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AGENCY:EnvlronmentalPmtecuon**·Nle.n~y;** ..: . "..**~.c,~.:**..**;'>:~.'~:** . AC:rION: Notice ofpublic'1i'earmg and publiccommentperiod...**~.** Edwin M.jones. ExecutiveDirector. PensionBeuefi: Cuorunty Corporation. IFR Doc. 82-J.l300 Filed 12-Z1-1Q:**6:~5** am] BILUNG CODE 7706-<lI-M ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 123 [SW-1Q-FRl2272-21 HazardousWaste**~ari~gement** Program; Washlngto"il'Application for InterimAuthorlzatlon;Ph8se I and 

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0101 M StreetSW.,**~"'ashiIi810n.** D.C. Z04GO. Wrilten comments and requests 10 speakat the hearing should be sent to: Environmental ProtectionAgency. Region 10. Betty Wiese. RCRA Program Development SectionMiS 530. 1200 Sixth Avenue. Seattle. Washington 98101. (ZOG) 4012-2857. FOR FURTHER INfORMATION CONTACT: Betty Wiese (ZOo) 442-2857. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the May 19. 1980Federal Register (45 FR 33OO3) the Environmental Protection Agency promulgatedregulations pursuant to Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and RecoveryAct of 1976 (as amended), to protecthuman health and the environment from the improper managementofhazardous waste. Included in these regulations. which became effective six (6) months from the date ofpromulgation. were provisions for a transitional stage in which stales wouldbe grantedinterim authorizalion inphases corresponding to the stages in which the underlyingFederal program will take effect. EPA's Phase 1 regulations (promulgatedMay 19. 19UO) establish, among otherthings: the initial identification and listing ofhazardous wastes; the standards applicable to generators and transporters of hazardous wastes. including a manifest system; and tile "interim status" standards applicable to existing hazardous waste management facilities before they receive permits.

In the January 26.1981 Federal Register (46 FR7765). the Environmental Protection Agency announced availability ofportions of the second phase ofInterimAuthorization. ComponentA. publishedin the Federal RegisterJanuary 12. 1981 (46 FR 2802) contains standards for permitting containers. tanks andcertainkinds of surface impoundments andwaste piles. ComponentBpublishedin the Federal RegisterJanuary 23, 1981 (46FR7666) contains standards for permitting hazardous waste incinerators.

The State ofWashingtonhas submitted an application to EPA for interim authorizationfor Phase Iand Phaseu,Components A andB. A full description ofthe requirements and procedures for StateInterim Authorizationis includedin 40 CFR Part 123 SubpartF, 45 FR 33479.

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SUMMARY: EPAregulations to protect hLLIDan health and the environment from the impropermanagementofhazardous waste were publishedin the Federal Registeron May 19. 1980 (45 FR330(3). These regulations include provisions for authorizationofStateprograms to operate in lieuof the Federalprogram. Today EPA is announcing the availability for publicreview the Washington applicationfor Phase Iand Phase 11 Components A and BInterim Authorization. invitingpublic comment, and givingnotice of a public hearing to be held on the application. DATE: Comments on the Washington interim authorizationapplication must be receivedby February 1. 1983.

EPA will conducta Public Hearing ior the Washington lnterimAuthorization application at 10:00AM on January 25, 1983.The State ofWashington will participate in the PublicHearing held by EPA on this subject. ADDRESSES: The Public Hearing will be held at: Federal Building. South Auditorium (Fourth Floor). 915 Second Avenue, Seattle. Washington. Copies of the lnterimAuthorization application are available at the following addresses for inspection and copyingby the public during normal businesshours: Washington DepartmentofEcology.

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Inconsideration of the foregoing, Part Z619 ofChapterXXVI ofTitle Z9,Code ofFederal Regulations ishereby amended by adding anewtable and making corrections as follows:

1. The authority citationfor Part 2619 reads as follows: February 17, 1981 (46 FR 13193)because it will not resultin an annualeffecton the economy of5100 million ormore, a majorincrease in costs for consumers or individual industries. or significant .. adverse effects on competition.**~mployment.** investment, productivity. or innovation.

Authority:Sections 4002(bIl3). 4041(b), 4044. and 4062(bll111A), Pub. L 93-406.sa Stal. 1004. 1020, 1025, 1029. (1974), as amended by Sees. 403(1). 403(d). and 402(a)(7). Pub. L 96-364. 94Stat. 1302. 1301, and 1299. (1960)(29 U.S.C. 1302. 1341. 1344, 1362).

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EPA and the State ofWashington now require permits forcertainhazardous waste facilities. The agencies are. cnoperating in the currentpermit applicationreview activity and intend to jointly issueFederal/Statepermits for thesefacilities. EPA is proposing to considersuchjointlyissued State permits as RCRA permits upon authorization of the applicable component ofPhaseII.

As noted in the May 19.1980federal Register, copies ofStale submittals for interimauthorization are to be made**av~ilable** forpublicInspection and comment. Thepurpose of this notice is to announce the availability of Washington's application forpublic inspection. to invite publiccomments and 10give notice of a public hearing to be held on Washington's application. List ofSubjects in 4{) eFR Part 123

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Dated: December 14.1982. John R.Spencer, HegionolAdministrator. Region 10..**1~1{** Ouc.II:-34701 Filed 12-21-82;**6:4~** ,01"1 BILUNG CODE.6S60-!>O-M 40 CFR Part 716 lOPTS-840030; TSH-FRL2272-41 Health and Safety Data Reporting; Submission of Lists and Copies 01 Health and Safety Studies; Correction AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule: correction. substancesadded wererecommelH.lcd for testing by the IntcragcncyTcsling Committee IITC) in theirEleveth Report 10EPA and designated forpriority consideration by EPA within one year. The ameudment was published ill thr: . Federal RegisterofDecember3, 1Vll2 l-i; FR54624).. EFFECTIVE DATE: Thillcorrection document was effectiveon December J. 1982. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION COIHAC1: Douglas Bannerman. Acting Director. Industry Assistance Office ITS-79V). Office ofToxic Substances. EnvironmentalProtection Agency. Rrn, E-S11, 401 M St., SW .•Washington, D.C. 204ro, Toll free: 1800--424-9(65),In Washington. D.C.: (554-14(4). Outside the USA: (Operator-202-554-1404). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATiON: In 1-'1\ Doc. 82-32lH3, published in the federal RegisterofDecember3. 1982, appearing at page 54624. the following corrections are made in the Iirst table in the center column under the heading Alkyltin Compounds:

1.The CAS No. for monoburylrin tristisooctyl rnercaploacetate) is . corrected to read "25852-7()-l".

2.The following chemicul is udded to the bottom of the list ofAlkyllin Compounds: Monornethyltintrislisooclyt . mcrcllptoacel"tc).54U4y..::ilHi This notice corrects the listof chemicals that appeared in the preamble to the amendment. The list should have contained the 11 chemicals recommended for testing by the ITC and designated for priority consideration by EPA within one year. The list of chemicals codified al40CFR 716.17(a)(2) is correct.

Dilled: December 15. HUl2. Dun R.Glny. Director. OfficeofToxicSubstances IFH Doc.**n2-J~u!l~J** Filed**12-21-4i~;** U:15unll BILLING CODE**6~6(l-!>O-M** GENERAL SERVtCES ADMINISTRAnON 41 CFR Parts**1-~,** 1-16 and 1-30 (FPR Arndt. 227J Federal Procurement Regulations; Revisions to AuditThresholds and Progress Payment Provisions2'. 3**.~:~'\** 4

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place designated for public hearing on the issue of granting 2 3 4 HEARING OFFICER**KOSHUTA~** 10:05 a.m. This is the time and

5 interim authorization to the State of Washington to operate 6 its dangerous waste control program in lieu of the federal 7 program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 8 which is commonly called. RCRA. 9 The notice for this hearing was published in the 10 Federal Register on Wednesday,**Dece~ber** 22nd, 1982. 11 If you**have~'t** signed in yet, please do so 12 before you leave at the end of the hearing, at the back 13 of the room.

Phase I regulations establish, among other things, the tion, you should understand that this hearing is being recorded for the purpose of**providi~g** a transcript after the hearing. To give you**so~e** perspective and for the record I will review briefly what was**1~** the public notice for this hearing, how the hearing will be run this morning and what its purpose is. On May 19th, 1980 in the Federal Register E.P.A. promulgated Phase I of its regulations pursuant to Subtitle C For your informa- 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 I now**decla~e** the hearing open.

of the**Resou~ce** Conservation and Recovery Act. E.P.A.' s5 initial identification and listing of hazardous wastes, 2 the standards applicable to generators and transporters 3 of hazardous wastes, including a manifest system to follow 4 the wastes from the time they are generated until the time 5 they are disposed, 3nd the interim status standards which 6 are applicable to existing hazardous waste management facili7 ties before they receive permits. 8 Phase II of the RCRA Program which includes several 9 components establishes the detailed standards for permitting 10 hazardous waste storage, treatment and disposal facilities. 11 The first component of Phase II, called Component A, was 12 published in the Federal Register on January 12th, 1981. It 13 contains standards for permitting storage and treatment of 14 15 wastes in tanks, containers and certain piles and surface impoundment. Component B of Phase II was published in the 16 Federal Register on January 23rd, 1981. It contains standard 17 18 19 for permitting hazardous waste incinerators. The third and last component of Phase II is called Component C and it was published in the Federal Register on July 26th, 1982 and 20 is referred to as the Land Disposal Standards. Some 21 22 23 24 25 additional information about this component will be given later. The E.P.A. regulations also include provisions under which E.P.A. can authorize qualified state hazardous waste management ?rograms to operate in lieu of the federal2 3 4 5 6 7 8

10 11 12 6 program. The regulations provide for a transitional stage in which qualified states can be granted interim authorizaton if their program is substantially equivalent to the federal program. The interim authorization program is being inplemented in phases which correspond to the stages in which the underlying federal program has been promulgated. E.P.A. will also grant final authorization to states which have programs fully equivalent to and no less stringent than the federal rules. A full description of the requirements and procedures for state interim authorization is included in the federal regulations. About the hearing this morning and how it will 13 be conducted. The State has submitted a complete application

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 to E.P.A. for Phase I and Phase II, Components A and B, of interim authorization. The hearing we are holding this morning is intended to provide an opport.uni.t.y for interested persons to present their views about that decision and to submit information for consideration by E.P.A. as to whether the State's program is substantially equivalent to the federal program and, therefore, whether E.P.A. will grant Washington interim authorization for Phase I and Phase II, Components A and B. A decision will not be made on interim authorizatio today. That decision will be made by the Regional Administrator of E.P.A. in coordination with the appropriate7 headquarters offices. We intend to make that decision by 2 the end of March, 1983. 3 A panel of E.P.A. and State employees involved in

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### .- 4 the relevant aspects of this decision is here this morning to 5 receive the testimony and they are all seated with me at 6 the table. I am Cheryl Koshuta from the Office of Regional 7 Counsel and I am acting as the Hearing Officer today. To 8 my right is Betty Wiese, the RCRA Program Development 9 Section, from our Seattle office, E.P.A.. And Mr. Ted 10 Rogowski, also of the Office of Regional Counsel of our 11 Seattle office, E.P.A.. To my left is**~r.** Tom Cook, Chief 12 of the Hazardous Waste Section of the Department of Ecology 13 14 in Olympia, State ::>f Washington. And Charles Douthwaite, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Washington, also 15 from Olympia. 16 The hearing this morning will not be formally 17 structured. We will not swear in individuals providing oral 18 comments, nor will formal rules of evidence apply. Panel 19 members may pose questions to persons providing testimony 20 but we will not have participants questioning other 21 participants. First, the State will present its testimony, 22 as well as a short overview of the State program. Public 23 comment s will then be taken in the order in which the re-· 24 quests were received. If you have not yet signed up to 25 speak and it is your intention to do so, please sign up at8 the back of the room and we will have the name brought up 2 forward to the desk. 3 Can everyone hear me or is it scratchy out there?

..---.'. 4 Is it better without the microphone? 5 VOICES: Yes. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 HEARING OFFICER KOSHUTA: Again, if you intend to speak, please sign up at the back and we will have the names brought forward, if you haven't already signed up, or if you make a decision in the middle of the**prese~tations.** After we have received all the comments on the question of interim authorization, we will close the**~e~ring** and then provide an opportunity for a question and answer session with the**pa~el** members that are here today. Transcripts of all the oral comments will be prepared to 15 ensure accurate transcription. If you have a copy of your 16 17 18 19**co~nents,** please provide them both to myself and to the c ou r t; reporter. If you wish to get a transcript of the hearing at the end of the hearing, they will be available from 20 E.P.A. Region X offices by contacting Miss Wiese. The 21 22 23 hearing transcripts should be available approximately ten day after the close of the hearing. The period for written comment will officially end 24 on February 1st, 1983. Again, if you wish to submit written 25 comments, they should be directed to the E.P.A. Regional9 Office, attention to Miss Wiese. 2 Before we start with the presentations, there is 3 an issue relating to the new land disposal regulations, 4 the Component C, which I referred to earlier, which I would 5 like to bring tJ your attention. The initial regulations 6 were published on January 12th, 1981. Since that time E.P.A. 7 has amended the land disposal regulations. However, the 8 State of Washington was in the middle of the interim 9 authorization process, therefore, the application which we 10 are reviewing today is being judged against the January 12th, 11 1981 standards for land disposal and not the amended land 12 disposal regulations which you may be familiar with. 13 Now that EPA has completed promulgation of all phase of the program, the process and the timeframe for final authorization also begins. For states with interim authorization, RCRA requires that the states receive final 14 15 16 17 authorization no later than January, 1985. States are now 18 beginning to make program changes necessary to ensure that 19 their programs will be fully equivalent to and no less stringe.t

all aspects of the substantial equivalents question regarding than E.P.A. 's. The state will also be developing an application to fully describe their program for public review and submittal to E.P.A. during 1984; With that, we will open the hearing to receive 20 21 22 23 24 25 testimony. E.P.A. is soliciting comments this morning on10 the Washington program relative to the federal program. 2 We will start with the presentation from the State of 3 Washington. With that, I would like to introduce Mr. Tom 4 Cook of the Washington State Department of Ecology. 5 HR. COOK:**Tha~k** you, Cheryl. Members of the 6 panel, ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate the opportunity 7 to testify for the record on Washington's application for 8 interim authorization, Phase I, and Phase II, Components 9 A and B. 10 The State of Washington has been active since 11 1976 in regulating hazardous waste. In 1976 the State 12 Legislature passed the State Hazardous Waste Disposal ActJ 13 RCW 70.105. This act defined wastes into two**classes~** 14 dangerous waste and extremely hazardous waste, and establishe 15**s~andards** setting authority for extremely hazardous waste. 16**Subseque~t** to the enactment of RCW 70.105, in the 17 Fall of 1976, the department formed a statewide Ad Hoc 18 Committee to assist in the development of state regulations. 19 The committee has a broad representation including private 20 industry, environmental interests, local, state and federal 21 22 governments, and the public. in 1977. A set of standards was adopted

23 In 1980 the law was amended to expand the State's hazardous waste authority for controlling dangerous waste 25 and to designate the Department of Ecology as the agency for'11 implementing the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery 2 Act. 3 The existing regulations were amended with the 4 assistance of the Ad Hoc Committee. And after several months 5 of legislative hearings and public information meetings 6 the current set of standards was adopted on February 3, 1982. 7 Oh May 3rd, 1982 Governor John Spellman submitted 8 for formal review the State Interim Authorization application 9 to Mr. John R. Spencer, the Region X Regional Administrator 10 of the United States Environmental Protection Agnecy. 11 The application consisted of the following four 12 major components: 13 14 1. The Program Description. This element describes the existing State Regulatory Control Program 15**i~cluding** resources, permitting procedures and compliance 16 monitoring and enforcement activities. The State law 17 and regulations are attached to this element. 18 2. The Attorney General's Statement. This element 19 provides the Attonrey General's assessment and conclusions 20 on the authroity of**t~e** Washington Department of Ecology 21 to operate a dangerous waste program in accordance with 22 the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. 23 24 25 3. The Authorization Plan. This element describes the additional legislative, regulatory and administrative needs that the State needs to fulfill for final authorization.12 4. The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). This 2 element describes how the department and E.P.A. will transfer 3 information to each other as well as how permits will be 4 reviewed by each and how the State will implement compliance 5**~onitoring** and enforcement actions. 6 In initial review of the individual components of 7 the application E.P.A. found certain parts to be incomplete 8 and additional documentation and assurances W9re requested. 9 The department responded in writing on September 23, 1982, 10 November 5 and 22, 1982, with additional statements of 11 clarification and assurances. And these were reflected in 12 addendums to the a.uthorization plan, the memorandum of agree·- 13 14 ment and the Attorney Generalis statement. In**~onclusion,** we believe that the State application 15 should be granted approval based on the following: 16 1. The State Legislature adopted in 1976 and 17 amended in 1980 a state hazardous waster law substantially 18 equivalent with the fejeral law. 19 2. The**jepart~ent** adopted in 1977 and amended 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 and adopted in 1982 a set of state dangerous waste regulatons substantially equivalent to the federal regulations. 3. The state**i~** pursuing authorization from the United States environmental Protect.Lori Agency is fulfilling the entent and expectations of Congress and the State Legislature to have the State ultimately administer the State program in liew of the Federal**~-{azardous ~vaste**  Program.13 4. The department has domonstrated its abilities 2 to implment a hazardous waste program over the last several 3 years under a cooperative agreement with E.P.A. 4 In addition, it is the State's position that 5 Washington's**environ~ent,** its industry and the general public will be better served by a hazardous waste program 6 7**ad~inistered** by the State. 8 HEARING OFFICER KOSHUTA: Thank you, Torn. 9 I apologize for the microphone problems and we 10 would like to ask each of the speakers as you corne up to 11 just try and speak loudly so that**e'leryo~e** can hear. 12 The**~ext** speaker is Mr. Paul**Carlso~,** representing 13 the Boeing**Co~pany.** 14 i"1R. CARLSON: Good morning.**~epresentatives** 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 of the U.S. Environmental Protection**Age~cy** and of the Department of Ecology**a~d** ladies and**gentle~en.** The 30eing Company is pleased to pro'lide its**co~nents** on the State of**Washi~gton** qazardous Waste Management Program. The**Co~pany,** along with others**~rom** industry, has participated in the**developme~t** of the State hazardous waste regulations as a member of the Washington State Department of Ecology Ad Hoc**Co~~ittee** on Hazardous Waste. The**co~ittee** met on a regular basis over a perioj of several months from October, 1980 through April, 1981. In our view, tr.e**Washi~gton Haza~dous**  Waste Program14 now meets the test of substantial equivalence to the 2 pertinent elements of the RCRA Program. We, therefore, 3 support the approval by the E.P.A. of the Washington applica4 tion for interim**~uthorization** to**oper~te** the RCRA**P~ase** I 5 and Phase II,**Compone~ts** A and B., Programs. 6 Thank you for this opportunity to comment. 7 HEARlNG OFFICER KOSHUTA: Thank you, Mr. Carlson. 8 The next speaker I would like to introduce is 9 Peg Sparkman, repr9senting the League o£**~o~en** Voters. 10 MS.**SP}\RK'1.Z\~\T:** Good morning. I**a~** Peg Sparksman 11 of Seattle, speaking for the League of**Wo~en** Voters of 12 Washington. We appreciate this opportunity to present our 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 concerns to you. The League of Women Voters of the United States, to which we belong, worked actively for the passage of the 1976 Resource Conservation and**Recove~y** Act**wit~** its special provisions for the management of hazardous waste. We support policies to reduce the nonessential portion of the waste stream,**i~cluding** hazardous, to reclycle the nonreducible portion whenever possible, and to ensure the safe disDosal of the remainder. with these objectives in mind, the League of Women Voters of Washington has followed carefully the process of developing the Washington State regulations for the management of dangerous and extremely hazardous wastes. We...... 15 have made known to the Department of Ecology and also to the 2 E.P.A. our concerns about these regulations, and, although 3 some of the changes made during the adoption process were 4 not entirely to our liking, we believe that on the whole 5 the progr3m with its degree of hazard approach will provide 6 safe and appropriate management of our present and future 7 hazardous waste. We therefore favor the granting by E.P.A. 80f interim authorization to the Department of Ecology of 9 Washington State for its hazardous waste program. 10 The League of Women Voters of**Washingt~n,** through 11 its local city and county affiliates, is currently engaged 12 in a study of the progrRffis of hazardous waste in our 13 communities. We will**conti~ue** to watch during the period 14 15 16 17 18 19 of preliminary status and will make suggestions for changes i such appear to be justified. We**fir~ly** believe that the general pubIi,c shouLd be informed about the laws and regulations, as well as the dangers of hazardous waste disposal, and that citizens as well as industry should participate with the government in meeting the challenge of safe manage20 21 i'lent. Thank you. HEARING OFFICER KOSHUTA: Thank you, Ms. S9arkman. 22 23 24 25 That's all the people that sig!.led up to speak. Is there is**anyo~e** else who hasn't signed up who wishes to make some**co~~ents?** [No response.]16 If not, that concludes the testimony for the 2 hearing this morning. If there are no other formal comments, 3 we will then end the hearing and provide an opportunity for 4 those of you who wish to ask questions with regard to any 5 of the issues, to ask them of the panel members. 6 You should be aware that the formal public 7 comment period will remain open for another week, as I 8 mentioned before. Comments must be received by E.P.A. by 9 February 1st, 1983. You should send your comments to the 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Regional Offices of**t~e** Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, 98101, to the attention of Ms. Betty Wiese. I mentioned that the hearing was being recorded for the purposes of providing a trancript. And, again,that trnascript will be available from our office in approximately ten days, again, by contacting Ms. Wiese. Thank you, very much, for**co~ing** and showing your 18 interest in the**hearin~** and on this issue. Your comments 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 will be considered in making the final decision an interim authorization. And, again, that decision is expected to be made by the end of March, 1983. The jecision will be announced at**t~at** time. I now close the formal portion of the hearing. [Whereupon, at 10:40 a.m., the hearing in the above entitled matter was closed.]

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