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Economi c Analysi s - Impact s o f the Toxicity Characteristi c o n Crude oi l Reclaimer s The Toxicit y

Characteristi c Regulator y Impac t Analysi s (RIA ) Appendi xC contain s informatio nconcernin

g cost s t o handler s of non-hazardou s waste s tha t wil l b e reclassified a s hazardou s wastes . EP A developed uni t cost s i n dollar s pe r metri c to nfo r bot h

. baseline managemen t practice s an d complianc e managemen t practices . Thi s informatio

n ca n b e applie

d t o the proble

m o f estimatin

g complianc e cost s for crude oi l reclaimer s tha t ar e affected b y th e TC , althoug

hadditiona l dat a wil l b e needed in orde r t o deriv e a n accurat e cos t estimate . Thes e dat a wil l b e availabl e afte r furthe r analysi s o f th

e crude oi l reclaimin g industry . Specifically , informatio

nconcernin

g the component s an d volume s o f the crude oi l reclaimin

g wast e i s needed . Appendi xC supplie s cos t estimate s for differen t type s o f wast e disposa l sucha s lan d treatment , landfills , an d deep wel l injection . The differen t component s o f the reclaimers ' waste s wil l requir e differen t management , an d therefor e eachcomponen t wil l contribut e a differen t cos t t o the overal l treatment/managemen t cost s o f thes e wastes . I n addition , due t o economie s o f scale , generator s o f smal l or large volume s o f wast e wil l incu r differen t cost s fo

r management . Dat a currentl y bein g gathered throug

hphone contacts , surveys , an d an y othe r source s regardin g the crude oi l reclaimin

g industry' s siz e an d it s volum

e o f wast e productionca n be applie

d t o existin

g cos t estimate s fo r differen t size s o f wast e generators , a s modeled in the T C RIA . Furthermore , the cos t informatio ni nAppendi xC doe s no t provide estimate s for th e crude oi l industr y specifically . Thi s industr y ma y ba grouped wit hthe Petroleu m Refinin

g industr

y tha t i s considered in the RIA , bu t thi s wil l probabl y resul t i

n a n overestimat e o f cost s fo r the reclaimin g industry . Tw o group s o f reclaimer s ar e subjec t t o differen t cost s o f compliance , dependin g o nthei r managemen t practices . One grou p send s it s waste s off-sit e for treatmen t afte r storin g i t for a maximu m o f 9 0 days . Thi s grou p wil l incu

r the ne

w cost s o f sendin

g waste s off-sit e t o a hazardou s wast e treatmen t facility , o f notificatio

n an d biennia l reporting , an d o f tan

k an d containe r upgrades * Appendi xc doe s no t provide specifi c cost s fo r thes e administrativ

e activities , bu t thes e cost s ma y b e derived fro

m othe r informatio

n concernin

g permittin

g costs . A

nafter-ta

xcos t estimat e o f $200/metri c to n for the shipmen t o f waste s t o a commercia l hazardou s wast e storag e facility ma y be.assumed , bu t thi s figur e i s a genera l estimat e fo r al l industries , no t fo r crude oi l reclaimer s specifically . The othe r grou

p o f reclaimer s produc e a larg e enoug hvolum e o f wast e t o justif y treatmen t on-site . Thi s grou p wil l incu

r TS D cost s o f permitting , closur e an d post-closure , financia l assurances , a s wel l e s th e notificatio

nan d reportin

g cost s discussed above . Appendi xC provide s capita l cos t an d O& M cos t P. 2SEN T BY : XERO XTelecopie r 7017:10-31-9 0 : 5M5P M i 7038214784 - 20 2 25 2 0090: # 3 P. 3

assumption s for Subtitl e C landfills , lan d treatment , an

d deep wel l injection . (I t ma y b e necessar

y t o deriv

e cost s for Subtitl e c surfac e impoundment s fro m othe r RlAs. ) A s discussed previously , the portio

n o f reclaimin

g waste s requirin

g eachdifferen t type o f disposa l i s necessar y befor e accurat e estimate s ca nb e made , i n addition , the siz e o f disposa l facilitie s mus t b e considered , i f crude oi l reclaime r disposa l site s ar e generall y smalle r or large r tha n thos e modeled i n th e RIA , th

e cos t estimate s woul d b e ove r o r unde r estimated . Onc e additiona l dat a o ntype s an

d quantitie s o f wast e generated , an

d type s an

d number s o f disposa l unit s used b y th e crude oi l reclaimer s industr y ar e compiled , we canestimat e complianc e cost s for th e industry , wit hthe limitation s an d assumption s noted above .