Wastes: Hazardous Waste - Treatment, Storage and Disposal

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Section 104(c)(9) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) requires States to assure that adequate capacity exists to manage hazardous wastes generated in their State for 20 years before EPA can provide any Superfund Remedial Action Trust funds to the State. Under a program the Agency has implemented to help States fulfill this statutory mandate, States submit Capacity Assurance Plans (CAPs) as the basis for their assurance.

On May 1, 1994, States submitted CAPs to EPA pursuant to the May 1993 Guidance for Capacity Assurance Planning, OSWER Directive 9010.02. On November 3, 1994, the Agency made available for comment a draft of the National Capacity Assessment Report, in which the Agency made a proposed determination that there existed adequate national capacity, and which presented the Agency's analysis of State data. Based on the information contained in the CAPs, internal Agency studies, and comments received on the draft Assessment Report, the Agency has finalized the determination that there exists adequate national capacity in all CAP management categories. Therefore, as with the proposed determination, all States continue to be eligible to receive Superfund Trust funds.

The Agency will continue to collect and evaluate additional data to ensure that the requirements of CERCLA 104 [c][9] are satisfied. At this time, the Agency does not anticipate the need to conduct another CAP for the next few years.

Supporting Documents:

National Capacity Assessment Report
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Appendix A: Demand from Recurrent Deepwell - Underground Injection [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix A: Demand from Recurrent Energy Recovery - Liquids [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix A: Demand from Recurrent Energy Recovery - Sludges/Solids [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix A: Demand from Recurrent Fuel Blending [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix A: Demand from Recurrent Hazardous Wastewaters & Sludges Treatment [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix A: Demand from Recurrent Incineration - Liquids/Gases [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix A: Demand from Recurrent Inorganics Recovery [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix A: Demand from Recurrent Incineration - Sludges/Solids [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix A: Demand from Recurrent Landfill [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix A: Demand from Recurrent Metals Recovery [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix A: Demand from Recurrent Organics Recovery [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix A: Demand from Recurrent Stabilization - Chemical Fixation [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix B: Expected Maximum Capacity for Deepwell - Underground Injection [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix B: Expected Maximum Capacity for Energy Recovery - Liquids [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix B: Expected Maximum Capacity for Energy Recovery - Sludges/Solids [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix B: Expected Maximum Capacity for Fuel Blending [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix B: Expected Maximum Capacity for Hazardous Wastewaters & Sludges Treatment [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix B: Expected Maximum Capacity for Incineration - Liquids/Gases [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix B: Expected Maximum Capacity for Inorganics Recovery [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix B: Expected Maximum Capacity for Incineration - Sludges/Solids [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix B: Expected Maximum Capacity for Landfill [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix B: Expected Maximum Capacity for Metals Recovery [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix B: Expected Maximum Capacity for Organics Recovery [Adobe PDF 8K]
Appendix B: Expected Maximum Capacity for Stabilization/Chemical Fixation [Adobe PDF 8K]