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STATE OF IDAHO 

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DEPARTMENT OF 

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 

1410 North Hilton' Boise, Idaho 83706-1255' (208) 373-0502 Dirk Kempthorne, Governor 

Toni Hardesty, Director 

September 27,2004 

RECEIVED 

Mr. Rick Albright, Director 

Office of Waste and Chemicals Management SEP 2 B 2004 

U.S. EPA Region 10 

OFFICE OF WASTE 1200 Sixth Ave. - WCM-127 & CHEM. MGMT. 

Seattle, WA 98101 

Dear Mr. Albright: 

Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, (IDEQ), has been actively making progress towards 

extending authorization for it's Hazardous Waste Program. IDEQ has been promulgating hazardous 

waste rules and standards and completing the necessary work to submit a program revision application. 

Since IDEQ authorization was recently approved and extended by EPA Region 10 for RCRA Clusters 

IX, X and XI on March 10, 2004, many of the documents contained in that Revised Authorization 

Application have not changed and remain valid. Any documents that have changed are included or 

noted in this Revised Authorization Application for RCRA Clusters XII and XIII, such as the 1990 Civil 

Penalty Policy, revised June 2003, and the 1996 Hazardous Waste Enforcement Response Policy, . 

revised in 2003 and effective February 15,2004, and the revised, appropriate sections will be 

implemented. IDEQ is now also requesting authorization for alternative authority provisions of the Post 

Closure Rule (63 FR 56710). 

IDEQ intends to continue to operate an exemplary hazardous waste program. By section 39-4404 ofthe 

Idaho Hazardous Waste Management Act, IDEQ is also directed by the Idaho Legislature to assume 

primacy and maintain consistency with the federal hazardous waste control program. A key to the 

success and consistency of the IDEQ Hazardous Waste Program has been an ongoing, mutual working 

relationship with EPA Region 10 that both parties have developed, maintained and valued over the 

years. 

With this Revised Authorization Application for RCRA Clusters XII and XIII, IDEQ requests a program 

revision to extend authority for all rules contained in RCRA Clusters XII and XIII including alternative 

authority provisions of the Post Closure Rule. 

Please contact John Brueck of my staff at (208) 373-0458 or jbrueck@deq.state.id.us if you have any 

questions on this Revised Authorization Application. 

Si ce ely, r 

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rian R. Monson
 

azardous Waste Program Manager
 

.'Waste Management and.Remediation Division 

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File: AUw2 COF 
• RCRA CLUSTERS XII AND XIII REVISED AUTHORIZATION APPLICATION 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

INTRODUCTION
 

ADDENDUM TO PROGRAM DESCRIPTION (dated September 2004)
 

APPENDICES 

I. REVISED ATTORNEY GENERAL'S STATEMENT (signed 9/22/04) 

IT. RCRA CLUSTERS IX, X AND XI ADDENDUM TO PROGRAM DESCRIPTION 

rn. 2004 IDEQ ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE CHART 

IV. THE 2004 ANNUAL RCRA GRANT WORKPLAN 

• V. EXISTING RCRA MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (signed 8/2/01)
 

VI. IDAHO HANDLER COUNT ACTIVITY REPORT (dated 9/21/04)
 

VIT. IDAHO PERMITTING SIX QUARTER PLAN (dated 9/20/04)
 

vrn. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT IN IDAHO-2003
 

IX. IDAHO RULES AND STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE (as of 7/1/04)
 

x. IDAHO HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT (w/2004Cumul.P.S.)
 

XI. IDAHO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND HEALTH ACT (w/2004Cumul.P.S.)
 

xn. IDAHO PUBLIC RECORDS ACT (edition updated 2004)
 

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• RCRA CLUSTERS XII and XIII REVISED AUTHORIZATION APPLICATION 

INTRODUCTION 

The approach of this Revised Authorization Application for RCRA Clusters XII and XIII, 

which is requesting authority for all delegable federal hazardous waste regulations 

promulgated from July 1,2001 to July 1, 2003, including the alternative authority 

provisions contained in the Post Closure Rule (63 FR 56710), will be to address updated 

documents and any changes in the Addendum to Program Description for RCRA Clusters 

IX, X and XI. Any documents that have changed have been included in the Appendices 

and others that have been cited and have not changed have not been included as they have 

been previously submitted. (The Hazardous Waste Program Summary, dated April 2000 

and submitted in April 2001 for the purpose ofbackground information, and the Idaho 

Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act, submitted in September of2002, have not changed 

and have not been submitted with this application.) 

This Revised Authorization Application has been developed with respect to regulations 

found in Title 40, Parts 271.6 and 271.21, Code ofFederal Regulation. The Attorney 

General's Statement, signed 9/22/04, has been revised to support the regulatory 

equivalency and consistency for all delegable federal regulations promulgated as ofJuly 

1,2003, including the alternative authority provisions of the Post Closure Rule. The 

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current, RCRA Memorandum ofAgreement (MOA), signed 8/2/01, has not changed,
 

remains in force and has been included in Appendix V since it is such an important . 

supportive document for the Addendum to the Program Description. It is important to 

note that two important policies cited in the RCRA MOA have been revised, namely the 

1990 RCRA Civil Penalty Policy, revised June 2003 and the 1996 Hazardous Waste 

Enforcement Response Policy, revised in 2003 and effective February 15,2004. Idaho 

Department ofEnvironmental Quality will implement the revised, appropriate sections of 

these updated policies. 

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