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Increasing Recycling: Adding Aerosol Cans to the Universal Waste Regulations

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The Fertilizer Institute filed 1 comment on this docket between May 21, 2018 and May 21, 2018. 10 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 2996d ago.

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May 21, 2018· Comment submitted by Ed Thomas, Director, Regulatory Affairs, The Fertilizer Institute (TFI)· EPA-HQ-OLEM-2017-0463-0066

The Fertilizer Institute (TFI), on behalf of its member companies, submits the attached comments addressing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) proposed rule entitled Increasing Recycling: Adding Aerosol Cans to the Universal Waste Regulations (hereinafter Aerosol Can Universal Waste Rule). The Aerosol Can Universal Waste Rule, published in the Federal Register on March 16, 2018, appears at 83 Fed. Reg. 11654. TFI represents the nations fertilizer industry, including producers, importers, retailers, wholesalers and companies that are engaged in all aspects of the fertilizer supply chain. Fertilizer is a key ingredient in feeding a growing global population, which is expected to surpass 9.5 billion people by 2050. Half of all food grown around the world today is made possible through the use of fertilizer. TFI members routinely generate, recycle and dispose of aerosol cans and are included in the two digit North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) codes 21 (mining), 32 (manufacturing), and 42 (fertilizer retailer). Many times aerosol cans are the sole source of hazardous waste generated at the manufacturing, mining, or retail facilities. As such, TFI members are impacted by the proposed regulatory modifications.

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Abstract

EPA is considering a proposal to add hazardous waste aerosol cans to those "universal wastes” regulated under 40 CFR 273. This change in the RCRA regulations, once finalized, should benefit the wide variety of establishments generating and managing aerosol cans, including the retail sector, by providing a clear, practical system for handling discarded aerosol cans. The streamlined universal waste regulations are expected to (1) ease regulatory burdens on retail stores and others that discard aerosol cans, (2) promote the collection and recycling of aerosol cans, and (3) encourage the development of municipal and commercial programs to reduce the quantity of these wastes going to municipal solid waste landfills or combustors.

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