PCB Commercial Storage Approval for Environmental Protection Services, Inc.
EPA posted a public notice about the Proposed Renewal of a PCB Commercial Storage Approval for Environmental Protection Services, Inc., located at 4 Industrial Park Drive, Wheeling, WV. The comment period closed. Comments are no longer being accepted.
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Background
Environmental Protection Services, Inc. (EPS) owns and operates a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) commercial storage facility located at 4 Industrial Park Drive in Wheeling, West Virginia. On January 3, 2023, EPA Region 3 issued a PCB Commercial storage approval renewal to EPS (pdf)(1 MB), which allows EPS to continue operating as a commercial PCB storage facility under the Toxics Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the PCB Regulations. The approval shall expire on January 3, 2033.
EPS commercially stores regulated PCB-containing waste in quantities greater than 500 gallons.
As described in the technical support document, dated August 26, 2022, EPA determined that the criteria for approval to engage in the commercial storage of PCB waste set forth in 40 CFR §761.65(d) have been met. Specifically, EPS’s application demonstrates that EPS’s storage facility, storage capacity, employee qualifications, closure plan, and financial assurance for closure satisfy the applicable requirements and that operation of the storage facility, when conducted in accordance with the conditions of the approval and all applicable provisions of the PCB regulations, will not pose an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment.
EPA originally issued a PCB commercial storage approval to EPS on November 10, 1993 and renewed the approval on September 29,1998 and August 7, 2012. Most recently, on February 3, 2022, EPS submitted a renewal application to EPA, with amendments submitted on May 24, 2022 and August 26, 2022.
The EPA approval allows EPS to store drained and filled electrical equipment, PCB liquids, soils and debris in the storage areas of the facility. The types and volumes of PCBs to be stored at the facility are the same as in the approval issued in August 2012.
The draft PCB commercial storage approval renewal was open for public comment from November 22, 2022 to December 22, 2022 and has now ended.
EPS also operates a scrap metal recovery oven and a mobile dechlorination process at this location. The scrap metal recovery oven disposes residual PCBs associated with PCB-contaminated articles regulated for disposal under 40 C.F.R. § 761.60(b) and is subject to the applicable provisions of 40 C.F.R. § 761.72. The mobile dechlorination process, known as PCBXTM, chemically destroys liquid PCBs and operates under the authority of a 40 C.F.R. § 761.60(e) disposal approval. The disposal approval was issued on September 14, 2017 and modified on June 15, 2018 and June 9, 2022. EPS timely submitted a disposal approval renewal application and demonstration test plan on March 11, 2022, in accordance with condition 23 of the June 9, 2022 approval. The timely renewal application means that EPS’s current operating approval has been administratively continued beyond the expiration date, in accordance with condition 23 of the June 9, 2022 disposal approval.
Facility and Contact Information
General Facility Information
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Category |
Facility |
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City: |
Wheeling |
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State: |
West Virginia |
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County: |
Ohio |
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EPA Identification number: |
WVD988770673 |
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Alias: |
EPS |
Contact Information
TSCA Project Manager:
Kelly L. Bunker
Bunker.kelly@epa.gov
(215) 814-2177
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., weekdays
For other inquiries about this public notice, please contact us.
Important Dates
- November 22, 2022 to December 22, 2022 – Public Comment Period
- December 22, 2022 - Public Comment Period Ended