Department of Energy
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B6. Categorical Exclusions Applicable to Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Activities
Exclusion Text
B6.8 MODIFICATIONS FOR WASTE MINIMIZATION AND REUSE OF MATERIALS. Minor operational changes at an existing facility to minimize waste generation and for reuse of materials. These changes include, but are not limited to, adding filtration and recycle piping to allow reuse of machining oil, setting up a sorting area to improve process efficiency, and segregating two waste streams previously mingled and as signing new identification codes to the two resulting wastes.
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