EPA Announces Intent to Grant Pioneer Chlor-Alkali, Inc. Site-Specific Determination of Equivalent Treatment for Mercury Waste Treatment

Summary

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing its intention to approve a site-specific determination of equivalent treatment (DET) for Pioneer Chlor-Alkali, Inc.'s Remerc process in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, allowing the company to treat high mercury K106 wastes using this hydrometallurgical process. The EPA will set a mercury limit of 0.20 mg/L TCLP for the treatment residuals.