Technical Workshop Report on WTI Incinerator Risk Issues

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>[Federal Register: June 18, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 118)]
>[Notices]
>[Page 30868-30869]
>>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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>ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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>Technical Workshop Report on WTI Incinerator Risk Issues
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>AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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>ACTION: Notice of availability of workshop report.
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>SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of the ``Report on the U.S.
>EPA Technical Workshop on WTI Incinerator Risk Assessment Issues.''
>This is a workshop report for the scientific peer review of a draft
>risk assessment, prepared by EPA Region V, for the Waste Technologies
>Industries (WTI) hazardous waste incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio.
>The report contains the peer review panel's recommendations and
>premeeting comments addressing various aspects of the draft risk
>assessment. The peer review was conducted by scientists from outside
>EPA. The workshop was held in Washington, DC, at the Holiday Inn
>Georgetown on January 11, 1996.
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>ADDRESSES: Interested parties can obtain a single copy of the workshop
>report by contacting: The Office of Research and Development (ORD)
>Publications Office, Technology Transfer Division, National Risk
>Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
>26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone (513)
>569-7562; facsimile (513) 569-7566. Please provide your name and
>mailing address, and request the document by the title and EPA document
>number (EPA/630/R-96/001). There will be a limited number of paper
>copies available from the above source. Requests will be filled on a
>first-come-first-served basis. After the supply is exhausted, copies of
>the workshop report can be purchased from the National Technical
>Information Service (NTIS) by calling (703) 487-4650 or sending a
>facsimile to (703) 321-8547. The NTIS order number for this document is
>PB96-177763.
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>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
>William Wood, Risk Assessment Forum (8103), U.S. Environmental
>Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC, 20460, Telephone
>(202) 260-6743.
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>SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Previously, several preliminary risk
>assessments were conducted by EPA's Region V, working with the Office
>of Solid Waste and Emergency Response and the Office of Research and
>Development, concerning the WTI incinerator. To prepare for a final,
>detailed risk assessment the EPA decided, in July 1993, that the Agency
>would arrange independent scientific peer reviews of both the project
>plan and the draft risk assessment. The first peer review was held in
>December 1993 (59 FR 60628-60629, 17 Nov. 1993) and concerned the EPA
>Region V draft project plan for the risk assessment. For this first
>workshop, EPA convened a peer review panel of 13 independent scientists
>from the fields of toxicology, environmental fate and transport,
>combustion engineering, atmospheric modeling, and exposure assessment.
>The comments and recommendations provided during this workshop are
>published in ``Report on the Technical Workshop on WTI Incinerator Risk
>Issues'' (EPA/630/R-94/001). This document is available from the ORD
>Publications Office (Phone 513-569-7562). Major recommendations from
>this workshop included: (1) using additional incinerator performance
>test data; (2) refining computer models used to simulate airborne
>dispersions; (3) conducting a screening level ecological risk
>assessment; and (4) performing an evaluation of accident scenarios.
>    For the EPA Region V draft risk assessment review, a second
>workshop was held on January 11, 1996 (60 FR 61552-61553, 30 Nov.
>1995). This meeting was originally planned for two days but was
>compressed due to severe weather conditions. For this workshop, EPA
>convened many of the original panelists, and six additional experts in
>the areas of ecological risk assessment and accident analysis. These
>scientists focused on the scientific data, methods, and analyses, along
>with the assumptions and uncertainties that are associated with the
>risk estimates at the site. The comments and recommendations provided
>during this workshop are presented in the report entitled ``Report on
>the U.S. EPA Technical Workshop on WTI Incinerator Risk Assessment
>Issues'' (EPA/630/R-96/001). EPA Region V will consider the workshop
>recommendations presented in this report in completing the risk
>assessment.
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>    Dated: June 6, 1996.
>Robert J. Huggett,
>Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
>[FR Doc. 96-15447 Filed 6-17-96; 8:45 am]
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