[Federal Register: April 9, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 68)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Extension of the Policy on Enforcement of RCRA Section 3004(j) 
Storage Prohibition at Facilities Generating Mixed Radioactive/
Hazardous Waste

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; policy statement.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing an interim extension of its policy (61 FR 
18588, April 26, 1996) on the civil enforcement of the storage 
prohibition in section 3004(j) of the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (RCRA) at facilities that generate ``mixed waste.'' RCRA 
defines ``mixed waste'' as waste that contains both hazardous waste and 
source, special nuclear, or by-product material subject to the Atomic 
Energy Act (AEA). RCRA section 1004(41), 42 U.S.C. 6903. Thus, ``mixed 
waste'' is regulated under both the RCRA subtitle C hazardous waste 
program and the AEA. This action extends the April 1996 policy until 
October 31, 1998. The policy affects only mixed wastes that are 
prohibited from land disposal under the RCRA land disposal restrictions 
and for which there are no available options for treatment or disposal. 
EPA has been recently gathering information to determine whether long-
term extension of the policy remains appropriate. Specifically, EPA 
sent information request letters pursuant to RCRA section 3007 to a 
selected sample of mixed waste generators and has conducted a series of 
site visits to facilities storing mixed waste. Following a thorough 
review of this information, EPA expects to determine whether a longer 
term extension of the policy is appropriate by October 31, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Bell, Federal, State and Tribal 
Programs Branch, Office of Solid Waste; telephone (703) 308-8888; or 
EPA's Mixed Waste HomePage at ``http://www.epa.gov/radiation/mixed-
waste.''

    Dated: April 3, 1998.
Timothy Fields, Jr.,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response.
Steven A. Herman,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance.
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