Hazardous Waste Landban (40 CFR Part 268) Requirements from EHSO

A hazardous waste landfill - Emelle, Alabama - The Chemical Waste Management, Inc. - Landban LDR (40 CFR Part 268) haz wastes being disposed
The Chemical Waste Management, Inc. hazardous waste landfill at
Emelle, Alabama

The EPA has placed restriction on which hazardous wastes may be disposed in landfills and deep injection wells.  40 CFR Part 268 provides the regs, but read on here to understand them!

For those of you familiar with "The Slemmer Guide" from John Slemmer's days at Chemical Waste Management; a totally new printed guide to hazardous waste is now available.  Call 770-645-0788 for information.

A very simple overview (4 page pdf Land Disposal Restrictions brochure) is available here.

Land Disposal Restrictions

bulletThe Landban regulations - 40 CFR Part 268 (pdf).
bulletClarification of Standards for Hazardous Waste Land Disposal Restriction Treatment Variances
Final Rule - December 1997
bulletClarification of the Land Disposal Restrictions' Dilution Prohibition and Combustion of Inorganic Metal-Bearing Hazardous Wastes || About...
bulletDeferral of Phase IV Standards for PCBs as an Underlying Hazardous Constituent in Soil; Proposed Rule - February 16, 2000
bulletHazardous Waste Land Disposal Restrictions: Notice of Public Meeting - June 1998
bulletHazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Chlorinated Aliphatics Production Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Identified Wastes; CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities;
Proposed Rule - July 25, 1999
bulletHazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste: Dye and Pigment Industries; Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Identified Wastes; CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities;
Proposed Rule - July 23, 1999
bulletInformation Collection Request for the Land Disposal Restrictions Surface Impoundment Study - February 10, 1998
bulletLand Disposal Restrictions: Notice of Intent to Grant a Site-Specific Determination of Equivalent Treatment to Pioneer Chlor-Alkali, Inc. - September 23, 1999
bulletLand Disposal Restrictions: Notice of Intent To Grant a Site-Specific Treatment Variance to Chemical Waste Management, Inc.
Final Rule - May 26, 1999
bulletLand Disposal Restrictions Phase IV, Final Rule
Promulgating Treatment Standards for Metal Wastes
and Mineral Processing Wastes; Mineral Processing Secondary
Materials and Bevill Exclusion Issues; Treatment Standards for
Hazardous Soils, and Exclusion of Recycled Wood Preserving
Wastewaters;
Final Rule - May 1998
bulletLand Disposal Restrictions, Phase IV, Final Rule
Treatment Standards for Wood Preserving Wastes,
Paperwork Reduction and Streamlining, Exemptions from RCRA
for Certain Processed Materials, and Miscellaneous
Hazardous Waste Provisions - April 1997

 

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Supplemental, Supporting, and Background Documents

bulletLand Disposal Restrictions, Phase IV, Proposed Rule
Treatment Standards Proposed for Toxicity Characteristic (TC)
Metal and Mineral Processing Wastes - April 1997
bulletMemorandum: Management of Remediation Waste under RCRA
Adobe Acrobat PDF File [46 K] || About...
bulletOffice of Solid Waste Burden Reduction Project; Notice of Data Availability and Request for Comment - June 18, 1999
bulletPhase IV Land Disposal Restrictions Rule -- Clarification of Effective Dates - October 19, 1998
Adobe Acrobat PDF File [50 K] || About...
bulletPotential Revisions to the Land Disposal Restrictions Mercury Treatment Standards;
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - May 28,1999
bulletRCRA Hotline Training Modules - "Introduction to Land Disposal Restrictions"
Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File
bulletRCRA Online - September 1998
bulletRCRA Permit Policy Compendium - July 1997

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Clarification of Standards for Hazardous Waste Land Disposal Restriction Treatment Variances

Final Rule - December 1997

Quick Link to Rule and Supporting Documents

Final Rulemaking

bulletClarification of Standards for Hazardous Waste Land Disposal Restriction Treatment Variances Final Rule - (ASCII text file) December 1997
bulletIndex to LDR Phase IV: Clarification Rule - (ASCII text file)
Description of above text file - (ASCII text file)
bulletResponses to Treatment Variance Related Comments - (ASCII text file) Description of above text file - (ASCII text file)
bulletGuidance Memo: Use of Site-Specific Land Disposal Restriction Treatability Variances Under 40 CFR 268.44(h) During Cleanups - (ASCII text file) Description of above text file - (ASCII text file)

This page was updated on January 04, 2007