Applicability

(1) 310 CMR 30.611 through 30.618, cited collectively as 310 CMR 30.610, prescribe requirements which apply to owners and operators of facilities that use surface impoundments to treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste. (2) The containment of hazardous waste in a surface impoundment at the site of generation for any period of time is "storage" and not "accumulation" of hazardous waste and shall be subject to all the requirements of 310 CMR 30.610. (3) All of the provisions of 310 CMR 30.610, except 30.613 and 30.617(2), (3) and (5), apply to each new surface impoundment and each new portion of each existing surface impoundment. (4) All of the provisions of 310 CMR 30.610, except 30.612(2), and 30.617(1), apply to each existing portion of each existing surface impoundment.