United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1998_register executive 2010-09-24 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1bdff57c9 D09002ee1bdff58bd United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending the regulations for hazardous waste management under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to reduce hazards to human health and the environment from wastes generated from petroleum refining. EPA is listing as hazardous four wastes generated during petroleum refining and is issuing a decision not to list ten other petroleum refining wastes. This action is taken under the authority of RCRA 3001(b)(1), which authorizes EPA to list wastes as hazardous, and 3001(e)(2), which directs EPA to make a decision whether to list as hazardous the various petroleum refining wastes. The effect of listing these four wastes will be to subject them to stringent management and treatment standards under RCRA and to emergency notification requirements for releases of hazardous substances to the environment. These notifications are required under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA). EPA is also issuing Reportable Quantity (RQ) adjustments for these notifications. This action also makes certain changes to the RCRA regulations to promote the environmentally sound recycling of oil-bearing residuals. Specifically, the Agency is excluding certain recycled secondary materials from the definition of solid waste. These materials include oil-bearing residuals from petroleum refineries when they are inserted into the petroleum refining process, oil from associated petrochemical facilities inserted into the petroleum refining process, and spent caustic from liquid treating operations when used as a feedstock to make certain chemical products. This rule also clarifies an existing exclusion for recovered oil from certain petroleum industry sources. Finally, EPA is applying universal treatment standards (UTS) under the Land Disposal Restrictions program to the petroleum refining wastes listed in this rulemaking. The listed wastes must be treated to meet these treatment standards for specific constituents prior to land disposal. 63 FR 42110 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1998-08-06/98-19929 98-19929 fr06au98-7 RIN 2050-AD88 6560-50-P SWH-FRL-6122-7 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1998-08-06/98-19929 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998-08-06/html/98-19929.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998-08-06/pdf/98-19929.pdf 80 p. 42110 42189 63 FR 42110 Title 40 Part 148 40 CFR Part 148 Title 40 Part 261 40 CFR Part 261 Title 40 Part 266 40 CFR Part 266 Title 40 Part 268 40 CFR Part 268 Title 40 Part 271 40 CFR Part 271 Title 40 Part 302 40 CFR Part 302 RIN 2050-AD88 Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Petroleum Refining Process Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Identified Wastes; And CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities; Federal Register Vol. 63, Issue RULE 98-19929 II ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 1999-02-08 SWH-FRL-6122-7 6560-50-P 98-19929 Final rule.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending the regulations for hazardous waste management under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to reduce hazards to human health and the environment from wastes generated from petroleum refining. EPA is listing as hazardous four wastes generated during petroleum refining and is issuing a decision not to list ten other petroleum refining wastes. This action is taken under the authority of RCRA 3001(b)(1), which authorizes EPA to list wastes as hazardous, and 3001(e)(2), which directs EPA to make a decision whether to list as hazardous the various petroleum refining wastes. The effect of listing these four wastes will be to subject them to stringent management and treatment standards under RCRA and to emergency notification requirements for releases of hazardous substances to the environment. These notifications are required under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA). EPA is also issuing Reportable Quantity (RQ) adjustments for these notifications. This action also makes certain changes to the RCRA regulations to promote the environmentally sound recycling of oil-bearing residuals. Specifically, the Agency is excluding certain recycled secondary materials from the definition of solid waste. These materials include oil-bearing residuals from petroleum refineries when they are inserted into the petroleum refining process, oil from associated petrochemical facilities inserted into the petroleum refining process, and spent caustic from liquid treating operations when used as a feedstock to make certain chemical products. This rule also clarifies an existing exclusion for recovered oil from certain petroleum industry sources. Finally, EPA is applying universal treatment standards (UTS) under the Land Disposal Restrictions program to the petroleum refining wastes listed in this rulemaking. The listed wastes must be treated to meet these treatment standards for specific constituents prior to land disposal.

This final rule is effective February 8, 1999, except for the amendments to Secs. 261.3(c)(2)(ii)(B), 261.4(a), 261.6(a)(3)(iv)(C) and 261.100(b)(3) and the removal of Sec. 261.6(a)(3)(v) which are effective August 6, 1998. The RCRA/Superfund Hotline, toll-free, at (800) 424-9346 or at (703) 920-9810. The TDD Hotline number is (800) 553-7672 (toll-free) or (703) 486-3323 in the Washington, DC., metropolitan area. Vol. 63, no. 151 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1998-08-06 continuing daily deposited born digital 254 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1998-08-06 P0b002ee180a51989 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr06au98 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1998-08-06 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998-08-06/pdf/FR-1998-08-06.pdf fdlp 41957 42199 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1998-08-06 machine generated eng FR FR-1998-08-06 63 151