R315-264-113. Closure; Time Allowed for Closure

  (a) Within 90 days after receiving the final volume of hazardous wastes, or the final volume of non-hazardous wastes if the owner or operator complies with all applicable requirements in Subsections R315-264-113(d) and (e), at a hazardous waste management unit or facility, the owner or operator shall treat, remove from the unit or facility, or dispose of on-site, all hazardous wastes in accordance with the approved closure plan. The Director may approve a longer period if the owner or operator complies with all applicable requirements for requesting a modification to the permit and demonstrates that:

  (1)(i) The activities required to comply with R315-264-113 will, of necessity, take longer than 90 days to complete; or

  (ii)(A) The hazardous waste management unit or facility has the capacity to receive additional hazardous wastes, or has the capacity to receive non-hazardous wastes if the owner or operator complies with Subsections R315-264-113(d) and (e); and

  (B) There is a reasonable likelihood that he or another person will recommence operation of the hazardous waste management unit or the facility within one year; and

  (C) Closure of the hazardous waste management unit or facility would be incompatible with continued operation of the site; and

  (2) He has taken and will continue to take all steps to prevent threats to human health and the environment, including compliance with all applicable permit requirements.

  (b) The owner or operator shall complete partial and final closure activities in accordance with the approved closure plan and within 180 days after receiving the final volume of hazardous wastes, or the final volume of non-hazardous wastes if the owner or operator complies with all applicable requirements in Subsections R315-264-113(d) and (e), at the hazardous waste management unit or facility. The Director may approve an extension to the closure period if the owner or operator complies with all applicable requirements for requesting a modification to the permit and demonstrates that:

  (1)(i) The partial or final closure activities will, of necessity, take longer than 180 days to complete; or

  (ii)(A) The hazardous waste management unit or facility has the capacity to receive additional hazardous wastes, or has the capacity to receive non-hazardous wastes if the owner or operator complies with Subsections R315-264-113(d) and (e); and

  (B) There is reasonable likelihood that he or another person will recommence operation of the hazardous waste management unit or the facility within one year; and

  (C) Closure of the hazardous waste management unit or facility would be incompatible with continued operation of the site; and

  (2) He has taken and will continue to take all steps to prevent threats to human health and the environment from the unclosed but not operating hazardous waste management unit or facility, including compliance with all applicable permit requirements.

  (c) The demonstrations referred to in Subsections R315-264-113(a)(1) and (b)(1) shall be made as follows:

  (1) The demonstrations in Subsection R315-264-113(a)(1) shall be made at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the 90-day period in Subsection R315-264-113(a); and

  (2) The demonstration in Subsection R315-264-113(b)(1) shall be made at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the 180-day period in Subsection R315-264-113(b), unless the owner or operator is otherwise subject to the deadlines in Subsection R315-264-113(d).

  (d) The Director may allow an owner or operator to receive only non-hazardous wastes in a landfill, land treatment, or surface impoundment unit after the final receipt of hazardous wastes at that unit if:

  (1) The owner or operator requests a permit modification in compliance with all applicable requirements in Rules R315-270 and 124 and in the permit modification request demonstrates that:

  (i) The unit has the existing design capacity as indicated on the part A application to receive non-hazardous wastes; and

  (ii) There is a reasonable likelihood that the owner or operator or another person will receive non-hazardous wastes in the unit within one year after the final receipt of hazardous wastes; and

  (iii) The non-hazardous wastes will not be incompatible with any remaining wastes in the unit, or with the facility design and operating requirements of the unit or facility under Rule R315-264; and

  (iv) Closure of the hazardous waste management unit would be incompatible with continued operation of the unit or facility; and

  (v) The owner or operator is operating and will continue to operate in compliance with all applicable permit requirements; and

  (2) The request to modify the permit includes an amended waste analysis plan, ground-water monitoring and response program, human exposure assessment required under RCRA section 3019, and closure and post-closure plans, and updated cost estimates and demonstrations of financial assurance for closure and post-closure care as necessary and appropriate, to reflect any changes due to the presence of hazardous constituents in the non-hazardous wastes, and changes in closure activities, including the expected year of closure if applicable under Subsection R315-264-112(b)(7), as a result of the receipt of non-hazardous wastes following the final receipt of hazardous wastes; and

  (3) The request to modify the permit includes revisions, as necessary and appropriate, to affected conditions of the permit to account for the receipt of non-hazardous wastes following receipt of the final volume of hazardous wastes; and

  (4) The request to modify the permit and the demonstrations referred to in Subsections R315-264-113(d)(1) and (d)(2) are submitted to the Director no later than 120 days prior to the date on which the owner or operator of the facility receives the known final volume of hazardous wastes at the unit, or no later than 90 days after the effective date of this rule in the state in which the unit is located, whichever is later.

  (e) In addition to the requirements in Subsection R315-264-113(d), an owner or operator of a hazardous waste surface impoundment that is not in compliance with the liner and leachate collection system requirements in Subsection R315-264-221(c) or (d) shall:

  (1) Submit with the request to modify the permit:

  (i) A contingent corrective measures plan, unless a corrective action plan has already been submitted under Section R315-264-99; and

  (ii) A plan for removing hazardous wastes in compliance with Subsection R315-264-113(e)(2); and

  (2) Remove all hazardous wastes from the unit by removing all hazardous liquids, and removing all hazardous sludges to the extent practicable without impairing the integrity of the liner(s), if any.

  (3) Removal of hazardous wastes shall be completed no later than 90 days after the final receipt of hazardous wastes. The Director may approve an extension to this deadline if the owner or operator demonstrates that the removal of hazardous wastes will, of necessity, take longer than the allotted period to complete and that an extension will not pose a threat to human health and the environment.

  (4) If a release that is a statistically significant increase, or decrease in the case of pH, over background values for detection monitoring parameters or constituents specified in the permit or that exceeds the facility's ground-water protection standard at the point of compliance, if applicable, is detected in accordance with the requirements in Sections R315-264-90 through 101, the owner or operator of the unit:

  (i) Shall implement corrective measures in accordance with the approved contingent corrective measures plan required by Subsection R315-264-113(e)(1) no later than one year after detection of the release, or approval of the contingent corrective measures plan, whichever is later;

  (ii) May continue to receive wastes at the unit following detection of the release only if the approved corrective measures plan includes a demonstration that continued receipt of wastes will not impede corrective action; and

  (iii) May be required by the Director to implement corrective measures in less than one year or to cease the receipt of wastes until corrective measures have been implemented if necessary to protect human health and the environment.

  (5) During the period of corrective action, the owner or operator shall provide annual reports to the Director describing the progress of the corrective action program, compile all ground-water monitoring data, and evaluate the effect of the continued receipt of non-hazardous wastes on the effectiveness of the corrective action.

  (6) The Director may require the owner or operator to commence closure of the unit if the owner or operator fails to implement corrective action measures in accordance with the approved contingent corrective measures plan within one year as required in Subsection R315-264-113(e)(4), or fails to make substantial progress in implementing corrective action and achieving the facility's ground-water protection standard or background levels if the facility has not yet established a ground-water protection standard.

  (7) If the owner or operator fails to implement corrective measures as required in Subsection R315-264-113(e)(4), or if the Director determines that substantial progress has not been made pursuant to Subsection R315-264-113(e)(6) he shall:

  (i) Notify the owner or operator in writing that the owner or operator shall begin closure in accordance with the deadlines in Subsections R315-264-113(a) and (b) and provide a detailed statement of reasons for this determination, and

  (ii) Provide the owner or operator and the public, through a newspaper notice, the opportunity to submit written comments on the decision no later than 20 days after the date of the notice.

  (iii) If the Director receives no written comments, the decision shall become final five days after the close of the comment period. The Director shall notify the owner or operator that the decision is final, and that a revised closure plan, if necessary, shall be submitted within 15 days of the final notice and that closure shall begin in accordance with the deadlines in Subsections R315-264-113 (a) and (b).

  (iv) If the Director receives written comments on the decision, he shall make a final decision within 30 days after the end of the comment period, and provide the owner or operator in writing and the public through a newspaper notice, a detailed statement of reasons for the final decision. If the Director determines that substantial progress has not been made, closure shall be initiated in accordance with the deadlines in Subsections R315-264-113(a) and (b).

  (v) The final determinations made by the Director under Subsections R315-264-113(e)(7)(iii) and (iv) are not subject to administrative appeal.