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M M <br /> LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL <br /> LABORATORY HAZARDOUS WASTE <br /> le MANAGEMENT FACILITIES <br /> ti 215 Fremont St., San Francisco, CA 94105 October 1989 <br /> U .S. EPA PROPOSES TO DENY PERMIT TO OPERATE <br /> EXISTING HAZARDOUS WASTE INCINERATOR <br /> INTRODUCTION <br /> This fact sheet discusses why the U.S. <br /> Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) <br /> proposes to deny a permit for the Lawrence <br /> y V\Mt�Sro��E P,F Livermore National Laboratory(LLNL)to treat, <br /> store, and incinerate hazardous wastes <br /> ORf �r R P RESERVOTTERSONIR <br /> regulated under the Resource Conservation <br /> R.R� RESERVOIR <br /> J WESTERN PAgfIC and Recovery Act (RCRA). The proposed <br /> PATTERSON <br /> n PASS RD. permit denial would require LLNL to cease <br /> operations of hazardous waste management <br /> A o <br /> WREN CE r/ at its facility in Livermore,California.The denial <br /> IILIVERYORE1 LUPIN WAY would not affect the management of <br /> MAVONAL . <br /> /LABORAroHr non-RCRA regulated hazardous wastes,such <br /> & as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) wastes, <br /> EAST AVENUE J <br /> Department of Health (DHS)-only regulated <br /> PACIFIC AVE. 4 = hazardous wastes, and radioactive-only <br /> wastes.This proposed action would not affect <br /> LIVERMORE, storage in Building 693 and the continued <br /> CALIFORNIA storage of already solidified mixed waste in the <br /> 612 Yard. <br /> HEARING LOCATION: <br /> THE BARN BACKGROUND <br /> 3000 PACIFIC AVENUE <br /> LLNL is owned by the U.S. Department of <br /> Energy(DOE)and is operated by the Regents <br /> of the University of California(UC).The LLNL <br /> facility is approximately 1.3 square miles in <br /> size and lies three miles east of the center of <br /> the City of Livermore in southern Alameda <br /> County. <br /> OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT In 1942, the U.S. Navy established the <br /> Livermore Naval Air Station,as a flight training <br /> base. The transition from Naval operations to <br /> You are invited to submit comments on the proposed permit denial during a a research facility began in 1950 when the <br /> public comment period. During this time, everyone is invited to review the California Research and Development <br /> proposed permit denial information, consider the issues, and raise all Corporation(a subsidiary of Standard Oil,Inc.) <br /> concerns about the proposed permit denial. This period will extend from began construction of the Materials Test <br /> October 3, 1989,'to November 17, 1989.Written comments should be sent Accelerator facility. In 1951, the University of <br /> to the EPA address noted above(Attention Russ Beckwith,H-3-3). California Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley <br /> began to use some of the Livermore facilities. <br /> Public comments can also be submitted to EPA in writing,or verbally during UC assumed its current role as operator and <br /> a public hearing that will be held on November 16, 1989.There will be two manager of LLNL in 1952,about one year after <br /> sessions conducted. The location is The Barn, 3000 Pacific Avenue, the property was transferred from the U.S. <br /> Livermore,CA. Navy to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, <br /> a predecessor agency of DOE. <br /> The hearings will begin at 1:30 PM and 7:00 PM.This room will be open a <br /> half-hour earlier for members of the public to pick up information materials Hazardous wastes generated at LLNL are <br /> and register to speak at the hearing.After the comment period closes,EPA collected,consolidated, stored, and ultimately <br /> will review and respond to all comments received,and then will make afinal treated. The incinerator burns ignitable, <br /> determination as to whether or not to deny the permit. corrosive, reactive, and toxic liquids; and <br /> pathological and biomedical laboratory solid <br /> Continued on Page 2 <br />