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Volume XIII, Edition 2 February 1, 2013

GATEKEEPER NEWSLETTER

Lou Trammell, Chair

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Company Fined $40K for RCRA Violations: 3

Settlement with New Cingular Wireless to Resolve Violations at Hundreds of Legacy

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EPA Issues Hawaii Toxics Release Inven-tory Data for 2011:

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EPA Issues California Toxics Release Inven-tory Data for 2011:

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EPA Issues Guam Toxics Release Inven-tory Data for 2011:

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OSHA cites company for violations at W.Va. Plant:

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DOT Revises Hazard-ous Materials Trans-portation Regulations:

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tution, and $2,901,500 paid in fines. See Criminal Crimes Cases in the Southeast for information on this case and others.

• EPA is taking enforcement ac-tions against violators of environ-mental regulations in environmental justice communities. See utility case example. Additionally, EPA is incor-porating fenceline monitoring, which requires companies to monitor their air emissions and make that data available public, into settlements, ensuring that local residents have access to critical information about pollution that may be affecting their community. See an oil refinery case example.

• EPA is increasing transparency to use the power of public accountability to help improve environmental compli-ance. EPA’s 2012 enforcement actions map provides information about viola-tors in communities. EPA’s state dashboards and Clean Water Act pol-lutant loading tool provides the public with information about local pollution that may affect them and allows the public to take a closer look at how government is responding to pollution problems. EPA continues its efforts to protect the environment by redeveloping, revital-izing, and reusing areas that were previously complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Over $8 million was spent in 2012 to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse Brownsfields in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, and Kentucky.

monitoring and transparency, to reduce pollution violations, protect and empower communities and focus on the environmental prob-lems that matter most.” FY 2012 results include:

• Sustained and focused en-forcement attention on serious viola-tors of clean drinking water stan-dards has resulted in improvements in compliance. The number of sys-tems with serious violations has declined by more than 60% nation-wide in the past three years as a result of combined federal and state enforcement work, protecting peo-ple’s health through safer drinking water.

• More than 67% of large com-bined sewer systems serving people across the country are implementing clean water solutions to reduce raw sewage and contaminated stormwa-ter and more are underway. EPA is working with communities to design integrated solutions to these water quality problems, and incorporating innovative and cost effective green infrastructure to save money and achieve multiple community bene-fits.

• EPA is bringing criminal prosecutions where criminal activity threatens public health, like sending untreated and contaminated waste-water to municipal wastewater treat-ment plants. In the region, there were 54 cases initiated, 40 defen-dants charged, 178 months and 62 days of incarceration, 576 months of probation, $1,370,162 paid in resti-

EPA released its fiscal year 2012 enforce-ment results. The results highlight EPA’s civil and criminal enforcement efforts to address pollution problems that have the greatest impact on communities and public health, including a reduction of 1.7 billion lb of pollution to the nation’s air, water, and land, 191,645 lb of hazardous waste, and $34,876,733 million in civil/judicial and criminal penalties to deter violations of the law. In addition to achieving progress seen by such traditional measures, EPA has also made gains to reduce relatively smaller amounts of pollution that have substantial health impacts on communities, such as improvements in compliance with drinking water standards and efforts to reduce high toxic sources of air pollution. “We are committed in Region 4 to ensuring that pollution problems that impact our communities and neighborhoods are ad-dressed through vigorous civil and criminal enforcement,” said Gwen Keyes-Fleming, EPA Region 4 Administrator. Respondents in the Region 4 states of Ala-bama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missis-sippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and on tribal lands will invest more than $1.11 billion in pollution control and cleanup and will implement more than $10,872,264 million in Supplemental Envi-ronmental Projects. States received $16,196,392 million settlement paid out to the states as co-plaintiffs. “Enforcement plays a vital role in protect-ing communities from harmful pollution,” said Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Com-pliance Assurance. “We are using vigorous enforcement, as well as innovations in

EPA Issues Almost $35 Million in Penalties in 2012:

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P a g e 3 V o l u m e X I I I , E d i t i o n 2 EPA Corner

A Connecticut door hardware manufac-turer has agreed to pay almost $40,000 to settle with EPA over hazardous waste vio-lations. The company is accused of violating state hazardous waste laws as well as the fed-eral Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). After a 2011 facility inspec-tion EPA found that the company violated RCRA by failing to: • Have an adequate hazardous waste training program; • Close containers of hazardous waste; • Maintain adequate aisle space be-tween containers of hazardous waste; • Mark containers with the date that accumulation of hazardous waste began; • Update and submit a revised contin-gency plan to local authorities; and Generally manage hazardous waste in ac-cordance with the requirements. According to EPA, the company's failure to have an adequate hazardous waste train-ing program increased the likelihood that wastes generated may not be properly managed and that personnel may not be able to adequately coordinate all emer-gency response measures in the event of emergency. By the way -- after the inspection, EPA said the company brought its facility into compliance with state and federal waste management laws. So, What Is an ‘Adequate’ Training Program for Emergency Response? EPA specifies the training for personnel of hazardous waste large quantity generators (LQGs) and hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs) under regulations 40 CFR 264.16, 40 CFR 265.16 and 40 CFR 262.34 (a)(4). That RCRA hazardous waste training must be designed, at a minimum, to ensure that facility personnel are able to respond ef-fectively to emergencies by familiarizing

them with emergency procedures, emergency equipment, and emer-gency systems. But, to be adequately trained, TSDFs and LQGs must also have a written contingency plan and a preparedness and prevention plan that specify procedures for re-sponding to an emergency. A con-tingency plan is a document re-quired by RCRA that sets out how the facility will respond to an emergency at their facility. The plan must be in writing and must identify who will be in charge of implementation in the event of an emergency. The plan (and all revisions) must be sent to certain local emergency responders. The plan must be revised when certain changes occur, such as when the list of emergency coordinators or emergency equipment changes. The preparedness and prevention plan details what response equip-ment and personnel will be avail-able in the event of a fire, explo-sion, or release. A preparedness and prevention plan establishes procedures to minimize the possi-bility of a fire, explosion, or any release of hazardous waste that could threaten human health or the environment by requiring the fa-cility to: • Maintain the following re-quired equipment: internal alarm system, telephone or two-way radio to call emergency authori-ties, fire extinguishers and other fire control equipment (foam, dry chemicals, etc.), spill control equipment, decontamination equipment, and adequate volume and pressure of water at the facil-ity.

• Regularly test and maintain equip-ment to ensure proper operation in time of emergency. • Ensure access to internal alarm or emergency communication device; if there is only one employee, immediate access to a telephone or two-way radio capable of summoning emergency as-sistance. • Maintain required aisle space to allow the unobstructed movement of personnel, fire protection equipment, spill control equipment, etc., during an emergency. • Make arrangements with local authorities who would respond to emergencies stemming from fires, ex-plosions, and spills of the type of waste handled at the facility. Local authori-ties would include police and fires de-partments, emergency response teams, and local hospitals. And there’s more that must be done to be adequately trained. LQGs and TSDFs are required to prepare a writ-ten waste analysis plan. The LQG plan must describe the procedures the gen-erator will carry out to comply with waste treatment standards required by land disposal restrictions (LDRs) at 40 CFR 268.7. The TSDF written analysis plan must be in accordance with both the LDR regulations as well as with 40 CFR 264.13 which requires that it con-tain all the information that must be known in order to treat, store, or dis-pose of hazardous waste in accordance with RCRA regulations. LQGs and TSDFs must maintain these plans in their records. Speaking of records, there are very specific records that must be kept to document the RCRA hazardous waste training given to LQGs and TSDFs!

Company Fined $40K for RCRA Violations:


.WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environ-mental Protection Agency (EPA) and New Cingular Wireless (NCW) have reached an administrative settlement requiring the company to pay a civil penalty of $750,000 and spend $625,000 on environ-mental projects to resolve alleged report-ing, planning and permitting violations at 332 legacy AT&T Wireless (AWS) sites now owned by NCW. The violations, which occurred at AWS sites in 43 states, such as cellular towers, transmitter sites, switching stations and warehouses, included failure to comply with Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) reporting requirements related to the presence of sulfuric acid and diesel fuel at sites, inade-quate or no Clean Water Act (CWA) Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans, and Clean Air Act (CAA) minor source permitting requirements. The EPCRA requirements help communi-ties plan for emergencies involving haz-ardous substances, the CWA’s SPCC rule requires facilities to have oil spill preven-

tion, preparedness, and response plans to help prevent oil discharges to navigable waters and adjoining shorelines, and the minor source per-mitting requirements under the CAA ensure that air emissions limits are met. Under the settlement, NCW will pro-vide a certification of EPCRA com-pliance at 1,356 sites and conduct comprehensive compliance audits of CAA and CWA/SPCC requirements at 1,361 and 41 legacy-AWS facili-ties, respectively. NCW has also agreed to pay stipulated penalties for all disclosed and corrected violations discovered through these audits. NCW has also agreed to conduct environmental projects, which will provide hazardous materials aware-ness and health/safety training to building inspectors and fire fighters. The projects will also support the procurement of emergency response equipment such as fire-fighting equipment, gas meters, hazmat iden-

tification equipment, satellite phones and other emergency communications equipment. The seven entities, located in four states that will benefit from the projects are: Palm Beach County Fire Rescue and Georges Lake Volunteer Fire Department, Putnam County, Fla., New York City Fire Department, N.Y., Yancey, Texas Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, Texas, and San Diego, County California Office of Emergency Ser-vices, Bodega Bay, California Fire Protection District, and Los Angeles, California Police Department Calif. Since 1998, nearly 6,000 telecommuni-cations facilities have been brought into compliance through more than 30 settlements as part of EPA’s effort to improve compliance in the telecommu-nications sector. More information on the New Cingular Wireless settlement: http://www.epa.gov/enforcement/waste/cases/att.html

Settlement with New Cingular Wireless to Resolve Violations at Hundreds of Legacy AT&T Wireless Sites:

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P a g e 5 V o l u m e X I I I , E d i t i o n 2

Total toxic chemicals increase as result of mining WASHINGTON – Total toxic air releases in 2011 declined 8 percent from 2010, mostly because of decreases in hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions, even while total releases of toxic chemicals increased for the second year in a row, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) report published today. The annual TRI provides citizens with vital information about their communities. The TRI program collects information on certain toxic chemical releases to the air, water and land, as well as information on waste management and pollution preven-tion activities by facilities across the coun-try. TRI data are submitted annually to EPA, states and tribes by facilities in in-dustry sectors such as manufacturing, metal mining, electric utilities, and com-mercial hazardous waste facilities. “The Toxics Release Inventory provides widespread access to valuable environ-mental information. It plays a critical role in EPA’s efforts to hold polluters account-able and identify and acknowledge those who take steps to prevent pollution,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “Since 1998, we have recorded a steady decline in the amount of TRI chemicals released into the air, and since 2009 alone, we have seen more than a 100 million pound decrease in TRI air pollutants enter-ing our communities. This remarkable success is due in part to the TRI program and concerted efforts by industry, regula-tors and public interest groups to clean up the air we all depend upon.”

Among the HAPs showing decline were hydrochloric acid and mer-cury. Likely reasons for the de-creases seen over the past several years include installation of con-trol technologies at coal fired power plants and a shift to other fuel sources.. Releases into sur-face water decreased 3 percent and releases to land increased 19 percent since 2010, with the latter again due primarily to the metal mining sector, as explained below. Many of the releases from TRI facilities are regulated under vari-ous EPA programs and require-ments designed to limit harm to people’s health and the environ-ment. The 2011 TRI data show that 4.09 billion pounds of toxic chemicals were disposed of or released into the environment (i.e., air, water or land), an 8 percent increase from 2010. The difference is mainly due to increases in land disposal at metal mines, which typically in-volve large facilities handling large volumes of material. In this sector, even a small change in the chemical composition of the ore being mined - which EPA under-stands is one of the asserted rea-sons for the increase in total re-ported releases - can lead to big changes in the amount of toxic chemicals reported nationally. Other industry sectors also saw smaller increases in releases, in-cluding the hazardous waste man-

agement sector. EPA has improved this year’s TRI national analysis report by adding new information about facility efforts to reduce pollution, insights into why air releases are declining, and an enhanced analysis of releases on tribal lands. With this report and EPA’s web-based TRI tools, citizens can access informa-tion about TRI-listed toxic chemical releases in their communities and across the country. Facilities must report their toxic chemical releases to EPA under the Federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) by the beginning of July each year. The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 also requires information on waste management activities related to TRI chemicals. Also, EPA’s TRI mobile application, myRTK, geo-graphically displays nearby facilities that report to the TRI program, as well as facilities with EPA air, water or hazardous waste program permits. More on the 2011 TRI analysis and TRI web-based tools: http://www.epa.gov/tri/NationalAnalysis More on facility efforts to reduce toxic chemical releases: http://www.epa.gov/tri/p2 More on EPA's TRI mobile applica-tion, myRTK: http://www.epa.gov/tri/myrtk/

EPA’s 2011 Toxics Release Inventory Shows Air Pollutants Continue to Decline:


SAN FRANCISCO – Toxic chemicals managed, treated or released into the envi-ronment from facilities operating in Ha-waii slightly increased in 2011 when com-pared to 2010, according to the latest Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data avail-able from the U.S. Environmental Protec-tion Agency. “Community Right-to-Know data helps all of us remain aware of the types and amounts of chemicals being used in our neighborhoods,” said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA’s Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. “It is great to see pollu-tion prevention activities at reporting fa-cilities, and we encourage them to reduce their chemical releases via this method.” A total of 36 facilities reported a total of 2.6 million pounds of toxic chemical re-leases during 2011. Hawaii’s total reported on-site and off-site releases increased 4% (101 thousand pounds), when compared to 2010 data. Data from 2011 in Hawaii show: • Air: Air releases increased 6% (106 Thousand Pounds) since 2010. • Water: Water releases decreased 10% (43 Thousand Pounds) since 2010. • On-Site Land: On-site land releases decreased 27% (47 Thousand Pounds) since 2010. • Underground Injection: Under-ground Injection releases increased 43% (1 Thousand Pounds) since 2010. Off-Site Transfers: Total off-site trans-fers have increased 65% (84 Thousand Pounds) since 2010. For detailed state information and the state’s Top 10 releasing facilities please see the state fact sheet at: http://www.epa.gov/region09/toxic/tri/ or http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/statefactsheet.htm. Release data alone are not sufficient to determine exposure or to calculate poten-

tial risks to human health and the environment. TRI data, in conjunc-tion with other information, such as the toxicity of the chemical, the re-lease medium (e.g., air), and site-specific conditions, may be used in evaluating exposures that may result from releases of toxic chemicals. EPA has a new tracking tool that features facilities that reported they have new pollution prevention (P2) practices that have often reduced their releases of TRI chemicals. The tool can be found at: www.epa.gov/tri/p2. The tool can be used to track and compare TRI facility P2 per-formance, identify facilities that re-ported reductions in toxic chemical releases due to P2 efforts, identify the P2 measures that were effective for a given industry or chemical, compare waste management practices of facili-ties within a sector, and view trends in waste management practices for facilities over several years. In 2012, the EPA reached out to hun-dreds of communities nationwide through workshops, video-conferences, and webinars to help communities to better use TRI data to protect their environments. Grass-roots partners in environmental jus-tice communities, such as the Center for Community Action and Environ-mental Justice in Jurupa Valley, Cali-fornia, helped EPA improve its out-reach approaches to better serve di-verse neighborhoods. Many of the online resources are listed in the “TRI Toolbox” below: TRI Toolbox: -TRI Explorer is a tool that you can use to see the Toxics Release Inven-tory (TRI) data. It allows a user to look at data by state, county, or zip code; by chemical; or by industry. It provides maps a user can click on to find TRI facilities, chemicals and

industries in a particular area. http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer -For more on the TRI program includ-ing additional city, county and facility information, please visit the EPA’s Web sites: http://www.epa.gov/tri, and http://www.epa.gov/enviro. -The Spanish TRI website is at: http://www.epa.gov/tri/myrtk/spanish/index.htm -For information geared toward com-munities please visit: http://www.epa.gov/tri/communities/index.html -EPA TRI Pollution Prevention Tool: www.epa.gov/tri/p2 -State fact sheets are available at: http://www.epa.gov/region09/toxic/tri/ and http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/statefactsheet.htm. -For more information on the PBT Chemicals Program, please visit the EPA’s Web site at http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/pbt The annual data is from the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory, one of the EPA’s largest publicly available data-bases. The annual TRI reporting began in 1988 after the enactment of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. The chemical information in the inventory is calculated by industrial facilities and reported to the EPA. Total releases include toxic chemicals discharged by facilities to air, water, land, and under-ground, and the amount transferred off-site for disposal. Pollution controls apply to many of the reported releases. Reporting facilities must comply with environmental standards set by local, state and federal agencies.

EPA Issues Hawaii Toxics Release Inventory Data for 2011:


SAN FRANCISCO – Toxic chemicals managed, treated or released into the envi-ronment from facilities operating in American Samoa remained basically the same in 2011 when compared to 2010, according to the latest Toxics Release In-ventory (TRI) data available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “Community Right-to-Know data helps all of us remain aware of the types and amounts of chemicals being used in our neighborhoods,” said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA’s Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. “It is great to see pollu-tion prevention activities at reporting fa-cilities, and we encourage them to reduce their chemical releases via this method.” In 2011, American Samoa Total releases are from Starkist’s air releases of poly-cyclic aromatic compounds which in-creased 0.2 lbs

Release data alone are not sufficient to determine exposure or to calculate poten-tial risks to human health and the environ-ment. TRI data, in conjunction with other information, such as the toxicity of the chemical, the release medium (e.g., air), and site-specific conditions, may be used in evaluating exposures that may result from releases of toxic chemicals. EPA has a new tracking tool that features facilities that reported they have new pol-lution prevention (P2) practices that have often reduced their releases of TRI chemi-cals. The tool can be found at: www.epa.gov/tri/p2. The tool can be used to track and compare TRI facility P2 per-formance, identify facilities that reported reductions in toxic chemical releases due

to P2 efforts, identify the P2 measures that were effective for a given industry or chemical, com-pare waste management practices of facilities within a sector, and view trends in waste management practices for facilities over several years. In 2012, the EPA reached out to hundreds of communities nation-wide through workshops, video-conferences, and webinars to help communities to better use TRI data to protect their environments. Grassroots partners in environ-mental justice communities, such as the Center for Community Ac-tion and Environmental Justice in Jurupa Valley, California, helped EPA improve its outreach ap-proaches to better serve diverse neighborhoods. Many of the online resources are listed in the “TRI Toolbox” below: TRI Toolbox: -TRI Explorer is a tool that you can use to see the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data. It allows a user to look at data by state, county, or zip code; by chemical; or by industry. It provides maps a user can click on to find TRI fa-cilities, chemicals and industries in a particular area. http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer -For more on the TRI program including additional city, county and facility information, please visit the EPA’s Web sites: http://

www.epa.gov/tri, and http://www.epa.gov/enviro. -The Spanish TRI website is at: http://www.epa.gov/tri/myrtk/spanish/index.htm -For information geared toward com-munities please visit: http://www.epa.gov/tri/communities/index.html -EPA TRI Pollution Prevention Tool: www.epa.gov/tri/p2 -State fact sheets are available at: http://www.epa.gov/region09/toxic/tri/ and http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/statefactsheet.htm. -For more information on the PBT Chemicals Program, please visit the EPA’s Web site at http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/pbt The annual data is from the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory, one of the EPA’s largest publicly available data-bases. The annual TRI reporting began in 1988 after the enactment of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. The chemical information in the inventory is calculated by industrial facilities and reported to the EPA. Total releases include toxic chemicals discharged by facilities to air, water, land, and under-ground, and the amount transferred off-site for disposal. Pollution controls apply to many of the reported releases. Reporting facilities must comply with environmental standards set by local, state and federal agencies.

EPA Issues American Samoa Toxics Release Inventory Data for 2011:

Toxic disposals and releases in American Samoa from 2009 – 2011, reported in pounds from Starkist, the only TRI reporting facility: Year Air Water Underground

Injection Land Off-Site Total

2009 5.57 0 0 0 0 5.57 2010 4.66 0 0 0 0 4.66 2011 4.86 0 0 0 0 4.86


. SAN FRANCISCO – Toxic chemicals managed, treated or released into the envi-ronment from facilities operating in Cali-fornia increased in 2011 when compared to 2010, according to the latest Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “Community Right-to-Know data helps all of us remain aware of the types and amounts of chemicals being used in our neighborhoods,” said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA’s Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. “It is great to see pollu-tion prevention activities at reporting fa-cilities, and we encourage them to reduce their chemical releases via this method.” A total of 1,265 California facilities re-ported a total of 38 million pounds of toxic chemical releases during 2011. Califor-nia’s total reported on-site and off-site releases increased 10% (3 million pounds), when compared to 2010 data. Data from 2011 in California show: • Air: Air releases decreased 13% (one million pounds) since 2010. • Water: Water releases increased 10% (258 thousand pounds) since 2010. • On-Site Land: On-site land releases increased 9% (2 Million pounds) since 2010. • Underground Injection: Under-ground Injection releases decreased 67% (2.5 million pounds) since 2010. Off-Site Transfers: Total off-site trans-fers have increased 72% (2.5 million pounds) since 2010. For detailed state information and the state’s Top 10 releasing facilities please see the state fact sheet at: http://www.epa.gov/region09/toxic/tri/ or http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/statefactsheet.htm. Release data alone are not sufficient to determine exposure or to calculate poten-tial risks to human health and the environ-

ment. TRI data, in conjunction with other information, such as the toxic-ity of the chemical, the release me-dium (e.g., air), and site-specific con-ditions, may be used in evaluating exposures that may result from re-leases of toxic chemicals. EPA has a new tracking tool that features facilities that reported they have new pollution prevention (P2) practices that have often reduced their releases of TRI chemicals. The tool can be found at: www.epa.gov/tri/p2. The tool can be used to track and compare TRI facility P2 per-formance, identify facilities that re-ported reductions in toxic chemical releases due to P2 efforts, identify the P2 measures that were effective for a given industry or chemical, compare waste management practices of facili-ties within a sector, and view trends in waste management practices for facilities over several years. In 2012, the EPA reached out to hun-dreds of communities nationwide through workshops, video-conferences, and webinars to help communities to better use TRI data to protect their environments. Grass-roots partners in environmental jus-tice communities, such as the Center for Community Action and Environ-mental Justice in Jurupa Valley, Cali-fornia, helped EPA improve its out-reach approaches to better serve di-verse neighborhoods. Many of the online resources are listed in the “TRI Toolbox” below: TRI Toolbox: -TRI Explorer is a tool that you can use to see the Toxics Release Inven-tory (TRI) data. It allows a user to look at data by state, county, or zip code; by chemical; or by industry. It provides maps a user can click on to find TRI facilities, chemicals and industries in a particular area. http://

www.epa.gov/triexplorer -For more on the TRI program includ-ing additional city, county and facility information, please visit the EPA’s Web sites: http://www.epa.gov/tri, and http://www.epa.gov/enviro. -The Spanish TRI website is at: http://www.epa.gov/tri/myrtk/spanish/index.htm -For information geared toward com-munities please visit: http://www.epa.gov/tri/communities/index.html -EPA TRI Pollution Prevention Tool: www.epa.gov/tri/p2 -State fact sheets are available at: http://www.epa.gov/region09/toxic/tri/ and http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/statefactsheet.htm. -For more information on the PBT Chemicals Program, please visit the EPA’s Web site at http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/pbt The annual data is from the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory, one of the EPA’s largest publicly available data-bases. The annual TRI reporting began in 1988 after the enactment of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. The chemical information in the inventory is calculated by industrial facilities and reported to the EPA. Total releases include toxic chemicals discharged by facilities to air, water, land, and under-ground, and the amount transferred off-site for disposal. Pollution controls apply to many of the reported releases. Reporting facilities must comply with environmental standards set by local, state and federal agencies.

EPA Issues California Toxics Release Inventory Data for 2011:


SAN FRANCISCO – Toxic chemicals managed, treated or released into the envi-ronment from facilities operating in Ari-zona increased in 2011 when compared to 2010, according to the latest Toxics Re-lease Inventory (TRI) data available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “Community Right-to-Know data helps all of us remain aware of the types and amounts of chemicals being used in our neighborhoods,” said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA’s Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. “It is great to see pollu-tion prevention activities at reporting fa-cilities, and we encourage them to reduce their chemical releases via this method.” A total of 261 Arizona facilities reported a total of 98 million pounds of toxic chemical releases during 2011. Arizona’s total reported on-site and off-site releases increased 22% (18 million pounds), when compared to 2010 data. Data from 2011 in Arizona show: • Air: Air releases decreased 2% (69 Thousand Pounds) since 2010. • Water: Water releases decreased 27% (439 Pounds) since 2010. • On-Site Land: On-site land releases increased 24% (18 Million Pounds) since 2010. • Underground Injection: Under-ground Injection releases did not change since 2010. Off-Site Transfers: Total off-site trans-fers have decreased 41% (452 thousand pounds) since 2010. For detailed state information and the state’s Top 10 releasing facilities please see the state fact sheet at: http://www.epa.gov/region09/toxic/tri/ or http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/statefactsheet.htm.

Release data alone are not sufficient to determine exposure or to calculate potential risks to human health and the environment. TRI data, in conjunction with other information, such as the toxicity of the chemical, the release medium (e.g., air), and site-specific conditions, may be used in evaluating exposures that may result from releases of toxic chemicals. EPA has a new tracking tool that fea-tures facilities that reported they have new pollution prevention (P2) prac-tices that have often reduced their re-leases of TRI chemicals. The tool can be found at: www.epa.gov/tri/p2. The tool can be used to track and compare TRI facility P2 performance, identify facilities that reported reductions in toxic chemical releases due to P2 ef-forts, identify the P2 measures that were effective for a given industry or chemical, compare waste management practices of facilities within a sector, and view trends in waste management practices for facilities over several years. In 2012, the EPA reached out to hun-dreds of communities nationwide through workshops, video-conferences, and webinars to help communities to better use TRI data to protect their environments. Grassroots partners in environmental justice communities, such as the Center for Community Ac-tion and Environmental Justice in Ju-rupa Valley, California, helped EPA improve its outreach approaches to better serve diverse neighborhoods. Many of the online resources are listed in the “TRI Toolbox” below: TRI Toolbox: -TRI Explorer is a tool that you can use to see the Toxics Release Inven-tory (TRI) data. It allows a user to look

at data by state, county, or zip code; by chemical; or by industry. It provides maps a user can click on to find TRI facilities, chemicals and industries in a particular area. http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer -For more on the TRI program including additional city, county and facility infor-mation, please visit the EPA’s Web sites: http://www.epa.gov/tri, and http://www.epa.gov/enviro. -The Spanish TRI website is at: http://www.epa.gov/tri/myrtk/spanish/index.htm -For information geared toward commu-nities please visit: http://www.epa.gov/tri/communities/index.html -EPA TRI Pollution Prevention Tool: www.epa.gov/tri/p2 -State fact sheets are available at: http://www.epa.gov/region09/toxic/tri/ and http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/statefactsheet.htm. -For more information on the PBT Chemicals Program, please visit the EPA’s Web site at http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/pbt The annual data is from the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory, one of the EPA’s largest publicly available data-bases. The annual TRI reporting began in 1988 after the enactment of the Emer-gency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. The chemical infor-mation in the inventory is calculated by industrial facilities and reported to the EPA. Total releases include toxic chemi-cals discharged by facilities to air, water, land, and underground, and the amount transferred off-site for disposal. Pollu-tion controls apply to many of the re-ported releases. Reporting facilities must comply with environmental standards set by local, state and federal agencies.

EPA Issues Arizona Toxics Release Inventory Data for 2011:

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SAN FRANCISCO – Toxic chemicals man-aged, treated or released into the environment from facilities operating in Guam increased in 2011 when compared to 2010, according to the latest Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data available from the U.S. Environmental Protec-tion Agency. “Community Right-to-Know data helps all of us remain aware of the types and amounts of chemicals being used in our neighborhoods,” said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA’s Regional Ad-ministrator for the Pacific Southwest. “It is great to see pollution prevention activities at reporting facilities, and we encourage them to reduce their chemical releases via this method.” In 2011, Guam total releases increased by 16% (37,764 lbs), mostly due to Naval Base Guam Apra Harbor WWTP (68% of total releases) increasing its releases to water by 74%. All of its releases are nitrate compound. Release data alone are not sufficient to deter-mine exposure or to calculate potential risks to human health and the environment. TRI data, in conjunction with other information, such as the toxicity of the chemical, the release me-dium (e.g., air), and site-specific conditions, may be used in evaluating exposures that may result from releases of toxic chemicals. EPA has a new tracking tool that features fa-cilities that reported they have new pollution prevention (P2) practices that have often re-duced their releases of TRI chemicals. The tool can be found at: www.epa.gov/tri/p2. The tool can be used to track and compare TRI facility P2 performance, identify facilities that reported

reductions in toxic chemical releases due to P2 efforts, identify the P2 measures that were effective for a given industry or chemical, compare waste management practices of facilities within a sector, and view trends in waste management prac-tices for facilities over several years. In 2012, the EPA reached out to hundreds of communities nationwide through workshops, video-conferences, and webi-nars to help communities to better use TRI data to protect their environments. Grassroots partners in environmental justice communities, such as the Center for Community Action and Environ-mental Justice in Jurupa Valley, Califor-nia, helped EPA improve its outreach approaches to better serve diverse neighborhoods. Many of the online re-sources are listed in the “TRI Toolbox” below: TRI Toolbox: -TRI Explorer is a tool that you can use to see the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data. It allows a user to look at data by state, county, or zip code; by chemical; or by industry. It provides maps a user can click on to find TRI facilities, chemicals and industries in a particular area. http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer -For more on the TRI program including additional city, county and facility infor-mation, please visit the EPA’s Web sites: http://www.epa.gov/tri, and http://www.epa.gov/enviro.

-The Spanish TRI website is at: http://www.epa.gov/tri/myrtk/spanish/index.htm -For information geared toward communi-ties please visit: http://www.epa.gov/tri/communities/index.html -EPA TRI Pollution Prevention Tool: www.epa.gov/tri/p2 -State fact sheets are available at: http://www.epa.gov/region09/toxic/tri/ and http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/statefactsheet.htm. -For more information on the PBT Chemi-cals Program, please visit the EPA’s Web site at http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/pbt The annual data is from the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory, one of the EPA’s largest publicly available databases. The annual TRI reporting began in 1988 after the en-actment of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. The chemical information in the inventory is calculated by industrial facilities and reported to the EPA. Total releases include toxic chemicals discharged by facilities to air, water, land, and underground, and the amount transferred off-site for disposal. Pollution controls apply to many of the reported releases. Reporting facilities must comply with environmental standards set by local, state and federal agencies.

EPA Issues Guam Toxics Release Inventory Data for 2011:

Guam Total Releases for Reporting Years 2009-2011

Year Air Water Underground Injection

On-site Land

Off-Site Total Releases

2009 104,145 116,508 0 9 49 244,508

2010 127,820 107,546 0 10 223 238,689

2011 86,556 187,875 0 9 0 276,453

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SAN FRANCISCO – Toxic chemicals managed, treated or released into the envi-ronment from facilities operating in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Is-lands decreased in 2011 when compared to 2010, according to the latest Toxics Re-lease Inventory (TRI) data available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “Community Right-to-Know data helps all of us remain aware of the types and amounts of chemicals being used in our neighborhoods,” said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA’s Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. “It is great to see pollu-tion prevention activities at reporting fa-cilities, and we encourage them to reduce their chemical releases via this method.” In 2011, CNMI releases dropped by 42% (2,345 lbs) due mostly to a 66% drop (1,462 lbs) in Mobil Oil Mariana Islands (Saipan Terminal) air releases of toluene. Release data alone are not sufficient to determine exposure or to calculate poten-tial risks to human health and the environ-ment. TRI data, in conjunction with other information, such as the toxicity of the chemical, the release medium (e.g., air), and site-specific conditions, may be used in evaluating exposures that may result from releases of toxic chemicals. EPA has a new tracking tool that features facilities that reported they have new pol-lution prevention (P2) practices that have often reduced their releases of TRI chemi-cals. The tool can be found at: www.epa.gov/tri/p2. The tool can be used

to track and compare TRI facility P2 performance, identify facilities that reported reductions in toxic chemical releases due to P2 efforts, identify the P2 measures that were effective for a given industry or chemical, compare waste management practices of facili-ties within a sector, and view trends in waste management practices for facili-ties over several years. In 2012, the EPA reached out to hun-dreds of communities nationwide through workshops, video-conferences, and webinars to help communities to better use TRI data to protect their environments. Grassroots partners in environmental justice communities, such as the Center for Community Ac-tion and Environmental Justice in Ju-rupa Valley, California, helped EPA improve its outreach approaches to better serve diverse neighborhoods. Many of the online resources are listed in the “TRI Toolbox” below: TRI Toolbox: -TRI Explorer is a tool that you can use to see the Toxics Release Inven-tory (TRI) data. It allows a user to look at data by state, county, or zip code; by chemical; or by industry. It provides maps a user can click on to find TRI facilities, chemicals and industries in a particular area. http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer -For more on the TRI program includ-ing additional city, county and facility information, please visit the EPA’s

Web sites: http://www.epa.gov/tri, and http://www.epa.gov/enviro. -The Spanish TRI website is at: http://www.epa.gov/tri/myrtk/spanish/index.htm -For information geared toward commu-nities please visit: http://www.epa.gov/tri/communities/index.html -EPA TRI Pollution Prevention Tool: www.epa.gov/tri/p2 -State fact sheets are available at: http://www.epa.gov/region09/toxic/tri/ and http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/statefactsheet.htm. -For more information on the PBT Chemicals Program, please visit the EPA’s Web site at http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/pbt The annual data is from the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory, one of the EPA’s largest publicly available data-bases. The annual TRI reporting began in 1988 after the enactment of the Emer-gency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. The chemical infor-mation in the inventory is calculated by industrial facilities and reported to the EPA. Total releases include toxic chemi-cals discharged by facilities to air, water, land, and underground, and the amount transferred off-site for disposal. Pollu-tion controls apply to many of the re-ported releases. Reporting facilities must comply with environmental standards set by local, state and federal agencies.

EPA Issues CNMI Toxics Release Inventory Data for 2011:

CNMI Total Releases for Reporting Years 2009-2011

Year Air Water Underground Injection

On-site Land Off-Site Total Releases

2009 5,778 - - 2 328 6,108

2010 4,368 76 - 1 1,124 5,569

2011 2,957 266 - 1 - 3,224


OSHA cites company for violations at W.Va. Plant: Associated Press – (West Virginia) OSHA cites com-pany for violations at W.Va. plant. AC&S Inc. was cited for several violations and

fined by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administra-tion after nitrogen gas was used as the air supply to an em-ployee’s hood, killing the em-

ployee. Source: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-12-27/osha-cites-company-for-violations-at-w-dot-va-dot-plant

www.ellwoodcityledger.com/news/state/pa-sewage-plant-evacuated-after-chlorine-leak/article_62d4b690-fcd0-50c5-aa4a-7ff9673c7437.html

ter a chlorine leak. The leak was contained and the facility was ven-tilated without any injuries. Source: http://

Associated Press – (Pennsylvania) Pa. sewage plant evacuated after chlorine leak. A sewage treatment plant in Glassport was evacuated January 2 af-

Pa. sewage plant evacuated after chlorine leak: LEPC Corner

2 injured in chemical explosion at Cincinnati industrial waste facility: WCPO 5 Cincinnati – (Ohio) 2 injured in chemical explo-sion at Cincinnati industrial waste facility. Two people were injured at a hazardous waste treatment and storage

facility in Cincinnati when a flash fire caused by shredding an industrial filter containing sodium chlorate sparked an explosion. Source: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/

state/2-injured-in-chemical-explosion-at-cincinnati-industrial-waste-facility

Acid leaks from tanker at Charlotte business: Associated Press – (North Carolina) Acid leaks from tanker at Charlotte busi-ness. An acetic acid spill at Dana Transport, a trucking

terminal in Charlotte, prompted a HAZMAT and firefighter response. Some of the acid spilled into a nearby creek. Source: http://

www.journalnow.com/news/state_region/article_243eb98e-4f5e-11e2-963c-0019bb30f31a.html

Driver dies in fiery tanker truck crash on Eastex Freeway: KTRK 13 Houston – (Texas) Driver dies in fiery tanker truck crash on Eastex Free-way. A tanker truck hauling a

chemical in Houston crashed and caught fire, prompting offi-cials to close northbound lanes of Texas’s Eastex Freeway for

the morning. Source: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8931858


A hazardous materials team was dispatched to Kansas's Interstate-70 in Lincoln County recently after a semi carrying ethanol overturned and spilled an esti-mated 500-gallons of ethanol into a ditch on the side of the highway.

It wasn't bad weather that closed down a 10-mile stretch of I70 in Lincoln County this past Sun-day – it was a chemical spill caused by a semi carrying etha-nol that rolled in the eastbound lanes.

Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Rodney Job said about 500-gallons of ethanol spilled into a ditch off the highway. A hazardous mate-rials team was called to the scene of the accident to clean up

the spill.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol Accident Report Narrative, west-bound lanes were opened early Sunday afternoon but eastbound lanes remained closed until about 4:00-PM.

Job said the chemical spill was contained and does not pose any danger to the sur-rounding area.

The semi-driver was taken to the Salina Regional Health Center in Salina with unknown injuries.

The accident occurred about 10:00-AM Sunday and the accident location was on the interstate just

west of the Westfall exit.

Points to consider:

Consider that ethanol (UN 1170) and ethanol-blended fuels (UN 3475) are in use in growing quantities in the United States. Today, there are more than 8 billion gal-lons of ethanol type fuel etha-nol produced in the U S. Every day, tens of millions of gallons of this grain alcohol moves from bio-refineries to major population centers on both coasts. The fuel is trans-ported in tanker trucks on congested highways, and rail-roads passing through cities. Consider that the addition of ethanol to gasoline presents some unique firefighting chal-

Ethanol Spill: lenges. Traditional meth-ods of fire fighting against hydrocarbon (gasoline) fires have been found to be ineffective against these polar solvent-type (ethanol-blended) fuels. While gaso-line will tend to float on top of water, ethanol fuels are water-soluble and will tend to blend with the wa-ter. For this reason, the use of Alcohol-Resistant (AR) foam as a means of extin-guishing an ethanol fire is recommended. For general operating procedures refer to the Emergency Re-sponse Guidebook, guide # 127.

The Dallas Fort Worth Airport's Hazmat team was called to as-sist the Coppell Fire Department at the CP&P Texas phone repair company facility after a 55-gallon drum of methanol was found leaking.

Seven people were taken to area hospitals and five others were treated at the scene following a chemical leak in a building in Coppell Friday afternoon.

The seven who were transported reportedly suffered from multi-ple inhalation injuries.

Sharon Logan, city spokesper-son, said the Coppell Fire De-partment went to a building in the 1400 block of S. Belt Line Road about 2:30 p.m. following

a 911 call.

On arrival, firefighters de-termined that a leak had occurred in a 55-gallon drum of methanol, a chemi-cal used for cleaning.

Several people in Suite 200 which is occupied by CP&P Texas, a phone re-pair company, had already evacuated when firefighters arrived. As a precautionary measure, a complete evacuation of the entire building was then ordered.

Coppell firefighters called Hazmat at the DFW Air-port.

"The Hazmat team re-sponded and handled the

cleanup very quickly," Logan said.

Additional fire departments also responded to the emer-gency, including from Lewis-ville, Grapevine, Flower Mound, Carrollton and High-land Village.

Firefighters considered the problem solved and departed the scene at 4:15 p.m. Em-ployees in the building were allowed back in the building. However, Logan said because the building was not deter-mined to be safe until so late in the day that many of the employees had already gone home for the day.

An employee at CP&P Texas

Methanol Spill: said Monday that all employ-ees were back on the job and that everything was back to normal.

Points to consider:

Methanol (UN 1230) is a clear, colorless flammable liquid with a mild character-istic alcohol odor. It can burn without a visible flame; its release can cause an immedi-ate risk of fire and explosion. Contact with strong oxidiz-ers, strong mineral or organic acids, and strong bases may cause a violent or explosive reaction. For general operat-ing procedures refer to the Emergency Response Guide-book, guide # 131.


Chemical spill releases fumes into the air: WTVY 4 Dothan – (Georgia) Chemical spill releases fumes into the air. Approximately 24 55-gallon drums of dimethoate blew

up at a chemical plant in Cordele, releasing fumes into the air and prompting several individuals to go to hospitals over concerns about

the smell. Source: http://www.wtvy.com/home/headlines/Chemical-Spill-Releases-Fumes-into-the-Air-186220422.html

The US Department of Trans-portation's Pipeline and Hazard-ous Materials Safety Admini-stration has issued a final rule that maintains alignment with international hazmat transporta-tion standards and issued a no-tice requesting comments about the transport of lithium batter-ies. Under HM-215K, DOT:

Extends authorization to ship packages marked “Consumer Commodity ORM-D” through December 31, 2020, for domestic highway, rail, and vessel transportation. The original phase-out date for these markings was Decem-ber 31, 2015. Extends expiration date of the old square on point limited quantity markings with identi-fication numbers to January 1, 2015 Revises requirements for ab-sorbents and package stack testing for consumer com-modities shipped by air Provided relief from incident reporting for consumer com-modities Revised overpack marking requirements for consumer

commodities Extends the Materials of Trade exemption to in-clude certain consumer commodities Amends recordkeeping requirements to require that a person who sells or transfers a packaging, or closes and offers a pack-age for transportation, must retain the manufac-turer notification (including closure in-structions) for a period of 90 days once the package is offered to the initial carrier. Shippers must retain package manufac-tures instructions for one year from the date of shipment. Subsequent downstream offers of a filled and otherwise prop-erly prepared unaltered package are not required to maintain manufacture instructions. Clarifies the require-ments for shipping fire extinguishers as limited quantities

HM-215L revises the regu-lations to maintain align-ment with international

transportation standards. The primary benefit of harmoniz-ing the HMR is that it reduces regulatory compliance costs faced by US companies and facilitates international com-merce. The changes include:

New and revised proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, and re-lated requirements for sev-eral hazardous materials New entries on the hazard-ous materials table for chemicals under pressure An exception for the trans-portation of aircraft batter-ies aboard passenger carry-ing aircraft Revised vessel stowage requirements New minimum size re-quirements for the UN and NA markings on packages, and exceptions for certain reusable packages Authorization of wood packaging for certain ex-plosives Adoption of a new packag-ing definition, operational controls, performance-oriented standards, and testing requirements for

DOT Revises Hazardous Materials Transportation Regulations:

Flexible Bulk Packages According to DOT, these actions ensure the contin-ued transportation of haz-ardous materials in interna-tional commerce by aircraft and vessel when these in-ternational standards be-come effective on January 1, 2013. The net benefits of the final rule are estimated to be $62 million per year. PHMSA is seeking public input on HM-224F, the Transportation of Lithium Batteries, to determine whether the International Civil Aviation Organiza-tion (ICAO) requirements for the air transport of lith-ium cells and batteries, which were incorporated in HM-215L, should be ap-plied to domestic flights. Learn more about how to comply with the latest re-quirements for the hazard-ous materials that you ship by attending Environ-mental Resource Center’s Hazardous Materials Train-ing.

Industry Corner


TRANSCAER® (Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response) is a voluntary national outreach effort that focuses on assisting communities prepare for and respond to a possible hazardous material transportation incident. TRAN-SCAER® members consist of volunteer representatives from the chemical manufacturing, transportation, distributor, and emer-gency response industries, as well as the government. Visit: http://www.transcaer.com/state.aspx for more information.

We pick up used oil in the following states from a variety of generators in a number of states. What are our require-ments for providing a mani-fest to the customers in those states that we pick up the used oil from? Under the federal rules, a haz-ardous waste manifest does not need to accompany each ship-ment of used oil. Used oil trans-porters, burners, processors/re-refiners, and marketers, how-ever, are required to keep re-cords of all used oil shipped off-site documenting the acceptance and delivery of each used oil shipment (40 CFR 279.56, 40 CFR 279.74, 40 CFR 279.65, and 40 CFR 279.46). These records may take the

form of a log, invoice, manifest bill of lading, or other shipping document. The tracking record, how-ever, does not need to physically accompany each used oil shipment. For ex-ample, a used oil marketer may send an invoice incor-porating all necessary in-formation to the used oil recipient ahead of the used oil shipment instead of in-cluding the invoice with the used oil shipment. Note, however, that used oil that meets the definition of a hazardous material under the DOT hazardous materials regulations (40 CFR 279.100 to 185) may be subject to additional

tracking requirements. The states referred to in the question (IN, KY, MD, MI, NY, OH, PA, TENN, VA, and WV) do not require the use of a hazardous waste manifest in connection with a shipment of used oil, with one exception. Michigan requires that the hazardous waste manifest be used also in Michigan for transporting liquid industrial waste (MCL 324.12109). As defined by Michigan, "liquid industrial waste" is not a hazardous waste but a liquid waste that results from industrial, commercial, or governmental activity, or any other activity or enter-prise and has been deter-

What About Used Oil Manifests?: mined to be liquid by Method 9095 (paint filter liquids test) as described in the U.S. EPA publication No. SW-846. The liquid waste must also be discarded (MCL 324.12101(l)). By definition, liquid in-dustrial waste includes used oil (as well as other materi-als). Used oil handlers in Michi-gan must comply, therefore, with the applicable Michigan rules for both liquid industrial wastes and used oil. The state has specific requirements concerning the use and distri-bution of manifest copies in connection with shipments of liquid industrial waste (MCL 324.12103(1) and MCL 324.12112(1)).

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Governor's Tribal Community Outreach: Visit: http://azgovernor.gov/eop/TribalOutreach.asp for agency contact information.

Tribal Program Link:

http://www.epa.gov/region09/indian

Tribal Program Newsletter:

http://www.epa.gov/region09/indian/newslet.html

Tribal news:

http://www.navajohopiobserver.com/

Navajo Nation would be required to maintain sidewalks and under-pass lighting once proposed pro-ject is complete

The Navajo Division of Transpor-tation (NDOT) met with officials from the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) last month to discuss construction on U.S. 89 in Cameron. ADOT requested an intergovern-mental agreement (IGA) with the Navajo Nation to provide mainte-nance of sidewalks and underpass lighting for the project. The $35 million project is subsidized by federal money. ADOT's timeline has the project bid-ready by Feb-ruary to meet federal money allo-cation deadlines. The group reviewed renderings of the proposed underpass access (including lighting) and a round-about interchange. Construction will be from the Junction of U.S. 89 and State

Road 64 north to the Little Colorado River (milepost 463 to 467.1). Dave Benton, ADOT project manager, said the project fea-tures two new northbound roadways from SR 64. Plans are to convert the existing roadway into the southbound lane. The corridor will also have eight-foot sidewalks on both sides of the roadway, includ-ing an eight-foot offset from the curb, which NDOT would maintain, according to the IGA. Construction plans include a roundabout interchange at the intersection of SR 64 and U.S. 89, multiple driveways with three underpasses and a new bridge structure at the Little Colorado River. "The existing steel truss bridge

will be replaced with two new separate concrete girder bridges," Benton said. "The bridges are six spans with two columns on each bound that are replacing the ex-isting structure. The historic ca-ble suspension bridge will remain and will continue being utilized for a gas line." ADOT will add or relocate the fence through a major portion of the project to the correct right-of-way location. Benton said the fence is currently inset toward the roadway and not placed at the correct locations along the right-of-way.

According to Benton, some home site leases encroach into the ADOT easement near the Cam-eron Chapter House. Because of this, ADOT made changes to the development plan to keep im-pacts to those leases minimal. ADOT plans to offset the fence and move around the home sites and build a home retaining wall for safety. The entire corridor

ADOT looks to work with Navajo Nation on $35 million road project in Cameron:

will have ADOT lighting. Benton said the IGA would require NDOT to provide main-tenance of three pedestrian underpass sidewalks and light-ing and maintain sidewalks running south of the Cameron Trading Post to the SR 64 inter-section. NDOT Director Paulson Chaco said authorization of the IGA would require oversight ap-proval from the Resources and Development Committee of the 22nd Navajo Nation Council and the Naa'bik'iyati' Commit-tee. "The concern that we have is liability. Unfortunately it's not the chapter that assumes that responsibility, it's the Navajo Nation that assumes that re-sponsibility," Chaco said. To read the entire article go to: http://www.navajohopiobserver.com/main.asp?Sec-tionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=15175

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE:

Corporation Commission - Tom Whitmer

Industrial Commission - Darin Perkins

State Mine Inspector - Joe Hart

State Fire Marshal - Bob Barger

Radiation Regulatory Agency - Aubrey Godwin

Department of Agriculture - Jack Peterson

Arizona Fire Chiefs Association

-Mesa FD - Brady Leffler

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Intel Corporation - Randy Holmes

APS - Monica Ray

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This is accomplished through the receipt and coordination of emer-gency notifications of chemical re-leases, collection and provision of chemical inventory information to interested parties, training and grants programs. Additionally, the AZSERC pro-vides consultative services, conducts and participates in workshops and coordinates development and review of plans and programs for 15 Local Emergency Planning Committees. Further, the AZSERC serves as a state clearinghouse for hazardous chemical emergency preparedness and planning activities and informa-tion through coordination with fed-eral, tribal, state, local governments, industry and community interest

The AZSERC was established by Arizona Law (Arizona Revised Stat-utes-Title 26, Chapter 2, Article 3) and is tasked with the implementa-tion of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPRCA) in Arizona. This Commission oversees 15 Local Emergency Planning Commit-tees and supports community, indus-try and government and academia in: planning, release and incident reporting, data management guid-ance for inventory reporting, public disclosure of information about haz-ardous chemicals in Arizona as well as development of training and out-reach programs. The Commission supports indi-vidual agency goals and objectives.

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