The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is proposing to renew a variance from obtaining a hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facility permit for the P. Kay Metal Lewiston Facility. The variance is based on the application submitted by P. Kay Metal as required under Idaho’s Hazardous Waste Management Act. Associated with this approval, DEQ is holding a public hearing pursuant to IDAPA 58.01.05.356.03.

P. Kay Metal is a lead recycling operation that produces lead and lead alloys in bar and wire form for a variety of uses. The variance would allow the facility to receive shipments of lead-bearing hazardous secondary materials (HSM) for reclamation from states that use a uniform hazardous waste manifest as a shipping document without obtaining a hazardous waste permit. The variance does not authorize receipt of hazardous waste, only HSM.

For more information, contact Bo Norton at (208) 373-0425 or Bo.Norton@deq.idaho.gov.

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Meeting Materials:
Draft Variance
Variance Fact Sheet
Notice of Public Hearing

The draft variance and fact sheet are also available at DEQ’s offices in Boise (1410 N. Hilton Street, Boise, 83706) and Lewiston (1118 F Street, Lewiston, ID 83501).