OVERVIEW OF THE DOCKET FOR

 ADVANCED NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING 

IDENTIFICATION OF NON-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT ARE SOLID WASTE

The docket for this Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM),
Docket No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-0329, contains the information that EPA is
using to support the ANPRM.  The documents in the docket are ordered so
that the key background documents (Materials Characterization Papers)
are grouped near the start of the docket list.  These papers summarize
key information that is available on the generation and use of various
non-hazardous secondary materials that are commonly used by the
industrial community as fuels and/or ingredients.  The materials papers,
which are cited throughout the ANPRM, cover the following materials. 

Coal Combustion Products - Coal Fly Ash, Bottom Ash, and Boiler Slag

Biomass - Forest Derived Biomass and Pulp and Paper Residues

Biomass - Agricultural Residues and Food Scraps

Biomass - Animal Manure and Gaseous Fuels

Scrap Tires

Used Oil

Cement Kiln Dust (CKD)

Coal Refuse

Wastewater Treatment Sludge

Blast Furnace Slag - Used as ingredient in clinker manufacture

Construction and Demolition Materials - Building-related C&D Materials

Construction and Demolition Materials - Disaster Debris

Construction and Demolition Materials - Land Clearing Debris

Scrap Plastics

Secondary Glass Material - Used as ingredient in glass manufacture

Silica Fume - Used as ingredient in clinker manufacture

Spent Solvents and Related Materials

The docket is mainly comprised of the Material Characterization Papers
and the supporting documents referenced in these papers.  The references
cited in the Material Characterization papers may be found by searching
the docket for the name of the cited document.  The docket also contains
other references cited in the ANPRM, as well as a variety of
miscellaneous documents (e.g., meeting notes and materials submitted at
these meetings).

