Current through Register Vol. 54, No.43, October 26, 2024
Section 265a.13 - General and generic waste analysisIn addition to the requirements incorporated by reference:
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5), before an owner or operator treats, stores or disposes of a specific hazardous waste from a specific generator for the first time, the owner or operator shall submit to the Department for approval, on a form provided by the Department, or on a form approved by the Department, a Module I report which the owner or operator shall retain for 3 years. The report shall include the following information:(i) A detailed chemical and physical analysis of the waste.(ii) A description of the waste and the process generating the waste.(iii) The name and address of the hazardous waste management facility.(iv) A description of the hazardous waste management facility's treatment, storage and disposal methods.(v) Results of liner compatibility testing.(vi) An assessment of the impact of the waste on the hazardous waste management facility.(vii) Other information which the Department may prescribe for the Department to determine whether the waste will be treated, stored or disposed of in accordance with this chapter. The chemical and physical analysis of the waste shall be repeated under one or more of the following circumstances:(A) When necessary to ensure that it is accurate and up-to-date.(B) When the owner or operator is notified, or has reason to believe, that the process or operation that generates the hazardous waste has changed.(C) For offsite facilities or onsite facilities receiving waste from offsite sources, when the results of the inspection or analysis, or both, of each hazardous waste indicates that the waste received at the facility does not match the description of the waste on the accompanying manifest or shipping paper.(2) The owner or operator shall develop and follow a written waste analysis plan in compliance with 40 CFR 265.13 (relating to general waste analysis) which shall be submitted to the Department for approval at a time in the application process as the Department may prescribe. The plan shall be retained at the facility.(3) The owner or operator of a facility utilizing a liner shall conduct an evaluation of the liner compatibility with the hazardous waste before accepting the waste for emplacement in a waste pile, surface impoundment or landfill unless the approval to accept the waste is granted in the facility's permit. The evaluation procedure shall meet the approval of the Department prior to its commencement. The evaluation of the liner shall consist of testing the liner in the presence of the waste for a minimum of 30 days or as otherwise approved by the Department. In lieu of actual testing, existing published or documented data on the hazardous waste or waste generated from similar processes proving the liner compatibility may be substituted if approved by the Department. The results of the evaluation of the liner compatibility shall be furnished to the Department for approval of the waste before acceptance by the facility.(4) The Department may waive prior approval of the report specified in paragraph (1) for wastes that are in containers that are only to be stored at the facility. The Department may waive prior approval of the report only if: (i) The Department determines that the waiver does not pose a potential threat to human health or the environment.(ii) The management of the wastes is allowed in the permit for the facility and properly addressed in the approved waste analysis plan for the facility.(iii) The report is submitted to the Department within 1 week of the arrival of the wastes at the facility and a copy of the report is maintained in the operating record onsite for 20 years.(5) Prior Department approval of the report specified in paragraph (1) is not required for offsite reclamation facilities that, under a contractual agreement, supply raw material to a generator and accept the expended material from the generator for storage prior to reclamation.(6) In lieu of the waste and generator specific report required by paragraphs (1)-(3), the Department may accept from the operator of a treatment, storage or disposal facility a Generic Module I application for similar wastes containing similar hazardous constituents from multiple generators.(7) An application for a Generic Module I shall include: (i) The information required by paragraph (1). Generator specific information shall be included for each generator identified in the application.(ii) Criteria for determining whether the wastes have similar physical and chemical characteristics and contain similar hazardous constituents.(8) Additional generators may be added to an approved Generic Module I if the operator of the treatment, storage or disposal facility demonstrates that the waste from the new generator is consistent with the waste already approved in the Generic Module I. At least 15 days prior to accepting a waste from a new generator, the operator of the treatment, storage or disposal facility shall submit to the Department in writing, the generator specific information required by paragraph (1). The Department will not add an additional generator to the Generic Module I if the Department finds that the operator of the treatment, storage or disposal facility has not demonstrated that the waste from the new generator is consistent with that approved under the Generic Module I.(9) A permit modification and Generic Module I requested under this section shall be accompanied by a fee, as specified in § 270a.3 (relating to payment of fees).The provisions of this 265a.13 amended December 13, 2002, effective 12/14/2002, 32 Pa.B. 6102. This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 264a.13 (relating to general and generic waste analysis).