MINNESOTA'S HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 

2009 AUTHORIZATION REVISION APPLICATION 

ADDENDUM TO PROGRAM DESCRIPTION 

Introduction 

The State of Minnesota received authorization for the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 

(RCRA) base program from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) in 1986. 

Minnesota has subsequently received authorization for a number of revisions to its hazardous waste 

management program. This Program Description amends all previous program revisions. 

[I. Authorizations requested 

Minnesota has amended its hazardous waste program by incorporating the following federal 

regulatory revisions for which Minnesota is now applying for authorization in this addendum. A 

dagger symbol following the amendment number (e.g., 95t) indicates that the amendment contains at 

least some optional provisions. This symbol 4_1‘) indicates that the EPA promulgated at least portions of 

the amendment under its HSWA authority (49 of 67 listed amendments). HSWA portions of 

amendments applied in Minnesota on their federal effective dates. However, optional provisions, and 

RCRA amendments, only took effect in Minnesota as of 6/22/2009: 

EPA Federal Register citation Title of EPA amendments 

Amendment 

Number 

95t t 41 56 FR 41,164 (8/19/91) Land Disposal Restrictions for Electric Arc 

Furnace Dust (K061) (HSWA) 

100 ,4 ,) mixed 57 FR 3,462 (1/29/92) Liners and Leak Detection Systems for 

Hazardous Waste Land Disposal Units 

108 ,4_) 57 FR 30,657 (7/10/92) Toxicity Characteristics Revision; Technical 

Corrections 

109 (-9 57 FR37,194 (8/18/92) Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Listed 

Wastes and Hazardous Debris—LDR 

110t ' 4) 57 FR 37,284 (8/18/92) Coke By-Product Listings 

113t 57 FR 42.832 (9/16/92) Financial Responsibility for Third-Party 

Liability, Closure and Post-Closure 

113-1 53 FR 33,938 (9/01/88) Standards Applicable to Owners and Operators 

of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and 

Disposal Facilities; Liability Coverage 

113-2 56 FR 30,200 (7/01/91) Liability Requirements; Technical Amendment 

(Non-HSWA) 

115 ,

4

, 57 FR 47,376 (10/15/92) Chlorinated Toluene Production Waste Listing 

116 4, 57 FR 47,772 (10/20/92) Hazardous Soil Case-By-Case Capacity 

Variance—LDR 

I 17B ,4_,) 57 FR 23,062 (6/01/92) Toxicity Characteristic Revision 

118 , 57 FR 54,452 (11/18/92) Liquids in Landfills II 

123 '4) 58 FR 28,506 (5/14/93) Land Disposal Restrictions; Renewal of the 

Hazardous Waste Debris Case-by-Case 

Capacity Variance—LDR 
124 ,4, 58 FR 29.860 (5/24/93) Land Disposal Restrictions for Ignitable and 

Corrosive Characteristic Wastes Whose 

Treatment Standards Were Vacated—LDR 

126 , -! ' mixed 58 FR 46,040 (08/31/93) Testing and Monitoring Activities 

126-1 0 mixed 59 FR 47,980 (09/19/94) Hazardous Waste Management System; Testing 

and Monitoring Activities, Land Disposal 

Restrictions Correction 

128 59 FR 458 (01/04/94) Listing of HW; Wastes from Wood Surface 

Protection 

131 59 FR 13,891 (03/24/94) Recordkeeping Instructions 

132 59 FR 28,484 (06/02/94) Listing of HW; Wastes from Wood Surface 

Protection; correction 

134 59 FR 31,551 (06/20/94) Correction of Listing of P015—Beryllium 

Powder 

136 59 FR 43,496 (08/24/94) Standards for the Management of Specific 

Hazardous Wastes; Amendment to Subpart C—

Recyclable Materials Used in a Manner 

Constituting Disposal; Final Rule—LDR 

137t ( 4_) mixed 59 FR 47,982 (09/19/94) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase II—Universal 

Treatment Standards, and Treatment Standards 

for Organic Toxicity Characteristic Wastes and 

Newly Listed Waste 

137-1 60 FR 242 (01/03/95) Technical Amendment to the Universal 

Treatment Standards and Treatment Standards 

for Organic Toxicity Characteristic Wastes and 

Newly Listed Waste 

138 -_ withdraw 59 FR 62896 (12/06/94) Organic Air Emission Standards for Tanks, 

Surface Impoundments, and Containers [NOTE: 

This 

checklist has been withdrawn. Its applicable 

provisions are included in Revision Checklist 

154 

which is a consolidation all of the rules 

associated 

with the organic air emission standards for 

tanks, surface impoundments, and container 

requirements (Subpart CC)] 

151 (-') 61 FR 15,566 (04/08/96) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IIIDecharacterized Wastewaters, Carbamate 

Wastes. 

and Spent Potliners 

151-1 ' ) 61 FR 15.660 (04/08/96) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IIIDecharacterized Wastewaters, Carbamate 

Wastes, 

and Spent Potliners 
151-2 ' , 61 FR 19,117 (04/30/96) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IIIDecharacterized Wastewaters, Carbamate 

Wastes, 

and Spent Potliners 

151-3 , ." ) 61 FR 33.680 (06/28/96) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IIIDecharacterized Wastewaters, Carbamate 

Wastes. 

and Spent Potliners -Technical Correction 

151-4 ,".) 61 FR 36.419 (07/10/96) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IIIDecharacterized Wastewaters, Carbamate 

Wastes, 

and Spent Potliners 

151-5 ' -!1) 61 FR 43,924 (08/26/96) Emergency Revision of the Land Disposal 

Restrictions (LDR) Phase III Treatment 

Standards 

for Listed Hazardous Wastes From Carbamate 

Production 

151-6 t) 62 FR 7,502 (02/19/97) Land Disposal Restrictions: Correction of 

Tables; Treatment Standards for Hazardous 

 Wastes and Universal Treatment Standards 

154 (-I) 61 FR 59,931 (11/25/96) Organic Air Emission Standards for Tanks, 

Surface Impoundments, and Containers 

154-1 , 4 , 59 FR 62,896 ( 12/06/94) Organic Air Emission Standards for Tanks, 

Surface Impoundments, and Containers 

154-2 ,-,) 60 FR 26.828 (05/19/95) Organic Air Emission Standards for Tanks, 

Surface Impoundments, and Containers 

154-3 -1) 60 FR 50,426 (09/29/95) Organic Air Emission Standards for Tanks, 

Surface Impoundments, and Containers 

154-4 H) 60 FR 56,952 (11/13/95) Organic Air Emission Standards for Tanks, 

Surface Impoundments, and Containers 

154-5 -1) 61 FR 4,903 (02/09/96) Organic Air Emission Standards for Tanks, 

Surface Impoundments, and Containers 

154-6 e ) 61 FR 28,508 (06/05/96) Organic Air Emission Standards for Tanks, 

Surface Impoundments, and Containers 

155 ' 4-) 62 FR 1,992 (01/14/97) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase III— 

Emergency Extension of the K088 Capacity 

Variance 

157t 4, 62 FR 25998 (05/12/97) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV— 

Treatment Standards for Wood Preserving 

Wastes, Paperwork Reduction and Streamlining, 

Exemptions From 

RCRA for Certain Processed Materials; and 

Miscellaneous Hazardous Waste Provisions 

159t [ 4, 62 FR 32.974 (06/17/97) Hazardous Waste Management System; 

Carbamate Production, Identification and 

Listing of Hazardous Waste; Land Disposal 
Restrictions 

160 4, 62 FR 37,694 (07/14/97) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase III — 

Emergency Extension of the K088 National 

Capacity Variance 

161 -1_ , 62 FR 45,568 (08/28/97) Second Emergency Revision of the Land 

Disposal Restrictions( LDR) Treatment 

Standards for Listed Hazardous Wastes From 

Carbamate Production 

1621-'-' ) 62 FR 64,504 (12/05/97) Clarification of Standards for Hazardous Waste 

LDR Treatment Variances 

163 (') 62 FR 64.636 (12/08/97) Organic Air Emission Standards for Tanks, 

Surface Impoundments. and Containers; 

Clarification and Technical Amendment 

167At ,42) mixed 63 FR 28,556 (05/26/98) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV - 

Treatment Standards for Metal Wastes and 

Mineral Processing Wastes 

167Bt 63 FR 28,556 (05/26/98) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV - 

Hazardous 

Soils Treatment Standards and Exclusions 

167C 63 FR 28,556 (05/26/98) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV - 

Corrections 

167C-1 63 FR 31,266 (06/08/98) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV - 

Corrections 

167D1- 63 FR 28,556 (05/26/98) Mineral Processing Secondary Materials 

Exclusion—[NOTE: this provision vacated May 

2001] 

167Et 63 FR 28,556 (05/26/98) Bevill Exclusion Revisions and Clarification 

167Ft 63 FR 28,556 (05/26/98) Exclusion of Recycled Wood Preserving 

Wastewater 

170t '4-- 63 FR 46,332 (08/31/98) Land Disposal Restrictions - Phase IV 

171 -1) 63 FR 47,409 (09/04/98) Emergency Revisions of LDR Treatment 

Standards 

172t (ti 63 FR 48,124 (09/09/98) Characteristic slags generated from thermal 

recovery 

of lead by secondary lead smelters; land 

disposal restrictions; final rule; extension of 

compliance date 

173 t) 63 FR 51,254 (09/24/98) Land Disposal Restrictions Treatment Standards 

(Spent Potliners) 

177 ' 4 ' 64 FR 3,381 (01/21/99) Organic Air Emission Standards ,,-, ,

179t 't) mixed 64 FR 25,408 (05/11/99) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV — 

Technical Corrections and Clarifications to 

_ Treatment Standard 
III. Amendments to Minnesota's Hazardous Waste Management Program 

The changes made to Minnesota's hazardous waste management program effective June 22, 2009 are 

described in detail in this application. 
MINNESOTA'S HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 

2009 AUTHORIZATION REVISION APPLICATION 

ADDENDUM TO PROGRAM DESCRIPTION 

IV. MPCA Capabilities 

The capabilities of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to carry out these amendments to its 

hazardous waste management program are described in the Program Description in the Base Program 

Authorization Application. and in subsequent Authorization Revision Applications; in the current 

Memorandum of Agreement; and in the FY2008 Year-End report. The current organization chart for 

the MPCA is enclosed. 

V. Enclosures: 

The MPCA prepared a Statement of Need and Reasonableness (SONAR) when adopting these 

revisions. The MPCA's attachments to its SONAR, and some additional attachments for this 

application, are listed as links below: 

1. General SONAR Discussion [littp://www.pca.state.mn.us/publicationsihwrille -

sonarcliscussion.pdf] 

2. .Attachment 1 —Detailed SONAR [http://www.pca.state.mn.us/publications/hwrule-sonar I - 

detaileddiscussion.pdf] (file with the MPCA's rationale imbedded within an extract of the 

proposed rule language in PDF format) 

3. •:...dAtfachment 2—Proposed Rule Language [http://www.pca.state.inn.usipublicationsilywrule -

sonar2-proposedrulelanguage.pdf] (Revisor of Statutes certified rule language) 

4. Attachment 3—Federal Revision Checklist Summaries - .:117-ipfile 

[http:fiwww.pca.state.mn.usipublicationsihwrule-sonar3-epasummaries.zip] containing extracts of 

EPA summaries of adopted amendments 

5. Attachment 4— Federal RCRA Revision Checklists -';,!IZipfilecontaining MPCA-completed 

Checklists for proposed amendments [http://www.pca.state.mn.us/publications/hwrule-sonar4- 

rcracliecklists.zip] 

6. Attachment 5 —Federal Register Notices AZip filecontaining adopting Federal Register Notices 

with preamble language [Imp://www.pca.state.mn.us/publications/hwrule-sonar5- federalregisters.zip] 

7. JAttachment 6—List of Federal Amendments [http://www.pca.state.inn.us/publications/hwrule -

sonaro-epaamendments.pdf] 

8. State Register rule adoption notice (shows final revisions, published June 15, 2009, effective date 

June 22, 2009). lutp://www.comm.maiia.state.mn.us/bookstoreistateregister/33 50.pdf 

9. 2009 Organization Chart. 

10. Supplemental Attorney General's Statement. 

I I. State Register proposed rule notice (published July 14, 2008). 

hrtp://ww%4. , .coiturt.inedia.state.nm.irsthookstore/state register.a.sp. 

12. Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7045 https:I/www.revisorleg.,s.tate.miLits/rulesPid=7045 and Chapter 

7001 haps://www.revisorleg.state.inn.us/rulesPid=700 I . 

13. Memorandum of Agreement.