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TOXICITY CHARACTERISTIC PROMULGATED MARCH 29, 1990 REPLACES EP TOX AS A CHARACTERISTIC OF HAZARDOUS WASTE USES DILUTE ACIDIC SOLUTION TO EXTRACT A SOLID WASTE (TCLP) WASTEWATERS ARE ANALYZED DIRECTLY WITHOUT EXTRACTION CTL029311 TC CHEMICALS FINAL RULE INCLUDES 25 NEW ORGANICS PLUS THE 14 EP MATERIALS VCM REGULATORY LEVEL 200 PPB; EDC 500 PPB THE TCLP BECOMES THE NEW TEST TC WASTES BECOME HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES UNDER SECTION 101(14) OF CERCLA (RQ ADDED AT 40 CFR 302) CTL029312 EFFECTIVE DATE ALL GENERATORS OF MORE THAN 100 AND LESS THAN 1,000 KG/MONTH MUST COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH SUBTITLE FOR MANAGEMENT OF THEIR TC WASTES WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PUBLICATION. (3/29/91) ALL GENERATORS OF 1,000 KG/MONTH OR MORE MUST COMPLY WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE DAY OF PUBLICATION. (9/25/90) CTL029313 LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS (LDR) TC WASTES NOT IMMEDIATELY SUBJECT TO THE LDR PROGRAM NEWLY IDENTIFIED WASTE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A SIX MONTH DEADLINE FOR LDR DETERMINATION WITH NO HAMMER TO TAKE EFFECT. OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A NEWLY-REGULATED SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT MUST RETROFIT 4 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF PROMULGATION OF THE ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTIC. WASTEWATER SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS COULD BE REQUIRED TO RETROFIT SOONER ONCE THE LDR IS PROMULGATED. CTL029314 i % I *''- - -**- 1 /* ` _ -/* - C } i'*/' V c._vl --.'-- / . 0*^2+^/ -^-fC t; rr; 'i- ,/u-r'/ r^.^yy-. & m( .{*. Z-sOL;^ ^b -JL'C ! X- t; CTL029315 u<-* TABLE 1 - EP TOXICITY REGULATORY LEVELS EPA HW Number CONTAMINANT REGULATORY Level (mg/1) D004 D005 D006 D007 D016 D012 D008 D013 D009 D014 DOIO DOl 1 DOl 5 D017 Arsenic Barium Cadmium Chromium 2,4-D Endrin Lead Lindane Mercury Methoxyc hlor Selenium Si1ver Toxaphene 2,4,5-TP (Silvex) 5.0 100.0 1.0 5.0 10.0 0.02 5.0 0.4 0.2 10.0 1.0 5.0 0.5 1.0 CTL029316 TABLE 2 - TC REGULATORY LEVELS EPA HW Number CONTAMINANT REGULATORY Level (mg/1) D004 D005 D018 D006 D019 D020 D021 D022 D007 D023 D024 D025 D026 D016 D027 D02B D029 D030 D012 D031 D032 D033 D034 D008 D013 D009 D014 D035 D036 D037 D038 DOIO DOll D039 DO 15 D040 D041 D042 D017 D043 Arsenic(*) Barium(*) Benzene Cadmium($) Carbon Tetrachloride Chlordane Chioroben zene Ch1oroform Chromium(*) o-Cresol m-Creso1 p-Cresol Cresol 2,4-D(*) 1,4-Dichlorobenzene 1,2-Dichloroethane 1,1-Dichloroethylene 2,4-Dinitrotoluene Endrin(*) Heptachlor Hexachiorobenzene Hexac h1orobutadiene Hexachloroethane Lead(*) Lindane(*) Mercury(#) Methoxychlor(*) Methyl ethyl ketone Nitrobenzene Pentachi orophenol Pyridine Selenium(*) Si1ver(*) Tetrachloroethy1ene Toxaphene(*) Triehioroethy1ene 2,4,5-Trichloropheno1 2,4,6-Trichioropheno1 2,4,5-TP (Si 1 vex)(#) Vinyl chloride 5.0 100.0 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.03 100.0 6.0 5.0 200.0 200.0 200.0 200.0 10.0 7.5 0.5 0.7 0.13 0.02 0.008 0.13 0.5 3.0 5.0 0.4 0.2 10.0 200.0 2.0 100.0 5.0 1.0 5.0 0.7 0.5 0.5 400.0 2.0 1.0 0.2 1 1 (*) On the EP Toxicity constituent list CTL029317 FROM THE DESK OF Sherry M. Carr 5/21/90 To: Don Kutys: The attached outline was reviewed at the Vinyl Institute Annual Meeting at a joint meeting of the legal committee and environmental, health and safety committee. They are very concerned about the effects of the new procedure. Sherry CTL029318