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Applicability of Land Disposal Restrictions to RCRA and CERCLA Ground Water Treatment Reinjection Superfund Management Review: Recommendation No. 26
Download OSWER Directive #9234.1-06 (361K/5pp/PDF)
There has been some question as to whether ground water contaminated with restricted RCRA hazardous wastes, which is extracted during a RCRA corrective action or CERCLA response action, must meet the best demonstrated available technology (BDAT) identified for that waste under the RCRA land disposal restrictions (LDRs) prior to each reinjection, in a pump-and-treat reinjection remediation system. This memorandum explains EPA's interpretation of whether the LDRs are applicable or (under CERCLA response actions only) relevant and appropriate to such reinjections or to the remediation as a whole.


Corrective Action Management Unit and Temporary Unit Rule
View Summary of Original CAMU Regulations (Feb 16, 1993)
View Amendments (Jan 27, 2002)
Corrective Action Management Units, or 'CAMUs,' are special units created under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to facilitate treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes managed for implementing cleanup, and to remove the disincentives to cleanup that the application of RCRA to these wastes can sometimes impose. The original CAMU regulations were promulgated on February 16, 1993, and amended on January 22, 2002.


Emerging Contaminant Fact Sheets
An "emerging contaminant" is a chemical or material that is characterized by a perceived, potential, or real threat to human health or the environment or a lack of published health standards. A contaminant may also be "emerging" because a new source or a new pathway to humans has been discovered or a new detection method or treatment technology has been developed. These fact sheets, developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO), provides brief summaries for emerging contaminants.


EPA Directive: Initiatives to Promote Innovative Technologies in Waste Management Programs.
Order EPA 542-F-96-012
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This 4/29/96 directive describes EPA initiatives to facilitate the testing, demonstration, and use of innovative cleanup and field measurement technologies and stresses EPA's commitment to promoting environmental technology development and commercialization.


EPA Directive: Use of Monitored Natural Attenuation at Superfund, RCRA Corrective Action, and Underground Storage Tank Sites.
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This Directive clarifies EPA's policy with regard to the use of monitored natural attenuation for the remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater at sites regulated under all programs administered by EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER), including Superfund, RCRA Corrective Action, and Underground Storage Tanks.

Guidance for Implementing Superfund Reform Initiative 9a: Risk Sharing. OSWER's Policy Directive (No. 9010.02).
Download Directive (72K/6pp/PDF)
This guidance was developed to support implementation of Superfund Reform Initiative 9a: Risk Sharing. Under this initiative, EPA agrees to share the risk of implementing innovative remediation technologies which have potential for improved performance and reduced costs.


Guidance for Monitoring at Hazardous Waste Sites: Framework for Monitoring Plan Development and Implementation
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More Information on the One Cleanup Program
This guidance document presents a framework for developing and implementing technically defensible Monitoring Plans for hazardous waste sites. In support of the One Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program, this document was written in direct response to, and for, site managers who are legally responsible for managing removal and remedial site activities. It is intended for use at hazardous waste sites that have completed site characterization, risk assessment, and remedy selection and are in the process of implementing a removal action or site mitigation.


Land Disposal Restriction of Contaminated Debris
View Summary of the Federal Register Notice
A rule for Land Disposal Restriction of Contaminated Debris (57 FR 37194) was promulgated on 8/18/92 that allows more flexible treatment standards than under the original Land Disposal Regulations (40 CFR 268).


RCRA Permit Policy Compendium.
View through RCRA Online
The RCRA Permit Policy Compendium is a compilation of reference documents for RCRA hazardous waste permitting policies and procedures. The Compendium consists of EPA's RCRA permitting policies and procedures, reference memoranda, letters, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) Directives, and other documents that are the cornerstone of implementation of the RCRA permit program.


State Policy and Regulatory Barriers to In Situ Ground Water Remediation
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Identifies state regulatory and policy barriers to the use of surfactants, cosolvents, and nutrients to enhance groundwater treatment technologies. Gives the name of a contact person for each state.


Superfund Response Action Contractor Indemnification Rule.
View Summary of the Federal Register Notice
The Superfund Response Action Contractor Indemnification Rule (58 FR 5972), which was issued on 1/25/93, includes provisions that allow lower deductibles for contractors using innovative treatment technologies.


Surfactant Injection for Ground-Water Remediation: State Regulators' Perspectives and Experiences. Superfund Site, Libby, Montana.
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This is a report on a series of eight interviews with state regulators concerning their experiences with reviewing applications or proposals to inject surfactants in the ground water to remediate contaminated ground water. The interviews included discussions of barriers or mistakes and advice to applicants and reviewers to affect a smoother process.


Treatability Study Sample Exclusion Rule
View Federal Register Notice
The Treatability Study Sample Exclusion Rule (59 FR 8362) was revised on 2/18/94 to increase the quantity limits up to 10,000 kilograms of contaminated media for treatability studies that may be conditionally exempt from RCRA permitting and manifest requirements.

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