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New EPA guidance provides additional criteria to be considered when determining whether site field work should continue or be suspended.<\/h2>\n

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By Karen Aldridge Crawford<\/h6>\n
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On April 10, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its\u00a0<\/span>interim guidance<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>applicable to response field activities underway at sites across the country due to impacts of COVID-19. These activities are being conducted under a range of EPA authorities including, but not limited to, the Superfund program, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action, Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) cleanup provisions, the Oil Pollution Act, the Underground Storage Tank (UST) program , and the EPA \u2019s emergency response authority for releases or substantial threats of releases into the environment of chemicals, oil, and other hazardous materials\/substances, as well as pollutants or contaminants that may present an imminent and substantial danger to the public health or welfare. This interim guidance is being issued for response actions related to cleanup and emergency response sites where the EPA is the lead agency or has direct oversight of or responsibility for the work being performed, but the work may actually be conducted by the EPA, states, tribes, other agencies of the federal government, and by other parties, including potentially responsible parties (PRPs).<\/p>\n

This memorandum\/interim guidance supplements the \u201cOffice of Land and Emergency Management Considerations and Posture for COVID-19 Pandemic\u201d document dated March 19, 2020, and provides additional criteria to be considered for emergency response, Superfund removal\/remedial\/federal facilities, RCRA corrective action, and leaking underground storage tank (LUST) cleanups when determining whether site field work should continue or be suspended.<\/p>\n

The EPA also indicates in the memorandum that it continues to evaluate and make decisions about continuing on-site activities on a case-by-case basis consistent with the following priorities:<\/p>\n

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  • Protecting the health and safety of the public, as well as maintaining the health and safety of EPA staff and cleanup partners, is the Agency\u2019s highest priority. Integral to the protection of health and safety is the adherence to any federal, state, tribal, or local health declarations and restrictions, to the extent possible.<\/li>\n
  • Maintaining EPA\u2019s ability to prevent and respond to environmental emergencies, or in any situation necessary to protect public health and welfare and the environment, is also a critical priority for the Agency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    As with the enforcement interim guidance, protection of drinking water is a priority in these decisions as well.<\/p>\n

    Decisions to be made on continuing, reducing, or pausing field work are to be made on a case-by-case basis and in consultation with other EPA offices, as appropriate. This same approach will apply to decisions based on requests from outside parties (e.g., states, tribes, local governments, other federal agencies, PRPs, property owners, etc.) for extensions or delays in performance.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    New EPA guidance provides additional criteria to be considered when determining whether site field work should continue or be suspended. By Karen Aldridge Crawford We are monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation as it relates to law and litigation. Find more resources and articles on\u00a0our COVID-19 portal.\u00a0For the duration of the crisis, all coronavirus-related articles are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n

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    Posted on March 21, 2013 by Karen Crawford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The EPA issued its long-awaited CISWI Rule in the Federal Register on February 7, 2013. 78 FR 9112. The final rule, entitled \u201cCommercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units;
    Reconsideration and Final Amendments; Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That Are Solid
    Waste,\u201d contains the provisions in EPA\u2019s 2011 rule, vacated in January 2012, that EPA agreed to
    reconsider. The 2011 final rule in turn superseded EPA\u2019s 2000 CISWI rule. The new CISWI Rule
    amends 40 CFR part 60 subparts CCCC and DDDD and part 241. The amendments to 40 CFR part 60 subpart DDDD, along with certain incorporations by reference, were effective on the
    promulgation date; amendments to part 60 subpart CCCC are effective August 7, 2013, and those to 40 CFR part 241 are effective April 8, 2013.
    In response to both the court\u2019s vacatur of a Notice of Delay issued in 2011 and the numerous petitions for reconsideration and comments submitted by the regulated community and the
    public, the final rule includes three subcategories of ERUs (energy recovery units) and two
    subcategories for waste-burning kilns based on design-type differences, with separate carbon
    monoxide (CO) limits for the latter. Certain limits were also revised based on comments
    regarding the CO span methodology and on incorporation of additional data. The rule establishes
    stack testing and continuous monitoring requirements and allows for the use of continuous
    emissions monitoring systems (CEMS), setting levels based on a 3 hour block or 30-day rolling
    average (depending on the parameter and subcategory of CISWI).
    The rule addresses and preserves a source\u2019s choice to cease or start combusting solid waste at
    any time due to market conditions or other reasons, and to switch from one set of applicable
    emission standards to another pursuant to CAA section 112, thereby amending the original \"once
    in always in\" approach reflected in the earlier versions of this rule. This in turn will provide an
    incentive to the regulated community to continue operating incinerators.
    The deadline for compliance with the CISWI Rule by existing sources depends primarily on when the state implementation plan incorporating the final rule is approved, with such approval
    required no later than five years after the February 7, 2013 Federal Register publication date. The effective date for new source compliance is August 7, 2013 or the date of startup, whichever date is later. 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