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| Development and evaluation of a hazardous materials inventory status and action plan |
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| Pollution control; Hazardous materials; State
laws; State departments of transportation; Environmental protection |
| Pollution prevention programs; Hazardous materials
inventories; Arizona |
| AMEC Earth and Environmental (AMEC) has completed
an effort to assist the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) in complying
with the requirements of Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) 49-961 through
49-973. These statutes require Arizona state agencies that generate certain
quantities of hazardous waste or use certain amounts of toxic substances to
develop a pollution prevention program and submit documentation regarding that
program to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). Toxic
substances are defined as those materials regulated under the United States
Environmental Protection Agency's (US EPA) Toxic Release Inventory Program. AMEC
determined ADOT's status with regards to the regulatory planning thresholds by
collecting information about purchases of toxic substances and the generation of
hazardous waste. The quantity of hazardous waste generated by ADOT during the
2000 calendar year was below the planning threshold. However, AMEC determined
that ADOT used two toxic substances (methanol and ethylene glycol) in excess of
the planning threshold during the 2000 fiscal year. Therefore, ADOT is required
to submit a Pollution Prevention Plan to ADEQ. AMEC has developed an appropriate
Pollution Prevention Plan for ADOT's submital. In addition to the two materials
used in excess of the planning threshold, the Plan addresses toxic substances
for which the agency exceeds one half of the reporting threshold and chemicals
identified as persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) by the US EPA that
are used in excess of their Toxic Release Inventory reporting thresholds.
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