Approval of a Petition for Exemption from Hazardous Waste Disposal Injection Restrictions to Cabot Corporation Tuscola, Tuscola, IL, 30392-30393 [2010-13089]
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Approval of a Petition for Exemption
from Hazardous Waste Disposal
Injection Restrictions to Cabot
Corporation Tuscola, Tuscola, 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
1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments (HSWA) to the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
has been granted to Cabot Corporation
Tuscola Plant (Cabot Corporation) of
Tuscola, Illinois, for two Class I
injection wells located in Tuscola,
Illinois. As required by 40 CFR part 148,
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Cabot Corporation 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 Cabot
Corporation of specific restricted wastes
from the silica production processes
(codes D002, F003, and F039 under 40
CFR part 261), into two Class I
hazardous waste injection wells
specifically identified as Injection Wells
No. 2 and No. 3 at the Tuscola facility.
This decision constitutes a final EPA
action for which there is no
Administrative Appeal.
DATES: This action is effective as of June
1, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dana Rzeznik, Lead Petition Reviewer,
EPA, Region V, telephone (312) 353–
6492. 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
Cabot Corporation submitted a
petition for renewal of an existing
exemption from the land disposal
restrictions of hazardous waste on
March 8, 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
composed of the Upper Franconia,
Potosi, Eminence and Oneota
formations at depths between 4,442 feet
and 5,400 feet below ground level. The
confining zone is the Shakopee
formation at depths between 4,101 feet
and 4,442 feet below ground level. The
confining zone is separated from the
lowermost underground source of
drinking water (at a depth of 2700 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
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exemption in more detail, a fact sheet,
which summarized these reasons, and a
public notice on December 28, 2009,
pursuant to 40 CFR 124.10. The public
comment period expired on February 1,
2010. EPA received no comments on the
proposed exemption granted to Cabot
Corporation. 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 two
existing injection wells, Well #2 and
Well #3 located at the Cabot Corporation
facility at 700 E. U.S. Highway 36, in the
City of Tuscola in Douglas County,
Illinois;
(3) Injection is limited to that part of
Upper Franconia, Potosi, Eminence and
Oneota formations at depths between
4,442 and 5,400 feet;
(4) Only wastes denoted by the waste
codes D002, F003 and F039 may be
injected;
(5) The concentrations of constituents
of the injected waste will not exceed the
amounts listed in Table 1–1 in the
petition document;
(6) The volume of wastes injected in
any month through the wells must not
exceed 17,280,000 gallons;
(7) This exemption is approved for the
21-year modeled injection period,
which ends on December 31, 2027.
Cabot Corporation 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, 2027;
(8) Cabot Corporation 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
listed in Conditions 5 and 6 of this
exemption approval;
(9) Cabot Corporation shall annually
submit to EPA a report containing the
results of a bottom hole pressure survey
(fall-off test) performed on Well #2 and
Well #3 (alternating years). 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
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parameters used in the approved nomigration petition;
(10) The petitioner shall fully comply
with all requirements set forth in
Underground Injection Control Permit
UIC–011–CC issued by the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency; and
(11) 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: March 5, 2010.
Tinka G. Hyde,
Director, Water Division, EPA Region 5.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Approval of a Petition for Exemption from Hazardous Waste
Disposal Injection Restrictions to Cabot Corporation Tuscola, Tuscola,
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 Cabot Corporation Tuscola Plant (Cabot Corporation) of Tuscola,
Illinois, for two Class I injection wells located in Tuscola, Illinois.
As required by 40 CFR part 148,
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Cabot Corporation 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 Cabot Corporation of specific
restricted wastes from the silica production processes (codes D002,
F003, and F039 under 40 CFR part 261), into two Class I hazardous waste
injection wells specifically identified as Injection Wells No. 2 and
No. 3 at the Tuscola facility. This decision constitutes a final EPA
action for which there is no Administrative Appeal.
DATES: This action is effective as of June 1, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Rzeznik, Lead Petition Reviewer,
EPA, Region V, telephone (312) 353-6492. 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
Cabot Corporation submitted a petition for renewal of an existing
exemption from the land disposal restrictions of hazardous waste on
March 8, 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 composed of
the Upper Franconia, Potosi, Eminence and Oneota formations at depths
between 4,442 feet and 5,400 feet below ground level. The confining
zone is the Shakopee formation at depths between 4,101 feet and 4,442
feet below ground level. The confining zone is separated from the
lowermost underground source of drinking water (at a depth of 2700 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 December 28, 2009, pursuant to 40
CFR 124.10. The public comment period expired on February 1, 2010. EPA
received no comments on the proposed exemption granted to Cabot
Corporation. 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 two existing injection wells, Well
2 and Well 3 located at the Cabot Corporation
facility at 700 E. U.S. Highway 36, in the City of Tuscola in Douglas
County, Illinois;
(3) Injection is limited to that part of Upper Franconia, Potosi,
Eminence and Oneota formations at depths between 4,442 and 5,400 feet;
(4) Only wastes denoted by the waste codes D002, F003 and F039 may
be injected;
(5) The concentrations of constituents of the injected waste will
not exceed the amounts listed in Table 1-1 in the petition document;
(6) The volume of wastes injected in any month through the wells
must not exceed 17,280,000 gallons;
(7) This exemption is approved for the 21-year modeled injection
period, which ends on December 31, 2027. Cabot Corporation 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, 2027;
(8) Cabot Corporation 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
listed in Conditions 5 and 6 of this exemption approval;
(9) Cabot Corporation shall annually submit to EPA a report
containing the results of a bottom hole pressure survey (fall-off test)
performed on Well 2 and Well 3 (alternating years).
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;
(10) The petitioner shall fully comply with all requirements set
forth in Underground Injection Control Permit UIC-011-CC issued by the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; and
(11) 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: March 5, 2010.
Tinka G. Hyde,
Director, Water Division, EPA Region 5.
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