TSDFs disposal facilities

Under the RCRA exemption, wastes intrinsically associated with the exploration and development of oil and gas do not have to follow Subtitle C regulations for disposal. Under Subtitle C, hazardous wastes must follow strict guidelines for storage, treatment, and transportation and disposal. The cost of handling materials under the Subtitle C scenario is overwhelming. Under the exemption, the operator is allowed to dispose of wellsite waste in a prudent manner and is not obliged to use licensed hazardous waste transporters and licensed Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDF). 

Disposal The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid or hazardous waste on or in the land or water. A disposal facility is any site where hazardous waste is intentionally placed and where the waste will remain after a TSDF stops operation. 

FIGURE 23.1 Number of incidents at combustion facilities and TSDFs. (Adapted from U.S. EPA, Report on Emergency Incidents at Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities and Other Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs), EPA530-R-99-014, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, June 1999.)... 

It is suggested that the recycling plants may be set up at existing Treatment Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF) sites for hazardous wastes. There are currently 25 such sites in India spread across 11 states. The state-wise distribution is shown in Fig. 2. 

Treating, information sources for, 75 766 Treatment and storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs), 27 588 Treatment, in-line fiber treatment, 76 12 Treatment plants... 

There are two options for disposing of energetics. PMCD prefers the simpler option of sending them to existing offsite treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs) that routinely dispose of similar energetics. Before energetics removed from chemical munitions can be shipped off site,... 

The USEPA estimates that over 6000 facilities are currently operated as treatment, storage, or disposal facilities (TSDFs) regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which assigns the responsibility of corrective action to facility owners and operators and authorizes the USEPA to oversee corrective actions. Unlike the Superfund, RCRA responsibility is delegated to states. The USEPA and authorized states have completed initial assessment of potential environmental contamination at over 70% of RCRA facilities, as required by statute to address corrective action. Environmental contamination at many RCRA facilities is expected to be less severe than at Superfund sites however, the total number of RCRA facilities exceeds the number of Superfund sites. The USEPA developed a computer-based system known as the RCRA National Corrective Action Prioritization System (NCAPS) to help establish priorities for corrective action activities. Among the factors considered in NCAPS are the history of hazardous waste releases, the likelihood of human and environmental exposure, and the type and quantity of waste handle at the facility. 

ODEQ Oregon Department of Environmental TSDF treatment, storage, and disposal facility... 

Based on the information gathered by the committee, there is little difference in the overarching regulatory requirements at industrial TSDFs and U.S. Army chemical agent disposal facilities. 

All commercial TSDFs and all chemical agent disposal facilities must adhere to permit operating parameters, including feed rates, temperatures, and other combustion criteria. In addition, all commercial TSDFs and chemical agent disposal facilities must meet both the RCRA and the MACT air emission limitations. There is little difference in the treatment of commercial TSDFs and chemical agent disposal facilities under MACT. Under the RCRA regulations... 

There are no commercial TSDFs in Indiana to support NECDF s closure activities. To date, NECDF has been permitted to ship limited quantities of its secondary wastes to out-of-state permitted disposal facilities. However, additional quantities need to be shipped while bulk VX disposal operations are still ongoing so that the wastes from agent destruction operations do... 

The committee found that the ACWA program and its contractors appear to be treated by regulatory authorities just like any commercial facility that treats, stores, and disposes of listed hazardous w astes, with one exception It is expected that the Army will treat the hazardous waste onsite. Many commercial hazardous wastes are routinely shipped to permitted treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs). At present, this is not possible for many of the major volume waste streams that will be generated at BGCAPP and PCAPP despite the fact that many of these waste streams have been safely shipped to permitted TSDFs from the other combustion and neutralization facilities. 

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