81_FR_11251 81 FR 11209 - Notice of Final Decision To Reissue the Ineos Nitriles USA LLC Land-Ban Exemption

81 FR 11209 - Notice of Final Decision To Reissue the Ineos Nitriles USA LLC Land-Ban Exemption

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 42 (March 3, 2016)

Page Range11209-11212
FR Document2016-04756

Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA or Agency) that an exemption to the land disposal restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) has been granted to Ineos Nitriles USA LLC (formerly known as Ineos USA LLC) (Ineos) of Lima, Ohio for four Class I injection wells located in Lima, Ohio. As required by 40 CFR part 148, Ineos has demonstrated, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of hazardous constituents out of the injection zone or into an underground source of drinking water for at least 10,000 years. This final decision allows the continued underground injection by Ineos of those hazardous wastes designated by the codes in Table 1 through its four Class I hazardous waste injection wells identified as #1, #2, #3, and #4. This decision constitutes a final U.S. EPA action for which there is no administrative appeal.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9943-23-Region 5]


Notice of Final Decision To Reissue the Ineos Nitriles USA LLC 
Land-Ban Exemption

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final decision on a Request by Ineos Nitriles USA LLC 
of Lima, Ohio to Reissue its Exemption from the Land Disposal 
Restrictions under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (U.S. EPA or Agency) that an exemption to the land disposal 
restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) has been granted to Ineos 
Nitriles USA LLC (formerly known as Ineos USA LLC) (Ineos) of Lima, 
Ohio for four Class I injection wells located in Lima, Ohio.

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As required by 40 CFR part 148, Ineos has demonstrated, to a reasonable 
degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of hazardous 
constituents out of the injection zone or into an underground source of 
drinking water for at least 10,000 years. This final decision allows 
the continued underground injection by Ineos of those hazardous wastes 
designated by the codes in Table 1 through its four Class I hazardous 
waste injection wells identified as #1, #2, #3, and #4. This decision 
constitutes a final U.S. EPA action for which there is no 
administrative appeal.

DATES: This action is effective as of March 3, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Roy, Lead Petition Reviewer, 
U.S. EPA, Region 5, Underground Injection Control Branch, WU-16J, 77 W. 
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590; telephone number: (312) 
886-6556; fax number (312) 692-2951; email address: 
epa.gov">roy.stephen@epa.gov. Copies of the petition and all pertinent 
information are on file and are part of the Administrative Record. 
Please contact the lead reviewer to review the Administrative Record.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Ineos submitted a request for reissuance of 
its existing exemption from the land disposal restrictions for 
hazardous waste in August, 2005. U.S. EPA reviewed all data pertaining 
to the petition including, but not limited to, well construction, well 
operations, regional and local geology, seismic activity, penetrations 
of the confining zone, and computational models of the injection zone. 
U.S. EPA has determined that the hydrogeological and geochemical 
conditions at the site and the nature of the waste streams are such 
that injected fluids will not migrate out of the injection zone within 
10,000 years, as set forth at 40 CFR part 148. The injection zone 
includes the injection interval into which fluid is directly emplaced 
and the overlying arrestment interval into which fluid may diffuse. The 
injection interval for the Ineos facility is composed of the Lower Eau 
Claire Formation, the Mt. Simon Sandstone and the Middle Run Formation 
between 2,631 and 3,241 feet below ground level. The arrestment 
interval is composed of the Lower Black River Group, the Wells Creek 
Formation, the Knox Dolomite and the Upper Eau Claire Formation between 
1,631 and 2,631 feet below ground level. The confining zone is composed 
of the Upper Black River Group between 1,427 and 1,631 feet below 
ground level. The confining zone is separated from the lowermost 
underground source of drinking water (at a depth of approximately 400 
feet below ground level) by a sequence of permeable and less permeable 
sedimentary rocks. This sequence provides additional protection from 
fluid migration into drinking water sources.
    U.S. EPA issued a draft decision, which described the reasons for 
granting this exemption in more detail, a fact sheet, which summarized 
these reasons, and a public notice on September 10, 2015, pursuant to 
40 CFR 124.10. The public comment period ended on October 13, 2015. 
U.S. EPA received comments from one citizen during the comment period. 
U.S. EPA has prepared a response to these comments, which can be viewed 
at the following URL: http:\\epa.gov\region5\water\uic\ineos-response-
to-comments. The response is part of the Administrative Record for this 
decision. U.S. EPA is issuing the final exemption with no changes from 
the draft decision.

Conditions

    This exemption is subject to the following conditions. Non-
compliance with any of these conditions is grounds for termination of 
the exemption.
    (1) The exemption applies to the four existing hazardous waste 
injection wells, #1, #2, #3, and #4, located at the Ineos facility at 
1900 Fort Amanda Road, Lima, Ohio;
    (2) Injection of hazardous waste is limited to the parts of the 
Lower Eau Claire Formation, the Mt. Simon Sandstone and the Middle Run 
Formation at depths between 2,631 and 3,241 feet below ground level;
    (3) The only RCRA-restricted wastes that may be injected are those 
designated by the RCRA waste codes found in Table 1;
    (4) Maximum concentrations of chemicals that are allowed to be 
injected are listed in Table 2;
    (5) The average specific gravity of the injected waste stream must 
be between 1.00 and 1.05 over a three month period;
    (6) Ineos may inject up to 175 gallons per minute through each of 
its four wells, based on a monthly average;
    (7) This exemption is approved for the 20-year modeled injection 
period, which ends on January 31, 2025. Ineos may petition U.S. EPA for 
reissuance of the exemption beyond that date, provided that a new and 
complete petition and no-migration demonstration is received at U.S. 
EPA, Region 5, by June 30, 2024;
    (8) Ineos must submit a quarterly report containing the fluid 
analyses of the injected waste and indicate the chemical and physical 
properties, including the concentrations, of all the injected chemical 
constituents listed in Table 2 to U.S. EPA;
    (9) Ineos must submit an annual report containing the results of a 
bottom hole pressure survey (fall-off test) performed on one well each 
year to U.S. EPA. The survey must be performed after shutting down the 
well for sufficient time to conduct a valid observation of the pressure 
fall-off curve under 40 CFR 146.68(e)(1). The annual report must 
include a comparison of reservoir parameters determined from the fall-
off test with parameters used in the approved no-migration petition;
    (10) Ineos must submit the results of radioactive tracer surveys 
and annulus pressure tests for its four wells to U.S. EPA annually;
    (11) Ineos must notify U.S. EPA in writing if any well loses 
mechanical integrity and prior to any workover or plugging;
    (12) Ineos must fully comply with all requirements set forth in 
Underground Injection Control Permits #UIC 03-02-003-PTO-1, UIC 03-02-
004-PTO-1, UIC 03-02-005-PTO-01 and 03-02-006-PTO-1 issued by the Ohio 
Environmental Protection Agency;
    (13) Upon the expiration, cancellation, reissuance, or modification 
of the permits referenced above, this exemption is subject to review by 
U.S. EPA; and
    (14) Whenever U.S. EPA determines that the basis for approval of a 
petition under 40 CFR 148.23 and 148.24 may no longer be valid, U.S. 
EPA may terminate this exemption and will require a new demonstration 
in accordance with 40 CFR 148.20.

                                                Table 1--List of RCRA Waste Codes Approved for Injection
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     D001         D002         D003         D004         D005         D006         D007         D008         D009         D010         D011        D018
     D019         D035         D038         F039         K011         K013         K014         P003         P005         P030         P063        P069
     P098         P101         P106         P120         U001         U002         U003         U007         U008         U009         U019        U031
     U044         U053         U056         U057         U080         U112         U122         U123         U124         U125         U129        U140
     U147         U149         U151         U152         U154         U159         U161         U169         U188         U191         U196        U211

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     U213         U219         U220         U239
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    These waste codes are identified in 40 CFR part 261, subpart C and 
subpart D.

        Table 2--Concentration Limits of Chemical Contaminants That Are Hazardous at Less Than 0.001 Mg/L
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                                                                             Concentration
                                                       Health based limit    limit at the       Concentration
      Chemical constituent           Waste code              (mg/L)         wellhead  (mg/    reduction  factor
                                                                             L)  (Note 2)          (C/C0)
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Acetaldehyde...................  U001..............  0.11                            2,000  5.5 x 10-5
Acetamide......................  Note 2............  1.0 x 10-5                     10,000  1.0 x 10-9
Acetic acid....................  Note 2............  6.0 x 10-6                      6,000  1.0 x 10-9
Acetone........................  U002..............  3.5                             2,000  1.75 x 10-3
Acetone cyanohydrin............  P069..............  0.005                           6,000  8.33 x 10-7
Acetonitrile...................  K011, K013, K014,   0.21                          100,000  2.1 x 10-6
                                  U003.
Acrolein.......................  P003..............  0.005                           2,000  2.5 x 10-6
Acrylamide.....................  K011, K013, K014,   8 x 10-6                        6,000  1.33 x 10-9
                                  U007.                                                     Note 1
Acrylic acid...................  U008..............  17.5                           60,000  2.92 x 10-4
Acrylonitrile..................  K011, K013, K014,   6.0 x 10-5                     24,000  2.5 x 10-9
                                  U009.
Allyl alcohol..................  P005..............  0.175                           2,000  8.75 x 10-5
Antimony.......................  F039..............  0.006                             100  6.0 x 10-5
Arsenic........................  D004..............  0.05                              100  5.0 x 10-4
Barium.........................  D005..............  2                                 100  2.0 x 10-2
Benzene........................  D018, K011, K013,   0.005                             400  1.25 x 10-5
                                  K014, U019.
1,3-Butanediol.................  Note 2............  1.0 x 10-6                      1,000  1.0 x 10-9
1,4-Butanediol.................  Note 2............  1.4 x 10-5                     14,000  1.0 x 10-9
Butanetriol....................  Note 2............  4.0 x 10-6                      4,000  1.0 x 10-9
Butanol........................  U140..............  3.5                             4,000  8.75 x 10-4
Butyrolactone..................  Note 2............  5.0 x 10-6                      5,000  1.0 x 10-9
Cadmium........................  D006..............  0.005                             100  5.0 x 10-5
Carbon tetrachloride...........  D019, U211........  0.005                             100  5.0 x 10-5
Chloroform.....................  U044..............  0.006                             100  6.0 x 10-5
Chromium.......................  D007..............  0.1                               100  1.0 x 10-3
Cobalt.........................  Note..............  1.0 x 10-7                        100  1.0 x 10-9
Crotonaldehyde.................  U053..............  0.002                             200  1.0 x 10-5
Crotonitrile...................  Note 2............  1.0 x 10-6                      1,000  1.0 x 10-9
Cyclohexane....................  U056..............  9.0 x 10-5                        100  9.0 x 10-7
Cyclohexanone..................  U057..............  180                               100  1.8
Diethylenetriamine pentaacetic   Note 2............  1.0 x 10-6                      1,000  1.0 x 10-9
 acid.
Dimethylhydantoin..............  Note 2............  1.0 x 10-6                      1,000  1.0 x 10-9
Ethanol........................  Note 2............  2.0 x 10-6                      2,000  1.0 x 10-9
Ethyl acetate..................  U112..............  31.5                              100  3.15 x 10-1
Ethylenediamine                  Note 2............  4.0 x 10-6                      4,000  1.0 x 10-9
 tetracetonitrile.
Formic acid....................  U123..............  0.01                           20,000  5.0 x 10-7
Formaldehyde...................  U122..............  7                               4,000  1.75 x 10-3
Formamide......................  Note 2............  4.0 x 10-6                      4,000  1.0 x 10-9
Fumaronitrile..................  Note 2............  4.0 x 10-6                      4,000  1.0 x 10-9
Furan..........................  U124..............  3.5 x 10-3                        100  3.5 x 10-4
Furfural.......................  U125..............  0.11                              100  1.1 x 10-3
Glyconitrile...................  Note 2............  7.0 x 10-6                      7,000  1.0 x 10-9
HCN (Free).....................  K011, K013, K014,   0.2                             3,200  6.25 x 10-5
                                  P030, P063, P098,
                                  P106.
HCN (Total)....................  K011, K013, K014,   0.7                            21,200  3.3 x 10-5
                                  P030, P063, P098,
                                  P106.
Hexamethylenetetramine (or       Note 2............  1.0 x 10-6                      1,000  1.0 x 10-9
 acid).
Iminodiacetonitrile............  Note 2............  1.0 x 10-6                      1,000  1.0 x 10-9
Isobutanol.....................  U140..............  11                                200  5.5 x 10-2
Isopropyl alcohol..............  Note 2............  1.2 x 10-6                      1,200  1.0 x 10-9
Lead...........................  D008..............  0.001                             100  1.0 x 10-5
Lindane........................  U129..............  2.0 x 10-4                      1,000  2.0 x 10-7
Maleic anhydride...............  U147..............  3.5                               100  3.5 x 10-2
Maleonitrile...................  Note 2............  2.0 x 10-5                     20,000  1.0 x 10-9
Malonitrile....................  U149..............  0.005                           2,000  2.5 x 10-6
Mercury........................  D009, U151........  0.002                             100  2.0 x 10-5
Methanol.......................  U154..............  17.5                           40,000  4.38 x 10-4
Methyacrylonitrile.............  U152..............  0.0035                            400  8.75 x 10-6
Methylethylhydantoin...........  Note 2............  1.0 x 10-6                      1,000  1.0 x 10-9
Methylene chloride.............  U080..............  5.3 x 10-3                        100  5.0 x 10-5
Methyl ethyl ketone............  D035, U159........  21                              1,000  2.1 x 10-2
Methyl isobutyl ketone.........  U161..............  2.0 x 10-3                        100  2.0 x 10-5

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2-Methylpyridine...............  U191..............  2.0 x 10-3                      1,000  2.0 x 10-6
3-Methylpyridine...............  Note 2............  1.0 x 10-6                      1,000  1.0 x 10-9
Nickel.........................  F006..............  0.001                             100  1.0 x 10-5
Nicotinonitrile................  Note 2............  6.0 x 10-6                      6,000  1.0 x 10-9
Nitrilotiracetonitrile.........  Note 2............  1.0 x 10-6                      1,000  1.0 x 10-9
Nitrobenzene...................  U169..............  1.8 x 10-2                        100  1.8 x 10-4
Oleic acid.....................  Note 2............  1.0 x 10-6                      1,000  1.0 x 10-9
Oleoylsarconsinate.............  Note 2............  1.0 x 10-6                      1,000  1.0 x 10-9
Phenol.........................  U188..............  21                                100  2.1 x 10-1
1,2-Propanediol................  Note 2............  6.0 x 10-8                         60  1.0 x 10-9
1,3-Propanediol................  Note 2............  2.0 x 10-6                      2,000  1.0 x 10-9
Propanol.......................  Note 2............  2,0 x 10-6                      2,000  1.0 x 10-9
Propionitrile..................  P101..............  0.005                           2,000  2.5 x 10-6
Propylenediamine                 Note 2............  1.0 x 10-6                      1,000  1.0 x 10-9
 tetracetonitrile.
Pyroazole......................  Note 2............  4.0 x 10-6                      4,000  1.0 x 10-9
Pyridine.......................  D038, U196........  0.035                           2,000  1.75 x 10-5
Selenium.......................  D010..............  0.05                              100  5.0 x 10-4
Silver.........................  D011..............  0.175                             100  1.75 x 10-3
Sodium cyanide.................  D003, K011, K013,   1.4                             1,200  1.17 x 10-3
                                  P030, P063, P106.
Strontium......................  Note 2............  1.0 x 10-7                        100  1.0 x 10-9
Succinic acid..................  Note 2............  8.0 x 10-7                        800  1.0 x 10-9
Succinotrile...................  Note 2............  6.0 x 10-6                      6,000  1.0 x 10-9
Tetrahydrofuran................  U213..............  0.002                           5,000  4.0 x 10-7
Thiourea.......................  U219..............  1.0 x 10-2                        100  1.0 x 10-4
Toluene........................  U220..............  1                                 100  1.0 x 10-2
Vanadium.......................  P120..............  0.004                             100  4.0 x 10-5
Vanadium pentoxide.............  P120..............  0.315                             400  7.88 x 10-4
Xylene.........................  U239..............  10                                100  1.0 x 10-1
Zinc...........................  Note 2............  10.5                              400  2.63 x 10-2
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    Note 1--Worst-case constituent. Health Based Limit (HBL) contour 
for no-migration boundary set at 1.0 x 10-9 for this 
constituent. The HBL values are from the compilation by EPA Region 6, 
revised 2005.
    Note 2--Constituents not associated with an EPA RCRA waste code or 
listed in HBL guidelines are assigned the minimum C/C0 of 
1.0 x 10-9. A provisional ``HBL'' for these constituents is 
then derived from the product of C/C0 and the concentration 
limit at the wellhead. If a RCRA waste code is promulgated for any of 
these constituents, the HBL selected by EPA will be compared to the 
provisional ``HBL'' on this table. If the EPA HBL is more stringent, 
the Concentration Limit at the Wellhead will be reduced or migration of 
the constituent will be reconsidered in detail.
    Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically from the Government Printing Office under the ``Federal 
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    Dated: February 1, 2016.
Tinka G. Hyde,
Director, Water Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-04756 Filed 3-2-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 42 / Thursday, March 3, 2016 / Notices 11209 Facilities Agreement Sun Valley Project ACTION: Notice of final action. or unless the grounds for the objection to be effective 4/19/2016. arose after this period. Filed Date: 2/26/16. SUMMARY: Pursuant to Clean Air Act The Petitioners maintain that the Accession Number: 20160226–5283. (CAA) Section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR SWEPCO title V operating permit is Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/18/16. 70.8(d), the Environmental Protection inconsistent with the Act based on the Docket Numbers: ER16–1017–000. Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an following contentions: (1) The proposed Applicants: PJM Interconnection, Order, dated February 3, 2016, granting permit for the Pirkey Power Plant L.L.C. in part and denying in part the petition impermissibly provides for exemptions Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: First asking EPA to object to an operating from title V applicable requirements Revised Interconnection Service permit issued by the Texas Commission during planned maintenance, startup, Agreement No. 3800, Queue No. AA1– on Environmental Quality for the and shutdown (MSS) activities; and (2) 040 to be effective 1/27/2016. Southwestern Electric Power Company the proposed permit must clarify that Filed Date: 2/26/16. (SWEPCO) H.W. Pirkey Power Plant credible evidence may be used by Accession Number: 20160226–5330. (Title V operating permit number O31). citizens to enforce the terms and Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/18/16. The EPA’s February 3, 2016 Order conditions of the permit. 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11210 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 42 / Thursday, March 3, 2016 / Notices As required by 40 CFR part 148, Ineos River Group, the Wells Creek (6) Ineos may inject up to 175 gallons has demonstrated, to a reasonable Formation, the Knox Dolomite and the per minute through each of its four degree of certainty, that there will be no Upper Eau Claire Formation between wells, based on a monthly average; migration of hazardous constituents out 1,631 and 2,631 feet below ground level. (7) This exemption is approved for the of the injection zone or into an The confining zone is composed of the 20-year modeled injection period, underground source of drinking water Upper Black River Group between 1,427 which ends on January 31, 2025. Ineos for at least 10,000 years. This final and 1,631 feet below ground level. The may petition U.S. EPA for reissuance of decision allows the continued confining zone is separated from the the exemption beyond that date, underground injection by Ineos of those lowermost underground source of provided that a new and complete hazardous wastes designated by the drinking water (at a depth of petition and no-migration codes in Table 1 through its four Class approximately 400 feet below ground demonstration is received at U.S. EPA, I hazardous waste injection wells level) by a sequence of permeable and Region 5, by June 30, 2024; identified as #1, #2, #3, and #4. This less permeable sedimentary rocks. This (8) Ineos must submit a quarterly decision constitutes a final U.S. EPA sequence provides additional protection report containing the fluid analyses of action for which there is no from fluid migration into drinking water the injected waste and indicate the administrative appeal. sources. chemical and physical properties, DATES: This action is effective as of U.S. EPA issued a draft decision, including the concentrations, of all the March 3, 2016. which described the reasons for granting injected chemical constituents listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: this exemption in more detail, a fact Table 2 to U.S. EPA; Stephen Roy, Lead Petition Reviewer, sheet, which summarized these reasons, and a public notice on September 10, (9) Ineos must submit an annual U.S. EPA, Region 5, Underground report containing the results of a bottom Injection Control Branch, WU–16J, 77 2015, pursuant to 40 CFR 124.10. The public comment period ended on hole pressure survey (fall-off test) W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois performed on one well each year to U.S. 60604–3590; telephone number: (312) October 13, 2015. U.S. EPA received comments from one citizen during the EPA. The survey must be performed 886–6556; fax number (312) 692–2951; after shutting down the well for email address: roy.stephen@epa.gov. comment period. U.S. EPA has prepared a response to these comments, which sufficient time to conduct a valid Copies of the petition and all pertinent observation of the pressure fall-off curve information are on file and are part of can be viewed at the following URL: http:\\epa.gov\ under 40 CFR 146.68(e)(1). The annual the Administrative Record. Please report must include a comparison of contact the lead reviewer to review the region5\water\uic\ineos-response-to- comments. The response is part of the reservoir parameters determined from Administrative Record. the fall-off test with parameters used in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Ineos Administrative Record for this decision. U.S. EPA is issuing the final exemption the approved no-migration petition; submitted a request for reissuance of its (10) Ineos must submit the results of existing exemption from the land with no changes from the draft decision. radioactive tracer surveys and annulus disposal restrictions for hazardous Conditions pressure tests for its four wells to U.S. waste in August, 2005. U.S. EPA This exemption is subject to the EPA annually; reviewed all data pertaining to the following conditions. Non-compliance petition including, but not limited to, (11) Ineos must notify U.S. EPA in with any of these conditions is grounds writing if any well loses mechanical well construction, well operations, for termination of the exemption. regional and local geology, seismic integrity and prior to any workover or (1) The exemption applies to the four plugging; activity, penetrations of the confining existing hazardous waste injection zone, and computational models of the (12) Ineos must fully comply with all wells, #1, #2, #3, and #4, located at the requirements set forth in Underground injection zone. U.S. EPA has determined Ineos facility at 1900 Fort Amanda that the hydrogeological and Injection Control Permits #UIC 03–02– Road, Lima, Ohio; 003–PTO–1, UIC 03–02–004–PTO–1, geochemical conditions at the site and (2) Injection of hazardous waste is the nature of the waste streams are such UIC 03–02–005–PTO–01 and 03–02– limited to the parts of the Lower Eau that injected fluids will not migrate out 006–PTO–1 issued by the Ohio Claire Formation, the Mt. Simon of the injection zone within 10,000 Environmental Protection Agency; Sandstone and the Middle Run years, as set forth at 40 CFR part 148. Formation at depths between 2,631 and (13) Upon the expiration, The injection zone includes the 3,241 feet below ground level; cancellation, reissuance, or modification injection interval into which fluid is (3) The only RCRA-restricted wastes of the permits referenced above, this directly emplaced and the overlying that may be injected are those exemption is subject to review by U.S. arrestment interval into which fluid designated by the RCRA waste codes EPA; and may diffuse. The injection interval for found in Table 1; (14) Whenever U.S. EPA determines the Ineos facility is composed of the (4) Maximum concentrations of that the basis for approval of a petition Lower Eau Claire Formation, the Mt. chemicals that are allowed to be under 40 CFR 148.23 and 148.24 may no Simon Sandstone and the Middle Run injected are listed in Table 2; longer be valid, U.S. EPA may terminate Formation between 2,631 and 3,241 feet (5) The average specific gravity of the this exemption and will require a new below ground level. The arrestment injected waste stream must be between demonstration in accordance with 40 interval is composed of the Lower Black 1.00 and 1.05 over a three month period; CFR 148.20. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES TABLE 1—LIST OF RCRA WASTE CODES APPROVED FOR INJECTION D001 D002 D003 D004 D005 D006 D007 D008 D009 D010 D011 D018 D019 D035 D038 F039 K011 K013 K014 P003 P005 P030 P063 P069 P098 P101 P106 P120 U001 U002 U003 U007 U008 U009 U019 U031 U044 U053 U056 U057 U080 U112 U122 U123 U124 U125 U129 U140 U147 U149 U151 U152 U154 U159 U161 U169 U188 U191 U196 U211 VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:54 Mar 02, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\03MRN1.SGM 03MRN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 42 / Thursday, March 3, 2016 / Notices 11211 TABLE 1—LIST OF RCRA WASTE CODES APPROVED FOR INJECTION—Continued U213 U219 U220 U239 These waste codes are identified in 40 CFR part 261, subpart C and subpart D. TABLE 2—CONCENTRATION LIMITS OF CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS THAT ARE HAZARDOUS AT LESS THAN 0.001 Mg/L Concentration Concentration Health based limit at the reduction Chemical constituent Waste code limit wellhead factor (mg/L) (mg/L) (C/C0) (Note 2) Acetaldehyde .................................................. U001 ............................................................... 0.11 2,000 5.5 × 10¥5 Acetamide ....................................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥5 10,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Acetic acid ...................................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 6.0 × 10¥6 6,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Acetone .......................................................... U002 ............................................................... 3.5 2,000 1.75 × 10¥3 Acetone cyanohydrin ...................................... P069 ............................................................... 0.005 6,000 8.33 × 10¥7 Acetonitrile ...................................................... K011, K013, K014, U003 ............................... 0.21 100,000 2.1 × 10¥6 Acrolein ........................................................... P003 ............................................................... 0.005 2,000 2.5 × 10¥6 Acrylamide ...................................................... K011, K013, K014, U007 ............................... 8 × 10¥6 6,000 1.33 × 10¥9 Note 1 Acrylic acid ..................................................... U008 ............................................................... 17.5 60,000 2.92 × 10¥4 Acrylonitrile ..................................................... K011, K013, K014, U009 ............................... 6.0 × 10¥5 24,000 2.5 × 10¥9 Allyl alcohol .................................................... P005 ............................................................... 0.175 2,000 8.75 × 10¥5 Antimony ......................................................... F039 ............................................................... 0.006 100 6.0 × 10¥5 Arsenic ............................................................ D004 ............................................................... 0.05 100 5.0 × 10¥4 Barium ............................................................ D005 ............................................................... 2 100 2.0 × 10¥2 Benzene ......................................................... D018, K011, K013, K014, U019 .................... 0.005 400 1.25 × 10¥5 1,3-Butanediol ................................................ Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 1,4-Butanediol ................................................ Note 2 ............................................................. 1.4 × 10¥5 14,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Butanetriol ...................................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 4.0 × 10¥6 4,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Butanol ........................................................... U140 ............................................................... 3.5 4,000 8.75 × 10¥4 Butyrolactone .................................................. Note 2 ............................................................. 5.0 × 10¥6 5,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Cadmium ........................................................ D006 ............................................................... 0.005 100 5.0 × 10¥5 Carbon tetrachloride ....................................... D019, U211 .................................................... 0.005 100 5.0 × 10¥5 Chloroform ...................................................... U044 ............................................................... 0.006 100 6.0 × 10¥5 Chromium ....................................................... D007 ............................................................... 0.1 100 1.0 × 10¥3 Cobalt ............................................................. Note ................................................................ 1.0 × 10¥7 100 1.0 × 10¥9 Crotonaldehyde .............................................. U053 ............................................................... 0.002 200 1.0 × 10¥5 Crotonitrile ...................................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Cyclohexane ................................................... U056 ............................................................... 9.0 × 10¥5 100 9.0 × 10¥7 Cyclohexanone ............................................... U057 ............................................................... 180 100 1.8 Diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid .............. Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Dimethylhydantoin .......................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Ethanol ........................................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 2.0 × 10¥6 2,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Ethyl acetate ................................................... U112 ............................................................... 31.5 100 3.15 × 10¥1 Ethylenediamine tetracetonitrile ..................... Note 2 ............................................................. 4.0 × 10¥6 4,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Formic acid ..................................................... U123 ............................................................... 0.01 20,000 5.0 × 10¥7 Formaldehyde ................................................. U122 ............................................................... 7 4,000 1.75 × 10¥3 Formamide ..................................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 4.0 × 10¥6 4,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Fumaronitrile ................................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 4.0 × 10¥6 4,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Furan .............................................................. U124 ............................................................... 3.5 × 10¥3 100 3.5 × 10¥4 Furfural ........................................................... U125 ............................................................... 0.11 100 1.1 × 10¥3 Glyconitrile ...................................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 7.0 × 10¥6 7,000 1.0 × 10¥9 HCN (Free) ..................................................... K011, K013, K014, P030, P063, P098, P106 0.2 3,200 6.25 × 10¥5 HCN (Total) .................................................... K011, K013, K014, P030, P063, P098, P106 0.7 21,200 3.3 × 10¥5 Hexamethylenetetramine (or acid) ................. Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Iminodiacetonitrile ........................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Isobutanol ....................................................... U140 ............................................................... 11 200 5.5 × 10¥2 Isopropyl alcohol ............................................ Note 2 ............................................................. 1.2 × 10¥6 1,200 1.0 × 10¥9 Lead ................................................................ D008 ............................................................... 0.001 100 1.0 × 10¥5 Lindane ........................................................... U129 ............................................................... 2.0 × 10¥4 1,000 2.0 × 10¥7 Maleic anhydride ............................................ U147 ............................................................... 3.5 100 3.5 × 10¥2 Maleonitrile ..................................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 2.0 × 10¥5 20,000 1.0 × 10¥9 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Malonitrile ....................................................... U149 ............................................................... 0.005 2,000 2.5 × 10¥6 Mercury ........................................................... D009, U151 .................................................... 0.002 100 2.0 × 10¥5 Methanol ......................................................... U154 ............................................................... 17.5 40,000 4.38 × 10¥4 Methyacrylonitrile ............................................ U152 ............................................................... 0.0035 400 8.75 × 10¥6 Methylethylhydantoin ...................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Methylene chloride ......................................... U080 ............................................................... 5.3 × 10¥3 100 5.0 × 10¥5 Methyl ethyl ketone ........................................ D035, U159 .................................................... 21 1,000 2.1 × 10¥2 Methyl isobutyl ketone .................................... U161 ............................................................... 2.0 × 10¥3 100 2.0 × 10¥5 VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:17 Mar 02, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\03MRN1.SGM 03MRN1

11212 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 42 / Thursday, March 3, 2016 / Notices TABLE 2—CONCENTRATION LIMITS OF CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS THAT ARE HAZARDOUS AT LESS THAN 0.001 Mg/L— Continued Concentration Concentration Health based limit at the reduction Chemical constituent Waste code limit wellhead factor (mg/L) (mg/L) (C/C0) (Note 2) 2-Methylpyridine ............................................. U191 ............................................................... 2.0 × 10¥3 1,000 2.0 × 10¥6 3-Methylpyridine ............................................. Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Nickel .............................................................. F006 ............................................................... 0.001 100 1.0 × 10¥5 Nicotinonitrile .................................................. Note 2 ............................................................. 6.0 × 10¥6 6,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Nitrilotiracetonitrile .......................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Nitrobenzene .................................................. U169 ............................................................... 1.8 × 10¥2 100 1.8 × 10¥4 Oleic acid ........................................................ Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Oleoylsarconsinate ......................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Phenol ............................................................ U188 ............................................................... 21 100 2.1 × 10¥1 1,2-Propanediol .............................................. Note 2 ............................................................. 6.0 × 10¥8 60 1.0 × 10¥9 1,3-Propanediol .............................................. Note 2 ............................................................. 2.0 × 10¥6 2,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Propanol ......................................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 2,0 × 10¥6 2,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Propionitrile ..................................................... P101 ............................................................... 0.005 2,000 2.5 × 10¥6 Propylenediamine tetracetonitrile ................... Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Pyroazole ........................................................ Note 2 ............................................................. 4.0 × 10¥6 4,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Pyridine ........................................................... D038, U196 .................................................... 0.035 2,000 1.75 × 10¥5 Selenium ......................................................... D010 ............................................................... 0.05 100 5.0 × 10¥4 Silver ............................................................... D011 ............................................................... 0.175 100 1.75 × 10¥3 Sodium cyanide .............................................. D003, K011, K013, P030, P063, P106 .......... 1.4 1,200 1.17 × 10¥3 Strontium ........................................................ Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥7 100 1.0 × 10¥9 Succinic acid .................................................. Note 2 ............................................................. 8.0 × 10¥7 800 1.0 × 10¥9 Succinotrile ..................................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 6.0 × 10¥6 6,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Tetrahydrofuran .............................................. U213 ............................................................... 0.002 5,000 4.0 × 10¥7 Thiourea ......................................................... U219 ............................................................... 1.0 × 10¥2 100 1.0 × 10¥4 Toluene ........................................................... U220 ............................................................... 1 100 1.0 × 10¥2 Vanadium ....................................................... P120 ............................................................... 0.004 100 4.0 × 10¥5 Vanadium pentoxide ....................................... P120 ............................................................... 0.315 400 7.88 × 10¥4 Xylene ............................................................. U239 ............................................................... 10 100 1.0 × 10¥1 Zinc ................................................................. Note 2 ............................................................. 10.5 400 2.63 × 10¥2 Note 1—Worst-case constituent. Dated: February 1, 2016. been released. As explained further Health Based Limit (HBL) contour for Tinka G. Hyde, below, the Docket is used to identify no-migration boundary set at 1.0 × 10¥9 Director, Water Division. Federal facilities that should be for this constituent. The HBL values are [FR Doc. 2016–04756 Filed 3–2–16; 8:45 am] evaluated to determine if they pose a from the compilation by EPA Region 6, BILLING CODE 6560–50–P threat to public health or welfare and revised 2005. the environment and to provide a mechanism to make this information Note 2—Constituents not associated available to the public. with an EPA RCRA waste code or listed ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY This notice includes the complete list in HBL guidelines are assigned the of Federal facilities on the Docket and minimum C/C0 of 1.0 × 10¥9. A [FRL–9943–17–OLEM] also identifies Federal facilities reported provisional ‘‘HBL’’ for these to EPA since the last update of the constituents is then derived from the Twenty-Ninth Update of the Federal Docket on August 17, 2015. In addition product of C/C0 and the concentration Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance to the list of additions to the Docket, limit at the wellhead. If a RCRA waste Docket this notice includes a section with code is promulgated for any of these AGENCY: Environmental Protection revisions of the previous Docket list. constituents, the HBL selected by EPA Agency (EPA). Thus, the revisions in this update will be compared to the provisional ACTION: Notice. include 7 additions, 22 corrections, and ‘‘HBL’’ on this table. If the EPA HBL is 42 deletions to the Docket since the more stringent, the Concentration Limit SUMMARY: Since 1988, the previous update. At the time of at the Wellhead will be reduced or Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publication of this notice, the new total migration of the constituent will be has maintained a Federal Agency number of Federal facilities listed on the reconsidered in detail. Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Docket is 2,326. Since the last update, (‘‘Docket’’) under Section 120(c) of the EPA has identified a discrepancy in the Electronic Access. You may access mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Comprehensive Environmental total number of facilities published in this Federal Register document Response, Compensation, and Liability the Federal Register. The number of electronically from the Government Act (CERCLA). Section 120(c) requires Docket sites in the Federal Register did Printing Office under the ‘‘Federal EPA to establish a Docket that contains not match the number of sites on EPA’s Register’’ listings at FDSys (http:// certain information reported to EPA by Master Docket List. EPA has reconciled www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection. Federal facilities that manage hazardous the discrepancies and the list is now action?collectionCode=FR). waste or from which a reportable and both lists are now matching a quantity of hazardous substances has current. This publication contains the VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:17 Mar 02, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\03MRN1.SGM 03MRN1


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ActionNotice of final decision on a Request by Ineos Nitriles USA LLC of Lima, Ohio to Reissue its Exemption from the Land Disposal Restrictions under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
DatesThis action is effective as of March 3, 2016.
ContactStephen Roy, Lead Petition Reviewer, U.S. EPA, Region 5, Underground Injection Control Branch, WU-16J, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590; telephone number: (312)
FR Citation81 FR 11209 
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