Background Document for Capacity Analysis for Land Disposal Restrictions : Newly Identified Dye and Pigment Manufacturing Wastes (Proposed Rule)

By Environmental Protection Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000029370
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 0.2 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Background Document for Capacity Analysis for Land Disposal Restrictions : Newly Identified Dye and Pigment Manufacturing Wastes (Proposed Rule)
Author:	Environmental Protection Agency
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Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


Citation APA MLA Chicago Agency, E. P. (n.d.). Background Document for Capacity Analysis for Land Disposal Restrictions : Newly Identified Dye and Pigment Manufacturing Wastes (Proposed Rule). Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Excerpt: This document presents the capacity analysis that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted to support the proposed land disposal restrictions (LDRs) for newly proposed dye, pigment, and food, drug, and cosmetic (FD&C) colorant wastes. EPA conducts capacity analyses for all newly identified hazardous wastes to evaluate the need for national capacity variances from the land disposal prohibitions.1 The capacity analysis provides estimates of the quantities of wastes that will require alternative commercial treatment prior to land disposal as a result of the LDRs and estimates alternative commercial treatment capacity available to manage wastes restricted from land disposal.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.1 LEGAL BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.2 CAPACITY ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 1.2.1 Analysis of Required Commercial Treatment Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 1.2.2 Analysis of Available Commercial Treatment Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 1.3 SUMMARY OF CAPACITY ANALYSIS FOR TODAY’S PROPOSED RULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 1.4 ORGANIZATION OF BACKGROUND DOCUMENT SUPPORTING THE CAPACITY ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 2. AVAILABLE TREATMENT CAPACITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2.1 COMMERCIAL HAZARDOUS WASTE COMBUSTION CAPACITY . . . . 2-1 2.1.1 Methodology and Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2.1.2 Available Combustion Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 2.2 OTHER TREATMENT SYSTEM CAPACITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 3. REQUIRED CAPACITY FOR DYE, PIGMENT, AND FD&C PROCESS WASTES . . . 3-1 3.1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 3.1.1 Regulatory Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 3.1.2 Dye and Pigment Industries Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 3.2 DATA SOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 3.2.1 RCRA §3007 Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 3.2.2 Biennial Reporting System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 3.3 METHODOLOGY, ASSUMPTIONS, AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS . . . 3-4 3.3.1 Step 1: Estimating Annual Generation Quantity of K167 and K168 . . 3-4 3.3.2 Step 2: Estimating Annual Quantity Currently Meeting LDR Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 3.3.3 Step 3: Estimating Annual Quantity with Onsite Treatment or Recovery Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 3.4 WASTEWATERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 3.5 CONTAMINATED SOIL AND DEBRIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8 3.6 MIXED RADIOACTIVE WASTES CONTAMINATED WITH K167 AND K168 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10 3.7 REFERENCES FOR THIS SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10 4. CAPACITY ANALYSIS RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1