PCB Cleanup and Disposal Guidance in Interpretive Letters Issued by EPA
This page contains copies of interpretive letters issued by EPA that contain guidance. While these letters were each directed to a particular party in response to a specific request for interpretation, the responses are broadly applicable to the regulated public. The interpretation presented in a given letter may have been partially superceded by subsequent rulemakings. However, letters that have been entirely superceded are not listed.
- Response to Westcott about PCBs in X-Ray Equipment (pdf)
- Response to East Kentucky Power Company about Classification as a Marketer or Incinerator of Used Oil (pdf)
- Response to Howrey about In-Transit Shipment of PCBs from Mexico to France (pdf)
- Response to ISK Biosciences Corp about Interpretation of PCB Regulations for Excluded Manufacturing Processes (pdf)
- Response to Public Service Company of Oklahoma about Clarification of Recordkeeping Requirements for Annual Document Logs (pdf)
- Response to ADI Technology Corp about Application of Cutting Torch to PCBs Regulated for Disposal (pdf)
- Response to EPS about Individual PCB Testing of All Mineral Oil Filled Distribution Transformers and Manifesting Under the New PCB Disposal Amendments (pdf)
- Response to Stinson, Mag & Fizzel about Drained PCB-Contaminated Electrical Equipment and Threshold Counting (pdf)
- Response to Reynolds Metal Company about Technical Corrections on Contaminated Porous Surfaces and Dermal Protection; Clarification on Decontamination and Definition of Disposer (pdf)
- Response to Transformer Disposal Specialists about Regulation of Drained PCB-Contaminated Transformers (pdf)
- Response to SD Myers about Scrap Metal Recovery Oven and Room Temperature Requirement (pdf)
- Response to Safety-Kleen about Relationship Between a Generator and Commercial Storage Facility of PCB Waste and the One Year Storage for Disposal Requirement (pdf)
- Response to EPS about Utility Companies Disposing of PCB Contaminated Electrical Equipment and Non-PCB Electrical Equipment (pdf)
- Response to Full Circle Inc about Recycling Fluorescent Light Ballasts Containing PCBs (pdf)
- Response to Hale and Dorr about Use Authorization and Abandonment and Disposal Provisions for Natural Gas Pipeline Systems (pdf)
- Response to Blank, Rome, Comsky & McCauley about Clarification of Porous Concrete Surfaces and PCB Remediation Waste, and PCB Liquids (pdf)
- Response to Institute for Scrap Recycling Industry about PCB Bulk Product Waste from the Shredding of Automobiles or Household Appliances (pdf)
- Response to EPS about Use of Mineral Oil Dielectric Fluid as a Performance-Based Organic Decontamination Fluid (PODF) (pdf)
- Response to Linda Wilson about Sampling and Characterization of PCB Remediation Waste in Self-Implementing Cleanups (pdf)
- Response to Dow Chemical Company about Epoxy Coated Concrete as a Non-Porous Surface (pdf)
- Response to Argonne National Laboratory about PCB Bulk Product Waste, Approval for Re-Use in Commerce, and R&D Use for PCBs (pdf)
- Response to Institute for Scrap Recycling Industry about Decontamination of Shredder Residue and Beneficial Reuse (pdf)
- Response to McClintock, Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & Maccuish about "As-Found" Concentrations and the Anti-Dilution Rule (pdf)
- Response to University of Detroit Mercy about Recycling of Auto Shredder Residue Contaminated with PCBs (pdf)
- Response to Bond, Schnoeneck & King about Application of the PCB Disposal Amendments when the As-Found Concentration is Less Than 50 ppm (pdf)
- Response to Idaho Power Company Clarifying the PCB Questions and Answers Manual for PCB Electrical Equipment (pdf)
- Response to Institute for Scrap Recycling Industry about Recycling of Auto Shredder Residue Contaminated with PCBs (pdf)