Site Visit

Safety Kleen – Dolton, Illinois

May 16, 2006

On May 16, 2006, representatives of the EPA Hazardous Waste
Identification Division visited Safety Kleen’s Dolton facility to
discuss their recycling operations at that site. In attendance:

Charlotte Mooney	EPA

Amy Lile		EPA

Kathy Blanton		EPA

Bob Burke		Safety Kleen 	Dolton 	EH&S Manager

Alfred Aghapour	Safety Kleen	Chicago	Facility Manager

Gary Malinowski	Safety Kleen	Chicago	EH&S Manager

Jim Weisanen		Safety Kleen 	Senior Director East – Processing and
Distribution

Mike Fusco	Safety Kleen 	Director of Legislative Affairs, NE Region EH&S
Manager

Dave Sprinkle	Safety Kleen 	Executive Vice President of Operations

Lin Longshore	Safety Kleen	Senior Vice President of Engineering and EH&S

Derald Bogs	Safety Kleen	Dolton		Facility Manager

Tim Riehl	Safety Kleen	Senior Director West – Processing and
Distribution

Bill Schede	Safety Kleen	Dolton		Operations Manager

Those present at the site visit discussed the history of Safety Kleen
and of the Dolton facility in particular as well as the structure of
Safety Kleen’s recycling operations nationwide and their standard
recycling procedures. EPA also took a tour of the Dolton facility to see
the design of its operations for recycling the solvent collected at
Safety Kleen’s customers’ facilities. In discussions of EPA’s
proposed rulemaking on the definition of solid waste, Safety Kleen
representatives expressed a concern about the “same industry”
requirement in the proposed rule because that would leave commercial
operations specializing in recycling out of the exclusion. They also
expressed support for the proposed “broad option” and supported
requirements such as financial assurance, environmental safeguards,
tracking systems, and the legitimacy criteria. 

