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(b) The owner or operator shall develop a written plan for upgrading, repairing, and modifying the drip pad to meet the requirements of section 66265.443(b), and submit the plan to the Department no later than two years before the date that all repairs, upgrades, and modifications are complete. This written plan shall describe all changes to be made to the drip pad in sufficient detail to document compliance with all the requirements of section 66265.443. The plan shall be reviewed and certified by an independent, qualified professional engineer registered in California.
(c) Upon completion of all, repairs, and modifications, the owner or operator shall submit to the Department, the as-built drawings for the drip pad together with a certification by an independent, qualified professional engineer registered in California attesting that the drip pad conforms to the drawings.
(d) If the drip pad is found to be leaking or unfit for use, the owner or operator shall comply with the provisions of section 66265.443(m) or close the drip pad in accordance with section 66265.445.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25150, 25159, 25159.5 and 25245, Health and Safety Code; and Section 58012, Governor's Reorganization Plan Number 1 of 1991. Reference: Sections 25150, 25159 and 25159.5, Health and Safety Code; and 40 CFR Section 265.441.
s 66265.442. Design and installation of new drip pads.
Owners and operators of new drip pads shall ensure that the pads are designed, installed, and operated in accordance with one of the following:
(a) All of the applicable requirements of sections 66265.443 (except section 66265.443(b)), 66265.444 and 66265.445, or
(b) All of the applicable requirements of sections 66265.443 (except section 66265.443(a)(4)(A) and (B)), 66265.444 and 66265.445.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25150, 25159, 25159.5 and 25245, Health and Safety Code; and Section 58012, Governor's Reorganization Plan Number 1 of 1991. Reference: Sections 25150, 25159 and 25159.5, Health and Safety Code; and 40 CFR Section 265.442.
s 66265.443. Design and operating requirements.
(a) Drip pads shall:
(1) be constructed of non-earthen materials, excluding wood and non-structurally supported asphalt;
(2) be sloped to free-drain treated wood drippage, rain, and other waters, or solutions of drippage and water or other wastes to the associated collection system;
(3) have a curb or berm around the perimeter;
(4)(A) have a hydraulic conductivity of less than or equal to 1x10<>-7 centimeters per second, e.g., existing concrete drip pads shall be sealed, coated, or covered with a surface material with a hydraulic conductivity of less than or equal to 1x10<>-7 centimeters per second such that the entire surface where drippage occurs or may run across is capable of containing such drippage and mixtures of drippage and precipitation, materials, or other wastes while being routed to an associated collection system. This surface material shall be maintained free of cracks and gaps that could adversely affect its hydraulic conductivity, and the materials shall be chemically compatible with the preservatives that contact the drip pad. The requirements of this provision apply only to existing drip pads and those drip pads for which the owner or operator elects to comply with section 66265.442(a) instead of section 66265.442(b).
(B) the owner or operator shall obtain and keep on file at the facility a written assessment of the drip pad, reviewed and certified by an independent, qualified registered professional engineer registered in California that attests to the results of the evaluation. The assessment shall be reviewed, updated and recertified annually. The evaluation shall document the extent to which the drip pad meets the design and operating standards of this section, except for subsection (b).
(5) be of sufficient structural strength and thickness to prevent failure due to physical contact, climatic conditions, the stress of installation, and the stress of daily operations, e.g., variable and moving loads such as vehicle traffic, movement of wood, etc.
(b) If an owner or operator elects to comply with section 66264.442(b) instead of section 66265.442(a), the drip pad shall have:
(1) a synthetic liner installed below the drip pad that is designed, constructed, and installed to prevent leakage from the drip pad into the adjacent subsurface soil or groundwater or surface water at any time during the active life (including the closure period) of the drip pad. The liner shall be constructed of materials that will prevent waste from being absorbed into the liner and prevent releases into the adjacent subsurface soil or ground water or surface water during the active life of the facility. The liner shall be:
(A) constructed of materials that have appropriate chemical properties and sufficient strength and thickness to prevent failure due to pressure gradients (including static head and external hydrogeologic forces), physical contact with the waste or drip pad leakage to which they are exposed, climatic conditions, the stress of installation, and the stress of daily operation (including stresses from vehicular traffic on the drip pad);
(B) placed upon a foundation or base capable of providing support to the liner and resistance to pressure gradients above and below the liner to prevent failure of the liner due to settlement, compression or uplift; and
(C) installed to cover all surrounding earth that could come in contact with the waste or leakage; and
(2) a leakage detection system, immediately above the liner that is designed, constructed, maintained, and operated to detect leakage from the drip pad. The leakage detection system shall be:
(A) constructed of materials that are:
1. chemically resistant to the waste managed in the drip pad and the leakage that might be generated; and
2. of sufficient strength and thickness to prevent collapse under the pressures exerted by overlaying materials and by any equipment used at the drip pad; and
(B) designed and operated to function without clogging through the scheduled closure of the drip pad;
(C) designed so that it will detect the failure of the drip pad or the presence of a release of hazardous waste or accumulated liquid at the earliest practicable time.
(3) a leakage collection system immediately above the liner that is designed, constructed, maintained and operated to collect leakage from the drip pad such that it can be removed from below the drip pad. The date, time, and quantity of any leakage collected in this system and removed shall be documented in the operating log.
(c) Drip pads shall be maintained such that they remain free of cracks, gaps, corrosion, or other deterioration that could cause hazardous waste to be released from the drip pad.
(d) The drip pad and associated collection system shall be designed and operated to convey, drain, and collect liquid resulting from drippage or precipitation in order to prevent run-off.
(e) Unless protected by a structure, as described in section 66265.440(b), the owner or operator shall design, construct, operate, and maintain a run-on control system capable of preventing flow onto the drip pad during peak discharge from at least a 24-hour, 25-year storm unless the system has sufficient excess capacity to contain any run-on that might enter the system, or the drip pad is protected by a structure or cover, as described in section 66265.440(b).
(f) Unless protected by a structure or cover, as described in section 66265.440(b), the owner or operator shall design, construct, operate, and maintain a run-off management system to collect and control at least the water volume resulting from a 24-hour, 25-year storm.
(g) The drip pad shall be evaluated to determine that it meets the requirements of subsections (a) through (f) of this section and the owner or operator shall obtain a statement from an independent, qualified, professional engineer registered in California, certifying that the drip pad design meets the requirements of this section.
(h) Drippage and accumulated precipitation shall be removed from the associated collection system as necessary to prevent overflow onto the drip pad.
(i) The drip pad surface shall be cleaned thoroughly in a manner and frequency such that accumulated residues of hazardous waste or other materials are removed, with residues being properly managed as hazardous waste, so as to allow weekly inspections of the entire drip pad surface without interference or hindrance form accumulated residues of hazardous waste or other materials on the drip pad. The owner or operator shall document the date and time of each cleaning and the cleaning procedure used in the facility's operating log.
(j) Drip pads shall be operated and maintained in a manner to minimize tracking of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents off the drip pad as a result of activities by personnel or equipment.
(k) After being removed from the treatment vessel, treated wood from pressure and non-pressure processes shall be held on the drip pad until drippage has ceased. The owner or operator shall maintain records sufficient to document that all treated wood is held on the pad following treatment in accordance with this requirement.
(l) Collection and holding units associated with run-on and run-off control systems shall be emptied or otherwise managed as soon as possible after storms to maintain design capacity of the system.
(m) Throughout the active life of the drip pad, if the owner or operator detects a condition that may have caused or has caused a release of hazardous waste, the condition shall be repaired within a reasonably prompt period of time following discovery, in accordance with the following procedures:
(1) upon detection of a condition that may have caused or has caused a release of hazardous waste (e.g., upon detection of leakage by the leak detection system), the owner or operator shall:
(A) enter a record of the discovery in the facility operating log;
(B) immediately remove the portion of the drip pad affected by the condition from service;
(C) determine what steps shall be taken to repair the drip pad, remove any leakage from below the drip pad, and establish a schedule for accomplishing the clean up and repairs;
(D) within 24 hours after discovery of the condition, notify the Department of the condition and, within ten working days, provide a written notice to the Department with a description of the steps that will be taken to repair the drip pad, and clean up any leakage, and the schedule for accomplishing this work;
(2) the Department will review the information submitted, make a determination regarding whether the pad shall be removed from service completely or partially until repairs and cleanup are complete, and notify the owner or operator of the determination and the underlying rationale in writing; and
(3) upon competing all repairs and clean up, the owner or operator shall notify the Department in writing and provide a certification, signed by an independent, qualified professional engineer registered in California, that the repairs and clean up have been completed according to the written plan submitted in accordance with subsection (m)(1)(D) of this section.
(n) The owner or operator shall maintain, as part of the facility operating log, documentation of past operating and waste handling practices. This shall include identification of preservative formulations used in the past, a description of drippage management practices, and a description of treated wood storage and handling practices.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25150, 25159, 25159.5 and 25245, Health and Safety Code; and Section 58012, Governor's Reorganization Plan Number 1 of 1991. Reference: Sections 25150, 25159 and 25159.5, Health and Safety Code; and 40 CFR Section 265.443.
s 66265.444. Inspection.
(a) During preconstruction, construction, and operating phases, liners and cover systems (e.g., membranes, sheets, or coatings) shall be inspected for uniformity, damage, and imperfection (e.g., holes cracks, thin spots, or foreign materials). Immediately after construction or installation, liners shall be inspected and certified as meeting the requirements of section 66265.443 by an independent, qualified professional engineer registered in California. The certification shall be maintained at the facility as part of the facility operating record. After installation liners and covers shall be inspected to ensure tight seams and joints and the absence of tears, punctures, or blisters.
(b) While a drip pad is in operation, it shall be inspected weekly and after storms to detect evidence of any of the following:
(1) deterioration, malfunctions, or improper operation of run-on and run-off control systems;
(2) the presence of leakage in and proper functioning of leakage detection system; or
(3) deterioration or cracking if the drip pad surface.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25150, 25159, 25159.5 and 25245, Health and Safety Code; and Section 58012, Governor's Reorganization Plan Number 1 of 1991. Reference: Sections 25150 and 25245, Health and Safety Code; and 40 CFR Section 265.444.
s 66265.445. Closure.
(a) At closure, the owner or operator shall remove or decontaminate all waste residues, contaminated containment system components (pad, liners, etc.), contaminated subsoils, and structures and equipment contaminated with waste and leakage, and manage them as hazardous waste.
(b) If, after removing or decontaminating all residues and making reasonable efforts to effect removal or decontamination of contaminated components, subsoils, structures, and equipment a required in subsection (a) of this section, the owner or operator finds that not all contaminated subsoils can be practically removed or decontaminated, the owner or operator shall close the facility and perform post-closure care in accordance with closure and post-closure care requirements that apply to landfills (section 66265.310). For permitted units, the requirement to have a permit continues throughout the post-closure period.
(c)(1) The owner or operator of an existing drip pad, as defined in section 66265.440, that does not comply with the liner requirements of section 66265.443(b)(1) shall:
(A) include in the closure plan for the drip pad under section 66265.112 both a plan for complying with subsection (a) of this section and a contingent plan for complying with subsection (b) of this section in case not all contaminated subsoils can be practicably removed at closure; and
(B) prepare a contingent post-closure plan under section 66265.118 for complying with subsection (b) of this section in case not all contaminated subsoils can be practicably removed at closure;
(2) the cost estimates calculated under sections 66265.112 and 66265.144 for closure and post-closure care of a drip pad subject to this subsection shall include the cost of complying with the contingent closure plan and the contingent post-closure plan, but are not required to include the cost of expected closure under subsection (a) of this section.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25150, 25159, 25159.5 and 25245, Health and Safety Code; and Section 58012, Governor's Reorganization Plan Number 1 of 1991. Reference: Sections 25150, 25159 and 25159.5, Health and Safety Code; and 40 CFR Section 265.445.
s 66265.710. Applicability to Interim Status Facilities.
(a) Sections 66265.710 through 66265.714 of this chapter apply to owners or operators of interim status facilities that treat, store, recycle or dispose of hazardous waste in a surface impoundment, waste pile, land treatment unit or landfill (hereinafter referred to as a regulated unit), except as section 66265.1 and subsection (b) of this section provide otherwise. The owner or operator of a regulated unit that receives hazardous waste after February 2, 1985 shall install, operate and maintain an environmental monitoring system which meets the requirements of section 66265.711 and shall comply with sections 66265.712 through 66265.714. This environmental monitoring program shall be carried out during the active life of the regulated unit, and for units where hazardous waste will remain after closure, during the post-closure care period as well.
(b) All or part of the environmental monitoring requirements of this article shall be waived if the owner or operator demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Department that hazardous waste will not migrate from the regulated unit during the active life of the unit (including the closure period) and the post-closure care period and that any waste remaining in the unit does not pose a threat to human health and the environment. These demonstrations shall be in writing, and shall be kept at the facility. The demonstration that gas, vapor or airborne solids will not migrate shall be certified by an independent, qualified chemical engineer. The demonstration that liquid will not migrate shall be certified by an independent, certified engineering geologist or professional civil engineer registered in California and shall establish the following:
(1) the potential for migration of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents from the regulated unit via transport through soil, water or air;
(2) the potential for migration of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents from the regulated unit to ground water, by an evaluation of:
(A) a water balance of precipitation, evapotranspiration, runoff and infiltration;
(B) unsaturated zone characteristics (i.e., geologic materials, physical properties and depth to ground water).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208 and 25150, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25150(a), 25159, 25159.5 and 25245, Health and Safety Code.
s 66265.711. Environmental Monitoring System for Interim Status Facilities.
The owner or operator of a regulated unit that contains hazardous waste, or discarded hazardous material, that contains a volatile toxic substance, or a hazardous material that can become airborne, or that can decompose or react to form a volatile toxic substance or toxic gas, shall provide for representative sampling and analysis of air upwind and at the disposal area and of air in the vapor space at vapor and gas monitoring wells, established by the owner or operator to the satisfaction of the Department. Such monitoring shall be conducted throughout the active life and the post-closure care period of the facility. Vapor and gas monitoring wells shall be covered with collection chambers. The owner or operator shall provide inside the collection chambers probes or equivalent meth odologies that actively sense the concentration of substances specified pursuant to section 66265.712(b). If necessary to protect human health or the environment, the owner or operator shall provide instrumentation that provides continuous recording of concentrations of substances in open air and in atmosphere at vapor wells.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208 and 25150, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25150(a), 25159, 25159.5 and 25245, Health and Safety Code.
s 66265.712. Sampling and Analysis for Interim Status Facilities.
(a) The owner or operator shall develop and follow an environmental sampling and analysis plan that satisfies the requirements of this articlenalysis plan that satisfies the requirements of this article. The owner or operator shall submit this plan to the Department within 90 days of July 1, 1991. The owner or operator shall submit all modifications to the environmental sampling and analysis plan to the Department and shall maintain an updated version of the environmental sampling and analysis plan in the operating record at the facility. The Department shall require the owner or operator to modify the environmental sampling and analysis plan as necessary to protect human health or the environment.
(b) Samples will be analyzed for those substances specified in the environmental sampling and analysis plan. Unless the Department approves an alternate list of monitoring parameters, the owner or operator shall analyze the samples to determine the concentration of all constituents that cause waste at the regulated unit to be hazardous waste. The owner or operator shall specify for the regulated unit the location and frequency of monitoring and the type of statistical test that will be used. The owner or operator shall submit a report to the Department that indicates the results of the analysis and the concentrations of constituents in the air and soil-pore gas sampled. The report shall be submitted to the Department within 30 days of the date and time analyses are completed.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208 and 25150, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25150(a), 25159, 25159.5 and 25245, Health and Safety Code.
s 66265.713. Preparation, Evaluation and Response for Interim Status Facilities.
(a) Within one year after July 1, 1991, the owner or operator shall prepare a comprehensive environmental monitoring program capable of determining:
(1) whether hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents have migrated from the facility in air or in soil-pore gas;
(2) the rate and extent of migration of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents in air and in soil-pore gas;
(3) the concentrations of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents in air and in soil-pore gas.
(b) If the owner or operator determines through the environmental monitoring pursuant to section 66265.712, or the comprehensive environmental monitoring pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, that hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents have migrated from the regulated unit through air or soil-pore gas, the owner or operator shall, within 15 days of such determination, develop and submit to the Department a specific plan, certified by a qualified certified engineering geologist or qualified geologist or geotechnical engineer or civil engineer registered in California, for an environmental quality assessment program at the facility.
(c) The plan to be submitted under subsection (b) of this section shall specify:
(1) the number, location and depth of sampling stations;
(2) sampling and analytical methods for those hazardous wastes or hazardous waste constituents in the regulated unit;
(3) evaluation procedures, including any use of previously gathered information on the chemical characteristics of soil, soil-pore gas, and air;
(4) a schedule of implementation.
(d) The owner or operator shall implement the environmental quality assessment plan which satisfies the requirements of subsection (c) of this section and, at a minimum, determine:
(1) the rate and extent of migration of the hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents in air or in soil-pore gas;
(2) the concentrations of the hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents in air and in soil-pore gas.
(e) The owner or operator shall make the first determination under subsection (d) of this section as soon as technically feasible and, within 15 days after that determination, submit to the Department a written report containing an assessment of the environmental quality.
(f) If the owner or operator determines to the satisfaction of the Department, based on the results of the first determination under subsection (d) of this section, that no hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents have migrated from the regulated unit, then the owner or operator may reinstate the indicator evaluation program described in section 66265.712. If the owner or operator reinstates the indicator evaluation program, the owner or operator shall so notify the Department in the report submitted under subsection (e) of this section.
(g) If the owner or operator determines, based on the first determination under subsection (d) of this section, that hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents have migrated from the facility, then the owner or operator:
(1) shall continue to make the determinations required under subsection (d) of this section on a quarterly basis until final closure of the facility, if the environmental quality assessment plan was implemented prior to final closure of the facility; or
(2) may cease to make the determinations required under subsection (d) of this section, if the environmental quality assessment plan was implemented during the post-closure care period.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any environmental quality assessment to satisfy the requirements of section 66265.713(d) which is initiated prior to final closure of the facility shall be completed and reported in accordance with section 66265.713(e).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208 and 25150, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25150(a), 25159, 25159.5 and 25245, Health and Safety Code.
s 66265.714. Recordkeeping and Reporting at Interim Status Facilities.
(a) Unless the owner or operator provides monitoring that satisfies the requirements of section 66265.713(d), the owner or operator shall report monitoring information to the Department at least annually, including the concentrations or values of the parameters in accordance with section 66265.712 for each sampling station.
(b) If the owner or operator provides monitoring that satisfies the requirements of section 66265.713(d), the owner or operator shall:
(1) keep records of the analyses and evaluations specified in the plan, which satisfies the requirements of section 66265.713(c), throughout the active life of the facility and, for disposal facilities, throughout the post-closure care period as well;
(2) annually, until final closure of the facility, submit to the Department a report containing the results of the environmental quality assess- ment program which includes, but is not limited to, the calculated (or measured) rate of migration of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents in soil, soil-pore gas, and in air during the reporting period. This report shall be submitted as part of the annual report required under section 66265.75.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208 and 25150, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25150(a), 25159, 25159.5 and 25245, Health and Safety Code.
Appendix I.
Recordkeeping Instructions
The recordkeeping provisions of section 66265.73 specify that an owner or operator shall keep a written operating record at the facility. This appendix provides additional instructions for keeping portions of the operating record. See section 66265.73(b) for additional recordkeeping requirements.
The following information shall be recorded, as it becomes available, and maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility in the following manner:
(a) records of each hazardous waste received, transferred, treated, stored, or disposed of at the facility which include the following:
(1) a description by its common name and any applicable EPA Hazardous Waste Number or California Hazardous Waste Number from chapter 11 of this division which apply to the waste. The waste description also shall include the waste's physical form, i.e., liquid, sludge, solid, or contained gas. If the waste is not listed in chapter 11, article 4 or Appendix XII of this division, the description also shall include the process that produced it (for example, solid filter cake from production of --, EPA Hazardous Waste Number W051).
Each hazardous waste listed in chapter 11, article 4, of this division, and each hazardous waste characteristic defined in chapter 11, article 3, of this division, has a four-digit EPA Hazardous Waste Number and/or a three-digit California Hazardous Waste Number assigned to it. This number shall be used for recordkeeping and reporting purposes. Where a hazardous waste contains more than one listed hazardous waste, or where more than one hazardous waste characteristic applies to the waste, the waste description shall include all applicable EPA and California Hazardous Waste Numbers;
(2) the estimated or manifest-reported weight, or volume and density, where applicable, in one of the units of measure specified in Table 1; and
Table 1
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Unit of Measurement Code [FN1]
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Gallons G
Gallons per Hour E
Gallons per Day U
Liters L
Liters per Hour H
Liters per Day V
Short Tons per Hour D
Metric Tons per Hour W
Short Tons per Day N
Metric Tons per Day S
Pounds per Hour J
Kilograms per Hour R
Cubic Yards Y
Cubic Meters C
Acres B
Acre-feet A
Hectares Q
Hectare-meter F
Btu's per Hour I
[FNa1] Single digit symbols are used here for data processing purposes.
(3) the method(s) (by handling code(s) as specified in Table 2) and date(s) of treatment, storage, or disposal:
Table 2
Handling Codes for Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Methods
Enter the handling code(s) listed below that most closely represents the technique(s) used at the facility to treat, store, or dispose of each quantity of hazardous waste received.
1. STORAGE
S01 Container (barrel, drum, etc.)
S02 Tank
S03 Waste pile
S04 Surface impoundment
S05 Drip Pad
S06 Containment Building (Storage)
S99 Other Storage (specify)
2. TREATMENT
(a) Thermal Treatment
T06 Liquid injection incinerator
T07 Rotary kiln incinerator
T08 Fluidized bed incinerator
T09 Multiple hearth incinerator
T10 Infrared furnace incinerator
T11 Molten salt destructor
T12 Pyrolysis
T13 Wet air oxidation
T14 Calcination
T15 Microwave discharge
T18 Other (specify)
(b) Chemical Treatment
T19 Absorption mound
T20 Absorption field
T21 Chemical fixation
T22 Chemical oxidation
T23 Chemical precipitation
T24 Chemical reduction
T25 Chlorination
T26 Chlorinolysis
T27 Cyanide destruction
T28 Degradation
T29 Detoxification
T30 Ion exchange
T31 Neutralization
T32 Ozonation
T33 Photolysis
T34 Other (specify)
(c) Physical Treatment:
(1) Separation of components
T35 Centrifugation
T36 Clarification
T37 Coagulation
T38 Decanting
T39 Encapsulation
T40 Filtration
T41 Flocculation
T42 Flotation
T43 Foaming
T44 Sedimentation
T45 Thickening
T46 Ultrafiltration
T47 Other (specify)
(2) Removal of Specific Components
T48 Absorption-molecular sieve
T49 Activated carbon
T50 Blending
T51 Catalysis
T52 Crystallization
T53 Dialysis
T54 Distillation
T55 Electrodialysis
T56 Electrolysis
T57 Evaporation
T58 High gradient magnetic separation
T59 Leaching
T60 Liquid ion exchange
T61 Liquid-liquid extraction
T62 Reverse osmosis
T63 Solvent recovery
T64 Stripping
T65 Sand filter
T66 Other (specify)
(d) Biological Treatment
T67 Activated sludge
T68 Aerobic lagoon
T69 Aerobic tank
T70 Anaerobic tank
T71 Composting
T72 Septic tank
T73 Spray irrigation
T74 Thickening filter
T75 Trickling filter
T76 Waste stabilization pond
T77 Other (specify)
T78 [Reserved]
T79 [Reserved]
(e) Boiler and Industrial Furnaces
T80 Boiler
T81 Cement Kiln
T82 Lime Kiln
T83 Aggregate Kiln
T84 Phosphate Kiln
T85 Coke Oven
T86 Blast Furnace
T87 Smelting, Melting, or Refining Furnace
T88 Titanium Dioxide Chloride Process Oxidation Reactor
T89 Methane Reforming Furnace
T90 Pulping Liquor Recovery Furnace
T91 Combustion Device Used in the Recovery of Sulfur Values
from Spent Sulfuric Acid
T92 Halogen Acid Furnace
T93 Other Industrial Furnaces Listed in 40 CFR 260.10 (specify)
(f) Other Treatment
T94 Containment Building (Treatment)
3. DISPOSAL
D79 Underground injection
D80 Landfill
D81 Land treatment
D82 Ocean disposal
D83 Surface impoundment (to be closed as a landfill)
D99 Other Disposal (specify)
4. Miscellaneous
X01 Open Burning/Open Detonation
X02 Mechanical Processing
X03 Thermal Unit
X04 Geologic Repository
X99 Other (specify)
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25150, 25159, 25159.5, 58004 and 58012, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25159 and 25159.5, Health and Safety Code; 40 CFR Part 265, Appendix I.
Appendix V.
Examples of Potentially Incompatible Waste
Many hazardous wastes, when mixed with other waste or materials at a hazardous waste facility, can produce effects which are harmful to human health and the environment, such as (1) heat or pressure, (2) fire or explosion, (3) violent reaction, (4) toxic dusts, mists, fumes, or gases, or (5) flammable fumes or gases.
Below are examples of potentially incompatible wastes, waste components, and materials, along with the harmful consequences which result from mixing materials in one group with materials in another group. The list is intended as a guide to owners or operators of transfer, treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, and to enforcement and permit granting officials, to indicate the need for special precautions when managing these potentially incompatible waste materials or components.
This list is not intended to be exhaustive. An owner or operator shall, as the regulations require, adequately analyze his wastes so that he can avoid creating uncontrolled substances or reactions of the type listed below, whether they are listed below or not.
It is possible for potentially incompatible wastes to be mixed in a way that precludes a reaction (e.g., adding acid to water rather than water to acid) or that neutralizes them (e.g., a strong acid mixed with a strong base), or that controls substances produced (e.g., by generating flammable gases in a closed tank equipped so that ignition cannot occur, and burning the gases in an incinerator).
In the lists below, the mixing of a Group A material with a Group B material may have the potential consequence as noted.
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Group 1-A Group 1-B
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Acetylene sludge Acid sludge
Akaline caustic liquids Acid and water
Alkaline cleaner Battery acid
Alkaline corrosive liquids Chemical cleaners
Alkaline corrosive battery fluid Electrolyte, acid
Caustic wastewater Etching acid liquid
or solvent Pickling liquor and
Lime sludge and other other corrosive acids
corrosive alkalies Spent acid
Lime wastewater Spent mixed acid
Lime and water Spent sulfuric acid
Spent caustic
Potential consequences: Heat generation; violent
reaction.
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Group 2-A Group 2-B
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Aluminum Any waste in Group 1-A or
1-B
Beryllium
Calcium
Lithium
Magnesium
Potassium
Sodium
Zinc powder
Other reactive metals and metal hydrides
Potential consequences: Fire or explosion;
generation of flammable hydrogen gas.
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Group 3-A Group 3-B
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Alcohols Any concentrated waste
in Groups 1-A or 1-B
Water Calcium
Lithium
Potassium
PCl sub3, CH sub3 SiCl sub3
Metal hydrides
SO sub2 Cl sub2, SOCl sub2,
Other water
reactive waste
Potential consequences: Fire, explosion, or heat
generation; generation of flammable or toxic
gases.
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Group 4-A Group 4-B
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Alcohols Concentrated Group
1-A or 1-B wastes
Aldehydes Group 2-A wastes
Halogenated hydrocarbons
Nitrated hydrocarbons
Unsaturated hydrocarbons
Other reactive organic compounds
and solvents
Potential consequences: Fire, explosion, or
violent reaction.
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Group 5-A Group 5-B
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Spent cyanide and sulfide solutions Group 1-B wastes
Potential consequences: Generation of toxic
hydrogen cyanide or hydrogen sulfide gas.
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Chlorates Acetic acid and
Chlorine other organic
Chlorites acids
Chromic acid Concentrated
Hyphochlorites mineral acides
Nitrates Group 2-A wastes
Nitric acid, fuming Group 4-A wastes
Perchlorates Other flammable and
Permanganates combustible wastes
Peroxides
Other strong oxidizers
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Potential consequences: Fire, explosion, or
violent reaction.
Source: "Law, Regulations, and Guidelines for Handling of Hazardous Waste." California Department of Health, February 1975.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208, 25150 and 25159, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 208, 25159 and 25159.5, Health and Safety Code; 40 CFR Part 265, Appendix V.
Appendix VI.
Suggested Detection Monitoring Analytes
This list is intended as a guide to owners or operators of treatment, storage and disposal facilities, and to enforcement and permit granting officials, to assist in the selection of appropriate monitoring parameters for specification in the water quality sampling and analysis plan. The Department is not requiring that all facilities use this list, but the Department believes that these are the best leak indicators for the majority of units, especially if the unit contains a variety of wastes. This list is called Leak Detection Analytes and is made up of volatile organics, hazardous metals and pH (hydrogen ion).
Investigations by USEPA's Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory in Las Vegas, Nevada, and others, have shown that most (as high as 70 percent) of the compounds leaking from RCRA sites are volatile organics. This preponderance of volatiles is not surprising since these compounds would be more likely to move quickly and easily through the environment given their volatility. Therefore, it is logical to conclude that volatile organics would be among the best indicators for early detection of a release.
The rest of the Leak Detection Analytes list is made up of those metals that are amenable to the basic inductively coupled plasma (icp) scan and pH. The metals were chosen because they make up the second most common group of substances that leak from hazardous waste land disposal units, and therefore, are also expected to be excellent leak indicators. pH was chosen because of its all around utility in environmental monitoring and data interpretation. pH was also chosen because of its ability to indicate leaks that otherwise might not be indicated because no single substance has exceeded a detectable level.
Leak Detection Analytes
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Volatile Organics Metals
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Acetone Antimony
Acrolein Barium
Acrylonitrile Beryllium
Allyl chloride Cadmium
Benzene Chromium
Bromodichloromethane Cobalt
Bromoform Copper
Carbon disulfide Lead
Carbon tetracholoride Nickel
Chlorobenzene Selenium
Chloroethane Thallium
Chloroform Vanadium
Chloroprene Zinc
Dibromochloromethane
1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane
pH
1,2-Dibromoethane
trans-1,4-Dichloro-2-butene
Dichlorodifluoromethane
1,1-Dichloroethane
1,2-Dichloroethane
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
1,2-Dichloropropane
trans-1,3-Dichloropropene
cis-1,3-Dichloropropene
Ethyl methacrylate
2-Hexanone
Methacrylonitrile
Methyl bromide
Methyl chloride
Methylene bromide
Methylene chloride
Methyl ethyl ketone
Methyl iodide
Methyl methacrylate
4-Methyl-2-pentanone
Pentachloroethane
2-Picoline
Propionitrile
Pyridine
Styrene
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
Tetrachloroethylene
Toluene
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Trichlorofluoromethane
1,2,3-Trichloropropane
Vinyl acetate
Vinyl chloride
Xylene
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Note: Authority cited: Sections 208, 25150 and 25159, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25150, 25159 and 25159.5, Health and Safety Code; 40 CFR Part 264, Appendix IX.
s 66265.1030. Applicability.
(a) The requirements of this article apply to owners and operators of facilities that treat, store, or dispose of RCRA hazardous wastes (except as provided in Section 66265.1).
(b) Except for Section 66265.1034(d) and (e), this article applies to process vents associated with distillation, fractionation, thin-film evaporation, solvent extraction, or air or steam stripping operations that manage RCRA hazardous wastes with organic concentrations of at least 10 ppmw, if these operations are conducted in:
(1) units that are subject to the permitting requirements of chapter 20; or
(2) hazardous waste recycling units that are located on hazardous waste management facilities otherwise subject to the federal RCRA TSDF permitting requirements of chapter 20; or
(3) a unit that is exempt from permitting under the provisions of 66262.34(a) (i.e., a "90-day" tank or container) and is not a recycling unit under the requirements of 66261.6. [NOTE: The requirements of sections 66265.1032 through 66265.1036 apply to process vents on hazardous waste recycling units previously exempt under section 66261.6(c)(1). Other exemptions under sections 66261.4 and 66265.1(c) are not affected by these requirements.]
(c) The requirements of this article do not apply to the process vents at a facility where the facility owner or operator certifies that all of the process vents that would otherwise be subject to this article are equipped with and operating air emission controls in accordance with the process vent requirements of an applicable Clean Air Act regulation codified under regulations at 40 CFR parts 60, 61, or 63 shall be kept with, or made readily available with, the facility operating record.
NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 25150, 25159, 25159.5, 25245 and 58012, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25150, 25159 and 25159.5, Health and Safety Code; and 40 CFR, Section 265.1030.
s 66265.1032. Standards: Process Vents.
(a) The owner or operator of a facility with process vents associated with distillation, fractionation, thin-film evaporation, solvent extraction or air or steam stripping operations managing hazardous wastes with organic concentrations at least 10 ppmw shall either:
(1) reduce total organic emissions from all affected process vents at the facility below 1.4 kg/h (3 1b/h) and 2.8 Mg/yr (3.1 tons/yr); or
(2) reduce, by use of a control device, total organic emissions from all affected process vents at the facility by 95 weight percent.
(b) If the owner or operator installs a closed-vent system and control device to comply with the provisions of Subsection (a) of this section, the closed-vent system and control device shall meet the requirements of Section 66265.1033.
(c) Determinations of vent emissions and emission reductions or total organic compound concentrations achieved by add-on control devices may be based on engineering calculations or performance tests. If performance tests are used to determine vent emissions, emission reductions, or total organic compound concentrations achieved by add-on control devices, the performance tests shall conform with the requirements of Section 66265.1034(c).
(d) When an owner or operator and the Department do not agree on determinations of vent emissions and/or emission reductions or total organic compound concentrations achieved by add-on control devices based on engineering calculations, the test methods in Section 66265.1034(c) shall be used to resolve the disagreement.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25150 and 25159, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25159 and 25159.5, Health and Safety Code; 40 CFR, Section 66265.1032.
s 66265.1033. Standards: Closed-Vent Systems and Control Devices.
(a)(1) Owners or operators of closed-vent systems and control devices used to comply with provisions of this chapter shall comply with the provisions of this section.
(2)(A) The owner or operator of an existing facility who cannot install a closed-vent system and control device to comply with the provisions of this article on the effective date that the facility becomes subject to the requirements of this article must prepare an implementation schedule that includes dates by which the closed-vent system and control device will be installed and in operation. The controls must be installed as soon as possible, but the implementation schedule may allow up to 30 months after the effective date that the facility becomes subject to this article for installation and startup.
(B) Any unit that begins operation after December 21, 1990, and is subject to the requirements of this article when operation begins, shall comply with the rules immediately (i.e., must have control devices installed and operating on startup of the affected unit); the 30-month implementation schedule does not apply.
(C) The owner or operator of any facility in existence on the effective date of a statutory or Department regulatory amendment that renders the facility subject to this article shall comply with all requirements of this article as soon as practicable but no later than 30 months after the amendment's effective date. When control equipment required by this article cannot be installed and begin operation by the effective date of the amendment, the facility owner or operator shall prepare an implementation schedule that includes the following information: Specific calendar dates for award of contracts or issuance of purchase orders for the control equipment, initiation of on-site installation of the control equipment, completion of the control equipment installation, and performance of any testing to demonstrate that the installed equipment meets the applicable standards of this article. The owner or operator shall enter the implementation schedule in the operating record or in a permanent, readily available file located at the facility.
(D) Owners and operators of facilities and units that become newly subject to the requirements of this article after December 8, 1997, due to an action other than those described in subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section must comply with all applicable requirements immediately (i.e., must have control devices installed and operating on the date the facility or unit becomes subject to this article; the 30-month implementation schedule does not apply).
(b) A control device involving vapor recovery (e.g., a condenser or adsorber) shall be designed and operated to recover the organic vapors vented to it with an efficiency of 95 weight percent or greater unless the total organic emission limits of Section 66265.1032(a)(1) for all affected process vents can be attained at an efficiency less than 95 weight percent.
(c) An enclosed combustion device (e.g., a vapor incinerator, boiler, or process heater) shall be designed and operated to reduce the organic emissions vented to it by 95 weight percent or greater; to achieve a total organic compound concentration of 20 ppmv, expressed as the sum of the actual compounds, not carbon equivalents, on a dry basis corrected to three percent oxygen; or to provide a minimum residence time of 0.50 seconds at a minimum temperature of 760 degrees C. If a boiler or process heater is used as the control device, then the vent stream shall be introduced into the flame combustion zone of the boiler or process heater.
(d)(1) A flare shall be designed for and operated with no visible emissions as determined by the methods specified in subsection (3)(1) of this section, except for periods not to exceed a total of five minutes during any two consecutive hours.
(2) A flare shall be operated with a flame present at all times, as determined by the methods specified in subsection (f)(2)(C) of this section. (continued)