Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 3.djvu/864

 98 STAT. 3236

42 USC 6921. Post, p. 3258. 42 USC 6930. Ante, p. 3234. 42 USC 6924. Regulations.

Petroleum and petroleum products.

PUBLIC LAW 98-616—NOV. 8, 1984

tial boilers) where the Administrator determines that such notification is not necessary in order for the Administrator to obtain sufficient information respecting current practices of facilities using hazardous waste for energy recovery. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect or impair the provisions of section 3001(b)(3). Nothing in this subsection shall affect regulatory determinations under section 3014.". (2) Section 3010 of such Act is amended by striking out "the preceding sentence" each place it occurs and substituting "the preceding provisions". (b)(1) Section 3004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by adding the following new subsections after subsection (p): "(q) HAZARDOUS WASTE USED AS FUEL.—(1) Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, and after notice and opportunity for public hearing, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations establishing such— "(A) standards applicable to the owners and operators of facilities which produce a fuel— "(i) from any hazardous waste identified or listed under section 3001, or "(ii) from any hazardous waste identified or listed under section 3001 and any other material; "(B) standards applicable to the owners and operators of facilities which burn, for purposes of energy recovery, any fuel produced as provided in subparagraph (A) or any fuel which otherwise contains any hazardous waste identified or listed under section 3001; and "(C) standards applicable to any person who distributes or markets any fuel which is produced as provided in subparagraph (A) or any fuel which otherwise contains any hazardous waste identified or listed under section 3001 as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment. Such standards may include any of the requirements set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a) as may be appropriate. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect or impair the provisions of section 3001(b)(3). For purposes of this subsection, the term 'hazardous waste listed under section 3001' includes any commercial chemical product which is listed under section 3001 and which, in lieu of its original intended use, is (i) produced for use as (or as a component of) a fuel, (ii) distributed for use as a fuel, or (iii) burned as a fuel. "(2)(A) This subsection, subsection (r), and subsection (s) shall not apply to petroleum refinery wastes containing oil which are converted into petroleum coke at the same facility at which such wastes were generated, unless the resulting coke product would exceed one or more characteristics by which a substance would be identified as a hazardous waste under section 3001. "(B) The Administrator may exempt from the requirements of this subsection, subsection (r), or subsection (s) facilities which burn de minimis quantities of hazardous waste as fuel, as defined by the Administrator, if the wastes are burned at the same facility at which such wastes are generated; the waste is burned to recover useful energy, as determined by the Administrator on the basis of the design and operating characteristics of the facility and the heating value and other characteristics of the waste; and the waste is burned in a type of device determined by the Administrator to be

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