1. Implementation of
No Stricter/No Sooner
Law
by
Leanne Tippett Mosby, MDNR DEQ
Richard H. Rocha, Bayer CropScience LP
November 5, 2013

2. Outline:
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Background
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Details of No Stricter / No Sooner
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Exceptions
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Schedule
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Example Discussion
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Questions

3. Background:

House Bill 1251
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Hazardous waste regulations in Missouri
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Signed into law on July 10, 2012
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Created new law - RSMo 260.373.1
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“No Stricter/No Sooner”
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Similar to Air’s “0.055” no stricter/no sooner law
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Effective date August 28, 2012
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Includes milestones with deadlines
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Substantial administrative undertaking!
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RSMo. = Revised Statues of Missouri

4. Limitations:
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Imposes limitations on Hazardous Waste Management
Commission (HWMC)
Missouri hazardous waste rules cannot be more
stringent than Federal rules, or sooner . .
. . . except as specifically allowed by 260.373.1
No stricter than . .
Can be stricter than . .
40 CFR 260
40 CFR 263
40 CFR 261
40 CFR 266
40 CFR 262
40 CFR 267
40 CFR 264 / 265
40 CFR 273
40 CFR 268
40 CFR 279
40 CFR 270

5. Limitations
(continued)
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“No Stricter / No Sooner”
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:
Missouri hazardous regulations impacted
No stricter than
Federal Regulation
Impact to Missouri
Regulation . . .
40 CFR 260
40 CFR 261
10 CSR 25-4.261
40 CFR 262
10 CSR 25-5.262
40 CFR 264 / 265
10 CSR 25-7.264 / 265
40 CFR 268
10 CSR 25-7.268
40 CFR 270
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10 CSR 25-3.260
10 CSR 25-7.270
. . . unless specifically allowed by 260.373.1

6. Option to be More Stringent:
HWMC option to impose more stringent rules for:
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Waste generator thresholds CESQG, SQG, and LQG
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Waste generators registration requirements
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Reporting of hazardous waste activities to the MDNR*
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DOT labels on containers and tanks
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Hazardous secondary materials:
 used to make zinc fertilizers
 burned for fuel or that are recycled
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* Conditional upon electronic reporting tool being in place by July 2015

7. Schedule:
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Multi-year administrative effort
By December 31, 2013 - MDNR must identify
existing hazardous waste rules that are
inconsistent with RSMo. 260.373.1
Then, MDNR to file rulemaking to amend the
inconsistent hazardous waste rules
Any regulation still inconsistent on December 31,
2015, automatically becomes null and void
Remember, facility’s with a Hazardous Waste
Management Facility permit must undertake a
permit modification to change a permit condition

8. Housekeeping:
As part of “no stricter/no sooner” rulemaking,
MDNR will also:
– update a few Federal rule references
– hazardous waste container labeling
– remove obsolete rules
– address recent HB 28 changes:
 Health Profile
 Habitual Violator Requirement

9. Status:
 Ahead of schedule
 MDNR has done a fantastic job implementing
RSMo. 260.373.1!
 Stakeholder input
 Well documented, systematic, methodical, and
transparent process
 Color-coded, line numbers, etc.
 Final report identifying inconsistent rules
provided to HWMC on October 17, 2013

10. Details:
► Final
report to HWMC details applicability of
RSMo. 260.373.1 to Missouri hazardous
waste regulations chapters 3, 4, 5, and 7
► Appendix
D of final report includes Missouri
hazardous waste regulations marked-up to
show:
- rules that stay
- to be deleted
- further evaluation necessary

11. Interpretation:
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Stakeholders in agreement with majority of
MDNR’s identified rule changes
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However, several different points of view
remain on several specific regulations
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Not all stakeholders agree with decision to
keep Missouri regulations that restate, or
added clarity, to Federal regulations
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Also, difference of opinion remains on a few
regulations - are they more stringent?

elementary neutralization

railcars to ship/receive hazardous waste

12. Railcar Example:
40 CFR 260.10 - Container
means any portable device in
which a material is stored,
transported, treated, disposed
of, or otherwise handled.

13. Railcar Example
Container
Type
Inspection
Frequency
(continued)
:
Regulation
Federal
Missouri
weekly
40 CFR 262.34,
cross-referencing
40 CFR 265.174
10 CSR 25-5.262(2)(C),
cross-referencing 10
CSR 25-7.265(2)(I),
incorporating 40 CFR
§265.174
daily
no special Federal
rules on railcars,
treated like
containers
10 CSR 25-7.264(3)(E)
► Inspection frequency is just one of several requirements that
Missouri’s 10 CSR 25-7.264(3) regulations impose on railcars that
do not appear in Federal regulations.
► Missouri’s regulation requires railcar containers be inspected daily
► MDNR’s current plan is to retain 10 CSR 25-7.264(3)(E)
► Justification to retain this rule is not clear

14. Next Steps:
 MDNR to address regulations identified as
requiring further review (i.e., shaded in
Appendix D)
 Rulemaking initiated with HWMC to
ammend Missouri hazardous waste rules
inconsistent with RSMo 260.373.1

15. Questions?