No. 37306 (Amendment): Rule R315-2. General Requirements - Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste
(Amendment)
DAR File No.: 37306
Filed: 02/15/2013 07:41:33 AMRULE ANALYSIS
Purpose of the rule or reason for the change:
Changes are required to conform with S.B. 21 passed during 2012 General Session (Chapter 360, Laws of Utah 2012).
Summary of the rule or change:
S.B. 21, passed during the 2012 General Session, removed some authorities from the Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board and its Executive Secretary and gave them to the Director of the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste. This change in statute now requires changes to the Solid and Hazardous Waste rules. Specifically, references to the "Board" and the "Executive Secretary" in the rules need to be changed to "Director" as appropriate.
State statutory or constitutional authorization for this rule:
Anticipated cost or savings to:
the state budget:
There are no anticipated costs or savings as this amendment only changes who has authority to make regulatory decisions.
local governments:
There are no anticipated costs or savings as this amendment only changes who has authority to make regulatory decisions.
small businesses:
There are no anticipated costs or savings as this amendment only changes who has authority to make regulatory decisions.
persons other than small businesses, businesses, or local governmental entities:
There are no anticipated costs or savings as this amendment only changes who has authority to make regulatory decisions.
Compliance costs for affected persons:
There are no compliance costs for affected persons as this amendment only changes who has authority to make regulatory decisions.
Comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses:
There is no anticipated fiscal impact on businesses as this amendment only changes who has authority to make regulatory decisions.
Amanda Smith, Executive Director
The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Division of Administrative Rules, or at:
Environmental Quality
Solid and Hazardous WasteRoom Second Floor
195 N 1950 W
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84116-3097Direct questions regarding this rule to:
- Allan Moore at the above address, by phone at 801-536-0211, by FAX at 801-536-0222, or by Internet E-mail at allanmoore@utah.gov
- Tina Mercer at the above address, by phone at 801-536-0259, by FAX at 801-536-0222, or by Internet E-mail at tmmercer@utah.gov
Interested persons may present their views on this rule by submitting written comments to the address above no later than 5:00 p.m. on:
04/01/2013
This rule may become effective on:
04/15/2013
Authorized by:
Scott Anderson, Director
RULE TEXT
R315. Environmental Quality, Solid and Hazardous Waste.
R315-2. General Requirements - Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste.
R315-2-1. Purpose and Scope.
(a) This rule identifies those solid wastes which are subject to regulation as hazardous wastes under R315-3 through R315-9 and R315-13 of these rules and which are subject to the notification requirements of these rules.
(b)(1) The definition of solid waste contained in this rule applies only to wastes that also are hazardous for purposes of the rules implementing Chapter 6, Title 19. For example, it does not apply to materials such as non-hazardous scrap, paper, textiles, or rubber that are not otherwise hazardous wastes and that are recycled.
(2) This rule identifies only some of the materials which are solid wastes and hazardous wastes under the Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Act. A material which is not defined as a solid waste in this rule, or is not a hazardous waste identified or listed in this rule, is still a solid waste and a hazardous waste for purposes of these sections if:
(i) In the case of section 19-6-109, the [
Board]Director has reason to believe that the material may be a solid waste within the meaning of subsection 19-6-102(13) and a hazardous waste within the meaning of subsection 19-6-102(7) or(ii) In the case of section 19-6-115, the material is presenting an imminent and substantial danger to human health or the environment.
R315-2-3. Definition of Hazardous Waste.
(a) A solid waste as defined in section R315-2-2 is a hazardous waste if:
(1) It is not excluded from regulation as a hazardous waste under subsection R315-2-4(b); and
(2) It meets any of the following criteria:
(i) It is listed in sections R315-2-10 or R315-2-11 and has not been excluded from this section under sections R315-2-16 or R315-2-17.
(ii) It exhibits any of the characteristics of hazardous waste identified in R315-2-9. However, any mixture of a waste from the extraction, beneficiation, and processing of ores and minerals excluded under R315-2-4(b)(7) and any other solid waste exhibiting a characteristic of hazardous waste under R315-2-9 is a hazardous waste only if it exhibits a characteristic that would not have been exhibited by the excluded waste alone if such mixture had not occurred, or if it continues to exhibit any of the characteristics exhibited by the non-excluded wastes prior to mixture. Further, for the purposes of applying the Toxicity Characteristic to such mixtures, the mixture is also a hazardous waste if it exceeds the maximum concentration for any contaminant listed in table I, 40 CFR 261.24, which R315-2-9(g)(2) incorporates by reference, that would not have been exceeded by the excluded waste alone if the mixture had not occurred or if it continues to exceed the maximum concentration for any contaminant exceeded by the nonexempt waste prior to mixture.
(iii) RESERVED.
(iv) It is a mixture of solid waste and one or more hazardous wastes listed in R315-2-10 or R315-2-11 and has not been excluded from paragraph (a)(2) of this section under R315-2-16 and R315-2-17, or paragraph (f) of this section; however, the following mixtures of solid wastes and hazardous wastes listed in R315-2-10 or R315-2-11 are not hazardous wastes, except by application of paragraph (a)(2)(i) or (ii) of this section, if the generator can demonstrate that the mixture consists of wastewater the discharge of which is subject to regulation under either Section 402 or Section 307(b) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., including wastewater at facilities which have eliminated the discharge of wastewater, and;
(A) One or more of the following spent solvents listed in R315-2-10(e), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.31 - carbon tetrachloride, tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene - provided that the maximum total weekly usage of these solvents, other than the amounts that can be demonstrated not to be discharged to wastewater, divided by the average weekly flow of wastewater into the headworks of the facility's wastewater treatment or pre-treatment system does not exceed 1 part per million; or
(B) One or more of the following spent solvents listed in R315-2-10(e), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.31 - methylene chloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, chlorobenzene, o-dichlorobenzene, cresols, cresylic acid, nitrobenzene, toluene, methyl ethyl ketone, carbon disulfide, isobutanol, pyridine, spent chlorofluorocarbon solvents - provided that the maximum total weekly usage of these solvents, other than the amounts that can be demonstrated not to be discharged to wastewater, divided by the average weekly flow of wastewater into the headworks of the facility's wastewater treatment or pre-treatment system does not exceed 25 parts per million; or
(C) One of the following wastes listed in R315-2-10(f), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.32, provided that the wastes are discharged to the refinery oil recovery sewer before primary oil/water/solids separation - heat exchanger bundle cleaning sludge from the petroleum refining industry, EPA Hazardous Waste No. K050, crude oil storage tank sediment from petroleum refining operations, EPA Hazardous Waste No. K169, clarified slurry oil tank sediment and/or in-line filter/separation solids from petroleum refining operations, EPA Hazardous Waste No. K170, spent hydrotreating catalyst, EPA Hazardous Waste No. K171, and spent hydrorefining catalyst, EPA Hazardous Waste No. K172; or
(D) A discarded commercial chemical product, or chemical intermediate listed in R315-2-11, arising from "de minimis" losses of these materials from manufacturing operations in which these materials are used as raw materials or are produced in the manufacturing process. For purposes of this subparagraph, "de minimis" losses include those from normal material handling operations, for example, spills from the unloading or transfer of materials from bins or other containers, leaks from pipes, valves or other devices used to transfer materials; minor leaks of process equipment, storage tanks or containers; leaks from well-maintained pump packings and seals; sample purgings; relief device discharges; discharges from safety showers and rinsing and cleaning of personal safety equipment; and rinsate from empty containers or from containers that are rendered empty by that rinsing; or
(E) Wastewater resulting from laboratory operations containing toxic (T) wastes listed in Sections R315-2-10 or R315-2-11, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261 subpart D, provided that the annualized average flow of laboratory wastewater does not exceed one percent of total wastewater flow into the headworks of the facility's wastewater treatment or pre-treatment system, or provided the wastes, combined annualized average concentration does not exceed one part per million in the headworks of the facility's wastewater treatment or pre-treatment facility. Toxic (T) wastes used in laboratories that are demonstrated not to be discharged to wastewater are not to be included in this calculation; or
(F) One or more of the following wastes listed in R315-2-10(f), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.32 - wastewaters from the production of carbamates and carbamoyl oximes, EPA Hazardous Waste No. K157 - Provided that the maximum weekly usage of formaldehyde, methyl chloride, methylene chloride, and triethylamine, including all amounts that can[ ]not be demonstrated to be reacted in the process, destroyed through treatment, or is recovered, i.e., what is discharged or volatilized, divided by the average weekly flow of process wastewater prior to any dilutions into the headworks of the facility's wastewater treatment system does not exceed a total of 5 parts per million by weight; or
(G) Wastewaters derived from the treatment of one or more of the following wastes listed in R315-2-10(f), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.32 - organic waste, including heavy ends, still bottoms, light ends, spent solvents, filtrates, and decantates, from the production of carbamates and carbamoyl oximes, EPA Hazardous Waste No. K156 - Provided, that the maximum concentration of formaldehyde, methyl chloride, methylene chloride, and triethylamine prior to any dilutions into the headworks of the facility's wastewater treatment system does not exceed a total of 5 milligrams per liter.
(v) Rebuttable presumption for used oil. Used oil containing more than 1000 ppm total halogens is presumed to be a hazardous waste because it has been mixed with halogenated hazardous waste listed in R315-2-10(e) and (f), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261 Subpart D. Persons may rebut this presumption by demonstrating that the used oil does not contain hazardous waste, for example, by using an analytical method from SW-846, Third Edition, to show that the used oil does not contain significant concentrations of halogenated hazardous constituents listed in R315-50-10, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261, Appendix VIII.
(A) The rebuttable presumption does not apply to metalworking oils/fluids containing chlorinated paraffins, if they are processed, through a tolling agreement, to reclaim metalworking oils/fluids. The presumption does apply to metalworking oils/fluids if such oils/fluids are recycled in any other manner, or disposed.
(B) The rebuttable presumption does not apply to used oils contaminated with chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) removed from refrigeration units where the CFCs are destined for reclamation. The rebuttable presumption does apply to used oils contaminated with CFCs that have been mixed with used oil from sources other than refrigeration units.
(b) A solid waste which is not excluded from regulation under paragraph (a)(1) of this section becomes a hazardous waste when any of the following events occur:
(1) In the case of a waste listed in sections R315-2-10 or R315-2-11, when the waste first meets the listing description set forth in sections R315-2-10 or R315-2-11.
(2) In the case of the mixture of solid waste and one or more listed hazardous wastes, when a hazardous waste listed in sections R315-2-10 or R315-2-11 is first added to the solid waste.
(3) In the case of any other waste, including a waste mixture, when the waste exhibits any of the characteristics identified in section R315-2-9.
(c) Unless and until it meets the criteria of paragraph (d) of this section:
(1) A hazardous waste will remain a hazardous waste.
(2)(i) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c)(2)(ii) or (f) of this section, any solid waste generated from the treatment, storage, or disposal of a hazardous waste, including any sludge, spill residue, ash, emission control dust, or leachate, but not including precipitation run-off, is a hazardous waste. However, materials that are reclaimed from solid wastes and that are used beneficially are not solid wastes and hence are not hazardous wastes under this provision unless the reclaimed material is burned for energy recovery or used in a manner constituting disposal.
(ii) The following solid wastes are not hazardous even though they are generated from the treatment, storage, or disposal of a hazardous waste, unless they exhibit one or more of the characteristics of hazardous waste:
(A) Waste pickle liquor sludge generated by lime stabilization of spent pickle liquor from the iron and steel industry, SIC Codes 331 and 332.
(B) Wastes from burning any of the materials exempted from regulations by 40 CFR 261.6(a)(3)(iii) and (v). R315-2-6 incorporates by reference the requirements of 40 CFR 261.6 concerning recyclable materials.
(C)(1) Nonwastewater residues, such as slag, resulting from high temperature metals recovery (HTMR) processing of K061, K062, or F006 waste, in units identified as rotary kilns, flame reactors, electric furnaces, plasma arc furnaces, slag reactors, rotary hearth furnace/electric furnace combinations or industrial furnaces (as defined in 40 CFR 260.10 (6), (7), and (13) of the definition for "Industrial Furnace" which R315-1-1(b) incorporates by reference), that are disposed in solid waste landfills regulated under R315-301 through R315-320, provided that these residues meet the generic exclusion levels identified below for all constituents, and exhibit no characteristics of hazardous waste. Testing requirements shall be incorporated in a facility's waste analysis plan or a generator's self-implementing waste analysis plan; at a minimum, composite samples of residues shall be collected and analyzed quarterly and/or when the process or operation generating the waste changes. Persons claiming this exclusion in an enforcement action will have the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the material meets all of the exclusion requirements.
TABLE
Constituent Maximum for any single composite sample - TCLP (mg/l) Generic exclusion levels for K061 and K062 nonwastewater HTMR residues Antimony 0.10 Arsenic 0.50 Barium 7.6 Beryllium 0.010 Cadmium 0.050 Chromium (total) 0.33 Lead 0.15 Mercury 0.009 Nickel 1.0 Selenium 0.16 Silver 0.30 Thallium 0.020 Zinc 70 Generic exclusion levels for F006 nonwastewater HTMR residues Antimony 0.10 Arsenic 0.50 Barium 7.6 Beryllium 0.010 Cadmium 0.050 Chromium (total) 0.33 Cyanide (total)(mg/kg) 1.8 Lead 0.15 Mercury 0.009 Nickel 1.0 Selenium 0.16 Silver 0.30 Thallium 0.020 Zinc 70
(2) A one-time notification and certification shall be placed in the facility's files and sent to the [
Executive Secretary]Director for K061, K062 or F006 HTMR residues that meet the generic exclusion levels for all constituents and do not exhibit any characteristics that are sent to solid waste landfills regulated under R315-301 through R315-320. The notification and certification that is placed in the generators or treaters files shall be updated if the process or operation generating the waste changes and/or if the solid waste landfill regulated under R315-301 through R315-320 receiving the waste changes. However, the generator or treater need only notify the [Executive Secretary]Director on an annual basis if such changes occur. Such notification and certification should be sent to the [Executive Secretary]Director by the end of the calendar year, but no later than December 31. The notification shall include the following information: The name and address of the solid waste landfill regulated under R315-301 through R315-320 receiving the waste shipments; the EPA Hazardous Waste Number(s) and treatability group(s) at the initial point of generation; and, the treatment standards applicable to the waste at the initial point of generation. The certification shall be signed by an authorized representative and shall state as follows: "I certify under penalty of law that the generic exclusion levels for all constituents have been met without impermissible dilution and that no characteristic of hazardous waste is exhibited. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting a false certification, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment."(D) Biological treatment sludge from the treatment of one of the following wastes listed in R315-2-10(f), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.32 - organic waste, including heavy ends, still bottoms, light ends, spent solvents, filtrates, and decantates, from the production of carbamates and carbamoyl oximes, EPA Hazardous Waste No. K156, and wastewaters from the production of carbamates and carbamoyl oximes, EPA Hazardous Waste No. K157.
(E) Catalyst inert support media separated from one of the following wastes listed in R315-2-10(f), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.32, - Spent hydrotreating catalyst, EPA Hazardous Waste No. K171, and Spent hydrorefining catalyst, EPA Hazardous Waste N0. K172.
(d) Any solid waste described in paragraph (c) of this section is not a hazardous waste if it meets the following criteria:
(1) In the case of any solid waste, it does not exhibit any of the characteristics of hazardous waste identified in section R315-2-9. However, wastes that exhibit a characteristic at the point of generation may still be subject to the requirements of R315-13 which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 268, even if they no longer exhibit a characteristic at the point of land disposal.
(2) In the case of a waste which is a listed waste under sections R315-2-10 or R315-2-11, contains a waste listed under sections R315-2-10 or R315-2-11, or is derived from a waste listed in sections R315-2-10 or R315-2-11, it also has been excluded from paragraph (c) of this section under R315-2-16 and R315-2-17.
(e) Notwithstanding R315-2-3(a) through (d) and provided the debris as defined in R315-13, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 268, does not exhibit a characteristic identified in R315-2-9, the following materials are not subject to regulation under R315-1, R315-2 to R315-8, R315-13, and R315-14:
(1) Hazardous debris as defined in R315-13, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 268, that has been treated using one of the required extraction or destruction technologies specified in R315-13, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 268.45 Table 1; persons claiming this exclusion in an enforcement action will have the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the material meets all of the exclusion requirements; or
(2) Debris as defined in R315-13, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 268, that the [
Board]Director, considering the extent of contamination, has determined is no longer contaminated with hazardous waste.(f)(1) A hazardous waste that is listed in R315-2-10 or R315-2-11 solely because it exhibits one or more characteristics of ignitability as defined under R315-2-9(d), corrosivity as defined under R315-2-9(e), or reactivity as defined under R315-2-9(f) is not hazardous waste, if the waste no longer exhibits any characteristic of hazardous waste identified in R315-2-9(a), (d), (e), (f), or (g).
(2) The exclusion described in paragraph (f)(1) of this section also pertains to
(i) Any mixture of a solid waste and a hazardous waste listed in R315-2-10 and R315-2-11 solely because it exhibits the characteristics of ignitability, corrosivity, or reactivity as regulated under R315-2-3(a)(2)(iv); and,
(ii) Any solid waste generated from treating, storing, or disposing of a hazardous waste listed in R315-2-10 and R315-2-11 solely because it exhibits the characteristics of ignitability, corrosivity, or reactivity as regulated under R315-2-3(c)(2)(i).
(3) Wastes excluded from R315-2-3 are subject to R315-13-1, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 268, (as applicable), even if they no longer exhibit a characteristic at the point of land disposal.
(4) Any mixture of a solid waste excluded from regulation under R315-2-4(b)(7) and a hazardous waste listed in R315-2-10 and R315-2-11, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261 subpart D, solely because it exhibits one or more of the characteristics of ignitability, corrosivity, or reactivity as regulated under paragraph (a)(2)(iv) of this section is not a hazardous waste, if the mixture no longer exhibits any characteristic of hazardous waste identified in R315-2-9(a), (d) - (g) for which the hazardous waste listed in R315-2-10 and R315-2-11, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261 subpart D, was listed.
R315-2-4. Exclusions.
(a) MATERIALS WHICH ARE NOT SOLID WASTES.
The following materials are not solid wastes for the purpose of this rule:
(1) Domestic sewage or any mixture of domestic sewage and other wastes that passes through a sewer system to a publicly-owned treatment works for treatment. "Domestic sewage" means untreated sanitary wastes that pass through a sewer system.
(2) Industrial wastewater discharges that are point source discharges subject to regulation under Section 402 of the Clean Water Act, as amended. This exclusion applies only to the actual point source discharge. It does not exclude industrial wastewaters while they are being collected, stored, or treated before discharge, nor does it exclude sludges that are generated by industrial wastewater treatment.
(3) Irrigation return flows.
(4) Source, special nuclear or by-product material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 2011 et seq.
(5) Materials subjected to in-situ mining techniques which are not removed from the ground as part of the extraction process.
(6) Pulping liquors, black liquor that are reclaimed in a pulping liquor recovery furnace and then reused in the pulping process, unless it is accumulated speculatively as defined in R315-1-1(c), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.1(c).
(7) Spent sulfuric acid used to produce virgin sulfuric acid, unless it is accumulated speculatively as defined in subsection R315-1-1(c), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.1(c).
(8) Secondary materials that are reclaimed and returned to the original process or processes in which they were generated where they are reused in the production process provided:
(i) Only tank storage is involved, and the entire process through completion of reclamation is closed by being entirely connected with pipes or other comparable enclosed means of conveyance;
(ii) Reclamation does not involve controlled flame combustion (such as occurs in boilers, industrial furnaces, or incinerators);
(iii) The secondary materials are never accumulated in such tanks for over twelve months without being reclaimed; and
(iv) The reclaimed material is not used to produce a fuel, or used to produce products that are used in a manner constituting disposal.
(9)(i) Spent wood preserving solutions that have been reclaimed and are reused for their original intended purpose; and
(ii) wastewaters from the wood preserving process that have been reclaimed and are reused to treat wood.
(iii) Prior to reuse, the wood preserving wastewaters and spent wood preserving solutions described in R315-2-4(a)(9)(i) and (ii), so long as they meet all of the following conditions:
(A) The wood preserving wastewaters and spent wood preserving solutions are reused onsite at water borne plants in the production process for their original intended purpose;
(B) Prior to reuse, the wastewaters and spent wood preserving solutions are managed to prevent release to either land or groundwater or both;
(C) Any unit used to manage wastewaters and/or spent wood preserving solutions prior to reuse can be visually or otherwise determined to prevent such releases;
(D) Any drip pad used to manage the wastewaters and/or spent wood preserving solutions prior to reuse complies with the standards in R315-7-28, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 265.440 - 445, regardless of whether the plant generates a total of less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste; and
(E) Prior to operating pursuant to this exclusion, the plant owner or operator submits to the [
Executive Secretary]Director a one-time notification stating that the plant intends to claim the exclusion, giving the date on which the plant intends to begin operating under the exclusion, and containing the following language: "I have read the applicable regulation establishing an exclusion for wood preserving wastewaters and spent wood preserving solutions and understand it requires me to comply at all times with the conditions set out in the regulation." The plant must maintain a copy of that document in its on-site records for a period of no less than 3 years from the date specified in the notice. The exclusion applies only so long as the plant meets all of the conditions. If the plant goes out of compliance with any condition, it may apply to the [Executive Secretary]Director for reinstatement. The [Executive Secretary]Director may reinstate the exclusion upon finding that the plant has returned to compliance with all conditions and that violations are not likely to recur.(10) EPA Hazardous Waste Nos. K060, K087, K141, K142, K143, K144, K145, K147, and K148, and any wastes from the coke by-products processes that are hazardous only because they exhibit the Toxicity Characteristic (TC) specified in R315-2-9(g) when, subsequent to generation, these materials are recycled to coke ovens, to the tar recovery process as a feedstock to produce coal tar or are mixed with coal tar prior to the tar's sale or refining. This exclusion is conditioned on there being no land disposal of the wastes from the point they are generated to the point they are recycled to coke ovens or the tar recovery or refining processes, or mixed with coal tar.
(11) Nonwastewater splash condenser dross residue from the treatment of K061 in high temperature metals recovery units, provided it is shipped in drums (if shipped) and not land disposed before recovery.
(12)(i) Oil-bearing hazardous secondary materials, i.e., sludges, byproducts, or spent materials, that are generated at a petroleum refinery, SIC code 2911, and are inserted into the petroleum refining process, SIC code 2911 - including distillation, catalytic cracking, fractionation, gasification (as defined in R315-1-1(b), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 260.10), or thermal cracking units, i.e., cokers, unless the material is placed on the land, or speculatively accumulated before being so recycled. Materials inserted into thermal cracking units are excluded under this paragraph, provided that the coke product also does not exhibit a characteristic of hazardous waste. Oil-bearing hazardous secondary materials may be inserted into the same petroleum refinery where they are generated, or sent directly to another petroleum refinery, and still be excluded under this provision. Except as provided in R315-2-4(a)(12)(ii), oil-bearing hazardous secondary materials generated elsewhere in the petroleum industry, i.e., from sources other than petroleum refineries, are not excluded under R315-2-4. Residuals generated from processing or recycling materials excluded under this paragraph (a)(12)(i), where such materials as generated would have otherwise met a listing under R315-2-10, R315-2-11, R315-2-24, and R315-2-26, are designated as F037 listed wastes when disposed of or intended for disposal.
(ii) Recovered oil that is recycled in the same manner and with the same conditions as described in R315-2-4(a)(12)(i). Recovered oil is oil that has been reclaimed from secondary materials, including wastewater, generated from normal petroleum industry practices, including refining, exploration and production, bulk storage, and transportation incident thereto (SIC codes 1311, 1321, 1381, 1382, 1389, 2911, 4612, 4613, 4922, 4923, 4789, 5171, and 5152.) Recovered oil does not include oil-bearing hazardous wastes listed in R315-2-10, R315-2-11, R315-2-24, and R315-2-26; however, oil recovered from such wastes may be considered recovered oil. Recovered oil does not include used oil as defined in 19-6-703(19).
(13) Excluded scrap metal, processed scrap metal, unprocessed home scrap metal, and unprocessed prompt scrap metal, being recycled.
(14) Shredded circuit boards being recycled provided that they are:
(i) Stored in containers sufficient to prevent a release to the environment prior to recovery; and
(ii) Free of mercury switches, mercury relays, and nickel-cadmium batteries and lithium batteries.
(15) Condensates derived from the overhead gases from kraft mill steam strippers that are used to comply with 40 CFR 63.446(e). The exemption applies only to combustion at the mill generating the condensates.
(16) Comparable fuels or comparable syngas fuels that meet the requirements of R315-2-26, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.38.
(17) Spent materials as defined in R315-1-1(c), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.1, other than hazardous wastes listed in R315-2-10, 2-11, and 2-26 (which incorporate by reference 40 CFR 261 Subpart D), and R315-2-24, generated within the primary mineral processing industry from which minerals, acids, cyanide, water or other values are recovered by mineral processing or by benefication, provided that:
(i) The spent material is legitimately recycled to recover minerals, acids, cyanide, water or other values;
(ii) The spent material is not accumulated speculatively;
(iii) Except as provided in R315-2-4(a)(17)(iv), the spent material is stored in tanks, containers, or buildings meeting the following minimum integrity standards: a building must be an engineered structure with a floor, walls, and a roof all of which are made of non-earthen materials providing structural support, except smelter buildings may have partially earthen floors provided the secondary material is stored on the non-earthen portion, and have a roof suitable for diverting rainwater away from the foundation; a tank must be free standing, not be a surface impoundment as defined R315-1-1(b), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 260.10, and be manufactured of a material suitable for containment of its contents; a container must be free standing and be manufactured of a material suitable for containment of its contents. If tanks or containers contain any particulate which may be subject to wind dispersal, the owner/operator must operate these units in a manner which controls fugitive dust. Tanks, containers, and buildings must be designed, constructed and operated to prevent significant releases to the environment of these materials.
(iv) The [
Executive Secretary]Director may make a site-specific determination, after public review and comment, that only solid mineral processing spent materials may be placed on pads, rather than in tanks, containers, or buildings. Solid mineral processing spent materials do not contain any free liquid. The [Executive Secretary]Director must affirm that pads are designed, constructed and operated to prevent significant releases of the secondary material into the environment. Pads must provide the same degree of containment afforded by the non-RCRA tanks, containers and buildings eligible for exclusion.(A) The [
Executive Secretary]Director must also consider if storage on pads poses the potential for significant releases via groundwater, surface water, and air exposure pathways. Factors to be considered for assessing the groundwater, surface water, air exposure pathways are: the volume and physical and chemical properties of the secondary material, including its potential for migration off the pad; the potential for human or environmental exposure to hazardous constituents migrating from the pad via each exposure pathway, and the possibility and extent of harm to human and environmental receptors via each exposure pathway.(B) Pads must meet the following minimum standards: be designed of non-earthen material that is compatible with the chemical nature of the mineral processing spent material, capable of withstanding physical stresses associated with placement and removal, have run on/runoff controls, be operated in a manner which controls fugitive dust, and have integrity assurance through inspections and maintenance programs.
(C) Before making a determination under this paragraph, the [
Executive Secretary]Director must provide notice and the opportunity for comment to all persons potentially interested in the determination. This can be accomplished by placing notice of this action in major local newspapers, or broadcasting notice over local radio stations.(v) The owner or operator provides notice to the [
Executive Secretary]Director, providing the following information: the types of materials to be recycled; the type and location of the storage units and recycling processes; and the annual quantities expected to be placed in land-based units. This notification must be updated when there is a change in the type of materials recycled or the location of the recycling process.(vi) For purposes of R315-2-4(b)(7), mineral processing spent materials must be the result of mineral processing and may not include any listed hazardous wastes. Listed hazardous wastes and characteristic hazardous wastes generated by non-mineral processing industries are not eligible for the conditional exclusion from the definition of solid waste.
(vii) R315-2-4(a)(16) becomes effective July 1, 1999.
(18) Petrochemical recovered oil from an associated organic chemical manufacturing facility, where the oil is to be inserted into the petroleum refining process, SIC code 2911, along with normal petroleum refinery process streams, provided:
(i) The oil is hazardous only because it exhibits the characteristic of ignitability, as defined in R315-2-9(d), and/or toxicity for benzene, R315-2-9(g), waste code D018; and
(ii) The oil generated by the organic chemical manufacturing facility is not placed on the land, or speculatively accumulated before being recycled into the petroleum refining process. An "associated organic chemical manufacturing facility" is a facility where the primary SIC code is 2869, but where operations may also include SIC codes 2821, 2822, and 2865; and is physically co-located with a petroleum refinery; and where the petroleum refinery to which the oil being recycled is returned also provides hydrocarbon feedstocks to the organic chemical manufacturing facility. "Petrochemical recovered oil" is oil that has been reclaimed from secondary materials, i.e., sludges, byproducts, or spent materials, including wastewater, from normal organic chemical manufacturing operations, as well as oil recovered from organic chemical manufacturing processes.
(19) Spent caustic solutions from petroleum refining liquid treating processes used as a feedstock to produce cresylic or napthenic acid unless the material is placed on the land, or accumulated speculatively as defined in R315-1-1(c), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.1(c).
(20) Hazardous secondary materials used to make zinc fertilizers, provided that the conditions specified below are satisfied:
(i) Hazardous secondary materials used to make zinc micronutrient fertilizers must not be accumulated speculatively, as defined in R315-1-1(c) which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.1(c)(8).
(ii) Generators and intermediate handlers of zinc-bearing hazardous secondary materials that are to be incorporated into zinc fertilizers must:
(A) Submit a one-time notice to the [
Executive Secretary]Director which contains the name, address and EPA ID number of the generator or intermediate handler facility, provides a brief description of the secondary material that will be subject to the exclusion, and identifies when the manufacturer intends to begin managing excluded, zinc-bearing hazardous secondary materials under the conditions specified in R315-2-4(a)(20).(B) Store the excluded secondary material in tanks, containers, or buildings that are constructed and maintained in a way that prevents releases of the secondary materials into the environment. At a minimum, any building used for this purpose must be an engineered structure made of non-earthen materials that provide structural support, and must have a floor, walls and a roof that prevent wind dispersal and contact with rainwater. Tanks used for this purpose must be structurally sound and, if outdoors, must have roofs or covers that prevent contact with wind and rain. Containers used for this purpose must be kept closed except when it is necessary to add or remove material, and must be in sound condition. Containers that are stored outdoors must be managed within storage areas that:
(1) have containment structures or systems sufficiently impervious to contain leaks, spills and accumulated precipitation;
(2) provide for effective drainage and removal of leaks, spills and accumulated precipitation; and
(3) prevent run-on into the containment system.
(C) With each off-site shipment of excluded hazardous secondary materials, provide written notice to the receiving facility that the material is subject to the conditions of R315-2-4(a)(20).
(D) Maintain at the generator's or intermediate handler's facility for no less than three years records of all shipments of excluded hazardous secondary materials. For each shipment these records must at a minimum contain the following information:
(1) Name of the transporter and date of the shipment;
(2) Name and address of the facility that received the excluded material, and documentation confirming receipt of the shipment; and
(3) Type and quantity of excluded secondary material in each shipment.
(iii) Manufacturers of zinc fertilizers or zinc fertilizer ingredients made from excluded hazardous secondary materials must:
(A) Store excluded hazardous secondary materials in accordance with the storage requirements for generators and intermediate handlers, as specified in R315-2-4(a)(20)(ii)(B).
(B) Submit a one-time notification to the [
Executive Secretary]Director that, at a minimum, specifies the name, address and EPA ID number of the manufacturing facility, and identifies when the manufacturer intends to begin managing excluded, zinc-bearing hazardous secondary materials under the conditions specified in R315-2-4(a)(20).(C) Maintain for a minimum of three years records of all shipments of excluded hazardous secondary materials received by the manufacturer, which must at a minimum identify for each shipment the name and address of the generating facility, name of transporter and date the materials were received, the quantity received, and a brief description of the industrial process that generated the material.
(D) Submit to the [
Executive Secretary]Director an annual report that identifies the total quantities of all excluded hazardous secondary materials that were used to manufacture zinc fertilizers or zinc fertilizer ingredients in the previous year, the name and address of each generating facility, and the industrial process(s) from which they were generated.(iv) Nothing in this section preempts, overrides or otherwise negates the provision in R315-5-1.11, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 262.11, which requires any person who generates a solid waste to determine if that waste is a hazardous waste.
(v) Interim status and permitted storage units that have been used to store only zinc-bearing hazardous wastes prior to the submission of the one-time notice described in R315-2-4(a)(20)(ii)(A), and that afterward will be used only to store hazardous secondary materials excluded under this paragraph, are not subject to the closure requirements of R315-7 and R315-8.
(21) Zinc fertilizers made from hazardous wastes, or hazardous secondary materials that are excluded under R315-2-4(a)(20), provided that:
(i) The fertilizers meet the following contaminant limits:
(A) For metal contaminants:
TABLE
Constituent Maximum Allowable Total Concentration in Fertilizer, per Unit (1%) of Zinc ppm) Arsenic 0.3 Cadmium 1.4 Chromium 0.6 Lead 2.8 Mercury 0.3
(B) For dioxin contaminants the fertilizer must contain no more than eight (8) parts per trillion of dioxin, measured as toxic equivalent (TEQ).
(ii) The manufacturer performs sampling and analysis of the fertilizer product to determine compliance with the contaminant limits for metals no less than every six months, and for dioxins no less than every twelve months. Testing must also be performed whenever changes occur to manufacturing processes or ingredients that could significantly affect the amounts of contaminants in the fertilizer product. The manufacturer may use any reliable analytical method to demonstrate that no constituent of concern is present in the product at concentrations above the applicable limits. It is the responsibility of the manufacturer to ensure that the sampling and analysis are unbiased, precise, and representative of the product(s) introduced into commerce.
(iii) The manufacturer maintains for no less than three years records of all sampling and analyses performed for purposes of determining compliance with the requirements of R315-2-4(a)(21)(ii). Such records must at a minimum include:
(A) The dates and times product samples were taken, and the dates the samples were analyzed;
(B) The names and qualifications of the person(s) taking the samples;
(C) A description of the methods and equipment used to take the samples;
(D) The name and address of the laboratory facility at which analyses of the samples were performed;
(E) A description of the analytical methods used, including any cleanup and sample preparation methods; and
(F) All laboratory analytical results used to determine compliance with the contaminant limits specified in R315-2-4(a)(21).
(22) Used cathode ray tubes (CRTs)
(i) Used, intact CRTs as defined in R315-1-1(b), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 260.10, are not solid wastes within the United States unless they are disposed, or unless they are speculatively accumulated as defined in R315-1-1(c), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.1(c)(8), by CRT collectors or glass processors.
(ii) Used, intact CRTs as defined in R315-1-1(b), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 260.10, are not solid wastes when exported for recycling provided that they meet the requirements of R315-2-27, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.40.
(iii) Used, broken CRTs as defined in R315-1-1(b), which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 260.10, are not solid wastes provided that they meet the requirements of R315-2-27, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.39.
(iv) Glass removed from CRTs is not a solid waste provided that it meets the requirements of R315-2-27, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 261.39(c).
(b) SOLID WASTES WHICH ARE NOT HAZARDOUS WASTES.
The following solid wastes are not hazardous wastes:
(1) Household waste, including household waste that has been collected, transported, stored, treated, disposed, recovered, such as refuse-derived fuel or reused. "Household waste" means any material, including garbage, trash and sanitary wastes in septic tanks, derived from households, including single and multiple residences, hotels and motels, bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters, campgrounds, picnic grounds and day-use recreation areas. A resource recovery facility managing municipal solid waste shall not be deemed to be treating, storing, disposing of or otherwise managing hazardous wastes for the purposes of regulation under this subtitle, if the facility:
(i) Receives and burns only
(A) Household waste, from single and multiple dwellings, hotels, motels, and other residential sources and
(B) Solid waste from commercial of industrial sources that does not contain hazardous waste; and
(ii) The facility does not accept hazardous wastes and the owner or operator of the facility has established contractual requirements or other appropriate notification or inspection procedures to assure that hazardous wastes are not received at or burned in the facility.
(2) Solid wastes generated by any of the following and which are returned to the soil as fertilizers:
(i) The growing and harvesting of agricultural crops.
(ii) The raising of animals, including animal manures.
(3) Mining overburden returned to the mine site.
(4) Fly ash waste, bottom ash waste, slag waste, and flue gas emission control waste generated primarily from the combustion of coal or other fossil fuels, except as provided by R315-14-7, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 266.112, for facilities that burn or process hazardous waste.
(5) Drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas or geothermal energy.
(6) The following additional solid wastes:
(i) Wastes which fail the test for the Toxicity Characteristic because chromium is present or are listed in sections R315-2-10 or R315-2-11 due to the presence of chromium, which do not fail the test for the Toxicity Characteristic for any other constituent or are not listed due to the presence of any other constituent, and which do not fail the test for any other characteristic, if it is shown by a waste generator or by waste generators that:
(A) The chromium in the waste is exclusively, or nearly exclusively, trivalent chromium; and
(B) The waste is generated from an industrial process which uses trivalent chromium exclusively, or nearly exclusively, and the process does not generate hexavalent chromium; and
(C) The waste is typically and frequently managed in non-oxidizing environments.
(ii) Specific wastes which meet the standard in paragraphs (b)(6)(i)(A),(B), and (C) of this section, so long as they do not fail the test for the toxicity characteristic for any other constituent, and do not exhibit any other characteristic, are:
(A) Chrome blue trimmings generated by the following subcategories of the leather tanning and finishing industry: hair pulp/chrome tan/retan/wet finish; hair save/chrome tan/retan/wet finish; retan/wet finish; no beamhouse; through-the-blue; and shearling.
(B) Chrome blue shavings generated by the following subcategories of the leather tanning and finishing industry: hair pulp/chrome tan/retan/wet finish; hair save/chrome tan/retan/wet finish; retan/wet finish; no beamhouse; through-the-blue; and shearling.
(C) Buffing dust generated by the following subcategories of the leather tanning and finishing industry: hair pulp/chrome tan/retan/wet finish; hair save/chrome tan/retan/wet finish; retan/wet finish; no beamhouse; through-the-blue.
(D) Sewer screenings generated by the following subcategories of the leather tanning and finishing industry: hair/pulp/chrome tan/retan/wet finish; hair save/chrome tan/retan/wet finish; retan/wet finish; no beamhouse; through-the-blue; and shearling.
(E) Wastewater treatment sludges generated by the following subcategories of the leather tanning and finishing industry: hair pulp/chrome tan/retan/wet finish; hair save/chrome tan/retan/wet finish; retan/wet finish; no beamhouse; through-the-blue; and shearling.
(F) Wastewater treatment sludges generated by the following subcategories of the leather tanning and finishing industry: hair pulp/chrome tan/retan/wet finish; hair save/chrome tan/retan/wet finish; and through-the-blue.
(G) Waste scrap leather from the leather tanning industry, the shoe manufacturing industry, and other leather product manufacturing industries.
(H) Wastewater treatment sludges from the production of TiO 2 pigment using chromium-bearing ores by the chloride process.
(7) Solid waste from the extraction, beneficiation, and processing of ores and minerals, including coal, phosphate rock, and overburden from the mining of uranium ore, except as provided by R315-14-7, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 266.112 for facilities that burn or process hazardous waste.
(i) For purposes of R315-2-4(b)(7) beneficiation of ores and minerals is restricted to the following activities; crushing; grinding; washing; dissolution; crystallization; filtration; sorting; sizing; drying; sintering; pelletizing; briquetting; calcining to remove water and/or carbon dioxide; roasting, autoclaving, and/or chlorination in preparation for leaching (except where the roasting (and/or autoclaving and/or chlorination)/leaching sequence produces a final or intermediate product that does not undergo further beneficiation or processing); gravity concentration; magnetic separation; electrostatic separation; flotation; ion exchange; solvent extraction; electrowinning; precipitation; amalgamation; and heap, dump, vat, tank, and in situ leaching.
(ii) For the purposes of R315-2-4(b)(7), solid waste from the processing of ores and minerals includes only the following wastes as generated:
(A) Slag from primary copper processing;
(B) Slag from primary lead processing;
(C) Red and brown muds from bauxite refining;
(D) Phosphogypsum from phosphoric acid production;
(E) Slag from elemental phosphorus production ;
(F) Gasifier ash from coal gasification;
(G) Process wastewater from coal gasification;
(H) Calcium sulfate wastewater treatment plant sludge from primary copper processing;
(I) Slag tailings from primary copper processing;
(J) Fluorogypsum from hydrofluoric acid production;
(K) Process wastewater from hydrofluoric acid production;
(L) Air pollution control dust/sludge from iron blast furnaces;
(M) Iron blast furnace slag;
(N) Treated residue from roasting/leaching of chrome ore;
(O) Process wastewater from primary magnesium processing by the anhydrous process;
(P) Process wastewater from phosphoric acid production;
(Q) Basic oxygen furnace and open hearth furnace air pollution control dust/sludge from carbon steel production;
(R) Basic oxygen furnace and open hearth furnace slag from carbon steel production;
(S) Chloride process waste solids from titanium tetrachloride production;
(T) Slag from primary zinc processing.
(iii) A residue derived from co-processing mineral processing secondary materials with normal beneficiation raw materials or with normal mineral processing raw materials remains excluded under R315-2-4(b) if the owner or operator:
(A) Processes at least 50 percent by weight normal beneficiation raw materials or normal mineral processing raw materials; and,
(B) Legitimately reclaims the secondary mineral processing materials.
(8) Cement kiln dust waste, except as provided by R315-14-7, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 266.112, for facilities that burn or process hazardous waste.
(9) Solid waste which consists of discarded arsenical-treated wood or wood products which fails the test for the Toxicity Characteristic for Hazardous Waste Codes D004 through D017 and which is not a hazardous waste for any other reason if the waste is generated by persons who utilize the arsenical-treated wood and wood products for these materials' intended end use.
(10) Petroleum-contaminated media and debris that fail the test for the Toxicity Characteristic (TC) of R315-2-9(g), Hazardous Waste Codes D018 through D043 only, and are subject to the corrective action requirements under R311-202, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR 280.
(11) Injected groundwater that is hazardous only because it exhibits the Toxicity Characteristic, Hazardous Waste Codes D018 through D043 only, in R315-2-9(e) that is reinjected through an underground injection well pursuant to free phase hydrocarbon recovery operations undertaken at petroleum refineries, petroleum marketing terminals, petroleum bulk plants, petroleum pipelines, and petroleum transportation spill sites until January 25, 1993. This extension applies to recovery operations in existence, or for which contracts have been issued, on or before March 25, 1991. For groundwater returned through infiltration galleries from such operations at petroleum refineries, marketing terminals, and bulk plants, until October 2, 1991. New operations involving injection wells, beginning after March 25, 1991, will qualify for this compliance date extension until January 25, 1993, only if:
(i) Operations are performed pursuant to a written state agreement that includes a provision to assess the groundwater and the need for further remediation once the free phase recovery is completed; and
(ii) A copy of the written agreement has been submitted to: Characteristics Section (OS-333), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460 and the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Dept. of Environmental Quality, State of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4880.
(12) Used chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants from totally enclosed heat transfer equipment, including mobile air conditioning systems, mobile refrigeration, and commercial and industrial air conditioning and refrigeration systems that use chlorofluorocarbons as the heat transfer fluid in a refrigeration cycle, provided the refrigerant is reclaimed for further use.
(13) Used oil re-refining distillation bottoms that are used as feedstock to manufacture asphalt products.
(14) Non-terne plated used oil filters that are not mixed with wastes listed in R315-2-10(e) and (f) and R315-2-11, which incorporate by reference 40 CFR 261 Subpart D, if these oil filters have been gravity hot-drained using one of the following methods:
(i) Puncturing the filter anti-drain back valve or the filter dome end and hot draining;
(ii) Hot-draining and crushing;
(iii) Dismantling and hot-draining; or
(iv) Any other equivalent hot-draining method that will remove used oil.
(15) Leachate or gas condensate collected from landfills where certain solid wastes have been disposed, provided that:
(i) The solid wastes disposed would meet one or more of the listing descriptions for Hazardous Waste Codes K169, K170, K171, K172, K174, K175, K176, K177, K178, and K181 if these wastes had been generated after the effective date of the listing;
(ii) The solid wastes described in paragraph R315-2-4(b)(15)(i) were disposed prior to the effective date of the listing;
(iii) The leachate or gas condensate does not exhibit any characteristic of hazardous waste nor are derived from any other listed hazardous waste;
(iv) Discharge of the leachate or gas condensate, including leachate or gas condensate transferred from the landfill to a POTW by truck, rail, or dedicated pipe, is subject to regulation under R317-8 of the Utah Water Quality Rules.
(v) As of February 13, 2001, leachate or gas condensate derived from K169-K172 is no longer exempt if it is stored or managed in a surface impoundment prior to discharge. As of November 21, 2003, leachate or gas condensate derived from K176, K177, and K 178 is no longer exempt if it is stored or managed in a surface impoundment prior to discharge. After February 26, 2007, leachate or gas condensate derived from K181 will no longer be exempt if it is stored or managed in a surface impoundment prior to discharge. There is one exception: if the surface impoundment is used to temporarily store leachate or gas condensate in response to an emergency situation, e.g., shutdown of wastewater treatment system, provided the impoundment has a double liner, and provided the leachate or gas condensate is removed from the impoundment and continues to be managed in compliance with the conditions of this paragraph after the emergency ends.
(c) HAZARDOUS WASTES WHICH ARE EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN RULES.
A hazardous waste which is generated in a product or raw material storage tank, a product or raw material transport vehicle or vessel, a product or raw material pipeline, or in a manufacturing process unit or an associated non-waste-treatment-manufacturing unit is not subject to these regulations or to the notification requirements of Section 3010 of RCRA until it exits the unit in which it was generated, unless the unit is a surface impoundment, or unless the hazardous waste remains in the unit more than 90 days after the unit ceases to be operated for manufacturing, or for storage or transportation of products or raw materials.
(d) SAMPLES
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (d)(2) of this section, a sample of solid waste or a sample of water, soil, or air, which is collected for the sole purpose of testing to determine its characteristics or compositions, is not subject to any requirements of these rules when:
(i) The sample is being transported to a laboratory for the purpose of testing;
(ii) The sample is being transported back to the sample collector after testing;
(iii) The sample is being stored by the sample collector before transport to a laboratory for testing;
(iv) The sample is being stored in a laboratory before testing;
(v) The sample is being stored in a laboratory after testing but before it is returned to the sample collector; or
(vi) The sample is being stored temporarily in the laboratory after testing for a specific purpose, for example, until conclusion of a court case or enforcement action where further testing of the sample may be necessary.
(2) In order to qualify for the exemption in paragraphs (d)(1)(i) and (ii) of this section, a sample collector shipping samples to a laboratory and a laboratory returning samples to a sample collector shall:
(i) Comply with U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), U.S. Postal Service (USPS), or any other applicable shipping requirements; or
(ii) Comply with the following requirements if the sample collector determines that DOT, USPS, or other shipping requirements do not apply to the shipment of the sample:
(A) Assure that the following information accompanies the sample:
(1) The sample collector's name, mailing address, and telephone number;
(2) The laboratory's name, mailing address, and telephone number;
(3) The quantity of the sample;
(4) The date of shipment; and
(5) A description of the sample.
(B) Package the sample so that it does not leak, spill, or vaporize from its packaging.
(3) This exemption does not apply if the laboratory determines that the waste is hazardous but the laboratory is no longer meeting any of the conditions stated in paragraph (d)(1) of this section.
(e) TREATABILITY STUDY SAMPLES.
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (e)(2) of this Section, a person who generates or collects samples for the purpose of conducting treatability studies as defined in section R315-1-1, which incorporates by reference the definitions of 40 CFR 260.10, are not subject to any requirement of R315-2, R315-5, and R315-6, or to the notification requirements of Section 3010 of RCRA, nor are these samples included in the quantity determinations of R315-2-5, which incorporates by reference the requirements concerning conditionally exempt small quantity generators of 40 CFR 261.5 and R315-5-3.34, which incorporates by reference the requirements concerning waste accumulation time for generators of 40 CFR 262.34(d) when:
(i) the sample is being collected and prepared for transportation by the generator or sample collector;
(ii) the sample is being accumulated or stored by the generator or sample collector prior to transportation to a laboratory or testing facility; or
(iii) the sample is being transported to the laboratory or testing facility for the purpose of conducting a treatability study.
(2) The exemption in paragraph (e)(1) of this section is applicable to samples of hazardous waste being collected and shipped for the purpose of conducting treatability studies provided that:
(i) The generator or sample collector uses, in "treatability studies," no more than 10,000 kg of media contaminated with non-acute hazardous waste, 1000 kg of non-acute hazardous waste other than contaminated media, 1 kg of acute hazardous waste, 2500 kg of media contaminated with acute hazardous waste for each process being evaluated for each generated waste stream;
(ii) The mass of each sample shipment does not exceed 10,000 kg; the 10,000 kg quantity may be all media contaminated with non-acute hazardous waste, or may include 2500 kg of media contaminated with acute hazardous waste, 1000 kg of hazardous waste, and 1 kg of acute hazardous waste; and
(iii) the sample shall be packaged so that it will not leak, spill, or vaporize from its packaging during shipment and the requirements of paragraph A or B of this subparagraph are met;
(A) the transportation of each sample shipment complies with U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), U.S. Postal Service (USPS), or any other applicable shipping requirements; or
(B) if the DOT, USPS, or other shipping requirements do not apply to the shipment of the sample, the following information shall accompany the sample:
(1) the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the originator of the sample;
(2) the name, address, and telephone number of the facility that will perform the treatability study;
(3) the quantity of the sample;
(4) the date of shipment; and
(5) a description of the sample, including its EPA Hazardous Waste Number.
(iv) the sample is shipped to a laboratory or testing facility which is exempt under R315-2-4(f) (40 CFR 261.4(f)) or has an appropriate RCRA permit or interim status;
(v) the generator or sample collector maintains the following records for a period ending 3 years after completion of the treatability study:
(A) copies of the shipping documents;
(B) a copy of the contract with the facility conducting the treatability study;
(C) documentation showing:
(1) the amount of waste shipped under this exemption;
(2) the name, address, and EPA identification number of the laboratory or testing facility that received the waste;
(3) the date the shipment was made; and
(4) whether or not unused samples and residues were returned to the generator.
(vi) the generator reports the information required under paragraph (e)(v)(C) of this section in its biennial report.
(3) The [
Executive Secretary]Director may grant requests on a case-by-case basis for up to an additional two years for treatability studies involving bioremediation. The [Executive Secretary]Director may grant requests on a case-by-case basis for quantity limits in excess of those specified in paragraphs (e)(2) (i) and (ii) and (f)(4) of this section, for up to an additional 5000 kg of media contaminated with non-acute hazardous waste, 500 kg of non-acute hazardous waste, 2500 kg of media contaminated with acute hazardous waste and 1 kg of acute hazardous waste:(i) In response to requests for authorization to ship, store and conduct treatability studies on additional quantities in advance of commencing treatability studies. Factors to be considered in reviewing such requests include the nature of the technology, the type of process, e.g., batch versus continuous, size of the unit undergoing testing, particularly in relation to scale-up considerations, the time/quantity of material required to reach steady state operating conditions, or test design considerations such as mass balance calculations.
(ii) In response to requests for authorization to ship, store and conduct treatability studies on additional quantities after initiation or completion of initial treatability studies, when: There has been an equipment or mechanical failure during the conduct of a treatability study; there is a need to verify the results of a previously conducted treatability study; there is a need to study and analyze alternative techniques within a previously evaluated treatment process; or there is a need to do further evaluation of an ongoing treatability study to determine final specifications for treatment.
(iii) The additional quantities and time frames allowed in paragraph (e)(3) (i) and (ii) of this section are subject to all the provisions in paragraphs (e) (1) and (e)(2) (iii) through (vi) of this section. The generator or sample collector must apply to the [
Executive Secretary]Director and provide in writing the following information:(A) The reason why the generator or sample collector requires additional time or quantity of sample for treatability study evaluation and the additional time or quantity needed;
(B) Documentation accounting for all samples of hazardous waste from the waste stream which have been sent for or undergone treatability studies including the date each previous sample from the waste stream was shipped, the quantity of each previous shipment, the laboratory or testing facility to which it was shipped, what treatability study processes were conducted on each sample shipped, and the available results on each treatability study;
(C) A description of the technical modifications or change in specifications which will be evaluated and the expected results;
(D) If such further study is being required due to equipment or mechanical failure, the applicant must include information regarding the reason for the failure or breakdown and also include what procedures or equipment improvements have been made to protect against further breakdowns; and
(E) Such other information that the [
Executive Secretary]Director considers necessary.(f) SAMPLES UNDERGOING TREATABILITY STUDIES AT LABORATORIES AND TESTING FACILITIES.
Samples undergoing treatability studies and the laboratory or testing facility that conducts these treatability studies, to the extent these facilities are not otherwise subject to RCRA requirements, are not subject to any requirement of this rule, R315-3 through R315-8, and R315-13, or to the notification requirements of Section 3010 of RCRA provided that the conditions of paragraphs (f)(1) through (11) of this Section are met. A mobile treatment unit (MTU) may qualify as a testing facility subject to paragraphs (f)(1) through (11) of this section. Where a group of MTUs are located at the same site, the limitations specified in (f)(1) through (11) of this section apply to the entire group of MTUs collectively as if the group were one MTU.
(1) No less than 45 days before conducting treatability studies, the facility notifies the [
Executive Secretary]Director in writing that it intends to conduct treatability studies under this paragraph.(2) The laboratory or testing facility conducting the treatability study has an EPA identification number.
(3) No more than a total of 10,000 kg of "as received" media contaminated with non-acute hazardous waste, 2500 kg of media contaminated with acute hazardous waste or 250 kg of other "as received" hazardous waste is subject to initiation of treatment in all treatability studies in any single day. "As received" waste refers to the waste as received in the shipment from the generator or sample collector.
(4) The quantity of "as received" hazardous waste stored at the facility for the purpose of evaluation in treatability studies does not exceed 10,000 kg, the total of which can include 10,000 kg of media contaminated with non-acute hazardous waste, 2500 kg of media contaminated with acute hazardous waste, 1000 kg of non-acute hazardous wastes other than contaminated media, and 1 kg of acute hazardous waste. This quantity limitation does not include treatment materials, including nonhazardous solid waste, added to "as received" hazardous waste.
(5) No more than 90 days have elapsed since the treatability study for the sample was completed, or no more than one year, two years for treatability studies involving bioremediation, have elapsed since the generator or sample collector shipped the sample to the laboratory or testing facility, whichever date first occurs. Up to 500 kg of treated material from a particular waste stream from treatability studies may be archived for future evaluation up to five years from the date of initial receipt. Quantities of materials archived are counted against the total storage limit for the facility.
(6) The treatability study does not involve the placement of hazardous waste on the land or open burning of hazardous waste.
(7) The facility maintains records for three years following completion of each study that show compliance with the treatment rate limits and the storage time and quantity limits. The following specific information shall be included for each treatability study conducted:
(i) the name, address, and EPA identification number of the generator or sample collector of each waste sample;
(ii) the date the shipment was received;
(iii) the quantity of waste accepted;
(iv) the quantity of "as received" waste in storage each day;
(v) the date the treatment study was initiated and the amount of "as received" waste introduced to treatment each day;
(vi) the date the treatability study was concluded; and
(vii) the date any unused sample or residues generated from the treatability study were returned to the generator or sample collector or, if sent to a designated facility, the name of the facility and the EPA identification number.
(8) The facility keeps, on-site, a copy of the treatability study contract and all shipping papers associated with the transport of treatability study samples to and from the facility for a period ending three years from the completion date of each treatability study.
(9) The facility prepares and submits a report to the [
Executive Secretary]Director by March 15 of each year that estimates the number of studies and the amount of waste expected to be used in treatability studies during the current year, and includes the following information for the previous calendar year:(i) the name, address, and EPA identification number of the facility conducting the treatability studies;
(ii) the types, by process, of treatability studies conducted;
(iii) the names and addresses of persons for whom studies have been conducted, including their EPA identification numbers;
(iv) the total quantity of waste in storage each day;
(v) the quantity and types of waste subjected to treatability studies;
(vi) when each treatability study was conducted; and
(vii) the final disposition of residues and unused sample from each treatability study.
(10) The facility determines whether any unused sample or residues generated by the treatability study are hazardous waste under R315-2-3 and, if so, are subject to R315-2 through R315-8, and R315-13, unless the residues and unused samples are returned to the sample originator under the exemption of paragraph (e) of this section.
(11) The facility notifies the [
Executive Secretary]Director by letter when the facility is no longer planning to conduct any treatability studies at the site.(g) DREDGED MATERIAL THAT IS NOT A HAZARDOUS WASTE.
Dredged material that is subject to the requirements of a permit that has been issued under 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) or section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1413) is not a hazardous waste. For this paragraph (g), the following definitions apply:
(1) The term dredged material has the same meaning as defined in 40 CFR 232.2;
(2) The term permit means:
(i) A permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) or the Utah State Division of Water Quality;
(ii) A permit issued by the Corps under section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1413); or
(iii) In the case of Corps civil works projects, the administrative equivalent of the permits referred to in paragraphs R315-2-4(g)(2)(i) and (ii), as provided for in Corps regulations.
R315-2-9. Characteristics of Hazardous Waste.
(a) GENERAL.
(1) A solid waste, as defined in section R315-2-2, which is not excluded from regulation as a hazardous waste under R315-2-4(b), is a hazardous waste if it exhibits any of the characteristics identified in this section.
(2) A hazardous waste which is identified by a characteristic in this section, is assigned every EPA Hazardous Waste Number that is applicable as set forth in this section. This number shall be used in complying with the notification requirements of section 3010 of RCRA and all applicable recordkeeping and reporting requirements under R315-3 through R315-8, and R315-13.
(3) For purposes of this section, the [
Executive Secretary]Director will consider a sample obtained using any of the applicable sampling methods specified in R315-50-6, or an equivalent method, to be a representative sample.(b) CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFYING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE.
(1) The Board shall identify and define a characteristic of hazardous waste in this section only upon determining that:
(i) A solid waste that exhibits the characteristic may:
(A) Cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness; or
(B) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when it is improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed; and
(ii) The characteristic can be:
(A) Measured by an available standardized test method which is reasonably within the capability of generators of solid waste or private sector laboratories that are available to serve generators of solid waste; or
(B) Reasonably detected by generators of solid waste through their knowledge of their waste.
(c) CRITERIA FOR LISTING HAZARDOUS WASTE.
(1) The Board shall list a solid waste as a hazardous waste only upon determining that the solid waste meets one of the following criteria:
(i) It exhibits any of the characteristics of hazardous waste identified in this section.
(ii) It has been found to be fatal to humans in low doses, or, in the absence of data on human toxicity, it has been shown in studies to have an oral LD 50 toxicity, rat, of less than 50 milligrams per kilogram, an inhalation LC 50 toxicity, rat, of less than 50 milligrams per liter, or a dermal LD 50 toxicity, rabbit, of less than 200 milligrams per kilogram or is otherwise capable of causing or significantly contributing to an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness. Waste listed in accordance with these criteria will be designated Acute Hazardous Waste.
(iii) It contains any of the toxic constituents listed in R315-50-10 and, after considering the following factors, the Board concludes that the waste is capable of posing a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported or disposed of, or otherwise managed:
(A) The nature of the toxicity presented by the constituent.
(B) The concentration of the constituent in the waste.
(C) The potential of the constituent or any toxic degradation product of the constituent to migrate from the waste into the environment under the types of improper management considered in paragraph (c)(1)(iii)(G) of this section.
(D) The persistence of the constituent or any toxic degradation product of the constituent.
(E) The potential for the constituent or any toxic degradation product of the constituent to degrade into non-harmful constituents and the rate of degradation.
(F) The degree to which the constituent or any degradation product of the constituent bioaccumulates in ecosystems.
(G) The plausible types of improper management to which the waste could be subjected.
(H) The quantities of the waste generated at individual generation sites or on a regional or national basis.
(I) The nature and severity of the human health and environmental damage that has occurred as a result of the improper management of wastes containing the constituent.
(J) Action taken by other governmental agencies or regulatory programs based on the health or environmental hazard posed by the waste or waste constituent.
(K) Other factors as may be appropriate.
Substances will be listed on R315-50-10 only if they have been shown in scientific studies to have toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic effects on humans or other life forms. Wastes listed in accordance with these criteria will be designated Toxic wastes.
(2) The Board may list classes or types of solid waste as hazardous waste if they have reason to believe that individual wastes, within the class or type of waste, typically or frequently are hazardous under the definition of hazardous waste found in Section 19-6-102 of the Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Act.
(3) The Board will use the criteria for listing specified in this section to establish the exclusion limits referred to in 40 CFR 261.5(c). R315-2-5 incorporates by reference the requirements of 40 CFR 261.5 concerning conditionally exempt small quantity generators.
(d) CHARACTERISTIC OF IGNITABILITY
(1) A solid waste exhibits the characteristic of ignitability if a representative sample of the waste has any of the following properties:
(i) It is a liquid, other than an aqueous solution containing less than 24 percent alcohol by volume, and has a flash point less than 60 degrees C, 140 degrees F, as determined by a Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester, using the test method specified in ASTM Standard D-93-79, or D-93-80, incorporated by reference, see section R315-1-2, or a Setaflash Closed Cup Tester, using the test method specified in ASTM Standard D-3278-78, incorporated by reference, see section R315-1-2, or as determined by an equivalent test method approved under the procedures set forth in section R315-2-15.
(ii) It is not a liquid and is capable, under standard temperature and pressure, of causing fire through friction, absorption of moisture or spontaneous chemical changes and, when ignited, burns so vigorously and persistently that it creates a hazard.
(iii) It is an ignitable "compressed gas" as defined in 49 CFR 173.300(a), 1990 ed., which is adopted and incorporated by reference, and as determined by the test methods described in that regulation or equivalent test methods approved under section R315-2-15.
(iv) It is an "oxidizer" as defined in 49 CFR 173.151, 1990 ed., which is adopted and incorporated by reference.
(2) A solid waste that exhibits the characteristic of ignitability has the EPA Hazardous Waste Number of D001.
(e) CHARACTERISTIC OF CORROSIVITY
(1) A solid waste exhibits the characteristic of corrosivity if a representative sample of the waste has either of the following properties:
(i) It is aqueous and has a pH less than or equal to 2 or greater than or equal to 12.5, as determined by a pH meter using Method 9040 in "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods," EPA Publication SW-846, as incorporated by reference in 40 CFR 260.11, see R315-1-2.
(ii) It is a liquid and corrodes steel, SAE 1020, at a rate greater than 6.35 mm, 0.250 inch, per year at a test temperature of 55 degrees C, 130 degrees F, as determined by the test method specified in NACE, National Association of Corrosion Engineers Standard TM-01-69 as standardized in "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods," EPA Publication SW-846, as incorporated by reference in 40 CFR 260.11, see R315-1-2.
(2) A solid waste that exhibits the characteristic of corrosivity has the EPA Hazardous Waste Number of D002.
(f) CHARACTERISTIC OF REACTIVITY
(1) A solid waste exhibits the characteristic of reactivity if a representative sample of the waste has any of the following properties:
(i) It is normally unstable and readily undergoes violent change without detonating.
(ii) It reacts violently with water.
(iii) It forms potentially explosive mixtures with water.
(iv) When mixed with water, it generates toxic gases, vapors or fumes in a quantity sufficient to present a danger to human health or the environment.
(v) It is a cyanide or sulfide bearing waste which, when exposed to pH conditions between 2 and 12.5, can generate toxic gases, vapors or fumes in a quantity sufficient to present a danger to human health or the environment.
(vi) It is capable of detonation or explosive reaction if it is subjected to a strong initiating source or if heated under confinement.
(vii) It is readily capable of detonation or explosive decomposition or reaction at standard temperature and pressure.
(viii) It is a "forbidden explosive" as defined in 49 CFR 173.54, or a "Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosive" as defined in 49 CFR 173.50 and 173.53, which are incorporated by reference.
(2) A solid waste that exhibits the characteristic of reactivity has the EPA Hazardous Waste Number of D003.
(g) TOXICITY CHARACTERISTIC
(1) A solid waste (except manufactured gas plant waste) exhibits the characteristic of toxicity if, using the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure, test Method 1311 in "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods," EPA Publication SW-846, as incorporated by reference in 40 CFR 260.11, see R315-1-2, the extract from a representative sample of the waste contains any of the contaminants listed in Table 1 of 40 CFR 261.24 at a concentration equal to or greater than the respective value given in that Table. Where the waste contains less than 0.5 percent filterable solids, the waste itself, after filtering using the methodology outlined in Method 1311, is considered to be the extract for the purposes of this paragraph.
(2) A solid waste that exhibits the characteristic of toxicity has the EPA Hazardous Waste Number specified in Table 1 of 40 CFR 261.24, which corresponds to the toxic contaminant causing it to be hazardous. Table 1 of 40 CFR 261.24, 1990 ed., is adopted and incorporated by reference.
R315-2-11. Discarded Commercial Chemical Products, Off-Specification Species, Container Residues, and Spill Residues Thereof.
The phrase "commercial chemical product or manufacturing chemical intermediate having the generic name listed in R315-2-11" refers to a chemical substance which is manufactured or formulated for commercial or manufacturing use which consists of the commercially pure grade of the chemical, any technical grades of the chemical that are produced or marketed, and all formulations in which the chemical is the sole active ingredient. It does not refer to a material, such as a manufacturing process waste, that contains any of the substances listed in paragraphs (e) or (f) of this section, which incorporate by reference, respectively, the lists of acute hazardous wastes and hazardous wastes in 40 CFR 261.33. Where a manufacturing process waste is deemed to be hazardous waste because it contains a substance listed in paragraphs (e) or (f) of this section, that waste will be listed in Section R315-2-10, which incorporates the lists of hazardous wastes in 40 CFR 261.31 and 261.32, or will be identified as a hazardous waste by the characteristics set forth in Section R315-2-9.
The following materials or items are hazardous wastes if and when they are discarded or intended to be discarded as described in Subsection R315-2-2(a)(2)(i), when they are mixed with waste oil or used oil or other material and applied to the land for dust suppression or road treatment, when they are otherwise applied to the land in lieu of their original intended use or when they are contained in products that are applied to the land in lieu of their original intended use, or when, in lieu of their original intended use, they are produced for use as, or a component of a fuel, distributed for use as a fuel, or burned as a fuel.
(a) Any commercial chemical product, or manufacturing chemical intermediate having the generic name listed in paragraphs (e) or (f) of this section, which incorporate by reference, respectively, the lists of acute hazardous wastes and hazardous wastes in 40 CFR 261.33.
(b) Any off-specification commercial chemical product or manufacturing chemical intermediate which, if it met specifications, would have the generic name listed in paragraphs (e) or (f) of this section, which incorporate by reference, respectively, the lists of acute hazardous wastes and hazardous wastes in 40 CFR 261.33.
(c) Any residue remaining in a container or in an inner liner removed from a container that has held any commercial chemical product or manufacturing chemical intermediate having the generic name listed in paragraph (e) or (f) of this section, which incorporate by reference, respectively, the lists of acute hazardous wastes and hazardous wastes in 40 CFR 261.33, unless the container is empty as defined in R315-2-7(b). Unless the residue is being beneficially used or reused, or legitimately recycled or reclaimed; or being accumulated, stored, transported or treated prior to such use, re-use, recycling or reclamation, the [
Board]Director considers the residue to be intended for discard and thus, a hazardous waste. An example of a legitimate re-use of the residue would be where the residue remains in the container and the container is used to hold the same commercial chemical product or manufacturing chemical intermediate it previously held. An example of the discard of the residue would be where the drum is sent to a drum reconditioner who reconditions the drum but discards the residue.(d) Any residue or contaminated soil, water or other debris resulting from the cleanup of a discharge, into or on any land or water, of any commercial chemical product or manufacturing chemical intermediate having the generic name listed in paragraphs (e) or (f) of this section, which incorporate by reference, respectively, the lists of acute hazardous wastes and hazardous wastes in 40 CFR 261.33, or any residue or contaminated soil, water or other debris resulting from the cleanup of a spill, into or on any land or water, of any off-specification chemical product and manufacturing chemical intermediate which, if it met specifications, would have the generic name listed in paragraph (e) or (f) of this section, which incorporate by reference, respectively, the lists of acute hazardous wastes and hazardous wastes in 40 CFR 261.33. Unless the residue is being beneficially used or reused, or legitimately recycled or reclaimed; or being accumulated, stored, transported or treated prior to such use, re-use, recycling or reclamation, the [
Board]Director considers the residue to be intended for discard, and thus a hazardous waste. An example of a legitimate re-use of the residue would be where the residue remains in the container and the container is used to hold the same commercial chemical product or manufacturing chemical product or manufacturing chemical intermediate it previously held. An example of the discard of the residue would be where the drum is sent to the drum reconditioner who reconditions the drum but discards the residue.(e) The listing of chemicals, found in 40 CFR 261.33(e), 1997 ed., is adopted and incorporated by reference, with the addition of the following waste:
(1) P999 Nerve, Military, and Chemical Agents (i.e., CX, GA, GB, GD, H, HD, HL, HN-1, HN-2, HN-3, HT, L, T, and VX.)
(f) The listing of chemicals, found in 40 CFR 261.33(f), 2010 ed., is adopted and incorporated by reference.
R315-2-12. Inspections.
Any duly authorized officer, employee or representative of the Department or the [
Board]Director may, at any reasonable time and upon presentation of appropriate credentials and upon providing the opportunity to have a representative of the owner, operator, or agent in charge to be present, enter upon and inspect any property, premise, or place on or at which hazardous wastes are generated, transported, stored, treated or disposed of, and may have access to and the right to copy any records relating to these wastes for the purpose of ascertaining the compliance with R315-1 through R315-101. Those persons referred to in this section may also inspect any waste and obtain samples thereof, including samples from any vehicle in which wastes are being transported or samples of any containers or labels. Any person obtaining samples shall give to the owner, operator or agent a receipt describing the sample obtained and, if requested, a portion of each sample of waste equal in volume or weight to the portion retained. If any analysis is made of those samples, a copy of the results of that analysis shall be furnished promptly to the owner, operator, or agent in charge.R315-2-13. Variances Authorized.
(a) Variances will be granted by the Board only to the extent allowed under State and Federal law.
(b) The Board may consider a variance request in accordance with the standard established in section 19-6-111.(c) The Board may, at its own instance, review any variance granted during the term for which a variance was granted.
(d) A person applying for a variance shall submit the application, in writing, to the [
Executive Secretary]Director. The application shall provide the following:(1) Citation of the statutory, regulatory, or permit requirement from which the variance is sought;
(2) For variances for which the Board promulgates or has promulgated specific rules, information meeting the requirements of those rules;
(3) Information demonstrating that application of or compliance with the requirement would cause undue or unreasonable hardship on the person applying for the variance;
(4) Proposed alternative requirements, if any;
(5) Information demonstrating that the variance will achieve the purpose and intent of the statutory, regulatory, or permit provision from which the variance is sought;
(6) Information demonstrating that any alternative requirement or requirements will adequately protect human health and the environment; and
(7) If no alternative requirement is proposed, information demonstrating that if the variance is granted, human health and the environment will be adequately protected.
(e) A person applying for a variance shall provide such additional information as the Board or the [
Executive Secretary]Director requires.(f) Nothing in R315-2-13(d) or (e) limits the authority of the Board to grant variances in accordance with the standard established in section 19-6-111. A person applying for a variance under R315-9-2 shall provide such information described under R315-2-13(d) as the [
Executive Secretary]Director directs.R315-2-15. Petitions for Equivalent Testing or Analytical Methods.
(a) Any person seeking to add a testing or analytical method to R315-2, R315-7, R315-8, or R315-50, which incorporates the testing and analytical methods of 40 CFR 261, may petition for a regulatory amendment under this section and R315-2-17. To be successful, the person shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Board that the proposed method is equal to or superior to the corresponding method prescribed in R315-2, R315-7, R315-8, or R315-50, in terms of its sensitivity, accuracy, and precision, i.e., reproducibility.
(b) Each petition shall include:
(1) The petitioner's name and address;
(2) A statement of the petitioner's interest in the proposed action;
(3) A description of the proposed action, including, where appropriate, suggested regulatory language;
(4) A statement of the need and justification for the proposed action, including any supporting tests, studies, or other information;
(5) A full description of the proposed method, including all procedural steps and equipment used in the method;
(6) A description of the types of wastes or waste matrices for which the proposed method may be used;
(7) Comparative results obtained from using the proposed method with those obtained from using the relevant or corresponding methods prescribed in R315-2, R315-7, R315-8, and R315-50;
(8) An assessment of any factors which may interfere with, or limit the use of, the proposed method; and
(9) A description of the quality control procedures necessary to ensure the sensitivity, accuracy, and precision of the proposed method.
(c) After receiving a petition for an equivalent method, the Board may request any additional information on the proposed method which it may reasonably require to evaluate the method.
(d) The Board will consider any petitions in accordance with rulemaking procedures outlined in Section 63G-3-601.
(e) Petitioner may, alternatively, proceed under the provisions of 40 CFR 260.21 to have an alternative analytical method approved by EPA. In the event approval is granted, the petitioner shall so notify the Board and the Director and the decision of EPA will be binding upon the Board and the Director.
R315-2-16. Petitions to Amend This Rule to Exclude a Waste Produced at a Particular Facility.
(a) The requirements of 40 CFR 260.22, 1993 ed., as amended by 58 FR 46040, August 31, 1993, regarding petitions to exclude a waste are adopted and incorporated by reference with the following amendments:
(1) Substitute "Board" for "Administrator;"
(2) Include the following paragraphs:
(i) The Board will consider any petitions in accordance with [
rulemaking procedures outlined in 63G-3, and in accordance with the procedures outlined in the Utah Administrative Procedures Act, 63G-4, and R315-12]Section 19-1-301.5.(ii) Petitioner may, alternatively, proceed under the provisions of 40 CFR 260.22 to have a particular waste delisted by EPA. In the event delisting is granted, the petitioner shall so notify the Board and the Director and the decision of EPA will be binding upon the Board and the Director unless, within 30 days after such notification, the Board specifically overrules the decision of EPA. In such event, the petitioner may petition the Board directly under this section for the relief sought.
R315-2-22. Additional Regulation of Certain Hazardous Waste Recycling Activities on a Case-by-Case Basis.
The provision regarding the regulation of certain hazardous waste recycling activities of 40 CFR 260.40, 1990 ed., is adopted and incorporated by reference with the following amendment:
Substitute "[
Executive Secretary]Director" for "Regional Administrator."R315-2-23. Procedures for Case-by-Case Regulation of Hazardous Waste Recycling Activities.
The [
Executive Secretary]Director shall use the following procedures when determining whether to regulate hazardous waste recycling activities described in R315-2-6, which incorporates by reference the requirements of 40 CFR 261.6 regarding recyclable materials, under the provisions of 40 CFR 261.6 (b) and (c), rather than under the provisions of 40 CFR 266.70 concerning precious metals recovery.(a) If a generator is accumulating the waste, the [
Executive Secretary]Director will issue a notice setting forth the factual basis for the decision and stating that the person must comply with the applicable requirements of R315-5. The notice will become final within 30 days, unless the person served requests a public hearing before the Board to challenge the decision. Upon receiving such a request, the Board will hold a hearing. The Board will provide notice of the hearing to the public and allow public participation at the hearing. The Board will issue a final order after the hearing stating whether or not compliance with R315-5 is required. The order becomes effective 30 days after service of the decision unless the Board specifies a later date.(b) If the person is accumulating the recyclable material as a storage facility, the notice will state that the person must obtain a hazardous waste permit in accordance with all applicable provisions of R315-3. The owner or operator of the facility must apply for a permit within no less than 60 days and no more than six months of notice, as specified in the notice. If the owner or operator of the facility wishes to challenge the Board's decision, he may do so in his hazardous waste permit, in a public hearing held on the draft permit, or in comments filed on the draft permit, or on the notice of intent to deny the permit. The fact sheet accompanying the permit will specify the reasons for the Board's determination. The question of whether the Board's decision was proper will remain open for consideration during the public comment period discussed under R315-4-1.11 and in any subsequent hearing.
R315-2-26. Exclusion of Comparable Fuel and Syngas Fuel.
The requirements of 40 CFR 261.38, 2010 ed., are adopted and incorporated by reference[
with the following exception:Substitute "Executive Secretary" for all references made to "Director"].KEY: hazardous waste[
s], administrative proceduresDate of Enactment or Last Substantive Amendment: [
January 13, 2012]2013Notice of Continuation: July 13, 2011
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 19-1-301; 19-6-105; 19-6-106; 63G-4-201 through 205; 63G-4-503
Document Information
- Effective Date:
- 4/15/2013
- Publication Date:
- 03/01/2013
- Filed Date:
- 02/15/2013
- Agencies:
- Environmental Quality,Solid and Hazardous Waste
- Rulemaking Authority:
Section 19-6-105
Section 19-6-107
Section 19-6-106
- Authorized By:
- Scott Anderson, Director
- DAR File No.:
- 37306
- Related Chapter/Rule NO.: (1)
- R315-2. General Requirements - Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste.