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

water-quality · Rule · Published 2002-06-21 · Effective 2002-06-21 · 67 FR 42187

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Document number
02-15612
Federal Register citation
67 FR 42187
CFR reference
40 CFR 261
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
water-quality
Publication date
2002-06-21
Effective date
2002-06-21
EPA docket
FRL-7235-1

Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) today is granting a petition submitted by Nissan North America, Inc., Smyrna, Tennessee (Nissan), to exclude (or "delist") a certain hazardous waste from the lists of hazardous wastes. Nissan will generate the petitioned waste by treating wastewater from Nissan's automobile assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee when aluminum is one of the metals used to manufacture automobile bodies. The waste so generated is a wastewater treatment sludge that meets the definition of F019. Nissan petitioned EPA to grant a "generator-specific" delisting because Nissan believes that its F019 waste does not meet the criteria for which this type of waste was listed. EPA reviewed all of the waste- specific information provided by Nissan, performed calculations, and determined that the waste could be disposed in a landfill without harming human health and the environment. This action responds to Nissan's petition to delist this waste on a generator-specific basis from the hazardous waste lists, and to public comments on the proposed rule. EPA took into account all public comments on the proposed rule before setting the final delisting levels. Final delisting levels in the waste leachate are based on the EPA Composite Model for Leachate Migration with Transformation Products as used in EPA, Region 6's Delisting Risk Assessment Software. Today's rule also sets limits on the total concentration of each hazardous constituent in the waste. In accordance with the conditions specified in this final rule, Nissan's petitioned waste is excluded from the requirements of hazardous waste regulations under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The petitioned waste remains subject to all applicable federal, state, and local requirements for nonhazardous waste.

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