[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9437-9445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4830]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 261
[SW-FRL-6305-2]
Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of
Hazardous Waste; Final Exclusion
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The EPA today is granting a petition submitted by McDonnell
Douglas Corporation (McDonnell Douglas) of Tulsa, Oklahoma, to exclude
from hazardous waste control (or delist) certain solid wastes generated
at its U.S. Air Force Plant No. 3 facility. This action responds to
McDonnell Douglas' petition to delist these wastes under those
regulations that allow any person to petition the Administrator to
modify or revoke any provision of certain hazardous waste regulations
of the Code of Federal Regulations, and specifically provide generators
the opportunity to petition the Administrator to exclude a waste on a
``generator-specific'' basis from the hazardous waste lists. After
careful analysis, EPA has concluded that the petitioned waste is not
hazardous waste when disposed of in Subtitle D landfills. This
exclusion applies only to stabilized wastewater treatment sludge. The
sludges were previously generated from the chemical conversion coating
of aluminum operations at McDonnell Douglas' Tulsa, Oklahoma facility.
The sludges were disposed of in surface impoundments which were then
closed as a single Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
landfill. The facility plans to excavate the waste from the city
airport site and dispose of it offsite in a Subtitle D landfill.
Accordingly, this final rule excludes the petitioned waste from the
requirements of hazardous waste regulations under RCRA when disposed of
in Subtitle D landfills.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 26, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The public docket for this final rule is located at the
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas,
Texas 75202, and is available for viewing in the EPA Freedom of
Information Act Reading Room of the 7th floor from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. Call (214)
665-6444 for appointments. The reference number for this docket is ``F-
98-OKDEL-AIRFORCEPLANT3.'' The public may copy material from any
regulatory docket at no cost for the first 100 pages and at a cost of
$0.15 per page for additional copies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general and technical information
concerning this notice, contact David Vogler (6PD-O), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas, 75202-2733, (214)
665-7428.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
A. Authority
Under 40 CFR 260.20 and 260.22, facilities may petition EPA to
remove their wastes from hazardous waste control by excluding them from
the lists of hazardous wastes contained in Secs. 261.31 and 261.32.
Specifically, Sec. 260.20 allows any person to petition the
Administrator to modify or revoke any provision of parts 260 through
265 and 268 of 40 CFR; and Sec. 260.22 provides generators the
opportunity to petition the Administrator to exclude a waste on a
``generator-specific'' basis from the hazardous waste lists.
Petitioners must provide sufficient information to EPA to allow EPA to
determine that the waste to be excluded does not meet any of the
criteria under which the waste was listed as a hazardous waste. In
addition, the Administrator must determine, where he/she has a
reasonable basis to believe that factors (including additional
constituents) other than those for which the waste was listed could
cause the waste to be a hazardous waste, that such factors do not
warrant retaining the waste as a hazardous waste.
B. History of This Rulemaking
McDonnell Douglas petitioned EPA to exclude from hazardous waste
control its stabilized waste resulting from the treatment of waste
waters originating from its chemical conversion coating of aluminum
operations at the Tulsa, Oklahoma facility and disposed of in surface
impoundments which have been closed as a single RCRA landfill. After
evaluating the petition, EPA proposed, on July 14, 1998, to exclude
McDonnell Douglas' waste from the lists of hazardous wastes under
Secs. 261.31 and 261.32. See 63 FR 37797. This rulemaking addresses
public comments received on the proposal and finalizes the decision to
grant McDonnell Douglas' petition.
II. Disposition of Petition
McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma
A. Proposed Exclusion
McDonnell Douglas petitioned the EPA to exclude from the lists of
hazardous wastes contained in 40 CFR 261.31 and 261.32, its wastewater
treatment sludges from its chemical conversion coating of aluminum
operations. These sludges were disposed of in surface impoundments and
then later stabilized as part of the process of closing the
impoundments as a single RCRA landfill. McDonnell Douglas Corporation,
located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, petitioned for the exclusion for a maximum
volume of 85,000 cubic yards of stabilized waste, described in its
petition as EPA Hazardous Waste No. F019 with minor amounts of F002,
F003, and F005. Approximately 5000 cubic yards of the total waste
volume will consist of about 2500 cubic yards of unstabilized waste
(presently located in the bottom portion of the northwest section of
the closed surface impoundments) mixed with about 2500 cubic yards of
materials to stabilize the waste. This exclusion only applies to the
wastes as described in the petition.
Specifically, in its petition, McDonnell Douglas petitioned the
Agency to exclude its waste presently listed as EPA Hazardous Waste No.
F019--``Wastewater treatment sludges from the chemical conversion
coating of aluminum except from zirconium phosphating in aluminum can
washing when such phosphating is an exclusive conversion coating
process.'' The petitioned wastes are believed to also have very small
amounts of wastes presently classified as F002, F003, and F005. The
listed constituents of concern for these waste codes are listed in
Table 1. See 40 CFR part 261, Appendix VII.
Table 1.--Hazardous Waste Codes Associated With Wastewater Streams
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Waste code Basis for characteristics/listing
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F019......................... Hexavalent Chromium. Cyanide (complexed).
F002......................... Tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene,
methylene chloride, 1,1,1-
trichloroethane, 1,1,2-trichloroethane,
chlorobenzene, 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-
trifluoroethane, ortho-dichlorobenzene,
trichlorofluoromethane.
F003......................... Xylene, acetone, ethyl acetate, ethyl
benzene, ethyl ether, methyl isobutyl
ketone, n-butyl alcohol, cyclohexanone,
methanol.
F005......................... Toluene, methyl ethyl ketone, carbon
disulfide, isobutanol, pyridine,
benzene, 2-ethoxyethanol, 2-
nitropropane.
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McDonnell Douglas petitioned the EPA to exclude this waste because
it does not believe that the stabilized waste disposed of in a single
RCRA landfill meets the criteria for which it was listed. McDonnell
Douglas also believes that the waste does not contain any other
constituents that would render it hazardous. Review of this petition
included consideration of the original listing criteria, as well as the
additional factors required by RCRA Sec. 3001(f)(1).
In support of its petition, McDonnell Douglas submitted: (1)
descriptions of its wastewater treatment processes and the activities
associated with petitioned wastes; (2) results of the total constituent
list for 40 CFR 264 Appendix IX volatiles, semivolatiles, metals,
pesticides, herbicides, polychlorinated biphenyls, furans, and dioxins;
(3) results of the constituent list for Appendix IX on Toxicity
Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) extract for identified
constituents; (4) results for total sulfide; (5) results for total
cyanide; (6) results for pH; (7) results of the Multiple Extraction
Procedure (MEP) for acidic, neutral, and basic extractions; (8) results
of ground water monitoring; and (9) results of surface impoundment
waste analysis for constituents of concern.
B. Summary of Responses to Public Comments
The EPA received public comments on the proposed notice published
on July 14, 1998, from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Earth
Concerns of Oklahoma (EOC), and the Oklahoma Chapter of the Sierra Club
(OCSC) as joint commenters.
Applicability of the Land Disposal Restriction (LDR) Requirements
Comment: The EDF, EOC, and OCSC (commenters) assert that
``McDonnell Douglas seeks authorization to excavate the 85,000 cubic
yards of landfilled waste, stabilizing with fly ash or cement kiln dust
the previously untreated waste, and disposing of the treated waste in a
nonhazardous waste lanfill. However, it is well established this act of
excavation constitutes waste generation, and thereby triggers all
applicable hazardous waste requirements including treatment prior to
land disposal.''
Response: The EPA disagrees with the commenters suggestion that the
petitioned waste once excavated would be subject to land disposal
restrictions and associated treatment standards. According to EPA
records and documents submitted by the facility, the petitioned waste
was last land disposed on or before July of 1988, prior to the
effective date of an applicable land disposal prohibition. Because the
waste will be delisted before being excavated from the landfill (i.e.,
re-generated) there will be no hazardous waste to which a land disposal
prohibition could attach once the waste is excavated, and therefore,
the petitioned waste will not be subject to LDRs and does not have to
meet the Land Disposal Restrictions (LDRs) treatment standards before
being land disposed. See 63 FR 28617-8, May 26, 1998.
The EPA evaluated the waste and the low health-based risk indicated
that the waste did not need to be handled as a hazardous waste. The
waste will still be considered a solid waste and managed as such under
applicable state regulations.
Comment: Regarding the untreated waste, the commenters contend that
``EPA never addressed the application of treatment standards to organic
constituents nor did EPA evaluate whether the organic contaminants in
the sludge are legitimately treated using fly ash, much less utilize
the LDR variance process as contemplated under existing Agency
policy.''
Response: The EPA did not address the application of LDR treatment
standards to the untreated waste because it will be stabilized with fly
ash or cement kiln dust prior to excavation. Consolidation and in situ
treatment (or stabilization) of hazardous waste within an area of
contamination do not create a new point of hazardous waste generation
triggering land disposal restrictions. See October 14, 1998 memorandum,
``Management of Remediation Waste Under RCRA,'' Publication No. EP530-
F-98-026, and sources cited therein. See 63 FR 28617 and 28620, May 26,
1998. Assuming the newly treated waste meets the delisting levels and
all other delisting conditions prior to the point of waste
regeneration, the newly treated waste will be delisted. Therefore,
there will be no hazardous waste to which a land disposal prohibition
can attach and land disposal treatment standards would not apply and a
treatment variance is not necessary. The EPA determined that analytical
results from twenty samples representing the stabilized waste indicated
that the stabilization process had worked to reduce the concentrations
of hazardous constituents to below levels of health-based concern. See
63 FR 37802, July 14, 1998.
Trichloroethylene, a constituent of concern to the commenters was
not detected in the leachate analysis of the previously stabilized
sludge. Three other organic constituents of concern to the commenters
were detected sporadically in the twenty-one samples analyzed for
leachate concentrations. The leachate concentration values that were
detected are as follows: ethylbenzene (0.004, 0.004, 0.003, 0.002 mg/
l), toluene (0.014, 0.033, 0.006, 0.019, 0.035, 0.015, 0.009 mg/l), and
xylenes (0.017, 0.019, 0.012,0.007, 0.011 mg/l). However, these values
are below drinking water Maximum Concentration Levels (MCLs) even
before the 95 percent Upper Confidence Limit (UCL) was calculated or a
Dilution Attenuation Factor (DAF) was applied indicating that the
values are well below health-based concerns. It should be noted that
these values are also very minimal concentrations.
Since analysis of the portion of the waste that had been stabilized
using flyash indicated that the process had significantly reduced the
concentrations and mobility of the hazardous constituents, it was
considered demonstrated that the unstabilized sludges in the surface
impoundments which had been closed in place as a landfill could also
achieve similar levels. If delisting levels cannot be attained and the
waste is placed in another land disposal unit, then the delisting
states that the waste would be considered a hazardous waste and must be
managed as such.
Comment: The commenters contend that the use of evaporation and/or
dilution techniques to achieve compliance with land disposal treatment
standards are not authorized under RCRA or EPA regulations.
Response: As stated earlier, land disposal restrictions do not
apply in this situation and therefore, land disposal treatment
standards do not apply also. However, EPA agrees with commenters that
the organic contaminants do evaporate and some dilution does occur
during the stabilization process for which the RCRA unit was authorized
under a RCRA closure plan. In cases where wastes are left in-place, it
is commonly authorized to stabilize sludges in this manner. Under a
RCRA closure plan, which is subject to approval by the Oklahoma
Department of Environmental Quality, protection of human health and the
environment would be a major consideration. Also, under the rules of
the Occupational Safety and Health Authority (OSHA) and under a RCRA
closure plan, McDonnell Douglas is subject to meet the worker safety
requirements.
In considering this particular delisting case, only three samples
of five located in one small area show concentrations of total
Trichloroethylene (<0.005, [[page="" 9440]]=""><0.005, 110,="" 166,="" and="" 1090="" mg/kg),="" a="" constituent="" of="" concern="" to="" the="" commenters.="" the="" corresponding="" tclp="" leachate="" values="" are=""><0.1, ,0.1,="" 0.8,="" 0.9,="" and="" 17.3="" mg/l.="" outside="" of="" this="" area,="" trichloroethylene="" was="" not="" detected.="" considering="" the="" small="" amount="" of="" waste="" in="" the="" small="" area="" and="" the="" short="" duration="" of="" time="" for="" stabilization="" within="" the="" unit="" of="" the="" waste="" along="" with="" other="" site="" conditions,="" the="" qualitative="" risk="" to="" the="" public="" appears="" to="" be="" minimal.="" after="" consideration="" of="" the="" concerns="" of="" the="" commenters,="" epa="" is="" adding="" two="" new="" conditions="" to="" the="" conditional="" delisting="" of="" the="" unstabilized="" sludges="" found="" in="" the="" bottom="" of="" the="" northwest="" section="" of="" the="" surface="" impoundments="" which="" have="" been="" closed="" as="" a="" landfill.="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" corporation="" will="" be="" required="" to="" control="" volatile="" emissions="" from="" the="" stabilization="" process="" by="" collection="" of="" the="" volatile="" chemicals="" as="" they="" are="" emitted="" from="" the="" waste="" but="" before="" release="" to="" the="" ambient="" air.="" the="" facility="" will="" also="" be="" required="" to="" use="" adequate="" dust="" control="" measures.="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" corporation="" shall="" control="" volatile="" emissions="" from="" the="" stabilization="" process="" by="" collection="" of="" the="" volatile="" chemicals="" as="" they="" are="" emitted="" from="" the="" waste="" but="" before="" release="" to="" the="" ambient="" air="" and="" the="" facility="" shall="" use="" dust="" control="" measures.="" these="" two="" controls="" must="" be="" adequate="" to="" protect="" human="" health="" and="" the="" environment.="" these="" two="" additional="" conditions="" will="" prevent="" cross-media="" transfer="" and="" provide="" more="" definitive="" protection="" to="" the="" public="" and="" onsite="" workers.="" these="" two="" conditions="" would="" normally="" be="" considered="" under="" a="" new="" rcra="" closure="" (by="" removal)="" plan="" and="" under="" osha="" regulations="" but="" are="" also="" being="" addressed="" herein.="" the="" delisting="" of="" the="" approximately="" 2500="" cubic="" yards="" of="" unstabilized="" sludge="" in="" this="" area="" is="" limited="" to="" 5000="" total="" cubic="" yards="" of="" stabilized="" waste="" after="" the="" materials="" used="" in="" the="" stabilization="" process="" (about="" 2500="" cubic="" yards)="" are="" added.="" therefore,="" the="" maximum="" allowable="" 1-to-1="" dilution="" is="" not="" considered="" a="" major="" factor.="" the="" materials="" used="" to="" stabilize="" the="" waste="" raises="" the="" ph="" of="" the="" combined="" materials="" to="" a="" basic="" level="" which="" lowers="" the="" leachate="" concentrations="" of="" metals="" as="" confirmed="" by="" the="" mep="" tests.="" the="" mixing="" of="" the="" materials="" in="" the="" stabilization="" process="" volatilizes="" the="" organic="" constituents="" which="" are="" then="" collected="" before="" entering="" the="" ambient="" air.="" a="" 1-to-1="" dilution="" would="" not="" reduce="" the="" present="" detected="" tclp="" concentrations="" (0.8,="" 0.9,="" and="" 17.3="" mg/l="" tclp)="" to="" below="" the="" delisting="" limit="" for="" the="" trichloroethylene="" which="" is="" calculated="" at="" a="" value="" of="" .280="" mg/l="" tclp.="" this="" reduction="" must="" be="" accomplished="" by="" this="" alternate="" treatment="" method.="" the="" commenters="" state="" in="" a="" footnote="" ``epa's="" proposed="" delisting="" limits="" for="" the="" organic="" contaminants="" will="" not="" ensure="" legitimate="" and="" adequate="" treatment="" because="" the="" delisting="" limits="" substantially="" exceed="" universal="" treatment="" standard="" (uts)="" and/or="" the="" limits="" are="" expressed="" as="" leachate="" values="" instead="" of="" total="" concentrations.''="" in="" order="" to="" better="" demonstrate="" that="" legitimate="" treatment="" has="" occurred="" in="" the="" case="" of="" organic="" contaminants,="" epa="" is="" adding="" a="" requirement="" that="" the="" organic="" constituents="" of="" concern="" in="" the="" unstabilized="" sludge="" must="" be="" treated="" to="" below="" the="" total="" concentration="" of="" the="" uts="" value="" as="" well="" as="" the="" calculated="" health-based="" leachate="" concentration="" value.="" leachate="" values="" that="" are="" higher="" than="" the="" total="" concentration="" are="" logically="" eliminated.="" (1)="" delisting="" levels:="" all="" leachable="" concentrations="" for="" the="" constituents="" in="" (1)(a)="" and="" (1)(b)="" in="" the="" approximately="" 5,000="" cubic="" yards="" of="" combined="" stabilization="" materials="" and="" excavated="" sludges="" from="" the="" bottom="" portion="" of="" the="" northwest="" lagoon="" of="" the="" surface="" impoundments="" which="" are="" closed="" as="" a="" landfill="" must="" not="" exceed="" the="" following="" levels="" (ppm)="" after="" the="" stabilization="" process="" is="" completed="" in="" accordance="" with="" condition="" (3).="" constituents="" must="" be="" measured="" in="" the="" waste="" leachate="" by="" the="" method="" specified="" in="" 40="" cfr="" 261.24.="" cyanide="" extractions="" must="" be="" conducted="" using="" distilled="" water="" in="" the="" place="" of="" the="" leaching="" media="" per="" 40="" cfr="" 261.24.="" constituents="" in="" (1)(c)="" must="" be="" measured="" as="" the="" total="" concentrations="" in="" the="" waste(ppm).="" (a)="" inorganic="" constituents="" (leachate)="" antimony--0.336;="" cadmium--="" 0.280;="" chromium="" (total)--5.0;="" lead--0.84;="" cyanide--11.2;="" (b)="" organic="" constituents="" (leachate)="" benzene--0.28;="" trans-1,2-="" dichloroethene--5.6;="" tetrachloroethylene--0.280;="" trichloroethylene--="" 0.280="" (c)="" organic="" constituents="" (total="" analysis)="" benzene--10.;="" ethylbenzene--10.;="" toluene--30;="" xylenes--30.;="" trans-1,2-="" dichloroethene--30.;="" tetrachloroethylene--6.0;="" trichloroethylene--="" 6.0="" if="" delisting="" limits="" are="" not="" met,="" then="" the="" waste="" cannot="" be="" delisted="" and="" cannot="" be="" transported="" to="" a="" subtitle="" d="" landfill.="" comment:="" commenters="" assert="" that="" the="" delisting="" levels="" for="" the="" untreated="" sludge="" are="" less="" stringent="" than="" the="" corresponding="" uts="" for="" cadmium,="" chromium,="" and="" lead.="" response:="" as="" stated="" previously,="" the="" land="" disposal="" restrictions="" do="" not="" apply="" to="" the="" waste="" that="" is="" subject="" to="" the="" delisting="" and="" therefore,="" the="" uts="" are="" not="" required="" to="" be="" met.="" the="" delisting="" levels="" were="" calculated="" using="" the="" epacml="" model="" and="" health-based="" concentrations="" for="" drinking="" water.="" the="" resulting="" calculated="" health-based="" concentrations="" are="" above="" the="" uts="" standards.="" however,="" in="" evaluating="" the="" data,="" it="" should="" be="" noted="" that="" the="" actual="" concentrations="" of="" these="" three="" constituents="" in="" the="" petitioned="" waste="" are="" below="" the="" uts="" concentrations="" when="" the="" 95="" percent="" ucl="" is="" calculated="" (see="" next="" response="" for="" an="" explanation="" of="" the="" 95="" percent="" ucl).="" furthermore,="" since="" the="" stabilization="" reduced="" the="" actual="" concentrations="" of="" the="" three="" constituents="" in="" the="" 80,000="" cubic="" yards="" of="" stabilized="" waste="" to="" below="" the="" 95="" percent="" ucl="" of="" the="" uts,="" it="" would="" be="" reasonably="" expected="" that="" similar="" results="" would="" be="" obtained="" after="" the="" 2500="" cubic="" yards="" of="" unstabilized="" sludges="" undergoes="" the="" stabilization="" process="" and="" that="" each="" sample="" would="" yield="" concentrations="" below="" the="" uts="" values.="" in="" any="" case,="" the="" calculated="" health-based="" concentrations="" must="" be="" met="" before="" the="" petitioned="" waste="" is="" excluded="" from="" subtitle="" c="" management.="" comment:="" the="" commenters="" indicate="" a="" concern="" that="" several="" samples="" of="" the="" stabilized="" sludge="" leach="" levels="" ``sometimes="" fails="" to="" achieve="" the="" uts="" for="" cadmium.''="" they="" indicate="" that="" ``these="" exceedances="" are="" relevant="" because="" the="" treatment="" standards="" are="" established="" and="" enforced="" through="" grab="" sampling,="" thus="" every="" sample="" must="" conform="" to="" the="" requisite="" treatment="" standards.''="" response:="" in="" delisting,="" samples="" are="" often="" composited="" in="" order="" to="" establish="" the="" mean="" concentration="" of="" the="" entire="" waste="" stream="" or="" waste="" volume="" to="" be="" disposed="" of="" in="" the="" landfill.="" this="" value="" is="" more="" representative="" of="" the="" waste.="" the="" highest="" concentration="" value="" identified="" in="" a="" group="" of="" samples="" is="" generally="" used="" as="" a="" screening="" level.="" if="" the="" waste="" does="" not="" pass="" the="" initial="" screening="" evaluation="" and="" the="" sample="" size="" is="" large="" enough,="" then="" the="" 95="" percent="" ucl="" of="" the="" mean="" concentration="" is="" calculated="" for="" all="" samples="" within="" the="" sample="" population.="" this="" concentration="" is="" used="" as="" a="" representative="" value="" for="" evaluation="" purposes="" beyond="" the="" initial="" screening.="" one="" grab="" sample="" usually="" does="" not="" represent="" a="" waste="" stream="" or="" waste="" volume="" (depending="" on="" sample="" size="" and="" homogeneity).="" see="" usepa="" petitions="" to="" delist="" hazardous="" wastes="" a="" guidance="" manual,="" second="" edition,="" march="" 1993;="" usepa="" rcra="" sampling="" procedures="" handbook,="" august="" 1989;="" and="" usepa="" sw-846,="" test="" methods="" for="" evaluating="" solid="" waste,="" volume="" ii.="" as="" shown="" in="" the="" proposed="" exclusion="" (63="" fr="" 37803,="" july="" 14,="" 1998),="" the="" cadmium="" leachate="" concentration="" value="" for="" the="" stabilized="" waste="" for="" the="" 95="" percent="" ucl="" of="" the="" mean="" concentration="" value="" is="" calculated="" at="" 0.0236="" mg/l="" which="" yielded="" a="" compliance="" point="" concentration="" of="" 0.00042="" mg/l="" which="" is="" well="" below="" the="" health-based="" level="" of="" 0.005="" mg/l="" for="" cadmium="" used="" in="" the="" delisting="" decision="" making.="" it="" should="" also="" be="" noted="" that="" the="" 95%="" ucl="" [[page="" 9441]]="" concentration="" value="" of="" 0.0236="" mg/l="" tclp="" is="" also="" below="" the="" uts="" concentration="" level="" for="" cadmium="" of="" 0.11="" mg/l="" tclp.="" the="" epa="" is="" also="" concerned="" about="" the="" presence="" of="" wastes="" which="" are="" not="" stabilized="" as="" indicated="" by="" either="" individual="" or="" composited="" samples.="" instead="" of="" allowing="" the="" approximately="" 2500="" cubic="" yards="" of="" unstabilized="" waste="" identified="" by="" sampling="" to="" be="" simply="" mixed="" in="" with="" the="" 80,000="" cubic="" yards="" of="" stabilized="" sludges,="" epa="" calculated="" health-based="" delisting="" levels="" for="" the="" constituents="" of="" concern.="" this="" was="" done="" to="" insure="" that="" the="" unstabilized="" waste="" with="" elevated="" concentrations="" would="" be="" stabilized="" to="" the="" calculated="" delisting="" limits.="" these="" delisting="" limits="" are="" established="" based="" on="" health="" considerations="" and="" are="" relatively="" low="" concentration="" levels.="" if="" delisting="" levels="" cannot="" be="" attained="" and="" the="" waste="" is="" to="" placed="" in="" another="" land="" disposal="" unit,="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" is="" required="" to="" manage="" the="" unstabilized="" waste="" as="" hazardous="" waste="" in="" accordance="" with="" to="" subtitle="" c="" requirements="" and="" the="" required="" technology="" standards.="" the="" delisting="" limits="" for="" the="" untreated="" sludge="" comment:="" the="" commenters="" requested="" that="" epa="" increase="" the="" active="" life="" of="" the="" landfill="" as="" used="" in="" the="" modified="" epa="" composite="" landfill="" model="" (epacml)="" from="" the="" 20="" years="" for="" use="" in="" delisting="" (see="" 56="" fr="" 32998,="" july="" 18,="" 1991)="" to="" a="" 30="" year="" period="" as="" used="" in="" the="" promulgation="" of="" the="" petroleum="" refinery="" listing="" determination="" see="" 63="" fr="" 42139,="" august="" 6,="" 1998.="" the="" commenters="" were="" concerned="" that="" the="" increased="" active="" life="" would="" increase="" the="" waste="" volume="" and="" thus="" the="" daf="" which="" would="" then="" change="" the="" calculated="" delisting="" levels="" to="" more="" conservative="" values="" which="" might="" cause="" some="" of="" the="" delisting="" values="" for="" the="" unstabilized="" sludge="" to="" be="" unprotective.="" similarly,="" the="" evaluation="" of="" the="" stabilized="" sludge="" could="" also="" prove="" to="" be="" incorrect.="" response:="" the="" published="" epacml="" values="" for="" dafs="" as="" compared="" to="" waste="" volumes="" are="" based="" on="" a="" facility="" generating="" the="" charted="" waste="" volume="" on="" a="" per="" year="" basis="" for="" 20="" years.="" for="" example,="" a="" 1000="" cubic="" yard="" volume="" in="" the="" table="" represents="" 20,000="" cubic="" yards="" of="" total="" waste="" disposed.="" since="" this="" is="" a="" one-time="" delisting,="" the="" waste="" volume="" is="" not="" generated="" on="" a="" yearly="" basis="" for="" 20="" years="" and="" is="" thus="" finite.="" therefore,="" in="" mcdonnell="" douglas'="" case,="" the="" waste="" volume="" must="" be="" divided="" by="" 20="" to="" yield="" a="" daf="" that="" corresponds="" to="" the="" actual="" total="" volume.="" that="" is="" to="" say,="" to="" use="" the="" table,="" 85,000="" cubic="" yards="" is="" the="" same="" volume="" as="" 4,250="" cubic="" yards="" per="" year="" for="" 20="" years.="" see="" 56="" fr="" 33000,="" july="" 18,="" 1991.="" if="" the="" 30="" year="" landfill="" life="" was="" applied,="" the="" modified="" epacml="" model="" would="" be="" rerun="" increasing="" waste="" volumes="" and="" thus="" dafs.="" the="" dafs="" would="" not="" be="" changed="" in="" a="" straight="" line="" relationship="" as="" suggested="" by="" the="" commenters.="" see="" 56="" fr="" 32999,="" july="" 18,="" 1991.="" however,="" in="" this="" specific="" case,="" if="" the="" change="" to="" 30="" years="" was="" made,="" the="" increased="" waste="" volumes="" would="" be="" divided="" by="" 30="" instead="" of="" 20="" for="" a="" one-time="" delisting="" thus="" yield="" similar="" daf="" values="" and="" similar="" delisting="" limits="" to="" those="" presently="" used.="" the="" conclusion="" is="" that="" a="" change="" to="" a="" 30="" year="" active="" life="" would="" not="" make="" a="" significant="" difference="" in="" the="" daf="" used="" in="" the="" calculations="" for="" the="" waste="" delisted="" in="" this="" instance="" and="" the="" petitioned="" waste="" would="" still="" qualify="" for="" delisting.="" delisting="" of="" the="" stabilized="" sludge="" comment:="" the="" commenters="" contend="" that="" epa="" should="" impose="" cadmium="" delisting="" limits="" and="" verification="" testing="" requirements="" for="" the="" previously="" stabilized="" sludge="" in="" order="" to="" ensure="" the="" cadmium="" is="" treated="" sufficiently="" to="" achieve="" the="" desired="" leach="" values="" consistent="" with="" the="" reduced="" dafs="" based="" upon="" a="" minimum="" 30="" year="" landfill="" life.="" response:="" as="" previously="" explained,="" the="" application="" of="" the="" 30="" year="" landfill="" active="" life="" would="" not="" make="" a="" significant="" difference="" for="" a="" one-="" time="" delisting="" since="" the="" waste="" volume="" is="" finite.="" therefore,="" the="" second="" sample="" of="" cadmium="" would="" remain="" below="" heath-based="" delisting="" levels="" for="" a="" calculated="" theoretical="" down-gradient="" receptor="" well="" using="" the="" modified="" epacml.="" the="" appropriate="" evaluation="" of="" cadmium="" as="" a="" constituent="" of="" concern="" has="" been="" previously="" addressed="" in="" this="" notice.="" no="" verification="" testing="" is="" being="" required="" for="" the="" previously="" stabilized="" waste.="" it="" was="" determined="" that="" the="" facility="" presented="" sufficient="" amounts="" of="" information="" to="" demonstrate="" that="" the="" previously="" stabilized="" waste="" met="" the="" delisting="" criteria.="" verification="" testing="" is="" being="" required="" to="" demonstrate="" that="" delisting="" limits="" are="" met="" for="" the="" approximately="" 5000="" cubic="" yards="" of="" newly="" stabilized="" waste="" which="" is="" processed="" by="" mixing="" the="" 2500="" cubic="" yards="" of="" presently="" unstabilized="" waste="" with="" stabilization="" materials,="" comment:="" furthermore,="" the="" commenters="" were="" concerned="" about="" ``epa's="" reliance="" on="" onsite="" groundwater="" monitoring="" data="" to="" refute="" the="" modeling="" prediction.''="" response:="" the="" epa="" did="" not="" use="" ground="" water="" monitoring="" data="" to="" refute="" the="" modeling="" predications.="" as="" previously="" shown,="" the="" modeling="" predictions="" stand="" on="" their="" own="" merit="" and="" fully="" support="" the="" granting="" of="" the="" petition.="" ground="" water="" monitoring="" data="" was="" evaluated="" as="" an="" additional="" source="" of="" information.="" the="" ground="" water="" data="" indicated="" that="" constituents="" of="" concern="" had="" not="" been="" detected="" at="" nearby="" detection="" monitoring="" wells="" at="" concentrations="" of="" regulatory="" concern,="" therefore="" this="" information="" was="" considered="" to="" support="" the="" petition.="" conversely,="" if="" ground="" water="" monitoring="" data="" had="" shown="" concentrations="" above="" levels="" of="" concern="" had="" been="" detected,="" this="" information="" would="" have="" supported="" denial="" of="" the="" petition.="" typographical="" error="" correction="" the="" epa="" is="" correcting="" the="" compliance="" point="" concentration="" value="" for="" nickel="" found="" in="" table="" 4b.="" of="" the="" proposed="" exclusion="" (63="" fr="" 37803,="" july="" 14,="" 1998)="" which="" should="" be="" 0.005="" mg/l="" and="" not="" 10.005="" mg/l="" as="" printed.="" in="" the="" delisting="" levels="" section,="" epa="" is="" correcting="" the="" hexavalent="" chromium="" constituent="" to="" read="" ``chromium="" (total)''="" to="" be="" consistent="" with="" the="" mcl="" and="" the="" regulatory="" tclp="" usage="" of="" total="" chromium="" instead="" of="" hexavalent="" chromium.="" total="" chromium="" leachate="" values="" were="" used="" to="" calculate="" the="" delisting="" levels="" and="" should="" be="" reflected="" as="" total="" chromium="" leachate="" in="" the="" delisting="" levels="" sections="" instead="" of="" hexavalent="" chromium="" leachate="" (63="" fr="" 37804="" and="" 37807,="" july="" 14,="" 1998).="" (a)="" inorganic="" constituents="" (leachate)="" antimony-0.336;="" cadmium-="" 0.280;="" chromium="" (total)-5.0;="" lead-0.84;="" cyanide-11.2;="" c.="" final="" agency="" decision="" for="" reasons="" stated="" in="" both="" the="" proposal="" and="" this="" notice,="" epa="" believes="" that="" mcdonnell="" douglas'="" petitioned="" waste="" should="" be="" excluded="" from="" hazardous="" waste="" control.="" the="" epa,="" therefore,="" is="" granting="" a="" final="" one-time="" exclusion="" to="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" corporation,="" located="" in="" tulsa,="" oklahoma,="" for="" a="" maximum="" of="" 85,000="" cubic="" yards="" of="" stabilized="" waste,="" described="" in="" its="" petition="" as="" epa="" hazardous="" waste="" no.="" f019="" with="" minor="" amounts="" of="" f002,="" f003,="" and="" f005.="" a="" conditional="" one-time="" exclusion="" is="" granted="" for="" approximately="" 5000="" cubic="" yards="" of="" the="" total="" waste="" volume.="" this="" 5000="" cubic="" yards="" of="" waste="" consists="" of="" 2500="" cubic="" yards="" of="" unstabilized="" waste="" located="" in="" the="" bottom="" portion="" of="" the="" northwest="" section="" of="" the="" surface="" impoundments="" which="" were="" closed="" as="" a="" single="" rcra="" landfill="" plus="" the="" stabilization="" materials="" to="" be="" added.="" this="" waste="" is="" required="" to="" undergo="" stabilization="" and="" verification="" testing="" before="" being="" considered="" as="" excluded="" [[page="" 9442]]="" from="" subtitle="" c="" regulation.="" requirements="" for="" control="" of="" emissions="" from="" volatilization="" or="" airborne="" dust="" during="" the="" stabilization="" process="" have="" been="" included="" in="" this="" one-time="" exclusion.="" this="" exclusion="" only="" applies="" to="" the="" wastes="" as="" described="" in="" the="" petition.="" although="" management="" of="" the="" waste="" covered="" by="" this="" petition="" is="" relieved="" from="" subtitle="" c="" jurisdiction,="" the="" generator="" of="" the="" delisted="" waste="" must="" either="" treat,="" store,="" or="" dispose="" of="" the="" waste="" in="" an="" on-site="" facility,="" or="" ensure="" that="" the="" waste="" is="" delivered="" to="" an="" off-site="" storage,="" treatment,="" or="" disposal="" facility,="" either="" of="" which="" is="" permitted,="" licensed="" or="" registered="" by="" a="" state="" to="" manage="" municipal="" or="" industrial="" solid="" waste.="" alternatively,="" the="" delisted="" waste="" may="" be="" delivered="" to="" a="" facility="" that="" beneficially="" uses="" or="" reuses,="" or="" legitimately="" recycles="" or="" reclaims="" the="" waste,="" or="" treats="" the="" waste="" prior="" to="" such="" beneficial="" use,="" reuse,="" recycling,="" or="" reclamation.="" see="" 40="" cfr="" part="" 260,="" appendix="" i.="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" plans="" to="" dispose="" of="" the="" excluded="" waste="" in="" one="" or="" more="" subtitle="" d="" landfills.="" iii.="" limited="" effect="" of="" federal="" exclusion="" the="" final="" exclusion="" being="" granted="" today="" is="" issued="" under="" the="" federal="" (rcra)="" delisting="" program.="" states,="" however,="" are="" allowed="" to="" impose="" their="" own,="" non-rcra="" regulatory="" requirements="" that="" are="" more="" stringent="" than="" epa's,="" pursuant="" to="" section="" 3009="" of="" rcra.="" these="" more="" stringent="" requirements="" may="" include="" a="" provision="" which="" prohibits="" a="" federally-issued="" exclusion="" from="" taking="" effect="" in="" the="" state.="" because="" a="" petitioner's="" waste="" may="" be="" regulated="" under="" a="" dual="" system="" (i.e.,="" both="" federal="" (rcra)="" and="" state="" (non-rcra)="" programs),="" petitioners="" are="" urged="" to="" contact="" the="" state="" regulatory="" authority="" to="" determine="" the="" current="" status="" of="" their="" wastes="" under="" the="" state="" law.="" furthermore,="" some="" states="" (e.g.,="" louisiana,="" georgia,="" and="" illinois)="" are="" authorized="" to="" administer="" a="" delisting="" program="" in="" lieu="" of="" the="" federal="" program,="" (i.e.,="" to="" make="" their="" own="" delisting="" decisions).="" therefore,="" this="" exclusion="" does="" not="" apply="" in="" those="" authorized="" states.="" if="" the="" petitioned="" waste="" will="" be="" transported="" to="" and="" managed="" in="" any="" state="" with="" delisting="" authorization.="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" must="" obtain="" delisting="" authorization="" from="" that="" state="" before="" the="" waste="" can="" be="" managed="" as="" non-hazardous="" in="" the="" state.="" iv.="" effective="" date="" this="" rule="" is="" effective="" february="" 26,="" 1999.="" the="" hazardous="" and="" solid="" waste="" amendments="" of="" 1984="" amended="" section="" 3010="" of="" rcra="" to="" allow="" rules="" to="" become="" effective="" in="" less="" than="" six="" months="" when="" the="" regulated="" community="" does="" not="" need="" the="" six-month="" period="" to="" come="" into="" compliance.="" that="" is="" the="" case="" here="" because="" this="" rule="" reduces,="" rather="" than="" increases,="" the="" existing="" requirements="" for="" persons="" generating="" hazardous="" wastes.="" these="" reasons="" also="" provide="" a="" basis="" for="" making="" this="" rule="" effective="" immediately,="" upon="" publication,="" under="" the="" administrative="" procedure="" act,="" pursuant="" to="" 5="" u.s.c.="" 553(d).="" v.="" regulatory="" impact="" under="" executive="" order="" (e.o.)="" 12866,="" epa="" must="" conduct="" an="" ``assessment="" of="" the="" potential="" costs="" and="" benefits''="" for="" all="" ``significant''="" regulatory="" actions.="" the="" effect="" of="" this="" rule="" is="" to="" reduce="" the="" overall="" costs="" and="" economic="" impact="" of="" epa's="" hazardous="" waste="" management="" regulations.="" the="" reduction="" is="" achieved="" by="" excluding="" waste="" from="" epa's="" lists="" of="" hazardous="" wastes,="" thereby="" enabling="" a="" facility="" to="" treat="" its="" waste="" as="" non-hazardous.="" as="" discussed="" in="" epa's="" response="" to="" public="" comments,="" this="" rule="" is="" unlikely="" to="" have="" an="" adverse="" annual="" effect="" on="" the="" economy="" of="" $100="" million="" or="" more.="" therefore,="" this="" rule="" does="" not="" represent="" a="" significant="" regulatory="" action="" under="" the="" executive="" order,="" and="" no="" assessment="" of="" costs="" and="" benefits="" is="" necessary.="" the="" office="" of="" management="" and="" budget="" (omb)="" has="" exempted="" this="" rule="" from="" the="" requirement="" for="" omb="" review="" under="" section="" (6)="" of="" executive="" order="" 12866.="" vi.="" regulatory="" flexibility="" act="" pursuant="" to="" the="" regulatory="" flexibility="" act,="" 5="" u.s.c.="" secs.="" 601-612,="" whenever="" an="" agency="" is="" required="" to="" publish="" a="" general="" notice="" of="" rulemaking="" for="" any="" proposed="" or="" final="" rule,="" it="" must="" prepare="" and="" make="" available="" for="" public="" comment="" a="" regulatory="" flexibility="" analysis="" which="" describes="" the="" impact="" of="" the="" rule="" on="" small="" entities="" (i.e.,="" small="" businesses,="" small="" organizations,="" and="" small="" governmental="" jurisdictions).="" no="" regulatory="" flexibility="" analysis="" is="" required,="" however,="" if="" the="" administrator="" or="" delegated="" representative="" certifies="" that="" the="" rule="" will="" not="" have="" any="" impact="" on="" any="" small="" entities.="" this="" regulation="" will="" not="" have="" an="" adverse="" impact="" on="" any="" small="" entities="" since="" its="" effect="" will="" be="" to="" reduce="" the="" overall="" costs="" of="" epa's="" hazardous="" waste="" regulations.="" accordingly,="" i="" hereby="" certify="" that="" this="" regulation="" will="" not="" have="" a="" significant="" economic="" impact="" on="" a="" substantial="" number="" of="" small="" entities.="" this="" regulation,="" therefore,="" does="" not="" require="" a="" regulatory="" flexibility="" analysis.="" vii.="" paperwork="" reduction="" act="" information="" collection="" and="" recordkeeping="" requirements="" associated="" with="" this="" final="" rule="" have="" been="" approved="" by="" the="" omb="" under="" the="" provisions="" of="" the="" paperwork="" reduction="" act="" of="" 1980="" (pub.="" l.="" 96-511,="" 44="" u.s.c.="" 3501="" et="" seq.)="" and="" have="" been="" assigned="" omb="" control="" number="" 2050-0053.="" viii.="" unfunded="" mandates="" reform="" act="" under="" section="" 202="" of="" the="" unfunded="" mandates="" reform="" act="" of="" 1995="" (umra),="" pub.="" l.="" 104-4,="" which="" was="" signed="" into="" law="" on="" march="" 22,="" 1995,="" epa="" generally="" must="" prepare="" a="" written="" statement="" for="" rules="" with="" federal="" mandates="" that="" may="" result="" in="" estimated="" costs="" to="" state,="" local,="" and="" tribal="" governments="" in="" the="" aggregate,="" or="" to="" the="" private="" sector,="" of="" $100="" million="" or="" more="" in="" any="" one="" year.="" when="" such="" a="" statement="" is="" required="" for="" epa="" rules,="" under="" section="" 205="" of="" the="" umra="" epa="" must="" identify="" and="" consider="" alternatives,="" including="" the="" least="" costly,="" most="" cost-effective="" or="" least="" burdensome="" alternative="" that="" achieves="" the="" objectives="" of="" the="" rule.="" the="" epa="" must="" select="" that="" alternative,="" unless="" the="" administrator="" explains="" in="" the="" final="" rule="" why="" it="" was="" not="" selected="" or="" it="" is="" inconsistent="" with="" law.="" before="" epa="" establishes="" regulatory="" requirements="" that="" may="" significantly="" or="" uniquely="" affect="" small="" governments,="" including="" tribal="" governments,="" it="" must="" develop="" under="" section="" 203="" of="" the="" umra="" a="" small="" government="" agency="" plan.="" the="" plan="" must="" provide="" for="" notifying="" potentially="" affected="" small="" governments,="" giving="" them="" meaningful="" and="" timely="" input="" in="" the="" development="" of="" epa="" regulatory="" proposals="" with="" significant="" federal="" intergovernmental="" mandates,="" and="" informing,="" educating,="" and="" advising="" them="" on="" compliance="" with="" the="" regulatory="" requirements.="" the="" umra="" generally="" defines="" a="" federal="" mandate="" for="" regulatory="" purposes="" as="" one="" that="" imposes="" an="" enforceable="" duty="" upon="" state,="" local,="" or="" tribal="" governments="" or="" the="" private="" sector.="" the="" epa="" finds="" that="" today's="" delisting="" decision="" is="" deregulatory="" in="" nature="" and="" does="" not="" impose="" any="" enforceable="" duty="" on="" any="" state,="" local,="" or="" tribal="" governments="" or="" the="" private="" sector.="" in="" addition,="" today's="" delisting="" decision="" does="" not="" establish="" any="" regulatory="" requirements="" for="" small="" governments="" and="" so="" does="" not="" require="" a="" small="" government="" agency="" plan="" under="" umra="" section="" 203.="" ix.="" submission="" to="" congress="" and="" general="" accounting="" office="" the="" congressional="" review="" act,="" 5="" u.s.c.="" 801="" et="" seq.,="" as="" added="" by="" the="" small="" business="" regulatory="" enforcement="" fairness="" act="" of="" 1996,="" generally="" provides="" [[page="" 9443]]="" that="" before="" a="" rule="" may="" take="" effect,="" the="" agency="" promulgating="" the="" rule="" must="" submit="" a="" rule="" report,="" which="" includes="" a="" copy="" of="" the="" rule,="" to="" each="" house="" of="" congress="" and="" to="" the="" comptroller="" general="" of="" the="" united="" states.="" the="" epa="" is="" not="" required="" to="" submit="" a="" rule="" report="" regarding="" today's="" action="" under="" section="" 801="" because="" this="" is="" a="" rule="" of="" particular="" applicability,="" etc.="" section="" 804="" exempts="" from="" section="" 801="" the="" following="" types="" of="" rules:="" rules="" of="" particular="" applicability;="" rules="" relating="" to="" agency="" management="" or="" personnel;="" and="" rules="" of="" agency="" organization,="" procedures,="" or="" practice="" that="" do="" not="" substantially="" affect="" the="" rights="" or="" obligations="" of="" non-agency="" parties.="" see="" 5="" u.s.c.="" 804(3).="" this="" rule="" will="" become="" effective="" on="" the="" date="" of="" publication="" in="" the="" federal="" register.="" x.="" executive="" order="" 13045--protection="" of="" children="" from="" environmental="" health="" risks="" and="" safety="" risks="" the="" e.o.="" 13045="" is="" entitled="" ``protection="" of="" children="" from="" environmental="" health="" risks="" and="" safety="" risks''="" (62="" fr="" 19885,="" april="" 23,="" 1997).="" this="" order="" applies="" to="" any="" rule="" that="" epa="" determines:="" (1)="" is="" economically="" significant="" as="" defined="" under="" executive="" order="" 12866,="" and="" (2)="" the="" environmental="" health="" or="" safety="" risk="" addressed="" by="" the="" rule="" has="" a="" disproportionate="" effect="" on="" children.="" if="" the="" regulatory="" action="" meets="" both="" criteria,="" the="" agency="" must="" evaluate="" the="" environmental="" health="" or="" safety="" effects="" of="" the="" planned="" rule="" on="" children,="" and="" explain="" why="" the="" planned="" regulation="" is="" preferable="" to="" other="" potentially="" effective="" and="" reasonably="" feasible="" alternatives="" considered="" by="" the="" agency.="" this="" final="" rule="" is="" not="" subject="" to="" e.o.="" 13045="" because="" this="" is="" not="" a="" n="" economically="" significant="" regulatory="" action="" as="" defined="" by="" e.o.="" 12866.="" xi.="" executive="" order="" 12875="" under="" e.o.="" 12875,="" epa="" may="" not="" issue="" a="" regulation="" that="" is="" not="" required="" by="" statute="" and="" that="" creates="" a="" mandate="" upon="" a="" state,="" local,="" or="" tribal="" government,="" unless="" the="" federal="" government="" provides="" the="" funds="" necessary="" to="" pay="" the="" direct="" compliance="" costs="" incurred="" by="" those="" governments.="" if="" the="" mandate="" is="" unfunded,="" epa="" must="" provide="" to="" the="" omb="" a="" description="" of="" the="" extent="" of="" epa's="" prior="" consultation="" with="" representatives="" of="" affected="" state,="" local,="" and="" tribal="" governments,="" the="" nature="" of="" their="" concerns,="" copies="" of="" written="" communications="" from="" the="" governments,="" and="" a="" statement="" supporting="" the="" need="" to="" issue="" the="" regulation.="" in="" addition,="" e.o.="" 12875="" requires="" epa="" to="" develop="" an="" effective="" process="" permitting="" elected="" officials="" and="" other="" representatives="" of="" state,="" local,="" and="" tribal="" governments="" ``to="" provide="" meaningful="" and="" timely="" input="" in="" the="" development="" of="" regulatory="" proposals="" containing="" significant="" unfunded="" mandates.''="" today's="" rule="" does="" not="" create="" a="" mandate="" on="" state,="" local="" or="" tribal="" governments.="" the="" rule="" does="" not="" impose="" any="" enforceable="" duties="" on="" these="" entities.="" accordingly,="" the="" requirements="" of="" section="" 1(a)="" of="" e.o.="" 12875="" do="" not="" apply="" to="" this="" rule.="" xii.="" executive="" order="" 13084="" under="" e.o.="" 13084,="" epa="" may="" not="" issue="" a="" regulation="" that="" is="" not="" required="" by="" statute,="" that="" significantly="" affects="" or="" uniquely="" affects="" the="" communities="" of="" indian="" tribal="" governments,="" and="" that="" imposes="" substantial="" direct="" compliance="" costs="" on="" those="" communities,="" unless="" the="" federal="" government="" provides="" the="" funds="" necessary="" to="" pay="" the="" direct="" compliance="" costs="" incurred="" by="" the="" tribal="" governments.="" if="" the="" mandate="" is="" unfunded,="" epa="" must="" provide="" to="" the="" omb,="" in="" a="" separately="" identified="" section="" of="" the="" preamble="" to="" the="" rule,="" a="" description="" of="" the="" extent="" of="" epa's="" prior="" consultation="" with="" representatives="" of="" affected="" tribal="" governments,="" a="" summary="" of="" the="" nature="" of="" their="" concerns,="" and="" a="" statement="" supporting="" the="" need="" to="" issue="" the="" regulation.="" in="" addition,="" representatives="" of="" indian="" tribal="" governments="" ``to="" provide="" meaningful="" and="" timely="" input="" in="" the="" development="" of="" regulatory="" policies="" on="" matters="" that="" significantly="" or="" uniquely="" affect="" their="" communities.''="" today's="" rule="" does="" not="" significantly="" or="" uniquely="" affect="" the="" communities="" of="" indian="" tribal="" governments.="" accordingly,="" the="" requirements="" of="" section="" 3(b)="" of="" e.o.="" 13084="" do="" not="" apply="" to="" this="" rule.="" xiii.="" national="" technology="" transfer="" and="" advancement="" act="" under="" section="" 12(d)="" if="" the="" national="" technology="" transfer="" and="" advancement="" act,="" the="" agency="" is="" directed="" to="" use="" voluntary="" consensus="" standards="" in="" its="" regulatory="" activities="" unless="" to="" do="" so="" would="" be="" inconsistent="" with="" applicable="" law="" or="" otherwise="" impractical.="" voluntary="" consensus="" standards="" are="" technical="" standards="" (e.g.,="" materials="" specifications,="" test="" methods,="" sampling="" procedures,="" business="" practices,="" etc.)="" that="" are="" developed="" or="" adopted="" by="" voluntary="" consensus="" standard="" bodies.="" where="" available="" and="" potentially="" applicable="" voluntary="" consensus="" standards="" are="" not="" used="" by="" epa,="" the="" act="" requires="" that="" agency="" to="" provide="" congress,="" through="" the="" omb,="" an="" explanation="" of="" the="" reasons="" for="" not="" using="" such="" standards.="" this="" rule="" does="" not="" establish="" any="" new="" technical="" standards="" and="" thus,="" the="" agency="" has="" no="" need="" to="" consider="" the="" use="" of="" voluntary="" consensus="" standards="" in="" developing="" this="" final="" rule.="" lists="" of="" subjects="" in="" 40="" cfr="" part="" 261="" environmental="" protection,="" hazardous="" waste,="" recycling,="" reporting="" and="" recordkeeping="" requirements.="" authority:="" sec.="" 3001(f)="" rcra,="" 42="" u.s.c.="" 6921(f)="" dated:="" february="" 23,="" 1999.="" william="" l.="" luthans,="" acting="" director,="" multimedia="" planning="" and="" permitting="" division.="" for="" the="" reasons="" set="" out="" in="" the="" preamble,="" 40="" cfr="" part="" 261="" is="" to="" be="" amended="" as="" follows:="" part="" 261--identification="" and="" listing="" of="" hazardous="" waste="" 1.="" the="" authority="" citation="" for="" part="" 261="" continues="" to="" read="" as="" follows:="" authority:="" 42="" u.s.c.="" 6905,="" 6912(a),="" 6921,="" 6922,="" and="" 6938.="" 2.="" in="" table="" 1="" of="" appendix="" ix="" to="" part="" 261="" add="" the="" following="" waste="" stream="" in="" alphabetical="" order="" by="" facility="" to="" read="" as="" follows:="" appendix="" ix="" to="" part="" 261--wastes="" excluded="" under="" secs.="" 260.20="" and="" 260.22="" table="" 1.--wastes="" excluded="" from="" non-specific="" sources="" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------="" facility="" address="" waste="" description="" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------="" *="" *="" *="" *="" *="" *="" *="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" corporation........="" tulsa,="" oklahoma........="" stabilized="" wastewater="" treatment="" sludges="" from="" surface="" impoundments="" previously="" closed="" as="" a="" landfill="" (at="" a="" maximum="" generation="" of="" 85,000="" cubic="" yards="" on="" a="" one-time="" basis).="" epa="" hazardous="" waste="" no.="" f019,="" f002,="" f003,="" and="" f005="" generated="" at="" u.s.="" air="" force="" plant="" no.="" 3,="" tulsa,="" oklahoma="" and="" is="" disposed="" of="" in="" subtitle="" d="" landfills="" after="" february="" 26,="" 1999.="" [[page="" 9444]]="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" must="" implement="" a="" testing="" program="" that="" meets="" the="" following="" conditions="" for="" the="" exclusion="" to="" be="" valid:="" (1)="" delisting="" levels:="" all="" leachable="" concentrations="" for="" the="" constituents="" in="" conditions="" (1)(a)="" and="" (1)(b)="" in="" the="" approximately="" 5,000="" cubic="" yards="" of="" combined="" stabilization="" materials="" and="" excavated="" sludges="" from="" the="" bottom="" portion="" of="" the="" northwest="" lagoon="" of="" the="" surface="" impoundments="" which="" are="" closed="" as="" a="" landfill="" must="" not="" exceed="" the="" following="" levels="" (ppm)="" after="" the="" stabilization="" process="" is="" completed="" in="" accordance="" with="" condition="" (3).="" constituents="" must="" be="" measured="" in="" the="" waste="" leachate="" by="" the="" method="" specified="" in="" 40="" cfr="" 261.24.="" cyanide="" extractions="" must="" be="" conducted="" using="" distilled="" water="" in="" the="" place="" of="" the="" leaching="" media="" per="" 40="" cfr="" 261.24.="" constituents="" in="" condition="" (1)(c)="" must="" be="" measured="" as="" the="" total="" concentrations="" in="" the="" waste(ppm).="" (a)="" inorganic="" constituents="" (leachate)="" antimony-0.336;="" cadmium-0.280;="" chromium="" (total)-5.0;="" lead-0.84;="" cyanide-11.2;="" (b)="" organic="" constituents="" (leachate)="" benzene-0.28;="" trans-1,2-dichloroethene-5.6;="" tetrachloroethylene-0.280;="" trichloroethylene-="" 0.280="" (c)="" organic="" constituents="" (total="" analysis).="" benzene-10.;="" ethylbenzene-10.;="" toluene-30.;="" xylenes-30.;="" trans-1,2-dichloroethene-30.;="" tetrachloroethylene-6.0;="" trichloroethylene-6.0.="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" corporation="" shall="" control="" volatile="" emissions="" from="" the="" stabilization="" process="" by="" collection="" of="" the="" volatile="" chemicals="" as="" they="" are="" emitted="" from="" the="" waste="" but="" before="" release="" to="" the="" ambient="" air.="" and="" the="" facility="" shall="" use="" dust="" control="" measures.="" these="" two="" controls="" must="" be="" adequate="" to="" protect="" human="" health="" and="" the="" environment.="" the="" approximately="" 80,000="" cubic="" yards="" of="" previously="" stabilized="" waste="" in="" the="" upper="" northwest="" lagoon,="" entire="" northeast="" lagoon,="" and="" entire="" south="" lagoon="" of="" the="" surface="" impoundments="" which="" were="" closed="" as="" a="" landfill="" requires="" no="" verification="" testing.="" (2)="" waste="" holding="" and="" handling:="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" must="" store="" as="" hazardous="" all="" stabilized="" waste="" from="" the="" bottom="" portion="" of="" the="" northwest="" lagoon="" area="" of="" the="" closed="" landfill="" as="" generated="" until="" verification="" testing="" as="" specified="" in="" condition="" (3),="" is="" completed="" and="" valid="" analyses="" demonstrate="" that="" condition="" (1)="" is="" satisfied.="" if="" the="" levels="" of="" constituents="" measured="" in="" the="" samples="" of="" the="" stabilized="" waste="" do="" not="" exceed="" the="" levels="" set="" forth="" in="" condition="" (1),="" then="" the="" waste="" is="" nonhazardous="" and="" may="" be="" managed="" and="" disposed="" of="" in="" a="" subtitle="" d="" landfill="" in="" accordance="" with="" all="" applicable="" solid="" waste="" regulations.="" if="" constituent="" levels="" in="" a="" sample="" exceed="" any="" of="" the="" delisting="" levels="" set="" in="" condition="" (1),="" the="" waste="" generated="" during="" the="" time="" period="" corresponding="" to="" this="" sample="" must="" be="" restabilized="" until="" delisting="" levels="" are="" met="" or="" managed="" and="" disposed="" of="" in="" accordance="" with="" subtitle="" c="" of="" rcra.="" (3)="" verification="" testing="" requirements:="" sample="" collection="" and="" analyses,="" including="" quality="" control="" procedures,="" must="" be="" performed="" according="" to="" sw-846="" methodologies.="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" must="" stabilize="" the="" previously="" unstabilized="" waste="" from="" the="" bottom="" portion="" of="" the="" northwest="" lagoon="" of="" the="" surface="" impoundment="" (which="" was="" closed="" as="" a="" landfill)="" using="" fly="" ash,="" kiln="" dust="" or="" similar="" accepted="" materials="" in="" batches="" of="" 500="" cubic="" yards="" or="" less.="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" must="" analyze="" one="" composite="" sample="" from="" each="" batch="" of="" 500="" cubic="" yards="" or="" less.="" a="" minimum="" of="" four="" grab="" samples="" must="" be="" taken="" from="" each="" waste="" pile="" (or="" other="" designated="" holding="" area)="" of="" stabilized="" waste="" generated="" from="" each="" batch="" run.="" each="" composited="" batch="" sample="" must="" be="" analyzed,="" prior="" to="" disposal="" of="" the="" waste="" in="" the="" batch="" represented="" by="" that="" sample,="" for="" constituents="" listed="" in="" condition="" (1).="" there="" are="" no="" verification="" testing="" requirements="" for="" the="" stabilized="" wastes="" in="" the="" upper="" portions="" of="" the="" northwest="" lagoon,="" the="" entire="" northeast="" lagoon,="" and="" the="" entire="" south="" lagoon="" of="" the="" surface="" impoundments="" which="" were="" closed="" as="" a="" landfill.="" (4)="" changes="" in="" operating="" conditions:="" if="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" significantly="" changes="" the="" stabilization="" process="" established="" under="" condition="" (3)="" (e.g.,="" use="" of="" new="" stabilization="" agents),="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" must="" notify="" the="" agency="" in="" writing.="" after="" written="" approval="" by="" epa,="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" may="" handle="" the="" wastes="" generated="" as="" non-hazardous,="" if="" the="" wastes="" meet="" the="" delisting="" levels="" set="" in="" condition="" (1).="" [[page="" 9445]]="" (5)="" data="" submittals:="" records="" of="" operating="" conditions="" and="" analytical="" data="" from="" condition="" (3)="" must="" be="" compiled,="" summarized,="" and="" maintained="" on="" site="" for="" a="" minimum="" of="" five="" years.="" these="" records="" and="" data="" must="" be="" furnished="" upon="" request="" by="" epa,="" or="" the="" state="" of="" oklahoma,="" or="" both,="" and="" made="" available="" for="" inspection.="" failure="" to="" submit="" the="" required="" data="" within="" the="" specified="" time="" period="" or="" maintain="" the="" required="" records="" on="" site="" for="" the="" specified="" time="" will="" be="" considered="" by="" epa,="" at="" its="" discretion,="" sufficient="" basis="" to="" revoke="" the="" exclusion="" to="" the="" extent="" directed="" by="" epa.="" all="" data="" must="" be="" accompanied="" by="" a="" signed="" copy="" of="" the="" following="" certification="" statement="" to="" attest="" to="" the="" truth="" and="" accuracy="" of="" the="" data="" submitted:="" under="" civil="" and="" criminal="" penalty="" of="" law="" for="" the="" making="" or="" submission="" of="" false="" or="" fraudulent="" statements="" or="" representations="" (pursuant="" to="" the="" applicable="" provisions="" of="" the="" federal="" code,="" which="" include,="" but="" may="" not="" be="" limited="" to,="" 18="" u.s.c.="" sec.="" 1001="" and="" 42="" u.s.c.="" sec.="" 6928),="" i="" certify="" that="" the="" information="" contained="" in="" or="" accompanying="" this="" document="" is="" true,="" accurate="" and="" complete.="" as="" to="" the="" (those)="" identified="" section(s)="" of="" this="" document="" for="" which="" i="" cannot="" personally="" verify="" its="" (their)="" truth="" and="" accuracy,="" i="" certify="" as="" the="" company="" official="" having="" supervisory="" responsibility="" for="" the="" persons="" who,="" acting="" under="" my="" direct="" instructions,="" made="" the="" verification="" that="" this="" information="" is="" true,="" accurate="" and="" complete.="" in="" the="" event="" that="" any="" of="" this="" information="" is="" determined="" by="" epa="" in="" its="" sole="" discretion="" to="" be="" false,="" inaccurate="" or="" incomplete,="" and="" upon="" conveyance="" of="" this="" fact="" to="" the="" company,="" i="" recognize="" and="" agree="" that="" this="" exclusion="" of="" waste="" will="" be="" void="" as="" if="" it="" never="" had="" effect="" or="" to="" the="" extent="" directed="" by="" epa="" and="" that="" the="" company="" will="" be="" liable="" for="" any="" actions="" taken="" in="" contravention="" of="" the="" company's="" rcra="" and="" cercla="" obligations="" premised="" upon="" the="" company's="" reliance="" on="" the="" void="" exclusion.="" (6)="" reopener="" language="" (a)="" if="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" discovers="" that="" a="" condition="" at="" the="" facility="" or="" an="" assumption="" related="" to="" the="" disposal="" of="" the="" excluded="" waste="" that="" was="" modeled="" or="" predicted="" in="" the="" petition="" does="" not="" occur="" as="" modeled="" or="" predicted,="" then="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" must="" report="" any="" information="" relevant="" to="" that="" condition,="" in="" writing,="" to="" the="" regional="" administrator="" or="" his="" delegate="" within="" 10="" days="" of="" discovering="" that="" condition.="" (b)="" upon="" receiving="" information="" described="" in="" paragraph="" (a)="" from="" any="" source,="" the="" regional="" administrator="" or="" his="" delegate="" will="" determine="" whether="" the="" reported="" condition="" requires="" further="" action.="" further="" action="" may="" include="" revoking="" the="" exclusion,="" modifying="" the="" exclusion,="" or="" other="" appropriate="" response="" necessary="" to="" protect="" human="" health="" and="" the="" environment.="" (7)="" notification="" requirements:="" mcdonnell="" douglas="" must="" provide="" a="" one-time="" written="" notification="" to="" any="" state="" regulatory="" agency="" to="" which="" or="" through="" which="" the="" delisted="" waste="" described="" above="" will="" be="" transported="" for="" disposal="" at="" least="" 60="" days="" prior="" to="" the="" commencement="" of="" such="" activity.="" the="" one-time="" written="" notification="" must="" be="" updated="" if="" the="" delisted="" waste="" is="" shipped="" to="" a="" different="" disposal="" facility.="" failure="" to="" provide="" such="" a="" notification="" will="" result="" in="" a="" violation="" of="" the="" delisting="" petition="" and="" a="" possible="" revocation="" of="" the="" decision.="" *="" *="" *="" *="" *="" *="" *="" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------="" [fr="" doc.="" 99-4830="" filed="" 2-25-99;="" 8:45="" am]="" billing="" code="" 6560-50-p="">