Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Paint Production Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Identified Wastes; and CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities; Final Determination

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a final determination not to list as hazardous certain wastes generated from the production of paint. EPA is making this determination under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which directs EPA to determine whether certain wastes from the paint production industry may present a substantial hazard to human health or the environment. EPA proposed concentration-based listings for certain paint waste solids (K179) and liquids (K180) on February 13, 2001. However, following a review of the public comments and supplemental analyses based on public comments, EPA has determined that the paint wastes identified in the February 13, 2001 proposal do not present a substantial hazard to human health or the environment. Therefore, EPA is making a final determination that these paint wastes are not listed hazardous wastes. Also, because the identified paint wastes are not listed hazardous wastes, EPA is not promulgating Land Disposal Restriction (LDR) treatment standards for these wastes, designating these wastes as Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) hazardous substances with reportable quantities (RQs), or designating any of the constituents in these wastes as new Appendix VIII constituents.