[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 162 (Monday, August 23, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51671-51678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20847]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 261

[EPA-R06-RCRA-2009-0549; SW-FRL-9191-8]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a petition 
submitted by Tokusen USA, Inc. (called Tokusen hereinafter) to exclude 
(or delist) a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) sludge filter cake 
(called sludge hereinafter) generated by Tokusen in Conway, AR from the 
list of hazardous wastes. The final rule

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responds to the petition submitted by Tokusen, to delist the WWTP 
sludge.
    After careful analysis and use of the Delisting Risk Assessment 
Software (DRAS), EPA has concluded the petition waste is not hazardous 
waste. This exclusion applies to 2,000 cubic yards per year of the WWTP 
sludge with Hazardous Waste Number: F006. Accordingly, this final rule 
excludes the petitioned waste from the requirements of hazardous waste 
regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 
when it is disposed in a Subtitle D landfill.

DATES:  Effective Date: August 23, 2010.

ADDRESSES: The public docket for this final rule is located at the 
Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 
Texas 75202, and is available for viewing in EPA Freedom of Information 
Act Review room on the 7th floor from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through 
Friday, excluding Federal holidays. Call (214) 665-6444 for 
appointments. The reference number for this docket is EPA-R06-RCRA-
2009-0549. The public may copy material from any regulatory docket at 
no cost for the first 100 pages and at a cost of $0.15 per page for 
additional copies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Banipal, Section Chief of the 
Corrective Action and Waste Minimization Section, Multimedia Planning 
Permitting Division (6PD-C), Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 
1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202. For technical information 
concerning this notice, contact Youngmoo Kim, Environmental Protection 
Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, (6PD-C), Dallas, Texas 75202, at 
(214) 665-6788, or [email protected].

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

I. Overview Information
    A. What action is EPA finalizing?
    B. Why is EPA approving action?
    C. What are the limits of this exclusion?
    D. How will Tokusen manage the waste, if it is delisted?
    E. When is the final delisting exclusion effective?
    F. How would this action affect states?
II. Background
    A. What is a delisting petition?
    B. What regulations allow facilities to delist a waste?
    C. What does it require of a petitioner?
    D. What factors must EPA consider in deciding whether to grant a 
delisting petition?
III. EPA's Evaluation of the Waste Information and Data
    A. What waste did Tokusen petition EPA to delist?
    B. Who is Tokusen and what process does it use to generate the 
petitioned waste?
    C. How did Tokusen sample and analyze the data in this petition?
    D. What were the results of Tokusen's analyses?
    E. How did EPA evaluate the risk of delisting this waste?
    F. What did EPA conclude about Tokusen's analysis?
    G. What other factors did EPA consider in its evaluation?
    H. What is EPA's evaluation of this delisting petition?
IV. Public Comments Received on the proposed exclusion
    A. Who submitted comments on proposed rule?
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. Overview Information

A. What action is EPA finalizing?

    After evaluating the petition, on March 31, 2010, EPA proposed to 
exclude the WWTP sludge from the list of hazardous wastes under 40 CFR 
261.31 and 261.32 (see 70 FR 41358). EPA is finalizing the decision to 
grant Tokusen's delisting petition to have its WWTP sludge managed and 
disposed as non-hazardous waste provided certain verification and 
monitoring conditions are met.

B. Why is EPA approving this action?

    Tokusen's petition requests an exclusion from the F006 hazardous 
waste listing pursuant to 40 CFR 260.20 and 260.22. Tokusen does not 
believe that the petitioned waste meets the criteria for which EPA 
listed it. Tokusen also believes no additional constituents or factors 
could cause the waste to be hazardous. EPA's review of this petition 
included consideration of the original listing criteria and the 
additional factors required by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments 
of 1984 (HSWA). See section 3001(f) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921(f), and 40 
CFR 260.22(d)(1)-(4) (hereinafter all sectional references are to 40 
CFR unless otherwise indicated). In making the initial delisting 
determination, EPA evaluated the petitioned waste against the listing 
criteria and factors cited in Sec. Sec.  261.11(a)(2) and (a)(3). Based 
on this review, EPA agrees with the petitioner that the waste is non-
hazardous with respect to the original listing criteria. If EPA had 
found, based on this review, that the waste remained hazardous based on 
the factors for which the waste was originally listed, EPA would have 
proposed to deny the petition. EPA evaluated the waste with respect to 
other factors or criteria to assess whether there is a reasonable basis 
to believe that such additional factors could cause the waste to be 
hazardous. EPA considered whether the waste is acutely toxic, the 
concentration of the constituents in the waste, their tendency to 
migrate and to bioaccumulate, their persistence in the environment once 
released from the waste, plausible and specific types of management of 
the petitioned waste, the quantities of waste generated, and waste 
variability. EPA believes that the petitioned waste does not meet the 
listing criteria and thus should not be a listed waste. EPA's proposed 
decision to delist the waste from Tokusen is based on the information 
submitted in support of this rule, including descriptions of the wastes 
and analytical data from the facility in Conway, Arkansas.

C. What are the limits of this exclusion?

    This exclusion applies to the waste described in the petition only 
if the requirements described in 40 CFR part 261, Appendix IX, Table 1 
and the conditions contained herein are satisfied.

D. How will Tokusen manage the waste, if it is delisted?

    If the sludge is delisted, the WWTP sludge from Tokusen will be 
disposed at a RCRA Subtitle D landfill: The Waste Management Industrial 
Landfill, North Little Rock, Arkansas.

E. When is the final delisting exclusion effective?

    This rule is effective August 23, 2010. The Hazardous and Solid 
Waste Amendments of 1985 amended Section 3010 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 
6930(b)(1), allows rules to become effective less than a six-month 
period to come into compliance. That is the case here because this rule 
reduces, rather than increases, the existing requirements for persons 
generating hazardous waste. This reduction in existing requirements 
also provides a basis for making this rule effective immediately, upon 
publication, under the Administrative Procedure Act, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 553(d).

F. How would this action affect states?

    Because EPA is issuing this exclusion under the Federal RCRA 
delisting program, only states subject to Federal RCRA delisting 
provisions would be affected. This would exclude states which have 
received authorization from EPA to make their own delisting decisions.
    EPA allows states to impose their own non-RCRA regulatory 
requirements that are more stringent than EPA's, under section 3009 of 
RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6929.

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These more stringent requirements may include a provision that 
prohibits a Federally issued exclusion from taking effect in the state. 
Because a dual system (that is, both Federal (RCRA) and state (non-RCRA 
programs)) may regulate a petitioner's waste, EPA urges petitioners to 
contact the state regulatory authority to establish the status of their 
wastes under the state law.
    EPA has also authorized some states (for example, Louisiana, 
Oklahoma, Georgia, Illinois) to administer a RCRA delisting program in 
place of the Federal program, that is, to make state delisting 
decisions. Therefore, this exclusion does not apply in those authorized 
states unless that state makes the rule part of its authorized program. 
If Tokusen transports the petitioned waste to or manages the waste in 
any state with delisting authorization, Tokusen must obtain delisting 
authorization from that state before it can manage the waste as non-
hazardous in the state.

II. Background

A. What is a delisting petition?

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

B. What regulations allow facilities to delist a waste?

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

C. What does it require of a petitioner?

    In a delisting petition, the petitioner must show that wastes 
generated at a particular facility do not meet any of the criteria for 
which the waste was listed. The criteria for which EPA lists a waste 
are in part 261 and further explained in the background documents for 
the listed waste.
    In addition, under 40 CFR 260.22, a petitioner must prove that the 
waste does not exhibit any of the hazardous waste characteristics (that 
is, ignitability, reactivity, corrosivity, and toxicity) and present 
sufficient information for EPA to decide whether factors other than 
those for which the waste was listed warrant retaining it as a 
hazardous waste.
    Generators remain obligated under RCRA to confirm whether their 
waste remains non-hazardous based on the hazardous waste 
characteristics even if EPA has ``delisted'' the waste.

D. What factors must EPA consider in deciding whether to grant a 
delisting petition?

    Besides considering the criteria in 40 CFR 260.22(a) and Sec.  
3001(f) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921(f), and in the background documents for 
the listed wastes, EPA must consider any factors (including additional 
constituents) other than those for which EPA listed the waste, if a 
reasonable basis exists that these additional factors could cause the 
waste to be hazardous.
    EPA must also consider as hazardous waste mixtures containing 
listed hazardous wastes and wastes derived from treating, storing, or 
disposing of listed hazardous waste. See Sec. Sec.  261.3(a)(2)(iii and 
iv) and (c)(2)(i), called the ``mixture'' and ``derived-from'' rules, 
respectively. These wastes are also eligible for exclusion and remain 
hazardous wastes until excluded. See 66 FR 27266 (May 16, 2001).

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

A. What waste did Tokusen petition EPA to delist?

    On March 25, 2009, Tokusen petitioned EPA to exclude from the lists 
of hazardous wastes contained in Sec.  261.31, WWTP sludge (F006) 
generated from its facility located in Conway, Arkansas. The waste 
falls under the classification of listed waste pursuant to Sec.  
261.31. Specifically, in its petition, Tokusen requested that EPA grant 
a standard exclusion for 2,000 cubic yards per year of the WWTP sludge.

B. Who is Tokusen and what process does it use to generate the 
petitioned waste?

    The Tokusen USA, Inc. facility produces high-carbon steel tire cord 
for use in radial tire manufacturing. The steel cord is produced from 
steel rod which has been reduced in size and electroplated with copper 
and zinc to produce a brass coating. The facility generates F006 filter 
cake by the dewatering of wastewater sludge generated at the on-site 
wastewater treatment plants. This waste is stored on-site less than 90 
days and is then transported from the site to the RCRA Subtitle C 
facility, Chemical Waste Management in Sulphur, LA 70556.

C. How did Tokusen sample and analyze the data in this petition?

    To support its petition, Tokusen submitted:
    (1) Historical information on waste generation and management 
practices;
    (2) Analytical results from four samples for total concentrations 
of compounds of concern (COCs);
    (3) Analytical results from four samples for Toxicity 
Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) extract values of COCs; and
    (4) Multiple pH testing for the petitioned waste.

D. What were the results of Tokusen's analyses?

    EPA believes that the descriptions of the Tokusen analytical 
characterization provide a reasonable basis to grant Tokusen's petition 
for an exclusion of the WWTP sludge. EPA believes the data submitted in 
support of the petition show the WWTP sludge is non-hazardous. 
Analytical data for the WWTP sludge samples included in the March 2009 
petition were used in the DRAS to develop delisting levels.
    EPA has reviewed the sampling procedures used by Tokusen and has 
determined that it satisfies EPA criteria for collecting representative 
samples of the variations in constituent concentrations in the WWTP 
sludge. In addition, the data submitted in support of the petition show 
that constituents in Tokusen's waste are presently below health-based 
levels used in the delisting decision-making. EPA believes that Tokusen 
has successfully demonstrated that the WWTP sludge is non-hazardous.

E. How did EPA evaluate the risk of delisting this waste?

    For this delisting determination, EPA used such information 
gathered to identify plausible exposure routes (i.e., groundwater, 
surface water, air) for hazardous constituents present in the 
petitioned waste. EPA determined that disposal in a landfill is the 
most reasonable, worst-case disposal scenario for Tokusen's petitioned 
waste. EPA applied the Delisting Risk Assessment Software (DRAS) 
described in 65 FR 58015 (September 27, 2000), 65 FR 75637 (December 4, 
2000), and 73 FR 28768 (May 19, 2008) to predict the maximum allowable 
concentrations of hazardous constituents that may be released from the 
petitioned waste after disposal and determined the potential impact of 
the disposal of Tokusen's petitioned waste on human health and

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the environment. A copy of this software can be found on the World Wide 
Web at http://www.epa.gov/reg5rcra/wptdiv/hazardous/delisting/dras-software.html. In assessing potential risks to groundwater, EPA used 
the maximum waste volumes and the maximum reported extract 
concentrations as inputs to the DRAS program to estimate the 
constituent concentrations in the groundwater at a hypothetical 
receptor well down gradient from the disposal site. Using the risk 
level (carcinogenic risk of 10-5 and non-cancer hazard index 
of 1.0). The DRAS program can back-calculate the acceptable receptor 
well concentrations (referred to as compliance-point concentrations) 
using standard risk assessment algorithms and EPA health-based numbers. 
Using the maximum compliance-point concentrations and EPA's Composite 
Model for Leachate Migration with Transformation Products (EPACMTP) 
fate and transport modeling factors, the DRAS further back-calculates 
the maximum permissible waste constituent concentrations not expected 
to exceed the compliance-point concentrations in groundwater.
    EPA believes that the EPACMTP fate and transport model represents a 
reasonable worst-case scenario for possible groundwater contamination 
resulting from disposal of the petitioned waste in a landfill, and that 
a reasonable worst-case scenario is appropriate when evaluating whether 
a waste should be relieved of the protective management constraints of 
RCRA Subtitle C. The use of some reasonable worst-case scenarios 
resulted in conservative values for the compliance-point concentrations 
and ensures that the waste, once removed from hazardous waste 
regulation, will not pose a significant threat to human health or the 
environment.
    The DRAS also uses the maximum estimated waste volumes and the 
maximum reported total concentrations to predict possible risks 
associated with releases of waste constituents through surface pathways 
(e.g., volatilization from the landfill). As in the above groundwater 
analyses, the DRAS uses the risk level, the health-based data and 
standard risk assessment and exposure algorithms to predict maximum 
compliance-point concentrations of waste constituents at a hypothetical 
point of exposure. Using fate and transport equations, the DRAS uses 
the maximum compliance-point concentrations and back-calculates the 
maximum allowable waste constituent concentrations (or ``delisting 
levels'').
    In most cases, because a delisted waste is no longer subject to 
hazardous waste control, EPA is generally unable to predict, and does 
not presently control, how a petitioner will manage a waste after 
delisting. Therefore, EPA currently believes that it is inappropriate 
to consider extensive site-specific factors when applying the fate and 
transport model. EPA does control the type of unit where the waste is 
disposed. The waste must be disposed in the type of unit on which the 
fate and transport model evaluates.
    The DRAS results which calculate the maximum allowable 
concentration of chemical constituents in the waste are presented in 
Table I. Based on the comparison of the DRAS and TCLP Analyses results 
found in Table I, the petitioned waste should be delisted because no 
constituents of concern tested are likely to be present or formed as 
reaction products or by-products in Tokusen waste.

F. What did EPA conclude about Tokusen's analysis?

    EPA concluded, after reviewing Tokusen's processes that no other 
hazardous constituents of concern, other than those for which tested, 
are likely to be present or formed as reaction products or by-products 
in the waste. In addition, on the basis of explanations and analytical 
data provided by Tokusen, pursuant to Sec.  260.22, EPA concludes that 
the petitioned waste do not exhibit any of the characteristics of 
ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity or toxicity. See Sec. Sec.  
261.21, 261.22 and 261.23, respectively.

G. What other factors did EPA consider in its evaluation?

    During the evaluation of Tokusen's petition, EPA also considered 
the potential impact of the petitioned waste via non-groundwater routes 
(i.e., air emission and surface runoff). With regard to airborne 
dispersion in particular, EPA believes that exposure to airborne 
contaminants from Tokusen's petitioned waste is unlikely. Therefore, no 
appreciable air releases are likely from Tokusen's waste under any 
likely disposal conditions. EPA evaluated the potential hazards 
resulting from the unlikely scenario of airborne exposure to hazardous 
constituents released from Tokusen's waste in an open landfill. The 
results of this worst-case analysis indicated that there is no 
substantial present or potential hazard to human health and the 
environment from airborne exposure to constituents from Tokusen's WWTP 
waste.

H. What is EPA's evaluation of this delisting petition?

    The descriptions of Tokusen's hazardous waste process and 
analytical characterization provide a reasonable basis for EPA to grant 
the exclusion. The data submitted in support of the petition show that 
constituents in the waste are below the leachable concentrations. EPA 
believes that Tokusen's waste, F006 from copper and zinc electroplating 
process to produce a brass coating will not impose any threat to human 
health and the environment.
    Thus, EPA believes Tokusen should be granted an exclusion for the 
WWTP sludge. EPA believes the data submitted in support of the petition 
show Tokusen's WWTP sludge is non-hazardous. The data submitted in 
support of the petition show that constituents in Tokusen's waste are 
presently below the compliance-point concentrations used in the 
delisting decision and would not pose a substantial hazard to human 
health and the environment. EPA believes that Tokusen has successfully 
demonstrated that the WWTP sludge is non-hazardous.
    EPA therefore, proposes to grant an exclusion to Tokusen in Conway, 
Arkansas, for the WWTP sludge described in its petition. EPA's decision 
to exclude this waste is based on descriptions of the treatment 
activities associated with the petitioned waste and characterization of 
the WWTP sludge.
    EPA will no longer regulate the petitioned waste under parts 262 
through 268 and the permitting standards of part 270.
    The appropriate waste code for this waste is F006. The LDR 
treatment standard for F006 is found in 40 CFR 268.40.

IV. Public Comments Received on the Proposed Exclusion

A. Who submitted comments on the proposed rule?

    No comments were received on the Proposed Rule during the comment 
period.

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review'' (58 
FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this rule is not of general applicability 
and therefore is not a regulatory action subject to review by the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This rule does not impose an 
information collection burden under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995

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(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) because it applies to a particular facility 
only. Because this rule is of particular applicability relating to a 
particular facility, it is not subject to the regulatory flexibility 
provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), or 
to sections 202, 204, and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 
1995 (UMRA) (Pub. L. 104-4). Because this rule will affect only a 
particular facility, it will not significantly or uniquely affect small 
governments, as specified in section 203 of UMRA. Because this rule 
will affect only a particular facility, this proposed 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 the various levels of government, as specified 
in Executive Order 13132, ``Federalism,'' (64 FR 43255, August 10, 
1999). Thus, Executive Order 13132 does not apply to this rule. 
Similarly, because this rule will affect only a particular facility, 
this proposed rule does not have tribal implications, as specified in 
Executive Order 13175, ``Consultation and Coordination with Indian 
Tribal Governments'' (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). Thus, Executive 
Order 13175 does not apply to this rule. This rule also is not subject 
to Executive Order 13045, ``Protection of Children from Environmental 
Health Risks and Safety Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), because 
it is not economically significant as defined in Executive Order 12866, 
and because the Agency does not have a reason to believe the 
environmental health or safety risks addressed by this action present a 
disproportionate risk to children. The basis for this belief is that 
the Agency used the DRAS program, which considers health and safety 
risks to children, to calculate the maximum allowable concentrations 
for this rule. This 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 under Executive Order 12866. 
This rule does not involve technical standards; thus, the requirements 
of section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement 
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not apply. As required by section 3 
of Executive Order 12988, ``Civil Justice Reform,'' (61 FR 4729, 
February 7, 1996), in issuing this rule, EPA has taken the necessary 
steps to eliminate drafting errors and ambiguity, minimize potential 
litigation, and provide a clear legal standard for affected conduct. 
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 this action under section 801 because 
this is a rule of particular applicability. Executive Order (EO) 12898 
(59 FR 7629 (Feb. 16, 1994)) establishes federal executive policy on 
environmental justice. Its main provision directs federal agencies, to 
the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law, to make 
environmental justice part of their mission by identifying and 
addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human 
health or environmental effects of their programs, policies, and 
activities on minority populations and low-income populations in the 
United States.
    EPA has determined that this final rule will not have 
disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental 
effects on minority or low-income populations because it does not 
affect the level of protection provided to human health or the 
environment. The Agency's risk assessment did not identify risks from 
management of this material in a Subtitle D landfill. Therefore, EPA 
does not believe that any populations in proximity of the landfills 
used by this facility should not be adversely affected by common waste 
management practices for this delisted waste.

Lists of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 261

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

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

    Dated: August 11, 2010.
Bill Luthans,
Acting Director, Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division, Region 6.

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

PART 261--IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE

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

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

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

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

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                                Table 1--Waste Excluded From Non-Specific Sources
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                Facility                            Address                        Waste description
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Tokusen, USA Inc........................  Conway, AR.................  Wastewater Treatment Sludge (EPA
                                                                        Hazardous Waste No. F006) generated at a
                                                                        maximum annual rate of 2,000 cubic yards
                                                                        per calendar year after August 23, 2010
                                                                        will be disposed in Subtitle D landfill.
                                                                       For the exclusion to be valid, Tokusen
                                                                        must implement a verification testing
                                                                        program that meets the following
                                                                        paragraphs:
                                                                       (1) Delisting Levels: All leachable
                                                                        concentrations for those constituents
                                                                        must not exceed the following levels (mg/
                                                                        l for TCLP).
                                                                       (A) Inorganic Constituents; Antimony-0.4;
                                                                        Arsenic-1.59; Barium-100; Chromium-5.0;
                                                                        Cobalt-0.8; Copper-91.3; Lead-2.32;
                                                                        Nickel-50.5; Selenium-1.0; Zinc-748.
                                                                       (B) Organic Constituents: Acetone-1950.
                                                                       (2) Waste Management:

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                                                                       (A) Tokusen must manage as hazardous all
                                                                        WWTP sludge generated, until it has
                                                                        completed initial verification testing
                                                                        described in paragraph (3)(A) and (B),
                                                                        as appropriate, and valid analyses show
                                                                        that paragraph (1) is satisfied and
                                                                        approval is received by EPA.
                                                                       (B) Levels of constituents measured in
                                                                        the samples of the WWTP sludge that do
                                                                        not exceed the levels set forth in
                                                                        paragraph (1) are non-hazardous. Tokusen
                                                                        can manage and dispose of the non-
                                                                        hazardous WWTP sludge according to all
                                                                        applicable solid waste regulations.
                                                                       (C) If constituent levels in a sample
                                                                        exceed any of the Delisting Levels set
                                                                        in paragraph (1), Tokusen can collect
                                                                        one additional sample and perform
                                                                        expedited analyses to verify if the
                                                                        constituent exceeds the delisting level.
                                                                       If this sample confirms the exceedance,
                                                                        Tokusen must, from that point forward,
                                                                        treat all the waste covered by this
                                                                        exclusion as hazardous until it is
                                                                        demonstrated that the waste again meets
                                                                        the levels in paragraph (1). Tokusen
                                                                        must manage and dispose of the waste
                                                                        generated under Subtitle C of RCRA when
                                                                        it becomes aware of any exceedance.
                                                                       (D) Upon completion of the verification
                                                                        testing described in paragraph 3(A) and
                                                                        (B) as appropriate and the transmittal
                                                                        of the results to EPA, and if the
                                                                        testing results meet the requirements of
                                                                        paragraph (1), Tokusen may proceed to
                                                                        manage its WWTP sludge as non-hazardous
                                                                        waste. If subsequent verification
                                                                        testing indicates an exceedance of the
                                                                        Delisting Levels in paragraph (1),
                                                                        Tokusen must manage the WWTP sludge as a
                                                                        hazardous waste after it has received
                                                                        approval from EPA as described in
                                                                        paragraph (2)(C).
                                                                       (3) Verification Testing Requirements:
                                                                       Tokusen must perform sample collection
                                                                        and analyses, including quality control
                                                                        procedures, using appropriate methods.
                                                                        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 8260B,
                                                                        1311/8260B, 8270C, 6010B, 7470, 9034A,
                                                                        ASTMD-4982B, ASTMD-5049, E413.2. Methods
                                                                        must meet Performance Based Measurement
                                                                        System Criteria in which The Data
                                                                        Quality Objectives are to demonstrate
                                                                        that representative samples of sludge
                                                                        meet the delisting levels in paragraph
                                                                        (1). If EPA judges the process to be
                                                                        effective under the operating conditions
                                                                        used during the initial verification
                                                                        testing, Tokusen may replace the testing
                                                                        required in paragraph (3)(A) with the
                                                                        testing required in paragraph (3)(B).
                                                                        Tokusen must continue to test as
                                                                        specified in paragraph (3)(A) until and
                                                                        unless notified by EPA in writing that
                                                                        testing in paragraph (3)(A) may be
                                                                        replaced by paragraph (3)(B).
                                                                       (A) Initial Verification Testing: After
                                                                        EPA grants the final exclusion, Tokusen
                                                                        must do the following:
                                                                       (i) The first sampling event for eight
                                                                        (8) samples will be performed within
                                                                        thirty (30) days of operation after this
                                                                        exclusion becomes final.
                                                                       (ii) The samples are to be analyzed and
                                                                        compared against the Delisting Levels in
                                                                        paragraph (1).
                                                                       (iii) Within sixty (60) days after this
                                                                        exclusion becomes final, Tokusen will
                                                                        report initial verification analytical
                                                                        test data for the WWTP sludge, including
                                                                        analytical quality control information.
                                                                       Tokusen must request in writing that EPA
                                                                        allows Tokusen to substitute the Testing
                                                                        conditions in (3)(B) for (3)(A).
                                                                       (B) Subsequent Verification Testing:
                                                                       Following written notification by EPA,
                                                                        Tokusen may substitute the testing
                                                                        conditions in (3)(B) for (3)(A). Tokusen
                                                                        must continue to monitor operating
                                                                        conditions, and analyze two
                                                                        representative samples of the wastewater
                                                                        treatment sludge for each quarter of
                                                                        operation during the first year of waste
                                                                        generation. If levels of constituents
                                                                        measured in the samples of the WWTP
                                                                        sludge do not exceed the levels set
                                                                        forth in paragraph (1) in two
                                                                        consecutive quarters, Tokusen can manage
                                                                        and dispose of the WWTP sludge according
                                                                        to all applicable solid waste
                                                                        regulations.
                                                                       After the first year of sampling events,
                                                                        one (1) verification sampling test can
                                                                        be performed on two (2) annual samples
                                                                        of the waste treatment sludge.
                                                                       The results are to be compared to the
                                                                        Delisting Levels in paragraph (1).
                                                                       (C) Termination of Testing:
                                                                       (i) After the first year of quarterly
                                                                        testings, if the Delisting Levels in
                                                                        paragraph (1) are met, Tokusen may then
                                                                        request that EPA does not require a
                                                                        quarterly testing.
                                                                       (ii) Following termination of the
                                                                        quarterly testing, Tokusen must conduct
                                                                        one (1) sampling event on two (2)
                                                                        representative samples for all
                                                                        constituents listed in paragraph (1)
                                                                        annually.
                                                                       (4) Changes in Operating Conditions:

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                                                                       If Tokusen significantly changes the
                                                                        process described in its petition or
                                                                        starts any processes that generate(s)
                                                                        the waste that may or could
                                                                        significantly affect the composition or
                                                                        type of waste generated as established
                                                                        under paragraph (1) (by illustration,
                                                                        but not limitation, changes in equipment
                                                                        or operating conditions of the treatment
                                                                        process), it must notify EPA in writing;
                                                                        it may no longer handle the wastes
                                                                        generated from the new process as non-
                                                                        hazardous until the wastes meet the
                                                                        delisting levels set in paragraph (1)
                                                                        and it has received written approval to
                                                                        do so from EPA.
                                                                       (5) Data Submittals:
                                                                       Tokusen must submit the information
                                                                        described below. If Tokusen fails to
                                                                        submit the required data within the
                                                                        specified time or maintain the required
                                                                        records on-site for the specified time,
                                                                        EPA, at its discretion, will consider
                                                                        this sufficient basis to re-open the
                                                                        exclusion as described in paragraph (6).
                                                                        Tokusen must:
                                                                       (A) Submit the data obtained through
                                                                        paragraph (3) to the Section Chief,
                                                                        Corrective Action and Waste Minimization
                                                                        Section, EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue,
                                                                        Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, Mail Code,
                                                                        (6PD-C) within the time specified.
                                                                       (B) Compile records of operating
                                                                        conditions and analytical data from
                                                                        paragraph (3), summarized, and
                                                                        maintained on-site for a minimum of five
                                                                        years.
                                                                       (C) Furnish these records and data when
                                                                        EPA or the state of Arkansas requests
                                                                        them for inspection.
                                                                       (D) Send along with all data a signed
                                                                        copy of the following certification
                                                                        statement, to attest to the truth and
                                                                        accuracy of the data submitted:
                                                                       Under civil and criminal penalty of law
                                                                        for the making or submission of false or
                                                                        fraudulent statements or representations
                                                                        (pursuant to the applicable provisions
                                                                        of the Federal Code, which include, but
                                                                        may not be limited to, 18 U.S.C. 001 and
                                                                        42 U.S.C. 6928), I certify that the
                                                                        information contained in or accompanying
                                                                        this document is true, accurate and
                                                                        complete.
                                                                       As to the (those) identified section(s)
                                                                        of this document for which I can not
                                                                        personally verify its (their) truth and
                                                                        accuracy I certify as the company
                                                                        official having supervisory
                                                                        responsibility for the persons who,
                                                                        acting under my direct instructions,
                                                                        made the verification that this
                                                                        information is true, accurate and
                                                                        complete.
                                                                       If any of this information is determined
                                                                        by EPA in its sole discretion to be
                                                                        false, inaccurate or incomplete, and
                                                                        upon conveyance of this fact to the
                                                                        company, I recognize and agree that this
                                                                        exclusion of waste will be void as if it
                                                                        never had effect or to the extent
                                                                        directed by EPA and that the company
                                                                        will be liable for any actions taken in
                                                                        contravention of the company's RCRA and
                                                                        CERCLA obligations premised upon the
                                                                        company's reliance on the void
                                                                        exclusion.
                                                                       (6) Re-Opener:
                                                                       (A) If, any time after disposal of the
                                                                        delisted waste, Tokusen possesses or is
                                                                        otherwise made aware of any
                                                                        environmental data (including but not
                                                                        limited to leachate data or groundwater
                                                                        monitoring data) or any other data
                                                                        relevant to the delisted waste
                                                                        indicating that any constituent
                                                                        identified for the delisting
                                                                        verification testing is at level higher
                                                                        than the delisting level allowed by the
                                                                        Division Director in granting the
                                                                        petition, then the facility must report
                                                                        the data, in writing, to the Division
                                                                        Director within 10 days of first
                                                                        possessing or being made aware of that
                                                                        data.
                                                                       (B) If the annual testing of the waste
                                                                        does not meet the delisting requirements
                                                                        in paragraph (1), Tokusen must report
                                                                        the data in writing to the Division
                                                                        Director within 10 days of first
                                                                        possessing or being made aware of that
                                                                        data.
                                                                       (C) If Tokusen fails to submit the
                                                                        information described in paragraphs (5),
                                                                        (6)(A) or (6)(B) or if any other
                                                                        information is received from any source,
                                                                        the Division Director will make a
                                                                        preliminary determination as to whether
                                                                        the reported information requires EPA
                                                                        action to protect human health and/or
                                                                        the environment. Further action may
                                                                        include suspending, or revoking the
                                                                        exclusion, or other appropriate response
                                                                        necessary to protect human health and
                                                                        the environment.
                                                                       (D) If the Division Director determines
                                                                        that the reported information does
                                                                        require action, EPA's Division Director
                                                                        will notify the facility in writing of
                                                                        the actions the Division Director
                                                                        believes are necessary to protect human
                                                                        health and the environment. The notice
                                                                        shall include a statement of the
                                                                        proposed action and a statement
                                                                        providing the facility with an
                                                                        opportunity to present information as to
                                                                        why the proposed action by EPA is not
                                                                        necessary. The facility shall have 10
                                                                        days from the date of the Division
                                                                        Director's notice to present such
                                                                        information.
                                                                       (E) Following the receipt of information
                                                                        from the facility described in paragraph
                                                                        (6)(D) or (if) no information is
                                                                        presented under paragraph (6)(D)) the
                                                                        initial receipt of information described
                                                                        in paragraphs (5), (6)(A) or (6)(B), the
                                                                        Division Director will issue a final
                                                                        written determination describing EPA's
                                                                        actions that are necessary to protect
                                                                        human health and/or the environment. Any
                                                                        required action described in the
                                                                        Division Director's determination shall
                                                                        become effective immediately, unless the
                                                                        Division Director provides otherwise.
                                                                       (7) Notification Requirements:

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                                                                       Tokusen must do the following before
                                                                        transporting the delisted waste. Failure
                                                                        to provide this notification will result
                                                                        in a violation of the delisting petition
                                                                        and a possible revocation of the
                                                                        decision.
                                                                       (A) Provide a one-time written
                                                                        notification to any state Regulatory
                                                                        Agency to which or through which it will
                                                                        transport the delisted waste described
                                                                        above for disposal, 60 days before
                                                                        beginning such activities.
                                                                       (B) Update one-time written notification,
                                                                        if it ships the delisted waste into a
                                                                        different disposal facility.
                                                                       (C) Failure to provide this notification
                                                                        will result in a violation of the
                                                                        delisting variance and a possible
                                                                        revocation of the decision.
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[FR Doc. 2010-20847 Filed 8-20-10; 8:45 am]
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