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 2002_register executive 2010-09-23 article Part III Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c81c87c7 D09002ee1c81c88d7 United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA" or "the Agency") is today promulgating amendments to the regulations governing Corrective Action Management Units. Corrective Action Management Units, or "CAMUs," are special units created under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to facilitate treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes managed for implementing cleanup, and to remove the disincentives to cleanup that the application of RCRA to these wastes can sometimes impose. The original CAMU regulations were promulgated on February 16, 1993. In today's action, EPA is amending the 1993 CAMU rule in six ways. First, EPA is establishing a specific definition, distinct from the definition of remediation waste, to govern the types of wastes that are eligible for placement in CAMUs. Second, the Agency is establishing more detailed minimum design and operating standards for CAMUs in which waste will remain after closure, with opportunities for Regional Administrators to approve alternate design standards under certain circumstances. Third, the Agency is establishing treatment requirements for wastes that are placed in CAMUs, including minimum treatment standards, with opportunities to adjust treatment requirements under certain circumstances. Fourth, EPA is establishing more specific information requirements for CAMU applications and is explicitly requiring that the public be given notice and a reasonable opportunity for public comment before final CAMU determinations are made. Fifth, the Agency is establishing new requirements for CAMUs that will be used only for treatment and storage. Sixth, today's rulemaking "grandfathers" certain types of existing CAMUs and allows them to continue to operate under the 1993 rule. Today's rulemaking amends the regulations for "staging piles" to expressly allow for mixing, blending, and other similar physical operations intended to prepare wastes for subsequent management or treatment. It also adds a new provision allowing off-site placement of hazardous CAMU-eligible waste in hazardous waste landfills, if they are treated to meet CAMU treatment standards (somewhat modified). Finally, today's rule grants interim authorization for these CAMU amendments to states that are authorized for the 1993 CAMU rule, and it expedites state authorization for the CAMU rule for states that are authorized for the RCRA corrective action program but not the 1993 CAMU rule. Today's amendments were proposed on August 22, 2000, referred to throughout this rulemaking as "the proposal." EPA also proposed a supplemental proposal on November 20, 2001, referred to as "the supplemental proposal." 67 FR 2962 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2002-01-22/02-4 02-4 fr22ja02-15 RIN 2050-AE77 6560-50-P FRL-7124-3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2002-01-22/02-4 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-01-22/html/02-4.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-01-22/pdf/02-4.pdf Environmental Protection Administrative Practice and Procedure Air Pollution Control Confidential Business Information Hazardous Materials Transportation Hazardous Waste Indians-Lands Insurance Intergovernmental Relations Packaging and Containers Penalties Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Security Measures Surety Bonds Water Pollution Control Water Supply 68 p. 2962 3029 67 FR 2962 Title 40 Part 260 40 CFR Part 260 Title 40 Part 264 40 CFR Part 264 Title 40 Part 271 40 CFR Part 271 RIN 2050-AE77 Amendments to the Corrective Action Management Unit Rule; Federal Register Vol. 67, Issue RULE 02-4 III ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2002-04-22 FRL-7124-3 6560-50-P 02-4 Final rule.

The Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA" or "the Agency") is today promulgating amendments to the regulations governing Corrective Action Management Units. Corrective Action Management Units, or "CAMUs," are special units created under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to facilitate treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes managed for implementing cleanup, and to remove the disincentives to cleanup that the application of RCRA to these wastes can sometimes impose. The original CAMU regulations were promulgated on February 16, 1993. In today's action, EPA is amending the 1993 CAMU rule in six ways. First, EPA is establishing a specific definition, distinct from the definition of remediation waste, to govern the types of wastes that are eligible for placement in CAMUs. Second, the Agency is establishing more detailed minimum design and operating standards for CAMUs in which waste will remain after closure, with opportunities for Regional Administrators to approve alternate design standards under certain circumstances. Third, the Agency is establishing treatment requirements for wastes that are placed in CAMUs, including minimum treatment standards, with opportunities to adjust treatment requirements under certain circumstances. Fourth, EPA is establishing more specific information requirements for CAMU applications and is explicitly requiring that the public be given notice and a reasonable opportunity for public comment before final CAMU determinations are made. Fifth, the Agency is establishing new requirements for CAMUs that will be used only for treatment and storage. Sixth, today's rulemaking "grandfathers" certain types of existing CAMUs and allows them to continue to operate under the 1993 rule. Today's rulemaking amends the regulations for "staging piles" to expressly allow for mixing, blending, and other similar physical operations intended to prepare wastes for subsequent management or treatment. It also adds a new provision allowing off-site placement of hazardous CAMU-eligible waste in hazardous waste landfills, if they are treated to meet CAMU treatment standards (somewhat modified). Finally, today's rule grants interim authorization for these CAMU amendments to states that are authorized for the 1993 CAMU rule, and it expedites state authorization for the CAMU rule for states that are authorized for the RCRA corrective action program but not the 1993 CAMU rule. Today's amendments were proposed on August 22, 2000, referred to throughout this rulemaking as "the proposal." EPA also proposed a supplemental proposal on November 20, 2001, referred to as "the supplemental proposal."

This final rule is effective April 22, 2002. For general information, contact the RCRA Hotline at (800) 424-9346 or TDD (hearing impaired) (800) 553- 7672. In the Washington, DC metropolitan area, call (703) 412-9810 or TDD (703) 412-3323. For more detailed information on specific aspects of today's action, contact Tricia Buzzell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (5303W), Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, at (703) 308-8632, or e-mail buzzell.tricia@epa.gov. Environmental Protection Administrative Practice and Procedure Air Pollution Control Confidential Business Information Hazardous Materials Transportation Hazardous Waste Indians-Lands Insurance Intergovernmental Relations Packaging and Containers Penalties Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Security Measures Surety Bonds Water Pollution Control Water Supply Hazardous waste: Corrective Action Management Units, buzzell.tricia@epa.gov farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov http://www.epa.gov/icr www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/ca/resource/guidance/remwaste/camu www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/landfill/tecnman/intro.pdf www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/cleanup.htm www.epa.gov/iris www.sba.gov/advo/stats/int_data.html www.sbaonline.sba.gov/size www.sbaonline.sba.gov/size/section04b.htm Vol. 67, no. 14 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2002-01-22 continuing daily deposited born digital 494 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2002-01-22 P0b002ee1809da806 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr22ja02 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2002-01-22 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-01-22/pdf/FR-2002-01-22.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-01-22/xml/FR-2002-01-22.xml fdlp 2793 3033 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-08 FR-2002-01-22 machine generated eng FR FR-2002-01-22 67 14