Proposed Response to Petition to Revise the Non-Hazardous Secondary Material Standards Under Part 241

1 organizations filed 2 public comments on Proposed Response to Petition to Revise the Non-Hazardous Secondary Material Standards Under Part 241, at the Environmental Protection Agency. The comment window closed 1582d ago.

Abstract

The EPA is responding to a rulemaking petition from American Forest and Paper Association et. al. requesting amendments to the Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials (NHSM) regulations, under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The NHSM regulations establish standards and procedures for identifying whether non-hazardous secondary materials are solid wastes when legitimately used as fuels or ingredients in combustion units. The petition requested the following amendments: 1) change from mandatory to “should consider” the legitimacy criterion for comparison of contaminants in the NHSM to the traditional fuel the unit is designed to burn; 2) remove associated designed to burn and other limitations for creosote- treated railroad ties (CTRT); and 3) revise the definition of paper recycling residuals (PRRs) that can be burned as non-waste to include non-fiber materials.

Commenters (1)

• Association of American Railroadstrade assoc.

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