Colorado School of Mines- Recycling Metals from Industrial Waste

Short Course and Workshop

June 28, 2007

On Thursday, June 28, 2007, a representative from the Office of Solid
Waste (OSW) gave a brief presentation on the supplemental proposed rule
as part of a short course and workshop sponsored by the Colorado School
of Mines. During the discussion that followed, EPA confirmed that states
have the choice of adopting the rule, to which many audience members
responded by voicing concerns over the potential ‘patchwork’ of
regulations that may complicate transportation and exports. One attendee
mentioned that a state who adopts may have a potential economic
advantage over one who doesn’t. Regarding the notification
requirement, EPA clarified that this was simply a notice and not an
approval process. EPA also explained the proposed exclusions would
include liquid hazardous secondary material. One last question asked if
the exclusions covered instances of recycling where only the physical
form was changed. EPA acknowledged the need to verify this.

Groups in Attendance:

Advanced Recycling Technology	Metallurg Vanadium Corp.

Agmet	Metech International

Alpha Omega Recycling	Morris Equipment Sales

AusZinc Metals & Alloys	Natural Resources Canada

Boliden Mineral	Network Environmental Services

Brush Wellman	Nickel Institute

CVRD Inco	Nickelhuette Aue Gmbh

Ceremark Technologies	Noranda Recycling

Chemionex	Ocean Partners

Colt Refining	Omegasolder Co.

Contech International	OmniSource Corporation

Cookson Electronics	P.B. Queneau & Associates

Department of Defense	PVS Technologies

Doe Run Corporation	Perma-Fix Environmental Services

Drinkard Research & Development Corp.	Phelps Dodge Miami Mining

ECS Refining	Pillar Induction

ELG Metals	QML

Electrum	Recapture Metals

EnviroCon International	Recycling Coordinators

Fairfield Metals	S.P. Metals

Flowserve Canada Corp.	SGS Minerals Service

GF Industries	Shell Global Solutions

Gannon & Scott	Shell Nederland Raffinadery B.V.

Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical Corp.	Sidmet S.A.

Haynes International	Sitec Servicios De Ingenieria

Hazen Research	Spiller Consultants

Heraeus Metal Processing	Stillwater Mining Co.

INMETCO	Stratcor

Itronics 	Teck Cominco Metals

Jean Goldschmidt International	Titan Metal Powders

Kalumetals	Toxco, Inc.

Kohsei Co., Ltd.	U.S. Department of Agriculture

Kuntz Electroplating	Umicore USA

Langeloth Metallurgical Company	U.S. Air Force

MK Metals Trading Mexico	United States Steel Corporation

MPT Group	Veolia ES Technical Corporation

Meretec Corporation	Wisdom Environmental

Merix Corporation	Xstrata

Metal Solutions Corporation	Zinc Nacional, S.A.

Metal-Tech, Ltd.	.



