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Pacific Southwest, Region 9
Serving: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands, Tribal Nations
Siemens Carbon Regeneration Facility
(formerly US Filter Westates)
Fact Sheets
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Final Siemens NHPA fact sheet 2/27/13 (PDF)
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Siemens HHERA fact sheet 3/11/13 (PDF)
- Final Siemens Process Fact Sheet 9/12 (PDF) (2 pp, 48K)
- Final Siemens HHERA Fact Sheet Clean, 9/12 (PDF) (4 pp, 150K)
- Final Siemens NHPA Fact Sheet LR Sept.7/12 (PDF) (3 pp, 35K)
Resources
Siemens Identification
RCRA ID Number: AZD982441263
2523 Mutahar Street
Parker, AZ 85344
La Paz County
Siemens Industries Inc. (or “Siemens”) is a carbon regeneration facility located on the Colorado River Indian Reservation near Parker, Arizona. US EPA is responsible under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for permitting facilities that process hazardous wastes on tribal lands.
Siemens uses thermal treatment to regenerate spent carbon so that it can be used again, and has been treating spent carbon since 1992. Each year, this facility receives over 5,000 tons of spent carbon from 30-35 states across the United States. Less than 15% of this spent carbon is considered hazardous waste under EPA regulations.
The Siemens carbon regeneration facility is currently operating under “interim status” as set out under RCRA regulations. Interim status was triggered by the Facility’s submittal of an initial Part A Permit Application, which was endorsed by the Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT). CRIT also signed as co-applicant on the Part B permit application, which requests final permit status, on December 14, 2009. This restarted the permit application review which was on standby until the CRIT signature was received.
EPA received Siemens’ revised permit application on 4/27/12 and is currently reviewing the full application for completeness and technical adequacy as part of the permit decision-making process. After the review has been completed, EPA may issue or deny a permit to allow Siemens to continue processing hazardous waste.
Part B application
(NOTE: Siemens Industries, Inc. has previously been known as Siemens Water Technologies, US Filter and Westates. The facility is now referred to as Siemens, but the prior names remain in older documents attached to this web page.)
Contact Information
If you have questions or concerns about Siemens or about EPA's permit process, please let us know by phone, email, or letter, or drop in at one of the public workshops. If you would like to receive fact sheets and public notice information from EPA or information in languages other than English, please contact the EPA Community Involvement Coordinator:
"Mike" Mahfouz Zabaneh (Zabaneh.Mahfouz@epa.gov), P.E.
Environmental Engineer/Project Manager
RCRA Facilities Management Office
US EPA Region 9
Mail Code WST-4
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 972-3348 (FAX) 947-3533
For Public Participation & Community Involvement Issues Please Contact:
Dana Barton (barton.dana@epa.gov), US EPA Community Involvement Coordinator
US EPA Region 9
Mail Code (SFD6-3)
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 972-3245
(800) 231-3075 message line
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