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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 98-1242

NOTICES

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD

Hazardous Waste Facilities Plan Adoption

[28 Pa.B. 3632]

   At its July 21, 1998, meeting, the Environmental Quality Board adopted an update to the Hazardous Waste Facilities Plan. The update is necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Solid Waste Management Act (act) to provide for the future planning and regulation of hazardous waste. Plan updates must be developed as necessary, but not less than every 5 years. This Plan is the second update and replaces the last version dated 1992.

   The Plan is required to address siting of hazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities, current hazardous waste practices, future hazardous waste facility needs, and source reduction. It also plays a role in the establishment of new hazardous waste management facilities if a Certificate of Public Necessity (CPN) is required. The EQB is empowered by the act to issue a CPN, which overrides zoning and other local restrictions.

   The draft of the Plan was approved by the EQB for public comment on September 16, 1997. Notice of its availability was published November 1, 1997, with provisions for a 60-day public comment period, one public meeting and one public hearing. There were five commentators to the draft Plan. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) provided a response to each of the comments raised during the public comment period. A copy of DEP's comment and response document is available from the contact person listed at the end of this notice.

   The final Plan encourages proper captive management of hazardous waste after all economically feasible source reduction and reclamation technologies are given proper consideration. It concludes that generators in Pennsylvania have adequate commercial treatment and disposal capacity available and that any recovery facility that meets the regulatory test for legitimate use, reclamation or recovery is necessary.

Copies of the Plan

   Copies of the final Plan may be obtained from Thomas Hyatt, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472, at (717) 787-7382 (or email Hyatt.Thomas@dep.state.pa.us).

JAMES M. SEIF,   
Chairperson

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-1242. Filed for public inspection July 31, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]


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