The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved two PCB waste storage facilities in Phoenix, Ariz. on condition that the facilities meet conditions beyond federal requirements to ensure that the community's health and the environment are protected.
Lighting Resources, Inc. and Earth Protection Services, Inc. have met federal requirements to store more than 500 gallons of PCB waste at any time.
As a result of the community's involvement and participation during the comment period, the EPA has added two additional requirements into the approvals that address potential hazards posed by accidental fires and other unintentional releases to the environment. Each facility is required to submit plans to the EPA that ensure PCBs are not swept, diffused, or blown outside the facility and LRI is required to install a sprinkler system on-site.
The two companies are also required to hire a third party contractor to monitor indoor and outdoor air to ensure employees and the public are adequately protected. Both facilities must also make available for public review annual environmental reports and spill reports, and include public notice requirements for major changes to the original approval.
LRI is allowed to store 70 55-gallon drums and 20 1 cubic-yard boxes and EPSI is allowed to store 300 55-gallon drums and 48 1 cubic-yard boxes of PCB waste.
Both facilities recycle fluorescent light ballasts some of which were manufactured before 1978 and contain PCBs in capacitors and potting material. The capacitors and potting material are disposed of as hazardous waste at EPA-approved facilities and the metal is decontaminated and recycled.
EPSI is cleaning up an area behind its facility that was contaminated with PCBs in September 2000.
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An elevated cab is one of several features improving operational efficiency at the Macon County Solid Waste Management agency in North Carolina. When it comes to waste management, efficiency, safety and reliability are priorities driving decisions from day one, according to staff members of the Macon County Solid Waste Management Department in western North Carolina. The agency operates a recycling plant in a facility originally designed to bale incoming materials. More recently, the building has undergone significant transformations centered around one machine: a SENNEBOGEN telehandler (telescopic handler).
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An elevated cab is one of several features improving operational efficiency at the Macon County Solid Waste Management agency in North Carolina. When it comes to waste management, efficiency, safety and reliability are priorities driving decisions from day one, according to staff members of the Macon County Solid Waste Management Department in western North Carolina. The agency operates a recycling plant in a facility originally designed to bale incoming materials. More recently, the building has undergone significant transformations centered around one machine: a SENNEBOGEN telehandler (telescopic handler).
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An elevated cab is one of several features improving operational efficiency at the Macon County Solid Waste Management agency in North Carolina. When it comes to waste management, efficiency, safety and reliability are priorities driving decisions from day one, according to staff members of the Macon County Solid Waste Management Department in western North Carolina. The agency operates a recycling plant in a facility originally designed to bale incoming materials. More recently, the building has undergone significant transformations centered around one machine: a SENNEBOGEN telehandler (telescopic handler).
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An elevated cab is one of several features improving operational efficiency at the Macon County Solid Waste Management agency in North Carolina. When it comes to waste management, efficiency, safety and reliability are priorities driving decisions from day one, according to staff members of the Macon County Solid Waste Management Department in western North Carolina. The agency operates a recycling plant in a facility originally designed to bale incoming materials. More recently, the building has undergone significant transformations centered around one machine: a SENNEBOGEN telehandler (telescopic handler).
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