Approval of a Petition for Exemption From Hazardous Waste Disposal Injection Restrictions to ArcelorMittal Hennepin, Inc., Hennepin, IL, 9241-9242 [E9-4452]
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Respondents/Affected Entities:
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Estimated Number of Respondents:
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Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
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past three years and are not anticipated
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ICR are used in this ICR, and there is no
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John Moses,
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Approval of a Petition for Exemption
From Hazardous Waste Disposal
Injection Restrictions to ArcelorMittal
Hennepin, Inc., Hennepin, IL
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of final decision on
petition.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the
United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) that an exemption to the
land disposal restrictions under the
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1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments (HSWA) to the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
has been granted to ArcelorMittal
Hennepin, Inc. (Hennepin Works) of
Hennepin, Illinois, for one Class I
injection well located in Hennepin,
Illinois. As required by 40 CFR part 148,
Hennepin Works has demonstrated, to a
reasonable degree of certainty, that there
will be no migration of hazardous
constituents out of the injection zone or
into an underground source of drinking
water (USDW) for at least 10,000 years.
This final decision allows the continued
underground injection by Hennepin
Works of a specific restricted waste,
Waste Pickle Liquor (code K062 under
40 CFR part 261), into one Class I
hazardous waste injection well
specifically identified as Waste Pickle
Liquor No. 1 (WPL–1), at the Hennepin
facility. This decision constitutes a final
EPA action for which there is no
Administrative Appeal.
DATES: This action is effective as of
March 3, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leslie Patterson, Lead Petition
Reviewer, EPA, Region V, telephone
(312) 886–4904. Copies of the petition
and all pertinent information relating
thereto are on file and are part of the
Administrative Record. It is
recommended that you contact the lead
reviewer prior to reviewing the
Administrative Record.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
level) by a sequence of permeable and
less permeable sedimentary rocks,
which provide additional protection
from fluid migration into drinking water
sources.
EPA issued a draft decision, which
described the reasons for granting this
exemption in more detail, a fact sheet,
which summarized these reasons, and a
public notice on November 24, 2008,
pursuant to 40 CFR 124.10. The public
comment period expired on December
26, 2008. EPA received no comments on
the proposed exemption granted to
Hennepin Works. A final exemption is
therefore granted as proposed.
Background
Hennepin Works submitted a petition
for renewal of an existing exemption
from the land disposal restrictions of
hazardous waste on March 6, 2007. EPA
personnel reviewed all data pertaining
to the petition, including, but not
limited to, well construction, well
operations, regional and local geology,
seismic activity, penetrations of the
confining zone, and computational
models of the injection zone. EPA has
determined that the geologic setting at
the site as well as the construction and
operation of the well are adequate to
prevent fluid migration out of the
injection zone within 10,000 years, as
required under 40 CFR part 148. The
injection zone at this site is the Mt.
Simon Sandstone and the lower Eau
Claire Formation, at depths between
2,902 feet and 4,800 feet below ground
level. The confining zone is the upper
Eau Claire formation (Proviso Member)
at depths between 2,705 feet and 2,902
feet below ground level. The confining
zone is separated from the lowermost
underground source of drinking water
(at a depth of 2510 feet below ground
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Conditions
This exemption is subject to the
following conditions. Non-compliance
with any of these conditions is grounds
for termination of the exemption:
(1) All regulatory requirements in 40
CFR 148.23 and 148.24 are incorporated
by reference;
(2) The exemption applies to the
existing injection well, WPL–1, located
at the Hennepin Works facility at 10726
Steel Drive, Hennepin, Illinois;
(3) Injection is limited to that part of
the Mt. Simon Sandstone at depths
between 3,109 and 4,800 feet;
(4) Only wastes denoted by the RCRA
waste code K062 may be injected;
(5) The chemical properties of the
injectate that defined the edge of the
plume in the demonstration are limited
according to the table below:
Chromium ...............
pH ...........................
Limitation at the well
head
Maximum concentration is 1200 mg/L.
Minimum pH is zero.
(6) The monthly average of the
specific gravity of the injected waste
stream must fall within the range of 1.00
to 1.27;
(7) The volume of wastes injected in
any month through the well must not
exceed 6,705,990 gallons;
(8) This exemption is approved for the
22-year modeled injection period,
which ends on December 31, 2028.
Hennepin Works may petition EPA for
a reissuance of the exemption beyond
that date, provided that a new and
complete petition and no-migration
demonstration is received at EPA,
Region 5, by July 1, 2028;
(9) Hennepin Works shall quarterly
submit to EPA a report containing a
fluid analysis of the injected waste
which shall indicate the chemical and
physical properties upon which the nomigration petition was based, including
the physical and chemical properties
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listed in Conditions 5 and 6 of this
exemption approval;
(10) Hennepin Works shall annually
submit to EPA a report containing the
results of a bottom hole pressure survey
(fall-off test) performed on WPL–1. The
survey shall be performed after shutting
in the well for a period of time sufficient
to allow the pressure in the injection
interval to reach equilibrium, in
accordance with 40 CFR 146.68(e)(1).
The annual report shall include a
comparison of reservoir parameters
determined from the fall-off test with
parameters used in the approved nomigration petition;
(11) The petitioner shall fully comply
with all requirements set forth in
Underground Injection Control Permit
UIC–004–W1–JL issued by the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency; and
(12) Whenever EPA determines that
the basis for approval of a petition may
no longer be valid, EPA may terminate
this exemption and will require a new
demonstration in accordance with 40
CFR 148.20.
California (hereinafter ‘‘Court Order’’).
EPA intends to release to the PRPs and
to third-party defendants
documentation, including but not
limited to documentation of EPA’s past
costs at the Site, which may contain
confidential business information,
pursuant to that Court Order.
DATES: Disclosures will be made no
earlier than two weeks following the
date that this Federal Register Notice is
published.
Availability: A copy of the abovereferenced Court Order will be provided
to the public upon request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for copies of the Court Order
and additional information should be
directed to Laurie Williams, Assistant
Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA, Region IX,
75 Hawthorne St., ORC–3, San
Francisco, CA 94105;
williams.laurie@epa.gov; phone: (415)
972–3867.
Dated: January 21, 2009.
Anthony C. Carrollo,
Acting Director, Water Division, Region 5.
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Pursuant to the Court Order,
defendants and third-party defendants
who receive documents that may
contain CBI are required to follow
specified procedures to maintain the
confidentiality of such information. EPA
hereby gives notice to the following
parties that EPA intends to disclose
information in EPA’s possession that
may be or may contain confidential
business information, under the
protection of the above-mentioned Court
Order:
(1) Any and all contractors that were
under contract to perform and/or did
perform work at the Site, including but
not limited to the contractors listed
below and any subcontractor or
temporary firm that performed work at
or for the Site:
ACC Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Agriculture & Priority Pollutants
Laboratories, Inc.
Air Toxics Ltd.
APPL, Inc.
Armstrong Data Services, Inc. (68–W5–
0024)
ASRC Aerospace Corp. (68–W–01–002,
68–R9–0101)
Beylik Drilling, Inc.
Block Environmental Services, Inc.
Calgon Carbon Corp.
California Water Laboratories, Inc.
CH2M Hill, Inc.
Condor Earth Technologies, Inc.
Curtis & Tompkins Analytical
Laboratories
Ecology and Environment, Inc.
Energy Laboratories, Inc.
FGL Environmental
Forward, Inc.
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection
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ACTION: Notice of disclosure.
EPA regulations provide that
EPA may, in special circumstances,
disclose business information, including
confidential business information, ‘‘in
any manner and to the extent ordered by
a Federal Court.’’ See 40 CFR 2.209(d).
EPA is currently engaged in litigation
with the Potentially Responsible Parties
(‘‘PRPs’’) in connection with the
Modesto Groundwater Superfund Site
(‘‘Site’’) in California (U.S. v. Lyon, et
al., Case No. 07–CV–00491 LJO GSA). A
Stipulation and Order Protecting
Confidential Information, dated January
22, 2009, providing procedures for the
release of confidential business
information in that case, has been
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District Court for the Eastern District of
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GeoAnalytical Laboratories, Inc.
Geological Technics, Inc.
GRB Environmental Services, Inc. (EP–
R9–06–03)
ICF Kaiser Engineers, Inc.
ICF Technology, Inc.
JL Analytical, Inc.
Labat-Anderson, Inc. (68–W9–0052, 68–
W4–0028)
Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co.
Lockheed Martin Environmental
Services
McCain Environmental Services
Mid-Valley Engineering
Montgomery Watson Americas, Inc.
Montgomery Watson Harza
Montgomery Watson, Inc.
MPDS Services, Inc.
Osterburg Brothers Drillers
Pace Analytical Services, Inc.
PC Exploration, Inc.
Pratt-Navarro Architecture
PRC Environmental Management, Inc.
PRC Patterson Corp, Inc.
Radian Corp
R B Welty & Associates, Inc.
Recra Environmental Inc.
Southwest Laboratory of Oklahoma, Inc.
Standard Management Company
Thermo Nutech
Thompson-Hysell Engineers, Inc.
Trace Analysis Laboratory, Inc.
Truesdail Laboratories, Inc.
U.S. Ecology, Inc.
(2) Other business entities that have
done business with the above-listed
contractors and/or who may have been
listed in conflict of interest disclosures.
(3) Unsuccessful offerors to any
contracts for work at the Site.
Dated: February 10, 2009.
Keith Takata,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA
Region IX.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Approval of a Petition for Exemption From Hazardous Waste
Disposal Injection Restrictions to ArcelorMittal Hennepin, Inc.,
Hennepin, IL
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of final decision on petition.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) that an exemption to the land disposal
restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA)
to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) has been granted
to ArcelorMittal Hennepin, Inc. (Hennepin Works) of Hennepin, Illinois,
for one Class I injection well located in Hennepin, Illinois. As
required by 40 CFR part 148, Hennepin Works has demonstrated, to a
reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of
hazardous constituents out of the injection zone or into an underground
source of drinking water (USDW) for at least 10,000 years. This final
decision allows the continued underground injection by Hennepin Works
of a specific restricted waste, Waste Pickle Liquor (code K062 under 40
CFR part 261), into one Class I hazardous waste injection well
specifically identified as Waste Pickle Liquor No. 1 (WPL-1), at the
Hennepin facility. This decision constitutes a final EPA action for
which there is no Administrative Appeal.
DATES: This action is effective as of March 3, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Patterson, Lead Petition
Reviewer, EPA, Region V, telephone (312) 886-4904. Copies of the
petition and all pertinent information relating thereto are on file and
are part of the Administrative Record. It is recommended that you
contact the lead reviewer prior to reviewing the Administrative Record.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Hennepin Works submitted a petition for renewal of an existing
exemption from the land disposal restrictions of hazardous waste on
March 6, 2007. EPA personnel reviewed all data pertaining to the
petition, including, but not limited to, well construction, well
operations, regional and local geology, seismic activity, penetrations
of the confining zone, and computational models of the injection zone.
EPA has determined that the geologic setting at the site as well as the
construction and operation of the well are adequate to prevent fluid
migration out of the injection zone within 10,000 years, as required
under 40 CFR part 148. The injection zone at this site is the Mt. Simon
Sandstone and the lower Eau Claire Formation, at depths between 2,902
feet and 4,800 feet below ground level. The confining zone is the upper
Eau Claire formation (Proviso Member) at depths between 2,705 feet and
2,902 feet below ground level. The confining zone is separated from the
lowermost underground source of drinking water (at a depth of 2510 feet
below ground level) by a sequence of permeable and less permeable
sedimentary rocks, which provide additional protection from fluid
migration into drinking water sources.
EPA issued a draft decision, which described the reasons for
granting this exemption in more detail, a fact sheet, which summarized
these reasons, and a public notice on November 24, 2008, pursuant to 40
CFR 124.10. The public comment period expired on December 26, 2008. EPA
received no comments on the proposed exemption granted to Hennepin
Works. A final exemption is therefore granted as proposed.
Conditions
This exemption is subject to the following conditions. Non-
compliance with any of these conditions is grounds for termination of
the exemption:
(1) All regulatory requirements in 40 CFR 148.23 and 148.24 are
incorporated by reference;
(2) The exemption applies to the existing injection well, WPL-1,
located at the Hennepin Works facility at 10726 Steel Drive, Hennepin,
Illinois;
(3) Injection is limited to that part of the Mt. Simon Sandstone at
depths between 3,109 and 4,800 feet;
(4) Only wastes denoted by the RCRA waste code K062 may be
injected;
(5) The chemical properties of the injectate that defined the edge
of the plume in the demonstration are limited according to the table
below:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chemical constituent or property Limitation at the well head
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chromium........................... Maximum concentration is 1200 mg/L.
pH................................. Minimum pH is zero.
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(6) The monthly average of the specific gravity of the injected
waste stream must fall within the range of 1.00 to 1.27;
(7) The volume of wastes injected in any month through the well
must not exceed 6,705,990 gallons;
(8) This exemption is approved for the 22-year modeled injection
period, which ends on December 31, 2028. Hennepin Works may petition
EPA for a reissuance of the exemption beyond that date, provided that a
new and complete petition and no-migration demonstration is received at
EPA, Region 5, by July 1, 2028;
(9) Hennepin Works shall quarterly submit to EPA a report
containing a fluid analysis of the injected waste which shall indicate
the chemical and physical properties upon which the no-migration
petition was based, including the physical and chemical properties
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listed in Conditions 5 and 6 of this exemption approval;
(10) Hennepin Works shall annually submit to EPA a report
containing the results of a bottom hole pressure survey (fall-off test)
performed on WPL-1. The survey shall be performed after shutting in the
well for a period of time sufficient to allow the pressure in the
injection interval to reach equilibrium, in accordance with 40 CFR
146.68(e)(1). The annual report shall include a comparison of reservoir
parameters determined from the fall-off test with parameters used in
the approved no-migration petition;
(11) The petitioner shall fully comply with all requirements set
forth in Underground Injection Control Permit UIC-004-W1-JL issued by
the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; and
(12) Whenever EPA determines that the basis for approval of a
petition may no longer be valid, EPA may terminate this exemption and
will require a new demonstration in accordance with 40 CFR 148.20.
Dated: January 21, 2009.
Anthony C. Carrollo,
Acting Director, Water Division, Region 5.
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