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From: GROUP PRESS 202-260-4355[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, April 11, 1997 11:45 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: PA NEW DEADLINE FOR THE HAZ. WASTE IDENTIFICATION RULE
FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1997
NEW DEADLINE FOR THE HAZARDOUS WASTE IDENTIFICATION RULE
EPA, the Environmental Technology Council, the Edison Electric
Institute and a coalition of industry groups (Chemical Manufacturers
Association, the American Petroleum Institute, American Forest and
Paper Products, American Iron and Steel, the Fertilizer Institute and
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce) have jointly reached agreement on a
schedule extension for the Hazardous Waste Identification Rule for
process waste, otherwise known as HWIR-waste. The proposed rule was
published in the Federal Register Dec. 21, 1995 (60 FR 66344). This
rule proposed to exempt from federal Subtitle C regulation low-risk
listed hazardous wastes that met regulatory levels for almost 400
chemicals. Under the new schedule, which has been submitted to the
court for approval, EPA will complete a proposal by Oct. 31, 1999, and
finalize the rule by April 30, 2001. The primary reason for this
extension is to allow the Agency time to develop and offer for public
comment a revised risk assessment that evaluates risk from
simultaneous exposures to a toxic chemical through multiple pathways
such as inhalation, ground water ingestion and soil ingestion. This
risk assessment evaluates potential harm to human health and the
environment. For more information on HWIR-waste, contact the RCRA
Hotline at 1-800-424-9346 (or 703-412-9810 in the Washington
metropolitan area) or see EPA's HWIR Web Page at
http://www.epa/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/hwirwste.
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