Artisan EHS Consulting, LLC 

104 Knoxwood Court, Anderson SC 29621 Phone: 864-934-1243 Fax: 864-469-5430 

Via E-mail 

November 14, 2011 

Information Quality Guidelines Staff (Mail Code 2811R) 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20460 

Re: Request for Correction 

40 CFR §302, Designation, Reportable Quantities, and Notification 

To Whom It May Concern: 

Artisan EHS Consulting, LLC (Artisan EHS) hereby submits this request for correction of 

information under the Data Quality Act (also known as the Information Quality Act)1

, as 

implemented though the Office of Management and Budget2 and the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)3

.

Artisan EHS provides client assistance for chemical emergency release reporting, 

among other environmental, health, and safety support for industrial and transportation 

clients. In researching notification requirements for the release of listed hazardous 

waste K170, clarified slurry oil tank sediment and/or in-line filter separation solids from 

petroleum refining operations, Artisan EHS encountered errors in 40 CFR §302 with a 

direct bearing on calculating Reportable Quantities (RQ) for K170 and other listed 

hazardous wastes. 

This Request for Correction includes descriptions of errors, recommendations for 

correction of errors, discussion of effects of errors, and identification of the requester. 

 

1

 Section 515(a) of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001, P.L. 

106-554; 44 U.S.C. § 3516 (notes). 

2

 Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information 

Disseminated by Federal Agencies, 67 Fed. Reg. 8452 (Feb. 22, 2002). 

3

 Guidelines for Ensuring Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity, of Information 

Disseminated by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA/260R-02-008 (October 2002). 
Information Guidelines Quality Staff 

Request for Correction 

November 14, 2011 

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Description of Errors 

There are two errors in 40 CFR §302.6, Notification requirements. First, there is an 

erroneous reference at the end of 40 CFR §302.6. The reference ‘65 FR 87132, Nov.8, 

2001’ should read ‘65 FR 67132, Nov. 8, 2000’. 65 Federal Register was published in 

2000, not 2001, and there is no page 87132 for 65 or 66 Federal Register. 65 FR 

67132, Nov. 8, 2000 is clearly germane to 40 CFR §302.6 and is not included in the 

reference list. Artisan EHS presumes this is likely a typographical error. 

The second error is the omission of information in 40 CFR §302.6(b)(1)(iii). EPA 

published a Final Rule in 63 Federal Register 42110 - 42189, August 8, 19984

,

establishing maximum observed constituent concentrations for listed hazardous wastes 

K169, K170, K171, and K172. The Final Rule added 40 CFR §302.6(b)(1)(iii) to 

40 CFR Ch. I (7-1-99 Edition), page 348, including the table of maximum observed 

constituent concentrations for K169, K170, K171, and K172. EPA later published a 

Final Rule in 65 Federal Register 67068 - 67113, November 8, 20005

 establishing 

maximum observed constituent concentrations for listed hazardous wastes K174 and 

K175. This Final Rule amended 40 CFR §302.6(b)(1)(iii) in 40 CFR Ch. I (7-1-01 

Edition), page 350 - 351. However, this change, while properly replacing the text of 40 

CFR §302.6(b)(1)(iii), overwrote the previously existing table of K169, K170, K171, and 

K172 maximum observed constituent concentrations instead of appending the table of 

K174 and K175 maximum observed constituent concentrations to the table of the K169, 

K170, K171, and K172 maximum observed constituent concentrations. 

The relevant Federal Register pages and 40 CFR pages are enclosed as attachments. 

Recommendations for Corrective Action 

Artisan EHS recommends correcting the erroneous Federal Register reference for 

40 CFR §302.6 by replacing ‘65 FR 87132, Nov.8, 2001’ with ‘65 FR 67132, Nov. 8, 

2000’, and correcting 40 CFR §302.6(b)(1)(iii) to include the maximum observed 

 

4

 63 FR 42189, August 6, 1998, Final Rule, Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and 

Listing of Hazardous Waste; Petroleum Refining Process Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly 

Identified Wastes; and CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities; adding 

paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Section 302.6. 

5

 65 FR 67132, November 8, 2000, Final Rule, Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and 

Listing of Hazardous Waste; Chlorinated Aliphatics Production Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for 

Newly Identified Wastes; and CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities; 

amending paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Section 302.6. 
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Request for Correction 

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constituent concentrations for listed hazardous wastes K169, K170, K171, and K172 

(from 40 CFR Ch. I (7-1-99 Edition), page 348): 

Waste Constituent Max ppm 

K169 Benzene ............................................ 220.0 

K170 Benzene ............................................ 1.2 

 Benzo (a) pyrene ............................... 230.0 

 Dibenz (a,h) anthracene .................... 49.0 

 Benzo (a) anthracene ........................ 390.0 

 Benzo (b) fluoranthene ...................... 110.0 

 Benzo (k) fluoranthene ...................... 110.0 

 3-Methylcholanthrene ........................ 27.0 

 7,12-Dimethylbenz (a) anthracene .... 1,200.0 

K171 Benzene ............................................ 500.0 

 Arsenic ............................................... 1,600.0 

K172 Benzene ............................................ 100.0 

 Arsenic ............................................... 730.0 

Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), provides 

that, when an Agency for good cause finds that notice and public procedure are 

impracticable, unnecessary or contrary to the public interest, the agency may issue a 

final rule without providing notice and an opportunity for public comment. The 

requested corrections pertain to a likely typographical error and to information that has 

already been through a rule-making process. These corrections address the 

information and instructions conveyed from EPA to the United States Government 

Printing Office in the 65 FR 67132, November 8, 2000 Final Rule, and are reinstating 

information that was previously published in 40 CFR §302.6(b)(1)(iii). Therefore, further 

notice and opportunity to comment are not necessary, and these corrections could be 

issued as a Final Rule; Technical Correction. 

Effects of Errors 

Correcting the error in the Federal Register reference for 40 CFR §302.6 will allow 

users to reference the correct Federal Register Final Rule and preamble, assisting in 

their understanding of 40 CFR §302.6 emergency release notification requirements. 

This erroneous reference had a direct bearing on the ability of the requester to 

recognize the error of information missing from 40 CFR §302.6(b)(1)(iii). 

Correcting the error in 40 CFR §302.6(b)(1)(iii) will restore maximum observed 

constituent concentration data for listed hazardous wastes K169, K170, K171, and K172 

as previously published in 40 CFR Ch. I (7-1-99 Edition). This will allow generators,

transporters, and disposal facilities handling these wastes to calculate RQs using the 
Information Guidelines Quality Staff 

Request for Correction 

November 14, 2011 

Page 4 of 5 

mixture rule6 developed in connection with the Clean Water Act section 311 regulations, 

enhancing their ability to suitably address notification requirements in the event of a 

release of these listed hazardous wastes. 

Further, while EPA has provided several guidance documents and EPCRA Question 

and Answer forums with various examples of use of the mixture rule for calculating 

mixture-specific RQs, the information missing from 40 CFR §302.6(b)(1)(iii) provides 

regulatory examples of the use of the mixture rule to calculate RQs for these and other 

mixtures of hazardous substances, including hazardous wastes, listed in 40 CFR 

§302.4. To summarize the application of the mixture rule, where the person7,8 in charge 

of a facility9,10 has knowledge of the concentration(s) of a hazardous substance(s) in a 

mixture, the mixture rule allows calculation of an RQ specific for the mixture based on 

the concentration(s) of a hazardous substance(s) in the mixture, instead of using the 

published RQ that assumes 100% of a mixture is comprised of the mixture’s hazardous 

substance with the lowest RQ. In 63 FR 42175, August 6, 1998, EPA modified its 

interpretation of the mixture rule, allowing the use of maximum observed constituent 

concentrations in listed hazardous wastes K169, K170, K171, and K172 to calculate an 

RQ, even if the person in charge does not know the specific hazardous substance 

constituent concentration of the K169, K170, K171, or K172 waste. In 65 Federal 

 

6

 44 FR 50767, August 29,1979, Final Rulemaking; Water Programs; Determination of Reportable 

Quantities for Hazardous Substances; and 50 FR 13463, April 4, 1985, Final Rule; Notification 

Requirements; Reportable Quantity Adjustments; ‘Discharges of mixtures and solutions are subject to 

these regulations only where a component hazardous substance of the mixture or solution is discharged 

in a quantity equal to or greater than its reportable quantity’. 

7

 40 CFR §302 defines person as ‘an individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, consortium, 

joint venture, commercial entity, United States Government, State, municipality, commission, political 

subdivision of a State, or any interstate body’. 

8

 40 CFR §355 defines person as ‘any individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a 

government corporation), partnership, association, State, municipality, commission, political subdivision of 

a State, or interstate body’. 

9

 40 CFR §302 defines facility as ‘(1) any building, structure, installation, equipment, pipe or pipeline 

(including any pipe into a sewer or publicly owned treatment works), well, pit, pond, lagoon, 

impoundment, ditch, landfill, storage container, motor vehicle, rolling stock, or aircraft, or (2) any site or 

area where a hazardous substance has been deposited, stored, disposed of, or placed, or otherwise 

come to be located; but does not include any consumer product in consumer use or any vessel’. 

10 40 CFR §355 defines facility as ‘all buildings, equipment, structures, and other stationary items that are 

located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites and that are owned or operated by the same 

person (or by any person that controls, is controlled by, or under common control with, such person). 

Facility includes manmade structures, as well as all natural structures in which chemicals are purposefully 

placed or removed through human means such that it functions as a containment structure for human 

use. For purposes of emergency release notification, the term includes motor vehicles, rolling stock, and 

aircraft’.
Information Guidelines Quality Staff 

Request for Correction 

November 14, 2011 

Page 5 of 5 

Register 67121 - 67122, EPA reiterates their interpretation of the mixture rule allowing 

the use of maximum observed concentrations of constituents in listed hazardous wastes 

K174 and K175. EPA also notes that if the person in charge of a facility has specific 

information of constituent concentrations in their waste, they can use those data in 

calculating an RQ for the waste, instead of using the maximum observed constituent 

concentrations in 40 CFR §302.6(b)(1)(iii). 

Identity of the Requester 

The requester’s contact information is: 

Artisan EHS Consulting, LLC 

104 Knoxwood Court 

Anderson, South Carolina 29621 

Telephone: 864-934-1243 

Facsimile: 864-469-4530 

E-mail: info@artisanehs.com 

Thank you for your consideration. If there are questions concerning this Request for 

Correction, I can be reached using any of the above contact information. 

Respectfully,

David M. Comen, CIH, CHMM 

President, Artisan EHS Consulting LLC 

Attachment 1 40 CFR Ch. I (7-1-98 Edition), page 347 

Attachment 2 63 FR 42189, August 6, 1998 

Attachment 3 40 CFR Ch. I (7-1-99 Edition), page 348 

Attachment 4 40 CFR Ch. I (7-1-00 Edition), page 349 

Attachment 5 63 FR 67132 – 67133, November 8, 2000 

Attachment 6 40 CFR Ch. I (7-1-01 Edition), pages 350 – 351 
347

Environmental Protection Agency § 302.6

reportable quantity (RQ) for that substance. The RQs in table 302.4 are in

units of pounds based on chemical toxicity, while the RQs in appendix B to

table 302.4 are in units of curies based

on radiation hazard. Whenever the RQs

in table 302.4 and appendix B to the

table are in conflict, the lowest RQ

shall apply.

(b) Unlisted hazardous substances. Unlisted hazardous substances designated

by 40 CFR 302.4(b) have the reportable

quantity of 100 pounds, except for those

unlisted hazardous wastes which exhibit extraction procedure (EP) toxicity identified in 40 CFR 261.24. Unlisted hazardous wastes which exhibit

EP toxicity have the reportable quantities listed in table 302.4 for the contaminant on which the characteristic

of EP toxicity is based. The reportable

quantity applies to the waste itself,

not merely to the toxic contaminant. If

an unlisted hazardous waste exhibits

EP toxicity on the basis of more than

one contaminant, the reportable quantity for that waste shall be the lowest

of the reportable quantities listed in

table 302.4 for those contaminants. If

an unlisted hazardous waste exhibits

the characteristic of EP toxicity and

one or more of the other characteristics referenced in 40 CFR 302.4(b), the

reportable quantity for that waste

shall be the lowest of the applicable reportable quantities.

[51 FR 34547, Sept. 29, 1987, as amended at 54

FR 22538, May 24, 1989]

§ 302.6 Notification requirements.

(a) Any person in charge of a vessel

or an offshore or an onshore facility

shall, as soon as he has knowledge of

any release (other than a federally permitted release or application of a pesticide) of a hazardous substance from

such vessel or facility in a quantity

equal to or exceeding the reportable

quantity determined by this part in

any 24-hour period, immediately notify

the National Response Center ((800)

424–8802; in Washington, DC (202) 426–

2675).

(b) Releases of mixtures or solutions

(including hazardous waste streams) of

(1) Hazardous substances, except for

radionuclides, are subject to the following notification requirements:

(i) if the quantity of all of the hazardous constituent(s) of the mixture or

solution is known, notification is required where an RQ or more of any hazardous constituent is released; or

(ii) if the quantity of one or more of

the hazardous constituent(s) of the

mixture or solution is unknown, notification is required where the total

amount of the mixture or solution released equals or exceeds the RQ for the

hazardous constituent with the lowest

RQ.

(2) Radionuclides are subject to this

section’s notification requirements

only in the following circumstances:

(i) If the identity and quantity (in curies) of each radionuclide in a released

mixture or solution is known, the ratio

between the quantity released (in curies) and the RQ for the radionuclide

must be determined for each radionuclide. The only such releases subject

to this section’s notification requirements are those in which the sum of

the ratios for the radionuclides in the

mixture or solution released is equal to

or greater than one.

(ii) If the identity of each radionuclide in a released mixture or solution is known but the quantity released (in curies) of one or more of the

radionuclides is unknown, the only

such releases subject to this section’s

notification requirements are those in

which the total quantity (in curies) of

the mixture or solution released is

equal to or greater than the lowest RQ

of any individual radionuclide in the

mixture or solution.

(iii) If the identity of one or more

radionuclides in a released mixture or

solution is unknown (or if the identity

of a radionuclide released by itself is

unknown), the only such releases subject to this section’s notification requirements are those in which the

total quantity (in curies) released is

equal to or greater than either one

curie or the lowest RQ of any known

individual radionuclide in the mixture

or solution, whichever is lower.

(c) The following categories of releases are exempt from the notification

requirements of this section:

(1) Releases of those radionuclides

that occur naturally in the soil from

land holdings such as parks, golf

courses, or other large tracts of land.

Attachment 1

[From 40 CFR Ch. I(7-1-98 Edition)]
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 151 / Thursday, August 6, 1998 / Rules and Regulations 42189

TABLE 302.4—LIST OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND REPORTABLE QUANTITIES

[NOTE: All Comments/Notes Are Located at the End of This Table]

Hazardous substance CASRN Regulatory synonyms

Statutory

Code† RCRA

waste No.

Final RQ

RQ Category Pounds

(Kg)

*******

K169f ...................................... ............................... ............................... 1* 4 K169 A 10(4.54)

Crude oil storage tank sediment from petroleum refining operations.

K170f ...................................... ............................... ............................... 1* 4 K170 X 1 (0.454)

Clarified slurry oil tank sediment and/or in-line filter/

separation solids from petroleum refining operations.

K171f ...................................... ............................... ............................... 1* 4 K171 X 1 (0.454)

Spent hydrotreating catalyst

from petroleum refining operations. (This listing does

not include inert support

media.)

K172f ...................................... ............................... ............................... 1* 4 K172 X 1 (0.454)

Spent hydrorefining catalyst

from petroleum refining operations. (This listing does

not include inert support

media.)

† Indicates the statutory sources as defined by 1, 2, 3, and 4 below.

******* 1*—Indicates that the 1-pound RQ is a CERCLA statutory RQ.

******* fSee 40 CFR 302.6(b)(1) for application of the mixture rule to this hazardous waste.

19. Section 302.6 is amended by

revising paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and

(b)(1)(ii) and by adding paragraph

(b)(1)(iii) to read as follows:

§ 302.6 Notification requirements.

* * * * *

(b) * * *

(1) * * *

(i) If the quantity of all of the

hazardous constituent(s) of the mixture

or solution is known, notification is

required where an RQ or more of any

hazardous constituent is released;

(ii) If the quantity of one or more of

the hazardous constituent(s) of the

mixture or solution is unknown,

notification is required where the total

amount of the mixture or solution

released equals or exceeds the RQ for

the hazardous constituent with the

lowest RQ; or

(iii) For waste streams K169, K170,

K171, and K172, knowledge of the

quantity of all of the hazardous

constituent(s) may be assumed, based

on the following maximum observed

constituent concentrations identified by

EPA:

Waste Constituent Max ppm

K169 ........ Benzene ............................................................................................................................................................................. 220.0

K170 ........ Benzene ............................................................................................................................................................................. 1.2

Benzo (a) pyrene ............................................................................................................................................................... 230.0

Dibenz (a,h) anthracene .................................................................................................................................................... 49.0

Benzo (a) anthracene ........................................................................................................................................................ 390.0

Benzo (b) fluoranthene ...................................................................................................................................................... 110.0

Benzo (k) fluoranthene ...................................................................................................................................................... 110.0

3-Methylcholanthrene ......................................................................................................................................................... 27.0

7,12-Dimethylbenz (a) anthracene .................................................................................................................................... 1,200.0

K171 ........ Benzene ............................................................................................................................................................................. 500.0

Arsenic ............................................................................................................................................................................... 1,600.0

K172 ........ Benzene ............................................................................................................................................................................. 100.0

Arsenic ............................................................................................................................................................................... 730.0

* * * * *

[FR Doc. 98–19929 Filed 8–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

Attachment 2
348

§ 302.6 40 CFR Ch. I (7–1–99 Edition)

in table 302.4 and appendix B to the

table are in conflict, the lowest RQ

shall apply.

(b) Unlisted hazardous substances. Unlisted hazardous substances designated

by 40 CFR 302.4(b) have the reportable

quantity of 100 pounds, except for those

unlisted hazardous wastes which exhibit extraction procedure (EP) toxicity identified in 40 CFR 261.24. Unlisted hazardous wastes which exhibit

EP toxicity have the reportable quantities listed in table 302.4 for the contaminant on which the characteristic

of EP toxicity is based. The reportable

quantity applies to the waste itself,

not merely to the toxic contaminant. If

an unlisted hazardous waste exhibits

EP toxicity on the basis of more than

one contaminant, the reportable quantity for that waste shall be the lowest

of the reportable quantities listed in

table 302.4 for those contaminants. If

an unlisted hazardous waste exhibits

the characteristic of EP toxicity and

one or more of the other characteristics referenced in 40 CFR 302.4(b), the

reportable quantity for that waste

shall be the lowest of the applicable reportable quantities.

[51 FR 34547, Sept. 29, 1987, as amended at 54

FR 22538, May 24, 1989]

§ 302.6 Notification requirements.

(a) Any person in charge of a vessel

or an offshore or an onshore facility

shall, as soon as he has knowledge of

any release (other than a federally permitted release or application of a pesticide) of a hazardous substance from

such vessel or facility in a quantity

equal to or exceeding the reportable

quantity determined by this part in

any 24-hour period, immediately notify

the National Response Center ((800)

424–8802; in Washington, DC (202) 426–

2675).

(b) Releases of mixtures or solutions

(including hazardous waste streams) of

(1) Hazardous substances, except for

radionuclides, are subject to the following notification requirements:

(i) If the quantity of all of the hazardous constituent(s) of the mixture or

solution is known, notification is required where an RQ or more of any hazardous constituent is released;

(ii) If the quantity of one or more of

the hazardous constituent(s) of the

mixture or solution is unknown, notification is required where the total

amount of the mixture or solution released equals or exceeds the RQ for the

hazardous constituent with the lowest

RQ; or

(iii) For waste streams K169, K170,

K171, and K172, knowledge of the quantity of all of the hazardous constituent(s) may be assumed, based on

the following maximum observed constituent concentrations identified by

EPA:

Waste Constituent Max ppm

K169 Benzene ............................................ 220.0

K170 Benzene ............................................ 1.2

Benzo (a) pyrene ............................... 230.0

Dibenz (a,h) anthracene .................... 49.0

Benzo (a) anthracene ........................ 390.0

Benzo (b) fluoranthene ...................... 110.0

Benzo (k) fluoranthene ...................... 110.0

3-Methylcholanthrene ........................ 27.0

7,12-Dimethylbenz (a) anthracene .... 1,200.0

K171 Benzene ............................................ 500.0

Arsenic ............................................... 1,600.0

K172 Benzene ............................................ 100.0

Arsenic ............................................... 730.0

(2) Radionuclides are subject to this

section’s notification requirements

only in the following circumstances:

(i) If the identity and quantity (in curies) of each radionuclide in a released

mixture or solution is known, the ratio

between the quantity released (in curies) and the RQ for the radionuclide

must be determined for each radionuclide. The only such releases subject

to this section’s notification requirements are those in which the sum of

the ratios for the radionuclides in the

mixture or solution released is equal to

or greater than one.

(ii) If the identity of each radionuclide in a released mixture or solution is known but the quantity released (in curies) of one or more of the

radionuclides is unknown, the only

such releases subject to this section’s

notification requirements are those in

which the total quantity (in curies) of

the mixture or solution released is

equal to or greater than the lowest RQ

of any individual radionuclide in the

mixture or solution.

(iii) If the identity of one or more

radionuclides in a released mixture or

solution is unknown (or if the identity

of a radionuclide released by itself is


Attachment 3
349

Environmental Protection Agency § 302.6

in table 302.4 and appendix B to the

table are in conflict, the lowest RQ

shall apply.

(b) Unlisted hazardous substances. Unlisted hazardous substances designated

by 40 CFR 302.4(b) have the reportable

quantity of 100 pounds, except for those

unlisted hazardous wastes which exhibit extraction procedure (EP) toxicity identified in 40 CFR 261.24. Unlisted hazardous wastes which exhibit

EP toxicity have the reportable quantities listed in table 302.4 for the contaminant on which the characteristic

of EP toxicity is based. The reportable

quantity applies to the waste itself,

not merely to the toxic contaminant. If

an unlisted hazardous waste exhibits

EP toxicity on the basis of more than

one contaminant, the reportable quantity for that waste shall be the lowest

of the reportable quantities listed in

table 302.4 for those contaminants. If

an unlisted hazardous waste exhibits

the characteristic of EP toxicity and

one or more of the other characteristics referenced in 40 CFR 302.4(b), the

reportable quantity for that waste

shall be the lowest of the applicable reportable quantities.

[51 FR 34547, Sept. 29, 1987, as amended at 54

FR 22538, May 24, 1989]

§ 302.6 Notification requirements.

(a) Any person in charge of a vessel

or an offshore or an onshore facility

shall, as soon as he has knowledge of

any release (other than a federally permitted release or application of a pesticide) of a hazardous substance from

such vessel or facility in a quantity

equal to or exceeding the reportable

quantity determined by this part in

any 24-hour period, immediately notify

the National Response Center ((800)

424–8802; in Washington, DC (202) 426–

2675).

(b) Releases of mixtures or solutions

(including hazardous waste streams) of

(1) Hazardous substances, except for

radionuclides, are subject to the following notification requirements:

(i) If the quantity of all of the hazardous constituent(s) of the mixture or

solution is known, notification is required where an RQ or more of any hazardous constituent is released;

(ii) If the quantity of one or more of

the hazardous constituent(s) of the

mixture or solution is unknown, notification is required where the total

amount of the mixture or solution released equals or exceeds the RQ for the

hazardous constituent with the lowest

RQ; or

(iii) For waste streams K169, K170,

K171, and K172, knowledge of the quantity of all of the hazardous constituent(s) may be assumed, based on

the following maximum observed constituent concentrations identified by

EPA:

Waste Constituent Max ppm

K169 Benzene ............................................ 220.0

K170 Benzene ............................................ 1.2

Benzo (a) pyrene ............................... 230.0

Dibenz (a,h) anthracene .................... 49.0

Benzo (a) anthracene ........................ 390.0

Benzo (b) fluoranthene ...................... 110.0

Benzo (k) fluoranthene ...................... 110.0

3-Methylcholanthrene ........................ 27.0

7,12-Dimethylbenz (a) anthracene .... 1,200.0

K171 Benzene ............................................ 500.0

Arsenic ............................................... 1,600.0

K172 Benzene ............................................ 100.0

Arsenic ............................................... 730.0

(2) Radionuclides are subject to this

section’s notification requirements

only in the following circumstances:

(i) If the identity and quantity (in curies) of each radionuclide in a released

mixture or solution is known, the ratio

between the quantity released (in curies) and the RQ for the radionuclide

must be determined for each radionuclide. The only such releases subject

to this section’s notification requirements are those in which the sum of

the ratios for the radionuclides in the

mixture or solution released is equal to

or greater than one.

(ii) If the identity of each radionuclide in a released mixture or solution is known but the quantity released (in curies) of one or more of the

radionuclides is unknown, the only

such releases subject to this section’s

notification requirements are those in

which the total quantity (in curies) of

the mixture or solution released is

equal to or greater than the lowest RQ

of any individual radionuclide in the

mixture or solution.

(iii) If the identity of one or more

radionuclides in a released mixture or

solution is unknown (or if the identity

of a radionuclide released by itself is


Attachment 4

[From 40 CFR Ch. I (7-1-00 Edition)]
67132 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 217 / Wednesday, November 8, 2000 / Rules and Regulations

TABLE 1.—REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE AMENDMENTS OF 1984

Promulgation date Title of regulation Federal Register reference Effective date

*******

September 29, 2000 ..................... Listing of Hazardous Wastes

K174 and K175.

65 FR 67132 May 7, 2001.

*******

TABLE 2.—SELF IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS OF THE SOLID WASTE AMENDMENTS OF 1984

Effective date Self-implementing provision RCRA citation Federal Register reference

*******

May 7, 2001 .................................. Prohibition on land disposal of

K174 and K175 wastes, and

prohibition on land disposal of

radioactive waste mixed with

K174 and K175 wastes, including soil and debris..

3004(g)(4)(C) and 3004(m) ........... November 8, 2000.

65 FR 67132.

*******

* * * * *

PART 302—DESIGNATION,

REPORTABLE QUANTITIES, AND

NOTIFICATION

13. The authority citation for part 302

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9602, 9603, and 9604;

33 U.S.C. 1321 and 1361.

14. In § 302.4, Table 302.4 is amended

by adding the following new entries in

alphanumeric order at the end of the

table to read as follows:

§ 302.4 Designation of hazardous

substances.

* * * * *

TABLE 302.4—LIST OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND REPORTABLE QUANTITIES

[Note: All Comments/Notes Are Located at the End of This Table]

Hazardous substance CASRN Regulatory synonyms

Statutory Final RQ

RQ Code † RCRA

waste No. Category Pounds(KG)

*******

K174f ....................................................... ........... .................................. 1* 4 K174 X 1(0.454)

*******

K175f ....................................................... ........... .................................. 1* 4 K175 X 1(0.454)

† Indicates the statutory sources as defined by 1, 2, 3, and 4 below.

1 *—Indicates that the 1-pound RQ is a CERCLA statutory RQ.

4—Indicates that the statutory source for designation of this hazardous substance under CERCLA is RCRA Section 3001.

fSee 40 CFR 302.6(b)(1) for application of the mixture rule to this hazardous waste.

15. Section 302.6 is amended by

revising paragraph (b)(1)(iii) to read as

follows:

§ 302.6 Notification requirements.

* * * * *

(b) * * *

(1) * * *

(iii) For waste streams K169, K170,

K171, K172, K174, and K175,

knowledge of the quantity of all of the

hazardous constituent(s) may be

assumed, based on the following

maximum observed constituent

concentrations identified by EPA:


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Waste Constituent max ppm

K174 ....... 2,3,7,8-TCDD .................................................................................................................................................................. 0.000039

1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD ............................................................................................................................................................ 0.0000108

1,2,3,4,7,8,-HxCDD ........................................................................................................................................................ 0.0000241

1,2,3,6,7,8,-HxCDD ........................................................................................................................................................ 0.000083

1,2,3,7,8,9,-HxCDD ........................................................................................................................................................ 0.000062

1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD ...................................................................................................................................................... 0.00123

OCDD ............................................................................................................................................................................. 0.0129

2,3,7,8-TCDF .................................................................................................................................................................. 0.000145

1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF ............................................................................................................................................................. 0.0000777

2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF ............................................................................................................................................................. 0.000127

1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF .......................................................................................................................................................... 0.001425

1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF .......................................................................................................................................................... 0.000281

1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF .......................................................................................................................................................... 0.00014

2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF .......................................................................................................................................................... 0.000648

1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF ....................................................................................................................................................... 0.0207

1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF ....................................................................................................................................................... 0.0135

OCDF .............................................................................................................................................................................. 0.212

K175 ....... Mercury ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9200

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§ 302.6 40 CFR Ch. I (7–1–01 Edition)

on radiation hazard. Whenever the RQs

in table 302.4 and appendix B to the

table are in conflict, the lowest RQ

shall apply.

(b) Unlisted hazardous substances. Unlisted hazardous substances designated

by 40 CFR 302.4(b) have the reportable

quantity of 100 pounds, except for those

unlisted hazardous wastes which exhibit extraction procedure (EP) toxicity identified in 40 CFR 261.24. Unlisted hazardous wastes which exhibit

EP toxicity have the reportable quantities listed in table 302.4 for the contaminant on which the characteristic

of EP toxicity is based. The reportable

quantity applies to the waste itself,

not merely to the toxic contaminant. If

an unlisted hazardous waste exhibits

EP toxicity on the basis of more than

one contaminant, the reportable quantity for that waste shall be the lowest

of the reportable quantities listed in

table 302.4 for those contaminants. If

an unlisted hazardous waste exhibits

the characteristic of EP toxicity and

one or more of the other characteristics referenced in 40 CFR 302.4(b), the

reportable quantity for that waste

shall be the lowest of the applicable reportable quantities.

[51 FR 34547, Sept. 29, 1987, as amended at 54

FR 22538, May 24, 1989]

§ 302.6 Notification requirements.

(a) Any person in charge of a vessel

or an offshore or an onshore facility

shall, as soon as he has knowledge of

any release (other than a federally permitted release or application of a pesticide) of a hazardous substance from

such vessel or facility in a quantity

equal to or exceeding the reportable

quantity determined by this part in

any 24-hour period, immediately notify

the National Response Center ((800)

424–8802; in Washington, DC (202) 426–

2675).

(b) Releases of mixtures or solutions

(including hazardous waste streams) of

(1) Hazardous substances, except for

radionuclides, are subject to the following notification requirements:

(i) If the quantity of all of the hazardous constituent(s) of the mixture or

solution is known, notification is required where an RQ or more of any hazardous constituent is released;

(ii) If the quantity of one or more of

the hazardous constituent(s) of the

mixture or solution is unknown, notification is required where the total

amount of the mixture or solution released equals or exceeds the RQ for the

hazardous constituent with the lowest

RQ; or

(iii) For waste streams K169, K170,

K171, K172, K174, and K175, knowledge

of the quantity of all of the hazardous

constituent(s) may be assumed, based

on the following maximum observed

constituent concentrations identified

by EPA:


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Environmental Protection Agency § 302.7

Waste Constituent max ppm

K174 ............ 2,3,7,8-TCDD ....................... 0.000039

1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD ................. 0.0000108

1,2,3,4,7,8,-HxCDD ............. 0.0000241

1,2,3,6,7,8,-HxCDD ............. 0.000083

1,2,3,7,8,9,-HxCDD ............. 0.000062

1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD ........... 0.00123

OCDD .................................. 0.0129

2,3,7,8-TCDF ....................... 0.000145

1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF .................. 0.0000777

2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF .................. 0.000127

1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF ............... 0.001425

1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF ............... 0.000281

1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF ............... 0.00014

2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF ............... 0.000648

1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF ............ 0.0207

1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF ............ 0.0135

OCDF ................................... 0.212

K175 ............ Mercury ................................ 9200

(2) Radionuclides are subject to this

section’s notification requirements

only in the following circumstances:

(i) If the identity and quantity (in curies) of each radionuclide in a released

mixture or solution is known, the ratio

between the quantity released (in curies) and the RQ for the radionuclide

must be determined for each radionuclide. The only such releases subject

to this section’s notification requirements are those in which the sum of

the ratios for the radionuclides in the

mixture or solution released is equal to

or greater than one.

(ii) If the identity of each radionuclide in a released mixture or solution is known but the quantity released (in curies) of one or more of the

radionuclides is unknown, the only

such releases subject to this section’s

notification requirements are those in

which the total quantity (in curies) of

the mixture or solution released is

equal to or greater than the lowest RQ

of any individual radionuclide in the

mixture or solution.

(iii) If the identity of one or more

radionuclides in a released mixture or

solution is unknown (or if the identity

of a radionuclide released by itself is

unknown), the only such releases subject to this section’s notification requirements are those in which the

total quantity (in curies) released is

equal to or greater than either one

curie or the lowest RQ of any known

individual radionuclide in the mixture

or solution, whichever is lower.

(c) The following categories of releases are exempt from the notification

requirements of this section:

(1) Releases of those radionuclides

that occur naturally in the soil from

land holdings such as parks, golf

courses, or other large tracts of land.

(2) Releases of naturally occurring

radionuclides from land disturbance

activities, including farming, construction, and land disturbance incidental

to extraction during mining activities,

except that which occurs at uranium,

phosphate, tin, zircon, hafnium, vanadium, monazite, and rare earth mines.

Land disturbance incidental to extraction includes: land clearing; overburden removal and stockpiling; excavating, handling, transporting, and

storing ores and other raw (not

beneficiated or processed) materials;

and replacing in mined-out areas coal

ash, earthen materials from farming or

construction, or overburden or other

raw materials generated from the exempted mining activities.

(3) Releases of radionuclides from the

dumping and transportation of coal

and coal ash (including fly ash, bottom

ash, and boiler slags), including the

dumping and land spreading operations

that occur during coal ash uses.

(4) Releases of radionuclides from

piles of coal and coal ash, including fly

ash, bottom ash, and boiler slags.

(d) Except for releases of radionuclides, notification of the release of

an RQ of solid particles of antimony,

arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, selenium,

silver, thallium, or zinc is not required

if the mean diameter of the particles

released is larger than 100 micrometers

(0.004 inches).

[50 FR 13474, Apr. 4, 1985, as amended at 54

FR 22538, May 24, 1989; 54 FR 33481, Aug. 14,

1989; 63 FR 13475, Mar. 19, 1998; 63 FR 42189,

Aug. 6, 1998; 64 FR 13114, Mar. 17, 1999; 65 FR

87132, Nov. 8, 2001]

§ 302.7 Penalties.

(a) Any person—

(1) In charge of a vessel from which a

hazardous substance is released, other

than a federally permitted release, into

or upon the navigable waters of the

United States, adjoining shorelines, or

into or upon the waters of the contiguous zone,

(2) In charge of a vessel from which a

hazardous substance is released, other

than a federally permitted release,