Environmental Protection Agency Docket EPA-R06-RCRA-2017-0556 Proposed Rule

2017-23683: Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste

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Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant a petition submitted by Blanchard Refining Company LLC-- (Blanchard) to exclude (or delist) the residual solids generated from the reclamation of oil bearing hazardous secondary materials (OBSMs) on-site at Blanchard's Galveston Bay Refinery (GBR), located in Texas City, Texas from the lists of hazardous wastes. EPA used the Delisting Risk Assessment Software (DRAS) Version 3.0.35 in the evaluation of the impact of the petitioned waste on human health and the environment.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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