General requirements for ignitable, reactive, or incompatible wastes

1. The owner or operator shall 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 open flames, smoking, cutting and welding, hot surfaces, frictional heat, sparks (static, electrical, or mechanical), spontaneous ignition (for example, 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 flames to specially designated locations. "No Smoking" signs must be conspicuously placed wherever there is a hazard from ignitable or reactive wastes. 2. Where specifically required by other sections of this chapter, the owner or operator of a facility that treats, stores, or disposes ignitable or reactive waste, or mixes incompatible wastes, or incompatible wastes and other materials, must take precautions to prevent reactions which: a. Generate extreme heat or pressure, fire or explosion, or violent reaction; b. Produce uncontrolled toxic mists, fumes, dust, or gases in sufficient quantity to threaten human health or the environment; c. Produce uncontrolled flammable fumes or gases in sufficient quantities to pose a risk of fire or explosions; d. Damage the structural integrity of the device or facility; or e. Through other like means threaten human health or the environment. 3. When required to comply with subsection 1 or 2, 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 (for example, bench scale or pilot scale tests), waste analysis (as specified in section 33.1-24-05-04), or the results of the treatment of similar wastes by similar treatment processes and under similar operating conditions.