[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 57 (Friday, March 26, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 16075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06003]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 261

[EPA-R02-RCRA-2021-0026; FRL-10019-81-Region 2]


Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of 
Hazardous Waste; Final Rule

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is removing an exclusion granting Watervliet Arsenal 
to delist the electroplating wastewater treatment sludges (EPA 
Hazardous Waste No. F006) generated by the Watervliet, New York 
facility from the lists of hazardous wastes. This action revises the 
final rule published on January 10, 1986. The EPA has received 
information from the facility indicating the present treatment process 
at the facility and waste currently generated at the facility differ 
from those for which the Arsenal's original petition was submitted. In 
light of this, the Arsenal has requested that EPA withdraw the prior 
delisting rule. Based on its understanding of the changes at the 
facility, EPA is granting that request and removing the previously 
published delisting. Removal of the prior delisting rule does not 
preclude Watervliet Arsenal from submitting a new delisting petition.

DATES: This rule is effective on March 26, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carlyn Chappel, U.S. EPA Region 2, 
Land, Chemical and Redevelopment Division (25TH FL), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866; telephone 
number: (212) 637-4104; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 10, 1986, at 57 FR 1253, the EPA 
finalized an exclusion from the list of hazardous wastes for Watervliet 
Arsenal in Watervliet, New York. EPA has received information from the 
facility indicating a change to its wastewater treatment process. The 
sulfur dioxide (SO2) treatment process is being discontinued 
and converted to a sodium bisulfite treatment process as the primary 
industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) system. The process and 
nature of sludge generated from the converted IWTP differs from what 
was described in the delisting petition submitted on Dec. 22, 1982 for 
the electroplating wastewater treatment sludges (EPA Hazardous Waste 
Code No. F006). Watervliet Arsenal has submitted a request to EPA on 
July 29, 2020 to formally withdraw the existing 1986 wastewater 
treatment sludge RCRA delisting rule previously issued for its 
facility. EPA acknowledges receipt of the information about these 
changes at the facility and the Arsenal's request. The Watervliet 
Arsenal, Watervliet, New York exclusion found in 40 CFR part 261, 
appendix IX, Table 1 will be removed from the Code of Federal 
Regulations. The text being removed currently reads: ``Wastewater 
treatment sludges (EPA Hazardous Waste No. F006) generated from 
electroplating operations after January 10, 1986.''

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 261

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

    Dated: March 15, 2021.
Walter Mugdan,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, title 40, Chapter I of 
the Code of Federal Regulations 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.

Appendix IX to Part 261--[Amended]

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2. In Appendix IX to part 261, amend Table 1 by removing the entry for 
``Watervliet Arsenal''.

[FR Doc. 2021-06003 Filed 3-25-21; 8:45 am]
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