Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IIUniversal Treatment Standards, and Treatment Standards for Organic Toxicity Characteristic Wastes and Newly Listed Wastes

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As part of the Agency's Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) program, EPA is today promulgating treatment standards for the newly identified organic toxicity characteristic (TC) wastes (except those managed in Clean Water Act (CWA) systems, CWA- equivalent systems, or Class I Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) injection wells), and for all newly listed coke by-product and chlorotoluene production wastes. The required treatment standards for these wastes must be met before they are land disposed. EPA is also requiring ignitable characteristic wastes with a high total organic carbon (TOC) content and toxic characteristic pesticide wastes, that are being disposed in Class I nonhazardous waste injection wells, to either be injected into a well that is subject to a no-migration determination, or be treated by the designated LDR treatment method. Promulgation of these treatment standards for the newly identified and listed wastes and promulgation of the dilution prohibitions for high TOC ignitables and pesticides fulfills requirements of a proposed consent decree between EPA and the Environmental Defense Fund, and a settlement agreement between EPA, the Hazardous Waste Treatment Council, and a n