Monthly US EPA RCRA / Superfund Hotline Report for April 2004

EPA530-R-04-003d

MONTHLY CALL CENTER REPORT

April 2004

               RCRA, 

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This report is prepared and submitted in support of Contract No. 68-W-01-020.

Scott Maid, Project Officer

Judi Kane, Deputy Project Officer

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Environmental Protection Agency

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Pursuant to 40 CFR 260.20 and 260.22, facilities may petition

EPA to remove their waste streams from Subtitle C regulation by

excluding them from the lists of hazardous wastes in Sections 261.31 and

261.32.   Who approves or denies the delisting petitions?

On October 10, 1995, the EPA Administrator formally delegated

delisting authority to the Regional Administrators.  However,

states authorized to administer a delisting program in lieu of

the federal program may also approve or deny delisting petitions

(61 FR 32798; June 25, 1996).

Do the P and U lists apply to chemicals that have been used in a

manufacturing process?

The P and U lists apply only to commercial chemical products

(CCPs), off-specification species, container residues, and spill

residues from chemicals having the generic name listed in Section

261.33.  Commercial chemical products do not include a material

that contains a substance on the P or U list (e.g., a

manufacturing process waste).  Commercial chemical products are

chemical substances manufactured or formulated for commercial or

manufacturing use that consist of the commercially pure grade of

the chemical, any technical grades of the chemical that are

produced or marketed, and all formulations in which the chemical

is the sole active ingredient (Section 261.33(d)).  The P and U lists do

not apply to chemicals that have been used for their intended

purpose (54 FR 31335, 31336; July 28, 1989).

What is the Greenscapes Alliance Program?

The Greenscapes Alliance Program is a partnership program that is

part of the Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC).  The

Greenscapes Alliance Program focuses on flexible ways to conserve

natural resources and prevent waste generation by reducing,

reusing, and recycling materials used during landscaping

projects.

May a Native American tribe participate in Superfund response

actions?

A Native American tribe is afforded substantially the same

treatment as states during the response process, assuming they

meet certain criteria.  First, the tribe must be federally

recognized.  Second, the tribe must have a tribal government body

that is currently performing government functions to promote the

health, safety, and welfare of the affected population or

environment within a defined geographic area.  Third, the tribe

must have jurisdiction over a site at which fund-financed

response is being considered (Section 300.515(b)).

What are the requirements for owners and operators of UST systems

to clean up and report a spill or overfill?

Owners and operators of UST systems must contain and immediately

clean up any spill or overfill and report the release within

twenty-four hours, or another reasonable time period, to the

implementing agency.  In addition, owners or operators must begin

corrective action if there is a spill or overfill that results in

a release to the environment of petroleum that exceeds twenty-

five gallons or of a hazardous substance that equals or exceeds a

reportable quantity (Section 280.53).

CALL CENTER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

RCRA

1. Interstate Shipments of Waste Listed Solely for

   Ignitability, Corrosivity, or Reactivity

 A facility is located in a state that is authorized for the

revisions to the mixture and derived-from rules promulgated in

the hazardous waste identification rule (HWIR-Waste Rule).

According to the HWIR-Waste Rule, a waste listed solely for the

characteristic of ignitability, reactivity, or corrosivity, that

no longer exhibits any hazardous characteristic does not need to

be managed as hazardous waste (66 FR 27266, 27269; May 16, 2001).

The facility generates a spent solvent meeting the listing

description for F003, which is listed solely for ignitability

(Section 261.31).  The waste, however, does not exhibit a hazardous

waste characteristic and is managed as nonhazardous waste.  The

spent solvent is shipped across state lines for disposal in a

state that has not adopted the HWIR-Waste Rule.  What regulations

apply to the transportation and disposal of that waste?

 While traveling through the receiving state and any other state

that recognizes the waste as hazardous, the transporter must have

an EPA identification number, a manifest must accompany the

waste, and the waste must be shipped in compliance with the

requirements in Part 263 (67 FR 40507, 40520; June 12, 2002).

The treatment, storage, or disposal facility is subject to the

standards of the state where it is located.  A state can only

apply its regulations to facilities that are within its

jurisdiction (i.e., facilities within state borders).  It is the

generator's responsibility to know the requirements of the state

where the waste will be managed.  In most cases, the generator

simply has to ask a potential receiving disposal facility if it

is allowed by its implementing agency to accept and manage the

generator's waste (55 FR 2322, 2345; January 23, 1990).

 A generator in a state that has adopted the revisions to the

mixture and derived-from rules may manage F003 waste that does

not exhibit a characteristic as nonhazardous waste, but the waste

must be managed as hazardous by a disposal facility that is

located in a state that has not adopted the rule.  In this

example, the receiving state has not adopted the HWIR-Waste Rule;

therefore, the waste remains hazardous and must be managed by a

hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility.  It is

important to note that states are not required to adopt the HWIR-

Waste Rule because the revisions are less stringent than the

existing regulations (66 FR 27266, 27293; May 16, 2001).

EPCRA

2. EPCRA Sections 311 and 312 Frequently Asked Questions

Ammonia vs. Ammonium Hydroxide

Question: Ammonia (CAS number 7664-41-7) is an EPCRA extremely

hazardous substance (EHS) listed in Appendix A to Part 355.

However, ammonium hydroxide, which is made by combining ammonia

and water, is not listed and has a separate CAS number (CAS

number 1336-21-6).  For the purpose of Part 370, must the amount

of ammonia in ammonium hydroxide be counted (and aggregated)

towards the 500 pound EHS threshold?  For example, if a facility

has 9000 pounds of ammonium hydroxide (19 percent) on site at a given

time, while the 10,000 pound threshold for ammonium hydroxide is

not exceeded, the amount of ammonia present in the solution (1710

pounds) would exceed the EHS's threshold of 500 pounds.  Does

this facility have to include ammonia in its 311 and 312

reports?

Answer: The EHS list in Part 355 is defined by reference to the

CAS registry number.  The CAS registry considers ammonia and

ammonium hydroxide as distinct chemicals, each having a registry

number.  Therefore, ammonia completely dissolved in aqueous

solution to form ammonium hydroxide is not an extremely hazardous

substance for the purposes of EPCRA 311 and 312 reporting. The

facility would report only if the amount of ammonium hydroxide

exceeds 10,000 lbs.

Acid Mixtures

Question: Do you apply the whole weight of an acid mixture

towards the threshold under EPCRA Sections 311 and 312 or just the

percentage of acid stated on the material safety data sheet

(MSDS)?

Answer: Aqueous acids are considered mixtures under EPCRA Sections 311

and 312.  The acid itself is the hazardous chemical mixed with

water when in solution.  If the MSDS for a hazardous chemical

which is not an EHS provides percent concentration information,

the facility may use the percentage of acid stated to determine

if thresholds have been met for that component.  If no

information is given, or if the facility is applying the

threshold to the mixture as a whole, it must apply the entire

amount of the mixture towards the threshold.  For acids which are

extremely hazardous substances (e.g., sulfuric acid), the

facility must determine if the thresholds have been met for that

component.

Different Physical States

Question: A facility is required to keep two MSDSs on file for

the same hazardous chemical (oxygen); one for the gas phase and

one for liquid phase because they present different risks.  Would

the same chemical present at a facility in different physical

states be aggregated for threshold determinations?

Answer: The applicability of EPCRA Sections 311 and 312 is based on an

owner or operator having a threshold quantity of a hazardous

chemical present at the facility.  Thresholds are based on the

amount of hazardous chemical on site, rather than the type of

hazard presented by the chemical in various phases.  The fact

that a facility has two or more MSDSs for different phases of a

hazardous chemical does not mean that these phases are considered

different hazardous chemicals.  In this case, oxygen is a single

hazardous chemical.  Even if a facility receives multiple MSDSs

for oxygen because it is provided by different suppliers, or is

received in different phases presenting different risks, the

facility must aggregate all quantities of the oxygen present at

the facility for threshold determinations.

Facility Definition and "Motor Vehicles"

Question: The definition of "facility" for EPCRA Sections 311 and 312

does not include "motor vehicles, rolling stock and aircraft."

Do hazardous chemicals present in cars, trucks, forklifts and

other vehicles need to be considered for Sections 311 and 312 reporting

as present in the "facility?"

Answer: Hazardous chemicals present in vehicles that are part of

a facility, because they are used for activities within the

facility or held for sale by the facility, would be considered

for purposes of Part 370 because the chemicals would be

considered "present at the facility."  However, exemptions may

apply to the chemicals in such vehicles, such as the personal or

household product exemption under Section 311(e)(3) for some car

batteries.  The Section 311 and 312 requirements would not apply to

chemicals present in vehicles that are not part of a facility

because they are engaged in transportation and are exempt as

chemicals in transportation under 327.  For example, hazardous

chemicals in a forklift used only within the facility would need

to be considered, while chemicals in delivery trucks parked

occasionally at the facility for unloading would not.

Ammonia Sales at Farm Suppliers

Question: A farm supply company sells ammonia as a fertilizer to

farmers.  Is the ammonia, when held by the farm supplier, exempt

from EPCRA Sections 311 and 312 reporting?

Answer: EPCRA Section 311(e)(5) exempts "any substance to the extent it

is used in routine agricultural operations or is a fertilizer

held for sale by a retailer to the ultimate customer" from Sections 311

and 312 reporting.  Since the farmer is the ultimate customer of

the fertilizer (i.e., ammonia) the ammonia that the supplier

keeps to sell to farmers would not need to be reported under Sections 

311 and 312 by the farm supplier.  Note that this exemption

applies to the chemical and not the facility as a whole.  For

example, where the supplier also sells ammonia to other

suppliers, or where the supplier also uses the ammonia as a

blending ingredient to make other products, those ammonia amounts

are not exempt.

NEW PUBLICATIONS

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RCRA

TITLE: RCRA Corrective Action News:  A Record of Success (Spring 2004)

PUBLICATION DATE: March 2004

EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-N-04-001

AVAILABILITY: Internet Only

URL: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/ca/resource/newsltr/canews/news0304.pdf

This edition of Corrective Action News discusses the five

Government Performance and Results Act measures that apply to

RCRA; RCRA's Results-Oriented Streamlined Approaches (ROSA) Team

and six new ROSA training modules; Region 6's Ready for Reuse

program; EPA's "Guidance on Completion of Corrective Action

Activities at RCRA Facilities" (Memo, Springer to Directors;

February 13, 2003); the RCRA Brownfields Prevention Initiative

Pilot Programs 2001: Summary Report (EPA500-F-03-234); and the

2004 National Corrective Action Conference, which will be held

May 11 through 12 in Orlando, Florida.

TITLE: RCRA Brownfields Prevention Initiative Pilot Projects

2001: Summary Report

PUBLICATION DATE: October 2003

EPA ORDER NO.: EPA500-F-03-234

AVAILABILITY: Internet Only

URL: www.epa.gov/swerosps/rcrabf/pdf/rcra2001.pdf

This report describes each of the five 2001 RCRA Brownfields

Prevention Pilot Projects, outlines the major challenges they

faced, and identifies methods to improve cleanups by capitalizing

on the reuse potential of properties subject to RCRA.

TITLE: EPA Proposes to Reduce Toxic Air Emissions from Combustion

Sources That Burn Hazardous Waste (Fact Sheet)

PUBLICATION DATE: March 2004

EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-F-04-009

AVAILABILITY: Internet Only

URL: www.epa.gov/combustion/newmact/webpgdoc/mactfctsht.pdf

This fact sheet discusses EPA's proposed regulations to reduce

emissions of toxic air pollutants from five types of combustion

sources that burn hazardous waste (i.e., incinerators, cement

kilns, lightweight aggregate kilns, boilers, and hydrochloric

acid production furnaces).  In addition, it discusses

requirements for complying with the proposed rule, health and

environmental benefits, the cost of compliance, and background

information on hazardous waste combustors.

TITLE: A Collection of Solid Waste Resources, 2004 Edition:

Design a World with Less Waste (CD)

PUBLICATION DATE: April 2004

EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-C-04-001

AVAILABILITY: Internet/NSCEP

URL: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/cdoswpub.htm

This CD contains more than three hundred publications on

hazardous and nonhazardous waste, including Spanish publications.

The publications cover many topics including recycling and reuse,

buying recycled, hazardous waste management, composting, and used

motor oil.  In addition, the CD includes a wide variety of

educational materials for youth, as well as the winning entries

from OSW's Earth Day Art Contest.  The CD also contains

information about the Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC), an

innovative national effort to find flexible, yet protective, ways

to conserve the nation's resources.

TITLE: Setting Up a Home Office: Making Environmental Choices

PUBLICATION DATE: April 2004

EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-F-04-007

AVAILABILITY: Internet Only

URL: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/aging/home-off.pdf

This document provides some simple ideas for maintaining an

environmentally friendly home office with energy and resource

saving tips for office equipment, paper, writing tools, and

furniture.

TITLE: The Power of Change: Protecting the Environment for the

Next Generation (Kit)

PUBLICATION DATE: April 2004

EPA ORDER NO.: EPA530-E-04-001

AVAILABILITY: Internet Only

URL: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/aging/

This free kit of resources explains how to reduce waste, conserve

our natural resources, and save energy.  The kit is part of the

"Power of Change" campaign, which teaches older Americans what

they can do to help reduce waste and protect the environment for

the next generation.  The kit includes publications on community

service, used oil, household hazardous waste, and includes A

Collection of Solid Waste Resources, 2004 Edition: Design a World

with Less Waste (EPA530-C-04-001).

UST

TITLE: Underground Storage Tanks: Building on the Past to Protect

the Future

PUBLICATION DATE: March 2004

EPA ORDER NO.: EPA510-R-04-001

AVAILABILITY: Internet/NSCEP

URL: www.epa.gov/oust/pubs/20annrpt.htm

This report describes how EPA, states, tribes, and industry have

successfully worked together to close 1.5 million unsafe tanks,

upgrade or replace nearly all other tanks, clean up over 300,000

releases, and dramatically reduce the number of new releases.

The report also looks to future challenges such as cleaning up

the remaining 130,000 known releases, reusing abandoned gas

stations and petroleum brownfields sites, and improving

compliance to prevent new releases.

CERCLA

TITLE: Superfund Sediment Resource Center

PUBLICATION DATE: April 2004

EPA NO.: EPA542-F-04-011

OSWER DIRECTIVE: 9285.6-12FS

AVAILABILITY: Internet Only

URL: www.epa.gov/superfund/resources/sediment/ssrc.htm

This fact sheet introduces the Superfund Sediment Resource

Center, a center designed to assist EPA staff on technical issues

related to the cleanup of contaminated sediment sites.

TITLE: Superfund: Building on the Past, Looking to the Future

PUBLICATION DATE: April 2004

EPA NO.: NA

AVAILABILITY: Internet Only

URL: www.epa.gov/superfund

This document identifies opportunities for program efficiencies

that would enable EPA to begin and ultimately complete more long-

term cleanups with current resources.  This internal study is

intended to complement the work being done by the Superfund

subcommittee of the Agency's National Advisory Council for

Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT).

FEDERAL REGISTERS

Availability

You may order copies of all major RCRA, Superfund & EPCRA

Federal Registers by calling the Call Center.

 RCRA, Superfund & EPCRA National Toll-Free No.: (800) 424-9346

                                          Local: (703) 412-9810

                     TDD National Toll-Free No.: (800) 553-7672

                                      Local TDD: (703) 412-3323

                     Electronic Availability

  Federal Registers from October 1994 to the present related to

 the Call Center's program areas are accessible via the Internet

                    at: www.epa.gov/fedrgstr

   For RCRA/UST and selected CERCLA Federal Registers, choose: Waste.

   For selected EPCRA Federal Registers, choose: Toxic Release Inventory.

   For CAA 112(r) Federal Registers, choose: Air.

FINAL RULES

RCRA

"Delaware and Maryland: Adequacy of State Solid Waste Landfill

Permit Programs Under RCRA Subtitle D"

April 2, 2004 (69 FR 17308)

 Delaware and Maryland applied for final approval of changes to

their municipal solid waste permitting programs under RCRA Section

4005(c)(1)(C), 42 U.S.C. 6945(c)(1)(C).  EPA determined that

these changes satisfy all requirements necessary for final

approval and allowed Delaware and Maryland to adopt the state

solid waste landfill permitting regulations.  The effective date

of this rulemaking is June 1, 2004, unless EPA receives adverse

comments by May 3, 2004.

"Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of

Hazardous Waste; Final Exclusion"

April 22, 2004 (69 FR 21754)

 EPA granted a petition submitted by OxyVinyls, LP to delist

liquid waste generated by its Houston, Texas, facility from the

lists of hazardous waste.  EPA used the Delisting Risk Assessment

Software (DRAS) in evaluating the impact of the petitioned waste

on human health and the environment.  This final rule

conditionally excludes the petitioned wastes from the hazardous

waste requirements under RCRA when disposed of in accordance with

Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) regulations.

The effective date of this rulemaking is April 22, 2004.

"National Environmental Performance Track Program"

April 22, 2004 (69 FR 23737)

 EPA granted facility specific variances from RCRA hazardous

waste generator requirements to members of EPA's National

Environmental Performance Track Program (NEPTP).  EPA granted

these variances to allow NEPTP members to accumulate hazardous

waste for up to 270 days without a RCRA permit or interim status.

The effective date of this rulemaking is April 22, 2004.

"South Dakota: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste

Management Program Revision"

April 23, 2004 (69 FR 21962)

 South Dakota applied for final authorization of changes to its

hazardous waste program under RCRA Section 3006(b), 42 U.S.C. 6926(b).

EPA determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed

to qualify for final authorization and authorized the state's

changes.  The effective date of this rulemaking is May 24, 2004.

"National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:

Surface Coating of Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks"

April 26, 2004 (69 FR 22061)

 EPA finalized national emission standards for hazardous air

pollutants (NESHAP) for automobiles and light-duty truck surface

coating operations.  This action also amended the RCRA air

emission standards for equipment leaks in Parts 264 and 265.  The

amendments exempt certain air emissions activities covered by

NESHAP from regulation for owners and operators of treatment,

storage and disposal facilities.  The effective date of this

rulemaking is June 25, 2004.

"Comprehensive Procurement Guideline IV for Procurement of

Products Containing Recovered Materials; Recovered Materials

Advisory Notice IV; Final Rule and Notice"

April 30, 2004 (69 FR 24027)

 EPA amended the Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG) by

designating seven new items that can be made with recovered

materials.  These items include modular threshold ramps,

nonpressure piping, roofing materials, office furniture, rebuilt

vehicular parts, bike racks and blasting grit.  In addition, EPA

revised the designations for three separate items including

cement and concrete, railroad grade crossing surfaces, and

polyester carpet.  The effective date of this rulemaking is May

2, 2005.

CERCLA

"Notice of Partial Deletion of the West Virginia Ordnance Works

Site from the National Priorities List"

April 26, 2004 (69 FR 22453)

 EPA announced the deletion of Operable Unit 10 (OU-10) South

Acids Area, the Cooling Tower Area, the Toluene Storage Areas,

the Expanded Site Investigation 1 (ESI-1) Magazine Area, the ESI-

4 Red Water Outfall Sewer, the ESI-6 Motorpool/Maintenance Area,

and the ESI-7 Former Sewage Treatment Plant Area of the West

Virginia Ordnance Works site from the National Priorities List

(NPL).  The effective date of this rulemaking is April 26, 2004.

CAA

"Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management

Program Requirements Under Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7);

Amendments to the Submission Schedule and Data Requirements"

April 9, 2004 (69 FR 18819)

 EPA modified the reporting requirements under its chemical

accident prevention regulations (CAA Section 112(r)).  Specifically, EPA

requires facilities to submit information on any significant

chemical accidents and any changes to emergency contact

information in a more timely manner than previously required and

to include three new pieces of information in their risk

management plans (RMPs): the e-mail address for the facility

emergency contact; the name, address and telephone number of the

contractor who prepared the RMP; and the purpose of an RMP

submission.  In addition, EPA removed the regulatory requirement

for covered facilities to include a discussion of the off-site

consequence analysis in the executive summary.  The effective

date of this rulemaking is April 9, 2004.

PROPOSED RULES

RCRA

"Delaware and Maryland: Adequacy of State Solid Waste Landfill

Permit Programs under RCRA Subtitle D"

April 2, 2004 (69 FR 17380)

 EPA proposed to grant final approval to the municipal solid

waste landfill permitting programs submitted by the State of

Delaware and the State of Maryland.  EPA approved these changes

as a direct final rule without prior proposal in a final rule

from the same date (69 FR 17308; April 2, 2004).  The effective

date of the direct final rule is June 1, 2004, unless EPA

receives adverse comments by May 3, 2004.

"National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:

Proposed Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous

Waste Combustors (Phase I Final Replacement Standards and Phase

II)"

April 20, 2004 (69 FR 21198)

 EPA proposed national emission standards for hazardous air

pollutants (NESHAP) for hazardous waste combustors.  Hazardous

waste combustors include incinerators; cement kilns; lightweight

aggregate kilns; process heaters; hydrochloric acid production

furnaces; and industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers.

EPA also announced a tentative decision regarding the February

28, 2002, petition for rulemaking submitted by the Cement Kiln

Recycling Coalition.  The petition addressed the omnibus

permitting authority under 3005 of RCRA.  Comments must be

received by July 6, 2004.

"Indiana: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management

Program Revision"

April 20, 2004 (69 FR 21077)

 EPA proposed to grant final approval to the municipal solid

waste landfill permitting program revisions submitted by the

State of Indiana.  EPA determined these changes satisfy all

requirements needed to qualify for final authorization and

proposed to authorize the state's changes through this action.

Comments must be received by May 20, 2004.

NOTICES

RCRA

"Announcement of a Public Meeting on Development and

Implementation of Electronic Manifests to Accompany Hazardous

Waste Shipments"

April 1, 2004 (69 FR 17145)

 EPA announced the dates and location of meetings to discuss and

obtain public input regarding a national electronic manifest

system.  The purpose of the meetings is to present the Office of

Solid Waste's (OSW) progress on electronic manifest rulemakings

and to solicit input from the public.  These meetings are

scheduled for May 19 and May 20, 2004.

"Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB

Review and Approval; Comment Request; Hazardous Waste Specific

Unit Requirements and Special Waste Processes and Types

(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1572.06, OMB Control Number 2050-0050"

April 6, 2004 (69 FR 18071)

 EPA announced the following Information Collection Request (ICR)

has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

for review and approval: "Hazardous Waste Specific Unit

Requirements and Special Waste Processes and Types," ICR Number

1572.06 and OMB Control Number 2050-0050.  The current expiration

date of this ICR is March 31, 2004.  Comments must be received by

May 6, 2004.

"Announcement of a Public Stakeholder Meeting Concerning the

Hazardous Waste Generator Regulatory Program"

April 16, 2004 (69 FR 20670)

 EPA announced the dates and locations of several meetings

concerning the effectiveness of RCRA's hazardous waste generator

program.  In addition, EPA announced its plans to issue an

Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to solicit public comment

on the hazardous waste generator program.  OSW scheduled the

meetings for May 4, 2004; May 13, 2004; May 17, 2004; and May 24,

2004.  Comments must be received by June 30, 2004.

"Hazardous Waste Generator Program Evaluation"

April 22, 2004 (69 FR 21800)

 EPA requested comment on potential modifications or improvements

to RCRA's hazardous waste generator regulatory program.  Comments

must be received by July 21, 2004.

"Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Storage, Treatment, Transportation and Disposal

of Mixed Wastes, EPA ICR Number 1922.03, OMB Control Number 2050-

0181"

April 26, 2004 (69 FR 22507)

 EPA announced its plans to submit the following continuing ICR

to OMB for review and approval: "Storage, Treatment,

Transportation and Disposal of Mixed Wastes," ICR Number 1922.03,

OMB Control Number 2050-0181.  The current expiration date of

this ICR is August 31, 2004.  Comments must be received by June

25, 2004.

"Recovered Materials Advisory Notice IV"

April 30, 2004 (69 FR 24039)

 EPA announced the availability of the final Recovered Materials

Advisory Notice IV (RMAN IV).  EPA recommended seven newly

designated items and three revised items for purchasing

identified in the CPG IV final rule (April 30, 2004; 69 FR

24027).  These designated items are effective May 2, 2005.

UST

"Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Underground Storage Tanks: Technical and

Financial Requirements, and State Program Approval Procedures,

EPA ICR Number 1360.07, OMB Control Number 2050-0068"

April 19, 2004 (69 FR 20870)

 EPA announced the following ICR has been forwarded to OMB for

review and approval: "Underground Storage Tanks: Technical and

Financial Requirements, and State Program Approval Procedures,"

ICR Number 1360.07, OMB Control Number 2050-0068.  The current

expiration date of this ICR is October 31, 2004.  Comments must

be received by June 18, 2004.

CERCLA

"National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites,

Proposed Rule No. 40; Correction"

April 13, 2004 (69 FR 19363)

 EPA announced that a proposed rule published on March 8, 2004,

concerning the addition of eleven sites to the NPL contained

incorrect information (69 FR 10646).  This notice corrects the

name of one of the sites.

SETTLEMENTS AND CONSENT ORDERS

"Settlement; Jehl Cooperage Company Inc. Superfund Site"

April 12, 2004 (69 FR 19182)

"Proposed Settlement; Tifton Property Site"

April 12, 2004 (69 FR 19183)

"Settlement; Riverhills Battery Superfund Site"

April 13, 2004 (69 FR 19417)

"Proposed Settlement; Atlantic Resources Corporation and

Horseshoe Road Superfund Sites"

April 14, 2004 (69 FR 19848)

"Consent Decree; United States v. Coltec Industries, Inc., et al."

April 14, 2004 (69 FR 19877)

"Consent Decree; United States v. NCH Corporation, et al."

April 14, 2004 (69 FR 19878)

"Consent Decree; United States v. Caribbean Petroleum Refining, L.P."

April 16, 2004 (69 FR 20640)

"Settlement Agreement; Allied Chemical Corporation Works Site,

Delaware Valley Works Site, and Kim-Stan Site"

April 16, 2004 (69 FR 20641)

"Proposed Administrative Settlement; Falcon Refinery Superfund

Site"

April 20, 2004 (69 FR 21098)

"Consent Decree; United States v. Bullion Beck Mining

Corporation, Godiva Silver Mines, Inc., Keystone Surveys, Inc.,

and Spenst Hansen"

April 22, 2004 (69 FR 21860)

"Consent Decree; 
United States of America
v. 

Burlington

Northern

and Sante Fe Railway Company, et al."

April 22, 2004 (69 FR 21861)

"Consent Decree; 

United States

v. GTE Operations Support

Incorporated, et al."

April 22, 2004 (69 FR 21862)

"Consent Decree; 

United States of America

v. Kerr-McGee Chemical

LLC"

April 22, 2004 (69 FR 21862)

"Proposed Administrative Settlement; A-American Environmental

Removal Site"

April 28, 2004 (69 FR 23202)

"Consent Decree; 

United States

v. Macalloy Corp. and the BOC Group, Inc."

April 29, 2004 (69 FR 23537)