2024 Advanced Waste

Wednesday, May 15, 2024
7:15 – 8 a.m.
Registration/Continental Breakfast
8 – 8:05 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
8:05 – 8:35 a.m.
I. Regulatory Overview & Sources of Information
  • Resource Conservation & Recovery Act
  • Federal Hazardous Waste Regulations
  • State Hazardous Waste Regulations
  • State Solid Waste Regulations
  • State Beneficial Use Regulations
  • Sources of Information
    • Regulations
    • EPA Website RCRA On-Line
    • Others


Jeff Hannapel, The Policy Group, Washington D.C.


Wesley Fleming, Keramida, Indianapolis, IN
8:35 – 9:05 a.m.
II. New Regulatory Hot Topics
  • Update on Definition of Solid Waste
  • Hazardous Waste Improvement Rule
  • Empty Drum Rule
  • PFAS


Jeff Hannapel, The Policy Group, Washington D.C.


Bryant Esch, Waupaca Foundry, Waupaca, WI
9:05 – 10 a.m.
III. Identification & Characterization of Foundry Waste & Byproducts
  • Waste Identification
    • Process Flow Diagram
    • Point of Generation
    • Quantification
    • Typical Foundry Process Wastes/Byproducts
  • Waste Characterization
    • Definition of Solid Waste
    • Listed Hazardous Waste
    • Characteristic Hazardous Waste
    • Non-Hazardous Waste
    • Byproducts


Curtis Veit, Waupaca Foundry, Waupaca, WI
10 – 10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15 – 11 a.m.
III. Identification & Characterization of Foundry Waste & Byproducts (Continued)
  • Waste Testing
    • Compositional Analyses
    • Leaching Tests
    • Physical Tests
  • Recordkeeping
    • Waste Summary Table
    • Laboratory Reports

Kayla G.
Kayla Gibbons, Keramida, Indianapolis, IN

Dana C.
Dana Cooper, Cooper Hayes LLC, St. Joseph, MI
11 a.m. – Noon
Class Exercise

Kayla G.
Kayla Gibbons, Keramida, Indianapolis, IN

Dana C.
Dana Cooper, Cooper Hayes LLC, St. Joseph, MI
Noon – 1 p.m.
Lunch
1 – 2:30 p.m.
IV. Waste/Byproduct Management & Storage/Shipment
  • Satellite Accumulation
  • Storage (tanks and containers)
  • Labeling and Recordkeeping
  • Preparation for Transportation (hazardous and nonhazardous) (EPA/DOT) 
  • Manifest Requirements (Incl. E-Manifest)
  • Best Management Practices
  • Episodic Generation
  • Empty Drums/Universal Wastes/Aerosol Cans
  • Waste Minimization

Bryant E.
Bryant Esch, Waupaca Foundry, Inc., Waupaca, WI
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
V. Generator Treatment
  • Treatment Exemptions
    • Totally Enclosed Treatment
    • Elementary Neutralization
    • Wastewater Treatment
    • Treatment in Accumulation Tanks and Containers
    • Treatment Prior to the Point of Generation
    • Implications of Land Disposal Restrictions (LDRs)
    • Drum Cleaning/Emptying
    • Compressor Condensate

James L.
James Lively, The TDI Group, Barrington, IL


Greg Kramer, American Foundry Society, Duluth, MN
3:45 – 4:45 p.m.
Class Exercise I (Treatment) and II (Mitigation and Corrective Action)


James Lively, The TDI Group, Barrington, IL


Greg Kramer, American Foundry Society, Duluth, MN
Thursday, May 16, 2024
8:30 – 9:15 a.m.
VI. Foundry Byproducts Resources
  • USDA/USEAP Spent Foundry Sand Risk Assessment
  • Other Foundry Sand Research
  • AFS-First Website
    • Case Studies
    • AFS Library
    • Beneficial Use State Resource Locator
    • AFS Beneficial Use Manual


Mike Lenahan, Badger Mining Corporation, Berlin, WI


Bryant Esch, Waupaca Foundry, Waupaca, WI
9:15 – 9:45 a.m.
VII. Foundry Byproduct Regulation Overview
  • State Beneficial Use Regulations
  • General Permits
  • Individual Permits
  • Permits By Rule
  • Recordkeeping and Reporting


Mike Lenahan, Badger Mining Corporation, Berlin, WI


Bryant Esch, Waupaca Foundry, Waupaca, WI
9:45 – 10 a.m.
Break
10 – 11 a.m.
VIII. Foundry Byproducts & Viable End Uses
  • Foundry Sand
  • Foundry Slag
  • Refractory Material
  • Others
  • Case Studies
  • Best Management Practices
  • Creating a Product for Sale
  • Transportation Issues
  • Supply/Logistics Issues


Mike Lenahan, Badger Mining Corporation, Berlin, WI


Bryant Esch, Waupaca Foundry, Waupaca, WI
11 – Noon
Class Exercise


Mike Lenahan, Badger Mining Corporation, Berlin, WI


Bryant Esch, Waupaca Foundry, Waupaca, WI
Noon – 1 p.m.
Lunch
1 – 1:45 p.m.
IX. Offsite TSD Facilities/End Users
  • Audits of TSD Facilities
  • Evaluation of End Users


Curtis Veit, Waupaca Foundry, Inc., Waupaca, WI


Dan Plant, Metal Technologies, Inc., Aubrun, IN
1:45 – 2:30 p.m.
X. Regulatory Agency Inspections/Outside Stakeholders
  • Preperation for an Agency Inspection
    • Records
    • Housekeeping
    • Employee Education
  • Managing Agency Inspections
  • Negotiating of Consent Orders
  • Communications with Interested Parties


Mack Overton, Keramida, Indianapolis, IN


Greg Kramer, American Foundry Society, Duluth, MN
2:15 – 3 p.m.
XI. Waste Reporting Requirements
  • EPA 8700-12 Waste Notifications
  • Biennial Reporting Requirements
  • SARA 13 Reporting


Dan Plant, Metal Technologies, Inc., Aubrun, IN
3 – 4 p.m.
Class Exercise


Greg Kramer, American Foundry Society, Duluth, MN


Dan Plant, Metal Technologies, Inc., Aubrun, IN


Mack Overton, Keramida, Indianapolis, IN
4 – 4:15 p.m.
Wrap-up/Ask the Experts/Course Evaluation