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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
40
CFR
Parts
60,
63,
260,
261,
264,
265,
266,
270,
and
271
[
FRL­
6870­
8]

Hazardous
Waste
Combustion
National
Emission
Standards
for
Hazardous
Air
Pollutants
(
NESHAP)
Toolkit;
Notice
of
Availability
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency.

ACTION:
Availability
of
new
implementation
toolkit
related
to
final
regulations.

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SUMMARY:
The
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
is
providing
notice
of
the
August
10,
2000
release
of
the
Hazardous
Waste
Combustion
NESHAP
Toolkit
on
the
Internet.
The
Toolkit
provides
implementation
guidance
and
other
materials
related
to
the
final
regulation
NESHAP:
Final
Standards
for
Hazardous
Air
Pollutants
for
Hazardous
Waste
Combustors
(
64
FR
52828,
September
30,
1999).
The
purpose
of
the
Toolkit
is
to
assist
all
interested
stakeholders,
including
the
general
public,
regulators
and
industry,
in
understanding
the
implementation
aspects
of
the
new
standards
and
our
new
approach
to
permitting
the
facilities
or
sources
subject
to
them.
The
Toolkit's
primary
focus
is
on
general
and
process­
oriented
information
and
includes:
descriptions
of
Resource
Conservation
and
Recovery
Act
(
RCRA)
and
Clean
Air
Act
(
CAA)
permitting
requirements
and
policies,
a
time
line
of
important
compliance
dates,
a
list
of
affected
facilities
or
sources,
links
to
related
websites,
a
list
of
RCRA
and
CAA
regulatory
contacts,
and
commonly
used
acronyms.
The
Toolkit
does
not
provide
guidance
on
any
technical
requirements
associated
with
the
rule
(
e.
g.,
test
methods,
monitoring
techniques,
etc.).

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
For
general
information,
you
can
contact
the
RCRA
Hotline
at
1­
800­
424­
9346
or
TDD
1­
800­
553­
7672
(
hearing
impaired).
In
the
Washington,
D.
C.
metropolitan
area,
call
703­
412­
9810
or
TDD
703­
412­
3323.
The
RCRA
Hotline
is
open
Monday
through
Friday
from
9
a.
m.
to
6
p.
m.
Eastern
Standard
Time.
To
access
the
Toolkit,
please
see
our
Internet
page:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/

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epaoswer/
hazwaste/
combust/
toolkit/
toolkit.
htm.
For
specific
information
related
to
the
Toolkit,
you
can
contact
Ms.
Rosemary
Workman
at
703­
308­
8725
or
workman.
rosemary@
epa.
gov.
For
specific
questions
related
to
the
final
rulemaking
for
the
new
standards,
you
can
contact
Mr.
David
Hockey
at
703­
308­
8846
or
hockey.
david@
epa.
gov.
For
questions
related
to
the
implementation
of
the
new
standards
for
a
specific
facility
or
source,
please
contact
either
your
regional
or
state
RCRA
or
CAA
regulatory
officials.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
On
September
30,
1999,
we
finalized
the
National
Emission
Standards
for
Hazardous
Air
Pollutants
(
NESHAP)
for
three
categories
of
hazardous
waste
combustors
(
HWCs):
incinerators,
cement
kilns
and
light­
weight
aggregate
kilns
(
64
FR
52828,
September
30,
1999).
We
promulgated
these
standards
under
the
joint
authority
of
the
CAA
and
RCRA.
Before
the
final
rule
went
into
effect,
we
regulated
air
emissions
from
the
three
types
of
HWCs
primarily
under
the
authority
of
section
3004(
a)
of
RCRA.
With
the
release
of
the
final
rule,
however,
we
now
regulate
air
emissions
from
these
sources
primarily
under
the
CAA.
Even
though
both
statutes
give
us
the
authority
to
regulate
air
emissions,
we
determined
that
having
standards
and
permitting
requirements
in
both
sets
of
implementing
regulations
would
be
duplicative.
For
this
reason,
we
used
the
final
rule
as
a
vehicle
for
changing
our
approach
to
permitting
air
emissions
from
HWCs.
Thus,
with
one
exception,
we
are
now
requiring
that
such
emissions
be
permitted
only
under
title
V
of
the
CAA.
The
exception
concerns
section
3005(
c)(
3)
of
RCRA,
which
requires
that
each
RCRA
permit
contain
the
terms
and
conditions
necessary
to
protect
human
health
and
the
environment.
Under
this
provision
of
RCRA,
if
a
regulatory
authority
determines
that
more
stringent
conditions
are
necessary
to
protect
human
health
and
environment
for
a
particular
facility,
then
that
regulatory
authority
may
impose
those
conditions
in
the
facility's
RCRA
permit.
As
an
Internet­
based
guidance,
the
Toolkit
is
available
only
through
the
world
wide
web.
It
can
be
accessed
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
epaoswer/
hazwaste/
combust/
toolkit/
toolkit.
htm.
To
access
other
available
electronic
documents
related
to
the
new
standards,
specifically,
or
hazardous
waste
combustion,
generally,
please
see
our
Internet
page:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
epaoswer/
hazwaste/
combust.
htm.

Dated:
September
6,
2000.
Elizabeth
A.
Cotsworth,
Director,
Office
of
Solid
Waste.
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