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ST. JOE MINERALS CORPORATION ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING 1982 ANNUAL REPORT September 1983 Gary E. Welch Thomas E. Daneck DR 5003433 0 o bb ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING 1982 Annual Report ' Table ol Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 2. OVERVIEW 2.1 Statement of General Impact 2.2 Description cf Major Federal Laws 2.3 Legislative Events During 1982 2.4 Legislative Outlook for 1983 2.5 1982 Legal Recap 2.5.1 Air Litigation U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds EPA's Conditional Approval of SIP'5 Environmentalists File Suit Challenging EPA Revision of "Source" Under the Clean Air Act EPA Ordered to Publish Radionuclide Regulations Appeals Court Rules Clean Air Act Permits Fee Awards to Non-Prevailing Parties 2.5.2 Water Litigation Schedule for Effluent Limitation Guidelines to be Approved 2.5.3 Solid Waste Litigation . Federal Court Rules EPA Has Authority to Regulate Non-Hazardous Mining Waste Federal Court Issues February Deadline for Hazardous Waste Lands Disposal Rules under RCRA February Deadline for Hazardous Waste Land Disposal Rules Stayed Page 1. 3 3 4 7 10 12 12 12 13 14 18 19 19 20 20 21 25 DR 5003435 O Or 4.3.3 Mine Safety and Health Administration A. MSHA Hearings on Metai/Nonmetal Standards Review " B. MSHA Publishes New Civit Penalty Regulations 4.4 Regulatory Outlook 4.4.1 Regulatory Outlook - Near Term A. Best Available Control Technology (BAT) Effluent Limitations B. National Emusion Standsrcs for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS) Arsenic and Radionuclides C. OSHA Lead Standard Revisions 4.4.2 Regulatory Outlook - Crystal Ball Gazing A. Air Issues B. Water ' C. Solid Waste D. OSHA/MSHA 4.5 Corporate Environmental Programs 4.5.1 The Human Resource System (P. 3. Martin) 4.5.2 Reachability of Solid Wastes (D. E. Freshcorn) 4.5.3 Environmental Consulting (3. A. Morgan) 4.6 Other Activities 4.6.1 Technical and Trade Association Relationships Exhibit I 5. DIVISION ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW 5.1 St. 3oe Lead Co. Mining Division (3. E. Carter) Page 42-4 42-4 42-5 43 ' t* 43 43 44 45 45 46 46 47 48 48 51 52 53 53 54 55 55 o CO Zf' dr 5003437 5.4.3 Solid and Hazardous Waste Programs 5.4.4 OSHA-Related Activities Figure i Figure 2 ' 5.4.5 The Toxic Substances Act 5.5 St. Doe Resources Company, Zinc Smelting Division (3. D. Reese) 5.5. J Introduction 5.5.2 Administrative 5.5.3 Air Quality 5.5.3. i Sinter Plant 5.5.3.,2 Power Plant 5.5.4 Water Quality 5.5'.5 Solid Waste 5.5.6 Industrial Health 65 66 68 69 69 69 70 71 71 71 72 73 0 3564 dr 5003439 54 Exhibit I Technical and Trade Association Environmental Committee Membership Association LIA ZI ILZRO ILZRO ILZRO SERA SERA AMC AMC AMC AMC AMC AMC AMC AMC IHF IHF NMA NCA ORC Committee Lead Environmental Health ' Cadmium Environmental Health Lead Environmental Health Zinc/Cadmium Environmental Health Board of Directors Board of Directors Scientific Advisory Committee Environmental Matters Nonferrous Smelter Subcommittee Water Quality Subcommittee Non-Coal Occupational Health Carcinogen Subcommittee Air Quality Subcommittee Manufacturer's Diesel Committee Solid Waste Subcommittee Engineering Committee Board of Directors Environmental Quality Committee Water Quality Committee MSHA Group * To be appointed. St. Joe Representative D. L. Vornberg T. E. 3aneck D. L. Vornberg T. E. 3aneck 3. G. Sevick G. E. Welch T. E. 3aneck G. E. Welch G. E. Welch T. E. 3aneck G. E. Welch G. E. Welch T. E. 3aneck G. E. Welch T. E. 3aneck G. E. Welch G. E. Welch 3. G. Sevick * R. R. Voss dr 5003525 ^ 05