HWIR-Waste Proposal

[ttweed@wildrockies.org (Tony Tweedale)]

here's a quick summary of the nSty      proposal.
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>Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 13:44:13 -0500 (EST)
>From: "Madden Patrick" <madden_patrick@bah.com>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <hotline_oswer@valley.rtpnc.epa.gov>
>Subject: HWIR-Waste Proposal
>X-Comment: U.S. EPA's RCRA/UST, Superfund & EPCRA Hotline Update
>
>The following is an update from the RCRA, Superfund & EPCRA Hotline
>
>On November 19, 1999, EPA published a proposed rule, known as the
>Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR-Waste), in the Federal
>Register to retain and amend the mixture rule and the derived-from rule
>in the RCRA regulations (64 FR 63381).  This proposal also discusses an
>implementation framework for the HWIR exemption, and addresses the
>possibility of revising land disposal restrictions by replacing
>technology-based treatment standards with risk-based treatment
>standards.  The HWIR-exemption would exempt wastes that meet
>chemical-specific exemption levels from hazardous waste management.  The
>proposed changes to the mixture and derived-from rules would exempt
>mixtures and/or derivatives of wastes listed solely for the
>ignitability, corrosivity, and/or reactivity characteristics, and would
>conditionally exempt mixed waste from the mixture and derived-from
>rules.
>
>Copies of the Federal Register notice and supporting materials are
>available at the following Internet address:
>
>http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/hwirwste.htm
>
>If you would like more information about the HWIR-Waste proposal, please
>call the RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA Hotline at 1-800-424-9346.
>