[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 57079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22735]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9917-11-Region 5]


Final Decision To Grant Warner-Lambert Company a Modification of 
Its Land-Ban Exemption

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of final decision.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA or Agency) that modification of an exemption to the land 
disposal restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste 
Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) has 
been granted to Warner-Lambert Company (Warner-Lambert), a wholly-owned 
subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc., of Holland, Michigan.

DATES: This action is effective as of September 24, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Roy, Lead Petition Reviewer, 
EPA, Region 5, Water Division, Underground Injection Control Branch, 
WU-16J, Environmental Protection Agency, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 
Illinois 60604-3590; telephone number: (312) 886-6556; fax number (312) 
692-2951; email address: [email protected]. Copies of the petition 
and all pertinent information are on file and are part of the 
Administrative Record. It is recommended that you contact the lead 
reviewer prior to reviewing the Administrative Record.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 30, 1998, EPA granted Warner-
Lambert (owned by Parke-Davis Division of Warner-Lambert Company at the 
time) an exemption from the land disposal restrictions of the 1984 
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (63 FR 23786, April 30, 1998). In 
August 2008, Warner-Lambert submitted a request to modify the exemption 
to include wastes bearing four additional wastes codes. EPA received 
additional information on this topic in 2014.
    After careful review of the material submitted, EPA has determined, 
as required by 40 CFR 148.20(f), that there is a reasonable degree of 
certainty that waste streams containing constituents designated by 
these codes will behave hydraulically and chemically similarly to 
wastes for which Warner-Lambert was granted an exemption, and will not 
migrate from the injection zone within 10,000 years.
    A public notice of the proposed decision was issued on June 30, 
2014. The public comment period expired on July 31, 2014. No comments 
were received. Therefore, EPA is issuing the final exemption 
modification as proposed.
    As a result of this action and the April 30, 1998 exemption, 
Warner-Lambert may inject wastes bearing the RCRA waste codes D023, 
D024, D025 and D037 into its three injection wells in Holland, 
Michigan. This decision constitutes a final Agency action for which 
there is no administrative appeal. General conditions of this exemption 
are found at 40 CFR Part 148. The exemption granted to Warner-Lambert 
on April 30, 1998 included three conditions, all of which remain 
unchanged and in force.
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    Dated: September 4, 2014.
Tinka G. Hyde,
Director, Water Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-22735 Filed 9-23-14; 8:45 am]
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