Reducing cleanup costs under HWIR-media: Implications for DOE
Conference
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OSTI ID:469806
- ICF Kaiser, Fairfax, VA (United States)
On April 29, 1996, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to amend the Hazardous Waste Identification Rules for Contaminated Media (HWIR-Media) under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). This deregulatory initiative has the potential to significantly reduce the cost of cleaning up the US Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons complex. Soil, groundwater, and sediment with lower levels of contamination would be eligible for exemption from the stringent Land Disposal Restrictions (LDRs), Minimum Technology Requirements (MTRs), and other Subtitle C standards. Higher risk contaminated soil would be subject to less stringent Subtitle C LDRs and streamlined permitting procedures. To best take advantage of this reform initiative, DOE should take a number of actions now. This paper describes the HWIR-Media proposal, discusses its potential impacts, and recommends potential steps for DOE.
- OSTI ID:
- 469806
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960804--Vol.1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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