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is

bei

ne

asked

by

Peoria

1.)isposal,

(1•

t

pprove

a

r

ew

“secret:’’

and

little

explored

method

ol

reating

and

disposing

of

very

hazardous,

ghiy

toxi(

waste,

specihcally.

h06

I

ekC(CIC

arc

furnace

(EAF)

dust.

PDC

v/ants,

it

:i’S,

to

keeD

open

its

toxic.

waste

landFill

in

Peoria

to

process

such

waste

for

eventual

r—shipmen1

to

‘landfills

for

only

non—hazardous

Waste.)

Even

if

tl’iis

new

“secret’

process

eventually

would

prove

to

temporarily

immobilize

i

‘me

of

the

myriad

of

contaminants

of

such

waste,

hiijhj1c

is

still

an

apparent

unknown.

Samples

were

collected

in

December,

2007,

and

February,

2008,

by

the

Fl

rm

RMT

ftd

by

PDC.

Pix:

also

had

to

later

send

samples

for

the

I

EPA

to

check.

The

samples

re

reported

by

R

MT

to

he

“pre-selected’’

at

PDC

From

loads

trucked

across

country

ft

om

severa

of:

its

I)

steel

mill

customers

(in

six

states).

After

arrival

at

Pi)C

they

weie

-c

ported

to

have

been

“processed

in

small

(3

.—ton)

batches

in

a

“mixer”

containing

the

secret

“treat

nent”

additions.

After

being

“thoroughly

blended.’’

the

mixture

was

t:r.insterrcd

to

4

’roflo’ff

1)oxcs”

where

it

would

he

“stored

on—Site

for

a

period

of

tine”

1’

icre

it

cou

ci

he

teste(,l

to

see

if

the

tox

ics

then

met:

allowable

contaminant

standards.

It

SO

the

EAF

waste

could

he

allowed

to

he

re-

trucked

to

a

non—hazardous

landfill.

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No

reason

is

given

why

J’r)c:’s

proposed

new

but

secret.

treatment

process

e

u1d

not

he

done

at

the

steel

mu

Is

themselves

--—

t-izht

at

the

many

landflhls

For

m

m-toxic

waste

to

avoid

the

manifold

road

hai,ards

and

cost

of

extensive

truck

transfers.

J:I.

)WVO1

this

proposed

new

process

addresses

only

flOfl—VOlflti

Ic

heavy

metals.

The

in

altitude

of

“volatile”

chemicals

in

EAF

dust

would

continue

1:0

dissipate

into

our

air.

i

covem

ti

c

Il

PA

only

stated

that

PD(

,

Ic

cit

it.

am

c.

Ut

na

t.

du’,1

vmll

bk

I

‘

meet

the

t

juired

low

level

of

toxic

waste.

Likely

also

means

maybe.

(Part

11,

Sect.

1

t.)4406,

I

i

PA

tiling,

6/i

2/08).

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