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Re: EPA Proposed Rule .... We need your support - forward
Ted
What impact will the soon to be issued TE NORM standard have on this?
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John R Johnson, PhD
idias@interchange.ubc.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted de Castro" <tdc@XRAYTED.COM>
To: "RADSAFE Mailing List" <RADSAFE@list.vanderbilt.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 3:57 PM
Subject: EPA Proposed Rule .... We need your support - forward
> I am forwarding this for a colleague not on RADSAFE since it is of
> interest and importance to many here - please respond directly as
> indicated below.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ted de Castro
>
> Dear Colleague:
>
> I want you to be aware that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
> (EPA) is proposing to grant two
> petitions relating to the treatment of low-level mixed waste (LLMW).
> Although their proposal is
> narrowly targeted to one facility in Government research, this proposal
> has the potential to be generically
> applied, and will have a very large impact for research organizations
> all across the USA.
>
> The EPA proposal is now out for public comment, with responses due by
> September 16. Your letter of
> support is essential in facilitating the final rulemaking.
>
> Specifically, the proposal is contained in the Federal Register/Vol. 67,
> No. 147/Wednesday, July 31,
> 2002/pp. 49649-49656 "Hazardous Waste Management System; Proposed
> Exclusion for Identifying and
> Listing Hazardous Waste and a Determination of Equivalent Treatment."
>
> In this rulemaking, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
> proposing site-specific regulatory
> relief from RCRA so that small volumes of treated mixed waste (LLMW) are
> excluded from RCRA, and
> the residues may be disposed as LLRW.
>
> The EPA has determined that "the petitioned waste is essentially
> tritiated water with no detectable
> organic chemical constituents, and therefore we agree with the
> petitioner that the petitioned waste is
> nonhazardous with respect to the original listing criteria." [Federal
> Register, Vol. 67, No. 147, 31 July
> 2002, p. 49650]. Furthermore, "LBNL has adequately demonstrated that the
> CCO technology is
> equivalent to combustion for the treatment of organic wastes." [Federal
> Register, Vol. 67, No. 147, 31
> July 2002, p. 49650]. The EPA concludes that "We therefore propose to
> grant LBNL an exclusion and a
> DET for the waste generated by CCO treatment at LBNL." [Federal
> Register, Vol. 67, No. 147, 31 July
> 2002, p. 49654].
>
> If the proposal becomes final, these determinations will serve as a
> precedent for generators of tritiated
> mixed waste throughout the USA. Widespread endorsement of EPA's position
> will help implementation
> of this approach at other sites.
>
> To facilitate your support, please download a sample letter from the web
> address listed below. You can
> easily modify it as you see fit, and mail it to the EPA. Even though
> this is a relatively narrow issue,
> success here will lead to a much broader gain for the US research
> community.
>
> http://home.pacbell.net/pgwillia/delisting/index.html
>
> Thanks for your support -- it is vital to the success of this petition
> as a demonstration of working with the
> EPA to gain regulatory flexibility on mixed waste issues.
> Please contact Philip G. Williams at 510-486-7336 (w) or
> pgwillia@pacbell.net if you have questions.
> [RadSafe]
>
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>
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