[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20971-20973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10418]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7160-7]
Notice of Final Decision To Grant Vickery Environmental,
Incorporated a Modification of an Exemption From the Land Disposal
Restrictions of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984
Regarding Injection of Hazardous Wastes
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final decision on a request to modify an exemption
from the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA or Agency) that a modification of 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 Vickery Environmental, Inc. (VEI) of Vickery, Ohio.
This modification allows VEI to continue to inject three (3) RCRA-
regulated hazardous wastes which will be banned from land disposal on
May 20, 2002, as a result of regulations promulgated in the Federal
Register (FR) on November 20, 2001 (66 FR 58258), into four Class I
injection wells at the Vickery, Ohio, facility. As required by 40 CFR
part 148, VEI has demonstrated, to a reasonable degree of certainty,
that there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from the
injection zone utilized by VEI's waste disposal facility located near
Vickery, Ohio, for as long as the newly-exempted wastes remain
hazardous. This decision constitutes a final Agency action for which
there is no administrative appeal.
DATES: This action is effective as of May 20, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harlan Gerrish, Lead Petition
Reviewer, USEPA, Region 5, telephone (312) 886-2939. Copies of the
petition and all pertinent information relating thereto are on file and
are part of the Administrative Record. It is recommended that you
contact the lead reviewer prior to reviewing the Administrative record.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Chemical Waste Management (CWM), the predecessor of VEI, submitted
a petition for an exemption from the restrictions on land disposal of
hazardous wastes on January 19, 1988. Revised documents were received
on December 4, 1989, and several supplemental submittals were
subsequently made. The exemption was granted on August 7, 1990. On
September 12, 1994, CWM submitted a petition to modify the exemption to
include wastes bearing 23 additional RCRA wastes codes. Region 5
reviewed documents supporting the request and granted the modification
of the exemption on May 16, 1995. A notice of the modification appeared
on June 5, 1995, at 60 FR 29592 et seq. On April 9, 1996, CWM submitted
a petition to again modify the exemption to allow 91 additional RCRA
waste codes. Region 5 reviewed documents supporting the request and
granted the modification on the exemption on June 24, 1996. A notice of
the modification appeared on July 15, 1996, at 61 FR 36880 et seq.
Again on May 13, 1997, CWM submitted a request to add 11 waste codes to
the list. Region 5 reviewed the evidence submitted by CWM and granted
the request. Notice of the approval appeared on August 12, 1997 (63 FR
43109). On October 13, 1997, CWM notified the EPA that the name of the
operator of the Vickery facility would become Waste Management of Ohio
(WMO). This change was acknowledged by EPA through a letter added to
the Administrative Record on November 10, 1997. On August 28, 1998, WMO
requested that two additional wastes codes be approved for injection.
Notice of the approval appeared on December 10, 1998 (63 FR 68284). In
the same year, on November 5, 1998, WMO submitted a petition to exempt
four additional waste codes. Approval of this petition appeared on
February 10, 1999 (64 FR 6650). On January 24, 2000, Waste Management
of Ohio informed EPA of a corporate reorganization and subsequent name
change from Waste Management of Ohio to Vickery Environmental, Inc.
This change was acknowledged by EPA through a letter added to the
Administrative Record on
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March 9, 2000. On March 20, 2001, VEI requested that two wastes,
designated as K174 and K175, be added to the list of wastes exempted
for injection at VEI. This request was approved on May 23, 2001, and
notice of the request appeared in the Federal Register on April 25,
2001 (66 FR 28464-28466).
The rule promulgated on November 20, 2001, bans K176, K177, and
K178 from injection after May 20, 2002, unless VEI's exemption is
modified to allow injection of those wastes. As K-coded wastes, the
codes represent a number of chemicals, all of which have already been
approved for injection at Vickery under other waste codes. After review
of the material submitted, the EPA has determined, as required by 40
CFR 148.20(f), that there is a reasonable degree of certainty that the
hazardous constituents contained in the wastes bearing the codes to be
banned will behave hydraulically and chemically like wastes for which
VEI was granted its original exemption and will not migrate from the
injection zone in hazardous concentrations within 10,000 years. The
injection zone is the Mt. Simon Sandstone and the Rome, Conasauga,
Kerbel, and Knox Formations. The confining zone is comprised of the
Wells Creek and Black River Formations.
List of RCRA Waste Codes Approved for Injection
D001 F010 K035 K115 P016 P076 P201 U050 U106 U158 U215 U389
D002 F011 K036 K116 P017 P077 P202 U051 U107 U159 U216 U390
D003 F012 K037 K117 P018 P078 P203 U052 U108 U160 U217 U391
D004 F019 K038 K118 P020 P081 P204 U053 U109 U161 U218 U392
D005 F020 K039 K123 P021 P082 P205 U055 U110 U162 U219 U393
D006 F021 K040 K124 P022 P084 U001 U056 U111 U163 U220 U394
D007 F022 K041 K125 P023 P085 U002 U057 U112 U164 U221 U395
D008 F023 K042 K126 P024 P087 U003 U058 U113 U165 U222 U396
D009 F024 K043 K131 P026 P088 U004 U059 U114 U166 U223 U400
D010 F025 K044 K132 P027 P089 U005 U060 U115 U167 U225 U401
D011 F026 K045 K136 P028 P092 U006 U061 U116 U168 U226 U402
D012 F027 K046 K140 P029 P093 U007 U062 U117 U169 U227 U403
D013 F028 K047 K141 P030 P094 U008 U063 U118 U170 U228 U404
D014 F032 K048 K142 P031 P095 U009 U064 U119 U171 U234 U407
D015 F034 K049 K143 P033 P096 U010 U066 U120 U172 U235 U408
D016 F035 K050 K144 P034 P097 U011 U067 U121 U173 U236 U409
D017 F037 K051 K145 P036 P098 U012 U068 U122 U174 U237 U410
D018 F038 K052 K147 P037 P099 U014 U069 U123 U176 U238 U411
D019 F039 K060 K148 P038 P101 U015 U070 U124 U177 U239
D020 K001 K061 K149 P039 P102 U016 U071 U125 U178 U240
D021 K002 K062 K150 P040 P103 U017 U072 U126 U179 U243
D022 K003 K069 K151 P041 P104 U018 U073 U127 U180 U244
D023 K004 K071 K156 P042 P105 U019 U074 U128 U181 U246
D024 K005 K073 K157 P043 P106 U020 U075 U129 U182 U247
D025 K006 K083 K158 P044 P108 U021 U076 U130 U183 U248
D026 K007 K084 K159 P045 P109 U022 U077 U131 U184 U249
D027 K008 K085 K160 P046 P110 U023 U078 U132 U185 U271
D028 K009 K086 K161 P047 P111 U024 U079 U133 U186 U277
D029 K010 K087 K169 P048 P112 U025 U080 U134 U187 U278
D030 K011 K088 K170 P049 P113 U026 U081 U135 U188 U279
D031 K013 K093 K171 P050 P114 U027 U082 U136 U189 U280
D032 K014 K094 K172 P051 P115 U028 U083 U137 U190 U328
D033 K015 K095 K174 P054 P116 U029 U084 U138 U191 U353
D034 K016 K096 K175 P056 P118 U030 U085 U139 U192 U359
D035 K017 K097 K176 P057 P119 U031 U086 U140 U193 U364
D036 K018 K098 K177 P058 P120 U032 U087 U141 U194 U365
D037 K019 K099 K178 P059 P121 U033 U088 U142 U196 U366
D038 K020 K100 P001 P060 P122 U034 U089 U143 U197 U367
D039 K021 K101 P002 P062 P123 U035 U090 U144 U200 U372
D040 K022 K102 P003 P063 P127 U036 U091 U145 U201 U373
D041 K023 K103 P004 P064 P128 U037 U092 U146 U202 U375
D042 K024 K104 P005 P065 P185 U038 U093 U147 U203 U376
D043 K025 K105 P006 P066 P188 U039 U094 U148 U204 U377
F001 K026 K106 P007 P067 P189 U041 U095 U149 U205 U378
F002 K027 K107 P008 P068 P190 U042 U096 U150 U206 U379
F003 K028 K108 P009 P069 P191 U043 U097 U151 U207 U381
F004 K029 K109 P010 P070 P192 U044 U098 U152 U208 U382
F005 K030 K110 P011 P071 P194 U045 U099 U153 U209 U383
F006 K031 K111 P012 P072 P196 U046 U101 U154 U210 U384
F007 K032 K112 P013 P073 P197 U047 U102 U155 U211 U385
F008 K033 K113 P014 P074 P198 U048 U103 U156 U213 U386
F009 K034 K114 P015 P075 P199 U049 U105 U157 U214 U387
II. Conditions
General conditions of this exemption are found at 40 CFR part 148.
The exemption granted to VEI on August 7, 1990, included a number of
specific conditions. Conditions numbered (1), (2), (3), (4), and (9)
remain in force. Construction of a monitoring well required under
condition 5 has been completed, and the required monitoring will
continue through the life of the facility. Conditions numbered (6),
(7), and (8) have been fully satisfied. The results of the work carried
out under
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these conditions confirms that the model used to simulate fluid
movement within the injection zone for the next 10,000 years is valid
and results of the simulation bound the region of the injection zone
within which the waste will be contained.
Timothy C. Henry,
Acting Director, Water Division, Region 5.
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