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NOTICE of FINAL PERMIT DECISION under SEP 17 11'"0 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act HECALTH Pr-RN1,11IT/SERVICES In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR § 124.15, we are providing you with a notice of our decision to deny a final RCRA hazardous Waste permit for the following facility: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550 Operator: University of California Owner: U.S. Department of Energy Affected Unit: Existing Incinerator located in Bldg. 624 EPA Identification No. CA2 890 012 584 Between October 3, 1989 and December 18, 1989, Region IX of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested public comment on their intent to deny a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permit application for a hazardous waste incinerator and treatment and storage facility owned by the U. S. Department of Energy and operated by University of California. The facility is located at 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California. It is used to store and treat liquid and solid hazardous waste streams resulting from the Laboratory's operations. The incinerator was installed in 1980, and has been operating since then until early 1989 with RCRA interim status. The agency is hereby denying the final hazardous waste permit for the incinerator because the owner/operator has not provided a complete application that demonstrates compliance with the regulations, and in fact, announced the withdrawal of its permit application for that portion of its hazardous waste facilities. Upon the effective date of this denial, interim status is terminated for the incinerator, per 40 CFR §270.10(e)(5), and the facility will be required to cease the incineration of hazardous waste and mixed waste. The closure plan for this unit has been reviewed and given public review from June 27, 1990 to July 30, 1990. Finalization of the closure plan approval is expected to follow this act-,LOA-L soon. EPAaction on other portions of the proposed permit denial is deferred pending review of the extensive materials submitted by the Department of Energy and University of California (LLNL), and all other public comments concerning these facilities received during the public comment period. The final decision to deny the incinerator portion of the permit application becomes effective on October 15, 1990. This action constitutes a final permit decision under Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 124.15. The decision may be appealed in accordance with 40 C.F.R. Part 124. Anyone who filed comments on the draft decision or who spoke at the public hearing on the decision may file an appeal. Appeals to this decision must be filed within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of permit denial and should be directed to the Office of the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Room 1145 - WT (A-101), 401 M