[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 169 (Thursday, September 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52097-52099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17434]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7964-4]
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 RCRA-regulated
hazardous wastes designated as K181 wastes which will be banned from
land disposal on August 23, 2005, as a result of regulations
promulgated in the Federal Register (FR) on February 24, 2005 (70 FR
9138 et seq.) 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 waste remains hazardous. This decision constitutes a final
Agency action for which there is no administrative appeal.
DATES: This action is effective as of August 23, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harlan Gerrish, Lead Petition
Reviewer, USEPA, Region 5, telephone (312) 886-2939. Copies of the
petition and all related pertinent information 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 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). On January 31, 2002,
WMO requested that four additional wastes codes be approved for
injection. Notice of the approval appeared on April 29, 2004 (67 FR
20971).
The rule promulgated on February 24, 2005, bans K181 from injection
after August 23, 2005, unless VEI's exemption is modified to allow
injection of this waste. As a K-coded waste, the code represents a
number of chemicals. Some of these have already been approved for
injection at Vickery under other waste codes. VEI estimated diffusion
rates for constituents not previously approved for injection using a
method which Region 5 has previously accepted. The diffusion rates are
lower than that of the chloride ion, the diffusion rate of which was
used to define the edge of the waste plume at VEI. After review of the
material submitted and verification of the calculations of diffusion
rate, 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 waste bearing the code 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.
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List of RCRA Waste Codes Approved for Injection:
D001 F009 K033 K112 P011 P070 P191 U042 U095 U148 U203 U375
D002 F010 K034 K113 P012 P071 P192 U043 U096 U149 U204 U376
D003 F011 K035 K114 P013 P072 P194 U044 U097 U150 U205 U377
D004 F012 K036 K115 P014 P073 P196 U045 U098 U151 U206 U378
D005 F019 K037 K116 P015 P074 P197 U046 U099 U152 U207 U379
D006 F020 K038 K117 P016 P075 P198 U047 U101 U153 U208 U381
D007 F021 K039 K118 P017 P076 P199 U048 U102 U154 U209 U382
D008 F022 K040 K123 P018 P077 P201 U049 U103 U155 U210 U383
D009 F023 K041 K124 P020 P078 P202 U050 U105 U156 U211 U384
D010 F024 K042 K125 P021 P081 P203 U051 U106 U157 U213 U385
D011 F025 K043 K126 P022 P082 P204 U052 U107 U158 U214 U386
D012 F026 K044 K131 P023 P084 P205 U053 U108 U159 U215 U387
D013 F027 K045 K132 P024 P085 U001 U055 U109 U160 U216 U389
D014 F028 K046 K136 P026 P087 U002 U056 U110 U161 U217 U390
D015 F032 K047 K140 P027 P088 U003 U057 U111 U162 U218 U391
D016 F034 K048 K141 P028 P089 U004 U058 U112 U163 U219 U392
D017 F035 K049 K142 P029 P092 U005 U059 U113 U164 U220 U393
D018 F037 K050 K143 P030 P093 U006 U060 U114 U165 U221 U394
D019 F038 K051 K144 P031 P094 U007 U061 U115 U166 U222 U395
D020 F039 K052 K145 P033 P095 U008 U062 U116 U167 U223 U396
D021 K001 K060 K147 P034 P096 U009 U063 U117 U168 U225 U400
D022 K002 K061 K148 P036 P097 U010 U064 U118 U169 U226 U401
D023 K003 K062 K149 P037 P098 U011 U066 U119 U170 U227 U402
D024 K004 K069 K150 P038 P099 U012 U067 U120 U171 U228 U403
D025 K005 K071 K151 P039 P101 U014 U068 U121 U172 U234 U404
D026 K006 K073 K156 P040 P102 U015 U069 U122 U173 U235 U407
D027 K007 K083 K157 P041 P103 U016 U070 U123 U174 U236 U408
D028 K008 K084 K158 P042 P104 U017 U071 U124 U176 U237 U409
D029 K009 K085 K159 P043 P105 U018 U072 U125 U177 U238 U410
D030 K010 K086 K160 P044 P106 U019 U073 U126 U178 U239 U411
D031 K011 K087 K161 P045 P108 U020 U074 U127 U179 U240
D032 K013 K088 K169 P046 P109 U021 U075 U128 U180 U243
D033 K014 K093 K170 P047 P110 U022 U076 U129 U181 U244
D034 K015 K094 K171 P048 P111 U023 U077 U130 U182 U246
D035 K016 K095 K172 P049 P112 U024 U078 U131 U183 U247
D036 K017 K096 K174 P050 P113 U025 U079 U132 U184 U248
D037 K018 K097 K175 P051 P114 U026 U080 U133 U185 U249
D038 K019 K098 K176 P054 P115 U027 U081 U134 U186 U271
D039 K020 K099 K177 P056 P116 U028 U082 U135 U187 U277
D040 K021 K100 K178 P057 P118 U029 U083 U136 U188 U278
D041 K022 K101 K181 P058 P119 U030 U084 U137 U189 U279
D042 K023 K102 P001 P059 P120 U031 U085 U138 U190 U280
D043 K024 K103 P002 P060 P121 U032 U086 U139 U191 U328
F001 K025 K104 P003 P062 P122 U033 U087 U140 U192 U353
F002 K026 K105 P004 P063 P123 U034 U088 U141 U193 U359
F003 K027 K106 P005 P064 P127 U035 U089 U142 U194 U364
F004 K028 K107 P006 P065 P128 U036 U090 U143 U196 U365
F005 K029 K108 P007 P066 P185 U037 U091 U144 U197 U366
F006 K030 K109 P008 P067 P188 U038 U092 U145 U200 U367
F007 K031 K110 P009 P068 P189 U039 U093 U146 U201 U372
F008 K032 K111 P010 P069 P190 U041 U094 U147 U202 U373
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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 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.
Jo Lynn Traub,
Director, Water Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 05-17434 Filed 8-31-05; 8:45 am]
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