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Federal Register/Vol. 81, No. 42/Thursday, March 3, 2016 11212 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 42 / Thursday, March 3, 2016 / Notices TABLE 2—CONCENTRATION LIMITS OF CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS THAT ARE HAZARDOUS AT LESS THAN 0.001 Mg/L— Continued Concentration Concentration Health based limit at the reduction Chemical constituent Waste code limit wellhead factor (mg/L) (mg/L) ) (Note 2) (C/C0 2-Methylpyridine ............................................. U191 ............................................................... 2.0 × 10¥3 1,000 2.0 × 10¥6 3-Methylpyridine ............................................. Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Nickel .............................................................. F006 ............................................................... 0.001 100 1.0 × 10¥5 Nicotinonitrile .................................................. Note 2 ............................................................. 6.0 × 10¥6 6,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Nitrilotiracetonitrile .......................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Nitrobenzene .................................................. U169 ............................................................... 1.8 × 10¥2 100 1.8 × 10¥4 Oleic acid ........................................................ Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Oleoylsarconsinate ......................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Phenol ............................................................ U188 ............................................................... 21 100 2.1 × 10¥1 1,2-Propanediol .............................................. Note 2 ............................................................. 6.0 × 10¥8 60 1.0 × 10¥9 1,3-Propanediol .............................................. Note 2 ............................................................. 2.0 × 10¥6 2,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Propanol ......................................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 2,0 × 10¥6 2,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Propionitrile ..................................................... P101 ............................................................... 0.005 2,000 2.5 × 10¥6 Propylenediamine tetracetonitrile ................... Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥6 1,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Pyroazole ........................................................ Note 2 ............................................................. 4.0 × 10¥6 4,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Pyridine ........................................................... D038, U196 .................................................... 0.035 2,000 1.75 × 10¥5 Selenium ......................................................... D010 ............................................................... 0.05 100 5.0 × 10¥4 Silver ............................................................... D011 ............................................................... 0.175 100 1.75 × 10¥3 Sodium cyanide .............................................. D003, K011, K013, P030, P063, P106 .......... 1.4 1,200 1.17 × 10¥3 Strontium ........................................................ Note 2 ............................................................. 1.0 × 10¥7 100 1.0 × 10¥9 Succinic acid .................................................. Note 2 ............................................................. 8.0 × 10¥7 800 1.0 × 10¥9 Succinotrile ..................................................... Note 2 ............................................................. 6.0 × 10¥6 6,000 1.0 × 10¥9 Tetrahydrofuran .............................................. U213 ............................................................... 0.002 5,000 4.0 × 10¥7 Thiourea ......................................................... U219 ............................................................... 1.0 × 10¥2 100 1.0 × 10¥4 Toluene ........................................................... U220 ............................................................... 1 100 1.0 × 10¥2 Vanadium ....................................................... P120 ............................................................... 0.004 100 4.0 × 10¥5 Vanadium pentoxide ....................................... P120 ............................................................... 0.315 400 7.88 × 10¥4 Xylene ............................................................. U239 ............................................................... 10 100 1.0 × 10¥1 Zinc ................................................................. Note 2 ............................................................. 10.5 400 2.63 × 10¥2 Note 1—Worst-case constituent. Dated: February 1, 2016. been released. As explained further Health Based Limit (HBL) contour for Tinka G. Hyde, below, the Docket is used to identify no-migration boundary set at 1.0 × 10¥9 Director, Water Division. Federal facilities that should be for this constituent. The HBL values are [FR Doc. 2016–04756 Filed 3–2–16; 8:45 am] evaluated to determine if they pose a from the compilation by EPA Region 6, BILLING CODE 6560–50–P threat to public health or welfare and revised 2005. the environment and to provide a mechanism to make this information Note 2—Constituents not associated ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION available to the public. with an EPA RCRA waste code or listed AGENCY This notice includes the complete list in HBL guidelines are assigned the of Federal facilities on the Docket and × ¥9 minimum C/C0 of 1.0 10 . A [FRL–9943–17–OLEM] also identifies Federal facilities reported provisional ‘‘HBL’’ for these to EPA since the last update of the Twenty-Ninth Update of the Federal constituents is then derived from the Docket on August 17, 2015. In addition Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance product of C/C0 and the concentration to the list of additions to the Docket, Docket limit at the wellhead. If a RCRA waste this notice includes a section with code is promulgated for any of these AGENCY: Environmental Protection revisions of the previous Docket list. constituents, the HBL selected by EPA Agency (EPA). Thus, the revisions in this update will be compared to the provisional ACTION: Notice. include 7 additions, 22 corrections, and ‘‘HBL’’ on this table. If the EPA HBL is 42 deletions to the Docket since the more stringent, the Concentration Limit SUMMARY: Since 1988, the previous update. At the time of at the Wellhead will be reduced or Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publication of this notice, the new total migration of the constituent will be has maintained a Federal Agency number of Federal facilities listed on the reconsidered in detail. Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Docket is 2,326. Since the last update, (‘‘Docket’’) under Section 120(c) of the EPA has identified a discrepancy in the Electronic Access. You may access Comprehensive Environmental total number of facilities published in this Federal Register document Response, Compensation, and Liability the Federal Register. The number of electronically from the Government Act (CERCLA). Section 120(c) requires Docket sites in the Federal Register did Printing Office under the ‘‘Federal EPA to establish a Docket that contains not match the number of sites on EPA’s Register’’ listings at FDSys (http:// certain information reported to EPA by Master Docket List. EPA has reconciled www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection. Federal facilities that manage hazardous the discrepancies and the list is now action?collectionCode=FR). waste or from which a reportable and both lists are now matching a quantity of hazardous substances has current. 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