Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Final Exclusion

Résumé

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today is granting a petition submitted by Bekaert Steel Corporation (Bekaert) of Rogers, Arkansas, to exclude from hazardous waste control (or delist) certain solid wastes generated at its facility. This action responds to Bekaert's petition to delist these wastes under those regulations that allow any person to petition the Administrator to modify or revoke any provision of certain hazardous waste regulations of the Code of Federal Regulations, and specifically provide generators the opportunity to petition the Administrator to exclude a waste on a ``generator- specific'' basis from the hazardous waste lists. After careful analysis, EPA has concluded that the petitioned waste is not hazardous waste when disposed of in Subtitle D landfills. This exclusion applies only to wastewater treatment sludge generated from electroplating operations at Bekaert's Rogers, Arkansas, facility. Accordingly, this final rule excludes the petitioned waste from the requirements of hazardous waste regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when disposed of in Subtitle D landfills.