La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-1505

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section V-1505 - Discharges from the Site

A. General Requirements. All point-source discharges must be controlled and reported as follows:

1. water discharges, if any, must be in conformity with effluent limitations established by the Clean Water Act operating under an NPDES permit and reported as required by that permit. The NPDES Permit must be applied for prior to the issuance of a hazardous waste permit; or

2. air emissions, if any, must be in conformity with air limitations of the Clean Air Act administered by the Office of Environmental Services, operating under an Air Quality Permit as required, and reported as required by that permit. The air permit must be applied for prior to the issuance of a hazardous waste permit.

B. Surface. Offsite shipments of any hazardous waste material, containers, packaging, or similar material must be reported on a manifest and must be delivered to a permitted facility.

C. Spills

1. Any spill of hazardous waste which could possibly endanger health or adversely affect the environment off-site shall be reported to the department immediately as provided in the "Notification Regulations and Procedures for Unauthorized Discharges and Spills." (See LAC 33:I.Chapter 39.)

2. If a spill occurs on the site of a generator or TSD facility, and if that spill could endanger the public health or affect the environment off-site, the department and the Department of Public Safety have the authority to enter the site and investigate the spill. It is the responsibility of the operator to report spills of this nature to the department and the Department of Public Safety as soon as possible, as provided in LAC 33:V.1505.C.1.

3. Any spilled material or material trapped in sumps that is a hazardous waste or that will be disposed of as a hazardous waste must be cleaned up in a timely manner.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-1505

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 10:200 (March 1984), amended LR 18:1256 (November 1992), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 26:2472 (November 2000), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 31:2456 (October 2005), LR 33:2103 (October 2007).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.