35 Ill. Adm. Code 724.117
General Requirements for Ignitable, Reactive, or Incompatible Wastes
Section 724
Section 724.117 General
Requirements for Ignitable, Reactive, or Incompatible Wastes
a) The owner or operator must take precautions to prevent
accidental ignition or reaction of ignitable or reactive waste. This waste
must 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 must
confine smoking and open flame to specially designated locations. "No
Smoking" signs must be conspicuously placed wherever there is a hazard from
ignitable or reactive waste.
b) Where specifically required by this Part, the owner or
operator of a facility that treats, stores or disposes ignitable or reactive
waste, or mixes incompatible waste and other materials, must take precautions
to prevent reactions that do the following:
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 subsection(a) or (b), the owner
or operator must 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 724.113), or the results of the treatment of similar wastes by similar
treatment processes and under similar operating conditions.