Notice of Final Decision To Reissue the Ineos Nitriles USA LLC Land-Ban Exemption, 11209-11212 [2016-04756]
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Clean Air Act Operating Permit
Program; Petition for Objection to
State Operating Permit for
Southwestern Electric Power Company
H.W. Pirkey Power Plant in Texas
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
19:17 Mar 02, 2016
Notice of final action.
Pursuant to Clean Air Act
(CAA) Section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR
70.8(d), the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an
Order, dated February 3, 2016, granting
in part and denying in part the petition
asking EPA to object to an operating
permit issued by the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality for the
Southwestern Electric Power Company
(SWEPCO) H.W. Pirkey Power Plant
(Title V operating permit number O31).
The EPA’s February 3, 2016 Order
responds to the petition, dated October
30, 2014, submitted by the
Environmental Integrity Project (EIP)
and Sierra Club. Sections 307(b) and
505(b)(2) of the CAA provide that a
petitioner may ask for judicial review by
the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit of those portions
of the Order that deny issues raised in
the petition. Any petition for review
shall be filed within 60 days from the
date this notice appears in the Federal
Register, pursuant to section 307(b) of
the CAA.
SUMMARY:
You may review copies of
the final Order, the petition, and other
supporting information at EPA Region 6,
1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–
2733. Contact the individual listed
below to view documents. You may
view the hard copies Monday through
Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.,
excluding Federal holidays. If you wish
to examine these documents, you
should make an appointment at least 24
hours before the visiting day.
Additionally, the final February 3, 2016
Order is available electronically at:
https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operatingpermits/order-responding-2014-petitionrequesting-administrator-object-title-v.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aimee Wilson at (214) 665–7596, email
address: wilson.aimee@epa.gov or the
above EPA, Region 6 address.
The CAA
affords EPA a 45-day period to review,
and object, as appropriate, to a title V
operating permit proposed by a state
permitting authority. Section 505(b)(2)
of the CAA authorizes any person to
petition the EPA Administrator, within
60 days after the expiration of this
review period, to object to a title V
operating permit if EPA has not done so.
Petitions must be based only on
objections to the permit that were raised
with reasonable specificity during the
public comment period provided by the
state, unless the petitioner demonstrates
that it was impracticable to raise such
objections during the comment period
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or unless the grounds for the objection
arose after this period.
The Petitioners maintain that the
SWEPCO title V operating permit is
inconsistent with the Act based on the
following contentions: (1) The proposed
permit for the Pirkey Power Plant
impermissibly provides for exemptions
from title V applicable requirements
during planned maintenance, startup,
and shutdown (MSS) activities; and (2)
the proposed permit must clarify that
credible evidence may be used by
citizens to enforce the terms and
conditions of the permit. The claims are
described in detail in Section IV of the
Order.
Pursuant to sections 505(b) and 505(e)
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661d(b)
and (e)) and 40 CFR 70.7(g) and 70.8(d),
the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has 90
days from the receipt of the
Administrator’s order to resolve the
objections identified in Claim 1 of the
Order and submit a proposed
determination or termination,
modification, or revocation and
reissuance of the SWEPCO title V
permit in accordance with EPA’s
objection. The Order issued on February
3, 2016 responds to the Petition and
explains the basis for EPA’s decision.
Dated: February 24, 2016.
Ron Curry,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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Notice of Final Decision To Reissue
the Ineos Nitriles USA LLC Land-Ban
Exemption
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final decision on a
Request by Ineos Nitriles USA LLC of
Lima, Ohio to Reissue its Exemption
from the Land Disposal Restrictions
under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(U.S. EPA or Agency) that an exemption
to the land disposal restrictions under
the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments to the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
has been granted to Ineos Nitriles USA
LLC (formerly known as Ineos USA
LLC) (Ineos) of Lima, Ohio for four Class
I injection wells located in Lima, Ohio.
SUMMARY:
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As required by 40 CFR part 148, Ineos
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
for at least 10,000 years. This final
decision allows the continued
underground injection by Ineos of those
hazardous wastes designated by the
codes in Table 1 through its four Class
I hazardous waste injection wells
identified as #1, #2, #3, and #4. This
decision constitutes a final U.S. EPA
action for which there is no
administrative appeal.
DATES: This action is effective as of
March 3, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen Roy, Lead Petition Reviewer,
U.S. EPA, Region 5, Underground
Injection Control Branch, WU–16J, 77
W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois
60604–3590; telephone number: (312)
886–6556; fax number (312) 692–2951;
email address: roy.stephen@epa.gov.
Copies of the petition and all pertinent
information are on file and are part of
the Administrative Record. Please
contact the lead reviewer to review the
Administrative Record.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Ineos
submitted a request for reissuance of its
existing exemption from the land
disposal restrictions for hazardous
waste in August, 2005. U.S. EPA
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. U.S. EPA has determined
that the hydrogeological and
geochemical conditions at the site and
the nature of the waste streams are such
that injected fluids will not migrate out
of the injection zone within 10,000
years, as set forth at 40 CFR part 148.
The injection zone includes the
injection interval into which fluid is
directly emplaced and the overlying
arrestment interval into which fluid
may diffuse. The injection interval for
the Ineos facility is composed of the
Lower Eau Claire Formation, the Mt.
Simon Sandstone and the Middle Run
Formation between 2,631 and 3,241 feet
below ground level. The arrestment
interval is composed of the Lower Black
River Group, the Wells Creek
Formation, the Knox Dolomite and the
Upper Eau Claire Formation between
1,631 and 2,631 feet below ground level.
The confining zone is composed of the
Upper Black River Group between 1,427
and 1,631 feet below ground level. The
confining zone is separated from the
lowermost underground source of
drinking water (at a depth of
approximately 400 feet below ground
level) by a sequence of permeable and
less permeable sedimentary rocks. This
sequence provides additional protection
from fluid migration into drinking water
sources.
U.S. 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 September 10,
2015, pursuant to 40 CFR 124.10. The
public comment period ended on
October 13, 2015. U.S. EPA received
comments from one citizen during the
comment period. U.S. EPA has prepared
a response to these comments, which
can be viewed at the following URL:
http:\\epa.gov\
region5\water\uic\ineos-response-tocomments. The response is part of the
Administrative Record for this decision.
U.S. EPA is issuing the final exemption
with no changes from the draft decision.
Conditions
This exemption is subject to the
following conditions. Non-compliance
with any of these conditions is grounds
for termination of the exemption.
(1) The exemption applies to the four
existing hazardous waste injection
wells, #1, #2, #3, and #4, located at the
Ineos facility at 1900 Fort Amanda
Road, Lima, Ohio;
(2) Injection of hazardous waste is
limited to the parts of the Lower Eau
Claire Formation, the Mt. Simon
Sandstone and the Middle Run
Formation at depths between 2,631 and
3,241 feet below ground level;
(3) The only RCRA-restricted wastes
that may be injected are those
designated by the RCRA waste codes
found in Table 1;
(4) Maximum concentrations of
chemicals that are allowed to be
injected are listed in Table 2;
(5) The average specific gravity of the
injected waste stream must be between
1.00 and 1.05 over a three month period;
(6) Ineos may inject up to 175 gallons
per minute through each of its four
wells, based on a monthly average;
(7) This exemption is approved for the
20-year modeled injection period,
which ends on January 31, 2025. Ineos
may petition U.S. EPA for reissuance of
the exemption beyond that date,
provided that a new and complete
petition and no-migration
demonstration is received at U.S. EPA,
Region 5, by June 30, 2024;
(8) Ineos must submit a quarterly
report containing the fluid analyses of
the injected waste and indicate the
chemical and physical properties,
including the concentrations, of all the
injected chemical constituents listed in
Table 2 to U.S. EPA;
(9) Ineos must submit an annual
report containing the results of a bottom
hole pressure survey (fall-off test)
performed on one well each year to U.S.
EPA. The survey must be performed
after shutting down the well for
sufficient time to conduct a valid
observation of the pressure fall-off curve
under 40 CFR 146.68(e)(1). The annual
report must include a comparison of
reservoir parameters determined from
the fall-off test with parameters used in
the approved no-migration petition;
(10) Ineos must submit the results of
radioactive tracer surveys and annulus
pressure tests for its four wells to U.S.
EPA annually;
(11) Ineos must notify U.S. EPA in
writing if any well loses mechanical
integrity and prior to any workover or
plugging;
(12) Ineos must fully comply with all
requirements set forth in Underground
Injection Control Permits #UIC 03–02–
003–PTO–1, UIC 03–02–004–PTO–1,
UIC 03–02–005–PTO–01 and 03–02–
006–PTO–1 issued by the Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency;
(13) Upon the expiration,
cancellation, reissuance, or modification
of the permits referenced above, this
exemption is subject to review by U.S.
EPA; and
(14) Whenever U.S. EPA determines
that the basis for approval of a petition
under 40 CFR 148.23 and 148.24 may no
longer be valid, U.S. EPA may terminate
this exemption and will require a new
demonstration in accordance with 40
CFR 148.20.
TABLE 1—LIST OF RCRA WASTE CODES APPROVED FOR INJECTION
D001
D019
P098
U044
U147
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D035
P101
U053
U149
D003
D038
P106
U056
U151
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F039
P120
U057
U152
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K011
U001
U080
U154
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D006
K013
U002
U112
U159
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D007
K014
U003
U122
U161
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D008
P003
U007
U123
U169
D009
P005
U008
U124
U188
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D010
P030
U009
U125
U191
03MRN1
D011
P063
U019
U129
U196
D018
P069
U031
U140
U211
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TABLE 1—LIST OF RCRA WASTE CODES APPROVED FOR INJECTION—Continued
U213
U219
U220
U239
These waste codes are identified in 40
CFR part 261, subpart C and subpart D.
TABLE 2—CONCENTRATION LIMITS OF CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS THAT ARE HAZARDOUS AT LESS THAN 0.001 Mg/L
Health based
limit
(mg/L)
Concentration
limit at the
wellhead
(mg/L)
(Note 2)
Waste code
Acetaldehyde ..................................................
Acetamide .......................................................
Acetic acid ......................................................
Acetone ..........................................................
Acetone cyanohydrin ......................................
Acetonitrile ......................................................
Acrolein ...........................................................
Acrylamide ......................................................
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Chemical constituent
U001 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
U002 ...............................................................
P069 ...............................................................
K011, K013, K014, U003 ...............................
P003 ...............................................................
K011, K013, K014, U007 ...............................
0.11
1.0 × 10¥5
6.0 × 10¥6
3.5
0.005
0.21
0.005
8 × 10¥6
2,000
10,000
6,000
2,000
6,000
100,000
2,000
6,000
Acrylic acid .....................................................
Acrylonitrile .....................................................
Allyl alcohol ....................................................
Antimony .........................................................
Arsenic ............................................................
Barium ............................................................
Benzene .........................................................
1,3-Butanediol ................................................
1,4-Butanediol ................................................
Butanetriol ......................................................
Butanol ...........................................................
Butyrolactone ..................................................
Cadmium ........................................................
Carbon tetrachloride .......................................
Chloroform ......................................................
Chromium .......................................................
Cobalt .............................................................
Crotonaldehyde ..............................................
Crotonitrile ......................................................
Cyclohexane ...................................................
Cyclohexanone ...............................................
Diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid ..............
Dimethylhydantoin ..........................................
Ethanol ...........................................................
Ethyl acetate ...................................................
Ethylenediamine tetracetonitrile .....................
Formic acid .....................................................
Formaldehyde .................................................
Formamide .....................................................
Fumaronitrile ...................................................
Furan ..............................................................
Furfural ...........................................................
Glyconitrile ......................................................
HCN (Free) .....................................................
HCN (Total) ....................................................
Hexamethylenetetramine (or acid) .................
Iminodiacetonitrile ...........................................
Isobutanol .......................................................
Isopropyl alcohol ............................................
Lead ................................................................
Lindane ...........................................................
Maleic anhydride ............................................
Maleonitrile .....................................................
Malonitrile .......................................................
Mercury ...........................................................
Methanol .........................................................
Methyacrylonitrile ............................................
Methylethylhydantoin ......................................
Methylene chloride .........................................
Methyl ethyl ketone ........................................
Methyl isobutyl ketone ....................................
U008 ...............................................................
K011, K013, K014, U009 ...............................
P005 ...............................................................
F039 ...............................................................
D004 ...............................................................
D005 ...............................................................
D018, K011, K013, K014, U019 ....................
Note 2 .............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
U140 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
D006 ...............................................................
D019, U211 ....................................................
U044 ...............................................................
D007 ...............................................................
Note ................................................................
U053 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
U056 ...............................................................
U057 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
U112 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
U123 ...............................................................
U122 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
U124 ...............................................................
U125 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
K011, K013, K014, P030, P063, P098, P106
K011, K013, K014, P030, P063, P098, P106
Note 2 .............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
U140 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
D008 ...............................................................
U129 ...............................................................
U147 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
U149 ...............................................................
D009, U151 ....................................................
U154 ...............................................................
U152 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
U080 ...............................................................
D035, U159 ....................................................
U161 ...............................................................
17.5
6.0 × 10¥5
0.175
0.006
0.05
2
0.005
1.0 × 10¥6
1.4 × 10¥5
4.0 × 10¥6
3.5
5.0 × 10¥6
0.005
0.005
0.006
0.1
1.0 × 10¥7
0.002
1.0 × 10¥6
9.0 × 10¥5
180
1.0 × 10¥6
1.0 × 10¥6
2.0 × 10¥6
31.5
4.0 × 10¥6
0.01
7
4.0 × 10¥6
4.0 × 10¥6
3.5 × 10¥3
0.11
7.0 × 10¥6
0.2
0.7
1.0 × 10¥6
1.0 × 10¥6
11
1.2 × 10¥6
0.001
2.0 × 10¥4
3.5
2.0 × 10¥5
0.005
0.002
17.5
0.0035
1.0 × 10¥6
5.3 × 10¥3
21
2.0 × 10¥3
60,000
24,000
2,000
100
100
100
400
1,000
14,000
4,000
4,000
5,000
100
100
100
100
100
200
1,000
100
100
1,000
1,000
2,000
100
4,000
20,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
100
100
7,000
3,200
21,200
1,000
1,000
200
1,200
100
1,000
100
20,000
2,000
100
40,000
400
1,000
100
1,000
100
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Concentration
reduction
factor
(C/C0)
5.5 × 10¥5
1.0 × 10¥9
1.0 × 10¥9
1.75 × 10¥3
8.33 × 10¥7
2.1 × 10¥6
2.5 × 10¥6
1.33 × 10¥9
Note 1
2.92 × 10¥4
2.5 × 10¥9
8.75 × 10¥5
6.0 × 10¥5
5.0 × 10¥4
2.0 × 10¥2
1.25 × 10¥5
1.0 × 10¥9
1.0 × 10¥9
1.0 × 10¥9
8.75 × 10¥4
1.0 × 10¥9
5.0 × 10¥5
5.0 × 10¥5
6.0 × 10¥5
1.0 × 10¥3
1.0 × 10¥9
1.0 × 10¥5
1.0 × 10¥9
9.0 × 10¥7
1.8
1.0 × 10¥9
1.0 × 10¥9
1.0 × 10¥9
3.15 × 10¥1
1.0 × 10¥9
5.0 × 10¥7
1.75 × 10¥3
1.0 × 10¥9
1.0 × 10¥9
3.5 × 10¥4
1.1 × 10¥3
1.0 × 10¥9
6.25 × 10¥5
3.3 × 10¥5
1.0 × 10¥9
1.0 × 10¥9
5.5 × 10¥2
1.0 × 10¥9
1.0 × 10¥5
2.0 × 10¥7
3.5 × 10¥2
1.0 × 10¥9
2.5 × 10¥6
2.0 × 10¥5
4.38 × 10¥4
8.75 × 10¥6
1.0 × 10¥9
5.0 × 10¥5
2.1 × 10¥2
2.0 × 10¥5
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TABLE 2—CONCENTRATION LIMITS OF CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS THAT ARE HAZARDOUS AT LESS THAN 0.001 Mg/L—
Continued
Health based
limit
(mg/L)
Waste code
2-Methylpyridine .............................................
3-Methylpyridine .............................................
Nickel ..............................................................
Nicotinonitrile ..................................................
Nitrilotiracetonitrile ..........................................
Nitrobenzene ..................................................
Oleic acid ........................................................
Oleoylsarconsinate .........................................
Phenol ............................................................
1,2-Propanediol ..............................................
1,3-Propanediol ..............................................
Propanol .........................................................
Propionitrile .....................................................
Propylenediamine tetracetonitrile ...................
Pyroazole ........................................................
Pyridine ...........................................................
Selenium .........................................................
Silver ...............................................................
Sodium cyanide ..............................................
Strontium ........................................................
Succinic acid ..................................................
Succinotrile .....................................................
Tetrahydrofuran ..............................................
Thiourea .........................................................
Toluene ...........................................................
Vanadium .......................................................
Vanadium pentoxide .......................................
Xylene .............................................................
Zinc .................................................................
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Chemical constituent
U191 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
F006 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
U169 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
U188 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
P101 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
D038, U196 ....................................................
D010 ...............................................................
D011 ...............................................................
D003, K011, K013, P030, P063, P106 ..........
Note 2 .............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
U213 ...............................................................
U219 ...............................................................
U220 ...............................................................
P120 ...............................................................
P120 ...............................................................
U239 ...............................................................
Note 2 .............................................................
Note 1—Worst-case constituent.
Health Based Limit (HBL) contour for
no-migration boundary set at 1.0 × 10¥9
for this constituent. The HBL values are
from the compilation by EPA Region 6,
revised 2005.
Note 2—Constituents not associated
with an EPA RCRA waste code or listed
in HBL guidelines are assigned the
minimum C/C0 of 1.0 × 10¥9. A
provisional ‘‘HBL’’ for these
constituents is then derived from the
product of C/C0 and the concentration
limit at the wellhead. If a RCRA waste
code is promulgated for any of these
constituents, the HBL selected by EPA
will be compared to the provisional
‘‘HBL’’ on this table. If the EPA HBL is
more stringent, the Concentration Limit
at the Wellhead will be reduced or
migration of the constituent will be
reconsidered in detail.
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2.0 × 10¥3
1.0 × 10¥6
0.001
6.0 × 10¥6
1.0 × 10¥6
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Dated: February 1, 2016.
Tinka G. Hyde,
Director, Water Division.
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Twenty-Ninth Update of the Federal
Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance
Docket
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Since 1988, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has maintained a Federal Agency
Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket
(‘‘Docket’’) under Section 120(c) of the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA). Section 120(c) requires
EPA to establish a Docket that contains
certain information reported to EPA by
Federal facilities that manage hazardous
waste or from which a reportable
quantity of hazardous substances has
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5,000
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reduction
factor
(C/C0)
2.0 × 10¥6
1.0 × 10¥9
1.0 × 10¥5
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1.0 × 10¥9
1.8 × 10¥4
1.0 × 10¥9
1.0 × 10¥9
2.1 × 10¥1
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1.0 × 10¥9
1.0 × 10¥9
2.5 × 10¥6
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1.0 × 10¥2
4.0 × 10¥5
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2.63 × 10¥2
been released. As explained further
below, the Docket is used to identify
Federal facilities that should be
evaluated to determine if they pose a
threat to public health or welfare and
the environment and to provide a
mechanism to make this information
available to the public.
This notice includes the complete list
of Federal facilities on the Docket and
also identifies Federal facilities reported
to EPA since the last update of the
Docket on August 17, 2015. In addition
to the list of additions to the Docket,
this notice includes a section with
revisions of the previous Docket list.
Thus, the revisions in this update
include 7 additions, 22 corrections, and
42 deletions to the Docket since the
previous update. At the time of
publication of this notice, the new total
number of Federal facilities listed on the
Docket is 2,326. Since the last update,
EPA has identified a discrepancy in the
total number of facilities published in
the Federal Register. The number of
Docket sites in the Federal Register did
not match the number of sites on EPA’s
Master Docket List. EPA has reconciled
the discrepancies and the list is now
and both lists are now matching a
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9943-23-Region 5]
Notice of Final Decision To Reissue the Ineos Nitriles USA LLC
Land-Ban Exemption
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final decision on a Request by Ineos Nitriles USA LLC
of Lima, Ohio to Reissue its Exemption from the Land Disposal
Restrictions under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (U.S. EPA or Agency) that an exemption to the land disposal
restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) has been granted to Ineos
Nitriles USA LLC (formerly known as Ineos USA LLC) (Ineos) of Lima,
Ohio for four Class I injection wells located in Lima, Ohio.
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As required by 40 CFR part 148, Ineos 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 for at least 10,000 years. This final decision allows
the continued underground injection by Ineos of those hazardous wastes
designated by the codes in Table 1 through its four Class I hazardous
waste injection wells identified as #1, #2, #3, and #4. This decision
constitutes a final U.S. EPA action for which there is no
administrative appeal.
DATES: This action is effective as of March 3, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Roy, Lead Petition Reviewer,
U.S. EPA, Region 5, Underground Injection Control Branch, WU-16J, 77 W.
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590; telephone number: (312)
886-6556; fax number (312) 692-2951; email address:
epa.gov">roy.stephen@epa.gov. Copies of the petition and all pertinent
information are on file and are part of the Administrative Record.
Please contact the lead reviewer to review the Administrative Record.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Ineos submitted a request for reissuance of
its existing exemption from the land disposal restrictions for
hazardous waste in August, 2005. U.S. EPA 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.
U.S. EPA has determined that the hydrogeological and geochemical
conditions at the site and the nature of the waste streams are such
that injected fluids will not migrate out of the injection zone within
10,000 years, as set forth at 40 CFR part 148. The injection zone
includes the injection interval into which fluid is directly emplaced
and the overlying arrestment interval into which fluid may diffuse. The
injection interval for the Ineos facility is composed of the Lower Eau
Claire Formation, the Mt. Simon Sandstone and the Middle Run Formation
between 2,631 and 3,241 feet below ground level. The arrestment
interval is composed of the Lower Black River Group, the Wells Creek
Formation, the Knox Dolomite and the Upper Eau Claire Formation between
1,631 and 2,631 feet below ground level. The confining zone is composed
of the Upper Black River Group between 1,427 and 1,631 feet below
ground level. The confining zone is separated from the lowermost
underground source of drinking water (at a depth of approximately 400
feet below ground level) by a sequence of permeable and less permeable
sedimentary rocks. This sequence provides additional protection from
fluid migration into drinking water sources.
U.S. 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 September 10, 2015, pursuant to
40 CFR 124.10. The public comment period ended on October 13, 2015.
U.S. EPA received comments from one citizen during the comment period.
U.S. EPA has prepared a response to these comments, which can be viewed
at the following URL: http:\\epa.gov\region5\water\uic\ineos-response-
to-comments. The response is part of the Administrative Record for this
decision. U.S. EPA is issuing the final exemption with no changes from
the draft decision.
Conditions
This exemption is subject to the following conditions. Non-
compliance with any of these conditions is grounds for termination of
the exemption.
(1) The exemption applies to the four existing hazardous waste
injection wells, #1, #2, #3, and #4, located at the Ineos facility at
1900 Fort Amanda Road, Lima, Ohio;
(2) Injection of hazardous waste is limited to the parts of the
Lower Eau Claire Formation, the Mt. Simon Sandstone and the Middle Run
Formation at depths between 2,631 and 3,241 feet below ground level;
(3) The only RCRA-restricted wastes that may be injected are those
designated by the RCRA waste codes found in Table 1;
(4) Maximum concentrations of chemicals that are allowed to be
injected are listed in Table 2;
(5) The average specific gravity of the injected waste stream must
be between 1.00 and 1.05 over a three month period;
(6) Ineos may inject up to 175 gallons per minute through each of
its four wells, based on a monthly average;
(7) This exemption is approved for the 20-year modeled injection
period, which ends on January 31, 2025. Ineos may petition U.S. EPA for
reissuance of the exemption beyond that date, provided that a new and
complete petition and no-migration demonstration is received at U.S.
EPA, Region 5, by June 30, 2024;
(8) Ineos must submit a quarterly report containing the fluid
analyses of the injected waste and indicate the chemical and physical
properties, including the concentrations, of all the injected chemical
constituents listed in Table 2 to U.S. EPA;
(9) Ineos must submit an annual report containing the results of a
bottom hole pressure survey (fall-off test) performed on one well each
year to U.S. EPA. The survey must be performed after shutting down the
well for sufficient time to conduct a valid observation of the pressure
fall-off curve under 40 CFR 146.68(e)(1). The annual report must
include a comparison of reservoir parameters determined from the fall-
off test with parameters used in the approved no-migration petition;
(10) Ineos must submit the results of radioactive tracer surveys
and annulus pressure tests for its four wells to U.S. EPA annually;
(11) Ineos must notify U.S. EPA in writing if any well loses
mechanical integrity and prior to any workover or plugging;
(12) Ineos must fully comply with all requirements set forth in
Underground Injection Control Permits #UIC 03-02-003-PTO-1, UIC 03-02-
004-PTO-1, UIC 03-02-005-PTO-01 and 03-02-006-PTO-1 issued by the Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency;
(13) Upon the expiration, cancellation, reissuance, or modification
of the permits referenced above, this exemption is subject to review by
U.S. EPA; and
(14) Whenever U.S. EPA determines that the basis for approval of a
petition under 40 CFR 148.23 and 148.24 may no longer be valid, U.S.
EPA may terminate this exemption and will require a new demonstration
in accordance with 40 CFR 148.20.
Table 1--List of RCRA Waste Codes Approved for Injection
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D001 D002 D003 D004 D005 D006 D007 D008 D009 D010 D011 D018
D019 D035 D038 F039 K011 K013 K014 P003 P005 P030 P063 P069
P098 P101 P106 P120 U001 U002 U003 U007 U008 U009 U019 U031
U044 U053 U056 U057 U080 U112 U122 U123 U124 U125 U129 U140
U147 U149 U151 U152 U154 U159 U161 U169 U188 U191 U196 U211
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U213 U219 U220 U239
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These waste codes are identified in 40 CFR part 261, subpart C and
subpart D.
Table 2--Concentration Limits of Chemical Contaminants That Are Hazardous at Less Than 0.001 Mg/L
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Concentration
Health based limit limit at the Concentration
Chemical constituent Waste code (mg/L) wellhead (mg/ reduction factor
L) (Note 2) (C/C0)
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Acetaldehyde................... U001.............. 0.11 2,000 5.5 x 10-5
Acetamide...................... Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-5 10,000 1.0 x 10-9
Acetic acid.................... Note 2............ 6.0 x 10-6 6,000 1.0 x 10-9
Acetone........................ U002.............. 3.5 2,000 1.75 x 10-3
Acetone cyanohydrin............ P069.............. 0.005 6,000 8.33 x 10-7
Acetonitrile................... K011, K013, K014, 0.21 100,000 2.1 x 10-6
U003.
Acrolein....................... P003.............. 0.005 2,000 2.5 x 10-6
Acrylamide..................... K011, K013, K014, 8 x 10-6 6,000 1.33 x 10-9
U007. Note 1
Acrylic acid................... U008.............. 17.5 60,000 2.92 x 10-4
Acrylonitrile.................. K011, K013, K014, 6.0 x 10-5 24,000 2.5 x 10-9
U009.
Allyl alcohol.................. P005.............. 0.175 2,000 8.75 x 10-5
Antimony....................... F039.............. 0.006 100 6.0 x 10-5
Arsenic........................ D004.............. 0.05 100 5.0 x 10-4
Barium......................... D005.............. 2 100 2.0 x 10-2
Benzene........................ D018, K011, K013, 0.005 400 1.25 x 10-5
K014, U019.
1,3-Butanediol................. Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
1,4-Butanediol................. Note 2............ 1.4 x 10-5 14,000 1.0 x 10-9
Butanetriol.................... Note 2............ 4.0 x 10-6 4,000 1.0 x 10-9
Butanol........................ U140.............. 3.5 4,000 8.75 x 10-4
Butyrolactone.................. Note 2............ 5.0 x 10-6 5,000 1.0 x 10-9
Cadmium........................ D006.............. 0.005 100 5.0 x 10-5
Carbon tetrachloride........... D019, U211........ 0.005 100 5.0 x 10-5
Chloroform..................... U044.............. 0.006 100 6.0 x 10-5
Chromium....................... D007.............. 0.1 100 1.0 x 10-3
Cobalt......................... Note.............. 1.0 x 10-7 100 1.0 x 10-9
Crotonaldehyde................. U053.............. 0.002 200 1.0 x 10-5
Crotonitrile................... Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Cyclohexane.................... U056.............. 9.0 x 10-5 100 9.0 x 10-7
Cyclohexanone.................. U057.............. 180 100 1.8
Diethylenetriamine pentaacetic Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
acid.
Dimethylhydantoin.............. Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Ethanol........................ Note 2............ 2.0 x 10-6 2,000 1.0 x 10-9
Ethyl acetate.................. U112.............. 31.5 100 3.15 x 10-1
Ethylenediamine Note 2............ 4.0 x 10-6 4,000 1.0 x 10-9
tetracetonitrile.
Formic acid.................... U123.............. 0.01 20,000 5.0 x 10-7
Formaldehyde................... U122.............. 7 4,000 1.75 x 10-3
Formamide...................... Note 2............ 4.0 x 10-6 4,000 1.0 x 10-9
Fumaronitrile.................. Note 2............ 4.0 x 10-6 4,000 1.0 x 10-9
Furan.......................... U124.............. 3.5 x 10-3 100 3.5 x 10-4
Furfural....................... U125.............. 0.11 100 1.1 x 10-3
Glyconitrile................... Note 2............ 7.0 x 10-6 7,000 1.0 x 10-9
HCN (Free)..................... K011, K013, K014, 0.2 3,200 6.25 x 10-5
P030, P063, P098,
P106.
HCN (Total).................... K011, K013, K014, 0.7 21,200 3.3 x 10-5
P030, P063, P098,
P106.
Hexamethylenetetramine (or Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
acid).
Iminodiacetonitrile............ Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Isobutanol..................... U140.............. 11 200 5.5 x 10-2
Isopropyl alcohol.............. Note 2............ 1.2 x 10-6 1,200 1.0 x 10-9
Lead........................... D008.............. 0.001 100 1.0 x 10-5
Lindane........................ U129.............. 2.0 x 10-4 1,000 2.0 x 10-7
Maleic anhydride............... U147.............. 3.5 100 3.5 x 10-2
Maleonitrile................... Note 2............ 2.0 x 10-5 20,000 1.0 x 10-9
Malonitrile.................... U149.............. 0.005 2,000 2.5 x 10-6
Mercury........................ D009, U151........ 0.002 100 2.0 x 10-5
Methanol....................... U154.............. 17.5 40,000 4.38 x 10-4
Methyacrylonitrile............. U152.............. 0.0035 400 8.75 x 10-6
Methylethylhydantoin........... Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Methylene chloride............. U080.............. 5.3 x 10-3 100 5.0 x 10-5
Methyl ethyl ketone............ D035, U159........ 21 1,000 2.1 x 10-2
Methyl isobutyl ketone......... U161.............. 2.0 x 10-3 100 2.0 x 10-5
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2-Methylpyridine............... U191.............. 2.0 x 10-3 1,000 2.0 x 10-6
3-Methylpyridine............... Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Nickel......................... F006.............. 0.001 100 1.0 x 10-5
Nicotinonitrile................ Note 2............ 6.0 x 10-6 6,000 1.0 x 10-9
Nitrilotiracetonitrile......... Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Nitrobenzene................... U169.............. 1.8 x 10-2 100 1.8 x 10-4
Oleic acid..................... Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Oleoylsarconsinate............. Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
Phenol......................... U188.............. 21 100 2.1 x 10-1
1,2-Propanediol................ Note 2............ 6.0 x 10-8 60 1.0 x 10-9
1,3-Propanediol................ Note 2............ 2.0 x 10-6 2,000 1.0 x 10-9
Propanol....................... Note 2............ 2,0 x 10-6 2,000 1.0 x 10-9
Propionitrile.................. P101.............. 0.005 2,000 2.5 x 10-6
Propylenediamine Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-6 1,000 1.0 x 10-9
tetracetonitrile.
Pyroazole...................... Note 2............ 4.0 x 10-6 4,000 1.0 x 10-9
Pyridine....................... D038, U196........ 0.035 2,000 1.75 x 10-5
Selenium....................... D010.............. 0.05 100 5.0 x 10-4
Silver......................... D011.............. 0.175 100 1.75 x 10-3
Sodium cyanide................. D003, K011, K013, 1.4 1,200 1.17 x 10-3
P030, P063, P106.
Strontium...................... Note 2............ 1.0 x 10-7 100 1.0 x 10-9
Succinic acid.................. Note 2............ 8.0 x 10-7 800 1.0 x 10-9
Succinotrile................... Note 2............ 6.0 x 10-6 6,000 1.0 x 10-9
Tetrahydrofuran................ U213.............. 0.002 5,000 4.0 x 10-7
Thiourea....................... U219.............. 1.0 x 10-2 100 1.0 x 10-4
Toluene........................ U220.............. 1 100 1.0 x 10-2
Vanadium....................... P120.............. 0.004 100 4.0 x 10-5
Vanadium pentoxide............. P120.............. 0.315 400 7.88 x 10-4
Xylene......................... U239.............. 10 100 1.0 x 10-1
Zinc........................... Note 2............ 10.5 400 2.63 x 10-2
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Note 1--Worst-case constituent. Health Based Limit (HBL) contour
for no-migration boundary set at 1.0 x 10-9 for this
constituent. The HBL values are from the compilation by EPA Region 6,
revised 2005.
Note 2--Constituents not associated with an EPA RCRA waste code or
listed in HBL guidelines are assigned the minimum C/C0 of
1.0 x 10-9. A provisional ``HBL'' for these constituents is
then derived from the product of C/C0 and the concentration
limit at the wellhead. If a RCRA waste code is promulgated for any of
these constituents, the HBL selected by EPA will be compared to the
provisional ``HBL'' on this table. If the EPA HBL is more stringent,
the Concentration Limit at the Wellhead will be reduced or migration of
the constituent will be reconsidered in detail.
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Dated: February 1, 2016.
Tinka G. Hyde,
Director, Water Division.
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