R315-264. Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities, R315. Environmental Quality, Waste Management and Radiation Control, Waste Management, Utah Administrative Code

Utah Administrative Code (Current through November 1, 2019)

R315. Environmental Quality, Waste Management and Radiation Control, Waste Management

R315-264. Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities

R315-264-1. General -- Purpose, Scope and Applicability

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(a) The purpose of Rule R315-264 is to establish minimum State of Utah standards which define the acceptable management of hazardous waste.

(b) The standards in Rule R315-264 apply to owners and operators of all facilities which treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste, except as specifically provided otherwise in Rules R315-264 or 261.

(d) The requirements of Rule R315-264 apply to a person disposing of hazardous waste by means of underground injection subject to a permit issued under an Underground Injection Control (UIC) program approved or promulgated under the Safe Drinking Water Act only to the extent they are required by 40 CFR 144.14. Rule R315-264 applies to the above-ground treatment or storage of hazardous waste before it is injected underground.

(e) The requirements of Rule R315-264 apply to the owner or operator of a POTW which treats, stores, or disposes of hazardous waste only to the extent they are included in a RCRA permit by rule granted to such a person under Rule R315-270.

(f) Reserved

(g) The requirements of Rule R315-264 do not apply to:

(1) The owner or operator of a facility permitted under Rules R315-301 through 320 to manage municipal or industrial solid waste, if the only hazardous waste the facility treats, stores, or disposes of is excluded from regulation under Rule R315-264 by Section R315-262-14;

(2) The owner or operator of a facility managing recyclable materials described in Subsections R315-261-6(a)(2), (3), and (4), except to the extent they are referred to in Rule R315-15 or Sections R315-266-20 through 23, 70, 80, or 100 through 112.

(3) A generator accumulating waste on site in compliance with Section R315-262-14, R315-262-15, R315-262-16, or R315-262-17;

(4) A farmer disposing of waste pesticides from his own use in compliance with Section R315-262-70; or

(5) The owner or operator of a totally enclosed treatment facility, as defined in Section R315-260-10.

(6) The owner or operator of an elementary neutralization unit or a wastewater treatment unit as defined in Section R315-260-10, provided that if the owner or operator is diluting hazardous ignitable (D001) wastes, other than the D001 High TOC Subcategory defined in Section R315-268-40, or reactive (D003) waste, to remove the characteristic before land disposal, the owner/operator shall comply with the requirements set out in Subsection R315-264-17(b).

(7) Reserved

(8)(i) Except as provided in Subsection R315-264-1(g)(8)(ii), a person engaged in treatment or containment activities during immediate response to any of the following situations:

(A) A discharge of a hazardous waste;

(B) An imminent and substantial threat of a discharge of hazardous waste;

(ii) An owner or operator of a facility otherwise regulated by Rule R315-264 shall comply with all applicable requirements of Sections R315-264-30 through 35, 37 and 50 through 56.

(iii) Any person who is covered by Subsection R315-264-1(g)(8)(i) and who continues or initiates hazardous waste treatment or containment activities after the immediate response is over is subject to all applicable requirements of Rule R315-264 and 40 CFR 122 and 123 and Rule R315-124 for those activities.

(iv) In the case of an explosives or munitions emergency response, if a Federal, State, Tribal or local official acting within the scope of his or her official responsibilities, or an explosives or munitions emergency response specialist, determines that immediate removal of the material or waste is necessary to protect human health or the environment, that official or specialist may authorize the removal of the material or waste by transporters who do not have EPA identification numbers and without the preparation of a manifest. In the case of emergencies involving military munitions, the responding military emergency response specialist's organizational unit shall retain records for three years identifying the dates of the response, the responsible persons responding, the type and description of material addressed, and its disposition.

(9) A transporter storing manifested shipments of hazardous waste in containers meeting the requirements of Section R315-262-30 at a transfer facility for a period of ten days or less.

(10) The addition of absorbent material to waste in a container, as defined in Section R315-260-10, or the addition of waste to absorbent material in a container, provided that these actions occur at the time waste is first placed in the container; and Subsections R315-264-17(b), 264-171, and 264-172 are complied with.

(11) Universal waste handlers and universal waste transporters, as defined in Section R315-260-10, handling the wastes listed below. These handlers are subject to regulation under Rule R315-273, when handling the below listed universal wastes.

(i) Batteries as described in Section R315-273-2;

(ii) Pesticides as described in Section R315-273-3;

(iii) Mercury-containing equipment as described in Section R315-273-4;

(iv) Lamps as described in Section R315-273-5;

(v) Antifreeze as described in Subsection R315-272-6(a); and

(vi) Aerosol cans as described in Subsection R315-273-6(b).

(h) The requirements of Rule R315-264 apply to owners or operators of all facilities which treat, store, or dispose of hazardous wastes referred to in Rule R315-268.

(i) Reserved

(j) The requirements of Sections R315-264-10 through 19, 30 through 37, 50 through 56, and 101 do not apply to remediation waste management sites. However, some remediation waste management sites may be a part of a facility that is subject to a traditional hazardous waste permit because the facility is also treating, storing or disposing of hazardous wastes that are not remediation wastes. In these cases, Sections R315-264-10 through 19, 30 through 37, 50 through 56, and 101 do apply to the facility subject to the traditional hazardous waste permit. Instead of the requirements of Sections R315-264-10 through 19, 30 through 37, and 50 through 56, owners or operators of remediation waste management sites shall:

(1) Obtain an EPA identification number by applying to the Administrator using EPA Form 8700-12;

(2) Obtain a detailed chemical and physical analysis of a representative sample of the hazardous remediation wastes to be managed at the site. At a minimum, the analysis shall contain all of the information which shall be known to treat, store or dispose of the waste according to Rules R315-264 and 268, and shall be kept accurate and up to date;

(3) Prevent people who are unaware of the danger from entering, and minimize the possibility for unauthorized people or livestock to enter onto the active portion of the remediation waste management site, unless the owner or operator can demonstrate to the Director that:

(i) Physical contact with the waste, structures, or equipment within the active portion of the remediation waste management site shall not injure people or livestock who may enter the active portion of the remediation waste management site; and

(ii) Disturbance of the waste or equipment by people or livestock who enter onto the active portion of the remediation waste management site, shall not cause a violation of the requirements of Rule R315-264;

(4) Inspect the remediation waste management site for malfunctions, deterioration, operator errors, and discharges that may be causing, or may lead to, a release of hazardous waste constituents to the environment, or a threat to human health. The owner or operator shall conduct these inspections often enough to identify problems in time to correct them before they harm human health or the environment, and shall remedy the problem before it leads to a human health or environmental hazard. Where a hazard is imminent or has already occurred, the owner/operator shall take remedial action immediately;

(5) Provide personnel with classroom or on-the-job training on how to perform their duties in a way that ensures the remediation waste management site complies with the requirements of Rule R315-264, and on how to respond effectively to emergencies;

(6) Take precautions to prevent accidental ignition or reaction of ignitable or reactive waste, and prevent threats to human health and the environment from ignitable, reactive and incompatible waste;

(7) For remediation waste management sites subject to regulation under Sections R315-264-170 through 179,190 through 200, 220 through 232, 250 through 259, 270 Through 283, 300 through 317, 340 through 351, and 600 through 603, the owner/operator shall design, construct, operate, and maintain a unit within a 100-year floodplain to prevent washout of any hazardous waste by a 100-year flood, unless the owner/operator can meet the demonstration of Subsection R315-264-18(b);

(8) Not place any non-containerized or bulk liquid hazardous waste in any salt dome formation, salt bed formation, underground mine or cave;

(9) Develop and maintain a construction quality assurance program for all surface impoundments, waste piles and landfill units that are required to comply with Subsections R315-264-221(c) and (d), 264-251(c) and (d), and 264-301(c) and (d) at the remediation waste management site, according to the requirements of Section R315-264-19;

(10) Develop and maintain procedures to prevent accidents and a contingency and emergency plan to control accidents that occur. These procedures shall address proper design, construction, maintenance, and operation of remediation waste management units at the site. The goal of the plan shall be to minimize the possibility of, and the hazards from a fire, explosion, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, soil, or surface water that could threaten human health or the environment. The plan shall explain specifically how to treat, store and dispose of the hazardous remediation waste in question, and shall be implemented immediately whenever a fire, explosion, or release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents which could threaten human health or the environment;

(11) Designate at least one employee, either on the facility premises or on call (that is, available to respond to an emergency by reaching the facility quickly), to coordinate all emergency response measures. This emergency coordinator shall be thoroughly familiar with all aspects of the facility's contingency plan, all operations and activities at the facility, the location and characteristics of waste handled, the location of all records within the facility, and the facility layout. In addition, this person shall have the authority to commit the resources needed to carry out the contingency plan;

(12) Develop, maintain and implement a plan to meet the requirements in Subsections R315-264-1(j)(2) through (j)(6) and (j)(9) through (j)(10); and

(13) Maintain records documenting compliance with Subsections R315-264-1(j)(1) through (j)(12).

R315-264-3. Relationship to Interim Status Standards

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A facility owner or operator who has fully complied with the requirements for interim status-as defined in section 3005(e) of RCRA and regulations under Section R315-270-70-shall comply with the regulations specified in Rule 265 in lieu of the regulations in Rule R315-264, until final administrative disposition of his permit application is made, except as provided under Sections R315-264-550 through 555.

R315-264-4. Imminent Hazard Action

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Notwithstanding any other provisions of these regulations, enforcement actions may be brought pursuant to Section 19-5-115.

R315-264-10. Applicability

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(a) The regulations in Sections R315-264-10 through 19 apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste facilities, except as provided in Section R315-264-1 and in Subsection R315-264-10(b).

(b) Subsection R315-264-18(b) applies only to facilities subject to regulation under Sections R315-264-170 through 179, 190 through 200, 220 through 232, 250 through 259, 270 through 283, 300 through 317, 340 through 351, and 600 through 603.

R315-264-11. Identification Number

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Every facility owner or operator shall apply to Director for an EPA identification number using EPA form 8700-12. Information on obtaining this number can be acquired by contacting the Utah Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control.

R315-264-12. General Facility Standards - Required Notices

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(a) The owner or operator of a facility that is arranging or has arranged to receive hazardous waste subject to Sections R315-262-80 through 262-84 from a foreign source shall submit the following required notices:

(1) As per Subsection R315-262-84(b), for imports where the competent authority of the country of export does not require the foreign exporter to submit to it a notification proposing export and obtain consent from EPA and the competent authorities for the countries of transit, such owner or operator of the facility, if acting as the importer, shall provide notification of the proposed transboundary movement in English to EPA using the allowable methods listed in Subsection R315-262-84(b)(1) at least 60 days before the first shipment is expected to depart the country of export. The notification may cover up to one year of shipments of wastes having similar physical and chemical characteristics, the same United Nations classification, the same RCRA waste codes and OECD waste codes, and being sent from the same foreign exporter.

(2) As per Subsection R315-262-84(d)(2)(xv), a copy of the movement document bearing all required signatures within three working days of receipt of the shipment to the foreign exporter; to the competent authorities of the countries of export and transit that control the shipment as an export and transit shipment of hazardous waste respectively; and on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, to EPA electronically using EPA's Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system. The original of the signed movement document shall be maintained at the facility for at least three years. The owner or operator of a facility may satisfy this recordkeeping requirement by retaining electronically submitted documents in the facility's account on EPA's Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system, provided that copies are readily available for viewing and production if requested by any EPA or Utah inspector. No owner or operator of a facility may be held liable for the inability to produce the documents for inspection under Section R315-264-12 if the owner or operator of a facility can demonstrate that the inability to produce the document is due exclusively to technical difficulty with EPA's Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system for which the owner or operator of a facility bears no responsibility.

(3) As per Subsection R315-262-84(f)(4), if the facility has physical control of the waste and it must be sent to an alternate facility or returned to the country of export, such owner or operator of the facility shall inform EPA, using the allowable methods listed in Subsection R315-262-84(b)(1) of the need to return or arrange alternate management of the shipment.

(4) As per Subsection R315-262-84(g), such owner or operator shall:

(i) Send copies of the signed and dated confirmation of recovery or disposal, as soon as possible, but no later than 30 days after completing recovery or disposal on the waste in the shipment and no later than one calendar year following receipt of the waste, to the foreign exporter, to the competent authority of the country of export that controls the shipment as an export of hazardous waste, and for shipments recycled or disposed of on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, to EPA electronically using EPA's Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system.

(ii) If the facility performed any of recovery operations R12, R13, or RC16, or disposal operations D13 through D15, or DC17, promptly send copies of the confirmation of recovery or disposal that it receives from the final recovery or disposal facility within one year of shipment delivery to the final recovery or disposal facility that performed one of recovery operations R1 through R11, or RC16, or one of disposal operations D1 through D12, or DC15 to DC16, to the competent authority of the country of export that controls the shipment as an export of hazardous waste, and on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, to EPA electronically using EPA's Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system. The recovery and disposal operations in Section R315-264-12(a)(4)(ii) are defined in Section R315-262-81.

(b) The owner or operator of a facility that receives hazardous waste from an off-site source, except where the owner or operator is also the generator, shall inform the generator in writing that he has the appropriate permit(s) for, and will accept, the waste the generator is shipping. The owner or operator shall keep a copy of this written notice as part of the operating record.

(c) Before transferring ownership or operation of a facility during its operating life, or of a disposal facility during the post-closure care period, the owner or operator shall notify the new owner or operator in writing of the requirements of Rule R315-264 and Rule R315-270. An owner's or operator's failure to notify the new owner or operator of the requirements of Rule R315-264 in no way relieves the new owner or operator of his obligation to comply with all applicable requirements.

R315-264-13. General Waste Analysis

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(a)(1) Before an owner or operator treats, stores, or disposes of any hazardous wastes, or nonhazardous wastes if applicable under Subsection R315-264-113(d), he shall obtain a detailed chemical and physical analysis of a representative sample of the wastes. At a minimum, the analysis shall contain all the information which shall be known to treat, store, or dispose of the waste in accordance with Rules R315-264 and 268.

(2) The analysis may include data developed under Rule R315-261, and existing published or documented data on the hazardous waste or on hazardous waste generated from similar processes. For example, the facility's records of analyses performed on the waste before the effective date of these regulations, or studies conducted on hazardous waste generated from processes similar to that which generated the waste to be managed at the facility, may be included in the data base required to comply with Subsection R315-264-13(a)(1). The owner or operator of an off-site facility may arrange for the generator of the hazardous waste to supply part of the information required by Subsection R315-264-13(a)(1), except as otherwise specified in Subsections R315-268-7(b) and (c). If the generator does not supply the information, and the owner or operator chooses to accept a hazardous waste, the owner or operator is responsible for obtaining the information required to comply with Section R315-264-13.

(3) The analysis shall be repeated as necessary to ensure that it is accurate and up to date. At a minimum, the analysis shall be repeated:

(i) When the owner or operator is notified, or has reason to believe, that the process or operation generating the hazardous wastes, or non-hazardous wastes if applicable under Subsection R315-264-113(d), has changed; and

(ii) For off-site facilities, when the results of the inspection required in Subsection R315-264-13(a)(4) indicate that the hazardous waste received at the facility does not match the waste designated on the accompanying manifest or shipping paper.

(4) The owner or operator of an off-site facility shall inspect and, if necessary, analyze each hazardous waste movement received at the facility to determine whether it matches the identity of the waste specified on the accompanying manifest or shipping paper.

(b) The owner or operator shall develop and follow a written waste analysis plan which describes the procedures which he will carry out to comply with Subsection R315-264-13(a). He shall keep this plan at the facility. At a minimum, the plan shall specify:

(1) The parameters for which each hazardous waste, or non-hazardous waste if applicable under Subsection R315-264-113(d), will be analyzed and the rationale for the selection of these parameters, i.e., how analysis for these parameters will provide sufficient information on the waste's properties to comply with Subsection R315-264-13(a);

(2) The test methods which will be used to test for these parameters;

(3) The sampling method which will be used to obtain a representative sample of the waste to be analyzed. A representative sample may be obtained using either:

(i) One of the sampling methods described in appendix I of Rule R315-261; or

(ii) An equivalent sampling method. See Section R315-260-21 for related discussion.

(4) The frequency with which the initial analysis of the waste will be reviewed or repeated to ensure that the analysis is accurate and up to date; and

(5) For off-site facilities, the waste analyses that hazardous waste generators have agreed to supply.

(6) Where applicable, the methods that will be used to meet the additional waste analysis requirements for specific waste management methods as specified in Sections R315-264-17, 264-314, 264-341, 264-1083, and 268-7 and Subsections R315-264-1034(d) and 264-1063(d).

(7) For surface impoundments exempted from land disposal restrictions under Subsection R315-268-4(a), the procedures and schedules for:

(i) The sampling of impoundment contents;

(ii) The analysis of test data; and,

(iii) The annual removal of residues which are not delisted under Section R315-260-22 or which exhibit a characteristic of hazardous waste and either:

(A) Do not meet applicable treatment standards of Sections R315-268-40 through 49; or

(B) Where no treatment standards have been established:

(I) Such residues are prohibited from land disposal under Section R315-268-32 or RCRA section 3004(d); or

(II) Such residues are prohibited from land disposal under Subsection R315-268-33(f).

(8) For owners and operators seeking an exemption to the air emission standards of Sections R315-264-1080 through 1091 in accordance with Section R315-264-1082:

(i) If direct measurement is used for the waste determination, the procedures and schedules for waste sampling and analysis, and the results of the analysis of test data to verify the exemption.

(ii) If knowledge of the waste is used for the waste determination, any information prepared by the facility owner or operator or by the generator of the hazardous waste, if the waste is received from off-site, that is used as the basis for knowledge of the waste.

(c) For off-site facilities, the waste analysis plan required in Subsection R315-264-13(b) shall also specify the procedures which will be used to inspect and, if necessary, analyze each movement of hazardous waste received at the facility to ensure that it matches the identity of the waste designated on the accompanying manifest or shipping paper. At a minimum, the plan shall describe:

(1) The procedures which will be used to determine the identity of each movement of waste managed at the facility; and

(2) The sampling method which will be used to obtain a representative sample of the waste to be identified, if the identification method includes sampling.

(3) The procedures that the owner or operator of an off-site landfill receiving containerized hazardous waste will use to determine whether a hazardous waste generator or treater has added a biodegradable sorbent to the waste in the container.

R315-264-14. Security

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(a) The owner or operator shall prevent the unknowing entry, and minimize the possibility for the unauthorized entry, of persons or livestock onto the active portion of his facility, unless he can demonstrate to the Director that:

(1) Physical contact with the waste, structures, or equipment within the active portion of the facility will not injure unknowing or unauthorized persons or livestock which may enter the active portion of a facility; and

(2) Disturbance of the waste or equipment, by the unknowing or unauthorized entry of persons or livestock onto the active portion of a facility, will not cause a violation of the requirements of Rule R315-264. An owner or operator who wishes to make the demonstration referred to above shall do so with part B of the permit application.

(b) Unless the owner or operator has made a successful demonstration under Subsection R315-264-14(a)(1) and (2), a facility shall have:

(1) A 24-hour surveillance system, e.g., television monitoring or surveillance by guards or facility personnel, which continuously monitors and controls entry onto the active portion of the facility; or

(2)(i) An artificial or natural barrier, e.g., a fence in good repair or a fence combined with a cliff, which completely surrounds the active portion of the facility; and

(ii) A means to control entry, at all times, through the gates or other entrances to the active portion of the facility, e.g., an attendant, television monitors, locked entrance, or controlled roadway access to the facility. The requirements of Subsection R315-264-14(b) are satisfied if the facility or plant within which the active portion is located itself has a surveillance system, or a barrier and a means to control entry, which complies with the requirements of Subsection R315-264-14(b)(1) or (2).

(c) Unless the owner or operator has made a successful demonstration under Subsection R315-264-14(a)(1) and (2), a sign with the legend, "Danger-Unauthorized Personnel Keep Out", shall be posted at each entrance to the active portion of a facility, and at other locations, in sufficient numbers to be seen from any approach to this active portion. The legend shall be written in English and in any other language predominant in the area surrounding the facility, e.g., facilities in counties bordering the Canadian province of Quebec shall post signs in French; facilities in counties bordering Mexico shall post signs in Spanish, and shall be legible from a distance of at least 25 feet. Existing signs with a legend other than "Danger-Unauthorized Personnel Keep Out" may be used if the legend on the sign indicates that only authorized personnel are allowed to enter the active portion, and that entry onto the active portion can be dangerous. See Subsection R315-264-117(b) for discussion of security requirements at disposal facilities during the post-closure care period.

R315-264-15. General Facility Standards -- General Inspection Requirements

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(a) The owner or operator shall inspect his facility for malfunctions and deterioration, operator errors, and discharges which may be causing-or may lead to-release of hazardous waste constituents to the environment or a threat to human health. The owner or operator shall conduct these inspections often enough to identify problems in time to correct them before they harm human health or the environment.

(b)(1) The owner or operator shall develop and follow a written schedule for inspecting monitoring equipment, safety and emergency equipment, security devices, and operating and structural equipment, such as dikes and sump pumps, that are important to preventing, detecting, or responding to environmental or human health hazards.

(2) He shall keep this schedule at the facility.

(3) The schedule shall identify the types of problems, e.g., malfunctions or deterioration, which are to be looked for during the inspection, e.g., inoperative sump pump, leaking fitting, eroding dike, etc.

(4) The frequency of inspection may vary for the items on the schedule. However, the frequency should be based on the rate of deterioration of the equipment and the probability of an environmental or human health incident if the deterioration, malfunction, or operator error goes undetected between inspections. Areas subject to spills, such as loading and unloading areas, shall be inspected daily when in use. At a minimum, the inspection schedule shall include the items and frequencies called for in Sections R315-264-174, 193, 195, 226, 254, 278, 303, 347, 602, 1033, 1052, 1053, 1058, and 1083 through 1089, where applicable. Rule R315-270 requires the inspection schedule to be submitted with part B of the permit application. The Director shall evaluate the schedule along with the rest of the application to ensure that it adequately protects human health and the environment. As part of this review, The Director may modify or amend the schedule as may be necessary.

(c) The owner or operator shall remedy any deterioration or malfunction of equipment or structures which the inspection reveals on a schedule which ensures that the problem does not lead to an environmental or human health hazard. Where a hazard is imminent or has already occurred, remedial action shall be taken immediately.

(d) The owner or operator shall record inspections in an inspection log or summary. He shall keep these records for at least three years from the date of inspection. At a minimum, these records shall include the date and time of the inspection, the name of the inspector, a notation of the observations made, and the date and nature of any repairs or other remedial actions.

R315-264-16. Personnel Training

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(a)(1) Facility personnel shall successfully complete a program of classroom instruction or on-the-job training that teaches them to perform their duties in a way that ensures the facility's compliance with the requirements of Rule R315-264. The owner or operator shall ensure that this program includes all the elements described in the document required under Subsection R315-264-16(d)(3). Rule R315-270 requires that owners and operators submit with part B of the RCRA permit application, an outline of the training program used, or to be used, at the facility and a brief description of how the training program is designed to meet actual job tasks.

(2) This program shall be directed by a person trained in hazardous waste management procedures, and shall include instruction which teaches facility personnel hazardous waste management procedures, including contingency plan implementation, relevant to the positions in which they are employed.

(3) At a minimum, the training program shall be designed to ensure that facility personnel are able to respond effectively to emergencies by familiarizing them with emergency procedures, emergency equipment, and emergency systems, including, where applicable:

(i) Procedures for using, inspecting, repairing, and replacing facility emergency and monitoring equipment;

(ii) Key parameters for automatic waste feed cut-off systems;

(iii) Communications or alarm systems;

(iv) Response to fires or explosions;

(v) Response to ground-water contamination incidents; and

(vi) Shutdown of operations.

(4) For facility employees that receive emergency response training pursuant to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations 29 CFR 1910.120(p)(8) and 1910.120(q), the facility is not required to provide separate emergency response training pursuant to Section R315-264-16, provided that the overall facility training meets all the requirements Section R315-264-16.

(b) Facility personnel shall successfully complete the program required in Subsection R315-264-16(a) within six months after the effective date of these regulations or six months after the date of their employment or assignment to a facility, or to a new position at a facility, whichever is later. Employees hired after the effective date of these regulations shall not work in unsupervised positions until they have completed the training requirements of Subsection R315-264-16(a).

(c) Facility personnel shall take part in an annual review of the initial training required in Subsection R315-264-16(a).

(d) The owner or operator shall maintain the following documents and records at the facility:

(1) The job title for each position at the facility related to hazardous waste management, and the name of the employee filling each job;

(2) A written job description for each position listed under Subsection R315-264-16(d)(1). This description may be consistent in its degree of specificity with descriptions for other similar positions in the same company location or bargaining unit, but shall include the requisite skill, education, or other qualifications, and duties of employees assigned to each position;

(3) A written description of the type and amount of both introductory and continuing training that will be given to each person filling a position listed under Subsection R315-264-16(d)(1);

(4) Records that document that the training or job experience required under Subsections R315-264-16(a), (b), and (c) has been given to, and completed by, facility personnel.

(e) Training records on current personnel shall be kept until closure of the facility; training records on former employees shall be kept for at least three years from the date the employee last worked at the facility. Personnel training records may accompany personnel transferred within the same company.

R315-264-17. General Requirements for Ignitable, Reactive, or Incompatible Wastes

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(a) The owner or operator shall take precautions to prevent accidental ignition or reaction of ignitable or reactive waste. This waste shall be separated and protected from sources of ignition or reaction including but not limited to: open flames; smoking; cutting and welding; hot surfaces; frictional heat; sparks, static, electrical, or mechanical; spontaneous ignition, e.g., from heat-producing chemical reactions; and radiant heat. While ignitable or reactive waste is being handled, the owner or operator shall confine smoking and open flame to specially designated locations. "No Smoking" signs shall be conspicuously placed wherever there is a hazard from ignitable or reactive waste.

(b) Where specifically required by other sections of Rule R315-264, the owner or operator of a facility that treats, stores or disposes ignitable or reactive waste, or mixes incompatible waste or incompatible wastes and other materials, shall take precautions to prevent reactions which:

(1) Generate extreme heat or pressure, fire or explosions, or violent reactions;

(2) Produce uncontrolled toxic mists, fumes, dusts, or gases in sufficient quantities to threaten human health or the environment;

(3) Produce uncontrolled flammable fumes or gases in sufficient quantities to pose a risk of fire or explosions;

(4) Damage the structural integrity of the device or facility;

(5) Through other like means threaten human health or the environment.

(c) When required to comply with Subsections R315-264-17(a) or (b), the owner or operator shall document that compliance. This documentation may be based on references to published scientific or engineering literature, data from trial tests, e.g., bench scale or pilot scale tests, waste analyses, as specified in Section R315-264-264-13, or the results of the treatment of similar wastes by similar treatment processes and under similar operating conditions.

R315-264-18. Location Standards

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(a) Seismic considerations.

(1) Portions of new facilities where treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste will be conducted shall not be located within 61 meters (200 feet) of a fault which has had displacement in Holocene time. Procedures for demonstrating compliance with this standard in part B of the permit application are specified in Subsection R315-270-14(b)(11). Facilities which are located in political jurisdictions other than those listed in appendix VI of Rule R315-264, are assumed to be in compliance with this requirement.

(2) As used in Subsection R315-264-18(a)(1):

(i) "Fault" means a fracture along which rocks on one side have been displaced with respect to those on the other side.

(ii) "Displacement" means the relative movement of any two sides of a fault measured in any direction.

(iii) "Holocene" means the most recent epoch of the Quaternary period, extending from the end of the Pleistocene to the present.

(b) Floodplains.

(1) A facility located in a 100-year floodplain shall be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained to prevent washout of any hazardous waste by a 100-year flood, unless the owner or operator can demonstrate to the Director's satisfaction that:

(i) Procedures are in effect which will cause the waste to be removed safely, before flood waters can reach the facility, to a location where the wastes will not be vulnerable to flood waters, provided that the facility where the waste is moved is a permitted hazardous waste disposal facility or a facility in interim status; or

(ii) For existing surface impoundments, waste piles, land treatment units, landfills, and miscellaneous units, no adverse effects on human health or the environment will result if washout occurs, considering:

(A) The volume and physical and chemical characteristics of the waste in the facility;

(B) The concentration of hazardous constituents that would potentially affect surface waters as a result of washout;

(C) The impact of such concentrations on the current or potential uses of and water quality standards established for the affected surface waters; and

(D) The impact of hazardous constituents on the sediments of affected surface waters or the soils of the 100-year floodplain that could result from washout.

(2) As used in Subsection R315-264-18(b)(1):

(i) "100-year floodplain" means any land area which is subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year from any source.

(ii) "Washout" means the movement of hazardous waste from the active portion of the facility as a result of flooding.

(iii) "100-year flood" means a flood that has a one percent chance of being equalled or exceeded in any given year.

(c) Salt dome formations, salt bed formations, underground mines and caves. The placement of any noncontainerized or bulk liquid hazardous waste in any salt dome formation, salt bed formation, underground mine or cave is prohibited, except for the Department of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Project in New Mexico.

R315-264-19. Construction Quality Assurance Program

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(a) CQA program.

(1) A construction quality assurance (CQA) program is required for all surface impoundment, waste pile, and landfill units that are required to comply with Subsections R315-264-221(c) and (d), 264-251(c) and (d), and 264-301(c) and (d). The program shall ensure that the constructed unit meets or exceeds all design criteria and specifications in the permit. The program shall be developed and implemented under the direction of a CQA officer who is a registered professional engineer.

(2) The CQA program shall address the following physical components, where applicable:

(i) Foundations;

(ii) Dikes;

(iii) Low-permeability soil liners;

(iv) Geomembranes, flexible membrane liners;

(v) Leachate collection and removal systems and leak detection systems; and

(vi) Final cover systems.

(b) Written CQA plan. The owner or operator of units subject to the CQA program under Subsection R315-264-19(a) shall develop and implement a written CQA plan. The plan shall identify steps that will be used to monitor and document the quality of materials and the condition and manner of their installation. The CQA plan shall include:

(1) Identification of applicable units, and a description of how they will be constructed.

(2) Identification of key personnel in the development and implementation of the CQA plan, and CQA officer qualifications.

(3) A description of inspection and sampling activities for all unit components identified in Subsection R315-264-19(a)(2), including observations and tests that will be used before, during, and after construction to ensure that the construction materials and the installed unit components meet the design specifications. The description shall cover: Sampling size and locations; frequency of testing; data evaluation procedures; acceptance and rejection criteria for construction materials; plans for implementing corrective measures; and data or other information to be recorded and retained in the operating record under Sections R315-264-73.

(1) The CQA program shall include observations, inspections, tests, and measurements sufficient to ensure:

(i) Structural stability and integrity of all components of the unit identified in Subsection R315-264-19(a)(2);

(ii) Proper construction of all components of the liners, leachate collection and removal system, leak detection system, and final cover system, according to permit specifications and good engineering practices, and proper installation of all components, e.g., pipes, according to design specifications;

(iii) Conformity of all materials used with design and other material specifications under Sections R315-264-221, 264-251, and 264-301.

(2) The CQA program shall include test fills for compacted soil liners, using the same compaction methods as in the full scale unit, to ensure that the liners are constructed to meet the hydraulic conductivity requirements of Subsections R315-264-221(c)(1)(i)(B), 264-251(c)(1)(i)(B), and 264-301(c)(1)(i)(B) in the field. Compliance with the hydraulic conductivity requirements shall be verified by using in-situ testing on the constructed test fill. The Director may accept an alternative demonstration, in lieu of a test fill, where data are sufficient to show that a constructed soil liner will meet the hydraulic conductivity requirements of Subsections R315-264-221(c)(1)(i)(B), 264-251(c)(1)(i)(B), and 264-301(c)(1)(i)(B) in the field.

(d) Certification. Waste shall not be received in a unit subject to Section R315-26419 until the owner or operator has submitted to the Director by certified mail or hand delivery a certification signed by the CQA officer that the approved CQA plan has been successfully carried out and that the unit meets the requirements of Subsections R315-264-221 (c) or (d), 264-251 (c) or (d), or 264-301 (c) or (d); and the procedure in Subsection R315-270-30(l)(2)(ii) has been completed. Documentation supporting the CQA officer's certification shall be furnished to the Director upon request.

R315-264-30. Applicability

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The regulations in Sections R316-264-30 through 37 apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste facilities, except as Section R315-264-1 provides otherwise.

R315-264-31. Design and Operation of Facility

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Facilities shall be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated to minimize the possibility of a fire, explosion, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, soil, or surface water which could threaten human health or the environment.

R315-264-32. Required Equipment

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All facilities shall be equipped with the following, unless it can be demonstrated to the Director that none of the hazards posed by waste handled at the facility could require a particular kind of equipment specified below:

(a) An internal communications or alarm system capable of providing immediate emergency instruction, voice or signal, to facility personnel;

(b) A device, such as a telephone, immediately available at the scene of operations, or a hand-held two-way radio, capable of summoning emergency assistance from local police departments, fire departments, or State or local emergency response teams;

(c) Portable fire extinguishers, fire control equipment; including special extinguishing equipment, such as that using foam, inert gas, or dry chemicals; spill control equipment; and decontamination equipment; and

(d) Water at adequate volume and pressure to supply water hose streams, or foam producing equipment, or automatic sprinklers, or water spray systems.

Rule R315-270 requires that an owner or operator who wishes to make the demonstration referred to above shall do so with part B of the permit application.

R315-264-33. Testing and Maintenance of Equipment

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All facility communications or alarm systems, fire protection equipment, spill control equipment, and decontamination equipment, where required, shall be tested and maintained as necessary to assure its proper operation in time of emergency.

R315-264-34. Access to Communications or Alarm System

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(a) Whenever hazardous waste is being poured, mixed, spread, or otherwise handled, all personnel involved in the operation shall have immediate access to an internal alarm or emergency communication device, either directly or through visual or voice contact with another employee, unless the Director has ruled that such a device is not required under Section R315-264-32.

(b) If there is ever just one employee on the premises while the facility is operating, he shall have immediate access to a device, such as a telephone, immediately available at the scene of operation, or a hand-held two-way radio, capable of summoning external emergency assistance, unless the Director has ruled that such a device is not required under Section R315-264-32.

R315-264-35. Required Aisle Space

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The owner or operator shall maintain aisle space to allow the unobstructed movement of personnel, fire protection equipment, spill control equipment, and decontamination equipment to any area of facility operation in an emergency, unless it can be demonstrated to the Director that aisle space is not needed for any of these purposes. This demonstration shall be made with the part B permit application.

R315-264-37. Arrangements with Local Authorities

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(a) The owner or operator shall attempt to make the following arrangements, as appropriate for the type of waste handled at his facility and the potential need for the services of these organizations:

(1) Arrangements to familiarize police, fire departments, and emergency response teams with the layout of the facility, properties of hazardous waste handled at the facility and associated hazards, places where facility personnel would normally be working, entrances to and roads inside the facility, and possible evacuation routes;

(2) Where more than one police and fire department might respond to an emergency, agreements designating primary emergency authority to a specific police and a specific fire department, and agreements with any others to provide support to the primary emergency authority;

(3) Agreements with State emergency response teams, emergency response contractors, and equipment suppliers; and

(4) Arrangements to familiarize local hospitals with the properties of hazardous waste handled at the facility and the types of injuries or illnesses which could result from fires, explosions, or releases at the facility.

(b) Where State or local authorities decline to enter into such arrangements, the owner or operator shall document the refusal in the operating record.

R315-264-50. Contingency Plan and Emergency Procedures -- Applicability

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The regulations in Sections R315-264-50 through 56 apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste facilities, except as Section R315-264-1 provides otherwise.

R315-264-51. Purpose and Implementation of Contingency Plan

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(a) Each owner or operator shall have a contingency plan for his facility. The contingency plan shall be designed to minimize hazards to human health or the environment from fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, soil, or surface water.

(b) The provisions of the plan shall be carried out immediately whenever there is a fire, explosion, or release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents which could threaten human health or the environment.

R315-264-52. Content of Contingency Plan

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(a) The contingency plan shall describe the actions facility personnel shall take to comply with Sections R315-264-51 and 56 in response to fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, soil, or surface water at the facility.

(b) If the owner or operator has already prepared a Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) Plan in accordance with 40 CFR 112, or some other emergency or contingency plan, he need only amend that plan to incorporate hazardous waste management provisions that are sufficient to comply with the requirements of Rule R315-264. The owner or operator may develop one contingency plan which meets all regulatory requirements. EPA recommends that the plan be based on the National Response Team's Integrated Contingency Plan Guidance ("One Plan"). When modifications are made to non-RCRA provisions in an integrated contingency plan, the changes do not trigger the need for a RCRA permit modification.

(c) The plan shall describe arrangements agreed to by local police departments, fire departments, hospitals, contractors, and State and local emergency response teams to coordinate emergency services, pursuant to Section R315-264-37.

(d) The plan shall list names, addresses, and phone numbers, office and home, of all persons qualified to act as emergency coordinator, see Section R315-264-55, and this list shall be kept up to date. Where more than one person is listed, one shall be named as primary emergency coordinator and others shall be listed in the order in which they will assume responsibility as alternates. For new facilities, this information shall be supplied to the Director at the time of certification, rather than at the time of permit application.

(e) The plan shall include a list of all emergency equipment at the facility; such as fire extinguishing systems, spill control equipment, communications and alarm systems, internal and external, and decontamination equipment; where this equipment is required. This list shall be kept up to date. In addition, the plan shall include the location and a physical description of each item on the list, and a brief outline of its capabilities.

(f) The plan shall include an evacuation plan for facility personnel where there is a possibility that evacuation could be necessary. This plan shall describe signal(s) to be used to begin evacuation, evacuation routes, and alternate evacuation routes, in cases where the primary routes could be blocked by releases of hazardous waste or fires.

R315-264-53. Copies of Contingency Plan

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A copy of the contingency plan and all revisions to the plan shall be:

(a) Maintained at the facility;

(b) Submitted to all local police departments, fire departments, hospitals, and State and local emergency response teams that may be called upon to provide emergency services; and

(c) Made available upon request. The contingency plan shall be submitted to the Director with Part B of the permit application under Rule R315-270 and, after modification or approval, will become a condition of any permit issued.

R315-264-54. Amendment of Contingency Plan

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The contingency plan shall be reviewed, and immediately amended, if necessary, whenever:

(a) The facility permit is revised;

(b) The plan fails in an emergency;

(c) The facility changes-in its design, construction, operation, maintenance, or other circumstances-in a way that materially increases the potential for fires, explosions, or releases of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents, or changes the response necessary in an emergency;

(d) The list of emergency coordinators changes; or

(e) The list of emergency equipment changes.

R315-264-55. Emergency Coordinator

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At all times, there shall be at least one employee either on the facility premises or on call, i.e., available to respond to an emergency by reaching the facility within a short period of time, with the responsibility for coordinating all emergency response measures. This emergency coordinator shall be thoroughly familiar with all aspects of the facility's contingency plan, all operations and activities at the facility, the location and characteristics of waste handled, the location of all records within the facility, and the facility layout. In addition, this person shall have the authority to commit the resources needed to carry out the contingency plan. The emergency coordinator's responsibilities are more fully spelled out in Section R315-264-56. Applicable responsibilities for the emergency coordinator vary, depending on factors such as type and variety of waste(s) handled by the facility, and type and complexity of the facility.

R315-264-56. Emergency Procedures

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(a) Whenever there is an imminent or actual emergency situation, the emergency coordinator, or his designee when the emergency coordinator is on call, shall immediately:

(1) Activate internal facility alarms or communication systems, where applicable, to notify all facility personnel; and

(2) Notify appropriate State or local agencies with designated response roles if their help is needed.

(b) Whenever there is a release, fire, or explosion, the emergency coordinator shall immediately identify the character, exact source, amount, and areal extent of any released materials. He may do this by observation or review of facility records or manifests, and, if necessary, by chemical analysis.

(c) Concurrently, the emergency coordinator shall assess possible hazards to human health or the environment that may result from the release, fire, or explosion. This assessment shall consider both direct and indirect effects of the release, fire, or explosion, e.g., the effects of any toxic, irritating, or asphyxiating gases that are generated, or the effects of any hazardous surface water run-off from water or chemical agents used to control fire and heat-induced explosions.

(d) If the emergency coordinator determines that the facility has had a release, fire, or explosion which could threaten human health, or the environment, outside the facility, he shall report his findings as follows:

(1) If his assessment indicates that evacuation of local areas may be advisable, he shall immediately notify appropriate local authorities. He shall be available to help appropriate officials decide whether local areas should be evacuated; and

(2) He shall immediately notify Utah Department of Environmental Quality as specified in Section R315-263-30 and either the government official designated as the on-scene coordinator for that geographical area, or the National Response Center (using their 24-hour toll free number 800/424-8802). The report shall include:

(i) Name and telephone number of reporter;

(ii) Name and address of facility;

(iii) Time and type of incident (e.g., release, fire);

(iv) Name and quantity of material(s) involved, to the extent known;

(v) The extent of injuries, if any; and

(vi) The possible hazards to human health, or the environment, outside the facility.

(e) During an emergency, the emergency coordinator shall take all reasonable measures necessary to ensure that fires, explosions, and releases do not occur, recur, or spread to other hazardous waste at the facility. These measures shall include, where applicable, stopping processes and operations, collecting and containing release waste, and removing or isolating containers.

(f) If the facility stops operations in response to a fire, explosion, or release, the emergency coordinator shall monitor for leaks, pressure buildup, gas generation, or ruptures in valves, pipes, or other equipment, wherever this is appropriate.

(g) Immediately after an emergency, the emergency coordinator shall provide for treating, storing, or disposing of recovered waste, contaminated soil or surface water, or any other material that results from a release, fire, or explosion at the facility. Unless the owner or operator can demonstrate, in accordance with Subsection R315-261-3(c) or (d), that the recovered material is not a hazardous waste, the owner or operator becomes a generator of hazardous waste and shall manage it in accordance with all applicable requirements of Rules R315-262, 263, and 264.

(h) The emergency coordinator shall ensure that, in the affected area(s) of the facility:

(1) No waste that may be incompatible with the released material is treated, stored, or disposed of until cleanup procedures are completed; and

(2) All emergency equipment listed in the contingency plan is cleaned and fit for its intended use before operations are resumed.

(i) The owner or operator shall note in the operating record the time, date, and details of any incident that requires implementing the contingency plan. Within 15 days after the incident, he shall submit a written report on the incident to the Director. The report shall include:

(1) Name, address, and telephone number of the owner or operator;

(2) Name, address, and telephone number of the facility;

(3) Date, time, and type of incident (e.g., fire, explosion);

(4) Name and quantity of material(s) involved;

(5) The extent of injuries, if any;

(6) An assessment of actual or potential hazards to human health or the environment, where this is applicable; and

(7) Estimated quantity and disposition of recovered material that resulted from the incident.

(j) The facility owner or operator shall notify the Director and other appropriate federal, State, and local authorities, that the facility is in compliance with R315-264-56(h) before operations are resumed in the affected area(s) of the facility.

R315-264-70. Manifest System, Recordkeeping, and Reporting -- Applicability

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(a) The regulations in Sections R315-264-70 through 77 apply to owners and operators of both on-site and off-site facilities, except as Section R315-264-1 provides otherwise. Sections R315-264-71, 72, and 76 do not apply to owners and operators of on-site facilities that do not receive any hazardous waste from off-site sources. Subsection R315-264-73(b) only applies to permittees who treat, store, or dispose of hazardous wastes on-site where such wastes were generated.

R315-264-71. Manifest System, Recordkeeping, and Reporting -- Use of Manifest System

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(a)(1) If a facility receives hazardous waste accompanied by a manifest, the owner, operator or his/her agent shall sign and date the manifest as indicated in Subsection R315-264-71(a)(2) to certify that the hazardous waste covered by the manifest was received, that the hazardous waste was received except as noted in the discrepancy space of the manifest, or that the hazardous waste was rejected as noted in the manifest discrepancy space.

(2) If the facility receives a hazardous waste shipment accompanied by a manifest, the owner, operator, or his agent shall:

(i) Sign and date, by hand, each copy of the manifest;

(ii) Note any discrepancies, as defined in Subsection R315-264-72(a), on each copy of the manifest;

(iii) Immediately give the transporter at least one copy of the manifest;

(iv) Within 30 days of delivery, send a copy, Page 3, of the manifest to the generator,

(v) Within 30 days of delivery, send the top copy, Page 1, of the Manifest to the e-Manifest system for purposes of data entry and processing. In lieu of mailing this paper copy to EPA, the owner or operator may transmit to the EPA system an image file of Page 1 of the manifest, or both a data string file and the image file corresponding to Page 1 of the manifest. Any data or image files transmitted to EPA under Subsection R315-264-71(a) shall be submitted in data file and image file formats that are acceptable to EPA and that are supported by EPA's electronic reporting requirements and by the electronic manifest system.

(vi) Retain at the facility a copy of each manifest for at least three years from the date of delivery.

(3) The owner or operator of a facility receiving hazardous waste subject to Sections R315-262-80 through 262-84 from a foreign source shall:

(i) Additionally list the relevant consent number from consent documentation supplied by EPA to the facility for each waste listed on the manifest, matched to the relevant list number for the waste from block 9b. If additional space is needed, the owner or operator should use a Continuation Sheet(s), EPA Form 8700-22A; and

(ii) Send a copy of the manifest within 30 days of delivery to EPA using the addresses listed in Subsection R315-262-82(e) until the facility can submit such a copy to the e-Manifest system per Subsection R315-264-71(a)(2)(v).

(b) If a facility receives, from a rail or water (bulk shipment) transporter, hazardous waste which is accompanied by a shipping paper containing all the information required on the manifest; excluding the EPA identification numbers, generator's certification, and signatures; the owner or operator, or his agent, shall:

(1) Sign and date each copy of the manifest or shipping paper, if the manifest has not been received, to certify that the hazardous waste covered by the manifest or shipping paper was received;

(2) Note any significant discrepancies, as defined in Subsection R315-264-72(a), in the manifest or shipping paper, if the manifest has not been received, on each copy of the manifest or shipping paper. The Director does not intend that the owner or operator of a facility whose procedures under R315-264-13(c) include waste analysis shall perform that analysis before signing the shipping paper and giving it to the transporter. Subsection R315-264-72(b), however, requires reporting an unreconciled discrepancy discovered during later analysis.

(3) Immediately give the rail or water (bulk shipment) transporter at least one copy of the manifest or shipping paper, if the manifest has not been received;

(4) Within 30 days after the delivery, send a copy of the signed and dated manifest or a signed and dated copy of the shipping paper, if the manifest has not been received within 30 days after delivery, to the generator; and

Comment: Subsection R315-262-23(c) requires the generator to send three copies of the manifest to the facility when hazardous waste is sent by rail or water (bulk shipment).

(5) Retain at the facility a copy of the manifest and shipping paper, if signed in lieu of the manifest at the time of delivery, for at least three years from the date of delivery.

(c) Whenever a shipment of hazardous waste is initiated from a facility, the owner or operator of that facility shall comply with the requirements of Rule R315-262. The provisions of Sections R315-262-15, R315-262-16, and R315-262-17 are applicable to the on-site accumulation of hazardous wastes by generators. Therefore, the provisions of Sections R315-262-15, R315-262-16, and R315-262-17 only apply to owners or operators who are shipping hazardous waste which they generated at that facility or operating as a large quantity generator consolidating hazardous waste from very small quantity generators under Subsection R315-262-17(f).

(d) As per Subsection R315-262-84(d)(2)(xv), within three working days of the receipt of a shipment subject to Sections R315-262-80 through 262-84 the owner or operator of a facility shall provide a copy of the movement document bearing all required signatures to the foreign exporter; to the competent authorities of the countries of export and transit that control the shipment as an export and transit of hazardous waste respectively; and on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, to EPA electronically using EPA's Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system. The original copy of the movement document shall be maintained at the facility for at least three years from the date of signature. The owner or operator of a facility may satisfy this recordkeeping requirement by retaining electronically submitted documents in the facility's account on EPA's Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system, provided that copies are readily available for viewing and production if requested by any EPA or Utah inspector. No owner or operator of a facility may be held liable for the inability to produce the documents for inspection under Section R315-264-71 if the owner or operator of a facility can demonstrate that the inability to produce the document is due exclusively to technical difficulty with EPA's Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system, for which the owner or operator of a facility bears no responsibility.

(e) A facility shall determine whether the consignment state for a shipment regulates any additional wastes, beyond those regulated Federally, as hazardous wastes under its state hazardous waste program. Facilities shall also determine whether the consignment state or generator state requires the facility to submit any copies of the manifest to these states.

(f) Legal equivalence to paper manifests. Electronic manifests that are obtained, completed, and transmitted in accordance with Subsection R315-262-20(a)(3), and used in accordance with Section R315-264-71 in lieu of the paper manifest form are the legal equivalent of paper manifest forms bearing handwritten signatures, and satisfy for all purposes any requirement in these regulations to obtain, complete, sign, provide, use, or retain a manifest.

(1) Any requirement in these regulations for the owner or operator of a facility to sign a manifest or manifest certification by hand, or to obtain a handwritten signature, is satisfied by signing with or obtaining a valid and enforceable electronic signature within the meaning of Section R315-262-25.

(2) Any requirement in these regulations to give, provide, send, forward, or to return to another person a copy of the manifest is satisfied when a copy of an electronic manifest is transmitted to the other person.

(3) Any requirement in these regulations for a manifest to accompany a hazardous waste shipment is satisfied when a copy of an electronic manifest is accessible during transportation and forwarded to the person or persons who are scheduled to receive delivery of the waste shipment.

(4) Any requirement in these regulations for an owner or operator to keep or retain a copy of each manifest is satisfied by the retention of the facility's electronic manifest copies in its account on the e-Manifest system, provided that such copies are readily available for viewing and production if requested by any EPA or Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control inspector.

(5) No owner or operator may be held liable for the inability to produce an electronic manifest for inspection under Section R315-264-71 if the owner or operator can demonstrate that the inability to produce the electronic manifest is due exclusively to a technical difficulty with the electronic manifest system for which the owner or operator bears no responsibility.

(g) An owner or operator may participate in the electronic manifest system either by accessing the electronic manifest system from the owner's or operator's electronic equipment, or by accessing the electronic manifest system from portable equipment brought to the owner's or operator's site by the transporter who delivers the waste shipment to the facility.

(h) Special procedures applicable to replacement manifests. If a facility receives hazardous waste that is accompanied by a paper replacement manifest for a manifest that was originated electronically, the following procedures apply to the delivery of the hazardous waste by the final transporter:

(1) Upon delivery of the hazardous waste to the designated facility, the owner or operator shall sign and date each copy of the paper replacement manifest by hand in Item 20, Designated Facility Certification of Receipt, and note any discrepancies in Item 18, Discrepancy Indication Space, of the paper replacement manifest,

(2) The owner or operator of the facility shall give back to the final transporter one copy of the paper replacement manifest,

(3) Within 30 days of delivery of the waste to the designated facility, the owner or operator of the facility shall send one signed and dated copy of the paper replacement manifest to the generator, and send an additional signed and dated copy of the paper replacement manifest to the electronic manifest system, and

(4) The owner or operator of the facility shall retain at the facility one copy of the paper replacement manifest for at least three years from the date of delivery.

(i) Special procedures applicable to electronic signature methods undergoing tests. If an owner or operator using an electronic manifest signs this manifest electronically using an electronic signature method which is undergoing pilot or demonstration tests aimed at demonstrating the practicality or legal dependability of the signature method, then the owner or operator shall also sign with an ink signature the facility's certification of receipt or discrepancies on the printed copy of the manifest provided by the transporter. Upon executing its ink signature on this printed copy, the owner or operator shall retain this original copy among its records for at least 3 years from the date of delivery of the waste.

(j) Imposition of user fee for electronic manifest use. An owner or operator who is a user of the electronic manifest format may be assessed a user fee by EPA for the origination or processing of each electronic manifest. An owner or operator may also be assessed a user fee by EPA for the collection and processing of paper manifest copies that owners or operators shall submit to the electronic manifest system operator under Subsection R315-264-71(a)(2)(v). EPA shall maintain and update from time-to-time the current schedule of electronic manifest system user fees, which shall be determined based on current and projected system costs and level of use of the electronic manifest system. The current schedule of electronic manifest user fees shall be published as an appendix to 40 CFR 262.

(k) Electronic manifest signatures. Electronic manifest signatures shall meet the criteria described in Section R315-262-25.

R315-264-72. Manifest Discrepancies

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(a) Manifest discrepancies are:

(1) Significant differences, as defined by Subsection R315-264-72(b), between the quantity or type of hazardous waste designated on the manifest or shipping paper, and the quantity and type of hazardous waste a facility actually receives;

(2) Rejected wastes, which may be a full or partial shipment of hazardous waste that the treatment, storage, or disposal facility cannot accept; or

(3) Container residues, which are residues that exceed the quantity limits for "empty" containers set forth in Subsection R315-261-7(b).

(b) Significant differences in quantity are: For bulk waste, variations greater than 10 percent in weight; for batch waste, any variation in piece count, such as a discrepancy of one drum in a truckload. Significant differences in type are obvious differences which can be discovered by inspection or waste analysis, such as waste solvent substituted for waste acid, or toxic constituents not reported on the manifest or shipping paper.

(c) Upon discovering a significant difference in quantity or type, the owner or operator shall attempt to reconcile the discrepancy with the waste generator or transporter, e.g., with telephone conversations. If the discrepancy is not resolved within 15 days after receiving the waste, the owner or operator shall immediately submit to the Director a letter describing the discrepancy and attempts to reconcile it, and a copy of the manifest or shipping paper at issue.

(d)(1) Upon rejecting waste or identifying a container residue that exceeds the quantity limits for "empty" containers set forth in Subsection R315-261-7(b), the facility shall consult with the generator prior to forwarding the waste to another facility that can manage the waste. If it is impossible to locate an alternative facility that can receive the waste, the facility may return the rejected waste or residue to the generator. The facility shall send the waste to the alternative facility or to the generator within 60 days of the rejection or the container residue identification.

(2) While the facility is making arrangements for forwarding rejected wastes or residues to another facility under Section R315-264-72, it shall ensure that either the delivering transporter retains custody of the waste, or, the facility shall provide for secure, temporary custody of the waste, pending delivery of the waste to the first transporter designated on the manifest prepared under Subsections R315-264-72(e) or (f).

(e) Except as provided in Subsections R315-264-72(e)(7), for full or partial load rejections and residues that are to be sent off-site to an alternate facility, the facility is required to prepare a new manifest in accordance with Subsection R315-262-20(a) and the following instructions:

(1) Write the generator's U.S. EPA ID number in Item 1 of the new manifest. Write the generator's name and mailing address in Item 5 of the new manifest. If the mailing address is different from the generator's site address, then write the generator's site address in the designated space for Item 5.

(2) Write the name of the alternate designated facility and the facility's U.S. EPA ID number in the designated facility block, Item 8, of the new manifest.

(3) Copy the manifest tracking number found in Item 4 of the old manifest to the Special Handling and Additional Information Block of the new manifest, and indicate that the shipment is a residue or rejected waste from the previous shipment.

(4) Copy the manifest tracking number found in Item 4 of the new manifest to the manifest reference number line in the Discrepancy Block of the old manifest, Item 18a.

(5) Write the DOT description for the rejected load or the residue in Item 9, U.S. DOT Description, of the new manifest and write the container types, quantity, and volume(s) of waste.

(6) Sign the Generator's/Offeror's Certification to certify, as the offeror of the shipment, that the waste has been properly packaged, marked and labeled and is in proper condition for transportation, and mail a signed copy of the manifest to the generator identified in Item 5 of the new manifest.

(7) For full load rejections that are made while the transporter remains present at the facility, the facility may forward the rejected shipment to the alternate facility by completing Item 18b of the original manifest and supplying the information on the next destination facility in the Alternate Facility space. The facility shall retain a copy of this manifest for its records, and then give the remaining copies of the manifest to the transporter to accompany the shipment. If the original manifest is not used, then the facility shall use a new manifest and comply with Subsections R315-264-72(e)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6).

(f) Except as provided in Subsection R315-264-72(f)(7), for rejected wastes and residues that shall be sent back to the generator, the facility is required to prepare a new manifest in accordance with Subsection R315-262-20(a) and the following instructions:

(1) Write the facility's U.S. EPA ID number in Item 1 of the new manifest. Write the facility's name and mailing address in Item 5 of the new manifest. If the mailing address is different from the facility's site address, then write the facility's site address in the designated space for Item 5 of the new manifest.

(2) Write the name of the initial generator and the generator's U.S. EPA ID number in the designated facility block, Item 8, of the new manifest.

(4) Copy the manifest tracking number found in Item 4 of the new manifest to the manifest reference number line in the Discrepancy Block of the old manifest, Item 18a.

(5) Write the DOT description for the rejected load or the residue in Item 9, U.S. DOT Description, of the new manifest and write the container types, quantity, and volume(s) of waste.

(6) Sign the Generator's/Offeror's Certification to certify, as offeror of the shipment, that the waste has been properly packaged, marked and labeled and is in proper condition for transportation.

(7) For full load rejections that are made while the transporter remains at the facility, the facility may return the shipment to the generator with the original manifest by completing Item 18a and 18b of the manifest and supplying the generator's information in the Alternate Facility space. The facility shall retain a copy for its records and then give the remaining copies of the manifest to the transporter to accompany the shipment. If the original manifest is not used, then the facility shall use a new manifest and comply with Subsections R315-264-72(f)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (8).

(8) For full or partial load rejections and container residues contained in non-empty containers that are returned to the generator, the facility shall also comply with the exception reporting requirements in Subsection R315-262-42(a).

(g) If a facility rejects a waste or identifies a container residue that exceeds the quantity limits for "empty" containers set forth in Subsection R315-261-7(b) after it has signed, dated, and returned a copy of the manifest to the delivering transporter or to the generator, the facility shall amend its copy of the manifest to indicate the rejected wastes or residues in the discrepancy space of the amended manifest. The facility shall also copy the manifest tracking number from Item 4 of the new manifest to the Discrepancy space of the amended manifest, and shall re-sign and date the manifest to certify to the information as amended. The facility shall retain the amended manifest for at least three years from the date of amendment, and shall within 30 days, send a copy of the amended manifest to the transporter and generator that received copies prior to their being amended.

R315-264-73. Operating Record

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(a) The owner or operator shall keep a written operating record at his facility.

(b) The following information shall be recorded, as it becomes available, and maintained in the operating record for three years unless noted as follows:

(1) A description and the quantity of each hazardous waste received, and the method(s) and date(s) of its treatment, storage, or disposal at the facility as required by appendix I of Rule R315-264. This information shall be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility;

(2) The location of each hazardous waste within the facility and the quantity at each location. For disposal facilities, the location and quantity of each hazardous waste shall be recorded on a map or diagram that shows each cell or disposal area. For all facilities, this information shall include cross-references to manifest document numbers if the waste was accompanied by a manifest. This information shall be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility. See Section R315-264-119 for related requirements.

(3) Records and results of waste analyses and waste determinations performed as specified in Sections R315-264-13, 17, 314, 341, 1034, 1063, 1083, and 268-7, and Subsection R315-268-4(a).

(4) Summary reports and details of all incidents that require implementing the contingency plan as specified in Subsection R315-264-56(j);

(5) Records and results of inspections as required by Subsection R315-264-15(d), except these data need be kept only three years;

(6) Monitoring, testing or analytical data, and corrective action where required by Sections R315-264-90 through 101, and Sections R315-264-19, 191, 193, 195, 222, 223, 226, 252, 254, 276, 278, 280, 302, 304, 309, 602, 1035, 1064, and 1082 through 1090 and Subsections R315-264-1034(c), 1034(f), 1063(d), and 1063(i). Maintain in the operating record for three years, except for records and results pertaining to ground-water monitoring and cleanup which shall be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility.

(7) For off-site facilities, notices to generators as specified in Subsection R315-264-12(b); and

(8) All closure cost estimates under Section R315-264-142, and for disposal facilities, all post-closure cost estimates under Section R315-264-144. This information shall be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility.

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

(10) Records of the quantities and date of placement for each shipment of hazardous waste placed in land disposal units under an extension to the effective date of any land disposal restriction granted pursuant to Section R315-268-5, a petition pursuant to Section R315-268-6, or a certification under R315-268-8, and the applicable notice required by a generator under Subsection R315-268-7(a). This information shall be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility.

(11) For an off-site treatment facility, a copy of the notice, and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required by the generator or the owner or operator under Sections R315-268-7 or 8;

(12) For an on-site treatment facility, the information contained in the notice, except the manifest number, and the certification and demonstration if applicable, required by the generator or the owner or operator under Sections R315-268-7 or 8;

(13) For an off-site land disposal facility, a copy of the notice, and the certification and demonstration if applicable, required by the generator or the owner or operator of a treatment facility under Sections R315-268-7 or 8, whichever is applicable; and

(14) For an on-site land disposal facility, the information contained in the notice required by the generator or owner or operator of a treatment facility under Section R315-268-7, except for the manifest number, and the certification and demonstration if applicable, required under Section R315-268-8, whichever is applicable.

(15) For an off-site storage facility, a copy of the notice, and the certification and demonstration if applicable, required by the generator or the owner or operator under Sections R315-268-7 or 8; and

(16) For an on-site storage facility, the information contained in the notice, except the manifest number, and the certification and demonstration if applicable, required by the generator or the owner or operator under Sections R315-268-7 or 8.

(17) Any records required under Subsection R315-264-1(j)(13).

(18) Monitoring, testing or analytical data where required by Section R315-264-347 shall be maintained in the operating record for five years.

(19) Certifications as required by Subsection R315-264-196(f) shall be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility.

R315-264-74. Availability, Retention, and Disposition of Records

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(a) All records, including plans, required under Rule R315-264 shall be furnished upon request, and made available at all reasonable times for inspection, by any officer, employee, or representative of EPA who is duly designated by the Administrator, or any designated representative of the Director.

(b) The retention period for all records required under Rule R315-264 is extended automatically during the course of any unresolved enforcement action regarding the facility or as requested by the Director.

(c) A copy of records of waste disposal locations and quantities under Subsection R315-264-73(b)(2) shall be submitted to the Director and local land authority upon closure of the facility.

R315-264-75. Manifest System, Recordkeeping, and Reporting -- Biennial Report

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The owner or operator shall complete and submit EPA Form 8700-13 A/B to the Director by March 1 of the following even numbered year and shall cover activities during the previous year.

R315-264-76. Unmanifested Waste Report

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(a) If a facility accepts for treatment, storage, or disposal any hazardous waste from an off-site source without an accompanying manifest, or without an accompanying shipping paper as described by Subsection R315-263-20(e), and if the waste is not excluded from the manifest requirement by Rules R315-260, through 266, 268, 270, and 273 then the owner or operator shall prepare and submit a letter to the Director within 15 days after receiving the waste. The unmanifested waste report shall contain the following information:

(1) The EPA identification number, name and address of the facility;

(2) The date the facility received the waste;

(3) The EPA identification number, name and address of the generator and the transporter, if available;

(4) A description and the quantity of each unmanifested hazardous waste the facility received;

(5) The method of treatment, storage, or disposal for each hazardous waste;

(6) The certification signed by the owner or operator of the facility or his authorized representative; and,

(7) A brief explanation of why the waste was unmanifested, if known.

R315-264-77. Additional Reports

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In addition to submitting the biennial reports and unmanifested waste reports described in Sections R315-264-75 and 76, the owner or operator shall also report to the Director:

(a) Releases, fires, and explosions as specified in Subsection R315-264-56(j);

(b) Facility closures specified in Section R315-264-115; and

(c) As otherwise required by Sections R315-264-90 through 101, 220 through 232, 250 through 259, 270 through 283, 300 through 317, 1030 through 1049, 1050 through 1079, and 1080 through 1091.

R315-264-90. Releases From Solid Waste Management Units -- Applicability

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(a)(1) Except as provided in Subsection R315-264-90 (b), the regulations in Sections R315-264-90 through 101 apply to owners or operators of facilities that treat, store or dispose of hazardous waste. The owner or operator shall satisfy the requirements identified in Subsection R315-264-90(a)(2) for all wastes, or constituents thereof, contained in solid waste management units at the facility, regardless of the time at which waste was placed in such units.

(2) All solid waste management units shall comply with the requirements in Section R315-264-101. A surface impoundment, waste pile, and land treatment unit or landfill that receives hazardous waste after July 26, 1982, hereinafter referred to as a "regulated unit", shall comply with the requirements of Sections R315-264-91 through 100 in lieu of Section R315-264-101 for purposes of detecting, characterizing and responding to releases to the uppermost aquifer. The financial responsibility requirements of Section R315-264-101 apply to regulated units.

(3) Groundwater monitoring shall be required at non-land disposal facilities as determined to be necessary and appropriate by the Director.

(b) The owner or operator's regulated unit or units are not subject to regulation for releases into the uppermost aquifer under Sections R315-264-90 through 101 if:

(1) The owner or operator is exempted under Section R315-264-1; or

(2) He operates a unit which the Director finds:

(i) Is an engineered structure,

(ii) Does not receive or contain liquid waste or waste containing free liquids,

(iii) Is designed and operated to exclude liquid, precipitation, and other run-on and run-off,

(iv) Has both inner and outer layers of containment enclosing the waste,

(v) Has a leak detection system built into each containment layer,

(vi) The owner or operator shall provide continuing operation and maintenance of these leak detection systems during the active life of the unit and the closure and post-closure care periods, and

(vii) To a reasonable degree of certainty, will not allow hazardous constituents to migrate beyond the outer containment layer prior to the end of the post-closure care period.

(3) The Director finds, pursuant to Section R315-264-280(d), that the treatment zone of a land treatment unit that qualifies as a regulated unit does not contain levels of hazardous constituents that are above background levels of those constituents by an amount that is statistically significant, and if an unsaturated zone monitoring program meeting the requirements of Section R35-264-278 has not shown a statistically significant increase in hazardous constituents below the treatment zone during the operating life of the unit. An exemption under Subsection R315-264-90(b) can only relieve an owner or operator of responsibility to meet the requirements of Sections R315-264-90 through 101 during the post-closure care period; or

(4) The Director finds that there is no potential for migration of liquid from a regulated unit to the uppermost aquifer during the active life of the regulated unit, including the closure period, and the post-closure care period specified under Section R315-264-117. This demonstration shall be certified by a qualified geologist or geotechnical engineer. In order to provide an adequate margin of safety in the prediction of potential migration of liquid, the owner or operator shall base any predictions made under Subsection R315-264-90(b) on assumptions that maximize the rate of liquid migration.

(5) He designs and operates a pile in compliance with Section R315-264-250(c).

(c) The regulations under Sections R315-264-90 through 101 apply during the active life of the regulated unit, including the closure period. After closure of the regulated unit, the regulations in Sections R315-264-90 through 101:

(1) Do not apply if all waste, waste residues, contaminated containment system components, and contaminated subsoils are removed or decontaminated at closure;

(2) Apply during the post-closure care period under Section R315-264-117 if the owner or operator is conducting a detection monitoring program under Section R315-264-98; or

(3) Apply during the compliance period under Section R315-264-96 if the owner or operator is conducting a compliance monitoring program under Section R315-264-99 or a corrective action program under Section R315-264-100.

(d) Regulations in Sections R315-264-90 through 101 may apply to miscellaneous units when necessary to comply with Sections R315-264-601 through 603.

(e) The regulations of Sections R315-264-90 through 101 apply to all owners and operators subject to the requirements of Subsection R315-270-1(c)(7), when the Agency issues either a post-closure permit or an enforceable document, as defined in Subsection R315-270-1(c)(7) at the facility. When the Director issues an enforceable document, references in Sections R315-264-90 through 101 to "in the permit" mean "in the enforceable document."

(f) The Director may replace all or part of the requirements of Sections R315-264-91 through 100 applying to a regulated unit with alternative requirements for groundwater monitoring and corrective action for releases to groundwater set out in the permit, or in an enforceable document, as defined in Subsection R315-270-1(c)(7), where the Director determines that:

(1) The regulated unit is situated among solid waste management units, or areas of concern, a release has occurred, and both the regulated unit and one or more solid waste management unit(s), or areas of concern, are likely to have contributed to the release; and

(2) It is not necessary to apply the groundwater monitoring and corrective action requirements of Sections R315-264-91 through 100 because alternative requirements will protect human health and the environment.

R315-264-91. Required Programs

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(a) Owners and operators subject to Sections R315-264-90 through 101 shall conduct a monitoring and response program as follows:

(1) Whenever hazardous constituents under Section R315-264-93 from a regulated unit are detected at a compliance point under Section R315-264-95, the owner or operator shall institute a compliance monitoring program under Section R315-264-99. Detected is defined as statistically significant evidence of contamination as described in Subsection R315-264-98(f);

(2) Whenever the ground-water protection standard under Section R315-264-92 is exceeded, the owner or operator shall institute a corrective action program under Section R315-264-100. Exceeded is defined as statistically significant evidence of increased contamination as described in Subsection R315-264-99(d);

(3) Whenever hazardous constituents under Section R315-264-93 from a regulated unit exceed concentration limits under Section R315-264-94 in ground water between the compliance point under Section R315-264-95 and the downgradient facility property boundary, the owner or operator shall institute a corrective action program under Section R315-264-100; or

(4) In all other cases, the owner or operator shall institute a detection monitoring program under Section R315-264-98.

(b) The Director shall specify in the facility permit the specific elements of the monitoring and response program. The Director may include one or more of the programs identified in Subsection R315-264-91(a) in the facility permit as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment and will specify the circumstances under which each of the programs will be required. In deciding whether to require the owner or operator to be prepared to institute a particular program, the Director shall consider the potential adverse effects on human health and the environment that might occur before final administrative action on a permit modification application to incorporate such a program could be taken.

R315-264-92. Ground-Water Protection Standard

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The owner or operator shall comply with conditions specified in the facility permit that are designed to ensure that hazardous constituents under Section R315-264-93 detected in the ground water from a regulated unit do not exceed the concentration limits under Section R315-264-94 in the uppermost aquifer underlying the waste management area beyond the point of compliance under Section R315-264-95 during the compliance period under Section R315-264-96. The Director shall establish this ground-water protection standard in the facility permit when hazardous constituents have been detected in the ground water.

R315-264-93. Hazardous Constituents

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(a) The Director shall specify in the facility permit the hazardous constituents to which the ground-water protection standard of Section R315-264-92 applies. Hazardous constituents are constituents identified in appendix VIII of Rule R315-261 that have been detected in ground water in the uppermost aquifer underlying a regulated unit and that are reasonably expected to be in or derived from waste contained in a regulated unit, unless the Director has excluded them under Subsection R315-264-93(b).

(b) The Director shall exclude a Rule R315-261 appendix VIII constituent from the list of hazardous constituents specified in the facility permit if he finds that the constituent is not capable of posing a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment. In deciding whether to grant an exemption, the Director shall consider the following:

(1) Potential adverse effects on ground-water quality, considering:

(i) The physical and chemical characteristics of the waste in the regulated unit, including its potential for migration;

(ii) The hydrogeological characteristics of the facility and surrounding land;

(iii) The quantity of ground water and the direction of ground-water flow;

(iv) The proximity and withdrawal rates of ground-water users;

(v) The current and future uses of ground water in the area;

(vi) The existing quality of ground water, including other sources of contamination and their cumulative impact on the ground-water quality;

(vii) The potential for health risks caused by human exposure to waste constituents;

(viii) The potential damage to wildlife, crops, vegetation, and physical structures caused by exposure to waste constituents;

(ix) The persistence and permanence of the potential adverse effects; and

(2) Potential adverse effects on hydraulically-connected surface water quality, considering:

(i) The volume and physical and chemical characteristics of the waste in the regulated unit;

(ii) The hydrogeological characteristics of the facility and surrounding land;

(iii) The quantity and quality of ground water, and the direction of ground-water flow;

(iv) The patterns of rainfall in the region;

(v) The proximity of the regulated unit to surface waters;

(vi) The current and future uses of surface waters in the area and any water quality standards established for those surface waters;

(vii) The existing quality of surface water, including other sources of contamination and the cumulative impact on surface-water quality;

(viii) The potential for health risks caused by human exposure to waste constituents;

(ix) The potential damage to wildlife, crops, vegetation, and physical structures caused by exposure to waste constituents; and

(x) The persistence and permanence of the potential adverse effects.

(c) In making any determination under Subsection R315-264-93(b) about the use of ground water in the area around the facility, the Director shall consider any identification of underground sources of drinking water and exempted aquifers made under 40 CFR 144.8.

R315-264-94. Concentration Limits

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(a) The Director shall specify in the facility permit concentration limits in the ground water for hazardous constituents established under Section R315-264-93. The concentration of a hazardous constituent:

(1) Shall not exceed the background level of that constituent in the ground water at the time that limit is specified in the permit; or

(2) For any of the constituents listed in Table 1, shall not exceed the respective value given in that table if the background level of the constituent is below the value given in Table 1; or

Table 1

Maximum Concentration of Constituents for Ground-water

Protection

Constituent Maximum

concentration(1)

Arsenic 0.05

Barium 1.0

Cadmium 0.01

Chromium 0.05

Lead 0.05

Mercury 0.002

Selenium 0.01

Silver 0.05

Endrin (1,2,3,4,10,10-hexachloro-1,7-epoxy 0.0002

1,4,4a,5,6,7,8,9a-octahydro-1, 4-endo,

endo-5,8-dimethano naphthalene)

Lindane (1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane, 0.004

gamma isomer)

Methoxychlor (1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2-bis (p- 0.1

methoxyphenylethane)

Toxaphene (C10H10Cl6, Technical chlorinated 0.005

camphene, 67-69 percent chlorine)

2,4-D (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) 0.1

2,4,5-TP Silvex 0.01

(2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxypropionic acid)

(1) Milligrams per liter.

(3) Shall not exceed an alternate limit established by the Director under Subsection R315-264-94(b).

(b) The Director shall establish an alternate concentration limit for a hazardous constituent if he finds that the constituent will not pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment as long as the alternate concentration limit is not exceeded. In establishing alternate concentration limits, the Director shall consider the following factors: