Re: H3 liquid waste question

["Scott D. Kniffin" <Scott.D.Kniffin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>]

Bill,
Quite true, I can't remember what we did about that, but the eventual end
of the waste stream was out to the sanitary sewer once it was below the
Fed/state/local limit for total organic concentration.  The idea was that
the waste water was below the EPA limits for chemically hazardous waste
(also the acid was neutralized before it went anywhere) and it was
essentially low level rad in water to be disposed of diluted down to within
release limits for the sewer.  
Scott Kniffin

mailto:Scott.D.Kniffin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov
RSO, Unisys Corp. @ Lanham, MD
CHO, Radiation Effects Facility, GSFC, NASA, Greenbelt, MD

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reviewed by my employer or supervisor.  

At 10:11 08/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>If you do this, you are now a TSDF (Treatment, Storage, and Disposal 
>Facility), and fall under the requirements of 40 CFR.  This may require an
>EPA permit.  Also, even if this process is successful, the material may 
>still be considered hazardous waste by the EPA. 
>Bill Lipton 
>liptonw@dteenergy.com 

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