Notice2023-25605
Underground Injection Control Program; Hazardous Waste Injection Restrictions; Petition for Exemption Issuance-Class I Hazardous Waste Injection; Rubicon LLC, Geismar Louisiana Facility, Louisiana
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Published
November 20, 2023
Effective
November 6, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that an issuance of an exemption to the land disposal restrictions, under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, is granted to Rubicon LLC for one Class I hazardous waste injection well at the Geismar Louisiana Facility located in Geismar, Louisiana.
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<title>Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 222 (Monday, November 20, 2023)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 222 (Monday, November 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80719-80720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25605]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-11549-01-R6]
Underground Injection Control Program; Hazardous Waste Injection
Restrictions; Petition for Exemption Issuance--Class I Hazardous Waste
Injection; Rubicon LLC, Geismar Louisiana Facility, Louisiana
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of a final decision on a no migration petition issuance.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that an issuance of an exemption to the
land disposal restrictions, under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, is
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granted to Rubicon LLC for one Class I hazardous waste injection well
at the Geismar Louisiana Facility located in Geismar, Louisiana.
DATES: This action was effective as of November 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the petition issuance and pertinent information
relating thereto are on file at the following location: Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), Region 6, Water Division, Safe Drinking Water
Branch (6WD-D), 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500, Dallas, Texas 75270-2102.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian Ussery, Physical Scientist, Ground
Water/UIC Section, EPA--Region 6, telephone (214) 665-6639.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by 40 CFR part 148, Rubicon LLC
adequately demonstrated to the EPA by the petition issuance application
and supporting documentation that, to a reasonable degree of certainty,
there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from the injection
zone for as long as the waste remains hazardous. This final decision
allows the underground injection by the Geismar Louisiana Facility, of
the specific restricted hazardous wastes identified in this exemption
issuance, into Class I hazardous waste injection Well WDW-6 until
December 31, 2040, unless EPA terminates this exemption under
provisions of 40 CFR 148.24. Additional conditions included in this
final decision may be reviewed by contacting the Region 6 Ground Water/
UIC Section. As required by 40 CFR 148.22(b) and 124.10, a public
notice comment period started on April 6, 2023, and closed on May 22,
2023. No comments were received. EPA made significant edits to the fact
sheet after the public comment period including naming the petition an
issuance instead of a reissuance and clarifying portions of the geology
section. A second comment period was started on September 7th, 2023,
and closed on October 23rd, 2023. No comments were received. This
decision constitutes final Agency action, and there is no
Administrative appeal.
Dated: November 14, 2023.
Dzung Kim Ngo Kidd,
Acting Director, Water Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2023-25605 Filed 11-17-23; 8:45 am]
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