La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-1529

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

Section V-1529 - Operating Record and Reporting Requirements

A. The owner or operator must keep a written operating record at his facility.

B. The following information must be recorded, as it becomes available, and maintained in the operating record for three years, unless otherwise specified in Paragraphs B.1-22 of this Section:

1. a description and the quantity of each hazardous waste received, and the method(s) and date(s) of its treatment, storage, or disposal at the facility, utilizing specifications in Tables 1 and 2 of this Section. This information must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility;

2. each hazardous waste listed in LAC 33:V.109, and each hazardous waste characteristic defined in LAC 33:V.105.B has a four-digit EPA hazardous waste number assigned to it. This number must 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 must include all applicable EPA hazardous waste numbers;

3. record the estimated or manifest-reported weight, or volume and density, where applicable, in one of the units of measure specified in Table 1:

Table 1. Units For Reporting
Unit of Measure	Code 1
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
Pounds	P
Short tons	T
Kilograms	K
Tons	M
1 Single digit symbols are used here for data processing purposes.

4. 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.

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)

Treatment

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)

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)

Physical Treatment

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)

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)

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]

Boilers 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 Furnaces

T93 Other Industrial Furnaces Listed in LAC 33:V.109 (specify)

Other Treatment

T94 Containment Building (Treatment)

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)

Miscellaneous (Chapter 32)

X01 Open Burning/Open Detonation

X02 Mechanical Processing

X03 Thermal Unit

X04 Geologic Repository

X99 Other Chapter 32 (specify)

5. the location of each hazardous waste within the facility and the quantity at each location. For disposal facilities, the location and quantity of each hazardous waste must be recorded on a map or diagram that shows each cell or disposal area. For all facilities, this information must include cross-references to manifest document numbers, if the waste was accompanied by a manifest. This information must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility;

6. records and results of waste analyses and waste determinations performed as specified in these regulations and in LAC 33:V.1517, 1519, 1711, 1741, 1753, 2237.A, 2245, 2515, and 3107;

7. summary reports and details of all incidents that require implementing the contingency plan;

8. records and results of inspections required by LAC 33:V.1509.D;

9. monitoring, testing, or analytical data, and corrective action where required by LAC 33:V.1504, 1711.C-F, 1713, 1741.D-I, 1743, 1751, 1753, 1755, 1757, 1759, 1761, 1763, 1765, 1767, 1903, 1907, 1911, 2304, 2306, 2309, 2504, 2507, 2508, 2509, 2709, 2711, 2719, 2904, 2906, 2907, 3119, 3203, 3205, and Chapter 33, as well as corrective action cites. Maintain this information in the operating record for three years, except for records and results pertaining to groundwater monitoring and cleanup, which must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility;

10. for off-site facilities, notices to generators that the TSD facility has the appropriate permits for and will accept the waste the generator is shipping;

11. all closure cost estimates and, for disposal facilities, all post-closure cost estimates. This information must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility;

12. records of the quantities (and date of placement) for each shipment of hazardous waste placed in land disposal units under an extension to the effective date of any land disposal prohibition granted in accordance with LAC 33:V.2239, a petition approved in accordance with LAC 33:V.2241 or 2271, a determination made under LAC 33:V.2273, or the applicable notice required by a generator under LAC 33:V.2245. This information must be maintained in the operating record until the closure of the facility;

13. for an off-site treatment facility, a copy of the notice, and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required of the generator or the owner or operator under LAC 33:V.2245 or 2247;

14. for an on-site treatment facility, the information contained in the notice (except the manifest number), and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required of the generator or the owner or operator under LAC 33:V.2245 or 2247;

15. for an off-site land disposal facility, a copy of the notice, and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required of the generator or the owner or operator of a treatment facility under LAC 33:V.2245 or 2247, whichever is applicable;

16. for an on-site land disposal facility, the information contained in the notice required of the generator or owner or operator of a treatment facility under LAC 33:V.2245 or LAC 33:V.2247, except for the manifest number;

17. for an off-site storage facility, a copy of the notice, and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required of the generator or the owner or operator under LAC 33:V.2245 or 2247;

18. for an on-site storage facility, the information contained in the notice (except the manifest number), and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required of the generator or the owner or operator under LAC 33:V.2245 or 2247;

19. a certification by the permittee no less often than annually, that the permittee has a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of hazardous waste that he generates to the degree determined by the permittee to be economically practicable, and that the proposed method of treatment, storage, or disposal is that practicable method currently available to the permittee which minimizes the present and future threat to human health and the environment;

20. any records required under LAC 33:V.1501.H.13;

21. monitoring, testing, or analytical data where required by LAC 33:V.3119. This information must be maintained in the operating record for five years; and

22. certifications as required by LAC 33:V.1913.F. This information must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility.

C. Availability, Retention, and Disposition of Records

1. All records, including plans, required under this Part must be furnished upon request, and made available at all reasonable times for inspection, by any officer, employee, or representatives who are duly designated by the administrative authority.

2. The retention period for all records required under this Section is extended automatically during the course of any unresolved enforcement action regarding the facility or as requested by the administrative authority.

3. A copy of records of waste disposal locations and quantities must be submitted to the administrative authority and local land authority upon closure of the facility.

D. Annual Report. The owner or operator shall complete and submit an annual report to the Office of Environmental Services by March 1 of each year. The annual report shall be submitted on the form provided by the administrative authority and it shall cover activities during the previous calendar (reporting) year. Information submitted on a more frequent basis may be included by reference or in synopsis form where it is not pertinent to reporting under LAC 33:V.1516 or monitoring reporting under LAC 33:V.3317. It shall include monitoring data where required.

E. Additional Reports. In addition to submitting the annual reports and unmanifested waste reports described in LAC 33:V.1516.D and Subsection D of this Section, the owner or operator shall also report to the administrative authority:

1. releases, fires, and explosions as specified in LAC 33:V.1513.F.9;

2. facility closures as specified in LAC 33:V.Chapter 35; and

3. as otherwise required by LAC 33:V.Chapters 17, 23, 25, 27, 29, and 33.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-1529

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 10:200 (March 1984), amended LR 15:378 (May 1989), LR 16:220 (March 1990), LR 16:399 (May 1990), LR 17:658 (July 1991), LR 18:1256 (November 1992), LR 20:1000 (September 1994), LR 21:266 (March 1995), LR 22:832 (September 1996), amended by the Office of Waste Services, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 24:1695 (September 1998), LR 25:437 (March 1999), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 25:1799 (October 1999), LR 26:278 (February 2000), LR 26:2473 (November 2000), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 32:827 (May 2006), LR 33:2104 (October 2007), LR 34:623 (April 2008), LR 34:993 (June 2008), LR 34:1895 (September 2008), LR 35:1879 (September 2009), Amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Division, LR 431141 (6/1/2017), Amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs and Criminal Investigations Division, LR 46933 (7/1/2020).

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