[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 83 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 23786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11509]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6005-9]
Underground Injection Control Program, Hazardous Waste Disposal
Injection Restrictions Petition for Exemption--Class I Hazardous Waste
Injection Parke-Davis Division, Warner-Lambert Company of Morris
Plains, NJ, Holland, MI Plant
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of final decision on petition.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA) that an exemption to the land disposal
restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA)
to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) has been granted
to Parke-Davis Division, Warner-Lambert Company, of Morris Plains, New
Jersey, for its Class I injection wells located in Holland, Michigan.
As required by 40 CFR Part 148, Parke-Davis has demonstrated, with a
reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of
hazardous constituents from the injection zone for as long as the waste
remains hazardous. This final decision allows the continued underground
injection by Parke-Davis of the specific restricted hazardous wastes
identified below exclusively into the Class I hazardous waste injection
wells at the Holland facility specifically identified as Wells Numbers
3, 4 and 5. This decision constitutes final USEPA action for which
there is no Administrative Appeal.
D001, D002, D004, D005, D006, D007, D008, D009, D010, D011, D018, D019,
D021, D022, D035, D038, D040, D043, F002, F003, F005, P030, P095, P102,
U002, U003, U004, U012, U019, U029, U037, U043, U044, U048, U056, U057,
U080, U112, U122, U147, U151, U154, U159, U188, U190, U196, U210, U211,
U213, U220, U228, U239, U404
One code, U404, was inadvertently omitted from the draft list of
codes and has been added.
Background: Parke-Davis submitted a petition for exemption from the
land disposal restrictions on hazardous waste on June 10, 1991. USEPA
personnel reviewed all data pertaining to the petition, including, but
not limited to, well construction, regional and local geology, seismic
activity, penetrations of the confining zone and the computer model.
The USEPA has determined that the geological setting at the site and
the construction and operation of the well are adequate to prevent
fluid migration out of the injection zone within 10,000 years, as
required under 40 CFR part 148. The zone which will contain the
hazardous constituents, the injection zone, at this site is the
Munising and Trempeleau Formations between the depths of 4452 and 6027
feet below ground level. Injection is permitted into the Mt. Simon
Member of the Munising Formation between the depths of 5080 and 6027
feet. The immediate confining zone is the Prairie du Chien Group at a
depth between 3929 and 4452 feet. The confining zone is separated from
the lowermost underground source of drinking water (at a depth of 240
feet) by a sequence of permeable and less permeable sedimentary rocks,
which provide additional protection from fluid migration into drinking
water sources. A fact sheet containing a more complete summary of the
of the final decision is available from the USEPA Region 5 office.
A public notice was issued on March 2, 1998, pursuant to 40 CFR
124.10. A public hearing was scheduled for April 1, 1998, in Holland,
Michigan but was canceled due to lack of public interest. The public
comment period ended on April 1, 1998. No comments were received.
Conditions: As a condition of this exemption, Parke-Davis must meet
the following conditions:
(1) The monthly average injection rate is limited to 100 gallons
per minute per well.
(2) Injection shall occur only into the Mt. Simon Sandstone Member
of the Munising Formation between the depths of 5080 and 6027 feet.
(3) Parke-Davis must be in full compliance with all conditions of
its permits. Other conditions relating to the exemption may be found in
40 CFR 148.23 and 148.24.
DATE: This action is effective as of April 6, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Roy, Lead Petition Reviewer,
USEPA, Region 5, telephone (312) 886-6556, electronic mail
roy.stephen@epamail.epa.gov. Copies of the petition and all pertinent
information relating to it 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.
Rebecca Harvey,
Acting Director, Water Division.
[FR Doc. 98-11509 Filed 4-29-98; 8:45 am]
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