LAC 33:V.1529. Operating Record and Reporting Requirements

A. The owner or operator must keep a written operating record at his facility. B. The following information must be recorded, as it becomes available, and maintained in the operating record for three years, unless otherwise specified in Paragraphs B.1-22 of this Section: 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, utilizing specifications in Tables 1 and 2 of this Section. This information must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility; 2. each hazardous waste listed in LAC 33:V.109, and each hazardous waste characteristic defined in LAC 33:V.105.B has a four-digit EPA hazardous waste number assigned to it. This number must be used for recordkeeping and reporting purposes. Where a hazardous waste contains more than one listed hazardous waste, or where more than one hazardous waste characteristic applies to the waste, the waste description must include all applicable EPA hazardous waste numbers; 3. record the estimated or manifest-reported weight, or volume and density, where applicable, in one of the units of measure specified in Table 1: Table 1. Units For Reporting Unit of Measure | Code1 Gallons | G Gallons per Hour | E Gallons per Day | U Liters | L Liters per Hour | H Liters per Day | V Short Tons per Hour | D Metric Tons per Hour | W Short Tons per Day | N Metric Tons per Day | S Pounds per Hour | J Kilograms per Hour | R Cubic Yards | Y Cubic Meters | C Acres | B Acre-feet | A Hectares | Q Hectare-meter | F Btu’s per Hour | I Pounds | P Short tons | T Kilograms | K Tons | M 1 Single digit symbols are used here for data processing purposes. 4. the method(s) [by handling code(s) as specified in Table 2] and date(s) of treatment, storage, or disposal: Table 2. Handling Codes for Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Methods Enter the handling code(s) listed below that most closely represents the technique(s) used at the facility to treat, store, or dispose of each quantity of hazardous waste received. Storage S01 Container (barrel, drum, etc.) S02 Tank S03 Waste Pile S04 Surface Impoundment S05 Drip Pad S06 Containment Building (Storage) S99 Other Storage (specify) Treatment Thermal Treatment T06 Liquid injection incinerator T07 Rotary kiln incinerator T08 Fluidized bed incinerator T09 Multiple hearth incinerator T10 Infrared furnace incinerator T11 Molten salt destructor T12 Pyrolysis T13 Wet air oxidation T14 Calcination T15 Microwave discharge T18 Other (specify) Chemical Treatment T19 Absorption mound T20 Absorption field T21 Chemical fixation T22 Chemical oxidation T23 Chemical precipitation T24 Chemical reduction T25 Chlorination T26 Chlorinolysis T27 Cyanide destruction T28 Degradation T29 Detoxification T30 Ion exchange T31 Neutralization T32 Ozonation T33 Photolysis T34 Other (specify) Physical Treatment Separation of Components: T35 Centrifugation T36 Clarification T37 Coagulation T38 Decanting T39 Encapsulation T40 Filtration T41 Flocculation T42 Flotation T43 Foaming T44 Sedimentation T45 Thickening T46 Ultrafiltration T47 Other (specify) Removal of Specific Components: T48 Absorption-molecular sieve T49 Activated carbon T50 Blending T51 Catalysis T52 Crystallization T53 Dialysis T54 Distillation T55 Electrodialysis T56 Electrolysis T57 Evaporation T58 High gradient magnetic separation T59 Leaching T60 Liquid ion exchange T61 Liquid-liquid extraction T62 Reverse osmosis T63 Solvent recovery T64 Stripping T65 Sand filter T66 Other (specify) Biological Treatment T67 Activated sludge T68 Aerobic lagoon T69 Aerobic tank T70 Anaerobic tank T71 Composting T72 Septic tank T73 Spray irrigation T74 Thickening filter T75 Trickling filter T76 Waste stabilization pond T77 Other (specify) T78 [Reserved] T79 [Reserved] Boilers and Industrial Furnaces T80 Boiler T81 Cement Kiln T82 Lime Kiln T83 Aggregate Kiln T84 Phosphate Kiln T85 Coke Oven T86 Blast Furnace T87 Smelting, Melting, or Refining Furnace T88 Titanium Dioxide Chloride Process Oxidation Reactor T89 Methane Reforming Furnace T90 Pulping Liquor Recovery Furnace T91 Combustion Device Used in the Recovery of Sulfur Values from Spent Sulfuric Acid T92 Halogen Acid Furnaces T93 Other Industrial Furnaces Listed in LAC 33:V.109 (specify) Other Treatment T94 Containment Building (Treatment) Disposal D79 Underground Injection D80 Landfill D81 Land Treatment D82 Ocean Disposal D83 Surface Impoundment (to be closed as a landfill) D99 Other Disposal (specify) Miscellaneous (Chapter 32) X01 Open Burning/Open Detonation X02 Mechanical Processing X03 Thermal Unit X04 Geologic Repository X99 Other Chapter 32 (specify) 5. 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 must be recorded on a map or diagram that shows each cell or disposal area. For all facilities, this information must include cross-references to manifest document numbers, if the waste was accompanied by a manifest. This information must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility; 6. records and results of waste analyses and waste determinations performed as specified in these regulations and in LAC 33:V.1517, 1519, 1711, 1741, 1753, 2237.A, 2245, 2515, and 3107; 7. summary reports and details of all incidents that require implementing the contingency plan; 8. records and results of inspections required by LAC 33:V.1509.D; 9. monitoring, testing, or analytical data, and corrective action where required by LAC 33:V.1504, 1711.C-F, 1713, 1741.D-I, 1743, 1751, 1753, 1755, 1757, 1759, 1761, 1763, 1765, 1767, 1903, 1907, 1911, 2304, 2306, 2309, 2504, 2507, 2508, 2509, 2709, 2711, 2719, 2904, 2906, 2907, 3119, 3203, 3205, and Chapter 33, as well as corrective action cites. Maintain this information in the operating record for three years, except for records and results pertaining to groundwater monitoring and cleanup, which must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility; 10. for off-site facilities, notices to generators that the TSD facility has the appropriate permits for and will accept the waste the generator is shipping; 11. all closure cost estimates and, for disposal facilities, all post-closure cost estimates. This information must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility; 12. 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 prohibition granted in accordance with LAC 33:V.2239, a petition approved in accordance with LAC 33:V.2241 or 2271, a determination made under LAC 33:V.2273, or the applicable notice required by a generator under LAC 33:V.2245. This information must be maintained in the operating record until the closure of the facility; 13. for an off-site treatment facility, a copy of the notice, and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required of the generator or the owner or operator under LAC 33:V.2245 or 2247; 14. for an on-site treatment facility, the information contained in the notice (except the manifest number), and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required of the generator or the owner or operator under LAC 33:V.2245 or 2247; 15. for an off-site land disposal facility, a copy of the notice, and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required of the generator or the owner or operator of a treatment facility under LAC 33:V.2245 or 2247, whichever is applicable; 16. for an on-site land disposal facility, the information contained in the notice required of the generator or owner or operator of a treatment facility under LAC 33:V.2245 or LAC 33:V.2247, except for the manifest number; 17. for an off-site storage facility, a copy of the notice, and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required of the generator or the owner or operator under LAC 33:V.2245 or 2247; 18. for an on-site storage facility, the information contained in the notice (except the manifest number), and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required of the generator or the owner or operator under LAC 33:V.2245 or 2247; 19. 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 that 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; 20. any records required under LAC 33:V.1501.H.13; 21. monitoring, testing, or analytical data where required by LAC 33:V.3119. This information must be maintained in the operating record for five years; and 22. certifications as required by LAC 33:V.1913.F. This information must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility. C. Availability, Retention, and Disposition of Records 1. All records, including plans, required under this Part must be furnished upon request, and made available at all reasonable times for inspection, by any officer, employee, or representatives who are duly designated by the administrative authority. 2. The retention period for all records required under this Section is extended automatically during the course of any unresolved enforcement action regarding the facility or as requested by the administrative authority. 3. A copy of records of waste disposal locations and quantities must be submitted to the administrative authority and local land authority upon closure of the facility. D. Annual Report. The owner or operator shall complete and submit an annual report to the Office of Environmental Services by March 1 of each year. The annual report shall be submitted on the form provided by the administrative authority and it shall cover activities during the previous calendar (reporting) year. Information submitted on a more frequent basis may be included by reference or in synopsis form where it is not pertinent to reporting under LAC 33:V.1516 or monitoring reporting under LAC 33:V.3317. It shall include monitoring data where required. E. Additional Reports. In addition to submitting the annual reports and unmanifested waste reports described in LAC 33:V.1516.D and Subsection D of this Section, the owner or operator shall also report to the administrative authority: 1. releases, fires, and explosions as specified in LAC 33:V.1513.F.9; 2. facility closures as specified in LAC 33:V.Chapter 35; and 3. as otherwise required by LAC 33:V.Chapters 17, 23, 25, 27, 29, and 33.