[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 10, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 47751] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-23065] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [SWH-FRL-5607-7] RIN 2050-AD84 Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Solvents and Petroleum Refining
Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Action
Notice of data availability.
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Summary
The Environmental Protection Agency is making available to the public two studies--one on certain petroleum refining wastes and another on the uses of certain chemicals as solvents.
Addresses
The studies are available for viewing in the EPA RCRA Information Center, Docket Number F-96-SPSA-FFFFF. The address is U.S. EPA, Crystal Gateway, First Floor, 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. The docket is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. The public must make an appointment to review docket materials by calling (703) 603-9230. 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
The RCRA/Superfund Hotline toll-free, at (800) 424-9346, or at (703) 920-9810 in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The TDD Hotline number is (800) 553-7672 (toll-free) or (703) 486-3323 in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. For technical information on the studies, contact Mr. Max Diaz, (703) 308- 0439 (petroleum), or Mr. Ron Josephson, (703) 308-0442 (solvents), U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste, Waste Identification Branch (5304W), 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
Supplementary Information
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and EPA entered into a consent decree to resolve most of the issues raised in a civil action undertaken by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF v. Browner, Civ. No. 89-0598 (D.D.C.)), under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., as amended (commonly referred to as RCRA). In that action, the Agency agreed, among other things, to a schedule for conducting studies on certain spent solvent and petroleum refining wastes. The consent decree was approved by the court on December 9, 1994. As modified, the consent decree provides that the final reports are scheduled to be issued on or before August 30, 1996. The solvents study addresses wastes associated with the use of certain materials as solvents, the toxicity of the wastes, and a description of the management practices for the wastes. These materials are: diethylamine, aniline, ethylene oxide, allyl chloride, 1,4- dioxane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, and bromoform. The petroleum study characterizes the following petroleum refining wastes and how they are managed: Desalting sludge from crude desalting, off-specification product and fines from residual upgrading, residual oil storage tank sludge, treating clay from clay filtering, treating clay from the extraction/isomerization process, catalyst from catalytic hydrocracking, process sludge from residual upgrading, off- specification product from sulfur complex and H2S removal facilities, catalyst from extraction/isomerization process, treating clay from lube oil processing, off-specification treating solution from sulfur complex and H2S removal facilities, catalyst from polymerization, treating clay from alkylation, acid soluble oil from HF alkylation, and catalyst from HF alkylation. The report includes a discussion of the concentration of toxic constituents in each waste, the volume of each waste generated, and the management practices for each waste (including plausible mismanagement practices). Additional information pertaining to these studies is available in the RCRA Section 3007 Questionnaire data used in the development of EPA's petroleum listing determination proposal, 60 FR 57747 (November 20, 1995), and the solvent listing determination proposal, 61 FR 42318 (August 14, 1996). Please see docket numbers F-95-PRLP-FFFFF (petroleum) or F-96-SLDP-FFFFF (solvents).
Dated: August 30, 1996. Loretta Marzetti, Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste. [FR Doc. 96-23065 Filed 9-9-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P