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Phosphogypsum and Wastewater RCRA/TSCA Action Petition Revived

Friday, March 12, 2021 On February 8, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received a petition seeking a rule reversing EPA’s 1991 Bevill regulatory determination excluding phosphogypsum and process wastewater from phosphoric acid production (process wastewater) from hazardous waste regulation under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The petition also urges EPA to promulgate regulations under RCRA Subtitle C governing the safe treatment, storage, and disposal of phosphogypsum and process wastewater as RCRA hazardous waste. Under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Petitioners request that EPA initiate the prioritization process to designate phosphogypsum and process wastewater as high-priority substances for risk evaluation under TSCA Section 6, issue a TSCA Section 4 test rule for disposed phosphogypsum, and issue a significant new use rule (SNUR) under TSCA Section 5 for phosphogypsum used in road const

Phosphogypsum/Phosphoric Acid Production Wastewater: Center for Biological Diversity Petition to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Rulemaking Pursuant to Resource Conservation and Recovery Act/Toxic Substances Control Act | Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C.

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and a number of other environmental organizations submitted a February 8th document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) titled: Petition for Rulemaking Pursuant to Section 7004(A) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act; and Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act Concerning the Regulation of Phosphogypsum and Process Wastewater from Phosphoric Acid Production (“Petition”) Phosphogypsum is described by the Petition as radioactive, toxic waste created during wet-process phosphoric acid production. The rate of production is stated to be 5.2 tons for every ton of phosphoric produced. Phosphoric acid is described as the intermediate feedstock of granular and liquid ammonium phosphate fertilizers. It is stated to be produced from phosphate rock mined from mineral deposits.

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