96-24588. Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Final Exclusion  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 25, 1996)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 50238-50244]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-24588]
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    40 CFR PART 261
    
    [SW-FRL-5615-5]
    
    
    Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of 
    Hazardous Waste; Final Exclusion
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
    
    ACTION: Final rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a 
    petition submitted by the Texas Eastman Division of Eastman Chemical 
    Company (Texas Eastman) to exclude from hazardous waste control (or 
    delist), certain solid wastes. The wastes being delisted consists of 
    ash generated from the incineration of waste water treatment sludge at 
    its facility. This action responds to Texas Eastman's petition to 
    delist these wastes on a ``generator specific'' basis from the lists of 
    hazardous wastes. 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 the fluidized bed incinerator 
    (FBI) ash generated at Texas Eastman's Longview, Texas, facility. 
    Accordingly, this final rule excludes the petitioned waste from the 
    requirements of hazardous waste regulations under the Resource 
    Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when disposed of in Subtitle D 
    landfills.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: September 25, 1996.
    
    ADDRESSES: The public docket for this final rule is located at the 
    Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas,
    
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    Texas 75202, and is available for viewing in the EPA library on the 
    12th floor from 9:00 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-96-TXDEL-TXEASTMAN.'' The 
    public may copy material from any regulatory docket at no cost for the 
    first 100 pages, and at $0.15 per page for additional copies.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: For technical information concerning 
    this notice, contact Michelle Peace, Delisting Program (6PD-O), Region 
    6, Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 
    75202, (214) 665-7430.
    
    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 Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations; 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 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
    
        Texas Eastman petitioned EPA to exclude from hazardous waste 
    control the ash produced from the incineration of sludge from their 
    waste water treatment plant. The ash is currently disposed in an on-
    site hazardous waste landfill at Texas Eastman in Longview, Texas. 
    After evaluating the petition, EPA proposed, on June 25, 1996, to 
    exclude Texas Eastman's waste from the lists of hazardous waste under 
    Secs. 261.31 and 261.32. See 61 FR 32753. This rulemaking addresses 
    public comments received on the proposal and finalizes the proposed 
    decision to grant Texas Eastman's petition.
    
    II. Disposition of Delisting Petition
    
        Eastman Chemical Company--Texas Eastman Division, Longview, Texas, 
    75607
    
    A. Proposed Exclusion
    
        Texas Eastman petitioned EPA to exclude from the lists of hazardous 
    wastes contained in 40 CFR 261.31 and 261.32, an annual volume of ash 
    generated from incineration of sludge from its wastewater treatment 
    plant. Specifically, in its petition, Texas Eastman requested that EPA 
    grant a standard exclusion for 7,000 cubic yards of incinerator ash 
    generated per calendar year. The FBI ash is listed for 56 EPA Hazardous 
    Waste Numbers due to the ``derived-from'' and mixture rules. The waste 
    is listed as D001, D003, D018, D019, D021, D022, D027, D028, D029, 
    D030, D032, D033, D034, D035, D036, D038, D039, D040, F001, F003, F005, 
    K009, K010, U001, U002, U003, U019, U028, U031, U037, U044, U056, U069, 
    U070, U107, U108, U112, U113, U115, U117, U122, U140, U147, U151, U154, 
    U159, U161, U169, U190, U196, U211, U213, U226, U239, and U359. The 
    listed constituents of concern for these EPA Hazardous Waste Numbers 
    are shown in Table 1. See, part 261, Appendix VII.
    
       Table 1.--Hazardous Waste Codes Associated With Wastewater Streams   
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              Waste code                Basis for characteristic/listing    
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    D001.........................  Ignitability.                            
    D003.........................  Reactivity.                              
    D018.........................  Benzene.                                 
    D019.........................  Carbon Tetrachloride.                    
    D021.........................  Chlorobenzene.                           
    D022.........................  Chloroform.                              
    D027.........................  1,4-Dichlorobenzene.                     
    D028.........................  1,2-Dichloroethane.                      
    D029.........................  1,1-Dichloroethylene.                    
    D030.........................  2,4-Dinitrotoluene.                      
    D032.........................  Hexaclorobenzene.                        
    D033.........................  Hexachlorobutadiene.                     
    D034.........................  Hexachloroethane.                        
    D035.........................  Methyl ethyl ketone.                     
    D036.........................  Nitrobenzene.                            
    D038.........................  Pyridine.                                
    D039.........................  Tetrachloroethylene.                     
    D040.........................  Trichloroethylene.                       
    F001.........................  Tetrachloroethylene, methylene chloride, 
                                    Trichloroethylene, 1,1,1-               
                                    trichloroethane, carbon tetrachloride,  
                                    chlorinated fluorocarbons.              
    F002.........................  Tetrachloroethylene, methylene chloride, 
                                    Trichloroethylene, 1,1,1-               
                                    trichloroethane, 1,1,2-trichloroethane, 
                                    chlorobenzene, 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2    
                                    trichfluoroethane, ortho-               
                                    dichlorobenzene, trichlorofluoromethane.
    F003.........................  Not applicable, waste is hazardous       
                                    because it fails the test for           
                                    characteristics of ignitability,        
                                    corrosivity, or reactivity.             
    F005.........................  Toluene, methyl ethyl ketone, carbon     
                                    disulfide, isobutanol, pyridine, 2-     
                                    ethoxyethanol, benzene, 2-nitropropane. 
    K009.........................  Chloroform, formaldehyde, methylene      
                                    chloride, methyl chloride, paraldehyde, 
                                    formic acid.                            
    K010.........................  Chloroform, formaldehyde, methylene      
                                    chloride, methyl chloride, paraldehyde, 
                                    formic acid, chloroacetaldehyde.        
    U001.........................  Acetaldehyde.                            
    U002.........................  Acetone.                                 
    U003.........................  Acetonitrile.                            
    U019.........................  Benzene.                                 
    U028.........................  Benzenetrichloride.                      
    
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    U031.........................  n-Butyl alcohol.                         
    U037.........................  Chlorobenzene.                           
    U044.........................  Chloroform.                              
    U056.........................  Cyclohexane.                             
    U069.........................  Dibutyl phthlate.                        
    U070.........................  o-Dichlorobenzene.                       
    U107.........................  Di-n-octyl-phthlate.                     
    U108.........................  1,4-Diethyleneoxide.                     
    U112.........................  Ethyl acetate.                           
    U113.........................  Ethyl acrylate.                          
    U115.........................  Ethlene oxide.                           
    U117.........................  Ethyl ether.                             
    U122.........................  Formaldehyde.                            
    U140.........................  Isobutyl alcohol.                        
    U147.........................  Maleic anhydride.                        
    U151.........................  Mercury.                                 
    U154.........................  Methanol.                                
    U159.........................  Methyl ethyl ketone.                     
    U161.........................  Methyl isobutyl ketone.                  
    U169.........................  Nitrobenzene.                            
    U190.........................  Phthalic anhydride.                      
    U196.........................  Pyridine.                                
    U211.........................  Carbon Tetrachloride.                    
    U213.........................  Tetrahydrofuran.                         
    U226.........................  1,1,1-Trichloroethane (methyl            
                                    chloroform).                            
    U239.........................  Xylene.                                  
    U359.........................  Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether.         
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        Texas Eastman petitioned EPA to exclude this annual volume of FBI 
    ash because it does not believe that the waste meets the criteria for 
    which it was listed. Texas Eastman 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 the HSWA of 
    1984. See, section 222 of HSWA, 42 U.S.C. 6921(f), and 40 CFR 
    260.22(d)(2)-(4).
        In support of its petition, which included the sampling and 
    analysis plan and ground water monitoring data from the landfill, Texas 
    Eastman submitted: (1) Descriptions of its wastewater treatment 
    processes and the incineration activities associated with the 
    petitioned waste; (2) results from total constituent analyses for the 
    Toxicity Characteristic (TC) metals listed in Sec. 261.24 (i.e., the TC 
    metals) antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, 
    cobalt, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, selenium, silver, thallium, tin, 
    vanadium, and zinc from representative samples of the waste; (3) 
    results from the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP), 
    (SW-846 Method 1311) for the TC metals antimony, arsenic, barium, 
    beryllium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, 
    selenium, silver, thallium, tin, vanadium, and zinc from representative 
    samples of the waste; (4) results from the Multiple Extraction 
    Procedure (MEP), (SW-846 Method 1330) for antimony, arsenic, barium, 
    beryllium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, 
    selenium, silver, thallium, tin, vanadium, and zinc from representative 
    samples of the waste; (5) test results from the total constituent 
    analyses for dioxins/furans from representative samples of the waste; 
    (6) results from total oil and grease analyses from representative 
    samples of the waste; (7) test results and information regarding the 
    hazardous characteristics of ignitability, corrosivity, and reactivity; 
    (8) results from total constituent and TCLP analyses for 40 CFR Part 
    264 Appendix IX volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds from 
    representative samples of the waste; and (9) results from the Land 
    Disposal Restriction Analysis performed on the untreated ash. Texas 
    Eastman also provided total constituent analyses and for the biological 
    treatment sludge, scrubber water blowdown, influent wastewater and 
    waste liquid fuel associated with the generation of the FBI ash.
    
    B. Summary of Response to Comments
    
        The EPA received public comment on the June 25, 1996, proposal from 
    one interested party, Texas Eastman. The commenter provided a variety 
    of clarifications and corrections, primarily for the record, on various 
    items and details addressed in the proposed rule. The commenter also 
    recommended slight modifications to the proposed language for the 
    testing conditions detailed in the regulatory exclusion. Specifically, 
    Texas Eastman would like paragraph 5 of the verification testing 
    conditions revised so the data submittal for the initial testing will 
    occur 90 days after the receipt of the validated analytical results 
    instead of 90 days after the incineration of the wastewater treatment 
    sludge as stated in the proposed rule. Texas Eastman also expressed 
    concerns regarding the delisting levels of several constituents, 
    benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(a) anthracene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, 1,4-dioxane, 
    and methylene chloride. Texas Eastman states that the delisting levels 
    are significantly lower than the Practical Quantitation Limits (PQLs) 
    for the methods commonly used to analyze these constituents and that 
    the delisting level for methylene chloride, does not account for the 
    fact that it is a common laboratory contaminant.
        Response: The EPA will revise the verification testing condition 
    language in paragraph as suggested by Texas Eastman to account for 
    laboratory analysis time, validation, and compilation of the data 
    collected. The EPA recognizes that determination of some organic 
    constituents using SW-846 analytical methods may be difficult. However, 
    delisting levels for the leachable organic concentrations are not set 
    at PQLs, because PQLs are matrix dependent. The EPA understands that
    
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    using current analytical methodologies, Texas Eastman may not be able 
    to obtain quantitation levels for some of the constituents below the 
    delisting levels set in paragraph 1 (B). For these constituents, EPA 
    will accept data that are reported as ``not detected'' or ``below the 
    detection limit'' as long as an appropriate analytical method is used, 
    the detection limit reported is reasonable for the analyzed matrix, and 
    that all of the required Quality Assurance/Quality Control information 
    is provided and is determined to be adequate. In the case for methylene 
    chloride, EPA can not allow the concentration of any constituent 
    detected in the waste to exceed the maximum allowable leachate 
    concentration, even common laboratory contaminants. The health-based 
    level for methylene chloride is 1.0  x  10-2 mg/l, so the maximum 
    allowable leachate concentration is 0.45, using the dilution 
    attenuation factor of 45. In the information provided to support the 
    Texas Eastman petition, methylene chloride did not appear at 
    concentrations above the delisting level in the leachate samples of the 
    waste.
    
    C. Final Agency Decision
    
        For reasons stated in both the proposal and this notice, EPA 
    believes that Texas Eastman's FBI ash should be excluded from hazardous 
    waste control. The EPA, therefore, is granting a final exclusion to 
    Eastman Chemical Company-Texas Eastman Division, located in Longview, 
    Texas, for its FBI ash. This exclusion applies to the waste described 
    in the petition, only if the requirements described in Table 1 of part 
    261 are satisfied. The maximum annual volume of FBI ash covered by this 
    exclusion is 7,000 cubic yards.
        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.
    
    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, 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, Texas Eastman 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 September 25, 1996. 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 12866, EPA must conduct an ``assessment of 
    the potential costs and benefits'' for all ``significant'' regulatory 
    actions. This proposal to grant an exclusion is not significant since 
    its effect, if promulgated, would be to reduce the overall costs and 
    economic impact of EPA's hazardous waste management regulations. This 
    reduction would be achieved by excluding waste generated at a specific 
    facility from EPA's lists of hazardous wastes, thereby enabling this 
    facility to treat its waste as non-hazardous. There is no additional 
    impact due to today's rule. Therefore, this proposal would not be a 
    significant regulation, and no cost/benefit assessment is required. The 
    Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has also 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. 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 that 
    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 rule, if promulgated, will not have any adverse economic 
    impact on any small entities since its effect would be to reduce the 
    overall costs of EPA's hazardous waste regulations and would be limited 
    to one facility. Accordingly, I hereby certify that this proposed 
    regulation, if promulgated, 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 proposed rule have been approved by 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), Public Law 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
    
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    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 proposed delisting decision is deregulatory in nature and 
    does not impose any enforceable duty upon state, local or tribal 
    governments or the private sector. In addition, the proposed delisting 
    does not establish any regulatory requirements for small governments 
    and so does not require a small government agency plan under UMRA 
    section 203.
    
    IX. List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 261
    
        Hazardous Waste, Recycling, and Reporting and Recordkeeping 
    Requirements.
    
        Authority: Sec. 3001(f) RCRA, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6921(f).
    
        Dated: September 17, 1996.
    Jerry Clifford,
    Deputy Regional Administrator.
    
        For the reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR part 261 is 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. Tables 1, 2, and 3 of Appendix IX of part 261 are amended by 
    adding the following waste stream in alphabetical order by facility to 
    read as follows:
    
    Appendix IX--Wastes Excluded Under Secs. 260.20 and 260.22.
    
                                   Table 1.--Wastes Excluded From Non-Specific Sources                              
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                    Facility                            Address                        Waste description            
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    Texas Eastman...........................  Longview, Texas............  Incinerator ash (at a maximum generation 
                                                                            of 7,000 cubic yards per calendar year) 
                                                                            generated from the incineration of      
                                                                            sludge from the wastewater treatment    
                                                                            plant (EPA Hazardous Waste No. D001,    
                                                                            D003, D018, D019, D021, D022, D027,     
                                                                            D028, D029, D030, D032, D033, D034,     
                                                                            D035, D036, D038, D039, D040, F001,     
                                                                            F002, F003, F005, and that is disposed  
                                                                            of in Subtitle D landfills after        
                                                                            September 25, 1996. Texas Eastman must  
                                                                            implement a testing program that meets  
                                                                            the following conditions for the        
                                                                            petition to be valid:                   
                                                                           1. Delisting Levels: All leachable       
                                                                            concentrations for those metals must not
                                                                            exceed the following levels (mg/l).     
                                                                            Metal concentrations must be measured in
                                                                            the waste leachate by the method        
                                                                            specified in 40 CFR Sec.  261.24.       
                                                                           (A) Inorganic Constituents               
                                                                           Antimony--0.27; Arsenic--2.25; Barium--  
                                                                            90.0; Beryllium--0.0009; Cadmium--0.225;
                                                                            Chromium--4.5; Cobalt--94.5; Copper--   
                                                                            58.5; Lead--0.675; Mercury--0.045;      
                                                                            Nickel--4.5; Selenium--1.0; Silver--5.0;
                                                                            Thallium--0.135; Tin--945.0; Vanadium-- 
                                                                            13.5; Zinc--450.0                       
                                                                           (B) Organic Constituents                 
                                                                           Acenaphthene--90.0; Acetone--180.0;      
                                                                            Benzene--0.135; Benzo(a)anthracene--    
                                                                            0.00347; Benzo(a)pyrene--0.00045;       
                                                                            Benzo(b) fluoranthene--0.00320; Bis(2   
                                                                            ethylhexyl) phthalate--0.27; Butylbenzyl
                                                                            phthalate--315.0; Chloroform--0.45;     
                                                                            Chlorobenzene--31.5; Carbon Disulfide-- 
                                                                            180.0; Chrysene--0.1215; 1,2-           
                                                                            Dichlorobenzene--135.0; 1,4-            
                                                                            Dichlorobenzene--0.18; Di-n-butyl       
                                                                            phthalate--180.0; Di-n-octyl phthalate--
                                                                            35.0; 1,4 Dioxane--0.36; Ethyl Acetate--
                                                                            1350.0; Ethyl Ether--315.0;             
                                                                            Ethylbenzene--180.0; Flouranthene--45.0;
                                                                            Fluorene--45.0; 1-Butanol--180.0; Methyl
                                                                            Ethyl Ketone--200.0; Methylene Chloride--
                                                                            0.45; Methyl Isobutyl Ketone--90.0;     
                                                                            Naphthalene--45.0; Pyrene--45.0;        
                                                                            Toluene--315.0; Xylenes--3150.0         
                                                                           2. Waste Holding and Handling: Texas     
                                                                            Eastman must store in accordance with   
                                                                            its RCRA permit, or continue to dispose 
                                                                            of as hazardous all FBI ash generated   
                                                                            until the Initial and Subsequent        
                                                                            Verification Testing described in       
                                                                            Paragraph 4 and 5 below is completed and
                                                                            valid analyses demonstrate that all     
                                                                            Verification Testing Conditions are     
                                                                            satisfied. After completion of Initial  
                                                                            and Subsequent Verification Testing, if 
                                                                            the levels of constituents measured in  
                                                                            the samples of the FBI ash do not exceed
                                                                            the levels set forth in Paragraph 1     
                                                                            above, and written notification is given
                                                                            by EPA, then the waste is non-hazardous 
                                                                            and may be managed and disposed of in   
                                                                            accordance with all applicable solid    
                                                                            waste regulations.                      
    
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                                                                           3. Verification Testing Requirements:    
                                                                            Sample collection and analyses,         
                                                                            including quality control procedures,   
                                                                            must be performed according to SW-846   
                                                                            methodologies. If EPA judges the        
                                                                            incineration process to be effective    
                                                                            under the operating conditions used     
                                                                            during the initial verification testing 
                                                                            described in Paragraph 4 below, Texas   
                                                                            Eastman may replace the testing required
                                                                            in Paragraph 4 with the testing required
                                                                            in Paragraph 5 below. Texas Eastman     
                                                                            must, however, continue to test as      
                                                                            specified in Paragraph 4 until notified 
                                                                            by EPA in writing that testing in       
                                                                            Paragraph 4 may be replaced by the      
                                                                            testing described in Paragraph 5.       
                                                                           4. Initial Verification Testing: During  
                                                                            the first 40 operating days of the FBI  
                                                                            incinerator after the final exclusion is
                                                                            granted, Texas Eastman must collect and 
                                                                            analyze daily composites of the FBI ash.
                                                                            Daily composites must be composed of    
                                                                            representative grab samples collected   
                                                                            every 6 hours during each 24-hour FBI   
                                                                            operating cycle. The FBI ash must be    
                                                                            analyzed, prior to disposal of the ash, 
                                                                            for all constituents listed in Paragraph
                                                                            1. Texas Eastman must report the        
                                                                            operational and analytical test data,   
                                                                            including quality control information,  
                                                                            obtained during this initial period no  
                                                                            later than 90 days after receipt of the 
                                                                            validated analytical results.           
                                                                           5. Subsequent Verification Testing:      
                                                                            Following the completion of the Initial 
                                                                            Verification Testing, Texas Eastman may 
                                                                            request to monitor operating conditions 
                                                                            and analyze samples representative of   
                                                                            each quarter of operation during the    
                                                                            first year of ash generation. The       
                                                                            samples must represent the untreated ash
                                                                            generated over one quarter. Following   
                                                                            written notification from EPA, Texas    
                                                                            Eastman may begin the quarterly testing 
                                                                            described in this Paragraph.            
                                                                           6. Termination of Organic Testing: Texas 
                                                                            Eastman must continue testing as        
                                                                            required under Paragraph 5 for organic  
                                                                            constituents specified in Paragraph 1   
                                                                            until the analyses submitted under      
                                                                            Paragraph 5 show a minimum of two       
                                                                            consecutive quarterly samples below the 
                                                                            delisting levels in Paragraph 1. Texas  
                                                                            Eastman may then request that quarterly 
                                                                            organic testing be terminated. After EPA
                                                                            notifies Texas Eastman in writing it may
                                                                            terminate quarterly organic testing.    
                                                                           7. Annual Testing: Following termination 
                                                                            of quarterly testing under either       
                                                                            Paragraphs 5 or 6, Texas Eastman must   
                                                                            continue to test a representative       
                                                                            composite sample for all constituents   
                                                                            listed in Paragraph 1 (including        
                                                                            organics) on an annual basis (no later  
                                                                            than twelve months after the date that  
                                                                            the final exclusion is effective).      
                                                                           8. Changes in Operating Conditions: If   
                                                                            Texas Eastman significantly changes the 
                                                                            incineration process described in its   
                                                                            petition or implements any new          
                                                                            manufacturing or production process(es) 
                                                                            which generate(s) the ash and which may 
                                                                            or could affect the composition or type 
                                                                            of waste generated established under    
                                                                            Paragraph 3 (by illustration {but not   
                                                                            limitation}, use of stabilization       
                                                                            reagents or operating conditions of the 
                                                                            fluidized bed incinerator), Texas       
                                                                            Eastman must notify the EPA in writing  
                                                                            and may no longer handle the wastes     
                                                                            generated from the new process as non-  
                                                                            hazardous until the wastes meet the     
                                                                            delisting levels set in Paragraph 1 and 
                                                                            it has received written approval to do  
                                                                            so from EPA.                            
                                                                           9. Data Submittals: The data obtained    
                                                                            through Paragraph 3 must be submitted to
                                                                            Mr. William Gallagher, Chief, Region 6  
                                                                            Delisting Program, U.S. EPA, 1445 Ross  
                                                                            Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, Mail  
                                                                            Code, (6PD-O) within the time period    
                                                                            specified. Records of operating         
                                                                            conditions and analytical data from     
                                                                            Paragraph 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 Texas, 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 USC 1001 and  
                                                                            42 USC 6928), I certify that the        
                                                                            information contained in or accompanying
                                                                            this document is true, accurate and     
                                                                            complete.                               
    
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                                                                           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.                              
                                                                           10. Notification Requirements: Texas     
                                                                            Eastman 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  
                                                                            activities. Failure to provide such a   
                                                                            notification will result in a violation 
                                                                            of the delisting petition and a possible
                                                                            revocation of the decision.             
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                                     Table 2.--Wastes Excluded From Specific Sources                                
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                   Facility                        Address                          Waste description               
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                    
    *                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *                
                                                            *                                                       
    Texas Eastman........................  Longview, Texas........  Incinerator ash (at a maximum generation of     
                                                                     7,000 cubic yards per calendar year) generated 
                                                                     from the incineration of sludge from the       
                                                                     wastewater treatment plant (EPA Hazardous Waste
                                                                     No. K009 and K010, and that is disposed of in  
                                                                     Subtitle D landfills after September 25, 1996. 
                                                                     Texas Eastman must implement a testing program 
                                                                     that meets conditions found in Table 1. Wastes 
                                                                     Excluded From Non-Specific Sources for the     
                                                                     petition to be valid.                          
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     Table 3.--Wastes Excluded From Commercial Chemical Products, Off-Specification Species, Container Residues, and
                                                  Soil Residues Thereof                                             
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Facility                        Address                          Waste description               
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                    
    *                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *                
                                                            *                                                       
    Texas Eastman........................  Longview, Texas........  Incinerator ash (at a maximum generation of     
                                                                     7,000 cubic yards per calendar year) generated 
                                                                     from the incineration of sludge from the       
                                                                     wastewater treatment plant (EPA Hazardous Waste
                                                                     No. U001, U002, U003, U019, U028, U031, U037,  
                                                                     U044, U056, U069, U070, U107, U108, U112, U113,
                                                                     U115, U117, U122, U140, U147, U151, U154, U159,
                                                                     U161, U169, U190, U196, U211, U213, U226, U239,
                                                                     and U359, and that is disposed of in Subtitle D
                                                                     landfills after September 25, 1996. Texas      
                                                                     Eastman must implement the testing program     
                                                                     described in Table 1. Wastes Excluded From Non-
                                                                     Specific Sources for the petition to be valid. 
                                                                                                                    
    *                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *                
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    [FR Doc. 96-24588 Filed 9-24-96; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
09/25/1996
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
96-24588
Dates:
September 25, 1996.
Pages:
50238-50244 (7 pages)
Docket Numbers:
SW-FRL-5615-5
PDF File:
96-24588.pdf
CFR: (1)
40 CFR 260.22