[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 237 (Thursday, December 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68284-68285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32890]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6198-5]
Notice of Final Decision to Grant Waste Management of Ohio, Inc.
a Modification of an Exemption from the Land Disposal Restrictions of
the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 Regarding Injection of
Hazardous Wastes
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final decision on a request to modify an exemption
from the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the 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 Waste
Management of Ohio, Inc. (WMO) of Oakbrook, Illinois. This modification
allows WMO to continue to inject four (4) RCRA-regulated hazardous
wastes which will be banned from land disposal on February 8, 1999, as
a result of regulations promulgated in the Federal Register (FR) on
August 6, 1998 (63 FR 42110), into four Class I injection wells at the
Vickery, Ohio facility. As required by 40 CFR part 148, WMO has
demonstrated, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be
no migration of hazardous constituents from the injection zone utilized
by WMO's waste disposal facility located near Vickery, Ohio, for as
long as the newly exempted waste remains hazardous. This decision
constitutes a final Agency action for which there is no administrative
appeal.
DATES: This action is effective as of February 8, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harlan Gerrish, Lead Petition
Reviewer, USEPA, Region 5, telephone (312) 886-2939. Copies of the
petition and all pertinent information relating thereto 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:
I. Background
Chemical Waste Management (CWM), the predecessor of WMO, submitted
a petition for an exemption from the restrictions on land disposal of
hazardous wastes on January 19, 1988. Revised documents were received
on December 4, 1989, and several supplemental submittals were
subsequently made. The exemption was granted on August 7, 1990. On
September 12, 1994, CWM submitted a petition to modify the exemption to
include wastes bearing 23 additional RCRA wastes codes. Region 5
reviewed documents supporting the request and granted the modification
of the exemption on May 16, 1995. A notice of the modification appeared
on June 5, 1995, at 60 FR 29592 et seq. On April 9, 1996, CWM submitted
a petition to again modify the exemption to allow 91 additional RCRA
waste codes. Region 5 reviewed documents supporting the request and
granted the modification on the exemption on June 24, 1996. A notice of
the modification appeared on July 15, 1996, at 61 FR 36880 et seq.
Again on May 13, 1997, CWM submitted a request to add 11 waste codes to
the list. Region 5 reviewed the evidence submitted by CWM and granted
the request. Notice of the approval appeared on August 12, 1997 (63 FR
43109). On August 28, 1998, WMO requested that two additional wastes
codes be approved for injection. This proposed approval of this request
is pending as a result of need for public comment on the decision.
The rule promulgated on August 6, 1998, bans K169, K170, K171, and
K172 from injection after February 8, 1999, unless WMO's exemption is
modified to allow injection of those wastes. After review of the
material submitted, the EPA has determined, as required by 40 CFR
148.20(f), that there is a reasonable degree of certainty that the
hazardous constituents contained in the wastes bearing the codes to be
banned will behave hydraulically and chemically like wastes for which
WMO was granted its original exemption and will not migrate from the
injection zone in hazardous concentrations within 10,000 years. The
injection zone is the Mt. Simon Sandstone and the Rome, Conasauga,
Kerbel, and Knox Formations. The confining zone is comprised of the
Wells Creek and Black River Formations.
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List of RCRA Waste Codes Approved for Injection
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D001 F005 K025 K100 K172 P051 P110 U018 U068 U117 U164 U216 U384
D002 F006 K026 K101 P001 P054 P111 U019 U069 U118 U165 U217 U385
D003 F007 K027 K102 P002 P056 P112 U020 U070 U119 U166 U218 U386
D004 F008 K028 K103 P003 P057 P113 U021 U071 U120 U167 U219 U387
D005 F009 K029 K104 P004 P058 P114 U022 U072 U121 U168 U220 U389
D006 F010 K030 K105 P005 P059 P115 U023 U073 U122 U169 U221 U390
D007 F011 K031 K106 P006 P060 P116 U024 U074 U123 U170 U222 U391
D008 F012 K032 K107 P007 P062 P118 U025 U075 U124 U171 U223 U392
D009 F019 K033 K108 P008 P063 P119 U026 U076 U125 U172 U225 U393
D010 F020 K034 K109 P009 P064 P120 U027 U077 U126 U173 U226 U394
D011 F021 K035 K110 P010 P065 P121 U028 U078 U127 U174 U227 U395
D012 F022 K036 K111 P011 P066 P122 U029 U079 U128 U176 U228 U396
D013 F023 K037 K112 P012 P067 P123 U030 U080 U129 U177 U234 U400
D014 F024 K038 K113 P013 P068 P127 U031 U081 U130 U178 U235 U401
D015 F025 K039 K114 P014 P069 P128 U032 U082 U131 U179 U236 U402
D016 F026 K040 K115 P015 P070 P185 U033 U083 U132 U180 U237 U403
D017 F027 K041 K116 P016 P071 P188 U034 U084 U133 U181 U238 U404
D018 F028 K042 K117 P017 P072 P189 U035 U085 U134 U182 U239 U407
D019 F032 K043 K118 P018 P073 P190 U036 U086 U135 U183 U240 U408
D020 F034 K044 K123 P020 P074 P191 U037 U087 U136 U184 U243 U409
D021 F035 K045 K124 P021 P075 P192 U038 U088 U137 U185 U244 U410
D022 F037 K046 K125 P022 P076 P194 U039 U089 U138 U186 U246 U411
D023 F038 K047 K126 P023 P077 P196 U041 U090 U139 U187 U247 ......
D024 F039 K048 K131 P024 P078 P197 U042 U091 U140 U188 U248 ......
D025 K001 K049 K132 P026 P081 P198 U043 U092 U141 U189 U249 ......
D026 K002 K050 K136 P027 P082 P199 U044 U093 U142 U190 U271 ......
D027 K003 K051 K140 P028 P084 P201 U045 U094 U143 U191 U277 ......
D028 K004 K052 K141 P029 P085 P202 U046 U095 U144 U192 U278 ......
D029 K005 K060 K142 P030 P087 P203 U047 U096 U145 U193 U279 ......
D030 K006 K061 K143 P031 P088 P204 U048 U097 U146 U194 U280 ......
D031 K007 K062 K144 P033 P089 P205 U049 U098 U147 U196 U328 ......
D032 K008 K069 K145 P034 P092 U001 U050 U099 U148 U197 U353 ......
D033 K009 K071 K147 P036 P093 U002 U051 U101 U149 U200 U359 ......
D034 K010 K073 K148 P037 P094 U003 U052 U102 U150 U201 U364 ......
D035 K011 K083 K149 P038 P095 U004 U053 U103 U151 U202 U365 ......
D036 K013 K084 K150 P039 P096 U005 U055 U105 U152 U203 U366 ......
D037 K014 K085 K151 P040 P097 U006 U056 U106 U153 U204 U367 ......
D038 K015 K086 K156 P041 P098 U007 U057 U107 U154 U205 U372 ......
D039 K016 K087 K157 P042 P099 U008 U058 U108 U155 U206 U373 ......
D040 K017 K088 K158 P043 P101 U009 U059 U109 U156 U207 U375 ......
D041 K018 K093 K159 P044 P102 U010 U060 U110 U157 U208 U376 ......
D042 K019 K094 K160 P045 P103 U011 U061 U111 U158 U209 U377 ......
D043 K020 K095 K161 P046 P104 U012 U062 U112 U159 U210 U378 ......
F001 K021 K096 K169 P047 P105 U014 U063 U113 U160 U211 U379 ......
F002 K022 K097 K170 P048 P106 U015 U064 U114 U161 U213 U381 ......
F003 K023 K098 K171 P049 P108 U016 U066 U115 U162 U214 U382 ......
F004 K024 K099 ....... P050 P109 U017 U067 U116 U163 U215 U383 ......
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II. Conditions
General conditions of this exemption are found at 40 CFR part 148.
The exemption granted to WMO on August 7, 1990, included a number of
specific conditions. Conditions numbered (1), (2), (3), (4), and (9)
remain in force. Monitoring under condition 5, which called for
construction and operation of a deep monitoring well, will continue
through the life of the facility. Conditions numbered (5), (6), (7),
and (8) have been satisfied. The results of the work carried out under
these conditions confirms that the model used to simulate fluid
movement within the injection zone for the next 10,000 years is valid
and results of the simulation bound the region of the injection zone
within which the waste will be contained.
Timothy C. Henry,
Acting Director, Water Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 98-32890 Filed 12-9-98; 8:45 am]
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