EPA has determined that this final rule is not subject to 
OMB review.

B. Paperwork Reduction Act

    The Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq., is intended 
to minimize the reporting and record-keeping burden on the regulated 
community, as well as to minimize the cost of Federal information 
collection and dissemination. In general, the Act requires that 
information requests and record-keeping requirements affecting ten or 
more non-Federal respondents be approved by OMB. Although this final 
rule establishes information and record-keeping requirements for 
Energy, it does not impose those requirements on any other facility or 
respondents, and therefore is not subject to the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act.

C. Regulatory Flexibility

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires an agency 
to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to 
notice and comment rulemaking requirements under the Administrative 
Procedure Act or any other statute unless the agency certifies that the 
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities. Small entities include small businesses, 
small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions. For purposes 
of assessing the impacts of today's rule on small entities, small 
entity is defined as: (1) A small business, as codified in the Small 
Business Administration Regulations at 13 CFR part 121; (2) a small 
governmental jurisdiction that is a government of a city, county, town, 
school district or special district with a population of less than 
50,000; and (3) a small organization that is any not-for-profit 
enterprise which is independently owned and operated and is not 
dominant in its field. The final exclusion will only have the effect of 
impacting the waste management of waste proposed for conditional 
delisting at the Hanford facility in the State of Washington. After 
considering the economic impacts of today's final rule on small 
entities, I certify that this action will not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. This final 
rule will not impose any requirements on small entities.

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) of 1995 (Public 
Law 104-4) establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the 
effects of their regulatory actions on State, local and tribal 
governments and the private sector. Under section 202 of the UMRA, EPA 
generally must prepare a written statement, including a cost-benefit 
analysis, for proposed and final rules with ``Federal mandates'' that 
may result in expenditures to State, local and tribal governments, in 
the aggregate, or to the private sector, of $100 million or more in any 
year. Before promulgating an EPA rule for which a written statement is 
needed, section 205 of the UMRA generally requires EPA to identify and 
consider a reasonable number of regulatory alternatives and to adopt 
the least costly, most cost-effective or least burdensome alternative 
that achieves the objectives of the rule. The provisions of section 205 
do not apply when they are inconsistent with applicable law. Moreover, 
section 205 allows EPA to adopt an alternative other than the least 
costly, most cost-effective or least burdensome alternative if the 
Administrator publishes with the final rule an explanation why the 
alternative was not adopted. Before EPA establishes any regulatory 
requirements that may significantly or uniquely affect small 
governments, including tribal governments, it must have developed under 
section 203 of the UMRA a small government agency plan. The plan must 
provide for notifying potentially affected small governments, enabling 
officials of affected small governments to have meaningful and timely 
input in the development of EPA regulatory proposals with significant 
Federal intergovernmental mandates, and informing, educating, and 
advising small governments on compliance with the regulatory 
requirements.
    This final rule contains no Federal mandates (under the regulatory 
provisions of Title II of the UMRA) for State, local or tribal 
governments or the private sector. It imposes no new enforceable duty 
on any State, local or tribal governments or the private sector. Thus, 
today's final rule is not subject to the requirements of sections 202 
and 205 of the UMRA. EPA has determined that this final rule contains 
no regulatory requirements that might significantly or uniquely affect 
small government entities. Thus, the requirements of section 203 of the 
UMRA do not apply to this rule.

E. 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 various levels of government.''
    This final rule does not have federalism implications. It will not 
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 various levels of government, as 
specified in Executive Order 13132. This final rule addresses the 
conditional delisting of waste at the federal Hanford Facility. Thus, 
Executive Order 13132 does not apply to this rule. Although Section 6 
of the Executive Order 13132 does not apply

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to this proposed rule, EPA did consult with representatives of State 
and local governments in developing this rule.

F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian 
Tribal Governments

    Executive Order 13175, entitled ``Consultation and Coordination 
with Indian Tribal Governments'' (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), 
requires EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure ``meaningful 
and timely input by tribal officials in the development of regulatory 
policies that have tribal implications.'' This final rule does not have 
tribal implications, as specified in Executive Order 13175. The final 
rule conditionally delists certain wastes at the federal Hanford 
Facility and does not establish any regulatory policy with tribal 
implications. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this final 
rule.

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental 
Health and Safety Risks

    Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) applies to any 
rule that: (1) is determined to be ``economically significant'' as 
defined under Executive Order 12866, and (2) concerns an environmental 
health or safety risk that EPA has reason to believe may have a 
disproportionate effect on children. If the regulatory action meets 
both criteria, the Agency 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 the Agency.
    This final rule is not subject to Executive Order 13045 because it 
is not economically significant as defined in Executive Order 12866 and 
because the Agency does not have reason to believe the environmental 
health or safety risks addressed by this proposed action present a 
disproportionate risk to children. The final rule concerns the proposed 
conditional delisting of certain wastes at the Hanford facility.

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy 
Supply, Distribution, or Use

    This final rule is not subject to Executive Order 13211, ``Actions 
Concerning Regulations that Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 
Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001) because it is not a 
``significant regulatory action'' as defined under Executive Order 
12866.

I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act

    Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement 
Act of 1995 (``NTTAA''), Public Law 104-113, section 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 
272) directs EPA 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, and business practices) that are developed or adopted by 
voluntary consensus bodies. The NTTAA directs EPA to provide Congress, 
through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), explanations when 
the Agency decides to use ``government-unique'' standards in lieu of 
available and applicable voluntary consensus standards.
    This final rule involves environmental monitoring and measurement, 
but is not establishing new technical standards for verifying 
compliance with concentration limits, data quality or test methodology. 
EPA is not requiring the use of specific, prescribed analytic methods. 
Therefore, EPA did not explicitly consider the use of any voluntary 
consensus standards. Rather, the Agency has specifically accommodated 
use of an alternative method that meets the prescribed performance 
criteria. Examples of performance criteria are discussed in ``Test 
Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods,'' EPA 
Publication-846, Third Edition, as amended by updates I, II, IIA, IIB 
and III.

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental 
Justice in Minority Populations and Low Income Populations

    To the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law, and 
consistent with the principles set forth in the report on the National 
Performance Review, each Federal agency must make achieving 
environmental justice part of its mission by identifying and 
addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human 
health and environmental effects of its programs, policies, and 
activities on minority populations and low-income populations in the 
United States and its territories and possessions, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the 
Mariana Islands. Because this final rule addresses the conditional 
delisting of certain waste streams at the Hanford Facility, with no 
anticipated significant adverse human health or environmental effects, 
the rule is not subject to Executive Order 12898.

K. Congressional Review Act

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. Section 804 exempts from section 801 the following types 
of rules: (1) rules of particular applicability; (2) rules relating to 
agency management or personnel; and (3) rules of agency organization, 
procedure, or practice that do not substantially affect the rights or 
obligations of non-agency parties. 5 U.S.C. 804(3). EPA is not required 
to submit a rule report regarding today's action under section 801 
because this is a rule of particular applicability.

List 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: July 25, 2005.
Julie M. Hagensen,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.

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

PART 261--IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING 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, 6924(4), and 
6938.

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2. In Table 2, of Appendix IX of Part 261, the existing entry for ``DOE 
RL, Richland, WA'' is removed and a new entry for ``Department of 
Energy (Energy)'' is added in alphabetical order to read as follows:

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

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                                 Table 2.--Wastes Excluded From Specific Sources
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            Facility                           Address                            Waste description
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United States Department of       Richland, Washington.............  Treated effluents bearing the waste numbers
 Energy (Energy).                                                     identified below, from the 200 Area
                                                                      Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF) located
                                                                      at the Hanford Facility, at a maximum
                                                                      generation rate of 210 million liters per
                                                                      year, subject to Conditions 1-7: This
                                                                      conditional exclusion applies to
                                                                      Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
                                                                      Hazardous Waste Nos. F001, F002, F003,
                                                                      F004, F005, and F039. This exclusion also
                                                                      applies to EPA Hazardous Waste Nos. F006-
                                                                      F012, F019 and F027 provided that the as-
                                                                      generated waste streams bearing these
                                                                      waste numbers prior to treatment in the
                                                                      200 Area ETF is in the form of dilute
                                                                      wastewater containing a maximum of 1.0
                                                                      weight percent of any hazardous
                                                                      constituent. In addition, this conditional
                                                                      exclusion applies to all other U- and P-
                                                                      listed waste numbers that meet the
                                                                      following criteria: The U/P listed
                                                                      substance has a treatment standard
                                                                      established for wastewater forms of F039
                                                                      multi-source leachate under 40 CFR
                                                                      268.40,''Treatment Standards for Hazardous
                                                                      Wastes''; and the as-generated waste
                                                                      stream prior to treatment in the 200 Area
                                                                      ETF is in the form of dilute wastewater
                                                                      containing a maximum of 1.0 weight percent
                                                                      of any hazardous constituent. This
                                                                      exclusion shall apply at the point of
                                                                      discharge from the 200 Area ETF
                                                                      verification tanks after satisfaction of
                                                                      Conditions 1-7.
 
                                                                     Conditions:
 
                                                                     (1) Waste Influent Characterization and
                                                                      Processing Strategy Preparation
                                                                     (a) Prior to treatment of any waste stream
                                                                      in the 200 Area ETF, Energy must:
                                                                     (i) Complete sufficient characterization of
                                                                      the waste stream to demonstrate that the
                                                                      waste stream is within the treatability
                                                                      envelope of 200 Area ETF as specified in
                                                                      Tables C-1 and C-2 of the delisting
                                                                      petition dated November 29, 2001. Results
                                                                      of the waste stream characterization and
                                                                      the treatability evaluation must be in
                                                                      writing and placed in the facility
                                                                      operating record, along with a copy of the
                                                                      November 29, 2001 petition. Waste stream
                                                                      characterization may be carried out in
                                                                      whole or in part using the waste analysis
                                                                      procedures in the Hanford Facility RCRA
                                                                      Permit, WA7 89000 8967;
                                                                     (ii) Prepare a written waste processing
                                                                      strategy specific to the waste stream,
                                                                      based on the ETF process model documented
                                                                      in the November 29, 2001 petition. For
                                                                      waste processing strategies applicable to
                                                                      waste streams for which inorganic envelope
                                                                      data is provided in Table C-2 of the
                                                                      November 29, 2001 petition, Energy shall
                                                                      use envelope data specific to that waste
                                                                      stream, if available. Otherwise, Energy
                                                                      shall use the minimum envelope in Table C-
                                                                      2.
                                                                     (b) Energy may modify the 200 Area ETF
                                                                      treatability envelope specified in Tables
                                                                      C-1 and C-2 of the November 29, 2001
                                                                      delisting petition to reflect changes in
                                                                      treatment technology or operating
                                                                      practices upon written approval of the
                                                                      Regional Administrator. Requests for
                                                                      modification shall be accompanied by an
                                                                      engineering report detailing the basis for
                                                                      a modified treatment envelope. Data
                                                                      supporting modified envelopes must be
                                                                      based on at least four influent waste
                                                                      stream characterization data points and
                                                                      corresponding treated effluent
                                                                      verification sample data points for wastes
                                                                      managed under a particular waste
                                                                      processing strategy. Treatment
                                                                      efficiencies must be calculated based on a
                                                                      comparison of upper 95 percent confidence
                                                                      level constituent concentrations. Upon
                                                                      written EPA approval of the engineering
                                                                      report, the associated inorganic treatment
                                                                      efficiency data may be used in lieu of
                                                                      those in Tables C-1 and C-2 for purposes
                                                                      of condition (1)(a)(i).
                                                                     (c) Energy shall conduct all 200 Area ETF
                                                                      treatment operations for a particular
                                                                      waste stream according to the written
                                                                      waste processing strategy, as may be
                                                                      modified by Condition 3(b)(i).
                                                                     (d) The following definitions apply:
                                                                     (i) A waste stream is defined as all
                                                                      wastewater received by the 200 Area ETF
                                                                      that meet the 200 Area ETF waste
                                                                      acceptance criteria as defined by the
                                                                      Hanford Facility RCRA Permit, WA7 89000
                                                                      8967 and are managed under the same 200
                                                                      Area ETF waste processing strategy.
                                                                     (ii) A waste processing strategy is defined
                                                                      as a specific 200 Area ETF unit operation
                                                                      configuration, primary operating
                                                                      parameters and expected maximum influent
                                                                      total dissolved solids (TDS) and total
                                                                      organic carbon (TOC). Each waste
                                                                      processing strategy shall require
                                                                      monitoring and recording of treated
                                                                      effluent conductivity for purposes of
                                                                      Condition (2)(b)(i)(E), and for monitoring
                                                                      and recording of primary operating
                                                                      parameters as necessary to demonstrate
                                                                      that 200 Area ETF operations are in
                                                                      accordance with the associated waste
                                                                      processing strategy.
                                                                     (iii) Primary operating parameters are
                                                                      defined as ultraviolet oxidation (UV/OX)
                                                                      peroxide addition rate, reverse osmosis
                                                                      reject ratio, and processing flow rate as
                                                                      measured at the 200 Area ETF surge tank
                                                                      outlet.
                                                                     (iv) Key unit operations are defined as
                                                                      filtration, UV/OX, reverse osmosis, ion
                                                                      exchange, and secondary waste treatment.
                                                                     (2) Testing. Energy shall perform
                                                                      verification testing of treated effluents
                                                                      according to Conditions (a), (b), and (c)
                                                                      below.

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                                                                     (a) No later than 45 days after the
                                                                      effective date of this rule, or such other
                                                                      time as may be approved of in advance and
                                                                      in writing by EPA, Energy shall submit to
                                                                      EPA a report proposing required data
                                                                      quality parameters and data acceptance
                                                                      criteria (parameter values) for sampling
                                                                      and analysis which may be conducted
                                                                      pursuant to the requirements of this rule.
                                                                      This report shall explicitly consider
                                                                      verification sampling and analysis for
                                                                      purposes of demonstrating compliance with
                                                                      exclusion limits in Condition 5, as well
                                                                      as any sampling and analysis which may be
                                                                      required pursuant to Conditions (1)(a)(i)
                                                                      and (1)(d)(ii). This report shall contain
                                                                      a detailed justification for the proposed
                                                                      data quality parameters and data
                                                                      acceptance criteria. Following review and
                                                                      approval of this report, the proposed data
                                                                      quality parameters and data acceptance
                                                                      criteria shall become enforceable
                                                                      conditions of this exclusion. Pending EPA
                                                                      approval of this report, Energy may
                                                                      demonstrate compliance with sampling and
                                                                      analysis requirements of this rule through
                                                                      application of methods appearing in EPA
                                                                      Publication SW-846 or equivalent methods.
                                                                      Energy shall maintain a written sampling
                                                                      and analysis plan, including QA/QC
                                                                      requirements and procedures, based upon
                                                                      these enforceable data quality parameters
                                                                      and data acceptance criteria in the
                                                                      facility operating record, and shall
                                                                      conduct all sampling and analysis
                                                                      conducted pursuant to this rule according
                                                                      to this written plan. Records of all
                                                                      sampling and analysis, including quality
                                                                      assurance QA/QC information, shall be
                                                                      placed in the facility operating record.
                                                                      As applicable to the method-defined
                                                                      parameters of concern, analyses requiring
                                                                      the use of SW-846 methods incorporated by
                                                                      reference in 40 CFR 260.11 must be used
                                                                      without substitution. As applicable, the
                                                                      SW-846 methods might include Methods 0010,
                                                                      0011, 0020, 0023A, 0030, 0031, 0040, 0050,
                                                                      0051, 0060, 0061, 1010A, 1020B, 1110A,
                                                                      1310B, 1311, 1312, 1320, 1330A, 9010C,
                                                                      9012B, 9040C, 9045D, 9060A, 9070A (uses
                                                                      EPA Method 1664, Rev. A), 9071B, and
                                                                      9095B.
                                                                     (b) Initial verification testing.
                                                                     (i) Verification sampling shall consist of
                                                                      a representative sample of one filled
                                                                      effluent discharge tank, analyzed for all
                                                                      constituents in Condition (5), and for
                                                                      conductivity for purposes of establishing
                                                                      a conductivity baseline with respect to
                                                                      Condition (2)(b)(i)(E). Verification
                                                                      sampling shall be required under each of
                                                                      the following conditions:
                                                                     (A) Any new or modified waste strategy;
                                                                     (B) Influent wastewater total dissolved
                                                                      solids or total organic carbon
                                                                      concentration increases by an order of
                                                                      magnitude or more above values established
                                                                      in the waste processing strategy;
                                                                     (C) Changes in primary operating
                                                                      parameters;
                                                                     (D) Changes in influent flow rate outside a
                                                                      range of 150 to 570 liters per minute;
                                                                     (E) Increase greater than a factor of ten
                                                                      (10) in treated effluent conductivity
                                                                      (conductivity changes indicate changes in
                                                                      dissolved ionic constituents, which in
                                                                      turn are a good indicator of 200 Area ETF
                                                                      treatment efficiency).
                                                                     (F) Any failure of initial verification
                                                                      required by this condition, or subsequent
                                                                      verification required by Condition (2)(c).
                                                                     (ii) Treated effluents shall be managed
                                                                      according to Condition 3. Once Condition
                                                                      (3)(a) is satisfied, subsequent
                                                                      verification testing shall be performed
                                                                      according to Condition (2)(c).
                                                                     (c) Subsequent Verification: Following
                                                                      successful initial verification associated
                                                                      with a specific waste processing strategy,
                                                                      Energy must continue to monitor primary
                                                                      operating parameters, and collect and
                                                                      analyze representative samples from every
                                                                      fifteenth (15th) verification tank filled
                                                                      with 200 Area ETF effluents processed
                                                                      according to the associated waste
                                                                      processing strategy. These representative
                                                                      samples must be analyzed prior to disposal
                                                                      of 200 Area ETF effluents for all
                                                                      constituents in Condition (5). Treated
                                                                      effluent from tanks sampled according to
                                                                      this condition must be managed according
                                                                      to Condition (3).
                                                                     (3) Waste Holding and Handling: Energy must
                                                                      store as hazardous waste all 200 Area ETF
                                                                      effluents subject to verification testing
                                                                      in Condition (2)(b) and (2)(c), that is,
                                                                      until valid analyses demonstrate Condition
                                                                      (5) is satisfied.
                                                                     (a) If the levels of hazardous constituents
                                                                      in the samples of 200 Area ETF effluent
                                                                      are equal to or below the levels set forth
                                                                      in Condition (5), the 200 Area ETF
                                                                      effluents are not listed as hazardous
                                                                      wastes provided they are disposed of in
                                                                      the State Authorized Land Disposal Site
                                                                      (SALDS) (except as provided pursuant to
                                                                      Condition (7)) according to applicable
                                                                      requirements and permits. Subsequent
                                                                      treated effluent batches shall be subject
                                                                      to verification requirements of Condition
                                                                      (2)(c).
                                                                     (b) If hazardous constituent levels in any
                                                                      representative sample collected from a
                                                                      verification tank exceed any of the
                                                                      delisting levels set in Condition (5),
                                                                      Energy must:
                                                                     (i) Review waste characterization data, and
                                                                      review and change accordingly the waste
                                                                      processing strategy as necessary to ensure
                                                                      subsequent batches of treated effluent do
                                                                      not exceed delisting criteria;
                                                                     (ii) Retreat the contents of the failing
                                                                      verification tank;
                                                                     (iii) Perform verification testing on the
                                                                      retreated effluent. If constituent
                                                                      concentrations are at or below delisting
                                                                      levels in Condition (5), the treated
                                                                      effluent are not listed hazardous waste
                                                                      provided they are disposed at SALDS
                                                                      according to applicable requirements and
                                                                      permits (except as provided pursuant to
                                                                      Condition (7)), otherwise repeat the
                                                                      requirements of Condition (3)(b).

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                                                                     (iv) Perform initial verification sampling
                                                                      according to Condition (2)(b) on the next
                                                                      treated effluent tank once testing
                                                                      required by Condition (3)(b)(iii)
                                                                      demonstrates compliance with delisting
                                                                      requirements.
                                                                     (4) Re-opener Language
                                                                     (a) If, anytime before, during, or after
                                                                      treatment of waste in the 200 Area ETF,
                                                                      Energy possesses or is otherwise made
                                                                      aware of any data (including but not
                                                                      limited to groundwater monitoring data, as
                                                                      well as data concerning the accuracy of
                                                                      site conditions or the validity of
                                                                      assumptions upon which the November 29,
                                                                      2001 petition was based) relevant to the
                                                                      delisted waste indicating that the treated
                                                                      effluent no longer meets delisting
                                                                      criteria (excluding record keeping and
                                                                      data submissions required by Condition
                                                                      (6)), or that groundwater affected by
                                                                      discharge of the treated effluent exhibits
                                                                      hazardous constituent concentrations above
                                                                      health-based limits, Energy must report
                                                                      such data, in writing, to the Regional
                                                                      Administrator within 10 days of first
                                                                      possessing or being made aware of that
                                                                      data.
                                                                     (b) Energy shall provide written
                                                                      notification to the Regional Administrator
                                                                      no less than 180 days prior to any planned
                                                                      or proposed substantial modifications to
                                                                      the 200 Area ETF, exclusive of routine
                                                                      maintenance activities, that could affect
                                                                      waste processing strategies or primary
                                                                      operating parameters. This condition shall
                                                                      specifically include, but not be limited
                                                                      to, changes that do or would require Class
                                                                      II or III modification to the Hanford
                                                                      Facility RCRA Permit WA7 89000 8967 (in
                                                                      the case of permittee-initiated
                                                                      modifications) or equivalent modifications
                                                                      in the case of agency-initiated permit
                                                                      modifications operations. Energy may
                                                                      request a modification to the 180-day
                                                                      notification requirement of this condition
                                                                      in the instance of agency-initiated permit
                                                                      modifications for purposes of ensuring
                                                                      coordination with permitting activities.
                                                                     (c) Based on the information described in
                                                                      paragraph (4)(a) or (4)(b) or any other
                                                                      relevant information received from any
                                                                      source, the Regional Administrator will
                                                                      make a preliminary determination as to
                                                                      whether the reported information requires
                                                                      Agency action to protect human health or
                                                                      the environment. Further action could
                                                                      include suspending or revoking the
                                                                      exclusion, or other appropriate response
                                                                      necessary to protect human health and the
                                                                      environment.
                                                                     (5) Delisting Levels: All total constituent
                                                                      concentrations in treated effluents
                                                                      managed under this exclusion must be equal
                                                                      to or less than the following levels,
                                                                      expressed as mg/L:
 
                                                                     Inorganic Constituents
 
                                                                     Ammonia--6.0
                                                                     Barium--1.6
                                                                     Beryllium--4.5 x 10-2
                                                                     Nickel--4.5 x 10-1
                                                                     Silver--1.1 x 10-1
                                                                     Vanadium--1.6 x 10-1
                                                                     Zinc--6.8
                                                                     Arsenic--1.5 x 10-2
                                                                     Cadmium--1.1 x 10-2
                                                                     Chromium--6.8 x 10-2
                                                                     Lead--9.0 x 10-2
                                                                     Mercury--6.8 x 10-3
                                                                     Selenium--1.1 x 10-1
                                                                     Fluoride--1.2
                                                                     Cyanides--4.8 x 10-1
 
                                                                     Organic Constituents:
 
                                                                     Cresol--1.2
                                                                     2,4,6 Trichlorophenol--3.6 x 10-1
                                                                     Benzene--6.0 x 10-2
                                                                     Chrysene--5.6 x 10-1
                                                                     Hexachlorobenzne--2.0 x 10-3
                                                                     Hexachlorocyclopentadiene--1.8 x 10-1
                                                                     Dichloroisopropyl ether
                                                                     [Bis(2-Chloroisopropyl) either]--6.0 x 10-2
                                                                     Di-n-octylphthalate--4.8 x 10-1
                                                                     1-Butanol--2.4
                                                                     Isophorone--4.2
                                                                     Diphenylamine--5.6 x 10-1
                                                                     p-Chloroaniline--1.2 x 10-1
                                                                     Acetonitrile--1.2
                                                                     Carbazole--1.8 x 10-1
                                                                     N-Nitrosodimethylamine--2.0 x 10-2
                                                                     Pyridine--2.4 x 10-2
                                                                     Lindane [gamma-BHC]--3.0 x 10-3
                                                                     Arochlor [total of Arochlors 1016, 1221,
                                                                      1232, 1242, 1248, 1254, 1260]--5.0 x 10-4
                                                                     Carbon tetrachloride--1.8 x 10-2
                                                                     Tetrahydrofuran--5.6 x 10-1
                                                                     Acetone--2.4

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                                                                     Carbon disulfide--2.3
                                                                     Tributyl phosphate--1.2 x 10-1
                                                                     (6) Recordkeeping and Data Submittals.
                                                                     (a) Energy shall maintain records of all
                                                                      waste characterization, and waste
                                                                      processing strategies required by
                                                                      Condition (1), and verification sampling
                                                                      data, including QA/QC results, in the
                                                                      facility operating record for a period of
                                                                      no less than three (3) years. However,
                                                                      this period is automatically extended
                                                                      during the course of any unresolved
                                                                      enforcement action regarding the 200 Area
                                                                      ETF or as requested by EPA.
                                                                     (b) No less than thirty (30) days after
                                                                      receipt of verification data indicating a
                                                                      failure to meet delisting criteria of
                                                                      Condition (5), Energy shall notify the
                                                                      Regional Administrator. This notification
                                                                      shall include a summary of waste
                                                                      characterization data for the associated
                                                                      influent, verification data, and any
                                                                      corrective actions taken according to
                                                                      Condition (3)(b)(i).
                                                                     (c) Records required by Condition (6)(a)
                                                                      must be furnished on request by EPA or the
                                                                      State of Washington and made available for
                                                                      inspection. All data must be accompanied
                                                                      by 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
                                                                      the document for which I cannot personally
                                                                      verify its (their) truth and accuracy, I
                                                                      certify as the official having supervisory
                                                                      responsibility of the persons who, acting
                                                                      under my direct instructions, made the
                                                                      verification that this information is
                                                                      true, accurate, and complete.
                                                                     In the event that 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 Energy, I recognize and agree that
                                                                      this exclusion of waste will be void as if
                                                                      it never had effect to the extent directed
                                                                      by EPA and that the Energy will be liable
                                                                      for Energy's reliance on the void
                                                                      exclusion.''
                                                                     (7) Treated Effluent Disposal Requirements.
                                                                      Energy may at any time propose alternate
                                                                      reuse practices for treated effluent
                                                                      managed under terms of this exclusion in
                                                                      lieu of disposal at the SALDS. Such
                                                                      proposals must be in writing to the
                                                                      Regional Administrator, and demonstrate
                                                                      that the risks and potential human health
                                                                      or environmental exposures from alternate
                                                                      treated effluent disposal or reuse
                                                                      practices do not warrant retaining the
                                                                      waste as a hazardous waste. Upon written
                                                                      approval by EPA of such a proposal, non-
                                                                      hazardous treated effluents may be managed
                                                                      according to the proposed alternate
                                                                      practices in lieu of the SALDS disposal
                                                                      requirement in paragraph (3)(a). The
                                                                      effect of such approved proposals shall be
                                                                      explicitly limited to approving alternate
                                                                      disposal practices in lieu of the
                                                                      requirements in paragraph (3)(a) to
                                                                      dispose of treated effluent in SALDS.
 
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