Notice of Availability of Draft RCRA Waste Minimization PBT Chemical List

Résumé

Today's notice makes available for public comment a list of 53 persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemicals and chemical categories which may be found in hazardous wastes regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). This notice responds to States, industry organizations, environmental groups, and individuals who commented on the EPA's national RCRA waste minimization policy, and it will be used to promote voluntary waste minimization efforts which reduce the generation of PBT chemicals found in RCRA hazardous waste by at least half by the year 2005. EPA requests comment on today's RCRA Waste Minimization PBT Chemical List (also referred to as the RCRA PBT List) and the methodology used to develop today's List. EPA is not seeking comment on the Waste Minimization Prioritization Tool (WMPT), which is discussed in today's notice, because the Agency has sought extensive public review and comment on the WMPT in a previous notice. Particular issues for comment are identified in the discussion that follows. EPA will publish a final RCRA PBT List in 1999. This notice and the final RCRA PBT List are a significant component of an overall PBT strategy being dev