Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 27/09/2000

Hazardous Waste Management System; Proposed Exclusion for Identification and Listing Hazardous Waste

The EPA (also, "the Agency" or "we" in this preamble) is proposing to grant a petition submitted by USG Corporation (USG), Chicago, Illinois, to exclude (or "delist"), on a one-time basis, certain solid wastes that are interred at an on-site landfill at its American Metals Corporation (AMC) facility in Westlake, Ohio from the lists of hazardous wastes contained in Subpart D of 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 261. This landfill was used exclusively by Donn Corporation, the original site owner, for disposal of its wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) sludge from 1968 to 1978. USG submitted the petition under 40 CFR 260.20 and 260.22(a). Section 260.20 allows any person to petition the Administrator to modify or revoke any provision of parts 260 through 266, 268 and 273. Section 260.22(a) specifically provides a generator the opportunity to petition the Administrator to exclude a waste on a "generator specific" basis from the hazardous waste lists. The Agency has tentatively decided to grant the petition based on an evaluation of waste-specific information provided by USG. This proposed decision, if finalized, conditionally excludes the petitioned waste from the requirements of