Delisting a Hazardous Waste
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The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) provides a process to remove, or “delist,” a waste generated at a facility from the list of hazardous wastes.
The regulations describing the delisting process are found in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) in section 260.22.
This delisting process is initiated by the generator (the person who creates the waste), who prepares a petition for delisting the waste.
On this page:
- What is a hazardous waste delisting?
- How do I get a delisting for my waste?
- Where can I find out which wastes have been delisted?
- DRAS4 - Delisting Risk Assessment Software
What is a Hazardous Waste Delisting?
RCRA regulations provide a petition procedure to exclude or "delist" a particular facility's waste from the list of hazardous wastes if the waste does not possess the dangerous properties. While there are two general types of hazardous waste, characteristic and listed, only listed wastes can be delisted.
- Characteristic hazardous wastes are designated hazardous because they exhibit dangerous properties such as corrosivity, ignitability, reactivity, or toxicity. Characteristic hazardous wastes cannot be delisted because of these dangerous properties.
- Listed hazardous wastes are designated hazardous because the processes that generate them have typically produced wastes with dangerous properties like those mentioned above for characteristic wastes. Listed wastes are presumed to possess dangerous properties because of historical knowledge of the waste-generating-process.
How Do I Get a Delisting for My Waste?
This delisting process is initiated by the generator (the person who creates the waste), who prepares a petition for delisting the waste. The petition provides information about the waste, including its chemical composition, to demonstrate the rationale for delisting the waste. The petition is reviewed by the appropriate regulatory agency -- either U.S. EPA or an authorized state hazardous waste regulatory agency -- to determine whether the waste should continue to be listed as hazardous.
To begin this process, the hazardous waste generator must determine to whom they must petition, the U.S. EPA regional office or the state environmental agency. U.S. EPA delegated the authority to delist hazardous waste generated and disposed of in certain states to the state environmental agency. The delisting process is different in each U.S. EPA region and in each state so it is key to contact your regional or state coordinator and discuss the delistings process with him or her first. Below is a listing of regional and state delistings coordinators:
Region 1 - Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
| EPA Regional Delistings Coordinator |
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Sharon Leitch (617) 918-1647 |
Region 2 - New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands
| EPA Regional Delistings Coordinator |
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Contact Region 2 for the current delisting coordinator (877) 251-4575 |
| New Jersey Delistings |
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New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste (609) 633-1418 |
Region 3 - Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
| EPA Regional Delistings Coordinator |
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Unassigned (215) 814-5000 (Main Region 3 Phone Number) |
| Delaware Delistings |
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Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control Division of Waste Hazardous Substances (302) 739-9403 |
| District of Columbia Delistings |
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District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (202) 535-2600 (202) 535-1909 |
| Pennsylvania Delistings |
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Waste Management (717) 783-2388 (717) 787-6239 |
| West Virginia Delistings |
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West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Division of Water and Waste Management (304) 926-0495 |
Region 4 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
| EPA Regional Delistings Coordinator |
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William Kappler (404) 562-8498 |
| Alabama Delistings |
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Alabama Department of Environmental Management Land Division (334) 271-7730 |
| Georgia Delistings |
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Georgia Department of Natural Resources Land Protection Branch (404) 657-8600 |
| Kentucky Delistings |
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Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection Division of Waste Management (502) 564-6716 |
| Mississippi Delistings |
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Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Division (601) 961-5682 |
| North Carolina Delistings |
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Waste Management (919) 707-8200 |
Region 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
| Illinois Delistings Coordinator |
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Mark Crites (217) 524-3269 1021 North Grand Avenue East P.O. Box 19276 Mail Code 33 Springfield, IL 62794-9276 |
| Indiana Delistings Coordinator |
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Indiana Department of Environmental Management John Naddy (317) 233-0404 100 North Senate Room 1101 Indianapolis, IN 46204 |
| Michigan Delistings Coordinator |
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Michigan Department of Environmental Quality James Ferritto (213) 876-4454 Note: Michigan considers delistings only for wastes that are treated, stored, or disposed of as part of closure or partial closure of a treatment, storage or disposal (TSD) facility or if the waste is contaminated soil deemed hazardous due to its mixture with a hazardous waste. For potential delistings of other hazardous wastes generated in Michigan, contact EPA Region 5. |
| Minnesota Delistings Coordinator |
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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Courtney Ahlers-Nelson (651) 757-2183 520 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155 |
| Ohio and Wisconsin Delistings Coordinators |
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U.S. EPA RCRA Programs Branch Todd Ramaly (312) 353-9317 Christopher Lambesis (312) 886-3583 77 West Jackson Blvd. Mail Code LR-8J Chicago, Illinois 60604 |
Region 6 - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
| EPA Regional Delistings Coordinators |
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Eshala Dixon (214) 665-6592 |
| Louisiana Delistings |
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Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Waste Permits Division (225) 219-3181 |
| Oklahoma Delistings |
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Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Land Protection Division (405) 702-5100 |
Region 7 - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
| EPA Regional Delistings Coordinator |
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Marcus Rivas (913) 551-7669 |
| Nebraska Delistings |
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Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality Waste Management Division (402) 471-2186 |
Region 8 - Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
| EPA Regional Delistings Coordinator |
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Jesse Newland (303) 312-6353 |
| Colorado Delistings |
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Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division (303) 692-3300 |
| Montana Delistings |
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Montana Department of Environmental Quality Hazardous Waste Program (406) 444-5300 |
| North Dakota Delistings |
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North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality Division of Waste Management (701) 328-5166 |
| South Dakota Delistings |
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South Dakota Department of the Environment and Natural Resources Waste Management Program (605) 773-3153 |
| Utah Delistings |
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Utah Department of Environmental Quality Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (801) 536-0200 |
| Wyoming Delistings |
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Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Solid and Hazardous Waste Division (307) 777-8937 |
Region 9 - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam
| EPA Regional Delistings Coordinator |
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Sean Goral (415) 972-3163 |
Region 10 - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
| EPA Regional Delistings Coordinator |
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Michelle Mullin (206) 553-1616 |
| Oregon Delistings |
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Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Division of Land Quality (503) 234-3000 |
| Idaho Delistings |
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Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Waste Management and Remediation (208) 373-0148 |
Where Can I Find Out Which Wastes Have Been Delisted?
To look up the facilities that successfully petitioned EPA for a delisting, view the Appendix IX of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations part 261.
DRAS4 - Delisting Risk Assessment Software
DRAS is a user-friendly, stand-alone, Microsoft Windows-based software program that calculates the potential human health risks associated with disposing a specific facility’s given waste stream in a landfill or surface impoundment.