[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23712-23713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11741]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-0787; FRL-8906-6]
Notice of Availability of RCRA Closure and Post-Closure Care Cost
Estimating Software
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the
availability of a software package, referred to as CostPro, which will
estimate the costs of RCRA Closure and Post-Closure care. Persons
interested in obtaining a copy of the software package can contact EPA
for a copy of this software.
DATES: This software will be available on or after May 1, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The official public docket is identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-0737. All documents in the docket are listed in the
http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will
be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket
materials are available either electronically in http://www.regulations.gov, or in hard copy at the RCRA Docket, EPA/DC, EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington DC. The Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the RCRA
Docket is (202) 566-0270.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding
distribution of this software, contact Bob Maxey, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery, (703) 308-7273, [email protected]. Mail
inquiries may be directed to the Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery, (5303P), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. What is the regulatory basis of this software?
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
establishes financial assurance requirements for owners or operators of
hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities (TSDF). The
RCRA hazardous waste regulations, (40 CFR parts 264 and 265), require
that the owner or operator of a TSDF which seeks a Part B permit or has
interim status to prepare an estimate of the costs required to close
the facility and the cost to perform post-closure care at the facility
based on the costs of a third-party performing the work.
B. How was the cost estimating method developed?
In 1986, EPA developed a methodology to evaluate closure and post-
closure cost estimates. The methodology is discussed in detail in Cost
Estimates for Closure and Post-Closure Care Plans (EPA/530-SW-87-009).
The methodology provides EPA and state permit writers with a
consistent, accurate and rapid method of evaluating cost estimates for
closure and post-closure care of TSDFs. The software resulting from
this effort is called CostPro.
C. How long has CostPro been used?
EPA first issued CostPro in 1996; it has been updated four times,
the last of which was completed in 2001.
D. Does this action apply to me?
The methods and procedures set forth in CostPro are intended
primarily for the use of EPA and state personnel in evaluating the
adequacy of current cost estimates for closure and post-closure care of
typical hazardous waste TSDFs. EPA has received a number of inquiries
about CostPro from industry. To provide industry with our basis for
these estimates, EPA will provide copies of CostPro upon request, as
described in this notice.
E. What are the benefits to the update of CostPro?
The primary benefits to the update of CostPro are that (1) it will
be on a MS.NET 2.0 platform in C, which is a contemporary
software platform and (2) the program data have been updated to 2009
values.
F. How is a CostPro estimate developed?
CostPro's general procedure for evaluating a cost estimate for a
TSDF involves:
Identifying each facility waste management unit (e.g.,
container storage unit, tank, landfill, etc.) requiring closure or
post-closure care;
Identifying the closure or post-closure care activities to
be conducted at each waste management unit;
Completing inventory worksheets provided for each waste
management unit;
Completing closure or post-closure care worksheets for
primary and support worksheets for each waste management unit (e.g.,
removal, transportation and disposal of waste, building
decontamination, and sampling and analysis, etc.); and,
Evaluating total cost summary worksheets for each waste
management unit and for the facility as a whole.
G. What are the sources of CostPro data?
The primary sources of cost information include the 2009 R.S. Means
Means Building Construction Cost Data and Means Site Work and Landscape
Cost Data guides and the 2006 Azimuth ECHOS (Environmental Cost
Handling Options and Solutions) Environmental Remediation Cost Data
guide. EPA has paid a fee to these companies for the use of these data
by EPA and state government personnel only. Some data, e.g., costs for
geotextile netting and geomembranes for landfills have been supplied by
vendors.
H. How can the public obtain a copy of CostPro?
Because EPA's license for use of the program data extends only to
EPA and one copy for each state government, public users who want to
obtain a copy of the software package (or state governments that want
to obtain more than one copy of the software package) will be asked to
pay a fee to R.S. Means for its use, and submit proof to EPA that
appropriate permission has been obtained from the R.S. Means Company.
Contact Peter Cholakis of R.S. Means at
[email protected]. EPA will then mail a CD to the
requester. See EPA contact information above.
Dated: May 11, 2009.
Matt Hale,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
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