<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-2022-jp">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Verdana;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:1765375298;
mso-list-template-ids:455614684;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:image;
list-style-image:url("PicExportError");
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal">All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As a reminder when you conduct your inspections, solvent (only) contaminated rags may be excluded from regulations as a hazardous waste if managed in a certain way. Just remember that previous guidance stating rags are exempt from regulation
when sent to a commercial laundry is no longer valid. Current requirements and management standards can be found on the FDEP website at:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/hwRegulation/default.htm">http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/hwRegulation/default.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:3.75pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a name="content"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><img width="9" height="9" src="PicExportError" alt="*"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Solvent Contaminated Wipe Rule (Effective January 31, 2014)</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:maroon">NEW!</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Florida adopted by reference the federal rule for the management of solvent contaminated wipes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:3.75pt">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The rule revises the definition of solid waste to conditionally exclude solvent</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:black">$B!>(B</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">contaminated
wipes that are laundered and reused. It also revises the definition of hazardous waste to conditionally exclude solvent</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:black">$B!>(B</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">contaminated
wipes that are disposed. Click the links below for more information. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:3.75pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:3.75pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/quick_topics/publications/shw/HWRegulation/Q&A-Solvent-Contaminated-Wipes-Webinar_24Jun14.pdf" target="_blank" title="PDF - 60 KB">Questions
and Answers from the 6/24/14 Solvent Contaminated Wipes Webinar</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:3.75pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:3.75pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/quick_topics/publications/shw/HWRegulation/Q&A-Solvent-Contaminated-Wipes-Webinar_31Jan14.pdf" target="_blank" title="PDF - 203 KB">Questions
and Answers from the 1/31/14 Solvent Contaminated Wipes Webinar</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:3.75pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:3.75pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/quick_topics/publications/shw/HWRegulation/MgmtPracticesWipesRags_31Jan14.pdf" target="_blank" title="PDF - 264 KB">Management
Practices for Wipes, Rags and Shop Towels</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:3.75pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:3.75pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/quick_topics/publications/shw/HWRegulation/SolventWipesRulePresentation.pdf" target="_blank" title="PDF - 1.5 MB">Solvent
Wipes Rule Presentation</a> (January 2014) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:3.75pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:3.75pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/quick_topics/publications/shw/HWRegulation/SolventWipesFinalRuleFlorida.pdf" target="_blank" title="PDF - 178 KB">Solvent-Contaminated
Wipes Rule Overview</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:3.75pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:3.75pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.epa.gov/wastes/hazard/wastetypes/wasteid/solvents/wipes.htm" target="_blank" title="Link opens EPA Solvent-Contaminated Wipes Rulemaking page in a new window">EPA
Solvent-Contaminated Wipes Rulemaking</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ChapterHome.asp?Chapter=62-730" target="_blank" title="Link opens the Florida Administrative Code 62-730 Rule page">Rule
62-730 FAC</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Glen Perrigan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Florida Department of Environmental Protection<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2600 Blair Stone Road, MS4560<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">850-245-8749<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">glen.perrigan@dep.state.fl.us<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">www.dep.state.fl.us<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>