[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11209-11212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04756]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9943-23-Region 5]
Notice of Final Decision To Reissue the Ineos Nitriles USA LLC
Land-Ban Exemption
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final decision on a Request by Ineos Nitriles USA LLC
of Lima, Ohio to Reissue its Exemption from the Land Disposal
Restrictions under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (U.S. EPA or Agency) that 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 Ineos
Nitriles USA LLC (formerly known as Ineos USA LLC) (Ineos) of Lima,
Ohio for four Class I injection wells located in Lima, Ohio.
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As required by 40 CFR part 148, Ineos has demonstrated, to a reasonable
degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of hazardous
constituents out of the injection zone or into an underground source of
drinking water for at least 10,000 years. This final decision allows
the continued underground injection by Ineos of those hazardous wastes
designated by the codes in Table 1 through its four Class I hazardous
waste injection wells identified as #1, #2, #3, and #4. This decision
constitutes a final U.S. EPA action for which there is no
administrative appeal.
DATES: This action is effective as of March 3, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Roy, Lead Petition Reviewer,
U.S. EPA, Region 5, Underground Injection Control Branch, WU-16J, 77 W.
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590; telephone number: (312)
886-6556; fax number (312) 692-2951; email address:
epa.gov">roy.stephen@epa.gov. Copies of the petition and all pertinent
information are on file and are part of the Administrative Record.
Please contact the lead reviewer to review the Administrative Record.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Ineos submitted a request for reissuance of
its existing exemption from the land disposal restrictions for
hazardous waste in August, 2005. U.S. EPA reviewed all data pertaining
to the petition including, but not limited to, well construction, well
operations, regional and local geology, seismic activity, penetrations
of the confining zone, and computational models of the injection zone.
U.S. EPA has determined that the hydrogeological and geochemical
conditions at the site and the nature of the waste streams are such
that injected fluids will not migrate out of the injection zone within
10,000 years, as set forth at 40 CFR part 148. The injection zone
includes the injection interval into which fluid is directly emplaced
and the overlying arrestment interval into which fluid may diffuse. The
injection interval for the Ineos facility is composed of the Lower Eau
Claire Formation, the Mt. Simon Sandstone and the Middle Run Formation
between 2,631 and 3,241 feet below ground level. The arrestment
interval is composed of the Lower Black River Group, the Wells Creek
Formation, the Knox Dolomite and the Upper Eau Claire Formation between
1,631 and 2,631 feet below ground level. The confining zone is composed
of the Upper Black River Group between 1,427 and 1,631 feet below
ground level. The confining zone is separated from the lowermost
underground source of drinking water (at a depth of approximately 400
feet below ground level) by a sequence of permeable and less permeable
sedimentary rocks. This sequence provides additional protection from
fluid migration into drinking water sources.
U.S. EPA issued a draft decision, which described the reasons for
granting this exemption in more detail, a fact sheet, which summarized
these reasons, and a public notice on September 10, 2015, pursuant to
40 CFR 124.10. The public comment period ended on October 13, 2015.
U.S. EPA received comments from one citizen during the comment period.
U.S. EPA has prepared a response to these comments, which can be viewed
at the following URL: http:\\epa.gov\region5\water\uic\ineos-response-
to-comments. The response is part of the Administrative Record for this
decision. U.S. EPA is issuing the final exemption with no changes from
the draft decision.
Conditions
This exemption is subject to the following conditions. Non-
compliance with any of these conditions is grounds for termination of
the exemption.
(1) The exemption applies to the four existing hazardous waste
injection wells, #1, #2, #3, and #4, located at the Ineos facility at
1900 Fort Amanda Road, Lima, Ohio;
(2) Injection of hazardous waste is limited to the parts of the
Lower Eau Claire Formation, the Mt. Simon Sandstone and the Middle Run
Formation at depths between 2,631 and 3,241 feet below ground level;
(3) The only RCRA-restricted wastes that may be injected are those
designated by the RCRA waste codes found in Table 1;
(4) Maximum concentrations of chemicals that are allowed to be
injected are listed in Table 2;
(5) The average specific gravity of the injected waste stream must
be between 1.00 and 1.05 over a three month period;
(6) Ineos may inject up to 175 gallons per minute through each of
its four wells, based on a monthly average;
(7) This exemption is approved for the 20-year modeled injection
period, which ends on January 31, 2025. Ineos may petition U.S. EPA for
reissuance of the exemption beyond that date, provided that a new and
complete petition and no-migration demonstration is received at U.S.
EPA, Region 5, by June 30, 2024;
(8) Ineos must submit a quarterly report containing the fluid
analyses of the injected waste and indicate the chemical and physical
properties, including the concentrations, of all the injected chemical
constituents listed in Table 2 to U.S. EPA;
(9) Ineos must submit an annual report containing the results of a
bottom hole pressure survey (fall-off test) performed on one well each
year to U.S. EPA. The survey must be performed after shutting down the
well for sufficient time to conduct a valid observation of the pressure
fall-off curve under 40 CFR 146.68(e)(1). The annual report must
include a comparison of reservoir parameters determined from the fall-
off test with parameters used in the approved no-migration petition;
(10) Ineos must submit the results of radioactive tracer surveys
and annulus pressure tests for its four wells to U.S. EPA annually;
(11) Ineos must notify U.S. EPA in writing if any well loses
mechanical integrity and prior to any workover or plugging;
(12) Ineos must fully comply with all requirements set forth in
Underground Injection Control Permits #UIC 03-02-003-PTO-1, UIC 03-02-
004-PTO-1, UIC 03-02-005-PTO-01 and 03-02-006-PTO-1 issued by the Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency;
(13) Upon the expiration, cancellation, reissuance, or modification
of the permits referenced above, this exemption is subject to review by
U.S. EPA; and
(14) Whenever U.S. EPA determines that the basis for approval of a
petition under 40 CFR 148.23 and 148.24 may no longer be valid, U.S.
EPA may terminate this exemption and will require a new demonstration
in accordance with 40 CFR 148.20.
Table 1--List of RCRA Waste Codes Approved for Injection
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D001 D002 D003 D004 D005 D006 D007 D008 D009 D010 D011 D018
D019 D035 D038 F039 K011 K013 K014 P003 P005 P030 P063 P069
P098 P101 P106 P120 U001 U002 U003 U007 U008 U009 U019 U031
U044 U053 U056 U057 U080 U112 U122 U123 U124 U125 U129 U140
U147 U149 U151 U152 U154 U159 U161 U169 U188 U191 U196 U211
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U213 U219 U220 U239
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These waste codes are identified in 40 CFR part 261, subpart C and
subpart D.
Table 2--Concentration Limits of Chemical Contaminants That Are Hazardous at Less Than 0.001 Mg/L
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Concentration
Health based limit limit at the Concentration
Chemical constituent Waste code (mg/L) wellhead (mg/ reduction factor
L) (Note 2) (C/C0)
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Acetaldehyde................... U001.............. 0.11 2,000 5.5 x 10-5
Acetamide...................... Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-5 10,000 1.0 x 10-9
Acetic acid.................... Note 2............ 6.0 x 10-6 6,000 1.0 x 10-9
Acetone........................ U002.............. 3.5 2,000 1.75 x 10-3
Acetone cyanohydrin............ P069.............. 0.005 6,000 8.33 x 10-7
Acetonitrile................... K011, K013, K014, 0.21 100,000 2.1 x 10-6
U003.
Acrolein....................... P003.............. 0.005 2,000 2.5 x 10-6
Acrylamide..................... K011, K013, K014, 8 x 10-6 6,000 1.33 x 10-9
U007. Note 1
Acrylic acid................... U008.............. 17.5 60,000 2.92 x 10-4
Acrylonitrile.................. K011, K013, K014, 6.0 x 10-5 24,000 2.5 x 10-9
U009.
Allyl alcohol.................. P005.............. 0.175 2,000 8.75 x 10-5
Antimony....................... F039.............. 0.006 100 6.0 x 10-5
Arsenic........................ D004.............. 0.05 100 5.0 x 10-4
Barium......................... D005.............. 2 100 2.0 x 10-2
Benzene........................ D018, K011, K013, 0.005 400 1.25 x 10-5
K014, U019.
1,3-Butanediol................. Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
1,4-Butanediol................. Note 2............ 1.4 x 10-5 14,000 1.0 x 10-9
Butanetriol.................... Note 2............ 4.0 x 10-6 4,000 1.0 x 10-9
Butanol........................ U140.............. 3.5 4,000 8.75 x 10-4
Butyrolactone.................. Note 2............ 5.0 x 10-6 5,000 1.0 x 10-9
Cadmium........................ D006.............. 0.005 100 5.0 x 10-5
Carbon tetrachloride........... D019, U211........ 0.005 100 5.0 x 10-5
Chloroform..................... U044.............. 0.006 100 6.0 x 10-5
Chromium....................... D007.............. 0.1 100 1.0 x 10-3
Cobalt......................... Note.............. 1.0 x 10-7 100 1.0 x 10-9
Crotonaldehyde................. U053.............. 0.002 200 1.0 x 10-5
Crotonitrile................... Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Cyclohexane.................... U056.............. 9.0 x 10-5 100 9.0 x 10-7
Cyclohexanone.................. U057.............. 180 100 1.8
Diethylenetriamine pentaacetic Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
acid.
Dimethylhydantoin.............. Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Ethanol........................ Note 2............ 2.0 x 10-6 2,000 1.0 x 10-9
Ethyl acetate.................. U112.............. 31.5 100 3.15 x 10-1
Ethylenediamine Note 2............ 4.0 x 10-6 4,000 1.0 x 10-9
tetracetonitrile.
Formic acid.................... U123.............. 0.01 20,000 5.0 x 10-7
Formaldehyde................... U122.............. 7 4,000 1.75 x 10-3
Formamide...................... Note 2............ 4.0 x 10-6 4,000 1.0 x 10-9
Fumaronitrile.................. Note 2............ 4.0 x 10-6 4,000 1.0 x 10-9
Furan.......................... U124.............. 3.5 x 10-3 100 3.5 x 10-4
Furfural....................... U125.............. 0.11 100 1.1 x 10-3
Glyconitrile................... Note 2............ 7.0 x 10-6 7,000 1.0 x 10-9
HCN (Free)..................... K011, K013, K014, 0.2 3,200 6.25 x 10-5
P030, P063, P098,
P106.
HCN (Total).................... K011, K013, K014, 0.7 21,200 3.3 x 10-5
P030, P063, P098,
P106.
Hexamethylenetetramine (or Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
acid).
Iminodiacetonitrile............ Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Isobutanol..................... U140.............. 11 200 5.5 x 10-2
Isopropyl alcohol.............. Note 2............ 1.2 x 10-6 1,200 1.0 x 10-9
Lead........................... D008.............. 0.001 100 1.0 x 10-5
Lindane........................ U129.............. 2.0 x 10-4 1,000 2.0 x 10-7
Maleic anhydride............... U147.............. 3.5 100 3.5 x 10-2
Maleonitrile................... Note 2............ 2.0 x 10-5 20,000 1.0 x 10-9
Malonitrile.................... U149.............. 0.005 2,000 2.5 x 10-6
Mercury........................ D009, U151........ 0.002 100 2.0 x 10-5
Methanol....................... U154.............. 17.5 40,000 4.38 x 10-4
Methyacrylonitrile............. U152.............. 0.0035 400 8.75 x 10-6
Methylethylhydantoin........... Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Methylene chloride............. U080.............. 5.3 x 10-3 100 5.0 x 10-5
Methyl ethyl ketone............ D035, U159........ 21 1,000 2.1 x 10-2
Methyl isobutyl ketone......... U161.............. 2.0 x 10-3 100 2.0 x 10-5
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2-Methylpyridine............... U191.............. 2.0 x 10-3 1,000 2.0 x 10-6
3-Methylpyridine............... Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Nickel......................... F006.............. 0.001 100 1.0 x 10-5
Nicotinonitrile................ Note 2............ 6.0 x 10-6 6,000 1.0 x 10-9
Nitrilotiracetonitrile......... Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Nitrobenzene................... U169.............. 1.8 x 10-2 100 1.8 x 10-4
Oleic acid..................... Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Oleoylsarconsinate............. Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Phenol......................... U188.............. 21 100 2.1 x 10-1
1,2-Propanediol................ Note 2............ 6.0 x 10-8 60 1.0 x 10-9
1,3-Propanediol................ Note 2............ 2.0 x 10-6 2,000 1.0 x 10-9
Propanol....................... Note 2............ 2,0 x 10-6 2,000 1.0 x 10-9
Propionitrile.................. P101.............. 0.005 2,000 2.5 x 10-6
Propylenediamine Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
tetracetonitrile.
Pyroazole...................... Note 2............ 4.0 x 10-6 4,000 1.0 x 10-9
Pyridine....................... D038, U196........ 0.035 2,000 1.75 x 10-5
Selenium....................... D010.............. 0.05 100 5.0 x 10-4
Silver......................... D011.............. 0.175 100 1.75 x 10-3
Sodium cyanide................. D003, K011, K013, 1.4 1,200 1.17 x 10-3
P030, P063, P106.
Strontium...................... Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-7 100 1.0 x 10-9
Succinic acid.................. Note 2............ 8.0 x 10-7 800 1.0 x 10-9
Succinotrile................... Note 2............ 6.0 x 10-6 6,000 1.0 x 10-9
Tetrahydrofuran................ U213.............. 0.002 5,000 4.0 x 10-7
Thiourea....................... U219.............. 1.0 x 10-2 100 1.0 x 10-4
Toluene........................ U220.............. 1 100 1.0 x 10-2
Vanadium....................... P120.............. 0.004 100 4.0 x 10-5
Vanadium pentoxide............. P120.............. 0.315 400 7.88 x 10-4
Xylene......................... U239.............. 10 100 1.0 x 10-1
Zinc........................... Note 2............ 10.5 400 2.63 x 10-2
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Note 1--Worst-case constituent. Health Based Limit (HBL) contour
for no-migration boundary set at 1.0 x 10-9 for this
constituent. The HBL values are from the compilation by EPA Region 6,
revised 2005.
Note 2--Constituents not associated with an EPA RCRA waste code or
listed in HBL guidelines are assigned the minimum C/C0 of
1.0 x 10-9. A provisional ``HBL'' for these constituents is
then derived from the product of C/C0 and the concentration
limit at the wellhead. If a RCRA waste code is promulgated for any of
these constituents, the HBL selected by EPA will be compared to the
provisional ``HBL'' on this table. If the EPA HBL is more stringent,
the Concentration Limit at the Wellhead will be reduced or migration of
the constituent will be reconsidered in detail.
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Dated: February 1, 2016.
Tinka G. Hyde,
Director, Water Division.
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