Notice2025-14473
Notice of Final Decision To Reissue the Vickery Environmental, Inc. Land-Ban Exemption
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Abstract
Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that an exemption to the land disposal restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) has been granted to Vickery Environmental, Inc. (VEI) of Vickery, Ohio for five Class I injection wells located in Vickery, Ohio. As required by Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, VEI has demonstrated, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of hazardous constituents out of the injection zone or into an underground source of drinking water (USDW) for at least 10,000 years. This final decision allows the continued underground injection by VEI of only those hazardous wastes designated by the codes in Table 1 through its five Class I hazardous waste injection wells identified as #2, #4, #5, #6, and #8. This decision constitutes a final EPA action for which there is no administrative appeal.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 145 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36041-36044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14473]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-12898-02-R5]
Notice of Final Decision To Reissue the Vickery Environmental,
Inc. Land-Ban Exemption
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final decision on a request by Vickery Environmental,
Inc. of Vickery, Ohio to reissue its exemption from the Hazardous and
Solid Waste Amendments of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) that an exemption to the land disposal restrictions under
the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) to the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) has been granted to Vickery
Environmental, Inc. (VEI) of Vickery, Ohio for five Class I injection
wells located in Vickery, Ohio. As required by Title 40 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, VEI has demonstrated, to a reasonable degree of
certainty, that there will be no migration of hazardous constituents
out of the injection zone or into an underground source of drinking
water (USDW) for at least 10,000 years. This final decision allows the
continued underground injection by VEI of only those hazardous wastes
designated by the codes in Table 1 through its five Class I hazardous
waste injection wells identified as #2, #4, #5, #6, and #8. This
decision constitutes a final EPA action for which there is no
administrative appeal.
DATES: This action is effective as of July 31, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kaelyn Quinlan, Lead Petition
Reviewer, EPA, Region 5, Water Division, Underground Injection Control
Section, WP-16J, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590;
telephone number: (312) 886-7188; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdccc8d4d3d1dcd393d6dcd8d1c4d3fdd8cddc93dad2cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7405011d1a18151a5a1f1511180d1a341104155a131b02">[email protected]</span></a>. Copies of the petition and all pertinent
information are on file and are part of the Administrative Record.
Please contact the lead reviewer if you wish to review the
Administrative Record.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VEI submitted a request for reissuance of
its existing exemption from the land disposal restrictions of hazardous
waste in June 2022. EPA reviewed all data pertaining to the petition,
including, but not limited to, well construction, well operations,
regional and local geology, seismic activity, penetrations of the
confining zone, and computational models of the injection zone. EPA has
determined that the hydrogeological and geochemical conditions at the
site and the nature of the waste streams are such that reliable
predictions can be made that fluid movement conditions are such that
injected fluids will not migrate out of the injection zone within
10,000 years, as set forth at 40 CFR 148.20(a)(1)(i). The injection
zone includes the injection interval into which fluid is directly
emplaced and the overlying arrestment interval into which it may
diffuse. The injection interval for the VEI facility is composed of the
Mt. Simon Sandstone between 2,791 and 2,950 feet below ground level
(bgl). The arrestment interval for the VEI facility is composed of the
Rome, Conasauga, Kerbel, and Knox Formations between 2,360 and 2,791
feet bgl. The confining zone at the VEI facility is composed of the
Black River and Wells Creek Formations between 1,816 and 2,360 feet
bgl. The confining zone is separated from the lowermost underground
source of drinking water (at a depth of 602 feet bgl) by a sequence of
permeable and less permeable sedimentary rocks. This sequence provides
additional protection from fluid migration into drinking water sources.
EPA issued a draft decision, which described the reasons for
granting this exemption in more detail, a fact sheet, which summarized
these reasons, and a public notice on January 18, 2025, pursuant to 40
CFR 124.10. The public comment period ended on February 18, 2025. EPA
received five comments during the comment period. EPA has prepared a
response to the comments, which can be viewed at the following URL:
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/node/88753#public-notices">https://www.epa.gov/node/88753#public-notices</a>. This document is part of
the Administrative Record for this decision.
Conditions
This exemption is subject to the following conditions. Non-
compliance with any of these conditions is grounds for termination of
the exemption:
(1) The exemption applies to the five existing hazardous waste
injection wells, #2, #4, #5, #6, and #8 located at the VEI facility at
3956 State Route 412, Vickery, Ohio.
(2) Injection of restricted hazardous waste is limited to the part
of the Mt. Simon Sandstone at depths between 2791 and 2950 feet below
the surface level.
(3) Only restricted wastes designated by the RCRA waste codes found
in Table 1 may be injected.
(4) Maximum concentrations of chemicals that are allowed to be
injected are listed in Table 2.
(5) The average specific gravity of the injected waste stream must
be no less than 1.08 over a one-year period.
(6) VEI may inject up to a combined total of 240 gallons per minute
into Well #2, #4, #5, #6, and #8, based on a monthly average.
(7) This exemption is approved for the 20-year modeled injection
period, which ends on June 30, 2027. VEI may petition EPA for a
reissuance of the exemption beyond that date, provided that a new and
complete petition and no-migration demonstration is received at EPA,
Region 5, by January 31, 2027.
(8) VEI must submit, within 90 days after the exemption is granted,
an approvable plan to demonstrate that chemicals listed in Table 2 are
not or
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cannot be injected above the listed limits. Upon EPA's approval of this
plan, VEI shall implement the plan per the schedule in the approved
plan.
(9) VEI must submit copies of the reports on the annual bottom-hole
pressure surveys conducted in wells #2, #4, #5, #6, and #8 to EPA when
these reports are submitted to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
(Ohio EPA). The reports must include a comparison of reservoir
parameters determined from the fall-off test, such as permeability and
long-term shut-in pressure, with parameters used in the approved no-
migration petition.
(10) VEI must submit copies of the reports on the annual
radioactive tracer surveys and annulus pressure tests for wells #2, #4,
#5, #6, and #8 to EPA when these reports are submitted to Ohio EPA.
(11) VEI shall notify EPA in writing if any injection well loses
mechanical integrity, prior to any workover or plugging when these
notifications are submitted to Ohio EPA.
(12) The petitioner must fully comply with all requirements set
forth in Underground Injection Control Permits 03-72-009-PTO-I, 03-72-
011-PTO-I, 03-72-012-PTO-I, 03-72-013-PTO-I, and 03-72-014-PTO-I issued
by Ohio EPA.
(13) Upon the expiration, cancellation, reissuance, or modification
of the permits referenced above, this exemption is subject to review.
(14) Whenever EPA determines that the basis for approval of a
petition under 40 CFR 148.23 and 148.24 may no longer be valid, EPA may
terminate this exemption and will require a new demonstration in
accordance with 40 CFR 148.20.
Table 1--List of RCRA Waste Codes Approved for Injection
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D001................................................. D002 D003 D004 D005 D006 D007 D008 D009 D010 D011 D012
D013................................................. D014 D015 D016 D017 D018 D019 D020 D021 D022 D023 D024
D025................................................. D026 D027 D028 D029 D030 D031 D032 D033 D034 D035 D036
D037................................................. D038 D039 D040 D041 D042 D043 F001 F002 F003 F004 F005
F006................................................. F007 F008 F009 F010 F011 F012 F019 F020 F021 F022 F023
F024................................................. F025 F026 F027 F028 F032 F034 F035 F037 F038 F039 K001
K002................................................. K003 K004 K005 K006 K007 K008 K009 K010 K011 K013 K014
K015................................................. K016 K017 K018 K019 K020 K021 K022 K023 K024 K025 K026
K027................................................. K028 K029 K030 K031 K032 K033 K034 K035 K036 K037 K038
K039................................................. K040 K041 K042 K043 K044 K045 K046 K047 K048 K049 K050
K051................................................. K052 K060 K061 K062 K069 K071 K073 K083 K084 K085 K086
K087................................................. K088 K093 K094 K095 K096 K097 K098 K099 K100 K101 K102
K103................................................. K104 K105 K106 K107 K108 K109 K110 K111 K112 K113 K114
K115................................................. K116 K117 K118 K123 K124 K125 K126 K131 K132 K136 K140
K141................................................. K142 K143 K144 K145 K147 K148 K149 K150 K151 K156 K157
K158................................................. K159 K161 K169 K170 K171 K172 K174 K175 K176 K177 K178
K181................................................. P001 P002 P003 P004 P005 P006 P007 P008 P009 P010 P011
P012................................................. P013 P014 P015 P016 P017 P018 P020 P021 P022 P023 P024
P026................................................. P027 P028 P029 P030 P031 P033 P034 P036 P037 P038 P039
P040................................................. P041 P042 P043 P044 P045 P046 P047 P048 P049 P050 P051
P054................................................. P056 P057 P058 P059 P060 P062 P063 P064 P065 P066 P067
P068................................................. P069 P070 P071 P072 P073 P074 P075 P076 P077 P078 P081
P082................................................. P084 P085 P087 P088 P089 P092 P093 P094 P095 P096 P097
P098................................................. P099 P101 P102 P103 P104 P105 P106 P108 P109 P110 P111
P112................................................. P113 P114 P115 P116 P118 P119 P120 P121 P122 P123 P127
P128................................................. P185 P188 P189 P190 P191 P192 P194 P196 P197 P198 P199
P201................................................. P202 P203 P204 P205 U001 U002 U003 U004 U005 U006 U007
U008................................................. U009 U010 U011 U012 U014 U015 U016 U017 U018 U019 U020
U021................................................. U022 U023 U024 U025 U026 U027 U028 U029 U030 U031 U032
U033................................................. U034 U035 U036 U037 U038 U039 U041 U042 U043 U044 U045
U046................................................. U047 U048 U049 U050 U051 U052 U053 U055 U056 U057 U058
U059................................................. U060 U061 U062 U063 U064 U066 U067 U068 U069 U070 U071
U072................................................. U073 U074 U075 U076 U077 U078 U079 U080 U081 U082 U083
U084................................................. U085 U086 U087 U088 U089 U090 U091 U092 U093 U094 U095
U096................................................. U097 U098 U099 U101 U102 U103 U105 U106 U107 U108 U109
U110................................................. U111 U112 U113 U114 U115 U116 U117 U118 U119 U120 U121
U122................................................. U123 U124 U125 U126 U127 U128 U129 U130 U131 U132 U133
U134................................................. U135 U136 U137 U138 U139 U140 U141 U142 U143 U144 U145
U146................................................. U147 U148 U149 U150 U151 U152 U153 U154 U155 U156 U157
U158................................................. U159 U160 U161 U162 U163 U164 U165 U166 U167 U168 U169
U170................................................. U171 U172 U173 U174 U176 U177 U178 U179 U180 U181 U182
U183................................................. U184 U185 U186 U187 U188 U189 U190 U191 U192 U193 U194
U196................................................. U197 U200 U201 U202 U203 U204 U205 U206 U207 U208 U209
U210................................................. U211 U213 U214 U215 U216 U217 U218 U219 U220 U221 U222
U223................................................. U225 U226 U227 U228 U234 U235 U236 U237 U238 U239 U240
U243................................................. U244 U246 U247 U248 U249 U271 U278 U279 U280 U328 U353
U359................................................. U364 U367 U372 U373 U387 U389 U394 U395 U404 U409 U410
U411................................................. ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .......
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Table 2--Maximum Concentrations of Chemical Contaminants That Are Hazardous at Less Than One Part per Billion
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Maximum allowable
Health based initial
Chemical constituent limit (mg/L) concentration (mg/ Vickery limit (%)
L)
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Acetyl chloride........................................ 2.00E-04 2.00E+05 20
Acrylamide (2-Propenamide)............................. 8.00E-06 8.00E+03 0.80
Acrylonitrile (2-Propenenitrile or Vinyl Cyanide)...... 6.00E-05 6.00E+04 6.00
Aldrin................................................. 2.00E-07 2.00E+02 0.02
Allyl Chloride (3-chloroprop(yl)ene)................... 3.00E-05 3.00E+04 3.00
Bendiocarb (2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-benzodioxol 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
methylcarbamate)......................................
Benzal chloride........................................ 2.00E-05 2.00E+04 2.0
Benz[a]anthracene (1,2-Benzanthracene)................. 1.30E-04 1.30E+05 13
Benzidine.............................................. 2.00E-07 2.00E+02 0.02
Benzo[b]fluoranthene................................... 1.80E-04 1.80E+05 18
Benzo[k]fluoranthene................................... 1.70E-04 1.70E+05 17
Benzo[g,h,I]-perylene.................................. 7.60E-04 7.60E+05 76
Benzo[a]pyrene......................................... 2.00E-04 2.00E+05 20
Benzotrichloride....................................... 3.00E-06 3.00E+03 0.30
Benzyl chloride ((Chloromethyl)benzene)................ 2.00E-04 2.00E+05 20
alpha BHC (see Lindane) alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane.... 6.00E-06 6.00E+03 0.60
beta BHC (see Lindane) beta-hexachlorocyclohexane...... 2.00E-05 2.00E+04 2
delta BHC (see Lindane) delta-hexachlorocyclohexane.... 2.00E-04 2.00E+05 20
Bromoacetone (1-Bromo-2-propanone)..................... 3.00E-05 3.00E+04 3
Bromodichloromethane (Trihalomethane).................. 6.00E-04 6.00E+05 60
Brucine (2,3-Dimethoxystrychnidin-10-one).............. 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Carbendazim (1H-benzimidazol-2-yl carbamic acid methyl 4.00E-04 4.00E+05 40
ester)................................................
Carbon oxyfluoride..................................... 5.00E-04 5.00E+05 50
Chlorinated fluorocarbons, not otherwise specified..... 5.00E-04 5.00E+05 50
Chloroacetaldehyde..................................... 5.90E-04 5.90E+05 59
Chlorodibromomethane................................... 4.00E-04 4.00E+05 40
Chloroethers........................................... 3.00E-05 3.00E+04 3
2-Chloroethyl vinyl ether.............................. 3.00E-05 3.00E+04 3
Chloromethyl methyl ether.............................. 3.00E-05 3.00E+04 3
Chloroprene............................................ 3.00E-05 3.00E+04 3
m-Cumenyl methylcarbamate.............................. 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Cyclohexane............................................ 9.00E-05 9.00E+04 9
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), salts, esters.. 2.00E-04 2.00E+05 20
p,p'-Dichlorodipheyldichloroethane (p,p'-DDD).......... 1.00E-04 1.00E+05 10
p,p'-Dichlorodipheyldichloroethylene (p,p'-DDE)........ 1.00E-04 1.00E+05 10
p,p'-Dichlorodiphehylotrichloroethane (p,p'-DDT)....... 1.00E-04 1.00E+05 10
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene.................................. 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Dibromochloropropane................................... 2.00E-04 2.00E+05 20
2,3-Dibromo-1-propanol phosphate(3:1).................. 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Dichlorobenzene........................................ 2.00E-04 2.00E+05 20
3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine................................. 8.00E-05 8.00E+04 8
sym-Dichloroethyl ether................................ 3.00E-05 3.00E+04 3
sym-Dichloromethyl ether............................... 1.60E-07 1.60E+02 0.016
Dichloropropane........................................ 6.00E-05 6.00E+04 6
Dichloropropanol....................................... 6.00E-05 6.00E+04 6
Dichloropropene........................................ 3.00E-05 3.00E+04 3
cis-1,3-Dichloropropene................................ 3.00E-05 3.00E+04 3
trans-1,3-Dichloropropene.............................. 3.00E-05 3.00E+04 3
Dieldrin............................................... 2.00E-06 2.00E+03 0.2
Diethylene glycol, dicarbamate......................... 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
O,O-Diethyl O-pyrazinyl phosphorothioate............... 4.00E-04 4.00E+05 40
Dimetilan.............................................. 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
2,6-Dinitrotoluene..................................... 3.10E-04 3.10E+05 31
Di-n-octyl phthalate................................... 4.90E-04 4.90E+05 49
Di-n-propylnitrosamine................................. 5.00E-06 5.00E+03 0.5
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine.................................. 5.00E-05 5.00E+04 5
Dithiocarbamates (total)............................... 9.00E-04 9.00E+05 90
Ethylene dibromide..................................... 5.00E-05 5.00E+04 5
Ethylidene chloride.................................... 7.00E-04 7.00E+05 70
Famphur................................................ 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Fluoroacetic acid, sodium salt......................... 7.00E-04 7.00E+05 70
Formetanate hydrochloride.............................. 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Formparanate........................................... 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Heptachlor (and its epoxide)........................... 2.00E-04 2.00E+05 20
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzofuran.................. 2.50E-05 2.50E+04 2.5
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-Heptachlorodibenzofuran.................. 2.50E-05 2.50E+04 2.5
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.............. 2.50E-05 2.50E+04 2.5
Hexachlorobutadiene.................................... 5.00E-04 5.00E+05 50
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Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins............................ 2.50E-05 2.50E+04 2.5
Hexaethyl tetraphosphate............................... 4.00E-04 4.00E+05 40
Hydrazine.............................................. 1.00E-05 1.00E+04 1
Indeno[1,2,3-cd] pyrene................................ 4.30E-04 4.30E+05 43
Isolan................................................. 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Lindane (1,2,3,4,5,6-hexa-chlorocyclohexane, gamma 2.00E-04 2.00E+05 20
isomer)...............................................
Manganese dimethyldithiocarbamate...................... 9.00E-04 9.00E+05 90
Mercury fulminate...................................... 1.00E-04 1.00E+05 10
Methiocarb............................................. 5.00E-04 5.00E+05 50
Methyl chlorocarbonate................................. 5.90E-04 5.90E+05 59
Metolcarb.............................................. 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitroso-guanidine (MNNG)........... 1.50E-04 1.50E+05 15
Naphthalene............................................ 6.00E-04 6.00E+05 60
p-Nitrophenol.......................................... 1.30E-04 1.30E+05 13
N-Nitrosodiethanolamine................................ 1.00E-05 1.00E+04 1
N-Nitrosodiethylamine.................................. 2.00E-07 2.00E+02 0.02
N-Nitrosodimethylamine................................. 7.00E-07 7.00E+02 0.07
N-Nitrosodi-n-butylamine............................... 6.00E-06 6.00E+03 0.6
N-Nitrosomethylethylamine.............................. 2.00E-06 2.00E+03 0.2
N-Nitrosomethylvinylamine.............................. 1.50E-04 1.50E+05 15
N-Nitroso-N-methylurea................................. 1.50E-04 1.50E+05 15
N-Nitroso-N-methlurethane.............................. 1.50E-04 1.50E+05 15
N-Nitrosopyrrolidine................................... 2.00E-05 2.00E+04 2
1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-Octachlorodibenzofuran................. 5.00E-05 5.00E+04 5
1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-Octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin............. 5.00E-05 5.00E+04 5
Parathion.............................................. 6.00E-04 6.00E+05 60
Pebulate............................................... 8.00E-04 8.00E+05 80
Pentachlorodibenzofurans, total........................ 2.50E-05 2.50E+04 2.5
Pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, total..................... 2.50E-05 2.50E+04 2.5
Pentachlorophenols and their chlorophenoxy derivitive 7.60E-05 7.60E+04 7.6
acids, esters amines and salts........................
1,3-Pentadiene......................................... 3.00E-05 3.00E+04 3
Phorate................................................ 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Phosgene............................................... 2.00E-04 2.00E+05 20
Phosphorithioic and phosphordithioic acid esters....... 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Physostigmine.......................................... 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Physostigmine salicylate............................... 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Polychlorinated Biphenyls.............................. 5.00E-04 5.00E+05 50
Prosulfocarb........................................... 6.00E-04 6.00E+05 60
Reserpine.............................................. 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Streptozotocin......................................... 1.50E-04 1.50E+05 15
Sulfur phosphide....................................... 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Tars................................................... 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Tetrachlorodibenzofurans............................... 1.00E-05 1.00E+04 1
Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins........................... 3.00E-08 3.00E+01 0.003
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane.............................. 2.00E-04 2.00E+05 20
Tetraethyl lead........................................ 3.50E-06 3.50E+03 0.35
Thiodicarb............................................. 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Thiofanox.............................................. 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Tirpate................................................ 3.00E-04 3.00E+05 30
Trichlorobenzene....................................... 1.20E-04 1.20E+05 12
Trichloromethanethiol.................................. 2.00E-04 2.00E+05 20
Triethylamine.......................................... 5.00E-04 5.00E+05 50
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