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RIN: 2050-AE69

Publication ID: Fall 1999

Title: Proposed Regulatory Amendments on Recycling of Hazardous Wastes in Fertilizers
Abstract: This rulemaking is intended to revise the current RCRA regulations that apply to recycling of hazardous wastes in the manufacture of fertilizers. Exemptions from RCRA standards are currently provided for some hazardous wastes used in this manner, while other hazardous wastes that may be more suitable as fertilizer ingredients are subject to stringent regulatory requirements that can discourage legitimate recycling practices. This rulemaking effort is intended to establish a more consistent regulatory framework for this practice, to remove current regulatory disincentives to legitimate recycling of hazardous wastes in fertilizer products, and to establish a set of standards for contaminant concentrations in hazardous waste-derived fertilizers that are more appropriate to fertilizers and which are protective of human health and the environment. These regulatory revisions will directly affect companies that manufacture zinc micronutrient fertilizers from hazardous wastes, and is likely to benefit such manufacturers that are small businesses by removing regulatory disincentives to recycling.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 261 40 CFR 266 40 CFR 268 40 CFR 271
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1006 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/00/2000
Final Action	05/00/2002

Additional Information: SAN No. 4208
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Federal, State
Small Entities Affected: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Sectors Affected: 32531 Fertilizer Manufacturing; 331111 Iron and Steel Mills; 331419 Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum); 331492 Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum); 562112 Hazardous Waste Collection
Agency Contact: David Fagan Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response 5301W, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:703 308-0603 Email: fagan.david@epa.gov Charlotte Mooney Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response 5304P, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:703 308-7025 Fax:703 308-0514 Email: Mooney.Charlotte@epa.gov