Document ID: EPA-R07-OW-2017-0097-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Notice of Approval of Underground Injection Control Program: Occidental Chemical Corporation, Wichita, Kansas
Posted Date: 2017-05-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 90 (Thursday, May 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 21990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09591]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R07-OW-2017-0097; FRL-9960-75-Region 7]

Notice of Approval of Underground Injection Control Program; 
Occidental Chemical Corporation, Wichita, Kansas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of approval of modification of existing no migration 
petition.

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SUMMARY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby giving notice 
of approval of the modification of an existing no migration petition 
(petition) by Occidental Chemical Corporation (Occidental) under the 
1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act.

DATES: This action is effective June 12, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the petition and all pertinent information 
relating thereto are on file at Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
7, Regional Records Center, 11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 
66219.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Tietjen Mindrup, Chief, Drinking 
Water Management Branch, EPA Region 7, 11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, 
Kansas 66219, telephone (913) 551-7431, or email mindrup.mary@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is hereby giving notice of approval of 
the modification of an existing no migration petition (petition) for 
exemption from hazardous waste disposal restrictions of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act Class I Hazardous Waste Injection for 
Occidental Chemical Corporation (Occidental) under the 1984 Hazardous 
and Solid Waste Amendments Occidental has adequately demonstrated to 
the satisfaction of EPA by the petition modification application and 
supporting documentation that, to a reasonable degree of certainty, 
there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from the injection 
zone for as long as the waste remains hazardous.
    The existing petition allows for the subsurface disposal by 
Occidental of specific restricted wastes via Class I injection wells at 
Occidental's Wichita, Kansas facility and was approved by EPA with an 
effective date of October 24, 2008. In its modification application, 
Occidental requested that the existing petition include Well Number 11, 
a new well, as a replacement for Well Number 4, which was permanently 
plugged in 2008. This action results in no change to the volume of 
fluids to be injected.
    This final decision allows the underground injection by Occidental 
of the specific restricted wastes identified in the modified petition 
into injection well Number 11 at the Wichita, Kansas facility until 
December 31, 2020, unless EPA moves to terminate this exemption. 
Included in this approval is the stipulation that Occidental acquires 
and continues to maintain an approved permit from the Kansas Department 
of Health and Environment.
    A public notice concerning the Agency's proposed action was issued 
on December 12, 2016, and the public comment period closed on January 
25, 2017. In addition to soliciting written comments regarding the 
Agency's proposed approval, EPA conducted a public availability session 
and a formal public hearing on January 11, 2017, at the Haysville 
Learning Center in Haysville, Kansas. No comments were received during 
the comment period. This decision constitutes a final Agency action. 
There is no further administrative process to appeal this decision.

    Dated: March 20, 2017.
Edward H. Chu,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7.
[FR Doc. 2017-09591 Filed 5-10-17; 8:45 am]
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