Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Safety-Kleen
IEPA-SK Project XL Discussion Session
IEPA - SK PROJECT XL
REGION V
DISCUSSION SESSION
August 1, 1996
- Introductions
- General Principles for Handling XL Projects
- Key Issues
- Scope
- EMS for Recycle Centers
- Air management system for Recycle Centers
- Enhanced information and reporting systems
- XL criteria
- Reinvention of Environmental
Regulation - XL Project
- Support initiatives by facility managers to demonstrate excellence and leadership by reducing costs of environmental management and achieving environmental performance beyond that is required in existing regulations
- "Potential benefits of this initiative include:
- increased flexibility to adopt innovative solutions to environmental problems
- increased (and more cost effective) environmental protection
- increased compliance and increased use of innovative technologies
- Expanded use of waste minimization and pollution prevention strategies A more cooperative relationship between regulators, the facility, and the community
- Project XL Evaluation
Criteria
- Environmental results
- Cost savings and paperwork reduction
- Stakeholder support
- . Innovation/Multi-Media Pollution Prevention
- Transferability
- Feasibility
- Monitoring, reporting, and evaluation
- Shifting of risk burden
- Environmental Benefits
- Additional recycling / higher level of management
- Expanded universe of waste included
- Paperwork reduction
- Regulatory innovation
- Additional operational enhancements
- Regulatory Innovation
- Universal Waste
- Definition of Solid Waste
- Manifest Reform
- Permit Improvement
- Industrial D
- Compliance incentives for small businesses
- Paperwork reduction
- Consolidated response plans
- Operational Enhancements
- Consolidated response plans
- RCRA contingency plan
- CERCLA - NRC
- CWA SPCC
- CWA Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
- DOT Transportation Contingency Plan
- Air Reporting
- Include exempted recycle units
- Air operational / episodic controls
- Consolidated ISO 14000 EMS approach
- Project Proposal