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RACHEL'S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS #280 Providing news and resources to the Movement for Environmental Justice - April 7, 1992 ALL HAZARDOUS WASTE INCINERATORS FAIL TO MEET EPA REGULATIONS, EPA SAYS ShmretaergvneueHetlatactJszoicooaminuersndrenotiiauusnlntstsedd,wneurdparesirwndtivegitathttoiehnerecmiirnnleaagesksretaeactrr6ocit0trhhiscee,dimrsasam,ynsod.apfnredtorOhmaefttfehigwcesoieaavblWfeserlanooylf,fl EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) and wbrpderyiaocivsoxtaErientdPesAirnoaencfsirdeneamegorrutacahlhltafeoutrsrincostcinoetsxine,oimtcnisasiatt,nsidrihnnpuotconhwlludleurdateJiaddnonmsgutsirtonetxtfhahpalanlttoirmisehsivaeoaesznaalsllromedwdaooneurddaes major releases of toxins, that incinerator operators have tried to cover up and that regulatory officials sPhearezomatSerccdptioeioounwnsteisAwrtlsgaeessetsnmectpyoiln)ocuyainnedddemerrbiatstyttoearUdnsd.lS,as.ismmtEpumPclAyohn(ctElhaennstsvnhioractotunrmctmoaomieldn.petmlayl wvqdthaueiatslihrttre-eocdefeyxfribicstayaitleilinnnfcegchdywefeermad(asDeiltcreRalasalElsw)ro.,wefgiwtuFh'l'hesadpi9tciee9ohrc.na9iasl9isl%blaectwchodaeneufcsusteererrftunfhtic"hectrieieoysrnnuecc/cqrayheunminrraooeess-t dioxins, furans, and PCBs must be destroyed with w9trhe9age.s9yut9leah9t9aoi%vnreycinDkreenRrqoaEuwti.ornresEmsiPencnAcoteuss.lcaditenlnetaoisstttsm1s9ae8ied5t ltaahsnatytmhooanzfathrtdhtoehusaest The story broke when Pat Costner; a chemist aJinnadcdekpsroeennsedvaeirlnlceth, aAdnriarkleaycnstiossarsofiofnrcdinGioerxreiaentnopre.em1aciTsesh,ieopnJusabclfkirssohomendvitalhlnee incinerator has begun burning 16.5 million pounds of hVeirebtnicaimdeswa(r2.,4,T5-hTe'saenwd a2st,e4s-Da)relekfnt oowvnertofrboemcothne taminated with total dioxins and furans at concentra t(ipopnms ).ranging from to 3 to 40 parts per million il4tnah0cwe0inCdtaeiroilmolasoxttewonisnressrm.w'soaeArnsaetnnoeadnroliilynoyfsfgxiiaicsncitahhrileeinevtwveoiianintlcthegihdne9teh9trchea.o9atm6otA%rmrt,hkueadtnhneJiusstaatsycrskuetcsDhmotaeinoinptvntaiitrnlholtgeef acmaceklcnnutolawotlfieodnPgsoeladluretiinocontrerlCeecpothn.otrnHoeleinaanltsedorvsEiaeciwdoslothtgheyadt e(CDpoaPsrCttnm&eerEn's)t hdaedspinteo iitnstecnotniotninuoinf gsheumttiisnsgiondsowonf dthioexiinncidnierreacttolyr imnteontadirdesindoetntkianlowcomwhmaut ntihtye. totHale dsiaoixdintheemdisespiaornts into the population of Jacksonville would be, but, he said, no matter what the total may be, it is safe. AtiodnmTpinhrioesjteJrcaattc,okressotWnavbiilllliliseahmeindcRwineietirlhlayttoharenicdsooaAprkekreaayntidsoaensmooGfnosEvtPrearA nor Bill Clinton to show that dioxin-containing sdwhcJttdhhiiaeoinateeoncoyscxktd-tepsivwesn.rosoooiontdvcjcfeCveeoeaicJrnonltaraltseenacttbbfhndkmevueeesrotiroenhtio'nnngesaabdvodctvjiiivuaeenoletlmncneewrtaroniolaaotivymhn-trnesteearoesidMtsrn-biootediaecnnxfrdiloeencceftaaehgnhf(re,ie1crldey3ei1axacs89lpfoills3e8dsohmd6esooset,nmebowirdtmtjaiuheea6lpndctel5otlih6ytinpetoy)lheaeen.ii2aolvgtgsttophnehllorbIesesanertvoonseoeoripdadrff safety standards by a wide margin. This is the fiist srhaloyenugssdmitidceaeaminnnlsatitwtaihhclaearpvfdioaeniprodeuxoulicsanacttgruiioereannrxlte.psdme.PrairdmneDuuverfiinioaontcxugtisunoridnneiidoshouxusifnntmorciwaehaxnlepsmkoaniscucoucaswirildne-nebsgnioottoasf cause cancer in humans and to disrupt normal sglotrawonwtAiltaehblvoeualqnstud1oa0nfd0teeitvxiweepslaoossptuoemrfese.in3dtetisooxifinn,f4tehtueasnUeds.Sa.tnhcdeoniUntaf.iSann. tssuhbaast stockpiles containing billions of pounds of chemicalsdbaaniiooiddxloipngiiutcebaxwllipcawenrahtirmsefaaeltrntoeht (ciConabBncjiWenbceet)riaoamtngease.,inntgtsaoIitvfnheeertdnhgmeodveeesJnpratnictmkeasgeoeenntnhtvcihicileaalessl will be able to claim they have a green light to itnocliniHgehrotawtieenvfjoeurrsmtthaaetbiJooanuctkthasanotnytvchoiliulnelgdejxudpesertraiaimlbeotnhutet heaannstyibwrrehoeUurg.eSh.t. incineration program. In preparing her analysis of dneiorxuinnceoxvpeoresdurae goofvethrenmJaenckt ssotundviyllsehpoowpiunlgacthe,atCtoesstts in 1984-85 by private researchers, under contract to dEcaePnsAtnr,outcrtiebovneeaoleexfdpwectahtseatdtes httaohzaatardcohocuicesuverwia9ns9t.ec9o9ni9cn9ecnintpreaerartictooennrsst leoxwpeecrtetdhanto10a,c0h0i0evpear9ts9.p9e9r mpeirllcieonnt, adnesdtrcuacntinoont boef wastes that occur in concentrations lower than 1000 rpeppmoWr. tehrEePfnrAomthpiusthbeilniAsfhorerkdmanatsthaieosn1D9ec8ma5modceartatato-Ginlaigz1he9tt,8te9,a.5Snanewdys Davis, interviewed Bob Hall, chief of the EPA's Combustion Research Branch in Research Triangle, North Carolina, and he confirmed what the EPA report had shown. "The fact is that you run into problems with your DRE [destruction/removal 000030 efefdficiienntocy]thwe heinncinaerlaotwor,"conHceanlltrastaioidn. of "wOausrtedsatias ecEtilxoPeinasAtrsi.lnyhgHasshainnoll'cwtisnsaceihrdtaah,ntao"tg,rI"esddhcoaeintn'sstnaorkidetng.ocuwolDmatwaipovhlniyyss watshsiiatknhtecdhetahHisetnar'lktel ngbwouewhleanys chanCgoedst.neIrt'us nacorveegrueldatoaryseicsosuned. EIP'mA irneproerste,a7rcphu.b"6 lished in 1984 but never widely circulated, showing sthtuadt,ieadm, onnogneeigchotumldajaocrhhieavzaerd9o9u.9s9w%astDeRinEc.ineSraatnodrys Davis interviewed the author of that report, Drew TsttfhoeerdraaesrtencrhtahshoilmilsTmlapriwislayo.ntfhgcelta"ehn,TcenahNMoseeot,rit"drtahewcTnheCdrsieeatnivrshReoolevilnstemeharaey,rtcwosDhlthdrRooIEDnnssgaatvriitiedinusqt.uietnihrcieenidndeRrabateya At public hearings over the past decade, dozens of EPA officials have stated for the record that iinnciwnehraattoarpspceaanrs atcohibeveeathceovleerguaplly-orfeqpuuirbeldic DhReaEltsh, information of astonishing proportions. dioxMinas,nyfuroafnst,heandmoPsCt Bdsanogcecruorusintowxainstsessuacthloaws concentrations. If low-concentration chemicals cannot be destroyed effectively, this means all sludge incinerators, all contaminated-soil burners, and all wood-treatment-waste incinerators will fail to meet MotpfWiefoodfaatnierelcrlcOnieahaStnflltfstgrir2ocoee0xieigpenitunangtJlyschaoifateiuaintcsoirtllnnouofisesarsdseelauhenrrrtodoearatpotl,tawouaecrnlnislhtldtteliiairteonhetvnegmJae,teiafatttpfinohrlideB.allgeahrugliaeoleaqzecslauyariqlirdnpueocodrauiiennnsgdtetuieretlswadiaettrtasooousrroutcsye.ft incinerators but they can't be everywhere at the same time and they often learn about accidents, aexnpolnoysmioonusslayndbvyioliantsiiodnesrs.f8romFtoiprs epxhaomnpedle,toCthheemm ; Waste, the nation's largest hazardous waste hauler, itso nJootancoBnseirdnesrteedin,a vfilcye--bpyr-ensiigdhetnotpfeorrateonrv. irAoncmcoerndtianlg ccerdrpfaoaeovooscnnvewlhoinmencIr[nirooyTfdeutnntotpahhttosoanhetebfhpldiiiesraneacwtrevcocbaeitcoaomsehtailnnesdivlptcytteitihlanrnnhiiliruangtueaenestsszea,,etttcadashnereo.nett]dcxnhiidioorospaeanmunlbriwossndlpsehcsaioCiwaonnnpathneaeiteersdsram,saCtsretoiphlovnetierehaWiemssnakcwctemsatoi,Whsnuuothiesrelsafardet'sascvltpeomteceoaama,oerpslnwapse"elngsarErsnoiinantsatyithfvtnne.eiai"ldgn.atl siV`nPaegsart:ttoaCAnc,osRSDtineCteve:rie,CGw7or7entoeetnrfIapnTcecrtaioincareelsrBTaIntouicoxminincsesoraafCnDtaodmiro,RpxJeianaliagcintkne,sdJoJaanAcnvikuirlsaloerMn,yvoA2inlR9liet,o, (1rAWi9nr9kga2as)nha.t SSttreepeht,a"nFieamAilrybaCnierlcleanAdugouthster1s4, , T19o9x0i,cpgNsi.g7h7tm-8a0r,e 1o2n0-1M28a.in 'tt6ihK1oa.annr,eentvheFer.,"uSbcUihqmSu.iitdNotu,esw"Pspuo&zl.zlulWitnaognrtlOddviieoierxpianorPfaopAipspoernairl;sO6m,n1oc9rle9o2sd,earpngignses.rpo6eu0cs- BG`G1P5aooe2cvvtk5eeegr0rrnrn-A7omm9u.ee5nJnn4dotthoPPPnrrrasiipnonphtnteiionrnanggne[OdOOyffTofofiuAtichcre-ee,Bo,rs1rPP,d9-.eOD9Or1-i.9)ot.o3Bx]io8(n2x0(0TW2p3r)a7eag1as7e9th8ms5i3.n4e-g,n3$tt2o4P3nT.i0t8,et0.scbhDfunrCorogm:lho,gUUiPe..SSsA:.. 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