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MF EhLLShed o' Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility Draft Hazardous Waste Facility Permit. P rimex Ordnance and Tactical Systems Tracy Test Facility 32727 S. Corral Hollow Road Tracy, California 95376 EPA ID No.: CAD 000626762 Cal/EPA Department of Toxid Substances Control Berkelev. California March 31, 1997 I. Introduction The California Environm ntal Protection Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) requests public comments on a Draft Hazardous Waste Facility Permit and Negative Declaration con erning a proposed hazardous waste treatment facility at the Primex Ordnance and Tactical Systems (Primex), Tracy Test Facility. This fact sheet has been developed to inform the public about the proposed project which involves on-site treatment of hazardous waste in a closed vessel detonation unit. In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), DTSC conducted an initial study and prepared a Negative Declaration concluding that the project will not have any significant adverse effects on the en ironment. H. Facility Oper4tions Primex is located 3.2 mi es southwest of Interstate 580 in San Joaquin County in the city of Tracy (see Figur 1). The facility occupies 540 acres and i bordered by Lawrence Liver„iore Na ional Laboratory to the so:ltl- and and empty fields to the north znd east. 1-ornierly kno,,vn as Physics International Company, Primex began its operations at this location in 1965. Primex develops and conducts research on explosive warheads, primarily under federal government contract. In the past, the Primex Tracy Test Facility developed warheads using the explosives HMX and TNT. These explosives were melted, cast, trimmed into a final configuration and then tested. Waste explosives resulting from the casting and trimming operations were disposed of on-site by open detonation. Rags, filters, and other debris contaminated with explosives were also disposed of on-site by open burning. By June 1991, open detonation and open burning activities ceased. A market was found for waste HMX and TNT explosives and contaminated debris was recycled. In 1992, Primex replaced HM)�`and TNT with anew explosive called LX -14. The same PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD Starts: March 31, 1997 Ends: May 16, 1997 All written corrunents on the Draft Permit and proposed Negative Declaration should be sent to: Cal/EPA, DTSC Berkeley Office Attn: Sheila Alfonso 700 Heinz Avenue, Suite 200 Berkeley, CA 947 10 ill