CATEGORICAL NON-WASTE DETERMINATION FOR SELECTED NON HAZARDOUS 

SECONDARY MATERIALS (NHSMs): 

CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WOOD, RECYCLING PROCESS RESIDUALS, 

and CREOSOTE-TREATED RAILROAD TIES 

PROPOSED RULE 

Reference Materials for the Docket 

used in support of the 

Assessment of the Potential Costs, Benefits, and Other Impacts 

Count Reference, 

as Identified in the Economic Assessment Document 

File Name Status 

1 EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-0329-1946-A1 Currently in docket 

2 EPA-HQ-RCRA-2013-0110 Currently in docket 

3 Natural Resources Institute (NRI). “What do we mean by Gasification?” Undated. 

Available at: 

http://www.nri.org/projects/biomass/conference_papers/gasification_process.pdf

Gasification_process.pdf 

Ready for 

Docket 

(not 

copyrighted) 

4 McKeever, David B. 2002, "Inventories of Woody Residues and Solid Wood Waste in 

the United States, 2002," USDA Forest Service. 

mckeever_Inventories of 

Woody.pdf 

Ready for 

Docket 

(not 

copyrighted)

5 

U.S. EPA, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery. February 3, 2011. 

“Materials Characterization Paper In Support of the Final Rulemaking: Identification 

of Nonhazardous Secondary Materials That Are Solid Waste Construction and 

Demolition Materials – Building-Related C&D Materials.” EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-

0329-1811. 

Currently in docket

6 

U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Draft combustor database in 

support of the revised CISWI Rule, April 14, 2009 and U.S. EPA, Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards, Draft combustor database in support of the revised 

Boilers Rule, March 20, 2009 

Currently in Air docket 

7 

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2009, Combustor survey 

database in support of the 2010 proposal of the Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste 

Incinerator (CISWI) standards and the Industrial Boilers Maximum Achievable 

Control Technology (MACT) standards, April 2009. 

Currently in Air docket 

(may be the same as above) 

8 

American Forest & Paper Association, et al., public comments submitted on the Rule 

to Categorize Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That Are Solid Waste (EPA-HQRCRA- 2008-0329) and Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units: 

Reconsideration and Proposed Amendments (EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0119). Comment 

ID EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-0329-1946-A1. February 21, 2012. P. 55. 

Currently in docket 

9 

Gavrilescu, D. “Energy from Biomass in Pulp and Paper Mills.” Environmental 

Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 7, No. 5, 537-546. September/October 

2008. P. 542 Gavrilescu_2008.pdf 

Ready for 

Docket 

(not 

copyrighted)
10 AF&PA Comments, p 62, to Docket document ID: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-0329-0871 

Currently in docket 

11 76 FR 15522 Publically available 

12 Price, Jason, Kase, W., and E. Reker, October 26, 2012. Generation, Management, 

and Processing of Paper Processing Residuals. Memo to Tab Tesnau, U.S. EPA from 

Industrial Economics, Incorporated. 

Price_PPRs.pdf 

Ready for 

Docket 

(not 

copyrighted)

13 

Smith, Stephen and Chris Bolin. Feb. 18, 2010. Creosote-Treated Ties End-of-Life 

Evaluation (High-end estimate). Smith_Bolin_CTRTs.pdf 

Ready for 

Docket 

(not 

copyrighted)

14 

Supporting Statement for EPA Information Collection Request Number 2382.04 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for the Final Rule on the Identification of 

Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials that are Solid Waste, January 2011, (Addendum 

added June 26, 2012). [See Exhibit 1] 

Currently in docket

15 Waste Age, Sep 1, 1995. Recycling Keeps Railroad Ties Off The Landfill Track Waste Age 1995.pdf 

Ready for 

Docket 

(copyrighted)

16 Comments of the Association of American Railroads (EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-0329) Currently in docket

17 

Supporting Statement for Information Collection Request Number 2421.04 - 

Hazardous Waste Management System: Conditional Exclusion for Carbon Dioxide 

(CO2) Streams in Geological Sequestration Activities – Final Rule, July 2, 

2013.(Exhibit 5) 

Currently in EPA Docket. 

HQ-RCRA-2010-0695

18

U.S. EPA, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery. Summary of Environmental 

Justice Impacts for the Non-Hazardous Secondary Material (NHSM) Rule, the 2010 

Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incinerator (CISWI) Standards, the 2010 

Major Source Boiler NESHAP and the 2010 Area Source Boiler NESHAP. February 

2011 

Currently in docket.

19

U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Draft combustor database in 

support of the revised CISWI Rule, April 14, 2009 and U.S. EPA, Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards, Draft combustor database in support of the revised 

Boilers Rule, March 20, 2009. 

Currently in Air docket

20

Supporting Statement for Information Collection Request Number 2421.01, 

“Conditional Exemption From RCRA Definition of Hazardous Waste for Carbon 

Dioxide Streams Injected Into Class VI UIC Wells – Proposed Rule.” Exhibit 1. 

October 28, 2010. 

Currently in EPA Docket: 

HQ-RCRA-2010-0695 

 

 

Prepared August 14, 2013