Notice2023-02555
Proposed Variances from the Classification of Solid Waste for HVF Precious Metals, LLC (Tucson, AZ)
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Published
February 13, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant a petition for variances from the classification as solid waste for two materials produced by HVF Precious Metals, LLC (HVF) at its facility in Tucson, Arizona.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9277-9278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02555]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0967; FRL-10468-01-OLEM]
Proposed Variances from the Classification of Solid Waste for HVF
Precious Metals, LLC (Tucson, AZ)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of tentative decision.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
grant a petition for variances from the classification as solid waste
for two materials produced by HVF Precious Metals, LLC (HVF) at its
facility in Tucson, Arizona.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-
2022-0967 to:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
<bullet> Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center, Office of Land and Emergency Management Docket, Mail Code
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
<bullet> Hand Delivery or Courier (by scheduled appointment only):
EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. The Docket Center's hours of
operations are 8:30
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a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday (except Federal Holidays).
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this action. Comments received may be posted without change to
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>, including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the ``Public Participation''
heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding the
Federal Register notice, contact Phoebe O'Connor, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery, Office of Land and Emergency Management,
(5304T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1451; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0c436f636262637e227c6463696e694c697c6d226b637a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="024d616d6c6c6d702c726a6d676067426772632c656d74">[email protected]</span></a>.
For further information regarding the incoming petition, Statement
of Basis, and any technical questions, contact Amanda Cruz, RCRA
Branch; Land, Chemicals, and Redevelopment Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, (Mail code LND-4-2),
San Francisco, CA 94105; telephone number: (415) 972-3084; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#beddcccbc490dfd3dfd0dadffedbcedf90d9d1c8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9efdecebe4b0fff3fff0faffdefbeeffb0f9f1e8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
A. Written Comments
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-
0967 at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method), or the
other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The EPA may
publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit to
EPA's docket at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> any information you
consider to be Proprietary Business Information (PBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of
the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing
system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment
policy, information about PBI or multimedia submissions, and general
guidance on making effective comments, please visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>.
II. Background
Section 260.30(c) allows the EPA Administrator to determine on a
case-by-case basis that materials that have been reclaimed but must be
further reclaimed before the materials are fully recovered are not
solid wastes. The effect of a variance from the classification of solid
waste is to exempt the material from RCRA hazardous waste regulations.
The EPA's proposal responds to a petition submitted by HVF on July 26,
2022 (HVF's Petition). HVF's Petition concerns two partially-reclaimed
materials (``Solution Sweeps'' and ``Filter Sweeps'') produced at its
Tucson, Arizona facility from precious metal-bearing waste from
cyanide-based electroplating operations. As explained in the
``Statement of Basis'' available in the docket [Docket ID EPA-HQ-OLEM-
2022-0967-0001], EPA's preliminary determination is that the two
materials produced by HVF are ``commodity-like'' under the criteria
listed in Sec. 260.31(c) and are legitimately recycled, thus
qualifying for variances from classification as solid waste under Sec.
260.30(c). The EPA seeks comment on the environmental justice impacts
of this proposed variance.
For information on The EPA's rationale for granting the petition,
see the attached ``Statement of Basis'' available in the docket [Docket
ID EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0967-0001].
Michael S. Regan,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023-02555 Filed 2-10-23; 8:45 am]
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