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RIN: 2050-AG15

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste (F019 Listing Amendment in Wastewater Treatment Sludges From Zinc Phosphating Processes in Automotive Assembly Plants)
Abstract: Automobile and light truck manufacturers are substituting aluminum or aluminized components in place of steel in vehicles to reduce the weight and to increase fuel economy. When aluminum components are added to the automobile assembly process, the current federal regulations require that the wastewater treatment sludges generated from this conversion coating process be managed as a hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. We have determined that this particular industry's wastewater treatment sludge is unlikely to present significant human health or environmental risk when managed in the expected quantities. Therefore, this action would reduce the regulatory burden on these industries by excluding them from current RCRA regulations that apply to the wastewater treatment sludges from the chemical conversion coating (zinc phosphating) of aluminum.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261.31 40 CFR 302.4
Legal Authority: 42 USC 3001

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	01/18/2007	72 FR 2219
Final Action	06/04/2008	73 FR 31756

Additional Information: SAN No. 4834; EPA publication information: NPRM - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgst/EPA-WASTE/2007/January/Day-18/f640.htm; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2006-0984
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: State
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/f019/f019.htm
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: James Michael Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response 5304P, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:703 308-8610 Fax:703 308-0514 Email: michael.james@epa.gov Robert Kayser Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response 5304P, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:703 308-7304 Fax:703 308-0514 Email: Kayser.Robert@epamail.epa.gov